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Cupar Plus 50 Club hosted a
Kaiser Tournament
This fox, sitting on a snow back was looking into a kitchen
of a home on Echo Lake, as supper was being prepared.
Back row L to R: Mike Lorencz, Ida Sakal, Ann Lucas
Front row: Julius Ban, Mary Ban, Charlotte Hart
This golden Lab was sitting on the same snow bank the next day after the red
fox observed supper being prepared in a home on Echo Lake. Neither the dog
or the fox were from the area. The Lab did stay supper.
Submitted by Al Nernberg
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Back row L to R: Joyce Ermel, Joe Lipinski, Charlie Kish,
Front row: Alleda Orban, Helen Lipinski, Irene Benko
Cupar Plus 50 Club hosted a Kaiser
Tournament on Thursday, March 10,
2011 with 28 fun loving participants.
1st place: Mike Lorencz and Julius
Ban; 2nd - Ida Sakal and Mary Ban;
3rd - Ann Lucas & Charlotte Hart; 4th Joyce Ermel and Alleda Orban; 5th - Joe
and Helen Lipinski; 6th - Charlie Kish
and Irene Benko.
Also participating in the enjoyable
afternoon were: Mary Geber, Margaret
Buckshaw, Joyce Dahroug, Anne Reiss,
Mary Chernick, Mary Benko, Clara Kaytor, Cecile Daradich, Ed Lipinski,
Eleanor Lipinski, Tony Lorencz, Bill
Kish, Lawrence Geber, Julius Buckshaw,
Bernie Orban, and Norman Ermel.
Game co-ordinators Joyce Dahroug
and Anne Reiss.
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RCMP Reports across the province
RCMP Nipawin
Operation Snowcheck
While many Saskatchewan residents
are looking forward to winter ending, there
are others that are many hoping the snow
stays for at least a few more weeks. Included in that group are members of the RCMP
Nipawin Detachment who traded in their
police vehicles for four RCMP snowmobiles and hit the trails on the weekend.
Operation SNOWCHECK went out on
patrol in the rural areas of Nipawin Detachment with four members from the local
detachment.
The five hour patrol on Saturday
March 12th went for over 100 kilometers
on designated snowmobile trails from the
community of Nipawin to Tobin Lake
Resort and back to Nipawin.
Over 23 snowmobiles were stopped by
police with two infractions identified by the
members; both were for failing to display
license plates on the snowmobiles. The two
infractions resulted in warnings to the operators. No charges were laid.
While some of the snowmobilers were
a bit surprised by to see snowmobiles
equipped with red and blue flashing emergency lights; the members were pleased to
note that all of the snowmobilers checked
were all were enjoying this outdoor sport in
a safe manner.
Kamsack Detachment
Forgery, Uttering
Forged Document
Kamsack RCMP are requesting the
public's assistance in locating Daniel Wayne
Friday. A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Friday on charges of forgery and
uttering a forged document. Friday is 43
years of age, 5'6", 170 lbs. Friday is known
to frequent both Kamsack and Lestock
areas of Saskatchewan. Anyone with information on Friday's whereabouts is asked to
contact the Kamsack RCMP or Crime-stoppers.
RCMP Major Crime Unit (South) Springside Update
Members of the RCMP continue to
investigate the circumstances surrounding
an early morning call near the community
of Springside, SK on Saturday March 12th
at 9:30 a.m. The original complaint that
came in to the RCMP Communications
Centre was a report that an adult female had
been stabbed. Upon arrival at the residence
near Springside, members located the body
of the victim in the yard of the rural residence.
The victim has been identified as 40
year old Tammey Lynn Kulaway of Springside, SK.
The attack on the victim was witnessed
by a third party who reported the incident to
the RCMP.
Officers made a patrol to the scene and
requested assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT) as there were
some indications that the suspect was in his
residence and was armed. While the ERT
team was en route to the scene, police were
able to negotiate with the adult male suspect
by phone. There was no standoff and the
adult male left the residence upon first contact with members of the RCMP. He was
arrested at that time and was taken in to
custody. The residence belongs to the
accused.
Police continue to investigate at the
scene of both the residence and rural property near Springside.
An autopsy for Tammey Lynn Kulaway is scheduled in Saskatoon by a forensic pathologist. Cause of death is pending
and will not be released by the RCMP. Next
of kin notification has been completed by
investigators for the family of Kulaway.
The RCMP South Major Crime Unit
out of Regina has been assisted in this
investigation by the following RCMP
Units: Yorkton detachment, Canora
detachment, Sturgis detachment, Kamsack
detachment, Yorkton GIS, Weyburn GIS,
Police Dog Services, Traffic Services and
the Yorkton Forensic Identification Unit.
Charged with second degree murder is
the following adult male: Richard Lesann,
aged 43, from the community of Springside, SK. Lesann has been held in custody
and will appear in Yorkton Provincial
Court. Tammey Lynn Kulaway was known
to the accused.
RCMP Major Crime Unit (North)
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit in
Saskatoon has charged a 21 year old man in
relation to the 2006 shooting of a Carrot
River RCMP Officer. On January 16, 2006,
Cst. Gregory Toogood was off duty at his
residence and sustained serious injuries to
his arm when he was shot at the back door
of his residence.
The accused man was arrested in
Saskatoon. He is currently in police custody
and has been charged with the following
Criminal Code offences: Aggravated
Assault - Section 268(1) CC; Use violence
against a Justice System Participant - Section 423.1(1)(b) CC; Wear a mask while
committing an indictable offence - Section
351(2) CC; Carry a weapon for the purpose
of committing an offence - Section 88(1)
CC; Use a firearm while committing an
indictable offence - Section 85(1) CC; Discharge a firearm at a person with intent to
wound - Section 244 CC
As the accused was 16 yrs old when
the shooting occurred, Section 110 of the
Youth Criminal Justice Act prohibits the
publication of his identity.
RCMP - Lloydminster Municipal
Detachment
- Break and Enter
to Business
The Lloydminster R.C.M.P. would like
the public's assistance in locating the person
responsible for the Break and Enter done to
the Family Life Fellowship Center at 472950 Street in Lloydminster, SK. Sometime
between 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2011
and 9:00 a.m. Sunday, March 13, 2011, a
person smashed one of the west side stained
glass windows and entered the building.
The individual then proceeded to go
through the building, breaking into locked
areas, taking $1500.00 in cheques and
$700.00 cash after which they exited the
building through the rear door.
If you have information about this or
any other crime, please contact Lloydminster RCMP at (306) 825-6350, your nearest
police service or any local RCMP detachment. If you wish to remain anonymous
you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).
RCMP Major Crime South - Homicide
RCMP in Canora received a call on
March 12, 2011 at approximately 9:30 a.m.
requesting police attend to a residence near
the community of Springside, SK. Springside is 26 km Northwest of Yorkton.
The RCMP Major Crime Unit out of
Regina is currently assisting Canora
Detachment in regards to the homicide of
an adult female. One adult male was taken
in to custody this afternoon at approximately 2:45 p.m. He was arrested without incident.
Several different units and detachments
have assisted with this investigation since it
was first reported to police. These units
include: Canora, Yorkton, and Kamsack
detachments as well as Yorkton and Weyburn GIS units. Also assisting were members from the RCMP’s Yorkton Forensic
Identification Unit and Police Dog Services.
The “F” Division Emergency
Response Team was also called to assist in
the investigation but the adult male was
arrested without incident and their services
were not required.
This investigation is in the very early
stages, and at this point, we have limited
information to provide other than what is
stated above. We do expect to update this
information as more details become available.
Funding for disability initiative
Saskatchewan is taking a leadership
role in Canada in the areas of spinal cord
injury research and disability funding
with the commitment by the provincial
government of more than $4.3 million for
a comprehensive five-year Saskatchewanbased initiative, in partnership with the
national Rick Hansen Institute.
Saskatchewan's Rick Hansen Institute
Initiative is a group of projects that will
enhance the lives of Saskatchewan people
with disabilities. The projects will also
help commemorate the 25th Anniversary
of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World
Tour.
Saskatchewan's Rick Hansen Institute
Initiative is supported by several provincial ministries and agencies and consists
of the following five-year commitments
for Saskatchewan-based projects that will
assist people with disabilities:
• $1 million from the Ministry of Health
for spinal cord injury related research;
• $500,000 from the Ministry of Social
Services in new funding for the Canadian
Paraplegic Association of Saskatchewan;
• $500,000 from the Office of the Provincial Secretary to fund the Clayton Gerein
Legacy Fund; and
• in December, the Ministry of Tourism,
Parks, Culture and Sport and Sask Sport
Inc. announced $2.3 million to help fund
disability sports organizations, high-performance athletes with a disability, and
accessible playgrounds.
All funding for Saskatchewan's Rick
Hansen Institute Initiative will stay in the
province and will be administered by the
Government of Saskatchewan or a designated community-based organization.
The Saskatchewan Health Research
Foundation (SHRF) will manage the
spinal cord research on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
Enhanced funding to the Canadian
Paraplegic Association of Saskatchewan
(CPA), provided through the Ministry of
Social Services, will go toward peer support and rehabilitation counselling. In
addition, funding will enable the development of outreach services to address a gap
in supporting Aboriginal people with
spinal cord injuries and other physical
disabilities. The CPA's Peer Support Program provides opportunities for newlyinjured individuals to meet and learn from
other people who are currently active in
their community and have successfully
overcome challenges related to a physical
disability. This funding will enable the
CPA to enhance their services, supporting
individuals with spinal cord injuries and
other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self-reliance and full community participation.
Saskatchewan's five-year, $4.3 million commitment to the Rick Hansen
Institute Initiative comes at a time when
people across Canada are celebrating the
25th Anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man
in Motion World Tour, which caused a
profound shift in the collective consciousness toward a belief in the potential of
people with disabilities and raised $26
million for spinal cord injury research,
rehabilitation and sport.
Payment Card Skimming
The
Commercial
Crime and Fraud Sections
with the Saskatoon Police
Service, Regina Police
Service, Saskatchewan
Financial Services Commission, and the RCMP
"F" Division have joined
forces to promote March
as Fraud Awareness Month
to Saskatchewan residents
and consumers.
Payment card skimming also referred to as
skimming is the illegal
copying of data contained
on the magnetic strip of a
credit or debit card. This is
often done surreptitiously
using Automated Teller
Machines or Point of Sale
(POS) terminals that
fraudsters have compromised. With this information counterfeit cards can
be produced. The fraudsters then use these cards
to withdraw money from
your account and/or make
unauthorized debit or credit card purchases. Skimming has been and continues to be a problem around
the globe and we are not
immune. With the introduction of "chip cards" we
are hoping skimming incidents will be reduced.
However, until there is
complete "chip" conversion the threat remains.
To help reduce your
risk we advise people to
always protect their PIN
(personal identification
number). Never lose sight
of your card if providing it
to a merchant to swipe. It
takes only a moment for a
fraudster, working embed-
ded as an employee, to
slide your card through a
concealed
skimming
device. Do not use any
ATM or POS terminal that
appears tampered or
altered. Check your financial statements carefully. It
is helpful to have on-line
banking which allows you
to regularly check your
account information. Any
unusual or unauthorized
transactions should immediately be reported to your
financial institution. If a
fraud is confirmed, report
it to the police.
Fraudsters often target
POS terminals as their first
step in the skimming
process. POS terminals
that are easily accessible
and not secured by the
merchant in some manner
are vulnerable. Typically,
fraudsters need to remove
a POS terminal for a period of time in order to
insert the technology
which allows the skimming to take place. Merchants should always try
and use a supplementary
method to secure their terminals. This can be
achieved by attaching it to
a platform, securing it with
a cable, etc. This will
eliminate or at least reduce
the possibility of a fraudster being able to gain the
control needed to compromise it. The importance of
maintaining the security
and integrity of these
devices can not be overstated.
These are just a few
tips to help prevent you
from becoming a victim of
skimming. Additional
information on this and
many other types of fraud
can be found on various
banking, police and Government websites. Be
informed and reduce your
chances of becoming a
fraud victim.
Condolences and
pledges to Japan
Premier Brad Wall, on
behalf of the people of
Saskatchewan, offered
condolences and support
to the people of Japan and
those affected by the overwhelming destruction of
Friday's earthquake and
tsunami. The Premier also
pledged $250,000 that will
be sent to assist with relief
efforts through the Red
Cross.
Wall also pledged
Saskatchewan assistance
through Corrections and
Public Safety (CPSP), the
ministry responsible for
disaster relief efforts.
The earthquake was
the fifth strongest earthquake on record in 100
years and the strongest
earthquake ever in Japan.
It is estimated that well
over 10,000 lives may
have been lost.
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WEEKLY BOOK PICK
“Twelve”
by J.L. Kiunga
Review by Jennifer Barrett
Georgie Christmas has
not had an easy life. In 15
short years, he has had to
deal with his father's suicide
and the removal of his alcoholic mother from their
home. It is not surprising
then, that he struggles with
low self-confidence, and
becomes a target for bullies
in
small-town
Saskatchewan. Jessica
Kiunga's “Twelve” follows
Georgie Christmas as he
tries to salvage the reputation of his family name in
the face of gossip.
Members of a local
“gang” made up of some of
the town's hockey players
constantly follow Georgie
and regularly beat him up.
To make matters worse, his
older brother moves out,
leaving Georgie alone to
look after their younger sister. It is only after all this
defeat that there is a glimmer of hope, but it doesn't
come from where you might
expect; it's a mysterious
invitation to an underground
boxing gym.
Despite being terrified
of his own shadow, Georgie
accepts the invitation and
squeaks his way into the
gym. As he learns how to
fight, his self-confidence
improves, his life improves,
and he learns that not everyone in town will judge him
on the basis of his last name.
The entire mood of the
book, which culminates in a
street fight between Georgie
and the leader of a gang,
drifts in the same direction
as Georgie’s self-esteem.
Kiunga does an excellent
job of conveying this mood
shift as the novel progresses
to its climax, with the
biggest lesson being quite
simple: never give up hope
that your future will be
brighter.
“Twelve” is a very
strong first novel for
Kindersley based journalist
Jessica Kiunga. While
some heavy issues are
examined in “Twelve”, they
are dealt with in an empathetic and age-appropriate
way, making this a book that
deserves to be part of middle school and high school
curricula. It would be the
perfect gift for your grade 5
– 10 readers, as well.
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school’s green policy
that saw their son barred
from a contest for having
a Ziploc bag in his
lunchbox. Isabel Theoret
and her husband, MarcAndre Lanciault, say
their six-year-old son
Felix was disqualified
from a competition in his
kindergarten class after a
teacher spotted his sandwich wrapping. Lanciault said the school rules,
which call for reusable
Tupperware containers,
smacked of “environmental dogmatism.” He
continued, “I’m sure the
teacher had good intentions but it’s as if we
have stopped thinking."
* Comedian Argus
Hamilton, on Jay Leno’s
collection of 200-plus
classic cars and motorcycles: “Last year Jay Leno
made a hundred million
dollars, just by switching
to Geico.”
* A new study shows that
5.5 million people are
bitten by snakes annually, resulting in 125,000
deaths
worldwide.
“Those most likely to be
bitten include hikers,
campers, herpetologists,”
said Bob Mills, “and
those who work near
courthouses and ambulances.” Gene Hauta
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Where Are The Egyptians When You Need Them?
by Gwynne Dyer
The Libyan revolution
is losing the battle.
Gaddafy’s army does not
have much logistical capability, but it can get enough
fuel and ammunition east
along the coast road to
attack Benghazi, Libya’s
second city, at some point in
the next week or so. His
army is not well trained and
a lot of his troops are foreign mercenaries, but the
lightly armed rebels cannot
hold out long against tanks,
artillery and air strikes.
Even sooner, Gaddafy’s
forces will attack Misrata,
Libya’s third city and the
last opposition stronghold in
the western half of the
country. It will probably fall
after some days of bitter
fighting, as Zawiya eventually fell. And if Zawiya’s
brave and stubborn resistance is repeated in the two
larger cities then they will
both suffer very large casualties, including many noncombatants, in the fighting.
What happens to the
rebels and their families
after active resistance is
crushed will be much
worse. When political prisoners in Abu Salim prison
staged a protest at jail conditions in 1996, Gaddafy
had 1,200 of them massacred. All the people now
fighting him, or helping the
Libyan National Council
that organises resistance in
the east, or just demonstrating against him, will be
tracked down by his secret
police. They and their fami-
lies are doomed.
The collapse of the
democratic revolution in
Libya will also gravely
damage the prospects of the
“Arab spring” elsewhere.
Rulers in other Arab countries where the army is also
largely made up of foreign
mercenaries (Bahrein and
several other Gulf states, for
example), will conclude that
they can safely kill enough
of their own protesters to
“restore order.”
How can this disaster
be prevented? Condemnation from abroad, including
from the Arab League, will
not stop Gaddafy. An arms
embargo is too slow-acting,
as are economic boycotts
and freezing Libyan government assets overseas.
Gaddafy is fighting for his
life, probably literally, and
he know that if he wins, the
embargoes, boycotts and
asset freezes will eventually
be lifted. Libya has oil, after
all.
Even the famous “nofly” zone over Libya (now
endorsed by France, Britain
and the Arab League) would
not stop Gadaffy’s advance.
It’s not that destroying or
grounding the Libyan air
force, which is poorly
trained and badly maintained, is a problem. Neither
are Libya’s decrepit, lastgeneration-but-one surfaceto-air defences. It’s just that
Gaddafy can win without
his air force. Tanks and
artillery beat courage and
small arms every time.
US Defense Secretary
Robert Gates was not being
entirely honest when he said
that a no-fly zone could not
be imposed without the
prior destruction of all
Libya’s surface-to-air
defences, which would
require a lot of bombing. It
would be perfectly possible
to enforce the no-fly ban
from the air, and only attack
Gaddafy’s ground-based
defence systems if and
when their targeting radars
locked onto the enforcing
aircraft.
Nevertheless, Gates is
right to reject the no-fly
solution, for two reasons.
First, it wouldn’t stop
Gaddafy’s advance. Second,
if it were done by American
and European air forces, it
would undermine the Arab
sense of ownership of this
extraordinary revolt against
tyranny. It would be pure
gesture politics, to make the
onlookers to the tragedy
feel better about themselves.
What is actually needed
is active military intervention on the ground and in
the air by disciplined, welltrained Arab forces, sent by
a revolutionary Arab government that is in sympathy
with the Libyan rebels. So
where is the Egyptian army
when the Libyans need it?
Egypt has an open border with the rebel-controlled
east of Libya, and just one
brigade of the Egyptian
army would be enough to
stop Gaddafy’s ground
forces in their tracks. The
Egyptian air force could
easily shoot down any of
Gaddafy’s aircraft that
dared to take off, especially
if it had early warning from
European or American
AWACS aircraft.
The Egyptian army
would probably not need to
go all the way to Tripoli,
although it could easily do
so if necessary. Just the fact
of Egyptian military intervention would probably
Mind You!
by Jayne Whyte
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada
is the centerpiece of Canada’s honours system and
recognizes a lifetime of
outstanding achievement,
dedication to the community and service to the
nation. The Order recognizes people in all sectors
of Canadian society. Their
contributions are varied,
yet they have all enriched
the lives of others and
made a difference to this
country. The Order of
Canada’s
motto
is
DESIDERANTES
MELIOREM PATRIAM
(They desire a better country). United Newspapers
of Saskatchewan will publish on a regular basis
information on those in
Saskatchewan who have
received this Order of
Canada. Some have passed
away, but the importance
of this Honour remains the
same.
David Georges Greyeyes,
C.M., S.O.M.,
Saskatoon, Sk.
Member of the
Order of Canada
Awarded:
July 11, 1977
Investiture:
October 26, 1977
Athlete,
soldier,
farmer, former Chief of
the Muskeg Lake Reserve,
Saskatchewan, and ultimately Director of Indian
Affairs in the Maritime
and Alberta regions. For
long and devoted service
to his people, often under
difficult circumstances.
Deceased on July 22, 1996
convince most of the
Libyan troops still supporting Gaddafy that it is time
to change sides.
Arab League support
for the intervention would
not be hard to get, and the
Libyan rebels are now desperate enough that they
would quickly overcome
their natural distrust of their
giant neighbour. As for
internal Egyptian politics,
what better way for the
Egyptian army to establish
its revolutionary credentials
and protect its privileged
position in the state than by
saving the revolution next
door?
It is very much in the
interest of the Egyptian revolution that Gaddafy does
not triumph in Libya, and
even more that the forces of
reaction do not win in the
broader Arab world. For the
first time since Gamal
Abdul Nasser in the 1950s,
the giant of the Arab world
would also be its moral
leader.
It would be nice if the
Tunisian army could intervene from the west at the
same time as the Egyptian
army went into Libya from
the east, but it is a far weaker force belonging to a far
smaller country: Tunisia
only has twice Libya’s population, whereas Egypt has
twelve times as many people. No matter. Egypt would
be enough on its own.
Only do it fast. A week
from now will probably be
too late.
Getting “should” off
our shoulders
We all get caught in
the tangle of “I should”. I
should work smarter. I
should listen better. I
should care about all the
impossible and sad situations of our world. Think
about your “should” list.
Now feel the tension in
your neck and shoulders.
A friend noted that we
carry should in our
should-ers.
How many of your
shoulds are what you really believe and how many
are picked up from someone else? It is really easy
to pick up should from
family and friends who
are quick to imply you
should do this for …
them, your children, the
sake of the world, or even
your own good.
Sometimes we care a
heavy yoke of should
from our childhood, like
we should get the best
grades, should always be
nice, should share, should
… what are you carrying
from your past? And
there are the shoulds we
put on ourselves, should
lose weight, should make
more money, should do
our income tax earlier,
should …
Our self-talk might
be, “I could do this but not
yet” or “I can see myself
enjoying that task.” We
do have choices and voices. The secret is ask ourselves what we prefer and
find possible. A resource
suggested, “Live by inner
desire rather than outward
compulsion.” Seeing
opportunities instead of
demands takes the stiffness out of our should-ers.
Jayne Melville Whyte
talks to herself about finding a good balance for her
life of writing, contract
work and friendships in
Fort Qu’Appelle.
Dear Ellen
Dear Ellen:
My husband and I
have been married
almost 25 years. I’m now
46. When I was 27 I had
an affair, and a child
from the affair. She’s
now 19 and grew up living with us. My husband
and I also have four children together. The whole
of our marriage, my husband has constantly kept
bringing up the affair
and the other man. He
refuses to see a counselor.
But he now verbally
abuses me and has lost
the respect he once had.
He
is
chronically
depressed. He blames me
for everything he does
wrong. He is never there
for me or the kids emotionally. He constantly
does the opposite of
everything I ask of him,
even with regard to the
children. We’re all suffering emotionally. I’m
just wondering if staying
in this marriage is worth
all this?
Signed Jamie
Dear Jamie:
First things first: safe-
ty and respect. You can’t
change your husband’s
behaviour towards you.
But you can set boundaries. Explain that he
needs to stop and seek
counselling for himself. If
he doesn’t agree to this, let
him know that you are
planning to leave. Since
you have asked him before
but continued to stay your
husband has no reason to
attend counselling.
You are not responsible for the abuse, but you
must erect boundaries that
announce what behaviour
is acceptable and what is
not. I encourage you to
speak to a counsellor who
can help you learn
assertiveness and establishing healthy boundaries.
For more information on
abuse go to envisioncounsellingcentre.com or call
Envision Counselling and
Support Centre 24 Hour
Abuse/Sexual Assault Support Line at 1-800-2147083. Or write to Dear
Ellen at Box 511, Estevan,
SK S4A 2A5
Ellen
In Appreciation for PBS
On February 7, a
malevolent little chicken
pox virus which had
remained dormant for
decades, turned into shingles and attacked my face
and eyes. When medication made it possible to
see again, I turned to PBS
and Lawrence Welk with
his ghostly crew of entertainers. It was a pleasure
to see the smiling faces of
an audience from 30 years
ago and to watch husbands
and wives dancing happily. It was a delight to hear
competent musicians and
singers performing in an
atmosphere of dignity and
respect.
Welk’s saccharinesweet Big Band Era ended
when America was swept
by the dramatic and purposeful music of the Civil
Rights Movement and the
Anti-War protests.
After a resurgence of
country music, popular
music is now, in my opinion, part of the grease
which is slithering society
into decadence.
Other offerings on
cable on the day when I
encountered the ghost of
Lawrence Welk were stories of riot and ruin,
celebrities trying to sound
intelligent, ragamuffins
howling like hyenas, crude
situation comedies, re-runs
of year-old sports events,
and a good supply of
hand-carved corpses.
Worst of all was a scene in
which a little girl wouldn’t
go to the family dinner
table because she wad too
busy with a game in which
she was required to
slaughter little cyber-girls
in huge numbers.
During this same
painful time, I received an
E-Mail message from an
old friend who had heard
from some authoritative
source that Canada Post
was to be shut down, landline telephones would disappear and so would paper
cheques. Each one of us
would need a numbered
plastic card to survive at
all. Sounds like the Book
of Revelations and the
Mark of the Beast. I think
my friend has legitimate
concerns.
If your memory goes
back far enough, has the
computer era made you
happier than you were
before? Think about it.
Have all the technological
advances in communications been made solely for
your convenience? Or to
make vast amounts of
money for manufacturers
and shareholders? Think
about it. Connect the dots.
How much of the new
wealth went into your
bank account?
Privacy is being sacrificed too easily.
COPYRIGHT 2011
William Wardill
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Researching History
Two writers have
recently remarked that
writing the history of Moffat must have been a lot of
work for one person. One
of them suggested the
research must have taken
“years.” It didn’t. It just
took concentration.
I began by going to
Scotland to familiarize
myself with Buchan County and Ayreshire, where
many Moffat Scots originated.
Back in Canada, I
stopped at Wolseley and
spent a day in Moffat
interviewing second-generation Moffatites who
were still living on the
farms. Wolseley Taylor
lent me the original minute
book of Moffat Church,
which got me off to the
right start. The editor of
the Wolseley News gave
me a desk and access to
the original copies of the
paper going back to the
beginning in 1899. There
were also copies of the
original Echo, the onesheet, four-page paper
which sold for a dollar a
year and was published in
Wolseley between 1895
and 1899. I read the News
quite thoroughly, including
the Moffat notes and any
major stories which would
have effected the country
community, but I made
1934 the limit because I’d
decided that the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of Moffat Church
would be the cut-off point
for the book.
My time in Wolseley
Psychology for Living
by Gwen Randall-Young
Underage Drinking
It is frightening to me
when I hear about students
becoming involved in
drugs and alcohol, and at
increasingly younger ages.
Although they may not
realize it, they are still
children. From a physiological standpoint alone,
they are still developing.
We know the damage
that ensues when the
growing fetus is exposed
to alcohol. We know that,
even in adults, alcohol
damages brain cells. Our
focus,
with
young
drinkers, tends to be on the
dangers of being out of
control, especially around
vehicles. We fear young
women may become pregnant because the alcohol
has affected their judgement. These are the obvious concerns most parents
worry about.
The less obvious
effects, with both drugs
and alcohol is impairment
in thinking, but not only
while drunk or high. The
teen who is using substances on the weekend,
will not have the clarity of
mind to absorb what is
being taught in school on
Monday, or to do assignments or tests to the best
of their ability. Because
gaining knowledge or
skills is cumulative, the
teen who uses substances
regularly begins to fall farther behind in school.
With increased academic
difficulty, and perhaps
pressure from teachers and
parents to get their grades
up, or assignments handed
in, motivation for learning
declines.
The individual is then
more inclined to spend
time with others who are
Angry Person
An angry person is easily aroused emotionally. Sometimes they just want to get even with you or they want
to get their way. An angry person usually shows a lack
of reason or communication. And they always take a
determined course of action without knowing all the
facts. When a person is obstinate they are very hard to
deal with. A mad person will get carried away by having a strong feeling just like a mad dog. Something
that is unexpected or is usually untrue or false. When
a person has a temper its just like throwing mud
against a clean wall. It may not stick but will leave a
mark. If a person is willing to talk with a good reason
there is no need for a disagreement. Actions without
your thoughts only serve to already jumble matters.
Rethink your actions, ask questions and ponder all
possibilities and decisions you make should only be
the right ones or wise ones. There is enough for all of
us if we would just agree on everything we do. Sometimes a desperate man can do very dumb things when
they are angry and can be a show of their weakness
and their mind is somewhere else. 60 seconds being
angry is a minute wasted. How can you talk to a person if they are not going to hear you. Sometimes an
angry person creates more problems for themselves.
Submitted by Raymond Olson, Lumsden, Sask
not academically motivated, than with those who
are working towards
achieving goals. They may
insist substance use does
not interfere with their
learning, but statistically, I
think we would find a
higher incidence of using
among school dropouts
and poor performers than
amongst those who are
consistently achieving in
the top quarter of their
classes.
Having said all this, I
am equally disturbed by
the fact that many parents
condone alcohol use by
their children who are
minors, and provide a
place where other minors
can drink. Saying, "I know
you will drink anyway, so
I'd rather have you drink
here," is a poor excuse for
not being a responsible
parent. It encourages kids
to drink, and undermines
parents who do not want
their children drinking.
The best way to protect your minors from the
dangers of alcohol use is
not to provide a 'safe'
place for them to harm
their bodies and compromise their futures. It is to
teach them not to get
involved in substance use
until they are old enough
to make wise decisions.
Gwen Randall-Young
is an author and awardwinning Psychotherapist.
How Ta
Look at the News
* A Newfoundland man
is facing charges after
allegedly using a remote
control to assault his
family. Police responded
to a house in St. John’s
and determined a 35year-old man allegedly
used a television remote
as a weapon. A woman
and her children were
removed from the house
before the man was
arrested. Gene Hauta
by Kay Parley
provided the chance to
read the minute books of
Local Improvement District 351 for 1898 and
1902 and for LID 8 for
1904 to 1909. Ron Jeeves
had Wolf Creek School
records, including the
minute book of the
trustees. Chrissie Read had
saved letters her father
wrote when he first arrived
on his homestead. By the
time I left Wolseley I had a
lot of information and I
decided to organize everything on filing cards, so an
item could be slotted into
the suitable category as I
organized the chapters.
The method proved very
successful.
From Wolseley I went
to Regina, where I
approached the Department of Education and ferreted out information
about the local Schools. At
the Department of Telephones I obtained the history of the rural lines. Several days were spent at the
provincial Archives, where
former Moffatite Jim Lyon
was working. He dug out
Wm. Gibson’s letters to
the Ayreshire and I copied
them in shorthand. (There
were no scanners in 1964.
)
Meantime I had gathered addresses and I sent
out a brief questionnaire
asking for information
about the background of
the pioneers and information about early settlement.
I also requested pictures.
The response was overwhelming.
Back in Saskatoon, I
realized I would need to do
a lot of reading to familiarize myself with provincial
history and - with the
Scots background of many
Moffat pioneers, so I
decided to return to university to take an Honours
year in Sociology.
Being a student again
gave me easy access to the
homestead records. It also
gave me time to read and I
read 20 books of
Saskatchewan history and
33 on Scotland. (Details of
all my research can be
found in the bibliography
at the back of They Cast a
Long Shadow.) I read the
records of the Department
of the Attorney General,
Ordinances of the NWT of
1884, township plans and
agricultural reports. I also
found back issues of The
Regina Standard for 1892-
1896, which proved a great
source.
By that time my stack
of filing cards was several
inches thick but it was
very easy to sort out the
ones I needed if I was
working on sports, for
instance, or gardens. My
Dad drove me through the
Moffat community to find
and photograph the stone
houses and I made sketches of those.
Yes, it was a lot of
work, pretty much a twoyear full-time job, but the
thrill of discovery was
worth it. I loved relating
fact to setting, gleaning
information from real people who were either there
or who heard it first-hand.
I feel so sorry for moderns
who research on computer.
My whole research project
was so real, as if it represented a later growth on
the roots begun by the pioneers. There is no such
organic connection in the
electronic world. I will
never forget the support of
Jean Duncan, Wolseley
Taylor and Tom Findlay,
the enthusiasm of Doc Ferguson and my dad. No
computer will ever do
research like that.
Hockey fans riot in the
name of Maurice Richard!
Richard, bloody and
dazed, punched an official.
As a result, Clarence
Campbell, president of the
NHL and a pillar of AngloSaxon Protestant rectitude,
suspended Richard for the
remainder of the season
and the playoffs. The
severity of the suspension
was virtually unheard of in
the NHL. This enraged
Canadiens fans. Some saw
their team’s chances of
winning the Stanley Cup
for the eighth time greatly
diminish, while others saw
it as another case in a long
list of discrimination
The Rocket with his
against Francophones. On
opponent in a head lock. March 17, with the Detroit
© Montreal Star / Library Red Wings in town, proand Archives Canada / PA- testers began to gather out194046
side the Montréal Forum.
In many ways Richard
was a typical FrenchCanadian of the day. He
belonged to a large devout
Catholic family and had
worked in an EnglishCanadian owned factory
before breaking into the
NHL. His skills on the ice Protestors armed with
made him an icon for signs saying “Long live
Montréal’s hockey fans, Richard!” and “I'm not
but his ability to stand up going, are you?” gather
against adversity made
outside the Montréal
him legendary among
Forum.
French-Canadians. He © Library and Archives
rarely backed down from a
Canada / PA-194033
fight.
Despite the apparent
On March 13, 1955, tension, Campbell arrived
after an on-ice confronta- late and took to his usual
tion with Hal Laycoe of seat at the Forum. Fans
the Boston Bruins, pelted him with all kinds
On March 17, 1955,
thousands of hockey fans
rioted in protest of the suspension of Maurice “The
Rocket” Richard, the star
of the Montréal Canadiens.
Today, “The Richard Riot”
is remembered as the most
historically significant
sporting riot in Canadian
history.
of objects. As the situation
escalated, a tear gas bomb
went off near Campbell’s
seat! The smoke sent thousands of fans pouring out
into the streets, where they
met with protesters outside. Pandemonium took
over for several hours.
In the following days,
commentators suggested
that the riot was a sign of
growing nationalism in
Quebec. In Le Devoir,
prominent journalist André
Laurendeau wrote: “We
are suddenly tired of
always having masters, of
having for a long time
been beaten down [by the
Anglophone establishment].” From this point of
view, Quebeckers were
defending their cultural
and political rights, instead
of rioting against the
severity of Richard’s suspension. Years later, the
riot was, and continues to
be, considered the precursor for Quebec’s Quiet
Revolution of the 1960s.
Richard, for his part,
always maintained that he
was nothing more than a
hockey player.
Le Club de hockey
Canadien was designated a
National Historic Event in
2008 and the Montréal
Forum a National Historic
Site in 1997.
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SASKATCHEWAN SUSTAINABILITY
What does Japan’s triple disaster tell us about sustainability?
by Jim Harding
My heart goes out to
the Japanese people. The
March 11, 2011 earthquake was the largest in its
recorded history; the fifth
biggest globally in a century. The resulting tsunami
swept whole settlements
away as it surged inland,
sometimes as far as a km.
As though bad things do
come in three, there then
came the threat of a core
meltdown at some of
Japan’s nuclear plants. The
Prime Minister said it was
Japan’s worst catastrophe
since WW II, which we
should remember ended
with two Atom bombs
being dropped on the
country.
Those standing in
shock on the flatlands of
debris where villages once
stood might have had
flashes of Hiroshima or
Nagasaki being leveled in
1945. Today’s radiation
threat, however, didn’t
come from nuclear bombs,
but through a series of
interlocking disasters. The
earthquake, measuring 9,
cut power off at the
Fukushima nuclear complex. The pumps keeping
water going over the reactor core shut down, and
the extremely hot fuel was
exposed; threatening a
core melt-down and transcontinental radiation
release such as happened
at Chernobyl. Officials
thought that they had
diesel generators as a
back-up, but these were
damaged by the tsunami.
A building exploded
from the build-up of
hydrogen gas at reactor #
1. To stop things getting
totally out of control the
decision was made to
pump sea-water to try to
cool the core. This was a
desperate
measure,
because it pretty much
trashes the reactors for
future use. Two days later
another
explosion
occurred at reactor # 3.
It’s lucky the nuclear
complex was near the
ocean; otherwise the reactors might have immediately gone into full meltdown. As I write, Fukushima reactor # 2 is also malfunctioning and a full
meltdown is not ruled out,
and a state of emergency
has been declared at
another nuclear plant at
Onagawa. And we learn
from Beyond Nuclear that
nuclear wastes containing
lots of plutonium may
have been stored on top of
one of the reactors where
an explosion occurred.
NUCLEAR
UNKNOWNS
It is this complexity of
dangerous unknowns that
makes nuclear power so
contentious. By looking at
the combination of natural
and technological disasters
we can learn much about
how to get serious about
human sustainability.
For a while there
seemed to be a complete
breakdown of communication. While being interviewed by the BBC, a
respected nuclear expert,
Walter Patterson, asked
the Japanese government’s
spokesperson whether the
control room was still
operating and providing
reliable information about
what’s happening in the
core. The spokesperson
said he didn’t know. Later
it was reported that there
was a partial core meltdown, later it was reported
that the reactor temperatures weren’t dropping as
they should, since starting
to pump sea-water.
Though officials didn’t
want to create panic, they
clearly know the risk is
great, for 200,000 people
were evacuated from a 25
km zone around the
Fukushima plants. And
there have been reports
that iodine pills are being
distributed.
ORIGINS OF CRISIS
The Island of Japan
was created by earthquakes and the building of
nuclear plants there has
been contentious for
decades. A seismologist
has now gone public saying that he advised authorities to not allow nuclear
plants on Japan’s geological faults. But nuclear
industry “experts” continued to argue that their
reactors are among the
best designed on the planet. Apparently that wasn’t
good enough!
The nuclear industry
continues to promote itself
as the alternative to fossil
fuels which create greenhouses gases and climate
change. Japan is the country where this scenario has
already been tested. With
its high-energy industrial
economy, Japan used to
depend on importing foreign oil. When the oil crisis occurred in the mid1970s Japan decided to
enhance its energy security
by quickly expanding its
nuclear fleet. Now nuclear
power is Japan’s greatest
single source of electricity
(33%), with natural gas
and coal not far behind.
After the US and France,
Japan has the highest production of nuclear power
anywhere.
People are now asking
why Japan didn’t explore
renewable energy, such as
geo-thermal electrical
plants, run by the plentiful
volcanic steam in the
earthquake-prone region.
Such technology wouldn’t
have posed the threat of a
radioactive meltdown, or
produced long-lived toxic
nuclear wastes. Storing
these wastes in Japan’s
earthquake-prone region
will present challenges
long after the nuclear
plants close.
With greater promotional money and government connections, the
nuclear lobby won out.
However, there is no energy security in the aftermath of this triple-Japanese disaster. There will
now be rolling power outages across Japan, similar
to those after the bombing
of Iraq.
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS
If no full meltdown
occurs, the nuclear industry will say this shows that
nuclear power plants can
withstand this magnitude
of a natural disaster. If a
meltdown occurs they’ll
say they can’t be expected
to plan for such an
unprecedented natural disaster, but will factor this
all into their future
designs. We can’t afford to
learn about the risks of
nuclear power one catastrophic accident at a time.
Sustainability requires us
to change our technology
so that there isn’t this
magnitude of risk for
future populations. Unbeknown to many, worldwide electrical production
from renewable energy
surpassed that from
nuclear power in 2005,
and nuclear plant phaseouts are the way to go.
There have been many
nuclear accidents over the
years. Three meltdowns
however stand out. The
first occurred in 1957 at
the Sellafield, English
plant used to produce plutonium for nuclear
weapons. The US’s Three
Mile Island power plant
had a meltdown in 1979.
The worst nuclear accident
ever occurred at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986. A
7-point scale has been
used to rate the severity of
these accidents: as of
March 14th the Japanese
nuclear accident gets a
“4”, Three Mile Island got
a “5”, and Chernobyl got a
“7”. We are approaching
the 25th anniversary of
Chernobyl, on April 25th,
and vigils will be held
worldwide at 4:10 pm,
when the catastrophe started.
NUCLEAR PLANT
‘BOMBS’
This Japanese accident may come as no surprise to those studying the
probability of major
nuclear accidents; experience shows they occur
about once every 15-20
years. If the number of
nuclear plants increases,
the probability will
increase. Speaking in 1977
to the IAEA, renowned
nuclear proponent, Alvin
Weinberg said, if we succeed in building enough
nuclear reactors “…to
make any noticeable
dent in the world’s use of
petroleum, we can expect
to have a core meltdown
approximately every 4
years. The lesson is clear.
We must stop building
these reactors near large
cities.” I suggest we just
stop building them!
Understandably the
Japanese are reminded of
the devastation left by the
A-bombing of their country. While today’s radioactive threat occurred as a
result of an earthquake,
tsunami and failed nuclear
safety system, Japanese
will be experiencing the
fear that came with
nuclear bombs. And their
instincts are correct, for
the meltdown of a reactor
core can release equal or
greater amounts of deadly
radiation across vast
human populations as
would come from a
nuclear weapons blast.
The Japanese nuclear
accident once again shows
there really isn’t a “peaceful atom”, and that
whether we continue
building nuclear weapons
or nuclear power plants we
are playing with a different kind of fire. We will
get much more peace and
security, including energy
security and psychological
security, by quickly moving our energy system on
to a sustainable path.
I won’t have a column
next week.
Jim Harding is a
retired professor of environmental and justice
studies who lives in the
Qu’Appelle Valley. Past
columns are available at
http://jimharding.brinkster
.net
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Sports as Seen by Gene
* Alberta skip Kevin
Martin’s record 30-game
winning streak at the Tim
Hortons Brier is over,
after he lost to Brad
Gushue. In fact Martin
has certainly struggled at
times this week. It was a
funny Brier in that Jeff
Stoughton,
Martin,
Gushue and Glenn
Howard had separated
themselves from the rest
of the field by a full three
games by Wednesday. Of
course, among those
teams eliminated by
Wednesday evening was
Saskatchewan’s Steven
Laycock. By the way,
that’s
what
this
province’s entry will be
called from now on. Even
though Pat Simmons still
throws last rocks, the
younger Laycock is calling the game. The results
were the same for our
rep, or maybe even a little
worse than usual. We finished a very mediocre 48.
Jeff Stoughton
* Before the Brier,
veteran columnist Terry
Jones of Edmonton asked
if curling fans wanted to
witness history, or see
something completely
different. “In an era of
sports where the dynasties have died, Martin and
Alberta continue to rule
curling in Canada. Is it
getting old watching the
Old Bear win for what
would be the eighth
Alberta title of the new
millennium? Are Canadians tired of curlers from
the province which refers
to itself as the Roamin’
Empire, stomp on the
Spud Islanders, Newfies,
Blue Nosers, Herring
Chokers, Fleur Des Lis,
Moose Men, Buffalo
Boys, Stubble Jumpers,
Salmon Bellies and Polar
Bears as usual?” Jones
notes it has been 31 (now
32)
years
since
Saskatchewan won the
Brier. Manitoba hasn’t
won one in 12 years.
“Those used to be the two
powers in the roaring
game.”
* Alberta was certainly hard-pressed during
the round-robin as those
four tams surged well out
in front. When all the
chips had settled Thursday evenings, the four
teams going to the playoffs were, in order,
Gushue 9-2, Stoughton 92, Martin 9-2 and
Howard 8-3.
* Prior to 2011,
Glenn Howard had
advanced to four of the
last five Brier finals and
met Albertans in three
and lost all three — two
to Martin and last year to
Kevin Koe’s Edmonton
rink. Martin and Randy
Ferbey have each won
four Briers holding the
broom
as
did
Saskatchewan’s Ernie
Richardson almost half a
century ago.
* Nova Scotia’s skip
Shawn Adams is moving
to a new job in Newfoundland. There is speculation that he might join
Gushue (who is losing his
third, Mark Nichols), but
Adams doesn’t think he
can commit the time to
the game that Gushue
expects. I think that is the
issue with Nichols, as
well. Nichols is a personal trainer and he has
announced he will leave
competitive curling.
Shawn Adams
* For almost two
weeks, Tracey McIntyre
was unknowingly carrying $76,307.50 around in
her purse. After buying
$30 worth of 50/50 tickets during the Feb. 20
NHL Heritage Classic at
McMahon Stadium with
husband Ray LaPlante,
40, McIntyre, 42, of Airdrie, put the ducats in her
bag with plans to check
the winning numbers
later online. “When we
got home we checked and
they weren’t posted yet,
then it completely slipped
my mind and I’d been
carrying them around in
my bag,” she said. She
did have 30 days to claim
the prize.
* Meanwhile in
Atlanta for a game
between the Thrashers
and Senators, Don Brennan wrote this. “How
small was the actual
crowd? Well, the 50-50
pot was a grand total of
$256. Honest.” Wow!
* Another from Brennan: “Great guy, Sportsnet’s Ian Mendes, but
out with four MALE
hockey writers at an Irish
pub in downtown Atlanta
called Meehans, he
should not be ordering a
glass of white wine,
turkey burger and side of
spinach. Just makes us
look bad.”
* Rookie Keith Aulie
did well in his first NHL
fight, using his considerable wing span to get at
Scott Hartnell. Nick
Kypreos of Sportsnet
tagged him ‘Muhammad
Aulie’ afterward. To the
credit of Aulie, a 21-yearold native of Rouleau, he
downplayed the nickname. “It’s my first fight
in the NHL.” Aulie was
teamed with Tyler Myers
at the 2009 world juniors.
Aulie, standing 6'5" tall,
and Myers at 6'7" were
nicknamed the ‘twin towers’ by media covering
the event. Aulie once won
a high school volleyball
provincial championship.
I wonder if he hung out at
The Ruby?
Keith Aulie
* Did you remember
that Aulie was once honoured for saving his
father’s life? In December 2006, Bill Aulie was
using a tractor to clear
snow off a frozen dugout
in anticipation of an outdoor shinny game on
New Year’s Day. The ice
could not support the
weight of the tractor, and
he fell through. Aulie was
able to pull his father out
of the water and get him
to safety. The Canadian
Red Cross honoured
Aulie with their Rescuer
Award for his act.
* Currie, after Dustin
Byfuglien of the Thrashers said growing up he
thought he’d be an ice
fisherman not an NHL
player: “Three differences between the two: 3.
In hockey, you have only
one line out at a time; 2.
Ice fishermen usually aim
for the one hole; 1. Hockey players only get two
minutes for hooking.”
* Randy Sportak:
“The New Jersey Devils
likely left it too late to
turn their season around,
but what a difference.
They are 18-2-2 in their
last 22 games and surrendered two or fewer goals
in the last 11 games ...
Who would have guessed
Ilya Kovalchuk would be
that much better under
Jacques Lemaire than he
was when John Maclean
was trying to play a more
open system?”
* Oilers’ GM Steve
Tambellini had his money
on Taylor Hall to win the
Calder. The Oilers’ thoroughbred was picking up
speed until he suffered a
bad ankle sprain during
his first NHL fight. So
now he is done for the
season and so are his
Calder Trophy aspirations. The Edmonton top
six is now a top three.
“And a team that wasn’t
all that good when Dustin
Penner, Ales Hemsky and
Tayor Hall were in the
lineup must now try and
win without them,” wrote
Robert Tychkowski.
“Being stripped of your
three leading scorers in
three days, when you’re
already last in Western
Conference offence, is
enough to close the book
on any team.”
* No sooner had the
Oilers lost Taylor Hall
and Ales Hemsky, then
centre Sam Gagner needed surgery on a tendon in
his hand after he was cut
by a teammate’s skate
during a loss to Washington.
* Steve Simmons felt
there were still at least
eight solid candidates for
the Calder Trophy and the
impressive Taylor Hall is
no longer one of them.
“And a reasonable case
could be made for Jeff
Skinner, Corey Crawford,
Michael Grabner, Logan
Couture, Brad Marchand,
Cam Fowler, Sergei
Bobrovsky, John Carlson
and P.K. Subban all being
rookie of the year. Amazing that Grabner is tied
for the lead in goals and
gets no power-play time
with the Islanders.”
* Chris Stevenson
says, “Sadly, there is not
much new to report in
Pittsburgh Penguin captain Sidney Crosby's
recovery from a concussion other than that his
sister, a goaltender at
Shattuck-St. Mary's, is
also concussed. They
attended a Lady Gaga
concert in Pittsburgh
together, along with
Evgeni Malkin. Is that the
best therapy for a brain
injury? Trying to wrap
your head around Lady
Gaga’s act?” In the first
24 games Crosby missed,
the Penguins were 11-9-4.
“The game is much worse
off.”
Lady Gaga
* Simmons: “According to Garth Snow, Trevor
Gillies is ‘probably the
frontrunner when it
comes to community
events or visiting hospitals and elementary
schools. He has done
great things for this com-
munity and Long Island.’
Great, get him off the ice
before he kills someone
and make him director of
community relations.”
* NBC’s Jay Leno,
on a study claiming
women who drink alcohol are less likely to be
obese than those who
don’t: “All this time,
you’ve been on Jenny
Craig while you should
have been on Johnny
Walker.”
* Budd Bailey of the
Buffalo News, on NFL
receiver Plaxico Burress
due to get out of prison in
June: “In other words, he
could be going from
locked up to locked out.”
* Dwight Perry says
there is no need to have a
work stoppage in baseball. “The owners are
doing great, baseball is
doing great, fans are
coming, the numbers are
up across the board,”
Phillies catcher Brian
Schneider told the
Philadelphia Daily News.
“So it’s kind of one of
those things where you
don’t want to screw anything up.” So, asked Jerry
Greene of ESPN.com:
“Rebuttal from either
NFL owners or players?
Hello? Anyone?”
* Hines Ward is part
of the new cast of ‘Dancing With The Stars,’
noted Brad Dickson in
the Omaha (Neb.) World
Herald. “If the competition is close, this means
we could see Kirstie
Alley chop-blocked.”
* Greg Cote of the
Miami Herald, on the
NFL Network’s 30 hours
of NFL Combine coverage: “It was must-see TV
for anybody who gets
excited watching fat linemen run a 40-yard dash.”
* From Dwight
Perry’s Wrong Things To
Say To A Cop file comes
Pitt — make that former
Pitt — offensive lineman
Fernando Diaz, who
allegedly refused to
accept a citation for public drunkenness in Oakland, Calif., resisted
arrest and told the officer,
“What the (expletive) are
you going to do, hit me?”
Perry joked, “No word on
whether the cop’s Taser
— unleashed four times
— was credited with an
assisted tackle.”
* Former Oakland
Raiders quarterback
JaMarcus Russell is
reportedly near foreclosure on his Oakland mansion. “Apparently even
his mortgage payments
fell incomplete,” quipped
Jim Barach.
* “Just to clarify,”
wrote Brad Dickson in
the Omaha (Neb.) WorldHerald, “an NFL ‘work
stoppage’ has nothing to
do
with
Albert
Haynesworth in the sec-
ond half of a season.”
* Dwight Perry’s article was titled, “Love’s aBruin.” UCLA basketball
coach Ben Howland
made good on a December vow to kiss L.A.
Daily News writer Jon
Gold if his 3-4 team
could somehow reach 22
wins. Howland planted a
wet one on Gold after his
surging Bruins won No.
22 at Washington State.
“I didn’t think we were
that close,” Gold told
Rivals.com. “I was
expecting flowers first.”
Ben Howland
* Texas Tech has
fired Bobby Knight’s son
Pat as basketball coach
after three years. “He
never had his father ’s
emotional commitment to
the game,” wrote Barach.
“He has actually been
seen using folding chairs
to sit on.”
* Janice Hough, on 5foot-5 Earl Boykins defying the odds and still
playing in the NBA:
“Now his alma mater,
Eastern Michigan University, is retiring his jersey.
As part of the celebration,
EMU will make a fullsized jersey replica available as a gift for baby
showers.”
* Currie, on the 1744 Toronto Raptors being
in London to play two
games against the17-43
New Jersey Nets: “Imagine if the Battle of Britain
was
fought
with
peashooters.” And, of
course, the Raptors lost
both of those games. Go
figure…Blimey!
* RJ Currie, on
Masha Lopatova, wife of
Utah Jazz guard Andrei
Kirilenko, reportedly
allowing him one day a
year to be with another
woman: “This puts a
whole new spin on an
uncontested
score.”
Masha is the daughter of
the famous CSKA and
Russian National Team
basketball player Andrei
Lopatov.
* Janice Hough:
“Well, that should silence
all the doubters who wondered if Davies is NBA
ready.”
* Ohio State’s Jon
“3bler” Diebler set a
school record against
Penn State with 10 threepoint baskets. “Or as the
feat is now known in statistical circles,” noted
Perry, “a double-triple.”
*
‘Til
next
week…keep reading
between the lines…
Gene Hauta
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This is one that many
will want to chalk up in the
category of too little, too
late.
Nevertheless, there has
been noticeable improvement in the performance of
NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter in the early days of
the legislature’s spring sitting - the last such gathering before the fall election.
Admittedly, many voters out there - especially
voters
in
rural
Saskatchewan voters who
still have issues with either
Lingenfelter's former NDP
government or his personal
style of the NDP leadership - will see any such
marginal improvement as
irrelevant.
For many, it’s simply
"too little" after the cancelling of the GRIP (Gross
Revenue Insurance Program) contracts with farmers, the closure of 52 rural
hospitals and the general
deterioration of highways
that rural residents enduring during the decade and
a half of the NDP government.
Those with a griev-
ance against Lingenfelter
and his party will see any
change in Lingenfelter as
"too late". Many will argue
that any recent improvement in Lingenfelter's performance comes about 23
years too late after abandoning is rural Shaunavon
seat for the sanctuary of a
safe inner-city Regina seat.
Many will argue its 10
to 20 years too late, coming after all the NDP government policy decisions
of the 1990s that did wreak
havoc
on
rural
Saskatchewan. And others
will argue its at least 10
years too late after Lingenfelter left Saskatchewan
altogether for a cushy role
as a Calgary oil company
executive.
There’s clearly a sense
out there that Lingenfelter
and his New Democrats
still deserve to be punished
and a slight improvement
in performance in the
assembly isn't about to dissuade many Saskatchewan
voters from this thought.
Moreover,
those
whose
view
of
Saskatchewan politics isn't
necessarily motivated by a
dislike of Lingenfelter and
the NDP may simply vote
Saskatchewan
Party
because they do like Premier Brad Wall. Wall’s
popularity remains incredibly high, And even those
not be completely enamoured with the Sask. Party
leader or some of his government policies may be
relatively content with the
overall strong performance
of the economy.
In fact, an NDP loss in
the fall election is as certain as anything can be in
politics and the only question for many is whether
we will see something akin
Decorations for Bravery recognize people who
risked their lives to try to
save or protect another.
The Decorations were created by Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II in
1972. The Governor General personally presents the
Decorations in ceremonies
held at Rideau Hall, in
Ottawa, or at La Citadelle,
in Québec City. United
Newspapers
of
Saskatchewan will publish
on a regular basis information
on
those
in
Saskatchewan who have
received decorations for
bravery. Some have passed
away, but the importance
to recognize, remains the
same.
Mr. Todd Sorensen, M.B.,
Regina, Saskatchewan
Medal of Bravery
Date of Instrument:
August 31, 1993
Date of Presentation:
December 6, 1993
Csts. Fortin and
Kroeker and firefighters
Gelinas and Sorensen
attempted to save two people whose snowmobile had
broken through the ice of a
sewage lagoon in Regina,
Saskatchewan on December 12, 1992. Unable to see
the victims because of
dense ice fog, the two constables took an aluminum
boat onto the ice in the
direction of cries for help.
When the boat broke
through the ice and started
filling up with sewage,
Csts. Fortin and Kroeker
began crawling along the
ice but were forced by
treacherous conditions to
stop some metres from the
victim. Firefighters Gelinas and Sorensen arrived
with safety equipment and,
fearing that the thin ice
could not support the
weight of five men,
advised the two freezing
constables to return to
shore.
They
then
approached Cst. Smith and
all three attempted to pull
the drowning victim from
the water. Mr. Gelinas and
Cst. Smith fell into the
hazardous waste but Mr.
Sorensen pushed a stretcher towards them and, with
great difficulty because of
breaking ice, pulled each
in turn out of the frigid
water. He then managed to
roll Cst. Smith onto a ladder attached to a rope and
gave a signal for those on
shore to pull them to safety. Police divers later
recovered the bodies of the
victims.
I finally took you home.
You were inside
and warm.
So sweet and so loving.
You were kept
safe from harm.
Decorations
for Bravery
PC
(PRECIOUS CAT)
(Written For My PC
Born May 29, 2004 November 29, 2010)
A Red Point Siamese.
You were a wild feral.
The time you
lived outside,
Your life was in peril.
to the annihilation level of
the 1982 NDP loss to the
Grant Devine Conservatives - a loss that could forever alter the nature of
Saskatchewan politics.
Yet notwithstanding
the gloomy prospects
ahead for his NDP, we do
seem to be seeing a different Lingenfelter than the
one we witnessed for two
years as Opposition leader.
The Lingenfelter of last
year, whose approval rating was around 16.7 per
cent, was providing his
party with little direction
on issues. His biggest contribution seemed to be his
occasional nasty outbursts
in the assembly.
Ask the Mechanic
You did huddle
for warmth.
Living outside is rough.
Against the wild,
cold wind,
Is there shelter enough?
No family to love you.
You had no one to care.
The heat in the summer
Almost too much to bear.
My heart was in pieces.
Scared to leave
you outside.
You trusted
and picked me.
You quit running to hide.
I’d go for a visit,
Suddenly right
there you’d be,
Just talking and crying
Through the fence
bars at me.
I did love you so much
Dearest, gentle big boy.
You were happy inside
Playing chase
with your toy.
Much like a small kitten
You enjoyed having fun,
And you cuddled with me
When your playing
was done.
We all called you
“Grandpa”
Although you
were not old.
Your new name was PC Much more precious
than gold.
My dear little PC
I am feeling so blue.
We had only three years,
But I’m glad I loved you.
Why I lost you so soon
I will not ever know.
You were my
precious boy.
I really loved you so.
By Sharon Anne Serbin
Regina, SK
But at least so far in
this session - and frankly
since the last round of devastating polling results
before Christmas - we are
seeing a more relaxed,
focused Lingenfelter, now
building his attack against
the government around
issues like fairer potash
royalties, rent control and
theme of recent NDP
advertisements that some
voters aren't doing as well
as the economy.
Lingenfelter was even
having a modicum of success in the first week of the
legislative tying the lack of
potash royalties to the government’s inability to provide better flood relief and
There really isn’t
much the average guy or
gal can do when it
comes to repairing modern cars. Loaded with
computers and unserviceable modules the
technology doesn’t lend
itself to being repaired.
Driving an older vehicle
does have advantages.
Older vehicles use simpler technology, new
and used parts are easily
attainable and their not
expensive. I personally
believe there is more
prestige in driving a well
maintained or restored
crop insurance program for
farmers.
Again, many voters
will be unimpressed. Many
clearly won’t see past the
history here. But Lingenfelter’s performance right
now may be crucial to both
his party and the course of
Saskatchewan politics.
Even slight improvement from the beleaguered
NDP leader may help the
NDP ward off complete
annihilation in the fall
election.
So it will be interesting to watch if Lingenfelter does make any headway in the remaining eight
months before the Nov. 7
vote.
by Dave Redinger
older vehicle than something fresh off the showroom floor. One more
thought and possibly the
most important fact ..
no car payments! How
great is that!
I just wanted to give
you a quick glimpse in
my world. I try and
answer every email I get
quickly. In this case we
used my phone to communicate.
HI guy’s; I recently
took the side window
out of my 1986 GMC
sierra so I could tint the
window.
It came out easy by
first taking out the vent
window, and then
pulling the glass out of
the door. My question is:
How do I get the window to line up on the
track with the rollers?
You have to complete dismantle the
door…Remove the inner
panel and you’ll see the
window regulator…
should be easy after
that. Sent from Iphone.
I got it! Thanks! Had
to get the back roller in
the notched rail first,
then slide the window
back.
Insert front roller
into track pushing forward slide window back
towards the guide.
(Then) insert vent
(small wing) window.
Wow it took lots of time,
and several attempts but
I finally got it. Doing it
again would be a snap!!
Nice! Not and easy
job.
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by David Suzuki with Dr. Faisal Moola
David Suzuki
What will be Gordon
Campbell’s legacy in
Peace country?
One of Canada’s
longest-serving politicians, Gordon Campbell,
recently stepped down as
leader of the B.C. Liberal
Party and premier of
British Columbia. Mr.
Campbell’s long tenure
as premier was fraught
with contradictions when
it came to the environment.
He brought in an
ambitious plan to tackle
climate change, including mandatory targets for
reducing greenhouse
gases, a more energyefficient building code,
and North America’s
strongest carbon tax, for
which he received widespread support from
many climate scientists,
environmentalists, and
economists. Putting a
price on the carbon pollution that causes global
warming is one of the
most effective tools a
government can employ
to bring greenhouse gas
emissions down quickly.
Despite B.C.’s leadership on the carbon tax,
Premier Campbell’s government also committed
more than $1 billion in
subsidies to oil and gas
companies and aggressively pushed megaenergy projects that are
at odds with the need to
shift B.C. from costly
and environmentally
damaging forms of energy to low-impact renewable power generation.
Perhaps no megaenergy plan has generated as much controversy
as resurrecting the dam
proposal for Site C on
the Peace River. During
his last few months as
premier, Mr. Campbell
announced that the government will move ahead
with the assessment stage
for the massive $6.6 billion hydroelectric dam,
near the town of Fort St.
John in northeast B.C.
This dam would be
the third major hydro
development on one of
B.C.’s most picturesque
waterways. The Peace
River flows for about
2,000 kilometres from
the Rocky Mountain
alpine in the west, then
northeast across Alberta,
eventually joining the
Athabasca-Mackenzie
watershed on its way to
the Arctic Ocean. The
dam would flood the
highly productive lower
Peace Valley.
The Lower Peace
River and its associated
ecosystems support a
diverse range of wildlife,
including threatened
populations of bull trout,
grizzly bears, wolverines, and countless other
plants and animals.
Because of its fertile
soils, moderate climate,
and accessible terrain,
the bottomlands along its
banks and gentle valley
slopes have supported
farming families for
more than a century.
These farmers grow forage, cereal, and oilseed
crops, as well as raising
cattle and growing market gardens.
When
Premier
Campbell announced his
plans, he did so at a news
conference in front of an
earlier hydro-development project, the W.A.C.
Bennett Dam, a few kilometres upstream from the
Site C dam location.
With the W.A.C. Bennett
Dam and its massive
reservoir as his backdrop, the premier argued
that the proposed Site C
dam would provide a
clean and renewable
source of energy. But to
First Nations and other
local people whose traditional lands and farms
were flooded and livelihoods destroyed by the
W.A.C. Bennett Dam in
the 1960s, the prospect
of yet another dam that
will flood long sections
of the Peace River Valley, destroying farms and
forest, is unacceptable.
The 60-metre-tall
Site C dam is designed to
produce 900 megawatts a
year, enough electricity
to power 400,000 homes.
Although it will generate
power with a far lower
greenhouse gas footprint
than an energy source
such as coal, the project,
according to opponents,
is not needed to meet
B.C.’s energy demands
and will result in unacceptably high ecological
Dr. Faisal Moola
and social costs – most
notably the destruction of
thousands of hectares of
ungulate winter range
and important hunting,
trapping, and fishing
grounds; the loss of precious farmland; and the
possible contamination
of waters and wildlife
with toxic mercury.
In September, First
Nations elders, youth,
and elected officials,
along with non-native
farmers and ranchers,
travelled 1,300 kilometres from the Peace Valley to Victoria to present
the premier with a historic declaration opposing the dam. The document was signed by 23
First Nations from across
B.C., Alberta, and the
Northwest Territories.
The declaration was
wrapped in a traditional
birch bark container,
from trees growing in the
flood zone of the proposed dam. And while
neither Premier Campbell nor anyone from his
government would meet
with the delegation to
accept their declaration,
it was later formally
introduced into the legislature by the NDP opposition.
Premier Campbell
leaves office with a
growing
movement
against the dam that he
championed.
Many
British
Columbians
believe that the environmental costs associated
with big hydro are just
too high and that the next
premier of B.C. must
make
lower-impact
renewable
energy
sources – like solar,
wind, geothermal, and
other technologies – the
basis of our energy
future.
by Lori Penner
Have you finished
your Easter shopping?
I’ve never been the
kind of mom who goes all
out for Easter. That’s not
to say we don’t honour the
day. We usually go to
church and always attend
the various family gatherings.
But I don’t participate
in the big pre-Easter shopping frenzy like some people I know. Maybe the
Christmas lights I still
have dangling around the
house are enough of a
reminder that I already
blew the budget back in
December.
Or maybe it’s because
I’ve never needed a special
occasion to buy chocolate.
To my shame, I admit
I’ve never made baskets
for my children, and the
only time I’ve given them
chocolate bunnies is when
I can buy them on sale a
week later.
Before you consider
them deprived, know this.
Santa loves our house so
much, he’s asked to move
in during the off season.
And I don’t know if the
Easter Bunny and Father
Christmas can appear
under the same roof at the
same time. It might cause
some kind of weird time
paradox thing, you know.
Suddenly, we’d all be
inundated with chocolate
eggs instead of presents.
There’d be bunnies flooding Santa’s workshop and
I’d have elves all over my
lawn. Terrible. Just terrible.
But it’s just as well.
We’d probably be the Easter Bunny’s last stop after
my cats spotted him. Bird,
mouse, bunny. It’s all the
same to them. I can picture
them crouched low in the
baskets, waiting for just
the right moment. Yikes.
Not a pretty sight.
This year, the kids
have insisted we have an
egg hunt just so we can
feel like “normal” fami-
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lies. My chocolate-loving
felines will have a field
day with that. Like a couple of drug-sniffing police
dogs, they’ll probably find
those morsels long before
the kids even get near
them. (Okay. So now I’m
blaming the cats. Did I
mention how they managed to pick only the brand
name chocolate bars out of
the kid’s Halloween bags?
What clever kitties!)
I remember a few
Easter traditions that were
strictly adhered to when I
was a kid. One of them
was that my sister and I
always got matching new
dresses. Having the same
golden-brown hair and
being only a year-and-ahalf apart, our relatives
would tease that we looked
like twins. I always
thought this was a little
weird, since I was usually
quite a bit taller. I think my
mom got a kick out of it,
though, and curled our hair
exactly the same way, too.
Our new dresses were
made out of a fabric called
fortrel, which was hot,
itchy, and would not wear
out or tear if you tried.
They could have used this
stuff on trampolines.
Trapeze artists could have
used it as nets. You get the
idea. Anyway, I think my
sister hated fortrel even
more than I did. When I
finally grew out of my
dresses, they were passed
down to her.
And then there were
the flapper eggs. I’m not
sure why they were called
that, but man these things
were good! The thin
excuse for chocolate they
put on those marshmallow
eggs these days doesn’t
even resemble the thick
layer they were coated in
when we were kids. They
price them like gold now,
but they were practically
free back then.
They were messy and
sticky and we ate them
until we felt sick. I have to
eat a lot of Hershey bars to
get that same sick feeling
today. But in the name or
nostalgia, I’ll keep trying.
And if that doesn’t
work, I’ll help the kids
during the egg hunt.
Beside, someone’s got to
keep an eye on those pesky
cats.
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CONTEMPT FOR
CANADIANS IN
HARPERLAND
A question often
asked about the current
minority Parliament is
what causes it to be so bitter and rancorous? Some
of the reasons are becoming more apparent.
The problem starts at
the top – with Stephen
Harper who believes he’s
a privileged soul, above
the law. He shows nothing but contempt for ordinary Canadians. Here are
just a few examples:
Four of Mr. Harper’s
closest associates –
including two people he
appointed to the Senate –
are being hauled into
Court this week.
They’re charged with
violating Canada’s election laws. Following a
police raid on Conservative Headquarters, the
Director of Public Prosecutions says there’s “voluminous” evidence of serious illegal conduct. Mr.
Harper condones that conduct.
And there’s more –
The Conservative minister
for foreign aid (Bev Oda)
misrepresented the views
of senior government officials, doctored documents,
tried to cover-up and
failed to tell the truth.
And more – When the
House of Commons asked
for documents detailing
the multi-billion dollar
cost of Conservative
mega-jails and extra corporate tax cuts, Mr. Harper just thumbed his nose.
That earned him a contempt citation.
And more – The Conservative minister of
immigration was caught in
an illicit political fundraising scheme designed
to manipulate newcomers
to Canada – the very people over whom he holds
decisive
ministerial
power. What a massive
conflict-of-interest!
And more – The person hand-picked by Conservatives to be their
“integrity commissioner”
(investigating government
wrong-doing) has a cozy
relationship with Conservative ministers, fails to
investigate a single complaint, gets chastised by
the Auditor-General, and
walks away with a halfmillion dollars and a
promise to keep her mouth
shut.
And more – The Parliamentary Budget Officer
has calculated the cost of
Mr. Harper’s new stealthfighter war planes. The
price-tag has nearly doubled to a shocking $30 billion – the biggest procurement boondoggle in Canadian history.
Abuse and dishonesty
in Harperland know no
bounds!
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Don’t Do This, Please
and Thank You
I come from a family
where manners mattered.
We were a large family. Without basic manners,
anarchy would take hold.
If we hadn’t had it drilled
into us from an early age
that it was horridly impolite to interrupt when others were talking, our family dinners would have
devolved into two hour
screaming matches. Or
small arms fire.
But in fact, they never
did. We had regular, spirited exchanges at dinner on
a wide range of topics,
with my parents acting as
referees and arbiters.
Everyone, from the oldest
right down to my baby sister, got his or her chance to
contribute. Possession of
the salt shaker indicated it
was your turn to speak
(and for the others to listen), and any child unwise
enough to burst in on
someone else’s time with
the salt shaker would earn
a baleful look (and occasional quick clip across the
back of the noggin) from
the authorities.
The insistence on good
manners stretched into all
aspects of our life. We
were taught to hold doors
open for people. To chew
delicately, with our mouths
closed. Not to talk in theatres. And to live by what
my
Mother
called
“Thumper’s rule”:
“If you haven’t got
anything nice to say, don’t
say anything at all.”
(That is a direct quote
from the movie Bambi,
uttered onscreen by
Bambi’s best friend,
Thumper. Generations of
kids have learned that
exact quote, verbatim, and
many grew up believing it
was random wisdom generated by their personal
grandmother or, alternatively, was Biblical in origin. While the sentiment is
certainly worthy of the
Gospel, the quote itself
first reached our collective
consciousness when Bambi
was released in 1942.
There you go: fact of the
day. You’re welcome.)
My parents insisted on
politeness in part, I believe,
because they liked to be
invited out to places. More
than once. And having a
horde of six impolite children meant you might not
get the second call. So we
minded our parents, we
minded our elders, and oh,
Pause for Reflection
By Nils Ling
my, how we minded our
“Ps and Qs”.
Given how important
manners were in my childhood, it is passing odd that
one of my great pet peeves
is when people say “Please
and thank you”.
Oh, individually, I
think they are essential.
After all, we live in a society. If we stop appending
“please” to our requests of
others, if we become a civilization of people who
demand things from one
another, I think we might
as well just pack it in. As
for “thank you”, well, I
don’t want to live in a society of ungrateful boors. So
“thank you” is an indispensible politeness.
My beef is with
“pleaseandthankyou”.
We have all heard it.
It’s very common. Someone, usually someone in
charge who is too rushed to
go into a long explanation
of why they want something done or get into a
long debate about who
should do a task, will turn
to a person and say “I
would like you to (do this
task) pleaseandthankyou.”
My jaw tightens when
I hear that.
Look, I understand the
need for economy of
expression when time is
tight. I understand not
wanting to broach debate,
encourage objection, or
any number of other reasons a person might use
that turn of phrase.
But if you choose that
expression you need to
know this: you’re not being
polite. I know you think
you are, because you
learned that “please” and
“thank you” are “polite”.
But when you combine
them, run them together,
all you are doing is giving
your order (for that is what
it is) the most gossamer
thin veneer of good manners.
It’s like walking into a
house where there is a new
baby and, as you enter,
before being shown the
baby, you exclaim, “Oh,
my, what a lovely child!”
Yes, it is possibly a sentiment you expect to feel,
and you may have, at some
future point, said it with
cause. But just blurting it
out as you walk in isn’t
“good manners”. It’s “getting the duty out of the
way”.
“Please and thank
you” can be loosely translated to: “I order you.” So,
“Could you take out the
garbage, pleaseandthankyou.” can be read as “Take
out the garbage. I order
you.”
Here’s the thing: in
“pleaseandthankyou”, both
parts are purely pro forma.
There is no genuine request
made - there is no opportunity to respond either negatively or positively. So
there is an assumption that
the person will perform the
task. And because the
“thank you” comes before
the completion (or even
commencement) of the
task, it is also clearly insincere.
I don’t know if it’s
rude, exactly. But it’s not
polite. And it doesn’t lead
us to a more civilized
world.
So if we could all just
stop saying it, pleaseandthankyou? That would
be great.
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Divorce myths and the
lighter side of marriage
Sir, if you were my
husband, I would poison
your drink. --Madam, if
you were my wife, I would
drink it. - A conversation
between Lady Astor and
Winston Churchill
"Mr. Smith, I have
reviewed this case very
carefully," the divorce
court judge said, "and I've
decided to give your wife
$275 a week." "That's very
fair, your honour," the husband said. "And every now
by Ken Rolheiser
and then I'll try to send her
a few bucks myself." Unknown
Those of us who are
married have known for
some time that it is not as
bad as many of the statistics and popular humour
indicate. On Valentine’s
Day 2011 United Families
International released
these reassuring statistics:
Fifty percent of
ALL marriages do
end in divorce, but
more than 70 percent
of all first marriages
succeed. Seventy percent
of all people who have
ever been married are still
married to the same person! (It is the lack of success of those who marry
more than once that drives
the overall statistic)
Married people are
more likely than those who
are not married to be very
happy. Forty-three percent
Check It Out
Saskatchewan in a
position to give back
Saskatchewan has
moved into the spotlight,
having progressed from a
have-not province to a
thriving,
prosperous
region. The province’s
strongest resource is
undoubtedly its citizens
who are generally recognized for their common
sense, strong work ethic
and family values. This
province, which didn’t
have much in the past,
now finds itself in a position to be able to give back
to the rest of Canada. And
that spirit of generosity
plays a key role in
Saskatchewan’s success.
A Saskatchewan-born
millionaire, Brett Wilson,
represents a living illustration of the power of generosity. You may recognize
him as the “nice” Dragon
on CBC’s Dragon Den,
who describes himself as a
“capitalist with a heart”.
He attributes the capitalist
portion to his father, a car
salesman, and the heart
portion to his mother, a
social worker who had a
heart for the underprivileged.
Though Brett is rich
and successful, he doesn’t
let it go to his head. His
humble beginnings were
birthed at university,
where he realized in the
larger scheme of things he
was no longer one of the
brighter kids in his class.
He said it was an important wake-up call to discover that he was pretty
average, and if he didn’t
get his butt in gear, he was
going to be pretty much
below average. This
Saskatchewan boy soon
realized he was going to
have to work hard.
After obtaining an
engineering degree, he
worked for Imperial Oil,
but soon realized he wanted to escape the engineering scene and pursue training in management. However his employers
reminded him he had
failed their management
aptitude test, warning him
he wasn’t management
material. Nonetheless,
Brett returned to university
and was the first graduate
to major in entrepreneurship.
Throughout his career
he learned some valuable
lessons such as hard times
are an opportunity for
growth and struggle doesn’t so much build character as reveal it. It didn’t
take long for him to realize
the importance of team
building, holding weekly
meetings which enabled
everybody to understand
how each one responded
under pressure. He knew
that taking time to allow
employees to communicate would result in a
stronger, more cohesive
company.
From the very beginning, Brett put charity
under the company’s marketing budget, realizing
there was a lot of goodwill
to be had and his spirit of
giving only increased as
time passed by. Perhaps it
was due to surviving an
advanced case of prostate
cancer, but whatever the
reason, Brett has committed much of his adult life
to giving away much of
the money he has worked
so hard to make to a wide
range of charities.
Even a tragic accident
where his company was
sued because an employee
of a tent rental company
was electrocuted during a
set-up for one of his
fundraisers, didn’t deter
Brett from continuing his
charitable endeavors.
Although he couldn’t
change the outcome of this
tragedy, he implemented a
company-wide policy to
ensure safety at future corporate events because it
was the right thing to do.
And what advice does
Brett Wilson give to fellow
entrepreneurs? “Always
keep honesty and integrity
at the centre of everything
you do. There’s right and
there’s wrong, and nothing
in between.”
Brett’s success story is
based on the values which
were key in the birthing of
the
province
of
Saskatchewan, where predominantly Christian settlers built their homesteads
on a foundation of family
values, a strong work
ethic, generosity, honesty
and integrity. Today,
Saskatchewan is finally
reaping the rewards of that
heritage, and in order to
continue as a prosperous
province, we need to continue pursuing generosity,
goodwill, honesty and
integrity in all we do.
Those values have not
only resulted in our
province’s success story,
but will also guarantee our
future if we continue following the path of integrity.
Joan Janzen
of people who say they are
very happy are married
versus unmarried people,
24 percent of whom say
they are very happy.
People who are married report the highest levels of well-being, regardless of whether they are
happily married or not.
Two-thirds of unhappily married spouses who
stayed married reported
that their marriages
improved within five
years.
The most
unhappy marriages
report the most dramatic turnarounds: among
those who rated their marriages as “very unhappy,”
almost eight out of 10 who
avoided divorce are happily married five years later.
Wow! Who is responsible for all the myths
propagated in popular
movies and TV? Who is
responsible for the great
pessimism and the mindset
that so readily excuses
divorce? Henny Youngman said, "The secret of a
happy marriage remains a
secret". But let me tell
you, the secret is out.
A long time participant in World Wide Marriage Encounter Father
Wendelin Rolheiser said,
“If the couple is married in
church and continues to go
to church, only 1 in 50
fails; but where the couple
is married in church, continues to go to church and
has a prayer life together,
the failure is 1 in 1005.”
My wife and I are
strong believers that as
long as we stand together
before the altar of God on
Sunday morning, our marriage will succeed. My
personal challenge to those
getting married has always
been to make their marriage one in ten thousand.
I will conclude this
reflection by sharing a
secret on how to stay
young and beautiful:
A heart that loves is
always young. ~ by A
Greek Proverb ~
You don't love a
woman because she's
beautiful, She is beautiful
because you love her. ~ by
Anonymous ~
How Ta
Look at the News
* The wife of a British
MP is accused of stealing
her husband’s daughter’s
kitten from his mistress’s
home. Christine Hemming, 52, who pleaded
not guilty, is accused of
stealing the cat, Beauty,
from the home of Emily
Cox, a researcher with
whom her husband had a
child. Hemming apologized to taxpayers for the
cost of her upcoming
trial.
Gene Hauta
R Town ON-LINE - Week of March 14, 2011 - Page 11
Weak ice warning
for snowmobilers
With spring quickly
approaching, many snowmobilers are taking in the
warm weather and heading
out for a few last rides.
Although the weather is
desirable, the increase in
temperature also poses a
safety concern around ice.
Falling through weakened ice and drowning is
one of the leading causes
of snowmobile fatalities in
the
province
of
Saskatchewan. Riders
should do their research
and know which areas
could pose a hazard to
them before heading out.
The Saskatchewan
Safety Council would like
to remind all riders to
think safely while enjoying the rest of the season.
Hypothermia and drowning are still safety concerns even with the coming of warm weather.
Clothing that is wet loses
90 per cent of its insulating value, causing the
body to lose more heat
than it produces.
All riders born on or
after January 1, 1989 are
required by law to complete the Snowmobile
Safety Course in order to
obtain a permit to ride.
Make plans for potential
spring flooding
Farmers and ranchers
in Saskatchewan are
encouraged to start planning now to ensure their
animals will be safe in the
event of the anticipated
high spring runoff.
Recent forecasts indicate some areas of the
province may experience
above-average runoff this
spring, with the potential
for flooding.
The Saskatchewan
Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals
(Saskatchewan SPCA)
reminds producers to
move livestock to locations where they will not
be affected by high water
levels or flooding.
Muddy or washed out
roads could impact access
to livestock. The location
of feed supplies, grain bins
and machinery should also
be considered in the event
of severe flooding.
Producers need to
have plans in place to
ensure animals have
access to adequate feed
and clean water throughout the coming months.
$25,000 to FASD awareness and prevention
Saskatchewan's foster
families will have access
to additional Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum
Disorder
(FASD) resources thanks
in part to funding being
provided
by
the
Saskatchewan Liquor and
Gaming
Authority
(SLGA).
The FASD Support
Network of Saskatchewan
will receive $13,833 from
SLGA. The funding is in
addition to $68,000 the
organization received from
SLGA in November. The
additional funding will be
used by the organization to
develop print materials
being used in a new collaborative project with the
Ministry of Social Services. The project will further educate and train
Saskatchewan foster fami-
The year-long “Farm”
campaign was launched
with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW),
March 13 to 19. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Canadian Agricultural Safety
Association
(CASA)
deliver CASW in partnership with Farm Credit
Canada and Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada.
Runovers are a significant cause of death
among all age groups
accounting for 42 per cent
of fatalities among children aged 14 and younger;
10 per cent among adults
aged 15 to 59; and 23 per
cent among adults 60 and
older, the CAIR study
reports.
With children, 55 per
cent of all runover deaths
were due to bystander
runovers. Forty-one per
cent of the children were
killed when they fell from
a machine where they had
been an extra rider.
“Most children consider it to be great fun to
ride on Daddy’s knee
while he drives the tractor,” says Marcel Hacault,
executive director of
CASA. “But Dad needs to
wake up! That tractor is
not a toy. The farm is not a
playground. Children need
to be supervised at all
times in a safe play area
Saskatchewan remains
in a strong overall employment position, with a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.7 per
cent for February, tied with
Alberta for second in the
country and well below the
national rate of 7.8 per
cent.
February also saw
year-over-year growth in
full-time employment (up
2,400) and private sector
employment (up 5,200).
Regina continues to be a
hot spot for job creation,
with an employment
increase of 5,000. Regina
(5.1 per cent) and Saskatoon (5.5 per cent) have
the lowest and third lowest
unemployment
rates
R Town News: A letter in the February 18th,
2011 issue of your paper
drew my interest.
The views of Larry
Birkbeck, Regina, and
myself did not always
coincide. But his comments re federal gas tax
income and entertainment
facilities hit the nail right
and never be permitted to
be an extra rider. Love
your children enough to
say “No”, and choose
other time to spend with
them.”
Most adults aged 15 to
59 were run over by
machines with no one in
the operator’s seat (46%).
The practice of bypassstarting a tractor by short
circuiting its ignition system is associated with a
very high incidence of
fatal unmanned machine
runovers. Other significant
causes of death were from
being struck by a machine
(23%) the operator had
fallen from, as well as
bystander (19%) and extra
rider (9%) runovers.
In adults aged 60 and
older, most runovers
involved
unmanned
machines (56%), followed
by
fallen
operator
runovers (25%), bystander
runovers (15%) and extra
rider runovers (3%).
As individuals age,
physiological and cognitive changes can occur
that may affect their ability to perform some task. It
is therefore important that
an older farmer and
his/her fellow workers
assess the skills required
to perform particular tasks
and determine whether
he/she can safely perform
them.
on the head.
My thinking is that
any tax revenue, federal or
provincial, should go first
to health-care, education
and infrastructure costs.
A covered sports stadium in Regina would certainly draw business and
income into the city, but at
some cost to surrounding
rural areas.
But, “if Regina wants
such a stadium, let Regina
build it,” seems to be what
people out here in the
boondocks are saying.
Sincerely yours,
Fred Easton
Kenosee Lake, SK
Off to
strong
start
Statistics Canada
released building permit
totals for the month of
January with some positive news for the
province's construction
industry.
In January 2011
building permits totalled
$199 million and were up
by 67.5 per cent from last
January (seasonallyadjusted), the second
highest
percentage
increase among the
provinces. Building permits were up by 202.2 per
cent in Regina and 52.1
per cent in Saskatoon over
the same period.
Non-residential construction was up by 110.6
per cent in January 2011
over last January. Residential construction was
up by 43.5 per cent over
the same period.
among major Canadian
cities.
There were 515,700
people
working
in
Saskatchewan in February
2011. Employment for
First Nations and Métis
people continued its
upward trend, with an
increase of 700 over the
same month last year. February marks ten consecutive months of year-overyear employment growth
for First Nations and Métis
people. Employment for
First Nations and Métis
youth was up by 1,700, or
26.2 per cent, marking
seven consecutive months
of year-over-year increases.
WEEKLY BOOK PICK
Letter to the Editor
Machinery runovers are preventable
by Theresa Whalen
CFA Farm Safety
Consultant
Machinery runovers
accounted for almost 20
per cent of all work-related fatalities on Canadian
farms between 1990-2005.
Overall,
unmanned
runovers were most common (37%), followed by
bystander runovers (27%),
fallen operator runovers
(19%), and extra rider
runovers (15%), reports a
study by the Canadian
Agricultural
Injury
Reporting (CAIR) program.
Runovers are entirely
preventable. Preventing
them needs to be part of
your work procedures laid
down in your farm safety
plan.
“Plan • Farm • Safety” is the three-year theme
of the Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign.
Each aspect of the theme
is being promoted with a
year-long campaign. Last
year the campaign highlighted “Plan" with safety
walkabouts and planning
for safety. This year, the
focus is on "Farm" including implementation, documentation and training.
And next year, emphasis
will be on "Safety" including assessment, improvement and further development of safety systems.
lies about the behavioural
challenges associated with
FASD and help improve
the experiences of children
living with FASD.
SLGA is also providing $12,000 to the
Saskatchewan Prevention
Institute (SPI). The funding is in addition to
$82,000 the organization
received from SLGA in
November. The additional
funding will help the
organization complete a
new FASD public awareness campaign.
FASD Support Network of Saskatchewan
Executive Director Jessica
Kaban said government's
ongoing commitment to
FASD awareness, education and programming is
important.
Second lowest
unemployment rate
The Beautiful Children
Written by
Michael Kenyon
Review by
Shelley A. Leedahl
I’ve just finished “The
Beautiful Children,” a
poetic novel by BC writer
Michael Kenyon, and feel
I’m waking from a trance.
In Kenyon’s mystifying
story one’s never quiet
sure what’s real and what’s
imagined, or how the
author – who hass previously published four books
of fiction and two poetry
collections – manages to
shape-shift this harrowing
tale about urban street kids
and lost adults into a book
that celebrates life. That
sleight-of-hand, Kenyon’s
musical language, and the
book’s surrealistic qualities are its charms.
The plot is easiest to
follow in the first of the
book’s three sections. Sapporo, a Japanese man,
awakes with amnesia and
finds himself in a hospital.
In time he leaves the hospital with his son, a boy of
ten. The awkward pair
play catch, and at home,
the uneasy roommates are
“two animals who were
shy of each other.”
Sapporo regularly sees
a therapist, but as time
progresses he sinks further
into his dreamlike world.
He tracks the passing of
time and records impressions but doesn’t under-
stand their meaning. And
he has no idea how to parent: “Every night I
dreamed I knew what I
was doing, but when I
woke it wasn’t true.”
This is not a linear
novel, by any stretch. The
two central characters
embark on disparate and
desperate
journeys;
indeed, the journey itself is
Sapporo’s only hope: “As
long as I kept going forward I wouldn’t lose my
balance.”
We meet the characters each connects with,
many of whom are equally
lonely and confused. The
tribe of “beautiful” children, named for birds,
speak a street language
and live under boxes. The
children are abused, violent, addicted, smart,
crazy, and sometimes just
like other kids, for whom
swimming in a river is a
thrill. They’re also increasing in numbers. “One child
would vanish and two take
its place. We roamed the
suburbs looking for
recruits.”
Near the beginning,
Sapporo says, “I wanted
something. I wanted to be
loved.” And so do the
street kids who live
beneath tarps, beneath
bridges, and far beneath
any semblance of a “typical” teen-aged life. And so,
friends, do we all.
“The Beautiful Children” is published by Thistledown Press. It deserves
more than one read.
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Beaver damage
Agriculture Minister
Bob Bjornerud announced
$500,000 in new funding
to help RMs remove
beavers and dams in areas
where beavers are causing
damage. This will be a one
year pilot program and
will be administered by
the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM).
The number of beaver
pelts taken by licensed
trappers in Saskatchewan
has decreased dramatically
in recent years from
approximately 28,500 in
2000, to 11,250 last year,
due primarily to lower pelt
prices.
There will also be
$150,000 in additional
funding for SARM to
administer rat control programming. The provincial
government will now provide a total of $750,000 to
SARM in 2011-12 to help
producers and RMs deal
with the rat population in
rural Saskatchewan. In
addition, the provincial
government will continue
to provide $50,000 to
SARM to administer the
wild boar control program
in 2011-12.
Also announced was
continued funding for the
control of gophers in
2011-12. Under the
Gopher Control Rebate
Program producers and
RMs are eligible to
receive a 50 per cent
rebate on eligible gopher
control products.
World Day of Prayer
2011
World Day of Prayer
2011 was held on March
7th at St. Peter and Paul
Church in Montmartre.
There were 48 people
present and we collected
$399.00 to be sent to
Women’s Inter-church
council.
This year the service
was prepared by the
women of Chili. The
theme was "How many
loaves have you".
Our guest speaker was
Lauretta Luster; she gave a
very informative talk on
Chili and its people.
The readers were from
Kendal-St. Ignatius, Helen
Baumgartner; Moffat-St.
Andrews United Church,
Sandra Brown; CandiacHoly Ghost Church, Lillian Ripplinger; Montmartre-St. Michael Orthodox Church, Olive Kotylak; Montmatre-Sacred
Heart Roman Catholic
Church, Adie Hamelin and
Michelle Hoffart; Montmartre-St. Peter and Paul
Ukrainian
Catholic
Church, Lorraine Sydorko
and Gloria Dusyk.
The church was beautifully decorated with
Aztec motif on pots of
grain. On the front table
was a large bread pan with
many little loaves of
bread, made by Nellie
Kotylak. The loaves were
distibuted to every one
attending. Reverend Father
Ivan Derkatch had blessed
these loaves during the
service.
Linda Klapak had
organized the music, and
led us all in song accompanying us on her guitar.
The songs were so appropriate and the singing
beautiful; thank you
Linda.
After the service
lunch was served in the
church hall. Lunch consisted of Chilean food and
fruit; we had cabbage,
apple cheese, fish and
sauerkraut empanadas.
Empanadas are a Chilean
dish, somewhat like a perogie, they can be baked or
fried. Chilean spiced cranberry cocktail and coffee
were also served.
Nellie Kotylak had
sewed aprons, one for
every lady there to take
one home. We thank Nellie for all her work. We
also thank all the readers
and everyone who attended.
Next year the World
Day of Prayer will be hosted by St. Ignatius, Kendal.
Submitted by
Gloria Dusyk
Montmartre, Sask.
Producers and RMs
will also be able to access
two per cent liquid strychnine in 2011 to help control gophers. The federal
government's Pest Management
Regulatory
Agency recently approved
the province's application
to extend the emergency
registration of two per
cent liquid strychnine in
2011.
Yardworker
Clerical Staff
We are looking for self-starters for our
Montmarte Ag Retail to assist with warehousing
and shipping farm supplies, and general yard
work. We are also looking for clerical staff to
perform office duties. Viterra offers a
competitive wage and safe handling training.
Given favorable weather conditions, these term
positions are expected to begin early Spring
2011.
For more information and to apply, please visit
Careers/Viterra.ca or drop off your
application at the Ag Retail. When submitting
your application please refer to the tracking
number 1382. The closing date for applications
is March 25, 2011.
ONLINE ONLY
REAL ESTATE
On Behalf of Glenac re Pork
Glenavon, SK .
NE Quarter of 22-13-6 W2 in the RM of Chester
#125 *Approx. 160 Titled Acres w/ 120 Cultivated
Acres *FMV Assessment $33,231.00 HOUSE *1340
Sq. Ft. Raised Bungalow Home *3 Bedrooms
Upstairs *Finished Basement *Attached 2-Car Garage
FARM SHOP *40 Ft. x 60 Ft. Metal Clad HOG BARN
*158 Ft. x 535 Ft.
OPENS: Thurs. MARCH 24
CLOSES: Wed. MARCH 30
This Real Estate Auction Held in Conjunction With Hodgins National
Online Only Auction. See Website For Terms, Listings & Photos.
BOX 3310 MELFORT SK S0E 1A0
TOLL FREE: 1-800-667-2075
PH: (306) 752-2075
SK PL 915407 AB PL 180827
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