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Unspeakable loss: family with two small children killed in deadly collision

By HILARY KLASSEN hklassen@ccgazette.ca The Van De Vorst family were bright lights in the world, a young family with everything ahead of them.

Those lights were snuffed out in a deadly collision late on the night of January 3.

Jordan Van de Vorst, 34, Chanda Van De Vorst, 33, Kamryn Van De Vorst, 5, and Miguire Van De Vorst, 2, were killed when their Hyundai Elantra was struck by a Jeep Wrangler attempting to cross the highway at the intersection of Wanuskewin Road and Highway 11.

Catherine McKay, 49, of Saskatoon, has been charged with three counts of impaired driving caus-

ing death. McKay was remanded in custody following a January 4 appearance in Saskatchewan Provincial Court. McKay is facing additional charges with the passing of Kamryn who had lingered in hospital, but later succumbed to her injuries. A second court appearance is slated for January 7.

Both Jordan and Chanda were deceased at the scene.

Both children were taken to hospital, where they later passed away.

Social media posts reveal Jordan was an amateur photographer and loved to capture shots of the northern lights. They reveal a vibrant family that had been out enjoying the winter weather over the holidays

tobogganing and visiting Santa.

The public outcry in response to the tragedy is palpable. The intersection in question is notorious for collisions.

“I think the only solution there is lights,” said Judy Harwood, reeve of the RM of Corman Park. She suggests highways revisit their policy regarding putting lights on highways. “Keep in mind this is a rural intersection but we’re dealing with urban traffic.”

Harwood has been getting emails and comments from rate-payers and says everyone has an idea. One gentleman who lives in the area emailed to say he feels like he’s taking his life in his hands every day and he’s

tired of seeing tow trucks and ambulances there.

She also believes the speed limited should be adjusted. You’ve got people traveling 110 and 120 kilometres an hour on highway 11, at the same time you’ve got south-bound traffic lining up in the left turn lane to access Wanuskewin Road. That left turn lane isn’t long enough, so traffic hangs at a standstill in the left lane of the high-speed highway. “God help them.

They’re sitting ducks waiting to get rear ended,” said Harwood.

Highways officials point to improvements that have been made to the intersection. However, traffic volumes are increasing and collisions keep occurring.

Some suggest an interchange is the solution.

“With this regional planning that we’re doing, Highways is already looking at doing a major interchange with Highways 12 and 11.

So I don’t see another one right there, but I could be wrong,” said Harwood.

“And it takes so long for these plans to come to fruition, meanwhile people are getting hurt and dying.”

“I know they’re going to say there’s no money to do this. But there has to be money to do it. How do you put a price tag on peoples lives?” How many more futures will be snatched while decision-makers hem and haw.

The cause in the case of the Van De Vorst’s was im-

paired driving which carries its own set of challenges, regardless of the challenges the intersection itself presents.

Harwood said another reason to address this issue is the trauma these events inflict on everyone involved, from first responders, to hospital personnel, to other people traveling.

“There’s so many extenuating circumstances at that intersection. It’s enough already. Let’s fix it,” said Harwood.

The Saskatoon Health Region issued the following statement on behalf of the family and close friends of the Van De Vorst’s: “They are asking the public using social media networks, to respect their privacy.”

Pair caught following armed robbery at Langham Hotel Employee credits good samaritans with helping police locate suspects Two men were taken into custody by police December 22 after the Langham Hotel was robbed at gunpoint.

Warman RCMP said the incident took place at about 2:00 p.m. when a lone male suspect entered the hotel in Langham brandishing a hand gun. The suspect demanded money from the employee and left the prem-

ises with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The vehicle with two male occupants was apprehended a short time later. Warman RCMP were assisted by Saskatoon RCMP Canine Unit, Saskatoon Police Services, Vanscoy Police Services and Dalmeny Police Services.

Not wanting to be identified publicly, the hotel employee who was working at the time of the robbery credits a couple of local men for their quick thinking and their assistance in the apprehension of the

suspects.

“A customer entered the bar and (the suspect) then proceeded to the door with an undisclosed amount of cash,” she stated. She added the customer followed the suspect outside and within minutes a pair of local men spotted the car that was believed to have been involved in the robbery and followed it. The men were able to provide location information to police.

“I truly feel that these men involved in the armed robbery would not of been caught if it were not for

Christmas Day police pursuit nets four suspects Police had their own set of turkeys in a stolen vehicle to deal with on Christmas Day. Four people – two 17-year-olds and a pair of 19-year-olds – were arrested following a pursuit that began at 3:20 p.m. when Warman RCMP attempted to stop a stolen truck near Vanscoy. The occupants of the vehicle,

which had been reported stolen from Kenaston earlier that morning, sped away from police and into Saskatoon. Police say the truck avoided spike belts deployed by the RCMP and Saskatoon Police Service two separate times by driving through the ditch and into the oncoming lane.

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At approximately 11:15 p.m., December 26, 2015, Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) patrol officers attended to the residence in an attempt to locate a male wanted by police.

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The suspects involved in the Langham Hotel incident are also believed to be connected to three other recent robberies – two in Saskatoon and one other in rural Saskatchewan.

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By TERRY PUGH tpugh@ccgazette.ca After nearly 40 years with the Warman Fire Department, including over twenty years as Fire Chief, Gord Thompson officially retired from the post in a blaze of glory on Saturday, December 19.

During a ceremony at the Brian King Centre in Warman, Thompson was presented with his third Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal by Member of Parliament Kelly Block.

But what many considered the most touching, and most lasting, tribute was the presentation of a street sign bearing the name: “Thompson Road” to Gord and his wife Norma by Warman Mayor Sheryl Spence. The street, named after Gord and Norma Thompson will be located in one of Warman’s new neighbourhoods. Norma Thompson is a respected schoolteacher who taught for many years in Warman before her retirement.

Warman Deputy Fire Chief Russ Austin now moves into the position of Fire Chief following Thompson’s retirement. The succession was planned two years ago when Austin was hired for the full-time post.

In an interview a few days prior to the ceremony, Thompson said he had “mixed feelings” about stepping down from the fire department. While he’ll miss the camaraderie of the close-knit group, he’s confident the fire department is being left “in good hands.”

“It’s part of the transition plan,” said Thompson. “My position for the last couple years has been to make sure things go smoothly, and they have. Now I guess I’ll just fade off into the sunset.”

Thompson, an account manager for the provincially-owned Saskatche-

By HILARY KLASSEN hklassen@ccgazette.ca A blazing inferno is not what anyone expects to see when returning home on Christmas Eve. The Hawman family knew their Christmas would be drastically altered as they watched their house go up in flames that night.

Aberdeen firefighters arrived at the Hawman acreage, 19 miles north of Aberdeen, at 10:03 p.m. to find the house beginning to

succumb to the flames.

Mitch and Santana Hawman along with their three children stood helplessly by as everything they owned went up in smoke.

“The home was constructed with a lot of cedar siding and cedar shakes and it burns really fast,” said Adrian Hamoline, deputy fire chief for the Aberdeen Fire Department.

One occupant of the home narrowly escaped being consumed by the fire. Hamoline

said Noreen Lucas, Hawman’s mother, was sleeping very soundly because she hadn’t been feeling well.

“From our understanding, when the lady that was inside woke up, the fire was already well established,” said Hamoline.

All four family dogs made it out, but one of them stopped to wake Lucas up and likely saved her life.

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Warman looks to attract doctors PHOTOS BY WAYNE SHIELS | CLARK’S CROSSING GAZETTE

Warman Mayor Sheryl Spence (left) presents Gord and Norma Thompson with a sign denoting a street in Warman that will be named in their honour. wan Transportation Company (STC), has served as Fire Chief in Warman since 1993, when he took over from John Thiessen.

Warman’s first fire chief was Jake Dyck. The fire department, which was recently re-branded as Warman Fire Rescue, began in 1964.

Thompson said the fire department can take pride in several accomplishments, including: the introduction of First Responder training; the partnership among volunteer fire departments that ultimately resulted in the formation of the North Corman Park Fire Chiefs Association; paving the way for a 911 system in the area; and pioneering the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Warman.

“The biggest change is the amount and quality of training that our firefighters, and those of surrounding communities, now have,” said Thompson. “It’s up to profes-

sional standards.”

In 1987-88, Warman was the first volunteer fire department in Saskatchewan to take the First Responder emergency medical training course.

“MD Ambulance proposed it to us and we took it back to our membership and brought it up at a meeting and discussed it, and the majority agreed that we would give it a whirl,” said Thompson.

“So we started taking the training and it went on and on and on. There was no course outline and they didn’t have any idea how much to teach us, so they just kept teaching and we just kept absorbing more and more and more. We kind of pioneered it with MD Ambulance. We weren’t the first group to be certified, but we were the first to CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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By HILARY KLASSEN hklassen@ccgazette.ca The coming year will hold some changes for Warman residents, medically speaking. Early in this New Year, four of five doctors plan to leave their Warman practices for other opportunities.

Elise Hildebrandt, new president of the Warman Chamber of Commerce, got the news the first week in December. “We were told that four out of five doctors were leaving,” she said.

The chamber executive took action by sending a survey to all their members, seeking their response to the situation.

“We as a chamber went to our members immediately and said, does this cause you a concern. And they said, ‘yes it does’,” said Hildebrandt.

The Chamber discussed the matter at a subsequent board meeting on December 8 and resolved to do whatever they can to attract physicians to Warman.

“We have reached out to our members and they have identified this as being critically important to them as business owners and as residents of Warman,” said Hildebrandt. “We will continue to collect information on what we as a Chamber can

do to assist with physician retention and attraction in our city.”

While growing communities like Warman and Martensville are attractive to physicians because of their expanding populations and many amenities, their close proximity to Saskatoon also poses challenges when it comes to physician recruitment and retention. The provincial government offers a number of financial incentives to doctors setting up practices in rural Saskatchewan, but both Warman and Martensville are too close to a major city to qualify for that program.

Warman city council made a decision in 2014 to not offer a municipally-funded monetary incentive to new doctors.

Martensville faces similar dilemmas. Dillon Shewchuk, Community/Economic Development Manager for the City of Martensville says they don’t have a standard incentive package for physicians. “We handle it on a case by case basis,” he said.

“We feel like we’re really on our own in respect to this. For example, rural communities in Saskatchewan have access to more resources than we do: Return of Service Contracts, the Ru-

ral Physician Incentive Program and the Rural/Regional Practice Establishment Grant through the Saskatchewan Medical Association and the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan (saskdocs.ca). Martensville (and Warman) are lumped in as bedroom communities, and simply excluded, and there’s an assumption by these agencies that if people need medical care they’ll just go to Saskatoon,” said Shewchuk.

Physician incentives are something they’ve talked about quite a bit as a city council. “It’s going to be very costly to put together a package that’s going to be great enough to entice a doctor, especially if the goal is to establish a new practice,” he said. “But, in growing centres, we have lots of priorities and other things going on. It’s a predicament for sure,” said Shewchuk.

This week, some Warman patients received a letter stating that their physician will no longer be practicing in Warman. No replacement has been found The owner of the GAMA Medical Clinic declined to comment on the loss of the four physicians. Management also declined to comment.

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Area residents voice concern over new Langham lagoon

By HILARY KLASSEN hklassen@ccgazette.ca The location of a proposed new lagoon for Langham is being contested by some area residents. As a result, the RM of Corman Park council voted to defer a decision on discretionary land use for the lagoon for two months.

The current lagoon is near the end of its life and cannot be expanded due to required setbacks, as well as the Highway 16 right-ofway and existing development.

Residents voiced their concerns at the regular council meeting on December 21, and in writing. They worry their property values could go down, that development will be restricted or impossible, and some worry about the smell.

Michael Neufeld said he had previously purchased land that would be amenable for development near the proposed lagoon location along the riverbank.

He paid acreage price for it and hasn’t got an answer from the town council as to what they will do to address the loss of property value.

“It’s just very unfortu-

nate that somebody has that property at that level,” said Langham mayor Beverley Panas. “Progress is something that we are not responsible for. We have a responsibility to our rate payers.”

RM administrator, Adam Tittemore clarified that development is not prohibited with the setbacks, but it is restricted. RM Councilor John Germs observed that development is restricted in other areas of the RM as well. “A lot of us can’t do five per quarter,” he said.

The concerned landowners have sought to negotiate with council but they say the town has refused.

Council’s decision to defer on the discretionary land use question will allow for the possibility of negotiation between the town and the landowners.

In an interview after the decision, Neufeld said, “We’d like to actually go through what all the regulations are with them.”

The group wants to know if an area that includes a landfill, ball diamonds and soccer pitches is considered a ‘built up’ area.

“As far as we’re con-

cerned there should be a way to make that a buffer zone between the town, the residents and the lagoon,” he said. “And so there needs to be some way that we can negotiate and find something where all of us are able to maybe give a little and come to a resolution. The whole group of us landowners want to negotiate, and the town refuses.”

Langham town representatives were not keen to defer the decision. “I would like council to either say yay or nay,” said Panas.

Bill Delaney of Associated Engineering said it was unreasonable to assume the town of Langham would absorb costs of compensation. “That would be contrary to any business I’ve ever been part of,” he said.

“It’s a difficult process, very much so,” said Langham councilor Brendan Proctor. “I’d like to sit down with a neutral third party, a mediator who is able to guide the discussion and see if we can come to a reasonable resolution.”

The matter has been tabled until the February 22 council meeting.

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TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN OPEN HOUSE INVITATION

We are pleased to invite you to the Open House for the City’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The TMP reviews the existing transportation system and identifies opportunities to improve the way we drive and walk in Warman. It identifies future transportation needs as our community grows.

What will be discussed at the Open House?

The City of Warman is hosting an open house to present the study recommendations. The Transportation goals, vision and policies for the City of Warman will be discussed at the Open House. The future transportation recommendations and network maps will be displayed.

The Project Team members will be available for one-on-one discussions. You are invited to attend, share your experiences and provide comments about the study findings.

Open House Information Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2015 Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 5:00pm to 7:00pm (Visit during either time period) Location: Brian King Centre, 202 8th Avenue North, Warman, SK

Study Schedule The Study will be complete in February 2016, as shown below:

Other Ways to Participate Follow our Facebook / Twitter for updates.

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The Forever In Motion classes started about 1 ½ years ago and they are led by five qualified instructors. The classes are designed specifically for anyone 50+ years of age and are open to anyone in the community. This program was developed by SPRA to provide an opportunity for those over 50 to live an active lifestyle which helps them continue to live independently. The exercise classes are held on Tuesdays at 9am in the Delisle Town Hall. They are free and new partcipants are welcome to join. For more information contact Marilyn at 306-668-4448 or Sylvia at 306-493-2955. The group includes (Back row, left to right) Iris Peakman, Joyce Hill, Cheryl Kielo, Bernice Morris, Kathy Shackleton, Deloris Cunningham, Larry Cunningham, Audrey Kelly (Front row) Karen Isley, Marilyn Brunnen, Sylvia Chave.

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Aberdeen family shaken after Christmas Eve fire “She’s lucky to be out and alive. By the time we got up there, there was literally nothing we could do. It was too far gone already.”

Hamoline said when the Hawman’s came by to talk with firefighters, they were in shock. “Mitch kept saying, ‘I’ve never had a house burn on me before’.” And Santana was more concerned about the memories lost – baby pictures and baby books - than what was under the Christmas tree, things that couldn’t be re-

placed.”

They were also concerned about their animals. “There were a few cats. I think they may have lost a cat, a hamster, and maybe a bunny or two,” said Hamoline.

Firefighters managed to save a bit of property. They were able to pull a lawn mower and a tractor that were parked outside out of the way.

Hamoline said as volunteer firefighters they are not trained to investigate the cause of the fire. But they

SIDS Awareness sled rally rescheduled Due to the lack of snow the second Annual Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Snowmobile Rally has been rescheduled for February 20, 2016.

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PSSD seeks funding for repairs to Clavet School The Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) Board approved an application to the Ministry of Education for emergent funding for structural work at Clavet Composite School.

The application was approved at the board’s meeting on December 7.

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did rule out a Christmas tree which is the number one cause of a fire at Christmas. The tree was artificial with no lights.

For firefighters, it was gut wrenching to see what the family went through. Hamoline heard a comment from one of the kids that went something like, ‘Where’s Santa Claus going to find us now,’ or ‘I hope Santa still comes.’

Santa did come, in the form of massive support from the community. The Aberdeen Christmas Miracle group stepped up in a big way, with a social media campaign requesting virtually everything a family might need to set up a new household. A 10:00 a.m. appeal on Christmas morning generated a bedroom full of items by 6:00 p.m. A spokesperson for the group said the family is now living in

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Understanding property assessment

By BRADY DEATON Professor - Department of Food & Agriculture University of Guelph © 2015 Distributed by Troy Media *Editor’s Note: While the following article deals specifically with Ontario’s new Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, the process of assessment is similar in all provinces Property assessment may not be sexy on the surface, but it is

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important. And a birds-and-bees look at the process is revealing.

My father helped prepare me for adulthood by telling me a version of the birds and the bees. I needed to know that the process that brought me here was far more interesting than birthing myths like the white stork.

The stork definitely did not deliver property assessment in Ontario. It is far more complicated than that. So let’s take a revealing look at the process, as the province gets ready for the birth of a new era in 2016.

In 2016, the Municipal Property Assessment Corp.

(MPAC) will provide an updated assessed value for nearly five million properties in Ontario. If you own property, you’ll want to know a bit about how MPAC does it’s job and what that process creates.

The property assessment process provides key information - the DNA if you will - that enables municipalities to set and collect taxes in order to provide public services.

The data that MPAC transforms into assessed property values comes from the interplay of buyers and sellers of property in Ontario. Their interplay is generally private. However, their mutual interactions result in property sale prices that are public. MPAC uses these prices - typically those in your neighbourhood - to help determine the value of your property.

But MPAC doesn’t set tax rates. It determines the value of each property and that, when summed across all properties, identifies the value of the property tax base for each municipality.

The tax rate is set by various levels of government at an amount that covers the costs of providing municipal services and other expenses. Simplifying the matter a great deal, if the costs of providing government services each year are $10 and the value of the total property tax base was $100, the tax rate would be 10 per cent or 10/100. This simple example doesn’t address additional details like the fact that the education portion of the tax bill is set by the province.

Importantly, the assessment process is revenue neutral. Suppose, for example, property values appreciate so that now the total tax base is $200. If the municipal budget stays at $10, the tax rate will fall to five per cent or 10/200. In other words, the level of revenue gathered by the government isn’t determined by assessment.

The assessment process enables a tax system that redistributes wealth in a progressive manner. The amount you pay in property taxes will depend on how your property appreciates relative to the value of the average property in the area. Those whose property values increase relative to others will pay relatively more in property taxes, all else equal. The assessment process is critical to determining these relative changes.

However, MPAC doesn’t do it alone! The assessment process is governed by a whole host of legislative rules like Ontario’s Assessment Act. Finally -- and this may be cause for a cold shower -- you can assess what MPAC does in the privacy of your own home! All property owners can register to obtain information on their property and surrounding ones at https://www.aboutmyproperty.ca/.

(Note: Saskatchewan property owners can also see property assessment values using the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) website at www.samaview.ca .)

Understanding the process, and seeing the results, should reveal for property owners just how assessments - and taxes - are created. And make it clear that no stork is involved.

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Could this be Wall’s last election?

Brad Wall isn’t exactly a farm boy.

He does share a farm boy’s love of tinkering with cars and motors.

And he truly loves country and western music. It’s a love affair that goes back to before his attempt to establish Canada’s Country and Western Hall of Fame in his hometown, Swift Current.

Today, he has an even deeper connection with his talented son, Colter, on the brink of what might very well be a fantastic career as a Country singer now being compared favourably with a young Johnny Cash. (Evidently, Colter has inherited his music talent from his mother, Tami.)

Even his hometown town has grown into a city with most of the amenities of urban life.

But whether or not you want to consider Brad Wall a farm boy or a country boy is of less consequence than what he has done for rural Saskatchewan.

Not before or since Grant Devine; a farmer/rancher and doctorate in agriculture who loved, lived and embraced every aspect of rural Saskatchewan life; has rural

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Saskatchewan had a premier that’s done as much for rural voters.

So, the notion that Brad Wall might; and let us stress, might; be on his way out of provincial politics and headed for federal politics is a matter of particular interest to rural voters.

In fairness, these are rumours that seem to have less to do with what Wall is saying than what others; specifically others in the national media; are saying about him.

As recently as the last Sunday year-end wrapper of CTV’s Question Period, respected National Post columnist John Ivison debated host Robert Fife over whether Wall would take a run at the leadership.

Fife argued Wall has denied any interest and does not have the needed French language skills to attract needed votes in Quebec and elsewhere.

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guage skills can be acquired and Wall that would have no other choice than to deny any federal aspirations on the eve of an April 4 provincial election.

Now factor in the delay of the Conservative federal leadership race to 2017; perhaps time enough to give Wall some breathing room between the provincial election and a leadership bid.

Some even contend this was done for Wall’s benefit.

Opinion polls do show Wall running second to Peter MacKay as the full-time successor to Stephen Harper, so the temptation will be there.

For his part Wall has done nothing to fuel the rumours, instead choosing to generally laugh them off.

Consider his response to the question I posed to himmyself in year-end interview you can read in today’s newspapers: Postmedia: The rumours about you running federally will not cease. Can you offer the Saskatchewan public the guarantee: If you become premier on April 4 again, you will be premier for the next four years?

Wall: I can’t do that because I don’t know what will

happen to my life health wise or family wise ... But I can say I will not be leaving for federal politics.

I read the Toronto Star online that stated, emphatically, that I am taking French lessons.

Postmedia: Are you taking French lessons?

Wall: No! No. No. And I’m not running.

That would seem relatively definitive, yet the rumours persist.

But even if Wall does not run federally, he may not choose to run again in 2020, making this his last campaign, anyway.

So the question then becomes: Is there a viable rural MLA to replace him?

After all the Saskatchewan Party is losing strong rural stalwarts like Ken Krawetz and June Draude who would have been likely leadership candidates at one point.

And it has already lost Lloydminster’s Tim McMillan to Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

More likely candidates are Jeremy Harrison, Dustin Duncan and Jim Reiter.

However, it is a problem a few years down the road from now.

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Martensville volunteers spread Christmas cheer

By TERRY PUGH tpugh@ccgazette.ca For over two decades, firefighters in Martensville have been helping spread Christmas cheer to families in difficult circumstances.

Every year, just before Christmas, hampers filled with food items and gift vouchers are packed by volunteers in the Martensville Fire Hall. The hampers are delivered discreetly to families on a confidential list the following day by a small team of firefighters in unmarked vehicles.

“Christmas is often a very difficult time for many people,” said Lieutenant Larry Sigfusson, a long-time member of Martensville Fire Rescue (MFR) and coordinator of the MFR Christmas Food Hamper program.

“We deal with all kinds of trauma cases throughout the year, and we see the effects on people; so it’s very rewarding to be able to give something back at Christmas time and bring a few smiles to their faces.”

Sigfusson said the program began 22 years ago and has been going continuously ever since.

“We wanted to do something for our community, because our community has been so supportive of us,” said Sigfusson in an interview on Tuesday, Decem-

ber 22 at the fire hall. “We felt it was really important to do that; to give back to the community, because we live here. We’re citizens and members of the community and everybody is important.”

Sigfusson said suggestions for families in need of the hampers are received from churches, schools, city employees and community service organizations.

“It’s all completely confidential,” said Sigfusson.

“Every circumstance is different, and we don’t judge anyone. It could be a family facing financial difficulty, or it could be a case where someone has cancer

Larry Sigfusson (left) discusses the details of the hamper distribution with James Taylor in the Martensville Fire Hall meeting room.

or a very serious illness, or they’ve lost their job.

“It’s all about letting them know that someone cares.”

The number of families receiving hampers varies from year to year, said Sigfusson.

“Some years the number of families on the list is only seven or eight. We’ve had as many as 22 families one year. This year we’re delivering 17 hampers.” Sigfusson said this year, a total of 66 people, including 32 adults and 34 children under the age of 18, will receive food and gifts donated by individuals, schools, businesses and non-profit organizations.

Boxes for donations are set up at Martensville City Hall and the schools in the city.

“The donations come from all sorts of people,” said Sigfusson.

“It’s also heartwarming to see all the folks come out and help pack. It’s a community event, we just kind of organize it.”

The planning for the food hamper drive begins in earnest in October, and gets very busy by mid-November, said Sigfusson, noting it all culminates just before Christmas with the packing and delivery of the hampers.

While dozens of volun-

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Members of the Martensville Marauders Midget AA hockey team pack food hampers at the Martensville Fire Hall on Tuesday, December 22 teers, including firefighters and their families, scouts, cubs, members of the Martensville Marauders Midget AA hockey team, and others packed cardboard boxes with food items on December 22, Sigfusson and fellow firefighter James Taylor went over the details of the distribution plan for the fol-

lowing day. Taylor is gradually taking over the role of coordinator of the program as Sigfusson devotes more time to care for his wife, who is currently taking treatments for a rare form of cancer.

“This is still something that is very close to my heart, and I don’t anticipate

not being involved,” said Sigfusson. “But by the same token the situation with my wife could change very quickly, and I don’t want anybody to be left in the lurch; so James has kindly volunteered to take some of the load off me this year and will eventually take over the coordinator role.”

Emergency Response teams being organized in Warman

By TERRY PUGH tpugh@ccgazette.ca When a disaster happens, people are eager to help out.

But to be effective, volunteers need to be organized.

“When something big happens, everybody shows up and says, ‘I want to help’,” said Randy Meginbir, Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) Coordinator for the City of Warman. “But if it’s not organized, people could go into areas that are dangerous, and if they don’t know what’s going on they could end up getting hurt and become victims themselves.

“That overloads the system as well, because now these volunteers are also among those who need help.”

Meginbir says the solution lies in a community-based model currently in widespread use throughout the United States. Roughly 2,600 Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are active in cities, towns and villages in every state; and all of them operate under

the auspices of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

He is hoping to set up a similar team in Warman, and while it will be modeled on CERT and use similar training modules, it won’t have that name because FEMA can only certify teams in the US. Meginbir said an informational open house is slated within the next few weeks in Warman to explain the program and recruit potential volunteers from the community.

“I’m really excited about this initiative,” said Meginbir. “It’s the first of its kind in western Canada.”

Meginbir said the community response teams are a proven success in the United States.

“The CERT model was developed out of a situation that happened in Los Angeles in 1985, when a major earthquake occurred,” said Meginbir. “At that time, the scale of the disaster was so huge that the police, firefighters and other emergen-

cy responders were so overwhelmed there was no way they could handle everything all at once.

“It was mass chaos.”

Meginbir said the idea for clearing debris.”

Meginbir said FEMA adopted the system and standardized the training and certification on a national scale. Membership in CERT teams in the US ranges from a high of 16,000 members in LA to as few as a dozen trained volunteers in small towns.

“The teams are trained by certified instructors in eight or nine basic areas like first aid, how to use a fire extinguisher, how to shut off natural gas valves to damaged houses, that sort of thing,” said Meginbir. “Let’s say a tornado or plow wind comes through the area and takes out multiple homes in Warman, for example. If you are trained, you could look at a damaged structure and be able to mark it as unsafe so the firefighters and rescue personnel would be aware of that.

“We would also need people who are trained in the use of chainsaws, for example, to cut through trees that are blocking streets in order to allow rescue personnel and vehicles to get through to the area of town that’s hard-hit by the storm.”

Meginbir, a Warman resident who is also a professional firefighter with the City of Saskatoon, said the emergency response teams are not intended to replace the police, firefighters or

paramedics.

“They are there to assist, not replace,” said Meginbir.

“Their job would be to step in where they are needed.

Each team would get their instructions from the EMO. The volunteers on each team would have a ‘gear bag’ with essential tools and supplies that they would keep at their own home and use only in emergency situations.”

Meginbir said volunteers for the emergency response

teams should be over 18 years of age. He is hoping to recruit several dozen volunteers and begin the training sessions this spring.

The Warman EMO is holding a practice scenario for its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on January 14. The EOC has a permanent headquarters in the Warman Fire Hall and serves as the command centre for the EMO. The EOC’s first dry run simulated disaster scenario was in 2015.

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take the training, and it’s worked out well for the community.”

Thompson said the introduction of AEDs on a trial basis in Warman in the late 1990s proved to be another successful program that’s been adopted across the province.

Thompson said the creation of the NCPFCA and the introduction of a dedicated 310-5000 emergency call number (the forerunner of the present 911 system) in the 1990s were both important steps toward regional cooperation among fire departments.

“That’s one thing I’ll miss: the closeness and bond with the other fire departments,” said Thompson. “The fellowship, and the friendly rivalries. We have a lot of fun joking with each other, but when the chips are down, we’ve got each other’s backs.

“Joanne Janzen, a councilor with the RM of Corman Park, said it best. There was a fire on her family farm near Dalmeny, and there were four fire departments out there fighting the blaze.

She said, ‘you know, with all those fire trucks and all those firefighters, I couldn’t tell who was from where, because everybody was working together,’ And you know, that’s really what it’s all about.

“When it comes time to do the work, we’ll get it done, and after it’s done we’ll go back to having some fun.

That’s the best part.”

With a reputation for a dry sense of humour, an endless supply of jokes and steady stream of witty one-liners, Thompson set the tone for the fire department for many years.

“When you deal with tragic situations, you need to have a sense of humour,” said Thompson. “Emergency services, whether police, ambulance or fire personnel, have to harness that black humour in order to keep working in that kind of environment. It’s a little hard to explain, but I think humour makes the bad calls a little easier to deal with.

It’s part of a bigger support system of talking things through with people who know what you’re going through.”

Thompson grew up in southern Saskatchewan, and remembers helping fight a prairie fire with a gun-

(Above) Warman Fire Rescue members at a ceremony on Saturday, December 19 honouring retiring Fire Chief Gord Thompson

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Retiring Warman Fire Chief Gord Thompson receives a Fire Services Exemplary Service medal from Member of Parliament Kelly Block ny sack and pail of water in his boyhood home of Tompkins. Later, in his teen years in Eastend, he volunteered to swim the river that ran through the town with a firehose to battle a blaze that jumped the river.

He was with the Biggar Fire Department for about four years in the early 1970s when he and Norma lived in that community.

“That was my first experience with an organized volunteer fire department,” said Thompson. “We didn’t have the kind of training or equipment you see now. We had long boots that came up past your knees, long coats, helmets and wool mitts, but other than that you didn’t have a whole lot of protection.”

In 1976, they moved to Warman where Norma had accepted a teaching position.

“That was the best thing John Penner ever did, was to hire my wife,” said Thompson. “John was the chairman of the local school board. And then a few years later we burned down his old dairy barn as a training exercise.”

The fire hall in Warman at that time was located adjacent to the old town office and council chambers, and the earliest fire trucks were all second-hand, custommodified affairs.

“The town bought a 6000-series GM or Chevy

chassis, and we built a water tank for it,” said Thompson. “But we had to cut two feet out of the frame before we started because it was too long to go into the hall.

We used that truck for a lot of years and later sold it to Clavet.”

A major renovation to the fire hall and town office was done in 1981. The fire hall was expanded to three bays and firefighters were able to use the town council chambers for meetings and classroom training. The first planning meeting for a new fire hall was held in 1993, and the fire department moved to the new building on Centennial Boulevard in 2004.

“Things don’t happen overnight,” said Thompson.

“It takes a lot of planning and careful budgeting.”

He credited successive Warman town councils and city councils with supporting the fire department.

Thompson said the new Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) pumper truck that came on stream last summer, along with a new ladder truck and wildland truck slated for delivery in the near future, are a reflection of the growing needs of the community and the region.

“When you look at where we’ve come from and what we started with, I’m really proud to be leaving what I’m leaving,” he said.

(Left) The Warman Fire Department (circa 1981)

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Two members of the Saskatchewan Rush professional lacrosse team practice at SaskTel Centre during late December in preparation for their opening game. The Rush came from behind to down the Calgary Roughnecks last weekend to win their season opener 10-8. The team has this weekend off and get set to take on Vancouver at SaskTel Centre on Friday, January 15.

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Warman dancer makes the cut with the Crush

By HILARY KLASSEN hklassen@ccgazette.ca When the Saskatchewan Rush takes to the field for the first time on January 15 for their home opener, Mykaela Mennie won’t be far behind.

As soon there’s a break in the lacrosse action, she’ll be on the field with the Crush, the Rush dance group, set to add another level of entertainment for the crowds.

The 21-year-old Warman resident has been dancing for six years, five of those with Saskatchewan Express. Mennie had temporarily hung up her dancing shoes last June as she began preparing to attend university in fall.

But when she heard from a previous dance connection, Jennifer Ritchie, the new Crush dance coach, that the Crush was auditioning, she was all in.

“I remember when I was first invited to the auditions, I was up all night because I was so excited. I thought, ‘This is perfect, this is what I want to be do-

Mykaela Mennie of Warman is a member of the Crush dance team ing’,” she said.

She dusted off those dance shoes, went to the audition and made the cut into the 16-strong dance group.

The team practices on Sundays for three or four hours, and does add-on sessions as needed. Mennie said the

Crush will be working hard to solidify their routines before their debut at the home opener.

With five dance performances slated for the opener, the team may need to become quick change artists.

The dance outfits for The Crush got stuck at the border and are expected late this week.

Mennie said they’ve heard great things about the outfits from their coach – shoes too!

“We can’t wait to surprise the fans with not only our dancing, but our costumes as well!”

To get the down-low on how things work, the Crush attended the Rush’s matchup with the Roughnecks in Calgary on January 2. They hoped to get some insight into the timing of the dances.

The Crush will perform at all home games. But Brad Kraft, of Rush media relations, said they’re working with a couple of NFL teams to see if they can get some of their dance teams

to come out: the Seattle Sea Gals, for example. “We’re working around their schedule right now to see if they can make it out,” he said. “It’s just another level of entertainment and engagement for the fans.”

The Rush is very pleased that TSN3 is broadcasting the game. “That’s huge for us especially with a brand new market, to have it nationally broadcast with no blackouts whatsoever,” said Kraft, adding this will definitely help ramp up the buzz factor right from the start.

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They’ve been really working to get a professional sports team here.

“It’s a great game, the fastest game on two feet, with high intensity, high scoring, lots of fun and lots of entertainment value for spectators,” he said.

Mennie has spread the word to family and friends about her involvement with The Crush and anticipates they’ll be out to watch her.

She’s pretty excited to be a member of the Crush, one of

16 ‘dancing queens.’

“I just love that we get go out to perform for so many people, we get to talk to fans and make people smile,” she said. Having the opportunity to dance professionally here in Saskatchewan is also a big plus.

“Before, you had to leave the province to dance professionally and dance for a team. The Roughriders have a cheerleading team but there’s nothing really for dancers. I’m really, really happy that there’s finally a dance team here that we can be a part of with a professional team,” she said.

The Crush is part of the Saskatchewan Rush, and will ramp up the entertainment level for lacrosse fans at the Rush home opener on January 15

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By TERRY PUGH tpugh@ccgazette.ca Gwenda MacPherson doesn’t seem the least bit daunted by the prospect of directing her first play for the Scared Scriptless Players.

“Nervous? Not really,” said MacPherson in an interview on Sunday, January 3, as the Warman community theatre group’s cast and crew gathered at the Brian King Centre for their first read-through of the script of ‘Shrunken Heads’.

“I’m just really looking forward to it,” said MacPherson.

“I love the feeling of beginning a new production. We’ve got a great cast and crew. It’ll be fun.”

MacPherson, who moved to Warman six years ago, has been involved with the club for two years as an actor and stage manager. This is her first crack at directing adult theatre, although she’s done projects with youth and children’s groups for schools and church. She says her experience with productions at the Barn Playhouse and Saskatoon Summer Players have also been enjoyable learning experiences, and she’s hoping she can apply those lessons to the upcoming production.

This is the eighth season for the Scared Scriptless Players, formerly known as the Warman Drama Club. Founded in 2009, the group has achieved a reputation for high-quality, entertaining, light-hearted comedies. It’s a tradition MacPherson says will be front and centre when ‘Shrunken Heads’ opens on Thursday, March 17.

The play, which features a dinner theatre format with catered meal, is slated to have four performances from March 17-20 at the Brian King Centre.

“We looked at a lot of scripts over the summer, and chose this one because it’s a really funny story and fits in really well with our style,” said MacPherson.

‘Shrunken Heads’ is a situational comedy about a psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Hyde, who wants to spend a quiet weekend at the lake with Polly, his attractive, much-younger second wife.

But the doctor’s romantic weekend is crashed by (not necessarily in this order): Dorothy, an overwrought, emotionally-needy female patient; Jennifer, his sarcastic ex-wife; Caroline, his financially-needy daughter and her hippy-dippy boyfriend named Carlyle; and Norman, Dorothy’s guntoting jealous husband.

“This play has some very endearing characters in it,” said MacPherson. “They’re in a situation they can’t really get out of, and they have to make the best of things by facing these other oddball people and their problems.”

She said while the play has the same basic premise as a popular movie starring Bill Murray called “What about Bob?” that came out a few years ago, it’s a totally different story.

“It’s definitely not the same plot as the movie,” said MacPherson. “But it’s every bit as funny.”

The show features many returning actors from previous productions, and MacPherson said the group attracts many experienced, professional actors who volunteer for the group. There’s also a strong corps of volunteers who are working behind the scenes, she added.

Tickets for the play go on sale in late January. The group’s website is www.scaredscriptlessplayers.ca .

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“SHRUNKEN HEADS” CAST & CREW

The Scared Scriptless Players cast and crew members of the upcoming production of ‘Shrunken Heads’ began rehearsals on Sunday, January 3 in Warman. They include: (Back row, left to right) Tom Nieman (Norman; Set Design), Sean Sperling (Dr. Hyde), Chris Brown (Carlyle); (3 ladies) April Watson (Lighting/sound), Dorothy Gareau (Assistant Director), AmyLeigh Thiessen (Assistant Director); (2 ladies) Alison Korpess (Treasurer; orange shirt), Danielle Santo (Costumes; navy shirt); (2 ladies) Judith Herbert (Dorothy; glasses and green shirt), Romy Poisson (Props; black shirt); (2 ladies) JoAnne Dick (Kitchen Coordinator), Linsey Gatzke (Polly; striped sweater); (Front row) Chenise Puchailo (Caroline), Dawn Bell (Jennifer), Gwenda MacPherson (Director), Jamie MacRae (SSP President), Bob Brophy (Stage Manager)

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Transfer Station Attendant Tender

The R.M. of Dundurn #314 are inviting Tenders for the position of Transfer Station Attendant. The hours required are as follows: MAy 1 – OcTOber 31 Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NOveMber 1 - April 30 Wednesdays & Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The duties include manning the station, maintaining records, collecting fees, directing the collections to the proper collection areas and keeping the station area tidy.

Please submit your sealed tender by January 25, 2016 to the municipal office at: 314 2nd Street, Dundurn -orbox 159, Dundurn, SK S0K 1K0

CLUES ACROSS 1. Engine additive 4. Soluble ribonucleic acid 8. Subdue 10. One long, three short 11. Morally bad 12. With collapsible shelter 13. Central church parts 15. Summer shoes 16. Intestinal 17. Transgressors 18. Meeting expectations 21. Clutch 22. Autonomic nervous system 23. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it 24. Favorite summer sandwich 25. An accountant certified by the state 26. Cologne 27. Norma Jean Baker 34. Galaxies 35. Bluish greens 36. Detected 37. Having 3 dimensions 38. Made level 39. The destroyer (Hindu) 40. Uncovered 41. Ooze slowly 42. Aerie 43. Point midway between S and SE

6. Christmas carols 7. & & & 9. Sound of sheep or goat 10. A long flag, often tapering 12. Atomic #73 14. Schilling (abbr.)

15. Female sibling 17. Long sandwich 19. In a way, necessitated 20. Mayan people of SW Guatemala 23. Cleaned up 24. Prohibit

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CAPRICORN December 22– January 19

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AQUARIUS January 20– February 18

Aquarius, if you become too wrapped up in business or personal obligations, take a step back and reevaluate your priorities. Some things need to be rearranged.

PISCES February 19– March 20

Pisces, you are on a quest this week to find the perfect gift for a friend. This person will appreciate your efforts, and your bond will only grow stronger.

ARIES March 21– April 19

Practicality is a big part of your personality, but sometimes thinking through the reasons to do something over and over can be tedious. Let loose a little bit this week.

TAURUS April 20– May 20

Taurus, expect to feel pulled in two directions this week.

It’s a pivotal time at work, but in the same measure, you have much going on at home. Think things over carefully.

GEMINI May 21– June 21

Gemini, you may find your energy levels unusually low this week, and your productivity may suffer as a result. Maybe someone else can energize you and lend a helping hand.

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CANCER June 22– July 22

Cancer, you will get to your destination soon enough, but the trip may be a bit of a headache. Patience is essential this week; otherwise, you may give up prematurely.

LEO July 23– August 22

Misinformation is spreading, so research everything to make informed decisions this week, Leo. It may help you avoid an expensive mistake down the line.

VIRGO August 23– September 22

Virgo, you may have a wonderful time with family or friends this week, even if you are crunched for time. Savor the small moments as they come your way.

LIBRA September 23– October 22

Libra, this is a good week to catch up on paperwork, filing or tedious tasks you have let fall by the wayside. Make use of the slow week to recharge.

SCORPIO October 23– November 21

Scorpio, you will be missed as much as you miss another person this week. Wait out this separation a little while longer, keeping in mind that your reunion is on its way.

SAGITTARIUS November 22– December 21

Do whatever you need to do to rejuvenate your spirit, Sagittarius. Spend some more time with friends and avoid prolonged solo activities. Soon your motivation will return.

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NOtiCe OF POll

RESORT VILLAGE OF SHIELDS

PUBliC NOtiCe is hereby given that: 1. A poll has been granted for the election of: COUNCILLOR: Resort Village of Shields

2. Voting will take place on Saturday, the 23rd day of January, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the polling place listed below.

3. I will declare the result of the election at the village office on the 25th day of January, 2016, at the hour of 9 a.m.

Polling Place the Community Centre- 8 Procter Dr., Shields, Sask.

Dated at Dundurn, Sask. this 21st day of December, 2015.

Jessie Williams, Returning Officer

Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club Cookie Day On Sunday, December 5, the Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club held their annual Cookie Day. This year we met at Hafford School. Cookie Day is when we make cookies to give as a thank you to all of our sponsors and for those who bought our market steers at the Junior Ag Showcase auction in Saskatoon in July. This year we have 25 members ranging in age from 6 to 19 – five cloverbuds, five juniors, nine inter-

Submitted by Boden Letkeman, Club Reporter

mediates and six seniors. Members are from surrounding areas such as Hafford, Blaine Lake, Leask, Marcelin, Borden, Hepburn and Dalmeny. We cut out and decorated gingerbread cookies and we also baked chocolate chip and double chocolate chip cookies. All together, we baked 832 cookies. Thanks to everyone who supports us throughout the year!

New farmland ownership laws now in effect Amendments to The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act, clarifying who can and cannot own farmland in Saskatchewan, have been proclaimed and were slated to come into effect on January 4, 2016.

“The people of Saskatchewan provided very clear direction during the consultation process,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said.

“The legislation reflects the views of Saskatchewan residents, provides clarity around farmland ownership and gives the Farm Land

Security Board the tools it needs to enforce the rules.”

The amendments include: Making pension plans, administrators of pension fund assets and larger trusts ineligible to buy farmland; Defining “having an interest in farmland” to include any type of interest or benefit (i.e. capital appreciation), either directly or indirectly, that is normally associated with ownership of the land; and When financing a purchase of farmland, all financing must be through a

financial institution registered to do business in Canada, or a Canadian citizen.

Non-Canadian citizens can still own up to 10 acres of farmland, and exemptions can still be granted for economic development initia-

tives. These rules were in place previously and will not change.

In addition, the Farm Land Security Board (FLSB) will receive new and expanded authority to enforce the legislation.

NOTICE OF ADVANCE POLL

Issued at Warman, Saskatchewan, January 6, 2016.

Chris Hilash, Community Planner

PubLIc NoTIce

Proposed Amendement to the Zoning Bylaw PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 207 of the “Planning and Development Act, 2007”, that the Council of the Town of Langham intends to consider a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Langham, being Bylaw No. 2011-10, as hereinafter provided: Intent: To add automobile sales, and associated development standards, as a permitted use in the C1 - Community Centre Commercial District.

Reason: The reason for the amendment is to allow for a business to be established within the C1 Zoning District.

The proposed Bylaw may be inspected by any interested person at the office of the Administrator of the Town of Langham at 230 Main Street East, Langham, Saskatchewan, during regular office hours up to and including January 25, 2016.

The City of Warman is looking for two members of the local development community (developers, builders, realtors, etc.), and one member of the public to become members of the Municipal Naming Committee.

Please forward all applications to City Hall, or Community Planner Chris Hilash at chrish@warman.ca by January 18th.

Please include a resume and a completed Municipal Naming Committee Applicant Form to complete your application.

Application forms can be found on the City of Warman website at www.warman.ca or at City Hall.

Issued at Warman, Saskatchewan, January 6th, 2016.

Chris Hilash Community Planner

TOWN OF RADISSON

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that provision has been made for an advance poll 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 the election.

Voting will take place on TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers of the Town of Radisson in the Administration Building, #329 Main Street.

Council considered an application for a Group Care Facility at 523 Cherry Lane on December 14, 2015 during a regularly scheduled meeting of Council. The application was tabled to acquire additional information. Council will be making a final decision on this application at 6:30 pm on January 11, 2016 in Council Chambers at the Warman City Hall, located at 107 Central Street West.

The City of Warman is currently forming a Municipal Naming Committee. The purpose of this committee is to create and implement a naming database for new streets and parks within the City of Warman. Names will be proposed to the committee to be added or denied entry into the “Names Registry”.

Darrin Beaudoin, Returning Officer

PubLIc notIce

PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344 intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 9/94, known as the RM of Corman Park Zoning Bylaw.

INTENT a) The proposed Bylaw No. 66/15 will rezone the affected lands from Agricultural District (AG) to Agricultural Residential 1 District (AR1). Proposed Bylaw No. 66/15 will provide for separate title for an agricultural residential parcel.

AFFECTED LANDS a) The affected lands are all that portion of SW 03-37-07-W3 shown shaded on the attached map (Bylaw 66/15).

Bylaw 2016-02

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Warman intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw 2006-11 known as the Zoning Bylaw.

Intent The proposed Bylaw will allow for Bed and Breakfasts as a discretionary use within the R1 Residential District.

Affected LAnd The Bylaw will affect any land zoned as R1 Residential District.

ReAson The Planning and Development Department has determined there to be opportunities within the R1 Residential District for Bed and Breakfasts.

PubLIc InsPectIon Any person may inspect the Bylaw at the City of Warman office between 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost.

Public Hearing: On the 25th day of January, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Langham Town Council Chambers, Council shall hear any person who wishes to make a representation respecting the bylaw. Written representations received by the town administrator prior to that date will also be considered at that time.

PubLIc HeARIng Council will hold a public hearing on January 25, 2016 at 6:30 pm at the City of Warman office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written and signed comments delivered to the undersigned at the City Hall. Notice of presenting information orally or in written form must be received by the undersigned a minimum of three working days prior to the hearing.

Dated at Langham this 29th day of December, 2015.

Jamie Nagy, Administrator, Town of Langham

Issued at Warman, Saskatchewan, January 6, 2016. chris Hilash, community Planner

PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the proposed Bylaw at the R.M. of Corman Park No. 344 Office at 111 Pinehouse Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up to 5:00 p.m. until Friday, January 22, 2016.

PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at the R.M. of Corman Park No. 344 Office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed Bylaws. All written comments received by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, 2016, will be forwarded to Council.

Issued December 23, 2015 at the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan.

Adam Tittemore, Administrator

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SGT. ROB EYRE Warman RCMP

The following is the local media release for the Warman Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the week of December 14 – 21, 2015

JUST GO AROUND IT

On December 15 at 8:55 p.m. police received a complaint of a traffic hazard on Highway 12 near Martensville. The caller reported that there was a large animal dead on the highway and nearly caused an accident. Police attended and found the animal to be a large rabbit. The animal was not a hazard on the road and was disposed of.

There were no charges.

MINOR REAR-ENDER

On December 15 at 9:45 p.m. police received a complaint of a two-vehicle collision in Martensville. The caller reported that they were rear-ended by another vehicle. Police attended and spoke with the 43-year-old caller. They did not want the other driver charged. There were no injuries or charges.

HIGHWAY 7 COLLISION

On December 17 at 7:05 p.m. police received a complaint of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 7 near Laura between a car and a

semi. Police attended and found a 46-year-old male from Saskatoon driving the car received minor injuries and was transported to hospital for his injuries.

Charges on this matter are pending.

SMASHING WINDOWS

On December 17 at 11:25 p.m. police received a complaint of individuals smashing windows on vehicles in a parking lot in Warman. The caller advised that she scared the people away from the area.

Police attended and made patrols of the area, but were unable to locate anyone responsible. Investigation into this matter is ongoing.

TOOLS STOLEN

On December 18 at 12:30 p.m. police received a complaint of a theft from a residence in the Grandora area. The caller reports that he had a number of small tool items taken. Police attended and took a statement from the caller.

Investigation into this matter is ongoing.

WALKING TO OSLER

On December 14 at 7:45 p.m. police received a complaint of a hitch hiker on Highway 11 near Warman.

The caller reported that the male was dressed in dark clothing making him difficult to see. Police attended and located a 61-year-old male from Osler, who advised that he got into an argument with a family member and decided to walk home. He was given a ride back to

his residence. There were no charges.

JUST HANGING OUT

SUSPECTED BURGLER

On December 15 at 2:25 a.m. police received a complaint of a possible person inside a residence in Warman. The 36-year-old female caller thought she heard someone inside her residence. Police attended and searched the residence with negative results.

OUTSTANDING CHARGES

On December 18 at 6:00 p.m. police received a complaint of an intoxicated male outside of a business in Martensville.

Police attended and located a 50-year-old male and lodged him in police cells on outstanding charges from Saskatoon. He was not injured.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

On December 19 at 9:55 p.m. police received a complaint of a domestic assault at a residence near Saskatoon. The 51-year-old female reports that she was assaulted by her 51-year-old husband. Police attended and arrested the male and released him on documents for an upcoming court date on Assault charges. The female was not injured.

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The following is the local media release for the Warman Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the week of December 28, 2015 – January 4, 2016.

WRONG WAY ON HWY 11

On January 1, 2016 at 11:10 a.m. police received a complaint of a vehicle travelling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 12 near Martensville. Police made patrols of the area, but were unable to locate any vehicle matching the description provided. There were no charges.

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On December 29, 2015 at 6:15 a.m. police received a complaint of a theft from a residence near Borden. The caller reported that he had his vehicle stolen from his

TONE IT DOWN...

On December 31, 2015 at 10:30 p.m. police received a complaint of a noisy party in Warman. Police attended the residence and spoke to the owner of the residence who agreed to keep the noise down at the party and shut it down after midnight.

There were no charges.

FIRE ON ACREAGE

On January 2, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. police received a complaint of a fire in a barn on an acreage near Asquith.

Police attended along with Corman Park Police Service. The fire was possibly caused by an electrical problem with the water heater.

There were no people or animals were in the barn at the time of the fire. There were no charges.

PHONE HARASSMENT

On December 28, 2015 at 3:55 p.m. police received a complaint of harassing phone calls in Osler. The female caller reported that she received a large number of phone calls from a male she previously had a relationship with. The female did not want the male charged, but rather spoken to and warned about his ac-

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A 32-year-old male from Saskatoon was located a short distance away and arrested. He was held in police cells for court the following day on property related theft charges.

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DANGEROUS HITCHIKING

On December 28, 2015 at 7:40 p.m. police received a complaint of a person in dark clothing hitch hiking on Highway 11 near Warman. Police attended and located an 18-year-old male. He was given a ride to Saskatoon and dropped off at a safe location. There were no charges or injuries.

LANGHAM ASSAULT

On January 4, 2016 at 1:50 a.m. police received a complaint of a female standing on the side of Highway 16 near Langham with visible wounds. Police and EMS attended and found that the 31-year-old female from Langham had been assaulted earlier by her 35-year-old boyfriend. Police attended the residence and arrested the male and released him on documents for an upcoming court date on assault charges. The female received minor injuries.

CONTACT YOUR RCMP

If you have information regarding this or any other crime, please contact Warman/Martensville RCMP at 306-975-1670/306975-1610 or if you have information and you wish to remain anonymous in your reporting, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477), submit a tip via their website: http://saskcrimestoppers.com/ or text in a tip: TIP206 + your tip to CRIMES (274637).

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Clean grain boosts farmers’ incomes

By TERRY PUGH tpugh@ccgazette.ca When an area farmer harvested his crop last year, he discovered that thousands of migrating Canada Geese left some unwanted deposits during a stopover in his field.

All those goose droppings didn’t help matters when it came to marketing the grain.

The solution?

Cleaning the grain on a grand scale.

“We cleaned 18 semi-loads of grain and got all that junk out,” said Toby Baerg, who operates a custom grain cleaning plant on his 4,000-acre family farm at Mennon, halfway between Dalmeny and Hepburn. “Before it was cleaned he couldn’t sell it. But once it was upgraded there was no problem.”

Cleaning grain to market standards, and cleaning seed for next year’s crops are a long-standing tradition on the century-old family farm. Baerg’s grandfather started it in the 1930s on a modest scale with a handoperated machine. His father, Henry, also used to clean seed for their own operation and for neighbours, until about ten years ago.

“That’s when our equipment got so old that we just decided to quit,” said Baerg. “But when my son, Brandon, wanted to get started on a career, we decided to build this plant as a sideline business on the farm.

“We’re in the process of becoming fully licensed so that we can clean seed up to Certified standards. There are a lot of rules and regulations that have to be followed.”

Baerg said while cleaning “common seed” varieties is relatively straightforward, other varieties of grain that are covered by Plant Breeders Rights legislation are more restrictive.

The bottom line, though, is that the cleaning process improves the farmers’ bottom line.

Baerg said as farms have gotten larger over the last few decades, it’s more challenging for producers to clean their own grain and seed.

“Elevators used to clean a lot of grain but there aren’t that many elevators anymore,” he said. “There are commercial seed growers that also clean seed, and there are mobile cleaners, but a smaller, dedicated plant like this has advantages because it’s less expensive for the farmer. It’s also less hassle because there’s no mess left on the ground near the bins, which is the case with mobile cleaners.”

Baerg invested considerably in the seed cleaning plant on his farm, building almost all of it himself with his son’s help. He purchased state-of-the-art machinery manufactured in the US through a Saskatoon-based firm. The electrical wiring for the many monitors, cameras and motors was the only component of the operation that was contracted out to a family-owned firm from Hague. The electrical room is separate from the rest of the operation for safety reasons, as grain dust is highly-flammable. The electrical room converts incoming 600-amp, single-phase power to three-phase power for running the large and small motors for each machine.

The operation features a 60-foot digital scale that allows fully-loaded semi-trailers to be weighed.

Baerg said one of the key machines in the operation is the gravity table, which cleans the grain to a very high standard.

The cleaning process involves dumping the grain into a large bin, where it is moved via a series of augers and belts to machines that screen out the impurities including weeds and foreign matter. Strategically-placed metal screens allow seeds of certain sizes to filter through. Compressed air is also used to separate lighter chaff from the seed.

The speed of the machines can be regulated to ensure steady flows through the system.

“It’s automated to a large extent, but we still monitor everything closely as it’s working,” said Baerg. “Once everything’s set for the load that’s going through, we just keep an eye on it and make small adjustments as necessary.”

Baerg said it takes six to eight hours to clean out the system completely when switching from one variety of grain to another.

“It has to be 100 per cent clean to avoid any contamination,” he said. “You want zero kernels from on variety to the next.”

The plant is capable of cleaning all types of grain, from wheat, oats and barley to faba beans, flax, peas and lentils.

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Toby Baerg and his son Brandon operate a custom grain cleaning operation on the family farm at Mennon. Baerg’s grandfather began cleaning seed on the farm on a modest scale in the 1930s. Last year, Baerg built the highly-efficient half-million dollar shop and purchased custom seed cleaning equipment.

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