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SPRING
A P R - M AY- J U N
2020
IN THE
Kn o w S E N I O R’ S N E WS L E T T E R
INSIDE - Recycle Depot Information
- COVID-19 Financial Supports
- Edson Seniors Transportation
- Yellowhead County Programs
- Puzzles and Brain Teasers
- Recipes
In the Know | SPRING 2020
MESSAGE
f r o m O U R S TA F F
Hello community neighbour,
We’ve created the spring 2020 In The Know with the
hope that it can be informative and interesting in these
uncertain times. We encourage you to stay informed
and stay safe, by practicing the different forms of
prevention, such as social-distancing, isolation and
hand washing. Throughout the newsletter you’ll find
information on COVID-19, a list of community
resources available at this time, activities and
information as well as stories of hope from other
communities.
COVID-19 can cause serious respiratory illness.
Because it is a new virus with no treatment or
immunity in people, it is critical for people with
symptoms to stay home and away from others to keep
it from spreading. Alberta is taking aggressive
measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
The health of community members is essential and a
top priority for everyone, so please do your part and
practice preventative measures to help prevent the
spread.
Ali Broda
Community Development Coordinator
Town of Edson
Phone: 780 723 8616
UPCOMING FCSS EVENT CANCELLATIONS:
April 21 at 6 PM - Volunteer Fair
April 22 at 10 AM - Senior Sessions (Wills)
April 23 at 6:30 PM - Volunteer Mixer
April 27 at 1:00 PM - Caregiver Support Group
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 12:30 PM - COMPASS
May 25 at 1:00 PM - Caregiver Support Group
June 5, 12, 19 at 12:30 PM - COMPASS
June 29 at 1:00 PM - Caregiver Support Group
June 30 & July 1 - Canada Day Celebrations
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The Enkindled Spring The Town of Edson FCSS Community Volunteer
By D.H. Lawrence Income Tax Program is closed until further notice.
Please call 780-723-4403 for more information.
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled The Canada Revenue Agency has extended the tax
bushes, deadline until June 1, 2020.
Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between
Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering We will be posting updates on all our facility closures
rushes. as they arise. Check out our Community Services
Facebook page for the most up to date information.
I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,
Faces of people streaming across my gaze.
And I, what fountain of fire am I among
This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed
About like a shadow buffeted in the throng
Of flames, a shadow that’s gone astray, and is lost.
Age in your home,
independently.
Good Samaritan TeleCare® provides
monitoring, support and response services
to individuals of all ages and situations, from
lone-workers to seniors at home.
Call Edson TeleCare at
Sacred Heart Parish today: 780-723-3661
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Seniors Transportation Information
Edson Senior’s Transportation Society (ESTS)
Annual Membership Fee: $20.00
Buss Passes available for members for $30.0 or $4.00 per individual trip. See
the bus driver for memberships and passes. Non-members pay $5.00 per trip.
See bus driver for out of town fees.
*Call in advance for pick-ups
*Wheelchair clients are suggested to have an escort
*An aide assisting a client is exempt from bus fees
*Bus has a seating capacity for 18 individuals
*Capacity of up to 4 wheelchairs with modern locking safety features
*Air Conditioned Comfort
*Friendly and Qualified Drivers
*ESTS now has a second bus to provide additional services to the community for
special trips-please see driver for details
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday
8:30am-4:00pm
FOR SERVICE CALL:
780-723-1122
Edson Seniors Transportation Society
P.O. Box 6097, Edson, AB T7E 1T6
Need assistance connecting to services? Let us help you.
Call Community Services at 780-723-4403 and we will do our best to
connect you with service providers available in our community.
FCSSAA Funding for COVID-19:
Call for community charitable & non-profit organization applications
The Alberta Government is providing $30 million to municipalities, charitable and non-profit
organizations to provide help to individuals, seniors, families and other vulnerable Albertans
who are isolated or impacted by measures to contain COVID-19. Some examples of eligible
and needed services include but are not limited to; at-home help for seniors, crisis and
helplines, food security issues (such as meal and grocery delivery), emotional and mental
health counselling or any other identified community issues.
Contact Information:
Tanya Byers, Community Development Manager or Ali Broda, Community Development
Coordinator, Town of Edson
Contact Telephone & email: 780-723-4403 tanyab@edson.ca or alicjab@edson.ca
For more information visit www.edson.ca/residents/family-community-support-services
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COVID-19 FINANCIAL SUPPORTS (Last Updated: March 19, 2020)
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CHANGES TO EXISTING BENEFITS
Provider Benefit & Description Intended Recipients Contact Information Information Link
In the Know
Service Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Those employed who cannot work due to 1-833-381-2725 (A https://www.canada.ca/
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Canada, Benefit: Recipients can receive 55% of their illness, injury or quarantine dedicated phone line en/services/benefits/ei/
Government earnings up to a maximum of $573 a week. The regarding EI claims for ei-sickness.html
of Canada one week waiting period for those in quarantine COVID-19 quarantine and
is waived. The illness)
requirement to provide a medical
certificate is waived.
Service Employment Insurance: For more, the Individuals who lose their jobs through no fault https://www.canada.ca/ https://www.canada.ca/
Canada, basic rate for calculating EI benefits is 55% of of their own en/employment- en/employment-
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of Canada imum amount. As of January 1, 2020, the max- corporate/ei-individual. programs/ei/ei-list/
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week.
Global Affairs COVID-19 Emergency Loan Program for Canadians Canadians who have no available source of CAN.finances.CV19@ https://www.canada.
Canada, Abroad: Repayable loan of up to $5000 to help se- funds to return home international.gc.ca ca/en/global-affairs/
Government cure a timely return to Canada and to temporarily news/2020/03/
of Canada cover life-sustaining needs while working towards government-of-
the return. canada-to-orovide-
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UPCOMING BENEFITS
Government Emergency Care Benefit: Money every two weeks Workers, including the self-employed, who are Anticipated Availability: https://www.canada.ca/
of Canada to workers who have to stay home because they quarantined or sick with COVID-19 but do not Early April en/department-finance/
are sick, in quarantine, isolation or caring for qualify for EI sickness benefits. news/2020/03/
someone who is sick. The program will provide 14 Workers, including the self-employed, who are canadas-covid-19-
weeks of benefits up to $900 bi-weekly, for up to taking care of a family member who is sick with economic-
15 weeks. COVID-19, such as an elderly parent, but do not response-plan-
qualify for EIsickness benefits. support-for-
Parents with children who require care or canadians-and-
supervision due to school closures, and are un- businesses.html
able to earn employment income, irrespective
of whether they qualify for EI or not
Government Emergency Support Benefit Canadians who lose their job and are not eligi- Anticipated Availability: Same as above
of Canada ble for employment insurance, including people Early April
who are self-employed.
COVID-19 FINANCIAL SUPPORTS Cont’d
Provider Benefit & Description Intended Recipients Contact Information Information Link
UPCOMING BENEFITS Cont’d
Government Goods and Services Tax Credit (GSTC): Low and modest income families. Early May same as above
of Canada One-time special payment through the Goods
and Services Tax Credit (GSTC). This will double
the maximum annual GSTC payment amounts for
the 2019-2020 benefit year. Average boost will be
close to $400 for single individuals and close to
$600 for couples.
Government Canada Child Benefit (CCB): May CCB Payment Same as above
of Canada Increase the maximum annual payment amounts
only for the 2019-2020 benefit year, by $300 per
child. The overall increase for families receiving
CCB will be approximately $550 on average; these
families will receive an extra $300 per child.
Government Emergency Isolation Support: A temporary program for working adult Week of March 23 via https://www.alberta.ca/
of Alberta One-time payment of $1,146 will be distributed Albertans who must self-isolate because they online application through covid-19-supports-for-
to bridge the gap until the federal emergency meet the Government of Alberta’s published alberta.ca albertans.aspx
payments begin in April. criteria for self-isolation, including persons who
are the sole caregiver for a dependent who
must self-isolate because they meet the public
health criteria, and who will not have another
source of pay or compensation while they are
self-isolated
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DUE TO COVID-19 ALL YELLOWHEAD COUNTY PROGRAMMING IS
ON-HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
UPDATES WILL BE PUBLISHED WHEN AVAILABLE
Yellowhead County - Seniors Programming & Services
Frozen Meals on Wheels
Available for residents from Wabamun to Peers. The
menus and coordinators names and phone numbers
are available at the local libraries, Niton, Wildwood,
Evansburg and Entwistle, Seba Beach libraries and
Seba Beach and Wabamun Seniors Centres. Orders
are submitted on the 1st Wednesday of the month
and can be picked up at the freezers in the hamlets
the following Wednesday. Meals are made at
Edmonton Meals on Wheels and cost $7.00.
For more information call 780-325-3782
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
Temporarily Suspended.
Contact 780-325-3782 for more information about any
of the above mentioned programs.
Recycling Trailers in Yellowhead County
Locations of recycling trailers where residents can
drop-off recyclable materials:
Behind the Pembina Arena in Evansburg
Behind the Lobstick River Food Store in Wildwood
Parking lot at the Niton Community Hall
Parking lot at the Peers Multiplex.
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The Town of Edson has one of the best and most well
known recycling programs in the Province. The newly
expanded Depot is a dropoff point for a wide range of
materials and also holds a "Toxic Roundup" twice a year
for items that may not normally be accepted.
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Monday Organics
Tuesday Organics
Wednesday Organics
Thursday Organics
Household Waste A
Household Waste B
*December 25th, 2020 (Fri) pickup will be done Saturday, December 26th, 2020
*January 1st, 2021 (Fri) pickup will be done Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
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From Latvia to Edson
Edson has always had a diverse population with people from far and wide calling this community home. One
such family that left their mark on Edson were the Goldsticks.
Hyman Goldstick was born in Pilton, Latvia in 1882. At 16, he attended Yeshiva, Jewish academy of Talmudic
learning, in Lithuania. Once he graduated, he returned to Latvia, and not long after he eloped with his new
wife Basha. The couple travelled to Leeds in the United Kingdom before immigrating to New York and then
Toronto.
On the other side of Canada in Alberta, the Jewish community had no one to provide the services they
needed. Hyman had all the required qualifications and skills, including a pioneering spirit, so in 1906 Hyman
and Basha moved to Edmonton where he formed the Edmonton Hebrew Association and became the
province’s first Rabbi.
In 1912, Rabbi Goldstick’s career took a different path when he retired and left Edmonton to open a clothing
store in Edson. The store was located on the site where Scotia bank is now at the corner of 4th Ave. and 50th St.
During his time in Edson he served on the school board, town council and a term as Mayor before returning
to Edmonton in 1930 to serve as Rabbi at the newly formed Beth Shalom Synagogue. The Goldstick’s had four
children, Abraham, Cecil (also known as Tiger), Mollie and Celia. Hyman Goldstick died in 1978 in
Edmonton.
The Edson Archives holds a letter written in Yiddish and translated to English requesting that Hyman give
financial aid for family members wedding. Life was hard in Latvia. Unfortunately, we don’t know if Rabbi
Hyman could help his relative.
Hyman’s son Abraham (Abe) took over the Working Man’s Clothing Store from his father that he ran with his
wife Bessie. Many residents remember the Working Man’s Clothing Store fondly. An Edson senior related that
when times were hard, he could purchase clothes on credit and pay over a period of time. This was particularly
helpful coming into the winter season. During WW2 Abe served in the Royal Canadian Airforce.
Bessie and Hyman’s second (and arguably most famous) son Cecil ‘Tiger’ Goldstick was born on August 5,
1915. Tiger’s sports career started in Edson where he took up wrestling. When the family returned to
Edmonton, he started he the city’s first Pee Wee hockey league at the age of 14. During WW2, Tiger served
in the navy and, while enlisted, won the Canadian lightweight wrestling championship belt three consecutive
years.
There are several stories regarding how Tiger came by his ferocious feline nickname – some having to do with
wrestling and other with his service in the navy. But, (although Tiger was small in stature at 5 foot 4), his
sister-in-law Bessie Goldstick stated he got his nickname ‘because he was little he tried to be tough.’
That fighting spirit stood Tiger in good stead, and a lustrous sports career was to follow.
First, he started as a groundskeeper at Renfrew Park, then as a trainer with the Edmonton Combines, next
Tiger was a trainer for the Eskimos, the U of A Golden Bears, and New Westminster Royals.
In 1956, he won the C.U.M. Championship belt for wrestling, and served for many years on Edmonton’s
Boxing and Wrestling Commission.
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He carried on his sports career in a different capacity when, in 1949, he became a sportscaster for CFRN TV
and radio for the next 21 years. Many will remember the children’s television program Popcorn Playhouse
where Tiger presented ‘Tiger’s Safety Den,’ a regular feature promoting the school safety patrol.
Tiger was awarded the Order of Canada in 1990, and Goldstick Park in Edmonton was named after him.
Molly Goldstick was born in 1904. She married Daniel Yochlowitz in 1936 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
They had three children during their marriage. Daniel and Molly left the family business and turned their
business, ABC Salvage, & Metal, into the largest recycling firm in British Columbia.
When Celia Goldstick was born in 1910. She married Sidney Cohen in 1946 they operated a pharmacy. In
1963, before people were actively fighting for the rights of Soviet Jews, Celia fought and secured her mother’s
sister release from Latvia. Her aunt lived out the rest of her life in Israel.
The Goldstick’s are one of many interesting pioneering families that called Edson home.
Submitted by:
Miriam Kirkham, Assistant Manager
Galloway Station Museum
Sources:
The Edson Leader
Edson & District Archives
The Jewish Archives & Historical society of Edmonton & Northern Alberta
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Some Puzzles to Pass the Time.
There is no answer key. Call a friend to see how they’d answer. Just have some fun.
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Banana Split Oatmeal
RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
CORNER -1⁄3 cup oatmeal, quick-cooking (dry)
-1⁄8 teaspoon salt
-3⁄4 cups water (very hot)
-1⁄2 banana (sliced)
-pinch of cinnamon (optional)
-1⁄2 cup frozen yogurt, non-fat (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. In a microwave safe cereal bowl, mix together the oatmeal
and salt. Stir in water.
2. Microwave on high power for 1 minute. Stir. Microwave
on high power for another minute. Stir again.
2. Microwave an additional 30-60 seconds on high power
until the cereal reaches the desired thickness. Stir again.
2. Top with banana slices, cinnamon (optional) and frozen
yogurt (optional).
Immune-Boost Soup
INGREDIENTS
-1 small yellow onion, diced
-½ cup chopped mushrooms
-1 head chard, roughly chopped (can substitute with kale)
-1 can white beans (can substitute with lima beans)
-1 QT chicken broth/stock
-Salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Sautee diced onions and mushrooms in 1 TBS of olive oil.
2. Add broth/stock and beans to veggie mix.
3. Bring to a boil and then add chard.
4. Bring to a simmer, then add salt and pepper to taste.
One-Pan Sautee
INGREDIENTS
-1 pkg frozen stir-fry veggie mix
-1 skinless, boneless chicken breast, cubed (or shrimp)
-¼ cup Italian dressing
-1 cup of any rice
INSTRUCTIONS
1. In a skillet, cook cubed chicken in 1 TBS olive oil.
2. Add stir-fry veggies to skillet and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
3. Add rice to skillet and 1 TBS of water (needed to allow rice to warm).
4. Add dressing, bring to a boil and mix ingredients together until veggies are warmed, but still crisp.
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Roasted Cauliflower
INGREDIENTS
-1 (2-pound) head cauliflower, green leaves trimmed
-1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
-1 teaspoon kosher salt
-2 tablespoons fresh minced chives
-2 tablespoon fresh grated parmesan
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to
450°F. Lightly oil a 9-inch pie plate or square baking dish.
2. Core cauliflower, leaving head intact, then discard core
and put cauliflower head in pan. Drizzle 2 tablespoons olive
oil over top of cauliflower and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon
salt. Bake until tender, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Transfer to a
serving dish.
3. n a small bowl whisk together ¼ cup olive oil, minced
chives, grated parmesan and black pepper.
4. Place the cauliflower on a platter and drizzle the chive/
cheese/olive oil mixture on top. Serve immediately.
Ham and Pea Fusilli
INGREDIENTS
-3 Tbsp. non-hydrogenated margarine
-1/4 cup flour
-2 cups milk
-1-1/2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
-1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
-4 cups cooked fusilli pasta
-1 ham (175 g), chopped
-1 cup canned or fresh cooked peas
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Melt margarine in large saucepan on medium heat. Whisk
in flour; cook 1 to 2 min. or until bubbly, stirring constantly.
2. Whisk in milk gradually; cook 3 to 5 min. or until
thickened, stirring constantly. Add cheeses; cook and stir 1
min. or until cheddar is melted.
3. Add remaining ingredients; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or
until heated through.
PAGE 19In the Know | SPRING 2020 Mocha Pudding Cake for Two INGREDIENTS -1/4 cup all-purpose flour -3 tablespoons sugar -1-1/2 teaspoons baking cocoa -1/2 teaspoon baking powder -1/8 teaspoon salt -3 tablespoons 2% milk -1-1/2 teaspoons butter, melted -1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract TOPPING: -2 tablespoons brown sugar -1-1/2 teaspoons baking cocoa -3 tablespoons hot brewed coffee -1 tablespoon hot water -Whipped topping (optional) INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Stir in the milk, butter and vanilla until smooth. Spoon into two 4-oz. ramekins coated with cooking spray. 2. Combine brown sugar and cocoa; sprinkle over batter. Combine coffee and water; pour over topping. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature, with whipped topping if desired.
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