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Vol. 18, No. 43, Wednesday, September 20, 2023 www.LamontLeader.com
Bruderheim thanks local MLA for numerous grants during successful Fall Festival $403,314 secured in 2023
BY JOHN MATHER The Town of Bruderheim took the opportunity on Sept. 16, to publicly thank Fort Saskatchewan Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk for her assistance in the Town obtaining many grants this year. “We have received quite a few grants and then the election was held so this is the first chance we had to say thank you to her,” said Mayor Karl Hauch. Following the lunch at the community’s Fall Festival, Hauch joined with Deputy Mayor Wayne Olechow and Armstrong-Homeniuk with a giant cheque totalling $403,314. “Our MLA Jackie works tirelessly on behalf of our community,” said Hauch during the presentation. He read aloud a list of the various grants obtained through Municipal Sustainability Funding and through the Canadian Community Building Fund which he credited ArmstrongHomeniuk with helping to obtain. Grants included $103,000 for community hall upgrades, $12,000 to replace a lawn mower, $25,750 for upgrades to the administrative building parking lot, $51,500 for the new town truck, $19,778 for the library rehabilitation, $26,523 for the bulk fill station upgrades, $113,240 for heating and vent upgrades at the arena, $25,000 for the arena ice plant upgrade, $15,914 for the fire pump upgrade and $10,609 to upgrade 1.1 km of community trails. “To top this off we’ve been trying to get money for our Town’s water system upgrades,” said Hauch. “Our Town’s budget is just over $3-million annually. She helped us get funding to the tune of $3.3 million for the reservoir
expansion which will go a long way to sustaining our community’s future.” He said while $3-million didn’t sound like a lot of money putting it in context Strathcona’s annual budget was in the neighbourhood of $400-million and if their mayor got a cheque for that amount from the provincial government he would “be over the moon.” “So you can imagine how over the moon our council is after getting this funding approval for $3.3-million,” he said. “So thank you very much Jackie.” For her part Armstrong-Homeniuk said she was proud to represent the community, and added the community was very easy to work with. “I want to thank all the volunteers who have made this festival today possible,” she said. “Each of the grants are designed to help the community and I’m proud to be part of a government that does care about our rural communities.” She thanked everyone for coming out and supporting the community. The Fall Festival was well attended and featured a pancake breakfast followed by a parade along the town’s main street. Following the parade strawberry shortcake was served at the seniors centre, while a two-day ball tournament took place at the agriculture grounds. Other activities during the two-day festival included face painting; disc golf demonstrations; games for the kids; scooter, skateboard and BMX competitions; a market at Walker School and museum tours. The Saturday events concluded with a fireworks display and a live band at the agriculture grounds.
A full five minutes of dazzling fireworks delighted a crowd of people who gathered at the Bruderheim Agricultural Grounds on Sept. 16 to take in the 80s rock band 'Crazy Dave's Renegades' as part of the Bruderheim Fall Festival weekend. More Page 9. Jana Semeniuk photo
Bruderheim Mayor Karl Hauch, Deputy Mayor Wayne Olechow and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk hoist a large presentation cheque for more than $400,000 representing grants the MLA has helped the town secure since the start of the year. Hauch and the community publicly thanked Armstrong Homeniuk for her hard work on behalf of the community during the Sept. 16 Fall Festival.