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I'm Special i I'm special. In all the world there's nobody like me.

Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my voice. I'm special.

No one can be found who has my handwriting.

Nobody anywhere has my tastes - for food or music or art. no one sees things just as I do.

In all of time there's been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me. And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughter and tears from anybody else, ever.

No one reacts to any situation just as I would react. I'm special.

I'm the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities. Oh, there will always be somebody who is better at one of the things I'm good at, but no one in the universe can reach the quality of my com­ bination of talents, ideas, abilities and feelings. Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony of sound when all are played together. I'm a symphony.

Through all of eternity no one will ever look, talk, walk, think or do like me. I'm special. I'm rare.

And in rarity there is great value.

Because of my great rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others. I willl accept - yes, celebrate - my differences.

I'm special. And I'm beginning to realize it's no accident that I'm special. I'm beginning to see that God made me special for a very special purpose. He must have a job for me that no one else can do as well as I. Out of all the billions of applicants only one is quali­ fied, only one has the combination of what it takes.

That one is me. Because...!'in special. Mayor's chair awaits Anderson

not seek re-election. Picture Butte. By Kathy Bly After so much time on Like all the mayors before Sunny South News council, Anderson said it was him he would loved to see either time to step up to the more economic development With years of experience on position of mayor or leave in the community. town council, Picture Butte's municipal politics altogether. Attracting an industry to Elton Anderson is moving up He welcomes the new chal­ town is at the top of his wish to the challenge of the com­ lenges of the town's top seat list, it would provide a broad­ munity's mayor. and is looking forward to er tax base while also generate Acclaimed to the position at serving with the new council. new employment. the close of September's Impressed by the quality of He praised the work of the municipal nominations he candidates running in this town's economic development found he had mixed feelings year's election, Anderson committee and added he is about winning without an noted in all his time on council optimistic their efforts will election. he has never met a councilor eventually pay off for the com­ On one hand, he appreci­ he wouldn't work with again. munity. ates he will not have the stress He has high praise for those Raised in Picture Butte all of running in the up coming community members who of his life, Anderson believes election. But on the other have stepped forward, with in the town and what is has to hand, he feels those who do the town's best interest at offer its residents. run and win really know they heart, and committed their He and his wife, Estelle and are the candidate the elec­ time to leading the town. their two sons, Ryan and Tyler torate wanted in that position. "I think it helps to be on are proud to call the commu­ Anderson first won his seat council first before you nity their home. on council 14 years ago in a bi- become the mayor," he said of He believes for a communi­ election. his service history. ty of its size, Picture Butte has He was encouraged by MP He has learned a lot over a lot to offer. Rick Casson, who was mayor the years from observing Recreation facilities, a com­ at the time. He won and Picture Butte mayors in action munity center and good edu­ except for one term (when he and said he hopes he can take cation systems are just a few declined to run) he has been all the good points he has of the town's strong points. on council ever sense. absorbed and do the best job Close proximity to the moun­ Being mayor is something possible for the town. tains and even to the city are NEWS PHOTO BY PAUL DELESKE he aspired to be, but he The upgrading of the also pluses for families wanti­ SHINING UP: Len Dunn, president of the Prairie Tractor and Engine Society, always felt the town had good town's water plant and trying ng to relocate to a rural set­ polishes up a 1937 John Deere tractor, one of over 50 vintage units participat­ mayors so he didn't consider to run a municipality with less ting. ing in the club's Parade of Power at Jamboree Days this weekend. running for the position until and less funding avenues are "I think we have everything this year when Mayor Bert two of the biggest challenges anyone would want," he Tractor buffs working Foord announced he would he sees in the future for added. to keep history alive Think Harsh words, like chickens, love to stray By Paul Deleske The event, followed by But they come home to rest each day... Sunny South News exhibitions of old-fashioned threshing, bindering and If you have angry words to say... stooking, always draws hun­ In today's hectic world, dreds of spectators from Stop and Think! most folks claim a sense of across southern Alberta. accomplishment just for The world will judge you by your deeds; Despite the huge personal remembering to get the mini- They can be flowers? fair or weeds... van tuned up before the fami­ effort it takes every year, ly vacation. Dunn and the Tractor Club are Before you plant those tiny seeds... delighted to see the public's And then there's Les Dunn growing fascination with the and his fellow farmyard tin- Stop and Think! outdated technology which kerers from the Picture Butte claims their devotion. God gave us each a heart for song; Prairie Engine and Tractor Society. "It's very important to keep A brain to reason right from wrong... all this going," Dunn said, For 16 years, these boys So, when temptation gets too strong... have devoted their time to "sometimes it's hard to believe make sure dozens of vintage there's this much equipment Stop and Think! tractors, implements and other still around." assorted hunks of ag iron are Several vintage tractors painted, polished and ready to will participate in the celebrate Jamboree Days every Jamboree Days downtown August. parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday This Saturday and Sunday morning. Club activity then at 2 p.m. more than 50 pieces shifts to the Prairie Tractor May you have enough happiness to keep you Club grounds located north of of mechanized farming history sweet, enough trials to keep you strong - will roll from their storage the PBHS starting with beef barns as part of the Parade of barbecue at noon. enough sorrows to keep you human, enough The Parade of Power takes Power. hope to keep you happy - enough failure to "It's a tremendous amount place at 2 p.m. both days, fol­ of work," Dunn cheerfully lowed by the threshing exhibi­ keep you humble, enough success to keep you observed while taking a break tion at 4 and an antique trac­ in the relative coolness of the tor pull at 4:30. eager - enough friends to give you comfort, club's massive workshop. A Saturday night barn enough wealth to meet your needs - enough He ran through a checklist dance is scheduled for the of chores yet to be done. "We'll giant workshop at 8 p.m., and enthusiasm to look forward, enough faith to early risers can enjoy a pan­ be lucky if we get finished by banish depression, enough determination to Friday night. And we're short cake breakfast between 8 and of Help, as always." 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. make each day a better day than yesterday! Dwdene, £i»a and Sanyo, Welcome kick SatuUa

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John takes a private passion VANCE Thank you to the Doctors, Nurses and everyone at the Regional Hospital for the wonderful treatment that I received while a patient over the Christmas Season. Thanks to our on pathway to poetic gold Friends and our Community for the encouragement given us during this By JOY HICKSON possible use during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, difficult time. Lethbridge Herald Georgia. Special thanks to my family, Leonard, Dick Haney and family and Although for 41 years John Owen has worked in weld­ "But I was too late," he says. "Everything had been my co-workers at Haney Farms for ing shops, he has another talent most people don't know pre-arranged a year or so ahead." their support. Thanks for the about. He's a writer. However, he's hopeful for better luck with the Games beautiful flowers, cards, gifts and He's been writing poetry and short stories for at least in Sydney. phone calls that I received and to all as long as he's been welding. "I'm in shell shock just getting this far," he says. "I've who took the time to visit me at this It was always a private pas­ had a lot of good response busy time of the year. time until a few months ago and when people like what All the best in 1999!! when the Canadian Olympic you write, you've done JuaNita Association opted to print something." Owen grew up in Wales one of his poems, Olympic 1 Gold, in its newsletter. and immigrated to Canada Now the organizing com­ in 1981 "with three kids mittee for the 2000 Olympic and nine suitcases," he Games in Sydney, Australia is says. considering using the poem "I've been scratching or even putting it to music. away, writing stuff for "I don't want to build my hopes up too much," Owen years, sometimes just little bits and pieces stuffed in says. "But I've always felt good about this poem and I envelopes or put in the cupboard." wanted to get it out there to have people read it. I wrote But now that his children are adults, he has more time it not just for myself, but for everyone." to devote to writing and encouraged by his wife, Megan, He wrote it a couple of years ago and submitted it for is trying to have something published as well. Olympic Gold You've all come here Far and wide. Can take until From far and wide. Just keep this spirit At last you find And we all know At your side. This piece of metal How hardyou've tried. That you hold. To get this far, So, go on, give it That's right, it's called to reach your peak, All you've got. Olympic Gold. Olympic Gold We're right behind c Is what you seek. Your every shot. You all grew up Don't ever quit, In different lands. c We know you'll try You've all been told. Now take this chance m Your best to win. For us, you're all To join your hands. \= Some will, some won't, Olympic Gold. Go fly together, But that's no sin. Reach that crest, V To have you here We know how much Olympic Gold For us to hold You're going to give it. Across your chest. c To us you're all You're going to push it So breathe it in c Olympic Gold. To your limit. And breathe it out. Each heart of yours Go tell the world c For you're theyouth Pumps do or die, What it's about. Of Mother Earth, You never know If all the children c And we all hope Until you try Can grow old, This is the birth How much your body Then we've all won € Of peace and friendship Andyour mind Olympic Gold. e i c Enchant farm pair simply outstanding Ric and Marian Stamp show the nation how young farmers can succeed

By RIC SWIHART •7—~— Lethbridge Herald ENCHANT — Anybody who pooh-poohs levitation has­ n't talked to Ric and Marian Stamp these days. The Stamps are still pinching themselves after winning one of the two Canadian Outstanding Young Farmer awards judged recently in Toronto. The other winning cou­ ple was Edwin and Dawn lewell of York, Prince Edward Island. In an interview at the Lethbridge Agriculture Centre Tuesday, the Stamps said the judging process at Toronto was much more extensive that the criteria used when they were selected the outstanding young farmers for Alberta and the Northwest Territories in June. "I think we spent about two weeks getting ready for the national competition," said Marian. "And that was right in the middle of harvest for us. We had to have all the infor­ mation into Toronto by Sept. 15." The awards co-ordinators, with national sponsors AgrE- vo, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and John Deere, dug deep into the contestants' farm roots, and even want­ ed to know about their community involvement. "We had to fill out a detailed accounting of the farm, explained why we started farming and what our future goals are for the farm," said Ric. "Then we had to analyse the past year of our farming operation and compare it with the past five years' average. And that had to be done by our accountant." Since returning to their farm, the Stamps have been inundated with praise from neighbours, both farmers and non-farmers. "It was an honour to even be nominated for the regional competition," said Ric. "But to win at the provincial level was very honouring and to win at the national level was overwhelming. "I guess it was just great to put Enchant on the map again." The Stamps are the third couple to win the Alberta- NWT regional competition. Ric said nobody can plan to win such a competition, but many farmers do what they do — use normal farming practices and management to set a good example for the next generation. "We just try our best." Marian said she knows many farmers in their communi­ HERALD PHPTO BY RIC SWIHART ty who do so much for agriculture and for their community AWARD WINNERS: Canada's outstanding young farmers of 1998, Ric abnd Marian Stamp, and neighbours, people who likely deserve such accolades check out a wild variety of South American potato in a growth cham,ber at the Lethbridge even more than they do. But many people also shy away Research Centre. from public participation. potatoes in the field. interest rates in the 20-per-cent "Those people don't get the recognition they deserve, They have also grown row crop but they still make a great contribution to agriculture," she range, they have become receptive to said. beans, hybrid canola, sugar beets, diversification. lentils and triticale. But dollars and cents isn't their only The Stamps hope their victory will put agriculture in a They have also conducted spinach goal. little more buoyant mood, especially considering the low and radish seed trials, and bale flax commodity prices and the fact that many farmers have Working with a mission statement: straw for soil reclamation work in to operate a profitable, sustainable, lower yields than usual in 1998, even if just for a short time. pipeline construction zones. The Stamps are back to their farming venture, even They farm 1,100 acres of irrigated multi-generation agribusiness with though the field work is done until spring. land in the Bow River Irrigation Dis­ the flexibility to adapt to a changing They operate Stamps Select Seeds, growing select seed in trict. world, keeping our family values at pedigree wheat, durum, barley, flax, linola, peas and Since stiff bout with economic real­ the centre of our vision, the Stamps canola. They also produce nuclear seed potatoes in a ity in the early '80s when they faced put family and community at the top greenhouse on the farmstead, and first generation seed wheat prices at $2 a bushel and bank of the priority list. Thatcher shouldn't be in posh jail, Reform says OTTAWA (CP) — Convicted murderer Colin Thatcher doesn't deserve to stay in a minimum-security prison that has its own golf course, the Reform party says. Thatcher, a former Saskatchewan cabinet minister found guilty in 1984 of killing his ex-wife, is now serving his life- sentence at the Ferndale minimum-security prison in Mis­ sion, B.C. The prison provides amenities such as a telephone and television, and allows prisoners to buy groceries, cook their own food and work in the community. "It's more like a boarding house routine when you're in school," Reform justice critic John Reynolds said Thursday. Inmates can also use a nine-hole golf course on the . premises. Until six months ago, Thatcher, 60, was at a maximum- security Edmonton prison. His wife was bludgeoned and shot in 1983. He was sen­ tenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years. "I don't think that prison was meant for people (who) committed murder, let alone violent murders," said Reynolds. "I can understand the frustration of the victim's family and other people when they read stories that he's in an institution wherehe can hone up his golf game." * Mel's retirement has led him i to a career as a rock star

3 BY GARRY ALLISON Lethbridge Herald When you retire and work becomes a thing of the past, you need something interesting to occupy your time. Mel Marshall didn't look long; he looked down. His next interest was lying on the gound. "It is fascinating working with rocks," the six-year stonecutter says. "I took a course at the Leth­ bridge Community College. It was my wife Louise who encouraged me to turn to this lapidary work." He's president of the Senior's Centre Rock Club, which has about r 20 members. He and Louise met during Christ­ p mas 1945 and they were married two years later. They have four r daughters and three sons, 12 grand­ children and four great-grandchil­ dren. Marshall was born in Winnipeg but has lived in southern Alberta S since 1972, at Taber, Shaughnessy and Lethbridge. He worked for the S city's recreation department for r years. "Louise and I pulled into Leth­ bridge while going home from holi­ days at Edmonton, Jasper and Cal­ ERALD P 0J0 BY GARRY ALUSON gary in 1969 and said, 'it would be UAr>n urtM„ „ , „ , " " nice to live around here.'" HARD HOBBY: Mel Marshall has his eye to the ground, his shoulder to the grindstone Three years later they were back for good. In the past a lot of people went south to Arizona and As president of the senior's rock club, he oversees the New Mexico in the winter and brought rocks back. But club's sale each November. The sale creates a revenue the sliding Canadian dollar has sort of put a stop to that. base for the club for materials and equipment. The senior club members get together to cut, shape But it isn't the selling of the items which brings the and polish the rocks they've acquired. They purchase pleasure; it's the working with rocks and creating rings, the rings and other holding devices for the rocks and cut bracelets, earrings and other items which intrigues Mar their rocks to fit. shall. "We have templates which we use as guides to trace onto the rocks," Marshall says. motorists "You can't get what we call semi-precious stones around Lethbridge "We make everything though," Marshall says. as far as jewelry is con­ The prosecutor, Montgomery Coun­ "You can get ammonite, cerned, all shapes, sizes ty State's Attorney Douglas Gansler, and it's beautiful. But it is and descriptions of rock wanted Tyson behind bars, but was not a rock, it is a fossil. are used." hampered by a plea agreement nego­ I Ordinary stones aren't em The rocks are tiated by his predecessor, Robert used for jewelry. If you machined and ground Dean. Dean had said he would recom­ can make a mark on a feopl with one of the clubs six mend no jail time in return for the no stone with a sharp knife, it JL diamond-tipped contest plea. is too soft to use. grinders. The small pieces and rocks they can't use are put in the tumbler, Gansler's memo to the judge called "When we travel around in the summer on holidays ... Tyson "nothing less than a time and such, we're always looking for rocks. There are a lot coming out as shiny, colourful stones which the club Q often offers to children during their sales. bomb." Gansler detailed Tyson's 1991 of rock hounds around and you can buy and exchange rape conviction in Indiana, seven £_ rocks with them." brushes with the law as a juvenile, and the Holyfield fight. CE £ Tyson sentenced to a year in jail for assault on ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Mike Johnson sentenced Tyson to two violated his probation for a 1991 rape nent to be determined. Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail concurrent two-year sentences but conviction. Tyson was released in Tyson kicked one motorist and Friday for assaulting two motorists suspended all but one year. The judge 1995 after serving three years of a six- punched another after a minor three- after a traffic accident last summer. also fined Tyson $5,000 US and sen­ year sentence, and his probation was car accident in Gaithersburg, Md., on The decision could lead to another tenced him to two years' probation set to expire in March. Aug. 31. In December, Tyson pleaded sentence for violating parole in Indi­ after his release from jail. The sentence could also lead to a no contest — meaning he neither € ana and places Tyson's boxing career Tyson was taken away in handcuffs review of Tyson's boxing licence by the protested the charges nor admitted C in jeopardy. after the sentence was pronounced. Nevada Athletic Commission, which guilt. Tyson "repeatedly speaks and acts His wife, Monica, was in tears. reinstated the fighter in October after He could have received up to 20 C compulsively and violently," ludge The decision came three weeks after a one-year suspension for biting years in jail. Stephen Johnson said after a three- Tyson's successful comeback against Evander Holyfield's ears during a fight The two victims, Abmielec Saucedo € hour hearing. "The court views this as Francois Botha. in June 1997. and Richard Hardick, settled out of a tragic example of potentially lethal Indiana authorities must now Tyson had been scheduled to fight court, and were against sending Tyson road rage." decide whether the 32-year-old fighter April 24 in Las Vegas against an oppo­ to jail. € € Dory Rossiter is the one you trust for the most reliable, up-to-the-minute weather conditions, analysis and

'Butte Players delight full houses By Glenn Secretan Rudelich, as Scrooge. For the Sunny South News While showing a bit too much of an edge in the early moments of the play, it took only a few The newly-formed Butte Players society per­ minutes to show that here was a man meant to formed its first production at Picture Butte High play Scrooge. School's drama centre this week, staging perfor­ Rudelich brings to the role an excellent range mances Wednesday to Friday. of human emotion, inspiring in the audience Director Neil Boyden was instrumental in contempt, pity humor, anger and admiration, putting together the group and was able to sit in sometimes all at the same time. His performance the back row and enjoy the fruits of his labour. was a very strong one which dramatized the fact The cozy confines of the PBHS drama centre that all of us have tremendous "power to render provided an ideal setting for Dicken's A others happy or unhappy." Christmas Carol and those among the 120 who Head carpenter Tom Marsden, along with his were able to get tickets were rewarded. The chief crew of John Rudelich and Chris Brau, built a problem with any production of this play is to very utilitarian set under the direction of set find a costume designer either experienced or designer Bryan Rudelich. Excellent use of colour, naive enough to take on the job. texture and line, it had some interesting touches, Barb Dowhaniuk has managed to turn this including Marley, Scrooge's old partner entering potential problem into a real strength in this pro­ through his own portrait and a bed/grave/plat­ duction. While some materials were borrowed form that was the centre of the set. from the Universities of Calgary and Lethbridge, Father Dan Stevenot was a very credible Bob many of the costumes were made up by her Cratchit who at times couldn't even keep track crew. of his own children, but yet was invariably From the moment theatre goers met house warm and personal. manager Deb Fletcher, in costume, they were Joel Bailey as Tiny Tim showed the necessary immersed in Dicken's world. This production vulnerability and innocence and Tyler Anderson was something that appealed to the eye and the as Marley helped make the strongest scene in intellect. the play, playing opposite Rudelich as the ghost The second obstacle of this play is the famil­ of Christmas Past. iarity of the play. There is always the danger of Overall, the Butte Players have put together a slipping into cliche. production to be pleased with and while this is NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY This production was not ordinary, however, • obviously an amateur theatre company, the pro­ because of the efforts of the leading man, Bryan duction was anything but amateurish. DREADFUL APPARITION: Scrooge, played by Bryan Rudelich, is tormented by the ghost of Jacob Marley as played by Tyler Anderson. s^iSltSjfik '.v.v.

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NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY LEAGUE CHAMPS: The Picture Butte Barons have captured the league title for the International Junior Hockey League and last week headed into the playoffs for the start of a best-of-seven series against the Stavely Rockmen. Barons win opener

NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BL WORLD TOUR: Skaters with the North County Figure Skating Club rehearse for their annual skating carnival. Club members presented two Saturday performances highlighting countries of the world. €_.

«_ Tri_)l flfltPS Sfit Trial dates set for Raymond men II B^^fcB ^^^r»^*^^^^ ^_F ^_F ^_P /-„_,;-„„A t 1.1 faces three charges including the Continued from Al faces three charges including the fraudulent removal of liquor from The local contingent was charged Highwood Distillers and Angebrandt, with various counts after four loads of 46, one similar charge. booze purchased for export from High Police swooped down on three Ray­ River — more than 6,400 cases of mond homes in April 1995 in a myste­ assorted varieties in all — were divert­ rious raid, causing quite a stir in the after 1993 raid ed for sale in B.C. in 1994. dry community. Calgary and Leth­ Finch, 55, faces 12 charges including bridge RCMP took part in the raid, unlawful use of a customs document which employed about a dozen offi­ or stamp. He was suspended without cers and search dogs. pay in 1995 and has since left employ­ Among the items seen taken out of tlie ment there. homes by police were a computer, Stevenson, 46, faces 18 charges several boxes and a personal tele­ in Raymond including possession and laundering phone book. of the proceeds of crime. From, 49, Charges laid after raid in Raymond five years ago will finally make it to court On target By CRAIG ALBRECHT purchased for export, but sold domes­ Lethbridge Herald tically through the black market, CALGARY — Four southern Alberta which cheated the federal and provin­ men will finally go to trial in the new cial governments out of more than year in connection with unlawful $600,000 in taxes. liquor sales five years ago. Numerous charges were laid against All are expected to be tried in Calgary alleged participants from Ontario, beginning Jan. 25,1999 with eight British Columbia and Alberta. An weeks set aside for the process, said Edmonton man just recently pleaded Cpl. Dave Ingram of Calgary RCMP. guilty to two fraud charges and two Among those is Cecil Earl Finch of excise charges and received a $267,000 Lethbridge, at the time a Canada Cus­ fine and a six-mpnth conditional sen­ toms inspector at the Coutts border tence. T v crossing. The others are Michael Twelve people were originally charged Angebrandt of Lethbridge and two with four now having entered guilty Raymond men, Dennis Fromm and pleas. Charges were dropped against Rand Stevenson. one suspect, while Raymond's Charles The charges were laid in 1996 after a Samuel Olsen has since died. He had lengthy RCMP investigation into the been charged with five counts includ­ illegal purchase and distribution of ing making false statements regarding liquor, worth more than $2 million, the exportation of liquor. purchased from Highwood Distillers in High River. Police say 16 truckloads of booze were

NEWS PHOTO BY BILL VOGT NEST BUILDING: Picture Butte Fish and Game Club members Bill Buckman, left, and Stan Praskach work to attach a nesting site on a pole situated in Picture Butte Lake. Clubs combine efforts NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY TO THE HOOP: Picture Butte Sugar Queen Loa Barendregt takes an offensive to provide nesting sites drive all the way to a two point basket in Chinook Girls League action last week. The Queens won the overtime battle against Vulcan by a 63-57 score. Everyone came, enjoyed (and judged the teacher) \

By TRISH BRAYNE Lethbridge Herald Forget the three Rs. Pioneer teachers battling incredible challenges were tried, judged, convicted or exonerated on the success of the annual Christmas concert. The pressure was enormous, say Mildred Byrne and Jennie Emery, two retired teachers who fought triumphant theatrical battles but lost mis­ erably to the mice which invaded their primitive teacherages. Emery's first school was at Todd Creek near Cowley in the Crowsnest Pass. The building has gone but the memories have not. "I taught there for six years, from 1931 to 1936, and rode horseback to and from," says Emery. Mildred Byrne, who taught at 12 Mile Coulee, .near Picture Butte, from 1928 to 1935, did the same. The commuting began after both women gave up on their teacherage abodes and their tiny, furry roommates. But. wherever they hung their hats or whatever the time of year, teachers were constantly on the i lookout for props and materials for the Christmas I concert. '"We'd string popcorn and make things from « colored paper," says Byrne. "If you could find colored paper," adds i Emery. "I spent half my money on stuff like cel­ lophane and crepe paper for costumes." i Not only did the concerts give the students a •m chance to strut their stuff, the entertainment was < the highlight of the year for the district and some­ HERALD PHOTO BY DAVID ROSSITER times beyond. JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS: Retired teachers Mildred Byrne, at piano, and Jennie Emery get a taste of Christmas I "It was so special, especially for the children," during a visit to the Lethbridge Seniors Centre. % says Byrne. "There were no TVs and many peo­ ple didn't even have radios." The dressing room at Emery's school was the Emery. * To help her efforts. Byrne wrote to Eaton's coal shed at the back of the school. Audiences Music was the catalyst which spelled success, which obligingly provided Christmas candy to be baked in the heat of the wood stove. say the women. i doled out by Santa, who made a guest appearance "Or they'd freeze if they sat by the windows," "We didn't have a piano so Dad brought ours at rural school concerts every year. says Emery. "Oh how that wind used to howl from home," says Byrne who also played it while "For those kids who had so little, it was the big through the windows." directing the concert. thing of the year. You really felt obliged to do Those who couldn't find desks or something to "Dorothy Dwyer brought an organ," says your best," says Byrne. sit on, stood. Emery whose own strengths lay in the dramatic When it came to staging the productions, seme Concert planning began early in November aspects of her productions. S of the students' dads built platforms, recycled with subjects from the curriculum included on the The instruments were dragged to the respective year after year. program. There were spelling teams, there was schools on stone boats, a kind of prairie barge "Mine creaked and groaned when the children poetry, geography and mathematics. built on runners. got on it," says Byrne. "Students wrote stories and poems for the con­ Pantomimes were a must on Christmas concert One year Emery's concert peaked in sophistica­ certs," says Emery. programs. So were light and shadow shows per­ tion. There was a homemade microphone made From outside sources, the poetry of Robert Ser­ formed behind sheets. There were gory "opera­ from a pie plate and mounted on a stick. Of vice was a great favorite "and recited with tions" and intestines (actually dish towels) held course, it didn't amplify anything but it gave the gusto" especially The Cremation of Sam McGee. up to add authenticity to the fun. MC extra status. Cowboy themes were a must. Students would Blankets strung across the stage hid students Curtains at Emery's concerts were made from borrow their dads' chaps and shirts and, dwarfed whose hands only, wearing shoes, were visible. € old blankets. Byrne used bed sheets. In both cases by the clothes, would sit around camp fires. One year, Byrne tried a variation of this act with the students had to practise closing and opening "We got twigs from Todd Creek and covered the upside-down man. Unfortunately, he fell off € procedures. them with red cellophane over a flashlight," says the stage. Another near-disaster happened the year stu­ dent Alice Diamond swallowed a tack while putting up concert posters in the district. The acci­ dent had no lasting effects. Every child had his or her moment in the lime­ light — or lamplight. "You never left anyone out." says Byrne. "Even if they had to be a lamp. And they'd be the best lamp ever." There were carols, nativity scenes, and march­ ing drills with the children in costumes. Added were melodramas, acted out in the eeriness of gas lamps, the only lighting. That was except for the year Emery's concert became the talk of the dis­ trict. "We made colored lights for the stage by using a car battery to light a bulb behind colored cello­ phane discs of red, blue, yellow and green," says Emery. "By turning the frame and holding the discs, we could get better stage effects." After the concerts ended, there was a communi­ ty dance when all the desks were pushed aside and good use was made of local talent, like Byrne's piano playing and musicians from Emery's district.

"We had a small orchestra," says Emery. PHOTOS SUBMITTED "There was Oren Burkhart on guitar. He had a good voice. The Thibert boy played the banjo and NO LUXURIES: Above is Todd Creek School with living accommodations violin. One of the Moffat boys played the accor­ behind the right hand window. The student is Alice Diamond. Below is 12- dion. Mile Coulee School. The shed-like building at left is the teacherage. "We were very fortunate to have the Diamond family. They were all very musical and had good voices." When adults came from near and far to the annual event of the year, they always brought their children. "You were afraid to pick up a coat in case a baby fell out," says Emery. "Times were tough but the midnight lunches were always good." Emery arrived at her last concert at Todd Creek 'School late, cold and upset. It turned into an all-night event due to the bliz­ zard which made travelling hazardous. "Our team got lost on the way to the school," says Emery. "Our driver froze his ears badly and one of the girls nearly froze in the sleigh. I held on to the sleigh and ran to keep from freezing." Ironically, the first item on the program was the singing of the Depression Blues with singers in ragged clothes and gunny sacks on their feet. Instruments were kazoos, combs covered with tis­ sue, a washboard and a dish pan for a drum. Byrne marvels now at how she, Emery and other pioneer rural teachers coped, especially at Christmas. "You know, Jennie, we were young. We were trying to keep everybody in place and satisfy everybody. We tried to make it interesting. "Everybody went home happy and we went home and took an aspirin."

Teaching conditions tough but jobs welcome Retired teachers, Jennie Emery and Mil­ non existent on site and far away by horse­ mous responsibility, teaching was a noble dred Byrne, recall some of the conditions back. profession, both women agree. they worked under in the 1920s and 30s. Their teacherages were shared by mice, "You were somebody," says Byrne. Byrne was promised $100 a month during mice by the hundreds. "You were important. They (students) her years at 12-Mile Coulee, (1928 - 1935). respected you and you respected them." "But half the time I didn't get it," she says. Neither can remember taking a day off. At Todd Creek School, (1931-1936) Jen­ "You were important. "How would you let everyone know?" nie Emery made $60 a month, when she got They (students) respect­ Visits from the school inspectors were it. ed you and you respected notable events. Living conditions in the teacherages "My first inspector drove in a horse and adjoining the schools were primitive. them." buggy," says Byrne. "It doesn't seem pos­ "There was no insulation and the bed had Mildred Byrne sible." one leg off," says Emery. "It was propped Both women say they were glad to have up on an apple box. I finally pulled the bed had jobs, regular pay or not. into the kitchen by the stove but I'd still "They were the bane of our existence," ' 'When I left Todd Creek we had baseball wake up with frost on it." says Byrne. "I had a nice, blue dress I was equipment," says Emery. "I got the kids to Emery later moved in with a farm family so proud of. It had gold on the top. The help clean the school. We got $5 a month which meant a rugged commute from home mice ate all the gold." and put it in the kitty to buy stuff." to school on horseback. They ate Emery's embroidery and a Both Byrne and Emery, true pioneers in Byrne's teacherage was a hut adjoining mouse gave birth on a stack of exam papers many ventures, both eventually acquired the school. Both residences doubled as in Byrne's desk drawer. cars, Byrne with help from her father. catering facilities when the schools were Rules of the job took effect even outside Emery in partnership with her brother. Nei­ used for everything from concerts to church the classroom. It was mandated married ther had formal driver's training and services to political meetings to dances. women couldn't work as teachers. Byrne licences weren't required. "You just got in "It's hard to believe but we didn't even postponed her wedding in 1939 to June so the car and drove it." have water in the schools," says Byrne. she could keep her job. This situation Teaching became lifelong careers for ' 'The children would bring their own in jam changed radically with the Second World both women. Jennie Emery School in Coal­ cans." War, an event which created a teacher dale is named in honor of her. Byrne ended Both women bless the fact there were no shortage. her career teaching business at Lethbridge serious injuries since medical services were Despite the rugged conditions and enor­ Collegiate Institute. NORTH COUNTY RECREATION COMPLEX - March 27-28-29,1998 Jeff Papworth Steven Foord Defence Forward #13 #19 HARRY WATSON BERT'S AG FARM SUPPLY FOODS LTD.

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Country singer George Jones critically injured in accident

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer George Jones smashed his sport-utility vehicle into a bridge near his home on Saturday, and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Jones, 67, lost control of his Lexus while rounding a curve on Highway 96, a heavily-travelled two-lane road, and hit the bridge abutment, state police said. Jones was talking to his step­ daughter on a cell phone at the time, said Evelyn Shriver, head of Asylum ___ Records, Jones's record label. Police said Jones was not wearing a seat n_*I__fq./*9 belt. NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY It took rescuers about two hours ONE DOWN: It took just two days to bring down the first two elevators i to free him following the 1:30 p.m. n Turin and another two to accident, and he was taken by heli­ burn off the rubble before work could continue on the final of the three t wildings. copter to Vanderbilt University Med­ ical Center in nearby Nashville. Doctors said Jones suffered a col­ lapsed lung, ruptured his liver and had internal bleeding. He was GEORGE JONES placed on a ventilator, "which means we're breathing for him," Dr. to play guitar with a husband-and- John Morris said. wife singing team in bars and dance Jones was unconscious when he halls. was brought in and doctors gave After two years in the marines, he him medication to keep him that returned to Texas and began a way, Morris said. recording career that has spanned "The body responds to this kind of 40 years, making him one of country injury much better if we can control music's top stars. the pain and the blood pressure and Jones has battled alcoholism and so on," he said. drug abuse during much of his life. Morris offered no prognosis but He was given the nickname No Snow said he expects Jones will remain in Jones for failing to appear at so critical condition for at least one or many concerts and later recorded a two days. song by that name. Jones is known for hits like He Jones was elected to the Country Stopped Loving Her Today and The Music Hall of Fame in 1992. That Race is On. He was married for six same year, country fans and the years to the late singer Tammy media voted He Stopped Loving Her Wynette. The pair were known as Today the most popular country The King and Queen of Country song of all time. The 1980 weeper Music in the 1970s. was about a man whose love for a Since 1983, Jones has been mar­ woman died only when he did. ried to Nancy Jones, his manager. Jones has been working on a new Jones was born near Saratoga, Tex. album for Asylum Records and is , At 16, he landed his first job as a also host of The George Jones Show h* •musician, being paid $17.50 a week on The Nashville Network. IMPEACHMENT It was with pomp and ceremony that the highly unusual trial began. Facing judge and jury was no ordinary defendant but the president of the United States, Bill Clinton.

rocedures spelled out in the U.S. tumble political tug of war. The Republi­ Most Democratic senators said they Constitution for trying a presi­ can-dominated House voted by a simple wanted the trial over and done with quick­ Pdent, used only once before in majority, largely along party lines, to im­ ly, perhaps with the passage of just a cen­ 1868 against Andrew Johnson, were peach Clinton. sure motion that rebukes Clinton for his enacted one by one this month as if a Although the Senate is supposed to be a transgressions without removing him page from history had come back to more sober, less cantankerous chamber, from office. life in Washington. the same partisanship is bound to influ­ Many Republicans, however, argued The House of Representatives voted be­ ence the outcome of the trial. that no one should be above the law. They fore Christmas to impeach Clinton - that Republicans have a 55-45 majority in warned that a failure to convict Clinton is, to formally charge him with serious of­ the Senate but lack the two-thirds majority would embolden future presidents to flout fences. needed to convict Clinton. the law. The two "articles of impeachment" ac­ cuse Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice, stemming from his efforts to con­ ceal an extramarital affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Who's who in the Senate Shortly after the holidays, 13 Republi­ can congressmen serving as "managers" - impeachment trial: or prosecutors - solemnly walked across the Capitol building, ceremonially bring* ing the articles of impeachment from the Thejudge House to the Senate, where the trial of the Democratic president began. William Rehnquist, 74, chief justice of the A hush descended on the Senate floor as U.S. Supreme Court, is known for his calm, William Rehnquist, chief justice of the gentlemanly manner and ability to run a U.S. Supreme Court, was sworn in as the tight ship. His 1992 book Grand Inquests presiding judge. And one by one, the 100 detailed the 1868 Senate impeachment trial senators took an oath and signed on as ju­ £ rors in the impeachment trial; each of them of President Andrew Johnson and the 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice i getting to keep the pen used as a souvenir William of the occasion. Samuel Chase. Both were acquitted. Rehnquist g Everyone involved knew they were € making history. The prosecutors But no one was exactly sure where the i process would lead, or what it would do to The proscution team of 13 congressmen is the United States and its carefully bal­ led by Henry Hyde, 74, the silver-haired Illi­ anced power structure that normally keeps nois Republican who spearheaded the im­ c the executive, the legislative and the judi­ ciary arms quite independent from one an­ peachment drive through the House of £ Representatives as chairman of the judi­ other. £ The impeachment trial, arising from a ciary committee. presidential coverup of a sex scandal, £ managed to entangle all three branches of The defendant Henry Hyde U.S. authority in a gripping, if tawdry, dra­ £ ma of historic importance. Bill Clinton, 52, the 42nd president of the £ The constitution says a president may be United States. Clinton may take the stand £ thrown out of office if found guilty of in the Senate or simply send his lawyers to "treason, bribery or other high crimes and represent him. Charles Ruff, White House C misdemeanours." It has never been done. Andrew Johnson was acquitted by one counsel since 1997, is expected to handle € vote 130 years ago, and Richard Nixon re­ the bulk of the defence presentation at the € signed in 1984 before the House could impeachment trial. Another White House vote to impeach him. lawyer is Gregory Craig, who has been re­ € A point of fierce argument in the Clinton sponsible for responding to independent Charles Ruff € trial has been whether the charges against counsel Ken Starr's investigation. Clinton's him really amounted to "high crimes and € personal lawyer is David Kendall. misdemeanours," or just political hyper­ f bole over an attempt to keep an illicit sex­ ual liaison secret. The jury € Despite the indignity of having to en­ € dure a trial, Clinton's personal approval The 100 members of the U.S. Senate are rating among the American people re­ sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial. A € mained high even as the proceedings two-thirds majority vote is needed to convict fl began. the president and remove him from office. Underneath the courtroom trappings, the David Kendall f impeachment process was a rough and I e Here's what happened

•May 6,1994: Paula Jones He then says in a televised files a lawsuit alleging Bill speech, "I did have a relation­ Clinton sexually harassed her ship with Ms. Lewinsky that in a Little Rock, Ark., hotel was not appropriate ... It con­ room three years earlier, while stituted a critical lapse in judg­ she was a state clerk and he ment and a personal failure on was Arkansas governor. my part for which I am solely and completely responsible." •Aug. 5: A panel of three fed­ eral appeals court judges ap­ •Sept. 9: Starr tells House points former solicitor general leaders he has found "sub­ Kenneth Starr to take over an stantial and credible informa­ investigation of Clinton's land tion ... that may constitute dealings when he was gover­ grounds for impeachment." nor of Arkansas. •Oct. 8: House votes to au­ •June 1995: Monica Lewin­ thorize an impeachment in­ sky begins work at the White quiry by judiciary committee. House as an unpaid intern. •Nov. 13: Clinton agrees to •April 1996: Lewinsky be­ pay Jones $850,000 to drop Senators are sworn in by Chief gins working at the Pentagon her sexual-harassment law­ Justice William Rehnquist in the U.S. Senate (left) at the start of the where she meets Linda Tripp, suit, with no apology or ad­ impeachment trial. President Clinton who secretly taped telephone mission of guilt on the presi­ (above) at the White House last conversations in which Lewin­ dent's part. month before addressing the nation. sky said she had an affair with •Dec. 11: Judiciary commit­ Monica Lewinsky (right). Clinton. tee sends articles of impeach­ •Dec. 5, 1997: Monica ment - or charges - alleging Lewinsky named on a list of perjury and obstruction of jus­ potential witnesses in Jones tice to full House for a vote. lawsuit. •Dec. 16: House postpones •Jan. 7, 1998: Lewinsky impeachment debate when signs affidavit for Jones case U.S. air strikes are launched saying she had no sexual re­ against Iraq. lationship with Clinton. •Dec. 19: House approves •Jan. 12: Tripp provides two articles of impeachment Starr's office with taped con­ alleging perjury and obstruc­ versations between herself tion of justice, automatically and Lewinsky. sending the case to the Sen­ ate for a trial of the president. •Jan. 17: Clinton testifies in Jones lawsuit and denies a •Jan. 7, 1999: Senate sexual relationship with opens impeachment trial Lewinsky. with Chief Justice William •Jan. 26: Clinton declares, "I Rehnquist sworn in as judge did not have sexual relations and 100 senators taking the with that woman ... I never oath as jury. told anybody to lie." •Jan. 14: Senate trial be­ •Jan. 27: Starr opens^a gins hearing arguments, first grand jury inquiry to deter­ from the prosecution com­ mine whether there is a case prising 13 "managers" from against Clinton. the House and then, several days later, from the White •April 1: In Arkansas, U.S. House defence team. After District Judge Susan Webber both sides have presented Wright dismisses the Jones arguments, senators can lawsuit. pose questions through •Aug. 6: Under immunity Rehnquist. from prosecution, Lewinsky •Late January: Senate to testifies to the grand jury. vote on motions, such as a •Aug. 17: Clinton undergoes proposal to call witnesses. Re­ more than four hours of ques­ publicans favour calling wit­ tioning before the grand jury. nesses, Democrats oppose it. Theft, fraud charges laid against former housing boss Marchant By RON DEVITT Lethbridge Herald After a two-year investigation, the Lethbridge Police Service formally laid charges Monday against a former chief administrative officer of the Lethbridge Housing Authority and police commis­ NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY sion chairman. STILL SHOCKED: A group of five friends, Alison Murray, left, Lisa Murray and Kim McLaughlin in back and Teri Vander Heyden, left, and Marion Marchant has been charged Jenny Tanabe, in front, are Toronto bound this March on a trip to see their favorite musical group, NSYNC in concert. The group won a with theft over $5,000 and fraud over Canada-wide contest sponsored by Eatons and BMG music. $5,000 in relation to irregularities found after an extensive investigation of the Lethbridge Housing Authority, said Chief John LaFlamme. "Our investiga­ Teen fans win concert trip tion was a very detailed and complex one," They still can't believe their this fall the group had one after a sat on New Year's Eve and sold said LaFlamme. luck. Of the estimated millions of message was left on her answer­ crafts. The managed to raise "We submitted entries ui a nation wide contest a ing machine by the contest organ­ $1,000 which was enough to pay . our report to group of five best friends from izers. Once the initial shock wore for the two extra flights to (Special Prosecu­ Picture Butte have won a trip to off, the group faced a dilemma. Toronto. McLaughlin's mother tions at) Alberta Toronto to see NSYNC in concert. The contest allowed for only four Sylvia will be chaperon for the Justice to deter­ The musical group, known for but there were five friends and no group and Vander Heyden's mine if criminal their awesome harmonies and one wanted to exclude anyone mom, Jan will also be coming charges were warranted. skilled dance moves, is a favorite else. along with the group. "(Monday) we of Kim McLaughlin, who's name They tried drawing straws but The prize package includes was pulled in the contest, and her received instruc­ still didn't like the idea of living flights, hotels, meals, tickets to the Marion Marchant tions from the four friends, Alison and Lisa one of the group at home. So they concert and a chance to meet department of Murray, Jenny Tanabe and Teri contacted the organizers and NSYNC. The girls will also share Criminal Justice that charges be laid Vander Heyden. asked if they could pay for the the $500 spending money allotted against the ex-chief administrative offi­ The crew entered the contest fifth person. Their request was for the trip. cer of the Lethbridge Housing Authority, numerous times and were actually approved and the group set out to The five still can't believe they Marion Marchant." the second draw in the contest. raise the money needed to pay for will be in Toronto for the March 9 The charges come after investigation The first person drawn did not the fifth person and a chaperon. concert. They fly out March 7 and of inconsistencies in the accounting answer the skill testing question The contest rules noted if the win­ return home March 14. A lucky books at the housing authority. with the correct answer. Vander ners were under 18 years of age penny, one the found in a draw Lethbridge police announced in Feb­ ruary 1997 that Alberta Municipal Affairs Heyden is quick to point out the they must be accompanied by an barrel, is still in their possession answer was one. adult. was reviewing the low-income housing and will likely make the trip with agency's books. McLaughlin found out earlier The held a garage sale, baby­ them. Forensic accountants pored over the books and the audit was passed on to police in October of that year for further investigation. Police then passed their report on to the special prosecution's office in Febru­ ary 1998. The Lethbridge Housing Authority manages several provincially subsidized, low-cost family and senior accommoda­ tions. Marchant, who sat as chair of the Police Commission, originally took a voluntary leave of absence during the Municipal Affairs' review. She later resigned. A date has yet to be set for her first court appearance. NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY CREATIVE AWARDS: Students at Dorothy Dalgliesh School were recognized last week for their participation in the annual Remembrance Day essay and poster competition. In front, Alena Greene, Rob Mostowy, Jonathan Harder, Shane Warnock, Curtis Jakober and Paul Train all received certificates and cash awards. In the middle, Angela Van Niedek, Alyssa Hamza, Melanie Wasylenko, Amy West and Jessica Hoffarth were also honored by Peggy Dunn, top left, and Ken Dunn, right, with the Picture Butte Royal Canadian Legion. Teacher Gary Thomas, middle, was honored for organizing Remembrance Day activities at the school each November. Legion presents creative awards Literature and art, cre­ school to present $180 in Greene and Paul Tran. Rob Mostowy and ated to honour cash awards and certifi­ For the essay contest Melanie Wasylenko. Remembrance Day, were cates to winners in four the winners were Alyssa In the black and white recognized Friday at categories. Hamza in first and poster contest the winner Dorothy Dalgliesh They appreciated the Jonathan Harder in sec­ was Jessica Hoffarth, fol­ School. work the students did. ond place. lowed by Melanie Peggy and Ken Dunn Winning for best For the colored poster Wasylenko in second, of the Picture Butte poems were Curtis the winners were Shane Alyssa Hamza in third Royal Canadian Legion Jakober in first, followed Warnock in first, fol­ and Angela Van Niedek were on hand at the by Amy West, Alena lowed by Alyssa Hamza, in fourth place.

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HERALD PHOTOS BY LAURA DRAPER Norbert Reinhart, wife Casey and children Molly, 2, and Robin, 7, take in the welcome home festivities at the school. 3 Everybody Reinhart says than loves Norbert to town for welcome Continued from AI Continued from A1 On Oct. 6, Reinhart, 49, found himself a hostage of He said an insurance policy existed "but never in Ter- the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia when ramundo's name." he delivered a $100,000 ransom intended to secure The source of the ransom money is another mystery. the release of his employee, Ed Leonard, Q "The government of Canada was not in any way Reinhart's company, Terramundo Drilling Inc., was involved in the payment of a ransom," said Foreign working in Colombia under contract to Vancouver- Q Affairs spokesman, Valerie Noftle. based Greystar Resources. Reinhart says media reports have targeted correct and During his speech, Reinhart emphasized the hero­ incorrect sources for the ransom money. ics of his wife, Casey. "The right answer is out there," he added. "I'm not "She's a strong woman and she deserves a lot of going to comment on where." credit for keeping everything together. And for work­ ing to get me out of there," he said. But the evasion stops once questions about being a Getting to know his kids is now a priority. hostage start. £ "A lot changes in six months," he said with a nod Getting in touch with the rebels was not difficult, said toward Robin, 7, and Molly, 2. Reinhart. He's hoping the media attention will die down a lit- "Everybody in the community knows how to get in de to allow family time. touch with these people, including ourselves and "Everybody likes the attention," he said. "But a lit­ Greystar," he said. tle peace and quiet will be nice." In fact, once in the region, Reinhart was able to locate Peace and quiet shouldn't be hard to find in Ray­ the individual rebel soldier who kidnapped Leonard. mond. Folks here only know him as a celebrity from During his three months of captivity, Reinhart said he television. €i was moved between rebel bases three times; none more "I heard the story on TV," confirmed David Hyde, than a two-hour hike from the other. Generally, he was up the street and around the corner at the Raymond treated well. Coffee Shop. "But I've lived here for 60 years and I Food was regular, and served in margarine containers. never met him." "Rice and beans, beans and rice, noodles, sardines. I Few have. ate exactly what they did." Reinhart has never lived for any length of time in As the weeks of his capture rolled past, Reinhart Raymond. The last time he was in town his family's evolved from "the Canadian" to "Norberto" and occa­ belongings were still boxed up and scattered about sionally "Amigo." their south Raymond home. He wasn't terribly happy about the latter. Raymond's stampede, the first ever in the He was also tethered loosely during much of his cap­ province, and the high school Comets stranglehold tivity. A six-metre rope around his neck and shoulders on the provincial basketball title, are the biggest allowed him room to move and exercise, but little else. newsmakers in town, said Hyde. C He said he's got sympathy for the political situation in But lately, Reinhart has dominated coffehouse Colombia. But it's more complicated than the rebel/gov­ conversation. c ernment motif suggests. The prospect of a movie about Raymond's "I have political sympathy for all three sides.. .four, favourite son tickles Hyde's fancy. c five sides," he said. "There are crimes by government, "Maybe I could get in there as an extra," he said. m subversives and the paramilitary. Largely the crimes go "All the more power to him." unpunished and the civilian population suffers." Reinhart confirmed he has been contacted about «L His ransom, he figures, has already been spent. possible movie deals. "Bullets and illegal arms," he said, but then reconsid­ "(But) we have no deals," he said. "We have a lot of €. ered. interest out there. I suspect there's something in it "I'm hoping that it's being used to buy rice and beans. with or without my co-operarion." m In fact, I know that I was eating it (the ransom money)." m A reunion with Leonard is planned next week in Cre­ ston, B.C. The two only met once, on a mountain path, when Leonard was freed. Later, an interview with Vancouver-based talk show host Vicki Gabereau is scheduled. Then it's back to considering those book and movie offers. Bill wins THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, GEORGE: Veteran broadcaster George Brown, shown in this Herald file photo from last December, will be remembered by generations of southern Albertans. U.S. president home free Broadcasting legend as Senate trial fizzles

WASHINGTON (CP) — No removal He walked out of the residence and Brown dead at 81 from office, not even a meaningless into the Oval Office to write a state­ reprimand. ment free of both gloating and ran­ Fans of southern Alberta airwaves lost a Accordingly, Brown is a member of the Bill Clinton will have history's mark cour. There was also no fudging his good friend Saturday night. Canadian Broadcasters Hall of Fame. of Cain upon him as just the second responsibility for the crisis that ate up George Brown, host of the popular Musical Pilling recalls that Brown played everything U.S. president ever impeached, but his an entire year of his second term. Memories program on CKTA, passed away at which fit his personal definition of good remarkable ability to survive crises "I want to say again to the American the age of 81. music."It didn't matter if it was popular, that would end the careers of lesser people how profoundly sorry I am for "There'll never be another show like it," country and western, religious — whatever politicians remained intact Friday what I said and did to trigger these says Don Pilling, whose show the Music was popular in many fields." with his acquittal. events and the great burden they have Room followed Brown's program. "Simply His birthday, anniversary and special occa­ Clinton's Republican prosecutors imposed on the Congress and the because there'll never be another George sion dedications will be especially missed. failed to convince even a simple American people," Clinton said, paus­ Brown." "Over 24 years, there were a lot of people majority of 100 senators — let alone ing to bite his lip. Like many southern Albertans, Pilling grew who received pleasure from it." the two-thirds majority required for The president turned to leave the up listening to Brown on the radio. For the Veryl Todd, a broadcast instructor at Leth­ conviction — that the president com­ Rose Garden when he was stopped in past eight years, Musical Memories has been bridge Community College and a veteran of mitted perjury and obstruction of jus­ his tracks by someone asking if he a Sunday morning staple. But the show was southern Alberta radio, gave a similar nod to tice in trying to conceal his affair with could forgive his pursuers. on the air for at least 24 years, says Pilling. Brown's contributions. Monica Lewinsky. "Anybody who asks for forgiveness "It was one of the most unique shows in the The Senate votes leave Clinton in has to be prepared to give it," he said. country." office for the remaining 21 months of He later sent a private apology to his final term and ends a tawdry each White House employee, express­ drama that Americans found alter­ ing his regret for forcing them to nately riveting, revolting and irrele­ endure a year of exhausting tumult. Marriage Announcement vant. The five-week trial ended swiftly The children and Clinton did not watch the votes on and with few surprises. television, but received word of the grandchildren of results by telephone while exercising CECILLE FRACHE in the White House. are pleased to announce the marriage of their mother and grandmother to JOHN FREDERICK WIDMAN of Surrey, BC. A private ceremony took place at the home of Blair and Janet Frache on September 21, 1999. The couple will reside in Surrey B.C. Ah, the 1950s: The last great decade we had

poll conducted by Knight-Ridder News Arevealed that more people chose the 1950s over any other single decade as the best time to grow up. Ah, yes, the Fifties — the Golden Decade of radio, televi­ sion, record hops, hi-tops, Community be- "^Comment bops, sock hops, bumper crops and Edsel flops. It was a time when the air was clean, the water was pure HERALD PHOTO BY DAVID ROSSITER and sex was sentimental. Dr. Ray Kimberley looks over a patient chart with nurse Linda Hudson. Kimberley has made seniors' health a top concern. When as a disk jockey at CJOC, I met and mingled with recording stars such as Buddy Knox ("Party Doll"), Johnny Cash ("I Walk the Line"), Marty Dr. Ray is our star physician Robbins ("A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation"), Brenda Lee ("I'm Sorry"), Gene Vincent ("Be-Bop-A-Lula"), Jerry Lee The Haig's Kimberley named family doc of the year Lewis ("Great Balls of Fire"), Bill Haley and the Comets ("Rock Around the Clock"), Jim Reeves ("He'll Have to Go"), Johnny Christian singer heads Horton ("North to Alaska") and numerous other performers as they came to Lethbridge to play before sell-out crowds. Picture Butte concert It was the decade that discov­ ered youth: zoot suits, saddle shoes, cashmere sweaters, Celebrated across Victoria, B.C. to Victoria, and song writer who penny loafers, strides, crewcuts Canada as a soulful and P.E.I. Originally from the combines humour and and ponytails. comedic vocalist, Linnea Maritimes, she now lives music into a show for the Nobody locked their homes Good will bring her in Vancouver. She fre­ whole family. She has or their cars; men and women brand of Christian music quently tours Canada songs specifically for were allowed to drink, but not to Picture Butte March with Good Company children and her wit and in the same beverage room, 10 14. and has also performed music appeal to all ages. cents a glass; couples got mar­ ried and stayed married; The singer/songwriter in the United States and Chant said a group of women from Picture women knew all about sex-role is touring her newest Australia. stereotyping before it had a album across Alberta Good is the youngest Butte took part in a name. United Church Women's and Saskatchewan this composer of hymns fea­ Jobs were plentiful and easy spring with a stop at tured in the United conference in the fall of to find. No one was unem­ Trinity United Church. Church's hymn book, 1997 and were intro­ ployed. Admission to the Para­ "I'm the oldest daugh­ Voices United. Last year duced to Good's music mount Theatre was 50 cents in ter of an accountant and marked 10 years of as she was the confer­ the afternoon, 75 cents in the a librarian," said Good, music making for Good, ence performer. They are evening. A new Pontiac cost who celebrated the mile­ now excited to share $2,500. Gas was 40 cents a gal­ "so when I was young lon. Sweet Caporals, 29 cents a back home in New stone with a hits album their love for her music with others. pack. A three-bedroom bunga­ Brunswick and others titled The Greatest of Polio was the big scare. In low was $11,250. These. To kick off the were rebelling against "A wide range of peo­ 1953, Lethbridge had 80 cases; Saturday night was record- their parents by leaving next 10 years she ple will enjoy her five were fatal. hop night at Henderson Lake the church, I did the released a collection of music," said Chant. Television arrived. On snow- Pavilion packed with hundreds crazy thing and I joined ballads and love songs Good generally per­ flecked screens, we sat spell­ of kids gyrating and jitterbug- bound and watched the Honey­ the church." titled Crazy Faith. It was forms for much larger ging to the music of the Check­ launched this month. mooners, I Love Lucy, and the ers. Known to United audiences than Trinity Ed Sullivan Show. Church members across In October she gave United Church can The juke box at the New Marilyn Bell was Canada's Moon Cafe blasted away the Canada, Good has sever­ birth to Nicole Elizabeth accommodate and Chant sweetheart; our pet was luliette; Vera and with her hus­ said his congregation latest record hits: Elvis Presley, al albums to her credit Shack was the mayor. Fats Domino, the Diamonds, and will be joined by band, David, is looking feels very fortunate to be From far away, we heard able to host her concert. Little Richard, Patti Page, and Good Company, featur­ forward to personal and news of the Korean War, the the Four Lads. There will only be 225 Suez Crisis, Sputnik, the Mau ing David Jonsson on professional adventures Teachers were young and drums and Dennis as they travel to almost tickets available for the Mau and the coronation of Eliz­ abeth II. unmarried or aging spinsters, Nichol on electric bass. every province and terri­ show and those who respected and feared, but most­ Good herself plays the tory in Canada. would like to purchase Hoola hoops, 45s and 78s, Hi ly feared. If you got it at school, fi LPs, drive-in theatres, shop­ piano and has been writ­ Jeff Chant, minister of tickets can call the you got it again at home. Teach­ church at 732-4787. The ping malls, motels, fish-failed ers, like Dick Kanashito, were ing music since she was Trinity United Church in and chrome-covered cars. nine. Picture Butte, has concert will also take the paid a monthly salary of We never had it so good, eh? $147.50. She has led singing, worked with Good in the place of the church's worship services and past and said she is a March contemporary musical reflection from very talented musician evening worship. JSStMKF Ambulance auction a huge Picture Butte success

By Kathy Bly Sunny South News

They had a reputation to uphold and in Picture Butte Saturday they held it up with flying colours. The community came out to support a fund-raising auction to benefit the ambulance fund and with the final tally still to be calculated the day's total has already surpassed $45,000. Cash donations to the fund had already reached $13,000 before the auction even started and the pot would grow to $18,000 by the end of the day. The HERALD PHOTO BY LISA SICLUNA auction itself raised $27,000. HANDY FOLKS: Alan and Evelyn MacKay with some of their creations. The two have found togetherness with their work. Included in the cash donations was money raised at the Lions Club breakfast, the Elks Club lunch, the Minor Hockey concession, the churches book and bake sale and at a fishing derby. Groups and individuals also contributed to the Alan and Evelyn MacKay are total. There was a $500 safe grad donation and $1,000 from a local Hutterite Colony. Auction committee chairman Richard Sheen was very pleased with the support from the community. Welling's craftiest twosome "I figured we'd get a fair chunk of change but not that much," he said of the overwhelming response. "The people of this community just amaze me in how they support something like this," Sheen said of By LISA SICLUNA Although Evelyn has the community effort. Lethbridge Herald remained active in craft­ When Alan MacKay ing most other life, Alan retired in 1991, he wasn't really got busy with sorry to see his work life carving when he retired go. It wasn't that he didn't and the couple moved enjoy his job with back to Evelyn's child­ TransAlta Utilities; he just hood home. wanted more time for his In fact, Alan now hobbies. teaches intermediate He and wife Evelyn are wood carving around avid crafters. Since retire­ A life so far the province. He began ment, their time, and their teaching after taking a house, are largely occu­ What's the big deal?: number of courses in pied by the creations the -The Mac Kays have made a second career out of crafting caricature carving. . two are constantly finish­ He says he was rec­ ing. Career high points: ommended by his for­ Alan is a wood carver, - Examples of their work travel the world mer instructor to teach and the shelving unit in You can quote him: a course in Missoula. "I'm not sure if he was the living room of their - "You're carving what you have to instead of what you want home on their farm west of sick and tired of seeing Welling is filled with little to, and if I'm not enjoying it I'm not going to do a great job." me in his course or if he wooden cowboys, thought I could teach," yodellers, fishermen and says Alan with a laugh. more. Now, Alan teaches Alan also makes knives and dabbles in leather carving. wherever he's asked to, and requests only that his travel­ Several rooms in the house have been converted to ling and lodging expenses be paid. sewing rooms for Evelyn. One is filled with looms — "It's like a paid holiday. I'm not trying to make a liv­ Evelyn is working on a wool sweater and a rug made of ing." torn rags — and another is filled with sewing machines. Evelyn enjoys travelling with her husband to the semi­ Still more crafting supplies are stacked in the living nars. room because Evelyn recently took up quilting. "We meet so many gorgeous people." The couple's garage is an even more awesome sight, Alan also will provide carving lessons to groups or filled from floor to ceiling with crafting projects the pair clubs at no charge. have finished over the years. Quilts hang from bars on Although he once tried selling his carvings through a the ceiling, various needlepoint projects are displayed souvenir shop in Kimberley, B.C., Alan decided retail on the walls and tables. One entire corner is dedicated wasn't for him. to Christmas-themed ornaments and items made over "You're carving what you have to instead of what you the years. want to, and if I'm not enjoying it I'm not going to do a The two say hobbies have always played a large part in great job." their lives. Evelyn's claim to fame is hard anger, a Norwe­ His pieces are, however, slowly making it around the gian style of needlework. While living in Camrose years world. Alan often carves while out camping and fishing ago, Evelyn wrote three books on the subject and even and he has sold pieces to tourists from as far away as began selling supplies out of a shop in her home. Germany and Florida. Evelyn is always looking for a new project to work on. Mostly, the two give away their creations as gifts. Each "I just love making something out of nothing." year their two sons and daughter — their third son, a When the couple's four children were young, the fami­ pilot, died a number of years ago — receive a new carv­ ly took up lapidary. ing for Christmas. "I'd carry the backpack (the kids would fill with rocks) In fact, the couple's crafty ways have made their way and sometimes it got so heavy I could barely make it down a generation. One son is involved in pottery, and back to the car," says Alan. "Then we bought each of their daughter makes soap, wool and knits. them their own backpack and suddenly not nearly as In fact, Evelyn, her son and daughter are planning to manv rocks came home." take a course together on knitting a teddy bear. k Leonard Haney honoured for A six decades in seed business i Shipping seed didn't start off smoothly for veteran seed grower *

By Kathy Bly By 1941 he Sunny South News was able to ship a car The pedigreed seed portion of the load of 1200 Haney Farms operation has come a long bushels of way from its 1937 production of eight barley seed. acres of Marquis wheat. In order to prepare for When Leonard Haney first began pro­ the shipping NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY duction of pedigreed seed he said his the seed had father Harry wasn't interested and left it to be hauled HISTORIC MOMENT: Leonard Haney holds a plaque hon­ up to him to run this area of the family's to Lethbridge ouring more than 60 years in the pedigreed seed business. farming operation. This year marks the for cleaning, 62nd year of production for Haney then bagged in old flour bags, loaded Farms' pedigreed seed. by hand into the truck and sent back Early this year Haney was recognized to the farm. There each bag was by the Canadian Seed Growers inspected and then loaded, again by Association for 60 years of service. No hand, and trucked into Picture Butte. other grower had ever reached this mile­ stone so the association had to create a The bags were then loaded, by new award to honour him with. hand, into a rail car. Unfortunately Haney admits to no real secret to being when the car was half full, a train in the pedigreed seed business for such a came along and hit it, scattering bags long time. everywhere. Only two broke but "You stay in the business and wait for Haney still remembers the sight of it." that train hitting the car. There are quite a number of 55-year- When he got the first cheque back producers but he is a first for the 60-year for the barley he received $1 a bushel award. Active in the growers associations and they were able to open a banking he has served both at the provincial and account. It was the first for their fami­ national level on the executive including ly since 1929 because up until 1941 national president for two years. In the then didn't have any money to put in past 30 years he has never missed a the bank. Haney was 25 at the time national convention and plans to attend and had to learn how to write a the 1999 convention in Quebec City. cheque. Haney said he was one of the fortunate Haney Farms now includes the kids who got the chance to attend agricul­ pedigreed seed operation, a feedlot tural school. When he was a young man and satellite sales for Heartland very few his age were able to continue Livestock. The cleaning plant has also with post-secondary schooling. At the expanded and is cleaning more Q time there were only two agricultural canola every year. schools in the province. Seed is still a good part of the Q There was room for 90 students in Olds farm's operation. Over the years Q and 50 in Vermilion. The only further Haney Farms has increased its pro­ education institutions in the province duction not only for its own seed by HERALD PHOTO BY LAURA DRAPER G also on contract for other distributors were the two ag schools, two normal CAMPUS STROLL: Douglas Grant, 82, and his wife Clara, 86, far right, lead a schools for teachers and one technical such as United Grain Growers and G Agricore. group of walkers Saturday at LCC during a festival to help celebrate Interna­ school in Calgary, the forerunner to SAIT. tional Global Embrace. G When he started classes in Olds there Due to the cost of developing new were only two options, either agriculture varieties research operations are part­ G or home economics and the boys didn't nering with companies to fund G take home ec and the girls didn't study research, then those companies enter a into a contract with producers to G g- grow the new varieties. "I was one of the fortunate kids who Haney Farms now grows nine got to go," Haney says. G varieties of pedigreed seed, three At the time room and board amounted each of barley, duram and wheat. It € to~$24"a month and if a personwanted a can take six years to grow a new vari­ really good job of cleaning and pressing G ety. For cereals it starts with a breed­ done on his shirts, they were sent to er seed from a research station or a Calgary for 15 cents each or for an okay € university's agriculture department. job to a place in Olds for 10 cents each. It is grown to produce a select seed At the closing exercises for the school which is then grown to produce a Haney said only two sets of parents were foundation seed. This is grown to in attendance because most families could produce registered seed which is then € not afford to send their kids to the school grown to produce certified seed. and also attend the graduation. Haney said the principal of the school, Sometimes the process can be sped in his closing remarks, said if the school up if enough foundation seed is had given the students a good idea to go available to the seed producers. At homeland do better then it had succeed­ Haney Farms Ben Nielsen is the plant ed. manager and Nita Vance oversees the So Haney came home and went into office end of the operation. the seed business. In order to be a seed Leonard's son Dick has been part producer there had to be a name of record of the family farm for 25 years and he attached to the production. Because his hopes Dick's son Shaun, who is now father wasn't interested in the seed busi­ in university, will join the family ness, Leonard's name became the pro­ operation to make Haney Farms a ducer of record. four generation business. ' & ^

J* Going, going, gone

In an all too familiar sign of the times a trio of Turin grain elevators came tumbling down early this winter. It took a couple of days for FMI Contracting to dig away at the foundation of each building, picking away until the right balance between protecting staff and equipment and top­ pling the elevators was reached. The work drew a crowd of onlookers each day and was even popular with vacationers travelling through the area. For locals it was a difficult scene to take in.

Photos by Kathy Bly

m PHOTO SUBMITTED COMBINERS: In 1948 the Burdett-Bow Island Combines won the Alberta baseball championships. From left, front row: Lawrence Emard, left field; Philip Nelson, cen­ tre field and pitcher; Joe Emard, manage; Bert Knibb, third base and Gordon "Buster" Allen, catcher. Back row, from left: August Flamme, statistician; Johnny O'Don­ nell, right field; Doug Flamme, second base; Bob Miller, utility player; Herb Thacker, first base; Daryl "Paf Knibbs, shortstop and Joe Thacker, pitcher. Missing was Shorty Collins, a pitcher and outfielder. Competition was mowed down by the potent Burdett Combines BURDETT — His years with the Burdett 1949... almost. Three years later, on the urg­ one or two innings," Thacker says with a Combines, while not pitching, were among ing of fellow players he became the ninth laugh, remembering he hadn't pitched since the most rewarding for Herb Thacker. man on the roster for a tournament at Red- his Royals days. "Well I pitched the whole Thacker had pitched for five years for the cliff. game, and we won. But the next day I could­ Medicine Hat Royals, loving every minute on He left his farm chores and went. The n't even move my arm. I've never played the mound, but come 1939 the Second team won its first two games and was in the since. World War loomed and baseball became a championship game, but needed a pitcher. "When I played ball I was always in there thing of the past. "They asked me just to start, to pitch just to win. It wasn't a good day if we didn't win." On the advice of his father, Herb J stayed home on the farm, like many prairie boys during the war, to help feed the military and the people. But by 1948 the war was over and baseball was on everyone's minds Hunting was good despite again, resulting in the formation of the Burdett-Bow Island Combines. By that time Herb had taught broth­ er Joe to pitch and loe never lost a troubles of the Dirty Thirties game in '48. Meanwhile, Herb had BURDETT — Growing up on a farm in the single shots. moved to first base. He'd given up Dirty Thirties, and even the poor 1920s, wasn't "In 1938, in the bridge area, George and I were pitching. all bad for a boy. out for pheasants," Herb remembered, as he "We used to play the Lethbridge For Herb, Joe and George Thacker it involved spotted a colourful rooster walking through the Miners, the Cubs, Medicine Hat, Pic­ some fun as well, particularly around hunting. bushes in his front yard. "As we got to the first ture Butte and teams like that," says "My dad was a crack shot," Herb says about fence three pheasants came up. George fired Herb. "We beat George Wesley's Wren­ Herb Sr. "He had an old double-barrel shotgun three times and had his limit just like that. There tham team that year, too, and we and one afternoon in the 1930s, at 12 Mile Lake used to be lots of pheasants around here back played an all-Iapanese team from north of here, he shot 108 ducks out of the air. then. At one time we had some of the best Coleman, made up of fellows who'd Dad had that gun made to fit in England and its pheasant hunting grounds in North America." been shipped inland from the coast the only thing he brought with him, besides two Today Herb and his brother have 32 quarter during the war. I remember Stumpo suitcases, two kids and mom." sections of land north of the river and near the {Comoto and his brother. That was a a Before the bridge was put in across the South original farmstead, now farmed by Herb's two eood team. Saskatchewan in 1967, you had to ferry across sons and George's children, there's enough land the river, or drive on the ice in the winter. It was to requirel4 pivot irrigation units. kind of isolated, but the area was good for hunt­ Herb and wife Merle have five children, Jerry ing. and Dennis on the farm, Linda (Newton) at Skiff, Herb remembers a time in the '30s when he Wendy (Kean) living in Australia, and Cathy put up a covey of partridge, flying across from (Murray) at Whitlow. There are 12 grandchildren right to left, and dropped five of them with five and six great-grandchildren. Baseball on the Prairies Thacker boys honed their skills throwing rocks at rabbits

BURDETT —A coal miner's kids with Eng­ lish accents were social outcasts in the prairie towns of Burdett and Bow Island in the 1920s. At least that was the way it was for the Thacker boys. But base­ • 'GARRY ball changed all that. '- B: :«::B yyyy Herb Thacker, born in A • .: '•• y '•" B Staffordshire, England Herald staff was just three when he came to Canada with his mother, father and older brother Joe in 1919. "We came on the Minnedosa, a ship bringing Canadian troops back home after World War I had ended," says Herb, now 83. "How we got on that ship I'll never know. We land­ ed here at Burdett May 24, 1919 and went to George Thacker's place, my dad's brother, straight north of Burdett. HERALD PHOTO BY GARRY ALLISON "My dad, Herb, the same as me, was a coal miner HERE'S HOW: Herb Thacker demonstrates his knuckle ball which carried him through five and had been in the mines since age 12," Thacker seasons with thejyledicine Hat Royals. _ — says. Herb Sr. hovered near death for nearly nine "Also there was a guy named Hud- months after a mine cave-in, followed by another delston, from the United States, a big coal fall which hit him in the back when he returned pitcher who was an engineer on the to the mines after the big accident. That prompted St. Mary Irrigation project. He had Herb Sr. to move his family to Canada. blinding speed and pitched either for By 1928, Herb Sr. bought his own place, through an "The miners told him to go to Australia, but my the Miner's or the Cubs. As well there estate sale, just northwest of Burdett, where Herb mother suggested joining his brother in Canada at was Arnold Godlonton, he used to and wife Merle still live. Burdett. In the winter of 1919 dad would jump the pitch for the Cubs and he played "In those early years at school we were English and train at Burdett and ride the rods into Taber to work against him. He was a good one. So we talked English and the kids at school were all was Steve Smerek, the second base­ in the Taber coal mine. He'd board with an old Chi­ against us; we were really looked down on," Thacker nese guy and ride the rods back home on the week­ man for the Miners." says. Herb also remembers playing end. Their dad had started to amass a large herd of "We had no money, absolutely nothing, not a pot against the likes of Vic Stasiuk, the horses by the time Herb Jr. and Joe were in high Boston Bruin winger from the NHL, nor a window to throw it out. Dad would hunt coy­ and Jocko Tarnava and Rego Toccali of school and each Saturday their main chore was to otes, though the first winter he only got one. Follow­ the Miners. clean the barn. Then they could go watch the high ing winter he trapped 23. But you didn't get much On his own team the Knibbs boys school baseball game. for coyotes back then." were good 'uns, as were the rest of the One Saturday, at a game between Bow Island and The first crop Herb Sr. seeded blew out and George guys, and Herb played errorless ball at Burdett, fate stepped in for the English boys. was born the same year. From then on things started first base. Bow Island only had eight players and the princi­ to turn. "Shorty Collins could have played in pal, also the coach, asked Herb if he wanted to play To supplement the table, Herb Sr. and later the the big leagues, he had all the creden­ right field. He agreed, though he'd never played boys would hunt rabbits. Young Herb honed his early tials," says Herb. "We won the south­ before. He only had to catch one ball, so he didn't pitching skills throwing rocks at rabbits and killing ern Alberta title that year and the embarrass himself. Then came game two. them. Rabbits were plentiful in the Burdett area and north wouldn't come down and play "I could see the second baseman was only taking us, so we became provincial champi­ often big drives and slaughters were held. up space, so I asked if I could play second base in the Thacker recalls a tornado hitting the area in 1922, ons. Heck, at the first they didn't even next game," Herb says. want the Combines in the league blowing the veranda off the house and tipping over because they didn't think we'd be "Well, I nailed two guys, tagging them out hard, out buildings and a grain bin. good enough. We were. and that was it. I was in as a ball player. Those were His dad had hung the door so it would swing out, "Lawrence Emard was the only my first ball games." not in, and that's what saved their house. Combine who wasn't a farmer. He ran The wind couldn't blow the door open on their the grain elevator in town. We had a uncle Ted's place where the family lived. good team. We were all good hitters. Their home then was just over two miles from the Farm boys can all hit well." Bow Island School and the boys would ride a white After 22 years of ball, Herb quit in pony to and from school each day. Field of dreams Advice from pitching great and natural ability helped make Herb Thacker one of the best baseball players in southern Alberta BURDETT— A knuckle ball and a straight ball; that's next pitch in there without thinking, I was so mad. The guy all it took for Herb Thacker to leave his mark on southern hit it hard and we lost 2-1. I'll never forget that. That was Alberta baseball. 1934 and we beat the Miners and won the Alberta cham­ At 83, his left hand holding the last baseball he threw in pionship." his favourite knuckle ball grip, Herb still looks like he The two clubs were tied at two in a best-of-five series could pitch an inning or two. and the deciding game was in the 'Hat. "I started pitching for the Medicine Hat Thacker was on the mound in the ninth Royals when I was just a kid," he says with a with the game tied at two when manager Gor­ satisfied smile. "I didn't have blinding don Teal, who played for the Detroit Red speed, but I could put what I called my Wings of the NHL, took the tiring youngster straight ball right where I wanted it." out. But darkness set in by the 11th inning and The accuracy came not from practising the game was called. pitching — he never had a ball in his hand "The next Sunday they came back to the from one game to the next — but from throwing snowballs at fence posts in the J 'Hat and I pitched again," says Thacker. "We winter and killing rabbits with rocks in the won 3-1. summer. "In 1935 we were in a big tournament in "We were poor and we ate rabbits for Moose Jaw and played the Saskatchewan meat in those days. Bullets were expensive Herald staff champions. I gave up one hit, a dribbler past so we learned to throw rocks to kill the rab­ third. We won 3-0 and no one got past second bits. We got pretty good at it." base. The headlines in the paper called me As well, after a few years, he had the benefit of some Dizzy Dean... J was just 18 or 19 then." advice from one of baseball's greatest pitchers, Grover T,hacker calls Harvey Blaney of Vauxhall the perfect Cleveland Alexander, a mainstay of Philadelphia in catcher for him during his Royals' tenure. Chuck Crane thel920s who was barnstorming in the mid-1930s with an was another good catcher, but Blaney, who seemed to American League all-star squad. know every hitter, was the mainstay. "He told me I was showing the ball when I was about to Thacker, in his five years with the Royals, a team which deliver and that I should hide it better," says Thacker. "He traveled first-class on Blair's Bus Lines, played against also told me if my arm stiffened up to rub it with warm teams like the Lethbridge Miners with the Yanosik, water and Epsom salts. It worked." Onofrychuk and Luciani families and Harry Watson's Pic­ After playing high school ball Thacker had a visit from ture Butte teams. the Medicine Hat Royals men's team, seeking the young He also pitched against the Coloured House of David pitcher's services even though they hadn't seen him touring team, where his dad won a case of beer betting his throw. son would win, and a touring American League All-Star "I pitched my first game in Lethbridge, against the Min­ team, partly run by Alexander. ers, and Henry Viney was the umpire," Herb says. "Later "I was 1935 or 1936 and the team had players like Heinie £3* Mel Friend was the umpire, but he was a little shaky with Manush, Ted Lyons, Al Schacht and Wally Muses as catch­ ____ balls and strikes. Actually, Viney was as bad as Mel er," Thacker says. Friend." In that 1934 game, the young hurler was facing "In my five years with the Royals I never received one the Miners' Alex Yanosik. The Royals led 1-0 going into the cent, I made sure I stayed amateur in case I got a chance ninth, but with a man on Viney called ball four and put to pitch for a Canadian national team. In those five years two on base. there was only one game I got taken out of, that nine "I had a temper when I was young and I just fired the inning tie. Every other game I finished." Beef Up campaign rides out of the chute Second annual CHR fundraiser raises, sells cattle to bring in donations By SHERRI GALLANT "I can tell you Unifeed is already on Lethbridge Herald board with supplements for the calves, The Chinook Health Region has taken enough for about 100 head and that to fundraising on the hoof again, launch­ would be great —we'd love to achieve ing the second annual Beef Up Your 100 head," said Stan Heller, fundraising Health campaign Wednesday at Haney director for the CHR. Farms in Picture Butte. "Last year we had 29." "We're pleased to have the opportunity Once the calves are purchased, Haney to be involved," said Dick Haney, a sea of Farms will feed and manage them until Charolais calves forming a backdrop they are ready for auction next spring. behind him. The first 30 per cent of the proceeds will "This truly is a regional project and I go toward purchase of a handi-bus to can see it helping everyone. In southern service Picture Butte and district. The Alberta there isn't anyone who hasn't rest will be spread among CHR founda­ been touched by the hospital system." tions. Beef Up Your Health works in stages. As media representatives meandered Organizers are looking for donations of with the livestock, Heller and Tom Gille­ cash, grain, calves, supplements and vet­ spie, CHR rural fundraising co-ordina- erinary services and supplies. If calves tor, presented a special banner to Ron are donated, they will be sold and the Chizmazia of 3-J Livestock, who bid on cash will go toward the purchase of the HERALD PHOTO BY ROB OLSON the first calf last year and set the tone auction animals, which will need to be of BEEF ON A RUN: Dick Haney, left, of Haney Farms, Ron Chizmazia of 3-J Livestock for the auction. * the same breed and weight to be fattened and CHR fundraising director Stan Heller check out some of Haney's Charolais calves up together over the winter. 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5— COMMUNITY PRIDE: Resident of Monarch prove small doesn't mean anything when you love your hometown and are willing to work to keep it thriving. Recently two new signs at the entrances to the town were erected to demonstrate the sense of pride felt by all the residents. School kids were joined by mem­ bers of the community association and the Monarch seniors to mark the occasion. Entrance signs express town pride Weather could sour Taber's corn crop CALGARY (CP) — First torrential along." rains soaked the Calgary Stampede, Environment Canada reported the then it snowed. chilly temperatures have smashed 10 But the latest weather woe may be minimum-temperature records across the worst yet this soggy summer. the province from Medicine Hat north Alberta Agriculture officials are to Slave Lake this month. warning that the record rains this But it's not just the chilly weather month may mean no Taber corn this that has farmers shaking in their August. The sweet summer treat boots, it's the record rainfall. grown in normally sunny southern "In the western parts of southern Alberta is much sought after through­ Alberta, crops are suffering due to the out the province. amount of moisture in localized "Don't expect any Taber corn in areas," said Hunt. August, it could be touch and go," said Farms from High River as far south Brian Hunt, an Alberta Agriculture as Pincher Creek are feeling the effects crops specialist. of the unusually wet weather. "We haven't experienced the hot weather needed to bring the crops

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Canadians young and old salute The Great One On Lethbridge streets, "road" players pause to pay homage to Number 99 By RON DEVITT Lethbridge Herald ob Mitchell can only hope his children embody the class and grace of a Wayne Gretzky, should they ever decide to make pro hockey a career Gretzky cut from different cloth Rchoice. Mitchell, a father of three, and his eldest son Stuart, 4, were out playing street hockey under the midday sun Saturday, a day after a nation watched than other New York champions and lamented the televised retirement of the game's greatest player. "He was such a good player By Robert Russo and he's done a lot for the The Associated Press sport," says Mitchell, both he EW YORK (CP) —The citizens of Gotham will celebrate Wayne and his son watching for cars Gretzky today but they will almost certainly never venerate him. during their game of "road" on NNBabe Ruth, foe Namath, Reggie Jackson — New Yorkers favour Dieppe Blvd. "And he's done a brash, swaggering bad boys with their worship. lot for Canada as well. He's Gretzky saved his swashbuckling for the ice. He didn't mind sipping on been such a good representa­ a beer with his buddies after a practice. But whereas the carousing of tive for the country." some of New York's heroes merely A true ambassador of the added to their legends, Gretzky was sport and his country, Gretzky always careful not to sully his. will play his last NHL game In a town that loves them larger with the New York Rangers than life, Gretzky reminded many of when they tangle with the life's simplest virtues. Pittsburgh Penguins today. "Gretzky is what athletes are sup­ Mitchell said Gretzky posed to be, but seldom are — mod­ remained through his career a est to a fault, Macintosh-apple true gentleman hockey player wholesome, dedicated, an inspira­ on and off the ice. If there was tional model for young fans," novel­ a hockey player his children ist Mordecai Richler once wrote. could emulate in their hockey "He's an anachronism, rooted in demeanor it would be Gretzky, an age when a date wasn't a disco, said Mitchell. then your place or mine, but rather "The talent would be nice, a double feature at the local Rialto, but if they had the same lead­ then maybe a banana split at the ership and role he took in the HERALD PHOTO BY RON DEVITT corner soda fountain." game that would be awesome," Rob Mitchell and son Stuart Stuffy insurance companies he said. scramble to snare scandal-proof He said while his children athletes like Gretzky to endorse may be too young now to fully appreciate Gretzky's impact on the game their products. But in-your-face through 20 seasons with four different NHL clubs, he hopes his feats and per­ New Yorkers are rather mystified by The Great One: Wayne Gretzky sona will remain large for them to follow. Or, he hopes someone will step up them. and carry the torch held over the years by ambassadors of the game such as Nice doesn't necessarily sell that well in New York. David Wells made Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Bobby Orr and Gretzky. the town his own by tossing a perfect game then brandishing his tattoo- "When I was growing up it was Bobby Orr and for them I hope there will be covered biceps in almost every bar in the city. someone who can take his place," he said. Gretzky would almost invariably go from the rink to his downtown Gretzky's greatness and value to the game even transcends team lines and apartment and his three children. He once owned a magnificent Ferrari, fiercely-fought rivalries. but he quickly tired of the ostentatious and finicky sports car. It lan­ "I was a fan of the Calgary Flames for years but still the respect for Gretzky guished in the driveway of his parents Brantford, Ont., home for months, was there," said Mitchell, his chin resting on the end of his stick, akin to a one of its tires eventually going flat, before he finally sold it. watchful Ken Dryden. "I don't think anyone will come close to what he's accomplished." _^~ hangs up his blades in '9!

AP PHOTO THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: Wayne Gretzky waves to the cameras Sunday after playing the final NHL game of his remarkable career. Writers offer words of praise for the Great One

By The Canadian Press everything he seems to be. Gracious, obliging, unpre­ Excerpts from columns and articles on Wayne Gret­ Newsday (Steve Jacobsen): Gretzky still may be tentious, immediately come to mind. There are no catches, no feet of clay. zky: the best passer in the league, but what good is a passer with teammates who have hands of stone? Oh, in the heat of action he could get on a referee's St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dave Lueckling): It may What good is the best player in history if he's a wisp case or find an uncomplimentary word or two for be hard to imagine now, considering Jordan's status of a man and doesn't have teammates to protect opponents occasionally. But his love for the game as a basketball legend, pop icon and product pitch­ him? He is good enough only to distract the fans into shone through, helping explain all the tributes from man, but Gretzky's star once shone brighter and rose thinking they are getting something for their money. the people who know him best. higher than Air Jordan's. When Jordan began building Smith and Muckler promised help will be coming Unlike some sports stars, whose public image dis­ his legend in the 1980s, Gretzky already was referred next season. Too late, and hard to believe. Gretzky's guises the private life of a social rattlesnake, what to as 'The Great One." neck problem forces him to turn his whole body to you see is what you get. When Jordan came along, the National Basketball see the hits coming when he used to elude them with Association already was on the rise. When Gretzky a turn of the head. Edmonton Sun (Tom Elsworthy): Can it be total came along in 1979, hockey was in sad shape. A long And why should he buy their promises now. It's time coincidence that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and and divisive war with the rival World Hockey Associa­ to go. Wayne Gretzky share the same astrological lineage? tion — and the negative impact of Philadelphia's^ Both show up as Aquarians born in the year of the Broad Street Bullies, had sullied the NHL's image. London Free Press (Jim Kernaghan): Every now rat. Natural leaders with unnatural abilities to com­ Gretzky raised hockey from the ashes and brought it and then in this business, you're asked what a certain pose movements in their own heads and then put to the masses. _athlete is really like. The short answer on Gretzky: them, letter perfect, into practice. The Great One's sweater That's it, symbolized his persona 3- By Bruce Cheadle The Canadian Press a- OTTAWA (CP) — It seems appropriate that these days the national fabric of Canada is suprafill 100 per cent polyester mesh with a bold 99 stitched on the back. Lightweight but surprisingly tough, resilient, breathable, that's all stain-resistant, unassuming and hitched up on the right -4* hip with a nonchalant flare — a hockey sweater the entire Fans savour the final game country might find comfort in for a generation. Wayne Gretzky has played his last NHL game on Canadi­ of Gretzky's NHL career an ice. Ripping away the fabled No. 99 may leave more By Jim Morris rents in the national fabric than the storied moths of Roch The Canadian Press Carrier. They watched at home in their living rooms, where he The emotional, impromptu had mesmerized them so many times before. sendoff the former Edmonton Others crammed into bars. A few simply stood on the Oiler and current New York street and watched televisions in storefront windows. "Rangers star receivecTTfiufsday Across the nation, Canadians watched Wayne Gretzky's night in Ottawa resonated far final hockey game. Many filed the experience in their beyond the fevered walls of the memory banks, like watching the Beatles' first appearance Corel Centre and its high- on the Ed Sullivan show or the day man walked on the rolling hockey junkies. moon. "I'll say this for Gretzky, he "It's sad and it's good," said Dwayne Battey of Penticton, has brought what I would call a B.C., who watched the Great One's farewell game with very Canadian attitude to hock­ friend Debie Cooke at Malone's Sports Bar and Grill in Van­ ey, which is the attitude of couver. grace," said Pierre Berton, the "A friend said it's like Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle. Our septuagenarian author and his­ grandkids might ask us 'did you see when Wayne Gretzky torian who does not count him­ played his final game?"' self a fan of the game. The 30 people at the Upper Deck in Fredericton, N.B., The Great One "A lot of people, like the guy cheered wildly when Gretzky earned an assist on the New with the collar (TV analyst Don York Rangers' first goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Cherry), they think it's wonderful that hockey should be "It's kind of grim, knowing he'll never play again for brutal. But that militates against almost everything we see Canada, or anybody else, in the Olympics or Team Cana­ when we think of the image of Canadians. da," said a patron named Peter, 25. "Canadians are known to be a peaceable people, we're "He was pretty much everybody's idol when they were a very good at compromise, we're excellent at international kid." relations and policing the world by compromise rather In Gretzky's home town of Brantford, Ont., signs saying than out-and-out war. "come see Wayne Gretzky's last game" hung on the win­ "So here's a game that negates that, a game in which dows of the Moose Winooski Sports Bar. young kids are taught to be rough and ready. Gretzky never "It's kind of emotional," said Maryanne Teny. was. He was always the perfect gentleman. Not a boaster. "It means a lot. It's like watching a legend go out." All his qualities were those we like to think of as Canadian In Vancouver, Yannick Allard was part of a crowd stand­ qualities." ing outside an electronics store on Granville Street, watch­ ing the game on a big-screen TV. "It's a sad day," said the Quebec City native who came downtown because he doesn't have a television. "I remember his records, all the big games, the Stanley Gretzky promptly nominate Cups. I will remember this day for sure." Matt Wilson and Dan Young, who are visiting Vancouver for Hall of Fame membership €- from Adelaide, Australia, knew they were watching history, directors for consideration. even if they didn't understand the game. TORONTO (CP) —Wayne Gretzky, whose glittering 20-year NHL career "Wayne Gretzky's achievements, "We don't know jack (about hockey) but we realize Gret­ both on and off the ice, are unparal­ zky is the man," Wilson said as he sipped the head off a ended Sunday in New York, has fresh pint. been nominated for membership leled in the sport of hockey," said the Hall's lim Gregory. "He is a legend of the game." into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Over 200 people crammed into Wayne Gretzky's Restau­ The Hall of Fame's selection com­ The board of directors will meet rant in Toronto to watch the owner work his last shift. The mittee will meet April 29 to vote to lune 14 at which time any formal crowd cheered during the national anthem, with everyone eliminate the customary three-year requests from the selection commit­ standing, when Bryan Adams ad-libbed during O Canada: waiting period for Gretzky's induc­ tee will be considered. "We are going to miss you, Wayne Gretzky." tion. Three-quarters of the commit­ The Hall has previously waived In Edmonton, Owen Lepps reflected on what Gretzky tee's members must vote in favour the three-year waiting period for meant to the city where he won four Stanley Cups, before of the resolution for it to be present­ such stars as Mario Lemieux and being traded to Los Angeles. ed to the Hall of Fame's board of lean Beliveau. "Edmonton doesn't realize that Gretzky is pretty much their son," Lepps said, standing in the shadow of the Gret­ zky statue outside the SkyReach Centre. "Gretzky grew up and we recognized he was getting older. We recognized he had a gift and we share that gift with the rest of the world." Cowboy of the real West Alberta rancher-musician has a fondness for the ______8___bi traditions of cattle country By ANDREW FLYNN The Canadian Press

olk singer, cattle rancher, cow­ boy, parent, environmentalist; FIan Tyson wears many hats, most of them big. The man who inspired a generation of folk and rock heroes has settled down to the quiet life in Alberta, but his passion for the real West still burns very brightly indeed. "People have been talking about the demise of the cowboy for the last 120 FR^KKURINA years but he's still there," Tyson said during a recent interview. Born and raised in the Let "Each generation, with their egos, saw •• they think they're the last one." area, Frank is well know n and Tyson should know — he's been ranching under the shadows of the respected within the coniraunity. Rockies southwest of Calgary for the Bereaved JkmiUe#; can trust in past 20 years. Add a tall white Stetson to his craggy brow, square jaw and Frank to honour their loved steely gaze and Tyson is the archetyp­ al cowboy — he takes his time to ones' memory with a quality, answer and when he does, he speaks compassionate service through his mind. The songs on Tyson's recently Cornerstone Funeral Home. released album The Lost Herd Ian Tyson wears many hats, including musician, rancher and environ- Frank assists the professionals^ •resound with a vision of the West he mentalist.. * grew up with, not the fictional Wild CP PHOTO Cornerstone. _h cr.eating«peace of West that gets mythologized on the mind in a mouu-m of despair. silver screen. stories of the working cowboys of today. East­ He feels a connection with the people who erners — by which he means the citified stock­ work the land and what interests him are the brokers and lawyers and their ilk who control a passion for Tyson

the increasingly mechanized cattle longing. industry — haven't got a clue about But Tyson doesn't believe he's ready to lament the deep traditions that have existed the death of cowboy culture yet. in cattle country for over a century. "I don't want to leave the impression that the That's what irks Tyson. 'gone' thing is all about the West," says Tyson. tki famties d s&HtAeru/tthrift "I've got more in common with "The 'gone' thing is about my mortality and that old rancher down in Valentine, my generation's mortality. The guys that I ride Neb., or a cod fisherman in New­ with are older. It's not that there aren't any new RpP'lMEKO foundland than I do with any Toron­ cowboys out there, it's that the old cowboys all Rudy has been associat think they're the last generation, the last of the to professional." Cornerstone since its opening in Before the release of Lost Herd, breed. Invariably, that's what they think. I'm just Tyson, now 65, had not produced an as bad." 1995- From the beginning Rudy album in five years. A period of In fact, Tyson would rather talk about the has taken greatjpride in the writer's block had kept him from West of today where cattlemen are being edged funeral services they provide. writing new material until organizers out of their traditional lives and livelihood by Rudy, born and raised in s»u|h.;,,, of the annual Cowboy Poetry Gather­ multinational agricultural conglomerates. ing in Elko, Nev., asked him to give a "A lot of people are going out of the cattle €S_i_ Alberta, continues to serve speech. business, which couldn't really come at a worse bereaved families with the Tyson repaired to a little stone time," Tyson says in his measured baritone, the utmost respect. Rudy is also house on his ranch to prepare by hint of indignation in his voice only barely per­ active in fund raising projects toj reading volumes and volumes of ceptible. non-fiction and tales about the west, "Cargill, they're 18 miles from my ranch. They aid charities and community old and new. kill 5,000 head of cattle a day — it's really an development throughout south­ "I read everything there is to read Orwellian operation." ern Alberta. .. • J>y about that subject," he says. Big agribusiness means instability in cattle Rudy Zmeko "I found it really stimulated me in and feed prices that can hurt small ranchers by terms of getting it going again. And 1 keeping prices to buy cattle high and meat discovered how much Canada and prices low. It also means hiring immigrant the U.S. have in common today. workers at a minimum wage, says Tyson, which 'ovnevstone ^ 81-7777 "Elko was the epiphanous thing only serves to worsen the plight of the mounted fumraL noma & ci&makoxlum that brought all these subculture cowboy. Westerners together. We found that "That type of labour will spill over into the COKNFR OF MAYOR MACK.MH DRIYI AND 28TU AVENUE SOUTH from all these different regions we last traditional cowboy stuff. They can get them were the same subculture. I don't for cheap, they'll be on (all-terrain vehicles) and think we were aware of that before." they won't have to brand anymore, because The album has the distinctly they'll put a microchip in the calf's ear. Then melancholy cowboy preoccupation when the millennium comes, they'll fall over with legends and things passing into dead," he says with a wry smile. history — song titles like Summer's Gone, Leg­ "It's not good. What do you do about it? They ends of Cutting and Lost Herd speak of loss and won't stop it and it won't stop itself." Sugar beet industry reps finally nail a deal Marketing board, Rogers Sugar say deal could result in greater growth By Dave Husdal both growers and the company marketing board and director for the ventilation equipment for storage Taber Times would like to forget. Taber West area, said he doesn't piles is factored into the equation, Southern Alberta producers, facto­ "Contracting started on Saturday believe the board could have done Harris said. ry workers, farm implement dealers morning and we expect it to move much better. Ventilated piles hold up better, and contractors who rely on the sugar along quite quickly," said Doug Emek, Part of the deal is compensation for benefiting both growers and the com­ beet industry for their livelihoods can general manager for Rogers in Taber. growers for projected poor returns for pany. breathe a sigh of relief. Some growers were seeding in the the 1998 crop. Under the deal, grow­ Delays this past fall and winter That's because there's a sugar beet Taber area early Monday, planting a ers will be paid an additional $4.50 reduced how much sugar was actual­ deal for 1999. crop which Emek expects to hit per tonne for their 1998 beets. That ly produced and growers and the A few Southern Alberta farmers are 47,000 acres. That's about 10 per cent will bring the final price to $33.90 per company share in the proceeds of already back seeding sugar beets and larger than the 1998 acreage. tonne, up from the $29.40 per tonne sugar sales. many of their colleagues will be join­ The factory manager said he had that had already been paid out. The Delays caused storage piles to dete­ ing them very soon. no doubt the two sides would eventu­ marketing board had pushed for riorate and some beets were actually Beet growers, represented by the ally reach an agreement to ensure compensation from Rogers because shredded or turned into silage. Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Market­ seeding of the 1999 crop. of processing delays this winter at the The Taber factory wasn't ready for ing Board, and Rogers Sugar Ltd. "The company has invested too factory. By comparison, growers the usual September startup to han­ reached an agreement Friday that the much money in this factory to let it earned $48.30 per tonne from beets dle the record 1998 crop last fall, but company hopes will generate sit idle. in the 1997 crop. Rogers has a big incentive to be ready increased beet acreage for 1999, and And the growers have invested as "We basically had $5 (per tonne) in for processing come Sept. 15,1999. greater sugar production in the well in additional equipment as mind," Harris said, commenting on If the company isn't, it must pay future. they've expanded the acreage," Emek what growers were seeking in com­ growers an additional $100,000 per The agreement comes after lengthy said. "It was not in either party's best pensation. The $5 per tonne amount day. talks between the two sides and a interests to not reach a settlement." paid over time is what growers will 1998-99 beet processing campaign Merrill Harris, vice-president of the receive if more money to be spent on Working underground Life was dark, dirty and dangerous for those who plumbed the coal mines when they'd bring them to the top." BY GARRY ALLISON . Working in the first tunnel, the miners would open Lethbridge Herald about an eight-foot door in the tunnel wall and then cre­ fohn Gettman came to this country in 1929, and until ate a large opening or room off the main tunnel. These 1970 spent much of his time here working underground. rooms could be 15 feet wide and up to 200 feet long. Born in Austria 95 years ago, lohn paid Gettman operated an undercutter, which $194 for his passage to Canada and on to cut into the coal at floor level, undercutting Shaughnessy where he joined his brother the main coal seam about a foot up from the Andy, a blacksmith, in the Shaughnessy coal floor and six to eight feet deep. Later he mine. operated the universal cutter, which under­ For 18 years, beginning with his arrival, cut the coal and also made two vertical cuts, lohn worked underground in the Shaugh­ or shears, on either side of the undercut. nessy mine. Four holes, two on each side, would be Then, for 20 additional years he worked for drilled for the blasting powder. the city of Lethbridge, installing manholes in GARRY "You'd make the holes, put in the dyna­ the city's vast underground storm drain sys­ mite and then the fire boss would check tem. things out," says Gettman. "After you got out "I quit the mine because I could see the there'd be this loud bang, and you'd go back mines slowing down and gas was taking Herald staff into the room and pick up and load the loose over," says lohn. coal." "My brother Andy went to Coleman to They didn't use dynamite in the Shaughnessy mine. work and I came into the city, doing a little concrete work Instead they used Monobell No. 4. Dynamite shattered with the storm drains. People started calling me Manhole the coal too much, where Monobell loosened it in lumps, John." not slack, making it much easier to pick up and load." The main shaft at Shaughnessy was 265 feet down (only Gettman says the small coal cars, pulled by the horses, 58 fewer feet deep than the High Level Bridge is high) and would hold two tons of coal. A miner could easily load miners were lowered and raised on a platform, or cage. five cars a day during a shift. There was also a vertical air shaft next to the main shaft. "We got $1 a ton for the work in the small entrance way At the mine's floor there were three tunnels: the first when making a room and then 75 cents a ton once you where the miners were working and loading coal into the were in the big room," he says. "That was big money dur­ mine cars, the second was an air ventilation tunnel and ing the Great Depression. the remaining tunnel accommodated the loaded cars "A lot of times in the mine I was afraid. All the time heading out of the mine. you'd hear lots of strange noises, things creaking and "When I first went down the mine they had horses to cracking. Nothing really happened though, it was just pull the loaded coal cars, with pony drivers," Gettman noisy. I'll tell you what, I got used to the mine. In the sum­ says. "The horses were kept in a stable underground. They mer it was cool and in the winter it was a lot warmer than stayed down below all the time, except in the summer outside." 5 You worked where you could during Dirty '30s

Rudy Gettman always wondered why his father, John. John Gettman, didn't quit the Shaughnessy Coal Mine Shaughnessy was a mining town, to be sure, and in sooner than he did. those early days there were no conveniences. "It was so dirty and dusty down there, and after they Water was brought in each Monday and Thursday blasted you couldn't see for some time for coal dust," by train from Lethbridge. The women and children says Rudy. "It was a dangerous job to be a coal miner. I would go down to the train with buckets to get the always asked dad why he stayed, but he wouldn't water for drinking and cooking. leave." Each house had a large barrel or two, most of them John Gettman was a coal miner. buried about two thirds into the ground in front yards, It was a trade he followed, and mostly enjoyed, for and Frank Elliott would drive around with his water 18 years at Shaughnessy. truck and fill these barrels with water for washing and "When I came to Canada (in 1929) the work was other uses. good," says John. "But then the Great Depression hit Once a week the ice man came, with ice for the ice and you worked where you could and if you had a job chests at 25 cents a block, and some residents kept you kept it." their meat in the dairy lockers in Lethbridge, picking it As Les Toth, an accountant for years at the Shaugh­ up when they needed it. nessy Mine says, the worst part of working the mine Being a coal miner was a tough life, both under­ was there seldom was enough work. ground and above ground. During the Dirty '30s the mine offered stability for Gettman, though he supplemented his income in the summer months with other work. One summer he worked for the gas company, another summer he was part of the construction crew on the government grain elevator. Another summer job was with the CPR, as a section man, at 17 cents an hour. Back in 1929, says lohn, bread was nine or 10 cents a loaf and pork chops 15 cents a pound. One night John was offered a job working on the tunnel under the Fraser River in Vancouver. "Most coal miners, from Shaughnessy, Coalhurst and other towns, used to go into Lethbridge to the Garden Hotel for a few beers," says lohn. "The night I was offered the Fraser River job I was in the Garden and so was the Shaughnessy pit boss, Fred Thackray. He told me I couldn't go, he had a full-time job for me at the mine." The Shaughnessy Hotel was also a going concern when the mine was operating. In fact, Shaughnessy was quite a town back then, bigger than most of the towns in the area. "Picture Butte, when I first came here, only had one store, the Red and White," says John. "But once they started to build the sugar factory they started to build houses and stores too. "Sometimes in those early days if you were in Leth­ bridge and it began to rain you usually slept at a farm on the way home because the roads would be all mud, they were bad back then. After the war things really picked up though." Like many coal miners and farmers John was exempt from service in the Second World War. Their efforts were needed on the home front, supplying the war effort with coal. Toth says he remembers success­ fully applying to the army to have some of the miner- soldiers sent back to work the mines. As an early coal miner John Gettman was a strong union man, fighting the lack of regulations, working conditions, hours and pay. Miners were working six- day weeks and had no holidays. "The union, in those days, was the one that brought about changes," says Rudy. "They had to strike to get Saturdays off and for better wages. Dad was a strong union man in his time. Back then they had to have the union to make sure things were on the up and up." lohn married Mary Mareski in 1933 and the couple had two children, Rudy, a retired pharmacist at Coal­ dale, and Marjorie, who lives in Vancouver. Mary died in 1989. In the 1930s and 1940s in Shaughnessy, where the HERALD PHOTO BY GARRY ALLISON Gettman family lived, the Miner's Hall always seemed WORKING BUDDIES: John Gettman, 95, shows his former Shaughnessy mine workmate to have a Saturday dance, or a union meeting. Les Toth, 72, a certificate he received from the City of Lethbridge on his 90th birthday. "One summer the Shaughnessy miners had a picnic at Park Lake... No. 6 miners were so jealous," says Outpouring Shooting victims were passionate about soccer of grief on JSson Lang was an avid watched the two boys play the soccer player and a member game alongside her son Rob. of the Taber under-19 soccer "Jason was a really good for­ Whitecaps. ward, a real go getter," she Whitecaps coach Ryan Jes- said. school steps persen described Lang as a Lang, the injured boy and player with enthusiasm for Rob Daisley have had the the game who lead by exam­ same group of friends and Students come to pay respects ple. travelled in the same circles. "He was pretty aggressive, I The Daisleys are also mem­ to victims of shooting spree found, and he knew what he bers of St. Theodore's Anglican was doing out there," said Church in Taber, where Jason By CRAIG Jespersen, who also knew Lang's dad Dale is the minis­ ALBRECHT Lang away from the game ter. Like many friends and Lethbridge Herald through friends. congregation members, they TABER —They "He was kind of quiet, stopped by the Lang home in couldn't match word wise. His actions spoke Taber to offer their condo­ the rate of the louder than words." lences early Wednesday evening. falling Jespersen also worked with JASON LANG snowflakes, but i the boy injured in the shoot­ Jason Lang had a concern bouquets, trib­ ing in the past and has seen his soccer game for his fellow man. He accompanied a group of utes and memen­ improve greatly over time, he said. students to Mexico last year to help build hous­ tos began piling Soccer parent Bonnie Daisley has also es for the poor. up in front of W.R.Myers High School Thursday. The school, site of a tragic shoot­ ing Wednesday, will remain Memorial draws teens closed until fur­ ther notice. That didn't back to scene of tragedy stop dozens of students, friends and family mem- Continued from A1

r n 8THEDAYAFTER: A ,riend COnSOleS WR "I just talked to the guy who sold it to him and he was beside himself," brhow^er mna v ' homage to the two Myers student Dana Coombs. centre, Thurs- said Becky Zsednai, 17. "He wanted to call the family and say 'if you don't teenaged victims, day morning in front of the school. The girls want the car now...' but how do you say that?" Some came to were friends of the shooting victims. Although police are saying the suspect apparently acted alone, the girls pay respects to Jason Lang, who died of his wounds, and said they're hesitant to return to school for fear of a copycat killer. others to pass along their wishes for the speedy recovery of They had considered W.R. Myers the most secure school in town with its the surviving 17-year-old. That boy can't be identified video cameras and school resource officer. under provisions of the Young Offenders Act. "Now we know there's nowhere safe to be," said Zsednai. Along with floral tributes, most carrying unsigned cards, Coombs placed some of the blame on the media for desensitizing her were a few stuffed animals and a heart-shaped helium bal­ generation to the realities of violence. loon which read Our Hearts Beat Together. "I hope people realize this can't go on. Kids are killing kids," she said. Among those dropping off flowers were a half-dozen Not all of those making the trek to WR. Myers to drop off flowers were girls from Taber's Catholic high school, St. Mary's. All knew willing to share their thoughts with the media. One woman, holding on to the two victims and several were former students at W.R. the hand of a young child, dropped off her flowers and quickly turned away. Myers. "They were great guys and they didn't deserve this," said Dana Coombs, 16. "Nobody deserves this." She, along with friends Angela Szigli and Stephanie Lehmann, said the two Grade 11 students were quiet, kept to themselves and were harmless to others. lason, an attendant at a local service station, had just bought his dream car, a Camaro, three days before he was killed.

Family recounts grief over losing son

Continued from A1 out of lason's senseless death. shooting. "We pray that people will see by this "There's no question the entire incident that lots of things need to community is grieving this tragedy "Most important, however, was his change in our society," said Dale. and we don't all know how to deal with love for fesus. It is that reality which Johnston had no word of any funer­ gives us some peace in this time of that," said Gellatly, asking the media al service planned for Jason and said to respect everyone's privacy. "We all chaos, knowing he is in that place police will only make those known if Jesus called 'Paradise,'" he said. the family wishes it open to the pub­ have to grieve in our own ways." Just three days ago Jason got the car lic. He added that the school has been of his dreams, a Camaro, and he died Don Gellatly, principal of W.R. flooded with calls from across North on the birthday of his eldest brother. Myers, said the school had planned no America from those offering their con­ "There aren't any words you can memorial service for either student as dolences and any assistance they find to express how you feel at a time of yet. might provide. like this. A piece of your heart is gone He said counsellors are still trying to Johnston asked anyone who may and it can't come back," said Dale. help the remainder of the student have witnessed the shooting or the He, wife Diane and family members population, the staff and their families events leading up to it to contact the hope something positive can come deal with the emotional impact of the police. May The Fans Be With You!

HERALD PHOTO BY ROB OLSON TICKET MASTERS: Left to right, Tyler Johnson, Jordan Jensen, Chad Peterson, and Jon Toone celebrate their ticket purchase Wednesday for the May 19 opening of Episode 1—The Phantom Menace at Park Place Mall. The four of them camped out in the lineup starting at midnight on Tuesday. Fans brave night in mall to snag Star Wars tickets By RON DEVITT pitched a tent and Lethbridge Herald we were in here with John Toone and the fitness ladies Jordan Jensen (Women's Only Fit­ weren't even born ness at 6 a.m.)," said when the first two Toone, lying beside Star Wars movies Jensen on an air were released, but mattress amidst a that didn't stop them jumble of sleeping from camping out bags and pillows. overnight night to "It's great fun," he get preferred tickets said of the urban for the much-antici­ campout. pated release of the Above them hung prequel to their two hand-painted beloved Star Wars FIRST IN LINE: Cineplex Theatre in Park Place Mall plays host to an army of signs which read series. Star Wars fanatics Wednesday for the first ticket sales of the May 19 screening Star Wars and May Like an Imperial of Episode 1:The Phantom Menace. HERALD PHOTO BY ROB OLSON the Force be With Star Destroyer ready Us. to pounce on a lone Rebel Alliance ship, the two 18- Their Jedi-like cunning paid off as the two students year-old Magrath High School students staked their found themselves situated about fourth in line for tick­ place in line and local Star Wars folklore to ensure they ets when the mall doors opened. During the night and are among the first in the city to witness the premiere Wednesday morning, they were joined by over 40 peo­ showing of Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, the pre­ ple wanting to get in on the premiere. quel to the first three Star Wars movies. Despite the overnight wait by some, the Cineplex had With approval from their parents and permission sold 850 tickets for the first two days of the movie by late from their school, the duo pitched a tent outside the Wednesday afternoon. The movie will be shown in two Park Place Mall entrance to the Cineplex Odeon The­ theatres starting at 12:01 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Wednes­ atres Tuesday night to ensure they would be some of the day. first to purchase tickets when they went on sale Wednesday at 1 p.m. for the May 19 premiere. "We camped out at 12 o'clock (Tuesday night). We th Curtain comes down on Milgaard story as he receives $10-million settlement WINNIPEG (CP) — A plane for mom and a the lobby of the cavernous Winnipeg Con­ ly members. Milgaard, 46, has two sisters and chance to just enjoy life top David Milgaard's vention Centre because the lawyer's office a brother. shopping list for his record $10-million com­ where it had been scheduled was just too At the same time in Regina, Saskatchewan pensation deal announced Monday. small. Justice Minister John Nilson announced a "I can just envision my son going off into "We've been living in a fish bowl and we'd few details of the deal that followed two years 3? the sunset and not having to work but doing kind of like to get out of that fish bowl," his of intense negotiations. whatever he wants to do," a smiling loyce He said David Milgaard would get $9.25 Milgaard said at the same time million, minus $500,000 he received as an Saskatchewan officials were announcing the interim payment, while Joyce would receive settlement in Regina. She added she plans to $750,000. renew her pilot's licence. The $4 million from Ottawa and $6 million Milgaard will put $1 million in an annuity, from Saskatchewan compensates Milgaard to pay him a monthly sum for the rest of his for more than 22 years of torment he life. He also agreed to drop two lawsuits. endured in prison for the 1969 rape and "I think that this is a fair settlement for him murder of Gail Miller in Saskatoon. and it's also a fair settlement for the people of A DNA test cleared Milgaard two years ago Canada," said Nilson. and another man, Larry Fisher, is set to stand "I think that all of us as Canadians realize trial for the crime in October. A public that there can be some problems within the inquiry will follow Fisher's trial to look at justice system and that when you get into a why an innocent man was convicted and very extraordinary situation like this, you jailed. need to sit down and figure out a way that Joyce Milgaard, who personally badgered can appropriately compensate the people two prime ministers to win her son's freedom (CP PHOTO) that are involved." and compensation, said he now needs space IT'S FINALLY OVER: Joyce Milgaard and lawyer It's more than five times any previous and time to continue healing. Hersh Wolch react during a news conference in Win­ award for wrongful conviction and imprison­ Hospitalized recently for recurring mental nipeg on Monday. The Saskatchewan government ment and raises the bar, said Hersh Wolch, problems, he went on a camping trip Mon­ announced $10 million compensation for her son, the Winnipeg lawyer who has been fighting day instead of facing television lights one David Milgaard, who was wrongly convicted of the for Milgaard's freedom and fair compensa­ more time. Milgaard now lives in Vancouver tion for the last 14 years. with his wife. murder of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller. Like much of Milgaard's life these past sev­ mother said, refusing to reveal exactly how Saskatchewan was represented by retired eral years — the subject of books and a the family will divide the largest compensa­ Quebec judge Allan Gold, movie — Monday's much-anticipated tion award of its kind in Canadian history. Milgaard was freed in 1992 by the Supreme announcement received heavy publicity, car­ Once unspecified legal fees are paid, she Court of Canada, but Saskatchewan refused ried live on television. said her son will get about three-quarters of to accept his claim of innocence until a DNA Joyce Milgaard's news conference was in the remainder. The rest will go to other fami­ test showed he wasn't Miller's killer. A long and winding road for Milgaard By The Canadian Press Chronology of David Milgaard case: Jan. 31,1969: Half-naked body of Gail Miller, 20, a nurse's aide, found in Saskatoon snowbank. David Milgaard, 16, is travelling through Saskatoon the morning Miller is found. Mid-1969: Milgaard is arrested and charged with murder. Jan. 31,1970: Milgaard convicted of mur­ dering Miller; sentenced to life. Jan. 31,1971: Saskatchewan Court of C— Appeal rejects Milgaard's appeal. Nov. 15,1971: Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear Milgaard's appeal. 1973: Milgaard escapes from Stony Moun­ tain Penitentiary, north of Winnipeg. He is later returned to prison. 1980: Milgaard does not return to prison after being released on day pass. He is recaptured 77 days later in Toronto. December 1988: Milgaard's lawyers apply to have case reopened. 1988: Unsuccessful attempt is made to get DNA testing done. Feb. 27,1991: Kim Campbell, then federal justice minister, turns down request to reopen case. HERALD PHOTO BY ROB OLSOf August 1991: Milgaard's lawyers file sec­ LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Linda Ellefson gazes out the staff room window at St. Paul's School. ond application to have case reopened. Nov. 29,1991: Campbell directs Supreme Court to review Milgaard's conviction. 1992: Another unsuccessful attempt is made to get DNA testing done. April 14,1992: Supreme Court says Mil­ Linda takes new opportunity gaard should have new trial. He is freed after Saskatchewan government decides not to prosecute him again. He is not formally acquitted. July 18,1997: Milgaard's mother and to serve religious education lawyers announce more sophisticated DNA tests in Britain prove conclusively Milgaard Her husband Bryan, vice-principal at Coalhurst High School, reminded her of the ever-expanding role she had been playing within religious education. Trio selected PBHS students of the month and Denis Leclair. and been involved in the doing with his family. The Grade 11 student Scouting program. While His future plans are to of the month for March in the Scouting Program attend the University of is very active in school he has been a volunteer Alberta in the fall where and community events. worker, has earned the he has already been She has volunteered to Chief Scout Award and awarded the Presidents' canvas for the Red Cross, the Queen Venturer Citation, one of the most the Heart and Lung Award. prestigious awards Association and has been He was the co-captain offered by the university. involved in the local of the Picture Butte bas­ While at the U of A he Terry Fox Run. ketball team, which fin­ will be studying science While doing all this ished fourth in provin­ with the possibility of she has found the time to cials this year and was entering medicine. be a very dedicated score named to the Southwest The Grade 12 student keeper for both volley­ Conference all-star team. of the month is Fraser JP Leclair ball and basketball at April Feist Backpacking and Fraser Leishman Leishman, son of Elaine Picture Butte High mountain climbing are and Bill Leishman. Picture Butte High School. the Lung Association activities that he enjoys School has selected a trio In her spare time she of students to honour as enjoys playing baseball, students of the month for rollerblading and cook­ March. ing. This spring she will The Grade 10 student be attending a Youth is very active in commu­ Leadership Conference at nity and school sports. Winston Churchill High He has been involved in School as a representa­ Picture Butte minor tive of Picture Butte High hockey and little league School. baseball. Future plans are to While at Picture Butte attend the University of High School he has been Lethbridge for general an active participant in studies before transfer­ volleyball, basketball and ring to the University of baseball. Alberta to become a den­ He has been awarded tal hygienist. the Memorial Trophy in The Grade 11 student peewee hockey and has of the month is April been the captain of the Feist, the daughter of bantam hockey team. He Teresa and David Feist. has been involved with The Grade 12 student retreats in religion and of the month for March education while attend­ is very involved in com­ ing St. Catherine's School munity, church and in Picture Butte. school activities. He has Future plans are to been a LDS Seminary attend LCC but he has Class President and par­ made no decisions on the ticipated in annual area. The Grade 10 stu­ church Youth dent of the month is JP Conferences. Leclair, son of Cheryl He has canvassed for WELCOME The management and staff of NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY Bridge City Chrysler would like TOP ATHLETES: Athlete of the year awards were recently presented to Picture Butte High School's Evangeline Leclair, back left, Mike Nieboer and Loa Barendregt. The rest of the crew received career athlete awards. In the middle row are Tammy Casson, left, to welcome Murray to their Kathleen Foord and Lisa Caruso. In front is Bobby-Jo Pollard. Missing is Kevin Paskal. professional sales team. Murray invites his many customers and friends in to discuss their new Murray Hanna or used vehicle requirements. Sales Consultant BRIDGECITY CHRYSLER

28-3325 32nd st> & Hwy"Crowsnest Trai| Across from Agricore Elevators I'm so happy in the Congo New-style imps show Royals are modernizing WINDSOR, England (CP) —The newest Royal couple has said they intend to be thoroughly modern Royals and set out to prove it Sat­ urday with their wedding. In the process, the Royal Family also showed they are making good on promises made after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, to update the workings of what they call The Firm. Prince Edward's wedding to commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones was, by Royal standards, a pared down proceeding, not unlike many ordinary formal weddings, but for the presence of the Queen and a full contingent of television cameras. Constitutional expert Rodney Barker suggested the ceremony HERALD PHOTO BY ROB OLSOr- was more in line with the style of BONGO BONGO BONGO: New West Theatre's Jeff Carlson, left, leads Crooners! cast members in a rehearsal of the number Civiliza the Scandinavian, Belgian or tion before Wednesday evening's performance at the Yates Theatre. Backing up Carlson are Sara McDonald, left, Scott Carpenter, Eric; Dutch royal houses — sometimes Hunt, and Katharine Zaborsky. Crooners! runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Yates Theatre until July 24. Rock and Roll is King referred to as bicycle monarchies News West's second summer production, opens July 29. For.tickets call 329-SEAT. ^^ because of their lack of pomp — than the House of Windsor. > "And Ithinkit did it rather well," he said of the elegant ceremony. "We've been moving in the direc­ Beloved Queen Mum celebrates 99th tion of a slimmer, more relevant monarchy for quite a long time LONDON (AP) — On her 99th birth­ now. This is just one more suc­ day, the Queen Mother was greeted cessful moment in the transition." Wednesday by thousands of well- Prince Edward, who micro- wishers honouring a beloved figure managed the proceedings, had whose popularity remains undimin­ wanted a private family wedding ished by time or the scandals of the but was persuaded that the public younger royal generation. wasn't quite ready for that. Her life has spanned the century, He compromised to allow tele­ and her place in the nation's heart was vision cameras in but kept out for­ forged during the worst of its years — eign dignitaries, producing an the Nazi bombardment of the Second affair of family and friends. World War. Many still remember the The Queen also got into the act courage of the young Queen who in her selection of a wedding day remained in London even as her title for her youngest son. home, Buckingham Palace, was struck The Queen defied the pundits by bombs. by naming Edward the Earl of Now a small, grey-haired woman, Wessex — an ancient title which she leaned occasionally on a silver- carries no land or benefits with it headed cane Wednesday as she — and the Viscount of Severn. received 99th-birthday greetings out­ side her home, Clarence House. Several thousand people gathered to offer bouquets, cards and expres­ sions of loyalty and respect. Before going inside for a birthday luncheon with daughter, the Queen, and the rest of the Royals, the Queen Mother, in a lemon yellow hat and dress, watched a military band march past, playing Happy Birthday on pipes and drums. She stood in the bright sunlight, then made her way gingerly across the cobblestones in a pair of white high heels to talk with people in the crowd. Smiling and chatting, she walked unaided along the lines of visitors before climbing into a golf cart — painted in her blue-and-gold racing colours and trailing balloons — to be chauffeured the rest of the way around. AP PHOTO GREETINGS: The Queen Mother receives flowers from a well-wisher Wednesday in London. Edward and Sophie tie the knot; no public smooch for the masses Duchess of York, Camilla Parker Bowles conspicuously absent from the ceremony WINDSOR, England (CP) — Prince the chapel, filled at Prince Edward's instruc­ Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones were mar­ tions with sweet peas, Rhys-Jones's favourite ried Saturday in an elegant ceremony billed flower. as a Compromise between the private serv­ Princes Charles and Andrew were the groom's ice the couple wanted and the public nup­ supporters — the Royal equivalent of best men. tials expected of the Queen's son. Prince Andrew's ex-wife, the Duchess of York, While Edward, 35, and his bride, 34, fre­ was not invited to the wedding, though their quently smiled lovingly at one another dur­ children, Princesses Beatrice, 10 and Eugenie, ing the 45-minute ceremony, there was no 9, arrived with their aunt, Princess Anne, her public kiss afterwords for the crowds who daughter Zara Phillips and Princes William, 16 packed the streets of this small town west and Harry, 14. of London. Also in attendance were Rhys-Jones's parents, That was just one of the ways the Queen's Christopher and Mary and her brother, David; youngest son and his new bride signalled Princess Margaret, who is convalescing from that their marriage will break the mould of having scalded her feet in a bath some months previous more grand — but in the end ill- ago and the indomitable Queen Mother, 98, fated — Royal weddings. who as expected defied the couple's request Certainly, there was grandeur. With a that ladies not wear hats. congregation that included virtually every­ Notably absent was Camilla Parker Bowles, one in line for the British throne and royal­ Prince Charles's long time love. While a recent ty from the continent, it was inevitable. opinion poll showed Britons are warming to But the couple eschewed the soaring their relationship, the Royal Family has still not churches of London for the more intimate welcomed Parker Bowles into their midst. St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Its Prince Edward, who owns a television pro­ smaller scale meant a guest list of merely duction company, and Rhys-Jones, co-owner of 550 people and no heads of state or foreign a public relations business, have both indicated dignitaries. they intend to return to their jobs following a Prince Edward, freshly minted as the Earl two-week honeymoon in an undisclosed loca­ of Wessex and Viscount of Severn by his tion. mother, travelled on foot to his wedding There were other signs that this couple plans through the Castle precincts where 8,000 on a life as working Royals. In the statement members of the public were allowed to announcing his new title, it was indicated that watch proceedings. Rhys-Jones, who had any children they might have would be known been destined for the unwieldy title Her as "The Honourable" for boys, and "Lady" for Royal Highness the Princess Edward, AP PHOTO girls, as opposed to prince or princess. A palace became HRH the Countess Wessex. HITCHED: Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones leave St. George's spokeswoman said this was in keeping with Instead of traditional military uniforms, Cathedral in Windsor, England following their wedding ceremony Saturday, their wish that their children should lead pri­ Edward — who dropped out of the Royal vate lives. Marines — and his brothers, Princes Charles and and white pearls, designed by Prince Edward as a British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed the Andrew, wore morning coats. The groom wore a yel­ wedding gift. best wishes of the nation for the newlyweds. low waistcoat and a yellow rose in his lapel. Planes heading for nearby Heathrow Airport were "I am sure they will be tremendously happy. They The bride, who had kept details of her dress audible in the chapel as Rhys-Jones gazed into are a very lively, intelligent couple and the whole secret, wore a flattering ivory-coloured fitted dress Prince Edward's eyes and promised to love, honour country will be right behind them on their wedding of classic design in hand-dyed silk organza and silk and obey her husband, smiling sweetly as. she con­ day," he said in a statement from Cologne, Ger­ crepe. She wore a veil over a tiara borrowed from cluded with the words: "I give thee my troth." many, where he is attending the G-8 Summit. the Queen's private collection. She managed to recite her husband's names — Canada gave the couple an unusual gift, bestow­ The dress, designed by Briton Samantha Shaw, Edward Antony Richard Louis — in the correct ing $15,000 in grants to aboriginal writers in their featured a V-neck and modest train and was order, but the Prince had a hard time slipping her honour. It was the couple's wish that the govern­ embroidered with 325,000 glass beads and pearls. wedding ring of Welsh gold onto her finger. ment's gift be something that remained in Canada She also wore a necklace and earrings of black The couple exchanged their vows in the apse of and benefitted Canadians.

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*June 1998* Rev. Jeff Chant holding daughter, Amelia and June Cowie. This photo was taken for the Mandate magazine article about Barons Memorial United Churcl determining to donate 5% of all fund raisina to M X fi big haul Stray tire hits parked truck; no sale now Dave Hamilton's truck isn't for sale anymore — it's for salvage. "A tire came off a transport truck on the highway," says the Lethbridge businessman. "And smashed it. It totalled it." Hamilton had parked the truck about 200 feet off Highway 25 just south of Diamond City 10 days ago. A For Sale sign with the truck was netting plenty of calls from potential buyers. "A few local HERALD PHOTO BY PAUL DELESKE farmers were NO SALE: Dave Hamilton's truck was looking for a wrecked by a flying tire: field truck." Now the Ford F250 is part of the field. It happened about 5:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. "I'm sure I could have sold it by the end of the sum­ mer," says Hamilton, chuckling. "(The collision) was a million-to-one shot." It had better be — Hamilton has two more signs and two more vehicles for sale. "Now I'm doubtful." Regardless, there are two happy endings to this tale. First is that the company of the truck responsible will pay for Hamilton's truck through its insurance. Second is that a mere 100 feet or so beyond the truck were homes and yards. "It could have gone through a couple of neighbours' yards and hit children," he says. "(Luckily) it's not life or death. It's an old truck."

Margaret Trudeau Kemper divorcing

NEWS PHOTO BY KATHY BLY OTTAWA (CP) — Margaret Trudeau Kemper and her husband TALL ORDER: A 1926 snowplow which saw duty on the local CPR tracks is suspended in the air while it is lined up Fried Kemper are divorcing, the on a flatdeck for transport to Prairie Acres just south of Picture Butte last Wednesday. The plow was added to the Ottawa Citizen reported Friday. Prairie Tractor and Engine Society's railroad display which already includes the New Dayton railroad station. See story and picture on Page 9. The newspaper quoted Trudeau Kemper as saying in an interview that her grief over her youngest A 1926 railroad snowplow, des- son Michel's death has been too weeks until Gilmar Crane arrived Dunn and several board members :ined to become scrap metal, has much for her relationship with her : last Wednesday to lift the plow on were on hand last week for the ound a new home at Prairie Acres second husband, a real estate to a flatbed semi-trailer and truck arrival of the snowplow. agent, to withstand. ust south of Picture Butte. it to its new home. The snowplow was donated to In the crowd was a former CPR Michel Trudeau, 23, the Moving day drew a small man who actually remembers he Prairie Tractor and Engine crowd to the rail line near Butte youngest of three sons of Trudeau being in the snowplow, or one Kemper and former prime minis­ Society by Glenn Varzari of Feeders where three employees vJational Salvage. very much like it, and getting ter Pierre Trudeau, died last year with Gilmar worked for a couple stuck in a snowdrift for 12 hours In February he was looking for in a skiing accident when an ava­ of hours to secure lines and lift the until an locomotive could come i home for the antique snowplow lanche pushed him into an icy snowplow on to the truck. push it out. British Columbia Lake. His body vhen Roelof Heinen walked At Prairie Acres the crane kept hrough his office door and said "It's a real addition to the has never been recovered. the plow suspended above the club," said Dunn. Trudeau Kemper, 51, married le knew just the place for the old tracks while it was lined up and >low. The society, seeking to further Kemper after she and the former set in place. prime minister divorced in 1984. Heinen donated rail line from expand its railway exhibit, already The crane was also used to She said the split with Kemper he old Picture Butte sugar factory has its name on the list for a place an old electric coal engine is amicable and the couple will vhich was installed in front of the caboose. The snowplow will make onto a narrow gauge track. The share custody of their two chil­ •Id New Dayton train station that a nice addition to the displays at engine came to be a part of the Prairie Acres which will be high­ dren. lready sits on the west side of the society's collections after it was ntique village on Prairie Acres. lighted Aug. 14 and 15 during the used for several years at Fort 17th annual Threshing Show held The CPR agreed to move the Whoop-Up. The Lethbridge Elks in conjunction with Picture Butte's low from Lethbridge over the Club donated it when they discon­ Jamboree Days. ligh Level Bridge to a rail line in tinued it use at the fort. icture Butte. It sat for a few For more information on the Society president Leonard activities call 732-5091 or 329-1201. ,-£

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