Ukrainian Culture Floods Vegreville Pysanka Festival

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Ukrainian Culture
Floods Vegreville Pysanka Festival
ll things Ukrainian descended on Vegreville
last weekend as the
Vegreville Cultural Association
hosted the 43rd annual Pysanka Festival and there was no
shortage of events to soak up.
The weekend long celebrations got underway on Friday,
July 1 as the Pioneer Village
offered a glimpse into the early lives of many Ukrainian settlers with a blacksmith display,
outdoor bread and rope making, stone milling and leather
working. Demonstrations were
performed each day through to
Sunday.
In the Vegreville arena visitors were able to trace their
Ukrainian roots with the assistance of experts providing
regional maps and archived information from various villages
and town of the old Ukraine.
The Yarmarok trade show
provided the opportunity to
browse through hundreds of
authentic and replica Ukrainian items and clothing from numerous vendors. The Vegreville
Social Centre was filled with
traditional Ukrainian folk art
featuring costumes worn during
various eras by different social
levels within the culture. Also
in the Social Centre was Prairie Catering who offered hungry
festival goers the chance to enjoy Ukrainian as well as western cuisine.
The grand opening ceremonies brought with it the traditional dances and colours of
the Ukraine through a number
of dance performances from a
number of Ukrainian dance
groups from the area including the Privit, a traditional
dance to welcome the crowd, as
performed by members of the
Vegreville School of Ukrainian
Dance.
The crowded grandstand of
people was also treated to a performance from the A.L. Horton
Bilingual students who sang
songs in their native Ukrainian
language. In their final performance of the opening ceremonies the students sang a tribute
to their teacher Mrs. Larissa
Bombak who is retiring from
the school after 35 years.
A number of officials gave
their remarks and congratulations to the festival including
Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs
who said, “Today we celebrate
from coast-to-coast-to-coast our
Canadian history and how fortunate we are to be Canadians.
Today we also celebrate our
Ukrainian community, marking the 125th anniversary of
Ukrainian immigrants to Canada.”
Also welcoming those in the
grand stand were Fort Saskatchewan MLA Jessica Littlewood, Town of Vegreville Mayor
Myron Hayduk and County of
Minburn Reeve Roger Konieczny before the official festival
got underway for the three-day
event.
Each evening featured grandstand music hosted by former
CISN FM radio host Damian
Rudiak, which featured famed
Continued on p. 10
Hospodar and Hospodynia (host and hostess) for this year’s Vegreville Pysanka
Festival was Town of Mundare Mayor Charlie Gargus and his wife Debby.
Lyudmyla Shefee had a display of authentic Ukrainian dresses. Some belong to her
private museum collection but offered some of the pieces for sale at the Vegreville
Pysanka Festival. With some of the dresses being over 120 years old, each of the items
represented each of the various regions of the Ukraine.
Outdoor Bread Making
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Mannville School Class Of 1976 Reunites
19 former 1976 Mannville School Students enjoyed Meet and Greet at lunch with everyone golfing
Saturday afternoon. Supper at the Club House and a short program was enjoyed by all. Kelly Paukszto
had not seen some students for 30 plus years. She was the furthest travelling from Vancouver.
Breakfast the next day with more golfing was enjoyed by some of the students. Next reunion 2021.
T
he members of the Mannville School graduating class
of 1976 held a reunion at
Mannville Riverview Golf Course
June 25, 40 years after graduating.
The former classmates and friends
enjoyed catching up on where life
had taken everyone and pictured
here are, back row from the left,
Randy Bury, Alan Mytz, Stan
Bauer, Gary Cornfield, Cal Coulter, Kirk Sharp, Jim Pulyk, Mike
Kaziechko, Eric Gutsch and Alan
Johnston. In front are teachers
Lil Konieczny and Miss Schmerman, Marshall Stockal, Brian Stazieski, Val Mytz, Linda Williams,
Bonnie Bauer, Holly Staden, Kelly Paukszto, Alice McLaughlin,
Leanne Stuart, Carolyn Tymchyshyn and Brenda Walker.
Pictured here are Allan Mytz
and Holly Staden wearing their
original suit and dress worn
40 years ago at the graduation
ceremonies of the Mannville
School Class of 1976.
This Is Where The Story Begins For
Vegreville Comp Students
The students heard a number
of messages at the graduation
ceremonies including one from the
Provincial Government brought by
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA
Jessica Littlewood.
T
he theme for the 2016 graduating class of Vegreville Composite High School was ‘This Is Where Our Story Begins’.
Students gathered at the County of Minburn office steps to pose for the traditional class photo before heading to the
graduation ceremonies with family and friends to celebrate 12 years of formal learning. On behalf of the Hiway 16
News, we would like to extend congratulations to the students.
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Ranfurly Seniors
Tour Government Buildings
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he Ranfurly Seniors enjoyed the
‘Seniors Tour and Tea’ at the
provincial Legislature on June 8.
We arrived at the federal building at
10 a.m. where we were served a delicious tea with assorted squares, tarts,
cookies, scones and fresh seasonal fruit.
The tea was a special blend of green
and black teas with a touch of citrus.
We were then treated to a ‘welcome
message’ from Al Chapman, manager
of Visitor Services.
After tea we enjoyed a guided tour of
the federal building special exhibitions
of the political past, the Suffrage Movement in Alberta, historical events of the
years and the Borealis Gallery. Then
we moved over to the Legislature and
the Visitors’ Gallery, seeing first hand
where our MLA’s sit and manage the
business of the Alberta Government.
In the Chambers there is a beautiful
stained glass window depicting Princess
Louise Alberta carrying a sheaf of wheat
with the mountains in the background.
People are welcome to visit the Legislature, free at any time.
Our final meeting for the year will be
on Tuesday, June 23 and 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Mannville Fire And RCMP
Respond To Early Morning
House Fire
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n Thursday, June 30 the Mannville Fire Department and Vermilion RCMP
responded to a call of a house fire just south of McQueen United Church on
49 Street in Mannville after neighbours reportedly heard an explosion shortly after 6 a.m. Emergency responders attended the scene and one male, approximately in his mid-sixties, was transported to Vegreville to be airlifted by STARS to
Edmonton where he later succumbed to his injuries. Neighbouring homes had to be
evacuated in case of further explosions but were later allowed back into their houses. The cause of the fire and/or possible explosion is yet to be determined.
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to ask company reps questions regarding chemical and fertilizer products
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Thieves Attempt Break-In At
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from in front of the Village of Myrnam
office and smashed it at the liquor
store. The thieves backed up onto the
sidewalk and flipped the 400 pound
cement barricade from in front of the
store. They then proceeded to attempt
to pry open the lock on the door to gain
entry. At the time of publication, there
is no report if any arrests have been
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Farm Wife Diaries –
What’s In a Wave?
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By Deb Barber
ecently on the drive from her
house to ours Miss Bug and I
encountered drivers of a friendly persuasion cheerfully waving to us
as our vehicles passed on the gravelled
roads. With those crystal blue eyes fastened on me and with the inquisitiveness
of a five year old she asked; “Nama why
does everyone wave differently?” She
then proceeded to demonstrate the full
hand wave, the two finger wave, an index finger wave and finally the famous
shooting at you action wave. I thought
for a moment and advised her that I really didn’t know and that I have actually
pondered the same question at different
points in time.
After our visit, sitting down at my
trusty computer I went to that all knowing place called Google and typed in the
question; how did waving originate? The
answer didn’t really surprise me; it appears it is ‘thought’ that waving originated for a couple of reasons. The first being
as a means of attracting someone’s attention or a way of catching someone’s eye
and the second suggested meaning was
to indicate you are coming in peace with
no weapon in hand. One search site even
suggested that at one time it was used by
the village ‘look’ out to halt strangers so
that they could be questioned as to the
nature of their business.
According to the reliable source called
the Internet the origins of the two finger
wave evolved from ‘bikers’; it came into
play due to the restriction of their racing
gloves and apparently the need for the
remaining fingers to be kept in place on
the clutch and front brakes. Other sources say it’s just a modified peace sign or a
different slant on the two fingered salute
which when touched to the brim of one’s
hat was done to indicate honor.
After using extreme caution in the
wording the ‘only’ appropriate response
to the question inquiring what a waving
‘index’ finger means is it’s a wave used to
acknowledge the friendship or acquaintance to an approaching driver ‘without’
removing ones hands from the required
ten and two steering wheel hand positions!! I’m sure that’s the proper explanation because we all know that we drive
with our hands in this correct position
fearful to remove them for any reason!!
And lastly the famous gun finger
wave; at best the internet suggests it
could mean anything from ‘gotcha’ to
‘right on’ or ‘I have my eye on you’. This
one probably is meant to be interpreted
on a situation to situation basis but in
our local area isn’t meant as a threat
but rather as just another neighbourly
gesture.
After all my research I think I’m going
to wait a year or to until I tackle undertaking further discussion with Miss Bug
on this topic!
One of the evils of Google is how one
simple little search can cause me to deviate into territories I never would have
normally travelled. Reading about the
origins of waving naturally lead to reading what other ‘gestures’ mean in various countries. And since this is a family
publication I will stay on the straight
and narrow pathway! Our commonly
used ‘thumbs up’ gesture in certain parts
of the Middle East is considered highly
offensive. The ‘come here’ gesture most
commonly used by Mother’s on wayward children could get one arrested in
the Philippines and in Asia should only
be used to summons a dog to your side.
Even our innocent “OK” symbol is considered rude in Brazil. After all my research I’ve decided if we ever travel out
of country I’m just sitting with my hands
clasp in my lap and my feet flat on the
ground and pray that isn’t offensive to
anyone!
On the home front; a word to the wise
for you farm hubbies; when you see your
wife in the midst of a garden filled with
more weeds than vegetables it is probably not wise to make the comment that
she will ‘never’ get the weeds in the garden under constraint! Because if your
wife is anything like me she’s probably
already questioning her ability to bring
the over whelming situation under control and by making such a comment you
are in fact challenging her. By doing so
you could be jeopardizing having meals
appear on the table at their scheduled
intervals and most likely you will have
severely damaged any chance of finding
that ‘pie’ you were hankering appearing
on the counter cooling for dessert.
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he Innisfree and District Fish and Game Association (IDFGA) have recently donated a storage building to the Narrow Lake Youth Conservation Camp. The building was constructed by students at Lakeland
College in Vermilion for the Association and members of the Innisfree group
made the delivery and presentation on June 24. The Narrow Lake Youth Conservation Camp provides a safe environment in which to teach students the
fundamentals of ethical hunting and fishing, proper usage, storage and handling of firearms, outdoor safety and survival skills on land and water. Each
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Mannville Elks And
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he annual Mannville
Elks and Royal Purple
year end barbecue was
recently held at the farm residence of Jim and Edna Myhovich to welcome the Elks
new District Deputy Chris
McLean and bid farewell to
our Past District Deputy Arnold Siens. A good crowd was
in attendance comprised of
members, spouses and guests.
Pictured are Bernie Watling,
Exalted Ruler Jim Myhovich,
Curtis Myhovich and Past
District Deputy Arnold Siens.
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Spring Creek Cemetery Unveils New Memorials
Pictured here, front row from the left, are Spring Creek Cemetery committee members
Effie Lazowski, Dianne Saskiw, Rose Hook, John Hlushak, Violet Nedzielski,
Elsie and Victor Saskiw. Back row are Father Don, Merron Zwarich,
Daniel Myskiw and Vince Stepanick.
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he family and friends
of loved ones buried at
Spring Creek Cemetery
gathered on June 26 at the
resting place of many pioneer
families to honour them with a
special unveiling of a commemorative bench and directory
plaque with the names of those
buried there.
Committee member Dianne
Saskiw said that after the
maintenance of the cemetery
had fallen to the way-side, a
committee was formed approximately ten years ago to upgrade the property by getting
the grass under control, and installing a sign and fence around
the perimeter to protect the sacred site.
Father Don Bodnar was in
attendance and gave the blessings of the bench and directory and also blessed graves for
those requesting his visit to
each of the graves.
During the blessing of the
memorial plaque Father Don
read each of the names of those
buried and commended the
work of the cemetery committee
for their work in installing the
directory. He encouraged every-
one to bring their children and
grandchildren to the cemetery
to carry on with honouring and
remembering the loved ones
buried there.
Committee member Dianne
Saskiw said many of the old
tombstones were written in
Ukrainian and family members
were finding it difficult to locate
the graves of their family members. The names were translated to English and then listed on
the directory plaque making it
easier for visitors to locate the
graves of the family members.
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memory of the old wooden
grave markers lost during a fire
that roared through the cemetery in the 1960s, burning the
markers. Without any formal
records on those graves Dianne
Saskiw said the committee felt
it was necessary to remember
those souls buried there with
the memorial bench.
The families of those buried
then headed to the Buchach
Hall to enjoy a luncheon and
hear from a number of dignitaries including Lakeland MP
Shannon Stubbs, and hear a bit
of the history of the cemetery
from Dianne Saskiw.
“Our immigrating ancestors
worked extremely hard and
sacrificed everything to provide
a new life for their families,”
said Saskiw. “That’s why we
think it’s important that we respect and maintain their final
resting place.”
The Spring Creek Cemetery
is located north of Innisfree on
Township Road 524 and visitors
making the trip to the cemetery
can now easily find the graves
of family members and sit and
remember loved ones resting
there.
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Vegreville Honours Canada’s Birthday
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s celebrations took place across the county, the
Town of Vegreville held a regal ceremony accompanied by a colour guard consisting of law
enforcement, members of the Royal Canadian Legion,
Knights of Columbus, Royal Purple and local dignitaries. Comrade Rod Stewart of the Royal Canadian Legion
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Branch #39 of Vegreville said, “People have proven that
many diverse cultures can live together harmoniously.”
Following the official ceremony Royal Purple members
Rose Hook, Shirley Rattray and Susan Stecyk cut the
cake for the crowd gathered at the Vegreville giant Pysanka in the Elks Park along Highway 16A.
Following her duties as a member of
the Colour Guard for the Canada Day
celebrations in Vegreville, Constable Sherrie
Choo enjoyed some celebration cake with her
nephews Lincoln, in front, Rayen, behind,
and her mother Alice Choo under the shade
of the giant Pysanka egg.
Experience Gained
At Holden Junior Cattlemen Achievers Show
he Holden Junior Cattlemen
Achievers Show and sale took
place July 1 and 2 at the Holden
Complex with a number of young cattlemen coming out to show the animals
and gain valuable experience in the
show ring, and for a few, that would be
their first experience in the ring.
This two-day junior beef show started on Friday morning with a pancake
breakfast fundraiser to help the Fort
McMurray wildfire evacuees. The
breakfast was put on by Beaver County.
The day went on with judging, grooming and showmanship classes. This
year there were 13 participants between the ages of 6-21 taking part in
purebred, commercial and 4H classes.
Everyone enjoyed a roast beef supper
Friday evening with entertainment by
the live band ‘Whitemud Drive’.
Saturday morning kicked off with
a pancake breakfast host by Viking/
Beaver FCSS before the conformation
classes got underway. Organizers say
to keep a lookout for information about
next year’s show and thanks all the
sponsors and participants. It was a fantastic couple of days watching today’s
youth involved in the beef industry.
The Holden Junior Cattlemen Achievers Show Supreme Female was
won by Bryce Maxwell of Viking. Maxwell’s heifer also won the Grand
Champion Purebred Female class edging out Raelynn Nelson with her
heifer which took reserve.
Grand Champion Male was won by Lyndsey Roth, whose calf beat out
Reece Maxwell’s bull calf in the championship class.
Pictured here are the junior cattlemen that participated in the
Second Annual Holden Junior Cattlemen Achievers Show
on July 1 and 2 at the Holden Complex.
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he Village of Mannville was not to be left out of the Canada Day celebrations and the village’s day was kicked off with a pancake breakfast under
the main street gazebo with a full menu to feed the visitors of the day-long
celebrations.
Following the breakfast, dignitaries including Councillor Kelly Dalton with the
Village of Mannville, Reeve Roger Konieczny with the County of Minburn and
Lloydminster-Vermilion MLA Dr. Richard Starke welcomed the residents and visitors before cutting the Canada Day cakes.
A wide variety of activities were held along main street following the official
ceremonies helping mark Canada’s birthday.
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Canada Day In The Town Of Vermilion
Beer tasting with Bruce Anderson of Ribstone Creek Brewery
Staff of the Eastalta Co-op were in attendance of the annual Taste Of
Vermilion hosted by the Good Life Institute. They served up some tasty
barbecue favourites for those attending the event on June 30.
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he far east of the Hiway 16 News
area would not be outdone in
celebrating Canada’s birthday
as events were held on June 30, one
day early and ahead of the long weekend. A number of events took place including the Bucket Brigade which saw
teams vie to complete a watery course
and claim the title of champ.
A pancake breakfast started of the
day at the fire hall parking lot, hosted
by the Communities in Bloom before
the public headed down to a busy main
street of activities. The Credit Union
parking lot was the scene of a number of children’s activities while Telus
Park hosted an open stage for performers.
A beef on a bun lunch helped fill the
tummies while touring the numerous
activities between Long’s Value Drug
Mart and Craig’s department store.
Beer tasting helped curb the heat
while street performer ‘Spandy Andy’
had the crowd hopping on the street.
Lakeland Mall also hosted a whole
realm of activities including an art
show as well as a dunk tank and other
games and activities.
The Good Life Institute held its annual Taste of Vermilion at the Vermilion Provincial Park with a number
of vendors and businesses participating as well as a beer gardens in the
evening. Live music filled the air as
tunes were performed by ‘Wake Up
Starlight’ followed by an outdoor movie, ‘The Jungle Book’ before the fireworks later in the evening.
Another great Canada Day is in the
books for the Town of Vermilion and
the Good Life Institute and sponsored
from throughout the community of
Vermilion.
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Town team action
The Town of Vermilion’s Bucket Brigade team members were Dion
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championships in Camrose on July 8 and 9. Team members are, back row
from the left, Shannon Doherty, Hailey Lancaster, Sterling Cannon, Nichole Dobush, Emma Bohrson, Kirsten Ritchie, Zoey Daskaluk and Kristen Ash. Middle
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Ukraine violinist Oleksandr Bozhyk
as he played multiple fiddles simultaneously, Ukraine soloist Marianna
Ilkiv, the bands Millenia and Euphoria along with numerous dance and
musical groups from Vegreville and
aboard.
The evenings of the festival played
host to the exciting Zabavas in the
Multiplex with sounds from a number
of previous and new acts.
Each year the festival appoints a
Hospodar and Hospodynia (host and
hostess) for the event and this year
was none other than Town of Mundare Mayor Charlie Gargus and his
wife Debby. Alongside his mayoral
duties, Charlie and Debby volunteer
on a number of committees and organizations and have also organized a
one-day workshop for Ukrainian music for ten years. Charlie Gargus was
also the 2015 recipient of the Lifetime
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National Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba, and Debby was a recipient of the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in
2012.
Vegreville has proven time and time
again that it can host the best that
Ukrainian culture can offer and drew
crowds from across Canada. Organizers say they are already planning next
year’s event which they are hoping to
prove to be bigger and better than this
year.
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he streets of
Lavoy were lined
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watchers as the annual Canada Day parade
made its way through
the hamlet. Floats,
horses and old vehicles
and tractors drove the
streets throwing candy
to excited children. Following the afternoon parade a supper was held
at the community hall
for diners to cool down
and enjoy a steak with
all the fixings and side
dishes. Pictured here is
Trifin Newchuk as he
led the parade on his
black horse, proudly carrying the Canadian flag.
Clark Jackson had his three-horse unicorn hitch pulling the Workhorse
Oilfield Services wagon in Lavoy on July 1. Unicorn hitches are not
always a common site on parade routes and he was thanked for the entry
with a round of applause from parade watchers.
Local auctioneer Dale Menzak had his team pull the ‘Haying In The 30s’
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