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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Volume 16 Number 25
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More staff hired for public works By Treena Mielke
Sour: Rhubarb Days at Rimbey Farmer’s Market might have brought a smile to most faces, but Connor Ibbotson, 12, and his 10-year-old brother Ronan found the rhubarb to be quite sour and definitely in need of some sugar. APN Photo
The Town of Rimbey public works department’s regular boost of summer manpower will extend to year-round employment. At its Mon. June 10 meeting, following an in-camera session, council agreed to hire another full-time public works employee. Mayor Rick Pankiw said council decided to increase staff as public works foreman Rick Schmidt has been working many hours of overtime to keep up with the increased demand. Former public works foreman Vern Browne has dropped his hours to four days a week, so manpower is presently at a premium. To help pick up the slack, Steve Wolfer, a town employee for about three years, who worked at the arena in the winter and with public works in the summer, will move over to public works full time. More development, additional roads and green spaces keeps public work crews busy, Pankiw said, adding that an extra staff is certainly needed to keep the town running efficiently. Schmidt is pleased to have the additional help on a full-time basis. “I want to see weed spraying done and the sidewalks swept downtown on a regular basis,” he said. “I don’t expect perfection, but I want to do a good job.”
Bentley School modifies educational structure By Treena Mielke Changes at Bentley High School introduced last year which were geared towards propelling the school towards being a major player in today’s competitive educational arena will be tweaked and improved next year. Recently principal Lane Moore and vice principal Stephen Lush met with parents at the school to discuss modifications which will be made to the personalized self direct-
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ed learning philosophy introduced last year at the school. “It has been good to see the year-end survey results and the positive feedback. We have also had a number of other schools and districts interested in our direction and we have done numerous presentations about it,” said Moore. “The years of sitting in your desk every day, for an eighty minute class has changed,” he added. “We have leveraged technology to
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The school took the leap last year to move from the traditional classroom/teacher setting to a personalized, self-directed learning philosophy. While Moore remains excited about the new path the school is following, he said the name appears to be misleading as students and parents thought that they would be on their own to learn without teacher support or instruction. Continued on Page 7
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help create a classroom setting where students can take more ownership and move ahead or slow down based on their needs.” Moore said such an educational structure will allow students to work anywhere and at any time, all under the guidance and instruction of the teacher. “Students come to class to get the main concepts, then practice and work on the assignments, when not in their scheduled classes.”
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