Citizens of Kennedy and Langbank made it clear Monday that they believe the interests of their children are best served by keeping their school open.
In an impassioned, well-prepared presentation to officials of Prairie Valley School Division, the community stated the case for maintaining classes in Kennedy. Some went a step further, asking that the future of their school be guaranteed for some time to come.
Tuesday was an exciting day for 15 budding actors from this area. They learned that they are being considered for parts in Corbin Bernsen’s upcoming movie, 3 Day Test.
While a few had earned their chance during competitions held last summer, for the most part the prospects were chosen following auditions held Sunday evening at Kipling Community Centre. After a briefing about what would be expected, and a short time spent on rehearsal, they took to the stage Tuesday evening for an hour long script reading before an audience of nearly 100.
The decision as to where Glenavon youngsters will attend school will soon be in the hands of the Prairie Valley School Division Board. Deliberations will go on until May.
Just like many other communities in Saskatchewan, Glenavon is fighting for the continuation of a full K-12 school in their town. It is not unfamiliar ground for the community. This is the third such review of Glenavon school in recent years.
Sun Country Regional Health Authority will be purchasing diagnostic imaging equipment valued at approximately $117,000, thanks to funding from Saskatchewan Health. The region will purchase a new X-ray machine to replace a unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan that had been in service for over 20 years. The region identified the equipment as a high priority.
Saskatchewan Party K-12 Education Critic Rod Gantefoer has written the NDP Learning Minister with a proposal to offer several new tools to local school boards who are struggling with difficult and emotional decisions regarding school closures.
Under the Saskatchewan Party Plan, specific money would be set aside for what would be called Schools of Necessity and Schools of Opportunity.
Sun Country Regional Health Authority (SCRHA) is looking for a member of the public to volunteer for its new Patient Safety Committee.
“We are the first health region in the province to actively reach out to the public,” says Marga Cugnet, Sun Country Regional Health Authority Vice President of Primary and Integrated Health.
The latest update to the Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network (SSCN) website shows that Saskatchewan’s surgical wait list continues to decline.
In the six months ending September 2006, the total number of people in Saskatchewan waiting for surgery to be performed in the seven largest health regions dropped by about 500 people. In Regina and Saskatoon, where the longest waits occur and most surgical access funding is targeted, almost 950 fewer patients are waiting for surgery.
• Rural Saskatchewan is continually having to prove its worth to The Powers That Be, it seems, whether their concerns be over health care, education, roads or agricultural issues.The latest trial is about where and how children should be schooled. Within Prairie Valley School Division alone, no fewer than 11 communities are involved in battles to save their schools and thus ensure that they remain attractive places for others to locate and indeed for some of their own to remain.
To the Editor:
Response to last weeks letter regarding Town of Kipling Bid on Scott MacDonald’s name.
This letter is to clarify the town of Kipling’s bid to change Scott MacDonald’s name. As with all things, there is more to the story than what has currently been told.
To the Editor,
For the first time in Canadian history, a governing party is going national with attack ads against its opposition - even though an election has not been declared. Mr. Harper is dragging Canadian politics to a new historic low!
Dear Editor,While Minister of Agriculture Strahl says his government is offering to Western barley farmers “choice on how they market their grain while preserving a strong, viable, yet voluntary Wheat Board”*, if there are economic analyses backing his words he has not brought them forward.
There are findings that the effectiveness of the Canadian Wheat Board in its present role is due to its acting as agent for all growers.
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Kennedy Langbank local school board, we wish to extend our sincere thanks to all who attended the PVSD community meeting in Kennedy on Monday, January 29. Your presence went a long way to showing the representatives from the PVSD what a community is all about.
As I sit here writing this column, in our cluttered family office, family photos and memorabilia from twenty-five years of marriage and over twenty-three years of parenting surround me. There are pictures of the progression and growth of our little family. Individual shots of each of the kids, others with one or two or all three of them together and others with all five of us at ever changing times in our lives.
It is with great sadness that the family of Robert (Bob) Gibbs announces his passing on January 6, 2007, in Ottawa, Ontario, at the age of 86.
Bob was born and raised on Weston farm near Windthorst. He was the eldest of six boys followed by Ted, Reg, Walt, Denys and Ken. He attended the Dalzel school up to grade 10, doing grades 9 and 10 at the school by correspondence. Grades 11 and 12 required him to board in town to attend Windthorst High School.
In 1941, Bob left the farm and enlisted in the RCAF as a radar tech. He was eventually posted to England where he met his wife, Alice, and was married in June of 1945. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to the Gibbs homestead to await the arrival of his war bride and newborn son, Don.
Bob left the area to attend the University of Saskat-chewan and received a B.A. of Commerce in 1948. During this time, he was employed as a carpenter in construction to support his growing family which eventually included 2 daughters, Pat and Wendy.
Bob was hired by the Federal Government as an accountant upon graduation. He went on to be employed in various departments including National Revenue Taxation, Treasury Board and Industry, Trade and Commerce. The family enjoyed the challenges of moving from Saskatoon to Ottawa, St. Catherines in Ontario, Calgary, and back to Ottawa where he retired in 1975 after a successful career.
In 1976, under contract with Canadian Executives Services Overseas, Bob and Alice went to Malaysia where Bob assisted the Department of Treasury in setting up forecast accounting, returning home in 1977.
In his retirement, he was an active volunteer with Girl Guides of Canada, Camp Woolsey, in maintaining the grounds and buildings. During this time Gibbs Lodge was dedicated to Bob and Alice for their years of service to the movement.
Predeceased by his wife Alice in 2005 after 60 years of marriage. Bob is survived by his 3 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Also survived by one brother, Ken.
He was a prairie boy at heart and spoke often of his time growing up in Saskatchewan.
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