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School division optimistic Martensville High School project will be budget priority Upcoming provincial budget must give “Approval in Principle” for construction to begin this spring.

By BRENDA ERICKSON

Communications Consultant Prairie Spirit School Division

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he recent federal census revealed that Martensville is the second fastest growing city in the country. Larry Pavloff, Chair of the Prairie Spirit Board of Education, said the school division is well aware of the rapid growth in Martensville and the anticipated future growth.

As a result, one priority of the Board’s advocacy work is to ensure that the urgent needs of Martensville students are met.

The Board of Education recently sent a letter to Premier Brad Wall to highlight the needs in the Martensville community.

“The Board also met with the Minister of Education

earlier this month to discuss a variety of issues,” Pavloff said. “We talked to the Minister about the growth in Martensville and urged the Ministry to move forward with the proposed expansion and renovation of Martensville High School.”

The expansion and renovation of Martensville High School – which The proposed expansion would be built to the would also al- east of the existing Martensville High School. leviate over(Drawing courtesy of PSSD) crowding in the City’s two facilities and are operating elementary schools – was above the Ministry’s own given the highest priority in utilization guidelines. the Ministry of Education’s The Board of Education Critical Space Shortage cat- has also formally applied egory last July. Both of the to the Ministry for another elementary schools in Mar- new elementary school in tensville have had numerous the city. relocatables added to their Pavloff noted that al-

though the high school expansion project is high on the Ministry of Education’s priority list, the Ministry must move the project to the Approval in Principle stage in order for construction to begin.

The provincial government typically announces capital projects annually at the time of the provincial budget in March.

Pavloff said the Board encourages Martensville parents and community members to express their support for the high school expansion project by con-

tacting the Premier, their local MLA and the Minister of Education before the provincial budget is announced on March 21.

“The allocation of relocatables has helped to accommodate our growing enrolments in the community of Martensville,” Pavloff said. “However, the Board is hopeful that the provincial government will move this project forward.”

The proposed high school expansion project would more than double the size of the current high school facility.

Because the expansion of the high school would provide more classroom spaces, a reconfiguration of grades for both of Martensville’s elementary schools and the high school would be determined.

This reconfiguration of grades would benefit the elementary schools in Martensville that are experiencing tremendous enrolment growth and overcrowding.

An overview of the proposed project is available for public viewing on the Prairie Spirit website (www.spiritsd.ca).

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RM of Corman Park council election this week, check the Gazette website at www.ccgazette.ca for results from each division

By TERRY PUGH

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herry Mervold will bring a fresh perspective to the RM of Corman Park council table when the new council meets on Monday, March 12, following the February 29 election.

As the only councilor to be acclaimed to her position, the new representative for Division 2 says she is looking forward to working on behalf of ratepayers.

“I’m pretty green when it comes to politics,” she said in an interview on Monday, February 27. “But I felt that I now have the time and the desire to do something positive for the community I live in. That’s why I put my name forward.”

Mervold said she retired last summer after working for Canada Post for the past 33 years. She and her husband moved to the Casa Rio area in Division 2 in 1999, at a time when the country residential subdivision was relatively new.

The pace of development in the area has accelerated in recent years, she noted.

“It’s getting developed quite quickly,” she said. “The city is getting closer to our doorsteps all the time, and I think it’s important to retain a lot of the rural character and charm of the area.

That’s the reason many people moved to the area in the first place.”

She said development needs to be managed fairly to ensure “that it’s a good fit for the area and that everybody is happy with the way it turns out.”

Mervold said she is committed to work in the interests of all ratepayers.

Sherry Mervold was acclaimed ELECTION RESULTS to the RM of Corman Park

The reduction in the Council as the new rep. for number of electoral divisions Division 2. She will take the from 11 to 8 necessitated an oath of office when the election in 7 divisions. That election was held Wednesnew council meets on day, February 29, following Monday, March 12. the press deadline for the Gazette.

Results of the election can be found on the Clark’s Crossing Gazette website at www.ccgazette.ca as soon as results are available after the polls close.

The position of Reeve is not being contested at this time.

That position will be up for election during the regular municipal elections slated for October 24, 2012.

Candidates in the election include: *Division 1: John Germs, Murray Hunter. *Division 3: David Fox, Earl Hill. *Division 4: David Greenwood, Lynne Samson, Gord Gunoff. *Division 5: Bill Dyck, Ken Beauchemin. *Division 6: Wilfred Buhler, Irene Pilka, Bas Froese-Kooijenga. *Division 7: Joanne Janzen, Len Kasahoff, Joe Kasahoff, Murray Grismer. *Division 8: Peter Coad, Wendy Trask.

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The onus is on property owners to ensure their assessment notices are accurate.

Property owners have 30 days from the time they receive their valuation notice to notify their local municipal government and launch an appeal.

By TERRY PUGH

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property tax assessment notice from your municipality is not the easiest thing in the world to decipher, but it pays to question the notice if you think something is amiss.

Sometimes the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA), the provincial crown agency responsible for doing property assessments across the province, does make mistakes.

A young couple in Martensville found that out the hard way after moving into their home in that community in 2008. For the past several years, their property tax bill was substantially higher than it should have been because their house was incorrectly assessed. The mistake was rectified in 2010 by SAMA after it was appealed by the property owners.

Municipalities base their property tax bill on a formula that is based on the assessed value of the property.

They also factor in a percentage of value and exemptions based on the use of the property (for example, whether it is residential, agricultural or commercial), as well as a municipal “mill rate” that is set annually by the municipality and an education mill rate that is set by the province.

It’s often confusing to homeowners because the assessment notice they receive initially does not tell them what their overall tax bill will be.

But property owners

have only 30 days to appeal their SAMA assessment, and the onus is on the property owner to initiate the appeal.

During revaluation years, such as 2009 and 2013, property owners have 60 days to appeal their assessment.

Brian and Amanda Rodomsky bought their home

How SAMA assesses the value of property

1. First, a methodology is applied to calculate the assessed value of a property. The methodology varies according to different types of properties.

Essentially, the formula is as follows: The Assessed value of the property (determined by SAMA) is multiplied by a specific percentage of the Value (depending on the classifciation of the property), the Education Mill Rate and any Exemptions (set by Provincial Government). That number in turn is then multiplied by the Mill Rate (set by local municipal government). The resulting figure determines the Property taxes (paid by the ratepayer).

2. Second, all assessments are determined according to a base date. This helps ensure fairness between properties. That base date is periodically moved forward by provincial legislation so that assessments can be kept more up-to-date. Currently, a new base is set every four years.

3.In addition, SAMA conducts a full revaluation of all properties in the province every four years to coincide with the change to a new base date.

Current revaluation: 2009 using the base year 2006 Next revaluation: To be done in 2013 Like the base date, the four-year cycle is determined by provincial government legislation. (Some larger cities conduct the revaluation themselves, according to the professional standard of principles and practices laid down

by SAMA. The cities who do this are: Saskatoon, Regina, North Battleford, Swift Current and Prince Albert) 4. Finally, SAMA conducts an ongoing suite of activities (services) that protect a fair property assessment system.

• General Reinspections Periodically (as determined by provincial legislation) municipalities must have all their properties reinspected on-site to verify that physical data and valuations are accurate.

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SAMA corrected its assessment and the couple received a tax abatement for that year, but were denied abatements for the two previous years because they did not appeal within the specified time limits.

The young couple appeared before Martensville City Council at its February 16 meeting to explain their case and ask that the amount they had already paid in property taxes be applied toward future years.

“We were being charged for over 3,000 square feet of living space,” explained Brian Rodomsky in his presentation to council. “We actually have less than half that.

SAMA admitted they assessed us as having two identical buildings on the same block, which is impossible.

The amount we were overcharged amounts to a mortgage payment. We’re not asking for a refund, but we’re asking for a credit.”

After some discussion, council agreed to look into the matter further and pursue discussions with the couple. Past practice has been to adjust property taxes for the current year only.

Property revaluations are carried out provincewide every four years. The current property valuation was carried out in 2009 and is based on 2006 base values.

The next property assessment revaluation to be undertaken by SAMA is scheduled for 2013. Some larger municipalities, including the City of Saskatoon, do revaluations more frequently.

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

Highway collisions, missing person, vehicle fire all part of Mounties’ week Submitted by Sgt. Warren Gherasim Acting Commander Warman RCMP Detachment

DRIVING OFFENCES During the afternoon of February 18, an All Terrain Vehicle, which was pulling a toboggan, was investigated by police and the operator charged for not wearing a helmet and issued a warning for driving on the school grounds in violation of the Osler by-laws.

Warman RCMP are advising local residents to educate themselves with their towns by-laws prior to riding their recreational vehicles. Most municipalities have restrictions on the use of these vehicles within town limits.

During the early morning hours of February 18 police stopped a suspicious vehicle being operated in the vicinity of the Warman High School.

The female operator, a 20 year old resident of Warman, displayed signs of impairment and was arrested. The woman later provided samples of her breath which exceeded the legal limit. She was released on charges of impaired driving and is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court in Saskatoon on March 26. Her licence was suspended for 90 days consistent with Saskatchewan legislation.

During the late evening hours of February 18, an erratic driver was observed near the Warman hotel by members of Saskatoon Regional Traffic Services. The vehicle was stopped and driver, a Big River resident, was investigated and later released on charges of impaired driving and is scheduled to attend court in Saskatoon Provincial Court on March 15.

On February 19 at 1:30 pm

a 2 vehicle collision occurred when the operator of a Chevrolet Cobalt attempted to cross Highway 16 at Dalmeny Road and collided with a Pontiac Grand Prix which was westbound on Highway 16. Though both vehicles had to be towed, there were no injuries and the 36 year old male driver from Saskatoon was charged under Traffic Safety Act for failing to yield.

On February 20 at approximately 11:30 p.m. police responded to a 9-1-1 call of a possible collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle on Central Ave. in Warman. It was reported that a female person had been hit by a vehicle, which she was then seen getting into and leaving the area. Police located the vehicle a short distance away. The investigation revealed a disturbance amongst a group of youths. A 20 year female from Warman was charged for driving without due care and attention under the Traffic Safety Act. On February 22 at 7:15 a.m.

Warman RCMP responded to a call of a collision on Highway 12, 2 km south of Martensville in the southbound lanes.

RCMP attended with Martensville Fire Dept. and located a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Saturn SUV in the west ditch adjacent to the highway. Investigation revealed that the driver of the Cavalier had swerved to avoid debris on the highway and had lost control of the vehicle and then collided with the SUV, causing both vehicles to enter the ditch. No injuries were reported and only minor damage was done to the vehicles. No charges were laid.

CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE On February 17, Warman RCMP responded to a call of

a 13 year old male reported missing by his parents from a Warman residence. It had been determined that the youth had not been seen since the previous evening. Within an hour of receiving the report, police located the youth and returned him to the care of his parents.

On February 18, shortly before supper, the Police responded to a 911 call of a 27 yr old female traveler stuck in a snow bank and lost in the ditch of a back road. The officers worked quickly to locate the stranded female as her cell phone battery was low. With the assistance tracking of the phone provider, she was located on an un-named summer road North East of Borden and returned home.

In the late evening of February 19 the Warman RCMP with the assistance of the Saskatoon Police Air Services located an intoxicated female who had driven into a field in the Vanscoy area and got stuck after attempting to take a short cut home. She had attempted to walk away from her vehicle without the appropriate clothing for the weather conditions. A 42 year old Delisle resident was charged for Having Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle while Impaired under the Criminal Code and was released to appear on the charge on April 2 at Saskatoon Provincial Court.

PROPERTY CRIMES The Delisle RCMP received a mischief complaint that on February 16 between 7:00 and 9:30 p.m., intentional damage, including ripping the front grill, was done to a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt in the Delisle Arena parking lot. If anyone has any knowledge of the incident they are requested to con-

tact the Delisle RCMP Detachment.

On February 17, at approximately 11:50 a.m., a motorist on Highway 16 stopped and picked up a male hitch-hiker between Radisson and Maymont. After letting the hitch-hiker into the vehicle the man displayed violent behaviour. The motorist stopped the vehicle and had the hitch-hiker exit the vehicle.

Police were contacted but were unable to locate the subject. It is believed that he was picked up by another motorist. There was a minor amount of damage done to the interior of the vehicle. Police have been unable to identify the subject. The public are reminded that picking up hitch-hikers is a high risk activity and that the public should consider this before stopping and allowing strangers into their vehicles.

On February 20, the Warman RCMP received a call of a theft of a utility trailer near Valley Road, southwest of Saskatoon. An 8.5 ft. x 20 ft. black utility trailer, with remote controlled winch attached in the front, was taken from an acreage. The theft occurred sometime between December 28 and February 20th. The matter is still under investigation.

On February 20, the Warman RCMP received a complaint of a break in at a Langham area residence that had occurred between February 17th and 19th. Some firearms were reported stolen from the property. The matter is still under investigation. The public is reminded that firearms must be stored separately from ammunition and in approved storage receptacles. For more information on firearms storage go to www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca and follow the Quick Links to

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In the last several weeks Warman RCMP have received numerous calls of telephone solicitation where area residents are advised that there is a virus on their computer and that they need to provide the caller with information to allow for the matter to be fixed.

Another series of calls has the caller purporting to be a representative of the Bank of Europe and that the recipient is the beneficiary of money and for an administrative fee the funds can be released to the recipient of the call. These are known scams and the public is advised to not provide any personal information over the phone. This includes IP addresses and credit card information. Simply hang-up on the caller. For more information on telemarketing scams refer to www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca and follow the Quick Links to Scams and Fraud. Unless you have been victimized and have lost money or provided information which has resulted in your identity being compromised, please do not report the incident to police as they are already aware of these scams.

CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE On February 18, at 11:00 a.m., Warman RCMP and Warman Fire Dept. responded to a call of a vehicle fire in the 700 block of 5th Avenue South in Warman. A commercial truck from a Warman area business caught fire while being operated. The driver attempted to extinguish flames coming from the vehicle’s engine, however, fire personnel were required to assist. The fire is believed to have started as a result of mechanical issues. No further police involvement was required.

VICTIMS OF CRIME Valerie Whalley Education Foundation Fund - The purpose of this Scholarship Fund is to provide financial assistance to individuals pursuing a post secondary education, who have been adversely affected by the death of a family member, through the actions of an impaired driver. The Guidelines and Criteria section specifies impairment as either alcohol or drug related, and defines who qualifies as a family member. Each scholarship shall be for a minimum of $2,500.00 to a maximum of $15,000.00 yearly.

Applicants must apply annually and may be eligible to receive a scholarship for a maximum of three individual years. Applicants must qualify to be eligible to receive funds from this scholarship, see the Guidelines and Criteria for requirements.

Attention will be given to applicants who are not receiving financial support from other sources. Applicants who are actively volunteering in charitable activities or associations will be given special consideration. For more information go to: www.sscf.ca/vwf.php.

TO CONTACT RCMP The public are reminded that the Warman RCMP are responsible for policing services in the towns of Warman, Langham and Osler, as well as the R.M. of Corman Park on the west side of the South Saskatchewan River, but not including Martensville or the Town of Dalmeny. Also within the detachment jurisdiction are the R.M.s of Vanscoy, Montrose, Great Bend, Mayfield and all of the towns and villages within those R.M.s. Anyone wishing to contact the Warman RCMP can do so by calling (306)975-1670.

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 • PG. 5

What’s your school Sask. Party’s nasty feud with PCs strange, ugly board up to?

There is not much left of the old Progressive Conservative party in Saskatchewan.

By Colin Craig, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

There are over 250 school boards nation-wide in Canada, so it’s difficult for a non-profit, taxpayers’ watchdog organization like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to keep tabs on each one.

But thanks to whistleblowers and vigilant taxpayers from Saskatchewan’s Prairie Valley School Division (PVSD), we’ve learned more about questionable things happening at the PVSD. Perhaps you might consider investigating some of the same issues with your own board to see what they are doing.

For starters, according to the PVSD’s minutes, its trustees will be meeting with the Minister of Education on March 14 to discuss concerns they have with the province’s new funding model. Yet after raising their concerns about a potential funding shortage, the trustees will then head off to a spa retreat in Moose Jaw for 2-3 days.

Yes, nothing says “we can’t afford a reduction in funding” like a trip to the spa.

In fact, the spa “retreat” is the second one for school trustees in the past eight months. Last August, trustees and senior board officials went to Good Spirit Lake for a couple days to squeeze in a few meetings and golf.

It’s true that many workplaces often hold retreats for staff each year, but one has to remember we’re talking about multiple, expensive retreats for part-time trustees – all the while crying poor.

Incredibly, while at the Good Spirit Lake retreat last year, the trustees even held one of their regularly scheduled public meetings there. That meant that if any parents in the PVSD wanted to attend the meeting, they would have had to drive outside the division for an hour or so to attend.

Speaking of driving, how does a school trustee rack up over $10,000 in mileage expenses in a single year? If you want to know, you might ask PVSD’s trustee Ms. Janet Kotylak who, including the high mileage bill, cost local taxpayers over $55,000 in pay and expenses in 2008-09. The board average that year was $24,670.

But the largesse doesn’t end there. At another board meeting, the division passed a couple interesting back-to-back motions.

In the first motion, the board accepted the resignation of its Education Director, Ben Grebinski, so that he could retire and begin drawing on his pension. Moments later, the board passed a motion to hire him back so that he could also draw a salary.

Unfortunately for taxpayers, the pension plan Mr. Grebinski belongs to already has a $4.6 billion unfunded liability. Thus, the more people draw on the fund, the more it ends up costing taxpayers.

Another interesting aspect of the Prairie Valley School Board is that although its enrolment has decreased over the years – from 8,292 students in 2005 to 7,803 students in 2010 – the division is proceeding with a $6.6 million school board office expansion.

Local ratepayers are questioning whether the PVSD even has the authority for the office expansion and a number of other capital projects it is pursuing. You see, Ministry of Education guidelines state quite clearly that capital projects must be approved by the Ministry prior to proceeding. Yet if you look on the Ministry’s 20112015 approved capital projects list, many of the PVSD’s capital projects don’t appear to have approval.

One thing is for certain, school boards need local watch dogs too. Thanks to some diligent taxpayers at the Prairie Valley School Division, we all know more about what to look out for.

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It’s been that way since the split on the right, although that split would be more accurately described as the PCs being a small chip shaved off the mighty poplar tree trunk that is the Saskatchewan Party.

When the PCs went into hiatus in 1997 upon the formation of the Sask. Party, the right wing of provincial politics – as NDP detractors suggested was happening – simply united under this different name. While the Sask. Party did initially attract a sprinkling of right-wing Liberals (Rod Gantefoer, June Draude, Ken Krawetz and Bob Bjornerud) and while a few more exLiberals (Laura Ross and Rob Norris) have joined since, there is no dispute that the Sask. Party is the undisputed home of the conservatives in this province.

Those that remained – or perhaps better put, returned back to the old PC fold – largely did so for personal reasons rather than philosophical ones. Former PC cabinet minister Rick Swenson initially joined the Sask. Party, but parted ways after losing the Thunder Creek nomination to Lyle Stewart. Former PC and justice minister Grant Schmidt won the MelvilleSaltcoats nomination fair and

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a PC MLA, himself – the two gave false information to security on their last visit to the building on Dec. 15 when they didn’t inform the commissionaire that they intended to talk to reporters in the legislature’s rotunda. Other political party leaders are not required to get permission from security before talking to journalists who work in the building.

Add to this petty squabbling, the fact that the PCs legacy has been questioned for decades. The NDP – who, as government, did have to contend with the massive debt the PCs left behind – took every available opportunity to remind the public of the ample

evidence of PC government incompetence and corruption.

What has been less discussed over the decades are the PC government’s successes that include the building of two upgraders, a fertilizer plant, and the privatization of the resource Crowns that are now successful businesses like PotashCorp and Cameco.

However, some 30 years after Premier Grant Devine’s PCs stormed into office on April 26, 1982 with the biggest majority government in the province’s history, Devine’s successors aren’t even allowed to freely visit this very public building.

It’s been a strange and ugly feud.

Here’s hoping the jetstream doesn’t get lazy Well, folks, here we are in the wonderful melting pot known as March.

TERRY JENSON

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Oh sure, like its name implies there have historicaly been plenty of days where the temperatures are warm enough to melt snow. But, there have also been some nasty storms in past years to keep us awake at nights wondering if we’ll ever get to put away our shovels.

No matter what happens, though, we can all agree the winter of 2012 has been similar to my golf game most days – failure to launch.

This winter’s lack of snow and howling winds mixed with temperatures cold enough to force even the biggest tightwads I know to flee south has everyone asking why. Everyone has theories, too. There’s El Niña or

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square prior to the 1999 election, but had his win overturned by the Sask. Party hierarchy who wanted Bjornerud instead.

A few other lesser-known PCs have stayed true blue, so to speak. Nevertheless, the Saskatchewan PCs today are very much today a sliver of a splinter of right-wing politics.

However, the chance of the two parties ever reuniting is virtually non-existent now.

The bitterness over the split has deepened – much of it, over a $3.4-million trust fund the new-old PCs laid claim to after their coming out of hibernation in 2005. According to PCs allegations from press conferences and their lawsuit now filed in civil court, the fund’s original trustees were allegedly connected to the Sask. Party.

And the PCs distaste for the Sask. Party recently deepened last month when Swenson received a letter from Sask. Party Speaker Dan D’Autremont informing the PC leader that he and Schmidt will no longer be allowed in the legislative building without the accompaniment of legislative security following their every step. (As former MLAs, Swenson and Schmidt are permitted to go in the Chamber whenever the legislature is sitting. All other active politicians and party leaders have had free access to the building as visitors and use that access to talk to political reporters.)

So why are Swenson and Schmidt now deemed a security risk? Well, according to D’Autremont – twice elected

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El Paso or whatever his or her name is. Then there is global warming or cooling or the whatever the catch word of the week is. I’ve even got caught up staring out the window every now and then thinking about how my grandchildren will someday think grandpa’s finally lost it by telling them how he was able to get a quick nine in on St. Patrick’s Day (although it doesn’t look like it will happen now thanks to the recent Saskatchewan Screamer that dumped just enough snow to screw my foursome’s plans up).

But, all the weather models in the world can’t seem to explain why the jetstream has stayed a great deal north of us for so many weeks now.

Aside from the odd faux paus where it got lazy and moved south, the jetstream has occupied a place I really wish would be its permanent home – somewhere between Baker Lake and the North Pole.

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and details about this winter’s weather patterns. I, too, have my theories.

The lack of snow this year could very well be the work of Mother Nature knowing full well I hate shovelling snow. At my age, just enough snow to cover the ground is fine by me. My son would beg to differ as his snowboard has seen the light of day maybe twice since this time last year.

But, no matter how hard I try to close the loop, I just can’t quite explain why Mother Nature would take into account my own personal distaste for snow.

That leaves me thinking it has something to do with the fact our family made its first-ever trip to Mexico a few weeks ago. Nope, we couldn’t have done that the morning of, oh say, January 10, 2007 when meteorologists stopped calculating snowfall amounts in centimetres and began reporting it in metres. It figures we would have to wait until one of the warmest,

driest winters on record to make our maiden voyage to Mexico. That’s just the way it works in our family. If we need a six we get a seven. But that’s a entirely different column!

To rub it in while we marvelled at the Mexican scenery, Mother Nature ensured we would see moisture – all 14 inches of it in a 48-hour time frame. Since when is sunscreen Spanish for umbrella?

So, just when I thought we would be able to escape the snow we were flooded by weather warnings late last week that a Saskatchewan Screamer was headed our way with up to 15-centimetres of snow along for the ride. But, as Saturday rolled into Sunday, there was no sign of the Screamer, at least around this part of the province. We dodged another wintry bullet it seems.

And, as long as we get some spring rains, I could definitely live with winters like this one!

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More funds expected for Martensville under revised formula MARTENSVILLE CITY COUNCIL

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he City of Martensville is expecting a bigger chunk of cash from the provincial government this year.

Changes to the 2012 Municipal Operating Grant means the city can look forward to an increased share of funds that come out of either the cities pool or the towns and villages pool, according to Scott Blevins, City Manager for Martensville.

In his report to the Martensville council on Tuesday, February 21, Blevins said the

grant may be coming from either funding pool this year.

“It all depends which calculation is greater,” he said.

“All future grants will be from the cities pool. It is our expectation that the amount is calculated based on the 2011 census numbers, which will mean an approximate $500,000 increase from last year.”

The 2011 census showed Martensville grew by 55 percent since the last federal census in 2006. Martensville’s population is now pegged at 7,716.

Warman is also likely to receive an increased share of provincial funds from the Municipal Operating Grant this year and in future years as

well. Warman will be applying for city status in 2012. Its population grew by 48.5 percent from 2006, and currently stands at 7,084.

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Martensville council endorsed a resolution to participate in a regional watershed association with neighbouring municipalities including Warman, Dalmeny, Osler and Corman Park.

The watershed association grew out of the work of a flood mitigation committee originally established by the RM of Corman Park, and its establishment was encouraged by the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. The watershed as-

sociation will allow the municipalities to deal more effectively with localized surface water drainage issues.

MARTENSVILLE COUNCIL GOING PAPERLESS A decision by Martensville council to ease the paper-load for councilors and senior administrative staff will also increase efficiency. Councilors are receiving iPads this month to access council documents, and will be undertaking training on the electronic devices in the coming weeks.

Warman town council made the switch to iPads last fall.

In other business, Martensville council was in-

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An expansion of the sports centre at some point in the future is being contemplated, and some preliminary discussions with an adjacent property owner have taken place.

Discussions are also ongoing with Ranch Ehrlo, a facility east of Martensvile, regarding an agreement for sharing of sewer and water faciliites.

The City of Martensville is exploring the possibility of uti-

lizing Ranch Ehrlo’s well for irrigation purposes for the new municipal cemetery being planned for the parcel of land adjacent to Ranch Ehrlo, while the youth facility is looking to link into the municipal sewage line.

HIGHWAY PROJECT GAINS GROUND After a slight delay, Phase II of a study on the major intersections on Highways 11 and 12 north of Saskatoon to Martensville and Warman is back up and running.

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Wheat Kings knock Wildcats out of FCHL playoff contention get the recognition. I put in a lot of work, and an award like this will be something to look back on.”

Perkin said stepping up to senior hockey was a bit of an adjustment after junior.

“It’s a different style of hockey,” he said. “The guys are bigger, and it’s faster. It also seems like there’s a lot more sticking and holding allowed. I guess it’s more old-school hockey rules.

In Junior B, it’s more of a speed and finesse game, even though there are a lot of very

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he Rosthern Wheat Kings advanced to the second round of the Fort Carlton Hockey League (FCHL) playoffs last weekend after taming the Warman Wildcats in two straight games.

The Wheat Kings won 11-1 in Warman on Thursday, February 23 and followed that up with an 11-4 victory in Rosthern on Friday, February 24 to win the best-of-five series three games to two.

The Wildcats finished seventh in the FCHL regular season standings, so taking the second-place Wheat Kings to five games was a big accomplishment.

But Wildcats coach Stu Regush said the real goal was to get into the second round.

“Taking it to five games is nothing to be ashamed of at all,” said Regush after the lopsided loss in Rosthern Friday night. “Our guys did everything they could but they just fell a little bit short, unfortunately. We came out a little flat early on and weren’t able to get it going. Once we got into a hole,

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Wildcats’ Brett Hesterman takes the puck through the neutral zone during a rush up the ice. it’s really hard to climb out of it, especially when you’re playing against a skilled team like Rosthern.”

Regush gave full credit to the Wheat Kings, saying their regular season record

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Perkin said he enjoyed his season with the Wildcats and is hoping to return next year.

“It was a great team to be part of,” he said. “We were really hoping to do a little bit better than we did, but we took them to five games, which not very many people expected us to do. Rosthern is a very talented team and they have a lot of depth, a lot of skill and a lot of strength.”

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PERKIN NAMED ALL-STAR spoke volumes.

“We knew Rosthern has Wildcats forward Cory a good team, and tonight Perkin was chosen as an they showed how good they can play,” he said.

The Wildcats lost the first game of the series, but surprised a lot of people by taking the next two games. But despite two more opportunities, they weren’t able to take the third and deciding game in the series.

Regush said the players really came together as a team Cory Perkin was named a FCHL All-Star during the playoffs after a rocky and inFCHL second team allconsistent season.

“It was a good season star, and presented with an overall,” he said. “It was ba- award from the league besically a totally new team, fore the game in Rosthern with a lot of new faces on the Friday night. bench, so it took the guys a This was Perkin’s rooklittle longer than usual to ie season with the Wildcats, gel. Plus we had some inju- having joined the team after ries we had to deal with, but playing for the Saskatoon overall I think it was a good Westleys last season in the Prairie Junior Hockey season.”

Regush, who took up League (PJHL). coaching duties after suffer- Perkin said he was a liting a severely broken leg at tle surprised to receive the work, said he’s hoping his award. leg is healed enough to re- “It’s my first year in the league, so I wasn’t expecting turn to the ice next year.

“Coaching is okay,” he anything like this,” he said said. “I enjoy it, but I like in an interview. “It’s an honour, for sure, and it’s nice to playing more.”

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he Hague Royals gave it their best shot, but they couldn’t get past the Prairie Outlaws.

The 8th-place Royals were eliminated from the Fort Carlton Hockey League (FCHL) playoffs by the 1stplace Outlaws following a 6-3 loss in Hague in Game 4 of their best of five series.

But it was a lot closer than the final score might indicate.

Down 3-1 early in the second period, the Royals stormed back and tied the game with 34 seconds left in the frame to tie the game going into the second intermission. Another twenty minutes of that kind of pressure from the home team and the series might have gone all the way to five games.

The Outlaws, however, put the game away with a solid defensive effort and scored three goals to put the game, and the series, out of reach.

Roger Kinzel, manager of the Royals, was hopeful going into the third period of the game.

“Both teams are playing hard,” he noted. “We want this win as much as they do.”

Kinzel said despite losing the first two games, the Royals were confident they could stretch the series out and give the regular season

winners a run for their money.

“We were down two games to none but the biggest thing was that our guys never quit,” he said. “Those games were a lot closer than the score indicated. We had a lot of opportunities, but we just couldn’t capitalize. Same thing tonight. We started out slow but the guys came back. It shows they have a lot of heart.”

The second round of the FCHL playoffs will see the Outlaws, Rosthern Wheat Kings, Bruno T-Birds and Shellbrook Elks looking to advance to the championship round.

Updates on dates and times of the games are available online at the league website at www.fchl.ca .

Chris Sawatzky is upended during Game 4 of the Hague Royals FCHL playoff series against the Prairie Outlaws on Friday, February 24 in Hague.

The Royals lost the game 6-3 and were eliminated from the FCHL playoffs. (Gazette photo

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It didn’t take long to realize that Credit Union Centre was being transformed from hockey rink to curling facility.

All the glass was down within the first hour following Saturday’s 4-3 shootout loss to Red Deer, meaning the Saskatoon Blades were going on the road!

They would’ve preferred hitting the trail with six of a possible six points from three previous home games, but the inconsistency bug rose up and bit them again in two of those contests.

The work ethic, intensity and emotion from Friday’s 5-0 victory over the arch-nemesis Kootenay Ice was barely noticeable in the shootout loss to the Rebels the next night.

“We just need to be better,” explained Blades’ general manager and head coach Lorne Molleken. “In our last three back-to-back games, the first night we’ve come out and played extremely well and the second night, it’s like a different team.”

Add in last Wednesday’s 3-2

loss to Lethbridge, another team currently not in a playoff spot, and the Bridge City Bunch go into a span of six consecutive road games with more questions than answers regarding their play!

Saskatoon still has injury concerns on the blue-line. Tommy Stipancik returned last Friday, but the Blades are likely to be minus three key defenders for games Friday in Calgary, Saturday in Red Deer and Sunday at Edmonton.

“We’re hoping that Duncan Siemens will be back somewhere around the 7th of March,” explained Molleken, with Connor Cox and Matthew Pufahl not slated to return until after that…likely before the playoffs.

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The 18-year-old North Vancouver product scored five goals and added six assists in the 12 games. He also posted a +2 rating with three of his goals coming on the power play and one of them a game-winner.

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Kent Walchuk of the Warman AA Midget Wildcats takes on all six opposition players during a shift against Meadow Lake on Friday, February 24. The game was played at the Legends Centre in Warman.

The Midget AA Wildcats finished out their regular season in Battleford on Sunday, February 26.

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Chiefs await next opponent as PJHL playoff series underway

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he Delisle Chiefs took a well-earned rest last week after finishing first in the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL) North Division standings.

The Chiefs, who finished the 40-game regular season with a record of 32 wins and 8 losses, set a new league record with 23 consecutive wins.

The Chiefs had some time to rest up in late February while they awaited the outcome of the survivor series between the Tri-Town Thunder and Prince Albert Ice Hawks.

Tri-Town and Prince Albert tied the series at two games apiece. Game 5 was slated for Wednesday, February 29, following the Gazette press deadline.

The Chiefs take on the winner of the survivor series in the North Division semi-final round of playoffs, which begins this weekend.

Meanwhile, the secondplace Saskatoon Royals go up against the third-place Saskatoon Quakers in the other semi-final round of playoffs

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Prairie Junior Hockey League North Division Regular Season Final Standings W 32 30 18 18 13 11 10

L 8 9 17 19 26 25 28

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 1 5 3 1 4 2

PTS 64 61 41 39 27 26 22

GF 239 220 154 137 122 114 126

AVG 5.98 5.50 3.85 3.43 3.05 2.85 3.15

South Division Regular Season Standings W 32 30 11 16 16 28

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PTS 67 60 194 189 32 139

GF 213 208 4.85 4.73 161 3.48

AVG 5.33 5.20 175 168 4.03 242

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PCT 0.838 0.750 4-4-0-2 4-5-0-1 0.400 1-8-0-1

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GP = GAMES PLAYED GF = GOALS FOR GA = GOALS AGAINST AVG = AVERAGE W = WINS (2 points) L = LOSSES (0 points) T = TIES (1 points) OTL = OT LOSSES (1 points) D = DEFAULTS (0 points) L10 = Last 10 Games PTS = POINTS PCT = WINNING PERCENTAGE x = Clinched Playoff Spot y = Clinched Division z = Clinched Conference t = Clinched 1st in League in the PJHL North Division.

That 7-game series began Wednesday, February 29. Game 2 is set for Friday, March 2 and Game 3 on Sunday, March 4. All games in the Quakers-Royals series are

played at Harold Latrace Arena in Saskatoon.

The North Division final series will determine which team will take on the South Division champion for the PJHL championship.

The winner of the league championship will then go on to compete in the Keystone Cup tournament for the Western Canadian Junior B hockey championship.

The Keystone Cup tour-

nament is slated for Harold Latrace Arena in Saskatoon April 19-22. The Saskatoon Royals are the host team for

the tournament, and are guaranteed a berth in the competition. Updates are available online at www.pjhl.ca .

Warman advances in Bantam B provincials The Warman Wildcats advanced to the semi-final round of Bantam B provincial hockey playoffs last week, defeating Melfort in the quarter finals in a two-game, total-point series.

Melfort had defeated Martensville in early February to advacce to the quarter-finals against Warman.

The Wildcats lost their first game 9-3, but bounced back to take the second game of the series 12-4. They take on

Delisle Bruins dumped by Rosetown The Delisle Bruins’ playoff run is over.

The Bruins were swept in two straight games last week by the Rosetown Redwings in the second round of the Sask Valley Hockey League playoffs.

The Bruins lost 4-2 to the Redwings in Rosetown on Sunday, February 19, and dropped their second game 5-0 at home on Wednesday, February 22.

Delisle had earlier swept the Dinsmore/Lucky Lake Dynamoes in two straight games to advance to the second round of playoffs.

Spiritwood in the semi-final.

The winner of that series will take on the winner of the other semi-final series between Delisle and Melville.

Delisle advanced last week after defeating Biggar in the two-game quarter final series.

Delisle lost its first game 6-4 to Biggar, but rallied in the second game to win by a score of 8-3.

Both semi-final series must be completed by March 12. The provincial final series must be completed by March 26.

BANTAM C HOCKEY In Bantam C provincial competition, Hague was knocked out in the first round

by Strasbourg in early February. Strasbourg then went on to defeat Clavet in the quarterfinals last week.

PEE WEE B HOCKEY Martensville was eliminated during the first round

by Dodsland. Warman beat Kindersley in the opening round, and then defeated Dodsland in the second round.

However, Warman lost to Big River in the quarterfinals. Big River had earlier eliminated Rosthern.

PEE WEE C HOCKEY The Hague Royals Pee Wee team made it as far as the quarter-finals in provincial Pee Wee C hockey competition.

Hague first defeated Biggar in two straight games in the opening round, and then won the two-game total-point

series against St. Walburg in mid-February.

However, Hague lost in two straight games to Spiritwood last week, losing 5-3 and 5-2.

PEE WEE D HOCKEY Langham is gearing up for its semi-final match against Macklin in Pee Wee D provincial hockey playoffs. The semifinal games must be completed

by March 12.

The provincial final series must be completed by March 31.

Langham defeated Dundurn and then Naicam to advance to the semi-finals.

In the other series, Dalmeny was defeated by Clavet. Clavet in turn lost to Naicam in the quarter-finals.

Warman Cheer Classic slated for March 16 & 17 The Warman Cheer Classic is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17 at Warman High School. Over fifty students at WHS are enrolled in the junior and senior cheerleading teams.

Competition at the annual Warman Cheer Classic gets underway at 4 pm on Friday, and 10 am on Saturday. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under.

Organizers of the competition are once again expecting over 1300 athletes from across Saskatchewan and Alberta to compete in age categories from 6 to adult.

Warman is also slated to host the provincial cheerleading competition March 24 and 25.

WHS hosts senior boys basketball conference playoffs Warman High School is slated to host the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association 4A Senior Boys basketball conference playoffs.

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Full steam ahead!

A railway jigger is one of many pieces of railway equipment that Barrett has collected over the years

This photograph of a vintage steam locomotive is one of many that Cecil Barrett has collected over the years. He has donated many of the items he has found and restored to museums, including the Saskatchewan Railway Museum near Saskatoon, and the Langham Museum

RELIANCE ON RAILWAYS

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An old-time railroader recalls when trains were the lifeline of prairie communities

By TERRY PUGH

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ecil Barrett of Langham vividly recalls the days when steam locomotives crisscrossed the Saskatchewan plains.

“It was a lot different in those days,” said the 81-year old former railway worker from Langham. “There were 28 trains a day running in and out of Saskatoon. If you wanted to get anywhere, you rode the train. And almost everything was shipped express by train. We handled everything from sacks of mail to tractor tires and crates of live bees.”

Barrett started with CN Rail after graduating from high school in Delisle in 1949. He said he was lucky to get hired on, since at that time jobs were scarce and war veterans were given priority.

“If you weren’t a veteran, you didn’t have much chance,” he recalled in an interview.

“But they needed somebody in the express office right away and I was available, so I got the job. I was the last one hired that year, and I got bounced around a lot because I was the junior man on the list.”

Barrett retired nearly 40 years later, after a career in the railway express department that spanned the transition from the steam era to diesel, and saw the gradual disappearance of the branchline network that connected towns and villages across the province.

When he retired in the mid-1980s, he and sev-

eral others founded the Saskatchewan Railway Museum on a 7-acre parcel of land located a short distance southwest of Saskatoon at the intersection of the Pike Lake Highway and the CN Rosetown subdivision rail line at the former siding of Hawker. The museum includes a collection of railway rolling stock, buildings and other heritage items depicting the history of rail transportation in Saskatchewan.

RAILWAY HERITAGE

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fter decades of collecting railway memorabilia, Barrett has had to thin out the stuff in his home due to his own advancing age and the fact he has been acting as primary caregiver to his wife. Many of the items, which range from telegraphs and typewriters to railway rolling stock, have been donated to the Saskatchewan Railway Museum and the Langham museum. But he still retains a sizable collection, which includes a section of wire taken from the original Dominion Telegraph line constructed in 1876. “When they dismantled the line, a lot of farmers used that wire for fencing,” said Barrett. “I got a section of the wire from the area near the Henrietta School, where there used to be a telegraph station.”

Barrett says he believes it’s important to preserve the heritage of the railway era, particularly the role of steam trains in opening up the west. He said while improved roads

have brought many benefits, there is also a downside to relying on more truck traffic, as well as higher costs for road maintenance. The railways have also contributed to their own decline by making passenger travel, particularly in western Canada, almost impossible.

Barrett knows first-hand the pivotal role the railway played in the development of the western provinces, having been born and raised in a railway family.

HARD TIMES IN 1930s

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My dad started working as a railway engineer in 1916,” said Barrett.

Cecil Barrett “My mother was of Langham is raised on a farm a retired in the Asquith railway worker country. Her parand one of the ents homesteadfounders of ed there in 1904.

She was workthe Saskatcheing as a waitress wan Railway in a café next to Museum the railway yards in Saskatoon, and that’s how she met my dad. They got married in 1921, and they moved to Hannah, Alberta, where there was a boom in branchline construction at the time, and then later to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, and eventually to Kamloops, BC. I was born in

Kamloops in 1931.”

While Barrett’s father was one of the lucky ones to be employed on the railway during the early years of the Depression, the family fell on hard times when the

breadwinner developed diabetes. Insulin was available as a treatment for diabetics, but it was expensive and not easily available. Not only that, but diabetics who treated themselves relied on guesswork when it came to injections.

“In those days, a lot of railroaders who had the disease didn’t guess right, and they’d pass out on the floor of the caboose or whatever and if they were lucky, the other guys on the crew found them in time,” said Barrett. “The railway company didn’t really want diabetics running trains. Dad tried to control his diabetes with his diet, but it was tough.”

In 1934, when Barrett was 4 years old, his father heard a radio advertisement for a clinic in the United States that claimed to cure cancer patients. “Dad wrote to the clinic and asked what they could do for diabetics,” explained Barrett. “They wrote back and said, ‘oh, we can cure you. Come on down.’ So my dad cashed in his life insurance policy and took out his money from the railway pension plan and went down to the clinic. They sent him home cured and he died on the way home at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Some cure. He didn’t even make it home.”

Barrett said from the time he was 4 till he was 14, he and his mother lived a hardscrabble existence, living for short periods of time in different railway towns in BC, surviving on odd jobs and the small survivors’ pension from the railway. From time to time, they would return to his mother’s relatives’ farm in Saskatchewan, but they always had to return to BC in order to continue receiving the pension allowance.

“Then in 1944, after the CCF got elected in Saskatchewan and created some social programs, we were able to move back here and I started going to school regularly,” said Barrett. But his real education started when he began working for the railway.

It was all steam trains in those days,” he recalled. “In fact, it was still mostly steam right up until the early 1960s.

I worked in the express cars a lot of those years, running up and down the lines in a lot of different parts of the province, stopThe original ping at every little town and village to load CN clock from and unload cream cans. We’d have 150 cans the Rosthern of cream piled three high in an 85-foot long express car – each 5-gallon can weighed railway station about 60 pounds – and you’d pick one up in hangs on each hand and pile them up to make room for a wall in Cecil other stuff. I had pretty strong arms in those Barrett’s home days.” in Langham Barrett said while cream cans were a staple, there was no shortage of more unusual items shipped by express. “Cattle would normally get shipped as freight,” he said. “But if you were sending a prize bull to a competition someplace like Toronto, you’d ship it by SHOT IN THE DARK express. The bull would be in a big crate in We had to carry a firearm all the time,” the express car, and you’d have to feed and said Barrett. “That was the rule. We water it. Sometimes there would be hundreds were issued a 38 calibre handgun. It had of little crates of live honeybees, or big palone empty chamber and the other four chamlets of cattle carcasses bound for the Burns bers were always loaded with four bullets. meat-packing plants in Prince Albert.”

There were a few robberies in those years, He said they also were responsible for but I never had to deal with anything like handling corpses, and that presented a spethat. I did have to use my gun once, though, cial problem in a crowded express car. “We to shoot a cow.” had to pile all this stuff up to make room as Barrett said the incident occurred in best we could,” he said. “But when you got a the Yellow Creek region during a nightcorpse shipped by time train run to express, it came in Melfort and Car“In those days, a lot of railroaders a rough box with rot River. “It was the casket and a real dark night,” who had the disease didn’t guess the body and the he recalled. “All of whole works. You right, and they’d pass out on the a sudden, I heard weren’t allowed the scream of the floor of the caboose or whatever to put anything whistle and we on top of it except came to a sudden and if they were lucky, the other some flowers and stop. So I opened whatever personal guys on the crew found them in the express car effects that person door, which I had. And when time,” said Barrett. “The railway shouldn’t have you loaded or undone because it company didn’t really want dialoaded the corpse, could have been a you were always robbery, and all I betics running trains.

Dad tried to supposed to take could hear was the off your hat as a control his diabetes with his diet, sound of a bunch courtesy to the deof cattle bawling but it was tough” parted.” and the sound of The express fence wire being • Cecil Barrett car was also a stretched as these prime target for cows were scrambling to run away from the potential robbers because it carried liquor track. Pretty soon, the engineer comes back and money. Because so many banks in small and he says, ‘we need you to shoot a cow prairie towns collapsed in the 1930s, railway that’s broken a leg.’ I said okay. I followed workers even in the 1950s still had to cash him up to the front of the train, but it was so their cheques at the express car. All the paydark I couldn’t see a darn thing. Finally he roll cheques and cash, as well as newly-mintstopped when we got to the injured cow, and ed currency from the Bank of Canada deshe said, ‘I’ll hold your arm and point it in the tined for banks and credit unions in western right direction.’ So I shot, but I still couldn’t Canada, was sent by railway express.

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see anything. To this day I have no idea if I hit it. But I had to go back and write a letter to the superintendent to replace one of my shells. You had to account for everything.”

BURNING BRIDGES

In the last few years of his employment with CN Rail, Barrett was responsible for ensuring the accounts were squared away every month with other railway companies which periodically used CN’s trackage.

“They had to pay to use the tracks,” he said. His biggest accounting nightmare occurred when a CP train crew accidentally set fire to the Fenton railway bridge spanning the South Saskatchewan River downstream from St. Louis.

“The bill came to about 5 million dollars or something like that,” said Barrett. “There wasn’t much left of that wooden trestle after the fire got through with it.”

Barrett said the CP train crews using the CN rail line were supposed to drop flares as the train descended the grade toward the river into town. “The flares would burn for fifteen minutes and they were used to warn a CN train if it happened to be in the area,” he said. “Well, this particular CP conductor had two inexperienced train men on his crew, and they forgot to drop the flares when they were supposed to. Then they remembered about the flares and they threw them out the window just as the train was crossing this wooden trestle. It was like striking a match to kindling, and all of a sudden the whole thing was ablaze. Meanwhile the CP train just continued on down the track, completely oblivious to the destruction they were leaving behind. Luckily there was a farmer working in a field near the bridge and he saw the smoke and called it in. They had to use helicopters to fight the fire because there were no roads in to the bridge.”

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image of a bent ladder (that looked a lot like a Ferris wheel), he concluded that we need to see people the way Jesus saw them, without distinction" says Dwight, YA Committee member.

Kevin summarized Jesus’ example in the Gospel: “John 1: God with us; He is above all things, but came to the lowest rung on the ladder, John 8: Sin puts the ladder on its side and we are all equal and John 13: Je-

citement on campus... it pulled us in for an unforgettable experience!” recounts Pastor Scott Dick from Rosenort EMC, who made the ten-hour trip to Bethany with a group of 21. It was the first time for this youth group to come to YA, and it was quite the feat to get everyone’s belongings in the bus, but pastor Scott was up to the challenge. When asked for a highlight, pastor Scott replied, “We were

sus is above, below, with, and wants to be in us… The Gospel is good news that is hard to live out, and you actually cannot keep it to yourself if you really do believe.

Foot washing points to the cross…It was very powerful living out the humility of the Gospel.”

The weekend was an opportunity for the young people of Bethany College to bless other young people.

“There was so much ex-

Zumbathon honours memory of Warman woman killed in car crash Here’s a way to get in shape and raise money for a good cause at the same time.

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Kerri Friesen, one of five Zumba instructors organizing the event, said it is being done in memory of Stacy Myrol, who passed away in a car crash in September,

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“She was a very dear friend and fellow Zumba instructor from Warman,” said Friesen. “We’re organizing this to support the Saskatoon Sexual Assault Center, a cause that was very impor- The late Stacy Myrol. tant to Stacy. One A Zumbathon is being hundred percent organized for March 10 of the funds we in Warman to honour raise will go to her memory.

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The students at Bethany lived out their faith for us throughout the weekend by leading us in worship, serving us, and creating exciting memories with us.”

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Why? Was it because over 160 youth and youth leaders attended? Was is because they were treated to, not one, but two spectacular drama performances, an awesome speaker, a rockin’ worship concert and a weekend full of activities ranging from informative workshops to the ever popular, “hockey night in Hepburn”?

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Business Expo showcases vibrant community

Trade show relaunched thanks to increase in economic activity

By TERRY PUGH

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tpugh@ccgazette.ca

ive years ago, Martensville had 195 licensed businesses. Now there are over 300.

The rapidly-expanding business community reflects the skyrocketing growth rate of the region in general and the city in particular, says Dillon Shewchuk, Economic Development Officer for Martensville.

“This area has grown so much that a lot of people may not realize how many different types of businesses there are now,” said Shewchuk in an interview. “Martensville is the second-fastest growing centre in the country, and Warman is not far behind.

For businesses, this is the place to be.”

The Martensville Business Expo, scheduled for April 27 and 28, is aiming the spotlight at both well-established and new businesses in the area.

Organized by the City of Martensville, the event is the first business trade fair held

in the community since 2007. the focus of the business expo And according to Shewchuk, is regional. the time is right for showcas- “The region as a whole ing the range of commercial is closely interconnected,” he enterprises close to home.

“There has been significant growth in the area since 2007, and we’ve been receiving a lot of calls from local businesses asking for this sort of event,” said Shewchuk.

“We felt there was enough momentum and interest that we should go ahead with a large-scale show.”

Shewchuk noted that in addition to the many larger companies that have established a presence in Martensville, there are a lot of smaller, home-based businesses that can benefit from the exposure of a trade show.

“There are also the Dillon Shewchuk, Economic smaller retail places that Development Officer for the are starting to become a City of Martensville bigger presence in town,” said Shewchuk. “We also see a lot of building contrac- said. “People who are intertors and construction compa- ested in perhaps locating out nies. These are all a really im- to Martensville or Warman portant part of the mix.” or Dalmeny or Osler need to Shewchuk stresses that know what’s out here in terms of services and businesses.

This is a chance to better educate them about what we have to offer. It’s not all houses and streets. It’s also a very vibrant business sector.”

Shewchuk said the business expo is not limited to businesses located in Martensville, but is open to commercial ventures throughout the region.

“The communities are so close together that there is a lot of interaction and comit of the City of Saskatoon, and merce going on all the time,” Township Road 394. he said. “There are servic The Planning for Growth es and goods that can be obstudy contained a number of tained in different communirecommendations which will ties. People have choices, and be reviewed by the new work- that’s important.” ing group.

Shewchuk said the busi The Planning for Growth study noted that as the population grows and businesses locate in the area, the demands Continued from Page 6 on municipal infrastructure meeting that a new agreement increase as well.

Wastewater in particular will see the MMM Group reis a priority issue, according place AECOM as the consultto the study, which estimates ing firm conducting the study. the cost of establishing and op- An open house to update the erating a regional wastewater public on the project will take treatment option could be in place sometime this spring or the range of $460 to $690 mil- summer.

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The working group is ex- Board members for the pected to focus its initial ef- Martensville branch of the forts on funding arrange- Wheatland Regional Library ments, as well as deciding were appointed at the last whether wastewater treatment Martensville council. The should be done through the board members include: Lori existing City of Saskatoon fa- Newberry (President), Tori cilities, or whether a separate Hirsekorn (Vice-Chair), Jennew regional facility is war- nifer Svandrlik (Treasurer), Deanna Fehr (Past Chair), ranted.

The regional approach of- Christel Epp, Syl Serblowski, fers municipalities a chance Amanda Heiber, Carrie Rolfes, to coordinate their efforts and Angela Wilcox and Martensachieve better results than ville Mayor Gordon Rutten (council representative). they could individually.

The study notes that while Amanda Heiber was apit is important for each mu- pointed to the Wheatland Renicipality to retain its own gional Library Board as the unique identity, it is also es- representative for Martenssential that communication ville, while Tori Hirsekorn and coordination between mu- was appointed as the alternate representative. nicipalities be improved.

Martensville endorses Planning for Growth regional initiative

By TERRY PUGH

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artensville is working with other municipalities north of Saskatoon to encourage and manage growth in the rapidly-expanding region.

Martensville council formally agreed to participate in the Planning for Growth working group, which also includes the City of Saskatoon, the Town of Warman and the Town of Osler, as well as the RM of Corman Park.

The Town of Warman passed a resolution last week to become part of the working group, and the RM of Corman Park is expected to pass a similar resolution at one of its meetings in March.

The Planning for Growth working group is aimed at improving communication and planning on regional concerns, including population growth, transportation, water, wastewater treatment and storm water management, regional planning and funding.

A preliminary study on the “Planning for Growth Corridor” was initiated in November, 2010. Its purpose was to “enhance regional capacity and readiness for growth.”

The study area, which has experienced unprecedented growth in the last five years, is defined by Highway 11 North, Highway 12, the northern lim-

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South East Concept Plan looking for input from landowners, developers Landowners in the RM of Corman Park adjacent to the southeast boundary of Saskatoon are being asked for input on future plans for their area.

The South East Concept Plan is currently being prepared for the RM of Corman Park and the City of

Saskatoon. The study area is located within the RM and is part of the Corman Park-Saskatoon Planning district, an area that is jointly planned by the two municipalities as they work collaboratively to address land use management and planning issues.

The South East Concept

Plan is aimed at establishing future land uses and policies to guide development. The City of Saskatoon provides regular updates on its website at www. saskatoon.ca, and also encourages landowners, residents, business owners and developContinued on Page 16 Please see “SOUTH EAST”

ness expo is a great way for residents to find out what’s available.

“They might be quite surprised to find out there’s more than they thought,” he said.

Businesses interested in booking tables at the business expo can contact the City of Martensville. Shewchuk said a maximum of 45 business can be accommodated, and nearly half of the tables have already been booked. The deadline for early-bird registration, and for businesses to sign on as sponsors of the event, is March 23.

Shewchuk said there are plans to have live radio broadcasts from the business expo throughout the two-day event.

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FINANCING AVAILALBE O.A.C. 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix TRAVEL 110K............................$6,900 2002 Cedar Creek 5th Wheel SOLD 1999 Buick Century 36 ft...........................$15,900 70K............................$15,500 1987 Jayco 5th Wheel

39 ft.............................$6,200 190K............................$6,900 1991Travelaire Rustler 5th Wheel 25 ft.............................$5,500 2004 GMC Sierra 2500

2001 Acura 3.2 TL

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1998 Aerolite Sportsman Double living room kickout, GVW 2004 Toyota Matrix XR 10,000 lbs, 31’, many extras. Perfect SOLD 176K............................$6,800 for cabin............. Asking $13,500 2002 MAC Lakota TRAVEL 1993 Glendale Golden Falcon Large back window/satellite dish, GVW 28 ft.............................$6,500 10,000 lbs, 31’, .... Asking $13,500

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Letter of Appreciation When we were approached by Mr. Doug Rue of Freshwater Holdings in July 2011, it was an opportunity for us to sell our farmland at a very fair price.

Mr. Rue visited our home and he explained the process, w h i c h went forward very quickly. We received payment on September 15, 2011. We appreciated Mr. Rue’s friendly and understanding manner.

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The Wagon Wheel Family Restaurant in Warman is now hiring for Line cooks and Servers.

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Competitive wages. Varied shifts available for days, evenings and Saturdays. Apply in person 2 – 4pm daily or email mcleay625@sasktel.net. 34-2c TRUCK OPERATOR: Froese Concrete, Ltd. of Warman, Sask. has an opening for a Concrete Truck Operator Class 1A or Class 3A drivers license is required. Please reply with resume and references to fcl. co@sastel.net or Fax: 9334421 or call us at 933-2123 for location to drop off your resume. 33-4p FORT MCMURRAY JOBS! Jacobs Field Services Ltd. (JFSL Triton Division) is looking for Pipefitters and Rig Welders for camp job starting in March. Excellent wages, CLAC benefits, flights provided to Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. Email: humanresources@tritonprojects.com.

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Speedway Moving Systems Requires O/O for our 1 ton and 3 ton fleets to transport RVs throughout N. America. We offer competitive rates and Co. Fuel cards.

Paid by direct deposit. Must have clean criminal record and passport to cross border.1-866-736-6483; www. speedwaymovingsystems. com TH Vac Services, Kindersley Sask is now hiring drivers & swampers. Competitive wage, benefits package, scheduled days off. Tickets an asset. Fax resume to 306.463.2919 or call Don @ 306.463.7720.

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Employment Positions The R.M. of Corman Park No. 344 is currently accepting applications for the following positions in anticipation of the 2012 operating season:

● Scraper Operator ● Motor Grader Operator (Road Maintenance, two positions) ● Motor Grader Operator (Construction) ● Mower Operators

Valid driver’s license required. Preference will be given to those that possess previous experience and mechanical ability. Potential to lead into year round employment. Attractive benefit package provided.

Wages as per collective agreement. Only those being interviewed will be contacted. Deadline for accepting applications is April 4th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Please contact Darryl at (306) 975-­‐1655 with questions.

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PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK PAYMENT. SOLD EXAMPLES Bengough - 22 1/4’s Bethune - 2 1/4’s Blaine Lake - 245 acres Cupar - 5 1/4s Davidson - 6 1/4’s Elfross – 18 1/4’s Emerald – 22 1/4’s Eastend - 2 1/4’s Grenfell - 3 1/4’s Harwarden - 1 1/4’s Lestock - 5 1/4’s Lake Alma – 9 1/4’s Marcelin - 7 1/4’s Moose Jaw - 8 1/4’s Nokomis - 8 1/4’s Ogema - 36 1/4’s Prince Albert - 1 1/4’s Saskatoon - 2 1/4's Semans - 7 1/4’s Simpson - 10 acres Viscount - 3 1/2 Wadena - 4 1/4’s Wakaw West - 41/4’s Watrous/Young 30 1/2 Mobile Home Park Weyburn - 21 1/4’s

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ASPHALT PAVING Personnel Required: Paving contractor in the beautiful BC Interior requires paving personnel for all aspects of Asphalt Lay-down.

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DIRECT SALES REPRESENTATIVES. Canada’ s premiere home automation and Security Company is NOW hiring April-August. No experience necessary. Travel Required. Email resume kkurtze@vivint. com Visit: www.vivint.ca

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Apply with resume to Martensville Plumbing & Heating, 511 Centennial Drive North or Box 1922, Martensville, SK., S0K 2T0 or fax to 934-0689.

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Careers and Employment Hiring Shop Millwright

SUBWAY ROSETOWN - Wanted 1 Food Counter Attendant $11.80/hr, No Exp. Req. Rosetown, SK. rosetownsubway@yahoo.ca

in Osler

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE MANAGER.

is seeking a person to fill a full time position as a shop mill wright.

NORTHLAND CHRYSLER IN MEADOW LAKE IS SEEKING A SERVICE MANAGER.

DAG-Wood Products We manufacture and install stairs, railings, wood doors, etc.

DAG-Wood is located (20 min north of Saskatoon on Hwy 11). We build top quality products in a new, modern shop with up-to-date equipment.

Successful applicants must be hard working, able to learn quickly, and committed to a job well done. Duties will include building curved stairs and custom wood doors. Wage is negotiable.

If interested, please forward your resume to dagwoodproducts@sasktel.net or fax to 239-2168.

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HAZCO Environmental Services is seeking a Sales Representative to join our sales team. Work from your home town and grow professionally with one of the largest oil and gas service companies in the industry. CCS is welcoming resumes for the position of Sales Representative for our Saskatchewan area.

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012

Auction Sales AEROFLEX ATHLETIC CLUB INC., 201 Athabascan Ave., Sherwood Park, Alberta. Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. Selling complete premiere club including cardio, exercise equipment, free weights, racks, benches, tanning & massage, cafÇ, lockers, TV’s, mirrors, rubber & hardwood flooring, & much more. See www.montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800371-6963.

HUGE RV AUCTION April 27th, 2012. Mark this date, and follow us Online www. yorktonauctioncentre.com.

Online bidding on sale day, 306.782.5999.

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ers to participate in an online survey through the city’s website.

In addition to the ongoing survey, a public workshop is slated for Thursday, March 8, from 6 to 9 pm at the Floral Community Centre to discuss the potential future development of the area.

The results of the workshop will help guide future land use policies and identify future land uses in the area.

The South East Concept Plan background report is being prepared by MMM Group Limited, a private engineering consulting group, under a contract to the Saskatoon-Corman Park District Planning Commission.

The report will look at potential land uses, infrastructure and services, transportation, culture and heritage areas, and natural areas that may be considered for preservation.

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WARMAN BERGTHALER CHURCH - 206 - 2nd St. West G. Buhler - 239-4761 Service & Sunday School 10:00AM AWAKENING CHURCH - 208 Main Street, Warman Sask. - 934-7007 Sunday 10:30AM Worship Service Kids’ church during service REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - 903 - 6th Ave. South Pastor Mercy Arinze 979-7726 (church) or 242-1314 Sunday School 10 AM Worship 10:30AM ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH - 123 South Railway St. West Pastor Randy Heide 933-2365 Family Worship 11:00AM WARMAN GOSPEL CHURCH - 418 Central St. West - 242-8670 Pastor Ed Martens Sun: Worship Service 10:30AM (Children’s Church during Service) Tues: Olympian Club 6:45PM WARMAN MENNONITE CHURCH - 112 - 6th Ave. North - 933-4660 Pastor Bernie Wiebe - Worship Service & Sunday School 10:45AM

DALMENY DALMENY BIBLE CHURCH - 406 Wakefield Ave. - 254-2075 Sun: Bible Discovery 9:30AM / Worship Service 10:40AM DALMENY COMMUNITY CHURCH - 121 - 4th St. - 254-2019 Sun: Sunday School 9:45AM / Worship Service 10:45AM

OSLER OSLER COMMUNITY CHURCH - 625 - 3rd St. - 239-2224 Pastor Nick Kimpinski Thurs: Youth 7:00PM OSLER MENNONITE CHURCH - 212 - 2nd Ave. - 239-2133 (fax 239-2279) Sun: Worship 10:00AM / Sunday School 11:15AM OSLER MISSION CHAPEL - 110 - 6th Ave. Pastor Bill Janzen 934-2065 Pastor John Unger 242-6683 Pastor Simon Wiebe 239-4849 Sunday School 9:30AM / Sunday Worship 10:45AM PLAINS CONSERVATIVE MENNONITE CHURCH - 3.5 miles West of Osler 931-2587 or 249-4293 Wed: Bible Study 8:00PM Sun: Sunday School 10:00AM - Worship 11:00AM GRACE GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP CHURCH - 501 - 1st St. Pastor Peter Klassen 384-3376 Communion Service: 1st Sunday 6:30PM Services: Sunday 10:30AM, Wednesday 7:30PM

RADISSON Harvest Baptist Church - 415 William St. Pastor Alan Vaal (306) 827-2262 res Sunday: Sunday School 10 AM Worship/Gospel service 11 AM / Evening service 6:30 PM Thursday: Bible Study/prayer meeting 7 PM St. Paul Lutheran Church - 402 Albert Street Pastor: Wallace Bornhuse -827-2265 Sunday Worship 11:00 AM / Sunday School 11:00 AM

BORDEN RIVERBEND FELLOWSHIP (MB) BORDEN COMMUNITY CENTRE Pastor Tony Martens 997-4924 Sunday School and Service 10:00AM Care groups during week BORDEN UNITED CHURCH Gayle Wensley Sundays 11:30AM ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN Reverend Debbie Ramage Sundays 11:30AM

LANGHAM FIRST SASKATCHEWAN LUTHERAN CHURCH - 283-4418 Pastor Wallace Bornhuse Sunday School 9:00AM / Sunday Worship 9:00AM KNOX UNITED CHURCH - 302 - 2nd St. East - 221-5219 Minister Michele Rowe Sunday Worship 10:30AM / Sunday School 10:30AM LANGHAM EVANGELICAL BIBLE CHURCH - 47 – 5th Ave. 283-4321 Senior Pastor Greg Guarnett - Associate Pastor Justin Epp 10:50AM Sunday Worship Service - 9:45AM Family Hour (Sunday School) www.langhambiblechurch.homestead.com LANGHAM ZOAR MENNONITE - 110 - First St. East - 283-4494 Pastor Abe Buhler Worship Service 10:00AM / Sunday School 11:00AM ST. MARK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH - 423 Main St. East - 283-4482 11AM - Til end of March April - July 31st: 9AM Sundays August - November 30th: 11AM Sundays

MARTENSVILLE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH 300 - 8th Ave. South - 931-3111 December 4th, Mass changes to 9AM Christmas Eve Mass: 7:00PM Christmas Day Mass: 9:00AM New Year’s Day Mass: 9:00AM MARTENSVILLE ALLIANCE CHURCH - www.achurchthatcares.com Pastor Kevin Martens - 931-2434 Sunday School 9:30AM / Service 11:00AM MARTENSVILLE BAPTIST - 209 Centennial Dr. North - 931-2688 Pastors Harv Sawatzky, Tim Braun, Aaron Dalman www.martensvillebaptist.com Summer Service 10 AM MARTENSVILLE MISSION - Main St. and 5th Avenue Reverend Wilf Gaertner - 931-2100 Sunday School 9:30AM / Worship Service 10:30AM Youth 7:00-9:00PM Life Community Church (PAOC) - Martensville Civic Centre Pastor: Ken Bodvarson, 306-978-5296 www.lifecommunity.ca Service 11:00AM

HEPBURN HEPBURN GOSPEL CHURCH - 706 - 2nd St. East - 947-2143 Pastor Dean Huber • email: hgc@sasktel.net Sunday School 9:30 AM • Worship Service 10:30 AM HEPBURN MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH - office@hepburnmb.com Lead Pastor Rod Schellenberg • Youth Pastor Greg Klassen Sunday Service: 9:30 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM

HAGUE HAGUE GOSPEL CHURCH - 112-5th St. Pastor Allen Kehler www.haguegospelchurch.com Sun: Sunday School 9:30AM / Worship Service 10:30AM HAGUE MENNONITE CHURCH - 202 - 3rd St. Pastor Ken Bechtel - 225-2211 Worship Service 10:45AM / Sunday School 9:30AM ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH - 120 - 1st St. Pastor Michael Diegel - 225-4554 or 232-5023 Worship Service 9:30AM

NORTH CORMAN PARK BETHEL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - located on the corner of Hwy 11 north & Rge. Road 381 (right across Saskatoon Shines sign) Pastor Ron Smeding (rsmeding7@juno.com) www.bethelsk.ca 652-4655 Sunday school 10am preschool-gr.6. -- Worship service 11am Gems, Cadets Monday nights Grade 3-8 Ladies Coffeebreak Tuesday 9.30am

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copies 20. Appear 21. “Am ___ believe ...?” (2 wd) 22. End 23. Eye affliction 25. Object that shoots paintballs 27. Columbus Day mo.

28. Jeer 30. “Absolutely!”

31. Municipal magistrate (Scotland) 34. Cross this to score a touchdown (2 wd) 36. One year’s record 37. “Give it ___!” (2 wd) 38. “Smart” ones 39. Sharp 41. Entertains 42. Warm, so to speak 43. Courtroom conference between lawyers and judge 45. Blueprint 46. Stripped the skin off

Down 1. Drudges 2. Leave of absence 3. Adhesive 4. Calendar abbr.

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Weekly Horoscopes CAPRICORN This will be a week to remember as old friends and new drop by. Roll out the welcome mat and prepare to have a lot of fun, Capricorn. You deserve it.

VIRGO Your genius side kicks in, and suddenly you’ve got the answers for everything. Enjoy the accolades, Virgo. It’s your turn to shine. An invite makes you giddy.

AQUARIUS One more time, Aquarius. You are so close to reaching your goal. Pennies saved here and there will make a big difference later when you need it most.

LIBRA Caution, Libra. You’re veering off course. Take steps now to get back on track or prepare to suffer the consequences. A sporting event takes an unexpected turn.

PISCES Projects around the house wrap up, making way for a hobby. Time to clean out the closets and get cracking, Pisces. A new face proposes an old idea with a twist.

SCORPIO Relax, Scorpio. A friend has got your back. Keep plugging along on the big picture and let them attend to the minor details. A phone call puts you on cloud nine.

ARIES Drop the pretense, Aries. Your body language is giving you away. Say what’s on your mind and you’ll be surprised at what happens next.

SAGITTARIUS A chilling tale reminds you that some offers are too good to be true. Remember that as you weed through the paperwork on your desk. Something is a-miss, Sagittarius.

TAURUS Try as you might, Taurus, you won’t be able to fool others, much less yourself, for long. Face up to your limitations, work within them and all will go well.

GEMINI Gracious Gemini. You give, and you give, and you give some more, but these days, it seems like no one is giving back. Don’t let that stop you—you’re making a real difference.

CANCER Pay them no heed, Cancer. Keep pursuing your idea, and you will prove to those naysayers that you’re on to something great. An order is completed.

LEO You’re the comeback kid this week, Leo. You manage to finish all of those tasks gone sour and take on more than your fair share of new responsibilities.

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EVALUATING YOUR PROPERTY Continued from Page 3

SAMA’s experts conduct these reinspections on behalf of most municipalities.

• Maintenance Reinspections On a regular cycle, municipalities request SAMA to do on-site inspections of specific individual properties. This usually happens where significant developments or changes have been made that have altered the physical data on a property.

• Appeals and Support of Assessment Appeals The assessment system in Saskatchewan has an extensive appeal system for rate-

payers who disagree with the assessed value of their property.

SAMA is required to participate in appeals and provide full disclosure of how property values are determined. This responsibility for openness and full disclosure is part of what SAMA calls “support of assessment appeals”.

• What is the relationship between property assessment and taxes?

The key difference is that assessment - determining assessment values for all properties - is SAMA’s responsibility while the task of setting prop-

erty taxes belongs to municipal governments.

The relationship between assessment and taxes comes from the fact that municipal governments levy taxes as a “mill rate” that is charged as a proportion of a property’s assessment value.

Since the starting point is the assessed value, it is important to make sure that each property’s value is assessed fairly by SAMA. • What happens if I disagree with my property’s assessed value?

There is an appeal process you can follow. Contact

Heritage funding allocated The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation has allocated a total of $298,951in funding to 45 heritage initiatives.

Funding was provided for projects in the following categories: 28 conservation; 13 research; three education and one special project.

Individual grants ranged from $775 for an archaeological research project analyzing artifacts obtained from the Camp Rayner site, near Outlook, to $49,000 for conservation work at the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Saskatoon.

“The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation is a major support agency for heritage conservation and development,” Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Bill Hutchinson said. “Heritage Week is a great time to celebrate the fact that the foundation provides financial support to heritage projects at the provincial and community levels to conserve, research, interpret, develop and promote Saskatchewan’s diverse culture and heritage treasures.”

your local municipal office or SAMA regional office.

• I’m not sure if I should appeal. How can I find out if the assessment of my property is accurate?

First, contact your local municipal office and ask if an assessment open house or information meeting has been scheduled. That will be an important source of information.

You can also contact the nearest SAMA office. We would be happy to discuss the methods used to arrive at the value of your property.

• Why is it that my assess-

Pursuant to The Municipalities Act, public notice is hereby given that the Town of Delisle intends to restructure by adding the following lands from the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy to the Town of Delisle.

The land to be added to the Town of Delisle is Parcel C, Plan 101486796, Extension 19 (Parcel No. 147206279) and NE 19-34-8-W3, Extension 1 (Parcel No. 119279379) as shown in heavy black outline on the map provided below.

The reason for the proposal is to provide more land for the growth and development of the Town of Delisle.

A public meeting will be held at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Delisle Town Office to discuss the proposal.

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Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of Delisle for the year 2012 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, March 1st, 2012 to April 3rd, 2012.

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

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Secretary of the Board of Revision Town of Delisle Box 40 Delisle, Sask.

S0L 0P0 by the 3rd day of April, 2012.

Dated this 1st day of March, 2012.

Mark Dubkowski, Assessor

The complete proposal may be viewed at the Delisle Town Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

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Any persons who wish to object to the proposed restructuring may file a written objection, stating clearly their reason for their opposition, with the administrator of the Town of Delisle at the address of Box 40, Delisle, Sask. S0L 0P0. A written notice of objection must be received by the administrator by April 6, 2012.

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conditions, and to the negotiations of each buyer and seller.

As for fee appraisers, they also focus on immediate, actual, local market conditions, not on long-term fair value.

Even their assessments, however, may not be the same as what an individual buyer and seller may agree upon when selling a property.

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“The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation’s grant assistance programs complement the commitment, hard work and economic resources of communities, agencies and individuals across Saskatchewan,” Heritage Foundation Chairman Wesley Moore said.

“Through this support, our stories, significant heritage properties and shared values are preserved for the benefit of present and future generations.”

The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation is a government agency that works closely with the Heritage Conservation Branch of the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport.

In addition to its funding activities, the foundation is mandated to acquire, manage and develop real and moveable property in the name of the Crown and accepts the donation of cash monies, property and other bequests.

For more information on the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation please visit www. tpcs.gov.sk.ca/SHF.

ment value may not match what I just paid for a property, or what another appraiser said my property is worth?

To create an equitable system, SAMA determines assessments that reflect longterm values, and avoid shortterm market fluctuations. The selling price for any individual property is always subject to short-term, local market

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BORDEN Mondays

Dance classes @ BCC & Senior’s Centre 3:30-9 p.m.

Tuesdays

Cards/games at Senior’s Room 7 p.m.

Wednesdays

Busy Bees Pre-school, Anglican Church 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Adventure Club, BCC, 3-4:30 p.m.

Dance classes, Senior’s Room, 5-9 p.m.

Yellowhead Landfill open 3-8 p.m.

Thursdays

Youth Group, Anglican Church, 7-9 p.m.

Saturdays

Yellowhead Landfill open 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Speers UC Dinner Theatre tickets on sale, call Gayle W. @ 997-4402 to order World Day of Prayer, Senior’s Room, 2 p.m.

Threshermen’s Potluck supper & program, BCC, 6 p.m.

Care Home Service, Anglican, 3 p.m.

BCCPC Snowmobile Rally, BCC, 10 a.m., lunch (10-4) & supper 5-7 p.m.

Museum annual meeting, Museum, 7:30 p.m.

Care Home Service, United, 3 p.m.

Senior’s business meeting, 1:30 p.m. (Dance class @ 3:15 p.m.)

St. Patrick’s Day lunch, Senior’s Room, 11 a.m. -1 p.m.

Grand opening of Care Home addition, 2 p.m.

Care Home Service, Baptist, 3 p.m.

Deadline for Redberry Review news to Lorraine @ 997-2159 Care Home Service, Mennonite, 3 p.m.

Senior’s Potluck supper & birthdays, 5:45 p.m.

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BORDEN News

By LORRAINE OLINYK lolinyk@sasktel.net

The following is the Clark’s Crossing Gazette Redberry Review News & Events for March, 2012.

If you have any news you wish to include in the Redberry Review, please e-mail lolinyk@sasktel.net and I can retrieve it while I am in New Zealand and I will then forward it on to the paper.

Orolow Ukrainian Catholic Church Snowmobile/ATV Rally is Saturday, February 25th, at Orolow Church NE of Borden. Rally runs from 11 a.m. to last rider out at 2 p.m., food concession available, special attendance prizes. Call Peter @ 997-5703 or Lorne @ 4973503 for more info.

Borden Friendship Club is

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holding a Kaiser Tournament on Tuesday, February 28th at 7:30 p.m., by donation and there will be prizes & lunch.

Everyone is welcome. The business meeting on March 14th will be at 1:30 p.m.(not 2 p.m.) to accommodate the Dance Club at 3:15 p.m. Potluck supper, birthdays & program will be March 28th at 5:45 p.m.

St. John’s Anglican Church ladies are hosting the World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 2nd at 2 p.m. in the Borden Senior’s Room. Everyone is invited to attend this meaningful service written by the women of Malaysia- a SE Asian nation of diverse culture, races & religion, population of 227 M & low cost living.

The theme for this service is

“Let Justice Prevail” Everyone is welcome to attend the Borden Threshermen’s Potluck supper with entertainment to follow, on Saturday, March 3rd, at 6 p.m. in the Borden Community Centre. Donations are always appreciated and may be given at the door.

For more info call Jean H. @ 997-2053 or Cyril @ 997 –4912 The Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee is holding their Snowmobile Rally on Saturday, March 10th, starting at 10 a.m. from the Community Centre with last rider out at 2 p.m. Chili lunch will be available from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Ham supper from 5 – 7 p.m. If insufficient snow, the draws will still be made at 5 p.m. and the supper will still go ahead. Tickets are available from BCCPC members and at local businesses.

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is holding its annual St. Patrick’s Day luncheon on Thursday, March 15th, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., in the Borden Senior’s Room, serving soup or stew, homemade bread/buns and cookies and everyone is welcome.

The Borden Care Home addition has had residents living in it for a few months now and the Grand Opening of the facility is Friday, March 16th at 2 p.m. 2011 was also the 10th anniversary of the Care Home.

Everyone is welcome to the opening and to take a tour of the new addition that is especially built for couples.

Gayle Wensley @ 997-4402 is taking names for Speers United Church Dinner Theatre tickets on March 30th, 31st & April 1st. Tickets go on sale March 1st – watch for posters for price and name of the comedy.

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RADISSON Tuesdays Cribbage at Senior’s 10 a.m. , Library open 1-5 p.m.

Wednesdays Library open 4-7 p.m., Yellowhead Landfill open 3-8 p.m.

Thursdays Radisson TOPS meet at Town Office – 9 a.m.

Dance Club at Hall – 7:30 p.m.

Fridays Library open 2-5 p.m.

Saturdays Yellowhead Landfill open 9 a.m.-1 .m. (Hours change April 1st) Sundays St.Paul Lutheran Church & Sunday School (3-6 yrs) – 11 a.m.

MARCH

1 Senior’s potluck supper & meeting, 5 p.m.

2 World Day of Prayer, Lutheran Church, 2 p.m.

2 Figure Skating Carnival, Communiplex, 7 p.m.

5 Royal Purple meeting, Town office, 7:30 p.m.

12 Town Council meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m.

15 Senior’s cards & birthdays, Club room, 2 p.m.

22 – 25 -Shirtsleeve Bonspiel, Curling Rink 23 Deadline to get April dates & news in to Lorraine O @ 997-2159 24 Shirtsleeve banquet & dance, Radisson Hall, 6 p.m.

28 Public Town meeting, Radisson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

30 Dinner Theatre, Radisson Hall, 6 p.m.

31 Dinner Theatre, Radisson Hall, 6 p.m.

April

1 Dinner Theatre, Radisson Hall, 6 p.m.

For more community events, see the Coming Events listing in the Gazette Classifieds Email ads@ccgazette.ca to place your Coming Events or Classified ad Please provide contact information for payment purposes

Church Services

Borden United – Gayle Wensley – 11:30 a.m. Service St. John’s Anglican – Rev. Debbie Ramage – 11:30 a.m. Service Riverbend Fellowship (MB) –Pastor Tony Martens – Senior’s Room

Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 10.50 a.m.

Radisson Lutheran Church is hosting the World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 2nd at 2 p.m., with the theme for 2012 Let Justice Prevail The Figure Skating Carnival is Friday, March 2nd at 7 p.m. in the Radisson Communiplex. Come out and watch these young skaters perform.

Radisson is holding a Public Town meeting on Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30 p.m. in the Radisson Town Hall to ask for the Public’s opinion on what the next recreational/cultural fundraising project should be.

A big thanks goes to the Radisson Swimming Pool committee who have been fundraising tirelessly and as of January 23rd, 2012, they only had $1,633.55 left to fundraise and the swimming pool will be paid in full. Thanks to everyone who donated bottles & cans as they raised over $15,000 for the swimming pool, and the Town of Radisson will still accept them.

The Shirtsleeve bonspiel will be held March 22nd – 25th, with the Curling Banquet on March 24th. For more info call Derek Murphy, Doris @ 827 –4953 or the Curling Rink at 827 –2088.

There will be a Dinner Theatre in Radisson March 30th, 31st and April 1st, entitled “An Inconvenient Tooth”, a play written by local residents Dave and Laurie Summers and presented by the Radisson Drama Entity. The play is set in the 1970’s, with a lot of singing, dancing, merry making, showboating and in the midst murder most “fowl” and people attending are encouraged to wear clothing of that era or favourite Beatle. For more info call Radisson town office @ 8272218 or watch for posters re tickets and more info.

Looking to advertise in the April Redberry Review or an upcoming Clark’s Crossing Gazette?

Contact Terry at 668-0575 or Lorraine Olinyk at 997-2159

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Ernie “Papa” Wiens

July 30, 1948 - March 3, 2011

Forever in our hearts

We miss you Papa

xoxo