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Grads were celebrated at a Night of a Thousand Lights

Estevan Comprehensive School 2019 grads gathered in front of the Court House for a group photo, while their parents were patiently waiting on the side for their turn to hug and congratulate their children. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia The Estevan Comprehensive School’s graduating class of 2019 celebrated moving on to the next chapter of their lives Friday during the school’s annual graduation ceremony at Affinity Place. The festivities started at the Estevan Court House, where the grads gathered for the annual class photo in their finest clothes. Photos were also taken with friends and family members. The attention later shifted to Affinity Place for the ceremonies. This year’s theme was Night of a Thousand Lights. The arena, decorated with blue

and gold, was sparkling. The grads had a few beautiful spots set up for more memorable pictures to be taken. The grad choir and band opened the ceremony performing O Canada and the Grad Song. But that wasn’t it for music, as student representative council co-presidents Levi Stepp and Nathan Littlefield sang their version of A Whole New World during their filled with humor tribute to the teachers. Mayor Roy Ludwig brought greetings on behalf of the City of Estevan. He wished the graduates

to have the confidence in their abilities, listen carefully to those around them and to always have faith in themselves as they take their next steps forward. He also encouraged them to be themselves, be strong, to embrace diversity, to always remember to help others, to have a great sense of humor and enjoy whatever they decide to do. Class representatives this year were Tyler Knibbs and Shaun Montebon, who paid tribute to parents. “We wouldn’t be here today without your unconditional love,” said Montebon addressing the parents.

Principal Pat Jeannot spoke on behalf of the school during the evening, sharing his advice with graduates. “First, learn the importance of asking one very important question over and over and over in your life. And that question is ‘Why’ … My second point, learn the importance of being independent… My third point, life can be difficult, don’t make it more difficult for yourself than it needs to be… Point number four, nothing is impossible,” said Jeannot. Teacher Tammy Podovinnikoff introduced valedictorian Ruth Pecson, talking about her

strength and commitment to success and helping her classmates, her passion and faith that nothing is impossible. “When I first taught Ruth in Grade 9…, I knew she was special. Even then she exhibited what I think is one of her best qualities. Ruth sees where the bar is set and then she consistently exceeds those expectations,” said Podovinnikoff. The opening part came to an end with the speech by Pecson, who graduated with an average of 99.4 per cent. “In Grade 9 we all started our journey at the foreign building known as the ECS. At that

time we were most concerned about the 12-minute run, figuring out what the heck polynomials were, and debunking whether or not there is actually a pool underneath the gym floors,” said Pecson, recalling their first days. “Grade 12 is filled with complex feelings. We are nervous, sad… to say goodbye to our parents’ cooking, to our friends, to high school, to what we call home. We are stressed, overwhelmed by grad season, applying for schools and planning out our future. But most importantly, I believe that all A2 » SPEAKERS

Ofﬁcers’ retirement means changes are coming for the Salvation Army locally By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The pending retirement of Estevan’s Salvation Army officers is going to mean some changes for the ministry and the services it delivers to the area. Majors W ilfred and Heather Harbin announced earlier in the spring they were going to retire at the end of June, ending a lengthy career in ministry with the Salvation Army that spanned 41 years for Heather Harbin and 38 years for her husband. They have been in Estevan since the

summer of 2015. Estevan will not be receiving new Salvation Army officers, but that doesn’t mean the ministry is leaving Estevan. In fact, Heather Harbin expects the Salvation Army will continue to have a strong presence in the city. Ronza Reynard, who is the family services manager for Estevan, will move into the role of ministry director. She will be looking after both Estevan and Weyburn. Jane-Anne Ireland will become the new manager of family services for Estevan. A2 » HARBINS

The Estevan Salvation Army will continue to play a big part in the community despite the pending retirement of Majors Wilfred and Heather Harbin.

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Speakers wished grads strength and success « A1 of us are excited for new beginnings,” she continued. As graduates were start-

ing their adult lives, Pecson advised them not to be afraid of failure.

Memphis White was a part of the Grade 12 band performing O Canada during the graduation ceremony opening.

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“Even if you fail it’s OK because that only means that next time you will be stronger, wiser and more driven than before.” She also wished all her classmates to become better persons every day of their lives. “Success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process that you invest in every single day.” Finally, Pecson advised grads to trust in God’s plan. “Whatever experiences you have from now on always remember that it will all work out to God’s perfect plan for you.” Once the speeches and music were finished, the school presented diplomas to the graduates. Students walked across the stage and accepted their diplomas and other gifts to the delight of the audience. A small meal was served af ter the diplomas were

Tyler Knibbs, left, and Shaun Montebon were this year’s class representatives. handed out, and then everyone reconvened at Affinity Place for the grand march, when the grads were presented with a rose and spent

played games of chance for play money that could be used to purchase prizes. For more pictures see www.estevanmercury.ca.

Harbins enjoyed time in Estevan « A1 “Ronza is going to be the lead for everything,” said Heather Harbin. “She’s been here for a long time. She knows what’s happening, so she’s a great person to take our place.” The difference between a ministry director and the officers is that the officers are ordained ministers. A big part of the Harbins’ duties was looking after the church that was part of the Salvation Army’s building on Fourth Street in Estevan. Reynard will not be han-

dling the church. “She will be running the business of it. She’ll be looking after the family services, food bank and thrift store. She’ll be the director of all of them.” Clients and customers should not notice a difference in those three areas. Harbin noted that she and her husband have been overseeing those aspects of the local operations, but responsibility largely fell on Reynard. Since Estevan will not have officers for the time

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more time with their families. Then Affinity Place was transformed into a mock casino for the chem free after grad, in which the grads

being, the church portion of the Salvation Army’s local ministry is now classified as inactive, meaning it isn’t offering Sunday services. The last service was held on May 26. “We don’t know what’s going to happen down the road. In two or three years, who knows? Maybe they’ll send new officers in here,” said Harbin. Harbin noted they had been down to around 10 people a week for the church service, as their numbers have dwindled. While the declining numbers for the service played a role in the decision to designate the church as inactive, the absence of officers was the biggest reason. She hopes the area in the Salvation Army’s Estevan building that currently houses the church will be used for programs for family services, so that it won’t sit vacant. “ We’ve already been looking at things and talking about things that could take place over there,” Harbin said. The church was used for programs such as Bible studies and other initiatives, and at one time, it was used for

the Warm Welcome shelter when Warm Welcome offered a place to stay for homeless people. “If people are having input, they’ll listen to all of that, and see what might work best,” said Harbin. Harbin said the decision to not have new officers in Estevan and Weyburn was made because there are 40 officers retiring at the end of this month and only 12 are being commissioned. “There’s just not enough of us, and so the smaller places – it’s not just us, it’s in every province in Canada – … are just not getting officers because there’s none to send in,” said Harbin. Heather Harbin said she and her husband have been busy trying to finish up their work at the Salvation Army and to move out of their residence in Estevan. They have not yet decided what they’re going to do next. She said she has been looking forward to retirement for a while, but she is going to miss the job. “As it draws closer – I’ve been doing this for 41 years – so it’s an ending to a big part of my life, and for both of us,” said Harbin. While they wonder what they’re going to do all day, Harbin said she knows of people who have retired who find they were busier after retirement than when they were working. Harbin and her husband believe they are leaving the Salvation Army in Estevan and Weyburn in good hands as they enter this time of transition.

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A day in support of organ donation Riley Beatty and his family continue to do their part to get the message out about the need to be an organ and tissue donor. The Beattys held a free lunch for organ donors Saturday afternoon at Dun Rite Glass in Estevan. The family operates Beatz Eats and the Rolling Stove Grill food truck, and so they served up pulled pork to those who dropped by who are registered organ donors. People could leave a donation that will be directed to the Transplant Trot in Regina on June 22. Beatty’s brother Adam received two liver transplants in his life and was also a big advocate for organ donations. Adam Beatty died in 2015 at the age of 30. “Once he passed away, we went along and did a 5K transplant trot in memory of my brother in Regina, because that’s where he lived. We’ve been doing it ever since he passed away,” Riley Beatty said. “We just like to raise awareness and donate a little more money wherever we can.” Riley Beatty won’t be walking in the benefit this year. Instead he’ll be serving up food to all of the participants.

Riley Beatty prepared pulled pork during a free lunch for organ and tissue donation on Saturday at Dun Rite Glass. “Everything that we’re going to feed everybody up there is going to come from me again, and I’m not going to accept any money unless it’s to the Regina Transplant Trot.”

Last year he estimates they donated about $1,500 to the Transplant Trot. The community has been very supportive of the Transplant Trot in the past. Last year marked the first

time they had a free lunch for organ donors in Estevan, and he believes they gave away more than 100 burgers. And while it was a cool, windy day in southeast Saskatchewan on Saturday, he

Playparks getting ready to open One of Estevan’s longstanding summer traditions will once again offer free activities for children this summer. The City of Estevan’s leisure services division is getting ready for the start of the playpark season. Once again the paddling pool/ playpark program will be offered at four different sites: Churchill, Rusty Duce, Hillcrest and Hillside. They will be open this year for crafts, games and activities in the mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, and free swimming in the afternoons from 1-5 p.m. The programs will start on July 2 and run through Aug. 24. “We have a lot of activities planned this summer. The parks transform for the theme weeks into oceans for Shark Week, sporting events for Olympics Week and jungles for Animal Planet Week,” said Anne Elder, who is back for her second straight year as the program co-ordinator. The theme weeks are Ooey Gooey Week ( July 2-5), Superheroes Week ( July 8-12), Olympics Week ( July 15-19), Shark Week ( July 22-26) Galaxy Week ( July 29-Aug. 2), Animal Planet Week (Aug. 6-9), Colour Me Craz y Week (Aug. 12-16) and Carnival

The Hillcrest Playpark is one of four that will be operating in Estevan this summer. Week (Aug. 19-23). The program will also host three special events. The pancake breakfast will be served at the Churchill Playpark from 9-11 a.m. on July 11. A Night Under the Stars will happen at the Hillcrest Playpark from 6-9 p.m. on July 30, and the Last Splash Carnival will happen Aug. 21 from 4-7 p.m. at the Royal Heights Veterans’ Memorial Park. There will also be spe-

cial Saturday swims and night swims throughout the summer on an alternating basis. On the days of the night swims, there will not be crafts or activities in the mornings at the park that is hosting the night swim. Erin Wilson, program manager for leisure services, said, “We want to remind parents that summer playparks is not a registered program. We run on a come and go drop-in basis.

“We do our best to keep tabs on all the kids who visit us. As you can imagine, this is not always an easy task for one play leader. We encourage families to talk to their youngsters and make sure they have a safety plan in place.” Monthly calendars will be on hand at each park. As well the City of Estevan’s leisure services Facebook page and website will have rules and details.

expected to serve a lot of pulled pork sandwiches. “So far the community has already donated far more than what I even expected,” said Beatty. People register for the

Transplant Trot as individuals. They can also sign up as virtual walkers, which means they won’t walk, but they will make a donation. The Transplant Trot has grown quite a bit over the years. “There’s probably about 30 of my family members who show up out of the 60-70 people that go, and hopefully we get 100 this year. Hopefully I have to cook for 200, so the more, the merrier.” Also at the lunch on Saturday, Beatty had lots of information on organ donations and people who they called “past heroes” – those who helped save the lives of others because they donated their organs. Among them was Logan Boulet, one of the members of the Humboldt Broncos who died in the bus tragedy last year, and inspired many to be organ donors because he signed up to do so just weeks before the accident. Kendra Memory at St. Joseph’s Hospital provided the Beattys with the pamphlets and other information on the benefits of organ and tissue donation. Beatty noted he continues to see more awareness and support for the need to be an organ donor.

Food drive will be important before summer Canada Post and the Estevan Salvation Army will be teaming up for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on June 22. Employees of Canada Post will head out into the community that day and pick up food from the front of local residences. They will then take the donations to the Salvation Army, where the food will be sorted, weighed and placed on the food bank’s shelves. People are asked to attach a letter that has been sent to local residents with their non-perishable food items and storable garden produce so that the donation is visible from the public. Canada Post employees will also be picking up nonperishable food items that day. Pick-up will start at 9 a.m. on June 22. Canned fruit, stovetop stuffing, cereal, rice, peanut butter, crackers, condiments, canned meats/tuna, coffee/tea and canned pasta are the items the Salvation Army needs the most at this time. Customers who receive mail through a post office box

can drop their donation off at Canada Post’s Estevan location during regular business hours before June 22. “The food bank is in desperate need of help this year,” states the letter for the food drive. “Please give what you can.” Major Heather Harbin with the Salvation Army said they are looking forward to the food drive. “We’re getting down in some things, so that will be a real boost for us,” said Harbin, who estimates the shelves are now below 50 per cent of their capacity. The food bank has remained busy so far in 2019, and the demand has been comparable to the past few years, but she didn’t have any numbers for how many families they have helped out in the first 5 1/2 months of this year. The Stamp Out Hunger food drive has traditionally been held in the fall. But it was moved to June last year in an effort to replenish the food banks shelves prior to the summer months.

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The kids are all right It started last week with a report of some mischief in the central area of the city. Residents reported their homes and vehicles were spray-painted. Some items were stolen and left in the yards of nearby residents. Arguably the worst part was that a vehicle’s tire was slashed. It’s not just an aggravation and an inconvenience for the affected residents. It’s one of those things that we hear about, shake our heads and wonder why someone would do it. Since then, we’ve heard of other issues of vandalism in the community. Buildings at Spruce Ridge School and south of the Estevan Comprehensive School have also been desecrated with spray paint. We don’t know for certain yet if these incidents are connected, but the police believe they are, and when you consider the similarities in the damage, we should expect there is a connection. It’s also frustrating that these incidents have occurred, and nobody was immediately caught. It’s tough to catch people while they’re doing this. It happens in the middle of the night, without witnesses. The police can’t be everywhere in the city. When they do happen, we can only cross our fingers and hope our properties aren’t next. Some people will blame kids for these incidents as well, but there’s no guarantee that kids are the culprits. Yes, young offend-

ers often are responsible for incidents such as spray-painting, but maybe we should try to avoid jumping to conclusions until we know the facts. Fortunately, we have yet to hear anyone calling for a curfew. Back in the early 2000s, when Estevan had another series of vandalism incidents in the fall, some started to call for a curfew for young people. But the incidents abated, winter settled in, and once the spring started up again, the vandalism didn’t resume. People stopped talking about curfews, and focused on other issues of the day. Curfews don’t work. All they do is punish the good, law-abiding kids, who happen to be in the majority. The kids who cause problems that result in the curfew are going to continue to cause problems. And guess what? They aren’t going to obey curfew, either. And curfews tie up police and the courts. Members of the Estevan Police Service and the Estevan RCMP have better things to worry about than whether a 15-year-old kid is out with friends after 11 p.m. Parents should set curfews, not Estevan city council. So kudos to those who have resisted the urge to call for a curfew amid this latest round of vandalism in our city. If you want to see why we don’t need a curfew, last Friday is a perfect example. There were 153 kids who graduated from the Este-

van Comprehensive School, the culmination of 12 years of hard work in elementary school and high school. The bulk of these kids will never run into problems with the law. They’ll never be charged with a crime. The biggest infraction they will commit will likely be speeding. These are the young people of our community. Sure their hair might be a little longer than we want, and it might not be a colour that we want. Maybe they spend a little too much time on their smartphones and other wireless devices. But the vast majority of them are good kids who will be good representatives of their community. We hope they’ll remain in this community and start a family of their own. As far as who’s responsible for the graffiti, the thefts and the other recent incidents, we hope two things will happen. One is we hope the vandalism will stop. There’s lots to do in this city during the summer months. The temperatures are warmer. The weather is beautiful. Why waste a beautiful summer’s night by damaging somebody’s property. And hopefully they’re caught and held accountable for their actions. Let the victims of their crimes see who was responsible. A sentence that involved removing graffiti and performing other cleanup duties around the community would be rather appropriate.

The mysterious case of the missing backpacks Numerous times over the course of this past year, number one daughter’s first year in high school, we, her parents, have implored her to take a backpack to school. You know, that thing that you can put your pens, pencils, notebooks, textbooks, lunch and an instrument in? The thing that all of us Generation Xers used daily? Yet bleat as we might, no success was ever made in our cause. Instead, said daughter has carried her zip-up binder and her lunch separately. Because that makes sense. Being a middle-aged Gen Xer, this little ongoing battle of the teenage years is one of those niggling things that makes you want to scream. Part of being a parent, I guess. Just before she started band in Grade 6, we were able to acquire not one, but two flutes at a neighbour’s garage sale for a good price. The size of the flute was important. It fit in a backpack, as opposed to a trumpet or trombone, the likes of which we saw poor band students drag hither and yon, cursing their lot in life. Several years later, we realized that our resident flutist never actually brought her instrument home to practice, like those hithering and yonning students. That would involve actually practising at home, expelling ones life-breath through a woodwind to create something approximating notes. So here we are at the conclusion of her first year of high school, and she has yet to toot on said flute, to my recollection. She will no longer be a band student, being more of a visual than audio artist. Fair enough. Not everyone is cut out for tooting the flute. But this still does not explain the lack of the backpack. The other day I was out and about, and it worked out that I was able to pick her up from

From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK school instead of taking the bus. I was able to park near the front door just before classes were out. In this position, I was able to keep track the students walking out the front door. Making hashmarks on the back of an old business card, the results were quite enlightening. Out of the 127 students I counted leaving the school, only four walked out carrying just a backpack. On the other hand, nearly every other student carried a zip-up binder. A very small handful carried both a zip-up binder and a backpack. Quite a few carried a Lululemon shopping bag. Needless to say, those were female Lululemon bag carriers. But tried and true backpacks? They were about as common as buffalo on the Canadian prairie. Nearly driven to extinction. Thus, I found the reason we’ve been having this battle all year. Why would she want to be the only one carrying a practical, sensible backpack? Geez, dad. But how can this be? How can you get along with just a binder? Where do you put your textbooks? Oh, that’s it. This is the 21st century. High school students no longer use textbooks. This semester, she was only issued a science textbook. Math? No textbook. Last semester, she only had two textbooks. Next year, in Grade 10, she will apparently have more textbooks. When I was in those grades, there was a textbook in each and every class except gym, music and art.

This doesn’t explain why the rest of the 127 students weren’t in need of a backpack to carry home a textbook. Something doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe the entire student body learns by osmosis, absorbing the information through the door of their respective lockers into their brains. I don’t know. I can’t figure it out. Back in the day, when I was a really cool teenager (a.k.a. nerd), I would occasionally take a briefcase to school (when I was working on newspaper, of course). I also used my briefcase a lot for debate and youth parliament. And do you know what I found out? Briefcases are quite limiting. They defy pretty much every ergonomic principle and make your arm sore. You have to keep switching hands. Any backpack, even a poor one, is usually a step up. A zip-up binder is essentially a briefcase. Did you know that in the military, you are supposed to only carry stuff like briefcases and coats on your left side? That’s so your right hand is always free to salute. The other incongruity with the zip-up binder versus a backpack is the usage of smartphone. With a backpack, you can sling it over one or both shoulders and have your hands free to text away. How do you do that carrying a binder/briefcase? Isn’t ready access to your smartphone the most important thing for the generation of hunchbacks we are raising? Can they text with one thumb really fast? I don’t know how backpacks became verboten. This is definitely one of the stupidest fads I’ve seen. But what do I know? I survived high school as a Gen Xer. I’m going to go listen to Vanilla Ice now on my Walkman, sorry, iPhone. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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Praying for rain Weather talks usually frustrate me a bit, since that’s something we have no power over, but this time I’m in. Let’s talk weather. This year has been quite weird. Hopefully, just so far. It’s either cold, or way too hot. And no matter what it’s quite dry. Even though we water a lot, our garden and flowerbed look like a desert. A day watering, cracks start appearing, it turns greyish and I almost can here it begging, “Water, water.” I guess the wind doesn’t help much either. And the crop fields… Well, that’s somewhat of a taboo topic right now. We all are holding our breath and hoping. The moisture is still there, but it’s low, the skies are quite greedy this year and only allow our area a few drops of rain every week. We don’t have an irrigation system in place, so… I started researching ancient ways of attracting rain (I know, I know, but it’s not going to hurt anything, and what if it helps). First, I asked friends about traditions and superstitions they use to attract the rain. Answers were: to wash your vehicle (that definitely works for me, every time I wash mine there is a drizzle just enough to get it dirty on the way home, but unfortunately not enough to do anything else), to straighten your hair or to kill a frog (not sure what the frog did wrong). Then I turned towards some ancient tricks. Throughout the history people were obsessed with meteorology. Back in days there weren’t much knowledge and understanding in place. (Hmmm, is it there now?) So people did their best. The most well-known weather modification rituals are the rain dances, popular in North America (they are still quite popular in some areas). In Africa, where weather was a life-and-death topic through centuries, people were not above rain dances as well. But the main responsibility for moisture laid on African kings. And if they failed to do the magic, they were risking getting a face-to-face date with a greater power in another world. On wide Russian fields the variety of traditions and rituals was quite wide. Ancient Slavs used to till rivers. The village struggling with drought would gather at the river. Someone had to bring the plow and plow the river singing ritual songs. People believed that by raising the dirt up from the bottom they raise the level of moisture and thus cause rain (it does sound frustrating, but I guess the main power here was the faith). In another region (called Polessye) people gathered by wells, mixed water with long sticks and called for drowned man Makarka, asking him to come and drink the soil drunk with his tears. In some southern areas of Slav lands, to attract the rain a young girl, wearing a dress made of grapevines and a wreath on her head, had to walk from yard to yard where people would pour water on her. Another option practised back in days around old country, a person had to come to the middle of a field (at midnight, of course) and to draw a circle around self using water. Then get completely undressed, it was recommended to lift hands towards the sky and walk clockwise along the water path until it dries out. While walking, a person had to talk asking the Mother Nature for the rain. Some peoples around the world believed there was no way to attract the rain without sacrificial offerings. Mainly they used animals. Thus, Native Hawaiians sacrificed black roosters. Various Indian peoples focused on black animals in general. Chechens used snakes. Some researches found records of human being sacrificed to the sun, as a part of the rain attracting ritual. (I sincerely hope that this only happened in far-gone past). In Thailand to make rain farmers would fall back on so-called Cat Parades. This ritual was performed on the eve of rain season if no precipitation has occurred. Their ancients believed there was a connection between cats and rain. Cats (which naturally don’t like water) cried when get wet. So the superstition said that if a cat cries, the rain is going to fall. So every so often Thai men would take their grey or black female cats, place them in baskets, one animal per basket, and all together walk around the village. Whenever a cat parade was going through villagers’ houses, they had to splash water on animals. Three to seven days later the rain was supposed to cover the soil. When droughts were torturing China, Chinese Wu, or shamans, who were viewed as intermediaries with nature spirits, held sacrificial rain dance ceremonies. They danced in a ring of fire. Moving explicitly they had to keep dancing until sweat started falling on the ground, which was believed to produce the desired rain. Well, June is traditionally a rainy month in the southeast, and we still have half of it left, but extra precautions never hurt… So now, when you have an idea on what to do (the web will give you the details), you can help me to get some moisture over here.

Melle urges people to talk to their kids after daughter’s frightening experience By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Addison Melle spent her fourth birthday Monday at home and then at the Estevan Fair, enjoying the sights, the sounds and the activities associated with the midway at one of the most popular family events of the year in Estevan. But just a day earlier, she was going through a harrowing experience that landed her in a hospital. And her mother Chelsi is sharing her daughter’s story with the hope that other parents learn from the experience. In a post on Facebook late Sunday night, Melle revealed that her daughter ingested drugs she found on the road in front of Melle’s inlaws’ camper at the Woodlawn Regional Park’s Boundary Dam beach site. Nobody had seen the container the drugs were in before, and Melle doesn’t know how long the container was there, but she described it as a well-travelled location. “ We were having a birthday party, and there was a tonne of people, out and around. Nobody really noticed it on the ground.” The incident happened while the girls’ parents and grandparents were right there. “In seconds she picked up a container she thought was white glitter, poured it on the golf cart seat and played with it,” Melle wrote. But then Addison tasted it, and instantly started spitting. Addison’s family members jumped into action, asked her what she ate and gave her water. A tiny glass jar was in Addison’s hand. The family rushed the girl to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Addison was admitted to hospital and monitored on every front. Meanwhile, the police took the jar and determined it was meth. Melle wrote that the person who owned the drugs either lost or threw it out on a road where tonnes of children play every day. It could have killed Addison or another child, and in Addison’s case it would have happened just before her fourth birthday. “I’m so grateful she hardly put any in her mouth, that she spit it out. That today we didn’t loose her.” Addison spent about four hours in the hospital on Sunday night, but was able to

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said. “You need to have them 10 more times, because you can be standing right there like I was. Two of her grandmas were standing right there. Her dad was right there. We were all right there. And she still picked something up. “She thought it was glitter … and four-year-old girls love glitter.” They have talked about not picking things up and have sung a song about not putting things in their mouths. “No matter how many times you think you’ve had that conversation and you think your kids know, they don’t always know. And sometimes they’re curious and they just decide to lick a bottle after they have dumped it out and played with it because they thought it was glitter.” As of Tuesday morning, her story had 414 comments and had been shared more

than 2,400 times since Melle posted it on Sunday night. She never imagined it would receive that kind of reaction, since she did it so that other moms wouldn’t have to endure the same experience. “We also live in our nice little bubble that things like this don’t happen here. They happen in big cities. They happen to somebody else’s kid. They’re a Facebook story that we read. And it’s very real … because it can happen to anybody in any town.” Many of the people who have shared her story are those she has never met before, but they have given her kind words and encouragement because Melle believes they would blame themselves if something goes wrong. While it was a scary incident on Sunday evening, by the time Monday rolled around, Addison was back to her normal self, other than she was a little tired. “This could have gone so many different ways, and it didn’t, and our story is a happy ending, and I am so grateful for that, because it could have been not a happy ending, and somebody else’s story might not have happened like our story did. “I’m really grateful that ours ended the same way that it did, and I have my daughter to celebrate with today. Her fourth birthday could have meant something so different if we would have lost her last night, and there’s a very real possibility that that could have happened.” Melle praised the Estevan Police Service and the Estevan RCMP for their response to the incident, and also the staff at the hospital for their care. “We couldn’t have asked for any better from any of them, because they have made sure that I know that they are doing their best, that they’re on this and they’re not just brushing us under the rug, and that this is something we need to be concerned about.”

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Estevan Chamber of Commerce personally thanks its members in board walk By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan Chamber of Commerce decided to personally reach out to its members for involvement. The initiative came out at the strategic planning session, and as far as chamber executive director Jackie Wall concerned, “it was a really successful first attempt at doing this.” Last Wednesday seven out of 12 board members took time off work, took their handwritten thank you cards and headed out into the community, trying to visit as many member businesses as they could in one day, which actually wasn’t their original plan. “Each board member already had handwritten thank you cards and we were just looking at perhaps mailing them out. And then one of the board members said, ‘You know what, I can take part of my day and deliver some.’ And all of the other members were like, ‘Yeah, I can do that too.’ So we thought we could probably just choose one day and get it done, but I think moving forward we are probably going to take a week or so, just so it’s a little bit more flexible,” explained Wall. In most cases, chamber members just had a brief conversation with members they visited. “It was meet and greet… We were walking into businesses, we had a thank you card that just said ‘Thank you for your membership.’ We introduced ourselves and most places we had a one to two-minute conversation with people,” said one of the board members Daniel Betnar, who had a chance to participate in the so-called Board Walk. And even brief visits were well worth the time and effort. “It’s the first time we actually tried this, so we really weren’t sure what to expect,” said Wall. “The best thing was when Sheila (Guenther) was sending in these photos just to see how happy they were. We had a few really good comments on Facebook that they appreciated that person-

Estevan Chamber of Commerce board members, from left, Cory Casemore, Michael Dunne, Daniel Betnar, Jeff Pierson, Cathy Welta-Eagles, Sheila Guenther and Joe Billesberger took time off work to personally thank member businesses for their engagement. Photo submitted al touch of the hand delivery of the thank you card.” Betnar said that the Estevan Fire Rescue Service made their visit to the station even more exciting. “We went and visited the Estevan Fire and Rescue and it was a great experience to go over there because they gave us a tour of their facility. (We could see) how great it is, and how open they are to have people coming in and seeing that facility,” said Betnar. A few board members couldn’t join the walk due to work or personal reasons, but Wall said they plan to continue their visits through this week to meet more businesses. They hope none of the more than 300 chamber members will be left out. “We are going to mail out whatever we cannot reach up (this) week…. But we are going to do our best to reach as many as we can over the next few days,” said Wall. For board members, this walk was an opportunity to personally engage with chamber members. “It would be really great if we could sit down with each

and every member throughout the year, but realistically that’s not always possible. But this is a nice way to really hit as many as we can. Stop in and say thank you and just give that personal handshake,” said Wall. Besides, it was a way to show the member businesses that they are appreciated and that the board is advocating for them and having a relationship with them. “Really showing to them that we are open to everybody coming and seeing us and talking about things,” said Betnar, noting that for these reasons they also hold luncheons and coffee talks. The Estevan Chamber of Commerce currently has all board member positions filled, which is a very rare situation. “That really does indicate that we have a lot of engagement within the community, our membership is engaged. Our board is engaged, and the staff here is really engaged in ensuring that we are the voice for our member businesses,” said Wall.

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TEML changes its name to Kingston Midstream By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

Reaching back 162 years to the founding of the Richardson family business, the owners of Tundra Energy Marketing Limited, or TEML, have given it a new name – Kingston Midstream. Hartley T. Richardson, president and CEO of parent company James Richardson & Sons, Limited, was on hand at Southeast College in Estevan on Monday to reveal the new name and logo to the company’s staff. He explained that his great great grandfather, James Richardson, had started out his grain trading business in Kingston, Ont. Thus, that was where the new name was drawn from. “The name Kingston Midstream is a reference to the roots of James Richardson & Sons, Limited 162 years ago, which started as a small grain merchandising operation in Kingston, Ontario,” said Hartley Richardson. “Kingston is a name that serves as a reminder of the values and ambitions we continue to hold as an organization and a reflection of our long history of safely moving Canada’s most precious resources.” That afternoon, the sign in front of the company’s building on Estevan’s Kensington Avenue also changed to reflect the new name. Jim Hand, president and CEO of TEML, now Kingston Midstream, gave two reasons behind the rebranding. One was the merging of the two companies three years ago – Tundra Energy Marketing Limited, and Enbridge Pipelines (Saskatchewan) Inc. The other reason was to differentiate this company from its original roots. TEML had spun off from Tundra Oil and Gas, the Richardson family-owned oil and gas company which is, by far, Manitoba’s largest producer. “In 2011, TEML was founded as an independent subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons, Limited’s oil and gas exploration and production division,” said Hand. “As the company has grown significantly and now services a broader customer base; we believe the time is right for an evolution of its brand identity.” The name change has been a long time coming, as Hand noted that when he became CEO seven months ago, one of the first questions he was asked by the staff was what the new name would be. It had been kept under wraps for a long time prior to that, and was under wraps, literally, on Monday, when Richardson

lifted a sheet off the sign showing the new name. While at the opening, Richardson took the time to sit with several tables of staff members, speaking to them directly after the ceremony had concluded. The company will be adopting the new name im-

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Police seeking public assistance in catching grafﬁtists By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Police Service is investigating several cases of vandalism that occurred in the Energy City over the past couple of weeks. Primarily graffiti and wall writings occurred in the north and northeast side of the city. “A lot of it involves spray painting and different vulgar type comments,” said Deputy Police Chief Murray Cowan. Unknown individuals randomly spray paint private and public buildings. The latest graffiti was spotted on the walls of the buildings near the Estevan Comprehensive School. Earlier, Spruce Ridge School sustained some damage. Spray painting appeared on fences, garage doors and vehicles. Besides, the EPS had reports of tires being slashed on vehicles. Cowan believes this is the work of the same group of people. And this crime wave is still ongoing. “We’ve been working quite hard on this file. We have a couple of our members assigned to it,” said Cowan. But unfortunately, so far no one was arrested, and the police don’t have any suspects yet. “We are certainly reaching out to the public on this one. These people are obviously going around at nighttime after dark. So we are asking the public to certainly keep an eye out. If they hear or see anything suspicious in their neighbourhood, do not hesitate to contact the

The latest spray paint grafﬁti was spotted near the Estevan Comprehensive School at the end of last week. Photo by David Willberg Estevan Police Service,” said Cowan. He also asked the public to keep the Crime Stoppers in mind, as this organization allows full anonymity. He also stated that if the information provided by a member of the public will help to catch the offenders, the person would receive a reward. “You can call in with any

information you may have in regards to this, and of course you could be subject to a reward too if an arrest is made in regards to this,” said Cowan. The police are doing their best to put a stop to it before there is more damage, but it might be hard to achieve without public assistance and support. “We certainly want the

community to be well aware that this is happening, particularly in the area where it seems to be happening in so that we can get more eyes and ears out there to keep an eye out for this stuff. Because it’s unfortunate, but the police can’t be everywhere at once and we certainly need help from the community to catch these guys,” said Cowan.

So far, offenders seem to be quite random and don’t seem to have any kind of goal or motive behind it. “It almost looks like crimes of opportunity where they just seem to be in the right place at the right time. Now that being said, we are not 100 per cent sure of that. Hopefully, it ’s something that we can sort out as the

investigation continues,” said Cowan. Estevan hasn’t seen vandalism of this kind for quite a while, and before it wasn’t continuing. So the contemporary cases are even more worrying. “Sometimes you get those random acts of mischief where people would spray paint a fence, or a car, or a building somewhere, but then that’s it. Or they might do two or three places and then they stop and they don’t do it again. And the concern with this is that it’s ongoing,” said Cowan. These offences fall under the mischief section under the Criminal Code. Depending on how much damage there is the offence can be more or less serious, but the primary dollar amount is what matters. “If it’s mischief in excess of $5,000, it’s a more serious offence under the Criminal Code. And given the amount of damage we are seeing I would almost say that we are at that point,” said Cowan. A tire slashed with a knife can’t be repaired and has to be replaced, which means other tires on that vehicle need to be replaced as well and it makes the total cost add up quite quickly. Besides, if offenders are carrying knives or any other type of equipment to do the damage, that might be considered dangerous they may face other charges like possession of weapons, possession of break and enter tools and more. In the worst-case scenario, the offenders may end up behind the bars.

Holy Family on track for new information system By Greg Nikkel of the Weyburn Review Eight school divisions have now opted out of the new provincial student information system, but the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division is still on track for bringing it online for the new school year in September. Board trustees heard an update on the system June 12 at their last meeting before they break for summer, including that some school boards have

decided that the system won’t work for them. Holy Family was concerned that this might affect the cost to them with the system now not covering the province as it was originally intended, said director of education Gwen Keith, who assured the board the cost, which will be about $80 per student, will not be affected. She said the division still has time this summer to finish getting the system set up for the fall, and they are continu-

ing to have contact with the Ministry of Education as they finalize the last details for the new system, which will include all information about each student in their division. “What’s going to happen when this goes live, well, you can imagine. The pressure on the ministry people is going to be terrific,” said Keith. “We’re on target, and the administrators will have their second meeting with the support staff to go through the components of the system. It’s

already building for the next year,” she added. Keith told the trustees she would love to show them some of the features of the new student information system, such as the new report cards that will be produced, but they won’t be able to show them until the fall. “What we’ll do is show you the complete system in the fall, like for attendance,” said Keith, adding some aspects aren’t relevant for them as Holy Family is only kindergarten to Grade 9.

“How will this affect the program?” asked chair Bruno Tuchscherer. “Well, with that many boards out of the picture, it’s not going to be a unified student information system,” Keith replied, who suggested part of the challenge is they gave the school boards the choice of opting out of the provincial system. The boards that are out “aren’t confident that the provider will have the resources needed, and they are not pre-

pared to wait. I think people wanted to be prepared, but they needed clear answers which they weren’t getting,” said Keith. “It’s not a comfortable piece at all. If people aren’t getting the information they need, they’re not going to risk it.” She added that Holy Family is confident that they can do it and that the system will work for them. They also still have their current system, called Maplewood, as a backup if the new system doesn’t work.

Southeast College for Kids What are your kids going to be doing this summer? The Southeast College is inviting our local youngsters (ages 6 to 10) to the College for a summer day program. The program runs from July 8th to August 9th with each week focusing on a different set of fun learning activities. You are invited to register your child/children in individual week(s) or for the entire 5 week program. Week 1 (July 8 – July 12)

Cost: 110/week per participant

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ARTS, CRAFT & CULTURE WEEK Week two will have the children involved in a number of Arts, Crafts and Cultural activities. Week 3 (July 22 - July 26)

SPORTS WEEK Each day during Sports Week the focus will be on a different set of physical activities. Drop-off: 8:00 am 8:30 am

Week 4 (July 29 - August 2)

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Schedule announced for concert series It’s still a few months until the opening performance of the season, but the Estevan Arts Council has already announced the schedule for the 2019-20 Estevan Concert Series. The season will open on Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by the New Jersey Jukebox: A tribute to the Jersey Boys. The New Jersey Jukebox features the music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. “The New Jersey Jukebox showcases all your favorite songs from Frankie Valli including the one of a kind classics that have been thrilling audiences for decades including everyone’s most popular singles from the musical The Jersey Boys.” This ultimate tribute show features hits like Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk like a Man, Candy Girl and several others. The next concert will feature some of Saskatchewan’s top musicians with Jeffery Straker and Friends, featuring Jack Semple and Annette Campagne on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Estevan Comprehensive School. “Through a combination of experienced voices and diverse musical styles backed by stellar musicians, this is a not-to-be-missed performance of song and story,” states promotional material for the concert. Straker performs more than 100 shows a year and has impressed spectators with his diverse talents. Semple has reached an international audience with his

Jeffery Straker, left, will perform in Estevan through this year’s Estevan Concert Series. File photo songwriting, recordings and performances as a vocalist and guitarist, and Campagne has been performing for over 25 years, both as a founding member of the acclaimed group Hart Rouge and now in her solo career. The duet Ear le and Coffin will perform on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch. An acoustic blues/ roots duo from Newfoundland and Labrador, they have accomplished in the early

stages of their careers. From recording their first album, Live at the Citadel House, to working in studio, creating Wood Wire Blood & Bone, their first original work, these blues performers have been touring festivals and showcases throughout Canada. And their talent has been getting recognized, as they were awarded the 2016 Canadian Folk Music Award for Young Performers of the Year, a 2017 Music NL Award for

Blues/Jazz Artist of the Year, alongside numerous regional and national nominations. The final concert of 2019 will be Prairie Debut presents Meagan & Amy on Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church. Selected the winner for a Pan-Canadian tour in 2019-20, pianist Meagan Milatz and violinist Amy Hillis, who formed this musical union in 2011, will share with audiences a unique program that reflects

their Saskatchewan origins, their Montreal studies, their international musical experiences, and connect them with music that has inspired them along the way. The series will resume in 2020 with a joint show with the Estevan Koncert for Kids Series when Chris Funk the Wonderist will perform on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Estevan Comprehensive School. Funk brings a magic show that has entertained

and amazed audiences across the globe. The live-feed camera and interactive videos bring audiences up onstage and into the action, delivering a show that everyone can call their own. Funk has designed a show that truly encourages audience members to discover wonder, while laughing, smiling and gasping with amazement. Prairie Debut will present the VC2 Cello Duo on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. V C 2 ’s B r y a n H o l t and Amahl Arulanandam introduce their own arrangements of works by Beethoven. These works are intertwined with five commissioned pieces by Canadian composers, again inspired by Beethoven’s cello sonatas. The series will wrap up April 30 with Terry Barber’s Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at St. Paul’s United Church at 7:30 p.m. Past member of the Grammy-winning group Chanticleer, Barber uses extraordinary vocal range, versatility, and a masters’ degree in historically informed performance, to entertain. A truly international artist, Barber has been a soloist for the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Moscow’s Svetlanov Hall. Early bird season ticket rates are in effect until June 30. Regular tic ket prices come into effect afterwards.

Hospital Foundation reﬂects on 2018-19 The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation recapped its accomplishments from the 2018-19 fiscal year during its annual general meeting earlier this month. According to the report released at the meeting by executive director Breanne Van de Woestyne, $173,648 worth of services and equipment were purchased in 2018-19. They also received $94,023 through their revitalization project and provided $113,611 for doctor recruitment. The equipment purchased last year was an endoscopy

lease for $72,796, a cautery machine for $60,844, a blood pressure monitor for $2,982, a vital sign machine for $2,580, stretchers for $10,800, a portable electrocardiogram for $9,170, a blood analyzer for $8,856 and a blanket warmer for $5,617. The fundraisers in the 2018-19 fiscal year brought great public awareness of the foundation and were successful, according to Breanne Van de Woestyne, who is the executive director of the foundation. “We will continue to host our Festival of Trees event,

which has proven to be our largest fundraiser. We will be expanding this event into a family festival next year and look forward to its success,” said Van de Woestyne. The 2019 edition of the Festival of Trees will be Nov. 15-17. Details on the event will be announced at a later date. The foundation also hosted its annual Radiothon for Life in April 2018, which was well supported by the community. The revitalization campaign has also continued to be a success, she said, with

the development of the Mel, Margaret & Clinton Grimes Chemotherapy Unit. The annual Colour My Foundation Colour Run saw a decrease in attendance, but the event still raised over $15,000 for the Foundation and educated attendees on the foundation. The foundation held its first car lottery this year. This fundraiser gained a lot of attention and brought awareness of the foundation to the community. “ We are continually considering new fundraising options, while ensuring our

existing fundraisers (if viable) continue to receive priority,” she said. The fundraisers in 201819 generated $455,258 in income and had $205,950 in expenses, for a total of $249,308 in net revenues. By compar ison, the income for 2016-17 was $370,677 while the expenses were $96,987, and in 2017-18 the revenues were $504,065 and expenses were $98,399. Van de Woestyne noted the hospital foundation has a large following on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. They use

social media on a regular basis to promote the foundation, its events and the St. Joseph’s Hospital. “The hospital foundation’s website was updated and redesigned, has high traffic and has been perceived very well,” said Van de Woestyne. “Online donation processes have been improved and more information about the foundation was added. “New informational brochures were also created and distributed throughout the hospital with updated information and branding.”

Bikes and Books day of fun is coming to Estevan The Estevan Police Service and Estevan Public Library invite citizens to join them for a bike rodeo and summer reading kickoff. The event, named Bikes and Books, will take place on June 22 at the Estevan Leisure

Centre parking lot. Police will be responsible for the bike part, while the library will co-ordinate the book portion. The fun day full of activities will start at 11 a.m. and will run until 2 p.m. A free

barbecue is slated to run 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. All children and youth are encouraged to bring their helmets and bicycles to participate in the bike rodeo. There will be stations offering bike

inspections, helmet fitting, hand signal instruction and an obstacle course. The winners will take some nice prizes home, and the most successful participant will ride home on the brand new bike.

For additional information about the bike rodeo, please contact Monica Rae at 306- 634-4767. The TD Summer Reading Club is an exciting, educational program offered to

children ages 6-12. Detailed information and registration will be available at the event. For additional information about the program, please contact Sarah Wright at 306636-1620.

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Studying ﬁsh populations at Boundary Dam It ’s been an interesting summer for a couple of University of Regina students who have been travelling the province, learning more about fish populations and the impact of sport fishing. The fact that they’re both avid anglers only brings more to the project. Shayna Hamilton, who is originally from the Torquay area, and Michelle Chupik were tagging the fish that were caught during the Boundary Bass Classic, as part of a longterm marker capture study. “We’re giving each fish a T-bar tag which has a UV code on it, as well as a contact email address, and we are looking to figure out some different things about the fish in the long-term,” said Hamilton. Hamilton and Chupik are working on a board research program. They are tagging pike, walleye and other species of sport fish at various tournaments, following the same procedure regardless of the fish species. They have been to Lake Diefenbaker, Last Mountain Lake, Buffalo Pound and Tobin Lake. “ We’re just basically studying the fish populations in these catch and release tournaments,” Hamilton said. Chupik said this project will give the university a better understanding about sport fishing and recreation. “It’s such an important industry here in Saskatchewan, so to be able to answer those questions about fish movements, how often they’re caught in their lifetime, would give us a better overall picture of our own fisheries in our own backyard,” said Chupik. The two young women want to know the recapture rate, growth rates over time and other information from when people recapture fish. “We tagged fish at the tournament last year for the first time, and we did have multiple recaptures throughout the year, and we actually just saw … two that were tagged last year as part of the tournament this year,” said Hamilton. When the fish were captured for the second straight year, they believe it showed

Michelle Chupik, left, and Shayna Hamilton were at Boundary Dam on Saturday to tag ﬁsh caught during the Boundary Bass Classic. that catch and release angling works, and that the fish can survive if handled and released properly. It’s also a really good sign for the future of the fishery. When participants in the fishing derby brought their fish in, the fish were weighed

by people involved with the tournament, then put in a tank to ensure they could safely return to the reservoir. Finally, they were taken to Hamilton and Chupik to be marked. The markings on the fish are permanent. They might attract a little bit of algae over

time, so people would need to scrape off the algae with a fingernail. This project has been running for about three years. Chupik and Hamilton are almost a year into their involvement, and Chupik has another full year to go, while Hamilton

has another year-and-a-half remaining. If somebody catches a fish that has been tagged at one of the tournaments, Hamilton encouraged them to provide the individual code on the tag; she suggested people take a picture of it or write

it down, and then email the code to Chris Somers, who is the supervisor of the project. Her email address is chris. somers@uregina.ca. She also wants to know the date it was caught, and whether the angler kept or released the fish.

EAGM poker run supports the arts The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) held its annual five-kilometre poker run Saturday morning at Woodlawn Regional Park. Participants gathered at the free park area, near the dog park, and walked or ran a route through the park. At four different locations, they drew a playing card that was held by a volunteer. After the run was finished, the EAGM drew the fifth and final card to complete

the hand, and the person with the best hand was the winner. While some of the participants were avid runners or joggers, others were more casual participants out for a stroll and looking to support the EAGM. It was a cool, windy day in southeast Saskatchewan, but that didn’t deter people from showing up. About 20 people participated in this year’s event, and all proceeds will be directed towards the EAGM’s programming efforts.

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New exhibit celebrates local sports The Souris Valley Museum used its Family Day on Saturday to launch a new exhibit celebrating sports in Estevan and elsewhere. The History of Sports has a variety of memorabilia on display, with an emphasis on local sports. It includes items from the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs, the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins and some Indigenous sports. T h e re i s a l s o s o m e equipment that would have been used by the athletes, such as an old wooden baseball bat and an old curling broom. Bowling pins are also on display. “It’s really showcasing the different history of games and sports in Estevan and just to bring out more of our collections out into the museum space,” said curatordirector Mark Veneziano. Also in the display are musical instruments from a marching band, since those bands performed at sporting events in Estevan. Most of the display is part of the museum’s permanent collection, but some items, such as the Bruins jersey, are on loan from the club. The band instruments are from a private person. Veneziano is particularly interested in the Indigenous aspect of the display. They have skis and snowshoes on display, as well as lacrosse, which was invented by Indigenous people. And it’s timely, too, with National Indigenous People’s Day coming up on June 21. Another unique part of

Souris Valley Museum curator/director Mark Veneziano stands with the Estevan Comprehensive School memorabilia found in a new sports-themed exhibit at the museum. the display is the Estevan Board Game, which was based on Monopoly and created as a fundraiser for the construction of St. Joseph’s Hospital in the 1990s. Veneziano said he knew about the game before the exhibit, because it ’s been in their collection for some time. “It features different

properties and companies from the past,” said Veneziano. Some of those businesses on the board are still around, and rate among the longest-standing businesses in the city. Others, however, are not. Among those to have since shut down is the Estevan Brick Plant, which occupies the space that would

be equivalent to Boardwalk. Estevan City Hall is free parking on the board. “It’s something different and it’s something cool that we have in our collection, so we thought it would be good to have it out here,” said Veneziano. The museum decided to have a sports-themed exhibit because it was suggested

by one of their summer students. Arianna Bourassa, who is the curatorial assistant, was tasked with creating a new display at the museum. “We gave our students the freedom to pick what they would like to put on display, and Arianna found quite a bit of stuff about local sports, so she really took

the initiative on this project and made the display herself and did all of the research for each of the panels at the museum on what she thought would be interesting for the community and interesting for her to research.” She is also currently working on the new display, which will be in place in August.

Estevan Library offers TD Summer Reading Program The school year is almost over but that doesn’t mean that kids should forget

what books look like. For those who like reading the Estevan Public Library once

again offers the TD Summer Reading Program. It will begin July 2 and

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run for eight weeks over the course of July and August. It’s developed for ages six-12 and includes one two-hour visit to the library per week when participants will read books, play games and do fun activities. “There are five different times to sign up. There is Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon,” said summer reading program co-ordinator Sarah Wright. The library encourages children to read throughout the break-time because of the

likelihood of what they call summer slide that students may have when they don’t go to school, don’t continue learning and may forget what they had studied before. Every year the library chooses a different theme. This time the reading program theme will be nature. “We have a wide variety of books ranging from our non-fiction about insects and frogs to our fiction for children, which include Picture of the Sky, Wild One and Summer Color,” said Wright. Most activities take

place inside the library, but when the weather is nice they go outside to play games, most of which are related to the main theme. The reading club has been going on for quite a few years and it always was well received. “Last year we had about 70 kids after everything was done and we want to increase that number just so we can reach more kids in Estevan,” said Wright. To register people can either come to the library during their work hours or call 306-636-1620.

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Bowling for history Tianna Wallman was among the young people who attended the Family Day at the Souris Valley Museum on Saturday. Family Day was a fun afternoon, with games, crafts and other activities. Numerous activities were offered both inside and outside the museum.

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Prevost kicks off SV Theatre season Local music fans were treated to an entertaining evening Thursday at the Souris Valley Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Frehlick Hall, courtesy of acclaimed Saskatchewan country music singer Codie Prevost. Prevost, who has won 26 Saskatchewan Country Music Association awards in his career, delivered a great show, according to theatre board president Robert Godfrey. About 100 people attended the concert. While it was a smaller crowd than they had hoped for, it still created the intimate setting that Prevost wants with his concert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Codie Prevost really is like no other when it comes to putting a show on,â&#x20AC;? said Godfrey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had our audience on their feet dancing, he had people on the stage singing.â&#x20AC;? At one point in the show, Prevost even brought Godfrey onto the stage to sing with him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was not expecting it,â&#x20AC;? said Godfrey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in the back of the hall, enjoying the show, and he called me up and we did a rendi-

tion of Sweet Caroline. It was interesting.â&#x20AC;? And it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t chase anybody out of the hall either, he said. Other people were pulled from the crowd during the night as well. Prevost also shared some stories from his music career, which Godfrey said allows him to connect with the audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really made for a powerful show,â&#x20AC;? said Godfrey. W hen the theatre went through the booking process for the concert, and they were talking to other organizations that have booked him in the past, they always heard people say the theatre needed to bring him to Estevan to perform. Once Godfrey saw Prevost perform, he understood why Prevost is popular. The concert was a great way to kick off the theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30th anniversary. Other attractions will be announced shortly to go along with their main stage production of Ranchers and Rustlers in July.

Codie Prevost performed at the Souris Valley Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Frehlick Hall on Thursday night. Photo by Robert Godfrey

FireďŹ ghters called to two accidents Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) responded to a vehicle versus power line accident on June 13 at about 2 p.m. The collision happened in the western part of Estevan. Firefighters, the Estevan Police Service and EMS responded to the call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We secured it until SaskPower arrived and then we

removed the power lines from the vehicle... The vehicle kind of got tangled into one of the guide wires,â&#x20AC;? explained Estevan Deputy Fire Chef Rick Davies. As required by the guidelines, for precautionary reasons, the driver stayed inside the vehicle and waited for the SaskPower crews to arrive and

assess the situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just to be safe than sorry we waited till SaskPower crews arrived and confirmed what we were dealing with. And with their help the scene was mitigated,â&#x20AC;? said Davies. No injuries or serious damage occurred as a result. The previous day fire crews were dispatched to an-

other single vehicle accident that happened in the south part of the city. It turned out to be minor with no injuries and minimal damage. In that case, the vehicle had left the roadway and drove into a fence. Earlier on June 12, the fire station hosted the Sacred Heart School kindergarten class. The group of children

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We are truly grateful for all the support we received during our loss of Desiree. Thanks goes out to Dustin Hall & staff for their professionalism and support. To the Anglican Church ministry for their heartfelt Service. To the Beefeater staff for the wonderful lunch, for the flowers, cards, phone calls, meals, donations, thoughts, prayers, special video and all the visits to our home from friends and family and for all the things that go unmentioned but not unnoticed or unappreciated.

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There are so many fun things to do this summer! Check out the playground programming. Dinosour Camp & History Hunters Camp at the Souris Valley Museum and Summer Camps at the EAGM. 2019 WATERMAIN FLUSHING SCHEDULE THE CITY OF ESTEVAN WILL BE FLUSHING WATERMAINS TO ENSURE GOOD WATER QUALITY FOR ALL USERS OF CITY WATER. THIS WORK INCLUDES THE TURNING OF MAIN WATER VALVES AROUND THE CITY, AND FLUSHING LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER FROM VARIOUS HYDRANTS IN EACH AREA. DURING THIS PROCESS YOU MAY NOTICE A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN PRESSURE, THIS WILL BE BRIEF. AS WELL, DISCOLOURED WATER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYS YOUR AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WORK (SEE SCHEDULE BELOW), PLEASE RUN A FAUCET FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE WATER IS CLEAR AGAIN. PLEASE CONTACT CITY HALL AT 634-1800 IF ISSUES PERSIST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING DURING THIS IMPORTANT MAINTENANCE! (4) MONDAY –FRIDAY JUNE 10-14 AREA BOUNDED BY CITY CEMETERY ON THE NORTH, KING STREET ON THE SOUTH, SISTER RODDY ROAD ON THE WEST (FORMERLY WOODLAWN AVENUE), AND SOURIS ROAD (HWY 47N) ON THE EAST (INCLUDES DOMINION HEIGHTS, PLEASANTDALE, AND ROYAL HEIGHTS REGIONS, AS WELL AS CUNDALL DRIVE, WOODEND PLACE, CHINOOK BAY AND HWY 47N SERVICE ROAD) (5) MONDAY – FRIDAY JUNE 17-21

CAREER OPPORTUNITY The City is seeking a dynamic, motivated individual to assist to determine the economic impact of local resource based industries. Under the direction of the supervision of the City Manager, The Coal Transition Community Coordinator helps to mitigate, define the needs and develop strategies to minimize the impact for workers, families and communities from the pending de-commissioning of coal-fired electricity production and coal mining in the Estevan area, specifically the closure of Units 4 & 5 at Boundary Dam Power Station. Over the 2 year term, this position will work with multiple partners to develop a regional strategic plan with a focus on a regional vision and inter-municipal cooperation. Key recommendations will enable collaborative action in the region.

AREA BOUNDED BY SPRUCE DRIVE AND PRINCESS STREET ON THE NORTH, KING STREET ON THE SOUTH, SOURIS AVENUE ON THE WEST, AND KENSINGTON ON THE EAST (INCLUDES HILLSIDE AND SCOTSBURN REGIONS)

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The successful candidate has completed a university degree or equivalent in a discipline that includes public administration and corporate communications; specializing in public affairs and consultation to evaluate and interpret trends and public opinion patterns. A period of 8 years and up to and including 10 years is considered necessary to gain this experience. Coal Transition Community Coordinator requires experience in such fields as corporate communications, public affairs and media relations to be familiar with the preparation of public information centres, stakeholder meetings, the preparation of material for publication, documentation testimony at public hearings for public relations and public consultation programs. Familiarity with the City of Estevan and area, the responsibilities, contacts in the areas to be addressed, the developing and organizing of community relations programs is vital to this role. Good knowledge of English and communication skills to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with all levels of management, municipals officials, community leaders and the general public;

AREA BOUNDED BY KING STREET ON THE NORTH, CPR RAILROAD ON THE SOUTH, 14TH AVE ON THE WEST, AND KENSINGTON ON THE EAST (INCLUDES 7TH STREET, 8TH STREET, 9TH STREET, CENTENNIAL, TROJAN, AND SOO INDUSTRIAL REGIONS) (7) TUESDAY- FRIDAY JULY 2-5 AREA BOUNDED BY KENSINGTON ON THE WEST, SAWYER ROAD ON THE EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH CITY LIMITS (INCLUDES GLEN PETERSON INDUSTRIAL PARK, EAST INDUSTRIAL, SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL REGIONS, AND PROPERTIES ALONG HWY 39E SERVICE ROAD)

Sanitary Sewer Main and Storm Sewer Flushing Program BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 AND CONTINUING TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 30,2019, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DIVISION WILL BE CARRYING OUT SANITARY SEWER MAIN FLUSHING AND STORM SEWER FLUSHING, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 4:30 P.M. DURING THE PERIODS OF JETTING, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE ADVISED TO SECURELY CAP BASEMENT FLOOR DRAINS. YOU MAY SMELL AN ODOR IN YOUR HOME, THIS CAN BE RESOLVED BY SIMPLY OPENING WINDOWS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND RUNNING WATER TO ENSURE ALL TRAPS ARE FULL OF WATER. STORM SEWER WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON HOMES AND BUSINESSES. 2019 PROGRAM AREA WILL ENCOMPASS ALL STREETS SOUTH OF KING STREET, AND WEST OF SOURIS AVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS INCLUDING: SOURIS AVENUE - VALLEY STREET - 1ST STREET -2ND STREET - 2ND STREET A - 3RD STREET - 4TH STREET - 5TH STREET 6TH STREET - 7TH STREET - 8TH STREET - 9TH STREET - YOUNG STREET - 10TH AVENUE - 11TH AVENUE - 12TH AVENUE 13TH AVENUE - 14TH AVENUE - 15TH AVENUE - 16TH AVENUE - 17TH AVENUE - 18TH AVENUE - 19TH AVENUE

in depth experience in influencing and managing relationships with elected officials (provincial and municipal), community groups, and stakeholders is required .Finally, the candidate would be experienced in managing sensitive issues in an often highly charged, political/environment and identifying conflicting and emerging issues that may impact the communities. For further information and full details of this position please visit our website at www. estevan.ca/careers . If you share our passion for the development of our community, and are ready to play a lead role in building a bright future, we would love to hear from you! Please apply to: Sheryl March, Human Resource Generalist, 1102- 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7, Ph: (306) 634-1841, Fx: (306) 634-9790, apply@estevan.ca We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are being considered for an interview or other assessment we will be in touch. Application Deadline: June 19, 2019.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Rosselli wins 2 Strong race at the speedway The 2 Strong sport mod tour made its way to the Estevan Motor Speedway on Saturday night, and Robby Rosselli of Minot, N.D. was the winner, although not in the fashion he likely expected. Brady Bjella of Williston, N.D., crossed the finish line first in the feature, but he was disqualified after the race because his vehicle was underweight. That pushed Minot ’s Rosselli into top spot. Erik Laudenschlager of Minot was moved up to second and Chase Conway of Westhope, N.D., was listed in third. Rosselli noted in the post-race interviews that he appeared to take the lead a couple of times in the feature, only to have those passes dashed by a caution. “The track was pretty awesome, pretty racy,” said Rosselli. “Turns 1 and 2 were pretty tricky when you’re running the top off, but you had to just hit it right, and if not, there were a few times where I thought I was going over into the crows’ nest.” Blake Penna of Estevan was the top local driver, as he finished 11th. The tour brought 19 drivers to the track, which is more than what is usually seen for the sport mod class. Since the race was part of the 2 Strong tour, the sport mod drivers weren’t racing for points. Racing was also offered in the speedway’s other four classes Saturday night. Kody Scholpp of Estevan won the feature race in the modifieds for the second time this season. Travis Hagen from Williston was second and Tyson Turnbull of Estevan was third. Scholpp, who was not leading for much of the race, said he wanted to take the low groove during the feature. “I tried up on top, and touched the top there the one time, and I knew my car was not going to work there,” said Scholpp. “I went

Travis Hagen (14T) and Les McLenehan (29) raced wheel-to-wheel in the modiﬁed division. Photo by Byron Fichter Fotography back to the bottom and I was 100 per cent OK with being the third place car. I just got lucky, I guess.” Hagen and Schopp are now tied atop the driver standings with 157 points each. Tyson Turnbull is third with 151 points. In the slingshots, Ryder Raynard of Estevan won the feature race for the fourth time in five races this season. Jace Emmel and Dexter Saxon, both of Estevan, were second and third, respectively. Raynard leads the standings with 155 points, which gives him a 13-point cushion over Emmel and a 15-point lead on Saxon. Chris Hortness won the stock car race for the fourth time this year. He has won the stock car feature in three of four races for points this season; he was also declared the winner of the stock car special on June 1

Leevi Runge of Lampman leads the overall standings with 115 points. Brad King of Minot is second

after Sterling Labatte was disqualified for having an underweight car. Joren Boyce, who won the other points race in Estevan this season, was second, and Dalton Flory of Williston was third. Hortness said the car drove wel l on S aturday night, and attributed the win to the moisture in the track, stemming from light rain that fell earlier in the night. “Hopefully it stays a little damp out here the rest of the year,” said Hortness. Hortness has 159 points to lead the overall standings. Boyce is second with 151 and Mattox is third with 141. Adam Goff of Minot won the hobby stock feature, followed by Brad King of Minot and Scott Curtis of Estevan. Goff said it was important to hold his line throughout the race.

with 109 and Landon Runge, also of Lampman, sits third with 106. The next program at

the speedway will be Estevan’s stop on the Dakota Classic Modified Tour on July 8.

Robby Rosselli won the feature race in the sport mod class. Photo by Byron Fichter Fotography

Bruins announce commitment of three local players The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have announced that three local hockey products have committed to play for them next season. Forward Mason Strutt and defencemen Kersey Reich and Alex von Sprecken all played for Estevan Minor Hockey Association teams before venturing off to play midget AAA. Strutt spent the last three seasons with the Swift Current Legionnaires midget AAA program. He tied for the team lead in scoring last season with 23 goals and 55 points in 41 regular season games, and added two goals in three postseason games. “Strutt is a dynamic, excellent skating offensive forward who is a very good teammate and individual, so he will evolve into a very good 200-foot player and be a high production guy,” said Bruins head coach-GM Chris Lewgood. Reich also spent the past three seasons with the Legionnaires. Last season he recorded five goals and 32 points in 44 games, and added a goal and an assist in three playoff games. “He’s an offensive minded defenceman, and he’s also very responsible defensively,” said Lewgood. “He shoots the puck very

well and he’ll eventually be a power play type defenceman.” Reich’s brother Taylor was a forward with the Bruins from 2011-2013. Von Sprecken still has a year of midget AAA eligibility remaining. He had four goals and 17 points in 39 games with the Prince Albert Mintos midget AAA program last season, and added a goal and an assist in four playoff games. “Von Sprecken’s a little bit of everything,” said Lewgood. “He’s gritty, he’s intense, he’s physical, but he has a good touch with the puck and a strong level of talent as well.” He has also played five games for the Bruins as a midget AAA callup. All three are players the club has been watching for years, and Lewgood has looked forward to when they play for the organization. The club has also announced the acquisition of forward Devon Cyr from the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for a player development fee. Cyr spent the past two seasons with the Kindersley Klippers before being sent to Bonnyville this offseason.

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He had 13 goals and 22 points in 38 games last season. “He immediately comes into being one of our top offensive players. He’s a very good scorer and plays with a little bit of grit and creates some offence. He’s very good at creating holes, and I think paired up with a really good setup guy, he’ll have large production.” Also, goaltender Grant Boldt has committed to play with the Chippewa Falls Steel in the North American Hockey League next season. Boldt was the Bruins No. 1 goaltender last season, appearing in 30 regular season games and all 13 postseason matchups. In other Bruin news, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced rule changes for next season. The biggest change is that the league has dropped the survivor series, in which the team with the seventh-best record in the league in the regular season would play the No. 10 team, and the eighth-seeded and the ninthseeded teams would meet in the other series. Next season the top eight teams will make the playoffs, and four teams will be out. The division winner is no longer guaranteed a top three seed or even a spot in the playoffs. It

means a division winner could miss the playoffs, although Lewgood said the odds of that happening are remote. He said he favours the change, as does the rest of the league. “If we’re going to have an eight-team playoff, especially with no survivor series any more, just let the teams’ records speak for themselves and their accomplishments throughout the season determine where they sit for playoff seeding,” he said. Also next season, the league will drop the no-touch icing rule in favour of the hybrid icing rule that has been adopted by the NHL and other leagues. The linsemen will now have discretion on whether to blow a play dead for icing, or allow for a race for a puck to potentially negate an icing call. “I think it’s been slowly trickling into high levels. I saw it with Team Canada West; I got familiar with it at the World Junior A Challenge. I thought it added an element of excitement to the game, and I think it makes a lot of sense for our league to go that route.” The schedule for the 2019-20 season has yet to be announced.

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Eels open season in Gravelbourg Members of the Estevan Golden Eels swim club opened their quest for a fifth consecutive provincial summer speed swimming championship Saturday by travelling to Gravelbourg. Although the Eels only had 10 swimmers attend the meet they still had a great showing, beating their personal bests. Six out of the 10 swimmers came home with overall age group medals. In nine and 10-year-old girls, Brooke Dzeryk won an overall medal for her age group. In 11 and 12-year-old girls, Jordyn Tarnes won gold and Alianna Young won silver. Jordyn Tarnes broke provincial records in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100-metre individual medley. Emily Tarnes won gold in 13 and 14-year-old girls. In 13 and 14-year-old boys, Ethan Elliott won gold and Lucas Dzeryk won silver.

Along with trying to defend their provincial title this year, many of the Eels will be working towards qualifying for the 2020 Saskatchewan Summer Games. The next edition of the summer games will be held in Lloydminster and this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race results will determine if a swimmer has qualified for the competition. Each district can send eight male and eight female swimmers, so all athletes in the qualifying ages will be working hard this year to make the team. The Eels are known for their great skill and ability in the pool, so providing they are of the right age, they will have a chance at qualifying for the Games. Eels coach Colin Sutter said he is very excited to watch the swimmers develop over the season. The next meet for the team will be in Swift Current on June 22.

Members of the Estevan Golden Eels swim club who travelled to Gravelbourg on Saturday were, back row, from left, Logan Dalziel, Lucas Dzeryk, Alandra Young, Emily Tarnes, coach Colin Sutter, Jordyn Tarnes, Alianna Young and Sarah James. Front row, Kate Dalziel and Brooke Dzeryk. Photo submitted

Bass tournament draws anglers to Boundary Dam The 2019 edition of the Boundary Bass Classic brought anglers from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota to the Boundary Dam Reservoir on Saturday. Thirty-four teams entered the annual catch and release competition, which was hosted by Innovative Outdoorsman Marketing (IOM) Ltd. They were out on the water early in the morning, and had until 3:30 p.m. to catch their allotment of four fish per team. Awards were handed out at the Estevan Archery Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indoor range after the derby. The team of Cody Roland and Richard Roland of Crosby, N.D., finished first as their four bass weighed in at 16.24 pounds. They also had the largest fish at 4.22 pounds. The Rolands were second at the Estevan Wildlife Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walleye Classic in May. Colton Blomberg of

Minot, N.D., and Devin Hofmann of Jamestown, N.D., finished second with a combined four-fish weight of 14.92 pounds. Brad Frater of Kipling and Sheldon McManus of Regina were third with four fish that weighed 14.82 pounds. The top local entry was Lance Marcotte and Karen Soke of Estevan. Their fish weighed in at 13.90 pounds, which left them in fourth. They also won the award for the top mixed team. Marcotte and Soke were the winners of last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rafferty Reservoir Walleye Classic, which IOM Ltd. hosted at Mainprize Regional Park. J a m e s Tu r n e r, w h o is the president of IOM Marketing said the 34 teams made this the largest bass fishing tournament ever in Estevan. He hopes the tournament can continue to grow, and he is already looking forward to next year.

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Legion track members compete at solstice meet The Estevan Legion Track and Field Club hosted its annual Sole-stice meet on June 12 at the Chamney Family Running Track. The entrants were divided into different divisions based on age and gender. The meteor division was for those born in 2010 and 2011. In the male division, Hugh Ross was first and TJ Thompson was second in both standing long jump and softball throw. Ross was first and Dexter Ciepliski was second in the 50-metre dash and the 100-metre dash. In the meteor female division, Graceigh-Mae Sullivan was first and Baya Summers was second in standing long jump, while Summers was first and Sullivan was second in the softball throw. Morgan Hase was first in the 50-metre dash and the 100-metre dash, while Summers was second in both events. In the comet division, which is for those born in 2008 and 2009, Truman Ciepliski and Indiana Froese tied for first in the boys running

Truman Ciepliski was among the entrants in the long jump. long jump, while Adeon Sullivan was the runner-up. Kyran George was first in softball throw and Ryden Summers was second. Ciepliski was first in the 60-metre dash and the 150-metre dash, with Froesee second in each event. Ryden Summers won the 600-metre

dash, and Kail Hilstrom was second. In comet female, Brooke Dzeryk was first and Rowyn Shier was second in running long jump. Rayelle Curtis was first and Natalie Vandenjurk was second in softball throw. Dzeryk won the 60-metre

dash and Vayda Phillips was second, while Phillips was first and Dzeryk was second in the 150-metre dash. In the star male division for those born in 2006 and 2007, Ryan McIsaac was first and Payton Phillips was second in running long jump,

Justin Folbar was first and Blake Andrist was second in softball throw, McIsaac was first and Phillips was second in the 80-metre dash and the 150-metre dash, and Carter Hirsch was first and Andrist was second in the 800-metre dash.

Finally, in star female, Zoey Thompson was first in both running long jump and softball throw, while Kaylin Wilhelm was second in running long jump and Prysm Gooding was second in softball toss. Thompson and Wilhelm were first and second in the 80-metre dash, Wilhelm was first and Hoste was second in the 150-metre dash, and Brielle Farr finished first in the 800-metre dash. The Sole-stice Classic is a series of meets for young athletes to get involved in running, jumping and throwing competitions. This program is sponsored by Aboriginal Track & Field of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Athletics. The term Sole-stice comes from the idea that the “final meet” will be held near the longest day of the year. The meets are geared for younger athletes. The top two athletes from each regional meet can advance to the Sole-stice Classic Provincial Finals in Saskatoon on June 22.

Track and ﬁeld day Track and ﬁeld at St. Mary’s School attracted a lot of families on Friday afternoon. Lexxus Paterson along with other students was conquering peaks of various athletic disciplines. Parents, grandparents, and great grandparents along with classmates were cheering for students going through sports events. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

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Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) have apprehended a couple more impaired drivers in recent days. Police arrested an Estevan female for impaired driving on June 13. She has been charged and will appear in court in August. The other arrest came on June 14 after a call from the Report Impaired Drivers (RID) line late in the afternoon. The subject was located, arrested and charged for impaired driving and driving while over .08. He was released a short time later with a July court date. The names of the impaired drivers were not immediately released. The EPS is investigating

a complaint of criminal harassment via text message on June 11. Criminal charges are pending on the matter. Police have been receiving complaints of unattached trailers and campers that are parked on the street. The EPS would like to remind motorists and camper owners that they cannot park trailers or campers on the street without having them hooked up to a vehicle. Members recovered a stolen vehicle Wednesday afternoon.The vehicle, which had been stolen from Carlyle, was near the Grundeen apartments in Pleasantdale. Evidence from the vehicle was recovered and the investigating agency was notified. If anyone has any

information or saw anyone around the vehicle, please call the Estevan Police Service at 306-634-4767 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. An Estevan female was charged with criminal harassment after continuing to contact an individual, even though she was warned not to on multiple occasions. She will appear in court in August. An Estevan male has been charged with breaching his conditions. He continues to contact an individual despite no contact conditions. He has been charged and will appear in court in August. Police initiated a traffic stop June 13 and learned the driver of the vehicle had his licence suspended and the vehicle was unregistered. The driver was charged with driving

while suspended and operating an unregistered vehicle, and his vehicle has been impounded for seven days. Members received a report June 15 about a mischief incident that took place on Boyer Avenue. A residence had their doorbell rung and nobody was at the door when the couple answered it. Police are asking for assistance from the public. If they know or saw anything in the area, please call the police. Officers located a male on breach of his conditions. Police are continuing to investigate and charges are pending. Police arrested a 23-yearold woman June 16 for theft under $5,000 from two local businesses. She was released for court at a later date with conditions.

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