Mayor Harris: April 2015

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Safety Statement - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 30th, 2015 8:35 am

Working Draft for:

Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 30th, 2015 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck

This week we focus on: Safety Statement

The Town of Preeceville is committed to promoting and improving a safe work environment for all its employees, partners, volunteers, and vendors. Our goal is to exceed workplace legislative requirements by continuously thinking safety first and changing the culture which requires everyone’s input. As we strive to do more with less in each of our jobs, health and safety must be front and central to everything we do. Providing a safe and healthy work environment is a priority for the Town of Preeceville.

National Day of Mourning Was on April 28th.

WorkSafe - Check out all the safety work done.

Upcoming Events:

- The United Church Players present "The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery"

Friday, May 1 at the Stenen Hall,
Saturday, May 2 at the Sturgis Composite High School,
Sunday, May 3 at the Preeceville Community Legion Hall.
Showtime is 7:30 pm.
Tickets available from all cast members, Country Lane in Preeceville, Lil's in Sturgis, Ruth Zubko in Stenen.

- May 3rd - the Barveenok Ukrainian Dance Club Spring Concert starts 2pm at the Sturgis Composite High School. Desserts and coffee will be served. Free Will offering at the door.

- May 19th and 20th - Mental Health First Aid Course - 9 am - 4:30 pm, Cost $55 (workbook and lunches included). To register call Karolyn Kosheluk at 306-548-5478 by May 11 (spaces are limited). Sponsored by the Family Resource Centre.

- May 20th - "Snakes of Saskatchewan" presented by Ray Poulin, Wednesday, May 20, 7:00 pm at Club 60. Everyone welcome. Check out Snakes of Saskatchewan by Ray Poulin

- May 30th - Community Wide Garage Sale

- If you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

Community Wide Garage Sale
Will be held Saturday May 30th, 2015. Anyone interested in having a garage sale the same day as others in the Town of Preeceville can call the Town Office at 306-547-2810 and register their garage sale and be placed on the event map. 8:00 am - Pancake Breakfast - Preeceville Volunteer Fire Dept. 11:00 am - Hot Dogs & Pie at Preeceville Club 60 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hamburger BBQ at Centennial Park - sponsored by the Preeceville Air Cadets And there is room for other groups to hold something that day, again call our town office for information.

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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Barveenok Ukrainian Dance Club - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 23rd, 2015 8:35 am

Working Draft for:

Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 23rd, 2015 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck

This week we focus on: Barveenok Ukrainian Dance Club

The Barveenok Ukrainian Dance Club prides themselves in keeping our Ukrainian Heritage alive and strong in our local communities. They provide a great opportunity for our children to through physical fitness to learn the art and culture of Ukrainian dance.
The club has dancers from all over our local area including Endeavour, Danbury, Stenen, Sturgis and Preeceville. Ukrainian Dance

So everyone is invite to their Spring Concert on May 3rd at 2pm at the Sturgis Composite High School. Desserts and coffee will be served. Free Will offering at the door.

Upcoming Events:

- April 26th - Studio Dance One Dance Recital - "We Will Rock You!'. Starts at 2:00 pm, Sturgis Composite High School. Admission $5.00, Preschool - Free

- May 1st, 2nd and 3rd - The United Church Players present "The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery"
Friday, May 1 at the Stenen Hall,
Saturday, May 2 at the Sturgis Composite High School,
Sunday, May 3 at the Preeceville Community Legion Hall.
Showtime is 7:30 pm.
Tickets available from all cast members, Country Lane in Preeceville, Lil's in Sturgis, Ruth Zubko in Stenen.

- May 3rd - the Barveenok Ukrainian Dance Club Spring Concert starts 2pm at the Sturgis Composite High School. Desserts and coffee will be served. Free Will offering at the door.

- May 19th and 20th - Mental Health First Aid Course - 9 am - 4:30 pm, Cost $55 (workbook and lunches included). To register call Karolyn Kosheluk at 306-548-5478 by May 11 (spaces are limited). Sponsored by SPE Family Resource Centre.

- If you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

Community Wide Garage Sale
Will be held Saturday May 30th, 2015. Anyone interested in having a garage sale the same day as others in the Town of Preeceville can call the Town Office at 306-547-2810 and register their garage sale and be placed on the event map. 8:00 am - Pancake Breakfast - Preeceville Volunteer Fire Dept. 11:00 am - Hot Dogs & Pie at Preeceville Club 60 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hamburger BBQ at Centennial Park - sponsored by the Preeceville Air Cadets And there is room for other groups to hold something that day, again call our town office for information.

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Saturday, 18 April 2015

Delegations

Regular meetings of our Town Council/Organization are open to the public and are held monthly on the same day of each month beginning at (input your time). Meetings are held at the Council Chambers located (input your location) .

Our Council/Organization invites presentations by citizens or other parties with informational updates, funding help or concerns about issues affecting our town. In accordance with our Procedures Bylaw, you should contact our admin in writing not less than seven days prior to Council’s/Boards regular meeting date to be included on that agenda. If there is not an available time we will contact you to make alternative arrangements for your request. Delegations will be heard starting at (input your time). Please wait until the Mayor/Chair or Acting Mayor/Chair greets you, they will then bring you forward to the meeting. Please have only one spokesperson as you should not exceed (input your time limit) minutes on your issue. Please direct comments and question to the Mayor/Chair and restrict them to your issue matter only. We may have questions of you relevant to the issue outside your (input your time limit) minutes and we will inform you by letter of any decisions or resolutions we make.
I/we would be happy to help you structure your presentation if that would assist you. Your introduction and why you have this issue. Who you may be representing, what actions would address the issue? The background information that might help us understand the problem in finding a solution we can all agree on and fits with in our yearly budget.
For funding requests we sometime what to know how our money or our in-kind help would work into your budget and plans along with what other funding revenues you are pursuing.

Date of request (must be 7 days before):

Council/Board Meeting Date Requested:

Applicant Name:

Title/Organization if applicable:

Address:

Contact Number:

Email:

Briefly describe the reason for the delegation and what actions you will be asking the Council/Board to take:

Who will be attending, please list the names and titles of the person(s) making the presentation:

Do you have any supporting documents that you wish to provide the Council/Board? Yes/ No

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Preeceville's Annual Spring Expo - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 16th, 2015 8:35 am

Working Draft for:

Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 16th, 2015 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck

This week we focus on: Preeceville's Annual Spring Expo sponsored by the Preeceville Fire Department. April 17 - 18th Doors open at the skating are on Friday at 11 am runs till 9pm and Saturday open from 10am till 4 pm

With over 70 vendors: agiricultural, commercial, home-based business, food and the Wiwcharuk Family Greenhouse on site with a early sampling of their Spring plants and advice on gardening.

Free Admission, Children's events with fire truch rides both days, characters from the movie "Frozen" will be in attendance on Saturday from 10am till 2pm, bring your camera. Members of Studio Dance One will be doing Face painting. A inflatable bouncy castle will be set up both days.
Local Artists will will entertaining on stage for both days.
Bring a non-perishable food item to enter for one of two door prizes. All proceeds to Filling the Gap Food Bank.
For more information call Welma at 547-2291 or Liz at 547-2709

Upcoming Events:

- April 18th - Meghan Nash presented by the WhiteaHawk Arts Council at 7:30 at the Sturgis Community Hall. Tickets available at Country Lane Florists.

- April 22nd, 7pm Annual General Meeting for the Preeceville Chamber of Commerce - Town Office.

- April 26th - Studio Dance One Dance Recital - "We Will Rock You!'. Starts at 2:00 pm, Sturgis Composite High School. Admission $5.00, Preschool - Free

- May 1st, 2nd and 3rd - United Church players present "The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery", Friday, May 1 at Stenen Hall, Saturday, May 2 at Sturgis Composite High School, Sunday, May 3 at Preeceville Community Legion Hall. Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets available from all cast members, Country Lane in Preeceville, Lil's in Sturgis, Ruth Zubko in Stenen.

- If you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

Community Wide Garage Sale
Will be held Saturday May 30th, 2015. Anyone interested in having a garage sale the same day as others in the Town of Preeceville can call the Town Office at 306-547-2810 and register their garage sale and be placed on the event map. 8:00 am - Pancake Breakfast - Preeceville Volunteer Fire Dept. 11:00 am - Hot Dogs & Pie at Preeceville Club 60 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hamburger BBQ at Centennial Park - sponsored by the Preeceville Air Cadets And there is room for other groups to hold something that day, again call our town office for information.

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Saturday, 11 April 2015

Job skills and controls needed to meet or exceed OHS requirements

Job skills and controls needed to meet or exceed OHS requirements

“A skill is the learned ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both”

“A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency situation. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and possibility interact together to create risk”

“A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure which helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JSA, each basic step of the job is to identify potential hazards and to recommend the safest way to do the job. Other terms used to describe this procedure are job hazard analysis (JHA) and job hazard breakdown”

“The Town of Preeceville is committed to promoting and improving a safe work environment for all its employees, partners, volunteers, and vendors. Our goal is to exceed workplace legislative requirements by continuously thinking safety first and changing the culture which requires everyone’s input. As we strive to do more with less in each of our jobs, health and safety must be front and central to everything we do. Providing a safe and healthy work environment is a priority for the Town of Preeceville”

Leadership and Safety @ http://www.worksafesask.ca/Barling-presentation

Policy: (Name and number)

Purpose: To control with policy and procedure statements workplace hazards by developing each procedure as a skill to deal with the hazard and the steps need to meet or exceed OHS guidelines.

Title: (What job/skill will be analyzed?)

What steps are taken to do the job?

What are the potential hazards?

What measures can you/we take to overcome the hazards?

When would you use this skill?

How often would you use it?

Are there any site specific variations to the skill?

What limitations are there?

How would you work around the limitations to meet OHS?

Post worksheet for review in the workplace for employees to sign off on.

Review after one month, six months or one year?

Is it working? If not, make another plan. Can it be improved on?

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-13

“The purpose of this Act is to promote the fundamental right of Canadians to a healthy and safe working environment by creating a national institute concerned with the study, encouragement and cooperative advancement of occupational health and safety, in whose governing body the interests and concerns of workers, trade unions, employers, federal, provincial and territorial authorities, professional and scientific communities and the general public will be represented”

The following is from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety web site:

Job Safety Analysis Worksheet
Job:
Analysis By:	Reviewed By:	Approved By:
Date:	Date:	Date:
Sequence of Steps	Potential Accidents or Hazards	Preventative Measures

Thursday, 9 April 2015

National Volunteer Week - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 9th, 2015 8:35 am

Working Draft for:

Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 9th, 2015 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck

This week we focus on: National Volunteer Week runs April 12th to 18th

Volunteers are the heart and soul of our community. They give of their time freely expecting nothing in return but a sense of pride in knowing that they have helped make our community the great place it is to live in.

This volunteering does not just happen; it takes Vision, Energy and Talent. It requires skill and will. “Volunteers do not come free.” You need to have leadership in your volunteers, managerial skills and knowledge to be successfully.

People are busy with all the great things we have to do in today's world. People have less time and our voluntary organizations are feeling it. There are also more and more causes to give to and invest in each year. Grants from our governments take time to write and seen harder to win for our communities or organizations. So as you can see volunteering is not a marginal activity, it is what we think of when we say “Quality of life “.

Your Town Councils invests in infrastructure and is the foundation that assures our volunteers are effective in providing all of our services, programs and projects. The other investment must be made in our volunteers themselves because they are the ones who can stimulate our “Quality of life “just as much as the town’s investments in the bricks that make that foundation. And that is very small investment for that “Quality of life “we have all come to love in small town Saskatchewan.

Upcoming Events:

- April 11th - the Preeceville Curling Club is hosting their Spring Poker Tournament. Conatct Tim at 547-2286 for your registration.

- April 14th - Volunteer Appreciation Tea and Awards, starts at 2:00 pm at Club 60. Do you know a volunteer that went the extra mile? Contact the town for forms.

- April 17 - 18th - Preeceville's Annual Spring Expo Doors open on Friday at 11 am runs till 9pm and Saturday open from 10am till 4 pm Check out out that's new at the Skating Arena.
Over 50 vendors with displays. Free admission. Children's events. More info next week.

- April 18th - Meghan Nash presented by the WhiteaHawk Arts Council at 7:30 at the Sturgis Community Hall. Tickets available at Country Lane Florists.

- April 26th - Studio Dance One Dance Recital - "We Will Rock You!'. Starts at 2:00 pm, Sturgis Composite High School. Admission $5.00, Preschool - Free

- May 1st, 2nd and 3rd - United Church players present "The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery", Friday, May 1 at Stenen Hall, Saturday, May 2 at Sturgis Composite High School, Sunday, May 3 at Preeceville Community Legion Hall. Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets available from all cast members, Country Lane in Preeceville, Lil's in Sturgis, Ruth Zubko in Stenen.

- If you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

Community Wide Garage Sale
Will be held Saturday May 30th, 2015. Anyone interested in having a garage sale the same day as others in the Town of Preeceville can call the Town Office at 306-547-2810 and register their garage sale and be placed on the event map. 8:00 am - Pancake Breakfast - Preeceville Volunteer Fire Dept. 11:00 am - Hot Dogs & Pie at Preeceville Club 60 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hamburger BBQ at Centennial Park - sponsored by the Preeceville Air Cadets And there is room for other groups to hold something that day, again call our town office for information.

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Wednesday, 8 April 2015

National Volunteer Week - Preeceville Saskatchewan

Volunteer Tea Speech

Volunteers are the heart and soul of our community. They give of their time freely expecting nothing in return but a sense of pride in knowing that they have helped make our community the great place it is to live in.

A volunteer takes on the role not to be paid but to perform to the best of their abilities out of the goodness of their hearts. It is done not for the recognition, but for the sheer sense of knowing that the giving of your time has made a difference. I look out amongst all of you today and feel a great sense of pride. Preeceville can be very proud of its volunteer base. Today, we recognize and say Thank You to each of you for, without your help, we would not have the wonderful community we live in and are proud to call our home.
This volunteering does not just happen; it takes Vision, Energy and Talent. It requires skill and will. “Volunteers do not come free.” You need to have leadership in your volunteers, managerial skills and knowledge to be successfully.

People are busy with all the great things we have to do in today's world. People have less time and our voluntary organizations are feeling it. There are also more and more causes to give to and invest in each year. Grants from our governments take time to write and seen harder to win for our community or organizations. So as you can see volunteering is not a marginal activity, it is what we think of when we say “Quality of life “.

Your Town Council invests in infrastructure and is the foundation that assures our volunteers are effective in providing all of our services, programs and projects. The other investment must be made in our volunteers themselves because they are the ones who can stimulate our “Quality of life “just as much as the town’s investments in the bricks that make that foundation. A very small investment for that “Quality of life “we have all come to love.

I applaud and thank each of you for your past efforts and your future endeavours for we would be nowhere without the continued help of all of you.

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK

"April 12th to 18th is National Volunteer Week and the Town of Preeceville and the Preeceville EDC would like to express their appreciation for all of the hard work done by the volunteers in our area. A Community Volunteer Tea and Awards Day will be held on Tuesday April 14th at 2 pm at Club 60. Everyone is welcome. If your club or organization would like to recognize a volunteer, contact Elaine at 306-547-2810 or at edo.tourism@sasktel.net "

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Winter Volunteers - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 1st, 2015 8:35 am

Working Draft for:

Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor for Thursday April 1st, 2015 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-wallebeck

This week we focus on: Winter Volunteers

Congratulations to all the volunteers in minor hockey for all the hard work and dedication over the season.
Congratulations goes out to The Preeceville Pats Bantam team who defeated Yorkton in the A final in the Major Hockey League.
A thank you goes out to the Preeceville skating club who provided a great evening of entertainment at the carnival.
Preeceville Curling wants to thank everyone who supported the club this year and hats off to all the volunteers who helped in making this year a success.

Now that the winter sports are coming to a close please watch for baseball registration forms which will will sent home from the school or you can find it on the town's recreation facebook page.

- We will be offering swimming lessons at Annie Laurie Lake throughout the summer.

- Canada Days - July 1st to 4th - What do you want to see this year?

Upcoming Events:

- April 14th - Volunteer Appreciation Tea and Awards, Tuesday, starts at 2:00 pm at Club 60. Do you know a volunteer that went the extra mile? Contact the town for forms.

- If you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our

Community Events Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

Community Wide Garage Sale
Will be held Saturday May 30th, 2015. Anyone interested in having a garage sale the same day as others in the Town of Preeceville can call the Town Office at 306-547-2810 and register their garage sale and be placed on the event map. 8:00 am - Pancake Breakfast - Preeceville Volunteer Fire Dept. 11:00 am - Hot Dogs & Pie at Preeceville Club 60 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hamburger BBQ at Centennial Park - sponsored by the Preeceville Air Cadets And there is room for other groups to hold something that day, again call our town office for information.

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