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Another school year wound down this week, with kindergarten graduations, preschool programs, high school graduations and awards day presentations taking over the agenda. École Monseigneur Blaise Morand kindergarten students were the focus of a celebration Tuesday attended by Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gord Wyant. Here students show varying reactions to the certificates they were presented. For the full story of Wyant’s visit to Light of Christ schools turn to Page 6. Photo by Josh Greschner

Sports VB athletes make Team Sask. Page 17

Dekker Centre in the red

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By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Great facility, great shows and lousy attendance. It was clear Moe McGuinty had a lot on his mind about the Dekker Centre’s finances in his final presentation to North Battleford City council Monday. “You hate to put it in a context of ‘use it or lose it,’” said McGuinty. “But

the attendance to these shows is not what was ever anticipated.” McGuinty, who is retiring this year as Dekker Centre general manager, reported the facility lost money in 2017. According to the audited statement submitted to council that night, prepared by Holm Raiche Oberg, the facility reported a deficit of revenue over expenses of $17,512 for the year ending Dec. 31. That compared

to a surplus of $44,678 in 2016. This is in spite of some belt-tightening at the Dekker Centre. McGuinty noted that expenses were lower than in 2016. But “our revenues were a little shy,” he said. Those dropped from $622,696 to $545,145 in 2017. Councillor Kent Lindgren, who serves on the Dekker Centre board, noted attendance was the reason behind the drop.

“Attendance has been down this year and that’s really where we’ve seen our revenue decrease,” said Lindgren. He urged the public to attend the “amazing” shows that are hosted. “Hopefully, people can still come out and support. Your attendance is support, but we want you to come out to everything.” There are some theories as to why attendance has been an issue. “That could be a prod-

uct of the economy, there’s a lot of factors at play when you’re in the entertainment business, there’s a lot of variables,” Mayor Ryan Bater said to reporters. McGuinty’s remarks at council indicated it has been an ongoing struggle for the Dekker Centre to live up to their mandate from the City to “provide a diverse program of live entertainment every year that we produce and bring in.” Continued on Page 3

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