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St. Albert Public Schools

Kindergarten Fair Do you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten in the fall? Please join us for the St. Albert Public Schools Kindergarten Fair, where you can find out more about our programs, full and half-day Kindergarten, yellow busing, school boundaries, speech and occupational therapy, and much more! Free admission and free parking!

Bellerose Composite High School 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Introduction to St. Albert Public Schools 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. The following sessions will run concurrently every 40 minutes: • Preparing your child for Kindergarten • English Kindergarten Program • Logos Christian Kindergarten Program • French Immersion Kindergarten Program • Cogito Kindergarten Program

49 Giroux Road

Sat., Jan. 12, 2013 9:30 a.m. to noon Who should attend? Families of children entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2013

*Children must be five years old before the end of February 2014 to enrol in Kindergarten for 2013-2014.

Kindergarten registration is already underway! Don’t miss this chance to find out more about the opportunities available to your child and to have your questions about Kindergarten answered.

District Administration Office, 60 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue

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David Toronchuk speaks to the crowd gathered at the Sturgeon Community Hospital on Saturday for the unveiling of a new mural honouring his late wife, Donna. The mural was painted by local artist Lewis Lavoie and depicts an elephant — one of Donna’s favourite lucky charms. See story, page 3.

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They say an elephant never forgets, and one local family is hoping a giant painting of an elephant will ensure their beloved wife and mother will never be forgotten. The family of Donna Toronchuk gathered at the Sturgeon Community Hospital on Saturday morning for the unveiling of a new mural by local painter Lewis Lavoie in honour of the woman they held so dear. “Donna’s passing shattered our lives, and as time goes on, we realize we’ll never be able to put those pieces back together, so everything we do will always have a bit of a sad undertone to it,� said Donna’s husband, David. “But this mural has done a lot to help us, and we hope it adds something to everyone who walks by, and that Donna’s positive perspective and loving attitude will rub off on everyone.� The painting is located in an atrium along the back wall of the hospital’s renovated main entrance, above the reception area, and depicts an elephant spraying water on itself while children in raincoats — including her grandchildren, Belle and Caden — huddle underneath. Plaques recognizing Donna and the family’s contributions to the hospital over the years are situated on the main and second floors. David said that elephants held a special place in Donna’s heart. “Her favourite ornaments were elephants, and they had to have their trunks up to be good luck,� he said. “This painting is meant to depict Donna’s love for children and the good luck of the elephant protecting the children.� Plus, she had a meaningful connection to the Sturgeon Community Hospital, both because of her grandchildren being born there and the family’s struggle with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease. “We’ve been through this hospital — I don’t even know, well over 100 times, maybe 200

times, for casts and checkups,� David said. “We were pretty big users of the hospital, and they were always good to us here.� Donna passed away in 2008, just days shy of her 49th birthday. Since then, her family has funded equipment for the hospital’s new emergency department, created an endowment fund for the ongoing educational advancement of emergency health care workers, and made a significant donation toward the renovation of the hospital’s main entrance. Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation executive director Katrina Black said that working so closely with the Toronchuk family on the mural project was an honour. “The mural will greet the thousands of patients and visitors who pass through our halls here. It will be a place to reflect in your time of need, joy and sorrow, and offer peace, serenity and hope,� Black said. The idea for the mural came together about two years ago. The family and the foundation contacted local artist Lewis Lavoie, who immediately got to work on something that would represent Donna. “It’s always good when someone’s got a theme in their life, like the elephants,� he said. “Right from the get-go, [the family] said it would be great to have this wall with this elephant.� The scale of the painting was a bit of a challenge for Lavoie, as he worked at night for about a week and a half, climbing on scaffolding to finish the work. But the bigger challenge, he said, was figuring out how much realism to put in the painting. “That was the real challenge, knowing how far to take the image,� Lavoie said. “I didn’t want to make it look really polished and realistic, but at the same time, I didn’t want it to look like a big cartoon. It was trying to find that nice medium. I wanted it to look like something you’d see in a beautiful children’s illustrated book.�

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The owner of a home in the Oakmont subdivision that caught fire last week is now facing arson charges. St. Albert RCMP said Friday afternoon that charges were laid Wednesday against the owner of 19 Oak Point, Jabbar Jahanroshan, in connection with the fire that broke out at around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29. The fire was contained to the one home by firefighters from both St. Albert Fire Services and the Morinville Fire Department. Jahanroshan was waiting for fire and EMS

crews outside the home when they arrived, and he was taken to Sturgeon Community Hospital for smoke inhalation treatment and later released. The rest of his family was not home at the time of the fire, as they were away on vacation. The RCMP fire investigator was called in almost immediately, as Fire Services officials were unable to determine a cause and deemed the blaze suspicious. As the matter is now before the courts, further details of the investigation are not being released. Jahanroshan is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 4.

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Not many people get the chance to be the hero once. But Karly Heffernan has done it twice. After scoring the shootout winner to clinch a three-game exhibition series against the United States this past summer, Heffernan, a St. Albert native, came through in the clutch for Canada’s female under-18 hockey team again on Saturday, scoring the overtime winner as they beat the U.S. 2-1 in the gold-medal game of the IIHF Women’s Under-18 World Championship in Heinola, Finland. “It’s amazing; there’s no words to describe it,� Heffernan said after touching back down in Calgary on Monday. “It was 10 times the feeling in the tournament [versus the summer series]. I can’t even explain it.� The fact that the win came at the expense of their archrivals from the U.S. made it that much sweeter, she added. “They were the favourites going into the tournament, and in the tournament, they were expected to win it, so us coming back like that, it was way better. It was awesome,� Heffernan said. Canada started slowly, giving up a goal late in the first period that, for a long time,

looked like it might be the difference. But Heffernan said that, despite the team being shaken up by the goal, head coach Jim Fetter kept the team on an even keel. “Our coach really kept us calm and told us to get back to the basics,� she said. With just 13 seconds to play in the third period, Catherine Dubois scored for Canada, sending the game into overtime and swinging the momentum in their direction. That goal also sent the Canadian fans — of which there were many — into a frenzy. “I’m pretty sure almost every parent came, some with two or three family members,� Heffernan said. Before the overtime period started, Fetter once again settled the troops down to get ready for the extra frame. “We went into the dressing room after [the period], and we knew we had the momentum going into overtime,� Heffernan said. “But we had to calm down a bit between periods and remain focused, because we were kind of hyped up. Coach came in really calm and told us to just stay focused and not get down or anything.� Those words worked, as Heffernan scored just 58 seconds into the extra frame. “I dumped it into the corner to [Hanna] Bunton, and she went around behind the net, and then went to the hash marks and

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did a tight turn back toward the net. She spotted me in front, and I shot it far side,� Heffernan said. “[After that,] it was a blur. I skated as fast as I could toward the red line, and I saw the whole team coming toward me, and I got tackled. It was crazy; it was so awesome.� Prior to the gold-medal game, Heffernan had notched one goal and two assists through four games at the tournament. “I knew that, when the time came, I can usually perform in tough situations,� she said. “I think it was about right; it being my first world championship, I think I did fairly well.� Stats aside, though, she said the tournament was an excellent learning experience. “It taught me so much,� she said. “I was away for Christmas, but it was so special being away with such an awesome group of people.� With the tournament wrapped up, Heffernan is heading back to Calgary to continue her season with the Edge School of the Junior Women’s Hockey League, but she is already eagerly anticipating another chance to pull on the maple leaf sweater. “If I get the invite, it all starts over again in May,� she said. “Hopefully I can improve a lot more over the summer and I can be more clutch next year.�

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“We’re working hard for this, and it’s nice to see that people want to help as well,” King said. “That just makes it better.” The SACHS Hockey Marathon will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both Thursday, Feb. 21, and Friday, Feb. 22. Players are required to raise at least $50 before taking the ice.

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Three structure fires in less than a week and at least six in the last half of 2012 have St. Albert’s fire chief scratching his head. With fires breaking out at 58 Dorchester Dr. on Boxing Day and at both 19 Oak Point and Braeside Presbyterian Church just three days later, St. Albert Fire Services crews have been busy over the past little while. Chief Ray Richards said bursts of fire activity like that have happened in the past, but they are uncommon. “We have had those stretches before, but not for a long time,â€? he said. “The two in the one night, we relied on mutual aid [from Morinville] to come in and help us on that one, as our resources were all committed. Those three days, the total loss for those three fires was double our losses for the entire year.â€? Arson charges were last laid week against the owner of the Oak Point home that caught fire. The Dorchester fire was blamed on a space heater in the home’s garage, while faulty electrical wiring was to blame at Braeside Presbyterian Church. A stretch like that is the sort of thing firefighters train for, Richards added, but the activity and the weather do take their toll. “They’re here to do those kinds of things,â€? he said. “The challenge is two-fold when we have concurrent fires like we did [on Dec. 29] — it’s just apparent that everybody be ready to go and the equipment be ready to go. And then you’re dealing with winter, so just to make sure we have enough hose on hand.â€? Richards also thanked neighbours on Dorchester Drive who helped shovel snow from around fire hydrants. Richards said that fire activity tends to pick up in the winter months, when people have to rely on electrical devices to keep their homes, their cars and themselves warm. “We typically have a rash of car fires due to block heaters and portable heating appliances. ‌ That’s very common this time of year,â€? he said. In addition to those three house fires in December, fires on Balmoral Drive and on Normandeau Crescent in July, and on Bellevue Crescent in October all added up to a busier-than-usual year for local firefighters. In total, fire damages over the course of 2012 were estimated $1.4 million at the end of the third quarter, but Richards estimates the total at the end of the year would be around $3 million. But Richards said that, as St. Albert grows, we can expect to see more incidents. “You have these peaks and valleys ‌ but I think we’re just catching up to the trending going on around us,â€? he said. “You look at Spruce Grove, Strathcona, Edmonton, and we did not have the frequency of fires other [jurisdictions] were having. ‌ Hopefully we can continue on our good record of nobody getting hurt.â€? The department is currently preparing its year-end report for city council.

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Q A Q Nickname? A I don’t have a nickname. I’ve been called a few names but none that have stuck thankfully.

Q Favourite pets or animals? A My favorite pet is my scruffy, brown, mutt dog…Abby Q Vacation this year... you’re heading to? A Not a vacation really but on March 4, 2013, I will be

part of a group climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money for a group in Kigoma, Tanzania who also work with people who have disabilities. We will be spending one week working with this group after climbing Kilimanjaro.

Q The weekend in St. Albert, what are you doing? A My weekend in St. Albert would probably consist of at least one Bikram Yoga class.

Q Favourite place to eat in St. Albert? A One of my favorite places to eat is St. Albert is the Saigon Kitchen. I love their Kim Chi.

Q Your singing out loud in your car, what are you singing? A I probably would not sing in my car because I don’t even like my singing voice but I would probably be listening to the Canadian Tenors.

Q Best thing about your job? A There are many wonderful things about my job. Since I

have to pick one, I will say the people that I work with and for. I am part of an amazing team and we support some amazing people.

Q Favourite movie? A My favorite movie is Terms of Endearment.

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Q What sets your organization apart from others? A I’m not really sure what sets Lo-Se-Ca apart from other

organizations. I don’t really spend much time comparing. I do know that we work hard every day to live up to our name, which stands for Love, Service, Care.

Q Favourite thing about St. Albert? A My favorite thing about St. Albert is the people. This

community has been so supportive of us and our work.

Q Great moment you had through your organization? A One recent great moment (Dec. 14, 2012)…receiving

a medal on behalf of Lo-Se-Ca, by the Prime Minister of Canada for Social Innovation. Lo-Se-Ca was one of five winners from across the country.

Q What’s the one problem your organization deals with most often?

A One problem we deal with…difficulty finding paid

employment (supported and not) for some of the men and women with disabilities we work with

Q What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? A I have received a great deal of advice from many people. One of my favorites…Do what you love.

Q What’s the best way you’ve found to keep a balance between your charitable work and your family life?

A Balance is something I try to work at every day. When I am clear about the priorities in my life, I feel balanced.

Q If we’re heading on a coffee run, you’re having..? A A coffee run for me would most likely be a green tea run. Q How messy is your desk/workspace? A My desk is beyond messy. Q What video game or phone app are you

Q Favourite hobbies? A My favorite hobbies are reading, writing and cooking.

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Q You would describe your sense of style as ... ? A Hard question! No idea. Q What’s your goal for your organization over the next 12 months?

A My goal for Lo-Se-Ca over the next 12 months is to open an employer sponsored day care that will be useful to our staff, create work experience to some of the people we work with, help us manage staff turnover.

Q Any advice you can give St. Albert residents, regarding your organization’s area of focus?

A Any advice I have to give regarding Lo-Se-Ca…Our thrift store (affectionately called the I’m Unique Boutique) is amazing! Full of great buys and treasures. The men and women with disabilities we work with live in your communities. If the opportunity presents itself, get to know them, you will be thankful you did.

provide directions. I have no sense of direction and am always getting lost.

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