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This year, high school students at Leask Community School are learning how to open a bank account, repair computers and plan for their future careers, all while attending high school.

This innovative opportunity– called the Leask Employment and Financial Management Skills program—has been designed by Prairie Spirit School Division, Affinity Credit Union and Leask Community School to help students develop practical skills and abilities and foster student engagement.

Along with classroom instruction, students have the opportunity to participate in work

experience through a computer tech shop that is run out of Kuchler’s classroom.

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Students will also have the opportunity to refurbish older school division computers, sell them to the community and save the money for the future.

As an added incentive, Affinity Credit Union is matching each student’s savings to a maximum of $800. In order to receive this matching amount, students must successfully complete the program in June.

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The class is taught in a threehour block and is designed to integrate with provincial curricula. The class will run throughout the school year, with three credits earned per semester.

In addition to the support from Affinity Credit Union, the program has received $59,000 in funding through the provincial government’s First Nations and Métis Education and Employment strategy. The grant was used to cover instructional, transportation and equipment requirements to get the program started.

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MCC restructures Warman Thrift Store operations

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The Warman Thrift Shop is aiming to boost the amount of revenue it generates for the Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) charitable projects following an internal reorganization of the store’s operations last week.

The reorganization was a painful process, but something that needed to be done, according to Lyle Stucky, chairman of the board of directors for the Warman Thrift Shop.

“The MCC has guidelines and policies regarding the thrift shop networks across Saskatchewan and across Canada,” said Stucky in an interview on Thursday, February 14.

“MCC owns this store and the board has decided that we need to be willing to follow their policy and their guidelines.”

Under the reorganization plan, the number of paid staff at the thrift shop is being reduced and there will be increased reliance on volunteers – not just from the churches that are represented on the local board but also from people within the broader community.

The board also aims to increase efficiencies in store operations.

As part of the restructuring all paid positions at the store were terminated on Monday, February 11. A public meeting was held that evening to outline the board’s reorganization plan which includes reducing the number of full-time equivalent positions from

four to 2.5.

For the past week, the board of directors – assisted by many volunteers – have been operating the thrift store during its regular business hours.

They have also been busy sorting items in storage, pricing inventory for the retail floor and removing items deemed unsuitable for sale.

“Something like this is never painless. It’s hard for the board and it’s hard for the people involved...we had way too many people hired for a store our size.”

• Lyle Stucky, chairman of the Warman Thrift Shop Board of Directors

“It’s a learning experience for everybody and it is going to be a challenge with fewer paid people. But we do have a lot of volunteers who are committed to the goals of the MCC and we need to get this thing back on track as quickly as possible,” said Stucky. “What we want to do is start over with a fresh, new, positive attitude. We want to help the MCC and we want to help those people who are desperately poor in other parts of the world. We can’t run at a deficit. We have to make a profit and we have to run it as a business and run it professionally. We can do it, there’s no question. We just need more volun-

teers.”

Stucky said over the past decade the store has steadily increased its gross sales revenue from roughly $60,000 annually to over $300,000. But he believes there is the potential to increase that to about $500,000.

Under the new plan the management staff will be made up of a fulltime general manager, full-time donations receiver/merchandise shipper, and a half-time shop operations manager. Stucky says the reorganization will bring the store into line with the MCC’s policy of allocating 22 per cent of store revenues to personnel costs.

He notes that in the past few years, the store has spent up to 38 per cent of its income on personnel-related expenses.

The former general manager of the shop, Sheila Friesen of Warman, was offered the position of general manager under the restructured system.

After pondering the offer for several days, Friesen decided on Friday, February 15 to accept the new position on a six-month probationary basis. Applications are currently being accepted by the board for the full-time donations receiver/merchandise shipper and half-time shop operations manager.

Stucky said the board felt the “fair-

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Rein said the school is collecting Two pupils from the school were se- funds for the United Nations Chillected as student ambassadors to the dren’s Fund (Unicef) ‘School in a Box' games, a global online competition program – which provides packages of that encourages students to hone their educational materials for classes of up skills in mathematics, literacy and to 40 students in developing countries. science. Braden Rein and Josh Kemp After being chosen as student amearned the title of student ambassabassadors, Rein and Kemp wrote a letdors after creating prize-winning vidter to the provincial education miniseos in a contest. ter, extending an invitation to attend Rein and Kemp participated in a the formal kickoff for the event. student ambassador tour in early Feb- Marchuk accepted the invitation ruary to Alberta, where they were and said he was overwhelmed with awarded certificates of acheivement what he saw at the school. and took part in activities in several “From the minute I walked into schools. the school, I was very impressed with “It was an amazing experience,” what I saw in every classroom,” said Rein told the school assembly durMarchuk. “This is a very warm and ing the kickoff to the World Education excting learning environment. I saw Games ceremony in the school’s gym. first-hand the activity you folks are en“We met Laurie Skreslet, the first Cagaged in and being part of this worldnadian to climb to the summit of Mt. wide opportunity shows how engaged Everest, and he gave a speech that inthe students, teachers, staff and comspired us all. It’s something I’ll never munity are in education.” forget as long as I live.”

Kevin Derdall, principal of Vans The World Education Games start on World Literacy Day March 5, folPrincipal says program helps lowed by World Math Day on March 6 students at home and around and World Science Day on March 7. the world Continued on page 23 Vanscoy School became involved

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Warman Thrift Shop Board Chair Lyle Stucky (right) and volunteers (l-r) Patricia Gagnon, Jessica Wiebe, Sarah Wiebe, and Sarah Unruh are helping run the store during its transition

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Route options limited for SaskPower transmission line near Martensville

By TERRY PUGH

structed near Aberdeen, while the other will be built south of Martensville. The two new switching stations will be connected by a 250 kV transmission line and the route this line will take has to “thread the needle” in a very highly-populated area, said Bolen.

Several rounds of consultations and field studies on the transmission corridor and preferred routes have so far been done on the project, dating back to 2011. Another open house is scheduled for Wednesday, February 27 at the Aberdeen Recreation Complex from 12 noon to 7 p.m.; and the Saskatoon Trav-

electric station at Tobin Lake, pass through a switching sta Martensville city counciltion at Aberdeen, continue to lors have “agreed to respectfulthe switching station near Marly disagree” with SaskPower on tensville and, finally, to a subthe proposed route for a 250 kistation in Saskatoon’s industrilovolt (kV) double-circuit transal north end. The total length mission line slated to be built of the transmission line from later this year.

Aberdeen to Martensville is Councilors say the proposed 35.5 kilometers and will cost an route cuts too close to Marestimated $10.46 million. tensville’s southern boundary, The preferred route chosen while SaskPower insists it has

by SaskPower skirts Martensno other viable option. ville’s southern boundary, but At the Martensville City cuts very close to an area that Council Committee of the has been earmarked by MarWhole meeting on Tuesday, tensville city council for future February 12, councilors heard expansion. While the transmisa presentation on the project sion line route and the proposed from SaskPower’s Managswitching station are er of Stakeholder Engageclose to the city’s lagoon ment and Consultation and the Northern Landfill Bernie Bolen. The delega- “It’s not just a visual thing. locations, the line avoids tion also included Peter From a planning and cutting through a future Goode, an engineer with industrial park in the RM Stantec Consulting, the development perspective, of Corman Park. firm that did the environ Martensville city who wants to live under a mental consultation work councilors felt the line for the route. should run through the 230-kilovolt line?”

The crown corporation industrial park, rather • Terry Kostyna, Martensville city councilor is upgrading its electrithan restrict future develcal transmission capacopment of new residential ity to handle greater loads in elodge Inn on Thursday, Febru- neighbourhoods and a proposed response to demands of resi- ary 28 from 12 noon to 8 p.m.

Opimahaw Creek natural heridential and industrial growth In his presentation to Mar- tage area. throughout the province, said tensville City Council, Bolen Councilor Terry Kostyna Bolen in his presentation to the said residential and industri- said having the electrical transcouncil meeting. al growth in the area north of mission line so close to the city Two new switching stations Saskatoon means SaskPower will discourage developers. are to be built as part of the can no longer rely solely on the “It’s not just a visual thing,” Saskatoon Reinforcement Proj- Queen Elizabeth power station Kostyna said. “From a planect, a set of five related trans- in Saskatoon. ning and development perspecmission line projects. One The electricity will originate tive, who wants to live under a switching station will be con- at the E.B. Campbell Hydro- 230 kilovolt line? It may not be tpugh@ccgazette.ca

Icy roads contribute to trio of rollovers Slippery highways contributed to three single-vehicle rollovers during the morning of Wednesday, February 13.

Troy Davies of MD Ambulance noted that fluctuating temperatures, combined with rain and snow, have left many area highways in extremely slippery condition.

MD Ambulance paramedics, RCMP officers and Borden Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 16 near Borden. A 35-year-old male suffered minor injuries in that mishap.

Another rollover occurred on Highway 41 between Aberdeen and the junction with Highway 5 at Saskatoon.

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the vehicle had already left the scene before paramedics arrived, said Davies.

A third single-vehicle rollover occurred on Highway 11, three kilometres south of Grasswood Road. In that collision, a 48-year-old female was transported to Royal University Hospital with minor injuries.

Davies warned the icy conditions aren’t likely to let up anytime soon.

“With temperatures dropping again tonight, you can expect to see slippery highways if you’re driving into the City of Saskatoon tomorrow morning,” said Davies. “Remember to travel at reduced speeds.”

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an actual problem, but many people may perceive it to be a problem and that amounts to the same thing.”

Bolen said it is not uncommon for people to build homes as close to power line rights-ofway as they are legally permitted to.

“If you look at development around Saskatoon,” said Bolen, “you’ll see that people have their back fences literally right up against the edge of the rightof-way. We’d like to increase the voltage on those lines and have a wider right-of-way, but we can’t do it.”

Goode suggested the right-ofway would not interfere with plans to enhance the natural area of Opimahaw Creek.

“The right-of-way can be green space as well,” said Goode. “There are no buildings that can be built in that area.”

Kostyna said the City of Martensville is working with the RM of Corman Park and the City of Warman to plan for regional development and the power line presents a real challenge.

“We need a high level of cooperation among communities,” said Kostyna. “At the rate we’re growing, at some point we’re going to become one big city and this line will cut right through it. We want to mitigate that. Our preference would be for this line to go through the industrial park rather than border the industrial park.”

Bolen said routing lines around the perimeter of cities “makes the most sense” and added that locating switching stations near landfills and sewage lagoons, which is not prime residential development land, is the best option.

“We’ve looked at this thing six ways to Sunday and this is the best option,” said Bolen.

“We’ll respectfully agree to disagree on that,” stated Martensville City Manager Scott Blevins.

Pink lines indicate the outer boundary of SaskPower’s proposed transmission line

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Warman area resident Abe Peters moves snow yet again to clear his driveway, something he’s had to do more this year than in the previous four years combined. The province’s Water Security Agency last week released the February forecast and first outlook of the spring runoff and with the snowfall received this winter, an above normal runoff is expected in many areas of Saskatchewan.

Youngsters encouraged to assist RCMP in special project RCMP’s newest (and cutest) four-legged recruits needing names Young Canadians are invited to submit a name suggestion for one of 10 German Shepherd puppies soon to be born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) at Innisfail, Alberta. Entrants are encouraged to be original and imaginative in finding names that will serve these puppies well in their career with Canada’s national police force. When thinking of names, it is important to keep in mind that these are working police dogs, not pets.

Contest rules are simple: - Contestants can suggest only one name (one entry per person).

- The name may be for a male or a female pup.

- The name must start with the letter “F”.

- The name must have no more than nine letters.

- The name must be one or two syllables.

- Contestants must live in Canada and be 16-years-old or younger.

To enter, contestants must print their name, age, address, telephone number and the suggested name for a puppy on a postcard and mail it to: Attn: “Name the Puppy Contest”, Po-

lice Dog Service Training Centre, Box 6120, Innisfail, AB T4G 1S8.

The RCMP will accept more than one entry per household provided that each participant submits one name per postcard.

Although there can be only 10 winners, names not selected for the contest will be considered for other puppies born during the year.

The deadline for entries is March 22. Contest winners and prizes will be announced on April 16. Winning names will be chosen by the PDSTC staff.

A draw will determine the winning entry in the event of multiple submissions of the same puppy name.

NOTICE Anyone carrying on business within the City of Warman municipal limits is required to hold a valid Warman Business License as per Bylaw 2012-18.

Any business that does not hold a valid 2013 Warman Business License will be fined.

As per Bylaw No. 2012-18: The following establishments are considered exempt from obtaining a Business License from the City: a) Home-based party-type businesses such as, but not limited to, Avon, Epicure, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Party-Lite, Tupperware, Watkins, Gold Canyon Candles, Arbonne and Silpada b) Real Estate Agents that do not operate a Store-Front or Home-Based business within City limits c) Publicly funded organizations such as, but not limited to, educational institutions, educational administration, municipal administration and its entities, and hospitals d) Non-profit organizations, service groups and community groups such as, but not limited to, churches or places of worship, unless operating a service for profit out of a location within the City limits e) Private Day Cares ran out of a private dwelling or chuch

For application forms and to view Bylaw No. 2012-18 please visit www.warman.ca

More than 700 groups and organizations across the province – including several in the Gazette circulation area – will receive more than $1.2 million in charitable gaming grants from the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA).

“These groups and organizations work hard to better their communities through their volunteer efforts,” Minister responsible for SLGA Donna Harpauer said. “Our government is pleased to assist the efforts of these volunteers by providing funding through the charitable gaming grant program.”

Among the grants provided by SLGA this quarter: Yorkton and surrounding area received $82,439; North Battleford and surrounding area: $55,842; Lloydminster and surrounding area: $52,013; Estevan and surrounding area: $27,963 and

ASQUITH Asquith Community Development Corp. $331.66 BRADWELL Bradwell Community Centre $310.00 CLAVET Clavet Community Arena Assoc. Inc. $1,945.34

Clavet Skating Club $224.20 DALMENY Dalmeny Skating Club $138.06 DUNDURN Central Sask. Military Family Resource Centre $720.00

Dundurn Minor Hockey $451.93 HEPBURN Hepburn Minor Hockey $157.50 LANGHAM Langham Kin Club Inc. $133.73 MARTENSVILLE Martensville Minor Hockey Assoc. $1,720.37

Martensville Youth Football Assoc. $1,915.58 WARMAN Warman Hockey Assoc. Inc. $2,339.92

Warman Multi-Purpose Facility Committee Inc. $1,404.54

Warman-Osler Figure Skating Club $1,108.43

Meadow Lake and surrounding area: $25,834.

The quarterly grants are based on 25 per cent of net proceeds raised by groups and organizations through licensed charitable gaming activities

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Charitable gaming financial reports submitted by groups are used by SLGA to automatically calculate grant amounts.

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Farming now big business for Saskatchewan

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Celebrities: Why we hate to love them

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When Brett Wilson rolls into ‘toon town he gets noticed; he’s a bit of a celebrity. Although he defected to Alberta, we still see him as a Saskatchewan boy who made good. As the former Dragon from the Den, “with the heart of gold,” and author of Redefining Success: Still Making Mistakes, he has achieved what appears to be some well-deserved notoriety.

What’s harder to fathom is the celebrity culture we now live in, with its endless fixation on the smallest details of celebrity’s lives. It’s as if the inside scoop on where Jack Gyllenhaal had dinner in New York and what he ate is hot news, or the headline, “Find out how Jessica Alba got her tooth chipped,” really matters.

Other headlines say celebrities are just like us. As proof, photos are shown of celebrities shopping or at the beach. The big surprise is that celebrities eat and sleep and shop and make love. If they’re just like us, why would so many be obsessed with them? The only tiny difference between regular folk and celebrities is they have more fame, beauty (sometimes) and a lot more money, that’s all.

It’s awards season in Hollywood. About a half dozen awards programs have already aired this year. This Sunday the grandmother of all awards shows, the Academy Awards will reveal la crème de la crème. This means we get to enjoy, endure, or perhaps ignore the primping and preening of all the stars currently in the limelight.

“A” list stars will walk the red carpet and talk about who they’re wearing. And we can find out who has emerged from, or plunged into, obscurity. “B” listers are never identified so presumably we can tell who they are by their absence from the “A” list.

To help us fathom the celebrity culture, someone coined the term “Celebrity Worship Syndrome (CWS).” This is when admiration swings toward obsession with the details of a celebrity’s life. It’s when harmless chatting about celebrities changes to “Julia Roberts is my soul mate.”

Maybe it’s tempting to people who feel their lives are small to attach to those who are living “large.” They feel better if they can live vicariously through another person. Entertainment news magazines are like the drug of choice, helping us live in unreality.

One explanation of this culture of adulation is that celebrities represent a way of being in the world. They have social appeal, they project a glamorous image, and a certain level of emulation is normal. At the same time, we insist that celebrities be role models, and when they are not, like Tiger Woods, we throw them under the bus, but keep watching.

Some people find a difference between stars and celebrities. Stars are people like Elizabeth Taylor, they say, perhaps people who exhibit some essential and admirable qualities beyond just being outrageous, addicted or simply attractive and mildly talented. Many celebrities are simply products.

But there are a few who are good at what they do and they deserve to be honoured, if not with our admiration, then with the recognition of their peers and the standards of the industry.

And for those of us who do live in reality, we have the good fortune to recognize the “stars” who live around us in our small communities, neighbours who make a difference, and turn our lens onto their lives and tell their stories.

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The first comes in the less than pleasing news from Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart that Saskatchewan Crop Insurance premiums will increase by a whopping 12 percent this crop year.

The double digit hike will mean coverage levels in 2013 will increase to a record $194 per acre, a $20 an acre increase from last year and double the level of courage from 2007.

In order to deal with the potential additional payout, the Saskatchewan Party government is setting aside a record crop insurance budget of $198 million. So premium rates will have to increase to an average of $9.98 per acre from $8.91 per acre in 2012.

Crop Insurance cited the need for addition private reinsurance coverage a move that Stewart said was needed because liabilities have become higher because of the increase in commodity prices.

In fact, total program liabilities have also more than doubled in just five years to $5 billion this year from $2 billion in 2008.

“Reinsurance is a way of sharing some of the risk with private industry in the event of a large claim year,” added Shawn Jaques, president and CEO of SCIC. “It will help stabilize producers’ premiums, should they have that (large claim).”

Also of interest in the Crop Insurance announcement was the news that hard red spring wheat and oats will be eligible for yield trending that recognizes the recent improvement in yields over historical trends. For hard red spring wheat, the increase will be nine per cent while oats yield will increase 13 per cent, on average.

Stewart also stressed that this will be the second year without the ad hoc AgriRecovery coverage, so producers cannot rely on bailouts and need to seriously consider enrolling in crop insurance.

So what is all this really telling us?

Well, mostly that farming is more prosperous, but that it is also becoming big business.

Disaster relief protecting the livelihood of relatively small family farm has gone the way of getting a single desk seller to market your grain. Instead, the expectation today is for producers to run their farms like a business.

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from Canadian agricultural leaders that emerged from the recent inaugural “Agricultural Awareness” summit in Regina.

The tone of the event was significantly optimistic, especially when contrasted with the historic gloomy mood of such agricultural gatherings of where discussion was dominated by low commodity prices, tariffs and the need for subsidies to competing against aggressive American and European Union farm subsidies.

But as a recent editorial in the Regina Leader-Post aptly put it: “This isn’t your grandfather’s version of Saskatchewan agriculture.”

Just how big Saskatchewan farming has gotten can be measured in

agri-food exports, $11-billion worth in 2012, which surpassed energy exports in this province.

In a province where all the economic talk seems to focus on oil and potash, it’s important we remind ourselves that the backbone of our economy has been and still is agriculture.

And it’s great to know that agriculture is more prosperous than ever, albeit, it is a very different kind of prosperity.

Long gone are the days when small farms were run by new immigrants who supported the small communities that grew up around the local elevator every nine miles along the rail lines.

The elevators and rail lines are long gone, now. And the section farm has been long replaced by operations the size of entire townships.

But while many bemoan this passage, it shouldn’t be loss that farming is contributing more to the Saskatchewan economy than every before.

It is, however, different than the farming we once knew. It is big business.

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RCMP receive 20 traffic collision calls due to slippery roads FROM THE CELL BLOCK Submitted by

SGT. WARREN GHERASIM Warman RCMP

On February 11 at 9:54 a.m. police were contacted regarding damage to a vehicle that was sustained sometime overnight the previous night in front of an address on 6th Avenue South in Langham. The complainant advised that her vehicle was parked on the street and was struck by another car overnight causing damage to her tail light. The vehicle did not stay at the scene or leave any contact details. Police are investigating.

IMPAIRED ON HIGHWAY 11

On February 12 at 3:12 p.m. police received a call of an erratic northbound driver on Highway 11, north of Osler. Police responded and located a 2004 Acura SUV stopped at the side of the road. The vehicle’s hazard lights were flashing and the engine was running. A man was observed slumped behind the steering wheel. Police observed that the man displayed signs of impairment from alcohol consumption and there was an open bottle of wine between his legs. The man was arrested and returned to the police detachment where he provided samples of his breath which were almost three times the legal limit. A 47-year-old Beauval man was later released on charges of having care and control of a motor vehicle while his ability to operate the vehicle was impaired by alcohol and conveying open liquor in a motor vehicle. The vehicle was seized and the accused was issued a 90-day driver’s licence suspension.

BAD TIME FOR A TURN

On February 12 at 5:45 p.m. police responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11, south of the overpass near Warman. It was determined that a southbound Chevrolet Uplander travelling in the right-hand lane made an abrupt turning maneuver across the left lane in an attempt to turn left onto an approach. A trailer being pulled by the Uplander was struck by a southbound GMC Safari that was travelling in the left lane. No one was injured, but there was significant front end damage to the Safa-

ri and the trailer that was being pulled by the Uplander.

The driver of the Uplander, an 18-year-old female from Spruce Grove, Alberta, was issued a violation ticket for making an unsafe lane change.

HWY. 16 ROLLOVER

On February 13 at 8:57 a.m. police were called to the scene of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 16 near Dalmeny Road. The driver of a 2009 Pontiac G5 advised police that he lost control of the vehicle on icy roads and rolled into the ditch.

He was uninjured. A 39-yearold North Battleford man was issued a violation ticket for driving at a rate of speed greater than was reasonable and safe. The vehicle sustained extensive damage and had to be towed from the scene.

On February 13, police received 20 reports of traffic collisions, most of which were single vehicle collisions where vehicles left the roadway in icy conditions. Police remind everyone to slow down and adjust their driving habits in times of changing surface conditions. Roads are much more challenging when temperatures are milder due to surface melting during the day and freezing overnight. Black ice is present throughout the area and motorists are responsible to adjust their speed to suit these conditions.

On February 16 at 1:30 a.m. police observed a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder southbound on Highway 11 between Warman and Saskatoon. The vehicle was travelling much slower than the speed limit and was weaving. Police pulled the vehicle over and found that the driver had been drinking and showed signs of impairment. The man was arrested and taken to the police detachment where he provided breath samples that were more than double the legal limit. A 38-year-old Saskatoon man was later released on charges of impaired driving.

His vehicle was seized and his licence was suspended for 90 days.

On February 17 at 3:38 p.m.

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GOOD TIMING

On February 15 at 1:30 a.m. police were driving past a residence on Crystal Springs Drive in Warman when an officer noticed a fire at the rear of the residence. The officer went into the yard and found the rear deck on fire. The officer alerted the occupants and contacted the fire department. A fire was burning in the area of the barbeque and the officer extinguished the flame with a fire extinguisher.

The blaze was put out before it spread to the house. The fire is not believed to be suspicious in nature.

DOMESTIC DISPUTES

On February 13 at 8:15 p.m. police were called to a Warman

residence in response to a family dispute. A male complainant advised that he had been threatened by a female family member and required police assistance. Police attended and spoke with the complainant, who had been drinking. Upon interviewing the other members of the family, who had not been drinking, it was clear that there were large discrepancies in the events that preceded the police attendance. The family members were separated and the complainant found alternate living arrangements for the night. No further police action was necessary and no charges are anticipated.

On February 14 at 8:41 p.m. police were called to a residence in Martensville for a complaint of an assault. A woman advised police that she and her husband had been arguing recently

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The woman was taken to the police detachment where she provided breath samples that were almost three times the legal limit. A 21-year-old Martensville woman was later released on impaired driving charges.

The woman’s vehicle was seized and her licence was suspended for 90 days. She will appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court to answer to the charges at a later date.

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The great Valentine’s Day bake sale pie recall

By SELA BALZER

Langham Museum & Langham Plus 60 Club Correspondent

Locals began arriving at the Langham Museum bright and early Wednesday, Feb. 13 for the Valentines Day Bake Sale despite the fact that I, the newly elected reporter, sent word to the churches, put classified ads in the local papers and tacked up posters in not only Langham, but Borden and Dalmeny to advertise the sale date as Feb. 14. The mistake was fortunately spotted shortly thereafter by one of the committee members and the massive recall on posters began. Thankfully I was assured I still had my job.

The Langham ladies did the bake sale proud! The sale began at 10 a.m. sharp with the ‘early birds,’ who had arrived at

9:30 a.m. to view the tables, enjoy a fresh cinnamon bun and quickly pick-up their favourite items. The choice was amazing from jars of borscht to bread and buns and everything sweet in between. By 1 o’clock there was very little left to pack up and the organizing ladies took care of it by taking home whatever items they had baked that hadn’t sold. This was the case with one saskatoon berry pie and, later in the afternoon, following a well-deserved nap, the pie-maker cut the pie to enjoy a slice at coffee break with her husband. To her horror she discovered that the pie was not saskatoon berry at all but rather choke cherry!

Thus, just as with the posters of several weeks earlier the recall is on. Five delicious looking choke cherry pies, disguised as saskatoon berry pies, have

found their way into five homes and, by now I’m suspecting, the purchasers are aware the pies are not exactly as labeled. If you have one of these pies please come to the museum for coffee any Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning and receive your refund, or perhaps you have already eaten it and choke cherry pie is now your new ‘favourite’.

Who knows, we may have requests for this specialty at the next bake sale.

The museum committee appreciates all members who donated items for the sale and especially recognizes all of the people who came out in support.

Mark your calendar for the Feb. 27 Pot Luck Supper. Make your favourite dish, bring your favourite friend and be prepared to eat a whole lot of everyone else’s favourites. The invitation is open to all.

Police respond to domestic assaults, disturbances CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

FROM THE CELL BLOCK but that they went to a licensed premises for a drink. They had an argument on the way home which continued into their residence. The woman alleged that her husband threw a shoe at her face, which struck her in the nose, causing her nose to bleed.

The man left the residence prior to police arrival but surrendered himself to police the following day and was arrested for assault. A 39-year-old Martensville man is scheduled to appear in domestic violence court on February 26 in Saskatoon.

On February 15 at 1:07 a.m. police were called to a Warman

residence for a complaint of a domestic disturbance. Police attended and spoke to a man and woman at that location. The man had been scratched on the face and bitten. He advised that he and his wife had an argument which escalated and that she had scratched him on the face and bit him. The woman made no allegation of assault and had no visible signs of injury. RCMP arrested a 31-year-old Warman woman, who was later released on a charge of assault.

She is scheduled to appear in domestic violence court on February 26.

VIOLENT OUTBURST

On February 15 at 3:33 a.m. police were called to a residence in Warman to assist ambulance personnel. MD Ambulance had attended at the residence in response to a call of an uncon-

scious male. When they attended they were able to wake the man, who then became violent towards the EMTs. Police attended and determined the man was intoxicated. A 22-year-old Warman man was arrested and lodged in police holding cells until sober and was then released unconditionally.

ASSAULT IN VANSCOY

On February 17 at 1:13 a.m. police were called to a licensed premises in Vanscoy for a complaint of a disturbance. It had been reported to police that a man came into the bar and advised that he was having an argument with his girlfriend when two men came along and assaulted him. Police and ambulance personnel responded but the male left before their arrival. The man did not identify himself or his attackers.

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Warman expecting solid year of growth

By TERRY PUGH

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The sound of hammers and saws will be echoing throughout Warman again this year as the community anticipates another busy construction season.

“We’re planning for a total of six new residential subdivisions to come on stream this year,” said Brad Toth, manager of planning and development for the City of Warman. “There will be over 400 lots ranging in size from 35 to 55 feet of frontage.”

In an interivew at Warman City Hall February 14, Toth said the majority of the residential subdivisions will be made up of single family residences, with some semi-detached lots and a couple of multi-family parcels.

“We issued 254 building permits last year, and that was a record. It looks like it will be close to that again this year.

We’ll have the serviced lots to supply it for sure.”

While not all the houses are likely to be built in a single year, Toth said if the lots are all sold and houses built that could mean the city’s population would increase by an estimated 1,000 people, based on an estimate of 2.5 to three individuals per household.

“The subdivisions that are coming on stream soon include The Legends Stage 4 from Snead Crescent north to Pebble Beach,” said Toth. “KH Developments is the developer.

They’ve done some pre-servicing in that area but the streets aren’t laid out yet. They’ll be coming first thing in the spring and the lots will be serviced and ready for sale by this summer.”

Toth said The Legends Stage 5 subdivision will happen later this fall. This will see a combination of residential and commercial development on the east side of Centennial Boulevard north to the new Highway 305.

Work is also expected to resume on improvements to Centennial Boulevard.

“We’ll have the roadwork between Clubhouse Boulevard and Augusta Boulevard completed this year with pavement

and curbs and gutters and the whole nine yards,” said Toth.

“From Augusta, north to the new Highway 305 intersection, it will probably just end up being graded this year with maybe curbs and sidewalks, but there won’t be pavement going down this year. We like to leave it for a year to let it settle.”

That area will also see the construction of a new lift station to service the neighbourhoods and commercial properties.

Toth said the first strip mall has been approved for The Legends Plaza, a prime piece of commercial real estate across the street from The Legends Centre.

“We can’t say what businesses will be located there at this point,” said Toth. “It’s leasable space right now.”

A major announcement regarding the big box retail development planned by Avatex Corporation for the corner of Centennial Boulevard and Highway 305 is anticipated soon, noted Toth.

There will also be two new subdivisions in the Rockwood neighbourhood on the northwest side of Warman.

“That will finish off all of Rockwood to Clubhouse Boulevard,” said Toth, adding any future expansion of the Rockwood development will be dependent on annexation negotiations with the RM of Corman Park.

KH Developments is also going full steam ahead on the next phase of its Southlands residential development that will border Prairie Oasis Park in Warman’s south end.

A key part of this development involves the extension of both Rigmor and Haichert streets, noted Toth.

“These two streets will connect 6th Avenue with Industrial Road,” said Toth. “That will really help traffic flow on the south end of the city.”

The City of Warman has also finally been given the nod by the provincial government to formally exchange the former municipal golf course land for The Legends Golf Club as part of a deal regarding municipal reserve green space.

“It’s taken a while but we finally got approval,” said Toth.

Innovative Piling Solutions of Martensville is currently preparing the foundation for the 10,000 square foot city hall (architect’s drawing at right), located beside the Martensville Civic Centre

Construction underway on new Martensville City Hall

By TERRY PUGH

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Concrete piles for the 10,000 square foot building were put in place earlier this month and work on the concrete footings is currently underway.

The new city hall is located adjacent to the Martensville Civic Centre on municipallyowned property at the corner of 1st Avenue South and 1st Street South.

“It’s becoming a reality,” confirmed Martensville City Manager Scott Blevins in an interview Wednesday, February 13.

“It’s been in the planning stages for a while and it’s nice to see construction underway. It

will make a huge difference for this city.”

If all goes well, the new city hall will be ready for occupancy by the end of August, Blevins predicts. The new facility is designed to accommodate expansion in future years.

The tender for the project was awarded to Gabriel Construction last November. The building itself will cost approximately $2.2 million while the overall budget for the project, including landscaping and furnishings, will come to approximately $3 million, said Blevins.

“The overall goal is to make sure the building always meets our needs,” said Blevins. “As the city grows and more staff are required we’ll be able to expand the city hall building to accommodate that growth.

As the new building expands, there will be sections of the civic centre that will be demolished to make room.”

Blevins said the contractor

will be subcontracting work to as many local companies as possible during all phases of construction in the coming months.

“Right now, Innovative Piling Solutions of Martensville is the company that is installing the pilings and footings,” said Blevins.

He added that the pilings were installed without significant problems. “There were a few boulders that they ran into, but nothing major,” he said. “The pilings were literally screwed into the ground so beginning the construction work in the winter when the ground is frozen wasn’t a signifiicant factor.”

The time frame is relatively short for construction, he said, but once the footings are in place the work should progress smoothly.

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Blevins said the biggest advantage to the city will be hav-

ing all the administrative offices under one roof.

At the present time, civic departments are spread out in three separate locations. The city manager’s office, the finance department, economic development office and mayor’s office are located in the current city hall on Centennial Drive South; the planning and recreation departments are in the civic centre on Main Street; and the public works offices are located in the city shop on 9th Street North.

The scattered offices were a major inconvenience not just for staff, but also for city residents.

The new city hall will greatly increase efficiency for all departments, said Blevins. The new building, designed by Maurice Soulodrre Architect Ltd., will be large enough to accommodate the current staff and the projected needs of the muncipality five to 10 years into the future.

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Traffic flow changes to Klassen St. in Warman debated

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City examines possibilities, including turning busy thoroughfare into a one-way street Should Klassen Street become Warman’s first one-way street?

It’s a question that city administration is mulling over as it grapples with the problem of traffic congestion on the busy street.

A survey questionnaire was distributed to businesses along Klassen Street earlier this month to gather feedback on a number of options, said Sarah King, economic development officer for the City of Warman.

“There’s no decision made about any of the options at this point,” explained King, “but we wanted to explore all the possibilities and making Klassen Street a one-way street is certainly among the possibilities.”

She noted the street is particularly congested at certain times of the day as people park for short periods of time to pick up their mail at the post

Warman street lights coming in spring

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WARMAN ELEMENTARY DONATIONS

Students and staff of Warman Elementary School made a pair of big donations following a successful round of fundraising over the past few months. In the top photo, Rev. Randy Heide, representing the Warman Food Bank, accepts a cheque for $1,744 from Sam (centre) and Brooklyn. Above, Treena Constantinoff and daughter, Tseganesh (second from left), representing the Gadebo Project, receive a cheque for $1,744 from Asley, Kai and Alex. The funds are destined for the construction of a safe and secure orphanage in Ethiopia.

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“It is a traffic hazard,” explained King. “When vehicles are parked close to the alley entrance on both sides it’s very difficult for anyone emerging from the alley to see what’s coming. The alley doesn’t really serve much purpose, anyway, so it will be closed, probably before the end of February.”

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The City of Warman has followed the lead of its neighbour, the City of Martensville, by discontinuing its membership in the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA).

The decision to drop out of SREDA was not taken lightly, according to Sarah King, economic development officer for the City of Warman.

“The decision was made by city council after an extensive review of services provided to us over the past year,” she explained. “The fees have gone up over the last couple of years and we have an economic development office here to handle the many inquiries that come our way. SREDA is helpful for smaller communities that don’t have the resources we do.”

She added the City of Warman will continue to work in partnership with SREDA, the cities of Saskatoon and Martensville as well as other nearby communities to attract residents, investment and businesses to the region.

SREDA was started in 1992 as a way to retain and expand local businesses in targeted sectors and to attract new investment.

The City of Martensville discontinued its membership in SREDA last year.

The provincial government recently cut funding to economic development agencies such as SREDA, forcing these bodies to raise fees in an effort to remain financially viable.

SaskPower has shed some light on a quandry that has left parts of Warman in the dark.

“We’ve been in touch with SaskPower and they’ve informed us that streetlights on Centennial Boulevard and Central Street will be going in when the road bans are lifted this spring,” said Brad Toth, manager of planning and development for the City of Warman.

“So, in March or April, we should be seeing those put in

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The city will also be installing decorative lighting this year on Central Street between 5th Avenue and 7th Avenue.

In an effort to further spruce up the city’s central business district, colourful new vertical banners will be attached to light standards.

“We’ll be putting those banners up sometime in March, said Sarah King, economic development officer for Warman.

“There are two designs, one of which features the City of Warman logo. They’re designed to brighten up the street.”

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From left to right: Dawn Bell, Denise Orpen, Russ Ramsden and Tom Ball rehearse a scene from “Moon Over Buffalo”, the latest production by the Scared Scriptless Players of Warman. Three shows are scheduled at the Brian King Centre March 15-17.

Cast and crew having a blast at rehearsals for light-hearted comedy

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With less than one month to go until opening night, the cast and crew of ‘Moon Over Buffalo,’ the latest production by the Scared Scriptless Players, are having a blast with rehearsals.

“It’s the most fun I’ve had in a long time,” said Dawn Bell of Saskatoon, a veteran of numerous community theatre performances with the now-defunct Gateway Players. “The best part of this whole thing is getting to work with a wonderful group of people.

“The play is great, but this bunch is really amazing,” she said.

The Scared Scriptless Players were once known as the Warman Drama Club. The group changed its name last year to better reflect its light-hearted character. It’s good, old-fashioned community theatre that promises lots of laughs and a polished, professional performance.

Opening night for “Moon Over Buffalo” is set for Friday, March 15 at the Brian King Centre. There are three performances altogether that weekend, starting with the first on Friday, March 15 and the final matinee performance on Sunday, March 17.

Tickets are available by calling Dorothy Gareau at 978-1339.

Russ Ramsden is another veteran of the community theatre scene in Saskatoon and has become a mainstay with the Scared Scriptless Players. He plays the role of George, Charlotte’s husband.

“The play is set in 1953 in Buffa-

lo, New York,” explained Ramsden.

“George and Charlotte are the main characters. They’re actors who have passed their ‘best-before’ date and they have one last chance to make it into the movies. They are in a play and if they can impress the director, who is coming to watch their performance, they have a chance of signing a big movie contract.

“Unfortunately, things break down between George and Charlotte and they blow their big chance.”

Ramsden said his character loses his composure in the second set and there’s plenty of physical comedy.

“It’s a farce, so there’s lots of people coming and going in and out of doors,” he said. “And I do a lot of falling down.

That’s the easy part. The hard part is getting back up.”

So far, the play is on target, he said.

“I’m falling apart, but the play is coming together.”

Bell said she’s delighted to be in a play with Ramsden.

“Russ was actually my high school drama teacher,” she said. “And now I’m playing his wife.”

Tom Ball, who plays the role of the theatre company manager, is a relative newcomer to Warman, having moved back to Saskatchewan after living in Alberta for 15 years. He says he decided to join the acting group on a whim.

“We moved to Warman on October 6 last year, “he said. “We were looking to live in a smaller community. Then two weeks after we moved here Warman became a city. So now we’re looking to move again. Just kidding!”

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Ball, who works as an ultrasound technician at Warman Diagnostics, said his only experience with acting was during his university years two decades ago. “I’m still getting yelled at by the director for the same things, so I guess I didn’t learn much,” he said.

“But seriously, this is way more fun. I don’t have to worry about studying for midterms or finals.”

Linsey Gatzke, who plays the character of Roz, a young actress, moved to Warman in 2010. This is her first community theatre endeavour after performing in high school and university productions.

“I work all week and then I get to come here to these rehearsals,” she said, “it’s exciting and fun because I haven’t done this sort of thing for a long time. It’s refreshing and builds confidence.”

Shannon Landels has made the move from stage manager to acting this year with the group. While she doesn’t have a lot of lines, she says her character is a “troublemaker” and she’s really making the most of her moments on stage.

“It’ll be nice when we have an audience for the funny lines,” she said.

“I’m really looking forward to opening night.”

Carol Affleck, the director of the production, says the group is also on the lookout for volunteers to help with lighting and sound as well as with the wine and cheese during the evenings the production is staged. “We can certainly find a place for you to fit in with all the other misfits,” she joked.

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Callie Nelson (left) takes to the ice during the public skate, while 3-on-3 basketball took centre stage for the crowd (below) ; and a Warman firefighter takes a pie to the face after some fun against the Montreal Candiens Fan Club hockey team.

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Home builder puts best foot forward in creating spectacular lottery showhomes

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If a luxurious private retreat off the master bedroom doesn’t fully relax you, just head down to the state of the art theatre two floors below and lose yourself in whatever’s playing on the screen. The private sitting room in the master suite and the home theatre room with double row seating, are just two out of four stand-out features in the new Hospital Home Lottery showhome in the Willows.

Equally compelling is the sweeping grand staircase that greets your eyes upon entering the spacious two-story entrance foyer, which is wider than strictly necessary. The unique “round” off the foyer has four openings that lead to four different areas on the main floor.

This is a home to lust after and this is one of those times when lust can actually lead to good things, like better equipment and services in Saskatoon’s hospitals, assuming you buy a ticket. As a major fundraiser for St. Paul’s Hospital, City Hospital and Royal University Hospital (RUH), the Hospital Home Lottery has raised over $18 million since 1985.

Thoughtful details of interior design such as cabinetry, countertops, paint and trim, flooring, lighting and plumbing fixtures blend well throughout the 3,554 square feet of living space, to form the total package and create the elegant, modern atmosphere.

Builder Rocy Homes has plenty of experience constructing lottery homes before. “This is the fourth year in a row that we’ve done it,” says Rocy Homes owner Dave Dyck, a resident of Warman. “Each year the success of the ticket sales impacts what they choose to do in successive years. They keep coming back to us and saying would you do this again?”

Rocy Homes works with designers to craft “a specific proposal of what we’re actually going to build. They look at it and say this is awesome and let’s move forward,” he said. This home – and the previous one – were designed by CADvantage Design Ltd. in a collaborate manner with Dyck. “I have input into the design whether it’s a two-story, a bungalow or a walk-out, and into features I want to see in the house. Each year our goal is to design something different than last year.

It’s the features that are appealing to ticket buyers.”

The home is valued at $1.6 million but Dyck notes that to build a similar home it would cost more. “Everyone that partners with the project – trades and suppliers – puts their best foot forward. It’s a great cause and their high quality of workmanship and dedication is ac-

Residents can now update health cards online Saskatchewan residents now have the option to update and submit their health card registration information directly online at any time that is convenient to them.

“We continue looking for ways to improve the timeliness, efficiency and quality of our services,” Health Minister Dustin Duncan said. “This 24/7 online service provides an easy and streamlined process for our residents to more efficiently update their health card information. This is another example of our commitment to putting the patient first.”

Residents who have a valid Saskatchewan Health Services Card can use the new service. Residents can submit multiple updates to their health card registration information, including: • Family unit changes due to marriage, divorce/separation, common-law, reconciliation, addition or removal of dependants; • Report an address change; • Replace a lost, stolen or damaged health card; • Change of name; • Correction to health card information;\Submit copies of updated immigration documents; • Report an extended absence; • Report a return from an extended absence; and • Appointment of Power of Attorney.

The online service guides clients through the process and ensures sufficient information is provided before allowing form submission. After completing the online updates, clients receive electronic status notifications and can also track the processing status electronically.

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celerated to complete construction as quickly as possible,” said Dyck. They take only seven months to complete a job that would typically need more than a year. “Opening date is set and we have to meet that date.”

Dyck has been building luxurious homes since the 1970s, well before he acquired Rocy Homes 10 years ago. It’s his chosen market and the lottery home is typical of what they do.

One of the projects supported by this year’s lottery is the $2.5 million campaign for Saskatchewan’s first PET-CT Molecular Imaging Clinical Research Centre. PET, or Positron Emission Tomography, is used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, epilepsy, dementia, movement disorders and cardiac perfusion.

Dyck finds being involved with the Hospital Home Lottery gratifying and rewarding. “The lottery organizers are very pleased with the process and the results, and the funds they generate for the city hospitals are extremely important to everybody in the area,” said Dyck. “Their work impacts everybody at some point in their life whether through family or personally or otherwise. So that’s why we’re involved.”

Other prizes include vacations, vehicles, water craft, home electronics, cash and there is a 50/50 add-on. The funds raised by the Hospital Home Lottery help ensure that the best possible patient care is available for everyone in the

province so, as Dyck says, everyone needs to get out there and buy a ticket to help support a great cause.

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Hepburn and area residents braved the chilly weather to participate in Hepburn Winterfest on Saturday, February 9. (Top) Lise Nokinsky tries out some floor hockey at the Hepburn School gym. (Left) Rus Thiessen with matching team Duke and Banjo pull a haywagon through the streets of Hepburn. (Bottom left) Sara and Doug Pratt participate in broomball at the Hepburn arena.

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Winter is holding strong and so are the sports teams at Bethany College.

The first few months of the indoor soccer season left us wondering if we would ever see some success on the scoreboard. We have seen a turning point in the new year and have even won a

game!

Sarah Thiessen has been a big part of the Eagle’s success in moving toward a team that has started to gel. Thiessen has good vision of the field and is often in the right place at the right time.

Those strengths have been her secret to success in January. She is on a two game scoring streak and has earned the honour of Athlete of the Month.

Bethany’s Male Athlete of the Month is a steady, heads up defenceman for the Eagles hockey team. Darren Harder has been one of the most consistent players, who sees the ice and is able to start rushes with a great first pass. Harder is often paired with more offensive-minded partners and, when called upon to stop odd man attacks, he is there to answer with stellar play. While defence is not his preferred position, his ability to maintain his position and keep his focus on the needs of the team has helped him excel.

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Kyrell Sopotyk of the Warman Pee Wee AA Wildcats attempts to navigate his way around Lloydminster Granite Oilfield defender Michael Bentz during their tilt at Warman Diamond Arena on Friday night. Lloydminster got two goals and two assists from Chase Wouters en route to a 4-2 victory over the Wildcats.

Fury on the ropes in FCHL playoffs

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Dalmeny Fury fans might remember earlier in the season when the team was cruising along with a 6-1 record. The team seemed unbeatable and winning looked easy. Things have changed a bit. Okay, maybe a lot. Winning doesn’t look so easy now and it’s hard to remember those November and December days.

In the Fort Carlton Hockey League playoffs, Dalmeny is in the midst of a best of fivegame series with the Rosthern Wheat Kings. The Wheat Kings crushed the Fury 9-2 in Rosthern on February 12 to kick-off the series. Dalmeny hosted the Wheat Kings last Friday and gave up the second game of the series as well, losing 4-2.

Most of the scoring took place in the first period with the Wheat Kings ahead 4-1 after the buzzer. The Fury’s single goal by Dallas Reid slid in after the puck dropped from a high arc and Wheat Kings goalie Dan Bauer had no idea it was behind him.

The second period passed with a few penalties handed down and a Fury goal that was disallowed, but the score remained 4-1.

The only other goal in the third was a beauty scored by the Fury’s Scott Giroux. Although Rosthern established an impressive early lead, goalie Tynan Smysniuk effectively shut the door after the first.

“It was a good game for two periods but the boys forgot to come out in the first period and so it ended up 4-1 right off the bat,” coach Clayton Chappell said. “For playoff games like this you’ve got to show up for every minute of every game, for every period. When you take a few minutes off that’s all it takes to lose a game. Games are won and lost in minutes not periods.”

Paul Johnson was back for this game after being injured, but the Fury still had injured players missing from the lineup. Rosthern was playing with three full lines and a couple of spare parts but the Fury’s diminished ranks were getting tired by the third.

“When you play with two lines that last 10 minutes of the third period it really shows up,” said Chappell. “The first thing that goes when you’re tired is your brain.”

Game three in the series took

place Feb. 19 in Rosthern (results unavailable as of press time). If the Fury can manage a victory in that contest, game four of the series will be played in Dalmeny on Friday, February 22 at 8:30 p.m.

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THE SET-UP Warman’s Hannah Sanche bumps while teammate Jessica Baron looks on during their Under-15 match at the Warman Volleyball Club Open held at The Legends Centre on Friday and Saturday. Teams from across the province attended the competition with Battleford winning the Under-14 division, Swift Current capturing the Under-15 and Wakaw taking home the Under-17 title.

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While the natural progression would suggest the Saskatoon Blades look at rewriting an entry in the franchise record book, it would seem the Bridge City Bunch are looking farther ahead.

And up!

Following Monday’s 5-1 triumph over the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings on the newish “Family Day” holiday, the Blades had won 12 straight games. The lengthy winning streak allowed Saskatoon to catch and pass the Prince Albert Raiders into first place in the WHL’s East Division.

Mission accomplished?!

Well, the Bridge City Bunch has 13 games left in the regular-season, including the final two in Prince Albert on the last weekend, to nurture and sustain the four-point advantage they hold over the Raiders. Doing so would guarantee being the second seed for the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The Blades’ franchise-record longest winning streak is 13 games…set between February 14 and March 16 to close out the 1987-88 regular-season.

The mark could be equaled by the time this edition is ready for public consumption, should Saskatoon have defeated visiting Moose Jaw on Wednesday at Credit Union Centre.

Surely, that has to be mission accomplished?!

“One of our goals was to catch Prince Albert and, obviously, we’ve achieved that. But, now Calgary is up next,” stated defenceman Graeme Craig.

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“We want to solidify ourselves as a real playoff contender come March.”

Following the Monday victory over Brandon, the Blades owned a 35-21-3 record for 73 points…nine behind the 39-17-4 Hitmen who were second in the Central Division, nine points back of Edmonton.

Should the Eastern Conference playoffs start now, the Oil Kings would be the top seed, Saskatoon would be the second seed and Calgary would be third…but only for the first round. Should all three teams advance to Round 2, they would be re-seeded according to their regular-season records and the Hitmen would have home-ice advantage in a series with the Blades. “(Passing Calgary and having home-ice advantage in the second round) would be pretty huge to play in front of a good (sized, partisan) crowd here in Saskatoon.” explained Craig.

Times change…and so do a team’s goals! ***** UPCOMING GAMES – Should the Bridge City Bunch have beaten Moose Jaw on Wednesday, the Blades will attempt to break the franchise record for consecutive wins on Friday when they host Brandon,

again, at 7:05 at Credit Union Centre. After that, the remaining three games in February will be played on the road…Saturday at 7 p.m. in Moose Jaw, Tuesday at 8:30 in Red Deer and Wednesday at 8 o’clock in Calgary. All radio broadcasts on CKBL-FM (92-9, THE BULL) begin with pre-game talk a half hour before the first faceoff. ***** PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK – This writer’s choice award usually is reserved for a hot goaltender or for a skater with a big offensive week. This time around, it goes to a stay-at-home, shutdown style defenceman who is on a modest four-game points streak entering the new week of games. Duncan Siemens had a goal and three assists for four points…but was also a +4 rating in the four wins. The 2011 first round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche has a teamleading +26 rating. That stat is all the more incredible when one considers he was a -12 after a November 2 win in Kootenay. That means the 19-yearold Sherwood Park, Alberta product has been +38 in 41 games since. Siemens also has two goals and 20 assists for 22 points for the season, none of which have come on the power play.

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Calvin Cameron named Blades ultimate fan Calvin Cameron has been chosen the Saskatoon Blades Ultimate Fan and will be one of 15 lucky fans from WHL teams who have a chance to win a trip to the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Saskatoon.

The contests were held to celebrate BMO Financial Group’s partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the official bank of the CHL. BMO Ultimate Fan Appreciation Nights were held in 15 hometowns of WHL teams.

Each team encouraged fans to attend a BMO Ultimate Fan Appreciation Night during their local WHL hockey game and dress up in their team’s colours, jerseys and costumes. Participants were then entered into the BMO Ultimate Fan Contest for a chance to win a trip for two to the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup from May 24

to 26.

In addition to being crowned the BMO Ultimate Fan for their team and getting the chance to win the grand prize, each winner received an autographed team jersey crested with ‘BMO Ultimate Fan’ and a $50 prepaid MasterCard.

“BMO is proud to support CHL communities across Canada, and it was a thrill for our local branches to recognize fans in 15 WHL hometowns,” said Justine Fedak, BMO Financial Group’s senior vice-president of branding, advertising and sponsorships. “Congratulations and good luck to all of the BMO Ultimate Fan winners in the WHL. We look forward to giving one lucky fan from the WHL the ultimate fan experience at the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup!”

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Emma Horbay (left) receives the baton from teammate Kasya Miller while the Warman Elementary School team of Josh Pillar (below l-r), Ty Baier, Jaxon Martens and Kaden Cadman took home gold following their victory in the Under-11 Boys 4x100 meter relay at the Saskatoon Field House on February 12.

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NORTH CORMAN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT APPEALS BOARD

Public notice is hereby given that the Councils of the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, City of Warman, City of Martensville, Town of Osler, Town of Langham and Town of Dalmeny invite its residents to consider serving on the North Corman District Development Appeals Board to fill current vacancies for each member municipality. The North Corman District Development Appeals Board is a recently formed joint development appeals board serving the member municipalities.

PURPOSE The purpose of the North Corman District Development Appeals Board is to adjudicate appeals under the provisions of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 including appeals regarding minor variances, holding provisions, demolition control districts, architectural control districts, misapplication of the Zoning Bylaw in issuing a development permit, refusal to issue a development permit because it would contravene the Zoning Bylaw, and any of the conditions of a Zoning Order issued on a property.

TERM The original term will be for: Osler – three (3) years • Warman – two (2) years • Martensville – one (1) year Dalmeny – three (3) years • Langham – two (2) years • RM of Corman Park – one (1) year The terms will be available for renewal for a three (3) year term at the end of the initial term.

MEETINGS The meetings are held, as required, at 4:00 p.m. at the R.M. of Corman Park No. 344 Council Chambers at 111 Pinehouse Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Members receive remuneration for each meeting attended and will be provided with training as required.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Citizens who wish to take an active role on the North Corman District Development Appeals Board must submit an application form, together with a résumé and two letters of reference. Application forms can be obtained at any participating municipal office between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the respective participating municipality for which the applicant is applying. Application forms are also available at: www.rmcormanpark.ca www.warman.ca www.langham.ca www.dalmeny.ca www.martensville.ca www.osler-sk.ca/business-development/development-appeal All applications are kept on file in order to fill any vacancies that occur throughout the year.

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

First Annual ‘La Braun Cup’ held

TOWN OF DELISLE

Straight from the Eagles’ Nest

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of Delisle for the year 2013 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:

Submitted by

Alvin Thielmann Bethany College Athletlics Director

This past weekend saw many alumni re-enter Bethany Place in hopes of winning the first “La Braun Cup” alumni basketball tournament.

The men’s division had three alumni teams and the College team. All of the games were played with good intensity, even though some of the touch may have not been there the whole time. The 2010-2012 alumni team and the 2006-2009 alumni team emerged from the round robin as the two finalists.

These two teams then battled it out on the court all the way to the end with the 2010-2012 alumni team scoring the winning bucket with less than ten seconds on the clock! Frank Bethelet, Chad Braun, Cory Braun, Carl Garber, Tim Peters, Kendell Wiens, and Colton Willms were crowned the Men’s Champions.

On the women’s draw Judith Andres, Mel Bolinger, Lindsay Braun, Lisa Braun, Tasha Fehr, Sarah Foster, Rachelle Gitzel, LeeAnn Kopp, and Jelisa Riediger came out victorious in a best of three by winning two games in a row. In the first game, the College team fell well back in the second quarter but, with strong defence combined with better shooting, they were able to close the gap to one point in the second half but were not able to come out on top. The second game saw the alumni women’s team dominate throughout the game, earning them the first La Braun Cup Championship.

It was wonderful to see the stands filled with friends and family cheering on the games as they reconnected with one another. For some it was difficult to choose sides as they sometimes had family playing on both teams. Al and Val Braun were in that boat for most of the games as their boys were on three different teams.

Through many years Al and Val have been great supporters of Bethany College and were recognized as first Basketball Alumni of the Year. Some years ago they both attended Bethany and have continued to support the school. Whether it is in their home community as strong advocates, or on the Board of Directors, they have been a positive influence to the Bethany community. They have

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL

Monday to Friday, February 21st, 2013 to April 25th, 2013 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 25th day of April, 2013 Dated this 21st day of February, 2013.

Mark Dubkowski, Assessor

FORM N [Section 55 of the Act]

Back row (l-r): Cory Braun, Carl Garber, Kendell Wiens, Chad Braun, Frank Berthelet. Front row (l-r): Tim Peters, Colton Willms

Notice of Poll PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that: 1.

A poll has been granted for the election of: Board Member: Prairie Spirit School Division No.206 Subdivision No.: 3 (Borden and Langham)

2.

Voting will take place on Wednesday, the 6th day of March, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the polling places listed below.

3.

I will declare the result of the election at Warman, SK, on the 7th day of March, 2013, at the hour of 1 p.m.

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Borden

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R.M. of Great Bend/Borden Village Office, 200 Shepard Street, Borden, SK Langham Langham Museum, 302 Railway Street East, Langham, SK

Dated at Warman, SK, this 1st day of February, 2013.

Ron Walter, Returning Officer

Back row (l-r): Jelisa Riediger, Judith Andres, Sarah Foster, Tasha Fehr, LeeAnn Kopp. Front row (l-r): Lisa PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOHN TOEWS Braun, Lindsay Braun, Rachelle Gitzel sent their sons to many Basketball Sports Camps over the years, either as campers or coaches. This past year their youngest son followed in the family’s footsteps by attending Bethany College as a student.

All in all, it was a great weekend, seeing old friends connect while also bridging that time span to make new friends. It was also great to see them fellowship and pray together and, of course, compete on the court.

Community Grant Program

Investing in Sport, Culture, Art and Recreation

The Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344 Invites eligible non-profit volunteer community groups who provide sport, culture and recreation activities within the Municipality to apply for grant funding to assist with the development of such programs.

Capital development projects are ineligible for funding under this program.

Deadline for applications is Friday, March 15, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.

For more information or to receive an application please contact: The Rural Municipality of Corman Park 111 Pinehouse Drive Saskatoon SK, S7K 5W1 Phone: (306)242-9303 or visit our website www.rmcormanpark.ca

VILLAGE OF VANSCOY PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Vanscoy intends to consider the adoption of the WaterWolf Growth Management Plan as their District Plan and the Official Community Plan pursuant to Section 102 and 36 respectively of the Planning and Development Act 2007 Council is also considering adopting a Zoning Bylaw pursuant to Section 76 of the Planning and Development Act 2007. Both plans and the Zoning Bylaw will be adopted according to the public participation sections (207-212) of the Planning and Development Act, 2007.

For a copy of the WaterWolf Growth Management Plan and all applicable maps, please visit

www.waterwolf.org

Any person may inspect the proposed bylaws and maps at the Village Office – 109 Main Street, Vanscoy during regular business hours. Documents and maps are also available at cost.

The purpose of the WaterWolf Growth Management Plan is to enable and guide growth and change throughout the region.

Through regional policies it will also reduce land use uncertainty and promote development. The Zoning Bylaw is the legal and administrative means of implementing the Official Community Plan. It also allows council to establish zoning districts and to develop certain standards within each district.

A public hearing will be held at: 8:00 pm – Tuesday March 26 at the Vanscoy Village Office to address comments and concerns regarding the adoption of both plans and the bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the Vanscoy Village Office before the hearing.

Dated at Vanscoy, Saskatchewan this 14th day of February, 2013

Dawn Steeves, Administrator

Village of Vanscoy

FORM O [Section 94(b) of the Act]

Notice of Advance Poll Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206 - Subdivision No. 3 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that provision has been made for (an) advance poll(s) for electors who: 1. are physically disabled; 2. have been appointed as election officials; or 3. anticipate being unable to vote on the day of election.

Voting will take place on the following dates and times at the following locations:  Borden

Borden Friendship Centre, 303 - 1st Avenue, Borden, SK, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., on Saturday, March 2, 2013.

 Langham Langham Museum, 302 Railway Street East, Langham, SK, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., on Saturday, March 2, 2013.

Dated at Warman, SK, this 1st day of February, 2013.

Ron Walter, Returning Officer

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coy School, said having the school recognized as a “featured school” for western Canada in the World Education Games is rewarding.

“The students and teachers have worked very hard on these initiatives,” said Derdall. “It’s not only a good program to help improve students’ skill levels, it’s also a way of reaching out to students in less-developed areas of the world. The students here are organizing a penny collection campaign to raise funds for the Unicef ‘School in a Box’ program.”

Derdall said while the students will be competing online with millions of others around the world during the three-day World Education Games event, there will also be local prizes given at the school for participation within each class.

“We want to encourage everyone’s involvement,” he said.

Larry Pavloff, chair of the Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) Board of Trustees, said the school division encourages all types of pro-

grams that promote student and community engagement in learning.

“This is a very worthwhile program,” Pavloff noted. “To see the level of involvement among students in their community and the world makes us proud. The staff have done a superior job working with the students and I think it’s also a reflection of the involvement of the community and the families as well.”

Pavloff said all the schools in the division are engaged in many different programs but all of them are designed to accomplish the same objectives.

Rene Burke, CEO of 3P Learning Canada, based in Calgary, said Vanscoy School has employed the ‘Mathletics’ program for the past four years. “All 160 kids in the school are using it,” she said. “They’ve shown great improvement in their math skills and we’re honoured to have this school as our featured school to represent western Canada.”

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est” way to handle the restructuring was to eliminate the positions, noting the board also felt that Friesen should be offered the job of general manager.

“We did not want to show favouritism,” he said. “We paid severance to everyone as required by provincial labour law and offered everyone the opportunity to apply for the new positions.”

While all staff members who saw their positions terminated were offered the opportunity to apply for the new positions, some were reluctant to go back.

Jean Wollf of Hague, who worked at the thrift store for the past 13 years – first as a full-time and more recently as a part-time shipper-receiver – said it has been rewarding work but she likely won’t be applying for a job there again.

“I really enjoyed the fact that the money was being raised for a good cause and also that the items were being recycled and not going to the landfill,” said Wollf in an interview on Thursday, February 14. “I made a lot of good friendships at the store and that’s the hard part about this whole situation. I don’t want to compete with any of my friends for those positions.”

Wollf said she still strongly supports the MCC and its work but right now her “heart isn’t in it” because of the experience of having her position terminated.

“I felt it was done quite abruptly,” she said.

“Even though they said I had been a great asset to the store, they said as of today ‘you don’t have a job here’. To be fair, I had already cut back my hours and I was wondering if I should keep on.

Maybe this is God’s way of saying I should step back.”

While the reorganization plan for the store’s operations was implemented last week, the board had been wrestling with the issue for many

months prior to that, said Stucky.

At a meeting held last July, board members, volunteers and store employees shared ideas on how to improve the store. A suggestion to bring in an independent, outside person to review the store’s operations resulted in the board inviting Judy Dyck, a member of the national executive of MCC’s thrift store network, to come to Warman.

In November, Dyck and Erica Baerwald, coordinator of the Saskatchewan MCC thrift stores, spent three days conducting a review of the store, including meetings with volunteers, board and many staff members. Dyck issued a report in early January recommending changes to the store’s operations.

“The board studied the report for about a month and then decided to move ahead on those recommendations as quickly as we could,” said Stucky. “Something like this is never painless.

It’s hard for the board and it’s hard for the people involved. We recognize it’s painful but to get where we need to be, it’s necessary. We had way too many people hired for a store our size.”

The report recommended giving the store a higher profile by advertising and promoting the store more actively in the community, increased direct participation by board members in the store and more emphasis on volunteer recruitment and training.

Other recommendations in the report include ensuring the back alley or entry way for donated items be kept “clean and clutter-free” to encourage donors to drop off “high-quality” items; reducing the amount of time between when items are dropped off and when they appear on the retail floor; reducing the quantity of items kept in storage; focusing on furniture and other items that generate higher returns; and some renovations to the retail floor space.

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CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Report from the

Legislature

Nancy Heppner MLA MARTENSVILLE CONSTITUENCY

An important component of the Growth Plan is investing in education. To that end, I am pleased to announce that more than 4,000 Saskatchewan students are benefitting from the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship Program. By the end of this fiscal year, we estimate as many as 8,000 students will access the program, a key promise in our 2011 campaign platform. The Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship is available to all grade 12 grads, pro-

viding them with a scholarship of up to $500 per year to a lifetime maximum of $2,000 over 10 years to help cover the costs of their post-secondary education. This year alone, our government is providing more than $100 million in support for students through student loans, bursaries, grants and scholarships. These young men and women are an important part of the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth – by supporting them, we are investing in a bright future for our province.

One part of ensuring everyone benefits from growth is providing recreational spaces for families. It was with that in mind that our government recently announced the keeping of a campaign promise to support community rinks. Through the Community Rink Affordability Grant, our government has invested more than $1.6 million in facilities throughout Saskatchewan to maintain indoor ice surfaces. I am pleased that all indoor arenas in this constituency (including Dalmeny, Hague, Hepburn, Martensville, Waldheim and two in Warman) applied for and received this $2,500 grant.

This is another way your Saskatchewan Party government is making Saskatchewan the best place in Canada to raise a family.

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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL TOWN OF OSLER Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of Osler for the year of 2013 has been prepared and is open for inspection in the office of the Assessor from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, February 20 to April 24, 2013.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with the required fee ($30) to: The Assessor Town of Osler P.O. Box 190 Osler, SK S0K 3A0 no later than the 24th day of April, 2013.

Dated this 20th day of February, 2013

S.K. MacARTHUR, RMA

Chief Administrative Officer & Assessor