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Comment
From the Letter to the Editor:
Publisher’s Desk Letter to the Editor:
Dana McArthur Wildwood pulls together with possibility of it being pulled apart
It's great to see a community like Wildwood pull presented by the Community to the Board of Trustees via Concerned Grandma
together when there is a pending possibility of it being our facilitators. speaks out on
pulled apart. I was glad to see our Yellowhead County So, do I feel this was a great workshop? Well, I do feel
Mayor, Gerald Soroka, and Councilor Anthony Geizen the company that was hired by GYPSD to mediate this Wildwood School Views & News
attend the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division workshop did a great job of conveying our concerns and
workshop on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the ideas. Now I look forward to attending the drop in by Deanna Mitchener
Wildwood Community Hall. Although the decisions for sessions on September 19 (In Grand Trunk High School, I believe the possibility of closing
GYPSD 3 year Capital Plan are not governed by Evansburg) and September 20 (in Wildwood School, Wildwood School has been on the books
Yellowhead County and rely solely on the GYPSD Wildwood) and have already begun to register and reserve since at least March 2018 and most likely
Board of Trustees to make the best decision for the a spot for the Special Meeting on September 27, 2018 in longer. Funny how taxpayers and parents
stakeholders who are directly impacted, the County's Edson at the Edson Legion. You must call to reserve your were notified in late June 2018.
support and efforts are greatly appreciated. spot in order to attend. The information to reserve your If you think Wildwood has a crime problem
Yellowhead County recently approved a spot was not included at the meeting but you may do so now, just wait! The RCMP have enough to do
manufacturing plant to build within the hamlet of with GYPSD administrative assistant Brenda Froese (780- looking after the area's rural crime as it is
Wildwood, which would employ a minimum of thirty 723-4471). We have been told that the meeting is being now. This town will dry up if there is no
employees and potentially attract new residents and held in Edson because legislation dictates it be held where school. Just try and get a fair price for your
families into the area. Alongside the new the Board holds its office, although, an exception is being place!
manufacturing company, Yellowhead County has added made to move to the Legion. There will be no exception Sure we have a school down the road but in
new amenities such as the kids pump track in Gunner to hold this meeting in either of the two communities that order for the children to go there the bus ride
Park, a new beautiful Fire hall, and a County supported are directly impacted by the decision outcome. will be longer than one hour to and from
Public Library. A community-based school is This meeting will be their final decision and I am Evansburg. How shallow are we that we think
imperative to retain. interested to see if the Board adopts one of the new the dollar means more than children do?
Of the four Capital Plan options brought forward by options brought forward by stakeholders or it continues My six year old grandson and his sister both
Riding Update: GYPSD Board of Trustees, only one offered an with one of theirs. In either case, the GYPSD Board of attend this school. If you were to meet him
Trustees needs to take the appropriate amount of time to
alternate to closing the Wildwood School, and that was
and her you would be amazed at how she
to keep all three of the schools open. The meeting make the right decision for the stakeholders and not rush protects her little brother. Tell me he would
Open Letter: attendees were broken down into smaller groups of 6-8 the process. get the same care in a K-12 grade school. You
Sometimes when you are in a position of power such as
individuals at a table with all of our questions,
concerns, comments, and ideas funneled through a a Board, you need to hear some negatives to make you haven't seen the progress he has made in this
facilitator at each table and presented to the Board. feel grounded and realize that the communities are why school. You don't know the struggles he goes
While there were a lot of great ideas and questions you are in the position you are in. A Board should exist to through to be in new surroundings. You don't
see him when he falls because he is in a new
brought forward by each table, some felt that there was
Misadventures a lack of interaction among the Board members and the two children enrolled in the same. I can understand the surrounding and watch him visibly
serve the stakeholders to the best of their ability
I am a former graduate of GYPSD, and now a parent of
uncomfortable because he is unsure of where
attending community members as everything was
communicated through a facilitator and moderator. need and benefits of a community based school and hope the danger spots are for him. He feels safe at
Many of the options brought to GYPSD Board that our respected Board of Trustees now understands home, in Wildwood school, and Grandma's
Trustees by the community included a new K-12 what that means as well. Wildwood needs a school to be a house. If you take that security away from
school in equal distance between both Evansburg and community. A community that will thrive through him, his education will suffer. See what type
Wildwood, to having Wildwood School utilized with difficult times for years to come. A college of mine at of education he would get in a larger
more local based programs like a daycare facility, work recently said to me, “They'll just do what they want, classroom with more students where a teacher
fitness center, or even a dance studio. The most it doesn't matter what you do.” I say that everything you can't give him the one on one time that he gets
repeated and popular idea, I feel, was keeping do matters. now. Letter to the Editor Policy
Wildwood School K-6, modernizing Grand Trunk, and
consolidating Evansview with Grand Trunk into one K- Jody Hollman Concerned Grandma, The Weekly Anchor welcomes
12 school. These were only a few of the several options
Pat Hollman Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor Policy
Letter to the Editor: All letters are published at the discretion of the The Weekly Anchor welcomes
editor-publisher who reserves the right to edit letters to the editor
My Writers hopes that the community of Wildwood's voices are heard for clarity, length and libel. Letters published
ViewPoint Jim Eglinski do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs All letters are published at the discretion of
by Adrienne Tait I am writing in the hope that the community of dreams start to become a reality. These children and Forestry released in April 2017, which outlines of this newspaper. All letters must bear the the editor-publisher who reserves the right
Wildwood's voices will be heard. After GYPSD will be the ones who stay in their community and the effects of what happens to rural communities name of the writer and include the address and to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
held their information sessions between June 12 - strive to make it better. A majority of the residents when a school closes. The findings are that once a MP Yellowhead published do not necessarily reflect the
14, 2018, the parents and community members in the area grew up here and have decided to have school is removed from the community, property telephone number, which will not be published. policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
came together and voiced their concerns on June their own families attend the same schools they did. values decrease, businesses close due to loss of letters must bear the name of the writer
21, 2018. From that meeting a collective fear that There are others like myself who grew up in an revenue, new residents cannot be attracted, culture and include the address and telephone
Media Release: members of the community had was that we would urban city and can honestly say that I don't think changes, and social well-being declines. number, which will not be published.
Wildwood School is in your hands, not only the
having a big school with hundreds of students is an
most likely lose our school. A petition was
circulated and 369 signatures were collected with asset when I was known by my teachers as a school, but the community. Your decision will
the hopes that Wildwood School will remain open. student number and not by name. I wanted more for affect every single resident, whether or not they
The community is standing behind our little school. my children, which is why we made Wildwood our have children in the system. Your decision will
I understand that Grande Yellowhead Public School home. I, like many of our community members, directly impact families, businesses, seniors, and
Division has to take in to account all aspects; it is a believe that our children should have the right to an the Yellowhead County.
daunting decision to be made. Each student education in their own community and not be Our plea is that you take into account the 369
represents a dollar amount. However, they are not shipped off somewhere. people who are opposed to removing Wildwood
just dollar amounts; they are our future and our There is a final Report – Impact of Schools on School from the township of Wildwood.
MLA community's future. It's the little girl who struggled Rural Communities Study by Schollie Research Jennifer Hollman
6,287 Audited
Eric Rosendahl to read and write her name on the first day of and Consulting on behalf of Alberta Education, Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Canadian
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
Alberta Municipal Affairs, and Alberta Agriculture
Media Circulation
school who is now reading chapter books and
Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
dreaming about becoming an author because she SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Alberta
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
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P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
was scared to death to say anything at the Your SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Edson & District
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Alberta
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and struggles every day to fit in and not get bullied Member of the
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peers to walk up and talk to everyone and excel in Chamber of publication. The Anchor is responsible to supply one ad proof upon customer request. Liability for errors or
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Miranda
his education. It's where hundreds of children's Commerce Common Cindy Weisser Sonia Roy L’Hirondelle Kushniruk Mitchener failure to publish is limited to the amount paid for the space occupied. The opinions expressed within the
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CORRECTION
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is Deanna has a new photo
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
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T he Weekly ANCHOR
Comment
From the Letter to the Editor:
Publisher’s Desk Letter to the Editor:
Dana McArthur Wildwood pulls together with possibility of it being pulled apart
It's great to see a community like Wildwood pull presented by the Community to the Board of Trustees via Concerned Grandma
together when there is a pending possibility of it being our facilitators. speaks out on
pulled apart. I was glad to see our Yellowhead County So, do I feel this was a great workshop? Well, I do feel
Mayor, Gerald Soroka, and Councilor Anthony Geizen the company that was hired by GYPSD to mediate this Wildwood School Views & News
attend the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division workshop did a great job of conveying our concerns and
workshop on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the ideas. Now I look forward to attending the drop in by Deanna Mitchener
Wildwood Community Hall. Although the decisions for sessions on September 19 (In Grand Trunk High School, I believe the possibility of closing
GYPSD 3 year Capital Plan are not governed by Evansburg) and September 20 (in Wildwood School, Wildwood School has been on the books
Yellowhead County and rely solely on the GYPSD Wildwood) and have already begun to register and reserve since at least March 2018 and most likely
Board of Trustees to make the best decision for the a spot for the Special Meeting on September 27, 2018 in longer. Funny how taxpayers and parents
stakeholders who are directly impacted, the County's Edson at the Edson Legion. You must call to reserve your were notified in late June 2018.
support and efforts are greatly appreciated. spot in order to attend. The information to reserve your If you think Wildwood has a crime problem
Yellowhead County recently approved a spot was not included at the meeting but you may do so now, just wait! The RCMP have enough to do
manufacturing plant to build within the hamlet of with GYPSD administrative assistant Brenda Froese (780- looking after the area's rural crime as it is
Wildwood, which would employ a minimum of thirty 723-4471). We have been told that the meeting is being now. This town will dry up if there is no
employees and potentially attract new residents and held in Edson because legislation dictates it be held where school. Just try and get a fair price for your
families into the area. Alongside the new the Board holds its office, although, an exception is being place!
manufacturing company, Yellowhead County has added made to move to the Legion. There will be no exception Sure we have a school down the road but in
new amenities such as the kids pump track in Gunner to hold this meeting in either of the two communities that order for the children to go there the bus ride
Park, a new beautiful Fire hall, and a County supported are directly impacted by the decision outcome. will be longer than one hour to and from
Public Library. A community-based school is This meeting will be their final decision and I am Evansburg. How shallow are we that we think
imperative to retain. interested to see if the Board adopts one of the new the dollar means more than children do?
Of the four Capital Plan options brought forward by options brought forward by stakeholders or it continues My six year old grandson and his sister both
Riding Update: GYPSD Board of Trustees, only one offered an with one of theirs. In either case, the GYPSD Board of attend this school. If you were to meet him
Trustees needs to take the appropriate amount of time to
alternate to closing the Wildwood School, and that was
and her you would be amazed at how she
to keep all three of the schools open. The meeting make the right decision for the stakeholders and not rush protects her little brother. Tell me he would
Open Letter: attendees were broken down into smaller groups of 6-8 the process. get the same care in a K-12 grade school. You
Sometimes when you are in a position of power such as
individuals at a table with all of our questions,
concerns, comments, and ideas funneled through a a Board, you need to hear some negatives to make you haven't seen the progress he has made in this
facilitator at each table and presented to the Board. feel grounded and realize that the communities are why school. You don't know the struggles he goes
While there were a lot of great ideas and questions you are in the position you are in. A Board should exist to through to be in new surroundings. You don't
see him when he falls because he is in a new
brought forward by each table, some felt that there was
Misadventures a lack of interaction among the Board members and the two children enrolled in the same. I can understand the surrounding and watch him visibly
serve the stakeholders to the best of their ability
I am a former graduate of GYPSD, and now a parent of
uncomfortable because he is unsure of where
attending community members as everything was
communicated through a facilitator and moderator. need and benefits of a community based school and hope the danger spots are for him. He feels safe at
Many of the options brought to GYPSD Board that our respected Board of Trustees now understands home, in Wildwood school, and Grandma's
Trustees by the community included a new K-12 what that means as well. Wildwood needs a school to be a house. If you take that security away from
school in equal distance between both Evansburg and community. A community that will thrive through him, his education will suffer. See what type
Wildwood, to having Wildwood School utilized with difficult times for years to come. A college of mine at of education he would get in a larger
more local based programs like a daycare facility, work recently said to me, “They'll just do what they want, classroom with more students where a teacher
fitness center, or even a dance studio. The most it doesn't matter what you do.” I say that everything you can't give him the one on one time that he gets
repeated and popular idea, I feel, was keeping do matters. now. Letter to the Editor Policy
Wildwood School K-6, modernizing Grand Trunk, and
consolidating Evansview with Grand Trunk into one K- Jody Hollman Concerned Grandma, The Weekly Anchor welcomes
12 school. These were only a few of the several options
Pat Hollman Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor Policy
Letter to the Editor: All letters are published at the discretion of the The Weekly Anchor welcomes
editor-publisher who reserves the right to edit letters to the editor
My Writers hopes that the community of Wildwood's voices are heard for clarity, length and libel. Letters published
ViewPoint Jim Eglinski do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs All letters are published at the discretion of
by Adrienne Tait I am writing in the hope that the community of dreams start to become a reality. These children and Forestry released in April 2017, which outlines of this newspaper. All letters must bear the the editor-publisher who reserves the right
Wildwood's voices will be heard. After GYPSD will be the ones who stay in their community and the effects of what happens to rural communities name of the writer and include the address and to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
held their information sessions between June 12 - strive to make it better. A majority of the residents when a school closes. The findings are that once a MP Yellowhead published do not necessarily reflect the
14, 2018, the parents and community members in the area grew up here and have decided to have school is removed from the community, property telephone number, which will not be published. policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
came together and voiced their concerns on June their own families attend the same schools they did. values decrease, businesses close due to loss of letters must bear the name of the writer
21, 2018. From that meeting a collective fear that There are others like myself who grew up in an revenue, new residents cannot be attracted, culture and include the address and telephone
Media Release: members of the community had was that we would urban city and can honestly say that I don't think changes, and social well-being declines. number, which will not be published.
Wildwood School is in your hands, not only the
having a big school with hundreds of students is an
most likely lose our school. A petition was
circulated and 369 signatures were collected with asset when I was known by my teachers as a school, but the community. Your decision will
the hopes that Wildwood School will remain open. student number and not by name. I wanted more for affect every single resident, whether or not they
The community is standing behind our little school. my children, which is why we made Wildwood our have children in the system. Your decision will
I understand that Grande Yellowhead Public School home. I, like many of our community members, directly impact families, businesses, seniors, and
Division has to take in to account all aspects; it is a believe that our children should have the right to an the Yellowhead County.
daunting decision to be made. Each student education in their own community and not be Our plea is that you take into account the 369
represents a dollar amount. However, they are not shipped off somewhere. people who are opposed to removing Wildwood
just dollar amounts; they are our future and our There is a final Report – Impact of Schools on School from the township of Wildwood.
MLA community's future. It's the little girl who struggled Rural Communities Study by Schollie Research Jennifer Hollman
6,287 Audited
Eric Rosendahl to read and write her name on the first day of and Consulting on behalf of Alberta Education, Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Canadian
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
Alberta Municipal Affairs, and Alberta Agriculture
Media Circulation
school who is now reading chapter books and
Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
dreaming about becoming an author because she SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Alberta
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Weekly Newspapers
had the support of an incredible teacher who was DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net Association Dana McArthur
Website: www.weeklyanchor.com
able to give her more one on one time because of CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Publisher/Owner
6,287 Audited
Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd.
the smaller class sizes. It is the shy little boy who The Weekly Anchor Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Canadian
Media Circulation
Member of the
Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
was scared to death to say anything at the Your SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Edson & District
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Alberta
beginning of the year and now dreams of becoming Local Independent Newspaper DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net Association Chamber of
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Weekly Newspapers
a politician to improve their community. It's the CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Dana McArthur Commerce Sue Ann Sonia Roy Miranda Adrienne Tait Deanna Mitchener
Publisher/Owner
little boy who is dealing with medical conditions Sales Representative Cindy Weisser Administration L’Hirondelle Reporter Reporter
Common
Front Desk
Graphics/Layout
Graphics/Writer
and struggles every day to fit in and not get bullied Member of the
The Weekly Anchor - Your Local Independent Newspaper
who has the confidence in his surroundings and Edson & District All claims of errors in advertisements must be received in writing by the publisher within 5 days after the first
peers to walk up and talk to everyone and excel in Chamber of publication. The Anchor is responsible to supply one ad proof upon customer request. Liability for errors or
Deanna
Sue Ann
Cassie
Miranda
his education. It's where hundreds of children's Commerce Common Cindy Weisser Sonia Roy L’Hirondelle Kushniruk Mitchener failure to publish is limited to the amount paid for the space occupied. The opinions expressed within the
Front Desk
Graphics/Layout
Sales Representative Administration Graphics/Writer Reporter Reporter publication are not necessarily those of The Anchor or the publisher. Material published may not be copied or
reproduced without the expressed written permission of the publisher. Subscriptions available upon request.
CORRECTION
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is Deanna has a new photo
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
