May 12 Lamont Leader

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Spike in Covid makes Lamont County a hotspot - increased restrictions

BY JANA SEMENIUK As COVID cases surge in Lamont County provincial efforts to mitigate the spread have resulted in increased restrictions for residents and businesses as well as increased access to the vaccine.

Ehab Mohammed, pharmacist and owner of the Bruderheim Pharmacy, recently added the Pfizer vaccine to his list of offered injections and said the demand has been staggering.

“I’m so tired,” he said in a recent interview. “We are working extra hours to help get everyone vaccinated.”

Mohammed explained that once his initial supply of AstraZeneca was used, he then received a supply of the Pfizer vaccine to further inoculate patients, which has different storage requirements.

“The Pfizer vaccine has to be stored in a special freezer and comes to us in a thawed state,” he said. “So, when we get it, it has to be used within 5 days.”

The Bruderheim Pharmacy has been vaccinating 30 people over the age of 50 per day, with the age limit increasing May 10 to those over the age of 12.

Mohammed added that at this point,

most of the patients have been from outside Lamont County.

“I am not sure why, but most of the people are coming from Fort Saskatchewan,” he said.

According to the Bluecross website, different types of the COVID vaccine are distributed to pharmacies based on factors such as availability, storage requirements and ability to ship to pharmacies in various locations.

Meanwhile, the recent uptick in COVID cases has resulted in Lamont County being declared a hotspot and subject to increased restrictions as of May 7 when the number of active cases reached 30. According to alberta.ca, even if an area moves below the 30 active case threshold, the restrictions will remain in place for at least three weeks.

Increased restrictions include no in person dining with restaurants and pubs limited to takeout food service, entertainment businesses such as casinos and movie theatres remaining closed, and all K-12 schools have moved to online learning until May 25 while childcare facilities can remain open.

Bruderheim Pharmacy owner and pharmacist, Ehab Mohammed, holds up a vial of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Beginning May 10, vaccines have been available for any Albertan over the age of 12. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

Alberta Covid-19 statistics as of May 9/21 Current Hospitalizations

Active Cases

690 25,438

Currently in ICU

Population which has at least 1 dose

158 35.7%

Average age of Covid deaths

81

Daily death comparisons since peak as vulnerable get vaccine. Jan. 2, 2021 (left) to May 9, 2021

30/day

2/day

2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Mundare Council considers naming street after former mayor

BY JOHN MATHER Mundare council received a letter asking that a street be named after former Mayor Peter Polischuk for his service to the town. He had lived in town for a long time and was a volunteer in many organizations.

CAO Colin Zyla reported to council at the regular May 4 council meeting, precedent had been set with the naming of a park after Ed Stawnichy, and several roads had honourary names recognizing citizens.

“It’s certainly not a bad idea,” said Mayor Mike Saric. “Peter was a long time volunteer in the town. Are there any other options besides naming a street after him?”

Councillor Irene Talaga said he certainly had been involved with the agriculture society.

“He had a passion for the town.”

Councillor Jason Kowal agreed it was a good idea to name something after him.

Council decided to seek further information

and a decision has been tabled to a future meeting.

Council passed a new fee schedule for 2021 at their May 4 council meeting. Development permits will go up by $25 for single residential, Whitetail Crossing, multi family and non residential permits.

Gravel, which is a new fee, will cost $150 for three yards with a maximum of three yards per household per year.

Residents can also get a pail of gravel for $5.

The MRC monthly camping fee was hiked by $25 so it is $500 a month plus GST, weekly rate is $125 plus GST. The community hall will be free for non-profits.

Other groups will pay $25 for under four hours and $75 for more than four hours. All the fee changes will become effective as of May 1.

Council passed the bylaw in three readings.

Alberta Environment has put two monitors in Mundare to detect emissions from Stawnichy’s Meat Processing. A group of residents had

appeared before council more than a year ago to complain about smoke emissions coming from the meat processor.

CAO Zyla said one of the detectors was located near the hospital but he wasn’t sure where the other was located.

He added he didn’t know how long the provincial department would be monitoring the air quality in the town.

Zyla also reported the new lift station in the old part of town had been operational for the past three weeks.

“It did have a bit of a glitch the first night, but since then it’s been operating perfectly,” he reported to council.

“Right now crews have started decommissioning the old lift station and the power will be shut off May 12.”

He added by the end of the month the demolition of the old station would be complete.

A request has been made to purchase a lot under the “Dollar A Lot Program” to create a youth centre in the downtown.

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Council was told by the CAO that the proposal was the same applicant who was looking under a separate file to develop an accounting office under the “Dollar A Lot Program.”

Mayor Mike Saric said he had initially been confused by the proposal because the application seemed to jump between youth centre and accounting office proposals “Does he somehow think he can make money from a youth centre?,” he wondered.

Zyla said the applicant had a business plan where he could make it work.

He added he had also received a deposit on the accounting office proposal.

Zyla said the youth centre would offer a variety of classes such as resume writing along with other activities.

Saric said if they could

make it work, “then more power to them.”

Council passed a

motion to approve the proposal for a youth centre.

Twosomes only on golf course

BY JOHN MATHER Whitetail Crossing Golf Club in Mundare has been impacted by the latest round of pandemic restrictions introduced last week by the province.

“We’re now allowing golfers out in twosomes only,” said course manager Laurent LeBlanc.

Under the new restrictions only two golfers are allowed to play if they live in the same household. A single person living alone can play with two designated cohorts which could allow for a threesome, but LeBlanc said Whitetail decided to go just with twosomes.

“We’re sending twosomes out in five minute intervals,” he said. “If we had a threesome in that mix, then everyone on

the course would have to play at the pace of the threesome and that would slow times down considerably.”

He added, if there is a benefit from the restrictions, it is golfing in twosomes allows a husband and wife to play a round of golf, or a parent with their child.

“Sometimes folks are a little shy about golfing with other strangers, if they’re not regular golfers,” said LeBlanc.

“This new routine allows those people to golf on their own with no pressure from the other twosome. So we’ll probably see some new golfers coming out.”

He further said he expects the restrictions to last the full three weeks to the end of the month.

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 3

Fire destroys outbuildings near EINP

BY JOHN MATHER A fire destroyed some outbuildings in a grassy area near Elk Island National Park May 9.

“The call came in around 3 p.m. as a report of a structure fire,” said Lamont County Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken. “When firefighters arrived on scene it was discovered it was a grass fire that had gotten into some outbuildings.”

He added firefighters had it under control in about 15-minutes but remained on scene for about an hour dousing some hot spots and to determine the fire was totally out.

Firefighters from Chipman and Lamont were the primary

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responders, said Milliken, although tankers from Mundare, Andrew and Bruderheim also responded, which he added was standard procedure for structure fires.

Milliken said the rain that came down over the past weekend was good to ease the fire situation, but by Monday the ground had pretty much dried out again leaving the county with areas of high fire risk.

“We are still seeing fairly extreme fire conditions,” he said. “It did improve with Saturday’s rain but it’s already starting to deteriorate again.”

He said the fire restrictions and suspension of permits will remain in place for the next couple

FIRE BURNED EAST OF MUNDARE A large fire burned just east of Mundare on May 6. The alarm was called in at 12:17 pm and members from Mundare, Andrew, Chipman and the county duty crew responded to the scene. Yardsite buildings and equipment were destroyed in this fast-moving fire. Members left the scene just after 10:00 p.m. Neighbours provided tractors and water and a county excavator was on site. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. At the height of the fire about 28 county firefighters were working to put out the blaze. of weeks.

“There’s some good greening after Saturday’s rain,” he stated. “We’re really hoping we can get another good day of rain and arrive at full green.

That will improve conditions immensely.”

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Opinion Pandemic promotes the Cult of V

BY JOHN MATHER V is the Roman numeral for five.

So in this province and country we seem to be evolving into a cult of five. Or maybe a cult of V! Virus, vaccine, violation, viciousness and victims.

And they all seem to be getting intertwined. So when the full story of the pandemic is told, the Cult of V should be front and centre.

For more than a year the population of the world has been under siege by the Covid 19 virus pandemic. Unfortunately in this age of mixed instant messaging it has become very difficult to separate what is true from what is false.

A quick check across social media and the internet shows us a great deal of experts who rarely agree with one another.

Mainstream media is largely to blame for much of this. Fox News will show up with their own experts who shade towards the right, while CNN brings in their experts who lean ever leftward and totally disagree with experts from the right. There is very little to no common ground.

So, are the masses who aren’t experts expected to make any sort of informed decision?

Then let’s reflect on last year, when then President Trump said there would be a vaccine by the end of 2020. The Democrats and mainstream media seeing that Trump had said this automatically declared ‘it ain’t so!” Trump lies! But lo and behold within a week or two of Joe Biden getting elected there are vaccines coming to market. Behold the noble Democrats who got us the vaccine. Using different production methods over other vaccines, a new fight against Covid-19 was brought to market. Suddenly all politicians are urging the public to get the vaccine. Health officials are urging us to get the vaccine. When just a few months ago they were glumly stating it couldn’t be produced this soon!

What happened? No wonder people are upset. When messages get a complete reversal with no proper explanations, the populations get concerned and social media doesn’t help the situation.

And this past week our illustrious Canadian mass media television outlets decide to ask members of the provincial government whether they had been vaccinated.

This is the equivalent of asking “are you still beating your wife?” or “are you still smacking your kids?” Any answer is going to get you in trouble and the media knows this, so they joyously ask the question.

It’s irresponsible! The NDP leapt up to babble en masse they had been vaccinated, while some of the UCP didn’t respond or said they hadn’t. They were chastised! Why? As politicians, they do have to share a more public life than the rest of us mere mortals, but do they really have to disclose their health issues?

Possibly some might have allergies preventing them from getting the shot. Doesn’t matter in the eyes of the media. If you didn’t get one you’re nasty. A vaccine cancel culture!

Continued

CONTINUED Violations! Many people feel violated. Those politicians previously mentioned have been violated by having their private health decisions publicly shared.

Families have been violated because they haven’t been able to share holidays, or birthdays or even Mother’s Day with loved ones. I personally know of a friend who died more than a year ago, but the family still hasn’t been able to hold a funeral for her because people can’t gather to celebrate her life. This is a tragedy.

Viciousness. When people go out of their way to insult those of Asian descent for starting the pandemic it’s just plain wrong. There’s no reason for this. From what I can understand, again because of mixed messaging from those at the top of the health and political chains, we aren’t really sure where the pandemic originated and those at the top all seem content to muddy the waters.

But some go out of their way to blame Asians and in the Country of Canada where I grew up that isn’t our way, despite our Prime Minister insisting we’re all systematic racists. Not to mention those who call out those who aren’t wearing masks on social media.

This country is one of the largest melting pots of worldwide immigration.

Peoples displaced from famines, dictatorial governments, poverty, World Wars and regional wars have come to this land to find a better life and prosper. Many have made valuable contributions to our growth and stature in the world. They don’t deserve to be spit on by those who are less

informed. And we don’t need silly politicians like Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi stating the people who protest against pandemic restrictions are “white supremacists.” With nothing to back this up and speaking from a position of influence as a big city mayor this does nothing but inflame the racism that people are trying to stem.

Rightly or wrongly protesting has always been embraced in this country. We saw it just prior to the pandemic when protestors shut down national railways and nothing was done. Now as people fight against the pandemic they should be allowed to protest.

But, they should respect that there is a pandemic. People are dying. Those numbers don’t lie. Practicing some socially acceptable safety measure such as social distancing and wearing a face covering isn’t going to kill you. In fact it may save you… or your neighbour.

That’s common sense and when that isn’t practiced then yes, you should probably be arrested.

Victims. Well, we all are.

Small businesses have been decimated. Hotel, restaurants and many of the brick and mortar businesses have been shuttered - many not to re-open. You have to feel for the restauranteur in Mirror who faces losing his business and life investment. But he contravened some common sense rules by remaining open and flaunting his defiance. And after receiving warnings which told him he was on thin ice he continued. At that point he was shut down and rightly so.

He is a victim of the pandemic, but so are all the other businesses that have

suffered without screaming and yelling and standing on a soap box loudly proclaiming, “look at me. I’m above your rules.” We do live in a society that is based on rules selected and enforced by the majority.

We’re victims of opposition politicians. The ruling politicians are cautiously trying to deal with something they’ve never had to deal with before. Yes, they’ve made mistakes and the public has paid. But they have to try. Those in opposition have promoted the victims, highlighting government failures ever so gleefully and never offering up productive solutions that would benefit the majority rather than just promote political ideology.

Yes, we’re living in a cult of V. Other Vs. Vacillate, well we’ve certainly seen a lot of that. Vacuum - the absence of the normal or previous content of place, environment etc.; well I’d say we’ve seen this; vagary - an eccentric idea or act. Some of Trump’s vaccine ideas come to mind; vague - of uncertain or ill defined meaning or character - well several of the decisions made by many levels of governments and health officials have been vague; valid - of a reasonable objection; sound or defensible; well grounded; there have been valid arguments made on every side of the pandemic debate. Variants, vendetta, vaunt, verify, venomous,version, vibe, vocal, voice and vulnerable are other V words that play into the pandemic vocabulary.

But who do we believe?

This V list can go on.

I guess the bigger question is how long can society go on without resolution?

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Find a Thesaurus

BY HAZEL ANAKA According to a 2013 survey sixty-five percent of Americans believed that we only use about ten percent of our brain.

Until I Googled ‘what percent of our brain do we use?’ I would have confidently quoted that stat. Turns out it’s a myth. Obviously, not all parts of the brain are engaged at the same time but up to ninety percent is likely working at any given moment.

I never thought of brain-use in this way. I didn’t think of it as the mechanical command centre of our bodies ensuring we keep breathing, moving, eliminating waste in all its forms, speaking, working… all those visible and invisible signs of life.

I thought more about how it defines us as individuals rather than generic motors running every body on the planet.

When I heard that misleading stat I was thinking in terms of lost potential… that we weren’t pushing and stretching our brain’s capacity very hard. That we could be and do so much more. That we

could contribute and leave our mark. Instead, many of us were exerting the least possible effort to make it through the day.

I daresay that’s true.

Just look at vocabulary as an example. I was going to say: Many people get through their whole lives using the same few hundred words. Then I descended into the rabbit hole of the internet. Let me warn you that some of this math may not add up.

Once source said the average man speaks 7,000 words a day, while, wait for it, bada bing, bada boom the average woman speaks 20,000 per day. [Insert your own joke here]. Averages by their nature don’t account for the exceptions you’re now picturing. The chatty uncle who won’t shut up, the female cousin who almost never speaks.

Let’s compound things further. The average adult native speaker has an active vocabulary of between 20,000 and 35,000 words and a passive vocabulary of about 40,000 words. Active

meaning words they use when speaking or writing; passive being words they know but don’t have occasion to use. A one-year-old will know about 50 words, a 4-yearold about 5,000, and an 8-year-old about 10,000.

Apparently most of us learn about one new word a day until middle age.

I wonder about the lazy speaker or writer.

Those people whose working vocabulary is so shrivelled up they simply utter the same clichés or shortcut words every time you talk to them.

Getting detail or colour or a clear message is nearly impossible.

Others may use the latest buzz words to show they’re in the know. Or perhaps they use small words… maybe just four letters long… to express everything from joy to rage. Some people use words so sparingly to make their point, you’d swear they were paying for each one.

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tiny awl that makes our point with precision not blunt force trauma.

Sometimes, even the gentlest among us need to rev up the chainsaw just to get someone’s attention. Once we have it, we kill the motor and use carefully chosen words to express ourselves. If a swear word is used for the odd punctuation it makes a point. If it’s every second word out of our mouths, it’s numbingly useless.

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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Mundare dog run to be set up temporarily to test usage

BY JOHN MATHER Mundare council will proceed with a free range dog run in the downtown area along the right of way adjacent to the CN tracks.

Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla told council May 4, he had received a quote for fencing for the park but to cover an area of 35 feet x 100 feet it was going to cost about $7,500.

After a collective moan went up from councillors, Zyla reported Councillor Frank Rosypal had found some other chain link fence which was at a reasonable price to fence the area.

Councillor Jason Kowal said he had been approached about possibly putting the dog run at Ukrainia Park.

He said he had concerns about that area because of ball tournaments that take place in the park during the sum-

mer.

“I didn’t think it would be the best location,” he said. “Along the tracks is more central.

People seem to indicate the park needs to be longer as opposed to be really wide.”

He said along the tracks would be a temporary location initially to see what sort of usage the dog park might get.

Zyla added he wasn’t sure how long it should be.

“A city block is 500 feet,” he stated. “Do you want to go that long. To me, although I don’t have a dog, 100 feet might do.”

Rosypal said he could acquire about 150 feet in three rolls and 60 to 70 feet in another couple of rolls.

Council did have concerns about erecting the chain link fencing because to install it permanently, fence posts would have to be embed-

ded in concrete.

Rosypal then told council he had a source where he could possibly get some channel posts that could be used for temporary fence posts.

“I was asked if I wanted them and I said for sure to set them aside,” said Rosypal.

“These would be ideal for fence posts, because they are easy to push into the ground. If you can use them they’re yours.”

Councillor Irene Talaga wondered who would be responsible for cleaning up the dog park.

Zyla, echoed by Mayor Mike Saric, said clean up would be the responsibility of the dog owner.

Kowal said the town would have to supply a bag station and a

Bienek, Lotte It is with great sadness and much love that we say goodbye to Lotte Beinek, who passed away on the 6th of May, 2021, at the age of 86 years, just a few days short of her 87th birthday.

She is lovingly remembered by her daughter Monika and son-in-law David, grandchildren; Kerri, Cory and Aubrey, great grandchildren; Hayden, Halsey, Lucas and Morrison.

Lotte is predeceased by her husband Werner and a sister

garbage can.

“People will have to be responsible like they would anywhere else in town.

“We’re not trying to generate revenue for the town doing this,” he added.

Mayor Mike Saric said, “The whole idea is to give it a try and see what happens.”

“If people are responsible … good. If it’s well attended… great. If people don’t go or they let it become a big mess then we can say just forget it and take it out.”

Kowal again argued along the track was the place for the dog park.

Saric said he felt permission might be required from CN before the park could go in and Zyla said he would look into that.

Margot. As per her wishes, no funeral service will be held.

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Mechanical breakdown delays Bruderheim street cleanup

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Town of Bruderheim experienced delays in their street sweeping efforts last week due to mechanical failure.

Director of Operations and Infrastructure Dennis Tomuschat said breakdowns are common.

“Sweepers are the highest maintenance pieces of equipment a town can own.

Breakdowns are common even with regular maintenance. In this case there were a combination of items that broke down on the sweeper and postponed the sweeping schedule,” he said.

Tomuschat further noted that the sweeper,

which belongs to the Town of Lamont, was on loan to the Town of Bruderheim.

“Collaborative efforts between municipalities are pretty common. Lamont owns the sweeper and sent their operator over to help us with the sweeping. It’s the first time we have done this,” he said.

“We hope to help them with their own efforts in maintenance or anything else public works related.”

Bruderheim Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny said, during the May 5 council meeting, that borrowing Lamont’s street sweeper saved money for the town.

“Deleting contract services for sweeping in exchange for services with the Town of Lamont resulted in a savings of $8,000,” she said.

Tomuschat added that the street sweeper has been repaired and sweeping should be complete the week of May 10.

Meanwhile, other spring projects in Bruderheim are also getting underway.

Crosswalk painting and spring fire hydrant flushing will commence after street sweeping in addition to two new flashing crosswalk markers being installed; one near the school and the other on 52 Ave. and Queen St.

Evelyn Dach of the Lamont/Star area and her daughter Genevieve Verbitski of Fort Saskatchewan shop for bedding plants on Mother’s Day at Jones Greenhouses just north of highway 29, east of Lamont. With proper pandemic procedures enforced including wearing of masks and sanitizing prior to greenhouse entry, the Jones Greenhouse offers a wide selection of bedding plants and garden vegetables.

Town of Lamont defeats tax rebate proposal

BY JANA SEMENIUK A motion to bring forth a municipal property tax rebate program in the Town of Lamont was defeated during its third reading at the Apr. 27 Lamont council meeting.

The motion was aimed at providing incentive to new development within the town by allowing a rebate to the municipal taxes on new construction for three years.

Chief Administrative Officer Christine Beveridge explained that council has been discussing the option for a long time.

“At council we have been talking about this for two years and really wanted to get it off the ground,” she said.

“That’s why we have

brought it forward for all three readings.”

Councillor Perry Koroluk questioned how the move would benefit the town.

“The municipalities I have seen that have this, owned lots they were trying to sell which is why they did it,” he said.

Mayor Bill Skinner offered his take on the issue.

“Whether it’s someone buying a piece of property to build on or building on privately owned property, what we want is to see the building going forward no matter who owns the property,” he said. “There is still benefit to that.”

Councillor Dave Taylor echoed Skinner’s statements.

“This kind of incentive is meant to attract developers. To get something going,” he said.

Koroluk questioned whether the program would intensify an existing issue.

“There’s a number of homes for sale in Lamont, so now we are looking at bringing in a developer to add to a problem we already have. I don’t think there’s that big of an advantage,” he said.

After passing the first two readings in 6-1 votes, with Councillor Koroluk voting against, the motion was defeated on a vote to move it to third reading, which needed to be unanimous to pass.

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Restoring old school bus a labour of love for Hrehorets

BY JANA SEMENIUK With the Chipman Car Crafters Show cancelled for the second year in a row due to COVID restrictions, Lamont resident Tom Hrehorets can only gaze at his refurbished 1966 Chevrolet, 42 passenger school bus, and sigh.

“We took it to the Chipman car show in 2017 and everyone got to see it and go inside. They all had stories about where they used to sit on the bus and where people sat who used to bug them on the bus. A lot of people didn’t think they could go inside and I told them to go. I wasn’t worried about anyone hurting anything,” he said.

Hrehoret’s, who runs the Hrehorets bus company in Lamont, said restoring his vintage bus was a project of love. Not only had he ridden on the bus as a child in the 70s, he became close to the family who owned it.

“The bus belonged to driver Harry Tymchuk who lived in Andrew with his wife Laura who was a school teacher. I didn’t ride this bus to school, but when I stayed over at my friend’s house, I got to ride Mr. Tymchuk’s bus,” he said. “I became friends with their grandson Kevin which is how I got to know the family over the years. Mr. Tymchuk’s daughter Judy was my godmother when I was baptized into the orthodox faith. The Tymchuks were like family to me.”

Mr. Harry J. Tymchuk Hrehorets also admitted to having a deep admiration for school buses and drivers for as long as he can remember.

“Everyone is put on this earth to do something and I think I was meant to drive a bus.

When I was a child, I used to cut off the smooth end of a mop handle and make a pre-

tend bus door lever.

Then I’d screw it into the dash of an old grain truck we had on the farm and there was my school bus,” he said smiling.

“I’d swing it open and close the door for my passengers.”

Over the years, Hrehorets’ dreams of driving a school bus were coming true.

“When most kids turn 18, they can’t wait to have their first legal drink. I couldn’t wait to get my license so I could drive a bus,” he said.

“My first posting as a driver was in 1985. I was living with relatives in Glendon and working in their store while also driving a school bus. I don’t think I slept at all the night before my first drive. The bus was a 1978 Wayne Chevrolet, 48 passenger school bus.”

While Hrehorets’ career in bussing was taking off, driver Harry Tymchuk was enjoying his retirement.

“Harry retired in 1983 and his bus had been sitting since then,” said Hrehorets. “It stayed in the shop until he passed away in 1994. Then his family moved it to the farm and let it sit in a shed until I saw it again in 2015.”

When Hrehorets and his wife Gail attended a thanksgiving dinner with Tymchuk’s family on their farm, he came across the bus while on a walk.

“We were walking around the yard and I saw the bus. I realized it was from the year I was born and decided to ask them for it. I told them if they would give me the bus, I would love to restore it to its original condition,” he said. “One week later they called me and agreed to let me have the bus. I bought it for a dollar.”

Hrehorets was elated.

He was also amazed at the relatively good condition of the nearly 50year-old bus.

“When I got the bus, everything was intact.

The seats were worn but not ripped, even though cats had gotten into it and were living in it. Not one window was broken but the windshield was cracked. It had a little bit of rust on the outside,”

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effective Tom Hrehorets stands next to his restored 1966 school bus. Photo: Courtesy Tom Hrehorets he said. “It wasn’t running, but when we brought it to the tire shop, they got it started somehow.”

Then the work began.

Hrehorets contacted Alfie Zip, a body man from Chipman, to help with the project.

“When I talked to Alfie, and asked him to help me, I told him I wanted to fix it up so it was presentable, not do a total restoration. But Alfie said. ‘Nope. If we are going to do this, we are going to do it right,’” he said.

Zip began the restoration by stripping the bus down.

“He stripped it right down to nothing, took all the windows out and refurbished them. He repainted the inside and outside. Then he took all the seats and got them re-covered,” he said. “We got the same green and white coloured vinyl fabric and they were done by a guy in Tofield. The original was so dirty I thought it was cream at first.”

Hrehorets noted that trying to find tires like the originals was difficult.

“The hardest part was finding the tires. They had to be a bias tire with a split rim staying as close to the original as possible. Price automotive were finally able to find the tires for us,” he said.

Hrehorets also added that the engine was going to be another issue.

“Alfie said we should have a new engine. The bus was originally a standard, but Alfie insisted we make it an automatic because if you take it into parades its much better to run an automat-

ic than a standard,” he said.

One day the call finally came that the bus was complete.

“Alfie phoned and said it was done so we drove to see it all complete at Alfie’s shop. The feeling was overwhelming,” he said. “I kept thinking about how Harry would have felt if he would have gotten to see the bus restored.”

Hrehorets recalled how Tymchuk’s family reacted to the shiny new bus.

“We had it here in Lamont in 2017 for the parade and Harry’s family was here so we all jumped in and took it for a ride,” he said. “My friend Kevin said ‘Boy if Gigi would have been here. He would have been so proud that someone was taking care of his bus the way he did.

He would have loved to see it looking brand new.’”

Hrehorets said the end result was worth every penny.

“The total cost to restore the bus was $105,000 and it took over a year,” he said. “I didn’t think it would cost so much, but once we started there was no turning back. That bus will be 55 years old this year. How wonderful to restore it in memory of Mr. Tymchuk.”

Hrehorets had a laugh as he recalled what his wife Gail said to him when he told her he wanted to restore the bus.

“Gail asked why I was doing it and I told her I was entering a midlife crisis. Most people will buy a little red sports car, I will restore a bus,” he said.

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To apply, please email resume and a current driver's abstract to recruiting@roadexservices.com. ____________________________ Experienced Class 1 Super B Driver for Summer Asphalt Season, May to November. Competitive Wages. Must have clean drivers abstract. Email resumes to stevenmarkovich14@gmail.com or call 780-781-8614. ____________________________ 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. _______________________

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.

Experienced drywall taper/texturer here to help you with any job big or small. Don't want to do it yourself, give me a call! Based in Killam but willing to travel Hand taper by trade but have experience with boxes, roller/flusher, taping tube.

No bazooka exp. Have own tools (10-12" boxes, pump, angle box, roller, flusher, hand tools, etc.) Also do ceiling texture. Non-drinker, just want to work. Willing to work with existing taping crew. Call 780-3852106 or 780-385-1251. tfnp ____________________________ Classy K-9 Dog Grooming in Viking, AB Over 20 years experience.

Any breed.

Call Lynnette 780-385-6352. tfnp ____________________________ 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 ____________________________ Roy's Handyman Services.

Flooring, trim work, basement finishing, decks, fences, kitchen cabinet installs and carpentry work.

Call 780-662-0146 or 780-232-3097 ____________________________ Carpet and upholstery cleaning residential and commercial.

Truck mount unit, sewer backup, and flood cleaning. Auto and RV cleaning.

Call Glenn and Cindi Poyser, Fancy Shine Auto and Carpet Care at (780) 384-3087

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3 papers for the price of 1!

FEED SEED FEED AND AND SEED

HELP HELP WANTED WANTED

Lamont

Quality Residential and Commercial Painting Betty Tkaczyk 780-632-8749 or 780-688-3564 ____________________________ Shane’s Stucco & Drywall Service Shane Hollar Stucco (Traditional & Acrylic), Drywall, Stone, Textured Ceilings, Tile and Spray Painting 780-336-4832 shanes.stucco@gmail.com ____________________________ Need to re-order: •Company Forms?

•Invoices?

•Envelopes?

•Business Cards?

•Bookmarks?

•Magnets?

•Score Cards?

•Stamps?

•Certificates?

•Receipts?

•Posters?

•Menus?

•Invitations?

•Calendars?

•Letterheads?

And more!

Call your local paper with your print order today!

WEEKLY REVIEW Ph. 780-336-3422 Email: vikingreview @gmail.com TOFIELD MERCURY Ph. 780-662-4046 Email: adsmercury @gmail.com LAMONT LEADER Ph. 780-895-2780 Email: lmtleader @gmail.com _______________________

WANTED WANTED Wanted: Hay land, to put up on shares, between Mundare and Lamont. Call Barry @ 780-9134675 12/19p

DO YOUR PART TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 •WEAR A MASK •SANITIZE •SOCIAL DISTANCE •STAY HOME IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY SYMPTOMS

12 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 12, 2021