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The Offspring and SUM 41’s concert was a Pretty Fly night for Estevan By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
Since Affinity Place opened in 2011, it has been the site of some loud, raucous and energetic concerts that have delighted spectators. But Saturday night’s concert at the events centre, featuring The Offspring and SUM 41, might have been the loudest yet. A large crowd attended Saturday night’s show, with the majority of the fans were on the floor of the arena. There weren’t any floor seats for this particular concert, which allowed fans to stand and dance, jump up and down, mosh and even crowd surf. The concert started with opening act Dinosaur Pile Up, and the group did
Dexter Holland and the rest of The Offspring performed their biggest hits Saturday night at Affinity Place. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia their part to energize the audience by delivering a loud performance for the crowd. Then SUM 41 took to the stage for their performance. The veteran Canadian punk-rock group
opened their set by playing Turning Away, The Hell Song and Motivation. There were recent songs like Out for Blood and A Death in the Family, and a cover of Queen’s We Will Rock You. Then they launched
into some of their biggest hits like Pieces, In too Deep, Fat Lip and Still Waiting. Throughout their set, SUM 41 was interacting with the audience, with lead singer Deryck Whib-
ley telling jokes and reminding the crowd of how eager they were to be in Estevan. Steam cannons went off several times during the set. After an intermission to allow for the stage to be altered and the backdrop to be swapped out, long-time American punk-rock group The Offspring began their set. They opened by singing Americana, All I Want and Come out and Play. Then they played their latest song, It Won’t get Better, before delivering hits like Want you Bad and Original Prankster for the crowd. They also had a cover song with Whole Lotta Rosie by AC/DC. While they had their comedic interactions with each other and stories for the crowd, there were also
poignant moments, such as when lead singer Dexter Holland played Gone Away on the piano as a tribute to people he knows who have died too young. Spectators turned on their cell phone lights during the song. Beach balls bounced around the audience during the playing of Why Don’t You Get a Job. Their set concluded with a couple of their biggest hits Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) and the Kids Aren’t All Right, and the encore songs were You’re Gonna Go Far Kid and Self Esteem. The members of the Offspring noted they have passed through Estevan in the past, but this was their first time performing here, and they hope it won’t be their last.
Deryck Whibley of SUM 41 brought a lot of energy for the band’s set at Saturday’s concert. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia
An energetic crowd was excited to hear the music of SUM 41 and The Offspring. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia
Three people were transported to hospital after a three semi-truck collision Three semi-trucks were involved in a traffic collision on Highway 39 near Roche Percee, one kilometre east of the Bienfait turnoff. According to the RCMP news release, the serious accident occurred on Nov. 21 at approximately 4:08 a.m. Estevan RCMP, EMS and the Estevan Fire and Rescue all attended the scene. At the time of the call, it was known that there were entrapment and injuries.
One semi-truck was travelling from North Portal when it jack-knifed. Shortly after, a second semi-truck driving southeast collided with the first semi-truck and split the trailer from the tractor. While first responders were already rushing to the accident, just a few minutes after the first collision, a third semi-truck, also travelling southeast, collided with the second semi-truck, which pushed it into a ditch. The third
semi-truck started on fire. “Once we did arrive on scene we did find a fully involved truck unit that was on fire with still one person that was entrapped. (It was) unknown, which vehicle he was trapped in,” said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser. “We had suppression crews jump into action right away and start to extinguish the fire in that unit. There was also EMS doing an amazing job out there. We divided up and assisted with EMS there to locate the
entrapped individual.” All three drivers and the single passenger were quickly located and accounted for. Fortunately, the last person wasn’t in the truck that caught on fire. “We had a crew go to the extrication side of things as well and safely extricate the driver from the vehicle,” said Feser. EMS treated all individuals involved with the collision. Two of the drivers and the passenger were transported to St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Estevan and were released later that morning. The fire was extinguished without incident, and fire crews were back to the station at about 7:30 a.m. The highway was shut down since early Thursday morning for a considerable amount of time due to the location of the accident, as well as the amount of debris and the investigation portion of the incident. The highway was not passable in
either direction. At the time of the collision, the highways were observed to be icy and rutted. Visibility was poor due to the fog. “There were extremely hazardous road conditions as well as low visibility due to ground cover fog in that area,” said Feser. The Wednesday snowstorm that hit the Estevan area earlier also affected the driving conditions. The investigation is ongoing.
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City progressing with snow removal The City of Estevan moved quickly to start with snow removal efforts during and after a snow storm struck last week, but it took a methodical approach to removing the snow from residential streets. Norm Mack, who is the manager of roads and drainage for the city’s public works division, said he believes Estevan received between 25-30 centimetres, or about 10-12 inches of snow. Even while the snow was still falling that day, city crews were out at 5 a.m. to work on Priority 1 streets, and salt trucks were also out.
“We windrowed them,” said Mack. “We’re going to blow the snow off of the main arteries and put whatever we can to the side on the arteries that permit that.” One contracted grader was out to help with the snow removal efforts, but the rest of the workers clearing the streets were city employees. They worked overtime the first two days, as they were out until 7:30 p.m. that first night, and then they started at 4 a.m. the following day. Mack was hopeful the sun and the warm temperatures melt the snow off of the main arteries.
“We don’t foresee that this is a full-blown emergency where we need to go into hiring contractors,” said Mack. “So we want to save our money and spend it smart and we want the weather to work with us.” Priority 1 and 2 roads were finished as of Tuesday morning. He believed the Priority 3 were about 75-80 per cent complete, and should be finished by Wednesday afternoon. An emphasis was placed on the roads surrounding Affinity Place due to the concert on Saturday night featuring The Offspring and
SUM 41. The city wanted to make sure those roads were clear due to an expected surge in traffic. Those roads were taken care of well before the concert. “It doesn’t matter what kind of snowfall we get, we always clean up around that area, because we know there’s a lot of people that come and go, and a lot of activities in that area,” said Mack. There were a couple of reasons why the city decided to opt against a large-scale snow removal effort. The first was above-zero temperatures were expected in the Estevan
area over the weekend, which will melted away some of the snow on the roads. The other was the lack of wind during the storm itself. The city didn’t have to worry about troublesome areas in the community. “Nobody got it worse than anybody else,” said Mack. “It was pretty much 30 centimetres on the level. So there was no ground drifting. There was no wind. It’s just that some roads are busier than others, and they pack down quicker. Still, some streets looked a little heavier only because it’s lighter traffic in residential areas.” Mack also noted there wasn’t any snow on the ground before last week’s storm, and there weren’t icy conditions, either. A lot of ruts have formed on the roads from
the warm weather on the weekend. They want those ruts off the streets, especially with another system in the forecast for later this week. The city is expected to receive another 10-15 centimetres between Nov. 28 and 30. Mack said the city ’s snow-removal fleet was ready for the snowstorm that hit last week, but employees were surprised by the amount. The initial projection in the snowfall warning issued on Nov. 19 was for 10-15 centimetres. “We checked that night at 11 o’clock, and it was good, and we had people out at four o’clock (in the morning), and there must have been a pile of snow that fell within five or six hours. A lot of snow fell then. So we were prepared, but we weren’t expecting 30 centimetres.”
Snow clearing equipment was out on Nov. 20, after Estevan was hit by a pre-winter snowstorm.
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Halle and Eli Turnbull flank the giant snowman that they built on Nov. 23. The warm temperatures on Saturday provided an opportunity for people to get out and play in the snow that fell on Estevan earlier in the week. But in the case of the Turnbulls, they used their creativity to build a snowman that not only towered over hem, but would likely be the largest in the city. Photo by Taunia Turnbull
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Orpheum will rock us into the New Year with Canadian musicians Toque
By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca
Want to have a year to remember? Start it with the night to remember at the Orpheum Theatre, where Toque will rock you into the new year. For the first time in its history, the Orpheum Theatre is going to throw a New Year’s Eve rock party. “I thought it was a cool year because we are going into a new decade, and also the Orpheum Theatre is 105 years old. So it was a good way to start the new year,” said Jocelyn Dougherty, who owns the Orpheum Theatre along with her husband Alan. The night promises to be casual and festive at the same time. And to make sure it has the best of the Canadian spirit they invited the most Canadian band to share the clock countdown with the community. Dougherty is sure the band will be amazing. “The first time I saw them live was at Shake the Lake in Regina this summer. And I couldn’t believe how the crowd just gravitated towards the stage when they were playing. They were just unbelievable, and you could tell by the reaction from the crowd. So I can guarantee people are in for a high-quality rock’n’roll performance,” said Dougherty. The four highly professional and very talented Canadian musicians Cory Churko (guitar), Todd Kerns (vocals and guitar), Shane Gaalass (drums) and Brent Fitz (bass) are known for their work with such stars as Slash, Age of Electric, Gene Simmons, Kelly Clarkson and others. And Churko has been working with
Canadian rock cover band Toque features, from left, Cory Churko (guitar), Todd Kerns (vocals and guitar), Shane Gaalass (drums) and Brent Fitz (bass). Photo submitted Shania Twain for about 20 years and is the music director for her and for Toque. Back in 2012, they came together to form the most Canadian rock cover band, which they named after one of the most Canadian words ever. Last weekend Toque was rocking Alberta during the Grey Cup Festival. The Mercury got a chance to talk to Kerns while the band was getting ready for the outdoor tailgate party in Calgary. Band members keep working in other projects in the U.S. and come together every so often to rock some
Canadian hits. Kerns noted that sometimes balancing between different projects could be tricky as they all have many obligations, but they make it work. “It sometimes can be challenging getting everybody on the same page. But part of the fun of this thing is that it was meant to be done out of love and for fun, so we can do it,” said Kerns. Toque plays to standing ovations everywhere they go and are guaranteed to fire up the Estevan crowd. Kerns said that their main ingredient of success is professionalism.
“Dealing with a whole group of professional guys, we know how to just show up and give 100 per cent no matter the situation,” said Kerns. “That’s why... everybody in this band has world-class gigs because they are professionals and they are talented.” But the Estevan concert promises to be even more special because, besides undebatable talent and energy, these four musicians also have a unique connection to the region. “Toque is a pretty special thing because it is four guys, four Canadian guys, four Prai-
rie Canadian guys. Cory and I grew up in Saskatchewan, Brent Fitz is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and our drummer Shane is from Alberta, so we all have this sort of shared history of Canadian music that’s pretty specifically regional as well. So we put together the project, it was out of total love for Canadian music,” said Kerns. On top of that Kerns has even more connections to Estevan - he actually was born in the Energy City. “ When (the concert) came up, I was like, ‘Wow, it’s so crazy because I was born there.’ So I’m very excited to
get back there,” said Kerns. “We left shortly after I was born, and I don’t have a whole lot of history in the city, but I’ve been back a few times to play, and I would love to add a little bit more invested time in Estevan because that’s where I was born.” Toque exclusively rocks great Canadian classic rock with a preference for Canadian Prairies classic rock. The band has two records and they also recently released their hit single Never Enough. They play out of love for Canadian music, and that love they will share with the Estevan crowd. Af ter a current run through Alberta, Toque will get back to their other projects. In the end of the year, the band will get together again for a brief Prairie tour. “Being a straight-up Saskatchewan guy, it’s always great to be in Saskatchewan. We don’t play in Saskatchewan nearly enough, so it’s always good to come back,” said Kerns. Opening for the rock band is Ontario-based comedian He Fangzhou, who is well-known in different parts of Canada. “We are going to begin at 9 o’clock with the comedian… The band will start approximately at 10 o’clock and … they will be on stage to bring in the New Year with us,” said Dougherty. The Tower Café will serve the first 2020 midnight lunch, which is included in the ticket. A cash bar and regular concession will be open throughout the night. Advance tickets are $75 (door price is $85). Tickets are available at Henders Drugs and the Orpheum Theatre.
Pipes are being set on the bottom of Rafferty Dam By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca
The water intake project that will eventually shift Estevan’s primary source of water from Boundary Dam to Rafferty Dam is well underway. The first portion of the pipe was sunk on Nov. 20. The six divers from the coast are currently working on the scene, doing the work at the bottom of the lake. “The divers are still working. This was the one part of the line, we have two parts that are going in that are being bored into the lake. This one was air lines for cleaning air intake. And they were diving down, attaching the drill head, making all the connections under the water, so that the drillers could pull the pipe back to drill the hole itself as well as they are doing things like installing the air line, installing the brackets on the bottom of the floor where the
pipe will actually sit on and make it breaking up the ice,” explained Shane Bucsis, who is the manager of the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants. The divers placed the massive cement blocks on the bottom first, and then the pipe was bored. Once the contractors bore the hole then they send the pipe, and divers will help line it up and down on those blocks. “These guys do ocean work for oil… It’s a very specialized profession to be doing the work they are doing,” noted Bucsis. They also had to ship all the needed for diving works equipment from the coast and set it all up here. The barge that is delivering pipes to the assigned location was specially constructed for the Estevan water intake project. Different contractors are working at the site at the
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So with winter right around the corner, there will be a lot of icebreaking, which might be dangerous for passionate winter anglers. But Bucsis assured the contractors will take needed safety steps. “Once there is solid ice on there, they will set up a barrier around their working zone. Because where they are working they have to break up the ice constantly to drop the pipe in. There will be a quarantined area… Everyone can still use the lake as long as they are not within that area,” said Bucsis. Once the water intake project is completed Estevan will be receiving better quality water from the Rafferty Dam. The water the city is currently using is high in trihalomethanes (THM), which are formed when chlorine is added to water that contains dissolved organics, particularly organic carbon. The project is planned to be finished by next summer.
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Have our ears stopped ringing? When the City of Estevan announced a few months ago that The Offspring and SUM 41 would be coming to Estevan for a concert, we knew one thing for certain: it would be loud. Given the punk-rock genre favoured by both bands, and the fact that Affinity Place is a relatively small venue by that tour’s standards, it was destined to be one of the loudest concerts at Affinity Place since the events centre opened more than eight years ago, and one of the loudest concerts on the tour. From that aspect, the concert delivered. Right from the first note in the first song by veteran Canadian musicians SUM 41, you could tell the type of night the music fans were in for. Those who were close to the stage could have been forgiven for thinking a small earthquake was rolling through. But that’s exactly what they likely wanted. If you’re a fan of quieter, more subdued music, then this wasn’t the concert for you. But this wasn’t ear-splitting music that you couldn’t understand, either. Even if you had never heard In too Deep by SUM 41 or Pretty Fly by the Offspring, you could understand the lyrics of the musicians, and the words they were saying between songs as they told stories about the music and interacted with the crowd. It was a wild, electric concert throughout the
night that allowed both acts to perform their biggest songs. And that’s what fans wanted to hear. It’s nice to hear a couple new songs from these veteran groups, songs that we maybe haven’t heard before, or a cover song from another group. SUM 41 covered Queen and The Offspring played some AC/DC. But when you get these acts that have been around for a long time but still have a strong following, it’s about hearing those songs that you’ve heard before, that you grew up with, or that you associate with a particular memory. It’s why they always save the biggest hits for the end of the set or for the encore. The concert was everything it was supposed to be, with the noise, the energy and the overall entertainment value.The crowd certainly responded by showing their support for the musicians. It was hard to gage the number of people present, because unlike previous concerts, there weren’t any seats on the floor. No VIP tables. Just fans standing and cheering, dancing and even crowd surfing. The lack of floor seating might not work for every concert, and you won’t have mosh pits, crowd surfing and beach balls bouncing around at every concert at Affinity Place, but if you were to ask the fans who were there Saturday night, they would certainly give a big thumbs up to standing
on the floor for future shows. These concerts aren’t just an opportunity to bring in great music for residents of the Estevan area, and they aren’t just a chance to show off our community and our events centre as a venue that can host big-time events despite the size of Estevan. These concerts carry a significant economic spinoff. They bring people to the city who normally wouldn’t have come here. There were people eating in our restaurants before the concert and coming into town for the show and staying in our hotels. A concert night is a big win for the hospitality sector. And yes, a show like this one was good news for our taxi companies, too, judging by the number of cabs that could be seen around Affinity Place before and after the concert. (It’s also worth noting that despite all of the alcohol that was served on Saturday night, it was a very well-behaved crowd, with just one incident in the police report from the concert, and the EPS didn’t apprehend a single impaired driver that night). It was a great night for Estevan on so many levels, a reminder of why these concerts are such a boost and why they need to continue. And it has set the bar high for the next show we have here.
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“Let them freeze in the dark” is an old saying that got a lot of play in late November, as famously anti-pipeline, anti-oil, pro-equalization Quebec said on Nov. 21 it was within days of running out of propane due to the Canadian National Railway strike. A few days later, it was announced a train was expected by Nov. 25 which would tide the province over for a few more days. On Nov. 24, Pembina announced it was essentially coming to the rescue, stating in a press release, “Pembina is preparing unit trains, comprising up to 105 cars, with propane sourced from Western Canada, by Canadian producers at Pembina’s Redwater, Alberta, facility. Pembina’s facility is the only one in Canada capable of amassing these quantities of propane and building such unit trains.” So what’s this all about? I spent the morning of Nov. 25 doing a quick refresher. I write a lot about oil, but little about propane. Propane is a natural gas liquid (NGL). It’s stripped out of raw natural gas that comes out of the well. This is done through a process called fractionation. In that sense, propane is a natural gas as well as other NGLs, but we generally think of methane when we refer to natural gas, so that’s how I’m going to refer to it here. When raw natural gas flows out of a well, or is extracted as a byproduct of oil production (known as associated gas production), it goes to a gas plant where, depending on the complexity of the plant, the various NGLs are extracted. More complex plants extract more of the products, while less complex ones correspondingly leave some in the gas stream. These days, liquids rich gas is all the rage. That’s because the shale revolution has collapsed the North American price for dry natural gas (methane) to a shadow of what it was 12 years ago. It’s remained that way ever since, and likely will for decades. At some points, the methane sells for damned near nothing. Recently there have even been instances in Alberta where gas producers have had to pay for clients to take their product,
From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK if you can believe it. So the NGLs, including propane, is where it’s at, as a gas producer. Other NGLs include ethane (which, as ethylene, is a key component of plastics), butane (petrochemical feedstock), isobutane (refinery feedstock), pentane (gasoline) and pentanes plus (“natural gasoline”), according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where do you use propane? Basically, wherever you need a flame and there is a lack of natural gas infrastructure. In other words, no pipelines. This includes remote communities, farmers drying grain, your barbecue in the backyard or the one you take to the lake. A few years ago, my dad converted his house on the farm from fuel oil (essentially diesel) to propane heat, resulting in a tremendous cost savings. But I’ve also learned that sometimes propane is used to supplement natural gas supplies, where either there’s insufficient pressure or insufficient energy from the natural gas by itself. In these cases, propane is used in a mixed-fuel scenario. There’s not a lot of pipe moving propane to Central Canada. There once was a dedicated pipeline which carried propane from Alberta to central Canada, the Cochin Pipeline. Kinder Morgan owns it, but is in the process of selling it to Pembina.The Canada Energy Regulator (formerly National Energy Board) website notes, “The Cochin Pipeline commenced operations in 1979. Cochin originally moved products (solely propane in recent years) eastward from Fort Saskatchewan to Windsor, Ontario. In March 2014, the direction of flow on the segment of the Cochin Pipeline from Kankakee, Illinois, to Fort Saskatchewan was
reversed to transport condensate westbound. The reversed pipeline started operations in July 2014.” The eastern portion of that pipeline system now delivers ethane from Ohio to Windsor. Enbridge’s Line 1 takes NLGs to Superior, Wisc., and then its Line 5 takes NGLs from there to Sarnia, Ont. These days, most propane, at least from Saskatchewan, is shipped by rail, with the rest by truck. A lot goes through the rail terminal at Northgate, on the U.S. border (conveniently on the BNSF Railway, not CN.) This whole supposed crisis in Quebec leaves some interesting questions. How does a province run so dangerously low of a critical fuel supply like propane? Was it the increased consumption by farmers trying to dry grain there, as well as on the Prairies? Or was there some sort of market failure? And if it was, how and when did the government of Quebec step in? Why should governments have to ration supplies? (Before you hurt your head on that last point, I was told that rationing happens quite frequently in some American states). Did some brainiac think propane should be a just-in-time logistics case, instead of having sufficient reserves on hand to handle dips in supply? As I pointed out in my column last week, Quebec does, indeed, have its own natural gas (which, I imagine, would include propane that would make some of that). But the province won’t allow fracking, and therefore it is stuck in the ground. Will this episode perhaps change some minds in that regard? We’re not at war right now, and the temperatures haven’t dropped to -40 C. There should be no reason a rail disruption should cause such potential turmoil in so few days. Maybe it’s time for Quebec to start drilling, and fracking. Either that, or learn what life is really like without our “socially unacceptable” petroleum products. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.
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Not that long ago I was at Chris Henderson’s concert. It was a great event by the way, and one of the most sincere entertainers, who goes above and beyond working with the crowd. Whenever Chris noticed that someone would point a camera or a cellphone at him taking a picture while he was singing, he would smile, wink and in all other ways try to make the photo original, at the same time making the person behind the device feel special. Like most performers, he would share stories and experiences throughout the show. Somewhere halfway through the concert, he turned his attention to his experience with cellphones at the concerts. Guess what, it wasn’t the ringers (like some 5-10 years ago) it was the cameras that became a new fever of current fans. It took one eye-opening moment during one of the shows to notice an interesting tendency. That time Chris, as usual, would eye-pose for a girl in the crowd catching him into the lens of her iPhone, when she started making a pretty face looking at the phone and he realized that she was actually focused on herself. She didn’t even try to get the two of them in the shot. Just her, just a selfie. That story made me think about the selfie-boom we are witnessing or experiencing nowadays. At the Offspring concert (another amazingly great show) I decided to actually test Chris’s observation. There weren’t too many people taking pictures of themselves right in front of the stage (the format was way too different for that I guess, and such a harmless recklessness could get a selfie-fan soaked into the middle of a mosh funnel). But there still were tonnes of people taking selfies all around (I wonder what dominated even during that night, pictures of the bands or selfies. I’m almost sure the second). Selfies appeared in our lives with the widespread use of smartphones, so not that long ago. But it didn’t take long for the passion for personal pictures to take over most of the world (seriously, even my grandma, 82, does selfies. Just a couple times a year to make all the grandkids happy, but she does). So why did selfies sneak into our lives so easy? Were we always passive Narcissuses? Most people who can’t live without selfies say that it’s their way of communication, a way to express yourself and share your emotions. But didn’t you notice that on most pictures people actually pretend, exaggerate, make faces accordingly with the surrounding settings, just grimace and of course “ducklip” (I believe by now, it can be used as a new verb)? In most situations we take selfies in some kind of fancy settings, like on top of the cliff, or next to an exotic animal, or with crystal blue ocean or other beautiful landscape in the back, or at the concert. I always felt that separated from my own self, most pictures look much more interesting. But seems that it’s not the case anymore. Different researches suggest that taking selfies increase self-confidence. This activity also engages people in social competition, where we try to gather the most likes/followers/ comments/shares/whatsoevers, which eventually increase the social (and financial, big time) status of the champs. But that competition is also killing us by silencing our natural instincts, like survival (the day we were at the Yellowstone National Park a man fell off the cliff into the springs while taking a selfie. He survived, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t his best day). And even those, who are not that extreme in their selfiemania, often risk developing an addiction to selfies, which can lead to a psychological breakdown. More and more we rely on other people’s likes. And quite often those people are virtual in their nature according to our lives. We never meet or interact with them outside of our profiles. Psychologists suggest that when we have enough quality relationships in real life, we don’t seek so much interest and validation online and the relations with our own images remain healthy. However, it seems that in general, we are living in the age of selfies, the most egocentric world so far. Our own selves officially became the centre of our worlds, but these selves and their confidence depend on others’ opinions. And that’s scary. I do feel that we and our stories are the most interesting things in the world, but like with everything else, I always cheer for a healthy balance (I guess it’s a healthy SELF-balance in this case).
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Really? What’s next? Will we have a Ministry to Define the Middle Class? Will this then be followed by a Ministry of Upper Middle Class Prosperity, and a Ministry of Lower Middle Class
Prosperity? I can hardly wait for the announcement of the launching of the Ministry of Insignificance, which, of course, will be focused on ignoring all those loudmouthed malcontents who
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Another study shows that Estevan’s crime numbers are in decline Another survey of crime data in Canada has shown that Estevan’s violent crime rates are in decline. Maclean’s magazine released its annual rankings of Canada’s most violent cities earlier this month. It is similar to the Crime Severity Index released by Statistics Canada each year, but the Maclean’s ranking pays closer attention to violent crime in communities with at least 10,000 people. Estevan rated 101st out of 237 cities in the country with a rating of 71 in 2018, compared to the national average of 82.44. Estevan’s five-year change in crime is -13.24; only 25 communities in Canada had a bigger decrease. While there are often similarities in the rankings for MacLean’s and Statistics Canada, there are differences. For example, North Battleford had the highest Crime Severity Index for 2018; while Thompson was first in the Maclean’s ranking. The Maclean’s report then lists crimes into several different categories: homicide, assault and bodily harm; theft and property crime; drug offences; and youth crime. Each type of crime is also assigned a rate. Estevan had 68 assaults, 12 sexual assaults and one firearms offence in 2018. Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said Maclean’s tries to simplify the process brought forward by Statistics Canada. “It’s an easy snapshot for people to go on and click on their city and see what the stats are for that city,” he said. The police chief is pleased to see that Estevan has been trending downward in virtually all catego-
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lower than expected, and sometimes they see a number that is an anomaly. The fraud rate, for example, showed that Estevan had 186 fraud-related calls last year, for a rate of 1,605.11. The Canadian average was 349.2. “Is that a mistake in the reporting? Are we reporting them improperly? Is it a case of we’re just seeing more telephone type frauds? Or is it our community is better at reporting those fraud scams than other communities, because sometimes smaller communities tend to reach out more to their local police.” Those in larger centres often won’t report the scam phone calls from people purporting to be with the Canada Revenue Agency or some of the other scams. Ladouceur believes the EPS’s community engagement approach has worked well through youth nights, school presentations and police open houses. The EPS says a lot of people have been willing to call them when there’s an issue or when they notice something going on, which
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Six local businesses and organizations will be part of the Box Out Hunger Food Drive that Green for Life (GFL) Environmental will host before Christmas. GFL will be joined by TS&M Supply, The Black Grasshopper, CIBC, Affinity Credit Union and the Southeast College for this year’s campaign, which started Monday and will continue until Dec. 15. Businesses will encourage their employees to bring in donations of boxed, nonperishable food items for the Estevan Salvation Army’s Food Bank. Customers and clients are also encouraged to bring in food donations when they visit one of the participating businesses. This year marks the second straight year that GFL has hosted a food drive. Last year it was a soup drive, and TS&M Supply was the winner. Allison Dinsmore from GFL said they went to the Salvation Army to see what their need was this year. The ministry still had some soup from a year ago, so they shifted their attention to other items. “It seemed like boxed items would be a good filler,” said Dinsmore. “Shelves were a little empty of those things,” added Sarah Fitzpatrick, who is the finance manager for GFL in
Estevan. “The list is about 20 items, and it looked to be the boxes were really what they were missing on the shelves, so Allison came up with a fun idea and a spin on it to do a boxing challenge.” Suggested boxed items include crackers, granola bars, potatoes, stuffing, rice, pasta, Hamburger or Tuna Helper, cereal, tea, pancake mix, cake mixes and Jell-O. “It’s a wide variety of food for them, plus a wide variety of price points for us,” said Fitzpatrick. The challenge is to see which business can collect not only the most food items, but also have the most creative tower of boxed foods. The towers will be judged by local celebrities on Dec. 16. Last year’s judges were the Salvation Army’s Ronza Reynard, who is now the director of ministry for Estevan and Weyburn, and Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig. “You don’t want to just do size, because somebody could be super creative, too,” said Dinsmore. After last year’s competition, which TS&M won handily, Fitzpatrick said they wanted to grow the food drive and have more businesses involved. “The college and both of the banks have a large group of staff and walk-in customers,” said Fitzpatrick. When Fitzpatrick walked into TS&M last year,
Sarah Fitzpatrick and Allison Dinsmore from GFL with some of the food items that will be donated to the Estevan Salvation Army’s Food Bank through the Box Out Hunger Food Drive. After last year, they TS&M had support from CIBC, or for us, if it’s customshe could see the pride and the camaraderie of the staff, and vowed GFL will be upping other locations to collect the ers coming in,” said Dinsmore. how pleased they were with their game to try to knock off soup. The college has said they “Primarily with us, it would be TS&M while collecting as would draw on donations from staff and family members of the support. their other campuses. Affinity those staff.” “That, to me, was the much food as possible. “I’ve contacted a cou- Credit Union has people from Fitzpatrick noted that most exciting thing,” said ple of the other locations their other branches in the even during the tough times Fitzpatrick. in the southeast, businesses are Dinsmore added those for GFL, and just tried to get southeast. “Whoever wants to help always willing to step forward entrants also have a large everyone I can involved,” said grow the tower, if it’s members with support for the Salvation entryway to display food do- Dinsmore. In last year’s competition, of the credit union or the Army. nations.
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Sun Country Well Servicing workers were busy in the shop recently getting another rig ready to go out into the field. But like many other service rig businesses, the company could use a few more hands. It’s a sign things are picking up a bit, as that had been parked for quite a while. “We’re doing well,” said Phil Amosah, the area manager of Sun Country Well Servicing. “As a company, we’ve been pretty fortunate over the past year. We’ve been doing OK. But as for finding good, quality people, yeah, it’s limited. People are kind of afraid to get back in the oil and gas industry.” The Estevan-based company has 11 service rigs. They should have 10 operational, he said, but they have enough staff for eight. “We had a few pieces of equipment sitting around we couldn’t crew up,” he explained. They’re still in need of entry-level people. “It’s the derrickhands and floorhands. And even some of the more experience people have turned. Maybe they’re going trucking, or something they can consistently count on, so they’re not coming back. They’re not coming back to service rigs in general.” “We haven’t had the opportunity to have as much equipment moving as we’ve had this past year. This past year, we’ve had the most strenuous portion because the opportunities are rising which oil companies who are settling in, knowing what they’re doing with oil prices. They know their lifting costs. So now they’re going to get into the portion where we’re going to do this amount of work.” Their fleet is spread out between five different companies. “That’s why I think we’ve been a little more successful than some of the other guys who put all their eggs in one basket,” he said. If one company shuts down for a while, there can be opportunities with the other clients, as an example. Drilling has been sporadic with the weather this past year, but they have been doing completions. As for workovers, he said, “If it makes sense, economically. I think the procurement groups are pretty good at figuring that out.” “We’re hoping it freezes, and it freezes hard. We can’t get on half of these locations, still.” Some areas had eight inches of rain. “It’s out of commission. You can’t get there. One of our major customers has a huge, huge amount of locations under water. You can’t get on there with a one-tonne truck
and a four-wheel drive. You can’t expect a service rig or a tank truck to get on there. They were shutting wells in, not being able to haul fluid. “In November, we’ll have freeze-up, sooner or later.” “I think a lot of our customers have a lot of wells they couldn’t get to. That’s going to cause a lot of urgency to get these wells online,” he said. The downturn hit most oilfield service companies hard, with a substantial hit on the rates they charge the oil companies. Amosah said their vendor rates are coming back, a bit at a time, but they’re still down quite a bit. What gains they do get, they pass on to the workers’ salaries as they can. Can you still make a decent living on a service rig? “Absolutely. If you get on a rig that’s consistent, it’s still a good career. It’s a good profession.” Since the downturn, the oil companies have been very accommodating, he said. When oil was US$120 per barrel, there was a large push from the oil companies for long days. But now, he said, “It’s a lot more family friendly – 10 hours a day, five days a week, in some cases. Some of our oil companies had a 10 and 4 schedule for the entire summer. They organized that themselves. We got an email saying this rig will be down for this four-day period, and they consistently got the other 10 days to go to work. It made it nice for the guys to enjoy their summer, and go on holidays. “Maybe they’re not going to Hawaii, but they’re tenting with their families.” Young men with good salaries often have eyes for big trucks and fast toys. But Amosah warns them, “Road bans are slow. Please don’t go buy anything fancy. Don’t buy a toy.” It may not be a doctor’s salary, but you can make a nice living, and provide for your family and have a nice house. It might not be a $100,000 truck
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Artist uses exhibit to study relationships By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
One of the new exhibits at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) offers a look at relationships among people and how difficult it can be to restore them after they are broken. Relative Bonds is by Weyburn artist Regan Lanning. A reception was held Friday night at the EAGM, and a large number of family and friends were in attendance. She earned the right to have the show after she won the Ev Johnson Memorial Adjudicated Art Show organized by the Estevan Arts Council in November 2018. During the past year, she has been working hard to increase the number of painted ceramic platters from the five she entered in the art show to 30 that art part of the Relative Bonds exhibit. “I’m really proud of the work,” said Lanning. “It was over a year of hard work and plugging away and I’m really happy with how it turned out.” The platters are ceramic and hand-built. She believes clay is the perfect medium for her work because it is both strong and brittle. Relationships are the same way because they aren’t perfect, they suffer damage by existing and they often are harmed unintentionally.
“It’s up to us, what do we do with those hurts,” she said. “Do we try to repair that? Or do we try to minimize the damage.” Then she painted people who are close to her on those platters. She sorted through photos, which was a timeconsuming process, as most of the photos pre-date social media or digital photography, so she had to look through large numbers of old film pictures to find the ones she wanted. After drawing and painting the images on the platters, and completing numerous steps on each plate, she tossed them to the ground, causing breaks symbolic of damage to relationships. It was difficult to control the breaks, but Lanning said she developed a technique of what she called “an angle smash.” Then she began partially repairing the breaks using an adhesive and barbed wire. “There’s a few types of breaks that you see in the works,” she said. “Some of them are very jagged. They’re abrupt. They’re sharp edges. They can cut you. Other breaks were more cuts. They were surgical. And those also mirror relationships. Sometimes you have a relationship and it’s everything, and then it’s done.” Other times there might just be a chip like in a tea cup. The damage might be
Regan Lanning stands amid her cracked ceramic pieces that are part of the exhibit Relative Bonds at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum. repairable and the platter salvageable, or it might be permanently damaged. “It’s a testament to the reality of relationships, and that most of our relationships likely have fractures somewhere in them, and we make a decision on whether or not we want to fix that relationship or if we want to toss it in the garbage and walk away,” said Lanning.
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Barbed wire was selected for repairs because of her agricultural background. When she was growing up, there was a lot of barbed wire around, because it kept people in and out of areas, but it also fixed things. “It was everywhere. It was so everywhere that you almost stopped seeing it. It was invisible, except for every now and then that barb
would catch you.” And even in the process of piecing the platters back together, she had cuts on her arm from wrestling with the barbed wire. “I’ve been cut multiple times with barbed wire, so it seemed like the perfect medium to show repairs.” A large number of family and friends were in attendance for the reception. Lan-
ning said she was pretty stunned to see the turnout, as some of them hadn’t indicated they were coming. “There’s a lot of people who are on those plates out there in the audience today, and I guess that speaks to our love.” Relative Bonds will remain on display at the EAGM’s Gallery No. 2 until Jan. 10, 2020.
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Fire crews responded to accidents and alarms Bad driving conditions created more work for Estevan firefighters last week. On Nov. 20, the firefighters were called to a single-vehicle rollover with entrapment in the Roche Percee area. The accident happened at about 11 a.m. due to extremely poor road conditions. The individual successfully got out of the vehicle prior to the fire crews’ arrival with assistance from a passing motorist who stopped. The vehicle was rendered safe and was off the roadway. RCMP arrived on the scene to investigate the cause of the collision and then the towing company took care of the vehicle. Later on that day, firefighters responded to a residential fire alarm in the RM of Estevan. Upon arrival, crews realized it was a faulty detection device causing the alarm as the installer was trying to fix the device. The scene was turned back to the installers of the fire alarm system, and the homeowner could get back in. Firefighters also responded to a three semi-truck collision on Highway 39 on Nov. 21 (for more on the accident see page A). On Nov. 23 at about 2 a.m., crews were called out to a commercial fire alarm in the central area of Estevan. The fire alarm system was indicating a full switch initiation, so firefighters checked the entire building and no sprinkler heads were active at that time. “It must have been a faulty ... switch sensor for this particular fire alarm system at this occupancy,” said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser. “The scene was turned back to the building owner and crews returned to service.” Later on that day, just before the concert started
at Affinity Place, crews were called to a garbage bin fire that occurred next to the Estevan Leisure Centre. Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) members were able to quickly contain the fire and extinguish it without incident. “This was most likely caused by careless discarding of tobacco product,” said Feser. “ We want to remind people and all the smokers out there to safely put out your cigarette butts and whatever smoking materials that you may be using into the ashtrays that are provided for these facilities. Do not put them into garbage cans, as it will result in a fire.” Besides the immediate emergency duties, Estevan firefighters also participated in a joint training initiative with the SaskPower emergency response team on Nov. 19. The daylong program included both educational and practical skills components regarding vehicle extrication and vehicle firefighting. “We always look forward to opportunities to train with other emergency response teams in the area,” said Feser. Later same day EFRS members also held their regular training, where the new hires were going through the evaluations on some of their practical skill sets such as ladder raises, safely working from a ladder, hoisting and lowering tools while using rope, making entry and gaining access from a secondstory level, salving the floor prior to making an entry and dismounting from the ladder safely into the building, rather than using the conventional doorways. “All the candidates are really coming along nicely and progressing very, very well,” said Feser.
On Nov. 20, the fire chief participated in an annual meeting with SGI in Regina. The group discussed fire suppression and vehicle
extrication rates with the payment to the fire department when they respond to these particular types of incidents. And on Nov. 21, fire-
fighters provided two presentations to preschoolers. “We always welcome the opportunity to interact with the little ones and teach them
a little bit about fire safety,” said Feser. “It’s always much appreciated and lots of fun to go to these particular types of events.”
Knights of Columbus hand out cash Knights of Columbus were just six books of tickets short of selling off all 2,000 books they received this year. William Baryluk, left, alone distributed 900 books, and Tracey Tuchscherer, who couldn’t attend the presentation, was a lucky winner of a $1,000 ticket she purchased from Baryluk. Donna Bonokoski, middle, received her winning $1,500 ticket from the club’s tickets chairman Albert Petrash, right. While they are still handing the prizes out, Estevan Knights of Columbus are already looking into the next ticket sale season, which will start in April and the draw will be in November.
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First Christmas market Kelcy McGillicky, left, and Jackie McGillicky chat at the Estevan Farmers Market Christmas sale on Saturday. This was the first of five markets that will be happening before Christmas, and they will continue each Saturday at the Estevan Shoppers Mall until Dec. 21. Vendors had a variety of merchandise available to meet the Christmas needs of shoppers, with potential gift ideas, food and much more.
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Estevan water polo athlete will keep playing at Salem University in West Virginia By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca
Estevan’s Taeghan Hack has comitted to play water polo for the Salem University of West Virginia. She said it took her a significant amount of time to make a decision that will define the next four years of her life. “I’ve been working for about three years trying to get a scholarship, I’ve been talking to schools for three years,” said Hack. Originally the size of the school wasn’t essential criteria for deciding on the university, but the level of the athletics was what mattered. “I’ve been looking for more of the lower athletics, but still maintaining that drive to win. I would love to go to a school that was winning. And that’s what I feel I can help provide the team at Salem University. So that’s where I have signed and have committed to going to school,” said Hack. Salem University is a smaller school, but after going on visits there Hack realized that it actually works much better for her since she also plans on having a good academic record and smaller class sizes allow more oneon-one time with professors. Salem University had other advantages as well. “I chose this school also because it does one class a month, so you go to one class all month and then you take
your final at the very end of that month… This would help me achieve better marks academically,” said Hack. Being strong in both sports and studying, Hack was accepted to all universities she applied for. “I’m super proud to say that I was accepted into every single one of (the universities I applied for),” said Hack. But in the end, Salem University was the best fit for her from all sides. She also received a scholarship there that will help her to get through the school years. “I got a good scholarship to go to this school, and that would help me financially as well as continue to pursue my dreams of playing water polo at a college level and receiving new experiences, new coaching, new teammates. So it will be a completely different change in my life,” said Hack. The school will start around the end of August. And even though Hack is not new to leaving home behind in pursuit of her dream, being that far from Estevan and her family will still be a challenge. “It’s pretty scary… I have some experience of moving away from home. I moved away when I was 15 just two hours away to come to Regina. And that was super hard, but I got to come home every weekend or most weekends,” said Hack. She plans to come home
during the breaks if she’s not tied up with training, and she also hopes that her mom, Mona Hack, will be able to come visit sometimes. “It would be a dream come true seeing her there, watching me playing at the university level, seeing my team,” said Hack. At the same time, Mona said that she was very excited for her daughter since that’s what Taeghan always wanted. In West Virginia, Hack will get a chance to play Division 1 and 2 schools. Their team will play in a Western Water Polo Association conference, in which they will need to win to be able to go to NCAA championship. “(That) is what I’m hoping that our team can achieve and that we can show that we are not just a small team, that we are able to come in, we are able to fight, and we are able to win it,” said Hack. Hack set the plank high for the next four years, but as she proved many times before she has all it takes to reach her goals. “I want to be one of the best players on the team… I would like to have one of the top academic scores and continue ... being the highest team in the conference that has the highest GPA. So I’d like to prove that I’m able to be in the university while playing the sports at a competitive level,” said Hack. She wants to pursue a career in nursing after, but for
Estevan’s Taeghan Hack signed for the Salem University of West Virginia. Photo submitted now, she is getting ready to start a new, American, chapter of her life.
Thomas scored with 36 seconds to play in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 5-4 victory over the host Klippers Saturday night. Estevan fell behind 2-0 in the first period, as Scott McKenzie and Brendon Borbely scored in the opening 12 minutes. Jayden Davis tallied for the Bruins shortly after Borbely’s goal, and Savage scored 5:52 into the second to tie the game. Brett Neumeier scored for Kindersley to give the Klippers a 3-2 lead, but Tanner Manz replied with less than two minutes to play in the middle frame to tie the game again. Manz added his second of the game 3:18 into the third, but Borbely scored for Kindersley 40 seconds later to deadlock the game once more. Neither team scored again until Thomas notched the winner. Rancier made 27 saves for the victory. “We played well, and had some momentary lapses here and there, but I think the difference is the opponent,” said Lewgood. “We were able to get away with some mistakes against Kindersley that we weren’t against the other two teams.” The club came back from the road trip relatively unscathed on the injury front. Forwards Evan Nicholas and Brady Cyr didn’t play due to lingering injuries. Meanwhile, defenceman Tylor Ludwar returned to the lineup after playing just five times since late September, and looked all right, Lewgood said. The Bruins (9-12-2-1) will return to the ice Friday night when they host the Flin Flon Bombers. Then they will host the Notre Dame Hounds the following night. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.
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Bruins split four games up north The Estevan Bruins came away from a four games in five nights road trip with two victories. The Bruins wrapped up the road trip with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Kindersley Klippers on Saturday night, one night after a 6-3 loss against the league-leading Battlefords North Stars. The Bruins opened the road trip with a 4-1 win over the Klippers on Nov. 19, but then lost 5-1 to the Humboldt Broncos the following night. “I think for the most part we played well,” said head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood. “I was disappointed in the two losses and the outcomes. We deserved those outcomes, but not for a lack of effort. I think we just made mistakes at untimely times.” Dayton Deics scored his first SJHL goal 4:19 into the first period to give Estevan a 1-0 lead over the Battlefords, and Tyler Savage doubled the advantage midway through the frame. Goals by Steven Kesslering late in the first and Seth Summers early in the second tied the game. Isaiah Thomas scored late in the second to give the Bruins the lead again, and the advantage held up until less than eight minutes remained in the game. Matthew Fletcher tied the game, and Brett Gammer scored twice to give the Stars a 5-3 lead. Elijah LoonStewardson added an empty net goal with 61 seconds remaining. “There was a short stretch where mental errors ended up costing us,” said Lewgood. “They’re a team that doesn’t go away, and if you take a minute or two off, it’ll end up costing you.” Rancier stopped 31 shots on the night.
“I’m looking forward to it, I’m excited to meet my teammates, play with them
Members of the James Owens rink competed at a junior playdown tournament in Estevan on the weekend. Some of Saskatchewan’s future curling stars were in Estevan on the weekend for the first CurlSask junior men’s qualifying bonspiel of the season. S ixteen teams from across the province were entered. They played a triple knockout elimination event, with the winner of the A event, B event and two C events punching their tickets for the provincial tournament that starts Dec. 27 in
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Saskatoon. The Rylan Kleiter rink out of Saskatoon won the top qualifying birth, defeating Kronau’s Brecklin Gervais 9-6 in the A event final. Team Kleiter went 4-0 on the weekend, and outscored their opponents 41-15 in those games. The Gervais rink dropped down to the B event, but they didn’t fare any better as they lost 9-1 to another Saskatoon rink, Cody Sutherland.
In one of the C finals, the Gervais rink recovered to defeat Weyburn’s Hunter Labbie 8-2 in a battle of southeast rinks. The other C final was a much closer battle, as Saskatoon’s Daymond Bernath edged Regina’s Joshua Bryden 8-7 in an extra end. Bernath led 3-0 after the first end, but was down 7-5 entering the 10th and final end before scoring two to force an extra end, and then stole one in the 11th.
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Estevan Mermaids compete in Lloydminster, clean up at awards night Members of the Estevan Mermaids synchronized swim club had an excellent showing at their first swim meet of the season. The Mermaids were in Lloydminster on the weekend for the Marnie Eistetter Figure Meet and Development Camp, hosted by the Border City Stingrays Club. The competition is named in honour of Eistetter, who was a long-time Saskatchewan Artistic Swimming member and volunteer. She was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Fifteen Mermaid athletes were in attendance. In the 11-12 provin-
cial stream division, team members were Sarah Greening, Kasia Harding, Chloe Mantei, Sierra Mantei, Elle Meyers, Sarah Pyra, Rowyn Shier and Nevaeh Wakely. Erin McIsaac was in the 1112 provincial stream novice division. The 13-15 provincial stream competitive team was comprised of Emily Greening, Sienna Kuntz, Sasha Mantei, Bella Michael and Laura Swirski. Rebecca Duncan was the 16-20 provincial stream competitor. Notable achievements in the figures competition were Erin McIsaac, who placed third in the 11-12 provincial
stream novice figures, and Rebecca Duncan, who placed fourth in the 16-20 provincial stream figures. Also on the weekend, Saskatchewan Artistic Swimming (formerly Synchro Sask) held its annual awards banquet on Saturday night to honour the achievements, athletes and coaches for the 2018-19 season. The local club was honoured with seven awards at the banquet: • Haley Copeland: Most Improved Provincial Stream Athlete. She is one of the Mermaid coaches and an athlete for the Weyburn Artistic Swimming Club; • Kasia Harding: Lim-
ited Competitive Athlete of the Year; • Amber Mantei: Limited Competitive Coach of the Year; • Susan Swirski, Sherri Waldegger and Shannon Culy were recognized as three to five-year service volunteer award recipients, while Shannon Wanner was presented with an eight to 10-year Service Volunteer Award. A development camp Sunday consisted of a pool session which involved patterns, figures exercises and strength techniques, a workshop on nutrition, a hip hop class and a fun pound exercise session.
Kasia Harding, left, accepts an award from Pat Cooley, a judge with Saskatchewan Artistic Swimming. Photo submitted
Members of the Estevan Mermaids who travelled to a meet in Lloydminster were, back row, from left, Rebecca Duncan, Emily Greening, Laura Swirski, Chloe Mantei, Bella Michael, Sasha Mantei and Sienna Kuntz. Middle row, Erin McIsaac, Nevaeh Wakely, Elle Meyers and Sarah Greening. Front row, Sierra Mantei, Rowyn Shier, Kasia Harding and Sarah Pyra. Photo submitted
Haley Copeland, right, received an award from Margo Weiner, a Saskatchewan Artistic Swimming judge. Photo submitted
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Speedway reflects on past season The Estevan Motor Speedway reflected on the past season and began preparing for the 2020 campaign during its annual general meeting Nov. 18 at the Days Inn. Financial statements released at the meeting showed the speedway lost about $10,000 in 2019. President Byron Fichter said the deficit could be attributed to the weather, as they had one program cancelled due to rain
and a couple other programs hampered by rain, including the Dakota Classic Modified Tour, when a thunderstorm rumbled through Estevan a couple of hours before the program began. The speedway also increased the payouts for the modified class to get a better car count. “Our modifieds went from an average of 14 cars up to 22 cars,” said Fichter. “If they keep doing that, it just
takes a little while for the fans to respond.” Crowds were trending in the right direction as the season progressed. But the track is not in a position of being in trouble financially, as it had a strong year from a fiscal perspective in 2018. The speedway also spent a lot of money on track upgrades for 2019, which was its 20th anniversary season, including the shift from in-
candescent to LED lighting. Keeping the racing surface at its current level is expensive, too. The board of directors for the 2020 season was elected. Fichter will be back as president for another year. Aaron Turnbull will be the vicepresident, Lynn Trobert is treasurer and Jeremy Istace will be the secretary. Brad Pierson, Gregg Mann, Jeremy Swanson, Blake Penna and Danny Blackburn
will round out the board. Istace, Pierson and Blackburn are new. “A couple of the guys are very involved in the community,” said Fichter. “I think that’s going to help us generate a little bit of a better community presence. That’s one thing we’ve targeted is being more involved in the community outside of the race track.” It means the speedway could reach out to other groups and facilities, and
cross-promote or get involved with them. Tyson Turnbull, Dale LaBatte and Devon Gonas are no longer on the board. The upcoming season is expected to have the same five classes as 2019, with the modifieds, stock cars, hobby stocks, sport mods and sling shots. They’re working on a schedule for 2020 that Fichter hopes will bring the Dakota Classic Modified Tour and the late model tour to Estevan.
Peewee AA Bruins host Swift Current The Estevan Meter peewee AA Bruins had a loss and a tie on the weekend during games against the Swift Current Broncos at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. The first game was a 9-0 loss on Saturday. Chase Borreson was in goal for the game. Estevan had a much stronger effort the following day in a 3-3 tie. After a scoreless first period, each team scored once in the second, with Derric Dulatre scoring for Estevan. And each team managed two in the third, with Daxtyn Brown and Kobe Wotta scoring for Estevan. Amy Swayze was in goal for Sunday’s game. • • • The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins dropped a 9-1 decision to the Prairie Storm in
Balgonie on Saturday in their lone game of the week. Carter Onrait had Estevan’s lone goal. It came in the second period, and left
the Bruins down 3-1. But the Storm pulled away with six goals in the final frame. Ty Fehrenbach made 34 saves in the loss.
• • • The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins suffered their first loss of the season Friday night, but recovered to win
their next game. Estevan raced out to a 4-0 lead against the Regina Vics Friday, but lost 6-4. James Mann, Kaden Chrest, Mason Fichter and Kieran Stewart scored for Estevan. Jackson Miller stopped 25 shots in the loss. Estevan responded with a 7-2 victory over the Regina Rangers the following night. The Rangers had a 2-0 lead in
the first period, but this time it was Estevan’s turn to rally. Kolby Kaban and Tanner Stovin scored before the first period was finished to tie the game. Chase Gedak, Clay McKersie and Stewart tallied in the second to give Estevan the lead, and Trey Stovin and Chrest notched goals in the third. Logan Nagel made 17 saves for the win.
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Obituaries Iris Elisabeth Evans 1939 - 2019 Iris Elisabeth Evans of Surrey, British Columbia passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, October 12, 2019. Iris was born on January 27, 1939 to Douglas and Freda (nee Edwardson) Evans in Estevan, Saskatchewan. Iris grew up at the M & S Mine camp near Bienfait, Saskatchewan. In 1959, Iris graduated from the Grey Nuns Hospital School of Nursing. Iris and Jack Heidt were married on December 31, 1959. Iris and Jack lived in Saskatchewan, Alberta Saudi Arabia, England, Libya, Indonesia, and the USA. Iris was an avid traveller for leisure throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Iris eventually returned to Canada. After she and Jack parted, she moved to Surrey where she met and married James Cormack. Iris is predeceased by her parents and her grandson, Adrian O’Neill. She is survived by her husband, James Cormack; her children, Erin (Trent) Manning, Lisa (Al) Tolg, and Murray (Al) Heidt; her grandchildren, Beau and Skye O’Neill, Jacki, Alison, Josh, Vinnie and Mathew Tolg; her sister, Gwen (Gary) LaCasse; her grandnieces, Rowan and Meredith LaCasse; and numerous cousins and friends. Throughout her life, Iris remained an active member of church. She was beloved by her friends and family and she will be dearly missed. A memorial service to celebrate Iris’s life will be held in Estevan, Saskatchewan on May 16, 2020.
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The latest club offered through the Estevan Arts Council provides an opportunity for local residents to create artist trading cards (ATC). The club held its first official session on Sunday afternoon at the arts council’s craft room. Audrey MacMurchy, who is the organizer for the club, said they work with cards that measure 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches. “We do whatever kind of art we want on them using any kind of medium that we want on them,” she said. “The cards that we finish, on the back, we have our name, our contact number, the name of our piece, if our piece is numbered, and we trade our cards.” The cards can be swapped locally, but there are also Facebook groups where they can be exchanged nationally or even internationally. One stipulation is an artist can’t trade somebody else’s cards. “You can keep your own artwork or you can give away,” said MacMurchy. “It’s just a good get together. It’s an opportunity to learn new techniques without having to buy a whole bunch of supplies and the things to go with them.” These are very simple projects that can be done
quickly, in anywhere from five minutes to an hour. In the case of Sunday’s session, they had a business meeting to start the three-hour gathering, and then dedicated the rest of the time to their work, which allowed each participant to make several cards. “It’s your own personal expression in your art,” she said. “For me, it’s connection with other people just by being here in the club, but also in the trading of the cards, and the connection with other humans.” Future plans include possibly having classes for children who are off school during a break from school and are looking for something artistic to do, and getting high school students involved with ATCs. MacMurchy has done lots of craft activities, but has only done a couple of ATC sessions Even though they met this past Sunday, their regular get-togethers will be the third Wednesday of every month, starting at 6:30 p.m. Participants will need to preregister by contacting the arts council’s office. The club will continue to accept members, and they don’t have a limit on the number of people they can accept.
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Happy shopper Conrad Horracks enjoyed the toys he found during St. Paul’s United Church’s annual Christmas bazaar and bake sale on Saturday. The bazaar ran from Friday to Sunday, with Christmas decorations, new and gently used items, jewellery, collectibles, crafts, puzzles, games and home décor all available. Various home-baked items could also be purchased. Photo by David Willberg.
Police encountered few problems during concert The Estevan Police Service (EPS) reported that fans were largely well-behaved during the Nov. 23 concert by The Offspring and SUM 41 at Affinity Place. Police were present at the concert during the night to monitor the crowd. Members did arrest a 32-yearold intoxicated man from Stoughton. Security personnel had removed him from the event. He was lodged in cells until sober and is facing a charge under the city bylaw for urinating in public. The EPS also held check stops in the city during the evening and after the concert. They did not report the arrest of any impaired drivers. In other recent police news, officers received a call about an assault and harassment on Nov. 18. The matter is under investigation and charges are pending. More
information will be released when it becomes available. Members received a call of a possible impaired driver. A licence plate number was not obtained, only a description of the vehicle and occupants. Patrols of the area were conducted but members were unable to locate the suspect vehicle. Police are investigating a report of a theft from a local business. Suspects have been identified, the matter remains under investigation and charges are pending. Members received a call about vehicles parked in downtown parking lots and failing to display their parking permits. Police will be enforcing this and issuing parking violations. While on patrol Nov. 19, members of the EPS discovered a man unconscious behind the steering wheel of his running vehicle. After
further investigation, Steven Nordal, a 24-year-old Winnipeg resident, was found to be intoxicated, at which time he was transported to the police station where he refused to provide a breath sample. The male was subsequently charged with impaired driving and failure or refusal to comply with a demand for a breath sample made by a peace officer. His vehicle was impounded for a period of 60 days under SGI regulations. The charges have not been proven in court, and he will appear in Estevan Provincial Court on Jan. 6, 2020. Members attended to a central Estevan facility as a cell phone was stolen after being left behind in a public washroom. The matter remains under investigation. Officers were dispatched to a central Estevan neighbourhood on the report of a suspicious male believed to be attempting to break into
vehicles. Police immediately attended the area but the male was not located. The public is reminded to ensure vehicles are kept locked when parked. The snow storm that struck Estevan on Nov. 20 kept members of the EPS busy. Police responded to several collisions after the heavy snowfall. No major injuries were reported. Police were called to a northeast residence to a report of a cat stuck in a tree. The homeowner was awakened and was able to climb the 25 feet to rescue the cat. Officers stopped a truck in the 300-block of Fourth Street. The driver did not have any identification on him and lied about his identity. The man was identified and found to have a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested on that outstanding warrant, for obstructing a police officer in the execution
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ran from the taxi, went over the bank of the Souris River and was unable to climb back up. Members were able to assist her by safely getting her out of the river. She was uninjured and turned over to a loved one to look after her for the remainder of the evening. No further action was required. Officers responded to a local hotel Nov. 23 after a complaint of males swimming in the pool after hours and being rude to staff. The males were located and sent to their respective rooms for the evening. No further police action was needed. Police received a call Nov. 24 regarding a vehicle that was speeding on the highway heading toward Estevan. The vehicle was located and the driver’s speed was clocked on radar at 152 kilometres per hour in the 100-km zone. The driver was subsequently charged under the Traffic Safety Act. The fine was $820 and the vehicle was impounded for seven days due to the excessive speed.
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More beautiful music is coming Estevan’s way. The Southeast and Northwest Chorus started practising for their 49th annual performances as early as the second Tuesday of September, and by now they are just mastering the final notes. The two concerts are scheduled to take place on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church in Estevan, and on Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church in Crosby, N.D. “Every Tuesday we’ve been practising in Crosby, and it’s coming on really good. We are almost ready for our concert. Only two weeks are left, and all our hard paces are getting figured out,” said Wilma Mantei, who is the spokesperson of the Southeast
Chorus Association. There are 55 members from Canada and the U.S. participating in the choir. Every year the directors – Shauna Meek of Estevan and Crosby’s Harlan Johnson – come up with a new theme and the program for the dedicated participants and loyal admirers, appreciating the choir’s art. This year’s theme is called A Star is Born. “We have lots of beautiful songs like Hallelujah! Christ is Born, How Far is It to Bethlehem, a lot of Bethlehem songs,” said Mantei. “And a beautiful one that ’s called S hepherds’ Dance, it’s a Bach one. It’s really nice. And it’s quick and lively, and it’s beautiful. They all are very beautiful.” This year the choir also added a humorous twist to the program.
“We have one thrown there as a comedy song. It’s called Ugly Christmas Sweater. We didn’t like it when we first started, but now we like it, it is fun… It adds humour in there,” said Mantei. There are also some wellknown songs like Children Go Where I Send Thee. The program consists of 15 songs, and the choir will end with Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. “It’s a well-rounded program and people will enjoy it,” said Mantei. “It won’t be a very long one, but it will be a really nice one.” Estevan’s Danielle Evenson and Allison Holzer will accompany on the piano. There will be an intermission. Tickets will be available at the door. They are $6 per person, $15 for a family or $3 for Grade 1-8 students, and pre-school is free. And the week after the
Singers from the Southeast and Northwest Choruses were performing at Trinity Lutheran Church in 2018. File photo concert most members of the choir will also partake in the Rotary Club of Estevan’s Car-
rol Festival that will be happening on Dec. 15 at St. Paul’s. “Most of us try to come
to that in that choir and sing couple numbers there too,” said Mantei.
Operation Christmas Child exceeds goal The Operation Christmas Child campaign in the Estevan area exceeded its goal for this year. Jillian Ursu, who is the local campaign co-ordinator, said they collected 1,102 shoeboxes this year, well above the 1,000 containers they hoped to collect. The 1,000 mark was eclipsed Saturday afternoon. “There will be a lot of happy kids this year,” she said. Ursu attributed the increase in the number of shoeboxes to growing awareness of the campaign and what it does for children around the world.
A few more clubs and groups have started participating. Operation Christmas Child received excellent support from people who reside in Estevan, but they also had the backing of people in rural communities. A classroom from Arcola School participated by filling shoeboxes, and the Roman Catholic Church in Carlyle was on board for the first time. People in Carnduff, Oxbow, Torquay and other communities also dropped off shoeboxes. Ursu noted they received more than 400 shoeboxes be-
fore the collection week started on Nov. 18. She described it as being an abnormally high number, and chalked it up to timing. “The week that we collected this year seems almost like a week later than last year, so some people might have had it in their head that it was supposed to be last week,” she said. Shoeboxes include a variety of gifts that a child would enjoy along with some practical items. Supporters decided whether they would fill a box for a boy or a girl, and which age group the shoe-
box would be for, and then filled it with age and genderappropriate gifts. Many of the donors also included a photo of themselves. The deadline to drop off a shoebox was Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Estevan Alliance Church. Members of the Estevan Bruins dropped by to load the cartons with the shoeboxes onto a truck, which will take the boxes to the regional centre in Regina, and then to the processing centre in Calgary. Then they will be sent to a variety of different countries. Shoe boxes collected in
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A European Motor coach – River cruise of a lifetime. Begin in Frankfurt on seven-day coach tour covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Take in Oberammergau – Passion Play performed once every ten years! Board the VIKING EGIL SHIP for seven-day cruise, sail the Danube from Nuremburg to Budapest and fly home. Enjoy 17 buffet breakfast, 8 lunches and 15 dinners. On tour visit mystical, enchanting landscapes, Cathedrals, Castles, Palaces, walking tours of preserved-medieval cities and market squares. There are optional excursions designed to reveal fascinating culture, history and cuisine.
All tours are Professionally Hosted & include most gratuities for the hosts, driver and local expert guides. www.lobstick.ca
Come live your Dreams with us.
Landon Woodruff BC-HIS* *Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences
#130-1175 Nicholson Road, Estevan 306-634-0193 • dunlophearing@gmail.com
Notice is hereby given under the Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land described in the following list are fully paid before the 28th day of January, 2020, a tax lien will be registered against the land. Note: A sum for costs in an amount as prescribed in the regulations, is included in the amount shown against each parcel (Section 4(3) Tax Enforcement Act). Description of Property
Title Number
Total Arrears & Costs
NE
2
4
10
2
148397642
1,380.11
SE
2
4
10
2
148397653
1,427.77
NE PT
36
4
10
2
145937469
2,321.64
NE
4
5
10
2
144784390
672.53
SW
4
5
10
2
144784402
667.97
SE
20
5
10
2
134387220
550.44
NW
13
5
11
2
128067509
2,853.75
NE
32
6
12
2
150652964
535.56
SE
34
5
12
2
135567377
496.66
NW
23
4
11
2
146863615
489.45
SW
19
5
11
2
145715205
208.10
SW 21 5 11 2 150515445 344.50 th Dated at Midale, this 27 day of November, 2019 Sarah Leck Acting Administrator
A18 November 27, 2019
BLACK FRIDAY Doors Open at 6AM!!! SALE
Line up before 6AM to get a $100 Brick promo card!
3 HOUR DEALS - 6AM - 9AM ONLY! 87” Brandy Sofa
449
$
SAVE $550
Loveseat ......................$429 Chair ............................$349
88” Leo Reclining Sofa
SAVE $1200
Serta Perfect Sleeper Free Pillowtop
Queen Mattress
499
799
$
$
SAVE $499
60% OFF
Beautyrest Hotel 4 Eurotop
Queen Mattress
599
$
SAVE $990
60% OFF
ONE DAY ONLY BLACK FRIDAY DEALS 5 pc. Dalton Counter Height
5 pc. Talia Casual
Dining Package
Dining Package
HOT BUY
429
$
Your Choice
$
TV Stand with Firebox
429
$
North Avenue
Hall Bench
SAVE $340
539
Springwall Niagra Eurotop
Queen Mattress Set
SAVE $600
399
129
Sealy Posturpedic Monteray Eurotop
Queen Mattress Set
$
$
$
659
SAVE $820
5 pc. Dale Power
Reclining Sectional
SAVE 25%
2939
$
SAMSUNG SUPER SALE up to $1000 off Select Samsung TV's u & up to $800 off Select TV's
75” 4K UHD Smart TV ............................................. $1299 82” 4K UHD Smart TV ............................................. $2499 55” LG 4K UHD Smart TV ............. SAVE $200......... $599 70” Hisense 4K Roku Smart TV ..... SAVE $200......... $799 65” Sony 4K UHD Android TV ....... SAVE $500......... $999 70” LG 4K UHD Smart TV.............. SAVE $800....... $1499 75” Sony 4K UHD Android TV ...... SAVE $500........ $2299 43” RCA 4K UHD Smart TV............. SAVE $50......... $299
KING SET for the price of a QUEEN SET SAVE $2100
Beautyrest Hotel 6 Ultra
Eurotop King Mattress Set
Queen or King Set
$
1399
SAVE $2759
Stearns & Foster Cardinal Point
Pillowtop King Mattress Set
Queen or King Set
2019
$
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