Pangman

Pangman Daycare is seeking a dynamic individual to operate our 25 space community child care centre. The successful candidate needs to ensure quality child care services which enriches our children and community as well as operates in compliance with The Child Care Act and The Child Care Regulations.

Duties would include Administration, such as payroll, office accounting, Government reporting and grant applications, parent and staff relations, HR, Program/Child Development, Family Support, Professional and community involvement as well as excellent non-profit board relations.

First Aid & CPR a must

Ideal candidate would have ECE III or willing to complete the ECE III diploma.

Fax (306-442-2144) or e-mail (rm.69@sasktel.net) resume.

Application Deadline: January 13, 2011

On Sunday December 11, 2011 a group of 14 people went out caroling in Pangman. We started at the Catholic Church at 1:00 pm and stopped at many homes in Pangman where we sang Christmas Carols. Later we stopped at the Care Home and sang carols. The seniors at the home enjoyed our Christmas Caroling.

We returned to the Catholic Church at about 3:00 pm for hot chocolate, coffee, tea and goodies.

Thank you to the Catholic Church Ladies for organizing this event.

Approximately 1,000 lucky families throughout South East Cornerstone Public School Division will receive a free desktop tower computer this year.

Every year, the division replaces roughly 1,000 computers and pieces of computer equipment and invests in new technology for schools and classrooms in the division. These four-year-old computers are usually replaced because the warranty covering them has expired.

The normal procedure in disposing of these computers is by taking them to SARCAN or another recycling agency. However, many of these computers are still in good condition and have some useful life remaining at the end of their warrantee period. Therefore, the division has updated their policy to allow donation of computer equipment back to families.

The intent of this procedure is to get adequate computers into the hands of students, without cost, that otherwise may not have access to effective computing already. These four-year-old Dell desktop towers (no monitor) come loaded with Windows XP, Open Office suite (similar to Microsoft Office) and anti-virus protection.

To receive these desktop computers, families can apply to the school their child(ren) attend(s). The principal will have a form available that can be filled out and submitted at the school. School principals will notify families of approvals as equipment is made available for pickup at the school.

South East Cornerstone Public School Division is committed to providing educational opportunities to all students, and this initiative is one way of doing that. Please be sure to contact your school for the necessary application form.

Applications must be received at the Pangman School office by Tuesday, December 20, 2011

I can not believe that we have just printed our 12th  issue of the Pangman Community Newsletter. Where has the year gone.

Visit the Newsletter page to read the December issue and other past issues of the Pangman Community Newsletter.

I would like to thank the community for all their support of the Newsletter.

A meeting of the Pangman & District Economic Development Board was held following the informational meeting with South Prairie Railway.

The main topic of discussion was the South Prairie Railway and the building of the platform so the train could stop in Pangman.

A committee to oversee the building of the platform was created. This committee consists of Ed Howse, Kathy Bryson, Merlin Broughton, John Colbow, Chuck Jacques, John Metke, Eileen Tunall and Boyd Tourscher.

Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2011, 1:00 pm at the Community Centre.

The School Review Committee has been established according to the formula set out in the Education Act and consists of members of our school community council, representatives of the RM of Norton, representatives of the Pangman Village Council, and community members. The School Review Committee consults with the community and provides advice and recommendations to the school board. The committee does the bulk of its work between November 1st and the end of January. The Review Committee remains active until the Board of Education holds a meeting of electors (no later than March 31st) or until the day on which the board decides to remove the school from in-review status.

The Pangman School Review Committee has been very active, holding several meetings to discuss the situation and to decide on a course of action. They have met twice with the Cornerstone School Board, once to ask questions and once to give the board information on the viability of Pangman School and the Village of Pangman. A delegation from the review committee also met with the Director of Education, Mark Casavant and some Cornerstone Superintendents. The Review Committee feels that many errors have been committed by the board during this review process and that the current board is out of touch when it comes to Pangman. Pangman is experiencing strong economic growth and is set for future growth. Now is not the time for a school review as our area, indeed most of southern Saskatchewan, is experiencing unprecedented growth and economic opportunity.

The members of the School Review Committee are Elwood White, Chuck Jacques, Rod Rowland, Katharine Bryson, Ken Kessler, Brian Jesse, Gladys Jesse, and Brandon Tichkowsky. Please contact any of these members if you have any questions or information that can help us save our school.
You can read more about the School Review in the Weyburn Review and on the Cornerstone School Division Website.

The annual Pangman School Christmas Bazaar and Santa Day was held on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the school. There were 23 tables rented out to area crafters, bakers, home businesses and community organizations. The Grade 12 class served a hot lunch and sold baking and raffle tickets throughout the day. Proceeds from the Bazaar help cover the costs for the graduation banquet and exercises.

In the afternoon Santa stopped by to pass out goody bags to children and seniors at the Bazaar. Santa also visited seniors in their homes and at the Personal Care Home earlier in the day.

A huge thank you to Santa and his helpers for stopping by. We would also like to thank everyone who so generously bought raffle tickets or made cash or merchandise donations to supply the goody bags as well as prizes passed out to several of the children who attended the Santa Day movie and visited with Santa

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The Pangman Economic Development Board and the Pangman Rec Board sponsored the Southern Prairie Railway informational meeting on Wednesday November 30, 2011 at the Community Centre. Guest speaker was Cheryl Generous, CEO of South Prairie Railway.

Cheryl presented a slide show with information on the South Prairie Railway plans. They are planning to have Theme Trains, including a Pioneer Train, Stargazer Train and Pitchfork Fondues and Train Robberies (all money from the Train Robberies will be donated to charity. They also hope to rent out the train for private events like weddings.

The train will run on Saturday, Sunday and on Long Weekend Monday’s from May to October. The train will start in Ogema and visit Horizon and Pangman. Their motto is “Pulling the Past into the Future”.

To have the train stop in Pangman we will need to build a wheelchair accessible platform and have some events for the tourists to see, ie Farmers Market. The train will stop here for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Following the presentation Cheryl answered questions about the Train. Coffee and Donuts were served.

For more information about South Prairie Railway visit their website at www.southernprairierailway.com and read more about the trains on their blog.

On Friday, November 11th the Pangman Remembrance Day Service was held at the school gym. Quite a few people attended the service on this warm November day.

At the beginning of the service a video entitled Pittance of Time was shown, followed by the singing of O Canada. Then Ed Howse read the Honour Roll and gave the Legion Address.  We then sang the hymn God of Our Fathers. The Remembrance Day Message was given by Pastor Gary Penner.  The message was followed by the Silence and Reveille and the laying of the Wreaths. The service ended  with God Save the Queen.

Following the service there was a pot luck lunch.

Many thanks to Ed Howse, members of the community Legion, Pastor Gary Penner, and to the musicians, Ruth Bartlett and Phil Trylinski and to those who brought food for the pot luck lunch.

Click here to view a List of the Veterans that did return, thankfully, and who are now passed away, to all of us, their descendants. Their lives were not easy, because of what they had experienced; but they struggled through their respective ailments or anguishes, that would never go away; and persevered, making whole and meaningful lives that we shall cherish forever.

The Pangman School staff and students are participating in the Recycle My Cell contest.

If you have old and out-of-use cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, as well as their batteries and accessories (ears buds, chargers etc) please send them to school with a student or drop them off at the office.