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Snowstorm buries Lamont County
Lamont resident, 13-year old Cayden Albert, spent his Sunday clearing the freshly fallen snow. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
BY JOHN MATHER Communities have different rules for snow removal After the first major snowstorm of the 2020 winter season dumped several inches of snow across the Lamont area during the weekend, there are certain requirements citizens need to be aware of when it comes to snow removal. In Mundare the main street is the first street cleared following a major storm, reports Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Zyla. “We then start clearing the remaining streets starting in different parts of the town on a rotating basis,” he said. Zyla said they do try to notify residents when snow removal will take place in different areas, but there is no requirement to move cars prior to the plows coming through. The town also clears all street sidewalks. In the Town of Lamont, CAO Christine Beveridge points to the town’s snow clearing policy, which with maps, is on the town’s website. “There are priority routes that get plowed first,” she said. “We also put signs out indicating snow clearing will take place in certain areas of the town 24-hours prior to the snow clearing taking place.” Under the town’s community standards by-law the snow must be cleared from sidewalks within 24-hours of the snow stopping. Snow clearing on the town’s streets takes place after the total snow accumulation reaches 10 cm. or four inches. In the County of Lamont there were no accidents during the weekend’s snowstorm, according to Peace Officer Derek Wright. “I haven’t had anything reported from our county Roads,” he said on
Nov. 9. Wright said once the snowfall stops the main county roads are cleared as a priority and then they move to the other county roads. The County doesn’t do any of the secondary highways. Lamont County Communications Officer Heather Atkinson said the most important message they like to convey to residents is to not push or plow snow across the roads from their driveways. “That leaves ridges on the road surface that can be dangerous for drivers and it does leave the landowner liable for any damages or injury that may occur.” Other information that is important for residents to know is County residents who are medically fragile and/or require at-home medical services on a regular basis will receive snow clearing on a no-charge basis. The service provided for seniors (65+) is $100 + GST. All other landowners/designates will have the opportunity to buy flags at $40 + GST per flag. There is much more information on the County’s snow removal programs and policies at www. l a m o n t c o u n t y. c a / p r i v a t e - s n o w removal Meanwhile, in Bruderhiem, much of the parameters around snow removal echo other municipalities’ regulations. According to their website, bruderheim.ca, a snow removal priorities map shows where areas, marked priorities one to four, are located and at what points the snow will be removed. The website also indicates that residents need to remember to remove their rubber curb ramps, remove vehicles from the street once street cleaning signs are posted, and not to shovel snow onto the roads.
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 12, 2020
Covid comes to Mundare but masks not mandated
BY JOHN MATHER Mundare council has passed on passing a bylaw in the community forcing residents to wear face masks. CAO Colin Zyla reported that two cases of Covid had been reported in Mundare at the Nov. 6 council meeting. But he pointed out the town has no real way of identifying any new cases. “There has been some questions about what the town’s responsibility is,” he told council. “I spoke with our lawyers and they said any contact with regard to tracing or identification, is the responsibility of Alberta Health Services.” Zyla added the lawyer had said the town shouldn’t report any information which may identify who might have the cases because of personal privacy issues. “A lot of people might
not be happy with that, but all of the cases I have heard that were positive no one actually contacted the town directly. I don’t know if they are supposed to. I’m assuming if they tested positive then Alberta Health Services would tell them what to do.” He said the town could state there was some confirmed cases, but they couldn’t say anything further. If a town employee were to get infected, he said, they would make the community aware without naming anyone. He added in the town office they do practice social distancing and there are barriers between staff and clients. Councillor Frank Rosypal asked if the town would post signs asking people to wear a mask and Zyla replied that was an option. “Others stores do have signs and that is up to
them to put the signs up and enforce the rules in their businesses.” He said he’d talked to his staff and they weren’t overly concerned about wearing a mask, but if council asked them to they would. “The businesses are asking people to wear masks on their own,” said Mayor Mike Saric. “I agree a bylaw would be almost impossible to enforce. We have people coming into town to visit and would we tell them they have to wear masks? Each business can make that ruling.” Councillor Cheryl Callinoiu said she does enforce a mask rule in her hair salon. “I can’t physical distance from my clients and I have both the client and myself wear a mask.” Saric said he knew there were people who would automatically be anti-maskers if a bylaw
was to be enacted. “If it’s mandatory then people should wear them,” said Councillor Jason Kowal. “There’s so much information out there, I thinks it’s just responsible to wear a
mask, but businesses do have the right to decide whether they want customers to wear a mask.” Saric said he felt the best the town could do was to keep the town informed of what
Alberta Health Services or the federal health department were saying and to have staff wear masks … to lead by example. Continued on Page 3
Lisa Elschuk wears a mask in the Mundare town office Nov. 4. The town has requested its staff wear a mask when dealing with the public to set an example in the community. The town has had two confirmed Covid cases.
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Falardeau opposition doesn’t halt Bruderheim Heartland support JANA SEMENIUK A motion brought forward at the most recent Bruderheim council meeting Nov. 4 to confirm the purchase of a $3,000 bronze sponsorship for the 2021 Alberta Industrial Heartland Association annual stakeholder event was met with resistance from
councillor Len Falardeau. Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny explained that funds from the economic development membership budget would cover the cost. “Bruderheim has been a sponsor for this conference in previous years
and the cost has been included in this year’s economic development budget,” she said. Podoborozny added what is included with the sponsorship. “Bruderheim will get one complimentary VIP ticket, one complimentary ticket to the VIP sponsor reception, the town
logo on the sponsorship banner and included in the sponsorship video,” she said. Podoborozny also mentioned how the town of Bruderheim will benefit from being a part of this annual function. “Bruderheim is a member of the Alberta Industrial Heartland,
Mundare Council deals with Covid
demanding people wear masks and gloves to enter. Asked if it was enforced they said the librarian just wouldn’t let them into the building without following the rules. “On a personal level it would be good if the town could keep the citizens updated,” said one. “There’s a lot of rumour out there and isn’t it your job to inform us.” Zyla said that was hard to do because Alberta Health Services doesn’t inform them.
“We potentially heard there was a case last week,” said Saric. “Later it was confirmed with us. We can report what we know when we know about it.” Zyla told council he had prepared a mask bylaw if they wanted to pass one. “One thing is this bylaw is based on Strathcona’s (County) bylaw and if we did want to fine people for violating it we would have to pay for the lawyers to prosecute it. “Another issue we would have is enforce-
ment. With our bylaw officer doing winter patrols now, he’s only in town two hours a week, or we’d have to call the RCMP to enforce it.” He said he wouldn’t enforce a bylaw. He added the bylaw did allow no masks if people weren’t in close contact. Council decided to have staff wear a mask when dealing with the public and to lead by example for the community. If staff are alone in their office, then they can remove the mask.
Continued from Page 2 “Would people stop coming into the town office if they have to wear a mask,” asked Saric. “I doubt it.” Rosypal said he didn’t think they should force people to wear masks. “I know people who won’t wear masks.” Two spectators at council said the local library had rules
and networks with industry and government officials during this event,” she said.
Councillor Len Falardeau Councillor Len Falardeau voiced concerns with the cost and necessity. “This is just a waste of money and a waste of time,” he said. Falardeau’s remaining comments were inaudible due to technical difficulties. However, he clarified his position by phone on Nov. 9. “I have been opposed
to the Heartland for 30 years,” he said. “I don’t think they have done anything for this town.” Falardeau went on to explain how he felt being a part of the Industrial Heartland has hurt the town of Bruderheim. “We are the only town in the whole system that is completely surrounded by Industry,” he said. “We thought it would be a great thing for Bruderheim, and the town would grow. Thinking back, it was a bad idea and it’s why we are dying. I do not support this.” A vote among council members pushed the motion forward with Falardeau being the only opponent. Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA) was created in 1998 by the municipalities who each had land within the geographic area of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.
This November marks the 60th anniversary of the tragic Chipman school bus/train collision that took the lives of 17 Lamont School students. The Lamont Leader will be preparing a special section in tribute to this anniversary, which will be published in our November 25 issue. Any families, friends, persons or businesses who wish to partake ~ in memory of a loved one, in support to families, recognition for those first responders, are invited to contact our office: 780-895-2780 or lmtleader@gmail.com
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Opinion No winners in a divided United States BY JOHN MATHER For those who wore the Make America Great Again hat you somewhat won …. for those that laughed at the broad Democratic Party pronouncements of a clean sweep through the U.S. Presidency, Senate and House of Representatives, well you won too. The one sure thing coming out of the U.S. election last week is that the country is divided as much now as it ever was and the Trump era ain’t over yet. But while people argue it’s divided along race, gender identity, partisan bias, rich vs poor, political correctness or no political correctness, cancel culture or non cancel culture; as the results rolled in I saw something striking. The country is divided in the same way Alberta is divided, in the same way Canada is divided. And that is the split between urban and rural residents. Trump got clobbered in California. He picked up 3,986,276 votes (based on Nov. 5 results) well behind the 7,910,112 amassed by Joe Biden. A 65.3% to 32.9% whitewash. But California is the veggie capital of the U.S. For years agriculture was one of its biggest industries, and still is, but urban sprawl especially from the San Francisco/Oakland area into the central valley has diminished that base. But a look at the electoral map shows Trump's support was south of Fresno in the central valley and north of Fresno to Sacramento in the same agricultural producing area. He also won in the more sparsely populated, mountainous regions north of the state capital. In Illinois, where Biden won 55% of the popular vote, it was in the Chicagoland sprawl, while Trump took the vote in the agricultural, corn belt area of the state. In the grain belt of Kansas, Trump and the Republicans swept 56.6 percent of the vote losing, again in the urban areas around Kansas City and Topeka. If we look at a map of Alberta, the conservative vote, which equates well with Republican voters, is the rural area; while the socialist, left leaning support is in the urban area of Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton. Oh there are small pockets where the left does get a seat in a rural area, but that is the exception, rather than the norm. In New York State, Biden won 55.7% of the vote while Trump collected 43 per cent. Again Biden swept the urban vote in the greater New York City area, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. The rest of the state is solidly Republican. So this is where our world is divided?
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Continued In urban centres it is easy to see the popularity of electric vehicles, and the urban love of the green philosophy. It’s tightly packed with humanity. Population density is high. In Wyoming, the least densely populated state in the lower 48, Biden picked up support in the trendy, super rich Jackson area and in the more populated corridor west of Cheyenne abutting Colorado. Trump swept 70 per cent of the popular vote. It was only three electoral college votes, but the population is cowboys and farmers. Grains and cattle are the big industries in Wyoming. If future leaders, and I have to include politicians among them, don’t find some common area to bridge this urban/rural split, I fear there is a serious day of reckoning approaching.
Now the knives appear to be out for Biden already as New York extremist Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out the National Democratic Party for not doing enough to support the fringe left of the party ie: the movement for Black Lives, Green New Deal, and Medicare for All. She wants Biden to adopt her very socialist agenda, while Biden is more of a middle of the road politician who will listen to moderate Republicans such as John Kasich, the former Ohio Republican governor, who rejected Trump and campaigned for Biden. And AOC is supported by Canadian Naomi Klein who has weighed in suggesting Biden better do a left turn if he hopes to leave a legacy of his presidency. Klein in assessing the election boasted “it should have been a democratic sweep
because Trump had done everything wrong.” “And the fact is the Democratic leadership did not offer the people what they needed.” Now, Klein is is the inaugural Gloria Steinman endowed chair of media, culture and feminist studies at Rutgers University in the U.S. Can she really claim to speak for a corn farmer in Peoria, Illinois? The bulk of politicians are now content to cosy up with their familiar friends and supporters in the urban areas and ignore the producers outside the sprawl. The local elected officials get it, but their voices aren’t heard at the decision making tables. This has to change and it has to change soon. The world’s health is riding on it.
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Never Hurts to Ask
BY HAZEL ANAKA Welcome to the World 2.0; a place that looks like something we’ve seen before but yet is different in significant ways. Let’s dig in. What began on Saturday as God gently sprinkling icing sugar over the landscape quickly turned into a real dump of wet snow. The peony bushes I intended to cut back are still standing. The job of graveling county roads just got harder. Or impossible. Because flocks of Canada geese were still feeding just a few days ago and we hit a high of plus 17 last week, some of us thought that fall would linger longer than usual. Oh, oh I wonder if the flock leader woke up swearing, saying dammit we should’ve taken off Thursday. Just one of those unanswered nature questions. Roy shoveled his way to his boots in the garage and began the hours long
process of making the yard passable. Frankly, I dread having to go to both Edmonton and St. Paul on Monday but maybe my chauffeur can be sweet-talked. Hopefully, crews in Edmonton and rural Alberta will have the roads clear. Most of us seem to need an annual reminder of winter driving best practices. I’d be remiss in not mentioning the news from south of us. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris made history after nearly a week of ballot counting. More time is needed to get to the official results. Trump’s pettiness, sad work ethic, and penchant for vindictiveness is made manifest again. I guess catching up on the golf he’s missed over the last four years takes precedence over a Covid recovery plan. Despite some clear drawbacks to Joe Biden, it does seem like he’s what the country needs right now to begin healing. His compassion, empathy, decades of experience, and normalcy stand in stark contrast to the lunatic who’s refusing to concede defeat or agree to a smooth transfer of power. I find it telling that political pundits are talking about how someone, anyone around
Trump needs to stroke his ego and mention his wins as a ploy to get him to save face and step away. Those are the techniques most parents have used on stubborn three-year-olds. Biden will need a light touch to mend the rifts in the Democratic Party itself not to mention the seventy million who voted for Trump. Hopefully, the Democrats will figure out how they missed the mark with so many people who are cynical, disenfranchised, angry, and hurting. Most of the world sighed with relief but the weeks until inauguration will need scrutiny to make sure Trump doesn’t burn down the house before he leaves. Expect a rash of presidential pardons, executive orders, dirty tricks, and possibly worse. I haven’t watched much post-win coverage so don’t know if there is rioting and looting or just happy dances in the streets. I wonder if anyone will miss the crazy train drama of the past four years. Much closer to home is the unrelenting threat of Covid-19. Edmonton cases are spiking, Lamont County cases are growing, and there is no end in sight anywhere on the planet. More sparsely populated places like
Manitoba and much of rural Canada largely dodged the bullet in the first round. Pandemic fatigue and small local numbers led to feelings of complacency or screwit-you-only-live-once thinking. Either path has proven risky. Alberta is reluctant to go the lockdown route again because of the risk to the economy and our collective mental health. But the message is clear. Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance, don’t have indoor gatherings with anyone other than your own household, stay at home
as much as possible. If this sounds like a broken record, it is. But until someone figures out a shortcut, this is our best hope to get through this. The one step forward, two steps back thing we’re currently doing may be understandable but is definitely prolonging the misery. Can we please just reach inside for the discipline and courage to do what’s asked of us by the experts? Many events have been canceled because of Covid but perhaps one of the saddest will be this year’s Remembrance
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HALLOWEEN PROTESTERS Above: A group of NDP and union supporters disguised as protesters stand idly outside the Fort Saskatchewan office of UCP MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk on Oct. 31. Organized by an Edmonton ironworker and the local Fort Saskatchewan Vegreville NDP constituency association, the roughly 30 protesters stood and held up signs on the quiet, downtown street. Left: Two young trick or treaters stopped by the Lamont Leader office on Oct. 30 to show off the costumes they’d made for school. Pulling their ideas from the silver screen were: Hunter Inverarity as the security man from Mall Cop and Austin Sabo as Ace Ventura Pet Detective.
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Webbs gang promoting Movember Carson Ryner, PHD, MSW, RSW BY JOHN MATHER It started a as joke amongst some co-workers at Webb’s Equipment in Lamont. “There were three of us sitting there and we all had facial hair,” said organizer David Wilchak. “It started as a joke and three of us started making little bets. Then someone said why don’t we do it for Movember and that’s how it started.” The Movember movement in Canada launched in 2011 was designed to support prostrate cancer. In the program men grow moustaches during November to raise awareness and money for prostrate cancer. It has since expanded to take in more men’s health issues including Prostrate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, and mental health issues. At Webb’s Equipment this is the first year the staff have become involved, but the five participants, David Wilchak, Dave Fluker, Peter Palishuk, Quinten Wilchak and Miles Mackow all have known people affected by cancer. “It started as a joke and then went serious,” he said. Fluker had a bushy beard before the event, but on November 1, it was shaved clean as were the faces of all the participants. They will now grow facial hair until Nov. 30. “It’s also something that can raise some spirits during this Covid era,” said Fluker. “We came to work on Nov. 1 all cleaned up and it’s now all-out to grow new cookie dusters by the end of the month.” Wilchak said if they are successful with their fundraising this year, they may expand it as a competition amongst all the Webb’s locations in the province. “So far it has exceeded our expectations,” said Wilchak. The group of five decided to try and raise $1,000 but as of Nov. 9, they were at $1,605. “Our Team Webbs is surprising ourselves,” chuckles Wilchak. Fluker said the group hasn’t been trying to
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Andrew School committee deflated after poor attendance Mayor says group needs to formalize before Village can truly help them with funding JANA SEMENIUK Members of Andrew’s School Action Committee, dedicated to ensuring the future of Andrew School in light of closures of both the junior high and high school programs over the past year, were left feeling deflated after the Nov. 9 online meeting was grossly underattended by residents and village council members. Attendees included committee chair Jodie Calfat, assistant chair Stan Zabrick, Elk Island Public Schools Trustee Colleen Holowaychuk, and Andrew school principal Greg Cruikshank. “We just don’t know how to get through to them,” said Calfat. “It seems we care more than they do.” This past May, Calfat felt spurned into action when the decision came from Elk Island Public Schools to rescind the junior high program in Andrew School without warning. “We were shocked and angry,” she said. “We didn’t know what we needed to do, but we had to do something.” Like-minded residents took up the cause with Calfat and the Andrew School Committee was born. Since forming, the group has attained support from Elk Island Public Schools superintendent Mark Liguiori, Lamont County council members and they also felt they had the support of the village of Andrew council members. A village council meeting on Oct. 28, however, left assistant chair Stan Zabrick feeling less than supported. “Mayor Gary Leppeck indicated that he wanted our committee to formalize itself because we are not a ‘council committee’- meaning the council did not want to be responsible for us. He said the council met any obligation they had, to our committee in June by bringing it to people’s attention,” Zabrick explained that during the June meeting between concerned residents and the village council, council members supported the idea
of a group of residents banding together to promote Andrew School in hopes of increasing enrollment to ensure the future of the school. Zabrick added the council seemed to be onboard at the time. “They offered us the use of the town office, photocopier, paper, and anything we needed as far as office supplies went,” he said. Zabrick added that he feels the relationship has deteriorated over time. Councillor Sheila Lupul, who has been a consistent attendee to the committee meetings, has asked the village council to make her committee attendance official council business so she can reimburse her expenses. Lupul explained that her request applied only to county council meetings which are held during the day. “I wanted an official appointment to the committee but the council decided that wasn’t an official committee of council. So, there is no formal village representation on this committee,” she explained. “I
wanted my expenses reimbursed on the days that I had to take off work to attend the county council meetings with the committee which are held during the day. I use my holiday days from my job in order to go. I only put in for a half a day on the last county meeting I attended with the committee.” Zabrick expressed frustration with the village’s position. “I acknowledge that we are fully aware we are not currently a Council Committee, but that is in fact what we have been advocating for,” he said. “I explained that as a simple group of volunteers, we could dissolve at a moment’s notice and the issues related to the school would still exist who would that belong to if not the Village?” Village Mayor Gary Leppeck explained in a phone conversation with the Lamont Leader on Nov. 10 what he feels the committee needs to do. “If they want to earn credibility, they need to be a non-profit organization. As in status as a non
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profit with the government. Right now, they are just a group of people with an interest. And that’s fine. However, they are looking for both the village and the county to help them out financially. They don’t even have a bank account and can’t get one unless they formalize. “How can either government agree to give them funding? Its pretty hard for either one of us to do that and justify that to our employer who happens to be the residents or the county residents what you are doing with their money. Its not something I can be comfortable with. If they decide to go away then what? What if we went and gave them a bunch of money and they decide to pull the pin, then what? It would go a long way if they got some credibility which certainly wouldn’t hurt,” he said. The next online committee meeting is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
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New Mundare lift station just about completed BY JOHN MATHER Colin Zyla gave a construction update for Mundare at the Nov. 6 meeting. He told council all the underground work at the new lift station was completed. “There is one underground sewer which has to be finished,” he added. “They are expecting to get a pipe for that and I expect it will be completed within the next week.” He said the 50 St. extension was completed. He reported the new school zone signs in town along Highway 855 were now installed. Zyla added the deficiencies in the Whitetail paving project weren’t completed yet, but council did have a hold back on the project until that work was finished. He noted the firm had been in other parts of the town doing some patching in the last week, so he wasn’t expecting any issues. ••• Council was asked what they wanted to do about future community events in the coming year. “We are planning to have some curling on family day,” said Zyla. “But can we have some outdoor events?” “I’d like to do some planning because we have to apply for grants. We have to get our application in for Canada Day by the end of November.” He wanted to know if they should go ahead and apply for the grants. Mayor Mike Saric said they could go ahead with the fireworks and maybe the grant could pay for that. Zyla replied the grant was generally about $1,200 and if the town received it, it did have to be spent. Council agreed that money could go to offset the $2,500 spent on the fireworks display and it should still be applied for. Zyla also asked if the community-wide garage sale would proceed in 2021. “I know it’s a long ways away but these are some of the things I’m thinking about moving forward.” He said there were still temporary rules regard-
ing how the parks could any rental fees and how would that be handled. be used. Councillor Irene Zyla said one group had asked to use it for a Talaga suggested leaving the park usage discuswedding rental. “I don’t want to wait sion until budget time. “Then we could disuntil a month ahead to say no you can’t use the cuss it and possibly some park. I know we have of the regulations might one group booked for a have changed,” she stated. family reunion in 2022.” Council agreed to hold He said he really didn’t know what to tell cus- off on making any decitomers about the park sions regarding the park until budget time, feeling usage. Saric said since the the situation regarding park doesn’t make any Covid restrictions might money, if someone wants change. the park for a wedding, then open the door for them. “Are we opening the park to make money or are we opening the town to provide a service to the town of Mundare?” Zyla said they Sledders wasted no time in getwould still need ting out their units to enjoy the someone to clean snow near Lamont on Nov. 8. the park, collect Photo: Jana Semeniuk
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Bruderheim groups receive funding for upgrades BY JANA SEDMENIUK Bruderheim town council members were on-hand Nov. 4 to present checks in the amount of $1,000 each to three successful local applicants of the Bruderheim Community Investment Program grant; Xpressions Dance Studio, Bruderheim Agricultural Society, and Bruderheim Seniors Club. Dance teacher, Lauren Graham, was very thankful for the funding. “It’s just great,” she said. Graham explained that new computer equipment was needed to support online dance classes for the local dance studio once COVID hit.
“When we got shut down in March for COVID, the kids did classes online for five months with me,” she said. “We had to buy a new laptop and camera for this.” Bob Cote, member of the Bruderheim Agricultural Society, indicated their grant funding was also going towards upgraded computer equipment. “We need an up to date computer. The one we have is very old. Sherry needs it to do the books as well as we need it to operate our electronic door at Walker School. The old computer was never able to take the
software to operate it so now we should be able to use it,” he said. Meanwhile, the Bruderheim Seniors Club is looking forward to improving the safety in their building. “We will be purchasing new security lights at all three doors, new fire extinguishers, and maybe new matts if we have enough money,” said past-president Lorna Lawrence. “There’s only two seniors groups that are even open in the whole county right now.” All three checks were presented to the groups prior to the town council meeting on Nov. 4.
Members of Bruderheim town council present a check for $1,000 to the Bruderheim Agricultural Society which successfully applied for one of the three Bruderheim Community Investment Program grants. From left are: Councillor Judy Schueller, AG society member Bob Cote, Mayor Karl Hauch, and Deputy Mayor Dan Skousbal. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
A check in the amount of $1,000 from the Bruderheim Community Investment Grant is presented to successful applicant Xpressions Dance Studio on Nov. 4. From the left are: Bruderheim Councillor Judy Scheuller, Xpressions Studio dance instructor Lauren Graham, Mayor Karl Hauch and Deputy Mayor Dan Skousbal. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
FEATURED LISTINGS PROPERTIES LAMONT COUNTY
Modern Industrial Shop • 15,000 sq ft Industrial Shop built on 42.8 acres in Lamont County adjacent to the town of Lamont. Shop was built in 2006 with drive thru bays and has 24’ clear ceilings, 16’ by 16’ doors, floor sumps, exhaust fans, tool crib, 5-ton bridge crane, 600 amp power and 1,500 sq ft of office space. Site has access to highways 29, 15, 831. There is 15 acres of gravelled yard with chain link fencing. located at 195043 HWY 29 Lamont County. Price $3,175,000 • N1/2 of NE ¼ -7-53-18-W4 71.80 acres 8.77 acres yard with chain link fence, partially gravelled, power, 4 yard lights, could be commercial use if proper permit is obtained. Balance of parcel is fenced with 5 wire and 4 wire. 35± acres of hay. Corner of HWY 16 and RR 185. Price $399,000. Seller is a licensed Realtor™ in the province of Alberta • W4-18-54-10 SW ¼ 160 acres 110± cultivated acres. RR 183 between TWP RD 540 and 542 price: $320,000 • Parcel #1 Plan: 0826846 Block 1 Lot 2 Parcel #2 Plan: 0826846 Block 1 Lot 3 156.60 acres total 145 combined cultivated acres RR 175 and TWP 544 Price: $575,000 • W4-18-53-29-NE, Plan 0321318 Block 1 Lots 1 and 2 314 ± acres in total of fenced and cross fenced pasture land. Corner of RR 184 and TWP 534. Total Price $675,000 FARM LAND IN CHIPMAN • SE ¼ 29-54-18-W4 121.45 acres 80 acres cultivated with some trees Price $250,000 • S ½ of SW ¼ -20-54-18-W4 80 acres all in hay and trees near Highway 15. Price $150,000 • NW ¼, 20-54-18-W4 158.3 acres 90 acres cultivated with power, a nice building site and trees Price $375,000 • SW ¼, 29-54-18-W4 127 acres 102 acres cultivated along Highway 15 Price $275,000 • SW ¼ 30-54-18-W4 (North ½) 78.83 acres fenced pasture land Price $140,000 • SW ¼, 30-54-18-W4 (South ½)- 72.12 acres Fenced pasture land Price $130,000 BEAVER COUNTY • W4-16-4836-SW 160 acres near Holden. Small house, power, gas, and septic system well treed yard. Price $419,000.00 • W4-19-51-15-SE ¼ 155.9 acres usable for pasture of hay near Tofield. Fenced and cross fenced with multiple water sources. RR 192 and TWP Rd 512 Price: $510,000 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 HOBBY FARM • 53142 RGE RD 224 40.03 acres with 35 ± cultivation. 1950 built 1000 sq ft bungalow on property with large shop and various other buildings. Future local industrial zoning on property and located in Bremner concept plan. Price $1,395,000
Norman Hill Broker The Bruderheim Seniors' Club accepted a check for $1,000 on Nov. 4 after successfully applying for the Bruderheim Community Investment Grant. From left are: Bruderheim Councillor Judy Schueller, Senior's Club Past-President Lorna Lawrence, Mayor Karl Hauch, and Deputy Mayor Dan Skousbal. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
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16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, November 12, 2020