Milo Canopener (October 1, 2009)

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An archive of the Milo Canopener. The University of Lethbridge Library received permission from the Archives at Milo Library to digitize and display this content. Milo Can Opener Box 12, Milo, AB TOL 1L0 Canada Post Agmt. # 40607518 MILO CANOPENER October 2009 Edition no. 233 r MILO LIBRARY N/C L Unde Terry Fox visits our Annual Run This year’s Terry Fox Run September 17 was again a huge success. Over $13,000 has been raised to date for the 2009 run. The Milo Run had the pleasure of a visit from Terry Fox’s uncle, also named Terry. Uncle Terry is pictured above with current run co-ordinator Joanne Monner (left) and Penny Heather, co-ordinator of the early runs. Milo Community School plays a huge role in this event and school principal Jim Piot is pictured in the background. Thanks to everyone who helped with this year’s run and to the many donors who make this such a success year after year.Ad Rates Subscription Rates Business Directory $ 5.00 Milo $ 16.00 Quarter Page 6.00 (- pickup,delivery or mailed) Half Page 8.00 Mailed (outside Milo) 24.00 Full Pages 15.00 Single Copies 2.00 Classifieds 2.00 The following items are free of charge Notices Announcements (Wedding, Anniversary, Births, Showers, etc.) Cards of Thanks News items Articles Letters to the Editor are welcome. Please sign them, no letters will be printed if not signed. Requests to remain anonymous will not be honoured. Many ways to forward your articles, notices and advertising: Milo Can Opener Box 12, Milo, Alberta, TOL 1L0 Emaii: [e-mail] or [e-mail] Fax# [phone] e-mail is the preferred method if possible. Faxed documents tend to be unclear. Items may be left at Milo Green Foods in the Canopener box at back of store or at Milo Library or in the library book drop.___________ Canopener volunteer staff Layout Editors - Barb Godkin - 599 - 2213, 485-8389 Colleen Bartsch 599-2204 Darlene Phillips 599-3791 Courtney Zary 485-5857 Production - Betty Armstrong Subscriptions - Darlene Phillips -. 599 - 3791 Notices - Any Canopener volunteers Cartoons & “Kids Say” - Marina Vannatta -. 381 - 6389 Please Note: The deadline for articles is about a week before the end of the month. Printing is usually done the last Thursday of the month.GOODS & SERVICES ^ MILO CAFE CHINESE L WESTERN TARE OUT ORDERS 599-3832 Closed Monday Monday-Sundav.8:30 am - 8.00 pm 'Ha W< 'ulS Box 7 Miio, £ TOLU Doug Marks Office: [phone] iB president Fax: [phone] PRESIDENT Mobi|g: [phone] Marks Oilfield Services Inc. 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[phone] m [phone] R.R. #1 Milo, AB TOL 1L0 f ?Richardson Partners Financial Limited FAMILY WEALTH MANAGEMENT Lori Vooys CIM, FCSI, FMA, APM First Vice President Wealth Advisor lori.vooys @ rpfl.com The Stevenson Vooys Group Suite 1000-333 7th Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 2Z1 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Toll Free: 1 [phone] www.rpfl.com FAIRBANKS DENTURE CLINIC 125 Centre Street, Vulcan, Alberta T0L2B0 403-485-2368 Scott D. Fairbanks, DD Office Hours: Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday 9:00 am -12:30 pm Vulcan Optometric Clinic (Dr. (8. L. Trump Optometrist Open Wednesday and Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. BOX 972 VULCAN, ALBERTA T0L 2B0 TELEPHONE [phone] (EMERGENCIES ONLY 485-2886) UDac (So Mo Lfe(e®im[b<g [phone] P:0. Box 87, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada ARROWWOOD CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED P.O.BOX 120, # 17 - Center Street, ARROWWOOD, Alberta T0L0BO Main Store Phone [phone] Fax [phone] Toll Free 1-888-534-3803 Tire Shop Phone [phone] A II Dhnnn ( ^op5 "Organized for Savings . Not for Profit" l\UU MIHIOUUny well I livn^ -rvw vw BULK FUEL & CARDLOCKS at Arrowwood & Milo sites Petroleum Products: Fuel / Lubricants HARDWARE STORE TIRE SHOP Hardware / Lumber We sell and service ALL tires Plumbing / Electrical Calcium filling Hydraulic Hoses / Belts / Bearings Feed and Animal Health Supplies i Custom Exhaust & Muffler Service Paint: Interior / Exterior / Stain Shocks Housewares / Sporting Goods Oil Change HOURS: Mon to Fri 8:a.m. to 12:noon & l:p,m. to 5:p.m. — Sat 8:a.m. to l2;noonThe Queenstown Chronicles Tales of a City Boy’s move to Paradise. Free Range Chickens: Hi again! My story continues with a few notes on our two cats - City Boys just like me. Cat 1 (senior man) is a neutered male Domestic Red Tabby about 8 years old named Winky. He has a habit of winking one (beautiful jade green) eye at you - hence the name. Cat 2 is a neutered male (sensing a trend here?) Domestic Grey Tabby about 5 years old named The Flash. For the last three years before our move to Queenstown, I had worked out of our house producing safety training modules for the oil patch while my wife pursued her career as Steel Toed Sex Goddess of The Forklift - or material handler in a warehouse. (I WILL pay for that one when she sees it - trust me.) So these cats were my full time closest friends. Winky is a lazy, demanding, aloof, lap raised SOB who is the Poster Cat for life with human servants. People are there to provide hot and cold running everything, and if you don’t get it, you howl until you do. The Flash is a "Pets For Life rescue cat” (used to be feral) and the opposite of Wink. A born serial killer with almost a year on the street developing his Cat Kung Fu skills, he showed up at home after my wife Jo-Ann made a trip to Pet Smart for aquarium filters. Flash refers to the speed at which he does everything from eat to attack. I’d grown accustomed to Winky’s laid back style, so my first bloody encounter with The Flash came as a real shock. This guy had never pulled a punch in his life - God gave him claws to be used at every opportunity, and he had all the moves. For almost a year you could show people the evidence of your two or three most recent interactions. Fortunately I’m a quick healer. And poor Winky - he got tuned up about twice a day, every day. Living in the city, these were both firmly Indoor Cats - no experience being anything other than Kings of the Carpet Food Chain. As I told friends at the time, there was a lot of howling on the trip out from Calgary, but things settled down after we drove past the Pet Cemetery. Our move put them a lot closer to the middle of the food chain - and I had no idea what to do. Again, brother in law Grant came to the rescue - “Relax Cam, this is their opportunity to finally be cats” he said. “And if you lose one or both, I can guarantee you’ll never pay more than five bucks for a replacement.’’ Comforting words. It took just a couple of days before the first jail break (or Cry Freedom for Nelson Mandela fans). I was beside myself worrying about them becoming coyote poop or worse if that’s possible. But sure enough, they kept coming back in one piece. Winky gave a few drivers passing by a chance for me to spend $5.00, but thanks to the concern and good brakes of passing motorists he learned over time that he was not the centre of the universe for the rest of the county. Now they go out for their morning hunt, their evening stroll around the grounds, and the rest of the time they glare at the various birds flying by or living in our horse shelter. Winky has lost weight - he had an encounter with a gopher that took a serious chunk out of his chin, and prefers to view from a distance now. The Flash has gained a bunch. Flash catches and eats mice, bugs, you name it - only shrews escape being consumed. Grant was right. Again. The Fox Next Door: Part of my concern over the cats was our neighbour Mr. Fox. I understand that many may find them a nuisance or threat, but his beautiful coat and tail made me a fan the first time I saw him. Each morning I would see him coming across the field west of our house, then returning an hour or so later with a bird in his mouth. Here he is at full tilt boogey making for the dugout across from our place: As fall progressed into winter Mr. Fox became much bolder, often taking the time to stop and lift his leg against the power pole in front of our living room. (And you wondered how I knew it was Mr. rather than Mrs.) Jo-Ann and I actually saw him come face to face with The Flash and go around our hired killer! I can only assume that hunting wasThe Queenstown Chronicles Tales of a City Boy’s move to Paradise. good enough that the fox didn’t want to risk losing an eye to get a dinner that day. Mr. Fox’s coat continued to grow as December passed, until he was hardly recognizable. Below is a shot taken on February 10 of this year as he trotted by my office - picture taken through the south window. For a bald guy, I can only admire somebody able to grow that much hair. Spring arrived, and one day my friend walked by with a whole new look. You could all it “Backed into a Weed Eater”, or maybe "Sat on a Lawn Mower”, but either way it also gave me a first good look at the teeth that were such a threat to Little Red Riding Hood: He’s kind of a skinny guy under all that fur. This picture was taken out my west office window mid afternoon this past May 25. White, Whole Wheat, or Multi-Grain? Levona and Telford Dixon are the other residents who have borne the brunt of my many questions and concerns. This is no small matter - ask Telford, who came over for coffee, and in a display of true neighbourly compassion actually got on his hands and knees, opened up my septic tank and assured me the problem was my alarm, and not anything worse. (It was a cold day, but you all know that makes only a small difference.) Levona was having trouble setting up their new computer for email. I’m good at that. I'm also a bit of a cook (I would never say chef) and always looking to add to my skills. So I offered to dance on her keyboard in exchange for a quick course in bread making. (Good deal huh?) Jo and I showed up ready to work. Levona had not only written out her recipe for bread and “Air Buns” but taken the time to print off a complete primer on rises, kneading, punching down and variations - please refer to my earlier comments about the friendliness and helpful nature of Queenstown, Milo and Vulcan residents. (Or had she just heard that I’m a classic idiot and would need pictures to accompany the larger sentences?) I was walked through each step. Telford (the muscle behind the baking throne) helped me work through the mix and knead, then they both showed me how to split the dough, roll up the buns and then (as a bonus!) roll out and up some cinnamon buns. I went home a changed man. Internet research led to a flurry of trials including my infamous “Astronaut Bread”, aptly named by long suffering brother in law Grant (get him to tell you what it looked like - as a hint think “only light in zero gravity”). Fear not - failed bread is probably the reason bread pudding was invented. Again, Levona and Telford were the prime tasters, and Telford in particular was always ready to fearlessly critique my latest attempt at making yeast everywhere afraid. I now bake only in glass, have developed several tweaks blending different flour types, and my relatives and friends no longer flinch when I bring over something. My cinnamon buns are now at the Mark 4 stage (don’t women use version numbers, or is that just a male nerd thing?) and feature self separating six packs already wrapped in parchment paper for the ultimate in bun goo retention. (Ask Grant - he’s seen it.) I previewed the blueprint for a special Fall Fair entry to my technical advisors Grant and Keith (Healy) - written on a napkin just the way real geniuses do it - and with any luck you will see it live and edible. Did I mention baking is almost as much fun as watching cows, and better for the arthritis in your hands? I have more stories and impressions of our journey here and first year in residence. I welcome your comments or condolences for my wife. Please email at [e-mail] Your Humble Servant, Cameron KlemVs Saloon/ Milo Hotel Hallowe'en Party Friday, October 30 Prizes for best costumes! Drink Specials! Starting November 1st, Sunday hours will be noon to 5:30 p.m.FARM MACHINERY EXTRICATION COURSE Four local firefighters attended a farm machinery rescue course in Barons this past August. Byron Thompson, Joel Lucas, and Stewart and Betty Lou Whaley found the course to be extremely useful and their expertise will be a value to the Milo and District Fire Association. 128 firefighters from 45 different departments took part. Course instructors were from the U.S. ( Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads). This is the first time such a course has been offered in Canada. Next year, there will be sessions to train instructors so Alberta will be able to offer such valuable training more often. Pictured are a tractor rollover situation (above) and a baler entrapment situation (below)./ Pictured l. to II: Fed Lee. Byron 1 hompson, Score Schroeder, Dale Nelson, Robert Phillips, Doug West, Aaron Birch, Ross Birch, Boh Donnelly, Erich Ruppert | MILO / LOMOND V O L U N T E E R F IRE DEPARTMEN T HELP SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MILO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THE 2010 FIRE WITHIN CALENDAR’S ARE NOW FOR SALE TO BUY ONE PLEASE CONTACT A LOCAL FIREFIGHTER OR PHONE DARLENE OR ROBERT AT 403 599-3791 THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT AND FOR TRAINING T m- i SHOWROOM CLEARANCE OCT. 1 - 31,2009 AIL SHOWROOM STOCK 40 %orr TICKETED PRICE Excluding OPUS Uniforms. Does not include imprinting. 133 Centre Street - P.O. Box 1420 Vulcan, AB T0L2B0 [phone] Toll Free: 888-485-2462 Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 9AM - 5PM CLOSED FOR LUNCH 12 - 1PM ^ Safety CoursesS ADUinEmNQ offered through Vulcan County Adult Learning I Non-restricted Firearms Safety --- Oct. 17 & 18 Standard First Aid & CPR- level C-Oct, 24 & 25 | H2S Alive --- Oct. 19 Standard First Aid - Recert. --- Oct. 26 | Air Brakes --- Oct. 24 Restricted Firearms Safety --- Oct. 31 Defibrillator Training (Mossleigh)-- Nov. 2 Standard First Aid & CPR - level C- Nov. 9 & 16 W.H.M.I.S. --- Nov. 20 T.D.G. --- Nov. 20 Ground Disturbance --- Nov. 23 To register or for more info call Adult Learning @ 403.485.3109 Andrew, my five year old and I were doing a experiment. We left some pieces of apples on the counter for an hour: some dipped in lemon juice, some left in water and some as they were. Except for those in the lemon juice, the pieces had all browned. I asked Andrew ,”If you were going to bake something with the apples and you didn’t want them to brown, what would you do?” “I wouldn’t wait an hour,”he replied. ####* * * *##m* * **####* * **####* * * *#### WHOSE SHORT TERM MEMORY? F’d been after my four year old to clean up his room all day. So after dinner, I asked, “ What shape is your room in?” Issiah gave me a confused look, shook his head and exclaimed, “Mommy, did you forget it’s a s ?" ####* * * *####** * *####* * * * The question on a test I had given to my Grade 8 students read, “ Find x: x + 17 = 32". On a technicality, however, I had to mark one confused student’s answer correct: He had found and carefully drawn a circle around x. ####****####****####****####****#### One of my son’s classmates had just received a new textbook. She sniffed it and said ,”This smells good.” My son took the book and said,”It smells like my Dad.” I operate a printing press. A? QcmP/lgp SV AtV&ft»7Early Ranching Barons, Conrad Brothers. Their ranch’s easterly border was next to Queenstown Colony. Submitted by Bill Lahd. In 1868 two youthful Civil War veterans, William G. and Charles E. Conrad, first stepped ashore at Fort Benton, Montana Territory, headwaters of navigation on the Missouri River. Their enterprise quickly lead to employment by I. G. Baker, owner of one of two trading companies then dominating transportation and commerce in the American and Canadian northwest. Four years later the brothers became partners in I. G. Baker and Company; in 1874 they bought the company. Expanding this virtual empire of riverboat and overland trade and diversifying into banking, ranching, mining, real estate, diplomacy and environmental concerns for the next twenty-eight years, the Conrad brothers played a vital part in the development of the West and of Montana in particular. Bom on August 3, 1848 to Maria S. (Ashby) Conrad and Colonel James Warren Conrad, William was the eldest of thirteen children. Charles was bom on May 20, 1850, also on “Wapping,” the family’s plantation in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Civil War of 1861-1865 took Colonel Warren to his Virginia militia regiment, while William and Charles grew up riding for the final two years of the conflict as volunteers with the 43rd Partisan Rangers and their legendary commander John Singleton Mosby. Their home devastated by the war, William and Charles first headed north to New York and then over 3,000 miles [66 days] up the Missouri River to find opportunity in the burgeoning U.S. and Canadian west. With I. G. Baker, they soon owned much of the riverboat and ox-drawn freight wagon transportation system then opening the regions which would become Montana and Alberta, including all logistic support for the initial Northwest Mounted Police. In 1877, the same year as the Nez Perce War and other disastrous massacres on the U. S. side of the border, Charles was a successful negotiator for the peace treaty, Treaty No. 7, which ended warfare between the British government of Canada and the five tribes of the high plains. Out of these connections, a young mounted policeman named James T. Stanford, then serving as administrative assistant to their famous commandant at the eponymous Fort Macleod, Alberta, and on diplomatic missions to Helena, Montana, met the Conrads. At the end of his Canadian enlistment, Stanford emigrated to Ft. Benton, accepted employment with the Conrad’s bank there, brought the rest of his family west from Nova Scotia, introduced his younger sister to Charles Conrad, and in 1881 became brother-in- law to the family. James continued his life as a banker, business leader and entrepreneur. In 1898, the Governor of Montana appointed Stanford Inspector General, with the rank of Colonel, on his General Staff of the Montana National Guard. Understanding the coming impact of transcontinental railroads, in 1888-1891 the brothers sold their I. G. Baker & Co. interests in Canada and left Ft. Benton and found numerous businesses including Conrad Brothers, Inc., the Conrad Banking Company of Great Falls, Kalispell Town sitel Company, Conrad National Bank of Kalispell, Conrad Price Cattle Company, Conrad Circle Cattle Company, and Queen of the Hills Mining Company, as well as the Montana towns of Conrad and Kalispell (where Charles built the home which is now a national historical site). Charles E. played an important role in preventing a threatened extinction of the great western buffalo herds by providing sheltered ranges for a select group on his Kalispell and other Flathead Valley lands. This breeding stock would later form a basis for 20th and 21st century herds in both Canada and the United States. The Conrad brothers were also a presence in Montana politics. After serving as theConrad Brothers. first mayor of Fort Benton, and Choteau County’s delegate to the 1878 Montana Constitutional Convention, W. G. culminated his political career with an 1899 bid for the United States Senate, though he lost the nomination to “Copper King” William Clark. C. E., having reluctantly served as County Commissioner at Fort Benton in 1883, avoided the political limelight in favor of regional, national and international business interests. After purchasing I. G. Baker & Co., the Conrad brothers invited their parents to join them at their western home, which Colonel and Mrs. Conrad soon accepted. They lived near their boys in Fort Benton from 1874 until their 1891 relocation (along with the families of their son, W. G., and son-in-law James T. Stanford) to Great Falls. There they continued to reside until the Colonel’s passing in 1894 at the age of eighty-two years, and Maria’s death ten years later. William G. Conrad married Fannie Bowen of Virginia in 1876. The couple had five children: William Lee (who died at one year of age in 1878), Maria Josephine, Minnie Atkinson, George Harfield, and Arthur Franklin. They maintained homes in Great Falls, Helena, and in the area of the Conrad family’s original plantation near Front Royal in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometime before 1876, Charles E. Conrad married Sings-in-the-Middle, daughter of a Blackfoot leader of the North Peigan. The couple established their home in Fort Benton where their son, Charles Edward Conrad, Jr. was bom in 1876. In 1878 Sings-in- the-Middle returned to her father’s tribe in Canada, where she died prior to 1881. C. E. Jr. remained in the care of his father to be educated in Canadian schools and at University in Montreal, where he married and remained until 1905 when he followed his father’s death by just three years. Catherine Elizabeth Coggan Stanford had first immigrated to the U.S. from England to live with relatives in Boston where, in 1853, she’d met a widowed Nova Scotia businessman named James T. Stanford who pursued Catherine with long, passionate letters until their marriage two years later. The couple had four children: James T. Jr., Alicia D., George, and Harry P. In mid-1879, Catherine travelled from Nova Scotia on the Steamer ‘Dacotah’ with her children, Alicia Davenport Stanford and Harry Penn Stanford, to Ft. Benton, Montana Territory, to join her eldest son, James T. Stanford, Jr. After his father’s death in 1872, James T. Stanford enlisted in the then-newly- recruited Northwest Mounted Police, where his small income could help the family survive. At the end of his enlistment in Alberta, the stalwart James, now a trusted employee of the Conrad brothers’ I.G. Baker & Co., was able to bring his family to Fort Benton. There he introduced his sister Alicia “Lettie” to his patron-employer, Charles Edward Conrad, and saw them married two years later. Stanford’s brother George became an expert gunsmith and intrepid trans-Pacific sailor who traveled throughout the American West, Australia, and Asia before settling the rocky point named after him on the shores of Flathead Lake near Kalispell. Youngest brother Harry moved to Kalispell in 1891 and was soon chosen to be the new town’s first Chief of Police. He built a frontier home and large taxidermy studio and lived the rest of his active life as a naturalist, writer and historian. Alicia D. Stanford ran a school for children and young ladies in Fort Benton until her marriage to Charles E. Conrad in 1881. Charles E. and Alicia D. Conrad had threechildren, Charles Davenport “Charlie” (bom in Ft. Benton in 1882), Catherine “Kate” Conrad (bom in Fort Benton in 1885), and Alicia Conrad (bom in Kalispell in 1892). Charles E. Conrad died in 1902. Alicia Conrad married Walter McCutcheon, an employee of the Kalispell Mercantile Company, in 1914. They had one daughter, Alicia Ann “Timmie,” in 1921. The marriage ended in divorce in 1924. Alicia’s second marriage was to George Henry Campbell of Great Falls. George Henry Campbell was bom in 1890 to Mary L. Wardwell and Charles Henry Campbell of Westminster West, Vermont. Growing up on their ranch near Malta and moving into Great Falls for high school, George graduated from Yale’s Sheffield School of Engineering in 1910 and joined with his father as C. H. Campbell and Son, a central Montana land management firm. Volunteering in 1917-1918 he flew as a pursuit (fighter) pilot in the World War I Nieuport and Spad biplanes of the U. S. Army Signal Corps, .Army Air Corps and American Expeditionary Force in France, earning charter membership in the Order of Daedalians and its Montana Chapter. After the war, he returned to the partnership with his father. Alicia Conrad and George Henry Campbell had one son, Charles Conrad Campbell, bom in 1928. In 1933 the family moved back to Kalispell where Alicia’s hereditary Conrad home was33 her primary residence until her donation of it to the city as a National Historical Site in 1974, seven years prior to her death at the age of eighty-eight in 1981. George Campbell died in 1973. Conrad Circle Cattle Company, 1897-1936 Growing into one of the largest livestock operations in the area - extending from just south of Great Falls into Canada - this prosperous company began in 1882 Fort Benton under the name Saint Louis Cattle Company, was later re-named by the Conrad brothers, and continued until 1911. Before there was a town of Valier or a Lake Frances there was the 7 Block Ranch. It was said that you could ride from the present town of Conrad, Montana clear to Fort Benton, Montana more than 70 miles away and never be off the 7 Block Ranch. Started in 1886 this giant was owned by the Conrad encompassed more than 200,000 acres. Originally a sheep operation, in 1903 the 7 Block sold off every head of sheep they had and imported a new breed of cattle to Montana, the Hereford. These Texas imports ruled the range for many years and are still considered the foundation for the early Montana cattle industry. The ranch ran a average of about 10,000 head of cattle during its hey day. In 1909 the Cargill family from Wisconsin purchased the Seven Block Ranch for the unheard of sum of one million dollars. Like most ranches, water was a major concern for the Seven Block Ranch. In that same year, 1909, the 7 Block Ranch had its last horse mounted round-up and 1,000 head of cattle were sold to help finance the new lake project. Lake Frances was not built for recreation, but rather for irrigationPet Containment Pet Doors Bark Control Remote Trainers Complete Installation & Training 100 % Satisfaction or Money Back Sonic Bark Control, No Collar needed even works on your neighbors dog ! NEW Chip activated Pet Doors Only desired pets can enter ! Greg Deitz 1 -877-364-2929 [phone] Cel 899-7387 www.invisiblefence.caHandcrafted by eftacu cm3-§ oatte.'ixjOyQx), Value of $475 $1.00 per Ticket Draw date: &cka&ai 3 0tt4o SaSi (^OAJt e> 'llTerry Fox Run 2009 Uncle Terry Fox provided inspiration to all participants at this year’s Run with stories of his nephew’s determination to make fund raising for cancer research a reality, and how proud he is of the progress that has been made since Terry’s first run in 1980. He was very impressed with the incredible contributions Milo has made . When he saw our Terry Fox wall at the school, he was speechless and has since said he would like to move here. Lion president Ted Lee presents Terry with a cheque for $500. The Lions Club generously provides this to our Run annually. Also in this picture is Principal Jim Piot, Joanne Monner and in the background is a handmade quilt from Taber of Terry Fox Run t-shirts. It was indeed a beautiful piece of work.Mom (Tammy Lahd), measures 10 inches while hairdresser Tracy Bond-Scattergood prepares to cut Celia Lahd’s hair. Her ponytail will go to “Wigs for Kids”. Congratulations Celia! Everyone getting warmed up prior to the RunA Nun Grading Papers — Can you imagine the nun sitting at her desk grading these papers, all the while trying to keep a straight face and maintain her composure! Pay special attention to the wording and spelling. If you know the Bible even a little, you'll find this hilarious! It comes from a Catholic elementary school test. Kids were asked questions about the old and new testaments. The following statements about the bible were written by children. They have not been retouched or corrected. Incorrect spelling has been left in. 1. In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, God got tired of creating the world so he took the Sabbath off. 2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was Joan of Ark. Noah built and Ark and the animals came on in pears. 3. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt during the day, but a ball of fire during the night. 4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals. 5. Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients. 6. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to the get the ten commandments. 7. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery. 8. Moses died before he ever reached Canada then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of geritol. 9. The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him. 10. David was a Hebrew king who was skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in biblical times. 11. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. 12. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta. 13. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived they found Jesus in the manager. 14. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. 15. Jesus enunciated the golden rule, which says to do unto others before they do one to you. He also explained a man doth not live by sweat alone. 16. It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance. 17. The epistles were the wives of the apostles. And the best for last — 18. Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony.October 2009 Keys to His­tory (http:// www.mccord- museum. qc.ca/en/keys) From the i McCord Mu­seum, explore Canada’s past with this ftin and informa­tive web-based learning initia­tive. The site is a collaboration between mu­seums, univer­sities and other commu­nity organiza­tions to pro­vide a wide array of infor­mation. View more than 135,000 im­ages of arti­facts are ac­cessible from the site’s online data­base; visit vir­tual exhibi­tions, such as “The Victoria Bridge” - con­sidered the Eighth Won­der of the World; test your Canadian history knowl­edge with in­teractive games; or take a tour through Canadian his­tory based on your favorite theme. V Milo Library OCTOBER NEWS Milo Library— Pilot for rise project in 2009 Milo Fall Fair Oct 3rd Don’t forget that in conjunction with the Fall Fair this year the Library will be host­ing the premiere of the long awaited movie starring our local actors—Lisa Deitz, Miriam Deitz, Tracy Heather, Celia Lahd, Adrienne Deitz, Sara Prentice, Rylee Deitz, Jennifer Lin and our very own mastermind—Gina Deitz. The ceremo­nial red carpet will begin at 2:00 pm. Feel free to come and watch our local youth talent. Just Another H&rror Movie New Purchases ULS Best Sellers “Heart and Soul” by Maeve Binchy, Persimmon Tree” by Bryce Courtenay, “Silent Thun­der” by Iris Johansen, “The Quickie” by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge, “Killer View” by Ridley Pearson, “Rough Justice” by Jack Hig­gins, “Body Surfing” by Anita Shreve, “Dead Time” by Stephen White, “Smoke Screen” by Sandra Brown, “The Deceiv­ers” by Harold Robbins & Junius Podrug ADULT FICTION “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown, “Hannibal Rising” by Thomas Harris, “Whirlwind” by James Clavell, “Moscow Rules” by Daniel Silva, “Lord John and the Private Matter” by Diana Gabaldon, “Guardian of Lies” by Steve Martini, “Last Kiss” by Luanne Rice, “Being Eliza­beth” by Barbara Taylor Brad­ford, “The Last Oracle” by James Rollins, “The Mercedes Coffin” by Faye Kellerman, “Silks” by Dick and Felix Fran­cis, “The Book of Lies” by Brad Meltzer, “Say Goodbye” by Lisa Gardner, “Too Much Hap­piness” by Alice Munro, “The White Queen” by Philippa Gregory, “Montana Creeds: Tyler” by Linda Lael Miller, “The Trouble With J.J ” by Tami Hoag, “Dust to Dust” by Heather Graham, “Just Breathe” by Susan Wiggs, “Hot Mahog­any” by Stuart Woods,:Leaving Whiskey Bend” by Dorothy Garlock, “Crucified” by Mi­chael Slade, “Salvation in Death” by J.D. Robb, “MacKade Brothers: Devin & Shane” by Nora Roberts, “Hit and Run” by Lawrence Block, “When I’m With You” by Linda Lael Miller, “Day After Night” by Anita Diamant, “Travelling With Pomegranates” by Sue Monk Kidd, “The Last Song” (in large print) by Nicho­las Sparks, “Wishbones” by Carolyn Haines, “From Dead to Worse” by Charlaine Harris, “Irish Magic II” by Susan Wiggs, “ Conquer the Night” by Susan Wiggs, “Cool Cache” by Patricia Smiley, “Cold War Reprise” by Don Pendleton, “Aztec Fire” by Robert Gleason, “The Angel” by Carla Neggers, “Crisis Nation” by Don Pendle­ton, “Careless in Red” by Eliza­beth George, “Passport to Peril” by Robert Parker, “Death & Honor” by W.E.B. Griffin, “The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet” by Colleen McCul­lough, “Azincourt” by Bernard Cornwell, “Lavender Morning” by Jude Deveraux, “At First /mo HOURS FOR FALL 09 Tuesday: 10:00 am — 5:00 pm Tuesday evening: 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm Thursday: 10:00 am — 5:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am — 5:00 pm Phone or Fax [phone] Email messages to [e-mail] or check out our website @ www.milolibrarv.ca Joanne Monner, librarian Barb Godkin, Tracy Mozill, assistant librarians, Did You Know? Web + logs = blogs While a blog can have many of the same qualities as a personal Web page, a blog is usually seen as more of a diary or a com­mentary. Blogs generally contain far less information than a web­site and so it is easy to see ‘what’s new’ and get the information you need. Bloggers write about whatever is on their minds, be it personal, philosophical, or political. And their opinions are out there for all to read. Sometimes their audience offers their opinions in return, and pretty soon, a community has been created. You may even recognize the names of some famous bloggers such as Perez Hil­ton. Blogs also don’t require a lot of technical knowledge to create, so pretty much anyone with an Internet connection and something to say can have one. You can create your own by going to Blog­ger (www.blogger.com) or Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) or Wordpress (http://wordpress.org) or any number of free blogging sites. Some blogs are strictly text-based: the blogger writes an entry every day, week, or however often he decides. If he develops a following of sorts, the audience expects to see his entries at cer­tain intervals, and so a sort of community is formed. Some blogs incorporate photos, video clips, and lists, such as a list of links to other blogs or any other kind of sites. Continued from page t Sight” by Stephen J. Cannell, ADULT NON-FICTION “My Remarkable Journey” by Larry King, “The Accidental Billionaires - The Founding of Facebook” by Ben Mezrich, “Julie & Julia” by Julie Powell, “My Life” by Bill Clinton, “When the Husband is the Suspect” by F. Lee Bai­ley, “Our Turn to Parent” by Barbara Dunn and Linda Scott, “Glen Beck’s Common Sense - The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government”, “Where Men Win Glory - The Odyssey of Pat Tillman” by Jon Krakauer, “The Marge Book - Simpson’s Library of Wisdom” JUNIOR FICTION “Bethany the Ballet Fairy, Serena the Salsa Fairy, Jessica the Jazz Fairy, Jade the Disco Fairy and Tasha the Tap Dance Fairy” by Daisy Meadows, “Magic Puppy Sparkling Skates and Sunshine Shimmers” by Sue Bentley, “Rebecca the Rock ‘n Roll Fiary” by Daisy Meadows, JUNIOR NON-FICTION “Special Effects”, “Are You Afraid of the Dark? - The Science Behind Scary Stuff’ by Stephen James O’Meara, PICTURE BOOKS “Cars: See How they go!”, “Frog on a Log”, “Cat’s Hat”, “Goat in a Boat”, “Crocodile Ride”, “1 Love Grandpa and I Love Grandma” by Lizi Boyd, “Super Duck and Duck in the Truck” by Jez Aborough, “Thumper’s Autumn Adventure”, ADULT SCIENCE FICTION “Bloody Good” by Georgia Evans, “Star Flight” by Andre Norton, “Bloody Awful” by Georgia Evans, “Beyond the Shadows” by Brent Weeks, “Riders of the Storm” by Julie Czemeda, “Phantom” by Terry Good- kind, YOUNG ADULT FICTION “Likely Story” by David Van Etten, “Last Battle of the Icemark” by Stuart Hill, “Being Nikki” by Meg Cabot, “The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies” by Lizabeth Zindel, “ Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac” by Gabrielle Zevin, “Full Moon” by Rachel Hawthorne, “The Boxer and the Spy” by Robert B. Parker, Donations ADULT WESTERN “Raiders from Long Pines” by Ralph Cotton, “Range of Golden Hoofs” by John Trace, “Wilderness #60 The Out­cast” by David Thompson, “Cutthroat Canyon” by William Johnstone, “Outlaw Lawman” by Paul Bagdon, “Cold Cache” by Tim Champlin /'"’S•“.L-zL han DONATIONS We want to thank the following people for their donations to our library this month: Sue Andrews, Julie Nelson, Sue Ivers, Tammy Lahd, Levona Dixon, Kathy Nel- sonWe apologize to anyone who we may have missed. We appreciate them all.Rural Information Services initiativE Chinook Arch Regional Library System Shortgrass Library System Marigold Library System Celebrating Rural Information Services Chinook Arch Library Board, Marigold Library Board and Shortgrass Library Board invite you to a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the launch of RISE - the Rural Information Services initiativE. The RISE Launch party will be held at nine sites simultaneously and broadcast to 71 other community libraries in southern Alberta. Please join us October 8th at Milo Library for these video conference sessions: ''A \ 10:00 AM Putting Your Garden to Bed % Presented by Royal Botanical Gardens Gardening doesn't end when the fail weather arrives. Drying winds, inconsistent temperatures, snowfall and rodents can cause damage to trees, shrubs and perennials. Nancy Lee-Colibaba provides you with a survival plan that will bring your garden through the winter healthy and ready for spring. 11:00 AM Dinosaur Provincial Park Virtual Excursion Presented by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation Take a trip deep into dinosaur country on this video-conference-based excursion into Dinosaur Provincial Park. As you are guided through the rugged landscape of the badlands you will discover the fossil remains of dinosaurs and other ancient organisms learn how the badlands were formed, encounter some of wildlife that make the park their home, and be struck with awe at the incredible beauty of this alien landscape. RISE Launch—Celebrating Rural Information Services 12:00 PM for the ribbon cutting and cake Our distinctive prairie landmarks - the grain elevators that dotted the landscape - are rapidly disappearing. Jim collects photos, data and the history of these Vanishing Sentinels, across Alberta and more recently, Saskatchewan. Jim shares the photos and chats with the audience about what he has learned, as well as any memories the audience wants to share. 1:00 PM Jim Pearson author of “W&tfKi-r MM 2:00 PM A Change Presented by Environment Canada: The Biosphere This unique educational activity fosters discussion about the very latest scientific information on air quality and climate change, their impact on the environment and what we can do about it. The activity includes several visual simulations and provides an opportunity for exchanges between students and an expert facilitator. 3:00 PM Diary of Presented by Karen Labuik, Eastern Turkey Travelogue Turkey was a world power 70 centuries ago. A trip through Eastern Turkey gives one glimpses of Hittite, Urarian and Ottoman civilizations, the Silk Road, Mount Ararat and Nemrut Dag. Turkey straddles East and West, Europe and Asia, Islam and Christianity - playing an important role in today's Middle East. This is a personal journal of a wanderer's second visit to Turkey. G. D’s REPAIR FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS & REPAIRS Call: Gerald Deitz 599-2354 or 599-2464.M. TRAILER WORLD Dealers For Norbert, Rainbow, Dex & Duralite Aluminum Stock, Horse & Flatdeck Trailers Selling Fence Posts & Cor Discounts Check Our Website For New & Used www.fmtrailerworId.eom V ulcan Strathmore Stavely [phone] [phone] 1-877-205-1999 Frank Mclnenly Auctions Ltd. Vulcan, AB Serving the Agriculture Industry Since 1967 [phone] Frank Mclnenly Stacey SchootenVulcan County Adult Learning Council Fall Courses Deadlines are usually set a week in advance of each course, if the deadline has past give us a call and we may have had enough interest to set up another class. C O 1 C0. --- —j > -iWKKtoi < ADULT LEARNING Reiki - Level 1 --- Oct. 2, 3 & 24 Kumihimo Jewellery --- Oct. 3 Fall Yard Care --- Oct. 5 (Mossleigh) call Sherry @ 934-2184 Vermi Composting --- Oct. 5 - 3-4:30 - draw for a vermi composting Kit Yard Composting --- Oct. 5 - 6:30 - 8:00 - draw for a yard composter Batik --- Oct. 6 & 13 Legal Toolkit- An enduring power of attorney-A personal directive-A will --- Oct. 7 Everyday First Aid for Seniors --- Oct. 7 (Carmangay) call Marilyn @ 643-0004 Belly Dancing --- Oct. 8 - Dec. 10 - call Kellie Hartle @ 485-2818 Holiday Folk Art Angel --- Oct 8 (Carmangay) call Marilyn @ 643-0004 Computers for Seniors -using Vista --- Oct. 13 am. Computers for Seniors - using Windows XP --- Oct. 13 pm. Extreme Basic Photoshop Elements --- Oct.13, 15 & 19 v Quickbooks, Small Business - Weds. Oct. 14 -Nov. 11 ii sty?/ // Course // Being an Executor -Video Conference --- Oct. 14 Suggestions are welcome Women’s Wellness Day --- Oct. 15 Me ^ @403.485.3109 We will try to make them^ happen! Paper Piece Quilting --- Oct. 20 & 27 Wrongful Dismissal --- Video Conference - Oct. 21 Relaxation, Focus & Stress --- Oct. 22 " A Importing & Processing Pictures on Your Computer-Oct. 22 Small Business & the Law --- Oct. 28 Low German Classes --- Oct. 29 U.F.O. Evening --- (unfinished sewing projects) - Nov. 3 -24 MORE Computers for Seniors using Vista --- Nov. 3 MORE Computers for Seniors using XP --- Nov. 3 Separation & Divorce - Video Conference --- Nov. 4 Basic Photoshop Elements with a Kick --- Nov. 16, 18 & 23 Residential Tenancies- Video Conference --- Nov. 18 Grandparents, Grandchildren & the Law - Video Conference --- Nov. 25 Call 403-485-3109 for more information or to register.The day we hit a roadside bomb Crew of Canadian tank in Afghanistan lives to fight another day Article written by Trooper Cory Rogers, Edmonton PANJWAII DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN / It was the final day of a recent operation, led by the Canadian Battle Group against likely insurgents. Our troop, with supporting elements, was in the process of linking up with other coalition forces to move en masse to return to a forward operating base. It was all going relatively smoothly; the troops were tired but happy to be heading back to camp. As we set out, my tank was leading the convoy. During the move, the route began to narrow and snake its way through an abandoned village. Over the radio came warnings that we were entering a likely area for an ambush: high wails and canalizing terrain. As my crew commander scanned the road ahead for anything suspicious, I peered into the open windows and doorways of the abandoned mud huts for any looming attacks. As mywits began to tense, we received co-ordinates over the radio for a possible improvised explosive device (IED) site. My commander jotted them down, taking his eyes from the road for a split second. We rounded a slight bend in the village path, and then it hit us. With a force and volume unfathomable, our vehicle was lifted from the road and slammed back down on to the newly cratered ground. I couldn't think for a moment, and didn't know where I was. But as I returned to my senses, I knew we had been hit by an IED. The air was thick with dust and yellow smoke from the explosives. My burning lungs were desperate for oxygen. I climbed out of the vehicle, my body numb with I checked myself over for bleeding. There was none. Knowing the rest of my crew was still inside the wreck gave me a terrible feeling. I looked at my commander and he looked back, dazed. I yelled, "You got to get out!" He was wounded, but able to get himself out. I looked down into the hatch and could barely make out the gunner's bloodied face I had to get him out, so I reached in and grabbed what I could of him and pulled with everything adrenaline. I had.Trooper Cory Rogers was in a Leopard C2 tank, like the one pictured here in Kandahar province, when it hit an improvised explosive device. The front rollers add ground pressure and are designed to detonate mines in front of the vehicle. Once out and on top of the vehicle, he was yelling in agony. He was wounded badly. I bandaged him up quickly, handed him his rifle and told him to watch his arcs (reconnaissance areas). I jumped down to the driver's hatch, preparing myself for the worst. I opened the hatch and smoke poured out, I screamed: "Are you all right?" I was answered by a thumbs-up, and to my relief the driver emerged unscathed by the blast. The four of us took up defensive positions around our disabled vehicle, and scanned the windows and rooftops, wary of any followup attacks. I looked around but there was no one in sight. I felt helpless, and it wasn't long before the wounded went into shock from their injuries. I kept asking myself, where is all the help, where is everyone? Finally, after the longest few minutes, the engineer detachment moved up to clear the area for the stretchers to move up. I was relieved. The choppers were radioed in to evacuate the casualties. As the infantry sections secured the helicopter landing site, we carried the stretchers to the open doors of the helicopters, then cleared the way for takeoff. Although the day wasn't even close to over yet, I felt relief — my crew and I had lived to fight another day.Vulcan County Adult Learning & Vulcan Business Development Society are partnering to provide these Video Conference opportunities to our residents. FREE—BROWN BAG LUNCHES—2009 FALL SCHEDULE These sessions one hour long, and must be registered for a week in advance. October 15 12:00 noon . How to Prevent and Resolve Business Disputes 20 12:00 noon . Greening Your Business 22 12:00 noon . Exporting Food Products 29 12:00 noon . How to Sell to Restaurants and Institutions November 5 12:00 noon . Writing for the Web 10 12:00 noon . Employment Standards: Getting it Right 12 12:00 noon . Branding Your Organization 17 12:00 noon . Meaningful Retirement - An Important Step for Effective Succession 26 12:00 noon . Ag Tourism Clusters: Marketing Collaboratively For Success December 3 12:00 noon . e-Commerce Applications 17 12:00 noon . Discovering Alberta Local Markets $25.00—SMALL BUSINESS SEMINARS, (3 hours In length)—Fall Schedule Call Adult Learning @ 403.485.3109 to register, or mail payment with Seminar name to: Vulcan County Adult Learning, Box 180, Vulcan , Alberta T0L 2B0 Payable to Vulcan County October 1 6:00 p.m. So you want to be an Entrepreneur? 8 6:00 p.m. Choosing the Right Business Idea 15 6:00 p.m. Making a Business Plan 21 1:00 p.m. Record Keeping and Accounting for Small Business 22 6:00 p.m. Finances for Your Business 23 6:00 p.m. Getting Your Business Started November 12 6:00 p.m. How to Buy a Business 19 6:00 p.m. Starting Your Business December 3 6:00 pm.Preparing a Business Plan 9 1:00 p.m. Search Engine Marketing 10 6:00 p.m. Web 2.0 Marketing Answers 16 1:00 p.m. Basic Market Research 17 6:00 p.m. Understanding Your Business FinancialsTHE COUNTRY FARMHOUSE Gifts, Antiques and Collectibles With A Taste of Rural Alberta Monday to Saturday -10:00am to 4:00pm Reservations for evening meals are welcome! Note: Not open Thanksgiving weekend. Book for parties, anniversaries or special events. Box 10 from Cluny Hilltop Dianne Brown Cluny, AB 3 miles west Ph.403-734-2593 T0J 0S0 1/2 mile north Fax [phone] Join the fun at our FLASHLIGHT FRIDAY and HALLOWE'EN NIGHT October 16 (weather permitting) Bring your flashlight and enjoy the corn maze at ni 6:00 pm Christmas stock arriving daily. Book now for corporate and family Christmas parties. Snake Valley Drop-In News Cribbage Crib games will start Monday, October 5, 7:30 p and will be held every other Health Nurse and Foot Care will be at the Drop-In on Wednesday, October 14 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Coffee Don’t forget to stop in for coffee on Mondays. MILO LIONS CLUB NEWS COMING EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 2009 October 7 - Supper meeting 7 p.m. October 14' Executive meeting 8 p.m. October 21 ' Supper meeting 7 p.m. October 28' Executive meeting 8 p.m. Donations: • $500 for Milo Terry Fox Run Activities: • In August, 4 members attended the Tournament of Dreams 2009 Charity Golf Classic at Wintergreen. Proceeds support the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta Oncology Research.Women's Wellness Day! Ladies! Treat yourself to a day of relaxation, funL fellowship, and new ideas. When: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Time: 9:00 am — 3:30 pm Where: Vulcan Lodge Hall Price: $10.00 (lunch included ) J V'L Door prizes Presenters are: Karen Pease Deb de Waal Yoga Laughter Safe and Sound Brenda Helmer The New You Cindy Hubka Positive Self Talk Door prizes *C Bring your own coffee cup and you can enter in a draw for a 3-compartment recycle bin. To register or for more information call 403.485.3109 by October 6, 2009 Sponsored by: Vulcan Health Unit, Rainbow Literacy Society, Vulcan and Region FCSS, and Vulcan County Adult LearningHAVE YO U SEEN If You Do. .Say Thanks!! Robert Phillips- Member of Milo Volunteer Fire Department for 45 Years and currently is Fire Chief. Thank You, Robert. We appreciate all that you do for our community!! hair design by Denise Brown and Norma Brown (U4i, Qst&vl, cn-ll: penise Korttut, 4-0P-701-707? Located at the County Farmhouse call: 403-734-2593 Milo School Yearbooks have arrived! If you ordered a yearbook or would like to purchase a yearbook please see Tammy Lahd at the school during school hours. Thanks to all of our sponsors and supporters.NORM STORES WELDING STYLIST X 599-2491 x MILO HOURS: Wednesday ■ Men’s Walkin _ . . 9:00 a.m. ■ 12:00 p.m. Tuesday - Friday Thursday 9:00 a.m,- 5:00 p.m, (by appointment only) 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. <> <> Perms, colors, streaks, foils, lash & brow tinting, waxing, tanning bed, & Perafin dips. General and Oilfield Repair Custom Mowing New & Used Steel Sales Custom Built Trailers B-Pressure Welding Phone [phone] Cell. 485-0365 Phone [phone] Phone [phone] When you're from the country you look at things a little differently. A Sask. fanner got in his pickup and drove to a neighbouring farm and knocked at the door. A young boy, about 9, opened the door. "Is you Dad home?" the rancher asked. "No sir, he isn't," the boy replied. "He went into town." "Well," said the rancher, "Is your Mother here?" "No sir, she's not here either. She went into town with Dad." "How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?" "No sir, he went with Mom and Dad." The farmer stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other and mumbling to himself. "Is there anything I can do for you?" the boy asked politely. "I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one. Or maybe I could take a message for him. "Well," said the rancher uncomfortably, "I really wanted to talk to your Dad. It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter, Suzie, pregnant." The boy considered for a moment. "You would have to talk to Pa about that,"he finally said "He charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the hog, but I really don't know how much he gets for Howard."OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD The Milo School Staff and Students have again decided to support this worthwhile cause and (pack a Shoe Box. ’ We will begin collecting items for the Shoe Boxes immediately.The following new items can sent in the shoe boxes: Toys - small balls, dolls, cuddly animals, skipping puzzles, comics, yo-yos, etc. School Supplies - pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons, colouring books, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, etc. Hygene items - toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, washcloth, Other - hard candy, mints, sunglasses, ball caps, shirts, toy jewellery sets, hair clips, watches, small picture books, etc. Please DO NOT INCLUDE: - Food items such as chewy (Hard wrapped candy is acceptable). -used items -items that will melt/freeze, leak or break, scare or harm a child You are welcome to pack your own Shoe Box or you can send a few of the suggested items into the school for students to pack in the Shoe Boxes. Students will be packing these November 9th. The Shoe Boxes will be picked up by the Vulcan Ambulance. You are welcome to pick up \a Shoe Box filling or to Items off at the Milo School anytime during school hours. Dropoff Deadline - November 5th, 2009. Thank you Milo and Area for your Support!!Farmin “Burt's Point of Farming is something I’m not at all familiar with and just isn’t my of tea”. When I see all the troubles that it involves, I appreciate my little house garden. I just can’t see working my butt to have nothing but headaches, unexpected troubles and weather not cooperating. I often wonder how far ahead a farmer really gets with all their needed daily expenses; astronomically expensive machinery, raising cost of fertilizers, regulations to follow and so on. Whereas I’m not in the farming business, I’m just going by what I see and the many complaints I hear. Regardless, a farmer is a farmer and they seem to accept and enjoy their way of life. My very first introduction to helping in the cattle industry was bringing them home from their summer grazing land. Being new at it, I unintentionally used the quick method. The only disadvantage is the ones that made it home had a slight weight loss problem. Being a helpful sort of a person, I enjoy helping out my farmer friends when my assistance is required, I had better reword that statement, and try to help them when required”. One of the many unfortunate incidents was when helping Jr. transport a valuable bull he just purchased for a sexual related program at his farm. We must have been about 3A of the way home when I decided to check on our passenger in the trailer. It was nighttime and to my surprise and disappointment, “no bull” and the back door of the trailer was open. Because it was in the dark of the night, Jr. decided to wait till morning to look for him. Yelp, finding him the next day wasn’t a problem, but I would say his sex life was put on hold, the bulls, that is. ■£J Come harvest is a hectic time for the farmers I’m more than willing to offer my inexperience assistance, becoming more hectic for them, that is. It’s one thing getting lost or not knowing my directions but getting their grain trucks, fully loaded at that, bogged down in the wet grain fields wasn’t a laughing matter.Come branding time,that’s if the cows have a reason to get pregnant, I’m willing to help. I never know what task I will be assigned too, but I usually end up with multiply bruises and annoying sore bones. After getting kicked, tramped on, gate instantly and quickly forced against my body, there is the hardy branding meal to look forward to with Nancy’s fabulous meatballs and a large variety of vegetables. I’m not forgetting her delicious pies, after indulging in a meal like that my aches and pains soon disappear. Another thing I like about branding, the friendly get together with the cow workers coworkers. Nancy enjoys her chickens and I honestly think they miss her since she has been laid up with her unfortunate causality, for now, Jr. is in charge of the “chicken duties”. Even though Nancy maneuvers around the house in a wheelchair, it didn’t hinder her baking skills; I can vouch for that, she still makes sure that I have a delicious pie once and awhile. So you see, to each their own, and even though I try, mine is obviously not farming. “So There!” ((And that was my Point of View”.Lost in Nova Scotia Two American tourists were driving through Nova Scotia. As they were approaching Schubenacadde (shoe-been-aack-id-dee), they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town’s name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked the employee, “Before we order could you please settle an argument fo us? Would you please pronounce where we are . ver-r-y slo-o-w-ly?” The waitress leaned over the counter and said: “Tiiimmmmmm Hoorrrttonnnns.” Cross Country Skis and Poles The Milo School is looking for cross country skis and poles. If you're doing fall cleaning and would like to 'gift' used equipment to the school, we'd love to put it to good use. If you'd like us to pick up, please call the school at 599-3817 Thanks for your Donations!!! For Sale: Dark Blue cloth couch and Chair $ 150.00 or best offer Call Betty Lou @ 403-599-2466 WHEN I SAY I’M BROKE.I’M BROKE!!!!! Yesterday, I answered a knock on the door, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. ’Good morning,’ said the young man. ’If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners.’ ’Go away!’ I said. ’I haven’t got any money!’, ’I’m broke!’ and proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed wide open. ’Don’t be too hasty!’ he said. ’Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.’ And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto my hallway carpet. ’If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder.’ I stepped back and said, ’Well I hope you've got a good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this morning. What part of BROKE do you NOT understand?'CANOLA COMBINING - THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER On September 26, over 60 friends and neighbours came together to combine canola for the Prentice family. 12 combines, 6 loaders, 10 trucks, 3 semi’s, 1 grain cart, 742 acres, 28,000 bushels, tons of food and beer, an amazing and emotional day. Right: Grant Armstrong from Bassano paid a visit with his plane. Above: The combines were split up for most of the day, but 10 came together on the last piece. Below: Kaden Booth sampling a load.Above: Spectators on the hill on Wellman’s. Left: Adam Prentice playing with canola stalks. Below: The wind came up in the evening just as the combines finished but everyone managed to fit into the garage to eat a late supper.Movies Lisa Deitz Celia Lahd Miriam Deitz Tracy Heather AdrianeDeitz Tke Only Black Guy (and he’s fake) Tke Rand andom s Tke Fat One Tke Smart One doesn't kelp ker in tke end) Tke Over Entkusiastic Likrarian Wko dies first Tke Asian (Wkat kappened to ker?) Tke Crazy Psycko Wko Brings Knives to a Sleep Over Tke Ditzy Bl onde wkere ditzy umker tkan a rock Tke Bossy Know-It -All Doesn't know anytking)) Sara Prentice Rylee Deitz Jennifer Lin Gina Deitz PREMIERING OCTOBER 3 2000 AT THE MILO LIBRARY 2:00-3:30I would like to thank everyone who participated in our run this year either by actually running or walking, collecting pledges, or pledging for this very worthy cause once again. As we had a very special guest in "Uncle Terry Fox" to begin our event, it was good to see so many people at the Assembly. I would first like to thank Penny Heather for continuing to organize the sponsors and the cooks for the BBQ held at noon and for helping me run this event. Also to Linda Booth who has become a pro at the registration desk and for helping me tally the money and pledge sheets to take to the provincial office. Also thanks to Wendy Vannatta for her help in setting up the Terry Fox displays. This year we had 2 golf carts - thanks to Gary and Mona Middlestead and David Deitz for the use of both of these. Our 2 water stations were manned by Mealane Deitz and Ginger Deitz. Thanks to you both. A huge than you for our BBQ - which consisted of hamburgers, chips, pop and freezies. This would not happen without the following sponsors' contributions: Husky Oil Conoco Phillips Milo Green Foods Arrowwood Coop This event couldn't happen without the continued support of the Milo Community School students and staff. We are grateful for your participation in this Community event. Please remember to get your money and pledge sheets back to the school, dropped off at the Library, or given to me before the end of October. We have a deadline this year. Thanks, Joanne Monner Terry Fox Run CoordinatorCONDOLENCES THANK YOU Deepest sympathies are extended to Carmel, Charity, Robert and Zachary Lewis. Stan will be missed so very much and our thoughts are with you at this time. Our condolences to the family and friends of Allan Craine, son of Dot Craine. GET WELL WISHES Get well wishes are extended to Alvin Winch and Kay Fitzpatrick. For my cousin, “Kenny Boy” Ettinger in Scotland, a can opener subscriber, who was hospitalized shortly after his most welcomed visit to Nova Scotia this year. Hopefully it wasn’t from over eating lobster. On your next visit, “Haggis” will be on the menu. Burt Campbell CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Leanne and Steve Bertschy on the birth of their twins, Camym Ashley and Ty Mitchell, a new sister and brother for Dallin. Congratulations to Shane and Leah Lamotte on the birth of their little boy, Brody Rae. Congratulations to Derek & Tamara Van Tassell of Grand Prairie on the birth of the son, Grayson Lane, July 29 /09. A baby brother for sister Caden and brother Atom. Also celebrating the birth are grandparents John & Delores Hopkins of Fort Saskatchewan, Junior (Fred) & Nancy Bertschy of Milo. All my best to Leanne and Steve with the newly bom twins, Ty Mitchell and Camryn Ashley. Dallin will have two new playmates and Leanne will have her hands, and arms, full. Burt Campbell “Your kindness gives love a melody, Your friendship gives memory a tune” Kindness and friendship, Milo has lots to give and I want to thank all who sent cards, meals and came to visit after my surgery. Also thanks to Shannon for providing “the chair”. Helen Shields I would like to express our sincere thank you to the Milo community for all they did to support us in the loss of Bob. For all the food sent to our homes, the beautiful cards, flowers, the visits at the hospital and at home, the many phone calls and the concern you showed for us was so heartwarming. Thank you to everyone who helped with the setup of tables and chairs the day of the funeral, the help in the bar and for the lunch served by the ladies. Our families were honored by the large crowd that attended the service and we know Bob would have been too. Thank you so much. Sincerely, Fitzpatrick Family We