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OCTOBER 31, 2012
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Questions surround trustees budget plan Carole Rooney Free Press
A workshop on 100 Mile school closures and reconfigurations, gathered ideas, questions and comments from parents and students in a more lighthearted atmosphere than previously seen. About 50 adults and a dozen students in attendance at the Out of the Box Think Tank brainstorming session, held by School District 27 in 100 Mile on Oct. 23, brought plenty of concerns to the trustees. The crowd broke into groups at several tables, each with a SD27 staff member as a co-ordinator to help record and, where requested, present the thoughts and ideas to the board that came forward from each discussion. SD27 superintendent Mark Thiessen said up front that everyone would
get a chance to be heard, including taking more comments at the end of the session, if necessary. “Everything written down will be also be given to the board, and we will enter it into our THOUGHTStream‚ — our online way of collecting data.” Some of the many questions surrounded what staffing changes will be needed to accommodate Grade 8 students in the various district elementary schools, what the cost of the portables is to teach Grade 9s at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO), and what issues might exist for cross-boundary busing. Parents were assured by SD27 chair Will Van Osch that Schools of Choice will not change with the reconfigurations. Continued on A6
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Lisa Nielsen and Jude Dion from Exeter Sporting Goods took first prize of $300 for The Wizard of OZ’s Wicked Witch of the West and her winged monkey at the Halloween Dance Party 6. About 100 people attended the dance and Border Run AKA L.M.F.A.O. , kept the everyone dancing all night.
Lost 108 Mile plane discovered Ernie Hesse Sr.’s flight in 2000 ends in Revelstoke crash
The crash site and plane of Ernie Hesse Sr., missing since take-off from the 108 airport in Sept. 2000, has been found near Revelstoke B.C. Hesse Sr., father of 100 Mile resident Ernie Hesse Jr., had bought the plane the day before from a 108 Mile resident and was flying Ernie Hesse Sr. home to Stratford, Ontario.
The plane was reported missing and for three days 10 aircraft flew a search pattern with no results. The family continued searching with funds raised from friends and concerned citizens. The plane was discovered, but not reported, in 2005. In September 2012 it was revisited and the registration numbers given to the Canadian Transportation Safety Board who confirmed the plane as belonging to Hesse. 100 Mile RCMP, who are in charge of the
file, are not planning any further action. (The complete story of the planes discovery can be found on Page 3.)
Spring forward - fall back We all get an extra hours sleep this weekend as we roll our clocks back one hour to Standard Time, at 1:59 a.m. Sunday Nov. 4, in Canada, USA and Mexico. Daylight saving time is officially over until March 10, 2013.