The Kipling School Kindergarten to Grade 3 pupils put on a colourful and entertaining Christmas concert, December 15 in the Community Centre.
Its theme, “Christmas is our Favorite Time of Year”, showed in the faces and the performances of the youngsters.
John Dayman and Blythe Clemence introduced the opening number, “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”, by the Grade 3 class.
The federal government is taking action to combat climate change, announcing it would regulate the use of renewable fuels in Canada and deliver $345 million to assist farmers and rural communities seize new market opportunities in the agricultural bioproducts sector.
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, announced the Government would regulate an annual average renewable content of five per cent in gasoline by 2010. She added the Government intends to regulate a two per cent requirement for renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil by 2012.
Got Film of Madrid, Spain, Shooter’s International of Toronto, and Ten Speeds Pictures of Regina, teamed up to film a television commercial for Volkswagen, in Kipling on the weekend.
The filming created quite a stir as crews moved from one site to another throughout the town.
Santa Day was held in Corning on December 17 in the afternoon. Although the weather was a bit chilly, close to 50 kids were there to enjoy the sleigh rides. Hot chocolate and hot dogs were provided to warm everyone up and of course a visit from Santa Claus.
Special thanks goes out to Jim McNaughton and family from Weyburn who brought their horse team out and to Herb King for providing the sleigh.
Santa Day is put on by the Corning Community Players.
The province of Saskatchewan is honouring its deceased former premiers with bronze plaques to mark their gravesites and a colour booklet profiling their political careers.
A ceremony to unveil the plaques and the booklet was held in the Saskatchewan Gallery at the Legislative Building on Monday.
SaskTel has announced that effective January 25, 2007, long distance rates for eligible residential and business customers will be significantly reduced. Residential customers will save up to $7 per month on unlimited long distance calling while business customers will see savings of up to 1.5 cents per minute as a result of these latest rate reductions.
“We will continue to reduce rates whenever possible while maintaining our strong reputation for delivering excellent customer service,” SaskTel president and CEO Robert Watson said.
Riding the wave of robust commodity prices, Saskatchewan is enjoying the second best calendar year ever in sales of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights. December’s sale brought in $24.8 million, bringing the 2006 total to $176.5 million.
“The oil and gas industry’s considerable investment in Saskatchewan should be viewed as an investment in the future of this province,” Industry and Resources Minister Eric Cline said. “It is a testament to the attractiveness of our rich resources, our business climate, our technology and our skilled labour force.”
Kipling and District Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners in its annual Lite-Up judging.
In the Residential category, the Ron and Laurie Izsak residence at 300 7th Ave. took top honours, with Cliff and Ivy Johnson of 629 Main St. placing second.
Leggett’s Family Foods was judged best decorated in the Commercial Category, with Balfour Drugs chosen as the runner-up.
• History is being made every day, they say, and that seems particularly true in Kipling of late.
As recorders of history, it is a challenge to keep up; to sift rumour from truth, fiction from fact, in this time in the town’s history when stories intertwine and developments overlap. It’s a bit like living in a novel.
To the Editor,
Suggesting that he is bringing democracy to the Senate with his proposal to make Canadian senators elected politicians accountable to their provinces shows us just how little he knows about democracy in Canada and how great a threat he and his born-again Reform Party is to democracy, parliamentary democracy and national unity. A fully or substantially elected Senate will cease to be a revising chamber and it will shift the centre of gravity in Parliament from the Commons to the Senate. The Senate will cease to be a revising chamber, instead it will quickly become a place of provincial advocacy, under the Harper proposal. Further, under the proposal for election by plebiscite and particularly under the proposal for future proportional election, senators will become creatures of party and partisan party politics in their pursuit and exercise of elected office accountable in partisan party matters to the prime minister.
Saskatchewan taxpayers can rest easier over the holidays knowing that real progress was made toward lightening our tax load. In many respects, 2006 was a remarkable year for the province.
The good news actually began in 2005 with the establishment of the Business Tax Review Committee (BTRC). The very existence of the committee was a small victory in that the government finally succumbed to pressure from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF and others) by acknowledging there is a problem with Saskatchewan’s business tax structure.
On December 16,17&18, 2006 Shooters International (Toronto) and GOT Film (Spain) shot a documentary style commercial for DDB Advertising, Spain. The commercial was based on the red paper clip story that the whole world is familiar with.
Scotty MacDonald is a graduate of Royal Roads and a certified stunt driver. He has also been struck by lightning (but the curls are natural). On Feb. 2, 2007 he will legally change his name to one chosen by the highest bidder.
Scotty MacDonald is making a name for himself…a new name, in fact.
As of February 2, 2007 (Groundhog Day), MacDonald will legally change his name for one year, to whatever the highest bidder chooses.
The winter season has long had a bad reputation. “Oh, the weather outside is frightful” may be the start to a classic Christmas song, but the words can describe the rest of the winter season. For the past week we have been treated to some wonderfully mild temperatures, however, freezing rain, snow and wind chill can make it tempting to hibernate in front of a warm fire and dream of Florida rather than bundle up and head out into the fresh air for exercise. But there are ways to beat the elements such as dressing appropriately for the weather, drinking enough water to prevent dehydration and participating in physical activity in the community.
There is an old story about a workman on a scaffolding high above the nave of a cathedral who looked down and saw a woman praying before a statue of Mary. As a joke, the workman whispered, “Woman, this is Jesus.” The woman ignored him. The workman whispered again, more loudly: “Woman, this is Jesus.” Again, the woman ignored him. Finally, he said aloud, “Woman, don’t you hear me? This is Jesus.” At this point the woman looked up at the crucifix and said, “Be still now, Jesus, I’m talking to your mother.”
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