聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 In time for the judging of Kamsack鈥檚 appearance in the 2017 Communities in Bloom competition, a group of Grade 9 students have painted a number of the community鈥檚 fire hydrants, changing normally staid structures into colourful and amusing objects d鈥檃rt.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bethany Brade鈥檚 Grade 9 art students at the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute were asked this year to create works along a 鈥渢aking action鈥� theme.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淪o this was an awesome opportunity to create art in the community,鈥� Brade said. 鈥淭he kids worked in groups to come up with designs and spent all day Friday painting.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Kev Sumner, Kamsack鈥檚 recreation director, said that a grant of more than $600 had been received from Parkland Valley Sport, Culture and Recreation District which was used for supplies for students to paint some of the hydrants last year, and again this year.聽 He also found money in his recreation budget for supplies.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The painting will go a long way towards the beautification of Kamsack and preparing for the 2017 Communities in Bloom, Sumner said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The students who participated in the project are: Samantha Chernoff, Taylen Keshane, Liam Lachambre, Sadie McGriskin, Breanne McLean, Brooke Schwartz, Kade Wishnevetski, Zachary Zbeetnoff, Savannah Zielinkski, Josh Bielecki, Mila Carpenter-Bloudoff, Juanita Cote, Teyon Cote, Shaelyn David, Maison Davis, Carter Lippert, Ysabel Morenos, Whyatt Schneider and Aliyah Stevenson.
