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Lamont house devastated by floodwaters herself, husband Andy, teenage son BY JANA SEMENIUK An early morning water main break and 85-year-old mother, waited for six in Lamont on Feb. 8 left some residents hours for the water to be shut off, while with low water pressure and one resi- it continued seeping into their home . Edworthy said, by email, the water dent, Ann Yuke, with flood damage to break in the town’s water line was her home. Once the site was under control, finally found and repaired on Feb. 24, Yuke’s property was devastated again citing cold temperatures for the delay finding the actual break. by a second more damaging flood on in Feb. 23 caused when town workers Unfortunately the problem was not discovered before a second more devopened a valve near her home. astating flood hap“We’ve lived here for pened to Yuke’s prop22 years and never had Outside there erty. any type of flooding “The day before they happen,” said Yuke. was a river found the break, I took “Then to have two flowing in our my dog into our backfloods happen within a backyard. yard, which was a few weeks, from no sheet of ice at this point fault of our own, was - Ann Yuke because of the last pretty devastating.” flood,” she said. “All of Yuke explained hearing a loud noise signifying the start of a sudden I heard all of the ice crackling. I was concerned so I looked into the her ordeal. “On Feb. 8 at about four in the morn- back alley and I didn’t see anything. ing I was in bed and heard a loud Then I turned back to my garage and breaking noise. At first, I thought it was there was literally a tsunami of brown just the house creaking from the cold,” dirty water flowing the full width of she said. “But then I heard my husband my foundation and was half way up running the shop vac and I came out to my house.” Yuke added that she saw town worksee him madly vacuuming water that was coming in our back entrance. men nearby and got their attention. “I saw the workers back there workOutside there was a river flowing in ing and I started yelling and got their our backyard.” Yuke wasted no time contacting attention,” she said. “What they had done was fully open up a valve Lamont town employees. “I went to the back of our garage and because they thought they found what saw a river flowing,” she said. “I found the issue was.” Edworthy explained by email what the town emergency line and called. It took them a bit to come because it was the situation was. “This was an unfortunate situation so cold outside.” The freezing temperatures, which where the original site was isolated were dipping below -30, also delayed and the line was recharged to find the ability of town workers to shut off another location requiring repair,” he the water pouring into Yuke’s proper- said. As a result, Yuke’s home, which was ty. Lamont Director of Operations and nearly dried out from the first flood, Infrastructure, Tyler Edworthy, suffered another blow. “There was a river flowing through explained how progress was impeded. “The steel valve caps require heating my breezeway into my entranceway, and melting measures in order to open which we had just renovated in May to them in the extreme cold weather,” he accommodate my mother’s walker,” she said. said by email. Continued on Page 2 Yuke said her family, consisting of
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BAD LUCK, WATERLINES, CAUSE FLOODS Lamont homeowner Ann Yuke stands alongside insulation tarps laid around the foundations of her home to prevent any further ice buildup. Her home was damaged by a couple of floods from broken water lines in Lamont during the past month. Photo John Mather
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Two Hills RCMP charge driver with impaired driving following accident BY JOHN MATHER The Two Hills RCMP charged an impaired driver following a singlevehicle collision investigation that occurred on Highway 45 near Andrew. The Two Hills RCMP
were dispatched to a single-vehicle collision Dec. 29, 2020, at 12:50 p.m., near Andrew on Highway 45, police reported in a release this week. The RCMP attended the scene and located a
truck that had gone off the road into the ditch. The sole occupant of the truck was taken to hospital by STARS air ambulance with serious injuries, from which he later recovered. The Two Hills RCMP
investigation included an analysis of the driver’s blood alcohol and it was found to have been over twice the legal limit of 80 mg%. Steven Mark Hoof, 61, of Ardrossan was charged with: impaired
IMPAIRED DRIVER HITS THE DITCH Rescue workers tend to the driver of a truck that went into the ditch near Andrew, Dec. 29. As a result of the accident an Ardrossan man was charged with impaired driving by Two Hills RCMP.
Waterline break Continued from Front “I was watching this brown river flowing above my door and I ran through the water into my house to see the back entrance flooded and downstairs there was a waterfall flowing from my window in the back bedroom.” Yuke added that this time the home’s foundation was affected. “I looked around the foundation and the water was running through it in little streams. If it wasn’t for my floor drain the whole floor would have been covered. My son’s room was completely flooded again,” she said. Yuke included that the Town of Lamont administration was helpful to her when she contacted them. “I called them right away and they were really good. They said they would contact their insurance,” she said. Yuke admitted that the second flood significantly increased the damages to her home. “This flood actually created more damage.
We have thousands of gallons of water around our foundation and under our footings. This time when the river went through our breezeway it went under our garage and driveway. The garage sits with a sand foundation underneath which was displaced and forced into our breezeway. Structurally the pad is not sound,” she said. “All of the water forced dirt and sand into our yard. And I am concerned about the integrity of our foundation and the insurance company will be checking it out and doing a full assessment. It was a small fix but now will be a big fix. The tin around our garage door is buckling, the driveway is lifted and my son’s bedroom floor has a huge diagonal crack in it.” Yuke added that the total amount of the damages could go into six figures. “I spoke to the engineer and he said if they have to go in and do underpinning, putting piles underneath the footings, that alone is at least $100,000,” she said. Yuke said that her insurance did not cover her landscaping. “We’ve done a tremen-
dous amount of landscaping over the past few years,” she said. “We made it maintenance free using crush and improved the grade. It’s all washed away now.” Yuke explained how the damage to her home has disrupted her family. “At the end of the day it’s a huge disruption to our lives. My son feels displaced because his room is unusable. I had to ask my brother to take my mom for a few days so I can have time to make arrangements. I have literally been on the phone every day call after call with the insurance adjusters, a restoration company, engineers, and town employees.” In spite of the extensive damages to her home and disruption to her life, Yuke said she has no ill feelings towards the town. “I love my community and always worked here,” she said. “If anything, it’s disheartening that I have to worry about the structure of my home being compromised and not safe. Our home is special. It's the place we share love with our friends and family. I know it’s just stuff, and stuff can be replaced, but it’s more than just a home for me.”
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Opinion What passes for news these days? BY JOHN MATHER So it didn’t seem like there was much news happening in the world this past week. Covid 19 and the lack of vaccines seems to dominate many hours of TV, radio and mainstream newspaper coverage. Why?, well it is a pandemic and it and any other subject related to Covid or the pandemic such as; religion, loss of small businesses, more money for the people who aren’t able to go to work, require little time to cover by the mainstream media. And the easier it is to cover, the fewer journalists are needed to give a neutral unbiased viewpoint of important events going on worldwide. So here in Edmonton we have Covid, throw in a provincial budget – UCP like it – NDP hate it; the Edmonton Oilers – get the parade route ready when they win, – let’s trade the bums when they lose. All are easily predictable with no need for indepth reporting. Yep all the coverage can be handled by one or two reporters or commentators. Yet we live in a city of nearly a million people doing many things that used to be considered newsworthy besides Covid, budgets and hockey.. And then we had a quick breakthrough early last week. Tiger Wood crashed his SUV and was in bad condition in hospital. Early reports had him being cut out of the vehicle by the jaws of life. This was quickly denied by first responders, but I never heard a network saying “oops we made a mistake.” No, it was suddenly glossed over as if it never was reported. After it was confirmed he had severely broken legs and wasn’t in a near death situation the story quickly faded away. It was only talked about in the context of would he golf again theories on a few mainstream media and more extensively on the golf network. But then there was the BOMBSHELL of the week!!!! After surviving since 1952 in its original format, a toy I never really understood the need for, Mr. Potato Head, was going gender neutral! By the way, the original Mr. Potato Head was followed by Mrs. Potato Head a year later. Continued
Now, a little trivia. It was the first toy advertised on television! And the original Mr. Potato Head relied on the usage of a real neutral gender potato up until the early 1960s when a plastic potato body was supplied with the nose, lips, eyes and other parts used to dress the spud. Who saw this neutral gender name change coming for the iconic if somewhat useless toy? I’m sure those early tortured tubers didn’t see any difference between male and female for their gender neutral eyes!
Had there been a groundswell of rallying, protesting and screaming for this obvious insult from the woke masses of cancel culture? I mean really… Mr. Potato Head consists of little plastic pieces kids plaster on a spud be it a non-identifiable plastic facsimile or a PEI, Yukon or Idaho variety. The announcement provoked a lot of commentary, most of it sarcastic, and rightly so! By week’s end manufacturer Hasbro had rescinded its edict stating Mr, and Mrs, Potato Head
would remain, but there would now be a line of little spud heads that wouldn’t have any gender attached. Make it up as you go. As some have suggested, I really do hope this was nothing but a marketing campaign by the toy maker to boost sales using the silliness of cancel culture as the marketing tool. But then again, there may be one little potato head in Ottawa who likes the idea. Right Justin?
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Point with Pride
BY HAZEL ANAKA I’m wondering if you tackled any projects during the past year of uncertainty and the forced need to stay home. We all know how easy it is to turn our back on over-due and/or wish list projects. In the past, it was as simple as booking a winter getaway and spending weekends at the lake. Or more likely, many days spent shopping or taking frivolous road trips just for a change of scenery. Trust me, I'm not judging
any of that….I rather enjoyed those activities. If anything, some of us never quite got the hang of ensuring a healthy work-play balance in our lives. Anecdotally we know there was a shortage of deck supplies and basic dimensional lumber because everyone decided to add on, renovate, or somehow upgrade their living space. Many people, especially urbanites sought to make their outdoor space more functional and attractive because that was the only relatively safe place to interact with people. Frankly, I can’t imagine living in a one or twobedroom un-air-conditioned apartment in a walk-up or high-rise
building. Without a balcony. In a multi-generational family. Us rural people living in comfortable, single family dwellings with hundreds of acres of space have ‘er made. I don’t know if we were shell-shocked in 2020 or waiting for the ground to settle, but we did next to nothing outside. No curbing, no new patio, no planting of trees. Roy got the two sets of stairs done but the railing is still in pieces waiting for the weather to warm up. We haven’t hauled in fill for around the foundation. Roy replaced the scrap plywood walkway we had during construction with concrete sidewalk blocks. This has gotta
Home businesses growing even in Star BY JANA SEMENIUK While the number of home businesses in Lamont County has decreased or stayed the same, Bruderheim has noticed a dramatic increase over the past year. Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny attributes this partially to the pandemic. “I think the pandemic has brought an alternate way for people to provide services. One of the things, when talking to people about this in larger municipalities, they said they wanted access to products and services,” she said during a phone interview. “Home businesses could be the answer to this.” From 2018 to 2020, four additional homes registered their businesses in Bruderheim bringing the total to 18 in the town with a population of 1,308 (as of 2016). So far this year, Podoborozny said quite a few have suspended their businesses citing COVID restrictions. “So far 10 have paid for a business license in 2021 and several have suspended their business as they are not operational due to COVID regulations,” she said. “These businesses included catering, food trucks and those that sell to markets. We are hoping they will resume once regulations are lift-
ed.” Podoborozny further stated that the town office has received many inquiries around the home business process. “We’ve also received several calls about home business and the landuse bylaw process as well as calls about commercial property and option to reside in a portion of the business, so we are hopeful that there are lots of great initiatives coming our way,” she said. “Registering your home business allows us to know what services are available in town and helps us to advertise for them.” While Bruderheim regulates the registration of home businesses through their bylaws, not all municipalities have these guidelines. “The Town (of Lamont) does not have a home business license bylaw, so we do not have a way to monitor home businesses in the community,” said Lamont Chief Administrative Officer Christine Beveridge by email. The Town of Mundare and the Village of Andrew do require home business registration while the Village of Chipman only asks home business owners, who will be expecting a degree of traffic, to apply for a development permit. Meanwhile, in Star,
one family is taking full advantage of the home business opportunities for their family. Crystal McCullough, along with husband Danny, sought out ways to make ends meet while avoiding the use of daycare for their three children. “Danny works full time as a machinist, and the plan was for me to stay home until the kids were teenagers,” said McCullough. “While taking my toddlers to playgroup, an opportunity opened up to help facilitate the playgroup which would enable me to keep the girls in the daytime while earning an income.” McCullough stated that once the pandemic hit, this small earning opportunity was lost, but not without another positive. “Right before the pandemic, Danny’s mom had asked us to help her with her cleaning business. It was only one evening and one Sunday a week, so I was happy to help,” she said. “After the restrictions happened, it became too much for Danny’s mom so we took it over for her. It was nice timing because the office we were contracted to clean was still operational so the extra income helped.” Continued on Page 7
happen in 2021. I have to say, I’m thrilled with the progress Roy made organizing his half of the new garage. He did it in his own slow, methodical way. Luckily, for both of us I didn’t have to watch or help. Otherwise, you may have been reading about a murder-suicide south of Andrew. I like to see results quickly. I like to tackle the worst first. I like to work until I'm ready to drop just so I see progress or know it’s done. Roy, not so much. So, after nearly fortyeight years of marriage (did I mention I was a
child bride?), I’ve almost figured out the optimum ratio of pressure and space to give the guy. In truth, we’ve each mellowed with time. It’s so much better to live in an imperfect peace than fight to be right at the expense of the health and well-being of both parties. And the bonus is, because Roy has less chaos and more order in his space, he can start and complete little projects for me. As an example, a heavy-duty rolling metal cart we scored for five bucks on an online auction site has morphed
into a useful item for my office with the simple addition of a remnant piece of acacia countertop left over from our laundry area project. Today, we’ll hang an upper kitchen cabinet unit to give me more closed storage. None of these are huge or onerous tasks but clearing them off the list makes life more functional and indicates that damnit something did get accomplished in the past hellish year. I hope you have some completed project to point to with pride, from where I sit.
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Continued from Page 5 McCullough added that her husband began to think about expanding the business. “I began thinking that all the machining jobs that I do are oil field related and I’m worried that it won’t last forever. So, I had to think about what I could offer to keep working,” he said. “We decided to expand into a mobile tire business.” McCullough stated that she was supportive of Danny’s idea. “My youngest will be in grade one next year,” she said. “I still want to be able to see them onto the bus in the morning and when they get home. There isn’t a job I could have that would accommodate the hours I need to be there for the girls. But maybe we could think about expanding the business into more than cleaning.” Danny explained that a mobile tire business could accommodate anyone needing to put on new tires or have a tire fixed. “The only way to get your tires changed is to go to a tire shop. Sometimes you are waiting all day to get your tires changed,” he said. “This is like a concierge tire service at your house or at your office. It will be mostly switching out
The McCullough family from Star stand in front of their mobile tire service trailer. In the back from left: Crystal and Danny. In the front from left: Marigold, Amelia, and Eleanor. Photo: Jana Semeniuk summer and winter tires. “Sometimes the tire shop can’t get you in to put your new tires on for a week or so, but now you can pick up your tires and we can come out and get them on for you.” Danny added that he recently purchased a mobile trailer to help with the job. “We are investing in our family right now,” he said. “Inside of the trailer is all of the equipment. All of the stuff needed to do a full tire change, balance and tire repair. We hope to be operational by the end of March.” McCullough stated that a tire business seemed very fitting for her husband.
“Danny has always been obsessed with tires. It’s been a running joke because he is always talking about tires and it seems so right that we are getting into the business of tires,” she said. “It’s very nerve wracking and exciting at the same time. Putting ourselves out there in a new venture is so crazy but everyone we have spoken to about this has been so supportive.” In terms of the future, the McCullough family could expand even further. “Hopefully we will eventually get into selling tires,” said Danny. “But for now, we are concentrating on the mobile tire business.”
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Tribute to all our Front Line Workers, for their tremendous bravery and dedication! Veteran nurse conquers the uncertainity of a pandemic BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim resident and licensed practical nurse Kelly Holowaty has spent most of her career in the Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital. “Twenty-five years this year,” she said. “As an LPN, I work one-on-one with patients.” Although Holowaty has worn many hats during her career, she has some favourite highlights during her years in nursing. “Delivering babies. You cannot go and say that you don’t enjoy bringing a life into this world,” she said. “I also enjoy working palliative and listening to people talking about what they’ve done in their life. I enjoy giving comfort and knowing that what I do has an impact on how they feel and how they ended their days. I like making sure they get the right care they need.” Holowaty added that as the COVID pandemic hit, the hospital had an atmosphere of uncertainty. “It was very uncertain. Nobody knew what was ahead and a lot of people didn’t believe it was a pandemic. They thought it was just a flu and people would get over it,” she said. As the initial shut downs were ramping up, Holowaty shared her experience at the hospital. “We worked though the initial shutdowns. We didn’t know what AHS (Alberta Health Services) was going to do with us,” she said. “We did shut down our maternity in part because we didn’t want anyone being in contact with possible COVID patients. So they transferred them to St. Albert and the Royal Alex where they have a separate wing for them. Our surgeries were decreased then too. It was so contagious that we couldn’t take a risk.” As restrictions eased, then increased during a second wave in the fall of 2020, Holowaty said she faced issues at work such as the availability of personal protective equipment. “The second wave was
way worse then the first. Our problem was ensuring we had enough PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). At the beginning, we had to ration it because there wasn’t enough but that was short lived,” she said. “We were getting a lot of our product from China and Turkey and we couldn’t get enough of it. “Plus, in the beginning the quality was different than what we were used to. Some of the masks had an odour to them and was giving people headaches.” Holowaty included that the hospital was filling up with COVID patients during the second wave. “We weren’t overrun, but we had quite a few COVID-19 patients,” she said. Some of Holowaty’s patients left an impression on her. “I remember this sweet grandma who was well into her 90s and so sick with COVID. She was
determined to beat it. As sick as she was, she made herself get up for every meal and wolf down her food. COVID can affect your appetite as well as your taste and smell so this was not easy for her to do,” she said. “I’m happy that sweet lady made it and recovered. She definitely had some hoot spa!” Holowaty said one of the biggest ways COVID affected how she does her job is in the time it takes to complete little tasks. “When you had to go into a COVID-19 room, you had to wash your hands, put on a gown, put on your brand-new mask, put on your face shield, hairnet, and gloves,” she said. “If you forgot something, you would have to leave the room, go get it and come
back and put on every piece of equipment over again. It was time consuming but necessary.” Although working with COVID patients was risky in terms of contagion, Holowaty said she did not feel scared. “I was not scared because I knew I had the proper equipment to do my job and not worry about COVID-19. We had N95 masks and we donned our equipment when we went into a room and doffed it when we left it. If you do it properly you shouldn’t
“Are we ever going to get rid of it? Probably not. Maybe it will be like the flu where if we all get vaccinated, we can develop some kind of immunity to it,” she said.
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Pandemic changes the way County Fire Department operates BY JOHN MATHER The pandemic has had a major effect on how the Lamont Fire Department conducts its affairs. “It’s quite literally changed the way we do everything,” said Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken. “We have been doing virtual training through online meetings since November.” He added the department had also started online training back in the late winter at the beginning of the Covid crisis. “Into the summer we started having in person training again, but we had to put caps on the number of members who could train at any one time.” He said that meant the various fire districts in the county – Bruderheim, Lamont, Andrew, Chipman and Mundare – had to split their training teams into two so there
was less chance of any cross-team infection which could have affected how many members would have been available to respond to an emergency. “We follow the continuous masking order and we put that in place last April before it was provincially mandatory,” said Milliken. “Anytime members are within a six foot radius of each other even riding in the fire equipment they have to be masked up.” Milliken stated the way emergency calls are responded to have been impacted by the pandemic rules. “Something like a vehicle accident where we’re dealing with a member of the public we’re wearing gloves gowns, eye protection and surgical masks on every single call.” He said on medical calls it’s a methodical process to dress properly
because “it’s our only line of protection.” He said on fire calls the protection would be loosened a bit because there may not be people involved in the fire so gowns might not be worn, but on medical
calls he firefighters have to be well kitted up just to protect themselves. If they are called to a residence on a medical call, Milliken said the responders would “take a lot of extra precautions right off the get go.”
“On a fire call we will be mask up but maybe not a full gown. If we get a medical alert when there is a possibility of Covid then we take our time to make sure we are properly suited to operate efficiently, yet safely.
He said the Covid has had a serious impact on morale across the department. “You know with the virtual training, it’s not the same,” explained Milliken. Continued on Page 12
Kids were able to explore an Andrew Fire Truck as part of the town’s Fire Prevention Week activities. The event with demonstrations took place in the early fall prior to the second provincial Covid lockdown. Such activities would not be allowed right now. Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken states the pandemic has had a severe effect on how the departments in Lamont County carry out their responsibilities.
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Fire Departments Continued from Page 9 “With in-person training it’s not only working together in close quarters and gaining trust with one another, but there is a social aspect of being together in the group.” He said that camaraderie is lacking right now. “Right now, I long for
an in-person session just to chat with people and get that connection again.” He said the saving grace of the virtual training is that during the winter much of the training is in-class based so they’ve just moved that component to online. In the spring, he hopes they are able to get back outside and work together again. He adds extra time is now needed to have
members come into the fire halls to maintain the equipment and ensure it’s ready for the next emergency call. That includes sanitizing the equipment wiping down seats and steering wheels, and using enhanced cleaning protocols on every touch point on the truck and that occurs after each and every call. Milliken said the costs of sanitizing the vehicles had added increased
costs to fire department budget but much of it has been covered by provincial Covid grants available and he added he’s ordered much of the sanitizing supplies direct from the provincial supply office. He still remains concerned that the volunteer firefighters aren’t on the list for early vaccines, but he added, “I don’t envy the province on how they have to prioritize these decisions.”
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Protocols followed to administer rural footcare BY JANA SEMENIUK Advanced Foot Care nurse Chantal Widynowski took a risk in 2019 by leaving her nursing position at North East Medical Centre in Edmonton to open Heel to Toe Mobile Footcare, serving the needs of patients in the Lamont County area. “I knew there was a need for footcare, but there weren’t very many people doing the program,” she said in a phone interview. Widynowski, who lives in Edmonton with her husband and son, explained how she first became aware of the need for foot care in the rural areas. “A doctor I worked with suggested to me that footcare was lost and no one was providing the service anymore especially in the rural areas,” she said. “Most of my clients lack mobility and can’t get somewhere to get their feet done. They are either on palliative care, end of life care, recovering from surgery or have other mobility issues and can’t reach their feet.” Widynowski added that organizations who used to provide foot care were no longer doing it. “Home care and the Veterans of Nursing used to provide it, but they stopped doing it,” she said. “The only way people could get their feet done was privately or seeing a podiatrist.” Widynowski added that the services she provides is more about the patients’ foot health than esthetics. “A spa is more about pretty and I am more functional, “she said. “I will actually remove calluses, corns and ingrown toenails while educating patients on how to take care of their feet.” Widynowski explained how the pandemic made
Advanced Foot Care Nurse Chantal Widynowski holds a certificate confirming her completed vaccination against COVID 19. Photo: Chantal Widynowski her uncertain she would be able to continue serving patients. “I went all in when I first opened the business then the world just stopped. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to continue,” she said. “I was shut down at first because they deemed me nonessential, but after a month I was re-classified as essential and able to see patients again.” Widynowski added that after re-opening, she followed the same protocols of the hospitals. “I come into their homes with full PPE (personal protective equipment) including a mask and goggles,” she said. “I also ask them to fill out the same checklist the hospitals use just to be safe.” Widynowski said that although many of her clients ended up testing positive for COVID, she has never had to isolate and wasn’t nervous
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family, so I followed all the guidelines. COVID was so new at the time.” As with many other front-line workers, Widynowski has received her vaccine, although she said the second dose took longer than expected. “My vaccine took a long time because we didn’t have any for me to get my second dose,” she said. “I got the second dose right on the 38th day. It was cancelled three times because we had no vaccine. There were about 10 of us in that boat.” In terms of what the future may hold, Widynowski said she thinks it will be a while before the situation returns to normal. “Our (positive) numbers are going down, but hospitals are still pretty busy,” she said. “I’m not sure how our economy will survive, but I think we will be fighting this for a while.”
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Masterchef contestant grew up in Mundare BY JOHN MATHER Lynn Soleski still lives in Mundare and his daughter, April Lee Baker is a contestant on the Masterchef Canada cooking competition on television. “I attended kindergarten to Grade 9,” said Baker from her home in Calgary. “I still fondly remember my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Kubin. She was such a gem.” Baker said she started cooking following the divorce of her parents and she moved to Okotoks, where a friend's parents ran a small restaurant. “I started as a dishwasher and then moved up to a prep cook,” she laughs. “Then I was the chicken fry girl!” Baker said she moved to Banff after finishing high school and worked in several restaurants there during two summers. “I gave up cooking and went back to school and became a nurses’ aide,” she adds. “I worked in palliative care for many years.” After school, she moved to Vancouver Island and later came back to Calgary and married her high school sweetheart. Baker said she got inspiration from an early contestant on Masterchef who came from Wetaskiwin. “She gave me the inspiration to try out for the show and to get back into professional cooking.” Friends encouraged her to try out. After failing to make the audition for season two, she tried again for season three and was successful. She made it to the top five. This year, she said the judges asked twelve former contestants to come back and try again. Baker said the show was one of the first to start recording last July after pandemic restrictions eased in the Toronto area. And having the show pre recorded means she knows how she finished but has signed a non disclosure agreement so she can’t say. People will have to watch the program. She said filming under
April Lee Baker the Covid rules was extremely different from the first time she had been on the show. Masterchef Canada rules state contestants can’t have any formal cooking training. “You couldn’t have worked in a professional restaurant for 15 years either, so I just snuck by that the first time I was on the show.” “Growing up in Mundare my family had a grain farm and both my dad and husband hunted, so cooking wild game always interested me. “I cook bear, moose, elk and pheasant, all definitely coming from my roots in Mundare. Coming from the city many cooks never get the chance to work with those kinds of proteins.” And yes, Baker does know how to make a good Ukrainian plate. “I do them all,” she laughs. Baker, after her first time on Masterchef, worked as an executive chef in a downtown Calgary restaurant and
then opened her own restaurant. It was shut down when the landlord decided to close the building because it was no longer up to code. Then Baker began a catering outfit and offered private chef parties. “I was doing birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and private functions right up until the pandemic hit,” she stated. “Then everything dried completely up and I had to reinvent myself.” She did so by diversifying in virtual cooking classes. “Right now I’m focussed on Ukrainian foods.” Her classes are available at CookwithMeg.com As the mother of two adult sons, she said she has instilled a love of cooking with them. “We instilled in them a need to have a signature dish.” If she wins the $100,000 Masterchef grand prize, she would
like to develop a website and offer cooking classes to a much wider audience. “I think with the pandemic people are stuck in a funk of ‘we can’t go out’, and ‘we know what to make,’ but I’d like to offer some added varieties of what people cook.” For herself, she hasn’t really thought about what her signature dish would be but she finally decides on bison ribs. “Bison ribs with jalapeno corn bread and a potato side,” she said. “I do a rub and slow cook them and then finish them off on a green egg barbecue.” Baker said she was lucky enough to stop at Mundare just before Thanksgiving. “I stocked up on sausage and Hairy Hill Honey,” she laughs. “You know I think it's important to let people from any small town know if you work at it you can achieve your dreams and it doesn’t matter where you come from.”
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Helping police doesn’t mean get-a-free-impaired pass BY JOHN MATHER The Two Hills Detachment of the RCMP has nabbed a couple of impaired drivers in Lamont County during the past week. And they want to let residents know that just because you call the police doesn't mean you can drink and drive On Feb. 27, an officer from the detachment was on patrol looking for a suspicious vehicle in Lamont County when they pulled over a truck.
An approved screening device was used and the driver was found to have a blood-alcohol level over the provincial limit of 50 mg%. The driver was issued a three-day driving suspension and had his vehicle impounded for three days. The officer noted that the driver seemed to think that because he had called the police in the past to report crimes that he should be able to drink and drive without any consequences.
For the record, police emphatically stated in a release, that isn't how it works. Police won’t be giving any free passes because you may called the police in the past or because our kids play hockey together or because of anything else. “It isn’t okay and you will have to bear the penalties if you are caught, regardless of who you are,” police stated. The following day, Feb. 28, police pulled
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FIREARMS WANTED FOR APRIL 24th, 2021 LIVE & ONLINE AUCTION. Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, Militaria. Auction or Purchase: Collections, Estates, Individual Items. Contact Paul, Switzer's Auction: Toll-Free 1-800-694-2609; sales@switzersauction.com or w w w. s w i t z e r s a u c t i o n . c o m . ________________________ FEEDAND AND SEED FEED SEED ALBERTA FEED GRAIN: Buying Oats, Barley, Wheat, Canola, Peas, Screenings, Mixed Grains. Dry, Wet, Heated, or Spring Thresh. Prompt Payment. In House Trucks, In House Excreta Cleaning. Vac Rental. 1-888483-8789. ______________________________ HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola. Buying: oats, barley, wheat & peas for feed. Buying damaged or offgrade grain. "On Farm Pickup" Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. ______________________________ FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc. Star City, SK. Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-9219942. ______________________________ CERTIFIED SEED. - WHEAT – Go Early, Pintail. - OATS – AC Juniper, AC Morgan, AC Mustang, Derby, SO1 Super Oat. - BARLEY – Amisk, Busby, Cerveza, Conlon, CDC Austenson, CDC Maverick, Sundre. Very Early Yellow Pea, Forage Peas. Polish Canola, Spring Triticale. mastinseeds.com; 403-556-2609. ________________________
FOR FOR RENT RENT Small 2 bedroom house for rent in Lamont. $900 /month plus utilities and damage deposit. No smoking, no pets. Available April 1st. 780-4358644
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1 Month Free Rent Apartment for Rent in Killam. Large, clean, nonsmoking. Call Chuck at 780-2637290 ______________________________ 2 bedroom house in Sedgewick. Large fenced yard and shed. No smoking. Pets negotiable. $1,100/month includes utilities. $1,000 DD. Contact Ian at 780-9956146 ______________________________ 3 Bedroom Townhouse for rent in Viking, AB. $950/mo. including utilities. Available now. Call 780-5630191. ________________________
VERY INEXPENSIVE 2 QUARTERS OF PASTURE LAND, Central SK, for sale. 8 other good quarters may be available. Requires fencing. Great hunting $74,900. Call Doug at 306-716-2671. ______________________________ Land For Sale in Beaver County Between Holden & Bruce NW Quarter of 3-49-15-4 155 cultivated acres. Phone JoAnne 780-477-1272 ________________________
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Certified seed for sale - Oats: ORE3542M, AC Morgan. Brett Young: All canola & forage varieties will still be the same 2020 prices until March 1, 2021. Haralie Seed Farms 780-662-2617 or 780-405-8089. Tofield Alta. ________________________
Lab Cross Puppies. 1st Shots Ready to go. 780-385-8765 ______________________________ Ready to Go! Purebread Blue Heeler Pups. Call 780-384-2198. ______________________________ 2015 Dodge Journey. AWD, Black, 98,000 kms. Sun roof, 3 row seating, clean, heated seats and steering wheel, backup camera. $18,000. 780-688-2216 ______________________________
FOR SALE All steel calf sheds for sale Dimensions 24' Long X 8' wide X 7' high Call David 780-336-5733 for price and delivery ________________________
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MOVING SALE MOVING SALE Moving Out Dispersal Sale. 11 Community History books including; Mundare, Carstairs, Colchester, West of Calgary, Leduc, Holden, New Sarepta, Ryley, Fort Saskatchewan, Strathcona Harvest, Ministik School. Auto Manuals and many more books and antiques, tools, sheet music and instruments. By appointment only, located in Bruderheim. Covid 19 rules apply, contact Hoken at 780868-6361. ________________________ HEALTH HEALTH
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GET UP TO $50,000 from the Government of Canada. ALL Ages & Medical Conditions qualify. Have a child under 18 instantly receive more money. CALL THE BENEFITS PROGRAM 1-800-211-3550 or send a text message with your name and mailing address to 403-980-3605 for your FREE benefits package. ______________________________ HIP/KNEE REPLACEMENT. Other medical conditions causing TROUBLE WALKING or DRESSING? The Disability Tax Credit allows for $3,000 yearly tax credit and $30,000 lump sum refund. Take advantage of this offer. Apply NOW; quickest refund Nationwide: Expert help. 1844-453-5372. ________________________
Bales for Sale. 53 big round bales. 780-658-2284. ______________________________ Round bales for sale, Brome hay, stored under cover, no rain. Call 587990-1003 ______________________________ 200 Round hay bales for sale alf/tim/brm mix. No rain. $60, Chipman area. 780-363-2147 ______________________________ Hay for sale. Alf/Tim/Br/Cw mix. Rounds $50. Small square shedded bales $6. Majority no rain. Phone 780-942-4107 late evenings. ______________________________ Round Bales for Sale. Barley Greenfeed, good quality, $35.00 per Bale. Wheat Straw - $25.00 per Bale. Phone: 780-662-4981.
Vegreville Family Dental, located next to the Boston Pizza in Vegreville is looking for a very enthusiastic Registered Dental Assistant to join our team on a part time or full time basis. Our practice is committed to and focused on providing excellent quality patient care. We are looking for someone who is professional, reliable, possesses excellent interpersonal skills, is warm and friendly with patients. We offer competitive wages commensurate with experience as well as a great and friendly work environment! Travel or relocation assistance will be considered for the suitable candidate. If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, please apply to vegredental@gmail.com.
EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FOR SALE 1998 JOHN DEERE 310D Tractor Loader Backhoe. 4-wheel drive. Extenda hoe. Original owner. $28,000. ROLL-OFF BINS & TRUCK. 1992 Ford L9000 and 9 Bins, 30 cubic yard each. All in excellent condition. $140,000. 780446-1051. ________________________
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ROBERT WARREN COLIN JOHNSON August 7, 1978 March 3, 1998 In loving memory of a precious Son, Brother, Grandson, Nephew, Cousin, Uncle, and Friend. I heard your voice in the wind today, And turned to see your face; The warmth of the wind caressed me, As I stood silently in place. I felt your touch in the sun today, As its warmth filled the sky; I closed my eyes for your embrace, And my spirit soared high. I held you close in my heart today, It made me feel complete; You have passed... But you are not gone, You will always be a part of me. As long as the sun shines, rain falls... The wind blows; You will live on inside of me forever, For that is all my heart knows. May the winds of love blow gently; And whisper so you can hear; How much we love and miss you, And wish that you were here. Lovingly Remembered and Sadly Missed, Your Family and Friends ________________________
SERVICES SERVICES NTK Contracting Ltd. Our Business is Building • New Home Construction • Shops • Garages • Renovations • Driveways & Garage Pads • Decks and Railings • Basement & Home Construction Quality Workmanship - Neil Kinderwater 780-678-7049 www.ntkcontracting.com
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REAL REAL ESTATE ESTATE Great Commercial lot for sale on Main Street in Viking, AB. Only one like it. Asking $19,999 OBO. Serviced. Large attractive location, would be perfect for constructing a new building. Build yourself an office, rent an upstairs apartment. Or vice versa. Pays for itself! Or place a pre-built on the property. Located next to bottle depot and restaurant, near Food Bank/FCSS, across from bank and financial advisors, near liquor stores and school. Or just buy the lot now and wait for values to go up once COVID is over. Email vikingreview@gmail.com if interested. tfnp
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