The Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, March 21, 2018 - 7
Red Wings down early in the SJHL quarterfinals The Weyburn Red Wings lost their first two games of the quarter-finals against the North Battleford North Stars over the weekend, with the series back in Weyburn this week. The Red Wings punched their ticket to the quarterfinals by defeating the Melville Millionaires in overtime last Wednesday night to clinch the Wild Card Series. The Weyburn squad won 2-0 in Melville on March 13 to force the deciding game in Weyburn, which they won 3-2 on a goal by Cade Kowalski in overtime off a pass by Cole Woodliffe. Kowalski had also scored unassisted in the second period, and Dexter Robinson scored the Red Wings opening goal of the night. This enabled the Red Wings to head to North Battleford on Friday to open the quarter-finals, where they dropped the opening game by a score of 5-1. Weyburn’s lone goal was scored by captain Mike Eskra early in the second period on the power play, with assists going to Jordan Kazymyra and Landon Walters. Goaltender Arik Weersink was in net, facing 10 shots and allowing three goals before he was pulled in the first period, and then Liam McCloskey came in and faced 27 shots through the balance of the game. On Saturday night, the Red Wings scored back-toback quick goals early in the second period and held their first lead of the series, but the North Stars found a way on home ice, and scored the next four straight. The Red Wings had pulled Weersink in the last couple of minutes to pressure for the tying goal, but the North Stars hung on for a 6-5 win and a 2-0 series lead. The Red Wings went three-for-eight on the power-
Taking the puck out of the zone
Photo — Lucas Punkari, Battleford News-Optimist
Red Wings captain Mike Eskra took the puck around the corner to exit the North Stars zone as he was pursued by North Stars forward Cole Johnson, during the second game of the quarter-final playoffs on Saturday evening at the Civic Centre in North Battleford. play, as Cole Woodliffe and Tyran Brown each had a goal and an assist. Rounding out Weyburn’s scoring was Cade Kowalski, Jordan Kazymyra and Mike Eskra, all with goals. Two North Star players received suspensions from the
league on plays that were not called for penalties, including a spear to Eskra, and a kick in the chest to Kazymyra. The Wings look to get back in it on home ice as Game 3 was played at Crescent Point Place on Tuesday and Game 4 is on tonight, March 21, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Comp Eagles boys basketball team heading to Hoopla The Weyburn Comp Eagles senior boys basketball team will be heading to Prince Albert this coming weekend, March 23-24, for Hoopla, the provincial high school basketball championships, after qualifying at the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association regionals. The Eagles boys were in North Battleford over the weekend for the SHSAA regional playoffs, and ended up as the provincial second seed in the 4A Division. The WCS Eagles won in the semi-final over Martensville by a score of 91-37, and went on to defeat John Paul II by a score of 79-74 in the regional final. “Our goal was to participate in Hoopla next weekend and the lads accomplished that goal,” said Eagles coach Lars Guenther. “The Eagles played well and rose to the occasion against a very good John Paul II team. We are excited to meet Moose Jaw Vanier in the 4A provincial semi-final on Friday.” The Comp Eagles senior girls, meanwhile, hosted the 5A regionals at the Eagle gym, and they faced the North Battleford Vikings in their first game on Friday evening. They were defeated by a score of 63-52, with Hailey Neiszner posting the most points of any player from either team, scoring 21 points. As this was a knockout format, this loss took the girls out of contention for going to Hoopla, and went on to the consolation final on Saturday afternoon against Yorkton, winning by a score of 66-62. The WCS junior boys basketball team ended their season by winning the intermediate district championships on Wednesday with a score of 83-59 over the Estevan Elecs.
Review Photo 4353 — Greg Nikkel
Battlling for possession Comp Eagles player Caroline Manning had both arms tightly around the basketball as she battled with a player from the North Battleford Vikings for possession.
Junior curler part of Future Stars program at Brier Weyburn junior curler Shayla Moore, front centre, gathered with other Future Stars junior curlers who were teamed up with teams in the 2018 Tim Horton’s Brier, held on March 3-11 at Regina’s Brandt Centre at Evraz Place. In front are Devon Burnham of Grenfell, Shayla Moore, Chantel Hoag of Gravelbourg and Brayden Heisted of Avonlea, with Team B.C. gathered behind them.
Junior curler with Team Alberta at the Brier The Future Stars junior curlers gathered with Team Alberta at the 2018 Tim Horton’s Brier held in Regina on March 3-11 at the Brandt Centre in Evraz Place. The junior curlers, in the black jackets in the centre, include Beau Cornelson of Swift Current, Gregg Wiens of Weyburn, Chisholm Petersen of Mossbank and Morgan Mutschler of Regina. Photos — Shannon Doka, SaskEnergy
The Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, March 21, 2018 - 9
Emergency response procedures laid out for Holy Family By Greg Nikkel The guidelines for how schools in the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division reacts to emergencies was explained to the board of trustees at their monthly board meeting on March 14, covering everything from what staff should do in the event of a fire or tornado, or how to handle a lockdown from a potential threat. Superintendent Chad Fingler opened with the proviso that no set of procedures is able to handle all potential emergencies, as procedures are often more of a guideline that gives staff direction on how to handle a given situation. The procedures encompass student safety, and student protection, with safety including occasions when a lockdown or evacuation would be required. Protection deals with situations including a violent threat risk assessment, and traumatic events, such as the death of a student or staff member. One of the situations where student safety is to be considered is in the event students need to vacate their school, such as during severe weather like a tornado. In the specific case of a tornado, students would be asked to exit their classes and sit in front of lockers inside of hallways and avoid being in a gymnasium or near windows, which would be a danger zone if a tornado were to hit a school. A school lockdown would be used if there is an unwanted or potentially dangerous visitor in the building, or in close proximity to the school. Staff are to do practices of lockdown procedures so they and the students will be aware of what should happen, and the police are also to be consulted in regard to school lockdown procedures. Fingler told the board that an Estevan school had a lockdown recently, and noted this doesn’t always mean there is a gun in use or threatened to be in use. For fire safety, the Weyburn Fire Department wants schools to do four fire drills a year, one in each season, but Holy Family has elected to go beyond that with 10 drills a year. Not all fire drills need to be school-wide, as each class can practice individually through the school year. Holy Family is part of the Southeast and Area Community Threat Assessment and Support Protocol, which is a shared protocol with the local police, Social Services, both public and separate school divisions, the health region, and Mental Health and Addictions. There is a two-stage approach to prevent violence, including that all schools have trained teams that enact the protocol. Stage one involves the trained school-level teams who review threats or potential threats in order to provide early interventions, and stage two involves the community-level team which can review threats or potential threats in order to prevent potential future violence. Some examples of threats or violent threats include a student who displays worrisome pictures or language in school work, a student who reports that another student has threatened to cause significant harm to someone, or a student who has a weapon at school. “The caution is to over-react to a potential threat rather than under-react,” said Fingler, noting the community threat assessment is an in-depth preventative measure to prevent a threat before it occurs. Each class in each school in Holy Family also has a traumatic events protocol guide, which has a list of 23 items a teacher can quickly check on for a reminder of what protocols should be followed. The items include such possibilities as a threat of violence, weapons, physical assault or rape, hostage taking or kidnapping, a suicide attempt, bomb threat, tornado, school bus crash, explosion or a chemical spill, among others. There is also a guide provided for how staff should act after a traumatic event has occurred, such as the event of a death or serious injury to a student or staff member. The guide goes over such things as what to say to parents, respecting privacy issues or what resources a person could be referred to in the division or the community. Fingler said one of the challenges is to counteract the rumour mill, which can start up very quickly through social media. “We can be part of the problem if we don’t communicate in a timely way,” said education director Gwen Keith, who noted the guidelines for emergency responses “is a living, breathing document” that is constantly evolving and growing as needed. Fingler noted they go over some of these guidelines regularly with administrators and constantly keep thinking of new scenarios and how they can address them. Some situations aren’t high-profile, such as a violent threat, but can still be problematic if staff don’t know how to react, such as a school losing their water supply, as happened to St. Mary’s not too long ago.
Puppets talk about bullying in schools
Review Photo 3511 — Greg Nikkel
Puppeteers from “Kids on the Block” acted out a scenario of bullying, during a presentation to Grades 3 and 4 students at Assiniboia Park School on Wednesday. The group, from Regina, brought their puppet presentation to all elementary schools in Weyburn by arrangement of the Weyburn and Estevan Police Services. The puppeteers then engaged the students in a discussion about bullying afterward, discussing possible causes and solutions to bullying in school.
Challenges for 21st Century learning include an enormous amount of screen time Preparing students and schools for 21st century learning at times means walking a fine line in an era when children already spend an enormous amount of time in front of a screen, trustees were told at the Holy Family monthly board meeting on Wednesday. Education director Gwen Keith is connected with other board CEOs from across Canada as they stay abreast of the issues around 21st century learning, and the trends in education that schools need to be aware of. One of the advantages of being inter-connected, said Keith, is that she stays in tune with “what’s happening across Canada with technology, and what we’re doing with it,” with one of the issues brought up recently around how much screen time children are spending these days. “It’s scary when you look at some of the statistics. We have some real concerns, I’ll be honest with you,” said Keith, noting one trend being seen is that kindergarten students come to school unable to socialize properly because of the amount of screen time they get. “As a school division, we want to encourage students to use technology, but there needs to be a balance,” she said. “Kids are coming to school tired. They’re usually going to bed at a good time, but are they going to bed with a screen device?” The challenge for schools is how to be current with technology, and at the same time be sensitive about the amount of screen time children are getting. In other board business, the Holy Family division is starting to prepare for the future switch-over to a new unified student infor-
mation system (USIS) for the 2019-20 school year. Currently, Holy Family uses the Maplewood system for all student data, but a new system was chosen by the provincial Ministry of Education for use by all 28 school divisions, with nine school divisions needing to switch to it right away, including Southeast Cornerstone. Holy Family won’t have to switch over until a year from this September, but staff are setting plans in place now to prepare for it. The school division has put a support team in place to get the division ready, led by Terry Jordens as the trainer and lead for USIS in Holy Family. She will also be in charge of student services and special education. Laurieanne Bendtsen will also be a trainer and is the contact for administrators and admin assistants, as well as looking after data such as attendance and school communications. Lynn Colquhoun will look after curriculum aspects, including report cards and outcomes, Kyle Hambly will do the network setup, data conversion and migration, and Lisa Wonsiak will put the budget together for the switchover to USIS as the chief financial officer. The board also looked at upcoming meetings they will be involved with, including with the Holy Family Teachers Association just prior to the next board meeting on Monday, April 23, a joint board meeting with the Southeast Cornerstone School Division on Wednesday, May 2, and plans for hosting the provincial annual meeting for the Saskatchewan Catholic School Board Association in Weyburn on Oct. 26-28.
Stars of the Festival to be held March 21 The Weyburn Rotary Music Festival will host the “Stars of the Festival” tonight, March 21, at 7 p.m. in the Cugnet Centre. Trophies and scholarships will be presented along with performances of musical selections from the festival. There will be a middle years dance on Thursday, March 22, in the Cugnet Centre. The Rotary Club of Weyburn presents “Legends”, a musical concert showcasing the songs from the 50’s to the 90’s, on Friday, March23. This nostalgic visit to those years will feature many top hits from that era in genres ranging from country to soul to rock-n-roll. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
The WCS pom, cheer and dance teams will be in the provincial championships in Saskatoon this weekend. The WCS band will be performing in the Optimist Band Festival in Regina on Friday, March 23. There is also a division-wide Science Fair in the Cugnet Centre on Wednesday, March 28, during the day, and a high school dance will be held in the evening. Grad photo retakes will be done on Thursday, March 29. A Grade 9 information night was held at the school on Tuesday evening to help students and parents with course selection and to answer questions about the transition from Grade 9 to 10.
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
THE SOURIS CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA AUTHORITY
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Wellington No. 97 for the year 2018 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, March 23rd to April 23rd, 2018.
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Rural Municipality of Fillmore No 96 for the year 2018 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays from March 23, 2018 to April 23, 2018.
A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal including a $50.00 fee for each assessment being appealed, which will be returned if the appeal is successful, with: The Assessor, R.M. of Wellington No. 97, Box 1390, Weyburn, Saskatchewan S4H 3J9, by the 23rd day of April, 2018.
Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $50.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, with: The Assessor, Rural Municipality of Fillmore No. 96 by the 23rd day of April, 2018.
Dated this 23rd day of March, 2018.
Dated this 21st Day of March, 2018.
HEATHER WAWRO Assessor
Vernna Wiggins Assessor
Rural Municipality of Wellington No. 97
RM of Fillmore No. 96
ASSESSMENT ROLL 2018
Notice is hereby given that the assessment of the Souris Conservation and Development Area Authority has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer, until the time for giving notice of complaints has expired, from ten o’clock in the forenoon until four o’clock in the afternoon on every juridical day except Saturday. A person who desires to complain against an assessment or non-assessment may, within twenty days after the date of this notice, notify the SecretaryTreasurer in writing of his complaint in accordance with Section 62 of the Conservation and Development Act. Dated this 21st day of March, 2018. Shelly Robertson Secretary-Treasurer Box 210 Yellow Grass, SK S0G 5J0