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The erstwhile Co-op building, now left vacant inStrathmore’s downtown core, received new owner-ship last week, after town council dished out over amillion dollars upon being presented with an offerthey were unable to disregard. After much negotiation with the Calgary Co-op,

council made an offer of $1.5 million on the 1.742acres of land - which includes the land and property

but not the liquor store - with possible intentions ofmoving the municipal offices to the downtown corein the future. When the offer was accepted, with two installments

paid over two years and no interest accumulating,council voted in favour the recommendation to ap-prove the purchase.

“The financial decision is, I think, a very solid one,the offer is very good, and it’s one of those deals …

we couldn’t turn down,” said Councillor Pat Fule. “Ithink it’s going to be a boon for the downtown andit’s going to help in a lot of ways. We’re going to seea huge benefit from this many years down the road.” The former Co-op building, which was at the centre

of many controversial discussions since the announce-ment of the conglomerate’s move to a new locationnear the highway, was left unoccupied on July 14.

Raising concerns among the senior and low-incomeresidents living near Strathmore’s downtown, who re-lied on the grocery store as a lifeline, council had ap-proached other grocery stores to occupy the space.

Without much interest received to take over the spaceand aid in the revitalization of the town, council se-cured the area for the possibility of moving their of-fices from their current location in the future and sup-port the vitality of the core.

“We’re faced with this situation where the Co-op has

left and we’ve tried various avenues to get anothergrocery retail outlet there and to no avail … at least

we have the opportunity not to lose this property andshould we decide that we need to expand our munici-pal building, then we can do something to really makean effort to add to the downtown core,” said Fule. “Tohave a municipal building possibly, that will be thereso that all town businesses and residents who cometo do town business actually come right downtown,[then] our municipal building, in a sense, would showthat we believe in our downtown core and we sup-port it.”

Co-op’s corporate decision to relocate to the Ranchto allow for expansion followed the moves of theRoyal Bank of Canada, the ATB Financial, and Sobeys(IGA) years earlier.

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A new approach is aiming to inspireother businesses and individuals in thecommunity to think outside of the boxand find a way to contribute to the Chea-dle Lions’ hospice project that seeks to

fill a need in keeping the terminally illclose to home.

Local home-builder Leanne Hilton,owner of Rich-Lee Custom Homes, will

be donating the proceeds from the saleof one of her homes in the Hillview com-munity to inflate the fundraising effortsfor a Wheatland County hospice project. The million-dollar initiative, which is

still in its infancy, already raised a whop-ping $75,000, with $60,000 accumulatedthrough the Cheadle Lions’ Feed a Steerprogram, over $3,000 through the Chea-dle 4-H club lamb sale, and some fundsreceived from two families who recentlylost a loved one.

Hilton, who had been aware of the im-portance of such a facility for years, isoptimistic she’ll be able to contribute atleast $25,000 from the sale of the three

bedroom, three bathroom, 1,564 sq. ft. bungalow-style home.

“I don’t know any one person that hasnot been affected by terminal disease,and if you’ve had that experience where

you’ve been affected by that, you knowhow traumatic it is for the whole family,”said Hilton.

“This is my little piece of the pie tohelp and contribute to it. There’s goingto be a whole bunch of other little cutsof this pie coming together to make it a

whole. It may take time and that’s OK, but at least we’re on that road, we’re onthat path, and it’s a good path to be on.”

Through more awareness, Hilton ishoping that more community members will get involved and create a snowballeffect to move the project further along.

Having had experience with the Chea-

dle Lions Club in the past, when she co-founded Project H.O.P.E – a communi-ty-based program providing therapy tochildren diagnosed with severe physical,social, emotional and behavioural chal-lenges - Hilton approached members ofthe club and local realtor Katelyn Haff-ner with Century 21 Real Estate to get

her idea off the ground. While there is no concrete dollar

amount for the overall cost of the proj-ect, the Cheadle Lions Club predicted it

will cost a few million dollars. With fun-draising efforts already well underway,a boost from the sale’s proceeds wouldpropel their efforts further along.

“Here we have done basically our firstfull year of funding and this would be a30 per cent bump up on what we’ve ac-complished so far,” said Sonny Warrack,member of the Cheadle Lions Club. “Fi-nancially this is huge, but even bigger

would be to have the community lead-ers… that’s the real plug. I think it’s go-ing to help us move even faster to makeit go ahead even better.”

After a successful trial with their Feeda Steer project, the club is already gear-ing up for the initiative to launch againin October - this time with double theamount of steers, at 40. The Strathmore home, with its big

windows, breathtaking view, and all the bells and whistles, is listed for $689,900 with full commission being offered tothe real estate agents bringing a buyer.

The Cheadle Lions Club will be pres-ent at their booth during the StrathmoreStampede this weekend, to provide moreinformation as well as donation forms.

“It’s important for our residents tohave this as an asset in the community

when that unfortunate time comes that

they require that,” Warrack said. “We feelit’s horrible that families in our area,Strathmore, and the county area do nothave this available for them, when thatneed is there to keep them closer to their

families.”For more information about the re-

gional hospice project contact Sonny Warrack at 403-312-7189. If interested

or for more information regarding theproperty, contact Katelyn Haffner at 403-324-9999.

New initiative to boost hospice project

Local home-builder Leanne Hilton (r) is donating

the proceeds from her home in the Hillview com-

munity towards the Cheadle Lions’ Club regionalhospice project. Katelyn Haffner (l) and Sonny

Warrack are all working together to get the initia-

tive off the ground. Miriam Ostermann Photo

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Strathmore and District Agri-

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mittee also had fun helping

out.

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COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS JULY 22, 2015

• Council moved in Camera at 6:27 PM to discuss aBusiness Interest under FOIPP s. 16.

• Council came out of Camera at 7:00 PM.

• Council adopted the agenda of the July 22, 2015. RegularCouncil meeting with the following additions:

Move Item 8.2 to Item 8.1 and then 8.1 will be 8.5.8.6 Taxi Bylaw

• Council approved the purchase of the following parcelsof land and building located at 320 Second Street,Strathmore, Alberta:

S/WSW1/4-14-24-25-4 Lot 34, Blk 9, Plan 8810016 “OT” Blk 9, Plan 5894P (the Lane) Lots 1 & 2, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lots 3-5, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lot 6, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lot 7, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lot 8, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lots 9 & 10, Blk 9, Plan 5894P

Lot 11, Blk 9, Plan 5894P Lot 12, Blk 9, Plan 5894Pfor an amount of $1,500,000.00 (subject to the confirmationof value of the garbage compactor and removal ifdetermined to be necessary by the Town) to be madein two equal interest free payments in October, 2015and October, 2016 with the funds to be drawn from theFinancial Stabilization Reserve.

• Council entered into the Master Servicing Agreementwith the City of Calgary for the supply of Potable Water through the East Calgary Water Line.

• Council instructed Administration to proceed with the

construction of the Westmount Road/Highway #1 trafficsignal with a contribution from the Town of Strathmore of two thirds of the projected cost with is not to exceed theapproved budget of $333,334.00.

• Council awarded the construction of the WestmountRoad/Hwy #1 Traffic Signal project to Black andMcDonald for a contract amount no to exceed $293,292.45excluding GST.

• Council approved two full time positions for the FireDepartment, with funds to be drawn from FinancialStabilization, and not to exceed $60,500.00 for 2015.

• Council approved the Terms of Reference for the

Succession Planning Committee with an amendmentunder “Composition and Term” to read “that thecommittee will be comprised of 2 members of the Town ofStrathmore Council plus one alternate.”

• Council made a motion to appoint Mayor Michael Ell tosit on the Succession Planning Committee. This motionwas DEFEATED.

• Councillor Sobol, Councillor Peterson and CouncillorGrajczyk were appointed to the Succession PlanningCommittee.

• Council instructed Administration to review Bylaw #08-25 and that a revised bylaw pertaining to the licensing,regulation and control of the taxi industry be undertakenand returned for Council consideration.

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Through the efforts of local busi-nesses, various organizations, and theDowntown Design Review Committee,small businesses have migrated backto the downtown area – in part due tocheaper rent. While the issue of the Co-op build-

ing remained at the forefront, council’srecent decision aims to aid in its revival.

“I’ve spoken to councillors and mem-

bers of the council from other munici-palities whose town offices are in thedowntown area, and I tell ya, it benefitsthe downtown incredibly,” said Council-lor Bob Sobol. “It’s very well reportedand makes a big difference, and we do want to move our downtown forwardand support businesses. The specifics,in regards to our town office goingdown there, are still under review andin discussions. At the end of the day, Istill think that this is an investment inour downtown, and I think it’s overalla wise one.”

Councillor Denise Peterson also voiced her approval when she said it will be a saving grace for the commu-nity, and Councillor Brad Walls was

pleased a decision is being made tomove forward on the project. The first of two equal payments is

due Oct. 1, while the second and finalpayment will be made on Oct. 1, 2016.

Town steps upfor downtown revitalization

MIRIAM OSTERMANN


Town council made a bold statementduring the regular council meeting on

July 22, when they unanimously voted

against appointing Mayor Michael Ellto the newly proposed CAO SuccessionPlanning Committee. The ad hoc committee, an initiative to

deal with the current chie=f administra-tive officer’s retirement announcement,

will serve to gather relevant informa-tion for the hire of a new CAO. While Mayor Ell, who was absent at

last week’s meeting, requested consid-eration to be appointed as one of twomembers from the council to form thecommittee, all five councillors voted inopposition of the request.

“I’m disappointed, but council getsto make that decision as a group, andthat was the decision of council,” saidMayor Ell. “I think it’s very important

that we do our ultimate best to attractthe right person to that position in thefuture, and the decision has been madeand the people that have been chosen

will have my support where I can sup-port them.”

Shortly after the vote, Councillor BobSobol and Councillor Denise Peterson

were elected to fill the positions, withCouncillor Steve Grajczyk serving as analternate. According to the mandate, the coun-

cil members will determine where toadvertise, gather the necessary infor-mation for the hire of the new employ-ee, put forth plausible candidates forcouncil approval, and draft and presenta CAO job description for council ap-proval.

“The reason that council is getting involved in this - because council do notget involved in operations at all - is be-cause the CAO is the only employee ofcouncil,” said Deputy CAO Linda Nel-

Council votes against appointing Mayor to CAOSuccession Planning Committee

son. “That is their role and responsibil-ity to do that. They would recruit andmake a decision.” The successful candidate will work

on behalf of council to offer council advice and make recommendations. The

committee will remain active until theposition is filled.

Chief Administrative Officer DwightStanford, who served in his position forthe past 23 years, will be retiring earlynext year.

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Funds for the purchase will come fromthe Financial Stabilization Reserve.

Councillor Steve Grajczyk was alsoconcerned about a structure attachedto the property that he felt could re-sult in additional costs. Administrationassured council the structure would beassessed for value and dealt with. How-ever, Grajczyk wanted to assure thepublic that the decision to purchase theproperty and land will not result in im-mediate changes.

“We are not building a town housetomorrow morning or next year,” hesaid. “This is just the first small step towards going in that direction.”

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Vander Veldes have been traced backto 1811, in Friesland, Northern Holland.Don’s great-great-grandfather Martin Vander Velde came to North America inthe early 1800’s, serving with the Wis-consin Volunteers in the American Civil

War, and later settling in Sheldon, Iowa.His great-grandfather, Andrew, was

a farmer in Iowa, where Don’s grand-father Martin was born. In the early1900’s, grandfatherMartin and three brothers came tothe Carseland/Dale-mead area wherethey purchased land,as well as northwestof Strathmore (Ar-denode). The Carse-land/Dalemead landis presently farmed by Don/Florence

Vander Velde, along with Neil/Bev Miller of Dalemead, Har-ley/Glenda Stewart of Dalemead, andBrian/Judy Bazant. One of the threeoriginal brothers sold his farm and re-turned to Iowa, and another brotherdied.

Don’s father, Gerald, was born in1916, in the farmhouse grandad Martinhad just completed building. This is thehouse Don and Florence live in. Gerald was well known throughout the area,as an excellent saxophone player witha local band.

On Don’s mother’s side, his grand-father Dan Fraser, born in Inverness,Scotland, came to Alberta in the early

1900’s, where he worked as a “horserough string rider” whose job was to break two- and three-year-old colts forriding. Don’s grandmother WinnifredMorrison born in Edinburgh, Scotlandcame to Canada in 1912, sailing onthe ship that followed the Titanic. Onreaching the point where the Titanichad sank, they had to sail through alarge field of debris! Dan and Winni-fred met in Calgary, where she was asecretary to the late R.B. Bennet, who would become the 15th Prime Ministerof Canada. They were married in 1914,and farmed a half section of land 12miles southwest of Strathmore.

Don’s mother Janet Fraser was bornin Calgary and married Gerald Vander

Velde in 1937, living and farming onemile north of Martin Vander Velde’sfarm, where they raised their two sons– Allan and Don.

Don had been born in 1945, andstarted his education in a one-roomschool in Strathmore, before moving tothe newly built Sam Crowther Schoolin 1951, then to Carseland High School,followed by Olds College. This is wherehe met his future wife Florence McBee. They advised, there were 200 male

students, and only 22 female students!

Florence’s family on her father’s side,came from Missouri and travelled toSpringfield, Ore. in1850, along withmany others on theOregon Trail Trek. There is said to bea grave marker atevery milestone!Her grand-fatherMelvin McBee, born in Oregonin 1889, came toDeWinton in 1915.Bought a half sec-tion, to farm and build barns for lo-cal farmers, as well

as a half section oftreed land near Priddis, where he op-erated a sawmill. Her father, Wallace, was born in Calgary in 1916, and lat-er bought and farmed the half sectionof his dad’s. This land needed to becleared of trees, before crops could begrown. Florence’s mother Joan Smith, born in Somerset, England came to theCarstairs Area with her family, whenshe was three years old. She was thethird of 13 children. She met and mar-ried Wallace McBee of DeWinton in1936. Joan is now 93, still living on herown at the farm, with one of Florencessister’s living nearby.

Florence was born in Calgary in 1945,

and had three sisters and one brother,and lived on the farm near DeWinton with her family. She started school atthe one-room Alexander School, threemiles away, and rode her horse to/from.For Grades 5 to 9, she was bused to RedDeer Lake School, then attended highschool at Henry Wise Wood in Calgary, before going to Olds College.

Don and Florence were married in1965, at the Millarville Christ Church –a unique upright log building, built in1896. They have three sons – Shaun, Mi-chael and Scott, who have given themeight grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Shaun and his familyare the fifth generation Vander Veldesliving across the road from their par-

ents. Michael lives in Strathmore, andScott lives in Calgary. Scott’s daughterMaddison was the first female Vander Velde in 80 years, born in 2000.

REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS ~ Don & Florence VanderVeldeFollowing their marriage, Don and

Florence originally rented grandfatherMartin’s farm, and used Gerald’s ma-chinery. When they became a mixedfarm with 50 head of cows and an-nual crops, they purchased Gerald’sfarm machinery. Gerald bought Don’sfirst tractor, which was a Case L.A. andpulled a 12-foot cultivator, whilst burn-

ing 45 gallons of gas per day, and us-ing one gallon of oil! In 1983, they hada farm auction and followed this byrenting out the cropland, but kept thepasture, hay land and cattle. This gavethem both more time to pursue other ventures. Don obtained his Real Es-tate license, and tried selling farm andresidential land, but, it wasn’t for him,so he next obtained his Auctioneer Li-cense, which he still enjoys today.

His community activities include working with CPS as an AuxiliaryMember for six years, Carseland Lionsmember, President of the Carseland AG Society, was a Security Specialist atthe Athletes Village at the 1988 WinterOlympics in Calgary, and is now the

County Councillor for the Carseland Area.

Florence was a member of the Carse-land Public Benefit Club which recentlycelebrated its 100th birthday, worked asthe Activity Convenor at The StrathmoreHospital for 26 years, retiring when theLong Term Care portion of the hospital was shut down in 2013.

Changes they’ve seen in the area in-clude: when Hwy 22X/901 was builtin 1983, it divided their farmyard, andthey had to move or rebuild the build-ings that were now located on the northside. The loss of grain elevators that re-gally announced the location of smalltowns and communities, across the

province, and the new farming practic-es, which give an entirely new meaningto kids “doing after school chores.”

Not like it was 70 years ago.

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For the sixth year in a row, the Foothills Ad- vocacy in Motion Society (AIMS) in Strathmore ishosting their annual run but decided to change

things up a little bit. This year the run has been called the Chinook

Financial Tight and Bright Family Run and willtake place on August 22.

“We wanted to brighten it up a bit this year,”said Bev Roppel, the program manager for Strath-more AIMS.

“What we are focusing more on is sunshine, be-ing bright and out there, so people can see us.”

Participants will receive one of five different co-lour T-shirts with bright colours: yellow, orange,lime green, blue and pink. The event will consistof distances of 10 km, five km, or a 2 km optionfor participants under the age of 14, starting atKinsmen Park and ending at Greys Lake.

The society attracted contributions from theirmain sponsors Chinook Financial and the Strath-more and District Agricultural Society, which con-tributed 75 rodeo tickets. There were also smaller donations from other

organizations and members of the community.

AIMS is still looking for more runners to take partin the race, with a goal of 100 runners.

Roppel explained that the money raised fromthe run will help to support the society’s programand the individuals they help in the Strathmorearea. AIMS helps to support adults with disabili-ties find employment, to contribute to a meaning-ful day in their lives.

For those interested in taking part in the eventthere are many ways to register. There will be lateregistration on the morning of the race, onlineregistration at the Running Room or physical reg-istration at the AIMS office. Entry is $35 per en-trant, $30 for 2 km Kids Run, and $30 per entrantgroup rate by Aug. 14

Be bright and run for a cause

By Irene Knappe, Secretary / PR / Membership

Strathmore Legion Branch #10 NEWS

For further information, please call the Legion at 403.934.5119

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

holding our famous and fabulous pancake breakfast!!! Come and join us and

have a great time! Volunteers work hard to make this a success, so you have

no excuse to go hungry. It’s free to boot!!!

• 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 midnight, performed

by PISTOL MOON. Come enjoy some cowboy food and dance the nightaway!!!! No cover charge!!!

• Jan, our kitchen keeper and great cook, will be offering western fare; ribs,

hamburgers, etc. Come on in this weekend and enjoy!

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

DID YOU KNOW? Read about how the Legion was started and what we have

done and still do! Read about how we have become who we are!

HAVE A

TERRIFIC TIME

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor

I need to do an incredibly well deservedshout out to the amazing person who returnedmy Visa gift card in the no frills parking lotthree weekends ago. My husband dropped our$500 card in the parking lot as we were leavingand heading to Co-op. When we were payingat Co-op, we realized the card was missing so

we went back with a sinking feeling it would be gone. My husband went up to the till wehad paid at and asked the cashier if they hadseen it and a young man who also workedthere said “ that was your card? Someone foundit in the parking lot and brought it in”. It takesa very honest person to return $500 that theycould have easily taken. So thank you from the

bottom of my heart to the amazing person withthe kind heart who found it and turned it in!

Wish I could give you a hug!! Lyndsay Ratson

Strathmore

Thanks to amazing peopleTo the Editor

Having spent the last six years living on the east sideof Kinsmen Park, I feel it is time to vent my frustrations.

The park is a gem within the confines of Strathmore andis enjoyed by many residents on a daily basis.

One has to wonder why a few individuals feel they haveto spin circles in the gravel area and throw their beer cansout their vehicle windows. They also race along the eastservice road which is adjacent to a playground area forsmall children.

Unfortunately, this is an accident waiting to happen as vehicles park next to the playground and children dartonto the road between the parked vehicles. Having spent29 years in law enforcement, I know that police resourc-es are limited. Perhaps the town would consider placingplayground signs on the east service road in an effort to

slow these offenders down. This would be the first step inprevention and hopefully prevent a tragic accident.

Malcolm WilsonStrathmore

Playground signs needed

Cory Szmydt (l-r) and

Melissa Schayes have

a meeting at the AIMS

Society in Strathmore.Cory is one of the So-

ciety’s clients.

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electric currents

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19. Pouch

20. “Mad Men” creator

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41. Same as 15 across

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Despite coming up short of meeting an ex-

pected attendance target, the Alberta Rockies GayRodeo Association (ARGRA) is eager to get backinto the saddle with an even bigger event, onethey hope to partner up on with the town. While ARGRA was disappointed with the num-

ber of patrons attending this year’s CanadianRockies International Rodeo and Music Festival,and rumours circulated that the organization mayrelocate their event to another town, ARGRA ap-proached town council for help. As a non-profit organization, ARGRA’s mandate

states that once the bills are taken care of andfunds are put aside for next year, the remainderof the proceeds go back into the community. While the budget suffered this year, the board

members are already looking towards next year,ambitious to partner with the town on a CanadaDay event that would require financial support.

“We’re looking for help from the town in the way of a grant or loan to help us move forward,”said Craig McPhee, events director for ARGRA.“We unfortunately took a bit of a hit to our budgetthis year, because we didn’t get the attendance.But we want to keep going, we love these ro-deo grounds … and we have nothing but respectfor the Strathmore Ag Society and the help thatthey’ve given us over the time that we’ve beenhere, and we want to keep that relationship go-ing.”

McPhee approached town council on July 22, with a proposal for a Canada Day concert that would involve various music genres – country,old rock, alternative – and feature Terri Clark asheadliner. While Councillor Brad Walls remarked he heard

rumours that Reba McIntyre would be perform-ing on the Saturday, McPhee teased the performerthey have in mind has an even bigger reputation. The three-day event, planned for July 1 to July 3, would also include a rodeo school, and a smallmidway to accommodate families on the grounds.

“There’s so much involved in putting this eventtogether every year, and we have a huge groupof dedicated volunteers … that put on our eventsthroughout the year,” McPhee said. “This year weopened ourselves up to the town and Calgary andsouthern Alberta like we’ve never had before. Soalong with that, of course, we get the negativityas well. But the one nice thing about Strathmoreand everywhere else, the positives greatly out- weigh the negative comments that we got. So that was good to see.”

ARGRA, an entirely volunteer-based organiza-

tion, relocated their event, locally known as thegay rodeo, to Strathmore seven years ago. After years of introducing the town to eccentric rodeocontests – wild drag racing, goat dressing, andsteer decorating – the event attracted participa-tion across North America and for the first timegained media attention internationally this year. Although the organization took a new approach

and organized a music festival featuring the likesof LeAnn Rimes and the Village People, the atten-dance didn’t meet their projected 5,000 patrons.

Yet some local businesses, local officials, Strath-more and District Agriculture Society members,and the ARGRA board members have noticed sig-nificant growth and impact on the town.

“I have a business downtown in Strathmore and we see lots and lots of people connected with your rodeo,” said Councillor Rocky Blokland toMcPhee. “I’m pretty sure of my own mind, be-ing here for 15 years, I’ve seen more people with your rodeo downtown than I do at Heritage Days,other than the parade, and I really hope that youguys keep moving forward with this next year.”

Before the rodeo and music festival took placeat the end of June, ARGRA distributed over $3,000to numerous recipients including the StrathmoreCommunity Football Association Badgers, the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games, the Calgary Re-gional Child and Family Services office in Strath-more, and to the ladies hockey tournament.

McPhee made an appearance at the regularcouncil meeting to open up a dialogue with towncouncil, and was unable to propose a monetary

amount at that time.“I’m really excited about the opportunity to join

our Canada Day festivities and look for commonground in terms of being able to provide an en-hanced opportunity for entertainment in the com-munity and I like the music festival concept,” saidCouncillor Denise Peterson. “I think Strathmoreis ready to have a great music festival and clearly(they’re) the group to do it. I believe that it willcontinue to gain acceptance and appreciation inthe community.” While all of council praised the organization’s

efforts and successes over the years, some coun-cillors made sure to point out the economicdownturn and strains placed on budgets overall. As Councillor Sobol commended the ARGRA

representative on their optimism and willingnessto expand the events, he pointed out that enter-tainment contributions are usually the first onesto be cut. Councillor Steve Grajczyk echoed So- bol’s remarks.

“We do have a small budget for donations, butthese are tough times for everybody and we haveto watch who we lend money to because of vari-ous reasons,” said Grajczyk. “We can’t make a fi-nancial decision here tonight.” Town Councillor and president of the Strath-

more and District Agricultural Society Brad Walls,praised ARGRA on the ease of working togetherand their growth – having noticed significant risein the number of contestants and spectators inthe stands. Pointing out that the problems aresimilar to the Strathmore Stampede rodeo whenthey first started out, he encouraged the organiza-tion to continue with their efforts.

As council is open to entertaining the idea ofpartnering up with ARGRA on a Canada Dayevent, McPhee was instructed to send a letter toadministration asking for consideration.

McPhee is confident the future is bright for bothparties: “To build an event that , if we can make itthrough these tough economic times because oileventually will rebound … then we’ll be in a posi-tion to make an even bigger splash on the festivalscene in southern Alberta and help Strathmorealong the lines with that.”

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For the past three years, Strathmore-raised friends Katrina Janzen and Joanne Hermanson donated their timeand got involved with one big fund-raising effort, to raise money for vari-ous charity groups. As both women

were affected by cancer through familymembers and friends undergoing treat-ment, they will brace a 200 km bikeride and push their bodies to their lim-its to help raise money for the ongoing battle against Cancer.

With the 2015 Enbridge Ride to Con-quer Cancer quickly approaching in a week’s time, Janzen and Hermanson were tasked with raising a minimum of$2,500 before embarking on the two-day cycling event. Janzen, who already raised $3,200,

started training on a wind-trainer, astationary bike, in August, shortly af-ter signing up to take part in the event. While participating in charity events

is becoming the norm for Janzen andHermanson, who have raised moneyfor the Children’s Wish Foundation anda Poker Rally in the past, the decisionto raise money to fight cancer was per-sonal. Janzen’s father was diagnosed with

prostate cancer in early 2014, and af-ter surgery failed to remove all of it, re-quired hormone therapy and radiationtherapy– a six-week intensive trial.

“Trials like that can’t keep going iffundraising and the Ride to ConquerCancer don’t happen,” said Janzen.

“When dad got diagnosed I thoughtI had to try and do something more. We’ve all been affected by it and we allknow the outcome of cancer if nobody

does anything about it or no researchis being done. The biggest thing is, yes, we’ve all been affected by it. I can’tname one person that doesn’t knowsomebody or isn’t directly related tosomebody who has passed away orfought cancer.”

In speaking with friends, family, co- workers, and a sponsorship from theFun Country Riding Club – of which Janzen is a director, she was able to sur-pass the minimum fundraising require-ment. Hermanson, on the other hand,raised $480 and continues to look fordonations to sponsor her bike ride.

“Together we do some sort of thingevery year, and knowing that there’s a

few more people in my life that are af-fected, we thought we’d do somethingtotally different and the bike ride cameinto play,” said Hermanson. “When you think closely about it, somehow,in some way, it’s there, in family, orfriends. So I really have to get going onfundraising.” According to CauseForce, an agency

that helps non-profit organizations raisemoney, the ride raised $7.9 million last year and included 1,768 participants. The funds that accumulated throughdonations during 2014 event fuelledtrial and research programs: clinical tri-als, the Tomorrow Project, and AlbertaCancer Research Biorepository. The

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pic Park, move west into Bragg Creekand finish the day in Okotoks for a to-tal distance of nearly 120 km. The bik-ers are then making the same trip backthe following day. Janzen and Herman-son completed an 85-km long trainingride last weekend. The 2015 Enbridge Ride to Conquer

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Three contestants arecompeting to becrowned the 2015Strathmore RodeoQueen, for the firsttime since 2000

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from Crossfield, Jessica Pinkneyfrom Calgary, andShayla Gerencerfrom Strathmoreare competing inthis year’s event,to take over thecrown from reign-ing appointedStrathmore RodeoQueen Becca Wal-

ters.“The three con-testants that arerunning this yearare exceptional,”said Judi Wilson,the chair of theMiss StrathmoreStampede Com-mittee. “We are sopleased as they arepolished, they are very likable, beau-tiful, and they allcan ride.” Wilson contin-

ued that last timea competition was

held for a localrodeo queen wasin 2000, yet theStrathmore Stam-pede is the thirdlargest pro rodeoin Canada. Be-cause there was noQueen represent-ing the Strathmorerodeo at other ro-deos and the Cana-dian finals, a deci-sion was made in2012 that a queen was needed. Unfortunately,interest to run in the compe-tition was low and as a re-sult Walter was appointed toserve as Rodeo Queen. Wil-son praises Walters on doing

a great job during her three- year reign.

According to Gerencer,the only contestant from

Strathmore, theparticipants haveto go through vari-ous competitionsin order to score

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tition was a showof horsemanshipskills where the women had tocomplete a seriesof different trialson horses that werenot their own. Thesecond competi-tion was a fashionshow where theymodeled clothingfrom local stores. The final com-petition is publicspeaking wherethe competitorsgave a two-minuteprepared speechand a one-minuteimpromptu speechon a topic given tothem. There is alsoan exam to find outhow knowledge-able the womenare on topics suchas the horse anat-omy, parts of thesaddle, Strathmoreand surrounding

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ANDREA ROBERTS

Times Contributor

Langdon local Taylor Fer-guson found comfort in aholistic approach to man-age his stress, following achange in his relationshipstatus last spring. Ferguson

is a participant in the Heart-Math program that helps itspatients by teaching them tocontrol their heart rates, andthus their emotions, whilegetting rid of stress.

Ferguson started the pro-gram after he went througha separation that left himfeeling highly anxious andstressed out. The programhas helped to keep himgrounded.

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