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Vol. 12, No. 42, Tuesday August 15, 2017 www.LamontLeader.com
MICHELLE PINON PHOTOS
Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman, (holding scissors), had some assistance cutting the ribbon to officially open the Galician Farmstead, which included the Hlus house, barn and chicken co-op. Other participants included: (from left to right): TJ Fenton; Anna Chudyk; Honourable Deron Bilous, Minister of Economic Development and Trade; Mrs. Jessica Littlewood, MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville; Honourable Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier; Gordon Yaremchuk, President of the Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society, Mr. Lorne Dach, MLA for Edmonton-McClung; David Makowsky, UCHV Director. crew to check the four and secured in place forget. I use to spend Michelle Pinon corner posts of the house with wooden pegs driv- many of my younger Editor to see if there were any en in by a mallet by years there.” She has so Genia Saik, one of the more vials of Holy Water. Genia and three other many special memories of the homestead and her two last remaining chil- “We found remnants of family members. “This was my great grandparents William dren of Galician settlers glass from the vials,” Andrew and Maria Hlus, stated Rev. Nakonechny, baba and gido’s home,” and Mary Hlus who was on hand for the who had the honour of said Monica Palahniuk used it as a summer opening of the Hlus blessing the house dur- who was in attendance house. On the property house, barn and chicken ing the ceremony. Four with her husband John- there was also a beautiful co-op during Ukrainian small vials, containing Michael and her two creek flowing through it. who were Monica was so pleased Day on Sunday, August Holy Water were insert- children ed into the corner logs warming up with their that a family member 13. d a n c e donated the house to the A good crowd was on g r o u p Ukrainian Village, and is hand for the official ’ S h u m k a ’ grateful for everyone opening shortly after when the who had a part in its 11:15 am Sunday afterc e r e m o n y restoration. “It’s an honnoon at the Ukrainian was taking our for it to be here.” She Cultural Heritage Village is also gratified that her place. (UCHV). Former UCHV M o n i c a children, and maybe restoration expert and says the grandchildren will be Rev. Father Jim homestead able to visit the home Nakonechny said they was located that has preserved for discovered a glass vasenorth of them, other relatives, line jar during the Rev. Father Jim Nakonechny poses for a photo with I n n i s f r e e . and anyone else who visrestoration process and Genia Saik, daughter of Andrew and Maria Hlus, folits the museum. “I’ll never he asked the restoration lowing the official blessing of the homestead.