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FRIDAY, November 20, 2020
Public health measures extended further for province
Santa in a pool in Midale’s parade
Photo 2534 — Greg Nikkel
An inflatable Santa, along with a guest from the Paw Patrol, were in a small pool on the float from the Midale Swimming Pool, during the annual Santa Claus Parade in Midale on Saturday. The annual parade went down Main Street, wit many local groups and businesses taking part.
Souris School nutrition program faces extra new challenges due to COVID-19
Souris School has been providing a nutrition program for their students and families this year, but are facing extra new challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenges are not only in how the program can be delivered, but in getting donations and support to help the program continue on to help students. The school is reaching out to the community for assistance, and as program coordinator Shannon Seitz observed, “Our tight budget has recently become tighter with COVID-19, as food is now served in classrooms, meaning more students than ever before are accessing the nutrition program.” One major change for the program is they had previously had a list of 22 volunteers who would come in to help run the program, but now volunteers are not able to come into the school due to COVID restrictions.
In addition, rather than having the children come in the morning to sit and eat together in the gym, the teachers take a bin of breakfast food up to the class, and hand the food items out, which have all been prepackaged.
late dipped) and fresh fruit and vegetables like apples, oranges, bananas, pears, cucumbers, celery, carrots and peppers. Seitz noted there are a variety of ways where a donor can partner with them, such as with gift
Our tight budget has recently become tighter with COVID-19
– Shannon Seitz, program coordinator
The program has a needs list of items for their program, including the following: peanut butter, jam, chocolate chips, rolled oats, flour, cooking oil, butter, sugar (white and brown), honey, baking soda, eggs, baking powder, along with dried fruit (raisins, Craisins, strawberries, blueberries), frozen fruit (mixed berry, blueberry, strawberry), granola bars (healthy options preferred, nuts allowed, not choco-
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cards, cash donations, or a group or business hosting a food drive. If someone wants to put on a food drive, they should contact Seitz to coordinate things, as the donated food items needs to sit for 72 hours before it can be brought into the school. One fundraising suggestion is to host a breakfast where the fee is a donation of food or money to the Souris nutrition program. She said one help has
been partnering with the Weyburn Comp School for their baking, using their commercial kitchen. The Breakfast Club has operated at the school since 2012, and that was expanded to the supplemental lunch and snack program. With figures provided by public health nutritionists in Saskatchewan, Seitz said the following costs are a good guideline for costs of the program. A breakfast costs $1.19 per student each day; a lunch is $1.80 per student each day, and a snack is $1.04 per cent each day. In 2020, Souris served an average of 115 students per day for 180 days a year. Using the above figures, the nutrition program costs about $24,480 for one year. With better nutrition, students are better able to reach their potential, they have improved energy levels, and have enhanced problem-solving skills, creativity, concentration and behaviour.
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The following measures extending public health measures will take effect as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. They, and all other public health measures, will be in effect until Dec. 17 and then subject to review by the provincial Chief Medical Health Officer. The measures are in addition to the new measures which came into effect on Nov. 16. Enforcement of public health orders is permitted under The Public Health Act, 1994. Mandatory Masking Province-wide While the province continues to recommend wearing masks whenever you are outside the home, wearing a non-medical mask will now be required in all indoor public spaces in Saskatchewan. Information on masks and their use and what qualifies as an indoor public space is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/ masks. The list of indoor spaces may be amended for clarity; however, if you unsure if a location qualifies as an “indoor public space”, defer to wearing the mask – choose the option that promotes public safety. Masking in school settings is described in the back to school plans as set out by the respective school divisions. Masking guidance for childcare centres and daycares is described in the ReOpen Saskatchewan Plan. Protecting Residents of Long-Term and Personal Care Homes Visitation to all longterm care facilities and personal care homes will be suspended, with the exception of compassionate reasons as per the current family visitation policy. This measure is in addition to long-standing protections that have been in
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place, including mandatory masking of all staff, staff cohorting and symptom screening prior to shift. Support personnel (ie. therapists, nursing staff) and tradespersons (ie., housekeeper, plumber) are permitted though they should maintain two metre distancing and be masked during service provision. Health care workers not able to maintain physical distancing when providing home care services must wear appropriate PPE. Private Indoor Gathering Sizes Reduced Indoor private gathering sizes are being reduced. The maximum allowable gathering size for private gatherings in the home setting will decrease to five, down from 10. This includes in the home or in buildings located on private property (eg. garages, sheds). If your immediate family is five or greater, you cannot have additional visitors. Gatherings of any size beyond your immediate household are strongly discouraged at this time. Any private gathering of more than five people/your immediate household must occur in a public venue (ie. restaurant, community hall), abiding by all applicable guidelines of physical distancing, food service, masking, etc. Outdoor private gatherings remain at 30 people maximum and only if physical distancing of two metres can be maintained at all times. Work from Home COVID-19 transmission continues in workplaces throughout the province. Break the chain of transmission; it is highly recommended that you work from home as much as possible, if your occupation allows. If you are already working at home, you should continue to do so.
