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Ludwig wins in a landslide

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Roy Ludwig’s second victory in a mayoral election in Estevan was even more convincing than his first.

Ludwig captured 1,809 of the 2,453 votes cast for mayor, or 73.7 per cent of the votes, in the Oct. 26 civic election in Estevan. James Halladay received 453 votes (18.5 per cent) to finish second and Rhyan Hagel came in third with 191 votes (7.8 per cent).

Ironically, Ludwig received an almost identical number of votes as he did in the 2012 civic election.

In that vote, he had 1,807 of the 3,018 votes cast for mayor.

Ludwig will be at the helm of a council that will be relatively short on experience. Incumbent councillors Greg Hoffort, Trevor Knibbs and Dennis Moore were re-elected to council.

Moore has the most experience with seven years as a councillor.

The other incumbents, Brian Johnson and Kevin Smith, were defeated.

Newcomers Shelly Veroba, Travis Frank and Lyle Yanish will round out council.

“I welcome the new councillors, and I look forward to working with them,” said Ludwig. “I know they’re all good people, and they’ll do their very best in working together with me to make the city of Estevan a better place.”

The mayor admitted he was surprised to see three new faces on council, and he was surprised that Johnson was not re-elected after 16 years on council.

“At the end of the day, the time comes when the people – and the people are always right – decide that it’s time for you to call it a day,” said Ludwig.

Cameron Robock was

the other candidate running for councillor.

The new council will have a number of issues to deal with immediately, starting with the 2017 budget. Council is expected to continue with debt repayment efforts. The rehabilitation of King Street is also expected to begin next year.

City beautification efforts are also expected to remain a priority. Ludwig believes council needs to continue to spend money to boost the community’s appearance.

Council has also been working on large federal grants for a couple of projects. One would see Rafferty Dam added as a source for Estevan’s drinking water. Boundary Dam is currently Estevan’s drinking water source.

The other grant would be used for residual management.

“Right now, we’re dumping some residual

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from the water treatment plant into the Souris River, which is probably not the way you should go environmentally,” said Ludwig.

The money would allow the city to transfer residuals to the lagoons.

Economic development is another issue that came up during the election campaign. The city has been without an economic development officer since Manpreet Sangha stepped down during the summer to take a similar job in Ontario.

Ludwig is in favour of hiring a replacement for Sangha, and he believes most of council are onside as well. He expects economic development will be a key issue for council during the next four years.

“I think it’s important that we work closely with the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, with all of the stakeholders, business people and leaders in our community to try to attract

Roy Ludwig more business to our city,” said Ludwig.

Ideas such as a manufacturing business and industrial tourism could help build the economy of the city. Ludwig believes the carbon capture and storage project at the Boundary Dam Power Station could help attract more visitors to the city.

Ludwig admits he was disappointed with the voter turnout. The final figure was 2,477 votes cast, since a handful of voters didn’t

vote for one of the mayoral candidates. About 8,000 people were eligible to vote in the election, so the voter turnout was about 30 per cent.

“We’d like to increase that number if we could, to get more people engaged,” said Ludwig. “We talked about how we would do that at our debate.”

The more people are engaged, the better it will be for council.

He was hoping that this election would attract a similar number of voters as the 2012 vote, but it was down by more than 500 voters. Ludwig hinted that the economic downturn might have played a role, since there are fewer people in the community.

The new council was slated to be sworn in at a special meeting on Nov. 1, and an orientation session for the new councillors is scheduled for Nov. 2. Their first regular meeting will be Nov. 7.

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Three new councillors and three incumbents elected

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By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan city council will have three new faces in the upcoming term.

Shelly Veroba, Travis Frank and Lyle Yanish were elected as councillors during the Oct. 26 civic election. They will join incumbent councillors Greg Hoffort, Trevor Knibbs and Dennis Moore.

Two other incumbents, Kevin Smith and Brian Johnson, were defeated.

Cameron Robock was the other candidate in the field.

Veroba finished first in the councillor race with 1,924 votes, which translated to 77.6 per cent support from the 2,477 people who voted.

She admitted she was surprised to collect the most votes.

“I was hoping to finish in the top six, so finishing in first place was very nice,” Veroba said in an interview with the Mercury. “I believe that I have to work hard in the next four years, so that if in the next election, I finish first again, that would be a true honour.”

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This wasn’t the first time Veroba had run for council. In 2005, she ran in a councillor byelection, and came in third out of six candidates.

“In 2005, it was just something I felt I had a desire to do, and I wanted to give it a shot,” said Veroba.

“This time I was truly confident in knowing that I would do a good job.”

People she talked to during the campaign discussed such issues as property taxes, infrastructure needs and activities in the community. They also voiced support on a number of fronts, including changes to the management team.

She is concerned that sewer and water drainage systems are still connected in some areas of the city, and Veroba believes it needs to change.

Hoffort finished first in the 2012 councillor election, and came in second this time with 1,749 votes (70.6 per cent). He believes there was a really strong field for councillor, and it reflected in the results, with less than 600 votes separating first from eighth place.

“People had some good choices to choose from this time, and they came out and voted,” said Hoffort. “And that’s what we love about our process. The people get to decide who will represent them.”

Knibbs.

He is also looking forward to working with the new members of city council.

“They ran for a reason, and I’m sure they have their heart in the right place,”

The new council should be strong, he said, and he is looking forward to working with the new councillors.

At the same time, he will miss Johnson and Smith’s contributions in council chambers.

Hoffort predicted the budget will be a key issue for council to tackle in the next couple months. They will also have to continue to pay down the debt.

“The exciting thing is we have an extremely solid and motivated management group in the city, and things like our roads, our parks, our recreation services, our financial management and emergency services are all in really good hands, and they’re going to continue to build on the work they’ve done in the last few years,” said Hoffort.

Knibbs finished third with 1,694 votes (68.3 per cent), earning him his first full term on city council. He was elected in a byelection in April 2014.

He expects his 2 1/2 years of council experience will help during the upcoming term.

“I know exactly what to expect, and with the plan we have moving forward, I think we’ll be able to get everyone on board,” said

said Knibbs. “I’m sure they have something they want to do, and I’m excited to see what their plan is moving forward.”

He encourages the new council members to be confident when they bring their point across, and to be ready to learn about their roles and their responsibilities. There is a steep learning curve for at least the first year, as they find out how the city runs.

Knibbs predicted the new council will have to focus on economic development, and decide whether they want to hire a new employee at the helm of that division.

Frank came in fourth with 1,553 votes (62.6 per cent support). He is excited with the opportunity of joining council, and tackling the issues facing the city.

“I definitely expect a huge learning curve,” said Frank. “I don’t underestimate that at all. I definitely will be reliant on the existing councillors. All of us new councillors are reliant on the existing councillors to give us the rundown and introduce us to everything over the next year so we feel comfortable before making any decisions.”

Frank has watched and monitored council close-

ly over the years, but he knows there is still a lot to learn.

Prior to election day, Frank was confident that he would be joining council, but he knew it wasn’t a guarantee.

Frank hopes he can bring a young voice to council. At age 28, he is likely one of the youngest people ever elected to city council.

“Unfortunately, since age is not a requirement for somebody to give to run for council, we’re not sure that we’ll ever be able to prove it, but we can definitely confirm that I’m the youngest person in the last 20 years to be elected,” said Frank.

Yanish finished just behind Frank with 1,540 votes (62.1 per cent support). It was about where he expected to finish, since he knew he wouldn’t finish first, but he was confident he would be elected.

“People were talking to me about infrastructure and taxes, and moving forward with keeping our city up to date,” said Yanish. “They liked what currently has happened with making the city cleaner, and making the city more appealing. Lots of people were saying they want to keep doing that.”

Yanish has spent several years on the Estevan board of police commissioners, and he expects that experience will help with his adjustment, since he gained some familiarity with procedures and protocol.

Still, he recognizes there will be a big learning curve, and he will need to spend several months learning about municipal politics.

“I know they’ll teach us as we move forward,” said Yanish. “I’m glad it’s

not a whole new council.

It’s a 50/50 split with new and … old.”

Yanish would like to remain with the police board, and continue to show support for members of the Estevan Police Service.

Moore claimed the sixth and final councillor seat, receiving 1,530 votes (61.7 per cent). It was a drop in support for him, as he finished first in 2009 and second in 2012.

As the most tenured of the six councillors, with seven years on council, he expects his experience will be an asset.

“We have to display to the new people that there are ways and regulations and rules to follow, and how to get involved and pursue an issue,” said Moore.

He is pleased to see some young people have taken an interest in politics, and were able to get elected.

“I think it makes for a well-balanced council, and it leaves the rest of us to help them come along with the things they are interested in,” said Moore.

“At the same time, they’re going to prove there are things they are interested in, and our job will be to support them. As a group, we should blend really well.”

The new council will need to address the condition of King Street. Not only does it need to be resurfaced, but it needs to be widened from Petterson Drive to Pine Avenue. Council also needs to address residential routes such as Duncan Road, and they need to repair sidewalks.

As for the other candidates, Smith finished seventh with 1,387 votes (56.7 per cent support), followed by Johnson with 1,333 votes (53.9 per cent).

Robock was ninth at 314, or 12.7 per cent of the vote.

The incumbents and the new councillors were slated to be sworn in on Nov. 1. A orientation meeting is scheduled for the following day.

The first official meeting for the new council will be on Nov. 7. Since it will be the first open council meeting since September, it’s expected council will have a number of topics to discuss.

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Estevan Habitat For Humanity has recipient family in place

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The chairman of Estevan’s first-ever Habitat for Humanity (HFH) project was all smiles on Thursday evening of last week when he introduced the media and other Habitat committee members to their first partner family.

Doug Barnstable, who has been heading up the local drive to acquire good, affordable housing for those who can benefit from the program, stated that Stephanie Bramham, a single mother, and her three-year-old daughter Teal have been selected to be recipients of the first Habitat building project.

He said he hoped that a winter season filled with fundraising efforts will set the stage for the start of construction of a modest home of about 1,000 square feet, in March or April of 2017.

Barnstable said the local partner selection committee submitted a short list of candidates to their Regina counterparts, who are serving as the local group’s senior advisor.

They made the decision which was confirmed locally.

“We opened the application process on June 23 this year and it closed about a month later. The application process is extensive, but worthwhile,”

he said.

Regina’s HFH came back with their choice in late September, at which time some local committee members sat down with Bramham to discuss her obligations and parameters of the program to complete her eligibility requirements that include continued payments on a modest mortgage, home maintenance, and 500 hours of family “sweat equity” in the actual construction process.

“I moved back to Estevan three and a half years ago. I was pregnant and needed some family support which I received from my mother and father and then I got into a public housing about two years ago,” she said.

The young mother said the current crowded conditions in the housing project she is in, continually raise concerns about security and safety, especially for her daughter who doesn’t have a yard to play in.

Roberta DeRosier, the chairwoman of the partner family committee, said that was one major consideration they had when compiling the short list.

“Stephanie is a mature young woman with a stable income and she is good with money, so we have no doubt she can do this,” said DeRosier.

Schooled in Estevan and Regina and employed as a graphic designer,

Bramham said she can see her family, her father (who was in attendance at the announcement) and perhaps her Regina-based brothers would be helping her on the construction side of the equation.

“I sought family support before and received it. I will be calling on them once more,” she said during a brief media scrum that followed the announcement.

“My daughter and I will now start our new journey,” she said during a brief but heartfelt acceptance address to the local committee.

Barnstable said the entire project will require about $225,000 in funding which could come in the form of work or gift-inkind contributions as well as cash and that would include the purchase price of the property. He said an actual location has not been selected yet. A few options are being pursued on that front, including an offer from a local developer who would be willing to provide a building site at a discounted price. That was just one example of what was coming to the table, he suggested.

Barnstable also cited some statistics that point to a stable, home ownership environment being responsible for improving children’s school grades, behaviours and self-es-

Stephanie Bramham (right) with Roberta DeRosier, chairwoman of the partner family committee. teem. That “sense of home, is a lot more than concrete and buildings, it’s hope and Habitat families can do it with the help of a zero per cent mortgage interest rate and zero down payment,” he said. The ongoing mortgage payments go to Habitat for Humanity to be applied to the second local project and so on.

“We hope to reach our goal this winter and be ready to start construction in the spring. Anyone interested can phone us at 306-421-2023 and it will link directly to me or my co-chairman Calven John-

son,” he said.

So far the local committee has raised approximately $35,000 in cash and committed gifts-in-kind.

The 100K fundraising subcommittee will now spring into action, and they will be looking for additional volunteer assistance, as are all of the HFH committees, especially now that a concrete project and recipient family have been identified.

“I’m looking forward to having a home for my daughter, and a back yard.

She loves to be outside and I can’t give her that

now. Even her tricycle we left outside one night, got stolen,” said Bramham.

DeRosier said the training program for Bramham will continue with helpful advice and recommendations coming from a well-planned program offered by the Regina HFH team. Some of that will see Bramham attend a session or two in Regina, while others will be delivered in Estevan or online.

“I have found out how it works, and I’m ready because it’s a great opportunity for me and my daughter,” said Bramham.

Olsen steps down as deputy chief The Estevan Fire Rescue Service is in need of a new deputy fire chief.

Charles Olsen submitted his resignation from the fire department late last month, to take a job with an undisclosed surveying company in Regina. His final day with the department is on Dec. 23.

“This job came to me out of the blue,” said Olsen. “It wasn’t that I was searching for a job or anything. This one came through an old friend that

I know through surveying from way back. He is looking at expanding the business that he has, and sought me out.

“He heard that I was not in surveying in Estevan anymore, and asked me if I would go in that direction.”

Olsen started working as the deputy fire chief in March, after a lengthy career with Midwest Surveys Inc.’s Estevan office.

He said it was a difficult decision to leave Estevan, as he has enjoyed his

time in the community and his tenure with the fire department. Olsen was with the department as a paid on-call firefighter from 2010 until he was hired as the deputy fire chief earlier this year.

The job as deputy chief allowed him to get to know a different side of the fire department. He oversaw the firefighters while they carried out their duties at incidents, and he had to complete more paperwork.

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“I will definitely be seeking some sort of volunteer fire service in Regina, if that presents itself in the future,” said Olsen.

Olsen also became part of the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s national board in 2014.

He said he would like to remain part of the foundation, and hinted he could be an ambassador for the organization until he finds another firefighting opportunity.

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Proceeds Presented The Prairie Winds motorcycle club presented the proceeds of their annual motorcycle ride to the Ronald McDonald House on Oct. 27. Ninety people braved the cool and wet weather conditions to participate in the ride in September, and raised $4,210 for the Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon. Participating in the cheque presentation were, from the left, Estevan McDonald’s franchisees Tim and Christine Jenish, and Prairie Winds members Pam Currie, Donna Kulach, Gloria Threinen, Raelene Fieber, Jan Gross and Louise Harrison.

Southeast communities elect some new representatives to serve at council tables In addition to the City and RM of Estevan, there were a number of elections in municipalities in southeast Saskatchewan. While some municipalities did not hold elections because of uncontested positions, there were many that have seen changes to their leadership.

The RM of Benson had its election on Oct. 26, with the reeve, and councillors for Divisions 1, 3 and 5 being re-elected by acclamation. David Hoffort remains mayor, while Larry Mack, Greg Dukart and Donald Van De Woestyne remain councillors of Divisions 1, 3 and 5, respectively.

The only contested division was Division 5, in which incumbent Donald Van De Woestyne got 25 votes. Candidate Robbie Duke was defeated, with a total of 16 votes.

In the RM of Coalfields, there was an election held for the position of reeve and for councillor for Division 3. The newly elected reeve for the RM of Coalfields is Richard Tessier, who won with a total of 119 votes. Tessier won a majority over the other three candidates, Paul Deren (52 votes), Arnold Jahn (42 votes) and Barry Harris (16 votes).

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vision 3 councillor for the RM of Coalfields is Scott Zieglgansberger, who won with a total of 33 votes.

Defeated candidates for councillor include Richard Farstad, who won 23 votes, and Bruce Craig, who won nine votes.

In the election for the reeve and councillors for Divisions 1, 3 and 5 in the RM of Cymri, incumbent reeve Joe Vilcu was reelected, defeating Peter R. Wiebe. Vilcu received a total of 178 votes, while Wiebe won 55 votes.

For Division 1, councillor Harvey Schindel was re-elected with a total of 35 votes, defeating candidate Donald Ereth, who won 22 votes. Division 3 saw coun-

cillor Keith Eldstrom reelected, winning 15 votes.

His victory came over candidate Travis Stendall, who received one vote.

In Division 5, Darrel Druck was re-elected with 52 votes, defeating candidate Cornelius Fehr, who received a total of eight votes.

Paul Carroll is the newly elected mayor of the Town of Bienfait, having won the position by acclamation. Out of the eight candidates running for council, Ivan Boyer, Chris Dupuis, Rob Forster, Steven Matthewson, Hildor Peters and Shirley Wheeler were elected to council, while Shannon Achter and Daniyale Lalonde were

defeated. Out of the candidates, Forster and Wheeler both ran as incumbents.

Boyer won a total of 92 votes, Dupuis won 138 votes, Forster won 113 votes, Matthewson won 117 votes, Peters won 94 votes and Wheeler won 129 votes. Achter and Lalonde won 83 votes, and 41 votes, respectively.

The Village of Macoun has a new mayor, with Glenys Baerg winning 83 votes, defeating candidate Grant Dube, who won 30 votes.

There were seven candidates running for council, with incumbent aldermen Wade Cox and Nick Benoit being re-elected, with 72 and 58 votes, respectively.

Candidates Josiah Anderson (93 votes), and Dale Hillier (61 votes) were also elected to council.

Tyler Carter (19 votes), Dustin Fisher (18 votes), Kelly Foord (36 votes), Juergen Hauck (45 votes) and Dallas Weinrauch (36) were defeated.

In the municipal election for the Town of Lampman, incumbent mayor Sean Paxman was re-elected. Out of the 11 people running for council, incumbent candidates Janice Bernier, Karla Van Der Schaaf, and Jamie Taillon were re-elected. New councillors Duane Garton, Desmond Bilsky, and Richard Kochie were also elected.

Correction: In the Oct. 26 edition of the Mercury, a particular series of dates were mistakenly included in a story. In the story entitled “Warm Welcome shelter to offer hospitality for another winter,” on page 10, it was stated that the shelter would be open at the Salvation Army building from Dec. 23 to 26. The actual dates the shelter will be staying at the Salvation Army building instead of at St. Paul’s United Church will be Nov. 23, 24, 25 and 26.

The Mercury apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.

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Cowgirl Donation Members of the Calamity Cowgirls trick riding team Cassidy Ross (left), Marci LeBlanc and Carlee Ross (far right) presented a cheque for $150 to Julie Dzuba, with the Envision Counselling and Support Centre.

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Keating elected as new reeve

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

The Rural Municipality of Estevan now has a new reeve, after Terry Keating received the majority of votes, in the Oct. 26 election for the RM. Keating, a first time candidate will be replacing incumbent Kelly Lafrentz as reeve, edging out Lafrentz by

about 16 per cent of the vote.

A total of 390 people in the RM turned up to vote, at the polling station at the office of the RM. Keating won with a total of 188 votes, while Lafrentz was the runner up with 124 votes. Candidate Janet Severson had a total of 78 votes.

There were no elections held for Divisions 1, 3 and 5,

as their outcomes were decided by acclamation. Councillors for those divisions are Lorne Jahn (Division 1), Dennis Blackburn (Division 3) and Del Block, (Division 5). Those councillors will remain on council for another four years.

Keating said being elected and realizing he had as many people as he does

behind him, was a humbling experience, and he hopes to be able to live up to the expectations of those who voted for him.

“I went virtually to every door myself and felt that I should meet people at their door, and hand out my pamphlet,” said Keating in a phone call with the Mercury after the election. “It was

fairly early in the campaign process that I had enough comments from people that I thought I was getting a good message from the ratepayers.”

The first council meeting with Keating as reeve will be Nov. 2. Keating noted he wants to foster a culture of open-mindedness and positive thinking with council. He

added an important incentive for him, moving forward is encouraging growth, in all aspects, in the RM of Estevan.

“I do mean all aspects.

If there’s an entrepreneurial spirit out there, or a company or something, if they want to present to council, I want to encourage that kind of thing,” said Keating. “It’s council’s mandate to grow the RM.”

Traffic unit conducts enforcement Members of the Estevan Combined Traffic Services issued more than 70 tickets from Oct. 16 to 22.

Thirty-eight tickets were for exceeding the posted speed limit. Another 13 were for driving faster than 60 kilometres per hour (km/h) while passing an emergency vehicle with its lights on. Two were for exceeding the speed limit by more than 35 km/h.

Members also issued five tickets for operating an unregistered vehicle, four for the driver failing to wear a seatbelt, three for having illegal window tint, two for driving without a valid licence, and single tickets for disobeying a stop sign, driving without due care and attention, ignoring an amber light, failing to stop at a red light, and for the passenger failing to wear a seatbelt.

Thirteen warnings and nine inspection notices were issued.

Also, on the afternoon of Oct. 21, members conducted a check stop on Sixth Street. Approximately 200 vehicles were checked. A number of tickets and warnings were given for various infractions, including failing to wear a seatbelt and having tinted windows.

One driver was ques-

tioned about alcohol consumption and provided a breath sample into an approved screening device, but the motorist was not impaired.

From Oct. 23 to 29, traffic unit members issued 30 more tickets. Twenty-three were for exceeding the posted speed limit. One person was nabbed for exceeding the speed limit by more than 35 km/h, and another was for

exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h.

Two tickets were for driving without a valid driver’s licence, and single tickets were for operating a vehicle without valid registration, disobeying a stop sign and for the driver failing to wear a seatbelt.

Nine warnings and two inspection notices were also handed out.

During the Oct. 28

night shift, members conducted patrols in Estevan and the surrounding area to find impaired drivers. Two motorists were arrested, as both had breath samples that were nearly double the legal limit. Charges are pending in both instances.

The traffic unit plans to conduct more random check stops at various hours of the day to catch impaired drivers.

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The next two months within the City of Estevan’s council chambers should provide councillors and local residents with some interesting scenarios.

The bar of governance has been raised slightly over the last two years as Estevan got into preparation mode for the Western Canada Cup and the Saskatchewan Summer Games last spring and summer.

It was a tribute to our city that we managed to apply those finishing touches, at some substantial cost in spite of the fact our once-booming oil patch had gone bust.

Residents showed resiliency and perseverance while pulling off a couple of big-time hosting events, one of them just a couple of short weeks after a devastating rain storm that caused flooding havoc.

Now, with no new major feature facing us in the immediate future, we wonder which direction our city council will take.

Will the three new faces at the council table create a new governance model for re-elected Mayor Roy Ludwig and incumbent councillors Greg Hoffort, Trevor Knibbs, and Dennis Moore to cope with?

Or will it be business as usual?

Will newcomers Shelly Veroba, Lyle Yanish and Travis Frank begin a new era of growth and provide fresh ideas once they feel more comfortable in their councillor

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

No debate over carbon tax issue Whether the Saskatchewan legislature was ever a great place for debate is … well … debatable.

We love to talk about the good ol’ days when those we elected were all brilliant orators and when every word uttered was meritorious of our undivided attention.

My recollection may not go quite back in the heyday of the Tommy Douglas-Ross Thatcher debate on Crown ownership in Mossbank.

I do, however, recall some great barn burners from the likes of Grant Devine and Roy Romanow and Allan Blakeney on public versus private ownership.

Also, it’s easy to recall any number of brilliant speeches from Saskatchewan Party Premier Brad Wall whose speaking skills are considered a throwback to those bygone days.

But they were few and far between.

Most are time-wasting nonsense that produce a lot of heat, but very little light.

Even on critical issues, like the priva-

skins?

We hope they do.

We feel they can set up a few challenges for the incumbents, not as boatrockers or anti-establishment figures, but rather as new people with different ideas.

What this council doesn’t need at this stage of its recovery process, are radicals or rogues on council, but it could probably welcome a few new concepts and be open to striking out in different directions, when the need arises.

For the past two years, the focus has been on first organizing the debt and deficit picture to make a little more sense, and then reducing it.

This was being done right in the midst of preparing for and spending money on not only repairing some major infrastructure items but also beautifying our city in a meaningful and sustainable fashion. It wasn’t easy.

Now is not the time for council or any of our local committees to rest on their laurels. There is still plenty to do, even if we aren’t playing host to any substantial provincial or national event next year. We shouldn’t need an excuse to keep pushing progress.

The only thing that could put a kink in our financial and rebuilding plans would

be another pull back of funds from the province’s revenue-sharing program which was just recently restored to previous levels of support.

Faced with a growing debt, the provincial treasury may suddenly decide to no longer share that one per cent of sales tax revenue with the cities, towns and villages as it has in the recent past. They could decide to renege on the promise and keep the money in the provincial coffers to reduce their own debt-load which would put cities like Estevan back into a debt spiral of their own … once again.

We trust that won’t happen, but then we never expected the province to renege on the historical reimbursements of Workers’ Compensation Board funds (profit) that they kept in provincial hands this year, instead of handing them back to those who funded the program in the first place. That money was needed, and wasn’t delivered, so it wouldn’t be surprising if political expediency and financial pressures made that $262 million in revenue sharing, suddenly unattainable.

If that happens, Estevan may just need some fresh ideas at the table to enable us to keep our sights set on growth rather than on an unexpected financial contingency plan.

tization of the Saskatchewan Potash Corporation when the rules of the day allowed long-winded filibusters.

So whether speeches are any better or worse today than they used to be may largely be a matter of debate. Less debatable is the fact that rule changes limiting the length of debate do cause more succinct conversations. As such, one might have thought last week’s debate motion calling for the legislature to support Wall’s Climate Change White Paper, and that oppose the federal government’s national carbon tax, might have been an issue where our politicians of today really rose to the occasion.

Sadly, they didn’t.

That might have less to do with the lack of orator skills among today’s MLAs than it had to do with the fact the legislature has always been filled with debates, less about passion or solution and more about the politics of the place.

This is not to say Wall is not sincerely passionate about this issue, or even that his arguments against Prime Minister Trudeau’s carbon tax on oil and gas is not valid.

A per-tonne tax on oil, gas, mining and agriculture has the potential to severely hurt those primary industries.

Wall is likely right that Trudeau simply has not done his homework on how the tax may impact Saskatchewan, or, how whether or not it will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

That happens to be one area where Wall’s Saskatchewan Party, the NDP and everyone in the province agree.

Given Wall’s motion in the legislature stated, “this assembly opposes the federal

government’s plan to impose a national carbon tax,” there seems precious little for politicians to debate.

What also seems undebatable is that something has to be done to address GHG emissions.

This may not be something all that easily accepted on coffee row, but even the Wall government’s Climate Change White Paper is rather unequivocal in its position that the globe is experiencing its warmest days in the past 11,000 years.

If you look at what Wall and the Sask.

Party have been proposing on the environment for the past decade now, this should come as no surprise.

As noted by the NDP, during the legislative debate, the Sask. Party’s 2007 election platform promised to “stabilize GHG emissions by 2010, reduce them by 32 per cent by 2020 and reduce GHG gases by 80 per cent by 2050.”

The NDP noted Wall’s 2010 Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Act, that former environment minister Nancy Heppner described as a “carbon compliance price,” had been presented but not passed.

That these issues weren’t noted in Wall’s white paper was more than passing strange.

It demonstrates how what gets debated in the legislature aren’t the best ideas, either new ones or ideas that have already been proposed.

What we see instead at the legislature is a lot of bluster, but very little exploration of facts.

But if it’s any consolation, it’s almost always been that way.

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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

BY NORM PARK We have lots of ground to cover today dear diary, so let’s get at it.

First off, we’ll discuss my embarrassment over the fact I still haven’t conquered my vehicle’s GPS system.

I’ve owned it for four years now and read the manual and had one person demonstrate, but of course that was when I had 4,322 other electronic wonders to embrace. We all know how useless manuals are, although I admit, I used it to teach myself how to adjust the mirrors.

The GPS dilemma hasn’t bothered me much since I generally know where I’m going. (Please suppress your smile at the aforementioned statement, you know what I mean).

Two summers ago, the bride and I were looking for a spot in Yorkton. We eventually learned you can’t program GPS while the vehicle is moving.

We laughed at our stupidity and the fact the electronic world was looking out for our safety while we weren’t.

Even stationary, we didn’t unfold the puzzle.

Nor have I figured out how to control the favourites channels and artists on my Sirius system. I just voice command or touch screen myself to distraction. And hands free cell? 4gedaboudit.

I do love the cup holders, though. I know how they work.

So lessons learned, while no lessons learned, if you get my drift.

Just wanted you to know, dear diary, I am not a perfect person. Not that you had any doubts.

While I am in the confession booth, while not being Catholic, I have to admit that for the first time since turning 18, I failed to vote in an election … civic, provincial, federal.

I was on a bus last Wednesday and STC did not provide a mobile vote. I knew I was going to be away and fully intended to cast a ballot at the Saturday advance poll. I was working that day, got tied up in my supposed duties, and by the time I realized I hadn’t made it to city hall to vote, the poll was closed.

According to the old saying, I can’t complain about anything going on in city council now, because I failed to vote.

Right. Like I’m going to take that to heart. Whining about council stuff is the most fun of all, isn’t it? I know my rights and rites.

Did you know that under Sunny Way Sequel’s regime, you can now fill out an application to get the job as a senator? How cool is that? Apparently you go online and fill in the details and eureka, you too, could be a Canadian senator.

There is hope for me yet. Of course, I will fill out the application as efficiently as I have mastered by vehicle’s GPS system.

We leave this week on a thoughtful note.

Years ago I had the opportunity to interview Scotty Munro, the fabled junior hockey coach who guided several players to NHL status and spent time behind the Estevan Bruin bench. Scotty died a short time after our talk. I ran across the interview the other day while searching for something else.

Munro noted, “you don’t make hockey players with weekend coaches and hockey clinics. Any coach can teach hockey. The secret is to get inside the kid, find out what makes him tick. You must do that before you can make a complete hockey player out of him … and a good man. Develop the player and the man. Championships can come later.”

Nuff said.

The Editor: Estevan, we have a real, very sad, very preventable problem as of late.

Stray animals like we’ve never seen before and this is entirely our fault.

Currently, Estevan Humane Society’s shelter is home to 60 cats, 20 of whom are kittens. They are also housing five dogs.

They are full and the litters keep coming. The Society does its best but this is unacceptable and preventable. Some of these poor animals are born to breeders who sell them for a profit. Some are born to people who want their cat or dog to have the “experience” of having a litter, or, who want their children to witness the “miracle of life,” and sadly most result from allowing fertile animals to roam freely and mate.

So spay and neuter your animals people!

Whatever the reason, the number of cats and dogs far exceeds the number of loving homes available.

Many people drop animals off in rural areas, thinking that someone will take them in. In fact, we had two helpless kittens in our

basement last week that we nursed back to health and found homes for. They had been dumped at my husband’s workplace, in the yards. I promise you, these babies are not able to fend for themselves.

The tragic fates these animals face include cruel treatment, starvation, disease, freezing, traffic and more unregulated breeding.

Even if someone can find homes for one litter of kittens or puppies, the overpopulation cycle continues if they are allowed to breed.

Animals from breeders occupy homes that could have taken in homeless animals, which ultimately will be destroyed.

Please adopt from animal shelters, and don’t forget about adult cats and dogs which are frequently overlooked by those looking for a puppy or kitten. The adult pet may often have the advantage of being housebroken and trained.

Before you commit … think. Some animal’s life is in your hands. For most responsible pet owners, every day spent with your pet gives you an unconditional love that’s hard to beat.

Deciding to bring a pet into

your life is a commitment that should never be done lightly, and if you do decide to offer it a home, it should be for the pet’s lifetime.

Responsible pet ownership means promising to take care of it through sickness and health, in good and bad times.

Are you ready for a lifetime commitment or responsible pet care?

Adopting a dog or cat means you have considered the expense for a lifestime of quality pet food, veterinary care, including vaccinations, spaying or neutering, toys, beds, leashes, collars and any other associated expense.

Taking care of a pet isn’t cheap. A pet will stick with you through thick and thin, it’s only fair we do the same for them.

Unfortunately, there are pet owners who never made that commitment.

They see pets differently and have no problem getting one for a short time before giving it away and then getting another one, repeating the cycle every few years. Pets are not fashion statements, they are living things with feelings.

They feel pain and mourn the loss of another pet, or

their human. Dogs and cats love being with people they trust and respect. They are there when we’re sad, happy, angry, or when we just want to be alone.

We can do better than this. Stiffer fines need to be applied by the city.

Mandatory spay or neuter programs put in place, and for the love of God people, before you adopt, think.

Pets are not a thing, they are being. They should become family. If you aren’t able to give them as much love as you would any other family member, may I suggest a stuffed animal? You don’t deserve the real thing. You don’t decide to just “get a pet one day.” Think it through and realize you are committing to the health and well being of another living soul.

If you can’t adopt today and have been responsible with your choice, but love animals, the Humane Society could sure use some help … or donations.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” Mahatma Gandhi.

Sincerely, Roxy Blackmore Estevan

Tough driving on some Sask. highways says writer The Editor: For most of the past 40 years, we have taken Highway 18 west to Rockglen and Killdeer on our way to visit my wife’s family in Great Falls, Montana. We visit friends along the way.

Two years ago, she remarked how beautiful this drive is and how much we enjoy it, but the highway has become bad now. It’s been reduced to rough gravel in some places and in others, it gives new meaning to the great Saskatchewan sport called “pothole dodge.’ As Judy was driving, I complimented her on her ability to

miss most of the potholes.

At one time the road was narrow, two-lane blacktop which was OK, because after Torquay, the traffic count slowly diminishes, but the road still has a lot of use.

The Big Muddy is one of the more scenic parts of the drive and over the years we’ve noticed a lot of changes such as the telephone lines that are now gone from the top of the fence posts and you can’t just drive over to the cairn where the North West Mounted Police post once sat. The cairn is still there, just fenced off. It seems

that someone doesn’t want people to check out the historic points that make the province so interesting and that is surely one of them.

We haven’t stopped at Aust’s General Store in Big Beaver in years and that’s an interesting stop. Their motto was/is “If we haven’t got it, you don’t need it.”

The last time we stopped, there was a wooden boardwalk in front of the store.

Around the junction of Highways 6 and 18, No. 18 starts to improve a little. Just north of Killdeer there was a crew working on repairing some of the rough spots, but no work is

being done from Estevan to that point. It’s a shame that Highway 18 isn’t repaired so it could be the joy to drive on that it once was.

The people who live along it would be a lot happier as they go about their daily business.

By the way, when we came back, we got on Highway 348 to Highway 5 at Opheim Montana, and drove across to Portal. The road there is really good.

Someone in the United States must have spent some of that oil money on the people’s highways.

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Bruno’s condition improves He gained international attention by surviving for 27 days after falling down a well at the Billesberger family farm near Hitchcock.

But now Bruno, a sevenyear-old chocolate Labrador retriever, is making steady progress in his recovery.

Joe Billesberger, who helped rescue Bruno from the well, said the famous pooch is continuing to put on weight. While the gains are small and incremental, it’s an encouraging sign that he isn’t losing weight.

Bruno is recovering at the Western College of Veterinarian Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

He is now up to nearly 45 pounds, or about half of his

weight before becoming trapped in the well.

“He’s walking on his own,” said Billesberger. “His fur is looking very well, and he has a lot more energy.”

Bruno started walking on his own last week. When the Billesberger clan arrived at the college to visit Bruno this past weekend, he walked into the room to greet them.

“He got short of energy and laid down, and relaxed for a little while,” said Billesberger. “Then he walked outside with us.”

The wounds on Bruno’s paws are also starting to heal.

The clinic has been administering laser therapy on his paws, and they hope it will help him avoid surgery.

Bruno, the now-famous chocolate Labrador dog, continues to get better after spending 27 days trapped in a well. Photo submitted.

Bruno is still receiving supplements for calcium and phosphorus, but he is being weaned off of those, and his food intake is slowly increasing.

The care Bruno has received has been excellent, Billesberger said, and they

have provided attention to him around the clock.

“They usually have a student helping out and taking care of him all of the time,” said Billesberger.

Billesberger doesn’t know for sure when Bruno will be able to return home.

He’s still going through physiotherapy so he can regain his strength and flexibility. His condition improves every day, and he’s getting closer to coming home.

The community continues to be supportive as well.

A Facebook group has hun-

dreds of followers who are tracking his progress. And the Prairie Animal Health Centre, which tended to Bruno in the first few days after he was discovered, used their business sign to voice their support for Bruno’s recovery.

Police remain busy with frauds Members of the Estevan Police Service have been dealing with fraud complaints, assaults and other calls in late October.

Members received information regarding a telephone scam during the Oct. 24 night shift. The victim sent over $10,000 in a Publishers Clearing House fraud. The money was supposed to pay taxes and fees. Anyone who is asked to send money to claim a prize is asked to report the incident to police before sending money.

Police received a report of a man obtaining lodging by fraud during the Oct. 25 day shift. He was arrested and released with a future court date. The matter remains under investigation.

Police conducted a traffic stop on an Estevan male during the Oct. 26 night shift. He was found to be breaching two of his release conditions, stemming from charges earlier in the year. He was released with a future court date.

Members received a complaint of a man who

was possibly breaching his release conditions during the Oct. 27 day shift. He is supposed to have no contact with a certain person and is suspected of calling that individual. Also, police are

looking into the same incident due to threats to cause bodily harm to a couple of people.

Police were notified of a man attempting to access a residence in the central part of the city during the Oct. 28 day shift. He is described as 19 to 25 years old, with light brown curly hair. He was wearing a black Monster hoodie and brown boots. If anyone has any other information regarding this matter, contact the EPS. While on patrol dur-

ing the Oct. 28 night shift, police found a man passed out in the back area of some downtown businesses. He was arrested for public intoxication. When he was searched, he was found to be in possession of some illegal drugs. The 24-yearold Ontario resident faces two charges of possession of a controlled substance and will be in court in early December to answer to the charges.

Officers then attended to a noisy party complaint during the Oct. 29 night

shift. When police arrived, a 22-year-old Estevan woman was arrested for causing a disturbance and public intoxication. It was later learned that she also assaulted a resident in the home.

Police received a complaint during the Oct. 30 day shift of a fraud that involved buying a pet online. The EPS reminds the public to be cautious when buying anything online and to research the company they are purchasing items from.

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Chargers fall to Ravens in MJMFL final

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The Estevan Century 21 peewee Chargers fell just short of completing a hard-fought comeback against the Weyburn Ravens in the Moose Jaw Minor Football League (MJMFL) championship final at Elks Field on Friday.

The Ravens won the title with a 14-8 victory over the Chargers in front of a big crowd of Estevan and Weyburn faithful who braved the cold and rainswept conditions to cheer their young heroes on. The championship game was the first time a club from Estevan had advanced that far in the MJMFL playoffs, but the local kids didn’t show any nerves coming out calm and ready to play at the opening whistle.

“We approached it like any other day,” said Chargers head coach Jason Bresciani. “We can beat these guys. We got the kids believing and we just basically kept fine tuning each play each day to get here.”

The Ravens pushed hard on the first possession driving the ball down to the Chargers 16-yard line only to have the Estevan defence push back on their own stopping the advance on three straight plays. Once regaining the ball, the Chargers offence was unable to move it downfield surrendering it to the Ravens on their own 22-yard line.

The tandem of Austin Knupp and Ben Manning

Chargers full back Rylan Hansen attempts to run the football past a swarming Ravens defence. Photo by Jamie Harkins. took over from there running the ball deep into the red zone before Manning punched it in for the touchdown with 1:49 left in the first quarter. Ravens quarterback Sidney Sidloski kicked the convert to make the score 8-0 heading into the second period.

Weyburn began the quarter with a first down at the Chargers 43-yard line, but could not advance any further. Sidloski then attempted a punt to try and pin Estevan deep, but a

quick advance by Chargers defensive lineman Hailey Neff prevented the QB from getting the kick off.

“I didn’t even know I (blocked) it until it hit my helmet,” said Neff. “I wanted to go for the touchdown, but I couldn’t because it (went) out of bounds.”

Neff followed the blocked punt by recovering a Ravens fumble the next time the Chargers defence was on the field, but Weyburn’s offence kept pressing. On their next pos-

session, a couple of strong runs by Knupp and Manning brought the ball from deep inside their territory to the Chargers three-yard line with Knupp finishing off the drive on a plunge up the middle with 1:34 left in the half to bring the score to 14-0.

Both the Chargers and Ravens battled in the trenches to start the third quarter with neither seeming able to penetrate each other’s defences until the final play of the period

when Chargers quarterback Alec Waldegger ran a bootleg to the sidelines from the Weyburn 50-yard line and sprinted down the field for the touchdown. Klayten Piippo booted the convert to make it 14-8 with 12 minutes to go.

The two teams fought hard for any advantage in the fourth quarter with the Ravens advancing the ball to 10 yards out from the Chargers end zone with about two minutes remaining only to have Kolby

Forseth record two big defensive tackles to help Estevan regain possession.

The Chargers then marched the ball down the field over the final 1:46 with Waldegger making it to the Ravens 30-yard line on a last run towards the end zone during the final play of the game.

“It was awesome,” said Bresciani. “If we would have had a few more seconds on the clock or one more play I think we would have pulled it off.”

Bruins outgun opposition on three-game swing

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Eighteen goals for and 15 goals against added up to three straight road wins for the Estevan Power Dodge Bruins on the weekend.

The Bruins (14-3-0-1) moved into the top spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) standings on Sunday night after racking up a 5-4 win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves (2-13-0-2) at Mel Hegland Arena on Friday, a 5-4 shootout victory against the Flin Flon Bombers (86-2-2) at Whitney Forum the next evening and an 8-7 overtime barnburner versus

the Melfort Mustangs (510-1-2) at Northern Lights Palace on Devil’s Night.

“Our depth was good and our team was firing on all cylinders offensively,” said Chris Lewgood, head coach and general manager of the Bruins. “We played an open style of game and when you don’t have last change you can’t protect against the opposition’s top lines and as a result we were able to outgun the other teams.”

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Nic Tallarico was between the pipes in Manitoba stopping 45 Bombers’ shots including Brandon Lesko, Greyson Reitmeier and Jason Lavallee in the shootout. After Flin Flon netminder Zac Robidoux foiled SJHL leading goal scorer Kaelan Holt, Bruins centre Jason Miller scored the winner in the extra frame.

Michael McChesney got the action off to a fast start in Melfort lighting the lamp 27 seconds into the first period. Both teams went back and forth throughout the contest with

each club notching two goals in the opening frame, two goals in the middle stanza and three goals in the final 20 minutes including markers by Mustang forwards Tanner Zentner and Miles Warkentine in the last 43 seconds to force overtime. Josh Rieger, who leads all SJHL defencemen in scoring with four goals and 19 points, found the back of Melfort’s net 1:46 into the fourth period.

“We put on 1,800 kilometres this weekend and we’ve won six games in a row,” said Lewgood.

“We’re very excited about where we’re at and obviously as every team does

we’ve got areas we need to improve on, but at the end of the day we’re more than satisfied.”

Bruins notes...

Bruins leading scorer Matt McNeil has been awarded the SJHL Player of the Week honours after the right wing scored four goals and recorded 10 points in the past four games.

C a p t a i n Ly n n d e n Pastachak is on a 14-game point streak and has recorded at least one point in every game he’s played this season except for a Sept.

24 match against the Battlefords North Stars when the gritty right wing was ejected for checking from

behind 5:45 into the first period.

Goaltender Nathan Alalouf is currently sidelined with a concussion he sustained against the Yorkton Terriers on Oct. 25. Alalouf has not been cleared for practice and it is unknown when he’ll be able to return to action.

The Bruins traded 18-year-old defenceman Zach Sherburne to the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Lloydminster Bobcats for future considerations on Oct. 25. Sherburne appeared in 13 games for the Bruins this season recording one goal and five points.

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Elecs come up short against Eagles at home tournament

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

An outstanding performance by the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs senior boys volleyball team at their annual home tournament on the weekend came to a frustrating end in the championship final.

The Elecs won all 12 sets in the six pre-pool and pool games to lead off the tournament and then dispatched the Carnduff Education Complex Tigers 2522 and 25-17 in the playoff semifinals. Awaiting the home side in the final was the Weyburn Comprehensive School Eagles, which also went 12-0 in preliminary action before knocking off the Oxbow Prairie Horizon School Black Knights 25-20 and 25-20.

“We see Estevan a lot,”

said Eagles coach Mike Onstad. “We see them in almost every tournament including the Co-op Challenge and they’re a good team and we always like good matchups.”

ECS jumped out of the gates in the final going up 2-0 and then 3-2 on kills by Jordan Fichter before Elec Logan Stepp helped put his team ahead 7-3 on a threepoint unbroken serve. The Eagles battled back shortly after on a five-point serve by Paul Dionne that helped his team to a 12-10 lead.

The Elecs regained the advantage on Preston Audet’s serve with a series of hard spikes at the side of the net by Fichter, Sage Dayman and Lais Lindquist bumping up their lead to 19-14. Each club battled back and forth for the rest of the set with Fichter provid-

ing the dagger in the 25-20 victory with a hit at the net that found the floor on the far side of the Eagles court.

The Elecs and Eagles exchanged points at the beginning of the second set until Dionne came up to serve and proceeded to score two straight points on aces. Dionne notched another seven points in the unbroken serve to put his team up 14-5 and shift the momentum squarely onto the Eagles side.

Nathan Johnson, coach of the Elecs, said during the Eagles 10-point run his side played three straight balls that were going out of bounds and that may have come from the Elecs giving Dionne too much respect.

He said it is never wrong to play a ball when it’s close to the line, but during that run they lost track of the ones

Jordan Fichter spikes a ball past a couple of blockers during the second set of the Elecs championship final versus the Eagles. Photo by Jamie Harkins. that were way out.

ECS made it close late in the second set battling to within two points on a four-point serve by Stepp to bring the score to 19-17, but Weyburn took over after that with Dionne notching three straight points on his serve to end the frame 25-18.

The Eagles dominated the third and final set jumping out to a 7-1 lead on strong play at the net by Devon Pompu and Walker Happ that saw the duo not only score on their chances but also put up a suppressive blocking defence. Weyburn’s Levi Woodard ended the match and gave his team

Apex Bruins Keep On Rolling Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins forward Liam Rutten notches the second of three goals he scored against the Prairie Storm at Affinity Place on Saturday. The Bruins (8-1-1) went undefeated on the weekend beating the Prairie Storm 2-1 at Emerald Park on Friday and 6-2 at home the next evening before downing the Regina Capitals 4-3 in the Queen City on Sunday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

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the 15-7 win with a kill at the net on a volley off Elec Justin Van Achte’s serve.

“This is actually our second tournament win,” said Onstad. “We’re just playing really good. We’re battling some injuries, but we’re working through it.”

Johnson said the result may not have been the one they were looking for, but the team did enjoy a good run until the final and the boys should be happy with how the weekend went. He said the veteran squad has won one tournament, lost in three finals, fell in a match they shouldn’t have in Swift Current and bowed out in

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“It’s a good tuneup for our kids,” said Johnson.

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Vipers forward Caydence Chapman carries the puck into the Fire Cats zone during the second period of Estevan’s 8-2 win over Swift Current at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Vipers rattle off fifth straight win

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan peewee Vipers rattled off their fifth straight victory with an 8-2 trouncing of the Swift Current Fire Cats at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday.

“We’ve really been working hard on two on the puck, so the girls did it well tonight,” said Vipers manager Brent Olfert. “They kind of overwhelmed them I guess and got a lot of pucks on net because of it.”

Vipers forward Kamri Olfert got her team off to a quick start lighting the lamp 1:45 into the first period only to have the Fire Cats’ Tenille Willows reply 10 minutes later by driving to the net and popping a rebound over Estevan goalie Chloe Sorenson. McKenna Walls gave the Vipers a 2-1

lead late in the first period firing a shot five hole on Fire Cats netminder Annika Kirk with four seconds remaining.

Walls made it 3-1 off a scramble in front of the Fire Cats net 5:30 into the middle frame with Emmy Rae and Morgan Kjersem following suit before the period was out. Kjersem, Olfert and Hannah Terrett, on a strong drive to the net where the forward fired a puck on Kirk from the bottom of the circle before picking up her own rebound and depositing the marker, brought the score to 8-1 in the third period. Fire Cats forward Sadie Keller finished off the scoring with a fast break to the Vipers net with just over a minute remaining.

The Vipers (5-1) win came 24 hours after an 8-2 defeat of the Fire Cats (1-3)

on Saturday that saw Swift Current control the play early on before Estevan took over. Since opening the season with a 3-2 loss against the Weyburn Young Fellow Gold Wings on Oct. 9, the

Vipers have gone undefeated.

Olfert said the girls have gelled as a team early on giving the kids a good connection on the ice and that is resulting in a strong

Panthers Bounce Back Against Drillers The Estevan Power Tech midget AA Panthers, including forward Makenna Morrison, right, shut out the Weyburn Aaron Well Servicing Drillers 3-0 at Affinity Place on Sunday. Special teams were the difference between the Highway 39 rivals with Ashton Magotiaux scoring the game’s first goal 8:27 into the first period on the power play, Marci LeBlanc potting a short-handed marker about three minutes later and Michaella Matthies finding the back of the net with the man advantage 4:08 into the second period. Panthers goalie Morgan Fayle stopped 22 shots for the shutout, which was her second of the season. The Panthers (5-1-1) win against the Drillers got the team back in the win column after the girls fell 1-0 to the Regina Ravens at home on Friday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

transition and attack where their passes are connecting.

He said the team is back on the road this weekend for a two-game rematch against the Fire Cats, but they can’t rest on these past two wins

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“They’re going to be thirsty,” said Olfert, “so we got to come out flying.”

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Learning To Curl Estevan Curling Club ice maker James Gordon, right, offers tips to newcomers during the Southeast Newcomer Services’ Learn to Curl session at the Power Dodge Curling Centre on Oct. 29. Newcomers learned the fundamentals and the rules of the sport, and then applied what they had learned during some games.

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“With this investment in technology, we’ve eliminated emissions equal to the removal of 200,000 cars off the roads for the last 12 months,” said Mike Marsh,

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In referring to the offtaker, Marsh was noting

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Kay Clarke 1938 – 2016 Kay Clarke passed away peacefully with family by her side on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Regina General Hospital, Regina, SK at the age of 78 years.

Kay's memory will be forever cherished by her family, husband Ken Clarke of Estevan, SK; daughter Brenda (Kevin) Turk and their children, Megan, Jennifer (James) Fyke, Amanda (Clinton) and Kyle of Thompson, MB; daughter Michelle (Gordon) McKelkie of Estevan; daughter Cheryl (Kelvin) Fonstad and their son Levi of Lanigan, SK. Kay will also be missed by Ken's children, James (Stephanie) Clarke and Deb Clarke both of B.C; brothers, Ralph (Yvonne) Schoff and Edward Schoff; sisters, Lousie Schindel, Irene (Albert) Daniels and Marion (Robert) Makellky; brother in law John (Jenny) McKelkie; sisters in law, Joyce Schoff and Eileen Schoff as well as numerous nieces, nephews and many

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Kay was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Phyllis Schoff; husband Kasmer McKelkie; brothers, Joe Schoff, Jake Schoff and Tony (Hazel) Schoff; brother in law Bill Schindel; sister in law Judy Schoff.

The Prayer service for Kay was held on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan with Mr. Doug Third officiating. The Funeral Service was held on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan with The Rev. Mark Osborne presiding. Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. The lunch reception was held at The Plaza - Days Inn. In memory of Kay, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan Inc., 1738 Quebec Avenue, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1V9 or to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 917 Albert Street, Regina, SK, S4R 2P6.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Kay’s family would like to extend their appreciation to the following: friends and family for their support, donations, flowers and food, Mr. Doug Third for the lovely Prayer Service, Margaret and Rebecca Duncan for playing the piano and singing, Rev. Mark Osborne for presiding at mom’s Funeral Service and to the Anglican Church friends for the bulletins, dainties, choir and lunch, Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Mike Sinclair for writing the eulogy and to Shirley Petterson for reading the eulogy on behalf of Mike, Ken Harris, Joan Phair and Melodye Pierson for reading at the service, the pallbearers, all the staff at the Days Inn and to Hall Funeral Services for taking just good care of us.

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Donna M. Bjorndal 1944 – 2016 Donna passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Home, Estevan, SK at the age of 72 years.

Donna is survived by her son Greg (Leanne) and their daughter Morgan; daughter Trina (Jeff) and their daughters, Olivia, Megan and Hannah; partner and companion Gordon Jacobs; sisters, Margaret and Barbara; aunt Emily Kulchyski.

Donna was predeceased by her husband Alvin Bjorndal; infant daughter Shawn Marie; parents, George and Stella Nobis (nee Kulchyski); grandparents, Mary and Jacob Kulchyski; Alvin’s parents, Olaf and Edna Bjorndal; brothers in law, Don Bjorndal and Harvey Bjorndal; sisters in law, Eunice Bjorndal and Lynda Jennings; nephews, Mark Bjorndal, Kevin Bjorndal and Gregory Tees.

The Visitation for Donna was held on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. The Funeral Mass was held on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan with Rev. Brian Meredith presiding. Interment took place following the service at the Estevan City Cemetery. The lunch reception was followed in the church basement.

In memory of Donna, memorial donations may be made to Huntington Society of Canada,151 Frederick Street, Suite 400, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 2M2.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank you

We would like to send many thanks to Dr.Hakan Pehlivan, RN Tarja Kleemola and the staff at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Home for all the care and compassion you showed to Donna; Fr. Brian Meredith and the St. John the Baptist RC Church choir, servers and CWL for the lovely lunch.

Thank you for all your support.

Gordon, Trina and Greg Denise Cossette 1973 - 2016 Denise passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the age of 43 years.

Denise is survived by her husband Terrence Cossette; daughters, Julia Iverson and Adrianna Cossette; son Roarke Cossette; grandmother Olivia Gustafson; parents, Norbert and Muriel Iverson; sisters, Shelley (David) Blohm, Rosanne (Richard) Pierce, April (David) Heller as well as numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Denise was predeceased by grandparents, Alfred and Bertha Iverson and grandfather Oscar Gustafson; aunt Margaret Iverson and Uncle Allan Iverson.

A Celebration of Denise’s Life was held on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses with Brother Piero Palumbo officiating.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services

Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries

PROKOP, Eugene (Gene) (1951-2016) After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Eugene passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 in Swift Current, SK at 65 years of age.

Eugene (Gene) Lawrence Prokop was born on March 25th, 1951 in Canora, SK to Wasyl (Bill) and Annie Prokop. He was the youngest of nine children. He attended school in Buchanan and then Yorkton, graduating from St. Joseph's College there. As a youth he was very active in the Ukrainian Catholic Church serving as an altar boy, was part of the Youth Club and did yard work around St. Mary's Church. He was united in marriage to Judy Maduck on July 4th, 1969 in Yorkton, where their first son Cory was born. In pursuit of career opportunities he moved his family to St. Paul, AB in 1970, where he and Judy were blessed with their second son, Stacey.

A few months after the addition of their second child, Gene and Judy packed up their young family and made a move to Fort St. John, BC for a period of six months before ending up in Edmonton. While there, his prayers were answered and he and Judy welcomed their beautiful daughter, Leanne. Opportunities in the car industry took Gene and his family to Calgary for a few years. In 1978 he returned to his roots in Saskatchewan by making a move to Regina.

He was very happy to be back in his home province and closer to his family. He ultimately went on to own and operate his own Hyundai dealership for a number of years. Following this venture he switched gears and went on to a career as a financial advisor with Sun life Financial, where he built many close relationships with his clients and co-workers. In 2010, he was forced to leave the workforce to take up his health battles full time. His greatest joy was in being able to spend time with his seven grandchildren: Jessica, Mason, Jaren, Brittany, Taylan, Christopher and Sarah. He was a great role model, mentor, confidant and friend to each of them and he loved his grandchildren with all of his heart.

Gene loved to travel, especially cruising at sea, and was able to enjoy many of these vacations with Judy, with his family, and with friends. He was always at his happiest when he and Judy were together travelling or when they were planning their next adventure.

Anyone that knew him knows that Gene was a great handyman, developing basements in several homes, renovating others, and always able and willing to help his children with any projects they needed to have done. He always came up with ingenious ways to solve renovation related problems when they popped up.

Gene was predeceased by both his parents; a brother Joey (age 3); his eldest brother Steve; his sisters Pauline, Natalie and Mary; and by his brothers-in-law Jim, Frank and Henry.

He is survived by his wife Judy; sons Cory (Michella) and their sons Mason (Katie), Jaren and Taylan of Estevan; Stacey (Tammy) and their daughters Jessica (Cody) and Brittany of Calgary; and his daughter Leanne (Craig Hilts) and their children Christopher and Sarah of Swift Current; his sisters Heleria, Leona and Sister Laura; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The family would like to recognize the efforts of the doctors and nursing staff at the Swift Current Regional Hospital. Their caring and compassion over the past seven weeks helped make Gene's final days much more comfortable. We also wish to acknowledge the wonderful care he received over the years from Dr. Zarkovich and the staff in the chemo department at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre. Gene will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed.

PRAYERS were held at Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4001 East Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. A FUNERAL MASS was celebrated at Holy Child Roman Catholic Church, 2636 7 Avenue East, Regina, SK on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Donations in memory of Gene may be made to the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, 4101 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK S4T 7T1 or Canadian Cancer Society, 1910 McIntyre Street, Regina, SK S4P 2R3. Family and friends are invited to sign the online obituary and tributes page at www.reginafuneralhome.ca.

Arrangements entrusted to Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery (306) 789-8850.

ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION St. Joseph’s Hospital relies on donations to fund equipment purchases. Your Memorial Gift honours your loved one and makes it possible for our hospital to continue providing quality care for Estevan and area residents.

A letter will be sent to the family acknowledging your gift; please include their name and address as well as your own. You will receive an income tax receipt.

Please send your donation to: St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation 1176 Nicholson Rd., Estevan, SK S4A 0H3 Phone: (306) 637-2474

Your Guide to Area

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

EMAIL:

Children’s Clubs -Wednesdays- 7-8 pm 140 King Street (across from Staples)

306.634.2601

www.estevanalliancechurch.com /estevanalliance

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”

REAL LIFE

REAL PEOPLE

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

www.stpeterslutheranestevan.com

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

An Associated Gospel Church

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

Phone: 306-634-2190

Fax: 306-634-6845

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

Sunday: 10:00 a.m.

REAL GOD

Sunday Service at

Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday: Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

www.estevangospelchapel.ca 1107 4th Street • 306-634-2074 • www.facebook.com/salvationarmyestevan

306-634-2885 • 1418 3rd St. Estevan

CHURCH OF CHRIST

PASTOR STEWART MILLER

Coffee & Fellowship after Worship

stpaulsuc@sasktel.net Website: stpaulsestevan.ca ALL are Welcome!

Sunday Worship

A Congregation of LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA

His Glory Bible Church

(Light of Life Ministries International) Join us in Glorious Praise and Worship With: Pastors Dr. and Mrs. Jimi Akinsete Where: Westview School When: 10am on Sundays Experience Healing, Deliverance and Breakthroughs

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60-andOver Club report

CAREERS COMTRAX LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS INC.

Submitted

by Shirley Graham I heard this one at the gym: I felt like my body was getting out of shape, so I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.

I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour, but by the time I got into my leotards, the class was over.

The cribbage tournament earlier this month was a big success. Thanks to all who supplied the goodies for the lunch.

Jean Broadhead and Mary Martin were the winners in shuffleboard for the week of Oct. 24. Joe Claude and Verna Morsky were second.

Helen Parish was the winner in bridge. Cathy Hoffort was second and Doris Heidinger was third.

The cribbage winner was Nick Morsky. Elizabeth Olson was second, and Pat Abernathy and Bertha Andries were tied for third.

The club will hold its next regular meeting on Nov. 3. There will be an election for next year’s executive at that time.

Comtrax is developing a producer driven project that will revolutionize and improve market access in Southern Saskatchewan for agricultural and other raw commodities. Southern Saskatchewan is known to be one of the highest volume and quality grain producing areas in Western Canada.

This cutting edge initiative, will provide trade opportunities with a focus on bringing value back to commodity producers.

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DIANE JOCELYN Cell: 306-421-3170

ORLOWSKI LAW OFFICE 1215 - 5th Street, Estevan

Fax: 306-634-7714

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Barristers & Solicitors Paul D. Elash, B.A., LL.B. Aaron Ludwig, B.Sc., LL.B. Genevieve Golas, B.Mgt., J.D. 1312 - 4th Street, Estevan Telephone: 306-634-3631 Fax: (306) 634-6901

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Estevan Mercury

Superhero Squad The Estevan Shoppers Mall hosted its annual Halloween festivities on Oct. 29, and the event attracted dozens of people dressed in their Halloween costumes.

Among them were, from the left, Carly Heath, Ethan Heath, Tyler Wagner, Bodi Wagner and Shannon Wagner. Young people participated in a costume contest and paraded through the mall, looking for candy from the mall’s vendors. There was also a craft area.

CITY PAGE 1102 4TH STREET• ESTEVAN, SK • 306-634-1800

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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: Nov. 29 TIME: 7:00 - 9:00pm COST: $25/person for an annual membership 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: Nov. 30 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30pm COST: $5/person *Preregistration is required SCRIPT WRITING with MAUREEN ULRICH Maureen will teach those new to writing techniques to develop stories, and how to create compelling works for the stage.

This is a great workshop for anyone young or old to stretch their writing skills.

WHEN: November 23 TIME: 6:00 - 9:00pm COST: TBA * Pre-registration is required

AFTER DARK Join us for our live music series which features up and coming musicians performing original music in our gallery space. All ages are welcome to attend these events.

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

CRAFT AND COFFEE FOR SENIORS Come for the coffee and crafts stay for the company.

WHEN: November 16 TIME: 10:30 - 11:30am COST: $5 /session (preregistration is not

aged 18 months and up. Parent/guardian participation is required.

WHEN: November: 3, 10, 17, 24 December: 1, 8, 15 TIME: 10:00 - 10:30am COST: $10/family/month DROP INTO ART AFTER SCHOOL Join us for art after school! We will be doing a variety of art projects and encouraging the development of creativity each week. For children ages 7-12.

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

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

WHEN: 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: Nov. 29 TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm COST: $5/session *This workshop is free for those with a family membership to the EAGM

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2017 AFFINITY PLACE, ESTEVAN

701 Souris Ave. ¡ 306-634-3942 estevanartscouncil.com

“A Call to Artists� The Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show 2016 Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 7:00 PM at Estevan Art Gallery and Museum Deadline for entry is Oct. 21, 2016.

TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 28, 2016 TICKETMASTER.CA CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-970-7328 OR HENDERS DRUGS

WORKSHOP Working in Layers Paper cuts & Stencil Making Workshop Ages 15+.

Presented by Diana Chisholm Sat., Nov. 12, 2016, 10 AM - 4 PM Fee: $40 Art Room - Leisure Center *Pre-registration with Estevan Arts Council required.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION FORM CC [Clause 139(1)(b) of the Act]

Declaration of Results Councillor:

City

of (Municipality)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

Estevan

FORM CC [Clause 139(1)(b) of the Act]

Declaration of Results

for the election held on the 26th day of October, 2016.

Names of Candidates Travis Frank Greg Hoffort Brian Johnson Trevor Knibbs Dennis Moore Cam Robock Kevin Smith Shelly Veroba Lyle Yanish

Number of Votes or Acclamation/Elected 1553 – Elected 1749- Elected 1333 1694 - Elected 1530 – Elected 314 1387 1924 – Elected 1540 - Elected

Mayor:

City

of (Municipality)

Estevan

for the election held on the 26th day of October, 2016.

Names of Candidates Rhyan Hagel James Halladay Roy Ludwig

Number of Votes or Acclamation/Elected 191 453 1809 - Elected

Number of rejected ballots, except those on which no vote was made: ..................................................... 26

Number of rejected ballots, except those on which no vote was made: ..................................................... 26

Number of ballots counted but objected to: ........................ 0

Number of ballots counted but objected to: ........................ 0

Spoiled: (e.g. Issued to a person who declined to vote)....... 5

Spoiled: (e.g. Issued to a person who declined to vote) ...... 5

Total number of voters who voted as indicated on each Form Z (or Form AA for voting machines) ................... 2477

Total number of voters who voted as indicated on each Form Z (or Form AA for voting machines) ................... 2477

I declare that this is an accurate statement of the votes cast for the office of Councillor for the City of Estevan.

I declare that this is an accurate statement of the votes cast for the office of Councillor for the City of Estevan.

Dated this 27th day of October , 2016.

Dated this 27th day of October , 2016.

NOTICE OF BYLAW Animal Control — 2005-1709 Section 18 (a) If a dog or cat defecates on any public or private property other than the property of its owner, the owner or keeper shall cause such defecation to be removed immediately.

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

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

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MARKET UPDATE Oct, 2016

Oct, 2015

Percent Change

New Listings

29

29

0%

Firm Sales

9

9

0%

31%

31%

0%

Median Sale Price

$213k

$305k

-30.33%

Average Sale Price

$191k

$363k

-47.38%

81%

94%

-14.03%

24.18

16.54

+46.19%

268

255

+5.1%

89.44

102.22

-12.5%

Key Figures

Firm Sales to New Listings

Average Ask to Sell Ratio Total Months Supply Total Listing Inventory Days on Market Until Sale

Data provided by Trenlii Analytics Inc and the Association of Regina REALTORS®.

Data is of October 31, 2016 at 10:00am. Not intended to solicit already listed properties.

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313 Second Street, Estevan

380 Petterson Drive, Estevan

Lischka Acreage, Hirsch

401 Willow Bay, Estevan

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4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 1394 sq.ft.

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1691 sq.ft.

3 Bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms, 1815 sq.ft.

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MLS# 574484

MLS# 579059

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249,900

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474,900

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510,000

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499,900

Parcel B Parcel C Ross Synergy Lots

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Ross Synergy Lots

343 Henry Street, Estevan

3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 2512 sq.ft.

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150,000

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150,000

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Parcel D

245 Main Street, Bienfait

Ross Synergy Lots

395,000

1231 Fourth Street, Estevan

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10 acres near Boundary Dam

1500 sq.ft.

MLS# 582957

MLS# 572402

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MLS# 561321

$

309,900

$

430 Third Street, Estevan

309,900

$

702 Second Street, Estevan

150,000

$

830 First Street, Estevan

199,900

#207 - 517 Albert Street, Estevan

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1400 sq.ft.

0 Bedrooms, 0 Bathrooms, 1208 sq.ft.

2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, 858 sq.ft.

2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, 810 sq.ft.

MLS# 578522

MLS# 578618

MLS# 585633

MLS# 585648

$

249,900

$

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299,900

$

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184,900

$

193 Robinson Avenue, Macoun

144,900

304 Second Avenue, Lampman

3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 1304 sq.ft.

2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom, 1032 sq.ft.

2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 924 sq.ft.

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1152 sq.ft.

MLS# 582561

MLS#582435

MLS# 572555

MLS# 572518

$

329,900

$

130,000

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394,900

154,900

$

194,900

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MLS# 589607

$

239,900

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