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Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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Irma Fire Chief
Bestowed Lifetime Achievement Award
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Members of the Village of Irma Fire Department gathered on August 19 to celebrate Fire Chief Clair Prior’s
two awards presented to him in a surprise gala event. Members of the department are, back row from the left,
Robert Rinas, Blair Fenton, Devan Newton, Cpt. Robert Lason, Chief Clair Prior, Dept. Chief Doug Emter, Cpt.
Eric Nissen, Cpt. Ken Veer, Ray Guard and Randy Newton. Middle row is Linda Pomeroy. In front are Jacob
Verreth, Darcy Tomlinson, Kyle Newton, Stephanie LaPointe, Amy Newton, John Wilson and Cory Rinas.
Missing from photo are Tyler Jordan and Brandon Parsons.
T
fter more than 50 years with
the Village of Irma’s Fire Department, Chief Clair Prior was
surprised as community members and
his department hosted a gala in his
honour as he was named the recipient
of two very prestigious awards.
Chief Prior has been a member of the
Village of Irma fire department since
1963 and after four years took over the
role as Chief, a role he has maintained
ever since.
MC and fire department Captain
Robert Larson said Chief Prior was
nominated many weeks ago, unbeknownst to him, for the Municipal
Long Service Award and also the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association (CVFSA) Lifetime Achievement
Award. After the CVFSA reviewing
process, the community heard back
that Chief Prior was the double award
recipient. It was then decided that the
Continued on p. 2
Village Of Mannville Fair Entertains All Ages
he streets of the Village of Mannville were busier than usual last
Saturday, August 20 as the community held its annual Country Fair
and there was definitely no shortage of
events to take in over the one-day festival.
The day got underway with a pancake breakfast under the iconic village
gazebo on main street as hungry eaters
flocked to the grills to partake in the
tasty morning meal.
The parade organized by MMI FCSS
snaked its way through the Village as
spectators lined the streets and children
gathered candy from passing floats.
An added event to this year’s country
fair was the Cowboy Obstacle Course
which featured interesting obstacles for
the horse and rider combinations to navigate their way through.
A bench show lined the Mannville Rec
Centre with canning, crocheting, handicrafts, woodworking, children’s art exhibits, baking and horticultural as well
as photography. A mini trade show also
took place in the hockey arena and a
number of vendors were on hand with
various items for sale. Various community organizations had displays set up to
offer information on services and activities available to area residents.
A petting zoo kept the littlest fair goContinued on p. 6
Dennis Swanson had his 1953 D Case tractor in the Mannville parade on Saturday, August 20. The tractor was
originally purchased from Albert Smith’s (A.K.A. Smitty) dealership in Innisfree by his father in 1953. That
next year Dennis’ father accidentally ran him over with the new tractor, causing Dennis to be hospitalized
for approximately ten days in Viking. Fortunately Dennis did not suffer any lasting effects from the accident
and after the tractor sitting on his father’s homestead for many years, Dennis had a local mechanic begin the
restoration process which he says took approximately two years.
Village of Mannville
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Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Irma Fire Chief Bestowed Lifetime Achievement Award
Chief Clair Prior and Dept. Chief Doug Emter
Continued from p. 1
local fire department would surprise their Chief with the news in
a gala event held at the community’s fire hall on August 19.
Family, friends and co-workers
of Chief Prior schemed to get him
to attend by saying a major corporate donation was being made to
the department and Chief Prior
was to dress in his full fire department attire.
Upon entering a room full of supporters at last Saturday’s event,
Chief Prior was met with a thunderous round of applause, and it
was then that he knew something
was awry.
The Municipal Long Service
Award is designed for municipalities who wish to recognize the
members of their volunteer fire
fighting departments. The award
is one of only a handful within the
province to be handed out each
year and nominees must have
served at least 30 years of service
in a fire fighting capacity.
The CVFSA Lifetime Achievement Award annually honours
an individual whose remarkable achievements in fire service
and community, exemplifying
outstanding performance. To be
considered for the award, nominees must have been a volunteer
firefighter or volunteer-on-call
firefighter for at least 20 years. A
CVFSA selection committee reviews the nominees from all across
Canada and uses a template which
awards value for number of years
served as a fire fighter, special projects a nominee has served with,
and also takes into consideration
community service association to-
Although Irma Fire Chief Clair Prior was awarded the two prestigious awards on
Friday evening, Lynn Prior was presented with a bouquet of flowers from Susan
Barss for her support of Chief Prior’s commitment to the Irma Fire Department.
Pictured here are, from left, Village of Irma Mayor Dennis Fuder, Fire Chief Clair
Prior and his wife Lynn, MD of Wainwright Reeve Bob Barss and his wife Susan.
wards the betterment of one’s community.
Retired Town of Vegreville Fire
Chief Jerrold Lemko serves as the
Alberta Director on the CVFSA
and is a previous winner of the
2015 CVFSA’s Lifetime Achievement award.
“This is a national competition for this prestigious award,”
said Lemko. “The committee goes
through a process of elimination
from a long list until it is taken
down to a list of two or three.”
Lemko added at that point the
committee then has the difficult
task of selecting the recipient. After the committee has made their
selection the winner is notified
and invited to the CVFSA’s annuLast year’s Vegreville
al meeting in Ottawa, all expenses
Recipient Jerrold Lemko.
paid, to have a Federal Cabinet
~ Alisha Magnuson Photos
Minister present the recipient
with the award.
Reeve for the MD of Wainwright
Bob Barss said the community of
Irma has some of the best fire protection anywhere.
“A good fire department does us
no good without the work of great
fire fighters,” said Reeve Barss.
“Chief Prior shows great leadership and a unique way of teaching
young fire fighters. He is certainly
deserving of the two awards.”
Village of Irma Mayor Dennis
Fuder said Chief Prior has made
sure the fire department is well
trained and is an advocate for fire
safety. In respect to other communities’ equipment and members,
Chief Clair Prior
Mayor Fuder said Irma is “very
accredited much of his
fortunate.”
success as a volunteer fire
It was time for Chief Prior to
fighter with the Village
take the podium and in a humble
of Irma to his family,
friends and fellow fire
Continued on p. 3
department members.
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Mayor Dennis Fuder
addressed Fire Chief
Prior and congratulated
him on his recent award
distinctions.
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Commissioner,
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Reeve for the MD of
Wainwright Bob Barss
said the community of
Irma has some of the best
fire protection anywhere,
adding much of the credit
going to the leadership
and teaching styles of
Chief Clair Prior.
Captain Robert Larson
served as MC for the
evening in celebration of
Chief Clair Prior’s award
designations.
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Innisfree’s Mayor’s
Message in a Minute
ummer days have brought people
out of doors to enjoy the beautiful yards and sunshine. Thanks
Innisfree for your care of your place. I
think Innisfree is a showcase with all
the grass trimming and flowers around
town. Don’t forget to check out the museum and the camp ground before the
last days of summer are here. Both will
close after the September long weekend.
I would like to thank the residents
of Innisfree for their patience as we
have had a crew in checking the underground lines in the Village. They have
had to set up on the streets to complete this task and you have all been
very patient to work around them. Also
with the street and sidewalk repairs
that have been done, it may have been
inconvenient for some of you.
Thanks also to the Summer Students
for their work around town and the
campground. Your attention and help
are appreciated. I think each of you
has helped out here and there as volunteers to get several jobs completed.
Another successful Innisfree Fair
took place on August 10. It took an
army of volunteers, but the day turned
out to be a great day for everyone.
Thanks to everyone that pitched in
and helped out. Every little bit makes
the day a success. The soap box derby has been replaced with horseless
chuck wagon races. Thank you to the
teams that participated. I appreciated
the fashion flare one of the teams displayed!
The Wild Pink Yonder Crew will hit
town August 31 and by then I expect
the Village will be “Painted Pink” to
welcome them. This is the last year
they will be travelling around Alberta
and I am pleased that we were selected
as a stopping spot. As part of the event
we will be hosting a community BBQ
and we are collecting donations for the
Alberta Cancer Fund. This all contributes to the declaring a community the
“Pinkest Little Town in the West”.
The Terry Fox Run will start at 9
a.m. September 18 at the Innisfree
Recreation Park. Come on down and
join me in this annual fundraiser.
September 30 and October 1 will
see several groups in the Village participating in the Alberta Culture Days
activities. Mark your calendars and
watch for the events planned for that
weekend.
It has been a busy time and I know
you all are busy too, but let’s all keep
on looking after out community and it
will continue to be a place for everyone
and anyone to call home.
Village Of Mannville Hires
New CAO
A
t last week’s regular meeting
of the Village of Mannville
Council, members short-listed
the candidates in competition for the
position and made the motion to offer
the position to Carla Kooistra.
Kooistra is no stranger to the municipal position and brings with her
Level One and Two certificates in National Advanced Certificates in Local
Authority Administration.
She along with her husband Kevin
and three children, ages 15, 5 and 3
years old, have relocated to the village
from Fort McMurray. Kooistra says,
although their family’s home was not
lost to the devastating wild fires earlier this year, the family felt the condi-
manner said it was truly an honour
and surprise to be presented with the
prestigious awards, adding that without the support of his family and follow department members, he would
not have been successful in achieving
the distinctions. The crowd of supporters then bestowed a standing ovation
to the Irma Fire Chief as he thanked
his wife Lynn with a hug for her support.
Captain Robert Larson gave the
closing remarks for the evening saying in his personal 12 years of service
it was great to see the passion for firefighting and protecting the community still alive in Chief Prior after serving for 50 years.
An evening and socializing carried
on throughout the evening as supporters celebrated and congratulated
Chief Clair Prior on his dedication to
fire protection to the community of
Irma.
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Respectfully,
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Irma Fire Chief
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Government Must Stop Creating Uncertainty
And Start Championing World-Leading Regulations
By Shannon Stubbs, Lakeland MP
A
s Canadians, we are fortunate
to benefit from an abundance of
energy resources that fuel our
homes and our economy from coast-tocoast-to-coast. Canada is the fifth-largest oil producer in the world with the
third largest oil reserves, most of which
are right here in Alberta. With all of
this energy in our own country, Canada
still relies on foreign oil. In fact, eastern
Canadian refineries import an astounding 86 per cent of their oil from foreign
countries. In addition, because of a lack
of global market access, it is estimated
that Canadian producers lose as much
as $50 billion a day in revenue.
The timely approval of new energy infrastructure projects would reduce our
reliance on foreign oil, and would also
allow responsible, world-renowned and
respected Canadian oil and gas to reach
broader international markets at competitive prices. The world demand for
oil and gas will continue to grow, and
while Canada produces the most environmentally and socially responsible oil
and gas in the world, energy development is undertaken by despotic regimes
that violate human rights and only benefit the ruling class, with no environmental regulations, limits on emissions
or social responsibility, in other parts of
the world.
During a recent study conducted by
the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources, the Canadian Standards Association noted that
some foreign governments and industry
officials are adopting Canada’s standards for pipeline operations. The CSA
says Canada’s regulations are “the best
in the world”. During the same committee study, Richard Sendall from the
In Situ Oil Sands Alliance highlighted
Canada’s excellent standards and regulatory framework. He said, “Canada
also has world-leading environmental
regulations. Of the top oil reserve holders, only Canada is covered by worldclass, stringent environmental regulation and oversight.” Mr. Sendall also
said Canada “is the only major oil-producing jurisdiction with comprehensive
greenhouse gas emissions regulations.”
Canada’s world-renowned, internationally respected regulatory system
has been rightfully earned. The Liberal
government is putting Canada at risk of
losing our position as a global leader, at
the very worse time. They are perpetuating uncertainty and unpredictability
through mixed messages and impending changes, and undermining confidence in Canada’s energy regulators.
All Canadians support environmentally and socially responsible energy
development that provides jobs and
$17 billion in government revenue per
year, but regulatory assessment should nadian Energy Pipelines Association
be based on facts and diligence, not ma- told the committee that “there is a denipulated as a delay tactic for political gree of uncertainty, and I think over
purposes. Both energy investment and the course of time in the near term here
confidence in the credibility of Canada’s we’ll see what that leads to, what the
regulatory system depend on clarity process is,” and Alex Ferguson from the
and predictability. Governments, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Proregulators, project proponents and Ca- ducers said, “we’ve scratched our heads
nadians should be able to understand a little bit…” and he said the interim
what the assessments actually entail, process is “a bit up in the air”.
and who is responsible for each part.
This kind of uncertainty and lack of
But the Liberals are creating persis- clarity deters investment and exacertent confusion. For example, during the bates already staggering job losses in
May 2, 2016 meeting of the natural re- Canada’s energy sector. Government
sources committee, during a discussion should showcase to both Canadians and
on the Liberals’ five interim principles to the world Canada’s ever-improving
for energy project assessments, Liber- track record of climate and social real Member of Parliament Marc Serré sponsibility instead of layering duplicastated that the measures are part of the tive regulatory burdens in response to
National Energy Board. Liberal min- political agendas that are often funded
isters sell these measures as necessary and advanced by Canada’s energy comto “restore public confidence” and to petitors, and based on myths.
“modernize the approval process”. But
Canada’s government must become a
on May 30, 2016, Jim Fox of the Nation- champion for our regulations and for our
al Energy Board stated that the NEB’s energy workers. They must unequivo“understanding of the measures is that cally support energy infrastructure prothey are intended to assist the Governor jects that are not only recommended for
in Council or cabinet in making its ul- approval by our national regulator, but
timate decision. The interim measures also in the best interests of all Canadiare designed to gather information for ans and on which our country’s economy
cabinet to consider the NEB’s report.”
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Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
MMI FCSS Hosts Community Block Parties
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Innisfree, Minburn and Mannville.
The community members in attendance interacted with family and friends
for an evening of fun, good food and socializing.
MMI FCSS Block Parties provide opportunities for community members to
come together to connect with others in
their neighborhoods, to create a sense
of community.
MMI FCSS Summer Student Staff
engaged people of all ages in a host of
games. Newcomers and families also
participated in a “Get to Know You
Bingo”.
Research indicates that having a
sense of community and belonging is
an important social need for people and
helps promote their social well-being.
Often people’s busy lives interfere with
their ability to initiate social interactions with community members or to
organize fun family activities.
MMI FCSS achieves the following
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Village Of Mannville Fair Entertains All Ages
Continued from p. 1
ers busy with all types of farm creatures
to pet. Sprinkles the Clown also paid a
visit to the fair and entertained children
of all ages. The evening ended with live
entertainment supplied by the band Dynamics who had toes tapping and hands
clapping to the tunes played at the supper prepared by Alberta’s Own Restaurant at the Rec Centre.
Another great country fair is in the
books for the Village of Mannville,
the final fair for the season for the Hiway 16 News area. Although the small
town fairs may be over for the summer,
there are plenty of activities coming up
throughout the region, including within
the Village of Mannville.
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Hairy Hill Hosts Ranch Team Competition
airy Hill Rodeo hosted its annual Ranch Rodeo with ten teams
participating in the ranch rodeo portion and numerous wild horse
racing teams. The horse races ran two
heats during the August 20 event and
as the dust flew and horses reared, the
three-man teams scrambled to mount
the wild equines.
In the ranch rodeo the teams consisting of four members per team competed
in a number of ranch related events including team branding, sorting, trailer
loading and team doctoring. The event
was the fourth annual and as the sun
shone down, the action heated up in the
arena making for another successful
ranch rodeo.
Each year the members of the Hairy Hill Rodeo Association vote for the
recipient of the John Chrapko Memorial Award. The award is named
after former president John Chrapko and is presented to a community
member who displays commitment to the association.
This year’s recipient is Brian Stefaniuk. Pictured here making the
presentation to Stefaniuk are, from the left, Glen Sawchuk, Stefaniuk,
last year’s recipient Darrell Kisilevich, Mark Sawchuk,
and Violet and Peter Sawchuk.
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The Village of Innisfree Is On The Trail
To A Cure For Breast Cancer!
Wild Pink Yonder’s 23 day - 500 km horseback trail ride
for breast cancer research is riding through Innisfree
on Wednesday, August 31 and we want to be declared
the title of
Fundraising is underway in the Village and if our community raises
the most money per capita, our community will win a free concert.
We don’t have to be the biggest community,
we just have to have big hearts!
The best thing is we are helping support breast cancer research!
Do you want to get in on the action? Decorate your property in pink
to show your support! If you would like to join the ride through
our community, visit the Village office for more information.
Wild Pink Yonder apparel is available for purchase and donations can also be made at the
Village of Innisfree office and The Cutting Edge Family Hair Care on main street, Innisfree.
All fundraising proceeds go to the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta.
If the Community of Innisfree raises more than $5,000 Mayor Debbie
McMann has vowed to shave her head, and Councillor Aaron Cannan
has vowed to shave his head, mustache and beard.
Councillor Cannan has also agreed to "Bare His Chest For Breast Cancer"
and have his chest hair waxed off by Linda Dobler - Owner of the
Cutting Edge Family Hair Care salon!
Hiway 16 News Publisher Karen Nedzielski's husband Ray, will also be
stepping up to the challenge and have his chest waxed as well, all in
the name of breast cancer research!
Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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It’s a Party at Vegreville United Church
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the Christian Year”, each morning was a
different festival focus.
Thanksgiving,
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Lent, Easter, and on the last morning,
Pentecost, the birth day of the Christian
Church were the seasons celebrated.
Stories and songs for the different seasons were shared, with rhythm instruments encouraging active participation
for everyone. Games, crafts and delicious
snacks rounded out the time.
Learning about how gathering together in church can support the desire to love
God and love one’s neighbour was part
of every day’s experience. Thanks to the
volunteers of Vegreville United Church
who offered their time and talent, to the
young people stepped up to help, and to
the families who brought their children.
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Innisfree Man Set To Play In
World’s Longest Baseball Game
T
he summertime pastimes for
many are to hit the golf courses
or find that perfect spot to vacation and float around on a lake to relax
in the sun. But for one Innisfree man he
has been spending time practicing up his
swing in preparation to participate in
what is hoped to be the World’s Longest
Baseball Game.
Wayne Melnyk says he is looking forward to participating in the potentially
world record breaking game and raising
money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation in memory of a number of family and
friends. Melnyk was approached by Dr.
Brent Saik a few months ago, asking if
he would be interested in participating
in the fundraiser and it did not take him
long to make the decision to join in the
game.
Dr. Brent Saik is known for holding the
record for the longest ice hockey game
which Saik began in 2003 as a tribute
to his father. During the first game, Dr.
Saik’s wife was diagnosed with cancer
and passed away three months after the
debut of what is now a regular attempt
at the record.
“We are raising funds in support of the
Alberta Cancer Foundation to make life
better for Albertans facing cancer,” said
Dr. Saik.
From September 2 to 5, 56 players participate in the game and pay tribute to
the loved one’s each have lost as well as
salute the survivors of the disease, while
helping to “striking out cancer.’ Proceeds
from this game will go directly support
patients and their families facing cancer
at the Cross Cancer Institute.
Melnyk says he had previously been
asked by Dr. Saik to participate in the
hockey games held in support of cancer research, but life circumstance have
seemed to prevent him from joining the
teams. Melnyk said the call to the bench
for the world record breaking ball game
was just something he felt he could not
pass up on, as he and his family have
lost a number of family and friends to the
devastating disease.
“Cancer has affected thousands of
families across Alberta, Including mine.
I jumped at the chance to participate
in this event, in order to fundraise for a
cause near and dear to my heart,” said
Melnyk. “For me, this game will be dedicated to family, friends and neighbours I
have lost to this terrible disease.”
Melnyk is hoping to raise at least
$10,000 for the record breaking game
and is asking anyone interested in supporting his cause to logon to his World’s
Longest Baseball Game page at www.
albertacancer.ca/2016wlbgwaynemelnyk
or contact him at 780-632-8966.
The Alberta Cancer Foundation’s statement about the game states; “We exist to
make life better for Albertans and their
families facing cancer. Through your
support of events like the World’s Longest Baseball Game, the Alberta Cancer
Foundation can make a difference by reducing risk, providing earlier diagnosis,
better treatments and improved quality
of life for all Albertans facing cancer.
Together we will make a difference,
one swing at a time!”
Dr. Saik says he, along with all of the
players and countless volunteers, are
hoping to raise $250,000 through the
World’s Longest Baseball Game schedule
to take place this September long weekend at the Edmonton Ball Park, formerly known as Telus Field, and the ticket
price is by donation only. All in the name
of ‘going to bat’ for the Alberta Cancer
Foundation.
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‘Family Ties’ Top Mannville
Slo-Pitch Tournament
T
he ball diamonds in Mannville
were bustling as players ran
the bases and batted their way
through the slo-pitch tournament held
on August 19 through to the 21. After
the weekend long tournament it was
the team Family Ties, who took the A
final win over the other 18 teams entered in the tournament. Congratulations Family Ties!
In Memoriam Walter Kravetz
April 19, 1920 – August 21, 2005
We think of you in silence
We often speak your name
What would we give to hear your voice
And see your face again.
We your family miss you
In the house where you used to be
We wanted so much to keep you
But God willed it not to be.
Now you are in God's keeping
You suffer no more pain
So dear God take care of him
Until we meet again.
~ From your loving Wife,
Children and Grandsons
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Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
10
Farm Wife Diaries - The Borage Experience
Submitted by Deb Barber
I
receive a lot of enjoyment
from gardening and cultivating flowers. One of the
most freeing passages I’ve read
was one written by Lois Hole;
in her article she wrote that we
“should never limit ourselves to
growing only the fruits, vegetables and flowers that have been
‘designated’ for our agricultural
area but instead should spread
our wings and experiment.” Following this advice I have attempted to grow all kinds of
items that were definitely not
designated for our area.
I’ve had more failures than
successes but it has always
been fun to try to go against
the tide. Someone very special
also taught me a lot about the
definition of ‘failure’. In his later years my stepdad worked for
the Harbour Light Salvation
Army post located on Cordova Street in Vancouver. They
offered a rehabilitation program for alcoholics and drug
addicts. One day I asked him
what the success rate was for
recovered alcoholics and drug
addicts that completed the program and he replied that 97 per
cent of those who went through
the program returned to their
former lifestyles. I’m sure my
disappointment reflected on my
face and so he softly continued;
I know you think that is a terrible statistic, however, think of
how the families of that three
per cent are impacted. This
opened my eyes right up as he
was one of the three per cent
success stories and I felt blessed
for everyday that I spent with
him as a recovered alcoholic. It
made me realize that failure is
a word we need to carefully not
toss around.
A few years ago I had read
about a plant that was a good
pollinator called a ‘borage’; it
has pretty blue star like flowers
that are covered in gentle fuzz
and corrugated leaves. Upon
emergence it looks a bit like an
old fashion cucumber plant but
over time grows to a good two
to three feet in height. I figured
a pollinator would work so well
with potatoes, tomatoes and cucumber plants so I found a package of seeds and happily planted away. Fast forward to this
spring: I had numerous little
cute ‘cucumber’ like volunteer
borage spread all throughout
the garden! I carefully cultivated around them and then
diligently planned my garden
planting around them hoping to
enhance the production for the
various garden products.
When we returned home from
our recent two week vacation I
noted that my garden had disappeared under a curtain of
borage plants. Apparently the
abundance of rain, high humidity and occasional sunny days
created the perfect climate for
them to blossom forth in their
entire splendor. I duly noted
that they had eclipsed my gladiolas as well as all the other flowers I had seeded. The pumpkin
plants were struggling to get
to the light and the sunflowers
had stretched to over five feet
to outgrow them into the sunshine.
Deciding the best course of
action would be to remove some
of the plants I started pulling,
and just for ‘fun’ I decided to
keep track of how many I had
to remove. After hitting the
count of five hundred and four
very large piles of plants I gave
up the task of keeping track
and applied all my effort into a
thorough removal leaving just
a small patch- about three feet
by three feet- in an area that I
promised myself I will diligently monitor in the future years.
I’m not calling it a ‘failure’
because in ways it is the opposite; however, I consider it a
good lesson in moderation and
understanding all faucets of
what you plan on planting. One
bonus from this particular experiment is astoundingly this
area of my garden had become
a heaven for wild portulaca and
it appears they cannot compete
with borage so for now this area
is currently ‘portulaca oleracea’ free! That’s a pretty great
side bonus and I’d rather pull
borage than deal with common
purslane any day.
I’ve spied the first vine ripened tomatoes and if Mother
Nature smiles on us with more
days of sunshine and intermittent rain I should realize a fine
crop of tomatoes and pumpkins
and sufficient cucumbers to
grace our table over the next
few weeks.
If anyone would like a few
borage plants....oh never mind.
I want you all to remain friends
with me!
Stay tuned next week for
barefoot but not pregnant in the
kitchen.
Reflections – Fair Days of Summer
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Submitted by Weezie
ecently I suffered a bout of “writer’s block” due to the hot weather,
fair day events and excitement.
Having attended country fairs for decades, I must say our little hidden village
fair is an example of one of the best little
fairs in the county! The involvement of
all the volunteers, participants, and attendees was truly amazing. Visitors from
Edmonton attend yearly, as well as from
many other areas. From the breakfast,
which was awesome, to the evening entertainment, which too was outstanding,
the community with its limited manpower came together to organize this event.
Thumbs up to you all! As usual, however, there are always a few unhappy souls
who find fault in everything. Some were
so disappointed that there was no bread
baking. Others felt there should have
been a marching band, and others parked
their big trucks on Main Street in the pa-
rade route- well just because. These people hopefully will volunteer next year to
fill that what was missed this year.
The events at the Recreation Park were
awesome. The hot dogs- a fundraiser for
the community- were “top dogs”, and as
were the people who donated their time
and money to make this happen!
The Fish and Game “Spartans” are
looking for a new coach for next year’s
chuckwagon races. Phone Neil if you
would like that job. Cecil, the driver,
will have to lend me his whip for the
next year. Many readers will know why
I would need it!
I’m looking forward to August 31 and
the ride for cancer. We will make Innisfree the pinkest village in Alberta. If you
have any ideas, bring them to the Village
Office, or just do the “pink thing” on your
own, in your yard. Does anyone happen
to have any pink flamingos I could buy or
borrow? If you do, phone 780-592-2196.
Thanks!
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Vol. II • №33 (70) • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
11
Shining Up For Viking Historical Society
T
he 6th Annual Viking Historical
Society Show and Shine got underway with a pancake breakfast under a clear blue sky as classic
car enthusiasts gathered at the Viking
Museum to view the numerous vehicles
on display.
More than 70 cars and trucks from
all across Alberta were onsite in what
organizers say is the largest show and
shine for the museum to date.
The event is the Viking Historical
Society’s major fundraiser for the year
and all donations from the breakfast
and beef on a bun lunch went towards
the yearly operations and maintenance
of the museum.
In addition to the car show and shine
the action-packed day featured local
performers, face painting for the children and door prizes donated by local
businesses.
President of the Viking Historical
Society Mike Lawes said that without
the help of the many volunteers as well
as the support from various businesses
and corporate help, the event would not
be possible.
“ATCO Gas donated a tent and barbecue, Viking Ag Society also donated
the use of a tent and tables and chairs
were supplied by the Viking Fire Department, all in support of making the
event a success,” said Lawes. He added that the Town of Viking was also a
huge support to the event.
The Historical Society also officially
unveiled its 2017 project to celebrate
the museum’s fiftieth anniversary.
Lawes says provincial archives show
that the Viking museum has the last
known horse-drawn milk delivery wagon in Canada. It is the intent to have
the old wagon restored and museum
organizers are looking for any individuals with the knowledge of wagon restoration interested in helping, to contact Mike Lawes at 780-385-0910 for
information on how to get involved. The
Historical Society is also accepting donations to make the restoration of the
milk wagon a reality.
A number of automobile vendors were on hand for those wanting
to pick up a few collectibles and antiques.
Car and truck enthusiasts of all ages came out to Viking
to check out the vehicles.
1968 Ford Mustang Hatchback owned by Duane Hollar out of Irma,
Alberta.
~ Photos Submitted By WCR Photography
The line-up for the pancake breakfast never seemed to get shorter and
all money raised from the pancake breakfast went towards the operation
of the museum.
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The Viking Historical Society announced its plan to restore the old
horse-drawn milk wagon originally owned by Bill Haire. It is believed
to be one of the only remaining wagons left in Canada and is part of the
Viking Historical Society’s collection. The delivery wagon operated in the
Viking area until May 14, 1965 and is pictured here with local merchant
Wm. Comisarow.
~ Photo courtesy of Myrna Mackey and Ruth Likeness
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