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Rosary’s Lucas honoured with STM Distinguish Alumni award TAYLOR WEAVER
EDITOR
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The Lloydminster Catholic School Division (LCSD) was counting their blessings earlier this week, as one of their own was honoured with the St. Thomas More College (STM) Distinguished Alumni Award. Holy Rosary High School’s Rick Lucas, who began his teaching career with the LCSD in 1990 as an educator for fine arts, social studies and English, has a lot to be thankful for after a 30-year teaching career, and as the LCSD put it, “we recognize that be brought more to the teaching profession and our community than we ever could have hoped for.” “I was excited to even just get nominated for this award. I didn’t expect to get it. So, when I got the call officially from St. Thomas More saying I was the male recipient this year, I was quite
thrilled,” he said. The STM Distinguished Alumni Award is given out each year to one female and one male distinguished graduate who has made an impact in their community. Lucas was recognized for his many contributions both inside and outside of the classroom, and as he put it, “I’m a dying breed of people that
enter a career and have the same career for decades, but mine has morphed over those 30 years.” “I started off teaching fine arts and dance, and then was a chef educator, then there’s having my Masters, as well as getting ordained as a Deacon,” he said. “I’ve constantly been updating and changing, and you don’t see that often in education anymore.”
LCSD deputy director Glenda Kary was thrilled for Lucas and this great honour. “Rick is such a wellrounded individual, but he’s been so much part of the fabric, that we definitely have even noticed even though he’s retired. We still call on him for things, and we’re still happy to see him around most days.”
Holy Rosary High School’s Rick Lucas was all smiles after learning he was this year’s male recipient of the St. Thomas More College (STM) Distinguished Alumni Award. Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Aalbers, Young back Husky sale GEOFF LEE
WRITER
.................................. Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers and Saskatchewan MLA Colleen Young think the friendly Cenovus Energy takeover of Husky Energy for $3.8 billion in an all shares deal will spur growth in the long term. The merger will result in annual reductions of $1.2 billion in operating costs including about 2,150 job cuts to the combined workforce after the deal closes in the first quarter of 2021. “Consolidation needs to happen in order to lower the cost base for the industry, but more particularly with us,” said Husky CEO Rob Peabody during a thirdquarter conference call on Oct. 29. The combination of both companies will boost production at Cenovus to about 750,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with some barrels from their Foster Creek and Christina Lake (FCCL) operations potentially pushed through the Husky Lloydminster Upgrader.
“We stand in a fairly good position because of the upgrader and the refinery. They add value and it was noted, if oil prices are low those facilities can make money,” said Aalbers. “We are well-positioned. There is always the chance we could see some management positions as they coordinate things. When it comes to production and operating facilities, we stand in a really good spot.” Husky CEO Rob Peabody confirmed Cenovus could run some of FCCL barrels through the Lloydminster system based on some long-term ideas floated by Cenovus CFO Jon McKenzie. He is a former Husky CFO who knows Husky’s assets well. “He’s got some pretty clear ideas. Now some of them are longerterm and will require a bit of capital as well. So they’re not short term things that we’re doing,” said Peabody. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2