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Bob and Jean Kelly Scholarship Presentations
November 24, 2021
VVA Very Festive Art Show and Sale
Some of the VVA artwork. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
As part of Town of Vegreville A Very Vegreville Christmas, Vegreville Visual Artists, (VVA) Very Festive Art Show and Sale was offered at Vegreville Centennial Library gymnasium on November 20. The show featured 16 local artists who showcased every medium of art imaginable. Approximately, 160 people attended the popular art show. Ingrid Schulz was a new Vegreville Visual Artist on the scene. Ingrid said she has been an artist all her life. “But I have only been part of VVA for a few months. Mostly I deal in fluid art which is like pour art and abstract forms of art. Also, I like to make jewelry, coasters, and of course, fluid art paintings. I really enjoy belonging to VVA as it allowed me to come to this sale and be out
RCL Branch No. 39 President, Terry Kuzyk presents the RCL Branch No. 39 Bob and Jean Kelly Memorial Scholarship to Chelsea Kuhn. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
RCL Branch No. 39 President, Terry Kuzyk presents the RCL Branch No. 39 Bob and Jean Kelly Memorial Scholarship to Hailey Nichol. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
in the community and showcase my art. President of VVA, Marg Varga said VVA worked in partnership with Vegreville Tourism, Recreation and Culture Board and Vegreville and District Chamber of Commerce to host this event. “Our objective is always to share visual arts with our community. We believe that art is uplifting. We want people to see the diverse local talent that is in Vegreville and area too. They appreciate the rocks, windows, and posts that we painted but this shows where it comes from and what else we do.” The artists who participated at this event were Betty Klein, Connie and Ken Baxandall, Deserrie Ruptash, Diane Fausak, Dianna M. Sapara, Heather Paziuk, Lorraine Ziegler, Marg Varga, Martha Die, Pam Cole, Sonia (Marak) Urquhart, Steve Ricketts, Suzanne Malo, Gloria Sen, and Ingrid Schulz.
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Diane Fausak painting at the sale. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
Ingrid Schulz. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
Town of Vegreville Supports Advocacy Efforts Regarding RCMP Retro-pay Michelle Pinon News Advertiser The Town of Vegreville is throwing its support behind the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, (FCM) that is calling on the federal government to absorb all costs associated with retro-pay for RCMP. The additional costs are a direct result of a new collective bargaining agreement that was reached between the National Police Federation and the Federal Government. Because of this, the Town of Vegreville is being asked to pay $500,000 in retro-pay by the end of November. FCM is also calling on the federal government to commit to ensuring municipalities are properly consulted on measures that would impact local fiscal sustainability and ability to maintain effective levels of police service. Vegreville town council passed an official resolution at its Nov. 8 meeting. In part, it reads, “Our municipality and others that depend on RCMP contract policing are facing significant, unbudgeted
costs that may force us to make difficult choice at a time when our primary focus needs to be on economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.” The resolution went on to say, “RCMP cost increases will disproportionately impact rural communities…and are eager to work more closely with other orders of government and the RCMP on contract policing issues to ensure the financial sustainability of contract policing, and to maintain the service levels necessary for community safety.” In a press release issued by the Town of Vegreville on Nov. 10, Mayor Tim MacPhee stated that, “Municipalities cannot run deficits and have limited revenue tools yet, even though the end result leaves us with unexpected costs that have considerable impacts on our finances and operations, we (municipalities) were not consulted during the bargaining process. MacPhee said, “We are using every tool available to us and every organization that can lobby the federal government to let them know how serious these cost passed on to municipalities.”
