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Fire destroys Bruderheim garage, part of home BY JANA SEMENIUK A residential fire in Bruderheim, which claimed a garage and part of the accompanying home, took neighbours by surprise on the afternoon of Apr. 30. “I came outside to check on our barbeque and the whole backyard was full of smoke,” said a neighbour who wished to remain anonymous. “Another neighbour ran over to tell me there was a fire.” Together, both neighbours ran to the burning residence. “It just started to go up in flames and once it got through the garage door, it was just a huge ball of fire,” said the source. It was discovered by the neighbours that animals were inside the home and needed to be removed. “We were able to get out two small dogs in crates,” said the source. “But there was one cat left inside that we couldn’t find.” The cat, Oreo, was eventually found alive and rescued by fire crews after he was located in the basement of the home. Fire crews from Lamont, Bruderheim and Chipman responded to the call at approximately 4:00 pm. “When we arrived on scene, we found a fully involved fire in the garage with smoke showing from the house attic vents,” said Bruderheim incident command lieutenant Correen Hosack. “The garage had a heavy fuel load causing small explosions and one large explosion making advancement for us to the garage very difficult.” Hosack added that other challenges to extinguishing the fire included weather and location. “The fire was challenging due to the close proximity of the garage to the house as well as the changing wind,” she said. “At one-point sudden wind conditions forced an evacuation of fire crews from the house.” Hosack confirmed that a backdraft and roll over had occurred with five firefighters inside and four firefighters
fighting the fire from ladders on the roof. All crew members were accounted for in less than three minutes without injury. “It was not a textbook fire by any means, but it was contained in a textbook way,” mentioned Hosack. “Those guys and girls work like dogs. They are a really good group.” Additional challenges included crowd control. With more people at home than usual at the time of the fire due to COVID 19 provincial lockdowns, a crowd of onlookers swelled to approximately 40 people. “Additional police presence was needed for crowd control,” confirmed Hosack. She added that police were dispatched from Fort Saskatchewan as well as a peace officer from Lamont County. Hosack also wanted to remind onlookers how to stay safe while a fire is happening in your neighbourhood. “Residential fires are dangerous. Ideally it is best to stay home when there is a fire in your neighbourhood but people are naturally curious. If you have to come out stay off the actual road. Stay on the sidewalks at least five houses away from the fire. If you are standing beside a fire hydrant that is probably a very bad place to stand,” she said. “Standing downwind of a burning home is also very dangerous. The smoke created from the burning of the building materials is very carcinogenic. The black smoke is particularly bad.” Hosack also wanted to remind people to avoid entering a burning structure and allow fire crews room to work once they arrive on scene. “This fire was extremely unstable. By opening the door, it could have caused a backdraft which would have made the fire considerably worse and unpredictable,” she added. Hosack included that the fire was brought under control by a total of 22 firefighters in just over three hours. Crews spent an additional four hours
Fire crews battle a backyard blaze on April 30 in Bruderheim. The fire engulfed the detached garage, where the fire began, and quickly spread to the house. Two dogs and a cat escaped the inferno and no other injuries were reported. at the scene doing clean up, salvage, securing of the home, plus ensuring all hot spots were extinguished. “Thankfully there was no one home at the time of the fire,” added Hosack. “The cause is still under investigation. All we know for sure is it started in the garage.” Part of Bruderheim’s Emergency Management Plan includes Emergency Social Services. The homeowner and his family, including the two dogs and one cat, were quickly attended to by Sherry Cote, director of legislative services who is also a member of Bruderheim’s ESS. “When there’s a fire we make sure victims have what they need,” said
Bruderheim chief administrative officer Patty Podoborozny. “In this case, the victims expressed that they would need shelter so we accommodated them at our Studio 6 hotel and provided coupons for meals. Their insurance will eventually kick in but we will be here to help them until then.” Bruderheim Mayor Karl Hauch expressed gratitude to firefighting personnel as well as town employees. “We are thankful that we have such a dedicated and professional team looking after us in our town’s time of need,” he said. Police continue to investigate the cause of the fire.
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County FCSS supports low income seniors with cooked meals
BY JANA SEMENIUK New supports for feeding low income seniors have been set in motion by Family and Community Support Services in Lamont County. The Meals in Motion for Seniors program began on Apr. 27 and was met with resounding success. “We identified a need for seniors to have more access to meals by a COVID 19 social support survey we launched earlier this year on
Facebook,” said program coordinator Michelle Andriashyk by email. “We also asked a number of organizations if they would be interested in partnering with us to help cook the meals. A number of them declined due to the risk of COVID 19.” FCSS then approached Elk Island Catering. “Elk Island Catering not only agreed to help prepare the meals, they offered to donate their time to cooking 100
BRUSH FIRE NEAR CHIPMAN
A fire smoulders in the brush just north of the railroad tracks in Chipman on May. 2. Chipman firefighters quickly responded to the blaze and were helped with some equipment that came from Bruderheim.
meals for the program,” said Andriashyk. In terms of funding the program, Andriashyk mentioned that although FCSS has applied for the Social Support funding through Community and Social Services (CSS) which will hopefully provide future project approval for up to six months, they are currently operating on donated time from Elk Island Catering, $5 meal fees paid by the seniors, as well as donations provided by community members. “We are preparing 30 meals per week right now. Our first week we sold 28 meals with two left over, and in the second week we have already sold all 30 plus the two left over from the week before. So, there is definitely a need for this going forward,” she said. Andriashyk explained that the program supports seniors in the Lamont County area
including Lamont, Chipman, Andrew, Mundare and Bruderheim as well as surrounding hamlets. Although Bruderheim has their own Meals On Wheels program in place, Andriashyk said that they would still support a senior in Bruderheim if required. “Seniors or their support person can phone the FCSS office at 780895-2233, ext 226, and order meals for delivery at the beginning of the week. The cost of the meals is $5 each,” said Andriashyk. “Meals are delivered to their doors.” Andriashyk included that in keeping with provincial guidelines around preventing the spread of COVID 19, delivery drivers are wearing masks and gloves as well as disinfecting steering wheels and gear shifts along with regular hand washing while making deliveries.
Arrests made in Lamont County BY JANA SEMENIUK Upon receiving a tip regarding a stolen vehicle in Andrew, Two Hills RCMP were able to make two arrests resulting in a number of charges on Apr. 24. A truck which had been reported as stolen from a business in Lamont County earlier in the day, was then reported to have been involved in a hit and run, and later located on Township road 584 after it had been driven into a washout and disabled. Two suspects were tracked and located hiding in the rafters of a farm building approximately four kilometres away following assistance from local detachments, RCMP Police Dog Services and RCMP Air Services. Justin Gervan, 27, of Lamont County was charged with driving while prohibited, dangerous driving, assault with a weapon, failing
to remain at the scene of a collision, failing to comply with a release order, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and mischief to property. Mackenzie Thornton, 28, of no fixed address, was charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, possession of property obtained by crime under $5000, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), breach of a probation order, mischief to property, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Both of the accused were remanded into custody after a judicial hearing and appeared in Vegreville provincial court on May 4 by cctv. Results of their court date were not available at the time of publishing.
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Whitetail set to welcome golfers under new rules
BY JOHN MATHER The sun is out and when golf courses were allowed to open May 2, the duffers came out from all directions ready to swing their clubs in search of birdies and eagles. Edmonton city courses were packed which is par for those courses. But there are new rules in place in this age of social distancing and the Covid-19 pandemic, and at Whitetail Crossing Golf Course in Mundare golfers will see many differences when the links opens tomorrow (May 7). A list of the new regulations for golfers at Whitetail is posted on its website, said general manager Laurent LeBlanc. “We’re opening Thursday morning starting at 7 a.m. and we’re booking tee times right now,” he said. “There’s a list of protocols in place,” he added. “No touching the flags, no rakes in the sand traps, social distancing, one person per cart and no ball washers.” “There’s an extensive list in place, but we don’t want to close again,” he said. “We can’t afford to close again and we don’t want to be the reason people get sick.” Golfers must stay in their vehicles until 15minutes prior to their round. During the round, bunkers will be out of play and golfers will get a free drop out of the traps. Flags and cups will be raised and once a ball hits the raised cup the hole is finished. There will be no playing through other groups of golfers. He said the rules
would be strictly enforced at the course. “We don’t want people taking pictures of our golfers breaking the rules,” he said. “That could close down courses across the province.” “We’re going to be very strict,” he stated. “If you break the rules you’re going home. It’s that simple. It’s our staff and we will take a strong stand on the rules.” LeBlanc said extra marshals will be brought in to enforce the rules. He said while it’s hard to get marshall’s he’s looking for more. “We need greeters in the parking lot, someone at the door for crowd control, someone policing at the first tee, and then a marshall running around the course enforcing the rules.” He said marshall at the course work a couple of shifts a week and do get free golf in exchange for their time. Unlike many golf courses, Whitetail will have its clubhouse open to some degree. “We have to leave the bathrooms open and it’s impossible for us to collect payment on-line right now,” he added. “We just don’t have a system set up.” He said the concession would sell basic items like sandwiches and hot dogs for takeout and beer sales would be available. “If we don’t sell beer the golfers will bring their own beer and that’s tough to enforce.” Leblanc said he would be asking golfers to either use debit or credit cards where possible. Debit/credit machines will be wiped down after each use. “We do have to accept
cash because it’s illegal not to,” he said. “We’re sort of frowning on it because it does make it difficult.” The course is open to everyone, he said, but the driving range will remain closed. He said he was still trying to figure out how to set up his leagues. “At this point it’s tricky. We’ll probably do scorekeeping but we won’t do any shot gun starts.” He added all tournaments are on hold right now. Recently purchased by Edmonton’s Country Club Tour group, he said Whitetail was going to become the go-to course for tournaments, because the other courses in the Country Club chain are so busy with regular paying golfers. “They’ll be pushing tournaments toward us, but we’ve been so busy with weekend golfers I don’t know if we’ll have room for weekend tournaments. It might be limited to weekdays for tournaments.” LeBlanc said the golf course is in very good condition for the start of the season. “Everything wintered really well.” he said. At Elk Island National Park Golf Course the answering machine is programed to welcome golfers for the 2020 season which is “expected to started in May 2020.” However the national park is closed until May 31 says a post on Parks Canada’s website from April 15. With entry to the park closed, that will keep the golf course from opening.
Rain doesn’t lift fire restrictions across Lamont
BY JOHN MATHER The rain that occurred on May 4 was certainly needed but it wasn’t enough to lift fire restrictions that are in place. In an email, Acting Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken said the rain was enough for the department to begin to reevaluate the restrictions in place. “This evaluation will be done consistently this week as things start to dry up again, so we can see the effect the rain has had on the fine fuel
moisture content,” said Milliken. “The last thing we want to do is lift the fire restriction only to put it back in place shortly after.” The County annually puts a restriction on brush pile burning from April 1 until October 31. Under the restrictions, the issuance of fire permits and discharge of fireworks is prohibited. Fires may be allowed in burning barrels provided the barrels are equipped with metal mesh screens, are situat-
ed on a non-combustible surface and are located a minimum of threemetres from any combustible material including buildings. The restriction does allow fire pits contained by non-combustible materials with a metal screen as well as charcoal briquette barbecues, propane/gas barbecues and propane gas fire pits. All types must be supervised and extinguished before leaving them unattended.
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Opinion
Breakdown of Planet of the Humans
There is a very good reason people question theories. It’s because they are not as yet proven facts. That’s why it’s always been okay for “climate change deniers” to question the “climate change alarmists”, as the new Michael Moore backed film “Planet of the Humans” has done. Like a green religion, the environmental flock has been trying to have the film banned for supplying false information (as they see it). I see it as good clean information to help even the greenest of cult members face the flaws and inconsistencies of the climate change movement: namely that renewable energy in 2020 is as bad for the environment as fossil fuels (and cannot be produced without petroleum); and that many environmental leaders are as corrupt and hypocritical as former TV evangelist Jim Baker. The documentary shows several examples of environmentalists telling people at rallies that the event is produced entirely on renewable energy, yet the crew around back laugh as diesel generators provide the real power. Other environmental fairy tales exposed in the film: • Electric vehicles plug into grids fed by coal or natural gas. Vehicles are often charged at night when there is less wind and no sunshine. • A football field sized solar array can only produce enough power for 10 homes. To feed a city the size of Lansing, Michigan (110,000 pop.) the array would have to be 40 sq. km, more than half the size of the city itself. • A wind farm with extra large 482 foot wind power plants are each constructed of polluting materials like concrete (800 yards), 140 tons of steel, with 36,000 pound blades of fiberglass and balsam lasting only about 20 years. • Instead of blasting a mountain top for coal, they will clear it for 28 wind turbines for the purpose of heating a water park. The wind farm requires a fossil fuel power plant to back it up, continually on idle. All renewable energy requires a fossil fuel backup, usually on idle, as green energy is intermittent. • Solar panels companies say they are made of sand, but in reality are made of high quality mined quartz, mixed with high quality coal, put together and melted in an 1,800 degree industrial furnace producing carbon dioxide. • People are being misled that coal plants are being replaced by renewable energy when in reality they are being replaced by even larger LNG (natural gas) plants. • Tesla and Apple claim to be powered on 100 percent renewable energy when in fact they are both hooked up to the city’s power grid. • Tesla is made of aluminum, which takes eight times the energy to manufacture than steel. Its batteries are made using lithium-Ion which is mined, and graphite which is one of the rarest forms of carbon. • Thousands of biomass plants the world over are doing nothing more than burning forests of trees daily and taking government grants in the millions claiming to be green. Fossil fuels are used to cut those forests, truck trees to the plants, and chip them up for burning while emitting millions of tons of C02. • There are several examples in the film where famous climate activists like Al Gore and Bill McKibben are caught being hypocritical and/or being financed by huge companies involved in the mining, lumber, or fossil fuels. Narrator, co-producer and environmentalist Jeff Gibbs asks: “What is the point of using fossil fuels to produce clean energy?... Why have I fallen for the illusion that green energy would save us?... Could we have a religion we don’t even know of?” He concludes the problem is human population. As one scientist explained: When you run into people who don’t share the same beliefs, it undermines the confidence you have in your views and exposes you to the anxiety that those beliefs were constructed to erradicate in the first place. That’s what is happening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE Kerry Anderson
COMMENTARY
Lack of common sense rained on kids parade of love
BY JOHN MATHER For a couple of months we have grown accustomed to social distancing, self isolating, quarantining, and other measures put in place to try and curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. These measures were implemented for public health and safety. With the government slowly moving to reopen the stalled economy in Alberta, we can be somewhat assured they have been working. But sometimes the measures may go too far. Once the weather warmed up people started celebrating birthdays with drivebys. This occurred where individuals got in their cars, co-ordinated via social media and had a parade honking and whopping past the home of the person whose birthday was being celebrated. In small towns like Lamont even the volunteer fire department got involved when it came to bringing a smile to a young person’s special day. But Alberta Health Services doesn’t approve of this. People alone in their car or in their cars with their own kids aren’t breaking any rules that I can see. And people standing on their lawns or curbsides waving aren’t breaking the six-foot social distancing requirement. On their website AHS
states, “You should avoid having visitors to your home, but it is okay for friends, family or delivery drivers to drop off food on the doorstep.” Nothing about drive by parades. Now schools have been closed down for the best part of two months and aren’t likely to reopen during this school year. That can have a profound affect on younger students who were away from home for the first time attending classes and bonding with their teachers. In Bruderheim a Grades K to 6 school, the teachers wanted to do something to brighten up the day for their students. They arranged to have a drive by parade through the town on April 30. Students and parents, anticipating the parade, made signs to show support for the teachers. A parade through Bruderheim in the heaviest of rush hour traffic would take just a few minutes. Teachers driving solo in their cars waving hello to students and parents who might have lined the lawns or curbsides of the route do not seem to be a significant threat to public safety. St. Jerome School, a catholic elementary school, in Edmonton had done the very same thing on April 29 and got exposure on CTV News and in the Edmonton Journal.
Bruderheim not being nearly as large as Edmonton should have had no problem holding this parade. But rules are rules and bureaucrats are bureaucrats, black is black, white is white and there is no grey. The AHS memo against the parades came to the attention of the Elk Island Public School Division who in turn told the teachers no such parade would take place. Since the teachers are employees of EIPS they must do as they’re told and the parade was cancelled. “Please note that Alberta Health Services has informed EIPS that staff or community car parades are not in the best interest of safety and can not proceed. While disappointing to not celebrate in this way, we will continue to visit virtually.” That was posted on Facebook by the Bruderheim school staff after their parade was rained upon. “That sucks... Fort did it last week. Would of been nice to see everyone,” posted Amanda Ratzloff. “Yes Fort just did it and they were telling people drive by birthdays were ok, how is this any different. Thanks for trying though!,” added Thea Belcourt in a post. Continued on Page 6
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Time to Do it
BY HAZEL ANAKA Hello from week 43 of distancing! physical With many provinces Alberta including announcing plans for a graduated measured, reopening, there is some light at the end of the tunnel that is not a runaway train. But as Premier Kenney warned, if we “let ‘er rip” and forget all the lessons precautions learned, practised, and new behaviours assimilated, we will trigger more devastation and a clamping down of restrictions. So, as more and more of us try to find the unexpected blessings of 2020,
maybe we can add patience to our list of lovely personal qualities. resilience, Patience, gratification, delayed resourcefulness, creativity, maturity, frugality are attributes that serve all of us well when disaster strikes. The floods in Fort McMurray and northern Alberta counties prove there is no immunity to bad luck. The helicopter accident that claimed six lives in the Ionian Sea on top of the mass murders in Nova Scotia prove there is no immunity to grief and loss. Those of us combining in May prove there is no immunity to the fickleness of nature. As the shock of the situation we find ourselves in has worn off, people are now speculating about what life will be like on the other side. Even as places reopen, will people feel safe and confident enough to enter them? Have we seen the last of cruises? antiWill Buffets? vaxxers make an excep-
tion for a vaccine (if and when it’s developed)? Will we live long enough to see the federal government pay off the 250-billion-dollar deficit for this year? It’s ten times more than predicted and likely to keep growing. Will we see new words like ‘spendemic’ make it into Webster’s Dictionary? Will we be shocked at the number of people who defrauded the various support government more Will plans? employees end up working from home longterm? Will everyone figure out they can live with less or will all this pentup frustration lead to binge shopping? In the early days of the lockdown, Hilary ordered our groceries online for curbside pickup? Part of me was happy such a service exists, part of me was very disappointed. Sometimes the quality of the produce was suspect. Sometimes the size of the item was ludicrous. Baby butternut squashes may
be adorable but hardly worth the effort to prepare. I always buy the tiniest bananas I can find, the ones we got were monsters. The avocados all spoiled. When I asked for pancake syrup, I didn’t get the el cheapo brand but some 100% pure maple syrup. We soon learned to say no substitutions. When I say I want whole wheat wraps, don’t give me white. Most of us know which brands we prefer and find others wanting. Yes, these are all first world problems but I’ll be glad when I can pick my own best-of-thebunch produce. Though handling fruits and veggies may be one of those things no longer possible in the new world. The other day Hilary saw a
man without a mask or gloves handle no less than five bunches of dill before pausing to scratch his nose and then touch a couple more. This is not new behaviour but the were consequences never deadly before. Bill comedian As Maher said in a profanity laced rant the other day, we don’t need more lifesaving products (like a footwear cleaner because be can coronavirus tracked in), we need healthier immune systems to be able to fight whatever comes our way. From what I’ve gathered, Bill is a vegetarian who loves animals and hates sugar. Don’t get him started on China’s so-called wet markets where you can chow down on a bat.
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Firefighters save Oreo from garage fire Commentary Cat uses up one of his nine lives as firefighters find him hiding in home
BY JANA SEMENIUK A very lucky cat named Oreo used up one of his nine lives when he was rescued from a structure fire on Apr. 30 in Bruderheim. “It was amazing they (firefighters) found him,” said Bruderheim Incident command lieutenant Correen Hosack. “He was in there for quite a while.” Concerned neighbours, who arrived on scene soon after the fire began, removed two dogs from the home in crates before fire crews arrived, but could not locate the family’s cat. Eventually, firefighter Travis Anderson located Oreo huddled in a corner of the basement beneath a fallen panel. “Usually when you bring a cat out of a fire they are clawing and screaming. You know they will be ok,” added Hosack. “Oreo wasn’t doing that. It was obvious he would need some help.” Help for Oreo came in the form of a boost of oxygen administered by a pet oxygen mask recently donated by Invisible Fence located in Ardrossan. “Oreo was the first animal we were able to use this mask on,” said Hosack. The pet oxygen masks were acquired through Invisible Fence’s Pet Oxygen Mask Donation Program. Fire stations are eligible to receive one oxygen mask kit containing a mask for each size of animal, small medium and large through an application. Fire stations in Lamont, Chipman, Mundare, Bruderheim and Andrew received pet oxygen mask kits earlier this year after an application was put forward by Hosack. Hosack describes a personal situation which motivated her application. “A friend of mine who fosters animals, lost some of them in a house fire on New Year’s Eve. She was devastated over the loss and it triggered a response in me that we need to be looking at how we can offer more to our citizens and their fur babies when they are victims of a fire,” she said.
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Continued from Page 4 “This is so not fair for the kids. AHS obviously doesn’t really understand how this works,” posted Renexde Lap. I reached out to Lap and she further added, “I feel that AHS took the fun out of it for the kids and the teachers. I heard because of one of the other school parades there was a video that aired and some weren’t practicing social distancing. As for it being in the Bruderheim area, every one lives in a smaller town that the parade was literally going by everyone's house that we would be able to keep the distance. Ratzloff said she wasn’t a parent of any of the kids, but was still disappointed the whole thing was cancelled. Pamela Joan, a fellow teacher, added she asked parents to gather up their signs and take pho-
tos of the kids that could be sent to the teachers to cheer them up, but only one parent responded. “My son and I worked really hard on the poster we made and he was excited to show our support and see the teachers. It was a disappointment for sure,” she posted to me. They will be sending their artwork on to the teachers. She added as a teacher she understands the rules have got to be followed. I’ve tried to find out why a parade is allowed in Edmonton (different school jurisdiction) but not in Bruderheim but had no success. While this might not
seem like a big deal, those young kids are very impressionable. They had been told their teachers would be driving by to cheer them on during these times which must be very scary to impressionable minds. They made signs. They were ready. Only to be informed that it wouldn’t happen. It’s not the teachers fault here. It is a silly rule that if bureaucrats in Edmonton and Sherwood Park had looked at Bruderheim… well common sense might have allowed the parade to proceed. It was a very sad situation.
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The purpose of Bylaw 578-2020 is to approve an Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) for the Village of Chipman and Lamont County. The IDP is high-level planning document that guides the long-term land use planning for the community and will provide direction for other land management and development policies created for land adjacent to the Village boundary. The IDP: 1. inlcudes information about the community history and current demographics; 2. includes updated mapping information to reflect the IDP area boundary, and identify areas with development constraints; 3. identifies preferred future land use areas for agricultural, residential, public, commercial and industrial land uses; 4. establishes high level land use and land management goals and objectives; 5. establishes triggers for when the County will require the preparation and approval of an Area Structure Plan or Outline Plan/Development Concept Plan; 6. establishes policies affecting: ! Municipal Reserve allocation; ! development in environmentally sensitive areas; ! development of infrastructure and transportation systems; 7. establishes a policy which will require developers to be responsible for infrastructure costs associated with new development. THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT persuant to Sections 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act a public hearing to consider the proposed Bylaw will be held: Date: Monday, May 11, 2020 Time: 6:00 pm Place: Chipman National hall; 4715 - 50 Street, Chipman, Alberta AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or written representation may do so at the hearing, or by providing the representation to Pat Tomkow, Chief Administrative Officer, before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020. It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Village of Chipman at (780) 363-3982 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.chipmanab.ca for review and may be inspected at the Village of Chipman office during normal business hours.
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Submitted by Hayden Childs, Club Reporter On April 26th, the Chipman 4-H Beef and Multi Club (Horse Project) held the draw for their saddle raffle. Our original plan was to go to the Mane Event in Red Deer, an huge equine trade show held every year at Westerner Park. We were going to stay the entire weekend to go to seminars and have pool parties at the hotel, but mostly to sell our raffle tickets. But plans got changed due to Covid-19 and the trade show was cancelled. We could have
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Discussion on acknowledging grad achievements as EIPS schools shut down BY JANA SEMENIUK Parents hoping for a reprieve from home schooling will be waiting a bit longer for their children’s return to school despite the announcement Apr. 30 of some parts of the province beginning to reopen. Closure of schools for the remainder of the 2019/2020 school year was confirmed in an email to families on May 1 from Elk Island Public Schools superintendent Mark Liguori. “While we now know in-school classes are suspended until the end of the 2019-20 school year, Alberta Education doesn’t yet know when students will return to school or what the re-entry might
look like,” he said. Graduation ceremonies have also been effectively cancelled as a result of the pandemic. In an email from EIPS communications director Laura McNabb to the Lamont Leader, she explained the reasoning around the decision to cancel versus rescheduling traditional graduation ceremonies for this year. “There was long and careful consideration given to rescheduling versus cancellation over the past month. In the end, the difficult decision to cancel was made following a thorough discussion of the current situation, potential financial and health risks, and what we feel we can reason-
ably expect in the months to come. Both the Premier and the Chief Medical Officer of Health warned if the progress made to date is threatened restrictions could be re-implemented at any point in the process. Given that fact, it’s not possible to predict a time when largescale attendance events like convocations and celebration banquets can again occur,” she said. McNabb added that senior high principals are still discussing amongst themselves with central administration the best way to acknowledge graduates’ achievements while adhering to existing guidelines on social distancing.
Midland expansion appeal comes to Lamont SDAB
BY JOHN MATHER An appeal to Lamont Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) has been received against the expansion of the Alberta Midland Rail Terminal. At an information session in late February, the terminal officials announced plans to expand the yard north from its existing site to connect with the CP line and add storage for an additional 450 rail cars. The $11 to $12 million expansion would add an additional nine tracks to the facility situated between Bruderheim and Lamont in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland. The deadline for submissions to the hearing is today (May 6) at 4 p.m. Any persons affected by
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Lamont approves zero per cent tax increase
BY JOHN MATHER After approving the 2020 budget with a one per cent tax increase for residents, Lamont town council sent administration to review the budget. After the comprehensive review, administrative staff said in a release May 4, administration decreased its operating budget by $204,245, thereby reducing the property taxes for 2020 to a zero per cent increase. That means the estimated 2020 tax bill for residents should come in at about $84 less than the 2019 average. The average commercial tax will be about $649 less than the 2019 average. On April 28, the town approved a variety of bylaws involving various supports to help town residents and business owners due to the impact of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. In the May 4 release, the town administration pointed out an extended 2020 property tax payment date from June 30 to August 31. The extended tax penalty date will now change from July 1 to September 1.
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Sean Sheedy has been enjoying this spring by discovering common and not-so-common Alberta birds in the Flagstaff region. Despite it seeming that Sheedy has been out more due to social distancing requirements, he says it’s somewhat of a coincidence. “Spring and fall are some of the best times to enjoy bird watching due to migration during that time,” he says, “although it’s something you can do year round.” He allows that maybe COVID-19 has given him a little more time to enjoy the hobby. Sheedy got in to bird watching when his son Torin started to do it, about 10 years ago, he says. They started out quite simply, seeking out a variety of native birds throughout the year. About four years ago, Sheedy started using photos to catalogue the birds he’s seen. He says he doesn’t really have a bird ‘bucket list’ although he’s always eager to spot birds rare to the region. “You know, you always have those birds you’d like to see.” He says he’s found a few phone apps handy over the last few years, for identification and record purposes. One feature of an app like “Merlin,” which is published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is that it gives a number of prompts to help users identify a bird species. “You can also upload a photo and the app will identify the bird; it’s pretty accurate, too.” Another app he’s tried, called BirdNet, also authorized by Cornell, is handy for when you can hear a bird but can’t see them at all. You can record the song and it will analyze it for you.” BirdNet tracks users and sightings (anonymously) from around the world. Sheedy has had a good response from sharing his bird sighting photos on social media. “I think it has become more popu-
lar to more people.” He says one year his sister even made some calendars from his bird photos for him. Sheedy says he will sometimes get a report that a certain rare bird is in an area. “Last year there were short-eared owls near Wetaskiwin, and when I found them, there were other people there also watching them.” Sheedy finds birding peaceful and relaxing, and says it’s generally good for your mental health to be out in nature. He’s inspired friends and neighbours to get more into it, and says, “I always thought it would be cool to have a bird group in the area.” He’s even been approached informally to lead one. Sheedy says there are lots of ways to start, especially with many of Flagstaff’s municipal walking trails going through natural areas. “When you start paying attention, it’s really amazing to notice how many birds are around, and how many different ones there are.” He likes to head south of Sedgewick near Bellshill Lake to find birds, and
says Big Knife Park is also a good place to go. “But really, there are many roadside sloughs that have a lot of birds. “There’s also Sedgewick Lake, and Fish Lake right in the county that have places you can walk around.” He says he has never had to go onto any private land to see all the birds he has catalogued over the years. Part of his having a passion for birds is having respect for their environment, something most bird watchers share. Sheedy uses his pointand-shoot camera as his binoculars, and tracks his sightings by each bird photo in folders on his computer. He extends his bird watching to his own back yard, too, with feeders and birdhouses. This year he built and mounted a purple martin house that he’s hoping will attract some new families later this spring. Bird watching is gaining popularity across the country. This year’s Back Yard Bird Count, a free event open to anyone, which took place on the Family Day weekend, attracted more than a quarter of a million
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Sean Sheedy of Sedgewick ran into a flock of Sandhill Cranes in late April, with the males doing odd dance-jump moves to attract females. participants. The Cornell Lab is a partner of the Back Yard Bird Count, and also Project Feederwatch, another community based program that encourages members to count the birds at their feeders from November to April. Participation in this and other bird-watching count projects requires a Birds Canada membership for as little as a $25 donation per year. Information reported from users of these types of community reports is used to develop detailed information about birds in Canada, where data gleaned from participants helps track hundreds of migratory species of birds. If you’re interested in more of a group-type set-
ting, with lots of support, BirdsCanada.org has a number of free and members only resources for anyone interested in taking up the birding habit, including a code of bird-
ing ethics, and hints and tips about how to record sightings, whether by sharing them through a smartphone app, or recording them in your own journal.
These aptly-named Lesser Yellowlegs were hanging out in a nearby slough.
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