Milo Canopener (October 1, 1993)

An archive of the Milo Canopener.The University of Lethbridge Library received permission from the Archives at Milo Library to digitize and display this content.kOeditixyn Gotobew 93 Milo Can Opener Happy Halloween!!!iiiii ■ ■ ■ • * Alvin i/Jinch Jennifer MonnerMl Rales | Business Birectory..$5/nion 1 Quarter page........ Half Pago,............ Full Page........... $15.00 1 Classifieds........... Notices................ ..$2.00 I TlianUyous.......... Baby & Wedding Annouineements. News items, reports ...n/e 1 Subscription Rates If you rueieve your mail in AUlo...............$12.00 Out; of AUlo mm....$20.00 0.S.A .............................. $2^1.00 Out of country.....$30.00 Single copy...........$2.00 PLEASE SIGN THEM, NO LETTER WILL BE PRINTED WITHOUT A SIGNATURE. The Can Opener is printed on the LAST MONDAY of each month, unless otherwise stated in the calendar on the back page. PLEASE HAVE ALL ITEMS IN FOR THE PAPER NO LATER THAN THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE PRINTING. You may mail them to : MILO CAN OPENER BOX 12, MILO,, ALBERT A TOL 1LO or leave them at Jamies Ag store in Milo or Fax them to us at 599-3 835 or Give them to one of the following people: Sheila Winch, Levona Dixon, June Beckner Marina Vannatta, Carol Henry, Zola Webber, Sue Ivers, t? 11W-orr L'van-nft MAnnor r\T HorlAno PKilKncGoods & Services (fflmt ^ pimple DRPICE BRHD LARRY VAN IV ATT A G41-3G-*-* 641-2390 Keeping the country in mturic Scotiabai\h The Bank Of Rova Scotia Manager: Don Kinney jSujinejrj Hours: M on-Thurs 10:00-12:00 1:00-3:00 Friday 9:30-12:00 1:00-3:30 SOUTHERfl CRERTIORS Ralph & Dorlone Gross Local made handcrafts Bus. 399-3898 T\\ > Home 399-3892 \ Box 99 Milo, AB TOL 1LO GAMOHHOLDINGS MILO LTD. OILFIELD TRUCKIRG UJRTER HRULIRG CRRUJflSH FH. S99-3931 PQOl\Strenqhton)nq Agriculture —and proving ft every day * -«r" FOR ALL YOUR GRAIN MARKETING AND AGRO PRODUCT NEEDS Please caH anytime Milo 599-3866 Queenstown 599-2151 DENNIS CYR 599-3745 TRENT JENSEN 599-2172 WAYNE HALM 599-2162 YOUR PATRONAGE IS APPRECIATED PHILLIPS FERTILIZER RnOCHEfTlICRL Custom Blending- , Soil Sampling . Custom Spreading . Spreader Rentals . Urea . Avadex Elephant Brand Dry & Butfc Lomond 792-3757 Milo 599-3791 MILO CAFE CHIRESE & LUESTERn TAKE OUT ORDERS FH. 399-3832 TUES - SAT 8-8 SUN 9-8 Closed MON. Beer&wine with meal. 2 WATER HAULING / x\ v\ 599-3784 XJZ4059 t3$i83£SSB*~- Home Hardware WATER GRAIN FERTILIZER MACHINERY HAY Hopper Trailer & Hi-Boy Work L.H. Phillips & Sans Ltd. Box 39 Milot Alherta TOL 1LO Tel. (403)399-3766 DR. G.M. LISCOMBE Chiropractor (403)485-6005 P.O. Box 87 . Vulcan, Alberta, Canada J ’ Patricia LaPicrrc PHOTO ENCOUNTERS PHARMASAVE 120 Centre Str.N 60X3068 H^fBuer.AtKrta PHONE <403)483-2012 PHARMASAVE 302 MITCHELL’S PHARMACY — 201 CENTRE STREET PjO. 80X240 LUXAN, ALBERTA T0L2C0WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR ADVERTISERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PRINT THIS PAPER FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR READERS. Mary Kay COSMETICS Irene Henry MILO - 599-2134 64-1 -2004 flelson Taxidermy -Birds .Rugs. Fish JLifesize Mounts .Big Game Heads Bet'ixa.rd.i-txe Ncts-on (403)534-3764 Box: 224 A.i'r'owwoodL, AB TOL 1LO Anita’s flair Design 313- 2nd Avenue CLUNY, ALBERTA Flexable hours For Appointment phone 734-3029 Anita Dyck B & B Soil & Service Manctg-ef't ATonty Beaj>ta Bu*. 534-3828 Res-. 534-3748 SIIERRITT FERTILIZERS Box 187 A.rr'owwooct, AB V I/orrtf; Umir<7/i«W fTVJC Sd£S6cS£(MCE ALL MAKES «, BRANDS LORtyE UMSCHQD Box84 . tSo, M>erta TOLtm : Tefeoftooe 539-3852 Pontiac-Buick Chev-Olds Chev-GMC Trucks RgMCO mzn-nm The Monument Professionals Since 1924 GM =5 Dr. John M. Helgers ^2 Dentist BUD'S SERVICE (i960) Ltd Bassano, Alberta PL 641-3828 P.0. Box 398 114 Third Avenue North Vulcan, Alberta TOL 1L0 (403)485-0008 Queenstown Seed Cleaning Association Ltd. 539-2150 tVhen cleaned seed Is awn Clcwicr crops ore grown ED POSEIN - manager THE PIONEER PtOMCtR GRAIN COM PAN V. UMfTO) Friendly Efficient SERVICE For all your Farming needs -Call MIKE H1NGLEY anytime Bus. 599-3787 Res. 599-3946 Meadowlark Sewing Robert and Oartene PhiUios Box 32. Milo, Afoeria TOL 1L0 Phone (403)599-3791 Fax (403)599-3791Village of Milo The Special Meeting of the Village of Milo was held on Wednesday, August 25, 1993 at 6:30 p.m. in the Village Office. Present were Mayor Umscheid, Councillors Monner and Hingley, Municipal Administra­tor, Lynda Cyr and Bill Brown. The minutes of the meeting held on July 21, 1993 were read. Mayor Umscheid moved the adoption of these minutes. CARRIED. Council discussed the letter received from the Milo United Church in regards to speeding in the playground area and school zone. Council will be buying some signs — stop, yeild, speed & playground — which will be put up in the appropriate place. Mayor Umscheid will be talking to the Vulcan R.C.M.P. in regards to this matter. Council are also considering putting in a crosswalk from the United Church to the Lions Park. A letter is to be sent back to the church informing them of this. Two letters from concerned residents in regards to dogs running at large were read. A lengthy discussion followed* Mayor Umscheid reported that -the Recreation Board has some forms to be filled out for grants received. Mayor Umscheid said he had talked to Joanne at the Vulcan R.CuiM.P. in regards to the Big Mouth Computer Fan Out System”. This will be available for anyone to use at no charge. They will require a list of the Village resident's names, addresses and phone numbers. Lynda Cyr is to send this along with a village map and a breakdown of residents, businesses and other buildings. An example of how this would work would be if Trans Alta, wanted to let residents know the power was to be off, they would phone Joanne and tell her. She then puts this in the computer, and it will phone everyone in Milo to tell them. Councillor Hingley reported that C.A.R.L. has received $ 250,000.00 in funding from the government. Councillor Hingley said a special meeting had been called for the Marquis Founda­tion as several employees had quit. Currently they have part-time help but will be filling the positions at the end of the month. Bill Brown reported that the north reservoir is cleaned out now, and it was partially done with bentonite. Council discussed the problems the Village had with the pump this summer. It is currently working but they want to have a spare one ready for future uses. Brown will be in chargee of opeing the landfill site on the days decided until someone else is available. He asked Council about getting some new pipe for the fence at the reservoir. Council discussed the Village paying the insurance for the truck that Bill Brown has bought as he is using it for Village purposes. Lynda Cyr is to check into this. Lynda Cyr said she had checked with A.G.T. in regards to the monthly bill, and it is for a monthly line rental for the service. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.MILO TOPS CLUB 1-2-3-4 WHO YOU GONNA BE FOR? TOPS CLUB TOPS CLUB YEA TOPS CLUB. Summer has come and gone and we find ourselves now into fall. We had a summer contest which was based on percentages of weight loss, meeting attendance and exercise. This was in competion with other chapters and we do not know the final winner yet. Our miles for June were 171.5, July 233.75 and August 124. Best loser for June was Muriel and July was Marilyn. Congratulations! We had a Homecoming on Thursday morning September 16 which was a real success. There were six members and eight visitors present. Helen welcomed everyone then played a taped message from TOPS president, Betty Domenoe. A singsong was followed by a humerous skit by Carol and Julie. Marina had a nice display about the exchange program and a contest which was won by Audrey. Edna said a few words about TOPS and read a poem. We closed our get together with coffee and visiting. Thanks everyone for coming. -kirkiciclcicirkicicicic-kicic Village Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Phone 599-3883 VILLAGE RESIDENTS GARBAGE PICKUP THURSDAYS MAYOR - Lome Utnscheid COUNCILLORS Barry Momer & Mike tfincf ey TOWN MAN - BRI Brown MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR Lynda Cyr Lost in Milo A yellow gold signit ring Reward offered Phone Eva Ivers 599-3768 Have you seen Chester? Chester is a donkey and he has disappeared. If you have any information as to his whereabouts phone Willards at 599-2303 Or 599-2323 Thank you* God, For Everything Thank You, God, for everyth} ng- the big things and the small, "For every good gift comes from God"- the giver of them all. And all too often we accept without any thanks or praise The gifts God sends as blessings each day in many ways. And so at this Thanksgiving Time we offer up a prayer To thank you, God, for giving us a tot more than our share.'... First, thankyou for the little things that often come our way, The things we take for granted but don't mention when we pray, The unexpected courtesy the thoughtful, kindly deed. A hand reached out to help us in time of sudden need.... Oh, make us more aware, dear God, of little daily graces That come to us with "sweet surprise" from never-drearned-of places. Then, thank you for the "miracles" we are much too blind to see, And give us new awareness of our many gifts from Thee, And help us to remember that the Key to Life and Living Is to make each prayer a Prayer of Thanks and everyday Thanksgiving. Helen Steiner RiceCounty Councillors Comments Grant Lana For those of you who were wanting dust control products from A.R.M., there won’t be any this year. The company, A.R.M., had so many delays due to wet weather that they decided it is too late in the year now. So we hope next year that they can come to our county first. 842 is getting a seal coat put on, and will probably be done by the time this paper comes out. This will toughen up the surface of the road and seal all holes and cracks, thus keeping the road bed dry and prevent the surface from breaking up. We have had all our gravel trucks operating as much as possible, but the weather isn’t helping much. The crew work on Saturdays when the weather permits them to. it appears to me- that not all the roads will be gravelled this year. Your council does not want to buy another truck and trailer as they cost about a $100,000 for the complete unit. Also another driver would be needed. Hauling from the Brown Pit to east of Queenstown is a long haul and not many miles can be done in a day. What we need is a gravel pit north east of Milo. Our older gravel trucks have about 300,000 KM on them now. They are kept in good repair and we hope to keep them for a few years yet. This type of truck costs about $80,000 but their life span should more than justify the high cost. The new belly dump trailer we bought last time has a much better closing system than the older ones we have. This new style prevents the jaws from leaking gravel out the bottom when they are loaded. We hope to replace one or two of our older belly dumps with the newer style next year. The county dirt crew as well as CEE GEE, our contractor, are having a lot of trouble with the wet weater. Much time and effort is lost when the road and work area are so wet they have to be worked over to try to dry them out. I believe we will not complete our road work that we had planned for 1993. It now appears the compressed school week will go after the semester break in Februrary. There may not be a lot of county dollars saved at first but over all the money saved does add up. If all the parents involved do their travelling on Fridays as they say they will, things should run pretty smoothly, The School Board and the rest of the county schools will be watching the results of this test period. If I was a student I sure would be in favour of this. Mrs. Forestell and the Milo Group have done a lot of work to get this short week going. We have hired a new maintenance supervisor as Mel Marshall is retired as of September 15. Our new maintenance man is a licensed electrician so he will be able to do electrical work and save us from hirinq an outside electrician. We have had trouble with the Provincial inspector over this as we don’t have an electrician on staff. At the last school baord meeting there was some discussion about the county busing “private school" students on county buses. This helps us with our 85% bus loading factor but there are now a large number of these students. I personally am opposed to this and I will be talking at the next meeting to try and get some sort of a charge per student. I don’t see how else they can get to their school and I think most of the alternatives are almost nil. We run a pretty good public system and I don’t feel we should be supplementing a private system in any way. *■*•** *★■*■★■*■*★* * ★ ★ RURAL INITIATIVES MEETING Sept. 22/93 Old business discussed: Swimming: was not as successful as last year but the Champion Pool was great to go to. Lions BBQ Games — the dunk tank was a huge success again. Newcomers Pot Luck - This is an annual event and is scheduled for October 17/93 at the Milo Hall at 1:00 p.m. Invitations will be sent out to all the new people in town. Everyone is Welcome!! Kids Dinner Theatre- Date for this is set for April 16/94. If you have any/Ldeas for this please call. Golf Course - We have decided not to continue with this. Walk/Bike Path - Anyone interested in helping with this project please give Barry Monner a call. Business and Service Directory - Was decided to look into putting one out at the entrance to town listing all the businesses and ser­vices in Milo. Seniors Nite - talked about having a seniors nite with a supper and entertainment. We would like some feedback on what everyone thinks about this. Christmas Carolling - Date set for Dec. 23/93 at 7:00 at the Hall. Hope everyone can come. HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON OCTOBER 27, 1993.Principal’s Message September K. Forestell Welcome back! Milo Community School staff and students are looking forward to an exciting and challenging year of education. We hope to involve the community and the parents in our year in a meaningful and productive way. "Research shows th-at parent involvement increases student achievement ... eighteen new studies place the conclusion well beyond doubt... parents can make a critical difference.” A big topic of conversation in the school community has been the Compressed School Week. Several informative meetings have been held with parents and interested community members. The parent response wil be presented to the board at the October 18, meeting. We look forward to working with you in the coming year! The Community School Advisory Committee met at the end of August and from the many objectives in the charter, selected four goals to work on this year: 1. To improve the volunteer program 2. To focus on community service 3. To develop a sense of pride and belonging 4. To improve communication © © © © DID YOU HEAR----about a fellow by the name of Sonny,who usually wears his bottom dentures in his shirt pocket 'til meal time or company calls,lost them out in the wheat field this fall? He thinks his dentures might have gone through the combine after changing grates. O.U£ST»OaJ IS.......... COULD THE DENTURES HAVE HAD LESS MOISTURE CONTENT THAN THE WHEAT???oNii in 'n ii-: snari EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN The E.L.W. meeting was held on Sept. 8 in the church basement with seven members present. Bible Study was led by Harriet Deitz. Entertaining Angels Unawares followed by Grace Gifts Meditation. The minute's -were read and i approved, followed by the Treas­urers Report. Thank you cards were read from the Olsons, Deitz’s and Bible Society. September is Election Month: President: Marilyn Nelson Vice Pres: Audrey Thompson Secretary: Carol Henry Treasurer: Harriet Deitz Program Co-ordinator: June Beckner, Sunshine: Kathy Vooys June is to look after the sen­ding of the Esprit Monthly Magazine. October will be the Praise Offering Service led by June. Audrey adjourned the meeting; Alice served a delicious lunch. THANKSGIVING r~»ini'iiniiiim» wiiiiinrrniiiT—i 'Jtea*.......SxcitifU}!!! Ladies Faff Fashions l~ <1111)1111^ now in stock and more arriving daify- The latest in styles, colors and fabrics in— DRESSES BLOUSES SKIRTS coats mms SWEWEKS ACCESSORIES EES WE DO C\KRY S7URRUPIHNIS INCLUDING the most POPULAR STIRRUP PANT IN CANADA Bi™ COLLECTIONS INTERNATIONAL’ ft*. .... I *•»» naMangHnna ffli—w*^,**> DAY Thanksgiving Day in Canada used to be celebrated on the last Monday in October. However, in 1957 the Canadian government proclaimed the second Monday in October for the holiday. Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside for people to give thanks with feasting and prayer for the blessings they may have received during the year. The first Thanksgiving Days were harvest festivals, or days for thanking God for plentiful crops. For this reason the holiday still takes place in the fall after the crops have been gathered. For thousands of years people in many lands held harvest festivals. The Canadian and American Thanksgiving Day prpbably grew out of the harvest-home celebrations of England. In Canada and the U.S.A. the day is usually a family day,celebrated with big dinners and reunions. It is also a time for serious religious thinking, church services and prayer. In the U.S.A. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated as a legal federal holiday on the fourth Thursday in November. ^ titi ^Vn ; C-jihi mm v - Vi «. I'”*".....FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR MILO FROM : G.RO.W. (Generating Rural Opportunities Within) Each community in the county has been allocated $3000.00 for the 1993 year. The local Rural Initiative Group will approve funding requests. Guidelines for Projects: Must address topics of: 1. Rural Depopulation 4. Business Training 2. Community Development 5. Agricultural Diversification 3. RuraI\Farm Family Support Must attend a county wide Brag Party, to let everyone know results. NOT: Available for the establishment or operations of a group. 80% funds after approval from local R.I. group & 20% funds after attending Brag Party. Apply in writing to Milo Rural Initiative Group, c\o Laurie Umscheid, Box 84, Milo, Alberta. Meetings are held the 4th Wed. of every month at 8:30 p.m. in the Milo Community Hall. For more information Contact Carol Robertson 599-3941. mmmminwnntitB-—tia* WK?NG GjD