February 5th, 2015

Vol. 38 No. 2 February 5, 2015 Email: [email protected] Ph: 780-868-9221 or 780-446-3088

Andrew School Participates in

Valentines for Veterans

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ANDREW SCHOOL

High school students, Cassandra Ostashek, Tyra Shulko & Emily Slasynski, show off just a few of the handmade

Valentine’s cards made by Andrew School junior & senior high students. These cards were mailed to Veterans Affairs

Canada for their ‘Valentines for Vets’ initiative. They will send the handmade cards to Veterans in long-term facilities

across Canada. This project coincided with Andrew School’s virtue of the month – courage - in remembering those

courageous men & women who served in uniform.

Elk Island Triangle, Thursday, February 5, 2015


- by Carol Marko

Town of Bruderheim Councillor, Dave McCormack

submitted his resignation to Council at the end of their

regular Council Meeting on January 6, 2015.

When contacted for comments regarding his reason for

leaving, Councillor McCormack cited a career change that

will require him to be travelling most of the time. He

expects to be on the road regularly and will therefore no

longer be able to meet his obligations as a member of

Council.

McCormack commented that he has thoroughly

enjoyed the time he spent serving on Council and would

like to thank the residents of Bruderheim who supported

him over the years. He believes that the town is in better

shape now than when he first arrived on Council; and

that is not due to his contributions alone, but as the whole

group working well together. He cited the construc-

tion of the new Bruderheim Fire Hall, the attraction of a

daycare centre and development of the skating arena as

huge improvements that have taken place during his

time on Council. He believes these improvements have

made Bruderheim a more attractive town for families to

live in.

We wish Councillor McCormack well in his new

career.

Bruderheim Bids Farewell

to Councillor

Dave McCormack


Something very serious is happening in this County

right now. Serious enough, that it’s caused such dissen-

tion between the Village of Andrew and its Fire Depart-

ment that the members have tendered their resignations.

Serious enough, that the Village of Chipman has with-

drawn its participation in a Fire Agreement with the

County and decided to move ahead with a fire depart-

ment of their own. Serious enough that the County must

now figure out how and who will provide fire protection

to residents normally served by the Andrew and

Chipman departments. Serious enough, that residents

are worried about their personal safety and the safety of

their property. Serious enough, that all Lamont County

residents should be asking exactly what’s going on.

Section 3, of the Municipal Government Act states the

purposes of a municipality are:

To provide good government,

To provide services, facilities or other things that, in the

opinion of council, are necessary or desirable for all or

part of the municipality, and

To develop and maintain safe and viable communities.

Fire protection is of utmost importance to everyone and

clearly belongs in the providing services and maintaining

safe communities’ category?

Several years ago, County Council implemented the

position of Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC). This

position has now evolved to carry the title of County Fire

Chief.

Seeing Lamont County doesn’t have a fire department

themselves, leads me to question the need for a Chief?

Chief of what? Chief of whom?

One of the first tasks assigned to the ESC was the devel-

opment and implementation of a working Emergency

Response Plan (ERP). In November, 2014 I asked to see

the ERP only to learn it couldn’t be located at the time.

The inability to locate the ERP is concerning. Normally

an emergency comes without warning and a document as

important as this should be available at a moment’s

notice. This leaves me to wonder if it actually exists. If it

doesn’t, I’d like to know why not; as it too is important to

maintaining a safe community?

As the ESC position advanced, communication towers

rose, the Lamont County Alert System was implemented,

construction of a fire training center commenced, etc. and

now, a continual reference to regionalization is being

made.

On January 13, 2015, Lamont County Council received

a Request for Decision presented by Randy Siemens titled

“2015 Options for County Regarding Fire Services.” It

included the following:

“We have, for many years, operated with fire agreements

between the Municipalities and the County to provide fire

service to the County residents and those passing through the

County. Approximately seven years ago the decision to bring

in third parties (Sturgeon County Chief, AEMA) to ascertain

the viability of going regional or... (Continued on Page 5)

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Time For The Smoke To Clear!


hiring a Coordinator to start the process. The position of

Emergency Services Coordinator was established with a

mandate to save a few of the faltering departments as well as

determine a best course of action to mitigate weaknesses in the

departments. The major areas of concern were communica-

tions, dispatching, training and equipment. In all areas our

departments have either become leaders or on par with well

managed departments. The Coordinator was not given any

authority to manage the departments directly nor establish and

control their budgets and in turn their spending. During late

2014 Council was presented with reports from Chief Siemens,

Office of Fire Commissioner’s Ross Bennett and Chief Laid.

These reports all suggest that a decision to control the budget

will not only speed up regionalization but assist in controlling

spending by the departments and municipalities. Meetings

were held with each of the Municipalities and the County. One

Municipality has chosen to dismiss its Chief with apparently

little planning for the backlash. Another Municipality has

delivered a letter of intent to break ties with the County by

March 31, 2015 again apparently without considering all the

consequences.”

The document also speaks to “tasks and decisions”

regarding “Stations, Finance, Administration, Municipalities,

Some Directions Municipalities May Take, Status Quo, All

Municipalities Accept New Direction” and “Municipality

Break Away.” It also states the following: “You may lose

some by taking a new direction but none will be able to sustain

a department or its manpower with all the costs directed at

the municipality and little income from highway and other

incidents. The percentage of calls that most municipalities

incur would leave firefighters with little income and little to

do.”

So there you have it. Clear as mud, right?

Does this mean the County is leaning toward fire

stations and firefighters of their own? If so, I’d like to

know what the cost to ratepayers will be to implement

this regionalization thing.

Is it something the county has been mandated to do? Is

it something they want to do? Or is it something that’s

been suggested they should do?

Through implementation of a Fire Agreement, Lamont

County has managed to work together with the Towns

and Villages reasonably well for many years. We know it

worked because residents, regardless of location, knew

fire coverage was available. Fire departments knew

where their boundaries started and ended and

understood they may need to assist in other areas if called

upon. So where or what went wrong? Is County Council

trying to fix something that wasn’t broken?

Good government carries with it communication with

residents and transparency in what our elected officials

are doing on our behalf.

In my opinion, the time has come for full disclosure to

all citizens of Lamont County, rural and urban, regarding

this regionalization thing and whether it contributed, in

any way, to the conflicts in Andrew and Chipman.

Lamont County Council and the County Fire Chief

should step up, hold Town Hall Meetings throughout

the County, and explain exactly WHAT IS GOING ON

and what their plans are!

- Sylvia

Time For The Smoke To Clear! (Continued from Page 4)


The CBC aired a special series last fall asking if Cana-

dians are racist. Of course, racism exists in Canada. Why

should our country with its eclectic mix of nationalities be

any different than any other country? However, I wish to

share with you a true story about racism in the U.S.

As many of you know, I grew up in the U.S. until I

came into Canada with my Canadian first husband in

1970 at the age of 23. One of the many homes of my

childhood was three years in the small, white town of

Galena, Ohio. I was at a very impressionable age (9-12)

during those years.

We had lived in Phoenix, Arizona and the small com-

munity of Muscoy, California, previous to our sojourn

back to Ohio where we lived in a small white town, Gale-

na, Ohio. In Arizona and California, we had rubbed

shoulders with Mexicans and Aboriginal people.

We rented a home in Galena that had been built before

the civil war. Over the generations, it had been well kept

in spite of homes from a similar era going to ruin in the

same part of our neighborhood. Looking back it was ab-

solutely enchanting for a child of my age and my older

and younger brother to have lived in such a house.

The front porch spanned the width of the house with

four pillars and a porch swing. Each side of the house

had other entry doors with their own small porches. A

new kitchen had been built onto the back of the house

with another entry door where outside there were stairs

that went down to the cellar. We used only the front and

back doors.

There came a time when the main road through Gale-

na was going to be widened. It would become a better

highway for traffic from northern communities commut-

ing to Columbus some twenty miles away. In order for

the road to be widened, the town cemetery had to be set

back so many yards.

That summer I was ten and happened to be sitting at

the kitchen table situated by an expansive picture win-

dow that looked out on our backyard and all its many

perennial blooms that a previous gardener had laid out.

There was a knock on the door and my mother let Berna-

dette Edwards into the kitchen.

Bernadette was short and round in contrast to my tall,

thin mother. I went to school with her son and he was

also short and round. The Edwards lived just two blocks

from us. Their house was on a curved street of new

homes. Mr. Edwards was the town banker: always very

kind to me as I saved fifty cents a week from my paper

route money.

Bernadette had a pad of paper in her hand. “Inez, I

would like you to add your name to this petition.” Using

the despised “N” word, she explained that she didn’t

want them living close to our respective homes.

“What are you talking about? Mother asked. “Why,

don’t you know? They are bringing in those families to

live here while the men work to move the cemetery! I

don’t want them living so close to my family, do you?”

Of course, I was all ears watching Bernadette spin her

tirade about Blacks onto my mother. Mother stood up to

her full height and looked down at Bernadette like she

was a rat that had just sneaked into our cellar. “Take

your petition and leave, Bernadette,” she said, her voice

almost hissing. “Wha-a-a-t?” Bernadette retorted spew-

ing her wrath about what “those people” could do and

would do to the neighborhood. “They are people,” Moth-

er was practically pushing her out the door. “You will

not bring your racist attitude into my home.”

The year was 1956, a few years before Rosa Parks re-

fused to give her seat to a white man; a few years before

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the peace march on Wash-

ington, D.C.; and a few years before the friendly nine took

up stools at a lunch counter for “whites only.”

Well, the black families moved into the dilapidated pre

-civil war homes around us. Their children were bussed

to school in Columbus so the white children of Galena

wouldn’t have to mix with them. The men worked and

moved the cemetery back its required distance for the new

road. Then, just as quietly, all the black families left Galena.

To this day, I am very proud of my Mom.

(Note: The opinions expressed by this columnist are not

necessarily the opinions of this paper or its publisher.)

The Petition


During their monthly

Community Breakfast, the

Bruderheim Seniors will this

month be hosting a ‘Fallen

Officers Fundraiser’ in hon-

our of Cst. David Matthew

Wynn, of the St. Albert

RCMP Detachment. Break-

fast will be served from 8:00

a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Saturday,

February 7th, 2015 for $5.00/

plate.

In addition, the fundraiser

will involve a 50/50 and a

draw auction. Purchase tick-

ets you can use to enter

draws for a chance to win a

variety of items. All proceeds

will go to support the family

of Cst. David Wynn.

Bruderheim Seniors Fallen Officer

Fundraiser

A Tribute to RCMP Cst. David Matthew Wynn


The Bruderheim Agricultural Society and Bruderheim

Seniors came together in a collaborative effort on January

16th and hosted a Celebrating our Heritage event at the

Bruderheim Community Hall. Members brought their

collections of antiques to display and demonstrate for the

students of Bruderheim School during the day, and later

for the rest of the community in the evening.

Bruderheim Seniors (some dressed in period costumes)

shared their memories and experiences of growing up in

the pioneering days of Alberta. Through their interactive

displays, students were given the opportunity to candle

eggs, make rope, scrub clothes on a wash board with lye

soap, use a typewriter and adding machine, view old tele-

phones from circa 1905 onward, see school books used in

the old Walker School (a historic site), and hear what it

was like to attend school there.

They were also given opportunities to learn about

churning butter, making ice cream and sauerkraut, play

with toys from around the 1930s to 1960s and see how

many tools and toys were homemade from wood.

Oleatha Lukawesky shared with attendees how as a

young woman, she worked candling eggs for a commis-

sion of 2 cents a dozen, and if she broke any eggs, the loss

came out of her commission. She also demonstrated how

to card wool from a sheep, in preparation for it to be spun

into yarn on a spinning wheel, and then dyed to desired

colours.

Students appeared quite excited to view the antiques,

try some of them out and hear the seniors sharing their

experiences. Some were quite surprised to learn that it

wasn’t that long ago we didn’t have computers and cell

phones.

Bruderheim Ag Society and Bruderheim Seniors Host

‘Celebrating our Heritage Day’ at Community Hall

PHOTOS & STORY BY CAROL MARKO

Individual rope strands need to be kept separated while twisting rope

Bruderheim School Grade 6 Students Parker Dyke (above) and Tara

Skousbol (below) try their hand at rope making while Horst Thiel looks

on. Bottom left: Parker Dyke tries out skipping with homemade rope.


‘Celebrating Our Heritage Day’ Clockwise from top right: Gloria Thiel demonstrates scrubbing

clothes with lye soap on scrub board; Oleatha Lukawesky ex-

plains egg candling; Eileen Loeffelmann talks about churning

butter & making sauerkraut; Virginia Differenz explains coal pail

& shovel; Oleatha carding wool; Ruth Bartz with school supplies.

L-R: Jacob Blante, Abigail Landry, Gloria Thiel, Vanessa Braybrook, Hunter Offenberger


Adam’s Story is Reprinted Here with Special

Permission from Testicular Cancer Canada’s

website and Adam’s Mom

It was in December 2002 when we noticed Adam had

been losing weight. He had been having a lot of back

pain as well as stomach pain. We took him to our doctor

who treated him for suspected ulcers.

Over the next five months,

Adam continued to feel worse.

He lost more weight and the pain

became unbearable at times.

Adam asked me to take him to the

hospital to be checked out. This

was our second visit there for the

same thing. After hours of

waiting, I convinced the doctor to

run more tests. He finally agreed

to have Adam come back the next

day for an ultrasound on his

stomach.

On April 22, 2003 our lives

would change forever. Adam was

18 years old and in his last year of

high school when we received the

devastating news – he had Testicular Cancer. We were

all shocked. We had never heard of Testicular Cancer, let

alone thinking a young man could have it. Boy, was our

journey going to be a rough one! The doctor told us that

his cancer had spread from the testicle into his stomach

area, he had a tumour the size of a football on his left

side.

The next day, Adam went back to the hospital to have

his testicle removed. It was then that we found out that

Adam’s testicle swelled around age 15, but he thought it

was growing and said nothing. From there we were sent

to the Hamilton Cancer Centre to begin his treatment.

His doctor told us there was no time to bank sperm as he

would be dead in two months if we didn’t start right

away. We were also told that he had a real good chance

of survival.

Adam started chemotherapy the following week for

the next three months. He could no longer attended high

school, he was too sick from the chemotherapy. Around

June, he developed a blood clot in his lung, a side effect

from the chemo. He started injections in his stomach

right away, but had to continued chemotherapy. Adam

had many hospital trips during

that time due to illness.

At the beginning of August

2003 he had completed his chemo-

therapy treatment and was

scheduled for surgery Oct 7th to

remove the remaining tumour.

The chemotherapy had successful-

ly shrunk it in half.

During Adam’s first surgery,

they ran into complications. They

had to remove his left kidney as

well as a lot of his back muscles.

The cancer was further along than

they suspected. In total, the

surgery lasted over six hours.

Adam never really recovered after

that. He began having breathing problems right away.

Within two weeks he was back in for more major surgery.

His bowels had obstructed. Within seven days of his

second surgery he ended up in ICU, he could no longer

breathe on his own. He remained on life support for 13

days until November 9, 2003 when Adam passed away.

Adam left behind his sister, Valerie, brother, Brett and

father Jamie. During our many hours of chemotherapy,

Adam had a vision of someday telling other young men

the signs & symptoms of Testicular Cancer so they would

not have go through what he went through. We will

fulfil his last dream with the help of family & friends, and

spread the word.

- Mom, Cheryl

Parents of Teen Boys Encouraged to

Educate Sons to Check Themselves

Regularly for Signs of Testicular Cancer

Completely Treatable with Early Detection


When Capt. Scott Calder of the Lamont Fire Department recently learned that he could be at risk of developing testicular cancer, it prompted him to investigate and learn more about it. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, “The incidence of testicular cancer has increased steadily over the last several decades, but the reasons for this increase are poorly under-stood. It is the most common cancer in young men 15–29 years of age. The incidence is lowest before puberty, increases significantly after age 14, peaks around age 30 and declines by age 60.” The good news is that with early detection, it is completely treatable and no one need die from it. Capt. Calder and the Lamont Fire Department have accepted a challenge from Testicular Cancer Canada to help raise awareness so young men in Canada will learn how to “check ‘em” and seek early treatment. In addition to these statistics, there is an increased risk for firefighters to develop this disease. Firefighters are exposed to “a toxic soup of chemicals” in modern fires, which has increased their risk, despite state of the art protective gear now worn by our firefighters. In times past, everything was made of wood and raw fabrics. You didn’t have the chemicals you have in today’s TVs, furniture and building materials. Those chemicals affect firefighters, not necessarily through smoke or inhalation, but is absorbed through their skin. As a result, firefighters are more likely to suffer from various types of cancer than the general population. Firefighters contract testicular cancer at twice the rate that other people do and approximately five years earlier. THEIR COMMITMENT This year on February 15th, young men (and women) across Canada will participate in the “First Annual SnowBalls Deep Challenge” to raise funds and awareness for Testicular Cancer

Canada. Lamont Fire Depart-ment members have committed to strip down to their boxers and jump into a snowbank be-hind the Lamont Arena. They welcome your pledges and in-vite anyone interested in joining their team or starting their own team. “You have seen the Polar Bear Dip Challenge - now this is the “Get SnowBalls Deep Challenge!” If we meet our fund-raising goal, we pledge to strip down and run into one of Canada's greatest treasures - our beloved, massive snowbanks. All our funds raised will go to Testicular Cancer Canada to help support their goals of raising awareness for young men to 'Check em' and their programs that support patients, survivors and caregivers who are affected by the disease. Thank you for your help, any amount goes a long way to help our young men across Canada!” You can sponsor our team and donate online by going to: http://testicularcancer.akaraisin.com/pledge/Team/Home.aspx?seid=9576&mid=10&tid=83397 You can also donate by contacting Capt. Scott Calder at 780-913-5410, and he will pick up your donation. Or you can mail a cheque to Testicular Cancer Canada, 45058-310 Fairway Road South, Kitchener, Ontario N2C 1X0 Donations need to be received by no later than 4:00 p.m. on February 14th in order to count towards your team sponsorship. Event will take place on February 15th at 2:00 p.m. outside the Lamont Arena where Zamboni snow is piled.

Capt. Scott Calder

Lamont Fire Dept. Strips for Testicular Cancer


Today, let’s talk about travel insurance. If you’re plan-

ning on travelling out of the country having insurance is

an absolute must. You may say, “I’m young, healthy and

don't take medications. What can go wrong?” If you fall

in this category travel insurance is very cheap so don’t

leave home without it.

Many people purchase travel insurance based on price

alone. This may be fine, but you should ask yourself

what the policy actually covers? Is there a maximum

they pay? Will it fly you home if necessary? Is there a

deductible? The list goes on, so ask lots of questions.

I’ll give you some examples of what happened to us.

We were wintering in Yuma, Arizona and my wife, who

doesn't take any pills and is in good health, got sick. Af-

ter two trips to a walk-in clinic she was taken to the hos-

pital. I called our Canadian insurance company who

wanted to fly her home. The doctor said no, she was too

sick. The insurance company then wanted to fly her to

Phoenix as they didn’t have a contract with the Yuma

Hospital. The doctor said no, she was too sick, so they let

her stay in the Yuma Hospital. The end result was my

wife needed to have a ruptured appendix removed. The

total cost was $100,000. The insurance company then

flew her home after she was released. Years later, I got

sick with pneumonia while in Yuma but had a different

insurance provider. There were no problems with my

stay in hospital; so shop around and make sure you will

be covered anywhere.

I’d like to give you another example you may find in-

teresting. I got off a plane in Cape Town, South Africa

and an hour after arriving at my hotel room experienced

a sharp pain. In a very short time I was in a hospital in

Cape Town. The doctors wanted to begin running tests

immediately but my insurance company was 12 time

zones away so it took a while to make contact. The hos-

pital said, give us your credit card and we’ll get started.

Every X-ray, CT scan and MRI went quickly and were all

approved by the insurance company the next day. I was

released from the hospital in three days and continued on

the tour.

When I filed a claim with my credit card company, I

was told since it happened within the first three days of

the trip and I was under 70, I was reimbursed a full re-

fund. In addition to receiving a cheque I got Air Miles

for the amount spent on my VISA. My credit card has no

blackout dates for flying but does have a cost involved.

Check with your credit card company, as you may have

coverage, but ask for a printout of their coverage first.

Do not assume you are covered, as you will never win an

argument with a credit card company.

You can also purchase trip cancellation insurance, cov-

erage for lost luggage and so on. Some credit card com-

panies will cover such things but you may have to pay

for the trip on your credit card first, so be careful.

I’m sure you’ve heard about the Canadian woman

whose baby arrived prematurely while she was vacation-

ing in Hawaii and now faces medical bills of nearly a mil-

lion dollars. This couple had purchased travel insurance

for two weeks but ended up staying in Hawaii for two

months while she and the baby were hospitalized. One

never knows when an unexpected illness or injury will

arise.

Enjoy your travels and make sure you have coverage.

I invite Canadians throughout Vegreville-Wainwright to

celebrate the 50th anniversary of our national flag. Our flag is

a symbol of our Canadian identity and a source of pride

from coast to coast to coast.

As we prepare to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary in

2017, celebrations like these help us understand more about

our history and reaffirm our pride in a country that is strong,

proud and free. Learn more about how our flag was created

and what it means to us as a country. Show your pride by

organizing your own public event in your region on Flag

Day, or by taking part in the “Share your moment with the

flag” challenge. The challenge invites all Canadians to share

a photo or a short video of themselves with the flag, to share

it on social media (Twitter and Facebook) using the hashtag

(#FLAG50) and to encourage their family and friends to do

the same.

The 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag will be marked

on February 15, 2015. Special events will be held across the

country around that date, as well as in Canada’s Capital

Region during Winterlude. Visit www.canada.ca/150 and

www.canada.ca/flagday for information on events,

promotional material and details on how you can celebrate

this significant milestone!

Leon Benoit, MP

Letter to the Editor

February 15th is Flag Day


On January 21st, 2015, the Elk Island Triangle

received the following news release from

Lamont County Council

“Lamont County Council wishes to communicate that in

anticipation of the expiration of Chief Administrative

Officer Allan Harvey’s contract of employment effective

September 30, 2015, Council has chosen to not renew the

contract.

Council and Mr. Harvey are in the process of creating a

transition plan that will ensure there is no disruption to

staff or county operations. Plans with respect to the transi-

tion, including filling the Chief Administrative Officer

position, are forthcoming and will be implemented by

Council.

Lamont County Council wishes to thank Mr. Harvey

for his many years of service to Lamont County and wish-

es him well in future endeavours.”

Lamont County Council

Opts Out of Contract

Renewal with CAO County Council was clearly looking forward to summer

and green grass when they approved the purchase of two

2015 Degelman Rev 1500 Mowers and two 2015 Degelman

Sidearm units. The new units will replace the 2011 mod-

els which are being traded in.

Replacement of the equipment was first discussed at an

earlier interim budget meeting but received approval for

purchase at the January 13, 2015 regular Council meeting.

After reviewing the two tenders received, Council chose

to award the bid to Deerland Equipment Ltd. of Fort

Saskatchewan for a total dollar value, after trade in, of

$33,440.09.

Of three tenders received, Webb’s Machinery of Lamont,

was awarded the contract to supply a 2015 New Holland

T 6175 FWA Tractor c/w Dozer Blade which will replace

the 2010 John Deere 7330 FWA currently being used.

The new tractor will carry a 5 year/4000 hour warranty

in addition to the basic manufacturer’s warranty and will

cost the County $58,236.00 after trade in. Delivery is

expected to take four to five months.

County Council

Prepares For Summer


County Council Closes In On Gravel Needs

As Lamont County gravel deposits continue to dry up,

ensuring an ample supply is available to meet the county

road graveling program has been a concern for County

Council. Quantities, location of deposits and cost have been

cause for discussion at meetings for quite some time.

The January 13, 2015 meeting agenda was no exception as

it contained tenders from three contractors offering to help

meet the need.

The lowest bid was received from Trevor Schinkinger

Trucking Ltd. who wished to enter into an agreement to

supply, load, scale and truck 30,000 tonnes +/- of 20 mm

road crush gravel meeting Alberta Transportation

specifications.

As the gravel is located outside the boundaries of Lamont

County, administration felt its location would work well

with the gravel program at the north end of the county.

After receiving explanation to a question regarding the .25

cent aggregate levy and whether it was part of the price,

Councillor Roy Anaka excused himself from Council

Chambers.

With minimal deliberation, Council chose to accept the bid

as presented with costs to the county for the gravel at

$15.00/tonne equalling $450,000.00, loading and scaling @

$0.25/tonne equalling

$7,500.00 for a total cost of

$457,500.00 plus GST. In

addition, the cost of trucking

would be paid based on

county haul rates.

The second bid came from

JMB Crushing Systems of

Bonnyville. A JMB docu-

ment, dated January 7, 2015,

stated: “The following is our

proposal to supply approximately 20,000 tonnes/year of Des 2

Class 20 road gravel from JMB Megley Pit located in

SW-36-58-16-W4.”

Costs to the county were documented to be 20,000 tonnes

@ $16.50/tonne with loading and scaling at an additional

$1.50/tonne.

Council accepted the JMB bid for an approximate cost of

$330,000.00 plus GST for the gravel, with loading and

scaling to be negotiated.

The final bid came from Hardrock Contracting Ltd. of

Edmonton. A document from Hardrock Contracting Ltd.,

dated Tuesday, January 6, 2015, stated: “As per our telephone

discussion today with Harold Hamilton, Director of Public Works

for Lamont County please accept this as quotation for supplying

and crushing gravel of the remaining gravel deposits at Roy

Anaka -- Hardrock Contracting Ltd. SW-11-56-16-W4.

1. Road Crush: 7/8” Modified Spec: $14.88 per metric tonne. 2.

Cold Mix: 5/8” Product: $16.50 per metric tonne.”

An administrative Request for Decision, presented to

Council, indicated Hardrock Contracting wished “to enter

into an agreement to supply 30,000 – 40,000 tonnes + - of 20 mm

road crush gravel meeting Alberta Transportation specs with

10,000 – 15,000 of the tonnage crushed at a 2-16 (5/8) spec for oil

programs for the 2015 gravel program. A conversion factor of

1.82 tonnes/m3 will be used. The stockpile is on a as is where is

basis and at a price of $14.88 per tonne + GST for the 2-20 mm

crush, and $16.50 for the 2-16 mm. Loading and scaling at the pit

will be done by County forces.”

After some discussion Council chose to accept the bid for

the 30,000 to 40,000 tonnes of 20 mm for a cost ranging from

$446,400.00 to $595,400.00 plus GST and the 10,000 to 15,000

tonnes of 2-16 mm gravel for a cost ranging from

$165,000.00 to $ 247,000.00 plus GST.

Both the Trevor Schinkinger Trucking and JMB Crushing

Systems bids contained a

standard conversion factor of

1.632 tonnes/m3 while the

Hardrock Contracting Ltd. bid

contained a conversion factor

of 1.82 tonnes/m3.

***Note: Councillor Anaka

excused himself from Council

Chambers at 1:51 p.m. and was

not present for most of the

Trevor Schinkinger Trucking

bid discussions and no part of

the JMB Crushing Systems and

Hardrock Contracting Ltd.

discussions. ***


PUZZLE

Andrew School now offers archery as a lunch time and after-school program for students in grades 4 to 12. The club began in January but prior to that students had to sign up for a safety course offered after school. Only those students who took the course can now participate. All the equipment was purchased by the school and principal, Mr. Verhoeff, assistant principal, Mr. Kennerd, and grade 5 & 6 teacher, Mr. Cruickshank, are running the club. Andrew School will host its first Archery Meet on March 5th with Thorhild School and Ar-drossan Jr/Sr High in attendance. This Meet will focus on participation and fun.

Andrew School Archery Club

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ANDREW SCHOOL

Right: Devon Hamaliuk

lines up his bow during

Archery Club at

Andrew School


Lamont Recreation Center

Gets A New Hat

From a distance, it looked like the roof on the

Lamont Recreation Center was moving the

afternoon of Thursday, January 15, 2015 and in

actuality, it was.

Seven employees, of Knights Roofing, Edmon-

ton were busy getting the new roof project com-

pleted after starting it in mid-November, 2014.

According to Colin Peddle, Town of Lamont’s

Recreation Manager, the project was no small

task because the building actually had an upper

and lower roof and carried a roof dimension of

20,000 square feet.

After removing the upper roof, all gaps on the

bottom roof were filled with strips of Styrofoam

foam insulation followed by a layer of insula-

tion over the entire area. A wall approximately

15 inches high was then built around the …

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perimeter of the whole building. Specialty vapour

barrier and plywood were then placed over the insula-

tion in preparation for the installation of a new product

which resembles shingles but is laid out as a roll and is

made of a much heavier gauge than ordinary shingles.

This type of roofing is called 2 ply Torch & Down.

The building will no longer have any eaves troughs

either. This will eliminate any water coming over onto the

sidewalks which usually caused icing problems in the

spring. Any water off the roof will follow a drainage

system, inside the building, from north to south and

directly into the storm drain.

Work required with regard to the venting, plumbing,

make up air unit, etc. will be done by Falcon Mechanical.

After that all that will remain will be the sheet metal

facing around the front perimeter of the building and the

cleanup.

With a price tag of approximately $357,000.00, the Town

of Lamont budgeted for the repairs with no grant funding

being utilized. Completion of the project is expected by

the end of this month.

New Roof

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The Cook Book

by Joanne Paltzat

Something Old – Something New!

This week’s recipe is a step up from the ordinary “plain old blah” meatloaf… it is so easy to make and oh so tasty! I made this at work for my senior friends and they just loved it – especially the gals. They said to me, “Back in their days of cooking, the recipe called for just bread crumbs, onions and seasonings – how come no one ever thought of this idea before!”

Remember if you have a favorite recipe that you would like to share with our readers, you can email it to me: [email protected] or in the mail: Box 14, St. Michael, AB T0B 4B0

Stuffing Meatloaf 1 box Stove Top Stuffing Mix, dry

1 cup warm water

1 ½ lbs. lean ground beef

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 pkg. dry onion soup mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat the inside of

Bundt pan with cooking spray. Place warm water,

onion soup mix and dry stuffing mix in a bowl. Mix

well. Let stand for 5 minutes to allow bread time to

absorb water. Add eggs and hamburger. Mix well.

Best to blend it by using your hands incorporating it

all together.

Place evenly into Bundt pan. You can also put into

muffin tins to make individual loafs. Top with a little

ketchup. Bake approximately one hour or until no

longer pink inside. Remove from oven and allow to

rest 5 minutes before cutting into.

Fred was working in his yard when he was

startled by a late model car that came crashing

through his hedge and ended up on his front lawn.

He rushed to help an elderly lady driver out of

the car and sat her down on a lawn chair. He said

with excitement, "You appear quite elderly to be

driving."

"Well, yes, I am," she replied proudly. "I'll be 97

next month, and I am now old enough that I don't

even need a driver's license anymore.

"The last time I went to my doctor, he examined

me and asked if I had a driver's license. I told him

yes and handed it to him. He took scissors out of the

drawer, cut the license into pieces, and threw them

in the waste basket, saying, “You won't need this

anymore,“ so I thanked him and left!"

And that’s another almost trew story as told by Uncle Fred.


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Children’s Author Visits

Andrew School

Didsbury children’s author of ‘Leaf’ and ‘Down in the Jungle’,

Maxine Spence, recently entertained elementary students at

Andrew School. The visit was made possible by local resident,

Margaret Webb, who supported Maxine’s book publishing

through a kickstarter program. This, in turn, qualified Margaret

for some perks which included a ‘Skype’ visit. Margaret donated

her ‘Skype’ visit to Andrew School which turned into an author

visit on January 23rd. The presentation was humorous as well as

informative as she explained to students and staff how she found

those wonderful ideas for her stories. Maxine has only two books

published to date, but she has many more stories just waiting in

the wings. Earlier in the day, Maxine gave a similar presentation

to students at Lamont Elementary School.

RIGHT: Andrew School Grade 1 student, Mattheau Kuhmayer-Pelletier, was excited to purchase ‘Leaf’ & ‘Down in the Jungle’ and have them personally autographed by author, Maxine Spence. SUBMITTED

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