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Alberta Order of Excellence Former Premier Ed Stelmach from Andrew named among seven Albertans to receive special honour BY JOHN MATHER On June 29, former Alberta premier Ed Stelmch received a phone call from outgoing Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell informing him that he had been named to the Alberta Order of Excellence. “She told me the results of the selection panel,” he said. “She added there will be an investiture ceremony, hopefully late in the year after the Covid 19 issues come to an end.” “That was really quite a surprise,” he said. The Order of Excellence is given to Albertans who have made outstanding provincial, national or international impact and it is the highest honour a citizen can receive as an official part of the Canadian Honours System. Stelmach was the premier of Alberta from 2006 until 2011. He succeeded Ralph Klein at the helm of the province.

Prior to becoming Premier, he had served as the MLA for VegrevilleViking and later as the MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville. He was the Division 4 councillor in Lamont County from 1986 until he stepped down to run as an MLA. He was the County Reeve from 1987 until he resigned in 1993. He feels he may also have received the Order of Excellence not only for his involvement in politics, but because of his volunteer work both in the County and around the province. Stelmach, along with his wife Marie, founded the Ed Stelmach Community Foundation in 2007. It provides assistance to small Alberta-based charities such as Calgary Reads, L’Arche Edmonton, Aspire Special Needs (Red Deer), the Vermilion and District Housing Foundation, and Families First in Fort Saskatchewan. He serves as the chair of Covenant

Health, the largest Catholic healthcare provider in Canada; is a past vice chair with Genalta Power, and a past honourary Director of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta. Stelmach is still an active volunteer with the Edmonton Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, the Andrew Lions Club, St, Michael Community Association, and the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood. The Alberta Order of Excellence was established in 1979 and is the highest award the province can bestow on its citizens. With seven inductees for this year, there are 188 members who are entitled to use the letters AOE after their name. Inducted along with Stelmach for 2020 were: JudyLynn Archer of Edmonton; Jim Boucher, of Fort McKay; Charlie Fischer, of Calgary; Frances Harley of Edmonton; John Mah, of Edmonton; and Holger Petersen, of Edmonton. Former Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach

CROOKS BREAK INTO LAMONT AND BRUDERHEIM 10 MINUTES APART SEE STORY ON PAGE 3

Lamont Home Hardware break-in suspect described as having a stocky build and wearing a dark coloured sweat shirt and dark coloured pants.

Lamont Home Hardware suspect wearing a light colored sweat shirt and dark coloured pants. Police are seeking public assistance.

Bruderheim Fire Station break-in suspect on June 29. The thief is described as wearing a black hoodie with writing on the sleeve, dark pants and wearing a black face covering with a black hat and gloves.

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This snapshot from a drone video above Range Road 163 and Township Road 562, shot during the past weekend shows water flowing over the road from Whitford Lake and down a badly eroded embankment. The County flooding issues are frustrating both elected officials and administration as they try to deal with the situation.

County roads and flooding frustrating Lamont officials New waterfall at Whitford Lake BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County officials are at wits end when it comes to devising a plan to deal with flooding which is ravaging the County. “All the councillors want to protect their areas,” said Division 1 councillor Dan Warawa. “But we all have the same issues.” “Everybody’s frustrated with with what is happening,” he said. “Our new guy on roads is bogged down because so many of our roads are a mess.” “They add that the road situation is getting worse,” he said. “On Canada Day and the day before there were some parts of the County that got three inches of rain.” Warawa said in his Division 1, the situation wasn’t too bad, but that since Canada Day flooding has hit the division. Lamont declared a state of agricultural disaster in June and Warawa sees no timeline yet where it would be lifted. “You know I’ve been on council for 15 years and I’ve never seen anything as bad as this,” he said.

In the Whitford Lake area near Andrew there is one road where the erosion has dropped the ditch by about four feet creating a waterfall across a rural road. The County met July 6, to discuss the situation. “There is nothing available from the Federal or Provincial governments for immediate relief from the issues,” said Warawa. He expects the County will tap into some of their reserve funds to provide additional money to repair and rebuild roads. “We had about $900,000 in our budget across the County for road rebuilds,” he said. “That works out to about $180,000 per division and that’s just not enough.” He said in his area he would like to see the money used to rebuild ditches along Township Road 540. “We have three miles left to shoulder pull it and prepare it for stabilization. If we do that it will be like a hard surface road.” “At least we’d have one good main road in the Division.” Continued on Page 3

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Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended, Sections 230, 606 and 692, the Council of the Village of Andrew hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt: Bylaw No. 2020-04 Village of Andrew and Lamont County Intermunicipal Development Plan The purpose of Bylaw 2020-04 is to repeal Bylaw 2017-02 and approve a new intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) for the Village of Andrew and Lamont County. The IDP is a high-level planning document that guides the long-term land use planning for the community and will provide direction for other land management and development policies created for land adjacent to the Village boundary. The IDP: 1. includes information about the community history and current demographics: 2. includes updated mapping information to reflect the IDP area boundary, and identify areas with development constraints; 3. identifies preferred future land use areas for residential, public,commercial and industrial land uses; 4. establishes high level land use and land management goals and objectives; 5. establishes triggers for when the County will require the preparation and approval of an Area Structure Plan or Outline Plan/Development Concept Plan; 6. establishes policies affecting: • Municipal Reserve allocation; • development in environmentally sensitive areas; • development of infrastructure and transportation systems; 7. establishes a policy which will require developers to be responsible for infrastructure costs associated with new development. THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Sections 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act a public hearing to consider the proposed Bylaw will be held: \ Date: Wednesday July 15th 2020 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Village of Andrew Multi Purpose Room; 5021 50 Street, Andrew, Alberta AND FURTHUR TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or written representation may do so at the hearing, or by providing the representation to Pat Skoreyko, Chief Administrative Officer, before 12:00 p.m. on Friday July 10th 2020. It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Village of Andrew at (780) 365-3687 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.andrewab.ca for review and may be inspected at the Village of Andrew office during normal business hours. To obtain more information regarding the proposed changes, please contact: Pat Skoreyko Chief Administrative Officer Village of Andrew Phone (780) 365-3687

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Two break-ins in 10 minutes FROM FRONT PAGE BY JANA SEMENIUK Fort Saskatchewan RCMP responded to an alarm at the Bruderheim Fire Department at 3:50 a.m. on June 29. A male suspect entered the fire department by damaging the front door. Once inside, the suspect stole a Stihl TS 700 saw before fleeing the scene. He is described as wearing a black hoodie with writing on the sleeve, dark pants and wearing a black face covering, black hat and gloves. Meanwhile, 10 minutes later, an alarm from Lamont’s Home

Hardware also prompted response from Fort Saskatchewan RCMP. Two male suspects gained entry into the building at approximately 4 a.m. on June 29 by damaging the back door. The suspects got away with a small amount of cash, power tools and drill kits when they fled the scene in a dark coloured pick up truck. Suspect one is described as a male wearing a light coloured sweat shirt and dark coloured pants while the second suspect is described as a male with a stocky build wearing a

black sweat shirt and dark coloured pants. Police are appealing to the public for any information on either of these crimes which may lead to the identification of the suspects responsible for the robbery. Should you have any information, please contact the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachment at 780-9977900. If you wish to remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1800-222-8477 (TIPS), by internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by SMS.

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ment sales, repair shops, grain and seed sales… everybody’s sitting on their wallets and when you tie it in with all this Covid issue it’s very frustrating for everybody.” As the chairman of the Agricultural Service Board, Warawa hears the frustrations from area farmers. “I get phone calls from them but you just tell them a disaster area has been declared to make other governments aware,” he said. “I tell them to contact the local MP and MLA to ask what help can be coming.” He says by declaring a state of emergency he expects eventually there

will be some money coming from the governments to help offset the damage. “That’s why I’m wanting to use reserve funds,” he said. “Eventually we’ll be able to replace it but we need to improve these roads now.” “The work has to be done and if we don’t do anything now in a year’s time we won’t have any roads to drive on.” “My last comment at today’s meeting,” he said was ‘we’d better get our act together.’ September is around the corner and the school busses are going to be running. How are we going to get our children to school if the roads aren’t fixed?”

Continued from Page 2 In division 5, the farm fields are still under water preventing the completion of seeding and destroying the crops trying to get a foothold in the wet soil. Former Premier Ed Stelmach who farms between Andrew and Mundare said he got his fields seeded but the crops are now suffering. “We probably seeded 70 per cent initially and then after more rain we have another 20 per cent under water. You can see the crops yellowing.” He adds the next issue will be disease in the crop because of the humidity. “Hopefully it will be dryer and the month of August will be better,” he said. “You can see the crops growing and the grass is really good, but you can’t get into the fields.” He adds it will take a long time to dry out the crops before they could be harvested. He feels this year will be worse than the previous four years. “In the past four years it has been a wet harvest but this year, it started wet and looks like it will finish wet,” he said. Stelmach points out that it isn’t only the farmers affected by the bad weather. “It’s affecting imple-

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Casey at the bat - unless he’s a pitcher At the end of July, Major League Baseball (MLB) will be starting its 2020 season finally, but this one threatens to be a complete game changer. The National League will abandon a major rule in favour of the designated hitter (DH), like the American League (AL). Pitchers had all batted in baseball from the 1800s until 1973 when the AL adopted the “designated pinch hitter.” Because pitchers in baseball have historically been poor hitters, the idea of a DH had been suggested going way back to the early 1900s by Hall of Famer Connie Mack. Baseball as a whole stuck to its traditional rules until they could no longer withhold the temptation of improving offence by having a specific batter come in for the pitcher while allowing him to stay in the game. In the early 1970s, the AL was lagging behind the NL in scoring and attendance. AL owners put the two problems together, and decided to solve them by adopting the designated hitter. For the first time in history, the two leagues were now playing very different rules because the NL steadfastly stuck to the traditional rules of baseball. NL managers continued to have to be very crafty deciding when a pitcher’s arm was wearing down with his second or third turn to bat approaching well into the game. If he was pitching well he would stay in. If not, he would be taken out in place of a pinch hitter and could not return. But rules change with the times. Never before has baseball been so challenged by the popularity of other leisure activities and the popularity of other sports, both real and virtual. Back in 1919 before the Boston Red Sox traded the great George Herman (Babe) Ruth to the dreaded New York Yankees, the Bambino had spent the better part of six seasons as a pitcher. His record was 89-46 with four saves. He had a career ERA of 2.19 and was heading toward a Hall of Fame career as a hurler. What changed things for Ruth the pitcher was that he was batting .318, and each season he was in the regular lineup more and more often for the Bo-Sox because of his bat. He had 49 career home runs while also pitiching, and the career HR record at the time was only 138 by Roger Connor. After only two years as a regular position player with NYY, Ruth had surpassed Connor’s career numbers and was already the all time HR leader at the age of 26. In 1920, his first season with the Yankees, the Babe hit 54 home runs. That was more than some teams hit, in an age when the single season record had only been 25. Ruth changed the game. Home runs created higher scoring games and made the game more inclusive for casual fans who could not detect the intricasies of pitching and defence. Having a DH does much the same, so I am not expecting to see pitchers ever again at the plate for the NL. Consequently we will never again see the likes of great hitting pitchers like; Ken Brett, Sloppy Thurston, Les Sweetland, Jack Scott, or Dontrelle Willis. I’ll just have to live with that. Play ball. Kerry Anderson

Does social media really serve your business? BY JOHN MATHER For some time now, most small community newspapers like ours have known most of the local populous get their news from us. The local newspaper. Not Facebook, not Instagram, not Twitter, not TikTok, or any other social media platform. Nope, it us the local media. The annual Life in the Heartland survey confirms this. I suspect there are several reasons for this. When we write something it’s the truth or as close to the truth as we can get it. Our truth is based on information from reliable sources that are made available to us in supporting our written pieces. Secondly, when we express and opinion it is ours, penned under our own name and definitely marked in the paper as either opinion, editorial or comment. That’s why you won’t see unsigned letters in our paper. If you have a gripe or accolade and you write to us to publish it then you had better sign it and add a verifiable phone number. That phone number is not made public. We at the community newspaper fact check. And if you want to talk to me or any other writer you can email the paper or pick up that weird invention of Canadian Alexander Graham Bell, called the telephone, and talk to me or another writer. We actually exist! You can call us out or give us credit, but we’re real people printing real stories about our real communities. Which brings me back to social media. Last week many major corporate advertisers said they would pull their advertising from Facebook. Why? Because Facebook has no legal standards for what is published on it. And make no doubt about it, all social media are publishing platforms, just like your community newspaper. The difference is the community newspaper is subject to libel and slander laws. We are held to a high standard by the laws of the land. Not so social media. Out there, mindless keyboard warriors publish whatever gibberish they want and its up to you to determine what is real and what is not.

Whether it’s a tweet or post from the President of the United States, or just an ordinary Joe Schmoe anonymous or otherwise - even fictional, you have to decided whether the post is true or not. And then you have the whole wide world of social media reacting to it! Many do this through memes which are really such a waste of time. Or happy little modified faces of themselves sad, happy, tear-streaked, saddened, throwing up, etc. – you get the picture. Social media has become a cesspool of hate, bigotry and left or right-wing conspiracy theories. And it seems more and more social media viewers are buying into it. And reacting! Don’t like something. Let’s call a Flash mob and have a riot. burn down a few buildings, kill a few people and claim its all in the name of equal rights, unequal rights, or whatever flavour the issue of the day is. And the sheep respond. Finally the big advertisers like Coca Cola, Budweiser, Lululemon, Starbucks, Diageo Plc and others have pulled the advertising. General Motors is considering pulling the plug on social media. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg saw his net worth drop by more than $7 billion last week alone. Those companies are united in their own campaign, part of an exodus aimed at pushing Facebook and its peers to limit hate speech and posts that divide and misinform. But what about the local advertisers. They have been quick to jump on the social media advertising bandwagon while pulling the plug on the local newspaper. So when are you guys getting off the make-believe train of social media? The local newspaper is still read by the majority of people who want to shop at your store. For many though, they think you’re out of business because they don’t see you in the local paper anymore. While the world tries to solve the inadequacies of social media, maybe now is the best time for you to come back to your roots. Continued on Page 5

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Five Cents Worth

BY HAZEL ANAKA I wish the province would make mask wearing the law. There wouldn’t be 100% compliance because there never is. The move would trigger fierce debate about the efficacy of masks, this study versus that one, and the show-me-the-guarantee that they work BS. The truth is that most of us are law-abiding. We will comply with the rules simply because those are the rules and they make sense. So, if only 90% of us did the mandated, we’d stop Covid in its tracks. CTV had a reporter talk, sing, cough and sneeze with and without a mask. A lab collected the “spray” (my word not theirs) and cultured it in petri dishes over 24 hours. The results were so graphic, I can’t un-see them. For anyone hating the interference of government into our lives, get over it. Sometimes, we need the stick because the carrot doesn’t work.

Commentary: Get away from social media advertising Continued from Page 4 We have sales representatives who will be glad to explain the benefits of advertising with us. If getting away from social media advertising is good enough for the big boys in the corporate world, shouldn’t it be good enough for you, the local small businesses? We know who is reading the local weekly and we know they’re getting the truth. As an advertiser don’t you think you should be part of that savvy crowd?

In what has become known as the ‘social contract’ we agree to some basic rules. We give up a tiny bit of individual freedom for the greater good of all of us. How many of us would have just randomly started wearing seat belts back in 1987 if it didn’t become law? Or wearing helmets? Or not smoking in cars, airplanes, businesses, where children gather? Or protecting kids from vaping? Or mandating car seats? Or stopping at red lights and not driving drunk? We also know what happens when some decisions are left to individuals. I’m thinking about the anti-vaxxers who risk bringing the scourge of measles back because of misinformation about vaccines. According to the “World Health Organization (WHO) more than 84,000 people in 47 countries had measles in 2018, with two-thirds winding up in hospital and 72 dying. Cases are up 15fold over 2016, when they were at a record low”. And each year people die because they don’t get seasonal flu shots. There are already enough diseases and conditions we can’t effectively treat or control, why would we turn our backs on proven methods for reducing harm, hospitalizations, and death.

And of course, there are those people who are so dumb they need our protection. Apparently, in the US there are now Covid parties. It seems people throw in some money, and whoever gets the disease first from the infected people who attend, wins the pot. Let’s hope they win the use of a ventilator too. Though triaging to decide who gets treated and who’s left to die is now a thing as US hospitals are overwhelmed. This is what it’s come to in what the world regards as the richest, most advanced country in the world. As a marriage commissioner who has just started performing marriages this year, I’d appreciate it if everyone wore a mask. Yes, it’s outdoors and the group size is small. Yes, people claim to understand the concept of physical distancing but it doesn’t work that well in practice. Several of us touch the rings, then five of us use my pen to sign the document. I have to forego my congratulatory handshake and hug for the happy couple after it’s all over. I sanitize my hands before I leave my car and when I return to it. I haven’t yet worn a mask during the ceremony or refused to accept a booking but it may come to that. Jason Kenney may not be the guy who’s willing to make this mask

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measure, that everyone considers wearing a mask for the reasons already stated. You won’t see me wearing a mask when I go to Andrew. It’s easy enough to avoid contact with crowds when there aren’t any crowds. I can wait until that guy leaves the post office or bank before I enter. As I stood in a physical distanced line for a cashier in Edmonton, I said to the two young men behind me wearing masks, “Don’t you feel like high-fiving everyone wearing a mask?” They laughed and agreed…

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additional leased land to equal 650 acres. “Our first year in 2016 was great,” said Roberge. “We’ve had crappy weather since then, with 2018 being the worst until now.” Roberge added that the COVID pandemic also limited the amount of help they were able to acquire in getting their season off the ground.

“Farming is very hard to do with just one person. Usually we are able to hire a few people to help us here and there,” she said. “But this year, with the epidemic it was very difficult.” Taschuk included that they were also not able to seed as much of the land as he was hoping. “We only seeded about 340 acres this year,” he

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 9

Gun and knives seized during vehicle stop BY JANA SEMENIUK A vehicle stop by Fort Saskatchewan RCMP in Bruderheim, resulted in an arrest and the seizure of drugs and a firearm on July 3. During a pro-active patrol on Highway 45 at 12:50 a.m., police stopped a vehicle for having tinted windows. The ensuing investigation resulted in the vehicle occupants, a male driver and a female passenger, being taken into custody. A number of

items were seized from the vehicle including an SKS rifle, ammunition, knives, bear spray, suspected methamphetamine and quantities of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB.) The female passenger, from Sherwood Park, was eventually released without charge, while the male passenger, Curtis Strong, 29, also from Sherwood Park, received violation tickets under the rules of the road and gaming and

liquor act. He is also facing numerous charges including possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a controlled substance, as well as unsafe storage of a firearm. Strong was released from custody on conditions following a judicial hearing and is set to appear in Fort Sask. Provincial Court on August 20, 2020. Constable Hayley Townsend, of the Fort Saskatchewan police

detachment, explained why vehicles may be stopped during a proactive patrol. “Pro-active is us being visible in the communities even when we are not responding to calls for service. We conduct vehicle stops for a variety of reasons including, vehicles not complying with regulations, infractions, document checks and to ensure the vehicle is being operated by a sober driver,” she said by email.

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Grants allow local food bank to add additional freezer space BY JANA SEMENIUK The County of Lamont food bank has been abuzz with activity since Easter this year, but not with an influx of recipients in light of the pandemic. The County of Lamont food bank has seen a decrease in need in the community since provincial shut downs were instituted and slowly lifted over the past few months. Lamont County Food Bank chair Colette McBride explained the reasons around the decrease in numbers from the community. “Our numbers have decreased but that’s consistent with a lot of the other food banks,” she said. “The theory is twofold. One, people thought the food banks were closed, and two, people had access to emergency supports

through the government on account of the pandemic.” McBride added that some food banks did have to close due to a lack of volunteers. “A lot of the volunteers in those food banks (who closed) were seniors and there was concern around their possible exposure to COVID,” she said. In spite of the current decrease in numbers, the local food bank has been kept busy accepting donations and purchasing new equipment. “We applied, and were approved for, the 2020 Capacity Boost grant through Food Banks Canada and the Wal Mart Foundation which gave us $3,675, “said McBride. She added that the capacity boost grant is in place to assist food banks with infrastruc-

ture that will enhance their ability to store and distribute perishable food items. “We were able to buy a 40.5 cubic feet stainless steel two door upright freezer with the grant money,” she said. “We do have some fridges and freezers already in place but we needed more space.” McBride added that although freezer space is available, frozen donation items are not usually accepted from the public. “We have to stay aware of the cold chain in where things were and how cold they’ve been kept,” she said. “We accept our frozen items from Food Banks Alberta, as well as Wal Mart stores to ensure safety.” In addition to the grant funding, McBride was also grateful for the sup-

port of the community in donations received over the past few months. In June, Allen and Barb Franchuk, owners of the Lamont Home Hardware, donated $1,000 to the food bank. Continued on Page 11

Foodbank volunteer Kim Glasman (L) accepts $1,000 from Allen and Barb Franchuk, owners of the Lamont Home Hardware on Jun. 18.

NOTICE OF DECISION - PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT The following Discretionary Use Development Permits were approved on June 29, 2020. Plan 1843 CL Block 3 Discretionary Use - Urban Reserve New Two-Storey Residence with Attached Garage and Demolition of Existing Buildings Plan 1320155, Block 14, Lot 4A Discretionary Use - Urban Reserve New Detached Garage For additional information, please call the Town of Bruderheim at 780-796-3731 Written notice of appeal can be submitted to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, Box 280, Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0 by 12:00 NOON on July 27, 2020.

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The family of the late Harvey Cornelius would like to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, phone calls, texts, visits and condolences. We sincerely appreciate those who joined us for his service on zoom. A very special thank you to Dr Abuzehar, and all the staff at Long Term Care who made his stay so pleasant. Harvey appreciated your kindness and loving care more than you realize. Many thanks to Weber Funeral Home for looking after the arrangements. Heartfelt appreciation to Brendan Ovelson for the reminders of the Bible’s hope for mankind, found at Rev 21:3,4, which gives us comfort at this sad time. Thank you all so very much.

Viking Historical Society has decided to go ahead with our annual Car Show & Cruise Saturday, July 12 Starting at the Museum at 1:30 p.m. and cruising through town ending in front of the hotel on Main Street, Viking. Judges will award trophies for the top 2 vehicles sponsored by Viking Lions and Elks Clubs as well as a Jr. Judges trophy to be judged by some younger people. The Museum will be open early to give everyone an opportunity to visit before or after the cruise. WR28/29c ________________________ HELP HELPWANTED WANTED

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Medical Receptionist 1 Full-Time 1 Part-Time Required for MEDICAL CLINIC - LAMONT. Must have computer skills/typing Strong English skills (oral & typing) Good communication and telephone manners Good organizational skills Medical terminology Experience in medical office is an asset. Please fax resume to 780-5401335 or Call: 780-983-98162 or Email: cmc.medclinic@gmail.com

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Also United Nurses of Alberta Local 29 Lamont Health Care Centre who donated $1,500 in May, The Lamont and District Agricultural Society donated $500 in Apr., plus a donation from Lamont resident Morag Dziwenko, whose Tupperware fundraiser netted $269 for the food bank. “It’s so great when people help us out like this,” said McBride. “Every dollar counts.” McBride also expressed gratitude to those who donated their fresh produce with the food bank. “We’ve started to get some fresh produce at the food bank which is

wonderful,” she said. “We’ve received radishes, rhubarb, and spinach.” McBride included that produce cannot be managed the same way as other food donations. “In order for us to utilize the produce, it needs to be dropped off on Thursdays between 8 and 9 in the morning for us to package it into our hampers,” she said. “If this won’t work for some people, we would like them to contact us so we can arrange a better time for them. Some of the produce, like Spinach, will spoil faster than others. We need to keep this in mind so it will be fresh when we distribute it.” As government support during COVID slowly winds down in the coming months, McBride anticipates an

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increase in hamper numbers but feels prepared for the surge. “When those emergency supports start to run out, and they will, people are going to start getting less money,” she said. “Our numbers may go up higher than what we were seeing before.” McBride would like to encourage the public to continue to donate their fresh produce as well as to contact the County of Lamont Food Bank should they find themselves in need of support. “Fresh produce is very important to us. We understand how families may choose not to buy it in the store because of the expense,” she said. “When you have limited dollars, you don’t always make the healthiest choices.”

Six year old Gia Mercer sits in the back of her family's vehicle ready to watch the Canada Day Reverse Parade in Bruderheim. Lindsay McLean Photo

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