Shellbrook Chronicle Th The voice i off th the P Parkland kl d ffor over 100 years Shellbrook, Saskatchewan Friday, March 1, 2013
VOL. 102 NO. 9| PMR #40007604
Shellbrook Chamber seeks changes By Tom Pierson The Shellbrook Chamber of Commerce held its luncheon meeting February 21st at the Seniors Hall. The Chamber is seeking to make changes that will make membership more attractive to local businesses. An update on Economic Development was provided by Shellbrook Mayor George Tomporowski. He will be attending a workshop outlining downtown revitalization. While he said the workshop facilitator has been successful in larger centres, “There are a number of things that we can take away.” Hosted by the province, Tomporowski was hopeful there would be things he could bring back. That led to a discussion of the Chamber’s Small Business Loans program. The limit is now $20,000 and these loans are now also interest free. “Why do businesses not want to be Chamber members?” This was an important question asked by Shellbrook Councillor David Knight. The response brought forth much discussion of the matter. Explanations given included people not understanding the benefits or that there is power in the collective. Yvonne Groenen said this of the topic, “it is on every single executive meeting we have. We talk about how we have to get more members.” Along with the meeting agenda, Groenen printed out the Top 10 Reasons to be a Shellbrook and Districts Chamber of Commerce Member. The list included such things as Networking opportunities, a diverse information source, free full page listing on the Town’s website, and lastly, which could be first on the list, “It’s the Community Thing to Do.” “We have to go on some sort of a drive to increase our membership,” said Groenen, who added that representation was made to about 80 businesses. She admitted the Chamber lost a few members because they felt they were not getting enough of a benefit. Continued on page 2
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Kinsmen Club donation to Minor Sports
Robert Chuback of the Shellbrook Kinsmen presented a $1,570.33 check to Shellbrook Minor Sports February 26th. The Money represents the proceeds of the Puck N Funny Bar. The event was held January 19th. Accepting the check on behalf of Minor Sports were Jennifer Brouwer, left and Tricia Bell. Photo: Tom Pierson
Elks take solid control of series with Rosetown By Tom Pierson The Shellbrook Elks hosted the Rosetown Redwings February 24th in front of a very crowded house. This was the Provincial final Game 2 in a best three out of five series in Senior AAA action. The Elks provided an agenda for the second meeting with the Redwings, which stated the Elks were in control and were going to score goals. Lyndon Leard scored the game’s first goal on a power play at 13:39 from Jeremy Reich and Chris Thompson. Reich made a nice pass across the crease to a waiting Leard who had the easy tip into the open cage. The building erupted. Leard said, “It’s always nice getting the first goal and get a little bit of momentum, especially on home ice. It gets the crowd into it.” And what a crowd it was, almost standing room only. Leard thought it was nice to see so many people in the stands, because it is good hockey. “Its nice to see a lot of Shellbrook people and people from P.A. come out,” he said. “We definitely know they are there and we’re playing hard for them for sure.” Leard acknowledged, “Rosetown had a lot of fans too, but ours
were louder. So that’s more important.” One of the recognized problems in the first game, was the fact that the Redwings won most of the face-offs. That story line changed from the first time the puck dropped when Jeremy Reich won the draw cleanly. Chris Thompson said, “Reich was in tonight, he ended up winning a lot of the draws and it followed through with confidence to see somebody winning a draw.” He added, “Olson was taking draws and winning them, Petey (Josh Peterson,who was a one man wrecking crew) was taking draws, as was (Jordan) Menke. We did a lot better than we did in Rosetown, that’s for sure.” The hitting started right away as well, and wasn’t for the faint of heart. The checks were solid and heavy and constant. When the Redwings tried to come back, they found it tough going as the Elks were in fine shot-blocking mode all game. In fact, Luke Fritshaw, who had a very good game, took one off the face in the third period. Continued on page 10
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