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Friday, March 27, 2009
PRAIRIE LIFE, PRAIRIE PEOPLE
Broncos lead
Left, Spencer McAvoy of
the Swift Current
Broncos was reaching in
to take back control
from Medicine Hat
Tigers’ Colton Grant
during the second game
Check out agricultural
of the playoff series
between the two teams
information that’s
in Swift Current March
important to you.
21. Tigers won Game 2,
At home with Southern Alberta and
6-2, while the Broncos
Southw
At home with Southern
Paestgeres B1-B4n Saskatchew
Alberta f
an F
armers
armers
had the 4-2 win in Game
1 and the 5-2 win in
Game 3. Game 4 was
Inside
played in Medicine Hat
Wednesday night, but
results were not
this week
available prior to press
deadline. Game 5 takes
place Friday in Swift
Current. Below, Bronco
Jordan Peddle is greeted
by fans as the team
leaves the dressing
rooms for the ice. The
Swift Current Broncos
lead 2-1 in their playoff
series against the
Medicine Hat Tigers.
See more Broncos
coverage on Page A14.
Photos by Elizabeth Huber
Health funding
Saskatchewan Premier Brad
Wall announced $450,000 in
funding for the Cypress Health
Region for functional
planning. Page A6
Sports
We look at how the Broncos
faired in playoffs,a men’s
curling bonspiel and results of
basketball teams.
Pages A13-A15
Morse community pleads to keep school
ELIZABETH HUBER informed the room of approximately 200 presentation to the board Jan. 12 they are not
MORSE concerned community members. interested in grade discontinuance or school
Keeping in line with legislated protocol,
School Review Committee Chair, Mark closure. However, they would entertain the
members of the Chinook School Division Board
Wilson, opened presentations by emphasizing idea of decommissioning certain portions of
Is proud to be an
of trustees attended a public meeting in Morse
the school’s population has grown by 16 the school. The board’s final decision will be
to take the community through the next stages
students within the last year, and raised made by April 23 and the board will continue
award-winning
of the review process.
questions about cost savings to school closure. to accept written submissions until April 17.
newspaper serving In turn, 12 individuals approached a
“The board has previously been asked about If the board considers quality of education to
your community
microphone at the centre of the red brick
cost savings realized from school closures. In be compromised due to small class sizes, the
gymnasium to provide an oral submission to
the absence of an answer we must assume families who have moved to Morse for their
the board. Submissions ranged from reiteration
there are none,” Wilson added. children’s education disagree.
of rising school enrollments, business reports,
To highlight Wilson’s opening presentation, Terra Fehr, a mother of two, described the
family pleas and pointed questions and Town representative, Louis Fafard added that advancements her children have made since
accusations. 54 new people moved to Morse within the last moving them to Morse from Swift Current.
Few words were uttered from the board aside year and at least 20 of them are children who At the age of 18 months her youngest
from chair and Morse trustee Roland Falk are currently enrolled or will enroll in Morse daughter was diagnosed with MCMTC, a rare
2008 WINNER
inviting the designated speakers to the school. syndrome.
microphone and reiterating points he heard. The board had passed a motion to review “She does not speak and only began to walk
“The board will not be responding to Morse School on Oct. 15, 2008. The school at the end of Kindergarten,” described Fehr.
speakers, but is rather here to listen,” Falk review committee has said since its first Continued on Page A2
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