IN PHOTOS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 ● 44th Year No. 8 ● $1.00 (.95 + GST) ● PM#40012157 SPORTS H UB HAY RIVER, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Skate park has summer improvements in store NEWS Lions Club calls it quits after 42 years of helping out THE No one can be really sure but Dr. Lance Crook may have just made a little bit of history in Hay River. That's because he has returned to his hometown to practise as a doctor, which may be the first time that has ever happened in Hay River. Crook himself doesn't know. Others from Hay River have gone on to become phys- icians, he said. "There are two guys I went to high school with who are doctors from this community." But he is not aware of any other home-grown doctor who has returned to work in Hay River. Neither is the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority. "I have searched and spoken to a few people, and we are not aware of another local student attending med- ical school and returning to work in Hay River," said Erin Griffiths, acting chief execu- tive officer with the health authority. "It is unclear as to whether or not Dr. Crook is the first to do this for Hay River." Whether or not he is the first, Crook is happy to be back in Hay River to start practising family medicine, beginning on March 29. "I have a lot of good mem- ories," he said. "I grew up here. It's home for me." Members of his family are still in Hay River – his mother, a brother, cousins, uncles and friends. His decision to work in Hay River was influenced by the fact that he spent a couple of months in the community last year as a resident doctor while still in training. Crook said there are both advantages and disadvantages to coming back to practise in his hometown. "Knowing somebody will make a difference in develop- ing a good rapport and devel- oping trust," he said. Crook, who is of Metis heritage, said he also knows the cultures of the North. However, he pointed out there are also disadvantages to practising medicine in a community where he knows so many people. "I'm hoping that everybody that I see won't be too either embarrassed or concerned about seeing me because we've known each other in the past," he said. "I hope that's not a barrier to their health." If a person would rather see another doctor, Crook said he can't take any offence by that. "At the same time, I'm going to avoid as much as I possibly can treating my family and extremely close friends, unless it's an emer- gency or unless there's abso- lutely no way they can get in to see somebody else and they need to see somebody," he said. Crook said he took a long and convoluted journey to become a doctor. In fact, he first became a journeyman plumber. However, he returned to school to study science, and ended up obtaining a degree in biochemistry when he was about 27. "I think by the end of my biochemistry degree I was starting to really focus more on medical and clinical things because it was problem solv- ing," he said. Crook, who earned a med- ical degree from the Univer- sity of British Columbia, said that it's quite a change to go from being a plumber to being a doctor. "I'll be honest, I haven't stopped being a plumber," he said with a laugh. "I was over at my Mom's house doing some work last weekend." Crook – a 41-year-old mar- ried father of four – has signed a three-year contract to work in Hay River. "It's very exciting for us," said Griffiths. "The community is over the moon that Lance is in town. We've had a great response. He's been very busy since the day he arrived just after Easter weekend. His clinics are full, people wanting to get in to see him." She hopes he is also setting an example for two medical students from Hay River. "They're just in the early stages of their schooling, so I don't know what their plans are long term," she said. "But we are keeping in touch with them." Griffiths said it is phenom- enal to add Crook to the med- ical team in the community. "We're really lucky and we're really thankful that he did choose Hay River to come back to for a few years," she said. At any given time, Hay River has four or five doctors. Dr. Coralie Boudreau is the other full-time, permanent physician. "She just finished a three- year contract with us and now she's signed for a second three- year contract," said Griffiths, noting that new contract start- ed on April 1. The other positions are cur- rently being filled by locum physicians, who come to the community for varying amounts of time. Plumber turned doctor back to practise medicine Home-grown physician returns Paul Bickford/NNSL photo Dr. Lance Crook has returned to his hometown of Hay River to practise family medicine. PAUL BICKFORD [email protected]Enterprise carnival Diana Yeager/NNSL photo GAME ON FOR COMMERCE Hay Riveropoly committee members Steve Anderson, left, Anne Peters, Kandis Jameson, Joe Melanson and Dayna King try out the new board game created by the Hay River Chamber of Commerce featuring town landmarks. See page 6 for story.
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IN PHOTOS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 ● 44th Year No. 8 ● $1.00 (.95 + GST) ● PM#40012157
SPORTSHUBHAY RIVER, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Skate park has summer improvements in store
NEWS
Lions Club calls it quits after 42 years of helping out
T H E
No one can be really sure but Dr. Lance Crook may have just made a little bit of history in Hay River.
That's because he has returned to his hometown to practise as a doctor, which may be the first time that has ever happened in Hay River.
Crook himself doesn't know.
Others from Hay River have gone on to become phys-icians, he said. "There are two guys I went to high school with who are doctors from this community."
But he is not aware of any other home-grown doctor who has returned to work in Hay River.
Neither is the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority.
"I have searched and spoken to a few people, and we are not aware of another local student attending med-ical school and returning to work in Hay River," said Erin Griffiths, acting chief execu-tive officer with the health
authority. "It is unclear as to whether or not Dr. Crook is the first to do this for Hay River."
Whether or not he is the first, Crook is happy to be back in Hay River to start practising family medicine, beginning on March 29.
"I have a lot of good mem-ories," he said. "I grew up here. It's home for me."
Members of his family are still in Hay River – his mother, a brother, cousins, uncles and friends.
His decision to work in Hay River was influenced by the fact that he spent a couple of months in the community last year as a resident doctor while still in training.
Crook said there are both advantages and disadvantages to coming back to practise in his hometown.
"Knowing somebody will make a difference in develop-ing a good rapport and devel-oping trust," he said.
Crook, who is of Metis heritage, said he also knows the cultures of the North.
However, he pointed out there are also disadvantages to practising medicine in a
community where he knows so many people.
"I'm hoping that everybody that I see won't be too either embarrassed or concerned about seeing me because we've known each other in the past," he said. "I hope that's not a barrier to their health."
If a person would rather see another doctor, Crook said he can't take any offence by that.
"At the same time, I'm going to avoid as much as I possibly can treating my family and extremely close friends, unless it's an emer-gency or unless there's abso-lutely no way they can get in to see somebody else and they need to see somebody," he said.
Crook said he took a long and convoluted journey to become a doctor.
In fact, he first became a journeyman plumber.
However, he returned to school to study science, and ended up obtaining a degree in biochemistry when he was about 27.
"I think by the end of my biochemistry degree I was starting to really focus more
on medical and clinical things because it was problem solv-ing," he said.
Crook, who earned a med-ical degree from the Univer-sity of British Columbia, said that it's quite a change to go from being a plumber to being a doctor.
"I'll be honest, I haven't stopped being a plumber," he said with a laugh. "I was over at my Mom's house doing some work last weekend."
Crook – a 41-year-old mar-ried father of four – has signed a three-year contract to work in Hay River.
"It's very exciting for us," said Griffiths.
"The community is over the moon that Lance is in town. We've had a great response. He's been very busy since the day he arrived just after Easter weekend. His clinics are full, people wanting to get in to see him."
She hopes he is also setting an example for two medical students from Hay River.
"They're just in the early stages of their schooling, so I don't know what their plans are long term," she said. "But
we are keeping in touch with them."
Griffiths said it is phenom-enal to add Crook to the med-ical team in the community.
"We're really lucky and we're really thankful that he did choose Hay River to come back to for a few years," she said.
At any given time, Hay River has four or five doctors.
Dr. Coralie Boudreau is
the other full-time, permanent physician.
"She just finished a three-year contract with us and now she's signed for a second three-year contract," said Griffiths, noting that new contract start-ed on April 1.
The other positions are cur-rently being filled by locum physicians, who come to the community for varying amounts of time.
Plumber turned doctor back to practise medicine
Home-grown physician returns
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
Dr. Lance Crook has returned to his hometown of Hay River to practise family medicine.
GAME ON FOR COMMERCEHay Riveropoly committee members Steve Anderson, left, Anne Peters, Kandis Jameson, Joe Melanson and Dayna King try out the new board game created by the Hay River Chamber of Commerce featuring town landmarks. See page 6 for story.
www.hayriverhub.com2 ▼ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
The Hay River Lions Club is no more.
The service club came to an end in March after existing in the commun-ity since 1974.
Sisters Pat Burnstad and Shari Burnstad were both involved with the Lions for the past decade.
"Every year our membership would go down," said Shari. "So we said, that's it, we can't do it anymore. I thought by the time I'm 70 I should be able to do a bit less."
At its peak membership, the club had 30 to 35 members but that had declined to nine by the time of its dissolution.
The Lions Club is the largest inter-national service club in the world, at 1.4 million members. Globally, it focuses on raising funds for health initiatives and support during emer-gencies and disasters.
The Hay River branch focused on raising funds where they were need-ed, such as health programs, sport clubs, youth programs and its largest initiative, Relay for Life. In three editions organized by the Hay River Lions, the fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society collected more than $400,000.
Shari Burnstad said the Lions' suc-cess internationally did not guarantee anything for the local branch.
"Most of the places the Lions are successful are poor places," she
explained. "They need someone to step in and start programs because their governments can't afford to do it. There are lots of active members, but not so much in North America. Here it's dwindling but internationally it's increasing."
The same fate has been true for other service clubs in Hay River. The Lions Club is following in the footsteps of the Kiwanis Club and the Knights of Columbus.
Doug Swallow is a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus in Hay River.
"We couldn't get enough people who wanted to take leadership roles," he said. "It was the same four people running it for 25 years."
The Knights were known for their Lobster-Do, an annual dinner for the community. They also donated to children's programs, such as Aborig-inal Head Start and other preschool initiatives.
Swallow said the problem is a dif-ference in generations.
"We should take cellphones away," he laughed, when asked what the solution is for local service clubs. "Our generation messed up somehow in empowering our kids with the desire to volunteer."
Swallow added that, with a decline in volunteer clubs, the community could become more isolated.
Pat Burnstad agreed, saying the decline in the number of local clubs will likely show in Hay River's social atmosphere.
"When we first came, it was the service clubs that did all the parties and dances. There was something happening most weekends," she said. "Now there's not really any of that anymore. It's made the town quieter."
Gary Hoffman, president of the Hay River Elks Club, feels the same way.
"There's so much difference in technology that's come in," he said. "Young people are really busy. The world has changed. People don't vol-unteer the way they used to."
The Hay River Elks have seen
their numbers decline – from 58 ori-ginal members when Hoffman joined in 1969, to only 10 core members cur-rently – but he remains positive about the future of the club.
"We make it clear that the com-mitment is very low," he said. "You can do as much or as little as you like."
Hoffman said, with this approach, the club has actually been able to recruit a few members in recent years.
"There's no magic formula," he said. "It's just a matter of what people are interested in doing."
Theresa Swallow is the current treasurer of the Catholic Women's League.
She agreed that offering prospect-ive volunteers an open door is the best policy.
"We don't ask our members for a huge commitment," she said. "We just ask that members help when they can. We know that with young families it's not always possible to commit your time, so we keep it open and tell our members they can help as they can."
Swallow joined the league with the draw of the spiritual aspect of the club.
"I was a busy young mom with a new business," she said. "I just needed something that was my thing, and I got to meet a lot of neat women at the same time."
The Burnstads will miss their involvement in the Lions Club for similar reasons.
"If we could have gotten families involved, people would grow up being part of something and it could have continued through their adult lives," said Pat. "They would see that it's fun, that they're having a good time and helping somebody at the same time."
With the Lions Club in the past, the Burnstad sisters will continue to volunteer in an unofficial capacity.
Still, Shari said it is sad to see the end of an era.
"When we look back at all that we did, it's like holy smokes," she said. "It was a good feeling to know we made a difference."
Service group follows others in community in dwindling because of shortage of volunteers
Hay River Lions Club dissolves
NNSL file photo
In June 2013, a team from the Hay River Lions Club participated in the Relay for Life in Fort Smith. The team con-sisted of Ron Shaw, left, Pat Burnstad, Shari Burnstad and Jeff Ashby.
The idea of renovating the fish plant was discussed at the April 6 annual general meeting of the NWT Fishermen's Federation, although no final decision was made.
"This would be using the current building, gut it, and pretty much just use the shell and rebuild it accord-ingly," said Jason Grabowski, man-ager of field oper-ations for the NWT with the Freshwater Fish Marketing Cor-poration (FFMC) in Winnipeg.
"So you could expand it if you wanted to develop the processes for other future develop-ment."
Grabowski said the concept of a renovation was discussed at a meet-ing of fishers in October.
"That was just an option that we wanted to present to see which way fishers wanted to go," he said.
Stacy Linington, president of the federation, said a renovated plant would be cheaper to rebuild, last
longer and be bigger than a new plant.
"We'd be crazy to not take on the bigger one," he said. "It gives us a little bit of flexibility. It's bigger than what we need right now but it allows us to do a little bit more value-added stuff, hire more people and create better income for the fishers."
The federation president said an engineer's report called the plant a 100-year building.
"It's 40 years old," he said. "So if we were to rebuild it and get it set up to do the things we want, it should be good for at least 60 years."
Linington said plant renovation has always been part of the discussions.
"It's never been the main focus," he
said. "In the past, Freshwater hasn't necessarily been willing to give that old building up. In the past, it was more like, OK, we have to find our own site, build our own building."
There was concern raised at the April 6 meeting about mould in the existing plant.
Grabowski said that, according to an assessment, the mould is all superficial.
"If you strip it down to the bare shell, there wouldn't be any mould issue because you'd be replacing all the tiles, paint, insulation," he explained.
Some fishers disagreed, saying the mould would be very expensive to deal with.
"Mould is a huge issue in that building," one said.
As a result, Linington said a vote on whether to renovate or build was delayed, pending a closer look at the mould concerns and other remedi-ation issues.
An engineer will also do a bet-ter assessment of what it would actually cost to get the plant ready for rebuild.
"So we're going to get the assess-ment done first," said Linington. "We'll have a better educated idea of what's the best way to go."
Stressing that it's the fishers' deci-sion, Tom Colosimo, the regional superintendent with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Invest-ment, suggested there is a need to investigate the costs of a renovation.
While noting a new plant would cost from $1.9 million to $2.2 mil-lion, Colosimo said there is no good
price on the renovation.Linington said CanNor would
be the main contributor to the pro-ject, while FFMC would provide the building and the land, and fishers would contribute $1 million.
The plant would then be owned by the fishers.
"I was pretty anxious that we were going to break ground this spring," said Linington.
"I still am hoping that we'll be breaking ground or starting rebuild this spring. Having said that, things really take a long time sometimes."
NWT Fishermen's Federation considers repairs;some members suggest starting from scratch
Federation eyes plant renovations
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
The existing fish plant in Hay River is 40 years old. Renovating it was discussed at the NWT Fishermen's Federation AGM, April 6.
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NEWSBriefs
Inclement weatherforces plane back
Hay River South MLA and Transportation Minister Wally Schumann did not make it to town on April 8 to be guest speaker at the annual gala of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce.
The plane carrying Schumann to Hay River from Yellowknife was unable to land because of inclement weather, and it had to return to the capital city.
Fur and hide programbreaks its record
A program to assist NWT arti-sans estimated it had its most suc-cessful year on record in 2015, according to a GNWT news release on April 8.
The Fur and Hide Procure-ment Program, part of the Genu-ine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program, provided nearly $1 million in eco-nomic benefit, stated the release.
That was the best result yet recorded by the program, which aims to connect NWT artisans with fur products required for their cre-ations.
The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment purchases furs and re-sells them at cost to NWT artisans. The revenue-neutral venture improves market access for those creating traditional arts and crafts.
The department purchased $247,165 worth of fur and hide for the program.
The total estimated economic benefit created by the program in the 2015 fiscal year was $988,670.
Registration nightfor Relay for Life
A team registration night for Relay for Life will be held on April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hay River Community Hall.
Relay for Life – a national fund-raiser for the Canadian Cancer Society – is set to take place on June 17 on the field of Diamond Jenness Secondary School.
The relay was last held in the community in 2012. The plan was to again hold it in 2014, but that did not happen because of a shortage of volunteers.
The three previous Relays for Life in Hay River – in 2008, 2010 and 2012 – raised more than $400,000 in total.
ENR to host meetingon fire preparednessThe Department of Environ-
ment and Natural Resources will be hosting a community meeting this week.
It will discuss the 2015 fire sea-son, the upcoming fire season, the FireSmart initiative to protect prop-erties from fires, and community wildfire protection plans.
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. on April 15 at the Royal Canadian Legion.
STACY LININGTON: President of NWT Fishermen's Federation says renovating the existing fish plant would be cheaper than building a new one.
www.hayriverhub.com4 ▼ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
We should all take a moment and reflect on the fact that the Hay River Lions Club is no more.
The community is the poorer because of that, since the Lions con-tributed so much to Hay River over the years.
Last month, the Lions joined a list of other service clubs that have faded away in Hay River, mostly from diffi-culty in attracting new members.
It is easy to feel pessimistic about that trend. You have to wonder how many service clubs will exist in another 10 years.
That is not a new worry. In fact, a Hub editorial com-
mented just in January on why there are fewer and fewer people volunteer-ing for community organizations. Back then, we suggested that the concept of community has changed and is con-tinuing to change because of advances in communications. In essence, a com-munity doesn't mean where you live anymore. It could be your online com-munity.
In January, we also somewhat gloomily concluded that things will only get worse in the future as com-munications technology continues to advance, and that community groups in Hay River and elsewhere would have to keep on fighting the good fight for support.
We still believe that to be the case.However, we have gotten a little
more optimistic about volunteerism and the survival of community groups and organizations.
The first reason is that community-minded people will take on good caus-es whether they are part of a service club or not.
Case in point, Shari Burnstad – a cornerstone member of the Hay River Lions Club for years. She has taken it upon herself to organize Deagan Day, a fundraising effort for the family of a Hay River toddler suffering from severe allergies.
Another example is Sheila Cook and Linda Carter, two friends who were jointly named Hay River Citizens of the Year because of their efforts in organ-izing events and helping out with good causes.
So while the number of organized clubs may be dwindling, we see no sign that there are no longer people willing to help their community – the place where they live, that is – when the need arises.
That may be on an ad hoc basis and, of course, groups of supporters will have to be gathered together as needed. However, the aforementioned advances in online communications
will make that easier, along with the use of traditional communications like this newspaper and community radio.
And that brings us to two other things that have happened recently that is cause for some optimism.
First, there has been a renewed effort to revive the Relay for Life fund-raising event for the Canadian Cancer Society.
And secondly, community radio in Hay River has stepped back from the precipice of closing up shop after it received a reprieve with some funding from the GNWT and the possibility of more funding from elsewhere.
So while we are sad to see the Hay River Lions Club fold – and thank its members for their contributions to the community – we believe they will con-tinue to help others.
They may not be called Lions any-more but they will still be good citizens and caring members of our community.
Helpful hands push forward
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"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." – MMarrgaret Meead
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Jonathon Demarcke:"I went to Edmonton and played hockey, shopped at West Ed, and went to an Oil-ers' game."
Kellan Mandeville:"I went Ski-Dooing lots on the river."
Evan Harris:"I went to the Dominican Republic and went zip lining."
Shaelyn Mabbitt:"I went to Mexico and got to hold a monkey. And I went to an Oilers' game."
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30 years agoThe Hay River band council was trying a
new system with hopes of becoming better organized and more accountable to its people.
Chief Pat Martel and economic planner Roy Fabian outlined steps the band had taken to restructure itself.
Several other band councils also indicated that they were having organization problems that resulted in extremely heavy workloads for their chiefs.
The chiefs received $20,000 annually from the Dene Nation and most worked full time at the position.
Fabian said one of the first steps the Hay River band had implemented was a "constitu-ency" for each of its six council-lors. The councillors were then responsible for and accountable to a certain section of the Dene community.
The band was also trying out a new portfolio system, with each council-lor now responsible for a certain area such as economic development, education, land claims and community services which involved health and social services. During every band council meeting, councillors were responsible for pro-viding presentations on the latest developments in their areas of responsibility.
The new system had been in place since January and Fabian said it was working out "fairly well and we feel comfortable with it."
20 years agoW.R. (Red) McBryan became a member of
Hay River's town council in 1951.
With 40 years of local politics under his belt at the time, McBryan was widely considered the longest-serving municipal politician in the NWT.
Then 76, McBryan was first appointed to the council by an area administrator. In 1961, he
became the first mayor of Hay River."It's very interesting to participate
in the growth of the community," McBryan said.
"My goal is to make Hay River as comfortable a place to live in as possible."
McBryan said the greatest chal-lenge of his political career was dealing with the great Hay River flood of 1963.
More than 1,800 people had to move lock, stock and barrel from the island to the mainland. "That was one of the biggest jobs we've done," he said.
Over the years, McBryan had pushed to build the town, which then had a population of around 4,000.
"It's been a good many happy years for me," he said.
10 years agoStarting in the next year, 2007 at the time,
there would be more daylight in the Northwest Territories as the territorial government an-nounced changes to daylight savings time that would see the clocks jump forward one month earlier, and jump back one month later.
The changes were designed to give North-erners more daylight, which the government hoped would lead to energy savings.
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta had also adopted similar changes that would come into effect in March 2007.
It's time to bring back the tradition of family game night, now that Hay River has its own board game.
Hay Riveropoly is the
result of a year of hard work by the Shop Local Committee of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce.
Dayna King, the chair-person of the committee, said the new board game is its way of raising funds.
"We had no money for the committee to do public projects, and we needed an idea for fundraising," she said, explaining the idea for the board game came from Amanda Leas, a former execu-tive assistant with the cham-ber. "We loved it, so we ran with it. We thought it would be the funnest thing in the world, so we just jumped on board. It's also a great piece of local history in Hay River, like a snapshot of Hay River right at this moment in time."
Hay Riveropoly is a board game very much like Mon-opoly, except every aspect of the game has been adapted to local businesses and loca-tions. The tokens for the game include a DC3, an inukshuk, the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. vessel Kakisa, a D6 Caterpillar, a Ford F-150 truck and a tipi.
Each spot around the game represents a local business or service, and there are cards that send players to different town landmarks on the board.
"We wanted to show a var-iety of the groups in town," said committee member Joe Melanson. "As things change over time, it will be a memoir of days gone by."
King did the design work on the board, and sent the final product to a company in the United States that special-izes in manufacturing custom items. There are 750 copies of the game, 130 of which had been sold as of late last week.
"I'm hoping everyone in town will buy one," said King. "They're so cool."
Anne Peters, executive assistant at the chamber, noted they are popular with people who have left the community.
"I've been hearing from people whose families have moved south, saying the game will make a great gift because all of Hay River is laid out here," said Peters.
Hay Riveropoly just arrived in its completed form and already it is a collector's item, with the old Kingland Ford logo on one of the board spaces. It is since rebranded.
"Kingland was one of the first companies we went to for support," said King. "I actually love that it's on the board. I think it's such a huge part of Hay River history."
The committee all agreed that to see the game arrive after all their hard work was an exciting time.
"I think I cried, I was so excited," said King. "It was very emotional to see all of our hard work pay off."
Hay Riveropoly kicked off its official sales at the Hay River Chamber of Commerce gala on April 8, with a massive version of the board game on which people could actually walk while they played.
Each of the regular-sized games will be available at par-ticipating stores. All proceeds will go toward the Shop Local Committee of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce.
"Our goal is to promote our local businesses," said King. "We want to educate the pub-lic on the importance of sup-porting our local economy. It's so important in a small town."
Hay River Chamber of Commerce creates Hay Riveropoly as a fundraiser
Board game features town
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
Master of ceremonies Kevin Wallington stands on a massive version of Hay Riveropoly created for the April 8 annual gala of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce. Wallington was helping with a fundraising auction during a break in play on the board.
Some significant finishing touches are to be made this summer to the Chaser BMX/Skate Park.
Up to $64,000 has been set aside for the work by the Hay River BMX/Skate Park Association.
"We still have things that we want to finish with the park," said Louise Schumann, the president of the associa-tion.
Among the improvements will be establishing a railing around the perimeter of the park which is located on town land behind NWT Centennial Library.
"Not a fence," said Schu-mann.
"We don't want to get into the big fence thing because it starts to look institutional and not necessarily as welcoming."
The goal is to keep motor-bikes, ATVs and other vehicles out.
Currently, there are con-crete blocks on the perimeter of the park, which measures about 160 feet by 90 feet.
Another improvement will be the addition of signage.
Schumann said one sign or possibly two signs remain to be designed but will feature the name of the park and a list of donors.
Depending on where the new signs are placed, some plants will also be added to the park.
"We really are trying to make it very accessible and family-oriented," said Schu-mann.
The asso-ciation is also looking at adding two security cam-eras to the park.
It is hoped the cameras will promote safety and help prevent vandalism.
Schumann said the park has what it needs in terms of equipment on which users can ride and skate.
"We want to concentrate on using our funds to finish the esthetics of the park," she explained.
Schumann said it is hoped that the work can be completed by the end of the summer.
The association already has the $64,000, which includes a 20 per cent contingency.
Chaser BMX/Skate Park is a joint initiative of the asso-ciation and the Town of Hay River.
Once this summer's work is completed, the estimated
final cost of the park will be about $260,000, not including in-kind donations.
Of that amount, the town contributed $150,000 while the association will have spent about $110,000, which it col-
lected through fundraisers and from donations.
The largest single fundrais-ing effort was recycling 26,997 pounds of waste copper from Diavik Mine, earning the asso-ciation more than $55,000 in 2014.
A key figure in arranging that donation from Diavik Mine was Russell Chase, and as a result, the park was named the Chaser BMX/Skate Park.
An early version of the park was originally set up in the
Hay River Curling Club in the summer of 2011 with $20,000 worth of equipment purchased by the town.
Since then, it has moved to a couple of other locations before settling into its current home behind the public library in the summer of 2014, and seeing the purchase of more modular equipment.
The park's grand opening was celebrated in September 2014.
The Hay River BMX/Skate Park Association, which is a registered society, held its annual general meeting on April 7.
"The executive that was in place remains the same exec-utive," said Schumann, who returned as president.
Others returning to the executive are Sharmayne Hor-ton as vice-president, Pennie Pokiak as secretary, Tiffany Demarcke as treasurer, Mark Horton as director of skate park design/operations, Con-nie Belanger as director of fundraising, and Greg Harder as director of special events/jams.
HUBSPORTSONE AWARD FOR TWO VOLUNTEERS
Hay Riverites celebrated, page 8
Hay River BMX/Skate Park Association to spend up to $64,000 on work this summer
Upgrades planned for skate park
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
Louise Schumann, president of the Hay River BMX/Skate Park Association, stands in front of the snow-covered Chaser BMX/Skate Park on April 8.
Jacob Harder rides in the Chaser BMX/Skate Park during its grand opening in September 2014.
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For the first time ever, two people have been jointly named Hay River Citizen of the Year.
This year's winners are Linda Carter and Sheila Cook, two long-time friends who have joined forces on many worthy projects, and also worked separately for various caus-es and events.
Mayor Brad Mapes called them a "dynamic duo" in presenting the honour at the April 8 annual gala of the Hay River Chamber of Com-merce.
"These two ladies have lived and breathed their lives in promoting our community," he said, adding their efforts help make Hay River a better place for those who live here and more attractive for potential residents.
Mapes listed a number of initia-tives on which they have joined forces, including the Fall Fair com-mittee and the Hay River Home-coming.
"We're blessed to have these two ladies reside in our community," he said.
Only Cook, a retired teacher, was at the gala to receive the award, although she wasn't aware she was to be named one of the recipients until the announcement.
"I was shocked actually," she said.
"It's an honour," she added of the award she will share with Carter.
"We've been friends since we were in Grade 2 and we work well together. We have lots of fun and we enjoy doing things to promote Hay River and help Hay River."
Carter was out of town and there-fore not present to also be surprised
by the award.Two other awards were presented
at the gala by the Hay River Cham-ber of Commerce.
Ring's Pharmacy was named Business of the Year.
In presenting the award, Jane Groenewegen, the new president of
the chamber, called Ring's Phar-macy a mainstay of Hay River's business community for more than 50 years.
Larry and Gayle Ring, a brother and sister who own the business with another brother Les Ring, were on hand to receive the honour.
Larry Ring said he was very humbled.
"You don't go to work every day to think about an award," he said. "It's not even in my makeup or how I go about my job at all.
"It was nice."Ring actually described the rec-
ognition as a community award."It's not an individual award
because if we don't have custom-ers and the community supporting us, we don't have a business," he explained. "So it really isn't about an individual or a business. To me, it's about Hay River and it shows the support of Hay River."
Ring said his parents laid a foun-dation of customer service, begin-ning when the family entered the pharmacy business in 1961 in Fort Smith and continuing on when they relocated to Hay River in 1963.
The final award of the gala – the Customer Service Award of Excel-lence – went to Gloria Shaule and Harvey Shaule, the managers of Hay River Suites.
"I was very shocked," said Gloria Shaule of being honoured. "Basic-ally, we just treat people the way we'd like to be treated."
She added it was wonderful to receive the award.
Harvey Shaule said it was quite a recognition, and credited that to the town being pleased with the renova-tion of what was commonly known as Brown Town into the Hay River Suites.
"Here it is a new place all over again," he said. "The whole town is happy about it."
The award was presented to the Shaules by Kari Mander, the branch manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Hay River.
"The two people go above and beyond for their clients and their staff," said Mander of the Shaules. "They treat everybody that they come into contact with like family. They manage the business that they don't own like their own, and they take great pride in their customer service."
Sheila Cook and Linda Carter honoured for volunteer initiatives,including work on Fall Fair committee and Hay River Homecoming
Duo named Citizens of the Year
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
Sheila Cook displays a painting by Hay River artist Natacha Kruger that she received for being named Hay River Citizen of the Year, along with her friend Linda Carter.
Allan Schofield has ended what is believed to be a rec-ord-setting number of years on the board of the Hay River Housing Authority.
Up to April 9, Schofield had been a board member for 32 years, including 25 years as chairperson.
Both numbers are believed to be records for volunteer service on the board of a local housing authority anywhere in the NWT.
When asked why he had been on the board for so many years, he simply replied, "Everybody was good to work with."
Schofield said his goal was to keep everything run-ning smoothly and everybody happy.
"It was enjoyable," he said
of serving on the board.Schofield himself appeared
to be the least impressed by his impressive number of years on the board, saying it doesn't matter.
The 85-year-old explained he was leaving the board because of health reasons.
The Hay River Housing Authority is the property manager in the community for the NWT Housing Cor-poration.
Schofield was recognized and honoured for his many years of service at an April 8 luncheon attended by other board members and employ-ees of the Hay River Housing Authority.
Cindy Caudron, the vice-chairperson of the board, praised Schofield's dedication.
"He was a great example to the board and I really appreci-ate everything that you taught
us, all the previous board members," she said in brief comments during the lunch-eon.
"You left us on a really good path, a high level of commitment, and to always let the manager and the staff do their job without sticking our nose in there."
Caudron said Schofield would often stop by at the authority at least once a week to see how things were going.
"That just shows the level of commitment that he had to the community and to sup-porting the manager and the staff," she said. "So he set the bar quite high for us."
Joletta Larocque, the dis-trict director for the South Slave with the NWT Housing Corporation, said she served on the housing authority's board in the early 1990s when Schofield was chairperson.
"From my time on the board and as the district dir-ector, he was always very con-cerned about employee mor-ale and as well as ensuring the community housing needs were met and that individ-ual housing needs were met,"
said Larocque. "So he was a very good advocate for the community, ensuring that the housing corp. was well aware of what was happening with the authority."
A new chairperson for the board of the Hay River Hous-
ing Authority has not yet been named.
The board will make a recommendation and the appointment will be made by the minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corpora-tion.
Allan Schofield was Hay River Housing Authority board member for 32 years
including 25 years as chairperson
Volunteer honoured for longtime service
Paul Bickford/NNSL photo
Joletta Larocque, district director for the South Slave with the NWT Housing Corporation, presents Allan Schofield, left, with a plaque on April 8 in honour of his years of service on the board of the Hay River Housing Authority.
Enterprise welcomed a new season with its annual spring carnival on April 9.
The family-friendly event featured outdoor games – such as log sawing, snowshoe races, log tossing, tea boiling and more – as well as children's
games and activities inside the Enterprise Community Cen-tre.
Enterprise residents and visitors from Hay River also enjoyed a barbecue.
The annual carnival is pre-sented by the Hamlet of Enter-prise.
Seven-year-old Ivy Boden stacks up targets for children's games inside the Enterprise Community Centre.
Jackson Porter shows impressive form on snow-shoes for a three-year-old.
Five-year-old Blake Berrault concentrates in the egg race.
George Low participates in the log-sawing contest.
Seven-year-old Kylee Brown shows how it's done by keeping her balance while walking across a balance beam.
Enterprise welcomes spring
Northern News Services
by Paul Bickford
CARNIVALFeature
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Thebacha/Fort SmithThe grand opening of the
renovated Fort Smith Centen-nial Arena is set for April 30.
The official opening ceremony, featuring invited dignitaries and the cutting of a cake, is set to take place at 11 a.m. on that date.
There will also be arena tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to all the behind-the-scenes features of the renovated facil-ity.
In addition, the Thebacha Trade Show will take place at the arena on the same day.
The arena underwent a $6.2-million renovation fol-
lowing a fire in May 2013.That was in addition to
$1.7 million in repairs to the fire damage.
The renovations for the are-na, which is about 48 years old, are expected to keep the facility oper-ating for an addi-tional 40 years or more.
Constructing a new arena would have cost about $20 million, which would have been beyond the Town of Fort Smith's borrowing limit.
The renova-tions include addi-tional dressing rooms, a heated
viewing area and mezza-nine, an elevator to an upper level, new player benches, a
metal roof, removable boards, acoustic panels, improve-ments to the public address system, a video security sys-tem, LED lighting and many other improvements.
Convocation set at Thebacha
Thebacha/Fort SmithSpring convocation cere-
monies will take place on April 22 at Aurora College's Thebacha Campus in Fort Smith.
Degrees, diplomas and certificates will be awarded from the schools of Educa-tion, Business and Leader-ship, and Arts and Science.
Each spring, students from all over the NWT graduate from Thebacha Campus, and often there are others from Nunavut, Alberta and else-where in Canada.
Stress management workshops in
SmithThebacha/Fort Smith
A series of stress manage-ment workshops are set to be offered by the Fort Smith Health and Social Services Authority.
The first workshop on April 18 will be on the biol-ogy of stress, including the physical response to stress.
Other workshops will be on cognitive strategies for managing thoughts on April 25, strategies for manag-ing emotions on May 2 and mindfulness-based strategies on May 9.
The drop-in workshops take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Fort Smith Health Cen-tre's multipurpose room.
Grand re-opening set for Fort Smith arena
NNSL file photo
This is what Centennial Arena in Fort Smith looked like on the day of an interior fire on May 13, 2013. Since then, the arena has undergone an extensive renovation.
For the first time, the NWT will have one of their own at the executive table of the national body representing the egg producing industry.
At a March 23 annual gen-eral meeting, John Penner, owner of Hay River Poultry Farms Ltd. and Polar Egg, was elected second vice-chair-person of the Ottawa-based Egg Farmers of Canada.
Penner told The Hub he wants to make sure the NWT industry is well-represented.
"I think it's a fairly big step for the territories because they have only been an egg industry as part of the Egg Farmers of
Canada since the year 2000," said Penner, adding the NWT is now well-respected in the industry.
Penner has owned Hay River Poultry Farms since 2009. For the past five years, Penner, who lives in Abbots-ford, B.C., has served on the 16-member board of the national organization as a dir-ector representing the NWT Egg Producers Board.
In his new role, he will rep-resent Western Canada at the executive table.
"This decision speaks to the fact that the NWT is no longer an afterthought in the poultry industry," said Michael Wallington, chair of the NWT
Egg Producers Board. "We are an integral part of the national picture. It shows that our voice
is recognized and respected."The executive of Egg Farm-
ers of Canada is comprised of four members chosen from the board of directors representing each of the provinces and the NWT.
Wallington is optimistic about the NWT's role moving forward.
"From a national perspec-tive, it shows that the NWT is serious about egg farming and serious about being part of the solution for Canadian food production," he said. "Having a voice at the executive level will communicate all of those things to our contemporaries and those who have an eye on Northern Canada."
AROUND THE
SOUTH SLAVE
Paul Bickford is the South Slave corres-pondent for The Hub. Send your ideas to [email protected].
Northern News Services
Owner of Hay River Poultry Farms and Polar Egg electedsecond vice-chair of Egg Farmers of Canada
JOHN PENNER: The new second vice-chairperson of the Egg Farmers of Can-ada.
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Students at Diamond Jenness Sec-ondary School will be resurrecting and redesigning their monthly news-paper with the help of a volunteer from Mexico.
Esmeralda Mejía is hoping to bring life back into the high school's newspaper by publishing it in a digital format under the name Diamond Journal.
"The strategy is the students can send in anything they want to submit, and I can format it on the computer like a real news-paper," said Mejía.
"Before, students would submit something in their own handwriting and the volunteer would paste it and make copies," she added.
Mejía hopes to have an end prod-uct that looks more like a newspaper, and eventually have the students take
over the publishing, as well. She is an architect by profes-
sion in her hometown of Chihuahua, Mexico, and is familiar with com-puter design programs. She has also taken an Adobe InDesign class at NWT Centennial Library to prepare
for her ambitions with the school paper.
Mejía was initially drawn to a branch of the Beaver volunteer program run by the Frontiers Foundation, "an aboriginal non-profit organization
that promotes the advancement of economically and socially disadvan-taged communities," according to the foundation's website.
Mejía's plan was to volunteer working in construction in the NWT through the program. When that branch was terminated, she said she was still interested in coming North to tutor.
"I'm really enjoying it," she said. "I love this school. It's a small environment. In Mexico there are lots of students but here it can be personal. I see kids of all ages hang-ing out at this school, and I think the newspaper can put that all together in one place."
Mejía said the newspaper has been running off and on for some time but has not achieved its full potential.
"There is a lot of creativity here," she said. "There are kids who like to draw, write, take photos, write music. I hope the newspaper will encourage them to not be afraid to put it out there. It can be hard."
Jessica Gill plans to submit her poems.
"I have a whole book to pick from," she said. "If I had the time, I'd put one in every issue."
Gill, a Grade 11 student, thinks the biggest challenge the school
newspaper faces is keeping students interested and accountable for dead-lines.
"If they keep announcing the deadline, like two weeks, then one week, then the day of – maybe then it would work," she said.
Mejía said she has already seen some commitments for regular sub-missions from a comic writer and an illustrator, as well as a student
who writes about Star Wars. Even with a few of these submissions, she agreed the challenge will be keeping students accountable and excited to submit work.
"Students do what they have to do for school, and they don't have time for extracurricular things," she said. "But if we can get a few of them into it, it will catch on."
Mejía believes the newspaper
initiative is a good example of the work done by the Beavers.
"We bring new stuff and differ-ent things to the schools," she said. "Whatever skills you have are put to use."
Currently in Hay River, there are Beavers from the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico and Vancouver, and one other from Morocco will be arriving soon.
Initiative underway to resurrect school newspaper in digital form
All the news from DJ
Diana Yeager/NNSL photo
Diamond Jenness Secondary School students Alysson Capulso, left, and Jessica Gill, centre, stand with volunteer Esmeralda Mejía, who is hoping to resurrect the high school's student news-paper by publishing it in a digital format.
The logo for the Diamond Journal, the proposed online newspaper at Dia-mond Jenness Secondary School.
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Miscellaneous
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ROTARY CLUB meets every Thursday at noon. Call Peter Groenen 874-6701.
SUPPORT LOCAL business! Check out www.sshcp.nt.ca to see what Hay River has to offer!
PENTECOSTAL CHAPEL Bible Study and prayer Tuesdays at 7pm. Service Sundays 10:30am
AEROBICS IS back every Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday at Harry Camsell School starting at 6 pm. Come on out and get active!
VICTIM SERVICES. For im-mediate assistance call 876-2020 for free and confidential direct services.
THE SOUP Kitchen Open Mon., Wed., Fri. 11am - 1:30pm. For more information, please call: 874-2885 or 874-4353.
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PARENTS AND Tots every Thursday at 10:30 am. Stories, crafts, creative play. Join us at the Hay River Community Library.
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ST. ANDREWS Anglican/Grace United Church, service – Sun-day morning 10:30 am, Sunday School. And the Thrift Shop hours are; Wed, Thurs. and Sat – 1:30 to 4pm, Thurs. night 7pm to 9pm.
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REAL ESTATE2237 +/- Acres Grazing Lease near MacKay, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 375 AUMs, natural water through-out. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
104 PLACER Gold Claims - South of Dawson City, Yukon. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. Claims on 60 Mile River & 13 Mile Creek. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
PASTURE & Grazing Lease near High Prairie, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auc-tion, April 27 in Edmonton. 80 Acres Pasture & 2 Parcels Graz-ing Lease. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
SHOP & Office Complex - Millet, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 27 in Edmonton. 27,730+/- sq. ft. indus-trial shop & office complex - 40 +/- title acres. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY & Shop - Strathmore, Alberta. Ritch-ie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June 15 in Edmonton. 2+/- title acres industrial prop-erty & 8000 sq. ft. shop. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Broker: All West Realty Ltd.; rbauction.com/realestate.
PASTURE & Hay Land. 400 - 8000 acres year round water. Management available. Central Sask. Natural springs excellent water. Grazing available. Other small & large grain & pasture quarters. $150k $2.6m. Doug Rue 306-716-2671; [email protected].
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