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The Snow Angel Program encourages healthy, willing residents to help others when clearing snow from sidewalks - especially elderly residents or anyone with health or mobility restrictions. HOW IT WORKS: Lend a helping hand to a resident who needs it and then tell us about it, and if you receive help from someone, nominate them as a “Snow Angel.” Write or e-mail your Snow Angel story to us (include the name and address of the Snow Angel.)
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(The city’s Parks and Recreation shop) Remove all material from trees as this can become mixed in the mulch made from the trees, used for tree and shrub beds, and can degrade its usefulness. Call Parks Foreman Tim Yeaman at (306) 445-1747 for more information.
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Enjoy the benefit of an easy-to-handle, monthly payment plan for your city utility bills. Effective January, 2015, extensions on utility bills will be discontinued. But the WIPPS, Water Installment Payment Plan Service, makes it easy to stay up-to-date by letting you automatically pay your utility bill on the 20th of each month. Or pay online or via telephone banking. It’s that easy!
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Part of this training will be in waves and will include wet exits, stroking, and surfing. Individuals must be deep-water confident and able to swim at least one length of the lap pool. Call (306) 445-1745, e-mail coopaquaticcentre@cityofnb.ca, or visit us in person for more information or to register. Wed., Jan. 28, the 12 p.m. fitness class will be cancelled and Surf’s Up will be from 2 - 3 p.m.
EVERYONE is welcome! Jan. 7 - Feb. 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Caleb Village (1802 106th street) Fridays at the NationsWEST Field House Contact us at: (306)445-1790 nationswest@cityofnb.ca, or come visit us in person for more information.
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The Lifesaving Society is cautioning people to measure ice thickness in several locations before venturing onto the ice and says: • No-one should be on ice less than 7 cm thick. • Ice 10 cm thick may be suitable for ice-fishing, walking or cross-country skiing. • Wait until ice is 12 cm think before going out with a snowmobile or ATV. • 20 – 30 cm thick ice may be okay to support a car or small pickup truck. • Ice must be between 30 – 38 cm thick to support a medium-sized truck or minivan.
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$55M year of building permits in North Battleford By John Cairns Staff Reporter It was indeed a booming year for building permits in North Battleford in 2014. Final numbers indicate the City recorded a total of 104 building permits issued for a value of $55,924,900. That compares to 121 permits for $20,534,900 the year before, a roughly $35 million improvement for the year. Those numbers came in the monthly permit statistics report compiled by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk. Of that grand total, activity in the commercial and industrial sector is credited with the booming year in construction. Projects including the Walmart expansion, the Home Hardware expansion, the addition to Gold Eagle Casino and various other projects throughout the city led to a booming year in building permits. Of permits issued for 2014 in the city, 19 were commer-
Director of Planning and Development Tim LaFreniere speaks at the City’s Planning Committee meeting Monday, where news was shared of the $55 million in building permits in the city in 2014. Photo by John Cairns cial alterations for a value of $22,090,600. Five new commercial permits were issued for $8,761,500, five industrial alterations for $6,748,000 and six new industrial permits for $5,781,000. There were also two apartment permits for $6,060,700
and seven new dwelling permits for $1,835,000. Overall, the final numbers of 104 permits issued for $55.9 million is among the highest the city has ever seen. If institutional permits aren’t counted, it is the highest. By comparison, 154 per-
mits were issued for a value of $47,950,300 in 2010. Those numbers had set a record for highest permit values since 1980, topping the previous high of $28 million from 2007. That record was shattered in 2011 when 131 permits
were issued for a whopping $74 million in building permits. That year saw over $50 million in institutional permits issued due mainly to construction of the Credit Union CUplex. Building permit values cooled off to $43 million in 2012 and $20 million in 2013 before 2014’s impressive rebound. It is not just North Battleford that has seen a building boom. The town of Battleford reported building permits of almost $26 million in 2014, which meant overall building permits for the entire Battlefords approached $82 million. As has normally been the case in past years, December 2014 was a quiet month for building activity in the city,
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RCMP note lack of youth crime By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter In presenting quarterly statistics to Battleford town council members Monday, Cpl. Dereck Wierzbicki of the RCMP said, “Crime stats have dropped pretty much across the board compared to 2013 and 2012.” He also had something to say about youth crime. “Youth crime here is phenomenally low, which is really nice to see. I think that comments a lot on the type of people who live in this community, and strong parenting, to have youth crime [statistics] like this,” he said. “I haven’t seen it in my 10 years. It seems to be a bit of a problem wherever I’ve been.” Cpl. Wierzbicki moved to
Cpl. Dereck Wierzbicki of the RCMP presented the quarterly statistics to Battleford town council members Monday. Photo by Jayne Foster the Battlefords detachment in July 2014. He and his family live in the Telegraph Heights subdivision in Battleford.
Although, he said, when it comes to crime, anything can happen at any time, he feels good about Battleford.
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“I feel safe here. I feel it’s safe for my family, for my kids to be out and about,” he said. “I think, overall, we’re pretty blessed with what we have here, however there’s always room for improvement.” The report, referring to statistics from October to December 2014, showed 11 person offences, eight Criminal Code offences, one drug offence, one Liquor Act offence, six motor vehicle collisions, 13 provincial traffic offences, eight impaired operation of motor vehicle offences, two municipal bylaw offences, 22 false alarms and 15 assistance calls. Of those offenses only two had youth involvement, one among the person offences and one among the Criminal Code offences. There were also 46 property offences, which Cpl. Wierzbicki said could include anything from vandalism to escorting unwanted people off private property.
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By Becky Doig Editor I had puzzling email Tuesday from Susan Stromberg Stein. She was outraged about a lack of fact checking and I had no clue what she was talking about. Here’s the first message I read from her: “I was brought up in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and I can assure you that our policeman did not go around biting barking dogs. Where did you get your information from? You need to print a retraction of this cannibalistic incorrect information.” Of course I thought she was chastising me so I sent back, “I have no clue what you were talking about.” She directed me to an earlier email (I always clean the bin from bottom to top, not sure why, maybe because I also compose the newspaper from back to frong). It included a picture of a page in the Palm Beach Daily News featuring Pet Set by Paulette Cooper Noble. The headline on the column is “Dogs can be trained not to bark.” Sure enough under the subheading of “How to stop that barking?” Cooper Noble makes this statement: “Police officers in Battleford, Saskatchewan, have a strange law on the books allowing a policeman to bite a dog to stop it from barking. Obviously we don’t do that in Palm Beach.” Ahh, so it wasn’t me in trouble after all. Stromberg Stein just wanted me to know the reputation of the Battlefords was once again being besmirched and that she was doing her part to defend the community. Cooper Noble sent back an amusing response: Dear Susan: I am the author of the pet column. I’m sorry you took umbrage over the item about Saskatchewan, but I made it clear that there was a “strange law on the book,” not that anyone would actually do that. I am sure no one would confuse that item for an actual event, or cannibalism. There are literally hundreds of absurd laws no one follows — or could — on the books about pets all over the United States, Canada and indeed the world. For example: Memphis, Tenn. — If a frog’s croaking keeps you awake at night, you can have that frog arrested (Editor’s note: not a safe place for Claudette Caddidlehopper); Utah — Birds have the right of way on public highways; Arkansas — It is illegal to blindfold cows on public highways. Sincere thanks to Stromberg Stein for her staunch defense of her hometown, and for a couple of smiles along the way. And if your dog’s barking is making you crazy you can find Cooper Nobel’s column at http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com. Letters to the editor are welcomed by the Regional Optimist. All letters, including those which are faxed or emailed, must be signed and bear the address and telephone number of the writer. The name of the writer will be published. Letters are subject to editing. Personal attacks will not be printed. Letters will be rejected if they contain libelous statements or are unsigned.
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Solution for shelterbelt centre Dear Editor The PFRA Shelterbelt Centre at Indian Head will be disposed of by the Government of Canada during 2015. Having grown to an annual capacity to supply seven million soil conservation and habitat tree seedlings to farmers, it has provided nearly 600 million trees in 114 years. As a division of the PFRA, the centre has supplied 30 species of soil conservation and wildlife habitat trees free of charge to farmers. It has now been forced to transition to a private business and is tasked with convincing farmers who used to plant 5,000 trees as a field shelterbelt why they ought to pay $7,500 in cash and wait 10 years for any cash return to their farm. If the Shelterbelt Centre is not to simply become like the 325,000-foot Weyburn Psychiatric Centre buildings, which were bulldozed and are now remembered only by pictures and stories in Saskatchewan history books, this phenomenal agro-forestry asset must be reborn as the key manager and focal driver of some new profitable enterprise. One party relies on foreign university interns who work for free, rented the shelterbelt centre lands during 2014. They bought cuttings from Alberta and subdivided and rooted them to add to what they got from subdividing trees from Indian Head so as to have $1 million of inventory at $1.50 per tree in 2015. Agriculture Canada Research Station researchers continue to publish and present research based on their work at the Shelterbelt Centre and have lobbied other government departments such as supply and services to buy out the assets and continue operating a research program at the shelterbelt centre. The situation raises an important question for the public and for policy makers as to why the taxpayers have
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invested millions in the Saskatchewan biotech industry if it can’t develop a made-in-Saskatchewan solution for the Indian Head centre. We have world-class researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, but apparently the shelterbelt centre has been ignored, and what’s worse, seen as a problem and not an opportunity. However, there are potential solutions, as a local First Nation has first right of refusal to any sale by the government and has shown interest in acquiring the centre. There are other strategic players in Saskatchewan who would work with one or several First Nations to bring immediate added value by training people to create employment in all aspects of a diverse enterprise. This would employ aboriginals and others to process bio-products from existing Saskatchewan shelterbelts into products at the shelterbelt centre and contract to continue to supply trees and buy back bio-products over a long term. The burgeoning health and wellness longevity promoting marketplace presents an opportunity for a wide range of bio-products to emerge from an integrated enterprise with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue distributed through several supply chains. So what others see as a time of gloom and doom and struggle, I see as a time of incredible opportunity. It is my wish that during 2015 some combination of these parties each with something to gain move forward and turn the former PFRA Indian Head Shelterbelt Centre into a successful commercial venture and indeed gather up their courage and conviction in a timely fashion to create a made-in-Saskatchewan agro-forestry success story.
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Toy stores are going to feel the pain of $45 oil I was driving out to take some pictures of some drilling rigs Sunday morning when something struck me. I left relatively early in the morning – early enough that I could get to the lease half an hour before sunrise so that I could attempt to get some sunset over the drilling rig pictures. As I left my driveway, I noticed a white pickup idling in front of a house down the block. This was the revelation: that truck wasn’t idling to go to church. I don’t know of any churches that have sermons around 7:15 a.m. The truck was obviously being warmed up to go to work. As I left Estevan, I saw a number of semis heading out, hauling pipe. The temperature readout on the dashboard said -27 C. The wind chill was around -39 C, a fact I was quickly reminded of when I got out of the truck to begin taking photos. Where I was going, there were four drilling rigs lined up. They had been working 24/7 for days at this location. Between water haulers, pipe haulers, bit men, mud men, rig hands and land spreaders, there were dozens of people in and out of these four leases all weekend long. While I was on the rig, taking photos, I don’t remember if I heard one complaint about the cold. I know I wasn’t too impressed with it. My cameras weren’t either, with lenses getting stiff and fogging up
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Association 2012 Columnist of the Year hard if I ventured inside to warm up. In all of this, each of those four derricks had a derrickhand go up the stick in -40 C or colder wind chill (at ground level). I can’t imagine how cold it would have been up there. These are the men, and it is almost exclusively men, who have been keeping Saskatchewan’s economy going. They’re the ones out there in horridly frigid temperatures on a Sunday morning when most sane people are snug in their warm beds. And with the dramatic drop in oil prices, these are the ones who will likely suffer the most. Don’t get me wrong – they are well compensated
when working. But it’s not unusual for a rig hand to get in only six months of work a year. I know this because some of them told me that. This year, they might be lucky to get that. Once the rigs lay down for spring breakup, they might not get going again until the fall, and that’s only if the price of oil recovers to something like US$65 per barrel WTI. If it stays where it is now for six months, or goes even lower, those rigs are going to stay racked. A few days later I wandered through a toy store. It wasn’t full of Legos and Barbies, but quads, sideby-sides and snowmobiles. I almost fell over when I looked at the prices. Sleds
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were around $17,000. Sideby-sides were $24,000. One used quad was $24,000, and that was a bargain, because it only had 49 miles on it. Full list price was $28,000. That’s more than my wife paid for her 2009 truck, used, with 18,000 miles on it, five years ago. I felt like I had walked into a Victoria’s Secret model shoot. The room was full of supermodels — beautiful, but entirely unobtainable to someone like me. But for young men with some decent money in their pockets, these supermodels indeed have been within the realm of possibility. The reason these toys exist is because of the young men who have frozen their butts off want to spend some of their hard-earned money. When that money evaporates, so too will much of the sales for these toys. With oil at $45 a barrel, there are going to be serious impacts in this province. Toy stores are going to be just one of them. — Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian. zinchuk@sasktel.net.
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Transportation department reports on challenges By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter While Living Sky School Division has had to add extra routes to accommodate increased student numbers, it continues to find a shortage of people who want to become bus drivers. Colin Westgard, transportation manager, Wanda leRoux, assistant transportation manager, bus drivers, and Brian Rotsey, assistant transportation manager, fleet, met with the board of education last week with the report on their department’s activities. Westgard said the human resources department and the transportation department have been working together to look at three of the programs recently presented to the board for the recruitment and retention of bus drivers, an issue faced not only by Living Sky School Division, but school divisions throughout the country. “We are reviewing costs and implications of a new driver signing bonus, employee referral and substitute bus driver guaranteed minimum wage,� said Westgard. Each program has merits, he said, but also a cost, some of which would be recovered by not having to pay parents to drive their children to school or have a substitute driver travel from a long
distance to cover a route or extracurricular trip. Division staff have been reaching out to rural communities in a search for new bus drivers. As of last week, they had been to two locations where they talked to people about becoming school bus drivers, said Westgard. “At one location, we did not receive any applications and at the other one five people indicated that they may be interested,� said Westgard. They have been following up on the results of the meetings, he said, but they know at least two of the people who expressed interest have decided not to become drivers. From now until Feb. 12, transportation management is meeting with drivers, casual drivers, principals, vice-principals and secretaries. Twelve communities will be visited and the meetings will serve as a second professional development day for the drivers for the year. Recruitment will be on the agenda, as well as communication, administration, buses, student conduct, weather conditions and extracurricular services. The agenda also allows time for driver concerns. Among the challenges the transportation department is facing is an increased number of pre-kindergarten students needing bus service for either morning or afternoon pickups or drop off. Where
Brian Rotsey, assistant transportation manager, fleet, Wanda leRoux, assistant transportation manager, bus drivers, and Colin Westgard, transportation manager, met with the Living Sky School Division Board of Education last week with the report on their department’s activities. Photo by Jayne Foster the programming is half day, additional routes have had to be created to bus students either home or to daycare centres at midday. leRoux noted an additional challenge is the age of the students. When they arrive at school or at daycare, the bus driver cannot leave the bus unattended while the children are getting to and from the venue. From a safety point of view, this is not ideal. She also said there are occasions when a second person should be on the bus to help, especially when all the stu-
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dents are pre-K age. Currently, the division has 62 pre-K and daycare students being bussed, up from 25 last year. While the students are getting younger, bus drivers are getting older. The majority of the division’s drivers are over 40. The largest age group is from 40 to 49 years, however there are several drivers between 65 and 75 years old – and more drivers are looking to retire than to enlist. The transportation department also reported on the operation of the division’s new bus garage. The bus garage has operated since April 2014 with a staff of one journeyman mechanic, one four-year mechanic and two tradespersons. With the number of buses and division vehicles being
serviced, the garage could use a third journeyman or a four-year mechanic. “As the division operates 102 to 105 school buses to meet the needs of the regular routes, spares for regular routes and bus service for the extracurricular travel, along with the number of vehicles used by division staff, the number of vehicles to be serviced each day is four,� said Westgard. “To continue to offer the support service in a productive and timely manner, the garage needs to increase its staff by one journeyperson. With this increase one of the tradespeople would be the tow truck operator when needed.� Having a tow truck owned by the division has become important considering the kind of repairs today’s buses
require, Rotsey explained. Many of the breakdowns they experience are related to the electronics system, and there is no “limping� to the garage nowadays; when they break down, they just stop running and need to be towed to service. The electronics on new buses also mean the equipment needed to diagnose problems is not available in smaller shops. “It is important to have a division operated garage as some of the local garages either have limited staff or are only interested in doing small jobs. As with all newer vehicles, school buses need to have scanning and other specialty tools that many of the shops would not have,� said the department’s report. “This equipment can be costly and, for a small garage, it would not pay for them to purchase the equipment for the number of buses they have in their community.� Westgard also pointed out an additional challenge the department faces. There has been an increase in the cost of registration for a school bus from $454 in 2013 to $629 in August of 2014. “It is costing the division between 35 and 38 per cent more for registration on the buses.� The board thanked the department for their report and for their ongoing work. “It always amazes me how you are able to accommodate so many situations in your work,� said board chair Ken Arsenault. “It’s greatly appreciated by staff, parents and students.�
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New Vibe in Leisure Services Monday, committee chair Don Buglas convened the first meeting for the new City of North Battleford Leisure Services Committee, at the Don Ross Centre. The new committee is part of a widespread reorganization of committees and departments at City Hall following last year’s customer service review. The Leisure Services Committee replaces the Parks and Recreation Culture and Heritage Committee. While topics discussed were familiar ones to that former committee, including the monthly approval of SaskLotteries grant applications, the meeting was distinctly different due to the addition of several youth representatives from the city’s three high schools — NBCHS, John Paul II and Sakewew — who attended the meeting. As Leisure Services Director Bill Samborski said, there was “a different vibe in the room.� Photos by John Cairns
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The Battlefords,Thursday, January 22, 2015 - Page 8
Prairie ditches inspire international artist October 2012: “Leah, I’d really like to have a solo exhibition in Saskatchewan,” says artist Zachari Logan to the City of North Battleford’s director of galleries. “I’ve been around the world, but I’ve never had one here.” Leah Garven is ecstatic at his suggestion. Though she’s known the Saskatoon-based artist for years, he’d been exhibiting and studying in places like Paris, London, Athens, Vienna and New York. How could he find time for a show in North Battleford? January 2015: The Gloaming, Part I, opens at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford and an artist’s reception is held Saturday, Jan. 17. Zachari Logan attends, sporting his maternal clan kilt in celebration of a special evening. He shares with his guests his passion for the magical moments between dark and light, thus The Gloaming.
By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter Speaking at the artist’s reception Saturday for The Gloaming: Part I, Zachari Logan said, “One of the threads that I think links most of the works in this exhibition is ditches – prairie ditches.” While he has an international career and takes inspiration from historical art as well as his travels, Logan is Saskatchewan-raised, and he has purposefully referenced the prairies, and the inbetween-ness of its ditches, in this show. “The reason why prairie ditches are so important to me is I’ve taken them to represent, metaphorically, this
idea of queer space,” said the artist who earned a masters degree in fine arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 2008. “They are liminal spaces that line the roads from all of us getting from here to there, but we rarely take the time to look at them and see the beauty in them. They are everywhere, they are all around us, but they are kind of silent.” The works in The Gloaming: Part I include largescale pastel on black paper drawings, ceramics, a blue pencil series and installation pieces. “I consider the ceramics an extension of the drawings in the sense that everything is hand-made,” he said. Referring the piece titled
Titled Eunich Tapestries, the pastel on black paper drawings above are a response by artist Zachari Logan to the medieval European art he studied at The Cloisters museum and gardens, a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photos by Jayne Foster Fountain I, Logan said, “Everything is hand-moulded from the base to the last flower. There’s a meticulousness in the forming of the foundation, the way I form the drawings with my hands.” He added, “Again, it’s all about observation, but also about this sense of a magical space.” The theme of “the gloaming” throughout his work has its beginnings in experiencing dusk on the prairies. “The gloaming is a particular time at night when you can see information, not
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enough to see clearly but enough to maybe have you thinking, ‘Is my mind playing tricks on me? Is that really happening?’” He also referred to driving on prairie roads at night. “Our vision changes at night, obviously, and we’re unable to see as clearly as we can in the daytime, so there’s that idea of your mind playing games on you, or did you actually see that coyote in the ditch.” Included in the show is a blue pencil series inspired by the artist’s recurring migraine headaches. They usually occur around the gloaming, he said, “the evening when it’s just dusk, around seven or eight.” It ties in the loss of vision, said Logan, because his migraines start with a strange glowing tunnel vision. “Then I start to see these
The artist’s self portrait as the embodiment of nature. For more photos from the exhibit, see Page 10. bizarre squiggly lines, then I kind of go partially blind so if I was looking at your face I would only see half of it,” he explained. Logan is physical with his art, exploring his body’s engagement with place, with ideas about sexuality, and with space. He says his earlier work is more pointed in its exploration of figures, but he continues to use his body’s involvement with his art as a
catalyst. “It’s a very physically interaction with my body,” he said. Pointing to the large-scale Monument Series, he said, “I usually do these drawings on the wall and after a day’s worth of work I’m tired.” The Gloaming: Part I will be at the Chapel Gallery until March 8. To find out more about Zachari Logan, visit www.zacharilogan.com.
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The Gloaming: Part I
Continued from Page 8
Left, City of North Battleford Director of Galleries Leah Garven introducing artist Zachari Logan at an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reception at the Chapel Gallery Saturday. Garvenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Al and Zachariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Ned helped set up the show. Above, an installation titled Cabinet, featuring found objects, hand-built clay body, 2014. The items are displayed in a glass-doored cabinet. Left, a piece titled Fountain 1 is made up of individual pieces of hand-built clay. Begun in 2013, it continues to evolve. Logan suspects it will continue to evolve until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sold.
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Above, Bluing, pastel on black paper, 2014, was inspired by the fading of old tapestries whose reds and yellows give way to blue and blue-green. Left, a dandelion teapot, handbuilt clay body, acrylic paint, 2014, part of his Overgrown Series. One of a series inspired by the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s migraines, blue pencil on mylar, 2015.
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Final 2014 stats show crime decline for NB By John Cairns Staff Reporter
RCMP ask for assistance locating missing woman Staff The Battlefords RCMP Detachment is requesting assistance from the public in locating Felicia Weeseekase, 28, of North Battleford. She was reported missing Tuesday, Dec. 20. She was last seen by family Dec. 15 when she left her children with a family member. Weeseekase was last seen in North Battleford Dec. 25 by friends when police say she apparently left North Battleford for Calgary, Alta. Weeseekase has had sporadic contact with her
family, telling them she is in Calgary working and was not returning. Jan. 13 Weeseekase called the Battlefords detachment advising that she was safe, however, she was asked to personally attend a detachment or police service to confirm her safety and she has not done this. She has since disconnected her phone and cancelled her Facebook page. Anyone with information about this missing person is urged to contact the Battlefords RCMP Detachment at (306)4461720 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
The final statistics are in for the year for Battlefords RCMP detachment and they show a marked decline in crime instances across the board. According to a report presented this week to the North Battleford Planning Committee, calls for service fell to 12,837 for 2014, from 14,912 for the same period a year earlier. In the various crime categories, there were declines across most categories with the exception of Liquor Act offences, which were up considerably for the year from 280 to 445, for a 59 per cent increase. The other categories saw declines as follows: person offences fell from 805 to 676; break and enter to businesses fell from 45 to 31; break and enter to residences fell from 114 to 106; property offences fell from 2,745 to 2,223; criminal code offences fell from 1,692 to 1,647; drug offences fell from 250 to 149; motor vehicle collisions fell from 292 to 245; provincial traffic offences fell from 2,630 to 1,503; impaired operation of a motor vehicle fell from 332 to 285; and municipal bylaws fell from 176 to 160.
Sgt. Neil Tremblay of the RCMP presented the final crime statistics for 2014 to the City of North Battleford’s planning committee Monday. Photo by John Cairns Calls for assistance were up for the year from 579 to 673, while false alarms fell from 913 to 779. Numbers for December alone saw a decline in overall calls for service to 727, down from 810 in December 2013. However, there were increases in a number of areas for the month with property crimes up from 121 to 136, criminal code offences up from 83 to 127, provincial traffic offences up from 70 to 84 and impaired operation
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to .08) offence (new drivers); 79 low BAC (.04 to .08) offences (experienced drivers); and 264 high BAC (over .08) Criminal Code charges. There is zero drug and alcohol tolerance for drivers under 19 years of age, and for all drivers in the Graduated Driver Licensing program and Motorcycle GDL program. During the month, police also issued 1,847 tickets for
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to 88 from 124, all from two years earlier. The statistical data was compiled by the RCMP in Regina and was presented by Sgt. Neil Tremblay to North Battleford’s planning committee Monday. Tremblay said they were involved in a number of different initiatives including the Hub. “I think we are starting to see some benefit there,” he said. As well, Tremblay pointed to the Prolific Offender Management Program where people who are high-risk offenders are identified and enhanced supervision is provided.
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SaskCareers website seeking participants By John Cairns Staff Reporter A new website designed to connect jobseekers to careers in Saskatchewan was the topic of the recent Battlefords Chamber of Commerce luncheon in North Battleford. The event focused on SaskCareers. ca, the new career development website described as a “one-stop shop” to allow users to find out about potential careers and opportunities for training and job placement. The idea is to provide information on hundreds of career choices, as well as educational opportunities to get people on the right path. The initiative officially launched last December in Regina. Tuesday’s event provided business leaders in the Battlefords and region an opportunity to see for themselves how the website could benefit them in attracting jobseekers. Presenters Janet Uchacz-Hart and Vicki Towriss provided information on the program. The main message was “to have business showcase all the opportunities in a region,” said Uchacz-Hart, and
“showcase to the rest of the country what the great opportunities are” in the region. Businesses can put their own profiles up on the site, as well as types of career paths that might be available. “It gives young people an opportunity to see what the opportunities are within the region as well as possibilities to further explore job opportunities within that particular company.” Putting up a business profile takes only about eight to 10 minutes and then it is there for anyone to see, she said. “We are encouraging both small business and large business combined to tell young people around here what the opportunities are.” Users can also post their profiles with porfolios, skills and interests. What is needed now is information on businesses for the website. Those in attendance were encouraged to sign up and submit profiles. “It is still a work in progress,” said Uchacz-Hart. The plan is to expand the site further in the coming months and they anticipate working further with the post-secondary and secondary institutions to connect those with job seekers as well.
Janet Uchacz-Hart made the pitch to business people from the region to get involved in the SaskCareers.ca website that is now up and running in Saskatchewan. Photo by John Cairns
Home invasion sends two men to hospital Staff SAULTEAUX — A home invasion on Saulteaux First Nation Monday at about 6 a.m. has left two men seriously injured. Police say one man, found at the scene of the invasion, is suffering from serious stab wounds. Another man, who was being treated at Battlefords Union Hospital for a gunshot wound, was determined to have also been
at the residence. Troy Ian Walter Moccasin, 23, and 19-year-old Blake Moccasin of Saulteaux First Nation appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Tuesday facing several charges. Late Wednesday afternoon RCMP reported a third man, Troy Ryan Delorme, 23, is also facing charges. RCMP say both were at the residence on the Saulteaux First Nation when three men
broke in with their faces covered. According to police one victim was shot in the back with a shotgun and the other was attacked with edged weapons. While serious, the men’s injuries are described as non-life-threatening, although both were transported to hospital in Saskatoon for treatment. The men arrested have all been charged with break, enter and aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and
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• Complaint of break and enter into a building located on 100th Street. Complainant reported an open door to the building beside Kerr’s Cleaners. It appears as though people had been inside and there is damage to walls, windows and doors. No one was found inside the building this date. • Report of mischief to a vehicle parked on 107th Street. A window had been smashed.
Man trapped in CN rail yard Staff Taking a shortcut through the CN rail yard in North Battleford proved to be a bad idea for an individual who called for help at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to North Battleford Fire Department, firefighters, RCMP and EMS responded to a call of a man who had his foot trapped between the coupling devices on two railcars. After being freed he was transported to Battlefords Union Hospital. Three firefighting apparatus and five firefighters were on the scene for about 10 minutes.
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New synthetic ice ready for skaters By John Cairns Staff Reporter The new synthetic ice surface is now in place at Rotary Plaza in front of the Credit Union CUplex. Leisure Services Director Bill Samborski shared that news with city councillors at the Planning Committee meeting Monday at City Hall, as well as with the Leisure Services Committee held earlier in the day at Don Ross Centre. Signage is up at the location as well, and while the surface area is currently roped off, there are plans to put up a more permanent railing or fence around the surface. Some work was still being done at the location. Crews were seen there Wednesday morning with the synthetic ice surface covered in snow following the recent snowfall.
A synthetic ice surface has been installed on Rotary Plaza in front of the CUplex. The synthetic ice is designed for general skating. The middle portion of the surface is blocked off to discourage hockey from being played. There are also restrictions on items such as hockey sticks.
Samborski said users will find it unique. He said people from the parks department tried out the surface and the better skaters were really flying out there. They “skated like the wind,” he said. Moreover, it will be avail-
able for use year round. As cool as it looks now, said Samborski, “it will be even better come July.” It was paid for by a grant from BATC Community Development Corporation for $62,000. It is open to the public and free to use. The surface is expandable and that can be done over time. Samborski said they should be able to get 20 years of life out of the surface. Also, skates will be available at a charge of $2 per rental, although users are free to bring their own. SportChek has donated 50 pairs of skates that will be available for use on the synthetic ice. Further donations of skates are welcome.
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By Allie Raycroft New Horizons curling on Jan. 20 had results as follows: Pauls won over Gordey, Rogers won over Krismer (skipped by Don Christopher) with his last rock; Scott won over Ralph Hall; Dudek won over Belyk; Horrell won over Munn, and Ed Kjargaard continued his win-
ning ways over O'Hare. The only team with all wins is Kjargaard. The New Horizons executive met after the game, and decided to donate money to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation in memory of Jack Goodwin, a long-time member and past president of the organization. Don Beggs was also
nominated as a Pioneer Volunteer of Curling in the Battlefords. New Horizons took to the ice for the second time in 2015, Jan. 13. Results were: Krismer winning over Gordey, Pauls over Scott; Dudek and Rogers ended in a tie; Munn won over Hall; Kjargaard over Belyk; and O'Hare over Horrell. New Horizons started curling for 2015 Jan. 6. Teams were realigned, with some people going away and others just starting. Results were: Belyk over Horrell; Hall over O'Hare; Kjargaard over Rogers; Munn over Pauls; Dudek over Krismer; and Scott over Gordey.
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Saharchuk hero in Humboldt By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter Matthew Saharchuk is having a solid season for the Battlefords North Stars (2113-6-1) with 31 points in 41 games. Despite the good stat line, he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scored since Dec. 6. Until Wednesday. Saharchuk scored with practically no time remaining on the clock in overtime as the North Stars won their second straight game, 2-1 in Humboldt against the Broncos (16-21-5-0.) Spencer Trembley was solid once again, making 25 saves for his second win in a row after missing two games over the weekend. Trembley was held out of the lineup for the first two games of their three-game road trip over the weekend after taking a knee to the head the last time these two teams met Jan. 13. The Broncos jumped out in
front nearly halfway through the first, when Jon Brumwell scored his seventh of the year, assisted by Austin Duzan and Matthew Kenney. The North Stars tied it late in the period when Matthew Statchuk scored on the power play for his fourth of the season with 2:35 remaining in the first. Brenden Heinrich and Saharchuk picked up the assists on the opening goal. The period came to an end with the score deadlocked and the shots 9-7 in favour of the North Stars. Despite two power play chances for each team in the second, neither was able to capitalize as they headed to the final frame still tied at one. The only penalty of the third came with just over six minutes remaining in the period, when the North Stars were called for too many men on the ice. Despite good puck control by the Broncos, they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to solve Trembley and as the clock wound down,
the North Stars prepared for their third straight overtime game. A back and forth overtime frame saw both teams carry the puck well and have tense moments near the net with a few shots each. The North Stars had control of the puck in the Broncos end in the final seconds of the game, as it seemed they would head to a shootout, which would have been Battlefords third straight. It was with less than a second on the clock that Saharchuk jammed home the puck during a scramble in the crease to give the North Stars a 2-1 win. After the game, North Stars head coach and GM Kevin Hasselberg noted how important it was for Saharchuk to end his goalless drought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a matter of time,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His feet were moving, he was protecting pucks and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what really turned it around for him tonight. It was good to see
him find that puck and hit the back of the net, so good job for Matty.â&#x20AC;? He also mentioned how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been focusing more on their much-improved special teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did some really good things last week,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ended up scoring three goals on our power play last week, but we also gave up three short-handed goals. Tonight the power play clicked, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up any shorthanded chances, and the penalty kill gets the job done, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the percentages weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for.â&#x20AC;? The North Stars now have today off before hosting the Estevan Bruins (15-20-1-6) tomorrow in a rematch of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tilt where the North Stars shut out the Bruins 1-0 in a shootout. They then welcome the Nipawin Hawks (25-11-2-3) Saturday as their busy January schedule continues. After Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game the North Stars will have played eight games in 17 days.
SPJL: Combines win 12th straight By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter Who can stop the Meota Combines? With an 8-1 win over the Maymont Settlers (5-6-01) Tuesday, the Combines
(12-2-0-0) have now won 12 straight SPHL games. As has been the case all season, the Combines got the majority of their offence from their big guns of Brett Miller, Michael Pylypow and Brody Tatchell. Miller had two goals and
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two assists, Pylypow scored once and added three assists while Tatchell had two assists of his own to help the Combines to victory. Quinton Gauthier got the win in goal. Meota also had big performances from Reid Lamon who had two goals and an assist, and Devan Oborowsky who had a goal and three helpers. Tyler Hubbard scored the lone goal for the Settlers, assisted by Colby Beierle and Kinley Sevick. Other goal scorers for the Combines were Kyle Gre-
goire, who also had an assist, and Taylor Willsey. The Raddison Wheat Kings (3-5-0-1) and Hafford Hawks (9-2-0-1) tangled in Hafford last night, the box score was unavailable at press time. The Battleford Beaver Blues (9-5-0-0) host the Cut Knife Colts (10-3-0-0) tonight at the Battleford Arena at 8 p.m. Friday is a busy night in the SPHL with four games: Spiritwood visiting Maymont, Perdue hosting Glaslyn, Raddison in Hafford and the Combines in Shellbrook.
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nament of Hearts in Moose Jaw. The four-day event features 12 teams including the defending champions, Team Lawton from Saskatoon. Access7 will be showing the semi-final and final games of the tournament Sunday beginning at 1 p.m.
January 22 The Battlefords AAA Midget Stars go up against the Saskatoon Mintos at the Civic Centre. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m.
January 22 The Battleford Beaver Blues play the Cut Knife Colts at the Battleford Arena. Game time is 8 p.m.
January 23 The Battlefords North Stars host the Estevan Bruins at the Civic Centre. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
January 24 The Nipawin Hawks are at the Civic Centre for a tilt with Battlefords North Stars. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
January 24 & 25 The Battlefords AAA Midget Sharks host the Regina Rebels at the Battleford Arena. Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game time is 7:30 p.m. The teams play at 1 p.m. Sunday.
January 24 The Melville Millionaires are at the Civic Centre for a tilt with Battlefords North Stars. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
January 25 The Meota Combines host the Perdue Pirates at the Civic Centre. Puck drops at 8 p.m.
January 31 The Battlefords AAA Midget Stars host the Yorkton Rawtec Maulers at the Civic Centre. The puck drops at 2 p.m.
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Junior Men’s Curling Championship.
B’fords native qualifies in last year of eligibility By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter Cole Tenetuik and his curling rink consisting of Jacob Hersikorn and Brady Kendel of Saskatoon and Brandon Leippi of Kronau are in Corner Brook, Nfld. to participate in the 2015 Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship. Tenetuik, a Battlefords native who lives in Moose Jaw for school, is looking to help his team represent Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships in Talinn,
Estonia. They won the right to compete in Newfoundland
we went undefeated with a 5-0 record,” Tenetuik said in an email. “That gave us a
We’ve got a great group of guys on this team and we are all capable of being Canadian champions. – Cole Tenetuik after a win at the Provincials in Humboldt earlier this month. “Through the round robin
place in the playoff against Rylan Kleiter.” A hard fought game saw Tenetuik’s rink come out on
top with a 6-5 win, setting up a rematch after Kleiter advanced to the finals with a win in the semis. “We started out strong with a big three points in the first end,” Tenetuik said. “In the second end we left Kleiter with a draw to the four foot against three, he came in a little hot and slid just through the rings. That gave us a steal of three.” Up 6-0 after two ends, they cruised to a 10-3 victory in just six ends, giving his team the elusive green jacket. “After many years of competing I finally came out
with a green jacket in my last eligible year,” he said. “To finally put it on was unbelievable. It sent shivers down my spine knowing that I had finally accomplished a life-long goal.” The championships in Newfoundland consist of teams from each province and territory around the country competing against one another, something Tenetuik craves. “I’m really looking forward to it, it’s a completely different stage of curling,” he said. “It’s going to be exciting to be able to play in front
of thousands of fans against other great curlers, getting to meet so many new people and having a great time.” Despite this being the first time they’ve competed nationally, Tenetuik isn’t selling his team short. “I believe we have a good chance at being the top team in Canada this year,” he admitted. “We’ve got a great group of guys on this team and we are all capable of being Canadian champions.” The tournament runs from Jan. 24 to Feb. 1, with the men’s semis and finals being broadcast on national TV.
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Atom AA Battlefords Barons win Wade Belak Memorial tournament Submitted The Battlefords Barons Atom AA Tier 1 Team hosted the Wade Belak Memorial Hockey Tournament the weekend of Jan. 9-11. Teams in attendance were Lloydminster KFC, Lloydminster Fort Garry, Camrose Vikings, Kitscoty Rampage, Saskatoon Redwing Icewolves, Prince Albert Snipers and Saskatoon Rampage. The Battlefords Barons played Lloyd KFC Friday and won 8-2. They played to a 11-4 win over the Saskatoon Rampage Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon they played Kitscoty Rampage defeating them 16-3 to advance to the A Ànal Sunday
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Having Their Say The John Paul II Collegiate Debate Team, coached by teacher Anne Crozier, took part in their third tournament of the year, this one at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon. Meghan Morin and Aiden Bellows were third; Zoe Johnson and Emily Jung placed second and Zoe brought home third place for Individual Speaker Points. Crozier said the teams worked diligently and she was proud of their efforts and results. Next in line, she said, is the Provincial Tournament which will be held Feb. 7, at the University of Saskatchewan. Photos submitted
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NDP leader Cam Broten in the Battlefords City needs stronger support for local initiatives: Cam Broten By John Cairns Staff Reporter The current downtime at the Saskatchewan legislature is allowing politicians of all stripes to hit the road and get feedback from around the province. One of them is NDP opposition leader Cam Broten, who was in the Battlefords Monday. With the legislature not due back until March 2, that allowed some time for Broten to tour various areas in the province. While in the Battlefords, Broten met local constituents and representatives. Among the officials he met with was Mayor Ian Hamilton at city hall in North Battleford. Their discussion, Broten said, focused on local initiatives. “We are interested to hear how the province can best partner and best support local initiatives that have good merit, and are seeing results,” said Broten. One of those Broten pointed to was the Hub approach of community organizations and police coming together to address safety issues. But he noted “that work needs to be properly supported and backed up by the province.” “These are often provincial issues and have a broader scope. It’s not just about things the City of North Battleford and the Battlefords have control over.” The need for funding was raised, Broten acknowledged. “It’s only common sense. When you’ve got so many local players and agencies coming together and cooperating, well, the province should provide some core support there,” he said. There was also some discussion on what was being done locally with respect to roads and water infrastructure. “To me it drives home the importance of the province doing its part,” said Broten. He added that ratepayers of municipal taxes are doing their part and municipal leaders are trying to be as proactive as possible in addressing issues. What concerned Broten was the prospect of the province possibly moving away from its pledge on the one per cent municipal share of PST. The “very open musings and discussion that (Premier
NDP Leader Cam Broten has been using legislature downtime to tour the province to gather feedback from residents and municipal officials. File photo Brad) Wall has started about the province stepping away from its promise to provide a percentage of the PST revenue to municipalities,
broken.” Broten also voiced concern about wasteful spending by the government, particularly on consultants.
We are interested to hear how the province can best partner and best support local initiatives that have good merit, and are seeing results. – Cam Broten that’s a big problem. That was a clear promise made to provide predictability and sustainability for municipalities. That will have big implications for the City, and what it will mean local taxes will have to go up to make up for the promise that would be
He repeated criticism of the province’s contract with LEAN consultants John Black and Associates, LLC. Broten said it “made no sense” when there were such huge needs in health care and seniors care for the government to “fly in sensi from
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school divisions “scraping and struggling to get enough dollars to do what needs to be done.” He cited the need for school repairs at existing schools, pointing to Hafford School as an example, and criticized the government for not making the investments needed. “When the economy is strong, that’s the time the repairs should have been done.” As for other local issues, Broten continued to voice support for getting a new Saskatchewan Hospital built, but also notes “this needs to be going much faster than it has.” Overall, Broten is happy with where the New Demo-
crats stand right now. “It’s been a really positive year for us as a party,” said Broten, who said he is pleased with the way the party has been able to hold the government to account. “This government is not used to facing an effective opposition. It is now.” The NDP leader is also satisfied with preparations for the next provincial election, with a number of candidates already nominated by the NDP. In the Battlefords, a nomination meeting date has not yet been announced but a “number of people have expressed interest and are considering their options right now,” said Broten.
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UN says children have the right to basic needs ... The Battlefords and Area Early Childhood Community Planning Network
Rights of Children
The Battlefords Children’s Charter sets out a vision for our children – everyone under the age of 18 years old – to have the freedom to grow as individuals. It is based on the United Prepared by the Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which states, Battlefords and Area Early Childhood “rights are things that every child should have or be able to Community Planning Network do.” The Battlefords is committed to supporting families so that all our children can live, learn, plan and dream in safe Battlefords Children’s Charter and healthy surroundings.” – Battlefords Children’s Charter November 2013 One of the eight rights of the Battlefords Children’s Charter is the Right to Basic Needs, to have a safe and secure home environment, healthy food, clean water, suitable clothing and access to quality health care. “Basic needs” are different than “wants.” “Needs are protected as rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Wants are not protected as rights since they generally are not necessary for a child’s survival, growth and development.” – Teaching for Children’s Rights - Rights, Wants and Needs Most of us try to give the wants to a child over the Christmas season, however, our collective experience and the data tells us that too many children living in the Battlefords have limited access to basic needs. Talk to our children about rights, wants and needs. You may be interested in more ideas and teaching resources available at www.unicef.ca.
Safe and Secure Home Environment A safe and secure home environment includes “brick and mortar” and, in addition, feeling safe and secure. As parents, caregivers and families, we have a responsibility to create a home environment that feels safe, is emotionally and physically supportive and offers lots of praise, smiles and hugs. According to Maslow, children often display insecurity and a need for safety. To meet children’s need for safety, children need to feel safe from physical harm and free from fear. A safe and comfortable home environment can help meet this
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A young child from the Battlefords describes basic needs as, “To be strong you need to eat your vegetables.” It seems this child has access to healthy food. She knows what it looks like, how it tastes and what it does for a child’s overall health. The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre Inc. operates a food bank and the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund. This agency is an essential support for people experiencing food insecurity in the Battlefords. Eight hundred children in the Battlefords rely on the food bank on a monthly basis. Food Banks of Saskatchewan reports the annual Hunger Count showed that in March 2013 over 26,800 people were served at food banks across Saskatch-
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Battlefords Children’s Charter The Right To Be You •To be respected for who you are – the same, yet different from everyone else •To be proud of who you are – your values, faith, sexuality, and abilities •To speak your language and to practise your traditions and culture •To “feel good, proud, not to be left out – one with family and friends”
The Right To Basic Needs •To have a safe and secure home environment, healthy food, clean water, suitable clothing and access to quality health care •“To be strong you need to eat your vegetables”
The Right To Play •To have access and opportunities to participate in recreation and leisure activities •To be “in the sand with tools and a bucket” •To “hang out with friends, drive around, watch movies and laugh”
The Right To Be Safe •To live without fear in a community committed to freedom and peace •To be free from neglect, bullying, racism and exploitation •To not “hurt your bones, get scrapes or lose too much blood” •To “not be scared, nervous or worried – know who to trust and who I am with makes me feel safe”
The Right To Learn •To have early experiences that will build your brain which prepares you to achieve your fullest potential •To become a confident learner and maintain an excitement for learning •To have quality education •To “have caring environments where teachers respect us and are kind”
The Right To Loving Relationships •To have adults who believe in your hopes and dreams •To have quality time with family and other positive role models •To be nurtured in mind, body and spirit •To “bake cookies with my sisters, mommy and grandma” •To do “fun activities like playing board games, swimming, camping, visiting”
The Right To Be Heard •To be free to express your thoughts and feelings – to give an honest opinion •To have “you look at me” •To be listened to – “other people are not talking” “don’t interrupt”
The Right To Belong •To have a supportive family and community that advocates for you and is responsive and accepting •To feel “happy and important” •To “be myself and act silly and my best friends accept me for who I am – don’t have to try to be someone else” ewan, of which 45 per cent were children, an overwhelming increase of 19 per cent over the previous year. The data tells us that more people are using food banks and the assumption is more people do not have access to healthy food. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This proverb is one of our fundamental values. Access to teachings for food security is available from Battlefords Family Health Centre through a community kitchen food experience and Midwest Food Resource Project Inc., which works with the community toward healthy food for all. Continued on Page 21
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... Battlefords commits to support of these rights Suitable Clothing Continued from Page 20 Recently, I had a few minutes with my eight-year old grandson and I gave him $13 in a small pouch to keep in his coat pocket. The money was described as “emergency money” but it was difficult for him to understand what an emergency means because he has no awareness and experience regarding lack of basic needs. We explored with the “what if game.” What if his classmate does not have a warm toque? What if he was really, really thirsty and there was no clean water?” “What if he forgot to bring his lunch to school? It will be interesting to learn about his “emergencies.” This short conversation validates Ruby Payne’s definition of poverty being the “extent to which an individual does without resources.”
Access to Quality Health Care According to the 2013 PNHR Health Status Report, the proportion of children aged 17 and under living in loweconomic families is important because a child living in low-economic conditions may be at higher risk for a wide variety of health and social issues. As reported in the 2006 Census, the proportion of children aged 17 years and under living in low-income economic families within Prairie North Health Region, off-reserve, was 20.2 per cent in 2005. In other words, approximately one in five children lived in low-income conditions, similar to the overall provincial rate. That one in five children were living in low-income conditions creates a sense of urgency, particularly when aligning the Saskatchewan data to the 2013 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, which states nearly one in seven children still lives in poverty.
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Funk’s novella comes to life with charcoal images By Vivian Barwell Freelance Reporter Wes Funk, Saskatchewan author with rural roots from Mayfair, is gearing up for the launch of his illustrated version of Dead Rock Stars on March 10. “There will be local rock stars participating in the readings, cosplayers and Saskatoon celebrities,” explained Funk adding that popular radio personality Shauna Foster
will emcee the event. To Funk, writing is a fun and natural part of who he is, so it comes as no surprise when he creates exciting ways to make the illustrated version’s book launch fun and memorable. “The new illustrated version is a compilation of numerous talents,” commented Funk, explaining the foreword was written by Jay Semko of the Northern Pikes, the cover was designed by artist Chris Fischer and
well-known, established Saskatoon illustrator and artist, Kevin Hastings, created a series of illustrations for each chapter title. Funk recruited Hastings, who specializes in drawing wildlife, sports figures and pop culture subjects, to capture his literary subject matter in Dead Rock Stars by creating realistic illustrations. These charcoal images are a striking resemblance to the identified rock stars in Funk’s book, making the illustrations
a magnificent complement to the publication. Funk does a superb job in capturing the essence of small-town Saskatchewan as he writes about real life, sibling rivalry, acts of forgiveness and growing up gay on the Canadian Prairies. The inclusion of mainstream rock stars and their lyrics is indicative of Funk’s generation yet is significant as each chapter title is named after iconic rock songs. The series of completed
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A way to preserve the past By Erl Svendsen Growing up in British Columbia, I can remember when producing your own vegetables in the 1970s and ‘80s, either in your back yard or in a community garden, meant you could be labeled as a “hippy” or “tree hugger.” Some did it to be closer to nature and to control where their food came from – but it was not the norm in cities. I think some of the disdain came from having parents that lived through the Dirty Thirties or later, the war years, when families were either too poor to afford to buy fresh vegetables or fresh produce just wasn’t available. So you had to have big gardens. Which meant lots of mean chores like weeding, messing with manure, hauling water, digging root vegetables, carrying heavy loads and more. That would definitely cut into time hanging with your friends. Now, there seems to be a renaissance in home food production. Some of that could be a spillover from the “eat local” or 100-mile diet. What could be closer than your back yard, or around the block in a community garden? Another reason could be uneasiness with consuming genetically modified fruit and vegetables. Growing your own food also means you know how much pesticide and synthetic fertilizer your fruit and vegetables have been exposed to. Along with the renewed interest in home food production has been an increased use of heirloom or heritage
arden Chat varieties. There’s no clearcut definition of an heirloom variety. The dictionary defines an heirloom as something valuable passed down from generation to genera-
tions, you start to develop a locally adapted line. The disadvantage is that you lose the synchronicity in crop ripening and overall uniformity that comes with hybrid varieties. Also, planting seed saved from hybrid crops results in highly variable subsequent harvests. Not so with heirloom varieties. Year after year, you know basically what to expect.
— Photo by Denise Krebs tion. So age is a factor. Many heirloom varieties have been grown by the same family for decades, some more than a century, with enough seed saved from one season to plant in the next. Another important characteristic of an heirloom variety is that it is openpollinated. In other words, pollination does not involve careful mating schemes, as is the case with hybrid varieties with their genetically identical progeny. Instead, open pollinated varieties cross freely among themselves resulting in some variation in individual plants, performance, yield and seed characteristics. The advantage is that after only a few genera-
Besides better flavour, other touted strengths include relatively good insect and disease resistance, lower reliance on high fertilizer inputs, and greater tolerance to stresses such as drought and heat. These characteristics have made heirloom varieties attractive to gardeners who want to go “organic.” But that means additional nutrients and water are still required to produce good crops, and that pests need to be monitored and controlled as necessary. I think the most interesting thing about heirloom varieties is the story that accompanies some of them. For example, last year I grew Arikara Yellow bean. This
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variety, originally grown by the Arikara Indians, fed the Lewis and Clark expedition during the winter of 1805. After they returned from their Oregon trek, they gave a sample to Thomas Jefferson in 1809, who in turn offered it for sale in 1815 from his Monticello farm. It should not be surprising that with all this interest in heirloom varieties that there are grass-root organizations dedicated to preserving this heritage. One of the largest in Canada is Seeds of Diversity (www.seeds.ca). And every spring they sponsor Seedy Saturdays across Canada. In North Battleford, vendors, displays and demonstrations will be set up at the Chapel Gallery on Saturday, March 23 from noon until 4 p.m. Seedy Saturday is all about gardening and local food, featuring open-pollinated garden seeds for sale and exchange as well as seed saving and permaculture workshops. — This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com). for upcoming garden information sessions: Jan. 28 — Developing the Gardens at Tierra del Sol.
illustrations were unveiled and displayed in June 2014 at Saskatoon’s Frances Morrison Library. The completed drawings include Aerosmith, The Beatles, Karen Carpenter, Joni Mitchell, Kiss, Police, The Who and Waylon Jennings. Dead Rock Stars, selfpublished by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing in 2008, is a short easy-to-relate-to fictional novel that reads like a biography. As one critic stated, “this personalized fictional story teases us with anecdotes about growing up as a gay pop-cultureinfatuated youth in a small Saskatchewan town.” Funk is a man full of character, style, humour and wit, which is very reflective in all his published works including his most recent release, Wes Side Story. Funk has the
unique talent of retrieving his vivid recollection of his youth and portraying it in a descriptive manner enabling his readers to get drawn into the story. Funk continues his writing career from Saskatoon where he also hosts a Saskatchewan-based literary-themed television program Lit Happens. Dead Rock Stars was shortlisted in the Readers’ Choice category of the Saskatchewan Book Awards and received an Honourable Mention in Writers’ Digest’s International Self-Published Book Competition. Currently in its fifth printing, the book has now sold close to 2,000 copies and has been incorporated into school curricula. His popular novel Cherry Blossoms won the CBC Bookie Award.
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Adjudicator is a pianist, organist and music director By Kelly Waters Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival Over the next few Festival Fanfares, you will be introduced to this year’s festival adjudicators. The first musical discipline scheduled this year is piano. Audrey Watson was born in Saskatoon and raised in Vonda. She received most of her early musical education with Thomas Day. She returned to music studies as an adult, first with Janet Caldwell in Meadow Lake,
then, after moving to Rosthern, she returned to the studio of Thomas Day. She earned an associate diploma (teacher’s) while studying with Sheila Shinkewski. In 2002 Watson was awarded the Dorothy Bee Memorial Scholarship from the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association. In 2010 she returned to studies with Kathleen Lohrenz Gable, focusing on pedagogy and repertoire. Watson is active in the Saskatchewan Valley Music Festival, having completed
estival Fanfare March 16-29, 2015 Battlefords Kiwanis Musical Festival two terms as president. She is a member of the Saskatoon Branch of the Saskatchewan Registered
B’fords Parkinson’s support group formed Submitted A number of people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease have begun a support group in the Battlefords, which is free of charge to interested people. The group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in the Lions clubhouse at 162 - 22nd Street in Battleford. Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder that effects the central nervous system, manifesting itself in many different ways. The death of dopaminegenerating cells in the body results in motor symptoms of Parkinson’s like shaking, rigidity and stiffness of movement. Modern medicine uses levadopa or dopamine agonists to control early symptoms of the disease. Research continues in an attempt to find out more
about this disease. The support group has been meeting in the Battlefords for almost a year and has enjoyed speakers from the Saskatchewan Parkinson’s Association and Prairie North Regional Health Region. The speaker for the next meeting is Audrey Harder, a speech pathologist for Prairie North Regional Health Region. Harder will talk about speech and swallowing problems that some Parkinson’s patients may encounter. It will be a good opportunity to ask a specialist questions relating to this subject area. Anyone with an interest in this disease is welcome at the meetings. The next meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lions Clubhouse in Battleford. For more information phone 306-937-2987 or 306-445-8800 or Parkinson’s Saskatchewan at 306933-4478.
Music Teachers’ Association and currently serves as president of the provincial organization. She is pianist and organist and co-music director of St. Odilon R.C. Church. Watson maintains an active studio in Rosthern where she teaches piano, theory, harmony and history. She is married to George and they have three grown children. If you know a child or
youth who is 18 years old or under who likes to draw, encourage them to create a musical themed image for considered use in this year’s music festival program. The festival program cover contest deadline is Feb. 7. Entries may be mailed to Box 1301, North Battleford, S9A 3L8, or submitted to Kelly Waters at St. Vital School or Agi McQuaid at EMBM. The festival committee thanks all parents who have thus far offered their time to assist at this year’s festival, but there are still many areas in need so don’t be shy to ask, “How can I help?” Simply contact a committee member if you have any interest. If your time is not available but you or your business would like to support the festival monetarily, consider sponsoring an award to be presented at the final gala
event, or sponsoring a session for a music discipline of your choice, or being recognized as a patron or friend of the festival. The current tentative schedule, pending actual entries, for the 2015 Battlefords Music Festival is: piano March 16 – 18; band March 19 – 20, strings March 20, musical theatre March 21 – 22, voice March 23 – 25, speech arts March 26 – 27 and gala March 29. The committee is pleased to announce that the gala will be at a new venue this year, the Dekker Centre, which will make for a more elevated experience for the performers and audience. “The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides.” — Artur Schnabel
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Deadline: Friday 1 p.m. OBITUARIES GOTTO: In Loving Memory of Bruce Allan Gotto born Dec.13, 1965 at North Battleford, SK. passed away Dec. 31, 2014 in Edmonton, AB. Bruce is survived by his loving family: his sons, WYATT and DAKOTA of North Battleford, SK and his daughter TORI of Paradise Valley, AB.; by his loving mother PAT of North Battleford, SK.; brothers: Garth (Kathleen) – their son Adam & Adam’s son Zaidyn; David (Marcella) – their sons Tyler & Rylan; aunts, uncles, cousins and his many friends. Bruce was predeceased by his father Al Gotto. Celebration Of Life was held Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. at Third Ave. United Church North Battleford, SK. with Rev. Frances Patterson officiating. Shared Memories of Bruce’s Life were given by Wyatt, Tori & Dakota – Tracy Takacs. Music Ministry: Organist/Pianist: Glenn Goodman; Third Avenue Sanctuary Choir; Soloist: Robert MacKay – “On Eagles Wings”, Hymn Selections: “In the Quiet Curve Of Evening”, “Amazing Grace”, “The Servant Song”. Honourary Pallbearers were Bobby Gunderson, Al Karlowich, Jody Kowerchuk, Terry Whyte, Shaun Stolz and Gerry MacDonald. Urn Bearers were Tracy Takacs & Deanna Beasse. Memorial Donations are requested to North Battleford Golf & Country Club River Side Road, North Battleford, SK. S9A 2Y3 (please designate to the Golf Course) or to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Inc. Box 1358, North Battleford, SK. S9A 3I8. Interment is at the City Of North Battleford Cemetery North Battleford, SK. – Cremation Section (at a later date). Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________ MORRISON: In Loving Memory of Brian Douglas Morrison who was born September 22, 1958 at North Battleford, Sk. and passed away December 20, 2014 at North Battleford, Sk. Survived by his loving wife of 28 years, Carol and their children Raina Natal Morrison and Kallen James Morrison; by his mother, Mrs. Marjorie Morrison; his siblings, Doris (Gilbert) Tessier – Danielle and Christian; Lyn (Albert) Combres – Geri, Iain and Allan; Rick (Chris) Morrison - Kyle, Krista and Kendra; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ada Pasutto; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law; Ron Pasutto (Marilyn), Marina Pasutto (Jack), Joy (Dutch) Mauws and their families; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his father, Albert Clinton Morrison, brother, Jim Morrison and father-in-law, Mario Pasutto. Brian Douglas Morrison was born September 22, 1958 in North Battleford, Sk. He attended Alexander School & NBCI – North Battleford Comprehensive Collegiate Institute and NBCH – North Battleford Comprehensive High. He obtained his Journeyman status in Heavy Duty Mechanics in the Truck and Transport Trade and was employed at the Department Of Highways and S & M Trucks, North Battleford, Sk. Following that he was employed with Frontec Logistics where he was stationed on the Dew Line (North Warning System). In 1996 he started his own business out of a small rental building in downtown North Battleford which grew into Yellowhead Truck & Equipment. His love of motocross, jet ski’s and river boats never waivered and he was always seeking new riders to ‘give it a try’. He wanted them to experience the ‘thrill of the ride’ that he loved so much. “Half of my heart has been taken. It is somewhere with the love of my life. I know it is where there are others that have shared the despair of losing so much too soon. Our plans, our ideals, our goals and our promises still pump loud in the half that remains. I miss you – I love you – I am grateful for you.”- Love, Carol. Vigil of Prayer was held Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 – 7:00 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ – Battlefords Funeral Service with Presider – Betty Stone. Celebration of Life was held Monday Dec. 29, 2014 – 2:00 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall North Battleford, Sk. Honourary Pallbearers were “All who shared Brian’s time here”. Pallbearers were Jeff Bleiken, Glen Richardson, Darcy Neville, Danny Gallop, Dutch Mauws and David Delorme. Memorials are requested to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Box 20009, 3310 Portage Ave Winnipeg, MB R3K 2E5 or online www.crohnsandcolitis.ca or to the Donor’s Choice. Interment took place with Presider – Fr. Douglas Jeffrey O.M.I. at Garden Of Christus – Woodlawn Memorial Gardens North Battleford, Sk. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________
BRU, Henriette Denise: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Henriette Denise Bru (nee Esquirol) peacefully on the morning of Friday, January 2, 2015 at Central Haven Care Home in Saskatoon. Henriette was born September 20, 1923 with her twin brother Denis to Henri and Albanie Esquirol of Jackfish, SK. Henriette spent her childhood on the family farm and attended Lavigne School. She worked at North Battleford Hospital for a period of time before her marriage on November 3, 1949 to Charles Bru, subsequently resulting in 5 children. Charles and Henriette farmed for 50 years on the family farm in Jackfish, SK, where Henriette raised chickens, milked cows and tended livestock. She was a wonderful cook, an avid gardener and loved her flower beds. She also spent many happy hours quilting and doing embroidery. Left on this earth to love and remember Henriette are her children Pauline (Stu) Nisku, Germaine (Bill) Lacey, Max (Heather) Bru, Marie Bru (Dave Luukkonen), and Beatrice (Tom) Stephenson, 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, her sister Millie (Don) Mighton, sister-in-law Leona Esquirol, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Prayers where held at 7:30 PM Monday Jan 5, 2015 and celebration of her life followed at 11:00 AM Tuesday Jan 6, 2015 both at St. Leon R.C. Parish in Jackfish, SK. Donations in Henriette’s memory may be given for masses or to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan 279 - 3rd Avenue North Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 2H8 Fax: (306) 664-4016. Condolences for the family may be left at www.sallowsandmcdonald.com. The family has placed their trust with Sallows and McDonald - Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home. (306) 445-2418.
HIRSCHFELD: Our husband, father and Opa, Reinhold Hirschfeld, passed away on January 9th, 2015. Opa’s journey has come to an end on Earth, and a new beginning in Heaven. It was a peaceful passing, with a lot of tears shed. Heavy hearts and lots of kisses for Opa sent him on his Path to a new heavenly life and all the rewards it has to offer. Opa has rounded a bend in the road and has briefly disappeared out of sight. We can’t see him, but we know he is there. When we all get to that bend in the road from earthly life to Heaven we will be with him again. God’s speed to you Reinhold, dad and Opa until we all meet again. Special thank you to all of the ICU and palliative care staff at the Battlefords Union Hospital for their tireless caring for Opa through his final earthly journey. A special thanks to Pastor Sheldon Gattinger for his love and support to the family. Reinhold Hirschfeld was born March 23, 1919 in Antonuwka, Poland and passed away January 9, 2015 at North Battleford, SK. Survived by his loving family: his wife of 58 years, Maria; son, Ralph (Marda) of Oman and family: Katerina, Nicolas & Jonathan; daughter, Evelyn (Kim) Novak of Abbotsford, B.C.; son Brian (Kathleen) of Loon Lake, SK and family: Justine (fiancé, Kyle Dyck), Joshua (Hayleigh), Natasha; daughter, Brenda (Mark) Smith of Calgary, AB and family: Wyatt & Juliana; son, Gordon (Cathy) of Saskatoon, SK and family: Paige, Nicole & James; nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents: Ludwig and Huldine Hirschfeld; siblings: August, Wilhelmina, Adolf, Teofile, Adam, Ottilia, Lydia and Alex. Service of Celebration & Thanksgiving For Reinhold’s Life was held Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 – 1:00 p.m. from Zion Lutheran Church, North Battleford, Sk. with Rev. Sheldon Gattinger officiating. Scripture Readings were Psalm 23:1-6 – Brenda Smith; Matthew 5:1-12a – Evelyn Novak. Eulogy was given by Ralph, Brian & Gordon Hirschfeld. Music Ministry was Glenn Goodman – Organist/Pianist; Hirschfeld Family – ‘Amazing Grace’; Grandchildren – ‘Hallelujah’; Hymn Selections were ‘Here I Am Lord’ & ‘The Old Rugged Cross’. Honourary Pallbearers were Katerina Hirschfeld, Nicolas Hirschfeld & Jonathan Hirschfeld. Pallbearers were Justine Hirschfeld, Joshua Hirschfeld, Natasha Hirschfeld, Paige Hirschfeld, Nicole Hirschfeld, James Hirschfeld, Kyle Dyck, Juliana Smith & Wyatt Smith. Memorials are requested to Zion Lutheran Church 10801 Winder Crescent, North Battleford, Sk. S9A 2B9. Interment was Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 – 1:00 p.m. City Cemetery – North Battleford, Sk. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________
DAY: Marie Ange passed away peacefully at the Villa Pascal in North Battleford, Sask. December 9, at the age of 103 years. She is survived and remembered by her daughters Sister Raymonde, Rachelle (Wayne), sons Aime (Annette), Lionel (Geri), Marcel (Carole) and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her first husband Damase Arcand and second husband Peter Day, her daughter Claudette and sons Aurele, Alberic and Gilbert. A celebration of a Christian Burial Mass and her life was held at St. Leon’s Catholic Church on December 12, at Jackfish Sask. For those wishing to leave a condolence you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium. The family wish to give special thanks to the staff at the Villa Pascal for the wonderful and excellent compassionate care they provided Marie Ange during her stay and special end of life care. Special thanks also to Dr. Johnson for being there to look after her medical needs and his compassion. Marie Ange would be honoured by donations to the Villa Pascal for the raised garden project that will enhance the care to the residents of the Villa. Thanks to Eternal Memories Funeral Home for providing professional services.
YOUNG: In Loving Memory of Helen Lindsay Young. Helen passed away peacefully in her sleep early Christmas morning, 2014 after a short illness. She left this earth to join her husband, Athol, daughter Gloria, parents Isabel & Bernard along with multiple friends and relatives who have predeceased her. She will be remembered fondly by her grandson Russell Adams, great granddaughter Juliette, sister Bernice Young, brother-in-law George, multiple nieces, nephews, great nieces & nephews. Lindsay lived a full life in her 100 years, witnessing many changes. She was a gifted person with her hands and many of her friends and family were recipients of her beautiful needlework, knitted & crocheted items, quilts, jams, jellies & baked goods. She had a fabulous sense of humour, along with an extensive, unique vocabulary. She loved to share time with friends & family, always the most gracious hostess. She was proud of her prairie farming roots all her life and loved touring through Western Canada. She had an incredible memory for routes and highway numbers across this area. Lindsay lived a very independent life, mowing her lawn and driving her car until a few years before her death. Although Lindsay had more than her fair share of heartache through her life, her strong faith in God and her love of family & friends kept her buoyant. She was a gem to all who knew & loved her. Funeral Service was held Friday, Jan 2, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ – Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, Sk. with Friends of Lindsay’s officiating. Music Ministry was Glenn Goodman – Organist & Myrna Goodman – Soloist “How Great Thou Art”; Hymn Selections were “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “Amazing Grace” & “Beyond The Sunset”. Pallbearers were Bernard Young, Richard Beckman, Gordon Whittingstall, Donnie Ebbert, Dalton Robson & Brian Young. Memorials in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Canadian Bible Society or the Gideon’s. Interment took place at the Town of Battleford Cemetery, Battleford, Sk. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________
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WERAN: In Loving Memory of Susan Katherine Weran born March 1, 1949 at Kerrobert, Saskatchewan passed away January 1, 2015 at Edmonton, Alberta. Left to cherish Susan’s memory: her loving sons and their families: Brent and Nancy: Steele and Sterling of Edmonton, AB; Craig and Cari of Meadow Lake, SK; her mother, Katherine Pernitsky (Ron); sisters: Emily Madu and Mary Jean Pernitsky; mother-inlaw, Gussie Weran and her children: Lou (Paulette) Weran, Sylvia (Wayne) Standbrook, Darline (Jim) Ramsay, Garry (Karen) Weran and Kelly Baudot (Ike); beloved nieces, nephews and their families. Susan was predeceased by her husband, Darle Weran, her father, William Pernitsky and by her father-in-law, Steven Weran. A Celebration of Life was held Saturday, January 10, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. from St. Vital Roman Catholic Church Battleford, SK. with Fr. Greg Elder as Celebrant. Eulogists were Craig Weran and Jim Ramsay. Liturgy Of The Word: 1st Reading: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11: April Ramsay; Responsorial Psalm: 22 (23): Christie Klaassen; Gospel: John 14: 1-6: Fr. Greg Elder; Prayers Of The Faithful: April Ramsay and Christie Klaassen. Music Ministry: Soloist – Robert MacKay: “In The Garden” Accompanist – Glenn Goodman; Soloist – Cari Moffet: “Never Alone”. Honourary Pallbearers were All those who shared Susan’s life, and all those whose lives she touched. Interment was at Town of Battleford Cemetery, Battleford, SK. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________
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IN THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE MARIE ROSE LOZOWCHUK, late of Battleford, Saskatchewan, deceased. ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE, duly verified by statutory declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 20th day of February, 2015.
MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE
LASER CONSTRUCTION Custom Ready to Move Homes
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IN MEMORIAM
$1,500 Yearly Tax Credit $15,000 Lump Sum Refund (on avg)
FOR SALE - MISC
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In Loving Memory
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of
RICHARD CLAYTON Nov. 21, 1939 - Jan. 23, 2014
To hear your voice and see your smile To sit with you and talk awhile To be together We miss you... in the same old way Love Liz Would be our greatest wish today! & family
306-445-7570
Trevor Watts - Director/Owner
Clara & Henry Kahl January 22, 2001
January 10, 1991
Like falling leaves the years go by But love and memories never die No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts they are ever there. Lovingly remembered by your family
The Battlefords only Locally Owned Funeral Provider
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— LOVINGLY REMEMBERED Irene & Gerry Bill & Bev Harry & Janice Liz & Rick Barb & Gilbert and all your grandchildren, nieces and nephews
SWANSON GRYBA & COMPANY Chartered Accountants 1282 - 101st Street North Battleford, Sask. Telephone 306-445-0488 Facsimile 306-446-3155 -PARTNERSGarth Swanson, CA Greg Gryba, CA
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APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT
-multi section, single section, motel style, and duplex family units
Macro Properties Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 ~ 12:30 - 4:30 pm 16 Buildings - Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Suites Adult & Family Buildings Phone: 306-445-6710
Order Your Custom Home NOW for Spring Delivery Selling and Servicing Homes Across Western Canada for Over 40 Years!
battleford@macroproperties.com 732B - 110th Street
1.800.249.3969 Check out our inventory at www.medallion-homes.ca Hwy 2 South Prince Albert
SENIORS AFFORDABLE HOUSING New easy access 2 bedroom unit in a four-plex 6 appliances $821/month. Must be 55+ and make under $44,500 per household.
Saskatchewan’s largerst multi-line RV Dealer is now selling Canadian Factory built homes starting at $100 sq/ft. Bring your ideas.
Call Mel 306-445-1044 One Bedroom apartment for rent comes with fridge and stove, references required. 445-4646
Year Round Availability, No More Wet Basements. 2.94%, 25 year interest rate available. We supply, set up and deliver free within a 100 km radius.
HOUSES FOR RENT
HOMES FOR SALE OR RENT
CANADIAN MANUFACTURED backed by 10 year warranty
HOUSES FOR RENT Spacious 2 Bedroom Home with large yard for rent, comes with fridge and stove, $1,150/month. Water included. References and damage required. Serious inquiries. Call 306441-6728
HWY #2 South Prince Albert, Sask. 306-763-8100
in North Battleford FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
(306) 445-8778 (306) 441-3418
CONDO FOR RENT w/option
Desirable Killdeer neighborhood in North Battleford. Newer, well maintained partly furnished condo for lease with option to buy. Bi-level, 1056 sq. ft. 2 BR, 1.5 bath, private entrance, front balcony w/patio furniture, washer/dryer, dishwasher, stove, fridge and central heating/ air, air exchange, oak cabinets, secure parking w/outlet. Walk to shopping and amenities. No pets, no smoking, credit check with references, 1st month’s lease payment and security deposit required. $1,350/monthly, 12 month lease. Available February 2015. Call 306-445-3469 or 1-306-667-1916.
WILKIE HOMES FOR SALE on titled lots
CARD OF THANKS Maria Hirschfeld and family would like to sincerely thank the ICU and Palliative Care doctors and staff at the Union Hospital for their patience and understanding, and also to Pastor Sheldon Gattinger for his support to the family. The loving care that was provided to Reinhold Hirschfeld and family was much appreciated and helpful during the difficult and final days. The family would also like to thank family and friends who sent their messages of support through phone calls, food, cards and flowers.
Thank You Battlefords Trade & Education Centre would like to thank the Town of Battleford Parks and Rec Board
PLEASE CALL
(306) 445-8778 (306) 441-3418
1&2 Bedroom Suites • Fridge, stove, washer, dryer • Some are air conditioned Rental rate: $650 to $1,200 per month Complete application: 1441 - 100th Street Or Phone 306-445-8571 or 306-441-0950
FARM SERVICES
Call GNG for massive year end herbicide sales: • Guaranteed best prices • All farmers welcome (no memberships) • Delivered to the yard • No deposit on containers • GNG dealers in most areas (new dealers welcome) Products: • Smoke – loaded glyphosate • Clever – one pass cleaver control • Foax – green foxtail and wild oats • Diquash – desiccant • Inject-N – full line of inoculants • Diesel fuel – 30,000+ litre min • 20+ new actives being developed
STEEL BUILDINGS/GRANARIES
Luxury living in the new senior’s Caleb Village. 2 bedroom suite with full kitchen, washer and dryer, and patio. Meal options and other programs and amenities available. Contact owner at 306-441-5850.
Bond Industrial SEA Containers
299 students. 21 groups. 15 schools.
Without the grant funding for this project it would not have happened, and these students might never have got to try scuba diving.
SERVICES FOR HIRE A-1 Service, Will Shingle, build fences, decks, interior painting, metal fascia soffit, home renovations, snow removal, etc. Phone 306-4458439
Call 306-242-5377 or visit www. greatplainscollege.ca for details.
Motor Licence Issuer
INSURANCE SERVICES LTD. 1292 - 102nd Street, North Battleford
306-445-8059 “SERVING ALL YOUR INSURANCE & MOTOR LICENCE NEEDS”
Western Commodities
SUITES FOR RENT
The Battlefords Scuba Community would like to express its sincere appreciation to BATC Community Development Corporation for assisting with our Discover Scuba Diving Project.
PAWLUS
Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM
www.westerncommodities.ca
Starts April 20 and June 22 at Great Plains College Warman Campus
Saskatchewan
HEATED CANOLA WANTED!! - GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!! - BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!! HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252
Land for Rent in RM of North Battleford #437. Phone 306-481-6837.
Obtain Powered Mobile Equipment certification on two pieces of heavy equipment with stateof-the art simulators, practical field projects and classroom theory.
DOMESTIC CARS
FEED & SEED
Sask Trust / Sask Lotteries
Heavy Equipment Operator Program
STEEL BUILDINGS... “REALLY BIG SALE!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca
For all details please contact us at 306 477-4007 or info@gng.ag or visit our website at www.gng.ag
LAND/PASTURE FOR RENT
Thank You
CAREER TRAINING
STEEL BUILDINGS/GRANARIES STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
and
for the Grant to allow our participants to help start a bowling program. The Board, Staff and Participants appreciate it.
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LEGAL / PUBLIC NOTICES
Beekeepers wanted for 2015 Season. 2 Positions available. Experience Necessary. Salary $11.35/hr. Email Stuart at Stuhoney@yahoo.com or Fax (306) 937 2095.
If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help.
CALL ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 446-6166 NOTICES / NOMINATIONS
Notice of Call for Nominations By-Election (Rural Municipality of Mayfield No. 406) Public Notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office of:
Councillor for Division No. 6 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal office during normal office hours until Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal office. Dated this 22nd day of January, 2015.
Laurie DuBois (Returning Officer)
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF PARKDALE No. 498
Notice of Discretionary Use Subdivision
Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the RM of Parkdale No. 498 has received a discretionary subdivision application. The application is for a residential subdivision for two parcels consisting of proposed Parcel B and Parcel C within part of NW ¼ Section 34-50-16-W3M as shown in “Schedule A” below. This is currently permitted as a discretionary use within the Large Acreage Development District as stipulated within Part 6, subsection 6.2 of Bylaw 04-06, known as the RM of Parkdale No. 498 Zoning Bylaw, and within Part 4, sections 4.3 to 4.4 of Bylaw 03-06, known as the RM of Parkdale No. 498 Basic Planning Statement. Schedule A
Selling New, Used and Modified SEA Containers for storage. Guaranteed wind, water and rodent proof. Delivery available. Ask about modifications eg. doors, windows, insulation, new paint, power, etc. Modify your containter for your specific needs. Call Bond Industrial at 306-373-2236 email: joe@bondind.com or visit our website at www.bondind.com
GENERAL EMPLOYMENT
Council will consider this application at the regular scheduled Council meeting on February 11th, 2015 at 1:30 PM in the RM of Parkdale office. If you wish to comment on this proposal, please do so in writing prior to February 9th, 2015, to the RM of Parkdale’s Office at Box 310, Glaslyn, SK, S0M 0Y0. Jennifer Ernst Acting Administrator January 16, 2015
COMING EVENTS
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Northland Power Curling Centre CUPlex - North Battleford
306•937•2431
January 14, 21, 28 Adult Learn to Curl February 7 Tim Hortons U14 Youth Bonspiel February 11 & 12 Battle West District Playoffs February 27, 28 & March 1 Battle River Rocker Women’s Bonspiel
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Make the right connection today... Saskatchewan@chisca.ca Call + 1 (416) 466-3333 CITRN Canada Head Office: 500 Danforth Ave., Suite 309, Toronto, ON Canada www.citrnjobterminal.com LICENSED RECRUITERS © 2014 CITRN - CHIS Immigration
North Battleford 101026887 Saskatchewan Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons 9803 Territorial Drive, 11402 Railway Ave. North Battleford and 92 Battleford Crossing requires 6 Food Service Supervisors full-time/available all shifts. $13.02 per hour plus beneÀts. Apply in store with resumé to Kim, Marion or Brett, or by email timhortons2846@yahoo.ca
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Conacher Contracting Services Ltd two vacancies for General Farm Labourers. Duties will include working as part of a team during seeding, spraying and harvesting operations. You will also be responsible for maintaining inventories, supervising part-time farm hands as well as performing general farm duties. Specific Duties include: - Operating farm equipment (Air seeders, sprayers, swatters, combines) - Maintaining farm equipment - Cleaning farm equipment and - Perform general farm maintenance - Perform other farm duties, as directed Qualifications: The successful candidate(s) should have a minimum of 1-2 years related farming experience in addition to the essential skills below: Essential Skills and Abilities - Job task planning and organizing - Critical thinking - Problem solving - Working with others - Ability to coordinate numerous activities in an organized manner. Wage Expectation $16-19 per hour, depending on experience. Job Requirements - Experience with farm equipment - Class 1A driver’s license will be an asset Apply with resume to conser@sasktel.net or by mail to Box 84 Turtleford, Sask. S0M 2Y0
Attention: Tribal Councils and Aboriginal Organizations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba! Are you looking to hire Aboriginal job seekers ? We are getting results Post your job on our website and in 135 newspapers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan (950,000 circulation).
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!
Community Safety and Crime Prevention
Winter Work
Men have a responsibility to stop male violence against women.
BATTLEFORD
WINDSOR HOTEL is hiring a PART-TIME JANITOR
$15/hr, 4 days/wk, early morning job. APPLY IN PERSON or EMAIL your resumé to upthesky87@msn.com
PETS
ADOPT A PET
Black Frost is a very sweet guy who loves attention and loves to be snuggled. He loves to play with his toys and his cage mates and doesn’t seem to mind dogs at all. If you can’t find Black Frost playing you can usually find him all cuddled up in his cat condo having a nap. If you think he is the purrfect match for you come on down today and give this boy his furrever home. Fletch is a bundle of energy that will keep you entertained for hours! He is a little bit of a clown and loves to play and run and jump but when he tires out he will be the first one to climb up in your lap and have a snuggle. Come and meet this happy boy and find it in your hearts to open your home for him.
Please spay or neuter your pets!
Check out all our Shelter animals in need of homes at: www.battlefordsanimalshelter.com
REGISTRATIONS
North Battleford Comprehensive High School SEMESTER II REGISTRATION
Wide range of heavy equipment for winter work such as brush clearing, drainage ditches, demolition, yard cleanup or snow removal.
For more information contact Dan Sully www.firstnations jobsonline.com
Also have trailers for hauling heavy or light equipment.
First Nations Jobs nline
Call 306-769-8777 or 306-260-4074;
phone 306 229 6774 email: danbsully@sasktel.net Saskatoon, SK
Bryden Construction and Transport Co. Inc.
GRAVEL LOADING/ STOCKPILING TENDER WINTER HAUL The Rural Municipality of Meeting Lake No. 466 is accepting tenders for the loading and stockpiling of approximately 10,000 cubic yards of gravel. Tenders must include price per cubic yard mile haul, loading charge, fuel surcharge, list of equipment, letter of good standing with Sask. WCB, previous work history, expected start and finish date. Please submit tender to the R.M. of Meeting Lake, Box 26, Mayfair, SK S0M 1S0 by 4:00 p.m. on February 12, 2015. Faxes accepted at 306-246-4974 or email rm466@sasktel.net The lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted and the R.M. of Meeting Lake reserves the right to negotiate terms and conditions with successful bidder. For more information contact the R.M. office at 306-246-4228.
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MERVIN No. 499 Notice of Discretionary Use Subdivision REVISION Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the R. M. of Mervin No. 499 has received a revision for a discretionary subdivision application. The application is for a single-parcel country residential subdivision now consisting of proposed Parcel B, Parcel C, and Parcel D in the SE 1⁄4 Section 33-51-21-W3M as shown in “Schedule A” below. This is currently permitted as a discretionary use in the Agriculture District – Schedule A, section (B)(f) of Bylaw 94-4, known as the RM of Mervin No. 499 Zoning Bylaw. Schedule A
Community Events Calendar ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Please call our 24 hour helpline at 306-446-6166 for support or information.
Thursdays Grief Share Support Group for those dealing with the death of a loved one at the Living Faith Chapel at 7:30 p.m. New session start January 29. Pre-registration required. Phone Wendy at 306-445-7315 or Sue 306-445-6658.
Saturdays - Jan. 17, Feb. 21 & Mar. 14 Family Justice Services offers Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm in North Battleford. Registration is mandatory. No fee for sessions. Call 1-877-964-5501 to register. Location will be advised when you register. Adults only, no child care is provided.
Thursdays, January 22 & March 26 Family Justice Services offers Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program for High Conflict Situations from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm in Saskatoon. Parents who have attended the regular parenting after separation and divorce program may benefit from attending this session. Call 1-877-964-5501 or (306) 964-4401 in Saskatoon.
Thursday, January 22 - February 26 Are you living with a chronic (ongoing) Pain? Would you like to learn better coping skills. Prairie North Health Region is offering a FREE workshop. Classes will be held every Thursday from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. at the Maidstone Health Complex Multi-purpose room. For more information and to register call 1-888-922-5867 or 306-446-8613. Soirée 4 à 7 Kareoké dès 16h. SVP apporter un amuse gueule. Join us for French Social at 4:00 p.m. No cover charge - cash bar, please bring an appetizer to share. For more information please call Jenny au 306-445-6436. Centre Francophone (1602 103e rue).
Saturday, January 24 Topline Social Dance Club - Leon Ochs - Western at the Royal Canadian Legion, 1352 - 100th Street from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. with lunch. Min. age 19. Phone Jean 306-445-8815, Sharon at 306-446-0446 or Leela 306-445-7240.
Saturday, January 24 Borden Fireman’s Snowmobile Rally at Borden Hall. 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. registration, hamburger chili meal, 12:00 - 7:00 p.m. 50/50 prizes. Call Scott at 306-241-2884 or Jamie at 306-997-2222 for info. If not enough snow alternate date is February 7th.
Sunday, January 25 Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan invites you to Walk for Memories during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Media and the public are invited to participate in the 2015 Walk for Memories. Registration: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Walk: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the NationsWEST Field House, 623 Carlton Trail, North Battleford. For more information or to register, please call 1-800-263-3367 or visit www.WalkforMemoriesSK.ca.
Sunday, January 25 All You Can Eat Sunday Brunch at the Knights of Columbus, 1202 - 105th Street 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Monday, January 26 Depression Recovery Program - 8 week program - Depression should not be tolerated as a lifelong condition with its miserable effects. Free introductory session Monday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. at Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1161 - 93rd Street. For more information phone 306-824-4610 or emial us at todaysrecovery@gmail. com. The 8 week program starts Monday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.
for classes is the way to go! January 26 - 30
Wednesday, January 28 Guest Night with the Battlefords Toastmasters from 7:00 p.m..to 9:00 p.m. at the Don Ross Centre, Room 108, Door 4, 891-99 St. North Battleford. Contact: battlefordstoastmasters.com. Come and see what we do. Sharpen your listening, leadership and speaking skills. You won’t be disappointed. Everyone welcome.
Students MUST register for classes by January 30 New students must pay fees, take pictures, receive locker assignments and pick up TIMETABLES on Friday, January 30. February 2 - First day of classes
Please make cheques payable to N.B.C.H.S. For further information contact 306-445-6101
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Friday, January 23 LEGAL / PUBLIC NOTICES
EARLY REGISTRATION
Compulsory SRC Fee..................................$30.00 Compulsory Caution Fee (refundable) ........$25.00 Lock Fee (optional) ........................................$8.00 Yearbook Fee (optional) ..............................$40.00 Parking Permit (optional) ...............................$2.00
A message from the Canada Safety Council
TENDERS
Beat the line-ups and waiting. Start your semester the right way.
FEES:
GET INVOLVED!
Tuesday, February 3 - March 10 Council will consider this application at the regular scheduled Council meeting on February 10th, 2015 in the R. M. of Mervin office. If you wish to comment on this proposal, please do so in writing prior to February 6th, 2015, to the R. M. of Mervin No. 499, Box 130, Turtleford, SK, S0M 2Y0. S. Yvonne Prusak Municipal Planner January 9th, 2015
Are you living with a chronic (ongoing) Pain? Would you like to learn better coping skills. Prairie North Health Region is offering a FREE workshop. Classes will be held every Tuesday from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. at Suite 109 at the Co-op Plaza in Lloydminster. For more information and to register call 1-888-922-5867 or 306-446-8613. This section, which will appear weekly in Tuesday's News-Optimist and Thursday’s Regional Optimist, is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306-445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location. Although we will do our utmost to make sure your event appears in this section, News-Optimist does not guarantee all submissions will appear. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 noon Friday prior for Tuesday's & Thursday’s publication.
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SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The R.M. of Redberry No. 435 requires the services of
®
Food Counter Attendants/ Kitchen Help Full & Part-Time $12.00 per hour
®
Turtleford School Division Office
1. Equipment Operator 2. Machine Operator/Handyman Applications should state experience, when available, license abstract, criminal record check, salary expected & references. Only those requested to attend an interview will be contacted.
is looking for full-time, permanent
WANTED
SHIPPER RECEIVER For more information please visit our website
Applications must be submitted by March 17, 2015 to: Box 160, Hafford, SK S0J 1A0, fax (306) 549-2435 or email rm435@littleloon.ca
Must be available for various shifts. Apply within: 1702 - 100th St. North Battleford, SK Ph: 306-445-4408 Fax: 306-445-1299 Email: BattlefordKFC@hotmail.com
www.nwsd.ca
Lords & Ladies
PAPER CARRIERS Love to walk?
HAIRSTUDIO is currently looking for a
Why not get paid to do it?
FULL-TIME
Wee are currently W curreently l looking fo for or CARRIERS to deliver the newspaper
Journeyman Hair Stylist to join their team. Please drop off your resumé to
For further information, please call
(306) 549-2333
158 - 22nd Street West Battleford, SK
FOR F OR O R MORE M R DE DETAILS ETAILS E TAILS TA AILS CALL CHUCK Monday to Friday
TO BOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 1-888-470-7997
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
North West Regional College
at 306-445-7261
Instructor, Practical Nursing
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Full-Time, Term
BATTLEFORDS PUBLISHING
Battlefords Campus Posting #65-BC-1415
892-104th Street, North Battleford, SK
Phone 306-445-7261
Reporting to the Program Coordinator, South Region, this in-scope position is responsible for planning and delivery of the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Practical Nursing program. This position is schedulded to start ASAP and will complete in December 2016. For a complete position profile, and application visit www.nwrc.sk.ca. Applications will be received until position is filled.
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Motor Vehicle Senior Technician (Automotive Technician) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Regina, Saskatchewan Open to persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. Tired of fighting to meet ever diminishing flat rate times? Worried about fluctuating wages? Are you sick of being sent home early when the work runs out? The Regina RCMP Post Garage is looking for interprovincial licensed Automotive Technicians that would like to join our team in a fulfilling career equipping Police Motor Vehicles. We offer a consistent work load in an established work environment. We supply all tools and personal protective equipment. Start with 3 weeks of holidays and statutory holidays you won’t get at a dealership, a benefit plan and matched pension contributions will set you on a course for great career. Leave your tools at home and all you need is your lunch to start your new career with Regina RCMP Post Garage.
Reporter Correspondents
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is currently recruiting for 1 permanent position. The starting salary will be $29.21 per hour. The closing date for applications is February 13 , 2015 at 23:59 (PST). Please quote reference number RCM15J-011569-000206. Applications will be accepted online only. Please apply online at www.jobs.gc.ca. Please clearly demonstrate in your application/resume how you meet the following experience: Recent (within the last two years) hands-on experience in repairing automobiles and/or light trucks in an automotive repair shop. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff future vacancies for Motor Vehicle Senior Technicians in Regina, Saskatchewan. For more information about these opportunities and how to apply, visit www.jobs.gc.ca or call Info tel. at 1-800-645-5605. For more information about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police see www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca. We are committed to Employment Equity. The Public Service of Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier free selection processes and work environment. Vous pouvez obtenir ces renseignements en français.
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All District First Nations Cando Cochin Cut Knife Glaslyn Hafford Lashburn Livelong
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Mervin North of the Gully (Maidstone) Maidstone Paradise Hill Medstead St. Walburg Turtleford
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Becky Doig (Editor) email: newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net or toll free 1-866-549-9979 NOTE: These are freelance opportunities, not salaried positions. Ideally, reporter correspondents should reside within the communities listed
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Village of Meota
ADMINISTRATOR POSITION
Redberry Lake Regional Park is accepting applications for the following positions: 1. WORKING MANAGER: Preference given to someone with park experience and some mechanical knowledge; be able to work weekends. List expected salary for a 40 hours week. 8 hour days from May 1 to Sept. 30. 2. MAINTENANCE: 40 hour weeks: 8 hour days from May 1st to Sept. 30. Must have valid driver’s license; be able to work well with others; Be able to work weekends. Physically fit to lift 50 lbs. List expected salary. 3. CONCESSION LEASE OPERATOR: Must have a Provincial Food Safety Certificate. Open from May 15th to Sept. 8th with one day a week closed. Living quarters available. Must be able to supply helper. 4. QUALIFIED SWIM INSTRUCTOR: Needed for one week starting July 21 or 28 or August 4th. Be qualified to teach all levels. All 4 positions listed above must provide a “criminal record check” when hired. Deadline for applications February 17th. Send to our email redberrylakepark@xplornet.com or by regular mail to Box 250, Hafford, SK S0J 1A0. For more information call Eleanor at 306-549-4612.
Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. is an accredited organization serving the Health needs of the following First Nations: Little Pine, Mosquito, Poundmaker, Sweetgrass, Lucky Man, Moosomin and Red Pheasant.
The Village of Meota is accepting applications for the position of Urban Municipal Administrator. Full time position offering competitive salary and benefits. Duties include but are not limited to: financial record keeping, payroll, public relations, meeting minutes, working with Council, and working independently to operate according to all Provincial Regulations and The Municipalities Act. Applications should have a minimum Urban Standard Certificate in Local Government Administration or be willing to take the course. Experience with Word. Excel and Munisoft computer programs are an asset. Please submit a resumé including references, expected salary/ wages & experience to: Village of Meota Box 123 Meota, Saskatchewan S0M 1X0 vmeota@sasktel.net Deadline for applications is: January 31st, 2015
The above statement reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job & shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work assignments that may be inherent to the job. Submit updated resume and cover letter, including training and experience and 3 professional references by 4:00 p.m., January 30, 2015 to: Patricia L. Whitecalf-Ironstand, Executive Director Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. P.O. Box 1658 North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 3W2 Fax: (306) 445-3612 Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted. Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. fosters and promotes a safe work environment.
Seasonal Grader Operator Duties will include roadside mowing, culvert installations, signage, repairs and other duties assigned by council. Work to commence in April, 2015. Please forward resumé, references and salary expected to the R.M. of Mayfield No. 406, Box 100, Maymont, SK S0M 1T0 or fax 306-389-2162 by February 15th, 2015. For further particulars please contact the R.M. office at 306-389-2112. Administrator R.M. of Mayfield No. 406
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The Home Care Clerk will work under the direct supervision of the Home Care Director and be responsible for the general clerical duties of the Home Care program in addition to maintaining the medical records statistical reports required by the funding agencies. Duties: • To perform the general secretarial & clerical duties for the Home Care Staff • Maintain & organize medical records for Home Care clients • Maintain leave applications, time sheets & travel claims • Organize & maintain a system of office files • Maintain statistical records of services given for reporting to the funding agencies • Act as a receptionist for the Home Care calls & accept referrals for services by taking down necessary information
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Duties may include but are not limited to additional tasks such as culvert installations, equipment repairs, signage and shop work. Applicant must have a valid driver’s license. Please submit a resumé stating experience, references and expected wage. Only those requested to attend an interview will be contacted. Submit resumé to: Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 Box 128 Edam, SK S0M 0V0 rm469@sasktel.net Deadline for submission: February 6, 2015 For more information call: (306) 397-2311
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Objectives of the BTC Justice Program: • Initiate Alternative Measures programming (youth and adults), at the community level; and • Increase community awareness of alternative measures programming. • Implement policies and procedures for BTC steering committee and Community Justice Workers.
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We are looking for a team player who has a genuine concern for justice. A person who is willing to work hard and be part of a group of dedicated professionals. Qualifications: • Must possess good analytical skills • Capable of developing, coordinating, and implementing workable plans and complete projects on time and budget • The successful candidate will possess a diploma from an accredited justice related program or the equivalent training and/or experience in the Justice field • A comprehensive knowledge of, and sensitivity towards Aboriginal cultures and people • Knowledgeable skills in communications, writing skills, budgeting, some computer literacy • Must possess a valid Saskatchewan Driver’s License and possess a reliable vehicle • Must be willing to provide a current CPIC from the RCMP • Preference will be given to the person experienced in working with First Nations people and who can speak the Cree language • Salary to be negotiated. • Qualified candidates are invited to submit a letter of application and a resumé to: Ray Fox, Director of Justice Battlefords Tribal Council 1201 - 102nd Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 1G2 Inquires: 306-937-6898 E-mail: ray_rkfox@sasktel.net Application Deadline - January 30th, 2015 We appreciate the interest, but only those selected will be notified and interviewed.
This position involves assisting with the operation and routine maintenance of all facilities, equipment and functions within the Utilities Department. The qualified candidate must be self-motivated, reliable, accurate and efficient in completing assigned tasks and must be able to meet and deal tactfully with co-workers and the public in a courteous and responsive manner. A sound-working knowledge of all utility equipment, systems and operations and be mechanically inclined, would be an asset. Must have a grade 12 diploma and a valid Saskatchewan driver’s license (Class 5 or better). This is a Union position. Starting wage is $16.88 per hour as per the Union Contract. We thank all applicants for your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Deadline for applications including a cover letter, resumé and references is: 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 26, 2015 For a complete job description, contact Kevin Chaykowski at (306)-937-6223. Please submit applications to: Kevin Chaykowski Superintendent of Public Works and Utilities Town of Battleford, Box 40 Battleford, SK S0M 0E0 Email resumé: kevin@works.ca Or drop off at: Works Shop Main Office 412 - 26th Street West Battleford, SK S0M 0E0
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Skills & Abilities Security & Safety • Valid driver’s licence • Driving record check (abstract) • Class 1A (is an asset) Type of Work Experience • Fine grading and finishing • Rough grading • Sloping and banking • Road construction • Mechanical experience to perform general maintenance and equipment repair Type of Heavy Equipment Operated • 160 M Grader • TS14 Scraper • Crawler Applicants are invited to submit a resumé including: • Past and present work experience • Education and skills • Certifications • Current Driver’s Abstract • Expected Salary • Three references Qualified applicants are invited to submit a resumé to: R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 P.O. Box 150, Borden, Sask. S0K 0N0 Tel: 306 997-2101 Fax: 306 997-2201 Email: rm405@sasktel.net The R.M. of Great Bend welcomes all applicants however only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Noon hour activities draw 10 teams prize. “We need to win as much as .... / The flowers need the rain, / as much as humans need food, / as much as dolphins need the ocean blue, / as much as trees need the sunlight, / as much as children need hugs from their mommies, / as much as vampires need blood, / as much as Thor needs his hammer, / as much as Tinkerbell needs pixie dust, / as much as lightning needs thunder. “We don’t care if we win or lose, / We had lots of fun, / and in our eyes, / We already won!” The second place team was the SLC team with members Meghan and Sean Brehon, Cassidy Serhienko, Connor Garrett and Hayley Schmidt. The teachers’ team took a respectable third place. The
By MCS Staff The SLC sponsored a great week of noon hour activities last week. Students and staff members signed up to make teams of six, and there was a different activity planned for each noon hour. There were 10 teams participating in the events. The judges scoring the events were Sandra Large, Colleen Fouhy, Alyiah Wasmuth, Nate Starycki and Ryder Currie. After all five events, the winning team was Team 9. The team members were Mrs. Ficko, Jenna Fouhy, Brooke Ferris, Michelle Garrett, Hailey Harris and Taylor Gray. This is the poem the winners wrote for the poetry competition. They only had 10 minutes to write and they were to convince the judges why they should win the
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We’ve been enBank joying the recent and ongoing mild weather with a fair amount of sunshine and not much wind. The roads have been in good condition too. It has not been mild enough to promote slippery roads or ice under foot. We had one very foggy day on Friday. We are pleased to know Lois Pike has moved to Maidstone Hospital after undergoing successful surgery in Saskatoon about a week ago. We were thinking of you, Lois. Our thoughts have been with Ted Wesson also as he has been hospitalized. We hope he is home soon. One of Forest Bank’s former residents, Enid (Tasker) Christianson, now a long-time resident of the Ponoka area in Alberta, made her annual holiday phone call to me last week. She now calls after Christmas holiday to find out how we fared over Christmas. Her family are all well. She makes an effort and enjoys having visits with her grandchildren. Her sister, Helen, is still working in the USA. They keep in contact and visit each other when they can. Former residents are always interested in what is going on at “home.” Gully Gus says, “What the new year brings to us will depend a great deal on what we bring to the new year.”
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Eagle Hills 4-H Club has the Christmas Spirit Submitted Eagle Hills 4-H Club has been busy taking part in various club activities during December and January. A club Christmas party was held at a member’s farm Dec. 13. It featured a bonfire with a wiener roast and other munchies. The highlight for the families going on sleigh rides complete with caroling. The members also decided instead of getting gifts for each other that they would buy a gift for the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund. They were able to collect 30 gifts among all the members. They all had a blast and it was a great way to celebrate Christmas. Members held another bottle drive Jan. 9. All families were encouraged to collect bottles and help sort them. Club members appreciate the support of those who donate returnables to the club. Jan. 11, there was a record book and speech workshop.
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All members are required to complete a record book that details all the activities and their projects. Peggy Pilot gave instructions on how to complete a proper record book as well as helpful hints. Another requirement is that all members have to present a speech on any topic that the member feels passionate about. Heath Gabruch gave instructions on how to prepare a proper speech and then how to present that speech to the audience. It was a great informational afternoon. The Northwest region hosted a curling fun day Jan. 17. All members within the region were invited for a day of instructional curling and some fun games at the Northland Power Curling Centre. There were numerous clubs represented with approximately 60 kids. Thank you to the instructors who volunteered for the day. The kids learned so much and had so much fun because of you.
The light horse project has been busy as well. They have had two clinics so far. The first clinic was with Gordan Dalshag and the second was with Rhonda Sayers. They learned many things like how to barrel race, the bone structure of a horse and how to improve their riding skills. They also have met
for several fun days to ride and get to know some of the basic skills. The archery project has eight members enrolled. They meet every Tuesday night to shoot with the Battle River Archers. This is helping the members learn the basic safety, rules and how to shoot. They have also met
to have extra practice and improve their skills. They are preparing for the 3D shoot that will be taking place in Battleford in early February. The members are having so much fun. The scrapbooking project has been busy as well. The members have met several times to do their scrapbook.
Each time they meet, they make a couple pages with a certain theme. They have done their summer vacation, Halloween, pets and Christmas. They have also been busy working on their record books. Next up for the club the 3D shoot, Equine Expo and speeches.
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There are thieves among us, be vigilant By Sherri Solomko Correspondent
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Steve Laycock and his team hosted clinics for young curlers as Unity Curling Club hosted Decisive Farming/ CrescentPoint Energy “Curling Ville Tour” last weekend. Photo by Sherri Solomko
front of their house at 5:30 a.m. while warming it up for work. Be aware of strangers and unusual activity in our neighborhoods. Students at St. Peter’s School are never idle. School curling wraps up this Friday with a mini spiel. Students are also looking forward to the Mark Mallett concert taking place at the church at 7 p.m. Jan. 29. And you can be sure the St. Peter’s Saints are doing their part for the fundraising efforts for Telemiracle 39! Unity Public School staff and students are enjoying warmer days as it makes recess a lot more fun. Students are well into basketball and curling seasons. The choir and classes preparing for the music festival. Telemiracle fundraising is on the go with lots of fun activity including hat day, sunglasses day and
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a popcorn day. UPS families are invited Jan. 27 to celebrate Literacy Day, with UPS holding their annual reading night. The SCC will serve goodies. Staff and students were sad to see the last day of Mrs. Roth at the secretary’s desk as Jan. 16 was her last day on the job after a 40-year career. She now enters the wonderful world of retirement. Good luck, Mrs. Roth. UCHS is an action-packed venue. Prep for upcoming semester one finals is happening. Basketball season is in high gear with teams preparing for district and conference playoffs. The curling teams are also preparing for district playoffs. The drama club is preparing for their regional drama. This busy list of “to dos” also includes the SADD, SLC and yearbook committees and the UCHS ACTIVATE campaign. The travel club is anticipating their event this Easter as they travel to Europe. And now that the successful grad bottle drive fundraiser is over, Grade 12 students have recognized in less than five months their school years are done at UCHS. They are now busy with finalizing grad plans and beginning or finetuning their post-secondary applications, scholarships and other plans for their next adventure past high school. Telemiracle fundraising has included a burger sale and Grade 7 movie and popcorn on the last day before Christmas. A “personal assistant” auction is upcoming as well as other creative ways each class chooses to help out this Saskatchewan tradition. Students will also be beginning their annual magazine fundraiser that helps funds the many activities students get to enjoy throughout the year. Minor hockey weekend was packed with action as every team in Unity hosted at least one home game, as well as the Miners holding home games Friday and Saturday. Teams are now into provincial games and will soon be in league playoffs. The Unity Skating Club hosts a regional competition Feb. 21 and 22 and will be following that up quickly with their annual ice carnival. The curling rink is still buzzing with excitement from the Decisive Farming/ CrescentPoint Energy “Curling Ville Tour” that saw the Steve Laycock team host a junior clinic in Unity. Organizers put a bid in for this opportunity in October and were thrilled to learn they had secured a finalist spot. Unity was cheering “hurry hard” for a couple of local teams taking part in Men’s Northern Playdowns in Prince Albert last weekend. Drew Heidt, who plays in super league in Unity, advanced to the Tankard provincials coming up in February. Organizers are hopeful to build off this momentum and capitalize on interest for the remaining events of the men’s open, oilman’s, ladies’ open and year-end funspiel. The Unity Wildlife Federation is holding their annual Wild Game Supper and
Awards night Feb. 7 at the Unity Community Centre Hall. Tickets are available at Unity Auto Body, Unity Radiator Shop, Unity Motor Products, and Sperle’s Tire. The Unity Sports Wall of Fame is looking for nominations for their induction May 9. Nomination forms can be picked up at the town office or downloaded from the town website. We’ve all heard it or we may be one of the ones stating it – “our recreation rates are so high, how come?” When uttering that statement, here’s information you didn’t know. In November, Unity was part of a survey on recreation facility rental rates and it was interesting to see that Unity offers some of the lowest fees in a variety of recreational activities. By many other factors, and including this new survey results, Unity is the destination with the most affordable opportunities year round. Compared to other communities that participated in this survey, Unity is offering a bargain price for the same services for residents. A complete schedule of fees for recreational facilities in Unity can be seen at the Town of Unity or by calling the Parks and Recreation Director, Nicole Goldsworthy at 306-228-2621. Unity is excited to announce another new adultonly housing complex coming to town. With an open house held Dec. 11 the official sign up began for a 24-suite BridgeRoad Developments Ltd. building, 8th Avenue Estates. Long waiting lists for other complexes in town drove the need for an additional complex such as this. For example, as of only a week ago, there were more than 70 names on the waiting list for a suite at existing complexes like Luther Place. This complex is not just open to retirees, however it is an adult-only building. The Unity and District Museum entered 2015 celebrating their 35th anniversary. They are in the preliminary stages of planning a celebration day. Museum Sunday brunches are running until April for the bargain price of only $6. Attendance has been low and this is one of the museum’s main fundraisers for the year so let’s try to help them out. Organizers are planning the annual St. Patrick’s Day supper March 17. Coffee row folks are back in routine. They are debating the weather that has been and what’s expected for the rest of winter. Some are talking of their hot holidays this winter. Some are reviewing their favourite hockey teams or their favourite curling teams and putting down their guesses for what the next few weeks will hold for their favourite players and teams. All are part of the community culture of coffee row that we all recognize as a mainstay in our community. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week.
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Northwest farmers honoured at CropSphere By Lorna Pearson Correspondent Corrections first off, the headline last week referred to the annual meeting of the seniors, where it really was talking about the library annual meeting, Feb. 24. Another item I have been told about is a Valentine dance Feb. 14. Congratulations to Harold Fast of Spiritwood who was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame at the CropSphere Conference in Saskatoon, this past weekend. Harold has grown an industry of ‘fast genetics” with his hog opera-
tions and supplies breeding stock to countries around the world. Also another local fellow who received an award in recognition of his achievements is Ed Seidle of Medstead. He was named the Pulse Promoter of the Year for 2014, at the same conference in Saskatoon. Ed has spent more than 60 years of successful pedigree seed production and has spent 25 years of crop and soil studies, associated with the growing of pulse crops. The hall committee held their noon luncheon Jan. 16, with a good turnout of appreciative diners. Pearl told of the new items being purchased for the hall and
These pictures represent a couple of winter sports to be enjoyed in the Meota area, along with the skating rink being ready and the curling rink open. Of course there are more things to do than that, with the streets good for walking, snowmobiling is popular and ice fishing very popular. There are nearly 30 fish shacks out on the lake, off from the beach area. The fellow that’s enjoying his ride behind the wind blown sail is Joel Dustan from North Battleford. You would compare it to waterskiing, but call it iceskiing, I guess. It does look like fun. Photos submitted by Lorna Pearson
eota News the new bathrooms that have been installed. So it is indeed a community effort that we can all appreciate. Canasta was played on Friday evening at the Do Drop In with top scores going to Cora Christiansen and Shirley Tebay, second to Barbara Soloninko and Linda Ard, and third to Charles Walker and Lorna Pearson. Sturling curling bonspiel was held at the rink in Meota Saturday with a goodly number of participants, but I have no report on it. The skating rink is also flooded and ready for action, so let’s see the young folk out there, in this nice weather. Four gals gathered on Monday to play shuffleboard and Chit Chat at the seniors’ hall, always a nice afternoon. My 17-year old-grandson Eric Sandstrom in Calgary, Alta. has worked long and hard to be able to compete in the Alberta Winter Games, and when practicing his loops and twists Friday, the day before competitions started, he fell and ended up at home with a concussion. So disappointing! The walls are up on the new house next to the fire hall, so it is coming along nicely. The fire hall is fin-
ished and they will hold a grand opening in the spring, then we’ll get to see the new fire truck, which is already in there. More lumber came into the village on Monday, so construction continues. Decks are being added to the new house on Beach Avenue. A semi truck, driving on Sunday after midnight, found the fog so bad that he drove into Meota and parked until morning when it was safe to head out again. There are several spots in town where they can park and be just fine. Daughter Joyce in New Zealand was given a tour of the South Island recently. Before they left Aukland she was told they had a surprise for her, later, and kept their secret for days. It was a three-and-a-half-hour ferry ride from Wellington, on the North Island to Picton, on the South Island. They drove to Christchurch and on southward, then turned inland to Cromwell where they met up with a fellow at a small airport. He is the only pilot and plane in New Zealand that is licensed to fly passengers in a 1942 Harvard plane, doing aerodynamics. They each
went as single passengers, and flew for 20 minutes over the area of the valley and lake. No parachutes either. He did a loop, a barrel roll and an upside-down loop. It’s lucky Joyce didn’t know ahead of time because she’s one who would never go on the rides at fairs, but she managed this trip and feels good about it. Now maybe she can go to the West Edmonton Mall and enjoy the
rides. From Cromwell they went along to the west coast highway, having stopped at TeAnau, Queenstown, Haast, Hokatika and back to Christchurch and on north back to Cambridge. This was a holiday she will long remember. Contract bridge was played Monday evening at the Do Drop In and top scores were by Warren Iverson and second was Robert Iverson.
By Karen Kowaksi “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” — Bablo Picasso Upcoming workshops include an Open the Minds Workshop, Sunday, Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ARC Creative Studios, 1106 – 101st Street. There is a $50 workshop fee and facilitator is Chris Hodge. There will be drawing sessions Wednesday starting Jan. 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the ARC Creative Studios. There is no fee, but bring your own supplies.
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Wednesday is burger night at the arena By Alan Laughlin Correspondent We are a month beyond the shortest day of the year and already we can see a difference in the length of days, especially in the evenings. Lots of snowmobile enthusiasts are enjoying the mild weather. Ice fishing is going well. Practically all
the hoar frost has fallen from the trees. A big thanks to the SaskPower guys who looked after getting power restored quickly each time the frost caused an issue. When the power is off we realized how much we depend on it. Congratulations to Brian and Jenn Jones on the birth of their second son, Frederick David. He was born on Jan. 5 and he is home ready to take
abbit Lake News on the world. Frederick is a grandson for Earl and Shirley Jones and a great-grandson for Beryl Jones. The Rabbit Lake Branch of the Lakeland Library hosted
its annual Kaiser tournament. Chairperson Donna German welcomed everyone and the games began. Nine tables of players enjoyed the evening and a few spectators rallied the troops. When all was said and done Bob German had won the 5050 draw and Patty Sankey had the top score. This year Rose Moore had the other recognition. It was a good time and the proceeds help with library programming. The library
board would like to thank the various business, individuals and board members for their prize donations. The next Kaiser tournament will be held at Rose Gill Lodge on Feb. 7. Burgers and bunnock has begun at the arena. Burger night is Wednesday this year. Mark your calendar for March 7 when the Rabbit Lake and District Agricultural Association annual snow-
mobile rally will be held at Rabbit Lake. Speaking of snowmobiling, the SSA trail has been groomed and marked and is ready for use and for fun. Volunteers, and especially Doug Lamb, spend countless hours trying to make the trail safe and enjoyable for everyone. Warm up shacks and firewood do not magically appear. Why do some people have to knock over the markers, and do damage to the trail?
NOTICE of Public Hearing – Adoption of the Paynton and Cut Knife District Plan Public notice is hereby given that the Councils of the Rural Municipalities of Paynton No. 470 and Cut Knife No. 439; Town of Cut Knife; and the Village of Paynton intend to consider the adoption of a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to adopt a new District Plan, referred to as the Paynton and Cut Knife District Plan. INTENT The intent of the proposed bylaw establishes district land use policies addressing, but not limited to, the following subjects: x General Land Use Development x Heritage and Cultural Resources x Community Engagement x Sensitive Environment and Municipal and Environmental Reserve x Commercial and Industrial x Ground and Source Water Protection Development x Infrastructure: Public Utilities and Facilities x Community Services and Public Health and Safety x Transportation Networks x Recreation and Tourism The proposed District Plan acts as the Official Community Plan for the Rural Municipalities of Paynton No. 470 and Cut Knife No. 439, as per Section 102 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007. In conjunction with this overarching framework to guide the District, the Town of Cut Knife and Village of Paynton each have an individually adopted Official Community Plan with a vision and number of objectives and policies compliant with the District Plan. The Future Land Use Maps conceptually displays the future locations and extent of general land uses within the Planning District. This will assist in the application of the goals, objectives, and policies of the District Plan. AFFECTED LANDS All lands within the corporate limits of the Rural Municipalities of Paynton No. 470 and Cut Knife No. 439; Town of Cut Knife; and Village of Paynton, as shown on the Future Land Use Map contained within this notice, is hereby affected by the proposed District Plan. Your property may be directly affected, please check the full version of the proposed District Plan that is available for viewing at any of the Municipal Offices. REASON The proposed District Plan will help direct and manage growth and development within the Planning District for the next twenty-five plus years. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the District Plan during regular office house at any of the Municipal Offices. Copies of the proposed District Plan are available at cost. PUBLIC HEARING The joint Public Hearing shall be held on February 17th, 2015 at 7:00pm at the RM of Paynton Municipal Office – 205 1st Street, Paynton, SK
New Services Landon Chambers from Loraas Environmental Services addressed a crowd of more than 70 residents in Wilkie in regards to the new garbage and recycling services the Town of Wilkie, Town of Scott and Village of Landis will be implementing in the next few weeks. Photo by Alicia Leclercq
Walk for Memories Sunday Staff NationsWest Field House will be the site of the 2015 Walk For Memories, a fundraiser and awareness campaign hosted by the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan. The Walk will take place Sunday with registration
from 11 a.m. to noon and the walk from noon to 2 p.m. The Walk for Memories is an indoor walk held every January during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Walkers collect pledges prior to the event and walk in support or memory of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and
related dementias. In addition to walking on the track, the event also includes kids’ activities, food and beverages and prizes for the top fundraisers. For more information or to register, call 1-800-263-3367 or visit www.WalkforMemoriesSK.ca.
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Seeking volunteers to share time with residents Submitted HAFFORD — Hafford Special Care Home would like you to join their volunteer team. The first thing you notice about Hafford Special Care Centre volunteers Hailey Lesko and Ashiton Blom are their huge smiles. Then you hear their infectious laughter ring out in the hallways. And then you notice more smiles
that are the best. “I came back one day and this lady said, ‘I remember you’ and then she said, ‘I love you’. It just felt so good,” says Hailey. Like several others in the community, the girls volunteer after school. They also come in during breaks from
spreading among the staff and residents at the home, happy to see the two girls arriving for their volunteer service. “It’s fun,” says Ashiton. “The residents are so sweet. It’s really nice to get to know them.” The two, who regularly visit the home to assist residents with recreational activities, agree it’s the little moments while volunteering
classes to help with activities such as bingo and exercise. Hailey reasons, “If I have a spare, I could just sit at school and do nothing or come in and do something really useful.” Ashiton is new to volunteering this year and has advice for others who might
be interested. “At least try it once. You’ll either totally love it or you’ll like it enough to come back and then you’ll love it.” Residents of Hafford or one of its surrounding communities who would like to get involved in volunteering at the special care centre can
call the home at 306-5492108 or the Prince Albert Health Region’s Volunteer Services Department at 306765-6010. Volunteer application forms are available online at www.princealbertparklandhealth.com.
Rink schedule at the post office aseca News
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the first and third Fridays of each month. Kathy Campbell, accompanied by a friend and her family, recently returned from a trip to Cuba. It was interesting to hear her impressions of the country. The Cuban
people are very hospitable and the group thoroughly enjoyed the beaches. Although we have not had a lot of snowfall lately, the piles of snow in the village keep growing as the plows remove it from the streets.
Annual meetings for the various village organizations will be held in the near future. Watch posters for the dates. Try to attend and support the community efforts in their various endeavours to keep Waseca alive.
Correspondent Sounds like people, especially the children, are enjoying the rink. Watch for a time schedule which will be posted on the post office bulletin board. The monthly rec board meeting was postponed till the evening of Jan. 19. The agenda will be the same. Father’s Day raffle tickets should be on sale this coming week. The Waseca Quilting Club had their first day of quilting for the year Jan 16. A business meeting was part of the day’s agenda with a discussion on the purchase of some new equipment for the use of club members. Quilting days will be the same as last year,
Hafford Special Care Home volunteers Ashiton Blom and Hailey Lesko highly recommend the experience of visiting residents and sharing activities with them. The Hafford home is looking for more compassionate volunteers like the two teens. They can be reached at 306-549-2108. Photos submitted
NOTICE of Public Hearing – Adoption of RM of Paynton No. 470 Zoning Bylaw Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Paynton No. 470 intends to adopt a new Zoning Bylaw (Bylaw No. 08-2014) under The Planning and Development Act, 2007. INTENT OF ZONING BYLAW The proposed Zoning Bylaw implements the Official Community Plan. It provides for local provisions and regulations for the use and development of land for the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality. The Zoning Bylaw establishes Zoning Districts which regulate permitted, discretionary, and prohibited principal and accessory uses of land in the RM of Paynton and provides development permitted processes and standards. AFFECTED LANDS All lands within the corporate limits of the RM of Paynton No. 470, as shown on the Zoning District Map contained within this notice, is affected the by proposed Zoning Bylaw. Your property may be directly affected by the provisions in the proposed bylaw. Please check the full version of the proposed Zoning Bylaw that is available for viewing at the RM Office. REASON The proposed RM of Paynton Zoning Bylaw will help implement the Official Community Plan with site-specific provisions and regulations of the RM of Paynton. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the proposed RM of Paynton Zoning Bylaw during regular office hours at the RM Office. Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at cost. PUBLIC HEARING The Public Hearing shall be held on March 4th, 2015 at 10:00am at the RM of Paynton Municipal Office – 205 1st Street, Paynton, SK
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Others not as surprised at your mistakes as you are Ed, my neighbour next door, told me yesterday that, if I’m frustrated by making mistakes, I may as well double my depression medi-
cine right away. I told my neighbour I had made more than my share of mistakes last week. Telling myself to smarten up hadn’t helped
me make fewer mistakes either. It is hard to face the truth some days our mistakes keep showing up like bills we don’t want to see.
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My neighbor said, “The reason many people make mistakes is because they do something stupid now and then.” He also explained the smartest folks never keep track of their mistakes or talk about them. Admitting to making mistakes is like having a sign around your neck that reads, “I cannot walk and hum a tune at the same time!” Ed cautioned life is too short to focus on
your mistakes. He added there is something wrong with folks who talk about their mistakes. Everyone has already heard about them, so it is old news, or they’re under the delusion they don’t make mistakes very often. Our mistakes may surprise us, but others are seldom surprised at our mistakes. In fact, they may be used to them. I agree with Ed that
everyone makes mistakes, sometimes lots of them and sometimes few of them. Some mistakes are more costly than others. A number of years ago, I turned out on a highway from a stop sign and was in the path of a gas tanker truck that came over a small hill on the highway. I thought no traffic was coming, but it was a costly mistake. I caused an accident and destroyed my car. My mistake cost me a new car but thankfully it didn’t cost my life or any serious injuries to me or the truck driver. You can replace a car but not a life. Sins are like mistakes in that it seems they matter only if they are costly mistakes. Often our sins and mistakes are not intentional. Continued on Page 39
Spend some quality family time together. Worship at the church of your choice. Our community has a number of churches and a variety of denominations for you & your family.
Notre Dame (RC) Parish Corner of 104th Street & 12th Avenue Rev. Father Cuong Luong MASSES: Saturdays - 7:00 p.m. Sundays - 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
OFFICE 306-445-3836 Email: notredame.nb@gmail.com www.notredameparish.ca EVERYONE WELCOME
Community Baptist Church 1202 - 103 Street, North Battleford, SK 306-446-3077 PASTOR: RON BRAUN
Sunday Morning Service - 11:00 a.m.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S 11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK
Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Father Greg Elder
Canadian National Baptist Convention
Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.
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SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
St. George’s Anglican Church - 9:00 a.m.
Everyone Welcome
1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford
Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Spanish Ministry)
191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK
St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m. 1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK Rector: The Rev. Peter Norman
All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish
Hosanna Life Center
52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK
306-937-3177 SUNDAY SERVICES 10:30 a.m. Rev: Nora Borgeson
Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171 Rev. Frances Patterson
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WEEKEND: Saturdays - 7:30 p.m. Sundays - 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.
Battlefords Grace Community Church Pastor: Bill Hall
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WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday Everyone Welcome Pastor Patrick Carty
Sunday School - 10:00 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am Weekly Kidz Zone, Prayer Meeting, Jr Youth & Small Groups 1231 - 104th Street North Battleford “A Community of believers Phone 306-445-7777 www.emmanuelfellowship.ca seeking more of God’s presence”
Meeting at 1122 - 101st Street Pastors: Peter & Lydia Litchfield Members of Christian Ministers Association
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Third Avenue United Church
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TERRITORIAL DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH Battleford United Church
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Church Phone 306-445-4181
902 - 108th Street, North Battleford DIVINE LITURGY: Sundays at 9:30 am Last Sunday of the month at 11:30 am Daily at 9:00 am Rev. Father Vladimir Simunovic - 306-445-2731
(RC) St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4
306-445-4818 tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 1401 - 98th Street North Battleford, SK
306-445-5901 SUNDAY 10:30 a.m. Everyone Welcome
Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay
1372 102nd St 306-445-3009
Living Water Ministry
Pastor Brian Arcand Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385
Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church - DELMAS
Rev. Father Greg Elder
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 a.m. Box 10, Delmas, SK S0M 0P0
Phone 306-937-7340
Battlefords Seventh-Day A Adventist Church Pastor Dave Miller Corner 16th Ave. & 93rd Street, C North Battleford
Phone 306-445-9096
Saturday Services Bible Study - 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
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Rally postponed, two St. Walburg Royal Purple Society 59th year this spring rallies in February By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent The snowmobile rally sponsored by the Borden firefighters is postponed until Feb. 7, due to lack of snow. Times will be the same as scheduled for Jan. 24. Contact Jamie at 306-997-2222 or Scott at 306-241-2884. Orolow Church are holding their snowmobile rally Feb. 21, starting at 11 a.m. Orolow is 12 miles south of
orden Radisson Krydor or 16 miles north, seven miles east, then half a mile north of Borden. Call Peter at 306-997-5703 or Dave at 306-549-4675 for info. The Borden Friendship Club held their first meeting of 2015 Jan. 14, with reports
Your mistakes ... Continued from Page 38 Sometimes they are because we don’t know any better. Sadly, sometimes we keep making the same mistakes and committing the same sins. We are trying to get away with what is wrong. Often when mistakes and sins blow up in our faces, it is because we have been guilty of doing them over and over. If we get away with a mistake or sin once, without any ill effects, we may do them until they backfire on us. National statistics in the United States on fatal traffic accidents found that 49 per cent of them occurred at night. Driving without
wearing a seatbelt, going over the speed limit and driving under the influence of alcohol were the factors in the high rate of traffic fatalities at night. Drivers at night felt their mistakes in the use of seatbelts, speed and alcohol would be less likely to get caught. Sins and mistakes can teach us what we should avoid doing. They can also keep us pushing the limits of continuing some mistakes and sins. When our sins or mistakes are so costly we are powerless, God is ready and willing to clear them away and give us a fresh start.
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heard from the program committee, grants and info, photos and a thank you card from the SOS Village that the club sponsors in Nambia. The club will hold its annual Telemiracle tea and bake sale March 4 at 2 p.m., with tea proceeds going to Telemiracle and bake sale proceeds to the club for expenses. The winners at the Kaiser tournament Jan. 13 were Jean Sawchyn and Gerry Duda. The club will not be holding regular Tuesday Kaiser games due to poor attendance, only a tournament the second Tuesday of each month. There will be a diabetes presentation hosted by the Borden Lions Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Friendship Club Room. Everyone is welcome to attend. The in motion group meet for exercises Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in the Seniors’ Room and walk in the hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. There is in motion grant money available for more to take the training and to purchase some more equipment, as Audrey Baker and Bev Assman also go over to the care home once a week to lead exercises. Anyone is welcome to take part in the exercises or walking, free of charge and at your own pace. Condolences are extended to Joan and Glenn Julseth and family of Borden on the loss of Glenn’s mother, Ethel May Julseth, who passed away Jan. 9 at the age of 90, four days short of her 91st birthday. She is survived by six children, 13 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. The service was held in Saskatoon Jan. 16 with internment at a later date.
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Submitted Happy new year from St. Walburg Canadian Royal Purple Society. It’s a new year, the organization has a new name and probably new challenges. This organization will be in existence 59 years this spring in St. Walburg. Have we made a difference? You bet! But on the other hand, we need you, the young women of the community to join the wisdom of past years and strive to work for our motto — helping children and our community. Yes, we are an older membership, but that can easily change. To become a member is as easy as approaching any one of us. Won’t you consider?? HRL Judy Helperl conducted the Jan. 2015 meeting where 16 members signed the register. District Deputy Dorothea Hocher supplied a beautiful floral arrangement to be
drawn for. Treasurer Joyce Fowler got to take it home. Thanks to Helen Harris for arranging delivery of meals on wheels for January. It was brought to our attention that the lab x-ray technician’s position at the St. Walburg Health Complex has not been posted since our lab-tech retired. Members were encouraged to write to our MLA with their concerns. Additional new cupboards are installed in the kitchen and backsplash will be done shortly. Feb. 7 we will be catering to the wildlife banquet. DD Hocher has informed us that the date for district meeting is April 19 and St. Walburg is to host it. Lady Joyce Fowler volunteered to be bingo helper at Lakeland Lodge for January. Ladies Erma Kuchler and Olive Schneider celebrate January birthdays.
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Want to know more about the City of North Battleford’s 2015 budget? Please come to the open house at: The Chapel Gallery Wednesday, Jan. 28 5 - 8 p.m. Meet with Mayor Ian Hamilton, council and senior city staff who will be there to answer your questions about the budget. This year’s budget includes a 4.5 per cent increase in property taxes to maintain current service levels. Although 2015 assessments have not been finalized, it is expected that property tax increase will mean an additional $ 7 per month for the average house in North Battleford. This year, there are no major changes in the production of water and disposal of sewage. Utility rates will see an increase of five per cent on the base water rates and three per cent on the base sanitary sewer rates. That will mean an extra $ 2 per month for the average residential customer in North Battleford. The increase in funds is required for capital projects, including underground pipe replacement, new wells and decommissioning of old wells, an updating of the Remote Control System, the completion of the expansion to create revenue from biosolids, water and wastewater assessments, and several studies to determine future capital needs. The new initiatives started in 2014 and 2015 contained in this section include: FUNCTION
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Protec ve
Community Safety Co-ordinator contract extended
Protec ve
Con nue to co-ordinate with RCMP and explore ways to divert Officer me to more serious crimes through Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Protec ve
Con nue with the Community Safety Officers
Protec ve
Promote 2 temporary full me Firefighters to permanent full me firefighters
Protec ve
Graffi Control Assistance Program
Planning
Killdeer Subdivision
Planning
Mul ple studies to determine future capital requirements
Planning
Complete Regional Opportunity Plan
Planning
Implement in-house Engineering es mated net cost savings of $ 469,000
Finance
Implement Central Purchasing es mated net cost savings $ 50,000
Opera ons
Equipment to be able to start repairing potholes earlier in the season
Opera ons
Back Alley Grader to be able to maintain alleys properly reduce4 complaints and insurance claims
Opera ons
Central Repair Shops implemented
Opera ons
Increased efficiency in dispatch and movement of staff and equipment
Leisure
Invest in Civic Centex, start planning for new Civic
Leisure
Con nue with Central Booking and enhanced Community Programming
Leisure
Increased Programming
Leisure
Community Engagement
Leisure
Upgrade Chapel Gallery
Leisure
Con nue with pathway rehabilita on and parking lot pavement
The ‘Special Tax’ The City is also implementing a new Underground Pipe and Asphalt Replacement Special Tax of $ 3 per front foot which on an average house in North Battleford will cost $12.50 per month. There are 17 km of underground pipes and asphalt to be replaced. At the current rate of 0.5 kilometers per year and the age of the remaining pipe, in 10 years that number will be 40 km. Those aged lines are subjects to breaks affecting quality and the spending of large amounts of money just to repair the system. As the system gets older, the more it costs to maintain. We have to accelerate our replacement program and it does not seem there will be much help from the federal or provincial governments. The current method is funded from property taxes, utility rates and a large portion of the work that is done in front of individual properties called local improvement taxes. This method would result in large local improvement tax bills to every property owner in the city over time as we try to correct the problem with limited funds. The only way to fix this and lessen the impact on property owners is to change so that the cost to replace underground pipes and asphalt is shared throughout the city as a whole based on the size of your property. You will over time pay the same amount but a much smaller amount per year will be charged instead of one big bill. The special tax will be held in a separate savings account used exclusively for UPAR projects.