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Mural artist attracts attention of Andrew family for passion project BY JANA SEMENIUK Robert Murray’s life-like artwork has beautified fences, public buildings, garages, interior walls, and most recently a passion project for the Cholak family in Andrew. “We’ve always wanted to do something on the side of our garage,” explained Sally Cholak, who looks at the garage from her well manicured backyard. “I kept seeing Robert’s paintings on facebook so I messaged him.” Murray’s paintings usually depict random scenery with animals, buildings, beautiful sunsets or rolling green hills with shady trees and flowers. What Sally had in mind was more than simple scenery on her garage; she wanted Robert to paint her family’s third generation farm from a photo. “My mom still lives out there,” Sally said with tears in her eyes. “It’s where I grew up.” Murray, 61, credits his own mother for kickstarting his mural painting career. “It was 17 years ago, and my mom was living in a senior home with a boring foyer wall on every floor. She asked the manager if her son, who paints, could paint a mural so she could see something besides a bare wall,” he said. “The management were so happy when I was done that I wound up painting all 13 floors.” Murray added that his mom and the murals are still there today. “They asked me to come back because they had to do renos on one floor and they removed some of the wall which removed part of the mural. So, I came and re-painted it,” he said. “Seeing the old murals was like seeing an old friend. I had forgotten what I painted. It was delightful and I felt very happy.” Murray explained how his mural painting has been a side job until recently. “I spent 43 years in the oil and gas industry as a territorial sales rep,” he said. “I went full time into mural painting about a year ago.” Murray said art has been a part of his
life since he was a child. He added that spending two years as a missionary in England after college allowed him to devote some time to his art and develop his cartooning skills.
“When I was there, I spent a day every week doing cartooning and had enough material when I came home to publish two books. They are humorous cartoon books. A sarcastic look at mis-
Artist Robert Murray adds details to a garage mural for the Cholak family of Andrew. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
World famous academic, Mundare native, dies at 95 on his first day of school, “I told my BY JOHN MATHER Albert Bandura, one of the most mother when I got home: ‘I’m not famous academics to ever come from going back, they speak some kind of funny language there.’ My mothAlberta has died at age 95. er replied: ‘I think that’s Bandura was born English.’ And sent me back.” in Mundare to immigrant Further when Bandura farmers and went on to revgraduated high school, his olutionize social psycholoparents told him “You gy. A 2002 analysis by have to decide what to do. the Review of General You can stay here, go Psychology deterfarming, play pool, drink, mined Bandura was the or get an education.” After fourth most-cited psycholoAlbert working in the carpentry gist of all time, one spot Bandura trade in Edmonton and then behind Sigmund Freud. on the Alaska Highway, The Stanford University psyBandura found himself at the chologist and Order of Canada recipient died in his sleep at his California University of British Columbia where home on July 26, the university report- he fell into the field of psychology and graduated in 1949. ed July 30. He joined the Stanford faculty in He was an author and contributed to hundreds of academic papers and 1953. It was reported he often visited more than a dozen books. Bandura was the youngest of six Mundare and that the community children, born in 1925 in Mundare. His holds a place in his heart, before he father was a Polish railwayman while gave up air travel. Bandura became an Officer of the his mother, a Ukrainian immigrant, worked at the local store until they Order of Canada in 2014 and two years later received the National Medal of could afford a homestead. Bandura’s formal education began Science from President Barack Obama. He leaves behind two daughters and in the one-room schoolhouse in two grandchildren and was predeMundare. In an interview in 2014 he reflected ceased by wife Virginia.
sion life,” he said. “I also published another book called ‘Seek the Geek’ which is like a Where is Waldo.” Murray met his wife shortly after returning home. “We met on a blind date and married in 1983,” he said. “Today we have five children and six grand children.” Although Murray has called St. Albert home since 1986, he frequently finds himself in Lamont County spreading joy through his paintings. “I was fortunate to be in Lamont to do artwork for the past couple of years. They are a great community,” he said. While Murray has painted murals on the side of the Lamont Lions Club, the water reservoir, Fire Station, and most recently the bottle depot, he said his biggest challenge was a request to paint the side of the Lamont Arena. “I was approached by the Town of Lamont to paint the arena and I was taken aback. I thought, ‘I can’t paint that... it’s huge.’ But I said ok and then I was terrified,” he said. Murray explained the painstaking process. “The whole wall took me about six weeks in the evenings as I was still working my day job. I painted in the evenings until the sun went down,” he said. “It’s the largest one I have ever painted. It took gallons and gallons of paint. I was lucky enough to have an agreement where I could rent a lift to go up and down and not mess around with scaffolding. It was great.” Murray said that even after completing the project he could not believe he did it. “It was surreal. Did I paint that? It was massive. I still had doubts even after I finished,” he said with a laugh. Murray added that he enjoys the customer’s reaction to his artwork. “It’s the best feeling when they tell you its better than they anticipated. Its very satisfying,” he said. Murray’s stunning life-like artwork was featured on CTV news last June. In addition, his paintings can be seen on his facebook page as well as his website mastermurals.ca.
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New economic development officer bullish on Lamont County that are proposed, it and agriculture. BY JOHN MATHER “I know many of the opens the door to spinLamont County’s new across the offs that could locate in economic development players Lamont,” he officer is not only explains. keen to push As one large development in company does the County’s its research and I n d u s t r i a l finally settles on Heartland, he’s an area to locate, optimistic it will it opens the door occur. for smaller, comTom Koep has plimentary comworked in the panies because Edmonton area they will know since 1996 prior to the desires and joining the needs for County in the employees, past month. He replaces long time New Lamont County Economic housing, taxaeconomic devel- Development Officer Tom Koep works at tion etc.” opment manager a battery of computers in his office. Koep, Knowing there Jim Newman, with a map of the County on his wall, feels are those secondindustries who retired at the there are some great opportunities for ary industrial growth in Lamont, which he is out there, he end of June. feels Lamont is “I first worked eager to pursue. in a good posiwith the Edmonton Downtown region,” he states. “From tion to attract them. He points out the rail Business Association,” the realtors to the politihe said. “That brought cians and administra- network and highway network in the County me in contact with many tors.” “Lamont County is a are really great benefits. of the real estate groups “We have a lot of availand also with a large different animal,” he number of call centres said. “There’s very little able land in the County that were moving into residential attraction or designated industrial,” commercial activity. he states. “Strathcona the area.” He then worked in St. We’re not going to get a and Sturgeon are filling Albert for a year, before Costco or anything like up, which puts us in a accepting a job as the that, so we’ll work in the good position. And the economic development Heartland and the area fact our land prices are head at Parkland we’ve identified as lower doesn’t hurt us either.” heavy industry.” County. He adds the Alberta He added he’s met At Parkland County he honed many of the most of the people in the Midland Rail Terminal skills he’ll be using as he Industrial Heartland not connecting both rail lines takes over the reins at only through his previ- is a great asset to have. On the agriculture ous jobs, but also Lamont County. “Primarily when I was because Jim Newman side, he sees the developin Parkland I focussed on had taken him around ment of the hemp industhe Acheson area,” he the County on a meet try as a coming thing. “There were 70 acres said. “When I was there and greet when he was of hemp planted last we landed Sysco first hired. He is part of the year in Lamont County,” Systems which was a Greater Edmonton he said “And this year very big deal.” The company provides Economic Development we’re up to more than supplies and foodstuffs team who meet on a reg- 700 acres. “Once the decortator is to the restaurant and ular basis and mutually network about what is up and running in hotel industry. “They’re a $37 billion a happening in the entire Bruderheim it will bring business,” he adds. “It year company,” he said. region. “It’s a great group will spur on hemp devel“It was a big coup for us and it opened the doors because it allows us to opment. Once farmers for a fair bit of additional discuss what’s happen- get comfortable with it ing throughout the area they’ll grow more just development.” He said when he and we can discuss like how the canola arrived in Parkland the trends and policies that industry took off.” “The hemp industry is economic development affect us all.” Koep has served as the in its infancy right now growth was about $4 million per year in build- chair and vice chair of but you get the people ing permits for the five the group over the years. growing it and the decoryears prior to his arrival If a large plant is coming tators onstream, then the and when he left it had on stream, he says, it lets secondary industries of climbed to $80 million everyone know so they building construction per year for the previous can keep ahead on materials, automotive employment opportuni- parts and clothing out of ten years.” Acheson was a good ties and any spin offs hemp will follow It’s stronger and better for mix of commercial and that might be available. “As the Heartland gets the environment.” industrial development, Continued on Page 6 whereas Lamont County into developing the operations is more heavy industry hydrogen
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Please donate to the bus/train accident monument Led by Tom Hrehorets and Trudy Harrold, a committee has been formed to look at erecting a memorial to honour the 17 young people who lost their lives in that tragedy and the survivors who have lived-on to carry those memories. Work is being undertaken to fundraise for this $35,000 project. As the 60th year commemoration of the Chipman and Lamont Bus-Train accident passed quietly with the COVID events of 2020, a project is being undertaken to honour that milestone.
Let us all honour the victims of the 1960 train/bus crash including the 17 who lost their lives:
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Opinion In Alberta there’s a reason we “Keep on Truckin’.” BY JOHN MATHER So a column in Canada’s “National” newspaper has our premier and just about every pundit in the nation going on rants about pick up trucks. So why should I be different? The columnist, one Marcus Gee, concluded his hit piece on the ubiquitous pick up by stating, “Even if they weren’t polluting and dangerous, the parade of pickups would be a blight on the roadscape and a finger in the eye of other drivers – a way of saying to everyone else: I am bigger, badder and richer than you. A vehicle that started as a practical tool for hard-working people has become, for many, an obnoxious assertion of dominance and division.” Now in researching who this columnist is, I discovered he has travelled the world and won many awards for his reporting. So I can only assume he was having an off day when he constructed his rant against pick ups. He does make a point that they are now more popular than cars and most people have them to replace cars. They never see any off road driving or in many cases never even see a dirt road. That’s all fine and good for a description and the need of a pickup in Toronto, a city of multimillion people where the new woke culture has embarked on schemes to rename their streets as quickly as they change their socks. But let’s look at something else. Since the 1980s, forty years, sales of cars have plummeted. Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth and Dodge have all ceased to be car makes. Dodge does still make a very popular line of pick up trucks. In addition many of these cars were replaced first by the development of minivans and now by SUVs. Nowadays pick up trucks are much more than just bare bones sheet metal with a basic engine and a three in the tree standard. They are rolling offices with air conditioning, power everything and all the creature comforts becoming the successful entrepreneur not to mention plug in for lap tops for those who use the vehicle as a mobile office. Yet they are still the mainstay of small manufacturing and farming. How many farm yards don’t have at least one pick up in them? They are used to haul hay, horses, cows, pull trailers and even lug around agricultural equipment destined for the field and the back of a tractor. And while the creatures comforts have improved over the years so too has fuel economy and materials used to make the vehicles lighter. Continued
CONTINUED Gee bemoans being tailgated by a pick up driver. Well, living in Toronto, he has access to the busiest highway in North America, the 401, and yes you will get tailgated on this 16 lane behemoth. But during rush hours, speeds rarely exceed 10 miles per hour so tailgating is to be expected. And he goes on about drivers “rilling coal” belching black sooting exhaust out as they pass bicyclists or small electric vehicles. I’ve seen this act of aggressive pollution here in Alberta also and it is generally someone accelerating away from a traffic light thinking they are a NASCAR truck racer. Uhuh … you really are just being dorks in big trucks
and you probably have a set of those balls hanging from your trailer hitch. Very immature. But in Alberta trucks are a way of life and they have very viable uses. From transporting sports teams with their equipment to games and to just being able to traverse rural roads when they haven’t seen a snowplow and it’s minus 35. Not as easy in a Prius or on your bicycle. But hey, this guy lives in Toronto. After a while the atmosphere of air off Lake Ontario and old established Canadian stock of the city hits you and you realize you do know better than everyone else in Canada! Torontonians know we need to stop producing oil and gas to get these nasty pickup trucks off the road.
Torontonians know their policy ideas on climate change are the best for all the country. Torontonians know the colonies to the west can’t even tie their own shoelaces, so the central Canadian metropolis with its counterparts in Ottawa and Montreal must be there to manage everything for them. Well Marcus Gee, thanks for sharing your insights. You might be right about pick up trucks for those of you living within the confines of the 401, Don Valley Parkway, Highway 427 and the Gardiner Expressway. But kindly keep your opinion there because it only serves as another reason the west has to leave you pompous, elitist fools behind and separate to form our own truck loving energy rich nation.
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Hard-Won Wisdom
BY HAZEL ANAKA Gather around, kids; mama’s gonna talk about the olden days. A hundred years ago Roy and I were newlyweds living in Edmonton and holding down regular 9 to 5 jobs… the sort of jobs with fixed pay days and actual holidays. In order to maximize our vacation time, we always tacked it onto the freshly-minted Heritage Day holiday occurring the first Monday in August. Our anniversary on August 11th was also another good reason to celebrate. Roy was also farming part-time with his dad. Other than making some hay (if you’re late with your first cut) that time of year is a bit slower for farmers. Seeding and spraying are long-forgotten, cows are self-sufficient, and swathing of grain crops hasn’t yet begun. If you cast your mind back to the mid-70s you’ll remember it was a different time. Middleclass newlyweds tended to be poor. Oh, sure there were all those 100% cotton sheet sets (don’t get excited I mean before the practicality of poly-cot-
ton or the decadence of 300+ thread counts), useless platters, and embroidered tablecloth sets to count as worldly goods. We were renters of a basement suite in a three-storey walk-up just off 107th Avenue and 108th Street. Interestingly, that apartment was just blocks away from where I’d grown up and attended grades one and two. That old two-storey rooming-type house has long since been razed. But back to our situation. We each had student loans we were paying off ourselves; Roy from NAIT and me from Grant MacEwan Community College. No parental handouts here. We had entry level jobs. I was a caseworker working with blind adult clients for CNIB. Roy was an architectural draftsman working for Conforce drawing up bridge girders, parkade structures, and any other precast concrete jobs the company landed. When he’s feeling nostalgic he points out buildings and bridges he’s worked on; all still standing. He still gets annoyed when people don’t know the difference between cement (dry powder) and concrete (the finished product). We had one vehicle to our names (unless you count Roy’s first car, a Hemi orange ‘70 Super Bee that is still mint today and a 1972 Chevy Nova). Our first real wheels were a tan
Rambler and the Edmonton Transit System. An aunt of mine worked as a steno in the Government Garage so she knew the service record on the fleet of departmental and ministerial cars. When these plain Jane American Motors cars were taken out of service, they were sold by sealed bid. It’s hard to believe that government ministers were able to crank their own windows up or down while sweating it out without A/C. Not sure if they would have been provided drivers but if they were, they needed to be big, strong guys to muscle through without power steering. These government cars were so plain, so simple, so ugly yet we owned several over the years including two station wagons. When we moved to Andrew three or four years after we married, Roy drove the current beater into the ground as a commuter car. Repeat for the next umpteen years. When they crapped out on the roadside, you could open the hood, see the ground, and fix most things yourself especially if you carried spare belts and other simple parts. We paid a few hundred bucks for each of those cars. Driving beaters that were less than the best, helped us get ahead in the world. Or at least stay afloat during the lean years. Now, you can pay more
in bi-weekly lease payments and you don’t even get to drive or own a Rambler! One August, we decide to expand our world. We get into our sweatbox car and drive to the US of A; specifically, Montana. Why we thought this was a good idea is beyond me. Montana is just a less pretty Alberta. We each sunburned an opposing arm while it rested on the open window. I can only imagine the wind noise and how we must have sweated. I remember stopping at some saloon that was so coun-
try it had a brass boot rail for the cowboy patrons at the bar. Don’t remember checking for a spittoon. Another year we drove to Dauphin, Manitoba for the Ukrainian Festival. Foreshadowing perhaps my role with Babas & Borshch? I drag you down memory lane for a few reasons. Life and our needs were simpler then. We didn’t have money but we had the naivete and exuberance of youth. We knew we wanted better so we worked hard and made decisions that supported that dream. Those
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DST has a conflicted history in Alberta BY JANA SEMENIUK Alberta’s daylight savings time was implemented after a referendum was held in conjunction with the 1971 general election. This fall, exactly 50 years later, Albertans will be asked their opinions once again on daylight savings time in another referendum held in conjunction with, this time, a municipal election. As reported in the Calgary Herald, Tricia Velthuzian, press secretary for Alberta’s Services Minister Nate Glubish, said the 1971 referendum was a big reason why the question will be posed to voters this fall. “Alberta adopted DST after a referendum, which allowed every eligible voter to have a voice, and so as the Minister has said: we owe it to Albertans to give them the same opportunity to make their voices heard,” Velthuzian told the Herald by email. What did the referendum look like back in 1971? Participating in the general election that year was Alberta premier Harry Strom, of the Social Credit Party, which in 2017 changed its name to the Pro-Life Political Association. Strom’s chief opponent was Progressive Conservative party leader Peter Lougheed who would go on to win the election becoming Alberta’s 10th premier and beginning a 44-year reign of conservative
government in Alberta. Meanwhile, newspaper ads were both promoting and discouraging the vote on DST. The ‘Yes to Daylight Savings Society’ had conducted a vigorous campaign in support of a yes vote, spotlighting the simplicity of changing the clocks. “On April 30, move clocks one hour forward; on Oct. 29 move clocks one hour back. It’s that simple nothing else changes,” the ad said. “If you rise now at 7 a.m., under DST you rise at 7 a.m. Same Time.” Ads also focused on the additional perks of enjoying one extra hour of daylight, the benefits of another hour to absorb Vitamin D by sunshine, as well as the conservation of energy, citing a savings of 180 hours of electricity a year. A vote no campaign, conducted by the Alberta Council for Standard Time, focused primarily on the confusion a twiceper-year provincial clock change would bring. The ACFST comprised of drive-in movie theatre owners who feared the DST would cost them business. “To avoid confusion
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they can butt heads, he reports, but in Lamont everyone is working together. Koep admits he has big shoes to fill coming to Lamont County. “I’ve been in Alberta my whole life and I know the provincial economy goes like oil goes,” he said. “How oil and gas goes is how our economy goes until it becomes otherwise.” He said if Canada and the U.S. and Europe went all green, still more than half the world’s population lives in Indonesia, China and India and if those areas don’t go green then there will still be a demand for
Continued from Page 2 He adds there may be opportunities for seed or fertilizer operations as well. “I’m willing to work with anybody on any opportunities at anytime,” he states. “One of the beauties of Lamont County is I’m located right in the planning department.” “It truly is a team here,” he adds. Other jurisdictions may have separate planning and economic development departments and sometimes
twice per year when clocks would change and to avoid dark chilly mornings one month longer in the spring and one month earlier in the fall,” said the ads. In addition, the campaign pointed out infringement on employer rights. “Employers have the right to satisfy their employees’ needs by setting their own business hours without imposing a time change on all of society.” Although both groups were vying for the attention of voters, the battle was relatively calm as compared to 1967 when a previous referendum on the topic was held. The Alberta Council for Standard Time spent a whopping $30,000 fighting DST that year, as reported in the Edmonton Journal. The referendum was defeated with 51.25 per cent opposed to the DST. The 1971 referendum, however, held a different outcome. With 62.75 per cent of Albertans voting in favour of DST, changing the clocks began for the first time on Sunday April 30, 1972.
Kids play comfortably at Bruderheim's Cosmic Skatepark with evening temperatures dropping to 25 C. Photo: Jana Semeniuk oil and gas. “I support green… we can’t afford not to,” he states. “But I still fully support our oil and gas industry. In my mind it still has a place in the world.” He adds as the world price of oil and gas increases producers may dust off some of the plans they’ve had on hold for the past few years. He feels when the Transmountain Pipeline opens up to the Pacific coast it will do good things for Canada. “It will give us access to other markets than just the U.S. and that will boost prices,” Koep said.
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On July 28, 2021 Vickie Woitas of Bruderheim, AB passed away at age 91 years. She is survived by her children,
Sidney (Jacquie), Sharon, Neil (Rosanna), Dianne (Allen); seven grandchildren, Brayden (Sara), Corbin (Tania), Alanna (Jonah), Jonathan (Rachael), Alexander (Sarah), Mackenzie, Lindsay; and one great grandchild, Sullivan; sister, Helen; brother, Mike (Gertie). Vickie was predeceased by her husband, Michael (2005), who she missed dearly. A Prayer Service will take place Sunday August 8, 2021 at 7 p.m. Divine
Liturgy to be held Monday, August 9, 2021 at 10 am; both at Exaltation of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, Skaro, AB. Basilian Fathers officiating with interment in the Church Cemetery. In lieu of other tributes, donations may be made to Exaltation of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, Skaro, AB. Вічная Пам’ять Photos, memories, and condolences may be shared through www.parkmemorial.c om
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Mundare to celebrate 130 years of Ukrainian settlement in Canada
The Sawchuk Summer House will be moved to a new concrete pad and area residents will have the opportunity to help put clay on the log walls during the Hands of History Festival in Mundare, Sept. 11. The day-long festival will celebrate 130 years of Ukrainian heritage in the area and also the 30th anniversary of the Basilian Fathers Museum in its current location.
Reeve’s Golf Tournament returns to Whitetail BY JOHN MATHER After having to be held virtually because of the pandemic last year, the Lamont County Reeve’s Golf Tournament returns to Whitetail Crossing Golf Course in Mundare, Aug. 26. “Excluding last year’s virtual event this will be the seventh Reeve’s tournament,” said organizer and newly minted Lamont Economic Development manager Tom Koep. “I’ve only been doing this for a week and a half once they eased the Covid restrictions.” The tournament will feature a continental breakfast, 18 holes of Texas Scramble Golf, a steak dinner with baked beans, and prizes. “We have hole sponsors available for anyone who wants to help sponsor the event,” adds Koep. “We have gold, silver and bronze packages plus hole sponsor opportunities.” The tournament is open for up to 144 golfers, but Koep feels if he can get about 100 golfers that “would be a great turnout.” The entry fee is $125 per person which includes all meals, golf, golf cart, and prizes. “Everyone will receive a thank you bag from Lamont County,” he added. The beneficiaries of the tournament this year will be the County of Lamont Food Bank and
the four libraries of the Lamont County Library system which are Andrew, Bruderheim, Lamont and Mundare libraries. “It’s the Reeve’s tournament and he chooses who the beneficiaries will be and those are the ones he picked,” said Koep. They were the same groups who benefited from the tournament two years ago. Koep said both teams and individuals can sign up for the tournament. “We’re inviting a number of our industries to attend along with dignitaries from the surrounding area,” he said. “It’s a good chance to have a chat with your elected officials.” He added several staff members will be out to make it a good day of networking. Registration information is available at http//birdease.com/La montCountyReevesGolf Tournament The day starts with registration from 8:00 am. to 9:15 a.m. and then the golf gets underway at 9:30 a.m. The BBQ and prize ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. For people wanting to just attend the BBQ the cost is $50. Those interested in becoming a sponsor should contact Aileen Burke at 780-895-2233 ext. 231 or at aileen.b@lamontcounty.ca
BY JOHN MATHER The Town of Mundare will come alive on Sept, 11 with the celebration of the 130th anniversary of Ukrainians coming to Canada. In addition, it’s the 30th anniversary of the Basilian Father Museum in the community in its current building. The Museum first approached the town in February with the idea of collaborating in a community event. Allen Dubyk, an assistant at the Museum,
expanded on the program last week. “To celebrate the occasion, the Museum will be preserving the Sawchuk Summer House,” he explained. “Part of the project involves moving the building from its current location to a new concrete pad. The Sawchuk house is one of the last log buildings in Mundare and one of the few remaining in the County of Lamont.” He said there will be a short program at the Sawchuk House at 11
a.m. with representation from both the community and Ukrainian cultural organizations.. “Following the program there will be hands-on opportunities for people to put clay on the log walls of the house. In addition there will be chances for people to use a Zhorna, or a Quern mill, to grind grain as well as other pioneer-era domestic tools,” he explained. “Basically it will be a day to reflect on the
Ukrainian heritage in our area.” He added there would be a farmers market, cultural displays and an antique car show during the day-long festivities. There will be food vendors and music. The day will run from 8:30 am until 2:30 p.m. The location of the events takes place in Mundare along Sawchuk St. and at the Museum. There is no charge for admission to the events.
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Air quality very good through region during second quarter BY JOHN MATHER During the second quarter of 2021 from April 1 to June 30, only one reading of one hour of high or very high Air Quality Health Index was recorded. The results issued by the Fort Air Partnership late last week indicate air quality around the Alberta Industrial Heartland was reported to be of low risk nearly 98 per cent of the time. The recording station in Gibbons reported the most hours of moderate or high air quality while Elk Island recorded the least. For the 2,132 hours recorded in Gibbons and moderate measure was recorded 1.97 per cent of the time and a high reading was recorded .05 per cnet of the time. At the Elk Island station with 2,111 hours
being recorded, readings were in the low level area 99.38 per cent of the time. In Lamont County there were 2,150 monitored hours in he second quarter and 99.16 per cent was in the low reading level. Air quality was better in the region in the second quarter of this year compared to the same timeframe in 2020. In quarter two of 2021, there were 81 fewer hours of moderate risk AQHI and one less high risk AQHI hour when compared to 2020. Local residents can check the forecast and daily AQHI at fortair.org. The website also has a live data feed for a variety of substances that FAP measures, as well as weekly, quarterly and annual AQHI results.
to have their voices heard via membership on the new Minister’s Parent Advisory Council (MPAC) and Minister’s Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC). Alberta’s Education Minister Adriana LeGrange announced July 9 that 40 members will be sought to make up each new council which aims to foster discussions about issues and concerns affecting schools and education. “These two councils will give parents and teachers another way to share their views on education policies and the vision for education,”
said LeGrange in a recent tweet. Alberta residents with at least one child in Alberta’s K-12 school system are eligible to apply as well as any teacher with an interim or permanent Alberta teaching certificate. Applications can be made online until Aug. 31. Each member will be selected to serve one 10month term which will meet four times with LeGrange. Details and the online application form can be accessed at Alberta.ca.
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Lamont area organic garden sustains humans, animals and environment BY JOHN MATHER At the Harrold family farm just northwest of Lamont there is an oasis where a person can meditate, contemplate, relax and enjoy an area of quiet and contentment. And you can harvest a wide variety of herbs, fruits and vegetables. It’s an organic garden developed by Trudy Harrold. “The farm itself is about 1,400 acres,” she said. “The farm has very deep roots, having been in the Harrold family for 114 years.” The Harrold farm is a mixed farm with cropping, livestock and forage, she adds. “I work with the farm in terms of helping my husband Kirk; and his brother, Gary; and his dad Kent; and our son Geoff. I do record keeping and book work.” Both Trudy and sisterin-law Jocelyn provide support for the farm operations. “It’s a whole family operation. My motherin-law is 93 so she’s not as involved as she has been in the past, and my father-in-law is 89 this year, but he still enjoys getting out and driving a tractor.” “I took a course in permaculture in 2013,” explains Harrold on how her organic garden was realized. “That’s short for permanent agriculture and the idea behind it is sustainable use of the land and sustaining the community into the future.” She said one of the main processes is designing the garden for sustainability and to have it last into the future. “Once the seed for the garden had been planted in her mind, she created Aspenhurst Permaculture, named after her family’s farm in Saskatchewan which was named Aspenhurst.” While that farm was sold by her family in the 1950s, she felt that it was a sad event and so she kept the name alive with her garden. “As part of the design work during my original course, I had to look at the design of our overall
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agriculture into both rural and urban communities. “It’s bringing urban agriculture back to life,” she adds. “Part of permaculture thinking is to care about both the sustainability and the future of farming. It gets us thinking about how we move forward with any kind of sustainability.” She admits the garden has taken quite a while to get to where it is today. “I had to do things that helped me understand ways I could do things a little differently, which included reading and taking courses,” she said. She may offer courses in the future, but she’s not quite there yet. “I invite people with an interest and they come and help out and learn.” “People I know have an interest in history and farming and that all comes into play with the development of the garden.” She said she had to do some cleaning up of the orchard and around the homestead in the development of the organic garden. Further she did some restoration of the land to create her gardens. “With the organic, I work with some traditional methods so I don’t rely on any use of chemicals,” she said. “Because I grew up in a few cities I had to learn this and my
in-laws have been tremendous in supporting me and helping me to learn.” Ethnicity has also played a role in her garden design and development. “I learned about the different environments and the different types of plants that different ethnic groups might grow.” As a result, her garden reflects the Scottish/ English background of the Harrold family along with Ukrainian and indigenous cultures from this area. The garden takes up about an acre which she regards as a “small experimental patch.” In the future she wants to write about her gardens and the thoughts of developing it. She plans to use online media in the form of a podcast or a blog to share the gardens with others and to learn from others. While she doesn’t expect to sell produce at a local farmers market, she does have a small space at the farm which she developed both as a garden market and a gallery. She currently attracts some visitors through a small ad in a tourism guide produced for this area. “I just keep a small presence and allow people to come for a visit if they are interested.” More Page 11
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Trudy Harrold’s gardening passion shines through during a walk about BY JOHN MATHER During a walking tour of the gardens, Trudy Harrold mentions she has just received her certification to indicate she provides food, shelter and nesting places for wildlife in the gardens. And just outside the door of her house the first thing you see is a butterfly habitat. “We have many, many butterflies moving through here,” she said. “We have white admirals and many others. Having a biodiversity of plants provides a space the butterfly populations will be happy with.” In addition, she has a habitat that attracts bees. There is a herb garden that comes from using native plants and others from the western European plants. “I like to study how plants have been used medicinally and for food and other resources. Many of the herbs are new to me and I like studying them and finding different way to use them.” She points to two varieties and explains that they make tremendous salves for skin irritations. She explains she must be careful to control the growth of some of her plants so they don’t go to seed and become an invasive species. She points out one area of the garden has a bird feeding zone and “we maintain feeders all through the year.” She adds there are a large number of birds that inhabit the windbreak area of the gardens. “I’ve maintained sighting journals since
1992 and each year we can compare when the birds are migrating through and recognize any changes in their movements over a number of years.” She also takes part in the annual Elk Island bird count each year. While she admits she can keep track of increases or decreases in the population of various birds, she can’t state it is all because of climate change. “I think the differences that I’m seeing in my lifetime is the differences in extremes of weather and that does concern me.” At the back of the garden is the area where she started getting serious about the project. “About 1997 I started looking at this area which had old farm machinery in it, and I told my husband I would like to develop it into a garden,” she explains. “He has become one of my staunchest supporters and I was able to create my sanctuary garden out here. “It’s a sanctuary for both nature and peace,” she explains. “I want to encourage nature to exist here and show we can promote peace in our social system.” Within this area is a newly developed heritage garden. It features plants from her family ancestors and plants that would have influenced those ancestors. “I have plants back to both mine and my husband’s grand-grandparents,” she said. “Each pot represents a different combination.”
It contains a variety of wheat, horseradish, alfalfa, asters, lavaterra, yellow peas, and rhubarb, and currant bushes. There is a wild area where seeds fall from the wind and the variety of species are allowed to grow. Harrold points out the seeds might come in the wind or they may be dropped by birds or insects as they fly by. Next to the sanctuary garden is a meditating garden, a tribute to a trip to Japan Harrold took as a youth. “I returned from that trip with my eyes opened to accept how much beautiful space we have to live in, in Canada,” she said. “The garden is an opportunity to chill out, relax and be quiet and thankful. I couldn’t believe how the Japanese people could live so close to one another yet take care of the environment.” Along one border of the garden are a collection of fruit-bearing bushes such as Saskatoons and chokecherries. One of the areas of getting the organic certification is to ensure there is a food producing area of the garden. To that end, at the eastern side of the house is a cleared area and it is now covered with onions, lettuce, kale and chard. “There are herb all in the centre and in another area I have a mulch layer to provide moisture while the small plants develop. We also have one strip in the middle of this garden designed to attract pollinators.
In another area are dahlias’ gladiolas and sunflowers. “I have made an arrangement with the florist in town and it’s really fun to produce some flowers for her and do some local marketing,” added Harrold. A nearby shed is totally solar powered which is a contribution to the development of solar energy. “It gives people an opportunity to see it at work and it gives a chance to learn about alternative energy. A greenhouse was built in 1984 using salvaged glass windows. “I don’t use it so much like a real greenhouse,” she states. “I do use it for two purposes; in the spring it lets me get a head start on the growing season and in the fall I’m able to extend the growing season a little later.” In the summer, she adds, it acts as a solar dryer. Two solar panels on the roof of the greenhouse power drying-fans which allow her to dehydrate some of the fruits and vegetables. On the day of our tour cedar was being dried on flats and Harrold explained the dried cedar could then be used as a mulch or some people might want it as a medicinal supplement. “It’s an experimental space,” she laughs. “There’s lots of stuff that goes on in here that is experimental such as some of my work with grains.” She adds some of the ideas she tries out in her greenhouse can some-
times be transferred to the much larger farm operation. “There’s cross learning going on here. The fellows on the farm might use some of my ideas and I certainly learn from what they are doing. These guys have years of doing things on the land so they’re a wonderful resource for me to pick their brains. It’s made everything richer for me” The last stop is in the house itself, where Harrold has a very small gallery being developed. She has worked on the Chipman memory book and has a presentation on agriculture which she takes to area schools. She said she works with Sustainable Foods Edmonton as part of their Little Green Thumbs program. They have active gardens in classrooms and the teachers and kids grow the garden. She adds she will then explain to the children about how the much larger farm operation works (from the grains and animals and how they work to protect and nurture the environ-
ment). She adds the program has touched about 500 students per year for the past five years. This year, because of the Covid protocols, the program was done virtually. The last stop is a small marketing area which is not yet fully developed. “We do sell some meat from the farm, and this will be a space where I can bring the flowers and vegetables in and set up a small harvest market.” She said it is still in the very early stages of development. “With the organic programs I do have to weigh everything and then report the yields back to the organic association.,” she states. “It’s a bit of a process I’ve learned. I attended a few organic conferences during the past few years and they have been just excellent learning experiences.” “It’s all about planting the seeds for the next generations to build on,” she explains. “I’ve one grandson who just adores gardening,” she concludes.
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February 26, 2008 edition of The Lamont Leader
From the Files of the Lamont Leader
Candidates for Premier Stelmach’s Fort-Veg Riding announced
NDP Clayton Marsden
Green Ryan Scheie
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Lamont County Agricultural Services is advising residents that Clubroot Inspections will be starting early August, running till the end of September, possibly mid October, depending on harvest conditions. All of Lamont County Weed Inspectors follow proper Biosecurity protocols, will be in marked Lamont County vehicles with high visibility vests and have a valid ID.
Lamont County - Nebyliv, Ukraine TWINNING CEREMONY ʿʽʥˀʤ˃ʰʺˁ˃ʦʽ In honour of the 130th anniversary off Ukrainian Immigration to Canada, Lamont County will be hosting a virtual twinning ceremony. Join us online on September 7th, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. More details to come!
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NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING
Kalyna Family Resource Network
BYLAW NO. 833.21 TO AMEND LAND USE BYLAW NO. 675/07
Have you heard about the Kalyna Family Resource Network (FRN)?
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, S.A., 2000, as amended, the Council of Lamont County proposes to amend the Lamont County Land Use Bylaw to allow Natural Resource Extraction for small-sized pits under 5 hectares, commonly called Class II Pits.
FRN’s provide a wide range of services and supports that focus on strengthening parenting and caregiving knowledge, social support, coping and problem-solving skills, access to community supports and resources, improving child and youth development, building resiliency, and fostering well-being for children aged 0 to 18 and their caregivers. Delivery options include online, in person, group, and individual sessions.
The proposed amendments are textual and would change the Lamont County Land Use Bylaw by clarifying and defining activities or actions related to natural resource extraction for those pits under 5 ha or 12.36 acres (Class II). The proposed amendments will rescind Sections 6.2.1 to 6.2.15, inclusive, and replace it with a new Section 6.2. Highlights of the proposed changes are: x Reclamation Securities will be required – cash/ irrevocable letter of credit. x Must comply with the regulations of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Water Act, Wildlife Act etc. x Reclamation of the lands to a standard appropriate to accommodate uses listed in the district. A Public Hearing to provide an opportunity for members of the public to speak to Council on the proposed bylaw will be held: Date: Tuesday August 10, 2021 Time: 9 a.m. Place: Council Chambers, Lamont County Office; 5303 50 Avenue, Lamont, Alberta Written submissions are highly encouraged and may be provided to Council during the Public Hearing; however, it is requested that a copy of the written submission be delivered to the County Office, attention to the CAO, by 4 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2021, to ensure that each member of Council has a copy of the written submission before the Public Hearing. Speaking at the Public Hearing: Members of the public who wish to address Council are encouraged to register in advance to ensure you will be heard. Those who do not register to speak will be heard when time permits during the meeting or at the end of the meeting. Presentation Time: Each presenter will be allotted 10 minutes to speak. The names of those providing comments will become part of the public record.
Kalyna Family Resource Network
Road Closures Update
This resource is made possible by the Government of Alberta and is designed to provide a “hub and “spoke” model of delivery, meaning multiple agencies working together to achieve the same goal. 1.
Vegreville & Area. The office is location at 5106 48 Ave. For more information or to contact us you can phone 780-632-2912 Email: vegfrnhub@telus.net or find us on Facebook/ Instagram @ Kalyna Family Resource Network- Vegreville & Area
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Lamont County Region. The contact location is in the town of Lamont at 530350th Ave. Service area includes Lamont, Burderhiem, Mundare, Andrew, Chipman, and St. Michael. Contact us by calling 780895-2233 Ext.244 or email erin.t@lamontcounty.ca. Find us on Facebook at Kalyna Family Resource Network Lamont County Region.
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Mannville-Minburn-Innisfree Kalyna. The contact location is in the village of Mannville at the FCSS office 5004 – 49 Street. Service area includes Mannville, Minburn, Innisfree and Ranfurly. Find us on Facebook @ Manville-MinburnInnisfree Kalyna Family Resource Network. Contact us by calling 780-581-4149 or email mmifrn1@gmail.com
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Two Hills & Area. Programs and services are offered in the Club Room of the Two Hills Centennial Hall (5301-45 Ave). Service area includes Two Hills, Willingdon, Hairy Hill, Derwent, Myrnam, Musidora and Beauvallon. Find us on Facebook @ Kalyna Family Resource Network - Two Hills and Area. Contact us by calling 780657-3540 or email us at th.frn.coordinator@twohillsfcss.com.
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WJS Canada The office is located at 533450th street Vegreville. WJS Canada offers two visitation programs under the Family Resource Network grant, The Caring Families Program (families with children 06, including prenatal services) and the Family Resilience Program (families with children 7-18) in all network areas. Contact us by calling 780-201-4618
Lamont County Public Works prioritizes upgrading and maintaining Lamont County infrastructure. Please obey all road closure signs and barriers; anyone found not complying with road closures can be charged $243 for failure to obey a traffic control device. Anyone found responsible for damaging signs or barricades can be charged with criminal mischief. If you find a county road in need of maintenance, please submit an Online Service Request or contact Public Works at 780-895-2547.
RR155 BTW Twp582 and Twp584 RR185 BTW Hwy45 and Twp572 RR192 BTW Twp562 to Twp564
Kids Summer Day Camp
The deadline to register is 4 p.m, August 9, 2021. Copies of the proposed Bylaw can be viewed or obtained at the County Office in Lamont from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or viewed on the Lamont County website at www.lamontcounty.ca. Contact numbers: 780-895-2233 or 1-877-895-2233.
Municipal Election Nominations Packages Available Nomination packages are available for potential candidates interested in running in the 2021 Municipal Election taking place on October 18. Visit www.LamontCounty.ca/2021-Municipal-Election for all the information you need to participate as a nominee or an elector.