RM Review Volume 13 Number 5
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May 2012
Avery Norris Benefit and Rett Syndrome Awareness Night
Vanscoy & District Early Learning Centre Celebrates Child Care Month in May
he Vanscoy and District Early Learning Center is celebrating Child Care month in May. The child care advocacy of Canada promotes quality child care and states that “experts agree that a high quality child care system provides all children with excellent learning opportunities to optimize their physical , cognitive, cultural, social and emotional development; experts also agree that development suffers when children experience poor quality care.” The Vanscoy and District Early Learning Center is staffed with 7 qualified educators that are always work-
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ing hard to ensure children ages 18 months to 12 years have the best care available. The Ministry of Education offers workshops to staff and management of licensed centers with the focus on the newest research on Early learning in Canada. This is apparent when you see the children learning and exploring in many different ways. Music is always a big part of Early Learning. Sheila Cole teaches the Early Learning Music Program for the Center, with each room receiving a music program 1-2 times each week. Physical activity is also an important part of a child’s day. (continued on page 7)
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n Saturday, April 21, over 300 supportive family, friends and community members came together at the Delisle Curling Rink for the benefit of one special little girl, Avery Norris. The evening started off at 6:30 with Happy Hour, with the bar being run by members of the Bruins Hockey Team and The Diamond Dogs Ball Team, both of which Kris joked "he spent many seasons sitting on the bench for." The Silent Auction, which had over 130 items ranging in value from $5 to $2500, began at 6:30 as well. It didn’t take long for the masses of people to be attracted to the end of the rink to start the bidding. A special thank you to
by Joan Rice
Nancy Durham and Meg Wagner for all their hard work setting up the auction, making sure it ran smoothly and arranging for all the wonderful ladies who assisted them that evening. It was a huge success! A table was placed near the door which had a display of pictures on it of Avery. It showed her throughout her 3 1/2 years doing her different therapies and activities, her favourite being anything in water! There were also information sheets about Rett Syndrome for anyone to take. Also, colouring books that explain the disorder were set out and were enjoyed by the many children in attendance (continued on page 8)
Skate Delisle Wraps Up a Successful Season
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kate Delisle held its year-end Carnival on March 25 at the Delisle Centennial Arena. This year's theme was "Broadway" and skaters performed their programs to hits from musicals like Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King! The finale
number was High School Musical! Most improved: StarSkater: Cooper Traynor CanSkater: Nicholas Schumacher Sportsmanship: Madeleine Yuzik CanSkater: Trenna Gessell Most Dedicated
StarSkater: Bailey Pitre CanSkater of the year: Tori Currie Congratulations to ALL skaters, who did a fantastic job at the Carnival. Skate Delisle congratulates StarSkater Quyn Larson, who competed in the St. Albert Skating
Club Springsational Competition. She set a new personal best score with a 20.06, beating her personal best score by 7 points. She placed 4th in Senior Bronze FreeSkate! Stay tuned next year for a great season - see you at skating!! Watch for posters and emails
about registration in the fall. We have our Craft Sale set for October 28, 2012. Skate Delisle is on Facebook, so please visit our page and LIKE us - share with your friends on your page!
Summer Activities Feature articles on things to do this summer
Holiday Package Contest Enter to win summer fun !
INDEX
Council Reports......p. 4 School News............p. 6 Police Patrol............p. 7
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4-H Report..............p. 9 Golfing Feature Pages 10 - 11
Gardening Feature Pages 12 - 13
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MP Report..............p. 16 MLA Report...........p. 17 Red Williams.........p. 17
Event Calendar........p. 19 Business Directory...p. 18 Business Classified..p. 18
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