Education ministry sets Interim Education Plan for province for 2022-23 school year Making bracelets at Gifted Summer Art Market
Young entrepreneurs sell product at Gifted Hadley and Rhea show off their hand-crafted chocolate bombs, which they were sell ing during the Gifted Summer Art Market held on August 20.
• Reading instruction and supports for students in Grades 1 to 5: Reading strategies will be imple mented to help all students and reading support plans will target students who re quire additional supports.
Major CreativeapprovedproductionsthroughSaskatchewan
“Saskatchewan has the talent and skills that the world needs right now to meet the global demand for content, and this excit ing news demonstrates our ability to attract large-scale productions,” said Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross. “The positive benefits of projects this size are numerous and far-reach ing. Industries such as retail, hospitality and the trades will get a boost, and job opportunities for local designers, costumers, per formers, and writers will strengthen Saskatchewan’s creativeChangessector.”made to Cre ative Saskatchewan’s Feature Film and TV Pro duction Program, including additional funding in the 2022-23 provincial budget and legislative updates, will raise the profile of Sas katchewan’s film and tele vision production industry. The total funds avail able for the grant increased from $2 million to $10 million this year, helping to draw more and larger projects to the province like the one announced to day. This project is receiv ing more than $8 million, which surpasses the cur rent funding threshold of $5 million, but is allowed if it means securing a project with significant impact to the local “We’reeconomy.thrilledto be able to support productions like these that cast a wide net in terms of positive economicripple effects to our prov ince,” added Dean. “With an estimated spend of over $20 million on local labour, goods, and services, this boost of activity in our film and television sector puts us on the map and strengthens our industry for future op portunities.”CreativeSaskatchewan is the economic development agency for Saskatchewan’s creative industries. Creative Saskatchewan unlocks the potential of the creative in dustries and fuels the eco nomic engine of homegrown talent, converting creativity into cashflow.
In addition, The Gov ernment of Saskatchewan continues to offer Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training to school divisions, in a continuing focus of having at least one staff member trained in each school in Saskatchewan’s 27 school divisions. This makes Mental Health First Aid available to students when needed, similar to physical first aid. As of June 2022, 926 staff received training and 733 out of 736 schools have at least one individual trained in MHFA.
Setting up a base for a face painting Liz Lambe, one of the volunteers from the Weyburn Arts Council, covers Haven Weatherhead’s face with a base coat, for a puppy-themed face painting session. The face painting booth was one of the favourites of young visitors to the Gifted Summer Art Market
• The 2022-23 Budget provides $603,000, an in crease of $25,000, to sup port initiatives related to bullying prevention and the promotion of positive men tal health and student safety.
Attendees of the Gifted Summer Art Market visit with Regan Lanning at her Aftermath Ceramics booth. This was one of many vendors set up at Jubilee Park.
Photos by Sabrina Kraft Creative Saskatch ewan and the Government of Saskatchewan joined together to announce that a major television produc tion will be coming to the province. King of Killers: the series is set to begin filming this fall and will benefit from increased funding to the Creative Saskatchewan Feature Film and Television Pro duction Grant Program. This production is the first major project to receive funding approval since the Government of Saskatch ewan increased investment to film and television incen tives in the 2022-23 budget. The TV series will be filmed at the John Hopkins Regina Soundstage and is based on an upcoming fea ture film of the same name to be released in 2023. King of Killers: the series tells the story of a group of international assassins who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world. “A production of this size announces to the world that Saskatchewan is open for business,” said Erin Dean, CEO of Cre ative Saskatchewan, “this kind of activity raises the profile of our film and tele vision production industry, which will go a long way in attracting future projects.”
The Government of Sas katchewan has extended the Interim Provincial Educa tion Plan for the 2022-23 school year. The interim plan was developed in 202122 to focus on supporting Saskatchewan students in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Work will continue on the long-term provincial educa tion plan through this year with an implementation date of fall 2023. “The Government of Saskatchewan is commit ted to supporting students and staff as we return to school this fall,” Education Minister Dustin Duncan said. “The interim plan will continue to emphasize the three key educational pri orities for this school year as we work to finalize the full education plan for the nextThedecade.”Interim Provincial Education Plan will focus on three key priorities: • Mental health and well-being supports for stu dents and staff: The focus will be on supporting stu dents and teachers in their mental health and well-be ing through the creation and refinement of mental health and well-being plans for each school system. The school-level plans will address concerns and build upon best practices related to mental health and well-being. This work will be supported by en hanced communication among school systems and government ministries to share knowledge of avail able supports, services and programming.
Local trainer’s dogs place well at nationals Photos – courtesy Vanessa Lucyk Weyburn dog trainer Vanessa Lucyk’s dogs both competed at the AAC National Trial Championships, held on Aug. 12-14 in Edmonton, and did very well. Chaz, the dog at left, placed as the second top dog in Canada with an ag gregate score of 447.74. At right, Chic placed in two runs out ot six, with a score of 390.76, but he did not place in the ribbons with an aggregate score.
* Supportive learning opportunities: Schools will focus on engaging and wel coming students to school and on supporting students in literacy and math in Grades 1 through 12. Using these three pri orities, school divisions and participating First Nations education author ities will build their own plans in order to meet the unique needs of their stu dents and schools. The Interim Plan was created in collaboration with school divisions and participating First Na tions education tionseniorProfessionalkatchewanthedigenousFederationrepresentativesauthorities,fromtheofSovereignInNations(FSIN),MétisNation-Sas(MN-S),STFLearningandMinistryofEducaofficials.
A couple of families gather around an art station at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Weyburn vendor stall, during the Gifted Summer Art Market held in Jubilee Park on August 20. From left are Katelyn Wilkinson helping Nell, Nora picking out supplies, Brianne Benson, and Flynn working alongside Brenna Gaab.
The series is based on a feature film to be released in 2023 under the same name, and tells the story of a group of top international assassins who are compet ing for a $10M purse and the coveted title of “King of Killers” the most dan gerous killer in the world.
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Visiting with a vendor during Gifted Summer Art Market
Coach Dave with the team of minis Photo 2904 – courtesy Laura Eddy Water polo coach Dave Edgerton gathered with his team of youngest players, the minis, aged five and up. From left are Lola Szczecinski, Rhett Wagner, Kade Wagner, Liam Eddy, Lindsay Kirkpatrick and Julie Labrecque. Dave was named Coach of the Year by the Saskatchewan Water Polo Association.
“I think we are going to have a better team than last year, and I am really ex cited for the team building and chemistry this year,” said Ryder Knox, wide re ceiver and defensive back. “It is important to build a good friendship with our rookies,” added Knox. “Last year, the seniors did really well with that, and this year it is up to us as seniors to do the exact same thing.” “I am looking forward to getting back into play ing with the team. I want to build a good connection with all the guys and play some football, said Kaleb Charlton, offensive and de fensive line. “I think it is a big deal for older seniors to be respectful and show the rookies what it is like, and be nice to those rookies to build a good connection for the team,” added Charlton.
Hitting the field for fall football camp Weyburn Eagles player Markus Paquet keeps focused as he runs through a small obstacle course, during a fall football camp held at Darold Kot Field on August 21.
Last season, the WCS Eagles won the 5A Rural South Championship, and then shut out the Balgonie Greenall Griffins to win the 5A provincial title for the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association. The teams that compete against the WCS Eagles in the 5A Rural South League include: Estevan, Swift Current, Yorkton Vanier, Moose Jaw Peacock, and Moose Jaw Central. The WCS Eagles have six regular season games on the schedule, three of which will be home games.
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By Greg Nikkel Dave Edgerton, president of the Wey burn Hurricanes water polo club, was named the Coach of the Year for the Saskatchewan Water Polo Association.TheEdgerton family was the only one from Weyburn to go up to the annual banquet for the provincial association re cently, and they had no idea beforehand of the an nouncement made from the podium that Dave would receive the award as Coach of the Year. “It was a little bit hum bling, and it was a com plete surprise, I had no idea I’d be named coach of the year,” he said. “It was a greatHefeeling.”andhis family moved to Weyburn in 2008 from Edmonton, and their children, Ru mina and Ruslan, were enrolled in water polo at the ages of seven and nine“Werespectively.becameactive in the club, helping out and going to tournaments, working with the kids,” he explained, noting he be came a board member and eventually was the vicepresident for the club. He didn’t do coaching at that point, but traveled with the club to matches and tournaments. Dave be came involved with coach ing about six years ago, working with the minis (ages five to nine) and the oldest group, athletes who are 13 and over. Their children became more involved with Team Sask as they progressed through the years, at one point getting driven to Re gina four times a week to practice with the provin cial level teams. “It was a lot of miles, but it paid off. They man aged to go to nationals a few times. Team Sask is probably the most winning team in all of Canada, lots of medalists, always at na tional finals,” said Dave. Meantime, he took on the role as head coach for the past couple of years, overseeing all of the coaches at the different age“Mylevels.philosophy is not to be winningest coach. I think it’s more about the dedication I have to coaching younger kids. In the past, other coaches who’ve won this award had success with teams, like bringing a senior team to a gold medal. That’s not really my focus,” he said. “Why am I the win ning coach this year? My big thing is every person who joins our club has cer tain abilities, some more than others, and every one can have their small suc cesses. So we work with kids who may have confi dence issues, maybe they don’t like being in the pool or have good swimming technique,” he said. “We’ll work with that. It’s about working with each swimmer so they can be the best they can be,” he added. “We work through each challenge, whether it’s swimming or working in a team en vironment. My philoso phy is I stand behind all of the players in the club.”
Weyburn players compete at Western Canadian tournament
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Weyburn Beavers U15 batter Camden Husband swings for the ball, while compet ing at the 2022 Western Canadian Baseball championships, hosted in Estevan on August 19 to 21. The U15 Beavers lost 7-2 to the South Island Royals, 7-5 to the Mid west, 9-6 to the Estevan host team, and won 13-11 over the Stettler Storm during the round robin of the Western Canadian Baseball Championships.Photo-David Willberg/ Estevan Mercury
The WCS Eagles play two exhibition games in Es tevan on Friday, August 26 at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The following week, they travel to Saskatoon for another exhibition game on Friday, September 2 at 2 p.m. “I am looking forward to the exhibition games. I have not played a football game since last year. I am really excited and hope we can prove something as this is my last year,” said Knox. “I am looking forward to playing against the differ ent teams in the exhibition series, as I know a lot of the players on the other teams,” addedTheCharlton.WCSEagles will start the season by facing the Yorkton Regional on Friday, September 9, during an away game in Yorkton. “I am looking forward to facing up against York ton,” said Shane. “They are pretty much our rivals, and have beat us in years past. I am hoping that we can beat them, same as last year, but this time with a much high er score difference.”
Weyburn coach named Sask. Water Polo’s Coach of the Year
Dave had two examples of his coaching work. His first example was a sev en-year-old boy whose parents had enrolled him into water polo, but he was afraid of the water. “I worked with him one on one, and now he’s one of my best players.” His second example was a mixed team he coached at a tournament. The players didn’t know each other, but for the last two games, they talked to each other about different team“Itstrategies.allcame together, and those guys were so pleased and happy with that performance. It made the whole tournament. That was more important than the whole tourna ment, and to me, that’s a win,” said Dave. “It’s not about me, it’s about work ing with the kids.” His two children went on with water polo, with Ruslan ending up winning a gold medal before retir ing as a player, and Rumina, who’s now 20, is in her second year of playing pro fessional water polo with a team in Malhouse, France. Dave noted he was never a water polo player, but his big sport was fen cing, and was a captain of the fencing team at Carle ton“WhatUniversity.Icarried forward was the coaching aspect. I had a very good coach at Carleton. He was all about working with people and pushing them a little bit, and team camaraderie,” he said, and the example of that coach helped Dave form his own philosophy of coaching.With older players, his main focus is whether the athlete is coachable and willing to take some criticism. “These are the things that are really important for me,” he said. He is currently president of the Weyburn Hurricanes water polo club, but noted he’s willing to hand that off to continue working as the head coach. He is also the vice-president of the Sil ver Seals speed swimming club, and he’s a Level 3 certified referee for swim ming, taking care of the technical aspects of swim mingThemeets.Hurricanes season will be starting up as soon as the indoor pool is open, on Sept. 13, and it will run to the end of March.
WCS Eagles football players ready for exhibition season
The Weyburn Com prehensive School Eagles gathered at the Darold Kot Field for a fall football camp on August 21. The top goal in mind for the Grade 12 veteran play ers is to work hard, and compete for a champion ship“Irepeat.amlooking forward to knocking some heads, as I believe we are a cham pionship competing team and we can make it again to provincials like we did last year, and do the same thing back-to-back,” said Xander Shane, running back and defensive back. “I am here to help out any of the new rookies, any one who is a year younger than me, or even someone who is the same age,” said Shane. “I am looking for ward to be a leader on this team, and hopefully have a shot to lead this team to victory this season.”
