July 18, 2010 |
| Reunion Lit DVD |
A video of the Reunion Lit will be available in September (hopefully earlier).
The video will cost $20 (shipping and handling included) and can be ordered at the address below. [ the video will not be available for shipping until September ].
Please send a Cheque & your name & address to:
Protec Video
945 Brown St
Moose Jaw, SK
S6H 2Z1
For further inquires Phone Al Lindquist at (306)692-8824, (306)631-9289
Email : alanlindquist@sasktel.net
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May 6, 2010 |
| Committee Meeting June 8th |
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There will be a CCI 100 Reunion Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 8th at 7 pm at CCI in the library. Everyone is welcome.
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April 30, 2010 |
| CCI Marks 100 years |
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Central Collegiate marks 100 years
With his face painted in school colours, Grade 12 student Kody Morland was beaming 100 years worth of pride as he and fellow Central Collegiate Institute students, both past and present, celebrated the school’s centennial birthday on Thursday.
“It feels like such an honour,” Morland told the Times-Herald from the bleachers in the Central gymnasium. “It’s great to be a part of all this.”
The 17-year-old student said he felt a great deal of excitement and spirit as Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Gordon Barnhart and other dignitaries acknowledged April 29, 1910 — the day Central officially opened.
“Happy Birthday everyone,” Barnhart called out during his speech at the morning celebration. The lieutenant governor said high school is a time in someone’s life when he or she meets mentors, forges strong friendships and learns ideas and skills that last the rest of his or her life. At Central, he said, a multitude of individuals have enjoyed such school benefits over the past 100 years.
“I think education is so important.”
Several members of Coun. Don Mitchell’s family graduated from Central and at one time the city’s representative at the centennial event was himself a student at the high school. During his speech on Thursday, Mitchell reminisced about the school principal back in the 1950s and how that person helped shape Mitchell’s, and other students’, sense of character.
Mitchell said Central was noted at the time of its creation for bringing an element of “collegial gothic” architecture to the 1910 Saskatchewan landscape.
He added it is his hope the school will survive government budget cuts down the figurative road and continue to shape young characters well into the future.
“Central has a vital role in Moose Jaw’s next 100 years, you can be sure.”
Prairie South School Division board member Joan McMaster said that, although it’s hard to imagine now, the land around Central was essentially “bare prairie” when crews built the school. She said a whole neighbourhood sprouted around Central and that neighbourhood remains a vibrant part of the Moose Jaw community 10 decades later.
“Today is the first of many days we can celebrate 100 years of Central.”
School principal Scott Williamson said the board of education in 1910 wanted to create an institute that was serious about learning and could prepare young minds for the 20th century.
“Today we feel a strong connection with the past,” he said, adding the school cost $125,000 to build at the time.
For Morland, the build up to Central’s centennial has been “crazy.”
Morland said it’s exciting to be part of a 100year-old tradition, albeit a tad intimidating at times to realize the multitude of talented Central graduates who have preceded him. “It’s hard to live under this school’s shadow.”
- Carter Haydu, Times-Herald, April 30, 2010
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April 29, 2010 |
| Happy Birthday CCI!! |
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Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Gordon Barnhart cuts the ceremonial cake
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“Happy Birthday everyone,” Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Gordon Barnhart called out during Central Collegiate Institute (CCI) centennial celebration on Thursday.
The Queen’s representative said high school is a time in someone’s life when people meet mentors, forge strong friendships and learn ideas and skills that last them the rest of their lives. At CCI, he said a multitude of individuals have enjoyed such school benefits ove the past 100 years.
“I think education is so important.”
Several members of Coun. Don Mitchell’s family graduated from CCI and at one time the city’s representative at the centennial event was himself a student at the local public high school.
During his speech, Mitchell remninisced about the school principal back in the 1950s and how that person helped shaped Mitchell’s and other students’ sense of character.
Mitchell said CCI was noted at the time of its creation for bringing an element of collegial gothic” architecture to the 1910 Saskatchewan landscape. He added it is his hope and conviction the school will survive government budget cuts and continue to shape young characters well into the future.
“Central has a vital role in Moose Jaw’s next 100 years, you can be sure.” - Carter Haydu, Times-Herald, April 29, 2010
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April 16, 2010 |
| Howard Glassman to be Lit MC |
Howard Glassman, CCI grad-Class of 1978, commonly known as Humble Howard, is a Canadian radio personality, best known as co-host with Fred Patterson of the Humble & Fred morning show, which had been heard on Edge 102, Mojo 640 and Mix 99.9 in Toronto. Currently, Glassman can be heard weekdays on Toronto's Boom 97.3 morning show, Boom Breakfast Show with Humble and Colleen, along with Colleen Rusholme.
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April 15, 2010 |
| April 29th Celebration |
On Thursday, April 29th, Central Collegiate students, staff, and special guests will celebrate “100 Years” of serving the students of Moose Jaw. The official 100th birthday event will recognize the initial opening of the school in April of 1910 and include a host of activities.
Beginning at 11:00am on April 29th, we will host a short program featuring some of our present day students and special guests. Following the program will be a BBQ lunch, flyover by the Snowbirds aeronautical team, official cake cutting ceremony, and a number of fun activities. The ceremony will take place in our school gymnasium and move outside for the luncheon on the south side of the school on Ross Crescent and is open to the public. We hope you are able to attend as we celebrate our heritage!
For more details please call the school at 693-4691.
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April 9, 2010 |
| Keith Penry Passes |
Keith G. Penry
March 19 1926 -April 6 2010
Keith passed away peacefully at the Moose Jaw Union Hospital, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Over the last few years he resided at Mulberry Place where he enjoyed meeting and sharing stories with many new and old friends. Keith loved people and his trusting nature allowed him to always see the good in someone else. Keith's life journey began on the farm near Ernfold, Saskatchewan. Farming was not his intended career as his aspirations were to become an educator. Keith touched the lives of many students while he taught at Central Collegiate from 1953 until 1982. Many stories can be told about Keith's History, Social Studies, Physical Education, Coaching and Woodworking classes. Keith could often be found out refereeing a football game and or at the hockey rink where his love for hockey kept him involved with the Hockey Society. Keith's love of wood became more involved after teaching woodworking at Central Collegiate. As a hobbyist Keith was a member of the Wood Guild. He spent many hours turning wood into beautiful ornamental pieces that now adorn many homes. Throughout his life Keith was passionate about his role with the Saskatchewan Dragoons. Summers were often spent in Dundurn and during the years 1970 to 1974 he was the Commanding Officer. Until recently Keith still tried to attend as many functions as he could. Keith was Grand Master during 1971-72 with the Moose Jaw Masonic Temple and became a lifetime member in 2003. Keith will be sadly missed by his (son and daughter-in-law) Scott and Ally Penry, (daughter) Susan Taylor, (grandchildren) Brooke, Dallas and Jordyn. Keith was predeceased by his wife, Marjorie Joan; sister, Carol; and his parents Russell and Ethel Penry. There will be a visitation at Parkview Funeral Chapel on Sunday, April 11th, 2010 from 7 - 9 pm. A service to honour Keith's life will be held on Monday April 12th, 2010 at the First Baptist Church on Main Street, at 10:00 am. Donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Services are entrusted to Parkview Funeral Chapel.
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February 1, 2010 |
| Lyle Phillips fondly remembers Central years |
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Lyle Phillips is looking forward to attending the 100th anniversary reunion of Central Collegiate being held in July. - Rebecca Lawrence photograph
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29 Jan 2010
REBECCA LAWRENCE - MOOSE JAW TIMES-HERALD
Central Collegiate will hold its 100th year reunion in July. In a series on former graduates, the Times-Herald spoke to lawyer Lyle Phillips.
Phillips, 81, who lives in Moose Jaw with his wife Joanne, graduated from Central Collegiate in 1946.
“It was a nice place to go to school,” he remembered fondly. “I had lots of friends. There was lots of sports. I was best in maths and science,” he said.
“There always seemed to be lots to do. On Friday afternoons they had a little program every couple of months. They would have different things like people performing an instrument. They called them LITS.”
After graduating, Phillips went on a hockey scholarship to the University of Michigan to study engineering.
“But engineering and I did not get along,” Phillips said. “So then I went to Assumption College in Windsor, now the University of Windsor, for three years and I took my bachelor of arts with a major in business administration.
“Then, after that, I went to the University of Saskatchewan and got my law degree,” he said.
“Then I came back to Moose Jaw and articled with my father who was a lawyer and I have been practising ever since.
“I followed in my father’s footsteps and I had no intention of that when I first started university,” Phillips recalled.
Phillips had his own law firm for awhile but in 1970, the Phillips Law Firm amalgamated with the Dubinsky Law Firm.
In 1975 Phillips worked for Fairford Industries Ltd. as a lawyer and head of finance. The company manufactured steel buildings.
In 1985 he went back into practice, opening the Lyle Phillips Law Office, first above the Royal Bank and then on Stadacona Street until July 2008. He then became associated with Chow McLeod on High Street West.
“I do not really want to retire,” he said.
Phillip’s daughter Debbie Cowan is the co-chairwoman for the Central Collegiate reunion. His son David, who lives in Calgary, is also planning to attend.
“I ’m looking forward to the reunion,” he said. “I think it will be fun. I do not know right now if many of my class are going.”
Registrations are still being accepted.
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January 7, 2010 |
| Lloyd Probert plans to attend Central Reunion with his children and sister |
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Lloyd Probert as a child before attending school at Central Collegiate, left, in this submitted photograph. At right, Lloyd Probert looks over an album of family photographs. He will be attending the CCI centennial reunion this summer.
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22 Dec 2009
REBECCA LAWRENCE - MOOSE JAW TIMES-HERALD
Central Collegiate will holds it 100th year reunion in July 2010. In our series on former graduates, the Times-Herald spoke to former Moose Jaw opthamologist Lloyd Probert. Probert, who lives in Moose Jaw with his wife Coralie, graduated from Central Collegiate in 1939.
His father Frank Probert was an optometrist and ran F.B. Probert, next to the Capitol Theatre on Main Street.
Probert, 88, is looking forward to the Central reunion — which will be a family affair. Five of Probert’s six children also went to Central as did his sister, now Sylvia Farley, and they are all planning to attend the reunion. “I suppose there will be quite a few friends there although I do not think there are many who are still in Moose Jaw,” he said.
Probert said his best subjects were chemistry and physics. “I enjoyed sports at Central,” Probert said. “They were a good bunch of people there.” After graduating, he went to the University of Saskatchewan to study medicine. He graduated just as the Second World War was ending and got out of the army in 1945.
Probert then spent three years working in Craik before going to Toronto to study ophthalmology to become an eye specialist. He came back to Moose in 1952 and did not retire until 1997. Probert said he has enjoyed living in Moose Jaw. “It’s not too big. I’m still sort of an old farm boy, although I never lived on a farm,” he said.
“I lived in town and walked to school. We lived up on North Hill.”
Probert is good friends with Lyle Phillips who will also be attending the reunion. But he said it was after graduating that they became friends. “We were friends after he finished law school but not at Central because he was three or four years behind. You usually did not associate with the younger ones.”
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Rebecca Lawrence can be reached at 691-1258
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December 22, 2009 |
| Christmas Card Lane |
Nothing says Christmas in Moose Jaw like the cards along Christmas Card Lane (aka Langdon Crescent). Of course, CCI 100 is there to wish everyone the best of the season.
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