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Andrew Rural Academy Charter School becoming a reality BY JANA SEMENIUK Members of the newly formed Andrew Rural Academy Charter School Society (ARACSS) were relieved when the village council voted unanimously Nov. 15, to purchase the local school building. The society formed hoping to create a charter school option for local families after Elk Island Public Schools closed the k-6 Andrew School due to declining enrollment in June. ARACSS members attended the Andrew special council meeting on Nov. 15 and spoke to the importance of maintaining a school in the village. Vice board chair Kylie Rude told the crowd of approximately 30, that the village will suffer without the school building which contains several other village amenities. “Without the school, I think you all know that the community is in jeopardy. The viability of a community (will suffer if) they no longer (have) a library, a bowling alley (or) a fitness centre,” she said. Rude said in a later interview, that at least 80 students’ families have expressed interest in attending the charter school, which is still in the planning stage. She said the society will have a lot of
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Members of the Andrew Rural Academy Charter School Society listen while the Village of Andrew council votes to purchase the local school building. L-R: ARACSS board chair Jason Tkachuk, vice board chair Kylie Rude, members Anna-Lee Laderoute and Heidi Andruchow. Photo: Jana Semeniuk work to do to get the school up and running now that the village council has made the decision to purchase the building. “We were hoping this would be the outcome. That's why we came here to show our support. To us it was a no brainer (and) a bit of a relief. Now the hard work begins,” she said. Rude said the six-member society was formed when the school closed
BY JANA SEMENIUK At least 30 people, attending the Village of Andrew special council meeting Nov. 15, applauded as their local council voted unanimously to purchase the old Andrew school building for $1. The school was closed by Elk Island Public School division last June due to declining enrolments and an exorbitant repair bill of more than $3 million for the roof and sprinkler system.
last June, but were held up moving forward until the building was purchased. She said they filed an application with the province to make their society official this summer and are still waiting for a response. “That's the mechanism we need to begin soliciting donations and approaching the county and applying for grants,” she said. “Once we get that done, we're going to be looking at
Options for the building included demolition with the Village absorbing one third of the cost, or the Village could purchase the facility for $1. Although the school was closed, the building still houses the village offices in addition to a public library, a two-lane bowling alley and weight room that would need to be relocated if the building were demolished. Ken Glover, human resource consultant
some area businesses to sponsor the program, some private donations (and) get the government granting ball rolling.” ARACSS board chair Jason Tkachuk said the school will be looking at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) based programming for the new charter school. “Science gives us that beautiful opening into agriculture (and) agronomy,” he said. “It gives us that blend to be able to work with the surrounding (communities) to offer a very practical education.” Andrew councillor Merwin Haight, who is also a member of the ARACSS, said that according to official records, there are plenty of students to populate the new charter school. “I've looked at our demographics (and Andrew) accounted for 16 percent of the population for Lamont County,” he said. “We have, according to the federal government, 238 children between the ages of zero and 14 in our area. I believe we have enough student population here to make it viable.” Rude added that the school will begin as a kindergarten to grade six and looking to possibly expand to junior high and high school grades in the future.
hired by the Village to help investigate the purchase, gave a report during the special meeting. He said discussions between the village and EIPS have been ongoing while the village explored other options including purchasing the old Coop building or the old senior’s center. He said they have also had their own contractors in the school building to conduct inspections which was previously not allowed by EIPS. Continued on Page 15
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Lorne McLaughlin drives a wagon with spectacular horses, giving rides to attendees at the Chipman Coyote Christmas event Nov. 18. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
A ukulele band entertains market shoppers at the National Hall during Chipman's Coyote Christmas Nov. 18. Photo: Shandra Maciver
Over $1,400 raised for food bank at Coyote Country Christmas SHANDRA MACIVER Over $1,400 was raised for the County of Lamont Foodbank at Chipman’s annual Coyote Country Christmas market and free dinner, Nov. 18. This event is held by the Chipman Agricultural Society at the Chipman National Hall every year. Chipman AG director Bruce McGregor said the Chipman school started
the free dinner event for the community before it was closed in 2003. “When the school closed there was a void. The AG society saw this and eventually decided to do something about it; creating what we have today - the Coyote Country Christmas,” he said, adding the Coyote Christmas has been an annual event for the past 10 years. McGregor, who has
been with the AG society since 1982, said the goal of these events is to bring awareness to the community that the AG Society is not just for farmers, but for everyone. The Coyote Country Christmas market was filled with 18 different vendors and a band on the stage was playing as people entered the hall. McGregor said in past years they had choirs.
The AG society completely funds this event, asking only for a food bank donation or cash, with all the money raised going to the food bank. “This way the food bank gets to help make sure there is something for everyone,” said Councillor Trudy Smith, who manned a table, taking the donations. Among with craft sales and the band, beautiful weather assured the
horse-drawn wagon rides were enjoyed by everyone. The wagon rides were run by Lorne McLaughlin with his spectacular horses, and they have been doing these rides for many years. Later in the evening the AG society hosted a free turkey dinner which was catered by Tom Hrehorets, owner/operator of Tom’s Catering from Lamont. Hrehorets
said he used 100 pounds of potatoes. McGregor said they also had eight turkeys, Nachynka (mashed cornmeal), coleslaw, stuffing, and veggies. In a later interview, AG society treasurer Lisa Klassen said at least 200 people came for the dinner. Klassen also said the event raised a total of $1,444.50, all of which went to the local food bank.
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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Opinion NDP need more help than a name change BY JOHN MATHER So a group of disgruntled NDPers, led by one who lost his bid for a legislative seat in Calgary during the last election, wants the party to change its name to distance itself from the Federal wing of the party. But current leader Rachel Notley is having nothing to do with it. So let’s remember this isn’t the firsts time the NDP have wanted to distance themselves from their Ottawa ball and chain. Back in the mid-1980s until 2004 they changed their colours to purple and referred to themselves only as the New Democrats (NDs). Leader Ray Martin led the NDs to official opposition status in 1986, but really failed to gain any traction after that. After getting totally shut out in the 1993 provincial election, Martin eventually stepped down as leader to be succeeded by first Ross Harvey and then Pam Barrett. The party did regain two legislative seats in 1997. In 2004, Raj Pannu resigned as leader of the NDs and Brian Mason, former Edmonton bus driver turned city councillor and later MLA, took over the reins of the party. Also in 2004 the party reverted back to the Alberta NDP name and returned to its more familiar orange colours. But the Alberta Progressive Futures initiative led by former Calgary Currie MLA Brian Malkinson wants to rename the party again. It’s a grassroots group of NDP members who feel it’s time for the party to rebrand and distance itself from its federal NDP counterpart, after hearing feedback while door-knocking back in the spring provincial election. “The members noticed that there was this misconception that somehow the federal NDP controls provincial NDP policy, which is not the case, nor has it ever been the case. But it, you know, was a feeling on the doors that that was potentially a drag on support,” Malkinson said. In a commissioned poll by Janet Brown Opinion Research 50 per cent of the 900 Albertans polled felt the federal NDP has influence over the provincial party.
CONTINUED Rachel Notley said last week she is proud of the NDP brand and the party’s legacy of championing public health care and pensions, and the APF is free to do what it wants. However, she said, she’s focused on other things. It’s important to point out she was conspicuously absent from any public appearances with Federal leader Jagmeet Singh when he recently visited Edmonton along with the two lower light backbenchers that the city elected. Now remember Singh is the current sanctimonious leader who worships the ground Justin Trudeau walks on, and struck a deal to keep the Liberals in power until the next election expected in 2025 or until at least
Jagmeet qualifies for a Federal pension. But Notley stands by her man in Ottawa. “I think what Albertans want from us is to be more focused on the issues that matter to them: health care, CPP, affordability, the housing crisis,” said Notley, dismissing the name change discussion. “That’s what they want their official Opposition to do and those are the issues they’ll judge us on in the next election” But is the provincial party subservient to the federal party? Section 1.02 of its constitution states, “The Party shall constitute a section of the New Democratic Party of Canada.” That pretty much spells out they are a subset of the Federal NDP, so it’s hard to see them
changing the name without some change to their constitution. What the party needs is a strong leader if they are to form the government. A number of years ago they took advantage of turmoil within the provincial conservative ranks and strong leadership from Notley to form the government, but it turned out to be a disaster, and their government lasted only one term. Since that victory Notley has lost two elections. It’s doubtful she will stay on as leader through another election and there doesn’t seem to be many viable candidates who could replace her in both style and substance. And a name change won’t make that difference either.
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FROM WHERE I SIT: No Shortage of Projects
BY HAZEL ANAKA I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely enjoying this prolonged unseasonably nice weather. If I have one regret, it’s that the ground froze before we could thoroughly soak in the new trees and perennials to better prepare them for winter. The other regret may be that we didn’t get as much farmyard cleanup done as hoped. Roy needed to switch over and wire in the fuel tidy tanks that had been on an old Chevy for decades. I would have taken that truck out of service years ago but he persisted in using it. When it finally died during harvest and created nothing but extra time and grief, I said it would be the last harvest for me if it wasn’t dealt with. It’s largely been dealt with so looks like I’ll be combining again next fall. Damn.
He also discovered that the old overhead furnace in one of the outbuildings had basically crapped out and was probably a fire waiting to happen. Let’s just say that the housing, pulley, and bearing suffered irreparable damage when something overheated. A round opening was now a blackened misshapen oval. Naturally, because of the age of the furnace, no parts were even listed anymore, never mind available to purchase. Umpteen phone calls, trips to stores, and failed attempts led to many hours of frustration. Eventually, through patchwork, machining, fabrication, and dumb luck, he was able to put it all together and even relight the pilot light. Woohoo. On a happier note, much of our spare time was spent helping Hilary and Ash move into their new home. Only someone who’s moved house knows what a monumental undertaking that is. He’d sold his condo in the summer and moved into hers. After viewing over thirty houses, they found a pristine bungalow with a huge, professionally designed yard in
an established neighbourhood. To make moving easier and to declutter for listing photos and realtor showing, more packing was done. Many boxes ended up at the farm or at his parent’s house in the west end. Then orchestrating the two possession dates began; one for their new house, the other for her sold triplex. In unheard of trust and cooperation, they were given keys and access two or three days prior to the official possession date. That allowed the painters to begin their work of repainting the entire empty house, top and bottom. New carpets were laid in the basement. To stay out of the way of painters and carpet layers, anything moved over went into the garage. From the west end and the farm,
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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Minor Hockey: Dylan Onushko scores for Fort AA Rangers in loss KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries). Elk Island U11 (3-5-1) Wild dropped a 5-1 game
at Lamont Arena on Friday against Tofield. The teams were tied at 11 after the second frame before Tofield put the game away with four in the third period. Ellie Poirier scored the lone Wild goal in the middle period from Clara Holt. Elk Island U13 (5-5-0) Wild dropped a 14-3
game against Tofield on Sunday at Bruderheim. Scoring for Wild were; Madden Cossey (2g), Denton Holowach (1g 1a), Jonas Wytrykush (2a) and Jace Zanatta (1a). Bruderheim’s Emerson Hauch has two goals and two assists in eight games this season with
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New Bruderheim councillor sworn-in BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim’s recently elected new councillor, Arlie Young, was swornin to his new role by Chief Administrative Officer Phyllis Forsythe during the Nov. 15 Town council meeting. Young won by two votes against fellow candidate Ryan Maciver during the Town’s byelection Nov. 2, filling a seat left vacant by former deputy mayor Judy Schueler who resigned in July. Once Young was sworn in, he wasted no time bringing an issue to the forefront. As Mayor Karl Hauch went around the table
asking each councillor if they have any information requests, Young took the opportunity to question the Town sponsoring teen dances. “Is there any way that administration can have a look at maybe bringing teen dances back?” he asked. “A few residents brought it up to me. Through the winter months, (it’s) something to keep teenagers busy. I know you guys used to do this before and apparently was successful.” Mayor Karl Hauch said he wasn’t sure who was responsible for these events previously, but said it was something that could be looked at in
New Bruderheim councillor Arlie Young is sworn-in to his position by Chief Administrative Officer Phyllis Forsythe, Nov. 15. Photo: John Mather.
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8 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 22, 2023
County of Lamont Food Bank on the grow with a little help from farmers’ donation challenge BY JANA SEMENIUK A generous donation Nov. 1 by Lamont County Councillor Neil Woitas of $1 an acre from his family’s farm has kickstarted the Foodbank Farm Challenge donation campaign for the County of Lamont Food Bank (CLFB). Woitas, whose donation totaled $2,837, challenged other farmers in the area to do the same and another has risen to the challenge. Local farmers Dave and Mary Boyko have also donated $1 an acre, totaling $1,318. “It seemed like a good idea and we saw it in the paper when Neil Woitas did it,” said Boyko, adding he has lived in the area his whole life and started farming in 1979. He said he would like to see other farmers also donate. “We would love to see other farmers also take up the challenge. As
long as our crops are ok, we would consider doing this annually.” CLFB board members said the donations are the first steps to making a long-held dream come true; having their own County of Lamont Food Bank building. CLFB board chair Jody Zachoda said she is thrilled with the generosity of the local farmers and hopes more will join. “It is pretty exciting (and) I hope that more will join,” she said. “I think if half the farmers in this county did that, we'd be on our way to a new building pretty fast.” CLFB board member Jason Wytrykush said that according to reports, Lamont County has over 300,000 seeded acres. Currently the CLFB is housed in an 800 square foot room connected to the Alliance Church in Lamont. The space holds shelving, a scale, freezers
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and refrigerators leaving just over two feet of space in between for volunteers to move around. Zachoda said the tight quarters make storage and working difficult. “While the numbers keep growing every year, it's just been getting more and more challenging to have everything we need in one spot,” she said. Zachoda added that it’s difficult to take advantage of food sales to stock the foodbank due to a shortage of space, despite the use of another empty space in town and a sea can. “We don't have the storage space for it in the food bank, where we're currently assembling hampers. So having a storage space with the Town is really great (and we bought a) sea can (which) is also great, but it's still not going to be enough because we're going to keep growing.”
Another step the CLFB have taken is to invite town and village councillors to sit on the Food Bank board in addition to their building committee. So far, Al Harvey, councillor for the Town of Lamont and Trudy Smith, councillor for the Village of Chipman, have taken up the offer and joined the Food Bank board members for their Nov. 15 meeting. Zachoda said the building committee is still in the initial stages and more volunteers with building planning and expertise are needed. Zachoda said the food bank distributed 122 Christmas hampers last year, in addition to their regular weekly hampers. This year more than 20 hampers were applied for within the first couple of days the CLFB opened for Christmas hamper requests. The deadline is Dec. 8.
County of Lamont Food Bank volunteer Sheryl Malica putting together a food hamper in the cramped quarters of the current 800-square-foot CLFB facility at the Lamont Alliance Church. The CLFB is hoping for donations through their Food Bank Farm Challenge, in addition to volunteers with building and planning experience, to help make their dream of a new food bank building a reality. Photo: Jody Zachoda
The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 9
Borschiw Social Guild brings youth together to preserve rural lifestyle BY JOHN MATHER A group of 13 young adults between the ages of 24-29 for the last year and a half have been working hard in an effort to preserve and enhance the Borschiw Hall. The hall, along with St. John’s Cemetery and the St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church is located in Beaver County, located one mile north of Hwy 855 on Range Road 163. “The newest expansion on the hall was built in 1983,” said Borschiw Social Guild president Shawn Holyk. “The rest of the hall was built in 1934. Where the current dance floor is, is the original part of the hall.” The original kitchen was in the basement of the building but a commercial kitchen has since been added in part of the expanded area. He said they plan to do a repair to the roof, refinish the dance floor and upgrade the washrooms. “We do all sorts of fundraising throughout the year,” said Social Guild member Landon Berezanski. “Last year we made more than 7,000 perogies and people could place orders with us. We’ve also applied for a UFA grant.” He said they had 30 volunteers out making the perogies. At the Vegreville County Fair the guild bartended for the Gord Bamford night and later provided security. They also had a similar role at a Dean Brody night. “At the Vegreville Corn Maze we ran the concession for them,” Berezanski added. “We also sold perogies and sausage there.” He said they have several bingo nights a year at the hall with the next one being Dec. 6.” They guild also hosts two major dances every year - one at Hallowe’en and one at New Year’s Eve. People, Holyk added, come from both Beaver and Lamont Counties as well as Vegreville, Mundare Chipman,
Ryley, Holden, Tofield and Lamont. “We offer bussing to and from the hall for those people coming from Vegreville,” he said. “It’s just to stop people from drinking and driving.” Holyk said people liked the welcoming, community atmosphere. He said he’s been a member of the hall and the community since he was small and as they grew up he and his friends from high school attended events at the hall. “The majority of our members are all rooted around this area,” he said. He added all their friends have become members and all have an interest in preserving the hall and maintaining the rural community lifestyle. The cost of repairing the roof will be about $50,000 and the washrooms may cost upwards of $100,000 because the hall upgrades have expanded its occupancy up to 340 people and the washrooms have to be upgraded the match this capacity.
They hope to have the roof done next spring and have set a three-year phase for the remaining upgrades to the hall. “Our goal is to update the hall so that it may handle the increased demand and usage of a growing population of energetic young families in the area as well as providing a facility to honour the generations who came before,” said Berezanski. “This hall continues to be a hub for the surrounding communities, being well used for weddings, reunions, anniversary celebrations, as well as the ongoing fundraising dances and perogy bees. “It is the central heart of our rural area, being enjoyed for its welcoming atmosphere young or old as well as accepting all cultures while sharing the rich Ukrainian history of the people who were the foundation of this community.” They legally incorporated the Borschiw Social Guild in October 2022. Both point out they are descendants from the original settlers who bravely immigrated to
creating camping spots. “That would allow us to host weekend ball tournaments in the summer, weddings, and other events such as the dark skies groups, or naturalists and birding groups, as well as artisans who feed on soli-
farm this fertile central Alberta soil. In fact both have farms within a couple of miles north of the hall. Further improvements to the area Holyk added would include putting electrical outlets around the hall outside and then
tude and nature for inspiration. “We were told as young children to dream big but never forget where home is. “That’s exactly what we aim to do.”
Brandon Berezanski, left, and Borschiw Social Guild president Shawn Holyk, stand outside the entrance of the Borschiw Community Hall in rural Beaver County, northeast of Ryley. Originally built in 1934, the Hall has been upgraded several times, but the Borschiw Social Guild, composed of 13 young people who went to high school together and have all been long-time community members, are doing further upgrades to preserve the rural way of life at the hall and neighbouring church.
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Bruderheim to reduce the number of council members from 7 to 5 at next election BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim council will be down to five members from seven after the next election in 2025, with four councillors and one mayor. The decision to reduce the number of town council was made through the passing of the second and third reading of the bylaw at their Nov. 15 council meeting with three council members opposing the motion; deputy mayor Wayne Olechow, along with councillors Len Falardeau and George Campbell. Chief Administrative Officer Phyllis Forsythe said the bylaw passed the first reading in Aug. before heading to a public hearing on Oct. 25 where results of an online survey, gauging the public’s opinion on the possible reduction, were shared. Only two people attended the public hearing while 33 responses to the online survey were recorded with 64 percent in agreement to reduce. Councillor Falardeau said he strongly believed the number of council members needed to stay at seven, citing low participation numbers in the survey and public hearing. “We had a public hearing, and a lot of people didn't show up for it. And then there wasn't a great deal of interest within the community of reducing the council,” he said. “I feel that we don't have enough. I think it has to be personally a poll door to door. There are not enough people interested or even concerned about it, and I really strongly believe
we have to keep it at seven.” Deputy Mayor Wayne Olechow, whose opinion has changed twice on the issue, is now against moving to reduce the council number stating that more people are the better option. “At first I was for this, for a cost saving reason, but I think I'm not sure if I'm for it, just for the cost saving reasons,” he said. “I think with us moving forward as a council in the town, we need to make sure that we have more heads to the table I guess, and to hear more people. I don't know if I can support this one.” CAO Forsythe brought the idea forward earlier this year and said that reducing council members would save the Town approximately $11,351 per year per council member, thus totaling a savings of over $90,000 in the course of one four-year term. Forsythe also said the last municipal election had to be extended as there were not enough candidates to fill two
empty seats. Mayor Karl Hauch voted in favour of the reduction and said he supports efforts to save the Town money. “Anything that we can do to save the Town money and still make effective governance, I'm in favour of that,” he said. “After four years if we find that we don't like it, we can always change it back to seven councillors.” Hauch addressed the survey, prompting councillor Falardeau to interrupt, although his comments could not be heard by the online public with his microphone off. “I'm not lying to the public,” responded Hauch. “I'm telling you that the number of people that filled out the survey was not a large sample size. But the sample size that we did have, there was a large percentage that were in favour of it.” Over the past four years, the motion to bring the number of Bruderheim council members from seven
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Andrew Interim CAO resigns for position in Bruderheim BY JANA SEMENIUK Andrew Mayor Barry Goertz read the resignation letter of interim Chief Administrative Officer Sharman Donald at the Nov. 8 council meeting. Donald was promoted to interim CAO from finance clerk with the termination of former CAO Tim Melnyk in July. Donald’s position in Andrew was intended as a temporary one until a permanent CAO could be filled, although to date no one has been hired. Goertz said the human resource organization Human Edge consulting has been hired to assist in the search for a permanent CAO, and if needed they can provide services until one is hired. Donald, who resides
in Fort Saskatchewan, said she accepted another position that was closer to home. “(I resigned) for another job opportunity that was closer to home and better for my family,” she said. “It’s in the town of Bruderheim as a municipal clerk. (My first day) is Jan. 2.” Meanwhile, Goertz
said he was understanding of Donald’s reasons for resigning, but admitted it ‘was a tough one’ to accept. “Thank you for stepping up these last couple months and getting us through this part of it,” he said. Donald’s last day at the Andrew Village office is Dec. 15.
Sharman Donald, interim Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Andrew has resigned from her position as of Dec. 15. To date, another permanent CAO has not yet been hired. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
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New Two Hills sergeant retiring BY JANA SEMENIUK RCMP Sergeant David Henry has announced his retirement after five months at the Two Hills RCMP detachment. Henry came to the area in July, taking over from Sergeant Robert Daisley who moved on to the Red Deer detachment. Henry, 53, said he gave careful thought to his decision and that he is unsure at this point who will be taking over
from him. “I'm at the point where I've got some good work in and between my family and I, I decided I would retire, maybe go part time and just spend more time at home,” he said. “The district will be assigning somebody temporarily until they can advertise (the position) and fill it.” Henry said he has spent the last 18 years of his life as an RCMP offi-
cer and with two grown children is looking forward to spending more time with his family and working part time with the RCMP. “I going to come back as a reservist which is essentially a retired member who goes into the reservists pool. So when a detachment is down (members) or somebody is off duty for an extended period of time, they go to the reservist pool (to fill the
position),” he said. Henry added that he lives between St. Paul and Two Hills, and does not intend to move away from the area he has come to know and love for the past 10 years. “We have no plans for (moving). We enjoy where we are and enjoy our neighbours. It’s a good community to be in. The detachment area is awesome,” he said. Henry said his last day of work will be Dec. 31.
Sgt. David Henry, who has been with the Two Hills RCMP detachment since July, is retiring. His last day of work will be Dec. 31. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
Mundare’s Whitetail retaining wall delayed until spring BY JOHN MATHER The Whitetail area retaining wall project in Mundare has been delayed until the new year. Mundare Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla told council at their Nov. 14 regular meeting, the affected property owners had been told of the delay. “It has been confirmed the contractor will do the work for the same price quoted for this year,” added Zyla. ••• Public Works Director John Bruyere asked
council if anything could be done about people who left their garbage containers on the sides of the road long after the bins had been emptied by the waste collector. He felt if this practice continued it could interfere with snow removal in the winter if plows had to work around the containers. Zyla said letters could be sent to the property owners if their addresses could be obtained and a notice could also be posted in the town’s community newsletter. Bruyere said there
were probably about half a dozen people who left their bins on the street. ••• The town approved the new contract for a Community Police Officer with the Town of Vegreville. The current contract has summer hours of May to October where the officer does two patrols a week at three hours per patrol for 156 hours, and in the January to April months, one patrol a week lasting two hours for 52 hours. The mileage is paid 78 patrols at 70 km per
patrol. “I think our hours are Ok right now,” said Zyla. “The rate has gone up with CPO costing 86 per hour in 2024 and mileage going from 77 cents per km in 2023 to 79 cents per km in 2024. Council approved the new rates. ••• The County of Lamont Food Bank requested the Town ask a council member to sit in on the organization's regular board meetings and also sit as a member of the Build and Development Committee.
In a letter to council, the food bank said they met six times a year as a board and the councillor attending would not be a voting board member. But, the letter said, the councillor’s input would be appreciated. They would like the councillor to be a full member of the Building and Development Committee. Council asked Councillor Danika Brison to sit on this committee and also attend the board meetings. Mayor Cheryl Calinoiu will be the alternate.
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Andrew School Continued from front As a result, Glover said the first-year costs, which include the $1 to purchase the building,
maintenance and necessary repairs to the sprinkler system and roof, would range between $125,000 to $200,000. Glover did not address the estimate of up to $3.3 million to replace the damaged roof and sprinkler system given by EIPS at a public forum
Police recover stolen vehicles from local property - warrent issued BY JOHN MATHER Fort Saskatchewan RCMP recovered a trove of stolen vehicles when they busted a suspicious homestead in the area of Township Road 531 and Range Road 182 south of Chipman Sept. 26. They were assisted by members of the Alberta RCMP Auto Theft Unit after they had received reports that property was housing stolen vehicles including transport and holiday trailers. After searching the property, police recovered a Keystone travel trailer, a Western Star
tractor trailer, and a Dodge Ram pickup truck. The value of the recovered property exceeded $300,000. As a result of the investigation, 44-year-old Patrick Evan Wesley Hurley, a resident of Edmonton, has been charged with two counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and one count of theft and misuse of a credit card. A warrant has been issued for Hurley’s arrest.
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the school was wrong. “Closing our school was wrong and we have the opportunity to make it right,” she said, adding the resulting bus ride times for kids to other schools in the area is hurting them and the future of the village. “We're appalled at the exorbitant amount of time that our children in this community and area are spending on the bus to attend schools in neighbouring towns. These children who should be growing up together as classmates and teammates are being separated and won't
even know each other, and will no longer have ties to the community to keep it growing.” Mayor Barry Goertz also commented on the school building prior to the council’s vote, and said the school would help build the community. “We do need to consider what the loss of this building is already starting to show. We need to bring (the village) back and build back as a community and the school is a great place to do that. But can we afford it? We can. Can we use our Alberta government to
help us get there? We can. And we will do everything we can once we own the building,” he said. With deputy mayor Tammy Picket in the meeting by speaker phone, the motion to approve the school building purchase was carried unanimously. Meanwhile, two new village councillors elected in last week’s byelection, Chris Lupul and John Van Vyfeyken, were not present at the special meeting and are scheduled to be sworn in at the Nov. 22 Andrew council meeting.
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• Festival of Trees/Gingerbread Display 10am - 3pm, Living Room $2/vote for your favourite, proceeds to Food Bank • Pet Pictures with Santa at Food Bank 5014 - 46 St. Cash or Pet Donation 12 - 4 pm
• Family Movie at 4pm - Living Room Theatre • Community Christmas Concert 6pm Living Room Theatre Local Talent & Special Guests The Fehr Family. Admission by Donation.
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Community Programming
Christmas Hamper Requests
Budget Meetings
Annual Assessment Inspections Nov. Nov to Mid-Dec. Mid Dec
Accurate Assessment Group is completing its annual inspections starting November 14 Annual budget discussions for vvv–a Homestyle meals for seniors The County of Lamont Food Lamont County Council are planned through mid-December. Annual inspections are for new permits, progressive properties, Bank is accepting households Christmas and low-income status changes, etc. Inspections will occur on properties throughout Lamont County and November Hamper from Nov. 13 for ($10 perRequests meal bi-weekly menus). Contact 780- 27, 29 and 30. The the assessor is driving a white 2018 GMC Denali truck. public is welcome to attend in to Dec. 8. Please callto(780) 895-2233 Ext. 226 place619order or learn more Illegal Dumping & Garbage in Ditches/Roads ds person or online. The Teams link 6955 and leave a message to about the program. Illegal dumping effects everyone—including clean up costs, tipping fees, the disposal and agenda package will be request a hamper. of hazardous materials, etc. Costs associated from people dumping on roadways, available at `http://www.lamontcounty.ca/communityditches, and in other areas across the County can be significant. Hamper Delivery Date: Sunday, lamontcounty.ca/governance/ programmingv Dec. 17, 2023. agendas-minutes later this month. It takes time away from other services provided and may even contribute to budget planning.
Community Services: e Andrew & Chipman Serving Lamont County, Lamont, Bruderheim, Mundare,
Access current monthly services & programs information for FCSS, C CALC and KFRN on each of the services’ Facebook pages: FCSSlamontcountyregion|LamontCountyAdultLearns m |groups/1922602184662497, or scan the QR code:
Do your part to ensure we have safe roadways and no obstruction in our drainage courses.
For more information, scan the QR code or visit lamontcounty.ca/community-programming. Contact CALC, FCSS or KFRN at: 1-877-895-2233 | 5303-50 Ave. Lamont, AB T0B 2R0 |
(VISIT: lamontcounty.ca/community-programming or call 780-895-2233 for info. or registration). Some of the current CALC, FCSS and KFRN PROGRAMS include:
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Farmers’ Mental Health
Farmers typically don’t seek out help when they are struggling with their mental health, 1. Parents and Tots (Andrew, Lamont & Bruderheim weekly). but help is available for those who: 2. CALC: Digital Skills Workshops (Andrew): For more aany ny situ ssituation si itu tuat tuat atio atio ion on ion on ttheir heir heir he ir o wn,, wn - may feel like they should be able to handle an own, information contact Cheryl B. at 780-895-233 x233. including emotional distress or personal 3. Canadian Firearms Safety Course (CALC): DEC. 2. struggles. 4. FLEX for Boys and True2U for Girls (weekly). - may be worried that mental health 5. Lamont Christmas Light UP! & Craft Card: NOV. 25. professionals would not understand their needs due to the nature of their work as farmers. 6. Connecting Generations: November 30 event. - are production-focused and often don’t recognize the impact that prioritizing mental health can have on their farm & family. SEE: https://www.agknow.ca/ for resources. Alberta Healthy Living Program FREE Courses: albertahealthservices.ca/assets/programs/ ps-cdm-central-ahlp-program-guide-current.pdf
Next Agricultural Service Board (ASB) Meeting The next scheduled ASB meeting is (tentatively) onNext December 13, starting at 9:00Board a.m. The public is welcome to attend at the Lamont County Agricultural Service (ASB) Meeting Administration Building or virtually through Microsoft Teams (link): lamontcounty.ca/departments/agricultural-services/agendas-minutes-asb.
Next Lamont County Council (Regular Council) – Budget Mtgs Nov. 27, 29-30 The next Regular Council Meeting is planned for Tuesday, November 28, starting at 9:00 a.m. The public is welcome to attend at the Lamont County Administration Building or virtually through Microsoft Teams (link). A link to meetings, agendas and minutes can be found at: lamontcounty.ca/governance/agendas-minutes. Budget meetings: Nov. 27, 29-30.
Please Note – inFocus is also available for viewing online at: www.lamontcounty.ca/communications (for those wanting to view the weekly submission as full-sized PDF and to access hyperlinks).