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10 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, December 19, 2022 School Holiday art We didn’t receive any Christmas or Holiday art or letters before publishing this issue. If we recieve any before our next issue in January, we’ll print it there. Happy Holidays! R.M. OF MOUNT HOPE NO. 279 RFQ – SUPPLY WEED MANAGEMENT SERVICES INTRODUCTION The Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 (RM 279) will be accepting quotations for weed management services until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, at the office of the municipality, 119 Main Street, Semans, Saskatchewan. Suppliers shall provide their quotation and supporting documents on or before the time and date noted. BASIC SPECIFICATIONS FOR WEED MANAGEMENT SERVICES • Vegetation Assessment • Weed Inspection • Management Planning • Pesticide Application ° Costs ° Types of Chemicals Used ° Options to use approved chemicals to ensure rebates can be applied for at the end of the season ° Scope of inspection and pesticide application abilities (public vs. private land) – does your company have the ability to inspect and spray private lands? • Weed Mapping • Costs of Employee(s) completing inspections and spraying (hourly) • Any additional fees that may be charged • Start and end date for inspection/spraying CONDITIONS AND WAIVERS OF THIS RFQ This RFQ is subject to the following conditions and waivers: • RM 279 shall examine the quotations, options, and the pricing submitted pursuant to the terms of this RFQ under the strict assumption that the submissions are the “best and final” quotations, options, and pricing. Further requests for quotations, options and pricing requested from beyond the original submitted by suppliers would only be made by RM 279 for reasons of clarification or as a request for options or pricing not submitted by suppliers. • RM 279 reserves the right to base award of tender on additional factors such as schedule, work force, application methods, availability, and not award to the lowest bidder. CONTACT INFORMATION Primary contact for information or clarification: • Administrator, Ashley Greenshields – 306-524-2055 QUOTATION INFORMATION Quotations shall be received on or before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, to the RM 279 municipal office, address and contact information noted below: • Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279, Box 190, Semans, Sk., S0A 3S0 • Phone 306-524-2055, Fax 306-524-4526, e-mail: rm279@sasktel.net Village of Semans NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of Candidates for the Office of: Councillor: Village of Semans Will be received by the undersigned at the Village of Semans office January 24th to February 8th, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: -LMT STAFF Village of Semans Office – 115 Main Street, Semans, SK Dated this 8th day of February 2023 –Teresa Marshall, Returning Officer CONTINUES FROM PAGE 8 spiritual/biblical reading. You might look inward at the dark areas in your life and ask forgiveness, all the while working on reconciliation. This is like doing some internal cleaning and tidying. You might take time to be in silence. Silence quiets your heart to create a restful place for the Lord, Jesus. This is like prepare a guest room for someone to stay over. Another thing you might do is to get involved in helping societies marginalized. Give to the food bank. Give supplies for the homeless. Visit those who are sick or alone. Help a refugee. Do a good deed every day. Why? Matthew 25:40 says ‘ Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me”(NRSV). This is like being prepared to participate in activities with our guest. And, of course, prayer for wisdom and guidance to help you prepare properly for Jesus’ coming. I am sure you can think of many other ways to prepare internally. Let’s not get totally caught up in external preparation and forget to prepare internally. Wishing everyone a Merry and Joyous Christmas. DEACON NORBERT GAUDET, RC church Raymore Accessing Christmas Hope in 2022 In this Advent Season, friends and people the world over are worried; anxious to hear a report of good news. With Russia’s wholly unjustified aggressive war in Ukraine killing thousands and creating millions of new refugees, with increasing natural disasters taking lives and destroying property, and with a persistent pandemic lingering, one could be forgiven for fearing a bleak future. But there is Good News to share! Evil can be undone. The message of hope for peace with justice is grounded in God’s love and intervention in the form of a blessed child and saviour to come. The Prophet Micah puts it succinctly: But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one Come Together for Christmas Christmas is a time of gathering and fellowship that runs contrary to our age. The social media age is about people living lives of quiet separation. We think of all the loud posting and proclamation, yet most of it is done in conformity to some perceived ideal. What makes us unique and different from the crowd is often lost because we dare not post it. This is driven further by politicians who desire to separate people rather than pull people together. Our common foundations, which make up our culture, are being destroyed. Christmas used to be one such foundation. The reminder that God sent His Son into the world. Jesus, whose birth is what we celebrate. His birth is interesting since we see a coming together of different people. Jesus The Christmas Gift Merry Christmas!... Right? Does Christmas still hold the same merriment that it did over 2000 years ago on that first Christmas night? Some would likely agree, but many would likely disagree. Christmas, apart from Christ, can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Hurriedness. Expectations. Gatherings. Enjoying food. Avoiding food. Enjoying family. Avoiding family. Excitement. Grief. Gifts. Some embrace it in a month-long (or longer) marathon of cookies, music, movies, parties and more. Some do the bare minimum to avoid being labelled a Scrooge or Grinch. Whatever thoughts or feelings come with the season, apart from the Christ of Christmas, I just get bogged down and overwhelmed. I often have to remind myself in this season that the reason we do this is that Christmas points to Christ, and Christ leads of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. And the people shall live secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth; 5and he shall be the one of peace. (Matthew 2:1–12) It is on this promise fulfilled in the form of a Holy Child, born in a stable and named Jesus, our hope depends. And by placing our trust in him, all peoples of goodwill are invited to participate in transforming the earth. God’s blessing on you and all your loved ones in this challenging year. And as the angels said: “Be not afraid for unto us a Child is born!” REV. RAY PURDIE, St. Andrew’s United Church, Imperial Sk. had a meagre birth being laid in a manger, yet received gifts from the magi fit for a king. He stayed with His family, yet the gifts were given by strangers from another country. This reinforces Jesus, who came for all of us, that we might know God. Christmas has a focus on Jesus coming into this world, but it often overlooks that He will return. What we see in Revelation 7:9 are people coming together in faith. An enormous gathering from every tribe, language, nation, and people; all the basic divisions gathered together in unity around Jesus. Christmas should be a time for unity, a time to come together regardless of differences. People living lives of joyful community. REV. RICK SHOTT, Nokomis Baptist Church to Easter, and Easter is what my faith hinges on – a loving God, giving Himself because He loves me. And He loves you. Just as Christmas now points to Christ, over 2000 years ago, a star pointed to Christ as a baby. That star guided people who were looking for something – ultimately, the baby that would offer freedom to the world. It wasn’t the freedom that the people of that time expected or hoped for. It was a freedom that disappointed some because it wasn’t instant. It was overwhelming for others because it didn’t make sense right away. It was followed by expectations, hurriedness, gatherings, mess, love, excitement, grief and, at the very end, the greatest gift one human could ever give another – the gift of freedom for those who will just reach out and accept it. TIM FALK
lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, December 19, 2022 11 STRASBOURG MAIN STREET - CONTINUES FROM PAGE 4 through their doors. They served hot chocolate and cookies to the smiling faces as they took time to visit and warm up. “It was nice to see everybody and everybody’s smiling faces.” Mayor Kelvin Schapansky said the event was a success with the tree lighting, a bonfire and, of course, the horses, “the kids just thrived on that. It was the highlight of the whole evening.” He remarked on the participation of the community as they decorate for the season, “We appreciate everything everyone does.” The Mayor gave an address to thank people for shopping locally. “Because if they don’t, you lose your local businesses and your town is gone. I just really encourage people to do that, and people are really good. There was a lot of poeple going through the different stores, and different sales were happening at different stores. And the businesses really went all out to attract people to come in.” The LMVBA gave out 80 cookie packages and gingerbread houses and made a draw for ten separate $25 “business bucks.” Schultz said the event began years ago to thank people for shopping locally, and businesses have jumped on board the event, with each business participating in different ways. One of the popular events was a Christmas sale sponsored by the Museum. Donated items are available for children to do some Christmas shopping of their own. The Museum also wraps the items. “It’s huge, it’s wonderful… Everybody comes together it’s a great Christmas event.” 22124AA4 Holiday Messages from RM Last Mountain Valley 250 The holidays are a wonderful time for loved ones to gather and reflect on the year gone by, a time to celebrate the coming year with hope and enthusiasm, give us an opportunity to cherish and be thankful for what we have, and support those who are less fortunate. This season, let us all reach out a little further to those around us. Let us thank the veterans and the volunteers for their service, the elderly for their examples, the children who are our future, and friends and neighbours for making our community a place we all love to call home. I am thankful to our RM staff and elected officials, all of whom are committed to working together with the community to make a positive and lasting contribution to our future. Together we can and will make a difference. On behalf of the RM of Last Mountain Valley No. 250, I extend my warmest regards and best wishes to everyone. May the spirit of this wonderful season be with you and your loved ones throughout the holidays, and may the New Year be filled with blessings and abundance for all. REEVE, Allan Magel Merry Christmas! wishing our ratepayers a safe and happy holiday season on behalf of the Reeve, Council, & Staff of R.M. of Mount Hope No. 279 Season’s Greetings from the Horizon School Division Board of Education & staff! www.horizonsd.ca facebook.com/HorizonSD @horizonsd205
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