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Lamont County officials are at wit’s end when it comes to devising a plan to deal with flooding which is ravaging the County. “All the councillors want to protect their areas,” said Division 1 councillor Dan Warawa. “But we all have the same issues.” “Everybody’s frustrated with what is happening,” he said. “Our new…
The first recipients of the Harold James Scholarship were given their awards during an emotional cheque presentation at the Lamont Health Care Centre on Jun. 30. “Upon my retirement, the board, in their wisdom, decided to honour my name in the form of a scholarship to people who may be interested in pursuing a…
The town of Lamont received assistance from the Alberta provincial government recently by way of funding which totalled nearly $500,000 from the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI). The funds were broken up into two categories with $66,000 allocated to town operations while the remainder was targeted for infrastructure. The MSI is a funding program that supports…
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP came to the rescue during a routine traffic stop June 10. While patrolling in the Bruderheim area, Constable Prodanovic observed a vehicle parked at the Shell Gas station with the passenger door open and the vehicle gas cap off. The female driver notified him she had not only run out of fuel,…
Andrew School is exploring more ways to support early childhood learning by introducing a potential kindercare program which will provide care and instruction to kindergarten aged children on non kindergarten days throughout the school year. Andrew school principal, Greg Cruickshank, explained via email how the program could benefit the community. “It has been a program…
It was the mid 1950s and a young Julian Lubianisky was wandering around a farm auction sale, something he was quite fond of doing. Word had gotten out that the young Lubianisky had a good eye for the evaluation of what was being sold. So at this auction, the auctioneer found himself short of staff…
With the snow gone, the annual concern over unsightly properties in Mundare came up at council again, May 19. Councillor Jaime Burghardt initiated the discussion stating there were people in the Whitetail area storing material on properties that wasn’t theirs. “People are storing piles of dirt and gravel behind their property and using it like…
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…