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Vol. 12, No. 13, Tuesday, January 24, 2017 www.LamontLeader.com
Pink sunset PHOTO BY STAN CHOLAK
Sometimes the most pictureseque scenery is right in our own backyard. Thatʼs what Andrew resident Stan Cholak discovered late Thursday afternoon, January 19th when he shot this beautiful sunset around 4:30 p.m.
Former Andrew Co-op members anxiously waiting for equity Michelle Pinon Editor
PHOTO BY IAN BRUSSELERS
While counting birds Ian Brusselers captured this Great Horned Owl who blends right into the scenery. For all the results of the 2016 Elk Island Christmas Bird Count turn to page eight for all the details.
Members of the Andrew Co-Operative Association (ACA) have been waiting to receive their equity cheques for well over a year. On November 19, 2015 during a special meeting at the Andrew Community Centre the majority of members voted in favour of dissolving the association with all of the property of the ACA going to the Beaver Creek CoOperative Association. The amount listed in an advertisement placed in The Lamont Leader stated the amount of the
property at $120,000. Also stated in the advertisement was: “Pursuant to Section 306 of the Co-operative Act, authorize the dissolution of the Andrew Co-operative Association Limited as soon as practicable. The directors and officers of Andrew Co-operative Association Limited be and are hereby authorized and directed to do such acts and things and execute such documents as may be necessary or desirable to implement the said dissolution.” A former member of the association, who requested anonymity, said they were informed
that Wilde and Company, a chartered professional accounting firm based in Vegreville would be handling the distribution of the equity cheques and was informed by a representative with the company to expect their cheque by the end of September, 2016. That did not happen. When they called Wilde and Company in December, 2016 they were told the cheques could not be processed because of a delay by Federated Co-operatives Ltd. The Lamont Leader contacted both Wilde and Company and the Federated Co-operatives
communications branch in Saskatoon, Sk. for verification of information and comments, but had not received a response by press time Monday afternoon. The manager at the Beaver Creek Co-op in Lamont said their office has received more than a dozen inquiries since last spring inquiring as to when the equity cheques would be distributed. Even though the Beaver Creek Co-op purchased the petroleum assets from the ACA, they do not have anything to do with the distribution of equity cheques to former ACA members.