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The Strathmore council chamber was buzzing with themurmur of over 20 Anglican church members and represen-tatives of the Western District Historical Society on Feb. 3,

anticipating council’s decision on rescinding a former mo-tion to implement a 120-day freeze on actions to alter theSt. Michaels and All Angels Anglican Church building and itsproperty. After debating the issue for nearly an hour, council defeat-

ed the motion, brought forward by Councillor Rocky Blok-land, with a 6-1 vote at the regular council meeting.

“I’d like to bring this motion forward in part due to a largediscontent of both citizens and the church and for that mat-ter some of the other churches,” said Councillor Blokland. “A120-day freeze collectively ties the hands of all stakeholdersin this matter. Here we are Feb. 3 interfering with real-estateand building transactions and a freeze on top of all this. I liketo think that I’m elected to sit here, which by the way I take

very seriously, to make the best possible decisions based oninformation, common sense, and business sense. I’m not see-ing that here.”

Following a Statement of Significance provided by the non-profit organization, Wheatland and District Historical Society(WDHS), town council agreed to the 120-day freeze on Jan.13 – at which Councillor Blokland was absent – in orderto ensure enough time to advertise the notice of intention,garner public input, and hold an open house on March 1 todetermine the public support for a future bylaw to designatethe property a Municipal Historic Resource. The action to en-sure the property and building cannot be altered for a maxi-mum of 120 days is in turn holding an eager developer, aparish in need of the cash flow to build a new worship place,and a third party who purchased the church, at an impasse. Yet the majority of council expressed the importance of

hosting an open house to invite the public to express theirsupport or opposition to passing a bylaw to designate thesite a historical resource, before making a decision.

“As a council people have to understand that we are undersome obligation to follow the statues of this province and

policies and bylaws of our town, and we have a responsibilityto do that,” said Councillor Bob Sobol.

“It would occur to me that council is following the rulesas designed by the province in situations such as these. Ournext step of course is to gather opinions and for each coun-cillor to make up his or her mind in regards to whether thisis a situation based on all the facts and information that war-rants a designation of the property in question as a municipalhistoric resource.”

Sobol also referred to Alberta Culture and Tourism on theprovincial website that states municipalities are empoweredto designate and protect municipal historic resources and di-rect the public to contact the town, as well as providing pow-ers to a municipality who feel that a particular building is inneed of protection before a decision is made on whether itshould be declared a municipal historic area.

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Council not in favour ofremoving 120-day freeze

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Air Spartans!Kobe Holloway and the rest of the Strathmore Spartans high school boys bas-

ketball team defeated the Highwood Mustangs 62-34 on Feb. 3 at the school.

The Spartans are now gearing up for their home tournament this coming week-

end on Feb. 12-13 at the Strathmore High School.

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Local storeowner Elisa Maxwell ex-perienced déjà vu last Tuesday, whena familiar tumultuous sound sent mer-chandise, glass, and debris flying as a vehicle jumped the curb and crashed

through the building.Maxwell was situated behind her

counter at Hidden Secrets, distracted bynumerous E-mails on Feb. 2, when theincident occurred; shattering two win-dowpanes, leaving a large hole wherethe cinderblocks shifted upon impact,and causing loss of stock. The collision was similar to a situation four yearsago, when an SUV drove into Rocky’sBakery – incidentally located in thesame building.

“I was on my laptop sitting behindmy desk and all of a sudden I heardthe most horrific sound and in my mindI went ‘I know that sound,’ because Ihad heard it when the car went throughRocky’s window,” said Maxwell. “Iturned my head, I had stock flying, andI could see there wasn’t anybody hurt. The next thing I knew I had peopletrying to get into the store, the door wouldn’t open because the frame was bent and the door was now jammedshut.”

Hidden Secrets was forced to closeits doors Tuesday and Wednesday and with plywood now boarding up thedamage, Maxwell is worried about theeffect it’ll have on her business. Con-struction workers have also informedher that repairs could add at least twoadditional days of further delays inthe future. Expecting foot-traffic in herstore to decline, she fears the boarded

windows signal that her business is not

operational to the public.Empathizing with Maxwell, Rocky

Blokland, local town councillor, busi-ness owner, and owner of the building, was shut down for six months when thesimilar accident affected him in 2012.

“Any time you have a business inter-ruption it’s going to cost you money,”

he said. “Elisa is no different from us, we run our own businesses. We have tokeep these doors open so we can sellstuff, so we can generate some revenue. We have personal lives, we have rentpayments, utility payments … and wedon’t get a cheque every week or everytwo weeks.” According to Blokland, the driver of

the vehicle was not injured and toldhim she had her foot on the gas pedal.However, having had two vehicles crashinto the building within four years isfrustrating to the local business owner, who placed some blame on the angledparking on 2nd Ave.

“We watch this every day, six days a week, and some of these people pull

in and the front tires are bouncing onthe curb on the top of the sidewalk,”he said. “Look at the other side of thestreet; parallel parking. In my 16 yearshere, I’ve never seen a building get hiton the other side of the street. Acci-dents happen, buildings can be fixed, but how do you compensate for humanlife?”

Maxwell is still waiting to receive aquote from her insurance company forthe merchandise lost. While the inci-dent remains burdensome for the small business owner, Maxwell, who said shepaces a lot in her store and watches nu-merous people walk up and down thesidewalk daily, was more focused on

the fact that nobody was hurt during

the accident.However, she agreed with Blokland

that the vehicular activity outside theestablishments on 2nd Ave is worri-some.

“I watch people pull u-turns andthey’re going way too quick and I justhave massive fears of them coming upon the sidewalk and hitting a mom with a stroller or a gent walking hisdog,” she said. “I’m really happy thatthere were no residents of Strathmoreor non-residents of Strathmore walkingup and down the street at that particu-

lar moment and that nobody was hurt.”

JUSTIN SEWARD

Times Reporter

Musicians of all ages will get the op-portunity to show their talents in frontof friends and family at the second an-nual Langdon Music Festival in a cou-ple months’ time. The festival was started by those who

were interested in playing music closeto home in a comfortable low-key set-ting, while not having the pressure of

performing in the city all the time in acompetitive environment. Vice President Sally Robinson said

they had 30 to 40 applications last yearand are expecting the same this year

with the possibility of more, as they’reseeing more interest from the Strath-more and Chestermere area.

“The kids would be preparing forexams during the year,” said Robinson.“Then they would enter into the festival to get some professional feedbackfrom someone other than their teach-ers. Our goal is just to be able to offersome education to kids around Lang-don and area.”

Robinson is one of few piano teach-

ers in Langdon and is constantly get-ting calls for registration.However she doesn’t have enough

room in her studio and feels that thereneeds to be more music education in

the area.She added that if nothing else, the

students are able to develop their per-formance experience and build upconfidence to play in front of an ad- judicator, who happens in this case to be Dr. Geoffrey Wilson, a University ofCalgary pianist.

More information and the entry formcan be obtained through Robinson [email protected] or at403-880-9947.

The sign-up fee is $20 with the dead-line on Feb. 20. This year’s music festival will take

place at the Boulder Creek Golf Courseon April 2.

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2016, 7:00 PM: BYLAW NO. 15-40

Bylaw No. 15-40: Proposed textual amendments to the

Land Use Bylaw which adds “Emergency Shelters” and

“Residential Care” to the list of Definitions in Section 2. Bylaw

No.15-40 also proposes to add “Emergency Shelters” to the

list of Discretionary Uses in: Section 4.11 CHWY – Highway

Commercial District, Section 4.14 M1 – Light Industrial District,

and Section 4.16 P1 – Public Service District. In addition,Bylaw No. 15-40 proposes to add “Residential Care” to the list

of Permitted Uses in Section 4.16 P1 – Public Service District

and to the list of Discretionary Uses in Section 4.6 R3 – High

Density Residential District.

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 (680 Westchester Road, Strathmore,

AB T1P 1J1), or can be found on the Town’s website (www.

strathmore.ca/bylaws_under_review). Please contact the

Town Office (403) 934-3133 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 in the Council Chambers, at

the Town of Strathmore Municipal Building, 680 WestchesterRoad, Strathmore, Alberta on Wednesday, February 17, 2016,

commencing at 7:00 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 one’s 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 Planning and Development

Department prior to 12:00 noon on Monday, February 11, 2016

as outlined in Bylaw #07-11 and amendments thereto. If your

written submission is not received by this time, please provide

fifteen (15) copies for distribution at the Public Hearing. Each

person wishing to address Council at the Public Hearing shallcomplete their verbal presentation within five minutes. Please

note that written submissions will become public documents

once submitted to the Town, unless otherwise requested.

COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS – JANUARY 27, 2016• Council approved the recommendations for allocation of the

United Way funding as presented by the United Way Board.

• Ms. Elizabeth Karp introduced herself and her new business to

Council. There will be a grand opening for a Jewellery Store in

Strathmore this weekend. Some of the proceeds from the store

will support the community shelter.

• Councillor Blokland moved THAT Council rescind Resolution

#011.01.16 which reads: “THAT Council accept the statement

of significance as provided by the Western District Historical

Society and instruct Administration to serve written notice to the

property owner of 237-1st Avenue (St. Michael and All Anglicans

Church) notifying them of the intent to designate the property as a

Municipal Historical Resource which will ensure that the property

will not be altered for 120 days.” This motion was defeated by a 6-1

vote.

• Council directed Administration to continue to work on the grant

application for GreenTRIP and bring the document back to Council

for approval.

• Council postponed the Public Hearing for Bylaw #15-40 until

February 17, 2016.

• The matter of the Western District Historical Society’s application

for Council to designate property known as the former St. Michael’s

and All Angels Church as a Municipal Historical Resource will be

brought to Council for debate and decision on Wednesday, March

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Last year’s dissolution of the decade-old Wheatland Business Women asso-ciation left a void in Strathmore the or-ganization hoped would open doors toexciting new opportunities and a newera.

Intrigued by the loss of the resourceand with an already established love forthe community, former Strathmore busi-ness owner Brigitte Lessard deviated offthe original course to launch her Cal-gary-based Women Talk’s initiative firstchapter extension in Red Deer, and de-cided to bring it to Strathmore instead.

Lessard owned the Curves gym inStrathmore for seven years and createdthe company sportsbras.ca. When sheestablished Women Talk in the city four

years ago, it proved to be an easy transi-tion.

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phenomenon emulates the popular TED Talk style, focusing on 15-minute talks by two guest speakers on a monthly ba-sis. Over the years, the initiative raised$6,000 donated to the Calgary YWCA,and once the event is launched in Strath-more at the end of February, the hope isfor money to be donated to a local wom-en’s charity in the future.

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emphasis was put on business-women,”said Brenda Graff, a friend of Lessard’s

who has helped with bringing Women Talk to Strathmore. “But businessesdon’t survive without the non-businesspeople. I think we need to include ev-erybody. Just because you don’t have a

business in town doesn’t mean you don’tneed encouragement, and you don’tneed support. Women have stepped outof that common role.”

Graff added that she’s looking forwardfor the event to provide women with anoutlet to connect and build relationshipsthat has been in existence to men for

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Councillor Denise Peterson also votedagainst the motion, and noted that theupcoming open house will reflect the

wishes of the entire community.“I remain open-minded on this ques-

tion,” said Councillor Peterson. “I reallyappreciate the interest that has beenshown by everyone and I welcome your

voices. I appreciate your letter on bothsides of the issue and I encourage every-one to continue until we’re able to meet

with the open house.”However the decision by council was

met with disappointment by membersof the Anglican church who continue topay rent to worship at the Hope Church,and who are unable to close the pur-chasing deal until the freeze is lifted. An-gela Arinze, who is the rector’s wardenfor the St. Michaels and All Angels An-glican Church, has seen and signed thelegal documents surrounding the saleof the six lots for just under $500,000.

While town council has always acknowl-edged compensation if the site was des-

ignated as a historic resource, Arinze in-formed council that with a minimum of$500,000 for the land, $60,000 the con-gregation has already spent on updatingthe building, and lawyers fees, it couldcost upwards of $750,000.

“I urge you to reject the idea of a des-ignation bylaw and let our church geton with the job of being a church,” said

Arinze. “Allow us to sell our land, as weagreed to and to remove the old churchto the person who has purchased it and

wants it, and get on with planning and

building our new facility. If you don’t dothat, you’re going to cause a great dealof cost to the town, and all you’ll haveto show for it is inconvenience to peo-ple and an old church sitting and doingnothing.” The Western and District Historical So-

ciety was originally offered to purchasethe church building for $1 with terms ofmoving it off the land. However, uponlearning that the building would no lon-ger be eligible for provincial if moved,the WHDS asked council for designa-tion. Without payment of the dollar, thechurch ended up being sold to a thirdparty.

“The historical society has stated be-fore they have no money, and I’m con-cerned with how they are going to dothis including building upgrades andland compensation,” said CouncillorBlokland. “My main concern is theseproperties will sit for some time emptythe way they are now. They’re not ap-pealing and we don’t need more vacantproperties downtown. I’m suggesting

very strongly that we stay out of this,

and remove ourselves from all parties. This is between the Anglican church, thepurchaser of the land, and the purchaserof the building.”

Council required a two-third majority vote to rescind the original motion, withCouncillor Rocky Blokland being theonly one in favour. Council later agreedto find a solution as quickly as possibleand could propose a bylaw within 60days. The open house is set for March1 at the Strathmore Civic Centre from 4p.m until 8 p.m.

Council vote 6-1 in opposition to keep freeze


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LIVING TO PLEASE GOD

Living to please God is easy to talk about but very difficult

to live out. None of us canlive to please God by our own

strength.

“For it is God who works inyou both to will and to do for

His good pleasure.” - Philippi-ans 2:13;

What can we do to pleaseGod?

In the Sermon on the Mount,Jesus taught us to approach

God with a hunger and thirstfor righteousness. That is a

reference to our passion for

God. To please God, we mustintensely desire Him as the

source of our sustenance andstrength.

Jesus also told us to mourn forour sins and turn away with

vehemence from anything that offends God. We cannot

please God and still remain

comfortable with sin in ourlives. The person who loves

God, must hate sin.

It is important to remember that the one who gives us the

desire to live to please God is the Lord Himself. No matter

how intensely we desire toplease Him, we cannot do it by

ourselves. That is why Jesus

gave us the Holy Spirit – ourHelper. Where we are weak,

the Holy Spirit is our strength.Where we need guidance, the

Holy Spirit is our Teacher. Helives in us and works in us.

The desire for God must be inour hearts but the power to

live for God is from the HolySpirit. We give Him our desires

and He gives us the power to

do the things that our heartspassionately long for.

If you really hunger and thirstfor God, you will be where

He is and where His word isshared. Make time with Him

in any bible believing church today. Shalom!

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Assembly, Strathmore

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Times Contributor

The surname Faint has been traced back to thedays of Napoleon in the late 1700’s. Moving ahead we find Alan’s great-grandfather living in London,England in the mid-1800’s. His father, William Arthur Faint, was born in London in 1904, and was known as a ‘Tally Man,’ who today would be

similar to a Sears catalogue salesman, on foot. Hisfather became a police officer during WW2, butonly because the authorities dropped the mini-mum height by one inch. At 5ft 10in he had beenrejected for becoming a po-lice officer, but during the war,they reduced the height to 5ft10in and he now became eli-gible! How many of my read-ers know a special pocket wassewn into the uniform trousersfor securing a truncheon? Alan was born Jan. 27, 1931,

the first of two brothers, withinthe sound of Bow Bell, in theCity of Lon-don. As with hisforefathers, he would becomeknown as a ‘cockney!’

At age four, he started school and lived in Lon-don throughout the war. He remembers beingevacuated eight times, and attending eight differ-ent schools. At age 16, he left school and becamea trainee draughtsman with Morphy-Richards, thepeople who manufactured irons, toasters, dingdong chimes, and other small appliances. At age18, he was called up for National Service andspent the next two years serving as a telecommu-nications mechanic with the British Army. After being demobilized, he trained as a tech teacher,then as a teacher/librarian, retiring in1982.

Marlene Walker’s family originated in Chester-field, Derbyshire. Her father was a local govern-ment em-ployee responsible for wholesale andretail markets, including being a consultant on

rebuilding markets across Europe following the war. Marlene was born in Romford, Essex on Feb.22, 1935, the elder of two sisters. Her father’s jobmeant the family was often on the move, and shestarted school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Nor-thumberland, then graduated in Coventry. Aftergraduation from high school at age 18, she at-tended Teacher’s College in London to become aphys ed teacher, which she enjoyed for a number

of years, before becoming a teacher in elementaryschool, then principal in 1980. Alan and Marlene met at a dance while attend-

ing the Teacher’s College in London, and they were married on April 13, 1957in Coventry. Their first chil-dren were two daughters whomoved to Calgary in the 80’s,followed by two sons, one alsoliving in Calgary, and the otherin South Africa. They also haveseven grandchildren and sixgreat-grandchildren. Alan had retired in 1982,

and after Marlene retired in1988, they decided to emigrateto Calgary to join their twodaughters. Soon after arriv-

ing Alan experienced three heart attacks, severeenough that he was advised by the medical staffto take care of his affairs as it was unlikely he would live longer than three months! That was 28 years ago!

When they lived in England, they served withScouts and Girl Guides, (Alan was a King’s Scoutand Marlene a Queens Guide), eventually each became Commissioners. On arriving in Calgary,they joined the Ham Radio Association, eventuallyserving on the executive, and each having stintsas president.

From their previous lives, it was natural forthem to spend their years teaching for this associ-ation. Marlene was also a White Hatter at CalgaryInternational Airport. They became volunteers

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS ~ Alan and Marlene Faint with Renfrew United Church, and after spending the sum-mer of 2000 camping on a friend’s acreage in Carseland, re-turned to Calgary, sold their house, and moved to Carselandin 2001. For the last 15 years, they have worked as librariansfor Carseland Community Library, and Marlene is the rentalcoordinator for the community association as well as beinga member of the board.

Every November, they are responsible for RemembranceDay services, which includes obtaining dona-tions to the

Poppy Fund from neighboring businesses and individuals. They are still as busy as ever and enjoying life as Canadians.

Representatives from the Canadian Rockies International Rodeoand Music Festival received a $10,000 donation from the Town ofStrathmore at the regular council meeting on Jan. 27.

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Thought for

the Week

~

Great

opportunities

to help others

seldome come,

but small ones

surround us

every day.

By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

• Please mark down the following events on your calendars for your easy reference

and reminders• Every Wednesday night: Bingo – opens at 5:30 pm and play begins at 6:15

• Every Friday Night: Jamming, unless there is a booking. Meat and 50/50 draws

begin at 6 pm and the kitchen also has its special $10 dinners every Friday until 7 pm.

Jan’s dinners are different every week and we urge you to call the Legion to find out

what the special will be!• Every Saturday Afternoon: Meat draws beginning at 3:00 pm

• Saturday, February 13th: Valentine’s Day Evening – Elvis will be re-entering the

building and entertaining from 7:00 – 11 pm. Tickets are $5 per person at the door,

which includes roses for the ladies and snacks at 10:00 pm. The kitchen will be pro-

viding a special dinner for your dining pleasure. Please contact the Legion for furtherinformation in this regard

• Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th: Alberta / Northwest Territory

Command Legion Darts – public welcome. Please call the Legion for times

• Sunday, February 21st: Ladies Auxiliary Sunday breakfast – 9:00 – 11:00 am

• Tuesday, February 23rd: General Meeting – beginning at 7:00 pm• The Legion offers its facilities for meetings, weddings, celebrations of life, funerals,

birthdays, anniversaries, business meetings or any other get-togethers. We urge you

to contact our Legion and check out what we have to offer to help make your event a

special one

• A special note to everyone to please check the Strathmore Legion on FaceBookwhere last-minute events will be posted in between weekly paper publications of this

article and for anything Veteran / Soldier / war related

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!!

For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119

LEST WE FORGET / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor

Sparks flew Feb. 3 as Coun-cillor Rocky Blokland movedtown council to rescind its ac-tion to freeze the AnglicanChurch property. A representa-tive of the church was given theopportunity to address counciland made three key points: theproperty has been sold, thechurch building has been sold,and a historical designation ofthe property will require com-

pensation and provide no ben-efit to the town.

Although some councillorsremain strangely skeptical, anoffer to purchase the land wasaccepted in September. A lawyer retained by the Diocese ofCalgary, who was not permittedto address council, indicatedthrough the spokesman that hehad copies of the contract in hispossession. The church build-ing itself was sold in December

Church reminds town council property has been sold

To the Editor

There have been many proclamations recently in themedia by the Western District Historical Society (WDHS)in regards to the Anglican Church building and site.

The Western District Historical Society has been ex-cited about their vision, their mission and their value ofthe “former” St. Michael’s and All Angel’s Church andDiocese of Calgary’s building and property.

This might be a surprise to some … but we haven’tleft! St. Michael’s parish has worshiped, ministered, sup-ported and served the Strathmore community for over100 years. This is proof that our St. Michael’s parishis resilient and we plan to stay in this community foranother 100 years. There is a plan in place that our par-ish has been working together on for some time. Theplan is to move off our existing church building andsell the downtown property. In order to do this ourparish moved to Hope Community Church for worshipservices in 2012.

The St. Michael’s parish has raised funds, tithed, rolledup their sleeves and forged ahead with our new build-ing project. Our parish intends to grow and thrive. Inorder to do this, we need a larger more modern church.

As you are very likely aware, a 120-day moratoriumon the Anglican downtown property has been put intoplace by the Strathmore Town Council. It freezes all ac-tivities for 120 days. The Diocese of Calgary and the St.Michael’s Parish has sold our downtown property andrectory in order to build a new church within Strath-more at a new location. The 120-day moratorium inter-rupts the new owner from taking position of the prop-erty. Listed below are some of the highlights of how theSt. Michael’s parish has been moving forward.

April 2015 – The link and hall of the church are re-

moved. ($60,000 cost). June 2015 – Rev. Bryan arranges an agreement with

the WDHS to remove the church building. June 2015 – WDHS invited to submit an offer to pur-

chase the church property. They did not submit. June 2015 – “Let’s make a pitch” gives WDHS $5000

dollars towards moving the church off the property. Aug. 28, 2015 – Strathmore Times reports the WDHS

has formerly requested the town donate property lo-cated at Lambert Park Parking lot so the church can bemoved (later they were denied by the town).

Sept. 2015 – St. Michael’s accepts offer to purchase. The church property and rectory is sold.

Oct. 2015 – The Strathmore Standard reports – WDHSreceives $25,000 from 55+ games to use towards mov-ing the church.

Nov. 10, 2015 – Town Council Meeting - town councilurges the WDHS to submit their request to have the St.

Michael’s church and property deemed a historical site.Mayor Ell and Deputy Mayor Peterson openly state thatthey are a part of the Western District Historical Society.

Nov. 18, 2015 – Town Council Meeting - Rev Bryanpresents St. Michael’s and the Calgary Diocese commu-nication at the Town Council. The town council wastold that our property was sold. They were also madeaware that the WDHS was offered to purchase ourchurch building for $1 dollar and it was to be removedas a condition of our sale.

Dec. 2, 2015 – Town Council Meeting - town councilasks the WDHS to submit a letter of historical signifi-cance, a property appraisal be done and a letter of in-tent be drafted and given to the property owner.

Dec. 2015 – After WDHS declines to move the churchbuilding off the property, the Calgary Diocese sells thechurch building to a second private purchaser.

Jan. 13, 2016 – WDHS gives the St. Michael’s and All Angel’s Anglican Church municipal historical resourcepresentation. The Town of Strathmore council directsthat a written notice of “intention to designate” beserved to the proper ty’s registered owner. This is a 120-day moratorium to the Calgary Diocese on the property.It freezes all activities for 120 days. Furthermore, thisgives council the opportunity to investigate the desig-nation bylaw and then the Town Council can declarethe site a Municipal Historic Resource after the 60 days’notice of Intention period has lapsed.

You might be thinking … how does this affect me?If the old church building and site is deemed a histori-cal resource, the historical designation goes with thetitle, but does not change ownership of the property. After the town pays whatever compensation the boardrequires after depreciating the value of the land, theland and building remain the property of the AnglicanChurch. They do not become the property of the townor the historical society.

Why should you care about the Anglican parish andtheir plans? There is a cause for general concern aboutthe quality of our town council practices. There havebeen no public posting of town council agendas in theirentirety, no mention of St. Michael’s business being dis-cussed and no invitation to the current property ownerto attend town council meetings by the WDHS.

The recent motion that was passed was not on aposted meeting agenda. How is the public to under-stand the decisions being made in regards to governingpractices if they are not given information? How is the

public to voice their opinion on community decisions when they are not given the opportunity?

The general public should be aware that in this situ-ation, financial damages are likely to be imposed. In-tentional interference with contractual relations hasoccurred by the Town of Strathmore council passinga motion on the 120-day moratorium. The Diocese ofCalgary has a firm sale on the property, but possessionhas not occurred and cannot occur under the morato-rium conditions. This means that the town council hasintentionally interfered with the seller and the buyer’scontractual relations.

If the town council was so invested, why wouldn’tthe town donate a site for the historical building? If theHistorical Society has the funds to renovate and main-tain the current St. Michael’s Church and property, why wouldn’t they submit an offer to purchase?

I would encourage our citizens of Strathmore to voice

your opinion on this topic. Our community needs to en-sure that we are being represented in the correct man-ner. We need to ensure that all members of town coun-cil are listening to our residents and working wiselyon our behalf. The Strathmore town council has nowarranged for an Open House.

I would invite you all to come to the Mar. 1 OpenHouse at the Strathmore Civic Centre. There will be apresentation and an opportunity for your opinions and votes to be received.

Tracey Kelly

People’s Warden,

St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church

St. Michael & All Angels Church and property sold!

to a purchaser who is prepared toremove it from the downtown lot.It was reiterated that the historicalsociety had been offered the oppor-tunity to remove the church fromthe property for a single dollar or toprepare a written offer on the landand buildings and had failed to doeither.

Perhaps the most important topicaddressed is one that has so far beenmostly left unsaid, that a historicaldesignation would cost the townsignificant tax dollars. Unlike pro- vincially designated historic sites,local governments are required topay landowners compensation andcannot take the property. The basicpayment is for the decrease to the value of the land that a historicaldesignation may bring, but the costsgo up from there. If a landowner isunsatisfied with the offer made, thematter goes to the Land Compensa-tion Board, where the costs of bothsides would be borne by the town. The lawyer for the Anglican Church

estimated the cost of compensationto be perhaps $750,000.

That money is compensation,but does not change ownership ofthe property. After the town pays whatever compensation the boardrequires, the land and building re-main the property of the AnglicanChurch. They do not become the

property of the town or the his-torical society. The church building would not become a museum, it would not be a tourist informationcenter, and it would not be officespace. It would be an old churchbuilding sitting on property stillowned by the church, or perhapsan old church building sitting onproperty owned by a developer, ifthe current sale goes ahead. There would be no benefit to the town,apart from residents being able todrive behind the Legion to see a fa-miliar building.

To the Anglican Church, there would be a significant cost. It isthe goal of the congregation to sell

both the downtown property andthree acres owned at the north endof town, and build a new churchfacility close to downtown. The ac-tion of town council now is delay-ing that plan by interfering withthe sale of the downtown property. Although the motion to rescind thefreeze on our property was soundly

defeated, church members remainhopeful that town council will con-sider the cost of their actions bothto the church and to the taxpayers,and that they will not pass a bylawregarding our property.

There will be an open house re-garding this issue on March 1. The Anglican Church will be there todiscuss how a historical designation will impact the congregation. Weurge all citizens to attend and to lettown council know their views thisissue.

Angela Arinze

Rector’s Warden, St. Michael and

All Angels Anglican Church


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To the Editor What is it going to take to change the mindset of

building owners, business owners, citizens and cus-tomers using downtown with vehicle traffic.

On Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2 – again! A vehicleoverrides the sidewalk, slamming into the front ofHidden Secrets business, knocking out 1/3 of the

window, door access and a block wall, never mindthe damage inside and worst business interruption forElise, owner and operator of Hidden Secrets! Thank goodness, again, there were no injuries or

loss of life here. This is the second time in three yearsmy building has been hit. Buildings can be fixed, lossof life cannot.

Now, what the general public should realize is, when something happens like this, the businessowner takes the financial hit. We small business own-ers rely on business revenue and income to assist usfinancially in our personal lives. We do not get paychecks. Any business interruption not in our control,creates other financial problems!

I should know from our experience as we were outof business for six months three years ago. Some peo-ple should try going six months with no pay checks!

Going back to my opening paragraph, angle park-ing is a thing of the past! It has to go! W e are one of the few towns still using angle park-

ing, and accidents are happening. Everybody has to wake up. RCMP Statistics prove this. If you look at2nd Avenue downtown, my building has been hittwice, Strathmore Value Drug Mart and a light pole

have been hit.On the other side of 2nd Avenue, where parallel

parking exists, no buildings have been hit by vehicles.So, where are we with this. Maybe some citizens

think that I am whining and complaining – maybe so!Heaven forbid if this was to happen again, lets hopethat any citizens on the sidewalks in front of these

businesses are spared. We have been lucky so far, butluck only lasts so long. Join with me, push for removal of angle parking

and replace with parallel parking.Stop in and talk to me at Rocky’s Bakery. Thank

you. Rocky Blokland

Owner-Operator Councillor – Town of Strathmore

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Riding on the success of Strathmore’sfirst inter-agency resource fair, the or-ganizers of the Helping Hands WinterGifts event are already in preparationfor next year with expectations of a

greater community turnout, the attrac-tion of more sponsors, and the partic-ipation of nearly a dozen more localagencies.

Nearly 250 community members at-tended the resource fair on Jan. 30, thatsought the assembly of 21 agencies, of-fered free food, clothing and toys, andfeatured speeches by prominent poli-ticians such as Strathmore Mayor Mi-chael Ell, MLA Derek Fildebrandt, MPMartin Shields, and Siksika First Na-tions Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman.

“It was better than I thought, there were more people who wanted to net- work and there were more people com-ing through the door than I expected,”said Richard Rodgers, the main orga-

nizer for the event and outreach direc-tor for the Strathmore Overnight Shel-ter (SOS).

“I think it’s necessary but even withthe economy down, people still needclothing, people still need cannedgoods. Hopefully next year we’ll getmore agencies, I’m looking for 30 next year, and maybe a bigger building too.”

Despite facing obstacles such as hav-ing only five weeks to send out notices,and a lack of timely advertising, Rod-gers is optimistic about forging ahead with plans for the next event, givinghim 12 months to prepare. While he was impressed with the 13 sponsorsthe event attracted at the end of lastmonth, he is hoping to gain more over

the next months, and interact with asmany agencies in Strathmore as pos-sible.

“It doesn’t matter how small you are we welcome every agency that helpspeople or keeps them from being bored at home,” Rodgers added. “Theagencies said it was a positive thing with the networking, especially withSiksika resources being there. Con-nections that haven’t been there, weremade during the event. It’s not for en-tertainment purposes but for agencies working together as a preventativething.” The Pregnancy Care Centre, Advo-

cacy in Motion (AIMS), the StrathmoreMunicipal Library, and Siksika HealthServices were among the 21 agencies who participated in the event, hand-ing out information and offering re-sources. The Helping Hands WinterGifts, which was created to inform thecommunity about free and accessibleservices within the community, alsoreceived numerous donations, some of

which are currently stored at the Har- vest Healing Centre Church, ready to be dispersed to anyone who’s interest-ed or in need of the items.

Many of the agencies, includingsome Siksika-based services, have al-ready expressed interest in participat-ing next year. According to Rodgers,his vision is to see the event becomean annual thing, independent of a fluc-tuating economy.

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Feelings of resentment rose at the regular council meetingon Feb. 3, when Councillor Rocky Blokland brought forwardcitizens concerns, alleging three council members to be involved in a conflict of interest.

Mayor Michael Ell, Councillor Denise Peterson, and Coun-cillor Brad Walls are all members on the board of the West-ern District Historical Society – with Councillor Walls resign-ing from his position on the board in February. The action by

the council members to cast a vote in the motion to imple-ment a 120-day freeze to prevent any actions being taken toalter the St. Michaels and All Angels Anglican Church and itsproperty, as requested by the WDHS on Jan. 13, and to notifythe property owner of the intent to designate, resulted inoutcry from the community. After having been approached by various members of the community regarding the issueCouncillor Blokland addressed the issue at the council meet-ing last week.

“I have a few points here of concern that I’m bringing forward on behalf of a lot of citizens, some of my statementsare not meant to be accusatory against anybody, they were brought to me and I was prepared to bring them forward,”said Councillor Blokland. “Conflict of interest is a big one with a lot of people out there. It seems to be questionable. The historical society board was incorporated in January2015 with five to six people, three of them being sittingmembers of this council, although one of them has resigned.

“I might add in the past, as a councillor, I have seen coun-cillors remove themselves from council chambers on lessermatters instead of engaging in a debate and subsequent vote. Even though I realize there is no personal financialgain to councillors involved it is questionable with majorfinancial decisions at the public hearing and bylaw stagemoving forward.”

Concerned about his role as a former member of the boardCouncillor Walls requested input from administration re-garding the matter. After a lengthy explanation referring tothe Municipal Government Act (MGA), Deputy CAO LindaNelson assured council that in her opinion and according tothe act, the councillors were not in violation of their dutiesor raised an issue with conflict of interest.

“This is something I hold very near and dear to my heart,”said Councillor Brad Walls. “I have sat here as a councillorand I’ve declared conflict or bias because I’ve sat on othercommittees and I take offense to being accused of conflictof interest. The MGA sets out a number of acts, regulations, and stat-

ues governing a municipality. Nelson emphasized section153 of the act states a councillor’s duties are to consider and

promote the welfare and interest of the municipality as a whole and to bring to council’s attention that which wouldpromote the welfare or interest of the municipality. Further-more it states for council members to participate in councilmeetings and meetings of council committees, or other bod-ies that council’s appointed to.

“It is true that I am both an elected councillor for the Townof Strathmore and I am a board member for the WDHS, butas you’ve heard, this is not a conflict under the MunicipalGovernment Act which does not only allow but encouragesme to do both,” said Councillor Peterson at the Feb. 3 regular

council meeting.“I clearly understand my mandate as a councillor for the Town of Strathmore. It is to represent the best interests ofthis community in its entirety. I sought a role on the WDHS board with conviction that their goals of communicatingand preserving Strathmore’s history aligned closely with thegoals of the downtown revitalization, the downtown over-lay, and the municipal development plan, who all have asa goal the preservation of the town’s historic sites and theoft-stated desire of many community members to preservetheir history.

“I’ve advocated for the legislative process to be followed atall times. I am committed to ensuring that every person, ev-ery group, or organization with an interest will have a voice.”

In regards to the WDHS, a non-profit organization, the Actalso states in section 173, that a councillor is not in viola-tion of conflict of interest as there is no pecuniary interestdirectly affecting the councillor or their family members.

“It is also important to note that the vote to send a letter ofintent to the diocese was simply to start the legislative pro-cess,” said Nelson. “It is council’s obligation to follow legisla-tive processes and to solicit the public in an effort to gatherfeeback in an entire community. Council must hear bothsides. This is the democratic process and it is a fair process.” While the explanation was reassuring to council members,

some were offended by the accusation. In turn, CouncillorRocky Blokland, who previously stated his intentions werenot to accuse anyone on council and who was speaking on behalf of the public who raised the concern with the coun-cillor, publicly apologized for any misconceptions. With an open house coming up on March 1 at the civic

centre, some councillors are hoping the public input willhelp put the issue to rest.

“When we’re elected as councillors, we are supposed tospeak up and make decisions on what we think is the beston the whole of the community,” said Councillor Fule.

“We’re not trying to serve any one particular group and weall have an open mind. That’s one of the reasons why we’relooking to hear from the public regarding this church. I my-self have not made up my mind.”

Councillors found not in conflict of interest

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LAUREEN F. GUENTHER

Times Contributor

Jessica Ernst, a Rosebudresident, went to the Su-preme Court on Jan. 12 toask Canada’s highest court

whether she has the right tosue the Alberta Energy Regu-lator (AER). That claim would be

brought against the AER inan Alberta provincial court,for its involvement in a casethat also involves the gas andoil company Encana.

Ernst’s legal battle with the

AER began in 2005 when the well-water on her Rosebudacreage became unsafe for

washing and drinking. Shediscovered that the gas andoil company Encana had,

without permission, frackedoil wells near her propertyand elsewhere in the Rose-

bud region. That fracking,she believes, released haz-ardous chemicals includingmethane into her water well. When Encana denied re-

sponsibility for the damageto Ernst’s well-water, shetook her complaint to the

AER, who also denied the va-lidity of her claim.So in 2007, Ernst began a

legal case against Encana andthe AER, and in 2011, she ex-panded that claim to include

Alberta Environment. Allthree organizations said they

were immune from prosecu-tion, but Alberta’s provincialcourts decided only the AERhas immunity.

It was the AER’s claim forimmunity that brought Ernst

before the Supreme Court on Jan. 12. She wanted to know:is the AER immune fromprosecution? Or does Can-

ada’s Charter of Rights and

Freedoms give her the rightto prosecute the AER?

“I watched the hearing onthe edge of my seat, morestressed than I’ve ever beenin my life,” Ernst said in ane-mail. “I felt sorry for GlennSolomon, outside counsel forthe AER, because he admit-ted in Canada’s highest courtthat I have a Charter casenot barred by the immunityclause.” The Supreme Court justices

heard Ernst’s appeal, but de-ferred their decision for anunspecified length of time.

While she waits for theirdecision, Ernst said, “I con-tinue studying the data andevidence I have proving thelaw violations by Encanaand the regulators, and prov-ing the contamination of mycommunity’s drinking wateraquifers with petroleum dis-tillates, heavy metals, tert-

butyl alcohol, phthalates andmore.”

If the Supreme Court de-cides she doesn’t have theright to prosecute the AER,Ernst said, “it’ll be terrible forall Canadians abused by gov-

ernment bodies that fraudu-lently cover-up harms by cor-porations and governments,and violate rights to intimi-date and silence citizens.” And if she does win the

right to prosecute, “I person-ally win nothing,” she said,“but (I) get sent back to the

Alberta courts that denied memy rights in the first place,to start my case against the

AER, hundreds of thousandsof dollars and nine yearslost. But, all other Canadians- now and into the future -get their Charter rights backintact and that’s what’s most

important.”

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