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Mundare News Volume 2, Issue 7 Council Meetings: July 6, 21 July2015 Town Stuff Town Recycle Yard will be open CANADA DAY THANK YOU’S Saturday, July 11 from 8 a.m.-noon. FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL & STAFF Reminder: Deadline to pay Taxes We all want to extend HUGE thank you’s without penalty is July 31 - 10% penalty on August 1 on outstanding - To our local business sponsors (Please make sure you thank these folks when you are in their amount. places of business or even when you see them socially) Note to smokers: please don’t butt Platinum - Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. out your butts in the flower beds or Gold - Stawnichy’s Meat Processing mulch around the trees - that stuff smolders and catches on fire! Silver - Mundare Esso Please use any of the ashtrays Bronze: Beaver Creek Co-op, Imagine Travel, Jim’s Services Ltd., Kowal Realty, Mundare placed along the street - thanks! Bakery, Mundare Family Foods, Mundare Liquor Store, Servus Credit Union, W-K Trucking Service and The Corner Pub Congrat’s are in order to Fire Chief Glenda Dales and Deputy Fire To Gold sponsor, the Government of Canada (Heritage) for supporting us through the Celebrate Chief (and Mayor) Charlie Gargus, Canada Program on receiving their Exemplary To Silver sponsor, ATCO, for providing the totally fun photo booth Service Awards (30 years) on May - To our wonderful volunteers - Michele, Bob, Deb. Ruth, Tammy, Rosie, Debby, Charlene, 24 from the Office of the Fire Samantha and Abrey - who did sometimes double and triple duty to staff the information table, Commissioner. cruise the crowd, hand out flags, keep the performers watered and fed, move barricades and just generally be the smiling, positive happy folks wearing red cowboy Canada Day hats. Congrat’s also to Lois Zyla - nominated for a 2015 Minister’s - To Sergeant Jeremie Landry, Fire Chief Glenda Dales and Captain Shamus Brison of Seniors Service Award. Mundare Fire & Rescue for representing our men and women in service at the Opening Ceremony. We are grateful to you always for what you do for us. The Town extends our good wishes - To our MP Leon Benoit - as he prepares to retire - and our MLA Jessica Littlewood - as she to Tracy Arbuthnott, our School enters her first term - both of whom agreed to fit us into their busy Canada Day schedules Principal for the last several years. We wish him well at his new school - To the Mundare Agricultural Society for offering the Mundare Arena as an alternate, bad in Sherwood Park - and we extend weather site (which, thankfully, we didn’t have to use!) a warm welcome to Leann Schultz, - To food vendors and crafters who offered sustenance and variety our new Principal, who joins us from Ardrossan. And of course, thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the evening! The Town bids a sad farewell to We couldn’t have done it without all of this support. We have received very positive feedback on Sergeant Jeremie Landry: thank our first Street Festival - and we invite anyone with comments or suggestions to let us know. We you from Mundare and all the best want our summer events to be the best they can be in Mundare - and you can help us do that. in Cold Lake! Mayor’s Corner Charlie Gargus Life in rural Alberta certainly has its pluses. Appreciation Street fest, even though it was we can “mulch” rather than “bag” our We don’t have the traffic congestion, noise of threatening to rain. The July First Canada Day grass clippings. I know that there are the big city, or other things that add stresses Street Festival certainly added to the variety of times that bagging makes sense so to daily living. In addition, we get to participate activities that are open to us in this part of occasionally we all resort to this method of in a large variety of summer events – Father’s Alberta. If you were able to take part in the fun disposal, but if the grass clippings are Day Show ‘n Shine, Tractor Pulls, Car Crafter on July 1, you were part of something very mulched and branches and organics taken displays, Rodeos and an assortment of special – our celebration of the 50th anniversary to the Town compound on the second Country Fairs, all within a short drive as we of the Canadian Flag, recognized worldwide as a Saturday of the month, we reduce our visit neighboring communities. As a result, we symbol of a nation filled with amazing people. total tonnage at the landfill, the costs - get visitors to our events and lots of positive For your information on the business side of and your taxes - are both impacted feedback for the work we do here in Mundare. Town Operations, note that our costs for favorably. Thank you for doing your part in The pictures, comments on Facebook and dropping off garbage at the County Landfill are helping to reduce these costs. Twitter, and the many thank you notes from based on the “tonnage” that comes from us. We the “Ride for Dad” organizers were wonderful. saw a significant rise in costs as soon as the Charlie So was the response for the Farmer’s Day grass cutting season started. It certainly helps if Deadline for next newsletter: July 28 www.mundare.ca Volume 2 Issue 7 Mundare News Page 2 What’s Happening in Town … and Stawnichy’s Meat Processing. Communities in Bloom - Firstly, a huge redecorating to be done. Mary Immaculate Hospital Auxiliary -We thank you to all the volunteers who so Bingo continues on Tuesday evenings meet the first Monday of each month freely gave of their time to help with the with doors open at 6 p.m. and the games (except July & August) at 1 p.m. in the flower planting and weeding - Marietta, starting at 7 p.m. Floor curling continues activity room at the Hospital. Contact Charlene, Maxine, Adele, Rosie, Jamie every Monday and Wednesday at 1 p.m. Wanda at 780-764-2691 for information. and Ed; and of course the CiB members - New members are always welcome. Diane, Marion, Nadia, Margaret, Irene, County students registering for first year Jodie, Cathy, Bob, Debbie, Marg, Charlotte The garden area is looking good thanks to post-secondary study can apply for the and Michelle. the Life Opportunities Group who look Lamont County Centennial Scholarship after the grass and plant pots. We are - deadline is August 31: call 780-895-2233 The town looks great! Thank you to Frank glad that others like what they see, but if for information. for building the maple leaves for the you would like a transplant of some of our Our Parks Society is thrilled to announce entrances, Bob for making the stakes, flowers, would you please ask and not just that the Skateboard Park is on its way and Cathy for painting, and Charlie for take from the middle of the plants leaving will be assembled - we hope! - in good time mounting them. Thank you is also a hole! extended to Ron, Robert, Jamie and for the skateboarders to enjoy it for most of Charlie for digging the holes and planting Once again, we have a team of floor the summer. curlers representing Alberta in the national the shrubs in the circles at Whitetail. It is Mundare Fish & Game will be launching a competitions (Sept. 8-9 in Vegreville): truly amazing what can be accomplished new Junior Archery and shooting program Marsha Woloschuk, Gloria Balla, Joe when we all work together. There will be (ages 8-18) this fall: call Jim at 780-764- Shuler and Lois Zyla- congratulations and some more work bees in the summer, and 2138 or Marty 780-975-2293 or e-mail best of luck. we can always use extra help. [email protected]. A huge thank you to Eva Heller for painting Next Perogy supper - July 17. Perogy the wonderful flower banners in the foyer suppers have been well attended: we Our Community Garden is looking great! of the Town Office! appreciate your support. Feel free to weed and watch it grow - and please wait to share the harvest with other The next CiB meeting is on July 20th, at “Remembering 100 Years” Our Lady of growers! 1:30 pm, in the Town Office. New Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, members are always welcome. Mundare, AB - Sunday August 30, 2015 - Summer heat a bit much for you? Mass 3:00 p.m.; Graveyard service 4:00 Mundare Curling Club invites new Seniors Drop-in Center: Our face-lift is p.m.; Banquet 5:30 pm at Mundare members to one of the top sports played in Recreation Centre; Program 6:30 p.m. complete! We now have a wheelchair Canada. (Famous people who curl: George Advance tickets only for Banquet $25 per accessible door for those who need that Clooney) Call Trevor at 780-764-3965 to convenience. There is just the final person Sold at Town of Mundare Office join. Business Buzz: Mundare Bakery News - Thank you to all July 14: Mclennan Ross Junior Golf There’s more to managing your money who donated at the bakery for the Ride for Tournament than balancing your chequing account. Dad: we raised $150.00! Servus is here through all the stages of August 25: Lamont Reeves Annual your life. Whether your needs are simple During the summer, we are pleased to offer fundraiser crisp, cool salads. As always, our soups are or complex, our team offers a complete line The Practice Facility at Whitetail made from scratch.