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Box 492, Snow Lake, ManitoBa, r0B 1M0 Volume 17, Issue 06 Snow Lake, Manitoba March 14, 2013 RHA holds open house Did you Know? • That Larry Dunbar sent me an email pointing out that the latitude of Chelyabinsk, Russia is 55.16 N and the latitude of Thompson, Manitoba is 55.48 N? “Maybe 12 hours earlier, or later, that space rock might have landed in Paint Lake or took out the Vale stack,” mused Dunbar. • That the NORMAN Masters Curling team, of Skip - Don Holmes, Third - Russell Kennedy, Second - Jim Meyer, and Lead - Snow Lake's very own Don Playford, made it all the way to the final in the Manitoba Mas- ters Men's Curling Provincial Cham- pionship, held February 29 - March 4, 2013 in East St. Paul? Sadly, they lost 7 - 2 against Dauphin's Ralph The Northern Health Region's CEO, Helga Bryant speaks with community members after their February 28th Open House. Wilson foursome in that final. How- INSET: Vice-President of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Officer Brenda Mishak Beckman ever, this is no doubt the farthest any ~ main photo by Marc Jackson, photo of Mishak Beckman gleaned from the web team from the north has made it in provincial championship play in quite services. “We provide publicly funded health care services, fficials from the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) some time. CONGRATULATIONS O and retail pharmacies are not in that mix of services,” she said. braved the masses in an open house meeting here at the end of Don… you’ve done us proud! She qualified this by noting that some Winnipeg hospitals do February. The session was held in an attempt to explain their have on-site pharmacies, but these are in leased space and run hat several weeks back, Home plan to deal with changes coming to the local pharmacy and • T independently. Hardware sent Derek Bartlett and health centre clinic, as well as the possible loss of both current The CEO advised that it was probably only in the north Jim Sloboda (and both families) to physicians. NRHA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Helga where hospitals get into the business of retail pharmacy services a contractor focussed tradeshow in Bryant, Vice-President of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing - providing prescriptions for inpatients, starter packages for Winnipeg. Snow Lake Home Build- Officer, Brenda Mishak Beckman, RHA Executive Director emergency cases, and drugs for people in personal care homes. ing Supply’s Morgan Cann advised of Clinical Services, Lois Moberly, and the Snow Lake Health Bryant continued, stating that Doctor Macleod had advised some that it featured booths from the lead- Centre's Manager, Kelly Wiwcharuk, appeared in front of time ago that he was getting out of the pharmacy business and the ers in the construction and hardware approximately 200 people in the Lawrie Marsh Community Hall. RHA began to look at how they would deal with that situation. industry. “Both guys had an awesome Bryant began the meeting by shedding light on a progression “One of his options was to sell the retail pharmacy to a vendor,” time at the show, came back with a of events that will eventually lead to the closing of the town’s said Bryant. “That has not happened and I don’t know if it will bunch of free stuff, and were entered pharmacy. The pharmacy is located in the RHA’s health centre, happen; however, we needed a contingency plan in the event that in a draw to win a Toyota Tundra but owned and operated by Dr. Neil Macleod. Before she could it didn’t.” pickup, among many other prizes. finish the explanation, questions began to fly fast and furious. Remarking that they are short on pharmacists in Flin Flon, About 800 contractors attended this By the tone of most queries, it appears people are frightened at The Pas, and Thompson, Bryant said there are vacancies all over very busy event, which was spon- the proposed changes and looking for answers. Many seemed Manitoba, and that they will probably never be able to recruit a sored by Home,” said Cann. unable, and some sounded unwilling, to embrace the prospect of pharmacist into Snow Lake, so they have to look at other options. change in respect to the local pharmacy… a change that the RHA The CEO said their plan is to get prescriptions from Snow Lake • That after attending a Chamber of says is inevitable. to Flin Flon; likely by fax, have them filled by a pharmacist Commerce meeting in Flin Flon, Bryant explained that Regional Health Authorities are in Flin Flon and transported back to the community the See DID YOU KNOW on page 8... typically not in the business of providing retail pharmacy following day, then picked up by the See RHA on page 6... 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Wilmerding and Herberts Community Hall was once again are eventually helped into the graced with the presence of a fine afterlife by a noticeably inept ensemble of actors! This wasn’t angel named Bascomb, played one of those brilliant two act plays by a dry and precise Alexander brought in under the auspices of Fisher. The audience is also the Aurora Borealis Arts Council, left to wonder if Wilmerding is but rather a home grown one. Yes, killed for insurance money by his it was a cast of seven, gleaned by heartbroken wife Hazel, or his English teacher Jo-Anne Bradley, catty mother-in-law played adeptly from the hallowed halls of our by Polina Gapotiy and Nicole very own J.H. Kerr School! The Huxter. Heck, it even could have play was Rest in Peace, written been a jocular nurse played by by Pat Cook and it was performed Chantel Laminman, or the caring by the JHK Drama Class, under Doctor – Kennedy Kramer who Bradley’s direction. did the deed. However, in the end A decent crowd of over 50 we realize the entire thing is just a were treated to what the play’s dream. distributor - Dramatic Publishing – Prior to the play getting described as a ‘delicious comedy’. underway, Bradley addressed The foundation of the production the audience and explained that revolves around a man, Horace the production was student led Wilmerding, who is witnessing and that none of the seven cast the aftermath of his own death. members had done much of any Wilmerding, played with acting previously. She noted with wisecracking and comic perfection (L): Director, Jo-Anne Bradley, Kennedy Kramer, Chantel Laminman, Nicole Huxter, Kelsey Morrell, pride the confidence and poise by Kelsey Morrell, is in the Shelly Brown, Polina Gapotiy, and Alexander Fisher. ~ photo by Marc Jackson they gained over the period they hospital for just a ‘few tests’ when spent staging the production. he seemingly expires. 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