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Some workers scared to speak out against vaccine mandates CAO says: “This is a pandemic and it’s serious,”... the decision to mandate vaccines for employees was not made lightly, “... we are serving the vulnerable people...” BY JANA SEMENIUK Some Lamont County Health workers are scared to speak out against vaccine mandates which have been instituted across the province for employees in hospitals and nursing homes to mitigate the spread of COVID 19. While most workers have already been vaccinated over the past year, the ones who choose not to be vaccinated are worried about keeping their jobs. “I know people are scared to speak out,” said one worker who asked to remain anonymous. “One of my coworkers disagrees completely with the forced vaccinations but is too scared to speak out because she doesn’t want to be ostracized by the other workers or her family and friends, and doesn’t want to lose her job. I feel the same way.” Although the employee did not want the vaccine, she agreed to get the jab to avoid losing her job. “I didn’t want the vaccine because I didn’t think there was enough study. It makes me very nervous,” she said. “I’ve only had my first shot, but I reacted to it.” The worker said she experienced a reaction that lasted a few days. According to her mandate at work, she has only a few weeks to get the second shot. “It took me a few days to recover from the reaction and I am tremendously nervous about getting that second shot,” she said. Another worker, who also asked to remain anonymous, said she was horrified once she learned she would be mandated to receive the vaccine or risk her income. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer but I believe

in freedom of choice. I don’t want to people that were double vaccinated lose my job, but I don’t know what I’m and still got COVID. I just don’t think going to do,” she said. “Childhood vac- anyone should be forced to take it.” Although Kufeldt said he doesn’t cines have been tested and used for decades and we know the long-term want this vaccine, if he were forced, he may not have a effects. I am not choice. comfortable with Some residents “I have a vaccine that have already nowhere to go. was created so opted out (of the My kids live in quickly with vaccine) and I Toronto and my very little 85-year-old research and will not force brother lives in testing.” the people Calgary,” he The woman already there to said. “There are was notified that about six or she has a few be vaccinated. eight of us resiweeks to become - CAO Shahad Bharmal dents who are fully vaccinated, not vaccinated or risk being put here. I would be on leave of under duress if absence without they threatened pay. to kick me out, Meanwhile, a then I would resident of the have to take it.” Beaverhill Lodge L a m o n t in Lamont is also County Housing feeling worried Foundation that he may face Chief Admina vaccine manistrative Officer date. Ron Kufeldt, 83, has lived in the Shahad Bharmal said Kufeldt has nothing to worry about. Beaverhill Lodge since 2015. “Presently our Lodge residents are “I believe I am the longest resident here at the lodge,” he said. “I was born 90 per cent vaccinated. This is their in 1938, lived through several epi- home. Some residents have already opted out (of the vaccine) and I will not demics and I’ve never had a vaccine.” While Kufeldt has never personally force the people already there to be taken a vaccine, he said he is not vaccinated,” he said. “I would prefer new residents coming in to be vaccinatopposed to them. “I’m not anti-vaccine. If it works ed.” Additionally, Bharmal said the decithen it works. Like for smallpox. I’m not against it if people want it but I sion to mandate vaccines for employwouldn’t take it unless I knew it would ees was not made lightly. “This is a pandemic and it’s serious. do the trick,” he said. “I know a few

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This was not a decision we took lightly,” he said. “The Foundation is going to be mandating vaccinations and the staff will be required to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 30, 2021. It gives them a good 2 months.” Bharmal explained the reasoning behind the mandates. “The main reason is we are serving the vulnerable people and we want the staff to be vaccinated. It’s an infection control issue and occupational health and safety issue. The Foundation staff include managers, maintenance staff, general service workers, housekeeping and cooks,” he said. Bharmal spoke about the staff who might not agree with the mandates. “It’s possible that staff might want to remain unvaccinated and take the risk. We are not going to fire anyone, but they will be put on a leave of absence until they decide,” he said. “There are religious and medical exemptions for them also. No one has come forward yet, but I don’t think there will be a lot of them.” In terms of what the future of living with COVID 19 will look like, Bharmal shared his thoughts. “It’s inevitable that people will ask you for vaccine status. Covid is never going away,” he said. “In the near future everyone will be required to provide that vaccination status no matter where they go. We will have to manage life with COVID from this point forward. I think it will be a job requirement in the future.” Collectively, Father Filas Manor in Mundare and Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge accommodate 71 residents and employ 40 staff members.

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Absentees put two Lamont County schools in “outbreak” status BY JANA SEMENIUK Two Lamont County schools are currently on outbreak status as absenteeism has exceeded the 10 per cent threshold. Lamont High has been on outbreak status since Sept. 15 and Bruderheim School since Oct. 1. “All schools report to Alberta Health Services (AHS) when school-wide absenteeism due to illness reaches or exceeds 10 per cent. AHS investigates by contacting families to determine the nature of the illnesses

and may declare an illness outbreak. If an illness outbreak is declared, families will receive a letter from AHS with further guidance. The school will also implement additional precautionary measures,” stated the Elk Island Public Schools website. EIPS is now reporting on school outbreaks and COVID cases on their website. While families are not required to disclose the nature of a student’s illness, EIPS

emailed parents asking them to report on positive tests to their school “The COVID-19 numbers in the list reflect only the cases selfreported to the Division. Albertans are contacted by Alberta Health Services (AHS) when they test positive for COVID-19. EIPS asks families and staff to continue reporting positive test results to the applicable school to ensure the Division follows up with proper cleaning protocols. When a posi-

The Leader got a call from residents along Range Road 195 south of Hwy. 16 Sept. 21, who were upset with Lamont County for ripping up the road making it difficult for residents to drive cars along the road. After a call to public works, flagmen and barricades were put in place to assist traffic, until the rebuild of the road was completed later in the day.

tive case is reported, the school will continue to let the affected school community know directly via a SchoolMessenger email as it has in the past,” stated the email. According to the EIPS website, schools with confirmed COVID cases between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1 were Bruderheim School with four cases and Lamont Elementary with one. Meanwhile, EIPS Communication Director Laura McNabb said that the numbers will be regularly updated. “Numbers will be updated every Friday. Parents are advised about a school being in outbreak status and those who have confirmed cases of COVID19 are required to quarantine as per AHS rules, and those in the class or school where the outbreak occurred are advised to monitor close-

ly for symptoms,” she said by email. “There are no schools currently closed, and a school closure is done under the direction of AHS.” Overall, Lamont

County is currently sitting with 46 cases out of a population of 7,845. In addition, 55.5 per cent of the population have been fully vaccinated as of Oct. 4.

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Two vie for Division 1 seat, long-time councillor challenged by ag. businessman BY JOHN MATHER Long time Lamont County Councillor Daniel Warawa faces a newcomer for the Division One council seat in Lamont County. Warawa is running on his experience and past achievements while businessman Kevin Andrychuk is running on the need for a change, noting several issues in the County. Making sure people get out and vote is important to Warawa, who has spent the past 17 years on County Council, many of those as the Deputy Reeve. “People keep telling me, ‘we like what you’re doing’ and ‘keep up the good work’,” he states. “But I mean I think they are sincere, but they have to get out and vote.” “We’ve had a lot of accomplishments over the past several years,” he said. “Getting the new regional fire depart-

ments and the regional fire agreement with the towns and villages was an important move.” He points to appointing a second weed inspector and adding a roadside mowing program as major accomplishments in the area of agriculture in the county. “With the roadside mowing, we added units to control weeds at the same time,” he said. “That took some convincing to get the council to approve it but it’s proven to be very beneficial.” Moving forward, if reelected, Warawa would like to see the drainage to the south from Highway 16 to Beaverhill Lake developed. “It starts at Range Road 171 and has to be worked on,” said Warawa. “That’s a major priority for me.” He said it’s been on the books for some time, but with the changes in

the public works department it’s been hard to get follow ups, because it’s not familiar to the new employees. He said he would be touring the area with the new public works director Andrew Phillips to inspect the area and get some work started. He said one of the largest issues he’s hearing about while campaigning is the staff turnover at the County in the main administration building and at and public works. “People say what’s this revolving door that’s going on?” he said. “It’s very hard to answer that question.” He said much of the issues are among the staff and council isn’t necessarily aware of them until a person is gone. Warawa adds that so far he is impressed with Peter Tarnowski, the interim Chief Administrative Officer.

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“I think he’s going to be a good man,” he said. “I think he’ll do very well if he stays.” He adds roads are always an issue in the County, but he states in Division One the roads all got gravel this year after not getting any the previous year. In addition establishing a county-wide drainage plan and regular use of GPS in county vehicles will help manage infrastructure in the coming years. “We have our master drainage plan completed,” he said. “That’s throughout the County. That’s where the recommendations come to show where culverts need to be replaced. And this won’t take place overnight, but now we can start longterm planning.” Continued on Page 8

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Mike SARIC

for MAYOR of MUNDARE My wife and I moved to Mundare with our young family in 1999 to open Mundare Tire and Auto Service which I operated until 2013. In 2004 I was elected as Mayor and have served 4 Terms as your Mayor for a total of 13 years. Over the years I have had the pleasure of working with many excellent councilors and led many successful projects. While I was the Chairperson of the Mundare School Advisory Council, we successfully lobbied Elk Island Public Schools to build a full-sized Gym when the old structure started to collapse. We presented the business case to add grades 7 and 8 back to Mundare School and worked with EIPS to get a new School built. As with any business the key to success is planning and preparation and I am committed to always looking forward and creating plans that are in tune with the needs of our growing community. When we were being told that we were wasting money on a plan and engineering to reconstruct our main street I remained committed to getting the work done. As it happened the US mortgage crisis of 20082009 created an economic downturn that caused our Federal and Provincial Governments to seek out shovel ready project and we were in position to take advantage. Two thirds, over 4 million dollars, of the project that was never supposed to happen was covered by Federal and Provincial Grants. More recently we were able to capitalize on grant dollars to complete a lift station replacement on the North side of Town and road rehabilitation and final completion in the South. As with any community the work is never done. Today we are engaged in creating a road and drainage plan for the oldest parts of Town and preliminary discussions with our Fire and Rescue Department for a replacement Fire Hall that will meet current OH&S Standards and our contractual obligations with the County of Lamont. Although these projects may seem distant and daunting it is crucial that we lay the groundwork today if we want to see them come to fruition. Another area that I am committed to working on is the improvement of operational effectiveness within our operations as a Town. In my current roll as Location Manager for a multinational Transportation company I have come to realize that there are many improvements that can be made to how we do business on a daily basis. We have excellent and dedicated people working for us and I believe that we can improve our systems to deliver services more effectively and efficiently. As the owner of three rental properties as well as our own home I also appreciate the challenges that increases in property taxes has on all of us, particularly those on fixed incomes. Over the last two budget cycles we have been able to hold the line spending without reducing services and I remain committed to continuing to find efficiencies wherever possible to keep our taxes as affordable as possible while continuing to maintain the standards in infrastructure and services that our citizens have come to expect. In my Current position with First Student I am responsible for and work directly with corporate specialist in Finance, Human Resources, contract negotiations, and business development. The skills I have developed over the last 8 years are directly transferable to my roll as mayor and have helped me to identify areas in which we can do better as an organization. In light of the current situation with Covid-19 and the fact that I work with dozens of school bus drivers who are in contact with hundreds of school aged children, I will not be knocking on -doors this year. But I would love to hear from you, so please do not hesitate to contact me on -my personal phone at 780-275-0232 or via email at msaric66@gmail.com.

I hope that I can count on your vote on October 18th in my effort to continue serving my Town! Sincerely, Mike Saric

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Opinion Much blah, blah, blah ado about nothing BY JOHN MATHER Greta the Grinch tottered out of her troll hole to lecture a forum of 400 young climate zealots last week at the Youth4Climate symposium in Milan, Italy. Now bear in mind 400 youth out of a world population of 7.8 billion (as of March 2020) isn’t in my mind very representative. Sort of like Trudeau winning two elections with less than the majority of the popular vote and then claiming to be governing for all of us. What a wonderful world we live in. “Climate change is not only a threat. It is, above all, an opportunity to create a healthier, cleaner and greener planet which will benefit all of us,” the Swedish climate activist said with a bright smile. This from the National Observer. Watching the video I would say it was more of a grimace than a smile. “What do you think of when you think of climate change?,” she asked the assembled delegates. “I think of jobs. About ‘green jobs’ and a ‘smooth transition’ to a clean economy.” My goodness she could have stolen that line straight from a Trudeau speech! Or maybe Trudeau speechwriters stole it from her. And then her speech got good. In fact it’s why I had to go and watch the entire thing. “There is no Planet B. There is no Planet Blah. Blah, blah, blah... Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. “Thirty years of blah, blah, blah,” Thunberg said acerbically. “Net zero by 2025. By 2050! This is all we hear from our leaders. Words that sound great, but so far have led to no action. Our hopes and dreams drowned in their empty words and promises. Over 50 per cent of all our CO2 emissions have occurred since 1990, and a third since 2005.” Yeah, she had me at blah,blah, blah… in some way it reminded me of the Peanuts characters when an adult speaks to them. In other ways it reminded me of the movie Network where the crazed news anchor entices all his viewers to scream from their windows to the tops of mountains, “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore.” Watch the movie and watch Peter Finch in his role as the crazed anchor. Look carefully at his eyes. They are the eyes of a zealot. A zealot according to Oxford is “an uncompromising or extreme partisan, a fanatic.” Now watch the video of Greta going “blah, blah, blah…” Look at her eyes. They burn with that same intensity of a zealot. But again and again during her few years of fame, she has preached and lectured to North America and Europe about the evils of climate change. And how she has lectured. Continued

CONTINUED I’m amazed sometimes how someone only 18 years old can be this angry. So angry that I really have to laugh at her approach. She just isn’t believable. And I very much doubt she’s spewing her own words. And that causes me concern. She’s being controlled much in the same way Britney Spears has been controlled and manipulated. Not for the same motives, but there has to be a clique of master environmentalists pulling the strings of the young Greta Thunberg. As her eyes roll around staring beadily at her audience of youth who do pay rapt attention to her every word, I’m reminded of the WE groupies. It’s that same sort of cult worship.

Greta lambastes politicians everywhere for not doing anything but throwing empty words at climate change. There she is right. Did Justin plant all those trees he promised No. He did impose a carbon tax that really only hurts Canadians by siphoning their hard earned money from their pockets. Absolutely! Greta states in her speech, “We can no longer let the people in power decide what hope is,” she said. “Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah, blah, blah. Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action. Hope always comes from the people. We want real climate action and we want climate justice.” Well Greta you must realize that is a pipe dream. Yes, the climate is changing. Over the millennia, our

world’s climate has changed many times. Were receding glaciers creating the many lakes across North America the result of global warming? Had to be, otherwise why would those glaciers melt? Has mankind created messes that enhance natural global warming. I can buy that. But Greta, North America and Europe have heeded the message and brought in programs and policies to curtail environmental pollution. If you want to get through to me, don’t bleat “blah, blah, blah from podiums in the free world. Go to India and China where the majority of this environmental pollution comes from. Lecture them! And then sit back and see if they listen to you. Blah, blah, blah.

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Time to Do It

BY HAZEL ANAKA Is anyone truly surprised that Alberta is in a crisis? When Calgarybased Jason Kenney opened society up again just in time for the Calgary Stampede, it had all the hallmarks of a potential super spreader event. Calling this the Best Summer Ever as he lifted most of the rules was a blunder of epic proportions. Now, we find ourselves in the Fall from Hell. I don’t get it. When did Kenney lose all sense? As something of a political watcher, I remember him as a star in the Stephen Harper cabinet. He was Immigration Minister and took to the role like a duck to water. He was eloquent. He made inroads for the Conservative Party with a variety of ethnic communities. He was respected. His political sense was uncanny.

What the hell happened? Clearly, it’s tougher being the Top Dog than a loyal lieutenant. Throw in the worst health disaster to plague the globe and things get dicier. Yet, he had a majority government in a province about as conservative as they come. Maybe his cabinet wasn’t filled with star power but competent, eager learners can grow into the demands of the position. Previously, in this space, I’ve said that the Premier (any Alberta premier) walks a fine line. There are the brash, out-spoken, “you’re not the boss of me’ people who tend to live in rural Alberta where they/we survive on our wits, selfreliance, and resilience. This is the traditionally loyal base of the Conservatives. Contrast that with the more sophisticated, urbane, privileged people of the big cities. They’ve traditionally supported the NDP or even Liberal parties. Through the countless press conferences of the past almost two years, Kenney couldn’t win for losing. If he said something that pleased

his base, you can be sure our city cousins were not impressed. And for a while, those of us in rural Alberta seemed spared the ravages of COVID-19 felt by those living in more densely populated situations. It was easier being locked down on 160 acres than in a threestorey walk-up with a balcony or heaven forbid, a basement suite or homeless shelter. Then COVID found us in the country. People got sick, people died. Uptake on following the rules was slow. Masks infringed on people’s rights. The vaccine, the vaccine that everyone on the planet couldn’t believe came to market just in time to save humanity was suspect. Some believe there’s a chip in it that allows government to know your every move. Guess what, they already do through technology and data mining. I’m not on any surgical waitlists but I have family members who are waiting for knee and hip replacement surgeries. The delays for procedures that reduce pain and increase the quality of life always were unac-

Province moves to enhance health-care education says MLA

Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk, MLA Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville This week, Advanced Education Minister, Demetrios Nicolaides announced that in partnership with Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary, our government is expanding health-care education and capacity in east-central Alberta through the pilot Rural Registered Nursing Degree Program. The U of C will handle program delivery, and AHS will provide classroom space

and hands-on training opportunities at Wainwright Health Centre. I want to note that even though the Wainwright Health Centre is outside of our constituency, students who live within 120 km of the centre are eligible to apply. One of the priorities of our government that I am personally behind is how to deliver world-class education to all Albertans, regardless to whether they live in Calgary, or Mannville. I also want to talk about Police and Peace Officers Memorial Day that was held on September 26. This is a day to recognize the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of our safety. When an officer leaves their home to go on duty, there is no guarantee they will return. I know I speak on behalf of all the people of Fort Saskatchewan-

Vegreville when I say to our frontline officers, Thank You! I am also excited to tell you that Business Excellence awards will be recognized later this year by the Fort Saskatchewan & District Chamber of Commerce. The finalists for the awards have been recently announced and three anonymous judges will have the difficult task of choosing the winners. The categories are: Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Small and News Business of the year, Marketing Award of Excellence, Industrial Heartland Award, Inclusion and Diversity Award, G.R.I.T. Award, Customer Service of the Year, and the Innovation Award. Congratulations to all the finalists, I wish all of you good luck. Please contact my constituency office at forts a s k a t c h e w a n . v e g re ville@assembly.ab.ca if you have any questions or ideas.

ceptable so this current situation is unconscionable. Heaven help you if you have a heart attack, stroke, or cancer. The dreaded triage is now a real thing (even if they haven’t officially crossed that policy threshold). Seniors are less likely to get a lifesaving ventilator than the twenty-something with his whole life stretching out before him. Even though he was too naïve, cynical, dumb, or invincible to get the vaccine. Is it a coincidence that between 70-80 percent of people in hospital or ICU are unvacci-

nated? If our parents hadn’t embraced the miracle of vaccines, some of us may well have lived out our wretched lives in an iron lung. Or been scarred by the range of childhood illnesses that have been all but eradicated in the developed world. I truly don’t get vaccine hesitancy. It is not a cure but it mitigates the threat of the disease and saves lives. Would you turn down insulin for your diabetes? Or the prescription for high blood pressure or high cholesterol? None of these are risk-free cures yet most

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Roads topic of county From the files of discussion with new staff The Lamont Leader BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County Interim Chief Administration Officer Peter Tarnowski told County Council he would like to see residents contact public works (via the public works service request line) in the future rather than going first to their Division councillor. He made the statement during the Sept. Committee of the Whole meeting. “From a very practical perspective the first call should be to public works,” he stated. “It’s only a second call that should go to a councillor if a resident hasn’t received a satisfactory result. “Ultimately over time we want to train our residents to call public works so that all the requests can be captured in one data base and all be assessed and thing can be addressed on a priority basis,” said Tarnowski. New Public Works Director Andrew Phillips agreed and said he hoped to have a new process addressed in the coming days. “I think all requests have to come through a

centralized location,” he said. “The calls and direct email are all taking away from the team leaders whose time would be better spent in the field.” Tarnowski added this type of process would let staff response be measured against closure rates and he had found it to be a very successful process in the past where he had implemented it. Reeve Diduck said in the past he had taken calls from ratepayers and he said that put him in the position of a middleman and in the future he would pass on a public works number for the ratepayer to call. Phillips said moving forward he would provide council with an update on what had been completed and what was expected to be completed in the coming months. He was responding to Councillor Neil Woitas stating he felt he needed more information to provide ratepayers with an update on ongoing projects. “I do need more information on location and other things,” he said. “I need more detailed locations.”

Councillor Daniel Warawa agreed with Woitas that the councillors would have to know the locations of the ongoing projects so they could respond to ratepayers. Phillips said he would include all locations moving forward. Diduck told council they had to be patient. “Andrew is only in the first month on the job. We have to get more proactive than reactive,” he said. “Next year we’ll more ahead. We’ve had a lot more work done in the past month than we’ve had done in a long time.” Councillor Roy Anaka raised concerns about the gravel haul road maintenance along 12 and half miles of road in Division Four. “The division four graders end up doing the maintenance on this road,” he said. The grader operators had limited experience and he didn’t think it was fair for them to be grading a gravel haul road. “There are five divisions and I think each division should send a grader for each day of the week,” he said. Continued on Page 9

SIGNS O’ THE TIMES Election signs indicating council and mayoral candidates for the upcoming Mundare municipal election have sprung up in the main garden on the town’s main street. For a couple of more weeks the signs will detract from the beauty of the flowers, the garden's natural inhabitants, in the background.

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Local resident and artist, Bruce Suffield, stands beside his work of art created in memory of Rosalind Bowes, long time member of the Lamont High School. The memorial sculpture has been installed in the courtyard at the school. Suffield was appoached by the 2012 grad class to carry on Bowes’ memory.

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Division 1 challenger Continued from Page 3 Warawa said he also wants to continue to encourage further development of industry in the County in the Alberta Industrial Heartland area. Warawa has been out talking to residents in the division and says while the reception has been positive, he still hears their concerns. “People know they can contact me and I’ll get back to them,” he adds. Taking on Warawa in Division One is Kevin Andrychuk, manager of the Beaver Creek Coop in Lamont. “I’ve got concerns and I think it’s time for a change in our area,” he said. “I’ll throw my name in the hat and see where we end up.” He said his biggest concern is to bring back

order to the County. “We have no permanent CAO, no CFO, we’ve lost a lot of employees with the county and lost a lot of experience,” he stated. “We basically have to restructure and if elected that will be my number one priority.” He said the roads, drainage and agricultural concerns such as weeds were problems but getting the structure back to the administra-

tion was at the top of his priorities. “I graduated from Mundare School so I’ve lived here all my life,” he said. “I have an agriculture degree and through my job at the Coop I’ve got a HR certificate and a management certificate from the University of Alberta. I think with those skills I could help bring some structure back to the County.” Andrychuk lives near Midway Road by the

north end of the Division One boundary. He said while he used to farm, after his father passed away they rented everything out. With his position at Beaver Creek, he said he would have the time to contribute as a County Councillor. He adds as he has

campaigned the reception has been very good but said he has been hearing a lot of concerns as he talks to constituents. “It’s time for a new perspective and that’s what we need,” he said. “As I go out and speak with people I give them

my email or phone number if they want to have any follow up conversations.” Andrychuk is married with two grown sons. His wife splits her time as an X-ray technician at Lamont and Smoky Lake Hospital.

On October 18, 2021 Re-elect

WAYNE ELECT

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Aaron

WICK Lamont County Councillor Division 2 One of the people, to be a voice for the people. Time for change.

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WOLDANSKI Lamont County Councillor Division 2 For Dedicated, Experienced, And Proven Leadership

Leading Change for a Sustainable Future (780) 818-7988 woldanskiw@gmail.com

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 9

County roads Continued from page 6 “The guys are grading seven miles of Twp. Road 580 and then 12 miles of Range Road 162, because that way the trucks go loaded. All the roads are a mess and I ask for help and they take my grader operator. “I can’t take all those phone calls about the washboard roads,” he said. “The county has to do something about that road maintenance. It has to be addressed.” He said he had brought it up and was told help would be forthcoming but it hadn’t happened. “I can’t figure out the logic of it,” stated Anaka. “I think for the way the summer went and it’s not over, I need some help up here.” He suggested they may need to budget for a full time grader operator

to work the gravel haul roads. Phillips said he knew of the issue, but hadn’t had time to get right into the situation yet. He said some of the neighbouring divisions would be brought in to help out as a stop gap measure. Tarnowski agreed Anaka made a valid point. “Attending to the haul roads is different from the typical level of service one would expect in a regular division road. “The thought of potentially activating a construction grader to supplement what would be normal division level of service work is a good option to consider. We’ll look at other options also and we’ll bring forth a business case at budget time.” “It sounds like this has been a chronic issue for more than one year and is just particularly pronounced this year,” he added.

Division Two councillor Wayne Woldanski said the County had more graders than it had operators. He stated because of Covid, staffing levels had dropped across the County and, “We have to bring those staffing levels back up. “We’re trying to get by with less staff, and we have to get back to providing the levels of service we provided in the past. We need to look seriously at that in this year’s budget.” Reeve Diduck pointed out the entire gravel policy had to be revamped. “We have to look at the amount of roads gravelled, what the applications rates are, and the haul road maintenance has to be addressed along with the contract trucker policy and other areas in the gravel policy. In addition we’re not sure how much gravel we have used… are we over budget, have we crushed additional

October 18th Vote for

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gravel, how much is stockpiled?” He said he knew administration was looking into it, but the policy had to be revisited. Phillips agreed there were several areas in public works that could be revamped, but he was new in the position and would be looking into

cost savings going into the fall. Anaka said over the winter a couple of half day meetings between council and public works would be beneficial for both parties and Phillips said he would welcome that. Phillips also gave council an update on the

Tagore Estates Road. “By the end of the day tomorrow we should be completed,” he said. “I was down there last week and it looks really good down there.” He said applying cold mix west of St. Michael would take place if time permitted.

On October 18th Re-elect Roy ANAKA in Division 4

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Born, raised, educated and graduated in Andrew School. Married to Rosann for 43 years, raised 4 children. Retired from the Petrochemical and Oil & Gas industry. Residing on the 100 year old family farm. Involved in community activities: ~ President of St. Michael & District Ag Society ~ Chairman of local St. Michael Archangel R.C. Church ~ Director of Lamco Gas Board Some things I propose to improve is: ~ Ratepayer and County communications, concerns and accountability ~ Continue improvement of road maintenance, dust controls and drainage systems ~ work towards developing more affordable subdivisions or acreages to bring in younger families to support our schools and communities. I am proactive rather than reactive, approachable, have a positive attitude, a team player and always listen. Due to Covid, I will respect the restrictions and your privacy, and will not campaign door to door. Please do not hesitate to contact me H - 780.896.2142 C 780.288.4280 Email: cklita@mcsnet.ca

Dave Diduck Division 3 Councillor Lamont County Is a vote for:

Integrity Accountability Approachability

Diduck, Dave

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10 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 6, 2021

County Division Two council race shapes up BY JOHN MATHER Two are battling it out for the Division Two council seat in Lamont County. Veteran incumbent Wayne Woldanski has held the seat for 17-years but states he still has the fire in his belly to keep doing the job. Fourteen of those years were spent as the Reeve. “I think the biggest accomplishment has been enlarging the Industrial Heartland area to its current size so we can look at attracting more industrial development to our area,” he said. “I think that’s where our sustainable future is regarding both revenue and jobs for our residents.” Woldanski sat as the County representative on the Alberta Industrial Heartland. He has also sat on the Municipal Planning Commission, the Seniors Foundation, and most

recently has been chairman of the Landfill Commission for the past four years. He also sat as the County representative on the Capital Regional Board. Woldanski thinks his biggest priority is continuing to attract economic development to the area whether it’s industrial or agricultural. “That provides jobs for our residents and keeps them in the community and it provides revenue,” he said. “We can then use those revenues to upgrade our roads and other areas of infrastructure.” He admits some major plans need updating including the land use bylaw. “Some of those plans are underway but were delayed because of the pandemic and we were unable to hold public meetings,” he said. “The next council will have to carry on with those.”

He said there are some road projects he'd like to see move forward. “Township Road 550 has to be completed across the top of Elk Island Park,” he explained. “There has been work done from Highway 15 to Range Road 195 but we have to complete this as it’s becoming a major transportation corridor.” He adds the intersection of 550 and Range Road 195 needs to be upgraded out of safety concerns. The recent turnover of County staff is a concern and Woldanski hopes they can get the right team together. “Council has decided to have an external review to see if we can get the right team,” he said. “It’s look like the Public Works position has been filled and it looks solid moving forward.” He adds the turnovers

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MAYOR Town of Lamont Proven Leadership and Professionalism P Please vote on October 18, 2021 I have been a member of Council for 23 years, serving as Mayor from 2011 to present. As Mayor I have worked effectively with Council and Administration to position our community for growth and provide the best services and quality of life possible. Through good governance, strategic planning and financial management we have maintained a low debt load, built reasonable reserves, upgraded facilities, enhanced parks, added tax incentives for new construction and assured the infrastructure and zoning is in place to accommodate growth. We accomplished this while not escalating property taxes. The newly elected Council can now begin marketing the Town of Lamont as one of the very best communities in the region to live and to establish a business. I am devoted to making sure we gain the benefits of the work that has been completed to move our community forward.

are concerning because it means people are constantly having to be retrained and some scheduled projects can get lost in the process. “We want the right fit and the right people to move the County ahead in the long term.” He added there’s a communication gap with the turnovers because some promises may have been made and then not followed up with. Continued on Page 18

Re-elect Al Harvey For Town of Lamont Council

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Al Harvey and permit me to serve the community as a member of Town Council

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Kirk Perrin for Mayor of Lamont

“If Elected as Mayor; I promise to deliver meaningful change in the lives of our residents.” ~ Kirk Perrin

Election Day October 18, 2021

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 11

Dr. Shauna Bruno speaks of her kokum, and a shared future for children Day would look like, BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont County resi- Podoborozny said the dents reflected on the Town of Bruderheim will legacy of residential not wait until next year schools on Sept. 30 by to decide. “We aren’t going to not only honouring Orange Shirt Day, but wait a year. This year we also the newly created wanted to work with the federal Truth and school to use their gardens (for a gathering) Reconciliation Day. Although the Province but they aren’t even letof Alberta did not offi- ting the public into the cially recognize Truth school yet. Even though and Reconciliation Day we are allowed gatheras a statutory holiday, ings of up to 200 people they did encourage outdoors, we just wanted Albertans to use the day to keep everyone safe. to remember and honour We are still looking at the residential school sur- gardens to host somevivors and victims with a thing virtually before the statement on their web- end of the year,” she said. site. Meanwhile, Dr. Shauna “On September 30, people in Canada recog- Bruno, spoke to the hisof residential nize Orange Shirt Day by tory wearing orange to schools during the online acknowledge the legacy gathering. “This is a Canadian of residential schools and honour the survivors problem, because while and their families. The Aboriginal people were Canadian federal gov- being demeaned in the ernment also recognizes schools, and their culture September 30 as a and language were being National Day for Truth taken away from them, and Reconciliation. On that very same message this day, Albertans are was being given to the encouraged to reflect on non-Aboriginal children the legacy of residential in the public schools as schools and participate well. And they need to that history in a community event,” know includes them,” she said. said the statement. While Elk Island Public Bruno went on to share a Schools chose to shut personal story about her schools down for Sept. Kokum (grandmother in 30, the town councils of Cree.) “She was a child who Bruderheim and Lamont joined with presenters was adopted from an Dr. Shauna Bruno and orphanage in Edmonton, her mother Elder Sophie and we believe her to be Bruno from the Samson mainly white ancestry,” Cree Nation to give she said. “And no sooner guidance and share their did she arrive here, she experiences in an online was shipped off to resigathering. Bruderheim dential school at seven or Chief Administrative eight years old.” Bruno further Officer Patty Podoborozny explained why the explained the story of online link was not made her Kokum. “What I find fascinatpublic. “I asked our presenters ing about her story is I to gear the presentation think about how she more to the governance lived being a non-indigeside of it rather than the nous girl and attending a public side of it. In the boarding school. It was Truth and Reconciliation all Cree children in the there are 94 calls to Ermineskin residential here in action, and we are work- school, ing on five of them right now,” she said. “We really want to be educated so we can successfully roll this out publicly in the future.” In terms of what a future public Orange Shirt Day and Truth and The Kokum (grandmother in R e c o n c i l i a t i o n Cree) of Dr. Shauna Bruno from Samson Cree Nation.

Maskwacis, and she was immersed in the culture. After residential school when she came home, she was enculturated in the Cree way of life, and in the language. She became a woman that worked extra hard in her life to fit in. She was a

speaker who was fluent in Cree, and she knew a lot about the culture. She was very adamant about teaching that,” she said. Bruno concluded with her beliefs in a shared future for indigenous and non-indigenous. “Our shared future is a

collective shared future, and it's about our children, it's about our grandchildren, and the legacy that all of us want to leave,” she said. “I believe that in moving forward this requires a new generation of indigenous and non-

indigenous leaders, political leaders, ones that don't hide behind problems, but welcome them as an opportunity to build the country into a nation worthy of every child's dream, because every child does matter.”

Vote October 18

Linda SIEKER

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Lamont Town Council

Proven Community Commitment Present Community Involvement Town of Lamont – Parks & Rec Committee Lamont Fire Department ~ 30 years Lamont United Church Board Member

Prior Community Involvement Lamont Public Library Board Lamont Playschool Board Lamont Christmas Hamper Committee

I have an accounting background, and have been involved in many fundraisers and celebrations held in Lamont for various organizations for the past 30 years. I have been a resident of Lamont for 34 years, married to Herman for 40 years and have 2 grown children that attended playschool, Lamont High School.

If I am elected, I will strive to be a voice for the people of Lamont

October 18

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

REP adopted at Bruderheim BY JANA SEMENIUK The Restrictions Exemption Program (REP), where proof of vaccine is required for access to certain businesses, has been adopted by the Town of Bruderheim to allow access to some of their facilities including the local Karol Maschmeyer Arena. Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny explained the choices to Bruderheim town council during a special meeting Sept. 20. “Organizations can opt to require a proof of vaccination or negative COVID test to enter their premises or organizations can opt out and will be required to reduce service levels by offering virtual service or one third capacity limits in their buildings,” she said. Podoborozny added what the impacts would be by not choosing the REP. “By decreasing to one third capacity we would have to cancel any programming for adults 18 and over including hockey. This would include

our Community Hall as well, so any programming like yoga. All private bookings such as weddings or funerals and receptions would not allowed,” she said. Podoborozny said losing the adult hockey teams would be a big blow. “The biggest impact would be losing the adult hockey teams. It costs about $10,000 - $12, 000 a month to run the arena. And we would essentially lose probably one quarter of our adult bookings,” she said. Additionally, Podoborzny said either choice will cost the town an additional $15,000 in extra staffing costs. During a recent interview, Podoborozny stated that cancelling hockey was simply not an option for the town. “We have three adult hockey programs. Not allowing them to play hockey is just not an option. We focus on seniors and little kids but we also need to look at this age group. We need to help support them as a community,” she said. In terms of unvacci-

Rink operator Matthew Hamblin drives the Zamboni over freshly installed ice at the Karol Maschmeyer Arena in Bruderheim. The arena officially opens Oct. 7. Photo: Patty Podoborozny

nated parents whose children would be playing hockey at the arena, Podoborozny said the minor hockey community are good at helping each other out. “The great thing about hockey is there are a lot of parents. Last year they took turns tying skates because there were no spectators allowed and no parents allowed in the dressing room,” she said. “But two or three parents were allowed to volunteer and rotate to help the kids tie skates.” Bruderheim’s Karol Maschmeyer Arena officially opens Oct. 7.

Notice of Advance Poll

Local Authorities Act (Section 26) Alberta Senate Election Act (Sections 5, 37) Referendum Act (Section 7)

Local Jurisdiction: TOWN OF LAMONT, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Notice is hereby given that an advance poll will be held for the filling of the following offices: Office(s) Mayor Councillors

Number of Vacancies

Ward or Electoral Division Number (if applicable)

1 6

Advance voting will take place on the 7th day of October, 2021 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Voting station will be located at 5307-50 Ave. Town Office Foyer Dated at the Town of Lamont, in the Province of Alberta this 4th day of October 2021. To vote, you must produce identification for inspection. The identification must be one or more of which establishes both name and current residential address as required by section 53 of the Local Authorities Election Act or local bylaw. Betty Malica Returning Officer

HARVEST ALL BUT WRAPPED UP A trio of combines pick up the last crops from the ground recently in the Bruderheim area. Harvest throughout Lamont County is now pretty much wrapped up for the season.

Notice of Election

Local Authorities Act (Sections 12, 35, 46, 53) Alberta Senate Election Act (Sections 5, 37) Referendum Act (Section 7)

LOCAL JURISDICTION

Town of Lamont, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

Notice is hereby given: A. That an election will be held for the filling of the following offices: Office(s)

Number of Vacancies

Ward or Electoral Division Number (if applicable)

Mayor 1 Councillors 6 B. That an election will be held for the election of a Senate nominee for the purposes of the Alberta Senate Election Act; C. That a vote of the electors will beheld on the following referendum question(s) under the Referendum Act; a. Should Section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments - be removed from the Constitution? b. Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year? Voting will take place on the 18th day of October 2021, between the hours of 10:00 am and 8:00 pm. Voting stations will be located at: Lamont Recreation Centre Hall located at 4848-49 St., Lamont, AB

In order to vote, you must produce identification for inspection. the identification must be one or more of: Photo ID, tax notice, utility bill or gas billing indication your current residential street address. As required by Section 53 of the Local Authorities Election Act. DATED at the Town of Lamont, in the Province of Alberta, this 28th day of September, 2021. Betty Malica Returning Officer

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 13

Two compete to become mayor of Mundare

BY JOHN MATHER History could be made in Mundare if one-term Councillor Cheryl Calinoiu wins her race against incumbent Mike Saric to become the next mayor of Mundare. She would be the first indigenous woman to hold the mayor’s chair in Mundare’s history. “To be honest, I really don’t think that will be an issue,” explained Calinoiu. “Many people in Mundare don’t even realize I’m am indigenous. “I’ve been welcome in this community and I don’t think race was ever an obstacle and I’d like to hope it’s not an obstacle running for mayor.” “I want to be part of something I can lead in order to make a better town for us,” she explains as her reason to seek the mayor’s chair. She adds she is very proud of Mundare and accomplishments made

both in her term and in previous years to build the community, but she wants to be able to do more. “You know when I first started on council, I was unsure of what my position was. I was very shy and quiet in the beginning, but as I learned what I could do and say… well, I’m not shy anymore,” she laughs. She said the past council has worked as a team, but Calinoiu questioned whether the town had any savings and was told not much. She wanted to increase those savings, so she moved that Atco charge service fees and those are put into a reserve fund. She also states she was part of the team that did the final portion of Whitetail paving and built the new northside lift station. If elected mayor, Calinoiu would work on

getting the southside road to Whitetail paved. “Before we can do that we have to get the underground services completed,” she said. There is water along the road but a sewer would have to be built, she added. She hoped the town could apply to get a grant for this work. Calinoiu is also optimistic on the planning for the new firehall but admits there’s a long way to go. “We still have to determine where it will be located and get the land for it,” she said. “And then we have to get designs finalized.” She said she would like to see more roads being rebuilt in town. She said the sewers have been relined and that is a good start. “Once we’re done with the underground, I’d like to see us move ahead on the above

ground work.” Calinoiu has spent many years on the Parks Committee and she said many parks and the spray park and skate park have been built. “Now we’re working on the pickleball court and that should be ready for the spring.” “I’d like to see more things that families can do together… like walking trails, but that does take time and money. A walking trail would be awesome.” Calinoiu, as a small business owner, has an interest in economic development in the downtown area. “I’d love to see a bakery or a clothing store and an odds and ends store, a knick knack type of place come to Mundare,” she said. Calinoiu has roots in Mundare with her daughter and granddaughter living in town and her 17-year-old son

Notice of Election

Councillors 5 B. That an election will be held for the election of a Senate nominee for the purposes of the Alberta Senate Election Act; C. That a vote of the electors will beheld on the following referendum question(s) under the Referendum Act; a. Should Section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments - be removed from the Constitution? b. Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year? Voting will take place on the 16th day of October 2021, between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Voting stations will be located at: Village of Andrew, Multipurpose Room, 5021 50th Street, Andrew, Alberta

In order to vote, you must present one or more of the acceptable forms of identification listed below: One peice of Government issued picture identification that establishes both your name and current residential address or one authorized by Section 53 of the Local Authorities Election Act that established your name and current residential address. As required by Section 53 of the Local Authorities Election Act. DATED at the Village of Andrew, in the Province of Alberta, this 4th day of October, 2021

planning. And that’s why I’m running. “We have to have good planning in place so we’re ready when the projects are ready to go. With the main street we had our planning in place and suddenly the province had a lot of grant money to provide for shovel-ready projects and we were ready. Our engineers questioned how we could pay for it, but those grants came along and we had two thirds of the project paid for by grant. “That’s my philosophy,” he states. “Be prepared. You want to be proactive, you want to be out in front of the issues.” He concurs with Calinoiu that two successes of this term were getting the lift station built and the paving in Whitetail subdivision. Continued on Page 17

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LOCAL JURISDICTION ADVANCE VOTING at the Village of Andrew, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Notice is hereby given: A. That an election will be held for the filling of the following offices: Office(s) Number of Ward or Electoral Division Vacancies Number (if applicable)

who still lives at home. For incumbent Mike Saric, he’s served as the mayor of Mundare for 13-years over a 17-year period. “There was some term when I didn’t run,” he said. He has been busy putting up some signs but adds he will stay away from door knocking. “I work with school bus drivers every day and they work with children everyday,” he said. “With the Covid, I don’t want to take any chances. I will have my email and phone number on the brochure I’m sending out so people will be able to contact me.” Saric took over the mayor’s chair after Ed Stawnichy retired. “One of the big accomplishments I've been part of was the rehabilitation of main street,” he explained. “That was a big job and it took a lot of

Local Authorities Elections Act (Sections 12, 35, 46, 53) Alberta Senate Election Act (Sections 5, 37) Referendum Act (Section 7) LOCAL JURISDICTION: Village of Chipman, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Notice is hereby given: a) That a General Election will be held for the filling of the following offices: Office (s) Councillor

Number of Vacancies (Three)3

b) That an election will be held for the election of a Senate Nominee for the purposes of the Alberta Senate Election Act. c) That a vote of the electors will be held on the following referendum questions under the Referendum Act: 1) Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 - Parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments - be removed from the constitution? 2) Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year? Voting will take place on the 18th of October 2021, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Voting Station will be located at: The Village of Chipman Administration Building 4816-50th Street Chipman, Alberta In order to vote, you must produce identification for inspection. The identification must be one or more of: one piece of government issued picture identification that establishes both your name and current address or one authorized under the Elections Act that establishes your name and current residential address. DATED at the Village of Chipman, in the Province of Alberta, this 6th day of October, 2021.

Keiron Willis (Returning Officer)

14 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 6, 2021

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Mike Saric “Moving ahead we have to continue to direct funds into our reserves,” he said. During the last term, he said, council found out the reserves were unfunded and now they are. “Money put into those accounts now stays there,” he states. The two biggest projects they now have to start planning for are the master plan for drainage and streets and sidewalks on the northside of town. “We’ve done sewer relining in preparation for this kind of work.” He adds the firehall is also a major project that has to be planned for. “Our current firehall doesn’t comply with the terms of the new fire agreement so now we have to start planning for

a new one… one that will carry us forward for 20 to 30 years.” He said designs have to be done and property has to be located and purchased. “But without the planning now, guaranteed it will never take place,” he said. “If we’re ready and an opportunity presents itself as it has in the past then we’ll be ready.” Saric states with Covid numbers surging again the town has to leave activities up to the various community groups, but he does encourage everyone to get vaccinated. “The numbers are stark and obvious,” he states. “If you look at the number in hospital and ICU it’s more than 75 percent of people who are unvaccinated.” “You don’t have to be a mathematician to see that getting a vaccine works.”

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BY JANA SEMENIUK After nearly a twoyear hiatus, the Heroes in the Sky fundraiser, organized by the Friends of Lamont Fire Fighters Society, went almost as planned Sept. 18 considering new covid restrictions. Lamont Lieutenant Fire Fighter Dan Bowman explained that some events had to be scaled back. “We were going to have a timed firefighting competition with a buck-

et brigade and then a smaller version for the kids and a bouncy house, but the covid restrictions made it pretty tough so we had to cancel them,” he said. On Sept. 15, three days before the event, the province released additional covid measures in response to rising cases including mandatory masking and maintaining a two-meter distance between households. As a result, the fundraiser was limited to

offering hotdogs and a raffle table which still attracted several residents. Bowman added that the fundraising helps to support extra training opportunities for the fire fighters. “The society spends most of its money on social events and training opportunities that the county can’t fully pay for,” he said. “We have an extrication course coming up and the society is paying for

an additional assistant instructor to come out so we can have a better training event.” Although the event could not proceed exactly as planned, Bowman said he was still happy with the result. “I think its still good to put on a meal and have some raffle prizes,” he said. “We still had a really good turn out from the community.”

Lieutenant Fire Fighter Dan Bowman stands near the hot dog table at the Heroes In The Sky Fundraiser that took place on Sept. 18 in Lamont. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

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Wick says it’s old boys club Continued from Page 10 “We’ve had trouble attracting some of the right individuals.” Woldanski still farms as his main source of employment. But, he adds, the election doesn’t really get impeded by the fall harvest. While he's just completed the harvest, he said he’ll still have time to get out and meet with people in Division Two. “I try to get out in the mornings and meet with people,” he said. “And I consider the council position full time as well, so I have to schedule my time.” He states the response from the voters is that some are content and happy while others are commenting on staff turnovers, and rural crime is still concerning. “Roads and rural crime are probably most of the

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concerns I’ve been hearing,” he said. Woldanski adds there are some flooding concerns in Division Two but they’re not as major as some of the flooding in the northern divisions of the County. He said the flooding issues are at certain times and they include a channel through Tagore Estates from the Blackfoot area. “Certain years we get a lot of rain and if the water management isn’t as good as it could be then there are problems.” He added there was an

issue of water release out of Elk Island Park last year also, but he thinks the Agricultural Fieldman Terry Eleniak has a pretty good working relationship with the park officials. “It’s not a perfect relationship of course, but it is pretty good,” he said. He adds there are plans to replace some culverts along Range Road 195 and that has to be negotiated with park officials. He thinks the drainage master plan is a positive coming out of the past council. “It will help us with

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drainage and culvert issues throughout Division Two,” he said. “But that is a long term thing. It will take several years, but we have a document we can work from now.” Citing a need for a change, Aaron Wick is taking on Woldanski for the Division Two council seat. “I’ve been out meeting people to listen to their concerns,” he said. In his first try for a council seat, he feels it is time for change. Wick took over his parents’ farm and he feels everything in the Division seems to be

stagnant. “It’s kind of bad when everyone in the area knows our infrastructure is going to pot and I’d like to see if there’s a way to figure out how to get some new money and resources to make the needed changes.” Wick lives on Range Road 195 south of Highway 16 in the more populated area of the division. There are a lot of hobby farms and acreages in the area and many of the residents commute to jobs to Edmonton or Sherwood Park. Wick states he has travelled the Division from

Township Road 530 to 552 and over to Range Road 173. “I have been talking to people all over the Division,” he said. “And everybody is saying the same thing. If they call in with a concern they don't get a call back. Something has to change.” Wick further explains when he purchased his parents’ farm 18 years ago, “we knew it was sort of an old boys club,” and he feels that’s got to change. “I'm hoping that’s what I get the chance to do.”

Lamont Reeve wants check on council renumeration

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County Reeve David Diduck brought a Notice of Motion forward at the Sept. 25, Committee of the Whole meeting. “I am providing a Notice of Motion that on Oct. 12, I will make the following motion… that administration forward

to the Oct. 26 committee of the whole meeting information about council remuneration, meeting per diems for half and full day meetings and meals and mileage from adjacent and comparable municipalities for council information.” He then asked Interim CAO Peter Tarnowski

when the organizational meeting of the new council would take place. “In the interim I asked council to review in our own mind where we do sit in regards to remuneration and salaries,” Diduck said. “If you have any questions please let me know.”

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