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MAGAZINE • SuMMEr 2015 Saskatchewan Find AlertChild Childfind Saskatchewan Hosts First Charity Breakfast Missing Children’s Month Children’s Hospital A Pictorial Update Decorative Homes with Trimrite Health Benefits of Iodine The Griffin Takeaway Food Artistry Steam showers, hot tubs, massage tubs Valley Regional Park Rosthern, Saskatchewan Tel. 306-232-5000 valleyregionalpark.com Located in the ‘Heart” of the Valley Area, and just 35 min North of Saskatoon on the newly twinned highway 11. Young and old alike find this park an excellent place to stay for an afternoon, a couple days, or a week. The park has always been lauded for it beautifully landscaped grounds, with mature trees and rolling terrain. The picnic area, beautiful campground, and numerous tourist attractions within short driving distance keep families visiting year after year. Children love the large creative playground area and games; which includes a 100’ zip line and 80’ slide. 2 | SUMMER 2015 SUMMER 2015 Missing Persons Week declared in Saskatchewan he Government of Sas- katchewan proclaimed Alert the week of May 3-9 as MAGAZINE T Missing Persons Week. This year’s theme “A Community’s Features Response to Missing Persons.” [Front cover: Waskesiu Wilderness Region] “Saskatchewan shares the 3 Missing Persons Week concerns of the public and 122 chairs representing 122 missing TC Douglas Building in Regina. the nation about the need to persons in Saskatchewan. 4 President’s Message address ongoing issues about address issues related to 8 The benefits of iodine missing persons,” Justice “The declaration of Missing prevention, intervention and Minister and Attorney General Persons’ Week and the work support in cases involving 10 Children’s Advocate Gordon Wyant said. “I’m of the Provincial Partnership missing persons. It has been proud of the collaborative work 14 ‘Spa’-tacular Committee on Missing Per- recognized both nationally we’re doing in Saskatchewan sons are highly regarded by and internationally for its 16 Our Children’s Hospital to raise awareness and am other jurisdictions as steps approach. encouraged by the discussions in the right direction,” SACP Help with dietary needs In support of Missing 19 we‘ve had with our counter- President Chief Troy Hagen Persons Week, the PPCMP parts across the country.” said.“As a partner, the SACP 23 First Charity Breakfast developed a fictional person assures the families of the “This year, Missing Per- to follow on Twitter at #Ima- 27 Missing Children’s Month missing that we will continue son’s Week provided an Missing. Throughout the to investigate their cases, 30 Our Missing Children opportunity to understand week, the narrative highlight- offering emotional and prac- what communities can do ed how police, organizations Published by tical support through Victim when someone goes miss- and communities respond Child Find Saskatchewan Services, as well as inform- ing,”Corrections and Policing to a missing persons case ing and educating whole President Minister Christine Tell said. from the moment the initial communities on everyone’s Phyllis Hallatt “That includes efforts to find report is made until the case role in prevention.” Manager the missing person, but also is resolved. Jim Germain supporting families in a time The Provincial Partnership For more information on how (email: [email protected]) of uncertainty.” Committee on Missing to assist families of missing Persons (PPCMP), which in- The content in ALERT Magazine is intended to be used for According to the Saskatch- persons, visit www.justice. general information, educational or awareness purposes cludes representatives from only and is not meant as an absolute safety system. General ewan Association of Chiefs gov.sk.ca/MissingPersons. guidelines, tips and strategies provided are to be used at the of Police (SACP) database, government, police, First sole discretion and assessment of the reader and does not Nations, Métis, and com- Thank you Jordan Jackle guarantee safety in all situations. The reader will judge and there are currently 122 evaluate any and all advice/information and follow it at their long-term missing persons munity-based organizations, - Sask Justice for this own risk with the full understanding that guidelines do not leads collaborative work to contribution to Alert. exclude anyone from possible harm. Child Find Saskatchewan in the province. Inc. takes no responsibility for errors, omissions or defects arising from this publication. Child Find Saskatchewan Inc. will in no way be held liable nor accountable for guest hild Find Saskatchewan, a member of the Provincial Partnership on Missing Persons acknowledged material published in ALERT. Questions or grievances with Missing Person’s Week with a Child Find Charity Breakfast on May 6th with over 180 guests in any guest material is to be directed to the author/contributor of the article. attendance. We attended the opening ceremonies at T.C. Douglas Building in Regina where 122 Cchairs were placed row on row representing the number of long term missing people in Saskatche- wan. Throughout the week we participated on social media, #ImaMissing, helping spread the theme of “A Community’s Response to A Missing Person.” We also attended a viewing of a documentary by Marcel Petit titled “Hookers” A story of Hope and Survival, presented by Victim Services Missing Persons Liaison Program. At this event, we also watched an informative presentation by The Saska- 202-3502 Taylor Street East toon Police Service, Missing Persons Unit. Child Find also attended the showing of the documentary, Saskatoon, SK S7H 5H9 “Highway of Tears” at the Roxy Theatre to raise awareness about missing and murdered Aboriginal Tel: 306.955.0070 women in Canada. This documentary explores missing or murdered women along a 724 kilometer 1.800.513.3463 stretch of highway in northern British Columbia. Since 1969, none of the 18 cold-cases have been Fax: 306.373.1311 solved until project E-Pana (a special division of the RCMP) linked DNA to Portland drifter, Bobby Jack Email: [email protected] www.childfind.sk.ca Fowler with the 1974 murder of 16 year-old hitchhiker, Collen MacMillen. This film was presented by the Saskatoon Tribal Council, the Saskatoon Police Service and the Province of Saskatchewan. Board of Directors President Directors Phyllis Hallatt Daphne Arnason Scott Blundell Vice-President Carol Deagnon Dwain Orr Lisa Lafreniere All rights reserved by Child Find Saskatchewan. Reproduc- The Saskatchewan Abilities Council works tion or transmission of all or any part of this publication by with people of varying abilities to enhance any means is strictly forbidden without prior written per- mission from the publisher. Although great care is taken to their independence and participation in the avoid errors in the preparation of advertising material and community through vocational, rehabilitation editorial content, any errors or omissions on the part of Child Find Saskatchewan are limited and dealt with solely and recreational services. by printing a retraction statement and or correction in the following issue. Alert Magazine is the intellectual property of Child Find Saskatchewan. For more information visit us at www.abilitiescouncil.sk.ca ©2012 Child Find Saskatchewan ALERT MAGAZINE | 3 Message from the President s we move into our 3rd year of Saskatchewan. You will find more information in this magazine on publishing this Alert Magazine, our involvement in this very important month. we wish to thank our advertisers A Our Provincial Coordinator, Conrad Mitzel and I were invited to for their support. It is our hope that attend the Provincial Legislature where we were recognized those who read our magazine will find in the house as they proclaimed the month of May as Missing it not only interesting but educational. Children’s Month. This issue features some of the ac- In April, I was invited to attend the Canadian Center for Child tivities that Child Find Saskatchewan Protection (formerly known as Child Find Manitoba) as they was involved in. As a member of the celebrated their 30 years of service. Keynote Speaker, Prime Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons, we play Minister Harper was accompanied by his wife, Laureen Harper. a role in Missing Persons Week. The Government of Saskatchewan Prime Minister Harper said “Our government strongly be- declared May 3 to 9 Missing Persons Week again for the third lieves that it is not criminals that must be protected from year. On May 6th we held our first Charity Breakfast which society; it is society that must be protected from criminals. was a tremendous success. We also attended other commu- It is this fundamental idea that has fuelled our actions and nity events for Missing Persons Week which are highlighted in nowhere more so than when it comes to protecting our our article on Missing Persons Week in this issue. children.” After dinner we heard from Saskatchewan’s first For the last 25 years the Saskatchewan Government has Amber Alert family. The father, whose son was abducted by proclaimed May as Missing Children’s Month. In 1992 Child one of Canada’s known pedophiles, told his story. Find started the Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign and again We are still faced with many challenges and opportunities, this year we distributed many Green Ribbons throughout as we serve the people of Saskatchewan. 2015 is going to be a great year for Child Find with the implementation of our programs into the areas of education, as you will note as you read through our Alert Magazine. For more information on our programs please call our office at 306.955.0070 or see our web page at childfind.sk.ca We wish to thank the School Resource Officers who are helping us to promote and deliver our education programs into some of the schools in Saskatchewan. While our programs and services remain our main focus, our goal is to increase our volunteer base throughout Saskatchewan.