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Sharon Mohagen with the Rotary Integrity Award presented by Wayne Ray.

Rotary has formally committed to a $10,000 contribution to the Saskatchewan Hospital New Beginnings campaign, to raise money for furniture and equipment for the hospital. Seen here are Warren Williams, Jane Shury, Ben Christensen, Corinne Delainey, and Terry Blanchette. Photos by John Cairns

Wayne Ray takes over presidency of Rotary Club By John Cairns Staff Reporter

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Wayne Ray was introduced as the new president of the Rotary Club of the Battlefords at a dinner hosted June 28. Ray takes over from Terry Blanchette who now assumes past-president responsibilities. MC Warren Williams and John Jangula

each presented a plaque to Blanchette in honour of his time as president. Blanchette presented Ray with the Rotary pin in recognition of his new role as president. Also at the meeting, the Rotary presented the Integrity Award to a local non-Rotarian individual who fit the criteria of integrity, uprightness and

honesty. The honoree this year was Sharon Mohagen, who has been a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and had been active on the Centennial and Sask. Winter Games committees, among others. She tearfully accepted the honour by saying “so many more people out there” deserved the award,

a statement Ray and Blanchette disagreed with in congratulating her. Also honoured at the meeting was Rotary member Keri Payne who received the Paul Harris Fellow Award Plus Four, for exemplary service as well as her contribution made in 2017-18. Payne was presented the pin by Warren Williams.

NDP leader Meili in the Battlefords Tuesday By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The newly-elected leader of the NDP was in the Battlefords on Tuesday as part of an extensive summer tour. “I sort of feel like the Saskatchewanderer this summer,” said Meili, who was joined on this Battlefords visit by Vicki Mowat, MLA for Saskatoon Fairview. This is the first summer tour for Meili since becoming NDP leader in early March. His day in the Battlefords was filled with meetings with local constituents and leaders. Meili and Mowat had met with Mayor Ryan Bater and with members of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce in the morning. There were more meetings with community organizations in the afternoon, and a barbecue was planned with local New Democrats in the evening.

Familiar local concerns and issues came up during the meetings Meili and Mowat had in the city. “Certainly from the Chamber of Commerce we heard a lot about the issues with crime in the city,” said Meili. “That’s clearly been an ongoing challenge for a couple of decades, those high rates.” The Chamber recently launched Action Battlefords to combat the high crime rates. Among their efforts are plans to create more programming aimed at teens. Meili welcomed the “really interesting ideas out at the Chamber of Commerce about getting more involved with creating opportunities for people, helping to address some of the underlying issues such as poverty that really lead to those high incidence rates.” Relations between municipal and provincial levels of government were a

Saskatoon Fairview MLA Vicki Mowat and provincial NDP leader Ryan Meili were in North Battleford Tuesday as part of their tour of the province. Photo by John Cairns

key topic in the meeting with Mayor Bater. Meili said there was discussion of the challenges the City faced in “the way in which the provincial government has been trying to download costs onto municipalities — the

grants in lieu cut last year — and the way that those funds really haven’t returned to North Battleford, and the challenges that presents in terms of maintenance of infrastructure.” Meili expressed the view there was “a need for

the province to be more involved in life in the Battlefords area — North Battleford and Battlefords area and the surrounding area — to deal with these underlying challenges.” Mowat said she has spent time in the Battlefords dealing with problems in the area. She noted Bater made the point that his city serves a larger population area of people in the surrounding area, and had cited the importance of the region as a whole. “There is a great opportunity for working together and collaboration in many different projects at the regional level,” said Mowat. Meili acknowledged the issues raised in their meetings in the Battlefords weren’t confined to the community. There is “absolutely commonality across the province about some of the challenges that are being faced,” he said. “The cuts to the munici-

pal sector, cuts in health and education, those are things that are really on the top of people’s minds everywhere we go. But then each community has its own character, has its own specific opportunities and challenges that we’re trying to make sure we learn more about and have a chance to do what we need to do, which is, right now, in opposition, challenge the current government’s approach and also start to prepare our own set of ideas of how we can tackle these challenges most effectively, develop a platform and really show that New Democrats are ready to govern and steer the province in a better direction. A number of other issues were addressed by both Meili and Mowat in their meeting with the Regional Optimist Tuesday. Continued on Page 10

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False news impossible to eradicate By Becky Doig Editor

A recent survey says Canadians are finding it increasingly difficult to believe what they read online. According to a survey conducted by Nanos Research for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, more than eight in 10 Canadians agree (51 per cent) or somewhat agree (31 per cent) that the prevalence of false information designed to appear legitimate is making it more difficult to find accurate news. The survey also found that more than seven in 10 Canadians agree (38 per cent) or somewhat agree (34 per cent) that government regulation is needed to prevent the proliferation of fake news. Given the Canadian government is standing idly by while the shareholders of Post Media conduct a “deliberate power dive into bankruptcy,” according to Conrad Black, founder of the National Post, it’s unlikely we’ll see any action from the government on that front. Post Media is shutting down six more community newspa-

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Enjoy the drive By Becky Doig Editor

The good old summertime has arrived and residents of the Battlefords are flocking northward to enjoy their proximity to Jackfish Lake and Murray Lake. That means Highway 4 North is clogged with heavy traffic day in and day out. Construction of passing lanes is slated to begin this summer to alleviate some of the congestion on the welltravelled route, which will temporarily result in more clogging of the artery. Be alert in the organge zone. Many had called for twinning of the route between Cochin and North Battleford, and that move would definitely make the route safer. It would be an expensive initiative, however, and a much less costly alternative would be a large dose of common sense. Face it folks, even if someone up ahead is toddling along at 80 km/h it’s still only a 25-minute drive to the lake. It’s a drive that takes you through picturesque farm country, brilliant with canola, flax and wheat. Instead of railing against the slowness of traffic, take a deep breath, glance around and drink in the beauty of the prairie. That way when you get to your destination, whether it be the lake or home, you will be in a relaxed and serene frame of mind, and alive and well.

this FromCorner pers; a move that many pundits say threatens democracy in Canada. Facebook, a popular source of information and misinformation, has announced it has launched a thirdparty fact-checking program to “root out fake news and provide users with more context on articles they read on the platform,” according to the Canadian Press. The effort seems lame at best, as articles containing fake news will still be accessible, they will just “appear lower in the news feeds and be accompanied with related, true articles from fact-checkers.” The initiative states those pages that repeatedly share fake news will have their ability to advertise removed after “several” offences. Not one, not two, but several. So, these sites can share their false messages until the fact-checkers decide they have reached the “several” milestone. And those deemed to be spreading false news have the right to fight back. Publishers responsible for false stories can dispute the fact-checkers’ findings and issue

corrections. It’s a weak standard that pales in comparison to the standard community newspapers are held to. A slip-up in the spelling of a name will prompt a call to our newsroom, let alone falsely reporting news or events in the community. A news source devoted to truth ensures the accountability of local governments and organizations, who know their activities are being scrutinized and reported to the community. According to the CJFE survey, “more than six in 10 Canadians say that the federal government is not transparent (35 per cent) or somewhat not transparent (27 per cent) when it comes to information that is available about what governments do. “This is a clear message to governments that Canadians are concerned about the effect of fake news on our democracy,” Tom Henheffer, CJFE vice-president, said. The finding can be extrapolated to municipal governments, if the power of community newspapers is weakened. That said, I fear false news will prevail while the “just the facts ma’am” approach of community newspapers is allowed to die a slow and inexorable death at the hands of corporate ownership. Readers of this publication can thank Glacier Media for their continued support of community newspapers across Western Canada and for their role in keeping democracy vibrant.

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The 50-inch plasma TV died, and so far no one is mourning These things come in threes, or so I’ve heard. So hopefully the death of the 50-inch plasma TV in our living room is the last of the trio. A few months ago, a small chest freezer my late grandparents gave me for graduation, 25 years ago, decided that there should continually be water under it in the basement freezer room. So, with great reluctance, it ended up in the garage, awaiting disposal. Twenty-five years is a good life for an appliance, but we don’t see that anymore. A little over a month ago, the microwave died. It was a $600 model meant to be installed over the kitchen stove and to act as a range hood. But I had not yet installed it because the kids were too small to access it over the stove. Instead, it’s been sitting on a table in the kitchen. I was going to finally get around to putting it up this summer, when it, too, decided it no longer needed to work. The light went on, the turntable turned, and the food did not cook. This led to a minor crisis since the microwave oven is crucial for our

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brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net ability to feed ourselves, and lacking the funds to purchase a new one, we picked up a small cheapie for just over $100 to tide us over. Perhaps we can get the big one fixed? I don’t know. Is it worth it, and if so, how long can we expect it to last? Thus, the behemoth is sitting in the living room, awaiting its fate. A few weeks after that, I went to turn the TV on, and no dice. The little light went on in the corner, but nothing on the screen. I did every permutation of troubleshooting I could think of. I turned it on and off. I unplugged everything and plugged it in again. I tried every different input. I used different cables in case the cable was faulty. Nothing worked at all. So it’s dead.

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This TV isn’t just any TV. When we got it about seven years ago, I was still actively trying to restart my wedding photography business. I shot 13 weddings in North Battleford in 2007, but only a small handful since coming to Estevan the following year. As in, next to none. So I tried exhibiting at the local showcase and even attended a Regina wedding show. Since the human eye is drawn to movement, I figured I needed the best quality TV with the best colours and contrast to take to these shows in order to display my slideshows. I took a thumb drive into the local electronics store and tried viewing the slideshow on almost every TV there. At the time, the plasma was far and away

The Battlefords Art club will be holding live model portrait drawing sessions July 31, Aug. rt 14 and 21. Adults who are not art club members Notes are welcome to participate for a drop-in fee of BATTLEFORDS ART CLUB $5 per session. They will be in the Don Ross Craft Room from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bring your own supplies. There is no formal instruction at the session. For more information contact Lynn Strendin with Battlefords Art Club (email lestrendin@hotmail.com. Currently there is a Chapel Gallery members’ exhibition with a reception Friday, Aug. 10 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Guest curator Ward Schell will give an indepth curatorial talk and walk through Saturday, Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. For more information call 306-445-1760.

the best picture, but it was also among the priciest. It was one of the first with 3D capabilities, but I wasn’t going to spend an additional $150 per set of 3D glasses, so that never got used. Suffice it to say, there was a lot of money invested in this, and it still didn’t garner me additional wedding bookings. But now the TV is dead as a doornail, and, like the microwave, it’s not likely worth fixing, not economically, at least. And there are no funds right now to replace it and the microwave. The less capable TV from the basement will be moved to take its place in the meantime. But since the plasma’s demise, we’ve noticed we really don’t miss TV. My wife is on the fence, as she has a few series that she does miss. I asked the kids last night if they miss it, and the answer from both was no. While Spencer would spend days in front of it, blocking some channels broke him of that habit, and now he’d much rather use his computer or iPad. Katrina is the same way. All of us have taken to binge-watching whatever’s good and available on Netflix, and I will occasionally use Amazon Prime. All this has me thinking that, for the summer at least, I may pare down our TV package to next to nothing. I’m not ready to cut the cord entirely, and by putting the other TV in the living room, perhaps my affinity for the boob tube will rekindle. But

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Move in ready 4 season home tucked away and surrounded by spruce trees and nature. Laundry/storage room, private well, covered deck, low maintenance yard, wood fireplace, garden doors, storage, 3 sheds, boat dock space, all appliances, alarm system that is transferrable to the new owner. Call today for more information..

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Luxury living in Cut Knife with so much curb appeal! Brick exterior, an interlocking brick driveway, and mature landscaping. Beautiful oak kitchen, spacious master suite with large walk in closet and an ensuite with a jetted tub. Head out the garden doors and find a huge covered deck, mature yard, UGSS and garden area and large brand new storage shed. Basement is open for development, with insulation and drywall already completed. Recent upgrades (in the past year) include new fridge and stove, carpet in living room, lino in kitchen and dining area, new toilets, new ceiling fans, interior paint.

Canada Day began with a refreshing rain, but that gift from nature didn’t douse most activities planned for the day. Battlefords Provincial park cancelled their activities but offered free cake at the store. Fort Battleford hosted a variety of activities, but Meota really pulled out the stops. A decorated bike parade was delayed by the rain, but went ahead at 3 p.m. Participants of all ages took part and then enjoyed hot dogs and watermelon after. On the adjacent page, bottom left, Joanne Kachur,organizer of parade and Ranelle Brown, Meota park office administrator, hand out homemade cookies. Many communities blasted off their Canadian pride with fireworks displays. Pictured are scenes from the show at King Hill in North Battleford. Photos by Averil Hall

Rare river side bungalow on Riverbend Cres in Battleford! This one owner home has been well maintained and cared for over the years. The kitchen is at the back of the house taking advantage of city and river views and there are patio doors leading to the large deck. Enjoy the peace and quiet and watch the deer wander from your deck! Double attached garage with direct entry in to mudroom and main floor laundry area. Basement is fully finished with a large family room and plenty of storage as well as a workshop area. There is also direct entry from the garage to the basement. Call today for more info it will not last long!.

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This is a must see executive home! Extensively renovated with high quality finishes this home has kitchen and dining area with an open concept design and features all new stainless appliances. The master bedroom has an ensuite with dual walk in closets. This home would be ideal for a large family with 3 bedrooms on the main floor and 3 bedrooms in the lower level. The garage and large family room at (466 square feet) has in floor heating.

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Corner Gas Revisited Interest in the long-running television sitcom Corner Gas has been renewed with the recent release of an animated version of the series. Wilkie Museum, located on the 200 block of 1st Street East, is currently displaying two Dog River relics, the Dog River Police Department cruiser and Wanda’s scooter. Photos by Phil Heilman

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Time served, probation in Mosquito robbery By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The co-accused in a robbery on Mosquito First Nation on Jan. 6 has entered a guilty plea in connection to the case. Jamieson Wahobin has pled guilty to being the occupant of a motor vehicle in which the person knows there is a prohibited weapon. Wahobin was sentenced by Judge Bruce Bauer to 267 days credited time served, followed by nine months probation. A firearms prohibition of seven years and a DNA order were also made. A surcharge of $200 was also

imposed. The weapon was a sawed-off shotgun placed in the trunk of a vehicle that Wahobin had travelled in along with Marty Moccasin, the other man charged in the case. According to the facts outlined in court Tuesday, Moccasin then pulled the shotgun out of the vehicle and used it to fire shots in a robbery that transpired near Mosquito School on the morning of Jan. 6. A second vehicle was then stolen from the scene. A high-speed chase ensued to Battleford, where both Moccasin and Wahobin fled the vehicle and hid in a house on 33rd Street be-

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fore being arrested. Police recovered both the sawedoff shotgun and a rifle from the stolen vehicle. Moccasin was convicted of the most serious charges. He was found guilty of robbery with a firearm and six other counts following a trial conducted in provincial court in May. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 24. Wahobin was scheduled for trial Tuesday on the robbery with a firearm count, but counsel agreed to the plea deal. According to the defence, Wahobin was described as having been “caught up with the wrong people and caught up with the wrong situation.”

A show cause hearing for Tristan Pinder is scheduled for Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. at North Battleford Provincial Court. Pinder faces charges including attempted murder as a result of an incident with police on April 14 near Highway 16. Pinder, who according to RCMP is from Elk Point, Alta., is also charged with possession of stolen property, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, theft under $5,000, discharge of a firearm with intent, assault of a police officer and failure to comply with recognizance.

Verena Petrucka of Melville is also charged with similar offences. Pinder and Petrucka are in custody. The following information is from an RCMP press release: Around 11:30 a.m. April 14, Maidstone RCMP received a complaint of a theft from a gas station in Lashburn. The suspect vehicle involved with the complaint, a black Dodge Caravan, matched the description of a vehicle involved in an alleged robbery and assault with a weapon the day before in Regina. Maidstone RCMP, the release continues, located the vehicle on Highway 16 and activated emergency

equipment, but the van didn’t stop. RCMP followed the van along Highway 16 heading east. The van stopped off Highway 16 near Delmas and a firearm was discharged from the van. An RCMP member discharged their firearm. An RCMP vehicle struck the van and the van became stuck in a ditch. A firearm was pointed toward RCMP and an RCMP member discharged their firearm. Pinder and Petrucka were arrested at the scene. Petrucka received medical treatment for minor injuries as a result of an intervention by Police Dog Services.

Carbon tax a distraction Continued from Page 3 On the carbon tax, Meili noted the conversation he had with the Battlefords Chamber on the issue was an interesting one. They thought it was “largely a distraction from the real issues that we’re facing in this province. That’s the way we see the provincial government using this.” Meili expressed his belief the Scott Moe govern-

ment was “picking a fight with Ottawa” to distract from the cuts to health care and education in the province. But he also felt it was leading the province down the “dangerous” road of being in non-compliance with federal regulations. “As a result, in January, we’re going to have a carbon price imposed on Saskatchewan, designed in Ottawa,” said Meili.

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Cyclists draw attention to war in Ukraine

CHUMAKway bicyclists with their Battlefords hosts at Slava Centre in North Battleford. Photo submitted

Submitted Zooming into our community this weekend was a group of cyclists from Ukraine bringing a message of peace. A team of young men and women are biking across the United States and Canada to draw attention to the active war that is raging in Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists are battling defenders of Ukraine in a war that has seen more than 11,000 casualties. The collateral damage includes destroyed infrastructure, navigating dangerous land mines and 1.7 million displaced civilians including many women and orphaned children. CHUMAKway are a group of war veterans and cycling enthusiasts with a two-fold purpose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to find a peaceful solution to the war and to collect funds for injured warriors and displaced orphans. They were met by a robust crowd in the Battlefords Saturday night. After a meal, the team was welcomed by local commu-

nity members at the Slava Centre. Natalya Shevchuk performed a beautiful dance from an east-central Ukrainian region that is directly affected by the war. The team spoke to the crowd educating them about their tour, the plight of Ukrainians in the wartorn eastern Ukraine and answered questions. This event was a great coming together of friends and neighbours in the Battlefords. As one speaker stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ukraine is the only thing in the way between western democracy and an authoritarian regime.â&#x20AC;? Another noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God.â&#x20AC;? The organizers are grateful for the support from the local church groups, new CanadianUkrainians and the Battlefords Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Council. For more information #ChumakWay2018 #BikeForPeace or on-line donations can be forward to https://bit. ly/2KHSwOD.

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Saskatchewan’s hotel bars before Prohibition Saskatchewan’s hotel bars were busy places in the early 1900s. The typical hotel in 1910 had a long, ornate wooden bar complete with a large mirror behind it, brass foot rails and brass spittoons. A sign over the beverage room door read, “Licenced to sell spirituous or fermented liquors.” These were stand-up bars for men only – there were no chairs. Over the bar, the bartender served beer, wine, brandy and gin, as well as soft drinks. Whiskey sold for 10 cents a glass. The hotel bars did a roaring trade. For example, the 30-room Carlton Hotel at Pense, built in 1904 at a cost of about $48,000, made $25,000 in a single year. “It had a large bar,” states the local history book, “which on one picnic day sold $1,000 worth of liquor, the liquor being purchased by the carload.” The hotel at MacNutt stayed open on sports days. “It was on days such as this that we usually sold 500 to 600 bottles of liquor in one

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joanchamp@shaw.ca day,” Philip Schappert, the hotel bartender recalled. Things really got hopping on Saturdays. Farmers who hauled their grain for many miles stopped into the hotel to eat and quench their thirst after a hot and dusty journey. “With families dispersed into the country stores to shop, visit friends, and exchange gossip,” James Gray writes in Booze (1974), “the farmers had the opportunity [to slip away for a drink] if they had the urge.” T. L. Ferris described the scene in the Fielding history book. “A Saturday night was quite different from anything you might see today,” he recalled. “There were no

street lights in those days and only the hanging light on the wide north porch lit up the entrance to the bar. We’d see noisy drunks come reeling out and many a fight livened up our evenings.” Of course, some of these stories are the stuff of “rural myth.” For example, a tale is told about the North-West Hotel in Ceylon owned by William J. Coffron of a certain Irishman who had a few too many drinks and caused a disturbance. “Mr. Coffron got him upstairs and handcuffed him to the bedstead,” the Ceylon history book records. “Before long, he was coming down the stairs carrying the

bedstead with him.” At the Strasbourg Hotel, rumour had it that a fellow rode his horse in and shot up the bar. Subsequent owners maintain that the bullets are still in the wall. Concern about the high rate of alcohol consumption in Saskatchewan led to pressure from the Women’s Christian Temperance Unions (WCTU) and the Banish-the-Bar movement. Their battle against the evils of whisky resulted in an announcement by Premier Walter Scott in March 1915 that all bars in Saskatchewan would be closed as of July 1, 1915. “We’ll have to close,” said Arthur Mason, proprietor of Saskatoon’s Royal Hotel. “There is no possibility of keeping open.” Mason’s prediction was not far wrong. The profits of the hotel bars were just about enough to make up for the deficit from the rest of the business. The glory days of Saskatchewan hotels – the days before Prohibition – were officially over.

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See You At the Theatre

No experience needed By Donna Challis

Battlefords Community Players

This is an open invitation to get involved with Battlefords Community Players, a club that has been around since 1952 and is always open to new members and patrons. Want to see how you might help the club or how you can get tickets? Drop in on Monday, July 9 between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at 102 - 26th St., Battleford and find out. Want to get firsthand information on the season, want to book your tickets? Maybe you like to sew and could help with costumes or love to paint. We need that, too. Theatre requires no experience just desire. We all began with the first, whether working on the stage or behind, it takes a lot of people to mount a production. There is a place for everyone. In the 2018-19 season, we are producing four shows as part of our season, one show as a special kickoff to the season and

two other special shows for the Tropical Inn and Borden Lions Club. Yes, we do offer productions for fundraisers to community groups. Give us a call if you think that might work for your organization. You would think we would take the summer off and, for the most part, we do, but we have plays to cast and more improvements to be done in the building. We also have brochures and posters to create, website and Facebook to update, caterers to hire and, most importantly, give the opportunity to new people to get involved. What we create on stage for our audiences is just a small part of the work that is needed to make a performance a reality. Drop by next Monday and check us out. If you can’t make it and would like information, give us a call at 306-4463133. Keep watching bcpdrama.com for information on the upcoming season and drop by to get a sneak peek.

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Meighen Crescent residents got together recently for a block party and a street mural resulted from the activities. Photos submitted

Members of the City of North Battleford with the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design group are working to enable neighbourhoods to come together and build communities that matter to them. Meighen Crescent held a block party recently and created the first street mural of the year. The mural was made possible by the

planning of the neighbourhood, co-ordinating the block party and the mural painting. According to a City press release, communitydriven events like these help to create civic pride and keep streets safe and vibrant. Individuals spearheading a block party are qualified to enter a draw to win either a five-burner barbecue or a custom designed fire pit by Metalman. Ap-

plications to host a block party are available at City Hall or by calling 306-4451700 for more information. Painting a street mural can be done in conjunction with a street party, or it can be its own event. Contact City Hall and with a design for the street mural. The City will co-ordinate the supply of paint and brushes. Then, on the set date, the neighbourhood comes out and creates the mural.

vel at all there is to do in Unity. In fact, they have outlined some of the many things you can take in during a week. Mondays, come watch a ball game or stroll or bike through all of the wonderful paths in town. Tuesdays, you head to the pool for a swim and/or aqua sizes or join in the Tuesday night fun golf night. Wednesdays, you can take in the Unity Lions “chase the ace” offering food, beverages and a chance to win with the jackpot near-

ing $2,000. Thursday, the farmers market is at the Adanac Hall on the museum grounds. Fridays, you can always take in a new release at the theatre. Saturdays, check out the downtown deals and enjoy a meal out. Sundays, check out a service at a local church or take in the museum. So you can see life is full of fun and activity in Unity with our friends at coffee row sharing this traditional part of our community culture. Until next time …

Summer Fun Centre now open to ages 5 to 10 By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

While some in town bemoan there is nothing to do here, I had out-of-town company for several days and they were most impressed at all the opportunties. They are city people and they enjoyed and appreciated the peaceful quiet, the lack of excess traffic to get places and all the options they had. They took in a round of golf, used beach volleyball and basketball courts, never had to pay for parking and loved all the walking and biking paths. Summer Fun Centre is being hosted by the Town of Unity, run by Jessica Weber. While early registration has taken place, you can still contact the town

office at 306-228-2621 for more details or bring children ages five to 10 to the community centre starting July 3 to sign up. The program runs week days. Kerrobert is hosting Can-Am football Thursday in conjunction with other events, showcasing top high school players from Canada and the United States. A Tra-lapa music and sports festival is upcoming at Tramping Lake July 27 to 29. Wilkie is hosting a kindergarten to Grade 7 Saskatchewan Science Centre event Monday, July 9 at the Saskcan Community Centre, as well as a reptile show Aug. 13. Great progress has been made on the construction of the New Crossfit Lair/

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Gym as well as Delta Co-op Home Centre. Cinema Satellite has acquired a second location in Biggar and is now called Western Wireless Communications. Third Avenue East and 5th Avenue West have become quiet since school has been let out for the summer. All three schools will see new teachers and employees come this fall replacing the retiring staff of: Conrad Baum, St Peter’s School; Darlene Viekle, UPS secretary and Edie Shepherd, UPS teacher; Pat Orobko, UCHS teacher; and Rox-

ane Mamer, UCHS library technician. UPS will welcome Kyle Laturnus as the new vice-principal there and Tara Ralston as the new secretary. Kelsey Wildeman will take over Mr. Baum’s position at St. Peter’s. The Unity Facilities Committee has changed direction and instead of continuing the process of fundraising for a ground floor hall, they will put their existing funds raised, more than $100,000, towards a complete renovation of the existing community centre hall. The 11-person committee and other interested parties met for a walk through to assess and plan where improvements should be made. Coffee row folks mar-

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Local students to compete at NHSFR Staff Dawson Loewen, a Grade 12 student at John Paul II Collegiate, Rayna Yasieniuk, a Grade 11 student at Hafford Central School, and Clay Ellis, a Grade 10 student at Maymont Central School, have earned positions on the Saskatchewan provincial national high school rodeo team. They will be travelling with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, Wyo. July 14 to 22 to compete at the 70th annual National High School Finals Rodeo in the steer wrestling, tie down roping, team roping and pole bending competitions. Featuring more than 1,650 contestants from 43 states, five Canadian prov-

inces, Australia and Mexico, the NHSFR contestants will also be competing for more than $350,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named a NHSFR World Champion. To earn this title, contestants must finish in the top 20 – based on their combined times/scores in the first two rounds – to advance to Saturday evening’s final round. World champions will then be determined based on their three-round combined times/scores. The Saturday championship performance will be televised nationally as part of the Cinch Highschool Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFD-TV. Live broadcasts of each NHSFR performance will air

online at www.RidePass. com. Performance times are at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily. Along with great rodeo competition and the chance to meet new friends from around the world, NHSFR contestants have the opportunity to enjoy shooting sports, volleyball, contestant dances, familyoriented activities, church services sponsored by fellow Christian cowboys and shopping at the NHSFR tradeshow. After the NHSFR Rayna and Dawson along with their families, horses, and other teammates will be making the trek from Rock Springs to Merritt, B.C. for the Canadian High School Finals Rodeo that will be held July 27 to 29.

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James D. Golightly of Eatonia will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, as a Player/Builder, on Saturday, Aug. 18, in Battleford, for his contribution to Saskatchewan baseball history. Golightly was born in Eatonia April 16, 1938. At the age of 14, he began playing senior men’s fastball. He played for four years in Mantario. In 1955, Ken Jackson, manager of the Eatonia baseball team, asked Golightly to try out for the team in 1956. So began his baseball career of 39 years. Jim played junior baseball in 1956 and 1957 with the Eston 44s junior team, losing in the 1956 Northern semi-finals to the Saskatoon Monarchs. Bob Stevenson coached those years. Other players on that team included Garnet Hanson, Wally Jackson

Jim Golightly was an accomplished switch hitter with a batting average of .300. Photo submitted

and Garry Anderson. In 1957, the Eston 44s won the South Saskatchewan title but lost to the Saskatoon Optimists in the provincial final game. As the regular catcher was not available for that game, Golightly volunteered to catch and did well in his first outing at that position. Garry Anderson pitched a nohitter in that game. The Eatonia baseball

team had an excellent season in 1957 with 45 wins and three losses. That year they were finalists at the Saskatoon Exhibition tournament. Ken Jackson had assembled a strong nucleus of young ball players along with the able pitching of Gene Graves from Visalia, Calif. Golightly was the centre fielder and batted clean-up. Continued on Page 15

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The Humboldt Broncos have named Nathan Oystrick to be their new head coach and general manager in the wake of the April 6 bus tragedy. Oystrick takes over as Broncos coach from Darcy Haugan, the team’s former coach and general manager, one of the 16 people who lost their lives in the collision. “I did not know Darcy

Haugan, but I wish I had,” Oystrick said during the news conference in Humboldt. Oystrick is from Regina and played midget hockey with the Pat Canadians before moving on to junior hockey with the South Surrey Eagles. He then played collegiate hockey with Northern Michigan University and has played professionally with four teams in the AHL and 65 games in the NHL with the Atlanta Thrashers,

Anaheim Ducks and St. Louis Blues. Since then Oystrick has been in the coaching ranks, most recently as an assistant with the Atlanta Gladiators in the ECHL and last year at the high school level with Colorado Academy. At the news conference Oystrick described himself as an open, positive person who tries to keep things upbeat. He lives in Colorado right now but the plan is to move to Humboldt by the end of July.

Switch hitter bats .300 Continued from Page 14 He hit one home run in many of the tournaments, two in four tournaments that year. In 1968, Golightly played with Eatonia, in the SaskAlta League, and was selected for the allstar team that entered and won the Saskatchewan senior playoffs. In the second game of a three-game series of the provincial finals against Prince Albert, Golightly hit two singles and a two-run double off Dave Pagan (who later played MLB), which drove in two runs to win the game, only to lose the rain-shortened final game 3-1.

Golightly played in the Saskatoon Exhibition four times with Eatonia and once with Kindersley. In the Medicine Hat, Alta. Optimist tournament, Golightly played four times with Eatonia and once with each of Leader, Oyen and Sibbald. He played with Eatonia once in the 1959 Lacombe, Alta. tournament. Golightly was a switch hitter with equal power from both sides of the plate with a batting average of well over .300 every year. Golightly assisted with coaching the Eatonia senior team for five years and eight years with the Sibbald

Alsask team, as a playing coach, with the team winning the 1979 East Central Alberta League championship. From 1976 to 1995, he played twilite baseball with the SaskAlta team, the team that won many championships. Golightly served his community for many years, in many ways and has been a member of the Lions Club for 50 years. Golightly farmed from 1956 until he retired in 2017. He married Yvette Dahl in 1974 and they lived in Mantario then Eatonia. Yvette died in 2007, but Golightly continues to live in Eatonia and Yuma, Ariz.

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Here is a look at the scores from the past week in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League. It was a light week of games due mainly to the Canada Day holiday. Scores from last Thursday saw the North Battleford Beavers beat the Wilkie Brewers 4-2. The Beavers scored four runs in the first inning and pounded out 10 hits en route to the victory. Kyle Palmer pitched seven innings and had four strikeouts for the Beavers. Other action that evening saw Macklin Lakers beat the Edam Blue Sox 6-4 at home; the Border City Blue Jays handed the Lloydminster Twins their first loss of the season by a 9-2 score; and the St. Walburg Reds beat the Standard Hill Lakers 8-7. In the late game the Battlefords Trappers got their third win of the

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Century family farm awards presented By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

Congratulations to the farm families receiving 100-year family farm awards June 20 in Saskatoon — Ruben and Martha Rempel and Ron and Mary Saunders of Borden, Dale and Dianne Kieper of Fielding and Bill and Rita Shukin of Cee Pee. Borden Lakeland Library will again have their children’s summer program, for ages five to 12, starting July 11 and continuing every Wednesday until Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are fun activities every week. The cost is $3 a week or $15 for six weeks. Winning the dessert of the month at the library for June was Laura Loeppky of Borden. June 23, the Borden

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Borden Friendship Club members celebrating June birthdays are John Petrun and Sandra Long. Photos by Lorraine Olinyk

Leona received 95 votes. Her opponent, Ron Dubyk, received 45. In appreciation for her support Leona held a meet and greet in the Radisson Goodrich Centre on the evening of June 30. The Radisson Seniors’ Club held a successful pancake breakfast in their centre the morning of June 30. They have been holding these breakfasts the last Saturday of each month and will resume in September. A bridal shower for Jessica Perras was held June 26 in the Borden seniors’ centre. Jessica is marrying Brett Larsen of Borden on

Kim Osmond, Sylvia Larsen, Jessica Perras (bride to be), Jill Olzewski and daughter Tessa at head table at a bridal shower June 26 in Borden.

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Car show raises $700 for cancer centre By Helen Urlacher Correspondent

To wake up one day to hear that someone you love has passed away, is one of the most heart-breaking pain you can ever feel. Then pain is magnified when you are a young child such as Kirstie, 11, and Corey, 14, hearing their mother gently tell them their father, Eddy, had passed away. Eddy Duchscher died in 2002 due to brain cancer. Duchscher was the biggest car fan around, attending many cars shows near and far, with his children

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by his side. In 2017, Kirstie and Corey decided to carry on their father’s legacy and start the Eddy Duchscher Memorial Car Show in Wilkie. The Wilkie Delta Co-op donated the use of a parking lot. The first show had 34 vehicles register. This year’s show, held June 23, saw 47 entries that included all types of vehicles and bikes from many communities in and around Wilkie and area. The downtown core of Wilkie was busy, as part of 2nd Avenue was closed off to display the vehicles. The show wasn’t only about cars, as the Wilkie Elks were serving up burgers and refreshments courtesy of Country Ford and Wilkie Delta Co-op. Country Junction filled the

The Eddy Duchsher Memorial Car Show featured Duchscher’s prized Pontiac Firebird. Photo submitted by Helen Urlacher

air with music, there was face painting, the “balloon man” was there and, most importantly, donations to Saskatoon Cancer Clinic in Eddy’s memory were accepted. The family was able to give $700 in his memory. The crowd also had a hand in picking out the winners in various categories. They were Alison Leslie, Arlan Dresser and Rocky Kuntz. Kirstie and Corey, family and friends are already planning next

year’s show. At the car show was displayed Eddy Duchscher prized blue Pontiac Firebird. To mark the end of the Eddy Duchscher Memorial Car Show, the people who attended with their vehicles were asked to cruise through the Wilkie Cemetery to show off their rides in Duchscher’s memory. The procession, instead of being somber and melancholy, was that of life and colour.

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OBITUARIES Mr. Roland Lavigne passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2018 in Provost, AB at the age of 83 years. Mass of Christian burial will be held June 30 at 2:00 p.m. from St Leon Roman Catholic Church Jackfish Lake, SK with Reverend Father Nestor Gregoire as celebrant. Interment will follow at St Leon Roman Catholic Cemetery. Memorial Donations in memory of Roland may be directed to the Jackfish Cemetery or the Knights of Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium

KARALASH: In Loving Memory of William (Bill) Karalash, born January 20, 1930 at Hafford, Saskatchewan, passed away June 18, 2018 in Hafford, Saskatchewan. Left to cherish William’s memory: his loving wife of 59 years, Mary; children and their families: Patricia Karalash (Raymond Rees), Billy Karalash - family: Billy, Jessica (Cody) Green - Hudson & Jackson, Alyson Karalash (Jeremy Doerkson) - Nash; Marie (Terry) Kjargaard family: Alexandra, Madison Kjargaard (Derrick Catterall); Daryl; Louise (Darwin) Collins family: Brandon (Rachel) Fedor - Decca and Baya, Karlyn & Teran; Jerry Karalash; sister, Annie Kyluik; sisters-in-law: Ann (Terry) Ryhorchuk, Norma Figursky, Jean Figursky and Darlene Figurski; nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by his parents: Fred and Mary Karalash; in-laws: Michael and Ann Figurski; Don (Kaye) Figurski, Murray Figurski, Raymond Figursky, Michael Figursky, Peter Figurski and Walter Figurski; nephew: Al Kyluik (Carol). Funeral Divine Liturgy was held on Friday, June 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. from All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Church, North Battleford, Saskatchewan with Officiant Priest Very Rev. Fr. Ivan Derkach. Cross Bearer was Nestor Kyluik. Cantor was Stella Nahachewsky. Epistle Reading: Patricia Karalash. Shared Memories were given by Nestor Kyluik & Bruce Thompson. Pallbearers were Billy Karalash, Jessica Green, Alyson Karalash, Karlyn Collins, Teran Collins, Alexandra Kjargaard, Madison Kjargaard and Daryl Kjargaard. Memorial Donations are requested to Hafford Special Care Centre, Recreation Department, Box 130, Hafford, SK S0J 1A0 or to the Canadian Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 26331 STN BRM B, Toronto, ON M7Y 4R1. Private Interment was at St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Richard Saskatchewan. Vichnaya Pamiat – Memory Eternal Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. Card of Thanks We would like to thank our family and friends for all your prayers and support. Thank you to Father Ivan, for the service and a special, heartfelt thanks for the lovely voices of Stella Nahachewsky, Natalia Reed, and Janine Johnston, our cantor friends from Saskatoon. To Battlefords Funeral Service, we sincerely appreciate the respect, compassion, and care you have provided. A special thanks to Bob MacKay for his truly genuine support and guidance. To the staff of Hafford Special Care Home – Thanks for all the wonderful, wonderful compassionate care and understanding. Thanks for adding Bill and all of us to your family. Thanks to Nestor Kyluik for being at his Uncle Bill’s side at the service. Thanks to all Bill’s grandchildren for acting as pallbearers. Gido is watching over you and his pride in his grandchildren and great-grandchildren is shining down on you. Thanks Ann and Terry Ryhorchuk for making Dad’s final resting place feel like a piece of heaven. Also, a big thanks to Sandra and Ed Rayner, Ann, Terry, and Elisha Ryhorchuk and all who helped with the wonderful luncheon. Finally, thanks to friends and family for the heartfelt gifts of flowers and memorial donations. ___________________________________________________ TO BOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 306-445-7261

DENEIKO: In Loving Memory of Brian Deneiko, born April 27, 1959 at North Battleford, SK., passed away June 22, 2018 in North Battleford, SK. Survived by two sons: David Deneiko and Aaron Deneiko & his family, both of Edmonton, AB; one brother, Curtis (Bev) Deneiko of Glasyln, SK and their family: Brett (fiancé, Dana) - their children Addyson and Marcus; Lyndsay (Lee) Penner - their children Daxton and Payton; aunts, uncles and cousins. Predeceased by his parents, Daniel and Audrey Deneiko; his grandparents, aunts and uncles. Funeral Service was held on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ - Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK., with Officiant Mrs. Joyce Salie. CD Selection was ‘In The Garden’. Shared Memories were given by Chris Kamins – Cousin. Honourary Pallbearers were All who shared Brian’s life. Pallbearers were Terry Deneiko, Randy Deneiko, Brett Deneiko, Gerald L’ Heureux, Darryl Combres, Charlie Russell & Clayton Delainey. Memorial Donations are requested to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Lung Association. Interment was at Garden Of Christus – Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. __________________________________________________ On a beautiful June day, our Dad joined Mom just as they both would have wanted. David Irwin McDonald was born in Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan on January 6, 1926 and passed away at home at Harwood Manor, North Battleford on June 18, 2018. Funeral Services was held on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Sallows and McDonald Funeral Chapel with Rev Gayle Wensley officiating. Interment took place at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Organist was Junice Headley with Soloist Rebecca Rutley and Piper Jim Ramsay. Honorary Pallbearers are: Barbara, Ralph, David, Doug and Heather Hall Maureen Bain Diane Gabruch Marg Piper Judy Waddell And “Our Team” from House One-Harwood Manor Active Pallbearers: Maggi Wilkinson, Molly Pederson, Steven Pederson, Rachel McDonald, Sarah McDonald, Ryan McDonald David is survived by his family that he loved so much. His son Ross of Vernon, BC, daughter, Margaret (Peter Wiesner) of North Battleford, SK; Grandaughters, Maggi Wilkinson and Molly (Steven Pederson) all of North Battleford, SK; Rachel McDonald of Vernon, B.C; Sarah McDonald of Saskatoon SK; the best great-grandaughters in the whole world, Vida and Nora Pederson, Sister, Elsie May Bongard of Woodville, ON; Sisters in law, Merle and Rose McDonald of North Battleford, SK Brother in law, Richard Vincett of Forestburg, AB. He was predeceased by Margaret to whom he was married for 65 years and his brothers Robert and Bruce, who he missed every day… Memorial Donations can be made to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club 1301-104th Street, North Battleford SK S9A 1N9. David joined the army when he was under age and served overseas in World War Two with the Regina Rifles, an organization he was always very proud of. Dad loved North Battleford and did what he could over the years to contribute to his community. He was active in the Rotary Club of the Battlefords having served a term as President and was a recipient of Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow. He was involved with The United Way for many years and was a key member of the Public Library Board when the new library was built. He is a former councilor and mayor of the Resort Village of Cochin and loved the family cottage at the lake. Dad created many lovely paintings and after retiring, took up wood carving. He owned Sallows and McDonald Funeral Home with his brothers, retiring in 1987 after over 30 years in funeral service. He was our leader, our anchor and the head of our family. Although it was his time, we are so sorry to let him go.

Wright, Bryan David April 21, 1946-June 26, 2018 Our dear husband, brother, uncle, father and grandfather ”Wrighty” passed away on Tuesday June 26th at Battlefords Union Hospital after a brief struggle with esophageal cancer. He is now reunited with his beloved companions Danka, Chessa and Chase. Bryan was born and raised in Saskatoon attending King George School and The Collegiate. After working at CN for over 30 years, he retired in Cochin, SK. in 1996. Bryan worked at the transfer site for the RM of Meota for 11 years where he met more people who all came to love him. He was always known as the guy with the biggest heart, willing to help with anything, his only compensation a drink of Lambs Navy Rum and a game of Crib. He is lovingly remembered by his wife Shirley, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, brothers Bob (Lynn), George (Brenda); a sister Lynn; son Chad as well as numerous nieces, nephews and countless friends. He was predeceased by his parents Irvy (1986) and Irene (2012). A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday July 5th, 2018 at 3:30 PM at Cochin Community Hall, Cochin, SK. A private Interment will be held at a later date in Saskatoon. Memorial Donations may be made to the Saskatoon SPCA (5028 Clarence Ave, Grasswood, SK. S7T 1A7). Those attending the Memorial Service are encouraged to wear Rider or Detroit Red Wing apparel to acknowledge Bryan’s love of these teams. Sallows & McDonald-Wilson & Zehner Funeral Home, North Battleford, SK, Wally Markewich in care of arrangements. 306-445-2418

CARLSON: Irene May Carlson passed away at the Lady Minto Health Care Centre, Edam, Saskatchewan on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the age of 94 years. Irene is survived by: her daughter, Wanda (Mark) Weber and their children, Mark Jr. (Ashley) Weber and Amanda (Chayse) McConnell; her sister, Yvonne Macpherson; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Irene was predeceased by: her parents, John and Marie Miller; her husband, Rudy Carlson; her son, Richard Carlson; her companion, Herman Hoogland; her sisters, Anna and Irwin Robert, Rolland and Ole Paulson and Fernande and Wyn Emel; her brothers, Eugene and Ella Miller and Bob and Evelyn Miller; and her brother-in-law, Gary Macpherson. The Memorial service was conducted from Edam Recreation Centre, Edam, Saskatchewan on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM with Dave Walker officiating. Shared memories were given by Barry Verhoeven. “One Day At A Time” was performed by Lorna Walker and Joyce Wall. The processional was “In the Arms of An Angel” by Sarah McLachlan and recessional was “I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan. The hymns were “Church In The Wildwood” and “Farther Along.” The honorary pallbearers were Irene’s Curling Team and all friends and family who shared in Irene’s life. The urn bearers were Mark Jr. Weber and Amanda McConnell. The interment was held at the Edam Municipal Cemetery. Donations in memory of Irene may be made to the Lady Minto Health Care Centre. McCaw Funeral Service Ltd., of Lloydminster, Alberta administered the funeral arrangements. Card of Thanks A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to visit Irene, brought gifts, goodies and supplied her with taxi service around town. To the staff at Lady Minto Health Card Centre and Dr. Tshatshela for the above and beyond care she received over the last three years. A special thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating her life, as well as the individuals who helped to prepare and participate in the service. A lovely lunch was provided by the seniors in Edam. The flowers, cards, phone calls, text messages, visits, food and donations made in her memory were greatly appreciated. Thank you to McCaw Funeral Service Ltd. for looking after the arrangements. __________________________________________________

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE ESTATE OF ANNE BLACKETT, late of North Battleford, in the Province of 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 31st day of July, 2018. MATRIX LAW GROUP 1421 – 101ST ST NORTH BATTLEFORD SK S9A 1A1 Lawyers for the Executor

124 Registered Sales in 2017!

COMPEER (AB): 7237 ac. - 6.541 ac. deeded + 696 ac. leased, 2,010 cult ac, 1,929 ac. tame grass/ hay, 2,590 ac. nat. grass, includes oil lease revenue. Property in both AB & SK, livestock & equipment list available.

SPACE FOR LEASE

SHOP/OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 792 - 110th, North Battleford Total area 30x52, shop 30x36, 16 ft. walls, 1walk-in door, 12x14 overhead door. Front office 30x15, 3 windows, walk-in door. Mezzanine above office 30x15.

Lease $1,200 + GST/mo.

CONSORT (AB): 9,722 ac. - 7,969 ac. deeded + 1,752 leased ac., steel grain storage, fertilizer storage, 3 yard sites w/homes on each. Includes Surface Lease Revenue & Farm Machinery! Call for details!

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Open House Senior Citizen Apartments Of Income Geared to Rent

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Tower 1 - 1101 - 99th Street Suite 502 & 505 Come see what we have to offer! Affordable living, daily companionship, no yard work! Come see us to apply! 1191 - 99th Street

• 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

A-1 SERVICE; WILL SHINGLE, BUILD FENCES & DECKS, INSTALL FASCIA & SOFFITS, EXTERIOR PAINTING, CLEAN EAVESTROUGHS ETC OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE CALL 306-445-8439 or 306-4413690

FOR ALL OF YOUR BUYING OR SELLING NEEDS Contact Dale Murdoch (306) 774-6100

1&2 Bedroom Suites

SERVICES FOR HIRE

SASK FARMS & RANCHES

HOUSES FOR RENT

Available for rent 2 bedroom home. Monthly rent or Sign one year contract get one month free. Ref required. Call 306-441-6728 or 306-937-7252. No Text please.

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FEED & SEED NORTH EAST PRAIRIE GRAIN INC. BUYING: Feed Barley, Soybeans, Heated Canola, Wheat, Feed Oats. OFFERING: Top Prices, On Farm Pickup & Prompt Payment! CALL: 1-306-873-3551, WEBSITE: neprairiegrain.com

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 Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

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NOTICES / NOMINATIONS (Section 81 of the Act)

NOTICE OF POLL

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that:

1. A poll has been granted for the election of: Mayor for the Resort Village of Aquadeo 2. Advance Poll Voting will take place on Saturday the 14th day of July, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 3. Regular Poll Voting will take place on Saturday the 28th day of July, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. RESORT VILLAGE OFFICE, 1011 Highway 4 Access 4. I will declare the result of election at RESORT VILLAGE OFFICE on Saturday the 28th day of July, 2018 at the hour of 10:00 p.m. Dated at the Resort Village of Aquadeo this 5th day of July, 2018. Brian Adamiak Returning Office TO BOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 306-445-7261

RESORT VILLAGE OF KIVIMAA-MOONLIGHT BAY

APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT

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BOATS

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Public Notice of Discretionary Use Subdivisions Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay intends to adopt 1 bylaw under the Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw 03-14, known as the Zoning Bylaw. INTENT: The proposed amendment is to consider the rezoning of a subdivision within the Municipality. AFFECTED LAND: The affects lands are lands lying within the proposed subdivision within the attached map that lay within the jurisdiction of the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay. REASON: The reason for the amendment is to provide the following: 1.

Amend the Zoning District Map and rezone proposed Lots 22-31, MU1, MR7 Block 9 and Lots 17-19, Block 14 from the UH – Urban Holdings District to the R1 – Residential 1 District.

Amend the Zoning District Map and rezone proposed Lots 32-36, Block 9 from the UH – Urban Holdings District to the C – Commercial District.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw and map at the Resort Village Office between the hours of 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Wednesdays, excluding ay statutory Holidays. Copies will be available to the public at a cost of $30 or by emailing rvkmb@littleloon.ca and asking for a copy. Maps are available on the Resort Village website at www.rvkmb.com. PUBLIC HEARING: The public hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in the Resort Village Office in Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay, SK, S0M 1J0. Issued by the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay this 21 day of June 2018. Jackie Helgeton, Administrator

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AUCTIONS

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. is recruiting for the following position

Health Promotions Specialist Deadline: July 6, 2018

Please view the full job advertisement in their entirety in the careers section on our community website.

www.brt6hc.ca COMING EVENTS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Living Sky School Division No. 202

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at At 10:00 A.M.

Wendell & Sharon Goossen

Sale Location: From Lashburn, 24 Kms South on Hwy 675, West 8 Kms, 1.5 Kms North.

JD Tractors, Trucks, Quad, 1680 Case Combine, Shop Tools, Etc. List is subject to additions and deletions. This listing is only a guide and in no way a guarantee of size, description or year.

STEWART AUCTIONS Vermilion, AB

Ph: 780-853-4725 or 1-800-269-8580

Growth Without Limits, Learning For All

Now accepting applications for the following positions: Bus Driver • Cando Community School Apply ASAP, closing when successful candidate is found Counsellor Closing noon, Tuesday, July 10, 2018

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Details and link to online applications can be found on our website at www.lskysd.ca. All applications must be submitted online.

Please call our 24 hour helpline at 306-446-6166 for support or information.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Al-anon Family Groups

If someone’s drinking troubles, attending Al-Anon Family Group provides understanding and support. Meetings Monday at 7:00 p.m. and Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, corner of 15th Ave. & 108th Street. Contacts 306-937-7765, 306-937-7289 or 306-441-9324.

www.stewartauctions.com

2nd Monday of the Month

Upcoming Sales This Summer Saturday, July 7th Medstead Hall, Medstead, SK

Ray & Carol Desmarais & Lorraine Schultz & Norm Selby

Household, Shop, Yard & Recreational, Quad Auction Sale

Saturday, July 14th South of Battleford

Connie Leask-Grant

Huge Antique Collectable Sale - amazing selection

Saturday, July 21st Shell Lake area

Jaster Bros Ed & Lloyd

Large Farm Auction – Tractors, Farm Implements, Grain Truck, Livestock Equipment, Shop

Reporter Correspondents required for all rural areas

• • • • • • • •

All District First Nations Cando Cochin Cut Knife Glaslyn Hafford Lashburn Livelong

• Mervin • North of the Gully • • • • •

(Maidstone)

Maidstone Paradise Hill Medstead St. Walburg Turtleford

NOTE: These are freelance opportunities, not salaried positions. Ideally, reporter correspondents should reside within the communities listed above.

Saturday, July 28th

For more information contact:

Neil & Judy Kjaraard

email: newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net or toll free 1-866-549-9979

Richard, SK

Farm Equipment, Tractor, Horse Trailer, Grain Bins, Kubota Zero Turn Mower, Shop, Tools

Becky Doig (Editor)

Glaslyn, SK

Collectables, Household, Shop, Yard Sale

Saturday, August 25th Leoville, SK

Estate of Lee Hoffman

Farm Auction - Livestock Handling Equipment, Tractors, Farm Implements, Trucks Check out our Website and Facebook for more details and pictures. Terms of payment – No Interact Debit, only cash or cheque with ID. BOECHLER-SCHIRA AUCTIONEERING DOES NOT CHARGE A BUYERS FEE.

BOECHLER-SCHIRA AUCTIONEERING Fred 306-883-2797 or 306-883-7368 Kelly Schneider 306-342-4647 or 306-386-7110 Box 552

Spiritwood, SK

Prov. Lic. #332982

www.boechlerschiraauctions.ca

TO BOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 306-445-7261

Thursdays

North Battleford Table Tennis Club at the Living Faith Chapel gym, 1371- 103rd Street at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays only until beginning of September. Accompanied youth (13+) and adults. All skills levels are welcome and the facilities are accessible. Drop-ins welcome.

July and August

July 1st Frenchman Butte Heritage Center and Museum Summer Hours - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. Exhibit tours of our 8 display buildings with an experienced guide; lunch, snacks, and refreshments in our renown Log Cabin Teahouse; Minigolf, and playground! Only 45 minutes drive N.E. Lloydminster, right in Frenchman Butte. Full service R.V. campground on-site (reservations, 306-344-4478). check us out online at www.frenchmanbuttemuseum.ca

Wednesday, July 11

2018 Field Day - theme Cereal Crops at 8:30 a.m. Topics for the day include long-term wheat rotations, control of Japanese Brome in barley, agronomics of ultra-early seeded wheat & profitability of heat production, among others. Registration is free and lunch is provided. CEU credits are available.We hope to see everyone there!

Saturday, July 14

Family Justice Services Offers A Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program. These public information sessions are intended to help people who are considering or may be in the Separation/ Divorce process. Sessions will be offered in North Battleford from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration is mandatory. There is no fee for these sessions. To register call 1-877-964-5501. Location will be advised when you register.

Friday, July 17

Saturday, August 18th Ron & Wendy Watson

Cancer Survivor Support Group - A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends meet at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. The strength of one is the strength of all. All are welcome. For further information call Myrna 306-445-2328 or Ken 306-481-4137.

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Living Faith Chapel - North Battleford Apostolic Church of Pentecost Special Meeting with Rev. Tunde Bolonta at Living Faith Chapel, 1371 - 103rd Street at 7:00 p.m. For more info phone 306445-3009 or email livingfaith@sasktel.net. 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 5:00 p.m. Thursday prior for Tuesday's & Thursday’s publication.

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Newly paved roads provide a smooth ride

eota News

tam Aces, girls under 16 years, are the champions of the Girls’ Prairie League Softball. The team played in Sherwood Park, Alta. June 18 against Calgary and won 9-8 in a full seven innings. Carli Cooling, daughter of Cherylyn and Jade Cooling of Leoville and Olivia Parker, daughter of Tracy and Wyman Parker of Spiritwood, are team members. Carly plays various positions and Olivia was put in to pitch at the bottom of the seventh inning. There were no outs, and the score was 9-8 for Prince Albert. There was a tying runner on third base and the game-winning runner on second base. Olivia struck out three batters in a row to win the game. Compliments go out to the team and their coaches for a good tournament Canasta was played June 29 at the Do Drop In with top score going to Linda Ard and Marion Ottas, second to Jack Stewart and Dave Ottas and third to Lorna Pearson and Gwen Lacerte. My daughter Joyce Rowland has been doing some travelling since she came home to Wetaskiwin,

Open House Reford SAGD Project Section 6 Township 38 Range 19 W3M Wednesday, July 18, 2018 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Supper from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saskcan Community Centre 301-5th Street West Wilkie, Saskatchewan Broadview Energy Ltd. is planning to construct and operate a new SAGD central processing facility and well pads located in the RM of Redford. Raw water for the new facility will be pipelined from a water source located in section 12 township 38 range 18 W3M. Sales oil will be trucked to Unity, Saskatchewan. Broadview will have representatives knowledgeable about all aspects of the Reford SAGD Project available at the open house to answer any questions. Questions or inquiries? Phone toll free @

1-833-773-5597

Volunteers making cookies for the Meota Canada Day party at the park are Jess Skuce, Vivian Skuse, Vi Cardinal, Sam Kachur and Denise Skuce. Photo by Lorna Pearson

returning to the kitchen where hot dogs, watermelon, drinks and cookies were served. A drive around the village showed many Canadian flags and balloons decorating properties, as well as red and white flowers. The crowd of people gathered at the lakefront to watch the fireworks proved how popular that event always is. The following is a trip report by Arlene Walker. June18, Gwen Lacerte and Arlene Walker began an 11-day bus tour to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) with West World Tours. It was a long drive, but we had a break every two hours or so and lots of

good stories were shared by our tour guide, Sandi, as we travelled. At Prince George, B.C. we were met by Devin Esquirol (Arlene’s grandson), Rachelle and brand new son Dylan. They gave us a good tour of the area. Near New Hazelton we enjoyed the Ksan Historical Museum with a local guide. Before reaching Prince Rupert we had another excellent tour of North Pacific Cannery, the most complete fish cannery that remains. The ferry from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii crosses the Hectate Strait to Skidegate and takes about five hours sailing. We lodged in Queen

Charlotte Village for four nights. We visited the Haida Gwaii Centre. It features a display of totem poles with stories of each one. There was also stops at Balance Rock, Agate Beach and the Blow Hole. Our tour guide there was part Haida, so we got lots of information and funny stories. The walk through the temperate rain forest was amazing, a highlight for us. We attended a Haida feast with all kinds of food from the sea accompanied by colourful entertainment. We were fortunate to see a huge totem pole being raised in the hospital parking lot, with a parade and crowds of people.

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What’s in your sunscreen?

s summer is here we must start looking for a good sunscreen, keeping your skin healthy and moisturized. If you are out in the sun for a long time it is important to wear sunscreen and apply it every two hours. If you go swimming you should re-apply. Sun screen protects the skin from harmful rays of the sun that can cause many problems with skin. Although sunscreen is made to protect the skin, some brands contain harmful ingredients that can actually be bad for your skin. Some sunscreens can actually have negative effects. Some of these negative effects are drying of the skin, allergic dermatitis, irritant dermatitis, acne, cancer and skin aging. Watch for the ingredients like: alcohol and isopropyl: these can dry skin as well as promote brown spots. Allergic Dermatitis: have parabins that may cause breast cancer tumors, mimic estrogens, parabins are eaters of para-hydroxy benzoic acid. Common ones are methypar-bins, ethylparabins, propylparabin, butylparabin, alcohol, ethanol, the list goes on. The skin allergies include contact dermatitis and rosacea. Acne: if one is acne prone ingredients may clog pores like liquidum, paraffin oil and petroleum. Aged Skin: the sun can age your skin but some ingredients in your sunscreen

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Tanis Roberts

The picture I would like to paint this week is that of our newly paved streets. They do look so very nice and to drive on them is like you’re floating. All three roads entering the village have been upgraded. The last to be done this past week was Birch Street on the eastern edge of the village. We send our appreciation to the village council and RM of Meota. Contract bridge is back in play at the Do Drop In on Monday evenings. Top score this time was by Eric Callbeck. Second was by Brenda Nicholson. Duplicate bridge June 26 in Meota saw top mark go to Margaret Dyck and Maureen Campbell, followed by Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck and then Joeann and Rudy Wiens. June 28 in the city saw top score won by Donna Scherman and Catriona Winterholt. Second were Linda Ard and Robert Iverson and third place went to Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen. Back in Meota from Korea is Gloria’s mother Jungja Jun for her summer visit, spending time with her granddaughter Haena Kim. This is a good time when summer gets busier at the store and they love to have Gramma here. The Prince Albert Ban-

Marla Degenstien

Correspondent

Alta. from New Zealand in April. She visited Niagara Falls, Ont. and took in some events at the Indy 500 races in Indianapolis, Ind. Then she went to Iceland, went on a week’s Baltic Cruise to Helsinki in Finland, then Berlin in Germany and now is in London, Eng. with relatives. From there she will travel by train, mostly through other areas and on into Scotland, before returning to London. Joyce travelled with my sister Helen Sullivan and I on a similar route in 1985, so she has met quite a few of our folks before, but the closer relatives are mostly gone. The welcome rain that fell Saturday night and Sunday morning was about 1.5 inches. It meant the time for the parade had to be delayed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and even then a big black cloud threatened, but passed by. Under the capable direction of Terry and Joanne Kachur, decorations were handed out and face painting took place in readiness for the parade. O Canada was sung before the parade started from the campground kitchen site. The change in plan may have accounted for a few less children, but the ones who took part were happy and enjoyed their ride or walk and the reward on

Debby Dolney

By Lorna Pearson

Nutritional Advisor

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When life rips apart, number your days I said to Ed that the way to people’s hearts is through their stomachs at their favourite restaurants. For once Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan agreed with me. My old neighbour called yesterday, a Sunday when everything was full of smoke here in downtown Chilliwack. It reminded me of when the King George Hotel burned in Melville several years ago. We woke up to the news that the Banner restaurant in downtown Chilliwack was on fire. It was a fixture of our downtown where folks have been eating and having coffee for years.

Streets were blocked off as flames engulfed the building. It was to be a day of fire engines, police and ambulance sirens. It was a day everything was ripping apart at the seams. Every year on this weekend there is a vast, vintage car display in downtown Chilliwack. With several main streets blocked off for the fire and the car show, traffic flow was turned upside down and inside out. It seemed the entire 90,000 people here were trying to get around the downtown with little success. The city seemed to be bent out of shape. The SWAT team was called

out with its scary police presence, and the people affected were holding their, breathes. Sadly, two people drowned on the Vedder River, in spite, of efforts to save one victim who was rushed to the hospital. Even the weather was contrary. Thunderstorms are somewhat rare in the Fraser Valley, but the

thunder rolled, and the lightning flashed at dark as if we had no right to sleep in peace. Ed, said to me yesterday, “Some days fires, storms, accidents and death demand our attention. It is like going golfing and getting hit on the head with a golf ball that rattles your brain, makes your eyes water and

staggers you into another dimension. You begin to think maybe death is out to get you.” I asked Ed if someone’s golf ball had hit him. He said, “Once and that was plenty for a lifetime.” It isn’t much fun to consider that death might be out to get us. I read a true story of a man named Tom who was a pilot. As a young man, when Tom was flying at 30,000 feet, his plane exploded, and all were killed except him. As Tom plummeted to the earth, his parachute refused to open, and when it finally did so, it was in shreds hardly breaking the speed of

his fall. It seemed Tom was falling to his death and he prayed to God for help. A woman was in her driveway and saw the horrifying scene unfold in the sky. Knowing the person in the parachute was in desperate trouble the woman prayed for his safe descent. The ropes of his parachute caught in two trees breaking Tom’s fall and landing him gently to the ground near the woman. Some might call it a coincidence, but I believe God intervened to rescue Tom. There is a time for everything even our death. Christians know the safety ropes of faith in Jesus who lands us gently in heaven.

Worship Together 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.

(RC) St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4 306-446-1695

PASTOR: Fr. Anthony Afangide, M.S.P.

DAILY: Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. - 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted WEEKEND: Saturdays - 7:30 p.m. Sundays - 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Battlefords Grace Community Church

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK

306-445-5901

Pastor: Bill Hall

191 - 24th Street W., Battleford, Sk. 306-937-7575

SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.

WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday

Everyone Welcome

Hope Mennonite Fellowship

Pastor Patrick Carty

1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

Sunday School - 10:00 am Sunday Worship - 11:00 am

SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Spanish Ministry)

1231 - 104th Street North Battleford Phone 306-445-7777 www.emmanuelfellowship.ca

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Various weekly programs “A Community of believers seeking more of God’s presence”

All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish 902 - 108th Street, North Battleford

DIVINE LITURGY Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.

1372 102 St 306-445-3009

Contact: Fr. Ivan Derkach 306-937-3767 or 306-317-8138

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S 11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK

Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Roque S. Concepcion Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Battleford United Church 52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171 Rev. Frances Patterson

Everyone Welcome

www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

ANGLICAN PARISH

Living Water Ministry

Sr. Pastor Brian Arcand Pastor Anand George Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

St. George’s Anglican Church - 10:00 a.m. 191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m. 1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK

St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church DELMAS - Fr. Roque S. Concepcion SUNDAY MASS - 9:00 a.m.

Box 10, Delmas, SK

S0M 0P0

Phone 306-937-7340

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

Pastor James Kwon

Corner 16th Ave. & 93rd Street, North Battleford

Phone 306-445-9096

Saturday Services Bible Study - 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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Celebrating Canada’s birthday in style By Corrina Murdoch Correspondent

In a week to remember, Medstead Central School let out for the summer with a slew of excited students and nine new graduates ready to face what lies ahead. Hot lunch Wednesdays are finished for the season and the reading program has commenced at the Medstead Library. Saturday saw celebrations for Canada Day kick off with a high-energy parade. The event started at Cavalier Agrow and had a number of floats including those for 4-H, the Glenbush Church, Boyd’s Garage, Medstead School and ReMax. Miniature horses trotted through the village as the parade marched in pace with the police and fire department. In the central area of the village more than 100 people congregated to wave and gather their respective hauls of candy. The parade wound down only a few minutes behind schedule and led into the festivities of the remainder of the day. The demolition derby, with

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eight contestants, and the softball games were held on the eve of the nation’s birthday. The 50/50 held to raise funds for the community playground was conducted at the choke point near the arena and the baseball area nearby. The committee to raise funds for the community playground is being headed by Nicole Seidle, the same parent who runs the weekly tots and parents program. The goal is to raise $2,600 for new equipment. A follow-up barbecue is being held at the local store Wednesday, July 11 with all of the proceeds being directed towards the cause. Canada Day was certainly a positive day to

raise awareness for this cause, as hundreds of folks from the community and those surrounding gathered for the events. The eight demolition derby participants smashed their way through two energetic heats of four leading up to the finals. Although some minor weather rolled in, the softball entertainment as well as the demolition fun carried on and made for a great day of enthusiasm and celebration. Thanks to the dedication of numerous volunteers and many hours of organization and preparations, Medstead sees great success in its endeavours. Medstead and District Recreation Association, volunteers, the village administration, maintenance and organization and the support of the attendees made this another event that left the attendees wishing for more and excited for what is yet to come.

A Birthday Celebration

BATC funds activities Staff Holy Family School acknowledges the support of BATC, who funded various activities at the school throughout the past school year. In February, Lamarr shared many Aboriginal games with the students, and they enjoyed the activity. June 20, Elder Reginald Bugler and his wife Marlene were guests at Holy Family School. The Buglars introduced the concept of Indigenous Peoples Day, which is celebrated on June 21, and spoke to the students on the topic “Walk in a Good Way.” Mrs. Bugler also spoke to small groups regarding the seven sacred teachings. In the afternoon Elder Buglar had the Division II students participate in a hand game tournament Holy Family School also accessed part of the BATC grant to invite Donny Parenteau to speak to the school, and two other schools, about anti-bullying. His presentation was inspirational and he closed by entertaining the students with his fiddle and guitar music. Classes also attended the Aboriginal programming at the Allan Sapp Gallery, and the school purchased various Aboriginal resources with the grant money.

Ken Tucker’s 92nd birthday was celebrated June 26 in his granddaughter, Becky Tucker’s backyard in North Battleford. There were 25 family and friends in attendance. Ken is shown with two of his great-grandchildren, Eve and Trenton. Photo submitted by Lorna Pearson

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