Vegreville News Advertiser - May 10, 2017

VOL. 70 NO. 19

67 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

Mundare Garage Sale scores big!

See Mundare Garage Sale on Page 7 Cole’s to close doors

Liam is famous!

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RCMP files from May 1 - 7 Joe Machney Reporter May 1 00:12 911 report of a suspicious male outside of a convenience store. The vehicle had already been dealt with by the police.

01:32 Report of an intoxicated male getting into a vehicle. The vehicle was located and it was determined that the driver had been drinking and he provided breath samples two times over the legal limit. He was charged accordingly.

09:00 Assistance was requested in respects to a Power of Attorney regarding a residence. The situation was mediated by a member.

11:31 Report of a gate in the back of a residence being damaged. The incident has happened in the past. No suspects have been identified at this time.

14:19 Report of two teenagers stealing bags of empty bottles from a shed. The license plate provided from a four-door silver car did not come back to a vehicle.

15:35 A member observed a man smoking in the vehicle with a young female present in the vehicle as well. The male was ticketed for smoking in the vehicle with a child present.

May 2 00:46 An intoxicated female called three separate times during the night regarding possible mischief. A member spoke to her the next day and no issue was reported.

07:46 Report of a hit and run. No information was left by the other driver.

08:30 Report of a doctor calling to say that his female client was refusing to go to a psychiatric hospital. Members attended, however, there was no legal order in place to act on the matter and the female was deemed not to be suicidal.

08:53 A female was reported to be cutting herself. Members attended and the female voluntarily went to Ponoka for further assessment and treatment.

11:27 Request to assist a male having a female family member taken for mental health assessment.

12:23 Report of a family dispute between a son and a mother regarding rent. The son made some self-harm comments.

EMS attended and transported him to the hospital.

14:18 Request for information from Kingston Police service, about an investigation.

15:46 Report of a male possibly failing to comply with an order, however, the male had not actually made contact with the complainant.

16:24 Report of one student stabbing another with a pen. The student was arrested and released on a promise to appear.

17:20 Report of a male yelling and throwing things. Members attended and found the male to be highly agitated and threatening to harm himself and others. The male became aggressive and fought with members. He was arrested and sent to the hospital but could not be treated due to consuming meth.

21:50 A third party report of a male choking and assaulting his girlfriend.

The male had fled into the Two Hills area where he was located and arrested.

May 3 02:26 Report of a gunshot being heard near St. Joseph’s hospital. A member attended and patrolled the area but could not find anyone suspicious.

04:46 911 report of a break and enter inside a building. A member attended

just after they left the building. Shortly after this, the stolen items were found in Elk Point area.

06:18 911 report of a farm truck being stolen. The farm truck was later located in the Elk Point area with stolen items inside.

09:58 Report of theft of tires. Video surveillance was obtained and a male suspect was identified.

13:53 Report of an aluminum metal brake being stolen from a garage in Vegreville.

16:36 Report of a back passenger window of a car being smashed. Nothing appeared to be missing from the car.

16:40 A male was stopped with an expired licence plate that did not match the vehicle. Tickets issued for insurance, registration and licence plate.

21:09 Report of a possible drug deal occurring on 61 Ave.

May 4 13:21 Report of concerns due to a possible abusive domestic relationship.

13:46 Report of graffiti on the fence that said, “Loser, can’t stop me, old man.�

16:27 An intoxicated male called complaining about his roommate allowing a male into the residence.

19:48 Report of a family issue resulting from the death of their father. A member spoke with both parties over it.

21:03 An intoxicated male had hit the ditch on highway 855. As a member was en route, the driver got assistance in getting the vehicle out of the ditch. The member attended the residence and found an intoxicated male who had denied that he left the property.

May 5 05:24 A suspended Saskatchewan driver was located and the vehicle was towed and seized for thirty days. The driver was charged with unauthorized operation.

12:50 Due to a wellbeing check, a male was found deceased in his home.

14:02 Report of possible theft and fraud between family members involving a personal directive. Still under investigation.

17:54 Report of a break and enter to a residence. A door had been kicked in and medication and jewellery had been taken.

22:05 911 hang-up. Members attended and located an intoxicated male who did not want another male in the house.

23:20 A male reported that his roommate broke some of his stuff and punched him in the face. The situation was mediated and no charges were laid.

May 6 03:15 A male was located highly intoxicated at Egg Park. As his friends were not able to control him, he was lodged in cells until sober.

20:19 Report of a semi-truck all over the road. A member located the vehicle and issued the driver a verbal warning.

May 7 07:27 Report of vandalism to a parking shelter. Member attended and it appeared that the damage was caused by the wind. When the member requested information from the complainant, the member was sworn at and told to leave the property.

15:15 Report of threats from a brother to his sister’s boyfriend. Still under investigation.

During the week 2 false alarms, 1 false 911, and 71 calls for service in total.

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The Promised Land is a state of mind Joe Machney Reporter Back in the day when the settlers came to North America, they sent word back to their families in Europe that this new land they discovered, was merely rediscovered by Europeans.

It was the Promised Land where their dreams become reality and where anything is possible.

This state of mind became the foundation of what eventually would become the United States of America and Canada.

The groundwork was laid out for industries that advanced in technology, economy, and industrial growth. But the question remains to be asked, are we happy? Is this still the Promised Land as it was called back in the day?

The idea of the Promised Land is about looking for a better life outside of yourself in the form of people, places, possessions and everything else that is external to you. It is also about, and this is the most important bit, the future and looking into the future for your happiness.

When an entity is created, be it a company, a country, or anything that has some sort of concreteness to it, there is a life that is built with it. It has an energy with it that is a combination of all the people that helped to create it. Sort of like a baby being born and having the genetics of both its parents.

As more people from Europe and then from elsewhere began to settle North America with the hope of the Promised

Land fulfilling their dreams and desires, the consciousness of the land continued to be impregnated with these futureprojected expectations. The key here is ‘future-projected’ which lines up with ‘Promised Land’ very nicely in the sense that neither of them is in the NOW moment state of mind.

I am not implying that goals or aspirations are wrong or bad, I am saying that if you are continually looking to the future then you are not in gratitude for what you have at the moment and if that is the case, then it is not possible to be at peace with yourself and the world around you, which you have collectively helped to create, along with the help of the foundation that the two countries were born from.

If you believe that what you need to be happy or fulfilled is in your future as a “Promised Land” at some point in time, then you will never get there. The reason for this is because your mind has created expectations which are uncontrollable and unpredictable. This is where the adage, “going with the flow” can be helpful because what you feel is your own Promised Land is not the same for another and setting yourself free from others’ perceptions is definitely a path to your own Promised Land.

When you begin to free yourself of expectations from the people around you and your own mind, then the clarity and freedom that will come from dropping those heavy burdens will truly be the Promised Land that you have been seeking.

Two Hills RCMP investigate vandalism to vehicle Corporal Chris Warren Two Hills RCMP - Media Relations Officer During the overnight hours of April 29, 2017, a grey pickup truck in a northeastern neighbourhood of Two Hills was vandalized by unknown suspect(s). Investigation revealed a sharp object was used to damage the entire side of the vehicle from bumper to bumper.

Two Hills RCMP are requesting anyone with information regarding this incident to contact them at 780-657-2820 or call your local police. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), by internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by SMS (check your local Crime Stoppers www.crimestoppers.ab.ca for

Correction: Mention of the Vegreville Denture Clinic was missed in the celebration of the Oral Health Proclamation in the April 26 edition of the NewsAdvertiser. We would like to apologize for this error.

Name: Lori MacDonald Occupation: Educational Assistant Likes: trees, outdoor patios Dislikes: cold weather, mean people

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Cole’s Western Wear to close its doors in June

Manager Shirley Reithmayer, Daryl Cole and Pam Cole of Cole’s Western Wear

Joe Machney Reporter Cole’s Western Wear has been a part of Vegreville’s landscape for 17 years.

“People would stop here on their way into Edmonton from Saskatchewan to pick up some clothes or boots,” Daryl Cole, who co-owns Cole’s Western Wear with his wife Pam, stated.

“It’s been a great seventeen years, the community has been very supportive,” Daryl said. “I’ve been doing business with my Tucker Trail Saddle brand right across the country as well, not just in the Vegreville district. I’m the largest dealer for Tucker Saddles in Canada.”

There were a lot of factors that lead to the decision to close the store, one of them being the present financial climate. “We’re trying to sell it as a business, I don’t want to see another empty store in Vegreville. I want to see someone take it over as a western wear store.

It’s listed with Royal LePage and I’ve been trying to sell it over the radio as well over the past year. Some people have taken an interest, but nothing is definite at the moment, but I still have a couple months to make that happen but I think I’ll end up closing the doors and then putting on sales between now and then.”

For the remaining stock, Daryl is planning on having an auction sale, but still plans on continuing as Cole’s Western Wear or Cole’s Trail Centre. “I just want to sell the Tucker Saddles

and a couple items that go along with them out of my home,” Daryl explained.

“I’ll still go to trade shows, I just won’t have a storefront. If the store does not sell, then I might use it for storage.”

Daryl had been with the Government of Alberta Fish and Wildlife for 31 years and has been farming all of his life, so entering the retail business was a big change for him and his wife. When the economic environment dictates that a change needs to happen, it makes it easier if you’re familiar and used to making big changes. “The Canadian dollar value is also making it tough to do business because a lot of our stuff comes out of the States and people are just not interested in paying that higher price,” Daryl said. “It’s tough around here as well with all the farmers having their crops still out on the fields, so it’s a combination of those things as well as my wife is wanting to do her own thing at home now and enjoy our retirement to some extent. I’ll still do my organic farming and sell my Tucker Saddles.”

“We were Business of the year, one year,” Daryl recalled. “We also had Shirley Reithmayer as Manager of the year. The whole experience was good and we got to meet a lot of great people.”

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CTF Releases New Study on the Greening of Corporate Welfare and the Costs to Come Canadian Taxpayers Federation The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today released a new study warning that corporate welfare giveaways are growing and increasingly justified as green initiatives. The study, entitled Corporate Welfare Cash: 21st Century Justifications and Billion-Dollar Bills to Come, looks at trends in corporate welfare since 2000 and shows governments are racking up huge bills as traditional corporate welfare is shifting towards an increasing number of green initiatives.

“Old habits die hard, and the consequences will be very expensive for taxpayers,” said study author Mark Milke. “Rather than concede corporate welfare doesn’t work, governments have instead come up with a new justification for taxpayer subsidies to private businesses.”

A analysis of government subsidies from 2000-2016 found that projects with a ‘green’ or ‘renewable’ focus were the dominant recipients of subsidies from the federal department of Natural Resources Canada (79% of all subsidies) and the provinces of Ontario (96%) and Alberta (67%).

“Green initiatives are tempting for politicians, but corporate welfare’s failed track record in areas such as aerospace and the auto sector should scare Canadians,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “Governments are terrible at predicting the next smart investment and changing the goal to green will not make them any better at it.”

Alarmingly, the study notes that the greatest potential cost to taxpayers still lie ahead, with Ontario’s Global Adjustment Charge—a subsidy to green power producers—is estimated to cost Ontarians $133 billion over the next 15 years. On one non-green initiative, Alberta’s North West Upgrader refinery, Albertans are on the hook for $25 billion in toll payments over a 30 year period. Absent high prices for government-owned oil, Albertans are at risk of billions in losses.

“Companies such as Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney and the big automakers have bilked taxpayers out of billions over the last few decades,” noted Wudrick. “But if governments continue with their current policies, that figure will be dwarfed by the cost of new green-oriented projects and other corporate welfare committments.”

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COMPILED BY DAN BEAUDETTE

90 Years Ago – May 11, 1927 Steam at the power house will soon be a thing of the past, as the engines have been sold and the large one already taken out and removed to the coal mines south of Edson. The other engine will go also as soon as the new Diesel engine arrives here from Sweden.

A gang of men is now at work excavating for the foundation of this new Diesel.

S.F. Coambs left on Saturday for Saskatoon where he is opening up a lumber yard and fuel warehouse. Mr. Coambs ranks among the oldtimers of Vegreville, having has a hand in constructing many of the original buildings put up on the townsite from 1905 onward.

Ezra Stauffer, a farmer of the Tofield district, has received word from the Grain Growers Guide that he is the second prize winner in a recent puzzle subscription contest. He has the option of taking an Overland Whippet or a Star car, or a cash payment of $975.

H.E. Aust of Red Willow, has taken over the Massey-Harris agency here, in succession to Norman A. Burgess, who has returned to his farm at Whitford.

75 Years Ago – May 13, 1942 Two young men, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Berezan of Vegreville, enlisted in April 1940. Both boys were brought up and educated in Vegreville. Bill, aged 25, is in Montreal in the airplane mechanical department. Harry, aged 27, is at St. Thomas.

Mrs. Phyllis Morris, wife of Dr. Harry Morris, arrived in San Francisco with her two children on the 11th, from Australia. Her husband was among those captured by the Japanese and impressed into their service. Mrs. Morris is a niece of A. W. Fraser.

Paper in U.S. banknotes now contains nylon instead of silk. One of the most remarkable things about this was is the way in which substitutes have been discovered for commodities which have hitherto been regarded as necessities. And the really surprising thing is that many of the substitutes are better than the originals.

Air research had developed an oil cooler for airplanes that works in high-altitude cold. It regulates the flow of cooling air through shutters, which are narrowed when the oil becomes to cold, so that the oil remains at an even efficient temperatures.

50 Years Ago – May 11, 1967 The opening day for the pool has been set for Saturday, may 20th providing that the renovations are completed on schedule. These renovations are extensive and costly and it is hoping that the patrons will treat the new building accordingly.

A Mother’s Day concert will be presented by the Ukrainian School children at the National Hall on Sunday, May 14th at 7:30 pm sponsored by the Ukrainian Orthodox Women’s Association.

Miss Joyce Briggs, Grade 9 student of A.L. Horton School, was presented with a special award as runner-up for the Dominion Junior High School prize in the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Essay Contest. Mr. Bill Gordon, second vice-president of the Alberta Command of the Royal Canadian Legion made the presentation to Miss Briggs at the District Rally of District #3 on May 6, 1967, at Vegreville. Miss Briggs was first prize winner at Branch, Zone, District and Provincial level, and is the only Dominion winner from Western Canada, all other prizes going to the Maritime provinces.

The Vegreville Fish & Game Association will hold their annual crow and magpie shoot and annual picnic at the Experimental Farm east of Vegreville on Sunday, June 11th. Shooters will meet at 10 a.m. at the Trading Post and the picnic will begin about 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon.

25 Years Ago – May 12, 1992 A large amount of cash was turned into Two Hills RCMP on Wednesday, May 6 after being discovered by a work crew south of Two Hills. The money, which was reportedly wrapped in plastic and totalling close to $75,000, was found by a crew digging up pipelines. Sgt. Perry Edwards confirmed that money was turned in on Wednesday but declined to give any other information.

Kids Can Sew fashions were modeled at the year end fashion show held on Friday, May 8 at Queen Elizabeth school. Kids can sew is a sewing program for children. The students range in age from 7 to 12 years and take sewing classes after school. The teachers are Nadine Strylchuk and Myra Binnendyk.

Uncle Ron Prokada performed at Queen Elizabeth school on Wednesday, May 6. The students were entertained by the comedian’s antics. Uncle Ron played a variety of musical instruments and had the children participating in many activities.

An appreciation certificate from Knights of Columbus Wm. Smolak youth activity coordinator and Gerry Rokos grand knight was presented to Jeff Maudie from Mundare school for his assistance with the free throw competitions held the past few months.

Letters Welcomed One role of the Vegreville News Advertiser is to promote dialogue on various issues of concern to area residents. We accomplish this by welcoming Letters to the Editor and allowing various issues to be debated through our pages. All letters must contain the writer’s name, address and phone number. Anonymous letters will not be printed, however the writer’s name may be withheld from publication in special circumstances deemed appropriate by the Publisher.

The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity, spelling and grammar, taste or for reasons of potential libel. The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to withhold letters from publication.

“Solving” North Korea Gwynne Dyer Never mind the legalities of the situation. Never mind morality either. Just answer the pragmatic question: Is it ever a good idea to start a nuclear war? Because that’s the notion that Donald Trump is actually playing with.

He didn’t say exactly that, of course. He said that “If China is not going to solve (the nuclear threat from) North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you.” But in the context of that interview with the Financial Times, it was clear what he meant.

Trump was saying that if China did not use the tools at its disposal (political influence, trade sanctions, withholding financial aid) to make North Korea give up its nuclear weapons and long-range rockets, then the United States would use the tools at its disposal (the world’s most powerful armed forces) to accomplish the same goal.

This does not necessarily mean that the United States would launch a large nuclear attack against North Korea. If you are really serious about carrying out a “disarming strike” that destroys all of North Korea’s nukes, you probably should do exactly that. (You never get a second chance to go first.) But maybe the US Air Force would promise that “precision” non-nuclear weapons could accomplish that goal, and maybe some gullible people would believe it.

It would still turn into a nuclear war in the end, unless American “surgical strikes” miraculously eliminated every last one of North Korea’s nukes at the same time. Kim Jong-un’s regime would find itself in the position known in nuclear strategy as “use them or lose them”, and it is hard to believe that it would not launch whatever it had left.

The targets would be in South Korea, of course, but probably also American bases in Japan. Maybe even Japanese cities, if North Korea had enough weapons left. The regime would know it was going under – the United States would not take this huge risk and then leave it in power – so it would take as many of its enemies as possible down with it.

North America would probably not be hit, because Western intelligence services

do not believe that Pyongyang has ballistic missiles that can reach that far yet. (But “intelligence” is not the same as knowing for sure, and they could be wrong.) At worst, the victims would be one or two cities in the Pacific north-west of the United States.

This would be a very bad outcome for people living in Seattle or Portland, but it would not actually be a “nuclear holocaust”. The kind of war that the super-powers would have fought at the height of the Cold War, with thousands of nuclear weapons used by each side, would have killed hundreds of millions, and might even have triggered a “nuclear winter”.

A nuclear war over Korea would be a much smaller catastrophe, perhaps involving a few million deaths – unless China got drawn in.

Unfortunately, that is not inconceivable, because China, much as it dislikes and mistrusts the North Korean regime, is determined not to see it destroyed.

The destruction of the North Korean regime would bring American military power right to China’s own border. You might reasonably ask: So what? This is the 21st century, and what matters strategically is the big, lethal long-range weapons (like nukes), not the whereabouts of a few American infantry battalions. Quite right in theory. Not necessarily right in practice.

During the Korean War, when American troops were operating very close to the Chinese frontier in late 1950, the Chinese regime sent troops in to save the North Korean regime – and succeeded.

The scenario this time, with nuclear weapons already being used on both sides of the North Korea-South Korea frontier, would be different, but it could be even more dangerous. China has lots of nuclear weapons, and delivery vehicles too.

Donald Trump is the fourth American president to be faced with the challenge of North Korean nuclear weapons, and none of them has found a safe and effective way of dealing with it. But all the others avoided making open threats of violence, because that would probably just make matters worse.

Of course, Trump may just be bluffing. In fact, he almost certainly is. But if your bluff is called, you have to go through with your threat or accept being humiliated. The Donald doesn’t do humiliation.

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Mundare Garage Sale scores big

Richard Brett, Gerald Miller, Steven Mayrand

People came from as far as Saddle Lake to check out the sales

Joe Machney Reporter The town-wide garage sale in Mundare happens once a year and it’s an event that brought in people from as far as Derwent and Saddle Lake this year in search of prizes. This year, approximately thirty garage sales were held at the Saturday, May 6th event.

The Mundare Fire Department served hamburgers throughout the event and offered people a place to get together and relax in the warm weather that the day offered.

“I felt the event went really well. It was a beautiful day, nice and warm,” Mundare CAO Colin Zyla said. “It seemed a little slow in the morning, but it picked up in the afternoon.”

Glenda Dales and the Mundare Fire Department sold burgers during the day

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Cookie cutter cops? Not Even.

Sgt Jerry Nutbrown RCMP Ponderings, Vegreville The answer is, not everything. Every person that becomes a member of the RCMP goes through the same training in Regina for 6 months. During this time all the cadets are exposed to every area of training provided at the training academy. Having been a facilitator in Regina for a year I am quite familiar with all the training provided. And it is a lot to learn.

Every cadet lives in a dorm environment and each troop starts out with 32 hopefuls. This type of living arrangement helps the cadets to work on their people skills in a fast paced and stressful 6 months. They are kept busy from dawn until dusk and most often need to put time in on the weekends. The dorm can be trying to those that have always had their space and done things on their own time only needing to worry about themselves.

Attention to detail is important in everything the cadets do at Depot.

Cadets are trained in driving, defensive tactics, drill, fitness, scenarios and law, firearms and response tactics. There are many more sub-topics covered. This is their ‘basic training’ as it provides them the foundation on which to build the rest of their experience and future training on. And this is where, what the person knows, comes in.

Our backgrounds are as different as the people that have trained in Regina. Some are 19 years old and others can in their 50s. Some are born and

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raised in Canada and others have lived in numerous countries before settling in Canada. There are women and men, short and tall, left-handed and right-handed and the list goes on. The point of this article is to show that we are not ‘cookie cutter’ cops and we see situations differently like anyone else in any profession.

We do have investigation standards and processes, protocols and a lot of policy to follow, but this still leaves room where we are all different. I hope you readers can appreciate that if you asked a 23 year old member about an issue, and then you asked a 43 old member, you will likely get somewhat different perspectives. Even if these 2 members had 3 years of service, they both bring a different background with them and often vastly different experiences. With this job being quite diverse and the required knowledge base so broad, we can’t know everything.

No member knows, or thinks they know, everything. You should get a consistent answer regarding a law or statute, but you may get a varying explanation of it based on the member’s level of experience and knowledge. We are responsible for working with and enforcing in excess of 200 federal and provincial statutes. Understanding each section of each statute is in itself impossible, let alone the intent of how it is to be applied to every situation.

We have members with a variety of backgrounds

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Myrnam Elks donate

On May 2, 2017,Terry Axley, Grand Exalter Ruler for the Myrnam Elks presented a cheque donation for $500 to the Myrnam Fire Department.The Elks also recently donated $500 to the Myrnam Ukrainian Dance Club.

such as the bank manager we stole from the Maritimes who has financial knowledge that allows him to apply a very good understanding to financial-based crimes. On the other hand, our airlines worker isn’t the most knowledgeable in financial crime but brings with him a second language and other experiences that are an asset.

I have worked long enough to be comfortable in admitting to someone if I don’t know the answer to their question or how a particular section in a statute is applied, but I do know where to find an answer. So, no, we do not know everything and will never know everything (don’t tell my kids that though), but we are all willing to find answers and educate those who ask. That is a goal of this weekly column, to share some of our knowledge that may be more common so that all the readers can know a little bit more. I know that the mechanics working on our police vehicle right now knows more about fixing vehicles than I do, but they may not know it all. However, I trust that given some time, they will figure out the problem as that is their area of expertise, and not mine.

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VCHS Junior High Badminton wraps up another season Adrienne Mills Secondary Teacher, Jr High Athletics Director The Junior high badminton team at Vegreville Composite has wrapped up another fun and successful season. Volunteer coach, Charlene Melenka saw tremendous improvement in her players over the course of the season and is very proud of their success.

The team hosted Lamont for an exhibition night on April 18th, and then travelled to Fultonvale for a grades 8 & 9 tournament on April 22nd. On Tuesday, May 2nd the EIPS tournament was held in Fort Saskatchewan, and the team came home with two silver medals and a gold. Ryan O and Liam D took silver in Junior Boys Doubles, Dawson B and Courtney G took silver in Senior Girls doubles, and Clark M and Selena S won gold in Senior Mixed Doubles. Many other participants advanced into playoffs, and played some great matches!

It was a great showing by all of our Cougar athletes.

Live from the Cafeteria Joe Machney Reporter The VCHS does well with teaching students trades, foods, cosmetology, athletics and academics but what about the arts, like music? Shop teacher Lee Corneau took it upon himself to make music a bigger part of the school environment. “I felt like there was a bit of a void in the arts,” Cormeau said. “We do have a drama program but they’re still in a building year right now and same with the band and art programs. I noticed that a lot of kids play music but it doesn’t seem to fit into their schedule, so I thought how could we make our

cafeteria space a more comfortable area that they can go and hang out and enjoy their time there?”

This is where the idea for Live from the Cafeteria came from. “I am hoping that once a month we could have students sign up and participate in essentially what would be a talent show. Some of the students are hidden gems that have never seen the light of day. One student I know can do beat-boxing and he’s incredible and nobody knew he had that talent. It’ll be a great opportunity for students to step out on stage into a friendly environment and do something.”

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Junior Gardeners encouraged to compete in contest Junior Gardeners Committee Special to the Advertiser Here’s a few tips from the Vegreville Agricultural Society for all youngsters planning and presenting a small garden. 1) Mark your rows at the time of planting with permanent and weatherproof markers. This will help you remember what you’ve planted and where the plants should be. 2) Keep your seed packages to paste into a journal.

This doesn’t have to be elaborate… a scribbler with date of planting and choices of seed and week to week entries will be a simple record of your progress. Mark down which vegetables and flowers you choose and why you like them.

Keeping a record of the name of the variety of vegetables (e.g. corn, Northern Sweet) will help when it comes to choosing items for your next garden. Some children take a few photos and paste them into their journals. Some make drawings of the plants growing taller. Be sure to record your problems also.

Sometimes seedlings are patchy and uneven.

You might have to reseed or try another variety. Solving growing problems will help you be a better gardener. 3) Ask your parents for some fertilizer. Wellrotted manure or liquid fertilizer (20-20-20 diluted) will give your plants a nice boost. 4) Judges always like to see a sign indicating which area is your garden, especially if it’s in the same area as your parent’s garden.

Judges will ask you questions about how you took care of the growing things, and will want to know that you tried very hard to look after things

yourself. 5) Remember to water gently and regularly…we can’t always rely on rainfall at the right times. Learn to use a hoe and try to identify which plants are unwanted weeds. 6) The judges will phone prior to visiting your garden.

If you absolutely can’t be home during time of judging, they will visit your yard and give you a written comment sheet later. Judges will take pictures of your garden and display them in the Exhibit hall during the Fair. Prizes are presented on the grandstand before one of the evening shows. 7) Remember, this contest is to help you have fun growing food and flowers.

Enjoy your garden!

Older junior gardeners are invited to become junior judges in training for selected garden produce categories during the Ag Society’s fair bench show competition. Put your experience to work in mentoring our new gardeners!

We would like to encourage junior gardeners to enter the Celebrate Canada 150 category this year.

You may enter this category in addition to the appropriate grade category or all on its own. Let your imagination run wild and have fun!

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Aspiring veterinarians make a very real impact from the group took part in a school-wide assembly to thank the children for their generosity and to share information about interacting with animals in a responsible way.

“Donations from children are the most meaningful SCARS receives. Nothing is more inspiring to our volunteers than when children help our rescued animals. They give us hope

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EIPS and Joe Machney Reporter The dramatic play centre in A lexandra C a n d l e r ’s kindergarten class at Lamont

process in early childhood.

“Dramatic play helps youngsters develop a lot of important skills,” Candler said. “They learn to interact in positive ways, use language to communicate effectively and consider alternate perspectives as they recognize the various roles of people in their lives.”

Following a dramatic play session during which the kids imagined what it would be like to work in a veterinarian’s office, Candler’s students started talking about how they could make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable animals in their community. After doing some research, they chose to launch an inschool drive for supplies desperately needed by the Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS). Since putting their idea into action, the kindergarten class has collected an impressive number of items including bags and cans of food for both dogs and cats, toys, leashes, collars, blankets, training pads, cat litter, dog beds, nail clippers and booties.

“We decided to reach out to our entire

Elementary is a favorite with her students. And while role playing and the use of props may just seem like fun, it’s actually an integral part of the learning

school and get everyone involved in helping out this very worthy charity,” continues Candler.

“Every morning, the kindergarten students have gone from class to class and collected all the donations, which will be provided to SCARS in their continuing efforts to care for unowned or unwanted pets throughout northern Alberta. The response throughout Lamont Elementary has been both overwhelming and heartwarming.”

As critical as the donations are for SCARS, having an opportunity to talk to students about animal welfare is every bit as important. On May 3, representatives

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SPORTS Roger McMillan Golf Memorial attracts over thirty golfers

The golfers gathered before the first tee off

Joe Machney Reporter The annual Roger McMillan Golf Memorial was held at the Myrnam and Derwent Golf club on Sunday morning, May 7 and brought in approximately thirty-five golfers who honored the man who got the course started many decades ago.

Although the day was cloudy and a bit

windy, that didn’t chill anybody’s sense of humor and the comradery that the golfers shared as they traversed the nine-hole golf course. At the midway point, lunch was served back at the clubhouse, allowing delightful reminiscing of the man whom the memorial was named after, as well as to tell a few present day ‘hole in one tales’.

“Considering what the weather is right now, it’s been a pretty good turn out,” Elmer Haluschak, President of the Golf Club, said. “Roger’s family is here and we have some of his friends that have shown up, and that’s really nice to see that recognition of what Roger started and really accomplished here. We have two tournaments that we consider to be key tournaments and this is definitely one of them. It is one of the first in the season for all the courses. Roger always had a saying that he would tell us around this time, ‘I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we didn’t get any winter kill on the greens but the bad news is there’s still sand greens.’ This has been a good event for us and a good start for a lot of people to get into the game. It’s also nice to see the young people getting involved in the game.”

“This is always a good time,” Roger McMillan’s d aughter L or na Zaparyniuk said of the event. “It’s a good way to get things going for the club I think and start off the year. We haven’t been in the community for lots Sara Zaparyniuk tees off at the first hole of years and now when we come here we see all said in front of the gathered golfers before the these new faces and it’s golf day began. “So this is a nice way to reflect great. what type a person he was and what he’s done for “Without Roger, we would the community.” have never been here,” Elmer

Aspiring vets - CONTINUED from PAGE 11 for a future where there will be no more homeless pets.” Lori Trudgeon, Marketing Coordinator, SCARS. Harmony was the SCARS rescue dog that was brought in. She was pregnant and starving and she didn’t have a home, so SCARS ended up adopting her and she had her puppies and the students got to meet Harmony and understand where all of their donations went to.

“The kids loved it,” Candler said. “They all had big smiles on their faces when they got to meet Harmony. They got to see that she was a dog who was not in a great situation and seeing how happy and

healthy she is was pretty cool for them.”

All the items that the kindergarten class collected was set up along the wall of their classroom so that the kids could get a good idea of how much they actually raised. “This event was really positive because it put into the minds of the children that animals are important and that they are worth something. We need to do what we can to help them,” Candler concluded. “The response from Lamont Elementary was very overwhelming, we had some of everything that you could collect for dogs. It was really meaningful to help live animals and not just pretending.”

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Alberta Companies Build Momentum at Foodex Japan Agri-News Seven Alberta companies were part of a recent trade mission to the Foodex Japan tradeshow in Tokyo. The mission took place from March 6-10, 2017, and included representatives from Siwin Foods, Wild Rose Trading, Wolfe’s Natural Bee Products, the Earth Group, Canadian Rocky Mountain Beef, Greidanus Honey Mill and Swan Apiaries.

The program included exhibitor and walking program options: three companies showcased and sampled their products in an Alberta Agriculture booth within the Canadian Pavilion, and four more walked the show and participated in a store tour program to gain a deeper understanding of the Japanese market.

“This was Alberta’s third year having a booth presence at Foodex Japan and our largest

New Opportunities for Alberta Companies in Australia Agri-News Eight Alberta companies recently participated in video conference Export Cafés held in Calgary and Edmonton with the Trade Commissioner Service at the Canadian High Commission in Australia to obtain tailored, productspecific market intelligence as well as information on market access and import protocols for their products.

“This initiative allowed companies to obtain direct consultation and immediate feedback from experts in the Australia market to better prepare them for export development plans to the region” says Albert Eringfeld, manager, East Asia and Oceania, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “We were pleased to learn about the opportunities available for Alberta value-added food products in the Australian marketplace. Export Café participant feedback was very encouraging and we look forward to advancing Alberta’s presence and profile within Australia through future market development initiatives.”

The Fine Food Australia Show takes place September 11-14, 2017 and was identified by the Australian Trade Commissioner Service as an excellent opportunity for Alberta companies to engage with potential buyers and explore market opportunities.

In 2015, Canada’s agri-food exports to Australia were valued at $221 million while Alberta’s agri-food exports were valued at $26 million during the same time period.

For more information on future initiatives to the Australian market, contact A lbert Eringfeld at albert. eringfeld@gov.ab.ca.

delegation yet,” says Katie Meredith, trade and relations Officer with Agriculture and Forestry (AF).

“Participating companies reported great results due to their attendance, both in terms of potential future sales as well as market learning.”

Japan is a priority market for Alberta’s agriculture sector and was its third largest export destination for agri-food products in 2016.

“Japan is a market where all elements of quality, safety, commitment to the market and price are key,” says Meredith. “It is a complex market, but with its positive consumer perceptions of Canadian products and the need for imports to meet its food needs, there are strong opportunities for Alberta’s agrifood suppliers.”

The mission to Foodex Japan was organized by AF

and the Alberta Japan Office in collaboration with the Government of Canada.

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Seniors’ care needs improvements Rosanne Fortier As of May 3rd, the census in Alberta indicate there are more for the first time ever, there are more seniors than children in Alberta.

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) representatives-Vice-President, Mike Dempsey, Vice-President, Karen Weiers and Director of Friends of Medicare, Sandra Azocar addressed the Senior Care Community Town Hall meeting on May 3rd at the Royal

Citizens listen attentively to the crisis in seniors’ care in Alberta. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Canadian Legion in Vegreville about private/profit continuing care homes in rural Alberta communities.

Private seniors-care companies receive

millions of taxpayers’ dollars to build and operate facilities in Alberta but they don’t have to disclose how public funds are spent and are even permitted to pocket much of these tax dollars as profit and this leaves it to go to shareholders and then these homes offer a lower rate of salary and benefits to employees while providing a lower level of care to the residents. The system allows it and it’s seriously harming quality seniors’ care in Alberta, according to AUPE. Dempsey said in December 2016, there was a lockout at Cold Lake’s Points West Living. This occurred due to ongoing negotiations. The employers needed more staff, scheduling, and training. Replacement workers filled the void.

A documentary that was shown ‘Numbers on a Page’ brought to light the senior care crisis in Alberta which had stories about residents being moved from the seniors’ homes that were closing without being given prior notice and transferred to other homes or placed in hospitals.

Another documentary, ‘How We Got Here’ was about how the lockout in Cold Lake affected the employees’ feelings about residents’ care and how they are determined to stand up for the quality of care that they receive.

A panel discussion was held where Azocar spoke about how concerns both public and private facility-based providers regarding accountability and system navigation for patients and families. Alberta does not mandate that facilities support resident and family councils. Recommendations for nursing home operations should include transparent wait list data, improve patient input in assessment processes, improve care by increasing mandated care hours, phase out private providers, end the expansion of contracted out care and service work and keep registered nurses in long-term care.”

A Licensed Practical Nurse, Alison Anstruther and Health Care AidesAmanda Whillans and Lianne Dumais voiced their opinions of their employment at Cold Lake PWL and how AUPE along with them will not stop this campaign until a change in seniors’ care is brought to Alberta!

A question period was held as well.

MLA Jessica Littlewood and Vegreville Mayor Myron Hayduk were also in attendance. People were requested to write to government representatives.

There is a petition to the Legislature Assembly of Alberta for people to sign that will make sure taxpayers funding gets public disclosure. This petition is available on the bulletin board at Vegreville Centennial Library and at other sites. For more information go to pwlprobe.com or stoptheripoff.ca.

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From small beginnings Kate Jackman-Atkinson myWestman.ca For much of the last year, in the Neepawa Press, we have been publishing a series of stories called “Where are they now?”. The stories are by Rick Sparling, a local sports historian who has published two books about Neepawa’s hockey history: The History of Public School Hockey in Neepawa and Amateur Hockey in Neepawa— A Scrapbook. For those outside the Press’ circulation area, or who haven’t read the articles on www.myWestman.ca, Sparling catches up with the players whose teams were featured in his books to find out what they went on to do with their lives.

The teams featured in the books played at different levels and the players were a variety of ages. Like any local team, they were a mix of true athletes and those just out to have some fun. It’s been incredibly interesting to see the diverse lives many of these men and women have gone on to lead over the last 30, 40, 50 or 60 years. All from their beginnings in the small town of Neepawa.

A rural upbringing used to be a close to insurmountable wall to climb for those looking for a life beyond the ordinary. In many parts of the world, it still is. In many poor countries, a fractured and underfunded education system and an economy that still relies heavily on manual labour, especially in agriculture, makes it hard for rural students to get the education they need to excel in post-secondary education or advance beyond basic labour jobs. In the past, isolation meant many rural residents knew little about the world, or the options, that lay beyond their doorsteps.

As I was pondering the aerospace engineers, pilots, executives, world travellers and sports stars who had humble beginnings playing on a Neepawa hockey team, I saw another example of this. The Brandon Sun had a story this week about Christopher Pugh, a 28-year-old who grew up in Brandon and completed his undergraduate degree at Brandon University. He is now a PhD candidate attending the University of Waterloo, where he also obtained his Masters degree. The work of Pugh and his colleagues was featured on the front page of the Globe and Mail last fall, when they succeeded in beaming an encrypted quantum transmission from the ground to a flying airplane. With the speed of computing increasing, standard encryption techniques are expected to become obsolete in a decade or two, as quantum computers become more available. However, messages encrypted using quantum technology are secure in the face of these extremely powerful computers. Brandon isn’t exactly rural, but it’s far from the big city upbringing people tend to automatically associate with those developing cutting edge technology.

I don’t think you’d have to look far to find people who feel their rural upbringing played a key factor in their success and I think we need to do a better job recognizing the advantages that we have here in rural Manitoba.

In 2015, atmospheric scientist Russell Schnell spoke to the graduating class at his alma mater, the University of Alberta. Schnell is a co-Nobel laureate and his work has taken him around the world, he has published 120 scientific papers and at that time, was a deputy director at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He grew up in Castor, Alberta, a town of about 1,000 residents.

To the graduating class of the U of A’s Camrose campus, Schnell said, “For me, a rural town provided the most incredible place to grow up… A rural upbringing never appeared to me to be an impediment; in fact, it gave me a great advantage,” he said, adding that in a small town, a person’s reputation is everything and in that environment, he learned valuable skills such as trust and fairness.

I don’t think that these are unique experiences and it’s not uncommon

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to hear very successful people, who have had a rural upbringing, credit it as one of the factors in their success. Not all rural Manitobans will leave their mark on the greater world, but for those whose goals point in that direction, they’re no less likely to than someone from London or New York.

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Tributes MEMORIAM

MEGLEY, Alex March 20, 1926 - May 9, 2014 In Memory of Our Dad If we could write a story It would be the greatest ever told Of a kind and loving father Who had a heart of gold I could write a million pages But still be unable to say, Just how much we love and miss him Every single day We will remember all he taught us We hurt but won’t be sad Because he’ll send us down the answers And he’ll always be OUR DAD Sadly missed and loved by children & grandchildren Sharon & Grant; Douglas & Kathy; Cheryl & Brad

MEGLEY, Alex March 20, 1926 - May 9, 2014 Missing You Always You never said I’m leaving You never said Goodbye.

You were gone before we knew it And only God knows why.

In life I loved you dearly In death I love you still.

In my heart I hold a place That only you can fill.

It broke my heart to lose you But you didn’t go alone.

A part of me went with you The day God took you home.

Sadly missed and loved by Wife Jean

STAWNICHY, Edward E July 4, 1943 – May 11, 2009 Partings come and hearts are broken, Loved ones leave us with words unspoken, Deep in our hearts there’s a memory kept For a husband and father we’ll never forget.

Lonely is our home without you, Life to us is not the same, All this world would be like Heaven.

Just to have you back again We can’t have our old days back, When we were all together, But our loving thoughts and secret tears Will be with us forever.

Ed, Dad, and Gido, You are missed so much.

Lovingly remembered, Jane, Cheryl, Colette & Families & Mickey

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Lakomski, Annie Oct. 27/1919 - May 7/2005 Till Roses lose their petals Till the heather has lost its dew Till the end of time, dear Mother We will remember you.

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KULMATYCKI, Steve Andrew August 18, 1942 – May 5, 2017 On Friday, May 5, 2017, Steve Andrew Kulmatycki of Vegreville passed away at the age of 74 years.

Steve is survived by his sisters Harriet (Don) Sarafinchan and Loucette (Elo) Paziuk and their families; his son Trent and his family; as well as numerous nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. Steve was predeceased by his parents Jack and Anne Kulmatycki; sister Lily Motiuk; brother-in-law Albert Motiuk and niece Nicole Sarafinchan.

Cremation has taken place and at Steve’s request a private family service will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the “Alberta Diabetes Foundation – c/o 1-020 HRIF-East University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1.”

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HEIDENREICH, Jacqueline August 17, 1946 - May 11, 2016 BILLINGSLEY, Frances March 4, 1917 - April 12, 2016 FODOR, Tisha January 30, 1955 - October 14, 2010 We thought of you today, But that is nothing new.

We thought about you yesterday And days before that too.

We think of you in silence, We often speak your name.

All we have are memories And your picture in a frame.

Your memory is a keepsake From which we’ll never part.

God has you in His arms, We have you in our heart.

Forever in our hearts…

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RADZICK, Sheldon July 24, 1979 – May 13, 2014 A smile for all, a heart of gold. They say time heals, but it only makes us miss you more & more. We think of you every day and shed a tear, remembering all the good times we had together. Our lives were forever changed, that dreadful day that we’ll never forget. We never got to say goodbye and tell you how much we love you. You’ve left us with beautiful memories, that we will treasure always, as no one can take that away.

God has you in His loving arms, we have you in our hearts. One day we’ll be together again.

Lovingly remembered and deeply missed.

Dad, Mom, Clayton, Baba, family & friends

OTTAWA — Canada and Saskatchewan seem headed to a legal showdown over whether the federal government can force provinces to impose a carbon tax.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last fall he wants every province and territory to have a $10 a tonne price on carbon in place by 2018, rising to $50 a tonne by 2022.

Trudeau said if they didn’t do it themselves, he would do it for them.

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Innisfree School News Anne Neil their accomplishments throughout the May is always a busy time with teachers years at Innisfree Delnorte School. hurrying to finish the curriculum in There will be no school on May 12. time before finals and diplomas are underway. Provincial achievement tests for Grades 3, 6, and 9 will soon be starting this week.

Final exams and diplomas will be coming up soon for Junior High and Senior High students in June.

Last Wednesday, the Grade 10 class went to Lloydminster for the Try-a-Trade Career Expo.

Alongside other high school students from all over the province and area, the students had a great time trying their hand at more than 50 different occupations including welding, plumbing, and carpentry. This is a great opportunity for high school students who are looking into careers involving the trades. They are also able to talk one-on-one with the professional tradesmen.

May 3 was also “Hats On for Mental Health” day. Student and teachers wore their hats in school to show their support for mental health, there was a lot of great participation for this day. Student’s Union also had Star Wars day on Pictured here is Norah Melnyk with her art May the 4, where students could that won first place in her category for the choose to dress like their favourite VIBE Mental Health Contest. Last week her character from the movie saga. art was displayed in their 5th Annual Art Gala May 6 was Grad Night for the Grade 12 students. This was their night, which they had all planned and prepared very hard for the past couple of weeks, to celebrate

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April showers brings May flowers!

New Myrnam School We definitely had a good share of moisture this spring and with that, our wild flowers areshowing up all over, giving us the go ahead for spring planting! Our Horticulture program has been preparing for this time of year for months now and our students are excited to see this next step finally arrive. The greenhouse is ready and filling quickly with an assortment of vegetable and floral options.

Beautiful hanging baskets are being assembled by the students with choice flowers and accent plants. The outdoor garden boxes are also being assembled by the construction team and will be set in place and awaiting the time to plant in a square-foot gardening style. Everyone is eagerly awaiting to see the greens start to grow!

Just in time for Mother’s Day, our horticulture program will be holding its official open house of the greenhouse in the evening of May 11 and in the morning of May 12! This is a greenhouse fundraiser featuring a limited supply of bedding plants, hanging baskets, vegetables and a whole lot more! Check out our Facebook or our website for sneak peeks! This is something that you don’t want to miss out on! Happy Spring!

Last Wednesday, the students from this great hands-on program toured the beautiful Owlseye Greenhouse! They took part in a learning session regarding the finer points of caring and managing a greenhouse. Topics discussed were optimum temperatures for growing, nutrient requirements for growing and maintaining all sorts of plants and helpful tips on planting hanging baskets and how to care for them! Students had a chance to tour through the greenhouse and check out the processing areas (for starting seeds, soil mixing, and transplanting). Following the educational session, they had the opportunity to select plants to bring back with them to prepare for their very own open house!

Participants for the 2017 RCMP Road Race competed on the somewhat windy morning on May 2 on a stretch of Highway 29 from St. Brides to St. Paul. This race sees student competitors from our school division along with competitors from other divisions. Our Barons competed very well in this race! So proud of you all!

Students and staff showed their support of “Hats On for Mental Health” on May 3 by wearing their favorite hat throughout the day. Good health begins with good mental health! To get out and get active is a great way to start!

Also, from all of us here at New Myrnam School, we would like to wish all of our Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunts and important ladies in our lives a very Happy Mother’s Day! We wish you all the very best, always!!!

Curtis Anderson encourages Courage Canada Trail Ride Joe Machney Reporter The 13th annual Courage Canada Trail Ride will take place this year on May 27th. To help bring more awareness to the upcoming event, Curtis Anderson, who is very much involved with it, spoke recently at the Red Deer Main Event Horse Expo and he felt that people were quite keen to take a ride on the trail this year and support brain injury awareness.

“I also recently spoke at a safety meeting in Lac La Biche,” Curtis Anderson said. “I’ll also be speaking in Fort McMurray on May 11th. I feel the event is getting know pretty far and wide.”

The Courage Canada Trail ride was started in 2004 to put brain injury on the map and also to raise awareness and a chance for brain injury survivors to be around other survivors and horses in the sunshine.

“The best part about the ride is that there are survivors from VALID in Vegreville, Focus in Vermilion, Lloydminster and Area Brain Injury Society, and the Halvard Jonson Centre for Brain Injury in Ponoka, and it gives them an opportunity that they don’t have very often. I’ve been down the road they’re on and there’s a pretty good chance that I’ve taken the same steps that they have to recovery, and hearing that I have been able to help them and their parents to understand in some way really means a lot to me.”

The media has played a positive role in the event

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in the past. “Last year we had five newspapers, six radio stations, two magazines and one TV station that took in the ride and did interviews. What’s best about all this coverage is you never know how much the article or video will be passed around, bringing even more awareness to brain injury,” Curtis said.

“You can’t put a number on how much awareness has been raised over the years. Like last year, the trail ride will take place 1 mile North of Minburn on range road 102 and 1 ½ mile west on township road 504,” Curtis confirmed.

Curtis Anderson has also been riding a stationary bike across Canada to raise brain injury, concussion and health and safety awareness, he has biked 1,432 miles in 48 days, which puts him on the outskirts of Winnipeg. “I’m just about halfway across Canada,” Curtis said. “The furthest I’ve gone in one stint was 42 miles, and I can do that without using the handlebars so my balance is getting better.”

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Liam Hirsch becomes famous at Oilers game Joe Machney Reporter Vegreville born and raised Liam Hirsch sat with his parents at Rogers Place on Sunday night and watched the Edmonton Oilers cook the Ducks to force a seventh game in their NHL playoff series. The fiveyear-old’s hysterical facial expressions and spirited dancing landed him on Facebook and Twitter.

“Liam was just trying to get on the Jumbotron,” his mother Jamie said the next day.

“But little did we know, he was becoming famous.”

The word celebrity means nothing to the little guy, but he is aware that he’s famous now, and not just at his school yard at St. Martin’s Catholic School in Vegreville.

“Our staff in kinder-

garten promptly showed me the tweets that were going out and how he’s going viral on the NHL feed on Twitter, so we’ve posted that,” Melanie Sorochan, assistant principal at St. Martin’s Catholic School said. “I’ve retweeted that as our famous kindergarten student, so we are very excited that Liam’s put our little school on the map!”

Her son’s instant fame took his mother by surprise.

“I look in my purse and look at my phone and I have 30 text messages from friends and family letting us know that he was on TV. And we had videos and pictures and it went all over Facebook and Twitter,” she said. “I’ve got calls from my sister who lives in Texas and she saw it. So did friends of hers in Hong Kong!

Honestly, we just didn’t expect this.”

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Nancy Worobec is a devoted mother and daughter Rosanne Fortier Nancy Worobec is a devoted mother to her two sons, Owen who is 12 years old and Gavin who is 9. Nancy is a member of the sandwich generation where she frequently visits her father who resides at Heritage House. Her remaining time is devoted to teaching and volunteering in the community.

Nancy was elated when her sons were born. “I couldn’t believe it because I had a very tough labor when Owen was born. I also felt overwhelmed because I was now responsible for a life and taking care of someone. I struggled a bit with postpartum the first month after Owen was born because it was tough being a new mom and having to try to figure it out and see if I was doing everything

right. Once I settled in, I realized that I could do this and I had a lot of support from my family, friends and my husband.”

Nancy said she was fortunate to see her sons grow and develop at an early age because her career was flexible. She heard their first words and saw them take their first steps and couldn’t believe how quick this happened.

“Shortly after I had Owen, I started tutoring. My husband would go to work and when he got home, I would go and tutor.

I love teaching and this was nice because I had the flexibility to spend time with my children and work too.”

“My sons are very different.

We had more challenges with Owen because he was diagnosed with Aspergers. So, we had to learn how to deal with that and get extra help for him.

He has a bit more trouble socially and getting adjusted to transitions. We had professionals help us to accommodate for his needs and he has blossomed very well and become a mature individual.

Owen is brilliant in so many ways. He says many extraordinary things like when he was six-years-old he asked, “Do all particles have a magnetic field?”

Nancy Worobec with her father, her husband and two sons-Owen and Gavin. (Photo/submitted)

“Gavin is very outgoing and sociable.

He’s a charmer and he likes to please people,” Nancy explained.

Nancy feels that motherhood is harder now than a generation ago because more mothers work out of the home and it is a challenge to find time to spend

with their children. “Before the parents were involved doing the chores and things with their kids. Nowadays people have to plan time together.”

“I have taken on the role of caregiver for my dad as my mother lives in her own home in Valleyview. It takes the pressure off of her so she can take care of herself and work towards transitioning off the farm she lives on. I take the boys to visit my dad to socialize and play games and they all enjoy this.”

“We like to go and visit my husband’s parents in Kelowna every year. Our family participates every year in the Oka naga n Run at Thanksgiving. Owen did a 21 km race which is a half marathon. My husband usually does the 21 or 42 km. We are trying to train Gavin to run as well.

We also like hiking, going on road trips, playing video games like RockBand, having movie nights, visiting local parks, golfing and other activities.”

“Currently I have a student I tutored staying with us, so she can finish her high school. Her parents are in Saudi Arabia now. I’m like a mother figure to her and she’s a sister figure for my boys. They look up to her,” Nancy concluded.

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FRIDAY @ 5PM. DEADLINE FOR ALL ADS Rod Kusiek from Rod’s Greenhouse was the Vegreville Garden Club’s guest speaker at the March 27th meeting. He spoke about new varieties and the ones he is going to be growing at the greenhouse this coming year. Members and guests were enlightened by some of the plants that can grow here and also the best results from the care of these plants and getting us enthused about planting for this spring. The Vegreville Garden Club members held a seed exchange during their meeting on Monday, April 24 and members and guests took exchanged seeds home at no cost.

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Heritage House Spring Tea Rosanne Fortier Despite the stormy weather outside, a spring feeling was in every corner of Heritage House Spring Tea on April 26.

Every person who attended this tea had a choice of strawberry or blueberry shortcake, tea, and coffee. The citizens commented that the cake was as deli-

cious as it looked.

President of Resident Council, Jo-Anne Fried said the purpose of Heritage House Resident Council Spring Tea is to lift the spirits of Heritage House’s residents and others who attend the tea. “The staff and volunteers have made a great effort to decorate with live flowers and crisp, colorful tablecloths and napkins. In

Mary Eliuk, Janet Duckett and Sylvia Tracey enjoy the tea and socializing. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

addition to tea and cake, we had door prizes, two raffles, and a 50/50 draw.

The monies raised go to provide entertainment, flowers, gardening, and other recreational activities for the residents.”

Recreation aid, Kathy Sawchuk added that they wanted to welcome spring and have a social gathering for residents and their friends and family members.

Heritage House received a lot of dona-

tions from residents, staff and family members for the raffle prizes and General Manager, Alexis Bauer created a lovely fairy pot for one of the door prizes.

Gladys Palahniuk, Ruby Kassian, Agnes Shukalak, Bev Homeniuk, Marian Leniski, Effie Lazowski,Vernon Tanasichuk, Dale Duke and Nancy Duke enjoy the tea and socializing. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

General Manager, Alexis Bauer stands besides the lovely fairy pot she created for as one of the door prizes. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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Vegreville Royal Purple Annual District Meeting

Lady Anne Stefancik, Pauline Herzog(Vermilion), PPPres. Joan Turner, DD Shirley Preuss, Provincial Pres. Anita Kitz, PPPres. Evelyn Nawrot, Anne Chudyk (Myrnam) HRL Shirley Rattray,Vegreville.

Back: Treasurer PHRL Marjorie Henderson, PHRL Rose Hook, Elizabeth Chudyk, PDD Barb Schmidt(Vermilion), PPChaplin Dee Pardely, HRL Pat Shimko(Vermilion), HRL Arvilla Hess(Mannville),

DD Shirley Preuss Submitted Vegreville Royal Purple Lodge#125 hosted the Annual District Meeting on April 22, 2017 at which 27 members attended. Our apologies to His Honour, Mayor Myron Hayduk, who was to bring greetings from the Town of Vegreville. There was a communications error and we missed out! However, we did have a successful meeting. Our Provincial President, Anita

Pianist PHRL Enid Theophile, PDD Joyce Porayko, Loyal Lady Janet Kobylnyk, Lillian Trachuk(Myrnam), PDD and Secretary Lillian Konieczny, Olga Metrunec(Myrnam), Lecturing Lady Elsie Hunka, Conductress PHRL Marian Lemiski, Effie Lazowski, Chaplain PHRL Marion Baxandall, PDD Mary Karboshewski(Myrnam) and alternate Pianist, PDD Joan Hall(Vermilion).

Kitz, Past Presidents Evelyn Nawrot and Joan Turner, the later being Ist vice for Provincial, honoured us with their presence. Lodge members arrived from Vermilion Lodge # 108, Mannville Lodge # 205 and Myrnam Lodge #242. HRL Shirley Rattray opened the meeting and at the appropriate time, handed the gavel to District Deputy Shirley Preuss who presided over the meeting. The draping of the charter in memory of six departed sisters was gracefully performed by Vermilion

Lodge. After the official business was dealt with, lots of door prizes and in house raffles were won by many deserving ladies. We appreciated the catering by Diane Fausak. Sadly to say, this was the last official meeting of our district but we will continue to meet, in future, by having an Annual fun get-together. Many thanks to all who participated and helped to make this a memorable event.

Wendy Brook Festival Bursary Concert Rosanne Fortier Seniors love to hear quality local performers. On May 4, Homestead Lodge’s residents were treated to the Wendy Brook Festival Bursary Concert which featured 11 performers who were bursary award winners at the Wendy Brook Festival in March. President of Wendy Brook Festival, Anna Tomyn said the bursary winners will use their funds

towards summer music or drama camps.

The concert opened with everyone joining in to sing, O’Canada.

The first performers, Josie Lutzak and Julia Dolejsi performed an interesting version of a vocal duet, ‘It’s a Hard Knock Life,’ that included musical theatre and had props in it.

Abigail Rumble performed some piano pieces next-Elephant Walk and Grandma

with plenty of confidence and grace.

Barbara Rybchuk continued with the vocal piece, A Blackbird Singing where her soft voice was capable of reaching high notes and this created a pleasant performance.

Shade Clark performed energetic fiddle pieces which she shone at.

Dylan Vadnais did a speech arts performance next where her clear voice and expression held the audience’s attention well.

Clayden Lutzak was up than with his

skillful fiddle piece.

Jennifer DeForest did a fiddle performance of ‘Shades of Dawn’ where the music was pleasant and seemed to match the title.

Senera, Amber and Callie Austin performed the final piece which included musical theatre and plenty of interaction and smiles from the audience.

Each of these performances was wellreceived by the audience and Homestead Lodge treated everyone to refreshments and socializing afterwards.

The 11 performers who received Wendy Brook Festival Bursary awards in no particular order-Josie Lutzak, Julia Dolejsi, Abigail Rumble, Barbara Rybchuk, Shade Clark, Dylan Vadnais, Clayden Lutzak, Jennifer DeForest, Senera Austin, Amber Austin, and Callile Austin.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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VVA Spring Art Show and Sale

Trading post display of artwork and items that depicted scenes from the past 150 years in Canada.

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Rosanne Fortier The beauty and creativity from the past were brought back to life at the Vision of the Past Canada 150 Vegreville Visual Artist Spring Art Show and Sale on May 5 and 6 at Vegreville Sunshine Club Centre.

Upon entering, there was a trading post display of artwork and items that depicted scenes from the past 150 years in Canada. The artwork featured an older barn called, ‘Just Resting’ which was an acrylic painting done by Betty Klein. Home Grain, ‘Before Progress’ was an acrylic painting done by Leona Johnson. Artists-Martha Die, Lois Bienvenue, Dianna Sapara, Vivian Annell, Lorraine McKneely, Suzanne Malo, Kari Fell and Diane Fausak’s art pieces were also at this exhibit.

Marg Varga said VVA presented this event because they wanted to celebrate

spring and honor Canada 150. “It was also meant to continue to promote and support Vegreville Visual Artists and artists from local areas. This is an opportunity to purchase something that is unique and from our community for your mother. People say their mother loves horses or old cars and barns. You will find something here that has more thoughts than a store bought gift. There is artwork available to meet all budgets and satisfy all tastes. We also hold it to encourage new artists.”

Tanya MacKay was a new artist at the show. “I like to create western theme stuff. My favorite mediums are pencil and oil paints,” Tanya said.

Catherine Dowhaniuk created her artwork with chalk/soft pastel, pencil crayons and pencil. Her pencil crayon artwork looked amazing. Catherine

said she created this effect from layering the colors and putting it on a wooden plaque. She finishes them with a clear fixation to make it look shinier.

Other artists at the show were Marg Varga, Lorraine Ziegler, Gloria Sen,

Deserrie Ruptash, Joyce Bryden, Lorraine McNeely, Leora Johnston, Valerie Zimmel, and Pam Cole. A pop-up restaurant by Mark and Catherine Dowhaniuk and concession was available.

Featured VVA Artists- In no particular order- Betty Klein, Leona Johnson, Martha Die, Lois Bienvenue, Dianna Sapara,Vivian Annell, Lorraine McKneely, Suzanne Malo, Kari Fell, Diane Fausak, Marg Varga,Tanya MacKay, Catherine Dowhaniuk, Lorraine Ziegler, Gloria Sen, Deserrie Ruptash, Joyce Bryden, Valerie Zimmel, and Pam Cole. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

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Don Harfield retires after 42 years!

Rosanne Fortier and Joe Machney Don Harfield is retiring after 42 years as a dedicated professional where he enjoyed the diversity and challenge working in the oil & gas industry (20 years), the pulp & paper industry (10 years), commercial engineering (overlapping 4 years), and most recently in research and development (11 years) for the Alberta Government. In total, Harfield spent 42 years as a Professional Engineer working in the four western Provinces after graduation from the University of Alberta in 1975 as a Mechanical Engineer. “I found that I was called upon to apply my engineering and scientific skills in areas much broader and deeper than the initial training I received at university. Beyond engineering, I also became a Project Management Professional in 1990 which has greatly enhanced my effectiveness in industry and research,” Harfield stated.

“The advances that impressed me the most in the oil and gas industry was that I was a key part of a three-person task force to develop new drilling and completion practices which greatly increased well performance and gas field production levels in the Suffield Military Block while accommodating the stringent interface requirements of the Canadian and British military scheduled maneuvers. I was later responsible for leading a facilities engineering team which designed and installed natural gas storage compression facilities within the Suffield military block which revolutionized gas supply contracting in western Canada and the US. “I found the pulp and paper industry to be highly cost driven to increase profit margins at a time of increasing worldwide competition outside North America.

Reliability and innovation were and still are the biggest challenges to remain competitive,” Harfield explained.

Harfield feels he was privileged to work for the government because the government has a significant role in developing commercial technologies to improve our economy and environment. “I am pleased to apply my industrial and engineering skills alongside other engineering and scientific specialists to improve the effectiveness and reliability of the technologies we are developing. Working for the government, my role is that of serving the public through scientific research.”

“Our children are grown up and have now become successful in their own careers. It is time for my wife and I to move on to the next phase of our lives together as we continue to live in

Vegreville. My retirement plans are to spend more time with my wife Donna, our family and elderly parents while continuing to volunteer in the community. I expect that I will continue to enjoy gardening, traveling, refining my cuisine talents and keeping an active interest in the field of scientific research and development. I’m hoping that the “honey do list” doesn’t get too long, and more grandchildren come our way!”

Don’s retirement party was held at InnoTech Alberta on April 28, and was celebrated with his family and co-workers who have had the pleasure to work with him and enjoy his company and contributions to Vegreville and the engineering profession. Also in attendance was Semeniuk, who served as the emcee, MLA Jessica Littlewood, Mayor Myron Hayduk, Managing Director for InnoTech Alberta Ross Chow, Harold Krenkel Functioning Manager of Processing Technolog y, and Collaborator’s address Lakeland College Director of Applied Research and Innovation Diane Harms.

Also attended were some of his colleagues who said a few words. His son Stephen Hartfield mentioned a few comedic moments from his earlier years.

A gift of personally-prized books was presented to Don. Don addressed the crowd and spoke of his career and how it influenced his life. Emcee Rob Semeniuk offered congratulations at the end of the retirement party.

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Children of Syria Rosanne Fortier Most people remember their childhood fondly where their main concern was how their parents would punish them after they did something wrong.

In Syria, life is not as carefree. A documentary screening of Children of Syria at Vegreville Centennial Library on May 7 told the true account through the raw honesty of children of what a family in war-torn Syria at Aleppo in 2013 faced.

“This film is heartbreaking but it’s also very moving and uplifting in some parts,” Annette Schieck said.

This family was close-knit because the parents were married 21 years and they couldn’t conceive children for eight years.

The children’s father was in the army and they wanted to stay beside their father and help him. Most homes and schools have been destroyed by shelling. One of the younger girls said they died inside when they heard others got shot. It was mentioned that either they die or they’ll be victorious, God willing. The girls explored abandoned houses as the city became a ghost town.

Later, the father was kidnapped by ISIS. They promised to slaughter him. The children said there was no need to be scared because they had nothing left.

The mother missed her husband and she said that ISIS was the ugliest word she

heard in her life because they were trying to deform their Muslim religion.

Eventually, this family fled Aleppo and they landed in Germany where they were welcomed as refugees because the country wanted to grow their population since they didn’t have a lot of young people in it. The children got to like their school more and more as they gained acceptance and made friends; they were happy to be in Germany.

But after six months, some people started to protest that too many refugees were coming. This didn’t bother the children as they encountered little prejudice.

This event was one of the ongoing fundraising efforts by Refugee Sponsorship Vegreville to sponsor a family. As of May 7, $25,000 has been donated. The goal is to reach $30,000.

“The family’s paperwork is in process.

We are in contact and trying to encourage them during the waiting period,” Rev. Carolyn Woodall said. RSV is umbrella through Vegreville United Church. If you wish to help this family start a new life, you can join the RSV committee, you can write a cheque to Vegreville United Church with a note on it that it is for the Syrian refugee project or donate your bottles by putting them in the bin for RSV at Vegreville Bottle Depot.”

Refugee Sponsorship Vegreville members and helpers-(Left-to-right) Terry Kubin, Annette Schieck, Taneen Rudyk, Calista Rudyk, Aliaa El-Mezawy, Carlin Schieck, Antoinette Fortier.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Chill and Grill BBQ -(Left-to-right) Ahmed Mostafa,Taylor Febrouski, Amy Stefaniuk,Tamara Tizzard, Lily Voutier.

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People of all ages enjoy free hamburgers and hot dogs which were served by Youth Making A Change (YMAC). (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Rosanne Fortier Mental health affects all aspects of a person’s life.

That is why National Mental Health Awareness was proclaimed from May 1-7.

M.O.D.E.L Project and Youth Making A Change (YMAC) coordinated a free Chill and Grill BBQ on May 5 at Vegreville Seniors Sunshine Club Centre.

Long line-ups were a common sight at the BBQ led

by YMAC. However, no one seemed to mind as they met up with their family, friends, and acquaintances. The first 150 citizens received a plastic water bottle that had ways that people can have good mental health printed on it. Some of these were

cook, dance, play, pay attention to what you say to yourself, do a random act of kindness, leave yourself positive notes and more. This token was also a way to celebrate Canada 150.

Success Coach for M.O.D.E.L Project, McKenna Makowecki stated that the M.O.D.E.L Project is a mental health building initiative. “People need positive mental health because if we don’t have this, what do we have? The weather was so gloomy before in Vegreville that this event is one good way for people to get out and spend time with their family because family relationship building is a huge part of mental health.”

Community Programmer for FCSS, Megan Woloshyn said YMAC is an initiative run by FCSS and Rotary Club. “YMAC is a program that equips, mobilizes and inspires youth in the community. It gives youth the opportunity to have their voices heard and of building leadership skills, as well as, feel they have a valuable role in the community.

This gives them good experience because they are on different boards in the community. They received six weeks of training on how to be on boards, work with people, show leadership skill and plan things.”

There was also a free draw for self-care baskets.

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Dr. Richard Coleman considers Canada’s 150th birthday Joe Machney Reporter Dr. Richard Coleman served as Mayor of Vegreville for 3 terms from 2004 to 2013. He has seen the town grow considerably in many ways. His time in Vegreville goes further back than that though as Canada marks its 150 years one can’t help but reflect on the past and consider how it has made the town of Vegreville what it is today.

“Canada’s 150th is a historical event and provides a basis for going forward,” Coleman said. “While I was mayor we spent a great deal of effort on Vegreville’s 100th in 2006, and I was instrumental in that.

One hundred years is a long time and the town has come a great distance in that amount of time. When one considers that, they can’t help but think of Canada’s inception as well and how the two grew together in a way.

Like all small rural towns and villages across Canada, Vegreville has played an integral part in building the foundation of this great nation. “I’ve been here since 1978 and the population has increased since that time necessitating the growing and expansion of the town as well,” Coleman said in reflection.

“Since I left as mayor it has decreased.

This had nothing to do with the present administration but because of the economic situation of the province and I don’t think it’s getting any better, but that’s just the way it is.”

Since 1978 Vegreville has changed from being primarily an agricultural town into something that has moved ahead, naturally along with the rest of country. “In more current years, the town has put in the InnoTech Research Centre which has changed things here quite a bit and put Vegreville on the map. Bringing ATCO in also changed the town. But after that, we lost AGT and the four hundred people as well as CNPS being destined to be a shining star that never quite shone as we would have liked. Now with the Case Processing Centre, we’re not sure what’s going to happen there. We worked hard on that one as well.”

As a town, Coleman feels that the past administration had worked hard to bring in the shopping centres on the west end and it has been positive for the community, but with every reflection into the past one must look towards the future as well. “So where should we go from here?” Coleman asked. “I think we need to maintain some sort of industrial base and then promote it which would allow us to move in sectors close by like the farming and housing sectors. We have a good service sector that is thriving because of the fact that people farm around here.”

“I think we need to see a little bit of population growth here, maybe up to ten percent. In order to do that we need to continually promote the town,” Coleman concluded.

VCHS students tackle skills competition at Lakeland College Joe Machney Reporter On April 28, students from VCHS ventured to Lakeland College in Vermilion to take part in the 10th annual Lakeland Regional Skills Competition. Two students participated in cabinet making, Dryden Bezovie and Steven Blackadder. Dalton Zwarich and Bryce Hawryluk were in carpentry, while Aidan Bond and Doree Fradette were the two students in hairstyling doing braiding. Brandon Shirley did baking, and three students took part in automotive service. These were Blake Johnston, Brendon Giebelhaus, and Braden Hunka.

Overall the students did very well, according to their shop teacher Lee Corneau.

“In cabinet making, we got gold and silver in carpentry,” Lee Corneau said.

“Brandon Shirley took third in baking and Blake Johnston won third place for auto service. The student in carpentry put together a chicken coop which took five and half hours to build. That was incredible because some of the students who take that on don’t even get to finish. Out of eight competitors, two of them didn’t complete.

We had an extra spot open with a day and a half left until the competition and so I asked one of my grade nine students, Bryce Hawryluk and he was all for it! The guy was up against high school kids and he did well. He finished his project, which was great. I’ll have him for grade’s ten, eleven and twelve too.”

“Our two students who got first, Dryden Bezovie and second, Dalton Zwarich, are now going to provincials on May 10 and 11. They’ll be at the Edmonton Expo centre, and one has to build a little play house and the other a China cabinet using only hand tools. So it’s very intense at that level,” Corneau said.

In December, they will hold an exploration day where the students come in and spend the morning trying out different trades and then spend the afternoon in their teams of six to eight students. “They need to overcome a challenge and in the past, they’ve had to come up with a product that could help to save lives in the event of a disaster. So the kids were coming up with prototype survival suits and special floating bridges.”

The topics that the students can cover at VCHS are diverse and incorporate such trades as video production. In this course, two students have to interview people and put a video together in a matter of a couple hours. “There’s also welding, electrical, and just about any trade you can think of,” Corneau confirmed proudly. “It’s been getting bigger every year and they want to get to the point where they want to include Junior High as well.”

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