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50 years in the priesthood
Congratulations to Rev. Fr. Louis
Abello who celebrated 50 years in the
priesthood on Sun., June 3, along with 4
parishes, Sedley, Vibank, Odessa, Francis,
who he so faithfully serves.
Fr. Abello was ordained June 2, 1962,
along with 4 other priests, by Archbishop
O’Neil at the Holy Rosary in Regina and
had his first solemn mass June 3, 1962 at
Our Lady of Grace, Sedley, Sk. He served
in various parishes before returning to his
home base, Sedley, and has been serving
the 4 parishes for the last few years.
The celebration began at 4 pm with a
solemn mass (Trinity Sun.) at Sedley with
Fr. Abello as celebrant. Bishop Daniel
Bohan, app. 47 priests and 375-400 people congregated in the Sedley Church for
the very beautiful service. Church banners from each parish were displayed in
the church. Yvette Young, Vibank & Dave
Wild, Odessa, did the readings. Wayne
Lang, Francis, read the intercession and
Ron Klein, Sedley, administrated communion. Ray Muhr, Odessa, George
Dreher, Francis, Tracy Schaeffer, Vibank,
Roxy Helfrick & Cliff Knoll, Francis,
were selected from the parishes to take up
the collection. Fr. Bauche from Weyburn
had some kind words about Fr. Abello
during the mass.
The choir consisted of 40 members,
all members of the 4 parishes which
included Rita Nell on the organ, Lorilei
Fuchs on piano & Jerome Weiss on guitar.
6 members of the Knights of Columbus, Ernie Gutzke, Martin Kress, Mervyn
Klein, Gerry Fisher, John Sydorko, Ron
Wormsbecker stood guard when the bishop and priests entered and departed from
the church.
After mass everyone congregated at
the Gym Hall for a very delicious beef
supper. Grace was said by Bishop Bohan.
2 beautiful cakes were enjoyed for
dessert.
Master of Ceremonies for the
evening were Tim & Gwen Nell. The
head table consisted of the honored guest,
Fr. Louis Abello, Your Grace Bishop
Daniel Bohan, Fr. Bauche, Fr. Abello’s
brother, Tony Abello, sister Jacinta (Toni)
Auser, sister-in-law, Blanche Abello,
nephew Jim and his wife, Pam, 2 great
nieces Brittany & Michelle. Also representing the 4 parishes were Dave Glas,
Odessa, Chris Lang, Francis, Mervyn
Heisler, Vibank, Sam Connaughty, Sedley, who all in turn spoke a few words
praising Fr. Abello, as did Fr. Bauche.
Father’s nephew, Jim gave a presentation on behalf of Fr. Abello, who was
known to family as Uncle Louie). Jim’s
stories and comments were very interesting. Some of his stories of his growing up
days with Uncle Louie. Father’s 2 great
nieces, Brittany & Michelle, accompanied by their mother, Pam serenaded the
crowd of almost 400 with a couple of
beautiful songs. Those 2 girls have beautiful voices.
Tim Nell read a congratulatory letter
from the Prime Minister of Canada.
To conclude the evening Rev. Bishop
Bohan had a few kind and stimulating
words for Fr. Abello and presented him
with a framed certificate representing
ordination and 50 years of dedication.
In return Fr. Abello charmed us all
with a few minutes reminiscing a little of
his past, when he served in various
parishes, incidents that took place in his
lifetime as a priest.
Last but certainly not least, a video
presentation was shown by Lolie Rutten
Klein on Father’s life from when he was a
youngster growing up on their Lewvan
farm with his parents, sister and brothers,
to his ordination and after.
On behalf of the Odessa community
we want to congratulate you again Fr. for
the many years you have dedicated yourself to us, for all the help and guidance,
spiritually and physically, you extended
to our parish. We are so blessed to have
such an ambitious, kind, pleasant, frugal,
an all around wonderful man as our
parish priest and I know I can speak for
the 3 other parishes as well. We wish you
many more years of good health and hope
to have you as our parish priest for all of
your days. Fifty years in the priesthood is
a great milestone. Congratulations again.
Submitted by Eva Hoffman
Editor - Melanie Dahlman
Administration Office:
Box 89, Wolseley, SK S0G 5H0
Week of June 4th, 2012
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New to Odessa’s park
App. 50 people showed up on Sat., especially nice to see our young people
June 2 to install a new playground struc- come out to give a helping hand. Thanks
ture in the park and paint the existing a bunch. A good job well done.
structures. Everyone’s hard work and
Submitted by Eva Hoffman
expertise was greatly appreciated. It was
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seeded in the southeast, 80 per cent in
the southwest, 59 per cent in the eastcentral area, 73 per cent in the west-central area, 80 per cent in the northeast and
86 per cent in the northwest.
A large amount of precipitation
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as 40 per cent surplus and 60 per cent
adequate. Hay and pasture topsoil moisture is 26 per cent surplus, 73 per cent
adequate and one per cent short.
Seventy-eight per cent of the fall
cereals, 52 per cent of the spring cereals,
49 per cent of the oilseeds and 53 per
cent of the pulses are at normal stages of
development for this time of year. The
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So what if it’s not high-brow if
kids (especially boys) find it
amusing?
Study defends scatological children’s literature
Books about poop,
pee and all things scatological have a place in
children’s libraries, says
University of Alberta professor Ann Curry. The
moms may not always
appreciate them, but little
boys (and many dads) find
scatological topics uproariously funny.
Curry argues the
books could also have a
side benefit: By teaching
children the proper names
for body parts and functions, they empower their
young readers. Curry, now
a professor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of
Extension, is a former
children’s librarian who
was intrigued by the fact
that little boys were
always “absolutely fascinated” by the scatological
books that started coming
into libraries in the 1980s.
She decided to
research on the topic - she
read literature on childrearing, education and
psychology, and did a survey of a representative
sample of children’s
librarians across the country.
She is presenting her
findings at the 2012 Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities
and Social Sciences. The
librarians told her that
there is a distinct gender
difference when it comes
to scatological topics.
Boys were very interested,
girls much less so.
The librarians attribute that difference to several factors. Several postulated, for example, that for
males, bodily functions
are more ‘public’ than for
females.
“When the father goes
into the public washroom
with his son, it’s a communal experience. It’s not
something they hide. What
do women do? They drag
their little girl into the
cubicle and lock the door,”
says Curry. While mothers
don’t always appreciate
the topic, the librarians
report that males of all
ages often do – so much
that reading a scatological
book can be a bonding
experience between father
and son.
“Librarians have frequently observed a boy
and his father sharing a
scatological book in the
library and laughing
uproariously,” says Curry.
“It’s a shared experience.”
And she notes that
younger parents, those
young enough to have
grown up with the early
scatological books like
Walter the Farting Dog,
are now seeking out those
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books for their own children.
Curry says librarians
defend the presence of
scatological books in
libraries on two counts:
First, many argue that
children have a right to
books they like. So what if
they are not high-brow?
Adults have their joke
books
and
trashy
romances.
But Curry says librarians also argued that by
teaching children proper
words for body parts and
functions, these books
play a role in ‘childproofing’ youngsters, making
them more able to resist
any adult who might not
have designs on them.
Canadian Federation
of the Humanities
and Social Sciences
How Ta
Look at the News
* In Maryland, authorities
caught the man who has
been defecating in yards
throughout a neighborhood. Kelly James Ervin,
48, is facing charges. Surprisingly, he has only facing a single count of littering or dumping under 100
pounds. He runs every
morning and says he just
goes wherever he is after
two miles. A policeman
explained the charges.
“The charge for peeing in
public would be indecent
exposure and you would
have to see the genitalia.”
Apparently, no one has
seen this guy do his business.
* There are a lot of Cold
War-era Atlas missile silos
that were long ago decommissioned. After purchasing one underground silo,
developer Larry Hall is
building the ultimate gated
community with five
years of underground food
and water in nuke-proof
luxury appointments, $2m
per condo, cash upfront.
Four have been sold.
* Brad Dickson reports
that an elderly North Carolina couple plans to
marry despite speaking
different
languages.
“When you stop and think
about it, don’t most married couples speak a different language?”
* In Trinity, Tex., Chris
Windham, 27, said it was
an accident that he
snapped cellphone video
under the wall of a bathroom stall occupied by a
57-year-old man. He
explained that as he was
wiping himself, he put one
hand on the floor for balance and that hand happened to have a phone in
it. Give me a break!
Gene Hauta
Parenting Tips from
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Nursery Rhymes
for Baby
When you try action songs, nursery
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your lap and show baby his eyes, nose
and mouth Your baby will feel love,
enjoy spending time with you and show
his feelings by making faces and body
movements.
Saying nursery rhymes to your baby
does so many good things. It stimulates
a baby’s language development, shows
you love them and enjoy spending time
with them. Saying nursery rhymes in
rhythmic style, or singing them teaches
your baby rhythm, which is a beginning
math concept.
Very young babies enjoy gentle
motion like rocking or gentle touch. The
patterned touching and moving that are
built into rhymes give them great pleasure and help them get to know their fingers and toes, etc. The touching and eye
contact helps to build a connection
between you and your baby.
ROCK A BYE BABY
Rock a bye, baby (Sway child
back and forth)
On the tree top, when the wind blows
(Gently blow on baby)
The cradle will rock; (Sway child
back and forth)
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and all. (Gently lower baby)
Older babies who can sit up enjoy
lap rhymes. These babies love to be
bounced with varying degrees of vigor,
feeling a safe fall to one side, or between
the knees, being patted on the feet or
tickled on the tummy, etc. They also
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rhymes and will soon recognize their
favorites!
DOCTOR FOSTER
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
(Bounce on lap)
In a shower of rain
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Rural Sask. survived shuffle
by Rev. David MacKenzie
by Murray Mandryk
want to raise today is the
peculiar difficulty that I had
in coming to a final decision. Birk was in renal failure, and at the end, was eating very little. I knew that
her time had come, and I
was unwilling to watch her
starve to death. While I
knew (Biblically) that I had
the authority to make a decision about her life, the truth
is I didn’t want the final
judgment. I didn’t want to
decide, and I definitely didn’t want to follow through.
After all, these moments
change everything, forever.
The day after Birk died,
I had a peculiar thought. You
wouldn’t think it related, but
suddenly I believe I understood something new (to
me) about the Second coming of Christ: if God seems
to be delaying, maybe it’s
because He is.
This may come as a
shock to some people, but
maybe God doesn’t really
want the “day of reckoning”.
He doesn’t want judgement
day. He’d rather delay it;
He’d rather avoid it. His
heart, after all, is for mercy
to triumph over judgement.
That’s why He negotiated
with Abraham about the city
of Sodom (Genesis 18:22+);
He would have spared the
entire place for ten righteous
people within it! This is why
He was so insistent that
Jonah finish his ministry in
Ninevah. This is why the
pestilence stopped when
Aaron ran into the crowd to
intercede (Numbers 16:48).
For the very same reason,
God relented when he heard
Amos cry, “Jacob is so
small!” (Amos 7:1-6). For
love’s sake, God’s heart is
naturally “bent” to relent.
Is it, therefore, a shock
to realize the Divine power
vested in Jesus own words
when He says, “Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do”? Would
not such a heart as this, listening to the biggest intercessor and mediator of all
time, not relent?
God knows that when
He finally comes for judge-
much spending authority
and Heppner new portfolio
does seems to be little
more than a glorified version of the old Government Services office.
Speaking of Heppner,
she is now arguably the
most northern minister in
the province with the
demotion of Meadow
Lake's Harrison out of the
cabinet room.
And
if
rural
Saskatchewan or the north
didn't seem to fare particularly well in this shuffle,
smaller cities arguably
fared worse with Meadow
Lake (Harrison) and Prince
Albert (Darryl Hickie) losing their cabinet table representations. Strangely,
most of Saskatchewan's
smaller cities Prince
Albert, Moose Jaw, North
Battleford, Meadow Lake,
Estevan and Yorkton will
all be without cabinet representation now - this
despite the fact that the
Saskatchewan Party controls the majority of seats
in every area in the
province including all 29
rural Saskatchewan seats.
But the thing about
cabinet shuffles is that they
are complex beasts and
often require more than a
single glance to full appreciate their scope. And
when you do step back and
look at the bigger picture,
rural Saskatchewan actually came out okay.
For starters, 11 of the
18 cabinet ministers
(including Swift Current's
Brad Wall) are from what
are traditionally described
as rural seats. Any time
you have a comfortable
majority in cabinet, your
issues will be heard at the
cabinet table.
Notwithstanding the
fact that some rural ministers lost some hefty portfolios (Don McMorris in
health
and
Donna
Harpauer in education),
Mercy's Sake!
I know that, out there,
perhaps even among eyes
reading this very article,
there are those wonderfully
pragmatic types who have
little to no trouble with some
of the tougher choices and
realities of life. To their
credit, they manage to stick
with the facts, sometimes
irrespective of the feelings,
the relational investment,
even the sentiments
involved. On some level, I
might even envy some of
them. But I’m definitely not
one of them.
This week, I had to “put
down” my old cat, Birkenstock. She was eighteen and
a half, and had been part of
our family since our days in
Glenavon, Saskatchewan. In
her younger, active years,
she was quite something. I
once had to rescue her when
she’d followed the scent of
mice inside the header of a
(temporarily) parked combine. She ruined my wife’s
first Mother’s Day by
becoming sealed inside a
neighbour's attic, causing us
to miss our restaurant
appointment. She was nicknamed the “Nanny Cat”
because whenever our
young children cried, she
was there, at the crib or the
baby-carrier, to see what
was wrong. During one such
episode, I actually watched
her try to “size up” my son’s
head in an obvious attempt
to see whether she could lift
him by the neck to safety.
We helped him out, instead.
I guess that’s what you
lose, when an old friend
dies. You lose not only the
their presence, but a mutual
past— a connection to
another time that you once
experienced together.
Yet, the point that I
ment, some people, perhaps
many people, will find
themselves with neither the
righteousness fit for heaven,
nor the Redeemer to cover
their sins. They will be dead
and less than dead— fit for
little but eternal separation
from the love of God. Yet
that is not what God would
prefer!
Sadly, these days, there
are a number of hearts, some
of them even Christian, who
are calling for judgement far
more than for mercy. At
times, I’ve even been one of
them. Maybe it’s because
we don’t always ponder the
words of Amos (5:18-19),
who reminded his listeners:
“who would want the day of
the Lord… it is like running
from a lion, only to be met
by a bear”!
Let us be frank, and
think soberly for at least one
moment: if we knew that the
power of human life and
death was within our authority, would we be as quick to
rush to the irrevocable finality of judgement as we
think? Or would we, too,
delay, for mercy’s sake, for
love’s sake— just like I
wanted to, for Birk’s sake?
There’s a human
expression that says that
“only the good die young”.
Sometimes I’ve wondered
whether this expression has,
in fact, a splinter of truth.
For, in a sense, only the
good die young, because
only the good can afford to.
But for the rest of us, maybe
the good Lord says, “I
choose to wait for change,
for I would rather show
mercy than judgement.”
Amen Lord! May we all be
changed!
At first glance, rural
Saskatchewan, the smaller
cities and the north might
appear to be the big loser
in Premier Brad Wall's
recent cabinet shuffle.
Consider the evidence:
There are three new
(or returning) rural MLAs
entering cabinet in new
Agriculture Minister Lyle
Stewart (Thunder Creek),
Central Services Minister
Nancy Heppner (Rosthern)
and Rural and Remote
Health Minister Randy
Weekes (Biggar). But
except for Stewart in agriculture (and one fully
expects the minister of
agriculture
in
Saskatchewan to be from
the country) these new
rural ministers aren’t taking on the larger portfolios.
Conversely, new urban
cabinet ministers - including Regina Douglas Park's
Russ Marchuk in education and Saskatoon Northwest's Gord Wyant in Justice whose portfolio is
classified as one of the
three super ministries - are
immediately taking on bigger roles.
One might even suggest the newer rural cabinet ministers have less
responsibility than outgoing rural ministers Bob
Bjornerud (agriculture),
Jeremy Harrison (enterprise) and Yogi Huyghebaert (corrections and public safety). After all,
Weekes's new job would
seem to be one without
rural
members
are
entrenched in nearly all the
key cabinet seats. Besides
Wall, Ken Krawetz in
finance, and June Draude
in social services, rural
MLAs take on hefty
responsibilities like Weyburn-Big Muddy's Dustin
Duncan in health (at the
unheard of age of 32
years) Harpauer as Crown
Investment Corp. Minister,
Jim Reiter as Minister of
Intergovernmental Affairs,
and Tim McMillan as
Energy Minister. One
could certainly add to the
list of cabinet heavyweights Stewart in agriculture and perhaps even
McMorris in highways,
given his additional individual Crown corporation
responsibilities.
But the minister that
surely can't be overlooked
is Kindersley's Bill Boyd
who, as the new super
minister of the economy
with McMillan working
under him. Similarly, Duncan as health minister will
have under him Weekes
who will serve in the
intriguing new rural and
remote health issues portfolio.
And it's quite possible
that Weekes's portfolio
represents the biggest win
for rural Saskatchewan depending on what he is
able to accomplish. Not
since the NDP days of
rural development ministers (who usually weren't
exactly cabinet heavyweights, anyway) have we
seen a Premier assign a
minister to deal with what
strictly amounts to ruralspecific issues.
Perhaps this new posting won't be much of anything, but the potential is
certainly there.
So, all in all, it might
have been a far better cabinet shuffle for rural
Saskatchewan than it first
seemed.
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It might be cliché, but
seconds count. This simple
truth always hits me when
I am driving and hear the
approaching howl of
sirens as I, somewhat frantically, scan my surroundings trying to determine
what is approaching and
from where. Lives may literally be at stake. Sometimes things unfold like
clockwork, with drivers
quickly yet cautiously
pulling over to the right,
merging as necessary, and
forming one beautifully
executed single line on the
far right side of the road.
Other times the chaos that
ensues might almost be
comical but for that earlier
business of lives being at
stake.
The correct response
for this type of situation
can actually be found in
The Traffic Safety Act. And
it’s easy to remember: If
you hear sirens or see
emergency
lights
approaching, immediately
pull over as far as possible
to the right-hand side of
the road and do not proceed through the next
intersection until the emergency vehicle or vehicles
have passed. Emergency
vehicles always have the
right of way.
Can you imagine driving on our roads without
any rules or regulations?
And on the other hand, can
you imagine all drivers
always obeying each and
every rule of the road? In
terms of road safety, what
kind of impact do you
think either scenario
would have?
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The Montréal
Botanical Garden
On June 9, 1931, the
Montréal Botanical Garden was founded. Today,
this garden, which occupies 75 hectares in the
city’s eastern central portion, is one of the largest
in the world, containing
some 22,000 plant species
and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, about 30
themed gardens and a vast
arboretum.
The administrative
building and part of the
entry garden
© Nathalie Clerk / Parks
Canada, 2006
It was through the initiative of renowned professor and scientist Brother Marie-Victorin that the
Montréal Botanical Garden came into being. Born
in 1885, Marie-Victorin
discovered his passion for
botany when he was sent
to the countryside to convalesce. He rapidly
became a specialist in
botany, publishing Flore
Laurentienne, a major
work on the plants of Quebec, in 1935. In 1930, he
helped to found the Association
du
Jardin
botanique de Montréal to
lobby for the construction
of such a facility in Montréal. Construction on the
new garden began in 1932,
but was interrupted by the
Depression. Although the
work stalled, Brother
Marie-Victorin began
writing to Henry Teuscher,
an experienced landscape
architect, developing the
design of the grounds with
him. The two of them
determined how the garden was to be laid out so
that it could become an
“ideal botanical garden”
with scientific and educational functions.
Construction resumed
in 1936 and Marie-Victorin was named scientific
director of the Botanical
Garden, while Teuscher
became chief horticulturalist. The garden officially
How Ta
Look at the News
* The U.S. Justice
Department has actually
threatened to seize the
Gibson guitars from rock
stars while they’re
onstage this summer. The
guitars are made of illegally harvested wood.
“After all, they are handmade in Tennessee,”
noted Argus Hamilotn,
“where making anything
legally takes all the fun
out of it.” Gene Hauta
opened its gates in 1939,
and was an immediate
success with the public.
After Brother Marie-Victorin died in 1944, the garden fell on more difficult
times, despite the fact that
Henry Teuscher was
appointed curator. However, the Garden began to
flourish again in the
1970s.
Inside a greenhouse
© Nathalie Clerk / Parks
Canada, 2006
Today, the Botanical
Garden, which has contributed to the development of horticulture in
Canada, is known around
the world. It is one of
Montréal’s most famous
sites. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come
every year to appreciate its
beauty and the diversity of
its plants. It includes more
than 30 themed gardens
with special features, such
as the Water Garden, First
Nations Garden, Rose
Garden and Japanese Garden. The greenhouses,
with their displays of exotic ecosystems, are open
year-round. The Garden
also includes a scientific
research centre devoted to
the study of its diverse
plant collections.
The Montreal Botanical Garden is one of the
world’s most extensive
botanical gardens, and was
declared a national historic
site in 2008. Brother
Marie-Victorin has been
declared a person of
national historic significance in recognition of his
achievements in the field
of botany.
Why Did They Do It?
What if China, flush
with its new wealth, opened
its doors to mass immigration? It would make sense
from an economic and
social point of view,
because its one-child-perfamily policy has produced
a young generation far
smaller than the one that
now does most of the work.
China’s population is “ageing” (i.e. its average age is
going up) faster than any
other country in history, and
it could certainly do with
some more young people.
If it had an immigration policy like that of the
United States, it could fill
all the gaping holes in the
workforce that will open up
when the present adult generation retires, and there
would be enough people
working and paying taxes
to support that older generation in its “golden years”.
Otherwise, there will be
barely one worker for each
retiree, and their post-retirement years will be far from
golden.
So let’s suppose China
opens the gates. (Stay with
me on this.) The immigrants would come, from
all over the world. Probably
most would be from south
and south-east Asia (India,
Pakistan, Burma, Indonesia,
the Philippines), but plenty
of Russians would come
too. So would Arabs from
the slums of Cairo, and
Congolese from the slums
of Kinshasa, and Mexicans
fleeing the bloody war on
drugs.
There would be young
Europeans coming too,
fleeing the 25-to-50 percent
youth unemployment rates
of Spain, Italy and Greece.
Some Americans would
also come, like former automobile workers from RustBelt states hoping that their
skills would find employment in what is now the
world’s biggest car-maker.
China’s politics wouldn’t
deter them; they have
already tried being free and
poor, and some of them
would be willing to trade.
They would all come,
and China would be transformed. In fifty or sixty
years it would be one of the
world’s most diverse societies. Almost all the new
immigrants would learn to
speak some Chinese, of
course, but their children
would be fluent in the language. Indeed, they would
think of themselves as Chinese, even though their
skins were white, brown or
black and their religions
Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or Hindu.
Some tens of millions
of them would already have
intermarried with ethnic
Chinese, if only because
there are tens of millions of
young Chinese men who
will otherwise remain
unmarried. (The Chinese
have been killing too many
of their baby girls.) And
everybody would live more
or less happily ever after.
I know. It’s never going
to happen, because the Chinese would never let it happen. But that’s precisely the
point. The Americans have
let it happen. Why?
by Gwynne Dyer
I’m not saying it is a
bad thing. Personally, I like
it. But it is an extraordinary
thing. Sixty years ago the
United States was a country
whose population was overwhelmingly of white European descent. The only really big minority was the
black and mixed-race
descendants of African
slaves, who accounted for
about one-eighth of the
population. And then the
United States opened the
gates very wide.
Last month the US
Census Bureau revealed
that non-white births in the
country narrowly exceeded
the number of births to
white Americans for the
first time. There are some
curious kinks in the statistics, such as the fact that
Spanish-speaking whites
are not counted as white,
but the message is clear: the
next adult generation in the
United States will not be
majority white.
So why did the last two
generations of Americans,
who were still mostly of
European descent, let it
happen? Did they welcome
and encourage it, as a good
thing for the country’s
future? Or were they just
asleep at the wheel?
Some Americans certainly did encourage it,
arguing that turning the
United States into a microcosm of the whole world
was fulfilling its destiny,
and that the sheer diversity
of its future population
would give it a huge competitive advantage in the
world. But there were not
many people who made
that argument, and there is
actually little evidence to
show that ethnic diversity
makes a country more competitive.
Nor did this immense
change happen while the
old white population was
just not paying attention.
There were debates about
immigration policy all the
time, there was plenty of
information about where
the current immigration
policy was leading, and
Americans simply let it
happen.
One explanation that
sounds plausible is that it
was about fairness. As
descendants of immigrants
themselves, they felt that
they could not deny others
the same opportunities.
Many older white Americans were clearly uneasy
about the new social reality
that was springing up
around them, but most of
them remained true to their
ideals and never mobilised
to stop it.
Maybe the last two
generations of Americans
were a lot less racist than
many people – including
many Americans – thought.
Or perhaps they were all
silently aware that only five
hundred years ago, none of
the births in North America
were white.
Health Matters
Health matters are directly related to you and you have to make the right choices.
Your diet and lack of exercise may be important. There is a need for peace on the
home front and it all is up to you. You can get out and exercise, getting more oxygen moving into your brain and allows you to finish that important project and
think clearly. While communication is needed in all relationships, money matters
will become a top priority. Planning the future is more important than ever but
loyalty to loved ones is very important. To show your love and support is important and getting together with loved ones takes your mind off your troubles. Break
with routine and have some fun with loved ones and a young person is a great
source of joy in your life. A friend will surprise you with some delightful news
and a creative idea will be beneficial in several ways. Doing these things together
is what friendship is all about. It is hard to build health after you are sick, but easy
to keep if you if you look after your health today.
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It Is What It Is by Judy Sorestad
my reply.
Uncle Junior went on
to explain that Dave was
there, planning a surprising
evening for me - if I was
up to it. Since I wasn’t
known to turn down a
challenge, I agreed to enter
this unknown adventure.
Uncle Junior instructed me to wear comfortable
tennis shoes, old slacks,
and a warm sweater. Now,
he had really aroused my
curiosity.
It’s the time of the
The next few minutes
year that we’ve waited so found me frantically
impatiently to experience glimpses of the first signs
of spring!
Every spring, I await
their arrival. I’ve been told
that when they proclaim
their presence, spring is
definitely a reality. They
seem to possess an inner
clock that knows the exact
PUZZLE NO. 610
date - and, not a minute too
soon - when they should
assemble their choir, and
get busy. It’s a real treat to
step outside, at night and
listen to the frogs croaking.
I don’t know why, but their
chorus makes everything
seem all right. Kind of
“springy”! I’ve not heard
them, yet, this year, but,
they’ll come - in due time.
Never do I hear the
frogs doing their thing,
without thinking of Dave.
Ah, yes, Dave - I remember him well - and the
frogs. Blonde-haired, blue
eyed Dave was a close
friend of my Uncle Junior.
Therefore, it wasn’t at all
uncommon for this attractive bachelor to accompany Uncle Junior on his visits to our house.
One Saturday evening,
Uncle Junior called, and,
surprisingly, asked for me.
“Doing anything,
tonight?” he inquired.
“Nothing special” was
How Ta
Look at the News
*Alex Kaseberg: “Spirit
Airlines is now going to
charge $100 for a carryon bag; apparently the
Spirit in Spirit Airlines is
extortion. That’s like paying a guy not to urinate
on your shoe. You pay,
but then he urinates on
your shoe; when you ask
why, he says you only
paid to protect one shoe.”
* An Australian teacher
has been charged after
allegedly daring his students to hold dry ice in
their hands. A number of
the students took the 49year-old teacher up on his
dare and suffered serious
burns as a result. The
teacher is charged with
causing grievous bodily
harm by a negligent act
and assaulting a school
student causing bodily
harm.
* Keep reading between
the lines…
Gene Hauta
preparing for my mystery
date. Uncle Junior and
Dave arrived, as I put finishing touches on my Sunday-best-make-up, contrary to my casual ponytail,
and carefully selected
“everyday” outfit.
If Uncle Junior hadn’t
been along, I would’ve
wondered what the heck
Dave was up to. We drove
deeper, and deeper, into
the boondocks, before
eventually stopping alongside a pond. The air was
saturated with an assort-
ACROSS
1. Brownie
4. Drops the ball
8. High shoe
12. Mature
15. Crusty dessert
16. Chimney sweep's
concern
17. Lofty hairstyle
18. Festive drink
19. Incense
20. Breeze in
21. Stevedores do it
22. Dress up
23. Arum-family plant
25. Servant, in Asia
27. Network
29. Candid
31. Legal matter
33. Person who
receives gifts
36. Least meek
39. Social group
41. Unique item, to a
Brit
ment of woody smells, and
the unmistakable roar of
croaking frogs.
After we got out of the
car, they opened the trunk,
pulled out coveralls, followed by hip boots. Dave
brought out a long contraption - I think he called it a
“gig”. Yep, we were going
frog hunting! (By the way,
my job was to carry the
bag for the captured frogs.)
A couple of hours, and
a heavy bag, later, we were
enroute to Uncle Junior’s.
Once there, the guys and
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Have capacity for
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Gear tooth
Sesame seed
Brightly colored
fish
Lamprey
Pavilion
Art medium
Edict
Having two feet
Electrical unit
Sliding or storm
Tibetan beast
Extreme poverty
Monty Hall's
transaction
____-bang
Repair-shop
rentals
Coastal eagles
Card game
84. Indian princess
85. Has the vapors
87. Soy product
89. Tijuana tabbies
93. Performance
95. Margarine
97. Laborer
99. The self
100. Grievous trouble
101. Spiritual
instructor
102. Duck
103. Addition
104. Examine
105. Caspian and
Black
106. Horned vipers
107. Visualize
DOWN
1. "Beowulf," e.g.
2. Italian currency,
once
3. Intuit
4. Avoidance
the frogs disappeared, so, I
went inside to visit with
Aunt Joanne. The guys
eventually entered the
kitchen, with what
appeared to be a bag of
flour. They placed skillets
on the burners, added some
butter, and pulled some
things out of the bag. Frog
legs!
“They’re still alive!” I
gasped, as legs jumped all
over the skillet. That sent
everyone into hysterics.
Once composure was
regained, they explained
5. Australian marsupial, for short
6. Passionate
7. Champagne-flute
part
8. Four-peck units
9. Decide
10. What the nose
detects
11. Pulled
12. Radio adjunct
13. Sentimentality
14. Ovum
24. Roomer
26. Lob's path
28. "____ Hot to
Handle"
30. Sharp curve
32. Sheep fat
34. Always, to a poet
35. Before, to
Wordsworth
36. Sheet of cotton
37. Bugbear
38. Churl
40. Two-masted
vessel
44. Drive obliquely
46. Excess fat
49. Invasion
51. Hold together
that the jumping frog legs
were due to nerve endings,
or something like that.
Since my imagination
visualized frog legs hopping around in my tummy,
my taste buds weren’t at
all eager to taste these
said-to-be delicacies.
Instead I remained with the
familiar munchies Aunt
Joanne had set out.
When every spring
brings the frogs, I remember Dave, and the most
creative, interesting date
I’ve ever experienced.
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Winter flakes
Nonprofessional
Colorful annual
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Root ____
Betting factor
Dark powder
Marine mammals
"The Bard," e.g.
Part of HRH
Aquatic mammal
Uproarious
Hawaiian tree
Bloomin' necklace
Chaotic place
Michael and
Gabriel, e.g.
Plods heavily
Swing about
Greek cheese
Duffers' pegs
Look amorously
at
Flounder
Religious
reverence
Demure
The Roaring
Twenties
Drift off
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Earth Talk
Psychology for Living
by Gwen Randall-Young
Credit: iStockPhoto
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that almost a half million birds are
killed each year in the U.S. by wind turbines. In March 2012 the agency
released new federal guidelines that steer wind turbines away from vital habitat
and toward land already marked by development.
Dear EarthTalk: One of
the objections to wind
power has been that the
turbines can kill birds.
Has there been some
progress in developing
bird-friendly wind power?
Marcie Mahoney,
Boston, MA
Bird collisions have
been one of the primary
negatives of the recent
growth in wind power
across the United States and
beyond. The U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service (USFWS)
estimates that almost a half
million birds are killed each
year in the U.S. by wind turbines. “Birds can die in collisions with the turbine
blades, towers, power lines,
or related structures, and can
also be impacted through
habitat destruction from the
siting of turbines, power
lines, and access roads,” the
non-profit American Bird
Conservancy
reports.
“Some birds, such as sagegrouse, are particularly sensitive to the presence of turbines, and can be scared
away from their breeding
grounds several miles away
from a wind development.”
In response to this
growing problem, the
USFWS released new federal guidelines in March 2012
for land-based wind developers trying to avoid or
minimize impacts to birds
and their habitats. The
guidelines are voluntary at
this point, but U.S. wind
developers interested in a
smoother ride through various permitting processes
and the blessing of environmental groups—several
were consulted extensively
in drawing up the new
guidelines—are doing their
best to make their designs
and implementations comply.
The federal government’s 22-member Wind
Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, which
included experts from the
National Audubon Society,
Nature
Conservancy,
Defenders of Wildlife,
Massachusetts Audubon and
Bat Conservation International, developed the guidelines. Committee members
report they are optimistic
that the new guidelines provide a path to better protection for birds and their habitats.
“The guidelines steer
wind turbines away from
vital habitat…and toward
land already marked by
development,” says David
Yarnold,
National
Audubon’s President. “They
give the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service a place at
the table for siting decisions;
they help protect sites with
high potential risk for birds;
and they minimize habitat
fragmentation.” He adds
that the guidelines are based
on the best available science
and “provide a roadmap to
better bird protections
across each of America’s
four great flyways.”
Audubon pushed to
ensure that the guidelines
address habitat fragmentation, one of the biggest
potential impacts of wind
development on birds. Wind
developers that cooperate
with the guidelines will
avoid dividing important
habitats like forests and
grasslands, thus maintaining
their suitability for wildlife.
“These first-ever federal guidelines are a gamechanger and big win for
both wildlife and clean energy,” says Yarnold. “By collaborating with conservationists instead of slugging it
out, the wind power industry gains vital support to
expand and create jobs, and
wildlife gets the protection
crucial for survival.”
For its part, the American Bird Conservancy
would like to take the voluntary out of the guidelines
and instead require wind
developers to comply. The
group recently filed a petition with the U.S. Depart-
ment of the Interior calling
for mandatory rules protecting millions of birds from
the negative impacts of
wind energy and rewarding
responsible wind energy
development.
CONTACTS: National Audubon,
www.audubon.org; USFWS “LandBased Wind Energy Guidelines,”
www.fws.gov/windenergy/docs/WEG_f
inal.pdf; American Bird Conservancy,
www.abcbirds.org.
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Honesty in What We
Feel in Relationships
In order to have a
relationship that goes
beyond the superficial,
there must be some level
of honesty. In fact, honesty is sometimes what
allows a relationship to go
deeper. Regardless of the
relationship, be it with a
parent, child, partner, colleague or friend, the principles are the same. Sometimes we really need to let
another person know what
is going on inside of us.
This is not an easy thing in
our culture.
Let's face it: we are
masters of looking like
everything is fine on the
outside, even when we are
crumbling within. Hiding
what we are really feeling
leaves us feeling lonely
and isolated. There comes
a point when the feeling
needs to be expressed, and
because we are not practiced in doing this, sometimes it comes out wrong.
Then things get worse. So
we resolve to bury our
feelings even deeper.
Now, we feel even more
alone, certain that no one,
especially those closest to
us, really cares how we
feel.
What is the way out
of this dilemma? When we
feel hurt, our first instinct
is to protect ourselves. We
do this either by building a
protective wall, or else by
attacking.
Neither
approach gets us what we
want and need. Ironically,
if we truly show our vulnerability, only the most
hardened individuals
would shut us out. If we
build a wall, and retreat
inside, we shut others out.
They interpret this as
rejection or abandonment,
feel hurt, and then themselves choose retreat or
attack. Things have begun
to escalate.
If, on the other hand,
we choose to initially
attack, we similarly provoke one of those two
responses. Clearly, we
need an option that would
allow us to break out of
this cycle. There is one. It
demands expanding our
view of the situation to
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Dear Ellen
Hi Amerie and Readers,
Last week I wrote
about resolving conflict
in relationships using
avoidance, accommodation, and smoothing over.
This week I will cover
compromising, competition and integration.
Compromising
is
when you bring your concerns into the open. You
meet your partner half-way
and try to satisfy both people’s needs. This may
allow both people to giveand-take, but there are
some issues that cannot be
split halfway down the
middle. Compromising is a
fair way of resolving a
conflict, but sometimes it
leaves both people feeling
dissatisfied (ex: you want
to stay home and watch a
movie, but your girlfriend
wants to go to a party. You
agree to watch the first half
of the movie and go to the
party late).
Competition is when
one partner uses power to
“win” at all costs, including the use of physical and
verbal aggression. This
technique directly confronts the conflict, and
may be useful in some situations. However, it is
rarely helpful where there
are no clear-cut “good
guys” and “bad guys”, like
in relationships where both
people care for each other.
Integration is when
partners do not settle for a
partially satisfying solution. They work together to
find new, creative ways of
dealing with the conflict.
This requires time and
effort and demonstrates
your commitment to the
relationship. Ex: You and
your partner work full
time; you are a good cook
and homemaker, but you
feel like your husband
doesn’t help out enough.
You decide to cook during
the week and he will look
after kitchen clean-up. You
hire a cleaner to come in
twice a month, and you
teach your husband how to
cook one meal a weekend.
I hope that some of
these conflict-resolution
techniques have helped in
your relationship. If you
have any questions about
healthy relationships and
conflict resolution, feel
free to contact Envision
Counselling and Support
Centre in Estevan (1-306637-4004) or Weyburn (1306-842-8821) or visit our
website @ envisioncounsellingcentre.com.
Ellen
encompass the other person's feelings and perceptions. It requires that we
take a problem-solving
approach, rather than just
trying to argue for our
own position. It asks that
we truly care about the
other person as much as
we care about ourselves. It
further requires that we
not judge the other person
as wrong for trying to fulfill their needs.
It can be helpful if we
imagine that the problem
in question is between two
other people (not 'me' and
'you'), and think how we
would approach the issue
if we had been called in to
mediate. If we approach
another person with an
attitude of caring and an
expressed desire to understand their point of view, it
is more likely that they
will open up. It is only
then that meaningful communication can occur. If
both people use this
approach, both the relationship and the individuals are transformed. When
most of us do it, our world
will be transformed.
Gwen Randall-Young
is an author and awardwinning Psychotherapist.
“Another Angel of Love”
by Henry Ripplinger
Review by Gail Jansen
The second in the
five-part Angelic Letters
Series, Another Angel of
Love is a book that is more
than able to stand all on its
own, as it continues the
story of Henry and Jenny
and the stories of the people that surround them.
This is less a novel
that preaches, and more
one that shares its knowledge, no matter what your
faith or religious beliefs.
The lessons on love,
human kindness, and life
that are expertly interwoven throughout this tale are
ones that hold true across
the spectrum of humanity.
Like a good wine, a
good author often takes
time to develop to his or
her full potential, but Ripplinger, despite his newness to the craft, seems to
have avoided many of the
pitfalls of new writers,
who often leave their readers to struggle through a
story with a good premise
but poor delivery. Instead,
he has somehow managed
to combine both the freshness of a new voice with
the maturity of great storyteller.
While Another Angel
of Love is billed as a
romance, Ripplinger ’s
willingness to tackle so
many difficult subject
matters including death,
infidelity, addiction and
more makes this more the
self-development book he
says he always wanted to
write. Yet somehow the
core of his pure and simple story of two young
lovers torn apart is able to
stay true to itself, and you
get that ever-hopeful feeling that love will conquer
all, that you’d get from
any romance.
Whether you are a
romantic or not, religious
or not, Another Angel of
Love has the power to
make you view the world,
with just a little more hope
and a little more love. And
who couldn’t use more of
both?
“It’s not the person’s
name or who said it or the
school of thought that is
important, but rather the
lesson on life that is
taught.” - Mr. Engelmann.
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Sports as Seen by Gene
* Nik Lidstrom has
retired after 20 quietly
spectacular seasons in
Detroit. It is believed he
left a one-year, $6 million
contract on the table, but
said he knew he was ready
to retire when he started
his off-season workouts.
He won four Stanley Cups
and the Norris Trophy
seven times. The 42-yearold Swede set an NHL
record by playing 1,564
games with a single team.
With Lidstrom gone,
expect the Wings to make
a tough pitch for Predators’ defenceman Ryan
Suter.
different story in the East
as the Rangers had 8
Canadians, 8 Americans
and 6 Europeans. The
Devils, on the other hand,
only have 5 Canadians to
go along with 10 Europeans and 7 Americans.
“Another way to analyze
this is 71 per cent of the
players left chasing the
Stanley Cup are North
Americans (64 out of 90).
This again is a reflection
of the times as it wasn’t
that many years ago when
the final four would have
had at least 71 per cent of
the participants Canadian.”
* Several comments
from Steve Simmons: “Six
of the first-round picks
from the famed 2003 NHL
draft — Marc-Andre
Fleury, Eric Staal, Nathan
Horton, Brent Seabrook,
Ryan Getzlaf and Corey
Perry — have gone on to
win the Stanley Cup. And
that number is about to
increase by at least two:
Zach Parise and Steve
Bernier of the Devils and
Mike Richards and Jeff
Carter of the Kings were
all first-round picks that
year...(did you notice that
9 of those last 10 names
are Canadian?)… Last
year, Boston’s David Krejci led the playoffs in scoring. This year, Krecji
ended with three points
scored, one fewer than
Martin Brodeur. With four
points in the playoffs,
Brodeur
has
also
outscored Pavel Datsyuk
and Henrik Zetterberg,
Ryan Kesler and Patrice
Bergeron, Brad Marchand
and Tyler Seguin. But
who’s counting? ... The
Kings, by the way, are
only a year behind the
Leafs in terms of length of
Cup drought. The Leafs
last won in 1967. The
Kings entered the NHL,
along with five other
teams, the following year.”
* ‘Til next week…
Gene Hauta
by David Suzuki
David Suzuki
Protests shine spotlight
on skewed priorities
When I heard about
the student protests in
Montreal, I swallowed the
line that Quebec’s pampered youth pay lower fees
than those in other parts of
Canada but aren’t aware
that education costs
money. And then I went to
Quebec. There, I heard a
different story.
After weeks of
demonstrations, clearly
something more profound
is going on. The protesters
are forcing us to confront a
FACT OR FICTION?
Nik Lidstrom
* Rob Longley points
out that for just the second
time ever, the Stanley Cup
will be handed to an
American captain. I knew
Zach Parise was American, although his father,
J.P. was from Ontario.
There is very little about
his mother, or J.P.’s wife,
on the net, although one
comment said she was
American. However, I was
disappointed when I found
out just last week that
Dustin Brown was American. The only other U.S.born captain of a S.C. winner was Derian Hatcher,
who hoisted the trophy
with Dallas in 1999.
* Both the Devils and
the Kings were considered
low seed long shots.
Whichever team wins will
become the lowest seed to
ever win the Cup, beating
out the 1995 Devils, who
were No. 5 in the East.
The Kings began the playoffs at odds of 27-1 to win
the Cup and knocked off
the top three seeds in the
West in order -- Vancouver, St. Louis and
Phoenix. The Devils were
No. 6 in the East and at
22-1 before beating No. 3
Florida, No. 5 Philadelphia and the No. 1
Rangers.
* Hartley Miller took
a closer look at the nationalities in the final four
teams in the NHL playoffs. The Coyotes had 16
Canadians, 7 Europeans
and only one American
(Keith Yandle). The Kings
are stocked with 13 Canadians, 6 Americans and
just three Euros. It was a
Daniels Gloves - Part I
What is it like to be on a mission for
Jesus?
One example is the following story
emailed to me a few weeks ago. It was
originally written by Pastor Richard Ryan
about an encounter he had in 1993.
‘As I sat, with two friends, in a quaint
restaurant just off the corner of the townsquare, my attention was drawn outside,
across the street. There, walking into town
was a man who appeared to be carrying
all his worldly goods on his back. He was
also carrying, a well-worn sign that read,
‘I will work for food.’ and my heart sank.
I brought him to the attention of my
friends and noticed that others around us
had stopped eating to focus on him.
We finished our meal and
went our separate ways, but his
image lingered in my mind. I
had errands to do and after
accomplishing them I glanced
toward the town square, looking somewhat half-heartedly for
the strange visitor. I was fearful,
knowing that seeing him again
would call for some response.
Deep within me, the Spirit of God
was speaking to me: ‘Don’t go back to the
office until you’ve at least driven once
more around the square.’
With some hesitancy, I headed back
and as I turned the square’s third corner, I
saw him. He was standing on the steps of
the storefront church, going through his
bag. I stopped, feeling both compelled to
speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The
empty parking space on the corner however seemed to be a sign from God: so I
pulled in, got out and approached the
town’s newest visitor.
“Looking for the pastor?” I asked.
“Not really,” he replied, “just resting.”
“Would you like to have lunch with
me?” I tried again.
He paused, “Do you have some work
I could do for you?”
“No work I commute here from the
city, but I would like to take you to
lunch,” I replied.
“Sure,” he answered with a smile,
and as he began to gather his things, I
asked some basic questions. “Where are
you headed? Where are you from? How
long have you been walking?”
“St. Louis, all over, mostly Florida,
and fourteen years” he replied.
I knew I had met someone unusual
and as we sat across from each other in
the same restaurant I had left earlier he
spoke with an eloquence and articulation
that was startling. His name was Daniel.
His eyes were dark yet clear, his face
weathered slightly beyond his 38 years,
and he removed his jacket to reveal a
bright red T-shirt that said, “Jesus is The
Never Ending Story.”
He had seen rough
times in life, made some
wrong choices and reaped the
consequences. Fourteen years
earlier, while backpacking
across the country, he had
stopped on the beach in Daytona.
He tried to hire on with some
men who were putting up a large
tent and some equipment, a concert, he thought. He was hired, but the tent
was for revival services, and in those services he gave his life over to God
“Nothing’s been the same since,” he
said, “I felt the Lord telling me to keep
walking, and so I did, some 14 years
now.”
“Ever think of stopping?” I asked.
“Oh, once in a while,” he replied, “when it
seems to get the best of me but God has
given me this calling. I give out Bibles.
That’s what’s in my bag. I work to buy
food and Bibles, and I give them out when
His Spirit leads.”
I sat amazed. My homeless friend
was not homeless. He was on a mission
and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then
I asked: “What’s it like?” Conclusion next
week.
Kay Dixon, St Jude Apostolic Anglican Church Reporter
The Anglican Coalition in Canada
crucial question: What is
government for? Governing is about priorities. Students can’t help but notice
they aren’t high on the list.
Governments
all
across Canada have no
qualms about investing
vast amounts of money to
exploit
“natural
resources”, yet they all but
ignore the most precious,
our children. Young people
will take charge long after
current leaders are gone,
and they’ll also be stuck
with the ecological, social,
and economic costs of the
decisions we make today.
The increasing challenge of getting a postsecondary education isn’t the
only issue motivating people to take to the streets of
Montreal. On April 22,
Earth Day, 300,000 went
outside to celebrate nature.
On May 22, tens of thousands spontaneously mobilized to oppose the draconian measures enacted to
stop the student protests.
The Montreal protesters are drawing attention to
a growing trend: governments often skew decisions in favour of shortterm priorities, often for
industrial interests. To promote those priorities, government, industry, and
their supporters try to stifle
discussion around the real
issues and demonize those
who press for change or
question the status quo. So,
because Al Gore lives in a
big house (even though
he’s worked at being “carbon-neutral”), he’s labelled
a hypocrite, leading antienvironmentalists to make
the illogical leap that we
should therefore ignore or
deny the science of climate
change.
This advancement of
logical fallacy reached
new lows with a blunder
by the Heartland Institute,
a U.S. climate change
denying organization. The
Institute launched a billboard campaign implying
that
because
the
Unabomber, Fidel Castro,
and Charles Manson
believe in climate change,
those who agree with the
scientific evidence for
global warming must also
be tyrants, madmen, and
murderers. One could as
easily, and as wrongly,
conclude the opposite on
the basis that Anders
Behring Breivik, who
killed 77 people in Norway on July 22, is a climate change denier who
referenced Heartland Institute “experts” in his manifesto!
Heartland aborted its
campaign because of massive public outrage and
because funders and sup-
porters tried to distance
themselves from the
organization. But the
episode was another
demonstration of attempts
to deflect rational discussion of important issues
such as global warming.
And, if even tyrants, madmen, and murderers get it,
why don’t our politicians?
The Occupy movement also questions priorities, especially those
regarding the pro-corporate agendas of many governments. Corporations are
not people but they have
similar rights and generate
vast amounts of money to
invest in budding politicians and lobby groups
that help sidetrack important discussions.
This sidetracking tactic also pops up with the
Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, especially when it comes to
First Nations’ concerns.
Many coastal and northern
communities are desperate
for jobs and economic
development. Enbridge is
offering incentives, including employment, yet
coastal First Nations realize that some things are
more important than
money. Why aren’t we all
getting that?
We’re constantly bombarded with the message
that jobs and economic
growth are government’s
highest priority, but the
coastal First Nations,
Occupy protesters, and
Montreal students, among
others, tell us the economy
and growth are not the end
but the means to a better
society. A society that values its young people balances industrial and economic development in
ways that don’t compromise their future, and
makes higher education
accessible to all.
Many of us have
watched with interest the
remarkable “Arab Spring”
movement. Although
protests and demonstrations here may be about
“first world” problems as
opposed to the more serious struggle for basic democratic rights in the Middle
East, they remind us that
we can’t be complacent.
As Canada’s government axes programs and
organizations that inform
us about the environment
and climate change, guts
environmental protection
measures, and shovels
money to promote fossil
fuel interests while wilfully ignoring urgent calls
from scientists, students,
First Nations, and tens of
thousands of citizens, it’s
up to all of us to listen and
join the conversation.
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Making News
I’ve just seen a most
unusual jig-saw puzzle. To
begin witht it was black
and white. It was a reproduction of the front page of
the Toronto Globe from
that day in 1901 when they
announced the death of
Queen Victoria and the
long and distinguished Victorian Age came to a close.
A headline announced the
death of course, but it wasn’t in the huge print we
would likely see today.
Most the page was taken
up by a portrait of the
Queen, done in fine lines
by the etching process, and
that about covered the
story. A few words under
the picture mentioned the
succession. It is quite possible more appeared on
subsequent pages but of
course I didn’t see those.
A vertical column
down the left hand side of
the page dealt with the stories which would naturally
have been classified as
front page news. I didn’t
count, but there must have
been 15 stories in that little-column. They covered
things like earthquakes in
South America, storms at
sea, threats of war in some
corner of the British
empire, drought or geographical discoveries. I
should have written them
down, because it was rather
interesting, but what really
fascinated me was that
each of those news stories
received two lines in a twoinch column. Can you
imagine the tsunami in
Japan, the earthquake, in
Haiti, or the Syrian crisis
receiving two lines in a
two-inch column today?
No doubt we could
find a lot of reasons for
such frugality. Perhaps they
didn’t like to see paper and
ink being wasted. Maybe
they paid their writers per
word and were saving on
salary. It is much more
likely that they simply
printed all they knew.
There was trans-Atlantic
cable in 1901, but no cell
phones, no planes, no internet. What the editor would
have received would have
been a wire, stating in
twenty words or less that
illness had forced a company in Singapore to change
management. Just enough
to fill a space two inches
by half an inch.
Despite such practical
explanations, I couldn’t
help but be amused by the
enormous change that has
come over society since
1901. Aside from the waste
issue, there are all these
social and sociological
changes. In 1901, they
announced a war or a
rebellion and left readers to
by Kay Parley
draw their own conclusions. If they had relatives
in the area in question, they
would eventually get news
by letter, provided that relative had survived. There
were no instant fixes then.
Nowadays a news item has
to be expanded and
expanded. More and more
on-the-spot news reporters
travel and globe, penetrating the hot spots at the risk
of their lives, and sending
back every scrap of detail
they can discover. News
stories grow longer and
longer, only to be pushed
off the front page within
hours to make way for
something newer, some-
thing “fresher.”
But the biggest change
hasn’t been simply in the
area of reporting these
longer and longer stories, it
has been in the area of
analysis. No longer is the
reader left to judge the
importance or impact of
the story for himself. Now
learned columnists give us
background information,
often with acute insights.
Panelists get on TV andtoss around the pros and
cons and voice opinions.
Is there more to think
about after all that? Or did
two lines in a two-inch column stimulate thinking
too? Nobody can argue that
we are much better
informed now, but it’s also
possible that we can be
misled. One thing struck
me very clearly as I read
that old 1901 front page of
the Globe. Readers at the
end of the Victorian age
knew how to think for
themselves. So do we. In
fact, the more panelists we
listen to with variant views,
the more thinking we have
to do. News comes to us
now in quantity and detail
that would have swamped
the readers of 1901. Are we
swamped? Or are we coping? It’s not for nothing
they refer to this as “The
Information Age.”
PUZZLE NO. 350
How Ta
Look at the News
* A Radio Shack store in
Chicago was robbed by a
man who tied up the
clerks and got away with
$17,000 worth of merchandise. Police had few
leads until they got the
list of stolen items,
which included a GPS
tracking device. Investigators simply activated
the device remotely,
went to the indicated
location, and arrested
Raymond Jefferson, 20,
within two hours of the
crime. My source, Randy
Cassingham quipped,
“And authorities will
know his exact location
for the next 5-9 years.”
* Perisho reports experts
predict that by 2030,
over 40% of the US population will be severely
obese. “Were you able to
comprehend that data
over the crunching of
your Pringles?” He continued, “On the plus side,
if you’re ever lost in the
wilderness you’re much
easier to see by satellite.”
Gene Hauta
ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 350
HOW TO PLAY:
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every
3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.
Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already
have a few numbers to get you started. Remember:
You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the
same line, column, or 3x3 box.
“Don’t Mind the Mess”
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with a jumper may not be
perfect, it is never boring.
The down side is people
like me usually have a
regret list a mile long. “I
should have thought of
that,” is our anthem.
Pausers love details.
They’re experts at fence
sitting. They’ll price check
an item for months, and
then end up not buying it
anyway. A home renovation can take years. Changing a hairstyle, choosing
from a menu, or picking a
paint colour is treated like
a life-changing event. The
plus side? If and when
things do get done, the
result is usually perfect
and the pauser revels in it.
The down side? Life can
often pass them by, and
they drive other people
completely crazy. Just ask
the waitress who has to
wait 20 minutes for a
pauser to decide if he
wants fries with that.
And because opposites
attract – and God has a
sense of humour - jumpers
and pausers often end up
as couples.
The jumper has no
problem getting rid of old
stuff she doesn’t need. But
the pauser will fill the
entire basement, garage
and yard with things for a
rainy day.
Either sitting on the
fence, or leaping over it
When it comes to
decision-making, I’ve
learned that there are basically two types of people:
the jumpers and the
pausers.
Jumpers make up their
minds quickly without
considering the consequences. Pausers, on the
other hand, over think
everything, and can procrastinate forever.
Obviously, neither one
of these is ideal.
The jumper can’t be
bothered with pesky little
details and just wants to
get on with it. This is me.
Once I want something, I
want it now. You won’t see
me hunting for the best
deal, or giving an idea
even a few weeks to settle
in. The concept of “wait
and see” is beyond me.
The plus side is things
get done. And while life
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THE DISABLED
DESERVE MUCH
BETTER FROM THEIR
GOVERNMENT
There is a churlishness about the Harper government that makes it
unmistakably petty and
small.
The good governments in our history have
always managed to convey
a sense of generosity,
inclusion and legitimacy
that was larger and more
important than themselves.
But not the Harper Conservatives.
Good governments
aren't just about the exercise of raw power and
always getting their own
way. The manner in
which power is exercised
is equally important. So
too is showing some consideration for other people
who have other opinions,
needs and aspirations.
Fairness, respect and
due process actually matter. But not to the Harper
Conservatives.
For them, public life
is nothing more than perpetual electioneering.
Endless deeks, dodges and
maneuvers. It’s all about
tactics, all the time. No
trick is too dirty to use.
No cause is too good to
sully. The end always justifies the means.
Here’s a small illustra-
tion – in the House of
Commons “Question Period” this spring, I’ve asked
the government three
times if they will fix an
unfortunate flaw in the
design of Registered Disability Savings Plans
(RDSPs).
RDSPs are tax-assisted savings plans, much
like RRSPs, aimed at helping disabled people to
build-up their savings to
offset extra future living
costs. But to be eligible,
you have to be seriously
disabled right now.
This rule sets up a
barrier for people with
debilitating conditions like
MS. They know they’re
likely to become disabled
at some point, but they
may not be seriously
affected right now. So
they cannot qualify for an
RDSP – until later, after
they’re past their best
income-earning potential.
It doesn’t make any sense.
My questions were
based on representations
from real people. They
were asked without gratuitous partisanship. But
nasty political “spin” is all
that came back from this
government in return.
It’s a shame that
chronic pettiness seems to
be Mr. Harper’s defining
characteristic.
by Lori Penner
The jumper wants a
new deck. The pauser will
carefully design a perfect
deck to appease the
jumper, but will still be
debating about what type
of lumber to use long after
the building permit runs
out.
Jumpers focus on the
destination, while pausers
savour the journey.
Jumpers demand promises
and results, while pausers
demand patience and time.
The sweetest relationships
in the world have ended
over stupid things like
unfinished houses and
overdrawn bank accounts.
I recently read an article that said jumpers and
pausers actually share a
common fear: they’re both
terrified that life won’t
give them a second
chance.
The jumper heedlessly
grabs every opportunity,
worried that it will never
come around again. The
pauser won’t commit, fearing that he’ll have to live
with each decision for the
rest of his life.
For jumpers like me, it
sometimes takes a few
huge mistakes to teach us
to stop and think before we
leap. Risks become less
appealing when we realize
that opportunities are endless, and each one has its
own sweet advantages. I’m
learning that sometimes,
it’s perfectly okay to wait
for the next train.
But I still don’t think
I’ll ever be a pauser. As the
saying goes, I’m not sure
what it would take to light
a fire under their butts.
Maybe one day, it just
starts to get a little lonely
up on that fence.
Pause for Reflection
Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John, hold your
horses
A frog approaches
Patricia Whack, a bank
teller: "I'd like to get a
loan for 30,000 pounds
to buy a boat and go on
holiday". Patricia looks
at the frog in disbelief and asks his name.
“Kermit Jagger, Mick Jagger’s my
father. He knows the bank manager.”
Paddy asks if he has any collateral. The
frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny pink porcelain elephant.
Patty goes to the manager and
says, "There's a frog called Kermit
Jagger out there who claims to
know you and wants to borrow 30
grand. And he wants to use this as
collateral." She holds up the tiny
pink elephant. "I mean, what the
heck is this?"
The bank manager replies "It's a
knick knack, Patty Whack. Give the frog
a loan, his old man's a Rolling Stone."
There’s another little rhyme that we
learned as children: Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John; hold your horses ‘till I get on.
Are we ready to get on?
Another Easter season has passed
and the question arises: have we rekindled the romance of a love that has often
fizzled on our part through the passing of
time and the circumstances of our lives?
Everyone wants romantic love, a love
that forever promises to sparkle and
replenish.
“How beautiful you are, my love,
how beautiful you are!
You ravish my heart with a single
one of your glances” (Song of Songs 4:1,
9)
The Song of Songs is a representation
of the love story of God and His people –
us. Christ, the bridegroom, has given his
very life for us, his beloved. We often
look very unconvinced of this fact.
What would it take to once and for
all convince us that Christ has truly
risen? To assure us that all he has promised will be fulfilled? Who will roll back
the stone of doubt that blurs our vision so
frequently?
Imagine a jury trial. Witnesses are
called like Matthias, who was actually
there: “I saw him die. I saw him risen
from the dead.” Then see a parade of witnesses, in turn, some of whom we recognize: St Peter, St Paul, Thomas who
doubted, the other Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John…hold your horses I wonna get
on!
Eye witness testimony bears weight.
Look in the eyes of the witnesses who
have seen and heard. Isn’t it time you
and I bore witness to what we have
seen and heard? The many miracles
in our lives and the lives of our fellow Christians?
Each of us has a story. My God, the
marvels we have seen! Why is it necessary for Pope Benedict to call a Synod
this year to devise a new strategy to
evangelize our fellow Christians who
have forgotten the joy of the Resurrection?
Like those first witnesses we need to
come forward. Imagine trying to convince a jury without having reliable eyewitnesses? How easy it becomes to win
the case when one after another stands
and says: “I saw him die; I saw him risen
from the dead.”
We have seen the crimson line of
witnesses over the centuries; the martyrs,
the Saints. Our brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents. Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John, hold your horses ‘till I
get on.
Check It Out
How Ta
Look at the News
* A Bogota, N.J., woman
asked for her emotionally
disturbed 22-year-old son,
Kyle, to be taken to the
hospital. Bogota Police
Officer Regina Tasca was
called and, following protocol, requested backup.
Her dashboard camera
showed two Ridgefield
Park officers beating
Kyle. All reports indicate
Kyle never threatened
anyone, did not have a
weapon, never resisted,
and was not violent. Tasca
intervened, prying the
punching officer off Kyle.
After the incident, Bogota
P.D. was swift to act.
Tasca was ordered to turn
over her weapon and be
sent for a fitness for duty
exam. The other two were
never questioned while
she has been suspended.
* In Pahoa, Hawaii, local
officials on the Big Island
have now criminalized
dogs’ “incessant barking.”
Facing heavy fines, owners have been forced to
seek dog counselors and
dog Prozac. Gene Hauta
by Ken Rolheiser
One Garage Sale
After Another
One thing I can’t seem
to pass by is a garage sale.
Even though I don’t need
anything, there’s something about junk piled up
on a driveway that lures
me in every time, and I
find myself going from
one garage sale to another.
While at a garage sale a
few years ago, looking
through a rack of clothes, I
found a clown costume I
had made for my kids
about fifteen years earlier.
You just never know what
you’ll find..
An elderly woman
recalls browsing at a
garage sale with her grandson and bought an old
Polaroid camera for the
boy. When she returned
home, she discovered a
photograph inside the
camera’s cartridge. It was
a picture of her son, who
had been killed in a car
accident twenty years earlier. How weird is that?
A family was having a
garage sale at their mom’s
house and put their
youngest brother in charge
of placing an ad in the
paper. He was twenty, single and thought the receptionist was cute, so he was
flirting. He told her all the
details, then finished with,
“We’re having a barbeque
that day too; you should
come by.”
When the ad ran, it
listed all the information
followed by “free barbeque”. Although the cute
receptionist didn’t show
up, a lot of other people
did and they made twentyfive hundred dollars.
One day a woman
noticed one of her neighbors had a lot of stuff out
on their front yard, with
cars and people everywhere. She wondered why
she hadn’t seen any yard
sale signs up at the corner,
but decided to find some
good bargains before
everything good was gone.
Right about then she
noticed her neighbor coming out of the house in
handcuffs. That’s when
she discovered it wasn’t
actually a yard sale. It was
a police bust and the people were undercover cops
hauling stolen property out
of the house.
Another yard sale
began when a group of
young men decided to pull
a prank on their friend.
One evening they drove
around and gathered a few
junk items from each
other’s homes, like an old
barbeque grill, chairs, etc.
They made yard sale signs
and late that night quietly
put all the junk in their
buddy’s yard and posted
the yard sale signs. The
next morning the early
birds arrived and woke up
their buddy for business.
The good news is, he
made fifty dollars.
And last of all ... here
are a few helpful tips when
hosting a garage sale.
1. All items are nonrefundable. 2. No, you
can’t use the bathroom. 3.
Sorry, no change rooms. 4.
It worked the last time I
used it twenty years ago.
5. We don’t deliver. 6.
Please enter our door
prize. Winner takes all the
leftover junk home. 7. The
garage sale saying goes
like this ... “If the shoe
fits, please buy it”. 8. Your
grandkids would love that
10 ft. stuffed bunny. 9.
Sorry, there’s no lay-away
plan. 10. I don’t barter
with customers who arrive
in a Porsche.
Joan Janzen is a
columnist, living in
Kindersley, Sask.
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RCMP Reports across the province
RCMP Cut Knife
Theft of Skid Steer
Neilburg District
On May 29 2012 at
0930hrs the Cut Knife
RCMP responded to a theft
complaint. A Scat Trac skid
steer was stolen from an oil
lease site north of Neilburg,
SK. Shortly after the RCMP
attended the complaint, the
skid steer was located. Further investigation proved the
same skid steer was used to
push a large boulder into the
middle of a secondary road
in the RM of Hillsdale
resulting in a serious motor
vehicle collision where a
truck was seriously damaged but no injuries were
sustained by the driver. The
Cut Knife RCMP is asking
for the public’s assistance in
identifying further information in relation to this incident. The RCMP would also
like to remind the public to
ensure that all equipment is
secured when leaving a
work site.
Anyone with information about this crime or others occurring in our area is
asked to contact the Cut
Knife RCMP at (306) 3983500 or to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS
(8477).
RCMP - Swift Current
Rural Detachment
Tompkins Break
and Enter
The Swift Current
Rural Detachment of the
RCMP requests the public's
assistance in the following
matter. Sometime between
5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 a
break and enter occurred at
a business on Center street
in Tompkins, SK. There
were two .22 rifles stolen as
well as a tool box. The rifles
were bolt action. One was a
Marlin and one was a
Cooey.
If you have information
about this or any other
crime, please contact your
nearest police service or
RCMP, or if you wish to
remain
anonymous
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
RCMP St. Walburg
Update
Members of the RCMP
Major Crime Unit met with
family members of Darren,
Hayley, and Cayden
WOURMS in both St. Walburg and Assiniboia, SK.
Investigators met with family and briefed them fully on
all of the circumstances
uncovered during the investigation to date. Family also
had the opportunity to ask
investigators any questions
they may have had in
regards to this tragic occurrence.
As a result of the investigation and autopsies that
were conducted on Tuesday,
RCMP can confirm that
Hayley and Cayden
WOURMS deaths have
been classified as homicides. The death of Darren
WOURMS has been classified as a suicide. As previously stated in an earlier
release, there is no indication of any other party being
involved in the deaths of
these three individuals. It
has been determined that the
SASK. FARMS & RANCHES
BALGONIE: 90.94 ac.- all alfalfa/clover, well, honey shack, storage
shed, green house, 4,000 sq ft bungalow. On Hwy #10!
ESTEVAN: 159.15 ac.- 116 tame hay, fenced (2x30 ac. & 1x100 ac.
paddocks), well, dugout, water pipe to paddock, 1,350 bu. steel grain
storage, shed, shelter, tack shed, treed yard site, 1152 sq ft 1 1/2
storey home.
INDIAN HEAD: 20.45 ac.- fenced, well, natural spring, small corral
system, horse shelter, 760 sq ft bungalow. Valley View!
INDIAN HEAD: 1635 ac.- 101 cult. + 1165 tame grass, bal. native
grass, perimeter fenced, 2 miles of pasture alleys, cross
fenced/grazing paddocks, dugout, deep & shallow buried water lines,
cattle/equipment shed, corrals, 2,500 bu. steel bin.
SOLD
KRONAU: 146.43 ac.- all cult., new/old scale assess. 58,400/5,970,
Wascana Creek divides 2 parcels, dugout. Close to City of Regina!
LANG: 648 ac.- all cult., avg. old/new scale assess. 5,650/63,225 per
1/4, 5,400 bu. steel grain storage.
VIBANK: 158.15 ac.- 110 tame hay, bal. pasture, fenced & cross
fenced, wells, dugouts, watering bowls, hydrants, 9,300 bu. steel grain
storage, quonset, sheds, barn, double garage, cattle shelter, 1,500 sq
ft bungalow.
WHITE CITY: 160.04 ac.- 100 brome/alfalfa, 40 native grass pasture,
fenced & cross fenced, wells, dugout, watering bowl, barn, horse
shelter, garage, fuel tanks, 1,380 sq ft bungalow. Just off Hwy #48 &
only 15 min. to Regina!
WOLSELEY: 36.28 ac.- creek runs through property. Located in the
town of Wolseley! Close to Hwy #1!
SOLD
WOLSELEY: 104.47 ac.- located within the town of Wolseley. Borders
Hwy #1!
For all of your buying or selling needs contact:
firearm seized from the
scene was used in all 3
deaths.
A Critical Incident
Stress De-briefing was conducted this morning for
RCMP members and staff in
the community of Turtleford, SK. The de-brief was
conducted by the Health
Services Unit of the RCMP
as well as the Member
Employee Assistance Program (MEAP).
An incident such as this
has a ripple effect across
many different communities. The RCMP would like
to thank the many community members and victim
services personnel in both of
these communities who
have provided comfort to all
of those affected by this
tragedy.
The family members,
who met with RCMP investigators, are asking for
everyone to respect their
privacy during this difficult
time as they grieve the loss
of their loved ones.
RCMP - Morse
MVC Semi vs police car
On 2012-06-02 a member from Morse Detachment
was southbound, in a
marked police car, on Shaw
Street in Herbert, Sask and
was preparing to cross
Highway #1.
The member crossed
the westbound lanes of the
highway after stopping in
the center median lane. He
was struck by an eastbound
semi truck and trailer as he
tried to cross the eastbound
lanes.
The police car suffered
extensive damage to the
passenger rear quarter panel
and the semi was damaged
on the front passenger side.
The driver of the semi was
not injured and the member
was treated for minor
injuries.
Cst
Alexander
MacLean has been charged
with Proceed before safe,
after yielding right of way
sect 219(8) under the Traffic
Safety Act.
RCMP - Saskatoon
Explosives device
located and destroyed
On 2012-06-03 at 720
pm, the Saskatoon RCMP
detachment was contacted
by a local fisherman who
had been fishing at the
Bright Water Reservoir near
Hanley Saskatchewan.
The fisherman had
caught and pulled out of the
water what he thought
might be a homemade
bomb. Members attended
and after a visual inspection
cleared and secured the area
and contacted the RCMP
Explosives Disposal Unit
for assistance.
The Explosives Disposal unit attended to the scene
and examined the device. It
was confirmed to be some
type of homemade explosive device. The device was
neutralized at the scene by
the Explosives Disposal unit
and the area was declared
safe for the public.
How the device came
to be in the water is still
under investigation. This is
the first time a device like
this has been found in a
body or water.
RCMP- Esterhazy / Langenburg - Fatal MVC
Last night (2012-06-03)
at 8:45 pm, members from
the Esterhazy and Langenburg detachment responded
to a single vehicle rollover
three miles south of McNutt
on Highway #8. The Langenburg Fire Department
also attended to the scene to
assist.
A SUV traveling south
with three occupants had
rolled in the east ditch after
the driver appeared to lose
control. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene
and the other two occupants
were transported to hospital.
An RCMP Collision
reconstructionist attended to
the scene to take measurement and photos of the
crash site to try and determine how this incident
occurred. To date it has
been determined that all of
the occupants were wearing
their seatbelts.
The name of the
deceased will not be
released.
The collision is still
under investigation.
CORRECTION: The
investigators have determined that there was a mis
communication at the scene
that has lead to some in
accurate information.
The deceased person in
this MVC was a 77 year old
male from the Rocanville
area. The deceased was not
the driver, but the front passenger.
A 30 year old female
was driving and a 59 year
old female was riding in the
back seat. The female driver has a divers licence and
was legally operating the
vehicle. The mis communication was between emergency responders during a
critical incident response
and the not the result of any
false information intentionally provided. The proper
positioning of all persons in
the vehicle has been deter-
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pick-up truck went through
the intersection northbound
and struck the bicycle. The
youth was knocked off of
the bicycle and suffered cuts
and bruises as a result. The
youth did not require hospitalization.
The vehicle stopped
briefly after the collision
and then left the scene.
The
vehicle
is
described as a black,
extended cab, Dodge pickup truck with tinted windows and white "4x4" lettering on the tailgate. It is
believed that the vehicle has
a chrome bumper.
Warman RCMP are
seeking public assistance in
identifying the vehicle and
it's operator. If anyone may
have information that can
assist they are asked to contact the Warman RCMP at
975-1670 or contact Crime
Stoppers.
SASK. FARMS AND RANCHES
SOLD
ABERNETHY: 157.28 ac.- 155 cult., 1.5 yard, old scale assess. 7,070,
10,500 bu. steel grain storage, sheds, telephone adjacent to yard.
AYLESBURY: 33.48 ac.- all grass, fence on 2 sides, power along
South boundary. Overlooks Arm River Valley! Property borders Hwy
#11!
AYLESBURY: 157.3 ac.- all grass, fence on 3 sides, Arm River
crosses property, power adjacent to rd. allowance on East side.
Property corners Hwy #11!
BETHUNE: 90.05 ac.- 74 alfalfa/brome, perimeter fencing (cross
fenced), corrals, power/nat. gas/water line run along road near
property. On Hwy #11!
BULYEA: 147.73 ac.- 130 tame grass, 109 fenced, well, power & nat.
gas adjacent to property, telephone crosses property. Dissected by
Hwy #220 & borders Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park!
SOLD
BULYEA: 157 ac.- 144 seeded to alfalfa/grass, new scale assess.
43,200. Only 1 mile to Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park & Lake
Mountain Lake!
DYSART: 1111.12 ac.- 994 cult., wells, 24,200 bu. steel grain storage,
quonsets, garage, barn, 2,300 sq ft bungalow.
FINDLATER: 19.82 ac.- no bush, some sloughs, nat. gas adjacent to
property, power East of property.
FORT QU'APPELLE: 76.51 ac.- all hay, well, garage, 952 sq ft
bungalow. View of Katepwa Lake & Taylor Beach Cottages!
8 ac. SOLD
LIPTON: 2049 ac.- 1600 cult. + 400 tame hay fenced, wells, hydrants,
watering bowls, dugouts, 68,000 bu. steel grain storage, work shop,
quonset, garage, cattle handling facilities, barn, corrals, 1,700 sq ft split
level home. Full line of machinery available!
LUMSDEN: 12.85 ac.- 6 ac. tame grass, bal. native grass, fenced &
cross fenced, well, barn, hay shelter, 1,800 sq ft 2 storey walkout
home. Located between Regina Beach & Lumsden, 5 min. to Last
Mountain Lake!
LUMSDEN: 19.56 ac.- natural water spring, gas/power/telephone
services cross property. View of Qu'Appelle Valley!
PILOT BUTTE: 60.02 ac.- 56 alfalfa/brome/crested wheat mix,
perimeter fenced, well, shop, garden shed, well treed yard, 1,760 sq ft
2 storey home.
SOUTHEY: 39.13 ac.- 15 alfalfa/brome, perimeter fenced, well,
dugout, shop, barn, corrals, 1,430 sq ft bungalow, 2nd home - 678 sq ft
bungalow. Additional land avail.! Only 35 min. to City of Regina!
SOUTHEY: 278.6 ac.- perimeter fenced, 125 cult., 110 alfalfa/brome,
power, well. Only 25 min. to City of Regina! Parcels avail. separately!
159.25 ac. SOLD
STRASBOURG: 16.19 ac.- well, barn, serviced yard
(power/phone/nat. gas), 1 1/2 storey house (older,vacant). Close to
Rowans Ravine Provincial Park!
STRASBOURG: 80.1 ac.- 63 cult. + 12 seeded to grass (2 paddocks),
well, 2 wood grain bins, quonset, 976 sq ft bungalow. On Hwy #220, 7
miles to Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park!
STRASBOURG: 305.95 ac.- 266 tame grass, fenced, power crosses
one 1/4, dugout, avg. new scale assess. 32,210/160 ac., 1,350 bu.
steel grain bin.
For all of your buying or selling needs contact:
Doug Jensen: (306) 621-9955
Stan Hall: (306) 725-7826
JASON SELINGER: (306) 861-1750
LANE REALTY CORP.
mined with during the normal follow up investigation.
RCMP - Warman
Lost horses found
RCMP
Warman
received three calls of three
horses loose by the town
office in Martensville. They
were located and caught on
the
north
end
of
Martensville and taken to
the OK Corrall in Warman.
The owner can contact
Raymond Kneeland at 9331018 to retrieve the horses.
RCMP Warman
Hit and Run Accident,
Truck vs. Bicycle
On June 4th at approximately 6:00 p.m. a 15 year
old male was riding his
bicycle at the intersection of
6th Street North and Baycroft Drive in the City of
Martensville. The intersection is a 4 way stop. As the
cyclist went through the
intersection a black 1/2 ton
Congratulations Class of 2012!
With pride we wish each graduate a
happy graduation and a lifetime of
success and achievement as you follow
your dreams.
___________________________________________
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
We are union school
bus drivers for the Prairie
Valley School Division,
we drive for the Vibank
and Sedley Schools. Since
the amalgamation of seven
school divisions in 2006,
union bus drivers have
been paid significantly less
than our non union counterparts within the division. Currently, union bus
drivers continue to be paid
9.8% less on the daily rate,
and an additional 10% less
on the km rate.
It is our opinion that it
was the Boards obligation
and responsibility to
ensure that all levels of
bus drivers within the
Prairie Valley School Division be paid the same
wage, benefits and bonuses. It is almost unbelievable that this has not happened. Over the past 6
years we have lost out on
wages and retirement contributions.
We have been without
a contract since August,
2011. It is time for wage
parity for bus drivers and
support staff within the
division. We feel that
because of this discrepancy our work is not valued
equally with that of non
union workers. What happened to fairness and
equality?
Question of the
day!!!! Do you think the
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Board of Trustees, representing the union schools
get paid less than their fellow board members?
Monell Cochrane, Gail
Long, Bernard Ferner,
Eileen McEwen, Trish
Ferner, Diane Schaeffer,
Jim Fink, Nancy Schaeffer,
Ron Herman, Ashley
Tompson, Mary Jo Herman, Trish Walter, Harvey
Klein, Charity Zeigler,
Gloria Klein
On June 5, 2012, at
5:30 am the Wynyard Fire
Dept and members from
the Wynyard RCMP were
called a collision involving two semi tractor trailer units. The semis hit
head on while traveling
on hwy 16, 2 miles west
of Elfros just past the 35
hwy and 16 hwy junction.
The male driver of
one semi and a male and
female occupants of the
other semi have all have
been taken to hospital
with what is believed to
be serious injuries. One
of the semis burst into
flames at the scene.
An RCMP collision
reconstructionist
is
attending to the scene and
the hwy will be blocked
for several hours. It will
take some time to determine a possible cause of
the collision.
Traffic was diverted
along local grids.
MACK
AUCTION
FARM & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT
PETER COZAC
306-727-4889 OR 306-660-7190
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012
SINTALUTA, SASK.
DIRECTIONS; FROM SINTALUTA, GO 2 MILES NORTH, 3 MILES EAST & 1.5 MILES
NORTH SALE STARTS @ 10:00 A.M. • WATCH FOR SIGNS
TRACTOR
JOHN DEERE 4250 2WD TRACTOR &
JOHN DEERE 720 FEL; 9600 HOURS,
POWER SHIFT, 3PTH, 2 HYDRAULICS,
JOYSTICK LOADER CONTROL, GRAPPLE, FORK, NEW 18.4-38, GREENLIGHT IN
2011, SNRW4250P002006-1983
HARVEST EQUIPMENT
MASSEY FERGUSSON 750 SP COMBINE;
3803 ENGINE HOURS, DIESEL, PICK-UP
HEADER, CHOPPER, SN.15601
INTERNATIONAL 4000 SP SWATHER; 24
FEET, UII PICK-UP REEL, CAB COOLER
HAYING EQUIPMENT
JOHN DEERE 435 ROUND BALER; 540
PTO, HYDRAULIC TWINE TIE, GATHERING WHEELS, SN.E00435X969878-2000
JOHN DEERE 346 SQUARE BALER; 540
PTO, HYDRAULIC TENSION, SHEDDED,
SN.357946E-1976
CASE IH 1590 HAYBINE; 14 FEET, 540
PTO, RUBBER ROLLERS, SN.101579
ALLIED BALE ELEVATOR
TRUCKS
1986 FORD LARIAT F- 250 XLT SUPER
CAB PICK-UP TRUCK; 6.9L DIESEL, AUTOMATIC, A/C/T, COMPRESSOR FOR
AIR OVER HYDRAULIC BRAKES, 131 150
KMS, SN.1FTHX2518KB51355
1971 FORD 500 GRAIN TRUCK; 4&2
TRANSMISSION, STEEL BOX, WOOD
FLOOR, 33 000 MILES, SN.F50CCL65647
TRAILERS
2007 NORBERT GOOSENECK TANDEM
DUAL AXLE FLAT DECK TRAILER; 32
FT, BEAVER TAIL & RAMPS, 10 000 LBS.
AXLES
GLENDALE 7 X 22 TANDEM AXLE GOOSENECK STOCK TRAILER; AIR OVER HYDRAULIC BRAKES, DIVIDER GATE, OIL
BATH BEARINGS
PJ GOOSENECK TANDEM AXLE FLATDECK TRAILER; 26 FEET, RAMPS,
SN.4P5GF2626W1019064
LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT
HI-HOG MATERNITY PEN
POWDER RIVER CALF TIPPING TABLE
MORAND SQUEEZE CHUTE
HI-HOG GATES
40 BUSHEL CREEP FEEDER
RITCHIE WATER BOWLS
BRANDING IRON POT WITH TORCH &
TANK
GROOMING EQUIP (CHUTE, BLOWER,
COMBS, ETC)
7 FOOT FENCE POSTS (3-4”)
6 FOOT STEEL FENCE POSTS
BUNDLE OF SLABS
ROLLS OF BARB WIRE
CALF SCALE & APRON
PLASTIC & WOOD FEED TROUGHS
1250 GALLON WATER TROUGH
ATV & YARD EQUIPMENT
2007 HONDA FOREMAN ATV; 4X4, AUTOMATIC, ELECTRIC WINCH, 945 KMS
JOHN DEERE STX LAWN TRACTOR; 38”
DECK, MULCHING BLADES
JOHN DEERE TRAILFIRE SNOW MACHINE
WESTWARD QUAD SPRAYER
SNOW SLED TRAILER
EXPLORER UTILITY TRAILER
MISC EQUIPMENT
INLAND 3PTH SNOWBLOWER; 540
PTO, DOUBLE AUGER
225 BUSHEL GRAIN CART
INTERNATIONAL 24 FT CULTIVATOR
MASSEY FERGUSSON 24 FT CULTIVATOR
COCKSHUTT 12 FT CULTIVATOR
FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 82 HARROW
PACKERS; 60 FT
DANHAUSER 3PTH 8” AUGER
BUCKET MOUNTED HYDRAULIC POST
HOLE AUGER
BRANDT 8” AUGER & NEW 11 HP ENGINE
SAKUNDIAK 6 X 37 AUGER & B/S ENGINE
BRANDT HYDRAULIC DRILL FILL
8 X 10 GARDEN SHED
TEMPORARY GRAIN RINGS WITH
TARPS
1250 GALLON POLY WATER TANK
100 GALLON SLIP TANK & HAND PUMP
SHOP TOOLS
WOLFPAC 270 AC/DC PORTABLE
WELDER
MONARCH WATER PUMP & MOTOR
OTC 25 TON HYDRAULIC SHOP PRESS
POULAN CHAIN SAW
MAKITA CHOP SAW
COLEMAN PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
Box 831, Estevan, SK S4A 2A7
Ph: (306) 634-9512, (306) 421-2928, (306) 487-7815
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