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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- April 21, 2021

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Hairstylist program gives hands-on experience to students

By Greg Nikkel The Teach-and-Trim salon at Southeast College provides the students hands-on practical experience in hair styling, cutting and colouring. The program is full with 10 students currently, studying under instructor Kate Mahoney at the Weyburn campus, with the salon open for clients five days a week by appointment. The 45-week program started up in September with classroom sessions, where the students learned the theory of hair-styling, with techniques and processes explained using mannequins as practice. The students then began operating the Teach-andTrim salon in January, and will go until the end of July. “It duplicates a hair salon in every way, and by the end they should be completely independent,” said Mahoney, adding having actual clients come in for a hair cut or style will help the students make the transition into a salon business.

When the girls first began having clients, whether it was a family member, friend or someone from the public, they were very nervous and dependent on her to help them. “It’s when they learn the most,” said Mahoney. “It mimics a real salon in so many ways.” During the program, she also tries to bring in educators from the community, from different salons in the city or from Regina, to bring their expertise to the classroom. The services range from cuts, colours and perms to skin care, waxing, styles and treatments. As the salon follows all COVID protocols, including a questionnaire at the door before coming inside, no walk-ins are permitted, but appointments can be made by calling 306-8482509. The program can also be followed in Instagram, @southeastcollegeteachandtrim. The posts feature student work, in-class competitions and salon specials.

Getting hair styled by a granddaughter

Review Photo 7563 — Greg Nikkel

Diane Kittelson had her hair styled by her granddaughter, Karli Kittelson, at the Teach-and-Trim salon on Saturday at Southeast College. Karli is one of 10 students currently enrolled in the hairstylist course, and the Teach-andTrim salon allows the students to have practical hands-on experience in styling, cutting and colouring of hair.

Holy Family School Division gets funding for COVID sanitization By Greg Nikkel The third phase of COVID funding for the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division will basically provide funding for sanitization supplies for the balance of the school year, trustees heard at their monthly board meeting, held via Zoom. Finance director Lisa Wonsiak noted the province had restrictions as to what funding the school division could apply for, as in this phase only funding for sanitization was being accepted. Holy Family was approved for $125,000 in funding, but only $103,000 will be new money, as this will include $22,000 left over from the Phase 2 funding. The school division will also get pandemic support for the 2021-22 school year, which includes $163,180, with $34,700 in support for PPE, for a total of $197,880. This money will be counted as revenue in this current year, but it’s a restricted fund that can’t be used until the next school year. The school division has to provide the province with a report about how they have used funding from phases 1-3 for COVID response by the end of July. Wonsiak noted that most school divisions are under their threshold for funding. “We are walking into fall

with $200,000 (for COVID). We’re going to have to tighten our belts to address the needs of COVID, and hope that we’re in a different stage with COVID in the fall,” said Gwen Keith, education director. On the issue of rapid testing, Keith noted the school division has rapid test kits at the board office, but they are expected to work with local medical health officials on the use of these kits. “To date, they have not given us any guidance on this at all,” said Keith, noting that local health officials are very busy responding to local COVID cases, including doing contact tracing of new cases as they arise. There are meetings held every week with local medical health officials, to keep tabs on what is happening with the pandemic locally, said Keith, and rapid tests have been on the agenda of those meetings, but they haven’t been able to get to it yet. At the provincial level, they were told there are two organizations lined up to help do the rapid testing, but they don’t know who the organizations are, she added. • In other board business, Keith noted there is an interim plan being worked on for the next school year, and it will lead into a new 10-year plan for education in Sas-

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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LAKE ALMA NO. 8

katchewan. For the interim plan, the education directors have been divided up into three main focus areas. The three areas are a strong economy, strong community and strong families, with a view to provide responsive student-centred curriculum, said Keith, with a heavy focus on First Nations, and on partnerships with different stakeholders. One of those stakeholders will be an education council, which will give feedback on

the directions education is going in the province. “I’m a little worried about the next one, on practical innovation. I don’t see much innovation compared to what Holy Family is doing,” said Keith, noting the innovation referred to seems to cover more about what divisions have been doing to adapt to COVID restrictions, and learning under Level 4. “I don’t see any 21st century innovation in here. That’s their interpretation of

FOR SALE BY TENDER

VACANT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE IN WEYBURN For tender:

a 50’x120’ vacant residential lot located at 132 7th Street N.E., Weyburn, SK. Legal description: Lots 8 & 9, Block 41, Plan S1405 (minerals included) Tenders must be: - in writing with a certified cheque (payable to the undersigned) for 5% of the offered price as a deposit; and - placed in a sealed envelope which reaches the undersigned by 10:00 a.m. CST Friday, April 30, 2021 Balance of offered price is payable by cash or financing arrangements (satisfactory to the undersigned) when notice of intention to accept the offer is given. Cheques of unsuccessful tenders will be returned. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Horner Law Office 21 - 5th Street N.E. Weyburn, SK S4H 0Y9

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GRIFFIN NO. 66

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Lake Alma No. 8 for the year of 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, April 23 to June 23, 2021.

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Griffin No. 66 for the year of 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, April 23 to June 24, 2021.

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 with: The Assessor R.M. of Lake Alma No. 8 Box 100, Lake Alma, Saskatchewan S0C 1M0 by the 23rd day of June, 2021.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor R.M. of Griffin No. 66 Box 70, Griffin, Saskatchewan S0C 1G0 by the 24th day of June, 2021.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 2021.

Myrna Lohse Assessor

Tawnya Moore, Assessor

what innovation is,” she added, noting there will also be a focus on equitable access to education. “We’ll wait and see what happens with equity on that.” “This is certainly the pathway for next year, and how the budget is focusing on these priorities,” said Keith,

adding there is also a focus on mental well-being, reading, and supports for learning. “I do not expect we will get finalization on these until May. We need to get busy on working on our goals,” said Keith. “This is also looking at the start of a 10-year plan.”

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VILLAGE OF HALBRITE

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Halbrite for the year of 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday from April 23 to June 23, 2021. 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 desires to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $150.00 per appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful with: The Secretary, Board of Revision Village of Halbrite Box 10, Halbrite, Saskatchewan S0C 1H0 by the 23rd day of June, 2021. Dated this 23rd day of April, 2021. Lloyd Muma, Assessor

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WEYBURN NO. 67

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67 for the year of 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection by contacting the office of the Assessor of the municipality at (306) 842-2314 or by email at rm.67@sasktel.net from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, April 23 to June 23, 2021. 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 accompanied by a $100.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful with: The Secretary of the Board of Revision, Aileen Swenson 2405 Gordon Road Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 4M4 by the 23rd day of June, 2021. Dated this 23rd day of April, 2021. Jenna Smolinski Assessor

Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- April 21, 2021

Rotary hears details of motorcycle trip through Africa

By Greg Nikkel Andrew Loden made a long-held dream come true when he and his wife Helen took a motorcycle trip from Europe down the length of Africa on the west side, and then back north up the east side of the continent in the year before COVID hit the world. The son of Doug and Kathie Loden of Weyburn, he showed photos and videos taken all along the trip in a Zoom presentation to Weyburn Rotary members. He got halfway through his epic journey, with the second half to be featured on April 22 in another Zoom presentation. The dream first took hold when he was around 14 years old, while living in Uganda with his family, as his father Doug was a missionary, and he met a group of German motorcyclists on large BMWs. Inspired by their stories of riding down from Germany all through Africa, he decided he wanted to do this someday. He and wife Helen decided they could make the trip, with each having certain goals they wanted for this journey. For Andrew, he wanted to ride the iron ore train in Mauritania, while one of Helen’s dreams was to ride a camel. Andrew explained that to prepare for his presentation to the Rotary Club, he went through about 20,000 photos, hoping to whittle them down to about 100. He ended up getting the photos down to around 360, and decided to make a two-part presentation since it covered such a huge distance. Prior to his African trip, he had taken a motorcycle trip from Edmonton to South America, hoping nine months would be long enough to see most of that continent. He found he underestimated how long the journey would take, and made it as far as Bolivia before turning around and going home. Taking some of the lessons learned from that trip, he and Helen planned out the African journey, including lining up the vaccine shots they needed, and putting together enough insulin and medication to handle his diabetes through the long ride ahead. They also looked into the visas they would need, along with travel insurance, and discovered that if they crossed into a country that Canada officially stated that Canadians should not travel to, any travel insurance would be void in that country. Also, at least two of the countries they were planning to travel through, Ghana and Nigeria, required that a person could only apply for a visa from the country they are a resident of. The couple landed in England, and spent some time touring through Wales and Ireland before heading to Continental Europe, and they took two months to travel

through France, Portugal and Spain before taking a ferry over to Tangiers, Morocco, and beginning their African portion of the journey. The photos showcased the ride down the west coast of Africa, with a long portion of their travelling along the edge of the Sahara desert on the east side and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There were also twisty mountain roads, and they stopped to see many interesting sites, including tanneries in Fez, locations on the edge of the Sahara used in the filming of movies like Gladiator and Game of Thrones, and a five-kilometre stretch of no-man’s land between Morocco and Mauritania that is heavily land-mined. One stop took them to one of the oldest libraries in Africa, where a librarian showed them pieces that were at least 1,000 years old, and then of course, they met the iron ore train which Andrew wanted to ride after seeing posts about it online. Outfitted with turbans and blankets, they were told if they wanted to climb up on certain ore cars, they could ride the train for free. While riding the train, some fellow riders were cooking tea and the embers caught his turban on fire, which he had to throw off. The man who lit the fire gave Andrew his turban for the balance of the ride. As they were pelted with dust, he discovered he should have worn snowboarding goggles to keep the dust out of his eyes. Later in the trip, the Lodens met a fellow traveler from China who told them he had been riding a motorcycle since 1986. He spent 13 years travelling all through China, and since 2000 he’s been riding through the rest of the world. The man was on his 13th motorcycle since starting his world travels. The couple accompanied him to the border of Mali and Senegal, where they ran into some difficulties. “Everyone’s corrupt at that border, so much more than anywhere else I’ve been. He followed us there, and we all paid (the border officials). He was screaming and crying by the time we saw him on the other end, and we never saw him again after that,” said Andrew. The landscape started to change in Senegal, as they saw their first baobob tree. This country also had a huge statue bought from North Korea that cost around $50 million, installed by a corrupt leader. As they travelled on, they wanted to avoid the tiny country of Gambia, as it would have required another visa at the other border, so they took a ferry boat around this country. One of the countries where their travel insurance was void was Mali, but they took the risk of going through a part of that country that was “reasonably good”, close to

the coast. Along the way, an unusual sight on the Niger River merited some investigating, and they found there were men who took a boat to the middle of the river to dive down and scoop up sand from the river’s bottom, for use in making concrete. Andrew was able to get a ride on this boat, and found that this crew worked seven days a week all year round doing this work, going down to scoop up sand one bucket at a time, earning about $2 or $3 a day. The Lodens met a Japanese couple in Burkina Faso, who was able to give

them tips about travelling on, including how to get a visa into Nigeria. They did it by paying the tax on a friend’s utility bill, taking it to a police station, and from there to a government office where they obtained a visa for Nigeria. One of the more unusual sights was a coffin-carving shop, where a person could get a coffin in any shape one wanted. If you are a pilot, you can get a plane-shaped coffin, or if you’re a banker, one shaped like a stack of bills. The journey took them into Ghana after that, and they were able to take a safari to

see elephants. “This was extremely cheap compared to East Africa, where you’d pay $500 for the same thing,” said Andrew, adding they then had stops in a couple of tiny countries, Togo and Benin, on the east side of Ghana, then before exiting Nigeria they hired a police escort to the border with Cameroon, and Gabon, where they crossed the Equator. Andrew noted that in Gabon, an American environmentalist some years ago convinced the government to set aside about 10 per cent of the country to be protect-

ed as a pristine jungle. As they rode through Gabon, roadside shacks would sometimes feature animals caught from the jungle, like a small deer or monkey, that people could buy for meat. Some of the roads in this area were extremely treacherous when they were wet, and one night was spent in a steel container on the road that got them out of the rain and off the muddy roads. They didn’t escape the bad roads, however, as there were spots where they got stuck, or had to go through deep pools of water in the road.

Riding the iron ore train in Mauritania

Photo — courtesy Andrew Loden

Andrew Loden and his wife Helen are shown riding on one of the cars on the iron ore train in Mauritania, during their motorcycle journey around the continent of Africa. This was one of Andrew’s wishes for the trip, while Helen wanted the chance to ride on a camel, which she was able to do. The couple took this epic journey in the year before COVID hit the world, and they shared their photos and experiences with the Weyburn Rotary Club.

Meeting new friends along the way

Photo 0059 — courtesy Andrew Loden

Helen Loden rested with some new buddies in Mali as she and husband Andrew took a break during their motorcycle journey around the continent of Africa.The couple shared some of their adventures and photos in a presentation to the Weyburn Rotary Club recently.

Tourists on camel trains in the Sahara

Photo 4944 — courtesy Andrew Loden

Andrew Loden noted this was a common sight in parts of Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, as he and wife Helen began their motorcycle journey around the continent of Africa in the year just before COVID hit the world. The couple shared some of their experiences and photos recently with the Weyburn Rotary Club.