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The Ranch rodeo, part of the Little Royal Rodeo at the Equine Centre in Lakeland College brought a lot people out on Friday night. Students and community members competed in ranch cutting, team sorting and team doctoring events. Photo Marie Conboy. See more throughout The Voice.
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The Alumni Hall at Lakeland College burst at the seams on Saturday, March 12 with three hundred and ninety-four seats sold. As promised, Celtic Fusion Illusion with the Celtic Ceilidh dancers took Vermilion by storm. CFI, a ten-member celtic rock band pitched the wailing voices of the bagpipes against electric guitars, keyboards and drums, producing a unique fusion of sound at once vivid and exciting yet deeply haunting— enough to set one’s Celtic blood a-boiling. Vocalists Sarah Kuntsen and Mark Lepine belted out pure energy with “Voices” by Sting, as well as Bruce Springsteen’s “Death to my Home Town”, and an original piece titled “The Deep” which CFI recorded and dedicated to those who have served their country. Then the stage filled with the beauty, precision, glitter and hair of the Celtic Ceilidh dancers—the fluid movements and colourful swaying kilts of the traditional highland dancers in striking contrast with the rapid leg movements, rigid upper body and dark costumes of the Irish hardshoe step dancers. It was magical. “Walk the Tweed” from Celtic Fusion’s 2013 CD, as well as “Copperhead Road”, and the “Sword Dance”, kept the audience clapping and tapping. The timeless voice of the bagpipes pierced our souls with “MacCrimmon’s Lament”, a song of deep sorrow for for he who went away and will never return. After the intermission, CFI cranked it up with
The Celtic Ceilidh Dancers charmed with colour and precision. Photo Greg Haslehurst
“Whisky in a Jar” and the dancers received a heartfelt applause from a loving crowd. Before the performance, the Wine and Cheese party took a life of its own with the Ratté family members—Cameron, Emma and Beth on violins, and Chantal on cello. The young musicians played classical and popular works with their customary skill and personal charm, showing us once again that music frames us and tells us who we are.
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MacDuff Financial Services Changes Ownership
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Mayor of Vermilion Bruce MacDuff revealed last week that he has sold his Financial Services business to the Hardy Financial Group. “I had been looking for someone for years to take over, and I had offers from other people for several years so this year I decided, I’m turning 65, that it was time to sell,” said MacDuff. “I am going to work until the end of 2017 as part of the deal for the Hardy Financial Group.” MacDuff Financial Services is one of two financial services in Vermilion. “I have been doing this since 1988,” said Mayor MacDuff. “All of my c lients have g ot their letters and I will be servicing them until I retire. It’s a longer transition for the clients and for me.” Hardy Financial Group is owned by Al and his son Rob Hardy. Al started his financial career in Vermilion in
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1983, and his son Rob has been a partner with him for 10 plus years. “It is my intent to continue working through Hardy Financial on a limited basis for a while until I officially retire, but may work longer,” added Mayor MacDuff. M ayo r M a c D u f f wa s e l e c te d a s Mayor in October of 2013 and says that he will be staying on as the Mayor. He was born and raised in Saskatchewan before he moved to Vermilion in 1977 to work for Farmstead Builders Ltd. Bruce has worked as a certified financial planner for over 20 years in Vermilion. Bruce and his wife Marilyn have three children and several grandchildren. “ Maybe I will take longer trips in Hawaii in the future and every Wednesday evening in the summertime I will be golfing like I have always done, not much is going to change except the ownership of the company,” said Vermilion Mayor Bruce MacDuff. Photo Marie Conboy MacDuff.
New Business Plaque Program
More than a decade ago the Town of Vermilion provided plaques to new businesses setting up shop in Vermilion. The plaques were a small token of appreciation, a ‘Thank You’ from the Town given out to a business upon opening for choosing Vermilion. At some point the plaque program was dropped. New businesses were still welcomed by the Town but with a certificate at the grand opening of the business. With the significant increase in development permits in 2014 ($24,283,700) and 2015 ($45,735,200), Vermilion has been a buzz of new development and the Economic Development Commit-
tee made the decision to recognize the businesses that have been identified to be identifying businesses for a plaque new development and resurrect the New receive a plaque. Moving through 2016 through the development permit process. Business Plaque Program. The Business and beyond, Economic Development will Plaque program will recognize: - A New Business to Vermilion within a retail/commercial district - New Owners to an existing business within a retail/commercial district in the Town of Vermilion - Existing businesses in a retail/ commercial district that have relocated to a new location and built new. In resurrecting the plaque program the committee went back and identified developments that have happened over the last 20 months that fit the criteria of the Shelly Corbiere and Mary Lee Prior. program. To date the committee has idenPhoto submitted tified 33 retail/commercial and 6 industrial
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Antho ny ’s Clas si c Gr ill owner s, Anthony and Tally MacPhee, said they first put the porcelain doll out on the bench in front of their business as a conversation piece. “ We were just kind of testing the waters. Ever ybody seems so down lately,” said Tally. “Once we started seeing everybody stop and look at him, and kids who wanted to get their pictures taken with him, we thought, ‘we have to name him’.” That was when the doll became known as Ralph. Ralph had been sitting on the bench for about a month before he went missing. “One morning we drove up and we said, ‘Ralph’s gone’.” It seemed Ralph had been doll-napped. “After he went missing, we missed him. You kind of get used to seeing him sitting there,” added Tally. The MacPhee’s Main Street business neighbour, Doreen McRobert of Vermilion Paint and Home Decor, went on Vermilion’s Rant and Rave to protest the doll-napping. “I showed up at work, looked over and thought, ‘Where’s Ralph?” said Doreen. “He’s my buddy. He just sits there and watches the world go by.” Instead of abandoning the concept, the couple thought of bringing out a
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second doll named Charlie to sit on the bench and they gave him a cardboard sign that read, “‘Came to visit you, but you weren’t here. You must be out for a walk or something; you told me this town was really fun’,” said Tally. “It was priceless. Everybody laughed, and I kept thinking, ‘maybe Ralph will come back’.” The two dolls are part of a collection that Tally has owned for 15 years, which she had given to her daughter. When her daughter no longer wanted them, Tally brought them back into her life. “They just kind of sat in my truck for awhile,” she said until she got the idea to put Ralph out front. Within one week of Ralph going missing, he had been anonymously returned and now Ralph, Charlie, and their guard dog Toby, sit outside on the bench in front of the restaurant together. “Some people sit there and talk to them, some just get a laugh, and people stop and they look and they smile,” said Tally. “There’s a little boy who loves coming to talk to them, and he tells them what he did the day before. His mother stopped me and said, ‘You know he just loves sitting there’.” “It’s nice to have him back,” said Doreen. “It shows we’re in a small enough town to have him still sitting there. He’d have been long gone anywhere else.” L ast Sund ay someone provid ed
Ralph, Charlie and Toby some shelter from the rain. “We came Monday morning, it had been raining on Sunday, and someone put the umbrella over top,” said Tally. “The interest is very nice.” Future plans for Charlie and Ralph
include new spring clothes, and new smiles that will be painted on their faces by Doreen. Tally said it will be nice to see smiles on Charlie and Ralph because they are the reason she sees so many people smiling when they walk by the restaurant.
Turn Your Frown Upside Down Porcelain dolls, Ralph and Charlie, along with their guard dog Toby, on the bench in front of Anthony’s Classic Grill are a welcome sight in Vermilion. Photo Shannon O’Connor
Dewberry Arena Final Skate Party
The Dewberry Arena will host its final community gathering with The Last Skate party on Friday, March 18. It will be the last time anyone skates on this historic arena’s ice surface. The histor y of the Dewberr y rink began in 1935, when a group of local volunteers decided it was time the village had a skating rink and built an outside arena. In 1961 a wood frame was built around the ice surface along with two dressing rooms. That same ye ar t h e D ew b er r y m i n or h o c key league was formed with teams of all ages. In 1968, the present closed in arena walls and roof was built and the first Dewberry Mustang team was iced. The new recreation facility is being constructed at the cost of 4.1 million dollars. “ We are doing really well, we’ve c o m e a l o n g w a y, ” s a i d L a u r i e Bowman, fundraising coordinator for the Dewberry Arena Project. “So far we have raised 2.5 million. The project itself has seen a lot of suppor t from not only our own communit y but the County and the surrounding area.” In p ar t n er s h i p w i t h t h e C o u nt y of Ver m ili o n R i ver, t h e Vill ag e of D ew b e r r y a n d t h e D ew b e r r y a n d District Agricultural Society, a new recreation facility will be constructed. The 35,000 square foot facility will house a new skating arena, viewing area, kitchen/concession, play space, office/meeting rooms and dressing rooms. The multi-purpose design will be utilized by generations to come for: Hockey-recreational, minor, and senior teams, Canskate-learn to skate programs, figure skating, speed skating, school fitness programs agricultural education programs, community gatherings and meetings, weddings, birthday parties and private functions. The ice is set to come out the morning after the final skate party and the hope is that the new arena will be ready for next season. “It is not official as of yet, but plans will be unveiled during The Last Skate party while community members look forward to the future while celebrating the past.
“So far we have municipal grants along with other fundraising money. The arena will have a big economic im pac t on the c ommunit y. We are looking to the future,” said Bowman. “ Dewberr y Ag Societ y President Allan Parr will make a project announc ement on the night as to what is exactly going to happen,” said Bowman. “We are inviting everyone that is interested to come up and take part in the evening that promises to be a big night with lots of fun and prizes. A big highlight of the evening will be the alumni skaters,” said Dewberry Ag Society Secretary Treasurer Holly Holmen. “It’s going to be great to see them all out there on the ice again. “The old barn in Dewberry has been the hub of the community for years and I’m sure there will a few tears shed that night. It’s one of the longest standing buildings in Dewberry at this point in time.” The evening program will begin with a Figure Skate program including the current skaters in the alumni program. Krystal Becker will sing the National Anthem as we have the Canskate kids and initiation hockey players skate with Canadian flags. The Hockey Game with Dewberry Minor
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Empty Train Tour Stop In Lloydminster
Although David Francey arrived on the music scene at the age of 45 after toiling as a labourer for 30 years, he has quickly gained musical ground and has just released his 11th CD, Empty Train, after just 15 years in the industry. “I hauled a lot of cement, a lot of iron bars, a lot of wood and a lot of shingles,” said Francey in the documentary, Burning Bright. He is from a proud workingclass Scottish immigrant family. He has hitchhiked across Canada three times while trekking to work in the Yukon bush, Toronto rail yards and various other construction sites, before family and friends convinced him to take the stage.
Though Francey was born in Scotland, and moved to Canada at the age of 12, in 2014 he received Canadian acclaim as the co-writer and co-winner of Hockey Night in Canada’s Song Quest contest to find “Canada’s next great hockey song.” The song, A Game Going On, written by Francey and Dave Gunning, encapsulated the love of our national game, and won the hearts of the voters. There’s something about Francey’s lyrics that captures the heart of the matter, whether the matter is hockey, the working class, or the struggling soul. The lyrics of “Mirror Ball” feature faceless patrons in a Yukon night club, and working class hero portrayals in the “Crucible.” His 30 years as a labourer works its way into his songs and there
is an obvious connection with the toll that just day to day living can take on a person. He has been referred to as Canada’s Woody Guthrie by the Georgia Straight. He has been nominated and won several songwriting competitions and album awards in Canada and abroad, including three Junos, the first which was bestowed just two years into his musical career. Seven of his upcoming shows on his tour have already sold out. Dave Francey’s Empty Train is making a stop, along with band members Chris Coole and Mark Westberg, at the Root: Community Emporium in Lloydminster D av i d Fr a n c ey c o m i n g to t h e R o ot: on Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Community Emporium in Lloydminster on March 23. Photo submitted Tickets are $20.
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Lorna Hamilton Editor
I have never in my lifetime seen cattle ranching as it is here in Alberta. I remember my first look at true cattle ranching as we drove from the airport in Edmonton to Vermilion, and I saw fields with so many cows. I was truly amazed and remember quite clearly saying “Look at all those cows!”
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I could not believe the number of cows one family could own. It wasn’t until I star ted meeting people from Vermilion that I realized the vastness of these ranches and the dangers that go along with being a cattle farmer. The stories of how ranchers and helpers would get run over by the cows or squished or kicked by them while trying to look after them. It is an extremely dangerous profession, and I have to give my appreciation to them as it is definitely not a job I could ever see myself doing. The flour, oats, flax and other grains I serve my family come packaged and
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numbers of fatalities, there is no more dangerous occupation. It is with high respect and gratitude; I have to take this opportunity to thank all the farmers and ranchers for the hard work they do and recognize the dangers in which they face each and every day. In conjunction with Ag Safety Week, I have decided to provide some information that I feel could be very beneficial for the farmers of our community and area that I found while researching Ag safety issues. Do you want to know when a child is ready for a particular farm task? You can take the guesswork out of the equation with the North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks. The guidelines are intended for children and youth between the ages of seven to 16 who live and work on farms and ranches. The site gives you the opportunity to do a checklist of topics such as: Driving a farm tractor, farming with an ATV, farmstead equipment, feeding hay to cows, leading or grooming animals, repairing fences, trailed implements fieldwork, unloading hay, using a front end loader and working with large animals. If this is something that may interest you, you can find the tools at http://www.agsafetyweek.ca/determine-safe-agriculturaltasks-for-children.html I could never sit here and say that our farmers are not looking out for the children’s best interests while working on a farm. I have no experience with any work conditions on Alberta farms and will not pretend to know such, but I do know accidents can happen anywhere at any time to anybody that is why they are called “accidents.” No one plans for someone to get hurt, but I do feel the more we know, the better we can prevent accidents from happening.
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Franklin Wolters Columnist
My adventure in pigs started when I was just a school kid. We’d had pigs earlier, but Dad had gotten out of hog raising once he had established a bigger cowherd and milk cows. Dad had also built up a nice setup for cleaning grain with a, “Viking” fanning milk with a nice little one cylinder pump engine to run it and elevators to take the clean grain away and a series of little bins for clean grain. There was also a bin for the screenings. Yes, and it seemed a lot of the neighbours who came to clean their seed grain, never got around to coming for the screenings. These took up a good portion of the grainery and Dad was wondering what to do with them. The question was put that maybe we could feed them to pigs. Well, we saw an ad in “Vermilion Standard” that had wiener pigs for sale and a phone number. Not far from home over in the “Auburndale district.”
Neil B. Stratton Columnist
That pouring rain on March 6 was refreshing, to say the least, if that had been snow it would have gotten very deep as it poured all day at my home, that’s ok things need a good wash right now. The mild weather is forecasted to continue, and the daylight is lasting longer every day, making many like myself want to get outdoors and enjoy it. Soon we will have even more daylight to enjoy, as just around the corner on March 20th it’s the spring equinox, or the first day of spring, something that on most years just can’t seem to come quick enough, but this year we have enjoyed spring-like conditions already. Spring will be off to a very early start in 2016 thanks to leap day weirdness! Have you noticed that the equinox used to be on the 21st? This year, spring begins on March 19 or 20th depending on our time zone. This will be the earliest spring since 1896; It ’ll happen on March 19th for most US and Canadian time zones, later this century, it’ll happen on March 19th every year. The first day of spring is a little confused with our leap year and calendar, and also, time zones used, to keep our calendar of the 365 day year in sync we use a leap year. Time zones confuse things a little
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An Adventure In Pigs
We bedded up our pickup truck and headed out to Kennedy’s farm, and there found these “Tamsworth” piggies that were red in colour. Well, kind of brownish-red. They seemed mostly nose but they looked healthy so Dad gave the man eighty dollars for eight pigs. Yes, I got into the pig business for that. Our old fashioned grain grinder left the hulls and the pigs didn’t do well on that so I invented a screen to take out the hulls. Worked really well and the pigs did well. When I got a few dollars later, I bought a hammer mill from McLeod’s, for a paltry $285 and the chopped grain were made really fine, great for small pigs. My Aunt Rose, had been left the Wolters’ homestead and had rented it out for several years, but the renter had mismanaged it, and I had been able to rent it on crop shares. I had a source of grain then and used Dad’s equipment to farm the land. It took several years, but I cleaned up the land and was able to get it producing enough for a nice bunch of pigs by then. Didn’t take long to build up a nice herd!! I decided to try and break the spring farrow, fall time sell with the low prices
that seems to follow and have the piggies come in the winter. Now that really increased the work load, and disease and all the other problems of confined raising hogs!! The only good memory I have of that building is that Grandpa Wilson helped me build it. I soon reverted to the open field style of pig raising, when the sows made a nest in a shelter and I had them in a fence that contained my cows in the winter. I got shelters so the little guys could free range and nurse whatever mom presented her milk. Before the pigs were of weaning size, I made an enclosure of plywood with access underneath so that the pigs could get to the creep feeders I had filled with starter ration and milk substitute and man, they’d come running. I’d start closing up the bottom until the day I’d close the last opening and my pigs were weaned. I developed a squeeze deal that could hold the piggies while I doctored them. It made it a one man operation. The little sows who only had had one litter, were taken to “Meatco Processors” in Wainwright, or to people who wanted good
Around The Campfire
further, using MDT and MST as we use in Alberta, MDT is Mountain Daylight Time (Daylight Saving Time). Also known as MDST is Mountain Daylight Saving Time, NAMDT is North American Mountain Daylight Time. In Alberta we use MDT in the summer and MST in the winter, MST – Mountain Standard Time / Mountain Time (Standard Time) …confused yet? To confuse spring even further we will change to DST or Daylight Saving Time on March 13, 2016. So, officially the first day of spring is Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 10:30 PM MDT. However, most calendars will show March 20, 2016, which it is in Eastern Canada, as confusing as it is ha ha, just know spring is here in under two weeks, and that we moved our clocks ahead 1 hour this past weekend on March 13th. Which will give us a wonderful extra hour of daylight in the evenings, and days will continue to get longer all the way to July. In fact, we will get 9.35 more hours of daylight by July over December when you can officially say it was a long day! All in all, so much more time to get outdoors and enjoy adventures in the daylight coming soon. Ice fishing was on the list for this past weekend, however, with snow melting faster than it came, and lots of water it seemed like other plans may be safer. There are ice warnings in effect all over Alberta. Ice conditions are scary at best,
even for on foot so use caution, any moving water like creeks and rivers will be especially dangerous; note that most/ any ice is considered unsafe at this time. So, I decided to take the pup Miss Oohohh for another good walk looking for antler sheds…or was it Miss Oohohh who decided we were going for a walk or that she was taking me for a walk? Anyway, we found ourselves trudging thru the wilderness in slushy snow and even mud by mid-day that made for some hard walking. However, we enjoyed taking each other for a nice walk on a nice day. It was reminiscent of fall with all the small flocks of geese flying over, honking a strange but familiar sound for this time of year, many were waddling thru every puddle in the fields. Antler sheds were elusive once again, and by late evening we both were walked out, so we decided to look at the source of the antlers to see what was going on. I drove by a friend’s house, and there were five mule deer standing just by his front door patio; in the surrounding field, there was deer everywhere, close to 50 I would estimate. I had my spotting scope and looked them over closely and soon I saw what I was looking for…kind of…the antler sources were still walking around proudly displaying their antlers. A small bachelor group of Mule bucks made their way out of a river valley coulee, six bucks or so materialized of every size,
brood sows. It was a good system!! I got a new well and pressure system and had automatic water systems, so the pigs had fresh water and finally I never had to carry water, I bought two metal feeders that held about a hundred bushels each and wonder of wonders pensioned off my old original McLeod hammer mill!! So then I acquired a “New Holland” mixer mill that added the supplements and ground the grain perfectly with the nice metal feeders and automatic waterers the work was so much less. I had a little one ton truck with stock racks and I’d cut my market ready pigs into a holding pen on the loading chute and just back up to the chute, bed the truck, open the end gate and go for coffee. Those pigs couldn’t resist that fresh straw and in a few minutes would all be in the truck nosing around in the straw. I’d quietly sneak up and shut the door. Boy, after all the other adventures of loading we’d used to go through that was like money from home. Pigs were the mortgage lifters for a lot of farmers, mine too!! It all started with that eighty dollar investment!!
I was shocked to see antlers on all of them. However, two looked different, so I focused the spotting scope on them, the smallest and the biggest both were missing their left antler, a good sign because as I write this, they most likely dropped both sides now. I talked to the friend who lives nearby once we got home, ironically, he had taken pictures of that group maybe an hour before I watched them and the big guy still had both sides then, so he just dropped the one side. So, this coming weekend it will give me more incentive to walk further; something I am positive Miss Oohohh won’t mind as she loves those adventures, and she should get to find that “bone” she been training for so hard. No excuses this year folks not to get outdoors, even the gophers are out taking a stroll, very soon with this mild weather I will have to get out on my annual “find the first Crocus flower adventure”. When The Smoke Clears Spring is having that big smile even with a boot full of slush, tempting you to move on with that promise of spring colours with that first breathtaking Crocus peeking out of the snow.
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The more I travel, the more patriotic it seems I become. Canada and Canadians are imperfect both in character and ideals, but this place and the people who inhabit it are, in my humble (and admittedly biased) opinion, pretty great. We‘re also comparatively very privileged; some of us just don‘t realize it. Almost everywhere else has existed for longer than we have. That means the stories of other countries are understandably longer, often considerably more complicated than ours. Names and governments and cultures have risen, fallen, redefined themselves and emerged as something different from what existed previously. The architecture is often a wonder to behold, if only because it has endured. Gazing at a structure erected by skilled human hands in the 12th Century can silence a Canadian standing before
Dawn Hames Columnist
The last ar ticle was on making sour dough bread. Unfortunately there was an error that was printed on this recipe, that I want to correct. The error was my fault. The amount of salt should have said, a half a teaspoon of salt and not a half a cup! Thanks to the many ladies that caught the error and called me or the Vermilion Voice. If you clipped that recipe out, to make at a later date, be sure to make that correction on your
Sesquicentennial
it in awe. Everything we are originates somewhere else, somewhere more ancient, possibly historically tumultuous, mysterious. Experienced. We have obviously grown into own unique nation, but the earliest ancestors of every one of us, save the native peoples, established the foundation for the Canada we now inhabit based on experience, knowledge, and skill acquired someplace else. Someplace not necessarily superior but certainly older, established, historically flourishing long before our first pioneers constructed their primitive shelters upon the wild, unyielding Canadian landscapes. Next year, Canada celebrates 150 years as a nation. I learned the word Sesquicentennial this morning and have repeated it several times when no one else is around. I like words, especially the look and sound of those I‘ve never encountered before. So...sesquicentennial.
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Some of us, no names mentioned, are old enough to remember Canada’s 100th birthday. We might even recall the theme song written by Toronto’s Bobby Gimby and, whether we want to or not, be hearing it on our inner turntable right now---first in English, then again in French. It was played a lot in 1967. Held jointly with the events of Montreal’s Expo ‘67 and its ‘Man and His World’ theme, Festival Canada celebrated many historical and cultural aspects depicting who and what Canada represents with events across the country, many of them featuring performances by our diverse and impressive arts community. Next year, we mark 150 years as a nation. It’s a good time to reflect on the history of Canada, where we’ve been, what we’ve learned and accomplished, where we’re going. Community groups from coast to coast have been working diligently toward perfecting programming acknowledging and celebrating Canadian pride in a manner unique and significant
Sauerkraut
copy. During the course of the week I was asked if commercially made sour dough bread that is available in stores has the same benefits as homemade sour dough bread. The answer is no. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could buy real sour dough bread, already made. I also want you to know that I made cinnamon buns using the sour dough recipe. Simply roll out the dough into a square, spread butter on the square, sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Roll up the dough, jelly roll fashion, and then cut into nine equal slices. Arrange the slices on a buttered 8 x 8 cake pan, cover with plastic wrap and
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allow rising in the oven over night or 8 – 12 hours. I have the best luck with putting them in the oven with the oven light on for the cinnamon rolls to rise. Remove the plastic and bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes. These are a heavier cinnamon roll than the ones that use the modern single cell yeast, such as Fleishman’s. They are delicious warm and spread with melting butter. The dried raisins will become plump and moist during the long raising time. Remember that before you begin your sour dough project test a small amount of your starter to make sure it is strong enough. To do this drop a small amount of starter into a glass of water. If the dough sinks it is not ready, if the starter floats, you are good to go. This week I am continuing to work with natural foods that produce probiotics. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that improve our gut health and therefore our immune system and our health. During the fermenting process in the making of sauerkraut, beneficial lactobacillus bacteria are produced. This is the same bacteria culture that is found in yogurt. Homemade sauerkraut does taste better that commercially made and canned sauerkraut. The major drawback of the store bought sauerkraut is that it does not have any beneficial probiotics, as they are all destroyed in the heating process. I must admit, that in the past I have felt a little intimidated by what I perceived as secret knowledge that the ladies of Ukrainian and Polish descent had in making great crocks full of sauerkraut at harvest
to those who share their sentiments. It ’s a unique place, our Canada. Our stories, despite the reality that the origins of them may be rooted in places far away, belong now to us. They, as do we, belong here. Our stories are woven together in the tapestry that celebrates the unique contributions of our ancestors and of every one of us. Our nation’s tapestry is vast and colourful, brilliant. Optimistic, ever-changing, ever evolving. It represents what we have constructed over time, together. It represents too, the possibilities and opportunities awaiting future generations. We can simply stand among those quietly proud to identify as Canadian, or we can involve ourselves in some way. There are many ways to actively participate. Two I’ve found interesting are Alberta’s own group, imagiNation150 www.i150. ca and the national Our Canada Project found at www.crrf-fcrr.ca. Our Canada is comprised of our stories, our unity, creating our collective future.
season. Even though my own Baba made it, it was a mystery that I was not confident in unfolding. While I am still not ready to make large crocks full of sauerkraut, I will share with you my success in making one wonderful jar. Sauerkraut Finely chop up one head of cabbage or enough to fill a large glass bowl from a mix master. Sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of sea salt. Allow to sit for 1 hour. With very clean hands, massage, and squeeze the cabbage. Liquid will begin to come out. You want enough liquid to cover the cabbage. This will take about 10 minutes. Pack the cabbage tightly into a sterilized one half gallon jar making sure that the liquid covers all the cabbage. Put a glass that fits into the jar through the jar opening to help weigh down the cabbage, allowing the liquid to cover the cabbage. If necessary fill the glass with rocks or marbles to weight it down to keep the cabbage submerged in the liquid brine. If you do not have enough brine mix 1 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of water and use that for additional brine. Keeping the cabbage covered with brine is the most important step in success. Allow your jar to sit out for 5 days at a room temp of 65 – 75 degrees, away from direct sunlight. There may be some bubbles and fizzing and this is good. The cabbage is safe to eat and try right from the very beginning. After 5 days the fermentation is complete enough to now be stored in the refrigerator and enjoyed. It will keep for several months refrigerated.
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Acrylic artist Pauline Ulliac was instructing up and coming artists how to paint a streetscape from the curb up at Vermilion Paint and Home Decor on March 12. The participants could see the finished painting in the background while Ulliac demonstrated her technique. Photo Shannon O’Connor
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J . R .’s a n n u a l school dance, this year themed “White & B r i g h t ”, wa s a success yet again! The evening of Friday, March 4 featured black lights and brightly
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dressed junior and senior high students dancing and wiggling away. Captain Kidd’s student union crew worked in advanced to ensure that there was a DJ (provided generously by the Hendriks family), black lights, photo booth, cleanup crew, and supervision. Much appreciate goes to several staff from St. Jerome’s
for helping as well, along with several Marauder staff and parents. Miss Ishaq’s performers put on their second show this year, but with a spontaneous flavor as they hosted an Improv Show, “Shipwrecked”, in J. R.’s drama room after school on Friday, March 4, 2016.
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Dates to remember: Mar. 21: P. A. C. meeting (7 pm), Mar. 22: Parent-teacher interviews Pt. 1, Mar. 25 – Apr. 3: Spring break, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1: Boston & NYC trip, Apr. 4: Report Card 3, Apr. 6: Parentteacher interviews Pt. 2, Apr. 8: PD Day (no school for students), Apr. 20: Senior high Art field trip.
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Art 31 student (advanced art) Matthew Theiss drew from life and with crayon a view of the school hallway upstairs.
Miss Ishaq and junior high performers of the Improv Show: Shane Newberry, Rebecca Newberry, Indira Speck, Rebecca Irvine, Sydney Twigge, Owen Aitkin, Steven Bodurka, Julie Newberry.
Avery Atkinson and Rebecca Irvine, both grade 7 J. R. students, at the White & Bright school dance.
Breanna Rainey in Grade 11 tackled a grade 12-level portrait project in charcoal.
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Our vir tue for March focuses on Sportsmanship. The goal in sportsmanship is not simply to win, but to pursue victory with honour by giving one’s best effort. Ethics in sport requires four key virtues: fairness, integrity, responsibility, and respect. The Kindergarten students had a great time touring Boston Pizza. Miss Kelli welcomed both of our classes to the restaurant. She toured them through the kitchen, they made their own individual pizzas, and they made chef hats and pizza crafts. It was so much fun and
VES School News
a great experience for our young, eager learners. Thank you to Boston Pizza of Vermilion. Now the students are creating their own restaurant in our dramatic play area at school. The choir club sang “O Canada” after Friday announcements on March 4 and will do that again on March 18. What a great way to start our morning. The choir was also asked to sing “O Canada” at the Vermilion Figure Skating Carnival on March 5. They did an awesome job representing VES. The Youth Mental Health Art contest will run from March 1 to April 8. The theme this year is mental wellness and/or mental illness. There will be prizes awarded to the top ten chosen from grades 1-3 and in
grades 4-6 there will be cash prizes given out to the top three. School yearbook sales will run from March 1-23. If you would like to purchase a yearbook for $20, your child will be bringing home order forms or you can pick up an order form at the office. Yearbooks will be delivered sometime in June. The VES adult theatre presents “Somebody Famous”, a comedy by D. M. Larson. It will be held in the school’s gym on March 18 and 19, both at 7:00. There will be no meal included, just the show for $10 at the door. Door prizes will be available. Please come out and support our school, with the proceeds going to bringing in entertainers for our VES students. The choir club is pleased to host the
Centennial Collegiate Choir from Saskatoon on March 21 at 11:00 in the VES gym. The VES choir will be performing a joint concert with them. Please come out for some beautiful music. Dates to Remember: March 1-23 – Yearbook Sales, March 14-23 – Sausage Sales, March 16 – Parent Teacher Interviews, March 17 – Celebration of Learning, March 17 – Wear Green Day, March 18 – Crazy Hair Day, March 18 & 19 – Adult Theatre, March 21 – Centennial Collegiate Choir performs at 11:15, March 21 – PAC Meeting at 7:00, March 25-April 3 – Easter Break, April 4 – Back to School, April 6 – AR Assembly, April 7 – Jump Rope Day, April 8 – PL Day – No School, April 12-18 – Book Fair
Kindergarten students from VES get a chance to tour Boston Pizza in Vermilion, donning chef hats and making their own pizzas. Photos submitted by Karen King
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Mrs. Tod is very impressed with how independent the kindergarten students are becoming at dressing, problem solving and packing their back packs. These are important skills for them to have before heading upstairs in Grade 1 as well as for when they start their swimming lessons in April. It is encouraged that parents meet them in the boot room at the end of the day which would help the kinders learn to pack up independently. In Social, the grade 1’s are learning about different types of communities; urban and rural. They are also going to be
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looking at different landmarks and special places within our community and why they make our community a great place to live. Grade 2’s have started a project, with a partner, gathering information on the traditions of either Saskatoon, Meteghan or Iqualuit. They will be presenting their information to the class through google slides or a poster. Grade 3’s will be wrapping up their culture unit shortly. Also, it is a grade 3 tradition to decorate pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) using hot wax, stylus and dyes. This event will occur closer to Easter.
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Our grade 4’s have started looking at settlement in Alberta. Their first unit has students thinking about why different groups of people came to Alberta and how Alberta developed its francophone, metis and British roots. Grade 5’s are working on learning about a potlatch. It’s about groups of aboriginal people celebrating special events like a wedding, a birth and also honouring people’s death. A glance ahead shows the PAC Movie Night and the Vibe Youth Night on March 18th and the Parent Advisory Meeting on Monday, March 21st at 7:00 pm. Grade 5 to 12 students are off to Table
Mountain in North Battleford on Thursday, March 24th. This is a nice treat to start off their Easter Break. Elementary Parent Teacher Interviews are on Thursday, March 17th from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please phone if you wish to have an interview with one of your teachers. As I check my calendar it shows secondary report cards going out on Monday, April 4th, right after we return from the Easter Break followed by parent teacher interviews for secondary on Thursday, April 7th. We also do grade 10 orientations for our grade 9 students on this date.
FCSS Supports Families Even More!
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You may not know that the Town of Ver m ili o n Fam ily & C o m mu nit y Suppor t Ser vices (FCSS) has been quietly suppor ting human ser vices ag e n c i e s in Ver m ili o n for over 4 5 years. Town Council of Vermilion has a partnership with 20 per cent matching funds along with the provincial government 80 per cent funds based on the town census population. The Alberta NDP committed a provincial funding increase for municipal FCSS grants in late 2015 and for 2016, a long overdue request for human ser vice agencies as they try to keep up with service demands and the rising costs of service delivery. The last time there was a change to this grant funding was in 2009. This translates to a provincial grant increase from $108,929 to
$130,715 for Town of Vermilion FCSS. Carol Coleman, FCSS Coordinator, was very happy to spread the news to local agencies. “With the economic downturn we anticipate more demand on human service agencies as some families are strug gling to manag e their limited resources”, says Coleman. “There are many negative ripple effects from family financial stress.” The Town of Vermilion FCSS Advisor y C o m m it te e in c lu d es c o m mu n i t y vo l u n te e r s S h e l l y C h o m l a c k , Sandi Unruh, Darla Yonkman, Susan H o d g e s M a r l o w e , Te r r y W e l k e r, Michael McCrae (Youth member), and Council member Caroline McAuley. This Committee advocates on behalf of human services agencies in Vermilion while representing our community regionally and provincially. On March 1, Town Council of Vermilion approved
the FCSS Committee recommendation to disperse funds to the following local agencies: Pr e m u r a C o u n s e l l i n g / C a t h o l i c Social Ser vices ($34,000) for individual and family counselling contract with six free visits per individual Vermilion & Area Brighter Beginnings - $14,460 Ve r m i l i o n P l ay D e ve l o p m e n t (Pre s c h o o l Pr o g r a m, B efo re /Af ter School program) - $14,000 Family School Liaison - $7,000 S u m m e r C h i l d r e n ’s P r o g r a m $5,000 Lloydminster Interval Home (Public Education) - $5,500 Lloydminster Sexual Assault & Information Centre - $5,500 Walking Through Grief Societ y $5,000 Roots of Empathy Program – Vermil-
ion Elementary School - $3,500 Roots of Empathy Program – St. Jerome’s School - $3,000 Vermilion Kiddie Oasis - $2,730 CL ASS Vermilion River Learning Family Rhyme & Read - $3,540 C o m p a s s i o n Fa t i g u e S e s s i o n $1,000 Canada Day Celebration (Family activities only) - $1,000 The recent Social Needs Assessment c ompleted by RC Strategies for Town of Vermilion FCSS helped t h e FC SS Ad v i s o r y C o m m i t te e to make the funding decisions. Council will be reviewing this Assessment at their March 15 regular meeting after which the document will be released to community agencies.
Rolling Down Memory Lane Shannon O’Connor Columnist
Looking back on some earlier columns, I realize I like to write a lot of stuff about stuff. Somehow I feel an obligation to take stuff from where I find it, whether it be a thrift store, yard sale, or auction, and get it to somebody who really wants it. Sometimes that person is me. Actually, it’s always me. There are some things I just can’t seem to walk away from that tug at my heartstrings, tickle my funny bone, ramp up my kitsch thermometer, or instantly transports me to my childhood. Yes, I’m entering the nostalgic phase of my life. According to some reports, I am either a tail-end Baby Boomer, or Echo Boomer, or an early Gen Xer, which pinpoints people born between 1961 and 1981. Just the Gen Xers alone account for
83,000,000 people in the general population. Things are going to get gushy over the next few years. So, if you’re a Gen Xer, Baby Boomer, Gen Yer (a group that suffers from early onset sentimentality), a Millennial, or one of the Greatest Generation, and are in any way feeling the way I am, this might be a nice trip down memory lane for you. Actually I am rolling down memory lane with a classic vintage pair of adjustable roller skates from the early 70s that you used to have to strap on to your shoes. I was thrilled to find them, even though they are missing the key. But I didn’t care because I don’t need a key to complete me. The ball bearing wheels, the metal frame and the leather ankle straps took me right back to a similar pair I had in the early 70s, before the boot style became
widely available. when you felt the leather straps around These skating relics, even in their your ankles about to give way... crudeness, were very well made, and the Oh what a feeling...what a rush! frames and wheels seem to last forever. The leather straps, however, were problematic and tended to stretch and break while in the midst of roller skating. Apart from the sentimentality these skates aroused in me, I think I may have purchased them just to show my kids how tough we were “back in the day.” The thrill of going down a hill with these things strapped to your ankles, knowing the straps could go at anytime created a sensation that has been unmatched since the introduction of safety standards in the toy industry. And imagine the feeling of skating I’ve Got A Brand New Pair of Old toward your friend who was playing in his Roller Skates front yard with his metal lawn darts, while Strap on roller skates from the 70s. his sister was clacking her glass Klackers, Photo Shannon O’Connor
2016 Little Royal Rodeo
Mason Hickman, from the Vermilion Light Horse 4H club, checks the form of the goats. Photo Marie Conboy
The Little Royal Rodeo Slack and The Little Royal Rodeo Performance attracted a large crowd at the Equine Centre at Lakeland College on Saturday, March 12. The Little Royal Rodeo Lakeland Rustlers Rodeo team competed against cowboys and cowgirls from other colleges and universities. Cowboys and cowgirls showed off their skills Down Roping, Breakaway Roping, Saddlebronc, Steer Wrestling, Goat Tying and Bullriding. Above cowboys show off their skills steer wrestling to a huge crowd at the Little Royal Rodeo on Saturday evening. Photo Marie Conboy.
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Vermilion Folk Club Brews Up Special Night
The Vermilion Folk Club is brewing up something special for another big show on Tuesday, March 22 when Harry Manx will take the stage at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7:30 p.m. Appearing for one night only is a oneof-a-kind beer made especially for the 20th Anniversary of the Vermilion Folk Club by the Head Brewer at Ribstone Creek Brewery, Aaron Hogarts. “They contacted us to do something for them,” said Hogarts. “We collaborated and came up with a cask-conditioned beer. It gets back to the roots of brewing beer.” Hogarts said this way of making beer is very traditional and that it matches the spirit of the Folk Club’s celebration of their roots. The cask beer is a lager that has been soaked with some oak spirals and a very nice 12-year-old Scotch for about a month. “Oak and scotch match nicely.”
Hogarts said he selected lager because it has a wider palette appeal and is more drinkable, while the oak and Scotch add more “warmth, depth, flavour, and soul.” The cask, which is the traditional method of serving beer, will need to be tapped. “Someone has to drive the tap into the cask. That is a show in itself,” said Hogarts. “It’s a fun ceremony.” Hogarts said he is hoping to be at the show to tap the cask and listen to Harry Manx’s trademark east meets west style of music. “I appreciate the blues,” he added. The special cask brew traditionally referred to as a firkin in England, holds 10 imperial gallons, or approximately 100 pints said Hogarts. “I think everybody will be happy with the outcome.” Tickets for Harry Manx are $30 and $15 for students, and are available at the Vermilion Credit Union. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion on Tuesday, March 22.
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One Of A Kind A special brew will be on tap at Harry Manx’s performance at the Royal Canadian Legion on March 22, as celebrations for the Vermilion Folk Club’s 20th Anniversary continue. Photo supplied
Western Canadian Judging Competition Proudly Presents
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Tuesday, March 22nd Vermilion Legion Doors 7:00, Show 7:30 p.m.
4H Judge Dulcie Turner judges the calf section as part of the Little Royal Rodeo held at Lakeland College from March 11-13.
Bailey Dmytriw and Holly Wright judging the goat section at the Lakeland Equine Centre at the Western Canadian Judging Competition on March 11.
4H Judging Leader Ann Marie Kalman with her pet lamb Delia. Photos Marie Conboy
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Trey White from the University of Saskatchewan judges the cowboy boots section.
Ashleigh Ringdal from the University of Saskatchewan judges and examines the quality of hay with the other young judges at the Western Canadian Judging Competition on Friday morning.
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Successful farmers in Canada use seven business management practices that set them apart, according to a new study released today conducted jointly between Agri-food Management Institute (AMI) and Farm Management Canada (FMC). The ‘Dollars and Sense’ report listed the top seven practices that drive farm financial success: Never stop learning. Make business decisions using accurate financial data. Seek the help of business advisors/ consultants. Have a written business plan, follow it, and review it annually. Know and monitor your cost of production and what it means for your profits. Assess risks and have a plan to manage and mitigate risk. Use a budget and financial plan to monitor financial position and options. The report was presented to farmers, agricultural industr y organizations, farm business advisors, accountants, economic development groups and others for their feedback on how to better engage the industry when it comes to farm business management. “The research says that no matter how big or small your operation is, what you produce or where you farm in Canada, investing in farm business management will drive your success,” says FMC executive director, Heather Watson. “For years, industry has been hearing this, and now, we finally have the concrete data to back it.” Ipsos Agriculture and Animal Health’s i n c l u d e d over 6 0 0 far m er s i n t h e research. The study represents a crosssection of grain and oilseed, dair y, beef, hog, poultry and egg and horticultural producers from across the country. Ipsos invited participants from their database of more than 100,000 farm businesses. “This study shows that paying close attention to the business side of their operations is critical to making a good living for farmers,” says AMI’s executive director, Alison Robertson. “And they don’t have to do it alone - we have many resources to help farmers help themselves to greater success.” Hard copies of the report were distributed at the launch and it is now available on the FMC and AMI websites. The ‘Dollars and Sense’ study grew out of research completed by both organizations. AMI previously published a baseline study that provided insights into farm business management activities, behaviours and attitudes in Ontario farmers. FMC produced a report on how to meet the business management needs of Canadian farmers using
insights into domestic and international Both organizations provide programs, farmers make the best management best practices. workshops and other resources to help decisions for their business.
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Precision Agriculture Pioneer, Farmers Edge, Closes $58M Investment Led By Mitsui And Kleiner Perkins
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Farmers Edge™, a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, announced today it has received a $58 million CAD raise led by existing investors, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ Green Growth Fund and Osmington Inc. The investment will go towards the expansion of the data science team, new product development and global growth into South America, Australia and Eastern Europe. Kenji Otake, General Manager, First Business Dept., IT Platform Div. of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. will join the Farmers Edge Board of Directors. “Today, Mitsui is responsible for the procurement of 17.5 million tons of food
resources each year, including grains, corn and soybeans, and we are committed to increasing those levels, in a sustainable manner, as global population rises,” said Kenji Otake of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. “Meeting that global goal is what drove our first investment in Farmers Edge. Today, as Farmers Edge demonstrates its ability to operate in regions like Brazil, that lack traditional infrastructure to support technology-enabled agriculture, our strategic alignment deepens.” “There’s a huge shift underway in agriculture as technology continues to enable the digitization of farming,” said Brook Porter, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ Green Growth Fund. “Traditional incumbents are struggling to keep pace with this disruption, as farmers seek better tools to
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enable increased yields and profitability across multiple crops, in wide geographic regions around the world. Reducing costs while also reducing environmental impact is more important than ever – and Farmers Edge is leading this transformation.” Today’s investment comes on the heels of a significant growth period for Farmers Edge, marked most notably by the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Minnesota, as well as its entrance into three of the world’s most prominent, emerging breadbaskets. In Brazil alone, there are nearly one billion acres of arable land that represent a significant and largely untapped market opportunity, primed for increased agricultural productivity. With partnerships across the industry, that bridge large multi-nationals to leading, regional agribusinesses, Farmers Edge has emerged as the prominent technology provider in the world’s largest agriculture markets. “Global agriculture companies are looking for scalable business solutions to efficiently increase sustainability and traceabil-
ity throughout the supply chain, and Farmers Edge has emerged as that market mover,” said Brian Hayward, Chairman of Farmers Edge. “This investment signifies the confidence that Mitsui and existing investors place in Farmers Edge to tap into previously underutilized agriculture regions around the world.” “Over the past decade, we’ve become the largest independent agricultural network in the world. As we move into this next high growth period, we will continue to expand into lucrative markets like the U.S., as well as Russia, Australia and Brazil, where our field-centric approach to predictive modeling is generating high yields even in data-sparse regions,” said Wade Barnes, President and CEO of Farmers Edge. “At the end of the day, our goal is to bring the precision agriculture movement to the largest broad acre markets in the world, creating a new generation of breadbasket regions in previously untapped land.” Learn more at: precisionsolutions.ca. Call Dallas for more information at 780-581-4834 or email dallas.vandendriessche@farmersedge.ca.
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Our agricultural neighbours spend millions of dollars every year on keeping weeds out of their crops. The world relies on these crops to produce at max capacity to help feed billions. We cannot slow down the battle against weeds and we too must help our agricultural friends in this fight. Weeds don’t
know boundaries and they will spread from your yard, driveway, grocery store, gas station, roadsides, rail tracks, utility lines, oil and gas sites - onto our rural friend’s crops causing havoc on our food sources. Here are some tips that everyone should be practicing to stop the spread of weeds from making their way to our food source.
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SALUTING OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY Canada Safety Council Submitted
Farming is a very rewarding, important and invaluable industry in Canada. But for all of its benefits, it is also one of the most dangerous industries, and the reality of the profession is that children are often around the workplace. This means exposure to hazards including toxic chemicals, unpredictable livestock and potentially dangerous machinery. This exposure makes it absolutely crucial that children be taught about the potential dangers around them and how to avoid putting themselves at risk.
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March 14 – 20 is National Farm Safety Week and this year, the Canada Safety Council is reminding Canadian families to take precautions while on the farm, ensuring the safety of children by understanding the concerns and paying attention to detail. According to a study by Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR), 272 Canadians under the age of 14 died between 1992 and 2012 in agriculturalrelated fatalities, with approximately 45 per cent of those being four years of age or younger. The most common causes of death
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among children are machine runovers (41.9 per cent,) followed by drownings (15.2 per cent,) machine rollovers (11.1 per cent,) animal-related injuries (6.5 per cent) and being crushed by or under an object (5.1 per cent.) Often, bystander runovers occur when children are playing on the farm or near a worksite. The farm vehicle is usually in reverse, and the adult is not expecting the child to be there. This fact alone makes it crucially important to set aside an area reserved for playing in the yard. A fenced-in area with self-locking gate closures will ensure that the child’s expo-
sure to runover-related danger is greatly reduced. It’s important to remember that what may seem to be an obvious safety measure isn’t always so obvious, especially with younger children. Teach them which areas are off-limits or dangerous. As they get older and start helping out around the farm, take the time to teach them the proper way of doing things, explaining and enforcing safety as the primary goal. Keep in mind their limited experience and strength when assigning tasks, giving them age- and size-appropriate responsibilities. cont. on page 29
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Weddings On The Border Bridal Show Returns
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Brides and grooms, get ready: Weddings on the Border, the Lakeland’s largest bridal show, is back this March 19th. W i t h u p t o 9 0 ex h i b i t o r s p a c e s spread across t wo buildings at the Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, a brand new Ask the Expert feature, a bride and groom fashion show, and over $11,500 in grand prizes, the 2016 bridal show is one that brides-andgrooms-to-be from across the Lakeland and Midwest regions won’t want to miss! “This year’s show has come together so well,” said Jennifer Jacula, co-organizer of Weddings on the Border and owner of Jennifer Jacula Photography. “We have been working hard to ensure we bring new and exciting features each year, with awesome new attractions, and some of our most popular things from previous years, too.” Some of those features include swag bags for brides, a free mocktail bar, complimentary red carpet photos, gown sales up to 80 per cent off by Exquisite Fashions & Bridal, more dress shopping opportunities at Natalia K Original Designs - a custom bridal designer from Regina - and at the Icings Bridal Boutique booth, as well as the hottest trends in décor from great local companies, including by show co-organizer Kaylie Franklin, owner of Happily Ever After Event Planning & Décor, whose unique designs can be seen throughout the buildings. At 1:00, brides can queue up for the new Ask the Expert panel, which will offer engaged couples the chance to pick the brains of some of Lloydminster- an d - area’s m ost ex p er ien c e d
wedding experts. Confirmed for the panel so far are a wedding planner and decorator, a photographer, a make-up artist, a florist and a cake artist. “Couples this year are being really b u d g e t s av v y, a n d o u r s h ow i s a terrific place for brides and grooms to not only get advice from our panel of experts, but to take advantage of the best specials from our vendors. We have one photographer offering free package upgrades if you book at the show, and many exhibitors will be offering discounts, draws and door prizes that can really help with your wedding budget,” said Franklin. Brides will get a chance to win an array of grand prizes including $500 in cash from Weddings on the Border, a $1,500 décor rental and wedding planning package from The I Do Shop, a $1,450 wedding photography package from Whole Heart Photography, a $700 décor package from Joyous Occasions, a $650 Love Story or Save the Date video from Kimcap Studios, a $600 DJ package from Sundown Sound, a $50 0 limo package from Black Magic Limo Ser vice, a $50 0 floral package from Flower Affairs, a $500 Love Story video from BR Films, $500 towards a dress from Exquisite Fashions & Bridal, $500 venue rentals from Rolling Greens, Hillmond Hall and the Lloydminster Exhibition, a $500 rehearsal dinner prize from Haute Cuisine, a $500 wedding cake from Cinnamon Grove Café & Bakery, as well as some new prizes that Jacula says she’s excited to present at this year’s show. “We put together what we’re calling our Bridal Experience package. From our pre-registered brides, we’re doing to pre-draw one lucky lady who will get
exclusive early access to Weddings on the Border on March 19 along with four friends. They’ll eat a light brunch courtesy of the show while the bride gets an entire hour with a personal consultant from Exquisite Bridal, and we hope the bride will be able to find her dream dress! The winner will also receive a boudoir session at my studio, with hair and make-up by the amazing Kelsie Peterson from Over the Edge MakeUp Artistry, who also works with us on our models for the fashion show. Our brides seem to be ver y excited about this package,” said Jacula. There is also a special prize just for the grooms to enter to win - a round of paintball for the winner and six of his friends from Sniper Paintball near Ryley, Alberta. “I work really hard to try to line up a unique prize for our grooms every year. In the past, we’ve given away a big screen television, Oilers tickets, rounds of golf for a large group, and this year, it’s paintball,” said Jacula, who added that any guy who is game enough to attend the show with his bride-to-be deserves a bit of a reward. “We hope that the guys will really enjoy our show. Besides the awesome grand prize we have just for them, they can swing by the Cliff Rose for Clothes booth to check out the latest tuxedo styles while their bride-to-be does a little dress shopping. We also have Black Magic Limo Service and Living Skies Limousine bringing limos right into the buildings that we think they will enjoy climbing into, and of course, we’re sure our grooms will love sampling some awesome catering, cakes and mocktails,” said Franklin. Lloydminster businesses have c o ntinue d to show their aweso me
suppor t of the locally-owned show, said Jacula. “We were really happy to welcome a brand new grand prize sponsor from Lloydminster this year. Richardson’s Jeweller y contacted us and will be giving away an awesome Michael Kors bracelet and earrings set to one lucky bride! We also have some vendors from Lloydminster that are new to our show, and that we’re very pleased to be working with.” The tradeshow portion of the bridal show runs from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Dick Jones Pavilion and Alberta Building at the Lloydminster Exhibition, with the big finale of the show, the bride and groom fashion show, starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Dick Jones Pavilion, sponsored by Exquisite Fashions & Bridal, Cliff Rose for Clothes, Maz Enter tainment, Over the Edge MakeUp Ar tistr y, Cr ystal Lotus Spa and Making Faces MakeUp Artistry. Grand prize draw announcements will follow the fashion show. Brides can listen to Lloyd FM 95.9 and WayneFM the week before the show for a chance to win complimentary tickets and VIP seating at both fashion shows. Tickets are $10 at the door and children 10 and under are free. The Cross Border Pony Club will be running a coat check by donation fundraiser at the show. Brides-to-be are encouraged to pre-register at www.weddingsontheborder.com. Pre-registration is open until 6:00 p.m. on March 17 th, but brides will also be able to register at the door on March 19th. The show is open to the public, and everyone is invited to attend. Contact: Jennifer Jacula, Jennifer Jacula Photography, (780) 741-2179, wotb@mcsnet.ca
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Top 5 Wedding Catering Trends
theknot.com Want your reception to be unforgettable? Here’s a little secret: It’s all about the food. With the delicious surge in foodcentric media (think: celebrity chefs, the Food Network, foodie Instagram accounts, Pinterest boards and blogs) today’s couples are tapped into the food and beverage industry more than ever. For many, this means the standard chicken or beef just won’t cut it when it comes to planning a wedding menu. If you’re looking to breathe new life into your wedding bill of fare, read on! Here are 5 of the hottest catering trends that’ll wow your crowd and please every palate. 1. Play With Colour Colour is a crucial element in the coordination of wedding linens, flowers and bridal party attire. So why not in planning the menu? Many chefs are coming up with unique ways to infuse colour into food to match the couple’s signature hues. Don’t worr y—we’re not talking about green mashed potatoes. If you’re having a black-and-white wedding, consider serving ice cream sandwiches, Oreos or black-and-white cookies for dessert. Bring this contrasting colour scheme full circle with a naked or half-naked cake of rich dark chocolate and velvety white buttercream (feast your eyes on some blackand-white naked cake examples here!). If you love the complementary duo of red and green, ask your caterer if they can whip up shot glasses filled with layers of edamame and lobster trifle, or tuna tartare served in wasabi sesameseeded wontons for cocktail hour. 2. Break Out the Bubbly
Let your guests play bartender. Ask your caterer to assemble a display at cocktail hour with your drink of choice, the requisite glassware, spirits and any special mix-ins. We can never resist champagne at a wedding, so our favourite go-to is a bubbly bar. Offer champagne, prosecco and sparkling California wine. Also include a variety of liqueurs, such as Chambord, Midori, schnapps and St. Germain, plus freshsqueezed juices like grapefruit, cranberry and orange. Lay out bowls with freshly pureed peaches, white grapes and pears (hello, Bellinis!). Lastly, don’t forget fresh fruit slices, berries and edible blooms to garnish. These personalized satellite bars are the hottest new way to serve unforgettable refreshments. 3. Spring Into Action Custom cocktail bars aren’t the only way to let guests personalize their reception treats. Caterers are creating “interactive culinary kiosks” for the cocktail hour and reception. Not only are they fun and oh-so tasty, but these food stations also allow for easy guest interaction and better flow throughout your party. This type of food service is per fe c t for a c o c k tail re c eption where guests eat, mingle, dance or just hang out in a lounge area all night long. Taking the traditional buffet one step further, each station is attended by a chef who can plate your meal and suggest what to pair it with. One popular station is a ceviche bar, which offers a variety of fish in savory cones. If seafood isn’t your first choice, how about a fondue cart? Warm cheddar ale and balsamic gorgonzola pots with charcuterie, pickled veggies, fresh fruit
Bride’s name: Ashley Woywitka Groom’s name: Greg Konieczny Date married: December 19, 2015 Location of wedding: Vermilion, AB Place of residence: Vermilion, AB Bride’s parents: Lorne & Sherry Woywitka Groom’s Parents: Roger & Wonda Konieczny
Brides name: Morgan Hafso Grooms name: Dallas Hoffman Date married: August 1,2015 Location of wedding: Penticton, BC Place of residence: Vermilion, AB Brides parents: Kent Hafso & Shawna Drury Grooms parents: Joseph Hoffman & Shelly Lusk
and assorted bread options for dipping is delicious. 4. Opt for Family-Style More couples are requesting that their reception meals be served family style to take the stuffiness out of a sitdown meal. Guests can interact casually as they pass around gorgeous dishes, which means more mingling and a better chance that everyone will have an unforgettable night. One thing to consider if you’re opting for a familystyle meal is to rethink massive centerpieces. You’ll need more room for all of those serving dishes, so let the food and beautiful plates star as your décor. Not convinced? Picture heaping platters of bright-red steamed lobster, flank steak rolled with portobello mushrooms, and Emmentaler cheese nestled in magenta and white Swiss chard, along with a colourful dish of vegetable risotto. 5. Try a Taste Tasting menus are a foodie favourite, and they’ve found their way into
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Bridesmaid And Maid Of Honour Speeches
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As part of the bridal party you may be asked to give a toast in honour of the newlyweds. Here, surefire advice to follow so your speech goes off without a glitch. We salute your decision to grab the microphone from the best man at toasting time. After all, your inspiring words need to be heard, too. Here’s your complete guide to giving a toast as a bridesmaid or maid of honour -- what to say, when to say it, and how to get rid of those nervous butterflies. Take It Seriously In agreeing to toast the bride and groom at their wedding, you’re not just speaking for all the guests, you’re essentially a poet with an important story to tell. It’s both an honour and a huge responsibility. Embrace this obligation with the grace and maturity it deserves. Don’t Procrastinate We recommend writing your toast about three weeks before the big day. Approach this “assignment” with the same seriousness you would a college paper. Have someone you trust edit your work, and do a couple of drafts. Advance preparation will prevent hastily scrawled thoughts on cocktail napkins and last-minute panic attacks. Cover All Bases While we encourage you to innovate and personalize the standard as much as you want, an expert toastmaster will usually: Express how thrilled she is to be at the wedding and thank the bride and groom (and their parents, if appropriate) for inviting everyone to be a part of their special day. Include a personal touch (a favourite memory, joke, or special secret) that will be emotionally significant to everyone. Offer encouraging (and often moving) words of advice for their future together. (A quote will usually work its way in here.) Conclude with the standard raising of the glass, saying “To Jane and John” (don’t forget to take a sip!). Pick an Appropriate Quote If you choose to quote, make sure the quote you pick has real resonance for you and is relevant to the message or idea you want to share. Settle on words of wisdom that you can deliver with confidence, earnest emotion, and understanding. And remember, quoting is not required. If it feels at all pretentious or insincere, skip it, and substitute with something that comes from you. Suss Out Your Style The best man speech is often wry retellings of zany shenanigans, droll commentary on the subject of marriage, and self-deprecating remarks -- often with knee-slapping, side-splitting results. Don’t feel your maid of honour speech has to be sentimental and poetic for the sake of contrast. If you’re hilarious too, the crowd is in for quite a treat. Don’t worry about steal-
ing thunder. On the other hand, if funny isn’t your shtick, don’t feel pressured to be a comedian -- just be yourself and speak from the heart. Go for Short and Sweet As you prepare your toast, keep it simple. Don’t use words you normally wouldn’t use. Try not to ramble -- toasts can be as short as two lines or as long as two minutes. Steer clear of X-rated anecdotes, goofy giggling, and sing-songy, gimmicky group efforts. Remember, this is your moment. Make it a class act. Practice, Practice, Practice Once the toast has been written, practice reading it out loud obsessively to up your comfort level on stage. On the day of the wedding, grab one of the bridesmaids and ask her for final feedback on delivery, jokes, and hand gestures. You’ll be grateful for the preperformance audience. Be sure to write out the complete speech (or transfer it to note cards) and bring the cheat sheet with you to the microphone (no, you don’t have to memorize). Emotions and nerves can catch even the coolest of cucumbers off guard. Set a Schedule Toasting time usually happens once everyone has been seated and served champagne, but the bride and groom may want to have it happen between courses. Check with them; if they don’t have a preference, the timing is up to you and the best man. When you’re ready, simply approach
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Bride’s name: Lacey McKelvie Groom’s name: Andrew McCrae Date married: September 5, 2015 Location of wedding: Misty Hills Charolais Place of residence: Vermilion, AB Bride’s parents: Al & Jean McKelvie Groom’s parents: Douglas & Joanne McCrae
the microphone stand as a toasting team. The crowd will be called to attention the oldfashioned way (clinking a glass with a utensil) or the bandleader or DJ may announce to guests that toasting is about to begin. Traditionally, the best man is considered the toastmaster. For this reason, he may toast first, warming up the crowd for your turn in the spotlight. Of course the maid of honour can take over his role altogether, serve as comaster (a two-person show), or toast the couple right after the best man. We’ve seen double toasts work well in a variety of formats. You and the best man may want to determine who goes first and who follows based on the content and feel of your speeches.
Bride’s name: Vanessa Marr Groom’s name: Darren Ingram Date married: June 27, 2015 Location of wedding: Marwayne, AB Bride’s parents: Ian & Heather Marr Groom’s parents: Allen & Cindy Ingram
Stay Calm, Cool, & Collected Or at least fake it. No matter what, you’re going to be nervous. Take deep breaths. Think pleasant thoughts. Maybe have a glass of wine, but don’t overdo it. You definitely want to avoid that drunken honour attendant cliche. Remember, when it’s all over, you get to party hardy. Speak slowly, and no, no one’s going to care that your hands are shaking. Get Creative Is toasting too old hat? Knock their socks off with a dance performance, a song, or a reading of an original poem. Salute them in whatever fashion feels most comfortable. That said, if you’re planning something really outlandish, check with the bride first.
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ing, and a caterer will have a commercial grade kitchen to work in rather than out of a home. So why is this important to ask? A professional business will have back up plans in case of emergency like a sick family member, they can call on another member of their professional organization to come in and provide the service for you instead of outright cancelling the day before your wedding. It will also help protect you and your investment from someone who may not have a lot of experience in dealing with the pressures and pace of a wedding day. If the vendor is a reputable business owner, they will be able to quickly provide you with documentation to demonstrate they are a professional level business. After you’ve determined the vendor is a suitable one, ask for the price options that you have for your day. A good vendor will offer suggestions to ensure your tastes, style and preferences are met within your budget. Once you have visited all vendors, sit down and compare the options. Keep in mind, at this point, don’t just compare pricing information. While it is important to stay within budget, it is also equally important to choose a vendor you feel comfortable with! In the case of photography, you will be spending your whole day with this person! Your most emotional moments of the day will be shared in their presence, are you comfortable with that? If the vendor was gruff, or took a long time to respond to your requests for information, is this something you can handle or will it add to your stress level? It is also important to compare apples to apples. As every vendor will have a slightly different approach to their services offered, be sure you are comparing more than just price. A cake decorator that enjoys doing cakes for fun from home, has no overhead but a professional baker has a staff to pay, insurance and a retail space to pay for. While one may be
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SALUTING OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY Kylie Davidson Club Reporter
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Paradise Valley- 3 Cities 4-H multi club hosted their public speaking event on February 21. Jr. Speech winners were 1st place- Holly Wright, 2nd place Cooper McMillan with Tianna Faultimier as honourable mention. Intermediate speech winner was Gracie Anderson, 2nd place Kylie Davidson and Josh Davidson as honourable mention. Intermediate presentation winners were Brie Leer and Gerrid Bodner in 2nd place. Senior speech winner was Paige Laycock. The 3 Cities club would like to thank all of the judges who participated in judging. Without you it would not have been possible. The 3 Cities 4-H Multi Club would like
you to participate in the first annual supper and games night on April 9, at the Paradise Valley Hall. It will be a fun night for the family. Supper costs are $12 for ages 12-adult, $11 for ages 6-11 or $40 for a family rate (mother, father and children). The beef project has finished their tack box for the 4-H expo in Lloyd. They have also been learning about general health of their steers and heifers. The light horse project has made horse treats from scratch. They have also learned about rein positions on their bridles and have also made vet kits. They are currently working on setting up a trip to Mane Event in April. So far it has been too cold to ride. They are looking forward to the weather warming up so they can start riding.
The canine project has been working on dog obedience. They have recently purchased a tunnel chute from NGI Global and are excited to try it out. The outdoor project has been practising and all members can light a fire with a flint steel and makeup pad. As we continue on in the year we are looking forward to all the events the club and projects have planned. We would also like to thank everyone who helps support our 4-H program.
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Carbon Monoxide At The Work Site
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Farm work often consists of many hazards, most of which are quite obvious. However, sometimes farm workers are at risk of dealing with a hazard they can’t see or smell. Such is the case with the deadly carbon monoxide. Unless there is a carbon monoxide detector in every building, the only defense is to know the conditions that create this poisonous gas and take
measures to eliminate exposure. Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless gas. It is usually formed from the incomplete combustion of fuels such as coal, coke, wood, oil an d g aso line. M ost of the c ar b o n monoxide released into the atmo sphere comes from internal combustion engines. Carbon monoxide is a flammable gas. Mix tures of 12 to 75 per cent carbon monoxide in air can catch fire
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MacGyver Must Have Trained On A Farm
ARD Farm Safety Coordinator
You’ve probably heard his name before: MacGyver. Angus MacGyver was a highly resourceful secret agent on a popular late-80s TV show. Episode after episode, MacGyver used his ingenuity to solve a multitude of problems—often with only a Swiss Army knife and duct tape. Twenty-two years later, online dictionaries now include “MacGyvering” as a verb meaning “to make use of surrounding materials to build or fix an item.” Problem-solving is all about identifying an obstacle and discovering the best solution. It is a very real aspect of living rurally and working on a farm. While MacGyvering on the farm it’s vital to consider your safety. Equipment companies recommend using approved replacement parts. User manuals remind us to
only use items for their intended purpose. Creating something new with a limited knowledge of product design is very risky. Why? Because product engineers invest years of knowledge, design and safety testing into any given object—even one small modification (like removing an auger guard to speed up grain flow) could result in serious injury or death. How can you balance the need to be resourceful with personal safety? Simple. Keep safety in mind as you progress through the basic cycle of problem solving. The decision to stop the process before you put your plan into action is never a sign of weakness but often one of good judgement. Identify the problem. Is anyone in immediate danger? What has happened or what needs to happen? What could go wrong if you continue to attempt to solve
the problem? Is this beyond your level of knowledge? Tell your supervisor. If you need to call in a professional, now is the time. Develop solutions. Can you solve this problem yourself? Should you? Generate a list of options considering the pros and cons for each idea. Two minds are better than one; bounce your ideas off someone with experience. If you can’t think of a reasonable option, stop and seek help. Select the best option. Will your solution put anyone into harm’s way? What happens if your idea fails, breaks or causes a bigger problem? Will it end up costing more money, time or resources in the long run? Are you only proceeding with this idea to avoid humiliation? Stop now. Plan into action. Is it really necessary to ‘rig up’ a fix? Can you wait to get the right part, tool or equipment? If you are going
to proceed with your makeshift solution, do you have a plan if someone gets hurt? Evaluate. If you went ahead, has your solution helped you get back to a location where something can be fixed properly? If your solution has a permanent application, how can the idea be assessed for safety and long-term use? I recently listened to a chicken producer talk about a low-clearance barn-cleaning machine he developed out of necessity. Not wanting to create a bigger problem, he sought out the opinions and services of safety professionals, mechanics, welders and equipment manufacturers as he constructed his new machine. There’s nothing wrong with identifying a problem and discovering your options. The secret, perhaps, is to consider the best solution from every conceivable angle, even if that means calling in a professional.
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SALUTING OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
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The Vermilion Voice | March 14, 2016 “Conversation Pieces” Pop Up At Lakeland College What began as a combination of classroom generated ideas and outside speakers coming into the class, resulted in the Western Flair Pop-up Shops powered by Student Management Enterprise at Lakeland College. The event featured handmade products and reclaimed wood furniture during the Little Royal Rodeo, March 11 to 13. “There are a lot of one-ofa-kind items, with a real Western rustic flair,” said student Pop-Up Manager Grayden Kay. “The response is tremendous. We have a big rodeo crowd here that really appreciates the value of handmade products,” he added. Twenty-four vendors from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and B.C. participated in the unique shopping experience, including a Lakeland College Alumnus who designed the chair Kay is sitting on. Photos Shannon O’Connor
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Lakeland College student, Ashley Bosch took time to visit the Pop-Up Shops set up in the gymnasium at Lakeland College on March 11.
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SALUTING OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY countinued from page 17... That being said, it’s not enough to tell children how to do things safely. Especially when it comes to work-related tasks, children are driven to follow examples set by their parents and other adults. Farmers and workers have to make sure that they’re following safety protocols and being careful, or the message will ring hollow to children and they will not see it as important. Take the following precautions to ensure that your farm is safe for chil-
dren: · Inspect your farm with your children for any areas that contain hazards. Make sure to not only identify the hazards, but also to explain why they’re dangerous to the children and, if possible, take steps to mitigate the danger. · Before setting children to work on age-appropriate tasks, check local laws to ensure that they are of legal age to operate farm machinery. · Train older children before setting them to work on anything. Ensure they
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understand the proper operation of machinery they’re being asked to use, and that they know what to do at all times. · Never allow extra riders on any equipment. Extra rider runovers are a very common cause of injury. · Drownings on the farm occur, especially among children six years old or less. Fence farm ponds, manure pits, and any other source of water that could pose a drowning risk. · Designate a specific fenced-off area
that is solely for playing. Ensure that it is kept far from animals, as even calm and normally docile animals can become dangerous if they feel that either they or their offspring are threatened. · Keep all farm chemicals out of the reach of children and locked away in a cabinet, room or building. · Keep grain bins off-limits for children — it takes only a few seconds for a person to become helplessly trapped under flowing grain, where they could suffocate.
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Highest Price For Local Simmental Bull
Marie Conboy Reporter
Simmental Breeder Ken Gilbert from Minburn purchased the prime bull called ‘Discover Your Dream’ for the highest Red Simmental price ever paid of $150,000, recently at the Lewis Farms Spruce Grove bull sale. Bull ‘Discover Your Dream’ is the offspring off a cow originally owned by Gilbert. Gilbert is a well known local breeder, farming 300 head of registered Simmental cattle on 6000 acres north of Minburn with Westgold Farms. “He is the ideal breeding bull, the fact that he weighed 760 pounds at 13 ½ months of age is phenomenal,” said Gilbert. “I will probably hold on to him forever, we have $100,000 of semen spoken for all ready. I plan to put him out with the cows for the next few years. His progeny will probably do very well and his calves will be very good. He is the ideal package Simmental bull, along with his colour, he is very long, thick, quiet, good haired bull. You want a bull that is really long and deep and wide.” Gilbert is a passionate breeder who has been breeding Simmentals since 1992 and says he has never looked back. “Simmentals and Red Angus are the
most popular breeds in western Canada but Simmentals out average the Re d A ng us ever y year in the sale prices.” Gilbert says that while the oil industry is suffering this year in Alberta, agriculture will always be in demand. “We will always need oil, but we all have to eat, that’s why we grow grains and have live stock. This was a tough year for farming with the droug ht; I had to buy 1,500 hay bales but it has also been good. In 2003 after we had our first case of BSE, the commercial markets just crashed. It took 10 years to get back up, but selling the pure breeds and full bloods never took as bad a hit. They sold for ‘Discover Your Dream’ 20 per cent less where Red Simmental bull ‘Discover Your Dream’ sold for the highest price ever paid at $150,000 recently at the the commercial cattle Lewis Farms Spruce Grove bull sale. Photo submitted sold for 70 per cent less for a few years,” said Gilbert. always your bull selection today has a as good as you will find anywhere,” said “Each year there is always one or two huge impact on the type of cattle you Gilbert. “The full blood bulls are thick, stand out bulls. It’s an exciting and prof- raise and their profitability now and in easy doing bulls that will add quality and itable time in the cattle industry and as the future. The red bulls, as always, are weight to your calf crop.”
Pride Of The Prairies Show Results
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For the 97th year, the Lloydminster Exhibition hosted the Pride of the Prairies Bull Show sponsored by Canadian Natural Resources Limited. Once again, entries are up. This year we saw an increase of 45 per cent to 132 bulls
on offer. Consignors had the option to show their bulls either in the traditional halter show or in pens of one, two, or three. The pen show option continues to gain popularity as consignors are looking for an alternative way to showcase their cattle. The show judges were Kyle and Jocelyn O’Neill of Innis-
fail, AB. Once again the Steak Fr y supported by Masterfeeds was a great way to end show day at the 97th Annual Pride of the Prairies Show and Sale. Almost 200 people stayed to enjoy a delicious steak after a successful day of showing. Congratulations to all our participants on a great show. The Lloy-
dminster Agricultural Exhibition Association 97th Annual Pride of the Prairies Bull Show and Sale was once again a strong event for the Midwest area. Top quality bulls brought a large crowd to the sale! A total of 126 bulls were sold for an average of $4,710 and a Gross Sale of $593,400.
Pride Of The Prairies Junior Results
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AWNA BLANKET AND LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS Auctions COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 6th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction. April 8 - 10. Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 80,000 spectators. Over 85% sold last year. Consign today. 1-888-2960528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com. REACH OVER 1 Million Readers Weekly. Advertise Province Wide Classifieds. Only $269 + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call now for details 1-800-2826903 ext. 228; www.awna.com. COUNTERSCAPES MILL WORKING Shop. Tuesday, March 22, 10 a.m., 4705 - 60 St., Red Deer, Alberta. Selling forklift, truck, enclosed trailer, woodworking machinery, cabinets, tools & hardware; www.montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963. Business Opportunities CONTROL YOUR FINANCIAL future selling Watkins products. Watkins has provided stability & high income for its associates for over 145 years. Join for less than $50. 1-800-279-6104. Email: watkinse@ telusplanet.net. HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Restrictions in walking/dressing? $2,500 yearly tax credit. $20,000 lump sum cheque. Disability Tax Credit. Expert Help: 1-844-453-5372. NEW EXCITING mini VLT’s. Produce buckets of cash monthly. Attracts customers like money magnets. Locations provided. Ground floor opportunity. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www. tcvend.com. Career Training MEDICAL TRAINEES needed now! Hospitals & doctor’s offices need certified medical office & administrative staff! No experience needed! We can get you trained! Local job placement assistance available when training is completed. Call for program details! 1-888-627-0297. HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTATION Specialists are in huge demand. Employers want CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Train with Canada’s best-rated program. Enroll today; www. canscribe.com. 1-800-466-1535; info@canscribe. com. Employment Opportunities ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY long established in Edmonton requires Salesman, Foreman & Workers for work in the city. Must have extensive experience with all aspects of paving & equipment operation. 780-466-7763. AGRICULTURAL FOREMAN. Full-time, permanent,
responsible for assisting in the supervision of seasonal staff and delivery of County Agricultural Services programs. See www.biglakescounty.ca, select employment. SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are looking. Visit: awna.com/for-jobseekers. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today! Equipment For Sale A-STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 20’, 40’ & 53’. 40’ insulated reefers/freezers. Modifications possible windows, doors, walls, as office, living work-shop, etc., 40’ flatrack/bridge. 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com. Feed and Seed ROUND HAY BALES, self unloading, bulk oats. New truck tires. Cheap - starting at $285. Cheap undercarriage new & used. No Sunday calls. Phone 403704-3509 or 403-704-4333. HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-2505252. For Sale VISIT NEWMOM.CA to get money saving coupons that help you save on your favourite brands. 25+ new online and store coupons every month. Check in regularly to see how much you can save! Join newmom. ca today and start saving! Register code LEARN. SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-5666899 ext. 400OT. METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 32+ colours available at over 55 Distributors. 40 year warranty. 48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254. STEEL BUILDING SALE. “Big Blow Out Sale - Clear out pricing in effect now!” 20X20 $5,444. 25X26 $6,275. 28X28 $7,454. 30X30 $8,489. 32X34 $10,328. 42X50 $15,866. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca. LOOKING FOR a shop? Post Frame Buildings.
VOICE CLASSIFIEDS AND CAREERS coming event HAM AND TURKEY Bingo. Friday March 18, 2016 at St. Olga’s Church, (6052-52 Ave) Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. Games start at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Vermilion Lion’s Club. Everyone Welcome! All proceeds to communities projects.
FARMERS MARKET Vermilion Farmers Market Located at 5108- 49th Ave. The Vermilion Elks Hall will re-open Tuesday March 15th, and runs from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. For more information call 780-853-4669
HOUSE FOR SALE House for sale, to be moved by April 1, 2016. 1344 Sq. Ft. - Great Condition 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms Family room, kitchen, dining room, living room 4 miles from Vermilion Call (780) 853-7067 for more details or to see it by appointment only. Livestock JUSTAMERE 21ST ANNUAL BULL SALE-Monday April 11th 1PM at the farm in Lloydminster. On Offer 55 Top Quality Angus Bulls. All Bulls will be semen tested and Ready to go. For more info call Jon at 306825-9702 or 780-808-6860. Services
Quality Renovated Properties. Furnished and Unfurnished Located in Vermilion Phone: (780) 581-8199
FOR RENT Spacious, Clean 3 Bedroom Home. Includes: Fridge, stove, washer/dryer POU except water, available immediately Phone: (780) 581-5369 or (780) 853-6157 for sale FRANKLIN WOLTERS, BOOK in Paper back Now Out “Memories of life on Grizzly Bear Coulee.” Call Franklin for sale locations or book signing events 780853-7520. Give Away Do you have give aways? Until further notice The Vermilion Voice will run your ad for FREE. Call 780-8536305 or email vermilionvoice@gmail.com
Health CANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll free 1-888-5112250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/free-assessment. Manufactured Homes NO MATTER WHO you are, we have a home that fits your lifestyle at United Homes Canada. Over 40 years of experience in providing the best value in quality modular and manufactured housing. Call 1-800-461-7632 or visit www.unitedhomescanada. com to discover how we can help you find your new home. Real Estate 2237 +/- ACRES GRAZING LEASE near MacKay, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 375 AUMs, natural water throughout. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate. 5 PARCELS OF FARMLAND near Altario, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 12 in Provost, Alberta. Fenced land, natural spring water. Contact Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate. PASTURE & GRAZING LEASE near High Prairie, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 80 Acres Pasture & 2 Parcels Grazing Lease. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate. SHOP & OFFICE COMPLEX - Millet, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 27,730+/- sq. ft. industrial shop & office complex - 40 +/- title acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-7066652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/ realestate. 17 QUARTERS OF FARMLAND near Brant, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction,
March 24 in Lethbridge. Quality land, good perimeter fences, lots of water & surface lease revenue. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate. PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres year round water. Management available. Central Sask. Natural springs excellent water. Grazing available. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters. $150k $2.6m. Doug Rue 306-716-2671; saskfarms@shaw. ca. Services GET BACK on track! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need money? We lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420; www.pioneerwest.com. CRIMINAL RECORD? Think: Canadian pardon. U.S. travel waiver. Divorce? Simple. Fast. Inexpensive. Debt recovery? Alberta collection to $25,000. Calgary 403-228-1300/1-800-347-2540. NEED A LOAN? Own property? Have bad credit? We can help! Call toll free 1-866-405-1228; www. firstandsecondmortgages.ca. EASY ALBERTA DIVORCE. Free Consultation 1-800-320-2477; www.canadianlegal.org. CCA Award #1 Paralegal. A+ BBB Reputation. 26 Years Experience. Open Mon. - Sat. Tenders RUPERTSLAND INSTITUTE (RLI) Request for Proposal Subject: Facilitation of a Job Finder’s Clubs in one or more of RLI’s ten service delivery centres located throughout Alberta. Closing Date: 5 pm on March 18, 2016. Full details about this RFP may be found on the RLI website: http://www.rupertsland. org. Only one contract will be awarded and only successful bidders will be contacted. Travel SAVE 30% on our Heart of the Arctic Adventure. Visit Inuit Communities in Greenland and Nunavut aboard the comfortable 198-passenger Ocean Endeavour. Call for details! 1-800-363-7566 or visit www.adventurecanada.com. (TICO#04001400). Wanted WANTED/BUYING Alberta Antler. Buying shed antler of all species/grade. Competitive pricing & fair grading. Will buy deer, elk, moose - all grades & all amounts. Keep this ad - buying all the time. Herb 780-385-0076.
MINCO GAS CO-OP LTD Employment Opportunity Gas Utility Operator - Serviceman/Woman Minco Gas Co-op is a member owned natural gas utility located in the Village of Innisfree. We are seeking the right individual to join our company as a FULL TIME employee.
Preference will be given to the individual who has: Certification as a Gasfitter and or Gas utility operator. Must have computer skills in Microsoft word and excel. Possess a Class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract.
We offer a competitive salary, benefits and pension plan. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
CLOSING DATE: March 21, 2016 (Noon)
FOR RENT Various 1, 2 &3 Bedroom properties
AFAB Industries has experience, expertise, reliability and great construction practices. For a free quote, contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: ryan. afab@gmail.com. REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca. POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation. Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com.
You will like our prices! Take the time to give us a call! Lloydminster 780-875-6636, Toll Free # 1-888-8581011.
Please send resumes to: General Manager P.O. Box 190 Innisfree, Alberta T0B 2G0 Or e-mail resume to. minco@mcsnet.ca
FEED GRAINS
WANTED SUNHAVEN FARMS MILLING, IRMA, AB We are presently looking to purchase FEED GRAINS: WHEAT, BARLEY AND PEAS. We offer competitive pricing and prompt payment. For more information and pricing, please contact
Trev Crabb, Mill Manager, Box 177, Irma, AB PHONE (780) 754-2708 FAX (780) 754-2701 Email: t.crabb@sunhavenfarmsmilling.com
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VERMILION AND AREA BUSINESSES •CARPET •LINO •HARDWOOD •CERAMIC •LAMINATE
Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Behind Ferby’s and Integra Tire
780-853-3002 CVIP’s Truck and Trailer Parts
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4517 - 46 Avenue Vermilion
Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer Repair
Oil Changes Automotive Repair
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4911-50 Ave, Vermilion, AB tomafinefloors@telus.net
Phone: 780-853-7393 Cell: 780-632-8709
Box 3813 Hwy #16 and RR 83 Vermilion, AB T9X 2B8
Horse, Stock, Cargo, Flat Deck Sales, Parts, and Service
We handle the full line of Hijacker Hitches
Phone: 780-763-2424 Fax: 780-763-3723 E-mail: sales@bdtrailer.ca
Check out our Website!!
www.bdtrailer.ca
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Windshields Rear Sliders Side Windows Rock Chip Repairs Tractor Trailers Campers and RVs Custom Safety Glass Cuts Heavy and Farm Equipment
One Color Version
780-853-4122
Jocelyne (Jo) Lanovaz, CGA* / director / mannville / alberta / canada email: jo@jlanovaz.com / phone: 780 903 9127 / www.jlanovaz.com
lakelandglass@outlook.com
(780) 853-9777
JOE & CRYSTAL MYSHAK 3913-48 AVE VERMILION
LAKELAND GLASS 4520 RAILWAY AVE, VERMILION AB T9X 1E9
Two Color Version
Photocopy services
McMinis & Company CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT
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Roofing/Siding/Eavestroughing 5643
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On the two color version the green can be substitued with the Red Pantone 180 or the Yellow Pantone 124
No substitutes for embroidery threads will be accepted.
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Alan McMinis, C.G.A. Patricia Hanson, C.G.A. Robert B Ernst, C.A. 5135 50th Avenue VERMILION, AB T9X 1A8 Phone: (780) 853-2922 FaxL (780) 853-2707 Email: emailus@mcminis.ca
available at: Competitive prices. Located on south side of Vermilion campus next to the Service Centre.
For more information call 780 853 8410 or email printing@lakelandcollege.ca
General Contractors Project Management
Residential / Commercial / Agriculture 780.581.3364 www.classicbuilders.ca
Department: Print/MailServices Paper: Vermilion Voice Size: 2.5” x 1.5” Business Directory Black & white Cost: $900.00/year Code: 13_7035_PrintServicesAd Cost code: 01 3311 INS
VERMILION AND AREA HOME BUSINESSES N & J GARAGE DOORS Install/Service/Repair/Sales All Makes/Styles of Overhead Doors Framing and Custom Install 20 Years of Experience
587-789-1008
Mannville, AB T0B 2W0 • njgaragedoors@hotmail.com
Carlotta and Joan
“C us 4 your bookkeeping services”
780-853-0650
Vermilion Breeders Co-op
C4 Bookkeeping Services Ltd. Phone: 780 214 9824 C4bookkeepingservices@gmail.com
Commercial • Residential • Farm Maintenance • Trenching
KEN HARTWELL pH: 780-853-3318
Specializing in Livestock Hauling
Ernie Lessner
Rawlin’s Custom Tubgrinding
Financing Available for Bred Cows, Bred Cows with Calves at Side, and Bred Heifers
Rawlin James Box 164 Dewberry, AB T0B 1G0
Rick Rewuski Box 1265, Dewberry, AB T0B 1G0 Ph: (780) 847-4166 Fax: (780) 847-4944
• Brushing • Landscaping • Roads • Yard Sites • Building Pads • Slough Draining • Fence Lines
Tin Roofing, Shingling, Siding, Soffet, Fascia Eavestroughing and Pole Buildings
Tel: 780-847-2405 / Cell: 780-205-1571
CELL: 780 205 1324
Box 252 Myrnam, AB T0B 3K0
Cell: 780-210-2545 Res: 780-366-2545
Excellent Rates! NOW OFFERING CUSTOM DOZER WORK!
10+ Years Experience! For more info please call: (780) 549-9747
Vermilion Septic Services Elaine Urwin, RMT
Registered Massage Therapist
E L E C T R I C Murray Brown • R E SID E N T I A L • C O M M E R CI A L •SERVICE
(780) 581-0852 ampedelectric14@gmail.com
Brandon Tupper
5002-65th St Vermilion, AB T9X 1X6 c : 780.581.8775 t : 1.888.545.7707 Brandon@KnightsSpraying.ca f : 1.780.628.0777 www.KnightsSpraying.ca
Trent Westman owner/operator A Flush is Better than a Full House
For Promt Officient Service Call 780-853-6314 Cell 780-853-7801
New to area Tom’s Interior/ Exterior a Handi Man Installation of Siding, Window Capping, Soffit, Fascia, Eavestroughing FOR A FREE ESTIMATE CALL TOM AT 780-581-6167 NO JOB TOO SMALL
(780) 853-7714 Derek Selte Vermilion, AB • SNOW REMOVAL
18,000 plus potential customers will see your ad HERE!! Call 780-853-6305 vermilionvoice@gmail.com
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Music Festival 2016
Allied Arts Submitted
The week for the Music Festival is March 14 – 18 with the final concert on Sunday, March 20 at the Alliance Church. Registration takes place at the mall on Thursday, January 14 from 5:00 to 8:00 and on Saturday, Januar y 16 from 10:00 to 3:00. In order to be registered in any music class, please be certain to bring a copy of your music so that you can be put in the appropriate class. Vo c al /S pee c h Ar ts are M ond ay, March 14 at the United Church. Pian o i s M o n d ay – We d ne s d ay, March 14 – 16 at the Alliance Church.
S tr in g s / B an d are T hur s d ay an d Friday, March 17 &18 at the United Church. T h i s ye a r A l l i e d A r t s ’ M i s s o u l a Children’s Theatre is also that week with the production of Jungle Book on Saturday, March 19 at Alumni Hall Theatre. We will make every effort to accommodate anyone who is involved in Music Festival and the Missoula Theatre pro duc tion. So mark your calendars for this ver y busy week. L e t ’s s e e i f w e c a n i n c r e a s e t h e number of entries in the Music Festival and at the same time have a very successful Children’s Theatre week!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Myrnam/Derwent Golf Club is currently looking for a
Clubhouse Manager. Applicant must be 18 with driver’s license and own vehicle. Customer Service and cash handling an asset. Must be reliable and responsible with the ability to work on their own. References required. Please drop off resumes, in person to C.J.s Cafe in Myrnam, or email: jessieclyke@hotmail.com. Application Deadline: March, 23, 2016.
COMING EVENTS FISH DINNER
Wainwright & District Chamber of Commerce
PATHFINDER HALL SILENT AND LIVE AUCTION PEROGY SUPPER
Saturday April 2, 2016
Supper 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Silent Auction 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live Auction: 8:00 p.m HALL LOCATION: CORNER OF TWP RD. 532 & RGE RD. 82 For more info call: 780-366-2356 or 780-763-2179
EXPO 2016
3rd Annual Two Hills Agri Day & Trade Show Sat. April 9th, 2016 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Two Hills Centennial Hall
Good Friday
A two day event showcasing what our community has to offer with tasty treats, shopping, networking and affordable family entertainment.
March 25, 2016 at 12:30 P.M. At the Vermilion Seniors Centre Adults: $15.00 Children: $10.00
Saturday, April 9 • 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10 • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Free admission to shows & presentations
Advanced Tickets only available at The Vermilion Seniors Centre
For more information or to register visit www.wdchamber.com or call 780-842-4910
Call Elden or Linda at 780.657.3358 for more information
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Today around midday, the Moon enters your sign, which can make you more emotional than usual. Take note that after it enters your sign (see Moon Alert), it is a fortunate time for you! Great time to schmooze with friends and do business.
Later in the day, relations with authority figures will be pleasant. (After the Moon Alert.) Secret flirtations and hidden love affairs will take place late afternoon and in the evening. (You always did enjoy and adoring peanut gallery.)
After the Moon Alert today, you will love to travel for pleasure. You will also enjoy ethnic restaurants, unusual places and talking to people from different backgrounds. Opportunities in the law, medicine, publishing and the media will exist as well.
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This is pretty easy-going day. However, after the Moon Alert is over today, you will be high viz.. People will notice you. Fortunately, it looks like you will benefit from the wealth and resources of others. Ask for what you want because you will probably get it!
Avoid important decisions about shared property earlier in the day; however, after the Moon Alert, you will love to travel for pleasure if you can. Basically, you want to get away from all this and escape to somewhere fun! Shake it up a little!
This is a pleasant day. You will enjoy schmoozing with others at practically any time of this day. However, be aware of the Moon Alert to avoid shopping and making important decisions. After the Moon Alert, you will benefit from decisions regarding shared property and inheritances.
This is a playful, creative day! It's also a wonderful day for social events and schmoozing with others. You will also enjoy movies, the theatre, musical performances and sports events. Be aware of the Moon Alert, in case you are shopping.
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At this time, your focus is on home and family. Many of you are redecorating or doing repairs. Today starts off efficiently, then it's sort of falls apart midday. (Work hard in the morning.) After the Moon Alert, you will be in party mode. "Bring it on!"
This is a busy time with short trips, errands, conversations with lots of people plus increased reading and writing. You're in play mode today! In particular, after the Moon Alert is over, you will love to entertain at home. Some might choose to cocoon at home to get away from the insanity.
After the Moon Alert today, the energy of your day will pick up and you will suddenly become very social. You will have places to go, things to do and people to see! In addition, after the Moon Alert, it is an excellent time for business and commerce. Ka-ching!
This is an easy-going day. Nevertheless, be aware of the Moon Alert, especially if making important financial decisions or shopping. After the Moon Alert, cash flow, profits, business and commerce will be a strong focus. It will be a good time for negotiations.
This is a friendly day. Enjoy the company of others. Don't push yourself too hard but be aware of the Moon Alert. After the Moon Alert is over, shopping and business interests will increase and they could be excellent for you. You will like whatever you negotiate or do for yourself.
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bull market
The Vermilion Voice | March 14, 2016
Keeping Fusarium In Mind
Agri-News Submitted
APRIL 2 2016 1:00 PM. DRYLAND CATTLE TRADING CORP. VETERAN, AB. On Offer 50 Purebred & Percentage Maine Anjou Two Year Old Bulls & 140 hd Open Palpated Maine X Breeding Heifers
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a fungal disease of cereal crops that affects kernel development. Outbreaks can cause significant losses in grain yield and grain quality, while also resulting in the production of mycotoxin-Deoxynyvalenol that affect livestock feed, the baking and milling quality of wheat and the malting and brewing qualities of malt barley. Bill Chapman, crop business development specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, says though its rate of infection in Alberta is low, maintaining vigilance is key to keep it from spreading and ultimately devastating crops. “It’s important that we continue to be vigilant to try and keep Fusarium off the farm and continue to conduct seed testing as that’s what kept Alberta in the situation it’s currently in – Fusarium has spread slightly around the province and it’s still in low numbers but that doesn’t mean that we stop doing things like the DNA test to make sure we don’t have it in the seed that’s being used,� he says adding that he DNA test is yes or no result and if it is positive another test is done to determine the percentage of the disease in the seed. According to Chapman, seed treating is one of the most effective tools to manage FHB. “It’s really important to maintain seed treatments at recommended rates as well as using the new systemic seed treatments that though are a little more expensive, can stop a potentially devastating outbreak on the farm,� he says. C h a p m a n r e c o m m e n d s s p e a king directly with your local seed plant manager or input supplier to find out what treatments they have available making sure it’s a product that will go into the seed and control the surface level of
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Lunch @ Noon Sale at 1:30 pm At the Ranch Near Elk Point AB.
To request a catalogue, call Kevin: 780-614-5995 or John: 780-806-3395 Or Email: kcow@telus.net
MANAGER Rusty Stalwick 780-853-7669 CO-MANAGER Jim Pulyk 780-853-0626
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Little Royal Stockman’s Club Steer and Heifer Open and Junior show
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A high quality group of calves were brought to town and shown at the Stockman’s Club Steer and Heifer Open and Junior show on Saturday March 12. See next week’s issue for results. Photos Marie Conboy
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The Village of Innisfree held the official grand opening of the community’s new public works building on March 12. The event featured a complimentary hot dog barbecue lunch with coffee and desserts for those attending the ribbon cutting. The afternoon also had live country music to help mark the event. Pictured here are, from left, Councillor Robert Dobler, Mayor Debbie McMann, Councillors Morris Anderson and John Hlushak. Article Hiway 16 News, Photo Allan Sharp
The 4th Annual Source Speckle Park Sale Sunday, April 10, 2:00 pm @ Lloydminster Exhibition in the Alberta Building An elite offering of yearling and two-year old bulls as well as a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by P.A.R. Ranch, MX Ranch, Little Acres and Uneeda Farms. For catalogue or information contact T Bar C Cattle Co at 306-220-5006. Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com
FAMILY TIES ANGUS 3rd ANNUAL RED & BLACK ANGUS BULL AND FEMALE SALE
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The Supreme Speckle Park Bull & Female Sale Saturday, April 9, 2:00 pm @ Notta Ranch in Neilburg, SK. Selling Speckle Park yearling & 2 year old bulls, with a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by Notta Ranch, Spots N Sprouts, Ravenworth Cattle and Guests. For more information or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at www.liveauctions.tv
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Phone: Conway - 306.307.0055 / Sam - 780.214.2273 Gary Etherington - 780.812.0148 / Henry Roscoe - 780.547.4203 Box 479, Marwayne, AB T0B 0X0 E-mail: familytiesblackangus@hotmail.com • www.familytiesangus.com
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The Vermilion Voice | March 14, 2016
Seed Pick Up And Open House At W2 Land And Cattle
Shannon O’Connor Reporter
W2 Land and Cattle are offering present and prospective customers the opportunity to stop by their Open House and Seed Pick up Day on March 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “It’s an all day thing,” said co-owner Jenny Waltz. “There will be socializing, we’ll have speakers and we’ll have some Simmental 2-year-old bulls that are for sale, so they’ll be on display as well.” Waltz added that the Pioneer hybrid corn and canola seed that she sells will be available for people to purchase last minute
seed, also the seed that has already been sold can be picked up on this day. “We’re going to have a steak lunch to entice guys to come and pick it up,” she said with a laugh. “We will be having two speakers right around lunchtime,” Waltz added. One of the speakers, Dan Orchard, will be talking about clubroot “It is a very bad disease in canola, it can be devastating,” said Waltz. “He will have tips on how to spot it, so he’ll talk about some management tips as far as equipment, and what canola varieties to use, and different rotation ideas to
minimize the spread.” According to the Canola Council there are currently no economical control measures that can remove the disease from a canola field once it has been infested. The Council stated it is possible to curtail the spread and reduce the incidence and severity of infection by sanitation, management of infested fields through crop rotation, and the cropping of resistant varieties are the most effective methods of controlling this disease. “There are a few fields in our County that have clubroot in them,” said Waltz. The second speaker, Doug Moisey will discuss corn agronomy. “He’s going to talk about the important points in growing corn. Such as the importance of getting it out of the ground at the same time, the seeding depth and all of the things that will help grow a successful corn crop.”
Waltz said people are welcome to show up throughout the day have some food, some drinks, pick up some information, see some bulls, and pick up their seed. “I would like our customers to know that Kelly and I are doing this and that we’re here to provide that extra service to our customers, we’re not just here to sell seed. We want to provide them with some extra information to help them be successful at what they are doing.” Dan Orchard will speak at 11 a.m. the steak lunch is at noon and Doug Moisey will speak at 1 p.m. on March 18 at W2 Land and Cattle 10 miles south of Vermilion on Hwy 41 and 2.5 miles west of Twp. Rd. 492. An RSVP would be appreciated, but is not necessary. Contact Kelly Waltz at 780-8533834 or Jenna Waltz at 780-853-3873 for more information or to RSVP.
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March 17th @ 7p.m. St. Jerome’s School in the Father Cordeau Centre Kelly, Jenna, Marley and Cash Waltz. Photo submitted
2016 OPEN HOUSE & SEED PICK UP DAY 2 Year Old Simmental Bulls For Sale
Current and prospective customers welcome
COME GET YOUR LAST MINUTE SEED
Come on by W2 Land & Cattle and enjoy a steak lunch, industry speakers, two year old Simmental bulls, great hospitality and book any last minute corn and canola seed. 11 am - Clubroot with Dan Orchard Noon - Steak lunch 1 pm - Corn Agronomy with Doug Moisey
When: March 18, 2016 - 10AM - 5PM Where: W2 Land & Cattle Directions: 10 Miles South of Vermilion on Hwy 41 and 2.5 miles west on TWP Rd 492 RSVP would be appreciated but not necessary
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Local Surgical Team Sets New Transplant Records In 2015
EDMONTON – Local surgeons set three new transplant records last year, performing more lung and liver transplants – including liver transplants from living donors – than ever before in the city. Last year, surgeons performed 61 lung transplants, eclipsing the previous record of 44 set in 2014. They performed 83 liver transplants, eclipsing the previous record of 80 set in 2007. And they transplanted 22 livers from a living donor, eclipsing the previous record of 16 set in 2013. “ This achievement would not be possible without the gift of life from living and deceased donors,” says Dr. Norman Kneteman, a liver transplant surgeon and Zone Clinical Section Chief for Transplant Services with Alberta Health Services (AHS). “These records were made possible thanks to an exceptional team including donor co - ordinator s, intensive care staff, nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians, surgeons and staff. They care for both organ donors and organ recipients at this site and work tirelessly to suppor t our transplant program.” Edmonton is home to the second largest liver and lung transplant program in the country, exceeded only by Toronto. A l l l u n g a n d l i ve r o r g a n t r a n s plants in Alber ta are per formed at the University of Alberta Hospital, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Stollery Children’s Hospital. The 144 liver and lung transplants performed in 2015 involved a team of
seven organ transplant surgeons: four thoracic (lungs/heart) surgeons and three hepatobiliary (liver, pancreas, and islet) surgeons, along with their surgical teams. “I congratulate the transplant services team at the University of Alberta Hospital for this significant achievement,” says Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Organ and tissue transplant procedures are only possible through the generosity of the donors and their families. More than 200,000 Albertans have registered their intent to donate; and I encourage more people to add their names to the donor registry as there are more than 700 people in Alberta waiting for an organ or tissue transplant.” Tim Penstone is breathing easier since having a transplant at the University of Alber ta Hospital last March. Diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a chronic and ultimately fatal disease that causes swelling and scarring of the air sacs and tissue between cells of the lungs – the 63-year-old Edmonton man saw his lung capacity drastically reduce over an eight-month period. “I was on oxygen full time; it really impacted my ability to do things,” says Penstone. “Walking up the stairs was extremely difficult.” Penstone had been on the waiting list for a lung transplant for four months when he heard he could get a transplant. Today, he is feeling good and back to running his own company. “Without a lung transplant, I may not be here today,” says Penstone. “I owe my life to my donor.” W hile set t ing new re c or d s is a
great achievement for the program, the need for organ donors in Alberta remains high. Liver and lung disease has become muc h more prevalent and, as outcomes and technologies improve, patients who would not have been suitable candidates 10 or 20 years ago are now being listed on the transplant list. “We have the potential to perform more transplants each year but we are limited by the number of donor organs available,” says Dr. Kneteman. “About one-in-three patients from our liver and lung programs will die before a suitable liver or lung becomes available.” Alber ta currently has one of the lowest organ and tissue donor rates in the countr y. In 2014, the Alber ta government launched an online organ and tissue donation registr y, giving Albertans a way to record their wishes to donate organs and/or tissues after death. Albertans can also document their desire to donate organs and/or tissues at their local registr y agent when they renew their driver’s license or other identification. Since the launch of the online registry, more than 200,000 Albertans have legally registered to affirm their wishes to donate their organs and/or tissues. Of the 61 lung transplants performed in 2015, 47 organs were from Alberta donors; of the 61 deceased donor liver transplants, 49 organs were from Alberta donors. “While a record number of patients received life -saving liver and lung t r a n s p l a n t s l a s t y e a r, A l b e r t a n s continue to die on the transplant list because a suitable donor was not
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made available,” says Dr. Kneteman. “The need for organs is constant.” Albertans are urged to register their intent to donate through the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry link at myhealth.alberta.ca and to discuss their wishes with their family. One deceased organ donor could provide a life -saving treatment for s eve n p e o p l e by d o n a t i n g l u n g s , hear t, liver, t wo kidneys, pancreas and small bowel. Only one to two per cent of deaths lead to organ donation; however, one deceased tissue donor can enhance up to 80 lives by donating corneas, sclera, heart valves, skin, bone, tendons or amniotic tissue. The University Hospital Foundation has supported the transplant program sin c e the pro gram fir st pioneere d transplants at the University of Alberta Hospital in 1967. Community donors have given more than $5.5 million to advance transplant patient care and research. The Stoller y Children’s Hospital Foundation has funded $4.8 million towards pediatric transplant since 2006. Donor funding to the SCHF is advancing children’s health care and making impressive strides in pediatric transplant research that is leading to amazing outcomes for kids and families at the Stollery. Alber ta Health Ser vices is the provincial health authority responsible for planning and delivering health supports and services for more than four million adults and children living in Alberta. Its mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.
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Vermilion Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel Winners Event A The Vermilion Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel was held February 12-14 with 16 teams in attendance. The finals were held on Sunday, Feb 14th with the following teams taking home the winning titles. Winners of Event A: Ed Ehle, Doug Zingle, Noel Bernard, Kent McCallum. Photos submitted
Winners of Event B Andrew McCraw, Shaun Niedzielski, Quintin Barnes, Ryan Bouma.
Winners of Event C Travis Gosior, Blair Millar, Rick Evans, Dale Swyripa.
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The Baking Robots held their bake sale at the Lakeland Mall on March 10, to raise funds for their upcoming trip to the World Vex Robotics Competition in Kentucky in April. Kadin Morritt and Rhys Racine have started building a new robot for the World’s that will replace last year’s robot, Cookie (who will be used for parts). The prototype has yet to be named, but Kadin said it is already throwing balls more accurately than Cookie did, and they are not even finished programming it. “We’re hoping to match or do better than last year,” said Rhys, and both he and Kadin agreed a top ten finish is not out of the realm of possibility. From left, Kadin Morritt and Rhys Racine with their new prototype robot. Photo Shannon O’Connor
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NEAHL Tier 3 Bantam League Champions The Vermilion Tigers Tier 3 Bantam Elks, secured the NEAHL league championship title on March 9 against Frog Lake winning the banner on home ice. The Tigers put the pressure on right from the beginning and dominated the opposition defeating them by a final score of 11-4. Coach Logan Sherwood said they have battled with this team all year, but they finally came out on the right side at the right time. From left to right, Logan Sherwood (Coach), Dawson Allen,Brenden Lupul, Ismael Uddin, Ryan MacMillan, Josh Baldwin, Davynn Convey, Lyndon Fadden, Kadyn Bardoel, Denver Selte, Nyles Johnson, Clayton Smith (Asst. Coach) and LIeyton Bates (Goalie). Photo submitted
Vermilion Rona Atom Champions The Vermilion Rona Atom Tigers finished first place in the league during the regular season with 14 wins, 4 loses and 3 ties. In the first round of league playoffs they defeated Kitscoty Atom Outlaws to advance to the second and final round to face off against the Lloydminster Synergy Credit Union Blazers. They lost game #1 in overtime 3-2. Won game #2 6-4. Then on Tuesday March 8, 2016 they defeated Lloydminster with a 4-2 win to take the League Tier 1B DivisionChampionship. Front Row Left, Zack Rehmann, Josh Beaudette, Ryan Stepanick, Deyton Selte, Kasen Swanson. Middle Left, Justin Brokop, Ben Stachniak, kade Cusack, Ty Bryden, Ethan Jubinville-Morin, Mitchell Heinrich, Colt Jackson, Garrett Richardson Back Left, Travis Stachniak (Safety / Trainer), Darren Selte (Head Coach), Quentin Rehmann (Asst. Coach), Carter White (Asst. Coach). Photo submitted
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Lakeland students use their stock dogs to maneuver sheep through a course at the Stock Dog Demonstration in the Equine Centre on Friday night. Photo Marie Conboy
Split pension income and save Seniors are allowed to split up to half of their eligible pension income with a spouse or commonlaw partner. Income splitting can mean a significant tax reduction and when the lower-income spouse has very little income, the tax savings can be substantial.
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Street Fair Bucket Brigade Live Entertainment Downtown & at the Provincial Park Spandy Andy! Car Show TASTE of Vermilion Outdoor Movie Fireworks and much much more!!
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Rotary Club Helps Newcomers to Canada
Chandra Blair, CLASS Submitted
The Vermilion Voice | March 14, 2016
CLASS would like to thank the Rotary Club of Vermilion for their kind and generous donation. Dawn Riley president of the Vermilion Rotary Club presented CLASS with $500 towards their Newcomers projects. Chandra Blair, CEO and Newcomer Helper of CLASS, accepted this donation that will go towards their matching Community Initiatives Program Grant from Alberta. The funds will be used to help CLASS’ Newcomer Drop-In
Centre and aid in the English Language Learning Family Rhyme and Read program. Many Newcomers to Canada struggle with basic knowledge of housing, doctors, schools, etc… CLASS is the place to receive understanding and help for community information and cultural knowledge. They also help with reading and writing forms in English. Chandra Blair has been trained in Intercultural Communication and assists Newcomers to Canada adjust to their new life changes. Most times, English is
the basic need, and if families come with children, it can be a very frightful experience. ELL Rhyme and Read provides multicultural parents and/or care givers with a safe place to practice their English skills plus learn fun songs and poems to help develop their children’s language abilities. CLASS has just recently been approved to be a charitable organization. Therefore, if you would like to donate any funding to our Newcomer projects, please see Chandra Blair for more information.
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