SUNSHINE EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC.

Mike (cell) 780-499-3779 firewood & sawmill services landscaping services tree services stump grinding rototilling paid their taxes.

“Drahomanow was the only recreation area we were still giving the $8,000 funding to and we received feedback from rate payers wondering why we continued to financially support it,” he said in a later interview.

“We are not a parks and rec, and that recreation area was the only one we were funding. We are no longer supporting recreation areas but we are still supporting halls.”

Meanwhile, Chomiak’s addendum provided a comprehensive history of the recreation area, including details of the park’s construction in 1985 and several instances of grant funding from the province as well as positive messages from government officials on the park’s continued operation over the years.

In 1994, after the province approved a $15,000 grant to the recreation area, then Minister Gary Mar wrote to the board, ‘this grant will help to operate the facilities and programs that enrich our quality of life and will help to ensure the long-term operating viability of this project’.

Additionally, in June.

2016, Drahomanow treasurer, the late Peter Budinski, received a letter from Debbie Hackman, then Lamont County Director of Corporate Services, who stated, ‘Lamont County Council believes that providing financial assistance for the recreation area is definitely a worthwhile cause, as they wish to see the area continue to operate’.

The society was no longer eligible for funding from Alberta Parks and Wildlife in 2013 after surpassing the 25-year milestone. Cont. Page 14

Land for Sale

Ducks Unlimited Canada is offering land for sale in the County of Lamont under its Revolving Land Conservation program. This program gives landowners the opportunity to buy project land for their own operational needs and support conservation. Land will have an area protected by a conservation easement but it can still be used for grazing, hay production or for recreational purposes.

LOCAL RLCP LAND FOR SALE &

LAKUSTA PROJECT:

SPECIFICATIONS

Z County of Lamont: parcel is southwest of Two Hills

Z D-SE17-54-13-W4 and NE8-54-13-W4, 92 total acres

Z Access is on Township Road 541A

Z Parcel is located adjacent to Bens Lake

Z Tame grass: 82 acres

PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE NOW

Z Contact: Brittany Woelk b_woelk@ducks.ca

780-678-9699 ag.ducks.ca/program/revolving-land