May 24 Lamont Leader

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA candidates questioned on taxes in candidates forum

Provincial election is this Monday, May 29

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Over 130 people attended the Provincial Candidate Forum held by the Fort Saskatchewan and District Chamber of Commerce at the Fort Saskatchewan Dow Centre on May 17.

All five candidates vying for the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA position were present including former MLA UCP incumbent Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, NDP candidate Taneen Rudyk, Kelly Zeleny with the Alberta Advantage Party, Independent candidate Kathy Flett and Solidarity Movement of Alberta candidate Granny Margaret Mackay.

Moderators collected written questions from audience members resulting in 13 questions being asked of the candidates ranging in issues from health care and taxes to public education and support for a provincial police force.

Newcomer 61-year-old Granny

Margaret Mackay, for the Solidarity movement, said in her opening remarks that she has only been with her party for one week and felt motivated to enter the political sphere after experiencing the pandemic lockdowns.

“In 2022, on a second trip to Ottawa, and I saw tens of thousands of unheard Canadians. For the past year, I have become a voice for four men who have been in a remand jail for 458 days with no trial,” she said. “And today, I am sitting here showing Albertans even a grandmother can step into the political world. I'm a firm believer that one must lead by example, because if not you then who.”

One question posed to all candidates was to describe their position on taxes, tax credits, the carbon tax, and the CPP. Mackay was first to respond, admitting she did not have a position on the tax question.

“We're taking the fear out of politics by this grandma being up here. Just honestly want people to realize we're on a learning curve here and even at the age of 61, I’m willing to learn,” she said, laughing with the crowd.

“My part in politics is putting an X on a ballot. That's the extent of my knowledge, the scope for me to talk about this stuff. I'll be back next year and we'll see how I'm doing then.”

Independent candidate Kathy Flett was next to share her views on taxes and a provincial pension.

“An Alberta pension plan, bringing that in-house is going to secure your future. Bring it in-house so that the future generations have a pension to look forward to,” she said. “The carbon tax is nothing but a wealth transfer. Taxes don’t need to go up, they need to go down.”

Former MLA Jackie Armstrong-

Homeniuk stood firm in her statements around the CPP.

“First of all, the UCP will not be touching your pension, at all, period,” she said, as the crowd applauded.

“Under the NDP government, our taxes were raised 97 times. We've lowered taxes. We're going to have an eight percent tax bracket for people under $60,000. And that would be a 20 percent savings. And if you make over $60,000, it would be $1,500 per family. The carbon tax is nothing but a tax grab by the Liberal and NDP government, and we will be fighting against it.”

Alberta Advantage Party candidate Kelly Zeleny was critical of the carbon tax and the current UCP government’s tax policy.

“The carbon tax, it was just another tax. Is it going to help our environment? No.

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Independent candidate Kathy Flett gives her opening remarks during the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Provincial Candidate Forum at the Fort Saskatchewan Dow Centre on May 17. L-R (seated): UCP incumbent MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, Solidarity Movement of Alberta candidate Granny Margaret Mackay, NDP candidate Taneen Rudyk and Advantage Party of Alberta candidate Kelly Zeleny. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

First severe storm of the year downs trees, sends residents looking for shelter

BY JANA SEMENIUK

A severe thunderstorm May 22 was felt by residents in Lamont County.

Terry Zacharko, 44, was driving into the yard at his parent’s (Nadine and Myron Zacharko) farm on highway 45 near Bruderheim, when the

storm hit suddenly.

“I was in my pickup and the storm came, so I drove into a cattle shed. I could feel the truck start to shake and I saw a wall of water (from the rain).

I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said.

“I was worried some trees might fall onto the

house so I called my mom and told her to go into the basement.”

Zacharko said the extreme weather lasted only a few minutes, disappearing as quickly as it came on.

Once the storm was over, Zacharko found downed trees on his par-

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ent’s property, including one planted by his grandfather over 75 years ago.

“We were planning on getting rid of that tree anyway, but it was still shocking and surprising to see it downed that way,” he said, adding a building was also dam-

aged by the downed tree.

“My grandfather built most of the buildings on the farm. Anytime you lose a building it’s always heartbreaking,” he said.

A storm warning was issued at 5:39 p.m. covering the areas of Fort Saskatchewan, Strath-

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cona County, Lamont County and Sturgeon County near Redwater. It was described as a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, with nickel to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain. The warning ended at 7:08 p.m.

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Downed trees on the farm of Nadine and Myron Zacharko after a severe storm went through the area on May 22. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

EIPS email to parents suggesting questions for candidates not election interference - but politically motivated

BY JANA SEMENIUK

An email sent to parents from Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) on May 3 advocating for public education by providing fact sheets and question suggestions for provincial election candidates left some parents feeling coerced to voting a certain way, but was not election interference according to Elections Alberta.

“This activity would not fall into election interference. Communications by organizations or groups fall under third party advertising,” said Robyn Bell from Elections Alberta, adding that people can lodge complaints with Elections Alberta if they are unhappy.

One parent, who spoke to the Lamont Leader but asked to remain anonymous, said they were

upset by the email.

“They should not be telling me who to vote for,” said the parent.

In the email, EIPS said education is a top issue in the upcoming provincial election, and the EIPS board of trustees developed information sheets detailing three priorities identified by the division and residents throughout Alberta.

While the email did not specify EIPS residents as having these priorities, EIPS communication director Laura McNabb said ongoing engagement with parents by the division revealed these priorities are important for EIPS families.

“The board identified advocacy priorities through their own governance work, as well as their ongoing engage-

ment with school councils, school families and community stakeholders,” she said by email.

Attached to the email sent to parents were three fact-sheets around each of the priorities; public education funding, school board autonomy and learning infrastructure.

On the first bullet point, public education funding, the problem of provincial funding being diverted to alternative education was highlighted, with the suggested question for candidates being if they will advocate for greater investment in the public education system.

Next on the list was school board autonomy,

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focusing on the need for school boards to have more authority in areas such as where their funding is resourced with the suggested candidate question being whether they believe locally elected school trustees should have the authority to invest in resources to best serve students.

Emily Peckham, Senior Press Secretary to the Minister of Education, said school boards do have autonomy over spending their funds.

“School authorities have the autonomy to make decisions and establish policies on cash management, investments, and restricted reserve funds in a manner that best supports

their operations and student learning,” she said by email.

“Operating reserves are internally restricted funds that have been set aside for future operational needs. Some funds may be externally restricted, which means that they must be used for the intended purpose, usually due to written agreement or legislation, and will be deferred until the expense occurs. There are also cash management needs that require a certain amount of cash to be available for operational spending in the short term (payroll, etc.).”

New maximum limits on operating reserve balances, enacted by the provincial government, are set to take effect in Aug, ensuring public dollars go to educational

purposes in the same year the funding is provided.

The email to parents further highlighted the need for greater school board autonomy.

“School boards meet and make decisions in open meetings, ensuring the public and media have access to debate and insight into how taxpayer money is allocated. This influence is lost when the authority of school boards is reduced,” said the email.

Currently, school board meetings are livestreamed on the divisions’ youtube channel with the recording being removed within 24 hours, a policy McNabb said was created by the board, but would not explain the reasoning behind it.

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They should not be telling me who to vote for EIPS Parent

BY JOHN MATHER

So did you watch through the not-so-great debate last week.

You know the ones between the Conservatively dressed Rachel Notley and the Conservatively dressed Danielle Smith.

Well, most of the mainstream media doesn’t want to come out and offend their NDP socialist friends by saying there was a clear winner - and it was definitely Smith.

To be honest there was very little debate in this debate. Oh, both the NDP leader Notley and the United Conservative leader Smith spoke to their talking points on education, healthcare and a few other miscellaneous topics, but that was about it.

And here I must point out Notley is a figurehead leader in Alberta only, because the real leader of the NDP is Jagmeet Singh in far away Ottawa where he’s cozied up to Justin Trudeau just as tight as a ball of lint in Trudeau’s pocket. The Federal leader is the boss of all the NDP associations in the country and it is mandated in their constitution, even though Rachel does try to distance herself from the national boss.

But more of this debate was spent on parrying and thrusting on each other's records.

Notley was attacking on various sound bites Smith has had recorded and broadcast over the years.

Smith attacked Notley on her record during her short term of premier from 2015 to 2019, at which point Albertans had had enough and voted for Jason Kenney and the UCP.

But as I watched this so-called debate, I couldn’t help but be transported back to when television was in its infancy and there was a debate between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy both vying to be the president of the United States in 1960.

I think this may have been the first televised debate between national leaders in front of a nationwide audience and hoopla and build up around it was great.

But it turned out to be a flop.

No one remembers any substance of the debate. What they remember is the differences between Nixon and Kennedy and how they came across on the big screen.

Kennedy was youthful and vibrant looking despite having agonizing back issues. He faced the camera and spoke with measured, comfortable confidence.

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It really didn’t matter what he said, but the way he projected, and it was honey to the ears of the watchers.

Nixon on the other hand looked worn out and harsh. He was definitely not comfortable speaking to a big black box with a single lens eye gazing at him from under the glow of a red “on” light.

He had been poorly made up and there were shadows on his face and he came across as totally untrustworthy.

Now go back and rewatch the Notley/ Smith debate from this viewpoint.

First why was Notley, a socialist who’s team colours are orange, wearing a conservative blue outfit. Is she trying to project herself as a conservative?

Smith addressed the camera directly. She hand-

ily admitted she had made mistakes and in her closing remarks you could tell she was speaking from the heart.

She was comfortable, and relaxed and projected herself as an honest down to earth person.

Notley on the other hand reminded me of Nixon. She didn’t address the camera very often, gazing instead to the left at Smith or to the right at what I suppose was a studio audience.

There were bags under her eyes and she looked very tired and haggard.

Both women were born in April but Notley is older by seven years.

Notley has made her mark spewing her missives from atop a soap box, while Smith has bleated her positions on just about everything in front of television cameras, on a radio microphone or in a newspaper column.

So both should be highly comfortable speaking to the public in any forum, yet Notley came across as lacking some confidence as she had more um’s and aah’s moments than Smith.

And someone once told me you want to avoid those at all costs while public speaking.

So who won?

Well on the debate and mudslinging side I don’t think there was a clear winner because both leaders did their fair share.

But on the comfort and confidence scale, I’d have to give the higher points to Smith.

I guess next Monday we’ll know for sure.

But do your part and get out and vote.

Look past the leaders and look to the candidate in your riding that will best represent your community and your values.

But please, do get out and vote!

BY HAZEL ANAKA

The cloud of smoke we’ve all been choking through reminds us just how clean our air normally is. Anyone’s who’s seen photos of the atmosphere over China or what the air over Los Angeles used to look like understands poor air quality. I thought the air quality scale only goes to number ten but apparently, we were an eleven the other day. I don’t know about you but I’ve been waking up with a headache and have burning eyes from morning to night. I can only imagine what asthmatics or people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are going through.

As I write this we don’t yet know if the predicted rain will actually fall. It is sorely needed to help with firefighting efforts and to help crops germinate. It will also reduce the stress on transplanted bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, and trees. The

sticker shock we all feel on every single thing we buy extends to garden centres. I needed to buy potting soil to augment my raised beds. Not only did the Venza sit down under the weight of twelve 50 litre bags but the earthy smell perfumed the car for days. From a decorative perspective, I’ve begun pulling out some items I’ve had in storage for years waiting for the right time and place to use them. My three Verdi gris copper cranes will finally see the light of day. Two large, low metal planters seem to anchor the corners of the gazebo pad. But, truthfully the sea of golden dandelions covering the lawn obscures all else. Maybe this is the year Roy finally sprays them. Another current eyesore are the scrap pieces of plywood covering the holes Rocky has dug. I don’t know if he’s needing attention from us--and getting yelled at is better than being ignored---but he’s not winning any points. I think we just need to hang in until we can lay down the landscape cloth and cover the beds with rock mulch. It’s also been suggested that we put rubber booties on those two front feet to stop the digging.

Frankly, I can’t see us wrangling him down to get these foreign objects on him. I also wonder where the hell he took the gigantic brontosaurus bone I bought him. It was at least two feet long and had huge knuckles at each end. I wouldn’t have believed he could open his mouth wide enough to pick it up and carry it away. He doesn’t cover any of his holes so clearly, he hasn’t buried it anywhere.

This problem with the dog is another of those drip, drip, drip things that accumulate and collectively tick a person off. I made two trips to Edmonton, first to drop off, then to pick up a hydraulic cylinder (off a cultivator) that wasn’t working. Because it’s old we couldn’t simply replace it so repairing it seemed to be the only solution. Nearly a thousand dollars later, I help Roy replace the temporary fix with this newly repaired cylinder. Within minutes he calls to tell me it doesn’t work and in fact, had damaged some other stuff. So back I go to help remove and replace it with the slightly smaller temporary one. Again.

Incompetence, poor attitudes, lousy customer service, and shitty workmanship, across all sec-

tors of society from bureaucracies to industry to the service sector, have always been a thing. But it doesn’t get any easier to bear or pay for. As consumers, we’re expected to take it. The other day a guy sold me a fifteen-foot PTO hose. A five-footer would have been enough but they didn’t have one. “You can cut off the part you don’t need.” So, let me get this straight: You

think I should pay $86 for 15-feet and then lop off $58 worth and throw it away. Are you nuts? In what parallel universe does that make sense?

But occasionally, there is something to cheer about. Our thirteen-yearold grandson, Grady has been selected for the CCM 68. Selected ‘under fourteens’ (U14)---Canadian and American-take part in a prestigious hockey tourna-

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 5

BY JANA SEMENIUK

United Conservative Party supporters gathered May 19 with Premier Danielle Smith and Fort SaskatchewanVegreville MLA candidate Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk for a rally in support of ArmstrongHomeniuk’s campaign for re-election.

The event was held at a private residence in Fort Saskatchewan as UCP party members are gearing up for next week’s provincial election.

Smith addressed the crowd, speaking to Armstrong-Homeniuk’s accomplishments over her first term as MLA.

“Jackie has done a tremendous job,” said Smith, highlighting Armstrong-Homeniuk’s work with displaced Ukrainians coming to the province.

“We had an incredible Ukrainian task force that made sure that everybody got the help that they needed. I think we’ve had over 30,000

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While Smith focused on ArmstrongHomeniuk, she could not resist addressing her televised debate with NDP

leader Rachel Notley the night before.

“Did anyone see the debate last night?,” she asked smiling while the crowd gave a resounding yes. Smith followed up with points she made during the debate before handing the floor over to Armstrong-Homeniuk who had one message.

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Mundare councillor calls it quits after a year

BY JOHN MATHER

After less than a year on Mundare Council, Councillor Sandra Nicholson has resigned her seat.

Council was informed by Mundare Chief

Administration Officer Colin Zyla that Nicholson had stepped down and submitted her resignation letter on May 9.

At its May 16 council meeting, council opted to

hold a by-election for a replacement on July 5. The deadline for people wanting to run for council will be June 7 at noon.

Nomination forms are available at the Mundare

Health warnings issued about wildfire smoke in region

BY JOHN MATHER

Smoke from  wildfires in northern Alberta had Alberta Environment issuing a Special Air Quality Statement for several days late last week.

The advisories were issued beginning May 16 for the following areas: Thorhild County near Thorhild, Opal and Radway; Sturgeon County near Bon Accord, Gibbons and Namao; Sturgeon County near Redwater; Lamont County near Bruderheim, Lamont and Peno Creek; Lamont County near Andrew

and Wostok; Lamont County near Mundare, Chipman and the Ukrainian Village; Smoky Lake County near Smoky Lake and Waskatenau; County of Two Hills near Willingdon and Hairy Hill; Fort Saskatchewan and northern Strathcona County, and Elk Island National Park; Edmonton; St. Albert; Sherwood Park; Strathcona County near Ardrossan and Cooking Lake; and Beaver County near Tofield, Alta.

On May 21, the For Air Partnership pegged the air quality in the region

at 10 plus putting it in the very high risk category.

In that category, the atrisk population was advised to avoid strenuous activities outdoors. Further, children and the elderly were also advised to avoid any outdoor physical activity.

For the general population it was advised to reduce or reschedule outdoor activities especially if people experienced symptoms such as coughing or throat irritations.

Grass fire results in County Fire Detachment call out

BY JOHN MATHER

Members from both the Bruderheim and Lamont Fire Stations were dispatched to battle a grass fire on May 20, as

wildfires burned across northern Alberta. While information on the fire was sketchy, it was a grass fire that took place in the area of

Range Road 560 around Township Road 193.

Additional reports say the fire was quickly extinguished by the fire crews.

TOWN OF LAMONT 2023 COMBINED ASSESSMENT/ TAX NOTICES

Notice is hereby given that the combined assessment/tax notices were mailed to all assessed persons in the Town of Lamont on May 18, 2023. All persons are deemed to have received their combined assessment/ tax notice as a result of this notice.

ASSESSMENT ROLL

Any person who objects to the assessment values placed upon a property must, within sixty (60) days from the notice of assessment, May 25, 2023, forward a complaint in writing together with a $50.00 fee per appeal to the Town of Lamont. The assessment roll can be viewed on the website. Alternatively, you can contact the Administration Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday for an appointment to view the roll.

PLEASE NOTE: Making a complaint against your assessment does not make you exempt from paying your taxes as a penalty will be applied if taxes are not paid in full by June 30, 2023.

TAX PAYMENTS

2023 Taxes are due and payable on or before June 30, 2023. Unpaid taxes are subject to a 12% penalty on July 1, 2023 and an 18% penalty on January 1, 2024.

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town hall or on the Town’s web site. The Town also posted a notice stating they were sad to announce Nicholson’s resignation and thanked her for her service to the community.

Nicholson was acclaimed to council on Aug. 10, 2022 to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of first time councillor Eddie Shepel.

Nicholson was sworn in as the newest councillor on Sept. 6.

At the May 16 meeting, Lisa Euchuk was appointed as the returning officer for the byelection and Zyla was appointed as the substitute returning officer.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Town of Bruderheim Combined Tax/Assessment notices have been mailed out on May 19, 2023, expect to receive it by May 31, 2023. The 2023 assessments are based on a valuationdate of July 1, 2022. If you feel your assessment is not accurate, please call the Town office at 780-796-3731 to speak to the assessor. The deadline to appeal your taxes is July 28, 2023.

If you have not received your Combined Tax/Assessment notice by May 31st you are encouraged to contact the Town office at 780-796-3731.

All Property owners are reminded that 2023 taxes are due June 30, 2023. A 9% penalty will be applied July 1st, 6% on August 1 st and 3% on September 1st. Filing an appeal does not excuse you from paying your taxes by the deadline.

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Andrew Rainbow Club getting a new roof

BY JANA SEMENIUK

The 19th of June is going to be a big day for Andrew’s Rainbow Club senior’s drop-in centre.

After several years of enduring and patching their leaky roof, it’s finally getting fixed thanks to a Community Facility Enhancement Program grant from the provincial government for $30,000.

“It makes me very happy. It's about time something turned over

for this village, something positive,” said club member Laura Zabrick.

Zabrick said the Rainbow Club shares a roof with the neighbouring Village of Andrew Museum and the roof could only be done if the entire roof was done, not just the part covering the Rainbow Club.

As a result, the Village of Andrew agreed to contribute one third to the cost of the roof.

Although initial estimates have come in at $40,000, Zabrick said it could be more.

“There could be damage to the boards beneath the roof. we don't know (yet) and won’t know until they get started,” said Zabrick.

Zabrick added that the club suffered immensely during the COVID pandemic as they were not allowed to fundraise

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Jake Taylor from Lamont represented Zone 7 in biathlon at the Alberta Winter Games in Canmore on Feb. 8. The 13 year old finished 5th in his age group.

Seniors aim to clean up roadside ditches

BY JOHN MATHER

The

Bruderheim

Seniors’ community is looking for some volunteers to help them clean up an area highway.

The seniors hope to be out May 30 to clean the ditches along  the road beginning at the Bruderheim Elementary School and going west to

the intersection with Secondary Highway 830.

The organizers state they need at least 10 volunteers to assist with the clean up which should take from 9 a.m. to noon.

They add if the weather is bad on May 30, they will make the attempt to clean the ditches on May 31.

with their traditional perogy dinners and had to use their investment money to keep the building going.

“We had to get into our GIC during COVID because we didn’t have any fundraising,” she said. Today, Zabrick said perogy dinner sales are more important than ever with increasing utility costs draining their funds.

“The highest bill we’ve

ROOF

Andrew Rainbow Club senior's drop in centre is finally getting their roof replaced next month after years of patching and leaking thanks to a grant from the provincial government. Lifting shingles and patching in the space between the Rainbow Club and the Andrew Museum are shown in this May 18 photo.

had for gas and water was $953,” she said. Meanwhile, Zabrick had nothing but praise for Andrew’s new Chief Administrative Officer Tim Melnyk.

“We had a meeting with Tim and he’s a pretty neat guy. He’s very knowledgeable and doesn’t beat around the bush. That’s what I like about him,” she said.

Volunteers are asked to meet at the Bruderheim Seniors Centre on May 30 from 8:30 to 9 a.m. to plan the clean up. Volunteers are asked to contact Claude at 780-796-3412 to offer their help and get registered.

Holden Rural Academy Announces Brent Anderson as

Holden Rural Academy is excited to announce the appointment of Brent Anderson to the Academy leadership team with his appointment to the Assistant Principal position for the 2023-2024 school year.

“On behalf of myself and the HRA board I can’t begin to explain how excited and happy we are to be able to have Brent Anderson join our team. We look forward to everything he has to offer to make our school even better!” says Justin Ewasiuk, HRA’s Board Chair.

Brent graduated from the University of Alberta/Red Deer College Collaborative Middle Schools program in April of 2000. He started his teaching career in 2000 in the small village of Amisk. He then moved to Ryley School in September of 2001.

During his tenure with Battle River School Division Brent was the athletic director and taught mainly Physical Education along with other option classes. Brent was most recently teaching grade 6 at New Norway School. Brent has demonstrated a passion for working with kids both in and out of the classroom and looks forward to joining Holden Rural Academy. Holden Rural Academy looks forward to Brent joining our staff and the contributions he will be making to the Academy and its community.

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta),

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We would like to thank everyone for their kind words, cards, flowers, food, visits and donations in Norbert’s memory. Special thanks to Rose, Jordan & Dale of Viking Funeral Services for their exceptional guidance and compassion, also to the Viking Extendicare and Viking Health Centre for Dad’s care over the past couple of years. Thank you to Donna of Food with Flair for the delicious lunch, and to Brian, Greg, Garry, Megan & Rachel for the lovely service music. In lieu of thank you cards an additional donation has been made to the Viking Health Foundation.

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Saturday, May 27

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Lake Oliva Cemetery –annual meeting and NO work get together.

Sunday, June 11 at Noon

We request that all families who have someone connected to the cemetery come out for an afternoon of updates and visiting. Please bring YOUR family history and family trees to add to our history book and to the Facebook page. Bring a lawn chair. Hotdog lunch will be served to all attending.

Contact: Bart at 403-801-9832

Greg at 780-887-3791

Justin at 780-385-5431

For more info.

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ANNUAL CHURCH AND CEMETERY CLEAN-UP

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Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Beverages and snack to follow

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ANNUAL MASSBLESSING OF THE GRAVES

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Saturday, May 27 Mass at 11 a.m.

Potluck lunch and fellowship to follow at Prague Hall

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Lamont holds first farmers’ market in 40 years

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Lamont’s first Farmers Market in more than 40 years held their opening day May 10 at the Lamont Arena parking lot. The market will be running every Wed. from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. until Sept.

Interim market manag-

er, Peggy Sawchuk, said the weekly event is going well although the weather has not been cooperating to keep it outdoors in the parking lot.

“The weather is creating problems for us, because we're supposed to be an outdoor market with the option of mov-

ing indoor. But with this wind it's really hard to set up tents,” she said. “So, we've been indoors, which is basically not what the town wanted. But it's just happening. Mother Nature is taking priority.”

Sawchuk said the market so far has 13 vendors

offering everything from authentic Ukrainian foods to jewelry, wooden planters, homemade soaps and fresh-cut flowers in addition to three food trucks.

“It really does (have a lot of potential) because I mean, we're a day ahead of Fort Saskatchewan, and if the weather is bad the town will let us into the arena, or the market room or the hall, whichever we need,” she said.

“That gives us the advantage over Fort Saskatchewan (market) because rain or shine their (outdoor) market goes.”

She added that vendors are not required to sign a contract and can participate weekly as long as they wish.

“Vendors can book their space up to noon the day (of the market). We’re asking that they bring their own tables, but can rent one from the town for a $40 deposit that they will get back,” said Sawchuk, adding the last Wed. in Sept will

be the last town farmers’ market.

“Then in Nov. there will be a nice Christmas light up, and there will be a market then, and then we will have another one in Dec. so people can buy their baking and everything as close to Christmas as they can,”

she said.

Sawchuk said she is very happy with the vendors attending the market and for the support of the town of Lamont.

“We have wonderful vendors,” said Sawchuk. “And we are appreciative of the support the town has given us.”

Letter to the editor

What Kind of Alberta Do You Want?

There is a very important election coming up in Alberta – one that will determine the direction and future of our public health care system, public school system, the RCMP, and our Canada Pension Plan.  We must be prepared to defend these foundational elements of our society, and not let corporate greed and private interests take over.

It is disappointing to hear it said that “my vote doesn’t count” when we know for a fact that

every vote will count toward making a difference in this tightly contested race.

In the words of Alice Walker:  “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

For the future of Alberta and generations to come, please vote in advance polls Tuesday May 23 to Saturday May 27 - or on election day Monday May 29.

Pat Spady, Lamont County

Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Customers look over jewelry displayed by one of the vendors at the Lamont Farmers Market on opening day May 10. The market is the first farmers market in Lamont in over 40 years and runs weekly until Sept. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

B.C. couple dominates at Bruderheim Rabbit Show

Holden’s Stephen Hultholm picks up a couple of wins also

BY JOHN MATHER

Once again, the show hosted by the Bruderheim Agricultural Society and the Edmonton and Area Rabbit Society at the Bruderheim Arena, May 12 to 14, was a total success.

During the weekend there was a spring concert put on by Fort Saskatchewan Community Band, the rabbit show occurred as well as a market, bird house building event, a Mothers Day planting for children and a visit from Butterflies Wings and Wishes.

On the final day there was a breakfast fundraiser with Bruderheim Ag

Email politically motivated

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Katherine Stravropoulos from Alberta Government Media Relations, said school boards have the autonomy to create their own rules around board meeting access.

“Neither the Education Act nor the Board Procedures Regulation stipulate requirements around participation in school board meetings.

As locally elected entities, school boards have the flexibility to set their own direction in this area," she said by email. The final fact sheet contained information around the need for additional infrastructure to accommodate growing populations in the urban areas particularly Fort Saskatchewan, although it did not address issues in the rural area of Lamont

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We need to help our environment cleaning up the landfills and recycling. The UCP taxes us just as much as the NDP did but I don't think they were truthful to our faces,” she said.

“They sneak them in there however they could. The utilities have gone up. (They took) caps off the utilities and

Society, followed by a rabbit show, Mother’s Day planting and face painting and balloon art for kids.

At the rabbit show 44 exhibitors presented their rabbits on May 13 and that number dropped by ten to 34 on May 14.

The exhibitors came from across Alberta and there were exhibitors from Vernon, Surrey and Dawson Creek, B.C., as well as from Saskatchewan.

In total there were just under 200 rabbits on display representing 19 different breeds.

On May 13, the best in show A was won by Kim and LaTaya Prato from

County, such as the failing infrastructure of Andrew School estimated to cost over $3 million and contributed to the recent decision to permanently close the school.

A report presented to the EIPS board in March showed that three of Lamont County’s five EIPS schools (now four with the recent closure of Andrew School) are the most underutilized in the division with the other two, Lamont Elementary and Lamont High School, sitting at eighth and ninth.

Bruderheim School, which is located just over 25 kilometers away from Fort Saskatchewan, became the most underutilized school in the division after the board voted to close Andrew School effective June 30.

Bruderheim school sits at approximately 50 percent utilization rate.

Underutilized schools cost the division more per student to operate and can sometimes result

then they pretend two years later that they're going to stop the rise of the cost after they took the cap off to rise it.”

NDP candidate Taneen Rudyk spoke to the recent tax policy proposal unveiled by the NDP party.

“We made an announcement yesterday that any business that earns less than $500,000 will pay zero,” she said to applause from the crowd.

“Albertans have the

Abbotsford, B.C, while the Reserve in Show winner was won by Shauna Lee Billwiller from Grande Prairie.

In the Show B category, on May 13, Best in Show was won by Stephen Hultholm from Holden, while the Reserve in Show went to Prato from Abbotsford.

In Show C on May 13, the Best in Show was captured by Prato with Billwater getting the Reserve in Show.

On May 14, the Show D was won with Prato getting Best in Show and Holden’s Hultholm receiving the Best Reserve.

The same twosome reversed their order to

in school closures as was the case earlier this month with the closure of Andrew School.

Andrew students are being diverted to Mundare and Lamont schools, which both sit just over 30 kilometers from Andrew.

Meanwhile, former teacher and local parent Diana Shandro, said the email to parents appeared to be targeted at discrediting charter schools.

“Indirectly it seemed like it was encouraging the belief that a candidate who supports charter schools must be doing so at the detriment of public education. Which I do not feel is such a clear-cut assumption,” she said.

“In fact, by having competition with public education we may actually see improvements in the public system as they compete to retain students who may wish to try alternative programs.”

lowest tax rates in Canada. So that is something to be proud of. There will be no sales tax. No personal tax increases. We are cutting insurance and electricity rates so the cap will be back on. The cap that we had four years ago will be back on. We will pass a law to protect your CPP, the CPP that you have worked for your entire lifetime.”

Election day is May 29 with advance voting May 23-27.

capture Show E with Hultholm capturing Best in Show and Prato capturing the Best Reserve.

In the final category show F, Prato again won Best in Show while Brianna Wanke of Hythe, AB., won the best reserve.

LAMONT COUNTY

• 15,000 sq ft

Industrial shop built on 42.8 acres in Lamont County adjacent to the town of Lamont. There is an approximately 15 acres of gravelled yard with partial chain link fencing. located at 195043 HWY 29 Lamont County Price $3,175,000 or call for lease price.

• W4-18-53-24-SW Plan 0826481 Block 2 Lot 1 5.02 acres yard site in Lamont County. Utilities at the property line. Price $49,000

• W4-18-53-26-SE N ½ Lamont County 80 acres property with a 60 ‘ by 40’ shop and the remainder of the land currently in hay. Price $235,000

• 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 $4,400,000

• W4-18-54-18-NW 2 parcel farm 158.48 acres 130 ± acres of grain cultivation 3 bedroom house. Property has gas, power, well, septic with aerial discharge, Dug out and a shop Price: $795,000

• 4 lot package for sale in Chipman. Located 5004 50 St, 5006 50 St, 5008 50 St, 5010 50 St Chipman AB. Please call for price

• SW ¼, 30-54-18-W4 (South ½)- 72.12 acres Fenced pasture land Price: $190,000

• HWY 834 TWP 544 Village Chipman 70.18 acres Fenced pasture land Price: $190,000

• HWY 834 TWP 544 Village Chipman 2.05 acres pasture land Price: $50,000

• W4-18-53-26-NE N1/2 Lamont County 80 acres with about 70 acres in hay. Property is fenced, and has power and a well. Price: $250,000

TWO HILLS COUNTY

RECREATION LAND

• 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

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 $6,000,000

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Winners of the various classes of rabbit show competition held at Bruderheim Arena during the weekend of May 12 to 14, hold up their winning banners along with some of the plants they received.

Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 24, 2023

YOUR VOTE COUNTS: Alberta Provincial Election MAY 29.

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Tax notices were sent to ratepayers starting May 18. If you do not receive your notice by June 1, please contact the Lamont County’s Tax Clerk. To avoid late payment penalties, taxes are due June 30, before 4 p.m. to Lamont County Administration. It is your responsibility to complete payment by this deadline—allow time for your payments to be received and processed. Be advised if you are dropping a cheque to the after-hours drop box, payments received after 4 p.m. are considered received the next business day, and would be subject to late fees as applicable. Accurate Assessment Group Ltd., the assessors for Lamont County, is available to speak with ratepayers (seen on a first-come, first-served basis) on June 6

Next Agricultural Service Board (ASB) Meeting

The next scheduled ASB meeting is (tentatively) on June 14, 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/departments/agricultural-services/agendas-minutes-asb.

Next Council Meeting

The next Regular Council Meeting is on Tuesday, June 13, 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.

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