Shellbrook Chronicle May 18th

Shellbrook

Chronicle

1912 ~ 2012

The Voice Of The Parkland Since 1912

www.shellbrookchronicle.com VOLUME 101

SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN

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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012

No. 20

Taxes on the rise in Shellbrook After dodging an increase last year, Town of Shellbrook residents are set for a six per cent property tax increase for 2012.

Shellbrook Town Council passed their budget at a special meeting last week, agreeing to a two mill increase -- the equivalent of approximately $50,000.

Mayor George Tomporowski said the reasoning behind the increase was basic inflation.

After being able to hold the line in last year’s budget the Town was forced to increase taxes to stay ahead of increasing costs, he said.

“The operating costs just keep sneaking up on you and if you don’t keep up with that we will really be behind the eight ball,” said Tomporowski, noting that the increase on an average house in Shellbrook would be around $110 annually.

The budget is $3.4 million with a very small surplus worked into it.

Cost increases include staffing, materials and policing.

Policing rates, which hadn’t moved for four years increased by $15,000 this year.

Also pushing costs up is approximately $85,000 in roadwork, $50,000 worth of curb and gutter work on new residential developments, $160,000 for pipe relining and the purchase of a new loader for $110,000.

The relining of the old concrete sewer pipe seems to be the most cost effective option at the Town’s disposal. The concrete pipe is quickly deteriorating and this process could extend their life by another 40 to 50 years. The process involves resin treated fiberglass sleeves being blown into the old pipe. Once its’ in place, super-heated steam is forced into the pipe causing the resin to solidify.

The process comes at a cost savings over conventional methods as it replaces the pipes with minimal disruptions and doesn’t require trenching.

A CENTURY IN THE COMMUNITY -- Shellbrook Chronicle publisher Clark Pepper prepares to cut the cake at the paper’s centennial celebration May 11 with daughters Candace, left, and Haley, right and wife Lenore.

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Beginnings of daycare parent board formed Potential board members and curious parents attended an informational meeting on the newly formed Happy Hearts Childcare Inc May 9 at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Crystal Meier of the Ministry of Education’s Early Years Branch outlined the funding that the ministry will provide for the daycare and answered questions from parents.

Board members, Karisa Klaassen, Nicole Philp and Renee Kyliuk filed incorporation papers for the non-profit daycare following the provincial government’s announcement of 33 funded daycare spots allotted to Shellbrook. These spaces were announced as part of 500 distributed throughout the province last week.

Based on the 33 spaces, the parent board will receive $110,000 in capital

funding to go toward developing the daycare. Very early estimates for the facility are in the neighbourhood of $650,000, based on the minimum requirement of 3,300 square feet, but actual numbers will be established once a design is developed and contractors provide quotes.

The remainder of the cost will be made up through fund raising and a mortgage.

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Tomporowski said that the remainder of concrete pipes could be replaced in this manner over the next four to five years if work

were to continue at the present rate.

Roadwork projects for this year include $60,000 of paving and $25,000 of sand sealing.

The budget also includes some long overdue upgrades at the Shellbrook Kinsmen Park campground.

Approximately $13,000

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has been budgeted for upgrades at the shower/ washroom building. With increasing traffic through the summer months at the campground, council

opted to renovate the bathrooms and shower house to a more acceptable standard.

Though very little reserve cash has been

worked into the budget, the $25 infrastructure fee included on Town utility bills is set aside to help cover some of the capital required for local infrastructure projects.

Another added expense is the Town’s mortgage for the newly constructed sewage lagoon.

The $3 million low rate loan, provided by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation through the Municipal Infrastructure Lending Program, comes at an annual cost of $265,000 over the next 15 years.

The lagoon, which was completed late last year, came with an overall price tag of more than $7 million but grants from the provincial and federal government allowed the Town to get away with only paying one third of the cost.

Tomporowski said that the funding and the financing for the Towns’s share came at the perfect time as environmental regulations are continually becoming more and more stringent.

The previous treatment system was not performing at all close to Sask Environment standards and it was likely only a matter of time before a system change was forced upon the Town.

When the solutions are as costly as they are, it is very difficult for small municipalities to afford them.

“These (water treatment upgrades) are things we are legislated to do so it had to be done,” said Tomporowski.

The operation of the lagoon itself is also expected to cost the Town more this year but Tomporowski said the facility has not been running long enough for the Town to get a real handle on exactly what those increases will be.

A pair of road surfacing projects are also set to take place this year on the northeast side of town.

Paving is set to take place sometime this year on a portion of 5th Street East, running south from Highway 3 and sand sealing is scheduled to be done on Service Road East from 5th Street to 7th Street East.

Paving the remainder of 5th Street east, to 7th Avenue East, is expected to take place next budget year.

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Chronicle celebrates 100th anniversary On May 11, 1912, Ernest G. Pickup became his own boss and published the first edition of the Shellbrook Chronicle.

One hundred years later, community members, dignitaries, friends, family and current and former employees gathered to celebrate the newspaper’s centennial.

The Chronicle offices were open for tours, coffee and cookies throughout the day while a burger barbecue and a short program took place at the Shellbrook Senior Citizen’s Hall in the afternoon in celebration of the occasion.

Pickup’s great-grand-

son and fourth generation Chronicle publisher, Clark Pepper thanked the residents of Shellbrook and area for their business and readership.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Shellbrook and area for letting us be a part of their lives for the past 100 years,” said Pepper, also recognizing the countless people who have worked for the paper over the last century.

“Through the century of immense changes, of great wars, depressions, recessions and all the good times in between the Chronicle has been reporting the news and display-

ing your advertising.”

Pepper also took the opportunity to announce that the entire back catalog of the Chronicle will soon be available online -- a project that has taken more than three years to complete.

Rosthern Shellbrook MLA Scott Moe congratulated the Chronicle staff and four generations of ownership for the work that they do and the impact they have on the economy.

“It’s businesses such as these that drive the economy in this province,” said Moe. Patty Hughes read a message on behalf of Prince Albert MP Randy

Hoback.

“Over these 100 years the Shellbrook Chronicle has been a foundational institution in Shellbrook and the surrounding communities,” read Hughes.

Mayor George Tomporowski commended Pepper and his ancestors for not only making a business work for 100 years but for

also keeping that business in the family through that time, all within an industry as volatile as the newspaper business.

Greetings from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield and CCNA president Greg Nesbitt

and SWNA President Allison Squires were read during the presentation.

Proceeds of $1,690 from the barbecue went to the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Mens club to go toward upgrades to the clubhouse. Team Scotia also provided volunteers for the sale and will match proceeds from the day.

Guests streamed through the Chronicle offices for tours, coffee and cookies throughout the day. Pictured here, Pat Gunn (background) and Jean and Kurt Hillenbrand look over some photos in the Chronicle back shop.

Ted Mazurkewich, Bruce Moe, Nick Bilyk and Larry Herman, of the Hidden Hills Mens Club cook burgers for a hungry crowd.

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Opinions Brad Dupuis News Editor

Government gets it right with immigration changes A few dozen angry protesters marched the legislature this week in response to the provinces changes to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP).

The program once allowed residents to nominate several family members for immigration to the province.

Changes to the family referral category reduce that number to one per household. Also changed, as of May 2, is that the applicant must have a post secondary education, training, a trade or an apprenticeship and have an offer of employment in a trade or occupation.

The Saskatchewan Government can currently nominate 4,000 for immigration but are lobbying the Federal government for an increase to 6,000, about a quarter of that number is dedicated to the family referral category.

The cold, hard reality here is that people moving to Canada from other countries need to bring something to the table other than a desire to live in a country other than the one they are from.

In moving to Saskatchewan, they will be eligible for the whole gamut of social safety nets, from medicare to social assistance, if they find themselves in some difficulty. Under the old rules, there is the possibility that those sponsored under the program could be lacking in marketable skills and ultimately become a burden to the system. Now family members must have a high skill job offer to be eligible.

This may be the only failing of the legislative changes as it could be difficult for potential immigrants to find these offers of employment while still abroad. Some way of matching desired skill sets jobs should be something that the government should put in place to make this process work more smoothly.

These changes may be disconcerting to some who have been trying to bring their loved ones over to Canada and have now had the rug yanked out from under them but rules need to be in place to ensure that the province and the country are not taken advantage of.

Coming from anywhere else in the world, who wouldn’t want to live in Canada. Though we have cold winters we also have social policy in place so that nobody is really left out in the cold.

This is not a diatribe against immigration or immigrants themselves -- this is a nation built, for the most part, by people who have origins somewhere else. This country has employment needs that are not currently being met by current residents, so an influx of new comers could help meet those needs.

With every system put into place, there are always those looking for ways to exploit it. Perhaps some may look to Canada to provide a better life for them and their families but really don’t have the skills to find meaningful employment.

These changes will help ensure that newcomers will be employable and can contribute upon their arrival and will help shield the country from those looking for a free ride.

The Paul Martin Commentary It is like the duck swimming on a pond – quiet on top but paddling crazy underneath.

That is a loose description of the global economy these days as offered by Peter Hall of Canada`s Export Development Corporation. He provides a different angle on the doom and gloom we`re hearing these days in places like Europe when governments are crumbling under massive debt.

While Hall acknowledges that government austerity – the flip side of the stimulus programs they enacted a couple years ago to prevent a recession – is resulting in the public sector withdrawing from the market. And that has a depressing effect.

But, he argues what we`re not seeing – the duck`s feet under the surface – is a better-than-expected improvement in private sector performance. As he puts it, the US government`s spending cuts will take a point or two off the nation`s GDP. But private sector growth is keeping it in positive territory…and without the government restraint, the American economy would be expanding by a respectable 4 or 5 per cent right now. *** Saskatchewan`s hot residential market is trying to find a point of equilibrium.

Steady population growth and stronger income levels have been putting pressure on the housing market for the past five years and contractors have been struggling to find suppliers and land to keep up to that demand. One by-product of that growth spurt has been higher prices.

This is especially true in Regina where only Toronto has been seeing sharper increases in the cost of constructing a new home. But, even in the Queen City,

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though, it appears the toughest sledding may be over for both builders and buyers.

Earlier this week CMHC reported Regina is seeing a robust start to the year in terms of new construction and yesterday StatsCan added that the cost of building a new house remained flat in Regina from February to March.

That`s quite a change given that the year-over-year hike was nearly six per cent. This would suggest an easing in inflationary pressures at long last, which is good news for buyers. *** Saskatchewan`s manufacturing sector is on fire.

We`ve been hearing complaints from the heartland of this country that our manufacturing sector is unable to compete because Western Canada is so strong it is putting upward pressure on the Canadian dollar and making Canadian companies uncompetitive on the global stage.

Well if the latest figures on manufacturing are any indication, the folks in central Canada are barking up the wrong tree.

Yes, Ontario is down – sales in the sector were down about three per cent in February – and rose five per cent in the past year. But here in Saskatchewan the story was dramatically different. Sales were up about three per cent in month and rose more than 20 per cent in the past year. That is the strongest growth rate in the country and suggests that we are not suffering from any competitive issues.

The big movers were steel fabricating and machinery – two areas of strength for Saskatchewan which is known for its agricultural machinery and equipment going into the resource sector.

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Viewpoint Little wonder Sask. rejected fed. NDP Although it’s less than five years, there’s something about today’s Saskatchewan that makes it feels that it’s eons since the provincial NDP ran the province.

Perhaps it’s the fact that the Saskatchewan Party _ notwithstanding some slippage this past legislative session on adding MLAs and a few other issues _ is still riding high under the charismatic leadership of Premier Brad Wall. And Wall’s success can be directly attributed to the success of the province’s oil-driven economy. Whatever the foibles of the Sask.

Party government right now, there is little doubt that it’s free-enterprise philosophy is more in tune with what’s making the province work right now.

Whatever the case, it does seem like a lot longer than five years ago that former premier Lorne Calvert’s NDP ruled the province.

That said, it’s actually been even longer that Saskatchewan has had any federal representation from Saskatchewan _ an even more amazing reality when you consider that the NDP once dominated the federal scene in Saskatchewan nearly ass much as the provincial NDP dominated the Saskatchewan legislature.

Most of will recall growing up in a time when the majority of MPs Saskatchewan sent to Ottawa were either CCF or NDP. In 1988, the province sent 10 of a possible 14 MPs to Ottawa from this province. The numbers did dwindle to less than half a dozen in the 1990s and early 2000s, but that was still a relatively health presence.

Then along came the distribution prior to the 2004 election in which there were no longer any pure city ridings _ something that greatly reduced NDP prospects. (Ironically, though, it was actually NDP MPs who most complained about representing rural ridings that were geographically too large.)

Nevertheless, since that 2004 election, the Saskatchewan NDP has been shut out in four consecutive federal elections now.

One has to start to think that the issue goes beyond unfavourable electoral boundaries. And given the recent pronouncements

of new federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, it’s rather evident the federal NDP is badly out-of-touch with Saskatchewan.

In an interview with CBC Radio recently, Mulcair expressed his distain for Western Canadian prosperity ... or at least the way oil has created a high dollar that the NDP leader says is now responsible for destroying the manufacturing industry in Eastern Canada.

“It’s by definition the ‘Dutch disease,’” Mulcair said in reference to the Netherlands economy of the 1960s that saw a North Sea natural gas push their currency higher and allegedly hurt that country’s manufacturing sector.

Mulcair went on to suggest that while an “artificially high dollar” might be “fine if you’re going to Walt Disney World” it’s “not so good if you want to sell your manufactured product because the American clients, most of the time, can no longer

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afford to buy it.”

Well, actually a high Canadian dollar tends to hurt the Western oil and gas sector or well. And then there’s the reality that much of the dollar issue is out of our control anyway because it’s driven by U.S. monetary policy that’s doing a better job of keeping their dollar artificially low.

But setting aside all this, plus the fact that eastern U.S. is manufacturing is struggling as badly as eastern Canadian manufacturing, what’s most irksome is how little respect or appreciate someone striving to be Prime Minister has for the West and its economy.

As Premier Brad Wall said on his Twitter account: “If Thomas Mulcair thinks a strong resource sector is a ‘disease,’ what is his ‘cure’? Higher resource taxes?”

The problem here isn’t just that the federal NDP doesn’t get the West. Given Mulcair’s view, it would seem the NDP has abandoned the West.

Is it any wonder that Saskatchewan hasn’t elected an NDP MP in more than a decade?

Letters to the Editor

Political correctness going too far Dear Editor: Here are a few instances of political correctness gone stupid.

A Nova Scotia student was suspended from school for 5 days because he wore a T-shirt with the slogan, “Life is wasted without Jesus”. The school board has now lifted the suspension and the student will be allowed to wear the shirt if he so chooses. The board says whatever T-shirts come to school with personal beliefs will no longer be an issue.

Well, thank goodness for some belated common sense. The fact remains that some students and teachers found the shirt’s slogan to be offensive and that the student was initially suspended for wearing it. This is Canada, where freedom of expression is guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

If someone wore a shirt with the opposing slogan that life is wasted WITH Jesus, big deal. Don’t pay any attention. Don’t let it offend you. Just shrug and move on, leaving that person to their own beliefs. No one can push our buttons and make us react emotionally unless we let them. Grow up!

Then there’s the person who said he is an atheist and who was offended by grace prior to a city dinner, and who has now filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. He is quoted in the news as saying he is sure most Christians would have a problem if a Muslim or a Scientologist got up and offered a prayer according to their religions. Well, I don’t think so.

I’ve attended a Muslim gathering where there were Christians present and listened to opening prayers, just like I’ve attended a B’nai B’rith Dinner along with many Christians and probably a few atheists and listened to Jewish blessings before dinner. I wasn’t offended and if anyone else was they sure didn’t show it.

Next there’s a closely related story nearer to home and maybe even worse because of its underhanded nature. For over 100 years, the acronym “YMCA” has been thought to mean “Young Men’s Christian Association.” On that basis the YMCA has received widespread support from the entire communities where YMCAs exist around the world.

However, when the Saskatoon YMCA web site is examined, nowhere in its mission statement, philosophy or

objectives is the word “Christian” found.

When questioned about this in a telephone interview yesterday, a senior manager at the Saskatoon YMCA said that the “C” no longer stands for “Christian” and that the YMCA is now just the “YMCA.” She added that that public posture has been adopted as the YMCA’s profile for years, here in Saskatoon and elsewhere, to keep up with the times.

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Report from the Saskatchewan Legislature The good economic news for Saskatchewan just keeps rolling in. A new report from BMO Economics indicates our province’s economy will grow by 2.9 per cent this year, second only to Alberta.

The report goes on to state:

“Saskatchewan’s economy remains among the top performers in Canada, boosted by a strong resource sector.” Our abundant natural resources – potash, oil, uranium – have played a significant role in our province’s transformation from “have not” to

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“have” status. That transformation is part of the Saskatchewan Advantage.

As your government, we will not stand idly by when external forces, such as federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, take positions that threaten that advantage.

In a recent interview, Mulcair suggested a strong natural resource sector was bad for Canada because it threatened manufacturing jobs in Quebec and Ontario.

When asked about her federal leader’s blatant attempt to win votes by pitting one region of Canada against another, Saskatchewan NDP Energy and Resources Critic Cathy Sproule replied by passing the

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buck, saying,“If there are issues around economics, that’s something the federal government would have to deal with.”

That statement provides

a great deal of clarity and understanding in regards to the Saskatchewan NDP’s inability to grow our province’s economy during their 16 years in power.

They had no plan, because they expected the federal government to drive economic development. Now they seem to be willing to put your future into the hands of people like Thomas Mulcair, who think our strong resource sector is a “disease” that can only be cured by slowing down our potash, min-

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131 hours of volunteer time was directly involved in food handling to make this possible.

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Continued from page 5 As a very active member of YMCA’s in Canada since 1967, I was shocked to hear what she said, and also noted her pride in saying what she said, as if the removal of “Christian” from the YMCA was somehow progress instead of bastardization.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the YMCA’s financial difficulties and its leaders’ and administrators’ desperate efforts to entice members and donors without offending anyone, i.e. people who are of non-Christian religious denominations, or who are atheist or agnostic.

Put differently, the YMCA needs members and seems to be selling its soul by denying its founding “Christian” philosophy. It’s turning its back on the horse that brung it.

Also disturbing is how below the radar the YMCAs have done this, managing to avoid drawing attention to its movement away from its “Christian” roots, for politically correct reasons, so that it can keep its mem-

bers who are there because of “Christianity” or at least what they think is still Christianity, while attracting non-Christians and anti-Christians. It’s called trying eat your cake and have it too.

You’re welcome.

Dennis Hall, Saskatoon

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ing and oil sectors, killing thousands of jobs.

This type of language puts much at risk. Not only is Saskatchewan expected to be one of the growth leaders in Canada this year, with the fastest growing GDP in almost 15 years, a record-high population, record-low unemployment and some of the highest average weekly earnings in Canada, we are also unique in that we have the only balanced provincial budget country. One of the reasons that budget is balanced is due to the strength of our resource sector. Comments such as Mr. Mulcair’s threaten that strength, which in turn threatens the sustainable spending our government has been able to commit to on programs and services important to you and your family: scholarships for high school students, tax breaks for first time homebuyers, lowering surgical wait times, increased access to cancer treatment and more support for seniors and people with disabilities.

We don’t need this type of economic prescription for Saskatchewan and Canada from the federal NDP leader – and we don’t need that sort of abdication of responsibility from the provincial NDP. A strong resource sector is good for the entire country.

It’s good for the Saskatchewan Advantage.

We will continue to take action to protect the advantages that make our province the best place in Canada to live, work and raise a family.

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Agriculture The importance of looking after nature The idea of agriculture needing to be responsible to nature is hardly a new concept.

It’s one which has been a theme in this space before, and for the most part something farmers are aware of, even if the need to achieve some level of profitability makes it hard to see from the side of the road.

Farmers have determined profits only come from productive acres, and so bluffs and sloughs which are idle in terms of production are often the target of the dozer blade and plow.

Even hedgerows and shelter-belts planted by an earlier generation to slow winds are being torn out because their usefulness

has become somewhat obsolete.

A shelter-belt had two primary purposes when planted. One it slowed wind and thus lessened the impact of soil erosion on a field, and two it often acted as a snow-fence to help protect grid roads from winter drifting.

Erosion is less of an issue now since farmers have almost all converted to at least minimum tillage systems, and most employ zero-tillage which leaves sufficient trash cover to deal with wind.

Roads are built higher, and grading equipment much better today than a half century ago, so the need to have snow-fence is gone too.

So farmers have

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knocked down a lot of trees and drained a lot of wetlands in recent years and while it is understandable from an economics point of view, it remains unfortunate.

Nature is something which is amazing when you take the time to just sit back and enjoy what it has to offer.

Often in our busy world, jobs seem to demand our attention almost

constantly, as do families, and volunteer efforts.

Our cell phones and laptops seem to be a tether to an electronic world too.

So connecting to nature is sometimes something which gets lost in the hustle and bustle which swirls around us.

In my case I have been lucky the last couple of weeks, having a few days off, I made good use of them taking the opportu-

Got Colostrum?

by Kim McLean, PhD, A.Ag. Regional Livestock Specialist, Sask Agriculture No matter what, there will always be those calves that just will not suck. But why is it so important to get those calves up sucking so quickly? The first day of that calf’s life is preparing it for the next six to eight weeks, and even longer. When any animal is born there is very little immunity protecting the animal from diseases or bacteria. This is what makes colostrum intake critical.

Colostrum is the first milk that the mother produces. This milk is full of immunoglobulins and antibodies that the calf can absorb through passive transfer. This will help form a defense system for the calf until their own immune system develops to fight the pathogens that can cause the calf to get sick. Along with these antibodies the colostrum is a valuable source of energy and protein which will help maintain their body temperature and vitamins and minerals that will kick start their metabolism.

Calves can only absorb immunoglobulins for a specific time frame.

The rumen wall will begin to stop absorbing these immunoglobulins at 12 hours and by 24 hours there will be no absorption. It is best if the calf can receive five to six percent of its body weight by six hours and another five to six percent of its body weight by 12 hours of age. There is about two to two and one quarter pounds of colostrum in a litre so an 80 pound calf requires about two litres of colostrum by six and again at 12 hours.

It is possible to use colostrum from another cow in your own herd or a commercially available form of colostrum if issues arise that a cow is not producing or the calf has not received enough. It is important that the colostrum comes from within herd whenever possible due to biosecurity issues, by doing so the antibodies for pathogens that exist in the herd will be provided to the calf. If outside colostrum is used there is risk of bringing in foreign pathogens which may do more harm than good.

If there is opportunity to collect colostrum from your cows this can be saved in the fridge for a week or frozen for up to a year. It is best to save the colostrum in individual sized portions to prevent repeated freeze thaws as this will significantly affect the quality of the colostrum. Thaw the colostrum slowly to prevent degradation of the antibodies.

In short, it is definitely worth your time and effort to get those stubborn calves to suck. The calves that receive sufficient levels of antibodies from colostrum are less likely to develop infectious diseases such as diarrhea and respiratory illnesses which can potentially cause sickness and even death.

For more information on this, or other livestock related topics, please contact Kim McLean at (306) 8788847, or the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 or visit our website at www.agriculture.gov. sk.ca.

Operation Overdrive traffic safety blitz The second Operation Overdrive traffic safety blitz, focusing on impaired driving, will be part of Canada Road Safety Week, from May 14 - 21. This week-long initiative is an annual collaboration by Canadian police services to aggressively enforce traffic safety laws.

Throughout the week, law enforcement across the country will be targeting the “Big 4” killers on our roads: impaired driving, improper use of seatbelts, aggressive driving and distracted driving. In addition to the weeklong initiative, Saskatchewan police agencies will choose two days over the May long weekend to focus specifically on impaired driving as part of the regular provincewide coordinated safety blitzes.

“Most alcohol-related casualty collisions happen on the weekends, and these numbers are even higher in the summer months,” said Andrew Cartmell, President and CEO of SGI. In 2011, preliminary numbers show there were more than 1,200 collisions where alcohol was a factor, resulting in 566 injuries and 54 fatalities.

“We are committed to ensuring the safety of Saskatchewan residents by focusing our enforcement and educational energy on the high-risk driving behaviours contributing to death and injury on our roadways,” said Sgt. Andy Landers, “F” Division Traffic Services. “We want to remind motors to never drink and drive, pay attention to the road, be patient with other drivers and leave lots of time to arrive safely at your destination. We look forward to working with all partner agencies throughout the week and will be out in full force to ensure a safe week of travel as we prepare for the increased highway traffic of the summer months.”

May’s Operation Overdrive is the sixth coordinated traffic safety blitz in Saskatchewan. Last month’s blitz, Operation Hang Up, Buckle Up, focused on the improper use of seatbelts and cellphone use while driving. In total, 516 tickets were issued, with 151 Saskatchewan drivers ticketed for improper or non-seatbelt use and 83 for using a hand-held cellphone behind the wheel.

nity to get in some fishing.

The first jaunt was the Cutarm Creek south of Churchbridge.

The fishing spot is great, and not just because of the hungry perch.

You can’t go wrong on a warm May evening watching ducks landing and taking off from the water, or hearing a pair of Canada geese as they fly low overhead, or see a muskrat out for a swim, or a whitetail in the grass.

Such sights have a way of making you realize Twitter and Facebook and the World Wide Web are not everything, that we don’t have to watch National Hockey League playoffs in May, and that we really are not indentured to our jobs.

It was more of the same Mother’s Day at the Canora Dam. I saw more fish jump, even if they were mostly suckers, than I ever have before, and I am now 52. It is a day I will never forget, as the water swirled in a foamy torrent, and the fish jumped, and oh yes I limited out on pike and pickerel which helped too.

But the full stringer notwithstanding, a day close to nature beats a lot of things we do in our lives and we all -- farmers and non-farmers -- need to do what we can to sustain what is an ever dwindling natural world, if we want our grandchildren and generations beyond that to experience the joy of a simple day with nature.

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Hoja helps raise funds for Elementary School Shellbrook Elementary School received some world class help in their quest for choir risers last week.

Acapella group Hoja provided the headlining act for a fund raising concert at the Shellbrook Theatre May 10.

The event raised $3,227, of which $1,826, came from the silent auction alone. Scotiabank is set to match those funds while the Shellbrook Investors Group will also kick in a donation of $500 in matching funds.

According to Principal Dwayne Tournier, the fund raiser was one of the best ones they could have gotten involved with as there was minimal cash outlay

to the school or School Community Council. Hoja performed for a percentage of the ticket sales at the door while merchants from Shellbrook and area set them up with plenty of items for their silent auction.

“The silent auction was great. Everything was straight cash for us,” said Tournier.

Also, between the Scotiabank staff and School Community Council members, there was plenty of volunteer help to go around.

The project was kicked off due to the schools need of choir risers to be used for the annual Christmas concert at the Shellbrook Theatre and other concert

events at the school.

Tournier said that they are still pricing out risers that will suit their needs. If what they need proves to be more money than what was raised, they could be purchased in two phases with a second fund raiser taking place next year.

If there happens to be money left over from the fund raiser, it will go toward purchasing playground equipment for the Pre-Kindergarten program at the school.

The show began with a performance from Pam Boettcher’s grade 4/5 choir and was followed by a display by the school’s gymnastics club, coached

by Shannon Pritchard.

Blaine Lake Library news

Shellbrook Elementary student, Matthew Collins performs the Village People’s “YMCA” with Dave and Jessie of Hoja.

The children’s program is still a go Thursday’s at 2:15 pm, to 5:15 pm. Renee Antoine and Brandon Thomas will be filling the positions until the board hires a new activity coordinator and asst. activity coordinator. Postings for the position are posted all over town seeking new children program coordinators, please drop off resume at the library with the librarian. Renee and Brandon will be doing a lot of outdoor activities with the children, crafts and scrap booking, please feel free to send your children for a fun filled day after school program.

New non-fiction books have arrived at the library, a lot of new books to read.

The Shellbrook Skating Rink is looking for a

Caretaker for the 2012-13 Season Tenders will be accepted until 4 pm on May 31, 2012 and may be dropped off at the Town Office @ 71 Main Street.

For further information please contact Ken @ 747-7407

The Shellbrook Elementary School Gymnastics club warmed up the crowd with a gymnastics display.

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According to Meier, a $2,000 monthly mortgage payment is the absolute maximum that the Ministry will allow, meaning that fund raising efforts will have to be extensive.

The Town of Shellbrook has stated that they would be willing to provide land for the daycare but have not established where that may be.

Government subsidy for daycare spots range from $626 for infants to $125 for school age children, paid monthly. These subsidies, combined with fees charged to parents would be the daycare’s income. Based on the costs of operation and the subsidies, parent board would have to determine what fees to charge for he service in order to cover their costs.

Meier stressed that each facility is different and that it

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Residents of the Town of Shellbrook will not be charged the regular landfill access fee during these five days.

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is ultimately the parent boards’ decision how the daycare operates.

The board is still looking for a few more members as well as people who may be interested in helping out with fund raising.

The allocation is based on the 2012-13 provincial budget which provided $2 million to develop 500 new child care spaces across Saskatchewan, and an additional $4 million to cover the capital costs of those new spaces.

FOR SALE BY TENDER R.M. OF CANWOOD NO. 494 Sealed tenders clearly marked “Miscellaneous” will be accepted by the R.M. of Canwood No. 494 for the sale of the following used items: 1. 8’ x 8’ Flat Deck with Headache Rack 2. 2003 Bush Hog Mower 3715 – 15’ 3. Two (2) Insulated Doors 14’H x 16’W with track 4. One (1) Insulated Door 14’H x 14’W with track 5. Six (6) Bridgestone Tires with Rims to fit Volvo Grader 16” x 25” 6. Two (2) Goodyear tubeless radials 19.5L x 24 for Backhoe 7. 8’ Flourescent Light Fixtures 8. Panel Box 200 amp federal complete with 40 breakers To view, contact Lyndon at 468-2368 All tenders to be in the hands of the Administrator on or before 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012, with the Municipality reserving the right to reject any or all tenders.

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Run, Walk, Stroll draws 84 participants For the second consecutive year, Shellbrook and area residents ran, walked and strolled on a route through Shellbrook in support of the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project.

Participation dropped considerably for this year’s event, held on Mother’s Day May 13 but organizers were still happy with the turnout.

This year 85 took part, ranging in age from less than a year to 79 years old.

A total of 71 ran or walked the 5 km route while 14 ran the course twice for the 10 km event. Last year’s event drew about 140 participants.

The residents of Parkland Terrace also took things one step further as they raised approximately

$800 in donations toward the fund raising effort.

Residents Shirley Morris and Edna Lens and embassador Nick Bilyk collected the donations and also made the 5km trek around town with the help of staff, family and friends. Meanwhile, organizers made the exception to allow Bilyk to travel the route in his motorized golf cart.

Once again, Shellbrook and area businesses pitched in to help make the event a success with donations of door prizes, event shirts and food for the light lunch provided to all of the participants.

Volunteers also pitched in a great deal to operate aide stations, manage major intersections to keep the runners safe and to collect items needed for the

event. Musical entertainment was also provided across from the aide sta-

tion on 7th Avenue and at the Brookside Neighbourhood Restaurant on Main

Street to help keep runners motivated.

Complete fund raising

totals were not available at press time.

Runners, walkers and strollers come out of the starting gate on Elevator Road Sunday May 11 for the second annual Shellbrook Run, Walk, Stroll.

Edna Lens enjoys listening to the Pipers.

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We regret the fact and would like to express the greatest appreciation to all of our customers who supported our business over the last 22 years.

All inventory will be on sale until that date.

Once again, thank you very much.

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Achievement initiative will lead to greater success for Sask students

The Government of Saskatchewan is launching a new initiative to improve student achievement in the province to ensure all students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 are provided with regular and consistent feedback on their progress. It will also identify and provide the assistance each student requires in the classroom.

“We have excellent schools in our province and some of the most dedicated and professional teachers working with our students,” Education Minister Donna Harpauer said.

“But as a system we know we can do better

for our students. We see our scores in international and national testing falling below the Canadian average. We want to ensure that when Saskatchewan students apply for jobs or post secondary institutions anywhere in Canada or around the world, those applications rise to the top because of our academic reputation.”

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ments, combined with the appropriate instructional supports, have the greatest impact on student success.

Currently the overlap of assessment practices from school division to school division leaves students and parents without consistent, practical and predictable information on a student’s achievement.

The new approach to student achievement will ensure the results of students’ assessments are shared with students and parents, which did not happen in the past. In addition to the assessment information, the appropriate instructional supports will also be put in place so everyone can work together to help students be successful.

The new plan for student achievement will also benefit teachers and parents. It will provide teachers with constructive information that will inform them of the appropriate resources they can access to help students.

They will also benefit from a reduction in the overlap

ZONING BYLAW NOTICE

INTENT

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Leask intends to consider the adoption of a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to adopt a new Zoning Bylaw.

AFFECTED LAND - All land within the corporate limits of the Village of Leask, as shown on the Zoning District Map contained in this notice, is affected by the new Zoning Bylaw.

YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY PROVISIONS IN THE NEW ZONING BYLAW. PLEASE CHECK THE FULL VERSION OF THE ZONING BYLAW, AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW OF PURCHASE AT THE VILLAGE OFFICE OR FOR REVIEW AND DOWNLOAD FROM THE FOLLOWING INTERNET SITE: www.crosbyhanna.ca/downloads REASON - The new Zoning Bylaw will help direct and manage growth and development in the Village of Leask.

PUBLIC INSPECTION - Any person may inspect the proposed bylaw at the Village Office, 15 Main Street, Leask, SK, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM (closed between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM), Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available to persons at a cost of $30.00. The Zoning Bylaw may also be viewed or downloaded in its entirety at the following web address: www.crosbyhanna.ca/downloads PUBLIC HEARING - Council will hold a public hearing at 6:30 PM on June 20th, 2012 at the Village Office, 15 Main Street, Leask, SK, to hear any person or group that wishes to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Village Office before the hearing.

Issued at the Village of Leask, this 18th day of May, 2012.

Brenda Lockhart Village Administrator ZONING DISTRICT MAP - The proposed Zoning Bylaw also contains general provisions that apply to development throughout the Village. These provisions include: • Development permit requirements, application fees and application process; • Discretionary use permit requirements, application fees, application process and evaluation criteria; • Regulations regarding required yards and open space.

of assessments that is currently taking place. The new approach will provide parents with a broader perspective on how their child is doing.

An advisory committee comprised of key stakeholders will provide advice and guidance to the Ministry of Education on the implementation of the student achievement strategy. The advisory committee will include representatives from the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF); Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA); League of Educational Administrators, Directors and Superintendents of Saskatchewan (LEADS); and the Saskatchewan Association of School Business Officials (SASBO), as well as the First Nations and Métis communities.

The ministry will also involve parents and teachers The R.M. of Leask No. 464 is accepting bids on a

as the student achievement initiative moves forward.

“The SSBA looks forward to continuing our discussions with the Ministry of Education and other sector partners to ensure our efforts toward increased student achievement are consistent moving forward,” SSBA President Sandi Urban-Hall said.

“It is our goal that all students, no matter where

they live or their personal circumstances, have the opportunities to succeed.”

“We are committed to working collaboratively with students, parents, teachers and all of our partners in the Saskatchewan education system,” Harpauer said. “We commend them for their dedication in supporting the achievement of all Saskatchewan students.”

THE TOWN OF SHELLBROOK has two

Fire Trucks For Tender 1. 1961 Mac C125 Pumper 2. Late 1960’s International Pumper Tenders may be dropped off at 71 main street or mailed to Box 40, Shellbrook, SK, S0J 2E0 Tenders must be received in office by Monday, May 28, 2012 @ 4pm Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

The residents of the Village of Parkside and area wish to congratulate

Clarence Johnson on receiving the

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Bids accepted until June 6, 2012.

For more information or to view please call 466-2000

from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. beside the Parkside Village Office on Main Street.

(If the weather is unco-operative, it will be at the Parkside Heritage Center.) Everyone Welcome.

and in his honor, we will be hosting a Bar-B-Que and Social on

Thursday, May 24th

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NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Leask intends to consider the adoption of a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to adopt a new Official Community Plan .

YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY PROVISIONS IN THE NEW OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN. PLEASE CHECK THE FULL VERSION OF THE BYLAW, AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW OR PURCHASE AT THE VILLAGE OFFICE OR FOR REVIEW AND DOWNLOAD FROM FOLLOWING INTERNET SITE: www.crosbyhanna.ca/downloads AFFECTED LAND - All land within the Village of Leask, as shown on the Future Land Use Concept contained in this notice, is affected by the new Official Community Plan.

REASON - The new Official Community Plan will help direct and manage growth and development in the Village of Leask for the next ten to fifteen years.

PUBLIC INSPECTION - Any person may inspect the proposed bylaw at the Village Office, 15 Main Street, Leask, SK, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM (closed between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM), Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available to persons at a cost of $30.00.

PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing at 6:30 PM on June 20, 2012 at the Village Office, 15 Main Street, Leask, SK, to hear any person or group that wishes to comment on the proposed bylaw.

Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Village Office before the hearings. Issued at the Village of Leask this 18th day of May, 2012.

Brenda Lockhart, Village Administrator

May 18, 2012

Obituary 2012 after months of home and 3 months hospital care.

Born November 1st, 1934 to Bert and Esther (Munro) Hazelwood, she lived 10 yrs near Mattawa, Ontario. Her father then purchased her grandfather’s farm (where she was born) and resided there until attending Teachers College in Ottawa, Ontario. She then taught in Ottawa until marrying Gerald Clark of Smiths Falls, Ontario in 1955 where their 5 sons were raised. In 1967 she began teaching in elementary schools in Smiths Falls until 1980 when, with Gerald, she moved to rural Shellbrook, SK, and became a Florist Designer until 2002. The couple then took long trips each summer and developed many friendships in Alas-

CLARK - Della (Hazelwood) Della passed away peacefully in St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 5th

ka and all across Canada.

Della is survived by Gerald and sons, Albert of St. John, New Brunswick, Ian (Barbie) of Shellbrook, SK, Alvin (Lisa) of Edmonton AB, Stephen of Parkside SK, David ( DawnCawthorne) of Edmonton, AB. Della will also be fondly remembered by her grandchildren Mindy (Phil) Cobb, Chad (Mardell), Blaize (Lindsey), Tineille, Shanae Clark, Meghan (Aaron) Bryant, Alyssa, Breanna, Kelsey, Ashleigh, Brittany, Cheyenne, Denver Clark, 10 great grandchildren, numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. She also leaves to cherish her memory, her sister Isabelle (Wallace) Eady of Cobden ONT, brothers Gordon Hazelwood of Toronto ONT, Donald (Marjorie) of Mattawa ONT, Alex (Annie) of Almonte ONT, Clarence (Gwen) of Prince Albert SK, and all of whom were

present at her funeral. Two sisters in law, Audrey Hazelwood, Donna (Dennis) Lougheed.

Della was predeceased by her parents, brother Keith and Garry, sister in law Jean and 2 loving grandchildren, Heidi and Kyla Clark.

Funeral service was held on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at the Shellbrook Community Hall at 11:00 a.m.

Interment was at the Parkside Cemetery.

Memorial Donations can be made out to Canadian Diabetes Association, Shellbrook Home Care (Box 70 Shellbrook, Sk. S0J 2E0) or the Shellbrook & Districts Hospital Project (Box 96 Shellbrook, Sk S0J 2E0) E- mail condolences may be sent to www.beaulacfuneralhome.com and will be forwarded to the family. Beau “Lac” Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.

Canwood Seniors news highlights Canwood Seniors held their meeting on May 7th with Doris Bazley opening the meeting with O Canada and the Lord’s Prayer. Doris read a few jokes from the Grey Matters which was enjoyed by all.

Doris presented the minutes from the April meeting and moved the adoption of her report.

Seconded by Lil Sorenson.

Carried.

Roll call was answered by 22 members.

Eileen Olsen gave her treasurer’s report. She moved the adoption of her report. Seconded by Stella.

Carried.

Bertha moved we pay outstanding bills. Seconded by Margaret Wyatt.

Province announces Sask.

Advantage Scholarship Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris officially announced the new Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship today.

“Our government understands the importance of making post-secondary education accessible and affordable for more students,” Norris said. “The new Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship provides incentive for our high

school graduates to pursue a post-secondary education in Saskatchewan.”

Beginning in 2012, the scholarship will provide Saskatchewan Grade 12 graduates who enroll at a Saskatchewan post-secondary institution with up to $500 per year to a lifetime maximum of $2,000 over 10 years.

“Today, our government offers one of the most comprehensive con-

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tinuums of financial support for our students,” Norris said. “For new high school graduates looking to move into post-secondary studies, we created the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship. Current post-secondary students working on finishing their degrees, certificates or diplomas can now receive the Innovation and Opportunities Scholarships which we introduced last year. Finally, post-secondary graduates that choose to live in Saskatchewan remain eligible for the Graduate Retention Program which offers a tuition rebate of up to $20,000.”

The Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship will reduce tuition for students entering post-secondary programs starting after April 1, 2012 and applies to a broad array of Saskatchewan post-secondary institutions and programs that are recognized for Canada-Saskatchewan Student Loans.

Updated information on the scholarship is posted on the ministry’s website at www.aeei.gov. sk.ca/scholarship-sas.

Carried.

Re: Sask. Seniors Association Inc. Convention: Doris read some resolutions that came about and that pertained to our way of living.

Old Business discussed - change table for bathroom has been purchased and will be installed.

Discussion on a table needing repair. Stella moved we buy new legs for this table and Kai Anderson will see to the repairing. Seconded by Pat. Carried.

New Horizon Grant discussed and to be filled in for availability.

Eileen Olsen gave a report on Region B meeting held in Big River which as attended by her and Hilda Gaboury.

Doris gave thanks to Marion Campbell for her many services toward the museum and mini golf. We need one member to take her place.

Motion to serve lunch at the Memorial Service of Lucy Johnson on June 19th by Mary Monteith.

Seconded by Lil Sorensen.

Carried.

Lorraine Nordquist volunteered to take a wedding arch apart to be disposed of.

Note: Crib and Whist will cease for the summer months. A big thank you to the people who keep both these games available to us Happy Anniversary sung to Doris and Roy Bazley. No birthdays celebrants in May. Doris Bazley adjourned the meeting.

Seconded Doris Odegard.

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Regular Church Services, Sunday School and Special Church Events will be listed with the Directory FREE OF CHARGE

LUTHERAN CHURCH Zion - Canwood Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 11 a.m.

St. John’s - Shellbrook Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 9 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. Sebastin Kunnath Eucharist Celebrations Muskeg Sat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass Mistawasis Sunday, 3 p.m.

St. Agatha’s - Shellbrook Mass Saturday, 7 p.m..

St. Henry’s - Leask Mass Sunday 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s - Marcelin Mass Sunday, 11 a.m.

Fr. Tru Le -----------------------PRESBYTERIAN Mistawasis Sunday worship 11 a.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

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May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012

The 2011-12 athletic season was a year of strong performances for the green and white, with 12 of our 15 teams advancing to the playoffs and with big wins in men’s basketball, men’s hockey and women’s wrestling.

Men’s Basketball For the first time in program history, the Huskies finished the season in first place in the conference with a 16-4 Canada West record and home-court privileges as the U of S hosted the Canada West final four at the Physical Activity Complex (PAC) in front of a packed house.

It was the Huskies third straight trip to the conference championship tournament after being ranked in the CIS top 10 all season.

The Huskies finished with the bronze medal after losing to the eventual Canada West champion Alberta Golden Bears 89-73 in the semifinal, and defeating the Victoria Vikes 90-85 in the bronze medal game.

Women’s Basketball With a 71-65 win over the Fraser Valley Cascades, the Huskies finished with a bronze medal at the Canada West championship. A surprise season for many, the Huskies finished second in the Canada West Prairie Division with a 15-5 record.

Men’s Hockey The Huskies finished third in the tight conference standings with a 19-6-3 record and advanced to the playoffs for the 18th straight year. The Huskies were crowned Canada West champions for the first time since 2006-07 after Brett Ward scored in triple overtime of game three of the Canada West final against the Calgary Dinos at the classic Rutherford Rink.

Women’s Hockey The Huskies season came to an end after losing to the University of Alberta Pandas in the best-ofthree Canada West semifinal. The Huskies finished third in the tight conference standings with a 16-6-2 record. Just one point separated the Huskies from second place. It is the fifth straight season the Huskies have had a date in the playoffs.

Wrestling The Huskie women’s wrestling team finished in second place – just two points out of first, while the men’s team finished third.

U of S Huskies celebrate a successful 2011-12 season

Cross Country Jodi Souter finished fourth in the Canada West and 13th in the CIS with a time of 18:47 in the five-kilometre Canada West and CIS

Championship race. The finish made her a Canada West first team all-star and a CIS second team all-Canadian. As a team the women’s Huskies fin-

ished second in the Canada West and fourth in the CIS. On the men’s side, Samir Marin was the top Huskie finisher coming in 11th in Canada West and

42nd in the CIS in a time of 33:58.2 in the 10-kilometre race. His finish made him a Canada West second team all-star. As a team the men’s Huskies finished sixth in the Canada West and 14th in the CIS. Football The Huskies finished the regular season with a 5-3 record and faced the UBC Thunderbirds in the playoffs in Vancouver. In a nail-biting game, the Thunderbirds won 2722. The Huskies had the third-best scoring offences with 238 points in eight conference games to average 29.8 points per game.

The Huskies also had the third-best rushing offence with 1,257 yards on the ground in the season.

Women’s Soccer The Huskies finished with a program-best 7-5-2 record. The win total tied a program-best set in 2010.

Canada West all-stars Daniela Fuenzalida and Elizabeth Hudon had the Huskies in the playoff race until the final weekend of conference action. The Huskies did all they could

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defeating the Regina Cougars 1-0 and the Manitoba Bisons 2-1, but Victoria won costing the Huskies the spot in the playoffs.

Men’s Soccer The Huskies had a disappointing season in 201112 finishing just short of a playoff spot with a 5-7-2 record.

Track & Field The women’s track and field team won the Canada West championship as hosts, while the men’s team finished fourth. At the CIS championship, the women finished fifth, while the men finished eighth.

Men’s Volleyball The Huskies finished their season with a 4-16 record and were in the playoff race until the second last weekend of conference action.

Women’s Volleyball The young Huskies team failed to win a game in the 2011-12 season, but learned valuable lessons to set them up for success in 2012-13.

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The best skills training doesn’t happen in the classroom Seven out of 10 workers get their first job in tourism, whether part time during school, as a summer job or starting a new career. Nearly 60,000 people work in 3,700 tourism-related businesses in Saskatchewan, including attractions, events, hotels and restaurants.

Right now, the tourism sector faces a worker shortage. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says that a shortage of skilled labour is the top barrier facing businesses today.

Nowhere is that shortage felt more acutely than in booming Saskatchewan. The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC) estimates that Saskatchewan’s tourism sector could experience a shortage of about 1,300 workers by the end of this year, rising to about 6,500 within 10 years.

That labour shortage is compounded by a skills shortage. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney recently pointed out that workers often don’t have the skills or experience to match the immediate needs of employers.

One way to address those shortages is by training on the job. The Saskatchewan Tourism Education Council (STEC) provides workplace-based training that lets em-

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ployees develop industry-recognized career skills, while at the same time addressing employers’ needs for qualified workers.

“More and more, especially as labour shortages start happening, people can go from high school directly to a well-paying industry job,” says Darcy Acton, Manager of Industry Human Resource Development at STEC. “Once you’re in a well-paying job, it’s hard to entice you back into a regular post-secondary stream, if it means leaving the job to attend a program full time. Workplace based training gives you the flexibility to jump right into an industry job, learn on the job, and then formalize that learning, such by acquiring industryrecognized certifications.”

For employers, it means retaining a full complement of experienced staff because employees don’t have to leave the workplace, except for short periods, to attend postsecondary schooling, Acton says.

Tourism occupations are well suited to workplace-based training. Learning can take place without disrupting

the business cycle, and the outcomes apply directly to the job. Workplace-based training can complement previously completed post-secondary education, lay the groundwork for entering full-time studies, and support life-long learning.

Apprenticeship There are three tourism trades in Saskatchewan, providing the opportunity to start as an apprentice and work toward becoming a Journeyperson Food and Beverage Person, Guest Services Representative, or Cook.

Training takes place almost entirely on the job.

The first step toward becoming a journeyperson is to start work in the trade. The current job market in Saskatchewan means that there are plenty of places to start. From there, work experience under the supervision of a certified journeyperson or provincial joint training committee (industry professionals convened by the provincial apprenticeship commission) provides workplace-based, on-the-job training. The Guest Services Representative Trade and Food and Beverage Person Trade require a one-year apprenticeship combined with work experience. A cook going the “tradesperson” route, someone practicing the fullness of the trade, can challenge the national interprovincial trade exam after working a minimum of 8500 hours within 6.5 years.

There is a wide range of career opportunities available to a journeyperson, says Diane Cohoon, Training Manager at STEC, a journeyperson Food and Beverage Person and member of the provincial Trade Board for tourism trades.

“Journeyperson Food and Beverage Persons tend to be in demand for supervisory roles, at a minimum,” Cohoon says. “We often see them move up to Food and Beverage Manager, Director of Food and Beverage, or Director of Corporate Training.”

It’s common to find journeypersons as owner/operator of their own business, Cohoon says. emerit Professional and Specialist Certifications Of more than 400 recognized tourism occupations, 25 are eligible for rigorous emerit professional certification through the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council, covering frontline, supervisory and management work.

Certification recognizes workers who meet National Occupational Standards in their field. As with apprenticeships, the first step toward certification is to be working in the occupation, then begin specialized training toward gaining recognition. Certification in some occupations is required when working toward journeyperson status.

Each occupation is a little bit different, but beyond attaining the necessary industry hours, it can take as little as a month to get a professional certification, though most people complete the process around the six-month mark.

“We like to see people finish within a year,” Acton says.

“You get your experience, write the exam, do the evaluation if there is one (for Specialist certification), six months to a year period seems to be about right. You can take your time, finish every component and still be up to date.”

“There are examples of people who start out at the front desk and become general manager,” says Acton. “From general manager, they become divisional managers of properties. It depends on the industry, but we see a lot of that in tourism.”

“It’s important to know the front line jobs, because if you’ve worked on the front line jobs you know exactly how customer satisfaction affects business retention and employee retention,” she adds. “It becomes clearer if you’ve experienced all the jobs on the path to a management position.”

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U of S students helping to revive Landis Community School On March 9th, eleven senior students from Edwards School of Business travelled to the small town of Landis, SK – population 200 – as part of a class project. But they got more than they bargained for…

Some of the students were working on course-based applied projects for Professor Chelsea Willness’s COMM 343 class, which incorporates an experiential learning component called Community Service-Learning.

Student teams are paired with a community organization for the duration of the semester, enabling the students to apply what they learn in the classroom while providing a service to their organization – like developing a customized recruitment strategy for attracting volunteers, or perhaps a focus on board member engagement and retention. Others on the trip were part of Professor Keith Willoughby’s COMM 498 course, which also has

students gaining hands-on experience by working with organizations to apply their learning in real time.

The purpose of the excursion to Landis was primarily to meet with some of the organizations our students are working with, but it turned into much more. The Grade 11-12 class in Landis had been asked to organize the visit as part of their ‘Leadership 30’ course, and from that small connection, rural hospitality took over and spread – classroom visits, a special lunch prepared for the Edwards students at the school library, and personalized tours of the town and its organizations. The Grade 6-8’s and Grade 9-10’s asked if our students would speak to their classes to help them understand a tricky case study they were working on.

They wanted to know, “How would you create a healthy and productive work environment?” and “What do you think empowers people

Live and learn

University of Saskatchewan residences welcome students to their new homes New residences opened last fall on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, and they are quickly making a difference for students from around the world.

“In terms of developing social relationships, there’s nothing better than living in res,” said Renae Zook, third-year biochemistry student and resident advisor (RA) in Spruce Hall, one of the new student residences in College Quarter on the U of S campus.

She has lived in residence since she originally moved to the U of S from Trochu, AB, about an hour and a half north east of Calgary, to take the classes she needs to apply to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

“When I first moved here, I stayed in my room and only left to buy textbooks. After a day and a half, I was starving,” Zook laughed. “I went to Marquis Hall to eat and sat down with some people, and I’m still friends with some of the people that were at that table.”

Over 1,700 students currently live in residence at the U of S, with about 660 additional beds slated to open by early 2013. The growing demand for student housing is fuelled in part by the support and services offered to residence students, which are especially helpful to students new to Saskatoon.

“The ethos of residence is student support,” said Sylvia Cholodnuik, residence manager. “The student life staff, the residence staff, the custodial staff, we’re all here to create a positive student experience.”

That staff includes RAs like Zook, who are upperyear students who are there for students to talk

to take on a leadership role, and what has inspired you to become a better leader?”

“Our students were shining ambassadors for Edwards,” remarks Chelsea Willness, who accompanied the group on their road trip, “they engaged with the younger students and demonstrated real leadership capabilities, and moments later transitioned into conducting professional business meetings with their organizations. I love to challenge my students to ‘go be excellent’ and they never disappoint.”

HR major Angelise Kildaw summed up her thoughts about the visit to Landis, stating “Not only do I feel that being involved in such projects provides invaluable experience to the students but I also feel proud to be a part of a project that has the potential to give back to the community.”

It may be small, but the community of Landis is full of remarkable people achieving amazing things. Parents, business owners, farmers, and teachers have banded together in numerous committees and citizen groups to grow the town’s economic viability and keep the doors of their school open, despite a gradually dwindling popu-

to and co-ordinate residence activities; advisors, who co-ordinate and support the RAs; and residence life co-ordinators, who are full-time live-in staff. Between the three levels of staff, residence students have 24-hour coverage.

Additional support is found with the faculty-inresidence, currently offered at Voyageur Place and College Quarter. The faculty member lives in residence and offers students academic advice and support, and co-ordinates drop-in tutoring time led by graduate students.

As more students live at the U of S, residence staff members are finding new ways to work with other groups both on and off campus.

“It’s really exciting to see what the possibilities are to work with others to create positive experiences and support for all these groups,” said Cholodnuik. “In terms of how students are building a community, I think we are meeting our goals.”

A range of activities like pancake breakfasts, casino nights and dances, Saskatoon Blades games and sushi-making nights ensure there is something that everyone will have a good time doing.

Zook knows first-hand the benefits of not only participating in the activities, but just living in student residence and would recommend it to anyone moving to attend the U of S. “There’s always something going on,” she said.

“If it’s 3 a.m. and you can’t sleep there’s someone watching TV or studying. And for parents, it’s just a comfort factor. You don’t have to worry.”

For information on the U of S student residences, visit www.usask.ca/residence.

lation. It’s a story so many of us in Saskatchewan have heard before (put your hand up if you come from a town

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that lost its hospital, or school, or both)…. but the Landis citizens’ determination, creativity, and heart

give you a strong sense that this story will have a happy ending…

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Olympic games far from pure sport

I wonder what most people think of all the hype surrounding the Olympic Torch.

Certainly, to hear some members of the media talk about its coming trek across the United Kingdom, you’d think Prometheus himself was about to deliver the gift of fire to humankind.

When the venerated Olympic flame arrived in Victoria from Athens, back when we hosted the winter Olympics, CTV News opened with nothing less than an eight-minute story on it. Robertson and Lisa LaFlamme rhapsodized about “the everlasting flame” and the “12,000 torch bearers who will be carrying the message of peace and unity, symbolized by the Olympic flame.”

Everlasting flame? Peace and unity?

The Olympic Torch is 73 years old. It dates to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where Hitler’s propaganda man Joseph Goebbels first struck on the idea of the Torch as the perfect symbol of Nazi vigour, purity, and classicism.

And the ancient Athenians—whose war culture was as pronounced as its intellectual achievements—made no use of any torch in their Olympiads.

(The Athenians did feature male athletes only, competing in the nude. Now that’s one tradition—picture nude men sailing off the end of the ski jump, or curl-

ers sweeping their rocks into the house, or the hockey team without “athletic supporters”—that might boost tv ratings.)

But for some reason, Torch enthusiasts invest its lighting, in a parabolic sun oven by a bogus priestess in Athens, with quasi-sacred properties.

And so revered is the Olympic flame that great care is taken to ensure that, once lit, it’s not extinguished. To transport it from Athens, a half dozen properly lit lanterns were buckled into a Canadian transport plane like so many votive candles.

When The Flame arrived in Canada, CTV newswoman Lisa LaFlamme gushed, “There’s something about that flame that has ignited an indefinable enthusiasm.” Perhaps its her very name, Lisa TheFlame, that lights her fire.

I have no problem with individuals who feel honoured in carrying the Torch.

If doing so is highly meaningful for them, who could deny them? But the excessive reverence bestowed on the Torch and the lofty symbolism that’s attached to it

generally amount to little more than jockshlock and unabashed bathos.

If the Olympics really were characterized by idealistic amateurism and noble enterprise, the Torch would signify. But the Games have become as tarnished as they can be meritorious.

Consider the $9-million laboratory that was constructed for the 2010 Winter Olympics to test athletes for performanceenhancing drugs.

Dr. Christiane Ayotte, director of the lab, referred to a technology arms race between cheaters and the authorities trying to keep up with the latest doping techniques. And she admitted the lab testing—for steroids, blood-doping agents, hormones or other substances—might not be able to catch all the cheaters.

“We cannot say pure sport, pure Games,’’ said Ayotte.

No, indeed. Prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a White House report charged that up to 80 percent of Olympians in some sports use performance-enhancing drugs. And the Torch is supposed to

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represent the uncorrupted virtues global sport is meant to bring together?

Equally tainting are the obscene costoverruns of the Games, the outrageous security costs, the frequency of rigged judging and the well-documented corruption—see, for example, Andrew Jennings’ 2009 The New Lords of the Rings: Olympic Corruption and How to Buy Gold Medals.

Topping this mess was the announcement by the International Olympic Committee—now, happily, overturned— which declared that allowing women’s ski jumping would “dilute and water down” the significance of Olympic medals, because of the relatively small number of female ski jumpers worldwide.

So, the ski-and-target-shoot biathlon and four-men-hiding-in-a-torpedo bobsleigh events are deemed Games-worthy, but not ski jumping for women.

There’s as much flim-flam—or flameflam, if you like—surrounding the Torch as there is idealism or grandeur. But it sure seems to work for thousands of people hungering for noble purpose and significance in this crooked world. bronwyn.eyre@sasktel.net

Shellbrook Seniors Association news highlights Shellbrook Seniors Association Wednesday April 11 2012 President Myrna Burgess opened the meeting with the singing of O Canada and The More We Get Together.

There were 22 members present Minutes Adeline Fossey read the minutes of the last meeting which were adopted as read.

Business arising from the minutes Members wishing to attend the District 4 meeting in Big River April 18 Loreen Remus, Marie Laberge, Marlene Mason, Joyce Brunton and Adeline Fossey Cassie Bendig, Recreation Director, was informed of our decision to staff the tourist booth on Tuesdays.

Betsy Bruner of Parkside Seniors was informed

that we would donate Carpet Bowling Bowls to their club.

Tresurer Joyce Brunton gave the treasurer’s report. Joyce moved the adoption of her report seconded by Marie Laberge Carried Moved by Marlene Mason Seconded by Bea Lande that the bills be paid. Carried Correspondence Request from Region B Coordinator, Sheila Righi that Shellbrook Seniors host the Region B Annual meeting Wednesday May 16 Reports Hall Adeline Fossey – there are 4 bookings for April. April 1 the water heater was found to be leaking and had to be replaced.

Sunshine – Ulwina Hinz reported 2 cards sent.

EMS Meeting – Marlene Rudolph attended and gave an informative report.

SSAI Bowling tournament – Our team consisting of Al Dion, Mary Geisbrect, Pat and Dave Radchuk took 12th place out of 32 teams. Mary and Al got Turkeys. Congratulations!

Announcements Games of Choice Monday 2 p.m.

Excercises Thursday 9:30 a.m. excercises will end May 1 Kaiser Thusday evening 7:30 p.m.

Next meeting Wednesday May 9 Marlene Mason adjourned the meeting.

Games of choice followed Birthdays April Birthdays - Ann Jacobs, Margaret Smylie, Beatrice Lande, Melba Such, Marie Laberge,

Shell Lake Villas, Shell Lake, SK

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Amenities include grocery store, bank and Co-op Hardware. Lots of wildlife and numerous lakes in the area. Bring your toys. Great Retirement Home!

List Price $430,000

Contact 1-306-466-7757 or 1-306-883-7857 View more at www.shellakevillas.com

Selma Weiss, Marlene Fellows, Laura Lepard, Marlene Rudloph, and Eileen Chappell The Birthday cake was provided by Myrna Burgess, sandwiches byJoyce Brunton and Doreen Elliot Annual meeting April 11 2012 President Myrna Burgess chaired the meeting Minutes Adeline Fossey read the minutes of the last meeting which were approved as read.

Treasurer Joyce Brunton gave the treasurer’s report. Joyce moved the adoption of her report seconded by Marlene Mason.

Reports Reports were given 2012 - 2013 Executive Term up is in brackets President - Adeline Fossey (2014) Past President - Myrna Burgess (2014) Vice President – Marlene Rudolph (2014) Secretary - Marlene Mason (2014) Treasurer - Joyce Brunton - (2013) Directors - Ann Jacobs (2013) Representative from Conveners Bea Lande Myrna Burgess congratulated the new Executive.

Alice Bruce Adjourned the meeting

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From the desk of the Recreation Director By: Cassie Bendig Today is the kids Bike Rodeo at the Shellbrook Elementary School. Stop by the school during the day to see kids try out the bike obstacles.

May long weekend is now here… this means our campground is officially open! If you would like to reserve a site, please make sure to give Joanne or Jason a shout at 747-2597 or stop by the Tourist Booth when you see the OPEN sign.

The pool is on its way;

the new liner and rollers will be delivered on Tuesday, May 22. We will be shooting pretty close, but the pool’s tentative open date is still June 1st. If you have not signed up for lessons or the Silver Fins Swim Team, be sure to do so at the Shellbrook Swimming Pool or contact Regan Hamel at 747-2108 to register for the team.

The pool last year saved up in ice cream sales to purchase a new tot dock for the pool. As the paddling pool will not be run-

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WE CAN FIX IT! AUCTION SALE FOR Sigfred Jacobsen

Wed., May 30th - 1 p.m.

Location: Legion Hall, 585 1st Street West, Canwood, SK (watch for signs)

CONSIGNED VEHICLE: 2003 Chev Cavalier, 4 dr., 4 spd., 75,000 Km SHOP & YARD ITEMS: wood lathe; band saw; Craftsman table saw, radial arm saw; Yardman snow blower (like new); Honda 150 rototiller; alto 4 hp.

Outboard; Rally 3.5 hp. Rototiller; JD lawnmower (push); aluminum step ladder; hand tools, power tools, snap on, ¾” drive; left hand golf clubs; Campbell Hausfield pressure washer; 6” grain auger; 8” grain auger; JD 800 – 14’ self propelled swather; cattle-calf pullers; squeeze shute; weigh scale, needles, etc.; Okanagan full length truck cap; HOUSEHOLD & MISC: table & chairs; chesterfield & chair; washer & dryer; coffee table; single bed, double bed sets; Cold spot dehumidifier; Kirby vacuum; Electrolux; stove annex; 7 c. ft. deep freeze; blankets; Kenmore dryer; Maytag washer; matching apt. size Kenmore washer & dryer; bunk bed (double bottom / twin top); queen bedroom suite; dressers/mirror; mattress & box springs; cabinets; Laminate flooring; gun cabinet (maple); 5 drawer dresser; numerous dressers; corner curio cabinet; wardrobe with drawers; Table w/6 chairs; propane stove from camper; glass picnic table; misc. garden & shop; futon; twin mattress; COLLECTIBLES: Elvis collectibles; blue mountain pottery; other John Deere items; antique table & 4 chairs; Comments: Sigfred is a long time resident of Canwood and would like to invite all of you to his auction. Lunch will be served by the Legion Ladies. Sale Conducted by:

ning this year, we figured we need something for small children to stand on.

I went online and found these amazing Pool Docks.

This dock is made out of a thermo plastic and will be weighed to the bottom of the pool in the shallow end. This dock can be taken apart and made into other shapes to create a swimming apparatus. This dock may also make it easier for seniors to get in and out of the pool. In June come on out and try out the new tot dock.

The museum will be getting all cleaned up and ready to visit once again this year. Make sure everyone takes a chance to

ARCT Piano Diploma Congratulations to LaDawn (Blazosek) Ouellette, on the completion of her ARCT Piano Performance Diploma.

LaDawn convocated in Toronto at the Royal Conservatory of Music on February 12th, 2012.

She studied piano in Prince Albert, under Marilyn Lohrenz, and theory under Lorna Gibson.

All love to you LaDawn, Dad, Mom, and family.

Schmalz Auctions

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Hwy #2 South, Prince Albert, SK - PL 911509 Phone (306) 922-2300 or 763-2172

Gerald Fillmore 1-306-922-7907 or 1-306-940-8720

Seasonal Employment Opportunity The Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464 is accepting applications for a

Full time Seasonal Maintenance Position Qualifications: • Class 1A License • Be capable of accepting instruction and working with minimal supervision • Heavy equipment experience is an asset Duties include: • To keep records of daily work performed in the manner prescribe by the R.M. Administration • To perform assigned work which may include fencing, shop, machinery and yard maintenance; traffic sign placement and repair; cleaning and repairing of culverts and/ or bridges; truck and mower operation.

The R.M. wishes to thank all who apply, however only those individuals to be interviewed will be contacted.

Please submit resume by May 30, 2012, stating work experience and references to: rmleask.464@sasktel.net 306-466-2091 (fax) Box 190 Leask, SK S0J 1M0

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stop by, because if there is no interest in the museum anymore, there may not be a museum for our beautiful town. Come out and support your museum just by stopping in and checking out what history has gone by in Shellbrook.

I have recently nominated the Shellbrook Rec Center for the TSN Kraft

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Celebration Tour 2012.

Be sure to mark on your calendar from June 10th to vote daily so we can have a chance to win the $25,000.00 and a public celebration with the announcers from Sports Center to be aired on TSN. Weekly Health Tip: May long means the lakes are busy! Get out with

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your boat, do some fishing, golfing or anything relaxing. It is great to be active, but never forget to take a moment for yourself.

Have a great week!

Cassie Bendig, Recreation Director, office – 747-4949, cell – 747-9098, email – shellbrookrecdirector@sasktel.net

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Necessity is the Grandmother of Invention As local gardeners dig in for a new growing season, they might investigate the potential of sack gardening. This gardening method is being used by grandmothers in Africa who find themselves raising their grandchildren as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The Phoebe Education Fund for Aids Orphans and Vulnerable Children (PEFO) in Uganda is one of many grassroots group supported by the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF).

The PEFO is known for its innovative programs to help grandmothers with activities like the sack gardens. While it is not quite

as simple as filling a seed bag with soil and compost, there are a number of online “how-to” video resources.

In one, a young girl from Uganda provides expert guidance. She explains the process is best done with friends because the bag is filled in layers with a column of rocks at the center.

To begin, the bag is placed in a triangle of three short sticks. A tall cylinder-shaped funnel is placed in the middle of the bag and filled with stones.

The bag is filled with soil to the top of the funnel and then the funnel is raised, filled with stones,

Sack gardening is an agricultural technique where vegetables are planted in a large sack rather than in the ground. This gardening method is being used by grandmothers in Africa who find themselves raising their grandchildren as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

and the soil is added.

This layering process

is repeated until the bag is “completely full”. Four tall sticks are tied tightly around the sack for support.

Horizontal lines are drawn on the sack at regular intervals to guide the placement of holes. Seeds or seedlings are planted in the holes and on top and the watering begins.

The Grandmother’s Campaign is part of the SLF. After learning about the sack gardens, a member of the Abbotsford Area Gogos in the Fraser Valley, Jean Douglas-Webb tried it.

“It’s just amazing how much can be grown in a small sack! You just cut

slits in the side of the sack and plant the seedlings. I could have planted much more than I did.”

The sack material controls weeds and DouglasWebb reports it is not water-intensive, “I just always made sure I checked it and watered when needed - on the top of the garden and into the stone column.”

The Shellbrook Grandmothers for Grandmothers welcomes grandmothers and grand “others” to join us in turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

For more information contact Nancy Carswell at 747-3769.

It’s Time to Plant Your Vegetable Garden?

By Jackie Bantle Funny how a few days of unseasonably warm, sunny weather can deceive us into thinking it is time to get those vegetable seeds in the ground. A few days of 6°C shakes us back into reality: it is early May in Saskatchewan!

Some seeds can be planted after the first week in May with little or no risk of cold or frost damage: Spinach, radish, beets, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, rutabaga, turnips, peas, lettuce, parsnips and seed onions.

If you didn’t plant your garlic last fall, you will want to get those cloves in the ground as soon as possible to initiate clove production. Onion sets, Swiss chard and kohlrabi germinate better if the soil is slightly warmed up (2nd or 3rd week in May).

Many gardeners love to get their seed potatoes in the ground early. However, planting seed potatoes in soil colder than 18°C

slows growth, results in poor emergence due to tuber rot, as well as increases plant disease incidence that can affect tuber yield and quality.

To get an early start, try green-sprouting your potato seed indoors. Potato seed that is warmed and sprouting will emerge much quicker than cold non-sprouted seed placed directly in cold ground. To green-sprout potato seed, place cold seed in a dark cool place (10-12°C). As soon as sprouts are 2-3mm long, expose the potato seed to light for at least 10 hours each day and temperatures around 18°C. This should keep the sprouts short and turn them green. Do not allow the sprouts to elongate too much as they will break off at planting. Wait to plant outdoors until soil temperatures reach 18°C. Seed pieces need at least one sprout each.

Vegetable crops that prefer warm soils for seed-

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ing include cucumbers, zucchini, winter squash, pumpkin, beans and corn.

These crops are classified as ‘warm season crops’ and germinate best at soil temperatures of 20 – 30°C. Although seeds may germinate at lower temperatures, emergence and growth will be slow. Furthermore, young seedlings of warm season crops that are exposed to temperatures less than 15°C can experience chilling injury.

Injury symptoms include yellowing leaves, plant decay and water soaked spots on plants. Wait at least until the 3rd or 4th week in May to seed warm season crops.

Of course, transplanted vegetable crops are the last crop to put in the ground.

Wait until all danger of frost is passed before planting pepper, tomato, eggplant, leek, cucumber, melon and pumpkin transplants.

Using plastic mulch and crop covers can help to

move up the transplanting date. However, remember that crop covers only provide one or two degrees of frost protection.

If you are still looking for some new and exciting vegetable varieties to test this season, consider the following. Check your local garden centre for the seed. Otherwise try ordering online or over the phone. Most of the seed companies listed here will ship seed in less than a week.

Green bean: ‘Wyatt’ (Stokes seeds) – good dis-

ease tolerance Sweet Corn: ‘SCH 1267’ (Vesey’s seeds) – an early supersweet with excellent flavour Carrot: ‘Crofton’ (Stokes) – early maturing, nantes type Cucumber: ‘ Mercury’ (Vesey’s) – high yields of sweet and crispy cucumbers; can be picked as a mini cucumber or regular size Kohlrabi: ‘Kossak’ (Vesey’s) – tender and sweet even when root is large. ‘Quickstar’ (Stokes) – early maturing

Lettuce: ‘Pareo’ (Vesey’s) – dense head of leaf lettuce, mild flavour Turnip: ‘Purple Prince’ (Vesey’s) – early maturing, tasty and crispy texture Spaghetti Squash: ‘Pinnacle’ (Stokes) – semibush type for small spaces Bantle is a horticulturist living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

This column is offered by the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www14. brinkster.com/saskperrennial)

Sask Perennial Society coming events May 19 (Saturday), 9 am - 4 pm. Insects in your yard and garden: The morning is spent learning how to identify various species of insects based on their characteristic traits. Professor Cedric Gillot will bring hundreds of mounted bugs to examine! During the afternoon campus-guided walkabout, you will have the opportunity to view insects and insect damage. Dress appropriately for the weather. NOTE: It is recommended to have taken Botanical Latin prior to taking this course.

May 20 (Sunday), 9 am - 4 pm. Communications. Whether you are a gardener or not, good communcation skills worth perfecting. A core course for Master Gardeners, you will develop tools to hone your verbal and written communication skills. Everyone welcome.

Both classes are $59 + GST each.Call 966-5539 or visit http://ccde.usask.ca/mastergardener/workshops for more information and to register.

May 26 (Saturday), 9 am - 2 pm. Garden Plant Sale – Garden plants and gardening magazines will be available for sale. Sale will be held at 18 and 22 Churchill Drive. www.saskatoonhortsociety.ca.

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Northern Ireland ready to host open There must be something in the Guinness in Ireland that produces golf champions at an extraordinary rate.

Or is it just the luck o’ the Irish?

A country with a population of just more than six million having four golfers with six major titles to their credit in the last six years is a mathematical and athletic anomaly. But with Padraig Harrington (three majors), Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke (one each), Ireland defies golf gods’ logic.

So it would make sense for such a golf-dominant country to at least play host to a major championship one of these years, right? If things fall into place the way Wilma Erskine and others at Royal Portrush Golf Club on the north coast of Ireland are hoping, this summer’s Irish Open (June 28-July 1) will be a mere dress rehearsal for the Open Championship (known on this side of the Atlantic as the British Open) coming to Northern Ireland four or five years hence.

The Open has been held in Northern Ireland only once, 1951 at Portrush. Erskine, secretary manager at Royal Portrush, says the club has “a romantic dream of achieving our goal of playing host” to another Open, perhaps even becoming part of the Open Championship’s course rotation.

“The R and A will be looking at us carefully” when the club hosts the Irish Open this year, she said.

The Royal and Ancient (R and A), which runs the Open, uses a rota of nine

courses — four in England; five in Scotland. With the recent Irish success in the majors, public pressure in the UK has been exerted to bring the Open west across the Irish Sea. Erskine says if Royal Portrush is fortunate enough to be awarded an Open in the next few years, it will most certainly be ready. “We’ve done a complete renovation of the clubhouse, we have a new practice facility, including a shortgame area, we’ve built eight new tees and we’ve lengthened the course to 7,143 yards (from 6,800),” said Erskine in a recent interview. Course irrigation has also been upgraded. “While others were saving (during the recent recession) we were spending,” she said.

This year’s Irish Open is guaranteed to be a huge hit, with all four Irish lads with major titles committed to competing, as well as other top names, such as reigning PGA champ Keegan Bradley, an American with strong Irish roots.

Watching, and almost guaranteed to be impressed, will be members of the R and A. • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Hear about the latest Pro Bowl proposal, in which the NFL all-stars play the Cincinnati Bengals? They’d call it the Pro and

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Con Bowl.”

• CBS’s David Letterman, among his top 10 pieces of advice for today’s young athletes: — “Don’t waste your money on fast cars and fast living . . . invest in tattoos.

— “Talk to friends, family and clergy about which Kardashian is right for you.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Six Cubs fans are walking 1,600 miles accompanied by a goat named Wrigley to help end the club’s 104-year curse. Yeah, I would think either that or better pitching would be the answer.”

• R.J Currie of sportsdeke.com:” The U.S. town of Boring (Ore.) just signed a sister-city agreement with the British village of Dull. For good measure, they threw in the Chicago Cubs as a sister team.”

• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, on Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blowing out his ACL shagging fly balls during batting practice: “If this is it for Rivera, it will be the worst ending to greatness since the final episode of ‘Seinfeld.’ “ • Cote again: “In summary, I would call the first month of the Marlins’ season a rousing success, other than the Muhammad Ali Opening Day calamity, the Fidel

Castro crisis, the lack of hitting that sent the team spiraling to the NL East cellar, and the fact the new ballpark roof leaks and the outfield grass is dying.”

• R.J. Currie again: “Reuters reports a British man spent five years building a high-performance vehicle from scratch — despite being blind. So what’s Leafs GM Brian Burke’s excuse?”

• Headline at Sportspickle.com: “Classy Josh Hamilton dedicates 4 HRs to the memory of Albert Pujols.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on the unlikely friendship of golfer Bubba Watson and singer Justin Bieber: “I’m not sure where Watson and Bieber met, but we can pretty much rule out a barber shop.”

• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle: “When an NBA player gets fouled, or comes close to being fouled, he takes it like a man. Unfortunately, that man is Rudolph Valentino, superstar of silent movies whose dramatic overacting was necessary to compensate for the absence of dialogue.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe. com, on ESPN excitement when Tiger Woods makes the cut, guaranteeing his presence on the weekend: “Wow! So finishing is now a goal? Woods has gone from Jack Nicklaus to Danica Patrick.”

• Bumper sticker, as spotted by blogger Michael Higgins: “Always give 100%, except when donating blood.”

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RM of Leask meeting highlights The Regular Meeting of the Council of the Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464 was held in the Leask Municipal Office on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

The following are the highlights from that meeting: The meeting was called to order by Reeve Len Cantin at 8:58 a.m.

Present were Reeve Len Cantin, Administrator Sheri McHanson Budd and the following Council members: Real Diehl (Div 2), Marcie Kreese (Div 3), Robert Girod (Div 5) and Victor Unyi (Div 6).

That the accounts covered by cheques numbered 5653 to 5684 and other payments numbered 37 to 46 inclusive, totaling $100,295.94 be approved for payment.

That Council Supervision and Indemnity Vouchers be accepted and approved for payment as circulated.

Justin Nagy presented verbal report to Council.

That the RM purchase a degelman arm and bush hog mower (foam tires) at a cost of $39,800 + taxes less a trade of $10,500.

Delegation - Bob & Barb Willick – Gravel – 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 p.m.

That Bylaw 5/2012

being a bylaw to establish development permit fees 5/2012 be read a first time.

Delegation - Morris Hubbard – Gravel- 12:59 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

That Council accept the following reports presented and that they be filed Reports accordingly: Transportation Services Report – Verbal Report; Administrator’s Report; Parkland Mutual Aid Minutes; Joint Fire Committee Minutes; Reeve’s Reports a. SARM Conference – Beaver Control Culverts; b. SARM Conference – Brush Mulching Services, c. S a s k a t c h e w a n Highways Gravel Pit – Reject Gravel, d. S A R M Convention – Road Dust Suppressant, e. G r a v e l Service , f.Gravel Truck Delegation - Sergeant John Redlich – Report on annual performance goals for Blaine Lake RCMP Detachment – 2:10 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Delegation - Derek Reid – Development – 2:40 p.m. – 3:31 p.m.

Delegation - Don Kavanagh – Road, Fence Removal Payment & Gravel quality concerns 3:37 p.m. – 3:58 p.m.

That the RM rent a hall for April 25, 2012 to

accommodate our public hearings for the zoning bylaw amendments. And if there is a large public attendance that we post notice in the office of the change of location and hold the public hearing at the hall.

That the RM advertise for a PDAP coordinator to work 1 to 2 days a week from July to September to aid in processing the PDAP claim to be funded by the PDAP program as announced at the SEPA conference.

Councillor Girod left Council Chambers That Council approve the request for a Development Permit, a discretionary use of the Agricultural zone, for a Log Storage Shed at NE 18-47-07 W3.

Council Girod returned to Council Chambers That the RM abate municipal penalty of $1.89 at L6 B3 78B17991 W3 due to an abatement calculation error in 2011 when a cabin was demolished on this property.

That we agree to put a float in the parade for the Leask Centennial Event and approve spending approximately $250.00 for candy and decorations.

That Council send a letter of support to the Leask

Library Museum and Tea Room Project Committee to be forwarded with their Community Vitality Grant application committing a donation of in-kind of man power and use of equipment to the project as well as a long term commitment to sharing the cost of utilities Support ( P o w e r , Energy, Water) with the Village of Leask.

That the Administrator have the authority to transfer funds between b a n k ing deposit instruments to maximize return from current interest rates available with different products.

That Council authorizes Administrator Budd and Reeve Cantin to attend the SAMA Annual Meeting and that Reeve Cantin be a voting delegate.

That the RM pay $30 per beaver tail to authorized Beaver Hunters, and additional $15 per beaver tail paid retroactively to hunters for tails turned in after March 28, 2012, if the Beaver Control Program is reinstated. Hunters must be authorized by the Division Councillor to hunt in areas where Beavers are causing problems for the roads in the RM. That Council accept the following correspondence as presented and that

it be filed accordingly: 1. Shellbrook EMO – Delivery of Emergency Social Services – Red Cross Presentation April 5 from 1:00-3:00pm at Shellbrook Municipal Office; 2. The Dimestore Fishermen Television Fishing Program; 3. SAMA – Annual Meeting April 17, 2012; 4. Agricultural Health and Safety Network – Membership fees; 5. Gas Tax Funds 2011-12 Second Installment - $25,464.60; 6. SMHI – Annual Report 2011 Season; 7. V i l l a g e of Leask – Fire Committee Appointment; 8. Channel Clearing and Beaver Dam Removal – possible $8,427.50 in additional funding; 9.

S G I Building Move Permit – Shellbrook to Asquith; 10.

Village of Leask – Parkland Mutual Aid Appointment – Art Spriggs; 11. Prairie Mapping Services – Information Brochure Reeve Cantin declared a pecuniary interest and left Council Chambers 12. C o m m u n i t y Planning – cc: Proposed Subdivision of NW 2-46-8 W3 Reeve Cantin returned to Council Chambers 13. Poulin’s Pest Control – Gopher Poison; 14.

North Central Enterprise Region – can-

cellation of April 12 Round Table Meeting; 15.

Asphalt Zipper Information; 16. Aquatech Services – Potable Water Diving Services.

That Council authorize spending to a maximum of $45,000 on a gravel truck with or without a box subject to approval of a majority of Councillors.

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TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST VILLAGE OF MARCELIN PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land and title number described in the following list are fully paid before the 24th day of July, 2012, an interest based on a tax lien will be registered against the land. Note: A sum for the costs in an amount required by subsection 4(3) of The Tax Enforcement Act is included in the amount shown against each parcel.

Lot 21, Blk 1, PL P5206, Title #130832377 $938.86 Lot 05, Blk 2, PL P5206,

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#132142148 $1,121.39 Lot 20 & 21, Blk 3, PL P5206, Title #115935925 & 115935903 $680.95 Lot 07, Blk 4, PL P5206 Title #140822603 $637.20 Lot 3, Blk 6, PL P5206, Title #138159951 $759.08 Lot 10, Blk 6, PL 5206 132249753 $1,097.31 Lot 09, Blk B, PL P5206, Title #134247562 $1,188.16 PL 101597610 Ext. 8, Parcel B Title # 121684574 $1,204.19 Dated this 18th day of May, 2012.

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE - Computer desk $50; Gazelle exerciser with spare parts $150; 27 “ color TV $150; green leather sofa $100; Green leather recliner $200; Kitchen table with six chairs $100; Venmar air exchanger $600; Eureka vacuum $150. Call 7641363 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 - 2011 Husqvarna riding lawn mower, 26HP, 54” cut, hydraulic drive.

New never used. $2,700 + tax, asking $2,000. Ph: 747-3002 2-21CH

AUTOS FOR SALE FOR SALE - 1987 Ford ½ ton. 306 cylinder, auto, runs good. $1500 obo. Will consider trades. 466-2261 2-20CH FOR SALE - 1979 Chev ½ ton. Call 747-2993 2-20CH FOR SALE - 1991 Olds Regency Elite, V6, Auto, last of big cars. new tires lots of new repairs. good body.

Ph: 747-2775 after 6 p.m.

2-20CH FOR SALE - Take offs semi tires 11225 and 12-225, couple of 12-245s on rims. $30 to $150. 4 new radial 16” grip tires, worth $210 asking $140 per tire. Ph: 466-2261 2-20CH FOR SALE - 1996 Chev Suburban 4x4, LT, fully loaded with leather, no rust, good rubber, $5,200 obo. Ph: 466-2068 2-20CH

FOR SALE - 2004 Chev Impala, white, excellent condition, 103,000 Km. $5,000 Ph: 984-2380 2-21CH FOR SALE - 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, Ex-RCMP car. good running condition. $2,800 Ph: 763-2963 3-22CH

MACHINERY FOR RENT FOR RENT - Bin crane. Ph: David Collins 724-2225 (H), 468-7171 (C) 6-22CH

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE FOR SALE - Black and Red Angus bulls on moderate growing ration.

Performance info available. Adrian, Brian or Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK 342-4407 TFCH FOR SALE - Quality Red and Black Salers bulls for calving ease. Elderberry Farm Salers, Parkside 7473302 6-23CH FOR SALE Fleckvieh influenced Simmental bulls.

Traditional Red and Black. Four D Ranch 306-3424208 10-21CH FOR SALE - Simmental yearling bulls, Traditional, Red & Black. Semen tested. Crossroad Farms 4274422 or 227-9910 4-21CH FOR SALE Johner Stock Farm bulls. Polled Herefords/Black Angus yearling and 2 year olds.

Guaranteed, Delivered. David 306-893-2714, Justin 306-2481305 20-26CH FOR SALE - Registered Black Angus bulls. Yearling and 2 year olds. Reasonably priced, well developed bulls. Not force fed, but carry enough condition to go out and work your pastures.

Transformer, Ko-

dai, Raven, Master and Diversity bloodlines. $100 deposit will hold until May 1. Tours welcome, for more information please call Christopher at West Cowan Apiaries 469-4970 or 469-7902 23-30CH FOR SALE - Poplar Ridge Angus offering Registered Purebred Black Angus yearling bulls. Quiet disposition, easy calving, semen tested and pasture ready.

Shellbrook, SK 747-3038 4-22CH FOR SALE - Tan yearling Charolais bulls. Isaac Hildrebrand. 724-4907 4-23CH FOR SALE - 2 year old Black Angus bulls for sale.

Sons of Tradition and King bulls.

Forage raised, not pushed or stuffed.

Full semen test and guarantee with every bull plus delivery at no extra cost.

Please call Ian at 883-3042 or 8838663 2-21CH

SEED FOR SALE SEED FOR SALE: Seed oats for sale.

97% germ. Phone 468-7909 3-20CH

FOR SALE - Common #1 Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Timothy, Crested Wheat, Yellow Clover, Cicer, Milk Vetch, Alfalfa. Also have Certified seed.

Grower Direct.

Blending and delivery available.

Competitive prices. Darryl Siklenka 306-342-4290, 306-342-2189, Glaslyn, SK TFCH

wood,#494, Debden area. 160 acres of pasture, large dugout, electric fence.

724-4903 8-20CH

WANTED

FEED FOR SALE

WANTED - All kinds of feed grain, including heated canola. Now distributors of feed pellets with up to 36% protein. Marcel Seeds, Debden Ph: 306-724-4461 TFCH

FOR SALE - Large round bales, approx. 1500 lbs.

Trucking available.

466-2261 2-20CH

WANTED - 500 hay bales, hay or green feed. Last or this years hay. Ph: 724-4450 3-22CH

HOMES FOR SALE HOUSE FOR SALE in Canwood. 2 bedrooms, 2 lots, 1 car garage, 1 bath. Asking $50,000. Ph: 4682813 or 468-7700 cell.

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LAND FOR SALE LAND FOR SALE in Canwood RM, NE 22-53-5W3 and SW 22-53-5 W3. Contact 306468-2767 or 306468-2861 2-21CH LAND FOR SALE - R.M. of Can-

WANTED - Wanting to rent an RV to live in for the summer while new house gets built. Will not be taken on the road.

Needed for June 1. Phone Mervin or Colleen at 7472924.

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HELP WANTED HELP WANTED - Man to run mobile tire truck. Experience and asset, but not necessary.

Must be willing to learn and be motivated. Ph: 7478000 4-20CH HELP WANTED Shellbrook Motel hiring for summer help. Drop in to office or call 7472631 TFC HELP WANTED - Part time servers needed. Above average wage plus tips. Must be 19 and older. Apply in person with resume to Shellbrook Hotel.

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Great Family Home For Sale

3+1 bedroom 1,175 sq. ft. bungalow in Shellbrook. Open concept with vaulted ceiling in kitchen and living room. Close to schools in a great neighbourhood. Quick possession available. $254,000

Call 747-7545 for viewing

Get the Jump on Spring - 2006 Larson Senza 206 BowRider boat w/5.0 Merc i/o, 260hp low hours, 2 swivel buckets w/bump up, open bow, back bench seat, Bimi top, stainless steel pop up cleats, snap out carpet, full gauge pkg., factory built-in stereo w/Sirius satellite radio, factory mooring cover, stainless Roswell wakeboard tower w/2 board racks, ski well, 2 factory engine compartment storage containers, Factory Larson HD tandem axle trailer w/ chrome wheels, disc brakes, break away hitch, very good condition, great family boat, stored under cover. $24,900.00 Call 306-747-3432

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REAL ESTATE

AUCTIONS AUCTIONS - Pat Hartnett Auction Sale - Sunday May 27,2012 @ 10:00AM Saskatoon, SK. From Saskatoon Hwy 16 to Auction Mart

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GARAGE SALE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE St.John’s Lutheran Church 704 Adamson Rd. Saturday May 26th 9:00 5:00 Rain or Shine Fundraiser for Shellbrook Youth Travel Club 2-21CH

COMMUNITY CALENDAR BLAINE LAKE: Wapiti Library: Books, DVDs, Internet, Study/Meeting Space, Proctor Service. *New Hours*: Tuesday 1-5, Wednesday & Friday 1-5, Thursday 5-8. Weekly Programming: After School Club (Crafts, Stories, Homework Help) Thursday 2:15-5:15, Craft n’ Chat for Adults Thursday 6-8, Drop In Computer Help Friday 2-4. 306-497-3130.

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 11 am - 4 pm. Librarian: Aline Hannon LEASK: Wapiti Library Hours: Tues. & Fri.: 1 - 5:30 pm & Sat., 1:00 - 5:00 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 - 6:00 pm; Tues., 2 - 8 pm; Wed. 2 - 8 pm; Thur., 2 - 6:00 pm; Fri., 10 - 4 pm. Children’s Story Time: Fri. 10:30 am (Oct. - May). Ph. 747-3419.

SHELLBROOK: St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Cold Plate Spring Luncheon, Friday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Shellbrook Senior’s Centre. Turkey, Ham, Salads, Dessert, Buns & Beverage $10.00. Everyone welcome.

SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Theatre Movie Night. Next Movie Night in Shellbrook, Friday, June 8, The movie showing will be: “The Lorax” - 7:00 p.m.

Bring the family and enjoy! Doors Open 6:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for movie.

SHELLBROOK: In Memory of Renee Trueman (Hamand), Canadian Cancer Society Fundraiser, MAY 26th ~ Shellbrook Community Hall, Trade and Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Supper and Dance, Cocktails 5:30 p.m. ~ Supper 6:00 p.m. , Silent Auction ~ $20. Dance ~ Dizzy River Band ~ 8:30 p.m. Andrea 7477112, Jackie 747-3082, Marie 747-3791, Lee 747-3106 AHTAHKAKOOP: Ahtahkakoop Quad Rally on Sat., May 26, 2012 atAhtahkakoop Reserve, SK. Guaranteed $5000 in Cash Prizes. Registration 10 am to 12 pm at the Band Hall. Lots of Rider Prizes • 50/50 Draw • Prize Draws Free Breakfast - 9:30 am - 11:00 am Free Lunch on trail Free Supper - 6:00 pm Located 6 miles • South of Debden • 6 miles West of Canwood • 8 miles NE of Shell Lake For more information please contact: AJ at (306) 961-9387

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HELP WANTED Honeywood Heritage Nursery Inc is looking for a University/SIAST/ Grade 12 student with an interest in Horticulture &/or Agriculture. Applicant must be currently registered as a full time student with confirmed registration for the 2012 – 2013 school year. This would be a full time position for 12 weeks starting immediately.

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YARD SALE Large Multi family Sat., May 19, 9 t0 5. Kilwinning, 6 miles north of Leask, Hwy. 40.

Hundreds of items.

YARD SALE - Sat. May 19, 10 to 5 Many items. 209 -1st Avenue West, Shellbrook

CARD OF THANKS The family of Simon Desjardins wish to express our sincerest gratitude for all the prayers, calls, and generosity given to us at the time of his passing . Heartfelt thanks to the staff of Parkland Terrance, Fr. Tru Lee, Marcelin Seniors Club and Marcelin CWL. As a special tribute we ask that on May 17th Simon’s birthday you say a prayer, have a beer and have a dance in his memory.

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The family of the late Della Clark which to thank everyone for their acts and words of kindness during her last months of severe illness.

Special appreciations to Shellbrook Clinic staff, lab staff and Home care staff for their kind professional treatment.

The compassionate and personal attention by Beau “Lac” Funeral Home staff was extremely helpful to us and admired by many who (from five provinces) attended her funeral.

The generous memorial donations are gratefully acknowledged.

- Sincerely Gerry Clark

IN MEMORIAMS Rudolph Bittner 1911-1966 Ottelia Bittner 1920-2009 TO OUR PARENTS Inside our hearts your memory lingers Sweet and tender, fond and true Not a day goes by, Mom and Dad That we don’t think of you Although we smile and make no fuss No one misses you more than us.

And when old times we do recall That’s when we miss you most of all.

If we could have

one lifetime wish One dream that could come true We’d ask and pray with all our hearts FOR JUST MORE TIME WITH YOU. - Love from all of your children.

REMUS - Edwin, passed away May 19, 2009. In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather.

You are not forgotten, father dear.

Nor ever shall you be, As long as life and memory last, We will remember thee.

- Love Loreen and family.

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