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Wed., September 21, 2016

Issue 20

SERVING THE ENERGY CITY FOR 113 YEARS

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Mailing No. 10769 | Publication No. 40069240

Oilers Attempt To Slip Through Falcons’ Claws Estevan Lions Club bantam Oilers kick returner Kade Bachorcik gets gang tackled by Weyburn Falcons defenders Kyle Barrett, centre, and Clay Gust during the Oilers 23-6 road loss to the Falcons at Darold Kot Field last Wednesday. For the story and more photos please see B4. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Junior Achievement delivers financial literacy program to Comp students By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

It’s another solid block in the educational construction plan for South East Cornerstone Public School Division, and it’s being delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

Thanks to Junior Achievement Saskatchewan, Grade 9 students at the Estevan Comprehensive School will be receiving some important financial training through the implementation of the Dollars With Sense curriculum. Cornerstone curricu-

lum co-ordinator Aaron Hiske, noted the program will continue to roll out through Grade 10, 11 and 12 in subsequent years. The program gets students to learn about how to be smart consumers, teaches them the nuances of dealing with credit, interest

and budget preparations. The credit program receives the green light from the Ministry of Education. “Having the ability to make responsible financial decisions is important for all Saskatchewan people,” said Estevan MLA Lori Carr who helped deliver

the first lesson in Room 27 at ECS with school administrators and three Cornerstone trustees in attendance. The first class lecture was delivered by Carol Ward of JA and subsequent lessons and directions will be under the guidance of current ECS entrepreneurship educators

such as Josh LeBlanc, Curtis Hack and Joyce Mack. Hack and Mack were also in attendance for the first lecture. Carr said the program will assist the students throughout their lifetime. Michael Merriman, Financial⇢A2

Elections needed for the city and the RM An election will be needed to determine the six people who will be councillors with Estevan city council for the next four years. All five incumbent councillors – Greg Hoffort, Brian Johnson, Trevor Knibbs, Dennis Moore and Kevin Smith – have filed their papers. Cameron Robock and Shelly Veroba, who have both run for

council in the past, have also filed their papers. Mayor Roy Ludwig remains the only person who has filed the paperwork for mayor, as of Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. Ludwig is seeking a second term as mayor. In the RM of Estevan, there will be an election for reeve. Incumbent Kelly Lafrentz has been chal-

lenged by Terry Keating. There will also be elections for councillor in Divisions 1, 3 and 5. Incumbents Lorne Jahn (Division 1), Dennis Blackburn (Division 3) and Del Block (Division 5) have all submitted their nomination forms. In the school board elections, nobody had filed their papers for the South

East Cornerstone Public School Division’s two Estevan seats. Incumbent Pam Currie has stated she will run again, but had not filed her papers as of Monday afternoon. The other incumbent trustee, Janet Foord, will not seek another term. Kevin Keating will run in Subdivision No. 4, which includes Bienfait, Lampman, Alameda and Oxbow.

Keating is currently the trustee for Subdivision 3, which includes Redvers, Carievale and Carnduff, but he represented Subdivision 4 from 2009 to 2012. Board chair Audrey Trombley is once again running for Subdivision 5, which includes Midale, Stoughton and Fillmore. As for the Holy Family Roman Catholic Sepa-

rate School Division, the two Estevan trustees, Bev Hickie and Karen Melle, have both filed their nomination papers. The deadline to file nomination papers is Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. Candidates will have 24 hours to withdraw from the race. The civic and school board elections will take place on Oct. 26.

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