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Colourful Collage This year’s Collage Cultural Festival included colourful costumes and plenty of entertainment on stage in the leisure centre’s foyer area, Arts Council craft room and multi-purpose activity centre. Visiting entertainers from Regina included Yandi Zhu a member of the Confucius Institute/U of R ensemble and Emily Petriew and Savannah Larden from the Regina-based Chaban Ukrainian dance ensemble. Collage details on Page A3. Photos by Norm Park.

Major deal sends Enbridge SE Sask. assets to Tundra Energy

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

In what is being termed as one of the biggest financial transactions in Estevan’s history, Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML), a subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons Ltd., has purchased the southeast Saskatchewan pipeline system from an affiliate of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. The sale includes the liquids pipelines assets in the South Prairie Region for C$1.075 billion in cash.

The deal is expected to be closed by the end of the year.

The SE Saskatchewan Pipelines System for Enbridge includes over 1,600 kilometres of crude oil and liquids gathering pipelines, about 547 kms of trunk lines, and four truck terminals.

Enbridge currently transports approximately 175,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd) to the company’s mainline system at Cromer, Manitoba, where the main terminal for TEML is located as well. The two

companies have an interconnection there through Enbridge’s Bakken Expansion Pipeline system.

After the closing of the transaction, TEML will be handling over 250,000 bpd of crude oil production from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota. It will have over 600,000 barrels of oil storage capacity and capability to load unit trains for customers at Cromer.

Bryan Lankester, president of TEML spoke with the Mercury on Monday, regarding the transaction, stating the newly purchased

The Enbridge Pipelines field office in Estevan along with their employees in southern Saskatchewan are involved in the purchase.

system will be, “a core asset for us. No changes in operations, pretty well status quo.

In fact, in a lot of ways, the Estevan office will be a head office,” he said. “They know how to operate the lines, we’ll leverage that and it’s now a focus for our company and it will get a lot of our attention.”

Lankester said he’s been at the helm of TEML since it’s inception in 2005 in Manitoba with a marketing plan he took to a boardroom at James Richardson, that now appears to be taking another major step forward. He said TEML has an employee base of between 40 and 45 people so the 176 additional employees they now inherit from Enbridge, carries a significant impact on the rapidly growing operation.

“We look forward to working with local producers,” Lankester said.

A couple of years ago, Enbridge moved a central control team to Edmonton and Lankester said Tundra is now intending to “repatriate that service back to Estevan. There are five positions involved in that

move, so we’ll be adding a few more employees there, not reducing staff.”

The TEML chief said he was well aware of Enbridge employees’ involvement in the community, saying last week’s employee fundraising Cooks That Cook event to raise money for the United Way Telethon, happened on the same day as the deal was announced. “They worked fast, they got a TV out of us right away,” he said with a chuckle, adding he hoped it helped raise some additional cash for the local cause.

“We promote community involvement here, and at James Richardson, so that kind of activity we hope will continue.”

Lankester had noted earlier that the purchase involved “some well cared for assets.”

Hartley Richardson, president and CEO of James Richardson and Sons, the p a r e n t c o m p a n y, s a i d throughout their 159-year history, their primary focus has been moving commodities to North American and global markets safely and

efficiently. “This transaction will further that tradition and we look forward to welcoming new employees to the JR Group of Companies.”

Graham White, a spokesman for Enbridge said the sale did not include Enbridge’s operations at Cromer. He added the deal will free up capital for redeployment and will strengthen their company’s balance sheet and support their $9 billion secured growth program in the future.

The assets involved in the sale, include the Saskatchewan gathering, Westspur and Weyburn pipeline systems. It does not include the Bakken Expansion Pipeline that enables delivery of crude oil production in North Dakota to the mainline system at Cromer.

Besides the four truck terminals and the gathering and storage system, the sale includes the Estevan office, yard facilities and equipment.

Both companies said they expect a smooth transition of operations as the deal becomes a reality close to the end of 2016.

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Commemorating The Run Students and teachers from Sacred Heart School/École Sacré Coeur honoured Terry Fox, with a Terry Fox Run event of their own, on Sept. 29, walking around the neighbourhood, after holding a brief ceremony in the gymnasium to discuss the success classes had at fundraising for cancer research and commemorate the legacy of Terry Fox. Sam Macdonald photo

CT scanning service expanded The computed tomography (CT) scanning service at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan has expanded to include emergency services.

Greg Hoffort, the hospital’s executive director, said there are now three fully-trained and certified imaging technologists available to provide the imaging expertise for the scanner which allows the hospital and Sun Country Health Region citizens and medical community full use in emergency circumstances.

“We have three fulltime technicians now rotating on a schedule to give CT imaging service 24/7,” said Hoffort. “We have another technician about one month away from receiving

certification. So by the end of November, we will have four technicians available on a regular basis.”

One fully trained technician was already on staff when the service was launched in February of this year, and the others received their additional hours of training in Prince Albert to complete the certification process.

“We are funded for up to 16 CT scans per day, and we’re doing between 12 and 14 presently,” Hoffort said. “We are very pleased with how things have gone in that regard since it was launched. Once it got underway, the service has been operating quite smoothly.”

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move toward putting the hospital on a centralized laundry service, like other facilities in the health region, has also gone well.

“The managers are adjusting their supply levels to correspond with the services and we are learning what’s required, after

about three months into that service. The staff has done well,” he said.

The laundry service for Sun Country is handled out of Regina with St. Joseph’s being the last facility in Sun Country to join the process.

They made the adjustment this past summer which

included a couple of job realignments and one retirement from the in-hospital laundry service team.

In the meantime, Hoffort said he and the hospital’s administrative team continue to work on removing the deficit they found themselves in during the

earlier part of this year.

The $290,000 shortfall is being addressed, he said, and “we are chipping away at it, doing more with less.

Funding for health care is always a struggle, and we’re not 100 per cent there yet, but we will get there soon.”

Affinity ice remains in good condition The ice surface at Affinity Place has responded well to the start of hockey season and a special event.

Affinity has been using the ice plant at the Power Dodge Ice Centre, while repairs continue to Affinity’s ice plant, where much equipment was damaged during a flash flood in the city in July.

Using the Power Dodge ice plant allowed the ice at Affinity Place to be ready for the start of the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins regular sea-

son on Sept. 16.

Other user groups have used the ice at Affinity since that time. The ice also withstood being covered for several days in late September for the Estevan Showcase Business Expo. After Showcase was finished, and the floor cover was removed, City of Estevan employees needed to spend a few days on minor repairs for the ice.

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layer just got a little bit damaged from that,” said leisure services manager Nathan Jesse. “It took a day or two to recover, and then some of our staff just had to do some minor repairs.”

Maintenance supervisor Dan Kroeker added that they can use the ice plant at the Power Dodge Ice Centre for the ice or the air conditioning at Affinity Place, but not both. So it means Affinity Place will be warmer during events.

Approximately 80 per cent of the replacement parts have arrived for the Affinity Place ice plant, including

the pumps, motors and compressors. Control panels and electrical panels have yet to arrive.

“We don’t need everything here to start installation, but before we can run anything, everything has to be here,” said Kroeker.

The process of removing the old and damaged equipment has already started, but it will take some time.

Leisure services still doesn’t have a timeline on when the Affinity ice plant will be fully installed and operating again, but it will be a lengthy process.

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Collage brought out the best in a multicultural display

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The music and dancing was nearly non-stop in the Estevan Leisuure Centre’s multipurpose room while dozens of people at a time milled around display and food tables set up in the centre’s main foyer and an entrance to Affinity Place on Saturday afternoon.

“Everything worked out all right,” said event co-ordinator Oksana Miller of the Southeast Newcomer Services, which was the lead agency for the multicultural event.

“We had enough volunteers and Affinity Place staff were wonderful. They even built the temporary stage for the performers. I didn’t have to worry about it,” she said with a chuckle. “They took care of the performers; everybody did a great job.”

Cultural groups from Regina and Swift Current mingled with local artists and performers along with the general public for a full afternoon.

“The East Indian area was busy with the henna tattoos and the Chinese table too,” said Miller. The craft room, just down the hall,

was also kept busy with crafts for kids and adults alike courtesy of the Estevan Pottery Club, Estevan Art Gallery and Museum and Souris Valley Museum who were making good use of the Estevan Arts Council’s craft centre.

Miller said this was the third annual Collage event staged by the Southeast Newcomer Services, and, based on the response, they’ll be attempting to bring it back again next fall.

“How big it will be will depend on our budget, of course,” she said.

This year’s festival was made possible through financial support from five agencies, starting with Sask.

Culture who provided a $12,000 grant, while the Multi-Cultural Council came through with a $2,500 grant. A further $2,000 came from Affinity Credit Union and their local District 12 fund and the City of Estevan and SaskTel chipped in with $500 and $350 respectively.

“I was nervous at first.

It was the first time I have taken on the job as an organizer, but it seemed everyone knew what they had to do. I kept checking on things and it all seemed to

African drums dominated the entertainment venue in the late afternoon during the Collage Cultural Festival held in the leisure centre.

Khushali Raval (right) and Swati Sharma of the Arcola East Bhangra group provided some additional fun for youngsters, teaching them some traditional artistic drawings as well as providing some henna tattoos for young and old alike during Saturday’s Cultural Collage at the leisure centre. Photo by Norm Park be moving around all right,” she said.

Although there has been discussions about an admission charge to the festival, Miller said the group would prefer to continue offering it as a free event since it seems to be an attractive feature and encourages a smooth and easy flow of people in and out of the venues.

The afternoon of performances began with a multicultural display of ethnic dances brought to the stage by the Drewitz School of Dance that included Ukrainian, Hungarian and Irish, to name a few.

They were followed by the Ukrainian Chaban dance ensemble from Regina who brought their junior and intermediate dancers to Estevan for a lively half-hour of traditional dances from various Ukrainian regions.

Aboriginal artist, singer and storyteller Carol Daniels hurried into Estevan from Regina too, even though her family was in the middle of moving into a new home. She said she was determined to make it to Estevan where she has appeared before in front of appreciative audiences.

Arcola East Bhangra Dancers were also a part of

The Chaban Ukrainian Dance ensemble’s intermediate dancers gave a lively performance of traditional dances from various regions of the Ukraine at the Collage festival. the program. The Chinese instrument and dance troupe from the Confucius Institute through the University of Regina were a treat with their colourful costuming and musical and dance talents.

The Magic of Karpat, featuring Ukrainian vocals

by Bogdon Dubouvy and Nadia Babchouk on violin, took the audience from lively folk songs and dance to love ballads and back again.

They were followed by an African drumming trio from UCAS Karibu and Boom Town Down from Regina

who also offered some eager audience participation on the drums. The Kilted Winds, Estevan’s own Scottish pipe and drum band, and the alternative rock band, Loud Neighbours, brought the entertainment segments of the afternoon to the close.

While the action in the activity room was musical, the arts room was visited by several children and a few adults who got busy making paper dolls, buttons or clay pottery items.

The 10-table outlay in the foyer included food

and even free books from the Estevan Area Literacy Group, along with Russian Matryoshke dolls, Rangoli and African art, Chinese name translations and displays plus Philippine cuisine and European baked goods.

“If we can get the funding, we will make this grow,” said Miller, noting that her job will now involve completing reports for the granting agencies and assisting with the applications for next year, since some of the deadlines for such things are coming soon.

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New regional nursing home committee receives report from MNP

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The new Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee has received a report from MNP Chartered Accountants on options for proceeding with the new facility, and according to committee chair Don Kindopp, it wasn’t the information they were looking for.

As reported in the Mercury earlier this year, the committee approached MNP to investigate alternate financing and planning arrangements for the new nursing home, so they could proceed with the project in a quicker fashion.

MNP worked on the project during the summer months and met with local municipalities, the Sun Country Health Region, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance. The report was handed down last week.

“One of the first statements they said when they presented the report to us was that this is not a good news report,” said Kindopp. “We had been hoping that we could come up with some fantastic, dazzling alternative financial plan that would encourage the government to proceed right away.”

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committee wanted to proceed with the project without provincial funding for the first few years. The government would assume responsibility for the building’s operating and maintenance expenses after a few years.

But according to MNP, when the government switched to summary statements in 2014, it meant that all liabilities that the government would eventually be responsible for would have to be reported.

“Hoping for ways that would keep the expenditures off the books of the government for three to five years, while it’s being planned and the initial building is starting, is not possible anymore,” said Kindopp.

MNP presented five potential options to the committee, including the possibility of community bonds. Some non-profit agencies have raised money through this system, but Kindopp noted they would be listed under the government’s liabilities, so it might not be a feasible option.

Also suggested was a public-private partnership, but Kindopp said it’s an option that isn’t feasible due to the summary financial statements.

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MNP also suggested life leases as a fundraising tactic for the new nursing home, but the committee eschewed that idea, as they want to provide a facility that is accessible to all people who need care, and not just those who can afford a life lease.

Another possible option was for the committee to fold, return the donations and abandon plans for a new nursing home. Kindopp said that isn’t going to happen.

“The committee feels very strongly that the support received from the community indicates the importance of this project to the community members, and we’re certainly going to do everything we can to move ahead and get this project done as quickly as we can,” he said.

The option the committee selected was to continue to lobby the Sun Country Health Region, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health and Estevan MLA Lori Carr about the need for a new nursing home.

“We will continue to provide stewardship of the kind contributions of the members of the community, and the various groups and political bodies,” said Kindopp.

Kindopp noted the Sun Country Health Region has placed the new nurs-

New Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee chair Don Kindopp, left, takes notes while David Cundall and Craig Gates speak at a meeting last week. Photo submitted. ing home on their capital planning priority list, and the health region has requested $250,000 from the committee to help with the planning efforts.

The committee believes the new Weyburn General Hospital is tops on the health region’s priority list, but a new nursing home for Estevan should be the top priority for longterm care projects in the southeast.

Potential changes to the province’s health region system could also have an impact on the new nursing home committee.

The provincial government has been touting “transformational change” in health care for several months, and that could result in fewer health regions.

“We’re going to attempt to have a meeting with the Ministry of Health,

and hopefully that meeting will bear some fruit,” said Kindopp. “He (Jim Reiter) is a new minister, and we’ll emphasize how important this project is for the community.”

He is still hopeful that planning for a new nursing home could start in 2017, and construction could begin the following year, but Kindopp also recognizes that is not a guarantee.

Approximately $8.3 million has been raised for a new nursing home in Estevan. A fundraising committee, named the Hearthstone Community Campaign, raised $8 million, which is 20 per cent of the building’s forecasted $40 million cost. Hearthstone was disbanded shortly after reaching the $8 million objective in January 2015.

The new nursing home committee continues to

fundraise for the building. They have also been pushing for the project to proceed.

But as they continue to wait for the government to give the new facility the green light, they also have concerns about increased building costs. They are hopeful that $40 million will still be the cost of the building.

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Candidates forum is Oct. 12 Local residents will be able to hear the thoughts of the 12 candidates for Estevan city council during a forum on Oct. 12 at the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute (SETI).

The Estevan Chamber of Commerce is once again organizing the forum, and executive director Jackie Wall told the Mercury the forum will have a similar format to previous editions.

Each candidate will deliver an opening statement that will last 90 seconds to two minutes, answer a question from the chamber that they will know ahead of time, respond to questions from the general public, and deliver a closing

statement that will likely last for 60 to 90 seconds.

The forum is expected to start at 7 p.m. A moderator has yet to be selected.

Wall expects the forum will likely begin with the councillor candidates.

Following a brief break, it will shift to the mayoral candidates.

“That way there’s some differentiation and distinction so people know these are councillor candidates and these are mayoral candidates,” said Wall.

The chamber will be soliciting questions from the public for the prepared question portion of the forum.

Wall said they decided

to have the councillor and mayoral forums on the same night because the chamber recognizes people are busy, and it’s hard enough for them to attend one event, let alone two.

They also wanted to have the forum before advanced polls open on Oct. 13.

“We thought we would just do everything in one night,” said Wall.

The chamber’s candidates forums have traditionally been held at the Royal Canadian Legion, because the debates can be televised live on Access Communications when held at the Legion.

Since it will be at the SETI, the forum won’t air

live, but it will be shown the following night.

The Southeast College said they wanted to host the forum at the SETI, Wall said, and the chamber wants to have their events at various venues in the city.

Three people are running for mayor. Incumbent Roy Ludwig has been challenged by James Halladay and Rhyan Hagel.

The nine candidates for councillor are incumbents Greg Hoffort, Brian Johnson, Trevor Knibbs, Dennis Moore and Kevin Smith, and challengers Travis Frank, Cameron Robock, Shelly Veroba and Lyle Yanish.

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Sun Country meeting financial and other community challenges Overtime hours and payments are being reduced in the Sun Country Health Region as just one example of several measures being taken to ensure the health care programs and facilities can operate at full potential.

Information regarding physician placements and a presentation on safety procedures, were also included in a two-hour public meeting conducted by the board of directors of the Sun Country Health Region on the afternoon of Sept. 28.

Chairwoman Marilyn Charlton reported on the meetings and conferences she attended on behalf of the board, in September and CEO Marga Cugnet provided information on ongoing operations within the entire region. Dr. Dimi-

tri Louvish, vice-president of medical services, supplied a report on various physician placements around the region, including those in Arcola and Radville, along with notes about physicians undergoing certification examinations and those providing locum (temporary) services at various points around the region.

The board members heard there were no red flags associated with the financial report that was delivered by vice-president of finance John Knoch, although the surplus of funds situation was tight at this point in the fiscal year, representing only a margin of three days of operation.

Cugnet noted the birth rate at St. Joseph’s Hospital

in Estevan totalled 47 in July and August which was what would be expected according to past records.

Cugnet also reported that wait times for medical procedures are in good order in Sun Country and noted that wait times for services in other health regions such as in ReginaQu’Appelle are beyond the influence of the local health region.

The board members passed a motion to postpone the regularly planned community network meetings this fall. Instead, they said they will conduct these meetings next spring. It was explained that due to impending changes in the health ministry and the way the system was being operated, it would be best

to hold the meetings after more information has been gathered and an action plan revealed.

“Until then, it would just be frustrating for the general public, and for us, because we just wouldn’t have the information they want and need if we held these meetings this fall,” said Cugnet.

The board members agreed with the proposal, saying that since there didn’t appear to be any major or pressing issues at this time, the move to a spring schedule for community connections would be in order. At that point, said Charlton, they should have some answers regarding changes being made to the delivery of health care in the province.

Half-Marathon to return for another run in Estevan

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Police Service is bringing back an event to get the community moving this month, with the return of the Estevan Police Half Marathon. The event’s second time in the Energy City will take place on the same day as last year, on Oct. 16, at the Chamney Running Track at Panteluk Athletic Field.

“It’s a big event, and it’s all about getting the community in motion. We started it last year, just to get the public out to meet our police, and for the police to give back to the community, and the community to come together to provide something for deserving families,” said race co-ordinator Terina Shaw.

The event will feature a five-kilometre walk or run, and a 10-kilometre walk or run, all starting at

8 a.m. The half marathon will begin at the track, and will take participants on a course that goes along roads in the city, eventually looping back to where it began, just outside Estevan Comprehensive School. To register, Shaw advised to go to the Running Room website, click on the Races tab, and scroll to Saskatchewan on the list to find the Half Marthon.

This year, proceeds from the event will be going to a good cause, just as they did last year, noted Shaw.

“Last year, we used the money to send a family and children to the Summer Games. This year, what we’re doing with the money raised is sending a child with health problems and their family to Disneyland,” she said. “What we’re going to do after the funds are raised and the race is done, is have people in Estevan and the surrounding area nominate a child and family

they feel are deserving.”

Shaw said she hopes to see an increase in participation this year, noting there were about 70 people in last year’s half marathon.

“We’ve opened it up to a five and 10K, so we hope to get a bit more this year.

I also want to stress that people in wheelchairs are welcome,” said Shaw. “We have a couple of people who will be using wheelchairs to participate in the race. Wheelchairs, strollers, bringing dogs or cats, whatever you want.”

After the marathon, everyone is invited to stop by the Comp for a barbecue, around 11 a.m., where participants in the half marathon will be fed for free, and everyone else is encouraged to bring donations.

Shaw said the EPS will be out for the duration of the event, providing support, patrolling

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There will be a number of water stations throughout the course, as well.

“It’s very satisfying to see this happening another year. I put a lot of time and effort into getting donations and rounding up people to get into the race.

Last year, it was absolutely amazing, and it brought tears to my eyes,” said Shaw. “We’ve had a lot of first-time racers who have never crossed a half marathon finish line before, who succeeded and crossed that finish line.

“People who said they could never do it, did it and that’s amazing.”

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Keeping changes real Make no mistake, big change is in the works for health care business in Saskatchewan. We can expect major, but less radical tweaks to the educational administrations too.

This is only speculation at this point, since the government is still gathering data and lining up the decision desks while appointing panels to do the grunt work.

Focusing on the delivery of health care services is probably going to be the most controversial issue the Sask. Party government has had to face in its approximate 10 years of operation as our chief administrative body.

Premier Brad Wall, his cabinet and caucus are not likely relishing the idea of reducing their popularity polling numbers over the next few months, but it seems almost inevitable with health care costs continuing to soar, even after the imposition of checks and balances and pleas to tone down the spending.

That is difficult in a province where the population continues to grow, while the economy slithers downward. It’s not a healthy combination for government.

If there is any advice to offer Jim Reiter, the minister of health, and Greg Ottenbreit, the minister of rural and remote health, it would be to perform their jobs with complete transparency and honesty. We don’t need any sleight-of-hand, hidden cards up the sleevemaneuvers. In other words, we wouldn’t

Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Cities don’t get rural Sask. crime The saddest days in Saskatchewan are when we see people divided, especially when that division is caused by a lack of understanding.

Such days have been all too common in this province this year.

What’s even sadder is when they relate to issues of safety, something that shouldn’t divide us.

Sadly, though, city people seeing the issue from the outside may not fully appreciate how unsafe some rural people feel.

One of the flashpoints has been what appears to be a racially charged incident near Biggar in which Colten Boushie of the Red Pheasant First Nation died from a gunshot wound at the farmyard of Gerald Stanley.

Stanley has been charged with second-degree murder and has received bail that confines him to the vicinity of his farm until his trial date.

The issue has created a firestorm of

want to see another Regina highway bypass and Global Transportation Hub style, behind the curtain, action-plan on the hospital and health care files.

If the data gathering is going to lead to more hospital and health centre closures in the name of efficiencies, then spell it out and provide the reasoning. Saskatchewan citizens know how increasingly difficult it is to continue to provide first-class care in small towns. Not every town with populations between 800 and 1,500 can have a hospital under current conditions and many can’t take on health clinics and health centres. It may no longer be possible. Just like the grain elevators and school closures and the loss of the small town grocery stores, took place years ago, we may have arrived at that transformational stage where rough and tough decisions have to be made again.

If the NDP were to be criticized for the closure of 52 Saskatchewan hospitals 25 or so years ago, the time may have come for the current government to have to face up to a similar scenario in order for our coveted one-payer Medicare system to survive.

We see the need to retain that model as being even more important than salvaging hard-pressed lightly used health centres that struggle to retain physician and nursing services in communities where there is no

existing medical community.

Contrary to some beliefs, it’s not caring for a growing number of seniors that is fueling the strain on health care financial resources.

According to numbers we found, the senior population growth only adds about one per cent to the growing expense account. One cost that is chalked up to seniors is mainly due to the use of acute and primary care beds where a long-term care bed would better serve the system. That’s not a senior problem, that’s a management problem.

More costly items to be addressed are in technology and drug supply sectors.

Taking care of more and more people who have become obese, or suffer from a growing variety of afflictions at earlier ages, is costing us more than the care of senior citizens.

Wage increases for care providers, including physicians, is a huge financial factor as well.

Home care is seen as an add-on expense, until it is part of an integrated program. How will we deal with this scenario?

So, bring on the data-seekers, pile on the peer panels and let’s roll up the proverbial sleeves. We are to be inoculated, vaccinated or maybe decimated and it won’t be our choice.

The verdict will be delivered by those we elected to serve us.

controversy and protest, and more than a few highly inappropriate racist social media postings.

Let us be clear that the court will deal with the facts of the matter in Stanley’s trial process.

But what might be said is that it was just one of many incidents throughout rural Saskatchewan that illustrates the fear out there.

An even more recent incident driving rural Saskatchewan’s fear over public safety happened near Fiske, in which police responded to a report of three masked men carrying handguns, trying to hold up a farmhand.

No one was hurt, but no arrests have been made, even after the RCMP commissioned an aerial search for a black SUV that was said to be involved in the incident.

Admittedly, this is a very isolated incident. Less isolated, however, are the stories throughout rural Saskatchewan of vandalism, break-ins, and thefts of vehicles, farm machinery and gas, and even occasional home invasions and robberies with violence.

The Fiske incident and others have prompted some farmers to carry firearms in the cabs of their combines and elsewhere.

Again, perspective is needed here. Stories of how often this has been occurring are likely both exaggerated and overblown.

After all, it’s not uncommon for farmers to keep guns on hand to deal with predators.

Most of us built gun racks in high school shop class as a kid. They were made to go in the house or the back of a pickup.

But it is a different era and the RCMP were right to issue a warning about proper use and storage of firearms. The last thing anyone needs is an unintended tragedy.

It’s a very different era we are now in that touches on another issue pertinent to what’s been going on in rural Saskatchewan.

As farms have grown larger, farmers have grown farther apart. That has created policing challenges in two ways. There is sometimes no easily accessible neighbour to watch properties and it’s tougher to get law enforcement into remote locations to deal with an incident. Also, with fewer people in rural Saskatchewan, it is harder for those who remain to afford the policing costs.

Municipalities of fewer than 5,000 people with RCMP detachments pay $77.06 per capita, while those communities without a detachment pay $47.68 per person for policing. Any additional positions in the detachment would cost $130,000 more per year.

So simply paying for police is getting harder.

Maybe rural Saskatchewan isn’t as peaceful as it once was.

A 2005 Statistics Canada study showed 43 per cent more crime, such as break-ins, assaults etc., in smaller urban communities than larger cities. Perhaps to the surprise of some, there is also a higher homicide rate in rural settings.

Another big problem may be related to the declining economy thanks to decline in oil prices, and problems that accompanied it.

Rural people are all too aware of the rare cases of drug addictions that sometimes follow rig workers. Well, the addictions to fentanyl and other drugs don’t stop when oil wages stop.

It is a different rural Saskatchewan.

Maybe it’s high time those in the cities passing judgment should understand what is going on.

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Norm Park All Things Considered My latest convoluted thought journey began with Peppermint Patty. Those who know the Peanuts characters will know Patty.

Sports Illustrated suggested a few months ago Peppermint Patty was probably the first gender-busting female athlete to crack the glass ceiling in the sports world. She was the best athlete in the Charles Schulz neighbourhood, including Snoopy, who was pretty good at hockey.

Patty, in deep disgust, was quitting Charlie Brown’s baseball team, realizing the futility of her efforts. She had hit five home runs, yet Charlie’s team still lost 37-9.

With ball glove attached to jeans, Patty declared “I’m going back to where I came from” Charlie Brown replied as he watched her walk away, “that must be a nice thing to be able to do.”

Can you go back to where you came from? Ever?

There is that old adage, that you can never go home again.

When I returned to the town I grew up in after a 20-year absence, it felt warm and I was somewhat comfortable. But our home was now someone else’s home and I couldn’t invade.

I have had three real homes in Estevan, two of them had been on George Street. I like George Street, nothing special about it, but it’s the old ‘hood’ to me. But my current abode and ‘hood’ is where I feel most comfortable now. The Mercury office doesn’t count, I don’t quite live here, but sometimes it’s a close call.

When I lived in Trinidad, I remembered a final visit to Maracas Beach and feeling quite morose, knowing I probably wouldn’t see that wonderful 10-mile stretch of white sand ever again. I took a mental picture of where our gang usually parked and where we spent time and wasted our talents on Saturdays or Sundays. I don’t know if I would even want to go back there now.

Circumstances and time change things.

Then there is the religious angle of home.

A few weeks ago, Tim Pippus, in his regular missive in Lifestyles, (and I claim some literary license here, because I know I’m not paraphrasing it entirely correctly), said that we are foolish to send out messages to God to grant us favours or fine outcomes.

He is there to lead us, to show us the way home. But it was our journey to make.

I can’t take a stand when it comes to religious discussions, arguments or negotiations. I have mixed thought processes and emotions when it comes to that great query. I like to say that when it comes to faith-based decisions, I’m going the same route as I had to take on the question of retaining the Canadian Wheat Board or dismantling it. There were great arguments on both sides, so I took no side because I didn’t have to. Or, I didn’t think I had to. So going home for the religious set, is special on another plane.

Just like home for the wanderer, is something else again.

I think that old cowboy tune Home on the Range, sums up that feeling the best.

Another old saying suggests that “home is where the heart is.” Also true.

I once heard the statement that a home was nothing more than a box with a lid where we kept all our stuff.

Strictly speaking, that analysis bore merit, but it was so terribly wrong.

For many, it’s more. Homes get ransacked, flooded or, in places like Aleppo, bombed, and homes become a major personal issue. It’s more than a box with our stuff. It’s more than the money we invested in it. We invest ourselves, our emotions, our beings into those rooms. So we have to be able to go home again, where we know we fit in, just like Peppermint Patty.

On Sept. 27, the Official Opposition critic for infrastructure, MP Dianne Watts, released a concerning update on the Liberal government’s Phase 1 Infrastructure Plan that was outlined in the 2016 federal budget.

As of that day in September, the Liberals had yet to allocate approximately

$62.5 million for projects in Saskatchewan, and no projects have been started as the agreement was only signed two weeks ago. The projects that have received approval are all located in Regina and Saskatoon with nothing indicated for rural Saskatchewan.

“This is troubling for

my constituency,” said Dr. Robert Kitchen, MP for Souris-Moose Mountain. “I have many small communities in my riding that are in dire need of funding to upgrade their water treatment and wastewater facilities.”

Kitchen added, “Additionally, with the downturn in the economy, job creation

is a key issue in my riding.

These infrastructure projects provide a great opportunity to create jobs, especially for those who have been affected by the downturn in the oil and gas industry. Yet, the Liberals are dragging their feet on this. It seems they have forgotten about rural Western Canada, yet again.”

Weapons seized, entries denied at Sask. border crossings August was an eventful month for Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) personnel as they bid a fond farewell to their detector dog partner Holly who had served the unit faithfully for the past nine years. Holly will now enter into retirement mode as a member of her handler’s family.

In other enforcement news during the month, officers seized an undeclared .45-calibre automatic handgun while examining a semi-truck and trailer at the Regway border crossing on Aug. 16. The driver was released on a recognizance order (promise to appear in court), and CBSA charges are pending.

Officers also seized two rifles and a shotgun that had not been declared, from the bed of a Florida man’s pickup truck on Aug. 21.

He was detained and paid a $250 penalty for their return and then turned back to the United States due to a previous conviction of vehicular homicide.

At the North Portal

crossing, officers seized seven overcapacity ammunition magazines, including five for a semi-automatic assault rifle, from a male traveller moving to Alaska on Aug. 12.

On Aug. 22, officers seized a prohibited stun gun, wrapped in clothing, from the cab of a commercial truck driver from Missouri.

The driver paid a $500 penalty for the return of the stun gun. In both instances the travellers were allowed to continue into Canada.

At the small Monchy border crossing, officers seized a suspected cannabis chocolate bar from a California man on Aug. 21. He was eventually allowed to continue his journey into Canada.

Entry into Canada is refused to several travellers every month for a variety of reasons, including some for serious criminal records which included one American male who appeared at the North Portal border crossing in April. He had been convicted of attempted

The .45-calibre handgun seized at the Regway border crossing. Photo submitted. aggravated murder while another was refused entry due to a conviction of domestic assault.

At the Estevan Highway border crossing, officers refused entry to a U.S. man who had been convicted of a hit-and-run and manufacturing and delivering tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

At the Oungre border crossing, officers refused entry to a U.S. male who had charges pending against him for forgery and fraud.

On Aug. 7, officers at

the North Portal station refused entry to a U.S. male who said he was going to visit a friend in Canada.

Officers found he actually intended to work on a farm.

On Aug. 24, CBSA officers issued an exclusion order against a foreign national student applying for a work permit since he had not enrolled for his supposed academic program and had already been working in Canada without authorization. He was barred from entering Canada for a year and has since left the country.

Tickets issued for speeding and other infractions Members of the Southeast Combined Traffic Services Unit remained busy in late September and into October.

Officers issued 37 tickets from Sept. 18 to 24.

Twenty-three of the tickets were for speeding. Six more were for exceeding the speed limit by more than 35 kilometres per hour (km/h).

Police also handed out four tickets for operating an unregistered vehicle, two for driving without a valid licence and two for disobeying a stop sign.

Seventeen warnings and two inspection tickets were also handed out.

Unit members issued 51 tickets and 33 warnings from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1.

Forty-two of the tick-

ets were for speeding. Another ticket was for exceeding the speed limit by more than 35 km/h.

They also issued three tickets for driving an unregistered vehicle, two for disobeying a stop sign, and one each for using a cell phone while driving, driving without a valid licence and having unlawful window tint.

Thirty-three warnings were issued, and four inspection tickets were also handed out.

Traffic unit members are also reminding motorists that it is unlawful to obstruct a vehicle licence plate in any way. This includes plastic covers, whether they are tinted or clear, along with film or plastic wrap.

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Participating in the ribbon cutting were, from the left, Westview School vice-principal Carmen Ostrander, Kinsmen Foundation Zone representative Jacquie Mvula, Estevan MLA Lori Carr, school community council president Mandy Littlefield, principal Cheri Haberstock, councillor Brian Johnson, and Affinity Credit Union representatives Daryl Story and Pauline Ziehl Grimsrud.

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A brief blast of rain moments before the start of an outdoor ceremony couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of staff, students and parents at Westview School, as they celebrated the dedication of their new inclusive playground structure on Sept. 30.

The rain forced most of the ceremony to be held in the school’s gymnasium, where the speeches and tributes took place. But

the rain eventually ended and everyone was able to return outdoors for the ribbon cutting.

Principal Cheri Haberstock told the crowd that the excitement she saw in the students when they came inside after the rain began, was similar to the excitement she felt when the playground equipment was installed in August.

“So maybe it’s appropriate that we got a little bit of excitement at the beginning of our ribboncutting ceremony,” said

Haberstock.

She noted that when they started their fundraising two years ago, she never imagined the equipment would already be in place and in use by the students.

“Thanks to all of your hard work and dedication and commitment, we’re here. Isn’t it exciting?” she asked.

The audience responded with wild applause.

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MLA Lori Carr, City Councillor Brian Johnson, South East Cornerstone Public School Division superintendent of schools Michael Merriman, Kinsmen Foundation Zone representative Jacquie Mvula and Westview School community council president Mandy Littlefield.

“When we began this project, it seemed like an overwhelming task,” said Littlefield. “This play structure wouldn’t have been possible without a lot of help.”

The Kinsmen Foundation contributed $25,000 to the project in the spring. It gave Westview the money and the confidence it needed to purchase the equipment.

“It was a very generous gift that allowed us to install the playground at least a year ahead of what we were expecting to do,” said Littlefield. “There were tears of joy shed that day when we read your letter (of support).”

Foundation representatives Mvula and Susan Colbow were in attendance.

“Each year the people of Saskatchewan donate to Telemiracle, and it is because of their generosity

that the Kinsmen Foundation can support individuals, organizations and communities,” said Mvula.

“This playground is an example of that generosity.”

Littlefield also paid tribute to the donors, and all the families and the staff at the school for baking deserts, setting up events, purchasing supper tickets, donating raffle items, attending events and assembling the playground structure.

Haberstock said the students love the new equipment. And it has been well-used since its instal-

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“It’s designated mostly for our Grade 3 to 5 students during recesses, but the older kids and the younger kids all want to play on it,” said Haberstock. “So we’re using phys-ed classes or other opportunities where they can get on it and play on it too,” said Haberstock.

Each time she drives past the equipment after school or on the weekends, she sees someone playing on it, and Haberstock believes that’s a reflection of the popularity of the new playground structure.

Vice-principal Carmen Ostrander was among the speakers during the dedication ceremony.

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Premier responds to announcement Premier Brad Wall has issued a statement expressing his strong disapproval of the federal government’s Oct. 3 proposal to implement a pan-Canadian carbon price of $10 per tonne in 2018, eventually reaching $50 per tonne by 2022. The federal government’s announcement came during a series of climate change negotiations between provincial and territorial environment ministers along with their federal counterpart, Cathe-

rine McKenna, in Montreal.

In the statement, Wall expressed his disapproval at the federal government’s decision to announce a unilateral carbon tax, while the provincial and territorial environment ministers met to discuss a collaborative climate change plan.

Wall said that the meeting between the premiers is “not worth the CO2 emissions it took for the environment ministers to get there,” in light of the federal gov-

ernment’s announcement, and that the announcement was a sign of disrespect on the part of the prime minister and his government.

Another issue Wall wrote about was the damage he sees a unilateral carbon tax as bringing to the Saskatchewan economy—an economy that is already adversely affected by the downturn in commodity prices.

“The bottom line is that the Saskatchewan econo-

my…will be one of the hardest hit by the new federal carbon tax, because of our trade-exposed resource industries,” wrote Wall. “The carbon tax will siphon over $2.5 billion from Saskatchewan’s economy when fully implemented and make our province a less competitive place to do business.”

Wall added that the implementation of carbon pricing may have an adverse effect on how the U.S. and Canada do business, and

Ceres a finalist in competition The Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) recently announced the finalists for their 2016 Exporter of the Year Award.

The winner will be announced at the STEP Trade Conference on Oct. 21 in Regina which will also mark the organization’s 20th year of operation.

Ceres Global Ag. Corp’s logistical hub in Northgate is one of the five finalists in the competition.

The STEP Exporter Award acknowledges STEP members for their achievements and success in tackling world markets, and is sponsored by Export Development Canada (EDC).

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The other finalists in this year’s competition include: Carrier Forest Products of Big River; Crestline Coach Ltd., Saskatoon; Oleet processing Ltd. – O&T Farms Ltd., Regina and Vendasta Technologies Inc., Saskatoon.

Chris Dekker, STEP’s president and CEO said they were privileged to showcase these five finalists and to celebrate their success in STEP’s special anniversary year.

Applications for the award were

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Mack Auction Company presents Macdon 16’ 5020 mower conditioner sprayer, new Pool 3HP aeration fan, a very large annual Equipment-RVwith very few cutting acres, Vermeer 2200 bushel Weststeel hopper bottom Vehicle Auction Saturday June 20, 2015 605L Series round baler with bale bin, 2- 1850 bushel Westeel hopper Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, kicker and Vemeer updates, Degelman bin, 2200 bushel Westeel Rosco hopper Sask 9:00 am. Consign Today!! A 14’ rock rake PTO drive, Degelman PTO bottom, Westeel 1600 bushel hopper complete farm equipment dispersal rock picker, IH 5500 DT 28’ chisel plow bottom bin, 40 ton hopper bottom Here is an opportunity that does not come up too often. 4 quarter sections of pasture and hay land situated on for long time rancher Harley Jahn! Up cultivator, MF 850 SP combine, MF 90 fertilizer bin, Sakundiak HD 7-1400 #9 Highway South of Carlyle, Sask. in the RM of Moose Creek #33.

11 Oil Surface Lease Revenue will be for auction TW25 Ford FWA tractor with FEL and grapple fork,Also Spra Coupe grain auger with Onan 18 HP, Check on included in the land sale. with dual PTO and 3PTH, DX 90 2WD for parts, 1997 Eagle Industries 24’ this ad each week for new additions to tractor with FEL and 5720 hours, 2002 gooseneck flat deck trailer, 3 PTH yard this large sale!!

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effect in reducing emissions, and at the same time, will be the most harmful to the Canadian economy. He noted that Canada produces less than two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

“Whatever impact the federal carbon tax will have on Canada’s emissions, global GHG emissions will continue to rise because of the developing world’s reliance on coal-fired electricity,” wrote Wall. “Canada can make an important contribution in the battle against climate change by developing made-in-Canada solutions in areas like power production, transportation, natural resource development, manufacturing and construction.”

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Business export seminar filled with information

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The information flowed fast and freely for the benefit of about two dozen local business men and women attending the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) seminar in Estevan on Sept. 28.

The event, staged at the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute (Southeast College campus), under the auspices of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce saw three STEP export professionals provide reams of information. They were joined by business consultant Tracey Fieber, a business solutions manager who also served as chairwoman for the morning seminar that included a wrap-up panel discussion at noon that addressed opportunities and pitfalls from a local southeast exporter’s perspective. The panel included local businessman Jim Wilson of Wil-Tech Industries as well as the presentation leaders.

Jordan Gaw, Fahed Abu-Ghazaleh and Jeff Thackeray from STEP addressed a variety of topics associated with taking products and services beyond Saskatchewan borders.

Gaw, the director of international trade and finance for STEP, cited various examples of export growth for Saskatchewan businesses in hot spots such as China and India. He noted that while export trade with the United States was down, by almost 22 per cent in the past year, it still represented Saskatchewan’s biggest market at $22.6 billion in goods and services being delivered to that country each year. When oil and gas sales slumped, Gaw pointed out agricultural products sold to the United States, remained a huge

factor.

“Food, fuel and fertilizer … and those commodities are on a roller coaster,” he said.

On the agricultural side, Saskatchewan remains the world’s top exporter of several crops with canola being a top agricultural export at around $4 billion.

Gaw focused on some emerging markets opening up to Saskatchewan businesses along with China and India. He said it was by no accident that recent trade missions made by Premier Brad Wall and business leaders have included those countries.

“But the U.S. is still a growth story,” he said, citing free trade agreements.

“Our role is to help companies that want to export,” he said.

Abu-Ghazaleh, an export development analyst, gave the local business community a quick primer on exporting in today’s environment, noting that employees in companies that export earn 15 per cent more in wages and benefits than workers who work for nonexporting companies.

He said a lot of homework had to go into exporting and that is where STEP helped by offering advice on export plans, finding financing and addressing regulatory requirements.

He said currency exchanges, language barriers, tariff and non-tariff barricades and shipping processes were just some of the challenges exporters have to meet head on to be successful, but once the potential customers are identified, it might well be worth the effort.

Packaging, labelling and pricing as well as travel requirements meant that management and employees had to be immersed in the

The main presenters at the Sept. 28 STEP seminar were, from the left: Jeff Thackeray, Tracey Fieber, Jordan Gaw and Fahed Abu-Ghazaleh. plan for it to be successful.

“We have the workbook plan for you though,” said Abu-Ghazaleh.

Fieber spoke about Ecommerce and E-business solutions noting that 76 per cent of Canadians purchased online, which is up from 51 per cent six years ago with 20 per cent making three or more purchases a month.

Fieber noted how funds and data transfers began online in the 1980s and have improved in terms of quality and quantity ever since.

“E-Commerce involves new business models and you can gain or lose depending on your competitors and your service,” she told the delegates.

The E-Commerce and E-businesses might involve business to consumer models or business-to-business models, among other things, with transactions taking place, “in real time,” she said. “The items are selected, bank payment approved, warehouse is informed and the items are shipped to the consumer,” she said. However, 80 per cent of E-commerce consists of business-to-business transactions. There are also

government-to-business transactions, and consumerto-consumer links. She said advertising takes the form of traditional print and airtime, as well as online. The disadvantages she cited, included security, privacy and quality (standards) concerns, as well as continual software and hardware changes that require special servers that can make some potential business hookups incompatible.

When conducting Ecommerce activities, Fieber said follow up is a crucial component.

Thackeray, director of market intelligence for STEP, spoke about strategies and resources that could be used to pursue export opportunities. He said STEP spent a lot of time and money gathering market information and analyzing it to better understand markets and market conditions for potential exporters in Saskatchewan.

Trends are monitored and changes are assessed, he told the gathering.

“It will tell you who your competitors are, where and who your customers

are and helps with strategic company’s main executive planning while identify- members might be at any ing opportunities such as given time, or where they potential partners or agents are headed.

“We spend $90,000 a and minimizing risks while monitoring the businesses’ year just to access data bases so we can inform businesses performance,” he said.

Thackeray also spent about competitors and potime explaining the online tential customers,” he said. sources used for obtaining “If you want to sell someinformation beginning with thing to Australia, we can traditional search engines to tell you who else is selling such tools as the Deep Web to Australia.”

Industry associations and Invisible Web servers.

He said 96 per cent of the are also helpful in sharing digital universe is on the vital information as are govDeep Web, protected by ernment and financial institutions as well as embassies, passwords.

“About 95 per cent of consulates, market research the answers to your ques- firms and media sources.

During a break in the tions are found through secondary data sources,” he presentations, Thackeray said. Web services used to and Abu-Gazaleh told the be less secretive, but now Mercury the most comgroups like STEP can dig mon inquiry they get from deeper and delve into infor- Saskatchewan businesses mation bases more effec- is after the business has tively using specific servers, discovered their product is saving exporters a lot of time desired by someone or another business beyond the web browsing.

“Be specific about what provincial borders.

“The common comyou need to know,” he said, citing one example of a ser- ment is that ‘we got it, now vice that tracks all corporate where do I go and what do I airplanes in the air or on the do?’” said Thackeray.

HUGE ground, informing usersEQUIPMENT, “That’s where we come RV, VEHICLE as to where any particular in,” said Abu-Ghazaleh.

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Prairie Sky Kitchens and B&S Construction celebrated the grand opening of their new location in the 600-block of Sixth Street in Estevan on Sept. 29. The festivities featured a ribbon cutting, coffee, cake, door prizes and in-store promotions.

Participating in the ribbon cutting were, from the left, Twyla Senchuk from Prairie Sky Kitchens, Joe Billesberger from B&S Construction and Melinda Bath from Prairie Sky Kitchens.

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Mack Auction Company presents a very large annual Equipment-RVVehicle Auction Saturday June 20, 2015 Estevan Motor Speedway, Estevan, Sask 9:00 am. Consign Today!! A complete farm equipment dispersal for long time rancher Harley Jahn! Up for auction TW25 Ford FWA tractor with dual PTO and 3PTH, DX 90 2WD tractor with FEL and 5720 hours, 2002

Macdon 16’ 5020 mower conditioner with very few cutting acres, Vermeer 605L Series round baler with bale kicker and Vemeer updates, Degelman 14’ rock rake PTO drive, Degelman PTO rock picker, IH 5500 DT 28’ chisel plow cultivator, MF 850 SP combine, MF 90 with FEL and grapple fork, Spra Coupe for parts, 1997 Eagle Industries 24’ gooseneck flat deck trailer, 3 PTH yard

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Indoor Run Due to the uncooperative weather conditions on Sept. 30, students of all grades at St. Mary’s School showed their respect for Terry Fox and his accomplishments, by holding their own walk in the school corridors. Photo by Sam Macdonald

Promotion will keep firefighters busy The Estevan Fire Rescue Service will be teaming up with the Tower Café on a promotion that will remind local residents about the value of functioning smoke alarms.

As part of Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 9 to 15, the fire department will have their annual residential smoke alarm program, in which firefighters will visit residences in the southwest corner of the city to check smoke alarms.

“The firefighters will be going door-to-door, and asking for permission to enter the home,” said fire Chief Dale Feser. “Once we enter the home, we are going to check the smoke alarm and make sure it is mounted in the correct spot, and make sure that it does meet the 10 years of

age criteria.”

If the alarm is too old, or if the battery doesn’t work, it will be replaced. If there isn’t a smoke alarm, the firefighters will install one free of charge.

The twist for this year is the connection with the Tower Café. Firefighters will be accompanying random Tower deliveries anywhere in the city.

“If you see the fire truck show up to your door, and you ordered a meal, and if the firefighters can make entry to your home, and we find the smoke alarms are working, you’ll receive a free, large, threetopping pizza coupon,” said Feser.

They will hand out up to four coupons per night.

Tower Café co-owner Pete Sereggela said the Tower wanted to be a part

of this because it’s a terrific community initiative.

“Everyone should make sure their fire and smoke detectors are working,” said Sereggela.

This year’s theme for Fire Prevention Week is Don’t Wait. Check the Date. It encourages people to check the age of their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. There is a manufacturer’s date on the back of the alarms.

Smoke alarms are good for 10 years, while carbon monoxide detectors have a life span of seven to 10 years.

“Even though you maybe just recently purchased a smoke alarm, it could have sat on the shelf for a couple years in the store,” said Feser.

They are also encouraging people to have a

Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser (left) and Deputy Fire Chief Charles Olsen (right) flank Tower Café owner Pete Sereggela. The Estevan Fire Rescue Service and the Tower Café are partnering on a promotion for Fire Prevention Week. home fire safety plan, with two ways out of the home, and a safe meeting place.

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know how to call 911, and that they know their address. For those who live in a rural area, Feser hopes they know the land location.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Century 21 Chargers dominant in major win over Mustangs

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A strong first six minutes for the Estevan Century 21 peewee Chargers helped pave the way to a 40-14 win over the Moose Jaw Mustangs at Woodlawn Field on Saturday.

Chargers Boden Dukart and Klayten Piippo combined for a quarterback sack of the Mustangs Will Ansell on Moose Jaw’s first play of the game, which was followed three downs later by Chargers running back Conner Terness finding a hole down the middle for a 51-yard touchdown run. On the Chargers next possession, it was fellow back Rylan Hansen running in a major from the Mustangs five-yard line, which coupled with an Alec Waldegger convert, made the score 14-0 Estevan 5:31 into the first quarter.

“We came ready and we came to win,” said Chargers safety and special team’s returner Kolby Forseth. “It was a team effort.”

The Chargers pinned the Mustangs deep in their zone for the remainder of the first quarter thanks

Chargers quarterback Alec Waldegger races past Mustangs defender Kendall Ebbett during the first quarter of Estevan’s 40-14 win over Moose Jaw at Woodlawn Field on Saturday. Photo by Jamie Harkins. to an aggressive defence that forced fumble after fumble and a marching attack that refused to relinquish possession of the ball. Waldegger got the Chargers next touchdown 4:38 into the second quarter on a quarterback draw from the Mustangs 15-yard line

to bring the score to 20-0 before both clubs settled into a back-and-forth shortyardage battle.

“Defence definitely got us the football back as many times as they could,” said Chargers head coach Jason Bresciani. “I know there was one point in time

in the game they were upset because they couldn’t get back on the field because the offence kept on marching, but that’s the way it is and we want the offence to kill the clock and get some points.”

Receiver Kiera Merriman hauled in a 10-yard

pass to cap off a near fiveminute Chargers opening drive in the second half, which coupled with the Waldegger convert moved the score to 28-0. The Mustangs next possession ended with a Forseth pick-six from midfield, but Moose Jaw would drive the ball

at the end of the frame with a quarterback sneak from Ansell and a subsequent convert from Layne Johnson 24 seconds into the fourth quarter getting the visitors on the board.

Hansen got that score back 9:16 into the final period on a nine-yard run to the corner of the end zone to put the home side up 40-8 before Mustangs receiver Liam Daly completed a long pass-and-run play for a touchdown with 46 seconds remaining.

Forseth said the win moves the Chargers to an even 2-2 record, which will help them make a push for a good position in the Moose Jaw Minor Football League (MJMFL) standings come playoff time. He said a strong showing on the road against the MJMFL leading Weyburn Ravens (4-0) this Saturday is now needed to keep the momentum going and they’ll be spending this next week in practice gearing up for it.

“We got to work on our tackling,” he said. “We got to work on (limiting our) penalties, so we can be ready for the game (and) get a good spot in the playoffs.”

Oilers firing on all cylinders against Falcons

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The defence bent but it didn’t break in the Estevan Lions Club bantam Oilers 13-0 win over the Weyburn Falcons at Woodlawn Field on Saturday.

Paul Duncan, head coach of the 2-3 Oilers, noted this was the secondstraight game their defence has posted a shutout with the first coming eight days earlier in the team’s 21-0 win over the Moose Jaw Raiders (0-4). However, the Falcons (3-2) presented a very different challenge from the Raiders as they are the Oilers’ Highway 39 rival and one of the top teams in the Moose Jaw Minor Football League.

“This is our house and today we made sure that we held our own and we set the tone,” said Duncan. “When teams come here we’re not playing their game, they’re playing our game and I think that is why we started off fast.”

After the Falcons had the best opportunity early in the first quarter with a

first down on the Oilers 18-yard-line only to suffer a quarterback sack on Brett Bowler courtesy of Caleb Reetz, a stuffed quarterback draw and a missed field goal, the home side made strides in the second.

Oilers safety and special team’s standout Hunter Eagles began the frame by making a long punt return to the Falcons 30-yard line where after a Weyburn penalty, running back Nigel Mack got Estevan on the board with a touchdown sprint.

“The blocks were there,” said Mack, who also kicked the convert.

“I found the holes and just took it to the end zone.”

The Falcons pressed again after the touchdown with two straight drives that made it to the Oilers 48-yard line and 16-yard line, respectively, only to have their running attack stopped dead in its tracks

by Estevan’s crushing defensive line and linebacking corps. With the ball back in the Oilers possession with two minutes to go in the half, quarterback

Kaleb Bechtold pulled off a spectacular 50-yard run down the middle to the Weyburn 13-yard line.

The quarterback then hit Rylan Erdelyan with a pass scrambling out of the pocket which the receiver ran in for a touchdown to make the score 13-0 heading into halftime.

“This is just the beginning,” said Bechtold. “We want to go all the way and with our team we’re all skilled enough and I think we can actually do it.”

Although neither club managed to get on the board in the second half, the action remained fast and hard-hitting. The Falcons best chance to score in the third quarter came on a long run along the sidelines by Bowler only to have Eagles force him out of bounds at midfield, which was followed shortly afterwards with a sack by Johan Bachorcik on the Estevan 30-yard line to force a turnover on downs.

The Falcons had another great chance to score midway through the fourth quarter, but Eagles made

Oilers safety Hunter Eagles wraps up Falcons running back Ethan West during the second half of Estevan’s second-straight shutout win. Photo by Jamie Harkins. sure it would come to nothing with two straight lowgain stops on Weyburn running back Ethan West before tackling Ben Michel to force a turnover on downs that the Oilers would not relinquish.

“There were a couple

of mix-ups, but that’s it,” said Eagles. “We just came out good and there was no slacking.”

Duncan said the hope is their few banged up players will be able to get back to full health over the bye week and be ready to

go when the team takes Woodlawn Field again on Oct. 15 against the Moose Jaw Razorbacks. He said the kids believe in themselves and what they can accomplish, so that should keep them going strong for the rest of the season.

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Elec Zack Miller runs the ball downfield against the Colts while Kane Ross, #40, and Cameron Rioux block. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Colts race past ECS Elecs

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs failed to make any gains from last week’s win, losing 70-12 to the Swift Current Comprehensive School Colts at Woodlawn Field on Saturday.

“It’s tough to be successful when you dig yourself a big hole really early in the game and I think that’s the most disappointing part,” said Mark Schott, head coach of the Elecs. “We just didn’t have that urgency and that fire that you would expect

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coming off a big home win and (it being) our last home game of the season.

Swift Current definitely had it and it showed.”

The Elecs turned over the ball on their first possession by losing a thirdand-one gamble on their own 34-yard line, which resulted in the Colts taking a quick 1-0 lead courtesy of a Tristan Lockman punt into the end zone that ECS could not return. The Elecs looked to turn the corner on their next possession with quarterback Andrew Kehler making a long pass while scrambling out of the pocket to Cameron

Rioux that he carried to the Colts 44-yard line. A fumble off a handoff on the next play turned the ball over and Lockman began his steady charge to the end zone.

“It was nice to get something going early and then right after the touchdown on special teams our kick return team forces a fumble and we score right away off of that, so you start to breathe a little easier when you know you’re going to be rolling a little bit,” said Colts head coach Derek Murdoch. “Quick starts are always nice. You get the other team on their

heels and you can see them come down a little bit and you puff up.”

Lockman was an unstoppable force for the Colts the whole game notching 10 carries for 246 yards, two punts for 85 yards and the single, nine one-point converts and three rushing touchdowns. Murdoch said their running back is a big part of the offence, obviously, and he’s played a major role in the club racking up a 3-1 record this season with their only loss coming when Lockman sat out

with an illness.

“We’ve been slowly building to get better, so we’ve been on the wrong side of these kinds of games for a long time,” he said. “Some of our Grade 12s when they were in Grade 9 we had three or four games like this. So, they’re excited but they also understand you want to be respectful and play the game hard the whole way.”

Schott said the Elecs (1-4) will be facing another offensive standout in receiver Jonah Branning

in their final regular season game this Thursday at Moose Jaw’s Gutheridge Field against the Central Collegiate Cyclones (1-3).

He said they’ll work with their defensive backs this week in practice to prepare for the match and address some safety help over top, but they’ll need their front seven on defence to step up if they hope to make some gains.

“We have to be better next week,” said Schott.

“The positive thing is we get to flip the page really quick on this game.”

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Elecs offensive and defensive linemen surpass expectations

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A battle in the trenches has kept a few Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs gridiron warriors busy and sporting a big smile this season.

The Elecs have used about six players as regulars on both the offensive and defensive line over the first five games of the six-game Moose Jaw High School Football League season. These players have remained on the field for almost every offensive and defensive series with their only time on the sidelines coming during special teams.

“I like the playing time because I enjoy being on the field,” said Troy Leptich, 17, an Elecs offensive line left and right tackle and defensive line nose guard and end. “I want to be out there 24/7 on the field and always making tackles, making blocks and just being that all-around guy.”

Christian Bod, Elecs defensive line and linebackers coach, said the basic function of the players on the line of scrimmage is to tackle the opposition quarterback and protect their own quarterback. He said

Elecs offensive and defensive lineman Troy Leptich takes down teammate Alex Bechtold during a practice drill last Thursday. Photo by Jamie Harkins. the job is demanding and physical and there are no plays off.

“They’re not having any problems with it,” said Bod. “It’s a lot of conditioning for those guys, but they can handle it and they’re doing quite well this year.”

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Erik ‘Goose’ Gusikoski, a 16-year-old Elecs rookie, said playing both ways takes a lot of effort and is physically draining, but using the time they have on punts and kicks to re-hydrate and rest as well as mentally prepare for the next series

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Reed, 17, who plays linebacker on defence and centre on offence, said the coaching staff placed him

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“We lost our really good centre last year,” said Reed, noting ECS graduate Adam Paulson helped him understand the play of the offensive line. “It’s my first year to ever play centre actually to begin with. I never snapped a ball until this year, so it’s interesting.”

Bod said the Elecs practise two hours a day five days a week as well as watch film to get ready for each successive game in addition to the time spent on the field during games.

He said the guys who have hung in and excelled at playing both ways in the most demanding positions during this campaign has been very impressive.

“I just enjoy hitting people,” said Leptich.

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The Estevan atom Miners football team opened Football Day in Estevan with a tilt against the Weyburn Ravens. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Estevan atom Miners take to the air against Weyburn Ravens

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan atom Miners ended their season with a hard-fought 19-6 loss to the Weyburn Ravens at Woodlawn Field on Saturday in the opening match of Football Day In Estevan.

Kevin Mortenson, president of Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football, said the Miners got off to an early 6-0 lead in the evenly contested match on a nice run down the sidelines that the learn-toplay team’s coaching staff has been trying to teach the

kids throughout the monthand-a-half long season. He said from that point on the Ravens just managed to find the end zone more than they did.

“We sized up nicely with the Weyburn team,” said Mortenson. “We had some nice pass plays. We

got a couple of first downs out of that and that is just about unseen in the atom level.”

Mortenson said about eight of the Miners will be moving up to the peewee ranks next season and the hope is everyone who is returning will bring along a

friend so they can build up the roster. He said each of these kids showed a lot of energy this season in their practices as well as their two home-and-home series against Weyburn and the Moosomin Little Generals and to finish off the year as the opening game of an

Estevan Minor Football showcase event is great.

“I’m really happy that we got all four (teams playing),” he said. “It’s been a long time since all four age groups, atom, peewee, bantam and the high school, have been playing on the same day.”

Bruins expect Red Wings to step up the intensity

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have turned the page on their 6-1 road win over the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place on Friday.

Bruins right wing Matt McNeil, who scored two goals, recorded an assist and dropped the gloves with Red Wings defenceman Mike Eskra in the

victory, said the Wings (43-0-1) came out hard and the expectation is they’ll be even stronger tonight when the Black and Gold welcomes their Highway 39 rivals to Affinity Place for the return game. He said they’re going to have to match and exceed the Wings intensity once again to get the win and add to their Viterra Division points lead.

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be more disciplined and they’re going to work harder, so I think on that side of things they’re going to provide more opposition,” added Chris Lewgood, head coach and general manager of the 5-1-0-1 Bruins. “It should be a heated game again and our guys are going to have to work hard.”

The Bruins jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead at Crescent Point Place with Jason Miller lighting the lamp 45 seconds into the contest.

McNeil, on the man advantage, and Jake Fletcher followed suit over the next 17 minutes to make the score 3-0 after the first period. After Jacob Wozney brought the Wings to within two a little under four minutes into the middle frame, McNeil and Zach Goberis quickly replied with power-play markers.

Kaelan Holt scored the final goal of the match 2:58 into the third period while the Bruins enjoyed another five-on-four advantage.

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“It was a nasty game,” said Lewgood. “The level of intensity was up right from the drop of the puck and I thought our guys did a good job of managing emotions and focusing on the game plan.”

McNeil said Bruins veterans Josh Rieger and Lynnden Pastachak reminded the team before last week’s game that any time on ice against the Wings will be a battle. He said it may have been his first game in the storied rivalry, but it didn’t take long to understand that was exactly the case.

“It’s a war out there,” said McNeil, noting he expects their next nine

regular season games with the Wings including tonight to be just as tough. “It’s exciting. It’s going to carry on throughout the whole season and there is going to be a lot of fun hockey being played.”

Bruins notes... Right wing Cole Rooney suffered a broken fibula against the Wings and he will be wearing a cast for at least the next three weeks. Alameda’s Jayden Davis joined the Bruins on Monday after being sent down by the WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes. Davis, 16, suited up at left wing for three Hurricanes pre-season games and two regular season contests recording one assist.

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Westmoreland Coal Bruins draw even with Wings

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The new-look Estevan Westmoreland Coal peewee AA Bruins shook off their opening-night jitters with a 2-2 tie against the Weyburn Youngfellow Wings at Affinity Place on Sunday.

Aren Miller, head coach of the Bruins, said the seven minor penalties they took while trying to find their place in the game were too many for this level of hockey and if that happened later in the season against a dialed-in Wings power play they’d be in trouble. He said a cause of the infractions may have been the kids’ nerves as only six of their players have seen action at the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League peewee AA level before.

“We haven’t been able to practise in Affinity either,” said Miller. “We were in the Civic (Auditorium), so the big ice was a change and just the atmosphere of being at Affinity is an eye opener for some of these younger kids. Now that we’ve got that out of the way hopefully we’ll be better next time we’re here.”

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Kaden Chrest got the team off to a solid start wiring a backhand from the slot low glove side on Wings goalie Dylan Ernst 1:06 into the game, but Weyburn battled back with Ty Boren evening the score with 53 seconds remaining in the first period on a chip over Bruins netminder Jackson Miller who had gone down to try and corral the puck at the top of his crease.

The Wings took the lead 17 minutes into the second period on a shot from near the bottom of the faceoff circle by Ty Mason that beat Miller glove side.

Chrest tied the game 5:39 into the third period on a short-handed breakaway where he fired a shot low that Ernst seemed to stop only to watch it trickle in behind him.

Miller said the Bruins only have one returnee on defence this season, but they played well against the Wings and with some more practice and time to get used to each other will be a solid group. He said each of the forward lines should be able to score this season with the pairing of veterans Keagan Merriman, Mason Kukura and Boden Dukart

Bruins forward James Mann attempts to slam the puck between Wings goalie Dylan Ernst and the post during the second period of Estevan’s 2-2 tie with Weyburn at Affinity Place on Sunday. Photo by Jamie Harkins. being counted upon to light the lamp and rookies such as Carson Birnie, Ty Hoste and Chrest expected to step up.

“I don’t think we’re going to win too many games 10-9,” he said. “We’re going to win these games 4-2 and take care of our own end first and the one thing I

thought we could have done a lot better tonight was shoot the puck more. After two periods we only had 20 shots on net and for this level that’s just not good enough.

We’ve got some kids who can shoot the puck. They just need to realize they got to use it more.”

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EAGM to host a night at the races

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) has plans to mix things up this year, bringing something fresh to its fundraising scene. Instead of the classic Duelling Pianos, the EAGM will introduce a new adult event on Nov. 5, paying homage to the Kentucky Derby.

Hobby Horse Night will be a board game brought to life at the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadet Hall. For $100, a participant can claim a “hobby horse” that they can decorate any way they want, be it with their own style or the logo of a business, and get two

tickets to the event.

“One ticket is for your jockey, who will ride the horse in the races, while the other is for the person who’ll roll the dice,” explained EAGM director Amber Andersen.

“For anyone who wants to come and watch tickets are $20, and they are available at the art gallery or Henders Drugs.”

Andersen said the event will function like a board game. Participants will roll the dice and be in control of the hobby horses, moving them like game pieces across the floor of the hall, which will be decorated like the grid of a game board.

“As the dice is rolled, that’s how much a horse will advance, until they cross the

finish line,” said Andersen. “There’s going to be more than one heat. There’ll be (groups of), let’s say, 10 people in each race, and people are going to pick randomly out of a hat what order they get to go in.”

The game itself is a tongue-in-cheek take on the Kentucky Derby, Andersen noted, since it wouldn’t be possible to actually have a horse race in Estevan—particularly in the Wylie-Mitchell Hall.

“It’s kind of silly, fun and entertaining way to do the Kentucky Derby. It’s been done previously, where a mix of people can dress up and add to the entertainment,” said Andersen. “We encourage people, if they want to come out and wear their jeans and

stuff. If they really want to, they can dress up and wear a cowboy hat and chaps like they do at the Kentucky Derby.

“Say, for example, the official drink of the Kentucky Derby is the mint julep.

Well, ours is actually going to be a mint julep shooter.”

Proceeds from the Hobby Horse Night will go toward the assorted events and programs the EAGM hosts throughout the year.

“Events like this help subsidize all the different events at the gallery for families, kids and even adults,” said Andersen. “This is so we can keep things free or at a very reasonable rate. It all goes back into our programming.”

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Posting Number: 25/16 Position Title: Food and Beverage Manager Reports To: City Manager Business Division: Leisure Services Summary: The Food and Beverage Manager position is responsible for planning and overseeing the Food and Beverage operations in both Affinity Place and the Civic Auditorium. This professional position will manage all staff and operations of the concessions including reception duties, shipping and receiving, contract management, supplies and compliance with all health regulations and general troubleshooting. The Food and Beverage Manager will also be responsible for all budgetary items, inventory and safe serving of food and alcohol. The manager must enforce City of Estevan policies and procedures, and meet the expectations of the customers while exhibiting a high level of customer service.

Duties and Responsibilities: • Manages all aspects of Food and Beverage operations • Providing good customer service and relations. • Addressing and managing customer concerns, suggestions and complaints. • Manages Food and Beverage staff - includes hiring, scheduling, organizing, training, directing, and evaluating work performance while following the CUPE collective agreement and City of Estevan HR policies • Oversees the completion of all payroll timesheets. • Report and follow annual budget as set out by City Manager/Controller. • Ordering, stocking and safely storing all food and beverage supplies. • To take regular inventory of all food and beverage supplies. • Report financial figures and handle cash. • To operate all computer equipment, including Halo POS system • Liaise with Leisure Services to ensure high level of customer service is met when delivering major events. • Obtain all licenses, training courses and safety certificates.

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Experience and Additional Requirements • One year of relevant working experience • This is a Union (CUPE Local 726) position and shall be filled according to the terms of the collective agreement between the city and CUPE Local 726). The City of Estevan offers competitive wages based upon achieved aquatics qualifications. This position requires availability to work on a shift schedule and call in basis.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION Notice of Poll PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that:

If you’re looking for a career that contributes directly to a growing, thriving community, then apply to: Sheryl March Human Resource Generalist 1102- 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

1 A poll has been granted in the City of Estevan for the election of: Mayor Councillor Southeast Cornerstone School Division No. 209 - Acclaimed Holy Family Separate School Division No 140 - Acclaimed 2 Voting will take place on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 2016, from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm at the polling places listed below.

Message From

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Fire Prevention Week is October 9 - 15. Please check your smoke alarms and replace anything that is 10 years and older.

RACE DAY

• All walkers and runners start at 8:00am • Race starts in Estevan at the Chamney Running Track at Panteluk Athletic Field

All registered runners will receive a free BBQ meal Additional tickets will be sold for $5.00

Judy Pilloud RETURNING OFFICER

ESTEVAN LEISURE CENTRE - Fitness Schedule

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The Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show 2016 Thursday November 10, 2016 7:00 PM at Estevan Art Gallery and Museum 701 Souris Ave. 306-634-3942 estevanartscouncil.com

Animal Control — 2005-1709

Section 18 (a) If a dog or cat defecates on any public or private property other than the property of its owner, the owner or keeper shall cause such defecation to be removed immediately.

Failure to clean up after your pet holds a fine of $50.00 for a first offence.

Please keep school grounds and public properties enjoyable; Clean up after your pet.

SCRIPT WRITING with MAUREEN ULRICH Maureen will teach those new to writing techniques to develop stories, and how to create compelling works for the stage. This is a great workshop for anyone young or old to stretch their writing skills.

WHEN: November 23 TIME: 6:00 - 9:00pm COST: TBA * Pre-registration is required CRAFT AND COFFEE FOR SENIORS Come for the coffee and crafts stay for the company.

WHEN: October 12, November 16 TIME: 10:30 - 11:30am COST: $5 /session (preregistration is not required) AFTER DARK Join us for our live music series which features up and coming musicians performing original music in our gallery space. All ages are welcome to attend

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WHEN: Oct. 14 (Lauren Mann), Nov. 18 (Justin Labrash) TIME: Doors open at 8:00pm COST: $20/person, tickets available at the door

Amber for further details or for tickets.

WHEN: November 5 @ WYLIE MITCHELL TIME: Doors open at 7:00pm Races begin at 8:00pm COST: $20/ticket

THE HALLOWEEN HAUNT Join us and celebrate the Halloween season! This event features: crafts for kids, a Halloween movie, hot beverages, a spooky photo booth and a costume contest for kids.

WHEN: October 22 TIME: 4:30 - 8:00pm COST: $2/person

HOMEMADE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Finish up your Christmas shopping at the most unique craft show in town!

Featuring only handmade, original, art, craft and dĂŠcor. Not sure what to do with the kids? Drop them off in the craft room for a fun Christmas craft.

WHEN: December 3 TIME: 1:00 - 4:00pm COST: $2/person FAMILY ART Come create, explore and learn with your little ones through art! For toddlers aged 18 months and up. Parent/ guardian participation is required.

WHEN: October: 6, 13, 20, 27 November: 3, 10, 17, 24 December: 1, 8, 15 TIME: 10:00 - 10:30am

ESTEVAN KENTUCKY DERBY FUNDRAISER Bring your staff, bring a friend, come solo, just come out for a fun night of bidding on your favourite “horse�!

Tickets are sold individually, but group seating will be accommodated. Support the Gallery and experience this unique event at the same time. Contact

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NOTICE OF BYLAW

The City of Estevan is Tendering a contract to install 3 blower units for the WWTP. Duties will include building modifications, piping and electrical work, and commissioning of the blower units that have been pre purchased by the City of Estevan.

The contract specifications and drawings are available from the MERX’s web site at (www.merx.com) Tender will close October 27 at 3:00PM Call Kevin Sutter Water and Wastewater Services Division Manager if you have any further questions at P: (306) 634-1822 / C: (306) 421-0114 Or the City’s Consultant at: Chris Mountenay, P.Eng Principal, Water Stantec 200-325 25 Street SE Calgary AB T2A 7H8 Phone: (403) 716-8017 Cell: (403) 680-0623

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GIVE AND TAKE Join us for a delicious cup of gourmet tea or French pressed coffee and bring a recipe or craft that is unique to give to the small group. Bring samples and/ or do a demonstration. Take away new recipes and skills! Space is limited so register now!

WHEN: Oct. 19, Nov. 30 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30pm COST: $5/person *Preregistration is required

Polling Area Polling Place Address #1 Church of God 1920 Wellock Road #2 Estevan Art Gallery 118 4th Street and Museum Dated at Estevan this 23rd day of September, 2016

October 16, 2016

BBQ TO FOLLOW

SOUTH SASK PHOTO CLUB with JON GILLIES Love photography? This club is for beginners and advanced photographers alike. Bring your own camera and any questions you may have.

WHEN: Oct. 25, Nov. 29 TIME: 7:00 - 9:00pm COST: $25/person for an annual membership

3 I will declare the result of the election at City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan on the 28 day of October , 2016.

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COST: $10/family/month DROP INTO ART AFTER SCHOOL Join us for art after school! We will be doing a variety of art projects and encouraging the development of creativity each week. For children ages 7-12.

WHEN: October: 5, 12, 19 November: 9, 16, 23, 30 December: 7, 14 TIME: 4:00 - 5:30pm COST: $5/child/session KINDER KLUB Drop into the Art Gallery after kindergarten to do some art! We will be doing a variety of art projects catered towards improving fine motor skills and developing creativity. This workshop is open for all children ages 4-6.

WHEN: October: 13, 27

November: 10, 24 TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm COST: $5/child/session KIDS ART JOURNALING Join us each month and create your own art journal in this drop-in art class.

Learn how, express yourself and put your thoughts onto a page in a creative way!

For children ages 10-15.

WHEN: Oct. 25, Nov. 29 TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm COST: $5/session *This workshop is free for those with a family membership to the EAGM Contact Martina Veneziano at 306-634-7644 or email galleryed@sasktel.net IN PERSON: With cash or cheque

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55 Anniversary ON OCTOBER 8TH @ the Trinity Lutheran Church for a Come & Go Tea from 2 - 4pm

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES SHOW & SALE, October 17 - 23 (inclusive) at Market Mall, Preston & Louise, Saskatoon, during mall hours.

Corning Community players dinner theatre tickets for “Kiss or Make up” by Jack Sharkey on sale October 15, 2016 @ the Corning hall @1:00p.m. Phone orders begin at 3 p.m. By calling 306-2244363. Tickets for the Dinner theatre on November 4,5,10,11&12 are $30 OR the new option offered, a Pub Night on November 3 for $15 as of meal is included. Meal available at ticket sales. Any remaining tickets available after October 15 can be purchased by calling Sheila @ 306-224-4334.

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In Loving Memory of Collin Henri Roncery October 3, 1957 October 1st, 2014 Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us everyday Beautiful memories silently kept Of one we loved and will never forget.

Forever in our hearts: Son Kyle, daughter Mackenzie, In laws: Albert and Irene Daniels, David Daniels, Karen and Kerry Goudy and family

All claims against the above estate, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 14th day of October, 2016.

The Regina Coin Club Fall Show and Sale at the Turvey Centre on Armour Road, Regina, Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, October 16, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Admission: Adults $3; 13 - 16, $1; under 12 free. Rare coin displays and door prizes.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THERESE MARIE PACKER, LATE OF ESTEVAN24TH, IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN, DECEASED. In Loving Memory of Peter Shykitka April 18, 1939 - October 11, 2011 Peter, Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa “You are Missed” Sometimes five years seems a long time ago, Sometimes it seems to have gone by fast. You have left a part of you in each of our hearts You will be there forever.

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LAND AUCTION COMMERCIAL LOT SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 2016 @ 12:00 NOON #105 SHAND ROAD RM OF ESTEVAN Here is a one acre parcel of land zoned “Commercial” with good access to Shand Road and Major Highways including the new Truck Bypass on East side of Estevan.

Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Plan 60A08687.

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NO NO FEES FEES OR OR COMMISSIONS! COMMISSIONS! SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES East - 62 1/4’s West - 50 1/4’s Central - 228 1/4’s South - 100 1/4’s North - 10 1/4’s North East - 14 1/4’s North West - 12 1/4’s South East - 46 1/4’s South West - 65 1/4’s farm and pasture land available to rent

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Bette A. Catling 1931 - 2016 Bette passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 85 years.

Bette will be lovingly remembered by her children, Donna Middlebrook, Diane Bond, Dan Catling, James Catling, Tom (Rebecca) Catling and Sharon (Arnie) Derksen; grandchildren Jeremy (Ali) Bond and their family Braeden and Daxton, Mandy (Jordan) Krawchuk and their family Marielle and Julianne, Danelle Catling (Justin) and Devon Catling, Dana (Jesse) Bergen and their family Mason, Harley and Walker, Jessie (Eric) Shewchuk and their son Jackson, Erin (Kent) Wiebe and their family Kade, Dominic and Charolotte, Samuel and Zachary Derksen; sister Theresa de Both; 2 brothers, Frank de Both and Fred (Yvonne) de Both.

Bette was predeceased by her husband Harvey Catling, mother Elizabeth Kimmel and her father Frank de Both and one sister in law Mary de Both.

The Prayer Service for Bette was held on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan with Mr. Doug Third officiating. The Funeral Mass was held on Friday, September 30,. 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, with Fr. Melchor Samonte presiding. Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens and lunch followed in the parish auditorium.

In memory of Bette memorial donations may be made to Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 2004545 Parliament Ave, Regina, SK S4W 0G3. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Bette’s family would like to graciously Thank Fr. Melchor Samonte for the beautiful Memorial Service, Connie Wheeler for guiding us before the service, the wonderful CWL ladies who took care of the lunch and to Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services for her kind and caring attention to detail.

Thank you!

The Family of Bette Catling Betty Jubinville 1943 - 2016 Betty passed away on October 1, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 73 years.

Betty will be remembered by her husband Gerry; sons, Darcy (Rhonda) Dubowski and their sons, Derek and Mathew, Dwight Dubowski (Donna Teszeri) and daughter Shawna Jubinville and her son Seth; brother Maurice Dubowski and brother in law Ken Neyedley.

Betty was predeceased by her parents, Fred and Mary; sister Diane Neyedley and 2 step brothers, John Huzel and Ed Huzel.

It was Betty’s wish that there be no service. Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society 55 St. Claire Ave. west, suite 300 Toronto, ON. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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Faith Lutheran Church Sunday Service 10:30 am Nicholson Centre Pastor Dan Krauss Phone: 306-471-8130 All Are Welcome Faithlc.ca

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH Sunday Worship 10:30am Nursery & Children’s Ministries Available Sunday School at 9:30am

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Sunday Worship Service and Sunday School • 11:00 am Jason Richards

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Obituaries

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Inez B. LeBlanc 1928 – 2016 Inez LeBlanc passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care, Estevan, SK at the age of 88 years.

Inez will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Gerald Steinke, Donald (Jackie) Steinke, David (Frances Niles) Steinke and Roger Steinke; daughters, Bernice (Jim) Forrest, Irene (Terry) Bonokoski, Linda Steinke (Jim Winchester), Doris Steinke (Darby Soroko) and Rose (David) Dornian; grandchildren, Jamie and Willie Forrest, Tammy Bonokoski, Crystal (Phil) Gerow, Michael (Charlene) and Marley Steinke, Hunter and Cody Steinke and Kayla Palmer; great grandchildren,Katja, Tatjanna and Nadja Krupka, Braden and Emma Gerow, Serenity Steinke-Milford, Maddex Steinke-Larrivee; great great grandchildren, Sylus Krupka-Lever; sisters, Elvera Friesen and Lorna Stubel; brother, Ray (Doreen) Liese.

Inez was predeceased by her parents, Paul and Theresa Liese; son Charles Steinke; first husband, Leonard Steinke; second husband Edward LeBlanc; sister Lillian Klyne; brothers-in-law, Fred Stubel and Al Friesen.

The Visitation was held on Monday, September 26, 2016 in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Estevan, with Rev. Randy Kleemola officiating. Lunch was held in the church hall following the service with interment to follow at Macoun Cemetery, Macoun, SK. If friends so desire, donations in memory of Inez may be made to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (Long Term Care), 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3, or to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1921 Wellock Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 2B5.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

The family of Inez would like to say Thank you to Hall Funeral Services for their wonderful service, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church staff and lunch ladies and to Rev. Randy Kleemola for the wonderful service. Thank you to all the nurses and staff at the Estevan Long Term Care and the Estevan Regional Nursing for their compassionate care to our mom.

Lorne F. Geil 1931 – 2016 With family by his side, Lorne Geil passed away peacefully to be with the Lord on Friday, September 30, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 84 years. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Christina; sisters, Nina, Dorothy and Joyce as well as his beloved and beautiful wife Bette Maureen. Lorne’s memory will be cherished by his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, Son Douglas (Karen) of Drumheller, AB; grandchildren, Spencer Crawford (Kaitlyn) of Airdrie, AB, Austin Crawford of Banff, AB, Rebecca Crawford of Calgary, AB and Carter Crawford of Calgary, AB Daughter Heather Stein of Halbrite, SK; grandchildren, Redden Stein (Shealese) of Weyburn, SK; great grandchildren, Silas, Nixon, Cade and Payson; grandchildren, Jobe Stein of Weyburn, SK and Kennedy Rainey of Weyburn, SK. Son Murray (Heidi) of Lumsden, SK; grandchildren, Sonja Schmidt (Nathan) of Lumsden; great grandchildren, Aksel and Everly, Tyler Geil (Kelsey) of Regina, SK, Kaitlin Geil (Brent) of Regina and Brandon Geil of Lumsden.

Daughter Brenda (Robert) Imes of Saskatoon, SK Lorne will also be lovingly remembered by his sister and gallivanting partner Verna Botham of Lucky Lake, SK as well as numerous in laws, outlaws, nieces, nephews and friends.

The Visitation was held on Sunday, October 2, 2016 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK. The Funeral Service was held on Monday, October 3, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Estevan Alliance Church with Pastor Jim Kedge officiating.

Lunch followed the service in the church social hall and interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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Marion Dorothy Still (Wadsworth, Coomber) March 19, 1925 - September 25, 2016 Marion was born near Glasnevin, SK on March 19, 1925 and passed in Regina on September 25, 2016. She was predeceased by her daughter, Shirley Marie; her son, Kenneth Gordon; her first husband, Richard Coomber; her second husband Ernest Still; brothers, James Wadsworth and Freddie Lessing. Marion is survived by her children: Roy (Carol) Coomber; Karen Bardy; Linda (Keith) Coomber-Bendtsen and Curtiss (Alice) Coomber. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Tracy (Scott) Kirychuk; Kim (Matt) Coomber-Hallum; Melissa (Arno) Coomber-Bendtsen; Daniel (Jocelyn) Coomber-Bendtsen; George (Carmyn) Coomber; Kelta (Mike) Coomber; Ryan Coomber and Kayla Coomber. Marion’s great grandchildren brought her much joy: Sydney Kirychuk; Sterling and Winston Hallum and Calla and Kenzin Coomber-Bendtsen. In addition, she is survived by her brother Roy (Doreen) Wadworth; Louise (Tony) Yaremchuk; Ralph (Marlene) Lessing; Laurence (Faye) Lessing; Mary Lessing and numerous nieces and nephews. Marion was a resilient and proud woman. She valued hard work and enjoyed helping her family and friends. We will miss her laugh, her stories and her love and commitment to her family. Our family would like to extend our gratitude to the staff of Wascana Heights. At mom’s request there will be no funeral.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Saskatchewan.

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Comp students to blitz the community with sales Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) will be rolling out one of its annual fundraising efforts for another year, with students going door to door, trying to sell some sweet deals to residents of the Energy City.

Oct. 5 marks the date ECS will hold its blitz-style sale of discount cards for assorted local businesses.

Students have been selling the cards for about a month, but they will be canvassing the city of Estevan, in a deliberate effort to sell them. Students will be travelling to local neighbourhoods in their efforts to sell the cards and promote the many local businesses at which the cards offer discounts.

The one exception to this will be the Westview area, which will be canvassed after Thanksgiving, when the football team has time to cover that part of the city. They will be busy with games and practices up to that point.

Tanis Savill, a teacher at ECS and the advisor and treasurer with the Student Representative Council (SRC), said that the sale of discount cards has been going on for about a decade at the school and serves as a way to gather financial support for school teams and clubs.

“We used the money to fund all our athletics and clubs, which is a significant

amount of money, because we don’t have that in our budget from the school division anymore,” said Savill.

“It’s very important to keep that up, because we have to buy uniforms, pay travel expenses, pay referees and coaches and that kind of thing. Anyone on a team or club that will benefit from these is supposed to come out and help us sell door-todoor that night.”

Discount cards are available for $20 and can be purchased with cash or cheque made payable to Estevan Comprehensive School or the SRC. The cards are made up of smaller segmented portions that can be broken off from the card and

used at a number of participating local businesses for discounts. They can be used at a number of businesses, from retail to restaurants, and from large chains to small businesses.

Students take out a minimum of two cards to sell, and Savill noted that this year the school has a contest whereby each pair a student sells, gets their name entered into a draw to win an iPhone.

Savill said that although the blitz is in October, the SRC will continue to sell cards into the winter, for whomever is interested.

“Normally, we sell them up until December, but they’re good until next September,” said Savill.

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The club’s October meeting will be on Oct. 6 at 12:30 p.m. The next jam session will be on Oct. 9.

The shuffleboard winners for the week of Sept.

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Cathy Hoffort was the bridge winner. Carrie Lep-

Sun Country CEO reports The Sun Country Health Region’s CEO Marga Cugnet, provided a wideranging report on business and health care issues when she spoke to the health region’s board of directors at their Sept. 28 public business session at Tatagwa View in Weyburn.

Cugnet spoke about a desire to reduce staff absences since they impact the flow of work in the various health care facilities around the region, especially the smaller centres where staff member absences are felt even more directly.

She noted this year the annual influenza vaccinations will be available at more than 100 sites around the region and now pharmacists are certified to administer these injections. Their

availability for such a service will also be co-ordinated for the public benefit.

On the recruitment front, the CEO’s report contained the information that five registered nurses had been hired within the region in September, while the region lost four RNs. They also hired one health nurse, one graduate nurse and one health educator, as well as two emergency medical technicians, with one EMT holding a blended job that will combine two services. One nurse manager and one cook were also hired.

Cugnet reported that Sun Country recently lost two physiotherapists who resigned their positions last month and therefore the schedules for those services will have to be altered until

replacement therapists are hired. It was noted that urgent cases are given appointment dates and after two weeks under the altered schedule, those requiring the services on an urgent basis, had been receiving them.

John Knoch, vice-president, corporate and finance, provided a Power Point presentation to update the board on the region’s safety measures, noting there had been about 800 staff incidents and 3,500 patient safety incidents reported annually with 41 per cent of those incidents resulting in some harm to the individuals.

Dean Biesenthal, vice-president, human resources, then joined Knoch to add further information to the report.

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Angie Friesen took top spot in cribbage. Shirley Graham was second and Adele Belanger was third.

A newspaper interviewed a grizzled man, sitting with his hands folded in his lap, behind his farmhouse.

“Sir, I’d like to know the secret of your long life,” said the reporter.

“I drink a gallon of whiskey, smoke 50 cigars and go out dancing every day of my life,” said the man.

“Remarkable,” replied the reporter. “And exactly how old are you?”

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WHEREAS The United Way Estevan raises funds in Estevan to assist in the development of services to aid the community in growth and prosperity; and WHEREAS The United Way stands for working together for the good of our communities; “40 Years United” BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: I Roy Ludwig, Mayor of the City of Estevan in the Province of Saskatchewan do hereby proclaim the week of October 10-16, 2016, as Estevan’s United Way Week and urge all citizens of Estevan to recognize and support the goals and objectives of Estevan’s United Way.

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Members of the Estevan Police Service were busy in late September and early October, dealing with break and enters, mischief complaints, impaired drivers and other infractions.

Police received a complaint of an erratic driver on Highway 39 east of Estevan during the Sept.

28 day shift. The erratic driving actions continued when the motorist entered Estevan. A licence plate number was obtained and the matter is under investigation.

Members conducted speed enforcement in a construction zone on Fourth Street. Several tickets were issued. Motorists are reminded to slow to 30 kilometres per hour when travelling through these zones within city limits.

Police attended to a complaint of a customer causing a disturbance at the city’s landfill during the Sept. 29 day shift. The individual was gone when police arrived, but was spoken to by police later in the shift. No charges are pending in the matter.

A motorist who accidentally struck another vehicle in a parking lot visited the police station to report the collision without attempting to contact the owner of the victim vehicle, or obtaining licence plate information. Under these circumstances, members of the public are requested to attempt to contact the owner of the other vehicle or obtain vehicle licence plate information prior to reporting a collision to police.

Members were called to a dispute between a landlord and a tenant during the Sept. 30 day shift.

A few days later, police charged a 59-year-old Estevan man with assault following an investigation.

He will appear in court in November to answer to the charges.

Police are investigating an assault that occurred between a mother and her teenage daughter. The investigation is also ongoing.

Officers arrested a 28-year-old man from Killarney, Manitoba, on warrants for failing to appear in court. He will be in provincial court in November to answer to the new charges.

Police are looking into a near accident between two vehicles, in which a child suffered very minor injuries. Charges under the Traffic Safety Act are pending.

Police received a request to intervene in an access to property dispute during the Sept. 30 night shift. Both parties were spoken to and it was determined the matter was not criminal in nature. The matter has been referred to a rental authority.

Officers then received a complaint of a theft of property from a residence.

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Two separate incidents of suspicious activity were reported to the police. No charges are pending from either investigation.

Members received a complaint of a vehicle being moved without the owner’s consent. The matter was determined to be civil in nature.

Police received a complaint of a loud party in the downtown core. Members attended and cautioned the occupant about the city’s noise bylaw.

A 911 call was received regarding a domestic disturbance at a northeast apartment complex.

Members attended and the parties involved agreed to separate for the night.

Officers responded to a break and enter to a business on the east end of the city during the Oct. 1 day shift. During the investigation, members located a second break and enter to another building in the area. Both matters are still under investigation.

Officers attended to a male who was possibly looking through vehicles in a parking lot. He was located and spoken to about his actions. The matter is still under review.

Police received a complaint of a possible mischief incident during the Oct. 1 night shift, involving construction equipment in south Estevan.

Members attended and determined that employees were landscaping an area with the equipment.

A residential burglar alarm was reported from the Pleasantdale area and determined to be false.

Members assisted a family with removing an unwanted guest from their residence. The guest was transported to alternate lodging.

Police received numerous noise complaints during the night shift, primarily due to loud parties.

A traffic stop conducted in the east-central area resulted in a 25-year-old man being charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08. He will appear in court on Nov. 17.

Members attended to a mischief complaint involving a vehicle in south Estevan during the Oct. 2 day shift. While on the scene, numerous other vehicles were found to be damaged. The matter is still under investigation and the EPS is asking for anyone with information to come forward.

As a result of a traffic stop in the downtown area, a 34-year-old man from Dillon was arrested on outstanding warrants.

He will appear in court at a later date.

Members were also active on patrol and seized a vehicle after the driver was found to be suspended.

The vehicle was seized for 30 days under the Traffic Safety Act.

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306-421-6778

306-421-1440

$

309,900

$

199,900

702 Second St.

830 First Street

#207-517 Albert Street

MLS®#578522

MLS®#578618

MLS®#585633

MLS®#585648

3 Bed | 2 bath 1400 sq.ft..

3 Bed | 2 bath 1208 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 858 sq. ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 810 sq. ft.

264,900

$

299,900

$

184,900

$

144,900

REALTOR®

MELANIE PETERS

JOAN SELK

306-421-6279

306-421-6425

Torquay

REALTOR®

LISA MONTEYNE

306-421-3170

306-421-7445

514 Tiverton Ave.

193 Robinson Ave.

304 Second Ave.

MLS®#582435

MLS®#572555

MLS®#572518

3 Bed | 3 bath 1304 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 1032 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 2 bath 924 sq.ft.

3 Bed | 2 bath 1152 sq.ft.

329,900

$

130,000

CALL TODAY TO BOOK YOUR SHOWING!

REALTOR® (Part-Time)

REALTOR®/BROKER

CHOICE REAL ESTATE

www.coldwellbankerchoice.ca Each office independently owned and operated 1228 FOURTH STREET, ESTEVAN, SK S4A 0W9 | OFFICE: (306) 634-9898

Lampman

MLS®#582561

306-421-6778 DIANE JOCELYN

Macoun

614 Eva St.

JOSH LEBLANC

REALTOR®/BROKER

199,900

430 Third St.

$

REALTOR®

$

1500 sq. ft. retail space

REALTOR®

$

REALTOR® (Part-Time)

Bienfait

318 Tiverton Ave.

$ REALTOR®

395,000

CONDITIONAL SALE

* Based on survey responses from over 70,000 Canadian home buyers and sellers, tabulated by an independent company.

MEIGAN WILHELM

$

$

154,900

$

194,900

IT TAKES MORE THAN A SIGN!  He is experienced.  He was born and raised in Estevan and has extensive understanding of Estevan and area.  He will market your home 24/7 through traditional & social media.  Coldwell Banker has unique and powerful marketing tools.  He will listen to your needs and wants and will work hard to find your perfect home.  He will take care of all the details to make the biggest transaction of your life enjoyable.

CHOICE REAL ESTATE 1228 FOURTH STREET, ESTEVAN, SK S4A 0W9 | OFFICE: (306) 634-9898

WANT TO MOVE THIS FALL? Over 98% customer satisfaction, again!

Over 98% customer satisfaction, again!

The results are in! Coldwell Banker ® Canadian sales associates have achieved a 98% overall

satisfaction rate from their customers*. What’s more, they’ve done it for 19 years in a row! It’s a record earned from Ultimate Service ®

® surveys fromare over home buyers and The results in! 70,000 Coldwell Banker Canadian

sellers.

That’s an achievement thata is unparalleled sales associates have achieved 98% overall in the Canadian industry. satisfaction rate real fromestate their customers*.

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FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR NEW HOME!

more, they’ve done it for 19 years in a row! It’s a record earned from Ultimate Service ®

surveys from over 70,000 home buyers and sellers. That’s an achievement that is unparalleled

“inOutstanding service, the Canadian real estate deep industry. understanding of the market, excellent negotiation skills. Very intuitive. A pleasure to work with.”

“A rapport was established quickly “-Outstanding service, trust deepand comfort. one which involved of to thework market, Itunderstanding was a pleasure with excellent negotiation skills. Very my agent.” intuitive. A pleasure to work with.”

“More than just satisfied…

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313 Second St.

380 Petterson Dr.

Lischka Acreage

746 Sun Valley Dr.

MLS®#578188 3 Bed | 2 bath 1014 sq.ft.

MLS®#574484 4 Bed | 3 bath 1394 sq.ft.

MLS®#579059 3 Bed | 2 bath 1691 sq.ft.

MLS®#567864

$

249,900

$

474,900

$

4 Bed | 2 bath 1279 sq.ft..

510,000

$

369,900

“My agent was concerned about meeting all of my needs and patiently answered all my questions. Exceptional.”

From satisfied customers’ Ultimate Service® surveys

If you’d like to know more about Coldwell Banker Ultimate Service®, please contact us.

We’d be happy to tell you more.

If you’d like to know more about Coldwell Banker Ultimate Service®, please contact us.

We’d be happy to tell you more. * Based on survey responses from over 70,000 Canadian home buyers and sellers, tabulated by an independent company.

1918 Jesse Bay

1609 Dieppe Cres.

401 Willow Bay

343 Henry St.

MLS®#576167

MLS®#576042

MLS®#564105

MLS®#576879

3 Bed | 3 bath 2512 sq.ft.

3 Bed | 2 bath 988 sq.ft.

3 Bed | 5 bath 1815 sq.ft.

4 Bed | 2 bath 1226 sq.ft.

$

© 2015 Coldwell Banker LLC. All Rights Reserved. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker Logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker LLC. Each sales representative and broker is responsible for complying with any consumer disclosure laws or regulations.

695,000

$

329,900

$

499,900

© 2015 Coldwell Banker LLC. All Rights Reserved. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker Logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker LLC. Each sales representative and broker is responsible for complying with any consumer disclosure laws or regulations.

Torquay

LESLEY SCHMIDT

306-421-3982

306-421-1776

245 Main St.

1227 4th Street

1231 4th Street

MLS®#582957

MLS®#572402

MLS®#561322

MLS®#561321

5 Bed | 3 bath 1454 sq.ft.

4 Bed | 2 bath 1228 sq.ft.

309,900

JOSH LEBLANC

KRESTEN HEIER

306-421-6778

306-421-1440

$

309,900

$

199,900

702 Second St.

830 First Street

#207-517 Albert Street

MLS®#578522

MLS®#578618

MLS®#585633

MLS®#585648

3 Bed | 2 bath 1400 sq.ft..

3 Bed | 2 bath 1208 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 858 sq. ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 810 sq. ft.

264,900

$

299,900

$

184,900

$

144,900

REALTOR®

MELANIE PETERS

JOAN SELK

306-421-6279

306-421-6425

Torquay

REALTOR®

LISA MONTEYNE

306-421-3170

306-421-7445

514 Tiverton Ave.

193 Robinson Ave.

304 Second Ave.

MLS®#582435

MLS®#572555

MLS®#572518

3 Bed | 3 bath 1304 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 1 bath 1032 sq.ft.

2 Bed | 2 bath 924 sq.ft.

3 Bed | 2 bath 1152 sq.ft.

329,900

$

130,000

CALL TODAY TO BOOK YOUR SHOWING!

REALTOR® (Part-Time)

REALTOR®/BROKER

CHOICE REAL ESTATE

www.coldwellbankerchoice.ca Each office independently owned and operated 1228 FOURTH STREET, ESTEVAN, SK S4A 0W9 | OFFICE: (306) 634-9898

Lampman

MLS®#582561

306-421-6778 DIANE JOCELYN

Macoun

614 Eva St.

JOSH LEBLANC

REALTOR®/BROKER

199,900

430 Third St.

$

REALTOR®

$

1500 sq. ft. retail space

REALTOR®

$

REALTOR® (Part-Time)

Bienfait

318 Tiverton Ave.

$ REALTOR®

395,000

CONDITIONAL SALE

* Based on survey responses from over 70,000 Canadian home buyers and sellers, tabulated by an independent company.

MEIGAN WILHELM

$

$

154,900

$

194,900

IT TAKES MORE THAN A SIGN!  He is experienced.  He was born and raised in Estevan and has extensive understanding of Estevan and area.  He will market your home 24/7 through traditional & social media.  Coldwell Banker has unique and powerful marketing tools.  He will listen to your needs and wants and will work hard to find your perfect home.  He will take care of all the details to make the biggest transaction of your life enjoyable.

CHOICE REAL ESTATE 1228 FOURTH STREET, ESTEVAN, SK S4A 0W9 | OFFICE: (306) 634-9898

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