THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, October 4, 2012 - Page 9A
Crosswalk art is here It approved at a recent city council meeting and now it can be seen Yorkton city streets. Sponsored by the Yorkton Business Improvement District, Crosswalk Art is here and it’s designed to raise awareness of pedestrian and traffic safety issues. Traffic in Yorkton is well-managed, but density is increasing as newcomers, temporary workers and long time residents navigate the streets. This clash of driving cultures adds to the pressure and the challenges faced by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. City of Yorkton council members say they are working to ensure that Yorkton continues to thrive as a vibrant community, one that encourages an active and healthy lifestyle. “We enjoy a safe and healthy community, and the Business Improvement District wants everyone to walk freely downtown and take advantage of the many businesses and services available. Sponsoring a public art initiative to raise awareness of traffic safety is an ideal course to further both goals,” adds YBID Chairman Ken Chyz. Crosswalk art was immediately recognized by the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery as an opportunity for an innovative, whimsical and useful public art project.
Working with Yorkton designer Kelly Litzenberger of MEEP Creative Agency, three designs were created and approved for the first crosswalks: cutlery, piano keys, and neckties. Eight intersections with 32 crosswalks were done in the first round. “Our primary concern is pedestrian safety, both encouraging people to use the crosswalks and drivers to be more aware of them. Once we see how drivers respond, the crosswalk art program can be shaped to be even more effective. Other designs and locations are being developed based on what we learn with this first stage,” according to Donald Stein, executive director of the Godfrey Dean Gallery. Crosswalk Art also benefits from a unique public-private sector partnership called artsVest, a sponsorship matching program established by Business for the Arts with the Government of Saskatchewan. artsVest provides matching funding for arts and culture organizations that raise new sponsorship dollars from the business community. Resources from artsVest and the Yorkton Business Improvement District are enabling the gallery to deliver this playful, but practical, community art project.
FOR ALL THINGS SMALL – The Harley Owners Group worked to give to everything small recently, with donations to different groups. Pictured above, the Salvation Army received a wide assortment of toys from the group’s annual toy collection, in order to give less fortunate kids a gift for Christmas. For the furrier friends (below), the group encouraged people to donate to the SPCA and receive an entry for a $500 shopping spree at Yorkton Harley. This raised a total of $1,000.
What’s up at Good Spirit?
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Fall is here and what beautiful colors we have on the trees... but our greens and fairways are still very green, thanks to the hard work of our maintenance crew. I hope we still have lots of golf weather to come! There has been a lot of work done at the skating rink this fall. First of all, thanks to Sasha and Danny Wasylenchuck from Howland Honey Farms for the use of their power washer and generator. Ralph, Linda and Todd were able to get the old paint off the boards with a lot less work by using their equipment! Then there was a work party that painted the entire outside of the rink, which makes it look a lot better, and will preserve the life of the boards for awhile. Thanks to all the volunteers, who enjoyed a hot dog, courtesy of the Community Association after all their hard work. Thanks to Norm and Nyle for building some shelves and cupboards for the camp kitchen and new building. Every fall, we have the Community Association Toilet Seat Tournament. We played nine holes of 4-person scramble golf and then joined several others from the community at the Camp Kitchen for a hamburger barbeque. It was a beautiful day, and there were children playing on the swings and teeters, playing catch and just having a great time. Winners of the tournament were Marie Happy, Bob Hogg, Bev Bradshaw and Carol Olsen That day we were joined by a new “resident” to GSA, by the name of Tore Peters, who is an exchange student at the Regional High School in Yorkton. Tore’s host family is Garth, Fern and Tyler Sherwood. Welcome Tore and we hope that you enjoy your stay here. The senior golf wind-up was held with 17 golfers participating. Winners of the 2012 Senior Wind-up Tournament were: 1st; Willie Armstrong, Mickey Johnston, Gilda Walls and Carol Olsen. 2nd: Roger Argue, Gladys Moore, and Bruce Johnston. Ladies
closest to the pin was Willie. Mens closest to the pin was John Neufeld. Following the golf, the annual meeting was held. New executive are: Past Pres. Mickey Johnston, Pres. John Neufeld, Vice Pres. Ivar Olsen, Sec Treasurer Gilda Walls. We will continue to play senior golf at 1:30 p.m. until the golf course closes. Condolences to Adella Hanson and her family on the passing of Paul Hanson last month. They have been summer residents here for many years and we always enjoyed their company on the golf course and at pot luck suppers. Condolences to Bob Martin and his family on the passing of Georgette Martin. They have been residents of Good Spirit Acres for many years. We will miss her. There will be a fundraiser supper at Tapps on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Tickets will be $20 per person for your choice of steak or chicken. Tickets will be available from the executive members as well as Good Spirit Market. I hope that many of you will attend and bring your friends. The executive includes Linda Moore, Lynn MacDonald, Sandy Konkel, Elaine Park, Norm Lawrence and Carol Olsen. The Hamlet Board annual meeting was held this past weekend with a good attendance from the community. Don Thompson was reelected as councilor for a 3-year term. We thank Don, Jim Rediger, and John MacDonald, the three Hamlet Councilors and John Neufeld RM Councilor for their work for the good of the community of Good Spirit Acres. And finally... The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
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SUDOKU RULES The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid (also called “boxes,” “blocks,” “regions,” or “sub-squares”) contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid, which typically has a unique solution. Completed puzzles are always a type of Latin square with an additional constraint on the contents of individual regions. For example, the same single digit may not appear twice in the same 9x9 playing board row or column or in any of the nine 3x3 subregions of the 9x9 playing board. This week’s puzzle is easy. See the solution on Page 10.
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