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Hamann pleads guilty to two counts in connection with 2017 drunk driving death fatality By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net
Debra Hamann, 60, entered guilty pleas to two counts regarding a drunk driving incident near Bienfait on June 24, 2017, that took the life of taxi driver Bisho Kalappurakkal and injured the passenger, Dylan Gonas. Hamann, who is not in custody, was in Estevan provincial court on Jan. 8. She entered a guilty plea to
having consumed alcohol to the point where her blood alcohol level was over .08 per cent, causing an accident which resulted in the death of Kalappurakkal. The Crown stayed proceedings on related charges of impaired driving causing death, and dangerous driving causing death with relation to Kalappurakkal. Hamann also pleaded guilty to a similar charge of operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol
level in excess of .08 per cent, causing bodily harm to Gonas. A related charge of driving while impaired causing bodily harm was also stayed. Noting it would take roughly six weeks for a pre-sentence report, owing to the fact she is not in custody, Judge Lane Wiegers adjourned the matter for sentencing until Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Hamann’s lawyer, Kathryn Gillis, told the judge she expects a lengthy
sentencing hearing and presentence report. Police reports at the time indicated a westbound sports utility vehicle collided with a southbound car at the intersection of Highways 18 and 39 west of Bienfait. The car was a taxi. The collision occurred before the intersection was reconfigured as part of a recent Highway 39 twinning project between Estevan and Bienfait. The SUV was travel-
ling on Highway 18, but rather than taking the turnoff that would allow it to later merge with traffic on Highway 39 and head for Estevan, the SUV continued towards the intersection and went through a stop sign. A GoFundMe page was set up for Kalappurakkal. The money was to be directed to help his body be returned to his family in India for the final rites. Funds will also cover funeral costs and unexpected
expenses that come with a sudden loss. Any excess money was to be donated to his family back home. He is survived by his wife Joby, mother and sister. As of June 27, the campaign had raised $45,525, which was well above the $30,000 goal. More than 700 people contributed. It took just one day to raise the money. The campaign is now closed.
Fire department activity levels increased in 2017 By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Fire Rescue Service’s (EFRS) call volumes and overall activity levels continued to climb in 2017. According to data supplied to the Mercury, the fire department had 253 emergency calls last year, which was up slightly from the 246 calls they had in 2016. Firefighters participated in 33 training activities last year, including bi-weekly training sessions and new recruit training nights, and 30 special activities, such as public relations appearances and community events, for 316 total incidents and activities. It worked out to about six activities per week. In 2016, the department had 36 training activities and 13 specialized activities to go along with calls, for a total of 295 activities. Among the calls in 2017, 105 of them were for commercial and residential activated fire alarm responses, which includes false alarms. That number was almost identical to the 104 in 2016. Feser noted at least half of the alarm calls were for “preventable” false alarms. “There is actually smoke in the building, or faulty detection devices,” said Feser. “When you take a look at a commercial or residential property, obviously these are man-made devices, electronic in nature and subject to failure.” Periodically, the department will be called to a home, whether it be for carbon monoxide or smoke, and they’ll find a detection device that is at least 10 years old, or the battery is dead. Feser is encouraged that false alarms represent a diminishing number of calls for the department.
A grass fire outside of Estevan in September was among more than 250 calls received by the Estevan Fire Rescue Service last year. File photo “That has a lot to do with public education as well,” said Feser. “When we do attend these particular types of calls, we’ll educate the homeowner on the proper notification procedure, making sure they are indeed the first point of contact when the alarm goes into activation.” If the homeowner is the first contact, that can prevent the fire department from being called out, because the department won’t have to be notified. “If it’s just a cookingrelated matter, the alarm company will make contact with them, verify with them and we can go from there,” said Feser. Firefighters were called to 71 motor vehicle collisions, which was more than triple the 23 they responded to in 2016. He believes the weather conditions in the first few months of 2017 contributed to the spike. “We also saw a very active vehicle versus wildlife season here too in the fall, which we normally haven’t seen for quite some time,” said Feser. “And this just could be due to people reporting them on a more frequent basis.” The fire department also handled 21 fires, including structure, grass, wildland and
dumpster fires. Grass fires were up last year, thanks to timber-dry conditions that necessitated fire bans in the three rural municipalities the fire department serves. “If we don’t get any more snow during this winter season … we’re going to see a continuation of that, because there won’t be the ground runoff moisture content that’s going to be required to keep it to a manageable level,” said Feser. Among the other calls, the fire department had 13 carbon monoxide reports, 12 calls for smoke in a building, 11 elevator rescue calls, five calls to assist police or emergency medical services, seven chemical spills or gas leaks, five noxious odour calls and three electrical fires. While the firefighters dedicated some of their training nights to renovating their new building so that it could be converted from a vehicle dealership to a fire hall, a lot of the time they spent working on the building won’t show up on the reports. Operations shifted to the building in mid-November. Feser estimates the firefighters dedicated thousands of hours to the renovations. “There was no way we could have moved in here without those … men and
women dedicating the time that they did,” said Feser. “They save the taxpayers so much money.” Also last year, emergency calls for the fire department shifted to the provincial 911 call centre in Prince Albert from the Estevan
Police Service, freeing up the local dispatchers to focus on police-related calls. Feser said there weren’t any issues, other than local knowledge from the dispatchers in the call centre. “When these dispatchers are getting directions,
obviously they don’t know the lay of the land around here, so it’s a little more difficult for them to relay that,” said Feser. It means people need to know their land location and rural road numbers when calling the provincial centre.
Council tentatively approves work for Civic Auditorium By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
Estevan city council has taken another step towards reopening the Civic Auditorium, although it is still waiting for the goahead from its insurance provider. Council tentatively approved a $32,000 bid from CA Reed and Associates for the detailed structural assessment of the Civic during Monday night’s meeting. The work is contingent on the city receiving the necessary insurance coverage. “We don’t want to go ahead with this if we cannot get liability insurance on the building,” said Coun. Shelly Veroba. CA Reed and Associates will give a de-
tailed assessment of the 60-year-old building, and supervise the steel rod adjustments that need to be carried out before the Civic will reopen. Their proposal did not include labour costs. Four firms, including CA Reed and Associates, responded to the city’s request for proposals issued last month. Their bid was the highest of the four, but Rod March, the manager of parks and facilities for the city, said the firm represented the best choice based on council’s objective to have an analysis that provides options for both the short-term and longterm stability of the Civic. “This is based on their extensive background in this type of building structure, and having previous
knowledge and comprehension of the building’s issues,” wrote March. Mayor Roy Ludwig said the money to be paid to Reed doesn’t include construction or labour costs for tightening or loosening the rods. Ludwig isn’t sure whether the work on the Civic will be tendered out, or if the firm will be responsible for selecting who does the work. “We will be having that conversation with Mr. Reed to see how that moves forward,” said Ludwig. “Of course, we would like to see that tendered out.” There will also be a discussion on the repairs that are needed for the glulam columns, to keep them from continuing to decay and sink. A2 » CIVIC
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Ludwig gives annual mayor’s address The past year was another event-filled year for the Estevan area, Mayor Roy Ludwig said during his annual mayor’s address at the start of Monday night’s council meeting. Ludwig noted the past year started with record amounts of snow, but the management team, staff and contractors were up to the challenge and kept the community drivable and safe. It was a busy year for the various departments. Rick Davies was hired to be the new deputy fire chief, working alongside Fire Chief Dale Feser. The
city also purchased the former Murray GM dealership building to serve as the new fire hall. “Kudos to Dale, Rick, our firefighters along with all of the volunteers and contractors for all of their work in transitioning the Murray building into a fire hall that we can all be proud of,” said Ludwig. The Estevan board of police commissioners promoted Murray Cowan from inspector to deputy police chief. The Estevan Police Service’s K9 unit was brought back with Const. Paul Chabot and
Civic brime lines burst during cold « A1 It is expected to take a few days to create the proper tension on the rods, which would allow the Civic to be reopened, with restrictions, while the more in-depth structural analysis is completed. Ludwig reiterated previous statements that the insurance delay is likely tied to Christmas holidays. He added the company handling the insurance has its head office in Toronto, and many who work in those Toronto offices take time off around Christmas. The Civic did encounter another problem during the Christmas break, when the brime lines for the arena’s ice plant burst. “There’s very little insulation at the Civic, and in that … with the wind chill at 50 below, we had some pipes burst,” said Ludwig. It has been a fairly major repair, but Ludwig said March has completed most of the work. Ludwig said he be-
lieves the brime lines have burst in the arena previously, but he couldn’t give a specific time for the last break. During a recent tour of the building, he could see where the pipes had been repaired previously. “It’s aged, and with the colder weather and the lack of insulation, with it being an older building, there is continuous upkeep that is needed,” said Ludwig. CA Reed and Associates was the same company that was contracted out privately by local residents to give a second opinion on the Civic last year. Council voted in November to close the Civic indefinitely following a report from the WSP Group engineers. Council voted at its Dec. 18 meeting to reopen the Civic for the rest of the hockey season, as long as the city receives the necessary insurance, and once the work on the rods is complete.
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police dog Max. Fitz Bramble was hired as the city’s new economic development officer, and with Bramble in place, and with the new economic development board’s direction, Ludwig said the city is looking to expand its economic base. The residuals management project at the water treatment plant was completed, eliminating the dumping of residuals into the Souris River. The water intake project, which will switch the primary water source from Boundary Dam to Rafferty Dam, began last year. Both projects have federal and provincial support. King Street was rehabilitated from Souris Avenue
North to Pine Avenue, and was widened from Bannatyne Avenue to Pine Avenue. Sister Roddy Road south of Wellock Road was resurfaced. Several community events also took place, including the Aboriginal Day celebrations and the Canada 150 bash in June, and the Living Skies Airshow at the Estevan Regional Airport in September. Numerous fundraisers in the community were wellsupported, and a variety of initiatives were completed. All of these events brought out the best in the community, he said. “The common theme throughout many of our important events is our vol-
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The City of Estevan’s new land development services manager brings a diverse background from the public and private sector. Richard Neufeld’s first day on the job was Monday. He has previously worked with the Alberta government’s regional planning commission, which is a government body to service planning needs for multiple communities. “I think it’s around 80 municipalities I’ve worked with,” he said. He has also worked for co-operative planning issues as a director and for Lac Ste. Anne County for a number of years, and shifted to consultant role for private developers for about a decade, before coming back to the municipal side by taking the job for the city of Estevan. “I bring a lot of experience to the job, but I bring a different perspective, too,” said Neufeld. “Most of the planners that I know of, they maybe start in the public sector and they’ll work their entire career there, or they’ll
be in the private sector and they’ll work their entire career there. I’ve been on both sides.” If a developer comes in, and they have issues, he believes he can relate in a better way than others. Neufeld said he is excited to be back in the public sector, and to be in Estevan. “One of the benefits that we have here is we get the ability to raise our kids in a smaller community,” he said. “There’s a chance that my kids will make friends in kindergarten, and still have them, in the same community, when they graduate high school. “I never had that opportunity, and I’d like to give them that opportunity.” Neufeld and his wife have two children, a son age six and a daughter who is two. They have enjoyed their time in Estevan thus far. They are happy with all that Estevan has to offer for a city its size, since it isn’t a bedroom community. People are friendly and willing to greet him to the city. The employees with the City of Estevan have treated him well.
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unteers,” said Ludwig. “As I have mentioned before, the volunteers are the backbone of the community.” Upcoming projects for this year include resurfacing King Street from Pine Avenue to Kensington Avenue, and starting construction
of the water pipeline from Rafferty Dam to the water treatment plant. Ludwig also hopes people will attend the SaskTel Tankard men’s provincial curling championship, and he commended the new nursing home committee for their support.
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New land development services manager Richard Neufeld Neufeld said he enjoys meeting with the public and handling the problem solving aspects of the job, and looking for solutions when ratepayers and municipal policy aren’t on the same page. He sees some tasks on the horizon within the department. The first will be completing the city’s official community plan, which needs to be updated in the near future. The zoning bylaw also needs to be updated, and he wants to look at guidelines for in-fill developments. City manager Jeff Ward said Neufeld’s experience on both sides of development and planning made him the person the city wanted to hire. “Having that connection to both worlds will
really be beneficial, especially as we move forward with revamping our OCP (official community plan) and zoning documents,” said Ward. “It seems like he has experience in that, and a breadth of knowledge in all areas.” The city has been without a land development services manager since Rob Denys retired early last year. The division operated with two staff members for most of last year, urban planner Adam Nordquist and building official Justin Charron. When Nordquist stepped down last fall to take a job in Alberta, the city decided to hire a new land development manager, and not fill Nordquist’s job for the time being. Charron remains with the city.
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Women’s health clinic at St. Joseph’s Hospital has been busy By David Willberg
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When Dr. Ahmad Sawwan arrived in Estevan last spring, he saw the need to establish a women’s health clinic within his office at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The gynecologist and obstetrician had his wish fulfilled late last year when the clinic opened to the public. The clinic, which is located among the other doctors clinics in the south wing of the hospital, has been busy since it opened. “We started a couple of weeks before Christmas, Rawlee Jean Shurygalo was the first baby born at St. Joseph’s Hospital and I think it’s gone well,” in 2018. She arrived at 9:21 a.m. on Jan. 3, weighed six pounds and three he said. “We had a waiting ounces, and measured 18 1/2 inches in length. Her parents are Samantha list for people who heard Shurygalo, left, and Travis Shurygalo, right, and she is a sibling for we are going to open the Karwin, middle, and Paxton. clinic.” Patients seem to have been receptive so far. “They seem relieved and happy that they don’t have to go to Regina to have it done,” said Sawwan. St. Joseph’s is now the only hospital in the southeast corner of the province to have such a clinic. Sawwan said he wantfrom the St. Joseph’s Hos- funding and getting approval By William Acri ed to see such a clinic in Eswacri@estevanmercury.ca pital board and will move is not yet known, the provtevan because he believes to the Emmanuel Health ince has a lot of work to do,” the service is essential. He With the New Year board, which will consist said Kindopp. “Everything believes women over the comes new changes and St. of approximately 14 board is a bit unknown right now age of 21 should have a but at our end we have things Joseph’s Hospital will be members. pap smear test every year or “St. Joseph’s Hospital figured out and we are awaitexperiencing some of those every second year to detect as a result of the provincial will have and retain a local ing some clarification from cervical cancer. government amalgamating council who will be appoint- the province.” “The fact that so many Kindopp isn’t sure the all of the health regions ed by Emmanuel Health and women are not having that council will ensure that amalgamation of the previinto one. them, because they feel “The province wants to local voices are still heard,” ous 12 Saskatchewan health they need to go to Regina, authorities is going to have move forward with a single said Kindopp. or if something is abnormal, When Kindopp was the intended effect. health care system and as they don’t have the time to “I think there is a misa result Emmanuel Care is asked whether there will be go to Regina, (it means) putting together a similar any pay cuts or job losses conception out there that you’re having a population parallel structure to match due to the changes Emman- bigger is better and bigger of women who could be the Saskatchewan Health uel Care is undertaking he is less expensive but that having pre-cancer or cancer Authority, and it is called assured “there won’t be any isn’t necessarily true,” said lesions, but they’re not beKelowna Emmanuel Health,” said loss of jobs as Emmanuel Kindopp. “I believe that the ing followed up,” he said. further away you put the Don Kindopp, who is the Care reorganizes itself.” For a long time, local Kelowna “I am not aware of any decision makers from the chair on the St. Joseph’s women have not been able salary reductions occurring people you serve is not a Hospital board. to have their pap smears “There will be a local as a result of the changes good thing and the incoming fully completed in Estevan, council and they will rep- Emmanuel Care is undergo- single health authority may or they haven’t had somedo just that.” resent Emmanuel Health ing,” he added. one to look at normal pap Kindopp said that he is The biggest and thus far within the local community smear results. and they will provide feed- unanswered question is how optimistic and believes that A normal pap smear back to Emmanuel Health will the relationship between the provincial government can be completed by a in terms of the needs and the new single health care will do a good job of listenfamily physician, but Sawdesires that the local com- system in Saskatchewan and ing to people and keeping wan’s expertise is needed communication lines open Emmanuel Care change. munity requires.” when something shows up “The budgets of each with health representatives Kindopp added that the on the test. governance will move away hospital and applying for and the public.
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Dr. Ahmad Sawwan stands in the new women’s health clinic at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan. “The main concern would be cancer or a precancerous lesion,” he said. “So we have a look through a microscope-like instrument, and we determine how far off it is from cancer. So it’s extremely important, and it’s following up on the screening test, i.e., the pap smear, and saying whether this is something to be concerned about, or something not to be concerned about.” The administration at St. Joseph’s has been excellent to work with, he said, as they followed through with their promises for the clinic. A lot of fundraising needed before the clinic could open, because the equipment inside the clinic is expensive. A colposcopy machine, which looks for the pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions, had to be purchased, as was the chair, which has to be positioned a certain way so that Sawwan can use the colposcopy. “The chair facilitates the examination,” said Sawwan. A monitor in one of the corners of the clinic allows a nurse or a medical resident to see what he sees. Instruments for biop-
sies also needed to be purchase. They will be used in case he finds a suspicious lesion. “It’s not only just looking,” said Sawwan. “You look and you take biopsies. You swipe and you swab, so all of the related instruments, they’re expensive as well.” The clinic has also provided pessaries for older women. “As we progress, we have seen older and older patients who need to have a pessary put in,” he said. The hospital provides a prototype pessary to the patient to take home for a few days. If she is comfortable with it, the pessary will be removed, and a prescription will be written for that particular size. “Unfortunately we only have one set, so I have to do them one at a time,” said Sawwan. “If you had several sets, I could probably do more at the same time.” Sawwan estimates the clinic has been seeing six patients a day, and he expects more women will be visiting the clinic as they become aware that it is now located in the hospital.
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The never-ending healthcare story You can forgive local residents for feeling a sense of déjà vu when it comes to a shortage of physicians in the community. For the past couple of decades, we have found ourselves in a cycle in which the number of physicians has gradually declined, then recovered, only to decline again. The Energy City is currently in a down cycle. There are eight family physicians, one specialist who sees patients, and another specialist whose focus is on his specialty. Let’s be clear: it’s great that Estevan has specialists. They play an essential role in delivering healthcare in our community, and we’re in an envious position to have them. But we also know that eight family physicians is not enough for a community of this size. It’s a rosier picture than what we faced in 2011, when you could count the number of medical doctors in the community on one hand, and doctors came to Estevan in the short-term to help with the situation. But many in the community find it frustrating that we’re once again in this cycle. If we were alone, or in a small minority
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Where’s my G.I. Joe aircraft carrier? “This year is the 32nd anniversary of me not getting the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier for Christmas.” So said the Facebook post that crossed my feed a few days after Christmas 2017. It featured a photo of the USS Flagg, in the original box. In late December, the Netflix original series, The Toys That Made Us, dropped on unsuspecting binge watchers. The first season profiles Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man and G.I. Joe. Aaron Archer, Hasbro designer, 19952013, described the USS Flagg in the G.I. Joe episode. “Almost no one had one. Maybe they saw one at the store. Maybe they knew a kid that had one. But, probably the most amazing toy ever made,” he said. “I still want this, honestly,” the Facebook post said. I believe it. That’s because I still do, too. In fact, about 30 years ago, I did something about it. First of all, there was absolutely no way my parents, at that point split, could, or more sanely, would, buy what was the most
with a need for more doctors, then it would be easy to assign blame for our current shortage. But we’re not. Other communities face the same challenges, trying to recruit doctors to serve their residents. And many of them have gone through the same cycles as Estevan. It’s not as easy as saying “recruit more doctors.” This really is a two-fold issue, with both recruitment and retention. Bringing them to a community is hard enough, since physician recruitment is a competitive environment with so many communities looking for doctors. But once you get them here, it’s tough to keep them here, because there’s no shortage of communities looking to take our doctors away. It’s tough for a community like Estevan to compete with a large city facing a doctor shortage of its own. There are certain things that we can offer that large centres can’t, such as short commutes and a small town feel. But a physician who views Estevan as a stepping stone will likely eventually move to another community, regardless of what we have to offer.
We have a great hospital with excellent staff and improving technology, such as a CT scanner. We have excellent schools for those who have families or are looking to start a family. We have good options for sports, recreation and culture. It would have been nice for Estevan to get a medical residency program that it was fighting for, but that hasn’t materialized. The provincial government touts the new Saskatchewan Health Authority as a solution to physician shortages for communities, but we haven’t heard much, in terms of specifics, for how the new authority will help bring more doctors to communities like Estevan that need them. And there is relief coming locally. A couple new physicians have been recruited to come to Estevan, but they won’t be here until the spring. Hopefully they’ll represent long-term solutions to our physician shortage. But those tasked with health-care recruitment and retention can’t rest. They have to continue to press to bring more doctors to the community, and to retain the ones who are here practicing in Estevan.
expensive toy set of all time to that point. It was 7 1/2 feet long. So I built my own on the farm, using shiplap lumber that Dad had stored in the shed. I’m sure he had some purpose for it, but I had an aircraft carrier to build. If I had known better, I would have used plywood. Using roofing nails to hold shiplap together doesn’t work that well – it tends to split the shiplap. Also, it’s not very strong for the angled deck part, which basically hung off the port side of the ship. If only I knew then what I know now about woodworking. I would have made it out of plywood. My aircraft carrier was about the same size, roughly eight feet long, with two decks and an island, but it was pretty rough. Lacking items like missile launchers and radar dishes, it had to make due with a couple nails pounded partway into a small block of wood to look like a ship’s turret. The hull of the ship had two pieces of shiplap at the bow at a 45-degree angle. One side was left open, so I could access the below deck hangar and mechanical spaces. I think I used one of those paint stirring drill thingies which look like a ship’s screw as the propeller. It was so big, there was no way it could ever remain in the house at the farm. Instead, it resided in the lean-to on the old shed (the one which had logs for walls the main portion of the building). It was wedged in beside the riding lawnmower and a bunch of junk. To pull it out of the shed, the whole eight-foot aircraft carrier was perched precariously upon my Radio Flyer wagon. During the summer at the farm I would drag this monstrosity out, and land my G.I. Joe Skystriker on it, their toy version of the F-14 Tomcat. Since this was around the time of Tom Cruise’s Top Gun, I recited every line
in the movie, having watched it dozens of times at my friend Colin’s place after school. Along the same lines, more than two decades later, in 2010, I built a working 500-tonne Manitowoc crane, to G.I. Joe scale, out of wood for our son Spencer. It used a 15-pound dumbbell as a functional counterweight, and had functioning hoist and boom lines driven by ratchets. It took me more than 20 hours to build it, but in the seven years since, I don’t think he played with it a total of 20 hours. Electronics are much more interesting. And like the aircraft carrier, it’s a monstrosity. I don’t know whatever happened to my aircraft carrier. I imagine that the folks who bought the farm, literally, looked at this weird looking thing in the shed, broke it up and threw it in the wood stove or on a bonfire. I kept nearly all my toys from those days (except a few major Star Wars vehicles which disappeared around 2000ish, which I think might have been stolen). Spencer inherited the F-14. I looked at it this morning, before sitting down to type, and realized it was finally time to let it go. There’s nothing left of it. The cockpit and removeable panels are gone. So are the twin removable tail fins. It looks like it was stripped, cannibalized for parts. That’s sort of ironic, because the real F-14 was reportedly a maintenance nightmare for those who struggled to keep it in operating condition. I told Spencer it was time for us to throw it out. He said, “Yeah, I think you're right.” For this evening, at least, it will remain in my office, with my 2015 X-wing nearby. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News and a true geek. Some might say nerd. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.
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Can Saskatchewan break the curse this year? Corey Atkinson New Material Only Adam Casey won the Saskatchewan Curling Tour event in Swift Current last weekend, giving the 2018 SaskTelMen’s Tankard its fifth official team confirmed for the event. Casey’s rink, which won the provincial Tankard last year, will join Estevan’s Brent Gedak and teams skipped by Ryan Deis, Scott Bitz and Jeff Hartung. Also likely to join them will be current points leaders on the various tours like Colton Flasch, Steve Laycock, Josh Heidt, Jason Jacobson and whomever comes out of the three spots each for northern and southern playdowns on the weekend of Jan. 19th. In the women’s tour, the teams near the top could have won the event, including the Candace Chisholm rink from Carlyle that includes Kristy Johnson. The room at the top is a little more crowded and as Amber Holland proved only a few years ago, the teams that do well at the provincial level can win nationals. Three-time Marj Mitchell Award winner for sportsmanship Sherry Anderson is this year’s hope on the women’s side. The affable Anderson will undoubtedly do very well at the national level. It hasn’t been so easy for the men’s division. The province has had some incredibly capable curlers, like Moose Jaw’s Pat Simmons and Laycock. They’ve even formed superteams with Simmons and Laycock for five years, and it didn’t work. Simmons was the third with Kevin Koe and changed his province of residence to Alberta and won the Brier. Mark Dacey moved to Nova Scotia and won the 2004 Brier. There hasn’t been a lack of talent on the men’s side, nor has there been a lack of opportunity for growth from the club level to the national tour level. We probably have more bonspiels and curling rinks per capita than most other places where the Brier champions come from. Yet the last team from the province to win the Brier was Rick Folk in 1980 – well before some of the skips for the 2018 Tankard were born. So the question is– why can’t we win at the Brier? The closest we’ve come (apart from Simmons) would be the bronze won three years ago in Calgary by Laycock’s rink, which included Flasch at second at the time. For years before that, it didn’t seem like we had a curse because the province’s best kept ending up in the finals. We didn’t have a finalist from this province since Brad Heidt (bolstered by third Mark Dacey) lost in 1995 to Manitoba’s Kerry Burtnyk. Dacey, back in Saskatchewan, clearly became cursed again. Randy Woytowich lost in 1991 to Kevin Martin from Alberta and Eugene Hritzuk lost in the 1988 final to Pat Ryan. This province has hosted the Brier more times that it’s won it since the corn brooms were tossed aside for synthetic materials. The Cleveland Browns have made more playoff appearances than Saskatchewan since 1980. Something’s not right here. I don’t think there’s much question that the talent will be in Estevan Jan. 31-Feb. 4 at Affinity Palce to determine the best of the province. Whomever comes out of here, Saskatchewan will be one of the teams to watch at the Tim Hortons Brier in Regina in March Historically, the run from 1980-2018 has been an outlier. Saskatchewan ranks fourth all time among Brier wins (thank you Ernie Richardson rink from the 1960s for your four titles), right behind Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba. The 38 years is longer than any Roughrider Grey Cup drought since the 1960s, longer than the time Grodie Howe put on skates in an NHL game until his last game, longer than any New York Yankees championship drought and longer than any provincial government has lasted. How’s about whoever wins the Tankard this year just goes out and wins the Brier also. Why not, hey?
Notice of Call for Nominations PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office of: Board Member: South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209 for the City of Estevan will be received by the undersigned on the 31st day of January, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Board Office, 80A–18th Street N.E., Weyburn AND during regular business hours from November 24, 2017 to January 30, 2018, at the Board Office, 80A–18th Street N.E., Weyburn. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location(s): The Board Website: www.secpsd.ca The Board Office at 80A–18th Street N.E., Weyburn Dated this 24th day of November, 2017. Shelley Toth, Returning Officer
Annual Estevan City council attendance report released Estevan city council meetings were generally well-attended in 2017, according to the council attendance report. Thirteen of the 21 open council meetings last year had all members present. Seven of the other eight meetings had six of the seven members in attendance. The only meeting with less than six members pres-
ent was the first meeting of 2017, on Jan. 16, when three were not in council chambers. Mayor Roy Ludwig and Coun. Travis Frank had perfect attendance for the open meetings last year. Councillors Shelly Veroba, Dennis Moore and Lyle Yanish each missed one meeting, but they found other ways to
participate. Yanish missed the Jan. 17 meeting, but was present through Facetime. Veroba phoned in for the Jan. 30 meeting, and Moore called in for the March 13 session. Coun. Greg Hoffort wasn’t present for the Jan. 16 and Dec. 4 meetings, but he phoned in for both. Coun. Trevor Knibbs missed five meetings. Two of them, April 24 and Sept.
25, were for work-related reasons. The May 15 meeting was due to a funeral. He was listed as absent for the Jan. 16 and June 19 meetings. Council met twice a month last year, except for June, July and October. Only one meeting was held in those months. Council attendance reports are released on an annual basis.
Lack of snow good news for city By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
The lack of snow in the final two months of the year was a welcome sight for the City of Estevan and its snow removal budget. “We are not doing any overtime and the work that we are doing right now is not costing the city any extra money because we are not using contractors and we are sticking to regular hours,” said Norm Mack, who is the roads and draining manager in public works. The city spent $556,953
on snow removal for the first three months of last year. But it didn’t have to spend much in the last two months of the year. The city has budgeted $263,400 for snow removal for 2018 and the snow removal plan is going to be very similar to previous years. “Our snow removal budget for this year is close to what we have had the last few years,” said Mack. Currently the city is just doing maintenance and clean up on the streets and there isn’t any excepted major snow removal costs
to occur until a significant snowfall takes place. “Some the ice build that has been experienced around Estevan has been chipped off the road and hauled away,” said Mack. “Some of the light dusting that we have had has created ice build up on the roads but we hope to get a lot of that scrapped off and we have had the sanders out mostly every day putting sand down to keep the roads safe.” When asked if there is any emergency funding set aside in the event of a giant snow storm, Mack
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Out for a skate From left, Kalen Stang, Joshua Byler and Kyla Stang enjoyed skating at the Rusty Duce Play Park’s outdoor rink on Thursday afternoon. The temperatures warmed up in early January, allowing young people to get outside and enjoy some outdoor activities.
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New tenant lined up at Shand test facility Shell Cansolv is set to use SaskPower’s carbon capture test facility at the Shand Power Station over the coming year to further explore existing and new chemistry at the core of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. SaskPower made the announcement on Tuesday morning. Insights gained from the research will be used to enhance Cansolv’s technologies and inform future projects. SaskPower stated that the widespread use of CCS can significantly reduce emissions from power generation, and from industrial sectors that will continue to rely on fossil fuels for decades to come. “SaskPower’s carbon capture test facility helps the next generation of CCS technology to be developed, right here in Saskatchewan,” said Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskPower. “With the Boundary Dam project and this facility, SaskPower and Saskatchewan continue to be world-leaders in the development and application of a technology that the United Nations calls essential if we are to reduce the impact of man-made emissions on climate change.” The first tenant of the facility, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, completed testing on new
CCS technology in 2017. SaskPower’s test facility utilizes a “plug-and-play” system, meaning the technology that was tested by the former tenant has now been removed and the new equipment and chemistry to be tested by Shell is being added into the facility for testing. “The work led by Shell Cansolv over the coming year will also include the chemistry employed in the process we’re using at our Boundary Dam CCS facility, potentially allowing us to make significant improvements together, in-house,“ said SaskPower president and CEO Mike Marsh. “CCS for coal-fired power stations is still relatively new, and we continue to find new ways to improve the process, and share our progress with the world.” This testing program continues the partnership developed with Shell Cansolv in the operation of the industrial-scale Boundary Dam carbon capture project since 2014. Shell Cansolv offers leading state of the art gas absorption solutions, regenerable sulfur dioxide scrubbing technology and carbon dioxide capture technology. The test facility began operations in the spring of 2015. Next week’s edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
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Reporter: Tell us about Coco Liso? Tim: We started Coco Liso about four years ago. Our team was originally an oil and gas group. When the oil price was $120, our group, bucked the trend and basically looked away from oil and South towards Ecuador’s gold fields. It was kinda prophetic in retrospect. Of course, the McKinnon family is heavily invested. Another one of our original investors includes George Sereggela. George is now serving as CFO for our company. Smart guy and great advisor. George is like us, very bullish on gold price. Even more bullish now that China has started trading oil for yuan using a gold-backed futures contract in Shanghai. Many countries globally want to move away from the US dollar backed oil price. Reporter: Why Ecuador? Tim: Gold and copper is to Ecuador as oil is to Saudi Arabia. It’s the place to be if you are exploring for gold. Gold is what we are about. Since we started our field operations four years ago, government mining and tax policies inside the country have changed and all for the good. For example, this summer Ecuador won a prestigious award as the best mining jurisdiction in South America. Then again, they won in London for best mining jurisdiction in the world. At the same time the Ecuadorian minister of mines was named to the top 20 most influential people in mining.
Reporter: Well, how’s your bet paying off? Tim: Recently we announced a major discovery that Coco Liso has been working on for a number of years. We have confidential agreements tying up approximately 1600 hectares of prime mining real estate in one of the better mining projects worldwide. You can read more about this at http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/coco-lisoexploration-announces-3000000-non-brokered-privateplacement-after-the-discovery-of-platinum-groupelements-on-properties-in-ecuador-664919833.html or search Coco Liso CNW for the link. It’s a platinum group element project, rhodium rich, and with abundant gold. Rhodium is selling higher than gold right now at $1725 oz., that’s a long way from its $10,000 oz. peak a number of years back, but still highly profitable. Our internal lab work (Coco Liso established a geological laboratory in Ecuador in January 2017) was recently confirmed at 1600 g/t PGE’s, that’s 50 oz. every front-end loader bucket full. Here is a brief cartoon cross section, showing how the Coco Liso properties break out science-wise. This is at the Northern edge of a 240 km trend influenced by what we call the Carnegie fist that punches its way into the South American continent at Ecuador. That’s the mechanism responsible for 86 active volcanoes inside the country, numerous earthquakes and the mother of one of the richest gold frontiers in the world. We are at the thumb of that Carnegie fist; at the little finger is a historic mine that produced 120 tons of gold and 240 tons of silver. That’s one of the top producing mines in the history of the world. Coco Liso is expanding its exploration on that trend, and daily we seem to be finding new prospective areas.
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west, from Dodsland to Whiteside. Five of those rigs were working for Teine Energy. Whitecap had two, Raging River Exploration, Crescent Point and NAL Resources had one each in that string. Raging River also had a rig at Elrose and another at Plato. Crescent Point had one between those two, at Plato. Another cluster could be found southwest of Kerrobert. There, Raging River had two rigs, while Baytex Energy, Ish Energy and Whitecap each had one. Sitting off to itself in an area that doesn’t see much drilling at all in recent years, Caltex Resources had one
Crescent Point Energy had nine rigs working in close proximity south of Torquay. Graphic courtesy Rig Locator tion to its capital program to, in part, target the Lodgepole formation in this general region. Rigs have started to pop up west of Oungre, with Spartan Energy having one rig west of the community, and Torc Oil & Gas with its own, southwest of Oungre. Two rigs were working along the north side of the Rafferty Reservoir, both for Crescent Point. That company also had a rig at Roche Percee. Other singular rigs in the southeast included Ridgeback Resources, with one rig at Heward. Midale Petroleums had one east of Benson. Torc had one rig northeast of Lampman, in the Steelman field. All by its lonesome without any other rigs near
it in southeast Saskatchewan, Tundra Oil & Gas had one rig working near Carievale, at Antler. In southwest Saskatchewan, there were nearly double as many active rigs as has been the usual pattern. That’s in part due to Crescent Point adding additional rigs, bringing their count up to six near Shaunavon and one north of Gull Lake. In that area, Surge Energy had one rig south of Shaunavon and Whitecap Resources had two north of Gull Lake. In the Kindersley area, a line of 10 rigs ran east-
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ber of active drilling rigs. With 26 rigs on Jan. 4, it doubled the No. 2 operator, Encana Corp, which had 13. Indeed, Crescent Point had more than the No. 2 and No. 3 operators combined, as Cenovus Energy, in third spot fielded 12 rigs. It’s been a tumultuous few months for those drilling for Crescent Point, as the company drew down most of its drilling program in November for several weeks. It put a number back to work in mid-December, getting a hole or two done with each just Christmas. Now, of those 26 rigs in Canada, 25 were working for Crescent Point in Saskatchewan. Rig Locator’s map showed a bit of a change in strategy, as the company had four rigs working in the Viewfield Bakken area in something of a halo pattern, all about 11 to 15 kilometres from Stoughton. But it’s in the Torquay area that their emphasis has been revealed. In what is likely the highest concentration of rigs in that region since it took off a few years ago, the company had nine drilling rigs working in an area southwest of Torquay, from Highway 350 to 13 kilometres west, and from the U.S. border to 10 kilometres north. Crescent Point had indicated a $100 million addi-
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EAGM hosts successful art history camps I want to teach the kids how art has transformed throughout the ages and how art itself has shaped civilizations,” said Jursa. “All of our camps and educational programming that we do is geared towards teaching kids about art while keeping them entertained and engaged,” she added. Jursa said that she saw relatively good turnouts for the camp, with each day bringing between four to six kids. She wasn’t sure how popular the art history camp idea was going to be but it went very well. “I wanted to select something that was easy so the kids would be able to get the concept behind the art I was teaching them about,” said Jursa. “With young children it is always hard to teach them something while also avoiding not boring them.” The animation class was going to be two-fold,
By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) hosted a series of educational camps during the Christmas holidays that teach young children about the history of art. Alison Jursa, who is the education and outreach programming co-ordinator for EAGM, taught the art camps, which ran from Jan. 3 to 5. “It has been going very well so far and each day of the camp we host will teach the students about a different time period of art. So far we have taken a look at early art in ancient times and as the program concludes we will finish with cartoon animation,” said Jursa. There was also a class on art in pop culture, featuring the works of such artists as Andy Warhol. “The theme of the camp is art throughout the ages.
Avery Talsma, Aspen Mayuk, Braya Prybylski, Liam Kwochka and Mahaley Fonstad paint during an art history camp day. The group had finished watching a cartoon and was attemping to recreate any art themes they noticed in the show. in that the children tackled drawing and also animation. Jursa didn’t teach the kids how to animate with high tech programs but more with pencil and paper. Jursa said she noticed that the kids love to draw and paint and they seem very creative.
“They are going to learn how to create their own cartoons characters and I will be giving them a step by step guide on how to recreate some popular characters like Pikachu that the children can relate to,” said Jursa. “After they create their
characters they will build them into a story board. For the animation part we will be going with a Jeopardy game where the kids will learn about how animation has changed over the years,” she added. Moving forward
EAGM will have a T-shirt making night with the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins on Jan. 12. A few players from the team are going to come in and create t-shirts, banners and posters with the kids that they can bring to future hockey games.
Kinette Princess Ball planned for Jan. 27 By William Acri wacri@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Kinettes Club’s annual Princess Ball is slated to take place at the end of January, with the event having something for everyone who attends. The event will be held at the Estevan Elks Lodge on Jan. 27 from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m and the tickets cost $55. Some of the activities the Princess Ball is going to have will be prizes for a raffle, door prizes and an on-site photographer who will be available to take pictures of attendees. There will be dances throughout the afternoon. Committee chair
Casey MacIntyre said she wanted this year’s ball to have something for everyone and she feels that has been accomplished with the variety of things that are offered. “All the money raised at the event will go towards curing cystic fibrosis, which is a deadly disease. Cystic Fibrosis Canada
will be the beneficiary of the funds raised at our charity event,” said MacIntyre. Snacks and refreshments will be at the ball and everyone is encouraged to enjoy them. A total of 154 tickets are available for the Princess Ball, and as of Friday afternoon, there were only 44 left.
MacIntyre is happy to see that the tickets are selling fast and she is looking forward to the money going to help a good cause. “Kinettes Canada and the Kinsmen have been raising funds to find a cure for cystic fibrosis since 1964 and since that time, $40 million dollars has been raised for the cause.
We are always happy for the Kinsmen and Kinettes to come together and work towards a goal that will help people,” said MacIntyre. “My family has always been very passionate about finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and that is part of the reason I joined the Kinettes.”
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Bruins drop two home games on weekend
By Corey Atkinson sports@Estevanmercury.ca
The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins lost a pair of games on the weekend, and will likely lose the services of their captain for a few games as well. The Bruins (22-13-31) lost 4-2 to the Melfort Mustangs (24-7-4-1) Friday and 2-1 in overtime to the Humboldt Broncos (20-13-3-2) Saturday. “They were two different games,” Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood said. “Friday night’s game we played really well with the exception of four or five shifts and four or five end up in the back of our net.” Saturday was an entirely different story. “We just didn’t play well enough,” Lewgood said. “We played half the game well and even when we were skating hard we were still disorganized.” The team failed to complete many passes and weren’t the sharpest when it came to their energy level. Despite their being fewer hits than a Lou Bega concert, Bruins captain Jake Fletcher was dinged with a major penalty and game misconduct for a
check from behind for a hit on Humboldt’s Derek Patter in the middle of the second period. Patter was helped off the ice and missed the balance of the period but returned for the third period. “When you’re not sharp and things aren’t going well you’ve got to skate and work through,” Lewgood said. “We didn’t have the work ethic (Saturday night) to do that.” In the net, Bo Didur made 28 saves in the loss Saturday and Matt Lukacs stopped 23 Friday. Michael McChesney scored the Bruins’ only goal Saturday on a delayed penalty after Stephen Wack tripped up Jake Heerspink in the neutral zone. “(Humboldt) played hard and played tough,” McChesney said. “They didn’t let anything come easy… their goalie played pretty well but we didn’t get any guys to the net. There were a lot of rebounds we missed opportunities on. A lot of stick battles we didn’t win. Just a lot of little things we need to be better at and they beat us at.” The Bruins entered the third period ahead but gave
Power Dodge Estevan Bruins defenceman Johnny Witzke tries to block a chance from Humboldt Broncos forward Brayden Camrud Saturday at Affinity Place. up a goal 33 seconds into the period on a power play. “ We ’ v e g o t t o b e better at little things like blocking shots and just doing those little things,” McChesney said. McChesney and Kaelan Holt scored for the Bruins Friday. The Bruins’ next action is Wednesday and Saturday at home to the Kindersley Klippers (1515-2-2),
Power Dodge Estevan Bruins forward Tyson Manz tries to get the puck around Humboldt Broncos defender Morgan Gobeil Saturday at Affinity Place.
Amanda Minchin taking on general manager’s duties at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
T S & M Wo o d l a w n Golf Club head professional Amanda Minchin will be handling both her own duties and that of general manager for the 2018 season. Minchin has accepted the role for a three-year deal and is working on the planning stages for the 2018 golf season. “Amanda has been the face of the club to
many members for years and her knowledge of the membership, as well as her involvement with the junior programs, illustrates her ability to ensure a great experience for all members and guests of our club,” wrote club president Jeff Ward in an email to club members Friday. Since this is the course Minchin practically grew up on, it’s easy to see why she took the job. “I’ve been here a long time. There’s been other
offers and other things but obviously I’m in love with our club and our organization and our golf course,” Minchin said. “I just think we have so much we can still accomplish. We’ve accomplished a lot since I’ve been a kid.” It’s her goal to have Woodlawn, long-term, get better. “Apart from the sentimental reasons why I’m here, that’s one of the main reasons – that we’re always looking to get better.”
The day-to-day life for Minchin will still be the same, as she’ll be able to focus a lot of duties as head professional at the course. “ I t h i n k n o w, I ’ l l just be a little bit more in tune with the other departments,” Minchin said. “We all have been helping each other as we transition into this anyways and we’ve been teammates as members for a long time but I think everyone kind of helps out where we need to.”
Minchin replaces Travis Merritt in the general manager’s role. Merritt was on the job for one season before being released by the club’s board of directors. The club will be looking to add a PGA professional to help with the teaching and club events that Minchin would be doing. The club will have a fairly busy 2018 season, but will have a lot less on its plate for the year than
they did last year, when they had a FutureLinks event and high school provincials as well as its other annual events. “We will be hosting a Maple Leaf Junior Tour event May 19 and 20,” she said. “We don’t have any huge events booked. We had a pretty full slate last year. We’ll be looking to be a little bit quieter when it comes to provincial and regional events. We’re always looking to book local events here.”
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Estevan Apex Bruins forward Jaiden Gervais crashes the net for a rebound on Prairie Storm goaltender Caelan Armstrong Sunday at Affinity Place.
Apex Bruins win three in a row on weekend By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan Apex Bruins came out of the Christmas break in much the same way as they went into it – winning big against some of the best of
their league. The Bruins (16-7-2) won three in a row last weekend in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League’s midget AA division, winning 4-3 over the first place Regina Rangers (17-7-2) Friday in Regina,
and then coming home for a two-game sweep of the Prairie Storm Extreme Hockey, 8-2 Saturday and 5-3 Sunday. The Bruins jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the middle of the second period Sunday and slowly allowed
Power Tech Bear Cats edged in Regina Playing only one game on the weekend, the Estevan Power Tech Bear Cats likely weren’t going to pile up the goals, but they probably wanted more than zero. The midget AA Bear Cats (10-6-2) were shut out in Regina against the
Capitals (13-6-1) Friday night in Regina in South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League action, although they outshot the Capitals 34-22. The game was scoreless until 14:01 into the third period when Kaleigh Tress scored for the
Capitals. Morgan Fayle stopped 21 of 22 shots in the loss. The Bear Cats this weekend will play a home and home series against the Notre Dame Hounds (2-12-1), Saturday at Notre Dame and Sunday at 1 p.m. at Affinity Place.
the Prairie Storm to creep back into the game one goal at a time. “That happens partially in back to back games when you win the first game by a lot,” said Ulrich. “You jump out to an early lead in the second game and you think it’s going to be kind of the same. But you forget the reason you got those two leads is because you were playing good hockey and getting pucks on net and making strong plays.” The Bruins kept focus enough after that lapse to win the game without too much stress, getting them within two points of the Rangers for first place in the league.
“When (Prairie Storm) scored that third one, we dug in and found a way to get back to our game,” said Ulrich. The wins helped the team get off from the Christmas break on the right track. “Coming into the weekend and taking three wins is huge for us,” Ulrich said. “Especially because there’s six teams in the league all packed at the top within a couple of points of each other. Jaiden Gervais, who picked up two goals and six assists on the weekend, is the league’s leading scorer with 50 points. “I’ve got to give all the credit to my linemates,” he
Chisholm rink bows out at provincial Scotties Estevan’s Kristy Johnson was able to help the Candace Chisholm rink from Carlyle to a three-game winning streak during the provincial Scotties tournament at Melfort last week, but they weren’t able to pull off enough wins to get to the playoffs. The Chisholm rink lost 8-7 to the Stefanie Lawton rink Friday night in a game that would have sent them to the playoffs. Johnson is lead with second Natalie Bloomfield, third Lana Vey and skip Chisholm. The rink started off the round robin at the Scotties with a 6-4 loss to eventual provincial champion Sherry Anderson and
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said. “Dawson Schaff and Josh Romanyk are both just setting me up in the right places. We’re feeding off each other and luckily the puck’s going in for us.” There’s also a second line with Kale Adams, Daymon Wanner and Dalton Shrader that has been performing well offensively. “All the lines are clicking right now. In the dressing room, it’s a great environment. Everyone’s friends with everyone,” Gervais said. “It’s a great place to be.” The Bruins’ next action is this weekend in Moose Jaw to take on the last-place Warriors (5-152-2) for a pair of games.
followed it with a 7-6 loss to the second place Robyn Silvernagle rink. They won three in a row, 8-6 over last year’s provincial champion Penny Barker, 8-5 over Ashley Howard, and 8-1 over former national Scotties champ Amber Holland. They lost their next three in a row, 6-3 to Chantelle Eberle and 9-3 to Nancy Martin before their loss to Lawton. Chishom’s rink defeated Lawton last month at the Viterra Scotties Last Chance qualifier at the Power Dodge Curling Centre before Lawton got in on the very last chance.
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Atom Tier One Bruins drop three home games to Moose Jaw By Corey Atkinson sports@Estevanmercury.ca
It was a bit of a rocky weekend for the Estevan Atom Tier One Bruins in their series with the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Bruins lost a pair of games Friday and Saturday before dropping their 13th of the Southeast Minor Hockey League season 13-2. “It was two completely different teams that showed up Saturday, (versus) Friday and Sunday,” said Bruins coach Chris Terrett. “I don’t know what to say about today. Everything we did today was wrong. And (Saturday), we got some big saves and guys worked way harder.” The scores were unavailable from the source, but Terrett said the kids were “working their tails off” in the Saturday game. “We weren’t losing
races. Every puck battle we were coming out with it. The effort level was way better (Saturday),” he said. “That makes all the difference in the world.” Moose Jaw Sunday jumped out to a 13-0 lead by the middle of the third period. Justin Folbar and Carson Deichert each scored goals to add their names to the scoresheet. Both Hayden L’Hertitier and Cowan Ludke played in net Sunday. “We were down 5-0 nine minutes in,” Terrett said. “That’s just because we didn’t show up to play.” Now the team heads to the practices with a renewed focus on effort. “Our boys know what to do and they know how to do it, but if they don’t do it… “ he said. “We can’t bag skate them. That’s not going to do anything. At the start of the year we had a hard time
Estevan Atom Tier One Bruins Justin Folbar tries to work the puck near Moose Jaw’s Trehvan McMorris Saturday afternoon at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. getting pucks on net, and we did a lot better on that (Sunday). We did a really good forecheck sometimes and sometimes we had nothing.” He counted only three goals on the power play versus a while lot of power play goals against.
“This weekend it was just on effort,” Terrett said. “That’s all it was.” The Bruins next games are Friday at home to the Weyburn Wings and Sunday at home to the Yorkton Terriers, with game times and locations to be announced.
OBITUARIES DAVID DALE HARDY On Tuesday, January 2, 2018, Dale passed away peacefully at the Regina General Hospital at the age of 83, surrounded by his devoted family. He was predeceased by his parents George and Helen Hardy of Midale; brother George (Aletha) Hardy of Weyburn; sister Berna (Dr. Grant) Colpitts of Calgary; sister Lorna (Jim) Metheral of Weyburn; brother Dr. Larry Hardy of Saskatoon; grandson Evan Hardy of Midale and step-grandson Dakota Brown of Midale; and Britta’s parents, Everett and Lorraine Ross. He is survived by Britta, his loving wife of 60 years; brother Ken (Linda) Hardy of Kelowna; sister-in-law Sonja Hardy of Saskatoon; his six children: Colleen (Demetre) Polychroniou of Kelowna and their sons George and Dale; Susan (Greg) Hardy of Regina, and Susan’s sons Adam (children Jaxon and Ava) and Aaron (son Nyxon) Stettner; Bruce (Kimberley) Hardy of Midale and Kim’s children Christopher and Cassandra (baby Savannah); Roger (Carrie) Hardy of Kelowna and Roger’s children Liam, Sean and Bridget Hardy; Jeanne (Kirk) Leech of Regina and their children Benjamin and Samantha; Katherine (Doug) Thompson of Medicine Hat and their children Daphne and Charles; numerous nieces and nephews; Britta’s sisters Marilyn (Phil) Koett and Evlyn (Bill) Stants. Dale was born January 13, 1934 at Midale, Saskatchewan where he attended school and was awarded the General Proficiency Medal upon graduation. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science and Agriculture with Honours in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan. He loved and excelled at playing hockey and baseball and played hockey for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. It was while attending university that Dale met his soulmate, Britta Ross. They were married in 1957 at Zion Lutheran Church in Saskatoon, where he also enjoyed singing in the choir. Dale worked for the National Geological Survey of Canada surveying minerals in the Northwest Territories as a summer job. In 1961 Dale returned to the family farm in Midale to partner with his brother George and then later with his own sons. He also worked as a consultant oilfield geologist and was a founding member of Midale Petroleums Ltd along with George Hardy, Ken Lee, Ervin Meyers, Les Meyers, and Ran Clearwater. He enjoyed searching for oil for the next 40 years, well into retirement. Dale was active in his community both locally and provincially. He coached hockey for many years and served on the Midale Hospital and Credit Union Boards. Dale was a youth leader and served as Church Council President at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Luther College Board of Regents, the Campus Ministry Board and the University of Saskatchewan Senate. Upon retirement, he enjoyed travelling and attending cattle shows. He was an avid reader and sports fan. Dale and Britta moved to Regina in 2014. Funeral Service for Dale was held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Midale, SK, on Saturday, January 6 at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow at Westphalia Cemetery in Midale. Family and friends so wishing may make memorial donations to Lutheran World Relief or Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Midale. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.speersfuneralchapel.com
Marguerite M. Beaulieu 1923 – 2017 Marguerite passed away peacefully with family by her side on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, SK at the age of 94 years. Marguerite will be lovingly remembered by her children, Paulette (Bob) Reynolds, Carole (Gerry) Gutheil, Alain (Josie) Beaulieu, Adele Beaulieu, Dan (Cindy) Beaulieu, Martin (Jackie) Beaulieu, Kathy (Greg) Gedak and Ray Beaulieu; 16 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; sisters in law, Sylvia St. Amand, Gisele Beaulieu, Sr. Rejeanne Beaulieu, Sr. Murielle Beaulieu, Shirley Beaulieu, Theresa Beaulieu and Odette (Denis) Chabot; brother in law, Oliver (Clemence) Beaulieu as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Marguerite was predeceased by her parents, Amable and Eliane St. Amand; husband Bertrand Beaulieu, siblings, Joseph, Alphonse, Jean, Paul, Oscar and Alice as well as numerous other family members. The Memorial Service was held on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 10:00 a.m at St. John the Baptist R.C Church with Rev. Sathiadas Antony presiding. Interment will take place at Estevan City Cemetery at a later date. The lunch reception took place immediately following the service in the church auditorium. In memory of Marguerite, memorial donations may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1 or to Estevan Diversified Services, 1339 6th St, Estevan, SK, S4A 1B2. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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Thank you to all our friends and family for the cards, flowers, online condolences, memorial candles, food and call of support. We would like to acknowledfge the excellent care provided by Dr. Tsoi, homecare, St. Joseph’s Hospital staff, the adult day program and SMILE services. The care Mom received at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home was exceptional. We thank Fr. Antony, Connie Wheeler, the senior choir and alter servers for the beautiful Mass and to the CWL for their tribute and wonderful lunch provided. A special Thank you to Yvonne Clark and the staff of Hall Funeral Services for guiding us every step of the way. Marguerite’s Family
Ronald W. Muirhead 1941 - 2017 Ronald passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, SK at the age of 76 years. Ron's memory will forever be cherished by his wife Kathy; 2 daughters, Twyla (Mark) Hanson (grandchildren, Braydon, Hallie and Emily), Michelle (Cory) Stepp (grandchildren, Ashton and Bria); mother Rita Muirhead; brother Daryl (Judy) Muirhead; sisters in law and brothers in law, Elva (Gary) Haagenson, Wes Collins and Vicki (John) Winter as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Ron was predeceased by his son Kevin and
father Robert. The Visitation was held on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m..The Memorial service was held on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 11:00 a.m at St. Paul's United Church, Estevan, with Sandy Dalziel officiating. The lunch reception was held immediately following the service in the church auditorium. Interment took place at Hamar Lutheran Cemetery, Bromhead, SK. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made in memory of Ron to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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