September 2018 The Beacon PAGE 5

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Thank you to our Carnival Committee! School students the greatest success. Know that you are surrounded by a loving community that will continue to work hard to help make your experience the best I have never heard so many POSITIVE it can be. Special thank you to the Island View Enhancement Committee and all comments about the Carnival as I have previous volunteers who have worked to bring this school to our community. this year. I want to pass on to Cindy Pat Savage and I are working on an open house date and we will have more to and everyone who worked so hard ALL announce in the future. YEAR LONG to plan, promote and put on a fantastic series of events! The School contact numbers parade was awesome. The Fireworks were spectacular. Everything was We have an amazing community of teachers, volunteers and support staff at all of so appreciated by everyone. I most our schools. They work extremely hard to provide the best education and social especially want to thank everyone for their positivity online, both to Cindy and environment for our children. We need to support them to the best of our abilities. the Committee. Things don’t always go perfectly, but our community stood up If issues arise, please speak with the teacher or staff. If needed, we know that our as one unit and supported the Carnival and the people who work so hard on our amazing principals are the next person who would be available to help you. behalf. I hope that you will consider volunteering with the committee next year to show your appreciation. Well Done Everyone! We wish all students and parents and teaching staff the very best in this 2018 – 2019 school year. Thanks also to Wendy and the Beacon staff, Wayne and the Seaside FM staff and School Grade Principal Address Phone Number Snapd Magazine for doing so much to promote the events. We are so lucky to Oceanview Elementary P to 3 Mamoona Brace 51 Oceanview School Rd, Eastern Passage, NS B3G 1J3 902 465-8670 have all of you in our community. Tallahassee Elementary P to 3 Anna Marie Sarto 168 Redoubt Way, Eastern Passage NS B3G 1E4 902-465-8651 Seaside Elementary 4 - 5 4 to 5 Tyler Rutledge 1881 Caldwell Rd, Eastern Passage NS B3G 1J3 902-465-7600 EPEC Junior High 6 - 8 6 to 8 Dorothy Hart 93 Samuel Danial Dr, Eastern Passage, NS B3G 1S8 902-462-8401 MLA Seniors Tea a time to connect with old friends Island View High School 9 to 11 Pat Savage 1853 Caldwell Road, Eastern Passage, NS, B3G 1J3 902-466-6431 Cole Harbour High School 10 to 12 Ken Fells 2 Chameau Cres, Cole Harbour, NS, B2W 4X4 902-464-5220 Carnival Week has always been such a great time of year for me. Who are you to call when you have school related issues? All events are an iatrical part of this community! However, the Seniors With the changes that come with the new Tea held at Ocean View Continuing Education bill #72, there may be some Care Facility remains very special confusion on who to contact when questions to me. I am honored to host these arise regarding the former Halifax Regional wonderful community members. School Board. Any present or future This year’s tea was a huge success questions regarding education, bussing, and I couldn’t have done it alone. courses can now be directed to one of the Thank you to Ocean View staff and following:

volunteers for all of the help you provided for this event. Thank you to Sobeys Baker Drive Halifax Regional Center for Education (HREC) 902-464-2000 Ext 0 for your continued support in providing all of the food. Thank you to the pageant contestants HREC Director of Education Elwin Leroux: 902-464-2000 Ext 0 for all of your help serving. Thanks also to HREC Registrar, Administration and Recreation 902-464-2000 Ext 1 Reverend Kate from St. Peters Church for HREC Excel Child Care 902-464-2000 Ext 2 grace. We presented Sobeys, Ocean View HREC Transportation and Bussing 902-464-2000 Ext 3 Continuing Care Centre Staff, the Beacon, HREC Staffing Directory 902-464-2000 Ext 4 Seaside FM and the Carnival Committee with The Department of Education: 902-424-5168 recognition Certificates as well. Minister of Education: Hon. Zack Churchill: 902-742-4444 School Cancellations 902-464-4636

Welcome to all our new Island View High School Students and Principal Pat Savage

The dream that so many in the community have had and worked for so hard over the past several years is finally hear. We wish all of the new Island View High (Cont’d on Page 4) Page 4 The Beacon September 2018 Barbara Adams, MLA (cont’d from Page 5) the issue. For obvious reasons, many people prefer to remain anonymous. If you Fate of the Cole Harbour Area of Schools impacting whole Constituency still would like to speak out publicly, give me a call unknown • You can watch the proceedings live on Legislative TV https://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/legislative-tv I have spoken about three constituencies deserving to know the fate of the Cole • You can view the proceedings on Youtube the next day & by typing NS Harbour Area of Schools repeatedly in the legislature and daily outside of the Legislature & the date: https://www.youtube.com chamber doors with Minister of Education . I have written letters and emails to him as well. I issued a press release calling on the Minister as one First Annual Peace Keepers Celebration in HRM of my first duties back in July of 2017 and I issued another on August 16th 2018 as well. I was interviewed on the Sheldon MacLeod Radio show about the issue on August 16th 2018 at 3 pm. The question that stood out for me was this…. if there is no school board representative anymore, who bears the responsibility. The answer is the Minister of Education…Zach Churchill.

Clinical Nurse Practitioner coming to our constituency at Ocean View Manor

During the October 2017 sitting of the legislature, I secured funding for a Clinical Nurse Practitioner for our constituency. After several delays, the contracts are about ready to I was particularly honored to speak on behalf of the PC Leader of our party last be signed between Ocean View Manor and the week at HRMs first annual celebration of Peace Keepers Day. I was particularly th NS Health Authority. I am incredibly grateful to delighted given that my son John LaVoie left on August 16 2018 to attend his first th CEO Dion Moulond who is not only the CEO peace keeping mission in Kuwait. I was sad that I had to miss Shearwaters 100 of OV Continuing Care Centre, but the new Anniversary to visit my son at his new base in Comox BC, but I was grateful to director of the Birches Continuing Care facility. have an opportunity to say good bye. Dion and I have been working tirelessly with the NSHA to move the process along and I am delighted to have been informed that the NSHA is now advertising Invictus Team Canada celebrated for this position. I am also very grateful to the Physicians at the Pleasant Street Medical group for agreeing to supervise our CNP once this person is hired. This has been a long journey, and for those of you without a family doctor, it has been an anxious one. I will continue to push for greater primary care resources in our community. MLA Tim Houston and I also met with Dion Moulond to discuss the issues surrounding OVCCC and other Long Term Care Facilities in .

Physician Recruitment Committee - looking for Volunteers

We are still the only constituency without a single family doctor so we need your help. I was delighted to attend the local celebration of the Invictus Games which is As you heard me say many times in the legislature we are the only constituency in an international adaptive multi-sport event, created by Prince Harry, in which NS without a single family doctor. I have not yet been able to find out how many wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans of you are going without primary health care but even one person is too many. As take part in sports including wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, and you know, I secured funding for a Physician for our community in July of 2017 indoor rowing. shortly after getting elected. To date the NSHA has been working on recruitment but to date, those who considered our area did not choose to practice here. So I Two Seater Tandem Bicycle to be donated to the Tallahassee Recreation am looking for community support to create our own Physician (s) recruitment Centre community committee. I have been meeting with physicians for a long time now to find out what it would take for a doctor to come to our area. Now I need your I am delighted to announce the “Anderson” help. If you are interested in helping please call my office with your concerns, which is a two seater bicycle that we are donating ideas, suggestions and your willingness to volunteer at 902 406 0656. to Tallahassee Recreation Centre in honor of Brenda Anderson. Brenda triggered the idea by We go back into the Legislature on September 6th 2018…would you like to be going on a tandem bike ride last year. As many seen and hear? of you know, Brenda is a tireless volunteer in our community. Despite her visual impairment The legislature will restart on September 6th 2018. I am looking forward to Brenda does the phone calls for the schools in the being able to get back to having direct access to the ministers responsible for our mornings, runs the canteen at our weekly Lions government programs. I have many questions to ask and many issues to advocate Club Bingos and raises money for Dog Guides. Surgeon and fellow Benin Africa for. mission volunteer Dr. Kevin Murphy supplied the bicycle, Mandy Raftus, her grandchildren helped fund raise and the Lions Club will be helping to fund the I will be following up on the issues with health care and education and introducing bike helmets and locks. I hope you enjoy this addition to our community and I new ideas. thank everyone who helped make this a reality. If you would like to be seen as well, call me at 902 406 0656. • You can be introduced in the legislature simply by letting me know you Do you have concerns you want to share with the Government? Call your are there and by sitting up in the gallery. Give the page a slip of paper with your Ombudsman! name and business / organization and I can interrupt proceedings to welcome you. • Member statement – each MLA gets to acknowledge one special Are you a Senior? community member each day by reading a short member statement about them. Are you having difficulty with a government department or process? If you or someone you know would appreciate this recognition, please call my office or email us as soon as possible. The Ombudsman is there to help you. The office of the Ombudsman provides • Question Period – each MLA gets to ask one question with a supplemental independent review of concerns / complaints about any municipal or provincial during question period each day that we sit. It generally starts around 1 hour after government agency. the day starts. If you have a question you would like raised, please call my office as soon as possible. We write them soon Ombudsman: 1 800 670 1111 or 902 424 6780 • Social media, Radio or Television – often when we ask a question in the legislature, Media outlets want to talk to a constituent who has been affected by