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First-time candidate wants to be mayor

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Rhyan Hagel hopes his first foray into municipal politics will result in him being elected as the mayor of Estevan.

Hagel filed his nomination papers on Sept. 20. He is part of a three-candidate field that also includes incumbent mayor Roy Ludwig and fellow challenger James Halladay.

And even though Hagel is running for council for the first time, he told the Mercury that he believes he has a lot to offer to the community.

“I believe as the mayor you can help guide (the city), and with advice of the council, you can help to better the community and increase the growth of Estevan,” said Hagel.

He did consider running for councillor, and then going for mayor in a future election, but Hagel described himself as “ambitious,” and he wants to be the mayor.

Hagel, 26, was born and raised in Estevan, and has extensive roots in the Energy City. He graduated from the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) in 2008, and cited his time at the Comp. for helping him develop a love of history.

After graduating from ECS, he obtained a bachelor of arts in history and anthropology from the University of Brandon, and then a degree in history from Northwestern

Rhyan Hagel Oklahoma State University.

He has also worked in the local coal mines and the oil field, which not only helped him pay for his education, but also helped him gain insight into local industries.

“It was in Oklahoma that I took a heavier course load of political science classes that developed my interest in politics, and influenced my decision to run for mayor of Estevan,” he said.

While he is currently unemployed, he does hope to one day obtain a PhD in history.

He sees some people his age who are struggling due to the economy, and Hagel wants to be able to help them.

When he travelled to the U.S. for his schooling, he saw many communities that have a truck bypass, similar to the one that was finished north of Estevan last year.

These communities have had their businesses shut down, since there isn’t as much traffic passing through.

“What I want to do is prevent that from happening in Estevan,” said Hagel. “In the days of old, the trains used to govern which towns

would stay alive, and then as the 20th century moved along, semis determined that path.

“I want to make sure that if this bypass is here, then Estevan will continue to grow and prosper without any inconvenience to the economy.”

At the same time, he predicted the bypass should take away some of the strain on Estevan’s roads, which means money can be spent on other infrastructure projects.

Council also needs to encourage new types of businesses to come to the community.

Hagel tracked the happenings of council as much as he could while he was out of the city, but didn’t get as much information as he would have liked. Council has done some good things on some fronts.

He also wants to give young people a voice, and create more interest in politics among them.

“As the old vanguard starts to hand down the torch, if the new generation doesn’t want to accept it, how are we going to rightfully govern the next generations that are rising up?” he asked Some of his friends were stunned with his plan to run for mayor.

Hagel hopes to one day raise a family of his own in southeast Saskatchewan, and he believes the best way to improve the community is to run for mayor.

Halladay taking another shot at top civic job

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

James Halladay has decided to take another shot at being the mayor of Estevan, thanks, he said, to the backing of people in the business community.

Halladay filed his nomination papers on Sept. 21, which was the final day to submit the necessary documents. He joined incumbent mayor Roy Ludwig and newcomer Rhyan Hagel as candidates to be at the helm of city council for the next four years.

Halladay ran for mayor four years ago, but finished third behind Ludwig and Lynn Chipley. It was his first attempt at council since running for councillor in 1976.

Initially, he wasn’t keen on running for council this time around, but the encouragement of business owners helped change his mind.

“There were so many who approached me lately that I figured that … if I’m going to run, this would be a good time to run,” Halladay said in an interview with the Mercury.

He has paid close attention to the work of council during the past term. While he believes council has done a good job of running the community, especially in the midst of the economic downturn of the last two years, there is also some room for change and improvement.

James Halladay “I think there are other ideas that need to be put forth, and I think that’s what I bring to the table,” said Halladay.

The people he has talked to believe it’s time for new ideas, too, and Halladay said they believe he can bring a lot because he’s been part of the business community for the past 44 years.

The city has made significant progress with its beautification efforts during the past four years. He is also pleased with the volunteer base that currently exists in Estevan, and how they helped the city pull off some marquee events.

But he also noted the Estevan Fire Rescue Service could use some help, and Halladay believes that eventually a conversation will be needed about having a fulltime firefighting department.

“With the number of fires that we do have, I do not think that two permanent staff is adequate to be able to protect our community, and to be able to assist the municipalities around us,”

said Halladay.

He also has some concerns about infrastructure, such as roads, water mains and sewer systems, that he said need to be dealt with, although he believes council is moving in the right direction on the infrastructure front, and that all the needs won’t be addressed overnight.

As the owner of M&H Taxi, Halladay believes he has good sense of the road needs in the city.

“It’s not going to be fixed (immediately), because previous councils have decided that we need to hold the line (on taxes), and I think that there are things that have to be dealt with first. Some of the roads need to be improved, but there are other areas that need to be given our attention.”

Halladay would also like to see more businesses coming into the city.

“I think there are lots of opportunities for that. And I think that it is something that has to be viable for the community and our area,” said Halladay. “With our access to the highways network, it is very appropriate to expand our business base.”

He has always taken an interest in the community, and council is a part of that.

Halladay believes the mayor should be open-minded in determining what is best for the community over the next four years, and that is a trait that he said he will bring to the table.

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Travis Frank wants to Lyle Yanish is a first be a city councillor time council candidate Travis Frank claims that being part of Estevan city council has always been a dream of his, and so he is running to be a councillor in the upcoming term.

Frank filed his councillor papers on Sept. 21, just a few hours before the submission deadline. He is one of nine candidates vying for six councillor seats.

He believes now is the right time for him to run, as he will be able to balance the commitment required for council with that of work and other projects.

“I’ve always had numerous projects on the go,” said Frank. “Obviously council is the largest time commitment that I would ever have, but I definitely feel ready.”

While he hasn’t been involved with any City of Estevan committees, he has been part of other boards and committees.

Frank has followed council closely since he was in high school, and if he is elected, he will spend more time educating himself on the major issues that council will have to tackle.

“I have always had an interest in council,” said Frank. “I had the opportunity to be on the camera side of council for a number of years (with Access Communications), so now

Travis Frank it’s exciting to have the opportunity to be on the other side.”

The current council has done a good job, he said, and the community has done some “amazing” things in the last four years. Estevan experienced an economic boom, which allowed the city to grow, but that has since ended.

“Continuing with growth is a big thing that I really want to see,” said Frank. “Obviously, with the economic downturn that we’ve had, we’re finally starting to see that plateau and we’re starting to see a little bit of a rise.”

Frank believes that bringing in some diverse businesses would create jobs and boost economic development.

He is pleased that during the downturn, Estevan has been able to host such events as the Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup junior A hockey tournament and the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

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Frank is also impressed with beautification efforts that have taken place during the past four years.

“I think we’ve got the right team within city hall working on that,” he said.

He applauded council’s efforts to pay down the city’s debt, and he hopes it will continue during the next four years.

There are public works and infrastructure projects, such as the resurfacing of King Street, which he believes need to happen during the next term. There are other improvements to local roads that are needed.

Frank spent a lot of time deciding whether he wanted to run for council, but he stressed he has always wanted to be elected to council.

“I’ve also known, obviously, as a much younger candidate, that I was experienced enough, and had done enough projects in the community to really feel that I knew what I was doing,” said Frank.

The more he thought about it, the more he believed that he is now ready to be part of city council.

An experienced member of the Estevan board of police commissioners has decided to run for Estevan city council.

Lyle Yanish filed his nomination papers on Sept.

21, which was the final day for candidates to do so. He is one of nine people running for six councillor seats on city council.

“I figured I wanted to step up to the plate and help the community more by serving on our council,” Yanish said in an interview with the Mercury.

Yanish has been a member-at-large on the police board since 2013, and he believes the experience will be beneficial should he be elected.

“It gives me an understanding of how some of the ins and outs work within the city,” said Yanish. “It’s a good training ground to learn to sit in meetings this way, because you have to follow protocol, too.”

Yanish is taking a similar path to that of Councillor Kevin Smith, who is wrapping up his first term on city council. Smith was a member-at-large on the police board for several years before he was elected to council in 2012. The two have been

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Yanish has had a chance to talk to Smith about the adjustment Smith experienced when he went from the police board to council.

“Any of the boards in our community, that’s a good place to start, because you give back that way,” said Yanish.

During the next four years, Yanish would like to see council continue to be transparent with the taxpayers. He’s looking forward to seeing more public meetings.

“There’s always room for improvement on that front. It is way better than it used to be in previous years,” said Yanish.

He also wants to see a continued emphasis on beautification. Yanish is pleased with the work that has taken place on the boulevards and

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“The city does look really nice and clean now,” said Yanish.

Debt repayment has also been a positive, and he hopes it will continue in the next four years. He hopes council will keep the public informed about their debt repayment efforts and the overall financial picture of the city.

“If you don’t tell them how things are going, they get mad, they get upset and they expect this to be done and that to be done,” said Yanish. “If you don’t keep the transparency open, nothing’s going to happen.”

Yanish wanted to run in this election, in part, because of the direction that council has taken in the past four years, and he thinks he could work well with any members of council who are re-elected this fall.

He recognizes that council would represent a significant time commitment.

It would affect the amount of time he would have with his family, and he knows he would have to juggle work, family and council commitments.

But he’s confident he would be able to do so if he’s elected on Oct. 26.

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Pending the arrival of a new person to represent Radville, the new person in the trustee lineup is Kathy Yanko who will be the Sudivision 5 representative for the town of Milestone.

The cities of Estevan and Weyburn have two positions on the board and in Estevan’s case, those roles will be filled by incumbents Bev Hickie and Karen Melle while in Weyburn the returnees are Bruno Tuchscherer,

who is the long-serving chairman of the board; and Jerome Sidloski.

The Subdivision 2 (Radville rural) representative is Theresa Van de Seipp while Subdivision 3, (Spruce Ridge rural) seat will be filled by Robert Cossette, another incumbent. The Subdivision 4 representative (Queen Elizabeth rural) is incumbent Rocky Sidloski.

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Showcase brings in diverse business presence to Estevan

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Affinity Place was once again a centre of commerce and business in its own right, being the location of the Estevan Chamber of Commerces’s 2016 Showcase Business Expo from Sept. 23-25.

A wide range of businesses, including those on the local, regional, provincial, and national levels, with the majority coming from the southeastern part of Saskatchewan were present. They brought an assortment of eye-catching booths and exhibits that attracted a steady amount of interest from guests throughout the weekend.

The kinds of offerings at the Showcase ran a gamut of industries and areas of interest, from construction and renovation to vendors selling health and wellness products and sporting equipment.

“It was a little smaller than last year, but last year was an exception because it was the largest,” said Chamber executive director Jackie Wall. “I would say it was slightly below average, in terms of the number of vendors there.”

Wall noted the slightly lower attendance didn’t discourage her, given its longer record for growth in prior years. This year’s showcase had a total of 69 booths set up at Affinity Place as opposed to last year’s 92. Although the exact number of guests who attended over the weekend

Louise Frank demonstrates one of the many uses of Thentix: A Touch Of Honey, a product she was at the Showcase to promote over the course of last weekend. The event featured 68 booths and an assortment of vendors promoting products and services to guests. Photo By Sam Macdonald wasn’t available before the Mercury’s press deadline, Wall said vendors claimed that traffic at their booths was steady all weekend, with occasional upticks during busy hours in the afternoon.

“I do know that a couple of the vendors I spoke to said there were times when it got extremely busy,” said Wall.

Ryan Wall, a representative for Heat Innova-

tions, noted that although there weren’t enormous crowds checking out his booth near the entrance the people who did check out what his business had to offer showed serious interest, and showed promise of looking further into the floor heating technology he was there to promote.

Beatrice Kennedy, one of the representatives present for the Bear Claw Casino and Hotel, said

that she and her fellow representative Samantha Strongeagle saw a turnout that they were pleased with, along with plenty of interest in their exhibit.

“People seem to be enjoying themselves. We’ve got some interest from people, and there’s already a lot of people travelling here, whom we’ve met from as far away as Alberta,” said Kennedy on Saturday afternoon. “Since

the first time we were here, I’ve seen busier showcases, but I’ve also seen quieter showcases. It’s not too bad of a crowd.”

Wall said she thinks what keeps the Showcase popular is that it’s a twofold opportunity for guests, in the respect that it’s a place to build business contacts and connections, and also an opportunity for customers to have a retail experience with

the many vendors who participate.

“I absolutely think it was a successful event. We had a nice, wide range of businesses, with hundreds of different products. The weather was conducive to people wanting to do something inside, so that helped,” said Wall. “It was a great, annual event that we hope is going to continue to grow and be successful.”

Three seats being contested in public school division An election process will unfold in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division (SECPSD) on Oct. 26 following the closing of nominations for trustee positions on Sept.

21.

Shelley Toth, returning officer for the division said four people are seeking the two board positions assigned to the city of Weyburn while two people are contesting the Subdivision 3 seat, formerly held by Kevin Keating who has moved over to Subdivision 4 and is running unopposed

as a candidate for that sector, following the retirement of Shirley Wheeler, who was the incumbent there.

In Subdivision 3, Jim Henderson and Velda Weatherald have filed nomination papers to represent the area that includes schools in Redvers, Gainsborough and Carnduff.

Keating will now represent schools located in Bienfait, Lampman and Oxbow. That seat as well as all the others, are being filled by acclamation.

In Weyburn, incum-

bent Dana Pretzer has decided not to seek re-election following a narrow victory in the 2015 by-election that saw him actually tie in the vote count with rival Brandon Tichkowsky, ultimately winning the seat through a blind draw from a hat.

Warren Betker, the other incumbent, who also won in a by-election a year earlier, is making a bid to repeat as a Weyburn trustee.

He will be challenged by Bruce Wagner, who served as a Subdivision 6 trustee four years ago, and Melanie Gorenson, an office man-

ager in Weyburn.

Toth said the vote for the Weyburn seat will be conducted through the Weyburn municipal government so the only polling stations she will have to set up will be in the Subdivision 3 riding.

Others returning to the table through acclamation are Carol Flynn in Subdivision 1 which includes communities of Moosomin, Wapella and Rocanville; Harold Laich, in Subdivision 2, Wawota, Maryfield, Manor, Carlyle and Arcola; and Keating.

Also being acclaimed are incumbent Audrey Trombley in Subdivision 5 which serves the communities of Midale, Macoun, Stoughton and Fillmore.

Trombley is the current board chairwoman. Elwood White in Subdivision 6 is another incumbent who retains a seat through acclamation. He represents the communities of Yellow Grass, Gladmar, Pangman, Ogema and Oungre.

It was noted earlier that incumbent Pam Currie and newcomer Shari Sutter will be Estevan’s repre-

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sentatives at the SECPSD board table. They are also declared elected through acclamation since Estevan is assigned two seats on the board, the same as Weyburn.

Toth said in the previous general election staged in 2012, there were three subdivisions where elections had to be held and they were carried out with a $30,000 budget. She said this time, with only one subdivision election on the slate, the budget should be less than the 2012 funding allocation.

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Three candidates look to be reeve

By Sam Macdonald Smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

The candidates for reeve of the RM of Estevan have been announced for the upcoming election.

Incumbent reeve Kelly Lafretnz faces challenges from Janet Severson and Terry Keating. Each candidate took some time to chat with the Mercury about their priorities going into the election.

Kelly Lafrentz Kelly Lafrentz, Reeve of the RM of Estevan, has entered his name into the pool of candidates. Lafrentz said he has enjoyed the work he’s done so far as reeve, and wishes to continue for another term. Lafrentz is in his tenth year as a member of council for the RM, and is in his sixth year as reeve.

Lafrentz will be running for the position again, with the intention of finishing up some ongoing business.

“There are some things we’re working on, that I’d like to stay here to finish up,” said Lafrentz. “We’ve got our commitment to try and build four to five miles of road every year, or upgrading every year. I want to keep pushing that, so we keep our road network in good condition.”

Other projects that Lafrentz wants to see completed include the highway twinning between the Bienfait junction and Estevan, and a series of negotiations between the RM and City of Estevan.

“We’ve also got a water pressure station we’re working on right now, to-

ward the east industrial area. It will increase pressure to those folks out there— they’re a little low on water pressure,” said Lafrentz. “We’re going to put that in to boost their pressure, and it will further facilitate the remainder of development in that area. It will be good when that’s all tilled in, because we won’t have go to back and revisit it again.”

In regards to negotiations, Lafrentz stated that those entail land annexation talks with City of Estevan, along with a number of service agreements with the city that they are in the process of renegotiating.

“I’d like to stay on council until we’ve had those all renewed and satisfactory again,” said Lafrentz.

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Janet Severson Janet Severson has also decided to run in the coming election. Severson wants to be a force of change for the RM, and to bring some new ideas to the table.

“It seems we have the same people being elected, time and time again, and as long as it’s the same people that are elected, things never seem to change,” said Severson. “Sometimes, I think that although everybody has good intentions, their ideas get a little stale. It doesn’t hurt to have some new ideas come into the picture.”

One of Severson’s biggest priorities is improving the condition of roads in the RM; particularly those frequented by oilfield traffic.

“Even now, when the oilfield industry has declined, we still have a lot of heavy traffic on our roads,” said Severson. “The roads are always washboard, and frankly, I don’t think they’re safe.”

Another objective of Severson’s is to ensure fair taxation in the RM, after seeing what she sees as unfair rate increases for residents of the area.

“The last time our taxes were reassessed, they increased $850 in one shot,” she said. “I knew they would be increasing, because there

were some government cutbacks and stuff, including funding to the RMs, but I think we should be encouraging young families to live in the RM and to live on acreages.”

Severson said that current rates of taxation are unfair and unaffordable to people in the RM, adding that taxes between $2,000 to over $4,000 a year are too much of a burden to residents, especially when combined with mortgage payments and other living expenses.

“I think we need some new perspectives and if no one else runs against these candidates that have been in there for a while, we’ll end up with the same ideas and reactions to things,” said Severson. “Change sometimes is a good thing.”

Terry Keating Terry Keating has lived and raised a family in the RM of Estevan for 25 years, along with building a home and planting thousands of trees. Keating said that his experience as a councillor, and immersion in the community, working with people in the oil, power, mining and agricultural sectors have made him familiar with all aspects of the RM, and that it makes him a good candidate for the position

of reeve.

“I’m familiar with municipal politics, rules and regulations, and I enjoyed that time serving as councillor. I’m retired now, (and) can focus exclusively on the RM,” said Keating.

Keating said his extensive work history on large projects with companies like Enbridge Pipelines, has made him familiar with how those large projects work.

He noted the experience he accrued will serve him when he pursues infrastructure projects for the RM, if elected.

One project Keating prioritizes is the revival of discussions concerning a water treatment plant for communities and RMs in the area between Estevan and Weyburn.

“We were exploring options of building a plant that would supply potable water in the region between Weyburn and Estevan. It’s a big-thinking type of thing, and I would like to reopen that,” said Keating. “I want to at least determine the possibilities and feasibility of something like that.”

Keating said he also would like to see the rebuilding of secondary roads in the RM, and wants to improve infrastructure in the RM in general.

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Thank You to the Estevan Alliance Church for hosting our Pro-Life Annual Garage Sale. Thanks also to our volunteers, especially Marje Heidinger for spearheading it. Without the generous support from our community of donations and purchases, our fundraising would not be possible. The proceeds of $1,453.65 will go towards promoting awareness for respect for Life from Conception to a Natural Death and protecting those will illness and disabilities. Each life is precious!

The WeNeedALaw.ca campaign aims to institute Pro-Life legislation in Canada to protect our youth under 18 victimized by coercion into an abortion. A minor needs parental consent for Tylenol at school to getting a tattoo and tanning salons are banned. However, under current laws, your parents need never know you had an abortion.

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Shari Sutter claims Cornerstone board seat by acclamation Shari Sutter will join Pam Currie as Estevan’s representatives on the South East Cornerstone Public School Board (SECPSD) when they re-convene in November following the Oct. 26 general municipal and school board elections.

Sutter was the only candidate to submit her name as a replacement for current trustee Janet Foord who announced her retirement from the board this past summer, pending a move to central Saskatchewan.

“It was about time for me to get involved in this way,” said Sutter, who has a family of three boys with her husband Kevin. The two oldest boys Hayden and Colin have graduated from the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) while the youngest Christopher is in Grade 9.

Sutter comes to the table with some knowledge about the public school system, having served eight

Shari Sutter years as a school counsellor where she was able to see “the strengths and some of the weaknesses from that perspective.”

Sutter has also served on the ECS school community council for four years, so again, she was able to pick up a perspective of how the division operates.

Her career as a social worker saw her spend four years in child protection service and another year dealing with young of-

NOTICE OF ADVANCE POLL Town of Bienfait PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that provision has been made for (an) advance polls.

Voting will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at Bienfait Legion Hall, 506 Railway Avenue, Bienfait, SK. Voter Identification will be required to vote.

Dena Bachorcik Returning Officer

NOTICE OF VOTE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BENSON NO. 35 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2016

Public notice is hereby given that a vote will be held for the election of a Councillor for Division No. 5; that the vote will take place on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the municipal office, 370-1st Avenue, Benson, Saskatchewan; and that I will declare the result of the voting at the municipal office at 370-1st Avenue, on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 2016, at the hour of 8:30 p.m.

Dated at Benson, Saskatchewan, this 28th day of September, 2016.

Laureen Keating Returning Officer

Notice of Abandonment of Poll The Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35 Municipal Elections 2016

fender files and cases prior to her eight years in school counselling. She has been a communications officer within the Estevan Police Service (EPS) for the past seven years, which has given her another look at the community and its needs at another level.

“I am passionate about kids and the system in which they learn and I just felt it was a good time to lend my voice to the process and have some com-

munity needs met.”

Sutter said she is well aware of the current state of province-wide budget restraints in the public school system and the decrease in the number of education assistants, but, she added, she will need to learn more about curriculum changes and like all other trustees at this point, “I don’t know what’s coming down when it comes to transformational changes.”

This is in reference to the previous announcement from the provincial government to expect major changes to the way business is done in both health care and education in the months to come.

Sutter said it probably would have been a better exercise in democracy if she hadn’t been elected through acclamation, but rather than giving the electorate an opportunity to make a choice as to who they wanted to represent them in the school system,

(1) A vote will be held for the election of:

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Reeve Councillor for Division No. 1 Councillor for Division No. 3 Councillor for Division No. 5 (2) The vote will take place on Wednesday the 26th day of October 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Municipal Office, Midale, SK. (3) I will declare the result of the voting at the Municipal Office, Midale, SK. on Thursday the 27th day of October, 2016, at the hour of 9:00 a.m.

Dated at Midale, SK, this 28th day of September, 2016.

Gwen Johnston Returning Officer

NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL Town of Bienfait Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act for the office of: Mayor: Town of Bienfait I hereby give public notice that no voting for the said office(s) will take place and the following persons are elected by acclamation: Paul Carroll Dated at Bienfait this 23rd day of September, 2016 Dena Bachorcik Returning Officer

NOTICE OF POLL Town of Bienfait PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that: 1 A poll has been granted for the election of

Greg Dukart, nominated for the office of Councillor for Division No. 3;

3 I will declare the result of the election at Town Office, 412 Main Street on the 27th day of October, 2016, from at the hour of 11:00 a.m.

Dated this 28th day of September, 2016.

Laureen Keating Returning Officer

In the Sept. 21 edition of the Mercury, a story ran on a new sex trafficking program at the Envision Counselling and Support Centre. The story stated that “Envision Counselling and Support Centre is a campaign…” but it should have stated Envision Counselling and Support Centre is launching a campaign.” The Mercury apologizes for any inconvenience.

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that:

2 Voting will take place on Wednesday the 26th day of October, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places:

is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the office will take place on October 26, 2016.

Correction

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David Hoffort, nominated for the office of Reeve; Larry Mack, nominated for the office of Councillor for Division No. 1;

they need to deliver the level of education that the community expects. She said she also knows some of the administration personnel at Cornerstone already, so that may also help.

On the community front, Sutter feels her 15 years as a volunteer at the Estevan Family Resource Centre and involvement in Estevan’s Minor Football program since its inception in 2008, along with volunteer stints in the speed swimming and water polo clubs for kids, could also serve her well as she assumes new duties as a school board member.

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she’s fine with how things are turning out since she knows Currie well and sees her as a strong advocate for students. Sutter said she has been involved with Currie in previous working relationships. She said Currie consulted with her prior to Sutter making the decision to seek a seat on the SECPSD table.

“Yes, she did have an influence on my decision to make a run at it,” she said with a laugh.

Going into the process, Sutter said quality education will be her main concern along with equipping teachers with the supports

Bienfait Legion Hall, 506 Railway Avenue

Dated at Bienfait, SK, this 11th day of August, 2016.

Dena Bachorcik Returning Officer Voter Identification will be required to vote.

Residents of Saskatchewan don’t just want a health care system; they want a system that is safe, efficient and effective, one that provides the right care at the right time from the right provider.

The Ministry of Health has been working closely with the Regions to improve the system’s efficiency and effectiveness and Sun Country Health Region has been responding as hard and fast as we can.

Some of the pieces of data used by the Ministry to measure provincial goals are wait times in emergency departments, for specialist visits, and for surgery.

Because the health system is such a complex process, improvement in these areas requires significant change and improvement in all the pathways leading to the emergency department, the specialist and the surgical room.

The emergency department lengthy waits, for instance, are a result of many factors. One of these affecting this wait is the number of beds already occupied in the hospital. The long wait time, particularly in a tertiary emergency department in Saskatchewan, is partly the result of the number of patients in hospital beds who have been assessed and could be convalescing or receiving care in another location or facility. Those patients remain in the hospital because the other level of care, such as home care, that they should be receiving is not ready or unavailable in their community. The result is a doctor trying to admit a new patient from the emergency room cannot admit the patient as quickly as should happen.

A good percentage of the people in those hospital beds qualify for long term care but the appropriate beds are not available so they can’t be moved. Some are waiting for home care to be arranged in their community. Some need specialized rehabilitation that is not yet available, or convalescent care in their region’s hospitals.

The longer patients stay in the hospital, the more expensive it is for the health system but more importantly, the more likely their condition may deteriorate. Long hospital stays can decrease general mobility and quality of life. Once a patient is medically stable and can be discharged, it is in a patient’s best interest to be transferred as soon as possible to their home, with home care, or to a facility that will provide the appropriate level of care.

Sun Country Health Region has been doing its part to reduce the number of patients in tertiary acute hospital beds who can be elsewhere. Weyburn General Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital of Estevan rarely have more than a few of their beds at any one time filled by patients who could be elsewhere. Sun Country Health Region, along with other regions, has a commitment to accept patients back to their home regions within 24 hours of being notified by the transferring facility.

Wait times are similarly low in this Region.

We monitor these measurements regularly to ensure these key elements of the system remains within reasonable limits in our facilities.

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Not denying climate change … but It must be somewhat frustrating for Premier Brad Wall and his cohorts in the resources, environment, energy and SaskPower offices to have to continually retell the ill-informed critics that Saskatchewan is, indeed, addressing the problem of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions et al.

In fact, this province is a leader in carbon capture and green technology thanks to a $1 billion plus investment in the Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture island and ensuing sequestration program. No other province has put that kind of investment into a greenhouse gas solution.

This is a total package approach too, including a global testing facility set up at the sister power generating station at Shand.

This is the place where others can come to test their own capture technologies in a live setting that won’t require them to make suppositions, but rather provide hard data and fact-driven results.

We have to believe the critics who have lined up to lambaste Saskatchewan for not doing enough on the climate change front, accusing our officials of being stubborn by not jumping aboard the carbon pricing bus, are picking on the province because they don’t like the idea that Saskatchewan is choosing to do the homework on clean coal.

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

Rural numbers are not good Numbers don’t lie when it comes to one of Saskatchewan’s most important statistics.

They clearly confirm our worst suspicions that job creation has severely lagged behind in rural Saskatchewan compared with the major cities.

In fairness to everyone, including Premier Brad Wall’s government now bearing the brunt of the province’s economic downturn, jobs are lagging behind almost everywhere in the province.

The most recent job statistics confirm the unpleasant news, although the Government of Saskatchewan doesn’t seem eager to admit it.

Gone are the staged news conferences and news releases pumped out monthly, regarding economic successes during the halcyon days when the numbers were good.

Fortunately, the raw statistical data is still available. Unfortunately, the story they tell isn’t good.

During the first eight months of 2016, jobs in Saskatchewan (as a whole) are down

They would prefer to see Wall and company set the clock on coal’s removal on the power production side, and focus entirely on renewable electrical power generating tactics.

They don’t like the idea that there is a solution on the coal-fueled power production side of the equation because that spoils their momentum on the wind and solar fronts.

Instead of accepting the hard facts that carbon capture does work, and will be cost-effective, they choose to keep pointing only in the two directions of solar and wind solutions, which still require subsidization in one form or another in order to be costeffective. Also, as noted with the recent refusal of a wind-powered project near Chaplin, they come with their own set of challenges and critics.

That is not to say SaskPower and friends should be refusing wind and solar projects. In fact, they are not. A promising solar project has been launched and wind turbine generators are already in play and more are coming. But, the proponents cannot claim that these projects will not come without their own set of detractors and we don’t mean climate change deniers, but rather the common, everyday issues that will make turbines and panels less desirable

than what is being promised and promoted.

After all, they too, will take up space, create problems for neighbours, require oil to manufacture and run, need maintenance and replacement on a regular basis and access to them and the grid system. They will also have to deliver base-load power if they are truly going to become part of the electrical power solution.

From this corner, and of course, we come with prejudices attached, we would love to see SaskPower make the decision to continue down the carbon capture path since it is a solution. Saskatchewan’s contribution to the greenhouse gas world is less than onetenth of one per cent. If we do follow that path, then we can provide solutions for the real polluters in China and India who will not be able to escape the use of non-renewable power generating sources for decades.

They can ride our carbon capture bus until the renewable products are genuinely able to carry the huge, unsubsidized load.

So let’s look at BD3 for what it is … a leading edge realistic solution in the making.

We believe that’s a lot more than most other jurisdictions are producing.

Saskatchewan is acting and proving while the others are still talking about carbon prices.

by 3,400. That is a very sharp decline compared with the four-year 2011-15 period when Saskatchewan’s workforce grew by 37,900 jobs.

That nearly 10,000-a-year job creation boom was actually slightly lower than the 2007 to 2011 four-year period when this province enjoyed record job growth.

But the real telltale number isn’t the overall figures, but the breakdown between new jobs in Regina and Saskatoon versus new jobs elsewhere in the province.

Again, job creation in the cities hasn’t exactly been what you could call great, of late.

The two major cities have lost 500 jobs, year-to-date in 2016. Compared with the whopping 39,100 jobs created in Regina and Saskatoon from 2011 to 2015. That isn’t good news.

But the real story is about jobs in rural Saskatchewan, where people have felt a harder pinch for much longer.

Elsewhere in the province, meaning outside Regina and Saskatoon, there has been a decline of 2,900 jobs in the first eight months of 2016.

Even more telling, however, is that there was a 2,100-job decline in that 2011 to 2015 period, much of it being in a time when oil and potash prices were still solid enough and agriculture was doing relatively well.

The numbers are sobering when you consider the latest projections offer little indication that oil prices are about to recover any time soon. Also, this year’s crop, while of high volume, is generally of lower quality and competing with a bit of a worldwide glut.

The maddening aspect for rural people doesn’t start and end there.

According to Doug Elliott, publisher of SaskTrends Monitor and likely the province’s foremost statistician, the comparative boom the two cities continued to enjoy from 2011 to 2015, was largely due to economic growth since 2011 in agriculture, mining and the oil patch. It very much appears to us that Regina and Saskatoon accrued the bulk of the jobs for these activities that primarily took place in the country.

As illogical as this seems, it makes sense when you think about it.

There are well-paid jobs in oil and mining and profit to be made in farming when times are good. But these tend to be among the first jobs to disappear when times turn bad.

However, farmers, oil workers and their industries tend to spend their money (both taxed and after-tax) in the cities that enjoy the benefit of the service sector that grows even after good economic times.

Every job from the cashiers at Walmart to the nurses and doctors hired in city hospitals to construction workers hired to build the Regina by-pass and new stadium, are the beneficiaries of the money still being made in these critical sectors.

As for others living and working in rural Saskatchewan … well, the news isn’t so good.

Of course, Premier Wall’s government is doing everything it can to reverse this trend.

Whether it be his trip to Asia to sell raw products or taking on David Suzuki on the carbon tax, a big part of the narrative is about addressing our core resource businesses.

The reality is that no government can really control the jobs outcome, either in good times or bad.

Or so the numbers tell us.

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Prepare for U.S. arrivals Norm Park All Things Considered So welcome to Canada eh?

Maybe we should forget about an onslaught of Syrian refugees and, instead, set sights on welcoming thousands of American citizens sometime just before Christmas.

If Donnie Trump gets to be president, he has promised to do great, great, big, big, awful, awful things to certain people and I’m pretty certain a few U.S. citizens may not wish to be around once he begins his reign of error.

So here’s a primer for our American friends who might be contemplating a flight north. First off, leave your guns behind. You don’t need them here, unless you like to hunt ducks and deer.

Learn to say “I’m sorry,” and “eh” at the beginning and end of sentences. Otherwise, you can talk like you normally do. And, by the way, only the maritimers say “aboot.”

Our senate is waaay different than your senate. We’ll explain later.

Our House of Commons is about the same as your House of Congress. Both are well-meaning but badly malfunctioning bodies, but it’s the best we have and better than the alternatives.

You won’t be able to buy a house in Vancouver or Toronto.

In English Canada, all the cans and boxes containing food are stacked on the grocery store shelves with French language labels forward. You must turn the cans and boxes carefully 180 degrees, and you will discover the English language on the other side of the label. You won’t have to learn French in order to eat. We presume the opposite details are followed in Quebec, our French speaking province.

Again, we’ll explain all that later, after you get settled in and comfortable.

We have adopted the metric system in Canada. Kinda.

Well, not really. We’re officially metric, but we’ll understand you if you care to continue to relate matters in terms of pounds, inches, gallons and Fahrenheit. In fact, most of us don’t know how much a 2.2 kilogram roast of beef actually weighs either and we’ve been at the stupid game for over 50 years. So, no need to rush into metrics. Just remember, 100 on the highway sign means 60 mph, and you’ll do just fine. The vehicles are now smarter than we are anyway, they’ll do the converting.

If you are escaping from Alabama, Arkansas or Georgia, you may want to register for a few English as Another Language courses. In the interim, we can communicate with you using universal sign language.

That’s the British royalty woman pictured on the front side of our funny coloured botoxed money, not an old movie star. The others are dead Prime Ministers.

Our one dollar and two dollar bills are actually big coins and we call them loonies and toonies … don’t ask, just accept. Oh, we don’t have pennies any more … you’re welcome.

The only place we fight is in hockey rinks with most of them taking place on the ice surface. We don’t fight at political rallies. In fact, we barely bother to show up at them.

We have more than two political parties in Canada. We have three, or maybe four that are easily identifiable and the others are difficult to identify and explain, but they do add a little interest and humour to our much shorter and cheaper political campaigns.

The current leader of our country is Sunny Ways Sequel. Once upon a time his daddy was the leader of our country. The other parties don’t have leaders right now.

Again, we’ll explain that after you’ve settled in.

And oh, you’ll like our health care system, at least for the time being, and our beer gardens.

Welcome to Canada, stay as long as you like, we don’t check up on visitors’ visas either.

Assistance after flood appreciated …

The Editor: With the flooding event that happened on July 10, unfortunately, we were some of the people who were affected and as a result, we lost our basement. Because of this, there are some very heartfelt thank you messages we have to share.

First, thanks to Gwen Skjerpen and Bob and Karen Wilhelm, who, without being asked, came to our side and helped haul, haul and haul some more until our basement was but a shell. Without you, we would probably still be hauling. Thanks from the bottom

of our hearts.

Thanks also to Kirk, Wayne and others at Peterson Construction. At the time of the flood they were in the process of repaving our street. It was blocked off, so they went above and beyond when we requested a large garbage bin from Regens Disposal.

They co-ordinated the delivery, guided the truck in and with the help of their track hoe operator, set the bin on our driveway. When we were done, they helped Regens remove it. Without that bin being placed there, we didn’t know what we

were going to do with all the damaged material. We thank you very much.

Also thanks to Regens Disposal. When we placed the call for the bin, they delivered without hesitation and hauled it away, on request. A life saver.

Last, but not least, we thank Johnson Plumbing and Heating because as a result of the flood, we lost our furnace and as everyone knew, it was extremely warm outside and after calling them we had a new furnace installed within two days. Thanks to Brad Johnson because our air

conditioner broke down late at night, shortly after the furnace was installed. It was 10:30 p.m. I knew what the problem was but needed a certain part. I called Brad at his home and had the part in my hands within 20 minutes.

Everybody can say how small town Saskatchewan isn’t as great as a big city lifestyle, but after all the efforts of the people I have spoken about, I will take small town Saskatchewan anytime.

Again, thank you all.

Greg Curtis Estevan

… And then the other side The Editor: In a previous letter I spoke about the good people who helped us through the flood recovery in July, but, there is also a negative side to this whole event.

That side was dealing with insurance issues, and I feel this has to be brought to light.

When the flood took place, we went to our insurance broker, as we were supposed to. A claim number was issued to us, a “sorry for your loss” was said, and then basically it was, have a nice day.

It wasn’t until we spoke to a third-party insurance adjustor that we learned our insurance was capped at a

certain dollar figure.

Now, why did a third party have to relay to me that we were capped and that basically, with that cap, we would be left with four walls in our basement?

It is the duty of our insurance broker to bring this to our attention and honestly, that was never mentioned to us. Yes, we did have sewer back-up insurance and when we paid the extra for that, we thought we were buying extra insurance. We paid an extra $350 for this so-called sewer back-up insurance.

We weren’t told and nor did we ask that by paying for the extra insurance for sewer back-up basically

nullified the rest of our policy. No content, no structure, just a dollar cap.

We were also not told we could have paid even more money for a higher cap.

I blame our broker for not doing their due diligence and explaining to us just exactly how all this worked.

I talked with quite a few people after the flood and basically everybody who was with this certain insurance broker, said the same thing and that they were capped at a certain dollar figure and the full ramifications of their insurance policy had not been explained to them.

I learned a valuable lesson out of this, and that is, when dealing with and buying an insurance policy, don’t just get it in the mail, write the cheque, drop it off at the broker and carry on.

Read the policy. If there is something you don’t understand, have the broker explain it to you and if need be, have them write it out in plain English, not lawyer lingo, so you’ll know what you are paying for and will receive if you experience another flood.

A footnote to this. I am no longer signed up with that certain broker, so I thank them … for nothing.

Greg Curtis Estevan

Possible flaws surfacing during highway twinning project The Editor: I live in Roche Percee, so I drive to Estevan or Bienfait almost every day and every day I get upset with some of the things I see.

Now I don’t have a problem with the twinning to the Bienfait turn (Junction of Highway 39 and 18) other than the posting of the 60 km/h speed limit whenever the construction company is working on the new lane. I guess it’s a, “hey, look at us, we’re working and nobody else is.” But at this junction there should have been a modified cloverleaf as it seems to be about a 60/40 split in traffic with 60 per cent going to Bienfait and

further east.

Oh well, it’s just public safety.

Now, it appears the twinning continues onto a point just before the Roche Percee turn, then drops back to two lanes. There is no turning lane to Roche Percee. They can’t make it too easy, got to make sure the traffic has to slow down for those turning to go to Roche Percee.

There is going to be an overpass for the coal haulers, about half way between the Bienfait turn and the Roche Percee turn. I understand the overpass is at our (taxpayers’) expense. We can’t have the coal haulers stop, it takes

time, and time is money.

As construction is going on there is a detour in place so the overpass can be built. So now, for the next year anyway, the traffic coming from Roche Percee can’t go straight to No. 39, but has to go out of their way. It seems we can’t be trusted to stop and check for oncoming traffic as we have for the last 55 years. We now have to go a mile out of our way to do the same thing.

A lot of people in the area used to use the stub connector to Bienfait to access facilities and activities there. So again, for at least the next year, we have to go a mile and a half closer to

Estevan to get back to where our kids go to school, we curl or just visit. This stub connector has been a point of contention between the RM of Coalfields and the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (formerly Department of Highways) for a long time. The RM wanted Highways to fix the stub connector and the Highways people wanted to close it.

After all, it’s just used by the people in the area and it seems the government wants us to zig-zag all over the country and burn more gas so they can get more gas tax and harass us.

Reg Jahn Roche Percee

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Donation will allow museum to be open year-round A donation from the Affinity Credit Union’s District Council 12 Fund will help the Souris Valley Museum’s building west of Estevan to remain open on a year-round basis, possibly as early as next year.

Affinity board member Dennis Bode presented a cheque for $20,000 to museum board members and employees on Monday morning. The museum has been fundraising for an expansion that costs an estimated $80,000 to $85,000, and the support from Affinity means they now have the necessary funds in place.

Mark Veneziano, the museum’s manager, said the expansion will include washrooms they need to be open year-round. Currently people visiting the museum have to use the washrooms at the neighbouring Visitor

Information Centre, which is operated by Tourism Estevan. But the visitor centre is only open from May to August.

The expansion will be a 448-square-foot addition to the south side of the building. Veneziano is hopeful it will start soon, and be finished in time for the start of the 2017 season.

There will also be a classroom for their programming.

“I think it will help with being able to be open for more people to come to the museum, as well as it allows us to have more accessibility to students during the school year for teachers to bring their classes … and to offer more winter programs,” said Veneziano.

He also expects the addition will help the museum in the public’s eye

throughout the year. Veneziano suspects that some people forget about the museum during the fall and winter months, and when the season begins in May, it takes a while for them to gain momentum.

All of the other work that is required for them to be open year-round has been finished, he said.

Museum board chair Marguerite Gallaway is looking forward to seeing the museum open throughout the year. Not only will they have washrooms in the building, but the classroom for children’s programming will also be an asset.

The museum also rents an office in Estevan during the months in which its building is closed, so Gallaway expects the museum’s overhead costs will also diminish.

“Hopefully it will in-

crease attendance throughout the year, it will reduce our office costs and just be a positive,” said Gallaway.

S h e e c h o e d Ve n e ziano’s statement that it should create more awareness about the museum.

The museum also received donations, grants and work-in-kind support for the expansion.

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Participating in a cheque presentation from Affinity Credit Union to the Souris Valley Museum were, back row, from the left; museum board members Linda Jones, board member Thomas O’Sullivan, administrative assistant Melanie Memory and board member Brenda Olson. Front row: museum manager Mark Veneziano, Affinity District Council 12 Fund member Dennis Bode, museum board chair Marguerite Gallaway and board member Virginia Finstad.

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BD3 project continues to attract huge global interest how long that might take, since there were subcontractors involved in the issue and debates as well as the two principal players.

The carbon capture island has continued to perform well, he said, allowing the company to maintain their target of capturing one million tonnes of carbon dioxide by years’s end.

“There was a setback in August, but that was not on the carbon capture unit.

Another unit in the plant tripped out so no flue gas could be delivered to the carbon capture unit for a few days and the process requires flue gas, so it was down for awhile and we couldn’t move our regular cleaning schedule ahead to run it at the same time as the unexpected shutdown, so we had to shut it down again, briefly, as scheduled. There was a small leak on a heat exchanger that caused the problem,” said Matthews.

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SaskPower continues to work through their issues surrounding legal entanglements with SNC Lavalin associated with the Boundary Dam Unit 3, carbon capture construction contracts.

In the meantime, the carbon capture unit is still on track to meet the target of one million tonnes of captured carbon dioxide by year’s end.

“I can’t comment on the legal issues surrounding the legal claims and action,” said Howart Matthews, vice-president of production for SaskPower, “but I can say that both sides are talking, we both have an interest in finding a resolution to the dispute so as long as these discussions continue, everyone believes there will be a solution.”

Matthews said he would not speculate as to

“But it’s running well this month and providing a decent performance level.”

The vice-president of power production said everything points to a good carbon capture rate for September and figures would be released in early October, regarding the actual rates and volumes collected.

As far as decisionmaking is concerned regarding carbon capture islands for Boundary Dam Units 4 and 5, Matthews said that hasn’t been made yet and won’t be made until sometime in 2017 when the Crown company will have an even better understanding of all the construction and operating costs that would go into a second generation capture unit. He said all kinds of data is being gathered through a maze of instrumentation at the plant and with it being the first of its kind in the world, the monitoring and data

gathering is well used and documented.

“Interest is up, worldwide and it is, quite frankly, overwhelming. We have all sorts of global interest and from key decision makers and that includes some from Canada. So we point out the benefits and can share some operations and technology information. Even the masters and doctorate students who visited the plant this summer, were impressed.”

SaskPower is now sharing an information centre project with BH Billiton to promote the concept of finding solutions that can be spread globally to areas where green house gas emissions are a major problem, such as China and India.

Matthews said, “I believe it’s showing Saskatchewan in a good forward thinking light.”

The SaskPower executive said he feels Sas-

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Cenovus Energy continues to pick up the CO2 as required for their oil recovery program and SaskPower is easily meeting the delivery targets. He said, of course with the current state of the oil production business, that company probably has some challenging decision-making to complete too. In the meantime, SaskPower is meeting all the demands they have.

Over at the sister station, the Shand Power Station, there is the experimental plant that is being used by Hitachi to test other methods and chemicals to capture CO2 which has also attracted huge worldwide attention.

Hitachi, by being a 50 per cent partner in the project, retained first rights to the testing facility attached to the Shand power generating unit and that contract doesn’t expire until sometime next year. So, global interest in gaining access to the experimental unit, is growing all the time, said Matthews.

In the meantime, Matthews said the company continues to appreciate the general support and educated information the Estevan community continues to bring to the BD3 program and its valueadded components.

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Many regional councillors in by acclamation In addition to the City and RM of Estevan, there has, and will be, further civic electoral activity in the southeast, in the nearby RMs and the villages and towns within them.

In many cases, there won’t be elections because many representatives have been re-elected or elected by acclamation. For contested positions, the election will take place on Oct.

26. In the RM of Benson, there will be an election for the position of councillor for Division 5. The election which will be a contest between incumbent councillor Donald Van De Woestyne and new candidate Robbie Duke. The reeve and the rest of council for the RM of Benson were re-elected by acclamation.

There will be no election in the RM of Browning,

since the reeve and council all received seats by acclamation. One new member of council for Division 4, Blaine Fornwald, was elected by acclamation.

For the RM of Coalfields, the upcoming election on Oct. 26 will be for the position of reeve and councillor for Division 3.

The position of reeve is contested between Arnold Jahn, Richard Tessier, Paul Deren,

Westview’s playground project is complete!!!

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and Barry Harris. Bruce Craig, Richard Farstad and Scott Zieglgansberger are running for councillor in Division 3. Ladan MacKenzie and Leonard Johnson have won seats as councillors for Division 1 and Division 5, respectively, by acclamation.

For the Town of Bienfait, there will only be an election for council after Mayor Paul Carroll won his seat by acclamation. Ivan Boyer, Daniyale Lalonde, Shirley Wheeler, Shannon Achter, Rob Forester, Steven Matthewson, Chris Dupuis and Hildor Peters are running for the six seats on council.

There will not be an election held in the Village of North Portal this year, because all seats on council were won by acclamation. The village sees a new mayor, Kaylah Turner elected, as well as two new councillors: Amy Belitski and Michael Yurkowski.

The Village of Frobisher will not be holding an election, due to the fact that the entirety of its council, including mayor Keith Newsham, and councillors

Aaron Folkerts and Marieke De Roos, won their seats by acclamation.

In the RM of Cymri, there will be an election for the position of reeve, contested between Joe Vilcu and Peter Wiebe. There will also be an election held for the position of councillor for Division 1, contested between Harvey Shchindel and Donald Ereth, an election for councillor of Division 3, contested between Keith Eldstrom and Travis Stendall, and an election for councillor of Division 5 contested between Darrel Druck and Cornelius Fehr.

There will be no election for the Town of Midale, after incumbent mayor Allan Hauglum, and incumbent councillors Leonard Thompson, Armond Hauglum and Conrad Keturakis, and new councillors Dennis McIndoe and Gregg Prawdzik all won their seats by acclamation.

For the Town of Lampman, there will be an election for the position of mayor, contested between incumbent mayor Sean Paxman and current councillor, Ryan Fleck. There are also

11 people running for six council seats, including current councillors Janie Bernier, Dorie Greening, Jamie Taillon, Karla VanderSchaaf, and new candidates Desmond Bilsky, Colin Champagne, Duane Garton, Shawn Klassen, Richard Kochie, Damyen Seeman and Grant Sinkewicz.

In the RM of Cambria, there won’t be an election this year, since councillors Terrett Stephen, Robert Adams, Sabas Holzer, Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud, Donald Hurren and Jeff Marcotte, and reeve Darwin Daae won their seats by acclamation.

There will be no election for the Village of Torquay, with mayor Michael Strachan winning his seat by acclamation, and current councillors Terry Malaryk and Bill Somerville also winning their seats by acclamation. New councillors Mark Mason and Daniel Daae also won their seats by acclamation.

Electoral information on the councils of the villages of Macoun and Roche Percee was not available before the Mercury’s press deadline.

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City of Estevan will seek a manager to operate its food and beverage services It appears the City of Estevan will seek a different way to run its food and beverage services, including the concession at Affinity Place.

Council decided at its Sept. 26 meeting to hire a manager for the food and beverage services, rather than tender out a contractor to do the work.

The city received two bids from local contractors who were looking for the job. One was from Clem and Diane Wenham of Wenham Enterprises, and the other was from Riley Beatty of Beatz Eatz.

The Wenhams have operating the concession at the Civic Auditorium since 2005, and have run food and beverage services at Affinity Place since 2011. Beatz Eats has run the concession at the Power Dodge Curling Centre the last two years, and has experience with SaskPower.

In his report to council, leisure services manager Nathan Jesse noted Beatz Eatz would provide fresh, healthy, homemade menu at a reasonable price, and

healthy alternatives from basic rink food.

Wenham Enterprises would serve a well-planned out menu that works for large functions and other events.

They would also maintain the same menu that is currently offered at Affinity Place.

Both companies had the necessary qualifications.

Jesse noted the overall comprehensiveness of the Beatz Eatz bid was satisfactory, but there was no mention of large event catering, or speed of service during hockey games. The Wenham Enterprises bid was also satisfactory and included a plan for catering large events and Bruin games.

When comparing the bids, Jesse believed they were fairly similar. The competitive aspect of the bids was not as expected, so Jesse recommended council look at alternative methods of operating the food and beverage area.

Councillor Dennis Moore suggested a trial period for the food and beverage manager job.

Mayor Roy Ludwig believes switching to a manager will yield cost savings. He expects the new manager will be in place within a month, and there won’t be a disruption of services.

The mayor also noted the new system will allow groups holding banquets at Affinity Place to choose their meal provider, rather than using Wenham Enterprises.

“That seemed to be a bone of contention with some of the groups,” said Ludwig.

“They seemed to want the availability of choosing their own food contractor to come into Affinity, and now we’ll be able to do that.”

Also during the meeting, council discussed the annual grant for the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) and other cultural agencies.

Councillor Brian Johnson, who sits on the EAGM’s board, asked whether there were plans to reduce the EAGM’s grant by $25,000, which has been discussed in previous years.

The EAGM received

$154,000 this year from the city, which is about 61 per cent of their total budget of $252,000.

Ludwig suggested the

EAGM, the Souris Valley Museum and the Estevan Arts Council should meet jointly with council to see if there are any synergies that

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The Souris Valley Museum was busy this season with programming, camps and visitors who wanted to view the museum’s artifacts.

The museum’s building west of the city will close for the year at the end of September. Mark Veneziano, who is wrapping up his first full season as the museum’s directorcurator, said they had between 800 and 900 visitors during the four months that the museum was open.

“Sometimes it’s hard to count actual numbers when we have our big events like the Pioneer Fun Day and the Cowpokes and Cookouts, because they are admission by donations days, and people were coming in and out of the museum from different directions,” said Veneziano.

The museum gauges its visitor tally by the number of people who pay admission at the front door over the course of the year.

Cowpokes and Cookouts during the Victoria Day long weekend was their first big event of the year, and it attracted approximately 120 people to view the museum’s different historical displays, vehicles and buildings.

The Pioneer Fun Day in August was also a popular attraction.

For the first time, the museum also held an event for National Aboriginal Day in June, in partnership with the Métis Federation, to showcase the local Aboriginal history and art.

Their summer camps were also full. They offered four weeks of the Pioneer Day Camp, which

was for children ages five to 10; one week of Discovery Day Camp, which was for eight-to-12-year-olds; and their newest camp, a Pioneer Play Camp, which was for three-and-fouryear-olds.

“That, again, was very successful, and all the little kids enjoyed themselves here at the museum,” said Veneziano.

Once the Visitor Information Centre closes at the end of August, the museum continues to receive visitors for a few weeks, he said. Those who are coming to the city and looking to learn more about the community enjoy coming to the museum and viewing the displays.

Veneziano regards his first year at the museum as a good experience, as he noted the community supported the museum and their different events.

The museum will remain active in the community during the fall and winter months. They hope to have a winter program that will see them reach out to the community through classroom and school visits, and participations at different events in the city. They will also try to have displays in Estevan.

They will also be part of the Collage Cultural Festival at the Estevan Leisure Centre on Oct. 1.

“We’ll be there to promote our name and our programs for next year,” said Veneziano.

The museum’s staff and board hope the building can be open yearround, beginning with the spring of 2017, and they are optimistic that it will result in a surge in the number of people who visit the building.

Envision plans series of helpful workshops Envision Counselling and Support Centre is preparing a series of monthly workshops for men and women that are being offered in Estevan, Weyburn and Carlyle.

The sessions are being billed as Workshop Wednesdays.

The conflict resolution workshop, the first on the schedule, will be held on Oct. 5 said Allyson Fisher, a children’s and interpersonal violence and abuse counsellor with the support group.

The first workshop offered at all three locations, will begin at 6:15 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. and is open to all those who are 18-years-old or older.

Registration is required, so those wishing to participate are asked to contact the office in the community in which they intend to visit. In Estevan, the registration phone number is 306-637-4004.

In Weyburn, the registration number is 306-8428821 and in Carlyle it is 306-453-2405.

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Participants are taught to understand the dynamics of conflict and learn ways to respond effectively.

The second workshop, slated for Nov. 2 is entitled Relationship Smarts and the third session, on Dec. 7 will deal with holiday stress and self-care while the Jan. 4 workshop will focus on effective communications. The workshop schedule will wrap up with a Feb. 1 and March 1 sessions width the February meeting designed to help participants move beyond anger while the March get together will deal with the topic of Minding Your Emotions.

Pre-registration will be required for each of these workshops and they will all be held between 6:15 and 8:30 p.m. on the dates noted.

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Elecs golf team captures provincial championship

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs golf team won the 2016 Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) male grass golf provincial championship at Madge Lake Golf Resort near Kamsack this weekend.

“It’s pretty cool to get a banner for the team,” said Elecs golfer Jayden Dudas, 14, who also earned a bronze medal in the individual male competition. “I think we hadn’t had one for a while.”

Jace Carlisle, Chase Gedak, Dudas and Reegan Robinson teamed up for the SHSAA gold medal shooting a two-round combined score of 469, which was 21 strokes below the secondplace Yorkton Regional High School Raiders. Dudas shot a first-round score of 75 (6-over) on Friday and a second-round score of 79 (10-over) on Satur-

day to capture the SHSAA individual males bronze medal despite being one of the youngest golfers in the field and forgetting to bring his umbrella for the wet and windy conditions.

“It was bad out in Madge,” he said. “I got a little bit wet. I had two extra jackets in my bag. I had a rain cover on my bag too.

It sort of stopped working after it got soaked though.

One of my shots my club slipped out of my hand with my rain gloves on. Everything was soaked.”

Dudas said he notched a score of 1-under through the first nine holes in the first round by hitting his driver well, but an inability to drop putts and hit the green left him with a tally of 7-over on the back nine.

That score of 75 earned him a first-place tie with Kindersley’s Connor Tate, a Grade 12 student who would eventually capture the individual males gold medal with a two-round tally of 149. A terrible start

on the front nine on the second day where he hit 7-over on the first six holes brought him back down into the field, but he battled back to be within two strokes of a medal by Hole 16.

“I parred 16, which was really hard,” he said.

“The green was sloped from right to left and if it spun at all it’s off the green four feet into the rough. It’s a really fast green.”

On the 17th hole, Dudas hooked his drive but found the ball and chipped it to score a bogey. He shanked one on the last hole for another bogey and was “surprised” to hear his name called at the end of the tourney as the bronze medallist.

“It feels pretty cool being out there playing with the high school,” said Dudas, who will next compete this November in Arizona at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour nationals tournament.

“I didn’t have any real expectations at all. I just tried to play good.”

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Chargers rally to down Lions

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Down 8-0 to the Moose Jaw Lions at Woodlawn Field on Saturday with 2:23 left in the first half, Estevan Century 21 peewee Chargers safety Kolby Forseth made a play that changed the course of the game.

Forseth intercepted a Marc Belanger pass at midfield and ran the ball down to the Lions 20-yard line. Chargers quarterback Alec Waldegger then completed an 18-yard pass to Keegan Merriman to set up a QB sneak from the twoyard line for the touchdown with no time left on the clock making the score 8-6 heading into the second half.

Jason Bresciani, head coach of the Chargers, said that interception seemed to spark the team, which had come out flat in the first half. He said once the third quarter began the offence started to move the football by setting up different plays to capture the momentum.

The Chargers (2-1) pinned the Lions in their own zone through the first eight minutes of the third

Chargers running back Conner Terness moves the ball upfield thanks to some help from blockers Bo Ginnis, #53, and Keegan Merriman, #25. Photo by Jamie Harkins. quarter with Moose Jaw’s Mason Daviduk, who scored the Lions first-half touchdown, going for a momentum shift of his own running a first-down handoff from his own 23-yard line to the Chargers 32 with just over four minutes remaining.

Estevan stopped the drive

only to give up possession of the ball at around the same point of the field on a punt return by the Lions Carter Price. A no-yards penalty on the tackle and run by Daviduk moved the ball to the Chargers three-yard line for the start of the fourth quarter.

Two straight runs by the

Lions Dylan Montgomery failed to get the ball into the end zone. A handoff to Daviduk came next, but the Chargers defence held forcing a turnover on their own six-yard line.

“The linebackers and defensive line, they did their job,” said Bresciani. “They

filled the gaps and made their tackles. That’s what their job is. That was a momentum swing there because they should have scored.”

Waldegger and running backs Klayten Piippo and Conner Terness then combined to run the ball out to their 50-yard line over the

next six plays. The quarterback then made a dash to the sidelines and down the field to put the Chargers ahead 12-8 with four minutes remaining. He notched the final point on the convert by running to the side of the line of scrimmage and ahead into the end zone.

“We played pretty well with the wind and the rain,” said Lions head coach Darrell Kasper, noting the loss puts their record at 1-3 and the team likely out of the playoff picture. “We made a few mental errors. We’ve got probably 20 new kids this year, so they’re learning spots, but overall I thought we played well.”

Bresciani said the win gives them a chance to finish top four in the Moose Jaw Minor Football League, but they’ll need a win against the Moose Jaw Mustangs (1-2) at Woodlawn Field this Saturday to help make that happen. He said the Mustangs will be a similar test to what the team saw from the Lions, so they’ll be doing what they can over practice this week to be ready to match the tough competition.

Defence comes up big for Oilers

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

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game effort to shut out the Moose Jaw Raiders 21-0 at Elks Field on Friday.

“Our defence was outstanding,” said Oilers head coach Paul Duncan. “We

had two goal-line stands where we stuffed them on the one-yard line for six plays basically, two separate occasions, so it was fantastic that way. Our

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Duncan said a weekand-a-half break before the Raiders game allowed the team to work on a new pistol formation offence that has the quarterback lining up four yards from the line of scrimmage allowing for a better read of the defence and a hurriedup movement to catch their opposition while they’re still preparing. He said the wet and windy conditions during the game didn’t allow them to use the new offence that much, but going to it a couple of times did give them a different look.

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Nigel Mack got his team on the board 11 minutes into the first quarter on an 80-yard dash to the outside, which was made possible through a great block by Caleb Reetz on a Raiders defensive end.

Mack scored the game’s second major 9:43 into the third quarter on a 65-yard run through the interior and to the outside after the Oilers offensive line provided a block to spring him.

Kaled Bechtold notched the final touchdown of the game seven minutes into the fourth quarter on a quarterback sneak with centre Ryan Tr o b e r t b u s t i n g o p e n a seam for him to run through. Mack kicked all three converts.

Duncan said their de-

fensive tackles in Joel Mckersie and James Knibbs played a big part in the win as they both helped with a couple of fumble recoveries and sealed up the middle. He said the offensive line also stepped up their game against the Raiders (0-4) and they’ll need that effort again this Saturday when the Oilers (1-3) welcome the Weyburn Falcons (3-1), which they lost to two weeks ago, to Woodlawn Field.

“The game plan going into it is to make sure we play our game (and) make sure we come out firing like we did against Moose Jaw,” said Duncan.

“We had really great practices throughout all of last week, so they’re starting to buy in and understand the type of effort it takes.”

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Elecs earn comeback win over Vikings

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs football team charged back from a 21-14 first-half deficit to beat the Moose Jaw Vanier Collegiate Institute Vikings 42-28 at Woodlawn Field on Saturday.

Mark Schott, head coach of the Elecs, said the team talked at halftime about winning the turnover battle in the second half.

He said the guys then went out and executed through forcing five turnovers in the final two quarters of the game.

“We had two forced fumbles and three interceptions that we ended up picking off Vanier and if you can force five turnovers in a game, never mind a half, you’re going to have a pretty good chance of winning,” said Schott. “Our

defence really stepped up and our offence was able to put points on the board and capitalize on those opportunities.”

Elecs receiver Ethan Veroba got his team to within one 6:46 into the third quarter on a run down the seam with quarterback Andrew Kehler finding him on a nice pass. Veroba was able to fend off two or three Vikings’ defenders on the run before lunging into the end zone.

“It was an impressive effort on his part,” said Schott. “He dragged a couple of guys with him into the end zone and he’s a big body and he’s got a lot of power there. So, it was definitely a big spark for us to tie the game early in that second half and we just kept rolling from there.”

Donny Mortenson put the Elecs up 28-21 on a short-yardage play that

was followed by a twopoint convert by Keaten Tarnes early into the fourth quarter. With about two minutes to go in the game, the Vikings rallied picking off a Kehler pass and running the ball back to the Elecs’ 30-yard line. Viking Paul Froehlich punched the ball in with 1:56 left to play before Cole Coroy made the convert to tie the game at 28-28.

The Elecs offence failed to respond on their next possession, so the team punted the football deep into the Vikings’ zone.

On Moose Jaw’s next play, Elec Colten Reed intercepted the ball at the Vikings’ 30-yard line and ran it back for a touchdown with Mortenson recording the two-point convert to put the Elecs ahead 36-28 with 1:09 remaining.

“They came out and we ended up stopping them

on third down and we took the ball on about our 25yard line with 30 seconds to go,” added Schott. “Then Andrew threw a screen pass to Donny Mortenson and he was able to break a couple of tackles and run it down about 75 yards for the clinching touchdown. It was quite the finish.”

Schott said the Elecs victory was the team’s first since they beat the Vikings 14-7 in Moose Jaw three seasons ago and the only

time the club has won at Woodlawn Field with their previous home wins coming at ECS. He said they had a tough week leading up to the game with some players maybe questioning where they were going as a team after a tough road loss to the Yorkton Regional High School Raiders the previous weekend, so it was nice to see the guys respond well.

“A win is very important for all of our players

to get the buy in to what the coaching staff has been telling them all season that we have the pieces in place, we just have to go out and show that we can execute and that we can compete in this league,” he said.

“Hopefully we can generate some momentum here to finish out the rest of the season. We got Swift Current coming up (Saturday at home) and then we go up to Moose Jaw to play Central right before Thanksgiving.”

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Broncos earn Showcase shootout win over Bruins

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins lost 5-4 in a shootout to the Humboldt Broncos at a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Showcase game at Warman’s Legends Arena on Monday.

The Bruins (3-1-0-1) fell behind early against the

Broncos (5-1) with Daniel McKitrick and Trevor Posch finding the back of new Estevan goaltender Kurtis Chapman’s net 12 minutes into the first period. Bruins centre Michael McChesney brought his team to within one a little over two minutes later on a power-play marker.

Posch notched his second of the game on the

man advantage 1:57 into the second period, which was followed by another power-play goal by Bruins right wing Matt McNeil at the 3:12 mark and an evenstrength shot by Kaelan Holt 7:20 into the middle frame that beat Broncos goalie Carter Seminuk to tie the score at three. Michael Korol put the Broncos back on top with a goal

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4:09 into the third period only to have Holt tie the game once again with 17 seconds left to play.

Neither team managed to light the lamp in the three-on-three overtime session bringing the game to a shootout. Humboldt’s Chris Van Os-Shaw and Posch notched markers in the breakaway contest with only Holt scoring for the Bruins.

Chris Lewgood, head coach and general manager of the Bruins, said Chapman played fine in his first action with the Bruins after being transferred to the club by the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats last week. He said their two power-play goals came about through hard work and puck support, but the team does need to cut back on the amount of penalties they’re taking

after going down a man five times against Humboldt and seven times at the North Battleford Civic Centre against the North Stars (5-3) two days earlier. “You like to shut them out on those situations, but it’s tough,” said Lewgood, noting goaltender Matt Lukacs has been released to make way for Chapman.

“If you give them too many chances they’re bound to tap one in, so the key is to try and be more disciplined and the next step would be just keep working, blocking shots, filling lanes and battling.”

The Bruins began their four games in five days road trip on Friday at Kindersley’s West Central Events Centre with a 6-3 loss to the Klippers (1-2).

The team followed that up with a hard-fought 4-3 win over the North Stars that

saw its netminder Nathan Alalouf stop 36 shots to earn his third win of the year.

In between the two road games and their start at the SJHL Showcase on Monday, the Bruins went together as a team to see the interment of Gordie and Colleen Howe’s ashes outside Saskatoon’s SaskTel Centre before the hometown Blades took on the Swift Current Broncos.

“Three points out of six is a little disappointing,” said Lewgood. “We’d like to get six and feel that we probably should have had four at least, but as a whole the weekend’s been successful. We know that off the ice the team building and just the togetherness is an important element long term and we’ve got such a good group of guys there.”

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Elecs rise to Black Knights’ challenge

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The championship game of the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs senior girls volleyball tournament once again pitted the home team against the Oxbow Prairie Horizons School Black Knights, but Saturday’s match may have been the most intense of the two schools’ celebrated rivalry.

For the second-straight year, the Elecs claimed first place at their home tournament beating the Black Knights 17-25, 27-25 and 16-14. The Black Knights, which won the Elecs’ home tourney in the two years previous to last fall, went into the final undefeated throughout the competition and led 24-23 with serve late in the second set before the Elecs stormed ahead.

“We struggled with serving in our first set, so the second set we really focused on it and I think it really helped us a lot,” said Elec Cheyenne Odgers. “A lot of it I think was our communication and our passing was really up. Whenever we’d get a point we’d get the momentum and cheer really loud and that brought us up.”

After ECS jumped ahead early in the first set, the Black Knights staged a comeback tying the game at 5-5 on a spike at the net by Jolene Sibley before jumping ahead 9-6 on the serve

The ECS Elecs, with back from left, coach Chebri Enns, Hallie Hanson, Sammy Wade, Morgan Fichter, Tatiana Dutka, Aiden Miller, Taylor Haux, Courtney Kanigan, coach Nicole Sinclair; front, coach Becky Conly, Jaiden Peeace, Mataya Michel, Cheyenne Odgers and Kourtney Kobitz, beat the Oxbow Black Knights to capture their home-tourney championship. Photo by Jamie Harkins. of Eryn Stewart. Oxbow brought the score up to 15-6 on their next serve before Elec Kourtney Kobitz was able to break the rally on a tip into the backcourt.

Both teams exchanged points throughout the rest of the set, but it was the Black Knights who dominated in the early goings of the second game thanks to a few misguided hits by the Elecs.

Odgers got ECS back into the game on a spike from

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the side of the net before launching a strong serve to bring the score to within one at 9-8. The rest of the set was back and forth, filled with long volleys and highlighted by a competition level that seemed to increase with each successive point. The Elecs only pulled ahead at the end of the set on Sammy Wade’s serve, which the Black Knights could not return.

Each of the teams went point-for-point in the third set with the Elecs’ defensive tandem of Kobitz and Morgan Fichter standing out for their ability to block any shots at the net that were coming their way. With the score 14-14, Stewart fired a serve into the net before Elec Mataya Michel hit a tough shot into the backcourt which the Black Knights could not handle.

“I think it is definitely the best game we’ve played,” said Michel. “We played as a

team the whole game.”

Nicole Sinclair, head coach of the Elecs, said they struggled with communication and passing from the beginning of the two-day tournament to the end, but in volleyball defence can win a game and that is exactly what happened. She said in the final the girls came together as a team and started talking with each other on the court, which coupled with the strong defence led

by Fichter and Kobitz allowed them to gain the advantage.

“When (they’ve) got hard hitters, you need the blocks if your passes aren’t there,” said Sinclair. “Having those girls up at the net and getting those blocks really helped us.”

Sinclair said they still have some work to do on their passing, but the girls are meshing really well as a team. She said that should help them this weekend as

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More than half of Canada’s housing stock was built before 1980 and simply wouldn’t stand up to today’s standards.

Yet, much can be done to help homeowners improve their building to reduce energy use and increase efficiency.

Improving a home’s energy efficiency can help save money, keep people more comfortable, reduce pollution and prevent climate change. Try these five simple measures to maximize the energy efficiency of a home: Seal cracks and gaps around your home’s windows, doors, and vents.

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stressing your furnace and air conditioner in the process. An easy DIY solution is to caulk around windows, doors and vents, and install or replace worn weather stripping. An average home loses up to 30 per cent of its energy through air leaks, so sealing a home is a worthwhile exercise.

Top up or replace old insulation in an attic. A poorly insulated attic is a primary source of energy loss. Also, over time, some types of insulation can settle and compact, allowing heat to escape through gaps. Experts recommend installing a dimensionally stable batt insulation.

Insulate basement headers. Uninsulated basement headers are common, especially in older homes. They can act as a gateway for heated air to escape. Fixing the problem is fast and easy. Simply cut stone wool insulation

to fit the cavity and compress into place. Doing this throughout a basement will prevent heat loss and can potentially save hundreds of dollars each year.

Switch to LED light bulbs. Some LED light bulbs have a lifespan of up to 10 years, and are 80 to 90 per cent more efficient than an incandescent bulb.

They are generally more environmentally friendly than compact fluorescent lights and safer, too, since they produce less heat.

The return on investment is excellent, as LED bulbs often pay for themselves through energy savings within the first year.

Consider a home energy audit. This will help you identify and target specific problematic areas of energy loss. A professional home energy audit will also provide a list of recommended solutions to help you maximize your energy-efficiency strategy.

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Fall renovation tips As a contractor and real estate expert, homeowners often look for advice on the best projects for their renovation dollars.

While it’s important to first consider the purpose of the renovation, such as if it’s for the home owner, for resale, or part of an incomegenerating suite, there are some renovations that have proven to be reliable investments over time. Some of these include: Kitchens and bathrooms: Renovations here top the list. High-end finishes, like marble and quartz countertops and stainless steel or commercial grade appliances, are greatly coveted. Clever storage is desirable, along with home

automation, which is a new and growing trend.

Bathrooms: This one is simple. The hottest bathrooms right now aim to replicate a spa-like experience.

From colour and accessories to scents and lighting, transforming this room into a relaxation haven will maximize its appeal.

Basements: Basement renovations are among the best ways to gain space without going the route of a costly addition, but the key is doing it right. Address moisture issues first and hire professionals for plumbing, electrical and mechanical work. Insulate with a water-repellant insulation made from inorganic materials to improve energy

Handling a drafty house For those who live in older homes, the transition to colder weather can be extra troubling, as the vision of expensive heating bills, chilly rooms and drafty windows dance in their heads.

However, it’s easy to change the outlook from cold to cozy with a few simple do-it yourself (DIY) solutions.

The most effective way to improve the comfort level in your home is to properly insulate. Insulation can be inadequate in older homes. Over time, it can settle and compact, creating gaps.

Topping up attic insulation will help keep the warm air in, reducing heating bills and preventing stress on your furnace.

A little preparation can go a long way to keep the cold at bay. Seal out drafts by replacing worn weather stripping and caulking along windows, doors, baseboards and trim.

For other ways to beat the cold, consider inexpensive window insulation kits along with thicker drapes, and don’t forget to reverse ceiling fans to push warm air back down.

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efficiency, and then focus on the finishes.

Insulation: Installing, topping up or replacing insulation is one of the most cost-effective ways to increase energy efficiency and save money over the life of a home.

Smaller fixes: Know that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to realize a good return. Can’t afford a full-out kitchen or bathroom renovation? Consider painting walls and cabinets, replacing outdated hardware or fixtures, and installing

new lighting for an impactful refresh. When it comes to living spaces, it’s amazing what a splash of colour, some new flooring, carefully selected accessories and strategic lighting can do for the look and feel of a room.

Save a little extra by doing it yourself. With a positive attitude and some elbow grease, you can make a big difference with projects that require low to moderate know-how.

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Obituaries

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WILLOCK, Mrs. Marie Cecelia (nee Coté) May 19, 1944 - September 20, 2016 Late of Rouleau, SK, Marie passed away peacefully with family at her side at the age of 72 years on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in Regina, SK. She was predeceased by her husband Cliff in 2011; parents Hedwig and Arthur; Cliff’s parents Earl and Carolyn; brother David; brothers-in-law Don and Russell.

Marie’s memory will forever be cherished by her loving family, daughter Patricia (Clayton) Spalding; twin sons Robert (Jill) and Lee (Jennifer); grandchildren Nicole, Mark, Carmen, Olivia, Adam, Alec and Nicholas; sister Ann (Bill) Twist; brothers Fred (Trish), Rick (Shirley), Dan, and Robin (Nancie); sisters-in-law Louise and Kate, brother-in-law Rob (Isabell); sisters-in-law Diane McNeil, Lynn (Gary) Adair, Terry (Jay Fisher), Lorri (Ed) Klein; as well as many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Marie was born on May 19, 1944, just 5 days after her husband Cliff in the Lampman hospital and together they spent their entire lives. She was the eldest of seven children. She dedicated her life to motherhood, raising her three children and seven grandchildren.

A SERVICE TO HONOUR, REMEMBER AND SHARE MARIE’S LIFE was held at Regina Funeral Home, 4001 East Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Donations in memory of Marie may be made to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK. Family and friends were invited to sign the online obituary and tributes page at www.reginafuneralhome.ca. Arrangements entrusted to Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery (306) 7898850.

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Charlotte V. McGee Charlotte V. McGee, 86, passed peacefully in her sleep September 10, 2016 in Nanaimo, BC. She leaves her daughter Alison McGee, son Daniel (Jeanette) McGee, grandsons Kane, Gabriel, Daniel and step grandson Joshua Plotkin. She is preceded in death by her husband Brian McGee, brother Alan Marklinger, sisters, Clara “Gloria” Stepp, Louise Berg and her parents John and Theresa Marklinger. She is survived by her brother Richard “Bud” Marklinger and his wife Kathy, as well as her many nieces and nephews. Born in Estevan, Saskatchewan she left soon after high school. Living throughout western Canada for the next few years she would meet her future husband in Calgary, Alberta. After raising her family in cities throughout North America, it was finally Edmonton, AB that she and her family called home.

Charlotte enjoyed her career providing secretarial support for companies such as the Cancer Clinic, Pan American Petroleum and was a longtime employee of Westinghouse Canada.

Fervent supporter of the Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton would be home until the passing of her husband Brian. Moving shortly after to Vancouver, British Columbia where, now retired, she volunteered at St Paul’s hospital and was a member of Guardian Angels Parish. Eventually Charlotte moved to Vancouver Island spending her final years in Parksville then Nanaimo.

“The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her”. She was especially beloved and will be missed.

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

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

Friday Night Youth 7:30 pm (gr 7-12)

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

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PASTORS: JIM KEDGE & WAYLON KLIX

Trinity Lutheran Church E.L.C.I.C.

Sunday Worship & Sunday School - 10am

738 - 2nd Street, Estevan Church Office: 306-634-5684 E: trinity.luth@sasktel.net Website: www.etlc.ca

THE SALVATION ARMY Estevan Community Church

10:30 a.m. - Sunday Service ALL WELCOME!

1302 - 8th St., Estevan Office Phone: 306-634-3116 Email: estevan.cofc@sasktel.net TIM PIPPUS

SUNDAY SERVICES: Bible Study - 10:00 a.m. • Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Evening Worship - Sunday and Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Bible studies on any subject can be arranged at your convenience. Please call us.

GOSPEL CHAPEL ESTEVAN

1202 - 2nd Street Phone: 306-634-3761

“Holding fast the faithful word”

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10:00 am

Followed by coffee time 100 King Street, Estevan, Sask • (306) 634-8133 • livinghope-ca.org

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 130 Souris Ave. N. Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@sasktel.net

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Wednesday: Club DJ for kids 6:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m. - Bible Study 10:30 a.m. - Divine Service with Holy Communion and Sunday School

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St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Corner 12th Avenue & 2nd Street

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Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m.

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William Charles Batt August 9, 1920 September 15, 2016 Mr. William Charles “Bill” Batt of Estevan, formerly of Oxbow, passed away at Hill View Manor with his wife Jean by his side on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the age of 96.

Bill is survived by his loving wife Jean of 64 years; daughter Debbie (Rusty) Zentner; granddaughters: Lindsay (Tobin) Zentner, Jennifer (Colin) Zentner, Kristen (Charles) Zentner and Megan (Tyler) Guynup; greatgrandchildren: Carden and Hadley Guynup; daughter Donna Lozinsky; granddaughter Janelle (Mitchell) Pollard; greatgranddaughters: Mikayla, Kianna and Gabrielle Pollard; son Daryl (Lorna Chandler and her children: Josh and Jada); grandchildren: Andrew Batt, Kaitlin (Myles) Batt and their mother Shelley Batt; sisters Doris Marsh and Jean (George) Gurney; brother Jim (Della) Batt; sisters-in-law Doreen Symenuk and Dorothy Cameron; brother-in-law Arnie (Donna) Cameron; numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents Bert and Jane Batt; inlaws Helen and John Cameron; brother John; infant grandson John Zentner; brothers-in-law Cliff Marsh and Fred Symenuk; son-in-law Bob Lozinsky.

Bill was a man with an incredible sense of pride and commitment. He cherished his family and friends. The door was always open for a visit or a good old fashioned argument. Bill served in WW II as a Sergeant in the 12th Manitoba Dragoons.

Bill was the last surviving member of his Regiment. Bill was a friend of Dr. Bob’s and celebrated 49 years of sobriety on February 5, 2016.

The funeral service will be held from St. Paul’s United Church, Oxbow on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. with Mrs. Sandy Dalziel officiating. The burial will follow at the Oxbow Cemetery. Friends are then invited to join the family at the Royal Canadian Legion in Oxbow for lunch and visiting.

If friends desire, donations in memory of Bill can be directed to the Royal Canadian Legion, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0.

Arrangements in care of Redpath Funeral Home, Oxbow, SK. (306) 483-2401. Neil Redpath and Kurt Ardron - Funeral Directors. To send messages of condolence to the family please visit: www.redpathfuneralhome.com

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Police warn about a scam Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) were busy dealing with scams, intoxicated individuals, driving complaints and other calls during the past week.

Officers received several complaints of hit-andrun collisions that took place at various locations in the city during the Sept. 19 day shift. They remain under investigation.

Police received a complaint during the Sept. 19 night shift of another scam popping up in the city. The scammer creates a 1-800 number, calls local people or businesses, and pretends to be from SaskPower. The victims send money by a method called paysafecard.

It generates a PIN number, and once the scammer enters the number on their phone or computer, the money is moved to their paysafecard account, which is virtually

untraceable. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Estevan Police Service at 306-634-4767.

Officers attempted to stop a black Dodge truck in east Estevan. The truck failed to stop for police and took off at a high rate of speed. It was later reported as stolen.

A suspect has been identified, but no arrests were immediately made.

Members received a report of graffiti on the wall of a church in central Estevan during the Sept. 21 day shift.

There aren’t any suspects at this time.

Police assisted with a minor vehicle accident. The parties were directed to report to Saskatchewan General Insurance.

A 71-year-old man was issued a ticket for parking in a handicapped stall during the Sept. 23 day shift. He produced a placard, which

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The man confessed to the crime. The incident is still under investigation.

A minor disturbance at a local pub was reported to police during the Sept. 23 night shift. Officers arrived and arrested a 45-year-old man for public intoxication and breaching his release conditions. The man was lodged in cells until sober and will appear in court at a later date.

Police were called to a pub due to a disturbance during the Sept. 24 night shift. One of the individuals, a 20-year-old man, fled on foot. He was chased down by police and arrested for assault and public intoxication. He was lodged in cells and will appear in court at a later date.

A 29-year-old man was arrested and charged for impaired driving and driving while over .08 after a

traffic stop. The vehicle was observed by police to be driving on the wrong side of the road. The accused was released and will appear in court in November.

A 24-year-old man was arrested during the Sept. 25 day shift for uttering threats against co-workers at an Estevan store. There were two separate incidents over the last two weeks. He was released on conditions to not have contact with any employees, and has been banned from the store. He will appear in court in November.

Police were called to the Affinity Place parking lot because a person was seen going through vehicles.

Officers located and arrested a 53-year-old man, who was charged with two counts of mischief after he was witnessed entering vehicles. His first court appearance will be in November.

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Bake for the Cure The rainy weather on Sept. 23 couldn’t dampen the spirits of the staff at the Estevan branch of CIBC. The bank held a bake sale and barbecue to raise funds for breast cancer research, which combined with past fundraising efforts in prior weeks, raised a total of $1,146.50, all in support of the upcoming CIBC Run for the Cure. Photo by Sam Macdonald

60-and-Over Club report Submitted by Shirley Graham Dave told his wife Marylou he would take her out to dine royally. “We started out at Burger King and wound up at the Dairy Queen,� she said later.

The 60-and-Over Club’s decorator has outdone herself yet again.

The Halloween display is fabulous. Thanks again, Charlene.

Shuffleboard winners for the week of Sept. 12 were Rose Weinrauch and Clarence Morgan. Jake

Fichter and Connie St. Onge were second. Doris Heidinger took top spot in bridge. Carrie Leptich was second and Cathy Hoffort was third.

The winner in cribbage was Frieda Krupka. Leptich came in second and Grace Carlson came in third.

Following surgery on my neck, I knew I would have to wear a brace with four screws in my skull, and it would be attached to a body cast, so during my recovery, I had a sweatshirt made up with the expression, “I’d lose my head if it wasn’t ‘screwed’ on.�

Special event The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation is promoting a father-daughter gala, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, that will be part of the fourth annual Festival of Trees.

The gala will take place on Nov. 18 at Affinity Place.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

The evening will begin with a supper, followed by a series of interactive games and activity stations, including crafts to take home. Dads can treat their little ladies to a drink from the Sugar Plum Mocktail Shoppe, featuring fairy-themed beverages.

Dads and daughters can also create some magical memories while wearing their Christmas best. Some activities will have addi-

tional costs and there will be a raffle at event.

Tickets are $50 each and go on sale at the Estevan Shoppers Mall on Oct. 13.

Because the hospital foundation expects tickets to sell out early, people who want to attend are encouraged to get their tickets early.

Over the past three years, the Festival of Trees has raised over $180,000 for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, allowing the foundation to continue with their goal of ensuring the hospital is able to purchase new equipment and provide services.

For more information about this event, please contact the hospital foundation’s office at 306-637-2474.

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ESTEVAN LEISURE CENTRE - Fitness Schedule Tues.

Mon.

Wed.

9am-10am (TRACK)

Spin*

9:10am-9:50am (SPIN ROOM)

Fri.

6:10am-6:50am (SPIN ROOM)

6:10am-6:50am (SPIN ROOM)

Twinges & Hinges

Thurs.

Spin*

Spin*

6AM - 9AM

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH THURSDAY DECEMBER 22ND

Twinges & Hinges Twinges & Hinges 9am-10am (TRACK)

9am-10am (TRACK) *starts Sept. 8-22

9am-10am (POOL) *starts Sept. 29

9AM - 10AM Tabata

Twinges & Hinges 9am-10am (TRACK) *starts Sept. 7-20

9:10am-9:50am (MPR)

9am-10am (POOL)

Tabata

Spin*

9:10am-9:50am (MPR)

9:10am-9:50am (SPIN ROOM)

Easy Stretch

Mom & Baby Aquaďƒžt

H.I.I.T.

9:10am-9:50am

*starts Sept. 29

10AM - 11AM

Mom & Baby Aquaďƒžt

Easy Stretch

10:10am-10:50am (MPR)

10:15am-11am (POOL) *starts Sept. 29

10:10am-10:50am (MPR)

12PM - 1PM

11:30am-12:15pm (TRACK)

H.I.I.T.

Tabata

12:10pm-12:50pm (MPR)

12:10pm-12:50pm (MPR)

Aquastep

5PM - 6PM

10:15am-11am (POOL)

Mom & Baby Stroller Bootcamp

11:30am-12:15pm (TRACK)

Aquastep

5:15pm-6pm (POOL)

Spin*

*starts Sept. 26

Tabata

5:15pm-6pm (POOL) *starts Sept. 26

Aquastep

5:15pm-6pm (POOL) *starts Sept. 26

5:30pm-6:10pm (SPIN ROOM)

Circuit

5:15pm-6:00pm (MPR)

5:15pm-6pm (MPR)

Spin*

5:30pm-6:10pm (SPIN ROOM)

SUNDAY 8PM - 9PM

Deep Water Fitness 8pm - 9pm Some classes may not run as scheduled.

Depending on demand as well as holidays.

Please call 306-634-1888 to conďƒžrm times.

* Classes must pre-register at www.estevan.ca or by calling 306-634-1888

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

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

Sun.

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

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

*starts Sept. 29

Mom & Baby Stroller Bootcamp

Sat.

SOUTH SASK PHOTO CLUB with JON GILLIES Love photography? This club is for beginners and advanced photographers alike.

Bring your own camera and any questions you may have.

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

SCRIPT WRITING with MAUREEN ULRICH Maureen will teach those new to writing techniques to develop stories, and how to create compelling works for the stage. This is a great workshop for anyone young or Deep old to stretch their writing skills.Water Fitness WHEN: November 23 8pm-9pm TIME: 6:00 - 9:00pm *starts Oct. 2 COST: TBA * Pre-registration is required CRAFT AND COFFEE FOR SENIORS Come for the coffee and crafts stay for the company.

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

“A Call to Artists�

The Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show 2016 Thursday November 10, 2016 7:00 PM at Estevan Art Gallery and Museum 701 Souris Ave. 306-634-3942 estevanartscouncil.com Contact us for more information on our programs

ages are welcome to attend these events.

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

WHEN:

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

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

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

WHEN: September: 28 October: 5, 12, 19 November: 9, 16, 23, 30 December: 7, 14 TIME: 4:00 - 5:30pm COST: $5/child/session

ESTEVAN KENTUCKY DERBY FUNDRAISER Bring your staff, bring a friend, come solo, just come out for a fun night of bidding on your favourite “horse�! Tickets are sold individually, but group seating will be accommodated. Support the Gallery and experience this unique event at the same time. Contact Amber for further details or for tickets.

WHEN: November 5 @ WYLIE MITCHELL TIME: Doors open at 7:00pm Races begin at 8:00pm COST: $20/ticket HOMEMADE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Finish up your Christmas shopping at the most unique craft show in town! Featuring only handmade, original, art, craft and dĂŠcor. Not sure what to do with the kids?

Drop them off in the craft room for a fun Christmas craft.

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

September: 29 October: 6, 13, 20, 27 November: 3, 10, 17, 24 December: 1, 8, 15 TIME: 10:00 - 10:30am COST: $10/family/month

KINDER KLUB Drop into the Art Gallery after kindergarten to do some art! We will be doing a variety of art projects catered towards improving fine motor skills and developing creativity.

This workshop is open for all children ages 4-6.

WHEN: September: 29 October: 13, 27 November: 10, 24 TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm COST: $5/child/session KIDS ART JOURNALING Join us each month and create your own art journal in this drop-in art class.

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

For children ages 10-15.

WHEN: Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 29 TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm COST: $5/session *This workshop is free for those with a family membership to the EAGM Contact Martina Veneziano at 306-6347644 or email galleryed@sasktel.net IN PERSON: With cash or cheque

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Message From

The Mayor

Friendly reminder that the Collage Cultural Event is October 1, 2016 starting at noon. Come out and Enjoy.

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

NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL

NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL

Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act, 2015 for the office of:

Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act, 2015 for the office of:

Board Member: South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209

Board Member: Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 140

CURRIE, Pamela SUTTER, Shari

HICKIE, Bev MELLE, Karen

Dated at Weyburn, this 23rd day of September, 2016.

Dated at Weyburn, this 23rd day of September, 2016.

Judy Pilloud RETURNING OFFICER

Judy Pilloud RETURNING OFFICER

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

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

Polling Area #1 #2

Polling Place Church of God Estevan Art Gallery and Museum

Dated at Estevan this 23rd day of September, 2016

Address 1920 Wellock Road 118 4th Street

Judy Pilloud RETURNING OFFICER

B12 September 28, 2016

Estevan Mercury

Club Makes Three Donations The Estevan Antique Auto Club made a trio of donations on Sept. 22. The Estevan Salvation Army’s food bank received $3,000, while the Rafferty Marina maintenance fund and the Barrie’s Buddies team received $1,000 each. Barrie’s Buddies participated in the Parkinson Canada Super Walk in Estevan recently.

Participating in the cheque presentations were, from the left, Salvation Army family services manager Ronza Raynard, antique auto club member Gord Stevenson, president Nathan Dies, Rafferty Marina executive member Barry Bod and Barrie’s Buddies captain Barrie Murray. The funds were raised through the antique auto club’s flea markets and swap meets in the spring and fall. The next swap meet will be held on Oct. 8 at the Wylie-Mitchell building.

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