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Vol. No. Tuesday,November September8,24, 2013 Vol. 7, 8, No. 2,41 Tuesday, 2011
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Crews with CN repaired the railway crossing on the west side of the Town of Lamont last week after more than a year of correspondence between the municipality and the corporation.
Unofficial list of election candidates released by local municipalities in Lamont County Michelle Pinon Editor
Unofficial nomination results were released by municipalities in Lamont and surrounding communities shortly after papers were filed late Monday morning. In Lamont County, there will be elections in four of the five divisions. The only division that will not see any election is division four where incumbent Roy Anaka won by acclamation. Facing off in division one will be incumbent Dan Warawa versus opponent Sharmon Holyk. Division two incumbent and Reeve Wayne Woldanski will go up against Elmer
Sisson. In division three, Robert Peyton and Roy Bryks will face off against incumbent Chris Klita. Lastly, in division five, Sylvia Holowach and Robert Malica will vie for a position on council. Previously, Dennis McCartney represented division five. In the Town of Lamont, current mayor Bill Skinner won by acclamation. Running for the remaining seats on council will be incumbents Wayne Field, Gail Hrehorets, Sylvia McDonald, Steve Sharun, as well as Debra Dunsmore, David Taylor, Ellis Oberle, Douglas Pewarchuk and Denis Schuster, There will be four can-
didates running for three seats in the Village of Chipman. They include: challengers Richard Sinta and Michael Seipert, and incumbents Jim Palmer and Gary Stead. In the Town of Mundare, Charlie Gargus has been acclaimed as Mayor. Running for the four remaining seats on council will be: Jaime Burghardt, Frank Rosypal, Mary Greening, John Bruyere, Doug Kleen and Irene Talaga. In the Village of Andrew, incumbents Barry Goertz, Arnold Ostafichuk, and Ron Spragg will be running against Osama Hamed, Brent Matiaszow, Mona
Mitchell-Frampton, and Heather Tait. In the Town of Bruderheim there will be no elections. Mayor Karl Hauch will retain his seat as mayor. Joining Hauch will be councillors Shelley Ross, Dave McCormack, Wayne Olechow, Patricia Lee, Jillian Melnick and George Campbell. According to Elk Island Public Schools, Colleen Lopushinsky was the only candidate to have won by acclamation. Running for one seat in the western portion of the County of Minburn will be incumbent Ray Welsh against Elwin Dziwenka. Jim Seutter will be going up against incumbent Lori
Tootoosis-Friesen in subdivision four in Strathcona County. In subdivision three in Strathcona County will be incumbent William Gordon and Dean James Kakoschke. Three candidates will secure a seat in the hamlet of Sherwood Park. Candidates include: Trina Boymook, Dean Cummings, Paul Kruger, Sally Navis as well as incumbents Barb McNeill and Lynn Patterson. As far as school trustees in Elk Island Catholic Schools there will be four candidates elected in Sherwood Park subdivision one, one candidate in subdivision two, and one candidate in Ward 2 (Fort
Saskatchewan). Incumbent Charlene Melenka of Ward 1 Vegreville won by acclamation. The candidates in Ward 2 are Al Stewart and Justine Marie Wright. In Ward 1 subdivision two in Camrose will be Ron Baier and Luisa Davidse. In Ward 1, Sherwood Park the candidates include: Jean Boisvert, Kevin Chalifoux, Le-Ann Ewaskiw, Joann Lloyd, Ted Paszek, Tony Sykora and Michelle Szott. All candidates have 24 hours to withdraw their nomination.