Volume 34 Issue 9
September 2014
www.cosmoindustries.com
MACHINEX UPGRADES AT COSMO
What is a MRF? It’s an abbreviation for ‘Material Recycling
Facility’, and it’s pronounced
‘murf’. Cosmo’s MRF is being
upgraded to accept a wide
variety of materials for the Multi
-Unit
Residence
Recycling
(MURR) program. As you can
see from the pictures, there is
quite a difference in our facility
already. Height is an important
element for sorting and storing
numerous recyclables. As tin
cans, plastic bottles, milk jugs
and newspapers move their way
from one conveyor belt to another, they are either sorted into
a large storage hopper (bin) or
moved along to the next sorting
station. Eventually each material will make its way toward the
baler where wire binds the bales
together for shipment. While the
guys from Machinex are doing
our upgrades, our participants
are busy delivering brochures to
Multi-Unit properties. Poster
and brochure deliveries began in
New construction
the South East section of the city
in mid-September and will
continue
throughout
the
city.
Brochure delivery was
brisk, and lots of fun, when the
weather turned warm again.
It’s great to see all of the parts
of this project coming
together. It is also heartening to
see the cooperation between
neighbouring Multi-Unit sites in
freeing up space for a recycling
bin. Bin deliveries to residences
are scheduled to begin the week
of October 6th. Once delivery
dates are set, they will be posted
on Cosmo’s web site and the city
website, saskatoonrecycles.ca.
Make sure to look for next
month’s MURR update.
Congratulations toWendell Wilkie who
was the proud winner of last month’s
TeleMiracle Roughrider basket!
TeleMiracle Fundraisers
September—Tim Hortons basket tickets
now on sale until Tues., Sept. 30th
October—Halloween basket
Old tipping floor
Ticket sales begin Tues. Oct 14th
$1.00 each or 10 for $5.00
Draw date: Friday, Oct 31st
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The Cosmo Communicator
David Custer
Sept 12, 1976 –
August 19, 2014
David began his
fifteen year career at
Cosmo Industries on
September 21, 1998. David was known
by many over the years, for his great
sense of humour, and contagious laughter. Although David was non-verbal, he
followed along with conversations and
always caught the punch lines. David
was a great teacher in instructing each
of us to not sweat the small stuff.
During his time in Life Skills, David
was so easy going and loved to take part
in many group activities that included
looking at magazines and picture cards,
story time, action movies and armchair
travel televised programs, baking,
snoezelen, and taking on a role in
recycling. David always enjoyed quality
of life events at work that involved
diversity and would be very attentive to
learning about the world around him.
David would often be captivated by the
scenery around him, and one would
often see a big photogenic smile.
Outside of work David would often
look forward to Christmas time, which
was around the time of year he would
take part in the Secret Santa event with
his friends and staff from work. David,
during this time, would have a chance to
visit and view various plays at the Barn
Playhouse, Christmas Concerts at Elim
Tabernacle Church, and would be smiling and sharing in the Christmas spirit
over a Christmas dinner. David will
dearly be missed by many of us who had
the opportunity to know this man who
had such an infectious laugh.
Calendar of Events
Cosmo will be closed on Mon.
Oct 13th for Thanksgiving
 Galon Haunted House for
Cosmo’s Family & Friends—
Thurs. Oct. 30th from 1-4 pm
 Halloween Dance for participants only—
Fri. Oct. 31st

EXPLORING THE CANADIAN CULTURE AT COSMO
The Language Instruction
to Newcomers to Canada
(LINC) program has
resumed
classes
and
Cosmo will be welcoming students on
a weekly basis during the school year.
Students are asked to volunteer with
an organization where he or she may
be exposed to the Canadian culture
and have the opportunity to practice
their English speaking skills.
Students benefit from volunteering
with us as they have ample opportunities to interact with participants,
staff and other volunteers. Students
come to us with different backgrounds, skills and talents that can be
shared in groups, one on one, and in a
large group setting. Not only are we
excited for the students to be part of
Cosmo, but we are eager to learn
about their cultures and backgrounds.
Welcome LINC students!
Chantal Gosselin
Coordinator of Volunteer Services
WELCOMING NURSES IN TRAINING
Cosmo has partnered with the
Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor
of Science in Nursing (SCBScN)
program to host ten of their nursing
students to complete 40 servicelearning hours. The ten students will be
placed throughout the areas of Cosmo
to gain perspective and experience of
working with adults with intellectual
disabilities. Students can benefit from
their time spent at Cosmo by learning
with our participants and can create
memories to last a lifetime. Cosmo will
host the students on a weekly basis
until the beginning of December. We
would like to welcome all ten students
and hope we can
provide them with a
wealth of knowledge
to apply in their field
of study.
Chantal Gosselin
Coordinator of Volunteer Services
CONTRACTS WINDING DOWN AFTER A GREAT SUMMER
On August 27th, the Contracts
division had a great turn-out for our
Payday Activity. We had a very tasty
barbeque lunch that consisted of
hamburgers, macaroni salad and
watermelon.
All of the participants thoroughly
enjoyed the feast and many thanks to
our wonderful chef, Tracey Janzen,
and all the staff who all made the day
a great success. The weather was
beautiful, so it made everything seem
so much more like a great ending to
summer. After the barbeque, most of
the participants were able to take
part in a movie day to top it all off.
Heather Reis
Contracts Division
A NIGHT AT THE RACES!
Calvin Gessel, Lyle Brash, Terry
Boulding, Tyrone Depeel and staff
members Spencer and Sheri, all
enjoyed dinner at Smiley’s and a night
of thoroughbred racing at Marquis
Downs on Saturday August 23. The
meal was unanimously voted as
awesome and despite it being a chilly
evening, everyone had a blast. We
warmed up the pre- races with a hot
beverage at Tim Horton’s and sat high
on the bleachers under the canopy
where it was the warmest. Lyle spent
two of his own dollars on a bet to win;
sadly his horse came in fourth! The
guys were happy to be able to pick
out a Marquis Downs tee- shirt to
commemorate their evening of fun.
We had a lot of laughs and it was a
tired bunch that made their way
home by 10 pm!
Thank you to Top of the Rock for
making this night possible!
Sheri Lowe
Pathways to Opportunity
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The Cosmo Communicator
You are invited to
The Haunted House on the 34th Street Hill
Presented by Galon Insurance
Thursday October 30th, 2014 1pm-4 pm
We kindly ask those who plan on attending to choose a timeframe to visit and
ensure everyone can enjoy our haunted house.
Call to book your time:
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00
Haunted House at Cosmopolitan Industries
(use #28-34th Street entrance)
RSVP: CHANTAL at 306.664.3158
[email protected]
Join us for an afternoon of FRIGHT (with cookies and a photobooth)
New Staff
Melanie Webster- Pathways Division
Brittany Pelletier- term, Life Skills
Division
Chelsea McGee- Life Skills Division
Michelle Elliott- Customer Service
Rep, MURR
Carolin Thomas- term, Contracts
Division
Katie Thebaud- term, Recreation
Coordinator, Life Enrichment Division
Jessica Weiman- casual
Chantelle Weyland- term, Contracts
Division
Staff Changes
Andrea Dundas- casual to term, Life
Skills Division
Eldon Genest- term to fulltime, Life
Skills Division
Monica Fuller- term to fulltime, Life
Skills Division
Meagan Santoro- Contracts Division,
Maternity Leave
Leaving
Christine Chalmers
Jeannette Mendez
Renee Lindsay
Congratulations to Meagan Santoro and husband
Jordan who welcomed a baby boy!
Lucas Antonio was born on Sept. 9th, 2014.
Weight: 6lbs 8oz
Height: 19 inches long
It’s time to give back!
Pathways Division is collecting donations
to help a local school in our community.
We are seeking the following:
Winter jackets, gloves, toques and
scarves for children and adults, in good
condition.
Pathways will be accepting donations
until December 1st. Drop offs can be
given to Debbie C or Spencer in
Pathways.
Together we can help keep our
neighbours warm!
We are seeking donations of gently
used Halloween decorations that can
be used to decorate our Haunted
House.
-Animatronics
-Lights
-Props
-Accessories
Donations can be dropped off at
Cosmo to the attention of Chantal.
Thanks!
Seniors is looking for donated spoons
and forks for a craft project. They can
only be silver or silver plated, they
cannot be stainless steel.
Thank you!
STAFF GOLF TOURNAMENT
On Saturday September 6th , Cosmo
had its annual golf tournament at
Holiday Park golf course. The weather
was fantastic as 8 teams participated
in this event Texas scramble style. It
was a close race for best team score as
the top 3 teams scored at 34, 35 and
37 par but in the end the honors went
to Ashley, Nicole, Rory and John
(probably because they used a power
cart)..boo! Golf was followed by supper
and an evening of horse racing at
Marquis Downs. The food was great
and a good time was had by all. A huge
shout out to the Social committee for
planning this fun filled day, and a
special thanks to Al Anderson sports,
Van Houte coffee, Smileys, Parktown
hotel, Mulberrys, IWL Steel, Great
West Brewing, The Star Phoenix,
Safeway, The Station Place restaurant,
Sutherland Automotive, Affinity Credit
Union, Kal Tire, Dragons Den games,
and Rawlco radio for the many
wonderful gift donations to this event.
Paul Cory
Social Committee Chair