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Hussar 4H show ready for auction

hussar 4h

This year’s Hussar 4H show is soon approaching. The date to buy is Sunday, May 29. 

The showing starts off in the morning at 10:00 am. Members of the Hussar 4H club will be displaying their proudest work, which includes 37 market cows, 6 heifers, and 5 cow calf pairs.

Crowds will gather for the sale starting at 3:00 pm to get their hands on the best of the best. 

This is the first time entering the show for many young 4H members. 

Nine year old Brody Hale, son of Brad and Roxanne Hale, spoke with The Mail about his first upcoming show. 

Brody is a little nervous about showing his cow for the first time. He has prepared for the show by making sure his grooming box is in perfect order.

His cow, Max, has been easy to take care of this year. Luckily, Hale has been to a couple shows before this so he knows what to expect. 

Last year’s Grand Champion was Kayla Sandum, whose 1,293 pound cow was bought be Western Chev. 


Just stickin' around

atb wall tape

ATB’s Branch Manager Adrian Hartman was a real wall flower at the office Friday after he was left just hanging out for a fundraiser for Alberta Children's Hospital.

Staff and clients donated a toonie for tape and had the opportunity to stick Hartman to the wall. Together they raised just over $100 for charity.

In talking to Hartman leading up to the event, we were inspired to help, too, and together we came up with a list of the things you should do before you’re ever taped up to a wall.

10 Things to Do Before You're Taped to the Wall

1. Bathroom breaks beforehand are absolutely essential.

2. Brush up on your favourite Amazing Spiderman quotes.

3. Wear long sleeves, or get that sleek, hairless look you’ve always secretly wanted.

4. Remember to take the tape off bottom up.

5. Hide your wallet.

6. Remember that you’re in a bank and to avoid saying “it’s a stick up!”

7. As a manager, approve staff holidays before the event.

8. Set your out-of-office automatic email reply to “Sorry, I’m held up today and cannot return your message.”

9. Have your wife around to secure those sensitive parts.

10. Make sure someone agrees to take you down before closing for the long weekend.

Culinary students net scholarships for O'Shea's dishes

Cooking win

A partnership between DVSS and O’Shea’s has revealed some great talent and added some tasty items to their menu.

The restaurant has two new menu items thanks to the DVSS Cooking apprentice program class. 

Heather Jones of the Scholarship Committee at Canalta explains this September the restaurant is coming up on its 10th anniversary and wanted to celebrate with a new menu. They looked at involving the DVSS culinary program and saw it a vehicle to use its Canalta Scholarship as an incentive.

It was a natural fit, the students had some time to work with teacher Curtis LaPierre to create a restaurant dish. The restaurant’s culinary team came to the high school to meet the participating students and try out 20 dishes.

From those 20 dishes, they picked five. These dishes were featured on O’Shea’s menu for the month of April.

To support the DVSS Class of 2016, for each dish sold, O’Shea’s donated  $1 to the graduating class, totalling $382.

In the end Savannah Richardson’s dish Chicken Sausage and Shrimp Jambalaya was selected. 

“We are very happy to announce that Savanna Richardson will receive a $750 scholarship for her entry of the Jambalaya with rice which was ordered 112 times with rave reviews,” said Jones.

She explains the scholarship criteria was based on the initial presentation day, execution in O’Shea’s kitchen, sales, guest feedback, menu description the students submitted and how engaged they were during the month.

She adds the competition proved too tough to limit it to just one winner. Jessica Fernando’s Grilled Steak Sandwich also proved to be popular and she was awarded a $250 scholarship.

Both dishes will make the new menu in September with Savanna's and Jessica's names being printed beside their dishes.

“We are so happy with how this feature went and are very excited to partner with the school again next April,” said Jones.


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