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Learning of the pioneer ways Promoting the region. Tourism ambassador praises the southeast.

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A threshing demonstration was a big part of the Pioneer Echoes weekend, hosted by the Souris Valley Antique Association, on July 31 and Aug. 1 in Midale. Many people turned out to watch volunteers perform the old-time farming technique. For more on the weekend, please see pages A6 and A19. Photo by Greg Nikkel of the Weyburn Review

Hail to the champs. Carlyle Cardinals win the Saskota Baseball League.

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Frametech Classic.

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Estevan’s new youth centre takes big step forward with hiring of new executive director

By David Willberg

The Estevan Public Youth Centre (EPYC) has taken another big step forward with the hiring of its first executive director.

The board for the youth centre announced Friday that it has hired Juli Dzuba for the role. An Estevan native, Dzuba comes to the EPYC with almost eight years working with nonprofit organizations.

She has spent nearly seven years with the Envision Counselling and Support Centre. “ Through her interviews, she showed a strong passion for working with youth, as well as taking on this unique challenge to bring a youth centre to the

city of Estevan,” the EPYC board said in a news release.

Dzuba said she wanted to work for EPYC because she is a huge fan of spending time with youth, and she saw some things lacking with youth in Estevan. EPYC can help fill that gap.

“Part of my role as executive director will be to build the centre within the community, so we will be working on and focusing on creating the space, and finding a space to run programming,” Dzuba told the Mercury.

She will be tasked with creating the programming for youths and bringing in volunteers.

Much of her time with Envision was spent with youth.

“I spent a lot of time

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in the schools and working with groups and in students presentations,” she said.

Dzuba has volunteered with youth organizations as well, serving as a coach for the Junior Coaler Rollers roller derby team, and she did other youth-related activities in Estevan.

Her first day as executive director was July 15. She is currently based out of South East Business Startup’s office, but that is a temporary location until they find a permanent site.

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Juli Dzuba has enjoyed her work as the new executive director of the Estevan Public Youth Centre.

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Fourth Street reopens Estevan area motorists had a great start to the August long weekend, as Fourth Street is now fully reopen. The last stretch to open was from Souris Avenue South to Eighth Avenue. The water mains beneath that two-block stretch of road were replaced, and that work needed to be completed before fresh asphalt could be applied.

Also, Fourth Street from Eighth Avenue from Kensington Avenue has been resurfaced this summer.

Estevan’s crime severity index rating jumped in 2020 After some of its lowest numbers in recent history, Estevan’s crime severity index (CSI) figure jumped in 2020, and with it, so did Estevan’s place in the national rankings.

Statistics Canada released the annual calculation on July 27. The CSI ranking for the area patrolled by the Estevan Police Service was at 108.27 for last year, the first time the CSI has been above 100 since it reached 126.03 in 2015.

The overall CSI ranking had been at around 90 in 2018 and 2019. It fell to a record-low level of 75.29 in 2017.

The violent crime rating for Estevan was at 78.53 last year, compared to 61.56 for 2019. The non-violent CSI figure was at 118.72,

compared with 100.40 the previous year, or an 18.25 per cent increase.

The weighted clearance rate for Estevan was at 39.66 per cent, down slightly from 40.6 per cent in 2019.

Estevan’s CSI ranking left it 53rd in the country among policing agencies that serve an area with at least 10,000 people, and seventh among the 11 policing agencies rated in Saskatchewan, including both municipal and RCMP. Ironically, Weyburn was just two spots higher than Estevan, in 51st spot, with a CSI figure of 108.47 Among the six Saskatchewan cities with a municipal police force, Estevan rated fifth. Only Moose Jaw was lower than Estevan in 59th at 104.28.

Estevan’s violent crime CSI ranking left it 116th in the countr y, while its non-violent crime ranking was 40th.

Estevan was 88th in Canada in 2019.

Figures released at the start of the year showed the EPS handled 8,941 calls for service and infractions in 2020, up from 8,601 the previous year.

The EPS saw a 13 per cent increase in the crimes against the person, from 128 to 145 in 2020, while crimes against property went from 320 to 365, with vandalism and mischief incidents soaring from 131 to 186.

Thompson, Man., led the country with an overall CSI value of 454.03. North Battleford was the top Saskatchewan community, in

second spot at 421.52. Prince Albert was the only other Saskatchewan community to crack the top 10 at 249.28.

The Estevan RCMP, meanwhile, had a CSI rating of 92.09, down 4.25 per cent from the 96.18 recorded in 2019.

The violent crime severity index stood at 64.58, up from 52.22 the previous year, while the non-violent crime

severity index figure was at 101.77, compared with 111.76 in 2019.

The CSI measures the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada, and has a base index value of 100 for 2006. The police-reported crime rate, which measures the volume of crime, also fell 10 per cent in 2020 to 5,301 incidents per 100,000 Canadians.

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Dzuba said she is excited to be the first employee for EPYC, and to have the opportunity to create something from scratch. But she recognizes

there will also be challenges.

“It hasn’t been done before (in Estevan), and there’s nothing to work off of, so I think nervousness and excitement go hand in hand,” said Dzuba.

Board secretary Patrick Fisher said they had very good candidates, but Dzuba had the

social worker qualification they were looking for, and she has local roots, so she could attest to the need for programming for youths in Estevan.

“She also had experience, when she was in school in Vancouver, doing work with a youth centre there,” said Fisher. “She has a lot of passion for helping youth and the experience with a non-profit. Growing up in Estevan was a nice touch, too.”

About half a dozen people applied and the EPYC interviewed three candidates. All three individuals they interviewed would have been good fits, he said.

The EPYC board has been doing a lot of planning on the logistics, Fisher said, and on the financial side for budgeting and for policy.

“None of us on the board are programmers. We can say what we want this youth centre to look like, but we’re not the people with the experience to put that into practice. Having someone as an executive director who has that vision and can put that vision into place in terms of programming and actually working with the youth is what helps us move forward.”

Fisher compared it to a “chicken and an egg scenario,” where they wanted to ask for money, but without an execu-

tive director, they didn’t have anything to back it up. Now that they have someone in place, it’s easier to show progress with what they’ve done when they seek support.

The next step is for Dzuba to formulate what she sees as programming she can run while EPYC tries to establish a permanent building, the times that would work best for programs, and then implement those programs.

“We are hopeful to have some form of programming starting for the fall, whether that is some test nights and just starting to get our word out on what’s happening, and giving some ideas a try, and having people experience it to see what we’re doing right or doing wrong, but we do hope to have something going around the time that kids get back to school,” he said.

With the public health restrictions lifted, the programming will likely be in person.

Dzuba said when she was working with Envision, she was hearing a lot of excitement in the community to see a youth centre open in Estevan.

“Having a youth centre is something that seems to be on people’s mind, and they’re really excited to see how the project expands and opens up,” said Dzuba.

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Sheri Cooley hasn’t been with the Oxbow Public Library for a long time, but she has quickly seen the value the organization has for the community.

Cooley was hired as the branch librarian in December 2020.

Since that time, she has enjoyed interacting with people from the community.

The pandemic has obviously impacted the programs they can offer, the number of people they can have coming through the doors and even the amount of time it can be been open.

The library was closed for a month starting in March, so all programming had to be offered virtually.

“We called them take and make packages where families could stop by and pick up a craft that they could take home and do with their kids, and a book to go along with it, because we didn’t have any programming going on in the library at that time.”

It gave the kids an activity for when they were at home. It was free for the families to enjoy.

A few adult projects could be picked up, taken home and complete by people on their own time. Video instructions often accompanied the projects.

Cooley completed theme packages of bundled books. For example, she gathered books on dinosaurs for the kids, and had them labelled so that families could pick up the books.

The library, like so many other attractions, is fully open again.

She noted that on July 13, there was an adult book club whose members chose to meet outside in the shade, because they had children’s programming happening inside and the library was a busy place that day.

“We had a library filled with little kids who were excited to all see each other, and they were looking at books and they were playing with the puzzles, and then they did a craft. The ladies chose to meet outside because it was a little noisy, but they were all really

excited to all see the kids in the library as well.”

When she started at the library in December, she didn’t see many kids visiting. Some parents came in and picked up books for the youths. But now she’s seeing lots of kids accessing the facility.

Since the programs are free, it provides options for families. It costs money to have kids in many activities, but the library is free.

It’s especially important since many families have been struggling financially more than in the past.

People are very appreciative about their efforts. They’re pleased the programs are free, and that the library did what they could to have free services for different age groups.

“I know the moms really appreciate the packages that you can just take home and make at home, because it takes all of the prep work out of it for them at home, so they can actually sit down and do a craft and activity.”

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The library is in the midst of a sunset photography contest. Both kids and adults are able to participate. The Oxbow area has had so many beautiful sunsets, she said, and they want to showcase them.

“In August, we’re going to develop them, and then voting will take place,” she said.

The library also has a competition in the summer called “See How Much You’ve Saved,” in which patrons are asked to keep track of how many materials they’ve borrowed in the months of June, July and August. At the end of August, they will see who saved the most money by borrowing books and other items versus purchasing them.

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Author Marie Calder’s tribute to the victims of the plane crash of 1946 is now available

By David Willberg Marie Calder hopes that her latest book will create more awareness of the plane crash south of Estevan in 1946 that shook the community and left 21 dead.

Together Forever in the Clouds is a 167-page nonfiction book penned by Calder that pays tribute to the 20 Royal Canadian Air Force pilots and one groundscrewman who died in the crash at the former Estevan Airport site.

“It’s been five years, six

years, really, in the making, It seems surreal,” Calder told the Mercury. “I haven’t been this excited for quite some time.”

The book arrived last Wednesday and is now available for purchase at A&A Jewelry and Carnduff Agencies, or by contacting Calder at mdcalder@sasktel.net. It costs $30, although it is $40 if shipping is required.

Calder penned the 25book Other Side Series that chronicled her father Edmond Donais’ experiences as a mechanic with the Canadian Army

The front cover of Together Forever in the Clouds.

Photo by Marie Calder

in Germany after the Second World War. When she finished that series in 2019 with the Other Side of Reunion, she thought that she was going to take a break from writing. But by that time, she already had the inspiration to write Together Forever in the Clouds.

Calder’s latest book shares information about the squadron that the victims of the plane crash were part of, and then it goes into detail about the accident. There are pictures of the crash site and the mass funeral.

There is a chapter for each of the men who died, with tributes from family members and photos.

“It took years to find … members of all of the families, but we did accomplish that,” said Calder. “Because of that, I was able to really tap into their memories, and this is what I was hoping for, I was hoping to write about … but I wanted to present them as the people they were, and not just a rank and a number.”

Angela Clements and Lynn Kindopp of Estevan, Lois Wilson of Regina and Jack Borno of Alberta helped Calder track down the families of the final four people she was looking for, by using Ancestry and other resources. By June 2020, they had been in contact with all 21 families.

“If you would have told me that I had just won the lottery, I could not have been as excited as I was when we found each of these families,” Calder said.

Military documents, pictures and other sorts of data are

also found in the book. Siblings of the men aboard the flight, and children of the victims, helped to provide some necessary information.

Finally, there a couple of letters from the pilots that she was able to include. One was written by a man from Glenbain, a week before he died.

Another was by someone who wrote to his mother in Regina about what it was like to be on a bombing run.

“We get a bird’s eye view, sometimes, of what their lives were like,” said Calder.

The cover has photos of each of the 21 men who died, and Calder believes the cover shows each person as an individual.

The book’s final chapter is on Darren Jones, the chainsaw artist from Rimbey, Alta., who carved the Estevan Soldiers’ Tree that is in downtown Estevan, the Forever in the Clouds monument for the plane crash of 1946 that is located south of Estevan, and numerous other items in Estevan.

The final chapter also chronicles how Calder and Estevan’s Lester Hinzman conceived the idea for the Soldiers’ Tree, which was supposed to have two soldiers but ended up with seven. It was during the discussion of the Soldiers’ Tree that Calder and Hinzman discussed the plane crash of 1946 and how sad it was, but also how unfortunate it was that there was nothing to commemorate and honour the victims.

“Family members have since told me that they have

Marie Calder holds a copy of Together Forever in the Clouds, which honours the 21 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died in a place crash south of Estevan in September 1946. Photo by Marie Calder come to Estevan looking for something, but they found nothing,” said Calder.

The book wouldn’t have happened without the family members.

Together Forever in the Clouds also came out a week after she met Al Ennis of Victoria, B.C. He was here in 1946 as a member of the RCAF rifle party at the funeral.

“I’ve had a lot happening in the past week, and I am so blessed. I just feel that I am grateful for all of the people who have come into my life and all those who have helped me, because I could not have done this alone. It was definitely a group effort.”

Calder has another chil-

dren’s book coming out that is currently with her publisher, but now that she is finished this latest labour of love, she is looking forward to a little bit of a break.

Ultimately, her goal for Together Forever in the Clouds is to create more awareness of the tragic event that occurred in Estevan 75 years ago. She and others have done a lot of work to help people understand what happened, but ultimately she believes she needs help and she needs others to step up.

“Let’s talk about and let’s honour all who have and who have continued to serve. That’s what the Soldiers’ Tree was all about. We want Canadians to realize that freedom is not free,” she said.

Ghosts of the past come alive at Cannington by Candlelight tour

By Emily Klatt A candlelight tour of Cannington Manor Provincial Historic Park held last weekend drew one of the largest crowds the park has ever seen for this type of event.

More than 140 people came out on the evening of July 23 for an after-hours tour of the historic site.

Located about 30 kilometres northeast of Carlyle, Cannington Manor is the site of a now-defunct English colonial settlement from the late 1800s. First settled in 1882, Cannington Manor lasted only a few decades before it was abandoned by its settlers.

A provincial park has since been established around the community’s history.

While signs of community’s former inhabitants are easily seen during the day, the ghosts of Cannington Manor’s past only really come alive after dark. Candlelight or “ghost” tours allow visitors to explore Cannington well past the park’s normal operating hours. Park interpreters share stories about some of the darker parts of the settlement’s history, including prairie fires, horse thieves, and other harsh realities of life in a prairie town in the late 19th century.

The tour kicks off at

the park visitor’s centre and takes you to various historic locations such as a bachelor farmer’s cabin, the blacksmith’s shop, and All Saints Anglican Church, including its graveyard.

More than a few surprises await visitors during the Cannington by Candlelight tour. Some are funny, some are spooky, but all help contribute to a frighteningly good time for people of all ages.

A second Cannington by Candlelight tour is scheduled for Aug. 21. More information about this and other park events can be found on the park’s website.

A red moon rises above the graveyard of All Saints Anglican Church in Cannington Manor Provincial Historic Park.

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A good sign for big events Ever since Saskatchewan dropped the last of the public health measures on July 11, people have been waiting to see how our COVID-19 numbers would be, and if we’d encounter the “super spreader” events.

The last three weeks haven’t been flawless.

We’re still seeing more cases than anyone would like, especially in the far north, which has often accounted for at least half of our daily case count since July 11.

Obviously, we don’t want to see any COVID-19 outbreaks anywhere, and it is troubling when we see one up in the far north areas, which has shown itself to be susceptible to a large number of cases in a short period of time on multiple occasions.

But what we’ve seen in the last three weeks has been encouraging for other parts of Saskatchewan, as most of the 32 provincial sub-zones remain under 10 active cases (equivalent to less than one a day).

As of last Monday there were seven active cases in South East Zone 4, the vast area that includes Estevan and most of the communities in the Mercury’s distribution area.

This was even though we had some largescale events in the Estevan area shortly after restrictions were lifted.

The Lockdown End Party in downtown

Estevan was the type of great party we’re used to having here, and that we missed for the 16 months of restrictions. It was a great night with more than 1,500 people dancing and singing and having a great time.

Even though they were closely bunched together, it did not become a super spreader.

The Estevan Motor Speedway held a doubleheader the same weekend as the Lockdown End Party, with more than 900 people present the first night alone. Again, it wasn’t a super spreader.

The next weekend, the Woodlawn Regional Park had a party down at Boundary Dam, with more than 1,000 people present for live music, dancing and revelry. As of press time, it did not result in a surge of cases.

And we’ve seen other events happen in the southeast that have not resulted in a sudden spike in the number of COVID cases like we saw in this area earlier this year, or other parts of the province in the past 16 months.

For those who were waiting for a sudden surge in cases because we’re now able to get together again, you would hope they’re happy to be wrong.

The end of restrictions and the successful events do not mean that COVID is over. Far from it. But it means that we should feel more comfortable when we go out.

There has to be COVID in the crowd to spread COVID. That might be part of the reason these events didn’t result in a surge. Nobody in the crowds those nights had the virus.

More than 60 per cent of Saskatchewan residents have been vaccinated against the virus; that is also a factor. And it appears that the vaccine has been effective, with the unvaccinated accounting for most of the new COVID cases, as well as the bulk of the COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths.

This is a trend that we’ve seen in other parts of the country.

And it probably helps that these have been outdoor events, where we haven’t seen as much transmission of the virus.

What we’ve seen recently in Estevan, with the events we’ve had, the increased interactions and physical contact, is likely proof that we should feel safe to be outdoors, mingling, and shaking hands and hugging and having fun, like we used to, especially if we’ve had two doses of the vaccine.

As for this fall, when we start to shift indoors, hopefully our case numbers will remain low, so that we don’t have to incur another round of restrictions.

So let’s make the most of our summer this year, and not worry about the people who are around us.

Seems that I got two hot dogs in the yard, but they learn to adapt Half of the world has been feeling like a grease spot this summer.

Ventilators and air conditioners turned into 2021 gold. Fortunately, here in southeast Saskatchewan, most people already knew how hot the hot can be, so A/Cs were a common thing in almost every house way before this heatwave.

But until this summer, not everyone knew the real value of this luxury. This summer, even my two outdoor winter dogs learned that when it gets too hot, there is no better place than the house, which they didn't appreciate that much before.

Calgary sold out of all kinds of cooling appliances the first few days of the first heat spill they had this summer. Canada (Canada!) got as close to the insane 50 C mark as possible, and we might not yet be done for the season. Antarctica set a new record at 18.3 C this summer.

My family in St. Petersburg has been struggling with extreme heat too and it took them a lot of effort and time to get the only ventilator that was given to grandma. Most summers I remember there were a couple of weeks of really warm weather with temperatures rising to 25-30 C, but for the most part the thermometer wouldn't go much higher than 20 C with quite a bit of rain.

This year St. Petersburg experienced something they've never seen before – thermometers there have been sitting at above 30 C, with rare short breaks, for over two months now.

Other places all over the world also report extreme temperatures not usual for the regions.

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It seems that the entire planet is overheating.

There are different reasons for that heat, but no matter what particular phenomenon is happening in each area, it seems that this year is just the first one of its kind, but it won't be the last.

The heat that's been melting Canada and the U.S. and painting the North America map red this summer is the result of a so-called heat dome – a concentration of hot air that formed over southern parts of Latin America and then migrated to North America.

A mass of warm air built up in still and dry conditions. Then the high pressure in the atmosphere pushed that mass down. Air compressed, getting denser and hotter. The sun, which shines longer during the summer months, also continues to heat it even further.

Experts add that this heat dome has been keeping us hot for so long because it is also strongly diverting the jet stream, a current of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere of the Earth, to the north and around itself, which in its turn holds the dome in place.

While heat domes are a well-known natural phenomenon, experts say that before they didn't travel as far from the origin of their formation as this year. They usually don't last that long either. However, with climate change, many things on our planet start working differently, and scientists warn about more frequent and intense heatwaves as well as other extreme

weather events in the near future.

Even if we do almost instantly change our habits, meteorologists say that in the next 20-30 years the extreme weather activity will be our norm as the system is pretty inert and will take a lot of time to change.

While it doesn't sound overly positive, I believe that humans are the best-adopting creatures, and that's exactly what we'll need to do in the coming decades. Not only try to decrease the amount of carbon in the air but also find ways to get through new challenges the new conditions pose.

It seems that with such heat, air conditioners will soon become an integral part of any dwelling, public areas and transportation.

It also will take some changes in the way we build things, as B.C. this summer was reporting windshields cracking and melting even when vehicles weren't parked in the sun. We'll probably have to have a closer look at how we grow our crops here and build our roads and houses.

The city infrastructure will probably change, and we'll see more focus put on green areas, as well as maintenance and development of water bodies.

As one scientist said, the climate at the time of global warming becomes more nervous, and we need to find ways to get used to it.

It will take a lot of adaptation, but the changes have already begun, and I'm sure we'll get through it.

The 37 C heat Estevan saw recently has already proven that we can handle way more than we assume and also taught my two hot dogs that besides the house escape, they also can use the cold pool on regular basis to cool down.

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When Olympics were last in Japan…

Canada had a truly amazing start to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Ten medals in the first five days of competition. To put it in perspective, we won 12 medals during the entire 2004 Games in Athens, which followed the 14 medals in Sydney in 2000.

And we’ve already surpassed the one gold medal we won in London in 2012. (Although we won a lot of silver and bronze medals that year).

Remember the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when we were shut out on the opening week of competition before going on a torrid medal run to finish with 20? The opening week slump wasn’t an issue this year.

The Olympics this year do stir up sentimental memories for me about the last time the Games were held in Japan – the Nagano Olympics of 1998.

I was in my sophomore year of university. With the exception of the semifinal in the men’s hockey competition, the two weeks of those Games were among the highlights of my university days, staying up until all hours of the morning (during mid-terms) to cheer Canada on.

We were thrilled when Sandra Schmirler won gold in women’s curling, and when Catriona Le May Doan won gold in her speed skating event.

A pal of mine bought a 27-inch rear projection, bulb screen television, which was pretty sharp back then, so we could watch the events. And since he bought it from a certain national retailer that had a no questions asked return policy, he returned it at the end of the Games.

I was surrounded by friends. I was young enough to stay up to 2 or even 4 a.m. to watch an event, and be up in time to get ready for class at 9 a.m.

Those days are over. I wish I could tell my 19-year-old self to enjoy those days even more.

I haven’t been able to watch these Games with the same vigour.

This is not an anti-Olympic rant. Do I have reservations about the Olympics happening this year, especially given the surge in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo prior to and during the Games? Absolutely.

But the screening and testing for everyone involved with the Olympics is very stringent, so they should be safe.

There other factors playing a much greater role in my lack of commitment to this year’s Olympics.

It’s just too damn nice out to be sitting inside and watching TV, regardless of whether it’s the greatest athletic showcase in the world or a rerun of an entertaining Simpsons episode from 1997. (You know, back when The Simpsons was great).

Give me a choice between sitting inside and watching TV, or sitting on my deck while I read a book or write stories, I’m going to be on my deck. Or out for a walk. Or out for a jog.

The timing of the broadcasts is also an issue. When I was 19, I could stay up all night and function on four or five hours of sleep. Not now.

Much of this year’s competitions will occur during the overnight hours. I’m pretty happy when I wake up to find out that Canada has added to its medal haul, but I won’t stay up to watch it.

Now, when Midale’s Keely Shaw is racing in the paracycling event at the Paralympic Games in a few weeks, I’ll likely stay up to watch it, even if she’s competing during my vacation.

I’ve never been into the Summer Games like I have been the Winter Games. The sports in the Winter Games grab my attention more, although I was pleased to see softball and baseball return for the Summer Games.

And Canada tends to do better in the Winter Olympics than the Summer Games.

I should note that I won’t be staying up until 2 a.m. to watch the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year.

I’m fiercely proud of our Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes. You get to the Games by being the best in your country at what you do. And then you have to hope that your best is better than the best of the other countries.

They train incredibly hard for four years for a competition which is often finished relatively quickly.

You won’t hear me knocking our athletes, even if the results aren’t what they hoped for.

But I can think of other things I’d rather do in the evening when it’s 20 C outside and the beautiful weather is beckoning.

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Felipe Gomez wants to share the wonders of southeastern Saskatchewan with the world. Or at the very least, the rest of the province.

Gomez recently paid a visit to the Carlyle area as part of his travels as the 2021 Saskatchewanderer. Along with his loyal canine companion Fozzy, Gomez spent five days exploring much of what this part of the province has to offer.

For those who are unfamiliar, the Saskathchewanderer is a yearly position funded

by Tourism Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewanderer “wanders” across the province, stopping in interesting places and participating in cool activities, all the while sharing their experiences online using social media.

Over coffee and cinnamon buns outside of Michael’s Coffee Shop and Bakery in Carlyle, Gomez described some of what he does as the Saskatchewanderer.

“Your mission is (to) like, go explore Saskatchewan and share with other people so they can go on to spend (time there),” Gomez said. “I like to say ... I do the research for everyone. I go to place, (do) a little research and then when you have a week off, or a week-

end ... you know what to do.”

“I’m really having a great time putting different places together in the same adventure,” he added.

Gomez managed to pack a lot of experiences into a few short days in the Carlyle area: he went kayaking at White Bear Lake, swung by the Cabin Fever Art Festival at Moose Mountain Provincial Park, explored the trails near Cannington Lake, and even took in a movie at the Prairie Dog Drive-In. A standout experience for Gomez, however, was hiking out to a Medicine Wheel near Kisbey. “(It’s ) totally different landscapes, like no trees and you get these stories told to you and then yeah, it ... feels like you’re being part of (something),” he said.

Originally from Chile, Gomez has been living in Canada for about 10 years.

When he’s not on the road, he makes his home in Saskatoon, where he previously worked in media and marketing before becoming the Saskatchewanderer.

Gomez is accompanied on all his adventures by loyal canine companion Fozzy, a two-year-old Irish Setter.

“I travel everywhere with him ... like, two weeks ago, he’s in a floatplane. Wow.

Saskatchewanderer Felipe Gomez and his dog Fozzy paid a visit to the Carlyle area last week. Photo by Emily Klatt Like fishing and he goes with me everywhere, so I’m often adapting the adventures to ... have (Fozzy) go with me,” Gomez said.

While his time in our little corner of the world may have since come to an end, Gomez said he plans to visit again in the winter to check out what

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To learn more about Gomez’s visit to southeast Saskatchewan and to keep up with all of his — and Fozzy’s — adventures, follow @Saskatchewanderer on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

From left, St. Joseph’s Hospital executive director Greg Hoffort with Dr. Mariana Sabaa, Dr. Simranjit Chhabra and Dr. Germin Attia. Photo submitted The new family physician practising in Estevan has enjoyed her time in the community thus far.

St. Joseph’s Hospital announced last week the arrival of Dr. Mariana Sabaa, who is practising at the Primacy Medical Clinic, located at the No Frills Grocery store.

Sabaa has over 10 years of experience in family medicine and emergency medicine and has a special interest in cardiology and internal medicine. She has recently successfully completed the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program.

Sabaa is from Egypt originally and completed her studies in that nation. She

spent five years working in rural medicine in Egypt, and then she dedicated another five at a multidisciplinary hospital in Dubai.

St. Joseph’s Hospital marks the first time she has practised in Canada.

Her SIPPA assessment included clinical assessments in Kindersley, North Battleford and Humboldt. It was an experience she enjoyed, and Sabaa is fond of working in rural hospitals.

Sabaa told the Mercury that Estevan is a nice city and it’s the right size for her.

“Everything is so handy,” she said.

“You can drive anywhere you want without being bothered by the traffic, and the community is nice and welcoming. People are

friendly and nice. You have everything.”

Her kids have enjoyed the Estevan Leisure Centre, and she had good things to say about the local schools.

“I think it’s the perfect place for me to choose as a practice location,” she said.

The Medical Clinic has a nice group of physicians, and she has also been impressed with St. Joseph’s Hospital during her emergency shifts.

“Dr. Sabaa is a welcome addition to the medical staff in Estevan in terms of the family practice she will establish as well as the service to the hospital emergency department which is staffed by our family physicians,” said St. Joseph’s Hospital executive director Greg Hoffort.

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“Overall … it was a good weekend,” said SVAA committee member Glenn McGregor. “Lots of people came out. It looked like everybody was having a good time. The parade ran pretty well, for the most part, and threshing went well.”

Each day started with a pancake breakfast in downtown Midale. Then the attention shifted to the pioneer village. People could tour the village and view the different buildings, such as the school, the hall and the blacksmith, listen to live music and visit with several different vendors.

One of the big attractions, the parade, began at 2

p.m. each day, and featured dozens of antique tractors.

Another highlight, the annual threshing demonstration, happened after the parade.

New for this year was a cornhole tournament, which McGregor said was a success, and will continue in future editions of the Pioneer Echoes weekend.

“Lots of people were having fun with it, and that was good to see as well,” said McGregor.

The vendors were very happy with the number of customers they had, and thought it was a good weekend for sales.

“Our blacksmith said that he saw a bit of a larger crowd come through this year, and he had a good weekend this year, making some good items for people and selling them,” said McGregor.

Without gate admission,

it’s hard to tell how many people attended the various activities. People were spread out due to the heat, but McGregor believes attendance was around 500-600 people.

The audience seemed to be at its peak for the parade, but there were good crowds throughout both days. Due to the heat, some people came earlier in the day, and McGregor said they were walking through the village and seeing all that it has to offer.

More than 30 people volunteer throughout the weekend to make the Pioneer Echoes festivities possible.

“We have such a good community where people just jump in and help out wherever needed,” said McGregor.

“We have a lot of people that show up during our weekend … so to get an actual number of volunteers is tough.”

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Torquay receives a couple of needed grants The Village of Torquay has recently received a pair of much-needed grants that Mayor Michael Strachan expects will benefit the community.

The first was for the Torquay Community Centre through the COVID-19 Resilience Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The federal government supplied $83,860, the provincial government $69,876 and the village $55,914, to fix leaks in the roof and to upgrade the boiler system and install new flooring.

“In talking to our community club that runs our rink and our community centre, just because it was an old school that we had turned

into our community centre, it needed some upgrades for sure, and finding the funds for that, usually it comes from fundraisers and auctions and different things like that to fund them,” said Strachan.

In consultation with the RM, the two levels of government decided to pitch in some funds to attract some further grants.

“Partnerships a new word for those communities that are looking at it, and we’re pretty excited about it,” said Strachan. “Hopefully when it’s all done, people will come out and see it.”

The community centre is a facility that people might not know about, but it hosts pickleball and karate, and the library is located there.

Right now they’re in the engineering stage for the project.

The village also received support for upgrades to its water treatment plant. The project is worth nearly $2 million, with the federal, provincial and municipal governments again contributing funds. Support came through one of the federal-provincial green initiatives.

“That funding is going to upgrade our water treatment plant, bring it into compliance for the future and help maybe bring some new residents come to town with a new water source. It’s actually going to increase our storage for water on hand, and even the quality of our water is going to improve.”

It’s a grant the village has been working on for a while, and they consider themselves fortunate the other levels of government viewed the facility as worthwhile.

Both grants were needed.

The infrastructure in these facilities is aging, and communities the size of Torquay have finite revenue streams.

“Our budget for our community is $180,000 a year, so if you do the math on that, it takes a long time to afford that $2 million bill,” said Strachan.

“So, having partners with the federal government and the provincial government, it covers some of those costs.”

The village has received the proposed drawings, and then it will be going out for tenders.

From left, Mayor Michael Strachan, Estevan MLA Lori Carr, and Councillors Daniel Daae and Terry Malaryk in front of Torquay’s water treatment plant.

Photo submitted “We’re hoping to have some of the building up and ready to go this fall, so we can

continue working this winter.”

Strachan hopes it can be up and running this year.

New community development officer promoting Oxbow The recently-hired community development officer for the Town of Oxbow has enjoyed the job since her arrival.

Sherry Reiger started April 13, and she has found the job to be very rewarding. She has been busy applying for grants that have been offered to help with the economic recovery from COVID-19.

“As an outsider, you always come in with a fresh set of eyes, so the mayor and council and the administrative staff have been excited to possibly explore new ideas, so it’s been good,” said Reiger.

When she was residing in Indian Head, Reiger was the town’s mayor and a councillor. She owned a business name Sherry’s on Grand. She wound up selling the building, as the business was hard to sustain during COVID. Reiger started looking for other opportunities. One of her sons lives in Estevan, so she was interested in the southeast corner. The position in Oxbow was available, so she sent in an application, and after a couple of interviews, was hired.

As the community development officer, Reiger’s job requires her to facilitate, promote and ensure community and economic development for Oxbow, enhance the community and secure opportunities for economic development.

“My areas that I’m currently in charge of are recreation, tourism, culture and heritage, and also special event planning to engage the community

and community building. We’re also working on a community plan and strategic plan to roll out for mayor and council to adapt and adopt, and we’ll keep building that to keep building Oxbow and moving it forward,” she said.

She also had to take classes to obtain her local government certificate to be trained as the assistant administrator.

Reiger believes the time she spent in municipal politics in Indian Head has been a real asset.

She sees a lot of potential in Oxbow.

“Oxbow has been blessed with an abundance of great volunteers, who beautify the community, are hanging baskets in our planters, and all those things, the flowers, which are very close and dear to my heart.”

While she was in Indian Head, Reiger and other partners for community development were successful in applying for the Main Street Saskatchewan grant for the town. She hopes the same thing can happen in Oxbow.

One thing that she noticed Oxbow didn’t have when she arrived was a tourist information booth, so she has applied for a grant for that facility.

She hopes the booth could be incorporated into the Ralph Allan Museum, which is still closed due to COVID-19.

The Bow Valley Park south of the town is a gem for the community.

“The community and the surrounding area are definitely for change and for aggressive progression. We have numerous parks. We have the Moose Creek Regional Park and the Souris Valley and the Bow Valley.”

The town held a fireworks show on July 2, which was her first community event.

“I’ve been going around to businesses, and there are so many success stories for long-term industrial and commercial businesses. My goal is that the downtown, the heart of the community, will start pumping again and be revitalized. It’s obviously a great recreational town. I’m looking forward to this winter to see how that operates.”

She also held a garden contest for the first time a few weeks ago, with eight gardens entered.

“You can tell the community is hungry for progression … and enhancement,” said Reiger.

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PSAC increases drilling forecast for 2021 In its third update to the 2021 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast, released Thursday morning, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised the number of wells drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2021 to 4,250 wells.

This is an increase of 650 wells over the April 2021 forecast of 3,600 wells.

The updated forecast is based on a stronger commodity price outlook for 2021 with PSAC now expecting the crude oil price to average US$64/barrel (WTI) for 2021, natural gas prices of C$3.35/MMBtu (AECO) and the Canadian dollar slightly stronger, averaging US$0.81.

“As global demand for oil has increased with economies reopening and record high summer temperatures increasing demand for natural gas, WTI and AECO commodity prices have risen to levels not seen since 2018 and 2014, respectively,” said Gurpreet Lail, PSAC president and CEO. “This has translated to better-than-expected cash flows for exploration and production (E&P) companies and the ability to drill new wells. While strict fiscal discipline to pay down debt, buy back shares and issue dividends is still the order of the day, we are seeing capex budgets being revised upwards for H2. We can’t be sure we’ve seen the

Missing Estevan woman found safe The Estevan Police Service handled a call for a missing person last week.

Simone Flatfoot-Menard, 27, was reported missing to the EPS at around noon on July 27, after she had not been seen since the previous night at her residence.

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She was found safe the morning of July 28.

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end of lockdowns from the pandemic, but cautious optimism is definitely in the air.”

As activity trends towards 2019 levels, Lail said companies are facing a labour issue and are struggling to recruit workers.

“While companies are eager to stand up equipment that has been sitting idle in order to meet demand, undermanned crews will constrain their ability to do so, already resulting in some work being turned down or postponed.”

Inflation and shortages of everything from steel to chemicals to pickup trucks and raw materials from overseas will also impact activity levels and economics, she said. Steel prices are at record highs in the U.S. and members reported the cost of sea containers for shipping, in some cases, has skyrocketed from $3,000 to $25,000. “ Following years of rock-bottom prices, E&P customers will need to be prepared for higher prices as these costs will have to be passed on.”

Activity levels in the first half of 2021 are expected to account for only

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The majority of drilling this year is expected to be focused on oil, with 68 per cent of total wells. Gas is expected to account for 28 per cent, and service wells would be the rest.

“Maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) work is also robust as cash flow to increase production at today’s higher prices becomes a priority,” said Lail. “This, along with closure work from the $1.72 billion in federal funding that aligned with PSAC’s advocacy, is definitely helping the sector.”

On a provincial basis for 2021, PSAC estimates 2,330 wells to be drilled in Alberta and 1,290 wells for Saskatchewan, representing year-over-year increases of 890 and 213 wells, respectively.

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Bow Valley Jamboree a big event for Oxbow Music lovers from southeast Saskatchewan and beyond are looking forward to the annual Bow Valley Jamboree that will take place south of Oxbow on Aug. 7.

The festival will be held at Bow Valley Park. Gates will open at 3 p.m. and the opening act, local favourite Downwind, will take to the stage at 4 p.m.

Downwind won’t be the only southeast Saskatchewan act to perform that day. Harmoniously Hip, which features two dynamic and talented musicians from the Oxbow area, will be next at 5:15.

Morgan Robertson of Carlyle, who is a rising star in the Saskatchewan music world and one of the festival’s former tweeners, will take to the stage at 6:55 p.m.

Last Birds, comprised of the husband and wife duo of Mike Davis and Lindsay Arnold of North Portal, will be up at 7:30 p.m.

The Singles, with Heidi Munro and Scott Patrick, will be on stage at 8:30 p.m.

Blu Beach Band, which is a party group, will wrap up the festival, starting at 10:15 p.m.

The jamboree is a familyfriendly festival and all kids 12 and under will get in for free.

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Bow Valley Jamboree: meet the performers This year’s edition of the Bow Valley Jamboree will feature a variety of talent taking to the stage on Aug. 7 at the Bow Valley Park south of Oxbow.

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along with their Downwind bandmates will, as they have in recent years, kick off the Bow Valley Jamboree with a guarantee of good times and good music.

Harmoniously Hip: Harmoniously Hip members Kathy Kyle and Erin Brown think making harmony is a great way to spend the downtime they eke out of their busy lives.

The two vocalists are from southeast Saskatchewan.

They formed their group in 2019 and have been playing together ever since.

To hear their stellar tunes and the weird story of how they came up with their band name, catch them at the Jamboree.

Morgan Robertson: Robertson is an 18-year-old from Carlyle.

Her passion for music began with fiddle lessons at the age of six, with her love for music expanding in the last six years to include playing guitar, singing and writing music. Morgan recently received the 2021 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Youth Development Bursary, and won a spot in the Henhouse Youth Songwriting competition based in Nashville.

Last Birds: Last Birds, a folk Americana duo from North Portal, consists of the husbandwife team of Lindsay Ar-

nold and Mike Davis. Last Birds follows the success of the Saskatchewan folk trio Hook & Nail, which received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for New/Emerging Artist of the Year in 2020. Their live, “two voices, two guitars” approach is consistently described by listeners as mesmerizing.

The Singles with Heidi Munro and Scott Patrick: Heidi Munro and Scott Patrick are in an elite group of Saskatchewan’s most consistent and awarded artists.

Individually, they have busy careers spanning decades.

After crossing paths at concerts, awards shows and festivals, and while sharing the stage, Munro and Patrick decided to work on a duo project and co-write together. They have quickly gained a reputation as Saskatchewan’s power duo on the prairie music scene.

Blu Beach Band: Blu Beach Band, an indie rock group based out of Langenburg and Esterhazy, is made up of teens Carter Vosper, Remi Berthelet, Eric Vosper and Riley Buchberger. In the past year alone, the group has opened for bands such as Trooper and Streetheart, played live on Telemiracle, and performed at over 30 local gigs, while quickly gaining a local following.

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Carlyle Cardinals repeat as Saskota champs

By David Willberg

The Carlyle Cardinals are once again the kings of the Saskota Baseball League.

The Cardinals defeated the Estevan Tap House Wolves 6-3 on Sunday evening in Kenosee Lake to win the league’s Jack Harbourne Memorial Tournament.

Carlyle also defeated Estevan in last year’s final, although that was held with a best-of-three format as opposed to the traditional Harbourne competition.

Daniel Rasmussen, who is a player for the Cardinals, said it felt great to repeat as champions.

“All the hard work feels good for it to pay off,” he said.

And it was great to win it through the Harbourne.

“There are a lot of guys on the team that have won the Harbourne before … so for some of us, it wasn’t anything really new, as opposed to last year, the playoffs series, was definitely different,” he said.

Ten players on the Cardinals were part of last year’s team that beat the Wolves, while five players were new.

The Harbourne tournament is a little more “cha-

otic,” he said, and things have to line up in terms of pitching and games, but the tournament, at the lake and with all the teams around, is a lot more fun.

“Being at the lake for the final game, and seeing how many people there were, it does add a fun element to the whole thing,” said Rasmussen.

The Wolves and the Cardinals were the top two teams in the Saskota league throughout this season, with each team posting a 9-1 record, but Estevan was the No. 1 seed entering the tournament thanks to a 2-1 win over Carlyle on July 9 in the only meeting between the two teams in the regular season.

And they were the top two teams at the Harbourne as well.

The playoffs started Friday with games in Estevan, Carlyle, Redvers and Oxbow, as those were the top four teams during the regular season. Then the attention shifted to Kenosee Lake Saturday morning for the rest of the games.

Estevan went 3-0 in its group, besting the Carnduff Astros, Kipling Royals and

Members of the Carlyle Cougars are, back row, from left, Brock Andrew, Braden Birnie, Kody Rock, Joel Niemegeers, Cade Bendtsen, Daniel Rasmussen, Mason Crossman, Josh Hohn and Jaxon Robertson.

Front row, from left, David Lemieux, Scott Nicholson, Matthew Daunheimer, Talen King, Brett Turgeon and Brent McLean. Photo by Laura Kish Oxbow Chiefs. The Cardinals also went 3-0 in the round robin, defeating the Redvers A’s, Arcola Threshers and Kenosee Cubs.

The Wolves blanked the A’s 10-0 in their semifinal matchup, while the Cardinals beat Oxbow 5-2.

In the final, Rasmus-

sen said it was a battle, and the latest in a line of good games between Estevan and Carlyle.

“They’re a very good squad,” Rasmussen said.

“We knew it was going to be a good one, too. We knew we were going to see their best, and they saw one of our

best arms.”

The Wolves took an early 2-0 lead, but the Cardinals rallied to lead 3-2, and eventually built up the three-run advantage.

The Cardinals have always prided themselves on good defence and good pitching, and the rest of

the game flows from there, Rasmussen said. They had those traits this year, and the offence was also very good.

“From one through nine, guys played very well,” said Rasmussen. “We had some young guys in the lineup, and they produced. It was a collective team effort.”

Estevan summer swimming program finishes its season

By Josie Hlohovsky

The Estevan Golden Eels just finished off their season with an Olympic-themed wrap up party, and a supper afterwards.

The Golden Eels, Estevan’s summer swimming program, still had a season despite COVID-19 restrictions. They started their season in May, and their windup party was held on July 27.

“The windup was based on the Olympics that are happening this summer in Tokyo,” head coach Auriel Bill says, on her inspiration for the unique two-hour party. “We wanted to have a bunch of different events, most in water, some of them that we can just play, to amplify the Olympics and get the kids excited about it.

“We did multiple sports, different events, like we had our synchro event, baseball, we had relay swimming, we had a diving competition, and we just tried to throw in a little bit of everything. I know the one thing that’s really important with kids

is to have them not specialize in one sport at a young age, and I think it’s really fun to kind of just open them up to new things.

It’s really good to just get the kids motivated to just be in the water no matter what purpose.”

Bill was the head coach for the entire season, teaching along with Charlotte Andrist, Carson Wheeler and Gabrielle Jocelyn.

The four of them are all former Eels swimmers, and were all excited to return as coaches.

“When I was in Eels, when I was a little tyke, I always looked up to my coaches, and I always aspired to be in that position one day,” Carson Wheeler recalled.

“The reason I started coaching Eels is… I’m super passionate about the water, I mean I’ve been playing water polo since I was six years old, swimming with the Eels, actually, since I was six,” Bill says.

“And it was just fun to get back into the program that got me started in the first place, and hang out with a bunch of great kids, and teach them the sport that I’ve loved for years.”

The Eels wished for a more eventful season, but followed the restrictions put in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. Masks were enforced on deck, and a sign in before each practice was mandatory. Swimmers weren’t permitted to share lanes, which greatly reduced the amount of swimmers that could be in the water at one time. Their practices were two days a week, unlike normal seasons, which would be Monday to Friday, and no tournaments were held.

“I think the Eels board made it really easy to transition with all the COVID-19 rules and restrictions that happened this year,” Bill says. “As coaches, we just had to make sure that the rules were implemented, but the kids were super resilient, showing up and doing exactly what they needed to do to keep everyone safe, and even though it’s said to be a challenge, our kids took it straight on and they did amazing with it.”

On July 11, when restrictions were lifted, the sign-in was still required, masks and single lanes were no longer enforced,

The Estevan Golden Eels gather for a team photo at the windup on July 27. and swimmers were allowed to go to practice from Monday to Friday.

Swimming is a timed sport, and this year, without tournaments to compete in, Estevan’s swimmers competed against themselves, and their personal best time in their events. They raced their past selves, and the gap between May

and July is wide.

“The kids this year did absolutely amazing,” Wheeler says. “I, we, could really see that they have improved so much since their first day in May to now. We had some swimmers who took off 20, 30 seconds since May, and it’s really been so great to see the improvement, and to see that our hard work

has paid off.”

“I think it was really exciting to see the different levels we have across the board, I mean everyone came in with a really competitive spirit and it was really nice to see,” Bill says. “Just having the kids back in the pool … The results are one thing, but to see their smiling faces everyday just, really takes the cake.”

Southeast Twins season wraps up on a high note Their season might be finished, but the South East Performance Pump U18 AAA Twins managed to end on a high note.

The Twins (11-21) defeated the Swift Current 57s 9-6 at Lynn Prime Park Sunday in their final game of the regular season. While the Twins finished 12th in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League standings, three games out

of the eighth and final playoff spot, they did win three of their last four games.

The Twins trailed the 57s 6-3 in the third inning, but they scored three in the fourth and three in the sixth to win. Brody Dorrance, Bryson Andres and Levi Cooley each had three hits in the victory.

Andres also had three innings of shutout, two-hit ball in relief.

The previous day, the Twins split a doubleheader with the Saskatoon Diamondbacks, losing 11-0 but winning 12-7.

The loss to the Diamondbacks came in a five-inning game. Kaiden Lyons was on the mound for the Southeast team.

The Twins bounced back in the next contest, scoring four in the second and four more in the

fourth to lead 10-2. Carter Beck and Spencer Copeland each had three hits, while Kieran Stewart knocked in four.

Aiden Trimble went five innings on the mound to get the win.

The Twins beat the Parkland Expos 11-10 on July 29, thanks in large part to a five-run third innings.

Beck had three hits, including

a home run, while Dorrance and Stewart each added three RBIs. Mitch Himmelspach, Andres and Lyons were on the mound.

Their other recent game was a 7-5 loss to the White Butte Broncos on July 28. Callum Hollinger had two hits and two RBIs. Stewart went five innings, and gave up five runs, but only one was earned.

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FrameTech Classic was memorable for Woodlawn

By David Willberg

The annual FrameTech Classic golf tournament is always a memorable weekend for the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course.

This year was no exception, with three champions crowned, a new course record set and the return of big crowds for the annual Dave Price Memorial Horse Race.

Daryl Donovan won the men’s championship flight for the first time, and did so in convincing fashion, carding a 13-under-par total of 263.

He led from wire to wire, as he held a three-stroke lead over Preston Erickson after shooting a 68 during Saturday’s first round.

The lead remained at three after the second round Sunday. Donovan carded a

67, but Jayden Dudas played his way into contention by shooting a 65.

Donovan remained consistent in the third round Monday, shooting another 68. He wound up winning by nine strokes over Logan Chernoff, who wound up shooting a 4-under-par 212 (73-70-69) over the course of three rounds.

Dudas finished third at 213 (73-65-75), and Nolan Rohatyn and Jace Carlisle were tied for fourth at 215.

Donovan said he stayed out of trouble on the weekend, which helped him avoid high scores. After two bogeys on the front nine in the opening round, he had just three bogeys the rest of the tournament.

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While he had a big lead by the time he reached the back nine in the final round, it didn’t take the pressure off.

“You’re still trying to just play consistent, not make any big mistakes, and just make the best score you can coming in,” said Donovan.

The other flight winners in the men’s division were: Landon Emberley, first flight, 223 (76-70-77), Mark Spencer, second flight, 226 (80-69-77); Jeff Pratt, third, 246 (85-81-80); Joel Miller, fourth, 247 (90-76-81); and Dustin Wilson, fifth, 259 (92-83-84).

In the senior men’s event, Rick Hallberg of Weyburn not only won going away, but he made history as well.

Hallberg finished with a three-round total of 17-under-par 199, to finish 22 strokes ahead of James Gordon, who finished at 5-overpar 221 (78-72-71).

Hallberg’s weekend was highlighted by a 59 in the second round Sunday that was a course record.

Starting on the back nine Sunday, Hallberg birdied two of the first five holes, then birdied his next six holes, eagled another and birdied one more. And he birdied two of his final three holes to cap the 59.

“It just seemed like every time I got a wedge in my hand, it was at a good (distance) number that I like. You get days like that. And then the next day you play, you don’t get good numbers, and it’s harder to hit shots close to the hole,” he said.

Hallberg also shot a 73 in the first round on Saturday and a 67 in the final round Monday.

Mike Ross was third with a 224 (74-76-74), and Clark McClelland was fourth at 229 (80-75-74).

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Daryl Donovan, right, accepts the FrameTech Classic championship trophy from Brad Wilhelm with FrameTech systems.

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Roxanne Willerth won the women’s division of the tournament with a two-day total of 166. She had an 80 in the first day and an 86 on the second. The key point for her came when

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Jenna Grube was six strokes back of Willerth with a 172 (88-84). Leanne Schellenberg was third at 179 (88-91), and Maxine Starkewski came in fourth at 191 (89-92).

A total of 124 golfers were entered between the three different divisions.

The annual Dave Price Memorial Horse Race was held Sunday on the front nine.

The horse race is a nine-hole elimination golf competition between the 12 golfers from the championship flight. The two golfers with the highest score were eliminated on each of the first two holes, and then one golfer is knocked out on each subsequent hole, until one golfer remains.

Carson Harcourt was the winner, after he made a lengthy birdie putt on the ninth hole to eliminate Carlisle.

The other golfers entered were Kevin Brandino, Chernoff, Donovan, Rohatyn, Ryan Chernoff, Jayden Dudas, Preston Erickson, Marcus Friess, Taysen Holt and Ryan Stovin.

A large crowd gathered at Woodlawn to watch the horse race. They followed the action, with most riding in power carts.

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Motocross riders provided lots of action in Estevan The South Corner Racing Circuit (SCRC) brought two days of entertaining action to the Trackside Motocross Association’s facility southeast of Estevan on July 24 and 25.

Dozens of riders were entered each day between the many classes of racing.

Several drivers took top spot both days. In the A Class, Travis King was first. Adam Saban, Bryce Friess, Connor Barnstable and Cole Barnstable finished from second through fifth the first day.

Friess, Connor Barnstable, Craig Carson and JJ Barnstable rounded out the top five the second.

King swept top spot in the youth (14-29) division as well. Connor Barnstable was second on the first day of racing, followed by Cole Barnstable, Connor Benedickson and Jordan Weber.

Cole Barnstable was second the next day, with Weber third, Bendickson fourth and Lane Tomolak fifth.

In the supermini class, Andrew Wilson and Marcus Quigley were first and second, respectively, each day. Brooks Milford was third, Mac Keeley was fourth and Tucker Wyatt fifth the first day. Deegan Lemoine was third, Wyatt fourth and

Keeley fifth the second.

In small wheel beginner, Hayden Thiedig, Fin White, Jayden Ryan and Max Penna were first through fourth each day.

Randy Franke won the two-stroke competition each day, with Jordan Weber, Cole Hagel, Koby Machniak and Anthony Wyatt rounding out the top five the first day of competition. Craig Carson, Jordan Weber, Hagel and Machniak were second through fifth the next day.

In 65cc, Leo Hickey, Evan Thalman and Mason Litwin were first to third each day. Eli Hickey was fourth and Levi Von Staden came fifth the first day. Caden Fonstad was fourth and Hickey was fifth on Day 2.

Kate Lees took top spot in the women’s event each day, followed by Emily Quigley and Desirae Franke. Trista Stadnick and Leslie Thomas were fourth and fifth, respectively, the first day, and Kinley Woodward and Thomas rounded out the top five on the second day.

Marcus Quigley was first and Andrew Wilson second both days in 85cc. Deegan LeMoine, Carter Hudyma and Tucker Wyatt were third to fifth the first day, and Nathan Bendickson, Grayson

Pryde and Brooks Milford rounded out the top five in the second.

In the C class, Kent Shumlich was first on July 24, followed by Koby Machniak, Steve Butler, Bryan Marchuk and Dallas Fonstad. The following day, Marchuk was first, followed by Machniak, Butler, Kaedin Slykhuis and Rydell Herberholz.

Derek Clark won the B Class on the first day, followed by Keenan Weckend, Trehvan McMorris, Ronald Himmelspeck and Logan Puhlmann. Weckend won the second day, followed by Derek Clark, Puhlmann, Himmelspeck and Emily Quigley.

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As for the vet (30-plus division), Adam Saban won the first day, with Bryce Friess, Randy Franke, Derek Clark and Ronald Himmelspeck second through fifth. Friess took top spot the second, with Franke second, Himmelspeck third, Steve Butler fourth and Bryan Marchuk fifth.

The next program for the SCRC will be Aug. 14 in Assiniboia.

While it was a challenging season for the Estevan Lacrosse Association, they still managed to provide fun for the kids registered.

The under-16 (U16) Estevan Voltz competed in league play and went to provincials.

In league play, they tied their first game of the season, which was their lone game at Affinity Place.

They had five away games, which they lost.

At provincials from July 23-25, the Voltz went 1-3.

They opened with a 10-7 loss to the Regina Predators, a game that was tied 4-4 until the Predators pulled away. Kersey Hollingshead and Chase Foord scored twice, while Tanner Hall, Tye Farnsworth and Braden Thompson also scored

for Estevan.

The next game was a 6-1 loss to the Saskatoon Thunderbirds. Hall had Estevan’s lone goal.

The Voltz then dropped a 7-5 decision to the Swift Current Rampage. Ryder Farn-

Connor Bendickson (22), Travis King (577), J.J Barnstable (100) and Connor Barnstable (99) were among the racers entered. Photo by Riding the Wind Photography.

Kent Shumlich (131) raced at the South Corner Racing Circuit stop in Estevan. Photo by Riding the Wind Photography

Lacrosse U16 Voltz competed at provincials sworth had two markers for Estevan, and Foord, Colby Lemke and Braxton Dukart had the other goals for Estevan, who rallied from a 4-2 deficit to lead 5-4 at one point in what was a back and forth contest.

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Moose Jaw Mustangs 9-8 in a shootout. Hall had six goals for Estevan; his last one came with 38 seconds to play to tie the contest. Tye Farnsworth and Lemcke also scored for Estevan.

As for the other age groups, Cameron Milbrandt, Porter Crossman and Hunter Wagstaff joined the Lumsden team for U14 league play, and Wagstaff and Crossman were on the U14 team for provincials.

Some of the U12 players went to a tournament at Standing Buffalo alongside some kids from Carnduff. The Carnduff team won the tournament.

Nathan Wagstaff was picked up by the Junior A Saskatoon Swat program, and is the youngest rookie on that club. He’s currently part of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League.

Kaden Chrest is playing with the Regina Barracudas program.

Cecile Seemann with Estevan Lacrosse said they had 65 kids registered for box lacrosse from their six-and-under group to U16s. The younger teams had practices that ended at the end of June.

They also had 21 registered for the first year of field lacrosse in Estevan. Field lacrosse will practise Mondays and Wednesdays until the end of August. They started practising on May 16, and had a break due to commitments with box lacrosse. Seemann said it went well this year, and she hopes more kids will sign up next year.

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Obituaries

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LAND FOR SALE

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Offers will be accepted for the purchase of the following farmland: NE and SE of 26-3-7-W2nd Offers may be made on one or both quarters.

The highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted.

Offers should be submitted to Billesberger Law Firm, 1017 Third Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A OR4, together with a cheque payable to the law firm for 5% of the tender price.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS REQUIRED: motor scrapers, dozers, excavators, graders, rock trucks. Lots of work all season.

Camp job; R & B provided. Competitive wages. Valid drivers license req’d.

“Together Forever” Bernard and Jeannette Gravelle Mom passed away February 2016 Dad passed away April 2021 We are placing Mom and Dad in their final resting ground in the area they loved the most. Even though they left the area in 1978 all friends and family were in conversations with stories, laughter and tears throughout the years to follow.

Please join us Saturday August 14th 2 p.m.at Macoun Cemetary where we will have a short Eulogy and Prayers for both Mom and Dad. A social and luncheon will follow at the Macoun Drop-in Centre following the burial. Everyone welcome.

Heaven Needed Mom and Dad So many things of Mom and Dad we miss— Their gentle hugs and tender kiss.

I still can feel their warm embraces And picture yet their loving faces.

A parents tasks are never done And Heaven must have needed them.

For Angels came and took their hands and led them to God’s promised land.

They are surely kept quite busy there While brushing little angels hair.

And making sure they are dressed just right.

Not staying out too late at night.

Although there is sadness this We know— They are waiting there, their faces aglow.

We close our eyes and we can see— Their arms still open wide for us.

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Tenders are to be submitted by August 25, 2021.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844 Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www. brydenconstruction andtransport.ca

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A Funeral Mass for Rita Bezaire will be held on August 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist’s Catholic Church in Estevan, Sask.

Following the interment there will be a luncheon at the Taylorton Room at the Days Inn. Please call 306-421-1812, by August 4, 2021, if planning on attending the luncheon.

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Late model winch trucks and trailers; dump trucks and pups. Hauling heavy equipment, gravel, and camp shacks.

Michelle Dickie, Returning Officer

NutraSun Foods Ltd, a premier flour mill located in Regina Sk, is now buying Organic & Conventional milling wheat. Contact a grain buyer at 306-751-2440 or 306-751-2043 for pricing and delivery.

Email David at editor@estevanmercury.ca

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Wage negotiable.

Clean drivers abstract a must.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844 Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www. brydenconstruction andtransport.ca Notices / NomiNatioNs PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. 51 local community newspapers, distributing to over 450 communities, including 14 cities. Reach over 550,000 readers weekly. Call 306-649.1405 or visit www.swna.com for details.

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For more information please call Brad-306-575-7899 or Riley-306-577-1337.

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2. Municipal Website - www.rmestevan.ca Dated this 4th day of August, 2021.

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office of: Reeve will be received by the undersigned on the 25th day of August, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Municipal Office located at #1 – 322 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, and during regular business hours on August 4, 2021 to August 25th, 2021.

Nomination forms may be obtained at the following locations: 1. Municipal Office located at #1 – 322 4th Street, Estevan, SK; or

Public Notice Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5 Notice of Intent to Amend Zoning Bylaw Pursuant to Section 207 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the Council of the Rural Municipality of Estevan No.5, hereby gives notice of its intention to amend Zoning Bylaw 5-2014 as follows: Bylaw 2021-12 Map Change:

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Map Change: To rezone Lot 15, Blk/Par D, Plan 102132908 within NE 18-2-7 W2M from High Profile Commercial / Light Industrial District (HPCI) to General Industrial District (IND1) as indicated in bold on the map.

Intent: To rezone land legally described as: Lot 15, Blk/Par D, Plan 102132908 Ext 0 within NE 18-2-7 W2M from High Profile Commercial / Light Industrial District (HPCI) to General Industrial District (IND1).

Reason: The R.M. received an application from a developer and rezoning of the parcel allows the appropriate zoning to accommodate the development of an auto wrecker as a proposed discretionary use the General Industrial District (IND1).

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Public Inspection: Any person may inspect the proposed bylaw at the R.M. of Estevan Municipal Office at #1, 322 – 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan between 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost.

Public Hearing: Council will hold a public hearing to receive submissions, written or verbal, on the proposed bylaw at 11:00 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 in the Council Chambers of the R.M. of Estevan No. 5, #1, 322 4th Street Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Dated at Estevan, Saskatchewan this 28th day of July, 2021.

Michelle Dickie, Administrator

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Midale’s Classy Car Show lives up to its name Classic vehicles were on display in Midale on Sunday as part of the annual Midale Classy Car Show.

“There was a lot of different vehicles there this year.

There was a lot of the old, returning people who had come in the last couple of years, but there was a lot of new people who heard about it,” said Becca Foord, who was one of the

organizers of the event.

Thirty-three vehicles were entered, and Foord said they looked great. Since they don’t have to travel on gravel to get to the car show, they were in immaculate shape when they arrived.

“We had cars from 1929 to a … 2003 vehicle, so it was really good quality, and it was a great show just because there was

such a great range of vehicles,” said Foord.

Tim Carlson of Midale won the award for the classiest vehicle, a 1966 Ford Fairlane, which Foord described as a beautiful vehicle that was nicely shined up.

A people’s choice award, which was voted on by those present, went to Lenny Martindale of Oxbow, for a 1937

Lenny Martindale of Oxbow won the people’s choice award for his 1937 Chevy Maple Leaf. Photo by Becca Foord

Chevy Maple Leaf car.

“It is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen,” said Foord.

“He has a welder on the back of it, because he owns a welding company, and he has it all souped-up, and it’s very unique.”

The fully functional welder was attached to a small deck at the back of the vehicle.

In addition to the exhibitors, a lot of people turned out to see the vehicles, including some who were at the Midale Pioneer Echoes weekend.

The Classy Car Show was catered by Thomas-K Welding and Fabricating out of Midale, which makes smokers and grills, and used their machines to cook the food. The money for the food sales went to the chiller fund for the Midale arena.

Foord was pleased they could showcase a local business with its own cooking equipment for those who attended the car show.

Tim Carlson of Midale won the award for the classic vehicle – a 1966 Ford Fairlane. Photo courtesy of Becca Foord When the Midale Classy Car Show was last held in 2019, they had 70 vehicles entered, and Foord looks forward to when they can attract that number again.

“It really is a big thing, and it brings everyone together, and it’s nice that everyone has this common interest, and you can sit and talk for an afternoon about it,” said Foord.

To do or to be - that is the question I’ve always been and have been known to be busy.

I look back with enjoyment and satisfaction on the roles I’ve filled in churches we’ve served and in communities where we’ve lived.

While I’m going to list a few roles, it’s not meant as a boastful exercise, just an enumeration to remind me of the privileges I’ve enjoyed

over many decades.

In every church where we’ve pastored or attended, I’ve had the joy of playing the piano for services.

Sometimes I was the sole musician but other times I was privileged to play along with other instrumentalists.

I’ve served as the only piano teacher in one community and in leadership roles in

non-profit organizations in others. Oh, and I remember, I served as competent leader in a Toastmasters chapter. Hope this doesn’t sound terribly arrogant but I must mention that I was on the board of our local Chamber of Commerce for a number of years. Okay, I hear you, that’s enough.

As these words imply, I feel incredibly honoured

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to have held such positions but now much older, I simply don’t have the energy or spark to carry those kinds of loads. God is reminding me of the difference and the great importance of being, not just doing.

Being a true friend, sharing a smile with folks who, like everyone, are going through challenging times, continuing to support our church financially, even when income has shrunk considerably and most importantly, being faithful in praying for

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those who have taken up the challenge to do what I and others once did.

Moving from “doing” to “being” takes adjustment but even more, realizing that God working through us is

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Estevan Economic Development Town Hall

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Thursday, August 12, 2021 Taylorton Room, Days Inn Open House | 6pm - 8 pm Everyone welcome!

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Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1982 Utility Coal and Union captured the Miners World Series trophy July 27, 1982 with a 11-10 victory over Manitoba and Saskatchewan Mining Company in the best of five softball competition.

Utility won the series in five games. Front row, from left, three bat boys Bryan Duff, Garry Katrusik and Dean Schmidt. Second row, Ken Duff, Richard George, Barry Kuntz, Ron Hagel, Gary Katrusik and Keith Smith. Back row, coach Mel Murray, Robert Schmidt, Dave Kjersem, Larry Olsen, Brian McDonald, Greg Walliser. Terry Mehler, Darren Lafrentz and Marcel Van Loo.

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The August long weekend The August long weekend was a busy time in southeast Saskatchewan. The Souris Valley Antique Association held its annual Pioneer Echoes Weekend, with an antique parade, threshing demonstrations and more. The Saskota Baseball League’s Harbourne Cup happened at Kenosee Lake. And the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club held its annual FrameTech Classic.

Kourtney Kobitz, Keisha Swenson and Autumn Wiens rode a tractor for the parade.

Carson Harcourt, second from right, accepts the Dave Price Memorial Horse Race plaque from Price family members Laureen Price, left, Tyson Price and Taunia Turnbull, which was held during the FrameTech Classic.

Congratulations Martin Hicks and Keegan Schindel performed a threshing demonstration.

Justin Van Achte pitched for the Estevan Tap House Wolves in the final.

On July 23, 2021

Tia Raelene Dayman convocated from The University of Toronto, Victoria College with Honours Bachelor of Arts with Distinction.

Your family loves you so much and is so very proud of you!

The Estevan Tap House Wolves finished second at the Harbourne Cup tournament.

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Night Market presented by the Downtown Business Association Every Thursday night Vendors | Live Music Food Booths

This coupon does not expire and is good for: 16” Pepperoni, Canadian, Hawaiian or Cheese Pizza at Michael’s in Estevan

Estevan Royal Canadian Legion

5th Annual Truck Raffle 1st prize: 2021 Ford F150 XLT 2nd prize: $10,000 cash 3rd prize: $5,000 cash 5 Early Bird Bonus Draws of $1,000 ea Draw date: Dec 31, 2021 @10 pm Early Bird Draw: Oct 2, 2021 @ 8 pm Tickets: $100.00 ea purchase at Senchuk Ford Sales or Legion Office

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St. John the Baptist, Estevan 50/50 Raffle Up to $5,000 to be won Draw Date: October 5, 2021 Ticket Price; $10.00, each E-transfers accepted. Call Anita at 306-421-7538

ESTEVAN FARMERS MARKET

every Saturday from 8:30am - 1pm in the Estevan Market Mall parking lot.

September 9 11.30AM-1.30PM In support of the Family Center in Estevan!!

Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks by donation! Hope to see you there!

Email details to dkittelson@estevanmercury.ca

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Bring your own mat and prebook through online portal https://www.omyogastudio.ca/schedule

3rd Annual Charity BBQ

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9:30-10:45am - Slow and Steady Saturday at Fresh Air Fitness Yoga Platform - DONATION BASED CLASS with money raised going towards Fresh Air Fitness

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City Hall: 1102 4th Street 8 am to 4:30 pm | (306) 634-1800 Leisure Office: 701 Souris Avenue 8 am to 4:30 pm | (306) 634-1880

Please partake in the races at the Estevan Motor Speedway coming up this weekend.

13 Ways Doug Griffiths will be holding an open house on August 12, 2021 – please come out to ensure that your voice is heard on the revitalization of the downtown core and other economic development initiatives for the City of Estevan.

A Message From The Mayor

2021 Property Tax Notices were mailed out Monday, June 28, 2021. Please contact City Hall if you did not receive your property tax notice or need to update your mailing / contact information.

2021 Taxes are due: July 30, 2021

2021 Property Tax Notice

2021 Storm and Sanitary sewer main jetting Beginning Monday, June 14, 2021 and continuing to Friday, August 27, 2021, the Public Works Service Division will be carrying out a Domestic Sewer Main Flushing/Jetting Program between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the occasional carry over to 6:00 p.m. During the periods of jetting, residents are advised to securely cap basement floor drains.

Penalties are accumulative, applied the 1st of each month ...starting August 1, 2021 as follows: August .5%, September 1%, October 1.5%, November 2.5%, December 3.5% Arrears Penalty of 10% will be added to all outstanding amounts on January 1, 2022 Payment Options: • In person at City Hall, Open Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm • Payments accepted by Cash, Cheque or Debit • Mail to: 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 • City Hall Drop Box – located at main entrance at City Hall. Cheques only please.

• Payment can also be made on-line / or at your financial institution.

• Pay via credit card through a third-party service provider called Plastiq.

Customers using this service will be charged a 2.5% service fee per transaction by the provider.

• To pay via Plastiq please visit their website at www.plastiq.com you will need a credit card as well as the 12 digit roll number (don’t include the decimal, but use all the numbers) that is found on the top right hand portion of your Notice of Property Tax Levies

2021 Program Area will encompass all streets North of 6th Street, and East of Souris Ave within City limits including: Hwy 47 Service Road Drader Street Princess Street Edward Street Albert Street Isabelle Street Eva Street Henry Street George Street King Street Smith Street Souris Avenue Victoria Avenue Alexandra Avenue Arthur Avenue

Interested in pre-paying your taxes monthly?

The City of Estevan offers (TIPPS) tax installment payment plan service.

TIPPS allows property owners to pre-pay their property tax bill in 12 monthly installments making budgeting easier with no added fees or penalties. Monthly withdrawals are made on the first banking day of each month.

TIPPS applications forms are available at City Hall or by visiting our website at www.estevan.ca The best time to start would be August 1, 2021 to prepay for 2022. Contact City Hall 306-634-1800 for more information.

The Estevan Police Service is seeking applications for a

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Park

Thursday Wednesday 4 NIGHT SWIM 4 Hillside Park

Lego(Regular WeekSwim, 1-4:30) 10 NIGHT SWIM Lego Week

9

NIGHT SWIM

Rusty Duce Park 5-8pm

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

Rusty Duce Park Jungle Week 5-8pm 16

11

NIGHT SWIM

NIGHT SWIM

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30) Rusty Duce Park 5-8pm

18

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

Mickey Mouse WeekNIGHT SWIM 16

Royal Heights 3-6:30 pm

17

18

Rusty Duce 22 23 24 Park 25 5-8pmONLY SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING

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Swim, 1-4:30) Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

Mickey Mouse Week 30

23

31

Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

24

Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park Hillside Park 1-5pm

30

25

Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

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5 SATURDAY SWIM

7

Saturday 6

Rusty Duce Park 1-5pm

SATURDAY SWIM 12

14

19

20

21

MICKEY’S 26 CARNIVAL

19 1-5pm

13

Hillside Park 1-5pm

SATURDAY SWIM

Hillcrest Park

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Rusty pm Duce Park 3-6:30

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20 28

26 30

7

SATURDAY SWIM

14

SATURDAY SWIM

21

Hillside Park 1-5pm

Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

SATURDAY SWIM

Rusty Duce Park 1-5pm

HeightsONLY SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLYRoyal SWIMMING

SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLY Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park Hillside Park 1-5pm

29 Sponsored by:

(Regular Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park Hillside Park 1-5pm

Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park Hillside Park 1-5pm

MICKEY’S CARNIVAL

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

Saturday Friday

13

11

Hillcrest Park 5-8pm

Jungle Week

6

NIGHT SWIM

12

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

17

Friday Thursday

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

Hillcrest Park 5-8pm10

9

NIGHT SWIM

5

Hillside Park (Regular Swim, 1-4:30) 5-8pm 5-8pm

(Regular Swim, 1-4:30)

5-8pm

The City of Estevan invites proposals from individual firms to act as the City of Estevan Insurance Broker and provide Municipal coverage as well as Airport insurance for a three year term.

If you have any questions regarding the Insurance RFP please contact Judy Pilloud at 306-634-1852 or cityclerk@estevan.ca.

Detailed proposals must be submitted to the undersigned on or before September 7, 2021 : Attention: Judy Pilloud, City Clerk City of Estevan 1102 - 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada S4A 0W7

AUGUST 2021 AUGUST 2021 Monday Monday

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS- Municipal Insurance

Please review the existing Policy and provide the following: • A proposal for coverage based upon our needs that you identify including pricing of the proposal.

• A list of Insurance Companies that your company would propose to place our insurance requirements with.

• The response time that your Company proposes that it will respond to insurance inquiries from the City.

Application packages can be picked up in person or downloaded from our website at www.estevanpolice. ca Completed packages are to be forwarded to the attention of;

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Heritage Drive Brooks Road Clasky Drive Abbott Bay Frehlick Bay Symons Bay Rooney Road Ross Court Wahba Court Seregella Place Sillers Street Matchett Bay Kensington Avenue Nesbitt Drive Bourquin Road

A copy of the existing Insurance Policy requirements of the City of Estevan can be obtained for your review. This would include a list of buildings and equipment included under the General Insurance Program.

Guard/Matrons provide constant observation of persons held in custody at the Estevan Police Service Detention Center. Hours of work can vary and will include night shifts. Length of shifts vary from three to eight hours to a maximum of 40 hours per week.

Successful applicants may also be called upon on short notice. Training will be provided.

Sunday Sunday

Dufferin Avenue Bannatyne Avenue Pine Avenue Poplar Bay Spruce Drive Phillips Place Garner Place Edward Place Garrish Place Maple Bay Willow Bay Yardley Place Hastings Place Milne Crescent Holmgren Bay Petterson Drive

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SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLY SWIMMING ONLY Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

Rusty Duce Park Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

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Hillcrest Park 1-5pm

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