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The Official Party poses with the plaque at a ceremony on July 5. From left to right: J.J. Verigin, Clearisha Cheveldayoff, Brenda Cheveldayoff, Larry Ewashen, Ken Cheveldayoff, Maurice Vellacott, and Allan Duddridge.

Doukhobor Dugout House unveils plaque as National Historic Site “For many years, I have thought about this day.” These words, spoken by Brenda Cheveldayoff, were part of an emotional ceremony on July 5 at the site of the Doukhobor Dugout House. Many gathered to hear Brenda and others speak about the significance of the site, and to watch the unveiling of a plaque meant to recognize the location as a National Historic Site of Canada.

The ceremony began with an opening prayer delivered in Russian by Mr. J.J. Verigin, Executive Director of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. Camellea Konkin then sang the prayer, and also led the congregation in a singing of O Canada.

Mr. Allan Duddridge of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event. “It is my pleasure to preside over this ceremony here in such a picturesque setting by the North Saskatchewan River,” he said. “I can sort of imagine the settlers waking to such a beautiful vista every

morning, and just thanking themselves for making the trek to this part of the world.”

“The Doukhobor Dugout House is valued not just for its physical remains, but for the spiritual and emotional connections associated with the earliest history of the Doukhobors in Canada. It represents the tremendous hardships faced by these early settlers, and the practical ways in which they met and overcame them.”

“The house speaks to the experience not only of the Doukhobors, but to other immigrant groups who also played a crucial role in opening up the Canadian Prairie. It reaches across time to make connections with new generations of Canadians trying to understand their past. Indeed, a powerful legacy.”

Brenda Cheveldayoff, founder of the site, took the podium next to deliver a heartfelt address. “Personally, for me, the Doukhobor Dugout House was a huge undertaking,” she said. “The loss and grief of my father’s passing

in 2001 struck a chord for all of us to enjoy this historical place. As most of you are aware, this was my father’s dream . . . (I found) the perseverance to accomplish his dream, as he no longer could. His interest in the dugout house has brought me closer to my Doukhobor heritage.”

The Honourable Ken Cheveldayoff, Minister of Environment for the Government of Saskatchewan, spoke next. “I have a real attachment to this place, because I caught my first fish not too far from here,” he said. “It really does feel like home here, because it is.”

“Today, the plaque commemorating the Doukhobor Dugout House as a National Historic Site will be unveiled. To those who love, support, and work to preserve this site, congratulations to you all. I hope you take a moment to realize what you have done here, and the significance that it has for our province and for our beautiful country.”

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Weight restrictions put into effect on wet patch of Highway 3

Motorists in the area are still dealing with a pesky area of Highway 3 about 7.6 kilometres west of Shellbrook that continues to remain submersed in water.

Kirsten Leatherdale, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, says that steps have been taken to try and appease the situation. “The water is receding,” she said.

“The RM of Canwood and the Water Security Agency have opened up a drainage channel in the area and it’s helping to improve the situation on the highway.”

Despite the tough conditions, Leatherdale says that the area is still passable.

“We’ve been able to accommodate traffic through the flooded area through the entire incident because the water was not deep enough to cause us to close the highway.

The area is well signed and there are traffic lights at both ends. We do feel that it’s safe enough for people to drive

through.”

Having said that, the constant traffic has caused the road to deteriorate, and it is difficult to see the rough spots under all the water.

“There is some damage to the highway, we have large potholes that have formed.

As soon as the water recedes enough, our maintenance crews will repair them,” Leatherdale said.

All of this has caused the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure to place a weight restriction on the stretch of Highway 3 between the junctions of Highway 40 and Highway 12.

The restriction, which was put into place on July 5, states: “The maximum axle group weight and the gross vehicle weight not to exceed secondary weights.”

The restriction does not apply to emergency vehicles, Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure vehicles and municipal maintenance equipment when conducting maintenance or accessing sites on or along the restricted highway, SaskPower, SaskEnergy and SaskTel vehicles when accessing sites along the restricted route, recreational vehicles, buses, or farm equipment operated or towed.

The order stands until September 1, 2013, unless otherwise stated.

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Art instructor Sharan Kruger provides some advice to artist Grace Colby during an art class on July 8.

Long-term care home holds art classes for creative residents Class was in session at the Parkland Integrated Health Centre’s long-term care home on July 8 when residents grabbed their brushes and gathered to make some art. The program has been going on for over a year and a half, and it involves interested residents getting together to learn about art and create impressive, unique works.

Residents have found that the classes provide them with a great opportunity to express themselves. “You’re putting yourself in that picture,” commented artist Grace Colby. It has also given its participants a chance to boost their confidence.

“You don’t realize that you have that ability. You just think, ‘oh, I can’t do this’, but you can really, if you make up your mind (to do it).”

Sharan Kruger serves as the class’s volunteer instructor, and all of the students look forward to the days when Sharan makes her way to town. “I love doing it,” Colby said. “I just get so excited the days I know Sharan is coming.”

Recreation Coordinator Trina Chamberlain kick started the program, and she feels that an important aspect of the class is allowing the residents to be creative in their work. “Each time we do an art class, we have a different project in mind,” she said.

“We don’t do crafts, we teach art. It is step by step, but it’s self-expressive . . . A lot of the art is abstract. Sharan, our art teacher, explains step by step what to do, if they are to draw a straight line or a circle. Each one is different, but the same, and that’s what makes it so unique” Chamberlain praises instructor Sharan Kruger for her participation in the program, stating that she is an integral part of the class. “She’s from Prince Albert, and she’s an interior designer, but she’s an artist by passion.”

There are many destinations in mind for the finished products that the artists create. A walk through the halls of the new facility finds a number of impressive pieces displayed throughout the building. In this, the residents are taking it upon themselves to help decorate their new home. According to Chamberlain, this is much more meaningful than simply purchasing some pictures. Also, artists will be able to show off their best work during an upcoming art gala.

“We celebrate long-term care home week, and it’s always the last full week of September,” Chamberlain said. “So (the art gala) is the kickoff to the week, and it’s celebrating the people who live in our long-term care homes. It’s a great way to show that we contribute, that we can enjoy ourselves and express ourselves. Their work is valued by many other people.”

The gala spans the entire Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. This year, the gala will again take place in Prince Albert, but in 2014 the Parkland Integrated Health Centre will host the event. It should serve as another great opportunity for the community to show off its new facility.

“I’m glad we have a year to get ready for it,” Chamberlain said.

The class is a chance for residents to get together in a positive atmosphere and share their love of art. “Our artists have developed quite a bond with each other,” Chamberlain said. “It’s a special connection, it’s like joining a club. You belong to a group of people and you have shared interests.”

The class is always looking for donations of new or gently used frames with mats in order to help display their work at the gala.

If you would like to help, contact Trina at 306-747-6481.

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Belair appointed to Debden Housing Authority Guy Belair has been reappointed to the Debden Housing Authority Board of Directors. Belair has served on the board for the past three years. Other members of the board of directors are Guy Cyr, Helene Boutin, Nicole Turner and Laurna Parent. Belair is chairperson.

The Debden Housing Authority is a community-based organization that provides daily management of 23 housing units constructed and operated under the terms of a federalprovincialmunicipal costsharing agreement.

Social Services Minister, June Draude, paid tribute to the volunteers who manage the social housing projects in their community. “This local hands-on approach ensures that the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation

responds effectively to the needs of each community.”

Saskatchewan has a network of 271 housing authorities and more than 1,400 volunteer members who assist with management of housing units throughout the province for seniors, lowincome families and persons with disabilities.

Persons interested in volunteering to serve on the board of directors for the Debden Housing Authority are encouraged to contact the mayor of Debden. A local nominating committee recommends board members.

Applications for accommodation are available from the manager of the Debden Housing Authority.

The Canwood Seniors held their annual Bocce Ball tournament on June 19.

Thirty-two seniors from Big River, Debden, Shellbrook and Parkside made the day successful. Card players kept the coffee hot until everyone enjoyed a pot luck lunch. Thanks to Dean the grounds were in good shape. In the photograph are Philippe Jean, Mary Steab, John Dion and Beulah Nolan.

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Ron Hollowell (foreground) assists with the laying of sod.

Parkland Integrated Health Centre finishing touches

Even with the new Parkland Integrated Health Centre up and running, a lot of work is still being done to put the finishing touches on the project--and it’s not all going on inside.

A number of people have been putting in long hours to try and complete the landscaping on the outside of the facility. Bryce Zosel and his crew from Zosel Tree Farm are among those people. They were out last week braving the weather and working to complete the large project.

“We’re doing the landscaping with the trees and shrubs,” Zosel said. “We’ve been running long hours.”

“It’s been excessively hot,” he added.

“When it gets to 31 degree weather, you move 25% slower. When it gets warmer than that, you go 50% slower. You just can’t

navigate. And this is labour intensive, it’s not just like walking around.”

While Zosel and his crew are helping with the laying of sod, a large portion of that responsibility has fallen on local volunteers.

“We’re kind of working with these guys with the sod. They’re doing the sod themselves.”

A number of community members have answered the call and come out to help with the project. “We had probably 40 folks here last night,” commented Amund Otterson, one of the volunteers.

When it is all said and done, the landscaping is sure to make the facility that much closer to being complete. It’s yet another stage in the process, and one that is again being aided by generous members of the community.

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A few good reads Many of us enjoy a good book, but it is sometimes difficult to decide which title to pull from the shelf. Classics are classics—they have stood the test of time. I made a conscious decision a little while ago, however, to stick with more contemporary authors. The goal was to see what is out there today, what is being written by people who are looking at the modern-day world. Most of the best novels in history are said to “define a generation”, and I wanted to find some authors who were attempting to define mine.

The experiment was not without its drawbacks. Sometimes I went into it blindly, randomly selecting things that caught my eye, which led to the selection of a number of poorly written books. A little bit of research sometimes helped, but it was difficult to trust certain sources. Bestselling lists proved unreliable, as they are often topped by the latest young-adult fiction, JON which is not for me. As it stands today, I have been forced to sift through some bad SVEC reads, but I have also come across some ~ truly outstanding authors who are penning Reporter works that are as good as anything that’s ever been written.

The first contemporary author to enter into my personal canon was Zadie Smith.

Smith was born in 1975 in London, England, to a Jamaican mother and a British father. Her first novel, White Teeth, was widely acclaimed, and Time magazine included it on their list of the “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005”. It was her second book, however, one titled The Autograph Man, that convinced me of her strength as a writer. It is a hilarious novel, powerful in its subtlety, shouting its strongest points through what is left unsaid.

Her latest novel, NW, is another huge leap forward. It is an ambitious and mature work that begs to be read slowly—a taste that’s best savoured over time.

These authors Another author that grabbed my attention was Haruki Murakami. Born in Japan, continue to Murakami’s works have been translated into over 38 languages, and his extensive bibliogprove the state raphy has earned him a number of awards.

His books are not for everyone—his stories of literature often take place in fantastical worlds full of strange happenings—but anyone able to imis as strong merse him or herself into Murakami’s realm is greatly rewarded. He is a consummate as it’s ever storyteller, able to draw the reader into his tale until the story springs from the page— been. and like one of his oft-mentioned mirrors, the reader is not quite sure which side he or she is on. I was hooked after reading Kafka on the Shore, and his latest novel, the massive 1Q84, is an astonishing accomplishment.

Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States when he was six years old. His Dominican roots sprout and bloom through his writing, especially in his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The novel is a force, telling the story of the troubled title character through Diaz’ native vernacular, with streams of humanity and heart shining through. Diaz published a book of short stories in 2012 titled This is How You Lose Her, a stellar collection of songs about one man’s failed relationships.

I would be remiss not to mention a couple of authors who do their writing on Canadian soil. Rawi Hage was born in Beirut, grew up in Lebanon and Cyprus, spent some time in New York, and finally made it to Montreal in 1991. Hage hit the scene with a bang when his first novel, De Niro’s Game, won him a slew of awards. His latest novel, Carnival, is a wildly entertaining story about a cab driver and the people that he chauffeurs. Kim Thuy was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and later moved with her family to Montreal. Her novel Ru tells the story of her immigration to Canada—the life she found and the life she left behind—through short gems of breathtaking prose These and other authors continue to prove that the state of literature is as strong as it’s ever been, though sometimes one must sift through the noise to find the true works of art.

Paul Martin Commentary

Keep an eye on construction costs. The damage caused through a massive transformation, something that has by the floods in Alberta is mind boggling and now the been altering the very fabric of this province which was multi-year job of rebuilding begins. For Saskatchewan, the built on the success or failure of producers. damage has been much less severe in dollar terms but the A new report prepared by the Conference Board of Canacarnage next door will no doubt impact us anyway. da on the changing face of farming attempts to dig into the Demand for construction personnel and materials in challenges facing farmers today.

Calgary and high River will be enormous and no doubt will They range from the expected – crop alternatives and inattract construction workers and contractors from all over put improvements – to things a farmer wouldn’t be thinkCanada, including Saskatchewan. ing about a generation ago….things like scale and capital In a market that is already challenged for talent, this will accessibility. only make things more competitive here. Contractors are As farms grow in size, especially here on the Prairies, already saying they’re losing employees who see a big op- where technology makes it possible for an individual proportunity and visions of big bucks in Alberta as the resto- ducer to cover more ground, the push of scale is prompting ration begins. many producers to move even a step further – to operating We’ve already seen one major project in Saswhat we would have considered several operakatchewan delayed because of high constructions only a few years ago. tion costs so the flood will not do anything to That raises interesting challenges as farmimprove the situation. If anything, we could see ers – traditionally skilled at crop production – the number of new buildings start to decline moving from the one driving the tractor to the which will put additional pressure on existing one driving the people who drive the tractor properties as demand will gradually exceed where people management skills sometimes supply – likely driving up real estate prices trump agronomic technique. along with it. *** *** Finance ministers don’t smile very often but Pressure on employers to pay higher wages Saskatchewan’s minister has reason to grin PAUL in hopes of attracting new talent may be flatthese days.

MARTIN tening out.

In the last week or two we’ve seen a sig~ That is ‘may be’ because the monthly tallies nificant divergence between the value of the on payroll figures across the nation tend to Canadian dollar and oil prices. And both are bounce around a bit within a narrow range. As playing in Saskatchewan’s favor. a result, Saskatchewan sometimes stands in second spot This is significant because it appears to be a de-coupling among the provinces in terms of overall pay packets or, of the dollar and oil prices. sometimes, it can be third.

In recent years the Canadian dollar has come to be Well the April numbers have just been released and this known as a petro-dollar, one that tracks oil prices. But now time we fell from #2 to #3. Also, the average weekly pay we’re seeing something different. Oil is going up but our packet fell by $20 compared to March. Yet, even with that currency is dropping. decline – which is fairly large as these figures go – SasThis means is oil producers are enjoying growth in operkatchewan still posted the biggest year-over-year increase ating margins which, by extension, triggers bigger governin Canada. Perhaps that underscores just how much pres- ment royalties. sure employers have been feeling….we drop $20 and still Oil prices have risen by $10 or $15 a barrel since the midrank in top spot in terms of increases. dle of last month while the dollar has fallen by five or six One of the reasons this figure can jump around a bit is percentage points and, since oil is priced in US currency, that it includes overtime. A slight decrease in these hours it means our producers get more Canadian dollars in excan subtract $10 or $20 a week. change for the higher valued US buck. When you add the *** two together, the gain is in the 15 per cent range in less Like most businesses, farming is and has been going than a month.

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Sask. Party yet to smooth rough roads A recent editorial by my colleagues at the Regina Leader-Post took square aim at the sorry state of the province’s highways and rural roads _ an issue that really wasn’t supposed to be an issue under this Saskatchewan Party government.

“Despite throwing record amounts of money at the problem, the Saskatchewan Party government is still a country mile short of satisfying public demands to do more,” the editorial stated.

MURRAY There is no question the Sask. Party govMANDRYK ernment has thrown a lot of more money at the problem than the NDP did. ~ Back in the day when the former NDP government was clawing its way out of the deficit/debt mess left behind by the Progressive Conservatives, it was rural roads that paid the price.

Highways spending in 1993-94 _ you will recall that as the year Roy Romanow government closed 52 rural hospitals _ was slashed to $180.7 million.

The budget for the department only increased to $232.3 million by 1998-99 and then to $293.7 million by 2003-04.

It was about 2003-04 where the province’s economic fortunes took the dramatic upswing we are still seeing today.

But that wasn’t necessarily reflected in highway depart-

ment spending under the NDP that was $307.3 million in 2006-07 (the last full year of an NDP budget) and $360.2 million in 2007-08 (the election year in which highways spending coincidentally peaks and when the Sask. Party took over).

Since the arrival of Premier Brad Wall’s government, highways spending has skyrocketed: 2008-09, $485.3 million; 2009-10, $422.5 million; 2010-11, $433.4 million; 2011-12, $457.5 million; 2012-13, $436.4 million, and; budgeted for the current fiscal year of 2013-14, $523.3 million.

In other words, Wall’s government has consistently spent between $120- to $150 million more a year on highways than the NDP government did in its best and last full year of government. The current government is also spending nearly two and half times more on roads than the NDP did in its worst years two decades ago.

Yet while the roads are likely marginally better overall than they were in the NDP days, they aren’t anywhere close to public expectations.

As the recent Leader-Post editorial went on to point out, CAA Saskatchewan’s “Worst Roads” campaign saw more than 3,000 “votes” for the “winner”, Hwy. 22 near Earl Grey.

But lest anyone think this is strictly a rural issue, Regina’s Ring Road - qualifying for provincial funding as urban highway connector - finished sixth. The city is complaining there is only funding for patching and pothole repair.

The editorial goes on to note that with some “26,000 kilometres of provincial highways, including 5,400 thin-membrane surface highways, to maintain” the province is fighting a losing battle.

At a cost of $800,000 to $1 million to upgrade just one kilometre of TMS to quality as a highway and $1.5 million to build just one kilometre of new highway “the province can’t provide pristine pavement to everyone’s door,” the editorial concludes.

This is true. But it’s also true that in a growing province, demands will continue to increase. More highways are being twinned. Also, the proposed multiple-hundred-million-dollar Regina by-pass project is now scheduled to be the most expensive highway undertaking in the province’s history.

Obviously, even more money is needed. The question is: Where does it come from, when we are barely squeaking by with surpluses now?

Toll roads don’t work in a jurisdiction like ours. Perhaps heavy users _ the oil and mining sectors, farm and commercial semis and recreational vehicles _ do need to better reflect the cost reality of the damage they cause through their vehicle licensing.

Of course, this is not a popular notion. It may just be that the money will have to come from elsewhere in the budget.

But one way or the other, Sask. Party government is going to have to find ways to address the problem of our rough roads.

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Teacher discipline is conducted with rigour and integrity To the editor: Recently, several inflammatory articles have cast a negative view of teachers and incompletely described the disciplinary process that governs complaints of unprofessional conduct or incompetence.

On behalf of over 12,000 teachers, who are highly committed to the social contract they hold with the public and who proudly deliver exceptional service to students throughout Saskatchewan, I am writing to provide further clarification.

The public trusts professional teachers because they have the qualifications, including specialized knowledge, skills and judgment, to serve students’ education needs.

In turn, teachers have a responsibility to act at all times in a manner that is worthy of this public trust and consistent with the teaching profession’s expectations.

This includes an appropriate degree of professional selfregulation within the broader supervision and certification structure of the employer and the government.

The legislative assembly has entrusted the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation with the responsibility to ensure that teacher members maintain a high standard of professional conduct and teaching practice.

The Teachers’ Federation Act, 2006 and The Education Act, 1995 prescribe nine definitions of professional misconduct or conduct not becoming to a teacher.

These are expanded further in the Federation’s Code of

Professional Ethics, Code of Professional Competence and Code of Collective Interests.

All written complaints received by the Federation are adjudicated based on these legislative definitions, the codes and the disciplinary process defined in the organization’s bylaws.

This process includes three quasi-judicial committees, prescribed in legislation, that are elected to hear and adjudicate complaints against teachers.

Transparency is ensured through the appointment of a public representative by the lieutenant governor in council to the STF professional ethics committee.

During any investigation or prosecution of a disciplinary matter, all complainants and respondents are afforded due process and the principles of natural justice (such as the right to notice, the right to be present at the hearing, the right to cross examine and the right to counsel).

Teacher discipline is conducted with the rigour and integrity that is required of a judicial or quasi-judicial process, which exceeds the legal requirements of many other professional regulatory systems.

The decision of the Federation and the penalty can be appealed by a teacher directly to the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan.

The penalties permitted by the legislation range from a reprimand to a recommendation to the Minister of Educa-

tion that a teacher’s certificate be suspended or cancelled.

The Minister of Education has the power to act on the Federation’s decision and recommendation by suspending or cancelling the teacher’s certificate.

If the Minister is of the opinion that a decision is unjust or contrary to the public interest, he or she may request the reconsideration of a case and its findings.

To date, the Minister has never requested that an ethics or disciplinary matter be reconsidered.

If a teacher is convicted of an offence under any one of 14 sections of the Criminal Code of Canada, the conduct is, by statute, deemed to constitute professional misconduct and the provincial executive will, after a penalty hearing, make a recommendation to the Minister of Education regarding the teacher’s certificate.

In these circumstances, a teacher’s certificate has invariably been recommended for cancellation. Contrary to recent headlines, teachers do not lack accountability.

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation shares responsibility with its partners in education including administrators, directors, school boards and government to ensure the integrity of the education system in our province.

In addition to the Federation’s disciplinary process, boards of education have their own duty of due diligence and policies for the hiring and disciplining of teachers.

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Young community members voice their opinions The grade seven class at W.P. Sandin embarked on an interesting assignment recently when they were asked to write editorials like ones they’ve seen in the newspaper.

They have sent their finished products into the Shellbrook Chronicle, and over the last few weeks we have been publishing a few of them at a time so that their opinions may be heard.

Animal Testing by Kacy Does stuff you use every day get tested on animals?

Animal testing is when stuff such as cosmetics gets tested on animals. Animal testing is bad because you don’t know how the animals will react to it. The animals and the people doing it to them are the ones affected by it.

All over the world animal testing takes place in medical schools, universities, and company labs animal testing takes place.

Students, teachers, company lab workers, scientists, these are the people who are doing the animal testing, and they probably don’t want to hurt the animals, and they probably don’t get to see what they look like after.

Animal testing can cause the animals to die, get sick, it can cause them extreme amounts of pain. Animal testing is not right and we need to put a stop to it, but if we don’t test on animals or humans what will we test on?

Puppy Mills by Kaelee Puppy Mills are commercial dog breeding facility’s that operate with an emphasis upon profits above animal welfare and is often in substandard conditions regarding the well-being of dogs in their care. People often keep the dogs in cages and are rarely let out. Puppy mills started in the World War 2 era as a way to get money. People still use puppy mills, but it is a very wrong way since they harm the dogs. Once the mother dog has the puppies they are sold to pet stores around the country.

There are 35 000 pet stores in America and 99% of puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills. The breeders have more than one dog they use to breed. Dogs can have up to 2 litters of puppies a year, but it is not healthy to breed them that often.

Only 26 states in the U.S. have laws to regulate commercial kennels to prevent animal abuse and cruelty and still there are approximately 10 000 mills. 11 000 puppies are killed each year in puppy mills. The dogs are kept in cages with wire flooring that cause injuries to their paws and legs.

Due to living conditions many have health/social issues and it takes many years for the animals to gain trust in humans again. Many dogs are left in cages until someone finds them, the dogs are unable to socialize with anyone or anything.

I think that if someone has a puppy mill they should face jail time for abusing the animal. I also think that if you are looking into getting a dog as a pet you should makes sure you know were the dog is coming from because if people keep buying from people that own the puppy mills it will be a never ending cycle of animal

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abuse and cruelty. By buying a dog from the SPCA you can be saving an animal’s life.

Abortion by Jenna Abortion is when the fetus or embryo is removed from the uterus prior to viability which is the baby having a chance to breathe its first breath of air on earth.

People get an abortion for a couple of reasons one reason is if they get raped and have an accidental pregnancy.

One other reason for getting an abortion is if they are physically unable to carry or give birth to a baby without harming them or their baby during the process. Another reason is if they are too young and do not want a baby or to give birth.

Some people do not know that abortion is a bit costly and has some risks. To get an abortion in Canada it can cost from $400 all the way to $1000 depends on where you go. Women who get an abortion are 2.3 times more likely to get cervical, ovarian and liver cancer than women who don’t. Women who get an abortion are more likely to have a handicapped newborn in later pregnancies.

Other complications are infection, excessive bleeding, embolism, ripping or perforation of the uterus, anesthesia complications, convulsions, hemorrhage, cervical injury, and endotoxin shock. The most common “minor” complications include: infection, bleeding, fever, second degree burns, chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, and gastro-intestinal disturbances.

If giving birth or carrying a baby does not harm you there are alternatives. You could give your baby up for adoption so she or he will go to a loving home. Some people are unable to have a baby and would love to adopt.

After doing research I now have a very strong opinion on it. I do not think it is right to get an abortion because it is murder and if you got pregnant then you should have to go through the consequences of giving birth and if you do not want to keep the baby because you got raped, can’t afford it or are too young so she or he can go to a better home and have a chance to live and not just be killed. If you are raped I think it depends on your age and health conditions.

If you are physically unable to carry a baby because it will put your life at risk then I think you should have the rights to choose either keeping it and putting your life at risk or getting an abortion. I think if you got pregnant and just don’t want to keep your baby then I think it is wrong to get an abortion because there are other options. That is my opinion on abortion.

Cock Fighting by Kyle Cockfighting is a blood sport in which two roosters specifically bred for aggressiveness are placed beak to beak in a small ring and encouraged to fight to the death.

Roosters were first bred for fighting in Southeast Asia more than 3000 years ago. In nature a rooster may fight another rooster over territory or a mate, but these fights are usually brief and don’t involve serious injury.

In the fighting ring the roosters often wear knives or artificial gaffs, long, sharp, dagger-like knives for maximum injury. Besides being cruel to animals, cock fighting is closely connected to other crimes such as gambling, drugs and acts of violence. Despite unsettling facts cockfights often inspire a party like atmosphere in which entire families gather including children.

Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states and a felony offense in 35 states and in the District of Columbia. Being a spectator at a cock fighting even is illegal. Cock fighting is still popular and prevalent in many other countries, such as France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Spain, Haiti, Italy and Malaysia. Writing letters to your local media to increase public awareness of the violence of cock fighting

and to law enforcement officials asking them to take the issue seriously would help.

Egg Farming Throughout Canada by Pierce Hi, my name is Pierce and I am telling you about the issues involving egg farming. On your usual big egg farm you will see chickens in cages, row after row of chickens.

When a chicken lays an egg, the egg goes through a little hole and goes on the outside of the cage. Then people can pick up all the eggs.

The life there for the chickens don’t sound too fun.

They are just trapped in cages. This all happens so they can make more money.

They have so many chickens because if they had a small number of chickens they would barely make any money.

That’s why 98% of the eggs you buy but are from chickens that are crammed in little cages. They need money and really don’t care about the birds.

It would be nice if they gave them a little bit more room. Also if they made it so it wasn’t so crammed for the chickens, maybe have a limit like 4 birds per cage.

They don’t look too healthy either. They should use the mineral plus vitamin stuff in their water so they look healthier.

Everyone in Saskatchewan can do something about it.

You can stop buying from grocery stores and get farm fresh eggs or check the companies name and make sure it ain’t one of those companies that hate their birds.

My Editorial by Sam Our world is getting more and more polluted we need to help go green recycle and pick up garbage and we really need to stop the factories from all the smoke. Go Green is helping the environment very much there won’t be as much pollution in the world. Go Green is fighting against big factories and they spend lots of time picking up garbage We can go around our community and pick up garbage to help our community out and we can recycle cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard. I think that a lot of people don’t care about the environment so we need to help go green out and make our world a better place for future generations.

I don’t think it will get any better in fact I think things will get worse because people just don’t care about the environment. All they care about is money, and they are also coming out with new vehicles that pollute the earth.

Animal Cruelty by Tanner Hello my name is Tanner, and I am here to talk about what my title is. Animal cruelty is a terrible thing because they wouldn’t be here if god didn’t want them to be here.

The definition of animal cruelty is ‘’cruelty to animals is the infliction of suffering or harm, upon animals other than human purposes such as self-defense’’ or to punish for misbehavior, but I guess that isn’t really animal abuse.

Some basic examples of animal abuse are puppy mills which are large scale commercial dog breeding operations, dogfighting, animal hoarding which is a person that has a very large amount of animals that is unable to hold a healthy living condition for them, animal testing is when animals get seriously injured and sometimes killed in laboratories for chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing every year, and cockfights.

These kinds of things happen all over the world now days. People who do abuse animals can face serious jail time and big fines depending on how many times they have done it and how serious it is. Personally I think people who do abuse animals are terrible and scummy because animals feel terrible like they have done something wrong and they usually cannot defend themselves and animals are meant to be here.

Teacher discipline Continued from Page 6 The Ministry of Education is responsible for certifying and ultimately suspending or cancelling a teacher’s certificate. Under the current legislation, it is the Minister of Education who has responsibility for the final oversight and for determining whether or not a teacher’s certificate is revoked.

Saskatchewan teachers are committed to upholding the public trust and continuing to provide the best professional service to students possible. We will also continue to examine ways to ensure the rigour, integrity and transparency of the disciplinary process.

To suggest that the disciplinary process administered by the Federation is secretive and broken is, at best, an unwarranted alarm about the safety and education of our children and, at worst, a direct attack on the professionalism and integrity of teachers.

Further, the sensational nature of these articles has the potential to harm many people. It is inappropriate to publish this evidentiary material, which may compromise the privacy of all individuals involved, including children and youth.

Yours truly, Gwen Dueck Executive Director

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4-H is celebrating its 100th anniversary If you grew up in rural Canada you are likely well aware of 4-H, with a rather good chance you have been involved with the organization at some point.

That is not really surprising since 4-H is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

For the past century the organization has been serving youth, starting with the founding club in Roland, MB. Over the decades 4-H has focused on rural youth, although showing an ability to adapt to change, 4-H clubs are now found in many urban settings as well.

While we look at 4-H as traditionally providing youth with the opportunity to learn at cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, projects which speak to the organization’s rural roots, today youth are also learning about cooking, computers and cameras.

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Youth can now pick projects which are of particular interest to them, and as long as they can find a project leader to help mentor their progress, they can explore things that are now a far cry from livestock production on the farm.

The reasoning for broadening the scope of 4-H is obviously one fueled by a desire at preserving what is at the heart of the program.

In the past serving rural youth was enough.

There were clubs in almost every small community, with lots of farm youth interested in working with cattle, horses and other livestock.

Of course we have seen a significant population shift from the war years until now, one where the rural population is in decline, with a shift to larger urban centres.

For 4-H to function in a city such as Yorkton,

or Regina, means adapting programming because having a steer or sheep as your project simply doesn’t work.

The heart of 4-H is not about the project though. Whether it’s raising a steer, or learning to knit, the key to 4-H comes in its long-held motto ‘learn to do by doing’.

Youth are encouraged to discover on their own. They learn by watching and by working with others. They are helped to grow, not just about their project, but about keeping records, speaking in public, and working to help others in their club.

They are skills which go beyond growing a good steer, or knitting a good pair of socks. They are life skills those going through the 4-H program will be able to draw on in their education and once they enter the workforce.

The key to 4-H, the element which has helped the program flourish for a century is teaching life skills to generation after generation of Canadians, and hopefully it will remain active in that role for decades to come.

Crop report June 25 - July 1 Saskatchewan livestock producers have six per cent of the 2013 hay crop cut and less than one per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Ninety-one per cent is rated as good to excellent in quality.

Sixty-three per cent of winter cereals, 61 per cent of spring cereals, 60 per cent of oilseeds and 68 per cent of pulse

crops are at their normal developmental stages for this time of year. The majority of crops are rated as fair to excellent in quality.

Rain showers brought various amounts of moisture to the province last week. Some crop and hay damage occurred due to flooding, disease, hail and insects such as alfalfa weevil and cabbage seedpod weevil.

Across the province, topsoil moisture on crop land is rated as 13 per cent surplus, 81 per cent adequate and six per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as six per cent surplus, 87 per cent adequate and seven per cent short.

Farmers are busy haying and controlling pests.

Irony & bottom-feeders With prices dropping like a new-born baby giraffe out of the womb over the past 3 months, governments/international buyers have started to notice and started buying appropriately. Egypt, Mexico, Japan, and especially China, have all put their foot through the front door to secure some supplies at these current lower levels.

Ultimately, while this is positive for the demand side of the equilibrium and helps support prices to the upside, the story remains that global production this year will satisfy this demand and then some.

Let’s take a look at what China’s doing: It’s estimated Asia’s largest economy will need to import somewhere between three and six million tonnes despite production coming in somewhere around 110 million tonnes!

The sustained increase in grain imports is mostly due to rising labour costs & policies that boost local prices, making Chinese crops less competitive & profitable to actually buy internationally vs. the domestic market. Specifically, over the first week of July, China bought over 1.7 million

tonnes of U.S., Canadian, and Australian wheat!

Speaking of the Land Down Undaa, crops down in Australia have enjoyed some decent rains recently after a fairly dry June. This has prompted some analysts to bump their total output estimates to above 25 million tonnes for the year. Wheat isn’t the only crop seeing better forecasts though – the Australian Oilseed Federation recently said they expect a canola crop of 3.3 million tonnes.

This is significant as China opened their borders back up to importing Aussie rapeseed in April (ultimately competition for Canadian exports).

Switching gears, with the growing season of the northern hemisphere in full swing (and harvest starting in some places), we’re entering a period off “what if” weather trade more than anything right now.

As I’ve been calling farmers to introduce the risk-free FarmLead Marketplace to them, the large majority of them tell me that their crops look pretty darn good. With warm temperatures expected to remain for some time, heading

and flower stages could be at risk for cereals and canola respectively.

Granted, with the extra humidity in the air lately, there is an increased chance of some clouds bring hail with them unfortunately, as seen in the Airdrie, Alta. Region recently.

The rains that fall here & there also create the need for fungicide applications on fields, yet there are many reports of shortages for chemical out there.

At the end of the day, whether it is the dinner bell or beer clouds rolling through, I find it ironic that as producers do a good job of raising their crops, they’re only rewarded with lower prices.

Granted there is some justification for lower commodity prices in general with a fairly high U.S. dollar, the bottom of this current market downtrend appears to be near. However, reader beware: we may see this bottom for some time.

Market/sell proactively – betting on a sudden change of the trend isn’t necessarily always the best gameplan.

Brennan Turner, President, FarmLead.com

Things to remember when applying pesticides

by Kim Stonehouse, PAg Regional Crops Specialist, Tisdale Regional Services Branch Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Now that in-crop weed control has been completed, the next order of business will be scouting for diseases and late season insects as well as making decisions on control measures.

With conditions that have been favorable for the development of both, this is not a step that can be approached lightly. As well, once thresholds have been confirmed and the decision for control has been made, there is quite often a fairly small window for application.

In the rush to get into the field there is one particular factor that is sometimes over-looked or misunderstood.

That is the pre-harvest interval. The pre-harvest interval is the amount of time that must be allowed to pass between application of a pesticide and cutting of the crop.

While all pesticides have a pre-harvest interval, it is usually more important to closely observe these inter-

vals when spraying insecticides or fungicides as they are typically sprayed later in the season.

The only way to adjust this is to choose a product with a pre-harvest interval that fits into the available timespan between application and cutting.

An important note for pre-harvest interval, as stated previously, is that it is the time between application and cutting of the crop; not combining.

The reason for this is to ensure that all parts of the plants are exposed to the environment for a specified length of time so that the product will degrade to a sufficient level below established maximum residue limits.

This is not only important for domestic consumption but also to maintain the acceptance of our products in global markets. While pre-harvest intervals for fungicides generally range from 0 to 45 days they can range from 7 to 60 days or more for insecticides.

All pre-harvest intervals will be indicated on the product label or can be found in Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s 2013 Guide to Crop Protection.

Another thing that can be over-looked is the importance of proper sprayer cleaning. Many products can leave a small amount of residue stuck to the inside of the sprayer that resists the removal by water alone.

These residues can then be re-suspended due to the action of the following chemical causing significant crop injury.

This phenomenon is quite often referred to as pesticide carry over and can be of particular concern when switching between pest controls for different crops and/ or pests.

To avoid the issue of pesticide carry over it is important to follow procedures for proper spray tank cleaning such as those outlined on the product label or in the 2013 Guide to Crop Protection.

For more information on this, or other crop related topics, contactyour local Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture regional office or the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377, or visit our website at www. agriculture.gov.sk.ca.

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It is possible to get dehydrated at any hour (NC)—It is possible to get dehydrated any hour of the day and in any season of the year, if we don’t drink enough water. The symptoms will be fatigue, irritability, and minor headaches to migraines.

In fact people who get chronic headaches might want to try something far better than prescription drugs: a frequent glass of water. There’s no need for constant medication if you can correct the underlying cause.

Another lesser known but effective headache remedy is fixing a ‘bad bite’.

This requires a realignment of the top and bottom teeth with advanced dental techniques – and to date, this one adjustment has made a huge difference to thousands of people here and in the United States.

Even so, we still need to drink water to feel as well as can be, so for headaches in particular, here’s a little more information about both remedies: Hydration: Headaches that are the result of water deprivation can be at the front or back or just on one side of the head—and sometimes, all over. If the pain worsens when you bend, or move your head from side to side, you could be considerably dehydrated.

Drink water slowly and regularly all day, approximately two to three ounces at a time. Most health experts are now rec-

ommending that you drink half your body weight in ounces every day. For example, if you’re 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces. That equates to 12.5 cups of water.

The health benefits of this one change are far-reaching and often dramatic.

Bad Bite: People with teeth in perfect alignment are in the minority – and this means that much of the population is dealing with varying degrees of continual discomfort including head pain and aches, grinding the teeth, sleep disorders and migraines.

When teeth are misaligned they cannot provide the needed muscle support for chewing and swallowing. The facial muscles are then forced into a strained position, resulting in pain throughout the face, head, arms, shoulders, and back.

To correct bad bite, a neuromuscular dentist takes measurements to determine the optimal alignment and then fits you with an orthotic to recalibrate your jaw to those exact measurements.

Once the bite is realigned, the pain (that was caused by the imbalance) often disappears.

More information, including how to find a neuromuscular dentist where you live, is available online at www.leadingdentists.ca. www.newscanada.com

U of S launching mining options Five more mining courses and three new undergraduate mining options will be offered at the University of Saskatchewan in geological, mechanical, and chemical engineering thanks to a $1.67 million funding agreement with the new International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII).

The three-year funding agreement is among Saskatchewan’s minerals industry, the Government of Saskatchewan and the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. IMII’s role is to work with industry members to identify critical needs and then work with its partners to deliver programs using funds from industry and the province.

“The funding agreement in place with the university exemplifies the mission of the IMII,” said Rodney Orr, executive director of the institute. “Our membership unanimously supports agreements like this. It definitely increases the profile of Saskatchewan’s minerals industry on both a national and international scale, and enhances our member’s competiveness by directly meeting the needs they have identified.”

The university will use the funding to recruit three new faculty members who specialize in mining engineering, to invest in mining engineering technology and to develop undergraduate and post-graduate programing that will build capacity for skilled mining professionals in the province.

“Together with agriculture and petroleum, the minerals industry is one of the

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three main pillars of the Saskatchewan economy and it’s vital that the province’s largest educational institution is developing programs in direct support of this industry,” said U of S President Ilene Busch-Vishniac.

Another objective is for the U of S to explore course development and delivery with the Saskatchewan Institute for Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) and define pathways for graduates from technical schools to enter mining engineering programs at the U of S. “We are looking to offer the new mining engineering options in September 2014,” said Ernie Barber, acting dean of the College of Engineering. “Demand for highly trained workers in Saskatchewan’s mining and minerals industry is growing by leaps and bounds. We’re gearing up to be ready to help meet those needs for training, research and innovation.”

In addition to the U of S and IMII funding agreement, Innovation Saskatchewan also announced an additional $1.2 million funding from the province to IMII. “These additional resources for the IMII will allow our province to continue to be a catalyst for innovative thinking in the mining industry,” said Gordon Wyant, Saskatchewan Minister of Justice and Attorney General. “By bringing industry together with the educational and research community at the university, Saskatchewan will continue to be a leader in developing its natural resources.”

Nikihknan Crafts artisan, Buck Lafond, at work in studio at Emerald Lake.

12-40 and Beyond “An Adventure in Rural Life” Annual Tour

The eleventh annual 12-40 Tour will take place in the Blaine Lake, Hafford, Marcelin and Leask areas on July 27 and 28, 2013.

You are invited to meet the friendly group of artists, artisans, fabric artists and photographers in their homes and studios as you follow the bright red elevator signs that mark the trail. Each venue is unique and welcoming, and most have picnic tables and washroom facilities.

Site #4 , the Petrofka Bridge Orchard, is home to Mike and Anne Noel who specialize in apples, dehydrated apple slices and their famous Apple Soft Cider and Apple Cider Vinegar. Make sure you shake hands with Anne, the lady who bakes more than four hundred delicious apple pies each season.

Step back in time with a visit to Site #10, General Store Memories and Antique Museum, where Bill Nemish will show you through a two-story building housing a huge variety of nicely displayed collectibles .

Harder’s Traditional Crafts are situated at Lac LePeche, Site #12, just a few minutes from the antique museum. Demonstrations of the century-old art of weaving will be held both days.

A variety of items from the loom as well as hand quilted and embroidered products will be available.

Site # 9, Hubert and Alice Smith at Pop’s Old Forge near Marcelin, is a well known venue where Hubert teaches blacksmithing in the winter and designs and makes functional and ornamental objects for sale.

Connie Leask’s “Prairie Leather and Art”, Site #8, is situated near Marcelin in a unique farmhouse/studio. She hand crafts many leather items as well as designing fancy pillow cases, altered art and articles made using sashika and felting machines.

Site #3, Spirit of the Prairie Art Studio near Blaine Lake, home to well known portrait and mural artist Doreen Kalmakoff, will have a full display of paintings, prints, mugs and t-shirts. You can also sign up for art classes and workshops. Guests are in-

vited to take part in an art project and will be entertained with classical and modern guitar selections by local musician, Ed Bajak. Flowers, lawns and shade trees welcome picnickers. Fabric artist Florence Cheveldayoff, also situated at this site, will display handmade bags, batiks and seasonal pieces and a variety of art work.

Karen Wudrick-Mattock is a welcome newcomer to our group. She is an experienced photographer whose most influential photography experience was her involvement in a photographer’s safari in Kenya.

She loves to capture images of local flora and wildlife as well as doing commissioned photo shoots including special events. She will also display her work at Site #3.

Christine Watson of Pagangel Productions in Hafford has been capturing the world around her with her camera for many years. Her unique pictures will be on display at Site #2 in Hafford.

Joan Balla’s Blue Heron gallery, Site #13, a scenic treasure overlooking a small private lake west of Leask is filled with brilliant winter landscapes and paintings of old buildings and local area wildlife. Les Balla creates handmade frames to suit Joan’s paintings and custom needs.

Nikihknan Crafts, Site #14, is another unique home studio where Sandy and Buck Lafond transform a variety of woods into many decorative and functional items.

Buck’s items include scenes from nature, native inspired designs, angel tree ornaments and much more. Sandy specializes in soft tanned deer hide jewelry as well as the finishing sanding of Buck’s many projects.

Tour dates are Saturday, July 27 and Sunday July 28, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day.

Bright red elevators mark the trail on this self-guided tour. Printable brochures are on our website at (www.12-40andbeyond.com) as well as in local businesses.

For more information call: Doreen (306)497-2801

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Racers pose for a photo during the fourth annual Amazing Race hosted by the Shellbrook Pentecostal Youth.

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On Friday June 21 the Shellbrook Pentecostal Youth hosted their fourth annual Amazing Race.

With over 30 youth, in teams of four, the race was on!

The racers travelled by taxi, on foot, and by bus to locate clue boxes, follow instructions, answer trivia, complete tasks, and search for garden gnomes.

Along the route, the teams encountered detours, road blocks, U-turns, challenging events and lots of FUN! Team #1 completed in the race in 3.5 hours and the last team finished about 45 minutes later.

After all the teams completed the race and stepped on to the finish mat, all of the participants went home with prizes and fun stories of the evening.

This year-end event also required dozens of enthusiastic volunteers to set the course, drive taxi cabs, supervise tasks, and hand out clues. Not quite sure who had more fun…the youth or the adults!

The Shellbrook Pentecostal Assembly (SPA) has a vibrant Cross-Connected Youth program lead by parent volunteers and guided by Pastor Dave and Marlene Bodvarson.

Activities are planned for most Friday evenings of the school year. Junior Youth activities are geared for grades 4 to 8 children (ages 9 to 13) and Senior Youth is aimed at grades 9 to 12 teens (ages 14 to 18).

All youth of Shellbrook and surrounding areas are welcome to attend these gatherings which include devotions, games, friends, snacks, music, and fun.

A new STARS program has just been introduced for children ages 4 to 12 on Sunday mornings during regular worship service time. The full program will kick-off in September 2013.

For more information about any of these youth ministry programs and all other church events please contact the SPA at 306-747-2573 or visit the website at www. spachurch.net.

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A demonstration of old fashioned clothes-washing in the spring.

A scene inside one of the preserved dugout houses.

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A pile of wood representing the non-violent, peaceful life that the Doukhobor’s stood for. They burned over 8000 weapons in Russia, which led to persecution by the church and state.

Doukhobor Dugout House Continued from Front Page “The Doukhobors are an essential part of our province’s past, present and future. They represent the diversity of people that came to Canada at the turn of the last century. As you can see by our historic population growth in Saskatchewan, many people from various backgrounds are moving to our province and calling Saskatchewan home again.”

“These sites are so important. They are a physical link to our past, they are pieces of history which we can see and touch, pieces of history that we can indeed learn from.”

Next on the docket was Mr. Larry Ewashen. Mr. Ewashen is considered an expert on the history of the Doukhobors, and took the opportunity to provide some background information on the history of the site and its people. He began by giving some insight as to why the Doukhobors left their homeland of Russia. “After the burning of all weapons and firm rejection of military service in 1895, the Russian church and state authorities persecuted the Doukabors with extreme vigour,” he said.

He went on to tell the tale of their exodus from Russia and their settlement in Canada, of their survival through the harsh winters and their gradual rise in the new land. “The men moved out when work was available, building roads and railroad beds to raise capital for seeds and implements. The women, no shirkers, hitched themselves to plows and broke the sod to plant the necessary gardens.”

Saskatoon-Wanuskewin Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott took the floor next to offer greetings from the federal government. “As Canadians we are fortunate to share a rich and diverse heritage,” he said. “The many people, places and events that help shape our national identity can be found all across this great nation. They recall some of the moments of greatness and of triumph. They also recall the difficult moments of struggle, but they inspire us. They are moments of awe. They are a reflection of our national diversity, while at the same time unifying us through a shared legacy together.

And for its ability to do just that, the Doukhobor Dugout House joins the exclusive group of sites to be honoured with official recognition as a National Historic Site of Canada.”

“The story of the Doukhobors is truly an inspirational one, of struggle, of fortitude, of determination and faith.

And if the remaining walls out there could talk, imagine the stories that they would tell.”

Following all of the speeches, the unveiling of the plaque took place, and a reading of the plaque text was held. The crowd was then treated to a performance by the Doukhobor Singers, who sung some traditional songs. After the closing remarks and a prayer, many stuck around to enjoy some refreshments and to chat about the day’s events.

On Saturday, July 6, the site opened up for the season and resumed with tours of the National Historic Site.

Brenda Cheveldayoff herself, dressed in traditional garb, led the tours and offered historical facts along the way. “In 1899,

when the Doukhobors came to Canada, they came here because they were persecuted for what they believed,” she began. “’Though shalt not kill. The welfare of the world is not worth the life of one child.’ They put down their arms and they were actually kicked out of Russia.”

Rather than focus on the history of Doukhobors as a whole, the tour chooses to focus on the history of the 300 or so people who relocated to the specific spot of land where the dugout house remains. “I was told by elders that the reason that they picked this place is because this reminds them of home,” she said. “Scholars tell me that the reason that they built here is because of water. There is a spring here . . . and water is survival.”

Cheveldayoff went on to describe the lives of the first settlers, who lived in the ground for five years while they built a more permanent village a quarter of a mile across the road. For many, the story did not have a happy ending. She explained that the beginning of the end for the Doukhobors near Blaine Lake occurred when Frank Oliver took over as the Minister of Interior.

“Frank Oliver did not like the Doukhobors, he wanted them out of here. . . There were 278,000 acres that were already broken that were taken away from the Doukhobors. And then some of them took allegiance to the flag and stayed and independently bought their homesteads, and the others moved on to BC.” The extremely interesting tour takes its participants all over the grounds, including stops at the still-running stream that provided the Doukhobors with water, remains of some of the actual dugout houses, and even the old prayer house. The tour also involves an actual demonstration, carried out by willing volunteers, of the way the Doukhobors broke the land with their primitive plows.

All told, it was a monumental weekend at the Doukhobor Dugout House. A number of visitors made their way to the site, many leaving with a better understanding of an important period in our nation’s history, not to mention a delicious slice of traditional Doukhobor bread.

Brenda Cheveldayoff leads a tour of the grounds.

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ERICKSON, Phyllis Elizabeth (nee Lowe) September 15, 1940 – June 28, 2013 It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of Phyllis Elizabeth Erickson, a devoted wife of nearly fifty-four years, wonderful mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend.

Phyllis will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her husband Dan, daughter Deborah Seykora (Edward), sons Keith (Barb), Norman (Bonnie) and James, granddaughters Trisha, Haleigh, Cassidy, Montana, Emily, Sarah, great-granddaughter Sabrina and grandson Brendan.

She is also survived by her three brothers Gary, Dale (Susan) and Glen (Ida), sister Julie Isendoorn, and many nieces and nephews. Phyllis is predeceased by infant daughter Karin Lorraine, father Frederick, mother Violet, brother Bert, sisters Eileen and Lorraine.

Born in Park Valley, Saskatchewan, her family moved to Duncan in 1956. Marrying in 1959, she eventually settled with her family in 100 Mile House in 1979. A successful businesswoman and accomplished Chinese Chef, she was well-known among family and friends for her many onthe-go projects and hobbies.

A proud member and active volunteer for the Hospice Palliative Care Society, she also enjoyed the Lapidary and Genealogy Clubs. Phyllis even found time to teach basic computer skills to interested Seniors. She loved photography, painting flower pictures, crocheting, sewing and receiving frequent visits from her wild (pet) crow “Castro” and his little family.

A celebration of Phyllis’s life and service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the 100 Mile District Hospice Palliative Care Society.

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Gordon Miller

Gordon Terrance Miller was born on August 2, 1955 to Clarence and June Miller in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan.

He and his sister Kathy grew up on the family farm in the Stump Lake area. Gordon graduated from Canwood School in 1974.

He worked a short time with CN and drove truck on and off over the course of his life - working for a paving company, hauling gravel and hauling logs.

In the winter of 20102011 Gordon drove rock truck in Fort McMurray.

In 1975 he started farming by purchasing his first half section of land.

Over the years, he bought more land and he purchased his last quarter in 2011. In 1980 he expanded his farm to include cattle.

In the fall of 2010, Gordon sold most of his cattle herd.

Gordon and Cindy were married December 29, 1979.

They had four children. Scott was born in 1981, Greg in 1984, Blair in 1986 and Jodi in 1989.

Blair was killed in an accident on the farm in the fall of 1989. Gordon and Cindy travelled a little with, trips to Yellowknife, BC, the Maritimes, and various States including Hawaii.

During this past year, one of the most precious moments Gord experienced was becoming a grandpa for the first time in June of 2012.

Gord, Dad, Grandpa … we just want to thank you for being you. You have been a major part in shaping our family into who we are today.

We love you and we will miss you, but you will remain in our hearts forever. Gordon leaves to cherish his memory; his wife, Cindy Miller of Canwood, SK, their son, Scott (Susan) Miller and their daughter Mya of Leduc, AB, their son, Greg (Kim) Miller of Saskatoon, SK, their daughter, Jodi (Luke Anderson) Miller of Saskatoon, SK; his sister, Kathy (Alfred) Peterson of Debden, SK and their children, Steven (Rhonda) and children Rhea and Leland of Debden, SK, Darcy and her daughters Bailey and Hanna of Edmonton, AB, Sean (Nadine) and children Ayla, Hayden and Colton of Debden, SK, Krista (Mike) and daughters Addison and Shylo of Red Deer, AB, as well as numerous other relatives.

Gordon was predeceased by their son, Blair in 1989, his Mom and Dad, Clarence and June Miller; and his Mother and Father in law, Doug and Ferne Shann.

A Celebration of Gordon’s life was held at the Canwood Elk’s Community Hall on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Chris Dean as officiant.

The Sharing of Memories was done by Susan and Kim Miller (daughters-in-law).

There was special music by Irvin Amundson & Daryl Amundson.

The Urn Bearers were Steven and Sean Peterson.

A Private family Interment took place in the Stump Lake Cemetery. E-Mail condolences will be forwarded to the family.

Beau “Lac” Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.

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Canucks’ stunning move: Luongo stays If Vancouver Canucks could somehow put that and now returns to a No. 2 role behind cergigantic contract of Roberto Luongo’s between tain Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur in New the pipes next season, new coach John Tortorella’s Jersey. team might never give up a goal.

The Schneider trade was a continuation Unfortunately, the massive 12-year contract of the Gillis Follies, a series of questionable extension he signed in 2009 sits in a file cabinet moves by general manager Mike Gillis, the in the Canucks’ front office while Luongo tries to object of scorn by many Canucks’ fans. fill the space between the pipes and pretend he’s Meanwhile, if Luongo can somehow use happy. If the Canucks and Luongo were a married that contract as goalpad stuffing, it may couple, they’d have separate bedrooms. work out for Vancouver after all.

How does Luongo feel, knowing he will be the • Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.

BRUCE starting goalie next year for the Canucks after realcom: “Cleveland rookie linebacker Ausar PENTON izing his contract made him untradeable last year Walcott was arrested Tuesday and charged after the Canucks publicly tried and tried and tried with attempted murder after he allegedly ~ to get rid of him? punched a man in the head last weekend.

In fact, former backup Cory Schneider appeared Gosh, the Browns can’t even get the major to be so secure in his No. 1 role in the Canucks net headlines on the NFL police blotter.” that when Vancouver fans put together their list of ‘un• Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon Express: “I don’t betouchables’, they started with Daniel and Henrik Sedin and lieve it. The Montreal Alouettes have hired a crazy version then listed Schneider. of Gary Busey as their coach.”

But in one of the strangest turns of events during the • Blogger T.C. Chong: “HBO’s reality show Hard Knocks NHL draft on June 30, the Canucks traded Schneider to will be following the Cincinnati Bengals this year. Not to New Jersey, giving up their 27-year-old goalie of the future be outdone, CBS will introduce a new series — CSI Aaron and keeping the 34-year-old Luongo. One of them had to Hernandez.” go: Ultimately, it was Schneider, because Luongo’s contract • Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Joey Chestwas like a huge anchor tying him to the Lower Mainland. nut won (the Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest) for the No other NHL team would agree to take on the nine years seventh time. In this era of Lance Armstrong, I think it’s and about $40 million that remains on the contract signed nice to see someone dominate an event and the only thing four years ago by Luongo, whose skills are in rapid decline. they’re full of is two million milligrams of sodium.”

In exchange for Schneider, the Canucks received a first• Dickson again: “Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez round draft pick that became Bo Horvat, an Ontario junior was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. Auleaguer from London. (Another Vancouver first-rounder thorities suspected something when he made his pick-off was Medicine Hat’s Hunter Shinkaruk.) move to first base an hour after the game ended.”

Poor Schneider. He spent two years as backup to Luongo • Comedy writer Jim Barach: “Major League Baseball

has reportedly fired umpire Brian Runge for drug use.

They haven’t said what substance he was abusing but it is a pretty sure bet it wasn’t Visine.”

• Another one from Barach: “The NFL has declined an offer to help promote Obamacare. Apparently the NFL says they don’t want to get involved with something that right now falls in popularity somewhere between the Bengals and Aaron Hernandez.”

• R.J. Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Calgary flooding hit the Saddledome, home to the Flames, filling it with water up to row eight. Advice to NHL fans: stay out of that hockey pool.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Minor-league pitcher Brian Read of the Seacoast (N.H.) Mavericks had to have surgery on Monday after a chunk of hot dog got lodged in his throat during a seventh-inning-stretch eating contest. Read apparently took his batting coach’s advice to choke up waaay too seriously.”

• Twitterverse: Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32), on the 29 arrests of NFL players since the Super Bowl: “We’re getting pretty close to the NFL’s ‘good guy’ award going to whoever only had a misdemeanor in the last year.”

• Headline at Fark.com: “A-Rod: Now that I think about it, perhaps not playing and still getting paid is better than playing” • Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on the Blackhawks’ plans to show off the Stanley Cup. “They would take the Cup to a Chicago Cubs game, but then they would have to explain what a championship is.”

• Another one from Hough: “Dwight Howard to the Rockets. How long until they figure out ‘Houston, we have a problem?’ “ Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca

Green between the lines Riders roll in home-opener

(L - R) Back row : Manager Duane Storey, Assistant Coach Trevor Miller, Assistant Coach Terry Epp and Head Coach Kevin Preymack. Middle row: Austin LaMotte, Dallas Galloway, Tyler Storey, Sam Miller, Brennon Parenteau, Darius Waditaka, Jett Amundson and Ethan Smith. Front row: Austin Epp, Jaxen Hope, Troy Preymack, Braden Schneider, Marek Schneider and Lucas Lomsnes.

P.A. Astros Provincial Squirt A Champs The P.A. Astros are now the 2013 Provincial Squirt A Champs. The Astros recently capped off an impressive season, one in which they finished with a 22-0 record.

The team won the Early Bird Tournament, the President Tournament and Provincials. In the first game at Provincials they beat the Saskatoon Eagles 19-1.

They went on to beat the Delisle Diamond Dogs

11-5, the Warman Panthers 15-1, and the Saskatoon Phantoms 15-5.

In the semi-finals they defeated Warman 16-1, and in the championship game they beat the Delisle Diamond Dogs 7-0.

Local Shellbrook boys on the team included Sam Miller, Tyler Storey and Dallas Galloway. From Debden were Jett Amundson and Austin Lamotte, and from Big River, Lucas Lomsnes.

By Jon Svec The Roughriders took the field on July 5 in front of a raucous homefield crowd, trying to make it two straight wins to start the season.

They would have their work cut out for them against a strong Stampeders squad that was also coming off a week one win, and fueled with the emotions of a city struggling to recover from a disastrous flood.

Calgary looked strong to start the game, receiving the ball first and driving down the entire field for a score. The big play on the drive was a 64-yard bomb from Drew Tate to Joe West, a well executed play for sure, but also the result of some poor technique by defensive back Prince Miller. The Riders were in man-to-man coverage and sent five players after Tate on a blitz.

Miller, however, chose to use a tilted technique where his eyes were focused only on the quarterback, all his weight forward to break on the first move by his receiver.

This technique is usually reserved for extremely heavy pressure, the kind where the defense sends one more player than the protection can handle and the quarterback is sure to throw hot.

In this case, the line picked up the light blitz, Miller bit on the pump fake, and his receiver didn’t

even hesitate while streaking down the field for a big play. The coverage didn’t match the pressure, and Calgary made the Riders pay for it.

The eventual touchdown was scored on an outside sweep that slot Marquay McDaniel grabbed and ran around the edge for a score.

The Riders responded with a good drive of their own. So far this season, the team has made it clear that if you want to play slot receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, you had better bring your lunch bucket to the stadium on game day.

These guys do everything. They stick their nose into the mix on run plays, they fly around the field in pre-snap motion to disguise the formation, and, oh yes, they catch the ball too.

The first time they faced a second down situation, the Riders used a play that they ended up going back to numerous times throughout the day. They lined up with three receivers to the wide side, which allowed for two receivers to get a running start.

The slots got tight to each other as they waggled to the line, almost creating a stack. At the snap, the third receiver flared to the flats right away with an out route, while the second receiver ran downfield and hooked.

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Shellbrook Rangers Bantam Boys AA Fastball Club crowned Provincial champions As spring turned to summer, the Shellbrook Rangers Bantam AA Fastball Club was busy making preparations for the Saskatchewan Provincial Championships in Whitewood from July 5-7.

Comprised of 15 Shellbrook and area players, the Rangers were busy competing in the Parkland Minor Ball Association Bantam division and a series of exhibition games as they prepared to make the provincial run.

The Rangers knew that if they were to be successful at the Provincial level, they would have to rely heavily on their pitching staff. This year’s edition had four strong arms who brought a unique blend of power and finesse.

Led by hard throwing right-hander Kirkland Lande (22) and crafty lefty Austen Kalyn (4-0), the staff was supplemented by first year pitchers Jared Wason (5-0) and James Reddekopp (3-2). Wason and Reddekopp were part of the Pee Wee Provincial runner-up team in 2012.

In the days leading up to the tournament, Head Coach Tyrone McPherson commented, “The Provincials usually involve multiple games in one day, so to be successful you have to have plenty of quality pitching. The teams who are successful on championship Sunday are those who have enough pitching left. We think the luxury of four quality arms just improves our chances.”

The Rangers also knew that playing solid defense would be critical in the tournament. The Rangers focused on building a strong defense up the middle this season.

Tavis Wason and Noah Hladun handled the catching duties, and both proved to be reliable defenders. This season, Noah MacPherson moved from second base to starting shortstop. He combines excellent range with a strong arm.

When not pitching, Jared Wason plays second base.

Some of Wason’s strengths are that he understands the game and he is an excellent situational player.

His knowledge of the game and solid glove have helped solidify the infield defense. Kobe Whitecap and Even Beaulieu provide depth at the middle infield positions.

Gerret Feige has shown outstanding play in centre field. Feige is incredibly quick and gets an excellent jump on the ball. He also possesses a very strong arm.

He leads the team with 11 home runs and 38 runs batted in this season.

Feige is often flanked in left field by Riley Feather-

stone. Featherstone is a converted infielder with great speed and plays with great intensity. Right field was a shared position throughout the season, with several players manning the position, including Cole Storey and Peter Fox. James Reddekopp and Cameron Roy also logged playing time in the outfield.

Kirkland Lande is the regular first baseman when he is not pitching, while Zack Banda provides backup. Third base has been shared by Roy and Banda. Roy has been a key piece to the Rangers’ early success. He has played several positions and has contributed wherever he bats in the lineup. Banda is also enjoying a terrific season at the plate. He had hit four out of the park and driven in 16 runs leading into the tournament.

“I like our chances,” MacPherson said before the tournament. “I think we are blessed with a core group of exceptional athletes. Most of these guys have been together for years in a number of sports. They grew up together playing hockey, running track, playing football and fastball. They know what it takes to compete and they have a chemistry. This team is only a few months Garret Feige makes solid contact with the ball. old but there is already that knowledge of what it takes to get the job done.”

By July 5 they were ready for the Provincial tournament, and although they took the long route to get there, the Shellbrook Rangers Bantam Fastball Club finally arrived at the destination they set for themselves in April of this year. When shortstop Noah MacPherson recorded the final out on Sunday afternoon, the Rangers were crowned Provincial champions with a one run win over the defending champion Whitewood Falcons.

The last out came after left hander Austen Kalyn entered the game in the seventh with the tying run on third base and one out. Kalyn induced a pop up to third base and one to shortstop and the celebration was on.

The Rangers began the weekend on Saturday morning with a 13-4 drubbing of the St Louis Blues. Kalyn (6-0) pitched the win with relief help from James Reddekopp (3-2). The offense was led by Garret Feige with a grand slam home run over the left field wall.

In game two, Feige homered again and Kirkland Lande was the winning pitcher as Shellbrook downed Neudorf Red Sox 15-8. Lande, Reddekopp, Kalyn and Jared Wason held Neudorf to 5 hits and the offense exploded.

A weary Ranger crew faced Whitewood Saturday Jared Wason delivers the pitch while second evening in their third game of the day in the blisbaseman Noah MacPherson looks on. tering sun. Lande and Feige banged out two hits and MacPherson scored three runs but the Rangers fell short in a 13-8 loss to their hosts. Jared Wason (5-1) took his only loss of the year in a valiant 92 pitch performance. At day’s end on Saturday, St Louis was eliminated and Neudorf, Whitewood and Shellbrook all sat at 2 wins and 1 loss.

Sunday began with a semi final game against Neudorf in a tight battle. Kalyn pitched the redshirts to a 7-6 win to advance to the championship game. Tavis Wason clubbed a long home run into the right field seats in the first and added a triple later. He finished with three hits in the game.

Feige, Lande, J Wason and Cameron Roy all had two hits apiece.

In the final, Lande (4-2) went four strong innings before getting help from Reddekopp and Wason before Kalyn shut the door for the win. Feige had three hits in the final while MacPherson, Lande and Riley Featherstone chipped in with two hits each.

Ultimately, the Rangers were successful because they relied on the strengths they had all season.

They got good pitching from four different players and they hit like a machine. Recognition has to go to players like Roy, Zach Banda and Riley Featherstone who simply raised their game to another level. Missing Noah Hladun and Evan Beaulieu on Sunday, the Rangers were able to use all parts of Shellbrook Rangers Bantam Boys AA Fastball Club: (L - R) Back Row: Coach Kelly Feige, James Redtheir roster as situations arose. dekopp, Riley Featherstone, Kirk Lande, Garret Feige, Tavis Wason, Cameron Roy, Coach Tyrone And at the end of a sunny Saskatchewan Sunday MacPherson and Coach Lyle Banda. Middle Row: Cole Storey, Austen Kalyn, Kobe Whitecap, Jared afternoon, they were the last team standing. DesWason, Noah MacPherson and Zach Banda. In Front: Jacob Feige, batboy. Absent: Noah Hladun, Even tination arrived.

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Green between the lines - Riders roll in home-opener Continued from Page 13 Durant hit Dressler, the slot who hooked, for a good gain—achieving a first down and creating some foreshadowing for the future.

The drive was ultimately stalled after Durant and Getzlaf just missed hooking up in the end zone, and the Riders settled for a Milo field goal.

Both teams went back and forth for a few drives, not scoring but pushing and pulling at field position. It seemed that the Riders were bent on gearing up for Cornish and the Stampeders’ run game, stacking the box but rarely sending pressure, sometimes lining up with a five-man front. This put them in some man situations where they were chasing receivers on outs and giving up some yardage.

The Stampeders landed the next blow in the game when they engineered a long drive that started in the first quarter and dragged into the second. The touchdown play was again scored when the Riders were locked in a man-to-man situation close to their own goal line. Again they sent four rushers, and the coverage seemed to be there as Tate came off his first and second reads and began to scramble.

Meanwhile, running back Rob Cote was helping to block while linebacker Renauld Williams spied. All at once, Tate broke the pocket, Williams pressed the quarterback, and Cote leaked on a check-down route. Tate then hit the wideopen Cote for a score.

I can only assume that the leaking running back was Williams’ responsibility, unless the defensive line was supposed to peel with the back. Either way, there was a breakdown, and Calgary had another six points.

After the score, the teams went back to trading punts.

The next change in momentum came when Riders returner Jock Sanders fielded a punt and brought it all the way back to the Calgary 35. This is where that earlier foreshadowing came to light, as the Riders ran the same play they ran on their first drive—a simple out and hook—but this time Dressler broke a tackle and took it all the way in for a score.

The touchdown made it 14-9 in Calgary’s favour, so the Riders elected to go for two. Kory Sheets released on a quick out during the conversion, and Durant hit him for an additional two points. It may have been a little early to take the gamble, especially in Canadian football where singles are on the table, but the fact that it paid off quickly cancelled the debate.

Each team would have one more big drive in the half, but while the Riders’ would end in a field goal, the Stampeders ended the half with another touchdown pass, this time to Joe West. Calgary trotted into the dressing room with a 21-14 lead.

Hopefully the Stampeders enjoyed their halftime lead, because the rest of the game was all Saskatchewan. They maintained possession for almost the entire second half, virtually running off the last 30 minutes from the clock.

The Riders used a handful of offensive plays, dressed up and executed to a tee. They worked the hook zone with their hook-and-out play, and when they caught the Stampeders in man, the hooking player would rub the defender chasing the out, and Durant would throw quick.

They ran the ball well, using the same inside zone play almost every time, with a slot receiver hitting across the formation to get the backside end. Sheets seemed to be in a good rhythm with his offensive line, pressing the line aggressively and often hitting the hole on the play-side of the run, the line doing its job to open the gaps.

They were close to hitting the deep corner route a number of times in the second half, but Durant just couldn’t quite hook up with his receivers on the pattern. It will be there

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for them in future contests.

The defense played well after halftime, but sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Until a last-gasp drive that began with 46 second on the clock, the Stampeders ran only 10 offensive plays in the second half.

Slot receivers Chris Getzlaf and Weston Dressler combined for 18 catches, 205 yards and two touchdowns on the day. Kory Sheets rushed for 113 yards and a score, and Darian Durant was 26-34 for 258 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

A number of things that stood out from the game, however, did not show up on the stat sheet. First of all, the offensive line showed that they are coming into their own. The Riders continued to use tactics to help them out, even going with a six-man offensive line at times, but the big guys up front, collectively, played a great game. They pushed the line of scrimmage forward in the run game, and often picked up

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pressure on their own when asked to protect Durant, allowing the extra blockers to release.

Secondly, it’s only a matter of time until returner Jock Sanders breaks a touchdown. He is dynamic, seemingly one block away from busting out for a score each time he touches the ball.

Lastly, defensive back Macho Harris is playing some great football. He seems to blanket his receiver each time he is tested, and he brings a physicality to the game that most defensive backs lack. He was rewarded for his efforts with an interception on the last play of the game, but he was outstanding throughout.

After the dust settled it was a solid 36-21 victory for the Roughriders, who travel to Toronto next week for a Thursday night tilt against the Argonauts. It should be another good test for the Riders, who hope to keep building towards their ultimate goal.

(L - R) Front Row: Jonathan Ardagh, Jared Renz, Dylan Kvinlaug, Ryan Smith, Easton Neufelt, Paxton Tremblay and Dawson Hill. Back Row: Coach Trevor Kvinlaug, Thomas Person, Colby Crawford, Colton Bahnuick, Coach Kevin Renz, Dalton Bill, Josh Hill and Coach Kenny Person.

Parkland Steelers Pee Wee Boys Fastball team brought home gold medal The Parkland Steelers Pee Wee Boys Fastball team brought home the gold medal at the Provincial tournament last weekend after a commanding performance throughout.

In their first game on the morning of Saturday, July 6, the Steelers defeated Saskatoon Eagles 21-0, instituting the mercy rule after just three innings of play.

In their second game they faced Ochapowace, and again used the mercy rule to defeat them 15-0 in three innings.

Their next game was against Whitewood, a game which

they won 16-1.

In the finals they again faced Whitewood, and came away with a 14-2 win to make them the Provincial champions.

The coaches were very proud of their team’s performance, stating that everybody contributed to their success. It was a true team effort that led to a big win for the boys.

Ahtahkakoop Sports Day & Rodeo

Sat. & Sun., July 20 & 21 Kakeyow Cowboys Rodeo Association

Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Bull Riding, p g & more Team Roping Men’s & Women’s Soccer Entries Men’s $600 /team ($6,000 in prizes) Women’s $500/team ($4,500 in prizes) Phone entries to: Stanley 306-468-2326 • Free children’s events • Fireworks, Saturday night • Free face painting • Small ferris wheel rides, Sunday

Mix Slo Pitch $400/team ($6,000 in prizes) Phone entries to James 306-468-2509 • Free local entertainment • Concession stands • Onsite security • Highway on reserve for safe driving

Admission - Adults $7, Children 12 & Under FREE

For more info contact Ahtahkakoop Band 306-468-2326 or email Rodeo@acn104.ca

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Demolishing fire tower observer posts risks public safety The provincial government is putting public safety at risk by moving to demolish cupolas in the province’s fire towers, according to SGEU. Destroying this infrastructure means that it could be extremely costly to return to the current human monitoring system that has proven effective and reliable.

“There is no need for the government to destroy these structures, especially without having tested the surveillance system in our environment,” said SGEU President Bob Bymoen, “We need to keep families and communities in forest fringe areas safe. And we need to ensure that the lives of fire crew members are not in jeopardy.

Fire tower observers are an essential link between frontline fire fighters and base headquarters. Video cam-

eras can’t perform that crucial two-way communications role,” added Bymoen.

“The government is putting public safety, natural resources, and emergency response crews at risk by eliminating the jobs of fire tower staff.

“In addition, local economies will be hurt by the loss of fire tower observers, who support local businesses in the communities where they live and work,” Bymoen said.

SGEU is asking the government not to proceed with destroying the fire tower cupolas where the fire tower observers are stationed.

“There are legitimate questions to be asked,” Bymoen said. “Will the automated system function effectively in Saskatchewan’s extreme weather conditions? Who will be monitoring the new system? What training have they

received?” “ And, who will provide the necessary communications link between fire fighters on the ground and base headquarters when all the fire tower observers are eliminated?”

“We ask government to be transparent with its plans for wildfire detection and management. Families and communities have the right to know how their safety will be affected by these changes,” Bymoen said.

It is important to remember that no other jurisdiction in Canada relies solely on automated camera surveillance to detect and manage wildfires.

“Why put Saskatchewan people and communities at risk when there is so much at stake?” asked Bymoen.

How’s your plan, anyway?

(NC)—A couple of years ago, the Canadian Government decided to gradually push back Old Age Security (OAS) eligibility from 65 to 67 between 2023 and 2029.

Also, they will allow Canadians to keep working while receiving OAS benefits — or they may choose to delay their benefit start date to increase their benefit payment amount. The trend is clear: We’re working longer.

Desjardins Insurance found in a recent retirement survey that nearly three out of five workers (56%) plan to keep working into retirement.

Do you count yourself among these trend-setters?

Maybe you love your career, you’re in good health and frankly the extra income is pretty great.

But, even the most solid plans change.

For example, your industry may take a nosedive, an accident or illness may prevent you from remaining active, or a loved one may require your care.

Or perhaps the grind is finally getting to you. These are all reasons to take action when it comes to retirement planning.

TENDER CONSTRUCTION For the CONSTRUCTION OF 2.98 kms PRIMARY GRID ROAD. This project is partially funded by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan through the CanadaSaskatchewan Building Canada Fund – Communities Component Sealed Tenders will be received at the RM of Leask No. 464 of¿ce until 11:00 a.m. C.S.T. on July 17, 2013 and will be opened in public immediately thereafter.

Approximate volume of excavation is 61,500 cubic metres Each tender amount must be accompanied by a certi¿ed cheque or bid bond made out to the municipality in the amount of 5% of the tender amount.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted Tender forms and contract documents may be obtained from the RM of Leask of¿ce located 1st Avenue in Leask Saskatchewan, phone (306) 466-2000.

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How’s your plan, anyway?

If you had to rate your retirement plan on a scale of one to five — one being the lowest — how on track are you?

Let’s be honest — lots of us are on the low side.

One reason is that we tend to find retirement planning very scary and confusing. It doesn’t help either if you’re carrying a lot of debt.

So how do you eliminate it?

• Assess how you spend money: Knowing this will help you to eliminate the bad habits.

• Watch where the money goes: By creating a personal and/or family budget, you’ll be able to find extra money that you can use to pay down the debt.

• Once you’ve paid off the debt, start saving Now that you’re on track, set up a retirement saving plan that’s so automatic, you won’t even notice you’re saving.

One easy option is to contribute to your employersponsored retirement savings or pension plan.

• Part of the pay-yourself-first concept: Your con-

tributions are made automatically through payroll deductions, so it’s virtually painless. If you don’t have it, you won’t spend it.

• Tax savings: Your contributions are typically taken before taxes. This means you’re lowering your taxable income and your contributions can grow, tax-deferred.

• Matching employer contributions: Depending on the features of your plan, your employer may also contribute to your plan. This could mean doubling your savings.

• Portability: If you decide to leave your employer, you should have the option of transferring your plan to another investment vehicle or savings plan.

For more mid-year retirement planning review tips, visit Desjardins Group at www.desjardins.com.

Research partnership examines eco-friendly gas station clean-up

By U of S News for SWNA A new research partnership among the University of Saskatchewan, SIAST and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) promises to help make it easier to clean up contaminated soil at former gas station sites.

Researchers will explore how to advance techniques that use naturally occurring bacteria and fungi to break down hydrocarbons in the soil, for example at old filling stations or fuel depots where oil, diesel fuel and gasoline have been spilled.

“This collaborative research and training project will provide a new cost-effective approach to bio-remediation (clean-up) of petroleum-impacted soils with less disruption to surrounding business than excavation-based clean-up s,” said U of S soil scientist Steven Siciliano.

These contaminated locations are called “brownfield” sites, and there are about 30,000 of them in Canada. The bacteria and fungi-based clean-up methods, previously developed by FCL in collaboration with U of S soil scientists, promise to reduce clean-up costs at these sites by more than 30 per cent.

Traditional clean-up methods are costly, involving digging up contaminated soils and moving them to a landfill or treatment facility.

The site cannot be used during the clean-up process, and it creates some risk of exposing people to contamination.

Siciliano and U of S colleagues Richard Farrell and Derek Peak will provide expertise and advanced techniques to adapt and refine the technology, while the SIAST Bio-

Science Applied Research Centre (SBARC) lab will evaluate its application across many sites.

“The laboratory will develop and test lab-based models for the remediation technology,” said Blaine Chartrand, principal investigator at SBARC. Chartrand explained that the U of S graduate students will gain practical knowledge from the SIAST students, while the SIAST students will gain fundamental science knowledge from their university peers.

Eighteen SIAST students, three U of S PhD students, and one U of S post-doctoral fellow will contribute to the research at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, the SIAST lab, U of S laboratories, and former Co-op gas station sites.

The research is backed by a $750,000 grant over three years from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). FCL is also providing the team with $60,000 cash and $435,000 in-kind contributions.

“FCL is pleased to build upon its remediation research through this collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan and SIAST,” said Trevor Carlson, FCL’s Environmental Affairs Director.

“This technology will enable FCL to remediate contaminated sites without negatively impacting the environment, transferring contaminated soil to a landfill or disrupting business activities on site.”

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ACREAGES FOR SALE ACREAGE FOR SALE BY OWNER: 60 acres on lakefront 4 miles west of Shell Lake, 1, 319 sq ft house with full basement, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms large deck and pool.

Double detached garage. 864 sq ft guest cabin: winterized, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Metal Quonset & other storage sheds.

Watering bowl and fenced for horses.

Asking $520,000.

For info call 306427-4992 or email piperslakequiltshop@gmail.com 3-30CH

SWNA Blanket Classifieds

Reaching over 6 million people weekly.

Cost for 25 words:

Saskatchewan market .........$209.00 One Zone ............................$86.00 Two Zone ..........................$123.00 Alberta market .......................$259.00 Manitoba market ...................$179.00 BC market .............................$395.00 Ontario market ......................$429.00 Central Ontario ..................$139.00 Eastern Ontario ..................$143.00 Northern Ontario ..................$82.00 Quebec market English ...............................$160.00 French ................................$709.00 Atlantic market ......................$159.00 Across Canada ..................$1,770.00 (excluding French)

FEED FOR SALE FOR SALE - Standing hay, alfalfa grass mix, 4 miles from Shellbrook. Ph: 306479-7939 2-29CH

REAL ESTATE WANTED REAL ESTATE Wanted to purchase crop or hay land. For details phone 1-306867-9495.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED - Pason Systems is currently seeking a Field Service Technician in the Macklin, SK or Provost, AB area. You can see the full job description on our website

at www.pason.com.

If interested, please forward your application to fieldtechresumes@pason. com.

WANTED - Harvest help. Must be experienced swathing canola, also run grain cart for 1 combine. Top wages.

Call Ryan at 306497-7730 3-30CH

FOR RENT FOR RENT - Prefontaine Care Homes has available 5 rooms for room and board for senior men. Includes accommodations, meals, laundry and housekeeping in a 3,000 sq. ft. home.

Call Larry 306-7477779 1-28CH

FOR SALE OR RENT FOR SALE OR RENT - Standing hay alfalfa grass mix or standing grass.

Call 306-752-4439, please leave message.

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Career Ads

Reaching Over 600,000 People Weekly

Rates: $7.79 per agate line Size: 2 col. x 2” ...................$424.00 Deadline for Booking/Material Tuesdays at 12 Noon Contact the Shellbrook Chronicle 306-747-2442 or Email:

chads@sbchron.com All prices plus applicable taxes.

NOTICE This newspaper accepts advertisements in good faith. We advise that it is in your interest to investigate offers personally. Publications by this paper should not be taken as an endorsement of the product or services offered.

PART TIME FARM HELP WANTED Hay making, general farm work. 306-4664428 2-29CH

HELP WANTED Shellbrook Motel seeking mature individuals for permanent part time employment. Good for stay at home moms, or retired persons.

Perks included.

Ph: 306-747-2631, or stop in or email shellbrookmotel@ gmail.com TFC

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YARD SALE ESTATE YARD SALE - for Bill and Connie Leverton, July 19 & 20, 10-5 pm. in garage at 735 - 1st Ave. East, Canwood. Clothes, bedding, kitchen supplies, furniture, some tools and antiques, older gas golf cart.

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Advertising Deadline is Monday 5:00 p.m.

CARD OF THANKS Thanks to the Canwood 4-H Beef Club for the Volunteer Service Award.

I am humble, but so grateful you thought of me.

- Doris WideenBazley We would like to thank our family and friends for joining us for the celebration of our 50th Anniversary. Thanks for the gifts, flowers and for making it a memorable day that we will never forget.

God bless you all.

- Jack and Sharon Schuetz.

The Classifieds Have Everything You Are Looking For! • For Sale • Wanted • Miscellaneous • Autos • Recreation Vehicles • Livestock • Feed ‘n Seed • Land • Houses • Pets • And More!!

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$13.25 plus GST $7.75 for each additional week • Additional words 20¢ • Includes 2 papers and website

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EXPANDING PIPELINE COMPANY in Central Alberta requires Class 1 Winch Truck Operators and Heavy Equipment Technicians experienced in truck, trailer and off road equipment repair.

Fax resume to: 403-507-2766.

Attention: Phil Dunn.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS for late model CAT equip: motor scrapers (cushion ride), dozers, excavators, rock trucks, graders (trim operators).

Camp job. Competitive wages plus R & B. Valid drivers license req’d.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction and Transport Co. Inc. Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; email: brydenconstruct@xplornet.ca

New Zealand, Australia, Europe: Dairy, beef, sheep, hog & cropping opportunities for young adults (18-30). Apply now!

AgriVenture arranges job & host, work permit, trainee wage, flights & insurance. Ph: 1-888-598-4415 www.agriventure.com

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC. Flagstaff County, Sedgewick, Alberta. Please contact Kevin Kinzer at 780-384-4106 or kkinzer@flagstaff.ab.ca.

Competitive salary, benefits & pension plan.

T e c h n i c i a n A d v a n c e m e n t Opportunity - Hyundai Lloydminster is seeking to develop a senior skill technician. Extensive training, above average salary and benefits, moving allowance.

Lloydminster is an active, family friendly community (pop.

32,000) with all of the amenities of cities twice the size. Resume to google@lloydminster hyundai.com.

TWO LICENSED TECHNICIANS, Harwood Ford Sales, Brooks, Alberta.

Unlimited hours, great benefit plan, new facility, rate of pay very negotiable. Contact Brian Seibel, Service Manager.

Call 403-362-6900. Fax 403-362-2921. Email: bseibel@harwoodford.com.

SERVICE MANAGER required for HiLine Farm Equipment in Wetaskiwin.

Excellent compensation package for the right individual. Experience as a Service Manager or Shop Foreman is a must.

HiLine is a Case & New Holland operation located only 40 minutes south of Edmonton.

Please submit resume in confidence to: lorih@hilinecnh.com or mail: HiLine Farm Equipment, 4723 - 39 Ave., Wetaskiwin, AB, T9A 2J4. Attention: Lori Hare.

HELP WANTED NEED A HOME PHONE? Cable TV or High Speed Internet?

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Over 500 vehicles sale priced for immediate delivery OAC. 1-877-796-0514. www.yourapproved online.com.

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CAREER TRAINING

Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

Western Commodities WELL-PAID/ LOW-STRESS CAREER IN MASSAGE THERAPY No need to relocate!

Independent study plus monthly classes in Calgary or Edmonton.

Our grads are in great demand throughout the west.

Excellent instructors, great results.

$1000 Distance Grant.

1-866-491-0574. www.mhvicarsschool.com

FEED AND SEED HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

- GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

- BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

877-695-6461 Visit our website @ www.westerncommodities.ca

FOR SALE AT LAST! An iron filter that works. IronEater!

Fully patented Canada/ U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese.

Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions: www.bigirondrilling.co m. Phone 1-800-BIGIRON. HOT TICKETS for fans in Rural Saskatchewan Only KISS July 16th REBA McENTIRE July 20th in Regina PAUL McCARTNEY August 14th in Regina Ask about our tickets in the First 5 Rowns on the floor LABOUR DAY CLASSIC Riders vs. Bombers Sept 1st in Regina

CABINET HARDWARE - www.knobsplus.com - Less expensive than retail stores. Use coupon sask 13 for a 10% discount.

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1-888-333-1405.

MANUFACTURED HOMES

Go on line to www.dashtours.com or call Dash Tours at 1-800-265-0000 One Call & You’re There

REWARD YOURSELF! BEST FISHING IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN

www.medallion-homes.ca Hwy 2 South Prince Albert

The General Manager is responsible for entire facility. While maintaining a safe and profitable operation, the Manager must work closely with all staff to ensure training for success. The General Manager will be responsible to lead, develop, train and motivate a team, budgets, P&L statements reporting and optimizes revenue through effective partnerships with all stakeholders. The Manager must ensure the facility is in compliance with SH&E policies, food safety and ISO certification Operations Manager in Glenavon, Saskatchewan In this position you will be responsible for; grading and binning of grain to CGC standards plus facilitate the shipping programs, a preventive maintenance program and operational duties of entire facility including supervision of staff. The ideal candidate must have strong extensive knowledge of grading grain (CGC standards), blending and facility operations. Strong planning and organizational skills are required to schedule working hours and direct staff. Must have strong understanding of transportation to enhance shipping profits to maximize all revenue and reduce expenses within the realm of the operation Candidates must have agriculture experience, strong interpersonal skills, computer skills and be a team player.

If you would like to work for a company that will always rise to meet new opportunities, Louis Dreyfus is the place for you. We offer competitive wages, health and retirement benefits. Submit resume with location preference specified to 333 11th Avenue SW, Suite 1400, Calgary, Alberta or e-mail:cal-hrcanada@ldcom.com fax: (403) 205-4672, Attn: Shakila Mithani-Hirji. Louis Dreyfus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly supports workplace diversity.

SEEDING’S S OVER! 100 MILES OF RIVERS AND LAKES DRIVE TO A FLY-IN EXPERIENCE

REAL ESTATE ONLY A FEW UNITS LEFT! 55 PLUS ADULT COMMUNITY Ground Level Ranchers. www.diamondplace.ca 306 241 0123 Warman, SK

FISHERY PROTECTED BY RAPIDS WALLEYE, NORTHERN, TROPHY RAINBOW BOOK NOW!

PAWISTIK LODGE Kilometer 272, Hanson Lake Road

Louis Dreyfus is among the world’s leading commodity merchants, trading and transporting grain and oil seeds. Established in 1851, Louis Dreyfus ranks among the world’s most effective and reliable private corporations with approximately 34,000 employees in locations in 53 countries. Our international presence and our evolutionary history make Louis Dreyfus a unique career destination.

General Manager in Glenavon, Saskatchewan

S T E E L BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

backed by 10 year warranty -multi family, single section, motel style homes -Qualify for C.M.H.C.Financing

Challenge and Opportunity

Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd has openings for:

STEEL BUILDING - DIY SUMMER SALE! BONUS DAYS EXTRA 5% OFF. 20X20 $3,998. 25X24 $4,620.

30X34 $6,656. 32X42 $8,488. 40X54 $13,385.

One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

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P!NK October 24th in Saskatoon October 26th in Winnipeg 2013 GREY CUP Game November 24th in Regina

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The Board of North West Regional College is inviting applications for the position of

Chief Executive Officer North West Regional College (www.nwrc.sk.ca) is one of seven Regional Colleges which form part of Saskatchewan’s post-secondary education system. NWRC is viewed as a progressive and innovative educational institution. It is located in northwestern Saskatchewan with the head office and campus in North Battleford and a campus in Meadow Lake. NWRC offers full and part-time programming in over twenty alternate delivery sites in the areas of adult basic education, skills and technical training, literacy, health and human services and university programs. The College also develops and delivers specific business and industry training upon request. The College’s partnerships with First Nations are a source of pride.

The successful candidate reports to an appointed Board and works closely with the Board and the Senior Management team to implement Board Policy and manage the affairs of the College, in a manner consistent with the Board’s strategic plan and the mandate of the College.

• The successful candidate will:Provide executive leadership to college staff and will be accountable for the creation of a positive and progressive work environment that supports community needs.

• Possess a graduate degree or the equivalent in education, training and experience.

• Have demonstrated exemplary leadership in a large or complex organization.

• Have experience working with a board and multiple levels of government.

A compensation package will be negotiated with the successful candidate. Duties are to commence October 1, 2013 or at a mutually agreeable date.

All enquiries with respect to the competition should be directed to Bill Macfarlane, Lead Consultant, Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit-306-249-1013 or macfarlane@sasktel.net.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit an application by July 15, 2013, marked “Confidential NWRC CEO” to selu.info@usask.ca

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