Shellbrook
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The Voice Of The Parkland Since 1912 VOLUME 100
SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN
PMR #40007604
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
No. 43
Affinity makes $25,000 donation to hospital Affinity Credit Union waited until Credit Union Day to award one special gift -- $25,000 to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. According to Affinity Shellbrook District Business Development Manager Lisa Anderson, the credit union received dozens of funding applications for this year’s uptake of Community Development funding but the scope of the Health Services Project made the district council’s decision an easy one. “It really affects the whole district so that is why they decided to give half of our $50,000 to Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project,” said Anderson. With a $25,000 donation to the project also gives individuals or businesses naming rights to a room in the integrated health complex currently under construction on Shellbrook’s west end. The estimated local share of the $26 million project is $5.3 milllion and of that total, the committee has $2.7 million. To date, between the Shellbrook Credit Union, FirstSask Credit Union and Affinity Credit Union and their staff $134,142.43 has been donated toward the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. The Shellbrook Credit Union kicked off the Health Services fund raising with a $100,000 donation more than 10 years ago and have raised funds for the cause through events like casual Friday and community barbecues in the years since. Each year, three of Affinity’s nine districts receive $50,000 in additional Community Development Funding to provide to projects in their area. The Shellbrook District last received the community development funding in 2008. Anderson added that when it is the Shellbrook District’s turn to receive the funding, the board tries to ensure that each of the communities they serve benefits. Affinity presented cheques to various organizations in Canwood, Leask and Marcelin throughout the month totalling $16,000. The Shellbrook Skating Rink also received a $9,000 cheque earlier that day to go toward the facility’s roof project which was undertaken this summer.
From left, Lisa Anderson, Affinity Credit Union Business Development Manager, and Ian Lauder District Council member, present Murray Kasun, Treasurer of Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project a cheque for $25,000 as a part of their Community Development funding.
RM elections across the region As residents of Rural Municipalities across the province hit the polls Wednesday, there were just three RMs in the Shellbrook Chronicle readership area requiring elections to fill available seats. There will be a mix of fresh faces in with familiar ones at the council table in the RM of Canwood going forward. The RM was one of the most hotly contested in the province with 11 candidates vying for four available seats. Former Division 1 councilor Colin Hughes is now the new Reeve of the RM earning 364 votes. He defeated challengers Sharon Banks (144) and former Division 2 Councilor Morley Rudolph (123).
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The term for this seat is for one year. In Division 2 Robert (Roy) Crawford defeated Dave O’Bertos by a margin of 102 to 69. Arnold Berscheid won the seat in Division 4 over Louise Grimard by a margin of 92 to 23. The lone incumbent in the RM of Canwood election, Ivan Beaulac retained his seat by a narrow margin. Beaulac received 27 votes, just 4 more than his nearest challenger, Eva Larsen, who received 23. Patrick Wutzke received 11 votes while former Division 4 Counselor Benoit Duret received 9 votes. In the RM of Leask, incumbent Real
Diehl defeated challenger Tom Mayer 67 votes to 30 to keep his seat in Division 2. Myles Robin is the newly elected councilor in Division 4 after winning his seat by acclamation along with Division 6 incumbent Victor Unyi. In the RM of Spiritwood, Jim Wingerter won the seat in Division 2 over incumbent Gary Robinson 24 votes to 12. Also running in Division 2 were Debbie Torgerson with 13 votes and Chad Smith with 16. Division 4 and Division 6 incumbents Stan Hare and Ervin Matzner were elected by acclamation. All results are unofficial pending confirmation.
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Blaine Lake Chamber hosts candidates forum
About 20 spectators got a chance to meet their candidates in the upcoming provincial election at a political forum in Blaine Lake October 20. NDP candidate Clay DeBray and the Sask Party’s Scott Moe answered questions from the floor and those posed by the organizing body, the Blaine Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, at the candidates forum for the Rosthern Shellbrook Constituency in the Blaine Lake Composite School Gym. According to Chamber President Vivian Nemish, organizers were not aware of Green Party candidate Margaret Rose Uvery, until it was too late so she was not extended an invitation. The candidates opened the presentation with snapshots of their backgrounds and by giving a quick overview of their party’s platforms. In Moe’s view, the key point of the Sask Party’s platform was the Five point Health Care Plan introduced earlier that day.
NDP Candidate Clay DeBray.
Key points to that plan include student loan forgiveness of up to $120,000 for doctors and $20,000 for nurses who choose to practice in rural and underserved areas, hiring a 20 doctor rural locum pool and the launch of the STARS air ambulance system in the province. “This is going to be what is going to help us take care of some of the physician and nurse prac-
titioner shortages,” said Moe. DeBray countered with the NDP’s Community Access Hospitals concept which is designed to open hospitals closed due to physician shortages through the use of nurse practitioners. Those nurse practitioners would not replace doctors but would work with physicians from neighbouring communities or a team of doctors hired
Sask Party candidate, Scott Moe.
by the province. “We are committed to coming into Shellbrook and Spiritwood and opening the hospital doors,” said DeBray. Saskatchewan’s growing economy and the pounding it is putting on the provinces roads was also brought front and centre through one of the Chamber’s questions. DeBray stated that roads are an issue for
every aspect of life from health to education. Because of that, he said the NDP has plans to take a portion of their budget and place it in to a separate Safe Rural Roads Fund to maintain and improve the province’s secondary roads. Moe pointed to the Sask Party’s record of increasing highway spending by 57 per cent which translates into about 6,000
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km of road improvements. If re-elected, he said that work would continue with record levels of spending. Nemish said that the Chamber has been considering holding a forum for a number of years and everything fell into place for it to happen for this year’s provincial election. “As a local chamber of commerce we wanted to do something for our businesses. We were thinking of doing this many, many elections ago but we just never had the manpower to do it and we never had the ability to get everything together in such a short amount of time,” said Nemish, noting that having a fixed election date made the entire thing easier to plan for. Both candidates said that they appreciated the opportunity to share their message in a forum that was well organized and non-confrontational. “We didn’t want conflict and we didn’t want party bashing so we thought this was the best way to do it,” said Nemish.
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Durant banged up further in latest loss 286:29. Ladies and gentlemen that figure may not mean a lot to you, but in fact it’s a new Saskatchewan Roughriders record for the longest period of time between offensive touchdowns. The Riders finally snapped the touchdown drought, which spanned nearly five games, at 6:30 of the second quarter of Friday’s 25-13 loss in Calgary. Quarterback Darian Durant figuratively threw the monkey off his back when he rushed for a 4-yard touchdown which temporarily gave his team the lead. It was the smallest of victories for a football club which fell to 4-12
and is in the midst of one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Now there are still two games left before the Riders will miss the playoffs for the first time in a decade and there’s still a chance at a 6-12 record. That would save the 2011 Riders from sharing ugly space in the record books with past Rider teams such as 1959 (1-15), 1979 and 1980 (2-14) and 1999 (3-15). And perhaps that’s why Rider coach Ken Miller has stubbornly dug in his heels and refused to flush this season down the toilet. He is reluctant to look at his young talent in garbage games at the
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Rider Insider With the Voice of The Riders, Rod Pedersen end of the year. Miller will tell you - and there’s many who agree with him - that these remaining games are NOT akin to the preseason because those games don’t go into the record books. They don’t make history. However no matter how this tragedy of a season turns out, no one will ever forget how it’s ending. The image of franchise player Darian Durant, playing with one broken foot and a sprained ankle on the other, being
helped off the field in Calgary Friday night after being pulverized AGAIN, is tough to bear. Although early reports stated Durant didn’t know where he was after taking a massive hit and was suffering from a concussion, Miller refuted that after the game. “Darian is fine,” the coach asserted. “He’s talking normally, walking normally, feeling normally and is feeling good. I don’t know about a knock
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Desnethé-MissinippiChurchill River The Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act has recently become fully implemented, meaning that the enhancements made are now available to all eligible veterans, providing an additional $2 billion in support to these veterans and their families. With Veterans’ Week fast approaching, it is a good time to take a look at the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act. The New Veterans Charter is a massive improvement on the old Pension Act, which provided only a modest monthly cheque and some provision for health care. The ENVC shifts the focus to the encouragement of wellness and extends many programs to the families of veterans. In the area of rehabilitation, the act provides not only for medical and psycho-social rehabilitation, but also for vocational rehabilitation in the form of training or help in finding a job. The financial benefits include an earning loss benefit, a permanent impairment allowance, a supplementary retirement benefit and Canadian Forces Income Support. Under the new system, a disability reward can be taken as a lump-sum, as an annual installment or a combination of the two. The New Veterans Charter will help provide health benefits, such as prescription drugs and vision care to those who would not qualify for these services otherwise. Other support will come in the form of a clothing benefit for those who require specially designed clothing and support for family counseling. Educational grants are available in some cases. Money cannot compensate for a life-altering injury suffered in the line of duty – however, the New Veterans Charter offers real hope to veterans by providing access to programs needed for these veterans to lead healthy, independent lives. These veterans, who have given so much in service to our country, deserve support. Our government, through the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act is looking to provide the assistance they, and their families, need in the pursuit of a better life. As always, I look forward to your letters, e-mails and calls. Write me at: Rob Clarke MP, House of Commons, 502 Justice Building, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6. I hope you will find time to visit my website http://www.robclarkemp.ca To contact me via e-mail use clarkr@parl. gc.ca or call my constituency office toll-free at 1-866400-2334.
on his arm. I’ll have to investigate that further.” Upon the team’s return to Regina, Durant admitted that perhaps the best thing for him is to sit out the remaining games and not risk further injury. Hallelujah! It is JUST this blogger’s opinion, but it says here there’s no point trotting this generation’s Little General out there when he’s in such bad condition. If there’s no one behind him capable of playing, then that’s not
his fault. There are two games left until the Rider Nation can gleefully turn on the examination light and dig into the autopsy. If there’s not enough talent, then it’s scouting’s fault. If there is enough talent then it’s the fault of coaching. What if, what if, what if. Let’s just get it over already, so the healing can begin. (Rod Pedersen is the voice of the Riders on CKRM radio)
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Opinions Brad Dupuis News Editor
Candidates forum a great tool for informing voters The Blaine Lake Chamber of Commerce did a great service to the community last week in hosting a candidates forum for the riding of Rosthern Shellbrook. The NDP’s Clay DeBray and the Sask Party’s Scott Moe faced off in a non-confrontational forum which saw each candidate outline their respective party’s platform and answer questions posed by the chamber as well as the crowd in attendance. The Chamber did a really great job in organizing this inaugural event and I hope to see others take place for future elections. Candidates were provided the basic questions in advance so that they could give the best possible answer but had to wing it for the questions from the floor. To keep the discussion civil during the question period, questions were written on a piece of paper and read by the moderator. The forum was a great way for a group of people to hear the political stance of the candidates in their riding rather than basing their decision solely on party politics or promotional materials. The forum, which drew about 30 people, gave those in attendance one more tool in making their decision November 7. *** Both Dwain Lingenfelter and Premier Brad Wall dropped the ball a little bit in this week’s leadership debate. The event was pretty much standard fare, with the exception of the absence of the provincial Green and Liberal leaders, but neither leader managed to hit a home run when the opportunity presented itself. On potash royalties, Lingenfelter’s idea of a raise and a review were mentioned but were not really fleshed out. He did talk about doubling up the current rate from 5 to 10 cents on the dollar but did not discuss how a review process would work. Would government be sitting down with industry players to hammer out a mutually beneficial agreement or would it be simple rate increase? Though the move is to greater share the wealth of the province’s natural resources, potash industry employees, business owners, contractors and others tied to any industry are also voters. If he wants to sell the idea of a review, it is important for people to understand how something like that would work. Wall on the other hand didn’t bother to mention the vast sums of money that come in via taxation from the potash companies, their employees and the businesses and contractors they do business with. These are the sums of money he believes that the province could lose if royalty rates are pushed too high and industry players scale back their Saskatchewan operations. If Wall want’s to keep royalty rates the same, this is the notion he needs to sell to the public. *** I don’t know if Ken Miller just didn’t pick up last week’s edition of the Chronicle or he simply didn’t get a chance to read my column. Either way, he missed out and it proved costly for his team. The Roughrider’s coach put his hobbled quarterback Darian Durant into last weeks game with a broken bone in his foot only to be knocked out of the game with an ankle sprain on the other foot as well as a concussion. How did this guy not know how bad an idea that was?
The Paul Martin Commentary For many small business operators their pension plan is the equity they have tied up in the business. Whether that’s a farmer who is banking on selling the land as a retirement nest egg or the small shop owner who hopes to sell the business at the end of a productive career, the business represents the bulk of their net worth. The problem with this is that the value in the business some day has to be converted into cash. And that takes planning, something too few small business owners have done. A new report from TD Bank says fully three-quarters of the small business owners in the country have no succession plan. Most say they don’t know what that plan will look like to they have not formalized it while roughly one-third say they simply haven’t gotten around to it. The harsh fact of the matter is that every business will be sold. Whether it’s done by the owner or the owner’s estate, it will be sold. And not planning it properly probably means the full value of the enterprise will not be realized and years of equity accumulation will be lost. *** For many small business operators their pension plan is the equity they have tied up in the business. Whether that’s a farmer who is banking on selling the land as a retirement nest egg or the small shop owner who hopes to sell the business at the end of a productive career, the business represents the bulk of their net worth. The problem with this is that the value in the business some day has to be converted into cash. And that takes planning, something too few small business owners have done. A new report from TD Bank says fully three-quarters of the small business owners in the country have no suc-
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cession plan. Most say they don’t know what that plan will look like to they have not formalized it while roughly one-third say they simply haven’t gotten around to it. The harsh fact of the matter is that every business will be sold. Whether it’s done by the owner or the owner’s estate, it will be sold. And not planning it properly probably means the full value of the enterprise will not be realized and years of equity accumulation will be lost. *** The sales order books of the province’s manufacturing sector are showing some positive signs. This is a continuation of a trend we’ve been seeing for quite a while as signs that the North American economy is gradually improving are becoming more and more evident. Here in Saskatchewan sales were up by two per cent from July to August, That’s above the national average but on a year-over-year basis, Saskatchewan manufacturers saw their revenues grow by 17 per cent. That figure was tops in the nation as equipment makers enjoy increased demand from the global farm community and steel fabricators capitalize on all the potash mine expansion. The other big factors that the monthly figures show is that sales are so strong they are depleting existing inventories in manufacturers’ shops while new orders are so strong they are extending manufacturers’ order banks. That means buyers will have to wait longer to see their orders fulfilled. Actually order banks nationally haven’t been this high since April of 2009, right after we started coming out of the recession triggered by the American banking crisis.
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Viewpoint Plenty of election goodies in rural Sask. For an election that didn’t look like it would provide much for rural Saskatchewan, there have been a surprising amount of goodies. You may recall from previous visits to this space of your newspaper that it was anticipated rural Saskatchewan might be the red-haired child of this campaign. The Saskatchewan Party government, after all, had most of the rural seats sown up. It had even already announced the replacement of the Saskatchewan Hospital at North Battleford before the campaign. And because the NDP was again conceding most of the rural seats to the Sask. Party, there didn’t seem to be much reason to think their campaign platform would place much emphasis on rural issues. (In addition, there is also the issue of the unlikelihood of the NDP forming government anyway, meaning that whatever they promise has significantly less relevance.) Finally, perhaps rural Saskatchewan had become maybe just a little spoiled after the 2007 election. It did, after all, elect the vast majority of government members that promised and delivered on things like lower education property taxes on farm-
land _ an issue gnawing away at rural voters for years. The notion that rural Saskatchewan would do as well in 2011 seemed highly unlikely. Well, notwithstanding that this year’s vote isn’t quite like 2007, it turns out that the 2011 vote might be better than many expected. Consider what we are hearing from the politicians campaigning for your votes. Sask. Party leader Brad Wall recently announced this on the health care: $120,000 forgivable loans for new doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses willing to relocated to under-served rural areas for five years; 20 additional seats for nurse practitioner training; a 20-doctor rural locum pool to relieve rural physicians in need of a break; pilot projects for emergency services training in southwest, and; the launch of the STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) medical helicopter
program. All of these proposed programs _ some of them, already started like the emergency services training and STARS _ stand to directly benefit rural Saskatchewan. And not be outdone (or in the case of this election, outpromised) the NDP early in the campaign outlined it’s own aggressive agenda. Included in the NDP plan are a series of 100 primary care clinics to be opened within 10 years _ 30 of which would be opened in the first term of an NDP government. Given the vast number and nature of these clinics as a couple-times-a-week drop in centres, one can safely assume a lot of them would be in rural Saskatchewan. Leader Dwain Lingenfelter also outlined his own aggressive $24-million plan to encourage graduating University of Saskatchewan medical students to stay
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in the province. And significant upgrades to nurse practitioner training so that rural hospitals might remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week is a significant part of the NDP’s health plan. Of course, this is just an example of the programs seem specifically beneficial to rural Saskatchewan. Rural folks would also benefit from other broader-based initiatives that the political parties are proposing. For example, if you are the rural parent with a university-age student, you have the choice between the Sask. Party program ($500 grants for all graduating high school-age kids to attend university) and the NDP plan (a tuition freeze for all current and future university students). The NDP are advocating 10,000 daycare spaces _ some of which would wind up in rural communities. The Sask. Party’s biggest promise is significant help with residential and independent living disabled. (Again, including those in rural areas.) Surprisingly, it’s an election with a whole grab bag of goodies for rural Saskatchewan.
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The dilemma of economy vs ecology Dear Editor: Prime Minister Harper recently talked of the importance of dealing with the current economic crisis to prevent the world economy from returning to a recession. The tone and emotion in his voice clearly showed that he really was more concerned about the economy than anything else. How unfortunate! Most scientists and environmentalists would say that climate change poses the greatest threat to us today and the future, yet our current political leadership for the most part are far more concerned about the economy. Yes the economy is important and people having jobs and earning a living is important and the economy(under the management of the right wing freetraders who have exported 90% of North America’s manufacturing jobs off shore) has become a sick patient with ever increasing debt for govt and citizens. The only way for our current “consumer” based economy to thrive is to consume, yet the corporations have eliminated many well paying jobs. We,the consumer,are still
expected to consume by borrowing. Real incomes for working people have declined by almost 25% since the 1970s. Today,just 7% of the GDP of the United States is based on manufacturing, most of that would be the auto industry(saved from being wiped out by govt intervention) and military production(which under US law must be domestic production). 93% of the US economy is now based on services(hotel and restaurant staff) and financial services (the antics of Goldman Sachs and others selling investments in their many forms bordering on fraud in many cases). In the 1890s there was an economic depression in Canada and the US. Today hardly anyone knows this. That is because an economic event is temporary,it passes,things recover. Another event happened in the 1890s and that was the extinction of the passenger pigeon. The last one died in a zoo in 1901. Almost everyone today knows the story of the passenger pigeon. That is because this ecological event was forever. I recently read about the extinction of the pas-
senger pigeon in Birds of North America first published in 1917. The events of the extinction were still fresh for the writers. In the 1890s people saw less passenger pigeons in there respective states and talked about it. It was even discussed in many state legislatures about creating some law to protect the birds.But there was no overall awareness about the true extent of the collapse of the passenger pigeon population across North America. By the time people realized what had happened it was too late.There was just one living bird left in a zoo.No chance for captive breeding to save the species. One of the reasons people did not act to save the passenger pigeon was that they just could not believe that a bird that had been so numerous could become extinct. When I read the stories of flocks of passenger pigeons that covered the entire sky horizon to horizon and blocked out the sun I marvel at the incredible amount of wildlife that once existed on this continent. No one alive today will ever see a flock of that magnitude,if we see a flock of geese
of a few hundred we feel privileged. The economy is in a mess precisely because of the policies supported by Mr Harper. Deregulation,”free trade”,low taxes for corporations (in the 1960s half of the Govt of Canada’s revenue came from business and half from citizens,today 90% comes from citizens and less than 10% comes from business). Globalization in the form it has taken has been an unmitigated disaster for the economy of North America,the workers who have seen high paying manufacturing jobs vanish thus necessitating the increasing debt to maintain the consumer lifestyle we have become accustomed to. It has also been a disaster for the environment where pollution regulations in other countries are much more lax. Even though workers have employment in countries like Indonesia and China they are forbidden from organizing into unions to fight for better wages and working conditions. Continued on page 8
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Does your car sound haunted? Awful Screeches, Squeals, Heavy Knocking, Thumping and Clanging Halloween
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time of year for squeals, squeaks, screeches and things that go bump in the night, but when these eerie and haunted sounds come
from your car, it’s time for maintenance. Noise is to the vehicle what pain is to the body: a warning. “Being a car owner
doesn’t have to be scary,” says Patty Kettles, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Be Car Care Aware. “These are just
some of the many noises a vehicle makes when there’s a problem, but whenever there’s an unusual sound, it’s a good idea to have the car looked at to ensure safety and reliability and to help prevent costly repairs down the road.”
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According to Be Car Care Aware Canada, the following strange and scary noises are clues that trouble is brewing within your car and that it should be checked out by an automotive repair technician. Squeal: A sharp noise that usually means a problem with the brakes or the power steering, fan or air conditioning belt. The entire brake system should be checked every year, including brake linings, rotors and drums. Belts should be inspected every three months or 5,0008,000 kilometres. Screech: A sound typically caused by brake wear indicators that tell you it’s time for maintenance. Brakes are a normal wear item for any car and eventually they’re going to need to be replaced for both performance and safety reasons. Squeaks: A number of things can cause squeaks, including belts, the water pump or alternator bearings or a pulley. Belts should be replaced when cracked, frayed, glazed or showing signs of excessive wear. And water pumps, tensioners, idlers and alternators all have bearings that can fail and “squeak,” all of which should be checked. Bang: A backfire, which can be caused by lean air/fuel ratio, an ignition malfunction and/or a mechanical failure. Grinding (a metal-onmetal grating noise): A sound that is related to the brake linings. The brake system is your car’s most important safety system and needed repairs should never be put off. Heavy knock: A pounding sound that is usually connecting rod or main bearing failures which are caused by excessive wear. Thump: A sound that usually means there’s a problem with the tires. To maximize tire life and safety, check tire condition and inflation pressure every three months or 5,000 kilometres, and have the tires rotated and balanced. Clang: Gears will make a “clanging” noise when there is excessive “lash” (movement generally describes as “play”). It’s the kind of noise that accompanies one component being allowed to move because of excessive play and the abrupt halt it comes to when encountering the resistance of the part that didn’t move when it wnas supposed to. Metallic ticking: Also often associated with excessive play in valve train components. These sounds need not scare you, but they should motivate you to have the car looked at because everyone should feel safe, not just on Halloween, but every night. Source: Be Care Care Aware Canada
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Agriculture Ag issues not high on election radar In the world of agriculture we are into the time of year where issues tend to cool, and farmers have a moment to exhale and relax just a little bit. Harvest is complete, and in the case of 2011 it was a long fall season with generally good weather conditions which allowed farmers to put the crop in the bin without a lot of adversity. The result for most was an average crop, or better, put in the bin in good condition, in a year when grain and oilseed prices are as good across the board as they have ever been. The mood regarding the 2011 crop has to be
generally good. With the current crop harvested, it is still too early for most farmers to begin more than rudimentary planning for 2012, so that is not yet on the issue agenda. In Saskatchewan there is an election which might attract some farmer attention, but agriculture is not exactly high on the issue agenda. That is the case for a couple of reasons. On the one hand many of the key issues in terms of farmers relate to safety nets, and for the most part participation in the programs with the federal government are longer
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terms deals that neither front-running party, the Saskatchewan Party, or New Democrats are about to opt out of. And then there is the simple truth of money. In Saskatchewan health care, education, and debt payment takes up the largest portion of the province’s spending pie. With all
other expenditures, highways, social services, agriculture and other departments divvying up what are the crumbs of expenditures, there is simply little expectation of significant changes in agriculture spending. So while the vote Nov. 7 in Saskatchewan is important, it is not a big event
wheat to feed the world if our population continues to grow. We need calories and protein and wheat provides humans with both. Increases come from a number of areas. Herbicide tolerant canola has had a significant impact on yields in western Canada. This may be an opportunity to increase wheat yields. Disease resistance, nitrogen use efficiency and water use efficiency are all ways to improve the yield of our wheat crops. These areas are generally improved through advanced plant breeding work. To do see this happen, there will be a major investment made. In North America, we see about
a 1% increase in wheat yields annually compared to a 1.5% yield increase in Europe. Europe invests more money in cereal crops breeding so it is fair to assume that the increased yield response is coming from more dollars invested in research. The money to do this research is going to have to come from somewhere if we expect to continue to see our wheat production increase. Government funding for agriculture research is declining and it is going to have to be private industry that takes the lead in advancing the yields of our wheat crop. In Europe, private in-
in terms of key issues. Which puts most farmers back on the Canadian Wheat Board. There is a lot of effort being put into rallying support for a last ditch effort to make the federal government pay attention in terms of maintaining the single desk selling agency for Western Canadian wheat, durum and export barley. It is interesting an organization such as the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a debate on the issue, even as the Saskatchewan Chamber has come out in favour of change. That a local Chamber
is wading into the fray by providing a public forum for both sides is interesting, although it might be too late to have an effect since the Conservatives look completely entrenched in its view and in its course of action. It is too bad the debates had not been held earlier, and that there was some feeling the federal government might listen to the groundswell. While Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz have deaf ears on the issue, the way of democracy is to raise a voice and hope the powers in Ottawa finally realize it is voters talking.
The importance of wheat growing to feed the future By Dave Cubbon, P Ag Cavalier Agrow Ltd. Last week, I attended a conference on wheat production. Through the winter, I will be giving some insight on how various experts thought we could increase production of wheat in our area. This week I will be focusing on where world wheat production will be heading in the next few years. The article is a summary of two speakers’ thoughts, Dr. John Clarke of the Crop Diversification Centre at the University of Saskatchewan and Jim Bagshaw of Syngenta Canada. World population is increasing. We are now at
6.5 billion people living on our planet. It is predicted that by 2050 we will have a world population of 9 billion. To support this level of population growth we are going to have to increase our food output by 1.6 % per year. That means that we are going to have to do a lot of things right on our farms to be able to feed the world. World wheat production comes from 220 million hectares. This is by far the largest area planted to any single crop. These acres represent more consumptive calories for humans than any other crop we grow. This means that we will need more
Residents urged to take precautions against Hantavirus Saskatchewan residents are urged to take precautions to avoid infection with hantavirus, especially when cleaning up rodent infested barns, homes or other buildings in their communities, following a recent hantavirus fatality in West Central Saskatchewan. “Hantavirus infection is a rare but potentially fatal illness,” Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said. “We advise people to take precautions against hantavirus by avoiding contact with deer mice to every extent possible. This is the time of the year when mice are moving indoors. Farmers, grain handlers, cottagers
and home owners, who are most likely to be exposed, should take precautions when cleaning rodent-infested buildings to prevent direct contact and breathing in of air particles that may be contaminated. This includes ventilating the building by opening doors and windows for at least 30 minutes before cleaning, using wet mopping methods and wearing gloves.” Humans are most often exposed to the virus by breathing in air particles contaminated by deer mouse saliva, urine or droppings containing infectious hantaviruses. Hantavirus infection begins with fever, muscle
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dustry has taken a lead role already and the extra dollars that they are investing has helped the wheat yields improve. In the Meadow Lake area, wheat will be a part of our production for many years to come. We have to look at ways of making the crop profitable. Higher yields and bet-
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The dilemma of economy vs ecology
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Thus the global corporation have created a work force that costs very little to produce goods to sell to the West but it has caught up to them for the consumers in the west have run out
of money since the well paying jobs are gone. Heck even low paying jobs are hard to find in most of the US today. There are tent cities outside most cities with the unemployed,the mainstream news media
gives this little attention as it would not fit the propaganda bill. How many people in the US are homeless? There are some 11 to 17 million unemployed Americans. Their welfare system is limited and
restricted. Food stamps pay a single unemployed mother of 4 just $16 a month for food. Millions of homes lie empty as the banks foreclosed on the owners. One out of every ten homes in 11105DE00
the US faces foreclosure. Times are tough and getting tougher. If you have not read John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” you should. It is the definitive work of fiction of the Great Depression. If you don’t have the time you should see the excellent John Ford directed film of the same title. The answer lies in more govt involvement in the economy not less. Socialism should be infused into the capitalist system to make it more fare and caring for the downtrodden. The rich should be taxed at levels they were in the 1960s to pay for proper govt services to be provided for all. The environmental issues must be faced and dealt with. Climate change is an juggernaut that moves slowly forward. Govts should be doing everything to understand it
with more science,not less as Harper wants. I think the problem is like that of the passenger pigeon,people just cannot envision the consequences happening as they are so unbelievable. Vancouver under 75 feet of ocean water. PEI gone,submerged under the sea. It is just so unimaginable,maybe that is why we as a society have failed to act. I look up at the sky today and it is hard to believe that one flock of birds could cover the entire sky and take up to three days to fly over. All this action about the economy just made me more aware about all the inaction in regards to the environment. Peace, Neil Sinclair Rural Saskatoon, Sk
Beware Wall’s health privatization agenda Dear Editor: Saskatchewan folk better prepare for our children living in a private for profit, expensive American style health care system. How could our once progressive province swallow Wall’s and McMorris’s phony excuses for sending expensive surgeries and analysis of CT and MRI scans to private for profit clinics and companies; all at the expense of public medicare. Meanwhile, we’ve witnessed: * A $12.5 million cut in non-physician recruitment funding with no increase in training seats. * $400,000 spent on an ‘international headhunter’ to help recruit doctors. * Subsidies for prescription drugs, eye-care, chiropractic services, medical care and dental sealant program for working poor cut or terminated. * After replacing Regional Health Boards, McMorris cut their funding and asked them to find $10 million savings through cuts in WCB claims, sick leave, closing beds and overtime. Running health care workers off their feet serves McMorris’s zeal to privatize medicare. A devastating crisis in long-term, care continues due in part to a reduction of 8.65% of the beds. Seniors languish in expensive hospital beds waiting for LTC beds. McMorris cancelled funding to replace 134, LTC facilities and instead provides a loan guarantee (Saskatchewan taxpayers’ expense) to private Amicus Healthcare Inc. whose cost per/patient is $185/day compared to $156/day in other LTC facilities. Systematic reviews in Canada, US and Britain conclude that non-profit facilities provide more quality-care and that Canadian LTC residents would receive some 42,000 more care hours in public facilities. “Of all the forms of inequity, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” Martin Luther King Jr. Helen M. Baker, Saskatoon.
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First impressions survey points out Shellbrook’s pros and cons Attendees of the latest meeting of the Shellbrook and District Chamber of Commerce got an outsider’s view of the Town of Shellbrook. The meeting featured a presentation of a “First Impressions Survey” taken by representatives from Spiritwood. Outgoing economic development officer for Northern Lakes Economic Development Corporation Desiree Casson presented the powerpoint slideshow outlining the committee’s findings. The presentation noted that Shellbrook was well
signed with good access to the town and service roads and provided a number of worthwhile services. What it seemed to be lacking was a brand or trademark that would make the community more recognizable to outsiders. Before taking the tour, surveyors wrote down their preconceived notions about the community which included that it was a bedroom community to Prince Albert, had good services and was well laid out. The five minute impression noted that the town was well kept, the
campground and pool were inviting, the two car dealerships were impressive and that people took part in beautifying the town through keeping their properties neat. Dandelions in some of the park areas and a lot filled with old vehicles near the Town’s west entrance reflected negatively on the town’s aesthetic. The tour, taken in June, missed out on some of the beautification features of the town like the flower boxes on the boulevards and at the main entry to town.
They also noted that some of the older buildings in the Town’s Main Street and some of the community’s business signs needed some refreshing. However, overall the town’s business’s gave the impression of a vibrant business community. In the Town’s residential area, they noted that mixture of house trailers and conventional homes were not a good mix but noted that having developed residential property and a wide variety of home sizes reflected positively on the community. The community’s resi-
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On Thursday, October 6th four athletes travelled to Ski-Timber Ridge to compete in the North-Central District Cross-country run. Amanda Lepage competed in bantam girls, Rylan Couture in junior boys, Amanda Duret in senior girls and Stephan Cyr in senior boys. All four did extremely well in their races. The three older athletes qualified to advance to provincials. On Saturday, October 15th we were in Middle Lake for the Provincial Cross-country races. All the events had 80 or more runners in them and our athletes again did very well finishing in the middle of the pack. Congratulations to Amanda Duret, Rylan Couture and Stephan Cyr for representing our school with class.
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Exposure to hantavirus can be reduced by: •Blocking openings that might allow rodents from entering a building. •Storing human and animal food, water and garbage in containers with tightly fitted lids. •Keeping yards clean, and storing woodpiles above the ground and away from the home. •When cleaning a home or community, be aware of animal droppings and nesting materials, and take appropriate precautions to avoid exposure. •Dampening areas contaminated with rodent droppings with bleach disinfectant and removing droppings with a damp mop or cloth to reduce the chance the virus may become airborne. Never remove droppings by dry sweeping or vacuuming. For more detailed information about Hantavirus and how to prevent
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dents were also given high marks for their knowledge of the area, friendly demeanor and willingness to help. The list of events that are held in the community on an annual basis, like the Shellbrook Artisans Tour and Sports Day, also provided some appeal. The town’s health ser-
vices also received high grades but the survey was completed before three of the community’s six physicians moved out of town and a fourth retired. As a part of the agreement, Shellbrook also took part in a first impressions survey of Spiritwood which will be presented at a later date.
Aardvarks lose out of football playoffs The Shellbrook Aardvarks season came to a close with a 42-26 loss to Biggar Sunday afternoon. The Aardvarks showed up at the 2-3 game shorthanded after having their roster trimmed with injuries in the final game of the regular season with the Spiritwood Sabres. In all five players were knocked out of the game with the Sabres. In all five players were knocked out of action in the loss to Spiritwood. Head coach Devon Thorpe noted that in all his experience playing and coaching football he has not seen so many players injured in a single game. However, the outlook is good heading into next year as there are only three current roster players graduating -- Carson Kalyn, Jordan Engelbrechtsen and Brandon Featherstone. “We’ll have a good core of guys going into next year,” said Thorpe.
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living expenses, leave the rest inside your company, and reinvest those funds as you would for an RRSP. You’ll pay tax on the dividends at a lower rate and the money left inside your corporation is taxed at the lower small business rate. • When you retire, instead of withdrawing funds from your RRSP, you can sell your corporate investments and take the after-tax amounts as dividends. Unlike RRSP contributions which must be transferred to a Registered Retirement Income Plan (RRIF) by age 71, and unlike RRIFs which require that you take specific withdrawals, dividends give you better control over when you take your savings and how much tax you will pay. • By paying yourself with dividends, your corporation is not required to make Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions
or make EI premium or other provincial payroll deductions on your behalf. That could be a benefit or a drawback because your CPP income will be reduced at retirement. Salary vs. dividends; corporate vs. RRSP investments – which is right for you? Before you make your decisions, talk to your professional advisors. This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning). presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant.
Cost of party cost commitments By the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Following the release of the Sask Party’s and the NDP’s platform last week, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released new totals for each party’s spending commitments. Details have been posted on the CTF’s Saskatchewan Election site - www. SpendingTracker.ca. New spending totals for each party are now as
follows: NDP: $2.555 billion; Sask Party: $355.1 million; Liberal Party: -$3.376 billion Note: Totals represent new spending commitments over the next four years and do not include tax relief estimates. The NDP’s resource revenue
sharing commitment has not been costed and is therefore not reflected in their total. “This isn’t one of those elections where someone can say ‘all the parties are the same,” said CTF Prairie Director Colin Craig. “The three main parties have put forward some very different visions for Saskatchewan.”
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RCMP issue Halloween safety tips Halloween is an exciting time for children as they dream about who they will dress up as and all the treats they will bring home. It is also a time for public to remember some safety tips to help make Halloween a safe time for all! C o s t u m e Considerations: • be seen, wear bright colors and/or add reflective tape that will be clearly visible to motorists • be comfortable, dress for cooler temperatures yet permits mobility • wear walking shoes so you are comfortable • wear a mask that allows you to see and breath easily or instead of a mask use non toxic make up or face paint • if you have costume accessories such as a knife or sword, make sure it is made of soft, flexible material • look for flame resistant costumes
Before Trick or Treating: • remind everyone to not eat treats till they return home and they are inspected by a parent • have a light snack or meal before going out so there is no temptation to try treats • confirm travel route and time expected home • discuss pedestrian safety Trick or Treating: • try to go out while it is still light, if not carry a flashlight • younger children should be accompanied by a parent or older sibling • go out in groups • plan you route along well lighted areas and let an adult know your route • go to homes that have their outside light turned on • use a crosswalk or a corner, looking both ways before proceeding. • if there is not a sidewalk, walk facing traffic
Treats: • throw away homemade treats • if a treat is unwrapped, the package is torn, loose or has small holes in it, discard • check fruit for punctures; if skin intact, wash before using • beware of choking hazards; size, shape, consistency and composition could make a candy a choking hazard such as hard candies, peanuts, gum and small toys • if your child has a food allergy, read labels and know what products they can consume • if in doubt throw it out Home Safety: • have your yard and home well lighted • clear sidewalk and yard of any potential tripping hazards • if you have a pet, keep it inside or in a kennel away from trick or treaters
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the Harper government for introducing legislation today in the House of Commons to scrap the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry. “The bill introduced today (Ending the Long-gun Registry Act) is long overdue,” said CTF Federal and Ontario Director Gregory Thomas. “Our supporters would have preferred that the government go further and also eliminate licensing for non-restricted longguns, but today’s legisla-
tion addresses the most wasteful and unnecessary parts of the program.” “Canada’s auditor general has documented, not once, but twice, after extensive investigations, that the long-gun registry has been a billion dollar boondoggle,” said Thomas. “The long-gun registry has been a political prop – nothing more - since the day it was conceived. Every penny wasted on this ineffective registry would have been better used by Canadian law enforcement agencies to go after real
criminals.” Thomas pointed out Canada maintains a strict regime of gun control, including mandatory licensing, mandatory permitting, both for buying and transporting hand guns and automatic weapons, as well as restrictions on the length and calibre of restricted weapons, the size of ammunition clips, the storage of weapons and ammunition, and the locking of weapons. Thomas warned provincial premiers to carefully consider federal auditor general’s reports before engaging in speculative posturing around the issue. “Provincial governments will face a resounding, immediate, sustained and ultimately painful backlash from law-abiding farmers and hunters if they decide to play politics with this issue,” said Thomas. “Any long-gun registry proposal would simply play on urban ignorance of Canadian gun-control legislation and urban ignorance of the rural, aboriginal and northern way of life.” In 2002, the CTF delivered a petition with 14,000 signatures to the auditor general, requesting the original investigation into the program, and in 2006, the CTF delivered a second petition with 28,000 signatures to the minister of public safety, demanding an end to the registry.
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ANNUAL MEETING Thur., November 3/11 7:30 pm Leask Community School Library
CHANGE OF OFFICE HOURS R.M. of Canwood No. 494 The Municipal Office will be closed to the public every Monday starting on November 7th, 2011, on a trial basis.
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BLAINE LAKE: Tuesday 2-5, Wednesday 1-5, Thursday 5-8, Friday 1-5. Closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Weekly Programming: General Computer Help Every Friday 2-4 p.m. Children’s Story Hour - Every Saturday 1 p.m. Craft n’ Chat - Every Saturday 2- 4 p.m. Phone 306-497-3130 for more information CANWOOD: Branch of Wapiti Regional Library Hours: Tues. and Fri., 1 - 5 p.m. Internet services available at the library. DEBDEN: Wapiti Library hours: Monday 3 pm - 7 pm. Afterschool Program 3:30 - 5:00. Wednesday 10 am - 4 pm. Librarian: Aline Hannon LEASK: Wapiti Library Hours: Tues. & Fri.: 1 - 5:30 pm & Sat., 12:30 - 5:30 pm. MARCELIN: Wapiti Library is open Tues. 11 - 4 pm; Thur. 3 - 8 pm. For information on all your library needs, please contact 306-226-2110. SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Branch of the Wapiti Library located at 105 Railway Ave., West (Provincial building). Library Hours: Mon., 2 - 6:30 pm; Tues., 2 - 8 pm; Wed. 2 - 8 pm; Thur., 2 - 6:30 pm; Fri., 10 - 4 pm. Children’s Story Time: Fri. 10:30 am (Oct. - May). Ph. 747-3419. CANWOOD: Canwood Royal Purple Annual Craft & Home Based Business Sale, Saturday, November 5, Canwood Elks’ Community Centre, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Come & do your Christmas shopping from the wide variety of crafts, etc. Lunch Served * Free Admission MONT NEBO: Dance to Bannock Country at the Mont Nebo Hall on Fri., October 28 from 8 to 12 p.m. $12.50/person. Cash Bar/Lunch Provided. Funded by Sask. Lotteries. Proceeds to Mont Nebo Hall PARKSIDE: Lasagna Supper on Friday, November 4 from 4:30 to 7:30 at the Immanual Lutheran Church, Parkside, Adults $10, Youth $8, Under 6 years Free. Take out available - 747-3032. 25% proceeds to Food Bank Christmas Hampers. Everyone Welcome. SHELLBROOK: A Concert with Saskia & Darrel at Shellbrook Seniors Hall Sat., October 29 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets $15/person at Woodland Pharmacy or call 7532565 or 764-3373. SHELLBROOK: Rhythm Works Dance Studio Family Halloween Dance on Sat., October 29, Shellbrook Community Hall, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Midnight lunch, Adults $10, Children (12 & under) $5; Prizes for costumes. SHELLBROOK: Fall (Roast Beef) Supper. Sun., October 30, 4:30 - 7 p.m. Knox United Church, Shellbrook. Pre-school Free; Under 12 $5; 12 and over $10; All are welcome. SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Theatre Movie Night MOVIE NIGHTS, Friday, Nov. 4, 7:00 p.m. - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II - “It All Ends” Cost is $5. Saturday, Dec. 10 Free Christmas Show 2 p.m. “Polar Express”. SHELLBROOK: 4th Annual Shellbrook Home Business & Trade Show at the Shellbrook Senior’s Hall on Sat., November 12 from 10 am to 4 pm. For table info call Tracy at 747-4323 or Carla at 747-4433 SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Arts Council Annual Christmas Craft Sale, Sat., November 12 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Shellbrook Community Hall. Home made lunch available for purchase.
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Pennies for Polio campaign held at W.P. Sandin To mark World Polio Day October 24, W.P. Sandin students collected pennies for the Pennies for Polio Campaign. Every 6
cents donated provides the ‘drops’ needed to vaccinate a child in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Africa.
The Pennies were collected by W.P. Sandin students and then given to the Prince Albert Rotary Club.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION - Rod Kalyn accepts a $9,000 cheque on behalf of the Shellbrook Rec Centre from Affinity Credit Union Business Development Manager Lisa Anderson and District Council member Ian Lauder. The donation was made through Affinity’s revolving Community Development fund which sees each district receive $50,000 in funding for community projects every three years.
Pictured is W.P. Sandin SLC Representatives: Kelli Stene, Jen Wendel, Sarah Bilyk, Shaunee Kobialko, Mrs. Rhonda Berezowski - Advisor
HALLOWEEN HOWL -- A small crowd didn’t deter Dizzy River from putting on a solid show for Saturday night’s Halloween Howl. The local band played the concert in support of the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project and Doctor Recruitment Committee October 22.
BLUEGRASS -- The Spinney Brothers, of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, had toes tapping at a concert October 19 at the Shellbrook Theatre. The concert, presented by the Northern Lights Bluegrass and Olde Tyme Music Society, drew a crowd of about 200.
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Bus Driver Appreciation Day - October 17 was Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Thank you to all of the bus drivers in our community who safely transport our students to and from school each day! W.P. Sandin High School treated our bus drivers with an afternoon snack of coffee and donuts, as well as a carnation to say “thanks”!
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NEW WELL TIED IN -- The intersection of Fourth Avenue and First Street East in Shellbrook was closed earlier this week to lay pipe to tie in the town’s new deep well. Work began on the well last year which was funded equally between the Federal, Provincial and Municipal government through the Building Canada Grant. The deadline for project completion is October 31 of this year.
LUTHERAN CHURCH Zion - Canwood Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 9 a.m. St. John’s - Shellbrook Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 11 a.m. Pastor Doug Schmirler Parkside, Immanuel 11 a.m. - Worship & Sunday School Pastor Chris Dean -----------------------PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Parkside 10:00 a.m. Time of prayer 10:30 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Pastor David Baldock Shellbrook Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sun., 11:00 a.m. - Worship Pastor David Bodvarson 747-7235 Canwood 11 a.m. - Worship Pastor Glenn Blazosek Leask Gospel Tabernacle Sunday 6:30 p.m. Pastor L. Trafford 306-466-2296 -----------------------EVANGELICAL FREE Big River 11:00 a.m. - Worship Bible Classes 9:45 A.M. Summer: 10:30 a.m. - 12 469-2258 Youth Nite: Fridays Mont Nebo Wed., 7:30 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer. Sun., 10:30 a.m. - Worship Pastor Bill Klumpenhower -----------------------CATHOLIC CHURCH Debden Sun., 9:30 a.m. - Mass. Fr. Sebastian Kunnath Big River - Sacred Heart Sun., 11:30 a.m. - Mass Whitefish Sun., 2:30 p.m. - Mass. Victoire Sat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass. Fr. Bernabe Millan Sajonas Eucharist Celebrations Muskeg Sat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass Mistawasis Sunday, 3 p.m. St. Agatha’s Shellbrook Sunday, 9 a.m. Fr. Tru Le
St. Henry’s - Leask Sunday 11 a.m. St. Joseph’s - Marcelin Saturday, 7 p.m. Fr. Tru Le -----------------------PRESBYTERIAN Mistawasis 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 3 p.m. Rev. Bev Shepansky -----------------------SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 407-2nd Ave E, Shellbrook Sat., 9:45 a.m. - Sabbath School. Sat., 11:00 am Worship Broadcast on VOAR 92.1 FM Pastor Stanislav Kondrat 306-764-6853 -----------------------SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Currently meeting in homes on Sunday morn. and Wednesday evenings. Parkside 747-2309, Leask 466-4498 Marcelin 226-4615 -----------------------ANGLICAN CHURCH Leask - All Saint’s 8 a.m. - Morning prayer Service. 9 a.m. Holy Communion Canwood - Christ Church 2 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays Evening Prayer 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion Mont Nebo - St. Luke’s 2 p.m. - 1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Communion 2nd and 4th Sundays Evening Prayer St. Andrew’s Shellbrook Sunday, 11 a.m. Holy Communion Father Harnish 468-2264 -----------------------UNITED CHURCH Big River 1st & 2nd Sundays 1 p.m. - Worship at Anglican Church All Other Sundays -10 a.m. Shellbrook - Knox Sun., 10 am - Worship Pastor Dave Whalley
-----------------------ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH Big River Sun., 10:30 a.m. - Worship
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Singing praise for Tseng: Golf’s most dominant Since the world’s best golfer, Tiger Woods, is more like Pussycat Woods these days, do we know for certain who has assumed the title of world’s most dominating golfer? It’s not Rory McIlroy, who gave golf fans palpitations in June by winning the U.S. Open by eight strokes, but then fell in love with a tennis player and saw his golf game level out to mediocre. It’s not Luke Donald, who is ranked No. 1 in the world but hasn’t won a major title in 10 years as a pro. Here’s a suggestion: The world’s most dominating golfer is a young lady from Taiwan by the name of Yani Tseng. The 22-year-old is clearly the best woman golfer in the world. Dominating? Most definitely. Tseng this year won two majors, seven other titles and posted earnings on the Ladies Professional Golfers Association tour of $2.3 million — a full $1 million more than the runner-up, Cristie Kerr of the United States. Her stroke average of 69.6 was almost one full stroke better than anyone else, a huge difference in a statistical category usually separated by tenths, or hundredths of a stroke. At 22, her five major titles make her the youngest golfer, male or female, to reach that total. Woods may never tie or exceed Jack Nicklaus’s 18 majors, but Tseng has a great chance to surpass the 15 won by Patty Berg, the women’s leader. Asians are dominating the world of women’s golf, with media attention in the United States on the wane as a result. Americans Kerr, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Michelle Wie and the teenage sensation Lexi Thompson play secondary roles in the play-for-pay game. Can anyone recall the last time an American was the No. 1 woman in the world of golf? Before Tseng, Lorena Ochoa of Mexico was No. 1 and for a decade before that, Annika Sorenstam was the queen of global golf.
Tseng has won five of 11 tournament starts since the middle of June, and is the clear-cut favourite every time she tees it up. And she is great for the game; she always has a big smile on her face, her English has improved enough for her to comfortably conduct interviews with European and American media, and she cheerfully interacts with fans. If you get a chance to see Tseng and the world’s best female golfers in action, don’t turn it down. Yani and the rest will be competing at the CN Canadian Open at the Vancouver Golf Club next August and you read it here first: She will be the favourite to win. • Janice Hough, of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: “Theo Epstein has apparently come to terms with the Chicago Cubs to be their new GM. The contract is apparently for five years and $15 million. With the provision that if he gets the Cubs to the World Series, Epstein will be nominated immediately for sainthood.” • Norman Chad, on Twitter.com: “Best I can tell, the New York Jets going to a hurry-up offence makes as much sense as Pee-wee Herman driving twice as fast to get to a singles bar.” • Comedy writer Jerry Perisho: “A 100-year-old man completed the Toronto Marathon. Experts credit the amazing power of the tantalizing female running shorts he followed for 26.2 miles.” • Comedy writer Jim Barach: “A 100-year-old man completed a marathon race in Toronto. The sad part is he was 96 when it started.” • Steve Rushin at si.com: “Indira Gandhi said you can’t shake hands with a clenched fist, but that’s what the handshake often is in sports, a screw-you pos-
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ing as a howdy-do.” • A Globe and Mail editorial on fighting in hockey: “There will always be rock ’em in hockey, but the NHL needs to realize that the sock ’em is on its way out.” • Fox’s Tim McCarver, after Cardinals reliever Marc Rzepczynski needed just seven pitches to record two rallykilling strikeouts in Game 1 of the World Series: “It’s a five-letter word: S-T-R-I-K-E.” • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Those three football players suspended by top-ranked LSU had tested positive for synthetic marijuana, two sources told ESPN.com. In other words, the Tigers are 0-3 on artificial grass this season.” • Hough again: “Three LSU football starters were suspended for . . . fake mari-
juana? This would have never happened at OSU or Miami. Their boosters pay enough for players to be able to afford the real thing.” • Perry again: “Singer Paul Simon, in case you missed it, turned 70 last week. Suddenly he can’t remember where Joe DiMaggio went.” • Steve Simmons of Sun Media: “The last thing anybody thought when the Blue Jays traded Edwin Jackson, Marc Rzepczynski and Octavio Dotel to St. Louis: ‘Well, that puts them in the World Series.’ “ • Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle on post-game rituals in sports: “Hockey: After playoff games, teams line up and players seem to be shaking hands, although actually they are giving back teeth they’ve acquired during the game. The coaches shake hands with one another and exchange a few words in Canadian.” Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca
Elks make changes ahead of 2011-12 season
The Shellbrook Elks make some key changes while maintaining their core group going into the 2011-12 Fort Carlton Hockey League season. It all starts in goal for the Elks as Kelly Guard will be between the pipes along with David Clements. Guard, a former NHL prospect, backstopped the St. Walburg Eagles to a Provincial A title in 2010. Meanwhile, key subtractions include Adam Moar and Bret Peppler who have moved on to other teams in the FCHL. Also leaving the team is Jason McComas who moved on to the Shellbrook Silvertips of the Beaver Lakes Hockey League. Filling those holes are Matt Swaby
and Dane Lindscog and Corey Diehl. The Elks see their first action Sunday when they host the Spiritwood Timberwolves in exhibition action. The puck drops at 5:30 p.m. The league will have a different landscape with the subtraction of the Blaine Lake Imperials, who folded this year. This leaves the FCHL as a nine team league with the Beardy’s Blackhawks and the Tisdale Ramblers playing their second year in the league. Elks coach Jim McComas stepped down after last year leaving a hole on the bench. Until a new coach is found, some of the core group of players will fill the role.
Fort Carlton Hockey League 2011 – 2012 Regular Season Schedule Friday, November 4 Prairie @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Shellbrook @ Hague - 8:30 pm Tisdale @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Sunday, November 6 Prairie @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Shellbrook @ Tisdale - 5:30 pm Friday, November 11 Warman @ Prairie - 8 pm Shellbrook @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Beardy’s @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Saturday, November 12 Hague @ Warman - 8:15 pm Bruno @ Shellbrook - 8 pm. Sunday, November 13 Dalmeny @ Prairie - 4:30 pm Tuesday, November 15 Bruno @ Hague - 8:30 pm Friday, November 18 Hague @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Shellbrook @ Prairie - 8 pm Bruno @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Rosthern @ Warman - 8 pm Saturday, November 19 Rosthern @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Dalmeny @ Warman - 8:15 pm Sunday, November 20 Beardy’s @ Tisdale - 5:30pm Friday, November 25 Bruno @ Rosthern - 8:30pm Tisdale @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Shellbrook @ Prairie - 8 pm Saturday, November 26 Rosthern @ Beardy’s- 8 pm
Hague @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Bruno @ Warman - 8 pm Tuesday, November 29 Dalmeny @ Hague - 8:30 pm Friday, December 2 Bruno @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Hague @ Prairie start time 8 pm Warman @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Saturday, December 3 Prairie @ Warman - 8 pm Shellbrook @ Tisdale - 8:30 pm Sunday, December 4 Shellbrook @ Bruno - 6:30 pm Hague @ Tisdale - 5:30 pm Friday, December 9 Tisdale @ Bruno - 8 pm Warman @ Hague - 8:30 pm Prairie @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Rosthern @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Saturday, December 10 Dalmeny @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Tisdale @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Beardy’s @ Warman - 8:15 pm Sunday, December 11 Bruno @ Prairie 3 pm Tuesday, December 13 Beardy’s @ Hague - 8:30 pm Friday, December 16 Warman @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Hague @ Bruno - 8 pm Rosthern @ Prairie - 8 pm (Laird Arena) Saturday, December 17 Dalmeny @ Bruno - 8 pm Rosthern @ Tisdale - 7:30 pm
Beardy’s @ Warman - 8 pm Sunday, December 18 Prairie @ Tisdale - 2 pm Dalmeny @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Tuesday, December 20 Warman @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Friday, December 23 Hague @ Bruno - 8 pm Wednesday, December 28 Beardy’s @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Friday, December 30 Beardy’s @ Bruno - 8 pm Tisdale @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Dalmeny @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Friday, January 6 Shellbrook @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Warman @ Hague - 8:30 pm Beardy’s @ Prairie - 8 pm Saturday, January 7 Bruno @ Tisdale - 7:30 pm Dalmeny @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Sunday, January 8 Tisdale @ Hague - 2:30 pm Rosthern @ Bruno - 6 pm Friday, January 13 Shellbrook @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Tisdale @ Warman - 8:15 pm Bruno @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Rosthern @ Hague - 8:30 pm Saturday, January 14 Bruno @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Warman @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Beardy’s @ Tisdale - 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 15 Dalmeny @ Prairie - 3 pm (Laird Arena) Tuesday, January 17 Tisdale @ Rosthern - 8:30 pm Friday, January 20 Prairie @ Bruno - 8 pm Shellbrook @ Warman 8 pm Saturday, January 21 Hague @ Rosthern - 8:30pm Beardy’s @ Shellbrook - 8 pm Dalmeny @ Tisdale - 7:30 pm Warman @ Bruno - 8 pm Sunday, January 22 Tisdale @ Prairie - 4:30 pm Tuesday January 24 Prairie @ Hague - 8:30 pm Friday, January 27 Prairie @ Warman - 8 pm Hague @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Rosthern @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Saturday, January 28 Warman @ Bruno - 8 pm Sunday, January 29 Prairie @ Shellbrook - 6:30 pm Friday, Febuary 3 Tisdale @ Hague - 8:30 pm Rosthern @ Beardy’s - 8 pm Saturday, Febuary 4 Warman @ Tisdale - 7:30 pm Hague @ Dalmeny - 8:30 pm Sunday Febuary 5 Prairie @ Beardy’s - 8 pm
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Saskatchewan votes 2011 Rosthern Shellbrook Constituency
Scott Moe Sask Party What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? This constituency is my home. My family and I have experienced many of the local triumphs and challenges alongside our neighbours and other families in this community. My beliefs are closely aligned with the people I wish to represent. I have worked and played with many people in this broad riding, forming many close friendships and partnerships along the way. I learned a lot about the Saskatchewan Party after volunteering at many of their events and gatherings across the province. That’s how I know that Premier Brad Wall and his team will keep this community and our province moving forward. I want to join their team and do my part to keep this momentum going so that my children can grow up, and eventually raise their own families, in a strong and stable province. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? Our constituency is vast in terms of geography and it includes many different and unique communities. However, the issue of health care affects all people in our region, and the Saskatchewan Party’s health care plan will improve access to quality health care for people and families across the province. Associated with this issue is the challenge of meeting the needs of our seniors. With an ambitious plan already in place, the Saskatchewan Party is committed to further reducing costs to seniors so that life for those who built so much for us will be more affordable. Other important issues, like highways, education
and social programing change daily. As we take steps to resolve some of the most pressing issues, we will face others. However, I will be committed to making sure the issues throughout the constituency are always heard in the legislature and get the attention they deserve. How would you address those issues, if elected? All elected leaders are representatives of the people and families in their constituency. Close consultation with volunteer groups, municipal groups and individuals - provides the consensus by which an MLA is guided when working in government leadership. I welcome the opportunity to utilize my experience in physician recruitment and hospital planning so I may help each community receive the most benefit possible from the Saskatchewan Party’s Five-Point Plan for better healthcare. With additions to training seats for medical professionals, reduction in student loan repayments for doctors, nurses and NPs staying in rural and northern communities and creation of a doctor locum pool (among other strategies such as launching STARS and expanding EMT pilot projects) this constituency stands to gain important access as we move forward with the Saskatchewan Party. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? So far, the Saskatchewan Party has made many important commitments in this campaign. But, the one I welcomed most and the one that will affect the Rosthern-Shellbrook Constituency the most is the Five-Point Plan for increased access to health care. It is designed to address the need for more doctors and nurses in our rural and northern communities. With more health care professionals working in our rural communities, the closer more people and families will be to important health care services. It will also be very good news to communities who have been working hard to find solutions in what can sometimes be an arduous process – I feel there is no issue more deserving of a strong platform and the resources required to make it happen.
Margaret Rose Uvery Green Party What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I care!! This is predominately a rural/farming area. The good folks who are producing our very sustenance to survive deserve the best possible representation in government we can provide. To enable them, we must lower their taxes/operating expenses in order to keep them ‘on the land’, and encourage them to avoid becoming enslaved by the multi-national corporations which only care about theri share-holder profits. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? Clean (Potable) water, competent/accessible health care and better roads. Here in Hafford the H2O is hard -- very ‘hard’ and corrosive due to the high mineral content of iron and manganese, etc. The cost to improve the situation would be close to a million dollars. Our ‘Medi-scare’ system has resulted in the demunition of full-functioning, small hospitals throughout this and many other constituencies. Secondary, very narrow highway 340 between Hafford and Radissson (the Yellowhead route) is dangerous to travel on -at all times. The constant patch-work vice properly laid road bed is unacceptable, to say the least. How would you address those issues, if elected? Obviously major water infrastructure initiatives would be priority one. Even if an increase in municipal and RM taxes were to be undertaken, to make the H2O cleaner, safer and healthier to consume. As for improved Health Care, we have to view the challenges from the patient
perspective. This means a “bottom-up” approach versus the “top-down” methodology. Many inefficiencies presently exist, cost overruns are always expected as, a matter of course, resulting in ever increasing budgets. Much better management of our funding for those important resources has to take place. Most rural, secondary roads/highways are in desperate need of attention. Less patchwork and proper road bed construction must be how we acquire the transportation routs we deserve. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? The Green Party says “Pass legislation to prohibit the importation of high level Radioactive waste into Saskatchewan!!!” Corporatocracy Vice Democracy is what we are currently subjected to. We simply must be more sustainable on all fronts = masters of our own domain.
Clay DeBray NDP What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I have a long history of community involvement. Everything I’ve done in my life has involved giving back to the community. I work tirelessly to achieve the goals that I set and I believe the people in Rosthern-Shellbrook can relate to that hard work. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? When I’m on the doorstep, I keep hearing two things
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over and over; healthcare and fiscal mismanagement. People in the riding are concerned about hospitals closing and why it’s happening in a “boom” economy. How would you address those issues, if elected? The Sask NDP has committed to opening 22 hospitals as community access hospitals which will provide much needed services to small towns and rural areas. An NDP government would manage the province’s books with the Bright Futures Fund to ensure that our future generations will be able to enjoy the success that we’ve had. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? For me, it’s the commitment to the future of the province. The platform lays out a nice vision for where we want the province to be moving, back to balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility where everyone can benefit.
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Saskatchewan Rivers Constituency
Jeanette Wicinski-Dunn NDP
What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I am a strong voice willing to bring forth the issues and concerns of the people in the Sask Rivers Constituency, I believe in myself and I’m confident in my ability to listen and speak out will be what is needed in this constituency. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? The biggest issues in this riding are: Health Care ( rural and urban). Diefenbaker Bridge and the NDP have committed to build-
ing another bridge, and also concerns for securing a Green Future ( recycling, cleaner energy source, designated green spaces,) How would you address those issues, if elected? The NDP have heard the concerns of health care and having 24 hour emergency care in the whole constituency is our commitment with having Community Access Hospitals. We can have these emergency centers open with senior Nurse practitioners, EMTs and a team of provincial doctors, The NDP have already made the commitment to building a second bridge , and we have also budgeted in our platform for a recycling program as well as committing to 50% cleaner energy by 2025 What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? I believe it is all important, but I am passionate about Health Care needs for Sask Rivers, and issues that affect all my constituents.
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Paul-Emile L’Heureux Green Party
What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I feel that I am a good candidate for the people of Sask Rivers because I have the time to deal with the issues and I bring a totally different perspective on most of the every day concerns .I’ve been living on our farm for 35 years ,sat on provincial boards and local boards. I was a high school teacher for 31 years. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? The issues in our riding that I hear most
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often are related to forestry,agriculture,and tourism. The forest could do a lot more for the people. There should be much more done towards value added to the trees that are processed,which contributes to local jobs. Some forests should be better managed and preserved perhaps for people use,be it local green space or tourism. Whichever direction we take, the care of the water or ecosystems cannot be compromised. The other major concern is in the manner that the environment is being affected with respect to industrial type of agricultural practices. Can we continue to apply over 100,000,000 liters of pesticides yearly all over our province without suffering from a multitude of health problems. How would you address those issues, if elected? A Green Party would provide financial incentives to farmers to transition to a more organic style of farming. This is necessary to stop the contamination of our rivers,lakes and naturally our food. Many thousands of people get their drinking water from the Sask River system. Besides coliforms and nitrates monitoring are we being dupped in believing that it is perfectly safe? A Green Party would strongly encourage small farm enterprises to produce local foods avoiding importation of foods that we don’t have any knowledge about. Why can we not grow all of our own cabbage,root crops,apples etc.??. A Green Party would facilitate and promote the construction of freezer or processing plants to move in that direction. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? There is no money in the world that is more important than clean, safe and wholesome water,air and food. Your health depends on it. There is no other political party in this province more dedicated to those principles; vote with your heart,Vote Green Party.
Nadine Wilson Sask Party What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I feel my experience makes me the best candidate for MLA. I have twice been elected Reeve for the RM of Paddockwood, and have also served as a school trustee. I’ve been involved in 4-H clubs, and my work as a cattle rancher and farmer has connected me with many wonderful people. I was privileged to work on the family sawmill operation, and I recognize the importance of the forestry industry. If re-elected, I look forward to continuing work as the Legislative Secretary to the Minister in charge of Immigration. I was also chosen to sit on the Planning & Priorities Committee, and was elected Deputy Caucus Chairperson. Most of all, I look forward to serving my constituents as their representative in Regina. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? The most pressing issues facing our constituency involve highways construction, doctor and nurse recruitment, surgical wait times, and employment issues. Your Saskatchewan Party government has made progress over the past four years: Our province now has 900 more nurses and nearly 200 more doctors working here than in 2007. Training seats for nurses and doctors have grown, and surgical wait times have been drastically reduced. We are growing our population, creating a larger tax base. Our nation-leading economy has also enabled the largest-ever Highways budget in Sask history. More optimistic news is the sale of the Big River
sawmill, which is scheduled to return to operation in the near future. This is excellent news, as I’m sure many locals are looking forward to the employment opportunities in this community. How would you address those issues, if elected? If re-elected, our government has promised to continue our recruitment and retention plan for doctors and nurses in rural communities by offering up to $120,000 of their student loans forgiven. Combined with a federal program, new doctors would be eligible for a total of $160,000 in loan forgiveness, while nurses would qualify for $40,000. Your Sask Party government would also ensure that criminals are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Our election platform includes more record investments in infrastructure: $2.2-billion over four years to repair and maintain highways. This infrastructure is important in order for Saskatchewan’s economic momentum to continue. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? The most important part of our election platform is responsible governance in the face of uncertain economic times throughout the world. This election, we will not engage in a “bidding war” to buy Saskatchewan people’s votes. Our government has paid down more than 44 percent of the provincial debt, and if re-elected, we will strive to pay down even more. Our responsible platform will ensure steady job creation, lower surgical wait times, more paved highways, and maintaining the country’s lowest unemployment rate. I would caution against the NDP’s tax-and-spend platform, as I’m sure we have learned from the past, potash revenues are not constant or set in stone. To summarize, I would say the sum of the many parts of our election platform are very important: responsible economic policies, while carrying on the growth and success of the past four years.
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Saskatchewan votes 2011 Meadow Lake Constituency
Jeremy Harrison Sask Party What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I’m grateful to voters in the Meadow Lake area for supporting me in working to keep this area moving forward and I think there are three reasons this partnership is working so well. First, I’m from Meadow Lake. I grew up here, my parents live here, and my wife and I are raising our kids here. When I stand up in the Legislature, I’m standing up for my neighbours. Second, I have experience representing this area. When people are getting their cars fixed or going to the doctor, they want to know they’re in experienced hands. I have dedicated years of hard work to representing the Meadow Lake area in both Parliament and the Legislature. Third, moving Saskatchewan forward takes teamwork and the Saskatchewan Party is a great team. Brad Wall is a great team leader and people I talk to know he’s the right leader to keep Saskatchewan moving forward. What are the biggest issues facing your riding? This election is very important in Meadow Lake because we have a clear choice: keep moving forward with Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party team or we can go backwards with Dwain Lingenfelter’s NDP. Meadow Lake has taken huge steps forward with the Saskatchewan Party in the last four years. We have so many new neighbours moving in that Meadow Lake has officially become a city. We’ve repaved roads such as Highway’s 3,4, 26, and 55. We’ve lowered taxes. We know what would happen if Dwain Lingenfelter’s NDP took us backward. When he was in power, the NDP raised taxes 17 times. Lingenfelter has promised to hike SaskPower rates for industry even though it could
put local mills out of business. He is promising new revenue sharing with First Nations that will cost hundreds and hundreds of millions. How would you address those issues, if elected? We need to keep Saskatchewan moving forward and Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party has the track record to prove that we can keep the province growing. The Saskatchewan Party has hired 900 new nurses and doubled the number of doctors we can train in Saskatchewan in the last four years. In the next four years, we’re going to forgive student loans for new doctors who work in rural communities. We’re also going to train more nurse practitioners. The Saskatchewan Party hired more than 100 new police officers to keep our communities safe in the last four years. In the next four years, the Saskatchewan Party will hire more police officers and more prosecutors. The Saskatchewan Party has balanced the budget and paid down more than 40 per cent of the province’s debt in the last four years. In the next four years, the Saskatchewan Party will continue to balance the books. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? Every Saskatchewan family has to sit down at the kitchen table and figure out a family budget. It’s important to set priorities and make responsible decisions. The provincial budget is the same. Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party has delivered balanced budgets and we’ve paid down more than 40 per cent of the province’s debt. But we’ve also invested more than $2 billion in roads such as Highway 4; we’ve hired 900 nurses; and, we’ve lowered taxes for families and small businesses. On the other hand, Dwain Lingenfelter’s NDP has made one reckless campaign promise after another. In fact, the promises he’s already made would plunge the province back into a more than a billiondollar deficit. That’s on top of the hundreds of millions Lingenfelter will give to First Nations through socalled revenue sharing. The most important part of the Saskatchewan Party platform is the promise to keep the province moving forward.
Helen Ben NDP What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? I’ve lived in the Meadow Lake area for almost all my life. I’ve had experience in government, serving as chief of my community for six years. I’ve spent many years educating children in our communities, one of the most important jobs our provincial government is involved in. As an elected official, I’ve got a healthy track record of responding to the people I represent, and standing up for our community What are the biggest issues facing your riding? Folks in Meadow Lake and area have let me know that they’re primarily concerned with: Affordability: Meadow Lake`s communities are becoming more expensive to live in. People living on fixed incomes, especially seniors and students have been hit hard by government-inspired increases in their cost of living. Many Communities are being forced to close down emergency rooms and severely restrict admission to the local hospital. There are simply not enough doctors. The current government hasn’t dealt with this issue. As a result, residents have no place to go in an emergency. There is a need for new approaches – innovations that offer consistent health care to those who need it when they need it. Better Financial Management: Saskatchewan seems to have missed an historic opportunity to diversify the Saskatchewan economy and ensure
lasting prosperity for average families. The Wall government has “blown the boom”. How would you address those issues, if elected? We`re working to bring costs down on housing, child care, education, care for seniors, and energy costs Community Access Hospitals offer a practical option, staffed by nurse practitioner, so people continue to have health and emergency services where and when they need them. To make sure Saskatchewan families benefit from resource wealth over the long term, an NDP government is committed to developing the ‘Bright Futures Fund.’ Like similar funds in Alaska and Norway, the ‘Bright Futures Fund’ will see the government put a portion of Saskatchewan’s non-renewable resource royalties aside to invest for the future. The fund would be ‘hands-off’: independently managed, with the government not allowed to withdraw money to cover short-term deficits and day-to-day spending. What do you see as the most important part of your party’s election platform? Thanks to our abundant natural resources and hardworking people, Saskatchewan continues to be prosperous. The NDP believes that Saskatchewan’s prosperity should be shared by the people who helped create it. We have a plan for change - change that benefits you. The Saskatchewan NDP will build on our prosperity in three simple ways - putting people first with better health and social programs; managing our finances wisely for future generations; and making strategic investments that will serve us well as we move into the future.
November 7th is Election Day in Saskatchewan
Susan Merasty Green Party What makes you a good candidate for your constituency? What is a good candidate, do we really know? I know that I will do my best for the people of Saskatchewan and in representing my party. Yes, I’m a new face on the political scene and I’m sure I will learn many things along the way. I look forward to the experience and will be the voice for the people in my riding and elsewhere. What are the biggest issues facing your riding?
One issue that needs to be addressed here and across Canada is health care. When I left Meadow Lake years ago I was able to see a doctor within the same day you called the clinic. Now I have to schedule an appointment weeks in advance to see a doctor. How do people living with diabetes and other ailments deal with this issue on a daily basis? Other issues I see is affordable housing and education. These issues will only intensify as time passes and our population base continues to grow. How would you address those issues if elected? I would work with all the party leaders to solve all issues we are currently facing in our society today. What do you see as the most important part of your parties election platform? Reduction of carbon emissions by 20% by 2020.
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Shellbrook Seniors Association news
the Shellbrook Seniors have just started their fall activities. During the summer we staffed the Tourist Information Booth Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during June, July and August. The improvement of the buildings acoustics has been completed. A new Sound System donated by the Groenen Family has been installed Two new High Energy Furnaces have been installed The Seniors took part in the Shellbrook Street Fair. Now it is back to fall activities. Shellbrook Seniors Association Wednesday September 14 2011 President Myrna Burgess chaired the Birthday Party meeting..
There were 20 members and 1 guest present. Adeline Fossey read the minutes which were adopted as read. Joyce Brunton gave the treasure’s report . Moved by Joyce seconded by Marie Laberge that the report be approved. Carried Moved by Liz Renz seconded by Marlene Mason that the bills be paid. Carried Reports Hall - Adeline reported that there are 4 bookings for the hall for September. The new Sound System donated by the Groenen Family has been installed. Conveners - Bea Lande asked for volunteers to make desserts for the Tea and Bake Sale, A work sheet was passed around for members to sign.
Grain Growers calls for calm in rising storm of rhetoric Stephen Vandervalk, President of the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC), today called on politicians, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and all farm groups to consider the interests of producers following the introduction of the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act. The Federal Government has put forward a transition plan within Bill C-18, allowing the Board to transition to the open market by continuing as a voluntary marketing organization. “On behalf of farmers, the Grain Growers of Canada are asking everyone to tone down the rhetoric and work together over the coming months,” says Vandervalk. “It is time now for the elected CWB directors to accept the fact that change is coming and work with Government to make sure we have a smooth transition into the open market for the benefit of western Canadian farmers.” “Agriculture should not be a political game because adversarial attitudes and activities are all wasting valuable time and making dialogue more difficult,” says Vandervalk. “This hurts farmers’ interests, the Canadian Wheat Board as an organization and damages our valuable international reputation with our trading partners.” The CWB has a respected world-wide brand, a huge rolodex of sales contacts, experienced people in both rail and ocean freight, front line staff who work with farmers every day, and now with the five year guarantees the Government is offering, the Canadian Wheat Board has the opportunity to be successful. Many things have changed since the Board’s inception. Progress in technology and science has changed the face of agriculture. Farmers are now able to market and lock in prices for their grain from the seats of their tractors. “On my own farm, sometimes the Wheat Board has made money for me and some years it has lost money. But at the end of the day, farmers who want to market their own wheat and barley need to have the freedom to do so – as they do in all other parts of Canada,” says Vandervalk. “That is why we support this legislation.”
Kaiser - Isabella Henry reported that the proceeds from the Sept Kaiser Tournament netted $202. 50 for the Health Services Project. To date the Kaiser Nights have netted $2532.25 for the Seniors Association and $2582.00 for the Health Services Project. Executive committee the suggestions are as follows September - Friday Sept. 30 during Seniors’ Week a Tea and Bake Sale 2-4 p.m. October - Tuesday Oct. 18 invite Rosthern Seniors for Thanksgiving Dinner 12 noon. November - Advanced poll Tues to Sat. Nov. 1-5 KAISER CANCELLED FOR THUR . NOV. 3 December - Christmas Party Friday Dec. 16 New Business Moved by Marlene Mason seconded by Bea Lande that for the Groenen Family donation we have a plaque made to put on the cabinet of the Sound System . Carried Moved by Marlene Mason seconded by Lorna Thompson that we have a plaque made for Elaine Mitchell’s donation of the Kawai Electric Organ. Carried Announcements Next meeting Wednesday Sept. 28 Pius Senger adjourned the meeting. Games of choice followed September Birthdays Dora Gustafson, Gertrude Gear, Dorothy Miller and Van Coates Birthday cake supplied by Ann Jacobs, sandwiches by Ella Reidt, Lorna Thompson and Norma
Cornwell. Business meeting September 28 President Myrna Burgess chaired the Business meeting There were 19 members present. Adeline Fossey read the minutes which were adopted as read. Business arising from the Minutes The membership voted to have one meeting a month for a trial period until the end of our year March 31 2012 starting October 2011 Reports Hall - Adeline reported that their were 11 bookings for October. 2 Carbon Monoxide monitors have been purchased and installed in the Hall. This was recommended in the furnace installation manual. Carpet Bowling has been cancelled for this year. Due to the Advanced Poll Kaiser will be cancelled Thursday November 3 Conveners -Bea Lande - Tea and Bake sale - hall will be open at 12. Please have your baking here by 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Dinner for Rosthern Seniors will be Pot Luck. New Business Moved by Norma Cornwell seconded by Dora Fraser that we provide the hall rent free to Public Health for the Flu Shots. Carried Moved by Stella Jones seconded by Marlene Mason that we serve coffee and cookies during the Flu Shots. Carried Moved by Bea Lande seconded by Alice Bruce that we sell coffee and
cookies at intermission for Saskia and Darrell’s CD launching. Saturday October 29. Carried Announcements Tea and Bake Sale 2-4 p.m. - Friday September 30 Flu Shots 9 - 12a.m. and 1-4 p.m. - Tuesday October 11 Next Meeting Wednesday October 12
Kaiser Tournament 7:30 p.m. - Thursday October 13 Flu Shots 9 - 12a.m. and 1-4 p.m.- Tuesday October 25 Myrna adjourned the meeting. Games of choice followed. Lunch was provided by Loreen Remus, Marlene Chalifour and Adeline Fossey
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FUNERAL SERVICES
LAWYER
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Prince Albert Shellbrook Birch Hills
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Shellbrook
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WilcoxZuk-Chovin Law Office
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Rocky Road Trucking Ltd.
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General Insurance Health Insurance Motor Licence Issuer
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
FOR SALE - 4’ x 8’ slate pool table. Can be seen at Big River. Phone 306747-2297 after 5 p.m. TFCH FOR SALE - Band sawn lumber, spruce 2x4 to 2x10 from 8 ft. to 20 ft.; 1x6, 1x8, 2nd cuts, and bull rails also timbers from 4x4 to 12x12. Phone 306-469-2490, Big River. TFCH FOR SALE - Local farmer taking orders for Cornish giant roasting chickens for delivery in November. Ph: 466-4428, Cell 466-7817 4-45CH FOR SALE Shoprider scooter, Ph: 306-747-3913 2-44CH FOR SALE Wheel chair ramp, made from treated boards. 25 ft. long, large wheel chair, transporter chair, arm rests for toilet support, Call 7472315 for details. 1-43C FOR SALE - Wood burning stove, heavy steel, brick lined, electric fan, $1,000. 747-2438, 747-7977 1-43C
AUTOS FOR SALE FOR SALE - 2000 F250 Ford diesel truck, One owner. Ph: 466-2232 or 466-7733. Call for info. 3-43CH FOR SALE - 1997 Buick Lesabre, excellent, 3.8L, remote start, all power options in working condition, 35 mpg. 6 mag rims, 2 with new winter grips. 244 Kms, $2,200 7473166 2-43CH FOR SALE - 1997 Century Buick car, four door, in good condition. $2,000 obo. Ph: 883-2309 2-44CH
FOR SALE 1991 Chev ½ ton 6.2 diesel, 4x4, 256,000 km, power windows, cruise, power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, new brakes, new water pump, new batteries, box liner, and tool box. $3,600. Ph: 427-4801 1-43CH
MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE TJ430 2006 4WD NH, PS, CC, diff lock, 710 R42 tires, 2,350 hrs., mega flow hyd., 2007 Seedhawk 50’ 3380 Flexicoil tank, 10” spacing. Ph: 724-2225, Cell 468-7171 4-45CH FOR SALE - 2000 Highline 7000 bale processor, not used last 5 years, excellent condition, shedded. 306-7472931 2-43CH
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE FOR SALE - Herd dispersal 150 good quality Simmental Cross cows and heifers, 3rd generation cow herd, mostly blaze faced and google eyed. To go late fall. 30 purebred (all Red) bred to start calving Feb. 1, 2012. Cory Schutte 9814567, June Schutte 922-8335 4-44CH
FEED FOR SALE FOR SALE - Hay bales, first cut and Feed Oats. Ph: 752-4439 4-44CH FOR SALE Round oat straw bales with chaff in. Ph: 306-883-2935 2-44CH
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HOMES FOR SALE FOR SALE- Beautiful family home 725 Cardinal Crescent Shellbrook 3 bedrooms upstairs, 2 downstairs, jacuzzi tub, 3 way gas fireplace, laundry on main floor, maple cupboards and cabinets, central vacuum, large backyard. $319,000 Contact Dean at 883-2992 4-45CH HOUSE FOR SALE – 201 3rd Ave W Shellbrook. Well-built, structurally sound home that has recently had interior painted and some upgrades to fixtures. Basement has gyproc exterior walls and some finished interior walls. Shingles approximately 6 years old. Lot size is 50’ x 130’ in quiet neighbourhood, close to Arena, School, Hospital and centre of Town. Home comes with fridge, stove, washer/dryer, water softener,
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Call 747-7545 for viewing
new blinds/window coverings. Furniture is negotiable. Asking $129,900. Call 306-469-7600 or dlscriv@sasktel. net 2-44CH
FOR RENT FOR RENT - Newly Renovated older home has three bedrooms, one bath, it’s own well, oil heat, utilities not included. The yard is fully treed with lots of open space. Approx. 14 iles southwest of Shellbrook. Nonsmoking, come with references. Call 306-7632172 or 960-9028 1-43CH
that are needed for your business Offices; 4 post “A” frame hoist; large overhead electric door; gas pump; air compressor; welder; numerous other items for a business located at Leask, SK. $145,000.00; Also 1,049 sq ft bung. 3 + l bedrooms detached garage. Only $67,500.00 Del Rue Royal Lepage, Saskatoon, SK 306-242-8221. 4-46CH
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AUCTIONS AUCTIONS Leask Fall Antique & Collectables Auction Sale, Saturday October 29 9:00 a.m. Coins sell at 1:00 p.m. Leask, SK. Items too numerous to list!!www.bodnarusauctioneering. com 306-227-9505 PL 318200SK COMING EVENTS
C O M I N G EVENTS - St. Agatha Soup, Sandwich and Bake Sale, Wednesday, November 2, 11:30 - 1:00 Everyone Welcome.
CARD OF THANKS The Mont Nebo Community Club would like to thank the 2011 Mont Nebo School Reunion Committee for the generous donation to the hall. It was so good to have all those who attended come “home” to Mont Nebo. Another thank you to the Shell Lake/Mont Nebo History Book Committee for the generous donation from the final sales of the book. All proceeds will go to the Mont Nebo Hall for repairs/upkeep.
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Super B Bulk Drivers We are currently looking for COMPANY DRIVERS & OWNER OPERATORS Working in our Ray’s Transport Fleet, these drivers will be hauling grain, fertilizer & livestock feed throughout Sask, Manitoba and Alberta. This position offers a very busy, year-round employment opportunity! All applicants must have a valid Class 1A license with a clean driver abstract and have at least 2 years driving experience with past Super B grain/ fertilizer, being a definite asset. If you are interested in these opportunitities, you can contact Eddy at 306-651-4837 or Apply by sending resume, along with references to: hr@qlinetrucking.com or fax 306-242-9470
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South Country Equipment Ltd is now hiring 10 Full Time Heavy Equipment Mechanics. You will be required to: Repair, overhaul, troubleshoot and maintain John Deere heavy-duty agricultural equipment Use testing equipment to diagnose malfunctions and determine extent of repair required - Test repaired equipment to ensure compliance with John Deere specifications. Journeyman OR minimum 4 yrs experience as heavy duty equipment mechanic required. Qualified Candidates would be assigned to one of our eight (8) Locations: Weyburn, Southey, Regina, Raymore, Mossbank, Moose Jaw, Montmartre, Assiniboia. This position offers excellent remuneration & benefits, including health, disability, pension, dental, bonus incentives & more. Wage/Salary Info: $25 $26.50 per hour. Please reply to: South Country Equipment Ltd. Drew Watson Email: watsondrew@southcountry.ca Phone: (306) 842- 4686 Fax: (306) 842-3833 www.southcountry.ca
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Shellbrook Chronicle October 28, 2011
Education Week observed in Debden
Debden School celebrated Education Week from Oct. 17th – Oct. 21st. This year’s theme was LITERACY FOR LIFE. On Monday morning, marvelous muffins from Cottage Bakery were enjoyed by students, parents/grand-parents, bus
drivers and staff. Parents/ grand-parents could then go visit the classrooms for first period. On Tuesday, high school students were matched with elementary students as Math buddies. Math was practiced by all for 20 minutes!
Gerry Pelletier
On Wednesday, the elementary students were treated to volunteer presenters. Students from grades 1- 6 were placed in groups and rotated from one session to the other for the afternoon. The session presenters displaying their talents were: Lucille Scott – Art Rocks Gallery – She showed the students how to paint on feathers (her specialty) and other items. Laurna Parent – She played her guitar, sang (and had the students sing
along) and did some jigging. Father Sebastian – He showed a power-point and spoke about education in India. Gerry Pelletier – He showed some of his woodcarvings and showed students how to get started with bars of soap. Constable Plankenhorn and Constable Knock – They introduced themselves as school liasons and spoke about safety. They also answered many questions.
Roseline Duret (along with other teachers that were group leaders) – They did some line-dancing and handed out Mr. Freeze treats. On Thursday, the high school students partnered up with the elementary students again but this time as Reading Buddies. Many books were read! On Friday, during the last period, elementary students paraded around town chanting and showing the public their take on education and literacy.
They all carried signs or flags they had made promoting education such as, Debden School is awesome! Literacy for Life! Reading Rocks! Math is Marvelous! Education is important! Je suis folle de l’ecole! J’aime l’education! to name a few! All in all, students had a great time and learned again about the importance of education and literacy! Thanks to all staff and volunteers who made this week such a success!
Laura Parent
Careless drivers on Halloween are the scariest monsters
Father Sebastian
Trick-or-treaters, beware. The scariest place to be on Halloween isn’t a cemetery or haunted house: it’s on the road with an impaired or distracted driver. Safety experts warn that with so many children outside in the dark and many adults attending parties, the consequences of careless driving are even more severe. According to MADD Canada, four Canadians are killed and 190 are injured each day in impaired driving crashes. “These actions, and their tragic consequences, are 100 per cent preventable,” says Denise Dubyk, national president of MADD Canada. “If you’re hosting a party, provide options for safe travel home directly on the party invitations: public transit, taxi services or having a dedicated designated driver for guests are great options,” says Dubyk. “As a guest, make your feelings about impaired driving known— friends don’t let friends drink and drive.”