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From left, city manager Jeff Ward, Minister of Government Relations Lori Carr, Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig, water and wastewater services manager Shane Bucsis and KGS representative Milan Vora in front of the new pump house. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan will start receiving better quality water in a matter of a few weeks.

The upcoming completion of the third and final phase of the community’s drinking water system upgrade project was celebrated at a ceremony

near Rafferty Dam, hosted by the City of Estevan Thursday morning.

Minister of Government Relations and MLA for Estevan Lori Carr joined Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig at the ceremony. City manager Jeff Ward, councillor Travis Frank, water and wastewater services manager Shane Bucsis, his pre-

decessor Kevin Sutter, who stood at the base of the project, and representative of the primary consultant company KGS Milan Vora were joined by others for the celebration.

Now that all the major construction is completed, the city’s primary water source will very soon shift from Boundary Dam to Rafferty Dam. The

switch will allow the city to have better water, but will also be beneficial for the environment.

“These upgrades will help be safe for the environment now and into the future,” said Ward.

In the coming weeks, residents who access this city utility will notice their drinking water quality will be noticeably im-

proved and not as hard.This will mean reduced wear on water heaters, faucets and plumbing, while settings on home water softeners will need to be updated. The city will advise residents via their regular utility bills when this change needs to occur to accommodate this enhancement to the water system.

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No news in sight for a new regional nursing home to be constructed in Estevan

By Brian Zinchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It doesn’t appear an announcement is on the horizon for a new nursing home in Estevan.

In an email on July 13 regarding a new long-term care facility for Estevan, the Ministry of Health wrote: “The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Ministry of Health are aware of community support for a new long-term care facility in Estevan, but the project has not been approved for planning.The SHA will continue to work with the local community on this potential future project.”

Estevan is among the communities in need of a major new healthcare facility. Weyburn and Yorkton are looking for new hospitals.

Weyburn reached its fundraising goal of 20 per cent of the

projected cost in the fall of 2014, several months before Estevan did for its new nursing home.

The Ministry of Health says it is in the final planning stages of the Weyburn Hospital Project.

However, construction has not yet started.

There was $500,000 in the 2020-21 provincial budget made available to plan for a new hospital in Yorkton, even though the Yorkton community has only raised about $1 million for the hospital, well short of the 20 per cent required before the project can enter the provincial queue.

“The Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have begun the first phases of the planning process. Timelines for the project will be available later in the planning process,” a ministry spokesperson said in an email regarding Yorkton.

As for Estevan, Don Kindopp is chairperson of the

The Estevan Regional Nursing Home is in need of replacement, but the province has not committed to the project. Photo by Brian Zinchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Estevan Regional Nursing Home committee.The fundraising campaign for a new facility was known as the Hearthstone Community Campaign. It focused on raising $8 million; 20 per cent of the expected cost of a new long-term care facility to replace the current Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

That facility doesn’t have

centralized air conditioning.

The rooms are 45 per cent of the recommended size, Kindopp said. Washroom facilities are not in a segmented room, but are separated by a curtain, even in rooms with two beds.

“You have a staff there that’s second to none,” he said.

“Although you have a building that may not be appropriate, you

have a staff there that provides adequate care.”

They raised just over $8 million, reaching that goal in January 2015. Some people have still been contributing through memorial donations. Ongoing contributions are still taking place, Kindopp said.

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Estevan’s primary water source is shifting to Rafferty Dam « A1 “From initial water quality tests, residents should notice a huge improvement in their water,” said Bucsis.

The water intake project is part of a multi-year initiative in Estevan that received provincial and federal support.

The project began in 2017 with construction that finished that same year on two settling ponds that store the residuals generated by the water treatment plant, to help protect the Souris River. The ponds, which didn’t exist previously at the facility, alternate collecting the residuals, as part of the water treatment process.

The water intake project included a 9.2-kilometre water pipeline, which runs from the original riverbed in the Rafferty Dam Reservoir to the Estevan Water Treatment Plant. The final phase of the project was the intake line from the dam and the construction of a pump house, which will soon be operational.

Catherine McKenna, the federal minister of infrastructure and communities, was unable to attend the ceremony but sent her statement that Ward read to attendees.

“Having access to clean reliable drinking water is critical to the health and prosperity of Canadian communities …

We are proud to be a partner in this important project that provides residents of Estevan with the modern and efficient

water infrastructure that meets their needs,” said McKenna in the statement. “Canada’s infrastructure plan invests in thousands of projects, creates jobs across Canada and builds stronger communities.”

She added that the Government of Canada has invested over $715 million towards 368 infrastructure projects across Saskatchewan, all of which are either underway or completed.

“Thanks to these initiatives, projects like the City of Estevan water treatment plant’s upgrades, Canada remains among the best places to live, work and raise a family,” finished McKenna.

Carr spoke on behalf of the provincial government, which also covered a third of the expenses.

“The Government of Saskatchewan is proud to play a key role in this important City of Estevan initiative by investing $3.1 million toward this project, which will help safeguard the environment and improve water quality for the community.

We recognize it’s critical for the province to contribute to improving local infrastructure and to improve quality of life for all Saskatchewan residents.

“That’s why our government’s $7.5 billion, two-year provincial capital plan will also help stimulate economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and build a stronger Saskatchewan,”

said Carr.

Carr also pointed out that the province is “well-positioned to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its fiscal foundation remains solid.

And the government continues investing in communities.”

She also thanked Sutter for being the catalyst for the project that was carried forward

by Bucsis.

The mayor also noted Sutter’s and Bucsis’s role in the project, and was pleased to see the significant work coming near to completion.

“We are excited to see a project of this size come to fruition,” said Ludwig. “This project has been several years in the making and we are happy to be able to announce that residents will have cleaner water with fewer trihalomethanes.”

Bucsis thanked all bodies that contributed to the project and gave some details about it.

“The project consists of the pumphouse (at the coast of Rafferty Dam), the intake, which is sitting about 200 metres out into the water, and an air purge system that clears the screen of debris. The air purge system protects the environment by us not having to pump any chemicals to clean the screen protecting the aquatic life,” said Bucsis.

Collaboration with SaskPower allowed the city to save some money and keep the cost of the project down by using

Estevan water and wastewater services manager Shane Bucsis explains the operation inside the new pumphouse at Rafferty Dam. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia over five kilometres of existing SaskPower pipeline instead of laying the new ones.

Through the ProvincialTerritorial Infrastructure Component – National and Regional Projects program, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are each contributing up to $3.1 million toward the Estevan Water Treatment System Upgrades Project. The City of

Estevan is responsible for any remaining costs of the project, which has a total eligible cost of $9.4 million under the program.

After final conditioning is completed the project will be finished and Estevan will switch to the new raw water source.

From that point and on, the city will have two potential sources of raw water.

While regularly receiv-

ing better quality water from Rafferty Dam, in case of an emergency, the city will be able to switch to the old source at Boundary Dam and keep supplying the treated water to the residents.

Check the coming editions of the Mercury for the announcement of the final switch to the new water source.

Options have been presented for new nursing home « A1 long, Kindopp said, “Some words to describe it are ‘frustrating,’ ‘anxious.’ I think the word is ‘determined’ to get it done.”

He said they recognize contributions already made, and see the frustrations among both businesses and private citizens after not seeing any thing being done with their donated money.

Asked when they would like to see this completed, he responded, “Being sarcastic, ‘Tomorrow’ would be the answer to that. We’ve been told two or three years ago, if we wait, the process was going to be five years, when it may get

done. That was two years ago, and I think the answer is still the same today – in five years.

“So we have taken some initiatives ourselves, in order to proceed with this,” Kindopp said.

An accounting firm did a study looking at how Estevan could proceed by replacing it themselves. Another study showed that some changes in design could reduce the projected cost by $10 million, from $40 to $30 million, by adding the new nursing home to St. Joseph’s Hospital’s grounds.

Estevan’s group has met repeatedly with Minister of

Health Jim Reiter and Rural and Remote Minister of Health Greg Ottenbreit. Kindopp said their project has not be prioritized to proceed, at present. “They have other projects in their mind that are higher priority than ours,” he said.

Kindopp recognized the downturn that hit the oilpatch and the province’s finances has had some bearing on how the province is spending its money.

In the context of the recent COVID-19 crisis, long-term care facilities have become a focal point, particularly in Quebec and Ontario. Elderly people,

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and especially those with preexisting conditions, are seen as particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. Kindopp said he wrote a letter in May to the minister of health indicating his concerns around some of the guidelines and standards for long-term care.

On July 17, NDP Leader Ryan Meili put out a statement calling for independent oversight of seniors’ long-term care and the restoration of legislated minimum care standards.

Kindopp said, “The provincial government doesn't have any standards of care for longterm facilities. They have a draft document around the standards of care, but that's been sitting in the government for a number of years now.”

“We haven't given up.

We're not sitting back and just waiting for the government to come and tap us on the shoulder.

We have visited the minister of health five times in last few years and got a hold of our MLA, Lori Carr, and let him (Reiter) know we're still interested in that. But, in light of COVID now, I think it brings another dimension into long-term care.

“We’ll maybe have some advantage that if we construct this replacement in the next few years, you're probably able to take advantage of some of the new standards of care that come down around long-term care because if anything, COVID has taught us, it taught us that social distancing is appropriate.

Care has been redefined. You can't have workers moving from one facility to the next facility to

the next facility.There's all those kinds of things that we should be able to benefit from in that,” Kindopp concluded.

New Democratic Party MLA Vicki Mowat, who is the opposition health critic, said a new nursing home for Estevan is a needed facility, one that the community supported through fundraising.

“And there's really no plan from this government in terms of prioritizing which projects, receive those, those dollars. We asked about long term forecasting all the time; when can this is when can this community expect this facility? When can this community expect this facility?

And they don't have a clear answer. So it's definitely a very disappointing situation.”

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Estevan woman earns attention for her latest effort to recognize Canada’s veterans

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

An Estevan woman has gained attention for a recent effort to pay tribute to Canada’s veterans, and she hopes others will follow suit.

Marlys Collins posed in front of the Estevan Soldier’s Tree monument for the Canadian Remembrance Torch initiative, a virtual project that has encouraged people across the country to pose in an area meaningful to them while holding a torch, real or otherwise, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Her father Edward Mack was a member of the Saskatchewan Light Infantry in the Canadian Army during the war. He served from 1943-1945 and was among those who participated in the liberation of the Netherlands.

Collins tends to the flow-

ers at the Soldier’s Tree Monument site in central Estevan.

“It gives me some peace being there. I feel the presence of dad with me. He was also a big green thumb, so that helps,” said Collins.

After she shared the photo of her holding the torch on Facebook, it received more than 3,000 views by the next day, and has now been seen more than 8,000 times.

Collins is pleased that the Soldier’s Tree is receiving more attention. Carved by Alberta chainsaw sculptor Darren Jones, it was dedicated during a large ceremony in 2016 and has often drawn the attention of visitors to the community.

But Collins wants as many people to know about the monument as possible, so she took her photo there, as opposed to a site like a canola field, which was her initial instinct.

“I’m shocked with the

Marlys Collins’ father Edward Mack served in the Canadian Army in the Second World War, and was part of the liberation of The Netherlands.

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reaction it received,” she said.

The torch initiative actually started with another event, called the In our Father’s Footsteps (IOFF) Pilgrimage that was to happen in May in the Netherlands, in honour of the 75th anniversary of Canadian soldiers liberating the nation from German occupation at the end of the war.

Collins and her husband Mike were the only ones from Estevan who were going to participate in the walk, and there were only a few others from Saskatchewan who registered.

“Dad never talked about any of the things he saw or did, but you have a good idea. That’s why this In Our Father’s Footsteps Walk was so important to me, because it would give me the chance to at least have a feeling of what it was like from just being there,” she said.

She and the other participants would have traced the steps taken by Canadian soldiers with a 60-kilometre walk over three days, and it would have taken them on the actual path of the soldiers who were part of the battles.

“We were to do all of the celebrations that were going to be going on there, and doing all of the cemeteries. We were taking a torch with us. It was being lit in Ottawa, and then it was supposed to come with us to The Netherlands,” she said.

There would have been a tour guide with lots of information as well.

But COVID-19 snuffed out those plans. They hope to do it next year, but that’s not a guarantee, either.

“There was actually 155 Canadian people that were going to attend, including several war veterans who were going to go,” said Collins.

Karen Hunter, who organized In Our Father’s Footsteps, came up with the Remembrance Torch idea.

Collins said Hunter is

Marlys Collins stands in front of the Estevan Soldiers Tree monument with her Canadian Remembrance Torch. The photo has garnered national attention.

Photo submitted hoping that as many people from across the country as possible will light a torch and send it into the Canadian Remembrance Torch website or Facebook page, and then on Remembrance Day, the photos will be featured at a ceremony in Ottawa.

“I’d like to challenge as many people as possible to get out there and do that, not just in Western Canada, but especially in Estevan and area,” she said.

The goal is to have 75 people from across the country take a picture in honour of the 75th anniversary of the war’s conclusion, but Collins hopes 75 people from Estevan

alone will try it.

The photo can be taken anywhere – a special spot in the backyard, in front of a farmer’s field or elsewhere. And the torch can be made anything.

Collins purchased a nice torch that looks like a real flame, but people can use cardboard or another material.

“I really encourage the parents of younger children to get them involved, because we need our younger children to carry this torch on. So that’s what I want to see come of it.”

People are also asked to include who they’re recognizing with the torch.

Collins said Canadians

can’t allow COVID-19 to stop the remembrance of what the members of the Canadian Forces did during combat missions to grant Canadians the freedoms enjoyed today. She’s concerned whether there will be services in November to mark Remembrance Day, so other efforts need to happen.

For more information, visit canadianremembrancetorch.ca or visit the Facebook page. Photos can also be sent to The Canadian Remembrance Torch, care of Karen Hunter, 24 Cambridge Street, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 2T8.

The deadline to submit a photo is Oct. 15.

Former Estevan resident the first from North America to successfully complete epic global journey to the five capes A former Estevan resident has wrapped up his epic, 267-day global adventure at sea on a 13-metre sailboat.

Bert ter Hart, who now resides on B.C.’s Gabriola Island, completed the journey on Saturday afternoon when he sailed into Victoria’s Inner Harbour, to the cheers of famil y and friends.

He completed a solo, non-stop circumnavigation around the world via the five great capes – South Cape in New Zealand, South East and Cape Leeuwin in Australia, Cape Agulhas in South Africa and Cape Horn in Chile – using

only celestial navigation.

That means ter Hart is the first person from North America, and one of only five people from around the world, to accomplish the feat.

In an interview with the Mercury back in January, ter Hart said he traced his love of sailing, as well as open spaces and big skies, to his time growing up in Estevan.

“My father taught me to sail on Boundary Dam,” he said at the time.

“It is some of the most fun I've ever had sailing a boat, big or small.

Even there, once around a point, there was no one else around but you.

“No other people,

no houses, no roads. For a small boy, it was like being transported to another country entirely.

Hardly a day goes by on this boat where I don't think of some experience or something I learned sailing a small boat on Boundary Dam back in Saskatchewan.”

At the time, he said he was embarking on the journey to inspire children to pursue the sciences, but he found himself being inspired by the experience.

Before arriving back in Canada Saturday, he was able to convince border agents in Victoria to waive the mandatory 14-day quarantine period

for anyone arriving from outside the country. Ter Hart had been outside of Canada for months, but he hadn’t stepped foot on land since leaving Victoria on Oct. 28, 2019, well before COVID-19 was first diagnosed in China.

His family called him “the safest man on the planet,” because he hadn’t had any contact with people during the pandemic.

He has been cleared to enter the country and exempted from quarantine requirements due to his isolation from the previous months.

The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.

Former Estevan resident Bert ter Hart has returned home to Victoria, B.C., after completing his journey to the five great capes. File photo

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It was expensive, but it was needed After years of planning and execution, the water intake project for the City of Estevan is nearly finished.

And as it turns out, it’s a lot harder to switch a community’s primary water source than some might expect.

The initial tender came in well over budget, and had to be separated into three different phases. And once the work did begin, it didn’t always proceed smoothly, either, with issues related to encountering hard rock during the directional drilling phase, and a 400-metre sandstone slab to go through.

But the project is nearing completion. And we’ll see a benefit from it once it is finished.

A ceremony was held Thursday to mark near completion of this project, with the assorted officials you would expect to see and the speeches you would expect to hear. There’s still some work to be done, but this project is finally in the home stretch.

Once it’s finished and the city’s primary water source is shifted from Boundary Dam to Rafferty Dam, it’s expected that we’re going to have better water. Cleaner water. Better tasting water. Water that is softer, so it won’t be so hard on our taps.

We’re not sure just how noticeable this will be to the average person, whether they’ll find

that the water from Rafferty tastes that much better than Boundary water. We’re also not sure if the average citizen will notice the water isn’t as hard, either.

But it should be cleaner.

Each month, the city releases its water quality report, with information on how much water was treated and pumped into the system. Most months, we hear that there weren’t any plant upsets, and that the city was within parameters set out by the provincial government for water quality, except for one: trihalomethanes (THMs).

And it will be noted that the THMs will be lower once this water intake project is finished.

Perhaps that will be the best way to quantifiably judge whether this project is a success: how low will the THMs be? We certainly hope that they’ll now fit within government standards, given the amount of money that was spent by the different levels of government on this water intake project.

This is a project that has been discussed for years. The city has known for some time that something had to be done to meet provincial standards for water quality. We’ve never found ourselves in a situation like Walkerton, Ont., or North Battleford at the turn of this century, but upgrades for Estevan were needed.

Without the support of the provincial and

federal governments, this project wouldn’t have been completed at this time.

But eventually this project would have had to be completed anyways, and we might not have had the province or the feds helping us.

Once the different levels of government were on board, the city had to proceed with the project, even after the initial quotes for the project were well over budget.

If we would have received the green light for the water intake, and then told the other levels of government that we couldn’t do it, then you can be sure those levels of government would be very hesitant to fund local projects again in the future, other than those that are universally allocated with per capita support, such as through gas tax funding.

And now that this project is finished, it frees up the city to tackle other projects on the capital side for the water utility. When it comes to water and wastewater treatment, it’s a neverending cycle of work to be done, as projects have to be completed and upgrades have to be made to meet changing standards.

Completion of this water intake project has been a long time coming.

We know there will be improvements. Let’s just hope they’re really noticeable because that will help justify this project to the general public.

When your family members are farmers, life is not all sweet peas I tell ya…

Nowadays, for many people farming has turned into a business. Full stop.

Farm operators work, people grow, people risk, people reap the fruits of their labour. They take days off and go away for vacations. When the operation grows big enough, they hire others to work for them. When it grows even bigger, they hire managers to help them to efficiently run the business.

Usually, big farmers still have their own prerogative, some special tasks that they do themselves, such as running a combine, and deciding on what to seed or when and where to sell. Not that there are no other people to do it, but it keeps them connected to what usually was started by their fathers or grandfathers.

It may sound pretty similar to running a family farm as it used to be some 50 years ago, but there is actually a big difference.

Business is business. It’s math, mechanics, strategy, maybe just a bit of gambling sometimes, and a game of opportunities. Those who have a good nose for new opportunities usually get much further in this game. Business goes by laws of the market and is affected by the professionalism of those running it. It all equally matters when you are running a traditional family farm, but there are some big underlying differences. And I see family farming the way it used to be as a completely different type of occupation.

I was introduced to family farming a few years ago now. And since I didn’t have a clue what family farms are, I first looked at it as just a business. I wanted to understand how processes work, I wanted to see the tactics and strategy, I wanted to know how things are balanced, what motivates people to work and how they build the growth into their operation.

In the beginning, I was asking questions, but they were left unanswered. Then I just got

Ana Bykhovskaia Twenty Lines About… involved with the process to understand it from inside out. And soon all I could see was a lifestyle. Even though my family was working really hard at the farm started by their father, they weren’t actually working in the way most people on the planet understand working.

They were just living. They hardly know what to do with the time off and don’t see it as motivation to get something done. They take opportunities as they go, but not always do they strategize towards them. They put their lives into work, but they don’t notice how much they actually do.

For many of you who grew up at the farms, my frustration may sound amusing or weird. But with many generations of a big city background, all I’ve seen before was either nine to six, five days a week type of work, when people with more or less enthusiasm attend their workplaces to do what they know and sometimes even like to get paid and to get some satisfaction from utilizing their skills and talents; or businessmen and women.

The latter ones would start doing what they know and/or like to have a bit more freedom than a fixed schedule, but mainly to “make money” (the saying created by Americans, which still amazes me as it does sharply describe my understanding of core business motivation) to live the life they want, whatever it may mean.

But never before had I met people who would work really hard from dawn to dusk for the sake of work. As an outsider I could think of my farmers feeding people, working for

the good of others, putting their lives into the common progress. But I bet none of them ever thought much of it. Unlike many other farmers who chose to turn their farms into business, people around me kept living their lifestyle.

It took me a long time to see and understand the core of family farming, and only recently I realized that there was another big difference between business and lifestyle approaches. And that is emotions. The family farms are threaded with emotions.

They are everywhere. Verbal communication, which often is the base of most businesses, here is often lacking. It's all about sensing and knowing. The workloads farmers take upon themselves often are quite intimidating and impossible to catch up with, even within the family, which pushes everybody to the limit.

The roles are distributed across the family almost intuitively (at least that’s how it looks from the outside). So there are often no rules on the ground, just expectations. And since most farmers are not mind readers, those expectations often turn sour causing open or hidden conflicts.

The level of the stress, created by weather, fluctuating markets, responsibility loads, unexpected technical issues, and other circumstances farmers have no say in, is always pretty high, but usually remains unaddressed. On top of that, there are family bonds, strong care and unspoken love, that I've hardly seen anywhere else.

Emotions exist everywhere, but they are different within the family. And I believe that at family farms they are often invisible, but core components.

I still can’t tell that I totally understand how a family farm works. But now I know that hard work and love for what you do, spiced up with an emotional mix, make this tough lifestyle unique and very beautiful in its own, very natural manner.

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What’s in a (sports team’s) name?

I was a football fan before I was a hockey fan.

One of the earliest photos of me is Dad holding me when I was a baby, while he was wearing his Edmonton Eskimos jersey.

Dad’s always loved the Eskies, even though he was born and raised in southern Alberta, has lived in B.C. since 1972, and is married to a woman from Saskatchewan.

(How’s that for an allegiance to a team)?

That jersey likely dates back to the late 1960s or early 1970s, and would be a collector’s item by anyone’s standards, but it’s definitely going to be one now.

The Edmonton Eskimos have announced they will be changing their name, amidst mounting pressure from the public, especially sponsors.

Honestly, on the list of team names that I have a problem with, Eskimos is near the bottom. It’s not because it’s Dad’s team, or because there’s a rich tradition that has seen the team win the most Grey Cup titles (11) since the modern CFL was founded in 1958.

And you can’t say that they should keep their team name because it’s tradition. There are a lot of traditions out there that are woefully outdated and need to end.

The name is a nod to Edmonton’s northern location. The city is one of the largest northern cities on the planet. And Eskimos is a much prouder-sounding and applicable name than the Polar Bears or Northerners.

I’m disappointed to see the name change, but not surprised.

You knew it would happen eventually.

What is surprising is that they’re one of the first to make the change, because there are worse culprits.

The Washington Redskins name had to go. Most sensiblyminded people realized a long time ago that a name based on a slur was utterly inappropriate. I remember first hearing talk about the name when I was in high school; the calls for a name change started decades ago.

It’s too bad that it took this long for a change to happen.

And it’s too bad that Washington’s brain trust didn’t move on the name until after sponsors threatened to withdraw their support.

(Then again, given the track record of their owner, it’s not surprising that he didn’t grasp the need for a name change).

I’m sure we’ll see the Cleveland Indians drop their name before too long. At the very least, they’re due for a new logo.

Something a little less racially insensitive. As for the name, maybe it’s time to stop celebrating Christopher Columbus’ 528-year-old mistake.

And I’m sure the Atlanta Braves will drop the tomahawk chop from their games.

I don’t find names like Braves, Eskimos and Chiefs to be offensive like the Redskins or the Indians’ Chief Wahoo.

The name change for the Eskimos leaves me wondering where this will end. I’m sure that the Chicago Blackhawks will eventually be forced to change their name and logo, even if the name is meant as a tribute to Chief Blackhawk, and the logo and jersey are among the best in sports.

Will we eventually have to drop a name such as the Canadiens for Montreal’s NHL team, or a monicker like the Canucks for Vancouver’s NHL squad? After all, Canucks is a slang term for Canadian.

Will it eventually get to the point that we can’t have a name based on an identity that people have no control or choice over?

Or are we going to find ourselves picking and choosing which ones to retain and which ones to drop?

It’s good that we’re having these discussions and that changes are being made, and that more changes are coming.

Some of these are long overdue.

But others take the issue a little too far. When people are talking about changing the name of the Masters golf tournament, because of the racist views of one of its founders, you know there’s a problem. The Masters has its name because it’s associated with greatness, and not because of connotations to slavery.

(And yes, some of the opinions expressed by those involved with the Masters in the past are frightening. It’s hard to believe people once clinged to those beliefs.

I think the Eskimos name should remain and we should focus on more pressing issues.

At the same time, I just hope this new Edmonton CFL team, whatever their name is, will have a league to play in once the mess with COVID-19 is resolved, and for the sake of Edmonton CFL fans, the club will remain one of the league’s prestige organizations.

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EAGM brings beautiful art to Woodlawn Regional Park

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) is known for bringing great art to the community through the exhibits it hosts each year in its two gallery spaces.

But the COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to rethink how they deliver exhibits, and they have partnered with four Saskatchewan artists and Woodlawn Regional Park for something different.

Belinda Harrow, Monique Martin, Zoe Schneider and Regan Lanning have come together to have their art at Woodlawn for the rest of the summer in an outdoor art installation named Inside Out. The exhibits were installed last week, and the exhibit opened on Monday.

EAGM curator-director Amber Andersen said each artist contributed something unique, and she was delighted with how it turned out.

“I’ve curated public exhibits that are outside, but never in this context,” said Andersen.

Martin contributed lifesized, standing paper dandelions near Fresh Air Fitness that are a commentary on how we shouldn’t judge everything on appearance. Harrow has a hand-sculpted beaver and a nearby stool, close to the campground gazebo that overlooks the Souris River.

Her work studies how animals have had to adapt to human behaviour.

Schneider has a grotto with glow in the dark beads that are near the Fourth Avenue South access road. Lanning created a vase that continues her work on the human condition and the strength and fragility of it. It’s near a memorial for the North West Mounted Police.

“Everyone came together talking about nature, and talking about the human condition, and I thought that might be appropriate in COVID, but in a way that we can all do it in this beautiful space, with this land that is so gorgeous,” said Andersen.

Woodlawn was selected for Inside Out because the EAGM, the park and Southeast Newcomer Services were planning a big family festival for the fall, but the event had to be postponed. So the EAGM approached Woodlawn about doing something, and they were on board.

“I had already been in conversation with these artists.

I was talking to them about this, and then everyone just happened to have a piece that was talking about nature in some capacity and some way, so I thought this was perfect.”

All four artists have been exhibited at the EAGM in the past.

Martin was in Estevan on Friday to help install her work, which is named Context is Everything. It includes life-sized dandelions made out of paper that she created through silk screening, linocut techniques and paper engineering.

“They look very real,” Martin said. “They’re very authentic, and it is a comment on how every time we make a decision, we have all that baggage that we have from before that leads us to that decision.”

The dandelions would have never have happened if not for an exhibit she had in Seoul, South Korea. Martin found a type of paper that was almost free, and she purchased it in a wide variety of colours.

When she was driving home one night, she had the inspiration to create something involving weeds.

“I started experimenting, and I had this really great paper from Korea. It stands up. It holds itself. Because if you use tissue paper (alone), it falls down.”

She cut little strips and every petal herself, silk screened a little yellow line on every petal, and cut out all the leaves and inked each one on both sides to make them look real.

People have called dandelions a weed, and Martin said that means they are dismissed and aren’t viewed as important.

And so she uses the exhibit to talk about human interaction and how sometimes people are

Monique Martin prepares the paper dandelions that are part of her exhibit Context is Everything at Woodlawn Regional Park. Photo submitted automatically dismissed.

“It’s very timely right now in the news. We decide who belongs and who doesn’t belong. Very often as humans we make that decision. So I wanted to do a body of work where I use the weed, and escalate it to a higher level than what it was.”

It’s also a commentary on how people judge others based on sexual orientation, race, religion and other factors.

During her research for Context is Everything, Martin found out that long ago, dandelions were regarded as a flower. They have regained some of their luster, as people can now buy dandelion seeds in a store.

“When they see my work, I want them to think about why would she make a weed into art?” Martin asked. “Why would she make so many to look real? Why would they be taken out of the context of a weed, so that people think … when they see a … dandelion, they think ‘Well maybe it’s not a weed.”

The dandelions are el-

evated and surrounded by Plexiglas.

Martin applauded the EAGM and Woodlawn Regional Park for creating an exhibit that brings art to the people, and allows them to feel comfortable.

“This is a major idea that’s being explored because of COVID. The context of COVID changed how we see galleries, which is interesting,” said Martin.

She described the exhibit as a sneak peak of one she will have at the EAGM in December with 2,000 paper dandelions lit with a spotlight.

Andersen noted that all of the museums and galleries around the world have been forced to reschedule shows, and it’s good to have something locally for the public to view.

Inside Out will remain on display until Sept. 8.

The exhibit is part of a larger artistic scavenger hunt in the community that also began Monday. People are asked to find works of art, such as murals, that are located in Estevan.

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Making the home beautiful and comfortable is easy with Estevan Appliances and Furniture

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Most people heard that Sears went under a few years ago, but not everybody knows that the local store associated with the business refused to sink with that ship and instead turned into an independent, family-operated local business.

The elegant and filled with light Estevan Appliances and Furniture showroom, also known as HomEstevan, is located at 1216 Fourth Street. A wide variety of items available in the store helps customers

turn every house into a comfortable and cozy home.

The Mercury talked to Shane Winter, the owner of Estevan Appliances and Furniture, about the store, and its past, present and future plans.

Born and raised in Regina, Winter moved to Alberta to take care of his grandfather’s farm after his grandfather’s death. After 20 years of farming experience, he decided to come back to Saskatchewan.

“I felt that it was time to do that,” said Winter.

He started working with Sears back in 2008, with one

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store in Estevan and another one in Brooks, Alta.

“Back then I figured Sears was a good company to be associated with. My grandma worked with Sears for years and years, and they were a good company then. We thought it would be a good opportunity to start a business that had a good name to it,” recalled Winter.

But the economy made a flip, changing it for thousands of business operators. Winter decided to go independent, stay in Estevan and make the Energy City his permanent place of residence.

“Estevan has been very welcoming to me … I gained some good friendships here, some good customers that slowly trickled down into my independent business. That definitely helped me to stay afloat,” said Winter.

Despite the challenges, Winter chose to keep bringing people a great choice of good quality appliance and furniture.

He also met his wife Nadia in Estevan, and now the Winters help each other at the store, striving to ensure that customers get what fits their needs.

“I get as much customer service as possible. My wife Nadia helps me out currently. She can watch the store sometimes when I go out. We are here six days a week,” said Winter.

Even though it brought some challenges, especially in the beginning, running an independent business turned out to be a positive change. It's now up to the owner to decide on what to have on the floor and what better serves the clients, and the assortment keeps changing and developing.

Just recently Winter brought in Samsung appliances as well as an Mlily mattress line, which seems to be quite popular with the customers.

While in most cases there is some waiting time for appliance delivery, Winter usually tries to have one piece on the floor and one in stock in case customers want it right away.

He explained that delivery time usually depends on the supplier.

“With Frigidaire it comes rather quickly, so I don’t have to do that as much. Samsung has a longer turn around, anywhere from four to six weeks for me to get a fridge for (customers). I’m trying to double up with those companies. And same with mattresses, I’m trying to keep a couple of them in stock that are the most popular.”

Winter added that these days people's shopping style has changed. Customers are still looking for a quality product, but the opportunities the Internet opened definitely changed the shopping experience. People usually know what they want,

Estevan Appliances and Furniture is located at 1216 Fourth Street. especially with appliances. They it easier for the customers to do their research prior to com- instantly feather their nests the ing into the store, and Winter way they really want it without helps them with insights and waiting. recommendations on particular “Hopefully soon I will models. have financing available for our Over 10 years of experi- customers that want to finance. ence allows Winter to find the But it’s been a process,” said best solutions for each situation, Winter. which is one of his favourite He added that they hope parts of the job. to have this option available “I like working with the this August. public. I enjoy meeting new In the meantime, he conpeople … and helping people tinues doing his best to serve out whenever I can,” said Win- the community. ter.

“Thank you to Estevan He always was known for their continued support for doing his best to come up and I look forward to seeing with suggestions for his clients them in the future. What this in any financial situation. Now is all about is making new he is also working to bring the friends and being a friend of financing options in to make the community.”

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Saskatchewan’s oil drilling has stopped completely; oil production down 28.2 per cent

By Brian Zinchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In recent years, by midJuly, there would be 30-50 drilling rigs working throughout Saskatchewan. Nearly all would be drilling for oil, but one or two would be drilling for potash or helium.

The active drilling rig count is one of the leading indicators of the oil industry.

As of July 16, there was just one rig working in Saskatchewan, and it was drilling for helium, according to the Rig Locator website. No rigs have been drilling for oil in Saskatchewan since the end of the winter drilling season in mid-March.

Additionally, Saskatchewan’s oil production went from 502,700 barrels per day (bpd) in March 2020, to 361,000 bpd in May, a decline of 28.2 per cent. When oil prices cratered in April, many oil producers shut down substantial portions of their production and all ceased drilling.

The tremendous destruction in demand for oil around the world came with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in mid-March. This coincided with Saudi Arabia and Russia flooding the market with additional oil. In mid-April, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil briefly went into negative pricing territory for one day.

Since then, WTI has come back to US$40 per barrel, but drilling has not resumed and rigs are parked throughout the province.

Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre said, “Remember, before COVID, we had a strong … winter drilling season like we talked about it in the early days of 2020.

“It seems like an eternity

ago, but 756 new wells were drilled, which was a strong Q1 (first quarter) for 2020 and for that winter drilling season.”

She pointed out that Saskatchewan had a higher drilled but uncompleted (DUC) well count than other provinces at that same time.

This could lead to an advantage in the future, she said, as those wells could be brought online more quickly when market conditions improve.

The drilling cost is usually around 60 per cent, Eyre said.

As new wells, they will have higher initial production rates and better cash flow than existing wells.

“Most new wells qualify for one of our volumetric drilling incentives of a 2.5 per cent maximum Crown royalty rate,” Eyre said.

“I spoke to many, many companies and operators over the course of those months, March, April, May and June, and I continue to. Our royalty regime is something that, even through these very difficult ages, operators regard, and companies regard, as a beacon of stability,” she said.

Eyre said capital investment in exploration is expected to drop 50 per cent this year, compared to 2019, when it was $3.98 billion. This year she expects it to be closer to $2 billion.

“It's going to take some time, of course, to get back to those pre COVID drilling numbers. Obviously, we hope the numbers are going to increase even now, going into the latter part of 2020 into the late summer and fall.

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The province announced that has approved its first parcel of work packages to be completed through the Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP).

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The value of this first tranche of work packages is $12 million and encompasses six different oil and gas companies. Saskatchewan has been allotted $400 million from the federal government for the program.

NDP finance and economy critic Trent Wotherspoon said regarding the rig count, “The complete lack of drilling represents a real hardship for Saskatchewan families and workers and local companies. It certainly hurts our local economy, speaks to the hardship that many are facing, and the importance of the energy sector as well to Saskatchewan.

“And it certainly should

serve as an important wake up call to the government to do all it can to build economic recovery and diverse job opportunities, of course, working with the traditional energy sector, but also just doing the simple things that create opportunity like putting Saskatchewan workers and businesses first when we procure and build projects with public money, making sure that those dollars aren't flowing far outside Saskatchewan to companies and workers,” Wotherspoon said.

“These are folks that are out of work, and we need to do all we can in other sectors as well to secure an economic recovery and provide opportunities,” he said.

Asked if there’s anything else the province can do, Wotherspoon said, “I

think it's critical that you're engaged with the energy sector and having frank conversations about what they're facing, listening for those opportunities to make sure that industry is on a solid footing and that it's in a position to build some employment and make some investments. Just working together, and listening to needs.”

As for well abandonment, he said, “We're kind of observing how it's rolling out. It was a bit slow being rolled out in Saskatchewan.

I think the question is going to be, how can the province maximize the returns for Saskatchewan people? I think it's very important that that work not be outsourced, the way that we've seen the Sask. Party do time and time again.”

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Crops are looking good, but may require extra attention due to diseases this summer

Most canola fields are in full bloom in southeast Saskatchewan, turning the landscape into a bright quilt. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

The recent rains were hit and miss in southeast Saskatchewan, but they gave the crops enough moisture to grow and build up strength.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture crop extension specialist Sherri Roberts says most

fields look good and before we know it, we’ll start meeting combines on the roads.

But Roberts noted that fields are still pretty spotty at this time.

“Some of them are fantastic. You get into the Glen Ewen area, over by Kipling they are short, but in Glen Ewen it’s tall.

You get over by Redvers, they

are really nice, but then you get to the areas around the south of Weyburn, they are short. It all depended on how the moisture came through. But everybody is looking at crops that will be harvestable this year,” said Roberts.

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Roberts also noticed an increase in lentils, but the soybean acres are down. And even though the crops are doing really well in general, there are always things to be cautious about.

“I would like to put out a word of caution,” said Roberts.

“Down here in the southeast, in the Lampman area, I did find ergot, it was on western wheatgrass. So any farmers that have any grass edges that still haven’t been mowed around their cereal fields, I would (recommend) to get out there and get them mowed because it’s the prairie grasses that the ergot will start in, and then it will move into your fields,” said Roberts.

She is also starting to see some fusarium. After having problems with it over the last few years, many farmers started doing proper and timely fungicide spraying, so Roberts expects to encounter fewer problems with this particular disease in the crops, but she is still seeing it starting up in the native prairie grasses, which may create problems for cattle farmers.

“Livestock producers should be watching their hay-

fields and their pastures, and walk in them, making sure that the levels don’t get too high in them because it can also create issues for their livestock.”

Fusarium has been fairly steady in a lot of areas in the southeast Saskatchewan for the last four years, with the rains coming down at the times when cereals were blooming and creating the environment for the disease development.

Roberts also noted that there is possible aster yellow showing in flax in the southeast, so she urged farmers to make sure that they make it out to the fields and check their crops regularly while they still can fix arising problems.

Despite the drier June, Roberts still expects the first combines to pull out into the fields as early as the first week of August.

“There is a strong possibility that that can happen.

We’ve got some amber fields of grain out there waiving.

And I’m seeing some starting to actually get some turns on the ones that were put in early.”

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The majority of the farmers were able to take off last year’s crop that was left overwinter this spring. But a few decided that it wasn’t worth taking it off and just burned them.

“The majority did take it off, and some of them were actually really surprised … on the quality that they received. It was not as bad as they thought it was going to be,” said Roberts.

Last year’s crops set farmers back at the beginning of the season. But in the areas that received decent moisture, the later-seeded crops have caught up with the earlier ones now, while in the drier regions the difference is still obvious.

Roberts said that the general situation is good and there are no areas in the southeast where things would go completely wrong.

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Just like crop fields around the southeast, hayfields and pastures are pretty spotty this year. While some areas received a decent amount of precipitation earlier in the season, other regions hardly had enough to stay alive.

“You get by Fillmore, you get in the south of Weyburn, over by Kendal and Sedley, where they really got no moisture, the hay fields are a lot thinner,” said Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture crop extension specialist Sherri Roberts.

July rains refreshed pas-

tures, allowing the feed to grow, but that same precipitation kept pushing livestock producers back, keeping them away from haying. Many farmers have been trying to start cutting for the last weeks, but a lot of areas have been going just a day or two without showers, which was not allowing for any progress.

Last week, despite the weather conditions, numerous producers finally got out there.

“It’s going to be a hit or miss on whether they can get it up in excellent conditions without it getting rained

on. But there are a lot of fields that need to be cut and should have been cut a couple of weeks ago,” said Roberts.

She added that the majority of the producers will hardly get the average tonnage this year due to the combination of conditions such as cool weather in the spring, a later start for the plants and a relatively dry June.

However, farmers that manage to do two cuts this summer, may get an amazing second cut since the moisture came just in time for plants to boom in July.

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Carievale 4H Beef Club’s year comes to an end Due to COVID-19, the 4-H year ended a lot differently.

Record books were judged

by Laine Goertz Kaeding of Regina. In cloverbuds, Vanessa Cowan was first, Mardi Cowan was second and Arabella Buchanan came in third.

In juniors, Ryan Cowan was first, Jordan Cowan came in second and Andee Cowan finished third. Kenzie White was first in intermediate, followed by Karissa Elliott in second and Jordanna White in third.

Kamryn Gilliland was first in senior record books.

First place received $50, second place $25 and third place $15.

Members completed questionnaires and ribbons were given out for them. Each member was videoed with their respective animals and submitted a video for a virtual achievement day. Katie and Austen Anderson of Swan River, Man., were the judges.

In the cloverbud class, judged on showmanship, Vanessa Cowan was first, Mardi Cowan came in second, Arabella Buchanan was third and Kade Taylor was fourth.

The cloverbud champion and reserve came from accumulated points from throughout the year, record books, questionnaires and this particu-

lar class. Vanessa Cowan was awarded a wagon, rosette and keeper plaque for being the cloverbud champion and Mardi Cowan was reserve cloverbud and was given a Google mini.

In the lightweight steer class, Billie Cowan and Andee Cowan were first and second, respectively, followed by Jordan Cowan, Ryan Cowan and Jordanna White. The middleweight steer class was led by

Lainee McMillen, followed

by Ben Buchanan, Dane Taylor and Mya Gilliland. The heavyweight class had Kamryn Gilliland, Lance McMillen, Karissa Elliott, Daylan Elliott and Marisol Gilliland.

The grand champion steer was awarded to Kamryn Gilliland. She received a buckle and plaque. The reserve champion steer went to Lance McMillen, who received a hoodie

and rosette. Kamryn was also awarded home grown steer, receiving a rosette and $40.

Lance had the reserve home grown steer, receiving a rosette and a Google mini.

The heifer class consisted of eight heifers. Kamryn Gilliland was awarded grand champion heifer as well as homegrown heifer. She received a buckle, plaque, rosette and $40. Andee Cowan was

chosen for reserve heifer and reserve homegrown. For this, she received a rosette, hoodie and a Google mini. Others in the class were Daylan Elliott, Lance McMillen, Travan Bevan, Karissa Elliott, Ryan Cowan and Kenzie White.

Kamryn Gilliland also was entered in the continuation heifer class with her two-yearold pair. She received a jacket for this class.

Supreme female was awarded to Kamryn Gilliland for her two-year-old pair and reserve champion female with her heifer. She received a plaque, gift certificate, rosette and money.

This year the club also split the steers and heifers into breed classes. In the Simmental steer class, Lance McMillen was first and Karissa Elliott second. In the Angus steer class, Billie Cowan was first and Ben Buchanan second. In the other breeds steer class, Kamryn Gilliland was first and Mya Gilliland second.

In the Simmental heifer class, Daylan Elliott was first and Lance McMillen second. In the other breeds heifer class, Kamryn Gilliland was first and Andee Cowan second.

These members got to choose a prize ranging from sprays, 4-H toques or bucket hats, 4-H water bottles or Subway gift cards.

The hard luck awards went to Kade Taylor, Dane Taylor, Marisol Gilliland, Lainee McMillen and Travan Bevan.

All members were presented with their 4-H certificates and a Carievale 4-H Beef Club hoodie.

This year, the club purchased new banners and stall cards for the club. Unfortunately, they did not get a chance to use them.

people asking for help when they need it the most.”

Calls to the Saskatchewan farm stress line doubled in 2018-19 compared to the previous year, and in 2020, COVID-19 is placing new pressures on people within the agriculture sector.

The app, called Avail, analyzes wellness data supplied by the user and offers supports including articles, videos and online tips, or more immediate help from a personal support network.

It is available for Apple, Android and desktop devices.

“Saskatchewan producers face unique challenges

when it comes to dealing with mental health and we are committed to providing resources and strategies to help support them,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “We know there is a need for solutions like this and I’m looking forward to working with Bridges Health to provide a resource custom-built for the agriculture industry.”

Bridges Health is a mental health service organization based in Saskatoon. As Innovation Challenge winners, the company receives $10,000 in funding and a 16-week collaboration with government to develop the mobile app.

The app allows users to complete check-ins and measure their mental and overall health in a variety of different areas. Beyond physical health, it goes into areas like sleep hygiene and financial wellbeing, stress and anxiety, according to Kyle Anderson, business development consultant with Bridges Health.

The self-assessment will ask 10 different questions, and those questions vary each time.

Self-assessment is just one aspect of it. Users will be able to track their wellness over time, noting increases or decreases in their scores.

The app will send periodic reminders to the user for them to make use of it.

“After that, there's a library with articles and videos and tips and suggestions and activities of things that you can do. When they are specifically geared towards all of those, those different areas.

So, if I noticed that I wasn't doing well and my stress and anxiety score was low, then I can go through and access all of the different resources, specific distress and anxiety,” Anderson said.

It will tie into specific resources available in Saskatchewan.

Anderson said: “If I was looking to go see a physiotherapist and I'm located in Swift Current, I'd be able to search that and see all available physiotherapists, that are within a specific distance to me. If I'm looking to go see a counsellor, and I'm located in say Rosetown, there's not many professionals out there.

I'd be able to see who offers remote services, virtual or telehealth.”

He added there's a social connection so you can connect with peers and other individuals, and have that social support within the app as well.

Members of the Carievale 4H Beef Club with their new banners and stall cards. Photo submitted

New app addresses mental health issues for farmers An app developed in Saskatchewan, meant to help out farmers’ mental health, is receiving some support from the Government of Saskatchewan.

Innovation Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Agriculture have announced they are partnering with a health services company to provide farmers with a new tool to track their mental health and link them with supports.

The mobile app, developed by Bridges Health in Saskatoon, was selected during a province-wide Innovation Challenge in the spring of 2020, where technology entrepreneurs offered solutions to assist Saskatchewan farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers in actively monitoring their mental health.

“Despite progress made, there is still stigma associated with asking for support when it comes to mental health,” Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan Tina Beaudry-Mellor said.

“Having access to an app in the privacy of one’s own home will enhance the likelihood of

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Weekend doubleheader drew lots of cars to the speedway The Estevan Motor Speedway had a large number of entries for its doubleheader weekend, and some fans in the stands for the first time this season.

Sixty-seven vehicles were entered for Saturday night’s program, and 68 competed Sunday. The speedway also had 150 fans in the main grandstand each night – the most the provincial government would allow.

There were also spectators who watched from their vehicles along the south fence of the track.

The fans were treated to some pretty entertaining racing.

Estevan’s Aaron Turnbull won the modified feature on Saturday night over another local driver, Kody Scholpp.

Scholpp passed Shawn Teunis, one of about 10 Manitoba drivers who competed during the weekend, and held the lead for much of the feature.

Scholpp held off Turnbull for several laps, but Turnbull took first with about 10 laps

remaining. The two remained close for several laps until lapped traffic came between the two, allowing Turnbull to pull away.

Les McLenehan was third and Joey Galloway was fourth.

Scholpp had his revenge on Sunday night, as he won the feature with Turnbull in second. Scholpp had a large lead at one point, but a caution flag bunched the field together.

Turnbull passed Scholpp for the lead, but this time Scholpp was able to regain top spot, and keep Turnbull at bay.

Isaiah Geisel came in third and Galloway was fourth for the second consecutive night.

Scholpp leads the overall standings with 118 points.

McLenehan is second with 112 points.

Kaiden Tucherscher of Estevan was the class of the hobby stock division both nights. He won by several seconds in Saturday night’s program over Manor’s Kruz Wilson.

Tuchscherer passed Diezel Raynard early in Saturday’s

Tony Mikulcik (7H) led Quentin Skjerdal (19) and Kiana Milewicz (81)coming out of turn 2 in the hobby stock class at the Estevan Motor Speedway Saturday night. feature and never looked back.

Tony Mikulcik, who came down from Outlook for the program, finished third and Landon Runge was fourth.

Tuchscherer was again the best Sunday night, finishing ahead of Wilson and Runge.

Michael Wilson was fourth.

Tuchscherer now leads the overall standings with 118 points, three better than Runge.

Jeremy Swanson of Estevan dominated in Saturday’s stock car feature, as he won by about six seconds over Estevan’s Chris Hortness. Chase Davidson had the early lead, but Swanson moved into first, and after a brief battle with Stefan Klym, pulled way. Without any caution flags and only 10 cars entered, Swanson was able to build the lead.

Stefan Klym was third and Gary Goudy Sr. was fourth.

Swanson was knocked out on the first lap of Sunday’s program. Hortness moved up from near the back of the pack to finish first, followed by Robert Pickering in second, JJ Barnstable in third and Geoff Mann in fourth.

Hortness now leads the overall standings with 116 points. Swanson sits second with 108.

Saturday’s sport mod feature was the only troublesome race, as seven of 20 laps were completed before the checkered flag flew following the seventh caution flag. The top three finishers were from Manitoba: Grant Hall of Brandon, Bailey Cousins of Morden and Brandon Rehill of St. Andrews.

Blake Penna of Estevan was the top local driver in fourth.

At one point, there was an incident in which all-but three vehicles spun out, although most were able to continue.

The second night had several cautions but the race was completed. Leevi Runge of Lampman won the feature – his first feature win in a sport mod.

Hall was second, Cousins was third and Brian Kentner was fourth.

Hall now has 114 points to lead the standings. Justin Fichter is next at 100 points.

The slingshots class Saturday had an auspicious start, with an incident involving Jagger Asworth coming out of turn 4 as the race began. It was green flag racing from there, with Cash Saxon of Lampman finishing first, Ryder Raynard second and Jace Emmel third.

Raynard, who is from Estevan was the winner Sunday night, followed by Keenan Glasser and Emmel.

Raynard is first in the standings with 119 points.

Saxon is next with 109.

The next events at the speedway will be another doubleheader Aug. 1 and 2. Late models are slated to race.

Alameda’s Jayden Davis to play for University of Regina Alameda’s Jayden Davis, who served as the captain of the Estevan Bruins during the 2019-20 season, has decided where he’ll continue playing hockey.

Davis has committed to play for the University of Regina (U of R) Cougars of the Canadian U Sports league for the upcoming season. Davis was selected as the Bruins most valuable player in 2019-20 after he finished 10th in league scoring with 21 goals and 58 points in 58 games.

It was his final season of junior eligibility.

Davis said he selected the Cougars because of the strength of the program, and several former Bruins are on the team, including goaltender Curtis Meger, and forwards Bryce Platt, Turner Ripplinger and Arthur Miller. Also on the team is another former hockey teammate, defenceman Brennan Riddle, who used to live in Estevan.

“They said that everybody there that’s involved with the team is amazing, and just a great group of guys, and they’re a pretty good team. So I wanted to

play there,” said Davis.

It helps that he will have so many people he played with and against on the Cougars, and he’ll be living with Platt once he gets to Regina.

“I’m excited, and it will be cool. I loved playing for the Bruins, but it was time to move on. It should be very interesting to go to school and play a little less games, but have a lot of fun.”

Davis will be studying business at the U of R, and he expects he’ll be able to take what he learns and apply it to the family farm near

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Alameda once he finishes his studies.

He credits the Bruins and the different minor hockey associations that he played for in the southeast for the strides he has been able to make as a player.

“I watched the Bruins growing up, and that’s all I wanted to do is play for the

Bruins. When I got that opportunity – and growing up and playing AA in Estevan and everything with all of the great coaches – it really boosted my play a lot.”

The only question now is when he’ ll be playing hockey again. U Sports has already announced the cancellation of its fall sports

season, and the spring sports season is in doubt. The hockey season was scheduled to start in late October.

He already knows he’ll be taking online classes for the fall semester.

“It’s weird, because this has never happened, so we’re trying to figure it out as we go,” he said.

Twins pick up first win of the season; U18 Brewers win three The Southeast Twins midget AAA baseball team picked up their first win of the season with a 10-1 rout over the host Regina Athletics Sunday afternoon.

The Twins scored five times in the sixth inning to break open a close 3-1 game, and then added two more in the top of the seventh.

Kieran Stewart hit a double and a triple, and brought in four runs to pace the Twins attack. Jayke Smolinski scored three times in the victory.

Kaiden Lyons allowed four hits and one unearned run in six innings of work. He also struck out 11. Rylan Erb pitched a scoreless seventh inning in relief.

The victory was the first half of a double header against the A’s. The second half saw Regina edge the Twins 4-3. The A’s notched the winning run in the bottom of the sixth.

Lyons had two hits and two runs batted in.

Mason Fichter was on the mound for all six innings. He allowed six hits and four runs, but three runs were unearned.

He also struck out three.

The Twins dropped a pair of games against the Regina Wolfpack on July 18, 8-4 and 9-6. Stewart had two RBI for the Twins, while Kaiden Lyons had two hits in the loss.

Smolinski allowed six runs, three of them unearned, in five innings in the loss. He also struck out four. Levi Cooley allowed two runs in one inning of relief.

The Twins had leads of 4-0 in the second inning and 5-3 in the third in the second game against the Wolfpack, but the Regina team fought back with three-run innings in the fifth and sixth.

Nikolejsin had two hits and two RBIs for the Twins.

He also started on the mound, surrendering six runs, four earned, in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three.

Dallen Oxelgren gave up three runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief.

• • • The Estevan U18 AA Brewers won three times on the weekend, winning 8-0 over the Regina Buffalos Saturday, and 19-5 over the Saskatoon Athletics and 16-3 over the Assiniboia Aces Sunday. Both of Sunday’s games were played in Assiniboia and lasted only five innings.

The Brewers scored four times in the second against the Buffalos to take over the game. Tyler Saigeon and Riley Niven each had two hits for the Brewers.

Cade Bendtsen didn’t allow a run in a complete game

four-hitter. He also struck out nine.

The Brewers then played the Regina Pacers Saturday, and had a 5-0 lead entering the bottom of the first when rain halted the game. A decision on the status of the contest hasn’t been made.

The Brewers and the Athletics were tied at two entering the bottom of the third, but then the Brewers erupted for 17 runs in the bottom of the third. Everyone in the Brewers starting lineup managed at least one hit, one RBI and scored at least once. Kaleb Poole had two hits and four RBIs. Kaleb Bechtold was the winning pitcher; he allowed three runs and six hits in three innings. Tayce Miller didn’t allow a run in an inning of relief, while Tyler Saigeon gave up two runs in an inning of work.

The win over the Aces was the Brewers third lopsided victory over Assiniboia this season.

They scored 10 in the first and added two in the third and four in the fourth to lead 16-0 at one point.

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Certain seasons of the year can be more harsh on wood floors than others.

For example, seasons characterized by moisture and precipitation, particularly the early spring, winter and fall, can be hard on wood floors.Cold, snowy days can damage wood floors, and winter weather can be harsh on flooring.

Homeowners need not give up on hardwood if they live in an area that sees all four seasons. They just need to take a few steps to keep floors looking beautiful.

• Clean up the salt. Salt that keeps sidewalks and streets clear of snow and ice inadvertently gets tracked inside a home. Hard chunks of salt can scratch wood floors, and, if left to sit, that salt can eventually cause white marks and other stains. Routinely vacuuming and sweeping up salt is necessary to protect wood floors.

• Invest in shoe storage. Wet or snowy boots can create puddles around the house. Have a special mat or tray by the front door where wet shoes can be kept. A nice bench in the entryway

makes it easy for residents and guests to remove their shoes until it’s time to go back outside.

• Use water-wicking mats. Homeowners will probably need a few extra mats around to tame errant drips and wipe shoes. Any entrance that might be used by people or pets should be protected. Try to avoid petroleum-based, rubberbacked mats, as they could discolor the wood floor.

• Control humidity indoors. Cold, dry air in a home can be problematic because the moisture in the wood can eventually evaporate into the air. The heat will suck that moisture from the flooring, causing it to shrink, creak and splinter and become more brittle.

Think about investing in an in-line humidifier for the home’s HVAC system that can keep a moderate amount of humidity in the home.

Hardwood floorboards are installed to accommodate minor temperature and humidity fluctuations. This is typically a range of between 60 and 80 degrees F with a relative humidity range of 35 to 55 percent.

• Use the right cleaning products. Avoid excessive water to clean wood floors, and select soaps that are specially designed for wood flooring. Consult with the flooring manufacturer for a list of detergents that are safe to use.

With proper care, hardwood flooring can survive rain, snow and cold weather.

Home improvement projects run the gamut from minor repairs to complete overhauls. Replacing exterior siding is one of the most significant home improvement projects homeowners can undertake. Such a project can give homes a completely new look, which is why choice of siding is such an important decision.

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vinyl siding has changed considerably in recent years, making this option more diverse than traditional vinyl siding. So homeowners turned off by the potentially plastic look of vinyl siding might be surprised at how different modern vinyl siding looks compared to the vinyl siding of yesteryear.

in wooded and waterfront landscapes. Wood clapboard siding is another popular option, though it tends to require more maintenance than cedar shingle siding.

Homeowners who want wood siding should discuss their options with an experienced siding professional, as many factors, including the choice of wood, must be considered before making a final decision.

Options abound when shopping for home siding Vinyl siding Vinyl siding is easily maintained and among the more budget-friendly siding options. Vinyl siding is made from a PVC plastic that does not rot or flake. Siding professionals note that the technology used to create

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Wood siding Homeowners have many choices if they prefer wood siding on their homes. Cedar, cypress, fir, pine, and spruce are just a handful of the many wood siding options homeowners can choose from. Cedar shingle siding offers a natural look that blends well

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Stone can be difficult to add to an existing home, and doing so may drive the price up even further. Stone siding is durable, and there are many options, including solid stone and natural stone cladding, that make this an option capable of providing an array of looks. Stone-veneer siding is less expensive than natural stone and also comes in an array of styles.

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Improvement Small kitchen improvements that maximize functionality Many homeowners wish for expansive kitchens. Modernized kitchens that include sought after features and showcase the latest trends go a long way to improving the overall value of a home.

As desirable as such kitchens may be, some homes simply don’t have enough space for a centerfold-worthy kitchen featuring an island, wine refrigerator and walk-in pantry. However, homeowners with small kitchens can still improve the form and function of their existing spaces.

Reconfigure and revamp cabinetry Homeowners whose kitchens are small often lament their lack of storage.

Redesigning the layout of cabinets, and possibly adding some more cabinetry, may take care of certain storage issues.

Utilizing corner space with LeMans units, lazy susans and

other gadgets to make access to these areas easier. Going vertical with wall cabinets that extend to the ceiling also can add more storage, as can roll-in work carts.

Work with the walls Small kitchens require clever usage of vertical space.

Vertical storage units, hooks, shelving, and more can move items out of drawers and off of counters. Consider an underthe-cabinet toaster oven and microwave to create more counter space.

Use scaled-down appliances Shop with size in mind when looking at new appliances if you have a small kitchen. Compact versions won’t take up as much space as larger alternatives. Homeowners should consider the ultimate function of the kitchen and then think about which appliances will serve them

well. Homeowners with small kitchens may not need a large stand mixer or an oversized commercial stove.

Add some glass Incorporate glass to improve the perception of space in small kitchens. Glass lets you see through the objects, thereby enhancing the feeling of spaciousness or what designers call “negative space.”

Glass also can be reflective, visually expanding the space.

Embrace high-end materials It costs less to renovate small spaces than bigger areas, so homeowners may be able to afford high-end materials that really add personality to a kitchen. Flooring, counter materials and quality fixtures can really set small kitchens apart.

Small kitchens can be culinary havens with the right improvements to maximize the space.

No homeowner wants to look at the exterior of his or her home and see roof damage. Such damage may lead homeowners to think they need a new roof, a potentially costly expense that

can quickly throw household budgets into a state of disarray.

The average homeowner spends a little more than $7,600 installing a new roof.

Various factors, including the

size of a home and the type of roof homeowners prefer, will affect the cost of a roof replacement. In addition, homeowners who see roof damage can rest assured that not all roof problems will necessarily require a replacement roof to be installed.

Curled shingles are a problem many homeowners have encountered. This particular problem is not always indicative that a roof is on its way out. In fact, the home improvement resource As asphalt shingles age, their corners often begin to curl downward or upward.

Homeowners who notice this early enough can glue down the curled section of each shingle that’s beginning to curl.

Some shingles may be curling because they’re defective. Homeowners should contact a local roofing pro-

What causes curled shingles? fessional to diagnose the cause of the curling. Doing so quickly can prevent curled shingles from contributing to more widespread damage.

Moisture and poor ventilation may be contributing to curled shingles as well.

Homeowners with attics in their home may see curled shingles on their roofs because moisture is building up in their poorly ventilated attics. In addition to causing damage such as curled

shingles, a poorly ventilated attic allows moisture to build up, potentially contributing to mold growth. Mold presents a host of additional problems, including some that can adversely affect the health of a home’s inhabitants.

Improper roof installation also may be the culprit behind curled shingles.

When a roof is not installed correctly, shingles may not be aligned or nailed down

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Yes, you’ll find plenty of flooring, but there’s much more to be found at The Floor Store T h e F l o o r S t o re i s southeast Saskatchewan’s choice for expert and experienced staff to help customers find the right products for their home.

And it’s not just flooring that brings people into the business, which has locations in Estevan and Carlyle.

Chris Tarnes, who has owned the business since 2008 with his wife Deanna, said they didn’t know what to expect this year.

“With people not being able to travel to where they wanted to or liked to, it’s certainly promoted people

working in their homes and making improvements,” said Tarnes.

The F loor Store has a variety of flooring products from different brand names. And their flooring products have proven to be quite popular, particularly vinyl plank, carpet, linoleum and hardwood. Tarnes believes vinyl plank is popular because of the ease of installation for the “do it yourself ” types.

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Paint has also been a hit this year, as he believes they have sold more paint than ever before.

“I think paint sales would probably get a bigger boost than anything else this year, just because it’s a relatively inexpensive way to improve how things look, inside and outside, anywhere in the house,” said Tarnes.

“Just about everybody can tackle it themselves as well.”

He expects that any other retailer in Estevan that sells paint had similar sales growth this year.

The Floor Store also sells blinds, and Tarnes believes the demand has been similar as in past years.

As for the Carlyle location, it has a fairly large trading area. Tarnes points out there is some new home construction happening in the Kenosee Lake and White Bear areas, and it’s cottage season, so the Carlyle location has had a lot of activity.

Between Estevan and Carlyle, The Floor Store has about 16 employees, including installers.

For those who aren’t the do it yourself types, The Floor Store has a full crew who can complete the work. They cover most of the southeast region, extending west to Weyburn, north to Kipling and east to the Manitoba border.

The customers are very appreciative of the work

The Floor Store has been selling lots of paint during the pandemic, as people have been seeking projects they can do. that they do. People know that they can count on the Floor Store to do the work properly, so there’s a trust factor even before they enter people’s homes.

“Having a store front ve r s u s on l i n e s h o p p i n g helps,” Tarnes said. “You can come in, you can see the stuff, you can feel stuff. You can know what you’re buying. It doesn’t just show up.”

Customers don’t have to worry about not getting what they wanted.

Tarnes said he and the Floor Store staff enjoy interacting with the customers.

Some haven’t been out a lot the last few months, and so shopping at the Floor Store would be one of their first outings.

The Floor Store was able to remain open while businesses were closed since it is considered an essential service, thanks to its work with the construction sector.

They had to make changes to ensure safety for customers and staff members alike.

And they still venture into people’s homes when needed.

“We do offer in-home consultations. We can bring

samples to your home. You can use our website as a resource. Everything that’s on our website, we should have samples of in-store. There’s a lot of ways to do it.”

The Estevan store is on the Highway 47 South service road. It’s approximately 8,000 square feet in size, with 5,000 square feet in the store front and 3,000 more in the warehouse.

The Carlyle site is on Highway 13 in the heart of the community, and has 2,600 square feet for the store front, and another 600 in storage.

“This is very important, because normally around March, we have parents calling and asking to register for

the courses. It’s an event that’s been run in the city for the last 10 years, and the parents are always asking to get some information as soon as some is available. They understand at the moment it’s not possible,” said Barz.

In most years, Nature Smarts is offered for seven weeks while outdoors, but that can’t happen this year. With more than 30 kids attending the activities, they wouldn’t be able to maintain social distancing.

So four times a week, the EALG will post a craft, experiment, reading lesson or another activity to their Facebook page.

“Kids can interact by posting pictures underneath, and every single kid who posts pictures underneath will be put into a draw where they’re going to be receiving gifts and prizes at the end of the competition.”

If restrictions are lifted before the end of the summer, the EALG might be able to meet with the in-person with

the youths again.

“We’re watching each day for some updates, and hopefully we can meet with the kids personally, but right now it doesn’t look good,” she said.

The participation numbers are lower, because they don’t have as much engagement as they would with faceto-face interaction. But last week they had a few hundred people view a post, and they want to get the engagement numbers higher.

“If we can reach out to more kids, it’s better for us and for more kids, because they need some entertainment.”

The people they talk to say their kids are spending a lot of time inside and in front of screens, so the EALG wants to have activities that have both a fun and educational component.

Those who have participated have been happy with what’s been offered, she said, and she hopes the numbers will continue to grow.

Literacy group takes Nature Smarts program online The Estevan Area Literacy Group (EALG) has gone online in an effort to continue offering the popular Nature

Smarts program that has been a summer staple in Estevan in recent years.

Regina Barz, who is the

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Cheer to Lorna C. at the Estevan McDonald’s.

She is the sweetest, always helpful and cheery.

People look forward to seeing Lorna in drive thru; she always puts a smile on your face and makes mornings a little bit better.

Cheers to Erin Wilson at the City of Estevan Leisure Centre for maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all users during COVID-19. The openness to suggestion and thoughtfulness has not gone unnoticed.

Cheers to the homeowners who opted out of the lawn frenzy and put in rocks instead. It shows that they have better things to do with their time and money than lawn maintenance.

Cheers to the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum and Woodlawn Regional Park for the great artwork that we now see in the park. It’s just another thing to enhance the park experience.

Cheers to the three kids who were out selling lemonade in downtown last week. It’s great to see young people doing their part to raise money for causes in the community, even during the summer months.

Cheers to the Estevan Motor Speedway for the doubleheader program on the weekend. It would be great to see even more people allowed for their next program in August.

Jeers Jeers to the number of North Dakota licence plates we see in Estevan. The news says the Canada-U.S. border is closed to all unnecessary travel, so why do we see those American plates?

Jeers to the provincial government’s lack of action when it comes to the new regional nursing home in Estevan. Someday, they’ll make good use of the $8 million that’s sitting in the bank.

Jeers to the loud vehicles that we continue to hear at night. You might think that everyone wants to hear your loud vehicle or motorcycle when we’re relaxing on the patio in the evening, but we don’t.

To submit a cheer or a jeer, please email it to dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca, or visit www.estevanmercury.ca.

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Council discusses a couple of election-related bylaws Estevan city council discussed a couple of bylaws related to the upcoming civic election during the July 13 meeting.

The first bylaw to come forward was to give first of three readings for mail-in ballots. City clerk Judy Pilloud said currently the legislation for the province and municipalities is different. It isn’t easy to get a mail-in ballot, as currently a voter needs to appear before her to get a ballot issued.

“We’re trying to make it so that you can send in your ID via mail or via someone else witnessing, those kinds of things,” Pilloud said. “So we’re just trying to streamline it a little bit.”

Those who receive a mail-in ballot would have to meet conditions, such as their ability to attend a polling station on election day or for the advanced polls.

The other bylaw called for a criminal records check, which received three readings. Councillor Shelly Veroba wanted to know why they gave it three readings at the meeting, instead of waiting for the Aug. 10 meeting to

give second and third readings.

Mayor Roy Ludwig answered that council has a lot to deal with before the election, and they have just two meetings remaining in the term.

Pilloud added the background check document needed to be passed 90 days before the election, and the next meeting isn’t until midAugust.

• • • Council also gave first reading to a bylaw to establish a new coal transition committee, which not only has representatives of the city, but individuals from the RMs of Estevan and Coalfields, and the Town of Bienfait.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said the board was established for the $8 million the provincial government will provide to the city for the transition away from coal-fired power.

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• • • Six building permits worth $118,110 were issued in June, bringing the total for the year to 27 permits worth $2.4 million.

All six permits were classified under miscellaneous. So far this year, 26 of the permits have been miscellaneous; the other has been for a garage.

The total value of the building activity this year has exceeded the value for all of 2019.

• • • Council members say they continue to receive rave reviews about the Dennis Moore Centennial Park.

A fence has been installed and washrooms are being installed. Parks manager Rod March hopes the washrooms can be constructed within a couple of weeks, but he would like to see greater acknowledgement for Tim Hortons for their support of the park.

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Second and third readings were given to a bylaw on community engagement for land development projects.

• • • Council approved amendments for its purchasing policy, to include different procurement thresholds for municipalities, as set out by the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

The document governs how the city handles expenditures, competitive bidding, tenders, proposal acceptance criteria, awarding of contracts, exceptions, disclosure of information and more.

• • • Council approved a couple of reports from land development services. The first will relocate an existing taxi business from the east industrial area to the building that used to be the Estevan Housing Authority’s location on Sixth Street.

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Elizabeth (Betty) Louise McMurdo (nee Yoner) was born September 22, 1928 in Estevan, Saskatchewan to Rose Bonokoski (Mooney) and John Yoner. She was the third of twelve children.

She grew up in the Estevan area and eventually met and married Alexander Robert McMurdo in 1955. They settled in Pincher Creek, Alberta to raise their 4 children. She spent her spare time sewing, gardening, knitting and bowling. She was a member of the CWL. She enjoyed entertaining family and friends. As her children grew older, she started working with ceramics. There are many beautiful samples of her work in the homes of her family and friends.

Betty and Alex enjoyed many trips back to Estevan to visit family. Other vacations in their camper included enjoying the beauty of close by rivers and lakes or longer trips into BC to buy fruit and meet with friends and family.

After losing Alex in 1996 she moved from Pincher Creek to Big Valley where she resided for a few years before finally making Edmonton her home She was always ready for a visit with those that stopped by. Betty loved to hear stories of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She proudly displayed all the drawings and crafts that were presented as gifts. They were her favorite treasures!

Betty left this world on May 13, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta after a short illness. She was predeceased by her parents Rose (Bonokoski) Mooney and John Yoner, her husband, Alex McMurdo, brothers Thomas Yoner, William Yoner, Walter Yoner, Joe Yoner and Lawrence Yoner; and sisters Ann Briltz, Terry Lylyk and Margaret Curry.

Betty is loved and remembered by her children JAMES (Clarisa) McMurdo of Salmon Arm, Grandchildren Max & Sean; ALIX (Bob) Francis of Red Deer, Grandchildren Jessica, Paige (Derek) Stark, and Rachel, Great-Grandchildren Samantha, Maggie, Kaylyn, Tyson, Jacob and Kilian; LORI MacMurdo of Athabasca, Granddaughter Kendra; MICHAEL-ANNE McMurdo of Edmonton, Grandchildren Amelia and Adam, Great-Grandchildren Austyn and Alex; sister Patricia Johnson, sister Delores Paproski and sister Bertha Harris; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Due to circumstances, Betty was cremated and her ashes interred in Edmonton June 10, 2020 with her family in attendance.

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Lora will be lovingly remembered by her family; father Henry (Irene) Rolfes; daughter Carissa (Brenden) Myers (grandchildren Smith, Georgia and Ginny); son Steven Fichter; siblings, Clarence and Valerie (Brian); Tim`s family, father Jacob; siblings Greg, Randy (Lori), Joan (Rob), Dwight (Donita) and Dan (Kelly); nieces and nephews, Deirdre, Ron, Domino, Caitlin, Connor, Riley, Colin, Matthew, Joshua, Chloe, Dane and Evan as well as numerous family members.

Lora was predeceased by her mother Grace Rolfes (nee Willgenbusch), husband Tim Fichter; mother-in-law Loretta and one sister-in-law Janet.

The Private Family Graveside Service was held on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, SK with Rev. Sathiadas Antony presiding.

It was Lora’s request that if anyone should want to make a donation in memory of her to please do so by donating a unit of blood.

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Joyce passed away peacefully in Estevan on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 as a result of declining health. She was fun loving and adventurous and lived a very full life. Joyce loved music, travelling, visiting with friends, chuckwagon races and curling.

Most of all she lived for and loved her family. Her love and support for her grandchildren and great grandchildren was never ending.

Mom’s beautiful smile, warm spirit and hearty Laugh will long be remembered by all who loved her.

Joyce was predeceased by her mother Bernice Elva McNish (nee Schell) and father Derwood Garnet McNish and one brother Russell Derwood McNish.

Joyce will be lovingly remembered by her partner Trevor Mitchell; daughters, Laurie and Karen; stepdaughter Roxanne; grandchildren, Geoff, Jody, Adam, Kellirae and great grandchildren, Jordyn, Rylan, Calder, Evan, Blair, Cullen and McKinley.

In keeping with Joyce’s wishes, cremation has taken place and a graveside service will take place on Friday, July 24, 2020 at Lyleton Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. (Manitoba time) with Sandy Dalziel officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Hall Funeral Services, Estevan is caring for Joyce’s family- Yvonne Clark, Funeral Director.

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A successful fundraiser From left, Rayne Duff, Sydney Lainton and Allie Lainton sold lemonade, Rice Krispie cakes, puffed wheat cakes and cinnamon roll muffins in front of Graphic Press on Fifth Street on Friday. Raffle tickets for a kids’ prize basket were also sold. They raised $1,079, with $500 coming from a donation. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Hillcrest Breakfast Club, as all three girls attend the school and see the significance of the program. Photo by David Willberg

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The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) assisted with several different emergency situations last week, including a collision.

The incident occurred in the north-central part of Estevan at about 11:30 a.m.

July 15. Firefighters rushed to the scene, where the Estevan Police Service (EPS) was assisting with traffic control, and EMS was treating people involved in the incident.

The fire department had to return vehicles to zero energy to disable the airbags

that were posing a threat to workers on site, and also dealt with fluid leaks. The scene was then turned over to the EPS for further investigation.

Firefighters were also busy with a number of fire alarms in different areas of the city.

The first commercial fire alarm report came in at about 4:30 p.m. July 13.

Crews were called out to the weigh scales at the Highway 39 west. Firefighters did a 360-degree check of the building, however, there was no visible smoke or flame.

The key holder was called on scene, so specialists could

gain access.

Firefighters searched the building with thermal imaging cameras and inspected the fire alarm panel, which didn’t indicate an alarm being activated. Further investigation showed that one detection device appeared to be faulty. The scene was turned back to maintenance staff, who were instructed to fix the piece of fire safety equipment.

Another commercial fire alarm went off at about 2:30 p.m. July 15. The system activation occurred in a large commercial industrial building on Highway 39 west.

There was no smoke or flame

either on the exterior of the building or inside it. The staff was also on site. They received a notification from the monitoring agency but said that the fire alarm wasn’t activated in the building.

Firefighters searched all three large buildings on the property, but all fire alarm panels were reading normal.

“There is reason to believe that dust from the process that they do out there entered one of the fire alarm sensors, mimicking smoke,” explained Fire Chief Dale Feser.

The staff was advised to contact the monitoring

agency for help to troubleshoot the situation.

The day came to an end with another fire alarm going off. This time a residential fire alarm system was activated in the central area of the city at about 9:30 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters couldn’t see any smoke or flame coming out of the building. The tenant explained that it was a cooking-related incident.

With not enough smoke remaining, the person was advised to just open the windows and naturally ventilate the building.

“Make sure that any time that you are cooking

anything, attend it at all times,” said Feser.

Also, on July 14, the fire department also held their regular 1001 training, in which firefighters were working on structural search and rescue drills. The task was even more difficult, as the participants were blindfolded for the sake of training.

“That way the firefighters that were training could experience what it was like to be in a smoke-filled environment and to do proper and safe primary and secondary searches, looking for people that may be inside the structure,” explained Feser.

Salvation Army backpack campaign underway The Estevan Salvation Army is once again holding its annual backpack campaign to help low-income families prepare for the start of the upcoming school year.

The program will run in a similar fashion to past years.

In an email, community services worker Jane-Anne Ireland said this program is to help offset the costs that parents in lower income families face at this time of the year.

However, the Salvation Army asks that everyone remember they do not and cannot supply all of the school supplies that the students will need.

“A backpack and many other items will be provided … ready for pick up on a designated day,” the Salvation Army said in an email.

“Those that have filled out an application will be let know when that date will be.”

Items that may be found within the backpack, depending on the grade of the recipient, include loose leaf paper, one-inch or two-inch binders, white erasers, a ruler, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, duotangs, exercise books, dividers, glue sticks and a pencil case

The Salvation Army is accepting donations, either cash or school supplies. Ireland said they have received donations in previous years.

Applications have been available at the Salvation Army’s family services office since July 13. The deadline to apply is Aug. 14. Hours are

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Traffic enforcement blitz in Estevan How to spell unity Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) and the Combined Traffic Service of Saskatchewan (CTSS) conducted a traffic safety project in the city on July 17.

The CTSS consists of both RCMP and EPS members who work together to conduct traffic safety initiatives.

Two locations were monitored, one in the morning and one in afternoon. Officers came into contact with 113 vehicles. Seventeen tickets were issued and the remaining drivers were issued warnings/inspection notices for various vehicle deficiencies.

Overall the EPS said it is pleased with the safe driving. In the past, they have seen high ticket numbers for driving infractions but that was not the case this time around.

Motorists who were served inspection notice documents will have to make repairs and present their vehicles for inspection, showing the repairs were completed.

The Estevan Police, RCMP and CTSS units will continue to focus on traffic safety initiatives throughout the summer and will be conducting various projects similar to the one on Friday.

In other recent police news, members received a report of an

assault Saturday that occurred at a social gathering at a residence. Officers attended and the matter is still under investigation.

Members were called about a criminal harassment and uttering threats incident. A statement has been obtained and the matter is still under investigation.

Police received a report of a loud party. Officers attended and warned the property owner under the noise bylaw.

Officers also were notified of a disturbance and disagreement between two intoxicated males who live together. Police attended and transported one of the individuals to the police station.

Family attended to pick up the male and care for him for the evening.

Police received a report Sunday of criminal harassment.The complainant was reporting an individual driving past their residence repeatedly. The matter is being looked into Members were called by an individual who claimed to have been assaulted. Upon arrival at the scene, it was determined the caller was intoxicated and had left the scene. Police were later called back to the same area of the city as the complainant had returned and was trying to fight with the resident of a property. The subject

was sent on his way and warned if he returned, he would be arrested and lodged in cells. No further action was necessary.

Police charged two youths with consumption of marijuana as they were walking along the street and smoking the product.

Officers cleared up several files involving people who were wanted.

The majority of them were contacted by phone and voluntarily turned themselves in. They were all released with a new court date.

• • • The Estevan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance with a recent theft.

According to the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network, sometime between July 1 and 6, a building located near the Maryland Church in the rural municipality of Browning was broken into.

Some of the items stolen include a 1980s style Honda 125 cc motorcycle with a broken turn signal, a yellow quad and a red Case children's pedal tractor.

Anyone with information about this incident please contact the Estevan RCMP at 306-637-4400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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A definite advantage of this pandemic situation is the number of ways in which we are learning more and more about unity.

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Not to be missed is another B. Tasty beets are on the menu for supper.

Where does unity fit into our daily walk?

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