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MAGAZINE SUMMER 2014 Saskatchewan ALERTFind Child Cross Border Canada Cup Under Travelling with Children 18 National Football Folkfest Celebrates Championship 35 Years of Culture Windscape SK Tourist Destinations Kite Festival SASkatchewan’S ONLY FASHION DESIGN COLLEGE www.aofdesign.com “Our students create designs, we create DESIGNERS.” (see page 3 for more details) Since 1885, tens of thousands of men and women who have joined the RCMP have passed through the gates at Regina’s “Depot” Division. In order to don the iconic red serge, cadets from all over Canada spend months in training on the same grounds as many of their predecessors have for more than 125 years. The RCMP Heritage Centre is appropriately From the earliest days when North West located on “Depot’s” front door step and is Mounted Police suppressed the whiskey trade, dedicated to telling the story of the RCMP. to the life of an RCMP cadet and the Force’s current work in International Peace Operations Through interactive exhibits, audio tours, and the world over, the tradition lives here. programming, as well as driving tours and live events at “Depot”, visitors can experience the Join us at the RCMP Heritage Force of yesterday and today. Centre this season! 5907 Dewdney Avenue Regina Saskatchewan rcmpheritagecentre.com 2 | SUMMER 2014 SUMMER 2014 Features [Cover photo courtesy of the RCMP Heritage Centre] ALERTMAGAZINE Our Missing Children Windscape Kite Festival MAGAZINE 6 17 7 President’s Message 21 Green Ribbon of Hope 202-3502 Taylor Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 5H9 7 Women of Distinction Award 23 Boating Safety Tel: 306.955.0070 9 Keep Saskatchewan 25 Providing Healthy Meals 1.800.513.3463 Children Safe Fax: 306.373.1311 29 Travelling with Children 13 Canada Cup Under 18 Email: [email protected] Football Championship 29 Around the Province www.childfind.sk.ca All rights reserved by Child Find Saskatchewan. Mission Statement Reproduction or transmission Child Find Saskatchewan is a provincial charitable organization of all or any part of this that educates and advocates for the protection and rights of publication by any means is strictly forbidden without prior children and youth. We promote awareness of the issues relating written permission from the to missing children. publisher. Although great care is taken to avoid errors in the “A Missing Child is Everyone’s Responsibility”. “All children have a preparation of advertising right to be safe”. material and editorial content, any errors or omissions on the part of Child Find Saskatchewan are limited Board of Directors and dealt with solely by printing President Vice-President Directors a retraction statement and or Phyllis Hallatt Dwain Orr Dale Worobec correction in the following issue. Darwin Dolgopol ALERT MAGAZINE is the intellectual property of Child Find Saskatchewan. The ALERT MAGAZINE Team Published by Manager Child Find Saskatchewan Jim Germain (email: [email protected]) President Layout & Design ©2012 Child Find Saskatchewan Phyllis Hallatt Cheryl Zamora SASKATCHEWAN’S ONLY Fashion Design College “Our students create designs, he goal of the Academy of Fashion Design we create “T is to prepare students to contribute to the DESIGNERS.” growing field of Fashion Design.” • Certificate and Diploma Program • Small class sizes • Monthly enrollment • On-site Fabric Store • Downtown Saskatoon 218 B Ave B South, Saskatoon SK Tel: (306) 978-9088 Email: [email protected] www.aofdesign.com ALERT MAGAZINE | 3 The Station Arts Centre in Rosthern Valley presents Regional Hildaʻs Yard Park by Rosthern, Saskatchewan Located in the Norm Foster ‘Heart” of the Valley Area, and just 35 min North of Saskatoon on the newly twinned highway 11. Young directed by and old alike find Stephen Heatley this park an excellent place to stay for an Take a peek over the fence at an ordinary afternoon, a couple family on one extraordinary day. days, or a week. July 4 - 27, 2014 The park has always Tuesday – Saturday 8pm been lauded for it Wednesday & Sunday Matinees 2pm beautifully landscaped Tickets $23The + StationGST Adults; Arts $21 Centre + GST Students/Seniorsin Rosthern grounds, with presents mature trees and Pre-show dinners available by reservation only rolling terrain. 306-232-5332 www.stationarts.com Children love the large creative MESA C.S. Skrupski Certified General Accountant playground area by Professional and games; which Corporation includes a 100’ zip Doug Curtis line and 80’ slide. The picnic area, beautiful campground, and numerous tourist attractions within short driving distance keep families visiting year after year. 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Creek Side 22RB Minnie Winnebago 2351DKS Kingsport Winnebago Ultralite 27RBDS Creek Side 31KQBS Northern Express Timber Ridge 240RBS Winnebago Lite Five 30RES CONTACT: [email protected] MAGAZINE | 5 MISSING TAMRA KEEPNEss DRAPER LEE JIM KEVIN CHARLES Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 1998 Date of Birth: Dec. 7, 1978 Date of Birth: Aug. 07, 1976 Missing Since: Feb. 21, 2006 Missing Since: April 3, 1993 Missing Since: July 5, 2004 Missing From: Regina, SK Missing From: North Battleford, SK Missing From: Chitek Lake, SK KATELYN NOBLE DANIEL WOROBEC KARINA WOLFE Date of Birth: April 4, 1992 Date of Birth: March 11, 1966 Date of Birth: May 7, 1990 Missing Since: May 13, 1984 Missing Since: Aug. 17, 2007 Missing From: Radisson SK Missing From: Lanigan, SK Missing Since: July 2, 2010 Missing From: Saskatoon, SK DANITA BIGEAGLE EMERSON DOBROSKAY COURTNEY STRUBLE Date of Birth: March 6, 1984 Date of Birth: March 13, 1967 Date of Birth: Nov. 22, 1990 Missing Since: Feb. 11, 2007 Missing From: Regina, SK Missing Since: Oct. 28th, 1988 Missing From: Vancouver, BC Missing Since: July 9, 2004 Missing From: Estevan, SK Anyone with information, please contact Local Police or... CHILD FIND 1-800-513-3463 Have you seen these missing children? or All calls confidential — No name required 306-955-0070 6 | SUMMER 2014 Message from the President Welcome to our summer issue of ALERT Magazine. can be viewed at www.sacp.ca under Missing Child Find has been extremely busy this spring with Persons. The PSA—when it ran, is also posted on our all our activities during the month of May. Please web site www.childfind.sk.ca and on YouTube. see pages 21 and 29 for our activities and the Green HRibbon of Hope Campaign. The Leader Post published articles on Missing Persons Week featuring each themed day of the For the second year, the Government of week. We had a busy few days at Child Find— Saskatchewan has proclaimed the week of May interviews with CTV Saskatoon, Clark Crossing 4th to 10th as “Missing Persons Week”. This year, Gazette Warman SK, Leader Post Regina, Swift the Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Current West Radio and Battleford News Radio. Persons promoted a theme for Thank you to the media for each day of the week, depicting their interest in helping to the varied circumstances as to bring more awareness to the how people go missing. issue of missing people in Saskatchewan. We appreciate Monday-Foul Play, the support from our advertisers, Tuesday-Drowning Incidents, our corporate sponsors, our Wednesday-Mental Health, contributors and to those Thursday-Runaways, who submit articles for our Friday-Parental Child Abduction. magazine. We are grateful to our dedicated volunteers who Photo by Sue Ramsay by Photo The Provincial Partnership At present there are 118 missing people help deliver our free programs Committee on Missing Persons in Saskatchewan. and services. We rely heavily produced videos focusing on on donations. Thank you. the theme on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Thursday was the release of a Public Service Announcement from Child Find focusing on Runaways. The P.S.A. was produced by Global Saskatoon and will be used Phyllis Hallatt to promote our ALERT Youth program. All material President, Child Find Saskatchewan YWCA Women of Distinction Award Phyllis Hallatt, President of Child Find Saskatchewan, was honoured to be the recipient of the 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction, Lifetime Achievement Award. Phyllis has been recognized for a lifetime of volunteering for various charities Pand organizations throughout the prairies in which she has spent the majority of that time at Child Find SK—first as bookkeeper, then as President. Her outstanding leadership and contribution to the various charities and organizations on a purely volunteer basis, is unparalleled. At Child Find SK, Phyllis has worked tirelessly to give a voice to missing and exploited children and youth and all searching families. Her determination to find support for these families has been her passion and the positive impact she has made is truly Phyllis Hallatt, 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction exceptional. Congratulations Phyllis, we are very proud of you. Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Child Find Saskatchewan would like to thank the following sponsors for their continued support and dedication to the children of Saskatchewan... or Have you seen these missing children? 306-955-0070 ALERT MAGAZINE | 7 Pre-K to Grade 12 Reading Writing Math Grammar Study Skills Homework French SAT/ACT Prep All Students Need Summer Learning The research is clear: kids who take a complete break from learning in the summer fall behind. They fall behind in math.