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Chipman area sisters Mercedes and Madison Widmer led the crowd at the Lamont Town Office parking lot in a carol sing Nov. 30. The girls braved the cold weather to perform for the crowd waiting for Santa Claus to appear and turn on the Lamont winter wonderland lights at the town office. It was all part of the town’s Light Up festivities held throughout the day.

A smiling, but frosty, Santa Claus throws the master switch to turn on the Christmas light display at the Lamont Town Office Nov. 30. Santa was brought to the site by fire truck, after a display of fireworks sent word the grounds were ready to be lit up.

Lamont Light-Up draws large crowds

BY JOHN MATHER At ten minutes to five, Nov. 30 fireworks starting going off just behind the Lamont town office.

The crowd of several hundred gathered in the -15 chill had been told Lamont firemen had were to set off the fireworks so they would summon Santa Claus to make a quick trip to the town to throw the switch to light up the winter wonderland at the town office.

And sure enough … at the dot of 5 p.m., Santa was delivered by a fire truck (there wasn’t enough snow for the sleigh) and he strode to the panel box and with a cheery “ho ho ho and a Merry Christmas” he threw the switch and the lights went on.

It was the culmination of a complete day in the town where many businesses and the community hall were filled with events to celebrate the season and

make sure all attending kids were prepared for the grand finale of lighting the lights.

“It’s the 16th year we’ve done this,” said Dorothee Saleski, vice chair of the Lamont Christmas Light Up committee. “From what I’ve been told by the many participants, it was very successful.”

A craft show had 40 vendors at the high school she added.

Nearby at the community hall, local business had themed Christmas trees on display, part of the town’s version of Festival of Trees, and entertainers performed including the young dancers from Lamont’s LA Dance Moves studio.

“There were choirs and recitals as well,” Saleski said. “There was Fellowship Baptist Church from Fort Saskatchewan who came out and did gospel singing and poetry readings.

We also had some piano recitals and a couple of girls who played the fiddle.”

She added the hall events were very well attended.

“Every year we do something different and provide more activities for the kids,” she said. “This year the new event was Frosty’s Sign Shop at Price Automotive and it was very well attended.”

The Lamont Fish and Game Association put on activities where there were free hot chocolate and hot dogs.

At the firehall, young visitors could decorate cookies, view fire equipment and get rides on the fire trucks. It was also one of the stops for a horse drawn wagon that chauffeured people around the downtown all day.

The United Church was host to a pyrogy lunch and hosted children’s crafts, while the Lamont County Office

was open for kids to make Christmas cards.

There was a fill the bus event for the Lamont Food Bank at the Lamont Foods parking lot and it gathered more than 300 kgs for the food bank.

And at Beaverhill Lodge, Santa had decided to let the little ones visit with him and share their Christmas wishes while also saying hello to the residents.

Despite the chill in the air, by the end of the day those in attendance left with the warm feeling that Christmas is just around the corner.

“I really want to thank all our volunteers and businesses who work tirelessly to make this day a success,” said Saleski. “It’s the volunteers who make this all come together and it brings the entire community together and helps make our town a good place to live.”

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2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Theives target Lamont Foods

BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont Foods suffered a break in during the early morning hours of Nov. 28.

Owner KC Yoon received news of the break-in at 4 a.m. by his security company.

“I got a phone call a lit-

tle after four in the morning on Nov. 28 from the security company,” said Yoon. “I came right away.

Upon arriving at his store, Yoon found broken glass at the front door but said he did not lose money or merchandise

to the thieves.

“There was nothing to take,” he said. “I don’t have an ATM and we don’t keep money in the store overnight.”

Yoon’s security cameras captured the criminals during the break-in and the footage has been

relinquished to the police. He was unclear whether the perpetrators were male or female.

“I could see two thieves and another one driving the getaway vehicle while keeping a lookout,” said Yoon.

“Only one of them got inside through breaking the glass at the front door.”

Yoon was unsure of the cost to replace the glass at his front door citing figures have not yet been available from his insur-

ance company.

Yoon added that he has owned the Lamont Foods for eight and a half years. During that time, he has experienced two break ins with the last one occurring in 2014.

Lamont Petro Can struck by thieves again

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont Petro Can store owner owner Kevin Lim said his manager watched as thieves rammed a truck into the protective roll up shutters and broke into the gas/convenience store early in the morning on Dec. 2.

“There were four people and broke our shutter, broke into the building and took some stuff,” he said.

“There is no cash in the building, we always empty the store of cash at closing.

“But they broke into the facility again,” he said in a very frustrated voice. “I’ve heard in the last 10 months or so there have been too many break-ins in Lamont. It’s like there’s one a month.”

He adds it is tough to be in business in the

town and really feels there’s a need for a peace officer or an RCMP stationed in the community.

“Police were called while the thieves were in the store,” he said. “But it took them 20 minutes to get here and the thieves were gone in 10 minutes.”

Lim added there was a second truck he noticed alongside his property.

“I’m pretty sure they were watching for anyone who might come into the station,” he said.

“When the truck that smashed the shutter left, so did the second truck.”

Lim added he’d been told that the truck that smashed the roll shutter to gain access, had been stolen.

He added he’s hoping the police can find the thieves.

“But it’s like there’s a break-in in this town

every month,” he said.

“It’s just happening too often in this town.

Everyone is getting damaged every month.”

Lim said he paid about $15,000 for the shutters at the front of the store following the last breakin.

“Now I have to replace it, plus the broken front door,” he said. “I don’t know what it’s going to cost to replace it all.”

Const.

Suzanne Ahlstrom of the Fort RCMP confirmed the break-in occurred between 3:30 and 4 a.m.

“There was some tobacco products taken,” she said, adding if anyone had witnessed anything around that time RCMP would like them to call the Fort detachment or call crime stoppers.

Lamont Foods store was the site of an early morning break-in Nov. 28. The damaged front door the thieves broke to gain access can be clearly seen.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 3

Businesses join forces to help less fortunate New flower shop owner anxious to help

BY JANA SEMENIUK The County of Lamont Food Bank is once again running the Giving Tree program in hopes of helping some families have a brighter Christmas this year.

In Lamont, Trendy Petals, Lamont Home Hardware and Value Drug Mart are all participating in the program by having a Giving Tree set up in their businesses for customers to take part in.

Trendy Petals flower shop owner Debbie Fountain explained that each tag placed on the tree, contains information about a child in need of a gift which includes their age and gender.

“The Giving Tree has a number of tags attached to the branches. The idea is that people can take a tag off the tree, and purchase a gift according to what the tag indicates,” she said. “Then bring back the gift unwrapped with the tag attached.

You could bring it back here or drop it off at the Food Bank.”

Fountain added that if people wish, they can donate cash instead of purchasing a gift.

“The gift can be of any value. So far, we have two gifts bought and placed under the tree.

My goal is to have at least 10,” she said. “If cash is donated, the Food Bank volunteers will use

it to purchase gifts.”

Fountain didn’t hesitate when asked if she would like to have a Giving Tree in her business this year.

“A representative from the food bank came to visit me,” she said.

“So, I told her ‘Oh Yeah!

Let’s put it up!”

Fountain added that representatives from the Food Bank brought her the filled-out tags to adorn her tree.

“If the tags get all used up, we can re-use them,” she added. “There are a lot of children that need help.”

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Opinion Who shall cast the first stone?

One of the best lessons from The Bible is not being observed enough in our hypocritical modern society.

Challenged by a crowd to judge a woman accused of adultery, punishable by stoning, Jesus stated: “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.” Listening to their own consciences, the gathering disassembled in the Biblical account.

Current and former NHL players, coaches, management, fans and broadcasters are all apparently without sin. A few weeks ago those people cast their stones at Don Cherry, and last week those same people cast their stones at recently fired NHL coaches Bill Peters and Mike Babcock. You’d think those two men shot their dogs.

The angry mob, all without sin themselves, have now cast their stones at the Sutters, and Marc Crawford. As former NHL coach Ken Hitchcock said last week, “They’re coming for everyone.”

It’s quite disgusting to watch the cowardly piling on.

First, Don Cherry, a good and charitable man beloved by millions, had his reputation and career destroyed for a comment suggesting perhaps all Canadians (but particularly new Canadians, AKA “You People”) need to respect the young boys who lost their lives at war to protect the freedoms of Canada by wearing a poppy.

Don is 85 years old, and has donated countless time, effort and money to bring awareness to the sacrifices Canadian troops have made for our country. Part of the reason we have a military is to save our freedoms so that we can have, and express, our opinions. Yet Don Cherry was not allowed to give his in case he may have hurt someone’s feelings? Seemingly the only person who came to Cherry’s defence was Bobby Orr, who said Cherry is one of the most wonderful people he knows and is absolutely not a racist.

Only four years ago Mike Babcock was given the largest contract ever to a coach. He was coming off incredible success with the Detroit Red Wings, and Toronto wanted a Stanley Cup so lured Babcock to coach the young, talented Leafs. After a poor start to the season the Leafs fired him, and immediately a questionable coaching experiment hit the news with accusations that he was psychologically abusing players - in particular star Mitch Marner.

Then this past week former Flames coach Bill Peters, a Babcock protege, had his reputation and career destroyed after a disgruntled former minor league player said he used the “N” word when referring to the music the player was blasting in the dressing room 10 years ago. The current Flames were asked if Peters ever used this type of language while coaching them, and the answer was no. I interviewed Peters many times when he was a young coach just starting out with the Killam Jr. B Wheat Kings and never once did I have the impression he was racist or anything other than a very bright and talented young hockey coach.

Such a shame. A racist isn’t someone who utters a single word.

It’s in the heart and soul. The social justice warriors who have infiltrated the world of professional hockey have set quite a precedent.

Are they themselves able to say they have never uttered a poor choice of words in anger, or made a wrong decision at their work place?

When did we become so sanctimonious and unforgiving as a society, and so ready to condemn someone and destroy their entire existence because of one bad choice?

Kerry Anderson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR We need to get children off the couch Our children have never been more sedentary.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2016, only 21.6 per cent of children and adolescents in the United States aged six to 19 met the recommended 60 or more minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity at least five times a week. It’s a safe bet that number is even lower today.

Moreover, while physical education and recess time continues to be cut by schools, less than half of the children in the U.S. have adequate heart and lung fitness.

The overall health implications of this level of physical inactivity are cer-

tainly scary. For example, Type 2 diabetes once was considered an adult disease, hence the term “adult-onset diabetes.”

However, because more kids are overweight and obese, the incidence of the disease has increased dramatically in children and adolescents.

The popular perception is that the U.S. is a sportsmad country. The reality is, it’s a country of passionate sports fans that, for the most part, aren’t sports participants. Adults and children need to move more and watch less.

Collectively, in terms of participation in sports and other physical activities, we are a bunch of couch potatoes.

“Research has shown that lack of physical activity may be a more significant factor in contributing to childhood obesity than even bad diet,” according to Tom McMillen, former Congressman, National Basketball Player player, and current board member of the National Foundation for Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. He adds: “Other research in adults indicates that poor fitness is a more significant predictor of death than obesity generally, diabetes and other causes. In other words, the most important thing we can do for the health of our kids is to get them up off the couch.”

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Next time

BY HAZEL ANAKA On November 29th, Roy and I went to Edmonton. You know how occasionally, the day seems charmed; everything goes perfectly, there is synchronicity, happy accidents. This wasn’t one of those days.

We hoped to hit Black Friday sales. Unwilling to do any online shopping, brick and mortar stores are the only alternative. I got sale prices on items I already wanted, so good news. I also bought some I didn’t intend to because it was ‘once a year’ pricing.

This too was good.

Hilary joined us for supper at a favourite Chinese restaurant. We offered to move to another table when the existing empty tables couldn’t accommodate a party of eight. That got us ten percent off our bill. The food was great as usual and the restaurant emptied out considerably as we lingered over conver-

Letter: Couch Continued from Page 4 Forty-five years ago, daily physical education was the norm for kindergarten to Grade 12 students. Today, according to the American Heart Association, less than five per cent of elementary schools and two per cent of high schools have daily physical education class for the entire school year. In addition, nearly a quarter of American schools don’t require physical education class at all!

The problem isn’t just the decline in phys-ed, however. Too many of our kids are being priced out of youth sports and

sation.

Soon, some shouting and a developing scene about twenty-five feet away attracted our attention. It was a youngish aboriginal man and a boy, perhaps four years old. The impulse is to look but making eye contact seemed unwise. A couple of waitresses hovered nearby trying to deescalate the situation.

It seemed he was forcing the kid to eat something he clearly didn’t want. It was too hot or spicy or simply unwanted. The screaming bullying continued. The boy cried. A waitress must have said something because he yelled that ‘people are telling me how to raise my kid.’

We felt trapped.

Leaving would have meant walking right past this scene in an nearly empty restaurant. It didn’t feel safe. More yelling, more pushing the kid around. After far too long, it seemed they were getting ready to go.

The boy was in his jacket, clutching his toys. The dad was yelling for him to come. The boy retreated to the farthest reaches of the room as if to escape or at least hide.

The waitress urged the boy to go to his daddy.

She whispered to us that the man seemed drunk.

The dad then grabbed the boy and began kick-

ing him. Roy stood.

Hilary pulled him back down. We took off. We had to walk past this outof-control man who was now near the door. His body language dared us to make eye contact or say something. We didn’t. We hugged in the parking lot and went to our separate vehicles. By now, the man and the boy were outside.

As we drove away, I felt relieved, sick, ashamed. Hilary soon phoned to say she’d called the police with his licence plate number.

They told her they had video and had already been called by the restaurant. We felt better and hoped they had the manpower to respond.

This rattled us. It was clearly an ethical dilemma. Every so often one hears about a group of bystanders who didn’t intervene and someone gets hurt. How can people stand idly by? How can people not ‘do the right thing?’ I now know how. There were at least five or six other adults in the restaurant. The men, had they all been of like mind, could have overpowered him and held him for the police. Or they could have been shot, stabbed, harmed in the process. There is equal number of those stories. Good Samaritans get buried---as heroes or

other physical activities.

Economic and cultural differences, like income, the neighbourhood a child lives in, the language spoken at home, and other factors leave too many children on the sideline.

The mound of studies highlighting the benefits of physical activity continues to grow. Research has shown that exercise is not only good for the body, it also promotes self-esteem, and can sharpen concentration and boost academic perf o r m a n c e .

Cardiovascular-based exercise is the one thing that can actually grow brain cells.

It’s sad when as adults we choose to lead inactive lifestyles. But it’s

even sadder when we don’t provide our children the opportunity to establish physicallyactive lifestyles when they are young.

Here’s the reality of the situation: Our children are on pace to be significantly more overweight and obese than we are by the time they reach adulthood.

If we continue to cut physical education and recess in our schools, and neglect to effectively address economic and cultural barriers to participation in youth sports and other physical activities for a large number of our children, the physical and mental health challenges our young people will face in adulthood will be daunting.

fools---depending, I guess, on your opinion.

The fact is that no amount of rationalization makes me feel better.

This was a little kid in the company of an obviously strung-out or disturbed adult. I’m glad that some people could safely call the police. I’m glad there’s video and a licence plate number. I hope the police investigate. I hope the boy is safe; that the dad gets help or treatment or punishment. But, mostly, I hope I’m braver next time I’m challenged with doing the right thing, from where I sit.

A little girl hides behind her father's knees unsure of Sparky the Mascot during the Community Appreciation Night at the Mundare Fire Department Nov. 29.

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Grain rescue tool a boon to Mundare Fire Department

BY JANA SEMENIUK Mundare Firefighter Jason Warawa remembers the emergency call three years ago that helped spark the need for a grain rescue tool.

“It was out of our jurisdiction, and I had just taken the (grain rescue) training a couple of weeks before we got the call,” said Warawa.

“When we responded, no one else was specialized in it (grain rescue) so we took our knowledge, put it to use and managed to get this fellow out.”

Bins containing grain can become deadly when farmers fall inside.

Warawa added that often a victim will not realize he needs help getting out until it is too late.

“It’s a good thing this fellow had his grandson

with him to call for unit was raised using fundraising help,” he said. “As soon various as grain moves it starts methods by the fire suffocating you. Once it department.

“Flipping pancakes, gets around your lungs and stomach you can’t garage sales, we cater to many different events,” breathe out again.”

Since then, in April explained Fire Chief 2018, Alliance Pipeline Glenda Dales.

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“The resistance of the grain, when you are inserting each piece of the tool, is significant,” said Webb. “That’s why it comes in six sections and we build it one piece at a time.”

Currently the Mundare Fire Department is the only department trained in grain rescue and houses the only grain rescue system in the county.

“Eventually the idea is to bring in the other departments (to train in grain rescue),” said Dales. “The unit will be housed here, but once the other departments are trained then we only need to bring the unit while the responding department performs the rescue.”

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Lamont Christmas Light-up

People clamber up on to a wagon for a chilly ride around Lamont on Nov. 30.

Horse drawn wagon rides were just one of the many activities held as part of the town’s annual Christmas light-up event. Despite the -15 temperatures, sunny skies meant the wagon rides were a popular event.

Members of the LA Dance Moves troupe strut their stuff at the Lamont Community Hall on Nov, 30. The young dancers were part of an afternoon of entertainment put on at the hall as part of the Light-Up day.

Also Lamont’s version of festival of tress was held in the hall.

While seven-year-old Ava Wilson, of Bruderheim, sits patiently on Santa’s lap, her three-year-old sister, Emerson, seems more apprehensive about visiting with the jolly old fellow. The girls were just two of a large number of kids who visited with Santa at Lamont’s Beaverhill Lodge Nov. 30, part of the town’s Christmas Lightup day.

Matt Rice, from Fort Saskatchewan, shows his fiveyear-old son Nathan, some of the fire fighting equipment on display at the Lamont Fire Hall Nov. 30.

Lamont fire chief John Helton looks on in the background ready to answer any questions the pair may have had. The display was part of the open house at the firehall, just one of the events at Lamont’s Christmas Light-Up day.

A group of Lamont residents stand around a burn barrel to keep warm as they wait for Santa Claus to arrive and switch on the winter wonderland display of lights at the Lamont Town Office, Nov., 30. The Light-up event attracted thousands to the town during the day.

Six-month-old Sophia Koziak was the centre of attention for exhibitor Carol Maser of Edmonton, at the Nov. 30 Christmas Craft Show at the Lamont High School. Sophia’s mom, Olivia, had her dressed up in Christmas finery as they attended the holiday market, held in conjunction with the Lamont Light-Up festival held all day in the town.

After Santa Claus threw the master switch Nov. 30, the grounds around the Lamont Town Office became a winter wonderland of lights. Residents can walk among the displays every night until the new year.

8 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Mundare fire chief considers department family

BY JANA SEMENIUK A grass fire at Glenda Dales’ home in 1993 changed her life forever.

“My husband was burning grass and lit our yard on fire,” said Dales.

“The Lamont, Mundare and Chipman fire departments all responded and put the fire out.”

Intensely grateful for the help they received that day, Dales’ decided she wanted to be a firefighter.

“My husband said ‘Go for it!,’ ” Dales remembers fondly. “If I started to drag and say maybe I

shouldn’t do it, he would tell me to get going.”

Although 1993 was not a time when women were widely represented in fire departments, Dales does not remember having a hard time breaking into her new career.

“The biggest challenge back then was acceptance,” she said. “I found that if you did your job and didn’t ask for any favours you got the respect right away.”

As she grew in her new role, Dales moved up from firefighter in

1993 to fire chief of the Mundare Fire Department in 1999.

“I took over the department in 1999 and been there ever since,” added Dales. “34 years!”

One of the more defining moments for Dales was a church fire in Hilliard in 2007.

“When the church in Hilliard burnt, we were able to save the entire back area where the vestibule was,” she said.

“Plus, all of the special clothing and candles.”

Dales added that the feeling of saving people

is indescribable.

“It’s incredible when you save someone or extricate them from a vehicle,” she said.

Dales was also able to lean on her firefighter family when her husband, Robert, passed away four years ago.

“It was the fire department that got me through that,” she said.

“This is a very tight family. When they say the brotherhood or sisterhood and the fire department is family, they mean it.”

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BY JOHN MATHER The town of Lamont will be home to Lamont County’s newest fire truck once it is delivered in early 2021.

At County council, Nov. 26, the budget items for the new pumper was allocated with $200,000 budgeted for 2019 and another $200,000 allocated in 2020.

“The truck will replace a pumper that will be 25 years old by the time it’s replaced,” said County Regional Fire Chief David Zayonce. “Every fire truck has a 25 year lifespan after which it has to be replaced so this is a routine upgrade.”

He said the new unit will be very similar to the one being replaced.

“There will be improved technology in terms of safety, some upgrades in electronic operation of the pump as

opposed to manual, and a newer chassis which features even more safety items,” said Zayonce.

“We plan it so we can be economically responsible while getting the best truck that will meet our department’s needs.”

The truck has been tendered over the provincial purchasing web site and the competition will close later this week.

Zayonce will then sit down and review the tenders that come in with County officials and the best pumper for the most reasonable price will be purchased.

He said depending on features and price the new unit could be built in either Canada or the United States.

“It’s the truck that is usually the first vehicle out on any fire call,” added Zayonce. “It has

specific pumping capacities that it has to meet under Underwriters specifications.

Along with that it has other standards that must be met.”

Zayonce said the final price wouldn’t be more than $400,000 but he doubted it would be that much.

“We’ll go through the tenders with a fine tooth comb to get the best value for our dollar.”

He said it takes an average of nine months to a year to build the truck.

Once in service the old truck may be used for training purposes, added Zayonce.

“We haven’t explored the full potential of what we could do with it.”

He said it could also possibly be used as a tanker only.

He doubts it would

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He added the cost to ship could be problematic also.

He said shipping it to Ukraine would probably be the last thing to happen with the old truck.

“If we can sell it and get some value that wa,y that could happen.”

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Councillor wants to fill his limo for food banks

BY JOHN MATHER A Mundare councillor is using one of his businesses to generate seasonal goodwill for the County of Lamont and Vegreville Food Banks.

Last summer, Jason Kowal took possession of 30-foot-long 2008 Ford Expedition limousine which he has been using to take groups to hockey games, concerts, weddings and graduations around the area.

Now he’s using the limo until the end of the year to fill with non-perishable food items for the foods banks.

“If people get in touch with me I’ll come and pick up their donations and they can have a ride in the limo or get their pictures taken with it.,” he said.

“I’m hoping local businesses will ask people to drop food off at their businesses and then when they have a good supply, call me and I’ll bring the limo to pick up the items.”

He said he hopes the chance of getting up close and personal with the huge vehicle which seats 13 passengers will provide incentive to assist at this time of year.

“I’m going to have the limo in Mundare this weekend as the town does its light up event,” he added. “ I’ll drive the vehicle in the parade and during the day it will be on the main street and people can come and drop food items off.”

Kowal added he would also be taking cash donations which would be forwarded to the two area food banks.

He said he chose the two food banks because Mundare straddles the areas served by both.

“I talked to both food banks and they have no problem with me helping them in any way possible.”

“I want to make sure the town of Mundare is taken care of and for those who have some hardships, its a matter of convenience whether they utilize the services of either the Lamont or Vegreville food banks.

The food bank organizers do keep track to ensure the same people aren’t using both.”

“I think there’s tough times throughout Alberta and if we’re able to help out and no one has to go hungry during this Christmas season then that’s a good thing.”

Kowal said he is accepting cash because many of his business associates want to donate with cash rather than large volumes of food.

“The food banks can purchase additional needed food with the cash and that helps them keep they’re shelves stocked. The cash may also help the food bank out by supplying food during some of the leaner periods of the year.”

He said he will be the main guy doing this project.

“It’s something I’m doing on my own, but I’ve had some business associates already take part by making some donations.”

“But if neighbours on a

street want to get together and have a mini food drive, then I’ll come over with the limo and collect it and deliver it to the food bank.”

He said he hopes people want to get their pictures taken with the luxury vehicle because he’ll post those shots of the donors with their food donations and the vehicle on Facebook.

But don’t phone Kowal and state you have two cans of soup to donate.

“I won’t go anywhere for just a single, small pickup. It’s just not worth it. I want people to join together and put some large local donations together and then I’ll gladly help them deliver it.”

Kowal said while he wants to keep the project centred in Lamont County, if people call him with large volumes of donations he will go as far as Vegreville and

Fort Saskatchewan to make pick ups.

“I’ve heard the of stuff a bus and stuff a container, campaigns,” he said.

“This is the first year I’ve had the limo and I thought I’d give it a try.

The big thing is to make sure it’s not perishable food that we take to the food banks.”

“I’ve donated to the food bank in the past and right now the limo isn’t generating any revenue sitting in the shop so I thought this might work and every little bit helps.”

He added if people want to drop off at Kowal Real Estate in Mundare they could or if they drop off at the various drop points in the area and he’ll pick the food up.

People wanting to help out, can contact Kowal by texting or calling him at 780-818-6010 or email him at jjkowal@telus.net

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Environment and Parks will review each written statement of concern, seek more information if needed, and notify each filer by letter of the decision to accept or reject their written submission as a valid statement of concern. The Public Notice of this application will also be posted on the Department’s website at https://avw.alberta.ca/PublicNoticesViewer.aspx.

Please quote One Stop file number: 5041847 Statements of concern submitted regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public and the applicant.

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Minor Hockey: Bruderheim Peewees beat Devon KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from the Northern Alberta Interlock Minor Hockey League games held recently.

No Novice scores are posted.

Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees (2-3-2) travelled to Devon on Sunday and came away with a 6-4 win. Devon scored first but Bruderheim connected on the next four goals to take a commanding lead that they did not give up. Emerson Hauch led the way with a hat trick and a 4-point game.

Alex Andruchow (2g) and Rowan Young also scored for Bruderheim.

Assists went to; Andrew

Svitich (2a), Ryan Carstairs, and Kayden Winslow.

Sandy McDonald got the win in goal for Bruderheim, making 39 saves.

Bruderheim boasts three of the league’s top four scorers with 1) Emerson Hauch (19g 13a 32pts), 3) Ryan Carstairs (21g 5a 26pts), and 4) Andrew Svitich (9g 8a 17pts).

Lamont Tier 6 Peewees (3-2-0) defeated Pembina 7-4 on the road on Saturday. It was a close game, with Pembina scoring first but Lamont coming back to take a 3-2 lead after period one. Pembina came to within a goal three times in the contest but every time Lamont retaliated

and then finally in the third period put the game away late. Richard Ayres scored four goals for Lamont. Other scorers were; William Furey (2g 1a), Kyran Belcourt (2a), Teagan Stetsko (1g), and Cayden Albert (1a).

Ethan Stetsko got the win in goal. The team was scheduled to play on Sunday but no score was posted.

Brandon Kowal from Mundare scored a goal and picked up two assists in the Fort Saskatchewan AAA Midget Rangers 4-1 win over MLAC on Saturday.

On Sunday the Rangers were scheduled to take on KC Centennials.

A group of Lamont senior boys basketball hopefuls work through a dribbling exercise during team tryouts Nov. 21. The team will have 11 returnees from the team that finished in seventh place last season. Coach Cory Kokotailo hopes the team builds as it moves forward this season. The season began recently and the team will host its own tournament Jan. 16- 18.

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