A collection of basketball videos from the 2011/2012 season.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday Matters! What’s Love Got To Do With It???
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| Herky Cutler |
Herky Cutler, Columnist, Pincher Creek Voice
Some of you are aware that Valentine’s Day is coming up. If you’re not, and you’re in a relationship, here’s your slap in the face wake up call! For me, while I don’t celebrate VDay, I do think about love, and love leads me to thinking about passion! And one of the things I associate passion with is career!
Now you may not be aware of the fact that approximately 50% of the people that work in this country hate their job! Yes, FIFTY percent! So it’s you or the person standing next to you! Look at him or her. Which one of you is it? If it’s you, then pay attention! If it’s not you, show this to the person standing next to you, and tell them to pay attention!
More letters to the Editor re Castle logging
Tuesday Feb 7 is 'Make a Call for the Castle Day'.
We need you to pick up the phone today, and dial.
Opposition to clear-cut logging in southern Alberta's castle watershed and support for its permanent protection is unprecedented. Alberta Premier Alison Redford and former Premier Ed Stelmach have received 80,000 letters and emails, and hundreds of phone calls from Albertans as well as people from around the world.
Despite this and a 3-week long protest at the logging site, road building has begun and logging will commence any day. Now it's time for Alberta's legislators (called MLAs) to hear from people who want to see change.
On Tuesday February 7, we are asking people across Alberta and all around North America to make phone calls to ask for change.
Albertans Click here to find the contact information for your MLA. If you live elsewhere, call the Premier at the number below.
What should you say? Tell your MLA or the Premier's Office that:
· You are opposed to logging in the Castle watershed.
· You support its permanent protection as a Wildland Provincial Park.
If you live in Alberta, please call your MLA first, and then the Premier. You can reach them both through Alberta's toll-free line at 310-0000. If you live outside of Alberta, call the Premier at 780-427-2251.
People have been working to protect the Castle Special Place for more than 30 years. Let your voice be heard!
Together we can save this special place.
What’s Next?
Rally to support Alberta’s forests
Rallies in support of stopping clear-cut logging in Alberta's designated protected areas and popular recreation areas, including the Castle and Bragg Creek, will take place at 12:00pm to 1:00pm on Tuesday, February 14.
Gordon Petersen
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Online petition
I started an online petition to stop clear cutting in the Castle area. I need your help by not only going to this link and adding your name but also by helping me share it.
Stop Castle Logging: Stop clear cutting in the Castle area
http://www.facebook.com/l/EAQE0Dl_MAQG_ZRxpTPIcQmvn_ND9jKT8O9u_Ou5ajEa1hA/www.change.org
Its a super easy way to get peoples' support, we just need to spread the word!
Thanks for you help!!!
www.change.org
Sarah Freeman
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Castle Phone-a-Thon Coincides with Opening of the Legislature
To coincide with the opening of the Alberta Legislature today, hundreds of people will phone their elected representatives to ask that the Province halt clear cut logging in the Castle Special Place, and protect it as a Wildland Park.
“We are asking people across Alberta will participate in a phone-a-thon,” says Sarah Elmeligi of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. “We expect hundreds of Albertans to add their voice to the unprecedented level of support for protecting, not plundering, the Castle Special Place.”
According to the Office of the Premier, between 70 and 80 calls have been received each day for many weeks running in support of protecting the Castle Special Place. Some days as many as 100 calls are being received asking that the logging be halted and the area, protected in 1998, be given permanent status as a Wildland Park.
Now individual Members of the Legislature will hear from their constituents that the Castle is a critical part of the recovery of the grizzly bear in Alberta, and a vital part of Alberta’s tourism economy, which is third in terms of economic drivers in the province.
“The Premier has the power to stop the logging with 30 days notice and with no compensation under the Provincial Public Lands Act,” adds Elmeligi. “She would be doing what 75% of local residents say they want: stop the logging and create a Wildland Park. There is unprecedented support for this in Alberta, and from around the world.”
Close to 100,000 letters and emails have been sent to the Office of the Premier over the last year from across Alberta and across North America.
“This is an issue that has galvanized support for protection of Alberta’s environment,” says Elmeligi. “Business owners, ranchers, hunters, local residents, families who camp in the Castle: we’re all speaking with one voice. Is the Premier listening?”
The Castle Phone-a-thon begins with the opening of the Legislature today. In Alberta people will call 310-0000 and ask for their MLA’s Edmonton office. Many more will then ask for the Premier to reinforce their message. Outside of Alberta people will call 780-427-2251.
Concurrent rallies in Edmonton, on the steps of the Provincial Legislature, and in Calgary, at the McDougall Centre, will be held next Tuesday February 14 from 12-1 to demonstrate public opposition to this logging and support for increased protection of the forests in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes.
Sarah Elmeligi, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
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Fencepost mentality.
That's literally what the ruling Conservative party here in Alberta has, insisting on clear-cutting in the Castle Crown Wilderness to make fenceposts. Oh, and wood chips too, we all know the world needs more of both of those. To be fair they will also get some actual lumber out of it too, and since people in wood houses shouldn't throw stones (or grenades or anything like that - to paraphrase a familiar saying), I must say that I don't have a problem with the logging in itself but rather the choice of location. As the last of the "Special Places" , created to preserve Alberta's natural heritage,this important ecological oasis recognised by National Geographic as the 'Crown of the Continent", is about to become instead a 'Special Clearcut Area' with special stumps as far as the eye can see. This will really draw in those tourists. Remember to breathe, as the new Travel Alberta ad advises.
This is being done in spite of 75% of area residents being opposed, raising their voices with thousands of emails and phone calls. Didn't I hear some murmurs about CHANGE in the government recently? That must have been just the wind blowing through the still-standing trees.
The supporting arguments of fire safety and economic development are pretty flimsy as well, taken down as easily as the trees in front of the feller buncher currently cutting a swath in the landscape. Clear cuts do not keep fires at bay (look at the recent fires by Claresholme and Nanton), and as for the "economic benefits" of this logging, there are none, these trees were sold for a pittance (possibly $250,000 or so) and would be far more valuable to the residents, surrounding businesses and Albertans in general if left standing. The few remaining grizzly bears and other wildlife would appreciate it too.
Although the road building has begun the government still has the authority to stop the logging and direct Spray Lakes Sawmills to a more appropriate place.This is PUBLIC land, but the public voice opposing the logging is being ignored. It's like talking to a, well..., fencepost. I'm stumped, and so will the forest of the Castle Crown if we don't do something soon.
Patricia Johnson
Calgary
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Castle Special Place Court Case to continue on Feb 24th
Citizens to Rally to stop logging and protect the Castle in Edmonton and Calgary
Calgary, AB - On Friday February 3, 2012, area residents and concerned citizens were on hand for the first day of court proceedings addressing a decision by the Alberta government to close an area of public land to allow Spray Lake Sawmills to log within the Castle Special Place.
“I have a court room full of people; there is a significant issue going on here,” said Court of Queen’s Bench’s Justice, Rosemary Nation, concluding that there should be court time scheduled to expeditiously hear all the arguments regarding the closure of the Castle Special Management Area to public use in order to allow clear-cut logging to proceed. The area closed is where residents and business owners protested against the logging for the past three weeks. “This is a highly contentious matter,” the Justice said.
Lawyers for four of the five residents named in the court order, and for Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) agreed to having the case heard on February 24th for the Court of Queen’s Bench. Until the Court can hear the case, the Court Order enforcing SRD’s closure of the logging site to public access remains in effect and the public cannot block SRD and Spray Lake Sawmills of Cochrane from clear-cutting in the popular recreation area. Construction of the logging road started Wednesday morning after four of the 35 people present were arrested for refusing to leave the site.
The logging is taking place in an area protected by Alberta in 1998 as one of 80 Special Places throughout the province. Legislation permanently protecting the Castle has never been passed. Protesters have asked that Alberta’s Premier Alison Redford use her authority under the Public Lands Act to direct logging away from the ecologically significant and economically important Castle region.
Governor General Award winning author Sid Marty; second generation outfitter Mike Judd and three other area residents, Gordon Petersen, Tim Grier and Diana Calder were served with a Court Order on January 30th, indicating that they and all members of the public had to obey SRD’s closure of the forest to public use.
Without public notice, SRD issued an 81 square kilometer logging license covering the recreation core of the Castle. The license is within former Waterton National Park lands and what the province had designated as a Special Management protected area for “preserving Alberta’s Natural Heritage” in 1998. Half of the mature forest within the license is scheduled for clear-cutting over the next three winters, including woods that cover several recreation trails. Clear-cuts will even abut campgrounds in the area.
The province isn’t contractually obligated to have clear-cutting in the protected area. In the public interest, SRD can move the logging to any alternate location and the Forest Act specifies that no compensation is due from taxpayers to the company, as long as they are given 30-days notice.
While the court action proceeds business owners, residents, and concerned citizens will hold simultaneous rallies in Edmonton and Calgary on Wednesday, February 8th in advance of the provincial budget and the start of what is expected to be a spring election campaign. In Edmonton the rally will occur on the steps of the Legislature while in Calgary citizens will voice their support for the Castle Special Place at the McDougall Centre. Both rallies will happen at noon on the 8th. The public is encouraged to come out to show their support for permanently protected the provinces Special Places.
For more information, contact:
Gord Petersen, Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition: 403-627-3732; gordon@diomedea.com
Sid Marty, 403-628-2331, sid@sidmarty.com
Peter Sherrington, Beaver Mines, 403-627-3522, psherrin@telusplanet.net
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Opposition to clear-cut logging in southern Alberta's castle watershed and support for its permanent protection is unprecedented. Alberta Premier Alison Redford and former Premier Ed Stelmach have received 80,000 letters and emails, and hundreds of phone calls from Albertans as well as people from around the world.
Despite this and a 3-week long protest at the logging site, road building has begun and logging will commence any day. Now it's time for Alberta's legislators (called MLAs) to hear from people who want to see change.
On Tuesday February 7, we are asking people across Alberta and all around North America to make phone calls to ask for change.
Albertans Click here to find the contact information for your MLA. If you live elsewhere, call the Premier at the number below.
What should you say? Tell your MLA or the Premier's Office that:
· You are opposed to logging in the Castle watershed.
· You support its permanent protection as a Wildland Provincial Park.
If you live in Alberta, please call your MLA first, and then the Premier. You can reach them both through Alberta's toll-free line at 310-0000. If you live outside of Alberta, call the Premier at 780-427-2251.
People have been working to protect the Castle Special Place for more than 30 years. Let your voice be heard!
Together we can save this special place.
What’s Next?
Rally to support Alberta’s forests
Rallies in support of stopping clear-cut logging in Alberta's designated protected areas and popular recreation areas, including the Castle and Bragg Creek, will take place at 12:00pm to 1:00pm on Tuesday, February 14.
Gordon Petersen
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Online petition
I started an online petition to stop clear cutting in the Castle area. I need your help by not only going to this link and adding your name but also by helping me share it.
Stop Castle Logging: Stop clear cutting in the Castle area
http://www.facebook.com/l/EAQE0Dl_MAQG_ZRxpTPIcQmvn_ND9jKT8O9u_Ou5ajEa1hA/www.change.org
Its a super easy way to get peoples' support, we just need to spread the word!
Thanks for you help!!!
www.change.org
Sarah Freeman
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Castle Phone-a-Thon Coincides with Opening of the Legislature
To coincide with the opening of the Alberta Legislature today, hundreds of people will phone their elected representatives to ask that the Province halt clear cut logging in the Castle Special Place, and protect it as a Wildland Park.
“We are asking people across Alberta will participate in a phone-a-thon,” says Sarah Elmeligi of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. “We expect hundreds of Albertans to add their voice to the unprecedented level of support for protecting, not plundering, the Castle Special Place.”
According to the Office of the Premier, between 70 and 80 calls have been received each day for many weeks running in support of protecting the Castle Special Place. Some days as many as 100 calls are being received asking that the logging be halted and the area, protected in 1998, be given permanent status as a Wildland Park.
Now individual Members of the Legislature will hear from their constituents that the Castle is a critical part of the recovery of the grizzly bear in Alberta, and a vital part of Alberta’s tourism economy, which is third in terms of economic drivers in the province.
“The Premier has the power to stop the logging with 30 days notice and with no compensation under the Provincial Public Lands Act,” adds Elmeligi. “She would be doing what 75% of local residents say they want: stop the logging and create a Wildland Park. There is unprecedented support for this in Alberta, and from around the world.”
Close to 100,000 letters and emails have been sent to the Office of the Premier over the last year from across Alberta and across North America.
“This is an issue that has galvanized support for protection of Alberta’s environment,” says Elmeligi. “Business owners, ranchers, hunters, local residents, families who camp in the Castle: we’re all speaking with one voice. Is the Premier listening?”
The Castle Phone-a-thon begins with the opening of the Legislature today. In Alberta people will call 310-0000 and ask for their MLA’s Edmonton office. Many more will then ask for the Premier to reinforce their message. Outside of Alberta people will call 780-427-2251.
Concurrent rallies in Edmonton, on the steps of the Provincial Legislature, and in Calgary, at the McDougall Centre, will be held next Tuesday February 14 from 12-1 to demonstrate public opposition to this logging and support for increased protection of the forests in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes.
Sarah Elmeligi, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
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Fencepost mentality.
That's literally what the ruling Conservative party here in Alberta has, insisting on clear-cutting in the Castle Crown Wilderness to make fenceposts. Oh, and wood chips too, we all know the world needs more of both of those. To be fair they will also get some actual lumber out of it too, and since people in wood houses shouldn't throw stones (or grenades or anything like that - to paraphrase a familiar saying), I must say that I don't have a problem with the logging in itself but rather the choice of location. As the last of the "Special Places" , created to preserve Alberta's natural heritage,this important ecological oasis recognised by National Geographic as the 'Crown of the Continent", is about to become instead a 'Special Clearcut Area' with special stumps as far as the eye can see. This will really draw in those tourists. Remember to breathe, as the new Travel Alberta ad advises.
This is being done in spite of 75% of area residents being opposed, raising their voices with thousands of emails and phone calls. Didn't I hear some murmurs about CHANGE in the government recently? That must have been just the wind blowing through the still-standing trees.
The supporting arguments of fire safety and economic development are pretty flimsy as well, taken down as easily as the trees in front of the feller buncher currently cutting a swath in the landscape. Clear cuts do not keep fires at bay (look at the recent fires by Claresholme and Nanton), and as for the "economic benefits" of this logging, there are none, these trees were sold for a pittance (possibly $250,000 or so) and would be far more valuable to the residents, surrounding businesses and Albertans in general if left standing. The few remaining grizzly bears and other wildlife would appreciate it too.
Although the road building has begun the government still has the authority to stop the logging and direct Spray Lakes Sawmills to a more appropriate place.This is PUBLIC land, but the public voice opposing the logging is being ignored. It's like talking to a, well..., fencepost. I'm stumped, and so will the forest of the Castle Crown if we don't do something soon.
Patricia Johnson
Calgary
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Castle Special Place Court Case to continue on Feb 24th
Citizens to Rally to stop logging and protect the Castle in Edmonton and Calgary
Calgary, AB - On Friday February 3, 2012, area residents and concerned citizens were on hand for the first day of court proceedings addressing a decision by the Alberta government to close an area of public land to allow Spray Lake Sawmills to log within the Castle Special Place.
“I have a court room full of people; there is a significant issue going on here,” said Court of Queen’s Bench’s Justice, Rosemary Nation, concluding that there should be court time scheduled to expeditiously hear all the arguments regarding the closure of the Castle Special Management Area to public use in order to allow clear-cut logging to proceed. The area closed is where residents and business owners protested against the logging for the past three weeks. “This is a highly contentious matter,” the Justice said.
Lawyers for four of the five residents named in the court order, and for Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) agreed to having the case heard on February 24th for the Court of Queen’s Bench. Until the Court can hear the case, the Court Order enforcing SRD’s closure of the logging site to public access remains in effect and the public cannot block SRD and Spray Lake Sawmills of Cochrane from clear-cutting in the popular recreation area. Construction of the logging road started Wednesday morning after four of the 35 people present were arrested for refusing to leave the site.
The logging is taking place in an area protected by Alberta in 1998 as one of 80 Special Places throughout the province. Legislation permanently protecting the Castle has never been passed. Protesters have asked that Alberta’s Premier Alison Redford use her authority under the Public Lands Act to direct logging away from the ecologically significant and economically important Castle region.
Governor General Award winning author Sid Marty; second generation outfitter Mike Judd and three other area residents, Gordon Petersen, Tim Grier and Diana Calder were served with a Court Order on January 30th, indicating that they and all members of the public had to obey SRD’s closure of the forest to public use.
Without public notice, SRD issued an 81 square kilometer logging license covering the recreation core of the Castle. The license is within former Waterton National Park lands and what the province had designated as a Special Management protected area for “preserving Alberta’s Natural Heritage” in 1998. Half of the mature forest within the license is scheduled for clear-cutting over the next three winters, including woods that cover several recreation trails. Clear-cuts will even abut campgrounds in the area.
The province isn’t contractually obligated to have clear-cutting in the protected area. In the public interest, SRD can move the logging to any alternate location and the Forest Act specifies that no compensation is due from taxpayers to the company, as long as they are given 30-days notice.
While the court action proceeds business owners, residents, and concerned citizens will hold simultaneous rallies in Edmonton and Calgary on Wednesday, February 8th in advance of the provincial budget and the start of what is expected to be a spring election campaign. In Edmonton the rally will occur on the steps of the Legislature while in Calgary citizens will voice their support for the Castle Special Place at the McDougall Centre. Both rallies will happen at noon on the 8th. The public is encouraged to come out to show their support for permanently protected the provinces Special Places.
For more information, contact:
Gord Petersen, Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition: 403-627-3732; gordon@diomedea.com
Sid Marty, 403-628-2331, sid@sidmarty.com
Peter Sherrington, Beaver Mines, 403-627-3522, psherrin@telusplanet.net
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Unapproved tattoo operation in Lethbridge closed
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Alberta Health Services news release
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising all individuals who received tattoos at the unapproved residential “Sandra Wiltzen” tattoo operation (located at 501B Stafford Dr. N. Lethbridge) to be tested for viruses that can be spread through unsanitary tattoo procedures.
“To prevent the spread of infection from one person to another, equipment used in tattooing must be cleaned, disinfected and sterilized according to health standards,” says Dr. Vivien Suttorp, Medical Officer of Health – South Zone. “The Sandra Wiltzen tattoo operation did not have these proper sterilization processes in place, meaning individuals who received tattoos through this operation may have been exposed to viruses including Hepatitis B and C, and HIV.”
Senior Boys Basketball: Hawks defeat Dragons
Toni Lucas, Pincher Creek Voice
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| Sr. Boys Basketball Hawks vs Dragons T. Lucas photo |
The rivalry between the two local teams was fairly obvious from the outset. Both teams arrived wanting to win, and aggressively pursued it. There was a also fair bit of showmanship displayed during the game.
Sr. Girls Hawks edge Dragons in overtime basketball thriller
Toni Lucas, Pincher Creek Voice
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| Sr. Girls Basketball Hawks vs Dragons T. Lucas photo |
The first quarter ended in and 18-18 tie. The second quarter went to the Hawks by a narrow margin, 15-13. The Dragons were on fire in the third quarter, doubling up 16-8 against the Hawks. The crowd was kept on the edge of their seats by the close game. The Hawks had the edge in the last quarter, and when the regulation-play buzzer rang the score was tied 59-59, the Hawks having taken the last quarter 18-12.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Letter to the Premier from the Pincher Creek jail
February 1, 2012
Dear Premier Redford;
Around the World people have been fined and imprisoned for rejecting industrial clear-cut logging and the ecological devastation that it eventually brings to a nation. Here are a few examples: 1200 arrested at Reedy Creek, Australia; 800 at Clayaquot in B.C.; over 100 in Chital, Pakistan; 22 women at Grant’s Pass in Oregon; and over 60 First Nations People in the Great Bear Forest in B.C.; and today, four in Pincher Creek, Alberta.
Alberta starts year of celebrations to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee
His Honour Col. (Ret’d) the Honourable Donald S. Ethell and Her Honour Linda Ethell welcomed 21 outstanding Albertans to Government House for the Diamond Jubilee Medal ceremony. The medal, which is a national honour, recognizes citizens of all ages and walks of life who have made significant contributions to their communities.
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| Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (official portrait) |
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Cowboys end losing streak in style against Lomond Lakers
Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice
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| Cowboys vs Lakers C. Davis photo |
Just prior to the game the Ranchland Hockey League, to which the Cowboys belong, announced that the Kainai Chiefs had folded, ensuring the remaining six teams in the league a spot in the playoffs. Prior to that announcement, the Cowboys needed a solid win to be in contention. Even after it, they needed a win to bring their confidence back.
Pee Wee Chinooks defeat Bow Island Rebels
Pee Wee Tournament to be held in Pincher Creek next weekend
Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice
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| Pee Wee Chinooks vs Bow Island RebelsC. Davis photo |
Richards was once again a phenomenon to watch, taking charge of the Chinook front line throughout the game. He scored three more times in the second period, with assists from #11 Jenson Luco, another from Wittkopf, and one from #9 Nic Jordan. Richards' last goal in the second was unassisted, as was his goal early in the third, making for an incredible 5 goals in a row for him. Luco scored the last goal for the Chinooks with 13:15 on the clock in the third, assisted by Wittkopf. Wittkopf's a phenomenon in her own right, a solid and reliable player.
Takin’ it to the Streets
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| Phil Burpee |
Phil Burpee, Columnist, Pincher Creek Voice
In
the early seventies I was in Ottawa at a demonstration in front of
the Parliament Buildings in support of a contingent of Aboriginal
representatives from across Canada who had set up an ‘Embassy’ in
an old, unused limestone building not far from the E.B. Eddy paper
mill across the river in Hull. It was the time of the American Indian
Movement (A.I.M.) and the dust-up at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
Feelings were running high. As a young white man, born of the culture
of his day, I felt it was my place to stand in solidarity with my
Sisters and Brothers in whose country I had been raised. We were at
the steps leading up to the main entrance and the crowd was pretty
boisterous – lots of signs, lots of shouting, lots of drumming.
Apparently the RCMP determined that there was an imminent threat to
the security of the legislature, and so a phalanx of riot police came
at a quick step and lined up at the top of the stairs, huffing and
pounding their plexi-glass shields in unison with their truncheons,
still jogging on the spot – huhf/whack, huhf/whack, huhf/whack –
impressed the hell out of me.
Chinook Atoms defeat Raymond
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| Atom Chinooks vs Raymond C. Davis. photo |
Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice
Pincher Creek's Chinooks Atom team hosted the Raymond Ice at the MCC arena on Saturday, February 4. The Ice had a much shorter bench to work with, which played against them.
Chinooks' #26 Cameron Little started the game off right for his team with a goal early in the first period, assisted by #25 Taite Jessen. Despite clocking an overabundance of penalties in the first period, the Chinooks managed to hold off the Ice offence. #21 Josh Conley increased the Chinook lead with 10:42 on the clock in the first, with Jessen again getting the assist. About 7 minutes into the second period this strong forward line reversed roles, with Jessen scoring and Conley getting the assist. The Raymond team struggled valiantly to reverse their fortunes, not managing to score but holding off the Chinook offence until 2:25 on the clock in the second, when Conley scored again, this time unassisted.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Accidental death at Castle Mountain
Castle Mountain news release
At approximately 3:00 pm today (February 4, 2012) a male approximately 30 years old lost control and slid into a ditch on a run called Buffalo Flats. The male succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased at the resort.
The male was wearing a helmet and a chest protector. It was reported that he was snowboarding at relatively high speed and he tried to avoid other people on the slopes. He lost control and slid into a ditch where he impacted with a stump off the side of the run.
Castle Mountain Resort would like to pass on their condolences to the family and friends off the male and ask everyone to respect their privacy. RCMP will be doing a full investigation of the incident.
Angel's Within Us winner goes on Co-op shopping spree
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| Sherry Mackenzie gets her motor running at the Co-op store C. Davis photo |
Sherry Mackenzie was in the Pincher Creek Co-op on Friday, February 3 with her whole family. It is not unusual to see a family shopping in Co-op on a Friday. As the auction winner of the two minute shopping spree, donated by Co-op to Angels Within Us, Sherry was flying solo on the shopping. Husband Bryan was in charge of their children Rowan, Isabella, and Deloy while mom did the shopping.
General Manager Bruce Buckingham went over the rules: Two minutes, no more than two of any single item, she must pick up the items one at a time, no scooping items, no lotto or tobacco products.
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| The Mackenzie family with Co-op GM Bruce Buckingham C. Davis photo |
Friday, February 3, 2012
Castle Special Place Court Case to continue on Feb. 24
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| C. Davis photo |
Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition and the Sierra Club news release
On Friday February 3, 2012, area residents and concerned citizens were on hand for the first day of court proceedings addressing a decision by the Alberta government to close an area of public land to allow Spray Lake Sawmills to log within the Castle Special Place.
“I have a court room full of people; there is a significant issue going on here,” said Court of Queen’s Bench’s Justice, Rosemary Nation, concluding that there should be court time scheduled to expeditiously hear all the arguments regarding the closure of the Castle Special Management Area to public use in order to allow clear-cut logging to proceed. The area closed is where residents and business owners protested against the logging for the past three weeks. “This is a highly contentious matter,” the Justice said.
Letters to the Editor re Castle logging
Below is a collection of letters to the Editor and press releases received by the Pincher Creek Voice in the last few days regarding the logging protest in the Castle area.
We couldn't possibly print all of these as standalone pieces without drowning all of our other coverage, which would be unfair to our readership, but wanted to respect the writers and make sure their points of view were available, and have thus amalgamated them here.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Kathie McLeod retires from Pincher Creek Co-op after 33 years of service
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| Kathie McLeod retires after 33 years of service with the Pincher Creek Co-op |
The Pincher Creek Co-op would like to congratulate Kathie McLeod on her retirement. Kathie has given 33 years of service, working for your local Co-op.
On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff I want thank Kathie for her commitment and dedication. It is through her hard work and skill, the Pincher Creek Co-op Food Store endured the tests of time and competition. We had a party planned with all the fanfare but Kathie just preferred to step into retirement quietly without a ruckus. This emulates the past 33 years, diligently working behind the scenes without the need for recognition, for the long hours, sweat and tears.
Kathie all the best as your turn the page on this chapter and I am honored to be the one to recognize your achievement.
Bruce Buckingham, General Manager, Pincher Creek Co-op
Willow Valley School to celebrate 100 Years of Learning and Rural Recreation
Wendy Davies, Contributor
In 2014 the Willow Valley School #3200 will celebrate 100 years of education and community spirit. Volunteers are planning a centennial celebration and will publish a small book with photos and personal anecdotes of school life.
The school was built and the doors opened to students in 1914. Although the school closed in the 1950's, the building remains a cornerstone for local community gatherings.
A day in the life of a student is much different today than in 1914. That being said, some things never change:
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| Students at Willow Valley School (unknown year) |
The school was built and the doors opened to students in 1914. Although the school closed in the 1950's, the building remains a cornerstone for local community gatherings.
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| Willow Valley School circa 2007 |
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| Willow Valley School Grade 9 class, 1931 |
Today is World Wetlands Day
Beauvais Lake wetland
H. Eijgel photo
In celebration and acknowledgement of World Wetlands Day, Voice reader Heidi Eijgel contributed thesepictures. The theme this year is Wetlands and Tourism.
Click here for more information about World Wetlands Day,
Chinook Basketball: Hawks Girls defeat Coalhurst Crusaders
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| 2011/2012 Chinook Girls Halton Hawks |
The two teams were very closely matched, particularly in the first half. The Crusaders edged the Hawks in the first quarter by one point, 14-13. They came out strong again in the second quarter, pulling in front and staying there for most of the quarter. Halton rallied, and the score stood tied at 21-21 in the last five minutes of the quarter. Halton pulled ahead, and at the half the score was 31-27 for the Hawks.
After that the Hawks dominated the floor, getting their strong passing play together and playing to their strengths. By the end of the third quarter they were ahead by 61-46. The last quarter was much like the third, with the Hawks winning it 71-59.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Atom Chinooks vs Lethbridge Hurricanes to be held Feb. 12
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There will be prizes, games for the kids, the concession will be open, as well as Big prizes to be auctioned off. Don't miss out, come cheer on our Atom team.
Protesters gone, logging begins
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| First tree felled by Spray Lakes at site of Castle Logging conflict David Thomas photo |
Logging protest arrests
Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice
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| Mike Judd and Jim Palmer (foreground) were two of three protesters arrested this morning C. Davis photo |
Livingstone Travel Club goes to Ecuador
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| Travel Club at the equator Joanne Elliott Paton photo |
Reader concerned about wildlife in Castle Special Management Area
"Wildlife protection is HOLLOW in the Castle Special Management Area"
Dear Editor,
Any possible support of what Spray Lakes Sawmills is about to do in the Castle Special Management Area must be based on the assumption that Provincial requirements and guidelines are in place to protect other natural values while logging proceeds. For example, while the Calgary Herald lamented the "orphan child" status of the Castle, and the eminent danger of "slow death by a thousand cuts," its editorial writers appear reassured that logging would proceed "prudently."
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| RJ Pisko photo |
Dear Editor,
Any possible support of what Spray Lakes Sawmills is about to do in the Castle Special Management Area must be based on the assumption that Provincial requirements and guidelines are in place to protect other natural values while logging proceeds. For example, while the Calgary Herald lamented the "orphan child" status of the Castle, and the eminent danger of "slow death by a thousand cuts," its editorial writers appear reassured that logging would proceed "prudently."
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