The Qu’Appelle Spirit Community News Volume 11 Issue 2 February 2011

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FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH

The Qu’Appelle 1st Responders would like to remind you that

February is Heart Month and want to remind you that a Stroke is a

medical emergency!

Recognizing and responding immediately to the warning signs of

stroke by calling 9-1-1 can significantly improve survival and

recovery. If a person is diagnosed with a stroke caused by a

blood clot, doctors can administer a clot-busting drug available

only at a hospital, and only within a few crucial hours after

symptoms begin.* That’s why it is very important to be able to

recognize the 5 warning signs of stroke and immediately call 9-1-1.

The five signs of a stroke are:

Stroke can be treated. That's why it is so important to recognize and respond to the

warning signs.

Weakness - Sudden loss of strength or sudden numbness in the face, arm or leg,

even if temporary.

Trouble speaking - Sudden difficulty speaking or understanding or sudden confu-

sion, even if temporary.

Vision problems - Sudden trouble with vision, even if temporary.

Headache - Sudden severe and unusual headache.

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Town Council News Submitted by

Councilor Elizabeth Fries

What’s Happening By Elizabeth Fries – 699-2383

Qu'Appelle Town Council met for a regular meeting on Dec. 15, 2010 at Town Hall. Present were Mayor Tom Williams, Councilors Linda Andrew, Brian Bogdan, Orvile Dahl, Elizabeth Fries, Mike Lenzen and Eileen Parker, and Administrator Carol Wicken-heiser.

The minutes of the Nov. 17, 2010 reg-ular meeting of Council were ap-proved as circulated and read. Corre-spondence was read and filed. The statement of financial activities for August and the list of payments for approval were accepted.

A land lease was renewed for the peri-od of five years.

Reports were filed from the Town Foreman, Safety Committee, and Qu'Appelle Branch Library.

Council agreed to authorize Brian Bogdan's request for a leave of ab-sence from Council until the end of February 2011.

It was agreed that the January and February 2011 regular meetings of Council will be held at 9:00am.

An open discussion of several issues followed and the meeting was ad-journed at 9:30pm.

Tues. Feb 1 Non-student day at James Hamblin School Thurs. Feb 3 Exercise 2pm at Senior’s Centre Fri. Feb 4 Preschool story hour 10:30am at the Library Wed. Feb 9 Popcorn & a movie 2pm at the Senior’s Centre Wed. Feb 9 Valentine’s Day after school crafts 3:30pm at the Library Thurs. Feb 10 Exercise 2pm at the Senior’s Centre Fri. Feb 11 Preschool story hour 10:30am at the Library Sat.. Feb 12 Cribbage tournament 10am at the Senior’s Centre Mon. Feb 14 Canasta 7pm at the Senior’s Centre Wed. Feb 16 Tech Deck day 3:30pm at the Library Wed. Feb 16 James Hamblin School Community Council meeting 7pm at JHS Thurs. Feb 17 Exercise 2pm at the Senior’s Centre Fri. Feb 18 Preschool story hour 10:30am at the Library Fri. Feb 18 Jump Rope For Heart at James Hamblin School Sat. Feb 19 Trade Show 10am-3pm at Senior’s Centre Mon. Feb 21 - Feb 25 Non-student day at James Hamblin School Tues. Feb 22 Town Council meeting 9am at Town Hall Thurs. Feb 24 Exercise 2pm at the Senior’s Centre Thurs. Feb 24 Book Bags book club discussion 7pm at the Library Fri. Feb 25 Preschool story hour 10:30am at the Library Fri. Feb 25 Potluck supper and bingo 6pm at the Senior’s Centre Mon. Feb 28 Canasta 7pm at the Senior’s Centre

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ANNUAL FIRST RESONDER CONFERENCE

The annual First Responder Conference was held in Moose Jaw Jan.28-30/11. Eight of our Qu'Appelle First Re-sponders recertified this weekend. It was a great weekend with paramedics, EMT, EMS and first responders attending from across Saskatchewan. Some topics covered were mechanical aids to breathing, medical emer-gencies, trauma emergencies, spinal immobilization.

Special guest speaker Pete Lazzara from the Chicago Fire Department attended the conference again this year. Saturday night participants were treated to a dinner and dance. Of course we participated in a relay again this year. Our team did well but we still think it was fixed. A lot of fun was had by all. What a great group of people. Thank you again to the community of Qu'Appelle for all your support.

P.O. Box 531, Qu’Appelle, SK S0G4A0 www.quappelleagencies.com Qu’Appelle: 306.699.2294 Vibank: 306.762.2160 Odessa: 306.957.2020

Qu’Appelle Agencies Limited is pleased to introduce Mellissa Robertson as our new General Manager & Insurance Broker. Mellissa brings with her over 25 years of experience in the Insurance Industry; she is excited to put that knowledge and expertise to work for you! Qu’Appelle Agencies Ltd. Invites you to stop in and meet Mellissa to discuss your insurance needs. Qu’Appelle Agencies Ltd. Offers a wide selection of products and expertise to serve our customers risk management needs. We can also work with specialty insurance needs; if you have a unique situation that requires a specialized quote, please feel free to contact us.

Personal Insurance Commercial Insurance

Automobile

Home

Tenants

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Home Base Business

Farm Insurance

Snowmobiles

ATV’s

Commercial Package Policy

Commercial Automobile and Fleets

Commercial General Liability

Directors & Officers Liability (Profit & Non Profit)

Contract Surety

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Specialty Products Agri-Business

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Farm Equipment Dealers

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Livestock

Farm

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Custom Spraying

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Livestock

Farm Business Consultants for Errors & Omissions

We also provide the following services:

SGI Motor Licencing Services

Complete line of Postal Services

Games Licences

Agents for GMS

We are an Independent Insurance Broker, which means we act as professional insurance advisors that can serve all of your insurance needs.

Coming soon: We will soon be able to accept payment by

debit or credit card

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Don Mc Morris Minister of Health

MLA Indian Head-Milestone Constituency

I invite you to call Or drop by the office With any questions or

concerns you may have.

Our constituency office is located at Hours: 9:00-4:00 Monday to Friday 125 Railway Street, Balgonie, SK Phone: 771-2733 Fax: 771-2574 Email: Mcmorris.mla@sasktel.net Or call toll free 1-877-337-3366

Indian Head Animal Clinic

Dr. Melanie Roth Dr. Curtis Read

24-Hour Emergency Service

Available

Phone: 695-2238 Hours: Monday to Friday

8:30 to 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 to 12:00 noon

You can also contact us at: www.ihanimal.com

Silhouette Hair Care Qu’Appelle, Sk.

Stylist: Carolle Ast Phone: 699-2255 Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For all your hair care needs

SEN- IOR CRIBBAGE NEWS

January 8th, 2011

Five Tables

Lorraine S. & Linda—16 Pauline R. & Mary P.—16 Ida P. & Liz G.—15

24 Hands: Ida Partridge Ida Karlonas Mary Papriny Liz Geis

Free Lunch: Art Nargang

Lunch served by: Annette Jardine Marg Thomson

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School News Haunted History Comes Alive!!

If you stopped by the JHS gym on Oct. 29th, you would not have recog-

nized it. The grade 8/9 class transformed it and themselves into an ex-

perience from the past. Each character had a positive influence on the

world during their lifetime. You may have met great leaders like Win-

ston Churchill, entertainers like Elvis, personalities like Dom Deluise,

war strategists like Mao Zedong or even the creative mind of Thomas

the Tank engine (Wilbert Awbry). The 8/9s did a fabulous job of teach-

ing our younger students about the past. A special thanks goes out to

our community judges; Aleyn Arthur, Ruth Summerside, Kelly Beatty,

Val Todd, Crystal Cook and Rick Slaferek.

JHS Drama News We are travelling back to the to-tally tubular decade of the 80’s and we need your help! So dig into the back of those closets----we are needing to borrow any outfits or memorabilia (Rubrics Cube, walkmans, My Little Pony, Smurf, Pacman, etc.) Stay tuned next newsletter for de-tails on the show, including our narly cast and crew.

Noon Hours: Students Staying At School

If at all possible, we encourage town students to go home for lunch. However, a town student who stays at school for lunch must display good behaviour. Failure to do so may result in al-ternate arrangements made by the home. Unless written request is made by a parent or caregiver, K-6 bus stu-dents and those K-6 students eat-ing lunch at school must, over the noon hour, remain at school and stay within the school grounds.

Youth Flag Football

If your son or daughter is interested

in playing Flag Football in Regina,

please stop by the JHS office to pick

up an informational form. The Regi-

na NFL Youth Flag Football League

is for boys and girls ages 6 to 17.

Registration began in January. You

may also get information on the web-

site: www.reginayouthflagfootball.com

Summer Camping at Dallas Valley

Information about summer camps at Dallas Valley is available out-

side the JHS office or by going on line at www.dallasvalley.com.

You may also call 306 731-3348.

MEET YOUR QU’APPELLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 1ST RESPONDER MEMBERS

Tom Whalen

Tom Whalen has lived in Qu’Appelle his entire life and has been a member of the Qu’Appelle Fire Department since 1980! Tom joined the Qu’Appelle Fire Department to help people in need especially as a 1st Responder. As well as a firefighter and 1st Responder Tom is also the Safety Officer for the Department. He has exten-sive training including Fire Hose Training, Vehicle extrication training, Ground Ladder Training, Pump Oper-ator Training, Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Training, Rescue and Extrication Training, Legal Responsi-bilities Training and Interior Firefighting. Tom is a trained First Responder with training including First Aid Level C, Patient Assessment Training, Medical, Ethical and Legal Issue Training, training in CPR, AED (Automated External Deliberator) , respiratory system training, Airway management training, personal protective equipment training and oxygen airway management,

Tom Whalen at a vehicle fire

Tom, his wife Glenda and their sons, Nik and Travis live and farm in Qu’Appelle. Tom is also a member of the Southeast Regional Library, Qu’Appelle Branch and coaches Bantam and midget hockey with his sons.

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Library News

Submitted by: Elizabeth Fries, Librarian

On October 23, 2010, the Saskatchewan Karate Association held their Fall Provincial tournament in Saskatoon, SK Kellie Bennett, Carson Bennett and Emily Scott from the Qu'Appelle Karate Club competed in the tournament. Doug Parker also attended to assist in the officiating of the tournament. Kellie earned silver in the Adult Male Intermediate kata (patterns) com-petition. Carson earned gold in the Novice Male & Female 10 & under kata (patterns) and Emily earned silver in the same event. Carson also earned gold in the Novice Male & Female 10 & under kumi-te (sparring) event.

Submitted by: Doug Parker

SASKATCHEWAN KARATE ASSOCIATION FALL PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT

Back row—Kellie Bennett, Doug Parker Front row—Carson Bennett, Emily Scott

The Annual General Meeting of the Qu’Appelle Branch Library Board was held on Jan. 24. If you are interested in helping out, there are still spots open on the Board. Simply contact the Library and we will let you know when the next meeting is being held.

Preschool Story Hour will resume this month, taking place at 10:30am on Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25.

Students are invited to make some Valen-tine’s Day crafts after school on Feb. 9.

Tech Deck day at the Library will be held after school on Feb. 16. Kids can bring their Tech Deck equipment to the Library and join in the fun!

The Book Bags are currently reading I Am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirk-by. They will meet to discuss this selec-tion on Feb. 24 at 7pm. New members are always welcome in the book club.

Librarian Elizabeth Fries and Assistant Librarian Debbie Spooner are happy to answer any questions you may have about the Library. Please call 699-2902 or email quappelle@southesast.lib.sk.ca.

Qu’Appelle Branch Library is open: Wednesday 2-5 and 6-8 Thursday 2-5 Friday 10-12 and 1-5

Remember: Freedom to Read Week

is February 20—26, 2011

THANK YOU FROM THE MILLS FAMILY

Ray, Becky, David and family wish to thank the whole community for showing your support on the passing of Karen Mills. Karen passed away on January 9th after a valiant fight with cancer. The generosity of food, flowers, expression of sympathy, visits, cards and phone calls were greatly appreciated.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT JHS

The students at JHS did a wonderful job of paying their respects to our Canadian forces past and present. The cubs and guides led our veterans, Terry Fuller and Wayne Horsman into the gym where they watched a service with two main messages. The grade 6/7 class presented on how the soldiers in the past earned us the right to a free and safe education, so we need to honour them and try our best. The grade 8 class ex-plained the role that our current soldiers have in Afganistan and how we should be proud to call ourselves Canadians. Thank you to all the community members who came out and a special thank you to our vet-erans. Your presence made the service very powerful. Trinity Pawluk received a prize for her Remembrance day poster.

Nolan Vansteelandt received an honourable mention.

NEW WEB SITE ADDRESS FOR

JHS

www.jameshamblin.pvsd.ca

Prairie Valley School Division Annual Meeting

The 2010-2011 Annual Meeting of Electors of Prairie Valley School Division will be held on Wednesday, February 9, in Kip-ling. The meeting, which will be held at the Kipling School from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., provides an op-portunity to discuss with rate-payers the many Prairie Valley School Division accomplish-ments of the past year. These include significant investments in staff, programming and facil-ities during the 2010-2011 school year.

In addition, the evening will feature entertainment by Prairie Valley students and displays hosted by Division staff, includ-ing Science, Math and Literacy, Arts Education, Student Ser-vices and First Nations and Mé-tis Education. “Our energy was focused on eliminating the achievement gap between our students by targeting our re-sources to those in most need,” says Ben Grebinski, Director of Education/CEO for Prairie Val-ley School Division. Highlights include:

Implementation of the Direct Service Delivery model, which introduced specialists and resources in math, language arts, science and various stu-dent support services to meet individual student needs.

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Implementation of the 310 Minute Calendar, which brought all schools into a unified school calendar. The calendar assists with the Division’s goal of in-creasing instructional time and promoting awareness of protecting instructional time and reducing interruptions.

Investment of $4 million in school equipment, in areas such as math, sci-ence, computer technol-ogy and physical educa-tion and more than $10 million in school facility upgrades..

The complete Annual Report

and Financial Statements for

2009-2010 are available at

www.pvsd.ca

Also, on February 9th, the

Board of Education will also

hold its regular February

Board meeting, open to the

public, at the Kipling Town

Hall, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

DID YOU KNOW? Prairie Valley School Division serves approximately 8,000 stu-dents in 38 schools throughout southeast Saskatchewan. In support of the vision “Leadership in Learning and Life”, the Division strives to ensure a high-quality education that provides students with the tools to reach and exceed their potential. For more information: David Ramsay Manager of Communi-cations Prairie Valley School Division 306-949-6353 da-vid.ramsay@pvsd.ca

JAMES HAMBLIN IS A GIVING SCHOOL

The students from James Hamblin School in Qu'Appelle showed

the true meaning of the holiday season by bringing in dry and

canned goods for a family in need.

On Being a Digital Parent Challenging? Yes. Insurmountable? Definitely not.

Establish rules and boundaries. Consider a family acceptable use policy. Kids like them. It says you care. The value-based scaffolding you provide as parents will help them make good judgment calls as they navigate this new digital terrain.

A lot of the rules offline apply online: Where are you going? Who are you talk-ing to? Be respectful, etc. Revisit these rules often.

Start young. Aren't you fortunate if you have young children and you're read-ing this now! Your kids may not be using cell phones or visiting MMOs yet, but trust me, they will. It's considerably more difficult to introduce boundaries after your kids have colonized the digital space based on their own terms and conditions. Parenting means setting boundaries that keep our kids safe.

Make think b4u click the family watchword. Technology may be speeding up our world, but it's your job to slow it down. Get your kids to process the conse-quences of their actions b4 they text, type or talk.

Does your ten-year-old need a Facebook account? Really? If so, then you should consider joining Facebook and being your child’s friend on Facebook so you can monitor.

Are there social networking privacy settings set to the max? Friends only!

Historic Bell Barn Attracts Many Visitors in First Season Following the grand opening last summer, the Historic Bell Barn at Indian Head was open to visitors for a total of 50 days. It was open consecutive days from July 25th to Labour Day (September 6th) and then weekend days only for the remainder of September. During those 50 days, an overall total of 2,865 visitors toured the Bell Barn Interpretive Center and explored the loft and viewing tower of the rebuilt round stone barn. While that means the average number of visitors per day was 57, the days with the highest attendance were four Sundays – July 25th with 165 visitors, August 1st with 142 visitors, August 8th with 114 visitors, and Septem-ber 5th with 116 visitors. As people entered the barn and paid admission, they signed a visitor registry, indicating their name and place of origin. This enabled the Bell Barn Society to carry out a simple analysis of visitors, which yielded some interesting results. A total of 1,485 visitors (52 percent of the overall total) lived within one hour’s drive of the site. This included people from Indian Head, Regina, and all of the other communities and the rural area within 80 km of Indian Head. An additional 725 visitors (25 per-cent of the overall total) came from farther away in Saskatchewan. The remaining 655 visitors (23 percent of the overall total) came from outside Saskatchewan. For the most part, this group included travellers off Highway #1 and people visiting relatives and friends in the Indian Head and Regina areas. The visitor registry showed that the province providing the highest number of visitors was Alberta with 213 and that 71 visitors called the United States home. A total of 35 visitors came from various overseas locations. In addition to the above numbers, special events held at the Historic Bell Barn during its first season also attracted significant num-bers of people. An estimated 700 people attended the grand opening on July 24th, approximately 200 people attended Marilynn Malo’s Art Show & Sale over the September long weekend, and 123 tickets were sold for the Olde Tyme Barn Dance held in the loft on October 2nd. Booked tours brought in another 109 visitors. Recently, Jerry Willerth, acting chairman of the Bell Barn Society, indicated that the Society was satisfied with the visitation num-bers for the Historic Bell Barn’s first season of operation. “We need to keep visitation up now to cover the cost of operating and maintaining the site,” he said. “As the potential of the building becomes more known, we hope to have more special events held there too. The barn dance in October was so successful that we are planning to hold barn dances on the last Saturday of every month from May to September in 2011. As well, Marilynn Malo is hoping to make her art show an annual event in the loft.” Anyone wanting more information on the visitor analysis or on rental of the Historic Bell Barn can contact Jerry Willerth at (306) 695 – 2086.

Sign on Highway#1 gives directions to the Historic Bell Barn

Visitors study one of the information panels in the Interpretive Center

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are currently reading...

I Am Hutterite

by Mary-Ann Kirkby

In 1969, Mary-Ann Kirkby's parents did

the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite

colony near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba,

with seven children and little else, to

start a new life. Overnight, the family

was thrust into a society they did not

understand and which knew little of their

unique culture.

The transition was overwhelming.

I Am Hutterite takes you inside the

Fairholme Colony, where Kirkby spent

the first ten years of her life. Her detailed

portrait of Hutterian people opens a

window on a closed community and

reveals a way of life that seems

extraordinary to the outside world.

Join us in a discussion about this book on

Beginning at 7:00 pm at the Qu’Appelle Branch Library

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Be clear on cyberbullying. Is your child completely clear on the emotional and life consequences of bullying? What kind of digital citizens are your kids? Search cyberbullying suicide together on YouTube. Look at the number of videos and kids who have taken their lives.

Use parental controls on the computer, game sites and mobile technology to protect your kids from dangerous content, unsavoury people and to help manage their online behaviour.

Use search engine filters and YouTube filters.

Digitally saturated doesn't necessarily translate into "digitally savvy." Kids still need guidance and mentorship to develop the necessary critical thinking skills for active and engaged online citizenship. Which is why establishing boundaries for digital activities, on whatever platform your kids are using, is essential.

Good luck! For more information on digital safety visit Cyber Moms Club website at: http://clubs.canadianparents.com/cybermomsclub/?utm_source=_BM-5akB8U$n0tR&utm_content=cyed22&utm_medium=email

Source: Canadian Parents.Com – Canada’s Parenting Community -, One Mount Pleasant Road, 8th floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 2Y5

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Rope for Heart is being held on Friday, February 18, 2011. All of the students in grades 2, 3, 4, 5 will participate in the jumping event even if they have not collected any pledges. A note will be giv-en to students asking for your permission to give the student a collec-tion envelope to collect pledges for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In order for your child to receive a collection envelope you must sign the note and return. All collection notes will be handed out on Wednesday, February 2. All pledge envelopes must be returned on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, even if your child did not collect any pledges. All of the envelopes have to be accounted for . All of our money will sent to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Thank you for helping with this Heart and Stroke fundraising event.

Three-Way and Student Led-Conferences

The spring three-way and student-led conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 15 and Wednes-day, March 16. Notes will go home with students at the begin-ning of March stating the time and date of your pre-scheduled conference time. Please make it your priority to attend at the time assigned to you.

Criminal Check Needed If you plan to volunteer for any

school activities and you have not

already had a criminal check

done, please plan to visit the

RCMP in Indian Head for your

criminal check. Before you go

for the criminal check, please stop

at the office at James Hamblin for

a document to take to the RCMP.

Also, if it has been two years

since you have had your last crim-

inal check, then you will have to

have an updated check done, as

we are required to have a criminal

check done every two years. If

you are not sure when you had

your last criminal record check

done, please call the school and

we can tell when it will expire.

Please be aware that it may take

two months or more for ap-

proval.

Drivers Authorization A Driver Authorization form must be completed yearly. An-yone who plans to transport stu-dents must have a current Driv-er Authorization. Please stop in at the office for a form.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! A huge thank you goes out to Chantell Betteridge for coming out to coach our Girls’ Basketball team. Unfortunately, we did not have enough interest to form a team. Thanks, Chantell, for your commit-ment and support of James Hamblin School.

4th Annual Board of Education DEAR Challenge On February 9, 2011 schools across Prairie Valley School Division will be challenged by the Board of Education to participate in a di-vision-wide school-wide DEAR event.

This year’s challenge is to have all staff and students “Drop Every-thing And Read” for a total of 1000 hours or 60 000 minutes as a whole division.

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4th Annual Board of Education DEAR Challenge continued

"Research has shown that reading ability is positively correlated with the extent to which students read recreationally." National Center for Education Statistics.

“Sustained Silent Reading is based upon a single simple principle: Reading is a

skill—and the more you use it, the better you get at it. Conversely, the less you

use it, the more difficult it is.” Jim Trelease

Important Dates: Feb. 1 Non Student Day Feb. 8 SLC mtg – 12:00 p.m. Feb. 10 Movie & Popcorn Day Milk Day

Puppet Show-McLean Feb. 16 JHS – SCC meeting – 7:00 p.m. Feb. 18 Lunch Sale – Parent Group-Spaghetti Lunch

Milk Day Jump Rope for Heart

Feb. 23 Pink Shirt Day Feb. 21-25 Family Day & Winter Break March 4 Music Alive at IHES

SLC Movie Night – 7:00 p.m. March 15 & 16 3-Way conferences Book Fair Mar. 18 Teacher’s Convention Mar 24 Movie & Popcorn Day March 31 Report Cards April 1 Non Student Day April 22-29 Easter Break May 2 Classes Resume (Day 3) May 9 Non Student Day June 17 SLC Dance June 28 Report Cards

BE A READING WARRIOR From February 1 – March 4, students and family members can partake in a friendly reading competition to help promote at home reading. Each homeroom will be com-peting against the other for the most minutes read. Keep in mind - it has to be at home reading! For every ten minutes read, the student will receive a shield to place up on the bulletin board. Our goal is to have the entire hallway covered with shields from all the different grades. Each homeroom will have a different color of shield. As the month goes on it will be easy to see how each room is progressing . The Grand Prize ……. A Sundae Party in the Library! Parents, guardians and community members you are invited too! We will have a spe-cial colour set aside just for you. Competing against your kids can be fun and help motivate them throughout the month. There will be extra forms for students to take home and share with you. Once you have done some reading, send it back into the school and we’ll put shields up for you too! Keep an eye out for your child’s reading chart and the parent/community member chart, and remember to keep track of those minutes. Good luck and may the busiest readers win!!

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you!!

A huge thank you goes out to Chantell Betteridge for coming out to coach our Girls’ Basketball team. Unfortunately, we did not have enough interest to form a team. Thanks, Chantell, for your commitment and support of James Hamblin School.

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QU’APPELLE RINK IS NOW OPEN

The Qu'Appelle rink is now open seven days a week. Public skate Mon-Fri. 3:30-5:30pm, Saturday 6-9pm and Sunday 2-4pm. Sticks and pucks Tues.6:30-8:30 (ages 10-16), sticks and pucks Thurs. 6:30-8:30 (ages 6-10), shinny on Fr idays from 9-11p.m. Admission price is $2, Thursday and Friday evenings is $5. We now have the zambonie up and running. Elections took place for an executive committee for the Qu'Appelle Community Centre Association. The executive is James Foster-President, Val Todd-secretary, Chris Weisgarber-treasurer A new zambonie room has been built and repairs are being made to the change rooms to make them operation-al. Six skate trainers have been purchased to assist small children while skating.. The locks are being changed on the rink and a key will have to be signed out. We have some bookings from out of town teams to come and practice. Anyone interested in booking the rink please call Chris Weisgarber at 699-2480 or James Foster at 699-2425. Anyone interested or able to volunteer at the rink please call Val Todd at 699-2883. We had a very successful fundraiser, a pancake breakfast. Approximately 100 people attended raising $425. Thank you to the community for all your support, volunteers for your hard work, Double TT and Deb Spooner for your donations. A special thank you to four young people who came and volunteered their time from 9-1 at our fundraiser. Jake Todd, Carrie Schaeffer, Miranda and Tonika Foster. These four young people received a free skate for their hard work. The following young individuals also received a free skate for assisting in the clean up of the rink. Carrie and Myles Schaeffer, Shylo Williamson, Jessica Rouse, Sabrina Pana, Miranda and Bailey Foster and Jason. Thank you. What a wonderful group of young people. A special thank you also goes out to Orvile Dahl who was the determined person to get the rink re-opened and up and running. Orvile has put alot of time and hard work into the rink which started back in the summer. To keep you toasty warm while at the rink we are receiving a Vanhoette coffee/hot chocolate machine compli-ments of representative and Qu'Appelle resident Dustin French. Thank you in advance Dustin. The rink will be purchasing our coffee/hot chocolate from Vanhoette. If anyone is interested in attending any of our meetings with ideas or concerns please feel free to join us every Thursday evening at the rink at 7pm. Submitted by Val Todd

Families using the rink

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PICTURES TAKEN AT THE VERY SUCCESSFUL FUND RAISER HELD ON FEBRUARY 23RD

AT THE SENIORS CENTRE

Qu’Appelle District

Lioness Club

Sunrise Country Haven

Personal Care Home for Level 1 & 2+ Including Day Program and Respite Located on the Pauliuk Farm Outside McLean Couples and singles welcome To arrange a tour or further information call

Corinne Pauliuk at 699-2548

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The Qu’Appelle District Lioness Club meeting was held on Tuesday, January 11, 2011

at the Qu’Appelle & District Lions Hall. President Junette called the meeting to order

at 7:00 p.m. Present at the meeting were Junette, Colleen, Diane, Donna, Eileen, Mary,

Linda , Lorraine, Loreen and Chris. Eileen read the minutes of the last meeting and

moved the minutes be adopted as amended, seconded by Linda. Carried. (The amend-

ment was to correct our new inductee, Loreen’s last name, from Goehme to Sauer.)

Treasurer Diane gave and moved her financial report, seconded by Lorraine. Carried.

Old Business : Chris moved, seconded by Lorraine that the secretary write to Qu’Ap-

pelle Lions Club that the Lioness tail twister statute was returned to the Lioness on

Monday, January 10th,2011, however the Lioness club members feel that the Lions

member that lost the tail twister statute should be fined $5.00. Carried. The new

matching grant available to the Lions and Lioness clubs which sets up a fund to help

the needy in our community was discussed.

A “thankyou” card was received from James Hamblin School. Reports were given on

the Christmas suppers served for the Qu’Appelle Seniors Club and the Greenwood

Manor. Donna moved, seconded by Diane that a donation of $50.00 be given to the

Indian Head Mainline Music organization. Carried.

New Business included discussion of the Lioness members attending a Applause Din-

ner Theatre presentation together Lioness member Glenda was to look after obtaining

tickets for those who wanted to attend the Thursday, January 20, 2011 show. Donna

informed the members that although some of the Lioness members have their “Food

Handling Safety Course”, it would be advisable for more of the members to take the

course due to the catering work we do as a Club. The course costs $35.00 and is a one

time course.

Last, but not least the club as a whole took part in the induction ceremony of Chris

Weisgarber. “Welcome Chris!” Junette adjourned the meeting at 8:49 p.m. The next

meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at the Greenwood Manor, com-

mencing at 7:00 p.m.

Report by Eileen Parker

Qu’Appelle & District Lioness “Not all Work, some Play too!”

On a stormy Thursday night, Janu-ary 20, 2011, fourteen members of the Qu’Appelle & District Lioness Club braved the weather to attend the Applause Dinner Theatre presen-tation in Regina. The musical comedy “Don & Debby Do the 70’s” featured Ryan G. An-derson, Mark Neudorf and Stephanie Thomson. The meal was excellent, and Marvelous Marvin (Mark) was our “Host with the Most!”. Mark later appeared as one of the Abba girls, and as Elvis, due to his exces-sive “rock n’ roll’n” caused a certain seamstress certain distress. She was able to save the act, “with a stitch in time!” This same Lioness member seamed to have aa reputation as “Jolene” a song sung by Dolly Par-ton (Stephanie). Certain Lioness members (close to the stage) had brief encounters with Elvis, and al-most became “bosom buddies” with Dolly. Cher (also Stephanie) and Ryan (Sonny) also were strong con-tenders for the girls and guys atten-tion. Other Lioness members had brief stage careers as a Abba singer, (they were short one girl singer), as Mark and Stephanie were the oth-er two “girl singer s”, Glenda, the Applause seamstress, even got to play keyboard with a Abba singer (Ryan), and others got hugs, and danced on stage with the cast. It was a fun filled evening with lots of laughter, and enjoyment of three very talented performers. Everyone got home safely, and will share these good memories for years to come. Reported by Eileen Parker

Qu’Appelle District

Lions Club

ZERR – SWITZER

Richard & Marj Zerr of Qu’Appelle together with

Barry & Kathy Switzer of Grenfell are pleased to announce the marriage of their

children

ANNE-MARIE &

TRAVIS

The wedding took place September 4, 2010 in Immaculate Conception Church

Anne-Marie & Travis currently reside in Morinville, AB

Anne-Marie teaches in Westlock, AB and Travis is a professional musician.

A Lions meeting was held at the Lions Hall on Monday, January 3 at 7pm, with 7 members present. A donation of $500 was made to the Mills family. New chairs have arrived for the hall and have been ordered. Dishwasher and water softner have been installed. Anyone interested in purchasing any of the old chairs may talk to any Lions member. Recieved a thankyou from the Ross family and JHS. We discussed ideas for fundraising events. Meeting adjourned at 8pm.

On Monday, January 10 a District Governor team meeting was held at the Lions Hall with the Qu'Appelle Lions Club catering the meal and Lion Marg Hayes coordinating the supper. We had 42 present at the supper with members from Wolseley, Sintaluta, Indianhead, Regina Lakeside and Fort Qu'Appelle. Zone chairman-Lion Stewart Hughes spoke on communication. Other speakers present were past District Governor Lion Rick and Vice District Governor Lion Den-nis who spoke about Lions Quest which looks at bullying, drinking and alcohol abuse. District Governor Lion Ron Hill gave a bit of a biography about himself and how he got started into Lions. He than presented a short but comical skit with the help of fellow Lions. To close the evening 2 Regina Lakeside members were inducted into their Lions Club. Also present at the supper was Past District Governor Lion Al Cook.

On Monday, January 17, and Lions meeting was held at the Lions hall at 7pm with 5 members present. New round tables will be here February 1, 2011. Kitchen repairs at the Lions Hall will begin short-ly. Sintaluta Lions Club have requested assistance for their Mud Fling which is taking place in July. Approximately 6-7 or our mem-bers would be needed. Meeting adjourned at 8:45pm.

Report by Lion Val Todd

District Governor Lion Ron Hill

District Governor Lion Ron Hill, Past Vice District Governor Lion Rick And Vice District Governor Lion Dennis doing a skit

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In full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) Sunday services at 10 a.m. At the annual meeting Jean Kurbis and Linda Skinner were re-elected as war-dens. Allison Kydd was elected as Del-egate to Synod with Eileen Herman as alternate delegate.

The Guides went to a training in Regina where they reviewed the things they had learned at their fall camp and acquired additional skills.

Qu’Appelle Guiding News

Submitted by: Eileen Herman

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February 6th—11:00 am February 12th—5:00 pm February 20th—9:00 am February 26th—7:00 pm

We welcome everyone to worship with us on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am, with Sunday School held during the service. Choir practice held every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Regular church meeting on February 9th at 8:00 pm.

SENIOR CLUB NEWS

Well here we are, one month closer to warm spring weather. January hasn’t been too busy at the Seniors Hall. Cribbage players enjoyed their games on the 8th and Canasta players met on the evening of the 10th and the 24th. Both events are always enjoyed by those who attend. There was painting with Pat on the afternoon of the 27th and as usual was well attended. Our hall rentals are doing well with three rentals for the month of January. Dur-ing the month a committee of three met to update our club constitution and bylaws. The first draft was presented to the members for their input at our monthly executive meeting held just prior to the Pot Luck Supper and Bingo. Copies of the updated document were passed out and members asked to look them over and be ready to provide more input at our next Executive meeting at the end of February.

February has a number of activities planned. Exercise on Thursday after-noons from 2-4pm are scheduled for Feb 3; 10; 17; 24th. There will be ban-ner painting on Tuesday the 8th and it may carry over into the morning of the 9th. The afternoon of the 9th is Movie and Popcorn from 2-4pm. Cribbage is Saturday the 12th. Canasta is scheduled for the 14th and 28th. The hall is rented for Saturday the 19th; Wednesday the 23rd, and Saturday the 26th. Our usual Pot Luck and Bingo will be Friday the 25th.

The Activity Committee is planning another “Armchair Travel” program. Watch for posters announcing the event date hopefully in March. There are people still interested in playing “Bunko” and anyone interested should contact Ruth Summerside. A date for that event hasn’t been set yet. Our annual “St. Patrick Day Stew Supper” is set for, of course, March 17th. We plan to continue the Thursday afternoon exercise as long as there are peo-ple wanting to attend. We have also booked our Spring Fashion Show and Sale for June 9th. Although we haven’t any dates set at this time we do hope to continue to have more painting classes and if there is enough interest, more Movie and Popcorn afternoons.

All upcoming events will be advertised with posters in the window of the sen-iors hall and at various places throughout town. Keep checking for dates and information on those events you may be interested in.

Remember our Hall is for rent and the contact person is Marg Thomson, 699-7166 for bookings.

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