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A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018 2 CHINOOK SCHOOL DIVISION 2 McIntyre will assume Chinook’s Director of THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018 Education duties e ective April 1 SCOTT ANDERSON ”While many challenges are SOUTHWEST BOOSTER certainly before the board, we are confident Mr. McIntyre e Chinook Board of Edu- will give the solid leadership cation has voted to remove the we need to continue to make acting director tag from Kyle Chinook a great place to go to McIntyre and have named him school and work.” Chinook’s second ever Director McIntyre noted he is not contact us of Education e ective April 1. intimidated by assuming the McIntyre has been serving as director’s duties during a • Phone: 306-773-9321 the Acting Director since April challenging time of tightened • Fax: 306-773-9136 2017, moving up from his pre- budgetary funding from the • 30 4th Avenue NW vious duties as Deputy Director provincial government. Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 when Liam Choo-Foo began a “I’ve never been one to be one year secondment with the afraid of a challenge,” he ad- • www.swbooster.com Ministry of Education. mitted. “It is a challenging time “I’m excited about the op- for education in the Chinook advertising sales portunity,” McIntyre said in an School Division right now. We interview following the board have many great dedicated Kara Stephanson, announcement on Monday. teachers and support sta . We “I’ve been fortunate to work have very supportive SCC’s. We sales manager, 306-770-2223 with Liam Choo-Foo for the have a very supportive board. I [email protected] last 16 years, and he’s been have a very strong leadership a very good mentor, and a group with me. We will con- Melissa Richardson, sales, strong mentor and a supporter tinue to try to make decisions to 306-770-2226 for me. So I hope that if I have do what’s best for kids, with the [email protected] been paying attention, that I’ve resources we have available.” learned a lot about the direc- As Director of Education he Jerry Butterworth, sales, torship. But I certainly appre- explained he will now be work- 306-770-2227 ciate the board’s con dence… ing with provincial politicians, PHOTO SUBMITTED [email protected] and I look forward to the op- and leadership in the Ministry Kyle McIntyre was selected to serve as the second ever Director of Edu- portunity to serve students in of Education, to try and make cation for the Chinook School Division. newsroom the Southwest.” sure that the needs of students Mcintyre boasts a 27-year in the Southwest are served ince. So the key is being able to seeing the strength of the Scott Anderson, editor, career in education and had well. work with the di erent stake- teachers and support staff 306-770-2224 [email protected] been serving as Deputy Direc- “One of my roles will be to holders to continue to get what across the entire division. tor since August 2009. advocate for adequate fund- you need to be successful. And “Everyone here wants to do Steven Mah, sports reporter, Board Chair Dr. Shane ing for our schools and for our that may look a little bit di er- what’s best for kids. So when 306-770-2225 Andrus stated in a press release students. And certainly that’s ent than it has in the past.” you have that kind of oppor- [email protected] that McIntyre o ers continued going to be challenging. And McIntyre admitted that the tunity or that resource in your stability to students, sta and you know it’s a challenging key lesson he learned while corner, it makes a lot of your commercial print parents across the school div- time right now, not only for our serving as Acting Director of decisions easy. ere are lots ision. division, but also for the prov- Education this past year was of great leaders around me.” Kara Stephanson, 306-770-2223, [email protected] AGRICULTURE classi eds Classifi eds Research Station exhibition at Museum 1-306-773-9321 Fax: 306-773-9136 classifi [email protected] draws large grand opening crowd circulation 306-773-9321 SCOTT ANDERSON the Research Station. And our soils are deteriorating. from when the Prairies were SOUTHWEST BOOSTER “ is is a more comprehen- And so one of the things that a growing mostly wheat. regional sive display where we’re show- lot of people are looking at is “ roughout the years there managers A salute to the impactful ing all the di erent programs how to reverse that situation. have been a lot of changes in Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice past and the innovative future happening at the Centre. ere What are the best approaches that direction that we have President & Group Publisher of Agriculture and Agri-Food have been quite a lot of chan- to increase organic matter in more diverse rotations because Canada’s Swift Current Re- ges throughout the years, and the soils?” we have come to understand search and Development Cen- the research that was done 20 Dr. Fernandez has focussed the more diversity we have the tre is currently on display at years ago, 30 years ago when I on organic research for over a better it is for the soils and for the Swift Current Museum. came here, is not the same kind decade, but this issue is being the environment.” A comprehensive review of of research that is happening tackled by scientists from both “Even though people were Funded by the Government of Canada the Centre’s history, and some now,” explained Dr. Myriam the conventional point of view always interested in having of their ongoing innovative Fernandez, who is in charge of as well as the organic point of healthy soils and productive research, is part of the exhibit the organic research program view. soils, I think there is more in- which is featured at the Mu- at the Station. e Centre has also changed terest and more awareness seum until March 27. “So we are looking more at over the years and also looks about that,” Dr. Fernandez A launch of the Swift Current sustainability now and not just at di erent crops, a big change said. Research and Development increases in yield and protein Centre Showcase was hosted and that kind of thing. But we Val Marie plunges to record setting -43.6 at the Museum on February 7, are also looking at how we can Mail Registration Number: 005950104 with a strong turnout of people.