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Above, Lamont Boarding Kennels entry won first place in the Lamont Festival of Trees held at the town community hall Nov. 30. A large number of community businesses entered decorated trees in the event. The Christmas Tree display was part of the town’s annual Light Up festival. Right top, the second place entry from Lamont Play School, and below that is the third place entry from LA Dance Moves.

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Hempcrete used in Bruderheim plant construction

BY JOHN MATHER When it comes to talking the talk and walking the walk, Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation certainly leads by example.

The company is currently building a decortation plant in Bruderheim and the foundation of the new offices will be built from hempcrete.

“It’s very much a slab on grade,” said Canadian Rockies Hemp CEO, Aaron Barr. “It’s entirely from hempcrete.

It’s much like lego blocks. They use the hemp hurd, and mix that with water. It forms into a sort of petrified bloc.

It’s not structural, but it has a really high insulation value and is fire resistant.”

He went on to say its a breathable system which makes it healthy.

The slab has been created by Just BioFiber, a company from Airdrie, which is a customer of Canadian Rockies Hemp.

“This was always the plan,” said Barr. “The hemp for our foundation was grown here in Lamont County and then

we processed it. It’s a crop we processed, another manufacturer then builds the block that we make our sales office out of.”

Barr did say the block is a little more expensive than traditional masonry block but is about the same price as an insulated concrete foundation (ICF).

“All the block are made by hand but the company is working on building a line where the construction will be automated and that will bring the price down,” said Barr.

And then, not just content to build out of hemp, Barr and his chief operating officer Spencer Tighe, wears hemp clothing whenever he can.

“Pretty much every day I wear something made out of hemp,” said Barr. “That’s the cool thing. Hemp can be processed into everyday items and they don’t stand out as weird or anything like that.”

Barr said equipment should be going into the plant by the end of January after the floor cures.

“It will probably be

February by the time any processing starts,” he said.

Barr and Tighe will spend Christmas with their families, but on New Year’s eve they will board a plane to travel to China for a couple of weeks to explore purchasing processing equipment and to sell some of their product.

“Some of the processes like textile production aren’t feasible in Alberta,” he said. “But we can supply material to China where they already have weaving plants up and operating and then buy the finished hemp cloth back from them.”

“We’re setting up contracts to supply raw fibre to those mills,” he said.

“We can then buy the material back to make clothing locally.”

Barr stated he has spoken with several businesses that in the long term of three to five years are interested in building plants to make finished products out of hemp.

“People are talking of things like hemp railroad ties,” he said. “But first we have to get up and

running and have all our bugs worked out so we can supply a steady source of raw material for local manufacturers.”

“If we’re not successful in supplying that raw material nothing will happen.”

He said the company does hope to possibly branch into some of the manufacturing of finished product but that is down the road by a few years.

“It’s easy to send our hurd to get processed at another plant, but then we might want to do some finishing processing ourselves. It’s baby steps right now.”

At the last meeting of Bruderheim Council, land adjacent to the hemp plant was rezoned from urban reserve to industrial.

“It makes sense for the town to do this now, because we’re hoping to expand down the road.”

Barr said the company was contemplating whether to retain the facility they are operating out of right now near Lamont.

“We’re going to have three to five custom harvesting crews next

year, working with local farmers from seeding to harvesting, so that site could be used as a fab yard for them,” he said.

But, he added, no decisions have been made to date.

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Bruderheim rezones town land parcel

BY JOHN MATHER Bruderheim council has rezoned a parcel of land near the site of Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation from urban reserve to industrial district.

“The redistricting is necessary to facilitate the development of a small scale industrial hemp production and distribution facility,” Chief Administrative Officer, Patty Podoborozny told council. She further stated the rezoning fits in with all policies established by the town.

The land in question lies north of the CP Railway lines and is 75.42 acres. The land also lies to the east of Highway 45.

Councillor George Campbell asked if there was a road allowance

involved in the rezoning and Podoborozny replied there was an access road long the CP tracks and while it was an allowance, it was deemed to already exist.

Deputy mayor Judy Schueler, who was running the Dec. 4 meeting, said that after first reading, the bylaw would be circulated in the community before second and third readings for the zoning change took place.

The motion made by newly elected councillor Dan Skousbol was carried.

Council also approved a motion appointing Somy Thomas as a member of the Recreation and Culture Board. The board has room for nine members and is now currently sitting at seven.

Bruderheim Peewee Tier 2 won silver at the Barrhead Peewee Tournament. The team lost 10-3 in the Gold against Lloydminster’s Tier 1 team. Sandy McDonald faced 60 shots and was MVP. McDonald will affiliate with the Fort. Sask. AA team after they viewed his performance against Lloydminster.

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Opinion The right woman is available for the job In the brutally cruel world of politics, leaders who do not win elections can be cast aside with extreme prejudice. That seems to be what happened this week to Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, who said he will resign upon the party naming a new leader.

Despite losing the election to Liberal PM Trudeau, Scheer led his party to 22 more seats in Parliament. Despite a Howdy Doody-like appearance and personna, the real Andrew Scheer never really did stand up.

Just who is Andrew Scheer? Is he the rising star he once appeared to be? At only 25 years old he was named a Conservative candidate winning in the 2004 federal election. At 27 he was named Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole. In 2011 he became the Speaker of the House of Commons, the youngest ever in Canadian history. Then at the age of 38 he was named leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Quite a resume, but despite that there seems to be ambiguous sides to Andrew Scheer. He claimed to be a former insurance salesman, yet never sold a policy. Scheer was a Catholic who didn’t believe in abortion or equal marriage, yet could never seem to articulate to the media his reasons which were obviously religious in nature - and that should be okay.

Scheer wanted to become Canadian Prime Minister, yet he held dual Canadian and American citizenships, had filed US tax returns and was actually registered for the draft under the U.S. Selective Service System and could be conscripted into the United States Armed Forces in the event of a national emergency. Geez.

Scheer criticized PM Justin Trudeau’s elitism yet was making $280,000 per year as Opposition Leader, had free housing in a mansion and free food cooked by a chef. In addition to all that, he had his party members pay for his children’s private schooling.

The long knives were already out in the Conservative Party wanting him to resign sooner rather than later, but this private schooling news hitting the media was the final straw. Scheer was left with no choice but to be fired or resign, and he chose the later.

But with every negative action, there can be a positive reaction: A blessing in disguise as they say.

Throughout the history of the Conservative Party in Canada there has been but two female leaders. Kim Campbell became party leader and Prime Minister in June 1993 when she replaced Brian Mulroney yet was defeated in a federal election just over four months later. Rona Ambrose was interim party leader from November 2015 to May 2017 and because of that could not run for the party leadership Scheer eventually won.

I am a believer in hiring by merit and not by race, gender or sexuality; yet in my opinion there is a very strong female candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party at this very moment. Truthfully, she was always already there.

Rona Ambrose, 50, is an intelligent politician and tremendous speaker whose resume includes; interim leader of the opposition and Conservative Party, Minister of Health, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, Minister of Labour, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Privy Council and Minister of the Environment. Plus she has a likability Scheer lacked.

Perhaps it is time for a woman’s touch, when it comes to putting the Conservative Party back into position to lead this country from the ruin PM Justin Trudeau will no doubt have left it in. I hope so.

Kerry Anderson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Scheer’s weaknesses hurt party In the end, it’s probably just as well for both the Conservative Party and Canadians that leader Andrew Scheer resigned.

Drawing, quartering and hanging might have been all the rage in the Elizabethan era. But it is, to paraphrase a certain prime minister, 2019, and no one gains today by having public political execution preceded by private party dismemberment.

Scheer’s fate was sealed not so much by the results of October’s election as by his inability in the few weeks after voting day to back-spin the devastating Liberal front-spin about him being unfit for the job.

The Trudeau team began that campaign with the release of a video of Scheer arguing

against the legalization of same-sex marriage. It was an outrageous assault on the truth, on Scheer’s privileges as a member of Parliament and on the freedom of Canadians to peacefully disagree on critical social policy.

The video was almost 15 years old. It showed Scheer in the House of Commons addressing what was – back then – highly controversial legislation that a significant percentage of Canadians opposed. In other words, it caught the Saskatchewan MP doing his job.

Neither the Conservatives nor Scheer displayed the remotest capacity to fight back by hammering home the counter message about a Liberal Party in disarray over the SNC-Lavalin scandal, deep fractures

within its own cabinet and caucus over the mistreatment of former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould, and the leadership of a prime minister twice found guilty of serious ethical violations.

No. The Conservatives stumbled and staggered through the precampaign period – then walked into a baited trap about Scheer’s faithbased opposition to abortion.

The best defence they could mount was that the leader’s beliefs were a private matter that he would never impose on Canadians.

That line should have been jettisoned five minutes after it became clear it wasn’t working.

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Bruderheim students create art to help needy youth

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BY JANA SEMENIUK kids who are experienc- donate Grade 6 students at ing homelessness as YESS,” said Taylor.

According to their Bruderheim Elementary well as struggling to School spent the past have their basic needs website, yess.org, the organization provides few weeks creating art- met. immediate and low-bar“They (grade sixes) work to sell in a silent auction fundraiser held have been working the rier shelter, temporary at their annual past couple of weeks housing, and individuChristmas concert Dec. painting pictures and alized wrap around creating Christmas support for youth ages 11.

Proceeds from the ornaments in order to 15-24. auction, totalling $250, were donated to the Youth Empowerment Support and Services (YESS) located in Edmonton.

Grade 6 teacher at the school, Ariane Taylor, explained by email that her class of 18 students had been discussing problems that children in Alberta are facing.

They decided that they wanted to Georgia, 11, Grade 6 teacher Ariane Taylor, and Ashley, raise money to help 11, stand next to a display of creative work done by Grade 6 students.

Thieves targeted the Andrew Post Office by prying open the door between the post office boxes and the service counter early during the night of Dec. 6 -7.

RCMP couldn’t say what was stolen and are still investigating in collaboration with Canada Post Security. Andrew detachment commander Sgt. Robert Daisley said while there were separate charges for breaking into a postal facility, he doubted any of the charges could lead to a maximum 10-year sentence. He added anyone with information on this crime can call the Two Hills RCMP at 780-657-2820.

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Elf and board member, Evelyn Henke adds bingo numbers to the bingo board at the most recent Bon Appetit Bingo at St. Michael Recreation Centre. Santa, CALC co-chair Larry Boettger, with elves Everett (standing),10, and Emmett (sitting), 9, are calling the bingo numbers.Elf and board member, Evelyn Henke adds bingo numbers to the bingo board at the most recent Bon Appetit Bingo at St. Michael Recreation Centre.

Free bingo delights seniors for Christmas

BY JANA SEMENIUK Bon Appetit Bingo brought joy and holiday spirit to seniors who attended the free event on Dec. 11.

The Lamont County Community Adult Learning Council (CALC) held their sixth instalment of ten Bon Appetit Bingos at the St. Michael Recreation Centre.

The bingos, which seniors play for free with individual take home meals as prizes, are scheduled roughly every two weeks from 1 to 4 p.m. The games are not only free but also include transportation from Andrew, Bruderheim, Mundare, Chipman, and Lamont.

“Our goal is to reduce isolation for seniors, providing them with a social outlet plus addressing their meal times by providing home-cooked nutritious meals,” said Deb Holland, director of CALC. The most recent afternoon of bingo carried a little extra sparkle for Christmas.

Santa, played by CALC co-chair Larry Boettger, was on hand to call the bingo numbers with elves Eva Jane, 12, Everett, 10, Emmett, 9, and CALC board member Evelyn Henke there to assist him.

“I just love being Santa,” said Boettger. “I volunteer to do it whenever I can.”

In addition to having special guests to facilitate the Christmas bingo game, a number of local businesses and towns donated unwrapped gifts to the seniors’ gift table. Each guest was

given a numbered ticket with tickets randomly drawn throughout the afternoon.

Winners approached the table to choose any gift they would like to have. Over 30 organizations donated gifts for the event which saw the gift table overflowing with items.

“We received such good donations!” said CALC member and Bruderheim town councillor Pat Lee. “We received so many donations that everyone got to choose twice.”

CALC Bon Appetit bingo has been running since Sept. 11 with funding from the Federal government’s New Horizons for Seniors Program in addition to a donation from SIL Industries.

“The bingo has been really amazing,” said Cheryl Best, program assistant for CALC. “We have had a great turnout.

The smiles and laughter of everyone is so heartwarming.”

Anne Rutar, a bingo player from Bruderheim, has attended every bingo session so far by taking the bus from Bruderheim.

“I never got to ride the bus as a kid,” said Rutar.

“So, this is good! I’ve come to every one of these bingos so far.”

Bill Engman, who attended the most recent bingo with his friend Gilbert Platts, first heard about Bon Appetit free bingo from an employee at his local gas station in Chipman.

“I have never played bingo before,” said Engman. “This is great!”

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Snow Angels bring smiles and snow clearing to Seniors

BY JANA SEMENIUK Young volunteers of the Snow Angels Program, organized by Lamont Family and Community Services (FCSS), received a muchneeded boost by the Lamont Lions Club and Lamont Home Hardware on Dec. 10.

“Our Lions club received a letter from the LINKS (Learning – Individual Needs Knowledge and Skills) class at the high school asking for donations of shovels, because a lot of

their shovels went missing,” said Lions club member Maurice Plowman. “They needed them to help out with the Snow Angels program.”

Plowman added that not only did the Lamont Lions Club donate four shovels to the class, but Lamont Home Hardware also donated two more.

Snow Angels organizer, Darlene Onushko, program assistant with FCSS, explained that teachers with Lamont High School’s LINKS

program contacted her to initiate volunteer work for their students.

“The school asked if they could volunteer this year, so during school hours, if it snows, or snows during the night, the students travel over to their assigned senior and clear the walk for them,” she said.

Onushko added that this is the second year the Snow Angels program has ran in Lamont and the first year in Bruderheim.

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Letter: Scheer stupidity

hide what they’ve done.”

Nothing of the sort passed the Conservative leader’s lips. Even without it, he still managed to pick up sufficient seats to put his party within next-election striking distance of the Liberals.

The election aftermath, not the actual campaign failures, should go down in history as one of the most futile efforts ever waged by a Canadian political leader simply to hold on to what he’d already won.

Beyond the relief of being spared watching a party leader’s political blood spilled repeatedly during the three-month eternity of inevitable knifings before the Conservatives’ spring convention, Canadians should feel genuine concern about the long-term result of elevating Scheer’s rookie bungling into alleged bone-deep unfitness for the role.

The harm done far transcends any ego wounds

or sense of personal injustice he might feel at being forced out.

What has been crushed is the spirit of vivid political dissent.

What has been violated is the democratic entitlement, protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to peacefully and conscientiously disagree with the fashions of the day while accepting the obligation to govern according to the balance of majority will.

What has been tossed aside is the foundational ideal that parliamentary opposition remains, in our Westminster system, inherently an act of loyalty and so a public good.

What Canadians must hope for now is a successor with both the talent and the tenacity to renew the spirit of dissent, to oppose what merits opposing loyally and well.

Peter Stockland

Continued from Page 4 A powerful substitute was at hand. It required only that Scheer say something like: “The Liberals keep wanting to talk about what I won’t do. Let’s talk about what they did do. They imposed an ideological loyalty test on Canadians through the Canada Summer Jobs program that took money from the pockets of young men and women trying to earn tuition for cruciallyneeded higher education. They then turned around and assaulted the rule of law by interfering in a legal case that sought to bring corporate plutocrats to account for corrupt involvement with the terrorist Gaddafi family. No wonder they want to talk about what isn’t going to happen. It helps them

teers from Andrew, Mundare, Lamont and Bruderheim but unfortunately I only have volunteers in Lamont and Bruderheim at the moment,” Onushko said.

“We are in desperate need for volunteers.”

She added that the program is completely voluntary and not funded in any way.

“The commitment is for the entire winter time. Volunteers are assigned at least one senior, or as many as they can manage, and when it snows, they commit to clearing the walks for that senior,” she said.

Currently, Onushko noted that Lamont has two volunteers for the Snow Angels program, not including the LINKS class, and Bruderheim

has eight; seven members of the fire department and one resident.

“We do have more volunteers this year than we did last year, it’s starting to catch on but we really need more volunteers,” she said. “Especially when you see how many people really need this

Left go right: Lamont snow angel students, Anna Lawrence, Grade 7, teachers Erin Bartz and Katie Fossum, William McMillan Mandryk, Grade 9, Isaiah Anderson, Grade 8, pose with Lamont Lions Club member Maurice Plowman who presented the Lamont High School class with six shovels to use while volunteering with the town’s Snow Angels program, clearing snow from the sidewalks of seniors.

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We Were On Santa’s Team My grandma taught me everything about Christmas. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," jeered my sister.

"Even dummies know that!"

My grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been.

I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her world-famous cinnamon buns.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me.

"No Santa Claus!" she snorted.

"Ridiculous!

Don't believe it. That rumour has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad. Now, put on your coat, and let's go."

"Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second cinnamon bun.

"Where" turned out to be Kerby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. That was a bundle in those days.

"Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's.

I was only eight years old. I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that tendollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for. I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbours, the kids at school, the people who went to my church.

I was just about thought out, when I sud-

denly thought of Bobbie Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat

right behind me in Mrs. Pollock's grade-two class. Bobbie Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out for recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough; but all we kids knew that Bobbie Decker didn't have a cough, and he didn't have a coat.

I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobbie Decker a coat. I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it.

It looked real warm, and he would like that. I didn't see a price tag, but ten dollars ought to buy anything. I put the coat and my ten-dollar bill on the counter and pushed them toward the lady behind it.

She looked at the coat, the money, and me. "Is this a Christmas present for someone?" she asked kindly. "Yes," I replied shyly. "It's ... for Bobbie.

He's in my class, and he doesn't have a coat." The nice lady smiled at me. I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and write, "To Bobbie, From Santa Claus" on it ... Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy.

Then she drove me over to Bobbie Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially one of Santa's helpers.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk.

Suddenly, Grandma

gave me a nudge. "All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going."

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his doorbell twice and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma. Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie. He looked down, looked around, picked

up his present, took it inside and closed the door.

Forty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my grandma, in Bobbie Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumours about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were: Ridiculous!

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Carol: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year It’s the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jinglebelling And everyone telling you Be of good cheer It’s the most wonderful time of the year (Wonderful time) It’s the hap-happiest season of all (wonderful time) With those holiday greetings And great happy meetings When friends come to call It’s the hap-happiest season of all There’ll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for roasting And caroling out in the snow (out in the snow) There’ll be scary ghost

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Carol: The Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

of Christmas my true love sent to me: 8 Maids a Milking 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings

4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 9 Ladies Dancing 8 Maids a Milking 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 10 Lords a Leaping 9 Ladies Dancing 8 Maids a Milking 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the eighth day

On the eleventh

day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 11 Pipers Piping 10 Lords a Leaping 9 Ladies Dancing 8 Maids a Milking 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the twelveth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 12 Drummers Drumming 11 Pipers Piping 10 Lords a Leaping 9 Ladies Dancing 8 Maids a Milking 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling Birds 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

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Position a rack in the middle of the oven.

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two or three baking sheets with parchment paper.

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until smoothly blended, about 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until blended, about 1 minute.

The mixture may look slightly curdled. On low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just until it is incorporated. Mix in the chocolate chips, pecans, walnuts, and almonds until evenly distributed.

Use a tablespoon to drop well-rounded tablespoonfulls of dough

(about 2 tablespoons each) onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart.

Bake the cookies one sheet at a time until the edges are lightly browned and the centers are slightly colored, about 14 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Holiday decorating doesn’t have to be expensive As most adults can attest, the holiday season also equals lots of extra work in what seems like a lot less time.

One of the most trying projects of the holiday season is decorating your home. Depending on the type of dwelling you call home, this can either take a few minutes or a few days. Either way, it’s a process most people find worthwhile thanks to the end result, which is often a festive home befitting a season of celebration. For those looking to make their homes as joyous looking as possible and spare their wallet an extra hit this holiday season, the following tips should help you accomplish both of those goals.

• Choose a theme. One of the best things about the holiday season is that it comes with so many traditions, meaning there are lots of potential decorating themes out there for you to choose from.

In addition, choosing a theme allows you to pull the decorating together more easily instead of going over the top trying to cover all of the possible holiday bases, which can prove time consuming and costly. Popular themes are winter wonderlands, snowmen, Nativity scenes, etc.

• Make your own decorations. Parents love adorning their walls with decorations made by their children. But even those without children can save a few dollars by making some of their own decorations.

For instance, in lieu of expensive jarred candles from specialty stores, less expensive candles can be purchased from

Partridge Hill UC – 5:00 pm Lamont UC (No Communion) – 7:00 pm grocery stores and placed into empty jars you might have around the house, such as a recently emptied (and cleaned, of course) mayonnaise jar. Make sure the jar is glass and not plastic, as plastic will easily melt and create a fire hazard. If you have children or if you have nieces or nephews, invite them over to paint the jars or make other decorations.

Other homemade decorations can include wreaths (which can be quite costly otherwise) and tree ornaments, which can be collected over the years and reflected upon as the years pass.

• Wrap the walls. Most have heard the classic holiday tune “Deck the Halls,” but a unique and inexpensive decorating technique can be wrapping the walls. Wrap pictures, mirrors, or even paintings in holiday-colored gift wrap to create a more festive mood. This can be done throughout the house if you so choose, or just in the areas such as the foyer or dining room where you’ll be hosting guests.

• Build a snowman.

Few things evoke the holiday spirit more than a snowman. If you’re fortunate enough to have a white Christmas, grab the kids and head outside to build a snowman.

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kling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.

A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, and he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes - how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.

He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.

And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.

And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, and he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet!

On, Cupid!, on Donner and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

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Seven facts you may not have known about “Xmas�

The Christmas season is full of traditions, folklore and rich history.

However, amid all of the traditions we've come to know, there are many bits of trivia of which you may not be familiar.

Here are a few littleknown facts about

Xmas Carol: Do you hear what I hear Said the night wind to the little lamb, do you see what I see Way up in the sky, little lamb, do you see what I see A star, a star, dancing in the night With a tail as big as a kite With a tail as big as a kite Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy, do you hear what I hear Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy, do you hear what I hear A song, a song, high above the trees With a voice as big as the sea With a voice as big as the sea Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king, do you know what I know In your palace warm, mighty king, do you know what I know A Child, a Child shivers in the cold Let us bring Him silver and gold Let us bring Him silver and gold Said the king to the people everywhere, listen to what I say Pray for peace, people everywhere! listen to what I say The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night He will bring us goodness and light He will bring us goodness and light

Christmas.

1. The first manufactured Christmas tree ornaments were sold in 1880 by the former Woolworth department store.

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3. Construction workers first erected an undecorated tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City in the early 1930s. They have

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Lamont Elementary had its Christmas Concert in front of an auditorium of delighted parents on Dec. 12

Christmas celebrated throughout the world Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s.

Probably the most celebrated holiday in the world, our modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe.

Ukraine 'Srozhdestvom Kristovym!'

Ukrainians prepare a traditional twelve-course meal.

A family's youngest child watches through the window for the evening star to appear, a signal that the feast can begin.

Canada Most Canadian Christmas traditions are very similar to those practiced in the United States. In the far north of the country, the Eskimos celebrate a winter festival called sinck tuck, which features parties with dancing and the exchanging of gifts.

Greece 'Kala Christouyenna!'

In Greece, many people believe in kallikantzeri, goblins that appear to cause mischief during the 12 days of Christmas.

Gifts are usually exchanged on January 1, St. Basil's Day. Central America A manger scene is the primary decoration in most southern European, Central American, and South American nations.

St. Francis of Assisi created the first living nativity in 1224 to help explain the birth of Jesus to his followers.

Germany 'Froehliche Weihnachten!'

Decorating evergreen trees had always been a part of the German winter solstice tradition. The first "Christmas trees" explicitly decorated and

named after the Christian holiday, appeared in Strasbourg, in Alsace in the beginning of the 17th century.

After 1750, Christmas trees began showing up in other parts of Germany, and even more so after 1771, when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited Strasbourg and promptly

included a Christmas tree in his novel, The Suffering of Young Werther. In the 1820s, the first German immigrants decorated Christmas trees in Pennsylvania.

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No matter what background we are from let us come together and celebrate this great province and country.

Be mindful of those less fortunate. Be grateful for the service of those in uniform.

Wishing you and yours health, happiness, harmony and a prosperous 2020.

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Season’s Greetings.

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Amira (white dress), 6, sings about making Christmas cookies with her kindergarten class at the Bruderheim Elementary School Christmas Concert, Dec.11

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Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a king on Bethlehem's plain, Gold I bring to crown Him again, King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.

O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.

Frankincense to offer have I. Incense owns a Deity nigh.

Prayer and praising all men raising, Worship Him, God on high.

O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.

Myrrh is mine: Its bitter perfume Breaths a life of gathering gloom.

Sorrow, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in a stone-cold tomb.

O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty

bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.

Glorious now behold Him arise, King and God and Sacrifice.

Alleluia, alleluia!

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

BY HAZEL ANAKA As 2019 makes its way into the history books, most of us are likely to take inventory.

Depending on how the year treated you, maybe it can’t end soon enough.

If it was incredible and you were blessed, you may be sad to know it’s over. More likely, it was a combination of good and bad, triumphs and tragedies, pinnacles and valleys. Sorta like life itself. You may also be totally shocked at the speed at which time moved. They say time drags for kids and hurtles forward for the aged.

I suspect most farm families have mixed feelings. The last four years have been brutal and many of us have crop over-wintering in the field. So, a pall has already been cast on 2020; spring combining is just wrong. Oil patch workers continue to hang on hoping that some of the promised projects get them back to work. Retailers suffer with the typical small business challenges plus the reality that most households have less disposable income. Anyone suffering ill health knows that time loses all meaning as days blur into weeks into months into sometimes, years.

One doesn’t have to look far to find something to be worried about: the economy, the environment, world affairs, political turmoil, suicide and domestic violence rates, drug and

alcohol abuse, crime. It could be a full-time job.

And yet so pointless.

And not without its own costs to mental and physical health. The only strategy is to identify your concern and determine if action is within your control. If yes, act; if no, let it go. Anything else is a cyclical downward spiral of thinking.

Christmas is no panacea, either. Despite the imagery and messaging around well-lit family scenes including a sumptuous table sagging under the weight of the meal, a tree dwarfed by gifts, and non-stop partying, Christmas (indeed most holidays) takes it toll…on mental health, budgets, time, and FOMO (fear of missing out).

Maybe the best we can do is scale back our dayto-day spending, expectations, and efforts. In past times of prolonged struggle (war, the Great Depression) the strength and resilience of people was tested. As with all things, it’s not what happens, it’s how we react to what’s happening. Make surviving a game, a challenge. Cut back on your food waste. Turn to board games and reading and give technology the back seat for a while.

Plant a garden. Turn down the thermostat.

Like MacGyver, figure out how to make something out of nothing.

Through good care and maintenance of those items you already own, outsmart manufacturers intent on selling you the latest and greatest.

Become aware of what you’re consuming and what it costs in terms of money and the environment. Nibble away at your debt load: the average Canadian now owes $1.76 for every $1 of income. This is bad news on so many levels. Take these challenging times to educate your children.

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Minor Hockey: Lamont and Bruderheim Peewees win Meet Meett your your o Ma M Market! rk ket! et!

KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from the Northern Alberta Interlock Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the website, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries.

No Novice scores are recorded.

Lamont Tier 3 Atoms (1-6-0) lost a 12-5 game at home against Millet on Sunday. Down 12-2 early in the third frame, Lamont connected for the final three goals of

the game. Cole Chudyn (2g 1a), Reid Chudyk, Landon Dagg, and Chael Whaling scored for Lamont.

Bruderheim Tier 6 Atoms (4-3-0) were scheduled to play CNN on Saturday at Bruderheim but no score was posted.

Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees (3-3-2) won a 96 game at Barrhead on Sunday.

Bruderheim took an early lead and the win was never in doubt after that.

Emerson Hauch got a hat trick and added an assist in the contest. Other

scorers were; Alex Andruchow (1g 3a), Kayden Winslow (2g 1a), Ryan Carstairs (3a), Andrew Svitich (2g), Ashlynn Dickinson (1g), and Ashton Strickland (1a). Zander Tanner got the win in goal.

Lamont Tier 6 Peewees (7-2-0) won a 10-7 game at Maskwacis on Saturday. The game was tied five different times by early in the third period when Lamont scored the game’s final four goals to secure the win. Kyran Belcourt scored four goals, and William Furey

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Mundare’s Brandon Kowal got a goal and two assists in his Fort Sask. AAA Midgets 5-1 win on Saturday over PAC Saints.

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Count birds on Boxing Day at EINP, as winter activities heat up

BY JOHN MATHER Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean there aren’t outdoor activities to help you bond with nature at Elk Island National Park.

“Winter,” said Brennan Bunko, promotion and non-personal media officer at the park. “Is a fabulous time to enjoy the wilderness at Elk Island National Park.”

If it’s skating you enjoy, Astotin Lake has a loop around its islands or there is an area cleaned where a group can play a pick-up game of hockey. Currently the ice isn’t thick enough for skating, but Bunko advises watching the park’s web site for notices and updates on when the ice will be ready.

If you want to walk

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If going out in the evening is more your thing, you can star gaze at the park. As part of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve there is limited light pollution so stars and the Northern Lights shine brightly. Visitors can take advantage of the shorter daylight hours and visit the park after dark for a stargazing experience.

The park has numerous cross country ski trails and at the end of the day visitors can enjoy a fire in one of the park’s cook shelters.

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Students to learn about farm safety at upcoming county event

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County will host a farm safety day for young students from around the County, June 5, 2020.

Co-ordinators of the event, Assistant Agricultural Fieldman Lindsay Benbow, and County FCSS director Sara Rindero updated the Agricultural Services Board of the event at their Dec. 12 meeting.

“We’re inviting the students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 from the schools in Mundare, Chipman, Bruderheim, Andrew and Lamont to attend the event at the Lamont Agricultural Grounds,” Benbow told the board members. “We’ll be working with the local agricultural societies so they can apply for grants to help offset costs of the event,” she said.

“We have allocated $10,000 in our budget for the event and the Lamont and District

Agricultural Society will be applying for the agricultural societies grant to make up the rest of the costs.”

She said they were bringing the information forward so the board would approve the budget amount and it could then go to County council for approval.”

Benbow told the ASB the total cost of the event would be around $30,000.”

Benbow added if the grants aren’t approved the event won’t be held.

Agricultural fieldman Terry Eleniak told council the province, through the Association of Alberta Agricultural Societies, has money allocated for farm safety events.

“If the province steps up and gives us the grant then the $10,000 would be used to top up any shortfalls.”

“Three years ago we had a farm safety day,” said Rindero. “We’re not

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going to try and reinvent the wheel, we’re going to go with a very similar program because it worked so well.”

She said one of the largest costs was bussing the almost 700 students to the site.

“We also have to create promotional materials,” she added. “And every student gets a colour coded tee shirt. The colours are for each of the schools and this ensures the kids get on the right bus when they go home.”

She stated because of food allergy precautions, the safety event wouldn’t supply a meal, but would ask the student to bring their own lunches.

“We will provide healthy snacks including water and other nutritional snacks.”

There would also be emergency personal on site.

When asked if the school board would help provide any money for the bussing, the ASB was told that wouldn’t be the case.

Benbow added she wanted to invite all the ASB members to attend the event.

“It’s definitely something to see when you have all the children of Lamont County at the agricultural grounds, it’s really something to see.”

When the children are off the buses at the ag.

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“Staff bring large machinery so the kids can be instructed on how to be safe around that.

CN is also there with a safety presentation.”

There are demonstrations showing how slippery the sides of a dugout can be.

“It’s a really positive day for the kids,” said Rindero. “The school administrators on site were really appreciative of the efforts the County put into the event.”

The ASB approved the budget of up to $10,000 for the event.

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grounds, they are broken into ten groups with each one having a group leader, explained Benbow. “We herd the kids through ten different 13-minute presentations.”

“You actually herd them?” asked ASB chair Danial Warawa.

“It’s actually a beautiful thing,” stated Rindero. “We use the agricultural gates and fencing so we can corral them and make sure they are moving to the various presentations in an orderly fashion.”

The co-ordinators showed a video of the previous ag. safety day.

“We had sessions on grain safety, water safety,

Jody & Chris Zachoda, Rebecca Zachoda & Connor Wytrykush, Nick Zachoda Joe & Olga Stodola

Barbara Tessier

Cossey Family Delores, Caren & Marc, Trish & Darren, Wade & Tara, Myles, Katie, Sydney & Madden, Jace, Dane, Bentley & Lincoln

Aileen Bilodeau

John Mather

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The County of Lamont Food Bank provides assistance to families within Lamont County.

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