Thursday, November 10, 2022
MERIDIANSOURCE.CA
VOLUME 5 I ISSUE 20
SEE PAGES 13-24 FOR OUR REMEMBRANCE DAY SPECIAL SECTION
Poppy placement respects our vets
Vic Juba to launch triple funders GEOFF LEE
WRITER
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Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Robert Lindsay was one of many Lloydminster residents to attend last Saturday’s No Stone Left Alone ceremony at the Lloydminster Cemetery. Lindsay is seen placing a poppy on the headstone of his father, Robert Lindsay Miller, who served Canada. TAYLOR WEAVER
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Despite frigid temperatures and an abundance of blowing snow, many residents still managed to make it to the Lloydminster Cemetery on Saturday to pay their respects to fallen veterans for the annual No Stone Left Alone (NSLA) ceremony.
The No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation is a group out of Sherwood Park dedicated to honouring the sacrifice and service of Canada’s military by educating students and placing poppies on the headstones of veterans every November. Now in its eighth year in the Border City, No Stone Left Alone
has consistently seen a dedicated group attend the annual ceremony, which has grown on the international level. “ Ll o y d m i n s t e r h a s been so welcoming to our organization right from the start, and today’s ceremony is really important because it brings an extra element to Remembrance Day,”
said Amy Hrynchuk, the No Stone Left Alone site representative for Lloydminster. “The kids are going out there, they’re seeing the names on the gravestones, recognizing the sacrifice that was made, and paying their respects by giving that veteran a poppy.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Vic Juba Community Theatre general manager Jennifer McConnell and box office and marketing coordinator Bridget Walsh put on a news-making performance as guest speakers at the Rotary Club of Lloydminster. Their Monday lunch presentation included breaking news the theatre is set to release details on three new fundraising events in 2023. “We have a fun money casino happening on Feb. 4,” said McConnell for starters. “We hope to be doing a big-name artist concert in the summertime and then we are going to have a hats-off fundraiser around the NHL hockey season next year.” She says they will be sending out details about that shortly. McConnell also told Rotary the theatre will expand by taking over the black box stage no longer needed by Lakeland College due to a “down tooling” of per-
forming arts as a university transfer program. The theatre plans to update the equipment and make it functional as a black box theatre again. “Instead of us building on a new black box that the original expansion plan was; it’s changed now, so we are looking at the whole footprint of the building,” said McConnell. They are also looking at possibly creating a new main entrance to the theatre instead of using the existing combined entrance with the Lakeland Rustlers gym. “It’s a very busy traffic area, so we’re looking at the whole footprint of the area with the inclusion of the black box,” said McConnell. Walsh ran through the entire Dr. H.A. McDonald season with a video presentation with McConnell doubling up with a shorter version in a media interview. “We’re seeing the return of bigger attendance numbers,” said McConnell. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3