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NATIONAL CHILD DAY Two-year-old Gemma delights in decorating a Christmas tree during the National Child Day event held in the Lamont Hall on Nov. 21.

2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Large turnout for National Children’s Day in Lamont

BY JANA SEMENIUK National Children’s Day was celebrated Nov. 21 with a free event held at the Lamont Hall and hosted by the Early Steps to Success Coalition.

The afternoon celebration was well attended by a number of families from all across the county.

Michelle Andriashyk, program director for ESSC, stated that although their organization focuses on children ages zero to six, National Children’s Day is for every child.

“We plan our Children’s day festivities a year in advance,” she said. “Our coalition gets together bimonthly so we come up with new ideas and create new ways to celebrate National Child Day.” According to nationalchildday.ca, National Child Day was celebrated Nov. 20 all across Canada. The event recognizes the country's commitment to upholding the rights of children as well as two historic events: the 1959 signing of the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.

“This is definitely one of the events we (ESSC) like to participate in,”

said Andriashyk. “It’s because we like to celebrate the little children in our communities.”

Activities during the event included crafts, a balloon artist, a light meal plus a visit from Elsa and Olaf. Printed information outlining child development was also available for parents.

“ECCA (Early Childhood Coalition of Alberta), which funded the afternoon event, has outlined five areas of child development that are deemed of importance.”

Andriashyk noted. “The activities chosen for the event were focused on these areas of development.”

In addition to indoor activities, local emergency vehicles and a combine were on hand in the adjacent parking lot for children to look at and get some demonstrations of how they worked.

“They were here to help engage the children in the event,” she said.

“Not all the children want to be inside so this way they can still take part by engaging with the emergency vehicles and personnel outside.”

This event marks the third year ESSC has hosted an event to celebrate National Children’s Day.

Families and their children of all ages came out to enjoy National Child Day celebrated in Lamont on Nov. 21.

Children got to enjoy activites in the hall, and outside several got to get up close and personal with emergency equipment and a combine.

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FOOD BANK GETS $1,000 Gina Roberts (left), an employee with the Chipman Hotel, presents a donation check for $1,000 to the County of Lamont Food Bank coordinator, Colette McBride, Nov. 21. Roberts, with the help of her family and hotel owner Dave Magee, raised the funds by operating the second annual Haunted Hotel during the halloween season at the hotel. Magee pledged to top up the donation to $1,000 at the end of the event.

He personally donated $500. For more on the Food Bank, please see story on Page 7.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 3

Notice of hearing Amended applications for the Transmission Line 7L65 Rebuild Project have been received

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Privacy To support an open and transparent process, information you send to the AUC will be publicly available to anyone registered in this proceeding. If there is confidential information you would like to file, a request must be made in advance of filing your submission.

Hearing

Proceeding 24102 Applications 24102-A001 to 24102-A004 The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), the independent utilities regulator, will be holding a hearing to review the applications and submissions received to consider the electric transmission development applications in Proceeding 24102.

Written evidence in response to the amendments is due December 19, 2019.

ATCO Electric Ltd. has applied, under the Hydro and Electric Energy Act, to rebuild the existing 144-kilovolt Transmission Line 7L65 to allow the facility to operate at full thermal capacity. Transmission Line 7L65 is located between the existing Vegreville 709S Substation and the existing Vermilion 710S Substation.

The Commission issued a notice of the applications on January 31, 2019, and a notice of hearing on May 2, 2019. The Commission cancelled the hearing and placed the applications in abeyance on July 5, 2019, in response to a request from ATCO Electric to allow it additional time to consult with stakeholders and consider recently proposed route adjustments.

ATCO Electric applied to amend its applied-for routes and proposed an alteration to the preferred route and a new alternative route for Transmission Line 7L65. Application amendments were submitted by ATCO Electric on November 1, 2019, and review of the applications in Proceeding 24102 has now resumed.

The Commission may approve the preferred route, the alternative route, or a combination of the preferred route and one or more alternative route segments.

Submissions

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Pomeroy Inn & Suites 6539 Highway 16A W, Vegreville, Alberta February 4, 2020, at 9 a.m.

If you intend to present written evidence at the hearing, you must be present at the commencement of the hearing and submit written evidence by December 19, 2019.

For more information about participating in this proceeding contact: Trevor Richards at 403-592-4469 or email your questions to trevor.richards@auc.ab.ca.

Additional information about the applications The applications and any associated documents are publicly available and can be accessed from the eFiling System on the AUC website www.auc.ab.ca. Basic information about the ATCO Electric 7L65 Line Rebuild Project can be found on the AUC website under Projects - Featured project summaries. Alternatively, for more information about what is being applied for, or for a copy of the applications, please contact: ATCO Electric Ltd. Raj Goutam Phone: 1-855-420-5775 Email: facilityapp@atcoelectric.com

If you wish to participate in this proceeding and have not already filed a submission, please visit our website and log in to the eFiling System, go to Proceeding 24102, and register to participate under the “registered parties” tab. Alternatively, please contact us at 310-4AUC or info@auc.ab.ca for more information or assistance with filing your submission.

Participating in the hearing If you intend to present written evidence at the hearing, you must be present at the commencement of the hearing and submit written evidence by December 19, 2019. Your written evidence should include a statement about your intended level of participation. Please include whether you or your representative will: • File supporting evidence.

• Attend the hearing.

• Cross-examine any of the applicant’s witness panels.

Written evidence can be reports prepared by experts or written information (including maps, charts, photographs and narrative statements) prepared by an intervener personally, and clearly identified as such. Any report that was prepared by an expert, and which is being filed in support of an intervener’s position, must clearly state the qualifications of the expert and the name of the intervener who directed that the report was to be prepared. Please be aware that the author of any report or other written evidence that an intervener expects the Commission to rely upon must be available to be cross-examined at the hearing.

If you previously filed evidence in this proceeding, you only need to submit new evidence that relates to the route amendments proposed by ATCO Electric.

Issued on November 15, 2019

Alberta Utilities Commission Douglas A. Larder, QC, General Counsel

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Opinion Bottoms up Not wanting to bring up subject matter which will certainly make readers squirm - (you know) like PM Trudeau’s treatment of Alberta, or Daddy Trudeau’s National Energy Program - I decided instead, to talk about colonoscopies.

Yes I got one. Actually several now, because a few years ago they removed the mother of all polyps from my colon.

So, now I have to go back more often than most people including last week.

I remember the brilliant Dr. Ferguson at the Royal Alex telling me: “It’s not people’s diets. It’s not genetic. It’s 50 years old. For some reason at the age of 50 this becomes a problem in humans,” he said, or something along that line as I was still partially sedated.

I was a very lucky person. Polyps given time can turn to cancer. With a large polyp like the one Dr. Ferguson removed, it was really just a matter of time.

That’s why it is so important to go for a colonoscopy when reaching the age of 50. I didn’t go until I had a bad reading from my FIT test and that was well into my 50s. Even then I wanted to avoid this uncomfortable procedure.

Thank goodness my wife did not want me to avoid it.

Most statistics in Canada show that only about half of Canadians ever get checked for colon cancer. Of course that would require going to a doctor to begin with, something some people (men in particular) have an aversion to doing.

A FIT test checks for blood in the stool, and after the age of 50 every person should be checked every two years. A positive reading for blood, results in an appointment for a colonoscopy.

Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean you necessarily have cancer.

But if it does, it is good to discover it early. The colonoscopy allows the doctor to remove any and all polyps you may have. Polyps are what turn to cancer. If they are removed, you will likely have no issues.

Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canada. This year, it is estimated that 26,300 Canadians will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Each year in Canada close to 10,000 people die from colon cancer.

The colonoscopy procedure isn’t as terrible as you may imagine. The worst part is likely the preparation involving drinking a bucket of laxative solution and not eating for 24 hours. At the hospital, they just hook you up to an IV and you take a little mid-day nap. Nothing to it. A half hour later, and you’re waiting to go home with little to no side effects.

In the last couple of decades, the number of people dying from colorectal cancer has been dropping. That is directly related to your family doctor prescribing you a FIT test, and also having you go for a colonoscopy at the age of 50 and thereafter.

It saved my life. It may save yours, or someone you love.

Kerry Anderson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Life might actually be easier for the English If Brexit happens and has the unintended consequence of facilitating Scottish independence and Irish unification what would that mean for various groups?

For Scottish unionists, leaving the United Kingdom would certainly be a major psychological wrench.

Unlike, say, the former states of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia – both unnatural concoctions created in the First World War’s aftermath – the U.K. has been relatively sturdy and durable.

Scotland and England have been formally united for over 300 years and – under the Union of the Crowns – informally for a

century before that.

And while an independent Scotland might retain the Crown for purposes of continuity, it would have to switch currencies to join the European Union. It would be goodbye pound sterling, hello euro.

Scottish nationalists, of course, would be ecstatic. Or at least they would be for a while. But should an independent Scotland run into economic difficulty, it would discover that the European Central Bank can be a hard taskmaster for small countries.

Unionists in Northern Ireland would also feel a material sense of loss. For

more than 400 years, they’ve cherished an identity rooted in links to the British mainland. It’s a history nurtured by a range of emotions.

As noted last week, politics in Northern Ireland is substantially delineated along religious lines.

Protestants tend to be unionists who cherish being part of the U.K., while Catholics tend to be nationalists seeking unification with the Republic of Ireland.

Irish historian Marianne Elliott has written about origin myths, loosely defined as the popular traditions or beliefs that groups have about the past.

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Successful season of volleyball at Lamont High With the school year almost a third over it has proven to be a most successful volleyball season at Lamont High School, according to athletic director Cory Kokotailo.

Gold was an expectation almost every time the teams took to the courts, he adds. Over the course of the year teams brought home a gold medal six times.

The first two golds came during the opening

Letter: Brexit Continued from Page 4 Generally based on a reading of history – albeit often a tendentiously selective one – these myths can be both positive and negative.

Positively, they can create a cohesive sense of community; negatively, they can generate fear and resentment.

For Protestants in Northern Ireland, their origin myth has two components that don’t inspire trust. Quite the contrary.

One component is a feeling of being surrounded by enemies with a propensity to inflict harm. Call it a sense of endangerment.

The other component is a deep antipathy to the institution of the papacy.

Harking back to an earlier time, the papacy is viewed as an essentially malign foreign power that has first dibs on the loyalty of Catholics.

Taken together, these two strands create a mindset characterized by a deep foreboding of any unification with the (predominantly Catholic) Republic of Ireland. In addition to losing the British dimension of their identity, unionists would be entering into a political environment

weekend as the high school girls brought home gold from Vermilion and the high school boys scored a gold at their home tournament Sept. 6 -7. The high school girls again brought gold home from their own tournament Sept. 27-28.

Following up on the success of the high school teams, the Junior B teams hosted their home tournament, and

both finished the weekend on top taking gold medals to bring the program count to five golds.

“Quite possibly the greatest achievement of the year was the Jr. B girls team winning the EIPS league and bringing home gold medals and a banner for the walls of the high school gymnasium,” said Kokotailo.

Junior B girls coach Katie Fossum speaks to

the royal (blue) family she calls her team.

“These girls played well all year long and really came together as a little family all wanting to be there for each other and achieve this team goal.”

Other achievements in the season were no short goals either as the high school teams took silver (girls) and bronze (boys) at the NE Alberta zone tournaments vying for a

numerically dominated by their historic enemies.

The 21st century reality, though, is more mixed than the origin myth suggests.

Yes, the historic link with the U.K. would be sundered. But the entity Protestant unionists would be joining is qualitatively different from what it was not so long ago.

Rather than being relatively poor, the Republic of Ireland is relatively affluent. And it’s no longer a state with an aggressively Catholic public ethos. Over the last generation, it’s morphed into a secular society, a place where Catholicism is increasingly nominal. From being a socially conservative outlier, it’s migrated to standard European liberalism.

Irish nationalists – north and south – would undoubtedly rejoice at unification. A cousin of mine emotionally described it a couple of months ago as something he’d never have considered a realistic

possibility. It was certainly the overriding aspiration in the nationalist Ireland I grew up in.

Mind you, there’d also be complications.

The injection of unionists would shift the Republic’s internal balance of power. Some parties in a unified Ireland would find themselves less favourably positioned than currently, which wouldn’t make them or their devoted adherents particularly happy.

There’d also be the matter of money. London currently provides a subvention to Northern Ireland, so presumably Dublin would need to step in with a financial replacement in order to sustain services at the accustomed level.

Finally, how would the English react?

My guess is that most people wouldn’t mind very much. Scotland and Northern Ireland don’t loom large in 21st century English identity and any sense of loss would quickly dissipate.

Besides, English

Conservatives would rapidly discover that, with Scotland gone, winning elections had become easier. Self interest can be a great salve for hurt feelings.

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The girls fell two points shy from attending provincials representing Lamont High, which would have been a first in program history.

The Junior A teams also saw success this

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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019

FROM WHERE I SIT: Make things happen

By Hazel Anaka Waving the white flag on harvest 2019 and the unseasonably warm weather combined to give us some time to get some long overdue jobs done. It seems Roy makes more progress with the ‘honey do’ list if I, a) pick the appropriate time to remind him (again), b) announce that in the next couple of hours (bite-sized chunks of time) we’re getting XYZ done, and c) appeal to his sense of pride and

remind him of the evils of procrastination. If the day ever comes when he initiates a project, just call an ambulance because I’m likely to need it.

We spent a few hours in the garage. Whether in the house or garage, I am constantly juggling my own space needs with that for Babas and Borshch supplies. I lugged, dragged, lifted, discarded, cleaned stuff.

We moved and secured four sturdy plywood bookcases. Festival stuff got space, I got space.

Wonder of wonders, there are some empty shelves. It seems I’m a visual person. Unless things are out in the open or in labeled containers, I soon lose track of what I have and what I intended to do with it. I started stripping a thrift store bookcase months ago and there it sits waiting for me to finish it. The

festival and harvest trumped that project.

Having more space to move around and visible organization do my heart good. It saves time and frustration and ramps up efficiency. I also continue to work on the basement.

A scary comment from the physiotherapist treating my knee and back has driven me back to my exercise equipment.

If I have to spend all this time on the recumbent cycle and the treadmill, it damn well better be a pleasant space. Buying an Apple TV box will allow me to watch Netflix and help the time pass. I’ve also begun listening to audio books.

Hanging some art makes it feel more like a deliberate space and less like a storage room.

Roy hung some hooks in a storage room to get items like folding chairs off the floor. I corralled wood in one tall box and

metal rods and trim pieces in another. He put pulls on some cabinet doors. He hung curtain rods over the new basement windows. We turned the safe around; he added switch plates and outlet covers. We sorted out-of-season clothing on the rolling racks by grouping like with like. The shirts and jackets we’re donating will get a second life with someone less fortunate. Not one of these jobs was big or difficult or long and drawn out.

Yet they each make a difference in a home’s appearance and the attitude of its residents.

We’re using what we already paid for. We’re not buying duplicates of things we forgot we had.

We’re finishing a whack of little jobs and there is freedom in that.

As with most things in life, the attitude we bring to the issue/task/cata-

strophe makes all the difference in how quickly we tackle it, how well it turns out, and the pleasure or pain we endure in the process. The countdown to Christmas is a

perfect time to tackle, with joy, the tasks on our to-do lists. More importantly, we don’t need to wait for a special occasion to make things happen, from where I sit.

Schuster, Denis

On Tuesday, November 12, 2019, Denis passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 67.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Linda MorrisSchuster; brother Clifford (Michelle)

Schuster and their 2 sons; sister Janice Rosenthal-Schuster and her 2 sons; numerous relatives; and friends.

He was predeceased by sons, Kim and Garth Schuster.

A Celebration of Denis’s Life will be announced in spring of 2020.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 7

County of Lamont Food Bank gearing up for Christmas

BY JANA SEMENIUK Applications for this years’ Christmas Hamper program are being taken by the County of Lamont Food Bank starting Nov. 18 and will continue until Dec. 12. Distribution of the Christmas Hampers will take place on Dec. 22.

“We usually distribute up to 40 food hampers every month,” said County of Lamont Food Bank Chair Colette McBride. “But we do an additional 70–90 in December for the Christmas Hamper Program.”

McBride added that not only do the Christmas Hampers include food but Christmas presents for children as well.

“People apply for the Christmas Hamper because they have children and need those gifts,” she said. “We pur-

chase age appropriate gifts according to what they have indicated.”

She explained that the gifts are placed in the hamper, unwrapped, giving parents an opportunity to go through the gifts and wrap it themselves.

“We do between 30

and 40 hampers a month,” she said. “But at Christmas, people can get a weekly hamper in addition to their Christmas hamper.”

McBride said that while Christmas does remain slightly busier than other times of year, the food bank is constantly busy.

She added that clients will contact the food

bank by Tuesday at noon to indicate if they will need a hamper for that week. This gives food bank volunteers time to purchase perishable items before the hamper pick up on Thursdays.

“We rely on donations of food, but cash helps us buy things we are short

of,” said McBride. “This includes things which are hard to donate such as milk, cheese and fresh fruit.”

She added that the food bank has between eight and 10 weekly volunteers who help put together the hampers as well as nine people on the board.

McBride said that confidentiality is taken very

From the files of the Lamont Leader November 8, 2005: Ray Hagen (74) of Bruderheim displays some of his hand-made walking sticks. He has made hundreds over the past 30 years since he began his hobby. “I love the beauty of the wood, the imperfections in each piece I find,” said Hagen in the feature piece written by Leader editor Sheryl Winczura.

seriously.

“Our clients are booked to pick up their hampers every 10–15 minutes,” she said.

“During Christmas, the firefighters from Lamont and Chipman help out by assisting clients in finding their hampers, which are identified by a number, and helping them out to their vehicles. They are very good at working with confidentiality.”

McBride stated that although the food bank will see clients from all demographics, she has noticed a rise in the number of seniors accessing the food bank.

“Their Canada pension doesn’t go as far as a paycheck did when they were working,” she said.

“They erode their savings and they have nothing left.”

McBride added that the Christmas Hamper program serves the

or you would like to make a donation, please leave a message at 780619-6955. Although the foodbank shares space with the Alliance Church in Lamont, both organizations are not affiliated.

entire county of Lamont, except Bruderheim.

“Bruderheim has their own Christmas Hamper program,” she said.

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New rural crime measures brought in by province

BY JOHN MATHER New measures brought in by the provincial government to assist in combating rural crime will help if they’re implemented, according to a local crime watch member.

Al Ropchan, a member of the Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Rural Crime Watch group and one of the Zone 4 directors of the Alberta Provincial rural crime watch association adds he is supportive of any measures the province brings in to battle the problem of rural crime across the province.

“It will definitely be a determent,” stated Ropchan. “But I don’t think it will totally eliminate the problem of rural crime by a huge percentage. It will have some effect but it won’t be the ultimate answer.”

Under the new provi-

sions brought into law by the province recently, changes to the Occupiers Liability Act, will change trespassing offences to have fines of up to $10,000 for a first violation.

Subsequent convictions could carry a fine of up to $25,000 as well as prison terms of up to six months. Corporations that help or direct trespassers would face fines up to $200,000.

In addition to the increases, courts can also order for lose of or damage to property from $25,000 to $100,000.

The planned legislation would amend the Petty Trespass Act to add explicit references to better capture land used for crops, animal-rearing and bee-keeping.

A proposed biosecurity regulation under the Animal Health Act would create offences and penalties for people

who enter agricultural operations without authorization or encourage others to do so. Such incidents can introduce disease and threaten the welfare of animals.

In addition the government has introduced legislation making it more difficult to sell material for scrap.

“It’s got to start somewhere,” said Ropchan.

“At least we have a minister who’s concerned about rural crime and is trying to initiate something.”

Ropchan has attended several rural crime meetings during the past couple of months.

“I thought the meeting in Two Hills was very passionate with people letting their feelings show,” he said. “In St. Paul it was more about the justice system while Two Hills was more concerned about what was happening at local resi-

dences.”

Ropchan states there will be another rural crime meeting at the St. Michael Hall on Feb. 12, with different speakers and a beef on a bun dinner.

“At that meeting we’ll announce the use of the trace pens, which we had a fundraiser for a few weeks ago,” he said.

“Our AGM will be in St. Michael later in March.”

He said the group

wanted to have a meeting in the fall, but because of the varying harvest conditions they had to hold off until the spring.

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Bullying presentations at Andrew School had wide scope

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Andrew School hosted a presentation Nov. 22 as part of bullying awareness week.

Students in grades four to six took part in the session that looked closer at bullying in addition to other areas of concern.

Junior high students took part in a separate session that covered teen dating.

Ken Podoborozny, community peace officer with the town of Vegreville, facilitated the presentations with Vegreville Chamber of Commerce general manager, Michelle Henderson.

Podoborozny said he began heading up the bully presentation a year ago.

“Our school resource officer was transferred in Nov. 2018 and had already started doing a presentation on bullying,” he stated. “He asked me if I could take it over because he was being transferred.”

Podoborozny added that he wanted to expand the presentation.

“I looked at the presentation and then I just enhanced it,” he said.

“So, it met our needs a little better and included cyber bullying.”

Podoborozny also admitted that personal experiences helped to shape his program.

In addition to the bullying aspect, Podoborozny mentioned that he put together a teen dating portion of the presentation inspired from events experienced by close friends.

“A dear friend of mine had a daughter that was at a party. She was only 15 and was sexually molested and drugged,” he said. “I thought we

can do more to educate these kids on this. So, I included the teen dating portion.”

Not long after hearing of this experience of his friends’ daughter, Podoborozny was dealt another blow when he was informed by a colleague that a little girl was possibly the victim of ongoing molestation in the community he patrols.

“I got the RCMP involved and it turned out the little girl was definitely being molested,” he said. “So, I enhanced the program once more and included the family violence portion of the presentation.”

Podoborozny’s presentation included three main areas; cyber bullying, family violence and teen dating.

During the presentation, Michelle Henderson drove home the point of social media.

“Cyber bullying is easy,” she said. “How many people here have phones?”

A large number of hands flew into the air.

“The consequences of cyber bullying are very serious,” said Podoborozny. “It goes on 24-7 and never stops.”

Included in his presentation was the story of Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17year old high school student from Dartmouth Nova Scotia who committed suicide in 2013 on account of bullying.

“Rehtaeh made a bad decision with posting pictures online,” Podoborozny said. “She was so bullied and picked on she felt she had no alternative but to commit suicide. Once you put those pictures out on social media, they can never be brought back.”

Bullying Program coordinator and Peace Officer, Ken Podoborozny, joins students for a group dance at the conclusion of the Bullying Presentation in Andrew School on Nov 22. The program was part of Bullying Awareness week held through the Elk Island Public School District.

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Fort Saskatchewan hockey tournament raises men’s health awareness

BY JOHN MATHER It’s the soup strainer on the upper lip, the caterpillar below your nose … it’s a moustache.

And every November, Canadian men grow them to bring awareness about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention among men.

It’s the movement known as Movember.

It was started in 2003 in Australia when several friends had the desire to bring back the trend of growing moustaches.

The following year more than 500 people raised nearly $40,000 for prostate cancer research.

Since then it has expanded to encompass others areas of men’s health.

In Fort Saskatchewan Jiffy Lube owner Jim Martin got involved nine years ago.

“It started when one of my employees in Camrose decided to grow a moustache and as a company, we decided to support him,” said Martin.

For a few years he spearheaded different events during Movember to raise funds and then four years ago, he decided to host a charity hockey game.

And it’s grown from there.

On Nov. 23, four teams took to the ice in Fort Saskatchewan and by the end of the weekend close to $20,000 had been raised in November for Movember.

“We expanded the hockey game this year and we’ve done two other fundraisers,” he said. “Expanding the hockey tournament and the people who came out just blows my mind.”

“My network of hockey buddies all came together and we sold out,” he said. Players paid $100 to play in the tournament where each team played one game with the winners getting two games.

In the final the United Prostrates won over the Half Nuts.

“We talk about the money raised and that’s important because it gets things done,” he said.

“But creating the awareness is the most important thing. The more we can get people being proactive about their health … maybe we can save a life.”

Martin said it’s not just a Fort Saskatchewan event.

“We have people from Camrose, Tofield,

Bruderheim and Lamont,” he said. “If I could have my dream we’d have some sort of tournament provincewide.”

Martin’s event is part of Movember Canada which is part of Movember world wide.

One of those playing from Bruderheim was Mayor Karl Hauch who played in the tournament for the second straight year.

“I was invited by Tony Baxter Stacey last year, I had a great time,” he said. “It’s a great way to raise awareness of men’s health, so when asked there was no doubt I’d be back this year.”

It’s a great organization, he added. On his team, the Blues, former MLA and owner of Fife n’ Dekel bakery in Edmonton served as the guest coach.

Hauch put up a Facebook page promoting his playing and raising funds for the cause.

He doesn’t know the total amount but said any amount of money was a great help.

Players taking part in the Saturday tournament ranged in age from 14 to 78 years old.

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United Prostates goalie Tony Baxter Stacey gives a thumbs up to his teammates after claiming the trophy for winning the Movember Charity Hockey Tournament in Fort Saskatchewan, Nov. 23. The United Prostates downed the Half-Nuts 8-6 in the championship game. Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie Homeniuk Armstrong presents the trophy.

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Local hemp processors start operating in smaller facility

BY JOHN MATHER While the Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation has suffered delays in its plant construction in Bruderheim, they are now processing smaller amounts of hemp from another facility in Lamont County.

“We’re about three months behind in our start up in Bruderheim,” said company CEO Aaron Barr. “So we were able to get a six-month lease on another facility

in Lamont County and we’re ready to start up on a smaller scale.”

The company has rented the former HPS fabrication plant near the Town of Lamont off of Highway 29.

Barr said they have moved some of the decortation equipment into the facility and will soon be processing.

“The main thing we’ll be starting with is some hurd,” he said. “That can be used in hempcrete or

for animal bedding.

We’ll be shipping the processed hurd to various sites in North America.”

He said the firm was waiting to have a 90-foot scale placed on the road in their Bruderheim construction site so they could weight the trucks bringing in the hemp crop.

Barr added that work should be done this week and there would be upwards of 30,000 bales

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“It will be stored at the Bruderheim site for processing when we get into the plant in January or February.”

He said the Lamont operation has two processing lines, while the Bruderheim facility will feature four lines.

“The scale should be in very soon,” Barr added. “In Lamont we have some bales which gives us the opportunity

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Wet weather during the summer caused construction delays on the Bruderheim plant.

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Minor Hockey: Close games at all levels KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from the Northern Alberta Interlock Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the website, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries.

Bruderheim Novice was scheduled to host Thorsby on Sunday but no score was posted.

Lamont Novice was scheduled to play two games over the weekend but no scores were posted.

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Lamont Tier 6 Peewees (2-2-0) dropped a 7-6 game at home against CNN on Saturday. Lamont fought back from 4-1 first period, and 6-2 second period deficits. They scored the final three goals of

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A couple of Bruderheim Bruins Atoms move quickly to clear a loose puck from in front of the goalie during a match between them and the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers at the Karol Maschmeyer Arena Nov. 16.

Fort Saskatchewan scored early in the game, but Bruderheim rallied to tie the score prior to the end of the first period. The final outcome 6-5 home team.

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the game, the last coming with 13:43 remaining and had plenty of time to tie the score but couldn’t find the back of the net.

William Furey scored a hat trick (3g 1a). Other scorers were; Kyran Belcourt (1g 2a), Wyatt Bartz (1g 1a), Teagan Stetsko (1g), Xavier Storr (1a), and Richard Ayres (1a).

Mundare’s Brandon Kowal scored a goal on Saturday in his Fort Sask.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 15

Bruderheim cancer survivor skates for the cause

BY JOHN MATHER When Brudehrheim resident David Hosack’s neighbour, who happens to be the town’s mayor, Karl Hauch, suggested he come out and play a little hockey on Nov. 23 it was hard to say no.

“Mayor Hauch had contacted me and then he told Jim Martin,“ he said. “And Martin was

adamant, I come out and play in this Movember hockey event.”

Hosack hadn’t laced up a pair of skates for three years and was a little rusty, but it was a challenge he wasn’t going to back down from.

“I was diagnosed with prostrate cancer eight years ago,” he said. “I

had my prostrate removed but the cancer returned last January.

“This is a good cause for men’s health in general,” he said. “It’s not just for about prostrate cancer, but also about testicular cancer and mental health including male suicide.”

Prior to the return of the cancer Hosack was a

regular playing in adult shinny leagues but time has taken its toll, he admits.

“It’s been three years since I was on the ice and I don’t think I did that well, but my wife says I did fine,” he chuckled.

“But it wasn’t just about the hockey. It’s a good cause.”

Hosack had set up a

Provincial budget cuts into popular kindergarten support

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Early Childhood Coalition of Alberta, which provides funds to the Early Steps to Success Coalition in Lamont County, has had their upcoming budget reduced by the province.

It could force an end to supports such as The Welcome to Kindergarten packages distributed to preschool children every spring as well as the annual National Child Day event held in Lamont.

“We are going to be looking for additional ways to fund,” said Michelle Andriashyk, program coordinator for Early Steps to Success Coalition. “What that looks like we aren’t sure at this point.”

Although ECCA does not do any programming per say, one area they fund in addition to the National Child Day event is the Welcome to

Kindergarten bags for Lamont County.

“We received those Welcome to Kindergarten packages from the Learning Partnership for a nominal fee,” Andriashyk said. “Then we distribute them to all the kindergarten students in the Lamont County Region.”

The Welcome to Kindergarten program is run in April and May of each year. The program distributes, to each preschool child, a bag filled with items which encourage the skill development they will need for the upcoming kindergarten year. Some of the items include foam letters, playdough and crayons which help children with hand/finger coordination, creative thinking as well as alphabet awareness.

She added that the program will continue for the coming spring,

citing extra bags are available from last year and indicated that they will put together themselves any bags they are short of.

“I would hate to see that go away,” Andriashyk added. “So, one way or another if I have anything to say about it, we will continue doing it.”

Andriashyk said she was disappointed to see that as a result of the provincial budget cuts ECCA will not receive funding as of March 31, 2020. She was unclear how the annual National Child Day event will be funded in the future without the financial support of ECCA. “In terms of the annual event, I think we will

find a way to continue doing it,” she said. “It’s such a wonderful event.”

According to the Lamont County website lamontcounty.ca, The Early Steps to Success Coalition is made up of a group of agencies and individuals that have expertise in, and a passionate commitment to, early childhood development in Alberta. The Coalition strives to provide education and awareness that enhance and strengthens the communities’ capacity to provide early childhood development. This includes promoting early childhood services available and to put groundwork in place for additional needed resources.

fundraising page through the Movember pages online.

“My goal was $500 and I’m about $410 right now,” he said. “In another week I hope I’ll have reached my goal.”

At the end of November, the moustache which he has been faithfully grooming, will be shaved off.

Hosack added he wanted to thank Jim Martin for running the tournament over the past few years.

“It’s good for raising awareness of men’s health issues,” he said. “I had a great time and sure hope they invite me back to play next year. I’ll be in better shape by then.”

PUBLIC NOTICE 543007 ALBERTA LTD. O/A SIL INDUSTRIAL MINERALS WATER ACT NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is given that 543007 Alberta Ltd. o/a Sil Industrial Minerals has filed an application under the provisions of the Water Act for a Licence to divert water from a pond in NW 04-057-20-W4 to a point of use at SE 05-057-20-W4 for the purpose of aggregate washing. An annual volume of 653,760 m³ of water already licensed under File 13083 will be circulated between the two sites with an annual adhesion loss of 17,974 m³ of water.

Any person who is directly affected by this application may submit a written statement of concern to within 30 days of the date of this notice to: Environment and Parks Regulatory Approvals Centre 5th Floor, South Petroleum Plaza 9915 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2G8 Phone: 780-427-6311 Fax: 780-422-0154 Email: aep.waapplications@gov.ab.ca The written statement of concern should include the following: • the application number: 001-00453741 • describe concerns that are relevant to matters regulated by the Water Act • explain how the filer of the concern will be directly affected by the activity and/or diversion of water proposed in the application • provide the legal land location of the land owned or used by the filer where the concerns described are believed to be applicable • state the distance between the land owned or used by the filer and the site in the application • contact information including the full name and mailing address of the filer. Please provide the telephone number and/or email address for ease of contact.

Environment and Parks will review each written statement of concern, seek more information if needed, and notify each filer by letter of the decision to accept or reject their written submission as a valid statement of concern. The Public Notice of this application will also be posted on the Department’s website at https://avw.alberta.ca/PublicNoticesViewer.aspx.

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Please quote file number: 13083 Statements of concern submitted regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public and the applicant. Failure to file a statement of concern may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environmental Appeals Board.

Copies of the application and additional information can be obtained from:

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Laura Royer Land and Environment Coordinator 543077 Alberta Ltd. o/a Sil Industrial Minerals Phone: 780-486-6336 Email: laura.royer@sureway.ca

16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 27, 2019