Vol. 7, No. 10 Tuesday January 3rd , 2012 BY MICHELLE PINON Editor It was standing room only as staff, board members, family and friends gathered in the chapel of the Lamont Health Care Centre on Dec. 22nd to celebrate the season and attend the offi- cial presentation of the 2011 service awards. United Church Minister Rev. Deborah Brill began the event by wel- coming one and all, and by lighting the candles on the advent wreath. That was followed by prayers, readings, and the singing of Christmas carols. There was also time for reflection and reaffirmation of the health centre's mission statement which states: "We believe that wholeness of body, mind and spirit is God's will from every per- son. We are committed to the promo- tion of health, the healing of illness, the care of the elderly and the disabled, and the well being of the community." Those who were called into service, and still continue to serve, were all acknowledged during the ceremony. As well, those staff and board members who received service awards, ranging from 10 to 40 years of service were the following: Ten Years of Service: Gale Antoniuk, Darlene Duke, Jennifer Engman, Eileen Heinz, Deanna Kroeker, Pam Man- dryk, Christine Trudgeon, Janine Whit- ing, Trudy Harrold, Dr. Zainool Moh- amed, and Dr. Velupillai Velmurugiah. Fifteen Years of Service: Wendy Baron, Pauline Marler, and Cindy Perillat. Twenty Years of Service: Christine Engman, Pamela Evenson, Brenda Mayer, Tracy Shostak, Lynda Jean Weleschuk, and Mae Adamyk. Twenty Five Years of Service: Linda Farris, Wendy Horricks, and Kim Yar- usiewich. Thirty Years of Service: Joanne Kuchera, Donna Melnyk, Deborah Plooy, and Emily Robinson. Thirty Five Years of Service: Dr. Mihir Ray. Forty Years of Service: Dolores Sadoway and Kent Harrold. Lamont Health Care Centre celebrates the season with their 2011 Service Awards Sobering message delivered to Andrew students BY MICHELLE PINON Editor Impaired driving destroys hearts, minds, families, and lives. And the devastating and deadly consequences were played out on the big screen for Grade 8 to 12 students to see at Andrew School during a recent presentation by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Association. The movie, appropriately titled Damages, played and replayed the events of a night out on the town for a group of teenagers, and the after effects of a horrific car crash that killed the driver's sister, paralyzed his best friend, and injured another friend. The film also illustrated the effects on the driver's parents, and went through the sequence of events follow- ing the crash, from the ambulance com- ing on scene to the police investigation, court proceedings, and one-on-one interviews with parents and siblings of victims killed because of drunk driv- ers. While emotionally disturbing, the graphic nature of the film was a sober- ing experience for the students, around 70 in total, and it may very well save their life or the life of a friend or family member. Grade 12 student Jerika Tait said that while the movie was very graphic, she agreed that's the approach you have to take to get the point across to teenagers. Cont. on pg. 7 United Church Minister Rev. Deborah Brill began the 2011 service awards with the lighting of the advent wreath. Your news this week: Looking back on the year 2011 pg. 8, 9, 15
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Vol. 7, No. 2, Tuesday, November 8, 2011Vol. 7, No. 10 Tuesday January 3rd , 2012
BY MICHELLE PINONEditor
It was standing room only as staff,board members, family and friendsgathered in the chapel of the LamontHealth Care Centre on Dec. 22nd tocelebrate the season and attend the offi-cial presentation of the 2011 serviceawards.
United Church Minister Rev.Deborah Brill began the event by wel-coming one and all, and by lighting thecandles on the advent wreath. That
was followed by prayers, readings, andthe singing of Christmas carols.
There was also time for reflectionand reaffirmation of the health centre'smission statement which states: "Webelieve that wholeness of body, mindand spirit is God's will from every per-son. We are committed to the promo-tion of health, the healing of illness, thecare of the elderly and the disabled,and the well being of the community."
Those who were called into service,and still continue to serve, were allacknowledged during the ceremony.
As well, those staff and board memberswho received service awards, rangingfrom 10 to 40 years of service were thefollowing:
Ten Years of Service: Gale Antoniuk,Darlene Duke, Jennifer Engman, EileenHeinz, Deanna Kroeker, Pam Man-dryk, Christine Trudgeon, Janine Whit-ing, Trudy Harrold, Dr. Zainool Moh-amed, and Dr. Velupillai Velmurugiah.
Fifteen Years of Service: WendyBaron, Pauline Marler, and CindyPerillat.
Twenty Years of Service: Christine
Engman, Pamela Evenson, BrendaMayer, Tracy Shostak, Lynda JeanWeleschuk, and Mae Adamyk.
Twenty Five Years of Service: LindaFarris, Wendy Horricks, and Kim Yar-usiewich.
Thirty Years of Service: JoanneKuchera, Donna Melnyk, DeborahPlooy, and Emily Robinson.
Thirty Five Years of Service: Dr.Mihir Ray.
Forty Years of Service: DoloresSadoway and Kent Harrold.
Lamont Health Care Centre celebrates theseason with their 2011 Service Awards
Sobering message delivered to Andrew studentsBY MICHELLE PINONEditor
Impaired driving destroys hearts,minds, families, and lives.
And the devastating and deadlyconsequences were played out on thebig screen for Grade 8 to 12 students tosee at Andrew School during a recentpresentation by Mothers Against
Damages, played and replayed theevents of a night out on the town for agroup of teenagers, and the after effectsof a horrific car crash that killed thedriver's sister, paralyzed his bestfriend, and injured another friend.
The film also illustrated the effectson the driver's parents, and went
through the sequence of events follow-ing the crash, from the ambulance com-ing on scene to the police investigation,court proceedings, and one-on-oneinterviews with parents and siblings ofvictims killed because of drunk driv-ers.
While emotionally disturbing, thegraphic nature of the film was a sober-ing experience for the students, around
70 in total, and it may very well savetheir life or the life of a friend or familymember.
Grade 12 student Jerika Tait saidthat while the movie was very graphic,she agreed that's the approach youhave to take to get the point across toteenagers.
Cont. on pg. 7
United Church Minister Rev. Deborah Brill began the 2011 service awards with the lighting of the advent wreath.
Your news this week:Looking back on the year 2011
pg. 8, 9, 15
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Town of Bruderheim is offering for sale a lot with building
located at 4920 49 Avenue in the Town of Bruderheim.
Lot Size – 50’ x 125’
Zone – C1
Legal Land Description – Plan 3753P; Block 4; Lot 12
All offers will be accepted at:
Town of Bruderheim Administration Office
5017 Queen Street Bruderheim, AB
Attention: Elaine Milliken
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Terms of sale: Property is being sold as is; full sale amount due and payable upon
closing by way of cash or certified cheque.
10% deposit required upon acceptance of offer.
BY MICHELLE PINONEditor
Port Alberta.It has been on the lips
of five people for the pastyears, and it was on thelips of its leader WendyCooper who appearedbefore Lamont Countycouncil recently.
"We have a greatstory. We just need to tellthe story," stated Cooper,who admittedly spends agreat deal of her timespreading the word tomunicipalities through-out the region.
It was no differentwhen she came beforecouncil for a brief, butinformative presentation
just before Christmas.Cooper, CEO of Port
Alberta, brought forthexuberance and excite-ment for the industry lednon-profit associationwhich is fostering gro-wth and development,and looking for newmembers to invest in theconcept.
Port Alberta beganfive years ago, and has asteering committee inve-stigating ways andmeans of building a solidfoundation of specialtyservices that will meetthe needs of the energysector today and in thefuture.
Cooper told councilof Port Alberta's plans to
build a network of peo-ple, expertise, and servic-es that connect people inthe Capital Region mar-ket with the world toenhance competitiven-ess, access and efficiencyfor both small and largebusinesses.
"Ten industry profes-sionals have joined for-ces to start shaping Alb-erta into the economicpowerhouse we are cap-able of being." Cooperalso touched on herrecent visits to KansasCity and Xi'an China.
During the KansasCity excursion, she lear-ned about their successesin developing a regionaleconomic development
authority. Besides tour-ing, and sharing of docu-mentation, Cooper wasable to get a better han-dle on transportationlogistics and supplychain which has madethat region more power-ful, and able to competein today's global econo-my.
Cooper would alsolike to see municipalitiessign a declaration ofinterdependence, andestablish a regional eco-nomic development aut-hority in the region. "Youdo a good job, but weneed to go higher up anddevelop a network that
would include a mastertransportation and corri-dor plan, and would en-compass air, rail, road,pipe-line, and marine.
For example, one ofPort Alberta's regionalinitiatives is the Ind-ustrial Heartland CapitalRegion Board. Anotherinitiative is the Canada-Asia Pacific GatewayCorridor Initiative. Coo-per also mentioned a rec-ent project which invo-lved the creation of anIndustrial Park invento-ry, and has started tomake inroads into the41st Ave. and QE II inter-change at the south
entrance to Edmonton.No matter what the
initiative or project,Cooper said she wouldlike Lamont County andother municipalities toget involved. Cooperalso mentioned an up-coming meeting withInfrastructure MinisterRay Danyluk, and coun.Mike Klita told her to tellhim about the infrastruc-ture needs in the region.
Reeve Wayne Wold-anski thanked Cooperfor her presentation, andsaid he looked forwardto working with her andPort Alberta in thefuture.
Potential growth focus of presentation by PortAlberta to Lamont County Council
While there won't beany fireworks at thegrand opening of theTown of Bruderheim'sfire hall on Jan. 14th;there will no doubt beplenty of accolades fromlocal politicians on thenew $1.8 million facility.
There will also be aribbon cutting ceremony,tours, and refreshmentssupplied by local busi-nesses Old Country Sau-sage and Big Way Foodsfrom 2 to 4 p.m.
Town council decidedto nix the planned fire-works, estimated to costin the neighborhood of$700; after councillorGeorge Hargesheimerquestioned chief admin-istrative officer TroyFleming as to the reason-ing behind, and the
value of having daytimefireworks?
Fleming respondedby saying they (membersof the planning commit-tee), wanted to do some-thing extra special tomark the occasion andcame up with the idea ofdaytime fireworks, aswell as the releasing ofballoons during thegrand opening ceremo-ny.
Fleming added thatfire chief Bob Cote wouldbe comfortable not hav-ing the fireworks.
Council also agreedto eliminate M & MFoods from the budget inorder to shop locally foritems on the list ofrefreshments.
Coun. Shelley Rossinquired as to whetherthey would still be with-in budget given the pro-posed changes? "From
the budget perspective,we're fine," assuredFleming. Originally thebudget was set for$2,000. Current estimateshave brought the total toaround $3,900. Flemingstated that another$3,000 has been app-roved in the 2012 budget.
As far as the overall2012 interim operatingand capital budget, itwas also passed by coun-cil. While council con-firmed there would be atax increase of 3.3 percent; an official copy ofthe budget, was notavailable at press time.
However, Flemingpointed out that percent-age was good comparedto other local municipali-ties in which tax increas-es were higher, and var-ied between 4 and 6.4 percent. Fleming also addedthere is a list of compara-
ble mill rates availableon the Department ofMunicipal Affairs web-site which pegs Brud-erheim at 8 per cent in2011, compared to otherlocal municipalities millrates ranging between8.5 and 12.2 per cent.
The final budget isexpected to be approvedby council on May 2nd,2012.
The next regular me-eting of town councilwill be held on Jan. 4th at8 p.m.
Notice of By-Election
Local Authorities Election Act
(Sections 12, 35, 46)
Local Jurisdiction
Town of Lamont, Province of Alberta
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held for the filling of the following
offices:
Office(s) Number of Vacancies
Councillor 1
Voting will take place on the 16th day of January,
2012 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Voting stations will be located at:
Lamont Recreation Centre- Hall Lobby
Dated at the Town of Lamont in the Province of
Alberta
this 19 day of December, 2011.
Sandi Maschmeyer
Returning Officer
Grand opening of Bruderheim’snew fire hall discussed by council
Bruderheim’s new fire hall grand opening will take place on January 14, 2012.
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Back when I went toschool, both elementaryand high school, I alwaysencountered bullies andwas bullied by them. Thethings that I noticedwhen I look back on mydays in school is that themost prominent memo-ries were not of the goodtimes that I had with myfriends, but theembarassing and some-times painful memoriesthat I experienced when Iwas bullied.
Of course I told myparents about the way Iwas treated, their resp-onse was always the
same, ignore them or tellthe teacher about it.When I ignored them itdidn't always work,sometimes the abuse gotworse, and turned physi-cal. When I told theteacher, the abuse stop-ped as long as theteacher was there but gotworse after class. It did-n't stop all through myyears of school. Alth-ough it wasn't every day,it was always on mymind.
Now that I have chil-dren in school I have thesame fears for them.They have alreadyencountered bullies andbeen both physically and
verbally abused. I wastold that schools todayhave a no tolerance forbullying, but how canyou stop every singlemean act from one childto another?
This to me is animpossible question toanswer. As always with-in a group of peopleeveryone will not likeeach other that's just theway we are. But as par-ents I believe we canslow the trend of bully-ing down significantlysimply by being moreaware of how our chil-dren behave and howthey treat others.
Together us parents
and teachers can slowdown the horrible trendof bullying in ourschools. I don't pretendto be a perfect person orparent, but I do have theunfortunate experienceof having been bullied,and I know the longterm effects it has had onmy life.
The last thing I wantto see is my children oranyone else's for thatmatter to be treated like Iwas.
Sincerely,Derek DerksenA Concerned Father
Why is bullying still an issue withall the Anti-Bullying rules in place
in our public school system?
The new year is the perfect time to erase any-thing and everything we want to off our own slate.
The problem is that while it is easier to make res-olutions; it's much harder to keep them. In fact, Idare say that we often sabatoge ourselves with res-olutions. Some people may even go as far as believ-ing resolutions somehow set you up for failure.
Others, would probably disagree, saying thatway of thinking is simply a cop out, so you don'treally have to make the commitment or work hardto achieve whatever is on the list of resolutions.
No matter what rationale is applied; I believethere is a different, perhaps, better way ofapproaching resolutions. Now that we're severaldays into 2012, it is the ideal time to sit down andthink about how we are going to achieve personaldevelopment and growth. I say why not try 10Q.
No, this is not my own personal idea, but a fas-cinating approach developed and promoted for thepast three years on a US based website projectwhich allows one to take a look back, instead oflooking forward.
10Q begs the question, rather 10 questions toreflect upon, and to write down your thoughts, andthen revisit them a year later.
Even though this year's online deadline hascome and gone, I am encouraging you to take upthe challenge to ponder and put pen to paper toanswer the following questions:
Describe a significant experience that has hap-pened in the past year. How did it affect you? Areyou grateful? Relieved? Resentful? Inspired?
Is there something that you wish you had donedifferently this past year? Alternatively, is theresomething you're especially proud of from this pastyear?
Think about a major milestone that happenedwith your family this past year. How has this affect-ed you?
Describe an event in the world that has impact-ed you this year. How? Why?
Have you had any particular spiritual experi-ence this past year? How has this experience affect-ed you? Spiritual can be broadly described toinclude secular spiritual experience, artistic, cultur-al, and so forth.
Describe one thing you'd like to achieve by thistime next year? Why is this important to you?
How would you like to improve yourself andyour life next year? Is there a piece of advice orcounsel you received in the past year that couldguide you on this project?
Is there something (a person, cause, an idea),that you want to investigate more fully in 2012?
What is a fear that you have and how has itlimited you? How do you plan on letting it go orovercoming it in the next year.
When you look at the answers to your 10Qquestions next year, how do you think you'll feel?What do you think/hope might be different aboutyour life, and where you're at as a result of think-ing about and answering these questions?
Remember, you can keep these questions andanswers to yourself, or share them with others, thechoice is entirely up to you, but I do wish each andeveryone of you happy soul searching in 2012.
Wiping the slate clean
The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), January 3, 2012 - 5
6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Sports16/60 Alberta Lamont County
Hockey ScheduleLamont Novice 1A - Saturday January 7 - 10:00 a.m. at
Lamont Arena against CNN Novice 2
Lamont Novice 1B - Saturday, January 7 - 3:30 p.m. at
Lamont Arena against Thorhild
Mundare Novice - Saturday, January 7 - 10:00 a.m. at
Calmar Mike Karbonik Arena against
Calmar Novice
Andrew Atom - Thursday January 5 - 6:15 p.m. at
Thorsby Complex against Thorsby
Lamont Atom - Sunday January 8 - 11:00 a.m at
Lamont Arena against Strathcona
Bruderheim Atom - Saturday, January 7 - 10:00 a.m. at
Bruderheim Arena against CNN Atom 2
Lamont Pee Wee - Saturday, January 7 - 7:30 p.m. at
Spruce Grove Stu Barnes Arena against
Spruce Grove
Sunday, January 8 - 10:00 a.m. at
Leduc Rec Centre against Leduc
Lamont Bantam - Saturday, January 7 - 1:15 p.m. at
Lamont Arena against CNN Bantam 1
Sunday, January 8 - 2:00 p.m. at
Beaumont Rec Centre against Beaumont
Lamont Midget - Friday, January 6 - 7:15 p.m. at
Lamont Arena against CNN Midget 1
Saturday, January 7 - 4:00 p.m. at
Leduc Rec Centre against Leduc
Andrew Midget - Saturday, January 7 - 7:00 p.m. at
Andrew Arena against Leduc
Sunday, January 8 - 5:30 p.m. at
Andrew Arena against Leduc
Check for schedule changes at 16/60 website 1660.ab.ca
TRACY HARDING
With the hockey season half waythrough, all teams in the county arestarting to show their strengths.
The standings, (as according to16/60 website), are as follows.
Lamont Novice Tier 4 is sitting sec-ond in their division, and in NoviceTier 3, Mundare and Lamont are tiedfor third.
Atom Tier 4 Lamont is sitting infirst place at this time, and Andrew is aclose fourth place.
Peewee Tier 3 Lamont is sitting inthird place. Also in Bantam Tier 3Lamont is sitting in sixth place.
In Midget Tier 4 Andrew Aces are ina strong second place in the HallDivision. The Lamont Hawks are sit-ting in fifth place in Midget Tier 3.
There are still many games left inthe regular season, so there will bemany more opportunities to catch theplayers in action.
Unless you are a hockey player, or a
hockey parent, you don’t fully under-stand the commitment put in by all.Most of these kids are practicing two tothree days a week, with one to twogames a week. The coaches are volun-teers who donate their time to teach allour young players. Then the parentswho drive these kids to and from therink, as well as other towns for gamesand tournaments.
In the upcoming months, theseteams will continue to play their heartsout, and will all be vying for theProvincials in March. Some may makeit, and some may not. But all theseplayers, coaches, volunteers, and par-ents have one thing in common. Whichis dedication and determination.
Pre-Novice hockey will also bebeginning to have games and tourna-ments in the new year, and are all veryexcited to play their first games.
Way to go Lamont County hockeyteams on your successes so far, and thebest of luck in all your future games.
Lamont County hockeyteams performing well athalf way point of season
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MADD presentation presented at Andrew SchoolCont. from pg. 1
Even though Tait hasalways been opposed todrinking and driving,she has gone one stepfurther to always ensurethere has been a desig-nated driver in placewhen she and her friendsgo out to party. Therehave been instanceswhere she's had to takekeys away from friendswho are convinced theyare still capable of driv-ing home.
And while it may notbe cool to phone a parentfor a ride home from aparty, it may just save alife, added Jason Kliiger,a school outreach worker
representative with MA-DD, who was on hand tospeak with the studentsfollowing the presenta-tion, and answer anyquestions the studentshad.
Teacher Sharon McL-ean's stomach couldn'tstop turning after themovie, the gut wrench-ing story was one sheknows has and will havea major positive effect onthe students, and shepersonally recalled howa former presentationhad impacted her ownson.
She believes a MADDpresentation stuck in theback of her son's mind,
enough so that he decid-ed to call her from aparty one night becausehe didn't feel he coulddrive, or felt comfortableenough getting into avehicle with anotherimpaired driver.
Even though the pres-entation was an expen-sive proposition in finan-cial terms, its message is"invaluable", added Mc-Lean, who is very grate-ful for parent council andthe school for financiallysupporting the presenta-tion. "These presenta-tions do make a differ-ence. They are invaluablefor senior high studentswho are driving and at
parties," she noted.Seeing the conse-
quences, and relatingthem to your own lifeand experiences, is adeterrent, and McLeansaid the educationalcomponent really is inv-aluable.
Kliiger agrees. Whilehe has never lost a friendor family member toimpaired driving, he hasseen the lives of lovedones cut short unneces-sarily, and hearing aboutthese incidents on thenews has a differenteffect, than seeing orexperiencing consequen-ces first hand. Kliigeralso stressed the impor-
tance of educating stu-dents, and for them tosee the greater costs tosociety.
McLean agreed who-leheartedly, and evensuggested shorter ver-sions of the movie bebroadcast in movie the-atres, on television, andin bars. She believes thegeneral public shouldhave access to the movie,even if that means gov-ernment support for themessage.
Tait also agrees. Call-ing for or arranging asafe ride home is impera-tive to everyone's wellbeing.
"Your life is a gift,"
said McLean, who ishoping the presentationwill have a lastingimpact on each andevery student, that theywill all make the rightchoice, and have thecourage and strength tostand up for what's rightin their life.
MADD first began 30years ago. One heartbro-ken mother made apledge in her deceaseddaughter’s bedroom.That she would do some-thing about the outrageof drinking driving, andshe banded togetherwith other mothers tostart the grassrootsorganization.
Major snow storm hits Lamont County the first weekend inJanuary, leaving between 20-30 centimeters of fluffy stuff in itswake.
Town of Bruderhiem Mayor Fred Hawryluk resigns due tonew job.
February
Lamont Elementary School Hot Lunch volunteers raise $1000for Breast Cancer Foundation through pink pancakefundraiser.
Premier Ed Stelmach announces his resignation.
Frozen corpse of Edmonton man found 12 kms. south ofMundare.
March
Chipman’s live theater production of Pony Expresso plays tosold out crowd, and is the first ever dinner theater in the area.
Escaped prisoner breaks into Chipman home and steals vehi-cle.
Bruderheim officially welcomes new Mayor Karl Hauch.
Andrew School hosts first ever speech competition.
April Looking back on 2011January
Andrew figure skater Jayda Pickett wins National CanskateAward, and gets to meet Patrick Chan.
Annual spring run off creates havoc in the county.
May
Lamont Fire Department celebrates 60th Anniversary.
More than 40 volunteers pitch in to clean up town ofBruderheim.
Tomorrow Starts Today is theme for 2011 graduation atAndrew School.
June
Great weather presides over Chipman Fair Days parade andfestivities.
Small Town Big Dreams, theme for the 2011 graduating classtheme.
Lamont County hosts highly successful Doors Open touringevent.
July
Major fire destroys three businesses on main street in Lamont.
Local Canada Day celebrations exceed expectations.
Lamont Summer Sizzler sizzles rather than fizzles despiteinclement weather.
August
Lamont County Ratepayers Association airs concerns beforecouncil. Reeve presents annual report to ratepayers.
New program for people with Diabetes launched in LamontCounty.
Mundare area student earns scholarship from Lamont County.
September
Bruderheim Bruins to compete in Yellowknife tournament.
Lamont’s Terry Fox Run raises over $8600 for cancer research.
October
Andrew School recognizes achievements of junior and seniorhigh students during its annual awards night.
Bruderheim town councillor Ben Bilyk steps down after 16years of service.
Local firefighters and volunteers are kept busy with educa-tional activities during the annual Fire Prevention Week.
November
Remembrance Day services held throughout the county.
Longtime Lamont town councillor, Bill Skinner, wins Mayor’sseat by acclamation.
Mundare school holds Harvest Lunch for students.
December
Local residents and volunteers show support for county wideChristmas Hamper program.
Lamont town council fires chief administrative office TomMiller.
Community usage of local schools discussed with school divi-sion representatives at county council meeting.
Welcome 2012!
10 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Thank you to the businessesand individual donors
who generously contributeditems to the silent and live auc-
tions at our recent PerohySupper and Dance event at the
Andrew Community Centre.Your support is greatly
appreciated.Century Orthodox Parishes
Social Club.
Lamont
Fish & Game
Association
HORN SCORING DAYSaturday, January 7th, 2012
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Lamont Recreation Centre Meeting Room
Memberships Available
Lunch will be served
Trophyy NightSupperr && DanceSaturday, January 28th, 2012
For more info or tickets call
Robyn 780-895-7799
Tickets also available at
Lamont Home Hardware,
Elk Island Thrift Store and
Old Country Sausage Bruderheim
BY MICHELLE PINONEditor
Normally snowplowingand dust control are not men-tioned in the same breath; butthey were two issues dis-cussed in short successionduring a recent Lamont coun-ty council meeting.
Council members andadministration spent consider-able time discussing the twotopics as they outlined con-cerns and asked questions.
First up on the agenda wasthe county's winter snow-plowing policies, and pro-posed changes that would takeeffect next year.
While discussing customsnowplowing on private dri-veways, the number andamount of flags and locationsas well as custom work versusoffering the service as a serviceto residents who require ongo-ing medical services.
Chief administrative officerAllan Harvey suggested tocouncil that they could float atrial motion, and councilagreed with the following:"That council for LamontCounty direct administrationto provide a revised policy
5100 that outlines the policy ingeneric form along with det-ailed procedure.
That within the policy andprocedure, grader flags becharged $40 per flag (each flagequalling fifteen minutes ofsnow plowing service).
That residents that requireat home medical services on aregular basis must provide adoctor's note and complete asnowplowing and gradingagreement annually.
And that the provision ofservice related to snow clear-ing around bales and for agri-cultural uses be done utilizingthe flag system with flagsaround bales or agriculturalareas, drivewaysand parking lots.
That the serviceprovided for the dri-veway clearing willbe the distance fromthe county row tothe residence, andsnow plowing aro-und bales and foragricultural purpos-es will not take morethan a maximum ofone hour.
That the servicewill clearly outline
that the landowner is responsi-ble any liability or agriculturalproblems (i.e. Clubroot).
It was pointed out that in2010, a total of 70 county resi-dents who required regularand ongoing medical servicesreceived driveway snowplow-ing at no cost to them. Thispast year, the number jumpedto 84. While there have beensome complaints regardingthe county's requirement for adoctor's note, Harvey saidthere has been some abusingof the system and whetherthey (residents) require theservice or not, and that's whythe county now requires amedical note as justification.
Coun. Daniel Warawa saidhe has also received phonecalls from residents sayingthey were in the City(Edmonton), asking him tomake sure their driveway wasclear before they leave orreturn. Warawa, who has alsoundergone medical treatmentsin the City, said it was unreal-istic to expect the county topark a plow in front of theirdriveway because it's going tosnow.
"We're no different thanany other municipality. Wedon't have the resources toprovide those types of servic-es, and if ratepayers want thatservice, then taxes will go up,"
stated Reeve Wayne Wold-anski.
It was also suggested thatthe driveway, from resident'sentryway to house and/orgarage (not entire yard site)also be defined in the policy.There was also the recommen-dation that council stipulate inthe policy that snowplowingwould only be done duringdaytime hours.
While the actual number ofhours for snowplowing cus-tom services has not beenrecorded, public works direc-tor Harold Hamilton did statethat the actual cost to operate agrader is $293 per hour.
Cont. on pg. 11
Painstaking review of snowplowing policy and dustabatement issue conducted by county council
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Anyone seeking the nomination must have their completed nomina-
tion forms and non-refundable fee delivered to:
Curtis Palichuk CA, Chair, Nomination Committee by
4:00 PM – January 16th, 2012c/o Wilde & Company CA’s
4902 – 50 StreetVegreville AB
T9C 1R1
Nomination meeting and vote to take place at
The Vegreville Social Centre4802 – 47 Street, Vegreville
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 – Doors at 6:00 PMCandidate Presentations - 7:00 PM
Voting – 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
You must bring 2 pieces of ID to establish your identity and resi-
dency within the NEW Constituency boundaries satisfactory to the
Returning Officer. Proof of identity and residency may include:
Driver’s license, passport, utility or telephone bill, automobile pink
card, etc.
Candidate Packages are available -
9:00 AM, January 4th, 2012 from:
Curtis Palichuk, CA – Chair, Nomination Committee
4902 – 50th Street
Vegreville AB
T9C 1R7
(780) 632-3673
Cont. ffrom pg. 10
Council also revi-ewed the number ofbeats, grader operators,and total number ofhours in a regular workday. That policy, will alsocome back to council forfurther review at its nextmeeting.
Dust control was theother issue on council'splate, and the suggestionthat with increased activ-ity in the oil field that apolicy should be put inplace to offset the costsfor dust control and
abatement. "It's an ongoing issue,
not only in Division 5,but there is extra pres-sure to because of dril-ling. We need a policy inplace so oil companiesprovide dust abatementfor the time they arethere," stated coun.Dennis McCartney, whoalso suggested lookinginto what other countiesare doing, and draftingan agreement betweenthe two parties accord-ingly.
It was also pointed
out the amount of taxesthe county receives does-n't even come close tocovering the costs ofroad maintenance. Ham-ilton added there are 107gravel trucks per day oncounty roads, and thatdust abatement is neces-sary for all types ofindustries.
Hamilton said he willbe meeting with repre-sentatives from Huskyand Esso in the nearfuture to discuss dustabatement.
Grader beats and operatinghours on county’s plate
BY MICHELLE PINONEditor
Bruderheim's newesttown councillor Jacq-ueline Katan was official-ly sworn into office onDec. 21st.
Katan thanked every-one during committee
reports, and said shelooked forward to work-ing with all members oncouncil.
"There is no I in team;so yeah, team!" Katansaid she hoped shewould do an okay job oncouncil, and wants tocontinue to keep the
lines of communicationopen with residents.
Mayor Karl Hauchsaid he liked her positiveattitude, and officiallywelcomed her on behalfof council.
The next regularmeeting of town councilwill be held on Jan.4th.
Jacqueline Katan gets swornin as the new councillor in
Bruderheim
Jacqueline Katan (left) being sworn in by Elaine Milliken (right).
12 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), January 3, 2012
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Sunday Worship Time
11:15 a.m.
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14 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), January 3, 2012
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SPEEDWAY MOVINGSYSTEMS REQUIRESO/O for our 1 ton and 3 tonfleets to transport RVsthroughout North America.We offer competitive ratesand Co. fuel cards. Paidtwice monthly - directdeposit. Must have cleanabstract and ability to crossborder. 1-866-736-6483;www.speedwaymovingsystems.com.
______________________VERMILION GOLF &Country Club requires botha Grounds Superintendent& a Clubhouse Manager.Both positions full-timeseasonal. Wages nego-tiable. Possibly one candi-date considered to overseeboth clubhouse andgrounds. Only those select-ed for interview will becontacted. Applicationdeadline January 31/12.Vermilion Golf, Box 3066,Vermilion, AB, T9X 2B1.Email: [email protected] 780-592-2332. Phone780-853-7726.
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These blanket classified ads are produced through a joint agreement by The Lamont Leader andAlberta Weekly Newspaper Association (AWNA). These ads appear in all AWNA member papers(120 papers) for the cost of $259.00 for the first 25 words, $8.00 per word over 25. To place ablanket classified, call The Lamont Leader at (780) 895-2780.
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Ukrainian New YearMMalanka
at St. Michael Rec. Centreon January 14, 2012
Cocktails at 5:00 p.m.Supper at 6:00 p.m.Dance at 9:00 p.m.
Music presented byJoe Hrycyk & The Starlites
Featuring Lamont Veselka Dancersand
St. Michael Malanka Cast
Tickets:
$35.00 - Adult
$15.00 - ages 6-15 years
Under 6 is free
For tickets call Mae 780-896-2102Joanne at 780-896-2281
or you can visit Lamont
Home Hardware.
This past summer local ag societys hosted several successful events, including;
Lamont Summer Sizzler (Top Left), Andrew Sport Off (Top Right), Bruderheim Ag
Days (Middle Left), Mundare Ag Days (Bottom Right), Chipman Festival (Bottom
Left).
16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Lamont County along with Beaver County is hosting a 2012Crop Update at the Mundare Rec Center on January 19 from
9:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. We will be having a crop market update aswell as guest speakers to talk about crop diseases, weed controland soil variability. You can get more information and RSVP with
Tori Gresiuk at (780)-699-8176 by January 13th.Please come out and enjoy! Free lunch will also be provided!
CROP UPDATE 2012
Lamont County is open to tenders to lease117.08 Acres of Hay at :
NE-25-58-16-W4This area is the unused portion of a gravel pit site. Multi-year
contract is preferred.Please submit sealed tenders in writing to:
Lamont CountyC/O Terry Eleniiak
5303 50 AveLamont , AB
T0B 2R0Tenders must be submitted by 4 p.m., January 31, 2012.For more information, contact Terry Eleniak at 780-895-2585.
LAND LEASE FOR TENDER
Appeal by January 9, 2012
Take notice that the following permit for proposed development asdescribed below has been issued in accordance with the LamontCounty Land Use Bylaw No. 675/07.
1. Legal Descr ipt ion: NW 7-56-17-W4Appl icant : Burnco Rock Products Ltd.Landowner : Marshall WeleshchukProposal : Increase from 4.9 hectares to 5.8
hectares sand & gravel pit plus a two year extension.
Permi t No. : DP 2390/11
Adddi t ional Informat ionFor additional information regarding these permits, please contactthe Planning and Development Department at (780)895-2233
Appea lThe Land Use Bylaw provides that the person applying for the per-mit or affected by the order, or any other person affected by anorder, decision or development permit of a Development Authoritymay appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Boardwithin fourteen (14) days after the date of notice. Appeal fee -$150.00