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Drader, 10, works his way around the Sylvan Lake Skatepark on his scooter last Friday. JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HAN

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Special EventsThursday, April 30 - Cures for Kids Radiothon at Parkland Mall in Red Deer, continues to Friday, May 1, runs from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. To donate, please call 403-342-KIDS. Beneficiaries: Camp Quality, MS Teen Escape, Optimist Reading College.Thursday, April 30 - Benalto and Area Rural Crime Watch Society general meet-ing, 7 p.m. at Benalto Leisure Ag. Grounds. Guest speaker: Deputy Fire Chief Bart Rowland, Emergency Services, City of Red Deer; topic: 911 emergency operator/fire and ambulance. BARCWS law enforce-ment partners in attendance. For more event info, call Yvette at 403-746-3429.Saturday, May 2 - Team Awesome-Mopley Crew Head Shave, Silent Auction & Sylvan Lake Splash Park Committee Taco in a Bag Fundraiser. Sylvan Lake Fire Hall on 47th Ave. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Funds raised go to the Alberta Ride to Conquer Cancer and Sylvan Lake Splash Park Committee.Saturday, May 2 - Volunteers needed to assist Sylvan Lake Legion members in their regular roadside cleanup as part of Red Deer County’s Adopt-A-Road pro-gram. Meet at the Legion at 9 a.m. We clean a 2-mile stretch from 60th Street west on the former Highway 11A. For more info contact Warren Pubanz at 403-887-8709 or cell phone 403-396-6652.Thursday, May 7 - The Leslieville Woman’s Institute in conjunction with the Red Deer Center Woman’s Institute constituency is hosting the Spring Handicraft Show, Bake Sale and Strawberry Tea at the Leslieville Hall 2-4 p.m. Admission $5. We hope to

see you there!Saturday, May 9 - Spring into Summer Pig Roast (by Coal Trail Catering, Delburne) and entertainment at Sylvan Lake Legion, beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets $35 per per-son, available at Legion, 4916 50 Avenue.Saturday, May 9 - Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion Hall. Music by Flashback Freddy. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.Friday, May 15 - Steak BBQ at Sylvan Lake Legion beginning at 6:30 pm in conjunc-tion with meat draws. Continues every Friday through summer.Saturday, May 23 - Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion Hall. Music by Randy Hillman and Hot Spur. Double band, extra charge. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.Friday, May 29 - The Red Deer & District SPCA Annual Garage Sale begins and runs until Sunday at the Pidherney Curling Centre in Red Deer. SPCA volunteers will be at the Curling Centre (4725 43 St.) from May 5 to 25 to accept garage sale dona-tions. Drop off your clean and gently-used articles. Certain items not accepted. For more information, email [email protected].

Support ProgramsSylvan Lake AA meetings take place Tuesdays 7:30 pm Lions Hall; Sundays 8 pm Presbyterian Church (north door). For more information call male 403-887-4470, 403-588-5491 or female 403-887-4297.Sylvan Lake Al-Anon (for families and friends of alcoholics) 8 pm Sundays, Presbyterian Church (north door). Contact Kathy 403-887-4470 or Robyn 403-887-2961.Mondays - Griefshare at Alliance Community Church, 7-9 p.m. Help and encouragement after the death of a spouse, child, family members or friends. 4404 47 Ave. Sylvan Lake. Call 403-887-8811 for info.Narcotics Anonymous meetings Thursday nights 7:30 pm Sylvan Lake Bethany Care, 4700 47th Ave.

Weekly EventsMondays - Toastmasters Sylvan’s Slick Speakers meeting at Sylvan Lake Alliance

Church, 4404 47 Ave. from 7-8:15 pm. Club is open to everyone wishing to improve communication and leadership skills. Call Ian Oostindie 403-887-0968.Wednesdays - Seniors Drama Troupe at Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre, 9:30 a.m. Everyone welcome. Call 403-864-2975 for more information.Thursdays - Sylvan Lake Seniors Bus to Red Deer. Pick-up starts at 9:15 am. Returning to Sylvan 1 p.m. from Parkland Mall. Call 403-864-2230 for info.Thursdays - Community Bingo at Sylvan Lake Seniors’ Centre. Precall at 6:30 bingo starts at 7 pm. Canteen opens 5:30 pm.Fridays - Meat draw at the Sylvan Lake Legion beginning at 6:30 p.m. Steak BBQ held in conjunction through summer.

Monthly EventsFirst Sunday every month - Sylvan Lake Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary breakfast at the Legion. 4916 50 Ave. 9 am to 1 pm. Everyone welcome.First Wednesday every month. 55+ Club Pot Luck and Jam at Sylvan Lake Legion, 12 noon. $2 admission.First Wednesday every month - The first Wednesday of every month is devoted to teen art projects at the Library! Everything from baked clay art to graffiti! 4-5 p.m. See you there!

Volunteers WantedBook Cull? - please donate boxed, already-read, top condition books to the Sylvan Lake Library reception during business hours any day. Friends of the Library are preparing for annual book sale on “1913 Days” - Jun 13. Business hours: sylvanli-brary.prl.ab.ca Volunteers for 2-hour shifts needed. Call Sam at 403-864-9094.

Groups & ActivitiesC.H.I.P.S. - Children’s Indoor playspace is a non-structured playtime for children 0-5 years old. Riding, climbing and bouncing toys provided and parents and caregivers can socialize. Mondays 9-11 am; Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30-11:30 am; Thursdays 12:30-2:30 pm. at the com-munity centre. Contact Kari for info, 403-392-0323.Canadian Cancer Society is seeking lead-ership volunteers to assist in planning Relay For Life Red Deer 2015. As a volun-teer, you will be providing the community the opportunity to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and empower people to fight back. Please contact [email protected] or call 403-347-3662.

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People outnumbered seats as Innisfail-Sylvan Lake constituents crowded the Penhold Library to hear their MLA hopefuls answer questions on a variety of topics Tuesday night.

The forum was attended by all candidates running in the riding — Don MacIntyre (Wildrose), Patricia Norman (NDP), Kerry Towle (PC) and Danielle Klooster (Alberta Party).

For an hour and a half, they fielded questions on everything from floor crossing to behaviour in the legislature.

Asked what messages they’ve been receiving on the doorsteps of voters, the candidates responded simi-larly, all noting a sense of anger and frustration.

“There’s a sense of dis-may — people don’t want to vote,” said Klooster.

MacIntyre said constitu-ents he’s spoken with feel betrayed by Towle’s deci-sion to cross the floor from the Wildrose Party to the PC Party late last year.

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draws nearput in place by the Wildrose Party, he said, would ensure that doesn’t happen again.

Towle admitted she knew she’d be “in the hot seat” throughout the eve-ning, and said she shared voters’ concerns.

“I can appreciate that Albertans are angry. I was angry too, and when I decided to run in 2012, (Alison) Redford and the PC Party didn’t fit me, and (former Wildrose leader) Danielle Smith did,” she said. “The last two adminis-trations broke a lot of trust in Albertans ... that’s where we needed the Wildrose.

“What we need now is for conservatives to come together; people who stand by their word and their integrity.”

Norman said she’s become unsettled by the amount of “frustration, anger and fear,” she’s heard from constituents. Some have told her that the pros-pect of another PC govern-ment has made them con-sider leaving the province to live elsewhere.

“That scares me,” said Norman. “I don’t want con-stituents to be angry. I’ve heard that people are ready

for change, and they’re fully aware that we’re going to make change in this elec-tion.”

Asked how she’d bring trust back to the govern-ment, Towle pointed to her previous record as MLA.

“Over three years, I have not changed my platform,” she said. “I’ve stood up for seniors ... and been the larg-est voice this riding has seen for a long, long time. My platform remained the same, and that is how you build trust.”

Klooster voiced her con-cern with the “new” PC Party, which she referred to as “undemocratic and dicta-torial.”

“I don’t understand how you can ever trust some-body who ... speaks out against the government and (then) joins them,” she said. “You have to be trustworthy and respectful, and you cannot be that when you are talking out both sides of your mouth.”

MacIntyre voiced a need for improved accountability and transparency, noting the PC Party has “failed to uphold fundamental checks and balances.”

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“There’s just far too many in senior positions in our government that are PC appointees,” he said. “They’re nothing more than stooges, and they’ve got to go.”

Norman she felt trust needed to earned by a gov-erning party.

“Any government that gets voted in now that is dif-ferent than the PC Party has a lot to prove,” she said. “We have to earn your trust, we have to run with integrity, we have to stand with what we’ve said, and if we make mistakes, we need to own up to that and say sorry. That’s how I will operate as an elected official.”

Throughout the forum, candidates answered ques-tions on how their respec-tive parties would approach economic diversification, public sector wages, educa-tion funding and budgets.

A predominantly elderly audience penned the ques-tions candidates faced.

A chorus of boos rang out just once on the night when Towle assured that constituents approached her prior to her floor cross-ing as opposed to the con-trary.

A second election forum for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake was scheduled to be held at Meadowlands Golf Club in Sylvan Lake Wednesday night.

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It seems like just yester-day I was covering my first provincial election.

The year was 2012, and I was working as a reporter for the Ponoka News — my first journalism gig since graduating from university just a few months earlier.

Four candidates were campaigning to become the next MLA for the Lacombe-Ponoka constituency, and on election night, I was tasked with photographing the winner. That task that saw me driving from Ponoka to Lacombe, and back to Ponoka again, in order to make sure I got the right person.

By the time the unoffi-cial results came in, it was late. But for me, my night was only just beginning.

After photographing all of the people I needed to photograph, and interview-ing all of the people I need-ed to interview, I was required to return to the newsroom and begin writ-ing the results story.

Our deadline was such that I and the other news staff also needed to lay out

JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HANSYLVAN LAKE NEWS

I just completed my sec-ond firefighting course and have definitely learned the basics of how to handle a fire hose. Taking the S401 at the Bentley Fire Department led me to learn the different ways of how to roll, deploy and stack fire hoses and all with my structure fire gloves on. At first this is easier said than done, but now the gloves feel like a natural part of my hands.

But there was one thing that I had noticed during this training and that was how I didn’t fatigue nearly as quickly wearing my gear or even after deploying a hose and then rolling it up again for storage. Deploying a hose can include pulling a rolled-up hose from the top of the fire truck, throwing it

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Election 2015:How will it all unfold this time around?

pages for that week’s paper before the sun came up the next morning.

What was supposed to be a late night turned into an early morning, and it wasn’t until around 4 a.m. that we finally wrapped up our tasks and called it a night — or morning, rath-er.

With a county council meeting scheduled for later that morning, I decided against making the drive back to my home in Red Deer, and opted instead for a couple of hours of sleep — in my car.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the next day remains some-thing of a hazy blur.

Because of what turned out to be one of the longest-seeming days of my life, elections now evoke in me many of the same feelings I felt that night — exhaus-tion, fatigue and stress.

I can only imagine what it’s like for the candidates!

They are, after all, the ones that put themselves in the public eye and subject themselves and their views to scrutiny and criticism — all for the benefit of their potential future constitu-ents.

It’s up to you, the voter, to decide which of those candidates are sincere, and which ones truly have the best interest of their riding at heart.

Decide for yourself

which candidate is most worthy of your vote, and then on May 5, do just that — VOTE.

How the election and the future of the constitu-ency and province unfold is

up to you.

For information on how and where to vote, see Elections Alberta’s full-page ads on page 10 and 11 of this week’s Sylvan Lake News.

over my shoulder and car-rying it to wherever I need it to be. It’s still labour intensive, but it dawned on me that I wasn’t out of breath and I didn’t have to stop to take a breath like I had to in my previous course.

Truth be told I was sur-prised by this as I had won-dered what had changed and why I didn’t feel so insanely tired, worn out and out of breath. This is when I realized my body is adapt-ing to the physical demands of what it takes to be a fire-fighter. ‘Sweet, I’m gaining upper body strength! My body is adjusting to the intensity of my firefighter training’, I thought as I sud-denly looked like I had slept with a coat hanger in my month.

I have been blessed with God giving me my grand-

mother’s petite body type of standing 5-4, with more lower body strength than upper body strength, but truth be told I was scared that gaining upper body muscle mass was not an option and that my body would simply refuse to co-operate with me.

I was also afraid of being severely sore the next day, but my muscles were not screaming the next day.

Inserting additional soles into my firefighting boots made a huge impact as well, and I was pretty surprised to find that my boots fit me much better with some added cushion-ing. I truly realized the impact of these sole addi-tions as I confidently climbed up one of the fire trucks to help stack a fire hose in its bed on top of the truck. This is when it struck

me that being on top of a fire truck helps me to over-come my fear of heights. In fact, being on top of a fire truck is one of my favourite places to be as I feel like I am on top of the world, but unfortunately my com-mander won’t let me stay on top of the truck while it’s moving. I’m always a little bit disappointed but then again, that would be unsafe.

I remember my previous horrid fear of heights, which included me having to focus on looking up whenever climbing a few stairs, and not being able to lean against the railing of a bal-cony. But planting my feet securely on top of a fire truck somehow seems to make the fear of heights float away. Maybe it’s the excitement I feel when being around or on top of a fire truck.

On my way home after my course I had a fulfilling feeling of satisfaction. For once I wasn’t drunk from fatigue. My hard work of gaining physical strength and being committed to learning how to be a fire-fighter has paid off and fuels my desire to learn and be even better at fighting fires.

Being a woman and being a firefighter isn’t as uncommon as what I origi-nally thought and I would encourage any other woman, regardless of body type to try it. Don’t ever tell yourself you can’t do some-thing, just because it may seem difficult. Always give it your best shot.

Jasmine O’Halloran-Han is a reporter for the Sylvan Lake News and its sister pub-lication, the Eckville Echo.



Charges have been laid following an extensive search of a Markerville-area property that’s been at the centre of a months-long drug trafficking investiga-tion.

Police carried out the search on a rural residence on April 15 in response to reports of suspicious activi-ty taking place. As a result, they found a glut of drugs, weapons and stolen prop-erty.

Police took three men and one woman into custo-dy, while Child Protective Services removed a four-year-old child from the property. The child was par-ented by one of the four accused.

Michael Alois Schaab, 42, faces 26 charges in total, including: possession of a controlled substance (cocaine); two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of

Charges laid in Markerville-area drug busttrafficking (methamphet-amine, GHB); seven counts of failure to comply with undertaking; possession of a loaded, restricted firearm; possession of a weapon obtained by crime; posses-sion of a prohibited weapon without a licence; two counts of possession of a firearm — knowledge of unauthorized possession; six counts of storage of a firearm in an unsafe man-

ner; four counts of posses-sion of property obtained by crime; and storing explo-sives in an unsafe manner.

Gary Daniel Ritchie, 37, was charged with posses-sion of a prohibited weapon without a licence, posses-sion of a firearm while pro-hibited from doing so and possession of a controlled substance.

Schaab and Ritchie were scheduled to make separate court appearances in Red Deer last week. Two of the four people taken into cus-tody from the Markerville-

area property were released without being charged.

The search warrant and subsequent arrests were an

“That led the task force to take a close look at the property, and

we initiated a targeted investigation in late October of

2014, focusing on drug trafficking and property crimes.”

Staff Sgt. Gary Rhodes

indication of the effective-ness of the area’s Priority Crimes Task Force — a coalition of Central Alberta RCMP detachments dedi-cated to minimizing crimi-nal activity in the region.

“RCMP have received a

number of complaints about suspicious activity occurring on this property,” said Sylvan Lake RCMP Staff Sgt. Gary Rhodes. “That led the task force to take a close look at the property, and we initiated a

targeted investigation in late October of 2014, focus-ing on drug trafficking and property crimes.”

More than 100 RCMP officers from various units and detachments took part in the April 15 search.

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A Sylvan Lake woman is spearheading a project that will benefit Central Albertans affected by cancer.

Debbie Oostindie, along with a group of other deter-mined individuals from Sylvan Lake, is working toward the construction of a wellness centre in Red Deer

Sylvan Lake residents working toward holistic cancer wellness centrethat will offer support for cancer-affected individuals and families throughout the region.

The aim, she said, is to create a holistic facility that will become an affiliate of Wellspring — a national char-ity that tends to the non-medical needs that accom-pany cancer.

Wellspring centres across the country offer cancer infor-

mation sessions, dietary work-shops, counselling services and more.

“We want to enhance and complement services already in place that help cancer patients,” said Oostindie. “There are a great many can-cer patients in Central Alberta, and we want to provide a comprehensive range of sup-ports, resources and programs to improve the quality of the

life of each individual without having the added stress of having to travel.”

Oostindie in her own battle with cancer has been supported by her husband Ian. He too knows the need for such a facility.

“Too often, those who find out they or their family or friends have cancer are hit hard with the news and need immediate support,” he said.

“Wellness centres can be a major support for people with cancer, right from the time when they receive the initial shock of the diagnosis onward.”

Robin Nicholas of the Central Alberta Cancer Centre in Red Deer noted that the centre, upon its comple-tion, will “greatly enhance the journey through cancer for patients and their families.”

“I am excited to be a part of developing this project.”

Both volunteers and finan-cial support are still needed in order to make the wellness centre a reality.

Further information may be obtained by emailing Debbie Oostindie at [email protected], or by visiting the Wellspring Central Alberta Project Facebook page.

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Committee of the WholeMay 6, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

MPC MeetingMay 4, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

Regular Meeting of CouncilMay 11, 2015Municipal Government Building6:00 pm

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Public Works will be conducting the semi-annual pick-up of unwanted household furniture and appliances on May 5, 6, and 7. Residents of Sylvan Lake must pre-register by 4:00 P.M. on Monday, May 4. Registered items must be placed for collection by 8:00 A.M. on Tuesday, May 5.

Typical items collected include:• stoves• washers• couches/chairs

Items not collected include:

• construction debris• automotive parts• appliances which contain Freon• loose debris

There is a maximum pick-up of 3 items per household.Please call Public Works at 403-887-2800 to register your items for pick-up.

PITCH-IN WEEKMay 2-10

Register your school, service club or neighborhood and the general area you plan on collecting litter from and receive no-charge garbage bags and bag pick-up during pitch-in week. We’ll supply the coffee and snacks. Call Public Works at 403-887-2800 to register.

TREE BRANCH DISPOSAL(no-charge)

May 4-9

Tree branches will be accepted free of charge at the Waste transfer site from Monday, May 4 to Saturday, May 9. The transfer site is open every Monday to Saturday from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. through October exclusive of statutory holidays. The transfer site is located 1.5 kilometers east of the round-about on Highway #11A and .5 kilometers south on R.R. #12.

Request for Quotation

Sylvan Lake Public Works is accepting written quotations for the following projects:

• Generator replacement and installation (3 phase-approx. 150 kw diesel engine)

• Salt/sand storage structure supply and installation (truss arch design-approx. 18m X 25m)

• Electronic security gates supply and installation (pin code access-2 locations)

Project details are available at the Municipal Operations Building located at 1 Industrial Drive. The deadline for written submissions is 10:00 A.M. local time on Monday, May 4, 2015. Inquiries may be made to Mr. John Watson, Public Works Manager at 403.887.2800 or by e-mail at [email protected].

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Public Works Department is seeking proposals from qualifi ed engineering fi rms to provide various Engineering services for the following Lakeshore Drive Phase 6 & Lakeshore Drive 33rd Street to Hwy 20 Roundabout

Documents are available on Alberta Purchasing Connection starting Tuesday, April 21st, 2015.

Completed proposals must be received at:

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no later than Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., Mountain Standard Time. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Proposals must be presented or delivered in sealed packages, clearly marked “Proposal for Lakeshore Drive Phase 6 Design & Construction Services & 33rd Street Construction Services”. Faxed or other electronically transmitted proposals will not be accepted.

All inquiries related to this Request for Proposal shall be directed to:Mr. Dave Kelham Town of Sylvan LakeTel: 403.887.2141 (8am – 4pm)

Thank you to all who have completed the 2015 Census online!If you have not yet completed it online, you still have time.

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All online submissions will be entered to win a Six-Month Family pass to the Sylvan Lake Aquatic Centre.

Enumerators will be starting the door to door census on Saturday, May 2nd. Any questions, please contact Vangie Wiseman, Census Coordinator at 403-887-1185, ext. 281Or by email, [email protected]

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Residential Street Sweeping Parking Restrictions

Street sweeping is underway. Watch for “No Parking” signage placed in your area. Signs are posted a minimum of 24 hours in

advance and are valid for up to 72 hours after posting. Gravel will be swept off of the boulevards and sidewalks. Unlawfully parked

vehicles will be removed at the owners’ expense.

Annual Hydrant Testing/Flushing

The Utility Department will be fl ow testing fi re hydrants throughout the spring and early summer. You may experience

a temporary drop in water pressure and a slight discoloration of your water caused by mineral iron. Simply run a cold water tap for

5-10 minutes to clear.


JASMINE O'HALLORAN-HANSYLVAN LAKE NEWS

The Sylvan Lake Management Plan Committee is in the second phase of the Cumulative Effects Management System (CEMS) Plan, which focuses on providing actions that are focused specifically on water quality, according to Lacombe County envi-ronmentalist Blayne West.

She said in the first phase there were a number of issues identified which fall under three main categories — recreational issues, land use and biodiversity and planning.

Eight municipalities have been involved in this committee, including Lacombe County,

Red Deer County, the Town of Sylvan Lake and the summer villages of Norglenwold, Half Moon Bay, Sunbreaker Cove, Birchcliff and Jarvis Bay.

The municipalities jointly chose to focus on the lake's water quality in the next one or two years, said West.

“Together as a group we feel we will have a larger, more concentrated impact,” West said. “If there was no one managing any of the impact on the lake, like anywhere else, it would probably end in over population and negative impact on land use and water quality.”

An executive draft summary states how levels of nitrogen and phosphorous are hard to detect in lake water samples.

“There is a lack of information from the data that we have collected from the water samples so far which does not allow for a conclusive finding,” West said. “Additional water quality sampling and other data sourc-es must be investigated.”

The Sylvan Lake watershed area, which includes the land around the lake and the lake itself, is over 100 square kilometres. Within the watershed area, rainfall, hail or snow will flow down hill through the land areas and end up in the lake.

“There are many sources of chemicals in the watershed,” West said. “These can be from chemicals added to gardens or lawns used in residential homes or acreages. They may also

come from fertilizers added to the golf course or agricultural lands.”

West said the main reason for the plan is to keep the committee on a specific strategy for managing the watershed and the lake.

“The watershed as well as the lake needs to be managed so that land uses such as development, agriculture and recreation are all in balance with the needs of the natural green space,” West said.

The total spent on the second phase of this plan is $42,840.16, with a total budget of $50,000.

The Sylvan Lake Management Plan Committee hopes to have the second phase of the plan approved by June 2015.

Second phase of lake management plan to study water quality

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POSITION TITLE: Evening Receptionist - Aquatic Centre

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SUMMARY OF FUNCTION: • Provide excellent customer service • Strong team player with the ability to work alone effectively • Administrative support for the Recreation & Culture

Department • Administration of the Class Software system (Program

Registration Software) • Receive payments, balance cash batches and prepare bank

deposits. • Maintain a fi ling system for the programming and

management within the Aquatics section of the department • Updating and providing stats for monthly reports • Assist in organizing and coordinating the Recreation &

Culture portion of the Sylvan Lake Program Guide • Attend all required meetings and job related seminars. • Perform janitorial duties as required • Effectively able to work alone and as part of a team • Serve as part of the Aquatic Centre emergency response

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TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: • Demonstrated excellent public relations skills. • Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment. • Above average communication skills • Working knowledge of Microsoft Offi ce • Solid understanding of offi ce procedures and fi ling methods • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Grade 12 or equivalent • Standard First Aid/CPR Certifi cation • Knowledge of Class Software and/or Microsoft Dynamics

preferred • A Lifeguard Certifi cation would be an asset

You have a strong desire to be major contributor to the success of a vibrant and growing organization. We offer competitive rates and a team focused environment. If this position intrigues you, please submit your resume in confi dence before May 11, 2015 to:

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Attention: Human ResourcesFax: (403) 887-3660

E-mail: [email protected]

TAKE NOTICE THAT on April 20, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) for the Town of Sylvan Lake approved the following applications:

Jason Arnusch for a secondary suite in an existing detached dwelling on Lot 34, Block 13, Plan 072 1249 (5 Hammond Close) Felicia & Zach Nugent for a secondary suite in an existing detached dwelling on Lot 46, Block 9, Plan 062 1919 (25 Lucky Place) Somerset Homes for a single detached dwelling with a covered deck and secondary suite on Lot 118, Block 1, Plan 152 0685 (9 Victor Close) Somerset Homes for a single detached dwelling with a covered deck and secondary suite on Lot 114, Block 1, Plan 152 0685 (17 Victor Close) Heather Manning for a side & rear yard setback relaxation on existing detached garage on Lot 38, Block 4, Plan 072 8934 (26 Regatta Way)

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT on April 20, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) for the Town of Sylvan Lake denied the following application:

Michael & Kristy Chong for a parcel coverage relaxation and a projection into rear yard relaxation on Lot 27, Block 3, Plan 892 2146 (134 Marina Bay Court)

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT on or before April 24, 2015 the Development Offi cer for the Town of Sylvan Lake approved the following application(s):

BEACON HILL Laebon Developments Ltd. for a single family dwelling, veranda and deck on Lot 87, Block 11, Plan 122 4336 (19 Brookstone Drive)

HEWLETT PARK Ronald Buck for a detached garage on Lot 22, Block 6, Plan 012 4732 (7 Hagerman Close) Krest Homes Ltd. for a single family dwelling, veranda and deck on Lot 5, Block 4, Plan 142 4692 (109 Hinshaw Drive) Scott Tompkins for a detached garage on Lot 6, Block 2, Plan 952 2993 (1 Halsall Street) Joel Nielsen for a detached garage on Lot 7, Block 2, Plan 952 2993 (3 Halsall Street)

LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS Carolyn Bootsma for a Home Occupation Type ‘B’ on Lot 42, Block 6, Plan 772 0422 (62 Parkland Drive)

PIERVIEWFalcon Homes Ltd. for a single family dwelling, attached garage, basement development, veranda and covered deck on Lot 32, Block 3, Plan 132 3103 (26 Parson Drive)

RYDER’S RIDGE Noel & Marie McMurrer for a deck on Lot 52, Block 7, Plan 102 4600 (61 Richfi eld Crescent)

THE VISTA AT RYDER’S RIDGE Sylvan Lake Homes Ltd. for a single family dwelling, veranda and deck on Lot 26, Block 1, Plan 152 0685 (51 Valli Close)

STREETS/AVENUE Tom McNee for a detached garage on Lot 3, Block 3, Plan 792 1632 (3 Willow Street) Larry & Carol O’Brien for a demolition of cabin on Lot 16, Block 6, Plan 2643AS (4405 50A Avenue) Daniel R. Jensen for a Home Occupation Type ‘A’ on Lot 41, Block 10, Plan 992 4012 (5007 48 Avenue) Marie-Andree Gooselin for enclosure of existing deck on Lot 14, Block T, Plan 7833AT (4625 47 Street)

BEJU INDUSTRIAL PARK GWS Contracting for second fl oor development on Block 5, Plan 082 6072 (#5, 14 Thevenaz Industrial Trail)

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT you may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, as provided for in Part 17, of the Municipal Government Act. Written statements relevant to the development and reasons for the appeal may be submitted to the Town of Sylvan Lake, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, 5012 48 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB T4S 1G6 within 14 days following this publication.

You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretations of the Land Use Bylaw. For further information please contact the Development Offi cer at 403-864-5557. Dated at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, this 30th day of April, 2015. Development Offi cer, Town of Sylvan Lake

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New kitten on the block - There’s a new face at Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail. Griffin is a baby lion that recently arrived at the park from a zoo in Ontario. The young feline was born on Christmas eve. Park staff say he’ll be a “wonderful ambassador” for wild lions. SERENA BOS

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Senior Pastor: Rev. Kevin Haugan Associate Pastor: Rev. Jim RillingYouth Pastor Owen ScottChildren’s Ministry Coordinator: Ashley Thomas

www.sylvanlakealliance.com [email protected] Worship Service • 9:15 am & 11 am

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Sylvan Lake Apostolic Lutheran Church3 miles south, 2 1/2 miles west of Sylvan Lake

Sunday School 10:00 amChurch Services 11:00 am

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403-887-5687 Pastor Barry Sigurdsonat Steffie Woima School – 4720 45th Ave.Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am

Our Lady of the AssumptionRoman Catholic Church

Administration Office: Sylvan Lake 403-887-2398or Rimbey 403-843-2126

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Parish Priest:Father Gabriel Udeh

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Sylvan Lake 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning:Sylvan Lake 11:00 a.m.(Last Sunday of each

month 9:00 a.m.)Rimbey 9:00 a.m.

Weekday massWednesdays and Fridays 9:00am

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In a recent issue of Our Daily Bread, Katie Davis Missionary to Uganda shared a story about an adopted Ugandan girl. The girl said to Katie, referring to her as Mommy. “if I let Jesus come into my heart, will I explode”.

When I read that something exploded in me. Why? When you give your heart to Christ there is an EXPLOSION of Joy in your heart. Until it happens you cannot explain but the ripple eff ect is amazing.

I have known so many believers, born again but have no joy. If you truly known and love The Lord then people should see Joy. A well known scripture, Nehemiah 8:10 says the Joy of The Lord is our strength.

Someone said, If satan can’t steal your joy, he can’t keep your goods(stuff ).

Joy is a force and can be contagious. The average child laughs 300 to 500 times a day, while the average adult only laughs 15 times a day. Did you know that January 24 is “ Global Belly Laugh Day”. What would happen if more Christians took this to heart and celebrated it in church or at work. I know one thing, Pastors would be doing less counselling.

If each of us made someone else’s life better there would defi nitely be a greater EXPLOSION of Joy and we would see more people coming into the Kingdom.

Have an amazing Joy fi lled week through an EXPLOSION OF JOY.

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For further information on the election, please contact Carla Gabert, Returning Officer at Co-op Shopping Center, Bay 8, 4303 50 Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1B6 or by phone at (403) 227-0121.

Provincial General ElectionTuesday, May 05, 2015


Red bras, beads and lace adorned the dining room table in Judy Scanland’s house as ladies from the Sylvan Lake Sassy Sisters work to transform the bras into purses. These purses are known as ‘bra purses’.

The Sassy Sisters that make them are the former Red Hat Group, and include 30 women who are 50 years of age and older. These women are often seen wearing red and purple. Younger members can be seen wearing pink and mauve, said Sassy Sisters queen Ethel English.

The ladies were inspired to make bra purses as they saw a bra purse up for bidding at a Moose Hall dinner they attended. Scanland had bid on the purse and won it.

The ladies thought the bra was very cute and decided as a group to go ahead and try making bra purses for them-selves, said English.

“We will use them to go the Moose Hall dinners so we can look cool when we go there,” English said. “We thought we would donate a couple to the dinner to be raffled off too.”

To make these purses the ladies each took one bra and bonded the bottom wires of the bra cup together with glue guns, or sewed them together by hand.

After bonding the bra cups together at the bottom, the ladies let their creative minds run wild by decorating the outside of the bra cup with beads, lace, flowers and any-thing else they desired.

“It will basically hold your lipstick and a bit of change, and that’s about all,” English said. “Most of the ladies are looking for bigger bras and most of the purses will not be closed at the top. They will just be open at the top.”

Bra purse making is just one out of many fun activities the ladies do together.

English said the group travels within Central Alberta and will go to places such as the Sundre Museum, and a country bed and breakfast outside of Leduc.

Sylvan Lake Sassy Sisters ‘queen’ Ethel English glues the bottom cups of a bra together to make a bra purse during a Sassy Sisters gathering on Tuesday.

JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HAN

Sassy Sisters get creative“It’s a huge beautiful place,” English

said. “They open it up for people to come in once a year for tours and they have product for sale. They have two little stores — one that’s all Christmas stuff and one that’s got a number of red hat items which are really nice.”

As ‘queen’ of the group, English said she holds monthly meetings and maintains the membership list. At the meetings the group discusses what

events they want to go to and who will volunteer to run them.

“Once a month we go out for birth-day lunch and celebrate all the birth-days within that month,” English said. “We go to Red Deer once every two months for a hatters’ dinner, which is for all the people who belong to the Red Hat Group and other similar groups.”

English said being a part of the

group is a lot of fun. The ladies go on fun outings such as going to plays and performances, and going for coffee or tea.

“We just do it for fun and to have a few laughs,” English said. “Most of these women have worked long and hard and have put in time with volun-teering. A lot of us still volunteer, but this is just our group to have fun, be silly and let our hair down.”


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Returning Officer office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

If you would like to work on Voting Day, apply at www.elections.ab.ca.

Advance Voting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from April 29, 2015 – May 02, 2015

These Advance Polls offer level access.

Advance Poll Locations: Delburne & District Drop In, 2107 20 Street, Delburne, ABOffice of the Returning Officer, Co-op Shopping Centre, Bay 8, 4303 50 Street, Innisfail, ABSylvan Lake Alliance Church, 4404 47 Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB

Find out more at www.elections.ab.ca

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Special Ballot ApplicationsAvailable from the Returning Officer throughout the election

period for electors who will be unable to vote in advance or on Voting Day because of:

• physical incapacity

• absence from the electoral division

• imprisonment

• election officer, candidate, official agent or scrutineer working away from his or her own polling station

• residency in a remote area

Announcement of the Official Results10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2015 at the Office of the Returning Officer for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Returning Officer: Carla Gabert Address: Co-op Shopping Center, Bay 8, 4303 50 Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1B6 Phone: (403) 227-0121 Fax: (403) 227-1033 Email: [email protected]

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Provincial General Election – May 05, 2015

Polling Place Legend: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

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001,026/027Cottonwood Gordon Hall3005 Twp Rd 352Red Deer County

002,004,003/005Bowden Lions Hall2012 19 AvenueBowden

006Nisbet Hall34173 Rge Rd 282Red Deer County

007,040Elnora Community Hall#425 2 Avenue, Elnora

008,039Pine Lake Hub Community Centre#20, 36366 Twp Rd 252NE 22 36 25 4Red Deer County

009Aberdeen Hall27406 Hwy 590Red Deer County

010,021,022,023,025Innisfail Jr/Sr High School (NW Entrance)4459 51 AvenueInnisfail

011,012,013,014,015,016, 017,018,019,020,024Innisfail Legion Hall5108 49 AvenueInnisfail

028/029/030Spruceview Community Hall2127 10 AvenueSpruce View

031Fensala Hall, Markerville24 Main AvenueMarkerville

032/050Ridgewood Community Centre37160 Rge Rd 10Red Deer

033,034,035,036,037,038,047Penhold Multiplex1 Waskasoo Avenue, Rge Rd 280Penhold

058,059,060,061,062,063,064,071,072,074,075,076,077,081, 082,078/084,079/085,080/083Sylvan Lake Family And Community Centre4725 43 StreetSylvan Lake

043,044,041/042Delburne Community Hall2034 21 AvenueDelburne

045,046Willowdale Community Centre37241 Rge Rd 264Red Deer County

048Circuit CafeHanger A 3824 Lancaster DriveSpringbrook

049Springbrook Fire Hall6400 Airport DriveSpringbrook

051,052Crossroads Church38105 Rge Rd 275Red Deer County

054,055,053/087Poplar Ridge Community Centre38543 Rge Rd 283Red Deer County

065,066,068,069,070,073,086, 056/057/067Sylvan Lake Alliance Church4404 47 AvenueSylvan Lake

088/089Central Park Hall7 27305 Twp Rd 391Red Deer County

090,091Balmoral Community Association39, 26575 Hwy 11Red Deer County


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Sylvan Lake town council on Monday approved a $2.95 million budget increase for the soon-to-be-built NexSource Centre.

A number of the recom-mendations accepted by coun-cil — including the reconfigu-ration of the kitchen/conces-sion area and the main lobby/reception area — were made to increase building function-ality, according to public works

Functionality, public safety considered in NexSource Centre budget increase

director Dave Brand.Others, such as the addition

of heated concrete pads out-side at the entrance to the building, were made with public safety in mind.

“They’ll melt the snow in the winter time so it becomes a dry entry, which is a really nice feature, and a big public safety feature too,” said Brand.

Combining two previously proposed ice plants into one will result in more efficiency and less equipment, he added. And substituting some of the

structural steel in the building will result in a $700,000 cost savings.

But saving money wasn’t the primary aim of the value engineering sessions from which the recommendations resulted, said Brand.

“What we’re going through with designing this building is not necessarily just strictly about cost cutting,” he said. “When you cost cut, you lose

functionality, and it’s really about making sure we deliver a community facility that the community is going to be able to use.”

The budget increase approved by council takes the total budget of the project to $33,550,000.

The scope of the facility will remain the same, and functional and programming space will be maintained.

“It would be significantly more cost to add those things in a few years down the road, so it was one of the aspects to build that space now so that it fits the community’s needs,” said Brand.

The budget increase, he added, would allow that to happen.

The value engineering ses-sions, held over three days at the beginning of April, were

a first for the town. And given their effectiveness, they’re not likely to be the last.

“It’s been a really valuable process for us, even just to verify that what you’re getting is good,” said Brand. “Every little bit that you can find that obviously increases the value is a bonus as well.”

Construction on the facil-ity is expected to begin with-in the next two weeks.

Boat safety - Const. Carlos Da Silva and Cpl. James Allemekinders of the Sylvan Lake RCMP visited École Our Lady of the Rosary School with some large equipment in tow to talk to Grade 2 students about boat safety last Thursday. JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HAN

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It would appear that Sylvan Lake is finally free of ice for another year.

Consensus among many Sylvan Lakers is that Monday, April 27 is the day the ice officially disap-peared, though minimal amounts were still visible around parts of the lake that morning.

If confirmed, the date arrives nearly three weeks before last year’s, when the

Sylvan Lake’s ice is gone, and is said to have disappeared officially on Monday. This picture, taken April 16, shows the ice beginning to recede. STUART FULLARTON

Lake now free of icelast of the lake’s ice was believed to have disap-peared on May 17.

Sylvan Lake News records indicate April 20 in 1941 as the earliest date in recent history on which the ice disappeared.

Records show 1920 as the latest, when ice was still present until May 30.

Recording the ice’s dis-appearance date has been something of a tradition for Sylvan Lake over the years. The Sylvan Lake News first reported it in 1936.

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The 5th Annual Boob Tour Comedy Night included four comedians who entertained an adult audience at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre last Friday night.

The popular comedians included Andrew Albert and Dan Glasswick, who have appeared on Just for Laughs; Jordan Welwood from Laugh Out Loud on CBC; and Steve Mazan, a cancer survivor himself,

American Comedian Steve Mazan makes the audience laugh during his performance as part of the 5th Annual Boob Tour Comedy Night held at the Community Centre last Friday night. The event entertained an adult audience and raised about $4,000 for the Sylvan Lake Optimist Club. JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HAN

Comedy night raises $4,000 for Lakeview Optimist Club

who wrote for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The original concept of the Boob Tour Comedy Night started with a group of events held to raise money for breast cancer, said club treasurer Tasha Young.

The comedy night is the main fundraiser for the Lakeview Optimist Club and brought in around $4,000, said Young.

“The mandate of our club is to deal with chil-dren,” Young said. “We wanted to gear any funds

we raised towards a chil-dren’s cancer campaign, so we created the Sylvan Lake Youth Cancer Fund. That's the main beneficiary of the event. Our goal is to use the funds for children in our area with cancer.”

The club has other ini-tiatives such as helping the Lego club, the Spray Park and the Christmas Bureau in anyway they can.

The club also assists the youth in the community in any other way they may need help.

Young describes the club as being “small but mighty”. The club currently has seven members, and when called upon, those members help the youth living within the commu-nity.

“We assist when asked,” Young said. “For example, the Flipside Youth Drop-In Centre needed new TVs, so we did a bottle drive with them.”

Young said the club’s members have been work-ing to publicize their name this year by attending sev-eral interagency meetings, as other agencies aren't aware of the club's exis-tence.

“When other agencies are looking for money, sometimes they won't even think to come and ask us,” Young said.

She said 'Bringing Out the Best in Kids' is the club's slogan, as they will do anything they can to help children in the com-munity.

“That could be sending kids to camp or sponsoring a hockey team. It's anything that we can do.”

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Sylvan Lake residents will see a two-per cent tax increase after town coun-cil approved the town’s 2015 tax rate bylaw Monday.

Additional municipal tax dollars totalling $220,000 will be generated from the increase, which will see the residential tax rate rise to 8.413 from 8.248.

“A two-per cent resi-

Council approves 2015 tax ratesdential tax rate increase is a reflection of council’s commitment to balancing our need for growth, with costs associated with proj-ects like our multiplex redevelopment, and the need of our residents for affordability and access,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre.

The non-residential rate will stay the same as last year at 14.003 — part of a tax rate freeze imple-mented by council to help attract and retain business in town.

Property tax payments for 2015 are due July 31, with an exception made

for property owners who have monthly payment arrangements.

Citizens - CP Blakely School celebrated its Citizens of the Month for March earlier this month, recognizing students who exemplified the month’s theme of ‘work habits’. Back row: Grady Boyd, Will Rattray, Lance Meier, Brett Bylsma, Maddie Pieroway, Madison MacLeod. Middle row: Jakob Hand, Payton Hutlet, Charlie Clark, Caydence Nicholson, Kaylo Shearer, Kohen Giannelli-Prideaux. Front row: Lars Brown, Warren Meier, Kyler Reiser, Ryder Soppitt, Orlo Davis, Nevaeh Yungen, Brooke Wright. JASMINE O’HALLORAN-HAN

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Eco Loco - Otis the Owl proved popular among the crowds who took in Eco Loco at the Community Centre on Saturday. Patrons of the Town of Sylvan Lake-hosted event — held in celebration of the environment — were entertained with a puppet show, book reading and musical entertainment throughout the afternoon. Here, Otis is pictured with his handler from the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, Judy Boyd. STUART FULLARTON

April 182:14 a.m. – RCMP on

patrol along 46th Street at 50th Avenue in Sylvan Lake observed a large fire in progress. A holiday trailer at Don’s Trailer Park was fully engulfed in flames. Fire crews were contacted and the blaze was quickly extinguished. There were no injuries and the fire for-tunately did not spread to any other property in the compound. An investiga-tion into the cause of the blaze is underway.

2:42 a.m. – Three males are facing multiple charges

Impaired driver seen going wrong direction in traffic circlein relation to a firearm complaint in Sylvan Lake. RCMP responded to a call from witnesses advising that a firearm was pointed at them by three males near the four way stop at 46th Street and 50th Avenue. The complainants advised that they encountered the sus-pects previously as they were driving down a back alley near Lakeshore Drive. The suspects attempted to access their vehicle and were told to leave at which time they entered another truck and drove off. The witnesses then encountered the suspects again a short time later which resulted in the firearms incident. Charged with various weap-ons offences; possession of property obtained by crime; and drug possession charg-es are three males, aged 19, 23, and 31 from Bentley and Sylvan Lake.

April 199:41 a.m. – RCMP were

conducting a patrol in the Eckville area when a suspi-

cious vehicle was noted to be parked sideways at an intersection. The driver was sitting in the vehicle with the engine running at which time a traffic stop was initi-ated for suspected impaired driving. A roadside screen-ing device was utilized and a 36–year-old Eckville male was issued a three day sus-pension. His vehicle was towed at the scene and impounded for three days.

7:16 p.m. – A 21-year-old Red Deer male is facing charges in relation to a theft at a liquor store in Sylvan Lake. Police were called to the Plaza Liquor Store on 50A Street after a staff member witnessed a male steal a bottle of liquor and proceed to walk around the parking lot with the bottle. The employee secured the store and waited for officers at which time the male was arrested and charged with theft under $5,000 and two counts of failing to comply with conditions of a recog-nizance.

April 208:16 a.m. – A witness

contacted RCMP in relation to an erratic driver on Highway 11A in Red Deer County. The complainant advised that a car was being driven all over the road westbound on Highway 11A and traveled in the wrong direction on the traf-fic circle heading south-bound on Highway 20 into Sylvan Lake. The vehicle was located by a Community Peace Officer in Sylvan Lake and stopped. RCMP arrested a 28-year-old Sylvan Lake male at the scene. He is charged with impaired driving; having a blood alcohol level over .08; failing to comply with a probation order; operating a motor vehicle without a licence; and transporting liquor within easy access of an occupant.

11:39 a.m. – A 25-year-old Red Deer female and a 30-year-old Ponoka male are facing charges in con-nection with a suspicious vehicle incident. A witness notified police that a male

and female in a van were towing a trailer without a plate in the vicinity of Range Road 284 and entered a field in the area. The vehicle was followed and the occupants were reported to have dropped the trailer off near Highway 592 at Range Road 20 in Red Deer County. The sus-pect van was located a short time later and the occu-pants arrested following an investigation. The pair is charged with possession of property obtained by crime and possession of break-in instruments. The female is also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license and registration and the male is charged with two additional counts of failing to comply with con-ditions of an undertaking.

8:54 p.m. – RCMP attended a location in Eckville after a 911 call was received of a fight in prog-ress between two males. Witnesses reported that one male had been assault-ed and knocked uncon-scious to the ground. EMS

treated the male who did not sustain life-threatening injuries. The two males had been drinking when a phys-ical dispute ensued outside the Turbo Super Service gas station. The injured male, aged 57, did not wish to co-operate with police and did not want charges. A 53-year-old male from Condor was arrested a short time later for public intoxication. He was found to have an outstanding war-rant and was subsequently charged with two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

April 217:33 a.m. – A domestic

dispute on 47th Street in Sylvan Lake resulted in police attendance. A 39-year-old female advised that she was assaulted recently by her spouse at the residence as well as on previous occasions. An investigation resulted in a 40-year-old male being charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, assault, and mischief under $5,000.

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A group of Sylvan Lake children are learning the basics of baton twirling in a set of eight-week sessions taught by Alberta Baton Twirling Association coach Chelsea Henning.

In these sessions, held in the gym at École Fox Run School, the children learn the basics of baton twirling such as moving the baton around their neck and moving the baton in a figure eight pattern, Henning said.

Other important skills the children learn is how to bal-ance and twirl a baton, change direction and pattern, and hand-eye co-ordination.

To help the children learn these skills, Henning incorpo-rates games into her sessions.

“For the figure eight the children twirl their wrist and we call it the ice cream scoop,” Henning said. “They have to scoop up on each side of their arm in a circular motion. It’s baby steps. It’s a lot of practicing, playing games and drilling.”

Henning also incorporates routine when teaching baton twirling because she said baton twirling is combined with dance and music.

“We do a routine that they really enjoy,” Henning said. “We just did an Adams family theme routine.”

Henning said that even as these sessions are just for recreation, her students are catching on really well to the basics of what baton twirling entails. She said she hopes to see them in her Heads Up Baton Twirling Club, which she will start in the fall.

“The little kids now are catching on very quickly because we’re setting a good base foundation,” Henning said.

Baton twirling may look difficult to a spectator but Henning said it is fairly easy as long as the baton twirler has a good understanding of patterns and motion.

“It’s really fun and it’s different, and if they really like dance or gymnastics and want to do something different, this would be for them,” Henning said.

Henning said spectators are allowed to come and observe what the children do during the sessions.

Molly Wilkins and Malika Drevenak learn the basics of baton twirling in a session taught by Alberta Baton Twirling Association coach Chelsea Henning last Wednesday.

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highway collisionSTUART FULLARTON

SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

A Red Deer man and a youth were charged follow-ing a two vehicle-crash near Sylvan Lake last week.

Police arrived on the scene near the intersection of Highway 11 and Range Road 20 west of Sylvan Lake at around 9:30 a.m. last Thursday.

Before arriving, they were told that one of the vehicles involved, a Chevrolet truck, had already fled and crashed through a number of barbed wire fences into a neigh-bouring field.

Upon their arrival, police were further advised that the truck had been aban-doned by its occupants in a nearby field, and that its occupants had fled on foot.

Police were directed to an area where they located the truck’s two occupants and arrested them without further incident.

A police investigation revealed that the truck had been stolen in Leduc just two days earlier. Its licence plate was also found to have been stolen.

Police say the same truck evaded an Alberta Traffic

Sheriff about an hour before the crash after it was clocked going over 150 km/h. A pursuit wasn’t initiated due to public safety concerns.

An ATV recently stolen from a home in Eckville was sitting in the truck at that time, and was abandoned near Half Moon Bay before the crash on Highway 11. Police say it’s since been recovered.

A police service dog conducted a search of and around the crash scene, as well as the scene around the abandoned truck. A sawed-off firearm — also stolen — was discovered.

The three occupants of the Dodge Dart with which the truck collided were taken to Red Deer Hospital to be treated for minor inju-ries. They’ve all since been released.

Dixon Ross Bergseth, 37, of Red Deer, was charged with flight from police, dangerous driving, failing to remain at a collision scene involving bodily harm, possession of stolen property over $5,000, three counts of possession of sto-len property, unlawful pos-session of a firearm, unlaw-ful possession of a prohibit-ed firearm and unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm contrary to a weap-ons prohibition order.

A 17-year-old youth, who police say has ties to Red Deer and Sylvan Lake, was charged with posses-sion of stolen property over $5,000, three counts of pos-session of stolen property, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful posses-sion of a prohibited firearm, three counts of failing to comply with a youth proba-tion order and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Both were scheduled to make a court appearance in Red Deer on Monday.

Police are asking anyone who might have witnessed the crash or its related events to contact the Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment at 403-858-7200.

Police say a truck fled the scene of a crash that sent three people to hospital in Red Deer with minor injuries last Thursday. SYLVAN LAKE RCMP

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The following article and accom-panying pictures were submitted by the Sylvan Lake and District Archives Society as part of a series celebrating the society’s 20 years of existence this year. The Archives Society is open to the public every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. at its new location in the lower level of the town’s Municipal Government Building.

One of the first home deliveries of milk was by John Kangas, who built his own delivery cart, milked his one cow, and sold milk to his neighbours for $0.10 a quart — Len Reynolds vowed the “milk was fresh, clean and sweet and half cream if you left it long enough”. The Kangas property at 48th Street and 47th Avenue was one of the

first houses built in that area, along with the Schaers, likely in the early 1940s. The house is still there, now owned by grandson, George Blair.

Jake and Ray Tucker ran a dairy business in the 1940s and part of the 1950s on the property where C.P. Blakely School is today. They were helped by Frank and Ellen Parry — it is Frank you see peek-ing out of the dairy wagon in the picture on this page (1941). Later on, when the Tuckers began rais-ing chickens and pigs, their “faith-ful helpers” were Norlan Amlee, Joe Mannix, the Kleeberger girls, and Carl and Hazel Selstrom. Dale Mannix has good memories of helping deliver the milk when he was quite young!

The Crocketts bought the Sylvan Lake Creamery from the Palmers in 1947 and ran it until it “ceased operations in 1976”. A logo

of a sailboat on wavy waters was chosen to be used as signage on bottle caps, butter wrappers and the delivery van. Gordon Hunter, one of the drivers, is shown in a 1957 photo on this page. Dale Mannix also drove for the Crocketts, as well as the Tuckers, and then became the milk distrib-utor in Sylvan Lake for Alpha Dairies.

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Children’s author Marty Chan speaks with students of École Steffie Woima School.JASMINE O’HALLORAN–HAN


In an interactive workshop including small stuffed animals, Lego and PowerPoint illustrations, Grade 1, 2 and 3 students of École Steffie Woima School learned the basics of writing stories from a pro.

During a visit to the school earlier this month, Edmonton children’s author Marty Chan used his own work and Lego to teach students the concepts of following a begin-ning, middle and end sequence.

These tangible exercises are examples of how Chan said he reinforces concepts into young minds. He said he remembers being a “very visual kid”, and said that when someone was speaking to him on concepts, it would all just go right over his head.

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Chan is the author of 10 children’s books, and used his own work as an example so students could directly question the author on writing techniques.

“They see that what I am saying makes sense as they see that my book has been published,” Chan said. “I think having that authenticity with the kids helps them buy into the concept of writing more.”

Chan believes that writing is something anyone can do. That, he said, is the biggest message he wants students to take away from his workshops.

“When I go in and do a workshop, I try to make it as fun and interactive as possi-ble,” he said. “Often times I will hear those stories where a parent or a teacher will tell me about a kid who’s a reluctant writer who they couldn’t drag three sentences out of the kid, and after my workshop that same reluctant writer is writing half a page or two pages.”


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