JANUARY 1, 2020
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Candy Cane Check Stop Spreads Christmas Cheer Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Local Peace and Police Officers spread some holiday cheer by treating motorists to Candy Canes on December 19. In return, travellers from near and far, wished the officers glad tidings and passed along their appreciation to the officers. “This year we had approximately 250 vehicles come through our operation,” stated Town of Vince Vandale, far left, poses with Community Peace Officer Vegreville Community Garret Perepeluk, RCMP Cpl. Ray Stack and Community Peace Officer Peace Officer Ken Ken Poloborozny during the Candy Cane Check Stop in Vegreville on Dec. 19. Podoborozny, who worked alongside his colleague some motorists offering to get and Ottawa, and some were off Garret Perepeluk and RCMP us coffee, baking, and one per- skiing and sledding.” Cpl. Ray Stack, on Highway son wanted to give us a donaPodoborozny said they have 16A throughout the afternoon. tion of $20 to buy more candy been conducting the Candy “Every year we try to set up canes. There were lots of ‘Merry Cane Checkstop in Vegreville Check Stops, Document Checks, Christmas’ and ‘Thank You’ for for around the last five years. and of course our favourite, the making our roads safer for us to He added that two years ago Candy Cane Check Stop where travel on. Of course the kids in they gave out snow brushes in we actually give out candy the cars were all smiles when the hopes of whisking away canes,” stated Podoborozny. they got candy. Surprisingly impaired drivers. The practice “The comments from the there were lots of holiday travel- of operating Check Stops in public throughout this year lers on the road enroute to far Alberta dates back 46 years ago were extremely positive with destinations such as Victoria in Alberta.
Snow Villages Themed Day at PLC
These young ones play in their imaginary snow village. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Children were able to create their own imaginative snow villages from common household items at the Snow Villages Themed Drop-In program at the Vegreville and Area Parent Link Centre (PLC) on December 20. Litania Holyk, Community
Programmer for PLC, said they set up some boxes and other materials where they let the children create whatever they wanted to with them. “We want the children to have some fun, communitybased play and have their imaginations come through.” The children also decorated some snowflakes that were put on display on our board at PLC.
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