Carlyle Observer: July 15, 2016

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It was a busy weekend in Stoughton between Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 10, at the annual Stoughton Daze. The weekend kicked off with the annual golf tournament onFriday, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, July 9, activities began with a pancake breakfast at the rink between, which was then followed by the always loved Lions Parade, which winds by the seniors’ home before making its way down Main Street to the Fair Grounds. A treat this year included entries of varying gradua-tion classes as a large school reunion for numerous graduating years was hosted in conjunction with Stoughton Daze. The museum was open all day to the public, while New Hope Horse Club off ered wagon rides until noon. A comedy hour and magic show was enjoyed by youth with Dr. Finnystein’s Real Cool Energy Show hosted at the Stoughton Library.

Stoughton Daze fun for everyone

Stoughton Vet Services and 4-H came together for this colourful � oat entered in the Stoughton Daze parade.

Staff photo by Kelly Running

This arrangement took � rst place in its category for featuring beautiful colours and complimentary � owers.


Bingo, beach volleyball, slo-pitch, paint ball target shooting, and kids games/bouncy castles were enjoyed throughout the day. Also found at the event was the a show ‘n shine at The Oil Drop Shop for car enthusiasts. Many people also thoroughly enjoyed one of the oldest traditions of Stoughton Daze, the Ag Society Show which was held at the rink. Entries ranged from fl ower arrangements to grown garden goods, baking, canned goods, photography, quilts, school work, and much more. It remains an event that brings the community together. On Sunday, July 10, a Splash Yourself with Color 5km Walk / Run was hosted, which drew 60 people out for the morning. Fully sponsored by Aquachair meant that all proceeds from the race were raised for the swimming pool. “We didn’t have quite as many as last year, but the event was still really good,” Danielle Hoff man explained. “There was a large school reunion in town as well, so it was really nice to have people from the States, Alberta, and B.C. come out to enjoy the run.”

Also hosted in the morning was the Commu-nity Church Service at the Stoughton Apostolic Church. The New Hope Horse Club hosted their annual Fun Horse Show at the fairgrounds where partici-pants entered a variety of classes including a morn-ing of jumping and an afternoon of gymkhana. Within each class there were age groups including those 19 years and older, those 15-18, 12-14, sev-en-11, and those six-years and younger. A total of 17 participants took part in the excitement. While the horse riders were competing at the arena, a short distance away drivers were zipping around the Redneck Race track at the demolition derby site. The Redneck Races were once again a success with numerous entries taking part in the high fl ying action. This year Richard Donnelly took fi rst place and was followed in second by Chad Gossiling. Event organizer Corey Bacon added that all com-petitors showed a great amount of sportsmanship and made for an excellent event. With something for everyone, the annual Stoughton Daze was enjoyed by all.

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ARIESYou may want to isolate yourself inorder to deal with some of youremotions. Fortunately, your friendsknow how to cheer you up whenyou’re feeling down.

TAURUSConsult your doctor if you feel theleast bit ill. You understand whatpeople are thinking and can createharmony around you. The atmos-phere at work improves under yourmore polished leadership.

GEMINIYou have a lot of details and a con-fusing situation to settle urgently atwork before you can go on vacation.Be preventative about catching in-fections, especially when swimming.

CANCERYou enjoy going to movies and shows— you might even find yourself ina starring role in one way or an-other. Your creativity shines.

LEOYou have to make a lot of trips forvarious reasons, but you wouldmuch prefer to relax at home.The family asks for your help forseveral things.

VIRGOPrepare thoroughly if you have togive a talk; an improvised speechmay not live up to your expectations.Your tact and sensitivity resolve asituation of conflict.

LIBRAYou feel as if you’re walking oneggshells at times. You need to usetact and diplomacy to avoid offen-ding anyone. You also have to dealwith an unexpected expense.

SCORPIOA second cup of coffee helps youstart the week off on the right foot.You have lots of random ideas anddon’t always know where to start.Fortunately, the fog will soon dis-perse.

SAGITTARIUSDon’t burn the candle at both ends.You’re inclined to go all the way inmeeting people’s needs, but you’lljust end up exhausted. Channel yourenergies more efficiently.

CAPRICORNYou end up with some huge res-ponsibilities, which aren’t alwaysvery clear. Even at home, you haveto decide who does what in orderto avoid any kind of confusion andconflict.

AQUARIUSYou find a training program that isperfect for you and that will pavethe way to a more prestigious career.This move enables you to make oneof your biggest dreams come true.

PISCESYou need a change of air and abreak in your routine, even if youhadn’t planned a vacation.You investtime in learning a new language,especially if you’re planning a trip.

ARIESYou are surrounded by lots of peopleand have to raise your voice to beheard. You may feel a bit tired afterthis, so step back and rest a little.

TAURUSA lot of responsibility lands on yourshoulders and you have no time tospare. You’ll have to plan your dayscarefully, even when you’re on va-cation, so you can do everythingyou want to do.

GEMINIYou go on a trip on the spur of themoment. You may think about goingback to school to start a new andsuccessful career.

CANCERYour emotions are very intense. It’sa sign that you need a change. Yoursmile and love of live will reappearafter a good clean-out and a bitof effort.

LEOYou are great at negotiating. Shoparound and you’ll unearth somereal treasures at ridiculous prices.You’re also quite capable of ma-king compromises.

VIRGOThis is a busy week at work or athome. Whether you’re on vacationor not, you have lots of details tothink about in order to satisfy every-one around you.

LIBRAYou are in the spotlight and have rea-son to be proud of yourself. Peoplehang on to your every word as soonas you start talking.

SCORPIOYou spend part of the week at hometo do things that improve your qua-lity of life as well as your surroun-dings. You have a good time takingcare of your homey nest.

SAGITTARIUSYou are happy to travel a long wayto be reunited with family members.You have the means to treat your-self to a great vacation.

CAPRICORNYou need to be patient about get-ting the answers you’re waiting for.You invite lots of people to join youin an interesting activity, but they’reslow to confirm their presence.

AQUARIUSThere is plenty of action in store foryou. You feel more like partyingthan working. However, the announ-cement of a promotion helps youregain your motivation.

PISCESThere is some confusion in the air,and lots to do. Think carefully be-fore leaping into action. Your imagi-nation knows no bounds, and youmight just create a true master-piece.

Week of July 17 to 23, 2016 Week of July 24 to 30, 2016Week of July 10 to 16, 2016

ARIESYou may be worried about your fi-nancial situation, but you’re moti-vated to improve your lot in life. Youcan raise the necessary funds toachieve one of your biggest dreams.

TAURUSYou have a flash of inspiration, whichallows you to make significant head-way. You are determined to makesome big changes and you dreamof making a new start.

GEMINIYou need to rest after being sur-rounded by a large crowd. If you’reon vacation, you may prefer to re-lax by doing activities that don’t re-quire much energy.

CANCERYou want to see your friends andgather your loved ones around you.You organize a big event that sur-prises a lot of people. You alsobroaden your circle of friends.

LEOYou leave for an intriguing destina-tion on the spur of the moment. Youmay also think about going back toschool so you can embark on anew career.

VIRGOYou need to make a few changesin order to attain an inner peace. Itwouldn’t be surprising if you decidedto adopt a more spiritual lifestyle. Apilgrimage is quickly organized.

LIBRACredit cards tend to get overloadedduring vacations. You worry aboutyour financial situation, but youmuch prefer to keep on partyingfor a little longer.

SCORPIOWait until your vacation is over be-fore making an important decision.Weigh all the pros and cons,otherwise you may becomeoverwhelmed by stress.

SAGITTARIUSThis week you have a lot of detailsto consider, both at the office andat home. You need to do a thoroughclean-out in order to clear yourmind.

CAPRICORNYou enjoy shows and other artisticevents this week. You’re the cen-tre of attention for one reason oranother. You might even get someapplause.

AQUARIUSYou give your full attention to afamily matter. You particularly ap-preciate the comfort of your homeor spending time with your family ifyou’re on vacation.

PISCESYou are a real chatterbox. Even ifyou live alone, you talk with lots ofpeople and your phone never stopsringing. You also have lots of run-ning around to do.

Week of July 3 to 9, 2016

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:ARIES, TAURUS AND GEMINI.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:LIBRA, SCORPIO AND

SAGITTARIUS.THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS

AND PISCES.THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO.

ARIESYou spend most of the week athome, whether you’re on vacation ornot. Some family matters are goingto require your special attention.

TAURUSSome people are hard to reach, andso you leave lots of messages. You’llhave to be patient in waiting for re-turn calls, even if they concern anurgent situation.

GEMINIYou might have to revise your bud-get and redo some calculations.Check your bills carefully becausea mistake might have been made.After this you’ll be able to save alot of money.

CANCERYou feel like conquering the world.You are motivated to improve yoursituation and have a bigger and bet-ter life. In a way, this is a new be-ginning for you.

LEOYou need the first few days of theweek to think before taking action.The bigger your projects, the morethought you should put into them.

VIRGOYou are responsible for an eventthat brings together quite a fewpeople. Your friends have lots ofrequests, and you are unable to re-fuse them anything.

LIBRAYou take advantage of the summerto begin a new project or to rede-fine your career. You are in a greatposition to start your own businessright now.

SCORPIOHurry to plan your summer vaca-tion if it’s not already done.The moretime you take to plan it, the moreenjoyable it will be. One thing’s forsure: you will make some amazingdiscoveries.

SAGITTARIUSThere is a lot of emotion in the air,and you need to make some signifi-cant changes around you. You arereally inspired by a major project.

CAPRICORNYou get along very well with keypeople in your life, both at workand on a personal level. You are inan excellent position to apply fora loan or to finalize any type ofagreement.

AQUARIUSWork is monopolizing your thoughts.You have lots of details to take intoconsideration.You need to work me-ticulously and take your time to geteverything right.

PISCESYou are asked to take control of aspecific project. This is sure to bea demanding situation for you, butfortunately it will be great for yourself-esteem.

Weather for the week . . . Friday, July 15 Saturday, July 16 Sunday, July 17

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Monday, July 18

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More from Stoughton Daze

The Stoughton Daze parade had numerous entries, including these Legion members who tossed candy out as they were taken along the parade route.


(left) Open pairs riding was a challenge as partners had to keep their horses perfectly in line with each other as they made their way around the arena.

(right) Drivers enjoyed competing on the short track which required them to drive in mud around a pile of tires in the middle once then once halfway around the second turn around the tires they broke o� to the rest of the track which went up and over many bumps and ruts before meeting up with the circular part of the track again.



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FOCUS - Brandt Freitag selected to TeamSaskatchewan’s table tennis team5

CONTENTSObserverThe 39 COMMENT - Kelly and Lynne discuss the

Urban Death Project

4 NEWS - Forty-six riders support Saskairie Trail Ride

10 SPORTS - Wawota Lions Club annual Farmer’s Golf Tournament

Ashleigh Wolensky of Redvers (left) and Arcola’s McKenna Harkness (right) will soon be competing at the Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C., as part of Volleyball Canada’s National Team Challenge Cup. The girls are pictured here assisting at the recent Men’s World League Vol-leyball Championships in Saskatoon, an opportunity off ered to them as national competitors. To read more about these two young athletes, check out next week’s Observer. (Photo submitted)

Super Fast Comfort Food Recipes Sirloin Steaks with Mushroom Sauce and Chive-Garlic Potatoes

INGREDIENTS4 (4-ounce) boneless sirloin steaks, trimmed (about 1 inch thick)3/8 teaspoon black pepper, divided1/4 teaspoon salt, divided1 tablespoon olive oil1 (8-ounce) package sliced cremini mushrooms1/2 cup dry red wine1/2 cup water2 teaspoons all-purpose fl our1 (24-ounce) package refrigerated mashed potatoes1/3 cup chopped chives1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

PREPARATION1. Sprinkle steaks evenly with 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Add steaks to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove from pan; keep warm.2. Add mushrooms to pan; cook 5 minutes or until tender and beginning to brown, stirring frequently. Combine wine, 1/2 cup water, fl our, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/8 teaspoon salt; stir well with a whisk. Add wine mixture to pan; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until thick; stir constantly. Remove from heat.3. Prepare potatoes according to package directions. Stir in chives and garlic powder. Place 3/4 cup potatoes on each of 4 plates. Top each with 1 steak and about 1/4 cup mushroom sauce

Baked Mac and Cheese

3 tablespoons plain dry breadcrumbs, (see Tip)1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil1/4 teaspoon paprika1 16-ounce or 10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed1 3/4 cups low-fat milk, divided3 tablespoons all-purpose fl our2 cups shredded extra-sharp Cheddar cheese1 cup low-fat cottage cheese1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/4 teaspoon saltFreshly ground pepper, to taste8 ounces (2 cups) whole-wheat elbow macaroni, or penne

INGREDIENTS PREPARATION

Put a large pot of water on to boil. Preheat oven to 450°F. Coat an 8-inch-square (2-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. Mix breadcrumbs, oil and paprika in a small bowl. Place spinach in a fi ne-mesh strainer and press out excess moisture. Heat 1 1/2 cups milk in a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until steaming. Whisk remaining 1/4 cup milk and fl our in a small bowl until smooth; add to the hot milk and cook, whisking constantly, until the sauce simmers and thickens, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in Cheddar until melted. Stir in cottage cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Cook pasta for 4 minutes, or until not quite tender. (It will continue to cook during baking.) Drain and add to the cheese sauce; mix well. Spread half the pasta mixture in the prepared baking dish. Spoon the spinach on top. Top with the remaining pasta; sprinkle with the breadcrumb mixture. Bake the casserole until bubbly and golden, 25 to 30 minutes.

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It was 44 years ago that a dream developed as Jack MacKenzie, along with Don and Nora Stewart wanted to develop a place for people to go, to get back to nature. The three were based out of Regina and fell in love with the Moose Mountains. Four years ago, at a gathering to celebrate 40 years of Saskairie, the group explained that they sent nearly 50 letters to inquire with landowners along the south and west side of Moose Mountain Provincial Park. Out of the 50 sent, they only re-ceived three back, and all replies were negative. The group decided to take a diff erent approach to purchasing a plot of land and eventually focused on seven spots that they considered to be ideal. From there, they decided to talk, face-to-face with the landowners. They came to persuade Hugh and Mary Kippen to sell them a piece of land. Thus, Saskairie: A Project of the Prairie Lore and Living Society, was born. Don Stewart was an engineer and after brainstorming what type of building they wanted, he eventually drew up the plans for the project. The lodge was then estab-lished with the help of the White Bear First Na-tions. “It is a one of a kind building. There is nothing else exactly like it out there in the world,” MacKen-zie said while speaking about Saskairie’s develop-ment in 2012 at the 40th anniversary. The facility has been used by many groups to enjoy the natural world. It provides a setting for en-joying and learning about nature such as building quincee’s, learning about plants, studying marshes,

Saskairie Trail Ride fundraiser draws in riding enthusiasts

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Saskairie celebrated 44 years of getting back to nature with a three-day trail ride, July 8-10. Forty-six riders supported the fundraising event, which also featured musical entertainment and a cowboy poetry reading underneath the stars. “Our numbers on Saturday were maybe a little bit down this year because they were worried about the rain,” said organizer Grace Robertson. “But the day turned out.”

Saskairie’s second annual fundraising trail ride welcomed one of its founders-Jack McKenzie (centre, standing). The July 8-10 event celebrated Saskairie’s 44th anniversary and MacKenzie has said: “There’s nothing else exactly like (Saskairie) out there in the world.”

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and enjoying the outdoors in general. For the weekend of July 8-10, the current Saskairie Board organized their second annual trail ride as a fundraiser for the facility. Grace Robertson, part of the Sas-kairie board, explained that upkeep costs, taxes, and insurance for the facility are the largest costs they face, but as the original trio were deter-mined to create Saskairie, the current group remains steadfast in their ef-forts. The three-day trail ride was en-joyed by 46 individuals looking to support Saskairie and enjoy time riding with like-minded people. Not only did they see the countryside from horseback, they enjoyed a vari-ety of entertainment on the Saturday night Jackie Guy of Yorkton and her daughter sang, while Lucky Star

Entertainment did musical arrange-ments for them. Additionally, Bud Phoenix performed country poetry for those attending as well. The group also welcomed MacK-enzie to the event for the evening, which was a great treat for those at-tending to learn more about Saskai-rie. “Our numbers on Saturday were maybe a little bit down this year be-cause they were worried about the rain, but the day turned out,” Rob-ertson said. “Last year we started the annual ride, we had done smaller scale ones before, but it’s already grown,” Rob-ertson explained. Saskairie itself can be booked by families, school groups, scouts, and cadet squadrons. To check on book-ings contact Saskairie President Deb Moreau.

IN FOCUSObserverThe 5Lynne BellObserver Sta�


Although Arcola’s Brandt Freitag only started playing table tennis last year, the eighteen-year-old Arcola School graduate has already been selected to Team Saskatchwan’s table tennis team and recently represented the province at the national level this month at the 2016 Canadian Championships at the University of Winnipeg, July 8-10.

“I don’t think it’s really hit me yet,” says Freitag of his success. “I started playing right after New Year’s last year. Me and my buddy Dylan Cann just started playing at school during breaks and over lunch. Our (Arcola Panthers Ping Pong) coach Dan Graf and A.J. Schlenker-who was here for about a year- helped some of us start a club and we started going to tourneys and stuff.”

“I really owe those guys a big thank you.”A few months after beginning to play, Fre-

itag competed at the Table Tennis Saskatchewan Provincial School Championships, last spring in Saskatoon. There, he won all of his matches

in a round robin, earning a spot on the A-side, where he played the event’s champion and fin-ished fourth overall.

In addition, Freitag competed as part of a doubles team at the same tournament with fellow Panther, Jared Taylor, earning a silver medal-and during a Table Tennis Saskatchewan provincial tournament in Moose Jaw, Freitag placed 4th in the province.

Freitag says playing the game began “as just something to do. But maybe a month and a half in, I really started to feel like I was improving.”

“Paul Noel came to Arcola School last year and he helped us a lot. He’s the provincial coach and I practice with him in Regina now, too.” says Freitag. “I’ve learned a lot at the provincial level; just within a day, you improve a lot. It’s the same thing with tournaments; as the tournament goes on and your competitors are tougher, you just get better.”

Freitag says that competitive table tennis is as much a mental game as it is a physical game.

“Ideally, you sleep well before a competition,” he says. “And I try to stay calm about that last win-ning point and going forward.”

“It can be mentally exhausting,” he adds. “At

my first tournament, I was super-nervous, but once I started playing, things got better. But it can easily go the other way and if you let nerves get the best of you, that can really affect your game, so prepara-tion is really important.”

“I practice just about every day and every other weekend, I practice with Paul Noel. At school, we started out using drills we found on Youtube. I have a table at home and our coach also has us lift weights for strength and endurance.”

After donning the Team Saskatchewan jersey at the national competition in Winnipeg, Freitag will take his table tennis paddle to Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario where he will study eco-tourism.

“Our coach tells me that the (table tennis) coach in Ontario is really good, so yeah, I want to continue playing.”

“But for now... I have so many people to thank-my family’s been behind me all the way and my coaches-all of hem-have been unreal. They’ve helped me so much.”

“I never thought I’d be doing this. It’s a grow-ing sport in Saskatchewan and it’s definitely a good sport.”

Arcola’s Brandt Freitag:Taking table tennis to the top

Arcola table tennis player Brandt Freitag is pictured in action. Although he only started the sport last year, he has already been named to the province’s table tennis team and recently represented the province this month at the Canadian Table Tennis Championships in Winnipeg.

Eighteen-year-old Arcola School graduate Brandt Freitag (left) is pictured with Panthers Ping Pong coach, Dan Graf (right). Although Freitag picked up the sport of table tennis a little over a year ago, he has already been selected to Team Saskatchewan and competed as part of the provincial team at the Canadian Table Tennis Championships in Winnipeg in early July, reaching the Men’s semi-�nals. “Our coach, Dan Graf has been unreal-he’s helped us so much.” says Freitag

NEWS


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Carlyle Town Council held their regular meet-ing Wednesday, July 6 at the Carlyle Civic Centre. The next meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Wednes-day, June 20 at the Civic Centre. Dr. Meyer Dr Cathy Meyer will be leaving Carlyle to prac-tice medicine in Preeceville. Dr. Meyer will con-tinue to practice at the Carlyle Primary Health Care Clinic until Sept. 30, 2016. Dr. Meyer told council: “I want to thank the Town of Carlyle for everything you have done for me, since I arrived here in 2006.”

Dr Meyer to leave Carlyle Alderman and Sun Country Health Care Re-gion board member, Brian Romaniuk said, “We are all sorry to see Dr. Meyer leave. Her service to the residents of this community has been exemplary. We are sorry to see her go, but she is continuing her career in a facility that is near her family. We wish her all the best and once again, we thank her for the care she has provided to residents of Carlyle and the surrounding area.” Flood prevention The Town of Carlyle has hired ECO Engineer-ing of Saskatoon to investigate and identify causes of fl ooding and provide the community with prac-tical soluntions to improve drainage and prevent future fl ooding. This will cost $12,520.73.

Direct debit payments The town is in the process of setting up direct debit payments for taxes and utilities, if residents so choose. Please check www.townofcarlyle.com for updates. Business license amendment Bylaw 2016-04 has been amended to include food trucks. The cost of a business license has been amended, with a daily licence rate now $50 and a yearly rate now $84.

Reminder The Town of Carlyle reminds residents to mow between their fences and the back alley nearest to their property.

Submitted by Hugette Lutz The Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) is the recognized leader of prop-erty assessments in Saskatchewan. The Agency is responsible for a $173 billion property assessment base, which is used by local governments to levy a $1.83 billion property tax base. SAMA conducts revaluations based on a four-year cycle. 2013 was the year of the last revalu-ation, and the 2017 revaluation will see assessed values updated to refl ect a new base date of January 1, 2015. The legislated base date means that 2017 values refl ect a property’s value as of January 1, 2015. Since the 2013 revaluation and its base date of January 1, 2011, the province of Saskatchewan continued to experience substantial economic growth, and the value of property in the province is no exception. The result of this active and strong

real estate market in Saskatchewan will bring with it signifi cant increases to property assessments that will be reported with the 2017 revaluation. Based on provincial averages, preliminary numbers indicate that arable and non-arable agri-cultural properties will, on average, be increasing approximately 2.1 to 2.2 times over their assessed values from the 2013 revaluation. This refl ects the change in agricultural land selling prices between January 1, 2011 (the base date for the 2013 revalu-ation) and January 1, 2015 (the base date for the 2017 revaluation). For 2017, again based on provincial aver-ages, residential properties are set to increase approximately 15%, and commercial properties ap-proximately 30%. The preliminary numbers specif-ic to the town of Carlyle indicate an overall average decrease of 9% for commercial property and an overall average increase of 24% for residential and

47% for multi-unit residential. This does not mean that taxes will increase or decrease accordingly, as these fi gures are not tax rates, they are assessment values. At this point, we do not know what the provincial percentages of value will be set at, to determine the net taxable assessment for our municipality for next year. The Net Taxable Assessment is the number used by the Town to determine the taxes on each property. Council sets the mill rate based on the amount of money required to provide services and run the town’s operations. The formula to arrive at the taxes is: Net Taxable Assessment/1,000 x mill rate x mill rate factor + base tax. The Town of Carlyle wants to assure our residents that all possible scenarios surrounding this issue will be reviewed with care and attention to the needs of our residents.

Province to see new property assessment

Weekly RCMP report

Note: Bicycles trav-elling along road ways must follow traffi c safety laws. This includes stop-ping at stop signs. There have been complaints of cyclists not abiding by the rules of the road and endangering themselves by crossing streets when unsafe to do so. Addi-tionally all youth must

wear helmets and it is strongly suggested that adults utilize helmets as well The Carlyle detach-ment of RCMP had 34 calls to service between Monday, July 4, and Thursday, July 7.911 calls Two people were reported to 911 for fi ght-ing. Members attended, but the fi ght was over upon their arrival.Assault There was an alter-cation being investi-gated in Arcola between a 33-year-old female

and a 40-year-old male.Assistance During a traffi c stop a driver was found to have outstanding war-rants. Members attended a false alarm in Carlyle. A lost wallet was reported to the detach-ment.Break and enter There was a break and enter reported in the area.Breach of conditions An individual was found to have breached their conditions and was picked up by police.Alcohol related in-fractions Two male minors were charged with being underage with liquor and ticketed $360 each. A mischief call re-ported an unwanted

person in a residence. Members attended and a 31-year-old male was arrested and lodged in cells until sober.Driving infractions A 51-year-old fe-male was fi ned $580 for driving an unregistered vehicle. A 23-year-old male in Redvers was ticketed $230 for failing to stop at a stop sign. There were nine tickets issued for speed-ing during the week. High tickets included one for $150 for exceed-ing a speed limit of 80 km/hr and a high of 35 km over the speed limit, a ticket for $340. Two calls were re-ceived regarding a town bylaw of vehicles parked on the street for an ex-tended period of time.

A tint ticket was issued to an individual. There was a minor collision reported in Redvers, members at-tended, and there were no injuries.Suspicious Two males report-edly went through a lady’s cooler; the com-plainant assumed they were looking for beer. The matter is under in-vestigation. A call regarding an individual camping on the side of a grid road was reported. The indi-vidual was biking across Canada.Theft A fl at bed trailer from Arcola was taken and is currently under investigation.RCMP Member ac-tivity

Staff Sargeant Dar-ren Simons represented the RCMP and Canada at Canada Day activities June 29th to July 1st in California. On June 29th, he attended the SOCAN Canada Show-case, an event for sing-ers, writers, and produ-cers of music in Los An-geles. The following day he attended an event at the San Diego Navy Base aboard the HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife. Then on Canada Day, July 1st, he attended a breakfast at the Offi cial Residence of the Consul General in Los Angeles, then he spent the evening at a Canadians abroad event in Santa Monica. The Carlyle RCMP welcome a new member to their forces, Cst. Jo-anne Franklin.

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Local motocross racer, Kate Lees – a 20-year-old nursing student, recently fi n-ished competing in the Canadian Women’s Mo-tocross National Series where she raced in Ka-mloops, Nanaimo, Cal-gary, and fi nally, Regina where she earned a fi nal collective fi nish of sev-enth an improvement of two positions since last year. Lees has been rac-ing since she was 12, which she says is a late start compared to many in the sport, but with hard work and a great passion for motocross she quickly excelled on the track. Now she com-petes in the local South-east Cornerstone Racing Circuit (SCRC) and has fi nished her second year on the national circuit. “In 2014 one of my friends did them and she did really well; there was also a girl from Yor-kton who had competed in them awhile ago who was a national cham-pion and I had always looked up to her,” Lees explained.

On the fast track with Kate Lees So, last year Lees decided to compete, making a goal for her-self to crack the top 10, which she surpassed, fi nishing ninth at the end of the circuit. After training all winter she was ready to ride. “I go to the gym a lot, and I hate the gym so that’s saying some-thing,” Lees laughed. “I basically focus on the rower and the stationary bike because it’s a sport that’s big on endurance. When it’s 35 degrees out and you’re in full gear your heart rate is unreal. And of course it’s important to be able to hold on for the whole race.” “In February I went down to Texas again to a training facility there and instead of rid-ing on my own, I took some lessons and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I learned a slightly diff erent riding style and I think it really paid off . Then school fi nished in mid-April and towards the end of April beginning of May I try to ride four times a week, then by the begin-ning of June I leave for Racing since she was 12-years-old, Kate Lees decided to take on the

Canadian Women’s Motocross Nationals series last year – which saw her � nish ninth overall. This year the 20-year-old racer was back on the fast track improving her overall � nish by two places, earning seventh. Lees is already excited to compete next year as she’ll be wearing #7, the same number she wore in her very � rst race as a kid.

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nationals.” This year competi-tions began on Sunday, June 4 at Whispering Pines Raceway in Ka-mloops, June 11 at The Wastelands in Nanaimo, June 18 at Wild Rose MX Park in Calgary, and fi nally on June 25 at Moto Valley Raceway in Regina. Lees went out with the goal of improving her 2015, ninth place fi nish to seventh. “My goal was sev-enth this year, I wanted to do better than my ninth place fi nish,” she explained. “I knew it would be a challenge, but I thought I could do it.” Which the young racer did. Compet-ing with two races a day at each track Lees fi nished in Kamloops in fi fth and ninth for an overall eighth; in Nanaimo she fi nished eighth and seventh for a seventh overall fi nish; in Calgary Lees had a tough run going down but fi nishing ninth in the fi rst race, while she went down again in the second race and fi nished ninth a missed fl ag saw her drop fi ve places to 14th. While passing a fellow racer, the yellow fl ag signaling a down rider was obscured by the other rider, so she was already in the air by the time she saw the fl ag, which meant an overall 12th place stand-ing in Calgary. “I bounced back though and went into Regina feeling relaxed, so just went out and had fun,” Lees said. “It was really nice they added a race in Regina this year because I had a lot of friends come out to cheer, which was really nice.” In Regina, Lees pulled off a sixth place fi nish and an eighth place fi nish for an over-all eighth fi nish in her home province. And fol-lowing the calculations of riders from each race in the series, Lees was awarded seventh place, well seeded in the top 10. “In my very fi rst race, ever, I was num-ber seven, so I’m pretty excited for next year. I was nine this year, but I’m really excited to be seven again!” Lees ex-claimed. Lees added that the atmosphere and culture of the women’s national circuit is phenomenal: “The girls I race within nationals are the most competitive but most friendly experience, everyone is excited for each other and how everyone else does. I was down the one time picking up my bike and

Although Lees loves competing on the racetrack, she’s discovered a passion for sharing her knowledge of the sport and helping other youth discover their passion for riding; speci� cally Lees is focused on helping girls feel more con� dent in the male dominant sport. Recently she hosted a girls race day in Carlyle to help encourage girls to participate in local races held by the Southeast Cornerstone Racing Circuit, although at the end of the day she’s simply happy to see any youth take up the sport. “I’m on the local motocross board this year and I love it. I get to hand out awards, I can run around all day like crazy helping run the events, but if I get to keep handing awards out to six-year-olds the work is all worth it,” she said.

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I had a friend pass me, yelling at me, ‘Kate, get your bike up!’ I got up and ended up passing her later in the race. It’s just so great.” Being a girl in a male-dominated sport isn’t the easiest thing, but Lees continues to prove herself amongst the SCRC where she rac-es in both women’s and men’s (B Class) classes. “Nationals is really my focus right now,” Lees says, but her pas-sion for racing shows locally time and again. Including picking her-self up after a serious wreck, being a tough competitor, and - some-thing extremely impor-tant to her – sharing her passion with other rac-ers, specifi cally younger racers looking to race. Lees explained her crash: “It was two weeks before nationals in Ox-bow and there was this guy ahead of me who didn’t hit a jump that I thought he would. So, I came off a jump and landed on the rear end of that bike and went down. I’m pretty sure I knocked myself out on the landing and it was at a blind spot on the track so no one knew I was down. I’m pretty sure a couple other bikes drove over me. I was taken by ambulance to the hos-pital in Oxbow and then

was taken to Regina by STARS because it was a back and neck injury, and I also had numb-ness in my arms and I also lost my vision for 15 to 20 minutes.” Resting up she was ready to return and start in on the nationals circuit saying the crash didn’t take a toll men-tally on her: “It kind of depends on the crash I guess… This one wasn’t my fault so it didn’t re-ally bother me. When I was 15 I knocked my two front teeth out and that one was all my fault and it took me awhile after that one; but, if I didn’t do this I don’t know what I’d be doing, sitting at home doing nothing probably, and I love it too much to let anything stop me.”

This passion is something she’s become focused on sharing. Last year she did a clinic with eight young boys attending. This year she hopes to do another clinic to help others be-come quicker and has already hosted a girls ride day this year (Sat-urday, July 2) to help encourage more girls to begin racing. “I know so many girls that could race, but they’re scared to, so I thought that by coming out and being on the track with girls that do race might help,” Lees said.

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In the news recently has been the decision by the Unit-ed Kingdom to end ties with the European Union, which has been dubbed ‘Brexit.’ And I wanted to know how it would affect us here in Canada.

Many were stunned by the results which saw over half of the United Kingdom’s population voting to leave the European Union. Results which caused strife between

the countries that make up the United Kingdom including Ireland and Scotland.

The vote was ultimately one that looks at globalization and what’s happening in the world. For Britain, they’ve had many issues surrounding new people to their countries and want to pull back into themselves.

So what does this mean? Well in markets took a hit in Britain, but many feel as though Britain pays a lot into the EU and by backing out they’ll be better off and no longer tied to troubled EU economies. However, some say that Britain will be worse off without the European Union; however, we’ll only really know once they sort out how to become independent again and as the world continues on with this change.

What does this change mean for the world, because globalization means that we’re affected by essentially anything going on in the world? South of our border Donald Trump commended them on taking back their country and drew par-allels to the United States.

In Canada, however, The Huffington Post researched five ways that the ‘Brexit’ will affect Canadians.

Financial analysts are worried about a finan-cial crisis like we had in 2008, when markets dropped. Markets are expected to potentially overreact before levelling out.

The Bank of England is speculated to poten-tially cut interest rates, while the United States is set to increase rates this fall… which apparently means Canadian rates will remain low.

Globally things look quite dull and Britain’s exit may spur other countries to leave the Eu-ropean Union. Britain may have started a trend towards unravelling the EU, which would factor into Canadian economies in the future.

Canadian business in the United Kingdom apparently accounts for only 2.5 percent of Ca-nadian trade, so it isn’t expected to have a huge affect on Canadian business.

As for the loonie, our Canadian dollar, is expected to soften in coming months when compared to the American dollar because of the global uncertainty moving forward. However, it’s expected that a weaker pound and even discounts in Europe will make it the place to vacation ac-cording to The Huffington Post’s article.

Right now Canada will remain rather un-affected by ‘Brexit,’ but it will remain a concern as the fallout of the event is sorted out in follow-ing years.

I’ll take mine with sprinkles, please.

I am a big fan of road trips. Highways, freeways, backroads…I love them all. Of course the des-tination is key, but I can’t wait to discover unexpected places along the way that allow us to explore some new sights…and…I usually try and ensure it’s accompanied by a stop for ice cream.

Although Canada doesn’t crack the top fi ve ice cream con-suming countries in the world,

Canadians eat 5.53 litres each every year (one of my neighbour’s clearly isn’t getting their fair share). Vanilla is the #1 fl avour of choice followed by choco-late, strawberry and butterscotch.

South of the 49th ice cream is so popular grocers estimate 87% of Americans have it in their freezer at any given time. Perhaps it’s not surprising that in 1984 the president declared July National Ice Cream Month, with the third Sunday being recognized by Americans and Canadians alike as National Ice Cream Day.

But while the thought of summer ice cream conjures up sweet thoughts for me of multi-scooped cones, hot fudge sundaes, whipped cream swirls and colourful sprinkles, ice cream’s popularity isn’t nearly as innocent as it sounds.

Turf wars between ice cream vendors have turned bloody as competitors attempt to out-muscle others for prime selling spots in large cities. Bang-ing on windows, boxing in competitor’s trucks, crowbar damage to vehicles or even getting physical with other vendors are some of the techniques being used to establish ice cream territory. Not exactly the picturesque image we might have of enjoying that waffl e cone while sauntering to see the sights.

This type of treat is not the top nutritional op-tion of course. Indulging in your ice cream of choice could mean taking in a large percentage of an entire day’s calorie count with just one ooey, gooey fa-vourite. So you balance it out with other choices on other days. Or you go to places where ice cream is not an option. Like all park and recreational facili-ties in Boulder, Colorado where ice cream has been eliminated for not meeting specifi ed nutritional standards.

The decision is being defended by offi cials who insist they simply want to provide their city’s kids with healthy choices, while some of the children themselves have contacted those offi cials say-

ing those choices should be up to them and their parents. In a 591 page report released in December identifying the top community priorities as ex-pressed by residents in a survey, nutritional options didn’t crack the list. Number one was housing, sec-ond was transportation, and in third was the desire for a unique identity with great neighbourhoods and public spaces (yet the question didn’t delve into what should or shouldn’t be sold in those public spaces).

It should be noted that any sort of food brought in from outside sources is welcome in any of these public places--you just can’t purchase it while there. So while the swimming pools are being prohibited from gathering revenue from potential sales, the products themselves are not banned--just discour-aged. For a state that collected more than $996 mil-lion in tax revenue from marijuana sales, it seems a rather odd position for the city to take. They have put a lot of confi dence in the ability of parents to keep children and teens safe from the impact of legal drugs…but they apparently draw the line at ice cream.

We shouldn’t kid ourselves that indulging our sweet tooth doesn’t have consequences. Everything we ingest has an impact on our physical well-being. But ask any child and they’ll aptly describe such things for what they are--a treat. A “sometimes thing” that provides particular enjoyment. Some-thing that can be celebratory, amusing and delight-ful.

Not everyone likes ice cream, but we all have some sort of favourite treat that puts a smile on our face or helps us recall a signifi cant memory. The scoop of vanilla with that spectacular piece of pie. The cone that grandchild dripped all over you and you didn’t mind one bit. The Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlour you stumbled across on a family vacation featuring hand-dipped milkshakes.

I can practically taste the best butterscotch ripple I’ve ever had (found in a quaint BC town), or the richest, most delicious vanilla soft serve ever (at an amazing water park), or the most remarkable sundae I’ve ever enjoyed with way too much choco-late sauce and far too many sprinkles--made with love and served with complete joy by my very young daughters who wanted to surprise me following an afternoon of running through the sprinklers.

July 17 marks National Ice Cream Day. Go ahead and indulge…not only in the treat itself, but in the treasure of memories that can be scooped together by the sheer mention of its name. That’s my outlook.

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Seeing things differently . . .A Case for Composting?

The Urban Death ProjectFrom death comes life

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On a somber note… did you know that be-ing buried has become extremely creative? In days past cremation and caskets have been the typical burial method in the West. I’m not really sure what they do other places in the world, but for the West it would appear things have begun changing.

The other day I came across an article by CBC News titled, “Urban Death Project: A case for composting your dead body.” Basically they had come across a Seattle-based non-profit called Urban Death Project who is on the crowd funding site, Kickstarter. Essentially their plan is to design a system that will help accelerate the natural decomposition of a body, turning it into soil within weeks.

And no the soil isn’t to be used for growing food, but the soil created out of composting the body could be used for something like a memo-rial garden or to plant a tree in.

After reading the article I was reminded that there’s been some other interesting ways to have your body taken care of after you die – yes, we talk about everything in our Seeing Things Dif-ferently column it would appear.

This includes something called a Bios Urn, which is a fully biodegradable urn which con-tains a seed, which is to grow into a tree trans-forming death into new life. This is somewhat similar to what the Urban Death Project is hop-ing to do but with one difference, the soil mix isn’t a compost of a body it is simply soil, while the ashes of a loved one are placed amongst the soil and seed.

The idea behind both is to create life from death and to speed up the process of decom-position, while minimizing the costs involved with the burial of someone. No need to buy a cemetery plot, no need to purchase a headstone, no need to really have an expensive funeral… for example caskets can cost a lot of money, while a Bios Urn – after a quick Google – is under $200.

Further research also pointed me to an eco-friendly cremation route developed in Sas-katchewan, which is becoming popular across the country. At Gray’s Funeral Chapel in Prince Albert they’ve begun utilizing something called water cremation, a change not driven by en-vironmental concerns but due to the Funeral Chapel having been asked to relocate to a heavy industrial area if wanting to set up a cremato-rium. Deciding on water cremation meant the business wouldn’t have to move, while it did come with a green benefit requiring very little energy compared to regular crematoriums.

The only problem with this one is that once dissolved the liquefied remains are treated and eventually released into the sewage system which I could see some people unhappy about. They might see it as disrespectful of the body… although I guess a regular cremation could tech-nically be seen as that as well.

Ultimately, I personally really like the idea of the Bios Urn and the Urban Death Project, which both focus on green solutions while help-ing create life through soil or being part of a tree.

According to the Central Intelligence Agen-cy’s World Factbook, the global death rate for humans averages almost 8 per 1,000 people. And according to www.dyingwords.net-the blog where I dug up these cheery stats: “With over six billion people on the planet, that’s about 55.3 million deaths per year-151,600 a day, 6,316 an hour, 105 a minute and nearly two per second.”

And as the blog so sensitively puts it: “That’s a lot of bodies to dump.”

Which brings us to this week’s topic, Gentle Reader: the Urban Death Project, which is mak-ing a case for composting human corpses.

Here in the land of wide open spaces, shrinking cemetery space may not be an is-sue, but according to Seattle architect, Katrina Spade-who founded the non-profit Urban Death Project-it’s already a concern in big cities. Spade’s project promises to alleviate that pres-sure space-wise, and is also touted as an envi-ronmentally-friendly alternative to other burial options, including cremation.

Spade is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the Urban Death Proj-ect. Money raised will pay for the design of a process that will turn a human body into soil through natural decomposition, within several weeks. And it also allows anyone who pledges at least $2,500 USD the chance to be one of the first in line to have their remains composted via Urban Death.

Spade told the CBC: “I like to think about what happens to a body at the Urban Death

facility being a lot like leaf litter on the for-est floor,” adding that each year in the U.S., in excess of one million bodies are buried with: “enough metal to build San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, enough wood to build 1,800 single family homes and enough carcinogenic embalm-ing fluid to fill eight Olympic-sized swimming pools.”

And cremation’s not off the hook, either, as Spade states that it emits massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Spade says her proposed process involves composting people in a three-storey “core,” which will be located in an urban centre. Mourners would “carry the deceased to the top of this core, lay the body in wood chips and sawdust, and begin the transformation of that person from human to soil.” Her system-based on the same methods used to compost livestock-will result in a four-to six-week process of de-composition, at which time the deceased’s loved ones could return to collect some of the soil and use it “to grow a memorial garden or plant a tree.”

Predictably, opinions range wildly on this one-with many calling the entire process dis-respectful and others hailing it as an environ-mental idea whose time has come. Although Spade has several hurdles to overcome-legal and financial ones, to name two-before her idea becomes reality; she says, “I feel like the people really want this option.”

It’s difficult to say if or when Spade’s idea will take off. Bodies have always been biode-gradable, but there’s a big leap between believ-ing “Ashes to ashes; dust to dust” and actually embracing the process so intimately.

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The Terry Fox Foundation is in need of a Run Organizer for the

Annual Terry Fox Run in Carlyle.

The goal this year is to have every community in

Saskatchewan participate! The official Terry Fox Run is Sunday,

September 18th, 2016

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Volunteers are essential to help organize and coordinate community events and allow the foundation to put $.84 of every dollar raised directly to cancer research.

Additionally, Lees has taken on a board role with the SCRC and helps organize the local circuit, which she enjoys as she loves being the one to hand out awards to young racers. Although the position keeps her busy, she loves helping out. “I get to hand out awards, I can run around all day like crazy helping run it, but if I get to keep handing awards out to six-year-olds the work is all worth it,” she said. “We’ve done three races so far and we have six left to do,” Lees ex-plained. “I’m really excited for the

July 23rd race in Carlyle. Last year I was a consistent top seven rider in the B-Class, but this year I had pneumonia the fi rst race so didn’t participate, then in Oxbow I went on a helicopter ride, then Weyburn was the week after the crash; so, I’m ready to come back to my home-town track and I’m ready to prove something.” “I’m looking forward to the rest of the year.” To watch Lees race, head out to the Bowen Rekken Memorial Mo-toX Track on Saturday, July 23, in Carlyle.

The Wawota Lion’s 22nd Annual Farmers’ Golf Tournament was once again a success. This year the event was hosted at the White Bear Lake Golf Course and welcomed 112 golfers out for the day, up from last year’s 108 participants. “The weather cooperated and it turned out to be a really nice day,” tournament organizer and Li-on’s member, Joel Carpenter, explained. “It rained on the Thursday and again on the Saturday, so it was nice we got to fi t golfi ng in on the Friday.” The day began with breakfast and a shotgun start. While making their way through the course they had the opportunity to visit and network with fellow farmers and ranchers. Businesses in the agri-cultural sector were also out and about. Darryl Barker of Louis Dreyfus Company, who was out deep frying chick-en wings for the partici-pants said he’s personally come out to the event for the last fi ve years and enjoys it: “It’s a great way to say thank you to those who do business with us, but mostly it’s just some-thing we can do to support the Lions Club in Wawota.” “It was a really good day,” Carpenter added.

Swinging for a cause

The Wawota Lions had another successful annual fundraising golf tournament. This year the tournament was again hosted at White Bear Lake Golf Course. Here group 7A (not in order) John Kot, Doug Mayes, Steve Stevenson, and Je� Hormonal stand with Darryl Barker (centre left) and Brandon Martins (centre right) of Louis Dreyfus Co. Barker says he’s been out for � ve years to the event, but that the company has supported the event for much longer.


Phil Birnie, Darryl Peterson, Kelly Brimner, and William Brimner enjoy a round of golf at White Bear for a cause as the group participated in the Wawota Lions’ 22nd Annual Farmers’ Golf Tournament.


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Southeast Storm: Provincial “C” Champs

The Southeast Storm, an under 12 provincial team made up of seven girls from Alameda, one from Carndu� , and four from Carlyle, competing in “C” group this year played an exhibition game against Kipling on Tuesday, July 5, before heading o� to their provincial competition the weekend of July 8-10.

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The girls played well at their exhibition game and did extremely well at their provincial tournament in Yorkton.

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The Southeast Storm had a tough loss on Friday losing their � rst game, but the came back to win two on the Saturday. They came to the semi-� nal versus Oxbow, winning that they moved onto the � nal and earned a gold medal becoming Provincial champions.

By Rod Pedersen If you can, for just a second, forget about the fact it was a loss. For the uninitiated, I’m referring to the Sas-katchewan Roughriders’ 39-36 thriller-of-an overtime loss at Ed-monton Friday night against the Eskimos. It’s a game that in the aftermath in the City of Champions, they were referring to as a “heart-stopper”. And here in Saskatchewan, we’re referring to the game as a “heart-stopper” as well, several days after the fact. Going into the contest, not many were giving the upstart

Rider InsiderRoughriders a chance against the defending Grey Cup champi-ons. In fact the odds-makers had the Eskimos installed as favourites by as many as 11 points. However in a fl ip-the-script scenario from the Roughriders’ season-opening 30-17 home loss to Toronto in which they were down 14-0 just six minutes into the game, on Fri-day night the Green and White remarkably jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the second quar-ter over the stunned Eskimos. But no one was resting easy and the Riders’ 19-14 halftime lead was tenuous at best. You people all know what happened in the second half because you watched the game. The Riders imploded in the third quarter and for much of the fourth, and were trailing 33-19 with

under ten minutes to go. That’s when many in the Wheat Province switched off their tele-vision sets, so they tell me.

Whenever a person thinks of prepping, the fi rst topic that usually comes to mind is food. What to store, how much to store, how to store, and which store to go to? There are all kinds of food packages you can pur-chase. You can get a year’s supply of dehydrated or freeze-dried fare for $4,000 or a 72 hour kit for one per-son at WalMart for $64.00. I’m going to give you a list of items you can buy at your local grocery store, things that you would probably have on hand anyway. The dehydrated kits you buy generally tout a 25-year shelf life. So the normal things you purchase, should be rotated out every few months or so. One rule of thumb when it comes to storing up food is; buy food that your body is accustomed to eating! During a disaster, your system will be on overload anyway, and there is no benefi t to introducing a whole new menu to your gastric system in a time of crisis. Some people lay in backpacking freeze-dried food to be eaten when the time comes. That is all well and good, unless you have never tried those entrees and you experience a revolt of sorts when you’re already stressed out anyway. Store food to which your body is already accustomed! Here’s the beginning of a shop-ping list: (The second half will come next week.)1. 20 lbs of rice. Rice seems pretty boring, but it is fi lling, nutritious and adaptable to a wide variety of entrees.2. 20 lbs of pinto beans. Beans are also a valuable part of every storage plan. Combined with rice they fulfi ll a protein need in your menu.3. 20 cans of vegetables. Green

beans, peas, corn and canned toma-toes are a good start. Buy what you already eat and enjoy.4. 20 cans of fruit. Peaches, pears, pineapple, fruit cocktail, all to your taste. 5. 20 cans of meat. Chicken, tuna, shrimp, salmon, vienna sausages, beef stew and don’t forget Spam. Those square cans fi t really well on the shelf and if it’s fried, you can make the kids believe it is “camp-ing bacon.” It worked for my kids anyway. I even recently found some canned roast beef.6. 4 lbs of oats. A warm bowl of oatmeal can be a welcome meal any time of day. Topped with some canned fruit, it makes a refreshing treat.7. 2 (or more) large jars of peanut butter. A good source of protein and surprisingly fi lling. Tastes good too!8. Pick up a supply of powdered drink mix. Tang, Crystal Light or similar product. Make sure it’s loaded with vitamin C.9. 5 lbs of powdered milk. It’s great protein and is loaded with other nutrients. It’s fi lling and can be used on that oatmeal as well.10. 5 lbs of salt. Salt is an essential for survival as well as a food enhancer. Our bodies need salt to survive. You don’t need to fi ll this shopping list all at once. Watch for sales. Pay attention to the “buy one, get one” promotions. Use coupons. One reader told me she saved several thousand dollars in just one year by using coupons. At the same time she built a substantial pantry for use in a disaster. As always, send your comments and questions to [email protected].

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Boy did they miss a doozy of a fi nish! In the fi nal six minutes the Riders struck for touch-downs by John Chiles and Shamawd Cham-blers and, along with a long Tyler Crapigna fi eld goal, amazingly led 36-33 with just 19 sec-onds remaining. Unfortunately right after that is when they lost the game, not in overtime like so many are lamenting around here. Expecting the Eskimos to launch a couple of Hail Mary’s in the dying seconds Friday night, the Riders dropped nine players into a Prevent De-fense on a fateful pair of plays. Star Eskimo quarterback Mike Reilly then gained just enough yards on those back-to-back plays to put kicker Sean Whyte into posi-tion for a 51-yard fi eld goal to tie the game 36-36 with no time left. It feels redundant to recap what happened in overtime, but suffi ce it to say Whyte stroked a 32-yard fi eld goal on the Esks’ fi rst possession while the Riders turned it over on downs on theirs on a failed Darian Durant sneak and it was

From Page 11 - Rider Insidergame over. Fireworks were shooting off every-where and it was bed-lam at Commonwealth Stadium before a CFL season-high crowd of 34,196. While Rider fans are justifi ably groan-ing about the team’s penchant for failing miserably in short yard-age situations early on this season, the game was lost in the moments before that QB sneak in overtime. Head Coach and Chris Jones admitted as much on the CKRM postgame show and it took a big man to do so. “At the end of the game they only had 13 seconds left,” Jones winced. “We were just a little bit too passive in coverage there and al-lowed ‘em to to get too much yardage to allow them to kick the fi eld goal. If I had it to do over, we wouldn’t be in that situation.” Watching the tape of the game on Satur-day, I noticed TSN’s Chris Cuthbert referred to the Eskimos’ fi nal drive as “awfully easy”. To me, those fi nal few moments felt like a mini-2009 Grey Cup and the 13th Man inci-

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Empowering Canadians, one line of code at a time

Growing up in sleepy suburbia, Heather Payne’s entrepreneurial spirit set her apart from other neighbourhood kids. While in high school, she managed a fast-food restaurant before creating her own source of income selling personalized t-shirts—a venture that would prove successful enough to fund the purchase of her prom dress. She later graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business with the intention of joining a Fortune 500 company and working her way to the top—but not before leaving her native GTA to spend a semester abroad, in Asia, where she learned how to code.

Mid-2010, Heather was back in Toronto working a corporate gig when she realized that the world of start-ups might be a better fit for her personality. A few months later during a trip to Los Angeles, she stumbled upon a programming workshop just for

women—a breath of fresh air in a male-dominated field. This sparked her desire to start her own work-shop in Toronto, a plan that came to life shortly a� er with the birth of Ladies Learning Code.

Since its foundation, Ladies Learning Code has taught computer programming, a valuable life skill in this digital era, to over 10,000 people. Heather Payne’s non-profit organization has grown to include girls’ and youth programs, and operates chapters in over 20 Canadian cities. Payne, always one to inno-vate, decided to take her project to the next level in 2012 by founding HackerYou, Canada’s first-ever programming boot camp—and the only one in existence that’s run by women. HackerYou builds upon Ladies Learning Code workshops and o� ers full and part-time programming education.

By empowering girls and women to join the programming field, Heather Payne has helped countless Canadians enter the workforce armed with a skill that’s rapidly gaining demand. Her forward-thinking approach to educating tomorrow’s innovators has been a true gi� to the future of Canada. And even though she can’t predict which new skill or technology will inspire her next big idea, for 27-year-old Payne, one thing is for sure: Canada’s start-up world can count on her commitment for many years to come.

QUESTION 1:What were Canadian painters Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley commonly known as?

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An estimated 100,000 Canadians have Moroccan ancestry, making them part of Canada’s largest North African com-munity. Canada and Morocco, who first established their diplomatic relations in 1956, are both full members of La Francophonie. When significant numbers of Moroccans started to arrive in Canada during the mid-1960s, most chose to settle in Quebec. The French-speaking majority of La belle province helped the

newcomers, many of whom were Jewish and fleeing political repression, quickly feel at home. Since the late 1990s, the number of highly skilled Moroccan immi-grants entering Canada has grown steadily, mainly due to the lack of work for people with higher education degrees on Morocco’s job market. Population-wise, Montreal still tops the list of Canadian cities for people of Moroccan origin, but numbers are rising from coast to coast.

Canadians can thank Moroccan immigration for a ton of cultural contributions, among which traditional cuisine is definitely a crowd favourite. From couscous to green tea with mint, countless dinnertime staples originate from the North African country’s kitchens. Moroccan Canadians in popular culture include stand-up comedian Rachid Badouri, actress Emmanuelle Chirqui and French-language rapper Vaï.

infO CanadaTHE STORIES BEHIND OUR SYMBOLS

In 1906, the Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens) became Manitoba’s floral emblem. Varying in colour from light lavender to a rich bluish-purple, these blooms are the province’s first heralds of spring. The entirety of the plant is coated in short fine hairs that help protect it from snow and cold.

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By Bruce Penton Last year was no fl uke. Toronto Blue Jays are the real thing again in 2016.The Jays caught fi re after the July 31 trade deadline in 2015 and went on to win the American League East, winning the fi rst playoff round and losing in the A.L. championship se-ries to Kansas City.This year, they didn’t wait until July 31 to get hot. Last year, it took the Jays 99 games to win their 50th. This year, they won No. 50 in only their 89th game. In early July, the Blue Jays ran off a seven-game winning streak and were nipping on the heels of division-leading Baltimore, serving no-tice to the rest of the league that they enjoyed the playoff s so much last year that they’d like to do it again. Last year, the late-

July additions of short-stop Troy Tulowitzki and left-handed pitcher David Price were the key sparks for the Jays.This year, the July win streak put the Jays 10 games over .500, thanks in good measure to the slugging of Edwin En-carnacion, who became only the fi fth Jay to drive in 80 runs before the all-star break, reign-ing MVP Josh Donald-son, a guy whose day-after-day excellence the Jays and their fans take for granted, and Cana-dian outfi elder Michael Saunders, who was bat-ting over.300 and had 16 homers by July 9. In a fan vote, Saunders was added to the A.L. all-star team.Even without a Price-like ace, the Jays’ pitch-ing has been generally good. Third-year right-hander Aaron Sanchez and veteran J.A. Happ have emerged as twin aces. Sanchez was 9-1 with a 2.97 E.R.A. one of only two starters on the team with a sub-.300 mark (hard-luck Marco Estrada is the other at 2.93). Happ, a Jay from 2012-14 before playing in Seattle and Pitts-burgh in 2015, was 12-3

at the all-star break, equalling his career best. Estrada had only a 5-3 record, but his ERA and WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched) numbers were team bests. R.A. Dickey and Marcus Stroman have had good stretches and bad stretches, but if they were to crank it up in the second half, the Jays could run away with the division title. Meanwhile, new general manager Ross Atkins is reportedly sniffi ng around the ma-jors for possible trades. The team should be fl ush with cash, as at-tendance this year is about 20 per cent ahead of 2015. A Price-like acqui-sition before the end of July (Sonny Gray of Oakland, for instance?) would be the icing on the cake for the Jays. And it would be an-other crazy October for Canadian sports fans.• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “A record 26 foreign-born play-ers — including 14 in the fi rst round — were taken in this year’s NBA draft. Donald Trump immedi-ately threatened to build a wall around every

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After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, “Who was that?” In an internet story a man asks his wife for a divorce. He has lost his heart to Jane, and ignores all other con-sequences. At fi rst his wife is silent, then there is the expected out-burst. He draws up an amicable divorce settle-ment where she gets the house, the car and 30% of his business. She tears up the paper. The next day she makes this proposal: she doesn’t want anything, but needs a month’s notice before the divorce. She requests that in that one month they both struggle to live as nor-mal a life as possible. Her reasons are simple: their son has his exams in a month’s time and

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The Cornerstone Cruisers hosted their third annual Show ‘N Shine on Saturday, July 9. Although thunderstorms were threatened in the forecast, the storms held off and over 150 vehicles were brought out for the event. Cars, trucks, and motorbikes of all types were on display and admired. Although numbers attending were down because of the threat of thunderstorms, it was a great day in Moose Mountain Provincial Park for vehicle enthusiasts. There were numerous prizes given out throughout the day to participants and 50/50 draws were held throughout the day to benefi t STARS. Vehicles were on display at Allison’s parking lot near the main beach of Kenosee in Moose Mountain Provincial Park. The rumbling of muscle cars and the revving of

Rain holds o� for Show ‘N Shinenewer vehicles reverberated throughout, especially when the loudest pipes contest was held. Coming away with the wins were Ron Rabe out of Manitoba with a 1969 Camaro in the car category and Kelly Dew of Carlyle taking loudest truck with his ’68 Chevy C10. Awards continued towards the end of the day with Kid’s Choice Vehicle being awarded to Rob Hogarth of Bienfait with his 1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie. People’s Choice and Participant’s Choice Bike was awarded to Nolan Mack for his 1962 Harley Davidson. People’s Choice and Participant’s Choice Truck was awarded to local Kelly Dew for his Chevy C10. People’s Choice Car was awarded to Wayne Garvis who had entered a Ford Fairlane into the Show ‘N Shine, while Participant’s Choice Car went to Rob Rose for his 1934 Ford Coupe.

Presley White of Wawota brought down his mini bike to the 3rd Annual Cornerstone Cruisers Show ‘N Shine.


(left) Car enthusiasts were out to the parking lot in front of Allison’s Store at Moose Mountain Provincial Park where over 150 cars could be enjoyed.


Loudest pipes (exhaust) was measured at the event, which although this Mercury didn’t take home the prize, was a contender.


Questions were asked and information exchanged at the Cornerstone Cruisers Show ‘N Shine hosted on Saturday, July 9.



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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Pursuant to �e Municipalities Act, public notice is hereby given that the Town of Stoughton intends to restructure by adding the following lands from the Rural Municipality No. 65 to the Town of Stoughton.

�e land to be added to the Town of Stoughton is Parcel B, Plan 101333461 and Parcel X, Plan 84R53884 in SW ¼ Section 27, Township 8, West 2 Meridian and Part of SE ¼ Section 27, Township 8, Range 8, West 2 Meridian.

�e reasons for the proposal are:

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A public meeting will be held on August 2, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at 232 Main Street, Stoughton, Saskatchewan.Any persons who wish to object to the proposed restructuring may file a written objection, stating clearly their reason for the opposition, with the administrator of the Town of Stoughton at the ad-dress below:

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Dale and Holly Anthony spent a few days at Emmerson, MB visiting with Holly’s sister Linda and helping out around her place. Sincere sympathy is extended to Dorothy (Dot) Girard (Redvers), Gloria Girard (Dave Ince), Bren-da (Gary) Junk (Alida), Raymond (Velda) Girard (Oxbow) and their families on the death of their husband/father Paul (Chic) Girard who passed away July 7, 2016 at the age of 93 at the Redvers Centennial Haven. Condolences are also extended all other family members as well. There was a me-morial service and luncheon held at Alida Hall on Friday, July 15. Internment for family only was held at Dannevirke Cemetery. Gray and Edel Cowan spent an enjoyable eve-ning on July 8 at the camper with Tim, Shelly and Ainsley Cowan at the dam where they had a great boat ride with lots of fi shing, a delicious fi sh fry

which concluded with an early birthday cake and gifts. Thanks guys appreciated the small surprise. Shelly Cowan spent July 9-11 at Minot where she visited the Nilsen family and helped her dad celebrate his birthday and also assisted her mom to a medical appointment. On July 10 Ainsley Cowan had a sleepover with her grandparents Gray and Edel Cowan. Debbie Fuller and Bud Phenix spent the week-end camping at Saskaire where they watched her grandchildren Alexis and Teigan Fuller and with their parents Chris and Lori participate in the Sas-kaire Trail Ride. They reported in having a great time with everyone there (approximately 50 par-ticipants), lots of delicious food, enjoying the music and dancing on Saturday evening. Bud also partici-pated by reciting some cowboy poetry on Saturday. Holidaying for a week with Margaret and Brian

Peet are their granddaughters Claire and Alice Mowchenko of Estevan and while here they will be attending swimming lessons.\ Week one of swimming lessons are underway and there are quite a number of children enjoying this opportunity to learn or improve their swim-ming skills. If you missed this week of lessons make an inquiry at the pool as to when the next set will be held and hopefully there will be a good time for you to have some lessons too. Remember to have fun and play safe at the pool this summer. Boy we sure had another bout of rain this weekend with lots of thundering and lightning hap-pening but we were fortunate not to receive the downpour and hail that Estevan received, causing some fl ooding to occur. One sure has a diffi cult time keeping ahead of the grass with all this rain occur-ring every other day (ha). However the moisture is defi nitely helping the fl owers, they are very bounti-ful this summer. Enjoyed seeing that picture of your lilies, Gwen – they are beautiful. Have you seen any Prairie Lilies out there? I’ve seen a few but they don’t seem to be as bountiful as the Lady’s Slippers were. Oh well guess one can’t control which fl owers fl ourish on any given year. Just keep your eyes open and see what nature has in store for you this sum-mer.

Paul and Shirley Palendat and Twila Lin-coln attended the grade 12 graduation of Seamus Palendat. He is Dar-ren’s middle son. Twila came home via Moose Jaw where she picked up grandson, Josh for a visit. Joe and Jean Brisbois were surprised by a visit from their grandson and wife, Todd and Karla Adams, Kye, Jorja and Mila from Cold Lake, AB. Af-ter a couple of days they traveled to Broadview to visit with their other grandparents, Don and Norma Adams. Wayne Boughton ‘s family and friends gath-ered at the farm to help him celebrate his 70th birthday last weekend. His actual birth date is July 29th. Jake and Carey Lamoureaux, Jack and Will spent several days on a trip to Alberta recently. They were in Medicine Hat and then went to the Royal Tyr-rell Museum at Drum-heller. They also had business at the U.S Consulate and spent some time in Calgary before visiting with Cindy Olson and fam-ily in Morinville. They returned home, bring-ing Emma and Morgan Buhr with them and stopping in Saskatoon to visit with Justin Ol-son. Several families were holding family reunions this past few weeks. Ted and Sandy Dash and Barry and Donna Dash and their son, Ron from B.C buried their mother’ s ashes in the Windthorst Cemetery on June 23rd. They then traveled to the Dash Bash being held at Ken and Denises farm. Some enjoyed golfi ng before having a barbecue of many various meats , deer, elk and moose sausage and they appreciated steaks

from the Moose Moun-tain Meats. The com-pany left on Saturday, June 25. On July 1 the Bunz family met at the Wa-wota Drop In to cel-ebrate the wedding of Adam Bunz and Sarah Schmidt who were married in Calgary on Feb.29. Instead of ev-eryone going there the bride and groom came to the guests. Attending the reunion were Adams parents, Gary and Annette, Cobble Hill, BC, the brides mother, Sharon and her step-dad Brian Pillar of Yorkton, Pam Bunz, Denver, David Bunz, his daughter, Michelle and family of Regina, Allan and Dianne, Jolie and Aron, Rylan and Nathan, Madison and Carter of P.A .Kevin Bunz, Comus, BC and Anita Ball, Adrain and Paul Bunz all of Rocan-ville, Kevin and Jenni-enne, and Kaden, Kara Bunz, Emma and Olivia and cousins, Laurriane (Dennis), Jeannette (Bill), Ron, Gordon and Matt Nerkasky. A Knelsen reunion (on Dora’s side of the family) was held with 70 people attending. The meals were served at the ball diamonds, the fun activities were at Keith and Gail’s acre-age. And to quote Gail, “No cops, no ambulance and no trips to the hos-pital. What happens at the acreage stays at the acreage!! On July 1 Ken and Denise went to Calgary where they visited with Yvonne Switzer and family, Mike and Brett move to a new home. They returned home July 7. Eric Corkish and his friend Nathan Power of Regina spent several days with Erics grand-mother, Shirley Corkish. Shirleys son Rick came to Wawota on Sunday for a short visit and took the boys back to Regina.

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The weekend at Kennedy was great, weather wise. Grace Zita Rumsey was baptized at St. Ann’s Parish on Sat., July 9th by Fr. Hector Seville. At-tending from out of town were Gramma Sally and Grampa Dan Rumsey, Pincher Creek, AB; cousin Kira Mazur, brother Luke and parents Ken and Col-leen, Regina and local friends and family. Colleen Sostorics was honoured as one of 16 inductees into the Saskatchewan Hall of Fame for such accolades in her 12-year career with Team Canada as winning 3 World Championships and 3 Olympic Gold Medals. Colleen is the fi rst female hockey player to be inducted into our Sask. Hall of Fame. The celebration took place in Weyburn Fri., July 8. Ken Rumsey, Brandy and Colin McMaster, and Lanny and Jean Sostorics shared in the festiv-ities. Bill and Bonnie Kell attended the outdoor wed-ding of their son David and Ashley (Todd) on May 9 which was held at Xadack Industries near Grand Coulie with an indoor supper and dance in Qu’Ap-pelle. Congratulations to David and Ashley from the folks at Kennedy. Theresa Brown of Winnipeg and her daughter Margaret and family came to Kenosee Lake for a holiday, Paul and Zita Sandor went to the lake to visit them, the following day the three sisters, Zita, Theresa and Georgina Barsi and her daughter Lori Jane of Regina went to Moosomin to visit with Elia Barsi. John McMillan had in his mind there should be a school reunion for teachers and students who attended the Fletwode school. The main inspiration for this came to him from Carol Kvamme of Kisbey (teacher in the early 50ís) and Doreen Cancade (sorry to say there were no former students (1944) able to come.) He and Ralph Armstrong began working on this project, they contacted Stewart Lawrence about the Belleville School joining them. It all came together very shortly and plans began, with other community residents the date was set for July 8-9-10 and it would be held at Parkview

Lodge, across from Herman United Church, the Church service being planned on July 10. Mother Nature cooperated very well on July 8. A number of former members of the communities arrived with their campers to spend the weekend, registration was at 6 p.m. with a catered supper by David and Shelley Slykhuis of Carlyle followed by good music with David and Heather McMillan music friends. Soon a number of people were up on the grass just a dancing, followed by a number of former students remembering their school days and lots of visit-ing concluding with bonfi re and singing. Saturday began with a noon lunch at the picnic grounds, horseshoes, ball games, races and other games, etc. took place all afternoon. In the evening Rudy Szakacs of Regina (and grew up in this area) enter-tained with music, which got some of the folks do-ing some great singing especially the Istace sisters (Helen, Irene, Emily) and more dancing. Sunday morning began with a brunch catered to by David and Heather McMillan with the money to be used for the needy of Mexico that the McMillans are in-volved with. At 2:00 pm approximately 80 people gathered at the church for the annual service with Barbara Wilkins leading the service and Glenda Nicolay pianist. Barbara had story time for all the children, which they enjoyed. Former teachers Carol (Kvamme) Sinclair of Ancaster, ON (com-pletely blind), Audrey Warner of Regina, both ladies reminisced of their teaching in Fletwode, Virginia (Shaw) Turner of St. Lookout, ON sent her thoughts of Belleville and John McMillan read them, Din-gi Berglund was also in attendance (Dingi had a display of report cards, pictures on display during the weekend at Parkview Lodge). There were three children baptized: Ashlyn Priya Coff ey and Aliyah Irelyn Coff ey proud parents Deyna and Allen Coff ey residing at Kenosee Lake, Donivan Kane Humph-ries proud parents Joey and Shayna Humphries residing at Carlyle. Following the service everyone returned to the Lodge for more visiting and lunch before preparing to make their trips home, folks from Fort McMurray, Fernie, BC, parts of Alberta,

Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario came for the weekend celebration. Thanks to the committee for all their time spent organizing such a good celebra-tion. Barbara Wilkins and Roy Bortolotto attended the wedding of Abby Hodgins and Jaret Wolfe in the Lady Slipper Courtyard in Regina July 9th. They also had a very good visit with George and Eleanor Hodgins (grandparents to Abby) they now live in Niverville, MB. Wed., July 9th a perfect day for the Fairmede Fair, there was much to take in, the 4H Beef Achievement Day, horse show and in the school exhibits of baking, preserves, sewing, photography, handwork and school children projects. Violet Daku was one of the judges (she has been doing this for a number of years). Lunch was beef on a bun and homemade pie. Sunday was the anniversary church service, Roy Bortolotto as worship leader, after the service they returned to the Fairmede grounds for an old-fashioned picnic. (Always nice to hear about the fair kept up). Trudie Morrison of Calgary arrived on Wed., June 27 to visit with her sister Jennie Wilton, they both took in the 100 Mile fl ee market at Whitewood on July 1st. On July 2nd they travelled to Brandon to visit their nephew Steven Lammers and his wife. July 3rd they took part in the fl ea market at the Red Barn, Trudie returned to Calgary July 6th. A number of folks attended the car show at Kenosee Lake on Saturday.

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OBITUARIESWanda Joyce Colpitts1930 - 2016 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Wanda Joyce Colpitts on June 2, 2016 at Arcola Brock Union Hospital. She will be sadly missed by her life partner (Wilson Haines) and chil-dren: Kenneth (Sheila), Sheila (Bob) Haymore and Shawna (Doug) McLaughlin. Wanda will be fondly remembered by her seven grand-children, Doug (Kristi MacDonald) and Tricia Colpitts, and Christopher (Bobbi Wolbaum), Michael (Cheyenne) and Jessica Haymore and Liam and Dani McLaughlin and her eight great-grandchildren (Karli, Tyler, Samantha and Hunter Colpitts, Kyra Cochrane, Sophie and Remi Haymore and Isabella Haymore). She will be missed by her sisters Marion Thompson and Ida Lupick and by her many nieces and neph-ews. She is predeceased by her parents Leroy and Ella Statler, loving husband William Colpitts, her son Murray Colpitts and � ve brothers: Willard, Russell, Harvey, Gerald, Mervin and one sister Martha. Wanda was born on September 26, 1930 to Leroy and Ella Statler. She was the 6th of 9 children. Six boys and three girls. They lived on a small farm 7 miles north of Manor.

Wanda Joyce Colpitts1930 - 2016 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Wanda Joyce Colpitts on June 2, 2016 at Arcola Brock Union Hospital. She will be sadly missed by her life partner (Wilson Haines) and chil-dren: Kenneth (Sheila), Sheila (Bob) Haymore and Shawna (Doug) McLaughlin. Wanda will be fondly remembered by her seven grand-children, Doug (Kristi MacDonald) and Tricia Colpitts, and Christopher (Bobbi Wolbaum), Michael (Cheyenne) and Jessica Haymore and Liam and Dani McLaughlin and her eight great-grandchildren (Karli, Tyler, Samantha and Hunter Colpitts, Kyra Cochrane, Sophie and Remi Haymore and Isabella Haymore). She will be missed by her sisters Marion Thompson and Ida Lupick and by her many nieces and neph-ews. She is predeceased by her parents Leroy and Ella Statler, loving husband William Colpitts, her son Murray Colpitts and � ve brothers: Willard, Russell, Harvey, Gerald, Mervin and one sister Martha. Wanda was born on September 26, 1930 to Leroy and Ella Statler. She was the 6small farm 7 miles north of Manor.

Bill and Wanda were married on Nov 14th, 1947. Wanda was just 17 years old. But it was a great match that lasted over 55 years. Bill and Wanda moved to the Auberton area where Bill farmed. After Ken and Murray were getting to school age, they decided to move in to Carlyle for access to better schools. So they built the house on 6th Street in Carlyle and moved there in 1957. Bill continued to farm and Wanda was busy raising the kids. Sheila was born in 1960. Unfortunately Murray died from an accident in 1961. Shawna was the � nal addition to the family in 1964. Wanda loved life. She had many good friends and enjoyed many activities. She was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Auxiliary, an active member of the Happy Gang. She loved to dance and play cards. She loved her children, grandchildren and great children. She was a great knitter and sewer and quilter. Most of the family have a handmade legacy from her. Wanda worked as a care aide at the Moose Mountain Lodge from the time it opened until she retired in about 1996. Bill and Wanda owned a cabin at White Bear Lake for many years. Lots of fun. The kids learned to swim and ski. We would spend the summer up there until harvest started. Lots of bon� res, happy hours, cards on rainy days, great food and laughter. Bill passed away in 2002 after a lengthy illness. After that Wanda was heartbroken and very lonely. After a while she started to go to dances with her friends. In 2008 she met a handsome cowboy, Wilson Haines, who swept her o� her feet. After that they started attending lots of dances. They would load up a carful and head o� to danc-es 3 or 4 times a week. I t was a sad day when she could no longer go. They also played lots of cards. Wanda kept playing after her eyesight was failing using extra large print cards and a bright lamp. She never wanted to miss out on anything. We will remember Wanda as a loving and caring person. A life well lived. A celebration of Wanda’s life was held at the Carlyle United Church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10 with Reverend Sung o� ciating.

Arlen David Third1958 - 2016 With great sadness, Arlen’s family announces his passing at the Arcola Health Centre, Arcola, SK on Friday, July 8, 2016 at the age of 58. Left to cherish precious memories are his wife Jodi Third of Carlyle, SK; daughter Caley (Brandon) Coppicus and their daughter Leyna of Balgonie, SK; son Brady Third of Carlyle; mother Elisa Third of Carlyle; mother-in-law Pat Alelunas (Marius Ericksen) of Redvers, SK; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Tammy & Sheane Birnie and their children, Dawson and Carson of Arcola, Todd & Tanya Brigden and their son Kyrin of Calgary, AB and Darcee & Lavern Evans and their children, Tori, Brynn and Jett of Strathmore, AB. Arlen was predeceased by his son Keegan Third; father Ritchie Third; brother Randall Third; sisters, Sharon and Darcy Third and father-in-law Stanley Alelunas.

A service to celebrate Arlen’s life will be held at Prairie Place Complex, Arcola, SK on Monday, July 18, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Michelle Moore o� ciating. A private family interment will follow at the Arcola Cemetery, after which a luncheon will be held at the hall. Those wishing to make donations in Arlen’s memory may do so directly to Myeloma Canada, 1800 Le Corbusier, Suite 138, Laval, QC, H7S 2K1. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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By Calvin Daniels When the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation held its annual conference in February one issue which was plainly put forward was that feral wild boar are a growing problem in the province, and across Canada. Feral wild boar are becoming a concern for wildlife management across the country explained Ryan Brook who spoke at the Convention held in Yorkton. But to undertake management and control you need to have an under-standing of the extent of the problem, and that is what the Feral Boars in Cana-da Collaring Project is designed to provide, he said. “It is baseline information,” said Brook during a convention presentation, adding they hope to gather data on populations, and distribution, and knowl-edge regarding the ecology of the feral stock. In other regions feral boars have become a major issue. Brook pointed to the United States. “Texas has well over three million pigs,” he said, adding the situation could happen here. “… About half of all RMs (rural municipalities in Saskatchewan) have pigs,” said Brook. “… We could well be in a position to have more pigs than people.” In a random telephone survey of 3000 rural residents across Canada it was found “every single province had (wild) pigs … Everybody is reporting them.”“We’re starting to see a pretty broad distribution of pigs,” said Brook. It appears at least in Saskatchewan the government is listening with the Government of Saskatchewan has amended The Wildlife Regulations and The Stray Animals Regulations to clarify the status and hunting requirements for feral or free-ranging wild boar. In the release regarding the changes the government too comments on the broad distribution of feral wild pigs. “Free-ranging wild boar populations have been reported in more than 60 rural municipalities across southern Saskatchewan,” it stated. “Wild boar have damaged golf courses and crops, harassed livestock, threatened people, de-stroyed fragile plant communities and can transfer diseases to domestic hogs.”“Free-ranging or feral wild boar have the potential to become a serious provin-cial problem,” Environment Minister Herb Cox said in the recently circulated press release. “These amendments address ongoing concern for public safety and protection of wildlife and habitat.” Amendments to The Wildlife Regulations now allow Saskatchewan hunters to hunt wild boar without a licence, while still maintaining reasonable safety expectations such as asking permission to hunt on private property and not hunting along roads or road allowances, detailed the release. The removal of stray animal designation that currently applies to wild boar means that local rural municipalities that administer The Stray Animals Act and its regulations are no longer responsible for wild boar capture and contain-ment. And there are stricter fencing requirements for farmed wild boar which is in-tended to reduce the number of wild boar that escape. New fencing regulations would seem a cornerstone to any control problem, at least if Brook’s view of the situation is correct. He noted at the SWF meet-ing that the pigs are not a native species to Canada. “We know farms are the source of this,” said Brook, adding the pigs are ei-ther escapees, and in some cases there are reports of farmers cutting fence and letting stock go rather than to continue to look after them. Even on well-ran wild boar farms it is estimated two to three per cent of stock escapes, said Brook. Control has to start at the source. The government release follows the same general thinking. “Wild boar are a species from Asia and Europe, and were imported to Sas-katchewan in the late 1970s as domestic livestock. They escaped from farms and created reproducing populations in wild areas throughout the province,” stated the release. The new regulations also change how wild boar are defi ned. “The move to regulate escaped wild boar as exotic wildlife instead of stray livestock enables landowners and producers to better protect their livestock, crops and pasture,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said in the release. “I also encourage anyone looking for support in controlling escaped wild boar to take part in the Feral Wild Boar Control Program administered by the Sas-katchewan Crop Insurance Corporation.” Of course there is another aspect of the story, one which relates to the way farmers have over the years tried to diversify operations with some very un-usual ‘livestock’; elk, fallow deer, ostrich, wild boar, emu etc and there has been limited success with these species which are still far more wild than domestic. Wild boar have become the poster ‘animal’ for what can go wrong if proper precautions are not put in place. But at least the new changes seem to address the increasingly well-under-stood problem. At least the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities believes so. “SARM is pleased with these changes as escaped wild boar pose a danger to people, personal property, other wildlife and to livestock,” said Association President Ray Orb in the government release. “We need to make sure their population is kept under control and are hopeful these regulatory changes will achieve that.”

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Carlyle’s New Dimension Hair Studio supports Fort Mac Carlyle’s New Di-mension Hair Studio is continuing its sup-port of the fi re-stricken city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. New Dimen-sion is selling ‘Fort Mac Strong’ T-shirts for $25 each, with all proceeds supporting the rebuilding of the Clearwater Horse Club

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in Fort McMurray. The shirts are silk-screened with a stylized image of a horse’s head depicted in a painting by Alberta artist Russell Thomas. Thomas dedicated the painting to former Carlyle resident, Velda (McConnell) Peach and others, who rescued horses during the fi re.

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given us and our com-munity. You really came through for Fort Mac.” Donna Brown of New Dimension adds, “We’re happy to help in any way we can to as-sist in rebuilding Fort

McMurray. We’re only doing what we hope others would do for us if we were in the same situation.” Pictured with the T-shirts are Peach and the ladies of New Dimension: (l-r) Donna

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