Christmas letters from the Ward and the Stake

 

CHS Xanadu with Cohen & Madison!

Tonight is the last night to see Cohen and Madison in the high school play Xanadu.

7pm @ the Civic Centre

$10/ ticket

Rushed seating!

Basketball with Peyton #10

Ok basketball fans - here's our own 5th Ward boy.  White & blue #10.  Enjoy and here's the Cougar TV link on Cardston High School if you want to watch Peyton (JV boys) or Chiara (Varsity Girls) during the season from your comfy chair at home.  (and sorry - I don't have a schedule).

Christmas & New Years Schedule

 Just for planning :)

Sunday 25 December - 1 hr Sacrament meeting only at 12:00

Sunday 1 January - regular 2 hr block starting at our new time of 10:30am.  Church wide this is NOT fast Sunday. 

Sunday 8 January - Fast Sunday

Cardboard boat races

We had two girls in our ward compete in the cardboard boat race at the University of Lethbridge - Alexandria E. and Abby C.  The girls had 1.5 hours to build the boat they had previously designed.  Then one girl has to race it across the pool (Alexandria) and the other 3 girls had to sit and float in the boat for an entire minute.

FYI: Phase 1 of Plastics Ban

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/phase-1-of-canada-s-single-use-plastics-ban-comes-into-effect-this-month-these-are-the-products-on-the-list-1.6189050

Phase 1 of Canada's single-use plastics ban comes into effect this month. These are the products on the list

• Michael Lee CTVNews.ca Writer
• Updated Dec. 9, 2022 7:28 p.m. MST
• Published Dec. 9, 2022 6:04 p.m. MST

Canada's ban on single-use plastics, starting with the manufacture and import for sale of a number of products, comes into effect later this month.

The prohibition on several categories of plastics will begin Dec. 20, affecting a range of products from checkout bags and cutlery to takeout containers and stir sticks. A ban on the sale of these products will start in December 2023.

The federal government had initially planned to start the ban by the end of 2021 but delayed it to 2022. The regulations were published in June.

The move is part of an effort by the federal government to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030, citing the impact that plastics have had on the environment through pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

Here are the products that will be subject to Canada's single-use plastics ban starting Dec. 20:

CHECKOUT BAGS

Checkout bags made entirely or in part from plastic and used to carry purchased goods from a business will be subject to the Dec. 20 ban on manufacture and import for sale.

The ban also includes fabric bags that cannot meet a stress test, meaning they can't break or tear if carrying 10 kilograms over a distance of 53 metres, 100 times, or when washed.

CUTLERY

The ban on cutlery includes single-use plastic knives, forks, spoons, sporks and chopsticks that contain either polystyrene or polyethylene, or that change their physical properties when run through a household dishwasher 100 times.

TAKEOUT CONTAINERS

The prohibition includes clamshell containers, lidded containers, boxes, cups, plates and bowls made entirely or in part from plastic and designed for serving or transporting ready-to-eat food or beverages.

These products will be subject to the ban if they contain: expanded or extruded polystyrene foam, the latter commonly referred to as Styrofoam; polyvinyl chloride, often used in salad containers; carbon black or black plastic food containers that usually come with a transparent lid; or oxo-degradable plastic.

STIR STICKS

All types of plastic stir sticks, designed to mix beverages or prevent them from spilling from a lid, will be banned under the federal government's current regulations.

STRAWS

The prohibition will include straight plastic drinking straws and flexible straws that are packaged together with beverage containers, such as juice boxes and pouches.

Straws that contain polystyrene or polyethylene, or which can't be run through a dishwasher 100 times, are subject to the ban.

Single-use plastic flexible straws, not packaged with a beverage container, are excluded under certain conditions, such as to accommodate people with disabilities.

A retail store, for example, may sell a package of 20 or more single-use plastic flexible straws if a customer asks and the package is not displayed publicly. Retailers may also sell beverage containers with a flexible plastic straw for another two years.

TIMELINE

The manufacture and import for sale in Canada of the five categories of single-use plastics comes into effect on Dec. 20.

A ban on the sale of these products will begin the following year by Dec. 20, 2023, while a prohibition on the manufacture, import and sale for export of these plastics will come into effect on Dec. 20, 2025.

A prohibition on the manufacture and import for sale in Canada of ring carriers or six-pack rings, used to carry aluminum cans and plastic bottles, will begin on June 20, 2023. Their sale will be banned by June 20, 2024, while their manufacture, import and sale for export will be prohibited starting Dec. 20, 2025.

With files from The Canadian Press 

It Is Well With My Soul

 We love this video clip, each year it seems to take on a deeper meaning in our changing world.

We want to share it with you this year, not only because it’s beautiful, but because it is uplifting and brings us courage in adversity, strength to keep going, but also HOPE and STRENGHTENS OUR FAITH, that no for certain, that no matter what, all is as it is intended to be, and that there is purpose for each of us, always. 
https://youtu.be/ReApJymYSiw

Joseph Smith Fireside Dec 11th