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stolen from the front of his Brookside home this past May, and the 2005 Chevy truck he bought to replace it luckily came with an alarm.
Wutzke said more policing might help the problem of vehicle theft.
000 kilometers on it.
“I thought I better go look outside my window and here my light was on, flashing on my truck so then I went outside but I couldn't see anybody,” he said. Wutzke immediately called the RCMP and posted the incident on social media to let others know in town. Another resident soon posted a similar experience only 15 minutes later.Brianna Radcliffe and her husband Jesse were also awakened to the sound of their truck alarm, a 2006 Chevy three quarter ton, at 3:30 a.m.
Criminals attack Bruderheim with one truck theft, two other attempts in a week
I’m mad. I'm not buying another truck. I'm 56 years old here in two weeks. That was going to be my truck into retirement.
Fort Saskatchewan Constable Phillippe Craig-St. Louis stands with an unidentified tow truck driver and the owner of the stolen truck, Cyril Fleming, looking on at what remains of the truck stolen earlier that day, Sept. 13., from Bruderheim.
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A team of Bruderheim truck thieves made off with one truck last week and were scared off by vehicle alarms from stealing two others. Police were unavailable to confirm if the same perpetrators were responsible for all three incidents.Bruderheim resident Cyril Fleming’s 2019 black Dodge Ram Classic truck was parked on the street in front of his Brookside Park home when he went to bed Sept. 12. He got up for work at three in the morning on Sept. 13 and climbed into his second vehicle, a work jeep, without noticing the empty spot where his Dodge used to be.
taken from his truck.
The Flemings reported the theft to police and later that day, the truck was found abandoned on Range Road 204 and stripped bare.
“Maybe (we need) more policing,” he said. “It just seems to be a big crime thing. I think all over, not just us here. But our lines have been hit pretty hard here in the last six months.”
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“The entire front end which has all the headlights, the grill, everything. The fog lights and bottom bumper, the whole front end (was taken) right off the front of the truck,” said Fleming. “And they also took the entire box off the truck. I mean that's not an easy feat; you need at least four guys for that.”
“Things like this happen everywhere and we are aware the model of truck we have is favoured to thieves,” she said. “We just plan on taking better caution in parking where the (motion sensor) lights will turn on.”
Police were unavailable for comment.Meanwhile, a police town hall is scheduled for Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Lamont Recreation Centre with the Fort Saskatchewan Police Detachment, where crime prevention initiatives will be shared followed by a question-andanswer period.
“He (Jesse) went out to look, and the front passenger door handle had been popped off and the door was cracked open. Once it opened the alarm went off and whoever was there ran off,” said Brianna by text message. Despite the attempted theft, Brianna said she still feels safe in town and was happy with the police response.
Footage from the Flemings home security camera showed two individuals strapping the truck to another vehicle and towing it away at 1:52 a.m. Fleming said the entire theft took three and a half minutes.
“Four years ago, my wife gave me two little boxing gloves (attached with a string) with the newfoundland flag on them. I hung then from my rearview mirror, and they even took that,” he Healarma.m.edWutzkeresidentwhenwereSept.threegroup.”Newfie“Thereincredulously.saidmustbeaintheirMeanwhile,dayslater16,thievesatitagainBruderheimBobwasjolt-awakeat3:00byhistruckgoingoff.hadatruck
“My younger brother is an automotive guy. He told me he (the thief) cut the transmission shift cable so that they can shift it without having the truck turned on,” he said. “The police said they are Flemingprofessionals.”saidhehasowned the new truck for three years and it only had 37
“I’m mad. I'm not buying another truck. I'm 56 years old here in two weeks. That was going to be my truck into retirement. That's why I babied it, and it had the low kilometers on it,” he said. “I don't want to do it (go back to truck payments) at this stage in my life and I worked too hard to buy it in the first place. I’m done.”Inaddition to his truck being stolen somethingturbedFlemingdestroyed,andwasdis-aboutelse
“I was at work when I got a call from my wife Wendy. She never calls me at work, so I knew something was wrong,” he said. “She asked me where my truck was. I told her in front of the house. She said, no it’s not.”
The cost of it (is) phenomenal.”CathyDueck, 70, also on the negotiating team, has been a cook at the
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Beaverhill Lodge in Lamont for the past six years and said, at her age, she needs her job.
“I’m 70 and I still have to work because I couldn’t live off of what the government is paying us,” she said.
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“Our wages are not very high; you can literally compare our wages to the McDonald's restaurant. If you go over there, we’re only a couple of dollars more for the cooks and so forth out here,” he said.
Noble said there are close to 50 AUPE workers in Lamont County seniors’ homes, adding that an informal mediation session is booked for early October where the members hope to negotiate an acceptable deal.
They repeated the same event in front of the Beaverhill Lodge in Lamont later that afternoon.Tracy Noble, an organizer with AUPE, said the groups wanted to engage members and talk about the ongoing process.
Laura Pederson, 59, is an AUPE member on the negotiating team and has been a night shift worker at Father Filas for the past 23 years. She said inflation has affected her in her daily life.
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“We just want the employer to realize that we are here for them. And that we're just looking for something that is fair,” she said. “And honestly, just the rate of inflation, because groceries, gas, everything is so expensive right now and we need the members to feel safe and secure in their jobs to be able to know one job is enough, not two or three jobs to continue on.
LCHF employees looking to mediation after first wage negotiations failed
Lamont County Housing Foundation employee Benny Dubitz (centre) speaks to people about the ongoing negotiations between AUPE members and LCHF in front of Beaverhill Lodge in Lamont on Sept. 12. Dubitz is on the negotiating team for AUPE representing nearly 50 employees.
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asking for a 3.5 percent increase to keep up with inflation which has so far been turned down by LCHF. She said a strike vote is an extreme they are not looking for.
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Benny Dubitz, maintenance employee for LCHF in addition to also being a member of the negotiating team, said the employees are asking for reasonable wages.
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“(We want) to have that fair negotiation, because if we haven't met the inflation (rate), how do we expect our members to survive on a daily basis?” she said.
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Shahad Bharmal, Chief Administrative Officer for the LCHF, said by email he would prefer not to comment on the matter at this time.
Senior’s Homes are looking for better wages and taking their message to the streets after a meeting with LCHF failed to reach an agreement in earlyFourAug.members stood at a table in front of the Father Filas seniors’ home in Mundare on Sept. 12, giving out coffee and donuts and speaking to whomever came by and giving information about the ongoing negotiations.
Just (trying) to make ends meet,” she said. “I have to drive to work because I live out in the country. So just simple things like the amount of (money I spend on) gas.
Thanks to all the community members and families that came out and showed their support as well. A great big Thank You to the Lamont Fire Department families for their continued support of our members.
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Danielle Smith has, since the get go, presented a more radical plan for dealing with the Ottawa elites who want to keep control over the west and its resource-based economy.Smithhas produced a strategy called the Alberta Sovereignty Act, a plan which simply states Alberta will refuse to enforce regulations imposed by Ottawa which the province disagrees with.
And that’s a refreshing thing!
Kenney and even the Lieutenant Governor have broken with tradition by spouting off on the leadership race.Four of Smith’s opponents ganged up on her at a joint press conference and said her plans would drive business away and set Alberta back years.
Trudeau seems to be setting Alberta back years already with his government’s policies which currently stifle our energy sector. And he’s set to stifle agriculture with his fertilizer reduction plans.
The man in charge is setting policy on issues which he knowsKenneynothing. who came on the scene promising to fight Ottawa has done nothing.
She has endured relentless attacks from all camps, and even had a dust up with Premier Kenney and Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor, which is rather unprecedented and damaging to the integrity of the leadership selection process.
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With both of these items, the Kenney government blew a lot of smoke and has done nothing else.
and action on provincial rights since Day 1.
Todd Loewen, who can wear getting kicked out of the UCP caucus by Kenney as a badge of honour, is sharing many policies similar to Smith’s, which in my mind make him electableSmithalso. and candidate Leela Aheer got down in the ditch last week in Fort McMurray as the candidates squared off.
The old UCP guard fears the Danielle Smith momentum
As the race nears its conclusion on Oct. 6, expect the comments to get uglier and the confrontation nastier.Smith recently topped a poll put out by the Buffalo Project getting a Grade A, the only candidate to do so.In its findings the report card stated, “Smith has remained steady with her conviction about the Alberta Sovereignty Act
And now the steam’s coming out of the backroom traditionalists because someone like Smith who has offered some radical ideas is the perceived frontrunner to take over from Jason Kenney.
It’s a fairly simple concept. The Fair Deal Panel which toured the province a few years back dealt with some of those issues and how we as a province should handle them. Albertans voted to reopen negotiations with the Feds over transfer payments more than a year ago.
A non-traditionalist is the supposed leader of the campaign and the good old boys are ’afeared.’
“Smith’s ability to unite the caucus and province around her vision remains a question but her strong communications skills, experience, and deep convictions show she’s up to theYet,challenge.Smith is still the only one offering an alternative, even if it needs fine tuning, to what’s on the table right now.
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Can you smell it?
“Her ability to stand firm during so many attacks with a level of grace is underrated and shows she’s ready to be the determined leader Alberta needs in this season.
How could those trained minions, the backroom boys with all their knowledge, ear to the ground sense, have allowed this to happen?
It’s the smell of fear.
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Smith is clearly frustrated the others are badgeringThat’sher. the fear that is permeating the old guard of the UCP.
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But that’s not the smell I’m talking about. I’m talking about the smell circulating around UCP circles as the leadership election enters its final phase.
So why would we vote for the Kenney minions who are running for the leadership of the UCP? Kenney didn’t do anything so why would they be different when they are part of the same “team?”Smith has consistently presented ideas on how she would act as Premier. The others have spent much of their time dumping on her ideas without presenting plans of their own.Rebecca Schultz does have a booklet outlining her goals, but it really doesn’t offer up any tough action against Ottawa. Rajan Sawhney has also posted some policy ideas on the internet recently.
Brian Jean is littering Facebook with his CV. He owns a house, he has run a business, he’s a nice guy. SoWhatwhat?are you going to do for me?
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On Saturday, I tackled a long overdue job. The thirty-five-foot lilac hedge which is perpendicular to the north side of the house provided a privacy screen, stopped west winds, created shade and probably created a big of a micro climate. That was the good news. The bad news was that it is severely overgrown and standing about fifteen feet tall. Lilacs should be deadheaded after blooming to stop seed production and push that energy back into the making more blossoms the next year. It's also a shrub that blooms on old wood so if you prune the old stocks, you will not have blooms.Thishedge had gotten
a trip to Europe. This year’s Prague tournament was relocated to Florida because of the war in Ukraine.
ous. We just randomly picked comfortable a height at which to lop the branches off. The saw itself is rather heavy so holding it above one’s head makes a tough job harder. To cut the hedge right down to ground level creates another ergonomic problem and would hurt one’s back. A few hours later, Roy joined me and the pace picked up a mite. Even so, we only got about half of the hedge done and none of the debris hauled away. I did salvage the nest.
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Roy and I then spent a few hours doing little errands and popping in to favourite stores before heading to Hilary’s. She was giving me her two potted hostas to plant in my new flowerbeds. Roy was going to hang the rod for her blackout drapes in the bedroom. Turns out, one set of panels looked skimpy so no go on that task.
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While we wait for the oats and canola fields to be ready for combining, we haven’t been watching soap operas and eating bonbons. We have been catching a few extras winks and trying to rest our aching bodies. But with this extraordinary fall weather, we must take advantage of the glorious days. I don’t chronicle the weather or crop trends year after year but rather just rely on ‘impressions and feelings.’ I can’t remember a warmer fall, though it’s probably happened. I can’t remember not getting an early killing frost, but maybe it’s happened before. Usually, long before now we’d be hearing and seeing flocks of migratory birds heading for warmer climes; not so this year. Just the ‘keener’ flocks who want to get while the getting’s good have flown overhead. Most of the trees are still green and in full possession of their
leaves. Usually, by the first day of school, there are crunchy leaves lining the shoulders of the road and fluttering up as we drive by. There have only been a couple late evening or early morning fogs and one really dewy morning. My flower pots are still in full, but more muted, bloom.OnFriday, Roy and I played hooky to meet Greg in Sherwood Park for breakfast. He’d flown up for a quickie 24 hours. He was here to have a meeting with his business partner and their new hire, before heading off to the annual golf junket in Pebble Beach, California. We talked farming and grandkids. It seems Kade can spend fourteen hours a day playing with the neighbour girl who loves the same stuff he does: digging holes and catching frogs. At times like this I wish they still lived in Alberta so this Nana could show him the wonders of the rural life.
so wide it was obscuring access to the septic tank covers. It also became a haven for a magpie nest this spring. That alone was enough reason to act. So armed with a reciprocating saw, a packet of blades, and several Makita batteries I began. This is a tough job requiring strength and some underused muscles. The debris from all those tall branches soon made a gigantic chaotic pile. To save steps I wasn’t dragging each limb to the back of the pickup truck. The goal was to remove anything dead, spindly, twisted, extrane-
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which is currently underway.Harris argued Fort Saskatchewan is essentially a urban community with very little in common with the rural area to the east that are situated in the Lakeland riding.Both Tonita and Harris agreed if the current Fort Saskatchewan Sherwood Park riding had more voters than was ideal under the proposed
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“The location of the placements of these families and their support programs are in neighbouring communities that would now be outside of the riding,” he pointed out. “Vegreville provides support to many groups including neighbouring Indigenous, French bilingual and Ukrainian speaking families which will now be located outside of the riding.”Lemko said Vegreville currently has a population of 5,673 as of 2021. The proposed change adds Gibbons with 3,064 residents as of 2021 and Redwater with 2,159. It means a community is removed with 5,673 and adds communities with 5.223 causing disruption
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would be impacts on grants, many that are based on regional areas working together often for provincial or federal funding.“Ourprimary partners would be in a different riding which could mean the involvement of more than one MP,” he added.
He pointed out further that Vegreville partners with Lamont County and Two Hills County on many cultural supports including ‘Vegreville Stands with Ukraine.’
The communities impacted by proposed boundary changes to the Lakeland Electoral riding, currently represented by Shannon Stubbs, appeared before the federal redistribution committee at a meeting in Vegreville Sept. 14.
electoral districts increasing provincial representation in Ottawa from 34 members to 37 MPs.Justice McDonald told the hearing at the outset the boundaries are redrawn every 10 years after the census is completed and are designed to reflect shifts and growth in the population.There were only eight people at the meeting.
Communities opposed Lakeland electoral riding changes
All those making presentations were all opposed to it.
Mothers Against Impaired Drivers have set up this upside down quad as an example of what can happen if people ride a quad or other recreational vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The display is set up alongside Highway 855 in Mundare just in front of the town’s famous sausage statue.
“Currently our communities regional Chamber is in Vegreville and includes Lamont County members such as Mundare, however they will not be in the boundary and likewise no new proposed communities will be part of the chamber. “Our victims services/parent link/newcomers network all service areas that would not be in the riding anymore.”
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to three communities for less than 500 population difference.Bill Tonita, a Strathcona councillor, virtually echoed the Vegreville comments, except from the Strathcona Fort Saskatchewan
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“On behalf of our town council I want to thank you for demonstrating how awesome Lamont is.”He said Picnic in the Park was a great way for the community to come together and celebrate together.“Itgives us a chance to
Mae Adamyk, places a recognition tag around a tree planted to recognize her mother’s contributions to Lamont. Her mom Polly Pewarchuk and Lamont Mayor Kirk Perrin watch as the tag is placed. Seven centenarians from Lamont were recognized during the town’s annual Picnic in the Park Sept. 15.
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Lamont Town Councillor Al Harvey helps cook up a barbecue full of hot dogs to feed the crowd that came out to take part in the town’s Picnic in the Park, Sept. 15. During the picnic, the town centenarians were honoured with trees being planted in their name at Hillside Park.
BY JOHN MATHER
A large crowd turned out to Lamont’s Hillside Park Sept. 15 as five of the town’s centenarians were honoured for their contributions to the community during the annual Picnic in the Park event.Mayor Kirk Perrin honoured the seven as he explained their contributions to the crowd.
“Today we take time to
demonstrate our sense of place. Community members make a difference,” added Perrin. “A community only exists because people inject their can-do mentality into everything they do.”
Although not all seven centenarians were able to be at the event he asked the crowd to recognize Jessie Saruk, Rose Strobl, Polly Pewarchuk, Patience May Mac-
thank these centenarians for the amazing contributions they have made,” stated Perrin.
“SevenRigelhof.amazing people,” he said. “Members of our community who have made a lasting impact.”Inhonour of each, a tree was planted.
After his speech, recognition tags were placed on the trees by the families of the centenarians in attendance.
Trees planted to honour Lamont’s centenarians
New life for Andrew Seniors Lodge
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opposed to human beings that are getting older. And there's a dif-
The facility, which was closed in 2018, has been resurrected by Sandy Dunn, a BC resident who bought the building in 2020.Dunn has been spending the past two years renovating and preparing the facility to re-open as a privately run senior’s independent livingDunnhome.said many factors in his life brought him to the point of offering seniors a healthy alternative for living out their golden years.
There’s new life brewing at the Andrew Senior’s Lodge.
“I had a friend (Pat) who I was a medical representative for who I looked after for a long time,” he said. Dunn said his friend passed away last year in addition to his mother who lived to be“We97. like to categorize seniors as geriatric, as
their golden years both physically and mentally.
BY JANA SEMENIUK
ference with that,” he said.Dunn, who holds vari-
The lodge has space for up to 35 residents, with two commercial laundry rooms and four self-contained units in addition to 24 separate rooms with bathroom
Owner of the re-opened Andrew Seniors' Lodge, Sandy Dunn. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
believes he can offer independent seniors a healthier way to live out
facilities.Dunn recently installed a fitness room with treadmills, elliptical machines, and an incumbent bike, in addition to toning beds (en route) and assisted bathing facilities.Aplaque is still mounted on the wall near the entrance stating that the Andrew Senior Citizens Lodge was officially opened on Aug. 23, 1976, by Alberta Government Officials.
“I want people to wake up here and realize they have (many) years left and help them make the best of it,” he said.
ous degrees in food sciences, agriculture and business administration,
12.The school’s new principal, Dave Armbruster, shared a video on the school’s social media announcing the event.
at an elementary site being necessary for creative play, creative learning, and recess time adventures for students.”Liguori explained that the school board funding playground equipment could create discrepancies between schools with some having more available funding than others.“Ithink historically what school boards have adopted is that simply to extend educational dol-
“I just think we need to do something; we need to look at it in some way and continue to have discussions. Because as inflation continues to hit our society and economy, those structures are getting more expensive,” he said. “And I agree with you Superintendent Liguori, that principal A could decide (that) a $100,000 facility is going to be enough and principal B might want a $500,000 facility. And so there needs to be some equal playing field in that regard. But I really encourage us as a board to continue to have discussions on this and (what) we can possibly do to support our communities moving forward.”EIPS board trustee meeting dates are listed on their website and streamed live with the video available to view for 24 hours afterwards.
The new playground, which began construction in early July, was expected to be complete in Aug. Elk Island Public Schools Communications Director Laura McNabb said the project experienced“Unfortunately,delays.due to supply chain issues being experienced worldwide, a specific piece of equipment was delayed in delivery,” she said by McNabbemail.added that an existing bank of swings could not be incorporated into the new playground design due to a grading issue and was replaced with new ones.
school today. We believe in the notion of equity.”
lars (to) those things outside of the classroom, however broad that definition maybe would not be a good expenditure of funds. And the oversight that would be required to do so would also have the tendency to be problematic,” he said.
Bruderheim School’s playground equipment replacement project was finally complete and open to students on Sept.
BY JANA SEMENIUK
“You could take schools that have multi million-dollar budgets that would be able to potentially fund structures that other schools simply can't because of the relative size is a
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The playground’s $250,000 price tag took seven years to fundraise by the Friends of Bruderheim Society and included $100,000 donated by the Town of Bruderheim, $2,500 donated by Cenovus, more than $22,000 generated from many community fundraising activities plus a matching grant of $125,000 from the provincial government.In terms of funding school playgrounds, which has historically been through community fundraising, EIPS trustee Ralph Sorochan asked Superintendent Mark Liguori during the June 16 EIPS board meeting, why the school board does not fund playground tainlywithhetowardsbudgetdoesticewheresuperintendentnow,currentthethousandsmultipleandbeparents,that“Speakingequipment.totheworkhastobedonebyworkthathastodonebyschoolstaff,soforth,inraisinghundredsofofdollarsforstructures,andourpracticerightI’mgoingtoaskLiguorithiscurrentprac-comesfrom(and)notallowoperatingfundstobeusedplaygrounds?”asked.“Idon'tagreethat.BecauseIcer-seeaplayground
Sorochan said, despite Liguori’s explanation, he would like to continue to explore different ways to support schools with their equipment.
“The bid from Aspen Asphalt and Dirt Works Incorporated was $102,871.79 and CNH Concrete Services Limited at $229,556.00.”
He said ISL, the town’s engineers had worked with Aspen in the past and after reviewing the bids concluded it should beCouncilaccepted.was surprised at the discrepancy between the two bids, but Zyla said that’s the way many of the contracts are coming in these days.
Zyla said the cost was included in the budget, but the crosswalks may not be installed this year.
Councillor Irene Talaga asked if the project was being paid for through grants.
New signs to indicate the direction to Mundare’s downtown were recently erected at the corner of 50 Street and Highway 15.
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Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla told council $200,000 had been budgeted for the project and only two tender bids were received.
Cost of Mundare sidewalk project well under budget
“We could put that in nextCouncilyear.” passed a motion to accept the lowest tender for the project.
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The sidewalk will be on the east side of 50 St. from Highway 15 to 50 Ave. It will cross the CN railway tracks but agreement with CN for the crossing has been obtained.Thebudgeted amount would include all engi-
Zyla said $50,000 was coming from a Covid grant from the province, while the remainder of the cost would be made up through the Municipal Sustainability Fund.Talaga asked if the cost also included crosswalk lights at Highway 15.
BY JOHN MATHER Mundare will construct a new sidewalk on the east side of 50 Street later this fall after the tender price for the project was accepted by council Sept. 6.
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• 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: $850,000
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• 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: $325,000
• 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 HWY 21 and Lakeland Drive 63.62 acres of development land with HWY 21 exposure. The property is within the Bremner and local Employment Area ACP with expected future use of industrial.
• 0.82 acre Lot located in Griffin Industrial Park in Sherwood Park. Land use designation in medium industrial
• 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
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• Range Road 203 between Highway 15 and TWP Rd 552, 6.77 acre lot near Bruderheim. Good building site. Price: $160,000
Price: $399,000
COUNTY•Modern 15,000 sq ShopftIndustrial built on 42.8 acres in Lamont County adjacent to 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
TWO HILLS RECREATIONCOUNTYLAND
Susan Buck, lodge manager at Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge in Lamont, wanted to gift residents with a horse drawn wagon ride. The first attempt, back in early 2022 was cancelled due to being one of the coldest days of the year. Last week, on the fourth attempt - residents eagerly abandoned their walkers to climb up for a wagon ride around the Lodge area. The team of horses; Teddy and Rebel, driven by Derek Dimmock of Chipman, do wagon rides throughout the County and are used at the farm for work. There were smiles all around as many of the seniors were on a ride that took them back to their childhoods. Crystal Moren photo
FCSS coordinators Darlene Onushko (R) and Michelle Andriashyk (L) sit at a table during the Community Awareness event at Bruderheim School Sept. 12.
STRATHCONA COUNTY
Photo: Jana Semenuk
16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, September 21, 2022
