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Southeast search and rescue chapter is approved

By Ana Bykhovskaia Estevan Mercury Southeast Saskatchewan will soon have its own group of trained volunteers being able to join first responders for search and rescue operations.

Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers (SARSAV) approved the establishment of the Southeast Saskatchewan Search and Rescue (SESKSAR) chapter during its annual general meeting, which took place on March 8. Representatives of the southeast presented their letter of intent and the results of January meetings, which took place in Estevan, Carnduff, Carlyle and Weyburn and attracted a great number of people willing to become volunteers with SARSAV. There were no second thoughts about the Southeast Saskatchewan Search and Rescue chapter.

“They voted us in unanimously,” said Katia Bigney, Estevan Police Service special constable, who was the initiator of the establishment of local search and rescue volunteer group.

Started in 2019, SESKSAR became the 19th chapter of SARSAV. Now, Bigney will pro-

ceed with registering the SESKSAR as a non-profit organization, getting a bank account and a post office box. And shortly after that, the first chapter meetings will be scheduled.

“Our first chapter meetings be most likely at Estevan, Carlyle, Carnduff and Weyburn, similar to first meetings,” said Bigney.

Meetings will place at the end of March or beginning of April. Those who signed up to become a volunteer, will receive email notifications as soon as all official steps are finished.

All people willing to join the chapter, undergo the needed training and participate in future search and rescue operations will need to bring their criminal record checks that include the vulnerable sector check, along with a $25 membership fee (cash or cheque) and filled application forms to the first chapter meetings.

“It’s extremely important to bring your documents with you, and those individuals who successfully bring their documents will be the ones who will go forward first into the training because we need one before the other,” Bigney noted.

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Annie KIDS opens at Carlyle Elementary School

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Carlyle got a taste of Broadway on Thursday and Friday night as students of our Community school burst forth in song!

While everyone did an incredible job, the voice that belonged to Karsyn Gervais was a pleasure and a surprise to many. Musical/ Costume Directors Miss Greve, Mrs. Kelloway, Mrs. Roy-Brown and Mrs. Kyle spent countless hours with their cast and crew while the set /Prop Design Directors Ms. Eberts, Mrs. Rutten, Miss Henrion and Mrs. Nistor designed a set that had many thinking they had been transported to New York for this fabulous play! While opening night had a few technical difficulties, the cast and crew took it in stride and it was definitely worth the wait! Many parents and community members stepped up and helped out to make this performance happen, and everyone attending hopes that this will be the first of many in the years to come.

Report from the Legislature: provincial budget Submitted by Dan D’Autremont, MLA for Cannington The 2019 Provincial Budget is a balanced budget – and it’s the right balance for Saskatchewan.

It’s the right balance between keeping your taxes low and providing quality services for our children, families, and seniors.

It’s the right balance between important investments in both urban and rural Saskatchewan. And it’s the right balance for building a stronger economy and creating jobs, now and in the future.

This year’s budget delivers record investments in mental health services, highway safety, our children’s classrooms and

supports for persons with disabilities.

And there are no new taxes or tax increases.

This budget fulfills our government’s three-year fiscal plan in which some difficult decisions had to be made. Those choices reduced Saskatchewan’s reliance on volatile resource revenues and set Saskatchewan on a path to

where we are today. With a projected surplus of $34.4 million, this budget increases support in almost every area – in health, social services and assistance, protection of people and property, education, agriculture, community development, environment and natural resources, and transportation.

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Training for the southeast search and rescue chapter to start Continued from Front The training will begin after the first chapter meetings. People attending the meetings will participate in the decision on training dates, to make a 40-hour initial ground search training course work the best for those involved with SESKSAR. So far, it expected to take two weekends. One instructor will work with seven to nine students.

The locations for the initial training will also be determined after the meetings depending on the level of interest. Besides, those present at the meetings will participate in the establishment of different committees needed for the SESKSAR to operate effectively.

“We will be having subcommittees of several different groups of importance. And we want people to volunteer for those.

Everything from training groups to gaining spon-

sorships, to equipment…

There is a lot of different committees that we need people to volunteer for,” said Bigney.

More training will be coming down the road until all volunteers will gain the necessary knowledge and skills. Moreover, in the future different additional courses will be coming up depending on particular interests and needs. Yet, the further plans will become possible only after the first meetings, which require everybody involved attending.

The SARSAV general meeting brought together volunteers from most of Saskatchewan chapters.

The meeting was followed by multi-jurisdictional two-day training.

The networking group of volunteers and professionals conducted a search and rescue exercise (SARex) at White City.

The large-scale ground search involved over 70

Katia Bigney got to drive a Bombardier, brought to White City by the Department of Public Safety for the multi-jurisdictional search and rescue exercise. It’s an allterrain piece of equipment on tracks, that can go over any kind of surfaces with Photo by Jody Herperger water going as high as the windows. participants.

All of the Department of Public Safety’s equipment was brought over from Prince Albert to be utilized during the search. Bigney

noted that some pieces of equipment used there she’s never seen before. “Allterrain vehicles, instant command centre, their fire truck that they had. All that

equipment was used. And they brought in the Canadian search and rescue group that trains canines, they had their dogs there,” Bigney said.

Volunteers from almost every chapter were working along with the RCMP, the Canadian Search Dog Association and fire departments trying to resolve a simulated missing person case. The virtual search subject was a man named John Tracker. His description was provided and groups proceeded with the search, paying attention to details and clues. Everything was arranged as if it was a real situation except for not having a real person missing.

Bigney noted that if everything goes perfect with the SESKSAR, chapter 19 volunteers should be able to participate in a similar exercise in 2020. “We will have a multi-jurisdictional project within our chapter one day,” she said.

All questions about SESKSAR can be directed to sesk.sar@gmail.com or to Southeast Saskatchewan Search and Rescue’s official Facebook group.

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A special constable with the Estevan Police Service, Katia Bigney had the Southeast Saskatchewan Search Photo — David Willberg, Estevan Mercury and Rescue Chapter 19 established.

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“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

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Editorial Budget solid and honest, but less memorable

By Murray Mandryk When one looks back at this Saskatchewan Party government, it seems unlikely that 2019-20 budget will be all that memorable.

That’s usually reserved for budgets that have either a lot of goodies or a lot of pain. This budget really has neither.

Consider this year’s assortment of highway upgrade goodies for rural residents: • There’s twinning of Hwy. 7 at Vanscoy completing Saskatoon to Delisle twinning.

• There’s two sets of passing lanes west of Rosetown on Hwy 7 and passing lane on Hwy. 2 north of Moose Jaw. • More passing lanes will be completed on Hwys. 6 and 39 between Regina and Estevan and on Hwys. 9 and 10 between Canora and Melville will be started.

• We will also see 32 kilometres of repaving of Hwy. 1 west of Tompkins, 24 kilometres of Hwy. 9 repaving north of Usherville, 26 kilometres of Hwy. 10 repaving east of Fort Qu’Appelle and 23 kilometres on Hwy. 15 repaving west of Kenaston.

But this isn’t the massive lists we’ve seen in past years _ partly due to re-prioritizing highways dollars to the new Enhanced Intersection Safety program that will see $13 million spent on what will be a $65 million program in the next five years.

New turning lanes, better lighting, rumble strips and clearer sight lines don’t necessarily provide government with the same-bang-foryour-buck as laying down new asphalt under your tires.

But in the wake of last year’s Humboldt Broncos bus crash, it can be argued what the government is now doing is more important. Moreover, there is less money to go around.

Finance Minister Donna Harpauer’s 2019-20 budget has only allotted $439-million for highways and infrastructure capital works _ considerably less than the $673 million in this year’s 2018-19 budget that’s wrapping up. And the budget suggests we will only see $339 million in capital highways infrastructure spending for each of

the three years to follow.

But we are also seeing a $34.4-million surplus in the 201920 budget and the Sask. Party says to expect surpluses of $49 million, $72 million and $82 million in the years to follow. (However, one should be a little suspicious here, because there’s really no way government can predict surpluses that far in advance.)

Compare that with the $380-million deficit in 2018-19 budget, according to the thirdquarter update also released last week. Compare plans for four surplus budgets in Saskatchewan with the four straight deficits since Saskatchewan’s last surplus budget in 2014-15.

That string of deficits has increased the debt service charge (the interest on the “credit card bill” we own the bond companies for past accumulated deficits) to $694 million _ an annual budgetary cost that hasn’t been this much in Saskatchewan since the aftermath of the Grant Devine government years.

Clearly, big capital spending and operational deficits has been taking its toll in this province. Public debt is $19.9 billion right now and is expected to rise to a record $26 billion in 2023.

Yes, we were hammered by the PST hike to six per cent two years ago and big-time cuts like the shuddering of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company.

But it’s also become clear this something because it clearly can no longer rely on resource revenue windfalls it enjoyed a decade ago.

In fact, resources revenues that once accounted for 20 per cent of all government revenue only accounts for $1.8 billion of the $15-billion 2019-20 budget.

And it wouldn’t even be that much if it weren’t for an additional $117-million increase in potash revenue that can almost exclusively be attributed to long-overdue elimination of the Saskatchewan Resource Credit _ essentially _ change to tax laws.

There’s not a lot of goodies.

There’s not a lot of harm. But it’s a responsible, honest budget and should be remembered as such.

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Opinion: Water is a resource we need to manage better Submitted by Calvin Daniels Recently there was an interesting post on one of the social media outlets many of us visit about the common home lawn, and why we have them? I reposted the item, but the next day it was gone, which may mean the accreditation was incorrect, but the basic gist was something that was worth some thought.

The meme questioned why we work so hard to maintain a nonnative grass lawn that is a monoculture, (the cultivation of a single crop in a given area), and use a significant amount of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in the process? I might also add the question about the amount of water poured onto lawns just in Canada in a year, let alone worldwide?

Certainly the idea of pesticide use is one we need to consider for something non-essential like a lawn, when we are increasingly aware of the importance on bees in pollinating food crops.

Moving forward, it is rather obvious water is going to become a resource we will need to manage better, in particular potable water. It stands to reason lawns will need to be a long way down the allowable usage – some might argue the outright wastage – of our water resource.

So why do we spend so much time and resources to the grass in our front yard, a space we rarely use for more than looking at?

A little Internet search and I found this at www.todayifoundout. com. “Turns out, the grass lawn as a status symbol has its origins in

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European aristocracy. The very first lawns were grassy fields that surrounded English and French castles.

Castle grounds had to be kept clear of trees so that the soldiers protecting them had a clear view of their surroundings. It wouldn’t do for enemies to be able to sneak up on the castle through the forest.

“It is believed that such lawns were deliberately cultivated around English and French castles starting in the 16th century. However, it’s thought that chamomile and thyme were commonly used at this point for these deliberate lawns, instead of grass. Both are great alternatives that require less maintenance than traditional turf grass.”

The same site also noted; “a man named Frederick Law Olmstead, the “father of American landscape design”—who you might know as the man who designed Central Park in New York—was also designing suburbs where each house had its own little lawn. This further popularized the idea that houses should have grass lawns.”

So the lawn had a historic basis, but today is something that is culturally ingrained, but having little more than an aesthetic reason for existing.

It is not unusual for people to follow societal influences from buying diamonds rings at engagement, to celebrating a made up holiday such as Valentine’s Day, but in the case of lawns the use of the water resource and application of chemicals makes it a questionable practice, especially as society questions how farmers grow their crops.

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“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

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Paws & Claws

Five things to know before adopting a turtle

Financial Focus Turtles make interesting and fun family pets. Here are five things you should know before bringing a turtle into your home.

1. The most common type of pet turtle worldwide is the red-eared slider, a semi-aquatic species that’s identified by the red spots around its ears.

2. When properly cared for, turtles can live for decades and are sometimes passed down to nextgeneration family members when they outlive their original owners.

3. All turtles carry salmonella, so it’s important to wash your hands after handling your turtle.

Keep a bottle of hand sanitizer next to their tank to remind you to clean your hands.

4. Adult aquatic turtles need a large aquarium with lots of water to swim in and a dry spot where they can bask in the heat of the sun (or a UVB light that mimics the sun).

5. Red-eared sliders often greet their owners when they walk into a room and beg for treats, just like a dog or cat.

As with adopting any other pet, bringing a turtle into your home isn’t a decision that should be made lightly. However, if you choose to go ahead, you’ll gain a uniquely fascinating companion that will be with you for many years to come.

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My financial future will take care of itself – won’t it?

It may not seem like it, but spring is just around the corner – a time of new beginnings and new growth. And a good time for those annual check-ups we should all look to: a checkup on our vehicles – those pesky but necessary preventive maintenance items; a check-up on ourselves – the yearly physical that is a spring calendar item for many of us; a check-up on our heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems – you wouldn’t want that A/C unit to break

down on the hottest summer day; a check-up on our gardens – what survived the winter and what didn’t and a list of plantings for the warm months to come.

And a very important check-up on the monetary engine that keeps you going every day, that makes it possible for you to achieve your life goals – your finances. If you haven’t done it before, start this spring to take stock of your financial life using this 10-point inspection and personal ratings list. It will definitely pay off in the long run.

Your financial future will not take care of itself – you must take control of it and that is an ongoing process that you began here and now with the completion of this 10-point inspection/personal ratings list. Your next step should be to talk to your professional advisor about creating or updating a comprehensive financial plan that will make it possible to achieve all of your life goals and a comfortable retirement.

This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning) presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant.

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Report from the Legislature: a review of the provincial budget

Dan D’Autremont, MLA for Cannington Continued from Front This budget provides a $700,000 increase for the Autism Individualized Funding benefit, increasing the benefit from $4,000 to $6,000 per year for children under age six.

Specific health care capital investments in this budget include funding the preconstruction design of a new Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert and planning for a new hospital in Weyburn.

Budget 2019-20 invests in the replacement of Northland Pioneers Lodge in Meadow Lake, fulfilling the government’s commitment to replace 13 long-term care facilities for seniors across the province. Additional home care support will also help people stay safely in their homes as long as possible through the Connected Care program.

The 2019-20 Budget also provides $1.1 million—an increase of more than $660,000—to the Alzheimer Society for the First Link program.

An increase of more

than $27 million will support at-risk children and families while community-based organizations and those who deliver services to children and families and provide support for people with intellectual disabilities will receive an additional $5.9 million in 2019-20.

The budget also provides a $6.6 million increase in support for adults with intellectual disabilities, and $1.4 million has been designated to increase monthly payments for foster families who complete training.

This budget increases school division funding while Education Property Tax rates remain unchanged.

To improve safety at highway intersections, our government has introduced an Enhanced Intersection Safety Program that will improve signage, sight lines and lighting and add safety features like rumble strips at intersections throughout the province. The budget also includes more than $60 million for twinning and passing lane projects.

Overall, the budget provides funding to improve about 1,000 kilometres of the highway network in 2019-20.

This year we will continue funding 128 municipal police positions and targeted policing initiatives across the province with an additional $1.1 million designated for drug-impaired driving detection training for police.

While the formula has

changed, communities across the province will continue to receive unconditional funding from the province through Municipal Revenue Sharing.

The total allocated this year is up $10.5 million to $251 million.

T h i s bu d g e t a l s o achieves the right balance by investing a total of $2.7 billion into hospitals, schools, highways, and municipal and Crown infrastructure to help meet the needs of a growing population and economy, while ensuring that debt is managed responsibly.

Saskatchewan grew by over 11,000 people in 2018. A growing province means a growing demand for government services Sa skatchewan people expect and deserve. Our government is committed to a responsible, sustainable plan to deliver and improve those services.

At a time when some jurisdictions have chosen a path of ongoing deficits, this budget sets Saskatchewan on a path to ensure balanced budgets in the years ahead. The 2019-20 Budget is part of our government’s plan to continue to balance into the future, and sustain needed investments in high-quality government services for all Saskatchewan people.

You can learn more at saskatchewan.ca/budget.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact the constituency office at 1-877-DANDMLA (1-877-326-3652) or 306-443-2420.

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National Youth Engagement Week Carlyle Detachment is proud of Mykel Biermann (top) and Tucker Sharp (bottom) who attended the National Youth Engagement Week at Depot March 25th to March 29th.

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IMPACT made at KidsFirst Fair

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IMPACT made at KidsFirst Fair

By Mary Moffat Carlyle Elementary Community School played host to the Carlyle Early Childhood Fair, and everyone was pretty buggy!

The Library was infested with some pretty big bugs and of course children born in 2015. Hosted by Regional KidsFirst South East Cornerstone Public School Division, Cornerstone Family and Youth and the Carlyle Branch of Southeast Regional Library, it was filled with a variety of fun, interactive activity stations geared to boost the children’s development. From count-

ing, shapes, kinetic sand, building blocks, puzzles and books with interactive stuffed caterpillars, there was something for everyone! For those who were a little squeamish about touching a bug, there were tongs and scoops to make the job a little less intimidating. At each station there was something to take home, from books to puzzles and those lovely green bags added up to a gift pack valued at $40!

Madeleine Valentine, community Liaison with SECSD; Megan Risling, Early Learning & Care- Birth to 5, SECSD; Lauren Hume,

Literacy Mentor; and Melanie Pauls, Community School Liaison were all present to ensure that parents and children had a good time as they explored everything the event had to offer. Each activity was geared to encourage reading, develop skills needed for school, encourage conversations to assist understanding of stories and to promote reading. Just 1-20 minutes of reading a day can make a huge difference in a child’s literacy skills and reading at an early age helps to develop healthy habits that can create lifelong learners.

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Carlyle Skating Club hosts “Made in Canada, Eh?” carnival

By Mary Moffat Carlyle Skating Club spent an entire season working towards their annual Carnival and it most definitely showed.

While skaters and coaches anxiously awaited the individual solos and the group numbers, the fans were blown away by their skills and costumes.

With 26 CanSkaters, you could rest assured that there was going to be a cuteness overload, and no one was disappointed.

With songs like Small Town & Big Dreams by

Paul Brandt, Canadian Kid

by Brett Kissel, Patio Lanterns by Kim Mitchell and Canadian Girls by Dean Brody, you couldn’t help but tap you toes and sing along as skaters bunny hopped, bubbled, and skated backwards right into every heart.

There were 14 StarSkaters that performed to That Don’t Impress Me Much and Man I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain and I Wear My Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart, and they dazzled!

Special Guest Skaters

Ashlyn Schmitz and Tristan Taylor each skated a solo, and then to the delight of the audience, performed not one, but two of theirs Pairs Programs.

The skill and dedication to the sport was evident and gave many skaters a goal to look forward to.

Of course, Carnival would not be complete without a performance

by the one and only Brent Stillwell, Facility Manager.

Standing atop his Zamboni, her reminds us that he can’t do an axle or a flip, he has never shot a duck and a flying camel spin does NOT actually involve a camel… and he is a Zamboni Driver and that is SO Canadian!...

Awards were handed out today with Program Assistant going to Anna Doty,

StarSkate award to Kati Van Winkoop, CanSkate Award to Rory Miller, Outstanding Skater to Avery Barnett and the Artistry Award, presented by Grace Smyth going to Tiana Dellaleau and Ciara Corrigan.

Anita Dellaleau was recognized for her volunteerism and Nickie Doty for her years of service to the Club.

Watching the level of skating today, it is apparent to everyone that the coaches are a big reason why Carlyle has two Skaters now part of the Saskatchewan Junior Development team, and few clubs of this size are able to boast they have seven on staff. There are eight program assistants who help out each day during the CanSkate.

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Safety on farms must be a priority As society evolves, some professions come and go. For instance, there aren’t very many elevator operators in the world anymore. Gone are the days of town criers. You won’t see many librarians organizing their microfiche catalogues, nor are VHS repair technicians in high demand.

On the other hand, other professions are evergreen, continuously in demand and vital even in the face of technological advancement. And agriculture, it should go without saying,

continues to be one of the most important industries in Canada. To mark this year’s National Farm Safety Week, held in March, the Canada Safety Council wants to remind Canadians that fatalities and injuries on the farm are wholly preventable through preemptive awareness and preparedness.

According to the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, overall fatality rates continue to be on the decline, at a rate of approximately 1.1 per cent year over year. In 2012, the

most recent year for which data is available, the industry saw 60 fatalities in Canada. This is down from 75 reported fatalities in 2011 and 91 in 2010.

Given the demographic of farmers, it should also come as no surprise that male adults continue to experience the highest fatality rates. Between 2003 and 2012, men over the age of 15 accounted for roughly 83 per cent of all fatalities, with a fairly even split between men aged 15-59 and those aged 60 or older.

This is not to diminish

the importance of familyrun farms, which tend to be fairly common. However, as the statistics show, the bulk of the fatalities are males.

Unsurprisingly, the bulk of these fatalities occur during the summer months, peaking in July and September, with rollovers being the leading cause of fatalities during this peak season. They contributed to 19 per cent of total fatalities between June and November.

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Reading the owner’s manual continues to be a farmer’s best asset. With correct maintenance and operation, machines are inherently designed to keep their users safe. Trust that the manufacturer knows the best use for the machine and stick to it, even if it means taking the long way around rather than driving up a steep hill.

Visual inspection before riding, preventative maintenance and appropriate caution and judgment are all key components in ensuring the safety of anyone using a machine in the line of work. And, of course, it’s crucial to ensure that machines in operation are given a wide berth by both adults and children.

Reaping the benefits of a hard farming season is a satisfying feeling, and the Canada Safety Council urges you to take steps to ensure you and your loved ones are alive to enjoy it.

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New farmer speaks up for agriculture

Submitted by Colleen Hennan Megz Reynolds always wanted to end up on a farm, but she didn’t expect that it would be a grain farm in Saskatchewan.

Growing up in Calgary, she spent time on her grandfather and uncle’s cattle ranch near Pincher Creek.

“I knew the cattle side,” she said, seated at the table at LPG Farms near Kyle, Sask., where she finished up her sixth harvest last fall.

“All I really knew about grain farming was that, at some point, everything was going to break down.”

Megz was working in the film industry in Vancouver when she met her husband Liam at a friend’s boyfriend’s surprise birthday party at White Bear, which is just down the road from where she now farms. In all, she spent 10 years as an on-set dresser and special effects tech in the film industry, and also ran a whitewater rafting company in Golden, B.C., before moving to Saskatchewan.

Her work in the film industry prepared her for the hurry-up-and-wait aspect of farming and for the long hours during harvest and seeding. She was used to working under pressure and thinking on her feet.

“I’m really good at problem solving,” she said.

“Basically, in film, a director comes up to you and says “Ok, we need this.”

You say, ‘For sure, we can do that,” and then you figure out how the hell you’re going to do it.”

Megz admits that coming to the farm challenged some of the assumptions that she had about farming and food, but said it was that learning process that has inspired her advocacy efforts. “I did an about-face once I started learning the science,” she said of GMOs (genetically modified organisms.)

“Why things are used, when they’re used, how they’re used. That was a big reason I got into advocacy, because I had been that person. So, I wanted to have the conversation from the point of view of ‘I get it, I used to be there. I used to think all of those things that you think and have those fears too.’”

As Megz was beginning to understand some of the misconceptions that farmers deal with, she attended the Connect Women in Ag conference in Saskatoon and saw a presentation about public trust and advocacy. It resonated. “In that moment, everything clicked that I needed to be telling our story,” Megz said.

She realized there was a void of farmers telling their

own story and connecting with consumers who have questions about how their food is produced and that others were filling that void with misinformation and fear. She also realized, that, as a new farmer who was learning all about farming and food production herself, she might be in a unique position to best answer those questions and help bridge that knowledge gap.

“I didn’t grow up on the farm. I’m new to agriculture, I’m new to grain farming. It comes naturally to me, to talk about things in a way that I would’ve understood [before I started farming],” she said.

At the time, she was part of a mom’s group on Facebook, and could see the amount of influence that bloggers had on the group’s other members, especially when it came to GMOs. Megz decided that this was where she needed to start telling her story.

“That was why I got into blogging, I really wanted to connect to all the moms out there that were reading those blogs and looking for that information,” she said.

So, she launched dirtsweatntears.com and Twitter soon followed (@ farmermegzz). Although she said it took her a second to get the hang of Twitter, it is now the place that Megz

reaches the most people.

More than 20,000 Twitter users follow her posts, pictures, and videos about her family’s life on their farm.

A video that Megz posted to Twitter during harvest 2017 explaining what a combine is and how it works has been viewed more than 100,000 times.

If Megz’ non-farming background has helped her understand the questions the general public has about today’s farming practises and where their food comes from, it is her time in the film industry that has shaped her ability to tell her story so effectively using visuals. “I used to sit on set and watch camera angles and set ups,” she explained, crediting that experience with helping her to develop an eye for a good picture and giving her the confidence to make and post her own videos online. Such is her knack for creating visual content that is both compelling and easily understood, a Saskatchewan school board has asked to use Megz’ videos in their curriculum.

The more Megz has used her voice to tell her story, the more people are listening. She has been invited to attend agricultural events in Canada, the U.S. and abroad. She has written op-eds for CBC and Huffington Post about the

carbon tax and the lack of childcare available in rural Canada. This fall, she spoke in front of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food about mental health and when she posted an open invitation to politicians to visit her farm and learn about agriculture, opposition leaders, premiers and agriculture ministers all RSVP’d. “For me, it feels like the last year of my life, I have done at least 10 years of personal growth in one year,” she marvels.

In addition to farming full time and raising two daughters under the age of five, Megz is also a first responder, the APAS representative for her RM, #228 Lacadena, and she participated in the 2018 APAS Youth Leadership and Mentorship program.

Megz hopes that her daughters are watching and taking note. “I hope they realize that they can do anything that they want,” she said. “No one can tell them that they can’t make a difference. I come across that all the time. ‘Why are you bothering to speak out?

Why are you using social media? You’re not going to make any change.’ But I was able to. I want them to know that.”

Megz encourages any producer that is concerned about the issue of public

trust to speak up and help counter the spread of misinformation and fear with honesty and transparency about the food they produce and the tools they use.

“If there is something on your farm that you don’t care whether you lose the right to use it tomorrow, then maybe you don’t need to share your story. But if there is anything that you use in your day to day, whether that is ranching or growing a crop, that you don’t potentially want to have taken away from you then you need to start sharing your story,” she said.

“You have a voice. You can use it and you can influence and create change with that voice even if you feel like you’re just one person.”

Farmers are finding it is increasingly important to correct misinformation and lack of understanding about the farming practices they use and the food they produce. A 2017 survey from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity indicates that Canadians want transparency from producers about the impact of food production on the environment and the treatment of animals raised for food. The survey also showed that consumers want to hear from farmers about food safety and labour and human rights in food production.

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Grain elevators have a long history on the prairies

By Dan Archer Grain elevators were once a common spectacle in Western Canada.

In 1933, there were 5,758 grain elevators poking up along the Canadian Prairie horizon. Every hamlet, village and town boasted rows of elevators, all signifying times of prosperity and hard work.

But these proud structures are disappearing in Western Canada and especially in Alberta. In the 1930s, there were 1800 elevators in Alberta. Now, there’s less than 120 left in

the province.

Several grain elevators still exist in Saskatchewan, although many have disappeared including Canada’s oldest remaining elevator in the 21st century.

The elevator in Fleming in Saskatchewan’s southeast corner near the Manitoba border was opened in 1895 by the Lake of the Woods Milling Company. In a tragic and still unsolved incident, the elevator with tin siding and a distinctive cupola on top burnt down in February 2010.

The 75-strong town of

Fleming were planning a grand opening in May for the restored elevator before the fire started. A bus tour group had even planned to use the elevator as one of their photographic destinations.

Engineer Robert Dunbar and grain merchant Joseph Dart invented the first grain elevators in the 1840s. Both entrepreneurs were based in Buffalo New York. Dunbar and Dart’s innovation consisted of a tower with a scooped and belted assembly known as a leg. Dunbar and Dart’s

leg helped to fashion the narrow, vertical shapes of the elevators.

These legs were used to pick up grain loads from ships or wagons. The grain carried in cups or scoops moved from the ships and railcars to the storage areas located within these wooden towers. Later, the grain originating from the farms of the American Midwest would be transferred to ships along the Erie Canal or by rail – eventually ending at the Atlantic coast for international trade shipments.

Before elevators arrived in Canada, producers were shovelling grain into two-bushel sacks and loading them onto railway boxcars. Loading boxcars with bagged grain proved to be a time-consuming and exhausting exercise for producers.

Furthermore, the onestorey warehouses built by the farmers used to store grain before railway pickups were proving to be much too small for storage operations. The Canadian Pacific Railway wanted larger, vertical warehouses

like the towers developed

by Dunbar and Dart, where grain would be moved by mechanical belts with cups or scoops.

Although grain elevators were strictly practical and designed to store grain for shipments to the world, artists have long acknowledged their visual appeal.

In 1923, French architect Le Corbusier believed the elevator’s simple lines and symmetrical shapes represented “the magnificent first-fruits of the new age” in his book, Towards a New Architecture.

Grain elevators were once a common spectacle in Western Canada. In 1933, there were 5,758 grain elevators poking up along the CanPhoto by Dan Archer adian Prairie horizon.

APAS pleased with provincial 2019 budget The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is generally satisfied with the direction of the 2019 Saskatchewan Budget. “We are pleased to see that the budget preserves the programs that producers rely on, like Crop Insurance and agricultural research,” said APAS President Todd Lewis. “We are also pleased that the government listened to producer groups and re-instated funding for the rat control program.”

The budget also recognizes that our Province depends on a healthy and profitable agriculture sector, Lewis added. However, Lewis cautioned that current trade, price and production risks, and higher costs like carbon taxes could all impact producers negatively, putting Business Risk Management programming to the test.

“We have serious trade

and price concerns about canola and pulse crops, which are our main revenue generators on the crop side, and dry conditions are a concern for the livestock and crop sectors,” he explained. “While we appreciate the level of support for Crop and Livestock insurance, there is a risk that producers may not be adequately covered due to the low level of enrollment in Agri-Stability.”

Lewis said that recent changes to reference margin coverage in AgriStability were not well understood and recommended that producers investigate the revised program. “Our members feel strongly that we need to continue a thorough review of Business Risk Management Programs to ensure that our producers are protected from unexpected problems.”

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Cereals Corner: Time for Code of Practice for Producers

By Cam Dahl, President of Cereals Canada I was on a speaker’s panel a few weeks back with a farmer who said he never wanted to hear the word sustainability again.

I understand the sentiment but we as an industry are going to be hearing that word more and more from customers and consumers around the world.

Farmers shy away from sustainability because they see people who want to shut down modern agriculture. They see more forms, paperwork and bureaucracy. These are legitimate concerns. But it does not have to be that way.

Canadian farmers have a good sustainability story to tell. I don’t know of a single producer who does not want to turn their land over to the next generation in better shape and more productive than when they started farming. Preserving the air, land and water for the next generation is the very definition of “sustainability.” But we currently don’t have the tools to tell our story in a coherent way.

The time has come for the grain, oilseed and special crops sectors accept both the responsibility and opportunities that come from concretely demonstrating the sustainability

of modern agriculture. In reality, the vast majority of farmers have already adopted sustainable practices.

If we are not able to demonstrate this fact those that want to go back to the farming practices of the 1900s will win the hearts and minds of consumers and the long run profitability and competitiveness of grain production in Canada will be in jeopardy.

We do not have to reinvent the wheel to move forward in a proactive and concrete manner. Animal agriculture has long been under pressure to demonstrate good animal welfare and sustainability practices. These industries have responded with the development of codes of practice that help define the right (and wrong) way to raise animals in Canada.

These voluntary codes provide ranchers and farmers with the tools needed to demonstrate good practices and the ability to defend themselves with scientific backing when agricultural practices are challenged.

The grain industries should follow this lead.

What will a code of practice for grain production look like? It is critical that the code’s recommendations use best available most recent scientific stud-

ies from accepted sources.

Recommended practices should be practical, manageable and consider economic implications. If they are not, farmers will not follow them.

The code will be voluntary. That means that it will not require farmers to fill out additional forms and paperwork. A voluntary code can also serve as the foundation of something more robust, such as verified production contracts upon the mutual agreement of willing buyers and sellers. This is a balance between customers who might be looking for stronger verification and farmers who are concerned that we are moving beyond market demand.

How will the code be developed? Farmers must be directly involved in the development of the code of practice. If the code is going to build the trust of consumers who are interested in the question “where does my food come from” farmers cannot be alone in the room when the code is developed. The development of the code must also include scientific expertise, non-governmental organizations with interest in sustainability, customers and processors. And the code must be open to pub-

lic review upon its development and publicly available when completed.

What happens if we successfully do all of this? The development of a defined code of practice and assist in efforts in gaining and maintaining public trust in Canadian agriculture, both domestically and internationally. I believe that there are specific existing market access issues in the grains sector that could be eased by the development of a code of practice. This is in addition to alleviating issues that will cause market access and public trust concerns going forward.

Canadian farmers, exporters and processors will have a concrete tool to demonstrate sustainability to our customers.

We will be able to show, with the backing of sci-

ence, what we are already doing to preserve our land, air, and water. This is a tool to help increase the competitiveness of Canadian agriculture and not a threat to modern farming practices. Further, the development of a code of practice will be a valuable tool in communicating beneficial management practices to farmers.

The development of a code of practice is going to be a policy discussion within the industry in the coming weeks and months.

For example, the Grains Round Table, which includes farm groups, industry and government representatives, recently endorsed exploring the development of a code through the Canadian Round Table for Sustainable Crops (CRSC). The

CRSC will be working to refine the principles around which the code will be developed and form the Development Committee.

Farmers are members of producer organizations through check-off funds.

Your Commissions will have the direct opportunity to be involved in the development of the code through participation in the CRSC and through national value chain groups like Cereals Canada, the Canola Council of Canada or Pulse Canada. I encourage you to use your farm groups to follow the development of the code, the potential benefits to your farm and to be heard if you have concerns about the direction being taken. The work on the code of practice is just beginning. Now is the time to be engaged.

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Big Country Bison farm anticipates bright future

By Jan Derwores Big Country Bison of Pelly, operated by the Shankowsky family on about 3,500 acres, is not only thriving and expanding, but has begun to garner recognition as a top breeder in the business. The entire operation includes some cash crop production, acreage seeded for feed and pasture.

Garry and Gwyn Shankowsky, along with their sons Derek and Chris, began the diversification into bison in the 1990’s, when tough times were a catalyst for many farms to seek out alternative ventures with an eye to survival.

Weighing their options was made a bit easier from having a connection with some relatives at Melville, already into bison, and noting that the industry was really taking off.

The family purchased their first 10 bison heifer calves in 1997, and in the ensuing 20-plus years, have managed to turn that purchase into a herd which now totals about 600 head, including 245 cows. The farm was originally a small grain operation with some beef cattle, said Garry. His parents had taken it over in 1948 and he returned his family there in 1988.

What with weather problems, low-quality grain, frost, dry conditions and wet conditions, it seemed there was always something dragging the farm down.

“I thought, ‘Bison can walk around these puddles and through this snow,’” he said.

However, it has not been easy. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, surfaced in one Alberta cull beef cow in May of 2003, and it affected bison producers as it did Canadian cattle producers, even though to date there has not been one confirmed case of BSE in a Canadian bison herd. Bison exports to the U.S. stalled, cutting off important access to mar-

kets, as well as slaughter capacity.

Mad cow destroys the brain and spine in cattle, and what makes the disease so deadly is because it is caused by a deformed protein known as a prion, which is virtually indestructible by any means.

Prices for Canadian bison meat were well below those in the United States, slaughter capacity was strained, and some producers opted to leave the bison industry rather than hold out for better times, but Big Country held firm. “I’m not a quitter,” Garry said.

“We all worked off the farm for a long, long time,” said Derek, who studied for, and acquired, a degree in agriculture, and then worked away from home in the oil patch.

Garry is a journeyman electrician by trade, Gwyn is a retired teacher, having taught for 32 years, and Chris is also a journeyman electrician.

Derek said the farm became too much work with each of them there only part-time, so nine years ago he made the decision to farm full-time. He, his wife Shana, and their children, Alexis and Slade, live south of the farm in Kamsack.

Chris, Tricia and their children, Hunter and Brody, live north of the farm at Pelly, and Chris also undertakes electrical contract work. In addition to the bison, the family has about 160 predominantly Angus-Simmental beef cows. Derek said they are slowly phasing out the cattle because the bison are easier to keep.

“They calve easier and they look after themselves,” he said.

They graze corn and bale graze through the winter to lighten the workload, moving the bison every few days.

The on-farm watering s ystem includes two solar-powered systems and dugouts.

“We raise our animals for the bison meat indus-

try, but in the past four years we have also begun concentrating on breeding stock,” Derek said.

The Shankowskys have been purchasing top genetics, to ensure they are producing quality bison and strengthening their herd.

“We’ve made select purchases at Agribition to bring up the quality of our own animals,” said Derek.

“The herd has now grown to over 245 females in five separate herds. The quality of our herd has improved greatly with the purchase of highend bison breeding stock so now our focus is on the sales, and we feel we are doing quite well,” he said.

They began showing some of their best bulls a few years ago, and have attended the national show and sale at the Canadian Western Agribition, the Wild Rose show and sale in Alberta and Brandon’s Great Spirit sale.

In 2018, Big Country Bison won the Premier Breeder Award at a national event. A total of 79 bison consigned by 17 bison producers from western Canada were sold by video auction at the Canadian Bison Association’s 26th National Show and Sale in Regina on November 20.

The Shankowsky family had been showing their animals at this show and sale, which runs concurrently to the Canadian Western Agribition, for the past four years.

“We have been winning awards for our animals in the past, and we were very pleased to win the Premier Breeder Award in Regina,” said Derek. “We faced competition from animals from British Columbia to Manitoba at this show and sale, and this was the largest number of animals at the Canadian National Bison Show and Sale since it began in 1993.

“Big Country Bison had eight animals entered in the various competition classes this year, and

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“We are continually improving the quality of

our herd by making select purchases of top quality breeding stock and meticulously selecting females out of our own herd.

We are both proud and excited to be involved in the bison industry and see a very bright future for this

industry in the upcoming years,” concluded Derek.

Bison going for slaughter are backgrounded until about 18 months of age and then picked up by the finisher for another month or two of feeding. Most of them go to Colorado.

Last year, Big Country Bison, operated by the Shankowsky family of Pelly, was presented with the Premier Breeder Award at the Canadian National Bison Show and Sale held in Regina. Accepting the award, from left, were: (Back) Garry, Chris and Derek and (middle) Hunter, Tricia and Shana and (front) Gwyn, and Slade and Brody Shankowsky holding the banner.

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Maximizing the use of a combine during the season

By Dan Archer To receive the topmost quality in grain and the ultimate in bushel amounts on your fields, always follow the settings mentioned in the operator’s manual.

Next, make adjustments based on the number of cracks and foreign material discovered in the grain samples. Check for crop losses on the ground several times a day and each time whenever commencing operations on a new field.

Examining the ground behind the combine is important, because it’s possible to pitch too much crops onto the ground.

But never assume grain loss is coming from the back of the combine. If conditions are dry, these losses might be originating from the header due to fragmenting upon entry.

Any grains or other

plant matter left on the ground might led to volunteer crops. Volunteer crops are expensive to regulate.

Volunteer crops compete with desired crops the following year and will contaminate the harvest.

These unwelcome growths will have to be controlled with herbicide and other costly methods. Examine your threshing elements – the elements might be over-chewing your crops.

Open the concave and slow the speed of the combine’s rotor or cylinder to correct over-chewing.

Also, vibration problems on rotating machinery in combines are common anomalies, as abrasive particles can assist in deteriorating the rotor parts. These days, the task of combining can be more difficult than in previous times. According to producers in the

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The combine’s straw choppers are generally the source of most frequent vibration problems. Large quantities of coarse straw – along with small rocks

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Cannabis is Saskatchewan’s newest agricultural product

By Dan Archer The Ecobain nursery operation in Saskatoon had been known for two things: the herbs inside their nursery are grown vertically and bathed in pink lights to maximize growth potential. To increase their agricultural output, Ecobain had been using vertical racks of LED lights along with automatic controls to adjust the environment inside their nursery.

Once, Ecobain had been growing herbs such as basis, dill, mint and chives within their sophisticated and well-designed nursey. But last autumn, Ecobain rebranded themselves as Mother Labs when they switched their agricultural focus from growing cooking herbs to seeding cannabis for Saskatchewan’s emerging recreational market.

Yet, this changeover

from herbs to cannabis is much easier said then done. So far this year, Ecobain remains closed while they retrofit their facility to meet Health Canada standards in order to grow cannabis. Mother Labs has also made an application to the government agency, immediately placing the firm underneath the federal microscope – which includes a video audit – before they’re allowed to pursue their revised business model. Although recreational and medicinal licences have been restricted to nurseries, outdoor cannabis operations might be approved in the future.

Other nurseries in Canada have changed from planting vegetables and herbs to growing cannabis, but achieving a cannabis growing licence in this country involves scissoring through a massive pile of red tape, which has

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always been the case. Before legalization, Health Canada received 1,665 applications as of May 2017 from businesses hoping to become licensed producers of medical cannabis.

A total of 265 operations were refused, 69 were withdrawn and 858 applications were dumped into the incomplete file bucket. Currently in the post-legalization period,

the federal government is providing licences to greenhouse operations after they are subjected to a government audit, but these licences are still difficult to obtain.

Previous to legalization, producers have been growing hemp in vast quantities across the province since the late 1990s. Hemp had been outlawed in 1937 under the Narcotics Con-

trol Act introduced by the Liberal Prime Minister, Mackenzie King. But in March of 1998, the ban for growing hemp had been lifted in Canada, permitting the agricultural production of hemp under licence.

In Canada, cannabis legal differentiates from hemp in Canada according to the plant’s THC measurements. THC is the psychoactive ingredient in

cannabis which creates the so-called high effect.

Hemp contains a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level at 0.3 per cent or below and thus is incapable of creating psychoa c t ive r e s u l t s w h e n either smoked or eaten.

Conversely, cannabis or marijuana as it’s been pejoratively known, might contain up to 30 per cent of THC (or more).

Merit Ford Sales is proud to be part of such an amazing area. This is our 16th year operating in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan. We couldn’t be more excited about the years to come! Our confidence in these communities will be on full display this summer as we break ground on the renovation of our dealership. We are making some changes to keep up with the growth and demand of this area. We are adding to both our Sales and Service ends of the dealership!

The staff at Merit Ford is passionate about the people we serve each and every day.

Don’t drive a Ford? We service all makes and models and have some of the best journeyman technicians employed in the area! We carry a large selection of both new and used vehicles!

We invite you to come down to Merit Ford in Carlyle, the coffee is always on, and our staff loves to visit! Please be safe out there!

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Maintenance guidelines for tractor owners this spring

By Dan Archer Prior to using the tractor, do a walkaround before starting your machine up and check for cracks, leaks and other signs of wear. Also, be sure to keep a tractor maintenance checklist inside a logbook to ensure you’ve got a record of any necessary repairs. Whenever a new filter, hose, or another part is installed, mark the replacements with a paint marker to help update your maintenance logs.

Examine the machine’s fluid levels, including the radiator, motor oil and the tractor’s hydraulic systems. On many modern tractors, there’s a glass window in the back near the PTO shaft, or there might be dipstick located somewhere.

The hydraulic oil level must be examined frequently, since incorrect levels might cause damage or performance issues.

The fluid levels should be examined with no rear hydraulic implements attached, because these

additions can affect oil levels. Also, lower the bucket loader, as this also influences fluid readings.

Engine coolant gathers contaminants from wear and tear inside coolant systems. Deposits also begin to form over time.

An occasional flush and substitution of fluids will help to avoid internal damage to your coolant system such as rust or clogs. When

changing your coolant, always replace the radiator’s thermostat. The radiator’s fluid should be flushed on a regular basis.

Air filters should be inspected and exchanged if necessary. Air filters prevent dirt and dust particles from mangling your motor. Tractors are mowing and tilling fields, as well as grading driveways and moving materials like dirt, sand, gravel,

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manure, dust and grime, so unwanted materials can easily clog air filters on these busy machines.

On each walkaround, inspect the air filter, or the filter’s air restriction gauge (if the tractor has one). If your filter’s loaded with dirt and you can’t see light through the filter medium, it’s probably time to install a new one.

If the tractor’s exhaust is

smoking more than usual, or if the tractor is losing power, both affirmations could mean it’s time swap the air filter.

Fuel filters like air filters stop contaminants from entering into your tractor’s fuel supply and are enabled to save the engine from internal destruction. Fuel filters should be examined habitually.

Diesel tractors include

a water separator in the fuel filter. Diesel fuel contaminated with water is a genuine concern and could do irreversible harm to the tractor’s engine if the two liquids are allowed to mix.

Examine all the belts on your tractor for wear and tear. The alternator, coolant pump, hydraulic pump and other accessories are depending on the belts to transfer mechanical power from the engine’s crankshaft. Without a proper belt, these accessories are unable to function properly. When examining belts, check for cracking, glazing of the friction surface and other apparent damages caused by wear.

If a belt is removed, turn it inside out and bend it to see if there’s any cracks in the rubber. When a belt is changed, mark the date of installation for later reference.

Finally, there are other things to be aware during your walkaround, but definitely take the time to examine the air pressure inside the tires.

South Sask. Foundation to benefit Saskatchewan 4-H A number of Vital Community Conversations, as part of the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation’s (SSCF) 50th anniversary celebrations, have now been scheduled and are underway throughout southern Saskatchewan, including one that took place in Saskatoon at 4-H Saskatchewan’s Annual General Meeting.

SSCF Executive Director Donna Ziegler said it is exciting to see the program unfold and already hear of some of the results.

“These conversations take a variety of formats, and cover a wide range of topics including health

and wellness, education, sustainability and many more issues, with the objective of listening and sharing perspectives on common key questions,” said Ziegler. “We believe in facilitating Saskatchewan philanthropy, supporting local charities, and developing our community so that our home is a more vital, strong, and fair place to live, work, and play. We want to hear about what matters most in the communities and find solutions together.”

All together there are 50 grant recipients in almost 20 communities and it is estimated that more

than 2,000 individuals will involved before April 30, 2019. Each recipient is a registered charity that receives a $300 microgrant from SSCF. One of these 50 Vital Community Conversations was hosted by 4-H Saskatchewan in Saskatoon for their membership from across the province.

All input from the Vital Community Conversations will be professionally evaluated by a research team with a report of findings to be released in October 2019. For a complete list of the grant recipients and for a calendar listing dates visit www.sscf.ca.

Upcoming Spring Sales

Saturday, April 6th Saturday, April 13th Wednesday, April 17th Saturday, April 20th Sunday, April 28th Saturday, May 04th Saturday, May 11th Saturday, June 1st Sunday, June 9th Tuesday, June 11th Saturday, June 15th Saturday, June 22nd

- Manor, Sk-Antique, Household, Hardware sale.

- Oak Lake, Mb- Auchmore Western Store Close out.

- Arcola, Sk- Benny Luhr Farm Sale - Redvers, Sk- Small Animal and Bird Sale - Wauchope, Sk- 20th Annual Bull Sale - Oxbow, Sk-Gilroy Farm Sale - Alameda, Sk- Leo Neuman, Estate Sale - Carnduff, Sk- Estella Taylor, Household and Antique Sale - Manor, Sk- Dennis Ingram, Estate Sale - Lampman, Sk- Raymond Ludwig, Farm/Industrial Sale - Glen Ewen, Sk- Glen Ewen General Store Close Out & Guest Consignor - Kisbey, Sk- Stan Fedyk, Estate Sale

Auctioneer: Dellan Mohrbutter Phone: (306) 452-3815 WWW.KEYMAUCTIONS.COM

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The Wild Wild West still alive in Manor

The Watata Skating Club recently held a skating carnival.

Check out more photos online at www. carlyleobserver.com

Members of United Church travel to Maryfield Submitted by Myrna Olson Several members of the Wawota United Church travelled to Maryfield last Sunday to attend the services, have a potluck meal and join the Maryfield congregation for a joint meeting.

Born to Glenn and Katie Wilson a daughter on March 15th. She weighed 7lbs 6oz and has been named Iris Ann. She is a granddaughter for John and Joan

Wilson, and Jim and the late Ann Elliott and a greatgranddaughter for Millicent Elliott all of Carlyle. She is a first granddaughter for John and Joan Wilson.

A few months ago it was questionable whether there would be a Sledge Hockey weekend. When interested people stepped up and helped it became a reality.

Many people enjoyed this event from young to older Alastair Chambers and his

team were the victors. An update on finances will be forthcoming.

Happy birthday to my older brother, Wayne Brehaut of Athabasca, Alta. who will celebrate his 80th on April.

I recently read a book, “Math With Bad Drawings” by Ben Orlin. It includes colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, stories and insights of a teacher who shows that math

should belong to everyone.

Ultimate tic-tac-toe, games of dice, coin change, weird insurance and why not to trust statistics. The corpus cannot be read by a human.

If you tried to read the entries from 2000 alone at the reasonable rate of 200 words a minute without interruptions for food or sleep it would take you 80 years!! I now realize that there will always many ,many books to read.

RCMP alert: spring is coming, ice is melting Sandy Bay RCMP would like to offer some tips and information to help stay safe on the ice as the weather is getting warmer. · As temperatures warm up, ice conditions can become dangerous due to slush and melting ice. · Ice that is covered in snow can be weaker, as the snow acts as an insulator and can warm the ice up. · It is good to remember that ice thickness can vary across lakes. · When out on the ice, it can be beneficial to wear a snowmobile coat. Many styles have a special floatation element which could save your life in the event you fall through the ice. · Carry safety equipment when going out on the ice

- include ice picks, staff, rope and a small personal safety kit, which includes a lighter, magnesium fire starter, pocketknife, compass and whistle. Your cell phone can also be useful tool – you can keep it in a waterproof bag to ensure it stays dry. · A set of flares or an avalanche beacon can also be very helpful if an accident on the ice occurs, by alerting would-be rescuers where you are located.

If you find yourself on thin ice, open water, or you suspect the ice is giving way, DO NOT STOP… · A slow moving or stopped snowmobile will sink, while a fast moving snowmobile can often skip across the top of the water. · Keep as much speed

and momentum as you can and gently steer towards dry land or safer ice. · Keep away from unfamiliar paths or unknown ice. · Avoid traveling on ice at night. · Never go on ice alone. If you fall through the ice. · Stay calm. · Control your breathing. · Call for help. · Turn yourself

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Submitted by Ray Boutin The Wild Wild West lives on! As I was at the stop sign at the end of Main Street in Manor, a dirt bike “iron horse” goes by at highway speed on it’s back wheel and I think, right on!

I had pulled in to town to deliver pie contest winner Alana Wilson her pie and upon heading back home I was reminded of the wild, wild west that could once be found in this great ole town and thought perhaps it still is. I thought it’s good to see some things never change and I was inspired to tour back through town and reminisce of what once was.

Welcome home to this endearing village! When I was a kid, my dad, Lionel, would often take my brothers and I to Manor on a Saturday night for a multipurpose trip of picking up groceries at Beatty’s foods, perhaps a hair cut at John Callan’s barbershop for dad, the bros and I would head over to the Duck in cafe to check out the fresh pies and bubble gum machine or to the theatre for a movie “ Battle of Britain” “Dracula rises from the grave” and mom’s all time favourite “the Sound of Music”. Our cousin’s dad Maurice Leclerc had

the Cockshutt dealership and was also a Yamaha dealer where dad bought a family Christmas gift by way of a brand new Yamaha wide track sled.

Cousin Dave Leclerc tells of his youth where he worked as an usher at the theatre and how Ken Bye once gave him a what for as Dave would bring in pop bottles for 5 cents... and go to the back of the Duck in to the bottle storage and keep on coming. It was a shortlived get rich quick scheme.

When I think of Manor, the Wild Wild West sometimes comes to mind. Rich in culture and spirit and Characters. Still home to the long time Manor Professional Bull Riding Rodeo. I lucked in to the BS coffee club session at the rink. I fit right in, I think.

You have a collection of the ole cowboys: George Rowley, Rick Lynch, Dennis Hanson, Ryland Weir and Derek Big Eagle chimes in a story or three.

Ryland is in and out as he’s preparing barbecue Rib Eye beef for the St. Patrick’s celebration Saturday night March 16 at the Manor Legion Hall.

Too little time and too many stories to tell. These folks are golden and sure to welcome you to town.

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ROLL VILLAGE OF KENOSEE LAKE Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Kenosee Lake for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday March 21, 2019 to April 30, 2019.

A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with the Assessor, along with payment of $25 to The Village of Kenosee Lake, Box 30, Kenosee Lake, Saskatchewan S0C 2S0 by April 30, 2019.

Dated this 29th day of March, 2019.

Andrea Kosior Assessor

2019 Assessment Roll Notice Rural Municipality of Reciprocity No. 32 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Rural Municipality of Reciprocity No. 32 for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, March 22 to April 29, 2019.

A Bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $25.00 fee for each assessment being appealed, which will be returned if the appeal results in a change to the assessment, with: Aileen Swenson, The Secretary of the Board of Revision, R.M. of Reciprocity No. 32, 2405 Gordon Road, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 4M4, by the 29th day of April, 2019.

Dated this 22nd day of March, 2019 M.J. Larsen Assessor

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The PeeWee Cougars fell in two games to the Oxbow Huskies, for the banner and bragging rights. They played hard but they outplayed us and won 12-6 and 8-4. It was a great playoff season and we should be very proud of how our team played together! Big thanks to all who helped make it a great year. Oxbow Pee Wee Huskies Danielle Benjamin, Sports Contributor Leaue Champs included Alida players - Thomas Harrison, Mason Beriault and Keagan Patton.

Optimist Club of Arcola hosts annual Snowmobile Rally banquet Submitted by Glen Larson The Optimist Club of Arcola held its 26th Annual Snowmobile Rally Banquet on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 with a full house at the Optimist Legion Hall for cheque presentations to our co-operating groups and the Lampman Pool.

The group, including Lt. Gov. Linda Evancio and 3 other Optimists from Regina enjoyed a delicious roast beef supper catered

by Linda Chapman and Eileen Corrigan.

Following supper, club president Blake Brownridge welcomed our co-

operating groups and guests. Blake noted that the Rally has become a major fundraiser for many groups in the area and has raised over $925,000 for community and area facilities and projects spearheaded by the Optimist Club of Arcola and other area groups.

And that all of this is possible because of the tremendous support we get from the entire South East area of the province, and from the generous sponsorship so businesses and individuals in the area that donated over $36,000 toward the Rally.

At left, Rally Chair Rod Lees presented cheques to our partner organizations totaling over $25,000 to: Arcola Curling Club ($2,325) accepted by Terry-Lee Lees; Arcola Day Care ($4,150) accepted by Kayla Brett and Emma and Bree Ryan; Arcola Figure Skating Club ($1,850) accepted by Jocelyn Henry.

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Successful 2018-2019 season held at the Arcola Curling Club

A-event champions, 2019 Arcola Open Bonspiel (L-R): Don Willock, Melodie Willock, Shelly Fornwald, Todd Fornwald. C-event champions, 2019 Arcola Open Bonspiel (L-R): Karon Dukart, Jim Hines, Jason Dukart, Warren Neuman.

Alida hockey players compete with Huskies Submitted by Edel Cowan Attending the Oxbow Novice Huskies hockey game on Friday, March 22 in Oxbow were Tim, Shelly and Ainsley Cowan.

The team won the Bauer League Division Championship and playing for this team from Alida is Jacob Dubuc who plays goalie. Congratulations on a job well done.

Len and Lil Patton attended their grandson Keagan’s hockey game on Saturday, March 23 in Oxbow where the Oxbow Pee Wee Huskies Team won their game against Carlyle becoming the MMMHL Champs – Thomas Harrison, Mason Beriault and Keagan Patton are the Alida boys who play with this team.

Leonard and Lil Pat-

ton received news that their granddaughter Reece Lutzer (Calgary) had won a Gold medal at the Phoenix Desert Cup U15 tier 1 this weekend (March 2324) in Phoenix, AZ where she played soccer with the Calgary Southwest United Premiers 04.

The Last Breakfast at the Rink was held on Sunday, March 24 with Kitchen Group # 4 at the helm.

They served up 47 breakfasts – great job guys and gals. It’s always good to see familiar faces coming back for breakfast every week.

Now it will be a whole year before we see you back at the rink for breakfast. The Breakfast Challenge total remains at 54 which is a great total to reach. Once again the Alida Auxiliary appreciates your continued support during these break-

fasts and for all of their fund-raising events. Until the next one – take care everyone – see you around.

Another week of watching curling (a good time for me as I recover from surgery) - Oh how I enjoy that game. It was the Worlds Women’s Curling Championship and unfortunately our Canadian team didn’t fare so well this time around. Winning the Gold was Switzerland, Sweden taking the Silver and Korea the Bronze.

There was some really excellent curling happening throughout this tournament and I for one really enjoyed watching as many games as possible. Also this weekend the Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship was held and the Peterman/ Gillant team were the winners. Great curling! Now

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beginning on Saturday, March 30 is the Worlds Men’s Curling Championship in Lethbridge, AB., at least one will be able to watch these games live and at a respectable time.

Representing Canada is Alberta’s Team Koe – Go Canada Go. There is a flu bug that seems to be making its presence known around the area. If you have had the misfortunate of catching this bug – here’s to a speedy recovery.

It is now officially spring – so glad to be able to announce that, and the weather has been leaving March as a lamb or two (with the old lion giving out a roar once in a while).

Before we know it the farmers in the area will be just a rippin’ to get their machinery ready and head out into their fields as soon as possible. Don’t hurry too much fellas, just remember “April showers bring May flowers” – that goes to tell you that is when the ground becomes nice and warm so that the seeds, buds etc. will begin to grow – and all turns nice and green.

Once again folks please remember to keep me posted on any happenings going on in and around Alida as well as within your family, either call 306-443-2496 or text 306-485-8561 or email g.cowan@sasktel.net.

A successful season at the Arcola Curling Club concluded in mid-March with champions being decided in both the Monday and Thursday night leagues.

Winner of the Monday night open league was the Micky Grimes foursome who upset the league-leading Jodi Chandler team in the A event final. The B-event winner was the Richard Arndt rink. Billy Kulyk’s team won the C-event.

In the Thursday night “competitive” championship, the Dwain Davis team defeated the Larry Chapman rink in a close battle.

The annual Arcola Open bonspiel was held on January 18-19 with the Todd Fornwald rink prevailing over the Billy Wyatt crew in the A-final. The Brent Lothian team won the B-event defeating the Jodi Chandler team. The rink skipped

by Warren Neuman was victorious over the Micky Grimes team in the C-final.

A Tuesday “after school” curling league and clinic for young curlers proved to be well attended, lots of fun, and successful in teaching kids the basics of the game. Tuesday “after school” action at the Arcola Curling Club.

Youth curling ran every Tuesday from 4:30 until 6 pm with 21 kids (ages

7-14) from the Arcola, Carlyle, and Stoughton region participating. Young curlers included Olivia and Tyson Brownridge, Kendall Grimes, Jami and Madi Harkness, Ella and Daphne Neuman, Renessa Lees, Alyssa and Charlotte Bee, Teleah Wyatt, Hailee Birnie, Callin Faber, Ruby Parker, Connor Sharpen, Kayla and Bree Maitland, J2 Cabahug, Rhett Tanner, Presley Graham, and Brinn Chapman. Expert instruction was provided by Andrea McEwen who was capably assisted by Stacy Brownridge and Terri Lee Lees. The group is planning for an offering again in the fall, with hopes of more games and a youth spiel.

Arcola youth curlers and organizers would like to thank the Arcola Optimist Club for their generous donation of curling brooms and Jason Dukart and Stacy Brownridge for assistance with the removable and adjustable hacks which effectively created a proper sized curling rink for the youngest players. Special thanks also to Andrea McEwan for countless hours of planning before ice times. In addition, the curling club membership wishes to thank all the sponsors, volunteers, and executive for a successful season.

Reece Lutzer of Calgary wins gold

Please join us for the Prairie Pride Credit Union 2018 Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 10, 2019 @ 7:00 PM at the Alida Community Hall Coffee and dainties to follow

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RCMP report: Fraud Awareness Month As stated in a previous report it is Fraud Awareness Month. We are aware of a lot of Fraud as is a local business that became of a victim through an on line transaction. Our investigation is continuing.

Here are some warning signs that you may be the target of a romance scam: They ask for money; They shower you with compliments and profess their love early on in the relationship; They will groom you for days, weeks, or months before they ask you for anything; They are always available to respond because it’s usually a group of individuals involved; They use stolen images taken from the internet for their profile photos; They always have excuses for why they can’t meet you in person; They will rarely have a voice or video conversation with you; and They will always find more reasons for you to send them money.

It seems the more we rely on technology, the more work we as Police are expected to do. It is a positive that more people and facilities are getting alarms, however, it does result in more false alarms for us to respond to. If you have an alarm please update your key holder information with the alarm company so we, the Police can contact somebody. If you have not figured it out yet, yes we had false alarms this last week. In addition we had our share of 911 miss dials.

Please folks, be patient.

We had an individual call 911 stating they needed an Ambulance but would not say why and got belligerent and hung up. The Ambulance was dispatched as were the Police, however, they did not attend with “lights and sirens” being one could not determine if it was an Emergency, nor could one determine what had gone on. We are certain the Ambulance could have gone faster but they could not justify doing so. As for the Police, we sent two vehicles that were not needed at all being it was a medical call.

We seized a firearm which had the serial number tampered with. This is an offence even if it is your gun. The investigation is continuing.

Members were busy serving documents on behalf of other Police agencies and Provincial agencies. We are investigating a complaint of livestock not being cared for properly. These allegations are looked at as serious offences. Some people should not be allowed to own any animals. Of course, that is just one individual’s opinion.

Members are investigating an assault. Although we are not obtaining the cooperation of the victim we will make further efforts to garner this assistance so the guilty party can be dealt with appropriately.

It looks like we have a lot of people that are choosing not to comply with their release conditions. Thus there are a lot of Police Officers that are choosing to charge these individuals. One individual changed their residence, however, the computer data base was not updated. Although this individual was charged, we withdrew them within a day. Ironically the address has now changed again. Some of these people move around a lot. You would think we would feel bad or guilty, nope, not

at all. If one does not break the law, one does not have to worry about the Police.

Shots fired, maybe fired?

We are not sure, but we made patrols, however, we did not locate anyone. It could be poachers, could be someone shooting legally or illegally.

RCMP are investigating an allegation of a historical sexual assault with the assistance of Weyburn Police Service.

RCMP had a report of horses in the ditch on Highway 9. A patrol was made and no horses were located.

Remember folks, where there is grass there may be horses, cattle, deer, moose, elk. Thus if the ditches and grassy area’s around roadways clear before say, the fields, you may find animals.

In addition, with the deep snow sometimes animals use the road ways as paths. This often results in collisions and the dead animals that are left on the roadway, or in the ditch then attract foxes, coyotes, ravens......which also cause collisions. The cycle will continue.

An individual was found walking in an intoxicated state by the Police. Unfortunately for this individual, well they were on conditions of no alcohol and they were out past their curfew. This resulted in several Breach of Release charges. They were arrested and released before a Judge the following day for another court date.

Members responded to a residence where several intoxicated individuals were causing problems. Three

were arrested with one being subsequently charged for the damage they did to the back of the patrol vehicle. We had a garbage can stolen, which was found by the Police on their patrols. Not too sure why someone took it, but nope, no idea, maybe because it had wheels and still no idea.

Members responded to a possible impaired driver in a parking lot. Upon our arrival a sober individual was located who was having a bad time emotionally.

We went looking for an individual who was on warrants. We know where they live and when we arrived another occupant saw us, grabbed the dog, just about swallowed a cigarette, closed the sliding doors, locked them and pulled the blinds. Not sure what they thought we were going to do, however, we know they were home. We left a note and carried on our way. We will persevere......but pulling the blinds, like really, if they can’t see us maybe they think we can’t see them? It is not so serious that we are going to kick in the door, ..........yet.

It was a busy week for shoplifting. A rifle scope was stolen from a store in Redvers and this investigation is on going. Several food items were stolen from a store in Carlyle and one individual remains in custody due to their extensive Criminal Record.

Members were dispatched to look for an individual that damaged property and was driving impaired. After numerous patrols the subject was

located in a residence. Due to the lack of cooperation from the victims/witnesses we were unable to charge the subject for any offence.

We had a vehicle leave the highway. A combination of driver inexperience and road conditions contributed to this incident. No charges were deemed to be necessary. An erratic driver was reported.

Although we did not locate the vehicle we did discuss with the registered owner our concerns and those of the complainant.

Another individual pulled onto the roadway in front of a vehicle that had the right of way. The vehicle that had the right of way also had blue and red lights which were activated. The individual stated they were having a bad day and fortunately for them it did not get worse. A warning ticket was provided.

Tickets were issued for fail to stop at stop sign $230, fail to wear seatbelt - $175, fail to produce registration - $100, drive without a drivers licence - $150 and the most expensive speeding ticket was for $310 Warnings were issued for no insurance, fail to produce drivers licence, fail to notify registrar of change of address with 15 days, fail to produce registration, fail to stop at stop sign, inadequate mudflaps / fenders, careless driving and speeding.

Inspection Notices were issued to replace windshield, remove window tint, and have speedometer checked for accuracy.

Melody R was quite busy with activities during the Carlyle Early Childhood Fair at the Carlyle Elementary Photo — Mary Moffat Community School.

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Glen Ewen 4-H news Glen Ewen Mixed 4-H held their regular meeting at the Communiplex on February 9. Jill Bayliss, the Vice-President, opened the meeting and led with the Pledge. Discussion from the minutes included: District Public Speaking will be held in the Communiplex today at 1:00 p.m. if anyone wants to attend.

District Bowling will be held Saturday, April 20th in Carnduff. Dereck Nordin gave a report on the Hockey Game that the Club attended on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019. Staff Challenge on 4-H Trivia? Has any member been answering their questions? 4-H Citizenship day in Regina April 18th, 2019.

New business included: dpeeches were given by the members: Amanda Nordin – My Cruise. S.E. Regional Record Book: Eli Bartlett, Nakita Bayliss, Amanda Nordin were all given Honorable Mentions for their Record Books.

The District Meeting will be held in Redvers and hosted by the Redvers Wranglers on March 6. Project reports: Best of Bakery – Jill Bayliss, Outdoor Living – Dereck Nordin, Sheep – Eli Bartlett, Be My Guest – Jill Bayliss, Sewing – Teanna Hubbard, Photography, and Cake Decorating – Layne Myers.

The members learned to make homemade chocolates with Pamela Bartlett.

Maryfield News Submitted by Janet Mark Members of Kola Church took the Villa church service on March 12th. They were: Harold and Florence Klassen; Harold and Cheryl Friesen; Terry and Caroline Friesen; and Ray Archanbault on guitar; and Mary Braun and Alma Friesen.

Ralph Burke celebrated his 88th birthday. Among his guests were Grant and Merle Burke and Isabel Robertson. Other visitors were Allan and Tim Daku, Joan Colborn, Sherry Wilson and Andrea Kosier, who visited Ruth and Mildred. Doreen Holden, Lucille Couture, Sasha Toms, and Marguerite Boutin visited Grace Toms.

C h a r l o t t e Kova c h brought a movie and popcorn on Friday night.

Circle of Friends, with

Mary Thiessen and Margaret Penner, told of things they had found. Fred found a mouth organ in his box of popcorn. Mariann found Fred, “looking for rubbers in Robinson’s store”. Leora found $10 sticking out of the bank machine; and Charlotte found a $100 bill on the church collection plate. She also “Found the Villa”; her outlet for her energy and ministry. Ralph Burke had found Jesus. Ralph Mills had a collection of Indian arrow heads and hammer heads, and told of finding the tent rings of stones where the Indians had anchored their tents. Janet had made a collection of the many different leaves she found when she first moved to Maryfield. Grace Toms boys were always bringing her a “What’s It?” something for her to identify.

Alex L and dad David play at the Carlyle Early Childhood Fair, held at Carlyle Elementary Community School

Alida News Submitted by Edel Cowan Gray and Edel Cowan travelled to Regina on March 20 where Edel had eye surgery and they also visited with son Jeff Cowan overnight and returned home March 21.

Word was received of the passing of Jeanne Lemieux on March 23, 2019 at Galloway Heath Centre in Oxbow in her 88th year.

Jeanne will always be remembered by her family, Coralee (Danny) Vescarelli, Liane (Remi) Boecky, Reina (Kelly) Lenek, Gaivin (Lynette), Jaye (Teresa) and Aaron and their families; her siblings Aimee (Edgar) Manz, Conrad (Sharon) Wilcott and Robin Wilcott; her sisters-in-law, Margaret (Boodie) and Marie Anne Lemieux, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister Lilyan Powell (1992) and husband Leon (1993).

A family graveside service was held Wednesday, March

27 followed by a luncheon at Alida Hall.

Melanie Pauls, Megan Risling, Lauren Hume and Madeleine Valentine helped hosted the Carlyle Early Childhood Fair, held at Carlyle Elementary Community School Photo — Mary Moffat

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