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Arcola School celebrates the holidays

Staff photo by Kelly Running

The grade one class performed “Christmas POEM” as one of their presentations during the Arcola School Christmas Concert.

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Arcola School hosted its annual Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 17, at both 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Audiences at both times were thoroughly entertained by the students who had put a lot of hard work and effort into their performances.

The program started off with the singing of “O Canada,” with the grade four and five class singing the national anthem, while also signing the anthem.

Pre-Kindergarten kids were the next up to perform in front of the amassed crowd. Singing and completing choreographed actions along with the song were done wonderfully as they sang “Little Rabbit FooFoo” and “Shoo Fly.” The Kindergarten class were the next on stage. They performed “S-A-N-T-A” and “Jingle Bells,” and despite technical troubles during the afternoon performance they sang wonderfully for the crowd.

The grade one class was welcomed to the stage as they performed “Christmas POEM” and “Blitzen Boogie,” which had everyone dancing in their seats.

Next up was “The Little Christmas Carollers” and “Christmas” by the grade two class who did a fantastic job in front of the crowd.

Grades three and four brought with them a costume change as they sang “Shine a Light for Peace” with a light inside of a mason jar, which was followed by “Baking Christmas Cookies” where students donned a chef’s hat and apron.

The grade four class then took to the stage with “Just Dance Santa Clones Crazy Christmas.”

Beginning with ballerina Santa’s, complete with tutus and beards, led to beach Santa’s dancing and rock and roll Santa’s.

“Old Toy Trains” and “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” rounded out the performance as the grade five class took to the stage.

“Old Toy Trains” was sang, accompanied by teacher Kierden Marshall on the guitar.

“We hope that our Christmas concert brightened your holidays and brought cheer to you and your families,” the Arcola School students and staff said. “Thanks to our amazing parents for the costumes and the time you have spent helping learn lines for the play and words for the songs. We appreciate you! May your holidays be filled with love, happiness, and cheer!”

Staff photo by Kelly Running

During the grade two performance students stepped forward to say a part of a poem about Christmas.

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Friday, December 25, 2015

From Page 1 -Arcola School THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN.

Week of December 27, 2015 to January 2, 2016 ARIES

You’re not able to just twiddle your thumbs during the festivities. Even if you’re not the host, you get actively involved, perhaps by preparing or serving the food.

TAURUS

You’re the centre of attention. You’re very talkative and your sarcasm makes people laugh. You may even be applauded at times.

GEMINI

You spend the week with family. You devote all your time to your children or your elderly parents. You experience a wonderful strengthening of family bonds.

CANCER

You have plenty to say for yourself and you take the lead to make everything to go smoothly. You’re absolutely right, even if you lack tact.

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The grade five class at Arcola School performs “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” during the annual Christmas Concert held on Thursday, Dec. 17.

LEO

You have energy to spare. The festivities that you‘re responsible for are sure to be spectacular despite a limited budget. Your ideas and your determination are amazing.

VIRGO

Lots of action is in store for you.

You’re quite surprised at all the initiative you demonstrate. People follow you blindly, even when you’re being silly.

LIBRA

A little meditation is required. You spend some time reviewing the year, including the high and low points.

You take stock of your life before making any resolutions.

SCORPIO

You’re in charge of an event that brings together a lot of friends and loved ones. You achieve something that will be remembered for a long time to come.

SAGITTARIUS

Staff photo by Kelly Running

Pre-Kindergarten youth sing and perform actions during their renditions of “Little Rabbit Foo Foo” and “Shoo Fly” for the crowd.

You have a lot of cleaning up to do.

You’re a great host and you organize a lavish event for your family that is a huge success in every way.

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CAPRICORN

If you buy lottery tickets with family members, you may win the means to finish the holidays by travelling together. Lots of fun is on the horizon at the very least.

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AQUARIUS

Someone may reveal a family secret.

You’re particularly sensitive and you may give a wonderful speech that moves a lot of people.

PISCES

You’re a fairly sensitive person, so perhaps it would be wise to stay away from family conflicts as much as possible, especially if they don’t concern you.

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IN FOCUS - The Carlyle Fire Department In case of emergency.

NEWS - Wawota’s school Christmas concert was picture perfect.

COMMENT - Lynne and Kelly talk about Christmas time.

SPORTS - Pee Wee Cougars seeing lots of game action.

FEATURE - Don’t forget to ‘Arrive Alive’ this holiday season. Be safe everyone!

Next week . . .

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RCMP Constable Allegra Howe recently completed a project regarding a vital traffic concern in this area. With the cooperation of the Carlyle RCMP detachment, RCMP Traffic services and the province’s Highway Transport Patrol, Howe reached some important conclusions. To learn more about her findings, check out next week’s Observer. (Photo

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Friday, December 25, 2015

The great debate on Bill 6

By Calvin Daniels The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is the third novel in the best-selling Millennium series and the last by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.

It might also be the title for the relationship of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Albertan farmers.

Notley caused waves of opposition and a series of protests where farmers showed their anger as she introduced Bill 6.

The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act passed third reading recently, and is still being opposed by farm groups, and of course Opposition MLAs. Once the bill is in force farmers with paid farm workers must provide Workers Compensation Board (WCB) coverage by Jan. 1 and follow occupational health and safety standards.

In a world where farming is still stuck somewhere in between the idyllic notion it is a ‘way-of-life’ and that is merely another business the same as a welding shop, or potash mine, the idea of WCB regulations is still seen as a frontal attack on the sector.

Farmers, who are in Alberta are generally not on the same political page as the New Democrats who are the helm now, immediately saw the legislation as an attack on the ‘family farm’ because they feared having to follow the basic rules of employees in other sectors if the children were headed to the barn to clean pens, or collect eggs.

Those are just things farms kids do, and to suddenly create a ruleset that would impact the ability of family members to contribute to the operation of a farm without a roll of red tape was a bit over-the-top to be sure.

Although to be fair current farms are far more high tech than they have ever been, so training to do most jobs is increasingly needed.

Let’s face it, most farms, unless specialized, do not have a coop full of laying hens for the farms kids to collect eggs from for the kitchen table, or a cow to milk, or a pen of two or three hogs to feed.

That is a farm now all but lost to the pages of a children’s book.

So the line between what is reasonable for farm youth to do on the farm without regulation, and what should require worker protections available in other sectors is blurring.

In the case of Bill 6, and the Notley-led NDP, the real problem in the end was how they handled the Bill’s introduction.

Nothing conjures unrest and causes fear like a bill that is vague in what it is designed to do.

Farmers saw their family members working beside them as being jeopardized, and that did not sit well.

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From the get-go the bill wasn’t clear in its intent, and thousands of farmers turned up at government sponsored information sessions and also rallied on the steps of the Alberta legislature protesting the bill.

In this case the ground swell of protest appears to have worked.

The government amended the bill to exempt family members, both paid and unpaid, volunteers and neighbours from WCB coverage and occupational health and safety rules.

That should have quelled the concerns of farmers, but then again it is Alberta where again

farmers are generally not NDP’ers so the furor continues.

In some respects that is even understandable.

With Bill 6 in place, it is an amendment away from impacting farm family workers.

But if a 17-year-old works in his father’s hog farrowing barn should he reasonably have the same protections as he would get if he was pumping gas in the town down the road?

And therein lies the great debate, and Notley’s mishandling of Bill 6 from introduction to passage only managed to muddy the water, and did not ultimately answer that very fundamental question.

Moose Mountain Wado Kai Karate makes the grade

Staff photo by Lynne Bell

Moose Mountain Wado Kai Karate held its grading night on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Carlyle Elementary School gym, with Senseis Kevin Dyck (pictured), Jayson Humphries, Cara McNair and visiting Sensei Darren Humphries of Calgary in attendance. Darren, a six-degree black belt, says of the club-which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year- “Coming back to the club, it’s stronger than it’s ever been.

And six kids from rural Saskatchewan-and from this club- are heading to Nationals, which is a real indication of what’s happening here.” Club members Ethan Anderson, Quinn Brown, Savanna Bryce, Marlee Cormier, Payton Humphries and Nathen Schmidt will be part of Team Saskatchewan at the 2016 Karate Canada National Championships in Vancouver from January 29-31.

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Carlyle Fire & Rescue: In Case of Emergency Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

The 24 members of Carlyle Fire & Rescue do more than put out fires. The department’s duties have expanded beyond extinguishing grass and structure fires to include responding to motor vehicle collisions, dealing with situations involving hazardous materials, snowmobile rescues and aquatic rescues throughout the year-including cold water rescues-which often require specialized suits and equipment.

“It’s a bit of a misconception that we only respond to grass fires and house fires,” says Fire Captain Rob Klassen, a 16-year-veteran of the department. “There are motor vehicle collisions, some cold water calls and we had a guy trapped in a grain bin, so we did that call. We really do a little bit of everything.”

Klassen says that although the department responds to fires, the number of those calls pale in comparison to the number of motor vehicle collisions Carlyle Fire & Rescue covers.

“Those calls stay with you,” he says. “When I joined (the fire department) 16 years ago, our big thing was grass fires. Now I’d say 80 percent of our calls are motor vehicle collisions, which I suppose isn’t surprising in an area that’s so busy.”

“Even though things are a bit slower around here now, the number of motor vehicle calls hasn’t decreased.”

When asked, Klassen says these are his least favourite calls as an emergency responder.

“Nobody likes to go to the collision calls,” says Klassen. “Because usually somebody’s hurt. Don’t get me wrong, when we get there and get someone out and to EMS in a timely fashion, that’s what we’re there to do, and that’s extremely rewarding.”

“It’s rewarding when these calls work out, but when they don’t...there’s more of them than people realize.”

“The only drawback living in a small town and serving with the fire department is that typically, you know the person (involved in the collision) or someone you work with knows them. All of our calls are rewarding, because that’s what we’re there to do, but some are easier than others.”

Klassen says the grass fires are by far the easiest calls for him, emotionally.

“In a call like a grass fire, nobody’s getting hurt and typically, there’s no property damage,” he says.

Although local firefighters say that seatbelts and smoke alarms are “literally, lifesavers,” when situations progress beyond the preventative, Carlyle Fire & Rescue has an arsenal of equipment to respond to a range of emergency calls. The department currently has two pumper trucks, a thermal imaging camera which is used to detect “hot spots” in structure fires, a rescue truck which carries the jaws of life and other tools used in assisting at motor vehicle collisions, a water tanker, a command unit that contains additional tools, a rapid response

Photo by Lynne Bell

Ten Carlyle Fire & Rescue members underwent cold-water rescue training and practice on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Merit Ford dugout. After cutting a hole in the 12-inch thick ice, the firefighters practiced rescue techniques specifically suited to winter water rescue.

unit-which is a one-ton truck with a 300-gallon tank and pump-and a rescue trailer and rescue sled, which is used for snowmobile rescues.

However, this specialized equipment requires members of the department to commit to ongoing training and practice.

“We do train on a regular basis,” says Klassen.

“We’re not just a bunch of guys doing it by the seat of our pants. It’s a large commitment-with practice times and our regular meetings. But we need to be able to respond to calls 365 days a year, seven days a week. And what we do, we take very seriously.”

“Even though we’re a paid on-call department, when we train, we do it for a lot of hours out of our personal time. But that’s so we’re better able to serve our community. It’s not something we take lightly.”

Recently, 10 members of the squad-Brock Andrew, Adam Bee, Eric Brown, John Brownlee, Taylor Hoey, Rob Klassen, Michelle Orsted, Jordan Simmons, Chris Spry and Travis Van Meer- attended cold-water rescue training and practice at the Merit Ford dugout near Carlyle.

The session started with a reminder about safety on the ice-especially, wearing helmets.

“It really is about safety first,” says Klassen.

“We have to make sure we’re protected ourselves, because if we put ourselves at risk, then we can’t do our job-which is helping other people.”

“We always have two of our members outside ready to go in during a structure fire as part of a rescue team, for the same reason. If we’re at risk, we can’t help other people.”

The cold-water rescue drill begins with one member-wearing a tether-making his way out to the centre of the frozen dugout with a chainsaw. As he begins cutting a hole in the ice-which is frozen a foot deep-two other firefighters soon join him using an ice saw and begin cutting a circular hole.

Once this wet and frigid stage is set, members take turns immersing themselves in the freezing water (as victims in need of rescue) and learningand repeatedly practicing-cold water rescue techniques.

If an individual is trapped in the water and is conscious and able to move, the first thing a firefighter will do is toss them a throw bag, which is a bag packed with nylon rope which is then used as a tether. The bag is easy to grip and enables firefighters to quickly pull the victim out of the water and safely to shore.

“It’s our first line of defence,” says Klassen. “And if they’re able, it allows us to get someone out of the water and onto shore as quickly as possible. Once we get them to shore, we wrap them in blankets and warm them up gradually.

We absolutely don’t put them in a hot vehicle cab right away. It’s like frostbite, when you’re dealing with someone with hypothermia. You’ve got to warm them up gradually.”

Photo by Lynne Bell Even the tossing technique is part Members of Carlyle Fire & rescue utilize a specialized sled, of the firefighters’ specialized training. which allows firefighters to transport a victim across an “You’ve only got one chance with these unstable, icy surface safely. bags,” says Klassen. “We’ve got two

bags-one with 50 feet of rope and the second with 100 feet. But they take a long time to re-pack, so there’s that. And your time is limited. You want to get that person out of the water as fast as you can. I always tell our members to aim beyond the person when you’re throwing the bag to them. If you throw short, then the problem’s obvious. But if it’s a bit behind them, it gives them some leeway as far as them being able to grab it.”

The second cold-water rescue technique involves a firefighter entering the icy pool and tethering the victim to their back, while they are pulled to safety, while the third involves members of the fire department taking a rescue sled to the edge of the opening of the ice and using a precise technique to get the victim out of the water to safety.

“The advantage of the sled is that it floats,” says Klassen. “So we can take it right to the edge of the ice and if the ice cracks and the water opens up even more, the sled floats.”

The sled is fitted with a pontoon-like bottom and like all of the equipment the fire department utlizes, combines the skills of the firefighters and hours of practice drills by them to make it effective.

For all parts of the cold-water rescue exercise, six of the firefighters are wearing cold-water rescue suits, some of which have a spring-loaded steel spike in the sleeves, that will enable the wearer to “grab” the ice and pull themselves out of a body of water unassisted-sometimes with a person tethered to their back.

Two additional, older cold-water suits are worn by firefighters on shore. Although they have a few tears, equipment is utilized as long as possible.

“Equipment and tools are so expensive,” says Klassen. “For example, to buy new breathing apparatuses, you’d have to spend $60,000, which is a fair chunk of change. Six of our cold-water suits we can use on a call. And two of our suits are only used for training now.”

“We’re always fundraising for new equipment and we’re also in the process of drawing up plans for a new firehall-someday.”

Tax-deductible donations to Carlyle Fire & Rescue can be made at the Town of Carlyle’s office, but Klassen says the fire department is also actively looking for new members.

“We’re always looking for new members,” he says. “Especially members who live and work in town. A lot of our members work in the oil patch, so Monday to Friday, they may be working out of town if a call comes in.”

Klassen says serving as a firefighter is both exhilarating and rewarding.

“There is a rush and that’s the thing that kind of drew me to it at first,” he says. “But the biggest rush and the most satisfaction comes from helping my community and assisting people when they’re at their lowest.”

For information on becoming a member of Carlyle Fire & Rescue, contact Fire Chief Don Van Meer or Deputy Chiefs John Brownlee, Michelle Orsted, or Travis Van Meer. The fire department also invites those interested in becoming a member to attend a meeting to find out more. Meetings are the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 7:30 p.m., at the Carlyle Fire Hall, 210-7th Street West.

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Friday, December 25, 2015

Wawota School’s Christmas concert was picture perfect Kelly Running Observer Staff

Staff photo by Kelly Running

(Not in order) Riley N., Madison M., Bailey D., Matthew F., Ethan P., Jacey P., Beth M., Jesse S., Cade R., and Theoren W. performed “Happy Hockeydays” during the Wawota School’s Christmas Concert.

Staff photo by Kelly Running

Here the three-year-old playschool group performs “8 Little Reindeer” complete with actions to the lyrics and a wave to family in the crowd.

Wawota School students and playschool youth worked hard for to bring together the annual Christmas Concert, which was hosted on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The gymnasium was filled with friends and family members, all there to support the youth performing.

This year’s theme was “The Perfect Christmas Photo,” which meant that each skit or series of songs resulted in the students striking a pose as though they were posing for a Christmas photo.

Playschool opened up the evening with song. The threeyear-old group performed “8 Little Reindeer” and “Little Snowflake.”

With actions for each lyric, the young group was adorable as they kept up to their teacher and waved to family members in the crowd.

The four-year-old group then performed “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and a rocking version of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.”

As they shredded on pretend guitars and sang along the crowd very much enjoyed the performance.

Wawota School then began their production of “The Perfect Christmas Photo” with the Kindergartens going first. Their picture was titled “Happy Snowdays” and the youth were dressed like snowmen with a top hat and scarf as they sang “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”

The next group to take to the stage was a portion of the grades five and six students. They performed a short skit of a family preparing to take a Christmas photo in their family room, where a fireplace was featured next to a newly decorated tree. After a few shenanigans the family was ready for the photo.

Grades one and two then took to the stage to sing “Old Toy Trains,” “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer,” and “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth.” The latter being one that was quite entertaining to watch and fun for the kids to perform.

The grade sevens and eights then took to the stage for their class photo, “Redneck Pirates.” This involved two feuding groups: Rednecks and Pirates. They fought onstage and sang a Christmas tune, and for a moment it looked like peace may be in their future, but as insults were slung a fight broke out and the picture was taken.

“Bob the Goofy Reindeer” was the next theme for a picture.

Complete with Santa, elves, Bob the Goofy Reindeer, and a choir, the group put on a short but very funny Christmas skit.

The rest of the students in grades five and six then took to the stage with “Rockin’ Jingle Bells Dance.”

The girls choreographed a dance, which ended with an artistic pose for the photo until one girl joined the line pushing the others over and drawing laughter from the crowd as she smiled for the photo.

Students from grade 10 and 11 performed “12 Days of Technology.”

Based on the classic “The Twelve Days of Christmas” the youth sang about getting phone cases and selfie sticks.

The final performance involved the grade seven and eight students in their photo “Happy Hockeydays!”

A short skit involved two groups of fans, some were cheering for the Calgary Flames while the others were cheering for the Boston Bruins.

One actor changed channels on the others which did not go over well, but before the picture was taken the others had got it back to the hockey game. As Calgary scored the final goal, a bowl of popcorn flew in the air as the Flames fans celebrated, while the Bruins fans buried their heads in their hands resulting in their Christmas photo.

Between each scene three narrators – Mitchell P., Lauren W., and Skylar D. – set the stage for each themed photo being set up by the students.

With a lot of work being put into the show the students succeeded in bringing laughter to the crowd. The performance was very much enjoyed by those in the gym.

Staff photo by Kelly Running

(Not in order) Skylar D., Katie H., Amy S., Lauren W., Kye-lynn V., and Hannah K. took selfies and sang about cell phones and selfie sticks in their “12 Days of Technology.”

Congratulations Eileen Neff!

Staff photo by Kelly Running

Students from grades one and two wish everyone a “Merry Chrithmath” as they performed “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth.” (Not in order) Alexia B., April C., Gage H., Sylvan P., Isabella R., Levin S., Logan W., Cooper W., Avrielle B., Zy G., Monroe M., Hailey P., Reagan W., Willow B., Zoey F., Rowan M., Kinley P., Matthew R., Owen S., Cassidy W., Deacon W., Olivia B., Olivia M., Ella P., and Shaelan T.

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“Rockin’ Jingle Bells Dance” resulted in a funny Christmas picture as one girl knocks over the others. (Not in order) Emma B., Clara H., Kati V., Talisa D., Riley K., Sydney D., Lilli H., Sasha W., and Jordan D.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Weekly RCMP report Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

The Carlyle RCMP detachment responded to 46 files between Saturday, Dec. 12 and Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The RCMP reminds drivers to drive and arrive safely during the Christmas season. Staff Sgt. Darren Simons of the Carlyle detachment says, “It’s better to be late and get to your destination than to rush and not get there at all.”

Alcohol-related offences RCMP issued a 72-hour driving suspension regarding liquor to an individual in Carlyle.

Members responded to a call reporting an impaired driver in an area west of Manor. RCMP were unable to locate the vehicle, but thank the individual in question for calling to inform them of a potentially dangerous driver.

Assault RCMP are currently investigating a possible assault with a weapon relating to a possible impaired driver in the Carlyle area.

Breach of release conditions

Carlyle Town Council holds final meeting of 2015 Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

An individual in the Carlyle area failed to comply with their conditions of release.

Break and enter An ATM was stolen from the Redvers Golf Course. Police are investigating.

Mischief Police investigated a complaint involving unlocked property in Carlyle. RCMP remind members of the public to lock all propertyincluding homes, garages, sheds and vehicles.

Members attended to a call regarding a noisy house party in the Carlyle area.

Traffic-related offences An individual in Redvers was fined $580 for driving without insurance.

RCMP members issued 11 speeding tickets during this period, with fines reaching a high of $230.

Members also investigated two intersection-related offences and issued one seatbelt ticket.

Ten inspection tickets and/or warnings were issued for various non-moving traffic violations, including tint on windows.

Parenting Tips from Regional KidsFirst

Christmas safety

Christmas is a fun time of year for every age with lots of goodies, gifts and decorations.

There are also hidden dangers for families and children. Here are a few tips for keeping you and your family safe this holiday season: Christmas tree: ● Buy a tree that is not dry and brittle, keep it well-watered. ● Don’t overload your electrical outlets. ● Use a sturdy stand and keep the tree away from heating vents, floor heaters, fireplaces and other heat sources. ● Never decorate the tree with candles. ● Use CSA (Canadian Standard Association) approved lights.

Decorations: ● Keep small tree ornaments and tinsel out of the reach of toddlers, near the top of the tree. ● Be careful with

plants. Poinsettias are poisonous.

Fire Safety: ● Use outdoor lights outside only. ● Turn off your Christmas tree lights when you are in bed or not home. ● Always test the batteries in your smoke detectors. ● Plan fire escape routes. Practice them with your family.

Entertaining: ● Have plenty of nonalcoholic options for children, or pregnant friends or family members. ● Always clean up immediately after a holiday party. A child could wake up early and choke on leftover food or consume alcohol or tobacco that was left out. ● Christmas candies and nuts can be a choking hazard for young children.

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● Buy age appropriate toys for children. Small parts are a choking hazard. ● As you open presents, immediately dispose of packing materials like plastic bags and Styrofoam pellets. A child playing with them may suffocate.

Carlyle Town Council held their final meeting of 2015 on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Equipment upgrade Council approved the purchase of a used grader which will replace current equipment that is increasingly in need of repairs. The cost of the replacement grader is $165,000.

Proposed school site Members of council held a first reading of zoning Bylaw 2015-14, regarding the proposed site of a new school building.

Building permits In 2015, the Town of Carlyle issued building permits totalling $3,136,750. This number is lower than in recent years, but still above 2009 totals.

Residential lot prices Council discussed the price of residential lots within the Town of Carlyle.

Code of conduct/New provincial legislation Council voted to amend council procedure Bylaw No. 2015-13, in accordance with new provincial legislation regarding council conflict of interest and other ethical concerns.

In addition, all Town of Carlyle employees have read and signed an updated code of conduct, in keeping with the new legislation.

Civic election in 2016 In anticipation of 2016’s civic election, council agreed to place two polling stations in Carlyle-one at a site within the Town of Carlyle, and another at Moose Mountain Lodge.

Transfer station report The Town of Carlyle received correspondence from the Ministry

of Environment citing a few itemsin error-regarding the burning of treated and untreated wood. Town employees have previously dealt with these materials in the correct manner.

SUMA membership The Town of Carlyle has renewed its membership in SUMA (Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association) at a cost of $2,500 per year.

Sun Country meeting Alderman Brian Romaniuk will represent council at a Sun Country informational meeting that is also open to the public. The meetingrescheduled from November-will be held Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Kenosee Inn. Planning seminar Town Administrator Hugette Lutz and Councillor Martin Tourand attended a community planning seminar in Stoughton on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The cost of the seminar was $50 per participant.

Airport sign Council approved the final design for the new sign at the Ted Brady Municipal Airport. A dedication ceremony will be announced at a later date.

Roy Olmstead dedication Although the new sign at the Roy Olmstead Public Works Building is now in place, a dedication ceremony will take place (and be announced) at a later date.

Main Street The Town of Carlyle has sent letters to businesses on Main Street asking them to get rid of the ice from building down spouts.

Next meeting Town Council’s first meeting of 2016 will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 6 at the Carlyle Civic Centre.

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Quote of the Week . . .

“I learned the valie of hard work by working hard”

- Margaret Mead

Kids more independent than I knew

Last week students submitted Christmas stories and memories to the paper for our special section dedicated to the holidays. We had a rather good response from teachers in getting students to participate, so some stories did have to be held over for another week, so if you can’t find your story that would Kelly Running be why.

Observer Staff All of the stories were very creative and I very much enjoyed the opportunity to read through them. It’s amazing what kids can accomplish if given the opportunity.

I have friends in Alberta who run a preschool in Airdrie. In May of this past year I had the opportunity to visit my friends and volunteered for a day.

Those kids could do anything! They were showing me around the different areas and what they did each day, excitedly asking me to read stories with them, using the building blocks, and showing me their art.

Another showed me their wood working area.

They had nails, a hammer, and goggles. They were hammering nails into a piece of wood following the letters of their names. So, goggles had to go up, and the young girl pointed to a circle surrounding the area. She explained to me that the hammer was not allowed outside the circle, that they needed their goggles on for safety inside the circle, and that when someone was working in the circle others had to stand back, so I had to take a step back. I apologized and off she went, tapping the nail lightly into the wood like a pro. Once the nail stood on its own she took her hand away from the nail and began tapping the hammer a little harder, slowly driving the nail into the wood.

I thought it was extremely impressive. They knew the safety surrounding the activity and were able to do it all on their own.

Then at lunch time, my friend pulled out their snack. Earlier in the day they had volunteered to be the snack helpers and these kids were up handing out yogurt and spoons and placing cups at each person’s spot. A small plastic pitcher was placed in the middle and these three and four-year-olds were filling their own cups. If the pitcher ran out my friend filled it with her larger pitcher, but the kids were pretty much completely independent and were very proud of what they could all do in there.

Encouraging kids and seeing them find successes or work towards something even if at first they fail is pretty amazing. For instance, when we were using the blocks we found a little wooden block with wheels on it, so our block structure turned into a ramp and we began sending the little wooden block car down it. At certain points it was too narrow for the car to go down so I mostly watched as they problem solved.

Lately I’ve been keeping up with my friend in Airdrie and it turns out these kids can really do anything. They were at one point looking at planning and then cities, so they started city planning.

They drew out what they wanted their city to look like and then they built it out of blocks.

They problem solve like pros even. She had a container on a table which was holding scissors at the craft station. The kids dumped out the scissors and took the container to use in the kitchen.

Usually the kids get to play with anything, but the scissors needed a home. When asked the kids all agreed that the scissors needed to be put away safely, so they saw an egg carton and placed the scissors in it in order to continue using the container in the kitchen to “cook” with.

The kids find things that interest them and from there plans are made to create different stations. People always say that kids have short

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attention spans, but when it’s something they’re really interested in they can be engaged in it for quite awhile.

Not just another cup of coffee I am a proud Canadian. I think this is an amazing country.

I cheer loudly for our athletes and I take special note of books written by Canadian authors. I have voted in every election I have been eligible for. I have travelled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and been in awe of the majestic beauty of our nation.

But there is one area of my life that I fail miserably as a CanaShelley Luedtke dian. I don’t drink Tim Horton’s coffee. I’ve tried, oh, how I have tried. Some of my friends are obsessed with the brand and so, in deference to them, I have revisited the beverage on numerous occasions to try and understand the passion for it. Maybe I needed to try a different mug. Maybe a dash of sugar. Maybe the answer is a chocolate covered donut to go alongside. But nothing seemed to make a difference.

I see the drive-thru line-ups that stretch around a city block. I can practically feel the frenzy when the Roll up the Rim promotion comes around. I know there are people who plan a road trip around Timmy’s locations. I admire the dedication these people possess to get their hands on their favourite cup of coffee, but it’s not my thing.

(Just so I don’t risk having to turn in my Canadian citizenship card--let me go on record by saying I happen to love the soup at Tim’s, I just don’t order a coffee when I’m there).

The coffee choices available to us in our favourite bistros or grocery aisles are seemingly endless: mocchaccino, cappuccino, frappuccino, latte, espresso, premium espresso, macchiato, half-caf, instant, decaf, dark roast, fine grind, medium grind and then, of course, the plethora of appliances needed to brew the chosen beverage. It is a dizzying array of options that leaves me staring in bewil-

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Kids are amazing to watch learn and grow.

They could do more at three and four-years-old than I would have imagined they could have.

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derment at the menu board or causing my eyes to glaze over in the store. I like coffee--I really do. My husband surprised me with a gourmet coffee machine a few years ago and I must say I am a big fan of a mug of butterscotch flavoured caffeine. But, my very favourite cup of coffee is...Saturday morning coffee.

Saturday morning coffee is poured into a travel mug as you quickly head out the door to go to the hockey rink/soccer pitch/baseball diamond to watch your child play the sport they love. Saturday morning coffee is sitting at the kitchen table lingering over the newspaper.

Saturday morning coffee is making spring plans for the yard. Saturday morning coffee is the anticipation of friends dropping by to admire the new deck/fence/patio.

Saturday morning coffee is making meal plans and shopping lists. It is starting that book you’ve been waiting to read. Saturday morning coffee is watching the weather to see how it will affect the day’s plans, or it is heading to the office or shop for a busy day of work.

Saturday morning coffee is the excitement of attending the family wedding/gathering that afternoon. It is laundry, housecleaning, car washing, recycling, lawn mowing and bookwork.

Saturday morning coffee is conversation and laughter, friends, phone calls and fun. Saturday morning coffee is chores, children and chatter.

Saturday morning coffee is taking a breath from the week that was, and planning for the week that will be.

I love my 7:00 AM butterscotch coffee in my favourite mug, and I do enjoy an occasional cappuccino. But for this Canadian coffee non-connoisseur, nothing is better than the taste of Saturday morning coffee because Saturday morning coffee is the flavour of... life.

That’s my outlook.

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Seeing things differently . . .

Real Gifts

It’s Christmastime

Lynne Bell

Kelly Running

Many of us are fortunate enough to have memories of happy Christmases- first, probably as excited children waiting for evidence that Santa visited-and when we learned he came through, we were thrilled. Later, as adults, we may have found ourselves responsible for making Christmas “happen” for families of our own. And even if you’re a harried young parent plugging batteries into the season’s must-have toy, with visions of January’s credit card bills dancing in your head, it’s still pretty easy to access and appreciate a childlike appreciation for the excitement surrounding the holidays with little people in your midst.

For many, when that stage of life passes, it’s easy to view Christmas through a different lense.

Some may see Christmas as a sad shadow of what it once was-especially if they have lost someone dear to them. Others may be dealing with the stress of job loss and the ongoing anxiety that economic uncertainty brings. Still others may be dealing with pain and illness-physical, mental, or emotional-during this time of year. And these circumstances are often exacerbated by the societal expectation that this season is supposed to be-as the song says-”the most wonderful time of the year.”

Although it’s tough not to be affected by those daunting-and may I add-entirely unreasonable (read: insane) seasonal expectations, we all know that the material trappings of Christmas are the icing, not the (fruit) cake.

This column is actually supposed to be about Christmas memories, specifically mine. And I have decades of them-from different stages of life, in different geographical locations and sometimes, with different family configurations. Some have been joyful, some have been challenging, and a few (but thankfully, not too many) have been downright tough.

I suspect it’s the same for most people.

When I did a quick, incomplete, and entirely unscientific survey of our office, I discovered that the friendly, chatty folks I work with were all pretty reticent regarding talking about their holiday memories. I may have caught them at a busy time, but I suspect their reactions had more to do with the very human tendency to have difficulty putting into words that which is private and precious.

What I can say is that the real gifts that all of my Christmases gave me weren’t the ones wrapped under the tree-but the people in my life and the lessons I learned.

And whatever gifts you get this year, I wish the same for you.

Merry Christmas.

Once again, Lynne and I have called a truce.

Although our column, “Seeing things differently…” we seem to agree more often than not and it takes a fair amount of research to argue against how we feel.

This week we are celebrating Christmas and we thought it might be fun to reminisce about Christmas’ past.

For the longest time, Christmas in my family meant Christmas Eve with my Mom’s family and Christmas day with my Dad’s family. Whether all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins are able to come home from across the country or it was just us with our grandparents that was the way it was (we live the closest to Swift Current which is where both sets of grandparents lived).

Christmas has taken on a change though ever since my sister became a flight attendant, we still celebrate, but often not on Christmas day. Like many people out there, flight attendants work on Christmas day and although you can bid on days off or on certain flight routes, my sister sees her coworkers with little ones at home and opts to work Christmas day so those people can spend that time with their young children.

I love that my sister does this for others and I hope if she and her husband have kids the same courtesy will be given to her, because Christmas on Christmas day is huge to children, they wait all year for the 24th and for Santa coming, and to wake up on the 25th which isn’t quite the same as it is with their loved ones around, it’s a magical time for them. Being an adult though Christmas is still a magical time of year, but we are more understanding that the time for appreciating family and giving doesn’t really depend on the day.

Last year in November, Granny, passed away.

Christmastime reminds me of both my grandmothers for different reasons, but Granny had a particular affinity for the holiday. She had countless decorations, very much enjoyed those dancing Santa’s, loved poinsettias as well as all the lights and how beautiful her Christmas tree was. The one dancing Santa she had sang and danced, even turning around to wiggle his butt which she thought was quite funny.

In fact everyone that came to her funeral last

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year saw the humour. Her funeral was a beautiful service which included huge poinsettias which made it that morning on the bus to Swift Current and that dancing Santa. Following the service as the family was getting ready to leave, my sister tried convincing my little cousin Ella to run up and press the button, she shook her head, so of course Jaclyn runs up and does it herself, something that would have had Granny shaking her head saying, “Oh… Jackie,” with a giant smile on her face. Some people in the crowd smiled, then as Santa turned to shake his booty, the entire church burst out in laughter.

Growing up Christmas Eve was always a wonderful time as well and remains to be. Oma’s house is decked out in Christmas decorations as well. One set-up she does in particular is a Christmas village she sets up each year which is always very intricately done, including a small skating rink for the little residents of the village.

She also has these two ornaments that have withstood numerous grandchildren, they are Mrs Claus and Santa standing separately with their lips puckered for a kiss and Mrs. Claus can be wound up, so she spins around with the song “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus” playing. It was a favourite of all her grandchildren and has been played a ton over the years.

For supper on Christmas Eve we always enjoy a meal of appetizers which includes this delicious sausage I’ve only had at Oma’s house to eat with crackers and cheese, and Oma’s delicious bacon wrapped shrimp hors d’oeuvres. While we enjoy each other’s company we also listen to old country Christmas carols and, I’m going to have to ask her his name, but a CD that includes Dutch Christmas carols by I believe a young boy at the time of recording, although I’m sure he’s not a young boy anymore.

The music is absolutely beautiful, even if I can’t understand the words… I think the extent of Dutch I know is “mooi” which means “nice,” “ik hou van je” which means “I love you,” and “houdoe” which means “take care.” But, when I think of Christmas carols I think of sitting with Oma and Vic and listening to that music on Christmas Eve. I’m not a huge fan of Christmas music in fact I’m like the Grinch of Christmas music, but I love the ones that Oma plays each year.

So, have a very Merry Christmas and I hope you all get to spend it with your loved ones!

Editor’s Note . . .

The views expressed in “Seeing things differently” are for discussion purposes and are not necessarily the views of the writers.

Through the Lens Moose Mountain Photography Club

“We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.” ~ Jesse Jackson

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Year in review: It was a funny 12 months

By Bruce Penton Part One of the annual review of the best quips and quotes from 2015 (January through June): • Blogger TC Chong, with a sure sign the Raiders in December had given up on the NFL season: “Their challenge flag was white.”

Ian Hamilton of the Regina Leader-Post, on speculation the Oakland Raiders will move back to Los Angeles: “L.A. should decline that penalty.”

• Retired late-night funnyman David Letterman, after the Giants and Jets won on the same day: “Astronomers say this will not happen again until the year 2164.”

Commentator Ben Maller, noting it was the 50th anniversary of the last Cleveland Browns championship: “Anyone can have an off halfcentury.”

Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Kevin Klein of the New York Rangers lost part of his ear, had it sewn back on and then scored the winning goal in overtime vs. Pittsburgh.

Contrast this with the Major League Baseball player who missed a month after having a tooth pulled.”

Blogger Bill

Littlejohn, after an NFL arbiter bought Ndamakong Suh’s argument that he didn’t realize he’d stepped on Aaron Rodgers’ injured calf because his foot was frozen: “Numb and number.”

Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on the most startling stash in the Paul Revere time capsule, opened recently: “A Steve Nash rookie card.”

Brad Dickson again: “Gatorade is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Before this, victorious sports teams dumped soup over the winning coach’s head.”

Greg Cote of the Miami Herald:”Howard Schnellenberger referred to the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl as ‘larger than life.’ Rarely has life been more insulted.”

Comedy writer Alan Ray, on the pending induction of the late “Macho Man” Randy Savage into the WWE Hall of Fame: “The place will be standingroom only. For some reason, all the chairs are broken.”

Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone, via Twitter, after the Mariners acquired lefty pitcher Mike Kickham: “I’d suspect their plan is to use Kickham when they’re down.”

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, after 49ers GM Trent Baalke said his team is in “reloading” mode, not rebuilding: “Please, someone tell Aldon

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Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Madame Tussauds Orlando unveiled a wax statue of Dan Marino. The likeness is uncanny, veteran Marino-watchers say, in terms of both looks and mobility.”

Scott Ostler again, on the first hint of Deflategate: “When Bill Belichick presented Tom Brady the game ball, and he folded it and put it in his wallet.”

Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “My sports and entertainment heroes were, roughly in order, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson, Bruce Jenner, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen and Brian Williams. I am starting to think I might be the problem.”

Headline at sportspickle.com, after the Super Bowl: “God apologizes to Russell Wilson. ‘I didn’t think I had to tell you to run Marshawn Lynch from the one.’”

Bob Molinaro of Hampton Roads (Va.) pilotonline.com: “Of all people, Mike Ditka said that if he had an eight-year-old son, he wouldn’t allow him to play football, saying ‘I think the risk is worse than the reward.’ Ditka coming out against kids playing football is like the Pope telling Catholics to sleep in on Sundays.”

Janice Hough of leftcoastssportsbabe. com: “The beagle that won ‘Best in Show’ at the Westminster Dog Show, and thus became ‘America’s Dog’, is actually Canadian.

Another immigrant taking something away from Americans. I blame Obama.”

Flames president Brian Burke, to Calgary’s CJAQ Radio, on why he hates golf: “Because it’s slow and there’s no fighting.”

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, after hoops icon Michael Jordan misspelled Barack Obama’s name while autographing a poster for him: “The president made sure Jordan’s name was spelled right when he had him audited by the IRS.”

Janice Hough, from leftcoastsportsbabe. com., again: “The Atlanta Braves’ B.J. Upton now wants to be known as Melvin Upton, Jr. Talk about a player to be named later.”

Another one from Scott Ostler, on Oakland A’s prospect Pat Venditte, who is able to pitch equally well with either arm: “When Venditte switches arms in midinning, will some TV announcer say, ‘Pat Venditte is relieving himself on the mound’?”

CBS’s David Letterman, on the retirement of Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter: “He wanted to spend more time with his money.”

RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “An Indianapolis building saluted Colts receiver Reggie Wayne by lighting offices to form number 87. Not to be outdone, Toronto’s CN Tower saluted Leafs’ management by only using dim bulbs.”

• Headline in the Toronto Sun after the retirement of Canadian NBA star Steve Nash: ”Nashional Treasure.”

Dwight Perry again: “President Obama says he isn’t getting enough

sleep. Advised his doctor: Just take these two Knicks tickets and call me in the morning.”

Greg Cote again: “Ever wonder how the tradition of cutting down the nets began in basketball? Turns out it was started by the American Association of People Who Sell Basketball Nets.”

Headline at SportsPickle.com: “Pre-med student gets NHL team-physician job after accurately identifying upper body, lower body.”

Comedy writer Bill Scheft on Twitter: “BREAKING: Vatican says if Tebow makes Eagles, it will be considered first miracle for Pope Francis.”

Dwight Perry again: “Who says crime doesn’t pay?

Skipper’s Smokehouse in North Tampa, Fla., announced it would give Jameis Winston unlimited free crab legs if the Buccaneers take him in the NFL draft on Thursday. Leading Winston to mutter: “Why didn’t I shoplift a Maserati?”

Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after Olympic decathlon champ Bryan

Clay used string tied to a javelin to yank his daughter’s loose baby tooth: “Let’s hope she never gets tonsillitis.”

UFC star Ronda Rousey, to ‘Access Hollywood,’ on the odds of landing a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.: “I don’t think that me and him would ever fight, unless we ended up dating.”

Brad Dickson again: “There was an embarrassing incident at the Indianapolis 500.

One driver hired a pit crew from AAA, and after he pulled in for a tire change nobody showed up for two hours.”

One more from Dickson: “Disneyland is celebrating its 60th anniversary. As part of a promotion, next season LeBron James will attempt to make the NBA Finals playing with the seven dwarfs.”

Perry, to finish off: “Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi is set to face trial in Spain for tax fraud to the tune of $4.6 million. He faces possible jail time and/ or a fine, but defence lawyers hope to get him off with just a yellow card.”

Pee Wee Cougars seeing lots of game action Darren Simons Sports Contributor The Carlyle Pee Wee Cougars have been kept more active with games than with practices as of late.

We played an away game against Oxbow on the 14th of December and started out very strong and the game was tied two to two after one period.

We came out strong again in the second gave up two more goals and then in the dying seconds we gave up a third, which seemed to set the pace for the third period. Well the players know what happened better than we do and the third was a period where we gave up goal after goal after goal.

I think we as coaches and parents believe in them more than they believe in themselves sometimes.

The next game was against Lampman on the 17th of December.

After the 1st it was one a piece, the second resulted in 3 more goals for us and a further two for Lampman.

The third had no scoring take place for either team and we “squeaked” out a victory.

We finished out the week with an away game in Carnduff and after one period it was 2 to one for Carnduff.

We played very well, especially considering we only fielded 8 skaters and a goalie. The second was a divided period, where we played very well during the first half and then Carnduff began scoring and we let them continue scoring.

The third period was more like the first, and although we gave up a few more goals we made Carnduff work for those goals. The big difference is when the team plays as a team and there is individual effort directed toward teamwork we do much better.

It was amusing as a coach watching the players skating to the bench only to realize there were no fresh legs to replace them and back out they went.

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Santa and Tommy

By Leelah K, grade 3 The reindeer had a red shiny nose and his name was Tommy. He liked Christmas so, so much he had to help Santa. Santa said come on lets go. Tommy said to Santa is it hard to give kids presents. Santa said no, that it was easy for him to.

Tommy asked Santa if he liked cookies and milk, he said yes I do. Santa asked Tommy if he likes toys.

Tommy said yes he does. Santa said great and now Tommy lets go to the hotel to give presents to kids.

They are waiting for their presents but they are sleeping. They are dreaming about their presents.

The kids are awake now we have to go back home Tommy. Now the kids are opening their presents now. They are happy. They have their presents.

Santa is happy they have their presents and the kids are happy forever. Santa once said they’d be good next year. Tommy was happy. And the kids were happy they have their toys. There are lots of Christmas trees in the house. I like the one that has lights and a star on it and also all of them. The house’s had lights on them. I like the one that has a snowman on it. Tommy liked the houses and the trees. I like the snowman the best of all and the elf.

There was a Santa Clause one, I liked the Santa one.

Santa said goodnight. When it was morning they ate breakfast together. Santa said Tommy do you want to make a snowman together. Tommy said yes to Santa and Santa said great. Tomy let’s go and build a snowman. The End.

The Christmas Elf

By Leigha K, grade 4 That night Santa was delivering all of the little children’s presents but Santa left one in his sled and when Santa was done, by the time Santa got back to the North Pole he looked in his sled and found one of a present. He looked at the tag, it said To: Rita, a little girl. From: Santa. But Santa said I bet she got one all ready but the sun was just about to come up, he said wewill never make it so everyone was going to bed but an elf said, when everyone went to bed, I’m a Christmas elf, nobody misses Christmas. So he opened the present, it was a pink bike. So when he got there he was going to wrap it. Just as the sun rose he jumped through their window and quickly wrapped it and put it under the Christmas tree and the little girl was coming downstairs when the elf jumped out of the window but he just wondered how he was going to get back. But Santa came and the elf got in his sled. The pour elf got in trouble, so Santa said to the elf you are not going to help deliver next Christmas, so the elf said ok, but Santa said you sure are going to rap all of the presents with six other elves. The elf said ok I can sure do it Santa. So the next Christmas cam so that elf said to Santa can I help? Santa said yes because Santa forgot, so when they got to town Santa said wait a min. Elf you are not allowed to help this year so he made the elf watch the sled but Santa said fine you can do it don’t be late be back soon. The End.

Santa

By Maria F., grade 4 Once upon a time Santa went to his toy shop and he forgot to make presents for Christmas! And tomorrow was Christmas! Santa was sad, he said, “ how could I forget to make presents? Now I don’t have any presents to give to the children.” But he said I can’t just sit here and do nothing. I got to start making some presents. He told all his elves to start making some presents and in two hours they made 315 presents. And in 3 more hours until Christmas they had to make 400 presents and then Santa had to send them all under all those Christmas trees. I got a lot of work to do he said. So that night he sent the presents they had done, but the elves had 39 more presents to make. But when Santa came back from sending all those presents the elves had 10 more presents to make. Santa said kindly, “can you please make those presents faster because the sun is rising now. And then Santa sent all of those presents. The elves were done making the presents. And then Santa went home and he was happy that he got all of his work done. And then all of the elves went to rest in Santa’s room and Santa got lots of letters saying thank you Santa for the doll. Thank you for the toy car Santa. Santa was full because of all those chocolate cookies. The end.

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Manager, Shannon MacLeod team up to sort and wrap gifts at the CFY Girls Group Wrap party at Carlyle’s Gordon F. Kells High School on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

“Thank you to everyone for making this a success,” says MacLeod.

“We’re so happy to focus on our area families at Christmastime and we plan to do it again next year.”

CFY Girls Group Wrap Party Southern Plains Coop employee Payton Humphries and manager Derek Edwards (pictured), along with Co-op employees Laurie Photo by Lynne Bell Balogh and Gary Nelson volunteered at thr CFY Girls Group Wrap party. The Co-op also supplied pizza, drinks and snacks for volunteers. “We just wanted to make sure all those good people had full bellies so they could wrap presents for people who need them,” said Edwards.

Photo by Lynne Bell

Photo by Lynne Bell Photo by Lynne Bell

Volunteer elf Darcie Rae was an eager volunteer at Cornerstone Family and Youth’s Girls Group Wrap Party. Of helping others, Rae said: “I like it. It’s fun.”

Some hardworking elves wrap gifts for area kids at the CFY Girls Group Wrap Party on Tuesday, Dec. 15 in Carlyle. “It’s such a natural fit,” says CFY’s Jenn Sedor. “We’ve got youth eager to do something good in the community and the businesses in the community who stepped forward to help.”

Photo by Lynne Bell

(l-r) Marissa Owens and a gift-wrapped Madison Paulo were two of the many volunteers who worked to bring a little bit of Christmas to area youth at CFY’s Girls Group Wrap Party, held Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Carlyle’s GFK High School.

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Cornerstone Family and Youth’s Jenn Sedor is surrounded by elves from the CFY Girls Group and says, “We’d like to thank The Bargain Shop! For partnering with us, Southern Plains Co-op for pizza, food and drinks for all of the volunteers and to the volunteers who stayed late to wrap gifts. It’s a true community effort and it really warms the heart.”

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Elfie said are you going to work? Yes said Daisy why what is it? It is one o’clock said Daisy. I hope Santa is not mad said Daisy. No he ain’t mad at you he is just asking where you are. Okay said Daisy. Well should we go to the work shop? Okay said Elfie.

When they got to the workshop Santa said there you are Daisy what were you doing at your house?

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By Tony B., grade 4 One night a kid named Tony couldn’t go to bed so he stayed up very late. All of a sudden he heard a noise come from his window. He thought it was just an airplane, but then he rubbed his eyes and then he knew it was Santa’s sleigh. He even saw Rudolf! He was so happy he put on his coat, boots, and touque. And then he ran outside. He followed it until the sleigh landed on a house then Tony snuck up by the house. He peeked into the window. There he saw Santa putting presents under the Christmas tree then Tony found a ladder and then he climbed up. Then he saw Santa! Santa and all the reindeer froze. He told Santa hello and then Santa told him why aren’t you sleeping kid? And Tony said I couldn’t go to sleep and then Tony asked if he could come with him and then Santa said yes. Then Tony jumped into the sleigh. They flew past many lakes, mountains, cities, towns, fields, and finally they came to the North Pole. Ther was a big factory with a lot of lights all over it. Then they finally landed on top of the big factory. Santa told Tony, welcome to the North Pole. The End!

Friday, December 25, 2015

A beautiful time

By Linda Wegner Of all the church and school Christmas pageants, plays and concerts I’ve attended over my seventy plus years of living, this week I witnessed the most joyous and moving Nativity presentation of all I’ve ever experienced.

Here’s how it happened.

A friend asked me if I could help out at the Christmas party for a group called Faith and Light. I was happy to do what I thought was a favour for a friend and her friends. My role was to play the piano for a Christmas carol sing-song, something I delight in doing; other than that, I hadn’t bothered to ask anything much about the group. As it turned out, this organization was founded decades ago for the purpose of providing intellectually and physically challenged adults with the spiritual care, fellowship and fun so many of us simply take for granted. It took just a few minutes for me to realize that I was the one who was most blessed to be there.

At the risk of sounding condescending when that is the last thing I want, I was moved to tears at the warm welcome I received. Waiting for the call to dinner, I chatted with many of the three dozen or so people there. Challenged or not, these folks know how to smile, to sing, to display impeccable table manners and to respond to the invitation to role play.

“Who wants to be Mary?” a leader asked. No shortage of volunteers for that part…or for the portrayal of Joseph, wise men, angels or shepherds. Draped in

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And, you should have heard them singing!

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6) Thank you Faith and Light for bringing Christmas praises to life.

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Kennedy/Langbank News Submitted by Doreen Cancade Merry Christmas to all of you.

It seems that every year there is always a death in someone’s family. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Rey families. Ed passed away Dec. 16th with the funeral service held on Tuesday, Dec. 22nd.

The U.C.W. held a Christmas get-together for themselves and other gals from the community on Dec. 15th at the Kennedy Friendship Center.

There were approximately 25 ladies gathered for a lovely supper, followed by Jordi Griffin (a new resident in Kennedy) demonstrating her talent of

cake decorating, very interesting. Door prize gifts were handed out, everyone took part in the carol singing with Mona West on the piano and Heather McMillan leading the singing, thanks ladies. The evening closed with everyone choosing 2 dozen cookies to take home (a cookie exchange) and that’s it for now.

I want to take this opportunity of thanking all the folks who have told me how they enjoy reading my column and thanks to those who offer me items of news, I would appreciate more items given to me, maybe it will be better in the new year. Have a Merry Christmas.

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Sleeping Under the Tree

By Serenity L, grade 4 It was a windy night and I was walking in the wind. I walked home and also there was ice falling from the sky. I was so scared and then I went under the tree and I slept under the tree. When I woke up it was snowing and it was really cold, so I walked home. Again I put on my stuff and my mom said, “Where were you last night?” I said, “I was sleeping under the tree last night.” And my mom said, “What!?!?” “Yeah,” I said. And my mom came out of the room. “Why didn’t you call me?” asked Mom. “Well…” “I was too sleepy,” I said. “Ok you can go play outside” my mom said. “Ok” I said. “Why don’t I take you to go sliding?” Mom said. “Sure” I said and then I went to go play outside. I played with my dogs and their names are Star and Sky. We played hide and seak, so my mom came outside and she said “lets go now.” “Ok…” (and I went to the car) and my mom said, “What’s wrong?” “Well I want my dogs to come with us…” I said. “Ok, ok, we can bring them.” “Ya!” So I helped my mom with the dogs and I had to help my mom with Star because she was heavy. So we put Star and Sky in the car and then we drived to a big hill and I went on a big bump and then we went home. The End.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BROCK NO.64 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE POUND KEEPER AND PLACE OF POUND FOR THE R.M. OF BROCK NO.64 FOR THE YEAR 2016 IS AS FOLLOWS: CHOPPER K AUCTION SERVICES, ALAMEDA, SK R.M. OF BROCK NO.64 KISBEY, SK, S0C 1L0 PHONE: 306-462-2010

Christmas

By Taya L., grade 4 Once there were two kids who lived in a little town called Timsvill. Timsvill was an average town like any other town. Except it had its own secret that nobody could know, only the people of Timsvill knew what it was. It all began on Christmas Eve. The day that every kid would wake up to a bunch of presents under the Christmas tree. Jamie and her brother Isac loved Christmas in fact that was the only holiday they thought they could find Santa and help him give out presents, help him fly the reindeer, do everything that they could possibly do to help Santa. They forgot about one thing, the most important thing in Christmas history, they couldn’t do that, it was for the elves to do, not them, they were supposed to go to bed and wake up with their stockings full of sweets and presents and have a big family dinner with all of their family members and build snowmen.

They wished and hoped that one day that they could spend one evening with Santa Clause and the reindeer and the elves. The next morning they woke up and wondered if they could go and find Santa’s work shop. So they went out looking for him. The snow was blowing and the wind was fierce and it was also howling. They could see nothing at all, they had to hang onto each other and to talk they had to yell so that they could hear each other.

Isac was struggling to walk further and Jamie fell trying to get up. All of a sudden it stopped snowing. The wind stopped, they could see where they were but they didn’t know where they were.

They shouted in fear. Jamie said what if something bad will happen to us, what if something bad will happen to us, what if we never see our family again, then what will we do? “Oh be quiet” said Isac “I brought a GPS with us so we wouldn’t get lost.”

It started to get dark out, the moon shone like a big bright star on a Christmas tree, it reminded them of home. But they still wanted to try and find Santa. Out of nowhere they heard strange noises like jingle bells and reindeer and Santa. They didn’t really know what to think because it sounded very unclear and like an echo coming towards them. It was Santa. They could see his sleigh and Rudolph’s big red nose shining. And Santa saw them too. He picked them up and asked “What are you doing in the North Pole?” “We came to look for you, and help you” said Isac. So they got to help Santa as they wished and nobody knows the real town secret of Timsvill, that is a story for another time. They lived happily in wonder. The End.

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The Utensils perform for Moose Mountain Lodge residents 119 Main St., Carlyle

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The Utensils, a group based out of Wawota, enjoys performing music year round and were recently welcomed to Moose Mountain Lodge to perform a variety of Christmas tunes for the residents. The group has been around for approximately four or five years, first performing at the Lion’s Seniors’ Christmas Dinner. They now perform once a month in Wawota and have previously performed in Carlyle, Moosomin, and are planning a trip to Redvers.

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Chloe Rolufs (far left) proudly stands with her group of Girl Guides in the basement of the Arcola United Church next to the food bank items they helped compile around town the past month and a half. (Not in order) Brooklyn, Maggie, Madison, Kaydence, Shalanne, Kirby, Abby, and Kaylee (missing from photo) went all over town looking for donations of supplies to the food bank. The girls explained that they wanted to do something for people around Christmas and that helping people who are hungry is very important. Rolufs said the girls are working towards their Community Volunteer badge, which involves 25 hours of community service within a year to obtain, and that the idea for the food bank was one that the girls came up with on their own. The girls had a lot of support from many in the community and were very appreciative of the support from the Arcola Coop specifically who gave feminine hygiene products and baby wipes, items that most people don’t always think of giving to the Food Bank.

Wawota News Submitted by Myrna Olson

It is hard to believe that it is almost the end of December and another year had passed!

Congratulations to Blair and Jenna Toms on the birth of a daughter on Dec. 15. She weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz, and has been named Kamyrn Rae. The community was saddened on Dec. 14 to hear of the passing of Keith Fox. He passed away peacefully at home at the age of 81 years. His funeral service was held at the United Church on Saturday, Dec. 18.

Sympathy to Fay, Wade, Shelley and Kent and families.

Wawota United Church was the scene of a baptism last Sunday.

Baptized was Emery Nicolyne, infant daughter of Paul and Tenille Ford.

Several family members were in attendance to witness this event.

Visiting with the Keith Olsons

last weekend were their daughter, Cindy Olson and family, Emma and Morgan Buhr from Morinville AB. Shirley Corkish has received of the passing of her Aunt Vicki Rohatyn on December 14th. She lived in Winnipeg and was the widow of Shirley’s Uncle Charles Rohatyn.

As this is the season of gift giving and celebrating life I think this news item is a great one to finish my news with. The Bible reads, John 15:13 , “there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend”. Last July, Kevin Cuddington gave up 68% of his liver to save his Aunt Cindy’s life. There was no hesitation on his part and he came forward as soon as he heard of her need. Today the family are rejoicing and celebrating that both Cindy and Kevin are doing well! The family are so grateful for Kevin’s kind and selfless act.