Village Of Innisfree Tax Bylaw Challenged In Courts

Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Village Of Innisfree Tax Bylaw
Challenged In Courts
Village of Innisfree Gets New Public Works Building
The Village of Innisfree’s main street has taken on a whole different look as construction of the Village’s new public works building is well
underway. In order to provide services for the new building, underground infrastructure upgrades had to be made to the property.
It is estimated the building will be completed in the next week or two but the street between the Village Office and Canada Post
will remain as gravel until next summer’s paving projects begin.
T
he Village of Innisfree is facing
a lawsuit that, if decided by the
Courts, will see the village pay
back the minimum taxes to property
owners within the village.
The application to the courts was
made by Grant Bergman, a local business owner who also owns other properties within the village.
The complaint stems back to a deciContinued on p. 8
Vegreville Light-Up Parade Sparks Christmas Spirit
R
esidents of Vegreville and area
braved the cold temperatures
on Friday, November 20 to enjoy the annual Christmas Downtown
Light-Up Parade.
Continued on p. 2
Hiway 16 News’ Scoop
The Hiway 16 News participated in the Vegreville Light Up parade
on November 20 and proudly introduced “Scoop” - the Hiway 16 News
tipster. You will see Scoop at a variety of events throughout our
circulation in the future so be sure to stop a say hi to him!
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Vegreville Light-Up Parade
Sparks Christmas Spirit
Continued from p. 1
The kick-off took place at the Rotary park on the corner of 50 Street and
Highway 16A where Town of Vegreville Mayor Myron Hayduk thanked
everyone for coming out. He stated
the partnership between the town and
Telus has enabled the installation of
the fibre optics line through the community with Vegreville being one of the
first in Alberta to receive the services.
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA
Jessica Littlewood also attended and
gave thanks for the partnership just
before the annual lighting of the candle
on the Telus tower.
Numerous floats decorated in lights
and seasonal decorations streamed
down the main street just after the
light-up of the candle to kick start the
holiday season. The parade was also
attended by Santa and Mrs. Claus who
then made their way to the Vegreville
Library to hear the wish lists of children from the area.
Town of Vegreville Myron Hayduk performed the
countdown to light up the Vegreville Candle,
located on the Telus tower
along Highway 16A in Vegreville.
A great crowd of people visited
Vegreville’s main street for the
annual Light Up Parade including
the Tkaczyk family. Dean and
Shelley along with their children
Samantha and Colby, watched as
the numerous floats made their
way down 50 Street in Vegreville
on November 20.
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Vol. I • №31 • Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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Revenue Canada Tax scam
Submitted by Vermilion RCMP
T
here have been several reported
incidents to the RCMP where
residents of Vermilion and the
surrounding areas have been receiving calls from scam artists claiming
to be from “Revenue Canada” asking
for payment of “back tax”. The scam
artists request payment be made or a
warrant for your arrest will be issued
or executed. They also ask the payment
be made to an individual rather than
the agency. These incidents are financial scams. The RCMP would like to
remind citizens to check out the RCMP
Scams and Frauds unit website www.
antifraudcentre.ca to make themselves
familiar with the active Scams and
Frauds circulating Canada. You can
also find more information about Fraud
scams involving the Canada Revenue
Agency on their web page. www.cra-
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arc.gc.ca/ntcs/bwr-eng.html
If you receive a suspicious call, do
not take immediate action or forward
money. Take the time to verify that
what you are being told is the truth.
Often times scam artists will go fishing for your personal information. Ask
yourself why an agency like the Canada Revenue Agency would be asking for personal information over the
phone or e-mail, they likely already
have this information if you are a tax
payer.
If you receive a telephone call or
email in regards to this scam and have
not provided money but would like to
report your experience to the RCMP,
please log onto www.antifraudcentre.
ca or call 1-888-495-8501. If you have
sent money and feel you may have
been scammed please call your local
RCMP detachment and report the incident.
Mannville Will Seek
New CAO
ollowing last week’s regular
meeting of the Council of the
Village of Mannville, CAO
James Mason was relieved from his
position.
Mason has been the CAO for the village for just over a year and Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s meeting,
Mason was told his services for the village were terminated.
The Hiway 16 News contacted the
Village of Mannville for a statement,
but was told no one from the Village
of Mannville Council would be able to
comment on the decision to terminate
Mason or any other personnel issues.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
If It Aint Broke
Submitted
This my opinion of Innisfree becoming
a hamlet. I think it is totally not necessary. I believe the community will lose a
lot more than money in the process.
We have a great active community
and feel we will lose so much, too much,
if we become a hamlet. I believe the
drive and incentive of the Councilors,
the Mayor and community is too great
T
to risk changing the status of our Village. It is far more than dollars to consider here.
What services will we lose, what
quality of service would there be? What
voice would the residents have with a
hamlet status? I think the risk is too
great.
Why fix something that is not broken.
That’s my opinion.
~ Karen Anderson
Prayer Request
his is a special prayer request
for Linda Myshaniuk. I consider her a good friend of mine and
want the best for her.
I conferred with Amber about this
and she thought it was a good idea.
Upon behalf of the family I would
like to extend this request of Linda
and her family. According to a family
source, progress is being made but it
is a slow process. As a person familiar with this type of situation, it takes
a lot of love and patience throughout
the recovery, before and after. This
request to the village residents of Innisfree and surrounding communities
as well as to the friends ,relatives, acquaintances.
There are always some highlights and laughs to enjoy. Patience
is definitely necessary. Through
prayer comes hope and endurance.
We are all thinking of you, Linda
and your family and wish you the very
best. Your great spirit will pull you
through along with the love of your
family. EVERYONE, please take this
opportunity and say as many prayers
as possible for Linda.
Also I would like to send this request
out for anyone struggling with health
issues or any other problems. Let’s remember to thank Him for prayers answered already.
Submitted by
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Vol. I • №31 • Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Innisfree Islanders Celebrate
Successful Volleyball Season
By Kristin Bergman,
Hiway 16 News Student Reporter
G
etting back to school after a
five-day weekend is always
tough, but the students managed to get through another week of
classes.
Our first dress-up day for November was Pajama Day on November 18.
Almost all students participated and
had fun at school in their comfy PJ’s.
The next dress-up day will be Moustache Day on November 25 in celebration of “Movember”.
An assembly was held on Friday,
November 20 to mark the ending of
the volleyball season and congratulate
our teams and coaches. Mrs. Tomlinson did a fantastic job coaching both
the Junior High boys and Junior High
girls. Mrs. Strom led the Senior High
girls to win a bronze, silver, and two
golds in their tournaments. Mr. Harding helped the Senior High boys get
a few wins of their own, including silver at the Holy Rosary tournament.
Congratulations on a great volleyball
season, Islanders!
Pizza orders from the Little Caesar’s Pizza Kit Fundraising Program
came in on November 20 for buyers
to pick up their pizza kits. Delnorte
School raised $1,200 for food programs, including Home Economics
class and the breakfast and lunch
programs.
This week the Scholastic Book Fair
is coming to the school library in the
mornings of November 25, 26, and
30 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Books,
kits, pencils and erasers, bookmarks,
and other items will be available for
anyone to buy from the library. The
Book Fair will also be open during
Parent-Teacher Interviews on November 26 from 4 to 9 p.m.
Students from all grades are encouraged to attend the Christmas
play practice this week to fill parts
that don’t yet have actors. The final
script will be handed out this week
and a few students have offered to
help with set design and creating
props.
There will be no school on November 27 and a parent/student volleyball
game will be held on November 30.
Farm Wife Diaries Client Service
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By Deb Barber
ast week we were invited to head
to Airdrie to join in a memorial
service to celebrate the life of a
very special man who lived a glorious
90 years and left behind a wonderful
legacy of family. I had procrastinated in
the booking of our hotel room as I was
uncertain exactly how the shuffling of
grain would proceed and was unsure until the last moment precisely which day
we would depart from the farm. Some
of the family had decided to stay at one
particular hotel so that we could travel
together to Sibbald Flats where the intimate farewell would take place.
With it being hockey, figure skating
and lord knows what else ‘season’, I decided the best course of action would be
to book a room prior to leaving in hopes
at this late date, the hotel would still
have some openings. I googled the hotel
and input the Airdrie location and up
popped a series of links through various
sites. I wanted to book directly via the
hotel’s specific reservation site and not
through one of the many others offering
the best deals on the planet.
Scrolling through the many options
I located what I hoped was the correct
phone number and dialed. I was tickled pink to be connected to a “Reservation Specialist.” I advised her I wanted
to make a reservation for their Airdrie
location hotel. She asked me to spell it
for her and I did. She replied back that’s
“Air Tree.” No I advised her and supplied her with the correct spelling again.
I could hear her chewing on something
in the background, either gum, eating or
her pen as she hummed and hawed and
kept saying “yep” as she did something
in the background (perhaps filed her
nails?). Then she muttered something
about the address; I said the address of
the hotel or my address, after a few ‘yeps’
she said well the hotel address of course.
Puzzled I asked, “Is this not the central
reservation number for the Hotel?” Yep
was her reply and although finding it odd
I gave her the address as it was on my
computer screen in front of me.
As the chewing and “yepping” continued she asked in a passing the time
manner, what is the reason for our travelling. I was starting to get a bit miffed
and am usually fairly patient with people, but this lady was so far off my personal service radar I decided to tell her
the truth and replied, “We are attending
a memorial service for a family member.” Her off the cuff response was, “Oh
isn’t that lovely!”
That did it, my reply was “really? I
think I’ll go another route to book my
room thank you very much for not helping me,” and hung up. I couldn’t believe
Continued on p. 9
Notice of application to be filed for approval to
renew the electric franchise agreement between
the Village of Innisfree and ATCO Electric
The Alberta Utilities Commission expects to receive an application
from ATCO Electric to renew its franchise agreement with the
Village of Innisfree following the submission deadline indicated
below.
The franchise agreement will be subject to further renewal, and will
continue to allow ATCO Electric the exclusive right to deliver electricity to the residents of the Village of Innisfree for approximately
10 years from the effective date of the franchise agreement.
The franchise fee rate rider percentage will increase to 3.5 per cent
from 1.5 per cent effective January 1, 2016. The average monthly
franchise fee for an average residential customer is forecast to
increase to $3.41. The franchise fee is calculated based on distribution charges. An average residential customer uses about 7,500
kilowatt hours per year.
You may send your objections, concerns about, or support for the
application in writing to ATCO Electric or the Village of Innisfree on
or before December 8, 2015 at:
ATCO Electric, Railene Shead, 10035 – 105 Street Edmonton, AB
T5J 2V6, phone: 780-733-2409; email:
[email protected].
Village of Innisfree, Jennifer Hodel, P.O. Box 69 Innisfree, AB T0B
2G0, phone: 780-592-3886; email: [email protected].
Any submissions received, unless you request otherwise, will be part
of the application submitted and will become part of the public
record.
For more information on franchises or to receive a copy of the franchise agreement please contact either ATCO Electric or the Village of
Innisfree at the addresses listed above.
For more information:
For more information about the AUC or its approval process associated with franchise applications, please contact the AUC directly at
780 427 4903 or at [email protected].
The Alberta Utilities Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial
regulatory body responsible for making decisions about utilityrelated applications.
Issued on November 24, 2015.
Alberta Utilities Commission
Douglas A. Larder, QC, General Counsel
Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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RADD’s Renaye Wade Presented With Glenrose Courage Award
M
undare’s Renaye Wade was
awarded the Glenrose Award
of Courage on November 12.
Wade is a brain injury survivor following a motor vehicle crash left her in a
coma for 34 days. Her long road of recovery included 15 months in hospital.
split between four different facilities. It
was her nine months spent recovering
at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, four months as an inpatient and five as an outpatient that
earned her the award nomination from
therapists and nurses.
The event, held at the Glenrose
Hospital theatre and hosted by Global News’ Health Reporter Su-Ling
Goh, honoured three other recipients
for their determination and courage
throughout each of their recovery processes.
Renaye Wade was the last of the four
to receive their award that day and was
joined on stage by her nominators as
well as members of the Edmonton Fire
Department who served as an honour
guard for the event.
Since the crash on March 15, 2013,
Wade along with her family and
friends, has formed the organization
Renaye Against Distracted Driving
(RADD), which helps bring awareness
of the effects of driving while distracted. Renaye Wade also attends schools
throughout east central Alberta to tell
her story to students who are entering
their driving years. She has also been a
Renaye Wade accepted the Glenrose Award of Courage on November 12 at the hospital’s annual awards gala.
She was one of four award recipients at this year’s gala and is pictured in the center of the photo
with her nominators, award presenter Richard Mallet,
along with a member of the Edmonton Fire Department as the honour guard.
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driving force for the passing of Bill 204
which sees harsher penalties for dis-
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The RADD T-shirts were in
demand after the Glenrose
Award of Courage ceremonies
on November 12.
Lawyer Richard Mallet
of James H. Brown & Associates,
made sure to purchase his
shirt before they were all gone.
Pictured here are, from left
Global News’ Health Reporter
and host for the ceremonies
Su-Ling Goh, Tammy Wade,
Richard Mallet who presented
the Courage Award to Renaye
Wade, and Darren Wade.
RADD shirts are available for
purchase at the Hiway 16 News.
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Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Fourth Annual Community Gospel Night
I
Submitted
n a prelude to Christmas, Perogies
and Jam held their fourth Annual
Community Gospel and Christmas
Night on Saturday, November 21 with
over 120 in attendance.
Perogies and Jam is an organization
whose members say they are committed to developing an enduring live music scene in Vegreville by cultivating
local musical talent.
Perogies and Jam MC Don Harfield
and Rev. Carolyn Woodall welcomed
the attendees to this year’s host church,
Vegreville United Church. In contrast
to this past week’s news of terrorist attacks and unrest in Europe, Africa and
the Middle East, this evening was a joyful and fun occasion.
The doors opened at 6p.m. and the
music started at 7p.m. with the United
Church choir performing the hymn How
Great Thou Art, followed by songs Try a
Little Kindness, and Jimmy Brown accompanied by Brenda Tuck on piano.
This was followed by the Vegreville
Youth Ensemble led by Colleen Albert,
performing Rejoice in the Lord Always,
Peaceful River, Glory Glory Hallelujah,
Love the Lord God, and I’m Gonna Live
Forever.
Announcements were made by Rev.
Carolyn Woodall and local pastors in
attendance were acknowledged. Pastor
Darryl Crocker of the Alliance Church,
and chairperson of the Vegreville Min-
The Lutheran St. John Church singers performed four songs at the fourth annual gospel music night
held at the Vegreville United Church on November 21.
isterial Association, extended an invitation to attend church, especially
to those who may not currently have
a church home. Many in the audience
had attended previous three community gospel nights which were held at
the Maple Street Worship Centre, St.
John’s Lutheran, and Vegreville Alliance churches respectively.
Donations of $1,003 were raised this
evening and all proceeds were donated to the Vegreville Association for
Living in Dignity (VALID) which is a
multi-service, not-for-profit community
based organization supporting people
with developmental disabilities to have
an inclusive life in the community.
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA
Jessica Littlewood was in attendance of
the performance and made a donation
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7 A.M. to 9 P.M.
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Perogies and Jam MC Don Harfield and Rev. Carolyn Woodall
welcomed the crowd to the gospel music night
and Rev. Woodall gave an opening prayer.
to the evening to raise the total funds
over the $1,000 mark.
On behalf of VALID, Val Miller and
daughter Jodi, gratefully received the
donations and spoke to the audience
about the important work they do.
Debbie Fedoruk and singers, Tristan
Neil, Barb Rybchuk and Ken Timanson
each performed songs including Go Tell
It on the Mountain, Proclaim the Glory
of the Lord, How Can I Keep from Singing, Immanuel, and Lord of the Dance.
Rod Werezuk with his wife Juanita,
daughter Meghan, and accompanied by
friend Darrell on guitar, sang original
and familiar songs Little Drummer Boy,
Itty Bitty Baby, Peace and Forgiveness,
and Nothing But a Child.
Randy Kereliuk took a break from
managing the sound system and performed three Jonny Reid songs; Waiting
for Christmas to Come, It Started with
a Child, and Change the World. The St.
John Lutheran Church choir concluded
the performances with Waiting, Christmas is Coming and a benedictory song
The Lord Bless You and Keep You, led
by Colleen Albert.
The performances ended at 8:50 p.m.
with MC Don Harfield, Rev. Carolyn
Woodall, and Pastor Darryl Crocker
thanking everyone for their attendance
and generosity, with the added invitation to attend Christmas programs
coming soon at their respective churches. After a prayer of thankfulness led
by Rev. Woodall, the United Church
hosted light refreshments in their auditorium.
Perogies and Jam thanks the many
volunteers leading up to and the hosting of this special annual event. We
wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe
holiday season.
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All proceeds raised at the fourth annual Gospel Music Night held at
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Don Harfield, on the left, made the official presentation to Jodi and her
mother Val Miller who accepted on behalf of VALID.
Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Manville Bottle Depot
Changes Hands
T
he Village of Mannville will be seeing some new faces around the local bottle depot. Elsie and Verner Thompson have retired after 11 years and have
handed the recycle facility over to a group of family members from Edmonton. The Gill family will be sharing duties at the bottle depot and say they are looking forward to meeting the residents of the community. Pictured here are, from left,
Harb, Harry and Kiran Gill, the new owners of the Mannville Bottle Depot.
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Vegreville Manor
Honours Veterans
O
n November 11 Vegreville Manor had a commemorative service in which
two veterans, and Shirley Preuss, daughter of the late veteran Walter
Slade, laid wreaths in remembrance. Pictured here are, back row from
left, Constable J. Gagnon of the Vegreville RCMP Detachment, and Terry from
the Vegreville Legion. Middle row are Nellie, Olive, Jean and Nettie who are
all spouses of Veterans. In front are veterans Dennis and Nick and Shirley who
played the piano and is the daughter of the late veteran, Walter Slade.
~ Photo submitted by Sasha Corkum
Innisfree Seniors’ News
Elsie and Verner Thompson, former owners of the Mannville Bottle
Depot, will be helping with training the Gill family on the procedures
of the depot in the next couple of weeks before officially entering into
retirement. Hiway 16 News would like to congratulate
the Thompsons on their retirement.
T
Submitted
he Innisfree Seniors are having
a pot luck supper on Wednesday, December 2 at 6 p.m. at the
Drop-In Centre. Everyone is welcome
to attend. Our next cribbage tournament will be held on Friday, Decem-
ber 11 at 7 p.m. also at the Drop-In
Centre. We will be having a draw for a
Christmas door prize.
Our next meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, December 8 at 1 p.m. followed by a card party. We welcome
everyone to attend and are encouraging new members to join us.
Bred Cow & Heifer Sale
Saturday, November 28
· 65 Bred Heifers for Dave & Holly Mielkie of Iron
River. Mostly home raised Red & Tan Heifers bred to
Red or Black Angus Bulls. Exposed for 45 days to
start calving April 10, 2015.
· 40 Red & Red Baldie Heifers exposed for 45 days to
start calving at the end of February. Phone Dave or
Holly at 780-826-2697
· Complete herd dispersal of 70 Black & Red Angus
Cows bred to Black Angus Bulls. To start calving
March 10, 2015. From Orville Morrow of Lafond.
· 130 Black & Red Heifers bred to Black Angus Bulls.
Will begin calving April 10, 2015. From the Pocock
Family of Minburn. Tremendous set of Heifers
weighing 1,100 – 1,200 lbs. Bulls taken out June 28.
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Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Vermilion
RCMP
Serve Up
Hot Lunches
T
wo members of the Vermilion RCMP
detachment helped serve hot lunches to students of Vermilion Elementary School. Officers are Cpl. Corey M.
Buckingham, on the right, and Cst. Kate
van Berkom.
~ Photo Courtesy of Marie Conboy,
The Vermilion & Area Voice
Village Of Innisfree Tax Bylaw
Challenged In Courts
Continued from p. 1
sion made by the village Council this
past June regarding the Tax Bylaw
600-15 which states:
“Where the application of the tax
rates established by the bylaw to the
assessment of any improved property, would result in a total municipal
levy payable of less than $750, the
minimum tax shall be assessed at
$750 and deemed to be the minimum
municipal tax payable, and;
Where the application of the tax
rates established by the bylaw to the
assessment of any vacant property,
would result in a total municipal levy
payable of less than $800, the minimum tax shall be assessed at $800
and deemed to be the minimum municipal tax payable.”
Bergman said the minimum tax
levy makes the properties within the
village hard to sell.
“When you are charging someone
taxes that are in excess of the assessed
value, you have made it un-saleable,”
said property owner Bergman.
He states he is not seeking any financial gain outside of the return of
the minimum taxes to the property
owners within the village of Innisfree.
new years
December 31, 2015
This lawsuit falls on the heels of a
petition which was started approximately two weeks ago by five residents of the community who want
to have a Municipal Viability Study
performed on the village of Innisfree.
Long-time resident Robert Weder
says he is very concerned that if the
village of Innisfree becomes a hamlet
with the County of Minburn, there
will be many services and organizations lost. He said that many of the
surrounding communities that have
undergone such changes in municipal
designation have lost their schools as
well as numerous services and organizations within their communities.
Weder said he fears this would be the
same case for the Village of Innisfree,
if it was re-designated a hamlet with-
in the county.
Weder says that he and his wife
have spent a great deal of volunteer
hours over the years, along with
many other community members,
and he feels those hours would be, in
his words, “lost” if the County of Minburn was to take over the governance
of the village.
The recent lawsuit and petition
to perform a viability study have
seemed to cause a split in opinions
amongst the community with strong
voices both for and against the study
and Weder said, “This is too small of
a community to cause such a split in
the residents of the area.”
The lawsuit against the village of
Innisfree is set to be heard before the
Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton
on November 30.
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Farm Wife Diaries Client Service
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it, she had broken pretty much every
client service rule that I’d been taught.
After much muttering and more scrolling I found a 948 phone number which
is the Airdrie direct prefix and I dialed
with my fingers crossed. A lovely young
lady answered with a cheerful voice
and upon hearing my dilemma she set
about booking us a room, giving us the
AMA discounted rate and advising that
the room would be held until we arrived even if that meant coming in at 3
a.m. What a night and day experience!
This morning one of my tasks was to
review and complete the paper work
for a Fall Advance and even with my
extensive experience with forms I have
to confess, I find this one a bit daunting as the printer ran off 31 pages.
Thinking I could ace this, I had hubby
provide me with last year’s copy to follow…naturally the form has changed.
After attempting to complete the first
few pages and have a persuasive disagreement with Sam over the manner
that the advance security was calculated, I decided to call their ‘help’ line for
assistance. All farm wives will know
where this is going.
The CSR was wonderful and quickly answered all my questions and instructed me on the necessary pages
to complete since our entity was in
the system, and also instructed me on
which ID numbers to provide on the
document.
Of course you-know-who was in the
back ground telling me to ask this and
ask that. After I had acquired all the
information I needed I said to the lady,
“My husband is in the background, he
didn’t want to call you to talk but apparently he has questions that need to
be asked. Do you mind holding while I
find out what he needs?”
She chuckled and replied, “That
happens often, go ahead.”
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Community Events – December
Calendar
of Events
Nov. 1 – Fall Back To Mountain Standard Time
Nov. 25 – Holiday in the Hallway, Innisfree Library – 7–9 p.m.
VERY MONDAY EVENING@ 7pm – Innisfree Rec Centre Bingo
Nov. 27 – Mannville Library Craft Day – 1:30 p.m.
Dec.
AgCanada
Society Annual
Meeting – Ranfurly
Rec Centre
July1 1– Ranfurly –
Day Celebration
in Innisfree
- 1pm – 3pm
Dec. 2 – Innisfree – Minburn 4H Beef Regular Meeting
CanadaBuilding
Day Celebration in Mannville – All day
Innisfree Millennium
– Sharon Mallon Book Reading & Signing – Innisfree Library 5–7 p.m.
Canada Day Celebrations in Lavoy – 2pm – 8pm
– Innisfree Seniors’ Christmas Pot Luck – 6 p.m.
Dec.
AgInnisfree
Society Turkey
Bingo
– 7 p.m.
– Ranfurly Rec Centre
July3 7– Ranfurly –
Block
Party
– 5:30pm
Dec. 4 – Mannville Library Board Christmas Tea
July5 9– Mannville–Christmas
InnisfreeExtravaganza
Ag Society10Meeting
8 pm at the Agri-Plex
Dec.
a.m. – 4 p.m.
Dec. 6 – Library Fundraiser Poinsettia Pick up 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Innisfree Rec. Centre
July 10 & 11 – Hairy Hill Rodeo
– Innisfree Christmas Craft Sale in the Innisfree Rec Centre 10:00 to 4:00
Dec.
– 4H Multi –Club
Meeting,
6 p.m. Library Board Meeting – 6:30pm
July7 15
Village
of Innisfree
Dec. 8 – Innisfree Seniors Meeting – 1 p.m.
July9 17
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Bus visit
toCentre
Village
Innisfree Library
Dec.
– Christmas–Tea
– Mannville
Care
2 –of3 p.m.
– Story Time with Mrs. Claus – Mannville Library 2 p.m.
July 17 – 19 – Innisfree Slow-Pitch Tournament
– VILB Meeting – 6:30 p.m. – Innisfree Library
Dec.
Library Family
Tea
July1121– Mannville
– Village
of Innisfree
Council Meeting - 7pm
– Innisfree Seniors Cribbage Tournament – 7 p.m. – Drop–In Centre
August
RanfurlyDance
Fair Santa Tea,
Dec.
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Innisfree– Ukrainian
Innisfree Rec Centre – 2 p.m.
August 6-8
– Vegreville Fair
Dec. 13 – New Buchach Cribbage Tournament – 11:30 a.m. Call 780–592–2245
August
– Alliance
Church
CandleFair
Light(Bench
Service –Show
7 p.m.entries
Everyone
Welcome
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Dec. 15 – Mannville School Grad 2015 Banquet – Mannville Rec Centre 5 – 6:30
August
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– Ranfurly
p.m.
at 7 p.m. North Country Circuit Horse Show
Dec. 16 – Teddy Bear Sleepover, Innisfree Library 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 – Innisfree School Christmas Supper and Concert
Dec. 18 – Innisfree Library Donation Tree Deadline – 2 p.m.
– Mannville Library Closed until Jan. 5
Dec. 19 – Village of Innisfree and ATB Christmas Open House
Dec. 23 – Regular Library hours – Library closes on Dec. 24–Jan. 5
Jan. 13 – VILB Meeting – 6:30 p.m. – Innisfree Library
Jan. 18 – FILS Meeting – 7 p.m. – Millennium Building
Jan. 28 – Innisfree Ukrainian Dancers’ Chili Cook–Off
Do you have an event you would like included in the Community Calendar?
Call our office at 780-581-0871 or email it to us at [email protected]
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Or contact:
Brittaney Hutt – Human Resource Advisor
Phone: 780-853-6732
Email: [email protected]
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Special Olympics Vegreville and Next Step High School would like to extend our
sincerest gratitude to all of our sponsors for the CFCW Critters World Charity
Hockey Tour on November 5, 2015.
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Scrapbooking And More
Pomeroy Inn And Suites
Meridan Acupuncture
Wiebe Insurance
H & R Block
Canadian Tire
WJS
Two Hills Chronicle
Shawna Robinson
J.S.K. Sales & Service Ltd
Brother Stephen Krysak, Osbm
Colette Miller
Richard Barott
Subway
Dubuc Accounting
JZ Grain
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West View Motel
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Betty Kowalchuk
Joanne Stewart
Wayne Tatarim
Marilyn Topechka
Wes Can
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This event could not have happened without the assistance of the following
enthusiasts. Thank you so much for believing in us and this event. We could not
have done it without you.
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• Tom and Margaret Dirsa
• Fran Serna
• Meggie Van Giersbergen
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• CST. Jaison Gagnon
• Cody Machney
• Paul Suiter
• Jolena Beebe
• Bake Sale Bakers
Amazing Arena Staff: Joey, Danny, Norm, and Dave
featuring comedian Mike Dambra and Friande
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Vegreville Social Center
Cocktails: 5:00-6:30pm
Dinner: 6:30pm
Comedy Show: 8:30pm
Dance to Follow
Late Lunch Provided
(appears courtesy of NKI Entertainment Ltd)
Live and Silent Auction
Meal prepared by
Twisted Sisters Kitchen
Music entertainment provided by
Dusk Til Dawn DJ Services
$60/each or $450/table of 8
For tickets please contact Tracy at 780.632.0343
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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780-592-3946
780-490-8126
Ph: (780) 592-3840
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780-632-2043
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Vol. I • №32 • Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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he Town of Viking, a member of
the Beaver Municipal Solutions
(BMS) along with the other municipalities in the County of Beaver,
received $316,377.26 in unrestricted
surplus funds. Pictured here are, from
the left, Town of Viking CAO Jackie
Fenton, Councillor Judy Acres, Mayor
David Zayonce, General Manager for
BMS/Beaver Regional Waste Management Waste Commission Pierre Breau,
and Councillors Jason Ritchie, Laurel
Weisgerber, Rod Hunter, Ellen Lefsrud
and Travis Hartl.
Mannville Students Rocks And Rings
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n Thursday, November 19, elementary students were educated about Farm Safety. Through
“Safety Smarts” presentations unique
to each grade level, students were
taught to recognize and react safely to a
wide variety of potential farm hazards.
Each presentation was hands-on and
interactive and taught our rural children important messages about how to
stay safe on the farm.
Students from Grades 3 to 6 were all
invited to participate in our after school
Games Club on Mondays during the
month of November. Each week, the
students were introduced and taught
the rules to a new game and then had
the opportunity to play. Apples to Apples, Uno, Bingo, Sequence (Five in
a Row), Operation, and Even Steven
Odds were some of the games played
each week. Based on attendance increasing each week, our Games Club
was a hit.
The Rocks and Rings program came
out to do a session on curling with our
physical education classes November 6.
Kindergarten to Grade 8 enjoyed learning about the game of curling. They got
to practice throwing rocks into the rings
and learned how to sweep and had the
chance to play a game and mini tournament. It was very entertaining for all.
Dolly Dalton dazzled the Grade 9 and
10 physical education students when he
brought his skills and coaching knowledge to the classroom on November 17.
Dolly Dalton joins in at PE
to show some soccer tips.
Grade 6 students
practice curling
during PE classes.
We appreciate the time Dolly spent
teaching our students, and are grateful
for the experience of having an expert
in the field (or soccer pitch) visit Mannville School. We look forward to his visit
again next week. If there are any other
experts in physical activity/sport related games, and are willing to come to the
school for an hour or two to share your
skills, please contact Mrs. McCullough
at the school office.
Students will soon be visiting the
curling and skating rinks. Please remember to make sure your child has a
CSA certified hockey helmet to be able
to participate on the ice. Bicycle, skiing,
and ATV helmets are not allowed.
Mannville School is excited to be a
part of the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Subway fundraiser. Students
enrolled in physical education and/or
school sports, have been asked to participate in this fundraiser in which proceeds will go toward purchasing new
sport-related equipment and supplies.
We are hoping that each student could
sell or purchase a minimum of one
Subway Savings Card each. The cards
cost $10, and offer a variety of savings
at Subway restaurants across Alberta.
Cards are available at the school office.
Please remember that Mannville
School collects Boston Pizza receipts
throughout the year, as we are given a
ten per cent return to the school on all
reciepts. We are now accepting Canadian Tire money as well, and will use it
to purchase various school supplies as
needed. Both can be dropped off at the
school office. Thank you.
We are fortunate to be able to facilitate some wonderful learning experiences for our new practicum student,
Morgan Crough. Morgan will be completing the practicum portion of her Educational Assistant Certificate through
Lakeland College in Vermilion, with us
at Mannville School. She is very excited
to be offered rich learning opportunities
and we are fortunate to have her. She
started on Monday, November 23 and
will be here until the Christmas break.
Mark the Calendar: November 26 –
P.J. Day, Movie Night/Youth Night;
November 27 – No School.
Ph: 780-998-9159
1-888-998-9159
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