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7, No. 38November Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Vol. 7, No. Vol. 2, Tuesday, 8, 2011
People, pride, and plants abound in Bruderheim Volunteers with Communities in Bloom (CIB) in Bruderheim were recognized for their efforts following an old fashioned country style supper Friday evening at the memorial centre. Pictured from left to right are: Sharron Sinclair, Nadine Stielow, Wayne and Stephanie Olechow, Judy Koschade, Claire Olechow, (girl in front), Kallie Milliken, Cameron Olechow, Sarah Hauch, Carolyne Olechow, Bob Cote, Lucy Chang, (CIB judge), Mary Ellen Boyle, Karl Hauch, Sherry Cote, and Roger Younker, (CIB judge).
Many hours put in to sizzle at the Summer Sizzler Tracy Harding Staff Writer
Lamont Ag. Society is busy trying to get the final details figured out for the upcoming Summer Sizzler Fair days. The rodeo and fair in Lamont have been going on for more than 30 years, and will hopefully be around for 30 more years. As soon as 2011 Summer Sizzler was finished, there was no rest, as the ag society had to begin planning for 2012 Summer Sizzler. The fair is planned to take place July 27 through to July 29. The ag society has spent anywhere from 40-50 hours per week, for the last three months organizing all the events that will be taking place, and close to 3,000 hours by the time that things kick off Friday night. Those events include the ‘Under the Lights’ rodeo, a family dance featuring the band ‘CC and the High Riders’, and fireworks. Then on Saturday there will be the parade; which is in tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Lamont Health Care Centre, a pancake breakfast put on by the Lamont Lions for $5 a plate, the bench show, market square, chilli cook off, entertainment in the beer gardens, the rodeo and combine krunch. There is also the Midway, a adult
The winner of Lamont Summer Sizzlers combine Krunch in 2012. dance in the night time, and steak supper from 4-7 pm that is $15 per plate. Then on the Sunday there is a community church service at 10 am, followed by the tractor pull, and then the demolition derby. There will also be the midway that day as well. Also on the Sunday, if there are two combines still running, there will be a grudge match. The Summer Sizzler would not be able to go on
without two of the biggest supporters, Lamont Farm Centre and Beaver Creek Co-op, who also buy all the tickets for the Friday night which is free admission for all visitors and spectators. The rodeo that gets put on by Lamont Ag Society throughout the Summer Sizzler is one of the top rodeos in Alberta. As well the midway is put together by the Town of Lamont, and otherwise would not be able to be a go. The Sizzler is a great destination event for people from Edmonton and surrounding areas, and there are buses of kids that come out from Fort Saskatchewan. A returning event this year is the tractor pull, which has not gone on in the last number of years. This is a huge crowd pleasing event with two different classes; the mini pull and the heavy pull. Tractors have a weighted sled attached to the back of them and have to pull through the ring, building friction as it moves. The mini class is tractors of 500 horsepower, and the heavy are 1500 horsepower. After the tractors, then there will be diesel trucks (rig rockets) trying to pull the weighted sled as well. The ag society does do a lot for the community, between scholarships, helping out different organizations, as well as donating $10,000 to the Lamont Health Care Centre.