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Volume 107, Issue 43
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Florence tea features fashion show By Joan Ratz Riverdale District Health Auxiliary (RDHA) hosted its annual Florence Nightingale Tea on Saturday, May 2, with the added attraction of a fashion show organized by the staff of Rivers Super Thrifty Pharmacy. Auxiliary president Lynn Madden welcomed those in attendance and introduced Debbie Neely who gave a review of her responsibilities as rehab recreational director. Debbie also looks after the auxiliary craft cupboard. Recently, RDHA has purchased a new and improved craft cupboard and is excited to provide a variety of necessities for patients to purchase. Debbie officially opened the tea and auxiliary member Barb Sveistrup gave the blessing. Those in attendance generously purchased tickets for cash raffles, grocery basket raffles and a three-piece bistro set, and quickly bought out the delicious assortment of baking on our bake tables. Winner of the bistro set was Audrey Ashton; cash winners were Betty MacDonald (first prize), Emily Chen (second prize) and Norm Bridgeman (third prize). This year we had eight grocery hampers filled with items donated by members. Lucky winners of these baskets were Gavin Pomeroy, Carol Bray, Donna Short, Charlotte MacDonald, Debbie Johannson, Shelley Burt, Frieda Paddock and Tracy Paddock. A kid’s treasure basket was won by Joyce Espey. We also provide a fish pond for children in attendance; thanks to Gavin Pomeroy and Logan Creighton for manning this station. Displays were set up by Esther Krahn for palliative care, Gary Pomeroy for the hospital foundation and Jean Young for senior services. June Elliott was the recipient of a lovely potted plant from the palliative care display and Ruby Gottfried won the foundation draw. The added attraction of a fashion show showcased many beautiful outfits and accessories that can be found at our local drug store. These items are ordered from a company called GURU, which is a free trade company. This business returns all profit to the locals who produce the pieces. Local ladies did a lovely job in modelling all the unique clothing and jewelry, and those in attendance were impressed by the show. RDHA is very grateful to Super Thrifty staff for co-ordinating this added attraction to our tea. We are also grateful to all who purchased tickets, supported our tea by their attendance, the ladies who organized the fashion show and all who helped in any way with our tea. Students Chassidy Payette and Haile Hubbard volunteered to help us serve tea — thank you. All proceeds from this event will be used to provide comfort and care for patients in our health care facilities. Our next fundraiser is a yard sale, held tomorrow, May 9 at 770 Fifth Avenue; see you there!
Photo by Joan Ratz
L/R: Logan Creighton and Gavin Pomeroy ran the fish pond table which was set up at the hospital auxiliary spring tea.
Police participate in programs By Bruce Klassen Chief The month of April was busy for Rivers Police Service; it saw a total of 59 calls for service. This month was the kickoff for our distracted driving campaign, which targets cell phone users as well as at-risk driving offences such as speeding. In conjunction with Rivers and Area Lions Club, we finished the Ident-a-Kid program. Jim Boles and I fingerprinted each student in Rivers Elementary School, and reinforced the whole Stranger Danger message. April was also the kickoff of the Use Your Head Campaign. This is the third year Rivers Police Service has run this program, which encourages the use of bike helmets through education, and enforcement by stopping youths who are wearing a helmet and entering their name in a draw for a bike at the end of this school year. Auxiliary Const. Dallas Scott has been instrumental getting together prizes for this year’s event from Canadian Tire, McDonalds,Tim Hortons, Old Dutch, CUPE and MPI. Our statistics for April are encouraging in that no violent crimes were recorded again this month. One theft under $5,000 was reported and there were five property damage files opened, for a total of six property crimes. Two frauds were investigated and one other crime (breach, public mischief, harassing phone call, etc.) for a total of nine Criminal Code cases last month. Our first federal traffic case of 2015 was logged in April; it was for impaired driving. Nine provincial Traffic Act
infractions (speeding, unregistered vehicle, driving without a licence, etc.) were noticed and two accidents were reported to police. The total traffic statistics for April were 12; to date 31 traffic files have been handled by Rivers Police Service. The community still has a clean record for Liquor and Gaming Control Act charges; however, two intoxicated person/breach of the peace (IPDA) were reported. The first four months of 2015 have seen six reports of intoxication/ breaching peace. Four bylaws were enforced last month with one being nuisance, two for animal control and one burning; the total number of bylaw enforcements to April 30 has been eight. Rivers Police Service assisted the public seven times and made three calls to the former RM of Daly. As always, the miscellaneous category had the highest number of cases with 22 files in April and a grand total of 90. There was one mental health call, two community relations, three noisy parties or disturbances, two lost properties and 14 miscellaneous files, which includes unfounded complaints. To recap April statistics: nine Criminal Code cases and 23 to date; 12 traffic files, 31 to date; two IDPA and six to date; four bylaw enforcements which doubles to eight as a four-month total; 10 assists and 26 grand total; 22 miscellaneous which is average for a current total of 90.