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DECEMBER 2013 Winter Wonderland Discover great winter events in Red Deer County, Snow Plowing information, Winter Safety, and More! Agri-Trade Shines! See photos from Westerner Park on Page 10 WHAT’S INSIDE MEET THE COUNCIL... ............................PAGE 3 Facebook.com/reddeercounFacebook.com/reddeercounty WINTERING LIVESTOCK... ...................... PAGE 5 HERITAGE AWARDS... .......................... PAGE 19 Follow us on Twitter @reddeercounty GALAXY the right choice LANTERN STREET RED DEER “Proud to be in Red Deer County” 75185L6 Gasoline Alley, Red Deer County • www.reddeertoyota.com 403-343-3736 1-800-662-7166 Red Deer County News DECEMBER 2013 PAGE 2 JANUARY 23, 2007 Rural Community Facilities Awarded $250,000 In Capital Grants Applicant 2013 Capital Assistance Grants Awarded Lousana Community Association $25,000.00 Pine Lake Hub Centre Community $56,500.50 Association Spruce View Community Association $3,450.00 Valley Centre Community Hall $11,000.00 Great Bend Community Centre $3,243.05 On Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Red repair, flooring and outdoor social Shady Nook Community Centre $14,000.00 Deer County Council awarded $250,000 enhancements such as ball diamonds Fensala Hall $2,105.00 worth of Rural Community Capital and playgrounds, were reviewed by the Antler Hill Community Association $10,265.00 Assistance grants to 14 community Red Deer County Community Services organizations. This annual grant team before going to Council for final GlenEllen Community Centre $43,500.00 program assists rural facilities with approval. These successful community Golden West Drop-In Centre $3,370.00 maintenance and upkeep. Applications organizations have until December Linn Valley Community Association $2,625.00 from the community organizations 2014 to submit accounting forms on the Oklahoma Community Centre $31,447.69 representing these rural facilities Capital Assistance grants they have been Benalto Booster Club (Centennial Train $27,987.28 were due in September of 2013. The awarded. Station) applications, which included requests for capital assistance on projects such Reminder: All community organizations Danish Canadian National Museum Society $15,506.48 as kitchen and bathroom renovations, that received Capital Assistance grants Total All Grants Awarded $250,000.00 sump pump, septic tank, fencing, in 2012 must submit their accounting landscaping, door replacement, water forms by Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Council at the November 19, 2013 meeting also approved $50,000 to restore filtration system, water well, eavestrough the Calder Community School located at the Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Season`s Greetings From Red Deer County Council would Red Deer like to wish everyone a joyful County Council and healthy Christmas Season and a prosperous New Year. Red Deer County News DECEMBER 2013 PAGE 3 Meet the Council Jim Wood - Mayor Email: [email protected] Tel: 403.773.2215 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 Board and Committee Membership: Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) Audit Committee - Chair Emergency Management Committee – Chair Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) Director, CAAMD&C Innisfail Intermunicipal Development Plan Committee Central Waste Management Commission (CWMC) – Alternate Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) - Alternate South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission – Alternate Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater and Water Commissions – Alternate Philip Massier Jean Bota Councillor, Division 1 - Deputy Mayor Councillor, Division 2 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 403.749.2956 Tel: 403.309.2085 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 Board and Committee Membership: Director, CAAMD&C Board and Committee Membership: (FCSS) Municipal Planning Commission Central Alberta Regional Waste Municipal Planning Commission Red Deer Chamber of Commerce (MPC) - Chair Management Commission (MPC) Board of Directors Audit Committee (CARWMC) Audit Committee Red Deer River Municipal Users Emergency Management Committee Three Hills RCMP Detachment Emergency Management Committee Group (RDRMUG) Agricultural Services Board (ASB) Community Action Committee Red Deer & District Family and Red Deer River Watershed Alliance – Chair Community Support Services (RDRWA) Don Church Connie Huelsman Councillor, Division 3 Councillor, Division 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 403.340.2092 Tel: 403.224.3037 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 Board and Committee Membership: Central Alberta Regional Waste Management Board and Committee Membership: Innisfail Intermunicipal Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) Commission (CARWMC) Municipal Planning Commission Development Plan Committee Audit Committee Innisfail Intermunicipal Development Plan (MPC) - Vice-Chair Parkland Foundation Emergency Management Committee Committee Audit Committee South Red Deer Regional Agricultural Services Board (ASB) - Vice Chair Innisfail Municipal Seed Cleaning Plant Emergency Management Committee Wastewater Commission Central Alberta Regional Trails Society Regional Trail (Penhold to Bowden) Working Central Waste Management (SRDRWC) (CARTS) Committee Commission (CWMC) Richard Lorenz Christine Moore Councillor, Division 5 Councillor, Division 6 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 403.728.3285 Tel: 403.314.4084 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 County Offi ce: 403.350.2152 Board and Committee Membership: Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater Board and Committee Membership: Innisfail Municipal Seed Cleaning Municipal Planning Commission and Water Commissions (SLRWC) Municipal Planning Commission Plant (MPC) Westerner Park (MPC) Red Deer & District Family and Audit Committee Town of Sylvan Lake Multiplex Audit Committee Community Support Services (FCSS) Emergency Management Committee Redevelopment Task Force Emergency Management Committee Sylvan Lake Management Committee Parkland Regional Library Board Agricultural Services Board (ASB) Red Deer County News DECEMBER 2013 PAGE 4 “What’s Happening”In Red Deer County? We Welcome Benalto & Area Rural Crime Watch Society Update - On Winter sleigh ride and tour of lights is on December 11, Thursday, October 24, 2013, BARCWS held its AGM 2013. Free skating, bonfire, hotdogs, hot chocolate, kids Your Feedback! with thirty members and three ‘uniform-partners’ in crafts and winter sleigh rides to take place at Bowden You can contact us with questions attendance, including guest speaker, Sylvan Lake Cpl. Igloo. Start time is 5: 30 PM. or comments at countynews@ Mike Purse. The following Directors were elected for Ice Sculpture Showcase – at Parkland Garden Centre, rdcounty.ca the upcoming year by the BARCWS members: President: world famous ice sculptures scheduled for December Red Deer County News is a free Yvette Brideau, Vice-President: Rhonda Vick, Secretary: 11-15, dependent on the weather. Admission is free. A monthly publication available to all Dave More, Treasurer: Sharon Lemke, Directors: Allan donation to the Food Bank is appreciated! 403.346.5613 County residents. Hubl, Pat Hill, David Dale, BARCWS Partners: Sylvan Lake www.parklandgarden.ca Current issues of the County News RCMP, Liaisons Cst. Marty Reed, Cpl. James Allemekinders are available free of charge at the ; Red Deer County & Lacombe County Protective Services, Glenellen Xmas Party – December 15, 2013. Pot luck, Red Deer County Centre, or can be respectively, Sr. Peace Officer Bob Dixon and Sr. Peace Supper at 6:00 PM, bring wrapped silent auction items viewed online at Officer & Director of Emergency Management Julian identifying gender. Special Visitor coming. Contact www.rdcounty.ca/news. Veuger. A special thank you to all the Membership, past Jeannine Richards, 403.886.4829 year Directors, Partners, including A/Cst. Todd Plotnikoff MANAGING EDITOR: Delburne & District History Book, Through the Years, is ADAM FERGUSON and Red Deer & Lacombe Counties for their sustaining being updated! The original history was published in Corporate Communications support in this community crime prevention program. For Coordinator 1980 but a lot has happened since then. The Delburne more info regarding BARCWS, please call 403.746.3429, History Book Committee encourages all current and PRINTING & DISTRIBUTION: next General Meeting: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 7:00 former families to submit a family history that includes RED DEER ADVOCATE M, Benalto Leisure Centre a few photos, a story about life in the community, or ADVERTISING: Parkland Craft Market - unique one-of-a–kind gifts, crafts, information about a business or club. Send your story by For all advertising inquiries please and foods by local craftspeople, Sat. December 7 & Sat. January 30, 2014 to [email protected]. Copies of the contact the Red Deer Advocate December 14 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Admission is a 1980 are still available as well. www.delburne.ca or call 403.314.4343 donation to the Red Deer Food Bank. 403.346.5613 Anita Jones 403.749.3893 or Wendy Motley 403.749.2420. SUBMISSIONS: www.parklandgarden.ca Red Deer County welcomes reader County Maps Available - at the County Office. $15.00 each submissions and reserves the right Bowden Sleigh Ride and Tour of Lights Event - The Bowden for either a rolled (not laminated) or a folded. Maps were to approve/disapprove any and all Recreation & Culture Board presents this annual event. printed in June 2012. submissions it receives. Send submissions to countynews@ rdcounty.ca Please note that submitted original documents cannot always be returned. Due Date