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Mercury sports reporter Josh Lewis was on public display last Friday at noon. A bet over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins playoff series between Lewis and Mercury editor Chad Saxon, left the loser of the wager to carry out his humiliation of the Leafs’ loss on 13th Avenue.
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Another sure sign of spring? How about the annual re-opening of the Estevan Tourist Information Centre? That’s what happened on Friday, May 17 when the centre was given an official launch, even though its doors had been unofficially open to greet visitors a few days earlier. Michel Cyrenne, economic development manager for the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, welcomed
about 20 people who had gathered for the official launch late Friday afternoon and he introduced the centre’s first tourism hostess, Vi Giap, who is a commerce student at the University of Saskatchewan who will be joined later at the information centre by returning hostess Kelsey Schick. Cyrenne said the tourism and business development programs are expanding with the addition of funds gained through the
local hotels association that currently has three of the city’s 14 hospitality centres on board with two more on the cusp of joining them soon and with the hopes of getting all the hotels on board within the next year. “We needed to show the hotel people what we’re going to do with the money they collect,” said Cyrenne who said the two per cent room tax has brought in about $140,000 so far. Estevan ⇢A2
Vi Giap (left) the Estevan Tourism Centre’s reception hostess along with Estevan Chamber of Commerce’s Manpreet Sangha, Estevan’s economic development manager.
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It was a somber team of trustees who gathered in the conference room at the South East Cornerstone Public School Division last Thursday. It was only a little over a week since the untimely passing of their fellow director Garry Hammett in a highway accident. Chairman Harold Laich opened the public portion of the meeting by asking for a moment of silence to commemorate the passing “of a long time school board member and community leader.” Following the silent tribute, Laich added that Hammett’s life had
been one of service to his family and the community and that included more than 24 years of dedication to the educational governance family in which he was an integral member. “We want to give Margo (Hammett’s wife) and her family our support for the difficult weeks and months ahead.” The trustees said they had also spent time during their morning in-camera session with some quiet reflection concerning Hammett’s contribution to public education and the suddenness of his passing. Trustees Kevin Keating and Ja-
net Foord took a moment to note how his funeral service also portrayed the kind of man he was, even down to the Saskatchewan Roughrider cheer. “The music, the service, the cheer, if you knew Garry, you knew it was very appropriate,” said Foord. During the midway portion of the afternoon’s agenda, there was a note to call for a byelection to fill the seat that had been filled by Hammett, in Subdivision 4. Shelley Toth, vice-president of administration and finance, and Foord said that although the election call may seem to be too soon,
there was a need to be in compliance with the Education Act and therefore nominations would have to close by June 5 and a byelection would take place July 10 if more than one candidate surfaced to assume the representative’s duties for the Alameda, Oxbow, Lampman and Bienfait areas. The board also set a date for a special board meeting on May 30 to accommodate any final resignations or contract terminations that might surface at the last minute. Following that date, the new human resources contracts go into effect.
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