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Damn Beavers!

Lamont County has trapped more than 200 beavers to date this year. County Agricultural Fieldman Terry Eleniak said the beavers and their lodging dams are creating water flow issues throughout the county and they have to be removed before too much infrastructure damage occurs.

Beavers, muskrats creating water issues across Lamont County

BY JOHN MATHER Beavers are causing major water damage in parts of Lamont County and despite having trapped more than 200 so far this year, county officials are having trouble keeping up.

“The habitats are much larger than last year,” said Lamont County Agricultural Fieldman Terry Eleniak.

“Because the ditches have much more water and because of all the rain we’ve

had the wetlands are full of water.”

He added it’s not just the beaver causing problems this year, but muskrats have also been a problem.

“There’s muskrats that are blocking our culverts,” he said. He estimates the County has trapped about 125 muskrats this year.

He said last year, along a one mile stretch of road they took out 64 muskrats.

He adds the beavers habitat is not isolated to any one area of the county, but they are spread right across it.

“Wherever our watercourses are there are beavers,” he said. His crews, he adds, go in and either blow up the dam or use mechanical equipment to break it down and then quickly call a trapper to come in to trap the beaver or shoot them.

Eleniak said there is an agreement

with agricultural producers in the County to go onto private property and remove the beavers if they are an issue, and there is also an agreement with the Crown to go on water courses, which are crown land, and clear out beaver dams.

“This year we’ve had good co-operation, because everyone wants the water build ups gone.

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2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Beaver damage county-wide Continued from Front It’s affecting their pastures or cultivated acres.”

“It’s all about protecting our infrastructure,” he stated.

When the beavers settle in an area, he explains, they create blockages to natural water flow which leads to flooded fields, ditches, blocked culverts and other issues.

“Our intent is to alleviate the pressure.”

Eleniak further emphasizes the intent of his department is not to go out just to eliminate beavers but where there is a problem causing either water or structural damage “we have to alleviate the problem.”

He adds the beavers are crucial to being a

member of the watershed but if they get overpopulated they start removing shelter belts and the area starts losing its woody species which will change weather patterns.

He adds the beavers can travel seven to 10 miles as long as they have water available.

He explained his crews have started from the North Saskatchewan River and are moving south as they find beaver colonies that need to be removed.

“As we take them out,” he said. “We’re finding they keep moving farther to the south.”

“So where we were doing much of our beaver control on the perimeter areas of the County, now we’re finding we’re concentrating more on the central areas.”

The County has one trapper and two individuals including Eleniak who are qualified to handle explosives to blow

beaver dams.

He also has some staff who can assist.

He says beaver locations are mapped into a GPS system and at the end of the year, his department knows where they’ve trapped beavers, where dams have been blown and how many times they’ve had to return to the same site.

“Last week, we blew a couple of large dams and our individual was there and within an hour later the water started to slow down and he trapped more beavers an hour after the dam was blown.”

He stated at some locations they may have trapped several beavers and have to return quite often to keep cleaning out the dam as the beaver try to rebuild it.

He adds the trapper for the County does sell the pelts and some of the beaver carcasses are sold to the province which uses them for bear bait

because they have such a strong odour. That, he adds, allows the province to regulate where the bears are located.

He said there is no way the beaver can be relocated because they would just cause issues elsewhere if that was the case.

Eleniak can’t put an estimate on beaver damage.

“The flooding has taken place because of the rains and the beavers, which has reduced acres that can be planted so there is a price which has to be put on that.”

He adds the County is partnered with the Cows and Fish organization and the North S a s k a t c h e w a n Watershed Alliance to work together on beaver

control and the protection of the wetlands.

“There’s a place for the wetlands and beaver habitat and we’re working with those organizations to attempt to optimize that.”

He added pond levellers and mechanical culverts that can control water flow are tools used to help in this regard.

Fifteen month old Madelyn Dupe, of Lamont, plays in the Lamont Spray Park on Aug. 15, under the watchful eye of mom Sheena Lake. Lake said it was the first time this year she’d been able to bring her daughter out to try out the spray park.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 3

County wants Ag. Minister to see devastation firsthand

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County would like to have the Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen come to the County to hear about the plight of local farmers and maybe even take a tour of some of the devastation in the area.

This came about after discussing whether a resolution to the Agricultural Service Board Northeast Regional Conference on Oct. 27 could speed up any government action when an agricultural disaster is declared by a county.

Lamont County Agricultural Fieldman Terry Eleniak asked if the ASB had any desire to put forth resolutions at the first County ASB meeting held since last March on Sept. 2. “I guess I would want to know what is the use of us declaring an agricultural disaster,� asked ASB member Reeve David Diduck. ASB chairman Daniel Warawa suggested it was to create an awareness to the different levels of government. “But there’s been no action by either level of government to this point,� said Diduck. “And I’m not sure there’s going to be.�

He pointed out farm-

ers were facing a real financial crisis and five area counties had declared agricultural disasters, but there had been no response from any level of government. “The farmers in Lamont County and other areas are going to be in financial difficulty going forward and it doesn’t seem to be recognized at any government level and I’m not sure if a resolution going forward would help us.�

Eleniak said going back to 2002 if a municipality had declared a disaster then if there was a financial contribution from higher levels of government then the County could qualify for financial assistance.

Without declaring then there wouldn’t be anything. “So how do we get a method to get it to go a step further,� asked Diduck.

Eleniak said the province through crop and weather reports knows the northeast area of the province has been affected this year.

Diduck suggested he’d like to see a resolution asking that when a local disaster is declared the government should at least do an investigation in the area. “With four or five areas in one zone declar-

ing an agricultural disaster then they have to recognize there’s a commonality there,� he said. “I’m sure you can get hard evidence to prove the hardship but how do we get something to draw the government’s attention.�

After further discussion the ASB decided to invite the Agriculture and Forestry Minister to come to an ASB meeting or council meeting, or even better, bring him out for an area tour.

Diduck suggested he would reach out to local MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk to see if she could arrange a meeting. “Diduck later said a resolution that they could take forward would be the government should take some action when more than one County declared an agricultural disaster. “Right now there’s now financial support or loans guarantees when you declare an agricultural emergency and I think we have to look at something like that. If you’re insured that information should be readily available to the province so they can act on it.� “We’d like to see the Agriculture Minister come out because right now it’s not a pretty situation out there,� he said.

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Opinion Damned of we do, damned if we don’t The newspaper business has always been between a rock and a hard place. As a business you should always try to keep customers happy.

But when it comes to news, the creed is to report without fear or favour.

That presents a conundrum. If a friend or client (or one of their friends or relatives) does something nefarious, it needs to be reported just like anyone else. That can lose the publication customers and even friendships. Yet if you ignore hard news and just report wonderful things, the newspaper loses credibility and respect and thus also advertisers and readers.

We’ve always been damned if we do, damned it we don’t.

We are a business that has to deal with controversy. Most do not. I was always envious of businesses which simply had to keep customers happy. Agree… agree… agree. Pretty easy.

But as people change with the times, so do businesses. As the whole world seems to have become political, so have businesses. That’s perturbing to me. Why enter the world of news and controversy when it ultimately isn’t something you are selling?

I understand people take sides on political and social issues, but I have never understood managers getting their businesses involved as well. As a business you have one job… sell stuff. Why tick off half the population by taking sides of a difficult argument when your sole job is to sell product. Why eliminate half of your potential customers for no reason at all?

Folks, businesses don’t do nice things unless it will benefit the business. A corporation is a separate entity from the people who own it or work there. That entity’s only purpose is making money. That’s the nature of business. Even if they donate currency, they are actually purchasing back goodwill for the longterm purpose of making more money.

That’s capitalism… and it is a good thing that has created all the luxury surrounding you in Canada.

Entertainers sell a product too - themselves. Why on earth would a singer or actor anger half of society by proclaiming every person who doesn’t agree with them is a racist, or a Nazi, or an idiot? I thought the customer was always right?

One of the most popular entertainers of the day is Garth Brooks. He’s sold a gazillion records, sold out countless concerts and is wise enough to know that half of his fans are Liberals, the other half Conservatives; one half Republicans, the other half Democrats.

I remember in 2016 when Garth Brooks was in Edmonton for nine sell-outs at Rogers, and the local Liberal media were trying to goad him into their favourite topic “Trump Hate.” He kind of waged his finger, smiled and said nice try.

Meanwhile in the late 1980s one of our Caribou newspapers reported that a local priest was accused of being part of the Christian Brotherhood in Newfoundland when he was at the Mount Cashel Boys Home where hundreds of orphans came forward with sex abuse complaints. The priest was moved. The town was upset. The newspaper was sent hate mail and phone threats for reporting such a thing.

Dozens of customers cancelled their subscriptions.

Several years later the priest was arrested, tried and convicted. The newspaper lost revenue, but redemption sometimes costs money.

Kerry Anderson

COMMENTARY No fall to look forward to

BY JOHN MATHER This is usually my favourite time of year.

We awake to leaden, gray skies forewarning of a gloomy day, only to see the sun burn off the gray and put on a marvellous display of golden light and warm temperatures. Then evening comes quickly, cooling the day and making it ideal for long, peaceful sleeps.

To me it’s just about perfect.

School has returned marking a new beginning for young minds. Cottages are made ready for the long winter ahead, and harvest is getting into its full swing. Fall markets and intense, visual displays as the leaves on the trees change colour are just around the corner.

But this has been the year from hell, and I’m not getting my traditional sense of renewal and optimism.

The year began with inciteful protest.

That’s an intentional spelling error because the protests against pipelines, blocking railways and trying to cripple the national economy were designed to incite violence, and destruction as much as they were designed to promote an educational message.

Once that had started to fade, a pandemic, that no one in my lifetime had ever experienced, hit and ultimately closed everything down.

In the U.S., which is really a messed up country these days, police killed a black man, George Floyd, prompting riots, looting, violence and the surge in the cancel culture movement.

Add on to that they have a presidential election coming up in two months, where you can vote for one of two geezers over 70, one with limited morals and the other with limited power of thought. Who knows, maybe they’ll be a check box on the ballot where our American friends can mark none of the above.

Back, here our illustrious prime minister who never saw a taxpayer dollar he didn’t want to throw at some unfortunate, made daily trips from his little cottage, to inform us of how many more millions, he was putting future generations into debt each day.

That culminated with him giving an unsourced multimillion contract to a socalled charity which gladly paid Trudeau’s family members for speaking engagements.

Can you spell conflict?

As an investigation into this progressed we found the finance minister also had family members working for the said charity, yet both Trudeau and Bill Morneau voted to give taxpayer money to this charity to help out students, saying they were the only ones that could provide the appropriate level of service.

As the fire got too close, Morneau was fired (resigned) and Trudeau shut down the limited version of parliament we had, closing all investigation into his nefarious dealings.

So what are we looking forward to in this season of autumn renewal.

• A government with a green finance minister Chrystia Freeland. I’m not sure the green means sustainable or let’s keep chucking money out there to keep people from working.

• A new Conservative leader from Ontario, who states he wants to work with the West, but has already appointed an eastern banking executive to control the Conservative fund, the bank account to fund elections. How much clout will westerners get to say where that money is spent?

• The Stanley Cup playoffs will be played before no crowds in Edmonton in October between two American-based teams.

• Baseball played before cardboard cutouts rather than fans.

• The NFL starting with no preseason, several players not coming out because of Covid, and no fans.

• High paid professional athletes taking wildcats strikes to support social inequity while in an isolated bubble atmosphere, where, really does anyone care what these overpaid entertainers do or say? They have alienated more fans through their antics as opposed to helping out a cause.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 5

Bruderheim council defeats franchise fee hike for now

BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim residents have narrowly escaped a five percent increase to their ATCO gas bills when a motion to begin the process of raising franchise fees was defeated by a council vote Sept. 2.

However, an additional motion requesting town administration to come back with more information on the potential impact to residents was carried.

Councillor George Campbell was concerned about the increase being passed on to residents.

“How much would this affect the average household?” he asked.

Chief administrative officer Patty Podoborozny explained.

“Bruderheim has not had an increase to ATCO gas franchise fees since 2015 when they increased from 10 to 15 per cent. At that time the difference in our residents’ gas bill was about $5,” she said “Although the exact number would be based on consumption.”

Podoborozny further stated that she received a letter indicating that if the municipality wanted to raise its fees they would have until Nov. 1 to do so. She added that the Alberta Utilities Commission have capped natural gas franchise fees at 35 percent.

Councillor Len Falardeau was not optimistic that a fee increase would be positive for the community.

“In July my gas bill was $138. I’ve never seen a gas bill that high before at this time of the year and I’m not even running my furnace,” he said. “I think any increase will be too much. I could never support this.”

Councillor Dan Skousbal did not feel the increase would be overwhelming.

“The increase is on consumption only, not on the other fees we pay like the fee of supplying it to your house,” he said. “Quick math shows that on a $200 gas bill the increase would be $10.”

Commentary

to be any upside on the horizon.

Students are back to schools in cohorts, wearing protective masks constantly sanitizing to within an inch of their lives. Still a couple of schools have already had Covid outbreaks within days of opening. That doesn’t bode well for the future.

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• The Kentucky Derby was run on Labour Day weekend, and the Master golf tournament has yet to be held.

Nope, it’s a strange mixed up world we’re living through this year and there doesn’t seem

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My only thought is we can’t keep going to the rate payers all the time for our problems.

- Councillor Campbell

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Podoborozny added that annual revenue for the town of Bruderheim with the current 15 per cent ATCO gas franchise fee equals $55,500.

Raising the fees by five per cent would see the town of Bruderheim increase their revenue to $74,000 once the fees have been adjusted.

Bruderheim Mayor Karl Hauch offered another way of viewing the rate increase.

“We have experienced withdrawing of recreation funding from Lamont County in the same amount basically as what we would gain with the rate increase,” he said. “We need to find a way to offset the funds that Lamont County have taken away from us because it won’t be just for this year, but going forward we won’t be getting that money anymore. It has to come from somewhere.”

Podoborozny confirmed that the absence of recreation funding this

year from Lamont County has created a shortfall of $20,000 in the current budget while a five per cent increase in the ATCO franchise fees would bring in approximately $18,000. She further stated that the opportunity to raise the current franchise fee may not come again for a few years.

Councillor Campbell did not feel that saddling residents with the rate increase would be fair.

“My only thought is we can’t keep going to the rate payers all the time for our problems.

We have to be a little bit more open minded and find different ways of doing things,” he said.

Councillor Pat Lee echoed statements made by councillors Falardeau and Campbell.

“This will come up again. At that time maybe we can make other decisions that will mean we won’t have to increase the franchise fees,” she said. “For now, I cannot support this.”

Deputy Mayor Judy Schueler felt the increase was fair in light of the absence of other franchise fees.

“This is the only franchise fee we have. So far, we are one of the only municipalities that still doesn’t have a franchise fee on our electrical,” she said.

The motion to have administration begin the process to raise the fees was defeated with four councillors opposed, while an additional motion to have administration come back to council with more information on how the increase would impact residents was passed with only three opposed.

According to the Farmer’s Almanac we’re in for a long, cold snowy winter.

Well with this year, why shouldn’t it be?

Please, stay safe out there.

On a side note … my mom would have been 105 years old today. Miss and think of you every day, mom.

Bruderheim council met Sept. 2 virtually where a motion to raise the ATCO gas franchise fees by five per cent was narrowly defeated with four opposed.

However, a subsequent motion to have administration bring back the proposal with more information on how the increase would impact residents was carried with only three opposed.

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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 9, 2020

FEATURED LISTINGS PROPERTIES LAMONT COUNTY Modern Industrial Shop Fort Saskatchewan MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk, joined Fort Saskatchewan Mayor Gale Katchur, and Alberta Transportation Minister Rick McIvor at the site of the North Saskatchewan River bridge twinning project for an update Sept. 1.

They were joined by Fort Saskatchewan councillors Lisa Makin and Gordon Harris.

Twinned North Saskatchewan River bridge will benefit Lamont area commuters

BY JOHN MATHER The twinning of the North Saskatchewan River crossing bridge in Fort Saskatchewan will have some positives for Lamont County commuters.

Transportation minister Rick McIvor said the bridge twinning is on schedule to be completed by the fall of 2022.

He joined Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk, Fort Saskatchewan Mayor Gale Katchur, and a couple of local Fort Saskatchewan councillors to provide an update at the bridge site Sept.1.

“This bridge will give the gift of time for a great number of Albertans,” said McIvor.

He said the project had been in the works for years and his office had received numerous phone calls from Fort Saskatchewan residents seeking updates on its progress.

Mayor Katchur said, “This bridge was the number one priority for all citizens in Fort Saskatchewan and in the Alberta Industrial Heartland for a long time.”

“The bridge is essential for moving goods and services throughout the area.”

She said once the bridge is completed her city’s capital budget has plans in the works to expand parts of Highway 15 through the city to up to six lanes.

In addition, she said as Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park expand new corridors will be constructed to help move traffic.

MLA Homeniuk stated the bridge twinning would be a benefit for residents in Lamont County, Bruderheim and the Town of Lamont.

“It’s fantastic because it will allow more people to use the bridge, it will give people more time, and it should help promote the development of future industrial development in the Heartland.

McIvor said he had nothing to announce about the twinning of Highway 15 from the Shell Scotford corner to Highway 45.

“As traffic patterns grow we’ll be watching this,” he said. “We have certainly heard from the municipalities in the area

asking for that.”

The MLA and Transportation Minister later in the day had a meeting with Lamont County council where plans were unveiled for a functional planning study covering the area from the LamontStrathcona border to the Town of Lamont.

Reeve David Diduck said the intent was to develop a plan in regards to twinning Highway 15 and it could even look at potentially twinning Highway 29 to Secondary Highway 830.

“Essentially it will look at traffic volumes and the potential for industrial development in the area. As it stands right now there is a lot of traffic flowing between the town of Lamont and where the divided Highway 15 begins.”

He expects the study to be done sometime in 2021.

Diduck added, Strathcona County had already completed a traffic study looking at the future expansion of Highway 15 from the Shell Scotford corner to the county’s eastern boundary with Lamont County.

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Wrecked auto drives home impaired driving message

BY JANA SEMENIUK A shocking scene is being displayed on the front lawn of the Lamont

Town Office to help raise awareness of the devastating effects of impaired driving.

The initiative, in which a crashed car is placed on public property, is being used to demonstrate the

potential consequences of drinking and driving.

The program began in May 2020 in the county of Parkland with the MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) organization piloting the effort.

Today, 34 municipalities are involved in the program as well as 30 partnerships have been created to support it.

In a recent press release, Lamont County Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken spoke to the problem of drinking and driving.

“Impaired driving injuries and deaths con-

tinue to make up a large portion of calls for service across Alberta,” he said. “There is simply no excuse for this fact.”

Lamont County Peace Officer Derek Write reported facts regarding the penalties around impaired driving in Alberta, which include vehicle seizure, fines of up to $1,000, extreme increases in insurance rates, as well as possible criminal record and imprisonment.

Lamont Mayor Bill Skinner was only too happy to be a part of the program.

“We are pleased to

host the crash car on the site of the town administration building in order to promote awareness of the effects of drinking and driving,” he said.

MADD Parkland’s website states that on average in Alberta, one in five drivers involved in fatal collisions have been drinking prior to the collision. This compares to an average of about one in 20 drivers involved in injury collisions. As the severity of the collision increases, so does the likelihood the collision will involve a drinking driver.

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A car that was smashed as a result of a major vehicle collision is on display in front of the Lamont Town Administration office as a visual reminder of the devastating effects of drinking and driving. The car, placed by the Elk Island Traffic Safety Partnerships, has been on display since Aug. 25.

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Fall harvest affects air quality, reports Fort Air Partnership The Fort Air Partnership is reminding area residents that dust from fall harvesting activities can affect the air quality in the area.

“Air quality in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland can be affected by many natural and anthropogenic (humanmade) emission sources,” reported the Partnership in a release.

“One of these sources is agriculture, both from livestock operations and crop production. With fall quickly approaching, harvest activity in fields throughout the region will become a common sight.”

Clouds of dust are telltale signs that farmers in combines, tractors, trucks and other equipment are hard at work

reaping what they sowed several months ago.

The Partnership states it’s natural to wonder what dust generated by harvest activity does to air quality.

“Airborne grain dust is a complex mixture of organic material fragments from grain, plus mineral matter from soil, and possibly insect, fungal or bacterial contamination,” said the partnership release. “It mainly manifests itself as particulate matter (PM), which is organic and inorganic particles suspended in the air. PM 2.5’ about 30 times smaller in diameter than a human hair, can lead to health complications if concentrations are high.”

In the local Airshed managed by Fort Air

Partnership, there have been only a few recorded cases since the Airshed was formed more than 20 years ago where harvest dust was the attributed cause of concentrated particulate matter in the air that exceeded provincial standards.

The partnership release pointed out a 2012 study by Scottish researchers noted that technology and evolved farming practices have reduced the level of inhalable grain dust significantly in Great Britain since the 1990s.

While there are no directly comparable North American studies, the British experience shows that changes over time in farming practices and technologies have been effective in reduc-

ing dust concentrations and dust exposure, particularly amongst those directly engaged in harvesting activities.

Most of the time exceedances involving PM2.5 in the local Airshed are caused by wildfire smoke or winter temperature inversions that trap pollutants close to the ground. Wildfire smoke drifting into the Airshed has not been an issue to date in 2020 as there have been no PM2.5 exceedances in the region attributed to wildfire smoke. In comparison, there were 90 instances in 2019 where PM2.5 exceedances were caused by wildfire smoke.

Ric McIver for making this important investment in Vegreville.

Finally, I’d like to acknowledge the hard work of Mayor McPhee, the town council and the town staff. I especially would like to thank MP Shannon Stubbs for her tireless advocacy. I know first-hand the hard work

and dedication that she has given to our community. This partnership shows what can be accomplished when all three levels of government work together.

If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to my office in Vegreville at 7 8 0 . 6 3 2 . 6 8 4 0

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Province creating growth in Vegreville, says MLA Dear friends and neighbours: Happy September. It is great to hear the hum of combines throughout the constituency.

On Wednesday, September 2, I was extremely proud to announce a major funding partnership between the provincial government, the Town of Vegreville and the federal government. As your MLA, I am honoured to advocate for this constituency of Fort S a s k a t c h e w a n - Ve g reville.

The provincial, municipal, and federal governments will provide a combined $9.9 million to build an Agri-Food Industrial Park, which will create 200 jobs in the community.

The Industrial Park will be located on the east side of town, with construction expected to begin in 2021.

The provincial funding is part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan, a bold ambitious plan to build, diversify and create tens of thousands of jobs now.

The new development will target leading hemp innovators to Vegreville.

I was determined to secure the provincial portion of the funding, and I would like to thank Premier Jason Kenney, Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda and Transportation Minister

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Fortis grant adds beauty to Bruderheim campground with $2,500 grant, Chipman also recipient

BY JANA SEMENIUK A beautification project for the Town of Bruderheim’s campground area got underway recently with the help of the Bruderheim Agricultural Society and a generous donation from electricity provider, Fortis Alberta.

“Fortis has been a great partner,” said Sherry Cote, Bruderheim director of legislative services as well as member of the Bruderheim Ag. Society. “We’ve planted a number of

trees with the grant money to help beautify our campground as well as provide a barrier for it.”

The Fortis Naturalization Grant, supports environmentally-friendly programs and facilities in Alberta communities. This year, 15 organizations across the province were each awarded $2,500 including the Bruderheim Ag. society and the Village of Chipman.

Vince Campbell, stakeholder relations manager

with Fortis, was onhand at the Bruderheim campground Sept. 2 to congratulate the Bruderheim Agricultural Society on their grant approval and see what the funds were able to do.

“The Naturalization Grant involves support for tree plating, or anything a community wants to do to enhance their green spaces,” said Campbell. “Anything green is something we like to sponsor.”

(L-R) Vince Campbell, stakeholder relations manager for Fortis Alberta, Bob Cote, member of the Bruderheim Agricultural Society, and Bruderheim Deputy Mayor Judy Schueler gather at the site of newly planted trees Sept. 2 made possible by the Bruderheim Ag society with a $2,500 grant from Fortis.

Bruderheim Councillor Olechow wants added speed controls near park

BY JANA SEMENIUK Traffic speed near Bruderheim’s one year old Cosmic Skatepark has become a concern for Bruderheim councillor Wayne Olechow.

During a recent council meeting, Olechow has asked council to consider options to combat the issue of speeding on 55 St. and 52 Ave. where

children cross the road to get to the skate park.

“There are still many people driving through there at more than 50 km an hour,” he said.

“There are a lot of kids crossing there and people are just not slowing down. I just don’t want to see anyone getting hurt.”

Chief Administrative

Officer Patty Podoborozny stated that options are limited.

“There is not an option to do a playground zone because we have fencing in place,” she said. “It’s the same reason we could not do a school zone near the school.”

However, Podoborozny indicated that council still has some

choices.

“Council can vote on lowering the speed limit on any road they would like,” she said.

Although crossing lights were installed at the intersection soon after the park was built to alert traffic to residents crossing the busy road, Olechow feels there needs to be more

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“What I do know is that regardless if there are kids crossing or not the traffic is still going more than 50 km an hour down that road,” Olechow said during a recent interview.

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From the files of The Lamont Leader Remembrance Day 2005 Nov. 15, 2005 Issue of the Lamont Leader Loris Koch from Chipman points to the group of soldiers on the mural that he is a part of (painted second row, second from right) during the Chipman Remembrance Day ceremony, Nov. 11. Nearly 500 people gathered to remember.

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Police arrest ID theft suspect

A dragonfly rests on a plant in a farm field in Lamont County, Aug. 24.

Dragonflies have had a busy summer feasting on a steady supply of mosquitoes.

Members of the Chipman 4-H multi club held some softball games, complete with social distancing at the Chipman diamonds Aug. 31. With individually wrapped snacks and lots of hand sanitizer, organizers said they was “just so happy to be able to hang out again.” Above, one of the smaller club members runs towards the first base, encouraged by mom, as a fielder races towards the loose ball.

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A traffic stop was conducted and the driver and lone vehicle occupant was arrested.

A search incidental to the arrest was completed

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Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unauthorized use of Credit Card Data, Possess mutilated, defaced, altered or false document x13, Forgery x4.

Berridge was released from custody on conditions following a Judicial Hearing and is set to appear in Fort Saskatchewan Provincial Court on September 17, 2020.

A couple of pump jacks sit surrounded by crops in Lamont County. The province is proposing assessment changes on the tax structure of oil and gas properties that could see County residential taxes skyrocket in the future. Across Alberta rural municipalities are banding together to fight the changes.

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