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‘It Can’t Happen To Me’ became ‘It could happen to me’ at the risk awareness evaluation for the Grade 9 high school students of Mannville, Innisfree, St. Jerome’s and J.R. Robson.

The schools came together to participate in the ‘Social responsibility and Impact of Actions’ in Mannville and Vermilion from April 27-29.

The ‘It Can’t Happen To Me – Risk Awareness’ project has been hosted by the Mannville - Minburn - Innisfree Family and Community Support Services (M-M-I F.C.S.S) for the past 18 years. By working with community partners, presentations and the staged collision, the aim is to provide the opportunity for youth to understand the consequences of taking risks; such as texting and driving, drinking and driving, noncompliance with seat belt legislation or not wearing helmets in sports-quad-bikes.

Mannville Fire Department Training Officer, Zane Polishuk, who is also a science teacher at the Mannville High School, didn’t try to tiptoe around the subject of death, and told his students firsthand the harsh reality of what can happen in reckless driving situations.

“Sometimes after we lose a person in an accident on the highway, we have to find and pick up body parts before they freeze onto the highway,” said Polishuk.

“We are now seeing that texting while driving has outnumbered drinking while driving as the number one cause of road traffic accidents,” explained Polishuk.

In Mannville a car was placed sideways between two trees and had one role player trapped in the car. Fake blood and make-up were used to bring the scenario to life, while students watched and observed the trauma unfold, facing the harsh reality and consequences of drug use, drinking and driving and texting while driving.

Many students were emotionally moved by the scene.

Some of the students acted as role-players in the mock scene. All three emergency departments responded quickly to the mock dispatch call, with the Fire Department first to arrive at the scene followed by the Prairie EMS ambulance services and the RCMP. Members of the Fire Department cut the trapped ‘victim’ from the car with the Jaws of Life, while the injured were transported to the ambulance and ‘the dead body’ which lay motionless was covered with a blanket and taken away by the Lakeland Funeral Directors. One ‘victim’ at the scene was pronounced dead and the other was injured. The driver, who was texting and driving was arrested and taken away by the RCMP. “It affects each student in a different way,” said Polishuk. “This information and demonstration of the consequences of taking risks will hopefully influence them to make responsible choices.”

Consequences Hit Home

In the mock accident during the “It Can’t Happen to Me” re-enactment that took place on April 29 at the Emergency Training Centre in Vermilion, Grade 11 student Victoria Hamilton is arrested for ‘Careless Driving” after causing a two car collision that resulted in one person’s death and another person being seriously injured.

“It really hits home, even though it was just acting; being arrested, handcuffed and put in the back of a police car isn’t very fun. When you see what can happen to yourself and your friends, and the amount of heartache it can cause, you soon realize driving dangerously whether it is texting, drinking or speeding really isn’t worth it. My mom and dad came to watch the performance we gave, and my mom got tears in her eyes just watching it. I understand now as well, that it isn’t just the kids involved in the accident who is affected; it’s all the families as well,” said Hamilton. Photos Lorna Hamilton

Impact Made Grade 11 student Brittany Eyben plays the ‘deceased’ in the mock accident during ‘It Can’t Happen to Me’. After the presentation Eyben said, “I think it does make an impact on the Grade 9’s who are watching, I heard that during the presentation after we acted out the event, students did show emotions.” More photos on page 3........Photo Marie Conboy

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Senator Céline Her vieux-Payette introduced Bill S-223 on April 12, 2016 in an attempt to restrict firearms in Canada.

The bill would change the “Restricted” category to “Circumscribed”, prohibiting all firearms except a narrow range of hunting firearms and “localize” the prohibition of restricted firearms.

All types of semi-automatic firearms (except .22s) would be restricted/prohibited and no one would be allowed to move circumscribed (restricted/prohibited) guns except approved “Transporters.”

Bill S-223 had a second reading in the Senate on April 19, where Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette, spoke as the Bill’s sponsor.

According to Senator Céline HervieuxPayette, guns would not be “registered” but “inscribed.” “You can appreciate that the terms ‘registration’ and ‘registered’ have been used so often that we simply thought that using the term ‘inscription’ would eliminate some anxiety. I think that using the term inscription does not evoke feelings of fear,” said Senator HervieuxPayette.

Bill S-231 supports the idea that all firearms should be prohibited, except those used in sport shooting, in a controlled

Bill To Amend The Firearms Act Under Consideration In Senate

environment such as shooting clubs, as well as hunting firearms and those that are collectors’ items.

Senator Hervieux-Payette also states; ”In other words, pursuant to the definition in the Criminal Code, all firearms are legal, except those classified as restricted or prohibited. I would, therefore like to come back to my question, which is: Why would anyone have a firearm in their home if it is not for self-defence, if it is not suitable for hunting, but for sport shooting, and if it is not part of a collection?” The answer is that the reason is not clear, it does not seem consistent with our laws and it is based on a myth about safety that is not borne out by reality. This overhaul of the firearms regime brings me to the second key point of Bill S-231: the new definitions of the three categories of firearms. I am one of those people who believe that people don’t kill people, guns do,” said Hervieux-Payette.

The debate was adjourned following Hervieux’s speech and it is still not clear if the Liberals will formally support the bill. Neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives have been scheduled to speak to the bill as yet, something that would normally happen as part of the second reading process before the bill can be voted on to continue.

The bill would also need a new sponsor to continue, as Senator HervieuxPayette retired on April 22.

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Continued from page 1.....Please view the pictures and read the captions beginning in the left column and going down and moving to the right column to get a picture story of the ‘It Can’t Happen to Me’.

It Can Happen To You A group of Grade 9 students from J.R. Robson watches the re-enactment and listens attentively and asks questions of Paramedic Rob Snow as he describes the procedures and what is happening at the scene of the mock car accident during the ‘It Can’t Happen to Me’ step by step. Photo Marie Conboy

It Did Happen To Me Participant Victoria Hamilton (R) cries over the body of the ‘deceased’ (Brittany Eyben) (L) once she realized the person in the car she hit while texting and driving had passed away.

Photo Lorna Hamilton

The Clock Is Ticking The Vermilion Fire Department and Prairie EMS are the first to arrive and asses the scene at the mock accident during the ‘It Can’t Happen to Me’. The Vermilion Fire Department extracts the passenger (Emerson Livingstone) from the car with the jaws of life as the other victim (Brittany Eyben) has been pronounced deceased on the scene. Photo Marie Conboy

Preparing For The Final Ride From Left; Jim Storch, Lakeland Funeral Home, Cpl. Corey Buckingham from the Vermilion RCMP and Candice Anderson, Lakeland Funeral Home, discuss the circumstance around the accident and prepare to transport the deceased from the mock accident scene.

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The Consequence The Grade 9 students saw first hand one of the consequences of the drivers actions when the driver of the car was arrested for ‘careless driving’ due to texting. Photo Lorna Hamilton

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Angela Mouly Reporter

Robin Nordling of ‘Shape Studio’ in Vermilion not only has a passion for rejuvenating the wellbeing of others, but also for the jade mining industry as he stars in the hit Discovery show ‘Jade Fever,’ that airs on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. ‘Jade Fever’ depicts the strength and art it takes to mine Jade stones in Jade City, British Columbia.

The Bunce family, who are the main cast members of the show, asked him to join in the mining effort on account of his broad skill set and having been a past neighbor and good friend.

“I have a natural talent for working with people, and have assisted with mechanics, carpentry, Jade cutting and even filled in as camp medic and camp cook,” said Nordling.

Cast members take pride in the fact that it is a non-scripted show and that it won Best Factual Documentary from the Canadian Film Association.

“The wide range of characters create enough drama on their own!” said Nordling.

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cious and spiritual nature of the stone.

“They believe it represents Mother Nature herself,” said Nordling.

After being mined, it is cut to prove there is jade and then trucked to Richmond, B.C. and shipped to factories where it is made into jewelry, carvings, and landscape material. The Bunce family also run the Jade City Jade Store in order to market some of the goods created as a result of their hard labour.

Nordling has been invited back to film a third season of ‘Jade Fever’, but will have two weeks off at a time to continue with his core massage clients at ‘Shape Studio’ in Vermilion. Since last fall, ‘Shape Studio’ has been providing a multitude of services to Vermilion in the sports, recreation, arts and entertainment industries.

Robin Nordling offers Brandon Raynor Massage that targets the muscles of the body as well as the skeletal system and the subtle energy systems of the body. Robin loves working with clients targeting health issues at their source or when they are unable to get help from conventional methods.

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contemporary, and tap to people of all ages as a way to express themselves free from criticism.

For more information on the show you can visit www.discovery.ca/Shows/Jade-

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Lorna Hamilton Editor

Mother’s Day is the day to honour the mother’s of the world for all they do. A mother is a n ur tur er, d o c to r, protector and a leader in our lives.

When we are babies our mother becomes our provider, she feeds us and provides for our emotional and physical needs.

As children grow older and enter their preteen and teenage years she b e c o m e s t h e p syc hi atr i st an d t h e mentor. When I was in my teenage years my mother was my best friend even though I had many friends I could

Dawn Hames Columnist

Par s l ey i s m o r e than a pretty garnish on your foo d, it is also a super healthy green packed with lots of anti-oxidants.

Parsley contains 574% of our vitamin K, which helps to strengthen our bones and protect the brain. Parsley contains three times the vitamin C of oranges, and 47% of our daily vitamin A, known for eye health. Parsley contains twice as much iron as spinach, and significant folate. So, yes eat the parsley on your plate.

Pesto is a historically Italian dish that is served on pasta. A pesto made of fresh basil is a common recipe in Italy.

Pesto can also be made out of other herbs. In our area, large bunches of fresh basil are not always readily available, but parsley is. The chopped parsley in this recipe can also be substituted for a mixture of spinach, parsley and basil. I made this pesto with parsley and stirred it into brown rice elbow macaroni and it was very good. You can stir it into

Happy Mother’s Day

talk with; my mom was always the one person I could tell anything too. As I became an adult and moved on in my life, my mom and I have remained best friends. And to this day, I know I may do things she does not always agree with, but there is never any judgment just a loving smile and wise words of advice, which I may or may not always listen too.

A mother myself of two great children, I have always tried to bring forth my mom’s wisdom and her caring and understanding ways into my children’s life, especially as they become young adults. I do my best to listen, to pass on hopefully wise advice when they need it and most impor tantly make them feel as though they can tell me

anything without fearing the consequence of being judged.

A parent’s job never ends until the day we no longer exist here on earth, especially for a mother. As a Mother, I completely understand what my mom would say to me when she worried for me, “When you are a mother yourself, you will understand.” and now I find myself saying the same thing to my children when they do things that make me worry about them or their safety.

No mat ter how old they become, a mother will always worry and want the best for her children. She will always look to her children as the young child they once were and will always want to protect them from anything in harm’s way.

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For so many reasons Mother’s Day is a time to pay tribute to all moms in the world. You will have your own reasons for celebrating your Mom, but for me, I will pay tribute to my Mom for her years of love and dedication, her unselfish acts in making sure we were looked after and provided for all on her own and for just being the best most amazing Mom out there.

For your mom, you may choose to show it with flowers, a card or a nice dinner out; or maybe all three. But as a mom myself the greatest gift I could receive on Mother’s Day doesn’t cost money, a simple smile and a hug from my children, with maybe an I love you, is all I need or want! I think it is all that any mom wants. Happy Mother’s Day!

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any pasta of your choosing. To turn the dish into a source of complete protein, stir in some drained and rinsed black beans, navy beans or lentils.

If you like to barbeque, hamburger or steaks in the summer then pairing a parsley pesto with your meal is an excellent choice because the volatile oil in parsley call myristicin prevents the cancer causing components of grilled meat from damaging the body.

Other foods that are body protective from grilled meats are garlic, onion, honey, cherry and rosemary. A study conducted at the University of Hawaii found that meat marinated in teriyaki sauce 1 hour before grilling greatly reduced the formation of the harmful cancer causing components. Rosemary has been found to prevent the harmful chemicals from forming when applied on or in the meat by 90%.

For athletes a tea made out of parsley relaxes stiff muscles and aids in digestion. Science has discovered that compounds in parsley have a role in inhibiting the formation of tumors.

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Neil B. Stratton Columnist

Waking up to that messy white stuff out there is more seasonal, doesn’t mean we have to like it. However, things were getting awful dry out there, so the moisture is good.

Fire bans can be lifted for a while and maybe even enjoy a campfire before it gets dry again; of course, this past weekend was one I had off and was going to get things done at home.

I am building a huge chain-link fence kennel; dang thing cost me an arm and a leg, and I have to install it, so this was going to be the weekend, I hand dug several three foot deep holes for posts that needed to be concrete in.

No sooner than I was done and ready for concrete it started to snow, so that was put off until it’s dry again. Another project for the kennel was to move a big 12X16 foot storage shed; the kennel is going to be part of one wall of the kennel. It’s going to provide a strong backdrop for the house I built her; it will also provide needed shade and a windbreak. Miss Oohohh being a northern breed can’t take the heat in a blazing sun, so this will work out perfect, I just have to move the shed

Franklin Wolters Columnist

You’ve heard the saying, I’m sure, “He knows that countr y like the back of his hand.” History tells us that Henday travelled along with a contingent of natives or he walked west from York Factory all across areas that became Manitoba, Saskatchewan and most of Alberta. Those natives knew all that country and used that knowledge to survive and live off that country. They never worried about money in those times, they were more interested in survival. Yes, they knew the best place to camp and find water and wood for their fires and of course where game could be harvested and berry patches and other foods that could supplement their diets.

Yes “Intimate knowledge” of the land.

Before too long, fur traders came to see and exploit the fur that Henday had seen on his trek. Not really that much later as people came to live on the wide

Margaret Lonsdale Columnist

L a s t we e k o n h i s program, ‘The Sunday Edition’, CBC Radio host Michael Enright shared his essay lamenting a diminishing rail service in Canada. He referred to Canada’s railway passenger service as having fallen from what was once a national treasure to a national disgrace.

We s t C o a s t b a n d , S p i r i t o f t h e West, lamented the demise of rail travel in their song ‘Not Just a Train’.

It’s a sorrowful tribute to the railway, citing what’s been lost, the sentiment expressed poignantly in the lyrics of the song’s final verse: ‘It’s not just a train, it’s saying goodbye, saying hello to where we have been, where we might go It’s what we have passed, what we might see It’s not just a train, it’s freedom to me...’

A s s o m e o n e w h o h a s d o n e my share of travelling by train, I have often

Around The Campfire

less than a meter.

This sounds easier than it has been. I had to jack up each corner than I installed rollers under the main bottom skids and ran a steel rod through two bottom skids to attach a chain to pull the shed. I did get the shed ready to move and hoped my 4X4 pickup would have the power to move it that little bit. However the white stuff fell in a slush soaking everything and now began to build up covering the ground, So even trying the move was logically not a reality, so we decided to abandon the kennel project for the rest of the weekend, as well as, much of anything outdoors also.

We took a drive and were going to look for deer and maybe take a needed walk looking for antler sheds but the slush intensified and after only a minute we were soaking wet taking the fun out of that outing so, we tucked in our tails and headed for home. Luckily my wife Roxanne bought the new movie with Leonardo DiCaprio called “The Revenant” about a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s who fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

An outstanding movie and the outdoor scenery was breathtaking, of course as it was filmed in the majestic mountains

of Alberta, even seen areas that were familiar, a must see movie for sure. I was surprisingly impressed with this movie and made a bad day outdoors seem so much better; shot almost in its entirety outdoors and in Alberta’s mountains to boot it was like being there.

Laying back on the couch with the warming glow of the fireplace was not so hard to take as I have been going nonstop all of April, in fact upon waking on Sunday and seeing more of the white stuff still coming down, the couch was looking pretty good.

We did go outdoors to take Miss Oohohh for her walk, she is a northern breed for sure, she flipped and ran circles in the new snow and was thoroughly enjoying that white and wet stuff, she certainly loves the snow and was happy to see it again.

Thoughts of fishing lately have been on my mind also with many fishing spots now with open water; I will have to renew my fishing license online so I can be ready if the urge is overwhelming.

Wilma, the weasel, has finally left my shop, she most likely gave in to nature’s call to raise a family in spring. I hope she brings some of the little ones to visit, mind you, the amount she could eat I don’t know if I could afford the entire family.

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Speaking of good eats the big wild turkey I harvested with my bow was delicious, a 42 lb bird with breasts the size of some small foreign cars. A good friend invested in an expensive and elaborate smoker, that doubles as a BBQ and can combine the best of both, he smoked the entire turkey, and I cannot say I have ever tasted better smoke meat, it is stuff one wants to hoard for themselves. For Sunday breakfast, I carved off a turkey steak bigger than most beef steaks and sliced up some garden potatoes, with fresh mushrooms and green onions, seared my turkey steak to a golden brown and was in culinary heaven.

Now that the white stuff is melted, combined with a few warm days the green explosion is going to take off, some areas have near full leaves on certain trees like our aspen or poplar already.

It will get nice again shortly so get out there and enjoy our early spring.

When The Smoke Clears Birds always sing loudest after a storm; maybe we should all be that happy to see the sun shining!

That Intimate Knowledge

open country and live on other than hunting and trapping. Next thing you knew it was a paramount happening of building a railroad. To market cheaper a route was chosen across the southern prairie where the land was unsettled and cheaper, but the government gave the land that was much better further north to the railroad for the sake of getting it done.

Well, anyone who didn’t know better, tried to farm the drier areas with unfortunate results farming the old methods.

They got intimate knowledge to late!! A lot of that country should have remained grassland and the topsoil blew away when it got cultivated and dried out!!

I can’t imagine travelling around by team, and buggy or saddle horse to look over land that was available for homestead. In a strange country could you tell by the different trees, brush and grass and be able to pick land that would make a viable farm? You’d have to find someone with “Intimate Knowledge,” of what grew where.

My dad used to comment as we rode

along on how you could tell the soil was rich because silver willow usually grew on good land, some with the big patches of what he called, “Buck Brush.”

“See that hollow grass”, He’d point out, “There’s water close to the surface there“ And, ”See how those poplar trees are kind of scraggly and scruffy looking? That’s probably too sandy there”. Yes, that’s how he’d point out the features. Always was enlightening to go riding with Dad. There are so many kinds of grass in our prairie and they all tell a story of what you’ll find at their roots!!

I’m sure his knowledge came from breaking land with small outfits, like a one bottom plow as you walked along. It would give you that “Intimate Knowledge,” alright, and then some!! Our heavy soils along the Grizzly Bear were very stubborn to plow and had to be worked in a dry condition or would not yield good crop. Sandy soils worked easier and gave you less trouble, I’m told. Every soil had its differences you had to have that “Intimate Knowledge.”

Be The Railway

returned to that song when obser ving a long line of freight cars snaking across the landscape. Where once there were human faces gazing out of windows, there are now mostly brown freight cars carrying goods in sealed containers, or black cylinders carrying dangerous flammables. Sometimes the graffiti is interesting. Railways are an efficient and mostly safe way to transport goods, but does efficiency and economics justif y nearly decimating any oppor tunity for humans to travel by rail at an affordable cost?

It’s rare now to see a passenger train, but once it was the preferred mode of travel for those seeking the opportunity not only to be transported comfortably from here to there, but during the process to witness the unfolding of a vast and changing landscape that is our Canada through the clear windows of a passenger train humming its way along the rails, unobstructed. I can hear the whistle now.

With the introduction of government subsidized Via Rail service, initiated under the Trudeau government of the 70s and modelled after the US Amtrac

system, an oppor tunit y to ride the rails seemed for a time preservable.

But for service to survive, there must be a commitment from those responsible for its operation. It appears that neither CN nor CP executives were all that vested in passenger travel. Via, you see, operates at the mercy of commerce as it owns very little track along any of its routes and therefore must defer to the transport of freight.

Understandable? Of course. Delivery of goods must meet the demand of consumers. What is the cost though, of transportation of goods taking priority over transpor tation of people? I guess it depends upon perspective.

For about $560.00, you can travel from the station on 121st Street in Edmonton to Toronto’s Union Station.

Travel duration is estimated at around t wo and a half days. Included with any travel itinerar y on the ViaRail site is a warning that schedules indicate approximate arrival times and passengers should use caution when making connecting travel arrange ments. Freight takes priority on available tracks at all times. Despite travel-

When farms were of a section, and smaller and smaller equipment was used, most farmers knew which fields were best for what crop and tried to utilize it to best advantage. Then, when fertilizer came to be used, soil sample had to be averaged over the whole field. Trouble is, the better soils in some areas got the same rate of fertilizer as the poorer places. Now, they tell me you can use the G.P.S to regulate your rates as you go along with your huge air-seeder.

Farming with the big equipment pulled by a huge tractor of mutli hundred horse power and getting to feel and see the different soils and conditions, would be like comparing traveling by Jet plane five miles in the air and Henday walking along carrying everything with him.

He would notice the coulees and crossing the streams. He would observe the birds and all wildlife. All the flowers and berry bushes and would get that “Intimate Knowledge.” Looks like most of our young folks have no one to tell them of all these things anymore, somehow it seems irrelevant to know anymore.

lers’ desire for the perceived ‘magical’ experience of rail travel, it ’s underst an d a b l e t h e n if t h ey h e s it ate to choose the train. Doing so requires both patience and flexibility, factors not necessarily popular in the 21st Century where the expectation is gratification with speed.

In his essay, Enright refers to rail travel as the ‘sinew’ that connects us.

He has a point. At its inception, the railway made real what previously had appeared impossible: travel from the furthermost eastern point of this nation to the furthermost western counterpart. The accomplishment was indeed a source of the utmost national pride.

I miss the passenger trains. I miss the old dayliner that once travelled between Edmonton and Winnipeg via Saskatoon. Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but somehow the diminishing importance of rail travel and the absence of those travellers’ faces looking out from passenger trains bound for faraway places creates an emptiness that feels even more lonesome than the whistle of a distant train heard after midnight on a quiet, still autumn night.

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May 2, 2016 | The Vermilion Voice

A Man For All Seasons, Duties And Miscellaneous Services

John Brecknock Submitted

My third posting as a young member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was in a little town called Mannville. I arrived in the spring of 1970 having been transferred there from Stony Plain, Alberta. I was 23 years of age. Mannville was a small town, and the Detachment consisted of a Corporal and two Constables. I would be the Senior Constable with about 3 years of service.

Mannville was a pretty little town and serviced a large area of predominantly mixed farming operations. There were a lot of farm families in the district in those days, not so today. Farms now are much, much larger and are big business. The “Family Farm”, for all intents and purpose; no longer exists as it did 40 years ago.

Back in 1970, members of the RCMP were called upon to respond to any manner of complaint or emergency and did not necessarily require anyone with a police background. We were pretty much a catch-all for anyone who required assistance.

There was not a lot of local “Criminal Element” but these small prairie towns were often subject to travelling criminals and the like. We were kept pretty busy back in those days.

You almost always worked alone; one member working days, one working nights and one on course/training, annual leave or days off. A member had to be in the outfit 2 or 3 years before asking for permission to get married. Consequently, the Constable at these three man units was usually single and living in the barracks attached to the Detachment building.

There was no overtime being paid

until about 1974/75 and if not working the member was always “On Call”. You literally lived right beside the phone and took calls 24:7. A member was expected to be all and end all on just about everything.

One had to be resourceful, not every complaint/incident was by the “Book” to be sure.

Now, I grew up on a Ranch in BC and an affinity to animals and livestock of every kind. I always had a dog or two or three following me as a kid. Love my dogs I do.

Early one Saturday morning, I received a call from a Mannville town resident; after having worked the Friday night before to about 3 a.m. He called to report a stray dog having been hit and run over by a vehicle. It was unknown who may have run over the dog, and she was still alive and required someone to dispatch her. I immediately attended.

The dog was a stray; I had seen her around town many times. Her back was broken, and I necessarily did the humane thing and dispatched the little yellow cur.

It became very obvious to me that this little dog had been nursing puppies. The fellow who called it into me directed me to a near-by abandoned house where he believed the stray had been keeping her puppies under the concrete steps.

A quick visit to the front step confirmed the obvious; I could hear the whines of puppies emanating from a well-dug hole under the front steps. I could hear whimpers and see little noses sticking out from the den and guessed that the puppies were about 5-6 weeks old. They were not about to vacate their den in our presence and were very shy to be sure. It was quite apparent they were missing their Momma and hungry.

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With a little bowl of milk and the assistance of a neighbour, we were able to entice the little dickens out of the den.

Once we got one puppy out and captured; the rest were relatively easy. Five little puppies in all! Cute as hell, but now what to do with them?

There was no part of me that was going to dispatch these puppies. There were no animal shelters in rural Alberta in those days. No SPCA closer than Edmonton and no Town Bylaw officers either. Saturday morning, by myself and nowhere to really turn.

Back in 1970, The Yellowhead (Hwy. # 16) was a two-lane provincial highway running between Jasper and Lloydminster, Alberta. East of Edmonton the highway ran through every small prairie town about every 8-16 miles apart or so. The distance between Grain Elevators actually. The speed limit was 60 mph on the highway, but every little town and village had a reduced speed limit of anywhere from 35 to 45 mph. Mannville had a speed zone on the highway of 45 mph within the Town limits. That piece of highway generally consisted of equipment dealers, lumber yards, service stations and the like.

I had been recently trained and authorized to use “Radar” as an enforcement tool in capturing speeding vehicles in Alberta... Soooooo…. I go out to the Highway that runs through the Town of Mannville with the speed limit of 45 mph and set up the “Stevens Mk IV Radar set”.

An antique by today’s equipment! But it was an accurate and reliable instrument.

My sidekicks and partners on this particular day were a cardboard box containing five little puppies approximately 5 weeks of age.

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It did not take long before I had pulled over and stopped my first offender. A man heading east with his approximately 10 year- old daughter.

“Good day Sir,” I say. “How are you this fine morning?” His eyes are fixed on the puppy I held in my hands. His daughter too. “Sir I just clocked you with radar going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone.” “How would you like a puppy?” He is totally speechless!

The little girl is all “Gooos & Gaaas”.

“Oh Daddy, Daddy, can we take him home Daddy can we, can we?” Daddy is looking at me in total disbelief!! His mouth is open and still has not said a word. He looks at me, then the puppy, then to his daughter. He looks back at me, and I am smiling like a “Cheshire Cat”. He knows he has been had!!

Finally, he breaks into a huge smile and graciously accepts the puppy. They drive away with a stern warning about his speeding infraction. In my minds eye, I can still see them driving away. The little girl is hugging and squeezing her new pet. Dad was shaking his head from side to side still in total disbelief as to what has just occurred.

About two or three hours later I am now devoid of puppies. I was very careful to make sure there was at least a wife or child in the vehicle and was pretty selective as to whom I entrusted my wards with.

I am not sure how this course of action would go over today. Most likely wouldn’t.

I c an at test that there was “ No Complaint Against the Force.” All in all, I was pretty proud of myself. I often wonder how many times that story has been told by the recipients of the puppies. Nobody would believe this today. But it happened.

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FIRE HYDRANTS FLUSHING & MAINTENANCE Starting May 9, 2016 and continuing until completed, the Town of Vermilion Transportation & Utilities Department will be carrying out the Spring Hydrant Maintenance Program.

Each spring and fall we flush out the water lines to clear them of any sediment or mineral buildup in the lines. Water moves through the lines at a very slow rate, which allows sediment and mineral deposits to build up in the line. Flushing removes these deposits by forcing the water through the lines at a high pressure rate, and, then it is released through the fire hydrants.

After flushing, the hydrants are inspected to ensure proper operation in the case of an emergency.

We flush the lines during business hours to minimize disruption to your service. During the flushing process, residents and businesses throughout the Town may experience a drop in water pressure or some discoloration in the water if the hydrant in the area is opened. This discoloration or cloudy water is a result of air in the lines; it is safe to drink and should clear up by allowing water to run for a short period of time.

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The Vermilion Voice | May 2, 2016

Starting The Conversation About Suicide

Jodi Simmonds, VIBE ter, moving, caring for an aging parent, Coach childbirth, a diagnosis of a serious illness, Submitted military combat service, a buildup of lots May 2 – 8 is National of little stressors, or even a genetic predisMental Health Week. position can put someone at higher risk of This is an annual national event that suicide. It is important to remember that if encourages people from all walks of life to you are thinking about suicide to rememlearn, talk, reflect, and engage with others ber that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. If you on all issues relating to mental health. One are concerned that someone you know is issue that many people find the hardest to having suicidal thoughts, you can reach discuss is suicide. How as a community out and help someone choose life. can we become more comfortable having To support others, remember this acrothis discussion and supporting those who nym: WALK. W stands for watch for warnmay be experiencing suicidal thoughts? We ing signs like feeling hopeless, increased can start by educating ourselves and equip- use of alcohol or drugs, isolation, withping ourselves with knowledge and skills to drawal, unmanaged depression/anxiety, reach out to others or to help ourselves. increase or decrease in sleep routines, At times, a person can feel hopeless reckless behavior, talking or joking about and helpless and can feel that it will not death, dramatic mood changes, giving get better. Certain life events like divorce, away possessions, experiencing a recent loss of long term relationships, death of a major loss, or self-harm. A stands for “ask loved one, financial strain, natural disas- directly about suicide”. Talk privately and

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Help them identify someone they can connect to for support. Encourage them to see a counsellor or family doctor and offer to go with them. If they won’t get help for themselves, get it for them and tell someone you can trust. Help them call the Help Line at 1-877-303-2642 or in case of emergency or in a crisis situation, call 911 or go to Emergency.

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May 2, 2016 | The Vermilion Voice

‘All The Dragons Children And The Mists Of Niagara’

Marie Conboy Reporter

Fiction Writer, Tim Knight Davies from Red Deer recently completed his first book ‘All the Dragon’s Children and the Mists of Niagara’. The book was a long time coming, taking Davies three years to complete the first volume of the five part series.

The book appeals to a ‘pre-teen and upwards’ audience.

Davies imagination and flare for fiction is evident when he describes his book series about dragons, werewolves, elves, dwarfs, magic and many other things associated with the magical world.

The mystical mists of Niagara Falls lure the reader into a journey with three sisters and their classmates on the last field trip of the school year.

But when the tunnels behind the falls

collapse, leaving 180 students trapped, an ancient doorway is opened, and strange creatures appear.

Stolen and locked away in a world that shouldn’t exist, the Robinson sisters pull off the impossible and escape. After running for their lives; Anna, Sadie, and Paige find refuge in a small cabin buried deep in the darkest of woods.

“There, they befriend an old lady who takes them in and exposes a secret. But things aren’t as they appear, and that very secret may lead to their destruction. Now the girls must venture back into the dark woods to find help and hopefully reunite with their parents. With vicious wolves, an evil witch, and fire-breathing dragons, they must learn to work together. But can they put aside their petty differences and pull off the impossible yet again,” describes Tim. Tim’s surroundings and his environment

have influenced the characters he created, as have many of the locations in his stories.

There is a little bit of Tim’s three daughters in each of the characters in the story.

“About three years ago, I decided I wanted to put everything down on paper,” says Tim. Tim started inventing the stories when telling stories to his children, making up the stories as he went along, like a ‘magic storybook.’

“Once, I had dreamt that one of the werewolves in my story was attacking me, which kind of scared me a bit. When I was a kid and these stories starting coming to my mind, I remember something red glowing in the dark and that is what inspired the redeyed werewolves.”

The character of James ‘the girl’s grandfather in the story’ was inspired by Brian Knight Davies (Tim’s father) who is a well-

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known resident of Paradise Valley, as the Town’s maintenance man.

His old English humor, beard and a hobble in his walk are characteristics carried over into the character of ‘James’ in the book, where he keeps an eye on doors that can get access to the second world.

“He has been talking about writing the book for years, his mother, when she was alive, was always pushing him to do it,” said Brian. “He has to sell so many copies before it becomes a best seller. He is a dragon fanatic.”

Davies says that he plans to self-publish with Amazon before he gets a publisher on board.

You can learn more about the book ‘All the Dragons Children’ on the Facebook page or purchase on Amazon at https:// www.amazon.ca/All-Dragons-ChildrenMists-Niagara.

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Pictured; Tim Davie’s father, Brian Knight Davies, who is well known in Paradise Valley as the maintenance man, was an inspiration for one of the characters in the book series.

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May 2, 2016 | The Vermilion Voice

July 11-15 Sea Otter At Worlds Level 1 / 2 Baking Robots Compete

Kim Morritt Submitted

from Mexico they met last year! The boys enjoyed visiting the exhibitions and demo’s with their fellow competitors and collecting all the souvenirs each team is encouraged to give out! They’ve come home with quite the collection! A new experience for the boys this year is that many teams came to look at their robot and ask build questions! They weren’t the new kids on the block this year!

One of the biggest challenges the boys have at worlds is that many of the teams do not speak English. How do you tell a team that you can do 24 driver loads in 24 seconds, or you need the left side of the block to do your autonomous from when you don’t speak the same language??

The biggest thing these boys learn at worlds is how to communicate effectively and quickly! They have just a few minutes to meet their alliance partners, communicate what their robot can do without using words, decide which team member will do each of the tasks in the match, and then complete it all together working as a seamless team in only two minutes flat!

In conjunction with the competition, there was an exhibition area. Nasa had a display, and the boys got to ride in a Nasa self-driving experimental vehicle, they met “Bite Force” from Battle Bots, designed robot parts on a 3D printer, tried out an upcoming video game called Robot Arena III and checked out all the newest gadgets available in Vex Robotics! That was the fun side of it, but this area also featured universities that offered robotics programs and companies that hired robotics engineers! It was a chance for the boys to see where they could go to school and what types of jobs they could be qualified to do in the future!

At world’s, the new 2016-17 game was revealed and is called Starstruck! The boys are already planning next year’s robot pm which will require them to throw

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stars across the field and end the match with Cookie having to hang herself off a thin upright pole! Sound interesting???

Next season, we want to see more teams from Vermilion. We would like to create a community robotics club and plan to hold a meeting to measure interest in May or June! Wouldn’t it be amazing if Vermilion could host it’s very own robotics competition? We are in need of volunteers to help us get a club set up though so we would appreciate hearing from anyone with information on how to do this! We would also need to find anyone willing to sponsor a team to compete next year as well!

And finally, The Baking Robots would truly like to thank those businesses and individuals that made it possible for them

July 18-22

The boys completed their world competition in Louisville, Kentucky on April 23!

The boys finished their matches with six wins and four tough losses which placed them into 31st out of 86 teams in their middle school division. Only the top 8% of teams make it to the world championship, so the boys did amazing, especially considering they built their robot a month ago, and learned to program in RobotC in that same time period!

To begin the competition, the boys have to undergo a rigorous inspection of Cookie. Each part is inspected to make sure the boys are following the rules laid out in the game for the season. They are limited to 12 motors only on their robot; they cannot remove the safety features on the motors, or have any sharp edges and their robot must fit into an 18”x18”x18” cube.

After inspections, the boys are visited by a judge who quizzes the boys on their knowledge of the design and programming used. Each team member has to be able to answer questions thoroughly and with confidence to do well in the judging, and this year, the judge complimented Rhys and Kadin highly saying “you guys are phenomenal. Awesome robot and great interviewing skills!” The judge even took a few moments to answer questions we had on what exactly the judges are looking for when they look at the engineering notebook (no notebook, no awards!). The judge took a lot of time answering the questions and outlining what an award-winning notebook should look like! Great insight for next year’s competitions!

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to head to worlds. To everyone who came out to our bake sales, donated baking, stuck spare change in a jar, came to visit them at the home show, watched them compete online, or left them a note of cheer on their Facebook page, we truly, truly thank you. Rhys, Kadin, and their families so appreciate what the community of Vermilion has made possible for two boys with really big dreams.

Please be on the watch for the boys out and about in the community as they show just how much this opportunity meant to them. They will be participating in the town wide clean up, doing a demo/bake sale on Canada Day as well as a beef on a bun lunch after the parade in July!

Thank you Vermilion, you seriously rock!

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The Vermilion Voice | May 2, 2016

CARE Graduates Help Ecosystems Survive And Thrive

Lakeland College Submitted

By Mother Nature’s design, ecosystems are resilient.

For example, when fire rages through a forest, the area’s ecosystem typically rebuilds itself.

N e w ve g e t a t i o n a p p e a r s w h i c h attracts different species of animals.

Gradually a new ecosystem is created.

But with the increase in ecosystem disturbances caused by human activities such as mining, road construction, urban sprawl, oil and gas development, and agriculture, it’s crucial that there are people with specialized skills to help protect and restore ecosystems.

Ecosystems are the focus of Lakel a n d C o l l e g e ’s c o n s e r v a t i o n a n d restoration e c olog y (CARE) major based at the Vermilion campus. “ We f o c u s o n h o w e c o s y s t e m s function. Students learn about the various elements of an ecosystem such as plants, animals, water, and soils,” says Robin Lagroix-McLean, pr o gr am h ead of CARE . S tu d e nt s graduate with the skills to help organizations and businesses minimize and manage ecosystem disturbance.

Graduates also understand the process of renewing and restoring an ecosystem after it’s been degraded, damaged or destroyed.

“You can’t restore a habitat if you don’t know who uses it – who lives, eats, and sleeps there,” says LagroixMcLean.

One of the more specialized courses in the CARE major is riparian and wetland management. It’s a course that Lagroix-McLean believes i s m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n e ve r d u e to t h e i m p l e m e nt at i o n of t h e n ew Alberta Wetland Policy which focuses

on protecting, managing and restoring Alberta’s wetlands.

“Our focus on wetlands is one of the strengths of the CARE major. This year we were on college land near the Vermilion campus and students went through the process of wetland classification, assessing value, and writing a compensation report. Last year students classifiedwetlands affected by cattle grazing and came up with a management plan to minimize the impact of grazing,” explains LagroixMcLean. “Where possible, we try to duplicate what happens in the real world of environmental work.” Those ar e a few of t h e m a ny o p p o r tu n i ties CARE students have to develop their applied skills during practical labs. Sheena McInnes has a biology degree but af ter working for a few years realized she needed to upgrade her skills.

“I chose Lakeland because of the han d s - o n lear ning that was avail able,” she says. During her two years in the CARE major, she’s done wildlife and plant surveys, water testing, invertebrate sampling and more. “ My favourite aspect of CARE is the plant identification skills that we gain,” says McInnes, noting that she can identify wetland, parkland, rangeland and invasive plants.

When McInnes graduates this spring she intends to pursue a career in native prairie restoration. That ’s one of many possible employment paths for CARE graduates. Alumni commonly work as land use planners, agri c ulture fieldmen, environmen tal stewardship coordinators, environmental assistants, pest control specialists, or consultants for oil and g a s, m i n i n g, p i p e li n e s or fore s tr y companies, says Lagroix-McLean.

CARE is one of four environmental sciences diploma majors offered a t L a k e l a n d C o l l e g e ’s Ve r m i l i o n campus. Other majors are environmental conservation and reclamation, environmental monitoring and protection, and wildlife and fisheries conser-

vation. Graduates who want to earn a degree may continue their stud ies in Lakeland’s bachelor of applied science: environmental management program or take advantage of Lakeland’s many transfer agreements and earn a degree in another two years.

CARE grad Thomas McAleer was involved in the plant collection and restoration activities of what was previously a dried basin that was restored to a functioning wetland at Lakeland College’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation. McAleer (right) and John McLaughlin are pictured adding floating islands to the constructed wetlands. These islands create abovewater wildlife habitat and below-water macros and micro-invertebrate habitat. Photo submitted

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2016 Vermilion Quilt Show Live entertainment was enjoyed as attendees soaked up the relaxing atmosphere and admired the detailed work of local quilters. There were over 200 quilts, quilted items, challenge quilts and donation quilts on display at the Vermilion Regional Centre on April 30May 1 at the 19th Annual Vermilion Quilter’s Show.

See next week’s issue for the winner results. Photos Marie Conboy

Detailed Work Lori Carlson, works on fabric prints at the 19th Annual Vermilion Quilter’s Show on April 30.

Lori, who is a member of the Vermilion Quilter’s Guild, was the winner of last year’s Vermilion Quilter’s Show. This year her quilt is now showing at the Nationals in Toronto. “It can take as long as three years to finish a quilt,” said Lori Carlson.

Wedding Star The Wedding Star quilt was quilted by Lori Carlson as a wedding gift for her son. The fabric is stitched onto paper pattern pieces, with the method creating accurate star points.

Unique Quilts On Show In Vermilion This Harley Davidson T-Shirt Quilt was made from recycled t-shirts by Marlene Campbell.

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Vermilion Play Development Early Learning Centre OPEN HOUSE & REGISTRATION MONDAY, MAY 9- 6-8 PM TUESDAY, MAY 10- 6-8 PM AGES 3 TO KINDERGARTEN * Preschool Programming*Kindercare before and after school care*Kindercare for alternate Kindergarten days *Summer Programming*Qualified staffing *Subsidized*Accredited program includes current and best practices *Sponsored by FCSS * Hours 7:30 - 6 PM - Monday - Friday * Located at Vermilion Elementary School * For more information call 78-581-0108

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Local Golf Action

Angela Mouly Reporter

The Vermilion Voice | May 2, 2016

The Vermilion Golf and Country Club that has been in operation since 1947, is home to a 9-hole course that offers equipment and cart rentals, as well as a pro shop for purchasing golf gear, and a fully licensed lounge and restaurant which can be booked for special events.

General Manager, Cam Golby said “Our 2016 season opened on April 15 with a new superintendant and new grounds person.” Golby also added that, “The course is in great shape after coming through the winter and with a short season, people are already anxious to get out and play!”

Their first tournament will be the

‘Opening Mix Scramble’ on May 14. For more information on rates and tournament dates, you can visit www.vermiliongolf.ca.

The Mannville Riverview Golf & RV Resort offers a scenic view of the Vermilion River Valley with cart rentals and camping available. On May 8 Mannville Riverview Golf will hold a Mother’s Day Brunch, as well as, on May May 15 they will host the ‘His and Her Kickoff’ tournament. For more information you can visit mannville.com/river-view-golf-course.

The Myrnam and Derwent Golf Course is a semi-private course that offers cart rentals and camping sites. For more information you can Phone: (780) 366-2190 or Email: jessieclyke@hotmail.com

Hole 6 at the Vermilion Golf And Country Club April 28, 2016. Photos Angela Mouly

Blair James Weatherall (June 17, 1973 – February 4, 2016) “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” (Psalms, 116:15)

Blair was very eager to come into this world on June 17, 1973, nearly arriving in the car on the way to the hospital. He was an unexpected, but much loved, addition to his family which included his parents, Stan and Alberta, and his brother and sister, Brent and Karen. Blair lived in Ontario for a brief 23 months before the family bought and moved to the Sloan farm in Mannville in May of 1975. Blair was meant to be a farmer, loving it from the moment he arrived. He became involved in helping from a very early age learning to combine and operate other machinery, a typical farm kid in those days. When farming began to change, Blair adapted to those changes and took over most of the responsibilities.

He became very knowledgeable about all aspects of farming which, in turn, was shown through the successful business he ran, with his parents, as Weatherall Farms Ltd. Although it was a smaller operation, Blair was a progressive farmer, successfully growing and adding new crops, updating equipment as opportunities arose and always keeping apprised of current prices. His farming techniques included multiple crops in rotation with attention to weed control and fertility, which created harvest results that were admirable and earned him the respect of his peers, friends and neighbours.

Not only was Blair a dedicated and knowledgeable farmer, he excelled at mechanics, welding, electrical, plumbing, carpentry and any other trade that applied to keeping a farm functional. Like his Dad, every task that Blair tackled was completed meticulously: trees planted the exact same width apart, granaries lined up and equipment shining and neatly put away.

Blair was truly a kind and caring person and a dedicated son, brother, uncle and nephew. He was a wonderful son to Stan and Alberta, and they had a close and loving relationship that was built on respect, kindness and the ability to work well together. As a brother, Blair was so supportive, someone who was always there when you needed him.

While Blair did not have children of his own, he was a fantastic and special uncle to his nieces and nephews. They will always remember awesome pillow

Rental Carts available at the Vermilion Golf and Country Club April 28, 2016

quad, tobogganing and snowmobiling. The fun times they shared together at the farm with their dear Uncle Blair will never be forgotten.

Like his parents, Blair became a board member of the REA. He enjoyed reading information and attending meetings and conventions in Edmonton, learning the many regulations that members needed to know. Eventually, he became vice-president of the board, a role he truly enjoyed.

In March 2014, Blair received the diagnosis that he had cancer, and three days later he had surgery. It was a major operation, and his recovery was very much better. However, the cancer returned that same year and was now Blair’s faith was a true testament to his belief in where he was going after he left this earth. He faced every bit of devastating news with dignity, grace and courage, never showing his family the mental anguish that we all knew he endured. His outlook on life was inspiring, and no one ever heard him complain or speak negatively about his illness. He truly led his life as a silent warrior. He also endured the devastating loss of his Dad on October 28, 2015.

While we will never understand why God chose to take Blair so soon, he never questioned why this should happen to him. Blair chose to use his faith as his strength in dealing with his disease. On those days when he was feeling well enough, he would ask his Mom if there was anything she could think of that he could do to make things easier for her after he was gone. He was always thinking of his family and their road ahead without him. He even found the strength to help his good friend and neighbour, Ken Wyard-Scott, with the harvest in the fall of 2014 and 2015, farming to the end. As were his wishes, Blair was able to stay at home on his beloved farm until the day before his death, and we are grateful for that as Blair loved his home and family. His family takes comfort in knowing that he is now free from cancer and is reunited with those many family members we have lost who dearly loved Blair, too. He shall remain forever in our hearts and cherished memories.

Blair Weatherall Thank You

When we moved to Mannville nearly 41 years ago, we could not have known how much this community would come to mean to our family. We are so truly grateful for every card, note, email, flower arrangement, food and other expressions of your condolences that we have received. Thank you to the United Church congregation for providing the lunch at the memorial and to those who contributed and assisted in its preparation.

What a wonderful group of people you are. We would also like to thank: Jim Storch for being the MC and for his caring support; Stu Nickerson for reading a poem in honour of Stan; and the Melody Makers for their wonderful singing. We would like to say a special thank you to Ken Wyard-Scott for his incredibly-moving and respectful tribute to Blair, and for his many visits while Blair was ill. We are truly grateful to Dr. Stewart-Hunter and Becky Gutsch, and we thank them for their dedicated care and genuine concern for Blair and for making it possible for him to remain at home as long as possible. That meant so much to Blair and his family. Thank you to everyone.

The Weatherall Family

St. Saviours Annual Strawberry Tea The Anglican Canadian Women’s Auxiliary (ACW) held their annual Strawberry Tea and Bake Sale at the St. Saviours Anglican Church in Vermilion on April 29.

St. Saviours Anglican Church recently received Pastor, Mark Murray, two months ago.

The Anglican Canadian Women’s Auxiliary President, Susanne Misick said that she was very happy with this year’s turn out and Bake Sale.

From left; Keri Plullyblank, Art Boggs, Mike Hynek, Leslie Bruce, Sharon Stredwich and Pastor Mark Murray. Photo Marie Conboy

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To apply please forward your letter of application and resume to: Judy Grimwood Human Resources Manager Eastalta Co-op Ltd., 5008 - 51st Ave., Vermilion, AB T9X 1B3 Email: j.grimwood@eastalta.com, Fax: 780-853-6732 Eastalta Co-op thanks all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Sears Store NOT Closing “We are selling off the Sears appliances only, to put my own appliances through the brand source group I am joining up with,” said Sear’s owner Kirby Whitlock last week. “We are going to keep the catalogue side in operation. We are just going to do some more expanding,” added Whitlock. “A new product we have coming in is the solid wood bedroom furniture built in BC.” Photos Marie Conboy

Intermunicipal Development Plan Open House Mayor Bruce MacDuff greeted attendees at the Intermunicipal Development Plan Open House held at the Town Hall in Vermilion on April 28.

In July 2003, the County of Vermilion River and the Town of Vermilion established the Vermilion Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP).

Five years have passed since the December 2009 review of the IDP. The IDA outlined the future use of lands adjacent to the Town of Vermilion within the County of Vermilion River. Locals attended for an informal drop-in to learn more about the plan and the project. Photo Marie Conboy

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The retail building will have three units (all fronting onto Main Street) and one small hall available for rent.

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The Samostsvit Dancers Year-End Recital

on April 30, at Lakeland College’s Alumni Theatre.

Another successful dance season A total of 21 dances were performed came to a close for the Vermilion Ukrainian by five groups. The Pryvit is a tradiCultural Association’s Samotsvit Dancers tional welcome dance which started off Reporter

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the show featuring all of the club’s dancers. Three of the graduating students Brayden Drury, Donovan Yaceyko and Kirsten Evans were honoured at the end of the recital following the final dance the Hopak.

The bright colours, creative talent and skill of the traditional Ukrainian dance

graced the stage for approximately 2 hours.

The Artistic Directors were Kelsey Olijuyk and Vincent Rees, and the Junior Instructor was Kirsten Evans. A large crowd of community members turned out to show support. The event ended with desserts and beverages in the cafeteria.

Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre welcomed its first firefighter program platoon of 2016. The students started classes Monday, April 4 at the Emergency Training Centre.

The class includes students from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick. The next intake of firefighter students was on April 25.

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Vermilion Valley Lodge Purchases New Security Cameras The Vermilion Valley Lodge recently upgraded their facility with new security cameras, purchased from the funding of $400,000 which was received from the Lodge Renewal Grant to pay for upgrades.

Vermilion Valley Lodge General Manager, Sheri Heller said that “In today’s day and age we have to be concerned about security” and now people coming in and people going out will be monitored.

“It is a little more comfort for the staff, especially when they are working nights; we live in a world that needs to be concerned a little bit more with security. We haven’t had issues but this was something that was approved under this grant and it is good idea.

“When we complete our new building, all of the cameras will be disconnected and put on the new building,” said Heller. Photo Marie Conboy

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Shirley L. Scott

AGM Walking Through Grief Society

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Changes in 25 years. How is the Society different?

Walking Through Grief Society held the AGM on April 11, 2015 and recognized their 25 years of service to the community.

From a “steering committee” in 1991 to the new volunteer board of 2016 there have been a lot of changes but one person has remained on the board through it all, Dr. Jill Lakins. The new volunteer board members for 2016 Chair – Marie Belsheim, Vice ChairGeorge Fraser, Secretar y- Candice Anderson, Treasurer- John Scott, and members Dr. Jill Lakins, Jackie Crichton, Vicki James, Pat Calyniuk, Lynda Oliver, Gayle Barnes, and Daryl Frank.

Ariel Haubrich resigned due to commitment to her appointment to the Mental Health Advisory Council.

The Society has been able to exist for 25 years with the ongoing support of the FCSS contributors; City of Lloydminster, Town of Vermilion, County of Vermilion River, Villages of Kitscoty and Marwayne, personal donations and corporate donations and the volunteers who have worked at the Sobey’s BBQs. The Society welcomes a new partner FCS Wainwright.

Walking Through Grief Society is a volunteer based society with the board, facilitators, and friends of the Society all giving of their time. Facilitators and assistant facilitators are Shirley Scott, Lynda Moses, Gayle Barnes, Marlene Beres and Lily Belland. Society Friends are Floren c e Tovell, Cind y Doyle, Maxine Byrt, Joe and Mary Bucharski, and Susan O’Neil.

Shirley L Scott was appointed as Program Director of the Society.

Walking Through Grief Society recog-

nized and thanks all who have volunteered, past and present to allow this Society to continue to move forward.

A bit of review of what the Society offers as a service to the area and where it began in Vermilion in 1990 as a small group and in 1991 in Lloydminster.

Beginning in a residence, moving to a cafe and now being accommodated at the Lloydminster Sexual Assault Information Center and Vermilion is now accommodated at the Park View Alliance church.

FCSS financial support, volunteer support and the accommodations that are opened to the Society has allowed the Society to offer expanded services.

The Society has support group for Wainwright and area twice a month on Saturday, Vermilion and marketing area weekly on Thursdays, Lloydminster and

marketing area with support groups Wednesday evenings, monthly support for Victims of Homicide, Suicide Survivors, Loss of a Child, Palliative persons and families and those who are institutionalized.

Presentations are offered and one to one support.

The newest program offered is” Hope After Loss – Audra’s Legacy.” A program to support children who are grieving the loss of someone loved who has died.

This program was developed by VIBE and is facilitated by trained volunteer facilitators from VIBE and Gayle Barnes and Lily Belland. This is an ongoing program for children 6-12 years and 13 – 18 years. Programs will begin again in October (TBA.) A new addition will be the loss through Divorce and Separation, offered in 2017.

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For m ore infor m at i o n o n any of the programs offered or an interest in becoming a volunteer contact Shirley at 780-846-2576 or 780-871-1750.

The Society now has a Web site www.walkingthroughgrief.webs.com (Candice Anderson) Or Like Us on Face Book (Marlene Beres) Alberta Health Link Web Site and City and Town and Village web sites.

THANK YOU to the Volunteers who have supported for 25 years, to the agencies who had faith to refer clients to the Society support groups, to those who believed in the Society to support with time and finances for 25 years and for all who on their grief journey had the courage to seek the Society out and become part of a very large connection.

Sharilyn

Her hands held a teenage boy To a waltz in 4/4 time, (me) Her hands reined in a ranch horse As he stopped, turned on a dime.

Her hands snagged an infield drive Played 2nd for two out!

Her hands have always had tremors Don’t know what that’s about.

Her hands do dishes and toilets Plus every other household chore, Her hands in prayer, pulled 3 children back, As they teetered at deaths door.

The Walking Through Grief society executive board, 2016.

Back Row (L – R); Jackie Crichton, Daryl Frank, John Scott, Candice Anderson, Lynda Oliver, Vicki James, Dr. Jill Lakin and Pat Calyniuk.

Front Row (L – R); Marie Belsheim, Shirley Scott, Lynda Moses and Marlene Beres.

Missing: Gayle Barnes and George Fraser. Photo submitted

THE VERMILION KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND VERMILION ELKS are hosting a joint Special Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast on May 8th, 9 am to 1 pm at the Elks Hall.

Proceeds go to both clubs!

Bring Your Hunger!!

HEARTS AND HANDS Reaching Out to Families With Children We can help with a gift of food, personal products, basic household, baby formula/diapers.

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Her hands have sprains, stitches and burns Just to mention a few, Her hands with bread and spices Shove stuffing up the turkey’s. Yoo-Hoo. Her hands make bread and biscuits Plus the jam that goes on, Her hands dug a load of potatoes Over time, peeled everyone!

Her hands, squeezed a trigger, When a predator came in too close.

Her hands I love to hold As she is my wife I boast.

Her hands put makeup on her Granddaughter As they took time to play Her hands we stop…and choose to bless, As we wish a Happy Mother’s Day! -R.

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The Vermilion Voice | May 2, 2016

Lakeland College’s Mental Health Program Approved For Credential

Lakeland College Submitted

(Vermilion, Alta.) Lakeland College’s newly named community mental health certificate program has been officially approved by Alberta Advanced Education.

Effective July 1, 2016, students will receive credit for completing this online certificate program – formerly named mental health practitioner.

The program was first introduced as a non-credit program in 2014 to educate helping professionals and increase their knowledge, skill and ability to support those experiencing mental health challenges. There are currently 17 registrations in the courses offered in this program. The first cohort of community mental health certificate program

students is expected to graduate next year.

“Our students who are already taking the program will now receive a Government of Alberta approved credential,” says Joanne McDonald, chair of the School of Human Services, noting the course material and program requirements will not be affected by the program’s name change. “To have that stamp of approval from the government is important for the college and our students.”

Designed for students to take on a part-time basis, the community mental health certificate program consists of nine courses including introduction to mental health, concurrent disorders, infant/toddler mental health, and alternative therapies. Students are also required to complete a practicum component.

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“You just see a whole broader spectrum of mental health and wellness with this program, and how to work with people and recognize their needs, have more empathy and understanding for all the different components of the community,” says Shirley Scott, who is currently taking the online mental health program.

Available only online, the community mental health certificate program has generated interest from students across Alber ta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. To be eligible for admission, candidates must have a post-secondary credential.

“The word is spreading about our program because there is definitely a need for it,” says McDonald. “Our program is targeted to professionals who have a background in human services.

Introductory courses give you a good foundation but they don’t give you the specifics for signs and systems, actual agencies in your community and how can you really focus on helping in that particular area. Because mental health is such a broad area, having those specifics really help and we’re pleased to be able to offer them in this program.”

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 20 per cent of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.

Human services also offers early learning and child care, educational assistant, child and youth care, and American Sign Language and deaf culture studies online. Early learning and child care is also offered online in French (Éducation à la petite enfance).

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May 2, 2016 | The Vermilion Voice

5th Annual 2nd Chance Trail Ride

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If you had the opportunity to save someone’s life wouldn’t you? Becoming an Organ & Tissue donor is exactly that!

It is the opportunity to save a life. Our organization was created in 2012 with the mission of increasing organ & tissue donation awareness as well as providing support for individuals going through the transplant process.

Our past events have seen great success with the opening of four apartments for recipients to stay during their recovery that is across the street from the U of A Hospital. This was done in joint with the GoodHearts Transplant Foundation. We also donated funds for the Canadian Transplant games. Together with the Canadian Transplant Organization this past year we launched a signage program placing signs along major roadways, and in hockey and curling rinks across northern Alberta.

Last year’s event was a huge success with 261 horseback/wagon riders and the raising of $70,000! Our fundraising efforts this year will be split 50-20-20-10.

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Fifty per cent of funds raised will go towards our ongoing work with the GoodHearts Transplant Foundation to maintain the rental of apartments for individuals going through the transplant process.

These apartments are just a walk across the street from the hospital and provide a homey, comfortable environment for healing.

We ar e c o nt i n u i n g o ur s i g n ag e campaign by putting signs in hockey rinks, curling rinks, and other public venues in communities to raise Awareness of Organ and Tissue Donation. It is our goal to ensure that individuals understand the importance of signing your organ donor card, or registering as an organ donor, but most importantly the necessity of talking to your family about your wishes.

Twenty per cent of the proceeds will go towards individuals going through the transplant process. Gift visas, parking passes, and gas cards will greatly help families negate some of the transplant process. The remaining 10% will be used to put on next year’s event.

We thank everyone who donates to our cause, big or small, every bit counts!

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OPPORTUNITY Full time

Administrative Assistant

Vermilion Elementary School requires a full-time Administrative Assistant (8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday) for the 2016-2017 School Year.

In addition to strong communication skills and a commitment to quality public service, the successful applicant will demonstrate the ability to: • efficiently utilize computer software for processing and transmitting student, school, and divisional information, including the use of Microsoft Services and Google Apps • accurately handle money and maintain a record keeping system for school and Central Services budgets • prepare, process, file, and maintain student information systems such as demographics, attendance, CUME files, etc.

• order and verify receipt of goods, and submit documentation to Central Services • maintain confidentiality at all times • work collaboratively with administration, students, staff, and parents • learn and become familiar with jurisdictional and provincial data bases such as Power School, Bellamy, and Extranet This position is subject to the current CUPE Local #1606 Collective Agreement.

The closing date is May 16, 2016

Interested applicants should forward a resume and covering letter to: Mrs. Michelle Webb Vermilion Elementary School Email: michelle.webb@btps.ca Buffalo Trail Public Schools is pleased to accept all qualified applications, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The successful applicant will be required to submit a current Criminal Record Check.

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SCHOOL NEWS

J.R. Robson School News

Monica To Submitted

M r. C a m p b e l l proudly boasts of his recent badminton players’ successes at Districts: “everyone won matches and almost all made it to the playoffs, which means that they were top 1,2 or 3 in their pools!” Players included Lawson Clyke, Braden Gourley, Cameron Webb, Thomas Brodbin, Courtney Bielech and Taylor Crate, Julia McKimmon and Jill Dutchak, Denver Budzilka and Tanner Shaw,Tanner Throndson and Chance Stepanick, Logan Stepanick and Teresa Thomas, Jarret Eyben and Shauna Weimann, Donovan Yaceyko and Kaylyn Bowman.

For Education Week, an Alberta-wide initiative, J. R. is celebrating education and the many awesome things that happen in

Karen King Submitted

The Vermilion Voice | May 2, 2016

You are invited to join us to take p ar t i n a D r i ve 4UR School event hosted by Webb’s Ford of Vermilion.

Webb’s Ford will have vehicles available for test drives at our school on May 7 from 10:00–3:00. For each test drive taken per household, Ford will make a $20 donation to our school and with that, we will support We Free the Children. Pre-registering will speed up the test driving process allowing more time for more drives, which equals more money for our school. You can preregister at: www.drive4ur.com/en/vermilionelementaryschoolfreethechildren by May 4. If you forget to pre-register, don’t worry. We can easily fill in your paperwork at the school right before you drive. To make the day a little more exciting, we will also be having a BBQ lunch sale benefit-

the school and in Vermilion. Each morning will start with a 1 to 2 minute announcement designed to give out interesting education facts and trivia questions. On Monday,students were invited to start off the week enjoy with a complimentary pancake breakfast before a short assembly explaining the week’s celebration. Tuesday features a teacher-swap where they’ll trade positions and have a try at instructing an entirely different topic and Grade in a different classroom. On Wednesday, two alumni students will return to J. R. to talk with Grade 11 and 12 students about what to expect once you leave home. Then, on Thursday, guest speaker Barb Stegeman spoke with the Grade 9 to 12 students on how to be successful and overcome adversities in life. The event will finish off on Friday with a school-wide trivia challenge.

On April 20, J.R.’s new TV broadcasting club spent a day in Lloydminster at Newcap station and met several crew members including Gerard Lampow, the weather anchor. Students got a tour of the television and radio station and got to give a try at reading the teleprompter in the television studio while sitting at the news anchors’ desk. The green screen also got put to use as students tested out its entertaining and special effects capabilities.

Mrs. Hart spent a day at Vermilion’s Lakeland College to help judge mouthwatering masterpieces created by high school students at the annual Skills Competition. Thanks goes to Lakeland College for donating lots of its leftover ingredients and food supplies to J. R. Robson School for the foods program.

Grade 9s attended “Can’t Happen to Me” on April 29 and learned a lesson

in violence as Prairie EMS reminded students of the consequences of impaired and distracted driving. The day included re-enactment of a distracted-driving induced tragic motor vehicle accident to presentations about devastating consequences of distracted driving and driving under the influence. Brittany Eyben, Tori Hamilton and Emerson Livingstone, all in Grade 11, were involved in the event as actors of the re-enactment scene.

Don’t Forget: May 4: Try-A-Trade (Grade 10s); May 3: teacher-swap; May 4: alumni visit to Grade 11s and 12s; May 5: Barbara Stegmann guest speaking; May 12: junior high school track meet; May 13: PD Day (no class for students); May 19: progress reports; May 19: deadline to order a 2015-16 yearbook; May 20: no school; May 23: no school (Victoria Day).

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ting our hot lunch program, games for the kids (led by some of our Grade 6 students), balloons, popcorn, and tons of fun. Please join us for a fun-filled day at VES on May 7.

Thank you all for your support with another fun-filled Scholastic Book Fair that was a successful fund raiser for our library. Over $7000 in sales means many new books will be purchased to correspond with student and staff interests.

A book fair couldn’t run without the help of volunteers. Many thanks to: Shannon Leonard, Lorraine Moet, Deanna Zubiak, Judy Walsh, Lynnal Miller, Judy Smith, Deb DeRoo, Kate Chapman, Maren Abuzukar, Danielle Fedoruk, and Ryan MacMillan.

April 22 was the teachers’ last of four TES Team Days for this school year. All of the VES teachers went to Wainwright to meet with their grade level/subject area teachers to put the finishing touches on their year-long inquiry-based projects. We spent the day completing, evaluating and

sharing our projects. We thank the board for giving us these four days to meet with our colleagues for professional development. This has had a remarkable impact on maximizing student learning and engagement for our students.

On April 25, the Hot Lunch Program Society put on their first hot dog lunch of this school year. It was a great success.

Thanks for all the support.

The first Monday in May has been designated as bus driver appreciation day in Alberta. On May 2, show your local bus drivers how much you appreciate the important job they do.

Dates to Remember: May 2 – Music Monday at 11:00; May 3 – AR Assembly at 10:45; May 6 – Spring Concert 12:00-1:00; May 7 – Test Drive a Ford at VES; May 12 – Grade 6 LA PAT Part 1; May 13 – No School – PL Day; May VES celebrated Earth Week and one of the 18 – Hats ’n Shades Dress Up Day; May projects was for each class to make a poster with recycled items. Photo submitted 20 and 23 – No School.

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Race Fees Register online at www.raceroster.com before May 11, 2016 Fill out registration form. You can find the registration forms: • Lakeland College Recreation Facility • Rustlers website www.lakelandcollege.ca/runaway

Contact Les Trach (780)645-0939 or Steven Trach(780) 657-2887

Half Marathon $55 10Km Run/Walk $50 5km Run/Walk $45 12 & Under 2km Run $25 Late Registration is subject to a $5.00 surcharge

May 2, 2016 | The Vermilion Voice

Susan Obrigewitch Submitted

Mannville School was pleased to par ticipate in the Hear t and Stroke Foundation - Jump Rope for Hear t program this year. Students were busy collecting donations, and celebrated their work with an opportunity to skip rope with their peers and teachers on Friday, April 29.

Mrs. Amero’s Grade 4 class had the pleasure of a visit from Mrs. Lil Konieczny. Mrs. Konieczny came from the CAP program (Classroom Agriculture Program). The students learned about how important soil is to agriculture and our community. The students made “dirt” to show how important all the components of dirt are. While with us she shared a video about how everything that we eat starts at a farm. Mrs. Konieczny also spent time talking to the students about crops that are grown in our area and what is made from them.

On April 22nd, Mr. Polishuk and Braden Mytz travelled to Lakeland College in Vermilion where Braden competed in the Lakeland Regional Skills Competition. Braden was testing his skills in the carpentry area where competitors had to

Margaret McCormack Submitted

St. Jerome’s has the best students and they proved it this week as they made the staff of St. Jerome’s feel extra special last week. Janyl Bardoel and Sam Rutt from the Grade 10 Leadership Class went above and beyond during “Teacher Appreciation Week.” On Monday there was a scrumptious table filled with fruit skewers, bowls of berries, apples and bananas and a wonderful fruit dip with fruit jokes. On Tuesday every staff member received “Berry Baskets” filled with compliments, candy and tea. Individual wrapped homemade Gingersnap cookies and milk was waiting for the staff in the staffroom for us to gobble down on Wednesday and on Thursday a delicious brownie was delivered to all staff members. Homeroom teachers were given a very special “Thank You” note. Thank you Janyl and Sam for brighten our week and making us very appreciated.

The St. Jerome’s Spartan Badminton teams have had a very busy two weeks.

On Thursday, April 21 the Sr. Team headed to Lloydminster to compete in Districts.

After an awesome day of competition St. Jerome’s sent five teams to Zones.

Congratulations to Bailey Koebel – Gold/ Sr. Girls Singles, Michael Menzies – Gold/ Intermediate Boys, Cody Jackson – Gold/ Jr. Boys Singles, Shae Collins and Janyl

Mannville School News

build a lemonade stand with an angled roof in the allotted time. The project is based on accuracy of dimensions, fit and finish, and salability. At the end of the 6 hour time limit, the projects were graded and Braden earned the gold medal. This qualifies Braden to compete at the Provincial Skills Competition in Edmonton on May 11 and 12.

We are proud to announce that our three Grade 7 students, Blake Cadman, Aiden Marshall and Robert Thompson, sold 254 cookies for a total of $127.00 during the week of April 18 – 21. This was the boys CTF project and they chose to donate the money to War Amps Canada because “every year the kids need a new arm or leg and because every person deserves limbs”.

In May our after-school club is Outdoor Fun! Grade 3-6 students can enjoy a wide variety of outside games after school every Wednesday. Mrs. Riedel is looking forward to enjoying many games and having the kids be active.

Our students have been working diligently in preparation to share their learning with parents in an open house forum on Thursday May 5 from 5-7 p.m.

The evening will be an opportunity for

Bardoel – Gold/Jr. Girls Doubles, Karley Dieken and Chandler Nelson – Silver/ Mixed Doubles. Also on Thursday, April 21, the Jr. High Team traveled to Wainwright to participate in the ECACS Championships. Congratulations to Grade 7: Louis McCormack and Alex McCullough – Mixed/Gold, Tara Martin – Girls Single/ Silver, Jesse Bibeau and Angelica Bosgra – Girls Double/Silver, Kaiden Chase – Boys Single/Silver, Grade 8: Amanda Collins and Jorja McIntyre – Girls Double/ Gold, Rona Sumalileng and Dawson Allen – Mixed Double/Silver.

Our Sr. High Badminton had a very successful Zones Competition in Lac La Biche on Wednesday, April 27. The five teams all made playoffs and they came home with three medals. Congratulations goes out to: Michael Menzies, who won Bronze in Intermediate Boys Singles and Bailey Koebel who won Bronze in Sr. Girls Singles. Special congratulations to Shae Collins and Janyl Bardoel who won a silver medal in Jr. Girls Doubles and will be representing St. Jerome’s School at Badminton Provincials this week.

Elementary students and parents gathered in the school gym on Thursday, April 28 to celebrate an afternoon of Poetry. All elementary students have been memorizing and practicing poems to recite for the annual Declamation Event. Last week students recited their poems in their classrooms and then six to eight students were chosen for the afternoon event. Forty-one

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Hailey Zahara, Ava Zahara and Bailey Pitre. Their art can be seen at the Youth Mental Health Art Gala in Vermilion on May 3.

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Congratulations to our school VIBE Art Gala Finalists: Alexis Wowk, Payton Konieczny, Sara Tod, Chelsea Hinton,

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students entertained the audience with a variety of excellent poems.

St. Jerome’s Elementary and Vermilion Elementary joined their voices on Monday, May 2 to celebrate the Annual Cross Canada Music Monday. Just before 11:00 a.m. the two schools gathered in the hockey rink between the schools to sing this year’s song, “We Are One” by Connor Ross. After singing the song the students had a chance to interact with each other as the children from Grade 1 to 3 played on the Vermilion Elementary Playground and the rest of the students at St. Jerome’s

Playground.

Congratulations to the two young men who each won second for this years CWL Essay/Poster Contest. Zachary Black in Grade 10 and Chris Ah-hang in Grade 8 were both winners this year.

The Grade 9 Environmental CTS class has been busy organizing a variety of events to help out the environment. The class created bird feeders out of cardboard rolls, peanut butter and seeds. They also hosted a Bake Sale at noon on Friday, April 29 and held a Bottle Drive to raise money for a recyclable bin for the school.

Nerdy Day at St. Jerome’s. Photo submitted

Doris West Manager at your Eastalta Co-op Dewberry Store is retiring after May 20th.

Please stop in and join us in wishing her all the best in her retirement.

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