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Andrew Devastated Second Andrew School closure leaves community feeling helpless BY JANA SEMENIUK One year since losing their high school program due to consistently low enrolment, K-9 Andrew school families were dealt an unexpected blow when they received an email from Elk Island Public Schools superintendent Mark Liguori informing them that the junior high program would be removed from Andrew school effective June 30, 2020. Grades in the school will be reconfigured as K-6. In an 8-1 vote by Elk Island Public School trustees on May 14 the fate of Andrew’s junior high program was sealed. Some parents felt surprised and angry at the decision, worrying that a complete school closure may be imminent. “What surprises me is there was zero consultation. As well, there was an impression that the school would have three years to turn things around,” said Andrew resident and parent Heidi Andruchow. “It was like they tried (to close the junior high program) last spring (with the high school program) and got push back then said they will just do it this spring anyway.” Andruchow has one grade five child and two other pre-school children at home. She attended Andrew school growing up and her father was also a graduate. “I fear Andrew school has the same future as Willingdon school (which closed in 1992) and it’s heartbreaking,” said Andrew resident and parent Janell Yaremie. “I am scared to think of what will happen in two to five years.” Yaremie was forced to place her son in a school in Vegreville after the Andrew high school program was shut down last year. She admits her son is doing very well in his new school, but is sad with the loss of a family tradition. “My husband and his family had their roots in Andrew school. We
Andrew parent Jodie Calfat stands in front of a sign with her two children and several other Andrew families opposed to the recent closure of Andrew's junior high program. Once a K-12 school, Andrew lost their high school program last year and most recently lost their junior high program due to low enrolment. Andrew is now a K-6 school. looked forward to our children having the same legacy,” she said. Jodie Calfat and her husband first moved to Andrew from Edmonton in 2006 before having children. She said she was excited at the prospect of her children remaining in the same school through every grade. “I went to a high school with a graduating class of 500 students,” she said. “I was thrilled that Andrew school was kindergarten right through to grade 12.” Upon learning of the recent closure, Calfat felt devastated and distrustful of the school board. “They made decisions without talking to parents. They did it for the high school, but not the middle school. We are so deeply upset by what they have done. It feels like they will eventually close Andrew school and kill Andrew” she said. “I am unsure of what we will do for our children.” In addition to local parents Andrew town mayor Sheila Lupal was equally devastated by the loss. “As mayor I am very disappointed in the lack of effort displayed by EIPS to increase enrollment at Andrew school over the past years. It seems to me that EIPS is concentrating on larger
more urban schools,” said Lupal. “Losing our high school last year was a devastating hit to our whole community. Losing our junior high is even more of a blow.” Records show EIPS engaged the public with six discussion groups held from Oct. 2018 to Mar. 2019 which gathered feedback from students, the community, staff and elected officials on the decision whether or not to close the Andrew high school program. EIPS trustee board chair Trina Boymook acknowledged that hard decisions were made. “These are difficult decisions and I know it’s not what parents were hoping for,” said Boymook. “We’ve got a new funding formula that makes it very challenging. We’ve had to make a number of difficult decisions.” In Sept. 2018 there were 17 students enrolled in the Andrew high school program. Boymook said at the time, both junior and senior high were on the chopping block due to consistently low enrollment. “The original recommendation that came from the superintendent (last year) was for the junior and senior high (to be removed) but there was an amendment made by trustee Colleen
Holowaychuk for just the senior high (to be removed) and that amendment was approved,” said Boymook. “We were projecting for the number of junior high students to be approximately 18 -20, but in September we only had 10. We felt we could offer a quality junior high program with 20 students but it’s a different story when you only have 10.” Records show that in Sept. 2019, one student was enrolled in grade nine at Andrew school, seven in grade eight and two in grade seven. Records also show that 11 other students who reside in the Andrew school area were attending junior high programs in Vegreville, Mundare and Lamont in Sept. Holowaychuk was the sole opponent to the board’s decision to shut down the junior high program at Andrew school during the May 14 trustee meeting. Holowaychuk declined to comment on the decision. When asked if Andrew may be at risk of losing their school altogether, Boymook was hopeful this would not be the case. “I think we are confident we can provide a quality education for Kindergarten to grade 6, but I cannot speculate what a board of the future might do,” she said. “We have a fantastic school with great staff. We remain hopeful that families will register their kids in Andrew school.” Jr high school attendance boundaries in Andrew will be reconfigured where students will be designated to attend programs in either Vegreville or Lamont. Andrew school was originally built in 1957 and has capacity for 385 students. Data shows steady enrolment decline from 133 students in 2012 to 112 students in 2018. This past Sept, the first year after the high school program was shut down, enrolment was down to 76.
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Photo shoot of angry parents prompts warnings from EIPS director, police BY JANA SEMENIUK On Victoria Day, upset parents reached out to each other on Facebook to gather support in taking a photo together to go along with The Lamont Leader article about the closure of Andrew Jr. High. Upon hearing of the upcoming photo opportunity, EIPS communications director Laura McNabb contacted this reporter by cell phone with warnings of public safety, possible police fines for a public gathering, and a request to remain away from school property. “I don’t have a problem with the covering of this story,” she said. “I just want people to be safe.” In keeping with recent social distancing guide-
lines, the group stayed under 50 participants and remained two metres apart while having their photo taken. In spite of adhering to the guidelines and staying away from school property, three calls came into Two Hills police warning of public gatherings prior to the photo taking place. “I don’t know who called them, but constable Jonathan Cole called me to say that three calls came to him,” said Andrew resident and parent Janell Yaremie. “He said he would send his partner to ensure we follow social gathering bylaws, but felt the gathering was innocent.” The photo was taken without incident.
Chipman portable air station on the move A police vehicle is positioned near Andrew school where a photo was being conducted of parents upset by the recent closure of Andrew's junior high program for The Lamont Leader. The officer in the vehicle chats with a member of the local fire department (in the white truck) who took part in the photo.
Andrew mayor Sheila Lupal and her husband Chris take part in the newspaper photo to show their support for Andrew School. Lupal was upset by the school board's decision to remove the junior high program from Andrew school.
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Opinion UFOs going from sci-fi to near certainty Recently the Pentagon declassified and confirmed that UFO videos taken by US Navy pilots in both 2004 and 2015 were real, and the identity of the flying objects remain a mystery. After thousands of years of humans reporting UFO sightings, it now seems possible many of the witnesses weren’t delusional and the cover-ups were real. Around the world… crickets. Has anyone else wondered why this isn’t the biggest news story of our lifetime? Last year the New York Times did a report about Navy pilots from 20142015 seeing the objects all day long over the East Coast of the USA, while doing defence exercises over the Atlantic. The next day the NY Post exclaimed that UFOs are real, and people need to deal with it. Much of the mainstream media has reported the same. Every country in the world has reported thousands of similar occurrences by reputable aircraft pilots, police, EMTs, military, and even astronauts. As Astrophysicist Carl Sagan once said: “The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.” Cosmologists say it would take 93 billion years travelling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) to go from end to end in our universe. Physicist Stephen Hawking calculated a theory that there may be as many as eight or nine universes. Sagan taught us there were 100 billion galaxies each with 100 billion stars in our known universe. In 2016, Hubble revealed the discovery of three trillion more previously unknown galaxies. The number of stars in our universe is now estimated by astronomers to be at 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (300 sextillion). Most stars have solar systems, most solar systems have two stars, and according to astronomers 25 percent of solar systems have a planet that could support life. According to Einstein nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but even at 99 percent it would still take close to five years to travel to Earth from the nearest planet of our nearest star. Not a problem, said Hawking, expeditious interstellar travel could be accomplished through “wormholes” in spacetime. Understanding this concept is one thing. Intelligence able to execute travel through spacetime is quite another. Yet the objects most recently sighted by pilots and caught on radar by nuclear aircraft carriers appear to have technology many hundreds of generations ahead of our own. The pilots say the UFOs seem to defy Earth’s gravitational force and manoeuvre contrary to anything we presently understand, and without any visible engine or means of propulsion. No wings, no exhaust, no rotors or noise or smoke trail. Other fighter pilots report instantaneous acceleration of 0-10,000 km/hr in a second or two, or a drop from 24,000 feet to a dead stop at sea level in .7 seconds. There have been reports of missing time, and an ability to conceal appearances. Fighter pilots have witnessed trans-media travel, the same object moving through space, air and water. A female F-18 pilot and her commander encountered a 40 foot tic tac shaped object hovering above a strange churning in the middle of an otherwise calm ocean. Many sightings end in the objects vanishing into the ocean. Why not, most of our planet’s surface is underwater. Shipping and flying lanes have very specific paths. Ninety percent of oceans are unexplored. Most public UFO sightings and abductions are still pretty hard to believe, but eyewitness sightings by people trained in aeronautics? Maybe it is about time that witnesses to UFO incidents are finally able to take off their tinfoil hats. More than ever, it seems just possible they didn’t see airplane lights, or a flock of geese, or a weather balloon. Kerry Anderson
COMMENTARY Make Fair Deal report public pronto BY JOHN MATHER So after months of meetings from November to March, the Alberta Fair Deal panel has submitted its final report to the government. But in a Saturday of a long weekend press release, the government states it won’t make the details of this document public until after it’s dealt with the Covid-19 crisis. Now, the pandemic sweeping the world has been the focus of all governments for much of the past 65 days but, the Fair Deal report has nothing to do with health issues. Or does it. Of course it does! It has to deal with health of Alberta’s place in the confederation of Canada. Subjects covered by the Fair Deal Panel included potentially moving towards a provincial pension plan, establishing a provincial police force, appointing a Chief Firearms Office for Alberta, and more. The report contains an assessment of Albertans’ positions on how these issues relate to Alberta’s role in Canada, and recommendations on how to strengthen the province’s voice on the national stage. And now is no time to push this document to the back burner hiding behind Covid-19 even as regulations around the disease and self isolation begin to ease up.
Let’s look at the situation as it sits today: • Our Albertan economy is tanked because of circumstances beyond the controls of Alberta’s borders – namely the world oil price; • The rump party rascals in Ottawa are publicly stating “Oil is Dead” and creating unnecessary angst amongst Albertans who have been shut down by the oilpatch during the pandemic; • The Main Rascal in Ottawa, young Justin and his Liberal party have been throwing billions of dollars at the crisis to support people who are unemployed, under employed and to just about every industry excepting the oil producers in Alberta (excluding a small sum to be used to support clean up of abandoned wells); • Taxpayers are going to have to pay this outstanding debt back, which some forecasters state could reach more than a trillion dollars in coming years; • The Liberals have imposed a firearms bans as a sop to urban centres with no thought as to how it might impact rural residents who may need a gun for their survival in the wilds of this nation; • Wexit in Saskatchewan has received official party status along with its Alberta counterpart. The Freedom Party of Alberta has announced it wants to merge all the separatist parties in
Alberta including itself, the Wexit Party and the Alberta Independence Party into one unified group with common separatist goals. Now the government has the ammunition to combat some of the rhetoric and present a comprehensive plan for either changing the course of Alberta’s status within a unified Canada or building a framework for separation. And it chooses to sit on the package handed to it. Premier Kenney isn’t riding the highest popularity balloon right now with doctors, educators and many other groups upset with new provincial policies. While right now you can’t go into a coffee shop or pub and talk politics, prior to the shut down you could and separation was getting a surprising hearing. And given the situations pointed out above, I doubt interest in removing this province from the rest of Canada has diminished. I don’t support outright separation from Canada because I just don’t believe it is economically feasible. If all of Western Canada from Manitoba to the BC coast was involved possibly. But, I do think we have to change the framework of confederation. Continued on Page 5
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Not Going Away
BY HAZEL ANAKA It was probably about ten years ago that Roy and I were at the Government Surplus Sales location on Fort Road. It’s one of the ways the government disposes of surplus items. Over the years we had scored several items including huge metal drawers for flat storage of paper. Even earlier, when the government had a fleet of cars and Roy was commuting to his drafting job in Edmonton, we bought three Ramblers over several years through sealed bids. On this particular day we saw a pallet stacked high with boxes of dust masks. I think they cost $2 a box for twenty masks. We bought a few boxes for use for stinky and dangerous work like shoveling grain or spray painting anything. When the pandemic hit the fan, we shared a few precious
Commentary: Fair Deal Continued from Page 4 We as a province have to get some more respect from the Federal government. The fact they can’t elect more than single digits of Liberal MPs from across the west should be a strong clue that they have work to do out here, but it hasn’t been visible. While the crisis has put the brakes on pipeline controversies, blockades and protest, the Feds just recently reached a memorandum of understanding with the elders of the Wet’suwet’en council in BC. These are the hereditary (read unelected) elders who pushed the blockades against the fully, legally approved Coastal Gas pipeline late
masks with those closest to us. Only then did I see that they are, in fact the infamous N95 masks. They were manufactured in 2009 and I swear I saw an expiry date on them. But because they were stored in dry conditions out of direct sunlight, we believe they are safe and take some comfort in wearing them as masks are now recommended in the re-opening efforts. For particularly toxic smelling stuff in my studio, I invested in a respirator mask that works like a hot damn if you overlook the Darth Vader-ish sounds I make. I also re-discovered a package of pleated paper masks bought at a dollar store. Despite all this inventory, I thought we needed some fabric ones too. I found a pattern online for the ones with a centre front seam and two sets of ties. It was there as a guide for people wishing to make them for Bronson Health. I made a prototype and tweaked the pattern. I made three of those before I ran out of twill tape. Since cloth masks should be laundered after each wearing, we obviously need more to get us through the coming months. I intend to try another style that uses hair elastics that’s supposed to minimize
ear pain. Bottom line, masks are not comfortable. If they’re fitted properly, they’re pretty snug. They are annoying when they make glasses fog up. However… since I made my first shopping trip this week, I wouldn’t dream of doing it without a mask and hand sanitizer. I went to Vegreville to drop off our income tax papers, to pick up parts at two different places, and to get some groceries at two different stores. Here go some observations. There is signage everywhere re physical distancing. That doesn’t mean it’s happening though. In the grocery stores in particular, there seemed to be a lot of confused/oblivious/defiant people. In one store, I saw an old man rooted in a particularly tight area of the store. He didn’t appear to have a cart or a basket. He had no groceries in his hand. I can only guess he came with a wife, which is discouraged. It’s supposed to be one person per household. Between the oneway traffic for each aisle, the bread delivery guy (without a mask despite going from store to store, town to town) and his racks, the staff member who just stood there, it
last year. That spawned illegal blockades across the country and our strong, fearless leader did nothing to stop it. So now with this understanding the elected chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en are howling with outrage because they wanted the project for their people, but a small group of unelected elders are holding the bands in the region and progress at ransom.
The protests will soon be back upon us as the weather warms and the shut down due to the pandemic eases. Premier Kenney, make the fair deal panel recommendations public now and let’s get on with a plan that protects not only Albertan interests in confederation, but our industries of oil and gas, our agriculture, and the way we police our rural areas.
was a real trick to get to the deli counter. In the other store, which clearly designated which were the sanitized carts, I got caught behind an older woman who was mesmerized by the baking supplies. I stayed back six feet as she inched along. And I get it. I’ve done it. Who doesn’t like comparing products and prices? But, eventually I went against traffic and whipped around her so I could carry on. I made many miles and had to back track because of the one-way traffic. I was also shocked at how busy the stores were at
midday. And so many seniors, despite there being early morning designated senior shopping times. Almost no one wore masks. I wish I would have packed a few wipes in a zip-lock so I could clean the card reader pin pad. Instead, I sanitized my hands each time I got back in the car. All told, I found these few errands very draining. Vigilance and angst take a toll. I also had divots on my face from the N95 mask pressure points. But I’ll live with that because we’ve all seen pictures of people wear-
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Robberies have liquor store owner asking for tax relief BY JANA SEMENIUK Rising crime has frustrated local Lamont business owner Mark Lee. Lee’s business, Sunshine Liquor Store, has been victimized by crime three times in the past five years. As a result, Lee said he no longer qualifies for business insurance. “I don’t know what we will do,” said Lee. “The insurance company wouldn’t insure us any longer after the last break in.” Lee added that the crimes have cost him in excess of $10,000 in repairs and lost merchandise. “Insurance would only cover so much,” he said. “The rest came out of my pocket.” A frustrated Lee submitted a letter on Mar. 13 to Lamont town council requesting financial assistance in the form of tax reduction. Currently,
Lee said he pays approximately $4,000 per year in taxes. In addition to a reduction in taxes, Lee said he would also like to see larger police presence in the town. “I would like to be considered for a 50 per cent reduction in my municipal taxes for 2020, this would help me to provide security upgrades for the front of my store and remain in business,” Lee wrote. On May 12, Lee appeared before council via zoom to discuss his request, in which he adjusted the tax reduction amount from 50 percent to 75 percent. “I realized after requesting 50 percent that it wasn’t going to be enough,” said Lee. “I will need a 75 percent reduction to keep my business running.” During the council meeting on May 12, Lamont town chief
administrative officer Christine Beveridge mentioned supports the town has already provided to Lee. “We have provided supports in the way of crime deterrent information and I’m not prepared to give a recommendation at this time (for a tax reduction),” she said. Mayor Bill Skinner then mentioned to Lee that he would be notified once council made a decision on his request but did not indicate when that would be. In the meantime, Lee said he is beefing up his security even further in hopes of avoiding another break-in. “I am paying out of my own pocket for this (security measure) and I hope it works,” he said. Lee did not provide details on his new security measure. The last break-in for
Mark Lee in his Lamont business, Sunshine Liquor store. Lee happened in June 2019 when a stolen vehicle rammed through the front door of his liquor store at approximately 4:00 am on June 12. Despite security bars, and an alarm system with surveillance cameras, the criminals
veillance footage was captured of the criminals and turned over to the police. Lee said he has never been notified if any of the perpetrators were ever caught.
escaped with the cash register and some liquor. Another break-in happened in Sept. of 2017 when two trucks were used to ram the front entry way. An armed robbery occurred in 2016. In each instance sur-
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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 9
Computers keeping seniors in touch with loved ones BY JOHN MATHER The Lamont Senior Housing Foundation has purchased two laptop computers to assist the shut-in seniors at both Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge in Lamont and Father Filas Manor in Mundare, communicate with their loved ones while the lodges are locked down by Covid-19 concerns. “People are using them and it’s just awesome,” said David Gray, manager of Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge. “We’re using both Zoom and Skype and people are easily adapting to it.”
He also added it allows the residents to have doctor/patient sessions via computer rather than having to try
and find a way to visit their doctors in person. Gray said the computer was purchased several weeks ago.
“We’ve been promoting it to a degree,” he said adding it is free for the residents to use. Gray said close to two
Seniors at Lamont’s Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge gather on the patio to enjoy a nice sunny, Sunday afternoon and visit with loved ones May 17. The outside visits, adhering to proper social distancing, coupled with new computers that allow seniors to connect electronically via Zoom are helping them maintain contact while they’re shut in during the pandemic.
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Three Lamont residents arrested, face numerous drug charges On May14, while conducting proactive patrols in Lamont County, members of the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP conducted a traffic stop after witnessing a vehicle swerving in its driving lane. Subsequent to the traffic stop members identified the vehicle occupants and entered into a drug investigation. Police learned that the
male driver was breaching release order conditions in relation to a previous charge. The driver, a 20 year old male, a 20 year old male passenger, and 19 year old female passenger, were all arrested. A search incidental to the arrest was completed and the following items were seized: Over 8 grams of Cocaine, 5 grams of Hashish, 9.6
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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 11
Contest for kids for Clean Air Day
BY JOHN MATHER The Fort Air Partnership is asking residents of the communities it serves to take part in some form of clean air activity June 3 to celebrate Clean Air Day. Examples it provided of how residents can take part included going for a
walk or cycling rather than driving a vehicle, not idling your vehicle when parked, turning down thermostats and air conditioners and turning off lights when they’re not in use. In addition, the partnership is promoting a contest for kids ages six
to 13. Kids are encouraged to draw a picture, take a video, or write a poem which answers one of three questions: What causes pollution?; How is pollution harmful?; and What can I do to reduce pollution? The are two divisions for the contest. A Junior
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manager Al Lenkewich said the laptop has been well received by the residents. “Zoom is the program we use,” he said. “We have some long distance visits by residents so it is well used.” He, too, said the laptop had been in the residence for a month. “We started just by using a tablet, but then we brought in the laptop and it proved very popular.” He estimated about 10 of the 19 residents had used the program. Lenkewich states the family sets up the Zoom address and then staff set up the laptop and provide the passwords for the residents and then
leave. With the Zoom program, he said, most residents communicate for about 45 minutes. At both facilities there has been a little slowdown in use as the weather has turned better and the residents can now also have visits on the patios with loved ones as long as they maintain social distancing. At Beaverhill, 13 groups took advantage of the outside visits on Saturday and Sunday. Gray said the visits are 45-minutes unless there are fewer bookings in which case visitors can stay a little longer. The outdoor visits are held Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Lenkewich said he’s had several families take advantage of the patio visits. There are no specific days but a schedule has to be made at the Mundare facility. Residents are allowed two visitors and a maximum of two families at one time.
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“You have to understand it’s sometime difficult to get the residents to take advantage of something new,” he said. “But once some get used to it, they talk and others want to try it out and it starts to build from there.” He added some already had systems in place on their own personal computers to communicate with loved ones. Beaverhill Pioneer Lodge has a total of 55 residents right now, but Gray said he expects the lodge will be full in a short while. At Father Filas Manor,
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