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There will be a small reception after- wards the location of which will be announced at the ceremony. • That the Northern Tykes Day Care will hold their Annual General Meet- ing at 7:00 p.m. on April 19th at the daycare. All who have a stake in the daycare are urged to attend. • That the Town of Snow Lake will hold Community Forums with the candidates for MLA in the Flin Flon Riding during the April 19th Provincial Election. They will all be held in the Council Chambers and the schedule is: Liberal - Leslie Beck - April 5 at 6:45 p.m.; NDP - Tom Lindsey - April 8 at 3:00 p.m.; PC - Angela Enright - April 12 at Rick, Cindy, Evan and Ben Robinson at a Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Calgary Stampeders playoff game in 2015. Sadly, the Bombers lost. 4:00 p.m. IND - Clarence Pettersen ~ photo courtesy of Rick Robinson Master’s degree in Environmental Science at Montreal’s McGill - No date or time set as yet. If you n article on Dr. Tom Hobman several issues back conjured A University. Then, following a move to Southern Ontario, he have concerns or questions... make wonder in the whereabouts of Rick Robinson; the other half of completed his doctorate in Environmental Toxicology at the an effort to attend one or all. Snow Lake’s infamous rocketeers. A cursory search on facebook University of Guelph in 1994. “My Ph.D. work involved found him just down the QE 2 from his old ‘buddy in ballistics’; hat the curling team of Terry studying endocrine disruption in fish caused by industrial • T living and working in Calgary. Hornyak, Kelly Peterson, John effluents – so I suppose I’m one of the few who could be rightly Although Hobman and Robinson left Snow Lake a year apart; Bartlett, and Ross Schellenberg won called a ‘fish gynecologist’,” Robinson jested. “A couple they both began their post-secondary education at the same the March 18 - 20 Flin Flon Men's more years of post-doctoral studies in Guelph, working on the facility – the University of Manitoba. They did eventually Bonspiel? Congratulations guys! environmental effects of pesticides in aquatic organisms, and it go their separate ways, but both stayed true to their interest was time to head back to western Canada – Calgary, to be more in science. “Dr. Hobman and I both travelled the continent • That The Seniors will hold their exact.” independently for many years, pursuing our academic interests in monthly Soup, Sandwich, and Des- Since that move, Dr. Robinson has resided in the Southern science,” said Robinson from his home in Calgary. “In fact, we sert Day on Friday April 15th from Alberta city; employed generally as an environmental consultant even lost touch for a few of those years – until I happened to be 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Snow for a large international engineering and environmental consulting talking to Bill Forsyth one day, and he mentioned that Tom was Lake Seniors’ Centre. Everyone is firm. However, his career has evolved over the years from being quite coincidentally just up the road in Edmonton!” welcome! an environmental toxicologist, which is his Ph.D. specialization, Robinson, 53, followed a path similar to his friend within to a specialist in dealing with environmental and regulatory issues hat there are only 481 days until the field of science; however he chose environmental studies… • T for the power generating industry. “Alberta is famous, or should Snow Lake's 70th, Herb Lake Land- graduating from the University of Manitoba in 1985, a year I say ‘infamous’, for having some of the largest coal-fired power ing’s 100th and Canada’s 150th An- behind Hobman, with a Bachelor’s degree in Ecology. Robinson niversaries (July 1, 2017)? MJ worked as a biologist for several years prior to pursuing a See ROBINSON continued on page 2... 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The winter survival shelter. There is no humans live in.” plants in Canada,” Robinson noted. He says, proud father states his eldest child is pursuing the such thing as ‘weather permitting’ Robinson notes there is a working with the major operators of those plants dream of becoming a brewmaster. Robinson and with this bunch!” running joke within his young to help them solve their environmental issues has wife Cindy have two boys, Evan, 9, and six year These of course are all skills family whenever his youngest kept him very busy. old Ben. “Cindy and I have lived in the Calgary that developed from Robinson’s sons start complaining that there’s Recently, the former Snow Laker was area for about 20 years now, and are currently just foothold in Snow Lake. Growing nothing on TV, the iPad has no fun presented with the opportunity to move out of outside the City living near Chestermere Lake,’ up here, and while canoeing, apps, or there aren’t any fun toys consulting, and he took a position with The City he said joking that this small reservoir is a poor hiking, cross-country skiing, to play with. “Ol’ dad launches of Calgary Water Resources/Water Services. excuse for a lake by Northern Manitoba standards, camping, hunting and fishing, into another story about how “The business unit I am in operates two drinking but he can fish and float a canoe in it. he gained an appreciation for when he was their age, he didn’t water plants, three wastewater treatment plants, As for Hobbies, Robinson said he probably the beauty of the area’s natural even have TV - okay, slightly the storm system, and thousands of kilometres has too many. “I became a pretty accomplished environment. “I also learned the embellished for theatrical effect - of underground piping and other infrastructure drummer, and have been in many bands over the importance of the delicate balance but really, CBC in black and white in Calgary,” he said. “Our business is providing years – playing rock, country (receiving some between our engineered human hardly qualifies as ‘entertainment’ safe, clean drinking water to about 1.3 million radio air time with one original country band), world and the exploitation and by today’s standards - so quit people in and around Calgary, and protecting the Celtic, funk, jazz – and even played drum kit conservation of natural resources complaining and get outside,” environment against harmful impacts from the in a 20-piece steel drum orchestra that toured – as the very existence of the town Robinson exclaims! “Seriously, if discharge of treated wastewater and stormwater.” Barbados,” advises the doctor. Other interests I grew up in was based on the you didn’t play hockey, you had to Robinson’s official job title is ‘Team Lead, involve outdoor activities such as paddling, fly mining industry,” he said. “I’m find something to keep you busy. Environmental Compliance’ and he says that the fishing, cross-country skiing, and photography. very proud of growing up in Snow So, I got interested in science, and team he works with ensures they deliver on those Robinson adds that he and his two youngest boys Lake and I still consider myself as pursued it with vigour alongside two important tasks. “It’s been a great opportunity just recently joined the Alberta Junior Forest being ‘from Snow Lake’. I think of e Tom. W had amazing teachers thus far, and a chance to merge my interests in Wardens, which is a family-oriented outdoor the two most important things who did so much with so little to lakes, biology and fishing I gained during my program teaching kids the fundamentals of that growing up in Snow Lake encourage a couple of budding formative years in Snow Lake, with my academic forestry, ecology, outdoor skills and leadership.