March 11 2013 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
The Rosenfeld area received a nice white layer of snow last week but who would know it. The snow soon turns an ugly dirt colour after a couple of sunny days. The RM came out with a grader on one of those nice melting days and scrapped most of the mush from our streets which makes for much easier driving.
I’ve started some pepper and tomato seeds in the basement. The green pepper plants look really good and the tomato seed germination is popping slowly. I took cuttings from the coleuses which were growing nicely in the green house and all the cuttings have survived and growing. I’ll be using that as some of the colour in the flower beds instead of buying other flowering annuals. I find that they are quite hardy and can take more heat than many other plants.
Reptile show
The students at Rosenfeld School were in for some wild and weird sights on Wednesday, Mar. 6. Steve Rempel, from Lorette, presented a number of not so familiar animals from his business, Prairie Exotics. Steve runs his business which features 35 species, from the basement of his house. The students were encouraged to touch the snakes and geckos but not Rosie the tarantula or the Australian green tree frogs. Steve explained to the kids that Rosie had ways of telling him when she didn’t want to be touched; first her hair on her back would stand up, then four of her front legs would wave in the air and if you still continued to bug her, she would bite. The bite was compared to a bee sting so if you’re not allergic to bees this would have similar results. You would not die but they were not allowed to touch her. Screams vibrated through the school when Steve plopped Rosie on his head. The tree frogs are very fragile and will pick up any bacteria from humans and become sick so again no touching. The gargoyle gecko, royal ball python, bearded lizard dragon, black rat snake, blue tongued skink, rainbow Brazilian boa and the African fat tail gecko were fair game and most of the students either touched or held these reptiles.
A huge thank you goes out to Jackie Harms, Grade 2 teacher for arranging Steve’s visit. Prairie Exotics also will attend birthday parties to entertain the kids and can be reached at 204-782-0296 or EmailUs@PrairieExotics.ca
Wizard of Oz
Parkside Junior High School entertained a full house on the evenings of March 6 and 7. All the rehearsing hours put in by the students brought to life the story of Dorothy and her dog Toto going to see the Wizard of Oz. Former Rosenfeld students were front and center with the role of Dorothy played by Alyssa Penner, Tinman - Thomas Wolfe, Scarecrow – Nick Klassen, Ozma – Hayley Bergman and Trudy Hildebrand played one of the munchkins.
The play is never portrayed as a comedy but Wednesday night when Dave and I were in the audience a situation arose when the room vibrated with laughter. The cowardly lion played by Mr. Jesse Heppner, forgot his lines and Dorothy, the Tinman and Scarecrow tried to quietly give him cues. All the lion would do is give his cowardly cry and soon had everyone in stitches including the actors.
Everyone who makes this evening possible deserves a pat on the back but especially Mr. Craig MacAuley, the drama director and Mr. Loren Hiebert, who played the sound track. The big background sets were beautiful and the costumes were outstanding. A job well done and enjoyed by the audience.
Hockey ends
The Altona Bantams played a couple of games this last weekend, Mar. 9 & 10. They were out of the playoffs but felt the need to hit the ice once more before hanging up their skates so they took on the Carman Bantam Cougars. Saturday they met at the Altona Arena and the game started out fast but scrambled and the Altona Maroons ended up losing 5 – 3. Then on Sunday we all headed out to Carman and this was an absolutely fast, furious and great game. The Maroons won 5 – 3 and what a way to end the season. Too bad this couldn’t have been the playoffs; it would have been great to see more games played by these two teams.
School announcements
There will be no classes on Monday, Mar.18
Spring Break is right over the Easter Holidays this year and runs from Monday, Mar. 25 – Easter Sunday with no school Apr. 1. Monday is administration day with no classes.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone.
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