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Marlene Moore echoed the refrain from the closing moments of each episode of The Price is Right, “Spay and neuter your pets.”

The Estevan Humane Society is bursting at the seams with cats and dogs, and it isn’t a new phenom-enon. Moore, the humane society’s president, said they’ve been at full capacity since about June.

The organization is now asking people to house stray animals they fi nd for a couple of weeks, in the hopes that more space opens up at the shelter.

“At one point it’s good because we had very few dogs last winter,” said Moore, noting they never had more than about seven. “What has happened is that people are coming to Este-van, and they can’t fi nd a place to live, let alone keep their dog, and some of them just let them go.”

She said they had 40 kittens at one point, and they are still dealing with an

overload of kittens. Moore made it clear the

shelter is right full, saying they have kittens running all over the place.

“Some of them, the manager Judy Martin, has nursed from about two or three days after birth. She had three little ones come

in like that. She fed them from a bottle and they’re up running around now.”

Moore said they are asking people who find a stray cat or dog to shelter it for a few weeks if they can.

“If they can look after them for a bit, that would be a big plus for us.”

She noted they have a few dogs that have been in the shelter since the sum-mer and hope that soon they could be adopted.

“I’ve only been with the humane society for four years, and over the sum-mertime you always get a lot of kittens coming in,

but we’ve never had it this full. Not in my duration with the shelter. If people would spay and neuter their pets, we wouldn’t have this problem,” she added.

She also said staffi ng at the shelter is a big problem they are dealing with. They are always looking for more.

“We have a really tough time getting good staff that stay and are reliable. For anybody that’s interested in coming down for the weekends,” she asks them to contact the shelter.

In t e res t ed peop le would be taken through the rooms and shown what to do, which includes cleaning the dishes and sterilizing them each day, as well as cleaning out the litter.

“Anybody that can help do that on the weekend would be a huge help.”

Moore noted they do pay all their employees. Those interested in working at the shelter may contact the humane society at 634-3444.

Concern over what is being transloaded at the ter-minal just west of Bienfait was brought to the forefront last week.

The facility, run by Watco Terminal and Port Services, an American transport company based out of Pittsburg, Kan., and Canadian National Railway (CN), is prepared to begin transloading sour crude.

The facility has been used to transload sweet crude since February, but

The Mercury was contact-ed by an individual, who wished to remain anon-ymous, who said given its proximity to Bienfait’s Weldon elementary school, sour crude should not be a product that goes through that area.

“When I heard that I thought, ‘Wait a second. You guys can’t do that, you’re only a kilometre away from a school.’ That school is too damn close in my opinion.”

The caller has 20 years of experience in the oilfi eld and suggested a safe dis-tance for the facility would be a minimum of three kilometres from the school.

“If anything bleeds out there, it’s going to directly impact that school,” the person added.

Accord ing to the source, something as be-nign as an improperly closed valve could lead to a leak of hydrogen sulfi de gas. The concerns stem

from the systems used in the transload process, which they said aren’t 100 per cent sealed.

“They can’t have a full-sealed unit while top loading,” the caller said.

Bottom loading is dif-ferent, but they added that CN won’t allow bottom loading.

Warren Chandler, a media representative for CN, said the company does do all of their loading from the top.

“It’s safer to load from the top,” he said, noting it’s more diffi cult to load from the bottom.

The caller said the transloading facility is in a good location, outside of Bienfait, but that changed when they started deal-ing with sour gas, which he called “a different ball game.”

When setting up the Bienfait facility for trans-loading, CN said the site was Bienfait⇢A2

Concern over sour crude loading

Concerns about movement of sour crude have come to light at the transloading facility just west of Bienfait. The terminal sits about a

kilometre away from Weldon elementary school and is ready to transload sour crude, which contains hydrogen sulfi de.

Animal shelter at max capacity

The Estevan Humane Society Shelter has been full since June. The society is asking

anyone who fi nds a stray to care for a few weeks until the situation improves at

the shelter.

December Edition Of Pipeline News Inside

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Bienfait transloading facility turns sour

The funding model for Saskatchewan’s school divisions needed to change to accommodate rapid en-rolment increases and the Ministry of Education re-sponded this week with an additional $6.6 million in mid-term cash.

Education Minister Russ Marchuk announced the increase for school di-visions experiencing sig-nifi cant enrolment increases and a plan to increase the number of portable class-rooms, which are to be ready for students at the beginning of the new school year.

As a result of the stra-tegic change that drew the praise of the Saskatchewan School Boards Associa-tion, eight of the 28 school divisions in Saskatchewan, including the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, will realize a fresh cash infusion.

The eight recipient divisions are located in high-growth areas of the province. The Saskatoon, Martensville and Warman areas will get the bulk of the new money since they represent more than 50 per cent of the total provincial enrolment growth of nearly 2,300 students.

The Saskatoon School Division will receive just over $2.6 million of the $6.6 million and Prairie Spirit

and Prairie Valley, which are near the province’s two major cities, will realize $659,600 and $547,500 in additional capital. Regina’s Roman Catholic Separate School Division will pick up over $561,000 and St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Division in Saskatoon will receive $1.75 million.

Although South East Cornerstone will receive one of the lesser amounts, a total of $174,700, it is defi -nitely welcomed and will be used effectively, said Cornerstone’s director of education, Marc Casavant.

The other school divi-sions receiving extra fund-ing include Lloydminster’s separate school division, and Sun West School Divi-sion on the province’s west central side.

Marchuk said that the previous funding system worked effi ciently enough during the many years when Saskatchewan’s school en-rolments were fl at or in de-cline. The funding was al-ways based on the previous year’s enrolment numbers.

“However, today we have a new reality where some divisions are seeing large enrolment increases from one year to the next,” Marchuk said, noting that the announcement address-es the new reality in a grow-ing province.

Cornerstone realized

an official enrolment in-crease of 130 students this year, bringing its student population to 8,275.

T h e a d d i t i o n a l $174,700 will go to areas that have already been iden-tifi ed, said Casavant.

“It is directed to staff-ing, a bit to transportation and resources to supply the 130 additional students,” he said.

On the staffing side, Casavant said the increase in students led to the need to add 3.2 full-time equiv-alent teaching positions and about $40,000 would be needed to address the increase in transportation costs.

“In the past we got nothing, so this is defi nitely going to help us immedi-

ately,” he said. “And the process they’ve laid out is helpful. I hope they’ll be open to discussion about continuing this practice because this moves our pro-cesses along more quickly regarding the implementa-tion of portable classrooms, t which we need in a num-ber of schools. Doing this in a timely fashion is the key. If your school build-ing is full, you can’t cram more kids in and I have a feeling of optimism that the ministry is seeing the chal-lenges and providing the resources. It’s good to see.”

Janet Foord, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association who is also a trustee in the Cor-nerstone School Division, said “We’re pleased the

government is listening to the voice of locally-elected school boards across Sas-katchewan in terms of pro-viding operating funding to ensure the growing number of students receive the best educational opportunities, and, allocating capital dol-lars to provide safe and healthy learning environ-ments. We believe this is a step in the right direction.”

“Education is the key to this province’s continued prosperity,” Foord added.

Marchuk said an ad-ditional $800,000 had been set aside to move the pro-cess forward that will result in 40 to 50 new portable classrooms by the begin-ning of the new school year.

“Right now it takes six to nine months once a relocatable is approved to design, build and install. We need to speed up that process,” Marchuk said.

The new por table classrooms will be factory fabricated and constructed using standardized designs to accelerate the construc-tion and delivery to schools most in need. Over the com-ing months, those schools in need will be asked to provide input regarding the designs they require.

Under the former for-mula for overall funding, the money was allocated on the government’s budget day when enrolments for the upcoming year were unknown. The funding was based on the previous year’s official enrolment num-bers, usually computed

each September. Over two decades, these enrolments have largely been in a state of decline, so using prior-year enrolments was actu-ally an advantage for school divisions since it allowed for an adjustment period to lower funding.

But now, with unprec-edented enrolment growth, changes were required that considered enrolment in-creases at school division levels as well as individual school levels.

To be eligible for an in-crease, a division needed to show an increase of at least 40 students and an overall increase of at least one per cent. Another eligibility clause required a school to show an increase of at least 30 students and an average hike of 2.5 students per grade.

Casavant said money left after the increase in teachers and transportation had been met would be spent on instructional re-sources and those had been earmarked.

The mid-year adjust-ment funding is uncondi-tional, said Marchuk, so the ministry was counting on the boards to make their de-cisions in ways that would best address their specifi c needs associated with enrol-ment growth.

School divisions that experienced enrolment de-creases will not see an im-mediate decrease in funding since Marchuk said it would be diffi cult for them to ad-just to mid-year cuts.

More cash for Cornerstone public school division

Marc Casavant

A1⇠ canvassed for safety concerns and to en-sure all guidelines were followed.

“We have to ensure that we meet all Transport Canada safety and operation guidelines,” noted Chandler. “We also hired a consultant to look into factors that come into play with the movement of this commod-ity, and it was deemed to be safe. The priority of our employees and the public is

our utmost concern. We do look at that closely.”

He said CN deemed the site to be safe, and added they ensure that they “meet all safety guidelines they are beholden to as a federally regulated railroad.”

Chandler noted that while they are ready to ac-cept sour crude, the com-pany has yet to transload it.

“We’re not currently moving it at this time. It hasn’t begun yet,” he said, noting that he didn’t have a timeline of when the sour crude transloading would start. “It all depends on the customer, right? When the

customer is ready, then we’ll move it.”

Another issue brought up by the individual who contacted The Mercury is the H2S training of workers at the site.

The source noted that he has training via Enform, a safety association for the gas and oil industries that is the oilfi eld standard in Canada. They noted Watco is a safe company, but said the H2S training they provide their employees, which they have fi rst-hand knowledge of, is below Canadian standards.

“They don’t touch on a third of the things the Cana-

dian (program covers). The course material they have, they’re omitting three-quar-ters of the stuff they need to know,” the caller said.

They noted Watco’s H2S training course is two days done in house with no hands-on training.

“They like to tell sto-ries, and that’s it,” he said, adding that the book they should be using is nowhere in sight. “What you don’t know about H2S is what’s going to kill you.”

An inquiry to a rep-resentative of Watco was redirected to CN, while a call to Bienfait’s mayor was not returned as of press time.

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of The Mercury

What’s old is new again for Big Wreck.

One of the few bands that separated themselves from a sea of unoriginal, homogenous acts in the 1990s, Big Wreck reunited last year, released a new album and is currently on a cross country tour with Theory of a Deadman. The two bands will stop in over 20 cities includ-ing Estevan on Dec. 9 at Spectra Place.

The tour kicked off Nov. 16 in Halifax and Big Wreck lead singer Ian Thornley, who spoke to The Mercury last Wednes-day said he and the band are enjoying being back on the road.

“So f a r i t ’s been great,” said Thornley, who was born and raised in Toronto. “Everything has been really smooth. Que-bec was different from the first few shows, they were in slightly smaller venues so with the amount of stuff we are travelling with, try-ing to shove all that stuff was a bit of a task for the crew but we had a great time.”

Thorn ley sa id a l -

though Big Wreck i s friendly with the members of Theory of a Deadman, the decision to embark on the co-headlining tour was largely a marriage of convenience as the bands have the same agent and happened to have new albums out.

“It was just who was going to fit and put the best show together for people. I’m aware that it’s slightly different flavours of rock and roll but it’s still rock and roll,” said Thornley who added co-headlining the show is not an issue for either band.

“I’m a just-give-me-a-stage-and-people-to- play-to type of guy. It’s nicer when you stretch out a little more and it’s just our fans, but the challenge is in trying to build a set every night that appeals to our fans and to people that might not be fans. You want to give them songs that they are go-ing to know and perform them well, even if you’d rather be playing the more obscure stuff or new stuff that they haven’t heard.”

Along with the rare instance of two well estab-lished acts sharing head-lining status, the tour is

also somewhat unique in the range of communities it will hit with stops in the usual locales such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Ed-monton and Montreal and more off the path locations like Cold Lake, Alberta and here in Estevan.

“I love playing to big crowds and I love play-ing to smaller, intimate crowds,” Thornley said. “It will be nice to see what type of shows we are going to be playing on the rest of the run because some of these places I have never even heard of. It will be a new adventure every time I wake up, which is always kind of fun.”

The fac t tha t Big Wreck is playing any-where is something of a minor miracle. The band broke out in 1997 with their debut album In Lov-ing Memory of … which featured the single The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted). Thanks in no small part to the success of The Oaf, which climbed all the way to No. 9 on the U.S music charts, Big Wreck enjoyed a strong run of success which also included the 2001 album The Pleasure and the Greed.

However the group

split up in 2002 and went onto other projects. For Thornley, that included the formation of his own band, which performed under his last name.

Thornley, the band, also enjoyed a solid run of success, primarily in Canada, and released two albums — Come Again and Tiny Pictures.

It was in 2010 when Thornley reconnected wi th bandmate Br ian Doherty, which led to Doherty helping out with a Thornley show and ul-timately led to the re-union, which spawned Big Wreck’s third album Albatross.

A return to the sound that gained them a devoted corps of fans, Albatross has been a hit, reaching No. 5 on the Canadian charts. Thornley says he has been pleasantly sur-prised with the fan reac-tion to the album.

“I didn’t expect any of that … it was all a shock,” he said. “It was an album where we didn’t go by any formula and there wasn’t anybody standing over our shoulder going ‘these are great, but why don’t you do something that’s a little more like this?’ There

was none of that, we just literally went in and made music that we wanted to make and that was a joy and a great way to make a record and very refreshing given the last two records that I had been a part of. It was such a breath of fresh air and I think it shows in the music, you can hear and feel that we are having a good time doing it.”

Thornley called the band’s current sound a nice amalgamation of Big Wreck and what he had been doing with Thornley but added that perform-ing under the Big Wreck name allows them to try some different things and experiment.

“The Big Wreck thing allows us to try some things that might not work. (Fans) are a little more forgiving and a little curious to see what is go-ing to happen. It’s a great amalgamation because we are doing some stuff that is very tight and precise and it could be followed by something where there is a lot more exploration. I love everything about what we are doing right now. Musically, I think it is the best band I’ve played with.”

Along with the over-all success of the album, the first couple of singles have also been warmly greeted by fans. The song Albatross was No. 1 on the Canadian rock charts and No. 2 on the alterna-tive chart while Wolves made it to no. 4 on the rock chart.

Thornley said his fa-vourite song from the album tends to change with his mood and when it comes to playing them live, whatever song gets the biggest reaction is his favourite.

Fans in Estevan will have a chance to hear the new songs as well as the other tunes from Big Wreck’s catalogue dur-ing the 75-minute show Dec. 9.

“It’s been sort of a challenge that we have met in a positive way to pack in a two and a half hour show into 75 minutes and give them the same experience. I think we have arrived at a pretty good compromise of how to do it.”

Tickets for the show are still available through the Ticketmaster outlet at Henders Drugs or through www.ticketmaster.com

Big Wreck will be performing at Spectra Place on December 9.

“I love playing to big crowds and

I love playing to smaller, intimate

crowds.”

– Ian Thornley

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The RM of Estevan has moved a step closer to fi nalizing its new offi cial community plan and zon-ing bylaw.

The organization held an open house last Wednes-day at the Estevan Elks Club where the plan was discussed with the roughly 40 ratepayers in attendance.

Planning co-ordinator Tim Cheesman, who was hired by the RM to cre-ate the plan, touched on a number of highlights and stressed that the plan is still only in the draft stage and that ratepayers will have their chance to provide sug-gestions and comments as the process moves forward.

I n h i s c o m m e n t , Cheesman noted that there is significant opportunity for development in the RM and a comprehensive plan is needed to ensure the interests of all parties are being met.

“It’s important to have a plan in place so that you can manage your develop-ment,” Cheesman said.

A handout that focused on the highlights of the plan was also distributed

to attendees and it focused on residential opportunities as well as commercial and industrial opportunities.

With respect to the residential side, the plan addresses the need to have a number of options available such as “cluster country residential and single parcel residential and traditional and large lot hamlet resi-dential.”

It added that the plan will outline the criteria for these developments and focuses on particular areas where the RM would like to see growth. In order to keep development costs down, areas along highway corridors and within close proximity to the City of Estevan will be preferred as there is already a supportive road infrastructure and es-tablished water and waste services. They will further encourage development with the City by establish-ing joint management areas where both groups will out-line development options.

Another change of note is the move to allow four non-farm residences per quarter-section and one

residence to be developed on the remaining quarter section before requiring rezoning to a country resi-dential designation.

Future cluster country residential will be subject to a review and any high density development will be discouraged unless it fi ts into the City’s future plan as the two groups have a review process to ensure growth fits the region’s needs.

On the industrial and commercial side, the RM will encourage growth and diversity in the region and it has plans to add two new zones for those land uses.

Along with a tradi-tional industrial zone, the plan calls for the creation of a prestige commercial zoning district that will allow for services such as low intensity commercial malls, hotels, motels and restaurants.

“It’s not about saying, no you can’t do this, it’s about trying to get things directed to where the best area is for certain types of development and what types of terms and con-

ditions make sense; is it serviceable, is the road up to standards … those kinds of things,” Cheesman said.

The RM’s relation-ship with the City is also a signifi cant part of the plan. It was noted that the two sides are entering a new era of partnership with the creation of the plan and will encourage joint plan-ning and service delivery wherever possible as well as a consistent direction to anyone interested in devel-oping in the region.

The RM and City are also working with the Min-istry of Highways on the new heavy truck bypass and will create joint de-ve lop-m e n t crite-ria to make s u r e t h a t the by-pass is not im-peded.

F o l -lowing the meeting Reeve Kelly Lafrentz said he

was happy with how the plan has come together and feels it will make the RM a stronger organization in the future.

“We are making great strides in getting it way more organized,” he said. “I know some of our fi rst growing pains in devel-oping some acreages and industrial/commercial lots was kind of a flying by the seat of our pants ap-proach. We gained a lot of knowledge through that and learned about a lot of things that we could have done better and that’s what we are trying to enact now.

“We were getting so much growth and in-

terest in the RM that we were

to the point w h e r e w e c o u l d n ’ t

s c r a t c h t h o s e p l a n s out on a n a p k i n anymore. We had to

get something a little more concrete.”

Both Lafrentz and Cheesman said now that the draft has been made public, the RM would like to hear from ratepayers. All people in attendance at the meet-ing were presented with questionnaires and anyone else wanting to provide feedback is asked to get in touch with them.

“We are led by the developers, where they want to go and what they want to do, but we need to set up some things with our ratepayers about where they would like to see that, so in 10 or 15 years they are not saying ‘damn why did they put this there. We had a beautiful acreage and now we’ve got this to look at.’ That is why we are doing this process.”

The RM is hoping to have the plan ready for provincial government ap-proval by the end of March. To view the draft and some of the information pro-vided at the meeting go to: rmestevan.ca/planning

RM of Estevan continues work on community plan

RM of Estevan Reeve Kelly Lafrentz

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Students at the Este-van Comprehensive School are getting a taste of the business life with a couple of baked-good start-ups competing for dessert su-premacy.

Both companies held board meetings on Nov. 22, inviting business lead-ers from the community to sit in to hear what the students have to say about their companies. Truffle Shuffl e and First Class Bak-ing are both companies started by students taking the entrepreneurial class at ECS. The teams are a little competitive, with Truffle Shuffl e appropriately selling truffl es and First Class Bak-ing selling pies, cheesecakes and cookies. The companies have set high goals for their companies, expecting to sell between $13,000 and $32,000 worth of goods.

Shaylee Foord, presi-dent of Truffl e Shuffl e, said the company projects make up the majority of the work for the class. They decided to produce truffl es because they felt it was a wide open market in the Energy City.

“We just thought that chocolate truffl es were in-novative. Nobody else in the community really sells homemade chocolates,” said Foord. “We fi gured it would appeal to a wide variety of people, especially over the holiday season.”

The groups came up with their business plans

Students learn the ABCs of business

in October, deciding who would run different depart-ments within the company and then elected an execu-tive.

Truffle Shuffle, as of Nov. 22, had sold 1,346 boxes of truffl es, generating $8,076 in revenue. Their goal is to sell 1,500 boxes each month, and the sales teams all get a 10 per cent commission after making their fi rst 100 sales.

The class is taught by Josh LeBlanc who has guided the students as they formed their businesses. He said he wanted to make sure

each company had a sense of social responsibility, so fi ve per cent of the profi ts go to local charities. Truffl e Shuffl e is donating to United Way Estevan, while First Class Baking is sending a share of their profi ts to the Hearthstone Community Campaign.

The companies are in production, selling their products until January.

LeBlanc said the com-petition between the com-panies is a positive thing for the students.

“It’s challenging. It’s intense. It makes them come

out of their comfort zone,” he said. “There are kids here who haven’t really talked to anyone outside of their friend group, so this pushes them to do that.”

LeBlanc said the results the students will see are the same any business would.

“You get out of it what you put into it. That’s the model I’ve been pushing for all of them,” he added. “There are groups who have been here from 8 o’clock every morning, and by the end of the semester they’ll probably put in an additional 100 hours of class time up

and above what they do everyday. They definitely realize the value of hard work and what it means to run a business.”

The students need to take ownership of their tem-porary company because they are literally owners. Each student owns a $20 share in the company, so if they don’t sell their prod-ucts, they will have lost their investment.

At the end of the se-mester, the companies will hold shareholders’ meet-ings.

“The payout is theirs,”

said LeBlanc. “If they make $3 a person, that’s what they get. If they make $600 a person, which is what this group is shooting for, then they’ll make that too.”

He said the students completed their business plans and market research, while developing their prod-uct. LeBlanc noted that they make their own product and he doesn’t allow them to do any outsourcing.

“It’s defi nitely been a learning experience,” said Shaylee.

Realizing the work that goes on behind the scenes was an eye-opener for her. “What is involved in making a successful marketing cam-paign? How much organiza-tion it takes to keep track of sales records?” Shaylee said are some of the things she and her team have learned.

The sales teams have been out to businesses in the community to sell their products as well as setting up shop at the local farmers’ market.

The final project for the companies is applying for scholarships awarded through Junior Achieve-ment, a Canadian youth education organization.

For anybody who would like to place an order with one of the companies, you may call the school at 634-4761. The groups also have Facebook and Twit-ter accounts that may be contacted.

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Students at the Estevan Comprehensive School have formed a pair of companies for one of their classes.

Truffl e Shuffl e held a board meeting going over the company’s plan. Executive members from left at Shaylee

Foord, Allison Mack, Evan Tarnes and Damara Juneau were among those who led the meeting.

Everyone wants to talk about the Grey Cup. Well, you did on Sunday night and Monday morn-ing, didn’t you? So here I am with a belated take on the event.

Pregame hype – Marty, the horse in the Royal York, was prob-ably the highlight as contrived as it turned out to be. B+ for effort and persistence.

Halftime stuff – Marianis Trench — Great name, average to good voices. Lead singer does great knock-kneed pose, nice sneakers. They obviously took advantage of the Clinique sale on eyeshadow and good for them! C+ but I again remind everyone, I mark tough.

Gordon Lightfoot – Icon now reduced to a whispy whisper. I couldn’t hear much of what he sang, but recognized the famous tune and the video in the back-ground was great. C- . He doesn’t get a failing grade because he actu-ally wrote and then sang the song.

Carly Rae Jepson – Nice hair, limited stage presence, decent voice, not spectacular, but cute. B-. She’s taller than I thought she was.

Justin Bieber – Average voice, getting better, but me thinks I detected that this was lip sync stuff he was handing us. We know Shania did the lip sync thing a few years ago, but it was announced she was going to have

to do that because it was minus 30 degrees in a storm. Why the Biebs would have to do it, is beyond me. Fairly good dance moves, nothing outstanding, but he loses marks for not having a band and that questionable lip sync thing. If he wasn’t lip syncing B-. If he was, C+.

Actual football game. Kevin Glenn, D, for being

bewildered, but he wasn’t the only one.

Calgary’s offensive co-ordi-nator Dave Dickinson forgot the game plan in the locker room, D-.

John Hufnagel gets a D- too, for not knowing what to do when changes became necessary. Shades of Danny Barrett.

Jon Cornish B- because he tried.

Calgary’s offensive and de-fensive lines E+.

Argonauts – Ricky Ray gets an A-. Opening throw that was intercepted wasn’t pretty. Other-wise, damn good. Just a thought ... the man is 33-years-old now. Shouldn’t we be dropping the Ricky moniker by now? Rick Ray it is.

Toronto offensive and defen-sive line and defensive secondary, A, and that’s well deserved. They made the Stampeders look unco-ordinated and silly.

Chad Kackert – A and maybe an A+ if I weren’t such a tough marker. The guy was an animal out there. He out Cornished Cornish by a long leap. He should buy the offensive line lunch this week.

Television coverage. Average at best, too much fi ller and unlike Super Bowls, we got exactly two new commercials. One for a car, another for a hamburger. They were new commercials at 5 p.m. They were very, very, very old commercials by 7:45 p.m.

NHL lockout update: Gary Bettman has stated they

can still salvage a season if they reduce it to an 11 game schedule followed by a best-of-three Stan-ley Cup fi nal between the top two teams.

Sidney Crosby has just an-nounced he’s the new governor of the Bank of Canada seeing as how free agent Mark Carney is leaving to run Britain.

Patrick Kane is going to drive cabs and Alexander Ovechkin will take over from Putin in 12, 14 or 22 years. In the meantime, he’ll sharpen skates in Moscow.

And that’s how it is heading into the last week of November, boys and girls.

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Norm Park

All Things Considered

For the longest time, rural Saskatchewan was far ahead of the rest of province when it came to political trends.

The shift began in the mid-1990s when we fi rst began to see the expansion of the oil sector and talk of new potash mines. But mostly, it was driven by a change in the mindset of agriculture.

With the demise of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as a true co-operative, farming become agri-business. Farming operations expanded as country elevators disappeared.

It was also about this time that we saw the last of the great farm rallies and protests demanding more government subsidization. Meanwhile, challenges to the Canadian Wheat Board’s authority as a single-desk seller moved beyond to the radical fringe of the right who tried to deliberately defy the law by driving their trucks over the U.S. border.

It was polite, but it was still rejection. Estevan’s city council had made a formal bid for some miti-

gation money from SaskPower to compensate the community for the stress and strain on local infrastructure as the province’s main Crown Corporation heads into the backstretch on its impressive carbon capture and sequestration project at Boundary Dam.

The plea did not fall on deaf ears, but in his response to council, Robert Watson, SaskPower’s president and CEO, pretty well said something to the effect of “thanks for asking, but no dice.”

Now we can’t fault the City of Estevan for trying to garner a little extra cash and the claim is certainly legitimate. It wasn’t as if they were trying to milk a cash cow here.

It’s a well known fact that SaskPower will be calling on most of its cash reserves and future income to pay for this $1.2 billion project and the prospects of receiving additional fi nancial assistance from the government of Canada beyond the original $240 million injection is remote, even though the project will have national and international implications.

SaskPower did provide some support for local infrastructure when the Shand Power Station was being built, but those were dif-ferent times. Elections were being fought and votes needed to be purchased, plus SaskPower was on a more gentle spending slope at the time with only one major project on the books.

Take a look at today’s power generating needs. Natural gas plants that had to be installed quickly to meet increasing demands are still being amortized. A new plant that is supposedly going to be built in Premier Brad Wall’s constituency near Swift Current or maybe near Lanigan in central Saskatchewan, is now on board. It too, will require funding as it advances past planning stages into an action plan.

So it’s understandable why Watson and his team are saying no at this juncture, even in the face of precedent.

We don’t know how hard our council and, by extension, the RM of Estevan council, should push this topic, but it does create an interesting debate.

There is hard evidence that our city’s facilities, infrastructure and support systems are being maxed out and abused and much of that is due to the strains of providing for hundreds of people who are deployed on the SaskPower project. But in return, the Crown corporation can respond by suggesting that other industries (oil, trucking, agriculture, et al) are the major causes of our dilemma, not them.

If Estevan’s administration can respond with hard facts related directly to the CO2 project, then we would advise them to keep fi ghting the good fi ght. If not, then they should retreat to the neu-tral corner with the understanding that SaskPower remains a good corporate citizen even if it doesn’t have the cash to fl ash like it once did. It is still providing a strong base that Estevan can draw from in terms of value added property taxes and business cash fl ows. They’re providing the means ... we’ll have to fi nd the way.

In the meantime, the City could be seeking out other avenues of fi nancial support since the Boundary Dam project is providing plenty of opportunities to cash in on the action.

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

MURRAY MANDRYK

Prairie Perspective

New Sask. born in rural Sask.

Coupled with the greater impact of farm implement manufacturing and the infl uence of the oil and gas sector, rural voters began to take on more of a free-enterprise outlook. Even traditional areas of NDP support around Yorkton - the rural seats once known as “Red Square” - abandoned the NDP for political alternatives.

The demand for better roads and Internet service to meet new economic needs was often not answered by urban-dominated NDP governments. And as NDP MLAs failed to satisfy rural voters’ needs, support for the right-wing alternative Saskatchewan Party only solidifi ed.

Really, this was the dawning of what is often referred today as the “new Saskatchewan.”

Fast-forward to today and you are likely hearing a lot about that new Saskatchewan, especially in the context of several recent Sask. Party policy changes.

Those would include simplifying the labour laws to the liking of private employers, the privatization of the Informa-tion Services Corp. (ISC), private liquor stores in the cities and, most recently, changes to the liquor regulations that treat drinking as more of a business opportunity than something in need of policing through massive restrictions.

But it is the latter liquor law changes where the new Saskatchewan may be on a collision course with the old Sas-katchewan that still tends to be rather conservative in its values. For this reason, it will be worth watching rural Saskatchewan’s reaction to these changes.

For starters, it can be argued that all too many of the SLGA changes are aimed at the urban audiences. These would likely

include things like serving alcohol in spas - most of which are in the cities - and the ability to bring your own wine to restaurants, which would also seem to cater to urban clientele.

Admittedly, other SLGA changes will be more appli-cable to the smaller towns and cities.

The Sask. Party government is doing away with restric-tions requiring establishments to provide sleeping accom-modations for patrons in order to obtain a liquor licence. It is for this reason that rural pubs have been located in hotels, rather than functioning as stand-alone bars like you see just across the border in Montana and North Dakota.

While this change may be applauded by many, some rural hoteliers will likely be less pleased. In the cases of smaller communities, it may mean the demise of the local hotel, which would be the demise of a business critical to many communities.

Another liquor board change worth monitoring is the one that will allow limited stripping in bars. Many rural hotel/bar owners might see this as a great way to create traffi c for their establishments.

But with rural Saskatchewan generally older and more socially conservative, it will also challenge what has been considered acceptable in many rural communities.

In fairness, it might be wrong to suggest that rural resi-dents, who have become very good at adapting to change and have often led change, will be any less willing to adapt than city residents.

Nevertheless, it may be a good measure of exactly how much Saskatchewan has changed.

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The Kettle Campaign was offi cially launched on Saturday, as the Salvation Army’s primary fundraiser gears up for the holidays.

The Estevan Salvation Army has set a goal this year of $30,000, which they hope to raise by Dec. 24. Salva-tion Army Lieutenant Brian Bobolo along with his wife June, who is also a lieutenant with the organization, kicked off the campaign with a brief ceremony Nov. 23 at the Estevan Shoppers Mall.

“We want to make sure you are warm and you are well this Christmas. Our doors are always open,” Bobolo announced to the small crowd gathered in the mall’s foyer for the presen-tation.

He noted that all of the money stays in the com-munity, and the campaign they run takes no funds from what comes in through the kettles. All the money do-nated goes to the programs that the Salvation Army supports, like the new Warm Welcome program, which gives people who have no place to sleep a warm place to stay.

“It’s a great time to be associated with the Kettle Campaign and all our do-nors,” said Bobolo. “The Kettle Campaign is nothing without our donors, so we’re grateful to everyone who comes forward to put in their

dimes and their quarters and they go a long way. I’m so grateful just to receive the donations from people and to be in a position to put them to good use and see the outcome of those dona-tions.”

Bobolo added that he is just happy to be a part of something that helps lots of people in the community in a myriad of ways.

“To see the pleasure on people’s faces when they receive the support from the community, it’s a great feeling to know I’m a part of that in some small way.”

The Salvation Army also provides funding to send local youth to camp programs. The youth who get to go, Bobolo added, are children who wouldn’t otherwise get to leave the city in the summer months.

“They would not have had the opportunity to go to camp without the donations we have received through the Kettle Campaign and other donations throughout the year,” he said.

Bobolo said they want to ensure that everyone gets a nice meal at Christmas-time, so the food hampers are another initiative over the holidays that Kettle Campaign donations go to.

What the Salvation Army does need to keep the Kettle Campaign mov-ing along is a good base

of volunteers. Each kettle needs an attendant to keep an eye on it.

Bobolo said those who volunteer work in two-hour shifts. If there isn’t a volun-teer for a particular two-hour time slot, the kettle has to be brought in.

He noted most volun-teers really love being a part of the campaign.

“They get to greet peo-ple that they know and wish everyone a Merry Christ-mas, and ring the bells. It’s a fun thing to do.”

Making the fi rst dona-tion to the campaign was Troy LeBlanc, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #60.

The Estevan Compre-hensive School band en-semble, along with teacher Kyle Whitehead, provided some musical entertainment at the ceremony, with a pair of Christmas hymns, which everyone was encouraged to sing along to.

Kettles will be stationed at the Salvation Army, the Estevan Shoppers Mall and will be set up at various events throughout Decem-ber, including the Huron Carole concert on Dec. 6, the Estevan Bruins game on Dec. 7 and when the Holiday Train rolls through the city on Dec. 17.

Those wishing to vol-unteer their time for kettle duty may call 634-2074.

Kettle Campaign kicks into gear

Advanced Education Minister Don Morgan an-nounced last week that the government has au-thorized more than 4,000 scholarships worth more than $2 million through the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship program.

The Saskatchewan Ad-vantage Scholarship was launched this past spring and provides new Saskatchewan Grade 12 graduates who enrol at a Saskatchewan post-secondary institution with a scholarship of up to $500 per year to a lifetime maximum of $2,000 over 10 years.

“Our government un-derstands the importance of post-secondary education and we want to ensure it is accessible and affordable for students,” Morgan said. “I am pleased with the large number of Saskatchewan students who have already

received the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship to help them pursue their post-secondary education in the province.”

Effective April 1, 2013 the Saskatchewan Advan-tage Scholarship reduces tuition for students entering post-secondary programs and applies to a broad ar-ray of Saskatchewan post-secondary institutions and programs.

“The new Saskatch-ewan Advantage Scholar-ship fulfi ls our government’s platform commitment to support recent high school graduates including Adult Basic Education and Gener-al Education Development, in the completion of their post-secondary education and seize the tremendous opportunities that Saskatch-ewan has to offer,” Morgan said.

Updated informa-

tion on the scholarship is posted on the Ministry of Advanced Education’s web-site at www.aeei.gov.sk.ca/scholarship-sas.

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Troy LeBlanc, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #60, had the honour

of making the fi rst donation to the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign.

Lieutenant Brian Bobolo kicked off the Kettle Campaign in Estevan on Nov. 24,

with a brief ceremony at the Estevan Shoppers Mall. The Estevan Salvation Army

has set a goal of $30,000, to be raised by Dec. 24.

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Students at Hillcrest School learned a little about their rights, as the school celebrated National Child Day with some spe-cial guests.

Bob Pringle, a former MLA and now Saskatch-ewan’s advocate for chil-dren and youth, attended the school with a pair of Saskatchewan Roughrid-ers, Milt Collins and Chris McKenzie, along with Gainer the Gopher.

After the athletes en-tertained the school, an-

swering questions and talking with the students, the Riders went off to serve breakfast to the younger students, while the more senior students stayed back to hear from Pringle.

Pringle, who is origi-nally from Carnduff, talk-ed about his role advocat-ing for children and what it means for today’s youth.

“As a child advocate, I’m legally required by the legislature to look at how Saskatchewan is doing

in terms of the rights of children in this province,” said Pringle.

The Saskatchewan children’s advocate is funded by the government but operates independent-ly, making recommenda-tions for policy, as well as ensuring children are safe within their own homes.

“For the most part, the province may not agree with everything, but they appreciate the work we’re doing, and we try to be as constructive as we can. These are complex social issues,” said Pringle, of what they are often deal-ing with. “If you take the issues we’ve been hear-ing about in Estevan and Weyburn the last couple of days, there are no easy solutions. There’s poverty; there’s lack of housing; there’s lots of pressure on families. There are addic-tions issues and mental health issues. There are just a lot of challenges. There’s a lot of strength in the community, but when you deal with the kind of infl ux you have, (these is-sues arise).”

When looking at those issues, his job is to see how those elements affect children in the community.

“ We p r o m o t e t h e rights and the value of the children in our com-munities and their right to be respected. In a sense we monitor government programs and legislation to ensure children get the services they are entitled to by way of being citizens from here.”

Things like the right to education and health care are some of the is-sues Pringle and other advocates are particularly attuned to.

“We look at every-thing and whether or not

it’s child centred. We con-sider what is the impact on children of the current policies and practices in the province as provided by the government,” Prin-gle said. “My authority allows me to investigate anything we believe can infringe upon the rights of children.”

He submits a report annually to the legislature regarding the current state of the child in Saskatch-ewan. It’s a diffi cult task, in part because he must be aware of what today’s children’s needs are.

“If you’re going to be a voice for children, you have to make sure you’re talking to children,” he said. “That’s what gives us legitimacy in the offi ces, is that we actually speak to thousands of children every year. Every child in Saskatchewan has a right through provincial legisla-tion to call us and call us in privacy.”

He said they receive about 1,600 calls each year.

Pringle said it’s days where he visits schools that are a lot of fun.

“To be welcomed like we were, (is exciting),” he said.

Pringle attended a meeting later in the day with a number of child-serving community mem-bers at the Days Inn. He was able to get an idea of some of the children’s issues they see in the com-munity.

“We’re coming to lis-ten. We’re not experts. We’re just all in this to-gether,” he added.

Youth advocate focuses on needs of child

Gainer the Gopher and a pair of Roughriders attended Hillcrest School on Nov.

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Sun Country Health Region, like other health regions across the province, has some specific generic directions to follow when certain outbreaks happen that could compromise their residents and clients, espe-cially in senior care facilities.

Dr. Shauna Hudson, chief medical offi cer for Sun Country, said that after the provincial procedures are checked off, managers at each facility that may be af-fected by an outbreak such as infl uenza or virus, make their own calls and issue more

specifi c directions. “The change in proce-

dure regarding each facil-ity involved in a lockdown or restricted visits is then conveyed to the family of the resident, not the general public,” Hudson said.

“There is an expecta-tion that each health-care facility has a plan to com-municate with the families,” she added.

“There are no alerts or notices sent to the media and if there is, that would be a facility manager’s decision. I would expect they wouldn’t

issue a media alert as long as there is no greater risk to the general public,” Hudson added.

The definition of an “outbreak” at any given long

term care or primary care facility could be interpreted as being as few as two indi-viduals coming down with something similar, she said.

If visitor restrictions are

put in place, then the regular entrances to the facility may be locked to outsiders and in-formational placards placed on the entryways to explain the reason for the no visita-tion or restricted visit order.

“So the prevention of visits depends on the need as assessed by the manager(s),” said Hudson.

She said as far as in-forming family about restric-tions, contact is generally made with someone who is an immediate family mem-ber, or as close as can be

determined, and then the expectation is that this fam-ily member will fan out the information to other family members.

“We’ve been pretty lucky in Sun Country so far this season. Our residents and clients appear to be easing into winter mode quite nicely. We haven’t had any infl uenza outbreaks and when there have been lockdowns or restrictions, they’ve been able to track down causes pretty quickly,” Hudson said.

Medical offi cer explains facility lockdown process

It’s not the rental con-trol program some were calling for, but the provincial government has announced the new changes to protect tenants in the province will come into effect in 2013.

According to a govern-ment release, amendments to The Residential Tenan-cies Regulations, 2007, will among other things, provide seniors residing in indepen-dent living facilities with the right to use the Offi ce of Residential Tenancies to resolve disputes. This comes into effect on April 1, 2013.

“Seniors’ independent living facilities are exempt from the current law and we could see no reason for that,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said. “This change puts them on equal footing with other rental properties.”

The amended regula-tions also contain rules re-garding fixed-term tenan-cies. Currently, a landlord does not have to notify a tenant about their plans for the property once the lease expires, such as whether they would be willing to

continue renting or if the rent would increase. Under the new regulations, land-lords are required to provide tenants with two months notice about their intentions and tenants are given one month to respond.

The Residential Tenan-cies Amendment Act, 2012 took effect November 15, 2012. Among the changes, landlords will have to be-long to an approved As-sociation of Landlords in order to increase rent for periodic tenancies more than once a year. Landlords who

belong to an approved asso-ciation can increase rent on their properties once every six months. The amended regulations will support this act by designating the Sas-katchewan Rental Housing Industry Association as an Association of Landlords.

“Saskatchewan’s rental market is very tight, with vacancy rates extremely low in some cities,” Wyant said. “These changes will provide tenants with additional pro-tection from facing the bur-den of large rent increases in a short amount of time.”

Rental changes announced

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An incident near the intersection of 13th Av-enue and Eighth Street on the evening of Nov. 21 has resulted in an investiga-tion being established by members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS).

Police were asked to look into the incident and it was determined that an assault had occurred when a man approached another man and a woman who were working on a vehicle at the scene.

The suspect, who was intoxicated, asked the duo for a ride and then as-saulted the man when he refused to give him a ride. The suspect then fl ed the scene once he learned the police were on their way.

That same evening, a 44-year-old woman was charged for impaired driv-ing after police observed her erratic driving actions.

Police set up investigation into assault incidentShe now has a Dec. 17 court date.

A 26-year-old Regi-na man was arrested and lodged in cells after being picked up by EPS mem-bers for being in breach of court ordered condi-tions. EPS members had observed the man acting in a suspicious manner as he drove north on Souris Avenue on the night of Nov. 21. After making a traffi c stop, the accused, it was noted, was in breach of several conditions so he was taken into custody pending a court appear-ance the next morning.

On the night of Nov. 22, EPS members inter-vened in an argument be-tween two patrons at a lo-cal restaurant. By the time police got to the scene, one of the people involved in the incident had left. The remaining subject was in-

terviewed and the incident was seen to be resolved.

A 31-year-old man was arrested for impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol content was over .08 per cent. During the traffic stop that involved the impaired driving charge, police not-ed that a 21-year-old male passenger, who was on probation, was also intoxi-cated which was a breach of his probation order, so he was also arrested and charged accordingly. He was lodged in cells pend-ing a court appearance the next morning.

During the past week-end, EPS members were kept on the run with a variety of events starting with a couple of responses to alarms Friday night. Police discovered that one alarm was caused by an individual who had pushed

it accidentally while the other had been set off by a company employee who had also accidentally ac-tivated it.

A fi ght at a local con-venience store involved an intoxicated person spitting on another person which resulted in a scuffl e and subsequent arrest of one person who was lodged in cells until sober.

A noisy party on Fri-day night resulted in a warning being issued to the host of the event.

Police received a call from a person who had loaned their vehicle to an-other person who had not returned it at an agreed-upon time. The vehicle was located and it was noted that it had suffered some damage. The person who had borrowed the car was located and charged with driving without due

care and attention and driving without a valid licence.

A local lounge report-ed to police that a person who had been removed from their premises had at-tempted to get back in, but by the time police arrived at the scene, the subject had fl ed.

A disagreement be-tween a mother and son resulted in police inter-vention on Nov. 23. With police assistance, the issue was resolved.

An alarm was trig-gered after hours at a lo-cal lounge during the past weekend. On attendance ,police found the front door was open and in-vestigation revealed the doors had not been bolted so a person had opened the door and activated the alarm, but had not entered the building.

A truck being driven in slow motion and very erratically on the week-end resulted in the police activating their emergency

lights which resulted in the driver pulling over to the curb. In fact, he pulled over so far, he ran into a lamp post.

T h e d r i v e r w a s charged with impaired operation of a vehicle and driving without a valid licence. Further investiga-tion led to other charges of break, enter and theft, possession of a controlled substance, theft of a ve-hicle, resisting arrest and refusing to take a breatha-lyzer test.

A 37-year-old man was taken into custody pending a Monday morn-ing court appearance.

Police received a call regarding a truck that was swerving down a local street. When police made the traffi c stop, it was de-termined that the operator had not been drinking but was very tired. A further check indicated that there were warrants out for his arrest so he was taken into custody pending a court appearance in Saskatoon.

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Persistence has paid off for Estevan Police Service Chief Del Block.

For the past couple years, Block has been one of the driving forces behind the push to lower speed limits in the city’s residential areas from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.

After the first few at-tempts were quashed by city council, the voters of Estevan had their say in October and voted in fa-vour of lowering the limit, albeit by a 26 vote margin.

Despite the rather tepid mandate, council decided to go along with the will of voters at the Nov. 19 meeting, voting in favour of the reduction

Chief pleased with speed limit decision5-1. Councillor Dennis Moore was the lone vote against the move.

Block said he was both pleased and surprised with how quickly council moved on the matter and is happy the reduction will finally happen.

“I to ta l ly suppor t council on that decision,” Block said. “What it does, I’m hoping, is bring the speed down in the resi-dential areas. Obviously it is an enforcement is-sue which they have ad-dressed in council and that is correct, it is an enforcement issue.”

Block said the big-gest issue might be in terms of what is tolerated

by the courts. He noted that when the speed limit is 50 km/h, a driver has to be going 60 km/h for any fine to stand up. With moving to 40 km/h, it low-ers that tolerance down by 10 km/h which Block feels will have a positive impact.

He added that with more people walking and biking in the community, the safety of residents also became a growing con-cern for his department.

“We’ve got more and more pedestrians walking now and in the summer people on bikes. We have a lot of immigrants in town that do not drive; they walk. We have more

and more children because of the families that have moved into the city. It’s a safety issue.”

While making the de-cision to lower the speed l imit , the members of council stressed that the onus is now on the EPS to enforce the new lim-it. Block concurs with that sentiment and said when the force returns to full staffing numbers, he hopes to place two offi-cers on traffic duty.

“Once I get my num-bers back up, there will be two dedicated traffic people and if we have the numbers to sustain that, that is my goal, to have two people in traffic.”Del Block

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The session was the fi rst open meeting since the Oct. 24 municipal election and the new-look council went right to work dealing with a number of matters on the lengthy agenda. Among the items was a let-ter from the Saskatchewan branch of the MS Society of Canada asking the City to waive any Spectra Place usage fees for the annual MS Walk which is sched-uled for May 26.

In the past the walk had been held outdoors but organizers were forced to move indoors in 2011 due to the rain. The move into Spectra Place was appar-ently so popular that the group would like to use the facility again this year and made the request for the waiving of any applicable fees.

The request drew a

lukewarm response from some members of council as they appeared leery to set such a precedent.

The request was tabled for further study.

• • • • • •Council also addressed

a letter from the Ministry of Highways and Infrastruc-ture regarding the Urban Connectors Program.

In the letter, the City was thanked for reaffi rm-ing their project applica-tions and were assured that their projects will be prioritized in the context of all the requests received from municipalities in the province.

The City and province earlier agreed to a deal, which would see the two sides cost share the reha-bilitation of Highway 47 through Estevan. The City was hoping to start on the

project this year, but were not approved for funding in 2012. It was noted during the meeting that the City isn’t overly hopeful of re-ceiving funds for 2013 but will continue to press the province.

The project is an im-portant one as the north leg of Souris Avenue is in terrible shape and is in need of immediate work. Although the City wants to get to work, it is in their financial best interest to wait for the province as the connector program would pick up 60 per cent of the costs. However, the City is not allowed to begin work until it receives approval from the province or it would no longer be eligible for funding.

• • • • • •The minutes from the

most recent CPR Commu-

nity Advisory Panel meet-ing on Oct. 24 were also presented at the meeting.

The cont rovers ia l transload facility was a major point of discussion at the meeting. CPR represen-tative Rick Poznikoff said the facility has not been as busy as they were hoping, with just two cars of oil being loaded per day and four cars of fl yash each day.

Poznikoff also men-tioned that contrary to what was suggested earlier, CPR will likely not be moving the facility out of Estevan in 2013.

Former Mayor Gary St. Onge, in one of his fi nal acts as mayor, was in attendance at the meeting and reiterated that the City would like to see the facil-ity moved out of Estevan. He also expressed concerns about the unloading of

drilling pipe along Sixth Street as the City has plans to rehabilitate and pave the road over the next couple of years.

• • • • • •In his report, City man-

ager Jim Puffalt thanked public works employees for their snow removal ef-forts after the storm that hit Estevan earlier this month.

Puffalt added that be-cause of the snow, public works has suggested that garbage service for a num-ber of streets be moved from the back alley to the front of homes for the du-ration of winter. Council passed the request unani-mously.

• • • • • •Council received a

request from the group be-hind the new Tim Hortons location at the Estevan Shoppers Mall requesting

that the City allow for oc-cupancy despite the fact that the landscaping at the site is incomplete.

As part of the discre-tionary use permit issued by the City, one of the con-ditions were that all land-scaping must be completed prior to the occupancy of the building.

In a report from land service manager Rob De-nys, he said it would be reasonable for the City to defer completion of the landscaping work until June 20, 2013 provided Tim Hortons issues a per-formance deposit equal to the value of the work that has not been completed.

The request was ap-proved on the condition that Tim Hortons advises the City on the cost of the remaining landscape work and provides the deposit.

Canada Post is warn-ing the public that a new spam e-mail bearing the brands of various shipping companies has recently surfaced.

The e-mail highlights an unsuccessful delivery and suggests clicking on a link for more informa-tion. As holiday shoppers are expecting to receive more parcels, Canada Post would like to remind ev-eryone to be vigilant as these e-mails could con-tain viruses.

Canada Post says it does not email customers following an unsuccess-ful delivery attempt. To ensure protection against spammers and malware, Canada Post recommends the following steps:

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Funeral services for one of Estevan’s quiet and dignifi ed leaders will be held Thursday afternoon from St. Paul’s United Church at 2 p.m.

Ron Gallaway, 87, who forged out a career in agri-culture and provided leader-ship expertise to a number of local, regional, provincial and national organizations along the way, died Nov. 16.

He leaves to mourn his wife of 61 years, Margue-rite, and four children, Don (Lorie-Gay), Joan (Brian Wesley), Dave (Kim) and Beth (Mark Gorchynski), along with fi ve grandchil-dren and his sister, Marjorie Christie in Ontario.

During his more than 50 years as an active farmer, Gallaway contributed thou-sands of hours of volunteer service and expertise to the local community and province.

Many will remember his many years dedicated to the local Agricultural

Society and Estevan Exhi-bition Association where he added leadership duties that extended to the provincial body where he served as president and later as presi-dent of the Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions. He was the founding presi-dent of the Saskatchewan Association of Fairs and Exhibitions.

Gallaway also served on the senate of both the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan where he graduated with a

degree from their School of Agriculture later earning their Distinguished Gradu-ate in Agriculture Award.

He also served a term as president of the Western Canada Fairs Association and was on the advisory council of the College of Agriculture and on the ex-ecutive of the Western De-velopment Museum Board.

Gallaway lived his en-tire life in Estevan and area and served as a quiet role model and inspiration for many who served with him on the local school boards (10 years as chairman) and Wheat Pool committees. He was chairman of the Estevan National Exhibition Centre (EAGM) board, and a 53-year member of the local Agricultural Society and served 50 years as an elder of St. Paul’s United Church. He was also a long-time member of the Estevan Rotary Club.

During the course of his career, Gallaway was

honoured with a number of awards including life mem-berships in the Saskatch-ewan Agricultural Societies and Western Canada Fairs Association and induction into the Saskatchewan Ag-ricultural Hall of Fame and the Roll of Honour with the Canadian Association of Ex-hibitions. He was also Farm-er of the Year as proclaimed by the Estevan Chamber of Commerce and recipient of the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal.

His family noted that St. Paul’s was always an in-tegral part of his life and the Ten Commandments were his guiding principles. He maintained his dignity, grace and courage to the end, they said, serving as a role model for them as well.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions in Gallaway’s name may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home (Hearthstone) or to St. Paul’s United Church Memorial Fund.

Gallaway funeral on Thursday

Ron Gallaway

A L a m p m a n m a n pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident that left one man dead.

M i t c h e l l G r i m e s , who is now 19, origi-nally faced a much more serious charge after an accident in May 2011 led to a young man falling out of a bus Grimes was driving. He pleaded guilty to the charge under the Traffi c Safety Act during Estevan provincial court on Nov. 22.

The incident occurred when the two men were at-tending a party in Oxbow. While at the party, the group was hanging out in a converted school bus with a couch. At some point, the partiers decided they

Fines for accident that left one deadwanted to go to another gathering in Alameda.

Grimes, who hadn’t been drinking, was nomi-nated to drive the bus.

The victim, Kyle Mc-Connell, was a friend of Grimes and was standing by the door of the bus as they travelled. The bus hit a bump in the road, and because the doors weren’t closed properly, they opened and McCon-nell fell out. He was then run over by the bus.

Grimes stopped the vehicle immediately and he and others got out to come to McConnell’s aid. He was significantly in-jured, but was breathing. Emergency services were called and CPR was per-

formed while they waited on an ambulance to arrive.

Grimes was worried and at the bequest of oth-ers at the scene, took the bus away, leaving others to help the victim.

G r i m e s ’ d e f e n c e counsel noted the victim’s family has been generous

and has been understand-ing of the accident.

“(Grimes’) parents and his family are very appreciative of the fact that they were very un-derstanding that this was a tragic accident that unfor-tunately happened,” said defence counsel.

What Grimes should have done, his counsel said, was to call the po-lice and self report the accident.

The Crown and de-fence presented a joint submiss ion for Judge Karl Bazin’s approval. The fine was suggested

to be $1,000, which is the maximum under the Traf-fi c Safety Act. Grimes will also be under a six-month probation order and for the fi rst 30 days is prohibited from driving, except for work purposes.

Bazin accepted the submissions.

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After a sound vic-tory over the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Friday, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins passed up an oppor-tunity to build off the win with a loss to the Kinders-ley Klippers the next night.

The Bruins got a strong showing from Matt Bryka-liuk in a 5-2 win over the Wolves on Friday, but dug themselves a deep hole on Saturday in an eventual 5-3 defeat against the Klippers.

Holding games in hand on every team in the SJHL prior to the weekend and facing two teams in the bottom third of the league, the Bruins remain in fi fth place in the Sherwood Con-ference, after temporar-ily moving into fourth on Friday.

Bruins head coach and general manager Keith Cassidy said the coaching staff can only do so much to get the players fi red up for important games such as the one against Kindersley.

“The key is for those guys to fi nd that sustained internal motivation. I think the guys have the heart to do it and those are the guys I want to go to battle with. Come hell or high water, we’re going to fi nd a way to show people what an elite team this can be,” he said.

That wasn’t the case on Saturday, as the Bruins fell behind 4-0 after two periods amidst a barrage of penalties and saw their third period comeback bid fall fl at.

Although fans were not happy with the work of referee Nathan Wieler, who dished out 79 minutes of penalties — 59 to Estevan,

20 to Kindersley — Cas-sidy said his team didn’t play well enough to win.

“You can complain about offi ciating when you put forth the effort to put yourself in a position to win the hockey game. Then you can complain about it,” he said.

“If we’d had the effort that we had in the third period all game, then I’d be upset. But quite frankly, it was just so bad I can’t even complain about it.”

Colby Daniels buried a rebound fi ve minutes into the fi rst period to open the scoring for the Klippers.

Brett Printz added to that lead just 19 seconds later on a fl uky goal. Printz dumped the puck in and Bruins goalie Curtis Mar-tinu left his net to play it, but the puck ricocheted off a stanchion and into the net.

C o d y M c K i n n o n banged a pass past Martinu 11 minutes into the second period to extend the Klip-pers’ lead.

Three minutes lat-er, Bruins winger Roger Tagoona was given five minutes and a game mis-conduct for a hit from behind on Daniels. After some pleasantries were exchanged between the two teams, Daniels served a roughing penalty and scored on the ensuing power play to make it 4-0 Klippers.

“I t was scrambly, chippy, not fun to watch, not entertaining hockey,” Cassidy said of the fi rst 40 minutes of the game. “Nei-ther team did much of any interest out there and that was aided by the fact that

there probably wasn’t more than 30 seconds worth of continuous play.”

The Bruins attempted a comeback in the third, beginning with a goal 18 seconds in when Austin Yano one-timed a Hudson Morrison feed past Klip-pers goalie Tyrell King.

Less than six minutes later, the Klippers replied when Connor Gay con-verted on a rebound on a power play.

The Bruins continued to push back though, with Darcy DeRoose wristing a shot home from the top of the faceoff circle at the 7:19 mark.

Austin Daae made it 5-3 less than three minutes later after knocking in a loose puck in the crease.

But that was as close as the Bruins would get, going scoreless in the fi nal nine minutes of the period.

Cassidy said the team wasted an opportunity to solidify fourth place and need to play with more pride.

“We had games in hand on (teams) and we’ve gotta take advantage of it. There’s no point having them if you don’t go out there and battle for those points,” he said.

“I want to see the guys be proud of playing for this hockey club and leave everything they can on the ice, because there are a lot of people in this organiza-tion who have sacrifi ced a lot of stuff for them to be able to be here and play hockey. They’re parents, they’re billets, the execu-tive. A lot of people put a lot of effort into this and I

don’t expect anything less out of our players.”

Shots on goal were 35-34 for the Bruins.

On Friday, the Bruins led 3-2 after two periods and held on for the win.

Braden Oleksyn got the scoring started for the Wolves midway through the fi rst, but the Bruins re-sponded with two goals 76 seconds apart to take a 2-1 lead after the fi rst frame.

Brykaliuk, in his re-turn to the lineup after missing five games with a shoulder injury, tied the game with a spectacular effort, toe dragging around defenceman Franklin Cook and scoring on a glove side shot as he was falling down.

“I wound up for a fake wrist shot and the d-man just kinda went down, so I luckily slid through there and I just shot it on net and it trickled in there,” Bryka-liuk said.

“It’s defi nitely a con-fidence booster. I know one of those goals was an empty-netter, but just get-ting one goal in the fi rst 10 games of the year and then getting two (on Friday), it’s a great feeling,” he added.

Daae put the Bruins on top shortly after at 15:54, walking out from the right corner and beating goalie Dasan Sydora to the far side on a power play.

Graham Smerek tied the game for the Wolves halfway through the second

period, shortly after Bruins captain Connor Milligan blocked a shot with his foot which led to him missing about 10 minutes of action.

Tyler Paslawski gave the Bruins the lead for good less than three minutes later on a rebound.

Hudson Morrison pro-videdthe home side some insurance on a power play goal from the right faceoff circle at 4:25 of the third, and Brykaliuk added an empty netter with 54 sec-onds left.

“I think he had a fan-tastic game. I think he showed all the stuff that he can do as a player. Now I want to see it each and every night,” Cassidy said of Brykaliuk’s play.

Kris Keating and his teammates wanted to take one last crack at it, and now they are slated to play in the provincial junior men’s curl-ing championship in January in Weyburn.

The Benson native and his rink of Andrew Batt (third), Marcus Lau (sec-ond) and Spencer McKnight (lead) won the B final at the southern playdowns on Sunday in Regina to clinch a berth at provincials.

Batt and Lau are from Estevan. Robert Keating is the team’s coach.

Although the curlers have been busy with school and, in Keating’s case, a promising baseball career, the skip said they wanted to give it another try in their

last year of junior eligibility.“The last couple of

years I didn’t really do much curling at all, just a little bit when I was at home,” said Keating.

“It was tough to know what to expect right away, but we went to the two qualifying junior spiels and that was good for us, getting to play together.”

The team got to pro-vincials by beating Lucas Richards 8-4 in the B fi nal at the Callie Curling Club.

Most of the scoring in the fi nal came from single points, with multiple points coming in only two ends. Keating had both of them though, getting a deuce in the fourth and stealing three in the 10th end.

With Keating up by one without the hammer, he said Richards’ team was trying to get two for the win, but it backfi red on them.

Keating’s rink got some rocks buried behind guards, and Richards’ first shot picked and wrecked on a guard. His second shot was a draw to the button to tie the game, but it also wrecked.

The team won four of its fi rst fi ve games to get to the B fi nal.

They beat James Bark-way 11-3 in their opener on Friday, then dumped Estevan’s Colby Fessler 7-1 and beat David Haines 10-7. They lost 7-3 to Daniel Selke in the A fi nal to be knocked to the B side.

There, they edged Lo-

gan Wild 8-7 to make the B fi nal.

As a tuneup, Keating said the team will play in a bonspiel in Regina the weekend before the Jan. 3-7 provincials.

Meanwhile, Fessler’s

rink included Dalen Brueck-ner (third), Caleb Fisher (second) and Justin Hanmer (lead), as well as coach Kent Hanmer.

The team opened with a bang, beating Wild 9-2 in their first game. They

then lost to Keating to be knocked to the B event. There, they lost 7-2 to Rich-ards, and they bowed out of the tournament with a 10-7 loss to Austin Williamson on the C side.

SOUNDING OFF

“The key is for those guys to find that sustained internal motiva-

tion. I think the guys have the heart to do it and those are the

guys I want to go to battle with. Come hell or high water, we’re

going to find a way to show people what an elite team this can

be.” — Bruins head coach Keith Cassidy on his team’s need to win big games like

Saturday’s 5-3 loss to Kindersley.

“That’s the first time we’ve worked that hard in the third period in

a long time and that’s what showed.” — Apex Bruins head coach Dalton

Giblett on his team’s strong third period performance in a 4-3 win over Weyburn on

Sunday.

Mixed returns on Bruins’ homestand

Estevan Bruins forward Matt Brykaliuk fi nishes off a spectacular goal during the

fi rst period of a 5-2 win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Friday.

Keating rink advances to junior provincials

Three curlers from the area were part of the Kris Keating rink that advanced to

the junior men’s provincials on the weekend. From left, Spencer McKnight (lead),

Marcus Lau (second), Andrew Batt (third) and Keating (skip). (Submitted Photo)

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Estevan Motor Speed-way held its annual general meeting last week and while there wasn’t much move-ment on the track’s execu-tive, there was a change at the top.

Track president James

Trobert takes over as Speedway presidentGustafson resigned his post at the Nov. 19 meeting, citing other commitments. Gustafson had held the posi-tion since 2009.

Former treasurer Lynn Trobert has taken over as the Speedway’s new president.

Gustafson was the only person to step down from the board, which was ex-panded to 10 members with the addition of Gary Goudy Sr. and Keith Cassidy.

Dale LaBatte will con-tinue in the vice-president’s

position.The Speedway’s fi nan-

cial statements, which have not been audited, show a profi t of roughly $30,000 for the last fi scal year.

EMS marketing direc-tor Tracy Lewis-Miller said

several other items came up for discussion during the meeting.

“We discussed what di-rection the track is going to go in in 2013 and beyond,” she said.

The notion of adding a sport mod class came up for the second straight year, and again the track decided against it.

Lewis-Miller said sport mods will be brought in for a show or two next year, but they will not be adopted as a regular class, largely due to changes the IMCA governing body has made regarding motors.

The Speedway will

continue to race on week-ends next year. It had ex-perimented with Wednesday race nights in 2011, but returned to the weekend format this year.

“We’re sticking with weekend racing. It seems to be becoming more popular for us. The crowd counts are coming up quite nicely,” said Lewis-Miller.

She added that there are some possibilities for special events at the track in 2013, but since the schedul-ing meeting for EMS and the North Dakota tracks won’t be until mid-Decem-ber, nothing has been fi nal-ized yet.

The Estevan Apex Bru-ins scored twice in the third period to earn a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Weyburn Wings on Sunday.

The midget AA club trailed twice, including a 3-2 defi cit after 40 minutes, but turned it around to get their fi fth win of the year, three days after losing 7-5 to the Notre Dame bantam Hounds on Thursday.

Head coach Dalton Giblett said the Bruins (4-5-4) brought everything they had in the third period on Sunday.

“That’s the first time we’ve worked that hard in the third period in a long time and that’s what showed. In Notre Dame the other night, if we would’ve had this kind of third period, we probably would’ve had a better result as well. We’ve had trouble protecting the lead all year, so it was kind of nice to actually come back this time.”

Tanner Jeannot scored fi rst for the Bruins at 4:08, but Weyburn would respond before the period was out on a goal by Braden Mellon.

“We turned the puck over twice early, two goals,

Apex Bruins sneak past Weyburn

just mental mistakes,” said Giblett.

After Weyburn took the lead only 15 seconds into the fi rst period, cour-tesy of Jarrett Metheral, the Bruins responded at 5:28 when Dylan Lay scored on a heavy slapper from the high slot.

The Wings countered at 7:46 on Mellon’s second goal of the game on a tight range shot.

The Bruins thought they had tied it again at 11:42, but a wraparound attempt by Lay was ruled no goal.

In the third, Jolan Lin-

gelbach put in a rebound about two minutes in to level the score, and Kale Little roofed a shot from the left point at 11:37 to score the eventual game-winner on the power play.

Giblett said he thought the Bruins dominated the third period, in part thanks

to the power play.“We kind of had to

mix it up a little bit. In the fi rst period our power play was absolutely terrible, so we mixed things up and got some energy guys out there and it actually worked,” he said.

On Thursday, the Bru-

ins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the fi rst period, but ended up blowing the game by al-lowing three to the Hounds in the third.

Preston Hutt, Lay and Marc Shaw scored in the fi rst 10 minutes of the game to put the Bruins ahead.

Dillon Dube scored with three minutes left to make it 3-1 after one.

Dube scored again ear-ly in the third, with Mason Benning replying for the Bruins 44 seconds later to put them ahead 4-2.

The bantam AAA squad began to rise up with two goals in 31 seconds from Dube and Branden Klatt.

Benning’s second goal of the period at 14:23 gave Estevan a 5-4 edge after two periods.

The Hounds took it from there, getting two goals from Kirill Klassen and one from Kaden Elder in the third.

The Bruins are back in action this weekend with a homestand. They host the Prairie Storm on Saturday at 8 p.m., and the Moose Jaw Warriors come to town on Sunday at 6 p.m. Both games are at Spectra Place.

Jolan Lingelbach of the midget AA Bruins tries to jam the puck through a slew of Weyburn players during a

4-3 Estevan win on Sunday.

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The Estevan Com-prehensive School Elecs’ football team wrapped up their season with their annual awards banquet on Nov. 20.

Quar t e rback Kol -b y F l e u r y a n d l i n e -backer Tyler Hodgson shared the team’s most valuable player award.Fleury anchored the team’s offence in 2012 in his last year under centre and Hodgson, a fellow grad, was a difference-maker on defence. Hodgson had previously been named the team’s defensive player of

the year and was honoured as their top linebacker at the banquet.

F l e u r y w a s a l s o named the Elecs’ top of-fensive back.

Other award win-ners were Kaleb Memory (top rookie), Ian Fergu-son (top receiver), Dustin DeBruyne (top offensive lineman), Isaac Elder (top defensive lineman), Cole MacCuish (top defensive back and special teams player) and Nolan Tide (player’s choice award).

Hodgson, Tide, Col-ten Bachorcik and Jeremy

Godfrey were given the Who Are We award for leadership, perseverance and dedication.

The Elecs also said goodbye to 19 grads, who include Fleury, Hodgson, Ferguson, DeBruyne, El-der, Tide, Bachorcik and Godfrey; receivers Evan Tarnes, Nolan Shurygalo and Michael Fleury; defen-sive backs Aaron Wakely and Carlton Stachoski; and linemen Christian Recolaso, Matthew Stade, Tanner Brandow, Braden Shier, Steven Sandoff and John Klassen.

After a decisive sec-ond period showing by the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins were in too deep a hole to dig out.

The peewee AA team lost 5-2 in Moose Jaw on Saturday in a game that saw them trail 4-0 after 40 minutes of play.

The Bruins (3-3) did score twice in the third period, but it was too little, too late.

Ethan Douglas had the only goal of the fi rst period for the Warriors, coming 11 minutes into the frame.

Douglas added to that lead for Moose Jaw early in the second, scoring a power play marker two minutes in.

Moose Jaw struck again with the man advan-tage at 14:55, courtesy of a Liam Glover goal.

Quinn Ingalls put the home side ahead 4-0 at 17:23.

The Bruins managed their only offence of the game in the third period, scoring twice in a span of 39 seconds, both coming on a double-minor penalty to the Warriors.

Terran Holzer got Es-

tevan on the board at the 7:06 mark, and Cole Fon-stad lit the lamp shortly after that.

The Warriors got an-other goal to close out the scoring, coming from Hayden Wiebe at 8:53.

The two teams also played on Sunday, but the score was not available at press time.

The Bruins hit the ice again this weekend, hosting the Swift Current Broncos for two games. They play Saturday at 2:45 p.m. and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Both games are at Spectra Place.

The Estevan TS&M Bruins scored four goals in the second period to set up a 6-1 victory over the Melville Millionaires on Saturday in Saskatch-ewan Bantam AA Hockey League.

The Bruins (4-8) got two goals apiece from Joshua Skjonsby and Kyle Sargent.

Estevan led 1-0 after the first period, with Sk-jonsby scoring on the power play at the 17:37 mark.

They picked up where

they left off in the second, with Sargent increasing the lead just 42 seconds into the frame.

Mitchell Morrison gave the Bruins a three-goal cushion 11 minutes into the period, and Sargent scored his second of the game at 14:04.

Melville fi nally broke through for their fi rst goal at the 15:20 mark as Paul Jewhurst found the back of the net.

Skjonsby’s second of the game came with only

32 seconds left before the buzzer on the power play.

Erik McKersie closed out the scoring for the Bru-ins with four minutes left in regulation.

Carter Phair earned the victory between the pipes for Estevan.

The Bruins, now sit-ting in seventh place in the SBAAHL’s south division, are back in action on Sat-urday when they host the Regina Monarchs. Game time is 5:15 p.m. at Spectra Place.

TS&M Bruins grab

big win over MelvillePeewee Bruins lose

Fleury, Hodgson share

Elecs’ MVP award

Putting It On NetEstevan played host to an atom hockey tournament this past weekend. A player

on the half boards directs the puck to the net during a game between the Estevan

Flyers and Estevan Avengers.

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The Estevan Blue Rock junior midget Bruins ended their weekend with a resounding bang one day after a loss.

The midget 15-year-old team lost 7-4 to the Regina Capitals at the Civic on Saturday, but rebounded with a 10-0 thrashing over Weyburn the next day at Spectra Place.

Against Weyburn, the Bruins scored four goals in both the fi rst and second periods, getting goals from eight different players.

Cory Peloquin and Bailey Lonsberry staked the Bruins to a 2-0 lead in the fi rst half of the opening period, and Ryan Stovin and Colton Gingras added two more in the last four minutes.

Peloquin and Stovin struck again, less than four

minutes apart, in the fi rst half of the second frame.

Warren Kolb made it 7-0 at 16:21, and Cole Piche added a power play goal with 61 seconds left in the period.

The score stayed 8-0 until Ryan Smith added to the tally at 12:40 of the third. Dayton Westerman closed out the scoring with less than two minutes left in regulation.

Landon Audet earned the win in net for the Bru-ins.

It was a much different story for Estevan on Satur-day, as the Capitals came out fl ying and took a 4-0 lead after the fi rst period.

Carter Hemphill led the Capitals with four goals on the day. His fi rst came at 7:42 of the opening frame, and then Regina scored

three times in less than three minutes near the end of the period. Hemphill, Rishi Thakkar and Gregory Lind had those goals.

Westerman got the home side on the board with a power play marker at 7:09 of the second, but the Capitals replied quickly, with Hemphill completing the hat trick less than three minutes later. Regina led 5-1 after two periods.

Troy Treslan extended that lead only 33 seconds into the third period.

Smith scored at 2:28, but Hemphill’s fourth of the game came only 23 seconds later.

The last two goals be-longed to the Bruins, with Westerman’s second com-ing at 6:21. Brandon Hutt added a power play marker with about 12 minutes to go.

Junior midgets split

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Roger Tagoona’s stay in Estevan only lasted a month.

The Estevan Bruins

traded the 20-year-old right winger to the OCN Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for future considerations on Monday night.

Tagoona, acquired Oct. 25 from the Battl-efords North Stars, man-aged only two points in nine games with the Bru-ins.

Meanwhile, the Bru-ins acquired defenceman Leighton McLachlan from the Drumheller Dragons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League Thursday for fu-tures.

McLachlan, 19, ar-rived on the weekend to join his third team this season.

The Edmonton native began the season with the AJHL’s Fort McMur-ray Oil Barons, but only played two games there before moving to Drum-heller, where he was held pointless in 17 games, but racked up 69 penalty minutes.

T h e 6 - f o o t - 1 , 201-pound defenceman had nine points in 49 games with Fort McMur-ray last season as a rookie.

Bruins trade Tagoona;

add defenceman

The Estevan Centu-ry 21 bantam A Bruins picked up a split of two road games on the week-end, beating the Regina Panthers 3-2 on Friday and losing 4-0 to Moose Jaw on Sunday.

Against the Warriors, Estevan fell behind 2-0 after one and never recov-ered.

Kaleb Beattie and Ja-rid Morhart each scored twice for Moose Jaw.

On Friday, meanwhile, Shae Little scored the win-ning goal for the Bruins early in the third period.

Dawson Nobiss and Hunter Piche scored in the fi rst period to put the Bruins ahead 2-1 after 20 minutes. Drew McClelland had the Panthers’ goal in the period.

McClelland also had the only goal of the second period, scoring late in the frame to tie the game.

Bantam A Bruins

earn split

Both of Estevan’s ban-tam A teams in the South Saskatchewan Female Hock-ey League won their home games on Saturday.

The Dayman Trucking Bulldogs defeated the Swift Current Colts 4-1 at Spec-tra Place, while the Power Dodge Chargers got past the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-3 at the Icon Centre.

The Bulldogs held Swift Current off the scoresheet until the fi nal minute of the game.

Jenna Grube scored in each of the fi rst two periods to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 edge after 40 minutes.

Tionna Nashiem scored early in the third to add some insurance.

Lexie Wall had the Colts’ only goal with 44 seconds remaining, and Lacy Smith closed it out for the Bulldogs with one second on the clock.

The Chargers, mean-while, handed Moose Jaw their first loss of the year.

They led 2-1 after the fi rst period on goals by Kailey McLellan and Mariah McK-ersie.

McKersie added another one late in the second to keep the Chargers ahead 3-2 going into the third period.

There, the Chargers got a goal from Michaella Mat-thies midway through the period, and another one from McLellan late in the game.

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Since other people have to read this besides me, I will refrain from fi lling this column with exclamation points.

I will, however, proudly applaud my Toronto Argo-nauts, who played champi-onship-calibre football when it counted the last few weeks and ran the show against the hottest team in the CFL, the Calgary Stampeders.

Given that the Argos missed the playoffs last sea-son and haven’t done much of note since winning the 2004 Grey Cup, I expected this to be a building year. So did just about everyone else, except, apparently, Argos general manager Jim Barker.

He was bound and de-termined to remake this team from a bottom dweller to a Grey Cup champion, in the historic 100th Grey Cup, on home turf.

Bringing in Ricky Ray for peanuts certainly helped toward that goal, but it took more than that.

Ray was the calm vet-eran who got them this far, but it doesn’t happen without the hiring of Scott Mila-novich as head coach. The former Montreal Alouettes offensive co-ordinator was the perfect fi t for this job. He was the right man for an offence that has consistently been the worst in the CFL in recent years.

Along the way, the or-ganization had the guts to make a deeply unpopular move in releasing running back Cory Boyd, at the time the league’s rushing leader, in order to hand Chad Kack-ert the reins.

Kackert had shone be-fore when he got limited opportunities to start. There was no doubt he could play.

But release Boyd? For noth-ing? It didn’t sit well. Now we know that Milanovich and Barker knew exactly what they were doing, and Kackert — who’s a very likeable guy on a team full of them — is now a Grey Cup MVP.

This was a team that took some time to get to where it needed to be. There were struggles in the early going. Inconsistency. Lots of new faces who took awhile to get used to their new teammates and make an impact. Really, it only all came together in the last fi ve weeks.

It was only two months ago that receiver Jason Barnes, a significant free agent signing, was released by the team. He hadn’t done anything of note, despite having played with Ray in Edmonton.

But Barnes was a key contributor the last few weeks after being brought back, as was fellow receiver addition Mo Mann.

Other players took a while to get comfortable as the season wore on. Chris Jones, the wizard we call a defensive co-ordinator who shut down Jon Cornish on Sunday for the third time this season, wanted defensive end Ricky Foley to adapt to more of a drop-back role as part of pass coverage.

It wasn’t long ago that Foley just didn’t seem to fi t in Jones’ defence. Now he’s the top Canadian in the Grey Cup, in part thanks to a key early fumble recovery that set up the opening touch-down by Chad Owens.

Other defensive play-ers like Pacino Horne and Marcus Ball took awhile to hit their stride.

All that matters is the Double Blue came together at the right time, shut up the critics (including myself at times) and carried out Bark-er’s blueprint to completion.

Now let’s hope more people in Toronto begin to embrace the Boatmen. Grey Cup week was a good start — so much for the people complaining that To-ronto would do a horrible job

— but it may take more than that to regain relevance in a city with so many entertain-ment options.

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The Estevan Bruins missed a big opportunity to solidify their grasp on fourth place in the Sherwood Con-ference on Saturday.

Instead, after a 5-3 loss

to the Kindersley Klippers that saw the Bruins put to-gether a terrible fi rst 40 min-utes, the Bruins are back in fi fth place, two points behind the Klippers.

The Bruins still had at least two games in hand on every team in the SJHL heading into Yorkton last night — and as many as fi ve on some teams — but as head coach Keith Cassidy said following the Klippers game, there’s no point in having games in hand if you don’t take advantage of them.

The Bruins had turned in a pretty solid effort in a 5-2 win over La Ronge on Friday, a game that saw a stellar fi rst game back from injury for Matt Brykaliuk,

and the continued emer-gence of left winger Austin Daae.

But the Bruins just never got their act together against Kindersley, with a poor fi rst period going from bad to worse when the two teams got chippy in the sec-ond period.

The offi ciating wasn’t great, there’s no denying that — but in no sense of the word did the Bruins deserve to win, good offi ciating or not.

The Bruins will play four road games in five nights beginning Friday, a stretch that could either re-sign them to the bottom half of the division for good, or help them make some head-way toward a top-three spot.

Domination from an unlikely champion

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The Bienfait Coalers’ hot start in the Big Six Hockey League continued last week, as the senior hockey club earned two wins.

The Coalers (4-0) hammered the Carlyle Cougars 10-1 on Nov. 20, and dumped the Arcola-Kisbey Combines 7-2 on Friday.

They are the only un-defeated team left in the Big Six.

It was a good weekend for the Wawota Flyers as well, as they beat Carlyle 5-3 on Friday and edged the Midale Mustangs 3-2 in overtime the next night.

In other action last week, the Carnduff Red Devils beat the Redvers Rockets 5-3 on Wednes-day, Midale slaughtered Redvers 8-1 on Friday, and Arcola dumped Carlyle 6-2 on Saturday.

Midale (3-1-1) sits in second place in the league

standings, followed by Carnduff (2-1-1), Wawota (2-1), Oxbow (2-2), Red-vers (2-3), Arcola (2-3) and Carlyle (0-4).

S e v e n g a m e s a r e scheduled for the upcom-ing weekend. On Friday, Oxbow visits Wawota, Midale heads to Bienfait and Redvers is in Arcola.

All eight teams are in action on Saturday. The night’s action features Redvers at Oxbow, Ar-cola at Carlyle, Bienfait at Carnduff and Wawota at Midale.

B i e n f a i t h a d t h e league’s top three scorers entering last night’s action. Brennan Wrigley leads the circuit with nine goals and 15 points, while Lorne Tyt-landsvik has fi ve goals and 12 points. Chris Hammett is behind them with fi ve goals and nine points. He is tied with Oxbow’s Taysen Holt, who has three goals and nine points.

Coalers still on

top in Big Six

Nov. 19Name Distance ScoreHunter Chipley 18m 188Cassy Folker 10m 138Jonathon Getschel 10m 89Matthew Getschel 10m 49Chayse Hamilton 18m 237Randy Hamilton 15m 101Shayna Hamilton 18m 215Braydon Hanson 18m 188Maxim Hiske 10m 60Kyle Johnson 18m 203Logan King 18m 212Braiden Longney 15m 182Regan MacMurchy 18m 267Alaina McKinnon 18m 225Ethan Pick 10m 57Braden Piper 18m 164Mason Piper 15m 164Cyrus Rooks 15m 64Brayden Shebaylo-Lajoie 15m 125Jessica Shebaylo-Lajoie 15m 63Isaiah Smith 18m 204Charlie Stade 18m 250Matthew Stade 18m 230Layton Stropko 18m 243Tate Wrubleski 18m 211Devon Zimmerman 15m 55

Nov. 22Name Distance ScoreBrodie Biggs 10m 106Davis Dietze 10m 131Mark Fergusson 15m 163Mya Fladeland 10m 109Jacob Gallipeau 10m 102Tyler Holowchuk 18m 210Kelsie Jackie 10m 128Jaiden Jocelyn 15m 149Ayden Kavalench 10m 76Carson Kavalench 10m 94Parker Lavoie 10m 127Gage Luskey 10m 24Logan Marshall 10m 62Brandon Miller 18m 207Lucas Wallewein 18m 239Preston Zimmerman 15m 55

Nov. 23Name Distance ScoreKaylee Carlson 15m 112Kristen Carlson 10m 124Jeffrey Collins 8m 7Rex Eagles 8m 22Ty Eagles 10m 78Brayden Hall 15m 143Colton Hall 8m 17Dylan Hall 15m 187Chase McNabb 15m 169Jaslyn McNabb 10m 116Nathan Mus 10m 1Bridgette Neb 8m 102Jesse Neb 8m 3Shelby Piper 8m 26Sierra Piper 8m 33Damian Rohatyn 8m 178Kade Skuce 8m 71Logan Skuce 10m 78Mackenzie Skuce 10m 116

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By Norm Park

of The Mercury

It’s a gruelling 23-stop full-production tour in a short time span, but Tom Jackson, the veteran stage, screen and recording studio performer is up to the chal-lenge.

Jackson, who is the lead performer in the ev-er-popular Huron Carole which will be making a stop in Estevan Dec. 6 at Spec-tra Place, said “it’s easy when you’re working in the world with like minded people who care about one another.”

Jackson, who spoke with The Mercury by tele-phone Nov. 21 from near Calgary, will be joined by Matt Dusk, Sarah Slean and Susan Aglukark in the Es-tevan performance which will see a good portion of the proceeds directed to the Estevan Food Bank.

“It’s a labour of love for me and for the others. We’re going after this si-lent disease of hunger. We have to fi ght it and it’s easy when you’re with kindred spirits. It’s so easy to bring

them along when you have a cause like this,” Jackson said in his measured and silk-smooth baritone/bass voice that is so recogniz-able to many.

“Hey, you don’t have to make anything up. Ev-erybody has interest in the subject and the ability to give, so that’s what we’re doing,” Jackson added, when asked to comment on the challenges of a tightly scheduled tour that brings a spiritual Christmas mes-sage to the masses.

“I just asked the art-ists and they said ‘yes.’ These are people who have always been instruments of change. The gift is in the giving. You can ask Santa, you can go to church, you can link with the Salvation Army ... the gift is in the giving,” Jackson added.

Keeping the Huron Carole fresh in the presen-tation and for the audience is not that diffi cult either, even though Jackson has been doing it for many years. If the audience can leave the concert at the end with a better knowledge of redefi ning love and wealth,

then he and his musical mates will have done their job.

“I can spout statistics about how the concert has done over the years, but that would bore you, it’s important that the audi-ence gets it. I was born to

entertain, so that’s what I do and I believe it’s impor-tant to deliver a purposeful message of bringing gifts and in return, the audience gives back.”

Jackson said he’s expe-rienced many meaningful moments on stage and in

front of cameras, but so often he receives a clear message in the most unex-pected venues.

“Just the other day I was in Calgary in my car at a stop light and I saw a guy with his cap in his hand, weaving through the traffi c. So I started looking for some change ... you know the loose coins we all keep in the console or cup holder. I couldn’t fi nd any, but just as he got by my window, I spotted a toonie, just lying there, so I rolled down my window and stuffed it into his cap and he turned to me, looked at me and said ‘thanks Tom,’ and just walked on. I was excited because here was this guy who knew me as part of his world and that meant something to me.”

It’s little moments like that that provide the fuel that keeps Jackson running and the Huron Carole fresh with every telling.

“There are a lot of us on the Huron Carole team and they might think do-ing this is a little insane and they might get a little tired, but they don’t tell

me because we’re doing a Christmas story. The songs vary from year to year and arrangements change to keep it fresh, but it’s a story worth telling and the cause is the food bank and the fi ght against hunger at home.”

Estevan is one of just four stops the Huron Carole is making in Saskatchewan this year. The others are in North Battleford, Saska-toon and Regina.

“You know 10 years from now I could be in a rocking chair, hoping I did enough to keep some peo-ple fed. In the meantime, I’m doing it this year and next year for sure. We need to get a message out and we need partners like the media. We have to use the vehicles we know like you people who know the best way we can go to contribute to the community. I guess we’re all brothers-in-arms in some respect.”

Tickets for the Huron Carole are available at Hen-ders Drugs in downtown Estevan, by calling 1-855-985-5000 or visiting www.ticketmaster.ca

Jackson’s passion for Huron Carole is two-foldEntertaining audiences and feeding the hungry are primary targets

Tom Jackson

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Midale happeningsBy Catrina Moldenhauer

Midale Correspondent Don and Karen Ander-

son visited last weekend with their son and daughter-in-law, Kery and Theresa and grandchildren Zachary and Megan in Allan, Sask. The highlight of their visit was watching their granddaugh-ter Megan dancing with the Moscow Ballet in The Nut-cracker in Saskatoon.

The Mustangs played host to the Redvers Rockets on November 23, played the Wawota Flyers in Wawota on Nov. 24 and then played the Carlyle Cougars on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The Mustangs will return home to play host to the Wawota Flyers on Satur-day, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.

The Mini Mustangs ini-tiation team will host a six team home tournament this Saturday, Dec. 1. Please come out and watch them play. All the players are from the Midale and Macoun area. They are going to start at 9 a.m. and hope to be fi nished around suppertime. They

will be selling breakfast and goodies. There are also prizes to win, a puck toss, etc., throughout the day. The Mini Mustangs have a 16-player roster this year.

The Mini Mustangs will also be hosting Gladmar on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m.

Midale and Area Recre-ation Board will be hosting their annual Christmas craft, trade and bake sale this Sat-urday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are 30 vendors coming this year. Please come out and support them!

The Midale Petroleum Novice Storm hockey team will play host to the Estevan Canucks on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 1 p.m. The Storm also played in Estevan on Sat-urday, Nov. 24. They Storm only have 10 players, but they are playing with a lot of heart! The Storm and the Mini Mustangs played a fun game to get some experience on Saturday, Nov. 17.

There will be free public skating on Friday, Nov. 30 from 2 - 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2 Midale⇢B8

It has become an an-nual seasonal expectation for all the right reasons.

The CP Holiday Train will be rolling into Estevan on Monday, Dec. 17, at the tail end of a three week journey through Quebec and Ontario, a host of eastern and midwestern states in the United States before ending its schedule with a fi nal stop in Weyburn before being dismantled in Moose Jaw.

The Holiday Train that arrives in Estevan is re-ferred to as the American/Canadian train, while an-other Christmas bedecked train works its way across Canada on a more northern route before ending in B.C. around the same time.

Erin Randles, inter-national communications co-ordinator for CP Railway confi rmed that the Ameri-can/Canadian version will be stopping in Estevan at 5 p.m. at the traditional site along Seventh Street near

the leisure centre parking lot and the boxcar that turns into a stage will be opened once more to feature the musical stylings of Tracey Brown and the Claytones. They will be joined by Santa Claus and they will be mak-ing a pitch for the local food bank just like they will have made earlier in the day at the stop in North Portal shortly after they clear Canada Customs.

Those making their way to the Holiday Train to see and hear the entertain-ment are encouraged to bring along some donations to the food bank, in the form of a food or cash donation. The CPR is also generous with their annual donations to the cause over the years and have been instrumental in urging others to partici-pate.

“This all started in 1999 with some makeshift decorating and a boxcar stage to the point now where

14 years later here we are again having collected $6.4 million in cash for food banks as well as over 2.6 million pounds of food,” said Randles.

The Holiday Train is approximately 1,000 feet in length, providing its own additional power source, thousands of lights and accommodations for the travelling troubadors and volunteer staff.

This year, Randles said, the railway has chipped in with an additional $1 mil-lion donation to be directed toward the victims of Hur-ricane Sandy that hit the eastern shores of the United States.

The United States/Canada train left Quebec Nov. 27 and will enter the U.S. a couple of days lat-er after making its way through a number of Quebec towns. They’ll hit cities like Scranton and Schenectady in Pennsylvania as well as Hamilton, London and Windsor in Ontario before making stops in Dubuque, Milwaukee and Columbus.

“The train’s infl uence has grown at a consistent ratio to growing awareness of hunger and I know the communities look forward to the visit,” said Randles. “It’s a great opportunity for us to show we care; we as a rail company and you as a community.”

Over the years a num-ber of stops have been added to the Holiday Train itinerary which means that in a few cases, a community or two had to be eliminated, but for the most part, they try to accommodate all re-quests in concert with the growth in popularity.

In North Portal and Estevan, Holiday Train vol-unteers will be making their donation to the Salvation Army, operators of the Es-tevan and area Food Bank.

The fi nal stop on their tour will be an 8 p.m. visit in Weyburn after leaving Estevan around 6:30.

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Holiday Train delivering special message and food

The brightly decorated CP Holiday Train will once again be making a stop in North Portal and Estevan this season. The rolling stage will feature the musical styl-

ings of Tracey Brown and the Claytones while the local food bank will benefi t from donations of food and cash. The train, which traditionally rolls through the U.S.

and southern Canada, will stop in North Portal at noon Dec. 17 and will be in Estevan at 5 p.m. that same day before rolling on to Weyburn to complete a full day.

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pm. Please remember that all children 12 and under require a hockey helmet to be on the ice and they are not to be left at the rink unsupervised. The rink does have a couple of extra helmets that you may borrow if needed. Skate sharpening is available when Vern Duncan is at the rink. The cost is $5 at the time the skates are sharpened.

The rink has a pub-lic Google calendar that is updated daily and is called Midale Rink. If you are un-

able to access it, call or text Catrina at 458-7555 (rink cellphone) with your e-mail address and she will send it to you via e-mail. The rink is also on Facebook as Mi-dale Rink/Harry 0’ Memo-rial Arena. This is a public site and anybody may join. Catrina also puts updates on here and lists the public skating schedule.

The Midale Skating Club members are selling tickets to win choice of one of three campers or $15,000. Contact any skating club

member or Michelle Klein-sasser or Catrina Mold-enhauer if you would like tickets.

If anyone is interested in curling as a team or being placed on a curling team, please contact Brad Eggum or Janice Vilcu. The curling ice is ready to go.

Midale Central School’s 18th annual Christmas din-ner is fast approaching and you are cordially invited to attend. The dinner will take place on Thursday, Dec. 202 from 11:30 a.m.

to 1:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Prices are: El-ementary students $6, high school students $7.50, se-niors and adults $10 and pre-school children are free. Family rates are available as well. Please RSVP by Tuesday, Dec. 11 in order that the school may prepare accordingly. The graduation class of 2013 thanks you for your support. Please make cheques payable to Midale Central School.

Congratulations to the Grade 3/4 teacher, Miss

F-T as she is known to the children, as she was married on Saturday, Nov. 24 and is now Mrs. Roszell!

Midale Central School is offering Home Logic, which is available online and gives parents and students in Grades 1 - 9 access to marks, attendance, assignments, etc. Home Logic is available by clicking on the parent tab on the www.cornerstonesd.ca website. Parents and stu-dents may self-register by clicking on the new user found on the log-in screen. If you have trouble access-ing Home Logic once you register, please contact Tara-Lee McIndoe at the school offi ce and she will help you get logged on.

Kindergarten parents are reminded that the kin-dergarten students will have school on Friday, Dec. 7 as well as the usual Tuesday and Thursday that week.

The Midale senior boys’ volleyball team was in Moss-bank on Saturday, Nov. 17 for regional play-ffs. They started out slowly with a loss to Ponteix but came alive against Arcola and gave them a very good run, com-ing up just short in each set. Great effort boys!

Curling will begin in December and all curlers are required to have stretchy pants, clean shoes and a positive attitude for all prac-tices. Come out and rock the house! If anyone has questions about high school curling, please contact Ms. Jade or Mr. Wagner at the school.

The fi nal adult volley-ball session will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Bethleham Lutheran Church will be having its Christmas program on Sun-day, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. Ev-eryone is welcome to at-tend. The children from the Sunday school classes will all perform.

The Bethleham Luther-an Women are inviting all women in the community to their annual Christmas social on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. They will be display-

ing their homemade crafts and artwork and would love for you to bring yours to share as well. There will be coffee and goodies to follow. If you are able to attend, please contact Bev Sobush so they have an idea of how many to prepare for. Please come even if you did not call ahead.

Do you like to play chess? Would you like to learn how to play chess? The Midale Public Library would like to start a chess club. Please call Lucia at the library if you are inter-ested. All ages are welcome! “Like” the Midale Public Library on Facebook as well. The Midale Library will have a table of gently used books and some baking at the Midale and Area Trade show on Dec. 1.

Catrina Moldenhauer is putting together some inter-esting Midale history facts and if there is something you would like mentioned, please contact her so she can get the information to put in here.

For instance, did you know that the Midale Ca-tering Club began in May of 1972? It was originally called the Midale Catering Committee and was started by Violett Stalker and was sponsored by the Midale Service Club. The president was Violett Stalker, secre-tary/treasurer was Denise Jacquin and other members were Edith Ironside, Madge Arts, Della Erickson, Olga Hilkewich, Alice Kerr, Lil-lian Heibien, Corrine Sjodin, Janice Stuart and Sharon Hultgren. Right from the start they used the rink kitch-en to cook their meals in and back then they served them in the lobby of the old rink. Pots, pans, dishes, cutlery, coffee and teapots, tea towels and anything else used was brought from their homes. They borrowed tables from the school and churches. More information on the his-tory of the catering club will follow in the weeks to come.

Please remember to call Catrina at 458-2887 if you would like to put any news in this column.

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T h e r e p o r t i n d i -cates that a moderation in home price increases and increased household incomes contributed to an improvement in afford-ability in the province.

“Homeowners’ bud-gets in Saskatchewan were somewhat stretched in the

second quarter as home prices spiked, particularly in markets like Saskatoon and Regina,” said Craig Wright, senior vice-presi-dent and chief economist, RBC. “While property ap-preciation continued in the third quarter, gains were comparatively modest and any impact on affordabil-ity was offset by rising household incomes.”

RBC notes that Sas-katchewan’s housing af-

fordability levels were far from excessive, with mea-sures standing just above their long-term averages for all housing categories, indicating little in the way of undue affordability-in-duced strain on the market.

RBC’s housing afford-ability measures, which capture the province’s propor t ion of pre- tax household income needed to service the costs of owning a home at market

values, declined across all housing types (a decrease in the measure represents an improvement in afford-ability). The RBC measure for the benchmark de-tached bungalow fell by 0.9 percentage points to 38.2 per cent, the standard two-storey home eased by 1.3 percentage points to 41.7 percent and the measure for condominium apartments declined by one percentage points to

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By Betty RiblingOutram-TorquayCorrespondent

John Kiniak, a former resident of Outram, passed away at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Home in Este-van on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the age of 96 years. John and his wife, Mary, moved to Outram in 1946 where they operated the store and post offi ce for 38 years. He

is survived by four daugh-ters and their families. His funeral was held on Tues-day, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Estevan with Pastor Stewart Miller offi ciating. Mr. Kin-iak was well liked by those who knew him. Sympathy is extended to his family.

Best wishes are ex-tended to Bob and Phyllis Hurren, Randy Cossette, Albert Ribling and Betty

Ribling, who all celebrated a birthday in October.

Several Outram resi-dents and former residents attended the St. Giles An-glican Church fowl sup-per on Nov. 4. Because of construction at the church, this year’s supper was held at the Days Inn Plaza. It proved by be a huge suc-cess. St. Giles also held their annual bake and craft sale on Nov. 17 at the Es-

tevan Shoppers Mall. Many people expended their time and energy to make these events possible and suc-cessful.

Happy birthday to Re-becca Duncan who turned eight-years-old on Nov. 3 and to Rachel Duncan who turned four-years-old on Nov. 7.

Congratulations and best wishes to Arlette Sa-bin and Annette Isley who

celebrated birthdays on Nov. 6.

A fundraising event was held in Torquay on Saturday, Nov. 17, the pro-ceeds of which went to the community centre and skat-ing rink. This was the ninth year for this fundraiser that is held annually on the third Saturday in November. The event included a casino night, a supper catered by the Knights of Columbus,

and a Dutch auction. A lo-cal citizen won the $10,000 prize this year. The evening was a huge success and they are looking forward to another good turnout next year.

Karie Mantei from Brandon, Man., has been staying with Don and Faye Mantei for the past few weeks. She is doing casual labour at the Shand Green-house.

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It wasn’t a full-fl edged Career Day like last year, but this year’s focus on post-secondary opportuni-ties for Estevan Compre-hensive School students was still an information-fi lled day.

The event, co-ordinat-ed by ECS student services educator Stacy Dutka and other school teachers and administrators, included a series of presentations as well as information tables set up in the school’s court-yard that touted the various educational opportunities and facilities that await ECS graduates.

There were also pre-sentations and information emanating from various trades representatives and their efforts appeared to be well worth the effort, said Nathan Wilhelm of Wil-helm Construction, one of the panelists who grabbed the opportunity to provide information during a trades promotion presentation.

“We had about 60 to 70 students in the construc-tion, trades and techni-cal presentation; about 15 were females,” said Wil-helm, who added the time spent on touting the trades to soon-to-be high school gradates was worth it.

A number of post-secondary institutions were included in the presen-tations and information kiosks, including regional colleges, smaller universi-ties and trade schools along with the ever-popular Uni-versity of Regina and Uni-versity of Saskatchewan.

“We had about 60 Grade 11 and 12s at our presentation,” said Amy Hunter, manager of recruit-ment for Luther College at the U of R.

“There is excitement about trades and industry, we provide options too. Our petroleum training and research arm is pretty substantial and our co-operative terms for stu-dents provides even more opportunities. We have engineering courses from a managerial perspective and that’s something you can’t get at a lot of universities,” said Hunter.

Housing logjams at the U of R are being eased with the construction of a new residence, she added.

The transfer of cred-its from other education-al institutions is getting smoother, and for the courses that offer medical imaging or nursing for ex-ample, it’s automatic credit transfer, she explained.

With a good balance of professorial teaching versus research time and a strong science laboratory and classroom situation accompanied by an in-crease in research grants, campus facilities such as the Research and Innova-tion Centre at the U of R are going full steam ahead, Hunter said.

“There is a lot of stu-dent interest in nursing and education, as we expected, and for some reason jour-nalism is quite popular lately,” said Hunter. Al-though the student seats in the journalism classes will fi ll up with third and fourth year students, Hunter said the nursing and education seats are always fi lled and always will be.

Over at the Canadian Forces recruitment desk, Corporal Jordan Donohue and Lieutenant Aaron Kay-tor touted the subsidized education advantages that a newly recruited military candidate could receive.

“We have a lot of op-tions too,” said Donohue. “And the elements include full-time or part-time mili-tary service and entry level opportunities in a variety of trades and technical schools as well as universi-ties,” he said.

Dutka said attendance at the presentations from U of R and University of Saskatchewan as well as SIAST (Saskatchewan Institutes of Applied Sci-ence and Technology) were very well attended. She said those were fi lled up with between 70 and 100 students while the presen-tations from the smaller universities and institutes from out-of-province like Brandon University or Medicine Hat College had about 20 or 30 kids.

Dutka said the infor-mation booths were avail-able to all students from Grade 9 through 12 while the presentations were re-stricted to the more senior students.

She said the panel dis-cussion program included

an entrepreneurship com-ponent this year as well, which she expected would be well received.

The presentations ca-tered to approximately 400 senior students at ECS while the information op-portunities were available

to all 850 students. A last minute adjust-

ment had to be made, Dutka said. The original plans had called for the exhibits and information tables to be set up in the library, but since that sec-tion of the school is now

under construction while receiving a new roof, the booths had to be set up in the courtyard, which made it a tight squeeze. More than 25 display tables were accommodated, and every trade and institution re-ceived fair exposure.

Post-secondary information day at ECS a big success

Information regarding careers and post-secondary educational opportunities was in abundance during the

ECS career and post-secondary focus day Nov. 21. Christine Gauthier (left) and Jennifer Gusikoski represent-

ing SaskPower noted that many ECS seniors were well aware of the career and educational opportunities

off ered by SaskPower since it is an integral part of the local community.

There were well over 20 information and exhibit spaces assigned to a number of post-secondary institutions

in the ECS courtyard during the one-day career event and one of the busiest was the University of Regina

table staff ed by Amy Hunter.

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What has the Student Representative Council (SRC) been up to these past few weeks?

Many of you may have been to the hugely successful haunted house on Saturday, Oct. 27. Tons of people from the com-munity came out to sup-port us with that. Thank you.

On Oct. 31, students dressed up in costumes or wore orange and black to celebrate Halloween.

From Oct. 29 to 31, the ECS SHOUTS Club brought Challenge Day back to the school. This event brings students to-gether to talk on a deeper level and learn more about

one another. Two groups of Grade 9 students, which was the same as last year, and a group of combined Grade 11 and 12 students were also allowed to go to the sessions as well. Many students were shocked to hear the stories their peers told. Students came together in support of one another no matter who they were or who they associated with on a regu-lar basis. It was an eye-opening experience that has changed the school for the better.

On Nov. 8, the SRC held their annual fal l dance. It too ,was largely successful. About 250 students arrived to find the school had been turned into Las Vegas for the night. William Sinclair was the DJ and he did a

great job of getting the students up and dancing. It was an incredible night of fun.

The students are now preparing for the upcom-ing Shoot for the Cure basketball tournament. It

will be held Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. The proceeds will go to breast cancer research and education.

The students received a much needed four-day weekend for Remem-

brance Day as well as Three-Way Conferenc-es the Friday before the break. The Remembrance Day ceremony held at the school on Nov. 8 was ex-tremely moving.

After the long week-

end, the SRC held a Spirit Week with theme days including pajama day, toga day, hippie day and bright and tight day. It was a fun way to start back.

That’s all from the ECS for now.

Estevan Comprehensive School weekly report

The annual Tree of Lights campaign is up and moving forward again this season.

Estevan Pal l ia t ive Care, in concert with St. Joseph’s Hospital Founda-tion, will have their Tree of Lights campaign in opera-tion through the month of December.

Lights on the tree will be lit with donations in support of the palliative

care unit. White lights rep-resent a donation in mem-ory of a deceased loved one, while blue lights will send a message of hope to community residents who are living and dealing with life threatening illness.

In addition, the tree this year will be placedin the front entry of St. Jo-seph’s with blue and white ornaments featuring hon-ourees’ names. This will

replace the book of names from previous years.

Funds raised will be used for palliative care to enhance care and sup-ports for people in the Sun Country Health Region who are facing the end stage of life, as well as to assist their families. The suggested donation for each bulb or ornament is $5 and tax receipts are available on request for

donations over $10. Forms are available

at the front desk in St. Joseph’s Hospital or at the home care offi ce at 1176 Nicholson Road.

More information re-garding the Tree of Lights and palliative care pro-grams may be obtainedby contacting Corinne Sandstrom, the palliative care co-ordinator at 637-3636.

Tree of Lights campaign launched

“There is excitement about trades and

industry, we provide options too. Our

petroleum training and research arm is pretty

substantial and our co-operative terms for

students provides even more opportunities.”— Amy Hunter, manager of recruitment

for Luther College at the U of R.

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Santa begins his busy day in Estevan this coming Saturday with an appear-ance at the Estevan Shop-pers Mall for breakfast and later in the day, he’ll

be the guest of honour in the Estevan Quota Club winter parade.

The parade, said co-ordinator Lannett Ziel-gansberger, will follow the

traditional route that be-gins near Westview School and wends its way down to First Street and, turning left past Hill View Manor and moving on to Fourth

Street before turning left on 13th Avenue and fi n-ishing at the Exhibition Grounds.

The Breakfast with Santa has been a tradition-

al event for several years and now the concept for the parade has captured the imagination of the partici-pants and audience. It will begin at 2 p.m. so as to not

confl ict with the morning activities planned at the mall and giving young people and all residents of Estevan a chance to take in both events.

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Submitted byShirley GrahamClub Secretary

A po l i ceman was asked, “What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?”

He promptly replied, “Call for backup.”

The 60 and Over Club has a very busy month coming up. Besides cards and square dancing, the regular meeting is also scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 6. There is a jam session on Dec. 9, and the Christmas supper will be held on Dec. 11. Remem-ber to mark your calendar.

Bridge winners on Wednesday, Nov. 21 were as follows: Bernie Collins took first place, Carrie Leptick placed second, and third went to Doris

Heidinger.Considering the nasty

weather, there was a very nice turnout for cribbage on Thursday, Nov. 22. Win-ners were: Al Fellner and Charlene Anderson, fi rst; Elizabeth Olson and Brian Callfas, second; and Grace Carlson and Shirley Gra-ham, third.

Some of the things my mother taught me:

She taught me how to become an adult ... “If you

don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

About my “roots” ... “Do you think you were born in a barn?”

Regarding “anticipa-tion” ... “Just wait until your father gets home.”

And my all-time fa-vourite with regard to “jus-tice” ... “Some day you’ll have kids and I hope they turn out just like you, then you’ll see what it’s like!”

Have a good week!

60 and Over Club notes

Born to Mike and Heather Irvine, Estevan, on Oc-tober 2, 2012, a daughter, Tenley Ella Dawn, weighing 7 lb. 7 oz., 20.5 inches long. Proud grandparents are Keith and Cheryl Irvine, Ginny and Dennis Fridd, and Clayton Watts.

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St. Joseph’s Health Care Auxiliary met on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. with 28 members present. Vice-president Rose Owens called the meeting to order and secretary Eva Hagel read the minutes of the October meeting.

Darla Wilhelm gave

the treasurer’s report. A donation will be made in the near future as a gift to the UCI.

Laura Baryluk, sick and visiting convenor, re-ported that two fl ower ar-rangements and one get-well card had been sent. Sharon Penner reported on home care pictures and Eva Hagel gave a report on the convention.

It was also decided to

continue with the auxil-iary’s newsletter.

The auxiliary’s annual Christmas tea and bake sale will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. and the group’s Christmas sup-per will be held on Monday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m., followed by the regular meeting.

Lunch was served by Marge Heidinger, Lillian Raiwet and Marvel Gall to conclude the evening.

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Location Assistants contribute to the safe, effi cient and profi table operation of a grain

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standards and Microsoft applications.

AREA MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE ESTEVAN, SK

Sales Agronomists are responsible for delivering agronomic support to Richardson Pioneer

customers by providing accurate and current crop production information to improve

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several years of agronomy/crop inputs sales experience and hold a Professional Agrologist

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communication, interpersonal and organizational skills as well as strong computer

competencies. A Certifi ed Crop Advisor designation would be considered an asset.

Interested candidates should apply online by visiting our

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SALES AGRONOMIST WEYBURN, SK

Richardson International is a worldwide handler and

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oilseeds. We sell crop inputs and related services

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Heather WoodHeather Wood, late of Estevan and formerly of North Portal, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at St.

Joseph’s Long Term Care in Estevan Sask.She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Garth) Shepherd of Alameda, Sask.; two granddaughters, Sherry (War-

ren) Sproule of Regina Sask., their daughters, Alanna (Adam) Schemenauer of Regina and Allison Sproule (Jordan Ross) of Vancouver, B.C. and Laurie Wall (Ryan Moore) of Regina and her sons, Jake Wall and Max Wall; sisters-in-law, Kay Wood of Estevan and Jean Malcolm of Woodlands, Man., as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Heather was born in Springside, Sask. to James and Susan Malcolm on Sept. 13, 1917. She was the 3rd youngest in a family of 6 boys and 2 girls.

They fi nally settled in Lake Francis, Man. where Heather grew up and went to school. The family was very musical and they had a family band that played for schoolhouse dances and parties. Heather played the piano.

In the 1930s, she met a curly haired young fellow named Roy Wood, who had moved to Lake Francis from Saskatchewan with his father and two brothers. On April 17, 1940 they were married in Winnipeg and settled down on the farm to raise cattle and milk cows. When Roy was in the hayfi eld, Heather milked 12 cows morning and night and pumped water by hand for a herd of feeder cattle.

Their only child, Susan, was born in 1943 and in 1947, they moved back to the Wood farm at North Portal. In 1957 they moved into North Portal and remained there until they needed care and had to move to Estevan.

Heather was a born homemaker. Her house was always neat and tidy, the freezer was fi lled with goodies and she could whip up a delicious meal at a moment’s notice.

She was hyper, quick-moving and full of fun. She loved to dance and was a very astute card player. They loved to play crib, whist, hoofendoofer, canasta and a variety of other card games with friends. It was always women against the men. Roy would sometimes grumble if he lost and Heather would sometimes let him win just to keep peace in the family.

If you visited during garden season, you could not get away without a bunch of beets, carrots, onions or potatoes. She had the most generous loving spirit inside that small body! The kettle was always on for afternoon tea with friends and neighbours.

Mum was also a human calculator. She could run down a column of fi gures and add them in her head faster than any mechanical device. She prided herself on her lovely handwriting and I remember her practising her signature with many swirls and loops.

Mum loved her brothers and sister so much. She faithfully wrote letters to them every week and longed for the yearly visits to Manitoba or B.C. She loved her nieces and nephews as much as she loved us and we always enjoyed hearing about our cousins when she came back from a visit.

Mum absolutely lived for her grandchildren ... Sherry and Laurie were her only grandchildren and there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for them. When they came to visit she would never deny them as many Fudgsicles as they wanted to eat ... or cookies she would bake. She would cuddle them on the couch with the red blanket and make them peanut butter toast with the crusts cut off ... and that was when they were 30 years old! She would drop everything and play with them ... and when the Christmas Wish Book came out from Sears, she would give Sherry and Laurie each a catalogue and tell them to mark everything they wanted and it would all be under the Christmas tree wrapped in tissue paper. This extended on to her great grandchildren. She loved taking the kids for walks on the golf course beside their house or even batting a balloon around the kitchen ... laughing and whooping and being silly.

When the time came for Heather and Roy to move out of their home in North Portal, it was a very diffi cult transition for them. They moved into Hill View Manor where Roy passed away in 2007 and Heather went to live at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care in 2006 where she passed away. Both of these facilities were excellent and they received great care for which we are extremely grateful.

If we have learned anything from Mum it would be:• Laugh lots and be silly.• Always think of others fi rst.• Treat your spouse well. Bring him a foot stool if he needs it and feed him in front of the TV if he’s watching sports.

We saw this, but it doesn’t mean we necessarily practise it.• If there is work to be done, do it fi rst and not last.• Keep your house tidy.• Read books in your spare time.• Always remember the importance of family and be a good friend.All of us have a little bit of her light in us now.A memorial service was held on Saturday, November 17,2012 at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of Hall Funeral Services,

Estevan, Sask.Those so wishing may make donations to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, Box 5000 - 203, 1176 Nicholson

Road, Estevan, SK in Heather’s memory. Thank YouWe would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for the kind words of sympathy, cards, fl owers, food, phone calls and many hugs since the passing of our beloved Mum, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Heather Wood. It helps so much to know that people care about what you are going through. Thanks also to Hall Funeral Services for your thoughtfulness and compassion, to Doug Third, whose beautiful service touched our hearts, and to St. Joseph’s Long Term Care, who took such good care of Mum. To our good friends (you know who you are) ... thanks is such a small word for your constant love and support ... you make every day a happy one for us. We are so blessed to have had Heather for 95 years ... a better Mother and friend could not have been found anywhere. We are comforted knowing she will be “having tea” with her North Portal friends once again in God’s loving care.- Sincerely, Garth and Susan Shepherd; Sherry and Warren Sproule and Family; Laurie Wall and Ryan Moore and Boys.

Everton John William AspinallMay 9, 1932 - November 21, 2012

Everton Aspinall late of Calgary, Alta. and formerly of Estevan, Sask. passed away peacefully at home in Calgary on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the age of 80 years.

Everton is survived by his loving wife, Delores; daughter, Denise (Gerald) of Cal-gary; sons, Daryl (Carolynn) of Regina, Sask, Rodney (Gayle) of Long Sault, Ont. and Garth (Dianne) of Red Deer, Alta.; nine grandchildren and two great granddaughters; brother Earl (Olive) Aspinall; and sisters, Ruby Siggelkow and Inez (Phil) Siggelkow.

He was predeceased by his parents, William and Ella Aspinall; brother, Arthur Aspinall; and sister Lyla Taylor.

Everton was active in his church and community where he served on the church board, hospital board, school board and as councillor and then Reeve of Coalfi elds. He grew up on the family farm in the North Portal, Saskatchewan area where he continued to farm until retirement, fi rst in Estevan and then in Calgary.

In honour of Everton Aspinall, a celebration of his life was held on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Estevan Church of God with Pastor Walter

Engel offi ciating. A private family interment took place in the North Portal Cemetery. In lieu of fl owers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society are welcome.Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Norman Bruce McLeanNorman Bruce McLean, much beloved husband

of Arlene, went to be with our Lord on November 19, 2012. Bruce passed away peacefully in Cowichan Dis-trict Hospital at the age of 81 surrounded by his family, while holding the hand of his loving wife of 61 years.

Besides his wife Arlene (nee Newton), he is sur-vived by his children Michele, Larry (Donna), Greg and Doug; grandson Jeff (Stacie) and great-granddaughters Jaedyn and Tyce; granddaughter Kristen (Carl) and great-granddaughter Alexis.

Bruce was predeceased by his eldest brother Alan.

He is also survived by his sister Nona (Micky) and brother Neil (Vivien), along with his wife’s sisters, Lorraine (Dorne) and Marion (Raymond) and numerous nieces and nephews.

Born in Kamloops, B.C. on February 27, 1931 he

spent his early years in Estevan, Saskatchewan until the age of 17 when Bruce entered his apprenticeship in Winnipeg with the CNR. He held various positions throughout his career at the Transcona Shops until he retired for the CNR in 1987. Bruce and Arlene moved to the Cowichan Valley in 1990.

The family would like to thank all the staff at the Hospital and Dr. Gilbert for their compassion, care and respect given to Bruce and the family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

Memorial service was held on Monday, Novem-ber 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 531 Herbert Street in Duncan, B.C.

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Regina Mary (Bonokoski) RoozendaalSeptember 6, 1932 - November 19, 2012

Death is God’s way of saying “Your table is ready my good and faithful servant.”

Regina passed away peacefully on November 19 with family members by her side.

In spite of serious lung and liver problems, she approached each day with a smile and found joy in dedicating herself to her family, friends and the church. She ultimately succumbed to cancer following a brief hospital stay.

Regina was born in Torquay, Saskatchewan, the 13th of 15 children, and will be remembered by all who knew her for her laughter, warm smile and wonder-ful pies.

She is especially missed by her four children: Pattie Roozendaal, Mary-Lou (Don) Huculak, Sam (Patti) Roozendaal, Maureen (Dave) Drake; six grandchil-dren: Alyssa, Richie, Stephanie, Siemon, Anna and Marc; four surviving sisters and brother in Saskatchewan; as well as many nieces and nephews in the Bon-okoski family.

A Prayer Service was held on Friday, November 23 at 7:00 p.m. and a Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, November 24 at 2:00 p.m., both at Immaculate Conception Church, 839 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna, B.C.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to The Seton House of Prayer, 5819 Chute Lake Road, Kelowna, BC, V1W 4L5.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.springfi eldfuneralhome.com • 250-860-7077.

John KiniakJanuary 20, 1916 - November 14, 2012

John passed away at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care, Estevan on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at the age 96 years.Dad was born at Ethelbert, Man. to Prokop and Paulina Kiniak (nee Cinch), the fourth of six children. He completed his schooling in Ethelbert, Man. and moved to Firdale, Man., where he met and married, Mary Fehr on October 24, 1942.In 1944, they purchased a store and post offi ce in Pine Creek, Man. In 1946, they moved to Outram, Sask., where they owned and operated a store and post offi ce for 38 years. He served for 12 years at the Torquay Credit Union, 2 terms as Secretary at the Torquay Trinity Lutheran Church and one year on the Outram School Board. He enjoyed life to the fullest and said he had so much fun, he’d like to live his life over again. We will miss you Dad. Survived by his four daughters, Lois (Ernie) Brezinski, Yorkton, Sask., Fran Brad-shaw, Kelowna, B.C.; Gloria Kiniak, Hudson Bay, Sask., Elaine (Garry) Johnson, Estevan; seven grandchildren, Michele (Mike) Haczkewicz, Brent Brezinski, Curtis Brezinski, Jeffrey (Zdenka) Bradshaw, Dean (Robyn) Bradshaw, Shaun Johnson,

Christopher Johnson; seven great grandchildren, Jennifer, Kelsey and Joshua Haczkewicz, Taylor and Ryan Bradshaw, Brooklyn and Brody Bradshaw. Predeceased by his wife, Mary, 1980; his parents, Prokop and Paulina Kiniak; and siblings, Peter, Bill, Anne, Mary and Cassie. Funeral Service was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, from Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan with Pastor Stewart Miller offi ciating. Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan.If friends so desire, donations may be given to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, Sask.Pallbearers were grandsons, Brent Brezinski, Curtis Brezinski, Mike Haczkewicz, Jeff Bradshaw, Dean Bradshaw and Shaun Johnson.Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank YouThank you to the doctors and nurses of the St. Joseph’s Special Care Home who cared for our dad during his stay there. A special thank you to family and friends who visited him there - he enjoyed this so much. Thank you so much for the food, fl owers, cards, donations, phone calls and prayers. Thanks to Pastor Stewart Miller for his comforting words and for offi ciating at the funeral, the ladies who served lunch and to those who attended. Also thank you to Allan Styre and Hall Funeral Services.- Lois, Fran, Gloria, Elaine & families

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City Council seeks three (3) persons interested on serving on a Committee established to review Remuneration paid to Members of Council. The City has completed research on this matter and it is expected that the Committee will conduct this review and make recommendations to City Council. Committee members will be eligible to receive a $100.00 per day payment for time spent working on the Committee.Council will review the recommendations and determine what remuneration should be for the new Council Members elected at the General Election in October 2012.

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Can you answer yes to the following questions? Can you answer yes to the following questions? • Are you looking to help your community stay safe? • Are you looking to help your community stay safe? • Do you like to help people that are in need?• Do you like to help people that are in need?• Are you a team player?• Are you a team player?• Do you want to be part of a noble profession? • Do you want to be part of a noble profession?

Looking to get rid of an old derelict vehicle? The fi re department is willing to pick up any junked motor vehicles that could be

used for Fire Training purposes.Please contactPlease contact

Ron Tocker, Fire Chief • 634-1850Ron Tocker, Fire Chief • 634-1850

Mondays @ 3:00, 3:30 & 4:00 pm – Hello Computer! – Come and get answers to your computer questions in one-on-one sessions. Bring your laptop or use a public computer. When registering please indicate what you would like to learn. * There will be no classes Monday, November 12.Thursday, November 29 @ 6:30 pm – Family Heritage Scrapbooking – Looking for meaningful Christmas gifts? Bring your old family photos to the library and local artist, Melanie Hiske will help you transform them into unique, personalized works of art – your family will love them! Try to fi nd older, black and white photos for maximum aesthetic appeal in relation to the materials. Scrapbooking materials will be provided. Call 636-1621 to register. Adults only. Please bring COPIES of photographs in order to preserve the originals!DECEMBER* By appointment – Hello Computer! – Come and get answers to your computer questions in one-on-one sessions. Bring your laptop or use a public computer. When registering please indicate what you would like to learn. Tuesday, December 04 & 18 @ 5:30 pm – Crafter’s Circle – Do you knit or crochet? Enjoy the company of others with the same interest. Beginners, advanced and master knitters are all welcome. A great opportunity for ongoing support; share your knowledge or benefi t from the advice of other crafters. Just bring your own materials and come join the circle. Adults only.Tuesday, December 04, 11, 18 @ 6:00 pm – Sprechen Sie Deutsch? – Join Katharina Ulbrich for an introduction to the German language. This is an ongoing program and will take place at the library every Tuesday from 6:00 to 7:00 until the end of January. The classes are designed to be fun and non-competitive; those who want to learn faster will get extra homework.By the end of January students will be able to follow easy directions, introduce themselves in simple sentences, have an idea about Germany (size, regions, customs, do’s & don’ts). If there is enough interest, the program will resume in March. Call 636-1621 to register. All ages welcome. Held in partnership with the Estevan & District German “Feundschaft” Society. Saturday, December 01 @ 2:00 pm – Transform Books Back Into Trees – Need to update your Christmas décor? Come to the library and transform old books into unique Christmas decorations. What better way to recycle books than turn them back into trees?Wednesday, December 05@ 6:00 pm – Say It With a Card – Tired of giving generic, commercial Christmas cards? Join local artist Melanie Hiske to make a unique and personalized Christmas card for someone special. Come help spread the Christmas cheer!Thursday, December 06 @ 6:00 pm – Holiday Hang Me – Want to show off your Christmas cards in a fun creative way? Come to the library and make a Christmas card hanger using ribbon, clothespins, buttons and wrapping paper.Saturday, December 08 @ 3:00 to 4:30 pm – Christmas Crafter-noon – Ages 8+. Wreaths, decoupage gift boxes, painted glass, you name it! Participants will be able to choose from a wide variety of gifts to make for friends and loved ones. Only 20 spots available so sign up early.Wednesday, December 12 @ 6:00 pm – Interest in Pinterest? – Are you curious about Pinterest? Come to the library and learn to utilize this digital pin board to organize and share all the beautiful things you fi nd on the web. Jill will explain what Pinterest is used for and demonstrate how to search, browse, create boards and pin.Thursday, December 13@ 10:30 am – Baby Time – Ages 0 – 18 months old and their caregivers. This is the perfect way to welcome baby to the Library! Join us for 30 minutes of interactive songs, rhymes and a short story. We will make a special baby craft, then stay and chat with other new parents! Thursday, December 13 @ 6:00 pm – An Unexpected Party – The Hobbit movie comes out December 14! Get into the hobbit spirit with a party at the library. The event will feature games, trivia, readings and in the true hobbit spirit, food! Attendees should bring a copy of the book so they can read their favorite quotes or passages aloud. We will also be practicing our Elfi sh and making Tolkien inspired sharpie mugs. All ages welcome. Costumes are encouraged. ** Attendees should bring an appetizer to share & one white coffee mug.Friday, December 14@ 4:30 to 5:30 pm – Tile Coasters & Magnets – Create beautiful & practical ceramic tile coasters & fridge magnets to give away for Christmas! 15 spots available.Saturday, December 15 @ 2:00 – Movie Afternoon: Holes – Come see the fi lm adaptation of award winning young adult novel, Holes by Louis Sachar. Protagonist, Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes for some mysterious reason. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment and redemption. Refreshments provided. Held in partnership with the Estevan Area Literacy Group.Monday, December 17 @ 6:00 to 7:00 pm – Christmas Cookie Decorating – After visiting the Holiday Christmas train, stop by the library for hot chocolate & homemade sugar cookies decorated by you! Everyone welcome. No pre-registration required!Thursday, December 20 @ 6:30 pm – Cover to Cover Book Club – This month we will be discussing The Sweet Far Thing, the third book in the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray. Since Gemma arrived at Spence academy she has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds. Call 636-1621 to pick up your copy today! New members always welcome!Toastmasters meet at the library every Tuesday at 7:30pm.

Call 636-1621 for pre-register or info. on any program.Children’s Programs FREE!

** New Sunday hours: 1:00 – 5:00 pmHoliday Hours:

December 23 – 26: CLOSEDDecember 27 & 28: OPEN 9:30 – 6:00December 29 – January 1: CLOSED

* The library will resume regular hours Wednesday, January 2, 2013

At The Library.....

The City of Estevan is looking for companies to supply the following NSF certifi ed water treatment chemicals for the year 2013.

• Chlorine liquefi ed gas in tonner containers• Liquid Aluminium Sulphide (Alum) derived by tanker truck• Hydrofl uorisilic Acid (HFS) in poly drums• Caustic 50% in tote tanks• Ammonium Sulphate in bags• Potassium Permanganate Crystals in 25Kg drums

Interested parties are invited to respond by forwarding sealed envelopes clearly marking each chemical to the following by 3:00pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012.Complete details and tender packages are available at:

Legislative Services Business DivisionMain Floor City Hall

1102, 4th StreetEstevan, Saskatchewan

S4A 0W7

Public opening of tenders will be Tuesday December 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm C.S.T., in the City Hall Lower Boardroom, ESTEVAN, Saskatchewan.

For further information regarding this tender, please contact Mr. Kevin Sutter, WT/WWT Manager at 634-1822.THE LOWEST OR ANY TENDER NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED.

CITY OF ESTEVAN TENDER

City of Estevan Tender

The City of Estevan is accepting bids for daily offi ce cleaning at the Estevan Regional Airport (Term to last one year).Sealed bids should be sent to the following address and must be received no later than December 4, 2012 @ 2:30pm:

Legislative Services Business DivisionMain Floor – 1102 – 4th Street

City of EstevanEstevan, SK

S4A 0W7Public opening of tenders shall take place at 2:30 p.m., C.S.T., Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Estevan, Saskatchewan.For more information, and/or a complete list of cleaning requirements, please contact Judy Pilloud at cityclerk@estevan.ca or call 306-634-1852.THE LOWEST OR ANY TENDER NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED.

The Annual General Meeting of Estevan Kidsport will be held on Monday, November 26 at 5:30pm in the Conference Room at the Estevan Leisure

Centre. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. The committee is also looking for individuals to sit on the committee.

For more information call Garth at 634-1883.

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CITY PAGE ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITYLET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY! LET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY! LET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY! LET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY! LET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY! LET’S CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY!

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Will the City complete some areas more than once in a major snowfall before all streets are completed?Yes, if the Priority 1 and 2 become impassable those streets would be cleared of snow again to ensure that traffi c can move.

Can home owners blow snow from their sidewalks, driveways and parking lots into streets? No, property owners cannot as it makes it more diffi cult for the city to complete a proper cleanup; it causes the streets to be rougher than necessary, causes a hazard to motorists and is prohibited by the Traffi c Bylaw.The only place this is permitted is the downtown business district as they have nowhere else to shovel the snow to.

Should we keep our sidewalks clear of snow?Yes, the Traffi c Bylaw requires it as it makes it safer for pedestrians and those people that have to walk on the streets for work purposes such as letter carriers and meter readers. Also please make sure that extension cords crossing sidewalks to vehicles do not create trip hazards.

Can we pile snow from the sidewalks on the streets?No, the only place this is allowed is the downtown business district as these buildings do not have any other area to move the snow to.

Can home and business owners pile snow on their own private properties adjacent to alleys and streets?

Yes, however make sure that the piles are not so high as to create a blind corner limiting visibility for pedestrians and motoristCan home and business owners pile snow on existing windrows?No, this creates visibility and driving hazards, makes it more diffi cult and time consuming to remove the windrows and is prohibited by the Traffi c Bylaw.

Can snow be piled in city alleys and streets?No this eliminates access for garbage collection, fi re protection and other emergency services and is prohibited by the Traffi c Bylaw. However it is permitted in cul-de-sacs as long as the snow is piled in the centre of the cul-de-sac only as other piles of snow impact neighbors and makes snow removal more diffi cult.

Can I park my spare vehicle or Motor Home on the Street?Yes, however vehicles are not permitted to be parked on any streets in excess of 24 hours and cause a lot of problems for snow removal and traffi c.

Can I park on the streets for less than 24 hours?Yes, however in the event of a major snowstorm we ask that all vehicles be parked in driveways or other areas where possible. In the event of a Major snowstorm the City plans to have all areas windrowed where required as soon as possible, providing equipment is operational. Please do not park your vehicles on the streets if possible as the vehicles limit

access for snow removal equipment and have greater potential of being damaged by other vehicles and equipment.

When are City snow dump areas used?The City Snow dump sites are operational from 6am – 10pm, city equipment does not operate at these locations outside of these hours.

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• Children are kept away from snow dump sites and piles. These are dangerous areas when equipment is working, as well as voids in the piles may collapse trapping children.• Please keep clear of snow clearing equipment and crews. If possible choose an alternate route to avoid delays.• Please keep back 20m of Sanding equipment, as they will be discharging sand at intersections of streets, lanes, and high traffi c zones.• Please keep all emergency exits buildings clear of

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What is the goal of the snow removal policy?The goal of the snow removal policy is to provide a timely, adequate and cost effective level of service so that streets are passable and vehicles can move in the City. Once the initial clean-up is completed standard procedure of Public Works is to continue to widen and grade streets. A copy of the full policy is available at www.estevan.ca

When does the City start to clean up after a snow storm?Public Works monitors the streets and the major response to a snow storm does not generally start until it has stopped snowing. It is dangerous due to reduced visibility and ineffective to clear Priority 1 areas more than once if the streets are passable. Streets are monitored and intersections will be sanded or trouble areas cleared if necessary.

Who do we call to report icy streets, blocked intersection or other snow related issues?Please call 634-1800 during regular hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. After hours, please call the after-hours emergency number at 634- 3770. The after hour calls are directed to an answering service who will forward calls to the appropriate persons. As well, Estevan Police Services monitor the streets after hours and will request that the intersections be sanded or trouble areas be cleared.

How does the City determine what streets get cleaned fi rst?The City classifi es the streets into 3 priorities:Priority 1 – Arterial StreetsStreets with high volumes of traffi c and main routes through and around the City such as 4th Street – average daily traffi c volume of more than 8,000.Priority 2 – Collector RoadsStreets with somewhat lesser volumes of traffi c and designed to route traffi c from local streets to the Arterial Streets such as Nicholson Road – average daily traffi c of between 1,000 and 8,000.Priority 3 – Local StreetsStreets that generally only serve the people that live in that area with low volumes of traffi c and mostly residential – less than 1,000 average daily traffi c volume.Within Priority Three there are some streets that are extremely narrow and have to be windrowed and transported away in the same day such as Grundeen Crescent.

Snow Removal - Frequently Asked Questions

Position: BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER • Hours of Work: Full Time - Monday to Friday

Duties and Responsibilities: Enforcement of City of Estevan Bylaws, Property Maintenance, Parking Enforcement, and Animal Control. Respond to incoming complaints and general public inquiries regarding Bylaws. Issue tickets for Bylaw offences and maintain a daily report management system. The Successful Candidate• Must possess a valid driver’s licence• Must have suitable computer skills• Must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills. • Must be able to work independently and effi ciently. • Must be able to understand and work within the justice system. • Must pass a Police Security Clearance Process. Successful applicant will be placed on a one year probationary period. Applications are available at the Estevan Police Service. Return completed applications including a resume to: Chief of Police Estevan Police Service 301-11th Ave. Estevan, Sask. S4A 1C7Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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GUARD/MATRONThe Estevan Police Service is seeking applications for the position of Guard/Matron. Successful applicants must be honest, trustworthy and able to work independently with little supervision. The Guard/Matron will provide constant observation of persons who are being held in custody.Retired persons are also encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will be on call and will have the right to turn down shifts. Applicant must pass a Security Clearance.If you would like to apply or would like to receive further information please contact the Estevan Police Service at

301-11th Ave.,Estevan, Saskatchewan.

S4A 1C7Or call 306 634 4767. You can also email schartrand@estevanpolice.ca

Del Block – Chief of PoliceEstevan Police Service

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL

VISUAL ARTS: Classes/Workshops in Pottery (Nov & Dec dates)

COMPLETE details online at www.estevanartscouncil.com

2013 Discount on Property TaxesEffective in 2013, discounts on the School portion of Property Taxes will not be offered as per Provincial Government directives.The City of Estevan will offer a discount of 2.5% on the City Property Tax Portion for payments made in full based on the 2012 levy until January 31, 2013. There will be no further discounts offered after January 31st. For further information, contact Tim at 634-1813 or Trina at 634-1811.

The City of Estevan is undertaking concrete work and road works at:Woodlawn ReservoirThe City of Estevan is undertaking construction of a Treated Drinking Water Reservoir. The affected area includes The Woodlawn Avenue Right of Way North of the St. Joseph’s Hospital.This Right of Way is not a though road and no traffi c will be allowed in the area that is not involved with the reservoir construction.This work will commence March 5, 2012 and will take approximately ten (10) months to complete. Ledcor Construction Ltd. and JV&M Constructors Inc will perform this work within the current Bylaw regulations and specifi cations. Estevan Municipal Airport Rehabilitation WorksThe City of Estevan is undertaking construction works to rehabilitate existing Apron at Estevan Municipal AirportConstruction on: Estevan Municipal Airport Apron This work would require closure of immediate areas of excavation and may necessitate parking restriction in adjacent areas. This work will commence during the week of November 21, 2012 and will approximately complete in June 30, 2013 (subject to weather).SafetyConstruction site could be dangerous. If you have children, please ask them to keep a safe distance from the site. We will take every precaution to ensure public safety, but we need your assistance to constrain the natural curiosity of younger children. Please DO NOT attempt to go close to areas affected.Theft or VandalismIf you see any act of vandalism, theft or anyone suspiciously tampering with equipment, signage or barricades please contact call Police.Questions and ConcernsThe City of Estevan, Engineering Services apologize for any inconveniences that this work may cause and thank you in advance for your cooperation and patience. If you have any question or concerns, please call at 634-1818 or approach the supervisor or foreman on site.“During asphalt and paving of roads could all citizens please be respectful of construction sites and observe barricades and signage for their own safety. Fines will be issued to all people not obeying the rules.”

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Nicholson Road Clinic — 634-2661Dr. GroblerDr. AkenseteDr. HorriClinic @ No Frills Grocery — 634-6444Dr. TsoiDr. ChristieDr. PehlivanHospital Foundation ClinicDr. Sheikh — 637-2750Dr. Omosigho — 637-2760

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