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FFormerormer hhockeyockey greatgreat BBobbyobby HullHull meetsmeets E e n a yyoungoung fanfan atat thethe O CCrownrown & Anchor.Anchor. E e Rk FFREEa TTake One CCoommmunitymunity Advisor SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 22007007 — VVOL.OL. 5 NNO.O. 9 CCIRC.IRC. 77,000,000 CommunityAdvisor.NET The biggest democracy deficit Nuclear Power Santa in August? It’s Whitecourt’s 4th Annual Toy Run. See p. 24. The following is based on Post-Op the American system, but the Energy Alberta president same basic monetary dynam- and co-chair Wayne Henuset ics are in place in Canada stated the decision to build and around the world. the $6.8 billion nuclear plant in the Peace River region (See Nuclear page 21) By Ellen Brown J.D. t has been called “the most HHaveave YourYour SaySay Iastounding piece of sleight of hand ever invented.” The Last month’s poll - Do you trust the information you’re getting (Continued page 19) on nuclear power? a) - Yes from both sides - 23.7% b) - No from Trail Blazers - The both sides - 37.3% c) Mostly from Early Trappers both sides - 18.6% d) Believe Researched and compiled proponents mostly - 16.9% e) Believe opponents mostly - 3.4%. by Linda Horyn This month’s poll - Do you plan ince man fi rst stepped to vote in upcoming Municipal Sinto this beautiful forest election? a) Yes b) No there has been trapping. In Vote at CommunityAdvisor.NET this area, wolf, lynx, coyote, MMonthlyonthly QuizQuiz fox, muskrat, beaver, fi sh- What is the correct spelling? er, marten, mink, otter and a) Able to be seen; “di sur na squirrels thrived. The native bel” b) Bungling or unlucky people were the fi rst trap- person; “shle meel” c) Awkward and tactless; “gohsh” (Continued page 8) Trappers at Tony Creek during the early 1900’s Answers on page 30. AAllll MMonthonth LLongong TTALKALK TTOO A TTOPOP PPRODUCER!!RODUCER!! MMIDTOWNIDTOWN MMALLALL LIQUOR WWEEKLYEEKLY DDRAWSRAWS TTopop PProducerroducer 22006006 TTopop SSellereller 22006006 WWhitecourt’shitecour t’s fforor EEDMONTONDMONTON TTopop LListerister 20062006 OOnlynly IndoorIndoor MallMall EESKIMOSSKIMOS UNLIMITED CCheckheck ooutut tthehe nnewew TTICKETS!!!ICKETS!!! 7778-89897 8 - 8 9 8 9 sstorestores aandnd eextensivextensive Great Selection, Great Service, Great Prices rrenovations!enovations! CCOLDESTOLDEST BBEEREER OOnene SStoretore BBayay & OOfficeffice OONN TTHEHE PLANETPLANET 7778-667878-6678 SSpacepace FFOROR RRENT!!!ENT!!! Patrick Carew 44927927 -51-51 Ave.Ave. OOpenpen 1100 aamm ttoo 1111 ppmm ddailyaily EEachach ofoffi cece iindependentlyndependently CContactontact CCarl:arl: ((780)780) 778-1459778-1459 MMountainountain SShoppinghopping SStriptrip ccell:ell: 7778-005378-0053 oownedwned & operatedoperated PAGE 2 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 CAIS Program Agriculture is the lifeblood of many communities in White- court-Ste. Anne. Ensuring that our agriculture industry remains vibrant and sustainable is an important part of our government’s mandate. Allowing producers to effi - ciently apply for funding through the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program is an important part of ensuring sustainability. Alberta producers can now fi le their CAIS forms EEYEWEARYEWEAR & online using the myAFSC website. By fi ling online, producers will improve the quality and VVISIONISION CARECARE scope of their information, and should experience improved pro- CCENTREENTRE cessing turnaround times. myAFSC is a secure website that allows producers to check the processing status of their CAIS application, view their historical information and now fi le their supplementary forms via CAIS eForms. It also allows us- NOW ers to validate the data upfront before submitting. CAIS, a federal-provincial program, helps producers pro- tect their operations from small and large drops in income, and is available to eligible farmers re- OPEN gardless of the commodities they produce. In June, federal, provincial, and territorial agriculture ministers agreed to replace CContactontact LLensens SSpecialistpecialist CAIS with a new business risk management suite of programs that are more responsive, pre- dictable, and bankable for farm- UUpp ttoo 550%0% OOffff ers. myAFSC and eForms will continue as online resources for fi ling and tracking claims. DDesigneresigner FFramesrames Information on activating myAFSC accounts and CAIS is available via e-mail at myafsc@ BBookook forfor AnAn EyeEye ExaminationExamination Today!Today! afsc.ca or by calling 1-877-744- 7900. Producers can access the myAFSC website at https:// my.afsc.ca/myAFSC. 7780-706-354480-706-3544 If you would like to discuss this, or any other provincial matter, please contact me at (780) IIff busybusy callcall 780-706-3592780-706-3592 415-9473. Keep in touch. George VanderBurg, MLA MMidtownidtown MMallall SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 3 Back to Earth Pilot: Have you ever fl own in a small plane before? Norma: No, I have not. Pilot: Well, here is some chewing gum. It will help to keep your ears from popping. Pilot (after the plane landed): Did the gum help? Norma: Yes. It worked fi ne. The only trouble is I can’t get Serving the it out of my ears. oilfi eld for Prisoner’s Dilemma over 30 years. A man was sent to prison for 20 years. He was so bored while in there; he found an ant and decided to teach it tricks - like beg, play dead, roll over, jump hair etc. He served his Call: (780) 778-6220 time and was released. He took his ant with him in a matchbox. The fi rst place he went was to a bar. He sat down, took out WHITECOURT the matchbox and emptied out the ant. He then said to the guy beside him, “you are not gonna DECKING & RAILING believe what this ant can do”. Why repaint the deck year after year? He showed him all the tricks and the guy was impressed. MAKE IT LAST! He told him that he could make a fortune with the ant. The guy with the ant was excited and called the bartender WEATHERDEK S.T.A.R. over and said “you see that ant?” Waterproof, Vinyl Aluminum The bartender put his fi nger on the ant, twisted it and said Decking Railing Systems “sorry sir it won’t happen again.” 5 year warranty 20 yr. warranty. Back to School Fees 778-2336 Cell: 706-9406 4735-51 Ave. On the fi rst day of college, the Dean addressed the students: “The female dormitory is out-of-bounds for all male students, and the male dormitory to the female students. Any- body caught breaking this rule will be fi ned $20 the fi rst time. anadu Studio The second time you will be fi ned $60. A third time will cost X you a fi ne of $180. Are there any questions?” A male student inquired, “How much for a season Jewellery pass?” Derek Alexander The Little Literalist Teacher: Craig, what is the chemical formula for water? Leather Purses Craig: H I J K L M N O. Styles Now In Teacher: What are you talking about? Craig: Yesterday you said it’s H to O. 4907 - 51 Ave, Whitecourt - 778-6097

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FOR PRINCIPLED, EFFECTIVE partnership with the Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce, LEADERSHIP, this offi ce would develop the mandate & strategy for economic development while also providing services to ELECT LARRY McCONNELL assist small businesses here in Whitecourt. - small business development and support MAYOR - downtown revitalization - a unifi ed voice with all stakeholders in our Now, more than ever, we need the economic future - the creation of a Task Force whose aim it is to decisive leadership in Town Hall that attract a diversity of industries to Whitecourt will see us through the challenges of - That’s Larry’s plan! today and provide for our security Community Development; and prosperity in the future. Larry believes that there are needs in the community that have to be met. Larry’s vision for the future calls for the planning and development of a community centre Who is Larry McConnell? containing; Larry is; - a library, - A proud Father - youth centre, - A resident of Whitecourt for 26 years - a skate park - A past President of both the Chamber of Commerce - and arena for the youth of Whitecourt. and the Rotary Club In today’s world, with the challenges our youth face, - A Lawyer and businessman for 26 years, elected a it has never been more important to make this investment bencher with the Alberta Law Society in 2002, and appointed in their development. Queens Council in 2004. With a strong commitment to youth; Larry believes - Began his professional career fi rst as a Teacher from that we have to plan today for a brighter future for 1966 – 1977 before entering law Whitecourt. Larry believes that with a diversity of multi - Currently serves Whitecourt as a Town Councillor level programs for our kids, positive activities can serve Hobbies; Larry is a Pilot and an unabashed dog lover. as an alternative to the negative infl uences we see here everyday. On Public Daycare: Larry believes that in today’s world, we often need two Mayors Seniors and Youth Advisory Councils; incomes coming into our homes. Families should never have Seniors to settle for less than the best daycare for their children, and With Larry’s belief in the strength of people and ideas that government should take a leadership role in providing he proposes the creation of the Mayor’s Seniors Advisory these services to ensure the safety of our children while we Committee. Larry understands that the people who built work. this community also care for it a great deal. Seniors can That’s why Larry’s plan calls for leadership from Town provide a wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom. Hall to take an active role with the provincial government, With the creation of this advisory council we can bring all in ensuring that Whitecourt has a safe, reliable and of the expertise our Seniors have to offer for the benefi t of AFFORDABLE daycare for all families if they choose to use the community they love. it. Youth How much longer do we wait for someone to take the Larry understands that the youth of today are faced lead? with so many challenges that will affect the rest of their lives. He also realizes that the only way to assist them is On Economic Development: to hear them. This is why he will form the Mayors Youth Larry believes in Whitecourt. He believes in the people Advisory Committee. It’s through this medium that our that make up this community. Larry’s plan calls for a dynamic kids can & will meet with the Mayor to let him know & energetic economic development strategy to attract more in their own words what’s happening here, and more industry to our town. importantly, why. As Mayor, Larry wants to give everyone To meet this goal, Larry proposes the creation of the a voice. When decisions are made, the people affected will Business Support & Development Offi ce. With a possible have had their chance to make their views known. SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 5

Affordable Housing: HOCKEY • HOCKEY • HOCKEY Larry knows and understands that not all citizens have the ability to work in our core industries. With progress and higher infl ation fi nding a home can often be a daunting task. Larry also knows these people make up the fabric that holds our community together. Without them, many of the small businesses in town would not be able to operate. “Quality Equipment & Apparel, Personalized Service” Larry’s plan calls for the development of an effective, integrated, affordable housing strategy. This strategy will MMon,on, TTues,ues, WWed,ed, FFriri 110-60-6 TThurshurs 110-8,0-8, SSat.at. 99-5-5 ensure that all residents of Whitecourt have the ability to ((780)780) 778-5103778-5103 - 41644164 KeplerKepler StSt provide their families with a safe, affordable and secure ((AcrossAcross fromfrom thethe newnew MMultiplexultiplex oonn HHighwayighway 443)3) home to call their own. We can never forget that a society is judged by how it • Hockey Sports Gear • Sports Wear looks after its weakest members. • Backpacks • Knives • Camping • Infl atables for Kids & Adults • Sports On the Nuclear Issue: Footwear • Meindl Hunting Boots & NUCLEAR PLANT SITE CHOSEN Backpacks• Fishing • Kayaks • Wakeboards COMPANY HOPES TO BUILD IN PEACE COUNTRY EDMONTON JOURNAL, AUGUST 28 2007 ASK ABOUT SPECIAL ORDER DETAILS.

Where was the effective leadership that cost this Quality Sharpening on Premises community a 6.8 Billion dollar development? for Skates, Knives, Scissors, $255,000,000 in new home sales lost! (850 homes @ $300,000 average) Tools & More $1,445,000 in lost residential property taxes per year! (Based on $1700 per year avg). Al’s Sports Quest Fish Story Contest $6,120,000 in lost consumer spending (groceries The “moose horn” male bonding trip by Ian Bews alone)! …and Trevor Thain thought it was “in the The lure of cutthroat trout (and no wives for a few days) bag”!(Quoted from The Rig Radio, Aug 28 2007) made us do it. We travelled by ATV forty-eight kilometers With the ever increasing volatility of today’s market through some of the most scenic rocky mountains, crossing place, and the global changes to the economy, can we two creeks seventeen times and over miles of muskeg. afford to have leadership in Town Hall making assumptions about issues as big as this? Once camp is set up, Gary’s son takes a side trip. Some- How many more projects do we miss because of how a pair of pliers comes in contact with both battery ter- “assumptions”? minals on his ATV. This unit needs the battery to run the fuel Now is the time for the leadership that Whitecourt pump. Gary and his son spend the next four days troubled by residents deserve. their dilemma. The jokes now come fast and furious. Don’t Now is the time for responsible, effective & positive worry! We will tow you back. Ha! Ha! Put it in Tonys’ raft. action in Town Hall. Push it out into the lake and when it sinks tell the folks back Now is the time to elect Larry McConnell Mayor! home someone stole it. Hee! Hee! But Gary and son are not amused. GIVE EVERYONE A VOICE, FOR PRINCIPLED, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, A plan is hatched to remove said fuel pump and replace VOTE LARRY McCONNELL FOR MAYOR! it with a piece of hose. Then a small hand air pump (loonie store special) is tapped into the vent of the fuel tank. With a LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK; few squeezes of the pump, the fuel tank is pressurized and the Comments / Concerns or you would like to help out, fuel fl ows to the carburator. The only thing left to do is “red [email protected] green” (duct tape) the pump to the fender, and off they go. Ph; 780 779 6755 With a few pumps of the knee, they made it out on their own. We did manage to deplete the lake of a few trout. PAGE 6 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 CCelebrationselebrations Concept Now Cosmetics Your One Stop One of the most ultimate skincare line ever known. Just 3 minutes Flower Shop in the morning and evening. It will Fresh Flowers - Gifts Under New Management transform your skin. Balloons - Plants Our friendly Staff looks NOW OPEN MONDAYS! A must! 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Based upon current projects, CN Rail estimates that gallon that it reached almost exactly a Dahl Drive will need to be closed entirely for two days dur- year ago. A record number of options ing this time period and that the 51st Street crossing will need contracts are now being sold that en- to be closed for one day. Once dates are confi rmed, the Town title customers to buy oil in the future will be advertising the closure in advance to alert motorists at $100 a barrel. That tells you where the inside players think and residents of the traffi c change. The Town of Whitecourt the price of oil is heading, since those options will only be of will continue to keep the community informed on this issue value if the price were actually above $100 a barrel. as information is received. That is the price that Goldman Sachs, the world’s Whitecourt’s Willow Bioenergy Plantation will be show- biggest brokerage house, predicted oil would reach by 2009. cased on September 5. Natural Resources Canada is hosting However, one big negative headline -- further disruption of the 2007 Fall Field Tour for people from the Edmonton area supplies from Nigeria or Iraq, say -- and oil could be trading to educate participants on the potential of willow as a bioen- at over $100 a barrel by next month. But the concern is not ergy crop and to discuss bioenergy production. Whitecourt’s really about oil prices. It’s about what more expensive oil will Willow Bioenergy Plantation was established in 2006 as a do to the world economy, and the professional optimists are partnership project between Natural Resource Canada, Alber- (Continued on page 10) ta Environment and other national agencies to research the potential of wastewater and other waste products to increase Funktional Funktional biomass production. Life Sleep (See Town on page 14) Solutions Solutions Word Jumble Teacher: What is the • CPAP & mask sales Can you re-arrange the axis of the earth? 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Quotable Quotes In times of universal deceit..... Community “The day isn’t far off By Dan Parker when the economic prob- Our headline story this month features AAdvisordvisor lem will take the back seat a guest author who examines the money Publisher: Dan Parker where it belongs, and the system in an honest manner. Regular read- Offi ce: Sheena Brandvold heart and head will be oc- ers of Advisor political articles will know Billing: Rita Thomas Fish: Denise Steeves cupied or reoccupied, by that the hidden mechanics behind our mon- our real problems of life ey system are a regular topic for this pub- and of human relations.” lication. To summarize, the reality behind our money system - economist John is quite different from that portrayed in the mainstream mass Maynard Keynes media. Over 95% of money is created virtually out of thin air, as debt, by private institutions; not government. These private “We may think our institutions then charge compound interest on the newly cre- tribute is paid in secret ated money. Money disappears from circulation, as loans are in the dark recesses of paid off, but the money supply, and debt, still grow because our hearts, but it will out. of the demands of compound interest. That which dominates our imaginations and our This is not some wild conspiracy theory, but a matter of CCommunityommunity AAdvisordvisor thoughts will determine historical fact attested to by thousands of highly accredited 4907 52 Ave. Box 294 our lives, and our charac- dissidents, including Nobel laureate economist Maurice Al- Whitecourt, AB T7S 1N4 ter. Therefore, it behooves lais, former World Bank economist Herman Daly, former cen- Phone: 778-5577 us to be careful what we tral banker Bernard Lietaer, the late, eminent historian Carroll Fax: 778-6666 worship, for what we are Quigley and so on. To be sure, the dissidents are routinely [email protected] worshipping we are be- attacked as to their analyses, but never are they debated in a Website: WhitecourtWeb.com coming.” - Ralph Waldo highly public forum. This is because they would make short Circulation: 7,000 Emerson work of their critics, given the evidence. 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FLOORING & DECORATING GGivei v e YYouro u r HHomeo m e a NNEWE W EEDGED G E 4213 - 42 Avenue (behind police station) RETAIL SALES & PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION (Continued from page 6) price only restores the pur- still optimistic. chasing power that they lost over the past two years due The spike at $78.40 to the US dollar’s slide. in July, 2006 didn’t cause a recession, so why should More importantly, this one? Indeed, why would most of the big importers of even $100 a barrel cause a oil in the industrialised world global economic crisis, given are not really paying much that one hundred US dollars more for oil than they were today is only worth about the two years ago. The rising same in most other currencies dollar price has been largely as $78.40 was a year ago? cancelled out by the fall in the value of the dollar, so it’s Oil sales are almost not really busting their bud- all denominated in US dol- gets. Maria’s Tailoring lars, which are worth almost a third less in euros, pounds American consum- or yen than they were two ers are feeling victimised, & Alterations years ago, so the countries but they get little sympathy • Custom Fit Tailoring • Alterations of the Organisation of Pe- in the Middle Eastern coun- • Drycleaning • Formal Wear • Bridal Wear troleum Exporting Countries tries that dominate OPEC, • Refl ective Tape for Coveralls (OPEC), are not rolling in as most of these govern- sudden wealth. The oil ex- ments believe that President Bring in porters spend most of their Bush’s invasion of Iraq has income in other currencies, made their neighbourhood your fall so from their point of view a far more dangerous place. and winter the recent surge in the oil (Continued on page 11) A college bound pizza delivery boy arrived at Norma’s place. clothing for “What is the usual tip?” Norma asked, as she took off her shoes to make change for a twenty. repairs “Well,” replied the youth, “this is my fi rst trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I’ll be doing We can hem great.” “Is that so?” snorted Norma as she fi nished her calcula- while you tions, “keep the fi ve dollars in change.” “Thanks,” replied the youth, “I’ll put this in my school wait! fund.” Mon. to Fri. 9:30 to 6, Sat. 10 to 4 “What are you studying in school?” asked Norma. “Applied psychology” answered the boy. Midtown Mall ♦ (780) 706-7092 SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 11 bookkeeping & tax specialists Fifth Avenue Collection offers the latest designs in jewellery... earrings, neckpieces, rings and more Perfect for office wear or the evening ahead. You were born to wear it! Independent Jeweller personal, business Linda Sommer & corporate bookkeeping Ph: 778-3824 ∆ Cell 778-0638 4907 - 52 Avenue ♦ 778-2612

(Continued from page 10) was actually all that apoca- to be developed was the price high, but its members OPEC is not going to pump lyptic, in retrospect, but the North Sea in the 1970s), and are pumping close to capac- more oil out of gratitude for markets don’t do long-term they tend to be in much more ity and only Saudi Arabia is Mr Bush’s policies. perspective.) We have got remote places. putting in major new pro- three-quarters of the way to duction capability. Non- As for the steep fall $100 a barrel without a cri- The number of new OPEC oil output is predict- in the value of the US dol- sis, driven sim- deep-sea drilling ed to stay fl at for the next lar, that’s what happens to ply by stagnant rigs now under fi ve years. It may not really your currency when you try production and “Th e number construction is al- be “peak oil” yet, but at the to fi ght an expensive foreign soaring demand of new deep-sea most equal to the least we are seeing a lot of war without raising taxes in the big Asian drilling rigs now total number that phenomena that mimic that at home (as Richard Nixon economies. We currently exist in time. found out over Vietnam in could get the under construction the world (sev- 1971.) Seventy-six dollars a rest of the way is almost equal to enty). When you If the American barrel will not cause world on a rumour, the total number have to look for mortgage crisis does not economic growth to stall -- and the price new oil at depths tumble the global economy and even $100 a barrel might rise would not that currently of over 1,500 into a recession, Asian de- not do so. But will it stop necessarily stop exist in the world metres (5,000 ft.) mand will go on growing there? there. (seventy). under the sea, or until the oil price does it. At coax it out of the $100 a barrel if we’re lucky What is really signif- The ” tar-sands of north- -- or via a detour through icant about the current surge truly signifi cant change in ern Alberta by equally ex- $200 a barrel if Dick Cheney in the price of oil is that it the situation is the stagna- pensive techniques, the era decides to attack Iran. has NOT been driven by tion of supply, not the rise in of plentiful cheap oil is defi - some apparently apocalyptic demand. New oil-fi elds are nitely over. Gwynne Dyer is a crisis like the Arab-Israeli much smaller than discover- London-based independent war of 1973 or the Iranian ies in the previous generation OPEC is squeez- journalist whose articles are revolution. (Neither event (the last really big oil domain ing supply a bit to keep the published in 45 countries. 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This pro- bring life to a burned area. rel pelts and trappers would person would trap on the east cess was non-selective, with Disease, ticks, and harsh win- shoot or snare hundreds of side of the river and another many animals feeding on the ters also drastically changed squirrels in a day. The pelts the west, with the territorial baits and others feeding on the population numbers. would be used for decorative areas and boundaries being the poisoned carcasses. The trim on coats, made into felt decided amongst the trap- timber wolf and fox popula- During the 1930’s, beaver and even used for insulation pers themselves. Before the tions were nearly obliterated. were very scarce in the area. in military garments. Alberta Forest Service be- Squirrels, on the other hand, gan implementing the new In 1969, the Fish and were plentiful, as they had During those early years, policy of licensing Alberta’s Wildlife Division took over an ample food source from traplines would be located traplines in 1941, a $2.00 the responsibility of trapline the cones of the large spruce along rivers and creeks, license could be purchased. registration from the Alberta This gave the trappers the Forest Service. Unfortu- right to trap, but they were nately, government records not assigned to a designated regarding trappers (the cabin area. fi les) compiled before 1969 were destroyed, therefore in- M. Eugene Walters re- formation on early trappers is calls that during the 1940’s, not abundant. the animal populations mul- tiplied. Few people were The people who lived trapping due to the low in the tranquil forest during prices being offered for the the early 1900’s had to pos- long-haired fur. During the sess courage, an apprecia- early 1950’s, a rabies scare tion of nature and a willing- Furs of M. Eugene Walters taken between October 1, prompted the government to ness to live in solitude for 1988 and December 31, 1988. put into action a control pro- (Continued on page 13)

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(Continued from page 12) In 1917, Greg Randall long stretches of time. The (Rapelje), wife Mamie and following are just some of Greg’s blind sister, Sarah, the early trappers and set- lived at the Baptiste River tlers who lived between the fl ats where they had a horse Athabasca River and Mee- ranch. They later lived near kwap Lake during the early the Athabasca River in an 1900’s. impressive log home. Sarah and Mamie’s uncle, Major Berland (Baptiste) River Thompson, is buried in the Mr. Severson and later, forest near the Baptiste Riv- Jim Hindmarsh, ran the er. The Randalls, who were stopping house and oper- originally from Manitoba, ated the ferry on the Atha- lived at the Athabasca River basca River during the days until 1931 when they retired The Berland River fl owing into the Athabasca River. of the Edson-Grande Prairie to Edson. Trail. John Anderson ran After the days of the Jackfi sh (Sides) Lake the stopping house at the Trappers Chuck Lunc- Edson-Grande Prairie Raymond Thompson Baptiste River crossing un- eford, a fox trapper from Trail, Bert, Charlie, and was born May 15, 1896 in the til 1917 when Ray Thomp- the Peace River, English- Herb White trapped along state of Washington. In 1915, son, Frank Knowles and his man Herb Parsons, and Ole both sides of the Athabasca Raymond began trapping at son, Cliff, bought both stop- Hendrickson, a large Swed- River. They had a cattle Jackfi sh Lake, which was ping houses. Thompson and ish man, were known as the ranch, in a meadow known known for its huge northern Knowles had previously Baptiste Boys and lived on as “White’s Meadow”, pike. Thompson later oper- owned a trading post three the wild hay meadows at the and would bring supplies ated the ferry at the Baptiste miles from the Baptiste fl ats Baptiste in the 1910’s. Ole and stock by raft down (Borland) River crossing. and had a trapline north of Hendrickson later drowned the Athabasca River from Raymond lived in this area the Baptiste. in the Athabasca River. Marlborough. (Continued on page 28)

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However, the sense of western media sophistication porations, to increase the total number of units from 59 to 109 through world governance, but disagrees with the exces- is really a false one. As Rich- for Old Forestry Estates. Town Council heard comments from ard Deacon writes in The a number of residents regarding the application, and the issue sive secrecy and consequent lack of public input into the Truth Twisters “the Western will be brought forward to the Policies and Priorities Com- process. This can lead to a democracies are sometimes mittee on Monday, September 17 for further discussion. dictatorial world govern- just as vulnerable as the peo- ment. ple of totalitarian regimes (to In an effort to enhance service to the community, the false information) — indeed Town of Whitecourt is changing the hours of operation for The Advisor, in a small perhaps more so, because the Administration Offi ce. Starting Tuesday, September 4 the way, is perhaps the only they are more likely to ac- Town Administration Offi ce hours will be: mass media to honestly ad- cept what they are told as the truth.” Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon dress the issue of how money is created and destroyed to- 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. In Cognito The Offi ce will be closed on statutory holidays. day. Given the signifi cance If you have any questions regarding the change in hours, of money in modern society and the idea that we have a A primary factor that please contact the Town of Whitecourt at 778-2273. free press in a free country, allows the secrecy around this is quite simply an unac- money creation to continue Household Tip ceptable situation. It is made is the concept of cognitive Ink Stains? Put rubbing alcohol on the stain - it disap- all the more so in that report- dissonance. Cognitive disso- pears! This must be done before washing. ing on this issue is not really nance is a psychological phe- a diffi cult task. nomenon which refers to the discomfort felt when what There have been several you already believe con- books and documentaries on fl icts with new information. how the mass media can be For example, we have been compromised. Hebert Schil- raised in the belief that we ler in Culture Inc states: “It live in a free country, where is not necessary to construct economic justice is a major a theory of intentional cul- consideration. However, evi- tural control. In truth, the dence shows that behind the strength of the control (Continued on page 15) process rests in its ap- parent absence. The desired systemic result is achieved ordinarily by a loose, though effective, institutional Are you living one life process. 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Rather than question The basic idea behind their belief, fervent cultists cognitive dissonance theory held that the earth was spared is that people do not like to due to the pious actions of have dissonant cognitions. In the cult itself. Less commit- fact, it is argued that the de- ted members of the cult woke sire to have ‘consonant cog- up on that day and were able Open 10 am to 11 pm, Sundays 10 am to 10 pm nitions’ is as strong as our ba- to see that the belief they had sic desires for food and shel- been indoctrinated with was ter. As a result, when some- entirely false. one does experience two or more dissonant cognitions, And so it goes with the or confl icting thoughts, they general belief in how our Showers Too will attempt to do away with money and compound inter- the dissonance. Often this is est system works. 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(Continued from page 19) ruled. It was heard in a Jus- hind the bar of the bank. . . . with a ﬂ ick of a pen, they void could topple the power tice of the Peace Court, an We are not going behind that will create enough money to base of the world. He wrote autonomous court system curtain!5 buy it back again. . . . Take in a local news article: dating back to those frontier this great power away from days when defendants had From time to time, how- them and all great fortunes “This decision, which trouble traveling to big cities ever, the curtain has been lift- like mine will disappear, for is legally sound, has the ef- to respond to summonses. In ed long enough for us to see then this would be a better fect of declaring all private that system (which has now behind it. A number of repu- and happier world to live in. mortgages on real and per- been phased out), judges and table authorities have attested . . . But, if you want to con- sonal property, and all U.S. courts were pretty much on to what is going on, including tinue to be the slaves of bank- and State bonds held by the their own. Justice Mahoney, Sir Josiah Stamp, president of ers and pay the cost of your Federal Reserve, National who was not dependent on the Bank of England and the own slavery, then let bankers and State banks to be null campaign ﬁ nancing or ham- second richest man in Britain continue to create money and and void. This amounts to an strung by precedent, went so in the 1920s. He declared in control credit.” emancipation of this Nation far as to threaten to prosecute an address at the University from personal, national and and expose the bank.4 Since of Texas in 1927: Robert H. Hemphill, state debt purportedly owed that time, a number of de- Credit Manager of the Feder- to this banking system. Every fendants have attempted to “The modern banking al Reserve Bank of Atlanta in American owes it to himself avoid loan defaults using the system manufactures money the Great Depression, wrote . . . to study this decision defense Daly raised; but they out of nothing. The process is in 1934: very carefully . . . for upon have met with only limited perhaps the most astounding it hangs the question of free- success. As one judge said piece of sleight of hand that “We are completely de- dom or slavery.” off the record: was ever invented. Banking pendent on the commercial was conceived in inequity Banks. Someone has to bor- Needless to say, how- “If I let you do that – you and born in sin . . . . Bankers row every dollar we have in ever, the decision failed to and everyone else – it would own the earth. Take it away circulation, cash or credit. If change prevailing practice, bring the whole system down. from them but leave them the the Banks create ample syn- although it was never over- . . . I cannot let you go be- power to create money, and, (Continued on page 21) Whitecourt Auto Sales Corner of Hwy 43 & 32 South

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Coins were durable mission to build a pair of twin-unit Candu reactors on pri- of the picture, the tragic ab- and had value in themselves, vate land adjacent to Lac Cardinal, 30 kilometres west of the surdity of our hopeless po- but they were hard to trans- town. sition is almost incredible, port in bulk and could be sto- but there it is. It is the most len if not kept under lock and Given that we all enjoy a higher standard of living due to business decisions being made where the most effi ciencies important subject intelligent key. Many people therefore are possible, it is hard to argue with the company. The Peace persons can investigate and deposited their coins with River competition had a natural cooling pond, whereas this refl ect upon.6 the goldsmiths, who had the facility would have to be constructed in Whitecourt. Reeve strongest safes in town. The Jim Rennie Jr stated another factor was that a preferred site Graham Towers, Gover- goldsmiths issued convenient in Whitecourt was provincially owned, which added some nor of the Bank of Canada paper receipts that could be complexity, and time, to land acquisition. For example, exist- from 1935 to 1955, acknowl- traded in place of the bulkier ing Forest Management Agreements would have to be dealt edged: coins they represented. These with. receipts were also used when “Banks create money. people who needed coins Now that the decision has been made, it can be said that That is what they are for. . . came to the goldsmiths for there is one area of concern here regarding the initial tactics . The manufacturing process loans. used by Energy Alberta. This has to do with the company’s to make money consists of comment on the demonstrated level of community support. making an entry in a book. The mischief began That is all. . . . Each and ev- when the goldsmiths noticed The original meeting at the Whitecourt Community Centre, ery time a Bank makes a loan that only about 10 to 20 per- an online poll by the Advisor and informal discussions on the . . . new Bank credit is cre- cent of their receipts came street all showed that there was a solid majority of Whitecour- 7 ated -- brand new money.” back to be redeemed in gold tites in favour of proceeding with the nuclear plant approval at any one time. They could process. There was also a vocal opposition and a petition asking Robert B. Anderson, safely “lend” the gold in that Woodland County’s letter of support be withdrawn. The Secretary of the Treasury their strongboxes at interest company had made clear at the original community meeting under Eisenhower, said in an several times over, as long as that it wanted virtually unanimous assent from residents for the interview reported in the Au- they kept 10 to 20 percent of project and stated the withdrawal of the Woodlands letter of gust 31, 1959 issue of U.S. the value of their outstand- support was a signifi cant issue at one time. News and World Report: ing loans in gold to meet the demand. They thus created However, it is hard to think of any issue that would have “[W]hen a bank makes “paper money” (receipts for unanimous support, let alone something of the scope and a loan, it simply adds to the loans of gold) worth several complexity of a nuclear power project. Everyone espousing borrower’s deposit account times the gold they actu- one line of thought, regardless of personal beliefs, is not a in the bank by the amount of ally held. They typically is- healthy society. This writer is in favour of nuclear power, the loan. The money is not sued notes and made loans given the alternatives; as long as democracy is also allowed taken from anyone else’s de- in amounts that were four to to fl ourish. posit; it was not previously fi ve times their actual supply paid in to the bank by any- of gold. At an interest rate The company backtracked on its previous stance regard- one. It’s new money, created of 20 percent, the same gold ing dissent and announced that only economic reasons were by the bank for the use of the lent fi ve times over produced responsible for the Peace River location. Good for them. It borrower.” a 100 percent return every wouldn’t be much fun in the Peace River region otherwise. year, on gold the goldsmiths How did this scheme did not actually own and • Pet Friendly • Kitchenettes • Weekly and Monthly rates available originate, and how has it could not legally lend at all. Haven Inn • Conference facilities been concealed for so many If they were careful not to Shirley, Cathy & Staff • Fax/Copy service • Air-conditioning Welcome you to Mayerthorpe. • Cable TV • Free local phone calls years? To answer those ques- overextend this “credit,” the • Parking for trucks • Coffee in room tions, we need to go back to goldsmiths could thus be- (780) 786-2231 - 4605 Crockett Street the seventeenth century. (Continued on page 22) PAGE 22 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 Freelance Mechanic Experienced, Certified Heavy Duty Truck Advisor Repairs & Commercial Vehicle Inspections 4004 36 St. (Next to Whitecourt Collision) Phone: 778-1978 Cell: 706-1854 Call (780) 778-5577 (Continued from page 21) der the Federal Reserve (or eral Reserve Notes, and they have been created privately come quite wealthy without “Fed”), a privately-owned basically swap stacks, leav- as “bank credit” advanced as producing anything of value corporation given the right to ing the government in debt loans. themselves. Since only the issue Federal Reserve Notes to a private banking corpora- principal was lent into the and lend them to the U.S. tion for money the govern- The problem with in- money supply, more money government. These notes, ment could have issued itself, fl ating the money supply in was eventually owed back which were issued by the Fed debt-free. this way, of course, is that it in principal and interest than basically for the cost of print- infl ates prices. More mon- the townspeople as a whole ing them, came to form the Theft by Infl ation ey competing for the same possessed. They had to con- basis of the national money goods drives prices up. The tinually take out loans of new supply. M3, the broadest mea- dollar buys less, robbing paper money to cover the sure of the U.S. money sup- people of the value of their shortfall, causing the wealth Twenty years later, the ply, shot up from $3.7 trillion money. This rampant infl a- of the town and eventually country faced in February 1988 tion is usually blamed on of the country to be siphoned massive depres- to $10.3 trillion the government, which is ac- into the vaults of the gold- sion. The money “Th e problem 14 years later, cused of running the dollar smiths-turned-bankers, while supply shrank, with infl ating when the Fed printing presses in order to the people fell progressively as banks closed the money supply quit reporting spend and spend without re- into their debt.8 their doors and it. Why the Fed sorting to the politically un- gold fl ed to Eu- in this way, of quit reporting it popular expedient of raising Following this model, in rope. Dollars at course, is that it in March 2006 taxes. But as noted earlier, nineteenth century America, that time had to infl ates prices. is suggested by the only money the U.S. gov- private banks issued their be 40 percent John Williams ernment actually issues are own banknotes in sums up to backed by gold, so for ev- in a website” called “Shad- coins. In countries in which ten times their actual reserves ery dollar’s worth of gold ow Government Statistics” the central bank has been na- in gold. This was called that left the country, 2.5 (shadowstats.com), which tionalized, paper money may “fractional reserve” banking, dollars in credit money also shows that by the spring of be issued by the government meaning that only a fraction disappeared. To prevent this 2007, M3 was growing at along with coins, but paper of the total deposits managed alarming defl ationary spiral the astounding rate of 11.8 money still composes only a by a bank were kept in “re- from collapsing the money percent per year. Best not to very small percentage of the serve” to meet the demands supply completely, in 1933 publicize such fi gures too money supply. In England, of depositors. But periodic President Franklin Roosevelt widely! The question posed where the Bank of England runs on the banks when the took the dollar off the gold here, however, is this: where was nationalized after World customers all got suspicious standard. Today the Federal did all this new money come War II, private banks contin- and demanded their gold at Reserve still operates on the from? The government did ue to create 97 percent of the the same time caused banks “fractional reserve” system, not step up its output of money supply as loans.9 to go bankrupt and made the but its “reserves” consist coins, and no gold was added system unstable. In 1913, the of nothing but government to the national money supply, Price infl ation is only private banknote system was bonds (I.O.U.s or debts). The since the government went one problem with this system therefore consolidated into a government issues bonds, the off the gold standard in 1933. of private money creation. national banknote system un- Federal Reserve issues Fed- This new money could only (Continued on page 23) SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 23 Community TOTALLY Working hard to keep you COVERED informed! AAdvisordvisor CLOTHING An inexpensiveexpensive wayway to We wouldwo like to wish Jim and Linda consistentlystently advertise of JL Clothing Clo the best of luck in their retirement. CCallall (780)(780) 778-5577778-5577 Totally Covered is pleased to announce (Continued from page 22) of power. they will continue some of JL’s great Another is that banks create only the principal but not the This problem can only be clothing lines. interest necessary to pay back set right by reversing the pro- their loans. Since virtually cess that created it. Congress NNEWEW LINES!!!LINES!!! the entire money supply is needs to take back the Con- • RipzoneRipzone created by banks themselves, stitutional power to issue the new money must continually nation’s money. “Fractional • PowderPowder RoomRoom be borrowed into existence reserve” banking needs to be • RoxyRoxy just to pay the interest owed eliminated, limiting banks • QuiksilverQuiksilver to the bankers. A dollar lent to lending only pre-existing • FoxFox at 5 percent interest becomes funds. If the power to cre- 2 dollars in 14 years. That ate money were returned to • EtniesEtnies means the money supply has the government, the federal • ZooZoo YorkYork to double every 14 years just debt could be paid off, taxes • MerrellMerrell ShoesShoes to cover the interest owed on could be slashed, and needed • andand MoreMore the money existing at the be- government programs could ginning of this 14 year cycle. be expanded. Contrary to AALLLL LINES,LINES, NEWNEW FASHIONSFASHIONS The Federal Reserve’s own popular belief, paying off the fi gures confi rm that M3 has federal debt with new U.S. AARRIVINGRRIVING DAILY!!!DAILY!!! doubled or more every 14 Notes would not be danger- Thank you Jim, Linda and the staff of years since 1959, when the ously infl ationary, because Fed began reporting it. 10 That government securities are al- JL for your contribution to the community means that every 14 years, ready included in the widest over the past 30 years! banks siphon off as much measure of the money sup- money in interest as there ply. The dollars would just was in the entire economy replace the bonds, leaving 14 years earlier. This tribute the total unchanged. If the is paid for lending something U.S. federal debt had been ““TTootallytally Kidz”Kidz” the banks never actually had paid off in fi scal year 2006, to lend, making it perhaps the savings to the govern- CCheckheck ooutut the greatest scam ever per- ment from no longer having petrated, since it now affects to pay interest would have the entire global economy. been $406 billion, enough oourur ffallall KKidzidz The privatization of money is to eliminate the $390 billion the underlying cause of pov- budget defi cit that year with KKlothing.lothing. SSizesizes erty, economic slavery, un- money to spare. The budget derfunded government, and could have been met with an oligarchical ruling class taxes, without creating mon- NNewbornewborn ttoo 114.4. that thwarts every attempt to ey out of nothing either on a MIDTOWN MALL ♥ 706-3547 shake it loose from the reins (See Money on page 29) PAGE 24 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007

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PAGE 26 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 Leo Zelinski (Continued from page 25) Another perceptual prob- Associate Broker self physically optimizes the lem, according to Therry COMMERCIAL mental associations made Melchior and other hyp- Investment, Commercial, MEMBER OF REMAX HALL OF FAME Industrial, Apartments, in response to basic beliefs. notism researchers, is that MEMBER OF REMAX PLATINUM CLUB Leasing, Hotels/Motels. New thread-like connections there is no fundamental dif- (780) 778-6678 c. (780)778-1207 OVER 20 YEARS grow between neurons, while ference between susceptibil- e-mail: [email protected] EXPERIENCE others are strengthened, and ity to suggestion in everyday yet others are weakened or life and that of the person Learning to Teach discontinued. Certain brain onstage convinced that they In a classroom the teacher asks; Maria, go to the map cells also shrink or grow. Re- are a chicken. It is simply and fi nd North America searcher Leslie Ungerleider a matter of degree. 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One to Richard Dawkins’ The $ so study found that most peo- Selfi sh Gene, Robert Trivers 1 a ple would believe in a cred- noted Dawkins’ emphasis Se ible negative prediction, un- on the role of deception in ll til it was applied to them, at animal life and added that if A which point belief dropped indeed “deceit is fundamen- r off precipitously. As psy- tal to animal communication, $ o chologist Daniel Goleman then there must be strong se- 1 f states “there is an almost lection to spot deception and re $ gravitational pull toward this ought, in turn, to select to 1 putting out of mind unpleas- for a degree of self-deception, S ant facts. And our collec- rendering some facts and mo- tive ability to face painful tives unconscious so as not to A Store for All Seasons! facts is no greater than our betray—by the subtle signs personal one. We tune out, of self-knowledge—the de- $ we turn away, we avoid. Fi- ception being practiced.” $ $ 1 nally we forget, and forget In other words, we deceive 1 1 we have forgotten. A lacuna ourselves in order to deceive (blank spot) hides the harsh others better. truth.” (See Change on page 29) SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 27 Printing Community Graphic Design MOBILE BONE DENSITOMETRY Advertising Bulletins Web Design MediaWorks Computers Sponsored by: Insight Medical Imaging (780) 778-5577 - 4907 52 Ave - [email protected] will be offering Community Connections Mobile Bone Densitometry Thursday, September 6 services to: Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Whitecourt: September 24, 2007 Whitecourt Community Centre Cost: Free to the public; $10 per table for Exhibitors Mayerthorpe: October 8, 2007 Contact Name/Number: Call Community Services at (Approximate dates) 778-6300 to reserve your table. Event Description: A chance to learn about community If you require testing for groups in Whitecourt and a great opportunity to sign up for upcoming programs. Osteoporosis Please contact your Physician’s offi ce Town Council Meeting to make an appointment 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, with the exception and obtain a referral. of July, August and December when one meeting per month is set by resolution. Time: 7:00 PM Location: Forest Interpretive Centre - Council Chambers

Disco Fever Swim Party Friday, September 14 Time: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Whitecourt Century Swimming Pool Cost: $3.00/person in advance or $5.00/person at the Free Classifieds door. Place Ad at CommunityAdvisor.NET Contact Name/Number: Whitecourt Century Swimming BABYSITTING I am a stay at home mom and I am available to babysit children of any age, Pool - 778-3501 any time, any day, CHEAP rates please call me at 780-706-7003 Event Description: Join us for a Disco Swim Party with 1995 2Dr White Dodge Dakota Sport Extended Cab 4x4 $6000.00 prizes, games and lots of fun! Ages 9-13 years. - V8 Magnum, Manual 5 speed, RWD, 4x4 shift on the ﬂ y - Gas, Alloy wheels, power brakes, power steering, intermittent wipers, drivers air bag - 60/40 bench in front, 50/50 bench in back with upgraded grey upholstery - Rear sliding window, short box, 2 block heaters installed, wired and set up for towing Nomination Day for 2007 Municipal with ball hitch - Chrome bumpers, matching chrome Dodge light/roll bar, fog lights - Alarm with key fob - CD player with removable face plate and 10 disk magazine Election * New brake pads, rotors, shoes and drums at 183311KM Monday, September 17 * New Battery * Vehicle has never been smoked in * Original owners and well cared for * Current odometer ~18700KM Community Block Party 780-706-7089

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A couple making plans for their vacation. Wanted - Cherokee hitch receiver Wife: I am afraid the mountain air would disagree with me. Wanted. Bolt on class 3 hitch receiver for 1987 to 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport. Husband: My Love, it wouldn’t dare! Email [email protected] PAGE 28 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 (Continued from page 13) packing it to their cabins. Sid for several years, and later currently lives in Whitecourt went on to invent a self-lock- and still has a trapline. Alfred ing snare and to devote time passed away in July of 1981. to writing. He published over 20 books on trapping and Other early trappers in other outdoor subjects and this area were Max McLean his articles appeared in many and Joe Beaman who occa- magazines. Two fascinating sionally worked for the For- books about early life in our est Service. They trapped area are: “Land of Fur and in the 1940’s and one of the Gold”, written by Raymond cabins they stayed at was Thompson and, “Pioneers of known as “The Swede Cab- the Athabasca”, written by his in”. Norman Henry Saunders wife, Ruby Trench Thomp- trapped in those early years son. In 1979, Raymond was with Dave Wooley, who later Sam Badger, Paul Moses and Albert Moses. elected to The Trappers Hall died in the Korean War. Nor- of Fame. Raymond passed man currently lives in the the north side of Smoke Lake veteran, and his wife, Rita, away in Washington on No- Whitecourt area and still has and trapped in this area dur- a registered nurse from Bos- vember 24, 1979. a trapline. Knut Hansen and ing the early years. Eskil and ton, Massachusetts, who was his partner, Steiner Finsand, Gunnar Anderson emigrated born in Maine in 1878. They Pass Creek and Two Creeks began trapping in the Marsh from Sweden in the 1920’s lived at the Tony Creek stop- Sid and Alfred Wheeler, Head Creek, Pass Creek, and and during their long resi- ping house before 1917 for both born in England in the Athabasca River area in the dency in Valleyview, trapped a few years, then moved to early 1920’s, began trapping 1930’s and did so for many at Smoke Lake. Other early Edson, where they lived for south of the Iosegun River years. They had a river boat trappers at Smoke Lake were a long time. in 1939. They trapped in the with a fl athead Ford motor George Onland and Svend Pass Creek, Heavysound and and would sometimes trans- Jorgensen, who trapped there One of the early trappers Iosegun River area, up to port supplies for fi refi ghters. in the 1930’s. on Tony Creek was Theodore Clark Lake, for many years. At one time, Knut Hansen Walters, who operated a small They lived on the trapline, was the towerman at Pass Tony Creek (Mile 90 trading post in 1917 and was and would travel by raft down Creek. on the Edson-Grande there for a number of years. the river in the spring. They Prairie Trail) He also had a cabin and fi sh would transport their sup- During the 1940’s John camp at Smoke Lake, where, plies up the river in the fall, Grainger from Barrhead had Mr. G. Foster and his in the winter, he would net sometimes by means of Har- a trapline in the Two Creeks family ran the stopping whitefi sh and sell them to ry Johnson’s riverboat. In the area. house at Tony Creek some- traders at Sturgeon Lake. He early days, they would store time between 1911 and was the fi re ranger of a large food in a dugout on the bank Smoke (Buck) Lake 1916. The next owner was district: one source records of the Athabasca, later back- Patrick Napio lived on William Hare, a Boer War (Continued on page 30) CommunityAdvisor.NET FREE Classifi eds These will also be published FREE in the Community Advisor, space permitting. SEPTEMBER 2007 Community Advisor PAGE 29 (Money from page 23) cember 18, 2003). (Change from page 26) He goes on to say “in 6 In the Foreword to Irving Hans Christian Anderson’s government print press or as Trivers concludes “the Fisher, 100% Money (1935), re- conventional view that natural classic fairy tale the public accounting entry bank loans. printed by Pickering and Chatto selection favors nervous sys- fails to see that the emperor Ltd. (1996). tems which produce ever more has no clothes. Why? Be- However, some money 7 Quoted in “Someone Has accurate images of the world cause the popular myth that to Print the Nation’s Money . . . created on a government must be a very naive view of emperors dress in the fi nest printing press could actually So Why Not Our Government?”, garb is so strong that people Monetary Reform Online, reprinted mental evolution.” Wildlife be good for the economy. fi lms would seem to support discount their own observa- from Victoria Times Colonist (Oc- tion. A scientifi c study re- It would be good if it were tober 16, 1996). this theory. Frequently com- ported in the New York Times used for the productive pur- 8 Chicago Federal Reserve, petitive predators appear to be demonstrated that popular pose of creating new goods “Modern Money Mechanics” interested in the scenic view, beliefs can actually over- and services, rather than for (1963), originally produced and dis- while taking short breaks in a tributed free by the Public Informa- vicious territorial battle. ride people’s personal visual the non-productive purpose observations. Through MRI of paying interest on loans. tion Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, A question of the age and brain scans, researchers When supply (goods and ser- now available on the Internet at would seem to be how to cre- determined that people who vices) goes up along with de- http://landru.i-link-2.net/monques/ ate the conditions to, as poet go along with the popular mand (money), they remain mmm2.html; Patrick Carmack, Bill William Blake put it, “cleanse myth even when it contra- in balance and prices remain Still, The Money Masters: How In- the doors of perception”. The dicts what they are seeing stable. New money could be ternational Bankers Gained Control key to this has been described show no physiological evi- added without creating price of America (video, 1998), text at as creating an abundance dence of lying! Almost half infl ation up to the point of http://users.cyberone.com.au/my- mentality; to make competi- of those studied believed the ers/money-masters.html. full employment. In this way tion fun and invigorating, by popularly-accepted fi ction 9 James Robertson, John Bun- over what they were seeing Congress could fund much- setting up fair rules and good zl, Monetary Reform: Making It safety nets. For the fi rst time in front of their eyes.” needed programs, such as Happen (2003), www.jamesrobert- in history, technological ad- the development of alterna- son.com, page 26. vances now make this pos- “As Plato said: Whoever tive energy sources and the 10 Board of Governors of sible. Primary factors holding tells the stories shapes soci- the Federal Reserve, “M3 Money expansion of health cover- up progress are the three hun- ety. If we want to change the Stock (discontinued series),” http:// age, while actually reducing dred year old money system behavior of our society, we research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/ have to change the story. We taxes. M3SL.txt. and a lack of effective world governance. have to change the mythol- 1 Wright Patman, A Primer ogy. In our world, that means on Money (Government Printing Film producer Arthur Ka- creating new stories through Offi ce, prepared for the Sub-com- negis is a member of the Glob- the most visceral storytelling mittee on Domestic Finance, House al Justice Movement effort media of our times: movies of Representatives, Committee on that that started in Whitecourt. and television.” Banking and Currency, 88th Con- Conceivably, this project will gress, 2nd session, 1964). be upgraded to add to the The view here is that all 2 See Federal Reserve Statis- democratic renaissance tak- communication mediums tical Release H6, “Money Stock ing place regarding globaliza- will be needed to move our Measures,” www.federalreserve. tion. Rather than print, Kane- money system out of the in- gov/releases/H6/20060223 (Feb- gis urges that change efforts dustrial age and into the in- ruary 23, 2006); “United States move into the more effective formation age. In this, there Mint 2004 Annual Report,” www. medium of video. He relates is a catch 22, in that the fi nan- usmint.gov; Ellen Brown, Web of that: “mythology interpreter cial system is of course need- Debt, www.webofdebt.com (2007), Ellen Brown, J.D., devel- Joseph Campbell studied so- ed for such projects. Whether chapter 2. oped her research skills as such institutions can see be- 3 “A Landmark Decision,” cietal behavior from ancient an attorney practicing civil yond their short-term inter- The Daily Eagle (Montgomery, tribal clans to modern indus- ests, to include enlightened Minnesota: February 7, 1969), re- litigation in Los Angeles. In trial nations, and found that printed in part in P. Cook, “What Web of Debt, her latest book, the behavior of every society self interest, and enable such Banks Don’t Want You to Know,” she turns those skills to an is determined primarily by the projects, remains to be seen. (June 3, 1993). analysis of the Federal Re- underlying mythology of that As it is, fi nancial innovation 4 See Bill Drexler, “The Ma- serve and “the money trust.” culture. The way we respond in creating new media will honey Credit River Decision”. Brown’s eleven books in- to a given situation may have likely be a signifi cant step to 5 G. Edward Griffi n, “Debt- clude the bestselling Nature’s more to do with our myths and creating what futurist Alvin cancellation Programs,” www. Pharmacy, co-authored with stories than with the immedi- Toffl er referred to as the fi rst freedomforceinternational.org (De- Dr. Lynne Walker. ate facts at hand.” truly civil society. PAGE 30 Community Advisor SEPTEMBER 2007 (Continued from page 28) his son, Albert, lived at the that it was between the Atha- Tony Creek crossing and basca River and Sturgeon would trap at Smoke Lake. Lake, while another source In the early days, Lawrence states it was from the Simo- would travel on the Edson- nette to the Little Smoky. Grande Prairie trail and put up Theodore spoke the Cree hay at the Tony Creek mead- language. It is believed that ows. Other trappers who have he married twice. The name lived at the Tony Creek were of his wife has been recorded Ed Robb and Jack Blair who as Fawn Abraham, who was named the nearby creek, Fox the daughter of band chief, Creek. Isaac Abraham, of Iosegun Wes and Dorothy Reed drying with dried furs after a win- Lake. Many sources state a Crooked Lake ter’s work. marriage to a daughter of Pat- Hugh McKinnon ran a ow Meekwap Lake ur l s rick Napio. Later, Theodore trading post at Crooked Lake They had a barn, corral and O give Melvin Peterson and ead homesteaded along the Lit- in 1916-1917. In later years, vegetable garden. One of the Murdoch Graham trapped verh w o U lo tle Smoky, at which time he Augustine and Jean Ma- trails they used went from south of the Goose River in YO ces! transported, by raft, an enor- rie Hamelin (twin brothers) Iosegun Lake to the Marsh the late 1920’s. Milton Eugene pri mous iron kitchen range from trapped at Crooked Lake and Head Creek; some of the oth- Walters, Henry Gouchey, the Tony Creek to his new home. Tony Creek. ers they cut themselves with Mitchells and Alexis Kiya- During the 1930’s, he lived a Swede saw. Dorothy would wasew have been prominent near Valleyview, where, for Raspberry (Bear) Lake sometimes travel alone to trappers in the Meekwap area. Full Load, Auto, Low Km a time, he owned a sawmill Leonard and Helen White Whitecourt by dog team. The Milton Eugene Walters has and then transported mail be- lived and trapped year-round large dogs fed on fi sh netted trapped in this area from 1937 tween Calais and High Prai- at Raspberry Lake during the from the lake. Some of the to the present time. rie. Theodore Walters passed 1930’s and were there for dogs were bred with wolves; away in 1940. many years. many were so strong they The preceding is from could pull a stoneboat. While Iosegun Refl ections, pub. Louis Melland was born Iosegun (Hash) Lake the Reeds were living at Iose- 1992, The Klondike Gold in Norway in 1893 and im- Louie and Isaac Abraham gun Lake, the American army Rush and The Edson-Grande migrated to the United States were trappers at Iosegun in chose that site for a survival Prairie Trail by Linda Horyn. when he was 16 years old. the early 1900’s. The Moses course in approximately Reprinted with permission of In 1911, he moved to Jasper, and Stoneys have trapped or 1943. Wesley cleared a small the The Fox Creek Historical Alberta. Louis began trap- hunted in the Iosegun Lake airstrip south of Iosegun in Association. ping in the Smoky River and area for generations. Abra- 1952. Tony Creek area in 1930, and ham Moses, Patrick Napio For more of the history trapped in this area until 1972 and Thomas Stoney hunted Two of their relatives, of this area, you can get the when ill health forced him to at Iosegun Lake in the early Bert and Bill Irvine, trapped in book Iosegun Refl ections - A V6, Auto $ retire to Edson. During the 1900’s and some of their de- this area. Bert Irvine trapped History of Fox Creek from CALL early years, he would travel to scendants trap there today. between Iosegun and Smoke the Fox Creek Medicine Edson on the Edson-Grande For many decades, the part- Lake in the 1930’s and early Bottle or the Museum. Prairie trail. Louis passed ners, Pete Harvey, Dave Kap- 1940’s. Later, Bill Irvine away in May of 1973. po and Dan McLean trapped trapped here. He built a cab- Answers to Word at Iosegun Lake. in south of Fox Creek in the Jumble Adolph Weiss was born in 1950’s. Bill passed away af- VEIN Germany in 1903 and blazed Wesley and Dorothy ter being accidentally shot by ICING a trapline at Tony Creek in Reed built a cabin at Iosegun a hunter. The highway meant GUZZLE 1931, where he trapped for Lake in 1937, where they the forest would no longer be RACQUET many years. Adolph lived in fi shed and trapped. Wesley an isolated wilderness and the the Valleyview area until his was originally from Bar- Reeds moved away in I960. death in 1974. rhead. The Reeds leased 27 The house they had built at Spelling Quiz a) discernible, b) schle- acres at losegun Lake where Iosegun Lake burned down miel, c) gauche Lawrence Larocque and they eventually built a house. in the late 1980’s. 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