Robotics enjoyed by Rivier students

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Spiritwood Herald
VOL. 83 NO. 13 PMR #40007604
Spiritwood, Saskatchewan Friday, March 25, 2016
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Robotics enjoyed by Rivier students
Rivier Elementary students had a blast during Robotics Club! The club ran after school for four weeks for students in grades 5 & 6.
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Spiritwood Curling Club champions
March 25, 2016
The Spiritwood Curling Club held their club championship playdowns on Wed Mar 9, with the team of Brett Reddekopp, Garrett Reddekopp, Devyn Thompson
and Derryk Franson emerging as the winners. This comes on the heels of their very impressive fourth place showing at the SHSAA Provincial playoffs held the
previous weekend. They defeated Don Caffet in the final. Curling with Caffet were Dale Wasden, Jordan Tuttroen and Rian Caffet.
March 25, 2016
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Safe driving tips for Easter and Spring Break
CAA Saskatchewan has
safe driving tips for motorists travelling during the approaching Easter holiday and
spring break. “Ensuring your
vehicle is in good operating
condition and obeying the
speed limits are just of few
tips to help with driver safety,” said Christine Niemczyk,
Director of Communications
with CAA Saskatchewan.
Here are a few more safe
driving tips:
- Check weather and road
conditions, to and from the
destination.
- Travel with a full tank of
fuel and properly inflated
tires (including the spare tire)
to help with fuel efficiency.
- Check your vehicle’s belts
and hoses. Also check the
brakes, fluid levels and battery. Today’s vehicles have
more electrical demands
than ever and batteries play
an essential role in meeting
those demands.
- Ensure all occupants
buckle up and that children
are properly secured in their
car or booster seats.
- Pack an emergency vehicle
kit (flashlight, booster cables,
first-aid kit, flares, drinking
water, non-perishable food,
mobile phone with batteries
and charger for emergency
calls, etc.).
- Slow to 60 km/h on Saskatchewan highways when
passing tow truck operators
assisting other motorists.
Failing to do so is not only
unsafe, but could also cost
you a fine.
- Eliminate driver distractions and remember all Canadian provinces have banned
the use of hand-held communications devices behind the
wheel. It’s unsafe and strict
penalties can also be applied.
Drive now, text later.
- Motorists – refer to maps
or make phone calls before
you drive, or pull over to a
safe area away from traffic.
Appoint one of your passengers as the communications
buddy to manage navigation
and mobile phone use.
- Check out gasprices.caa.
ca for the lowest gas prices in
Saskatchewan communities
as well as in other provinces.
- Remain focused and attentive. Maintain a positive
attitude. Road rage or nega-
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tive driving habits impact everyone.
- Please don’t drink and
drive. Appoint a designated
driver.
For automotive help, visit
the CAA Regina Car Care
Centre or a CAA Approved
Auto Repair Service facility.
Additional driving tips are
available at caask.ca/driversafety. CAA Roadside Assistance is available 24/7, 365
days a year.
First Nations leaders benefit from transparency
Robert Greenleaf coined
the term “servant leadership” more than 40 years
ago, and Chief Jim Shot
Both Sides was definitely a
servant leader. Chief Shot
Both Sides was the last hereditary chief of the Blood
Tribe. He remembered his
mother telling him about
the $12 each band member
received at the treaty signing ceremony and the $7
put in trust for his future.
As chief, he always asked
for each member’s thoughts
before making a decision.
And he remained humble,
regardless of whether his
supporters praised him, or
his critics insulted him.
The First Nations Financial Transparency Act
(FNFTA) is an opportunity
for other aboriginal leaders
to be servant leaders. More
than 90 per cent of First
Nations are already complying with the legislation
by making the salaries and
expenses of their chiefs and
councils, as well as basic
band financial statements,
public. Unfortunately, a
small minority of communities is refusing to provide
transparency.
That minority convinced
Indigenous and Northern
Affairs Minister Carolyn
Bennett to stop enforcing the FNFTA. Assembly
of First Nations National
Chief Perry Bellegarde has
called for the legislation to
be repealed. But rather than
repealing the legislation,
many people living in First
Nations communities want
it to be strengthened.
This
legislation
has
brought important information to light on the Blood
Tribe First Nation in southern Alberta. The Blood
Tribe’s chief and 12 council
members make a combined
salary of $1.2 million, even
though the average income
for members of the Blood
Tribe is $16,389. That’s less
than a tenth of what their
leaders take for salary and
expenses. While many band
members don’t have enough
gas money to go to a doctor’s
appointment, the leadership
is spending nearly $1 million on travel.
This income inequality
fails to respect traditional
values. We need the type
of change that can only be
spurred on by the type of information the FNFTA forces
bands to make available.
Chiefs
and
councils
should have the faith and
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support of the people they
govern. Yet it does not inspire a whole lot of trust
when the leaders refuse to
publish their salaries and
expenses. Hiding this information from anyone
raises suspicions in everyone. Thus, all First Nations
should continue publishing
their numbers on the Internet, through the FNFTA.
Let’s be clear: confidential details can be protected
while publishing basic band
financial information, just
like they are when Crown
corporations issue annual
reports. And yet, some First
Nations leaders wonder why
a band’s financial statements should be shared
with outsiders. Here’s a
reason: people from across
Canada and around the
world will partner with
First Nations communities,
if they can build a relationship based on trust. When
First Nations businesses
are successful and growing, transparency is the best
form of advertising.
In fact, let’s enhance the
FNFTA and get accountability going both ways.
Yes, First Nations leaders
need to be accountable, but
so does Ottawa. Financial
transfer agreements need to
be provided in every band
office and posted online
to make sure funding goes
where it’s needed, instead
of getting soaked up in bureaucracy. Band members
should have the opportunity
to ratify their community’s
budget and monthly reports
should go out to every home.
First Nations, as well as
provincial and federal governments, should publicly
account for every dollar of
resource and gaming revenues. Internal audits should
happen annually and, if
concerns arise, an appeal
process should be open to
all band members.
Servant leadership is
about more than strength,
charisma or intelligence; it’s
essential to have humility,
a social conscience and a
commitment to the growth
and health of every community member. Accountability is essential servant leadership. If Chief Shot Both
Sides could humbly endure
his critics insults, today’s
leaders can provide trans-
parency to their people.
Lois Frank is a member
of the Blood Tribe, an educator, a doctoral student in
leadership and member of
the national board of directors for the Council of
Canadians. Harley Frank is
a farmer, businessman and
former Blood Tribe First
Nation’s chief. Todd MacKay
is the prairie director of the
Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
SUMA calls for permanent
revenue sharing
During the 2016 provincial
election, the Saskatchewan
Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is calling on
all political parties to commit
to a permanent municipal
revenue sharing agreement.
“Urban municipalities are
on the front lines of Saskatchewan’s growing economy —
we provide the foundation
for the growth our province
has been experiencing over
the last decade,” said SUMA
President Debra Button. “The
provincial government has a
vested interest in ensuring
these communities are great
places to work, play, and live.
The success of our province
is inextricably linked to the
success of our urban municipalities. When our hometowns do well, so does the
province.”
More than 77 per cent of
Saskatchewan’s population
lives in the province’s cities,
towns, villages, resort villages, and northern municipalities. Urban municipalities
provide core services that
are essential to quality of life
and that foster and sustain
growth. These include the
services residents rely on every day including:
· police and fire services;
snow clearing; public transit;
recreation, arts, and culture
facilities and programming;
economic and community
development; and garbage
and recycling collection and
processing.
“Urban municipalities only
collect about eight cents of
every tax dollar and have a
limited ability to bring in revenue beyond property taxes,”
Button said. “As a result, municipalities alone cannot support the incredible growth in
their communities and rely
on the province to broaden
their revenue base.”
After years of consulting with municipalities, the
province announced a historic revenue sharing agreement in 2009 that resulted
in one point of the Provincial
Sales Tax going to municipalities in the form of municipal revenue sharing. While
municipalities are grateful
for the funding, the program
can easily be modified or
withdrawn by the provincial
government without consultation with, or notice to, municipalities.
“We want to continue being
partners in the growth of our
Saskatchewan,” Button said.
“In order to do so, however,
we need a commitment to a
permanent revenue sharing
program.”
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RECYCLING TECHNICIAN
Casual
SARCAN is currently accepting applications for the position of
a Casual Recycling Technician at our Spiritwood depot. This
position provides customer service by counting containers for
deposit refund.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following
capabilities:
• Provide excellent customer service
• Count containers for deposit refund
• Prepare containers for shipping and load product onto
trailers
• May operate cash register
• May operate other depot equipment
• Basic reading and writing skills required.
The successful candidate must provide a satisfactory criminal
record check as a condition of employment.
SARCAN offers a competitive wage package with excellent
group pension and benefits.
Applications must be received by Thursday, March 31st, 2016:
Please email resume to:
Chantelle Diakuw
Email: [email protected]
OR Drop off at:
Spiritwood Depot
108 Railway Avenue W
NOTE: Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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OPINION
March 25, 2016
Beware!
Scams abound
I received a very interesting fax message the other day.
It came from the Deputy General Manager of the China
Refining Company, who are looking into the purchasing of
two million barrels of crude oil from Libya, and that under
the suggestion of the coordinator of foreign purchasing, he
should find a “neutral entity” to be awarded the contract
to act as the license holder for the
Libyans.
The fact that this offer came by
fax rather than eMail is interesting. How would they get my fax
number? And how, of all the people in the world, did they happen
to select me as the one to be the
middleman in their oil transactions.
But here’s the best part: I would
be entitled to a licence holder
fee of between $4-$5 per barrel,
meaning I would get $8-$10 milDAVE
lion a month.
HYNDMAN
Amazing, eh? Not since I was
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offered the opportunity to pass
News Editor
myself off as a relative of a man
who died with a hundred million
dollars in his bank account, with
no known real relatives to claim it, have I been offered
such an incredible deal. No, wait, since then I was offered
a chance to be related to Nigerian royalty, with a similar
opportunity to become instantly wealthy.
The catch in those instances, and in this one as well, was
that I had to share the windfall with the person making the
offer.
In this latest case, Mr. Wang DongJin of the Petrochina
Company Limited.
To this point, there are many red flags. Why do they need
a middleman? Why me? If it was an opportunity to facilitate the selling of Canadian crude oil to a new market, it
might be more tempting.
But it’s in the last paragraph that all becomes clear. Mr.
Wang needs a middleman because he is approaching retirement age and he needs to set up a sustainable retirement plan for himself. Aha! That’s why he needs me. He
is going to retire with an ordinary pension, and his share of
$96 million would make his retirement fund less ordinary.
But wait, isn’t that somehow fraudulent? I mean, for him
to skim off $48 million from his own company? And do I
want to get mixed up in his little plan? They execute people
in China for less.
Should I express interest in his scheme, he’ll probably
want my banking information so they’ll have a place to put
my money when they send it, and he’ll probably send me
an advance of a few hundred dollars, with a request to wire
him some of it back to him, and yada, yada, yada.
I only bring this up now because there are a few scams
going around, one of them concerning Canada Revenue
Agency. It goes like this: you get a phone call from someone
claiming to be from the CRA, and they very aggressively
claim that you owe outstanding taxes of this much, and if
you don’t pay right bloody now, there will be a policeman at
your door ready to arrest you and cart you off to jail.
Unfortunately, this scam has been working, as people
have been coughing up anywhere from $800-$2,000 to get
the CRA off their backs and avoid prison.
There are some red flags that should warn you in advance
that this is nothing but a scam. For starters, CRA would
never phone you to ask for money. They would never phone
you to ask you for information, such as your Social Insurance Number or your banking information. In the case of
the SIN, they already have that, and it should be one way
for them to verify that the call is somehow legit. And if you
have set up your bank account to either receive a refund
from CRA or make a payment to CRA, they already have
that information, too.
There are many other scams out there, and it’s a world
in which a person must do the due diligence to avoid being
taken in by a charlatan.
Paul Martin Commentary
Tracking consumer confidence has become big business terial costs which is translating into higher selling prices.
these days in this province. With the downturn in commodity
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prices – especially oil – the national media has been bomOne of the measures of economic performance is investbarding us with stories suggesting the West has fallen into a ment. This is what is known as a balance sheet item – it is the
dark hole…that business has dried up and concreation of assets such as plant, equipment and
sumers are sitting on their wallets.
technology that will last for years and provide a
But in reality, the story seems a bit different.
source of income or capacity for businesses.
One of the measures we follow to track conAmong these assets is buildings.
sumer confidence is discretionary spending.
The latest figures we have the volume of money
Expenditures in restaurants and bars are one
going into the building investment in this provof the better indicators of the prevailing mood.
ince is from the last quarter of 2015 which, it
After all, it is one of the places we can pull back
turns out, was the strongest we saw in more than
if needed.
a year. That may come as a surprise given all the
But the latest numbers – from December –
talk about the economy having lost steam and
are up in this province and, in fact, across the
dropping confidence levels.
PAUL
country. We were up about one percent from
This tracks only commercial activity – things
November, about $1.5 million more to $150 milsuch
as office buildings, commercial structures
MARTIN
lion or roughly $150 per person. That is a couple
and institutional projects. All three categories
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percentage points ahead of the same month a
were up from the third quarter of the year at just
year ago so the bulk of the improvement came
under a half billion dollars for the three months
in the last month of the year.
ended in December. That is up about $50 million
The big gains were in full-service restaurants
from Q3 and $75 million better than the second
but were up generally across the board..
quarter of the year.
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There are continuing signs of improvement in the manuThe gap between imports and exports between Canada and
facturing sector in this country.
the United States is widening…in our favor.
The Purchasing manager’s Index prepared by RBC Royal
Trade figures are growing in importance as policy makers
bank – a survey of purchasing managers in manufacturing hope to use increased exports as fuel for the Canadian econoplants across Canada designed to track activity in local plants my that is feeling the effects of lower commodity prices. That
– has hit its highest level in six months.
is one of the reasons the Canadian dollar has declined…lower
The survey has a base line of 50. Anything above that is prices for goods such as oil has also lowered demand for our
showing growth while a number below 50 represents con- dollar which has led to a reduction in its value. That is sometraction. The February report shows particular strength in thing the Bank of Canada governor, formerly with the export
Ontario and what they call the ‘rest of Canada’ which includes development corporation, seems to embrace if not encourSaskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic region.
age.
Ontario’s index was 56. Ours was 55.
We now have January’s trade figures. The relationship beThis in contrast to Quebec, Alberta and BC which were between us and our American neighbors remains huge – about
low the line. The Alberta-BC combo was especially weak at 43 two billion dollars a day in two-way movement of goods.
which kept the national average almost one percentage point Compared to December we made a bit of headway as the balinto the red.
ance – that’s the difference between imports and exports –
The big factor, according to the bank survey, was the value widened by $600 million, giving us a surplus of $3.7 billion.
of the Canadian dollar. Manufacturers are finally getting tracCompare that to our trade with the rest of the world where
tion from the lower currency as orders are rising but, at the we were actually in a deficit, buying from them than we sell
same time, they noted a significant increase in imported ma- to them.
March 25, 2016
VIEWPOINT
Up to voters to decide on candidates
Maybe it’s only right that we are now taking a hard look at the personal lives of those
seeking public office on April 4.
Think of an election as a job interview.
Whether a new candidate for the job or old
one, your potential employee has a right to
ask you some pretty personal questions. He
may even examine your Facebook posts.
So why shouldn’t those applying for the
job of representing us not have the same
scrutiny?
Much of the first week of the 2016 provincial election campaign was taken up by such
examination of what candidates did in the
past and what they more recently posted
online.
The first consequence was NDP leader
Cam Broten dumping four candidates –
Clayton Wilson in Saskatoon Northwest,
Mark Jeworski in Weyburn-Big Muddy,
Terry Bell in Regina Walsh Acres, and Cameron Robock in Estevan – all for their social
media postings.
As of the writing of this, it was not known
what Bell and Robock said on social media
because their accounts were taken down before anyone could see them.
What we did see
from Wilson, and especially Jeworski, was
crude – crude enough
that an adult should be
embarrassed by it.
Of course, there is
no law prohibiting you
from saying or doing
stupid this or running
MURRAY
for office if you do.
But it’s important to
MANDRYK
understand that none
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of these men are being
prohibited from running from office – just prohibited from running for under the NDP.
The four were quickly replaced by: Dennel
Pickering (Saskatoon Northwest), a Saskatoon care aide; Gloria Patrick (Regina Walsh
Acres), a constituency assistant to Trent
Wotherspoon and student working on social work degree; Tina Vuckovic (Estevan) a
Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority employee working as a procurement specialist, and: Karen Womsbecker (WeyburnBig Muddy), a registered nurse.
March 24th is World TB Day
Dear Editor:
The prophets of doom have been proven correct:
largely due to global apathy, tuberculosis has become
the world’s greatest communicable killer, even greater than HIV/AIDS.
For years the wealthy nations of the world have
stood by and dismissed TB as a third world problem,
considered only after such things as local politics
and geopolitical considerations have been dealt with.
But just because the world stands still doesn’t mean
the TB bacillus does, and ever-increasingly virulent
strains have evolved, overcoming once-effective antibiotic treatments.
TB is a disease of destitution, and while treatment
can often still be effective, the disease thrives whenever deeply impoverished living conditions are found,
which is why it remains endemic in many of Canada’s
Aboriginal communities.
March 24th is World TB Day, a chance for Canada
to publicly renew its commitment to global TB treatment via the Global Fund, now due for replenishment.
But as TB is a symptom of deep poverty, these funds
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It may have been more than a little bit embarrassing to the NDP that their candidate
vetting process failed to the notice the posts
of individual candidates who were either
personally crude, or in contradiction with
party positions.
But as it turns out, most of the ridings (Regina Walsh Acres, being the exception) were
not thought to be ones in which the NDP had
much of a chance of winning, anyway.
And if the NDP happens to do better than
expected, it will quite likely be because the
replacement candidates better represent the
views and values of the party than the four
that Broten turfed.
All political leaders have to make such
determinations about who is or isn’t suited
to represent their party at one time or the
other.
And in a very real way, that’s what exactly
Premier Brad Wall also did when he decided
three current candidates with a history of
DUIs were appropriate Sask. Party candidates.
Rosthern-Shellbrook candidate and Advanced Education Minister Scott Moe had
a DUI conviction in 1993 when he was 18
YOUR TWO
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must not be diverted from other development programs. For many years now, Canada’s aid budget has
operated from a place of robbing Peter to pay Paul,
while our total commitment to foreign assistance has
declined to the lowest of all major industrial nations.
Nathaniel Poole
Victoria BC
The need for a
hospice in
Northern Sask.
Dear Editor:
Palliative care can increase a dying person’s quality of life and, in countries where there is already
a choice, the preferred choice to assisted suicide.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 8 out of
10 people in palliative care are cancer patients. According to the same source, cancer cases are expected to increase 40% over the next 15 years. Despite
this, palliative care is not available to most people in
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years old. Canora-Pelly candidate Terry
Dennis had two DUI convictions – in 1979
and 2001. Saskatoon-University candidate
Eric Olauson also had DUI convictions in
1992 and 1993.
And as it turned out, we also found out
that NDP candidates Dwayne Lasas (Meadow Lake) and Lyle Whitefish (Saskatchewan
Rivers) also had DUIs.
However, both Broten and Wall have decided to keep their candidates on the slate.
Many will argue driving drunk is much
more egregious than bad form on social media.
But as Wall pointed, Dennis was elected
mayor of Canora four times, Moe was elected after publicly declaring his DUI prior to
the 2011 vote, and Olauson has been repeatedly elected to Saskatoon council.
One suspects that showing openness and
honesty with your future employer may not
be such a bad thing.
In other words, it’s up to the voters to decide.
And to properly decide if you are hiring
the best person for the job, you are allowed
to ask some rather personal questions.
Saskatchewan when and where we need it. Access
varies greatly between those close to Regina and the
William Booth Centre and Saskatoon and St. Paul`s
Hospital. Fewer than ½ of the people who die in
hospital receive palliative care.
All health regions receive some funding for palliative care but the level of service and quality of care
vary greatly from region to region. There is almost
nothing available for the North half of the Province.
People who receive palliative care make fewer emergency room visits, have fewer and shorter hospital
stays, and thereby save the Healthcare System valuable time and resources.
A sub-acute hospital bed costs upwards of $1100/
day, a palliative hospice bed costs $450/day. A
multi-purpose bed in a special care home does not
provide the kinds of services offered in a palliative
hospice. Home care services are increasingly limited.
Persons who are dying should not face delays or
financial barriers to access palliative care. What is
the government prepared to do to increase access to
palliative hospice services? There is lot of emphasis
on the beginning of life care, how about end of life
care.
Madeleine Wrigley
Prince Albert, Sask.
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Spiritwood Library meeting minutes
The Library Board met on Wednesday, March 16th at
5:30 pm. Seven members were present. The Dessert of the
Month has successfully raised $850.00. This will be used
towards the purchase of a new computer for public use. We
have two computers that need to be replaced. Hopefully we
will be able to purchase another computer next year.
The Lioness Club is disbanding. They generously donated
$300.00 towards the Children’s Summer Reading Program.
The Spiritwood Credit Union gave $100.00 on Literacy Day
in January. This money will be used to purchase more children’s books. All donations are greatly appreciated.
Just a reminder that we have received extra hours . Be
sure to take advantage of the longer hours on Wednesdays.
Story Time for preschoolers is Friday at 10:00 am.
The Annual meeting for Wapiti Libraries will be held in
Prince Albert on April 30th.
On Wednesday, April 13th, the Spiritwood Library will be
celebrating 55 years of service to the community. The Board
decided we should celebrate with cake and refreshments
from 1:00 to 4:30 that day. Hope to see everyone out to help
us celebrate 55 years.
Next meeting is scheduled for May 18th at 5:30 pm.
Prairie claims FCHL title with sweep of Shellbrook Elks
Down two games to
none in their best-offive Fort Carlton Hockey League finals series
against the reigning
champion Prairie Outlaws, the Elks were in
action at home Saturday
evening looking to keep
their dreams of claiming
a league title alive with a
win.
This game three was,
in some ways, a repeat
of last year’s finals. But
unlike last year, the Elks
were unable to pull out
a win and avoid being
swept. Meanwhile, with a
dominant 7-3 win, Prairie was able to secure its
third straight champion-
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Spiritwood
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Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of
Round Hill No. 467 for the year 2016 has been prepared and is
open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m.
to noon and 1:00 pm. to 4:30 p.m. , Monday through Friday,
March 24th to April 25th, 2016.
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has
been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as
required.
Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $100.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the
appeal is successful with: The Assessor, R.M. of Round Hill
No. 467, Box 9, Rabbit Lake, SK S0M 2L0
by the 25th day of April, 2016.
Dated this 24th day of March, 2016.
Cindy Miller, Assessor
ship.
Like prior meetings between the Elks and the
Outlaws, this match up
began as a slow burner.
Prairie was able to take
an early lead in the opening period with a goal
from Kelly Friesen, assisted by Mark Hinz and
Jordan Menke, but that
was the only highlight of
the frame.
The Outlaws extended
their lead to two early in
the second period, when
Justin Lund scored on
helpers from Menke and
Friesen. The Elks, however, were finally able to
respond and tie things
up with back-to-back
goals to round out the
scoresheet for the period.
Kyle Bortis netted the
first Elks goal of the
night, drawing assists
from Pat Cey and Craig
Valette, and Jody Blais
followed up a couple
minutes later, with assists from Curtis Olsen
and Craig Hayden.
In a penalty-filled third
period, the Outlaws were
able to make the most
of the powerplay opportunities they received,
while the Elks only capitalized the man advantage once, and quickly
found themselves falling
behind.
Darren Gillen opened
the scoring for Prairie,
drawing a single assist
from Lukas Sutter, and
Shellbrook fired back
with a powerplay goal by
Valette around the fiveminute mark, assisted
by Shane Callaghan and
Highway 55 Waste Management Corporation
Employment Opportunity
Highway 55 Waste Management Corporation invites applications for a full-time Garbage Truck Operator. The successful
applicant must have a valid Class 3A driver’s license, be mechanically inclined and be able to carry out assigned duties
without supervision and shall answer to the Landfill Operations Manager. Submit your resume, including past experience, wages, and at least two references to:
Highway 55 Waste Management Corporation
Box 10
Canwood, Sask., S0J 0K0
Or
email: [email protected]
Wage rate will be commensurate to qualifications and experience of successful applicant. This position includes a competitive benefits package. All resumes are to be in the hands
of the Secretary Treasurer on or before 4:00 p.m., April 8,
2016.
Only those contacted will be granted an interview.
R.M. of Canwood No. 494
Seasonal Employment Opportunities
1 Equipment Operator
& 1 General Labourer
The R.M. of Canwood No. 494 invites applications for one
Equipment Operator and one General Labourer. The successful applicant must be able to carry out assigned duties
without supervision and shall answer to the R.M. Council
and the Public Works Supervisor. A valid Class 1A driver’s license is an asset. Submit your resume and driver’s abstract,
including past experience and references, to:
Box 10, 641 Main Street
Canwood, Sask., S0J 0K0
Fax: 306-468-2666
Wages are negotiable based on experience.
All resumes are to be in the hands of the Administrator on or
before 4:00 P.M., Friday, April 8, 2016.
Only those contacted will be granted an interview.
Cey.
For the remaining 15
minutes of the game,
the Outlaws were able
to impose their will on
the Elks, adding three
powerplay goals and an
even-strength marker to
cement their third consecutive championship.
Chris Durand netted
the first powerplay goal,
and was unassisted on
the play, and Gillen followed up with his second of the night, getting a helper from Ryker
Barnett along the way.
Rounding things out,
Brett Blatz scored a powerplay marker from Lund
and Menke, and Friesen
scored his second of the
night on the man advantage, drawing an assist
from Hinz.
With another season
over for the Elks, they
now have their Allan Cup
berth to look forward to
in April. The tournament
will be played in Steinbach, Man. from April 11
to 16.
Summer Student Labourer
The R.M. of Canwood No. 494 invites applications for a fulltime summer student. This position will be 40 hours per week
for up to 16 weeks. Duties may include but are not limited to:
• Cutting grass
• Shop cleaning and maintenance
• Equipment cleaning
• Driving to city for parts
This position may be partially funded by the Government of
Canada Summer Jobs Program. Applicants must be students
between the ages of 17 – 30 who are enrolled in a full-time
post-secondary or secondary program for the 2016/2017 academic year. The successful applicant must also have a valid
driver’s license.
For more information contact:
Michele Person, Administrator
Box 10, 641 Main Street
Canwood, SK, S0J 0K0
Phone: 306-468-2014 Email: [email protected]
Resumes will be accepted until Friday, April 15, 2016
SARCS
Facility Manager - Maternity Leave Position
for the
Spiritwood & District Recreation Facility
Spiritwood Area Recreation, Culture and Sport Inc. is seeking
applicants for the position of Facility Manager (replacement
of maternity leave) for the Multipurpose Rec Centre which
houses our arena, curling rink, bowling alley and licensed
lounge. Spiritwood is located in beautiful North West Saskatchewan amongst many lakes and golf courses and prides
itself on Recreation and Tourism in the area.
The successful applicant will be in charge of managing and
overseeing the day to day operations of the facility, leading
a team of 2-6 employees and leading volunteers in a variety
of special events hosted throughout the year. The successful
applicant must have strong leadership skills, have the ability
to work under minimal supervision and will report directly to
the Spiritwood Recreation Director.
This is a temporary, full time, salaried position to cover a
maternity leave until June 16th, 2017. Some evenings and
weekends are required. Interested applicants may contact
the Town Office for a detailed job description. Please send
Cover Letter, Resume, and References by 4:00 p.m. on April
8th, 2016 to:
Town of Spiritwood
Box 460, Spiritwood, Sask.
S0J 2M0
Phone: (306)883-2161
Fax: (306)883-3212
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those
considered for an interview will be contacted.
March 25, 2016
AGRICULTURE
Spiritwood Herald
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Public seems not to trust scientists
It is obvious to anyone following the issue of genetically
modified crops, or livestock, that the technology remains
controversial in the minds of many.
Granted anything new can be looked upon with wary eyes,
although the world seems to adopt tech such as cellphones,
UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), a myriad of new health
products, and so much more with nary a sideways
glance.
On Agriculture
Yes, GM on the farm means it is ultimately consumed,
and that heightens the concerns for many, although we take
drugs nearly without question, and accept the waves that
power cellphones are safe.
The farm sector looking to expand its possibilities in
terms of food production though faces a harsher audience.
For myself the realm of GM intrigues because I see it as
holding out the quickest way to increased yields, to creating
crops which can grow in more saline soils, that can thrive
on less water, than can fight off bugs without insecticides
etc.
Will the tech solve all of the above issues?
Truthfully not likely, at least in the short term, but GM
does seem to hold a higher prospect of success in less time
than conventional plant breeding developments, which is in
essence genetic modification by more conventional means.
The wheat that is today resistant to rust is modified from
Calvin
Daniels
the same wheat plant once devastated
by the blight.
So a recent article at www.producer.com caught my attention with
the lead paragraph “If humans want
fewer forests, more expensive food
and more greenhouse gases, banning
genetically modified crops is a good
place to start, says a Purdue University economist.”
CALVIN
It went on the explain, “a Purdue
study, soon to be published in AgBiDANIELS
oForum states that growing GM corn,
~
soybeans and cotton reduces the
amount of land needed to grow crops
in the U.S., thus reducing greenhouse
gas emissions from agricultural land.”
As interesting as the rest of the article was, in terms of its
positive take on the impact of GM crops, was the reaction
noted in the comments.
There were accusations of the article being simply propaganda, with a suggestion GMOs work like a bomb on the
environment.
The article suggested safety concerns are unproven,
SaskMilk sponsor of the Summer Games
which had others commenting about more and more research connecting such foods to health concerns.
Of course that is an issue isn’t it. Research often contradicts other research.
One person noted that GMs have been around a couple of
decades without evidence of problems, countered that issues can take longer than two, or three decades to emerge.
That is likely true, DDT and asbestos and PCBs coming
to mind.
But does that mean we shelf every new product, or crop to
allow a half century of data from testing before releasing it?
Will cellphones one day be linked to brain conditions?
It doesn’t help that the public seems to have a current tilt
away from trusting scientists.
Is global climate change real?
You can’t even get our MPs and MLAs all on the same
page on that one, or on how we should be reacting if the
issue is real.
How the agriculture sector manoeuvres through the current GM minefield is unclear. Those opposed as not to be
swayed by science, or they would already have done so.
And that really only leaves the passage of time, although
that is worrisome since many still doubt we have landed on
the moon.
HEARTLAND
Livestock Services
306-825-8831 l LLOYDMINSTER
The
Saskatchewan
Games Council is pleased
to announce that SaskMilk will become the official milk sponsor of the
2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan.
As a Bronze level sponsor, SaskMilk will provide
$10,000 cash towards the
purchase of milk products
to fuel over 1800 athletes,
coaches and managers
during the Games.
“Partnering with SaskMilk is a great fit with the
Saskatchewan Games. The
health benefits of consuming milk and milk products are well documented,
especially chocolate milk
as a recovery drink for
athletes after training and
competition,” said Julie
Brandt, Chairperson of
the Saskatchewan Games
Council. “The Saskatchewan Games Council appreciates the valuable and
generous
contribution
made by SaskMilk to the
Games in Estevan.”
“Saskatchewan
dairy
farmers are pleased to
support young athletes
in our province, and also
proud to help provide an
opportunity for them to
showcase their talent this
summer,” said Melvin
Foth, Chair of SaskMilk.
“We look forward to seeing
our Saskatchewan youth in
action in Estevan.”
The 2016 Saskatchewan
Summer Games, scheduled for July 24 - 30, will
involve over 2,000 athletes, coaches and managers in 13 sports representing the nine sport districts
within the province. Estevan will require up to
1500 volunteers to host
these multi-sport games.
Advertising
Deadline is
Monday
5:00 p.m.
Sports included on the
sport calendar for the 2016
Saskatchewan
Summer
Games include: archery,
athletics, baseball, basketball (male and female),
canoe/kayak, equestrian,
golf, soccer (male and female), softball (female),
swimming, tennis, triathlon, and volleyball (male
and female).
The purpose of the Saskatchewan Games is to
provide an opportunity for
the province’s developing
athletes, coaches and officials to participate in a
multi-sport event in preparation for the higher level
of competition.
Tuesday, April 7 at 12:30 p.m.
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Monday, April 18 at 10:00 a.m.
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Spiritwood Herald
The Spiritwood Open
Bonspiel concluded Sunday
afternoon with finals in all
three events.
The team of Robert Svendsen, Bill Sanderson, Brenda
Arabsky and Grant Martin
downed Wayne Pauls in the
First Event to win the Spiritwood Credit Union trophy
and the jackets sponsored
by Martodam Motors.
Tied up coming home,
Svendsen didn’t need to
Spiritwood Open Bonspiel
throw his final rock. Pauls
had tried an in-off, which,
if successful, would have
rolled buried and in shot
position. Alas for Pauls, he
rolled about three inches
shy of forcing a miracle shot
by Svendssen.
In the second event,
Wayne Scheible was two-up
coming home without hammer against Doug Horn,
a previous Open winner.
Horn had all the rocks he
March 25, 2016
needed in play, but his last
rock was a bit wide and
didn’t come over enough to
bump a Scheible stone into
the 12-foot.
Brad Nemish’s foursome,
which included Don Caffet,
Dustin Smolinski and Ryan
Steinhilber, won the Third
Event, beating Lloyd Fisher.
There were thirteen rinks
in the spiel, with action taking place Friday evening,
Saturday, and Sunday.
SECOND EVENT: Wayne Scheible, Bill Rayner, Allan Rogers and Ed Clark.
FIRST EVENT: Robert Svendsen, Bill Sanderson, Brenda Arabsky and Grant
Martin with the Credit Union tropy and wearing their new jackets donated by
Martodam Motors and presented by Lloyd Fisher.
THIRD EVENT: Brad Nemish, Don Caffet, Dustin Smolinski, and Ryan Steinhilber.
TOWN OF SPIRITWOOD
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Spiritwood intends to adopt a
bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 486/13, known as
the Zoning Bylaw.
INTENT
The proposed bylaw amendment will:
• Rezone Parcel SS, Plan 99B14505 Ext 1 from M1 – Industrial District to C2A – Large Lot Highway Commercial District, as shown within the bold line on Map “A” below:
REASON
The reason for the amendment is:
• To accommodate the development of a highway
commercial use on Parcel
SS.
PUBLIC INSPECTION
Any person may inspect
the bylaw at the Town Office, located at 212 Main
Street, between the hours
of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM on
Monday to Thursday, and
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday, excluding statutory
holidays. Copies of the
bylaw are available at the
Town Office at a cost of $5.
PUBLIC HEARING
Council will hold a public
hearing on April 12, 2016
at 6:30 PM at the Town Office to hear any person or
group that wants to comment on the proposed
bylaw. Council will also
consider written comments received at the hearing, or delivered to the undersigned at the
Town Office before the hearing.
Issued at the Town of Spiritwood this 18th day of March, 2016.
Rhonda Saam, Chief Administrative Officer
March 25, 2016
Spiritwood Herald
Hujbers Market wins draft tournament
9
Hujbers Market on Main has won the Spiritwood Draft
Tournament for the third consecutive year. Six teams competed in a modified round robin, with Hujbers going up
against Crop Production Services in the final.
Four members of the team were on the winning squad last
year, and just two – Jeff Hujber and Adam Kotun – were on
the winning team in 2014.
There were six teams in the tournament, four of which
went with nine skaters each while the other two had ten.
There were no complaints about ice time.
Hujbers and Crop Production Services were the top two
teams following the round robin play.
The Draft Tournament is usually tough on goalies. This was no exception, although the puck stayed out
on this play.
Town of Spiritwood
Town Office Caretaker
Applications are now being accepted for the Contract position of Caretaker at the Spiritwood Town
Office. This is a part-time, one year term position
working after hours for 2 days/week.
Please submit resumes and a criminal record check
by April 1st, 2016 at 4 pm to:
Town of Spiritwood
Box 460, Spiritwood, SK. S0J 2M0
Fax: (306)883-3212 or
Town of Spiritwood
SUMMER STUDENT POSITION
Hujbers Market, winners of the Draft Tournament for the third consecutive years.Back: Curtis Schmidt,
Josh Henri, Darcy Driedger, Justin Cote, Bryan Wingerter. Front: Adam Kotun, Jeff Hujber, Barry West,
Lane Buswell.
The Town of Spiritwood will be accepting applications for
one Summer Student position. The position runs from May
through to August for 40 hours/week. Must have a valid Class
5 driver’s license. Duties include: Mowing, whipper snipping, garbage cleanup, painting, and general maintenance
duties.
The position is for students who are attending school or university in the Fall of 2016.
Please send your resume (with references) no later than 4:00
pm on Friday, April 8th, 2016.
Submit cover letter and resume to:
TOWN OF SPIRITWOOD
Box 460, Spiritwood, SK
S0J 2M0
Ph#: (306)883-2161 • Fax#: (306) 883-3212
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Spiritwood Herald
March 25, 2016
Ag, healthcare top of mind in Rosthern-Shellbrook: Moe
Scott Moe, the Saskatchewan Party’s incumbent MLA for the Rosthern-Shellbrook constituency is seeking re-election to his second term in office.
With only 10 days until voters across Saskatchewan head to the
polls decide the direction that the province
will take over the next
four years, the Chronicle sat down with
Rosthern-Shellbrook’s
incumbent Sask. Party
MLA Scott Moe, to pick
his brain about the issues that matter most
to constituents.
In this profile, we explore what he had to
say, as well as why he
believes that the Sas-
katchewan Party is
best-suited to lead the
province into the future.
Next week’s issue of
the Chronicle will feature a similar sit down
with NDP candidate
Rose Freeman.
Though he’s currently
seeking re-election to a
second term as the MLA
for
Rosthern-Shellbrook, Scott Moe’s biography reads as a story
that is incredibly similar to that of the average
constituent in this area.
Born and raised on
a grain farm between
Shellbrook and Parkside, he understands
that agriculture is the
backbone of the constituency, and of the entire
province. And knowing
this, he eventually went
to the University of Saskatchewan, where he
obtained a bachelor of
science in agriculture.
Since graduating, he’s
worked in Shellbrook
with the Economic Development Corporation,
the Shellbrook and District Health Services
Project Inc., and the
Shellbrook and District
Physician Recruitment
committee, and also
volunteered his time
with local hockey and
softball associations.
He says that, in many
ways, it was his innate
desire to improve his
community that led him
to politics, and convinced him to run for
the Saskatchewan Party
in 2011.
As he’s been hard at
work on the campaign
trail in what is now
his second election, he
says he hasn’t been surprised to hear agriculture brought up as one
of the major issues that
will be inf luencing voters’ decisions when they
enter the ballot boxes.
“There’s always concern about where our
agriculture
industry
is going with regards
to markets, accessing
markets,
transportation on highways and by
rail, and port access,”
he said.
“[Last year] we exported $15 billion worth
of agriculture products,
so the industry is always top of mind.”
With
Shellbrook’s
young hospital, Parkland Integrated Health
Centre, continuing to
grapple with an ongoing
nursing shortage, Moe
says he’s also heard a lot
of concerns about rural
healthcare, and in particular, access to medical professionals.
He adds, however,
that he believes that the
Sask. Party has been
moving rural communities in the right direction, citing the party’s
recent announcement
that 650 more physicians are practising in
the province compared
to when the Sask. Party
took power in 2007, and
the building of the collaborative Emergency
Centre in Spiritwood as
an examples of the party’s record.
“It’s something we’ve
worked very hard on
in the past number of
years, in terms of providing a sufficient number of medical professionals, whether that
be physicians, or nurse
practitioners, or some
combination thereof,”
he said.
“We’ve come a long
way, but again, there’s
always more work to do
to ensure that it’s sustainable.”
Moe
feels
similarly about highways
throughout the constituency, and across the
province, which, despite
increased
investment
from the province, continue to need billions of
dollars in repairs.
Though being an incumbent comes with
the added pressure of
having to stand by the
government’s
record
(including its more controversial policies), Moe
says he’s proud of what
the Sask. Party has
done over the past eight
years, and that he’s
looking forward to the
rest of the campaign.
“I look forward to getting out on the doorsteps, and talking to
people from all of the
communities in the constituency, and getting
their input on where we
should go.”
Apart from the party’s
performance on the agriculture,
healthcare,
and infrastructure portfolios, Moe also believes
that the Sask. Party’s
leadership,
starting
with Premier Brad Wall,
is what best positions it
to govern the province
going forward.
But despite his confidence, Moe is also
aware that the party
hasn’t been perfect.
“Is there more to do?
Absolutely. And we want
to continue to work towards some of that.”
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March 25, 2016
Spiritwood Herald
Feel sorry for Laich? Maybe, maybe not
Brooks Laich must feel
like the guy waiting in
line for a couple of hours
to ride the best ferris
wheel in the world and
then, finally getting to the
front, hearing those awful
words: “Sorry, closed for
the day.”
For 12 years, Laich stood
in line for the Washington
Capitals, never getting to
the front — until this year.
Finally, the ferris wheel
ride would be his: The
Caps are the best team in
the league and one of a
couple of teams figuring
to be strong favourites to
win the Stanley Cup.
Until … trade deadline
day arrived on Feb. 29,
and Laich was shipped to
the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sorry, back of the line,
buddy.
But don’t feel sorry
for Brooks Laich, the
32-year-old pride of Wawota, Sask.
The guy has a few million dollars in the bank,
thanks to a healthy contract he signed recently
that pays him $4.5 million
a year. He’s engaged to a
famous movie star, Julianne Hough, who starred
in the recent TV movie
Grease and was a TV regular as a two-time Dancing
with the Stars champion
and more recently a judge
on the same show. He has
a loving family back in
Wawota and a whole community who follows his
every move.
So Laich has the money,
the pretty girl and a rever-
BRUCE
PENTON
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ence among fans in Washington, who loved his willingness to interact as a
“regular guy” with Washington fans. He made
headlines a few years ago
by making a late-night
highway stop to change a
f lat tire on a Caps’ fan’s
Minor hockey season is over
The Minor Hockey season, as far as the
Spiritwood Timberwolves are concerned,
came to an end March 15 when the last of the
two teams still in the STEP League playoffs
were defeated in game three of their series
with Pierceland.
That would be the Atom Timberwolves,
who opened their B Side Eastern finals with
an 11-7 home ice win on March 11. Two
nights later at Flying Dust, played there
because Piercland’s ice was below par, the
Wolves played hard but came up short to the
tune of 9-7, tying the series at a game apiece.
The two teams returned to Spiritwood on
the 15th and played even for the first two periods before Pierceland broke the game wide
open and skated away with a 9-3 win.
The end for the Novice Spiritwood Red
came March 12 on home ice against Big
River.
Two nights earlier they were shellacked
14-4 in Big River, but on Saturday night they
played like a team possessed. The teams
were tied 8-8 after regulation, and then Big
River got the series winning goal after about
five minutes of parent-stressing overtime.
PRAISE & WORSHIP
car after she and her
daughter had just watched
Laich’s Capitals get eliminated from the playoffs.
It’s Laich lore that will
probably be a footnote, or
perhaps the opening paragraph, in his Hockey News
obituary.
So the fans love him,
his banker loves him, and
Hough obviously loves
him, too, but 2016 won’t
be Laich’s favourite year
because he’s now a member of the worst team in
the NHL, and it will be
cruel punishment for him
to watch on TV as the best
friends he has in the whole
world — Alex Ovechkin
and Co. — stride toward
the Stanley Cup.
Don’t feel sorry for
him as a person, but you
could shed a tear for him
as a hockey player, because the Holy Grail for
anyone who chases and
shoots pucks for a living
— so close to his grasp for
the past six months — is
suddenly as unreachable
as ever. “I have such an
empty feeling that I never got the ultimate goal,”
Laich told Sportsnet. But
true to form, he took the
high road: “They’re lifelong friends. We grew up
together and I’m always
thankful for them and I
will always wish them the
best.”
RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Given his latest
suspension, I’m wonder-
ing where Sabres’ forward
Evander Kane learned
to play hockey. Boarding
school?”
RJ Currie again: “Pablo
Sandoval of the Red Sox
told reporters he reported
to spring training with a
fat ratio of 17 per cent. But
enough about the man’s
head.”
Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “About two
dozen prisoners ran 105
laps inside the penitentiary walls at this year’s annual San Quentin Marathon. Progressive inmates
are reportedly pushing
to replace it with a polevault competition.”
Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Australian Adam
Scott beat U.S.’s Bubba
Watson at Donald Trump’s
Doral golf course for the
Cadillac Championship.
Or as Trump called Scott
beating Watson, another
foreigner taking an American job. Trump wants to
build a wall between us
and Australia.”
Bernie Lincicome, in
the Chicago Tribune,
decrying
basketball’s
three-point shot: “A basket should count what a
basket counts. If we start
assigning greater value to
the length of things, Pinocchio never would stop
lying.”
Scott
Feschuk
of
Sportsnet magazine says
he has a huge advantage
going into the Rotisserie
11
League baseball season
because “I know that 100
percent of the players interviewed so far on MLB
Radio are ‘feeling good’
and ‘looking forward to
the season.’”
Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com in Hampton,
Va. “Wednesday night’s
game between the Celtics
and Grizzlies was held up
for about a minute as officials went to the scorer’s
table with 1.5 seconds left
to look at a replay before
adding 1/10th of a second
to the clock. Why mention this? Because the
Celts were leading by 20
points.”
Ian Hamilton of the Regina Leader-Post: “The
New York Jets released
Antonio Cromartie in a
cost-cutting move. That’s
bad news for a 10-year
NFL veteran who has had
12 kids with eight women
and who pays an estimated $336,000 US in child
support every year. For
him, buying a box of condoms would have been a
cost-cutting move.”
And Hamilton again, to
finish: “Ann Perez de Tejada, 68, made her mixed
martial arts debut last
Saturday against 32-yearold Laura Dettman. As expected, Dettman beat up a
woman who is someone’s
GraMMA.”
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PARTNERS IN FAITH
Lutheran/United/Anglican
Christchurch Anglican,
137-2nd St. W.
Spiritwood
Sun. Worship 11 am Worship
Rev. Brock Shaver
306-883-3400
----------------------BETHEL
Medstead
1st Sunday, 10 am Worship
Intern Pastor
3rd Sunday - 1 pm
Worship
----------------------EVANGELICAL FREE
Mont Nebo
Wed., 7:30 pm Bible Study & Prayer
Sun., 10:30 am - Worship
Pastor Bill Klumpenhower
----------------------LAKELAND
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Spiritwood
Sun., 11 am
- Worship Service
Pastor Gerry Zak
----------------------BELBUTTE FULL
GOSPEL
11 am Worship Service
1st Sun., 7:30 pm
- Hymn Sing
Pastor Floyd Berg
----------------------UNITED /ANGLICAN
Worship Services
Glaslyn
Time is on the sign
Rev. Kun Kim
Rev. Don Skinner
----------------------MENNONITE
BRETHREN
Glenbush
10:00 am - Sunday School
Worship 10:50 am
----------------------HOFFNUNGSFELDER
MENNONITE CHURCH
Glenbush
Worship - 11:00 am
----------------------PENTECOSTAL
Glaslyn
Pre-service Prayer
Sunday, 10:30 am
Sunday Service 11:00 am
Kids Club Tuesday
3:30 pm - 5 pm
Wednesday Prayer
7 pm - 8 pm
Pastor Ruth Phillips
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CATHOLIC
Saturday
Medstead: Mass 6 pm
Shell Lake - Closed
Leoville:
Mass 9:30 am
Spiritwood
Mass 11:15 am
Chitek Lake - Closed
----------------------PARTNERS IN
WORSHIP
Shell Lake - Sun. 10 am
(Worship in Lutheran United Church)
----------------------Gideons International
of Canada
Battlefords Camp
Phone Art Martynes
(306) 389-4633
----------------------SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST
407 - 2nd Ave .E,
Shellbrook
Sat., 9:45 am Sabbath School
Sat., 11:00 am - Worship
Broadcast on
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Pastor Dan Guiboche
306-930-3377
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SPIRITWOOD: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Wednesday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Friday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
LEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Wednesday 10:00 am - 4 pm Plus evening hours
5 pm to 8 pm (Storytime from 10:30 am to 11:30 am); Thurs. 10 am - 2 pm
SHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Wed. 1 pm - 4 pm.
CANWOOD: PARADE NOTICE The Village and R.M. of Canwood 100th Anniversary
will be holding a parade as part of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations. The parade
is scheduled to be held at 11:00 a.m. on July 30, 2016. Anyone interested in entering
a float or for more information is asked to contact Ken Aiken at (306) 468-7990 or
by email at [email protected] A bike parade will also be held prior to the
parade beginning at 10:45 a.m. Be Part of History… Village & R.M. of Canwood 100th
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Spiritwood Herald
By Don Ahlquist
For this essay, I’ll refer
to believers with the letter B and atheists, agnostics and other nonbelievers as NBs. Sorry, I forgot
that the famous atheist Dr.
Richard Dawkins already
claimed the letter “B” as
belonging to his camp the
“Brights”. What a quandary, there must be a suit-
March 25, 2016
Faith and Belief
able acronym …hmm how
about the “NVBs” naw,
that is too phonetically
challenging and may be
construed by the umbrageous as inflammatory.
Would they see the humour in this offering:
S t a l w a r t–A g r e e a bl e –
Insightful– Nurturing –
Thoughtful – Sincere
A gentle segue from lev-
ity to gravity seems unlikely so here we go –
Atheists and agnostics
rely quite heavily on the
denigration of faith. It is
most often a contrived
strategy employed not so
much to bolster the atheistic position but to attempt
to diminish the credibility
of a believer who is probably unaware of the robust
strength of his own position.
The major anti-theistic,
atheistic and agnostic assertion is that faith is
belief without evidence.
Some authoritative sources register faith and belief
as synonymous. Here is
why they’re not.
I suggest that faith is not
necessarily belief and that
belief is not necessarily
faith. In order to get the
discussion off the ground,
a semantic distinction is
necessary.
Let’s start with a brief
dictionary definition of
both terms:
Faith
1. complete trust or confidence in someone or
something.
2. Strong belief in God or
the doctrines of a religion
based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
Belief
1. An acceptance that a
statement is true or that
something exists.
2. Something one accepts as true or real.
You have probably already noticed that faith by
def. 1 is complementary to
def.2 of the word “belief”
the assurance of something excepted as true or
real.
The crux of the difference lies in definition 2 of
the word faith. “Spiritual
apprehension rather than
proof”
How can an atheist
scientist in the absence
of real evidence have a
strong belief that black
holes, dark matter and
dark energy exist and still
claim that he has no faith
that they do? He only has
hope, speculation, conjecture and supportive rhetoric from his peers and colleagues.
It becomes so manifestly
apparent that the world
views of the believer and
the secular scientist have
access to the same window
of reality but only one of
them is willing to concede
the possibility of a larger
view. It seems as though
the secularist is restrained
by a philosophical event
horizon.
In times past I have
been disappointed to hear
how clear thinking, gifted,
wholesome people have
been intellectually abused
and socially spurned for
promoting their faith by
postulating
inoffensive
and neutral theorems. The
average person (if there is
such a thing anymore) can
not be expected to maintain a respectable quotient
of humility in view of the
stupefied, self-willed and
chaotic place this world is
becoming.
The famous atheist of
the 20th century Bertrand
Russell was challenged
with the following question: what will you say to
God when he asks why
you did not believe? Russell said “insufficient evidence”.
“Suppression of evidence” is more like it.
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March 25, 2016
Spiritwood Herald
Volunteers needed
Vegas night held in Medstead
MADRA secretary Cheyenne Orange presents the grand prize to Trevor Radchenko.
MADRA held its annual Vegas Night on
February 26. There were 10 tables set up to
play Blackjack and Let It Ride, with a good
turnout of about 10 people at each table.
The elimination draw began at 9 pm, with
prizes handed out along the way. The final
name pulled, winning a $1500 travel vouch-
er and $500 cash, was Trevor Radchenko of
North Battleford (Trevor is the grandson of
Nora and the late Jim Starling of Medstead).
Vegas Night is the primary fundraiser for
MADRA, which looks after the maintenance
and operating expenses of Medstead’s arena.
The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region is in
need of caring, compassionate and committed volunteers to fill the following
service positions:
Volunteer “Friends” –
Spiritwood and District
Health Centre (306) 8834432
Volunteers are matched
with a patient/resident,
and become their personal
friend. Volunteers might
write letters, play cards,
read, perform small favors,
take their friend shopping,
for coffee in or out of the
hospital, and recognize
birthdays, Christmas, &
special occasions.
Shifts: Flexible, once or
twice per week.
Activity Programs – Hafford Special Care Home
(306) 549-2108
Volunteers will assist the
staff with activities and set
up for such. Depending on
the needs of the facility, duties may include assisting
with crafts, shopping trips,
birthday parties, special
functions, music therapy,
exercise programs, bowling groups, horticulture,
painting, baking, etc.
Shifts:
9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m. or 12:45 p.m. –
4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
“Loving Spoonfuls” –
Evergreen Health Centre,
Leoville (306) 984-2136
Duties include escorting residents to and from
dining rooms, assisting
residents with meals when
necessary, sitting with residents, and helping to make
mealtime a pleasant time.
Shifts: Breakfast, Lunch
and/or Dinner meals.
Monday – Sunday, once
or twice per week.
If you are interested in
this or any other Volunteer service position, or if
you have a particular skill
or talent you would like
to share with the patients,
residents or clients in the
Health Region, please call
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also reach the PAPHR Volunteer Services Department at (306) 765-6010,
by email at volunteers@
paphr.sk.ca or find us on
the web at www.paphr.ca.
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AUTOS
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FOR SALE - 2007
Ford Free Star
Sport, 200,000
km, V6, white, PS/
PB/A/C/T/PW/PL/
PSeats, CD, 6 passenger van. Ph: 306466-2261 2-13CH
AUGER FOR SALE
FOR SALE - 8x50
Brandt auger, 24
hp, Onan engine.
Ph: 306-497-2551
8-20CH
LIVESTOCK
FOR SALE
FOR SALE - Easy
calving Salers bulls.
P/B, registered 2
year olds and yearlings, Red or Black.
Elderberry Farm
Salers, Parkside,
306-747-3302
8-18CH
Spirit of the North Bull Sale
Monday, April 11th 1 pm
Spiritwood Stockyards,
Spiritwood, SK
Selling 82 Simmental,
Charolais & Black Angus
yearling & 2 year old bulls
For a catalogue or more info
contact
T Bar C Cattle Co.
306-220-5006
View the catalogue online at
www.buyagro.com
(PL#116061)
Spiritwood
Reaching over 10,000 people weekly.
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FOR SALE - Offering purebred yearling Charolais bulls,
Reds & Whites,
good medium
framed bulls with
good hair coats. Ph:
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Big Valley Charolais
4-13CH
Angus bulls on moderate growing ration
- performance info
available. Adrian
and Kyra or Brian
and Elaine Edwards
306-441-0946 or
306-342-4407.
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FOR SALE - Gelbvieh Bulls, Red
and Black, good
haired, fed moderate growth ration,
performance info
available. Semen
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cross-bred calves.
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SEED FOR SALE
FOR SALE - Yearling Purebred
Simmental bulls,
Traditional and
Red. One full blood
and one Simmental - Red Angus
Cross. Most are
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heifers - purebred.
Simmental and Simmental Red Angus
Cross commercial.
Glenn and Christine
Strube at 306-7473185 or 306-7477622.
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BLACK AND RED
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HOMES
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Monday, April 4th - 1:30 pm
Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK.
Kevin Anderson 306-883-7335,
Sylvan Martens 306-883-7967
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HOUSE FOR SALE
- 208 Iris Bay, Spiritwood, 1 BD, 2 BA,
totally renovated,
8x12 metal clad shed
Excellent starter
home. For more
information call
Grant 306-883-3991
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BC market .............................$395.00
Ontario market ......................$475.00
Western Ontario .................$142.00
Central Ontario ..................$145.00
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Quebec market
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Across Canada ..................$1,876.00
Also Available: Quebec (French) ................$956.00
HOUSE FOR SALE
- NEW 1,350 sq. ft.
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finishings. 513 5th
Ave East, Shellbrook.
Contact Brian 306468-7440 4-15CH
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fully developed walkout basement with 9’
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heating, windows,
doors, paint, trim
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sq. ft of new deck to
enjoy the spectacular
view and wildlife.
26x28 garage with
10’ ceilings, with
natural gas heat.
$395,000 obo. For
more info call Wade
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HELP WANTED
- Groundskeeper & Maintenance
Person
For Honeywood
Heritage Nursery.
Duties include:
operation & maintenance of garden/
farm equipment
mowing; planting &
maintaining fields,
Interest in gardening essential
Full time seasonal
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March 25, 2016
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HOUSE FOR SALE
- To be moved, 3
bedroom bungalow,
approx. 1,000 sq.
ft. fir construction,
new shingles. For
more info phone
306-747-2775 after
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Annual Angus & Charolais Bull Sale
Selling 30 Black Angus bulls, 30
Charolais bulls with a Large Selection of
Polled Bulls. All bulls are semen evaluated.
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Spiritwood Herald
March 25, 2016
Spiritwood Credit Union 77th annual
Presentation of service
awards for 30 and 5 years of
service were among the highlights of the Spiritwood Credit
Union annual meeting March
16.
Jeannine Dauvin was recognized for her 30 years of
service. She received a mementoes, a bouquet, presented by manager Wayne Reed.
Four others were recognized
for five years of service, and
were presente with mementoes of appreciation. They included Sonja Nielsen (bord of
Directors), Janine Doucette,
Terra Thomson, and Jennifer
Petersen.
The terms of Wayne Bellisle,
Carol Boechler and Wayne
Pauls expired in 2016, but the
three were re-elected by acclamation.
Door prize winners included: Liz Valette, Jessica Atcheynum, Betty Siemens, Paul
Durette, Lloyd Johnson, Clifford Amendt, Ted Schmalz,
Andy Lavoie, Delores Beaulac,
Shayla Chaykowski, Bert Friesen, Gilbert LaClare, Betty
Duhaime, Paul Dauvin, Leonard Epp ad Leon Gagne.
In addition, two people
had booklets with one page of
pictures turned upside down.
These two, Lorraine Lavoie
and Betty Duhaime, were presented with souvenir coin sets.
In her President’s address,
Verna Friesen said “Another
year has come and gone. And
in this highly regulated and
increasingly competitive financial world in which we live,
each year has its successes
and challenges.
“We, as your Board of Di-
Those presented with awards recognizing service to the Credit Union: Sonja Nielsen (Board of Directors), Terra Thomson, Janine
Doucette, Jennifer Petersen, all with five years of service, and Jeannine Dauvin, 30 years.
rectors have been busy with
the work plan we have put in
place, which includes continuous training, essential to
help us in understanding and
performing the increasing
responsibilities and accountabilities of the positions we
hold. We continue to attend
board role specific training
seminars when available and
work with our neighboring
credit unions where opportunities exist to attend more local and regional training.
“In terms of financial stability, 2015 was a very good
year for your credit union.
Although due to the continual
changes in financial standards
and guidelines, we must be
diligent in building a strong
capital base to ensure the future success of your credit
union.
“Credit Union mergers still
continue, and we actively
monitor these to determine
the effects they will have on
the credit union system and in
particular on our credit union,
Recent mergers have again
reduced the number of credit
unions in the province from
56 at the end of 2014 to 49 by
the end of 2015.
On April 4 Re-Elect Scott Moe
Rosthern-Shellbrook
[email protected]
www.scottmoe2016.ca
306-714-7137
Advanced Polls
March 29th - April 2nd
Locations: Hafford, Glaslyn, Marcelin, Rosthern,
Shellbrook & Spiritwood
saskparty.com
Authorized by the Business Manager for Scott Moe
“We regularly discuss the issues and developments which
are ongoing to ensure we have
a clear picture of the financial
landscape, and provide clear
direction for the future of our
organization
In his report, manager
Wayne Reed said that as of
Dec 31, 2015, there were 1,980
members in the Credit Union,
as well as 88 non-members.
“Non-members do not participate in the democratic processes of the Credit Union,”
Reed said, “nor the patronage
program, and the Board of
Directors has the mandate to
determine from time to time
what services may or may not
be available to non-members.”
Over the course of the year,
the Board of Directors met ten
times for regular Board meetings, and had seven days of
development and training sessions, plus an additional six
meetings to deal with policy
review, performance management and budget.
The annual meeting was
held at the Spiritwood Civic
Center Mar 16, where about
100 members and guests
learned that assets grew
by about $5.1 million to
$62,542,506 over the course
of the year, and net income
was $576,744, compared to
$387,979 the previous year.
Retained earnings and
member equity sits at 6.8%
of assets, up marginally from
6.0% last year, but still above
the 5% standard set by Saskatchewan Credit Unions.

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