November 1 Newspaper

Spiritwood Herald
Spiritwood, Saskatchewan Friday, November 1, 2013
VOL. 80 NO. 44 PMR #40007604
Spiritwood to get emergency care
There was good news for Spiritwood in last week’s provincial throne speech. The community will be one of
four in the province to have 24/7 emergency care when
the Spiritwood Health Complex receives a Collaborative
Emergency Centre (CEC).
Shaunavon, Wakaw and Canora are the other communities which will have a CEC. Maidstone is currently piloting the project.
A CEC is a new, innovative way to provide both primary
and emergency care in smaller centres. Commonly, people would have access to primary care from 8:00 am-8:00
pm with physicians and nurse practitioners, and then
emergency care from 8:00 pm-8:00 with a Registered
Nurse and paramedic who would be in immediate contact
with a STARS physician for consultation.
Patients requiring an ambulance will still be taken to
either Shellbrook or Prince Albert, but minor emergencies not requiring transport will be dealt with at the CEC.
“Collaborative Emergency Centres,” said RosthernShellbrook MLA Scot Moe, “are an innovative and sustainable way to improve access to both primary health
care and emergency care. This model aims to increase
access to stable, reliable, predictable primary health care
and emergency services. “
The CEC is a model currently being used in Nova Scotia.
In the summer of 2012, the Minister of Rural and Remote
Health led a Saskatchewan delegation to tour Collaborative Emergency Centres in Nova Scotia to get a first-hand
view of how they operate. That was followed by a “knowledge exchange day” in Saskatchewan with a delegation
from Nova Scotia, with the purpose of exploring the benefits of implementing CEC’s in Saskatchewan.
That’s where the framework started, according to Moe.
“They’re new for us, but we’re committed to them,” Moe
said. The important thing, he cautioned, is that everything be done in order to make them successful.
“They have to be sustainable,” he said.
He said that Spiritwood was one of the four chosen because the residents of Spiritwood and surrounding communities have worked hard on many fronts to recruit and
retain medical professionals and advocate for increased
health service.
“It is the support of these Communities, the Health Region and the compliment of providers that has enabled
the announcement of a CEC in Spiritwood,” he said. “It is
this support that will ensure the successful implementa-
Whether this is the door that will be used for the CEC is still one of the things to be determined, but it will
be in the building somewhere. What’s important is that Spiritwood will have emergency care 24 hours a
day, seven days a week once the CEC is operating.
tion of a Collaborative Emergency Centre in Spiritwood.”
Moe is confident a CEC is Spiritwood would be successful.
“In Spiritwood,” he said, “the community has shown interest in greater access to health care services. The Prince
Albert Parkland Health Region Authority is supportive of
a Collaborative Emergency Centre and the provider compliment is close to the right mix to officially begin the
planning of a CEC in Spiritwood.”
Moe said that he expects that the CEC would be operational “by mid-next-year”.
“It’s more important that all the pieces be in place,” he
said.
He did not say just what those pieces were, although the
recent expansion of primary care hours was one of them.
“I’m thrilled that Spiritwood is one of the four centres,”
he said. “Without the effort and support from the community it wouldn’t have gone forward. I don’t think I can
commend that enough.”
Bevra Fee, Spiritwood’s representative on the Parkland
Health District Board, said that “the pieces” could involve
staffing and location.
“It has just been announced,” she said. “We have to find
out exactly what is needed between now and then and
make sure everything is ready.”
Weapon search deemed illegal
A Canadian Press article from
October 29 stated that Art Dagenais, father of convicted
Mountie killer Curtis Dagenais,
had his rights breached when
his home was searched for
weapons by RCMP officers.
“Judge M. M. Baniack said
Monday in Prince Albert provincial court that the guns were
confiscated from Art Dagenais’s
property under false pretences,” the article read.
The search was deemed illegal
because the conditions of the
search warrant were not met by
the RCMP. Therefore, the guns
cannot be used as evidence.
The elder Dagenais is on trial
because of charges dealing with
the unsafe storage of firearms
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and ammunition.
“What we heard today in court
is the biggest form of bullying,”
said Dagenais. “The judge has
made his clear-cut decision,
and the Crown is disappointed
with it and they want to contin-
ue the trial on.”
The article reported that
the Crown will return to court
on November 5, and will at
that time make a decision on
whether to proceed with the
trial.
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Seafood Feast for SARCS
Roxy and Ron Sawatsky go over some last minute details before starting supper. Seventy-two
of the 80 tickets for the lobster feat were sold.
Profit for SARCS was estimated at $3,700.
St. Therese Parish
Leoville
FALL SUPPER
SUNDAY, Nov. 3
Leoville Community Hall, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Adults $10 • 6-13 Yrs. $5 • Preschool Free
Raffle and Bingo to Follow Supper
NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL
Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to
The Local Government Election Act for the office of:
Board Member: Light of Christ Roman Catholic Separate
School Division No. 16
SPIRITWOOD SUBDIVISION
I hereby give public notice that no voting for the said office will take
place and that the following person is elected by acclamation:
Brandy Pyle
Dated at North Battleford, Saskatchewan, this 23rd day of October,
2013.
Jordan Kist
Returning Officer
It was billed as a
three-course meal, but
that is definitely an
understatement.
The
three courses served at
the Seafood Feast, plus
the appetizers, plus the
dessert, left no stomach unfilled, no person
unsatisfied.
To say that SARCS
nailed it with the Feast
is also an understatement. The 72 people
in attendance enjoyed
an evening that began
with an appetizer of
mussels and bruschetta
and toasted baguettes
and finished off with a
whole Atlantic lobster
served with a side-dish
of small potatoes, carrots and a bit of salad.
No, there was no room
on the lobster plate for
the accoutrements. It
took a second plate for
that.
While the lobster was
the main course, the
mussels were a sign
that good things were
to come along the way:
whiskey shrimp on baguettes and stuffed
mushrooms,
baconwrapped scallops and
chicken wings and Caesar salad,
The two cream puffs
with a drizzle of syrups
was a nice, light way to
finish off the meal.
No complaints were
heard regarding the
$100 price tag for the
meal, partly because it
was fresh lobster flown
in by Fedex the day
before, and partly because any profit made
on the night would be
going to SARCS to help
pay down the Arena
debt.
Tax-deductible
receipts for art of the
ticket price were issued
by the Town of Spiritwood.
Ron Sawatsky estimated that the profit
could be, would be, in
the neighborhood of
$3,700, a figure that
was backed up by Cari
Cross. Sawatsky was
the chef in charge of the
operation, while Cross,
Fund-raising Chair for
November 1, 2013
SARCS, was in charge
of the project. The two
were assisted by family
members and others,
who worked tirelessly
to make sure everyone
had a good evening.
Everyone did.
Brothers Ron and Derek Sawatsky snipped off the rubber bands and
dropped the lobsters into the boiling pots.
Bev Dougan and Tasha Tracz about to tackle their lobster, if they can
just get them open
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RURAL MUNICIPALITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION
R.M. of Medstead No. 497
The Rural Municipality of Medstead No. 497 invites applications for a qualified Administrator to cover a maternity
leave. Start date of February 1st, 2014, the term would be
for approximately 14 months, some of which would be
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Candidates are required to have at minimum a Rural Class
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Qualified persons are asked to submit resumes indicating
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Box 148
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Phone: 306-342-4609
Fax: 306-342-2067
Email: [email protected]
November 1, 2013
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New windows installed at Honeywood
A grant from the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, as well as a donation from local supporter Malcolm Jenkins, helped make the upgrade
possible.
The log cabin at the Honeywood (Dr. A.J.
Porter) Heritage Nursery recently went
through an upgrade that involved the installation of new windows.
It was a process over a year in the making,
as a large amount of red tape needed to be
crossed in order to make the upgrade happen. “Because Honeywood is a Provincial
Heritage Site ... if you want to make any kind
of changes at the nursery, you have to get approval to do that,” commented Judy Harley,
manager of Honeywood.
“They like to keep it as close to original as
they can,” added Parkside Mayor David Moe.
It was basically a two-step process, as they
first needed to apply for permission to make
the necessary changes, and also needed to
fill out an application in the hopes of receiving some grant money to ease the financial
costs.
“In the spring of 2012 I had three visitors
from the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation,” Harley said. “We went around the
nursery to see what needed to be done, and
the windows definitely needed to be done,
because they were falling out.”
After they were approved for the upgrade,
they then set out to apply for the grant. “It
takes quite a bit of work to gather the information that they want,” Harley said.
One other hurdle also stood in their path.
“There was an issue with finding the window
to fit the hole that was there, because you
don’t want to alter the structure too much,”
Moe said.
Eventually they were approved for a grant
from the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation. The grant would cover half of the
$10,000 cost for the windows.
The next job was to find enough money to
pay for the other half. A familiar face soon
came to the rescue. “Our good friend Malcolm Jenkins was out for a visit, and we were
talking about the new windows ... he said
he’d pay for the other half,” Harley said.
Though the process took a number of
months to complete, the new windows are
now in place, thanks to a lot of effort, and
the generous support of the Saskatchewan
Heritage Foundation and some local friends.
Starting a windowsill herb garden
-by Erl SvendsenOne of my winter-time
guilty pleasures is watching
cooking shows on the idiot
box. It’s not the best plan
for dieters, but if you love to
cook, it’s a great place to get
inspired and to update your
menus. One of my favourites
is celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
He’s never short of fresh herbs
that he simply grabs from his
window garden. Who does
that? Well, actually anyone
can. It only takes a bit of time
to plan, a few materials plus a
dash of TLC.
What you’ll need: containers with drainage holes,
planting media, seeds or
plants, and a suitable location.
I recommend planting each
herb variety in separate pots.
Otherwise aggressive plants
may choke out slower growing varieties. Pots can be all
the same for uniformity, or
different to create an eclectic look. Unglazed terracotta
will dry out faster than glazed
or plastic pots.Regardless,
use approximately the same
size (3 – 4 inch diameter)
container for ease of maintenance and aesthetics.
Choose a soil-less or peatbased, sterile media to avoid
introducing insects or soil
borne diseases. Moisten the
media before filling your pots
to within a half inch of the
SCOTIABANK HOT LUNCH
LUNCH. Spiritwood Scotiabank Manager Connie
Bahniuck and Kori Halter serve up lunch at Spiritwood High School on
October 24. (Wendy Watson was out of camera range preparing some
hot dogs). Scotiabank staff decided to feed everyone once a month,
choosing one of the three Spiritwood schools each time. The staff raise
the money to buy the food through bake sales.
Scott Moe, MLA
Rosthern-Shellbrook
34 Main Street, Box 115
Shellbrook, SK, S0J 2E0
Phone: 306-747-3422
Fax: 306-747-3472
Toll-free: 1-855-793-3422
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.scott-moe.com
rim. If you’re starting from
seed, scatter a few seeds on
the surface and cover with
a thin layer of media. Cover
with plastic wrap to keep the
soil surface moist, but remove
the cover as soon as seedlings
begin poking through. After that, water as required to
keep the media moist but not
wet. Feed your plants on
alternate weeks with a halfstrength complete fertilizer
solution (e.g. 20-20-20 +
micronutrients).
Many herbs prefer Mediterranean-like conditions
– bright light, shirt-sleeve
temperatures (never cold,
frosty or toasty) and good
humidity. A south exposure
is ideal, but as long as your
garden gets 3 – 4 hours of
sun a day, a west or east exposure will be fine. Glass is
a poor insulator so on the
coldest days, plants next to
the glass can be damaged
from low to freezing temperatures. Therefore, keep
leaves at least a couple of
inches away from the glass.
And never trap plants between the window and the
curtains.
To keep your sill clean and
to make watering easier put
all your pots in a large tray
rather than individual saucers. You can add water to
the tray, allowing pots to
draw up water through their
drainage holes. But you’ll
The Leoville Arena Association
is currently accepting applications
for the following positions or combination there of:
• Arena Caretaker
• Kitchen Manager
If you have any questions call Dawn at 306-984-7742.
Please send cover letter and resume to
Leoville Arena
Box 398, Leoville Sask, S0J 1N0
by noon on November 15th.
need to be able to drain excess water so plants don’t sit
in water for longer than an
hour. To increase humidity
around the plants add a layer
of gravel and keep the water
level just below the top of the
gravel.
Seeds at this time of year
may be difficult to find in
stores. But it’s worthwhile
stopping at your favourite
garden centre or farm supply. Mail-order and internetshopping are your other options. You can’t beat Richter’s
Herbs (www.richters.com) for
variety. But there are many
other Canadian seed suppliers (Stokes: www.stokes.com;
Johnny’s Selected Seeds:
www.johnnyseeds.com; and
Veseys:
www.veseys.com;
William Dam Seeds: www.
damseeds.com to name a
few).
Fungus gnats are one of
the main pests of indoor gar-
dening. They spend most of
their life cycle in the soil as
tiny white worm-like maggots, emerging as tiny flies
to mate and lay eggs on the
soil surface. As long as their
main food source, decaying plant matter, is available,
they cause little damage. But
as maggot numbers increase,
they start munching on live
roots, reducing plant vigour
and growth. The little flies
themselves are mostly just
annoying. Remember that
you’ll eventually end up using these plants in your cooking so avoid using pesticides.
However, a dilute hydrogen
peroxide solution (1 part peroxide to 4 parts water) is a
relatively benign but effective
control option.
This column is provided
courtesy of the Saskatchewan
Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; [email protected]).
Town of Spiritwood
seeks applications for
Full Time Public Works Labourer
Are you interested in performing duties related to the maintenance of the public works department for the Town of
Spiritwood. Duties to include but not limited to streets and
area maintenance, operating heavy equipment and small
machinery, municipal grounds keeping, municipal sewage and R.O. Water Treatment Plant and be mechanically
inclined.
The selected candidate must demonstrate ability to work
unsupervised and communicate with the public as well as
take direction from the Chief Administrative Officer and
Town Foreman. Priority will be given to those with a minimum Level 1 Water Distribution & Treatment Certification
and Level 1 Wastewater Treatment & Collection Certification plus a Class 3A License.
Applicants shall submit a cover letter with resume explaining qualifications, work experience, references and wage/
salary expectations to:
Town of Spiritwood
Box 460, Spiritwood, SK S0J 2M0
Attention: Teri Scaife, CAO
Phone: 306-883-2161 Fax: 306-883-3212
Email: [email protected]
Position to start November 13, 2013. Cover Letter with Resume in by November 4, 2013.
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Spiritwood Herald
OPINION
November 1, 2013
‘Gone to the Dark Side’
In recent days, we’ve lost another nation, which
has been taken over to the Dark Side. The sultan
of Brunei has decreed that henceforth, the people
will be guided by Sharia Law.
For the uninitiated, Sharia has been criticized
by thinking people as the most barbaric system of
justice ever devised. Death by stoning, for example, is just one of the punishments at the disposal
of the courts – and we use that term lightly, by
the way. Even proponents of
capital punishment cringe at
the thought of someone put
to death in that manner.
True enough, Brunei isn’t
really a major player in the
world. They have a population of just over 400,000,
located near Borneo, but
also close to Indonesia and
Malaysia, which have large
Muslim populations. Malaysia uses sharia for Muslims.
DAVE
It’s a safe bet they don’t
practice Halloween in BruHYNDMAN
nei, and you know, it’s get~
ting harder to celebrate it
News Editor
here, what with a large hue
and cry being raised over
celebrating Halloween in
schools. The logic is -- if the is any at all, that is
– not everyone observes Halloween.
We’re hearing the same vibes being expressed
about Christmas, too. Not everyone observes
these occasions, so we should be coming up with
alternatives that don’t exclude the ones who don’t
take part.
As far as Halloween is concerned, I have known
many people who pick that night to be away from
home, just so they don’t have the hassle of a bunch
of kids ringing the doorbell every minute or so for
a couple of hours.
Should we instead cancel Halloween so these
people don’t have to leave home for those few
hours?
Even changing the name from Halloween to
Spirit Day is a no-brainer. Nobody is fooled. The
long and the short of it is that if you don’t observe
Halloween, don’t observe it. There’s no hardship
on people who don’t take part.
And there’s no hardship on people who don’t
celebrate Christmas
Well, I didn’t mean to get off on that tangent,
but the good part is that I don’t have to use up a
lot of space apologizing for mistakes. I did make
a serious typo in the last issue.
I had said that Irene Piguet was the Public
Health Nurse FOR Shellbrook, when what I meant
to say that she was a Public Health Nurse FROM
Shellbrook. She describes herself as being “casual”, but Arlene Drieschner said it didn’t take her
long this past summer to seek her out and book
her for the three days of the Flu Shot Clinics in
Spiritwood.
People still have two formal opportunities to
get f lu shots in the next while, one of them being
Nov 6. And if you can’t make it on either of those
dates, call the Public Health Office and make an
appointment to come in for one.
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We didn’t get time to do a writeup on it, but we’ll
have one for next week. The local guys who work
for HJR Asphalt paved the parking lot of the Arena and Curling Rink on Tuesday, hauling in nine
loads of hot mix and laying it down. Terry Wingerter of TNK Trucking loaned two of his trucks to
the operation. This was a freebie, with the town
just paying for gravel and the guys contributing
their labor for the good of the community. Our
hats are off to them.
Paul Martin Commentary
Supporting the local business. It’s an age-old tradiThe new free trade deal between Canada and Eution in this part of the world – a province where comrope is a significant and important positive step for
munity and helping the neighbor made it possible for
this country.
many of the earliest settlers to actually survive in SasThere is no doubt that there will be some moaning
katchewan.
about the deal, especially from parts of the agriculAnd it is a tradition that has not gone away, accordture sector which have enjoyed a high level of protecing to a new report issued by BDC, the Business Detionism that was good politics but bad for consumers.
velopment Bank of Canada.
But at the end of the day this is a trading nation and
The report was released this week to mark Small
anything to streamline trade or improve access to a
Business Week in Canada and was detailed by the
market – particularly one of the size of Europe – can
bank’s Chief Economist Pierre Cleroux at a luncheon
be seen as nothing but beneficial.
PAUL
in Prince Albert yesterday. Buying local tops five conCanada is currently negotiating one with China,
MARTIN
sumer trends that businesses need to understand in
another with Japan as well as Thailand. We do these
today’s commercial world. The study showed that an
country-to-country or bilateral deals because the old
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amazing 97 per cent of those who buy local do it to
World Trade organization has turned into a dismal
support their local businesses or farmers.
failure and the only way to clean up rules between
The other major trends include the push towards a healthi- nations is one at a time.
er lifestyle by consumers. Customization – being able to tailor
Canada launched this latest one for two reasons – we wanted
products to consumers – captured buyers’ attention as did the better rules but also to diversify our markets. With America reinternet and on-line purchases. The last big one was that frugal jecting things like Keystone, that relationship is strained, openis in. People pinched their pennies after the recession and, ap- ing the door for a more global approach.
parently, it’s a habit that has stuck.
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The most important indicator that economists are watching
The consumer wave is tapering off a bit.
to test the temperature of the Saskatchewan economy is investThe key retail sales indicator in this province appears to be ment.
adopting a more serene posture these days. After six months of
For the last decade or so we have seen investment levels conexceptional gains in the first half of the year, the past couple of sistently rising – from the $7 billion a year range ten years ago
months have been quieter. The latest figures we have come from to more than $20 billion annually now. That trebling of fresh
August and they are up, roughly equal to the decline we saw in capital flowing into mines, oil wells and buildings to house both
July so the summer was a wash.
people and businesses has led to unprecedented the expansion.
But on a year-over-year basis, the figure is still positive – risEconomists have been watching to see when this will level off.
ing about one-and-a-quarter percent over August of last year. In all likelihood, we’ll see a slight pull back from the $21 billion
That is indeed positive but somewhat more modest than the six peak as we find a plateau. Where and when that will be is anyor seven percent we were seeing in the first two quarters of 2013. body’s guess.
The latest figure is the weakest in the country, one of the rare
So that’s why we watch investment figures so closely. One
times in recent memory that Saskatchewan was tenth among number that has come out is in the area of non-residential conthe provinces in any economic indicator. This may a sign that struction. It is only a piece of the puzzle but it’s something we
consumers are changing their habits, trimming their spending watch.
ever so slightly. But given that wage levels continue to rise there’s
The latest quarterly report shows a slight decline in the provstill money around….maybe it is being directed to debt retire- ince. Industrial investment rose as did spending on institutional
ment instead.
buildings such as schools. But commercial structure investment
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dropped slightly. So all in, it looks like no change yet.
November 1, 2013
VIEWPOINT
Spiritwood Herald
Politicians forget where they come from
The old adage about never forgetting
where you come from should apply to politicians as much as it does to us.
Certainly, it’s an old adage long appreciated by rural Saskatchewan people who take
great pride in where they are from. It is an
important notion _ one that also extends to
what’s important to where we live.
For that reason, we should not take for
granted the importance of the new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
(CETA) that Prime Minister Stephen Harper
just signed with the European Union.
That said, there are any number of reasons why everyone should be more than a
little displeased with Harper, his Conservative government and the Senate fiasco that
has been very much of his creation.
This issue here isn’t like the demise of the
Canadian Wheat Board _ or, to a lesser extent, the demise of federal community pastures or the Indian Head Agroforestry Centre _ where how you view this dispute may
legitimately have something to do with your
philosophical/economic view of the world.
The Senate issue and
Harper’s
handling
thereof should be an
affront to people of all
political stripes ... including the staunchest
Conservatives.
It was, after all,
Harper who appointed one-time popular
MURRAY
journalists
Pamela
MANDRYK
Wallin and Mike Duffy
to the Senate _ largely
~
for reasons that now
had to do with their
abilities to raise money for the federal Conservative party.
It was Harper and his government who
initially suggested their wrongful expense
claims of both were really not out of the ordinary. And it was Harper and the Prime
Minister’s Office who disavowed themselves
from these problems, strongly suggesting
that both Wallin and Duffy were strictly acting on their own.
Now, it is Harper who must account for
accusations from Duffy that the Prime Minister had complete knowledge of the situation and even directly demanded that the
P.E.I. Senator pay back the misappropriated
$90,000. (Of course, we now know that the
money was actually paid back by Harper’s
former chief-of-staff, Nigel Wright).
This is no trifling matter. If Duffy’s allegations that the PMO is now denying are true,
Harper is guilty of lying to Parliament and
lying to the country.
This is a Prime Minister elected on integrity _ one who vowed to clean house in
Ottawa in the wake of the Liberals’ sleazy
sponsorship scandal. Conservatives are losing sight of where they came.
And for Harper to now attempt to shirk
his responsibilities by trying to hide the
Senate scandal behind the recent CETA deal
is appalling.
But by that same token, maybe the rest of
us need some perspective in understanding
that the world cannot simply evolve around
the Senate scandal. There are other things
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coming out of Ottawa and one of them _ the
free trade deal with the European Union _ is
very important to Canada, Western Canada
and rural Saskatchewan.
We are a trading nation. We need to have
opportunities to move our beef, pork, wheat,
canola, pulse crops, oil and uranium to as
many markets in the world as we can.
Trade is a good thing for Canadians. Whatever supposed shortcomings there might be
in the CETA deal, we gain more by having a
trade than not having one.
For that reason, we also cannot forget
where we come from and underplay the importance of what governments do to provide
us with more markets.
In fact, one might think those on the left
would be delighted by the simple fact that a
trade deal Europe means less dependency
on trade with the U.S.
Sure, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of
when Ottawa seems submerged in scandal.
But perhaps we all need to remember
where we come from.
YOUR TWO
C
ENTS
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Conservatives not addressing the anxiety of the middle class
Dear Editor:
Presented with the opportunity to lay out an
agenda to address the rising anxieties of the middle class, what did the Conservative government
do? Blow the opportunity and show how out-oftouch they have grown with Canadians.
Canadians are cynical. They are disappointed
when the government says it is committed to accountability and transparency, but has lost five
caucus members to scandal. Of those, Senators
Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau
were all appointed by the Prime Minister. What
does that say about his judgement and the example he is setting?
Faced with political problems, the Tories are responding the only way they know how, with political solutions. But none of it helps our struggling
middle class.
Despite all our progress, middle-class families
have not had a real raise in decades. As incomes
have stagnated while costs have risen, families
have taken on more and more debt. As a share of
disposable income, they now have more debt than
families in the United States. Parents are worried
that no matter how hard they work, they will not
be able to ngive their children the same opportunities their parents gave to them.
The Conservatives claim leadership on the
economy, but what are their results? Prime Minister Harper has the worst record on growth of any
prime minister since R.B. Bennett in the depths
of the Great Depression. Ten consecutive budget
surpluses have turned into seven consecutive deficits. Our national debt has ballooned more than
$150 billion in just eight years. Too many workers are unemployed or can only find part-time
positions. Youth underemployment is persistently
high, scarring the next generation as they start
their careers.
The Conservatives are so disconnected that instead of addressing these challenges, they used
the opening of a new session of Parliament to
throw Canadians a few baubles to try to buy them
off with their own money.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. This is a party whose primary economic message is “It could
be worse. Be happy that you don’t live in Spain.”
They tell Canadians that expecting more from
their leaders and themselves is a waste of time,
naïve even. And their sole response to the most
pressing economic and social issues facing Canadians with political gamesmanship and gimmicks.
That kind of defeatism has no place in Canada.
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More people, more jobs,
more economic activity Saskatchewan continues to
grow. Just a few weeks ago
we learned that our province
is now home to more than
1.1 million people, up over
100,000 in the last six years.
This is the kind of growth
that brings with it many new
opportunities but, at the
same time, also creates new
challenges. This is why, one
year ago, our government
unveiled the Saskatchewan
Plan for Growth: Vision
2020 and Beyond. This is a
plan that works toward continued growth while meeting the challenges that come
along with it.
Today’s Throne Speech
highlights a number of new
initiatives and renewed
commitments to address
added pressures in areas
such as health care, education, highways and housing.
Initiatives include:
•
A new program to
enable some seniors with
complex issues to receive
house calls from physicians,
nurse practitioners and other health care providers;
•
Amendments
to
The Personal Care Homes
Act to allow for the public
disclosure of inspection reports;
• New Collaborative Emergency Centres in Shaunavon, Spiritwood, Wakaw
and Canora;
• New “hot spotting” pilot programs to take pressure off emergency rooms
in Saskatoon and Regina by
providing more appropriate
services to assist high-risk,
high-use patients who repeatedly show up in emergency rooms;
• A new Student First approach in education that
will include wide-ranging
consultations with students,
teachers, parents and administrators;
• New anti-bullying measures
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innovative P3 bundling approach;
• Improvement to Internet access and speed in all
schools through SaskTel’s
CommunityNet program;
• Saskatchewan Institute
of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) to become a
polytechnic institution;
• Further highway twinning in high traffic areas, in-
cluding Highways 6 and 39
from Regina to Estevan;
• New measures to improve traffic safety and reduce fatalities, with a particular focus on tougher
penalties for drinking and
driving;
• Significant infrastructure investments by Crown
Corporations including four
new cellular sites in the
north in Fond du Lac, Stony
Rapids, Black Lake and Wollaston Lake;
• Expansion of the HeadStart on a Home program to
encourage construction of
rental properties;
• A new Life Lease Program through Saskatchewan Housing Corporation
to improve housing options
for seniors;
• 1,000 new training seats,
including 300 new apprenticeship seats and 700 new
Adult Basic Education seats;
• A new Manufacturing
Centre of Excellence;
• A new event hosting
strategy through Tourism
Saskatchewan;
• A new Saskatchewan International Future Scholarship for up to 20 students
annually;
• A new Western Canada
Livestock Price Insurance
Program for cattle and hog
producers;
• Amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act
to include the province’s essential services law, which
was recently upheld by the
Court of Appeal;
• A comprehensive public
consultation on the province’s disability strategy;
and
• A new Lobbyists Act
These are just a few of
the actions our government
will be taking to address the
challenges of growth with
more to come when the next
provincial budget is released
in March. Also during this
session, former University
of Saskatchewan President
Peter MacKinnon will re-
November 1, 2013
lease his report on the Saskatchewan Heritage Initiative - his recommendations
on how best to ensure that
resource revenues become a
permanent source of wealth
for both current and future
generations.
Most of our growth as a
province has been driven by
Saskatchewan businesses
and our government will
continue to play its role by
encouraging further diversification of our resourcebased economy, marketing
our province throughout
the world and maintaining
a competitive tax and regulatory environment that encourages new investment
and new jobs.As we move
forward into this legislative
session, we are more confident than ever that our resilient, determined, optimistic
citizens can meet any challenge as they work to fulfill
the enormous potential of
this great province.
Shell Lake Lions fundraise for hall repairs
Renovations and upgrades to the Shell Lake Lions Hall
have monopolized the club’s meeting agendas for nearly a
year. A federal grant of $7,650 was a huge help towards the
$20,000 expenditure of upgrades to the storage area and
men’s bathroom.
Then, last year’s heavy snowfall caused extensive roof
leaks affecting several areas of the hall. In September the
Club contracted to have a foam seal applied to the roof
surface at an expense of nearly $50,000. Shell Lake & surrounding communities continue to support the Club in its
fundraising activities. November 2nd marks the 35th year
for Novemberfest – one of the major fundraisers of the year.
The Club looks forward to another sell-out crowd at this
year’s event with all proceeds going towards hall repairs and
renovations.
Highway hotline staffs 24/7
Just in time for Mother Nature to dust Saskatchewan
roads with snow and ice, Saskatchewan’s Highway Hotline kicked into full gear this week to provide road information services to motorists.
“The people of Saskatchewan have confidence in the
information the hotline provides and more and more
people are using it each year,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Don McMorris said. “In Saskatchewan, road conditions can rapidly change so motorists
are checking in frequently.”
The total number of visits to the Highway Hotline
website increased 161 per cent to 3.4 million last year
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severe weather led to all sorts of activity for the Highway Hotline’s social media accounts, including 1.1 million web visits and more than 177,000 phone inquiries.
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AGRICULTURE
November 1, 2013
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Public perception of agriculture needs improvement
If there is one thing off the farm itself,
which agriculture needs moving forward, it
is better understanding of what the industry
is, by the non-farming public.
It is an issue which began with World War
I, which was the time the exodus of people
from rural Canada began.
It has been a steady process of decline for
nearly a century now, and that has translated into a declining understanding of what
farming actually is.
We are beginning to see people today who
are two, three generations removed from
any agrarian roots, and that means little appreciation of what it means to grow a bushel
of wheat, or to raise a steer.
While no one is expecting young people
in Regina, Calgary, or Toronto to suddenly
head to a ranch to chase cattle, we do need to
find a way to have those young people better
understand about farming so they appreciate exactly what went into putting a safe-toeat steak on their plate.
Without such knowledge of agriculture
people can easily be drawn to support mis-
conceptions about the industry.
riculture and foster public support
So a recent announcement
for the industry.
by Federal Agriculture Minis“It is important that we share
ter Gerry Ritz and Saskatchaccurate information about agewan Agriculture Minister Lyle
riculture with the public, espeStewart announcing more than
cially with youth, so they have an
$45,000 in funding under the
understanding and appreciation
Agriculture Awareness Initiaof where their food comes from
tive to enhance the public’s perand how it is being responsibly
ception of agriculture and its
produced,” said Stewart in the
CALVIN
role in the economy.
release. “These projects will help
“Agriculture plays an imporhighlight Saskatchewan’s role as a
DANIELS
tant role in driving our econsupplier of safe and reliable food to
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omy and feeding Canadians,”
help feed a growing world.”
said Ritz in a release. “These
Under this program, the Sastypes of projects give everyone
katchewan Science Centre will
a chance to see firsthand the
receive $25,000 to enhance the
social and economic benefits of our vibrant experience and increase engagement with
and innovative agriculture industry.”
the Ag-Grow-Land exhibit. The exhibit presThe release explained the Agriculture ents themes such as Saskatchewan’s role in
Awareness Initiative was developed to help meeting the global demand for food; innoproducer groups promote the benefits of vations in agriculture relating to topics such
agriculture and help improve the public as animal care, crop production and soils reperception of the industry. A better under- search; the business of agriculture; and food
standing is critical to promote careers in ag- production safety.
Three other organizations have also received funding under the Agriculture
Awareness Initiative: the Saskatchewan
Prairie Conservation Action Plan has received $7,770 for their Adopt a Rancher Educational Program; Genome Prairie has received $6,000 for a workshop to promote an
understanding of the importance of effective communication among Saskatchewan’s
agriculture-biotech research community;
and, the Canadian Western Agribition has
received $7,900 for agriculture awareness
initiatives at the show.
None of these programs are going to massively change how people view farming, but
they each offer a small window into the industry which may help raise the level of understanding for those involved.
Education is not about a single element,
but rather it is a life-long process. The programs here can be a starting foundation for
better understanding of a critical industry
which many of us now know little about.
Good math skills
Just as the snow starts to
fall and the U.S., so does the
grain complex as the rally
seen recently was stalled by
the Argentina Agricultural
Ministry, which shocked
the market saying that they
made an “honest mistake”
in their calculations and
that their recent total wheat
production estimate of 8.8
million tonnes made last
week is too low. The new
number, when the error is
corrected, will show a larger
output, and obviously, this
prompted a bit of a sell-off,
led by the wheat complex.
Ultimately, I shake my head
and wonder if anyone in
the Argentine government
knows how to do math (the
Argentina government’s estimates of domestic G.D.P.
growth and inflation indicators are widely disputed).
These arithmetic skills in
mind, the market welcomed
back the U.S.D.A.’s export
sales data on the afternoon
of October 18th (following
the U.S. government making an 11th hour deal to
raise the debt limit). They
released US export sales
data from the last week of
September, showing that
775,200 tonnes of corn was
sold (above expectations),
860,700 tonnes of soybeans
(within expectations), and
837,800 tonnes of wheat
(well above expectations).
The export data from the
first week of October that
we missed will be updated
on Thursday, October 24th,
with the rest of October’s
export information by next
Thursday, the 31st, already
creating the “scary big
number” Halloween stories
(cheesy, I know). It’s been
estimated that up to 3 million tonnes of soybeans and
2 million tonnes of corn
were sold while the USDA
was on sabbatical.
IK.A.R. is reporting that
it’s almost certain 4 million tonnes worth of winter wheat production will
be lost in Russia due to the
unfavourable wet weather
during seeding. Granted,
these acres could be drilled
with spring wheat once the
winter passes, however,
spring wheat yields are generally lower than its winter
brethren. More likely, corn
and/or sunflowers will get
planted on that land.
In the U.S, intermittent
rain continues to slow the
soybean and corn harvest,
helping support the futures,
including canola. A record
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corn crop of over 14 billion
bushels is on the mind of
many traders though, and
this fact will continue to put
downside pressure on the
general complex. Informa
Economics is already saying that next year’s U.S.
soybean crop will be 83.9
million acres (compared to
77.2 million acres this year).
Ultimately, with corn prices
where they are, this doesn’t
surprise me (corn costs of
production in Ontario are
actually higher than what’s
being paid by buyers right
now). If you want something that assures of you of
good math skills, check out
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calculator (don’t worry
though, we built it and
checked it multiple times,
unlike some Argentina governmental agencies).
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where his family started
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Mr. Turner spent some time
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starting FarmLead.com, a
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His weekly column is a
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RM of Canwood No. 494
Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the RM of Canwood No. 494 intends to
make alterations to a proposed bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to
amend Bylaw No. 2003-6, known as the Basic Planning Statement Bylaw.
INTENT The proposed alterations to the Basic Planning Statement Bylaw Amendment No.
2012-8 clarify the need for sustainable lakeshore development without restricting the province’s decision authority and the provincial interest for public access and development of
lakes as a Crown resource.
REASON The Basic Planning Statement Bylaw amendments needed to be clarified to include policies for sustainable and appropriate lakeshore development which includes
mitigation measures for undeveloped areas and policies for future subdivisions in order to
preserve and maintain the shorelines and natural vegetation within the lake areas.
PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the bylaws at the RM of Canwood No. 494
office located in Canwood during regular office hours. Copies of the proposed alterations
to the bylaw will be made available.
PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing for the Basic Planning Statement
Bylaw amendment on November 13, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the RM of Canwood No. 494 office
in Canwood. The purpose of the public hearing is to hear any person or group that wants
to comment on the proposed alterations to the bylaw. Council will also consider written
comments received at the hearing (or delivered to the undersigned at the municipal office
before the hearing). Comments and submissions at the hearing are to be limited to the
matters of the proposed alterations to the amending bylaw.
Issued at the RM of Canwood No. 494 on October 25, 2013.
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The 50 or so kids, plus parents and grandparents had a great time at the Family Halloween Dance hosted by SARCS last Saturday night. There were many interesting costumes.
SARCS Family Halloween Dance
SARCS hosted a family Halloween dance on Saturday, Oct
ober 26.
They had approximately 50 kids in the Rec Centre Mezzanine, plus many parents and grandparents. Each family
took home a pumpkin and treat bags. They hope to hold it
every year.
Charges laid in missing person case
Blaine Lake RCMP and the RCMP Major Crime Unit North
have laid charges in relation to a missing person investigation that began in May, 2013. Arnoldo Rey Sr. was reported
missing to the Blaine Lake RCMP on May 28, 2013. Rey Sr.
had not been seen for several months when he was reported
missing.
Information obtained during the missing person investi-
gation lead investigators to believe that the disappearance
of Rey Sr. was suspicious, and the RCMP Major Crime Unit
North began assisting Blaine Lake RCMP with the investigation.
On the evening of October 28, on the property of Arnoldo
Rey Sr. in Krydor, Saskatchewan, investigators from the
RCMP Major Crime Unit North discovered what are believed
to be human remains. The identity of these remains needs to
be confirmed and an autopsy will be conducted.
Arnoldo Rey Jr. has been charged with 2nd degree murder
Sec 231 (7) and offers indignity to a dead human body Sec
182 (b).
He will be held in custody until his next appearance on
November 12, 2013, in Saskatoon Provincial Court.
Patients receiving surgery sooner
With just over six months
to go in the four-year Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative, the latest provincial
wait times numbers show
that, as of August 31, 80
per cent of patients received their surgery within three months of their
referral from a surgeon
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and 91 per cent received it
within six months.
“Saskatchewan is changing the definition of a long
wait for surgery,” Health
Minister Dustin Duncan
said. “After March 2014,
any wait longer than three
months will be too long.”
The number of people
waiting more than three
months for surgery has
dropped 59 per cent from
15,345 in March 2010 to
6,264 at the end of August
2013.
“That is 9,081 fewer patients waiting longer than
three months for surgeries,” Duncan said. “This
initiative is making meaningful improvements for
surgical patients.”
The
Saskatchewan
health system is on track
to provide 89,000 public-
ly-funded surgeries in the
2013-14 fiscal year. Patients have received 35,185
surgeries in the first five
months of the fiscal year,
up from 32,957 performed
in the same period last
year.
Regina
Qu’Appelle
Health Region has had
11 straight months of improved surgery wait times,
showing a 32 per cent drop
in the number of people
waiting more than three
months -- from 5,692 on
September 1, 2012 to 3,859
on August 31, 2013.
However, in Saskatoon
Health Region, the number
of patients waiting more
than three months on August 31 had increased from
the previous month by 188
to 2,082. The health region has seen demand for
surgery grow by about 700
cases more than estimated
this year, and is working
with its surgeons and the
Ministry of Health to find
ways to meet the demand.
Information about the
Saskatchewan
Surgical
Initiative is available at
www.sasksurgery.ca. The
website also features the
Specialist Directory, which
empowers patients and
their primary care providers to compare options for
surgical care.
Provincial Cross Country 2013
On Saturday October 12th, we watched roughly 580 athletes
descend upon Little Loon Park to take part in the second largest SHSAA sanctioned school sporting event – Provincial Cross
Country. We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU to many
people who helped out to make Provincials such a big success!
We could not have ran the day without the numerous volunteers. Thank you!
We would also like to thank our Major Sponsors: SHSAA,
Sask MILK, University of Regina - Kinesiology, SaskTel and
Saskatchewan Credit Unions. Our local businesses also sponsored this event, including L&M Wood Products, Spiritwood
Co-op, T&C Meats, R.A. Latimer Trucking & Logging, Medstead SCC, Gold Eagle Casino, Battlefords Co-op
If we have missed thanking anyone, we sincerely apologize.
The support we receive from our community is unparalleled
and we cannot thank you enough!
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Martodam birthday celebration
The Martodam families
of Spiritwood held a very
special birthday celebration on Oct 26, with three
very special guests of honor.
At center stage was Irene
Baker, who celebrated her
100th birthday in March
in her home town of Broadview, SK. Unfortunately, at
that time the weather was
very stormy and her Spiritwood relatives were unable
to attend.
Rene is the sister of the
late Clarence and Len Martodam.
Vivian Martodam, 92,
and Ione Martodam, 89,
sisters-in-law of Irene,
were the other two special
ladies.
Many family members
from Spiritwood, Meadow
Lake and elsewhere were
on hand for the celebration, which was held at the
Spiritwood Legion Hall.
The hall was decorated in
fall colors, accented with
arrangements of fall wheat,
oats, and colorful leaves.
It set the atmosphere for
a truly “thankful celebration” for over 281 years of
combined ages of life.
It was a time filled with
reminiscing, sharing and
cherishing the memories
of such bountiful years of
family life.
A delicious meal was
shared over much conversation of events held over
the years. There was much
to remember and lots and
lots of laughter.
Music and singing followed, along with storytelling, recalling so many
happenings throughout the
years of the three “birthday
girls”.
“One cannot write a
short account of such a joyous celebration,” said Bill
Martodam, “but one just
has to imagine a place fills
with so much warmth and
love for each other and the
special ladies who were responsible for bringing each
and every one there into
this world.”
The oldest person at the
family celebration was 100
years old, and the youngest
was six days old.
“A great reason to celebrate – I’m sure!” said
Martodam.
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RURAL NIGHT
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Friday, November 15
The Prince Albert Raiders
are pleased to announce the coming of Rural Nights for the 2013-2014 hockey
season! Shellbrook/Debden has provided the Raiders with tremendous
support over the years and this support has not gone unnoticed.
For this reason, we would like to show our appreciation to the
people and businesses involved by having
‘Shellbrook and Debden Night’
at the Art Hauser Center
Four Generation Martodam, pictured at the birthday celebration Saturday
night: Ione Martodam, David Martodam, Jessica Martodam and one-week-old
Nadalia Rae Gjolena.
This will be a fun filled event in which the people of Shellbrook and Debden
can show their Northern Saskatchewan pride to the people of Prince Albert!
With the support of local businesses, we can make your rural night
a very unique event for those involved.
For more information contact: Carrie Georgeson, Phone 306-765-2830
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Sacred Heart fall supper
Over 400 people attended the annual Sacred Heart Parish Fall Supper on Oct 20 at the Spiritwood Civic Center, as
Spiritwood took its turn on the Fall (or Fowl) Supper circuit.
A number of 50-50 draws were held to keep the evening
fun for all.
As well, one of the corners of the Civic Center was set aside
Over 400 people attended the Fall Supper October 20.
for children’s games.
The Fish Pond was especially popular among the younger
set.
One way to be sure there’s enough room on your
plate is to eat as you go through the line, as this
youngster was doing.
Monument unveiled in
Parkside Cemetery
On October 27, a monument was unveiled in Parkside meant to honour the
many individuals resting in unmarked
graves throughout the Parkside Cemetery.
The ceremony was a part of the continued
celebration of Parkside’s Centennial year.
A large amount of the research carried
out for the project was done by Glenys
Martin. “Throughout the graveyard there
were a whole bunch of graves, people buried, that had no markers and no indication,” Martin said. “We didn’t know for
sure they were buried there.”
It took some serious digging in order to
come up with the appropriate names that
were to be included. “I did the research
through old records, church records, history books, and I found out what names
should go on the monument,” Martin said.
Aside from identifying the 44 names
that appear on the monument, some work
also needed to be done in order to find the
actual locations of some of the gravesites.
“My husband and I did a lot of rodding,”
Martin said.
The process of rodding involved the use
of a thin rod that would be placed into
the ground to try and pinpoint the exact
resting places of the deceased individuals.
“You could get through about that far,”
Martin said, indicating with her hands the
depth of a few feet. “Then you’re stuck if
the ground was never disturbed. But if
the ground had been disturbed in the last
hundred years, you could keep pushing it
down.”
The locations of these gravesites were
then identified with red markers. Obviously the red markers would not include
the names of the diseased, but the names
were all present on the monument itself.
“Since the beginning of planning this
came up, and it was mentioned that this
would be a very good thing to do,” com-
mented Christopher Dean, Chair of the
Centennial Committee. “Both something
physical celebrating the one hundred
years, but something that also did something for our community.”
The presentation of the unveiling of the
monument began with a short prayer and
a reading from scripture.
Following the reading, Pastor David
Baldock injected his own views on the
importance of the monument. “Each person buried in the Parkside Cemetery has
shaped the past of our community,” Baldock said. “They are worthy of recognition, and as we go forward into the next
hundred years, it is appropriate that we
remember them and honour them.”
Parkside Mayor David Moe also spoke
on the day.
w“First of all, I’d like to personally
thank Glenys for all the work she did here
in the cemetery,” Moe said. “As Mayor of
Parkside, and on behalf all of those who
make up our community, I dedicate this
monument in the memory of those who
are named on it. May God continue to
bless us in our community, and strengthen us in our lives together.”
Glenys Martin had the honour of pulling the shroud off of the monument during the unveiling. A round of applause
erupted from the crowd, doing its part to
warm the hands of those in attendance.
“The whole idea of the hundredth anniversary was to celebrate all those who
made this community what it is,” Dean
said. “We don’t want anyone to be forgotten, and this is a very appropriate way to
do that.”
After a closing prayer marked the end
of the ceremony, everyone in attendance
made their way down the road to the
Parkside Heritage Centre where an abundance of food and warm coffee waited.
The Fish Pond was popular among the kids.
Find Boxing Day prices in November
The hunt for holiday bargains is on, and in more recent years, Boxing Day hasn’t
been the only source of great deals for Canadians. Black Friday, known as the busiest
shopping day of the year in America, has grown in popularity north of the border.
Popular bargain hunting website RedFlagDeals.com reported that in 2012, it listed
Black Friday deals for Canadian shoppers from more than 140 retailers, marking a
significant increase from 2011. In 2012, participating retailers included Amazon,
Apple, Best Buy, Chapters Indigo, Future Shop, Sears, and Walmart.
This year, Black Friday falls on November 29. If you want to track down participating retailers and the best deals, websites like RedFlagDeals.com have extensive
Black Friday coverage. General manager, Ran Ravitz explains: “Canadian retailers
will be offering very competitive prices. Even if the event didn’t originate here, retailers want to keep customers on this side of the border.” Ravitz adds that while it
was a big event in 2012, he expects even more deals in 2013.
On the subject of where to find the best deals, Ravitz believes that online retail
has a lot to offer. “Online shopping gives everyone a chance to get good deals,” he
explains. “You can get to sales the minute they start, compare prices quickly, and
even find extra discounts.”
With big discounts on the line and a chance to find holiday shopping bargains, it
might be time to mark November 29th, this year’s Black Friday, on your calendar.
November 1, 2013
Spiritwood Herald
OBITUARY
Mary Clarkson
Clarkson, Mary (Kessler)
Mary was born on March 2, 1946, to Jake and Agneta Kessler. Mary grew up on the farm at Mayfair,
aattending school at Eldorrado and Mayfair.
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Mary was young,in 1956
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married in June 1957,
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bringing 15 people to the
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rresponsibilities, a large
ggarden, cows, laundry,
baking, dishes and more
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dishes, wood box to fill,
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aand numerous trips to the
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was loyal to her family
w
aand friends. Growing up,
Mary learned to use the dough pan, becoming a phenomenal bread maker. Mary spent a lot of time picking
berries, doing each other’s hair, tobogganing, playing
ball. Although Mary was the girl everyone wanted
on their team, she was loyal too her team, a fantastic
back catcher – smacking many a runner out at home
plate. Mary met her soul mate, Georgie Clarkson, and
married in 1963 raising five children together on the
Clarkson farm. A dedicated farm wife and mother,
working alongside Georgie, helping with field work
and cattle as well as being a good homemaker, cooking, gardening, canning etc. Mary enjoyed;a bit of
traveling with family and with friends, was an active
member of the C.B Club, known as the dough puncher,
curling, playing ball, bunnock, cards, fishing, camping, and watching TV. She could give you an update of
the soap operas any day of the week. Mary worked at
the Spiritwood Lodge for ten years, during these years
she purchased her very own first car. Mary’s family
was her life, loving her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces,
and nephews all unconditionally.
In 2013, Mary’s illness worsened, she fought to
enjoy and share in many family events; travelling to
BC to visit her dying sister Agnes, sharing her 50th
wedding anniversary with Georgie, attending every
family gathering, watching her granddaughters dance
recital, welcomed two new great grandchildren, dancing at her granddaughters wedding, and her daughters 25th wedding anniversary. Mary’s struggles came
to an end on October 5th, 2013. Saying goodbye to a
loved one is surely one of life’s most difficult tasks.
The family appreciates all who have supported them.
There are no words powerful enough to ease the pain.
The precious memories of time you spend together will
help heal, take comfort in knowing you were blessed
to have shared in the life of someone so special.
She leaves to cherish her memories: Her husband
of 50 years, George, Her children; Velda (Russ)
Sandbeck, Steven Clarkson, Kirk (Jenny) Clarkson,
Dale (Kathy) Clarkson and Shane Clarkson, Her siblings; Tina (Albert) Peters, Herman (Delores) Kessler, Ann (Richard) Evans and Sarah Thiessen, Her
step-siblings;Sarah Morgan, Margaret MaCrae, Cathy
(Dick) Arstall, Liz (Lawrence) Paul, Jake (Linda)
Thiessen, John (Janice) Thiessen and Susan (Lyle)
Douglas.
Predeceased by: Her parents; Jacob and Agneta
Kessler, step-mother; Helena Kessler (nee: Thiessen),
siblings; George, Jake, Pete and Agnes, step-siblings;
Helen Cabatof, Nettie Thompson, Abe Thiessen and
Mary Thiessen. A Funeral Service was held in Mary’s
honor on October 10th, 2013 at the Rabbit Lake Community Hall. Eulogy was beautifully written and given by Sheila Bachelder.
For those wishing donations may be made in honor
of Mary to the Cancer Society
Family and friends wishing to send online condolences are welcome to visit www.beaulacfuneralhome.com
The family has entrusted arrangements to Lori
Saam of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home, Spiritwood.
~
Marjorie Phelps
PHELPS - With heartfelt sadness, the family of
Marjorie Lillian announce
her passing on October 9th,
2013 in Shellbrook, at the
age of 82. Marj was born
on September 14th, 1931 in
Shellbrook to Lillian and
Clarence Erlandson, their
only girl.
Marj enjoyed the farm
life, playing ball, dances,
playing cards, camping,
fishing, f lower bed gardens, having family around,
city trips with her girls,
spending countless hours
“babysitting”, watching the
grandkids in all their sports
and activities. Marj was
also known for her knitting, all her loved ones have
countless sweaters, scarves,
mitts, dish rags, socks and slippers.
Marj will be lovingly remembered by; her daughters:
Janice (Russell), Marilyn (Dave), Donna (Denis), her
grandchildren: Don (Carmen), Tina, Jody (Glennalda),
Lori, Jeff (Rhonda), Ben (Stacey), Jamie (Rod), Clint
(Brynn), & Clay (Crystal), 24 great-grandchildren,
her sister-in-law: Marguerite and numerous nieces,
nephews, other relatives, and countless friends.
Marj is predeceased by: her husband - Bev in 1994,
her special friend - Jack in 2005, her son - Donald in
1969, her parents - Clarence & Lillian, her step-dad Bruno, her brothers - Edward & Mervin, and Martin
in infancy.
A graveside service was held in honor of Marj on
Saturday, the 19th day of October, 2013 at the Mildred
North Cemetery.
Family and friends wishing to send online condolences are welcome to visit www.beaulacfuneralhome.
com
Those wishing to make a donation in memory of
Marj may do so to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
The family has entrusted the funeral arrangements
to Lori Saam and Ed Beaulac of Beau “Lac” Funeral
Home, Spiritwood, SK
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Talent Auction
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Spirtiwood Rec Center Mezzanine
Doors open 6:30 pm; Auction begins 7:00 pm
Register your talent or item by November 4
For more information call Starla Bruneau
306-984-4477 or Marg Pretli 306-883-2772
Proceeds from
m this year’s auction go
towards Family
ly Bowling Night
and Send a Kid to Camp.
Items may be brought to
forehand or
the church beforehand
to the Curlingg Rink
between 2
and 6 pm on
Nov. 14.
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Intern Pastor
3rd Sunday - 1 p.m. Worship
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Spiritwood
Sun., 11 am
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Pastor Gerry Zak
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1st Sun., 7:30 pm
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Pastor Floyd Berg
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Time is on the sign
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SPORTS
12 Spiritwood Herald
November 1, 2013
Sports quiz has all the answers
Think you know what’s going on in sports? Test your
D. Blue Bombers highlight show of 2013
knowledge on this November sports quiz:
7. Almost guaranteed to be seen at the Sochi Olympics:
1. Tim Tebow’s future is likely to be:
A. Two bobsledders race to victory — speed
A. TV analyst on CBS
B. Two goals for Sid in the title game — gold
B. Business man on Wall Street
C. Two degrees the likely high temperatures — cold
C. Media personality on magazine covers
D. Two men holding hands — jailed
D. Football quarterback on the unemployment line
8. At age 60:
2. Toronto Maple Leafs brass are busy these days:
A. Fred Couples will be retiring from the Champions
A. Scanning the waiver wire for diamonds in the rough
Tour
B. Working on improving their powerplay.
B. Tiger Woods will be looking for a 25-year-old blonde
C. Promoting the team to fill all the seats in the ACC
girlfriend
BRUCE
D. Organizing the route for next June’s Stanley Cup
C. Peyton Manning will be enshrined in the Football
PENTON
parade
Hall of Fame
~
3. Don Cherry is:
D. Tim Tebow will still be looking for a team to sign him
A. One of Canada’s best dressed men
to play quarterback.
B. One of the most controversial sports broadcasters in
9. The strangest things you see on TSN:
Canada
A. Wild and wacky top 10 lists
C. One of the worst manglers of the English language
B. Spirited arguments on hockey panels
D. A finalist, with Rob Ford and Mike Duffy, for Canadian Male
C. Crazy hair styles on the female announcers
Buffoon of the Year.
D. A map of Canada on the wall, totally blank except for the streets
4. Rory McIlroy can hardly wait:
of Toronto
A. To find his 2012 game in 2014
10. Tiger Woods can’t be blamed for:
B. To find some solitude, away from the media spotlight
A. Sluggish television ratings for golf broadcasts
C. To find the proper feeling with his new clubs
B. Sluggish sales of Nike sports equipment
D. To find a new girlfriend.
C. Sluggish growth of the game in the U.S.
5. Sidney Crosby wears No. 87 because
D. Slugging Brandel Chamblee
A. That’s the year he was born — 1987
• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Tiger Woods’s agent threatB. That’s the month and day he was born: Aug. 7
ened legal action after Golf Channel commentator Brandel Chamblee
C. The number of goals he hopes to score this year
accused the golfer of cheating. ‘Where were you four years ago?’ said
D. In millions, the value of his next contract.
Elin Nordegren.
6. The saddest film one will likely see:
• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: Lexi Thompson won her second
A. Schlinder’s List
career LPGA golf title last week at age 18. My biggest accomplishment
B. Lassie
at 18 was balancing on one foot and pulling a sock onto the other
C. Sophie’s Choice
without falling.”
• Cote again: “The Toronto Maple Leafs’ locker room victory song
is Miley Cyrus’s We Can’t Stop. Not sure what’s more surprising: That
they’d choose that song. Or that they’d admit it.”
• Bob Molinaro of Hampton, Va. pilotonline.com: “The Rams
simply embarrassed themselves by reaching out to 44-year-old Brett
Favre, whose only pitches these days are for Wrangler jeans. How far
down the Rams’ call list, I wonder, is Sonny Jurgensen?”
• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “The St. Louis Rams reportedly tried
to talk Brett Favre into a comeback. To which Favre told them, once
he retires 27 times he means it.”
• Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, on Twitter: “I bought
a pair of Zoomies just to see the odds of the Blue Bombers making
the playoffs.”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Manitoba skip Mike McEwen
graces the cover of the 2014 Men of Curling Calendar. Word is if you
look closely at McEwen’s head you’ll see a tiny inset of Jeff Stoughton.”
• Brad Dickson of Omaha World-Herald: “It was 49 degrees for
Game 1 of the World Series. Boston Red Sox players were sticking
their hands in their beards to stay warm.”
• This isn’t sports-related in the least, but Brad Dickson shows no
respect for Canada by pointing out: “The fossilized remains of a dinosaur were discovered in Canada. Now, anthropologists will try to
determine the cause of death. Because it’s Canada, I’m guessing the
dinosaur died of boredom.”
• Another one from RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Just how ‘youthful’ is San Jose Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl? He lost a tooth the other
day and put it under his pillow.”
• Another one from Dickson, on Advil being named the official
pain reliever of the NHL: “This is the second-most lucrative endorsement deal, next to being the official bail bondsman of the NFL.”
• Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press, on Fantex Brokerage’s
plans to sell stock in Texans RB Arian Foster: “Darn. My broker has
me invested in Matt Schaub.”
Care to comment? Email [email protected]
Green between the lines - Riders fall to Stamps
By Jon Svec
It was billed as a marquee matchup, one
circled on both team’s calendars since August
9, their last meeting. It was to be a sneak peak
of the playoffs, the last meaningful game of
the regular season, full of implications and
ramifications for the rest of the CFL year. A
matchup of two MOP candidates, two backs
battling for the rushing title, two players hoping to make a statement.
The Riders threw the first punch when they
recovered a Jon Cornish fumble on a botched
exchange the second play from scrimmage.
The Stampeders countered by holding the
Riders to only three points off the turnover.
Both teams heavily worked the sideline in
the passing game. The Riders seemed to be
in a lot of corner-deep zone, perhaps as an
answer to Calgary’s excessive use of motion.
Mix that with the usage of some soft man and
what looked like some match coverage, and
the result was a lot of completions using stop
routes, hooks, and outs run all the way to the
thick white line.
The Riders defense tried to help Calgary
down the field with a number of penalties
on the next drive, but then came up big with
a massive hit by John Chick on Kevin Glenn.
They pressured Glenn again on the next play,
and when he flipped the ball to Cornish in a
last-ditch effort, the Riders’ Diamond Ferri
pulled the ball from the running back’s grasp.
Calgary’s defense held again, and when they
got the ball back they marched the field with
Cornish runs and short Glenn passes and, yes,
some more Riders penalties. A Rene Paredes
field goal tied the game at 3.
A few possessions later Calgary struck
again, scoring a major on a touchdown pass
from Kevin Glenn to Anthony Parker.
John Chick made the next momentum-
shifting play with another sack, jarring the
ball loose so that teammate Tearrius George
could recover it inside the Stamps’ five-yard
line.
A paltry series followed. First, Durant
pulled the ball out of Sheets’ gut and rolled
to his left before executing a poor throw. The
next play was completely broken, as the Riders elected to block with only six and give up
a sack. A Chris Milo field goal made the score
thing that had netted them points in the past.
On this occasion, Smith dropped the ball, and
Durant failed to notice a wide open Sheets
in the flats. Bagg would bail them out with a
nice catch on the next play, moving them close
enough to the marker for a quarterback dive to
get them a fresh set of downs. A naked bootleg
by Durant fooled the entire Stamps defense,
and he walked in for the score.
Following the touchdown, the Riders elect-
10-6 for the team in red.
The Riders tacked on another field goal as
the clock ticked closer to halftime, and on the
next play from scrimmage the Riders defensive line made another big play. This time,
Tearrius George both forced the fumble and
recovered it, again giving Durant and the offense excellent field position.
The Riders tried a drag to Taj Smith, some-
ed to go for the two-point conversion, even
though the quarter column still flashed two.
They missed it, taking their 15-10 lead into the
half.
A Jock Sanders fumble on the opening
kickoff of the third gave the Stamps all the
momentum, even though they were held to a
field goal on the drive. Many were surprised
to see Drew Tate’s visor under centre to start
the second half, rather than the incumbent
Kevin Glenn.
After a stop, Tate and Cornish led the
Stamps down the field for a touchdown score,
giving Calgary a 19-15 lead. Head coach John
Hufnagel returned the earlier favour of a premature, unsuccessful two-point try.
Bagg had two big catches on the Riders’ next
drive, helping to bring his team close enough
for a successful Chris Milo field goal, dropping
the deficit to one.
Calgary would tack on another field goal to
increase their lead, but the Riders had some
late-game heroics in store. They set out on
a drive full of nine-yard catches followed by
Kory Sheets first down plunges. A facemask
call brought them closer, and Durant cashed
in on the drive with a touchdown pass to Taj
Smith. The score gave them a 25-22 lead.
But Calgary would have the last laugh. A
bad pass interference call on second down
gave them a chance, and an objectionable
conduct call from the bench helped them even
more. Their game-winning touchdown, fittingly, was carried across the goal line by Cornish, who was contacted at the five-yard line
before driving the pile in for the score. The
score remained 29-25 for the Stamps when
the final gun sounded.
The Riders offense seems to be growing
predictable. I still contend that they are best
when using max pro, but they are pulling that
well dry. Defenses have seen their bunch,
their quads, their heavy, and it is time for
some tendency breakers out of those formations.
It will be interesting to see how they approach their final regular season game against
Edmonton on November 2. As far as the
standings go, nothing is at stake, but no one
wants to limp into the playoffs.
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distance off highway
40, about a 5 min.
drive from Shellbrook. Beautiful
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surrounded by full
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great privacy and
protection from
the wind. Power
included. Gas not
included. Gas line
runs by southeast
corner. Land location: 35-48-4 W3.
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FOR SALE - Lot for
sale $39,900. #6
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in beautiful treed
setting across from
boat launch, surrounded by lovely
vacation homes and
log cabin. Priced
to sell. Compare
to other lots and
Village prices, saving up to $15,000.
Please phone 306221-9028, ask for
Lois
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The family of
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like to sincerely
thank everyone
who supported us
in so many ways
during our time of
loss. Special thanks
to the staff of the
Shellbrook Integrated Health Center,
Delores Beaulac,
Patty Heisler and
Beau “Lac” Funeral
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“My government has also
supported the development of
15 new Prekindergarten programs and the development
of 500 new child care spaces,
bringing the total number of
licensed child care spaces in
Saskatchewan to more than
13,700--a 48 per cent increase
since 2007,” the speech read.
Shellbrook is soon to see
the construction of a licensed
daycare in town, which is to be
name the Happy Hearts Childcare Centre.
It was clear throughout the
speech that Shellbrook and the
surrounding areas are involved
in a large part of the growth being seen across the province.
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growth was reached today
as the last section of twinned
lanes on the busy Highway 11
corridor between Saskatoon
and Prince Albert opened to
traffic. … Back in February of
2009, the federal and provincial governments announced
that they would each contribute $62 million to twin the
last 75 kilometre section of
Highway 11 from north of Saskatoon to Prince Albert. Both
the federal and provincial contributions have since been reduced to $49.5 million each to
reflect savings in project costs.”
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a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 :30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
LEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Thurs. 10:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m.
SHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 10:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Wed. 1:00
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SHELL LAKE: Shell Lake & district Lions 35th Annual Novemberfest Dine & Dance
Sat., November 2 Shell Lake Lions’ Hall Cocktails - 5:30 p.m.; Salad Bar - 6:00 p.m.
Supper - 7:00 p.m.; Elimination Draw ~ 8:00 p.m. 17 Winners Totalling $1,720 “Special
35th ticket worth $100” Dance to follow Draw - Music by ‘Misdeal’ $35/Ticket available
at: Shell Lake General Store ~ 306-427-2044; Corrie ~ 306-427-4922; Gary ~ 306-4274600 Funds raised to be used for Lions Hall roof repairs. Lottery License # RR13-0378
220 Advance Tickets (Only) To Be Sold.
SPIRITWOOD: Partners in Faith Talent Auction on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at
the Spirtiwood Rec Center Mezzanine. Doors open 6:30 pm; Auction begins 7:00 pm.
Register your talent or item by November 4. For more information call Starla Bruneau
306-984-4477 or Marg Pretli 306-883-2772. Proceeds from this year’s auction go
towards Family Bowling Night and Send a Kid to Camp. Items may be brought to the
church beforehand or to the Curling Rink between 2 and 4 pm on November 14.
DSL service at 5 megabits per
second (Mbps) but customers
will have the choice to upgrade
to a 10 Mbps plan that meets
their needs. This announcement is part of a long-term
strategy to deliver world class
communication capabilities
to rural Saskatchewan to give
customers faster online capacity to do business or surf the
web at home,” the press release
read. These upgrades are to be
completed before the end of
2014.
“Over the past six years, the
number of doctors practicing
in the province has increased
by 300,” commented the Lieutenant Governor.
Shellbrook was a part of
this growth, increasing their
current number of doctors to
five, with the expectation of a
sixth doctor joining the community early next year. A large
amount of work was also done
by local volunteers in order to
aid in this recruitment.
The speech also mentioned
improvements to roads. “This
year, we will spend more than
$500 million on highways,
bringing the total investment
over the past six years to $3.7
billion--76 per cent more than
in the previous six years. This
investment has been used to
repair or rebuild 8,000 kilometres of highways in every
part of the province.”
Anyone attempting to traverse the road from Shellbrook
to Parkside has seen this improvement in action, as the
construction on Highway 24
was completed this summer.
More recently, the twinning
of Highway 11 between Saskatoon and Prince Albert was
also completed.
A press release issued on October 25 stated, “A major milestone to support Saskatchewan
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Integrated Health Centre.
“SaskTel will invest more
than $300 million this year
in a range of capital projects,
including an expansion of the
province’s 4G wireless network
and an enhancement of internet service in rural Saskatchewan,” the speech read.
A July 30 press release
named Shellbrook, along with
220 other communities, on a
list of rural locations that will
soon be undergoing internet
upgrades by Sasktel. “The
communities already have
DU
in infrastructure--a 110 per
cent increase over the previous six years,” the speech read.
“New hospitals and schools
have been constructed, water
and sewer systems have been
rebuilt or replaced and the
province’s electrical system is
undergoing a long overdue refurbishment and expansion.”
Residents of Shellbrook and
the surrounding areas were
certainly witness to this construction over the past year,
culminating in the recent
grand opening of the Parkland
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On Wednesday, October
23, the Honourable Vaughn
Solomon Schofield, Lieutenant
Governor of Saskatchewan,
delivered the provincial government’s Speech from the
Throne.
While the speech was directed to the province as a whole,
many of the touched-upon
themes had a close connection
to this particular region.
“Since 2008, government
ministries and Crown corporations have invested an
unprecedented $13.2 billion
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Ducks Unlimited 24th dinner
The Spiritwood Ducks Unlimited Committee held their
24th annual fund-raising banquet at the Spiritwood Civic
Center on Saturday, Oct 19, with a full house enjoying a
great meal and an exciting evening of bidding and fun.
The first order of business was to auction off the VIP
table, which went to Warren Schira, who invited seven of
his friends to join him for an evening of being waited on by
Committee member Marty Lehouillier.
The seven who joined Schira were: Lehouillier’s sister-inlaw Shelly Pretli, Chase Robertson, Dustin and Luci Smolinski, Colin Heppner, Alex Beauchesne and Aaron Dauvin.
The meal, catered by Ron Sawatsky and staff, consisted of
slow-roasted eye of round beef, creamy mushroom chicken
breast, garlic mashed potatoes, wild and white rice pilaf and
salads, finished off with a selection of mouth-watering desserts.
Once again, the Spiritwood Spirited Players provided the
tablecloths, a favor which will be returned by the Committee
at the Dinner theatre by tending bar.
And, as in many Ducks dinners of the past, Kelly Schneider lent his auctioneering talents to the evening.
Perry Robinson and Jim Bedi were recognized by Ducks
Unlimited for their many years of involvement as Committee members, Robinson for 10 years, and Bedi for an outstanding 25 years.
Bedi has been a “driving force” for the local DU Committee for all of its 25 years, serving in various roles.
The local Committee made a presentation to SARCS, giving them a table and two bar stools for the lounge at the
Arena.
Currently, the Ducks Unlimited Committee consists of
Bedi, Robinson, Lehouillier, Bevra Fee, Wayne & Diana
Jim Bedi, Treasurer of the Spiritwood Ducks Unlimited Committee, made a
presentation of a table and bar stools to Dana Doucette, accepting on behalf of
SARCS. The table and stools will be located upstairs in the lounge at the Arena.
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Ehman, Crystal Lehouillier, George & Margret Pretli, Dr.
Larry Potter, Luke Potter, Cal & Tammy Robinson, Fred &
Marlene Walter, Linda Caswell, and Shirley Caswell.
Chairperson George Pretli welcomed everyone and
thanked the sponsors and donors for their generous support.
“It’s been 75 years in the making, but wetland and waterfowl conservation has only begun,” he said in program remarks. “Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is celebrating its
75th Anniversary in 2013. That’s a quarter of a century of
working conserving critical wetlands, including marshes
and ponds. Together we’ve conserved 6.3 million acres and
completed over 8,000 habitat conservation projects. Building on the strong foundation developed by our founders back
in 1938. DUC is continuing the rich tradition of wetland conservation and writing a new chapter for waterfowl, wildlife
and all Canadians.”
In one of the most popular auctions year-by-year, the Golf Ball auction came
down to these two. Cam Janzen (l) was the eventual winner. The thirteen golf
balls etched $200-$250 each, and twelve of the buyers were eliminated.
Ian Wasden & Sue Kahl
are pleased to announce
that they are taking over the
Bale Hauling Business
from Crescent Ridge Services.
Please give Ian & or Sue a call
for all your bale hauling needs.
They will continue to provide
the same great service.
Call them @
306-883-3042
or
306-824-0483
The VIP Table, won at auction by Warren Schira for $475. L. to r.: Colin Heppner, Schira, Alex Beauchesne,
Aaron Dauvin, Luci Smolinski, Dustin Smolinski, Chase Robertson, Shelly Pretli.