SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
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A Soup-er Day for Vantage Building Supplies Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser
Vegreville’s newly-maintained 45th Ave was lined with vehicles throughout the day on Thursday, September 19th for the fifth annual Vantage Soup-er Sale. The company’s long-running event was rescheduled this year due to road construction, and came back with bells on to community calendars. The centre of the fun event, usually revolving around a week of the best yearly sales they have to offer, is a soup cook-off. “We used to do a chili cook-off, but it was a lot of the same flavours,” explained Vantage Building Supplies partner Dayton Gegolick. “With soup, people can make whatever kind they want.” The event also featured the first-ever
perogy eating contest in partnership with the Rotary Club of Vegreville. “I think that’s going to be the first of many, because it was a big hit,” said founder/co-owner Walter Gegolick. “The idea started by wondering what they could do to help fundraise for Rotary, and we eventually came up with the perogy eating contest. From there, we decided to get other local businesses in on the fun by inviting them to send their staff representatives to compete.” Funds from the perogy eating contest were donated to the Rotary Club of Vegreville for their skate park project. Vantage Building Supplies, the other side to Vantage Builders Ltd., was established in 2005, then took approximately 8 years to purchase land for lumber and get all the supplies they needed to open
up shop. Hugh Zipperick, Walter Gegolick, and Darren Davis were the original owners since 2005, and since two years ago have added new partners Dayton Gegolick, Paul Zipperick, and Ben Zwatsky to the mix. “A lot of people still consider us a gen-
eral contractor, so we’re working to change that public perception,” said Walter Gegolick. “The whole day is really just for the public to come in, see
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