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Carlyle’s first Fun Dayz-on Saturday, Aug. 20- featured dawn to dusk fun for everyone. “We wanted to host a special day in town,” says Nicole Currie of the Carlyle Chamber of Commerce. “We are really excited about all of the day’s events and activities. We are so happy with the response from everyone who made Fun Dayz possible and to everyone who attended. We’re looking forward to Carlyle Fun Dayz becoming an annual event.” Pictured are some of the town’s young citizens preparing to lead the Saturday morning parade down Carlyle’s Main Street.

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Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party cooks up a great 11th season

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: LIBRA, SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS.

Week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, 2016 ARIES

Some of your family might invite you to sign up for a very special, ongoing activity in order to keep fit over the winter. It won’t hurt to go along with them.

TAURUS

It’s hard to get you out of the house.

You organize your love nest exactly the way you want it by putting all the necessary resources into it. This is your path to happiness.

GEMINI

You have to travel more than before. You spend a lot of time on the phone or on social networks. You are very curious and have a lot to say for yourself.

CANCER

You end up with a mountain of files to process at work. This puts you under some stress, but, fortunately, you will receive some additional income from it.

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You’re pretty dynamic and there’s a good chance that you’ll find ways to spoil yourself. Your friends invite you to take part in some great activities.

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Stress could really get to you. Take a step back once in a while in order to relax and see the situation from a better angle. Your thinking will benefit from it, too.

Friday, August 26, 2016

Kelly Running Observer Staff

The Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party has become a must attend event in southeast Saskatchewan, which has been growing and evolving over the past 11 years. Every year the Kenosee Lake Boys and Girls camp hosts the fiddling sensations, which has grown to include a wide variety of instruments ranging from voice to banjo. There’s something for everyone.

The camp operates for two weeks in August and many attendees enjoy the full two weeks, while others attend for just the first or second week. Although attendees may be the same, the camp looks at bringing in different instructors which allows them to not only employ over 30 Canadian musicians at the camp, but provide a variety of examples of inspiration to those attending the camp as well.

The camp itself pulls in approximately 120 attendees each week and between the instructor showcases and student showcases there are thousands of people who enjoy music at the lake.

Participants not only receive instruction during class-like sessions, but are able to participate in collaborations, private lessons, and jamming sessions.

On top of the very fun musical side of things, there is access to the lake where many camp participants can be found out on the water when they’re not taking in the spectacular instruction.

Although instructors are some of the top Canadian musicians, participants in the camp come from far and wide including from across Canada and into the United States.

The culture of the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party is one that has been cultivated since the camp’s inception. For those who enjoy fiddling, music, and fun, the camp has become an entertaining, but educational way to enjoy the summer. The camp looks to centre the family and community around music.

The extended musical family found at Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party is as well quite unique Beginners to veterans are welcome to attend the sessions which focus on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, voice, guitar, cello (one week only), and piano.

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Samantha Ellis of Arcola practices up during the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party.

LIBRA

Your friends may invite you for a relaxing weekend or your life partner suggests a romantic getaway. In reality, any sort of break is going to be beneficial.

SCORPIO

You have to shoulder some important responsibilities, but they greatly improve your prospects at work.

You’ll have to do some overtime in order to complete all your projects.

SAGITTARIUS

Your boss might suggest some type of training course, which opens the door to a more promising future. A really great trip is also in the works.

CAPRICORN

September is a time of renewal. As you return to school or get back to the routine of work, take the opportunity to seriously reconsider your lifestyle.

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The Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party boasts small classes and excellent instructors. Here Ameena Bajer-Koulack of Manitoba (left) instructs three at individuals at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party last week.

AQUARIUS

You don’t always feel comfortable in crowds. However, the responsibility of bringing people together to participate in a major event falls squarely on you this time.

PISCES

At work and at home, you’re confronted by a lot of work and small details that need to be dealt with urgently. Don’t hesitate to ask other family members to give you a hand.

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For six years, southeast IN FOCUS - Read about Carter Morrison’s Saskatchewan’s time at the Rio Olympics!

Filipino community has gathered annually NEWS - ‘The Biggest Little Craft Show’ will at the Carlyle be celebrating it’s 30th year this September Pinoy basketball tournament. This COMMENT Lynne and Kelly discuss the news of year, 11 teams bonded ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 569 ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 568 Blackberry canning its Classic smartphone model. over basketball, but HOW TO PLAY : Photo by Lynne Bell more importantly, Fill inthe the grid column and SPORTS - Golf Kenosee takes back cupso that every row, every enjoyed a weekend of family and fellowship. One of the 3x3Cup box contains the numbers 1 through 9 in this year’s Moose Mountain every Ryder only once. event’s founders, Carlyle’s Benny Caan (pictured) says: “It’s kind trying to get together. Nobody knows each Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. of You already have a few numbers to get youback started. other home-we’re from a country of 7,100 different OBSERVED AT - The first annual Carlyle Remember: You must not repeat the numbers Fun Dayz! islands-but when we come together over basketball, we are 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box. one.”

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#FriendsWin: Carter Morrison’s Olympic Adventure Lynne Bell

Carlyle’s Carter Morrison not only experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to serve as a Ronald McDonald House ambassador at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeriohe also made Olympic history. Carter led both Team Canada and the Mongolian Olympic team into Rio’s 80,000-seat Maracana Stadium for the opening ceremony-alongside each nation’s official flagbearer. He and his fellow McDonalds’ “Olympic Kids” were the first ever to be allowed to do so-for an audience of billions watching from around the world.

“McDonalds has been taking kids to the Olympics to represent Ronald McDonald Houses since 1986,” says Carter’s dad and travel companion, Trevor Morrison. “But this is the first time ever that the kids could walk in the opening ceremonies.”

“We had no idea who would walk with which team,” says Trevor. “The kids rehearsed all week, and the parents weren’t allowed to watch, because the organizers wanted to make sure nothing to do with the ceremony would leak out before it began.”

“The night of the ceremony, I was up in the stands with all of the other parents-from around the world-some of the kids didn’t end up taking part, because it was just too much for them. But when Carter came out with Canada, our whole group went crazy. Parents from other countries were shouting, ‘Carter got Canada! Carter got Canada!’”

“I have to admit, I shed a few tears.”

Carter says, “I didn’t know I was getting Canada, but everyone knew I wanted it. I thought I would be nervous, but I wasn’t.”

“I carried a little tree and they’ll plant it,” adds Carter. “After I finished walking around the stadium with Canada, I came back and they sent me out to walk with Mongolia. It was cool to be able to do it twice, but with Canada, I was more excited, because that’s my home country.”

Using the hashtag and motto #FriendsWin,

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Carlyle’s Carter Morrison (pictured) has made Olympic history at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an Olympic ambassador for Ronald McDonald Houses, 12-year-old Carter led Team Canada into Rio’s Maracana Stadium with flagbearer and Olympic gold medallist, Rosie MacLennan-a first for a Ronald McDonald House “Olympic Kid.” Carter describes his entire Olympic adventure as “Pretty amazing-a lot amazing!” and says: “I’d really like to thank everyone for supporting me.”

McDonalds Olympics Kids program brought nearly 100 young people from around the world to Brazil.

All of them have stayed in Ronald MacDonald Houses-often with their families- while undergoing medical treatment-and while they and their parents were in Rio, they all stayed together in the same hotel and toured and travelled together in an effort to embody global friendship.

Carter-who was born with achondroplasia-has stayed in Ronald McDonald houses in Saskatch-

The Ronald McDonald “Olympic Kids” motto and hashtag at Rio was #FriendsWin. Nearly 100 young people who have stayed in Ronald McDonald Houses around the world were invited to the 2016 Summer Games to act as ambassadors for the charity. On their last day together, they gathered together for an outdoor picnic, which ended in an impromptu soccer game of nearly 90 people. Carter says: “I made a lot of new friends. A lot of them were American kids, because we both speak English, but we could all play together and we did. It was great. One nice kid gave me a Chile shirt and the kids from Japan were excited about the Olympics there in 2020.” Carter’s dad, Trevor says, “They were sharing stuff and really living up to the #FriendsWin. They were playing soccer together, not even with a common language. The friendship and camaraderie of the group-and the parents-was just amazing.”

ewan, Alberta, and Manitoba since he was a baby.

His longstanding relationship with the charity and his visits for nearly 12 years to Ronald McDonald Houses in all three prairie provinces made him a natural choice to represent the organization in Brazil. As one of only five Canadians who were selected to attend the Rio Games as an ambassador, Carter was the only one who was chosen outright for the honour.

“A lot of the kids had to enter contests or otherwise compete for the chance to go to Rio,” says Trevor. “But Carter was asked to go without having to do any of that.”

The Morrison men were on Olympic duty from August 2 to 8. After being taken to their hotel from the airport, Carter was outfitted in Olympic gear.

“I didn’t wear any of the clothes from my suitcase,” he says. “We were given clothes to wear from McDonalds and a nice kid from Chile gave me a T-shirt, too.” During the lead-up to the August 5th opening ceremony, the pair received a daily itinerary, which included regular trips to local steakhouses for supper, plenty of rehearsal time for the Games’ official opening, and some once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

“They recreated a Brazilian Carnival for the kids,” says Trevor. “It was absolutely amazingfrom the costumes, the dancing and singing. The kids even got to participate, too.”

The pair also joined the Ronald McDonald Olympic Kids contingient on a trip to visit the country’s iconic Statue of Christ the Redeemer, which overlooks Rio de Janeiro. Carter’s mother, Lisa Morrison-who watched the opening ceremony in Carlyle- asked her son to take a photo of himself at the statue, which he did.

“When you’re up there, you see everything,” says Carter. “And I just thought of all the people supporting me, being there.”

The pair also saw American tennis star Venus Williams compete. “She was pretty good,” says Carter, adding “Her serve must be as fast as the speed limit on the highway.”

Trevor says watching his son lead Team Canada-along with flagbearer and gold medallist, Rosie MacLennan-is his favourite Olympic moment, “without a doubt.” However, prior to the trip, he expressed the hope that he and Carter would get the opportunity to watch a Brazilian soccer game, because “they’re soccer-crazy there.”

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#FriendsWin: Carter Morrison’s Olympic Adventure

Carter Morrison’s mother, Lisa, asked her son to bring back a photo from the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue which overlooks Rio de Janerio. Lisa says of her family’s experience with McDonalds’ Ronald McDonald Houses: “McDonalds and their charity- Ronald McDonald Houses-really have a compelling commitment to children. They have embodied a spirit of friendship and giving back in Carter and our entire family. And for that, we are forever grateful.”

“I saw an amazing soccer game there,” smiles Trevor. “On our last day there, they took the kids for a picnic outside. All of the kids from Ronald McDonald Houses were there and so were the parents. It wasn’t planned, but suddenly, someone threw a soccer ball, and before you know it, there are 90 or so kids playing, then the security guards join in, then some other guys who were working nearby join in, and you’ve got this huge soccer game happening. And three monkeys even showed up!”

“Witnessing the friendship and the camaraderie of the group was amazing,” says Trevor.

“Carter made a lot of friends, whether there was a language barrier or not. We took some Town of Carlyle pins with us and nobody could believe we came from a community of only 1,500 people, but everybody knows where Carlyle is now.”

“The number-one thing I look at now is that if you take politics and greed and money out of the world, these kids really have it figured out.

With them, it was all about friendship and helping each other. It was pretty cool.”

“I made a lot of new friends,” says Carter. “A lot of them were American kids, because we both speak English, but we could all play soccer together and we did. It was great. One nice kid gave me a shirt from Chile and the kids from Japan were excited about the Olympics there in 2020.”

“They were sharing stuff and really living up to #FriendsWin,” says Trevor. “They were playing soccer together, not even with a common language. The friendship and camaraderie of the group-and the parents-was just amazing.”

Carter’s mom, Lisa, says: “I’m really just lost for words. Carter and Trevor experienced it there. And I was so excited and so overwhelmed when I saw how thrilled and happy for Carter people were here at home. We are all so grateful for the big welcome home Carter received here in Carlyle.”

“It’s overwhelming and emotional.”

“Carter is a kid who loves sports and doesn’t get to play a lot of them,” adds Trevor. “So the fact that he gets to take part in the biggest sporting event in the world and raise awareness for Ronald McDonald House...Well, it’s amazing.”

Even before the opening ceremony was over, there was evidence that Carter had fulfilled his mission as an ambassador for Ronald McDonald Houses worldwide.

Morrison family friend, Nicole Currie-who attended high school in Wawota-received the following message from her former classmate and exchange student, Brazilian Anna Augusta Fleury: “Hi Nicole, I loved seeing that young man Carter at the Olympic opening ceremony. I have

As a Ronald McDonald House “Olympic Kid,” Carlyle’s Carter Morrison was allowed to have one parent accompany him to the Summer Olympics in Rio. His dad, Trevor, was Carter’s travel buddy and says, “Witnessing the friendship and the camaraderie of the group was amazing. Carter made a lot of friends, whether there was a language barrier or not. We took some Town of Carlyle pins with us and nobody could believe we came from a community of only 1,500 people, but everybody knows where Carlyle is now,” he smiles. “The number one thing I look at now is that if you take politics and greed and money out of the world, these kids really have it figured out. With them, it was all about friendship and helping each other. It was pretty cool.” a friend whose son has the same condition and they were very happy their son was represented at that moment. How amazing it is for me to find out Carter is Canadian and from southeast Sask.

So happy! Hope he enjoyed his experience and his time down here.”

Lisa says, “Hearing that is overwhelming and really, what it’s all about. McDonald’s and their charity-Ronald McDonald Houses-really have a compelling commitment to children. They have embodied a spirit of friendship and giving back to Carter and our family. And for that, we are forever grateful.”

Carter describes his entire Olympic adventure as: “Pretty amazing-a lot amazing! I’d really like to thank everyone for supporting me.”

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Carter Morrison didn’t know untl the very last moment that he would help lead Team Canada into Rio’s Maracana Stadium for the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Carter, pictured here, wrapped in a Canadian flag says: “I didn’t know I was getting Canada, but everyone knew I wanted it. I thought I would be nervous, but I wasn’t.”

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Friday, August 26, 2016

Weekly RCMP report Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

The Carlyle RCMP detachment responded to several files between Friday, Aug. 12 and Thursday, Aug. 18.

911 calls/False alarms Members received three 911 calls requesting assistance regarding a matter in the Carlyle area.

There were two cancelled alarms during this period-one originating from a Carlyle business and one from a residence in Redvers.

Alcohol-related offences RCMP removed several intoxicated youth from a home in the Carlyle area. One

young person was taken to hospital.

Members responded to a report of a possiblyimpaired driver. RCMP located the vehicle.

Assault Police were called to a civil matter between two area business owners regarding a property dispute. This matter is currently an assault, break and enter, and mischief investigation.

A suspect in a Carlyle area assault was located by police, arrested, and will appear in court.

Members responded to an assault in which the complainant was pushed and their life threatened.

RCMP are currently assisting another police agency with an assault investigation in the Carlyle area.

Assistance Carlyle RCMP are

currently providing assistance to the Canadian Firearms Centre regarding an investigation of an area individual possibly in possession of an illegal firearm.

RCMP provided assistance to North Battleford Corrections regarding an individual’s compliance while wearing an electronic monitoring device.

Members assisted Saskatoon Police Service by serving a summons.

Police assisted both Mobile Crisis from Regina and the Yukon Tribal Council in a matter involving a youth.

Members continue to provide assistance regarding a longstanding civil matter in the area.

RCMP received assistance regarding an individual who failed to attend court.

Members removed

an unwanted individual from a home in the Carlyle area.

Breach of conditions An individual was found to be in breach of their release conditions.

Break and enter In Carlyle, members responded to complaints of breaking and entering. RCMP reminds residents to lock their homes, garages, vehicles and campers.

RCMP are still investigating a report of a break-in at Kenosee Lake.

In Redvers, a breakin at a residence resulted in property damage inside the home. This matter is still under investigation and the suspect is known to police.

Child Welfare Act Carlyle RCMP responded to two reports pertaining to the Child Welfare Act. Criminal harassment An individual will appear in court accused of criminal harassment and breach of a court order.

Fire RCMP responded to a fire in a residence in the Carlyle area. This matter is currently an arson investigation.

Members responded to a call from from the provincial fire authorities regarding an oil refinery fire in the Kisbey area.

Fraud Carlyle RCMP responded to three fraud complaints during this period. One was regarding gambling winnings and two involved individuals claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In one of these cases, an area individual was defrauded of approximately $3,000. Members urge the public to be wary of these schemes, whether they are initiated via email or over the phone.

Mischief In Arcola, RCMP are investigating a report of mischief.

Missing persons Members received two separate missing persons reports. In both cases, RCMP located these individuals.

Noise complaints RCMP received a noise complaint from within the Village of Manor. No charges were laid.

Vandalism A grader was damaged in the Carlyle area.

Charges are pending and an individual will appear in court.

Traffic offences/Collisions RCMP attended to a collision between a car and a cow in the Wawota area. The driver of the vehicle was unhurt and the cow was not found.

An individual was charged for driving with undue care and attention.

Members issued two tickets for $580 each to drivers who had unregistered vehicles.

Throughout the detachment area, RCMP issued 11 tickets for failing to stop, 28 speeding tickets and eight nonmoving traffic violations- including tickets for failing to wear a seatbelt.

Members responded to the report of an abandoned semi carrying dangerous goods on a side road near Hwy 13 near Wauchope.

Uttering threats Members responded to a report of uttering threats involving two people in the Redvers area. RCMP members spoke to both of these individuals and the matter was settled.

Railway Avenue West bridge repairs put to tender Lynne Bell

Observer Staff

Carlyle Town Council met Wednesday, Aug. 17 for their regular bi-weekly meeting. Council’s next meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Carlyle Civic Centre.

Bridge repairs Council voted to proceed with the necessary repairs to the Railway Avenue West bridge. The tender process will be conducted by the engineering firm in charge of the project, ECO Engineering of Saskatoon.

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Homespun: The Biggest Little Craft Show in Saskatchewan to celebrate 30th anniversary Kelly Running Observer Staff

Carlyle’s Homespun, “The Biggest Little Craft Show in Saskatchewan,” is celebrating 30 years this September and the board invites you to join in on the fun.

Over 70 vendors will be in attendance on Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, which will encompass a great selection of items from food stuffs to wooden board games and everything in between. There will be a variety of fantastic vendors chosen by the homespun committee including new vendors and returning favourites.

On Sept. 17 the day will begin at 10 a.m. and will run until 8 p.m., which is something the committee is really excited about.

“We’re excited to offer late shopping on the Saturday for those who work that day or have something else on during the day,” Nicole Currie, Chair of the Homespun Board, explained. “We also have two draws that night, one at 6 p.m. and the

other at 7 p.m., each for $100 vendor bucks.”

Saturday also boasts a pancake breakfast hosted at the Legion, just northwest of the rink from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. The delicious Supper in the Field, which will be held in the arena again this year, will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s hours will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Both days the event is hosted at the Carlyle Sports Arena and admission is $5 and free for kids 12-years and under.

In addition to the vendors found at the rink, the 14th annual Quilt Show will be held at Memorial Hall both days. Admission to the quilt show is $4 and it will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well as from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the Sunday.

“We’re excited that we have some high school kids that will have made quilts and will have them on display at the quilt show,” Currie added.

Action at the local motocross track will also be underway on Saturday, Sept. 17, between 10 a.m. and 3

p.m. as the 12th annual Bowan Rekken Memorial Moto-X Track Race – part of the Southeast Corner Racing Circuit.

New and returning vendors will be at Homespun’s 30th anniversary on Sept. 17 and 18th.

An annual favourite includes the returning Cowboy Caviar vendors.

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Quote of the Week . . .

“Perserverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”

- Walter Elliot

Female media coverage at the Olympics

The Rio Olympics have showcased the abilities of men and women. The raw power, the finesse, the determination, and the sportsmanship that comes with being an Olympic athlete has all been featured at the Games. I actually thoroughly enjoy watching the Olympics because I enjoy watching people do amazing Kelly Running things, things that I couldn’t even Observer Staff imagine doing.

However, for certain television stations and news outlets covering the Games the coverage of women’s events was kind of brutal in a sense. Personally I thought CBC did very well in simply delivering us unbiased events. Yet, other headlines, mostly from our neighbours to the south focused on other aspects of women in sport.

When American athlete Corey Dogdell-Unrein won a bronze medal in trap shooting she was referred in the press simply as “Wife of Bears’ lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics.” I’m sure she loves her husband, but she just won an Olympic medal how about put her name in there somewhere at least.

Other coverage included NBC stating, after a fantastic performance by a Hungarian swimmer, a comment of “and there’s the person responsible for her performance,” as her coach/husband was picking something up in the background of the shot on her.

Granted this one might have just been an errant way of saying that her coach/husband helped her along the way as a coach and a support system does, but it

came off as undercutting the fact that in the moment the only one responsible for the performance was her… I mean her coach/husband wasn’t in the pool, so a poor choice of words perhaps.

There was also a ton of attention on Egypt’s first ever beach volleyball team at the Olympics… but the only discussion was of how they were wearing spandex pants and long sleeves and one of the athletes was wearing a hijab. Why does any of that really matter? They were the first female beach volleyball team out of Egypt to make the Games… but I didn’t find that out until three days after I watched their first game.

Apparently the American gymnastic team looked like they belonged in a mall… which ok… they’re young girls, all dressed up with make-up on, and standing in a circle chatting either before or after a performance, I don’t remember which. But, it just seems like an unwarranted statement focused on their looks as opposed to their abilities as athletes.

A judo competition was referred to as a “catfight,” while Katie Ledecky set a women’s 800m freestyle record and was given what looked like a footnote

under a banner about Michael Phelps winning silver.

Perhaps this all just seems odd to me because being Canadian… we’re not the strongest in the summer Olympics, give us some snow and off we go, but although our athletes have improved in the events, it’s still not quite the same as those that dominate the top medal counts. Additionally this year, I watched a variety of events and in the beginning it seemed like Canadian medals were only going to be brought home by the ladies competing. So, I guess Canada’s press couldn’t really minimize what female athletes were doing because until a few days in they were the only ones on the podium.

Now, before you say I’m a crazy feminist, there was a moment where a male was also subjected to the scrutiny of the internet and the press in similar ways as the female athletes. The Tonga flag bearer at the opening ceremonies was shirtless and covered in oil, so there was media coverage focused on what he looked like. However, one moment doesn’t make up for the multiple ones women have seen in the media at the Games. But, at least there’s dialogue and discussion.

were magic. We soared on swings, spun on monkey bars, bounced on teeter totters, and looked for speed down the slide.

Leaving elementary school meant leaving the playground behind. Outwardly, of course, we were more than ready to embrace our maturity and leave those childhood things behind, but inwardly we knew we were saying farewell to a pretty special aspect of the school day. And once left behind…it is hard to reclaim again, which is unfortunate because although it took place outside the classroom there were many lessons to be learned. Lessons we should remain mindful of today.

Swings taught us that the harder we pumped the higher we could go. So set your sights high--but be prepared to work.

Monkey bars beckoned us to reach, to climb and to push past the point we achieved and strive for a higher point on the structure. So extend your hands and exceed your grasp but know it is going to require risk to make it happen.

Our time on the teeter totters was a lesson in cooperation and equity as we learned the physics behind the tandem activity--first one makes a move, and then the other. To keep things moving

smoothly we have to keep things in balance. Too much on one end keeps us mired in one placed, and most things are best when we share them with others.

There was a line-up at the slide. Always. But when it was your turn you ascended the stairs rung by rung, got into position, and with a push against the sides sent yourself sailing down the straightaway. It taught us the importance of waiting for our turn, the power of expectation, and the thrill of throwing ourselves into the activity. So we need to remind ourselves of the value of patience, the tingle of anticipation, and the joy of doing something wholeheartedly and without reservation.

Is recess just for children? Let’s hope not.

We need to claim those moments in our day that allow us to take a break, embrace fun, and play.

To remember the joy of occasionally spinning out of control and laughing so hard we need to take a moment to catch our breath. To set aside the day planner and rediscover the imagination of daydreaming. To put down the devices and listen for the voices of those joining in the fun. It’s necessary to leave many childhood things behind...but recess should not be one of them. That’s my outlook.

Play time not just child’s play Here we are again. Those long-awaited, luxuriant summer days are vanishing quickly.

Though the calendar gives us a few weeks of reprieve before the official start of fall, there is something about the impending arrival of September that denotes a change--change of pace, change of schedule, change of weather, and change of approach to each day.

Shelley Luedtke More than 5 million Canadian students will head to school next week. Some will do so at schools fully staffed and fully stocked with everything needed for a quality education. Some will arrive at schools striving to do their best with over-crowded classrooms and a severe lack of resources. A great number will arrive at elementary schools that look similar on the inside but are distinctive in that there is no playground equipment in the yard.

Two decades ago we began to see the slow disintegration of play yards as concerns over safety caused the removal of certain pieces of equipment.

Then the pinch of budgets took their toll as some schools saw no alternative but to do away with equipment altogether since the cost of purchase and maintenance was simply too high. In some jurisdictions it has been up to parent groups to undertake fundraising efforts if their children’s playgrounds are to be anything more than dirt piles or grassy fields. With challenging budgets this is seen as a necessary trade-off, but think of what is lost when a playground disappears.

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Bye, Bye Blackberry The recent news that BlackBerry is canning its Classic smartphone model has brought both howls of protests and howls of laughter, from fans and detractors respectively.

Longtime Blackberry loyalists mourned the loss of the Classic’s QUERTY keyLynne Bell board, with CNN’s business Observer Staff correspondent, Richard Quest tweeting his “love” for his BlackBerry Classic “with its real qwerty keyboard’” and comparing the end of the Classic with “the end of civilization.”

Others have served up cutting jibes on Twitter, such as: “If you still own and use a BlackBerry Classic, let me know and I’ll gladly give you a tour of 2016,” and “BlackBerry has dropped the Classic model from its lineup. This is bad news for its user base, Steve Lewis of Burlington, Ontario.”

Ouch!

Fans of the Classic say the phone’s traditional QUERTY keyboard made speed typing easy and as an added bonus, the format made cringe-worthy autocorrect fails almost impossible.

Fervent supporters of brand BlackBerry also cited the company’s commitment to user security, which made it a favourite among users in the government and business worlds, to name two.

What went wrong for the once-proud Canadian company is a story that would more than fill this entire newspaper, but part of the company’s problems are dismal sales and a distinct lack of apps. And although the iPhone was first dismissed as a toy by BlackBerry users when it made its debut, it’s tough to defend a so-called smartphone that can no longer support an app for something as ubiqitous as Facebook.

As a former Blackberry user, there are things I miss besides the QUERTY keyboard.

The commitment to user security and product quality were cornerstones of BlackBerry’s business model.

And it’s sad to see a once-proud Canadian company-and the jobs it created- reduced to a punchline.

I certainly haven’t followed BlackBerry’s decline obsessively (too busy playing with my iPhone...), but it’s puzzling and more than a little disappointing to me that the company can’t seem to recapture its glory days of innovation and commitment to its customer base.

According to the company’s CEO and General Manager for Devices, Ralph Pini: “It’s been an incredible workhorse device for customers, exceeding all expectations.”

This may not be the beginning of the end for BlackBerry, though. Thr company says it has plans to introduce two Android-powered smartphones within the year and adds that it won’t rule out using its highly-touted and secure operating system (BB10) in conjunction with the proposed new devices.

Like many former users, I won’t be trading in my current smartphone for BlackBerry. But like many Canucks, that won’t stop me quietly rooting for this Canadian company to make a comeback.

Innovation and technology: never standing still Technology is something that comes and goes. When I was little there was the Game Boy or the Game Gear, two similar items, but the Game Boy took off and the Game Gear (although mine still works) became a relic of the past.

The same things hapKelly Running pen with gaming consoles…

Observer Staff Nintendo managed to outlive Sega, while Playstation and Xbox manage to ebb and flow in sales. They have to keep themselves on the edge, constantly innovating and improving upon what they have.

I know the graphics of the first Playstation were amazing for its time, but today the Playstation 4 has extremely realistic graphics. And I’m sure Xbox is the same, while Nintendo has also kept up. For me I like the Playstation console, it’s familiar, and I like their original games, so I tend to stick to that brand.

This corresponds to smartphones. There was a time that the cameras were all fairly cruddy, there were small screens, and there were T-9 keyboards – which let me tell you was weird at first but you got used to it. Before the T-9 keyboard you had to work for the letter you wanted, you want a “k” you better hit the “5” twice. Even in that, you became quick at texting as you came to just know where each letter was according to the middle key’s little protrusion, much like the home base while typing as “j” and “f” always have little bumps on them and as long as I’m there I don’t have to look to see which key I’m hitting. I just know what it is.

When smartphones first really took off there were two brands that seemed to be above the rest the iPhone and the BlackBerry. Recently it was announced that BlackBerry will be stopping the production of their Classic model. It was a model which boasted the QUERTY key-

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board, BlackBerry Messaging, and a fairly easy to use interface. For those that had BlackBerry phones they loved them and although many are complaining the phone is gone… it really should have disappeared long ago. BlackBerry forgot to do the one thing that every other phone company is doing… keeping up with the times and staying on the edge of new discoveries.

You have BlackBerry Classic; you’re standing still while your competition is now talking about making a completely waterproof phone.

If you carry your phone in your pocket then you sometimes wonder if anyone has lost it in the toilet when they go into the washroom or if they drop it in a puddle for some reason. They fell behind in innovations as other companies improved their camera features, offered larger phones (which to be honest I was happy with the size of the iPhone 4 – again more technology of mine that still works but just become obsolete).

And because I was hooked into iPhone, it simply has the most features that I like about a phone on the market, I only noticed about a year ago that maybe BlackBerry was falling behind when a BlackBerry user switched to Samsung.

He used to make fun of my iPhone saying the screen would shatter or the battery was terrible (both of which I’ve personally had good luck with) and he would tell me how much better the BlackBerry was. So, when he made the switch it seemed a little odd to me.

Apparently BlackBerry hasn’t completely given up and will be marketing two new smartphones within the year, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to bring back their customer base unless they do something extremely unique.

Nintendo was once the top gaming console, then it died down as Playstation and Xbox became the top dogs, but Nintendo was innovative and developed the Wii which sent them surging, headlong back into the race.

So, can the BlackBerry do something similar? Or has its time passed?

A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies.

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Ryder Cup sees great action in Moose Mountains Kelly Running Observer Staff

The White Bear and Kenosee Lake, Ryder Cup, was hosted on Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21. Teams for each club had been determined in the week prior.

Great shots, fantastic competition, and a high level of sportsmanship was found on the courses, which included two rounds at White Bear Lake Golf Course on the Saturday and one round at Golf Kenosee on the Sunday. After the two days of competition it was Team Kenosee that came out on top.

Competitors on Team White Bear included Dallas Lequyer, Dean Lequyer, Brad Mryglod, Travis Mryglod, Tyler Mryglod, Dez Littlechief, Stan Littlechief, Cory Pinacie, Rod Neivadomy, Dennis Lizuck, Brett Standingready, Moose Littlechief (Saturday only), and Shawn Pollock (Sunday only).

Team Kenosee included Rick Halberg, Paul Grimes, Kelly Currie, Mike Currie, Dave Balfour, Clark Lemieux, Ben Brown, Jay Mohr, Fritz Sauter, Buddy Beauchesne, Nathan Johnson, and Kent Sauter.

Day one finished on Saturday, Aug. 20, with Team White Bear having 4.5 points and Team Kenosee at 7.5 points. Day two saw Team White Bear battled back and earned 5.5 points, keeping Team Kenosee to 6.5 points that day.

Team Kenosee finished with 14 points overall and Team White Bear finished with 10 points.

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Team Kenosee included (not in order) Rick Halberg, Paul Grimes, Kelly Currie, Mike Currie, Dave Balfour, Clark Lemieux, Ben Brown, Jay Mohr, Fritz Sauter, Buddy Beauchesne, Nathan Johnson, Kent Sauter, Don Evans, and Doug Rintoul.

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Team White Bear (not in order) included Dallas Lequyer, Dean Lequyer, Brad Mryglod, Travis Mryglod, Tyler Mryglod, Dez Littlechief, Stan Littlechief, Cory Pinacie, Rod Neivadomy, Dennis Lizuck, Brett Standingready, Moose Littlechief (Saturday only, not pictured), Shawn Pollock (Sunday only), Kelly Johnson (not pictured), Gord Petker, and CJ Gelowitz.

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Women from Carlyle’s Filipino community gathered at the Carlyle Elementary School playground for an inaugaural volleyball tournament on Sunday, Aug. 21. “It’s really an introduction to volleyball for Filipino women in Carlyle,” says organizer Lorna Tinio. “Next year, we want to make this an invitational tournament and invite other communities.

Volleyball is big in the Philippines and in small towns there, it’s typically played outdoors. We wanted to introduce it to ladies here in Carlyle. It’s a chance to socialize and have fun.” Pictured (l-r) are Ellie Alvarez, Lorna Tinio and Yvette Orpiano.

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Saskota teams work hard at provincials: Cardinals earn provincial championship Kelly Running Observer Staff

The Carlyle Cardinals once again had a very successful season, not only did they come away with the championship title from the Saskota League, the Cardinals returned from Senior AA Tier 2 Provincials in Kindersley.

The Cardinals got off to a rocky start losing to Lloydminster 2-1, but came back strong beating Saskatoon 5-4 and Arm River 13-1. Moving onto the semi-finals they came up against Swift Current, which they beat with a 13-10 win and a spot in the final.

Coming up against Yorkton, the Cardinals played hard and swept the final with a score of 4-0 to become this year’s Senior AA Tier 2 Provincials champions.

“We had really good pitching throughout the tournament,” David Lemiuex explained. “Lost a tough game early on but bounced back well to win our next two pool games. In the semi finals we actually trailed Swift Current 8-1 and ended up winning. The final was extremely close the entire game and we ended up pulling it off. Everyone contributed throughout the weekend and it was a real team effort.”

Competing in the Senior AA Tier 3 Provincials were the Oxbow Chiefs, Carnduff Astros, and Estevan Tower Wolves. Estevan and Carnduff both made it to the semi-finals. Carnduff would take on Unity and Estevan would take on Wilkie; but it would be Unity and Wilkie that would face off in the final.

Other teams competing at Senior Provincials included the Windthorst Pirates and Redvers A’s who competed in the Senior AA Tier 4 competition.

The A’s were unable to make the playoffs, while the Windthorst Pirates lost out in a semi-final game versus the Macklin Lakers in a tight game with a score of 8-6.

Back row from left to right: Brody Swanson, Josh Hohn, Karl Malone, Shane Valentine, Mason Crossman, Danny Rasmussen, Riley Marshall. Bottom row from left to right: Devan Fafard, Andrew Malone, David Lemieux, Scott Nicholson, Brent McLean.

Running alongside Bob Neufeld Kelly Running Observer Staff

In 1994, Bob Neufeld from “Stoughton via Waldeck,” he says, began introducing running into his life and hasn’t looked back.

“I didn’t start running marathons right away, it took me about four years to get up to that point,” Neufeld explained. “Four years of a lot of reading Runner’s World and figuring things out. In 1998 I started and now I’m up to about 70 full marathons and about 30 half-marathons, a few ultras, and a few triathlons as well.”

Why decide to lace up his runners and hit the road?

“Basically I tell people I hit my mid-30s and realized I couldn’t spend my leisure time in the pubs and the bars anymore. That’s more than about 70 percent true, and what else do you do with a somewhat compulsive personality? You take up running and then it becomes addictive in its own right. If you don’t run for awhile you’ve got to get out and do something; it’s a good stress relief and you can do it anywhere. With work I travel a lot and on holidays I travel a lot

and it’s something that’s easy to do anywhere.”

As a Biologist Ducks Unlimited, Neufeld has a special place in his heart for wildlife and nature, which is how one of his most recent trips came about to Africa. Not only was he interested in seeing wild African dogs in their natural habitat and scuba diving, he wanted to complete the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon for a second time.

“There’s an ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon, and

was developed as a way to honour the First World War veterans,” Neufeld explained.

“One year they run from Durban on the coast to Pietermaritzburg which is inland, and then they switch.”

“Last year it was an up run from Durban, it is really, really hilly. A group of 10 of us went last year and seven of us were entered in Comrades. Five of us actually finished. Last year it was just a little under 88 km and you had 12 hours to finish, and you have certain cut off points. If you

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don’t make that point, boom you’re at the end of your run. One of the women with us last year missed a check point by a minute, she had like 20k left to go, 2.5 hours, but they put barricades

across and that was the end of her race.”

“Ten of us met up with eight other people in Johannesburg the next day and we went to Botswana for two weeks of safaris. I’ve been to

Africa counting this year 11 times and until this year I had only seen one African dog in the wild.

See Bob Neufeld on page 13

Arcola Co-op Would like to thank all the members who came out and helped us celebrate 100 years of service to this community.

We would like to Thank ; DH Construction and Pearson Construction for the Human foosball court. Everyone had a blast playing. 1st prize of $600 went to the Ball Busters, 2nd prize of $300 was won by Foos Fighters, and 3rd prize of $150 was won by the Foos Your Daddy.

We would like to Thank Dawson Sawchuk and Ryan Bonar of Secure Energy, for coming out and cooking hot dogs at noon for the event.

Rylan Weir for the delicious supper, The AK Combines for providing a bar.

A big Thank You to Dunn’s Transport and Staff for the beautiful flower arrangement. Your thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated.

Thank You to Richard Arndt, Ken Kolenz and Rob Thompson for the fabulous fireworks display. You guys really lit the night up in a big way.

Thank you OneChurch for bringing in the bouncy castles and to Daycare for providing entertainment for the children.

Thank you Jodie Sawchuk for all the hard work and effort that you put into the story board and the advertising and facebook advertising.

Thank you to the staff for all their hard work and those who helped set up tear down.

Thank you also to all the people that I may have missed in my Thank You. Thank you to all the people who brought in pictures or stories or write ups on the Co-op over the years.

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Auto enthusiasts checked out the Show & Shine during the1st Annual Carlyle Fun Dayz, but tiny Zara Nisor of Carlyle captured most of the attention in her vintage-inspired outfit.

The Main Street Parade was the centrepiece of Calyle Fun Dayz, held Saturday, Aug. 20 in Carlyle. Pictured is the Fresh From the Garden float, one of many floats entered by area businesses, organizations and individuals that made up the daytime spectacle.

Carlyle’s first annual Carlyle Fun Dayz was held on Saturday, Aug. 20. Area businesses and organizations held the late summer event as “A celebration of our community,” according to Nicole Currie of the Carlyle Chamber of Commerce. “We’re really excited about all of the events we’ve planned. A new one is the outdoor movie in the pavilion at Lions Park-and there is so much more.” The screening-a free event for all ages-was one of the events sponsored by the Carlyle & District Lions Club.

The Carlyle & District Lions Club got the community’s Fun Dayz celebration off to a hearty start with a pancake breakfast on the Pure Chem lot.

Souris Avenue became a pedestrian-only zone as Carlyle held its first-ever Fun Dayz celebration, Saturday, Aug. 20., as bouncers, a petting zoo, kids’ games, a face painting station, food trucks and volunteers from the community’s first responders filled the street.

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From Page 11 - Bob Neufeld African wild dogs are a really neat animal and reason I went to Africa.”

Wanting to take in more of the natural world Africa has to offer, Neufeld decided that he would take in the Comrades Marathon a second year. Last year was its 90th anniversary and was ran inland, while this year was a non-anniversary year, but was ran the opposite direction.

“This year, you have to qualify, so if you run a full marathon you have to do it in under five hours; if you do a 50k it has to be done in under 6 hours; and they have some longer ultras you can also use to qualify. So I qualified running Regina’s last September again and you only can enter from September to November.”

“Last year I finished in 11hrs 42min and this year I finished in 11hrs 26min.”

The event begins at 5:30 a.m. and is operated for 12 hours, if those running are not at the end by 5:30 p.m. then there’s a bus that goes back to pick people up who have not made the time.

“The guy who won it this year did 89.2km in 5hrs 18min,” Neufeld explained. “They have aid stations all the way along. On the hilly parts I learned last year you walk, run, walk, run. And last year because it was the 90th anniversary it was done really well and they had pace groups, so it was really easy.

This year because it wasn’t an anniversary year I was running on my own which made it a lot tougher. So when I came to the hills I’d walk for a count of 30, run for a count of 30.”

Running for 12 hours straight is a test, but one that Neufeld says is more mental than anything.

“It’s a long slow day of running and you just sort of grind it out,” he explained. “Running to finish is a lot different than running for a time. It’s just a very long day.”

“You gotta fuel and drink a lot. Best thing for you is probably cola with the caffeine and sugars it’s really good. Energy drink, coke, water, and make sure you take a lot of salt. Last year little cooked potatoes rolled in salt, which were really good because you get the salt and the carbohydrates.”

Neufeld has now done marathons on every continent except for Antarctica and because he enjoys travelling simply adds in a running event if he’s decided to go somewhere.

“Comrades was interesting, but I have no urge to go back,” Neufeld explained. “You get a finishers medal each year and if you do the run two years in a row you’re given a back to back medal.”

So, it’s now time to find another race to run, but for now he’s headed to the Queen City Marathon in Regina, a race he’s attended every year since it began.

“If you put your mind to it you can do it,” Neufeld said. “I tell people if you can do 5k then you can do 10, if you can do 10k then you can do 20, if you can do 20 you can do a full marathon. It’s a big jump from the half to the full, but it’s more mental than anything else.”

Rider Insider

By Rod Pedersen 1 - THERE ARE NO WORDS: Two days later, there are still no positive words to describe Saturday’s 53-7 Saskatchewan Roughriders loss at Hamilton which dropped the beleagured club’s record to 1-7. However thereare some words. Inexcusable, inexplicable and beyond disappointing all come to mind. There really is no lipstick to put on that pig.

While watching the team’s practice sessions leading up to the game, the thought echoed in my mind that “This offense wouldn’t scare anybody right now”. They only mustered a pair of field goals and a punt single against the Ticats, but the defense let the club down too.

The “Us Against The World” theme of last week denigrated into “Us Against Ourselves” as the Rider playmakers failed to make plays and an array of penalties shot off just about every toe the club had.

After a display like that, it’s tough to make the case that the football club is getting better.

A Rider fan who made the trip to Hamilton - Lane from Saskatoon - said to me in the Sheraton Hamilton before the game, “Watching this team in training camp, you’d never think they’d be 1-6”.

It’s true. But the Riders were putting together a punishing ground attack at that time which included Xavier Fulton, Brendon Labatte, Dan Clark, Chris Best and Thaddeus Coleman on the offensive line with Matt Vonk and Andrew Jones as tightends and Curtis Steele in the backfield.

Right now, Fulton, Labatte, Clark, Best and Steele are all on the injured list with no sign of return.

If you got Chris Jones alone with no microphones or cameras around, he’d likely tell

you that’s the biggest reason for the club’s first-half demise. However he wants to build a culture of “No Excuses” and knows Rider fans won’t accept anything less.

2 - THEM’S THE BREAKS: Even when the Roughriders threatened to wake up early in Saturday’s game, the CFL’s Command Centre snatched momentum out of their hands. With Saskatchewan trailing 10-0 late in the first quarter, rookie defensive back Justin Cox picked off Hamilton quarterback Zach Col-

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Bob Neufeld of Stoughton has dedicated over 20 years to running, which has led him to six continents and a variety of challenges through marathons, half-marathons, and even ultramarathons.

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From Page 13 - Rider Insider However “upon review”, rookie Rider cornerback Kacy Rodgers was called for Illegal Contact after tugging at a Ticats receiver’s jersey far away from the play. The Ticats retained possession and wound up with a field goal for a 13-0 lead.

Later in the game, in a similar situation, upon review, what appeared to be clear Pass Interference penalty in the endzone by a Ticats defender was deemed fair play by replay official Jake Ireland.

Riders Head Coach & GM Chris Jones was surprisingly calm about those situations when asked about it on 620 CKRM’s postgame show.

“The CFL’s put this new (P-I) rule in. This is what they wanted,” Jones responded. “Sometimes they go your way but right now it seems nothing’s going our way. We have to keep grinding. I know the hearts in the room and how much it means

to them. They know how much it means to the people of our province. Eventually it’ll fall in place. We got a lotta young kids.”

The same instances occurred the week before in the Riders’ 19-10 home loss to Calgary.

Why even have referees if somebody’s going to play God in the Command Centre in critical situations?

If you have to enforce these ridiculous rules, at least enforce them all the time.

Now with the NFL and CFB starting up, the CFL is in serious jeopardy of losing viewers and ticket-buyers.

3 - HURTING THE CFL: Just putting this out there -- when the Saskatchewan Roughriders are hurting, so too is the entire Canadian Football League.

For instance, what if I said “Don’t bother going to the game in Edmonton this Friday because the Riders are going to get smashed

anyway.”

10,000 Rider fans staying away from Commonwealth Stadium this week - at an average ticket price of $50 - would cost the Edmonton Eskimos $500,000.

(I’d never make that statement in the first place, particularly since the Esks have graciously provided my family four tickets for the game).

And how are ticket sales going for the 2016 Grey Cup in Toronto?

With an 0-9 start last season, Rider fans found other things to do with their money rather than going to the 2015 Grey Cup in Winnipeg. The CFL and the Blue Bombers definitely felt the pinch.

Maybe some of the breaks should start going the Riders’ way.

4 - RIDER BASHING: Right now it’s in fashion to kick the Saskatchewan Roughriders while they’re down. For the past few seasons beginning at the tail end of the Decade of Decadence - the Roughriders

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were becoming loathed by the rest of the CFL and now with the arrival of Chris Jones and his lengthy list of enemies, it’s created the perfect storm.

Ticats defensive end John Chick alluded to the “circus in Riderville” when addressing reporters at his team’s walk-through on Friday at Tim Hortons Field. You can’t blame John for still feeling jilted by Jones and Co. for his off-season, lifealtering release and no one around here had a problem with his comments. If the Riders had a do-over, they likely wouldn’t have set Chick free in the first place but that’s small consolation now.

Chick certainly had the last laugh Saturday night with a pair of sacks and a forced fumble.

TSN 1150 Hamilton radio host Jim Tatti said last week the Riders “should be embarrassed” by the litany of fines the club has received over the past few weeks. It’s a narrative we’ve heard from coastto-coast lately and it will likely linger for awhile.

To me, the CFL has some fault in this for not disclosing all fines in its weekly news release of player discipline. To date, the fines for the Rider intro violation in Calgary and Darian Durant’s uniform violation still haven’t been formally announced by the league.

If they want to keep these types of penalties under wraps, the CFL shouldn’t be upset when teams or players disclose them themselves. Calgary quarterback Bo-Levi Mitchell did just that last week, days before the CFL got

around to announcing his fine for Tweeting about the Riders which put the spotlight on Roster-Gate.

5 - BREAKING NEWS: The MMG is going on the 1-Game Injured List with a sprained thumb after blocking so many Twitter trolls from various CFL cities over the past week. Hundreds of them. The most wonderful feature in all of social media is Twitter’s “BLOCK” option, where with a couple of quick taps on your Iphone, the hatred is silenced.

A lot of the vitriol the last few days has come from fans of other CFL teams - and even some fringe media types - for my prediction of the Roughriders to finish in first-place in the West Division this year. HEY, do I need to remind peopleagain that in 2001 when I predicted Saskatchewan would struggle to make the playoffs, I received a death threat?

Objectivity is not worth my life.

I’m a play-by-play guy who picked his own team to finish in firstplace. Wow. Lock me up and throw away the key.

6 - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?: Those were the words of the immortal John Lynch on radio many times over the past number of decades when Canada’s Team was struggling through spells like this. Some Rider fans wrote into this blog over the weekend saying, “It’s never been worse than this” but that’s nonsense. It’s dubious to point out, but the club has been through far worse stretches.

When do you really

ever know what’s “rock bottom”? How do you know how much stress is actually required to go on “stress leave”?

Saskatchewan is only three seasons removed from a Grey Cup championship whereas Ottawa (40 years), Winnipeg (26 years) and Hamilton (17 years) all are carrying far bigger bags of rocks.

However Saturday’s lopsided loss in Hamilton was the worst blowout the Riders have absorbed since 2000.

And that 2000 season is coming up a lot recently. There are certainly some parallels to 2016. It was the first year of the Roy Shivers/ Danny Barrett regime and the Riders - under Defensive Coordinator Gary Etcheverry - deployed 11 rookies on its starting defense. It was nothing for the Riders to allow 50 points or more on a weekly basis. It mattered little that prized free agent Rider quarterback Henry Burris - at the tender age of 25 - was putting up 40 points on offense.

It was a rebuild then just as it’s a rebuild now, however we’re now realizing why CFL coaches and GMs are loathe to use that term. It means a lot of pain, and being able to do nothing about it other than exercising a great deal of patience.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of 2000 finished at 5-12-1 and out of the playoffs.

That very same season Bill Belichick took over the New England Patriots and led them to a 5-11 record. They too missed the playoffs.

See Rider Insider on page 15

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Canada exceeds Olympic expections

By Bruce Penton The Olympic Games certainly brings out the best in the world’s athletes. And every four years, it’s a treat to watch the world’s best in some sports to which we’re not normally exposed, such as diving, track and field and swimming.

Now that the 2016 Rio Olympics are over, Canadian sports fans can return to worrying about hockey, baseball, football, golf and basketball, and watch from a distance while the swimmers, divers and track stars fine-tune their athletic engines in preparation for Tokyo four years hence.

After Canada’s performance at Rio, where the medal haul, 22 went above even the most optimistic expectations of our country’s sports officials, hopes will be even greater for 2020. Swim-

mer Penny Oleksiak, she of the four-medalwinning week at Rio, will be 20 years old and approaching the prime of her athletic life in 2020. Andre DeGrasse, with two bronze and a silver in sprinting, is the heir apparent to the retiring Usain Bolt and has no apparent rival for the title of “world’s fastest human.”

As in everyday life in general, however, the good, great and spectacular is generally tempered with the bad and ugly, and the Rio Games were no excep-

tion. While Canada’s overall performance gets a gold star, and the unprecedented athleticism of Bolt, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and others were on vivid display, there were some rather forgettable occurrences, too.

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who has had the misfortunate to have the height of his career run parallel to the human fish, Phelps, who, as someone quipped, has been returned to his tank at SeaWorld, made headlines for the wrong reasons. He concocted

From Page 14 - Rider Insider So Rider fans, if history is any indication, we could very well be headed towards a five win season and that’s exactly what Rider great Wayne Shaw predicted in training camp because there was simply too much turnover of the roster.

Whether the Riders make the playoffs or not this year is anybody’s guess.

When asked in Saskatoon in June what it will take for this season to be a deemed a success, Roughrider President Craig Reynolds responded, “We gotta make the playoffs”.

But if they don’t, what will the consequences be?

Chris Jones isn’t going anywhere and the man will be allowed to finish what he started even if the rebuild extends all through 2016 and beyond.

Although he’s not any happier with 1-7 than you and me, Craig Reynolds isn’t panicking.

Nor should you.

To quote the great Art Buchwald, “Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.”

7 - RAZZ MA TAZZ: Much has been made about Lions linebacker Jason Arakgi setting a new CFL record for special teams tackles with his 185th Friday night verus Calgary, and deservedly so. However Rider Hall of Famer Dan Rashovich has been getting somewhat worked up over the fact that if they had counted Special Teams tackles prior to 1991, he’d be the runaway winner atop the list.

“Razz” had 153 Special Teams tackles over the final nine of years of his 16-year career, however the league only kept track of that stat for half of his career. As we all know, Dan battled significant injuries in the twilight of his career. Being conservative and calculating at the same rate of tackles in his first (prime) seven seasons, he would have had

an additional 119 tackles making his career total 272. That’s being conservative. It’s not a stretch to think that Dan could’ve achieved 300 ST tackles for his career.

That’s a record that, if kept track of, likely never would be broken.

8 - SNOOP A LOOP: A hearty congrats this morning to Calgary Colts coach Mathew “Snoop” Blokker who recorded his 100th career victory in Calgary’s 36-17 victory over the Regina Thunder on Sunday. The former longtime Vancouver Island Raiders head coach has a staff in Calgary which includes former CFL’ers Tim Kearse and Marvin Pope.

9 - FIRE THE CANNONS!: Another key PFC note from the weekend is that Winnipeg Rifles running back Micheal Richott rushed for 358 yards on 33 carries on Saturday against the Edmonton Wildcats. That puts him in the top five single game performances in PFC history. Ironically, it came against Edmonton and the Wildcats have four players in the top five.

10 - BUTLER’S: The weeks of having a weekend day off are coming to an end due to the fact the CFL switches to Sunday games in the fall, however yesterday we were able to enjoy another glorious trip to Regina Beach. We visited the BlueBird Cafe on Main Street, now in its 88th year. However everyone refers to the place as Butler’s Fish & Chips. What’s the reason for this?

Either way, I enjoyed the fish & chips even though it’s the most calorie-rich meal you can order.

Why not live a little? With the Riders at 1-7, some comfort food was in order.

Congrats to Regina Pats great Jordan Eberle who proposed to Lauren Rodych on the weekend!

She said yes.

a story about him and three other swimmers being victims of an early-morning armed robbery which, when it came out as fabrication three days later, irritated Brazilian officials to no end, since they were ultra sensitive about safety concerns in the city’s streets.

A member of the Ireland Olympic Council, Pat Hickey, was sent home for a ticket-scalping mess. Six boxing officials were fired and sent home after their decisions on bouts were deemed to be not only suspect, but conspiratorially wrong.

Overall, though, the Games were a success. Zika-carrying mosquitoes — the ones that were reportedly responsible for keeping the world’s best golfers home and out of the golf competition — made nary a headline; sports fans from afar were not robbed in broad

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daylight. Facilities were wonderful, the competition was outstanding and hey, Canada’s got some new sports stars for whom we can’t wait to see perform again on the world stage four years from now.

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Ryan Lochte, spokesman for Burger King? Hey, don’t laugh. They’d probably sell a lot of Whoppers.”

• Perry again: “Russian diver Nadezhda Bazhina somehow landed on her back during springboard qualifying, earning her a score of 0.0 from the Olympic judges. On the bright side, though, it tied the world record set by likkered-up cousin Clem at the last family reunion.”

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CHANGING THE WAY WE SEE NATURE Georges Brossard Entomologist, educator and innovator

Georges Brossard’s life-long passion for insects would eventually lead to a whole new kind of educational institution. Born in 1940, Brossard attended a rural elementary school where he was encouraged to take up insect collecting as a hobby. Fascinated by the complexity of these tiny creatures, Brossard was devastated when he returned from vacation one summer to find his collection destroyed. At that moment, he decided that he would start over, this time with an ambitious goal: to collect every kind of insect on earth.

Even as a law student at the University of Ottawa, Brossard had bugs on his mind—to the point where he planned on writing his PhD on bees, an idea that he ultimately abandoned to become a notary. At age 25, he opened his own practice and worked day and night, six days a week, for the next thirteen years, quietly amassing the funds that would allow him to someday pursue his childhood dream.

On New Year’s Day 1978, Georges Brossard retired from his lucrative career as a notary. His wife Suzanne also left her job, and the very next day the couple was on a plane toward the first leg of an eight-month journey around the world. Their mission: to collect, catalogue and study the Earth’s insect life. This trip would be the first of many, and more than a decade of globetrotting later, Brossard had amassed an impressive 250,000 insect specimens from over 100 countries.

Brossard believed that the traditional representation of insects in museums was poorly designed and made the topic boring, but that these misunderstood beings could teach people a lot about the environment and biodiversity. Once he had built a satisfactory collection, he began showing his insects all over Quebec. Each time, more and more people flocked to see his curious creatures, and crowds were inspired by Brossard’s unrelenting enthusiasm.

The success of his travelling exhibits convinced Brossard that he could change the public’s perspective toward “bugs”. To do so, he donated his entire collection to the City of Montreal and received the green light from then-mayor Jean Doré to start funding a museum. Public support poured in, allowing Georges Brossard to open the world’s first insectarium in 1989. The Insectarium de Montréal currently welcomes over 400,000 visitors a year.

In addition to his museum work, Brossard engages in philanthropy and has an active media career. The 2004 film Le Papillon Bleu is based on a trip he took with a terminally ill child to capture a rare butterfly. He’s also hosted and directed television programs, namely Mémoires d’insectes and Insectia.

Today, Georges Brossard still strives to help our environment by teaching people about the fascinating world of insects. And his mission is succeeding: there are now over 25 insectariums worldwide, including five founded by Brossard himself.

Quiz TEST YOUR CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE QUESTION 1: What Canadian actor became famous for his role as James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise on the iconic television program Star Trek?

QUESTION 2: What was Canada’s first newspaper, founded in 1752?

QUESTION 3: Born in Montreal in 1932, this renowned astrophysicist, sometimes referred to as the French Carl Sagan, is best known by the general public for his popular books and television shows about astronomy.

QUESTION 4: What was Canada’s first national sport, as declared by Sir John A. MacDonald in 1867?

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Canada is home to the largest community of Icelandic descent outside of Iceland itself, which should come as no surprise given the similarities between the two countries—especially when it comes to our cool climate! In fact, early migrants from Iceland to North America stood out from other European populations by choosing Canada over the more popular United States.

Many Icelandic Canadians are descendants of people who fled the violent eruption of volcano Askja, in 1875. These families mostly settled in Manitoba, going against the majority of early immigrants who chose Quebec and Ontario to call home. Today, Manitoba is still home to the highest concentration of Canadians of Icelandic heritage, a demographic trend that’s reflected in some of the province’s town names—Erickson, Gimli and Reykjavik, to name a few.

You’ve probably heard of a fair number of notable Canadians of Icelandic descent.

Hockey players Robert Benson and Frank Frederickson, signers Tom Cochrane and k.d.

Lang and legendary secret agent Stephan G. Stephansson—one of the inspirations for the character James Bond—all share Nordic heritage and Canadian identity.

In 1992 the Atlantic Puffin was named Newfoundland’s provincial bird. These bright-billed seabirds are superb underwater swimmers but clumsy fliers. Their diet consists almost entirely of small fish.

They live in large colonies and spend most of the year at sea, landing solely for breeding season.

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New Hope Horse Club to host 5th annual roughstock rodeo Kelly Running Observer Staff

The New Hope Horse Club is presenting its fifth annual Rough N’ Ready Roughstock Rodeo in Stoughton on Sept. 3 at 6 p.m.

Located at the Stoughton Fairgrounds there’s fun and activities for all ages.

This year tickets can be found in advance at the Stoughton post office. Advance tickets are $10 for adults instead of $15, while youth tickets are $5, and kids that are 12 and under are free. Tickets are also available at the gate the day of the event.

Roughstock is being supplied by Prime Time Rodeos, owned by Jim Lawrence of Kennedy.

Events during the rodeo include youth focused fun with mutton

bustin’ and a new event this year, wild pony races.

“We have the same great events coming back this year and are looking forward to another great event,” DeeAnna Lyke, one of the organizers, explained.

Competition will heat up with barrel racing, junior steer riding, wild horse races, steer riding, saddle broncs, bareback, and bull riding.

There will be food vendors on site and kids’ activities available before the rodeo action begins. A beer gardens will also be set up under the big tent as well, which is located next to the corral. So, come rain or shine the show will go on.

A fundraiser for the New Hope Horse Club there will also be 50/50 tickets being sold during

the event and there will also be a draw for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2015 Labour Day Classic.

On site there will also be a family cabaret, which is featuring The Yahoo.

Seeing success over the past years with great community support the event has led the New Hope Horse Club to continue hosting the roughstock rodeo as a fundraiser for their club. With numerous volunteers and sponsors the evening is all about community and community entertainment.

Last year competitors in the Rough N’ Ready event participated from across the prairies, putting on a fantastic show as they attempted to ride Prime Time Rodeo’s best some were successful, while others fell to the power-

From Page 15 - Bruce Penton • Comedy writer Jim Barach, on Michael Phelps saying he will retire after the Rio Olympics: “To which even Brett Favre is saying he’ll believe that when he sees it.”

• Headline at SportsPickle.com: “District attorney clears Alabama football players of all future charges.”

• @Octaviusrex, on Twitter, on the Ryan Lochte saga where four U.S. swimmers couldn’t get their stories straight and their tale of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio unravelled: “The synchronized swimmers would’ve kept their stories straight.”

• Headline at SportsPickle.com: “Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt agree to 100-metre exhibition race in muddy swamp.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “In Olympic news, there’s a new type of individual medley where Ryan Lochte changes his story every 100 metres.”

• Dickson again: “The U.S. Olympic rowing team is wearing sewage-proof suits. These sewage-proof suits also come in handy when listening to Ryan Lochte’s story.”

• Brad Rock in the Deseret News: “Brazil claimed during the Olympic opening ceremonies that it launched the first airplane flight.

Moments later, Al Gore called a press conference to take credit for inventing the samba.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Who is feeling more pressure now that Patrick Roy has resigned from the Avalanche? a) Colorado without a coach? b) Montreal coach Michel Therrien?”

fundraising events has seen improvements to the grounds including an upgrade to the arena

with lights, which was a large project and one that has improved the viewing for attendees at Roughstock event.

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Tate Hartell goes for a ride on Said & Done in the bareback event last year.

• Currie again: “Astronomers said the Perseid meteor showers were expected to flash by over a couple of nights. Kind of like Yasiel Puig.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Did you hear about the unluckiest sports agent in the world? After his client, Hope Solo, called Sweden cowards, he said,

‘Thank god for my other client, Ryan Lochte.’”

Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: “Nothing against Team USA men’s basketball in Rio. But rooting for them seems about as anticlimatic as rooting for Joey Chestnut in a county fair eating contest.” Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca

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School’s back in session

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Take care while driving; school is back in session beginning Thursday, Sept. 1.

Kelly Running Observer Staff

School is back in session with Sept. 1 being the first day for youth and with school starting up a reminder to slow down in school zones and abide by the proper rules of the road – which should always be done – becomes quintessential in school zones.

In general the major traffic offences the RCMP deal with which can result in injuries and collisions are speed, distracted driving, failing to use seatbelts, and intersection related offences such as failing to stop or yield accordingly.

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Although these are all terrible and can result in injuries and collisions at anytime it becomes pertinent for the driver to be aware of their surroundings when driving by a school where youth may not always be watching for vehicles.

Obeying traffic signs is important for the safety of everyone. Often drivers are annoyed at having to slow down while passing through school zones with speeds ranging from 25 km/hr in Arcola to 30 km/ hr in Carlyle and Manor for example.

Slowing down through these zones is extremely important as youth may be taught to look both ways before crossing the street; but, often young people

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may forget causing them to dart out into the street after a ball during recess or are hidden behind parked vehicles until they step out into the street.

Drivers need to be alert and prepared to stop for this reason as the force of a collision, even if travelling 30 km/hr can cause severe injuries to a pedestrian. As recorded by CBC travelling at 40 km/hr creates a force of 70 percent more than 30 km/hr, while travelling 50 km/hr creates 180 percent more force than the typical 30 km/hr.

The Observer performed calculations, cross referencing numbers with an article from CBC, to find travelling across 200 metres of school zone at the recommend speed of 30 km/hr only takes 24 seconds. At 25 km/hr the same 200 metres takes 25 seconds, while 40 km/hr achieves a time of 18 seconds and 50 km/hr results in a time of 15 seconds.

Though the time difference is minimal in the big picture, people often complain of having to slow down to such speeds through the zones. However, the difference in time it takes to stop could mean a life. At 25 km/hr a vehicle will take three and a half metres to make a complete stop. While travelling 30 km/hr it takes a typical vehicle five metres to a complete stop, at 40 km/hr it takes nine metres to stop, and 50 km/hr takes 14 metres to come to a complete stop. This information was obtained through Forensic Dynamics Inc. which specializes in accident reconstructions. They provide a “Stopping Distance Calculator” on their website able to generate the approximate distance needed to stop based on speed and altered by road conditions.

Fines for speeding through a school zone begin at $190 and increase for every kilometre over the limit.

Additionally, it is necessary to practice diligence when approaching a school bus either loading or unloading students. When a school bus has its stop arm out and lights flashing drivers, approaching from either the rear or the opposite direction, must stop.

“The single greatest threat to the safety of children who ride school buses is motorists who pass the bus when children are loading and unloading,” the Saskatchewan Driver’s Handbook reads.

Instructions from the handbook follow: stipulating you are to stop at least five metres or 15 feet from the bus. Vehicles are to remain stopped until the stop arm is retracted and the flashing lights are turned off. Passing a school bus with its warning lights and stop arm out is considered a serious offence, which will result in a fine of $360.

The only instance where people on the same road as the bus may continue travelling is if the bus has stopped on a divided highway and you are travelling in the opposite direction, otherwise vehicles travelling behind are required to stop.

Distracted driving is also a concern, whether high school students driving while on their phone or parents checking messages on their phones, all ages need to remember to pay attention while driving. Fines for distracted driving are $280.

In relation to driving while distracted ensuring the driver and all passengers are wearing seatbelts is essential. Children can be especially difficult in vehicles wanting to move around excessively in the car. This can become a distraction to the driver, while it is also a safety precaution required to be worn in vehicles. The fine for not wearing a seatbelt is $175.

School intersections are all-way stops and failing to stop at any stop sign comes with a fine of $230.

So, continue to be safe on the road and remember to pay special attention in school zones.

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Tracy Peterson (Calgary, AB) spent a week (August 11-17) holidaying and visiting with his parents Ben and Marcelle Peterson.

Shelly Cowan and daughter Ainsley spent August 15-16 in Minot with the Nilsen family while Shelly’s dad Myron underwent surgery on the 16.

They returned home Tuesday evening.

Lacie Nilsen was in the area this past week (August 19-26) to attend a wedding on Saturday, visited among her friends, with her parents Shelly, Tim Cowan and sister Ainsley and also with her sister Kelsey in Estevan.

While here she will take time to visit with family in Minot before home to Calgary.

Dicie Sauer and her daughter Tennele and grandsons Ashton and Parker (all from Minot, ND) met her sister Shelly and niece Ainsley Cowan at the Kenosee Waterslides and had great afternoon together on Aug. 21.

We are definitely into the full swing of harvest. The guys here started combining the wheat on Tuesday afternoon. Hopefully they can continue on now to the finishing date without any breakdowns or nasty weather – only time will tell. Well we had a little rain the other day (Friday evening) which put a stop to combining for a day, but they were back at it by Sunday afternoon. They’re now have one field of wheat done and well into the second one. Good luck to all the farmers out there – please do be careful among the machinery and due take breaks away from the machinery for a bit if you are working long, long hours.

The activity at the swimming pool still going strong, children do enjoy the water. Now with harvest on the number has gone down some, but kids you’d better enjoy this last couple of weeks that the pool is open.

Yes, can you believe it there’s only a few days left in August now before it’s back to school. Honestly I don’t know where the time goes, summer is almost gone and we’ll be into fall where one can never tell what the weather will be like. Hopefully it will remain nice for the remainder of harvest and cool down in the evenings, don’t mind that at all.

Sad moment please – the Olympics are over for another four years

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(Summer ones that is) however it’s only two years and there’ll be another set of games – the Winter Olympics. As you can see I do enjoy these competitions – what excellent performances by all the athletes. I think Canada actually did very well – bringing in a total of 22 medals (4 gold, 3 silver and 15 bronze). Wow – way to go Canada. Now I will have to find something just as entertaining as these games. Always have the football games – but hey what is there to cheer about there? Come on Riders let’s get moving in the right direction. Go Riders go (somewhere). Of course there are also the ballgames – now there’s good entertainment most of the time – Go Jays go.

I saw a notice in local paper reminding us that there will be an early deadline for the September 9 issue – it will be September 1st at noon. Okay let me get this straight and pass it on to you folks so that you can remember to let me know your news on time. First deadline for me will remain the same Sunday, August 28 evening to be sent in on Monday morning – the 2nd deadline will be Thursday, September 1 by 10:00 am. so that I can have it sent in by noon that day – then we’re back to the original schedule, Sunday (September 11) evenings for me to get it typed up and sent in Monday (September 12) mornings.

Hope that info helps everyone out.

Please remember folks call (306443-2496) or text (306-485-8561) or e-mail (g.cowan@sasktel.net) with your news – I really appreciate your help. Until next time – Keep smiling – Think positive – Drive safely and Take care.

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Karen Wintonyk of Athabasca, AB and Darlene Leer of Paradise Hill visited with their Ketcheson family and friends recently.

Congratulations to Mackenzie Peddle and Elissa Bresciani who were married on Aug. 13 at Beaverfoot Lodge in BC. Besides family members, Ian and Jerri Laird, Al and Lucy Chubak and Shirley and Darryl Lamontagne from Wawota attended.

Another wedding of interest was that of Simon Petterson, son of Arnie and Ruth Petterson, who married Carol Scott. This wedding took place on Aug. 4 at Coquitlam, BC. Jerry and Gloria Luscombe attended this event.

Sympathy to the family and friends of Nick Wyporowich who passed away on Aug. 10. He was 93 years old.

His graveside service was held on Aug. 20 with a luncheon at the Town Hall.

Tom and Irene Dorrance have had a busy and exciting summer watching many of the Alameda Triple A Bantam Baseball team play, Saskatoon, Regina and other city teams in their league play. Their son, Trent is the coach of this team. The team had a successful summer ending up at the top of their league. Tyren, Trent’s son plays on the team.

Trent helped coach Team South East Triple A Bantam in the Sask.

Summer Games held in Estevan. There were seven from Trent’s regular team selected for this team. This team won the Gold Medal.

Tyren Dorrance

and Burke Lyons from Kipling played on Team South east Volley Ball team, which won the silver medal at the Summer Games.

Kevin, Kim, Jordan, Sydney and Brock took part in the Canadian Junior Hereford Bonanza held at Red Deer, AB. The family won many awards.

Brenda Morgan and her son, Austin from Brownville, Texas spent 10 days with her parents, Tom and Irene Dorrance. Other family members also spent

time together celebrating Tom and Irene’s birthday. Other visitors during the summer were Irene’s sisters, Marion and her husband of Winnipeg, Edith and her husband of Saskatoon and Grace of Regina.

Wawota Day Care put on their annual Art in the Park on Aug. 18!

This was the first time I have attended and was amazed at all of the artwork the children had done. It was displayed in various places and I know it was a lot of work to set up.

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Friday, August 26, 2016

Cross-Canada cyclists stop in Kennedy

Submitted by Doreen Cancade

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Phil and Kathy Rice and their son Mathew.

Thirty-two days, 1900 kms, and a collection of memory-making incidents brought the Rice family cycling into the Kennedy Campground to overnight, Tuesday, August 15th. Phil and Kathy (in their 40’s), along

with their eleven-yearold son, Mathew, left their home in Prince George July 14th to see how far east they could explore by bike before the cold weather chased them home.

They thought to get as far as Wawota that day, but a head-wind and warm sun steered them into what they described as ‘a quaint, right-priced, pleasant

campground’. They have made friends wherever they have stopped, and they were soon eating supper with David and Heather McMillan while they planned for a night of fiddle music at the KLKP camp at Kenosee Lake, where they would meet more people from Kennedy, like Doreen Cancade.

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their praise for the hospitality of Kennedy, and the upbeat music of the camp.

The Rice parents are both teachers, taking the year to enjoy and experience an education only possible to those who are intentional about discovery and risk-taking. They have already collected enough stories ranging from the natural beauty of mountains and prairie to the plethora of road-kill, which can really only be appreciated from the seat of a bike.

They pedaled out of Kennedy at 9:00 the next morning heading to Virden. Their facebook page cites the good memories from our little prairie town.

You can check in with them on facebook at ‘Kathy Rice’.

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Seems like the weather is going to be nice for the farmers, hopefully they get their crops in the bin without having to worry about much moisture. Which reminds me of “a good chance that always looks bigger going than coming”.

This time of the year folks are making a trip to visit family and friends before heading back to school, university, etc.

Belinda Bender of Calgary spent a few days visiting with her father Clarence Bender.

Enid LaRonge had all her family except one grandchild with her this weekend from Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Holly Cancade and her daughter Braelyn of Weyburn spent the weekend with family members.

Kathleen Istace and her mother Lorraine Smyth were home from Regina this past weekend, Lorraine will be living in Regina. The folks of Kennedy wish you much happiness.

Shirley Packet and boys of Lafleche spent quality time with her parents Albert and Karen Bourhis, Shirley and her mother enjoyed the Fiddle Camp music Monday evening at Kenosee Lake, there were a number of folks attending from Kennedy and Langbank. Once a year when folks can enjoy some great fiddle music along with other instruments and singing.

August 20th was a busy time for the DartigeJamet family reunion held at Whitewood, with approximately 85 people attending. A number toured the cemetery at St. Hubert’s, enjoyed seeing the church once again and toured the Dartige homestead. A potluck supper followed at the Legion Hall (no shortage of food) lots of visiting and getting acquainted with each other. JoAnn (Dartige) Foot of Weyburn had a very good slide presentation to view. (She spent many hours of collecting photos, etc.). Thanks to all who helped in the celebration to make it very memorable for all attending.

Heather McMillan’s brother Mic and Lynne Brown are visiting from Regina. They are enjoying the great fiddle music at the KLKP. Also they joined David, Heather and Charlie Easton, along with Natasha and her children to play at Deerview. Great company, and great music.

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Getting off our sofas and leaving our mark “Don’t want to be carried to church? Come now.” This quote was found on Pinterest. As well as this gem: Not going to church because of the “hypocrites” is like not going to the gym because of the “out of shape” people.

In planning this article I was thinking of ways to reach the 60 to 70 per cent of our young people who have opted out of attendance at church. According to some sources many of these will not be returning.

But amazing things are happening with the world’s young people.

At world Youth Day in Manila 2015 a record six million attended a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis. Ways to relate to young people, the Pope suggests, begin with prayer.

Many of us, grand parents in particular, have been praying. But there must be more we can do.

Jesus uses the power of LOVE to transform our lives. It amazes me that God continues to create so many beautiful and young people who are so easy to fall in love with. Many people transform their lives when they fall in love. What a wonderful plan.

But God has other ways to call us. Pope Francis shared a story from his youth when he was on his way to meet up with friends. He was moved to stop in at a church. There he met a priest who transformed his life. That “accidental” meeting with God took the Pope to confession and the beginning of his mission and vocation.

Whatever the causes, most of our youth have opted out of the church.

Their disappointments in parents, adults, governments and even church leaders have led many to follow their own rules of right and wrong. Chastity, Sunday worship and church creeds have fallen to more secular life styles.

As Pope Francis does, I would challenge our young people. “Jesus is calling you to leave a mark on history,” the Pope told 1.6 million young people at the World Youth Day in Krakow this month.

Among the stories shared by world youth was Rand, from Syria, who asked us to pray for his beloved country. Natalia and Miguel shared experiences from different cultures.

In the young people gathered in Krakow there were conflicting ideologies and fears springing from opposing political and nationalistic viewpoints.

Pope Francis compared the situation to Pentecost and the need for the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and to build the fraternity that overcomes hatred and violence. Like at Pentecost, we can be propelled beyond fear and persecution to “undreamt of adventure”.

Pope Francis challenged all of us to avoid confusing happiness with a sofa. Sofas have built-in massage units to put us to sleep. Safe from pain and fear, we are lulled into a “sofa-happiness”. Video games, screens and entertainment give us hours of escape.

The Pope even warned of the easy danger of preferring to have “drowsy and dull kids who confuse happiness with a sofa”. It is challenging to nurture alert and searching minds to respond to God’s dream for the human heart.

The Pope challenges us to “leave our mark”, to follow Jesus by trading in the sofa for a pair of walking shoes, to take the path of the “craziness” of our God who teaches us to encounter him in the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the sick, the friend in trouble, the prisoner, and the refugee, he said.

We need to build bridges, not walls, he challenged.

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Will you fix this leak?

By Linda Wegner This week I gained new respect for our city employees. While I confess that I’ve sometimes complained about their expectations, it wasn’t until I saw three of them in action the other day that I realized how efficient and needed they are; it was a burst pipe spewing out gallons of water in our back alley that produced my change of heart. Here’s how it all happened.

Fairly early one morning, Hubby came in from the yard to tell me that there was water pouring out near the neighbour’s garden. He then called to report the news to her. She then called the city and that’s when it got interesting.

In order to have a literal ringside seat, I grabbed a plastic lawn chair and set it in the shade of our garage. I watched, intrigued, as two men dragged out large electronic devices that beeped as they traced the

pathway of the errant pipe. Next, they spray painted yellow circles on the pavement, tried beeping again and then added some blue circles to the collection. Once they located the break, a third man put the front end loader and bucket into action.

Pavement was lifted and it was mere minutes until soggy, sandy ground revealed the exact location of the leak. Long story short, it took a total of three men, two trucks, one “digger” and a lot of patience. The result, though, is dry pavement and no more wasted water.

I was reminded of the “leaks” that too often appear in our lives.

Even though we desire to live according to good and godly principles, we all fail at times. As we allow Him to cleanse us, the Holy Spirit, working through God’s word, can repair and restore.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

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Our past is important for our future

By Calvin Daniels There is a rich rural heritage to the Canadian Prairies, one that I worry will increasingly be lost and forgotten.

My earliest memories regarding a family address was for a PO box in Clashmoor, SK, a town with a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator on a ribbon of branch line steel. There was a store, a post office with a residence in the back, and a couple of other houses.

But grain trucks rolled there with area grain, and we picked up mail, and at least some groceries.

The store burned. The post office closed, as did the elevator. The rail was ripped from the earth.

Today no aspect of Clashmoor remains except in a few area histories and the fading memories of the likes of myself.

So why do I mention that here now?

Over the summer I have noticed how rural communities continue to fade.

I walked an area in Preeceville just the other day. The ghost bed of the railroad still visible, the steel long gone with another reminder the big rail companies were eager to abandon small town Western Canada, shipping grain deliveries to highways, one now pocked with potholes you have to think grain trucks are at least artily responsible for.

The grain elevator remains standing in Preeceville, but it is not the draw for area farmers to visits the town it was when built.

The area along the rail bed is now a green space, one we scouted with the hope it might one day soon be a disc golf course, it would be ideal for that, but the loss of elevator and rail line were not lost on me that they were major blows to the community.

But the loss of branch lines is a relatively recent thing.

Nominations open for province’s outstanding volunteers

Our history extends decades before that.

But how do we get people to care about that more distant past?

The Yorkton branch of the Western Development Museum recently held day camps for youth.

It was a chance to make butter by hand. To create rope the old fashioned way. To make ice cream.

They may seem like skills no longer needed, so why bother, but they do connect us to our past too.

Not that most youth seemed to be interested. In a community of near 20,000, four youth were involved the day of my visit.

Our heritage is important though, although maybe that is best recognized from afar.

An example was pointed out to me by a friend on Facebook just last week. New Finland, Sask., is losing one of its historic settler homes.

For the record New Finland measures about 12 miles north and south and 14 miles east and west within the municipalities of Willowdale and Rocanville. It is circled by five towns. To the south are Whitewood and Wapella on the Number 1 Highway; to the northeast is Tantallon on the Qu’Appelle River; to the east and northwest respectively are the potash towns of Rocanville and Esterhazy.

The home is not being lost due to the ravages of age, but rather the 100-year-old home is being dismantled in order to send it to a museum in Finland; (World of Trails museum in Peräseinäjoki, Finland).

The project speaks to the importance of history to those in Finland shown by their willingness to be involved in what has to be a costly venture to connect to those who immigrated a century ago.

Perhaps it is something we in Canada can learn from.

Our past is important for it is the foundation of our future, and at present we seem satisfied to let many aspects of that foundation fade away.

Today Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield encouraged residents to nominate outstanding volunteers for the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal. The 2016 nomination period will be open until October 18.

“Have you ever wondered how you can honour a special person in your community, your workplace, or your volunteer organization who has made outstanding contributions?” Solomon Schofield said. “Our province created the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal to enable us to pay tribute to those individuals who merit public recognition for their remarkable generosity. I encourage you to consider nominating a deserving individual this year, so that we can thank them and celebrate their work.”

The Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal was established in 1995 to recognize volunteers and those who demonstrate exceptional community involvement. Selected recipients will receive the Volunteer Medal from the Lieutenant Governor at a ceremony at Government House in Regina in the late spring of 2017, during the 150th anniversary of the confederation of Canada.

Nominees must be current or former long-term residents of the province and Canadian citizens.

Nominations are not accepted posthumously.

Groups and organizations are ineligible to be nominated, along with sitting members of Parliament, the Legislature or the judiciary.

To date, 184 people have received the award for their contributions to their communities.

The province strives to recognize individuals and groups that make Saskatchewan an even better place to live. Nomination calls are also open for the 2017 Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the 2016 Premier’s Service Club Awards, and this year’s Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Public Service.

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Thanks to all our family and friends for your thoughtful expressions of sympathy on the passing of Lucy Coderre. Special thanks to Father Yodel, Shannon Shakotko and the Forget choir for the uplifting music, Stoughton Legion for the lunch and Hall Funeral Services.

With appreciation Wilf, Del, Kim, Randy, Lynne, Tammy and families

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THANK YOU: A huge thank you to the Board and staff of Rusty Relics Museum for honoring my 24 years of service to the museum at a tea at the museum on Saturday afternoon. That was really special.

Thanks to my family and friends for being there to share the day with me, especially Wendy Fitch of the Museums Association of Saskatchewan. What a surprise that was! Thank you Ron Paul and Wendy Fitch for the kind words, the museum board for the beautiful plaque and my family for the lovely flower arrangement. Thanks to everyone for your support and cooperation over the years. I appreciated all of you. Thanks for the memories.

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Congratulations Congratulations to Carson Renaud for receiving your Master Degree in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Alberta. Carson is pursuing his geology career in Calgary. We are very proud of your accomplishment.

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15-1 Saturday, September 3rd - Bud King’s 80th Come and Go Birthday Party. Kenosee Drop-in Centre. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.(It will go later!) Buffet served at 5 p.m. Bar open.

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Saturday, September 10th - Consignment Auction, 10 a.m., Legacy Ag Pavilion, Arcola Fairgrounds. Consigners Wanted: Machinery, Household Items and Antiques Email: auctionkeym@gmail.com to register your items. For more info contact Autumn at 455-2428 or Becky at 455-2590. Thank you to Key “M” Auction Services for donating their services to Arcola Fair & Stampede Inc. (Consignors receive their 80% payment). All items have to be brought by Sept. 9.

14-4 Saturday, September 17th - Harvest Tea & Entertainment from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kisbey Rec. Centre. Office Attire Cost $5.00.

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Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction and Transport Co. Inc., Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844 Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www.brydenconstruction andtransport.ca Great Career Opportunity The Corning Co-op invites applications for General Manager We offer competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package and one of the best pension plans in the industry. Corning Co-op deals with Agro, Petroleum, Hardware, Grocery, Lumber. Please Apply in Confidence by Aug 31/2016. Apply to the chairman of the board, Brent McCarthy, brent@mccar thyseed.com.

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Wage is $17.00/hr. Job duties: Plan, organize, control and evaluate the operations of restaurant, bar or beverage service. Recruit staff and oversee staff training. Control inventory and prices. To apply: Pls. contact Larry Bozek @ 3065547111 or email @ lynnit_8@yahoo.com

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Every life is a story.

There are milestones that we can’t wait to share, while there are others that we wish we didn’t have to.

These stages of life are an undeniable part of the human journey, and we invite you to share yours with us in our weekly Life’s Milestones.

Are you celebrating an anniversary or birth, or you’d like to announce your engagement? Is your youngest child graduating, or perhaps a colleague is retiring? Has a loved one passed away, or would you like to remember one in some special way?

CONTACT US TO ADVERTISE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT IN NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE.

OBITUARIES Alma V. James 1923 - 2016 Alma passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Newhope Pioneer Lodge, Stoughton, SK at the age of 93 years Alma is survived by her sister Ruby Grant of Princeton, B.C. as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Alma was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Mildred James; brothers, Thomas, Gordon, Clifford and Victor; sisters, Irene Nesbitt, Muriel Kallis and infant brother Ralph.

A graveside memorial service took place at the Arcola Cemetery, Arcola, SK, on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. with Elizabeth Goodson officiating.

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Those wishing to make donations in Alma’s memory may do so directly to Newhope Pioneer Lodge, P.O Box 38, Stoughton, SK, S0G 4T0.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Southern Plains Co-op invites application for the position of FILE CLERK at our Carlyle Branch.

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Southern Plains Co-op invites application for the position of BAKERY CLERK at our Carlyle Branch.

The position is full time and reports to the Branch Manager.

The position is 32 to 40 hours and reports to the Bakery Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for baking, prepping product, ordering product, receiving and handling of merchandise up to 40lbs, working in deli, maintaining housekeeping, sanitization and safety standards, and other duties as assigned.

Applicants must possess a positive, ambitious attitude with outstanding interpersonal skills. Previous retail experience in the Grocery industry and/or previous experience at a retail Co-op will be considered an asset.

Southern Plains Co-op offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package, and excellent opportunities for advancement.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining pricing, entering new items into the system, price verifying store, up keep of CASM’s (Shelf design), ordering product, receiving, maintaining housekeeping, bookkeeping, performing cash ups, and other duties as assigned.

Applicants must possess a positive, ambitious attitude with outstanding interpersonal skills. Previous retail experience in the Grocery industry and/or previous experience at a retail Co-op will be considered an asset.

Southern Plains Co-op offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package, and excellent opportunities for advancement.

Please Contact: Derrick Edwards Carlyle Branch Manager Southern Plains Co-op | Phone: (306)453-2222 | Cell: (306)575-7677 Email: d.edwards@southernplainscoop.com We thank all applicants, but will only contact potential candidates for the position

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Delores Cutler honoured for 24 years of service at Rusty Relics Museum

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Delores Cutler was honoured by Rusty Relics Museum and the Saskatchewan Museum Association for her 24 years of service at both the Carlyle Museum and at the provincial level at a celebration, Saturday, Aug. 20. Rusty Relics Museum chairperson Ron Paul (pictured with Cutler) praised both her personality and professionalism, saying: “Delores was on top of everything-I didn’t have to worry about it at all, because Delores did it all.” Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Museum Association, Wendy Fitch of Regina was also in attendance and said, “Delores is a truly wonderful volunteer on the musuem board...

And on behalf of the association-Congrats! You’re a gem.” Cutler replied: “I’d like to thank the board and the staff for honouring me today and to everyone who came out. It’s been a wonderful 24 years.”

Access Communications supports youth programming at Arcola Library

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Kim Wagner (Assistant Librarian) accepts a cheque on behalf of the Arcola Library for $2,000 from Access Communications’ Wendy Hoffart (Manager, Regional Systems) on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The donation from Access was applied for by the library through Access Communications Children’s Fund, which has donated over $140,000 to kids programming across Saskatchewan Hoffart explained. Revenues from TV Bingo and donations from the public help facilitate the Children’s Fund. The Arcola Library is excited to focus the donation on the TD Summer Reading Club, Cooking with Kids class, LEGO club, after school programs, and a kids’ book club.