Milo Canopener (February 1, 2014)

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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. ^x0lC2anM°oPeABr T0L1L0 Canada Post Agmt. # 40607518 (4m . AWk /^\ February 2014 MILO LIBRARY N/C Edition No. 285 RHYME TIME Preschoolers clean up their toys after Rhyme Time at Milo Library. Held every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., literacy volunteer Joanne Monner leads parents and children in rhymes, games and stories. After a quick snack, the children then enjoy play time. Any parents or visitors with preschoolers are welcome to attend.The Milo Canopener A Community Newsletter published by Volunteer Staff Layout Editors: Production Subscriptions Notices Barb Godkin Colleen Bartsch Cameron Klem Betty Armstrong Darlene Phillips_______ Any Canopener volunteer 403-485-8389 403-599-2204 403-485-1592 403-599-3794 Advertising: (Single Insertion) Business Directory $ 5.00 Quarter Page $ 6.00 Half Page $ 8.00 Full Page $15.00 Classified Ads $ 2.00 Free Items: Event Notices Announcements: Wedding, Anniversary Births, Showers, etc. Cards of Thanks News Items Articles of Interest Editorial Content: Letters to the Editor are welcome. All submissions must be signed. Letters will not be printed unless signed, and requests to remain anonymous will not be honoured. Deadlines: The deadline for photo-ready (JPEG) ad copy or articles is about a week before the end of the month. Please allow additional layout time for unformatted copy. The Canopener is usually printed the last 3 or 4 days of the month. Subscription Rates: Single copy “Cover Price” $ 2.00 Inside Milo (pickup, delivery or mailed $16.00 Outside Milo mailed - Canada $24.00 Outside Milo mailed - U.S. $48.00 How to reach us: Email is our preferred method of contact if possible, as photo ready (JPEG) advertising copy can be printed clearly (rather than scanned). Fax transmissions are also low resolution, and tend to be unclear. Thanks! Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Regular mail: Milo Canopener PO Box 12 Milo, Alberta T0L 1L0 Fax: [phone] (Milo Library) Drop off: Items may be left: • At Milo Green Foods in the Canopener Box at the back of the store, • At the desk in the Milo Library, or • In the Milo Library book Drop box.Goods & Services Sponsors Wl.t, . We WOuld like to thank our advertisers for their continued support hout them, we would not be able to print this newsletter for the enjoy men t^f our readers. /■ b\ Septic Tank. Services / tA Division of J B. 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GEORGE LISCOMBE NANTON VULCAN [phone] [phone] FAIRBANKS DENTURE CLINIC 122 Centre Street, Vulcan, Alberta TOL 2B0 403-485-2368 Scott D. Fairbanks, DD MILO GREEN FOODS NEW BUSINESS HOURS Monday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Open(Lunch Time) 1 Tuesday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Open(Lunch Time) 1 Wednesday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Closed 12:00~13:00 (For Lunch) Thursday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Open(Lunch Time) | Friday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Open(Lunch Time) I Saturday 09:00 ~ 18:30 Closed 12:00~13:00 For Lunch) Sunday 10:00 ~ 17:30 Jun.01 ~ Oct. 31 Closed Nov. 01 ~ May. 31 Holidays 10:00 ~ 17:30 Open(Lunch Time) ] Jun. 01 ~ Oct. 31; 09:00 ~ 18:30 Nov. 01 ~ May. 31; 09:00 ~ 17:30Hope Lutheran Church Milo Worship Services: Feb. 9 - 9:00 AM Feb. 23 - 9:00 am Reverend: Gordon Cranch M Everyone Welcome! Snake j. Valley f Drop-ln^cr News\ 'DQoD&Ci flsmosMM ftrmx.aif Crib Nights Monday Evenings 7:00 PM Cards & Games Fridays 1:30 PM Health Nurse & Foot Care Next visit is in March. Wednesday, March 12 1:00-2:30 PM Don’t forget to stop in for coffee on Mondays. THE SS** COUNTRY FARMHOUSE Gifts, Antiques and Collectibles With A Taste of Rural Alberta Monday to Friday -11:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday -11:00 am to 3:00 pm Reservations for evening meals are welcome! Book for parties, anniversaries or special events. ®ox 10 from Cluny Hilltop Dianne Brown Cluny, AB 3 miles west Ph. 403-734-2593 T0J 0S0 1/2 mile north Fax [phone] Valentine’s Supper Friday, February 14 7:00 p.m. Please phone for reservations. Hairpins Salon Offering cuts for women, men and children. Colours, Perms, Waxing, Eyebrow Tinting, and ask about our wedding packages. Stylist is trained in the latest Paul Mitchell techniques. Call Denise: 403-361-1129 (Formally Image Salon, but have changed locations. Please feel free to contact The Country Farmhouse for information about Image Salon.)the Rev. Gordon Cranch f or everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be bom, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to seek, and a time to lose; —A_time to keep, and a time to throw away; --- A time to tear, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace. This famous passage from Ecclesiastes is a favourite for funerals, so I have spoken on it many times. Recently, I came across a reflection that I thought you might find helpful if you look back and reflect on the year gone by. 2013: What a year. I wonder. Who was born and who died this year? What good did I plant and what benefits did I reap? Who did I kill and did I restore anyone to health? VV hat evil did 1 tear down and what good did I build in its place? What brought tears to my eyes and what made me laugh? For whom did I mourn and what made me dance for joy? What stones did I toss away and were the stones I gathered any better? Who did I embrace and who did I shun? What was so valuable that I sought it and what great thing did I lose? What valuable lesson did I keep in my heart and did I discard? What fence did I break through and did 1 ever mend a fence? Was I ever silent and were the words I spoke ever appropriate? Whom did I love and whom did I hate? With whom did I wage war and from who did I seek to make peace? Each year we are given yet another chance to live life as Christ would have us live. Many years we repeat the errors of previous years, but each year we at least get the opportunity to improve the way we live. May 2014 be for you the year that sets your feet on the right path & God's blessing on your journey. See you in Church! Church Services at Hope Church Feb 9th 9:00 Feb 23rd 9:00CO-OP Arrowwood Cooperative Association P.O. Box 120 -17 Centre Street Arrowwood, Alberta T01 0B0 1 Bulk Petroleum, Cardlock Fuel, Oil or Hardware Sales 403-534-3803 Tire Shop Sales or Service 403-534-3804 ' FM TRAILER WOR LD Dealers for: Norbert, Rainbow, Dex, & Duralite Aluminum Stock, Horse & Flatdeck Trailers Selling Fence Posts & Corral Panels Truckload discounts available! Check our website for both New & Used: www.fmtrailerworld.com Now in 3 "Locations! Low Overhead = Low Prices Vulcan [phone] Strathmore [phone] Stavely 1-877-205-1999v jAngels explained by children j only know the names of two angels, Hark and Harold. —Gregory, age 5 Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore forget why, but scientists are working on it —Olive, age 9 Its not easy to become an angel! First, you die, Then you go to Heaven, and then there's still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes. --Matthew, age 9 Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something else. —Mitchell, age 7 My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science. -Henry, age 8 Angels don't eat, but they do drink milk from Holy Cows. —Jack, age 6 Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The main subject is where you went wrong before you got dead —Daniel, age 9 When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to en. And when he lets out his breath again, somewhere there's a tornado. —Reagan, age 10 Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good carpenter. -Jared, age 8 All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys didn't go for it. -Antonio, age 9 My angel is my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on helping me while she was still down here on earth. —Ashley ~ age 9 Some of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets. And if they don't make the animals get better, they help the child get over it. —Vicki, age 8 What I don't get about angels is why, when someone is in love, hey shoot arrows at them. —Sarah, age 7 Real-Life Stories The Worst Part. My two daughters were discussing the less than desira­ble physical attributes they had inherited from their fa­ther. The older one: "I hate my freckles from Dad." Her unsympathetic younger sister: "At least you got his freckles. I got his eyebrow." Feared Meetings I was on my way out of the house to meet with a cantan- kerous client, andlwas, dreading it. The look on my face must have given me away because my four-year-old daughter asked what was wrong. "I’m going to meet a woman who always yells at Daddy," told her. "Oh," she said. "Say hi to Mom." Grandmother Approved. Even with a thousand games, dolls and crafts to choose rom, my customer at the toy store still couldn’t find a hing for her grandson. "Maybe a video or something educational?" I asked. "No, that’s not it," she said. We wandered the aisles until something caught her eye: a laser gun with flashing lights and 15 different high- pitched sounds. "This is perfect," she said, beaming. "My daughter-in-law will hate it." ■riority List. As she slid behind the wheel for her first driving lesson, my daughter couldn’t contain her excitement. "You need o make adjustments so the car is comfortable for you, ie driver," I began. "Now, what’s the first thing you should do?" "Change the radio station," she said.Limited Tickets at F.C.S.S. Mystery Entertainer# the/Lips Jt Dinner & Entertainment /T^\ at Vulcan Lodge Hall $3S ' 1 Partnered with Vulcan perSINGU Recreation Jk 1 &fcss The Vulcan $3500. The M£>viiAr0 Lips Relationships: Ten, Top Tips Caricatures' & Mystery 3 ogees'for Sate/ Artist cm/Site/ Vulcan Regional load Bank SecMy a curmitlyLaed al7/l^'l‘e H mTuk^Ziehh^tZre^e "* *'*£****" >•"■ °”r«*4' «f'"»**’* «*» iM #« V <few «* * Bvcmtue mrecon Carrol COS m j,92. If you are *J!n£t iJiton fwrf /tout Vwtoi- Huiuin,. r„„,i . , Thank youl r~ ■ « miii«« wiS^ C, ^ VALENTINE'S VINNER £r ENTERTAINMENT Fundraiser February 24, 2014 - 6-1C VulcarvVillage of ALBERTA VILLAGE OF MILO ALBERTA January 31, 2014 Dear Residents & Ratepayers, With the advent of the New Year, Arrowwood and Milo are defining the specific projects on which they will collaborate in 2014; regular updates will follow. In addition to this, the 2014 budgeting process continues as the details of infrastructure and other grant projects are gradually worked out. While Arrowwood already has an Infrastructure MasterPlan (IMP) in place, MiTois expecting to review drafts of the IMP by February and March. An IMP is an important document to have because it assesses the current state of infrastructure and then establishes clear priorities for Council and Administration to follow, depending on whatever funding can be made available. Regional collaboration is already proving to be of significant benefit to Arrowwood and Milo. The first such item of co-operation came in the form of a new photocopier for each village office. The old copier in Arrowwood started to leave streaks of excess toner down the page of every print job. After inquiries were made about fixing the ten year old machine, Arrowwood was informed that it was not possible to fix such an old photocopier. Incidentally, in Milo, one month before Christmas, the Village’s laser printer/copier broke down, once again. This frustration was compounded by the realization that printing costs in 2012 and 2013 (including the purchase of the laser printer for $824.15) were already at $4,749.96. Most of these costs were incurred on the laser printer so it was clear that servicing of this machine—for ink alone—was costly. Having received three quotes on photocopiers, Arrowwood and then Milo settled on the minimally used in prime condition—Konica Minolta. It is guaranteed for three years but we’re told it could easily go ten, as did the last copier Arrowwood purchased. Furthermore, the villages can cover all toner and servicing of the machine under a very affordable program of 1.5 cents per copy for black and white or 14 cents per copy for colour—maybe $200 per year. To buy this same machine on their own, it would have cost each village $4,995.00. However, in buying them together they each qualified for the discounted price of $4,400.00. It is but one of example of the cost savings that can now be realized because Arrowwood and Milo have agreed to share administrative services. Furthermore, this expenditure can come from provincial grant dollars rather than general municipal funds. The hope is that these machines will enable Arrowwood and Milo to push more and more information up online, given the machine size and scanner functionality. This will make information more readily available to ratepayers or—better yet—persons interested in becoming ratepayers. Sincerely, Christopher Northcott Chief Administrative OfficerVILLAGE OF MILO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Monday, December 16, 2013 The regular meeting of the council of the Village of Milo was held in the Milo Library on Monday, December 16, 2013, commencing at 7:00 pm. PRESENT: Mayor Rafael Zea ~ ~ ~ “ Deputy Mayor Barry Monner Councillor Scott Schroeder Chief Administrative Officer Christopher Northcott Barb Godkin, Milo Library 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Zea called the meeting to order at 7:06 pm. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA Res. No. 2013-12-16-01: Moved by Mayor Zea that the agenda be accepted as amended to move delegations ahead of acceptance of minutes. CARRIED 3. DELEGATIONS a. Barb Godkin, Milo Library: - Budget of library presented to Village Council. - Mrs. Godkin explained that the library is established by Village bylaw, that the library must receive at least $3 per capita from the Village to qualify for provincial funding. She explained that the Library has budgeted to receive $1,000 from the Village or $8.20 per capita due to the high number of donations it has received. Most towns and villages give around $15 per capita. It is anticipated that the province will eventually raise the $3 minimum. - One huge benefit for the Milo Library of having a friends group is that the Friends of the Milo Library qualify for a casino. The Village s contribution to the library will likely have to increase in future years. Res. No. 2013-12-16-02: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council accept the budget report of the Milo Library for information and thank Barb Godkin for her presentation. CARRIED 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Res. No. 2013-12-16-03: Moved by Deputy Mayor Monner that Council approve the minutes of the November 4, 2013, Special Meeting of the Village Council as presented. CARRIED Res. No. 2013-12-16-04: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council approve the minutes of the November 18, 2013, Regular Meeting of the Village Council as presented. CARRIED Res. No. 2013-12-16-05: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council approve the minutes of the December 9, 2013, Special Meeting of the Village Council as presented. CARRIED 5. STAFF REPORTS a. Christopher Northcott, Chief Administrative Officer: CAO informed Council about the VBDS Relocation and Investment guide. To do the same type of advertisement as was done last time, for a 2/3 page ad it will cost $1,650.00. - Jana Bartsch has asked the Village to monitor the area across the highway by Deitz's bins to ensure access for the fellow that is launching the fireworks for the Family Christmas. She will have Travis^Deitz plow it out ahead of time but depending on the weather some Regular Meeting of the Village Council on Monday, December 16, 2013 Page 1 drifting may need to be addressed. It will be a lot easier for the Village to go over than to have Travis come back, especially when the bulk of the snow will already be moved. Correspondence was sent to Vulcan County and Crystal Blue Developments as per Council's instructions. We are awaiting a response and in the mean time CAO will be looking at development and utility servicing agreements. - The Drinking Water Safety Plan needs to be completed by the end of the year. Gerald Deitz will attend our regular meeting in January to discuss it. - We discovered that we can appoint an alternate representative to the Southern Alberta Energy from Waste Association who is the primary representative from another jurisdiction. Arrowwood has appointed Rafael Zea as the alternate representative for Arrowwood. CAO recommends that this Council appoint George (Ted) F. E. Oakes as the ________alternate representative for the Village of Milo. This arrangement will make it easier to co-ordinate and make sure that Milo and Arrowwood are always able to exercise their voting rights. - CAO will provide overview of regional collaboration grant application as well as his attendance at the AUMA conference. - CAO informed Council that Village Administration requires an interim operating budget in place for January of 2014. This is not a final budget and we can continue to work on improving the budget in the New Year. - CAO will require a special meeting to give final approval to the sales agreement and the architectural controls. - CAO presented financial statements on behalf of the Finance and Development Officer as prepared. - Discussion. Res. No. 2013-12-16-06: Moved by Councillor Monnerthat Council accept report of the Chief Administrative Officer as present. CARRIED Res. No. 2013-12-16-07: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council accept the report of the Finance and Development Officer as distributed to Council. CARRIED 6. COUNCILLOR REPORTS a. Barry Monner, Deputy Mayor: - Attended Vulcan Business Development Society meeting thinking it would be contentious. There were some issues to sort out to clarify the relationship between the Economic Development Officer and the Vulcan Business Innovation Team. Everything resolved well. b. Rafael Zea, Mayor: - Will write up a report on his recent activities and distribute it. c. Scott Schroeder, Councillor: Wasn t able to attend the ORRSC meeting in Lethbridge but was informed by the Lomond representative that it was more of a social occasion. - Asked CAO to clarify how grant money is spent on approved projects. He noticed that the snow bucket that was recently purchased by the Village was brought up at the last meeting as an item of interest but was surprised at how quickly it had been purchased. - CAO explained that the purchase of the bucket had already been approved in the 2013 budgeting process. CAO explained that these types of policies need to be clarified and Regular Meeting of the Village Council on Monday, December 16, 2013 Page 2 implemented over the next few years for the benefit of everyone, especially as staff turnover occurs. Res. No. 2013-12-16-08: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council accept the Councillor reports as presented. CARRIED 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Architectural Controls - 1st Street North Subdivision: - Review of controls. - Discussion. Res. No. 2013-12-16-09: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council defer the approval of the architectural controls for the 1st Street North Subdivision until the legal review has been completed on the final version. CARRIED b. Residential Sales Agreement: - Review of purchase agreement. - Discussion. - CAO asked to email legal counsel on the identified issues. Res. No. 2013-12-16-10: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council defer the approval of the purchase agreement until legal clarification has been obtained on the identified issues. CARRIED 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Interim Operation Budget: - 2014 Interim Operating Budget presented and discussed. Res. No. 2013-12-16-11: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council approve the Interim Operating Budget for 2014 as presented. CARRIED b. 2014 Utility Rates: - Discussion. - CAO would like to address this before the end of the year but can be done in January. CAO explained how these rates might be adjusted. c. Village Signing Authority: - Forms distributed and signed by all councillors. d. Relocation and Investment Guide for Community Economic Development: - Previous guide distributed for discussion. Res. No. 2013-12-16-12: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council accept the offer to re-advertise in a new guide as information. CARRIED 9. IN-CAMERA ITEMS a. Crystal Blue Developments Res. No. 2013-12-16-13: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council go in camera at 9:27 PM. CARRIED Res. No. 2013-12-16-14: Moved by Mayor Zea that Council go back into open session at 10:05 PM. CARRIED 10. NEXT MEETING a- Special Meetings: To be determined b. Regular Meeting: Monday, January 20, 2014, 7:00 PM at the Milo Library. 11. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Zea adjourned the meeting at 10:06 PM. Regular Meeting of the Village Council on Monday, December 16, 2013 Page 3 ■ *3P v * fjffltlo Htbrarp Urcfjtoe //» , ~7T~' //iACKSH/.£^^$a#B/iSOX& ()0. REAL ESTATE, TIMBER, LOANS. INSURANCE WESTERN INVESTMENTS REGINA.SASK.AMO 1210 BROAD ST. VICTORIA B.C. U.L.SUTLEH. J. F. LUNNCY Reoina,Sask larch 2nd, 1910. D. n. Shaw, Esq., Sec. Oroas. Libo rty 3. D» '^1940, Queenstown, Alta. Doar Slr;- V/o aro in rocoipt of your favor of tho 24th ult. , with roforonco to insurance on your school and noto that you desire further information in this connection. ’Jo my say that there is no extra chargos in connection with this insurance outside of the premium and as ' youi*-d>t>4'Miii»s,,ii'hasr~e<«st“'S crotB^lng * over -yL, 000.,y,wo will ho willing to place a policy of )1GOO. on it. \7o think that wo advised you hofore that tho rate on this would ho #2.50 per hundred for a tern of throe years. 'Jo have special wordings for our school policies and in caso of I033 you would have no trouble or delay in adjustment . \7e appreciate very much tho fact that you aro doing tho ho3t you can to turn this business our way and can assure jrou that if it is placed with us it will have our very best attention. Jo would understand from your letter that you desire ,)1600 on tho building alone and no doubt you wish some on tho content: _ i It would bo nocossary to write these in two different amounts and if your board decide to place it with us, we would ask that you kindly advi30 us what amount you wish on the school furniture and contents. Jo issue our own policios and can He t you have one the day we_ receive word to~placo it. -t " — Vo! L/HI-'. Yours truly,REAL-LIFE STORIES Wishful Thinking. My two-year-old cousin scared us one summer by disappearing during our lakeside vacation. More than a dozen relatives searched the forest and shoreline, and everyone was relieved when we found Matthew playing calmly in the woods. 'Listen to me, Matthew," his mother said sharply. "From now on when you want to go someplace, you tell Mommy first, okay?" Matthew thought about that for a moment end Held Hostage. My mother was away all weekend at a business conference. During a break, she decided to call home collect. My six-year-old brother picked up the phone and heard a stranger’s voice say, "We have a Marcia on the line. Will you accept the charges?" Frantic, he dropped the receiver and came charging outside screaming, "Dad! They’ve got Mom! And they want money!" said, "Okay. Disney World." Wrong Kids. One night about 10 p.m., I answered the phone and heard, "Dad, we want to stay out late. Is that okay?" "Sure," I answered, "as long as you called." When I hung up, my wife asked who was on the phone. "One of the boys," I replied. "I gave them permission to stay out late." "Not our boys," she said. "They’re both downstairs in the basement." Chatter Box. This couple was heading to the hospital with their 16-year-old daughter, who was scheduled to undergo a tonsillectomy. During the ride they talked about the procedure. "Dad," the teenager asked, "how are they going to keep my mouth open during surgery?" Without hesitation her father quipped, "They’re going to give you a phone." Flabby Compliment. One evening I was commenting on my bad exercise habits and tight clothes. Whenever I criticize myself, my four-year-old son always has something charming to say. Using a new word this time, he smiled and said, "Oh, no, Mommy! You look flabulous!" Table Manners. My daughter had absentmindedly left her sneakers on our kitchen table. "That’s disgusting," my husband grumbled. "Doesn’t she realize we eat off that table?" Then he went out back to work on the car. I cleaned the table and left to do my grocery shopping. When I came home I couldn’t set my bags down anywhere. Sitting in the middle of the kitchen table was a car muffler. Tattle Tale. My sister felt she was well prepared for her in- depth interview with several members of the police-academy board who would determine her suitability as a candidate. The first situation they presented to her was: "On routine patrol you see a car traveling at excessive speed, with undue care and attention. You pull it over and discover that the driver is your brother. What do you do?" Without hesitation she replied, "Tell Mom!" She was accepted. Surprising Visit. Don’t ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college. You might be the one getting the surprise. I learned this the hard way when I swung by my son’s campus during a business trip. Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell. "Yeah?" a voice called from inside. "Does Dylan Houseman live here?" "Yup," the voice answered. "Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later.”T\ Saloon/ Under New Management Trish is now a full-time Mom and Robert and Darlene —are the new owners. --- We look forward to serving you! Wing Wednesdays 6 to 9 p.m. Stop in and check out delicious wing flavours . Duelling Pianos Thanks to everyone for joining us January 24. It was a great time. So much fun that we have booked another date: Friday, June 27. Mark your calendars!MILO SCHOOL NEWS Well, it didn’t take long to get back into the swing of things as we returned after the Christmas break. On January 16th Milo Community School was visited by a team of people, two from Central Office and a principal from another school, who gathered information as a part of a School Review. This is a process that is un­dertaken with every school within the district at some point. A School Review involves gathering data in a variety of ways for the purpose of learning what is working well within the school and what we could do to improve. During the day, the team observed teachers in the classroom, met with student focus groups from each class, interviewed each teacher and met with the support staff. At the debriefing session, held after school, the team shared with the staff that they found our students to be respectful and welcoming and that it was evident that students are aware of the focus on literacy and all that their teachers are doing to support their learning. That evening, the team hosted a parent focus group. I would like to thank all of those parents who took time to be a part of the group and engaged in sharing their perspective of how things are working at the school. Following the review day, students, teach­ers and parents completed on-line anonymous surveys as a method of providing additional information. The review team leader will analyze the data and share it with the staff. We are looking forward to delving into the data so that we can continue to make this school a great place to learn. After the Christmas break, we were able to make some adjustments to teaching assignments so that we are now able to offer our grade 6-9 students some choice in options. We have students developing their creative talents through art, developing their knowledge of the BlackToot culture and language in a Blackfoot class taught by Mrs. Good Eagle, our Native liaison, and developing their culinary skills in a cooking class. Be­sides learning about and experiencing the many skills involved in cooking, the students in that option will, once a month, be providing a hot lunch for the students. This month we enjoyed baked macaroni and cheese and tarts. Yum! We ended the month of January with a celebration of Family Literacy Day. This event was jointly planned and hosted by the staff of Milo Community School and the Rainbow Literacy Society. Parents brought blankets and BESMILO SCHOOL NEWS picnic lunches for their fam­ilies and we had a “book- nic”. We all enjoyed watch­ing and listening to the Robert Munsch story “Fifty Below Zero”. Then guest readers gathered with fami­lies and shared their fa­vourite winter picture book. Families created a page for a big book of Winter Fun, students to read in our school library. We ended our celebration with juice and cookies. Thanks to Donna Milan of Rainbow Literacy and to all of our guest readers. It is always wonderful to experience the joy of books and read­ing. A great big thanks goes out to Donna Bertschy and her helpers for taking the cans and bottles to the recy­cling depot. It was a BIG job and took more than one trip to the bottle depot. un iviarcn i4tn tne grades 4-9 students will once again be experienc­ing the fun of curling by participating in the Milo Community School annu­al Fun Spiel. We are hoping to provide stu­dents with the opportuni­ty to practice first, so we are looking for a volun­teer who might provide a little coaching. This coaching would take place during the stu­dents’ PE classes. These classes run from 10:20-11:30 daily. Curling practice would work best on either a Tuesday or a Thursday during that time, and if the stu­dents could even have a couple of times on the ice prior to the bonspiel, it would help them out greatly. So, to all of you avid curlers out there, here is a chance to pass on your wisdom, and who knows, you might be coaching a future Olympian! Please contact the school at 403 599- 3817 if you are able to help out.2014 Spring Flower Fundraising Program Thank you for your support of our Flower Sales campaign. (The early ordering is due to our order deadline with AVB Greenhouses.) The profits from the flower sales will be used for future grade 9 fun days and offset the costs of producing the yearbook. Orders will be taken from February 3 - February 24, 2014. Please pre-pay all orders. Plants will be delivered the week before Mother's Day. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call the school. Prices include GST. Please make all cheques payable to: Milo School # of Dracaena (Spikes) - 4" pot Total cost $4.75 x# # of pots Geraniums - 6" pot Total cost $6.50 x# Zonal Geranium-pink Zonal Geranium-red Zonal Geranium-Tangerine Zonal Geranium-Violet # of pots Martha Washington Geraniums -6" pot Total cost $7.50 x# # of pots Strawberry -10" Hanging Basket Total cost $15.00 x# # of Pots 10" Hanging Basket-Flowering Plant for sun Total cost $21.00 x# Calibrachoa Ivy Geranium-Calliope Dark Red Lantana Bacopa #of pots 10" Hanging Basket Flowering Plant for shade Total cost $21.00 x# Hanging Begonia Fuschia # of pots 12" Hanging Basket-Supertunia Total cost $24.50 x# Assorted Colors # of 12" Mixed Hanging Baskets Total cost $2 4.5 Ox# Mixed Hanging Baskets for sun Mixed Hanging Baskets for shade # of pots Roses 2 gallon pot Total cost $28.00 x# Assorted varieties # of pots 15" Herb Planter Total cost $24.50 x# # of pots Tomato 300 (2.8 litre) pot Total cost $6.00 x# Bush Beef Steak 62 day 8oz Bush Champion 65 day 9-12oz Celebrity 72 day 8oz Early Girl Bush 63 day 6-7oz Mamma Mia(Roma type) 60 day Patio 70 day 4oz Super Fantastic 70 day lOoz Super Sweet 100 57-62 day loz Tumbling Tom Red 75 day loz Tumbling Tom Yellow 75 day loz Total cost - add up all total cost columns $ Buyer's name: Seller's name:MILO LIONS 4f|3P CLUB NEWS COMING EVENTS February, 2014 February 4—Carmangay Interclub February 5 - Our Interclub Supper Meeting 7:00 p.m. February 11 - Enchant Oyster Feed February 19 - Supper Meeting 7:00 p.m. Annual Milo Lions r Sate V Fv^F®OMMU1ITT Activities:____ • Four members attended Champion Interclub Janu­ary 13. A couple of our Lions members attended Lomond Interclub January 21 and Blackie Interclub January 23. COMMUNITY CAMPOUT: Please note that our --jc==fgi^ Community Campout Weekend \ V*\ at Enchant Park will be July 11 to 13, not July 4 to 6 as posted in our community calendar. } at Enchant Campground Friday July 11“ to Sunday July 13th, 2014 Breakfast served by the Lions both Saturday and Sunday morning Games and Kids Races Golfing, Swimming, Fishing Everyone Welcome!! j EATERY Arrowvuood/, A3 [phone] ______ Mo-ndscty-TrLcicby 9:00aswi/ - 7:30pm/ TWt pzryrvuUolt LL-tHa ypat ycnlv& beta. Ler/kLng for! Qrtalcfatl, Uu>ud^, & dlvuKt/r,. Ckef prepared* tM-eMy, oWa-v^i^ daily jkrr Lu*uM- & diAw^&rl Frt^ feed,, ierrk&d, {o crydw. GU/£^-iey*Mfesv& crpfeovy, a^MlaHe-. • Find us on Facebook! • Menu changes @ u:ooam & 5:00pm • Favorites Menu available all day, every day! • Pizza available after 4pm 'R.q^qwq/ for our ^pauCcOj \Zcdiiv\£Lru2/ yTDcty cLorvri&r!Milo Library February 2014 Website: http://www.cbc.ca/ books/2014/01 /book-to -to— watch-for-2014.html If you thought 2013 was a great year for book to movie adapta­tions just wait for 2014. Some huge di­rectors and authors, including Thomas Pyn- chon and Paul Thom­as Anderson, have paired up this year to bring the page to the screen. Many of the movies don't hit the theatres until later this year but they are worth the wait. Here's a preview of some of the biggest book to movie adapta­tions on the horizon. Gone Girl The Giver The Fault in Our Stars Hunger Games Mock­ing Jay Inherent Vice GONE Gl R L Milo Library Beginning February 4, 2014 Milo Library will have new Tuesday Evening Hours. We will be open from 6:00 pm—8:00 nm We will still be open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 am—5:00 pm New Purchases ADULT FICTION For Better or Worsted by Betty Hechtman, The Ele­phant’s Journey by Jose Saramago, Stone’s Fall by lain Pears, The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, Standup Guy by Stuart Woods, The Possibility of You by Pamela Redmond, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young ADULT NON-FICTION Holiday Collection by ATCO Blue Flame Kitch­en, Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thugs, Thieves and Out­laws Alberta Crime Stories by Ryan Cormier, 1990- 2015 New & Used Cars and Trucks by Phil Ed- monston, 99 Gretzky His Game, His Story by Al Strachan assisted by Wayne Gretzky, Silk Spic­es and Glory In Search of the Northwest Passage by MA MacPherson, / Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, BOOK ON CD The Passage by Justin Cronin, Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs DVD’s & Blu-Ray Good Food Sustainable Food and Farming in the Pacific Northwest, One Man, One Cow, One Plan­et YOUNG ADULT FICTION Revealed by PC Cast & Kristin Cast, Alex Rider Russian Roulet by Antho­ny Horowitz, Reached by Ally CondieMilo Library HOURS FOR WINTER Tuesday: 10:00 am —5:00 pm New** Tues. evening: 6:00 pm —8:00 pm Thurs&Fri: 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 assistant librarian f illtlo Htbrarp 3rd)ibesLt -n Milo Library Milo Library is not on Facebook, mainly due to lack of time to keep it current, but Chinook Arch is. There is a ton of great information for every reader. Some examples of topics cov­ered recently include: - Most-Anticipated-Spnng-2014-Fiction-Preview - Great New Books to Read instead of watching the Super­bowl - List of nominees for mystery buffs—2014 Edgar Awards - 1000 new e-books and e-audiobooks in December and Janu ary - Goodreads Membership will track your reading and find recommended titles Check it out. You won’t be disappointed! New Purchases Continued from pagel BOARD BOOKS Little Horse Finger Puppet Book EASY READER Clara and Clem in Outer Space by Ethan Long PICTUREBOOK There Was a Crooked Man by Russell Punter & David Semple, Friends by Eric Carle DONATIONS We want to thank the following peo­ple for their donations to our library this month: Ian Thomson, Betty Godkin, Joanne Monner, Burt Camp­bell, and Laverne Schlaht. We apologize to anyone who we may have missed. We appreciate each one. Next Library Board Meeting will be held on Mon. March 10th @ 7:00 pmMilo Library New Tuesday Evening Hours 6: pm- pm Starting February 45 2014 Also Still Tuesday 5 Thursday and Friday 10:00 am- pm r Jtltlo HtbrarpInvites You . .to come and watch the games and enjoy our famous burgers and banquets at our upcoming bonspiels. Your first chance for burgers will be the Men’s Bonspiel, beginning Sunday, Feb. 2 and continuing through the week ._ with semi-finals and finals on Saturday Feb. 3th____ Don’t forget to get your ticket for the $1000.00 draw. Tickets are $10.00 each and can be purchased from club members. Tickets are limited and go fast, so get yours now! Come and cheer on our local teams! Ladies Bonspiel starts Friday, Feb. 14 and goes through the weekend. The Banquet complete with multiple salads and desserts will be held on Saturday night. Everyone (men & women) in the community are welcome to attend the banquet at $15.00 per person (banquet is included for bonspiel curlers). Entertainment and door prizes are still part of the evening. Mixed Bonspiel - starts about Thursday, February 27 and goes through to Sunday, March 2nd. Wing Night’’ on Friday evening provided by Prairie Perfection Catering. Saturday Banquet - all are welcome. $15.00 per person (noncurlers). The Curling Club Kitchen is open through all of the above bonspiels. Come out and try the Famous Rink Burgers” and homemade pies and soups. The Milo Curling Club is a club open to all community members and we want you to feel welcome to drop in anytime there are games on. We are once again raffling off a Big Screen 3D TV) and a blu-ray DVD player. Don’t forget to buy your tickets. Tickets are available in many of the businesses in town and from Club members. We want to THANK all of you for supporting our club. Bonspiel Banquets open to the general public: Cost $15 Ladies Banquet (no longer ladies only) Saturday, February 15 Mixed Banquet Saturday, March 1 'T.'« NEW THIS YEAR ! Indian Tacos will be served at the Curling Rink Kitchen on Friday, February 7 during the Men’s Bonspiel.1. The real sweet stuff. People have always had a sweet tooth. Sugar provides instant energy, not to mention instant gratification. Fruits and berries and honey were the earliest sources, but it wasn't long before people discovered the secrets of sweetness hidden in tree saps such as birch and maple and even in carrots, beets and barley. Today, sugar is produced in 120 countries; 70 per cent of it comes from sugar cane and most of the remaining 30 per cent comes from beets. 2. Sweetness from the mysterious East. Sugar cane originated in Southeast Asia. The process of extracting sugar from the grass-like canes in crystallized form was discovered in India, although it is thought that the first sugar was domestically grown as long as 5,000 years ago in Polynesia, from whence it spread to India. In 510 BC, the Persian Emperor Darius invaded India where he discovered the "reed which gives honey without bees", or sugar cane. The Crusades brought sugar to western Europe in the 11th century AD, reaching England in 1099. By 1319, sugar was selling in London for the equivalent of $100 a pound in today's values. 3. Sugar reaches the Americas. It wasn't until 1493 that Columbus took the first sugar canes to the Americas where it found good growing conditions in the Caribbean. In 1747, it was discovered that sugar beets were also an excellent source of sugar. 4. No sugar tonight. In 1879, a research assistant named Constantine Fahlberg, who was looking for a new food preservative, stumbled upon the intense sweetness of a compound he was working with. Fie saw the possibilities and named the compound saccharin for the Latin word saccharum or sugar. But it wasn't until the First World War when sugar was expensive and hard to come by that saccharin came into its own. By 1917, saccharin was appearing on tea tables all over America and it soon spread to Europe. The Second World War and sugar rationing sealed the deal. Artificial sweeteners were here to stay. 5. How sweet it is. How sweet is it? Well, neotame, discovered in 2002, is 8,000 times sweeter, and therefore much cheaper, than sugar. In contrast, the popular aspartame is only 200 times sweeter than sugar. Even sweeter is the fact that none of the calories from these products ends up on your hips or producing an increase in blood sugar - a real blessing for diabetics. The reason for this is that your body is unable to break down the molecules of artificial sweeteners, so they pass through your system without leaving any energy behind. 6. Another natural sweetener. By now, most people have heard of the herb, stevia, the plant originating in South America that is intensely sweet (200 times sweeter than sugar) but again whose molecules cannot be broken down in our systems, thereby making them calorie-free. Stevia, most of it grown in China, was introduced to the Japanese market in 1970. An extract of stevia is sold in North America under the names of Truvia and PureVia. Some say it has a slight licorice aftertaste. T. Eat sugar, stay thin. In a 2005 study at the University of Texas, the intake of diet soda was linked to weight increase and obesity in humans, In another trial, rats fed artificial sweeteners gained weight because it seemed to increase the caloric intake of other foods. Why? Because the natural response to real sugar is to eat less food at the next meal. The theory is that at the end of a meal where blood sugar does not increase, hypoglycemia may result in hyperinsulinemia and hence an increased food intake at the next meal. The moral? Have a little sweet at the end of a meal to stay thin! 8. Hydrogenated sugar. Sugar alcohols occur naturally in plants and may be extracted from products such as com syrup (sorbitol) or seaweed (mannitol). They can also be manufactured from sugars and starches through hydrogenation (the act of adding pairs of hydrogen atoms to a molecule). Sugar alcohols are often mixed with sugar to reduce the caloric value of sweets because they are only partially absorbed by the intestine. 9. Sugar from mushrooms and lead? Sugar can be obtained from all carbohydrates in varying amounts, but sweetness can also be obtained from less benign sources. Throughout the ages, lead acetate has been used as a sweetener; the Romans used it to sweeten wine by boiling grape juice in lead pots and using the resulting syrup to make wine and preserve fruit It has been postulated that lead poisoning was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire, the death of Beethoven, and the death of Pope Clement II in 1047. (Vain people, beware: Lead is also used as a fixative in red lipstick and some progressive hair colours). 10. Sugar virtues and other stuff. Sugar, meaning fructose and sucrose (not glucose), like salt, is a preservative. It works by decreasing water content by 10 to 50 per cent, thus reducing decay. Sugar may also encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in our gut. One cup of granulated sugar or brown sugar contains 720 calories. One cup of honey contains 960 calories. Corn syrup and brown rice syrup both come in at 960 calories per cup. One cup of maple syrup contains 840 calories. One cup of sugar obtained from dates contains 400 calories. © Dorothy Dobbie Copyright© Pegasus Publications, Inc.Temperature Conversion Chart js> ■.% t £-4 %__ ao 70 50 Fahrenheit (10 C)__ __ _____ Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant gardens. 35 Fahrenheit (1.6 C) Italian Cars won't start Canadians drive with the windows down 32 Fahrenheit (0 C) American water freezes Canadian water gets thicker. 0 Fahrenheit (-17.9 C) New York City landlords finally turn on the heat. Canadians have the last cookout of the season. -60 Fahrenheit (-51 C) Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door. -109.9 Fahrenheit (-78.5 C) Carbon dioxide freezes makes dry ice. Canadians pull down their earflaps. -173 Fahrenheit (-114 C) Ethyl alcohol freezes. . Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the [ keg -459.67 Fahrenheit (-273.15 C) Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "cold, eh?" -500 Fahrenheit (-295 C) Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup Kevin had shingles. Those of us who spend much time in a doctor's office should appreciate this! Doesn't it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line? Here’s what happened to Kevin: Kevin walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Kevin said: 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat. Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Kevin what he had. Kevin said, 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Kevin to wait in the examining room. A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Kevin what he had. Kevin said, 'Shingles.' So the nurse gave Kevin a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Kevin to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor. An hour later the doctor came in and found Kevin sitting patiently in the nude and asked Kevin what he had. Kevin said, 'Shingles.' The doctor asked: 'Where?' Kevin started to get dressed, and said: 'Outside on the truck. You owe me for 2 hours waiting, and where do you want me to unload 'em?' JThe best in Electronic Pet containment and behav­ioral products. Indoor and outdoor solutions for cats and dogs, electronic doors, remote trainers and bark control collars. 100% Satisfaction or money back Lifetime Warranty Contact Greg Deitz 1-877-364-2929 www.invisiblefence.ca Try out our qr code ap on your smartphone or webcam Just download the free ap and scan this codeCome and join us for Milo’s Family Day Toboggan Party A fun-filled afternoon presented by Milo & District Recreation Board, full of sledding, races and contests! All ages are welcome to attend. Ensure to bring your own sleds! Weather permitting. Where: Bill Deitz’s coulee (Corner of Hwy 842 and Twp 192) 5 miles NE of Milo When: Monday February 17 Time: 1-4 pmThe 7% of Canadians who refuse It's a question behind almost every sad set of headlines - why did it happen? Why did that young person lose their life when in theory they knew better? In the safety training business almost every month we see it - a person who has had all the training they need to know exactly what not to do. But they do it anyway, and die. * • Are words useless? Not really, but they have to be spoken within a type of environment (us safety guys call it a “culture”) that backs up the words. Unfortunately the agriculture industry is one of the toughest sectors of the economy to make safe. Agriculture is chock full of old equipment with limited or no safety designed in, and the same type of “got to get it done” pressure that industries like oil & gas have proven forces people to consciously put themselves and those around them at risk. Imagine if an airline had to run under the same (lack of) rules as agriculture? Airlines do, but they are all firmly in the third world, and they fall out of the sky and kill passengers and crews on a very regular basis. Am I saying we are in the third world for safety? No. But I am saying that there is more that we can do to back up safety as a concept and try and build a culture where putting ourselves and our children in imminent danger happens less often. Look at seat belt usage. We all know that statistically we stand a far better chance of staying alive belted in - tragic numbers of local young people ejected from crashing vehicles and losing lives back that up all to well. So how to we behave, and what is the message? Here are different levels of a “seat belt” culture: • At the lowest level, you bitch to anyone who will listen about the dam government making you do things. (That sends a message to your kids - just not the right one.) You make it clear that the only reason you buckle up is that you could get caught without one and fined. On the back roads of Vulcan County you proudly do not buckle up. You put on a solid demonstration of the “I’ve lived a long time, and know that yhou don’t have to play by all the stupid rules - see I’m still alive” lifestyle. You conveniently fail to mention that this is not really smart or noble behaviour, just lucky rolls of the life dice. A bunch of your friends who did the same thing are dead now, but that would be kind of dark to talk about, and might make you look bad. • At the next level, you always buckle up your kids, but just “forget” to buckle up yourself. No rant, just no seatbelt. If challenged, you smile, nod your head and buckle up. But you never buckle up if just driving on your own, or going for a one mile trip down the road. It takes too much time, you aren’t going that fast, and there is nothing to hit. So the message is that safety is good, but not important enough to be first. • At the real safety level, you buckle up first - before you start the truck. You refuse to start the truck until everyone in it is buckled up, and tell them that this kind of behaviour comes from caring about them more than anything else. You know the truck has way too many miles on it, and a ball joint or universal joint (to name just a couple of parts) can fail in an instant and flip you. You know that on a highway a hundred things can happen even in a perfect vehicle, from a deer to a distraction happening in the oncoming lane. You buckle up when no one is watching. When you see people not buckling up you say something. You set an example that people can see is real, because you do it all the time. In fact you are not setting an example - you are just doing the right thing. There are a hundred dangers beyond seatbelts in agriculture. -Heavy weights, sxpnsaH spinning shafts and running bolts, hydraulics moving parts, danger of fire, electrocution from high amperage circuits - the list just goes on and on. Could we start a new culture around here? One where we buckle up before we start the vehicle. Even when no one is watching. Because we want our kids to know that we think it is the right thing to do. All the time. Every time. Trust me, our kids will still drive too fast. And some of them will drink and drive, then fall off the road on the way home. But because they buckled in before they started the vehicle, more of them will live to make it home. It’s a start. Cameron Klem to wear their seatbelts make up 40% of the people who die in traffic accidents - so why do we still lose our children?TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC Why we live where we live. 'MV 9H TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math 2. Your *400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown and the size of a closet. 3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations. 4^-There's always some sort of deforestation protest going err. --- 5. Weed with a brand name - in this province BC Hydro is not a utility. I TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA 1. Big rock between you and B.C. 2. Ottawa who? 3. Tax is 5% instead of the approximately 200% as it is for the rest of the country. 4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of, but then need a note from God and *5 to sell it outside your province b. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country. 6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups. I TOP REASONS TO LIVE 1 IN SASKATCHEWAN 1. You never run out of wheat. 2. Your province is really easy to draw. 3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours 4. People will assume you live on a farm. 5. Daylight savings time? Who the hell needs that! TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA 1. You wake up one morning every spring to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property. 2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes that still seem to be able to spawn unlimited quantities of mosquitos. 3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter. 4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood, b. You can pass the time watching trucks and bams float by. I TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO 1. You live in the centre of the universe. 2. Your *400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump (but not as much of a hole as a million dollar “home” in downtown Vancouver). 3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election 4. Rob Ford, Rob Ford, and more Rob Ford. 1 4* ■ mm [ 4 I 4* | Aaaaah.Give me a minute here to think.Gosh, this is ^arc*--.okay, here are some: 1. Racism is socially acceptable, and you think French is the language of the Master Race, although Pansians laugh at the way you talk 2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next. 3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada. 4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%|"? 5. It s the only province with hard-core American-style crime (these people supplied the New York mob with heroin for decades). 6' *2lCan tal|yourichi'dren that someday they will see an honest "'“■"‘‘^afaify taTe.). | TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK 1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income 2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies. 3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick 4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse. ' TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA 1. Everyone can play the fiddle, and even the ones who can't think they can. 2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to qet drunk and wear a kilt. 3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money. 4. There is a chance you will find the Oak Island treasure. TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE * EDWARD ISLAND JS_| 1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island, you still qot the big new bridge. 2. You can walk across the province in half an hour. 3. You can drive across the province in two minutes. 4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea." 5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from. 6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night. r™/5* TOP REASONS to live in ^ IT NEWFOUNDLAND 1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea. 2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse. 3. The workday is about two hours long, and you only have to work long enough to collect E.l. every year. 4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding. Let's face it: Canadians are a rare breed.G.D/s Licensed Automotive Technician Friendly, reliable service Maintenance and repairs ALL your mechanical needs Call Gerald Deitz 403-599-2354 403-599-2464 Frank Mclnenly Auctions Ltd. Vulcan, Alberta Serving the Agriculture Industry since 1967 “Selling is our business - our ONLY business!” 403-485-2440 Frank Mclnenly - Stacey SchootenNEWS FROM Bonspiel Season is Here!! - Drop in any time to watch the curling or for burgers, soup, pie, and other great food. Both the Ladies' Banquet (Feb. 15) and the Mixed Banquet (March 1) are open to the general public so come join us for great meals! Friday, February 7, Indian Tacos will be on the menu at the Curling Rink Kitchen. - For the first time, men are welcome at the Ladies' Banquet this year. 2014 CURLING BONSPIELS AT HOME AND "ON THE "ROAD" ON THE ROAD CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TRAVELLING CURLERS!! - Doug and Sharleen Bushell, Allan and Colleen Bartsch, Alvin Winch and Bob Scott had fun at the stick bonspiel in Vulcan December 28. - Chris Bartsch, Terry Burgess, Sheldon Walker, Christopher Northcott & Ian Godkin placed 2nd in the C event at the Hussar Mens Bonspiel Jan. 5 to 11. - Maria Oldfield, Sharleen Bushell, Colleen Bartsch and Christine Egeland placed 3rd in the A event at the Vulcan Ladies Bonspiel Jan. 10-12. - Sheldon Walker, Doug Bushell, Gavin Vooys and Allan Bartsch placed 2nd in the B event at the Vulcan Mens Bonspiel Jan. 17-19. CURLING CLUB EVENT ——,—— --- — DATE CONTACTS Milo Curling Club Men's Bonspiel February 2 - 8 Doug Bushell 403-599-2331 Shane Lamotte 403-485-5712 Strathmore Curling Club Ladie's Bonspiel February 4 - 8 Judy Hildahl 403-934-5561 [e-mail] Highwood Curling Club Mixed Open Bonspiel February 14 John @ 403-540-5034 or [e-mail] Milo Curling Club Ladies' Bonspiel February 14-16 Barb Godkin 403-485-8389, Tammy Lahd 403-599-2254 Strathmore Curling Club Junior Bonspiel February 22 & 23 Lynette Aschenbrenner 403-934-5732 [e-mail] Milo Curling Club Mixed Bonspiel Feb 28 - March 2 Christine Egeland 403-599-2199 Sharleen Bushell 403-599-2331 Vulcan Curling Club Juniors "Rock On" Spiel March 11-17 Heather McBride 403-485-4181 [e-mail] Vulcan Curling Club Sturling Stakes Spiel March 8 RonFernley 403-485-2118 Strathmore Curling Club Mens Bonspiel March 16-23 Lance Smith 403-901-0909, 403-808-6506 [e-mail] Hussar Curling Club Mixed Bonspiel March 23 - 29 Barry Kaiser 403-787-2489 Vulcan Curling Club Last Chance Open Spiel March 28 - 30 Wayne @ 403-485-6967 or Fred @ 403-486-0205 Don't forget to stop in and enjoy our famous Rink Burgers during Milo Bonspiefs.MHo Htbrarp ^rrinbesf^ •s? ^ y£y£/L . 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Current location is licensed and ready to accept two (2) new residents. The Ideal resident: • Medically stable, living with mild dementia, not a high risk for wandering • Able to physically move independently or with a one-person transfer • Experiencing increased care needs and should not be living alone What makes a Personal Care Home the Right Choice? Residents enjoy a high level of independence and choice, along with healthy home cooked meals, a relaxed schedule for activities and customized personal care in a small group setting of six (6) seniors. Thank you for informing potential clients & families of the option of living in a personal care home such as Meadowlark Care Home. Debbie Wakelam /Operator Services: • Resident Specific Care Plans • Assistance with Personal Care • Trained Support Staff on-site 24 Hrs. • Medication management • Home Care RN visits • Spiritual Care Coordination • Home cooked meals & snacks • Transportation to appointments • Visiting Podiatrist & Hairdresser Fully licensed & Inspected by Alberta Ministry of Seniors, Fire & Health Inspectors Your parents want to stay in the place they call home. We can help! Experience a worry-free lifestyle & remove the burden of guilt. Call 403-934-5294 Proud to be a member of ASCHA • Spacious Residential Home Setting • Walk-in & Handicapped Showers • Warm & inviting home decor • Wheelchair Friendly, including elevator • Cable & Wi-fi (except phone) • Individual & Group Outings • In-house pets • Socialization & Recreation • Large Deck & Accessible YardDecember 20, 2013 'Never, ever sive up on your dreams." Joanne Monner Betty Fox Box 44 Milo, AB TOL 1L0 Dear Joanne: to^lS F°X 3 WOnderfU1 success in Canada and ^ound the world, raising close to $25 million, a gratifying increase over the previous year. Thirty-three years, thirty-three ^ound theXbe6”1^^ C “ "°W SUStained by Terry Foxers in thirty-one countries We entered the week of the 2013 Run on a high note with the news the prestigious New England Stud’T reportlng very encouraging results from the Terry Fox Lung Cancer SioS^rr^?,n8S 316 a Sisnificant breakthr°ugh for the early detection of lung cancer, survfvWthk 1 Jl am0rn§ PerS°nS * ^ risL Earlier diagnosis means a better chance of urvivmg this deadly cancer. I cannot imagine anything that would make Terry happier. Over the years, Terry has received touching tributes that have included the naming of schools ountain ranges, icebreakers, statues and coins. As a Terry Foxer, you know that my son did most m T °n 1S 1980 Marathon of Hope for accolades, rewards or recognition. What mattered most to Terry was simply that people gave to cancer research. Ten-y would be so proud to witness Canadians like you, your committee, your participants and donors in Milo, bring great honour to the work of The Terry Fox Foundation. I wish I could mert ewery one of you, to shake your hand and personally thank you for the difference you make in the lives of so many. Terry made me a proud father; you make me a very proud CanS With heartfelt thanks, P. ^Joanne thank you for your many years of wonderful support and for organizing, the Run despite your illness this fall. I hope you are recovering well. engine Run - Roily Fox - The Terry Fox Foundation® - Suite 303, 46167 Yale Road Chilliwack, BC V2P 2P2Massage Frequently Asked Questions. Do Olympic athletes use massage therapists? Yes! Most athletes use massage therapy to reduce the effects of grueling repetitive workouts and retain the flexibility needed to avoid injury. What are some of the benefits of massage? 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