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“The Vile Veterinarian”

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BY JOHN MATHER

It was a very pun-filled evening.

The Chipman Players launched their rendition of “The Vile Veterinarian” on March 9, and it was a tremendous success.

The play was jam packed with puns, “baaaad” animal jokes, one liners and improvised lines.

A crowd from around the region lapped up every bit of it.

Beside me, a group of friends from Rimbey, Smoky Lake and Lamont had come to see the Players for the first time.

“We’re really enjoying it,” said one guest from Smoky Lake during the intermission. “They are really funny and you can tell they’re enjoying themselves.”

They were surprised to hear the Chipman Players put on a show every year.

“They really don’t have that much time to practice if they only start in January and rehearse twice a week,” added another. “They really do well.”

Players president Keiron Willis took on the lead role as the beleaguered hotel proprietress Polly Purina and runs it with her animal loving grandmom, Kay Nein, played by Joyce Doberstein.

Facing financial ruin, the banker Mort Gudge played on Mar 9 by Allan Engman, is threatening to foreclose and with the mine closing and the army moving out of the community the future for the operation looks bleak.

But suddenly a cast of both locals and out of towners arrive with their troubles, tribulations and animals.

All feel the salvation of the operation could be having a veterinarian in town.

And, lo and behold, a veterinarian does arrive in the form of Ray Breeze, performed by Chipman Players founder Bruce McGregor, and his faithful nurse Kitty Litter portrayed by veteran Player Caren Cossey.

Cossey does a stellar job of not appreciating dogs while casually munching on cat treats throughout her performance.

And of course Ray Breeze is a ne’er do well veterinarian with evil on his mind.

From there, plot lines come and go as characters with their assortment of sheep, dogs, cats and a Tasmanian Platypus come and go with their tales of woe spilling out to Polly and the audience.

Even Polly’s love interest, Hugh Kandoit, played brilliantly by Chipman Players rookie Anastazia Engman, an animal lover, brings in an Anaconda to have the vet look at it.

But she suspects the Vile Veterinarian isn’t all he claims to be and sets out to prove it, even as Ray Breeze tries to implicate him in a kidnapping (dognapping) scheme.

In all it was two hours of great fun in two acts.

And the show is pre-

ceded by a wonderful meal catered by Tom’s Catering.

So if you are able to acquire a ticket for the remaining performances on March 16 or 17, take advantage and get one.

The Players also host a 50/50 draw

benefitting the County Food Bank.

While the shows are technically sold out, some tickets may come available and once again this year the Chipman Players have put together a performance of great fun and enjoyment for their audience.

First time Chipman Players performer Warren Kelliher playing the part of Charlie Horse cracks up Vile Veterinarian Bruce McGregor during the performance at Chipman National Hall March 9. The Players put on a brilliant show loaded with puns, one liners and ad libbed lines. Two performances remain of this year’s production on March 16 and 17.

Alberta Parent’s Union director hopeful new provincial policy will keep parents in the loop

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Alberta Parent’s Union director Jeff Park said he is optimistic that the province’s new student ‘opt in’ rule, when it comes to school instruction on human sexuality, will help keep parents notified about what their kids are learning.

Currently, parents must be notified, according to the Education Act, whenever lessons will be explicitly about sexuality but Park said schools can evade this requirement with information not counted as classroom instruction.

“We don't have all the details (on the new policy) yet, but we've been pointing out the shortcomings with the ‘opt out’ (policy). The ‘opt out’ itself was limited to classroom instruction that is primarily and explicitly about human sexuality and that left a lot of gaps, where you could have things that aren't counted as classroom instruction,” said Park.

“You can talk about human sexuality at great length in a planned classroom lesson, but where they give you the cover is to say, well, this is actually a math lesson, it's not really a human sexuality lesson.”

In a Feb. 1 press conference, Premier Danielle Smith said the reasoning for an ‘opt in’ policy was to include parents in deciding when their kids should learn about sensitive subjects.

“In our classrooms, we will ensure discussions about gender identity and other sensitive subjects happen at the right time and with the parent child relationship at its core,” she said. “This will include a parental opt in consent requirement when teachers plan to discuss subject matter related to gender identity, sexual orientation, or sexuality for K to 12 students.”

A reporter asked Smith why she is making it harder for kids to learn about sexual health.

“I can already hear the school officials just dreading the paperwork required to opt every single student into every single lesson that touches on sex education, gender identity and sexual orientation,” said the reporter. “Some people might predict that teachers would now avoid those lessons to get around that extra work when they're already so busy.”

Smith told the reporter that her remarks proved

Name released for Mundare house fire victim

BY JOHN MATHER

Police have released the name of the person found dead following a house fire in Mundare Feb. 19.

Cynthia Angelica Woloschuk, 62, was the primary resident of the home, according to the RCMP.

She was the only occupant of the home at the time of the fire.

Members of the Mundare Fire Department responded

to the fire and at approximately 3:30 a.m., while Vegreville RCMP responded to a report of a house fire on 49 Street in Mundare.

The fire department extinguished the fire and located human remains inside the residence.

While police have released the name of the victim, cause of the death has not yet been released and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

the policy is needed.

“Well, I guess if teachers are indeed talking to kids about sex every single day, every day of the school year, then I guess it has (been) demonstrated why we need to put this policy in place,” she said.

Currently, according to the Alberta Education Act, parents must be notified where courses, programs of study or instructional materials, instruction or exercises include subject matter that deals primarily and explicitly with religion or human sexuality. Park said this was not enough when it comes to addressing materials used outside the curriculum.

“The ‘opt in’ is superior, because this means that the onus is on schools, to provide parents with enough information to motivate us to affirmatively opt in rather than the incentive now is for schools to give parents as little information as possible, so that hopefully, things go unnoticed,” he said, citing examples such as the PRISM (Professionals Respecting and supporting Individual Sexual

Minorities) toolkit, developed by the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA), which Park said gives teachers specific lesson plans about human sexuality and how to evade the requirement to inform

parents. Park added that he hopes the entire list of approved materials used by schools will be made public.

“Hopefully the public will have access to the entire list of approved

materials. Nothing like that exists right now,” he said. “We're hoping that this moves it to a very transparent process, where parents can go to the ministry's website and see everything that is approved.”

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Body found at Chipman not suspicious in nature

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Very few details are available on news of a body found in Chipman on Mar. 7.

Cst. Lauren Mowbray with the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP

said the death was noncriminal.

“We do not have any details to provide as it was a non-criminal incident,” she said by email.

Chipman Chief Administrative Officer

Pat Tomkow also said she had very limited information on the discovery of the body.

“The fellow died of suspected natural causes but an autopsy will confirm that. We don’t know

his name and we don’t know much about what happened,” she said.

Questions sent by email to Lamont County

communications director Jay Zaal around the possible involvement of Lamont County Emergency Services and

any available information on the discovery were not answered by press time.

Opinion

Saskatchewan manages to irritate Guilbeault

BY JOHN MATHER

My mom loved the phrase “The Pot calling the Kettle Black.”

If I ratted out my brother or sister, or vice versa, she often invoked that phrase.

It means, a situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares, and therefore is an example of psychological projection, or hypocrisy.

Well last week, that was our esteemed Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Stephen Guilbeault.

As one columnist put it, “politicians who accuse others of law-breaking had better have a clean rap sheet himself. Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault does not."

You see Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe took the minister, his department and the Federal Liberals in general to task for cutting the carbon tax to people using heating oil to fire their furnaces in Atlantic Canada, but not doing the same for people who heat their homes using natural gas across the rest of the country.

You see Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada for some strange reason tend to elect Liberal MPs, while other parts of the country don’t

Those MPs complained to Trudeau about the costs of the rising carbon tax on their voters, and Trudeau gave them a carve out, refusing to do so for the rest of the country.

As one brilliant Liberal MP from Newfoundland put it, “If you elected more Liberals you might get the same breaks.” Or words to that effect.

So Saskatchewan, which has a government-controlled utilities corporation, said they wouldn’t remit the carbon tax.

And when the deadline came and went they hadn’t remitted dime one.

This prompted the gifted, gibbering Guilbeault to call Moe “immoral.”

“If Premier Scott Moe decides that he wants to start breaking laws and not respecting federal laws, then measures will have to be taken,” Guilbeault said.

“We can’t let that happen. What if somebody tomorrow decides that they don’t want to respect other federal laws, criminal laws?

“What would happen then if a prime minister, a premier of a province, would want to do that?”

CONTINUED

Of course to bleat something like that you should be sure of your footing and have the moral high ground.

But as we all know Guilbeault doesn’t.

Remember when he scaled Toronto’s CN Tower to unfurl a banner as a member of Greenpeace. He received a year’s probation, 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution.

It cost the tower management $50,000 to repair the damage he and his fellow Greenpeace climbers caused.

Guilbeault later clambered up on the roof of former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein’s home to hang a banner and put up a solar panel.

Klein’s wife Colleen was home alone at the time and was terrified of what was happening.

But in a class act, the Kleins refused to press charges of trespassing which would have only served to give the stupid Guilbeault a larger soapbox to spew from.

So then he got elected with Trudeau’s Liberals in Montreal and Trudeau showing his brilliance as leader put the climate fanatic in charge of the environment.

I wonder if his election as an MP was part of his 100 hours of community service?

Now Guilbeault wants the government to take action against Saskatchewan.

Even though several pieces of government legislation related to government overreach into provincial jurisdiction have been declared illegal by the Supreme Court.

So Guilbeault should reel in his tongue

and several politicians are calling for Trudeau to finally cut his losses and turf Guilbeault as a minister.

But with the Liberals’ popularity polls having them lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut, that’s not likely to happen.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who has also had her run-ins with Guilbeault, was one of the ones calling for him to be fired.

Speaking at a private function in Calgary last week, Smith said she’s had it with the Liberal environment minister and simply isn’t prepared to work with him in any capacity and she called on Trudeau to send him to the back benches for good.

“We'd like to see a new environment minister at the federal level. Now I really did try, I've tried to work with that guy for over 18 months now. And I can tell you, he's just as ideological as the day he climbed Ralph Klein’s roof in opposition to fossil fuels,” she said.

“Alberta stands with Saskatchewan and Premier Scott Moe in their fight against the unfair and unconstitutional region-specific and fuel-specific application of the carbon tax.”

Smith added she has good relations with a couple of Liberal cabinet ministers but she added dealing with Guilbeault was simply dealing with someone who is totally unreasonable.

She’s right!

Guilbeault must go and the carbon tax must be either be totally scrapped or at least enforced fairly across all regions of the country.

BY HAZEL ANAKA

This is another mixed bag of ideas week. I hope you don’t get whiplash as I careen from topic to topic.

On Thursday morning we woke up to a pile of

scat on our sidewalk, about 10 feet from the back door. As I hurried past it, I didn’t have time to do much more than notice the huge tracks in the snow. I would have liked to check out his route but I was off to a couple of appointments in Edmonton. Luckily, he would have done his wandering and business during the night. Can you imagine coming face to rack with a behemoth like that? I don’t know who would have been more startled and likely to run in the opposite direction.

I accompanied Roy to a conference in Calgary. Thankfully, the roads were dry and clear.

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Admittedly, I only know that anecdotally. Because it was the Sunday of the Daylight Savings Time switchover and the dreaded spring ahead one hour scenario, I snoozed off and on pretty well all the way. I must say the state of the province’s roads is pretty abysmal so there was a lot of shaking, rattling, and rolling going on but when you’re tired, you’re tired. When Roy wandered onto the shoulder once, that was enough to jar me back into consciousness. For a few miles anyway. Statistics show a sharp increase in accidents the Monday of the changeover in time. I guess everyone is overtired at the best of times that that extra one hour loss is significant. Luckily, Roy was perky and got us there safely.

In case you’re wondering, there isn’t any consequential amount of snow anywhere along Highway 2 so the drought situation will likely affect the entire province. As much as I’m sure we’re all ready for spring to arrive, a dump of juicy snow would help. Failing that, some consequential April rain

is absolutely essential to save the crop year and livelihoods.

We stopped into a favourite antique mall despite never really having enough time to properly see and consider things in this supercharged environment of sensory overload. I smile at the things some people have chosen to save for decades. I saw an empty paper butter box. I get nostalgic when I see things from my youth or that of my children. That old Fisher-Price record player shows up regularly in antique stores. I love the character furniture pieces that were made when craftsmanship and design ruled. A walnut cabinet from the 1920s that a dentist would have used in his practice was reduced to $2,000 from $3,995. It was a thing of beauty though not particularly practical with its million very shallow drawers. No, I didn’t buy it.

I did buy several old ledgers when the consigner offered a discount to take them all. They dated from 1917 to sometime in the forties. They were dated books called either the Dominion Scribbling Diary or later

the Canadian Scribbling Diary. It made my spine tingle to read the entry from November 11, 1918 where someone noted the end of the World War I after 3 years, 3 months, 1 day. Those numbers don’t agree with Google but there was something about Britain in the entry. Or perhaps a loved one was gone for that length of time. Or perhaps a mistake was made. That serves as a reminder that we all remember and interpret things differently. Hopefully, we can someday soon, enter the end date of Ukraine’s victory over Russia.

As I write this, I’ve got one eye on the hotel room’s TV for the Oscar Awards broadcast. Jimmy Kimmel is a great host as evidenced by his repeat engagements. There have been a few off-the-wall dresses so

far. I missed those hardhitting red-carpet interviews where bubbly hosts breathlessly ask, “Who are you wearing tonight?” so I have no idea about any dresses or designers. It appears poufy, non-stop sleeves may be making a comeback. That’ll take some getting used to.

I’m not entirely sure why I bother watching

the awards shows when I haven’t watched any of the movies. Maybe it’s to hear a few jokes and watch the beautiful people. Maybe it’s to see if any of the women can breathe in their Spanx undergarments. Or how gracious the nominees can act when their names aren’t called. Maybe it’s the desire to see how the other half lives if only for a few hours. That’s all folks, from where I sit.

BY JOHN MATHER

It was a much better ending to the week for Ottawa goalie Emerance Maschmeyer on Mar. 10.

The Bruderheim native on the Women’ Professional Hockey League team was named second star after a strong outing resulting in a 4-2 Ottawa win over host team Montreal.

Before more than 10,000 fans, Ottawa opened the scoring late in the first frame when Brianne Jenner netted her third goal of the year while Ottawa was on a power play.

At the 13-minute mark of the second period Ottawa’s Daryl Watts

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These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries).

Elk Island U11 Wild (915-3) lost two playoff round games at Lamont

made it 2-0 when she scored from Katerina Mrazova, who had also assisted on the first goal. It was Watts’ fourth goal of the season.

Montreal pulled to within one halfway through the third frame when Laura Stacey put her seventh goal of the year past Maschmeyer, while Ottawa’s Gabbie Hughes was off for a two-minute tripping penalty.

Aneta Tejralova scored her second of the year to give Ottawa back its two goal cushion at the 13:24 mark of the third with Brianne Jenner and Katerina Mrazova getting assists on the power

Arena on the weekend.

On Friday the Wild lost 4-0 to Tofield; and on Saturday they dropped a 4-2 game against Viking. Mary Sobkow and Zenon Cossey scored for Elk Island. Assists went to; Ebenezer Dlugosz, Quinn Dickinson and William Purdy.

Dylan Onushko scored his team’s lone goal as Saints beat the Fort Sask.

play marker.

Montreal pulled within one again when Melodie Daoust potted her second of the year, but Gabbie Hughes sealed the win for Ottawa with her seventh into an empty net.

Ottawa’s Mrazova was named the game’s first star while Montreal’s Laura Stacey was the third star of the game.

Earlier in the week, Ottawa had travelled to Minnesota to take on the third place team and dropped a 4-3 decision in a shootout loss.

With Maschmeyer getting a well deserved evening off, Sandra Abstreiter was between

U18 AA team 6-1 on Sunday. On Saturday, Dylan had four assists in his team’s 5-3 win over the Sting.

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On Sunday, Bruderheim’s Emerance Maschmeyer was the game’s second star as her PWHL Ottawa team won a 4-2 game over second place Montreal. Emerance stopped 34 shots in the game for a .944 save percentage victory. The win moved Ottawa into a fourth place tie with Boston.

Mary Immaculate merger to provide larger opportunities

BY JOHN MATHER

The Mary Immaculate Hospital Foundation, located in Mundare, will merge with the Covenant Health Foundation on April 1, giving the local organization a wider opportunity to raise funds to enhance the quality of life at the Mundare Hospital.

Thomas Metlin, the site administrator at Mary Immaculate, is very excited about the upcoming merger.

“For us here at Mary Immaculate all money raised for Mary Immaculate in the future through Covenant will come to Mary Immaculate and money in our bank account will stay here,” he said.

“By becoming part of the Covenant foundation we will have a much broader scope in our fundraising efforts.”

He added Mary Immaculate would be able to apply for funds raised through the Covenant Home Lottery which they currently can’t do.

“We don’t do really large fundraising projects on our own right now,” Metlin said.

He added if Mary Immaculate had a large project underway and possibly fell short of their fundraising goal, they could make an application to Covenant and possibly get the funding through a grant to meet the fundraising goal and proceed with the project.

He added the Covenant Foundation has much greater experience in fundraising.

“Our Mary Immaculate Foundation is all volunteers and while they do a tremendous job, it’s not their main focus.”

He added those volunteers were former teachers and nurses whose experience was limited to raising funds in the Mundare area.

“But with the Covenant Foundation, if they have a local fundraiser people could designate their donation

to go to Mary Immaculate from anywhere in the province.”

He said the larger foundation wouldn’t really affect the purchasing power of Mary Immaculate because they purchase through a centralized procurement system through Alberta Healthcare.

Mary Immaculate is a long term care facility.

“The residents here have different care needs,” said Metlin. He added what makes them a little different is that the residents in Mary Immaculate don’t necessarily have an independent function.

“We have 24-hour registered nurse support and healthcare aids available 24-7.”

He said for residents who may have responsive issues, the Mary Immaculate Foundation had purchased an interactive Abby unit for the care hospital.

The Abby unit, an interactive machine that residents can use 24-

hours a day, cost more than $10,000 and those funds were raised by the foundation.

“It helps keep the residents calm and is available for their use 24 hours a day,” he said.

The care facility has a capacity of 30 beds and they are currently filled. Metlin said while many residents come from the local Lamont/Beaver County area, some may have lived in Edmonton or other areas but their family lives in the Mundare area, so when the person has to be placed in a care facility, they would ask

to be located in Mary Immaculate.

Mary Immaculate is owned and operated by Covenant Health.

The Covenant Foundation provides funding for 22 facilities across Alberta up from 21 and monies raised for Mary Immaculate Hospital anywhere in Alberta, will remain in Mundare.

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Bruderheim Councillor questions bylaw officer contract, mayor meetings

Then accused of ‘raking mayor over the coals’

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Bruderheim councillor

George Campbell had questions for Chief Administrative Officer Phyllis Forsyth around a contract for the Town’s bylaw officer services during the Mar. 6 council meeting.

Forsyth gave a report detailing the current arrangement with the County of Strathcona which expired in Dec.

“Strathcona County had an agreement to provide services for peace officers, bylaw officers and dog control that expired December 31, 2023. Strathcona County has drawn up a new (agreement) to renew their services for six months currently, as we work on a new five-year contract and explore other avenues,” she said.

“So our recommendation is that you sign a six month agreement.”

Councillor Campbell questioned the cost of the agreement and whether there was room for negotiation.

“Is there any room for negotiation and pricing of this?,” he asked.

“Because your costs are atrocious (at) $96 per hour.”

Forsyth explained that she learned, through a

recent meeting she attended, that costs for officers were high.

“An additional officer, equipped through another organization, would be about $187,000 a year, so $96 an hour is probably close,” she said.

The motion to renew services for six months was carried unanimously.

Meanwhile, as each council member presented their reports, Councillor Campbell questioned the lack of reporting from the meetings attended by the Mayor Karl Hauch.

“Mayor Hauch has attended quite a few meetings, councillors are attending quite a few meetings, but minimal feedback of these meetings,” he said. “I am questioning the effectiveness of attending this many meetings when we were getting so little feedback from them.”

Mayor Hauch explained to Campbell that if he wanted to know what happened at the meetings, to ask and he would share. Campbell addressed each meeting listed under Hauch’s name and asked for feedback on each one.

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reports for each meeting and when Campbell reached the sixth meeting on the list, Councillor Ashley Carter interrupted to applaud the mayor and chastise Campbell.

“I think this is so remarkable that our mayor is able to attend and be present in all these events, all these meetings, and I think raking him over the coals to ensure that he attended those meetings is absolutely ridiculous,” she said.

“And should you require Coles notes on every meeting then maybe that's something that we can submit to Sharman, and that can go in this (council package) instead of a line of fire at everyone who attended these meetings. We do these meetings we’re a part of these boards. If I said, I went there. I went there and I will submit Coles Notes on that. But to question the mayor on every single thing he attended is ridiculous and a waste of our time.”

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StraightVac Services Ltd is hiring - OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR for our new Lamont Location. Requirements: Knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel, Strong daily communication with Manager, Dispatch, Office Personnel & Drivers, Data Entry & Filing, Customer Service, must work well with others. Full Time Employment. StraightVac Services offers competitive wages and paid benefits. Email resume to operationsmanager@ straightvac.ca.

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JP’s Country Daycare in Daysland is hiring for a part time ECE worker, 2 days a week to start and casual ECE workers. Email resume to jpcountrydaycare@gmail.com

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________________________ RJM Electrical. Ron Malowany, Mundare. ronmalowany@yahoo.com.

780-888-1130

________________________ LS Construction Specializing in Small Home & Office Renovations

Inter-Provincial Carpenter "No job too smallwe'll do what the big companies won't!"

780-385-4455

Town & Country

Guardian Drugs - Killam We have:

•a Kodak picture maker.

•a colour/b&w photocopier.

•cold pop and fresh snacks.

•a great selection of candles, giftware, and fragrances. toys, games,and plush animals.

•a huge selection of Hallmark cards. •plastic gift cards

•vitamins, minerals, and herbals.

•free gift wrapping.

•prescription service Open 6 days a week.

Drywall Taping/ Ceiling Texturing

40 years experience on the job, from commercial buildings to new homes to home renovations. No job too small. Experienced Killam drywall taper/texturer here to help you with any job, big or small. Don't want to do it yourself?Give me a call! Willing to travel anywhere in the county. I also do ceiling textures.

Flagstaff Taping & Texturing

Murray Cholowsky

Call or text at 780-385-1251

SERVICES

Painting Quality Residential and Commercial Interior Painting Betty Tkaczyk

780-632-8749

Carpet and Upholstery cleaning - residential and commercial. Truck mount unit, sewer backup, and flood cleaning. Auto and RV Cleaning. Call John and Sheri at Fancy Shine Auto and Carpet Care at 780-384-3087

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Roy's Handyman Services. Flooring, Trim work, basement finishing, decks, fences, kitchen cabinet installs and carpentry work. Call 780-2323097

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LAMONT

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, March 13,

Bruderheim teacher has purse stolen at Fort

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Fort Sask. RCMP are still searching for the person responsible for stealing a purse loaded with money and gift cards from Dollarama in mid Jan.

Fort Sask. resident, and Bruderheim

Elementary teacher, Ariane Taylor said she stopped into the Dollarama on 100 street in Fort Saskatchewan on Jan. 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m. shopping for paint night supplies.

After placing her black Lulu purse into a shopping basket, she realized she needed a shopping cart. Taylor put back the basket but forgot to remove her purse.

“Within 3 minutes this lady or man picked up my purse, quickly covered it with her shopping bag, and then decided to

steal my purse instead of making the right choice and return it,” Taylor said on social media.

“The worst part of my horrible mistake, inside was my kid's Christmas gifts cards, my daughters dance fundraising money, Oil Kings tickets as well as everything card, license, etc.”

Police issued a press release on Mar. 11 for the Jan. theft, which Taylor explained was due to the length of time it took to collect security footage from the store. She added that she has been very happy with the police response to the theft.

“The RCMP have been amazing in keeping me updated and doing everything they can to find the person,” she said.

RCMP said they are

looking for a suspect aged 50-60 years old, with short grey hair. They were wearing a faded Toronto Maple Leaf’s ball cap in addition to a distinct black skidoo style jacket with orange zipper pulls and orange stripes on the sleeves.

If anyone has any information regarding this incident, please contact the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachment.

FEATURED PROPERTIES FOR SALE LAMONT COUNTY

• 5119 - 48 Ave, 4712 - 51 St, 5121 - 48 Ave, & 5116 - 47 Ave Lamont AB. 5,800 sq ft shop on with additional 3 fenced lots across the back alley from the shop property. Shop was used for agricultural machinery repair. All properties must be bought together. Price $650,000

• W4-17-53-2-SE both halves Lamont County. 160 acres #2 soil 135 ± acres cultivated near Mundare. Price $640,000

• W4-20-55-27-SE Plan 1023701 Block 1 Lot 1A Lamont County. 138.09 acres in the Lamont Heartland for industrial use. Located North of Highway 15 on Range Road 202. Price $2,990,000

TWO HILLS COUNTY RECREATION LAND

Our Annual Agriculture Section 2024

• W4-12-55-27 NW 146 acres with 1/2-mile frontage on the North Saskatchewan River. HWY 29 and RR 123 50± acres of cultivation power at property Nicely treed lot for a building site. Price $350,000 PENDING

STRATHCONA COUNTY

• SW Part of NW –23 –53 –23 –W4 40.55 acres North of Highway 16 on Range Road 232 in proposed medium industrial zoning with CP rail line at the border of the property. Price $7,200,000

• Parts of SW and SE -7-53-22-W4 located at Highway 21 and Lakeland drive 63.62 acres of development land with Highway 21 exposure. The property is within the Bremner and local Employment Area ACP with expected future use of industrial. Price $5,100,000

Correction

The Lamont Leader accidentally placed two Lamont County Community ads in last week instead of one, plus the regular county ad. This week two regular county ads are running on pages 15 and 16

Lauren Hill Steven Hill

Norman Hill

Security footage of the suspect.

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, March 13, 2024 -

Community Programming

Next Agricultural Service Board (ASB) Meeting

The next ASB meeting is scheduled for April 10, at 9:00 a.m. The public is welcome to attend at the Lamont County Administration Building or virtually through Microsoft Teams (link): lamontcounty.ca/departments/agricultural-services/agendas-minutes-asb. To present or speak at a meeting, please contact Agricultural Services.

Rail Safety

Winter and meltfreeze conditions can impact your ability to stop quickly when approaching icy rail crossings. Watch for the signs (stop, look, listen). Drive safely this winter. #RailSafe

#AnytimeIsTrainTime

Revamped Church Tour

Visit lamontcounty.ca/churchtour to explore the historical churches that make Lamont County the Church Capital of North America

With more churches per capita than any region in North America, you can take the tour by viewing YouTube video, audio casts or by PDF as you take a self-guided tour. This tour was highlighted by CBC Edmonton!

Next Lamont County Council Meeting (March 27 - Wednesday)

The next Regular Council Meeting is on Wednesday, March 27, starting at 9:00 a.m. The public is welcome to attend at the Lamont County Administration Building or virtually through Microsoft Teams (link): lamontcounty.ca/governance/agendas-minutes.

16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Community Grant Applications – Now Open

The 2024 Community Grant application period is now open. Deadline to submit is June 1

Lamont County recognizes the valuable contributions made by community organizations and volunteer groups to improve the health, well-being and social development of the community and the quality of life for its residents.

In recognition of these contributions, Lamont County is committed to aiding such organizations through a predetermined allocation of money budgeted each year.

Funding under this policy is not to be relied on as a continuing source of revenue. Council fully expects community organizations to be self-sustaining, have other sources of income, and to develop working relationships with other community partners.

See lamontcounty.ca/grants to apply before the deadline.

Review the Lamont County Community Grants Policy (3112) on the application page.

The Auxiliary to Lamont Health Care Centre is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Tea at Beaverhill Lodge on Friday, March 15, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Donations are gratefully accepted. Everyone is welcome.

Trees/Drought

A Tip Sheet is available at lamontcounty.ca/ agservices for planning related to trees and drought. This is accessed via: Agricultural Resources Environmental Resources.

This resource provides information on watering for trees impacted by drought.

Community

Lamont County Agricultural Services is Hiring

Lamont County is looking for two SEASONAL Lawn Care & Maintenance Labourers. We are also hiring for a few other positions in Public Works and Administration.

See the poster on the previous page, as well as lamontcounty.ca/careers to apply.

St. Patrick’s Day Tea – March 15

(VISIT: lamontcounty.ca/community-programming or call 780-895-2233 for info. or registration). Some of the current CALC, FCSS & KFRN include:

1. Parents and Tots (Andrew: Thurs. & Lamont: Wed.).

2. CALC: Digital Skills Workshops (Andrew and Mundare); Creating Family Connections; Kitchens; and English-Language Learner programs, contact Cheryl B. at 780-895-233 x233 or Cheryl.B@lamontcounty.ca for more information.

3. FLEX for Boys and True2U for Girls (weekly).

4. Youth Centre: Bruderheim, Chipman and Mundare (weekly).

5. Connecting Generations: Mar, 15 (Leprechaun and the Bunny) signup.com/go/LDuiNKL

6. Family Fun (Activity) Night in Lamont (Mar. 13, 5:30 p.m.).

7. Grief Support Group (weekly).

8. Yoga for Older Adults (Lamont, 8 wk. program starting March 19) contact michelle.a@lamontcounty.ca or 780-895-2233 x223 for info.

9. Talent Show: April 5 (Chipman) for more info and to register. contact Dayna.J@lamontcounty.ca

10. Meals in Motion: March Menu. Call Chrissy to order at 780-975-9592.

11. Canada Revenue Agency Information Session for Seniors (Lamont, Apr. 3).

12. Benefits and Supports for Older Adults – Mundare (michelle.a@lamontcounty.ca).

13. FCSS Volunteer Income Tax Program – Contact FCSS at 780-895-2233 x226.

14. Volunteer Appreciation Week 2024 (April 15-18)

15. Connecting Generations: Leprechaun & the Bunny https://signup.com/go/LDuiNKL

16. Conflict Resolution - Mundare: ages 10-14, 10 a.m. - noon, (erin.b@lamontcounty.ca). Mar. 27

17. At Home Alone (for ages 10 and up) – March 26

Access current monthly services & programs information scan the QR code or for FCSS, CALC and KFRN on each of the services’ Facebook pages: | FCSSlamontcountyregion | KFRN: groups/1922602184662497 |

CALC: LamontCountyAdultLearns |