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After two-and-a-half years of persistent fundraisingand meticulous planning, the Alberta 55 Plus Sum-

mer Games took Strathmore by storm last weekendas a result of much support, dedication, and the ef-forts of roughly 850 volunteers.

Over the past several months, nearly 1,300 seniorsfrom across the province excelled in their zone quali-fiers for a chance to compete for a medal in Strath-more. And while the success of the athletes – and numer-

ous new records – proved to be highlights of thegames, tremendous hard work behind the scenes al-lowed for the competition to run smoothly – even

with heavy rain showers on Friday postponing out-door events to the next day.

“It’s been a long process but very gratifying and rewarding to see it all come to a successful head,” said Joss Binns, activities director for the Strathmore 2015 Alberta55 Plus Summer Games.

“The amount of volunteers was just amazing, be-cause they did everything you asked them to do witha smile. I think from what we’ve heard … it was ahuge success. In just talking to people who’ve beento several of these games, they went through thefood and through the competitions, and they saidthis is the best they’ve ever been to. So that’s alwaysnice to hear.” The organization approached the Town of Strath-

more for financial support last year, and with thehelp of local support and several large fundraisers– Beatlemania concert, Flames Alumni hockey game,and 2015 Dream Vacation Raffle – was able to reachtheir estimated $1.2 million budget. The organizers also struggled with a lack of vol-

unteers early on, but as the games edged closer, thatnumber skyrocketed to over their projected 800 peo-ple. Volunteers flocked to Strathmore from areas such

as Calgary, Carseland, and Airdrie, eager to help out. Without any major hiccups and more participants

from Strathmore than ever before, the town cclassi-fied the event a success.

“I think the town benefited in lots of ways, and wealso got some awareness,” said Tracy Simpson, com-munity services coordinator for the Town of Strath-more.

“I think it’s important for our senior population tostay active and to find different ways to engage in thecommunity. I also think it’s going to be a great legacyin how people perceive our community. We success-fully hosted an event and the people who came aregoing to have positive thoughts of Strathmore andthey’re going to share that with people. It’s importantto have that positive image out there in the province.”

Continued on Page 11

Senior event big success

in Strathmore

Miriam Ostermann Photo

Theo Owel was among 28 local athletes that made Strathmore proud during the Strath-

more 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games event from July 16-19. Owel took home

three silver medals for 55+ mens 1,500m, 3,000m, and 800m. For more coverage of the

games, see Pages 11, 12, 13 & 20.

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Wheatland County council had theopportunity to highlight some of the is-sues coming up in the future for localresidents, in a face-to-face chat withMLA Derek Fildebrandt, when he visitedcouncil on July 7.

On the agriculture front, Councillor

Ben Armstrong mentioned drought con-ditions and the fact farmers claiming in-surance on ruined crops could not runcows on the land after claims had beensubmitted.

“It affects all Alberta,” Armstrong said.“It is just the way the process works.”

Councillor Alice Booth suggested that yields were down about 50 per cent andthere needed to be a change in insur-ance regulations.

Councillor Rex Harwood had concernsabout farm loans. While government haddoubled the amount, it cut the fundingpool in half, which limited the farmersthat could access funding.

Reeve Glenn Koester also had con-cerns with the current agricultural re-

source programs for farmers.“I have farmed my whole life and I

have seen policies come and go. Unfor-tunately some the of the good ones go,”said Koester.

He said most farmers are canny andknow what affects their businesses. Hesaid programs in the past allowed farm-ers more control to plan for retirementor low yield years and provide helpto rebuild losses. He would like to seesome changes. There was the chance to inform Fil-

debrandt of some of the innovativeprograms Wheatland County was sup-

porting, like the floating island projectin Carseland, where nutrients are takenfrom effluent ponds to reduce phospho-rous levels in the environment.

In Rosebud experiments using algaefor sewage treatment are ongoing. It ishoped the algae and the treated watercan be sold, generating new revenuestreams for rural economies. There have been some delays with Alberta Environ-ment accepting the projects’ possibilitiesand they are hoping the test project willprovided necessary information to movethe process forward.

“I firmly believe it is a worthwhileproject,” said Koester.

Booth commented that rural residents were being treated as second class citi-

zens when it came to hospital care.“Health care seems to centre on major

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Fildebrandt said the current govern-ment seemed to be supporting the cur-rent super board structure and is notmoving toward decentralized services.

Reeve Koester qualified that eachcouncillor has ideas for change, but anycouncil recommendations would cometo Fildebrandt through written corre-spondence. He invited Fildebrandt to join them at meetings with provincial

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Behind Joe Van Keulen’s ordinarylooking garage door hides a fullyequipped woodturning workshop thathouses an unparalleled talent and nu-merous nonpareil creations – one of

which won first place for woodworkingat the Calgary Stampede this year. The Strathmore resident stumbled

across woodturning a decade ago, andupon retirement adapted his techniqueto include dyes, stains, wood burning,dental drills, and airbrushing. His cre-ative approaches - such as pyrographyand piercing - and out-of-the-box think-

ing, led to much recognition and mul-tiple awards over the years.

“I did things with wood all along, building stuff, but I wanted to be morecreative and then I found out about

woodturning,” said Van Keulen. “Eight years ago or so, there was a big showof all these people who do this for a liv-ing, and I saw stuff I couldn’t imagine.So that’s when I really got hooked on it.

Woodturners usually don’t do this. Theyturn wood and it’s round. But the moreI add, the more difficult it is for anyoneelse to copy me.”

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Van Keulen moved his family to Strath-more in 1982, and worked as a powerengineer for Agrium. After participatingin a woodturning course in Calgary, VanKeulen quickly turned his passion into

what he called a second career. Whilepower engineering and woodturningdiffer overall, he was able to apply someof his engineering skills in creating hisown woodturning tools. When he is not busy with to-do lists

created by his family, Van Keulen can be found in his garage for a minimumof four hours a day, creating one-of-a-kind objects by hand. Often working onfive pieces at a time, the artist utilizesmaple, birch, and ash, found locally eastof Strathmore, while incorporating thenatural cracks and imperfections of the

wood in his products.

Woodturner wins first placeat Calgary Stampede

“I honestly didn’t know that I had thisin me,” he said. “I’m the colourful guy,and people ask ‘how do you do thisstuff?’ and I tell them, and then they gohome and don’t do it. There’s a lot ofthings I learned the hard way, but I’m

willing to go over the top.”His attitude contributed to entering a

thin wooden platter with a butterfly andflower design pierced out of the mate-rial, this year at the Calgary Stampede.

The Strathmore local entered pieces intothe competition for the past three years,

winning various awards each year. The platter will be showcased at the

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Joe Van Keulen received first place for his wood-

en platter at the 2015 Calgary Stampede. Thewoodturner utilizes dyes, airbrush techniques,

and wood burning to create his works of art.

Miriam Ostermann Photo

The Antique Truck Club members (top left) showcased their skull family box

bed design during the annual Strathmore Fun Runners Show n’ Shine at

Kinsmen Park on July 18. Tim Kevekes (above) proudly shows off his unique

looking 1937 Ford. Brothers Aiden (l-r) and Nolan Mattre along with their

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ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

The Village of Rockyford will be hosting their 58th an-nual rodeo, and despite thedecline of small-town rode-

os, this rodeo only seems to be growing.

The event will run throughthe weekend of July 24-26 atthe Rockyford Ag Groundsand is expected to see about1,000 people at the event.

“This weekend is huge forall local businesses,” said Jus-tin Geeraert, the RockyfordLions Club president. “Theyget a lot of business overthe weekend and it draws alot of money into the LionsClub. All that money goes back into the community, so

all in all it is a major eventfor the small community ofRockyford.” The event will have the

usual rodeo events such as bull riding, saddle broncs,calf-roping and chuckwag-

ons. There will be local events

such as sheep riding andminiature wild horse racingon Saturday and Sunday.

Rodeo fans will also beable to enjoy pancake break-fasts, BBQ beef suppersand outdoor beer gardens. At the end of the Friday,families can enjoy some old-fashioned fun at the familydance; while cowboys canshowcase their dance movesat the Cowboy Ball on Satur-day.


It’s time for the 58thannual Rockyford Rodeo

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The Strathmore Library recently came up witha new initiative to welcome immigrants into thecommunity through the use of packages createdfor immigrants coming to Strathmore. The packages are the brainchild of Carmen

Erison, the Assistant Director of Library Services, who came up with the idea after she attended a Wheatland interagency meeting in June.

A member of the Filipino association gave apresentation during which Erison found thatStrathmore has a large Filipino community.

“We have come to find that there is a largegroup of immigrants in Strathmore,” said Erison.“What we wanted to do is encourage them tocome to the library as it is a great resource forpeople coming to our country.”

Currently there are 20 packages in each Span-ish and Tagalog, which the library has identifiedas the two main languages coming to the commu-nity. Erison hopes to expand them if the turnout

is good. The packages themselves include translated

brochures for adults and kids, and informationabout the library and services they offer. Erisonhopes the packages will help to show the new-comers that their library has something for them.

One of the services offered is the Mango learn-ing services which features the ability for Span-ish speakers to learn English as a Secondary Lan-guage (ESL). The packages have been handed over to the

Foothills Community Immigrant Services, as theyare the ones that handle new immigrants cominginto Strathmore. The packages will be availablefrom them as early as next week. The Foothills Community Immigrant Services

have also helped to translate the information and brochures in the packages.

“This has just been wonderful to be able to havethis service in our community and be able to ap-peal to new immigrants,” said Erison. “Hopefully we can see more of those groups coming into thelibrary and using our library services.”

Strathmore Library’s immigrantpackages welcomes new Canadians

DEREK FILDEBRANDT

Strathmore-Brooks MLA

Health and seniors care is the most importantlocal issue facing Strathmore-Brooks right now.During the recent election, I committed to beinga champion for health and seniors care in thelegislature. I said that I would fight to get long-standing promises followed through on.

My work on this file has two approaches. Someprovince-wide issues have sharp differences be-tween parties. Other issues are non-partisan, andare just a matter of the government treating allregions fairly in delivering basic services.

First: fairness. In Strathmore, the provincialgovernment promised an upgraded hospital withdirect access for seniors care in 1997, 2007 and2012. By 2015, the government stopped pretend-ing that the promise was even made and ignoredthe problem. This is unacceptable. The Strathmore Hospital

has fantastic, professional employees that workmiracles for patients every day, but the facility is woefully inadequate. Seniors that need care on-site are not getting it. The Bassano Project has brought together com-

munity stakeholders to propose a world-class, ru-ral seniors care facility to serve Newell Countyand Brooks. Volunteers have poured hundreds ofhours into the project that seeks to give seniorsthe care, independence and choice that they needand deserve. All that is needed now is the final

sign-off by the provincial government.During my maiden speech to the Legislature, I

spoke at length about both the Strathmore Hos-pital and Bassano Project. Because 70 of the 87MLAs were newly elected for the first time, I feltthat it was important for them to be made awareof the situation in Strathmore-Brooks.

I also raised the issue with the Minister ofHealth and Seniors three times during QuestionPeriod. I pressed the minister for a commitmentto work with my constituents and I to ensure thatthese commitments are not forgotten. She gaveno concrete answers, other than to say that she’dlook into it as she becomes better briefed. Theminister is quite new in her job, and so she un-derstandably was not aware of these two files.

Nonetheless, these two issues are urgent and

need to be pressed.On an Alberta-wide scale, the new NDP govern-

ment made a move in June that should deeply worry rural and small-town Albertans. While thereis much to criticize in the way that the previousgovernment delivered healthcare, it had begunthe process of returning healthcare back to localcontrol. This was a hugely positive move awayfrom the centralized, bureaucratic model run outof a single office in Edmonton, and towards pro-fessionals on the ground making the decisionsthat only they are qualified to make.

Unfortunately, one of the first moves by thenew government was to scrap this initiative, and

to retrench the top-down bureaucratic status quo based in Edmonton. This might keep a few moregovernment employees on the payroll in the capi-tal, but it will not begin to fix a horribly brokensystem that sees Alberta spend the most moneyper capita on healthcare in the country, with onlymediocre results.

On this issue, the Wildrose Shadow Minister ofHealth and MLA for Cyprus-Medicine Hat, DrewBarnes has been pressing the government hard. This is an area of fundamental disagreement withthe NDP, and we will press them to re-examinetheir views at every opportunity.

Province-wide issues – like centralized health-care versus local decision making – have sharpdifferences between parties, and we’ll just haveto agree to disagree with the NDP; but issues likethe Strathmore Hospital and the Bassano Project

are non-ideological, and just a matter of the gov-ernment treating all regions of the province fairlyin delivering basic services.

On provincial issues like decentralizing our broken healthcare system, I will continue to chal-lenge the government’s views and assumptions.On issues like the Strathmore Hospital and Bassa-no Project however, I will work cooperatively andconstructively with the NDP Minister of Healthand Seniors to get results.

Over the summer, I will continue to reach outto the minister and ensure that these projects donot get pushed aside and forgotten.

It’s too early to tell if or when we will get re-sults, but I will continue to make this my top pri-ority until we do.

Fighting for health & seniors care

Hell on

wheels A semi-truck

burst into flameson July 9 east of

Strathmore on

Hwy 1. The driver

managed to pullover after smoke

appeared from

the hood of the

vehicle. No one

was injured.

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Thought forthe Week

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are a part

of the gift of

life, so put

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Town council was asked to consider adding a clause intothe Land Use Bylaw (LUB) to protect council and staff, afterrepercussions from an oversight bogged down administra-tion with unnecessary paperwork. The Municipal Government Act (MGA) originally stated

that a refused or appealed development permit applicationcould not be resubmitted for the same or similar intent with-

Added clause protects council and staffin six months. The clause was removed and the MGA now

places the responsibility on the LUB to designatea time.

However, as the clause was not carried overto the newly adopted LUB, administration ap-proached council on July 8, requesting an amend-ment to the document that ensures a refused

development permit application cannot be resub-mitted for the same or similar purposes within sixmonths.

“For many years you couldn’t reapply until you wait the six months, that was ideal,” said DwightStanford, Town of Strathmore chief administrativeofficer.

“For some reason it got missed recently, andthat’s why we need it back in. There’s a lot ofpaperwork to go over if they come back the nextday to reapply.” With the addition of the clause, staff and council

will be protected, while applicants are encouraged

to submit an application for review accurately. Inkeeping with the standard, administration fol-lowed suit and proposed the six-months timeline.

“Where this becomes an issue, let’s say we re-fuse a development permit application and in theabsence of this clause they say, ‘okay I’m goingto resubmit tomorrow,’” said Werner Fisher, direc-tor of planning and development for the Town of

Strathmore. “We’ve had that issue come up. Underthe old bylaw if it’s the same application, we re-fused it. Well we’re going to refuse it again, but wehave all this paperwork. This encourages peopleto consider a new application as long as it’s in line with the bylaw.”

Town council voted to amend the current LandUse Bylaw 15-14 to include a clause to Section1.18 that states a refused or appealed develop-ment permit application cannot be resubmittedprior to the six months. Councillor Brad Walls andCouncillor Pat Fule were absent during the regularcouncil meeting.

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We have been having a good summer so far. Ithas been wonderful seeing so many constituentsat many events in and around our riding, includ-ing Canada Day celebrations, the Calgary Stam-pede, a number of parades, grand openings, andmore. As your Member of Parliament, I always en-courage everyone to come out and attend theselocal events as they are always rewarding.

Many constituents raise concerns about pooreconomic reports coming from too many econo-mies around the world: the situation in Greeceand its effect on the European economy, the slowrecovery of the U.S. economy, and a dramaticeconomic slowdown in China’s growth including

stock market problems, among other difficulties.China is the largest growing source of new cus-tomers for Canada’s exports; the U.S. is our largestcustomer. While Canada already has substantialtrade with numerous locations in Europe, thereare hundreds of millions of potential customersthere and we are anxious to expand our trade with them.

Yet, the difficulties these markets are facingcause a reduction or curtailment in Canada’s abil-ity to sell to these customers. Too often we hearthat they cannot currently afford our goods andservices and reduce their orders or hesitate beforeplacing new ones. The undeniable fact remains that the global

economy remains fragile and is impacting Can-ada’s performance with forces beyond Canada’s borders and control. Now more than ever Canada

must continue with our low tax plan. We have a balanced federal budget without built-in or on-going ‘structural’ deficits. We have taxes that are atthe lowest level in 50 years – for individuals and businesses. These fiscally responsible policies are

serving our nation well in these times of globaleconomic uncertainty.

Our country is one of very few economic ju-risdictions that do not suffer from internation-ally-sourced credit downgrades. Many foreignpoliticians, economists and others recognize that“Canada has it right” in terms of working to bolsterour economy against negative off-shore effects.

Our Conservative government has worked hardto help create over 1.2 million net new jobs forCanadians that are overwhelmingly full-time, private sector jobs in high-wage industries. We have worked with every sector in Canada’s economytoward preventing ‘investment freezes’ and to re-alize every bit of economic growth that can behad.

It is true, that the International Monetary Fundhas slightly reduced Canada’s economic growthrate to 1.5 per cent in 2015 versus their predic-tion in April of a 2.2 per cent gain for Canada.Compared to the plight being faced by too manynations that we trade with, and the IMF’s predic-tions for them, the IMF’s latest prediction is notso disappointing. Canada will continue to haveeconomic growth in 2015; Canada’s economy is well placed with the short and mid-term problemsfrom the global economy that continue to impactus; and, we are well-prepared to work for the eco-nomic prosperity we will be able to achieve, onceour major trading partners can progress from their various current challenges.

If you have any questions or concerns regard-ing this or previous columns you may write me at4945-50th Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V 1P9, call780-608-4600, toll-free 1-800-665-4358, fax 780-

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By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

• The next Executive Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 11th at 7 p.m.

• HERITAGE DAYS: This year the theme is “Salute the Flag”, in honour of its 50th

birthday! The Legion is offering live entertainment on Friday night, July 31st, as

well as Saturday night, August 1st, from 8 pm to mi dnight, performed by PISTOL

MOON. Come enjoy some cowboy food and dance the night away!!!! No cover

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• On Sunday, August 2nd, from 7 am to 11 am, the Legion is once again holding

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Maureen Gronberg (front row l-r), Gordon Hilton,Ron Hilton, Doug Hilton, Rosemary Lugg, re-unit-ed for Ron and Doug’s 80th birthday five yearsago. Spouses, Arne Gronberg (back row l-r), Vi-ola Hilton, Betty Hilton, Norma Hilton, and AlbertLugg joined them.

Photo Courtesy of the Hilton Family

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When Henry and Florence Hiltonimmigrated to Canada in 1910, theycouldn’t foretell that one day their fivegrandchildren of Leonard and AudreyHilton, all born within five years, would

be celebrating birthdays together wellinto their 80s. With all five siblings in splendid

health, Doug, Ron, Gordon, Maureenand Rosemary have celebrated somemonumental milestones over the years,including each of their 60th weddinganniversaries. While Maureen and Rosemary live in

Edmonton and Ontario, the three broth-ers all moved to Strathmore with theirfamilies a few years ago. As the brotherseach raised five children of their own,getting together now requires rentingout the Strathmore Golf Club, in orderto accommodate the families that canswell to more than 70 members strong,considering grandchildren and great-

grandchildren.“We get together once a year, all three

families, before Christmas and we meetat the golf course and celebrate,” saidBetty Hilton, wife of Ron Hilton. “Thattime of year is kind of mandatory thateverybody turn up. And we’ve had won-derful results from all three familiesthat will come and be together the onetime of the year.”

Henry Hilton, a tailor from England, became a farmer upon purchasing ahomestead in Nightingale. The farm hassince been manned by the family’s fivegenerations.

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June, when the twins, Ron and Doug, blew out their 85th birthday candles.

“They just keep going, and they cer-tainly outlived the time of their parents,”said Betty Hilton. “Their mom was 83,and their dad was only 75. So they’vedone very well, all of them. We enjoyit, but I think our own kids, that are intheir 50s and 60s, they enjoy it too be-cause they don’t get to see their cousinsthat often. They’re here and there andeverywhere.”

Instead of throwing a larger party,as they had done for their 80th birth-day, the twins celebrated with an openhouse.

“There was about 50 of us through-out the afternoon,” said Norma Hilton,Doug’s wife. “You get to know who thekids are, otherwise you don’t see themfor years and you don’t even know what

their names are.”However, while the large families

share similar interests and values, es-pecially rooted in the agricultural busi-ness, Norma said the relationships are

based on friendships. And while manyEuropeans who travelled to Canadaended up moving back during that time,the Hiltons are grateful for their grand-father’s decision to stay.

“I think it’s just having respect for eachother, and we’re all different but you re-spect each other and accept the goodand bad,” said Viola Hilton, Gordon’s

wife. “We never give it much thoughtand we just take for granted that it’s

just part of it. Our kids and their cous-ins always had a good relationship as

well. So, thank goodness great-grandpadecided not to go back [to England] be-cause that’s how we’re all here.”


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In preparation for the summer games,some of Strathmore’s facilities receivedsome much-needed upgrades, includ-ing the tennis courts, bocce courts, andother facilities.

Board chair Donalda Ladene remains

optimistic that the games not only in-spired participants and seniors to con-tinue to stay active, but that Strathmoreproved it can handle larger crowds toaccommodate other events.

“The best way I can describe it, is likea pebble going into the water and theripple effect,” said Ladene. “The pebble was the idea of bringing the summergames to Strathmore and ever sincethen it’s been an ongoing ripple effect,and I don’t think we will see the end ofthat ripple effect for a while.”


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As part of the 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Sum-

mer Games, Strath-

more hosted a health

and wellness fair at

the Strathmore FamilyCentre.

Rose Hamrlik Photos

Cathy (l) and husband Kip arehaving a grand ole time during

the Alberta 55 Plus Games at

the Brentwood Barn Dance. Par-

ticipants were all smiles as they

dance up a storm.


The Strathmore 2015

Alberta 55 Plus Sum-

mer Games opening

ceremonies featured

performances by theBrentwood Elementary

School choir, Pulse, and

the Dearhearts, and in-

troduced all eight com-peting Alberta zones.

Miriam Ostermann

Photos

His Honour Doug Mitchell (l-r), Her Honour Lois

Mitchell, Strathmore Mayor Michael Ell, GamesChair Donalda Ladene, Games president Lea

Dashkewytch, and Chair of Alberta Sport Con-

nection John Short look on as emcee Grant

Klaiber makes his closing speech at the Strath-

more High School gym. Strathmore High Schoolstudent Lilli Furfaro closed the event.


Standard’s own Drew Gregory wowed the Alberta

55 Plus Summer Games crowd with a great show

at the Strathmore and District Agricultural SocietyGrandstand on July 18.


Strathmore’s own

Kirstyn Johnson

serenaded a crowd

in the beer gardens.She even sang a

few songs with

her mom, Maggie

Johnson.Andrea Roberts

Photo

Mike Brazel took a ride in the rick-

shaw pulled by volunteer Gina So-

bol on July 18.Miriam Ostermann Photo

The Toronto-based Ton Beau

String Quartet entertained a

packed Crowther Memorial

Junior High School theatrefull of Alberta 55 Plus Sum-

mer Games participants with

their classic violin tunes on

July 17.Justin Seward Photo

Larue Kiemele pushes torchbearer Bill

Timmins into the Sagewood Seniorsfacility. Strathmore Mayor Michael Ell

lights the torch to officially begin the

Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games dur-ing the ATCO Torch Relay festivities at

Kinsmen Park.Justin Seward Photos


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Miriam Ostermann, Andrea Roberts

& Justin Seward Photos

1,300 participants from all over Alberta travelled

to Strathmore to take part in the Alberta 55 Plus

Summer Games. Athletes set 42 new records in

athletics alone.

MIRIAM OSTERMANN

Times Times Associate Editor

Fifty-eight-year-old Stephen Wiewel learned to

swim in a river near a small town in Manitoba where he grew up. As an adult, he never receivedany formal training, and never swam competitive-ly. In fact, the only experience he had in the pool was his leisurely swims every morning since thepool’s construction in Strathmore nearly a decadeago. Yet last weekend, during the Strathmore 2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games, Wiewel blew ev-eryone out of the water, and took to the podiumto collect a total of four gold medals.

“Normally when I swim in the morning I don’tnecessarily swim for speed,” said Wiewel. “It’s alittle bit different when you are in a race than when you swimming for exercise in the morning.I kind of got hooked on the events … and I’m go-ing to try and continue to participate in the gamesas the years progress.” Wiewel was one of 1,289 Albertan athletes aged

55 and older, and one of two participants repre-senting Strathmore in the pool. Susan Lust, 67, aformer member of the Alberta swim team, hadn’tcompeted for 50 years but began actively train-ing four days a week since March 31. Surrounded by her family and two former Alberta swim teamteammates, Lust dipped into her erstwhile com-petitive edge and secured three silver medals on July 18.

“I was hoping for a gold … but I’m quite happyand was really tickled to get three silvers,” saidLust.

“You have to be able to swim pretty well, be-

cause they weren’t slouches, that’s for sure. The big thing is that now I’m really hyped up to keeptraining; keep swimming. And I know that’s the best thing that I can do for my health. I’m goingto go again in two years and try again, and I’ll getgold.” Twenty-eight participants from Strathmore and

area competed in the games that included artsand crafts, Bocce, shuffleboard, athletics, cycling,cribbage, and Pickleball, to name a few. As 24 ofthe participants took home at least one medal,a total of 81 medals were distributed to partici-pants from Zone 2 – Big Country - that rankedfifth overall.

Participants from all over the province gath-ered at the Wheatland Elementary School, racingaround the tracks, aiming javelins, and throwingshot put, while breaking 42 Alberta 55 Plus Sum-mer Games records in the process.

Strathmore’s own Theo Owel, who also finished with three silver medals, raced against Calgary’sDavid Guss in the 55 Plus men’s 1,500 metre, who

smashed the record by a minute with a time of4:55.

“I think this is a record number of participantsin track and field, and we had 96 participants which is I think the highest it’s ever been,” said Joss Binns, activities director for the Strathmore2015 Alberta 55 Plus Summer games.

“We had some very good quality athletes outof Calgary. I would say the majority of records were broken by Calgary athletes who belong tothe track clubs in Calgary. They came out for thiscompetition and that’s why they did really well.”

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Speaker Doug RawlingDirector of

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Aris, Brian (slo-pitch) 1x silver

Browne, Carmen (slo-pitch) 1 x silver

Campbell, Ken (golf) 1 x silver

Coldwell, Cheryl Lynn (bocce) 1 x silver

Deeg, Randy (golf) 1 x gold

Deeg, Sandy (golf) 1 x gold

Desmet, Sandra (bocce) 1 x silver

Ewen, Sheila (arts and crafts) 1 x 1st place

Gauvreau-Bujold, Dianne (arts and crafts) 1 x 1st place

Greene, George (Pete) (golf) 1 x bronze

Harwood, Marna Dee (cribbage) 1 x gold

Hofer, Elias (slo-pitch) 1 x gold

Huntley, Max (slo-pitch) 1 x silver

Ledene, Gerry (slo-pitch) 1 x bronze

Lust, Susan (swimming) 3 x silver

Lyons, Glenda (bocce) 1 x silver

Moggey, Robert (slo-pitch) 1 x bronze

Owel, Theo (thletics) 3 x silver

Phillips, Wietske Laura (arts and crafts) 1 x bronze

Pinchbeck, Marianne (golf) 1 x bronze

Stacey, Jack (cycling) 1 x gold and 1 x 4th place

Walker, Richard (golf) 1x gold

Waterchief, Mario (pool-8-ball) 1 x 4th place

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Continued from Page 12

Regular trailblazer Nessie Hollicky was one of those athletes, whose latehusband told her she was too slowto run a marathon in celebration ofher 80th birthday four years ago. Butthat didn’t stop her last weekend onher 84th birthday, when the Calgary

woman, whose friends joke is a bat-tery that never runs out, did exactlythat. Hollicky ran in four events, andset a record of 14:35 for the 1,500 me-ter run in her age group - an ideal

birthday present.

However, Hollicky wasn’t surprised by her success. The mother of six was nearing 60 years of age whenshe picked up a book about running

when you’re 40. Since then, Hollickygets up every morning at 5 a.m. torun and has collected over 800 med-als, participated in 15 marathons, andcame first in the 75+ category at theHonolulu marathon.

“A gal in Calgary, when I was run-ning, said ‘Oh her walk is strong,’ ofcourse she kept on running, but I felt

like saying ‘lady that was my run,’”

joked Hollicky.“It’s just weird because I try and go

faster and it just doesn’t work.”Strathmore put in the bid to host

the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Gamesover two years ago and required thehelp of over 800 volunteers to en-sure its success – a goal many par-ticipants and volunteers feel was ac-complished.

For detailed information about theparticipants, rankings, and categories

visit www.albertagames.com.

Metal Count

#1 Zone 3 (Calgary) 71 34 21

#2 Zone 5 (Black Gold/Yellowhead) 43 31 23

#3 Zone 4 (Parkland) 35 30 30

#4 Zone 6 (Edmonton) 32 34 26

#5 Zone 2 (Big Country) 32 34 15

#6 Zone 8 (Peace Country) 22 18 24

#7 Zone 1 (Sunny South) 21 21 20

#8 Zone 7 (NE Alberta) 15 16 10

Local participants shine at summer games

Times TIDBITS

Did You Know?

In 1962, Pincher Creek, Alberta experienced the fastest,biggest temperature change ever recorded in Canadaas a result of a Chinook (a warm, dry wind that comesoff the Rocky Mountains). The temperature rose from

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The Strathmore Country Garden Club was touring Lethbridge on May 30th.There were more of us this time (group of six). The group had a wonder-

ful time touring Lethbridge’s: Japanese Gardens, 100year old tree, and twogreenhouses in the area.The Garden club finished their wrap-up party over at Susan Wrigley’s Farmto make Flower Towers was our project in June. I will include photos of howthey turned out next month. The club has decided to take some time out forJuly and August, as we are helping out with The Strathmore 55+ Games.We will be back to meet on Wednesday, September 2nd, at the StrathmorePublic Library at 7pm - 9pm.Hope everyone’s planting is going well! I found a garden tip on Pinterest - ifyou spread coffee grounds around your flowers and veggies they are sup-pose to grow faster, and flowers in and around your rows will bring pollina-tors as well. Happy planting, growing and a happy harvest!

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Criticism of Strathmore’sparticipation during the Ca-nadian Rockies InternationalRodeo and Music Festival re-ceived some backlash fromlocal business owners and

residents, at a time when the Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association (ARGRA) is con-templating its next move. After seven years of em-

bracing some unconvention-al contests – steer decorating, wild drag racing, and goatdressing – the association isentertaining the idea of relo-cating to another town. As ARGRA’s three-year

contract expires, other mu-nicipalities have expressedinterest in hosting the world-renowned event, in con-currence with lower thanexpected turnout at lastmonth’s concerts. Despite ef-forts to attract bigger crowds with support from the Vil-lage People, LeAnn Rimes,and George Canyon, expec-tations fell flat when atten-dance didn’t come close tothe projected 5,000 patrons.

“We need to do what weneed to do to survive, so are we coming back? I hope so,”said Jason Baker, presidentfor ARGRA.

“We are looking at all sortsof options in Strathmore, working with the Town and

businesses and we have hadgreat support from lots ofpeople there who certainlyoutweigh some of the othercomments we have gotten. We have a team of volun-teers who are still catchingtheir breath from this year’samazing event… all I can say

right now is stay tuned.”However, recent public

comments made by Baker,especially through socialmedia, rubbed residents ofStrathmore the wrong way.One upset resident in partic-ular, Roadhouse Restaurantand Lounge General Man-ager Belinda Derraugh, wasdisappointed with the lackof gratefulness the establish-ment received after sponsor-ing and supported the event.

“I was totally upset with what Jason Baker was say-ing, and a lot of it is noteven true,” she said. “To saythat people of Strathmoredidn’t go because they’regay? I wouldn’t speak for ev-ery single person of 13,000 but I would speak for a lotof people to say they don’tcare if they’re gay or not gay. They can’t blame us for theirnumbers being down.” According to Derraugh,

neither the Roadhouse Res-taurant and Lounge northe Strathmore Station Res-taurant and Pub noticeda difference in patronage,particularly those wearing

ARGRA contemplates staying in Strathmore wristbands, to their businesses duringthe rodeo weekend.

Upon being approached by the as-sociation, the restaurant donated $500, which Derraugh said wasn’t followedup with acknowledgement or a thank you. And while she disagrees with com-ments made by local politicians that theevent brings in thousands of dollars

to local businesses, the Strathmore &District Agricultural Society has seen aspike in camping lot sales to 206 this year from last year.

“From our perspective ARGRA are very good clients and they’re importantto us from a business perspective, theyrespect our park and our facilities andour assets and they are easy to work with,” said Herb McLane, general man-ager of the Strathmore & District Agri-cultural Society.

“We are at the end of a contract and we have had preliminary discussions…they’ve indicated to us that they wishto come back. The last we spoke that was the direction we were headed with them. I’m looking forward to that,and we would like to have them back,they’re good for our business.”

McLane said in speaking with staffand community members, thereseemed to be an increase in rodeo-go-ers in comparison to last year, an opin-ion other businesses share. The Strath-more Travelodge noticed an increaseeach year during the ARGRA weekendcompared to other weekends, but num- bers didn’t spike in comparison to previous years. However, hotel managerfor the franchise said having the eventin Strathmore does make a differenceon their business. Although the concerts didn’t attract

as many people as had been initially

anticipated, hundreds of people fromall over Canada, the United States, andinternationally made their way close tothe stage to see LeAnn Rimes live. Themusic travelled to the surrounding ar-eas, including Dwight Stanford’s house,the chief administrative officer for the Town of Strathmore. Blown away bythe quality of the music and the organi-zation of the event, Stanford hopes theassociation remains in Strathmore forthe benefit of the town.

“The music was absolutely phenom-enal… it was some of the best we’veever had in Strathmore,” he said. “Theyspent quite a bit of money at variousplaces in town so that’s been good forthe town. They were hoping for more

people at the concerts, and for somereason a lot of people didn’t show up.I personally hope they stay here, be-cause it’s good for the town.” The Town of Strathmore’s regular

council meeting on July 22, containeda delegation by ARGRA to discuss thetown’s willingness to help support theevent and play an active role in the de-cision of the event remaining in Strath-more.

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