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Flooding Continues

Lamont County has been posting pictures of flood damage along its roads on its Facebook page. Above, a waterfall of sorts is flowing across a road near Wostok after a culvert was overwhelmed. It has since been repaired. Below, a sinkhole on Range Road 161, that will take some time to repair.

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Road closures in Lamont County As of April 30/18 at 3:00 pm

2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Volunteer Appreciation Night celebrated throughout Lamont County MAUREEN SULLIVAN The stars were bright last week as the FCSS in Lamont County celebrated Volunteer week in Andrew, Bruderheim, Lamont and Mundare.

The theme was "You Are a Star", at the free

dinner held in each town to thank the many volunteers who keep these communities going.

Town of Lamont Mayor Bill Skinner said, "Volunteers are the heart of the community improving the quality of

life for everyone.”

Not only was the dinner delicious but the entertainment was great.

Lamont, Bruderheim and Mundare were treated to songs and laughter

by Richard and Deborah Popovich. Richard kept

the laughs going by remembering volunteers’ names and bringing the audience into the act.

A great night was had by all.

$175,000 grant a huge boost for Bruderheim park JOHN MATHER The Bruderheim community park plan will get a huge boost with news that a Community Facilities Enhancement Grant for $175,000 has come through for the town’s Lions Club.

“I found out when I opened the mail during our April 12 meeting,” said Bruderheim Lions Club president Shelly McRae. She said the club had worked with Sherry Cote, Bruderheim’s

director of planning and legislative services, to apply for the grant last year.

“We know they want to build a skateboard park and a spray park in the first phase of the community park, so that’s where those funds will be directed.”

Hoping for spring start Plans for the town’s community park are well underway and the first shovels could be in the ground this spring

“The overall goal for the first phase is the skateboard park,” said Judy Koschade, director of community relations for Bruderheim.“ We also want a small spray park, community gardens and a picnic area for residents.”

The timeline for the project is dependent on the fundraising and the availability of contractors, she adds.

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Chipman Fur and Feathers Homesteaders Market fast approaching MAUREEN SULLIVAN For the third year in a row there will be buying, selling and trading going on at the Fur and Feathers Homesteaders Market in Chipman.

On Saturday, May 12, from it’s fun for the whole family at the Chipman Agricultural Fair Grounds. If you want to shop locally, you’ll want to shop here.

Organizers Jake Thiessen and Nicole Goy

say it is a hobby farmer’s dream come true, a flea market with products that were either grown, raised or made locally.

With 40 plus vendors it's a place where people can connect to the local farmers and homesteaders.

There will be baking, hand made wooden toys and crafts, as well as honey and rustic decor.

Zahoda's will have flowers to buy for planting.

"It will be an awesome place to shop for mothers' day,” says Goy. For kids who don't get to experience farm life daily there is plenty to do and learn; a petting zoo, a bouncy castle, and a chance to plant a seed and take it home to grow which will keep the young ones busy.

Lamont Fish and Game will be building bird houses with the kids who can then take them

home. The first 150 kids can take home a tree seedling donated by Webb's Machinery.

If you get hungry there will be a barbecue with burgers, sausages and hot dogs bought from Toefield Packers, as well as fries and gravy.

Of course you can buy,

sell and trade baby chicks and chickens, pheasants, piglets, sheep and goats, baby turkeys and ducks. It is a chance for those in attendance to talk to producers face to face and learn about their farming practices and products.

Please know that sales

are cash only, so bring plenty of cash with you.

Both Thiessen and Goy say without the support of the Chipman Agricultural Society, the Village of Chipman and all the rest of their local sponsors the event would not be possible.

New ditch mower for Bruderheim JOHN MATHER The purchase of a new ditch mower for the town was the cause for discussion at Bruderheim Council, April 25.

Council decided to buy the mower on the advice of public works superintendent Dennis Tomuschat. The 72-inch rear tow offset mower will cost the town $9,250 and be funded from 2018 equipment reserve.

The town is responsible for mowing the grass in more than 18km of ditches in the community following annexation.

Previously, students using weed whackers had trimmed the ditches, but council was told this now wasn’t feasible.

Councillor George Campbell wondered if the town was going to get rid of its existing tractor with deck mower.

“We still use that mower,” said Tomuschat. “But it can’t get into the ditch. The new mower will be offset so it can get down the slopes to a 10-foot depth while the tractor remains flat on the road.”

“That’s an important safety consideration.”

Tomuschat added the old mower would still be used at the agriculture grounds and on other flatter areas.

Campbell suggested it be traded in but Tomuschat said he’d been told the old tractor had limited trade-in value of maybe a few hundred dollars.

“To me it’s worth more than a couple of hundred to this municipality,” he

explained.

When Campbell asked why the town was cutting so many ditches, Tomuschat replied, ”I guess that depends on what service levels you want to maintain.”

Part of the program has Bruderheim maintaining the rural roads and the town doesn’t want the weeds growing up and then growing through the roads. In addition, he added, the weed cutting helps with better snow removal in the winter because there is more room to plow it away from the road edges.

“It also makes the highway safer. If animals jump from the ditch into the path of traffic there is more visibility,” added Tomuschat.

He said the purchase was more of a need than a want.

When Mayor Karl Hauch asked about who would operate the mower, Tomuschat

replied only fully qualified individuals would operate it.

Members named to new committee As part of the changes to the Municipal Government Act by the province, which required more collaboration among neighbouring municipalities, Bruderheim established an Intermunicipal Planning Committee with two councillors and a member of administration.

Municipalities throughout Lamont County have been establishing similar committees.

Chief Administrator Patty Podoborozny, told council that all neighbouring municipalities would have similar committees and they would work together as a group to share information regarding zoning issues and land uses in their areas.

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Opinion Federal Liberals love to spend your money During Prime Minister’s Justin Trudeau’s election campaign, he noted that Canadians ought not to worry about money because the budget will balance itself. That seemed like a red flag to me, but Canadians east and west of Alberta (and even a few here) elected the protege of his extravagant PM father.

Well, not unexpectedly the budget did not balance itself. In fact the federal market debt is now over $1 trillion with deficit budgets now projected for many decades. That deficit is now around half of what Canada’s entire economy generates.

Yet the exorbitance continues.

In 2012 Stephen Harper’s Conservatives banned buying tickets for sporting events. But since lavish PM Trudeau took over, sporting entertainment is purchased all the time by the Canadian government. Most recently, Canada Post purchased tickets to the Rogers Cup (would not disclose amount), Global Affairs department spent $10,000 on Blue Jays tickets, and the Canada Lands dept. sent 23 employees to a Blue Jays game costing $1,245.

Although politicians like to attend complimentary sporting events, they also like to booze it up with your money as well.

In just the year ending in December 2017, politicians and guests have consumed over $8,000 in booze just on government aircrafts.

During the PM’s visit to China alone, his 56 person entourage consumed 241 cans of beer and 121 bottles of wine in-flight costing $2,200.

During his visit to Vietnam in November, a lighter drinking entourage only report consuming 79 cans of beer and 76 bottle of wine costing $1,685.

How’s that for the government looking after your money? If it’s any consolation, at least they drank the cheap stuff.

Kerry Anderson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR US companies stopping pipelines here “The meek will inherit the earth … if that’s okay with everybody else,” goes the old joke.

When it comes to developing Canada’s energy sector, that trite joke seems all too true. The Northern Gateway, Energy East, and Pacific NorthWest LNG pipeline proposals have been scrapped.

Scotiabank estimates that the Canadian economy forfeits $15.6 billion a year as other pipeline proposals await approval.

Has this happened because Canadians organically and collectively decided the environmental impact was too great?

No. This actually happened because uber-rich American

environmental foundations planned and paid for this very result.

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project may be the best proof of this claim. Kinder Morgan built its first Trans Mountain pipeline in 1953. In 2008, it added 158 km of pipeline in its Anchor Loop Project. The project that sent oil straight through Jasper National Park happened without hiccups and even captured awards for its environmental responsibility. Nevertheless, the Trans Mountain expansion project has met fierce resistance, even though most of it simply twins the existing route. Why? Follow the money, as

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In 2008, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Tides Foundation sponsored the Tar Sands Campaign to curtail Alberta oil. The 17-page strategy paper by Corporate Ethics International is still available.

A decade later, its success is undeniable. Its agenda was to “Stop or limit the expansion of pipelines, up-graders and refineries,” cap oilsands development and isolate Albertan crude to Alberta has largely succeeded.

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Letter: pipeline Continued from Page 4 “From the very beginning,” the Tar Sands Campaign website tells us, “the campaign strategy was to land-lock the tar sands so the crude could not reach the international market where it could fetch a high price per barrel. This meant national and grassroots organizing to block all proposed pipelines.”

A grassroots campaign is doomed when its participants, and the public at large, realize that the whole thing is bankrolled by Americans trying to kill Canadian resource sales. That’s why the strategy paper advised secrecy: “The

Coordination Center shall remain invisible to the outside and to the extent possible, staff will be ‘purchased’ from engaged organizations.”

The foundations stuck to the plan. Tides gave $36 million to more than 100 organizations in Canada, the U.S. and Europe to campaign against oilsands development and the transportation of oil to refineries and ports. Likewise, the Hewlett Foundation has given $90 million to First Nations and environmental groups in British Columbia and the western U.S. to oppose oil and gas development.

More than 60 groups also get behind-thescenes and ghost-writing support from NetChange, a private American company funded to “support and

amplify” the campaign.

An essential part of the campaign strategy was “a steady drumbeat of bad press” to make the oilsands look as dirty as the “tar” label they use.

It seems they were ready not only to smear but to lie. Although the oilsands cover just one per cent of Alberta’s boreal forest, some environmental groups have declared it as big as Florida. Others assert that the carbon footprint in the oilsands is three or four times larger than the average unit produced in the United States. The reality is, it is only 10 to 20 per cent larger – and still better than California heavy oil.

What else did oilsands opponents do?

Krauss tells us: “Among the strategies employed by the Tar

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Sands Campaign are legal action, putting land and marine access offlimits in the name of protecting wildlife habitat, fomenting First Nations opposition and leveraging their constitutional rights, lobbying and celebrity endorsement.”

If you ever wondered why Jane Fonda flew a fuel-powered helicopter over the oilsands or 150 First Nations allied to oppose them, wonder no more.

Strange thing, though: every First Nation whose reserve the pipeline passes through has agreed to its passage.

So have 80 per cent of such communities even close to the route. Could the $400 million in agreements Kinder

Morgan made with those 51 communities have had something to do with it?

Probably, and that’s a good thing. Canadians should decide what’s best for Canada. The economic potential of pipeline construction and oil exports is a substantial benefit for every-

one who lives here.

Now that we know about the Americans forking out millions of dollars to hold us back, we should stop listening to the politicians and protesters they hire.

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Bruderheim councillor passes Bruderheim town councillor, Garry Bottorff died on Tuesday April 24, 2018.

Survived by his wife Sue, and his family, his funeral was held at the Bruderheim Community Church on Saturday, April 28, 2018.

The flags were at half-mast at all Town of Bruderheims' facilities in honour of Garry Bottorff’s life and a book of condolence was set up at the Garry Bottorff Town Office for residents to pay their respect and remember him.

By Hazel Anaka Councillor Bottorff was serving his first term on council, participating on various committees My neck hurts. I susincluding; Bruderheim Municipal Library Board, pect whiplash from the Emergency Management Committee, Alberta HUB, changes swirling and the Northern Lights Library System Board. around. Globally the He was first elected to council in the 2017 fall cause could be the narelection. After being diagnosed with cancer, cissist president, the dicBottorff who was in his 60s, took a leave of absence tator with the funny hairfrom his duties as a councillor in January. He cut, or the unrelenting expected to return to duty in March. news of heartache and As an avid gardener along with his wife Sue, horror.

Nationally, it they were awarded the Communities in could be the shallow Bloom/Scotts Miracle-Gro Best Garden Selection prime minister with the Award for all three years, and photographs of their funky socks who insists yard was posted on the Scotts Miracle-Gro website. the pipeline will be built.

According to Mayor Karl Hauch, Bottorff was a Maybe if it was renamed real team player who wanted the best for Bombardier that might Bruderheim. He just wanted to make a solid combe believable. mitment to making Bruderheim a better communiProvincially, the prety. mier is doing the best she Mayer Karl Hauch said, "Councillor Bottorff was can vis-à-vis the fight serving his first term on council, working tirelessly with her NDP brother in to represent our community during his first year.

BC. The entrenched and His fresh perspective, positive attitude and previwrong-headed beliefs he ous knowledge of infrastructure contributed to a grips are directly proporprogressive thinking council.” tionate to his tenuous Having worked in public works for sometime hold on his minority before his retirement, he was very knowledgeable government. He serves about how the town worked. at the pleasure of the Councillor Judy Schueler expressed her grief Green Party and we about the news. "He would have been an excellent know how they feel asset to our council. The few events that he was about pipelines. there for, we learned lots. It is very sad."

Constitutional crisis, Bottorff received one of the highest amounts of rule of law, appeals, votes during the election with 195 ballots cast in his court challenges, favour. Having died while in office, the town will protests, blockades, fastcall a by-election to fill his position. approaching ultimatum The earliest a by-election could be called is June, while the latest it could be called is in September.

A month is required for the notice of nomination and another month for the actual election day.

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He will be missed by his family, friends, fellow Lamont High School town councillors, and the Gymnasium residents of Bruderheim.

FROM WHERE I SIT: Nothing Happening deadline, aboriginal rights, politicians---what more can you throw into the mix?

Locally, many of us have waterfront property, sinkholes, road closures, washouts and dreams of a ‘normal’ spring seeding season vanishing into thin air.

Kudos to the County public works and other staff for handling nature’s curveball emergency by working around the clock and handling priority after priority.

I still can’t believe we rescued our old Honda out of a sinkhole without ripping off her bumper.

Emotionally, most of us were leveled with grief at the Humboldt tragedy and barely coping with the magnitude of the lost potential of those lives when Toronto was hit. More lives lost through an act by someone with mental illness.

It almost makes you wish for the old days when it took days, weeks, months for news to spread rather than the full-colour, real time video coverage by every Tom, Dick, and Harry.

The overwhelm and non-stop 24 hours news cycle can undo the mentally stable. So for copycats and others wanting to go out in a hail of police firepower and fifteen minutes of infamy, there is no shortage of

heinous crimes to try to top.

Closer to home, we’ve had to contend with other mixed emotion news. Our son, his wife, and our only two grandsons have moved to Denver for a year.

Initially we were blindsided and so sad contemplating the distance. A year is a very long time in the life of a child. And yes, there’s Facetime and Skype. But they don’t replace hugs and kisses.

Then we decided to be gracious and happy for them and this year of adventure. Greg had spent the last year working there for extended periods of time as they established a new business. That’s not a great scenario for a family. On

the upside, we now have a new travel destination and an enormous house to stay in when we visit.

In the meantime, four of us will share responsibility for checking on and staying at their house.

Between a gate, security system, water and sump alarms, boiler, cistern, mechanical room, infloor heating, and more we’ve got our hands full and handbook of notes.

In unrelated news, we’ve just decided to put our rental property in Sherwood Park on sale.

And of course, that’s going to mean ripping up flooring and adding laminate, re-staining the decks, and signing with a realtor. Other than that nothing’s happening, from where I sit.

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County maintains state of emergency for flooding north of the Andrew area, around the Whitford Lake JOHN MATHER Lamont County will continue its State of Local area, adding the washout on Range Road 161 near Emergency until at least May 3 as flooding continues Andrew around Township Road 572 was a major issue. to ravages roads in various parts of the County.

Pictures of the sinkhole show it covering the entire “For now Tagore Estates is still an area of concern,” said County communications co-ordinator Heather roads to a depth of several feet.

Atkinson said that repair would take a while to fix.

Atkinson. “There is still a lot of high water in that area and with only one road into the country residen- Another photo the County provided showed a road with water pouring over its edges near the Wostok tial area, we’re watching it very closely.” area. Atkinson said that was The area is adjacent to caused by water flooding Elk Island Park in the south across a large culvert, which west of the county. had been since steamed Atkinson added the main concern is flooding from For now Tagore Estates is still an area resolving the issues.

Atkinson acknowledged beaver dams in the of concern, There is still a lot of high the fact many sloughs, Cooking Lake Blackfoot water in that area and with only one ponds and lakes in the north recreation area just south of road into the country residential area. end of the County are still the estates. iced in and they could pose “They could break and Heather Atkinson flooding issues when the ice raise the water levels,” she breaks in days to come. said. “We’re assessing the “There’s some places situation and watching in where there’s lots of ice and if it blocks culverts that’s the event people get flooded and can’t get out.”

She said water issues, that the County had been where we’ll have problems,” she said.

She added there are no large rivers where ice jams dealing with for the last week and a half, have improved as temperatures climb and the water could occur and cause flooding like in other areas of moves north towards the North Saskatchewan River. the province.

We have crews steaming the culverts, digging North areas still threatened “Anything north of Star and St. Michael - there’s them out and driving the roads to see where new culverts are need,” she emphasized. “We’re keeping an still water laying over roads and washouts.”

She said County public works crews have been eye on which roads still need to be opened and working round the clock to steam culverts. Gravel closed.”

She added a huge amount of materials had been has been hauled in, dumped, and graded to get roads brought in to repairs the roads as needed, but had no passable as quickly as possible.

“Once the thaw is complete, crews will be going indication of the total amount.

“We’ve used a lot of gravel and some clay in differaround doing permanent repairs on the effected roads,” she said. For now, she adds, the roads are get- ent areas,” she said. Council meets again on May 3 to ting quick fixes to make them passable for residents. further discuss the situation.

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INCUBATOR OFFICIAL Bruderheim Councillor Judy Schueler, Councillor Len Falardeau, Councillor Patrick Crawford, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jessica Littlewood, Roxanne Carr, Tara de Munnik, Rick Bastow, Bob Bezpalko, Doug Sullivan, and Kathryn Hotte joined to cut the ribbon as Bruderheim officially opened it’s business incubator on April 24. The incubator is home to three start-up businesses and will also provide meeting space for the Women in Business group and other community groups.

TOWN OF LAMONT 2017 Financial Statements are now available at the Town Office or Town Website

NOTICE In conjunction with Emergency Preparedness Week May 6-12, 2018 The Town of Lamont will be doing a test of the

Emergency Warning Siren System Tuesday May 8, 2018 at Noon for 2 minutes.

This is only a test!!!

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Town of Lamont Town Wide Clean-up Saturday May 12, 2018 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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8 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Laughter and Inspiration the theme of the Free Concert at Lamont Alliance Church MAUREEN SULLIVAN The evening was filled with laughter on Friday, April 20th at the Lamont Alliance Church as the people enjoyed a free concert featuring Wendy Farha.

Wendy a singer, songwriter, musician, comedian and inspirational speaker was in rare form

as she entertained the audience with funny songs and stories.

The evening became a little quieter after the intermission when she began to discuss her diagnosis of clinical depression in 2000 and then her journey when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.

Wendy said that her relationship with God as well as a sense of humour keeps her going.

Pastor Ron Wurtz said the concert was a thank you to the people in the community for the help and support with the building and completion of the new sanctuary.

Bruderheim administrative assistant Karen Teslia poses with members of Bruderheim council after receiving a certificate marking her five years of service with the town.

Bruderheim Council Continued from Page 3

NEW HAIRDOS Members of Lamont Alliance Church modelling new hairdos at the free concert April 20th. L - R Peter Vander Meulen, Al Keay, Gary Linau, Wendy Farha, Pastor Ron Wurtz, and Dennis Budney

She said the Bruderheim committee would meet with four neighbouring municipalities.

Sherry Cote, Bruderheim’s director of planning and legislative services, will represent administration.

The council representatives

will be Mayor Hauch and Councillor Judy Schuler. Deputy Mayor Pat Lee will stand in if either Hauch or Schuler are unable to attend a meeting.

Employees honoured for service At the start of the council meeting several employees of the town and one firefighter were honoured for their years of services.

Administrative assistant

Karen Teslia was recognized for five years of service, while Director of Finance, Sharron Sinclair was honoured for her 20 years with the town.

Nathaniel Bakermans was honoured for completing an Accounting Technician practicum with the community and Bob Cote celebrated 22 years of fire service with Bruderheim and received recognition from the province.

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Lamont Council hikes property taxes due to lower assessments JOHN MATHER Lamont Town Council had a vigorous discussion to set the 2018 mill rates. Administration provided a good cross section of impacts of what the percentages would mean.

Administration had received the 2018 assessment showing Lamont’s total value of taxable property dropped more than $3 million from $179,602,160 in 2017 to $176,512,490 in 2018.

As a result several mill rate hikes were suggested ranging from two to three and a half per cent.

Administration told council a one per cent hike in mill rate resulted in about $24,000 for the town treasury if assessment had remained consistent. But the town’s property assessments have dropped significantly so a two-and-a half per cent increase in the mill rate would only result in a total gain of $5,954 to town coffers.

An example is if a home was assessed at $246,400 in 2017, it has dropped in value to $245,100 in 2018 and so at two and-a-half percent the tax increase for 2018 will be $61.

Presented with a sampling of various commercial and residential properties, Councillor Doug Perwarchuk told administration he appreciated the information provided since it gave him a clearer understanding of the situation.

“While there’s not a huge difference in the rates I think it’s probably best we sit somewhere in the middle of this,” said Councillor Dave Taylor. “Not too aggressive… somewhere where we’re comfortable so we don’t get caught short next year.”

“What this means is we can add some money to our reserves,” added Pewarchuk. “These numbers mean nothing in the long run. It means we can add some money to our reserves and that’s important. It’s our mandate to maintain our reserves.”

“At the end of the day if we see increases in property values then we could claw it back and the ratepayers would see the benefits. This isn’t a tax grab … it’s a maintenance program.”

“I’ve enjoyed this conversation,” said Councillor Al Harvey, “But I’m really torn. I first thought we needed to keep the mill rate at the same level but with additions to the reserves it becomes a question of how much is necessary.

“There are a lot of people in our community who have not received increases,” he pointed out. “For them it’s tough because there are other increases also … in education, in landfill and now in property. This has a cumulative effect.

“I really can’t say I’m in favour of this. If the increase was tied to inflation I’d be more comfortable, but it’s much more than inflation.”

Mayor Bill Skinner pointed out costs at the senior foundation had gone up with things beyond their control.

“For the past three years we had little snow removal costs, but this year we got hammered.”

Council heard the inflation rate was running around one per cent.

“We have to take in the property value decreases in our town,” said Pewarchuk. “If you look at some of our property rates it’s actually below inflation rates.”

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“I appreciate money is tight and I can get nickled and dimed,” he said. “But we have to be fiscally responsible and we have to ensure the town can meet its fiscal obligations.”

Pewarchuk moved to raise the mill rate by two and half per cent and it was carried with two dissenting votes.

The municipal budget, while initially passed last fall, will be finalized later this spring when all final financials from the province have been accounted for.

Lamont float to visit several parades Lamont will have a float in several area community parades this summer.

Councillor Taylor will host the parade float at Bruderheim’s Canada Day parade.

Four parades are planned; Andrew, Bruderheim, Mundare and Lamont.

“We have occasionally done Smoky Lake in the past but not recently,” added Skinner. “Redwater always invites us also. But it’s a long haul for the float.”

“It’s council decision where you want to enter,” said Chief Administrative Officer Sandi Maschmeyer. “The list usually comes in during the next month and then you decide which ones you want.”

Skinner said he wanted as many councillors as possible available for the Lamont parade.

“We ride the float and then help out at the pancake brunch,” he said “We always need volunteers so we’ll see what everyone’s availability is.

Harvey said he had experience working the various community events so he would be willing to help out

Writing comes alive in local schools MAUREEN SULLIVAN This past Monday, April 23, the students at Lamont Elementary and Bruderheim Elementary schools had a chance to visit with two authors; Joan Galt and Rita Feutl to learn about writing stories and becoming authors.

Principal John McKay of Bruderheim Elementary stated, "we were so pleased to have Rita and Joan out to our school. With the generosity of Cenovus and the Wordpower tour our students got to experience what it was like to be a local author. Events like this re-energize students to read, and even read books they never thought they would because of the authors’ presentations. This was a great way to support our school and district literacy goals and make reading a little more personal. Knowing you've met the author of a book that is in our library is pretty cool!"

Since 2007 the Wordpower teams have brought the magic of live literary artists into the classroom. It's mission is to "foster literacy and a love of reading among young people in Alberta by providing access to the provinces' literary artists and their work. A team composed of literary artists Joan Galt and Rita Feutl traveled to Lamont County. Schools in rural areas often find it hard to book artist visits on their own due to prohibitive travel costs.

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Town of Mundare Public Notice The Council of the Town of Mundare proposes to amend Land Use Bylaw 825/10. A public hearing to consider the proposed amendment will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chamber. You are invited to attend the Public Hearing to express your views or listen to the deliberations.

If you wish to speak at the Public Hearing, please register, in advance, by contacting Colin Zyla at (780) 764-3929 or at cao@mundare.ca. Anyone wishing to submit a written representation may do so by providing the submission to Colin Zyla at the Town offices or emailing the submission to cao@mundare.ca on or before 12:00 p.m. on Friday May 4, 2018.

If you have any questions about the proposed amendment, please contact the Town office at (780) 764-3929. You may also view the proposed bylaw at the Town Office, 5128 – 50 Street, Monday to Friday, during normal business hours.

Bylaw 888/18 Text Amendment to Residential District R2A The proposed amendment reduces the number of uses allowed in the district, revises the lot size regulations to reflect the actual lot sizes and adjusts the setback regulations to allow for development of single family dwellings on small residential lots.

Colin Zyla, Chief Administrative Officer Town of Mundare PO Box 348 Mundare, Alberta

10 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Rural crime meeting draws large crowd JOHN MATHER A large turnout at the Andrew Willington St. Michael Rural Crime Watch Association meeting April 26 showed just how serious people are about the issue in Lamont County.

“I thought it went very well,” said Al Ropchan, vice president of the association.“ I felt the panel presented very well and feedback after was really positive.”

The panel included local MLA Jessica Littlewood; Two Hills RCMP staff sergeant Mike Magee; Pat Harris, from Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs’ representative Tina Warawa; and members of both Two Hills and Lamont County councils.

“I’ve been hearing about issues of rural crime,” Littlewood told

the crowd of more than 100. She spoke about the government increasing funding for the prevention of rural crime.

“It’s doesn’t help if the government just throws money at this issue,” she explained. “It’s more important to have the money spent in specific areas where it will do the most good.”

She said $10 million is being spent to put another 39 RCMP working in the province. The rural crime reduction units include one in eastern Alberta operating out of the St. Paul RCMP detachment.

“People want to see more police presence,” she said. “And then people want to see the justice system improvement to get criminals off the street.”

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Rural Crime reduction units will be strictly taking care of rural Alberta, reported Magee. “They won’t be going into any of the larger centres.”

Other initiatives he mentioned were the Kdivisions’ call management program that prioritizes calls for services to the RCMP. “This allows minor complaints which don’t necessarily need police attendance to be handled where someone calls the person who has had the incident.

“It takes the burden off our front line members.”

The Two Hills detachment has four members and a staff sergeant covering about 4,000 square kilometres.

This led to questions from the audience about response times and officer burnout and other health issues.

“One of the things

we’ve been able to do with groups like Rural Crime Watch is create Facebook call out sites which allow people spotting suspicious activity in their neighbourhoods to report it to a large group.”

He said it works both ways with the RCMP posting information and receiving posts from local residents.

The role of the rural crime units is to study the local hot spots to find the offenders, he added.

To be successful everything must be reported to the police.

Macgee explained the extra funding from the province would give the local RCMP better visibility in the community, which will further deter crime.

Harris said the province is now having fish and game officers, Alberta’s sheriffs and

other officials working together to provide a centralized pool of information.

Peace of mind Speaker after speaker from the audience wondered when they, as rural

residents, could have peace of mind. The speaker reported many rural residents were elderly and they were living in fear in their own homes.

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Rural crime Continued from Page 10 Harris said much of the rural property crime was fueled by drug habits and the government had to look beyond the crime and also study the mental health issues and other social issues leading to the crime.

“We have several groups working on this,” she stated. “It’s a complex issue.”

Story after story was raised about rural break ins in the area.

“What we have to do,” said Ropchan, ”get to know our neighbours.

We have to trust each other. We have to let each other know when we’re going to be away and if we see strange incidents.

“We have to be the eyes and ears for the police and let them know what’s going on in our area.”

Others said the courts weren’t helping by releasing offenders after

they had been charged, and not giving severe sentences.

Littlewood said having the right judges in the right courtrooms was important also and the provincial government had created 21 new provincial appointments in the past two years.

“We’ve committed to additional funding and we’re actively working with the federal government on that file. What’s the point of laying charges and bringing them to court if there’s no one to hear the cases?” she asked.

Harris added people had to report all incidents. Police officer numbers were based on incidents in detachments areas. If a detachment has a higher rate of inci-

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She also mentioned the enhanced policing program, where municipalities can sign a contract and pay an overtime rate for additional periodic policing, or funding for an additional officer in a specific jurisdiction.

Ropchan said he wasn’t sure if the rural crime watch association would lobby Lamont County to fund any additional officers at budget time.

“I know we’ll talk informally during the year to see if there is any interest,” he said. “But we realize all our communities are working with tight budgets.”

He did state the meeting showed there was a

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A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 2018 from the Weskatenau United Church in Weskatenau, Alberta.

Gordon Allan Carl Sampson of Camrose, formerly of Lamont, Alberta, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at the age of 95 years.

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