The Qu’Appelle Spirit Community News Volume 12 Issue 11 December 2012

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STANDARD COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL

The following members have been appointed to the Standard Committees of Council:

COMMITTEE

General Government Ser-vices Protection, Health & Welfare Transportation Services Promotion & Development Recreation & Culture Water & Sewer

CHAIRMAN

WELDON 699-7122

TODD 699-2883

BARRETT 699-7321

BEDAY 699-2229

JACOBSON

699-7391

BETTERIDGE 699-7254

MEMBER

BETTERIDGE

BARRETT

WELDON

JACOBSON

BEDAY

TODD

MEMBER

BEDAY

JACOBSON

BETTERIDGE

WELDON

TODD

BARRETT

Information supplied by Town of Administrator, Carol Wickenheiser

Left to right: Back row E. Beday, B. Betteridge, V. Todd, V.Barrett Front row: R. Weldon, O. Dahl Absent: S. Jacobson

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Town Council News Submitted by

Councilor Elizabeth Fries

Library News

Submitted by: Elizabeth Fries, Librarian

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Several children came by the Library on the evening of Nov. 28 to write their Letters To Santa. They have been mailed off, and everyone is awaiting their reply from the big guy himself.

Preschool Story Time will happen twice this month, on Dec. 7 and 14, then we will take a break for a few weeks.

Students are invited to make some Christmas crafts after school on Dec. 12 and 13.

The Book Bags are currently reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and will meet to discuss this selection on Dec. 13.

Remember that every Wednesday evening, crafters are invited to bring their projects to the Library. Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or whatever....if it's portable, come down and share you craft with oth-ers!

The Library will be closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 1 inclusive. Regular hours will resume Jan. 2, 2013.

Librarian Elizabeth Fries or Assistant Librarian Deb Spooner are hap-py to answer any questions you might have about the Library or any scheduled programs. Please call us at 306-699-2902 or email quappelle@southeast.lib.sk.ca.

The Annual General Meeting of the Local Library Board is coming up in January. If you are interested in helping out, please consider attend-ing and possibly joining the Board! New members and new ideas are always welcome from residents of the Town of Qu'Appelle or the RM of South Qu'Appelle.

Be sure to 'like' the Qu'Appelle Public Library Branch, Southeast, Re-gional Library page on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @QuAppelleLib.

Qu'Appelle Branch Library is open:

Wednesday 2-5 and 6-8

Thursday 1-5

Friday 10-12 and 1-5

Thank You

I want to say thank you to all the people that came to the banner auction. It made the night a suc-cess. Thank you to all who paint-ed banners to make our town look nicer. To Pat Wilson who heads up the banner committee, thank you.

The money raised from the auc-tion will ensure some new ban-ners for next year and it will go a long way to keep the 50+ Club afloat.

Submitted by Club Member Donna Betteridge

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LUNCH WITH SANTA AT THE LIONS HALL

SUNDAY DECEMBER 16, 2012

ENTERTAINMENT BY CHESTER MCBAIN @ 11:00 am COLORING CONTEST

TOONIE LUNCH—TO FOLLOW CHRISTMAS SURPRISES PICTURES WITH SANTA AND HIS GIANT SLEIGH

***THE QU’APPELLE LIONESS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE***

WATCH FOR POSTERS IN TOWN FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT

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JHS December 2012 Newsletter

JHS Remembrance Day Service JHS Remembrance Day Service was on Nov. 8th. It was a moving cer-emony in which the Grade 5/6 class did a presentation, thanking our veterans. Jessica Rouse, Carrie Schaeffer and Sam Hardock read their amazing and emotional poetry. Special thank you to Comrade Wayne Horsman and Comrade Tim Keslering for joining our services. The stu-dent body did a fantastic job of showing their respect while we remem-ber those fallen and fighting in the Armed Forces. A special congratula-tions goes out to Mieka VanOpstal who received an Honourable Men-tion for entering her poem "One War" in the Legion Poetry Contest.

One war

One war. About 1 million people joined, Bombs dropped from planes like tears falling from

a child’s face. While atomic bombs blew up in

Japan. And soldiers shot each other. One war. Zing, bang…. boom. Bombs

blew up… grass dirt and people flying in the air.

Germans guns go giddy while bombs gloom the

gardens. About 45,000 dead. One war.

By: Mieka Van Opstal

JHS Christmas Holidays Last day of school before the Christmas Holidays begin is December 19, 2012. The fir st day back to school in the New Year is January 7, 2013. This will be a Day 6. Merry Christ-mas everyone! We are looking forward to seeing you in back to school in January.

CP Christmas Train December 7

The CP Christmas Train is coming to Qu’Appelle on December 7. JHS, in conjunction with the Town of Qu’Appelle, is hosting a food drive for the Food Bank. CP has kindly donated 2 student tickets to ride the train to Regina. For every food item the students donate, their name will be entered in a draw for the tickets. One Elementary stu-dent and one Middle years’ student will be chosen to ride the train. This is a once in a lifetime oppor-tunity and supports a great cause.

Christmas Carnival - December 13—7pm Christmas Under the Sea

Join us at JHS for a Christmas carnival where you may visit various activities for some oceanic Christmas cheer.

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Shazam Program

The Shazam program is a leadership program in which grades 7 – 9 work in small groups to lead the younger students through games and activities in the gym at noon hour. We are thankful to those students for their time and leadership in keeping our youth active.

Ski & Snowboarding Form

Ski & snowboarding forms will go home in the next week or so for our annual Grade 3 to 9 ski trip. The date for our trip at Mission Ridge is Thursday, January 31. All ski forms and money are due back into the of-fice no later than Friday, January 18, 2013, 9:00 a.m. We look forward to our fun-filled day of physical ac-tivity.

Chocolate Ski Trip Fundraiser

To help offset the expensive cost of skiing, Grade 3 to 9 students are sell-ing chocolates. The cost of each case is $62.00 and $30.00 of this is used to help offset the cost of skiing. A total of $62.00 will be paid to JHS - $32.00 is to pay for the chocolate & $30.00 is

paid. The money will be due into the office by Monday, December 1.

James Hamblin School Travels to Globe Theatre

James Hamblin School is pleased to be able to take our students to Globe Theatre’s performance of The Wizard of Oz, on Wednes-day, December 5, 2012. We will be leaving the school at 11:00 a.m. and arriving back at the school at 3:30 p.m. Students are asked to bring a bagged lunch to be eaten before we leave the school. All Kindergarten students are invited to attend this performance with us. Thank you to the School Commu-nity Council for providing our transportation for this event. Thank you to the Town of Qu’Appelle, for providing us with a Community Grant to help pay for our tickets, so that we can provide our students this excellent opportunity. The Community Grant is sponsored by Saskatchewan Lotteries.

MOVIE NIGHTS AT JHS

Jan. 25th 7 pm - movie To Be An-nounced March 1st 7 pm - movie TBA April 19th 7 pm - movie TBA May 24th 7 pm - movie TBA

All proceeds from the concessions will go towards the Middle Years Excur-sions

Order or Renew All Year Long

Order or renew your magazines all year long and JHS will get credit for the orders. Just go on line at www.ccrp.ca and put in the JHS code - SK1980. Purchase and re-new all year long!!

OUR SCHOOL MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN CODE IS: SK1980

www.ccrp.ca

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White Elephant Sale

Once again, JHS Elementary Students will be hosting their White Elephant Sale on Thursday, December 6, 2012. Kindergarten to grade 4 stu-dents will be shopping in the morning. Grades 5 – 9 will be shopping between 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. All of the pro-ceeds will be going towards Kindergarten to Grade 4 class trips. Anyone who has items to do-nate to the White Elephant Sale, please bring them to the school between 9:00 and 3:30 p.m. Thank you in advance for your many donations.

World Vision 30 Hour Famine

The famine was a fun filled night, with games and education! Eleven JHS students and two staff participated in WorldVision’s 30 hour famine. They didn’t eat to raise money for those kids in third world countries who are dying from starvation. Every six seconds a child dies from hunger, bad water, and HIV/Aids. We raised $542.00 to feed kids and help put water wells in remote areas. JHS cares!

Operation Christmas Child

JHS sent 22 boxes to Operation Christmas this year. Many children will have smiles on their faces this year due to your generosity. Thank you!

Milk Days at JHS

If you would like your child to take part in the milk days at JHS, please check with your child for a milk form that will be sent home De-cember 6th. You must preorder and the order form is due back on December 14. Milk days are: January 11, 17, 25, February 7,15,28 & March 15 & 21.

Dates to Remember… Dec. 5 – Globe Theatre Dec. 6 – White Elephant sale Dec. 7 – Holiday Train Dec. 12 – to IHHS for Juggling presentation Dec. 13 – Christmas Celebration Dec. 19 – PJ/Crazy Hair day Last day of school before holidays Dec. 20-January 6- Christmas Break

January 7 - First Day back to School (Day 6-Kindergarten Day)

YWCA Charity in the spotlight

The YWCA is always in need of clothes, old toys and home prod-ucts. You may want to consider this charity when you are going through your children’s clothing and old toys and weeding out those ones they have outgrown.

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Gateway Café Phone: 699-7252 Holiday Hours

Open: December 24th—Christmas Eve—7:00 am—7:00 pm Closed: December 25th—Christmas Day

Closed: December 26th—Boxing Day Open: Thursday, December 27th—regular hours 9:00 am—9:00 pm

Open: News Years Day—9:00 am—8:00 pm

Customer Appreciation Day—Monday, December 24th Free coffee and muffin from 7:00 am—2:00 pm We invite you to come and join us at the Café

Thank you for your support in the past year

We wish you all the best in 2013

Happy Holidays from the Quach family and the staff of the Gateway Cafe

RINK COMMITTEE A meeting was held at the rink on Mon-day, November 26th, with five people present. Fundraising ideas were dis-cussed The rink committee will be working the canteen at the Christmas bazaar, held at the Lions Hall on Sun-day, Dec. 9th from 10-3. Proceeds from the canteen for the rink. New Years Eve Bash is being held at the 50 plus club from 8p.m.-2a.m., D.J and Karaoke, bar, midnight lunch, party favors and door prizes. Tickets $20. Anyone that would like to purchase a ticket, please call Amanda 699-2200, Chris 699-2480, or Val at 699-2883. Only 50 tickets availa-ble. We are looking for some volunteers to assist in clean up of the rink asap. We will be starting the rink up December 7th. If you could spare a couple of hours to help with the cleanup, please call Val at 699-2883. Anyone looking to book ice time, please call Chris 699-2480.

Submitted by Val Todd.

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MLA Indian Head-Milestone Constituency

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

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Thank you

The 50+ Club served coffee, toast and muffins and some lunches from November 5 - 14th while the café was closed. I want to thank all the people who volunteered to help us for those days. Thank you for the people who donated bread and muffins and homemade jam. Thank you to the people who came out and made this a fun time and we raised around $418.00 for the club so it was good. We appreciated all the helpers. Submitted by Harvey and Donna Betteridge

CARD OF THANKS

We would like to thank our fami-ly and friends who joined us on November 17th at a Come & Go

Tea for our 50th wedding anniversary.

Thanks also for the cards, flowers, etc.

A special thanks to our children and their families for all their

work. It was a great afternoon.

Thanks again, Roy & Lil Geis

Qu’Appelle District

Lioness Club

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Our Qu’Appelle Lioness meeting was held Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00 pm at the Greenwood Manor with 10 members present. President Junette welcomed us all. Reports:

Minutes given by Colleen

October 21st—Lioness/Lions Volunteer Gala

Bought our Lioness banner on No-vember 3rd

Junette and Marian attended the Lions 5 SKS Fall Conference - No-vember 3rd breakfast in Regina

November 10th - Craft & Bake Sale. Thank you to everyone that attended and also took part

November 11th—Laid a Remem-brance Day wreath at our Commu-nity Service

November 13th—June and Marian attended a Lions/Lioness Diabetes Luncheon at Government House as Qu’Appelle Lioness executive in-vitees

Meals to cater - 50+ on November 30th and Tenants Association on December 12th

December 1st—District Government Lion Rick Pockett is here at the Lions’ Hall with the Lions & Lioness for a potluck supper and Christmas party

December 7th – Santa Train. We are providing hot chocolate for all

December 16th - we are hosting lunch with Santa at the Lions Hall

Buying more cups for the Hall

Donation to James Hamblin School for candy bags

Our next meeting is Tuesday, December 11th with a potluck at 6:00 pm at the Greenwood Manor - followed by a short meeting and our gift exchange. Submitted by Marian Stephen

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In full communion with the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)

Sunday services at 10 a.m.

Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.

Spiritual Winterlude at 50+ Club

The Following Article is the W5 on the BFF of the CSI

The Who?, What?, Where?, When? and Why? of

COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL

INTERLUDE Belief, Faith, Fellowship.

One year ago two groups of BFF type people came together, begin-ning with a Community Christmas Eve Service. We came from very

small, different denominations that were unable to financially support

our sanctuary structures.

We Believe, have Faith, and enjoy Fellowship with folks of kind. We worship together on Sunday morn-

ings 9:30 at the 50+ Club. We have a choir, a congregation, a Lay Minister and an Ordained Minister who take turns providing each week’s service

and message.

After a year of worship together we have become one group and we

would love to grow! It is said, “the more the merrier”. We would sure

like to find out if that saying is true.

If you Believe and have Faith and would enjoy Fellowship with folks

of kind or maybe you are wondering, seeking knowledge and/or support,

please stop in and join us on Sunday Mornings at 9:30am for a little

“COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL INTERLUDE! “

Join us on December 24th for the Community Christmas Eve Celebration at the Lions Hall at 7:00 pm.

Saturday, December 1st - 5:00 pm Sunday. December 9th - 11:00 am

Saturday, December 15th - 5:00 pm Sunday, December 23rd—9:00 am

Saturday, December 29th—5:00 pm Monday, December 31st - 11:00 am

Sunday, January 6th - 11:00 am

THANK YOU

Qu’Appelle Banner Project Committee would like to thank the 50+ Club for hosting the banner auction, the artists who painted the ban-ners, the Lions Club and the community for supporting our auction.

Also a big thank you to Rick Slaferek for doing a wonderful job as our auctioneer.

Submitted by Pat Wilson

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What’s Happening By Elizabeth Fries – 699-2383

Qu'Appelle Christmas Trade Show & Craft Sale

Perfect Chance to finish your Christmas Shopping! Sunday, December 9th, 2012.

Qu'Appelle Lions Community Hall (Main Street-Qu'Appelle) 10a.m.-3p.m.

FREE admission! Over 20 vendors INCLUDING: Sunset Gourmet, Scentsy, BeautiControl, Norwex, Tupperware, Watkins, Arbonne, Velata, Passion Party, Nail Art, Craft tables and

much, much more! Canteen hosted by the Qu'Appelle Rink Committee

Remaining proceeds from table rentals will be donated to Forever Friends of Hope.

THE ECUMENICAL AND LIONESS OF QU'APPELLE

FOOD HAMPERS

Please call one to the following phone numbers before

December 15th and leave a name and telephone

number if you are in need of a food hamper.

Linda Andrew - 699-2434 Margo Storry - 699 2544

Marian Stephen - 699-2426

The hampers will be ready for pick-up or delivery by December 22nd. There is a box or donations of food

items at the Double T Grocers, Qu’Appelle Agencies and Who Calls

Gas Bar You can also bring food hamper

items on December 7th when the Christmas Train comes to town.

Thank you for your support.

Fri. Dec 7 Preschool Story Time 10:30am at the Li-brary Fri. Dec 7 CP Christmas Train stops in Qu’Appelle 4pm near the Tourist Booth Sun. Dec 9 Christmas Trade Show & Craft Sale 10am-3pm at Lions Community Hall Mon. Dec 10 Canasta at 50+ Club 7pm Wed. Dec 12 Christmas after school crafts 3:30pm at the Library Thurs. Dec 13 Christmas after school crafts 3:30pm at the Library Thurs. Dec 13 Christmas Under the Sea Celebration 7pm at James Hamblin School Thurs. Dec 13 Book Bags book club discussion 7pm at the Library Fri. Dec 14 Preschool Story Time10:30am at the Li-brary Tues. Dec 18 Town Council meeting 7pm at the Town Hall Wed. Dec 19 Last day of classes at James Hamblin School Thurs. Dec 20 Save the Town Hall meeting 7pm at the Library

Mon. Dec 24 Community Winterlude Christmas Eve ser-vice 7pm at Lions Community Hall Mon. Dec 31 New Year ’s Eve Bash 8pm-2am at the 50+ Club *DJ Karaoke, bar, midnight lunch, must be 19 years of age to attend, tickets $20 each, only 50 tickets available, proceeds to the Qu’Appelle Community Rink Mon. Dec 31 New Year ’s Eve Cabaret 9pm at Lions Community Hall *Live music by Kaotic Justice, bar, midnight lunch, must be 19 years of age to attend, tickets $20 each, proceeds to Save The Town Hall Mon. Jan 7 Classes resume at James Hamblin School (day 6)

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2012 FALL PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT The Saskatchewan Karate Association held their 2012 Fall Provincial tournament in Wadena, Sk on November 3, 2012. Six members from the Qu'Appelle Karate Club, Carlie Bennett, Carson Bennett, Jon Daver-Aksomitis, Calum Howden, Carrie Schaeffer and Tekla Stadnek competed in the tournament. Doug Parker attended the tournament officials judging refresher course on Friday and then assisted with the officiating on Saturday. Kata (patterns) results: Calum placed gold in the Male & Female 10 & Under Novice division, Carrie Schaeffer placed silver in the Female 11-13 Intermediate division, Carson placed gold in the Male 11-13 Intermediate division and Jon Daver-Aksomitis placed silver in the Male 11-17 Intermediate division. All of our athletes performed very well. We are all very proud of their representation of our local club. For more information please contact Doug at 306-699-7134.

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2012 SKA Provincial Fall Tournament

Kumite Results

Novice M & F 10 & Under Gold: Natalie Moggey (Moose Jaw) Silver: Emma Anderson (Regina) Bronze: Django Peever (Saskatoon) Intermediate M & F 10 & Under Gold: Madison Rachkewich (Rose Valley) Silver: Royce Hermanson (Saskatoon) Bronze: Rhet Bernard (Saskatoon) Intermediate Female 11 – 13 Gold: Madison Rachkewich (Rose Valley) Silver: Gabrielle Anderson (Regina) Novice Male 11 – 13 Gold: Reidar Fee (Martensville) Silver: Brandon Rosnes (Moose Jaw) Intermediate Male 11 – 13 Gold: Malik Omar (Saskatoon) Silver: Chris Mead (Regina) Bronze: Tysen Rachkewich (Rose Valley) Advanced Male 11 – 13 Gold: Evan Fox (Saskatoon) Silver: Julian Hazen-Babchuk (Saskatoon) Bronze: Andrew Fox (Saskatoon) Intermediate Male 14 – 17 Gold: Jessy-Lee Lacher (Swift Current) Silver: Bobby Mead (Regina) Advanced Adult Female Gold: Sierra Hartman (Saskatoon) Silver: Ivy Rachkewich (Rose Valley) Novice Adult Male Gold: Kelly Watts (Saskatoon) Silver: Bom Tiampinset (Swift Current) Advanced Adult Male Gold: Lee Hagel (Saskatoon) Silver: Garrett Lillie (Regina) Bronze: Tery Anderson (Regina) Adult Female Black Belt Gold: Heather Nelson (Regina) Silver: Marina Evans (Saskatoon)

Bronze: Shelley Fitch (Rose Valley)

Kata Results

Novice M & F 10 & Under Gold: Calum Howdan (Qu’Appelle) Silver: Janae Morhart (Moose Jaw) Bronze: Haylee Bindig (Kuroki)

Intermediate M & F 10 & Under Gold: Royce Hermanson (Saskatoon) Silver: Rhet Bernard (Saskatoon) Bronze: Madison Rachkewich (Rose Valley)

Intermediate Female 11 – 13 Gold: Ashley Lake (Moose Jaw) Silver: Carrie Schaeffer (Qu’Appelle) Bronze: Gabrielle Anderson (Regina)

Novice Male 11 – 13 Gold: Reider Fee (Martensville) Silver: Brandon Rosnes (Moose Jaw) Bronze: Mason Lawson (Rose Valley)

Intermediate Male 11 – 13 Gold: Carson Bennett (Qu’Appelle) Silver: Dallin Yobb (Rose Valley) Bronze: Nathen Pomedli (Kuroki)

Advanced Male 11 – 13 Gold: Evan Fox (Saskatoon) Silver: Julian Hazen-Babchuk (Saskatoon) Bronze: Andrew Fox (Saskatoon)

Intermediate Male 14 – 17 Gold: Jessy-Lee Lacher (Swift Current) Silver: Jonathon Daver-Aksomitis (Qu’Appelle) Bronze: Bobby Mead (Regina)

Advanced Adult Female Gold: Sierra Hartman (Saskatoon) Silver: Ivy Rachkewich (Rose Valley) Bronze: Ona Murias (Rose Valley)

Novice Adult Male Gold: Kelly Watts (Saskatoon) Silver: Bom Tiampinset (Swift Current)

Advanced Adult Male Gold: Garrett Lillie (Regina) Silver: Lee Hagel (Saskatoon) Bronze: Tery Anderson (Regina)

Adult Female Black Belt Gold: Marina Evans (Saskatoon) Silver: Heather Nelson (Regina) Bronze: Shelley Fitch (Rose Valley)

Youth Team Kata 12 & Under Inter/Adv. Gold: Tysen Rachkewich, Madison Rachkewich, Dallin Yobb (Rose Valley) Silver: Ethan Nygaard, Nathaniel Lewis, Nathen Pomedli (Kuroki)

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THE TRAIN IS COMING THE TRAIN IS COMING THE

TRAIN IS COMING

This

year we have been very privileged to have the CP Christmas Train stop in Qu’Appelle. It will be stopping at the Corner of North Pacific and Ontario Street Friday December 7th at 4:00Pm. The Lioness will have a half-ton truck sitting up near where the train is to stop ready for any more food bank donations that you wish to bring. As we have said be-fore all donations stay in Qu’Appelle, if there is an over abundance of food items that we cannot keep we will be taking them into The Carmichael Outreach in Regina. All monies will stay in Qu’Appelle to be used through out the year.

The James Hamblin School children have been bringing in food bank donations to the school and receiving a draw ticket for a chance to ride the Christmas Train. CP has been extremely kind in giving us tickets for the children to ride the train from Qu’Ap-pelle to Regina. With the assistance of Heather Kenzora, Heather Woods from the CP we have been able to have acquire 6 tickets for 4 students and 2 adults to ride the train to Regina. The draw for the tickets is happening Monday the 3rd of December at the School. There are going to be 4 very excited children on Monday and on Friday, the day the train comes to town. The Entertainers riding the Christmas Train and who will be there for our enter-tainment are Doc Walker who is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manito-ba. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. The other entertainer will be Miss Emilie she is a Kingston Ontario native and is one of the best-kept secrets in the music business. With Adele-esque soul and power, Miss Emily delivers jaw-dropping vocals.

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are currently reading...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

One of the best-loved and most quoted

stories of "the man who invented Christmas"

-- English writer Charles Dickens -- A

Christmas Carol debuted in 1843 and has

touched millions of hearts since.

Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never

met a shilling he doesn't like….and hardly

a man he does. And he hates Christmas

most of all. When Scrooge is visited by

the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley,

and the ghosts of Christmas Past,

Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To

Come, he learns eternal lessons of

charity, kindness and goodwill.

Experience a true Victorian Christmas!

Join us in a discussion about this book on

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

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CHARMAINE “NOT SO SWEEET” TWEET REPRESENTS QU’APPELLE

Qu’Appelle’s own Charmaine “Not So Sweet” Tweet gets the chance to represent Qu’Appelle on the International stage once again! Charmaine and her team have just got back from Mumbai, Indian, where no November 23rd, she competed in her 5th professional MMS (mixed martial arts) match. Team Tweet traveled 27 hours around the world to compete and win in only 45 seconds of the first round!! Charmaine was able to finish her Indian opponent with a standing Guillotine Choke in impressive fashion. This amazing opportunity started to develop approximately 6 months ago when the SFL (Super Fight League) of Mumbai contacted Tweet to see if she would be interested in coming over to fight in their new Women’s division. After talking it over with her family and her coaches, Charmaine decided this would be a once in a lifetime opportunity...she was wrong! The SFL offered her a 3 year multi fight deal that will see her travel to Indian up to 6 times per year. Charmaine’s opponent was India’s own Puja Kadian, a very skilled up and comer in India’s MMA circuit. But she was simply no match for the strength of Tweet. Tweet took this fight at a new weight then she has fought at in the past, at 145 lbs. she now competes with the best women in the world and has impressively got her name in the top world rank-ings. Charmaine has continued to raise to the top of the ranking while still working full time at her job as a banker at the local Credit Union, as well as being the mother of 2 wonderful sons. Add 4 hours of training to this 6days at week, and you can see how much dedication is needed to compete at this level. Although this new contract with the SFL has made the financial aspect of her fight career at bit easier it still comes no where close to covering the cost of all that goes into this relatively new Women’s Sport. This is where the help of many local businesses and the generous donations/sponsorships comes in. Without these amazing people none of this could ever be possible and Team Tweet would very much like to say thank you to a few of them. Certified Plumbing & Heating (Indian Head) DOMO Gas (Qu’Appelle) Indian Head Agencies (Indian Head) Custer’s Tattoos (Qu’Appelle) Shauna Fay/Ben’s Clip & Curl (Indian Head) Charmaine is currently the SFL’s #1 contender at 145 lbs. and is looking at securing a Championship Belt in the new year! But in the mean time would like to invite everyone to watch her fights live at www.superfightleague.com and to follow her career via her Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/notsosweetmma. Sub- mitted by Cord

Crowthers

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BALGONIE CURLING CLUB NEWS

Curling season is now under way. Great to see the new and experienced curlers at the rink! Feel free to

contact one of the people below to register or with questions regarding any league.

LEAGUES:: Ladies League Monday nights (Jan.- Mar.) contact Michelle 771-4115

Mixed/ Fun League (non-competitive) Tuesday nights contact Alvin 771-2358 Junior Learn to Curl Wednesday nights contact Tim 586-7110 Open League Thursday nights contact Lindsay 771-4283 Senior League Tuesday and Friday afternoon contact Orville 771-2650 Open League Bonspiel January 11—13th—Contact Lindsay 771-4283

Curling Fees are as follows: Ladies Leagues - $100 per curler Adult - once a week $200, twice a week $285 Student - once a week $110, twice a week $160 Family - $460 (must live at same residence) Junior Learn to Curl - $70 Senior - once a week $110, twice a week $160 ICE RENTALS: $225 for 6 hours, $350 for full day or $15 per sheet per hour If you require the use of the bar $50 per night or $100 full day. LOUNGE WORKER: We are still searching for someone to work in the lounge Mondy, Tuesday and Thursday nights and some weekends. Call Lindsay at 771-4283 if you are interested or for more information. ADVERTISING:

If you are interested in advertising your business at the rink please con‐tact Jeremy 771-4839. We are excited for the new season and look forward to seeing you at the rink!

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