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                    WAPEKEKA FIRST NATION

        MEN'S AND LADIES OUTSIDE VOLLEYBALL

                                 TOURNAMENT

                                    2 on 2 men's

                                    3 on 3  ladies

                  DATE:  JULY 30 - AUGUST 2 ,2003

        PLAYER'S :       2 PLAYERS & 1 SUB (MEN'S)

                                    3 PLAYERS & 1 SUB (LADIES)

                                       TWO DIVISIONS

  PRIZES:::     CHAMPIONSHIP :      $ 2000.00  or MORE + TROPHY

                         RUNNERS UP             $ 1500.00 or MORE

                         CONSOLATION          $ 1000.00 or MORE + TROPHY

TEAMS ::: 16 TEAMS OR MORE

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN ALSO

Adi Linden, K-Net's Systems Administrator, worked with Viasat staff last week to complete the change over to the new satellite Network Management System (NMS). On Friday night (May 30) and early Saturday morning, the change over to the K-Net system was successfully completed. Ongoing monitoring of the system over the weekend shows that the sites that were able to come back up on the new system are stable and operational.

This NMS was set up to support the management of Industry Canada's Public Benefit satellite space that has been made available to different groups for community applications. The new NMS was received and set up in Sioux Lookout in mid-May, after funding from Industry Canada's FedNor was received to support this development. For more information about this resource, visit http://smart.knet.ca/satellite.

K-Net staff is working with FedNor, Kativik Regional Government (KRG) and Shibogama Tribal Council staff to develop and maintain these resources. The second week in June, representatives from each of these groups are heading to Viasat's offices in Atlantic for further training in the operation of the NMS. Further network enhancements are being planned for the satellite served communities in the coming months.

Over 12 MILLION hits on the K-Net servers in the month of May!!

All the various K-Net servers that are being monitored for hits, visits and usage statistics using the webalizer program showed an increase in May. In particular, the http://myknet.org server rose by over 1.6 million hits from the previous month. This particular service seems to be providing another growing on-line environment and audience who are continually adding more features and content to their individual homepages.

A summary of the monthly recorded hits for the month of May follows:

TOTAL Hits in May

Please note:

• the Hosting server statistics are lower only because the webalizer was not turned back on after some upgrades to the server;
• other on-line K-Net services, such as chat and the video streamer are not included in these numbers.

Dan Pellerin, K-Net's Network Manager, traveled to Winnipeg on May 29 to join the Manitoba Smart Network project, Industry Canada's team and others in the facilitation of a live video conferencing demonstration of broadband connectivity at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference.

Rob Lavin, Program Director of Manitoba Smart Network, worked with Gail Christopher and her team at Industry Canada to coordinate the different on-line activities that took place during this two day conference. The Headwaters Project in Northern Saskatchewan was also represented at this event as part of the Industry Canada booth at the trade show. Connections and live video conferencing sessions were made with different groups from across Canada throughout the two days.

Four federal government officials traveled to Sioux Lookout to:

• meet with the K-Net team,
• learn about the Kuh-ke-nah Network,
• discuss strategies for utilizing the network for delivery of services and programs, and
• identify mutually beneficial partnership opportunities for supporting community based broadband networks.

The four officials included:

• Robert Vigneault, Implementation Services Manager - HC’s e-Health Solutions Unit
• Roy Hart, Regional Director Information Technology, HC
• Richard Lekkari, Regional Director, HC’s e-Health Solutions Unit
• Carl Seibel, Telecommunications Officer, IC’s FedNor.

Pictures and an overview of the visit and meetings are available on-line.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak’s Telehealth initiative and the regional application to the Primary Health Care Transition Fund is resulting the opportunity to begin working with community and regional initiatives to both demonstrate and support broadband connectivity in rural and remote communities. The Kuh-ke-nah Network with its partner communities and organizations is able to support the growth of e-health opportunities across the region and the country.

The May 29 issue of Wawatay News contains two more news stories about the work being completed within the Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations demonstration project.

This week's Kuh-ke-nah page in Wawatay News include the following articles:

• Fiddler's Skills and Abilities Equal IT Hero Award - This past week Jesse Fiddler, KO's Multi-media Coordinator was recognized by the Northwestern Ontario Technology Association for his work in developing and sharing innovative on-line tools resulting in portals such as http://knet.ca, http://myknet.org, http://photos.knet.ca, and many others. Pictures of the awards ceremony are also available on-line.
• FN Arts and Crafts Displayed on http://arts.knet.ca - Various artists and craftspeople share their work on-line, with Abe Kakepetum and others sharing their thoughts about the value of having these on-line web sites.
• K-Net Showcase - contains photos from the Keewaywin First Nation portal (http://keewaywin.firstnation.ca)

Rick Garrick is researching additional stories for future articles. If you have a story that you want to share about this project and the work that is happening in your community to get connected, please send us an e-mail.

Various newspaper articles are being scanned and stored for reference purposes in this photo gallery.

Happy 18th Birthday

To Our best friend

Rachel O'Connor

May everything happy and everything bright

Be yours in your days

From morning till night, and then through the year,

May the same thing hold true.

So that each day is filled with life's best things for you!

From Your Best Friends

Jamie Walker, Martha Quedent, Sara O'Donovan, and your older brother Michael O'Connor.

Thunder Bay Ontario - Fort William First Nation Arena

August 7-10 2003 C.L.E Weekend

$500.00 Team Entry

2 Non-Native Players Per Team

Open Pick Up Tournament

DIVISIONS

Tykes-Novice-Atom-Peewee-Bantam-Midget

1st Annual Champions

Novice - Eabametoong Jr Braves

Atom - Fort William Eagles

Peewee - Michikan Lake Northern Hawks

Bantam - Pic River Superior Eagles

For More Information Phone:807-625-0327 Email:tfox21@hotmail.com Website: www.eteamz.com/7thgeneration

P.S. Remember to book your rooms now if participating at the Challenge.

HAVE A SAFE SUMMER ALL !!!!! Miigwetch

The front page of the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (Friday, May 23) had the picture of this year's celebrating graduates from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School.

Wapekeka First Nation is Hosting a
Men's and Ladies Volleyball Tournament

2 on 2

Date : July 30 - August 2, 2003

Players:

• 2 players & 1 Sub (men)
• 3 players (ladies)
• Two divisions

Prizes:

• Championship:   $ 2000.00
• Runners up: $ 1500.00
• Consolation: $ 1000.00

Teams : 16 teams or More

Entry Fee :

• $ 200.00 outside teams
• $ 250.00  local teams

Accommodations will be provided

Rules and regulations will be handed outupon arrival

For more information contact the following:

• Daniel 537-2650 (w)
• Leland 537-2655 (h) 537-9960 (w)
• Cynthia 537-2062 (h) 537-2650 (w)
• Sandra 537- 2062 (h) 537-1143 (w)
• Myrna 537-1159 (h) 537-1164 (w)