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From left, Aspen, Kashton and Dallas Kickley had a lot of fun on the ice at Affinity Place Sunday morning during the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s Hometown Family Fun Day. The event was among the attractions for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees. Photo by Ana Bykhovskaia

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Last week the Estevan Downtown Business Association announced the Miracle on Fourth Street Holiday Festival, which will take place on Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Fourth Street.

The day will be jam packed with many activities, including a free hot dog and hot chocolate lunch provided by The Tower Café, Eleven 24 Social House and Willy’s the Tap House.

Carnival games will be prepared and ran by the Estevan Comprehensive School’s student representative council.

There will be crafts and activities prepared by the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, hayrides

by Graham Collie and family, a petting zoo by Tail-ling Farms and two free matinees at the Orpheum Theatre: The Polar Express for the younger crowd and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation for the older ones, sponsored by Cold-

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Santa will be on site spreading cheer to all the little boys and girls as well.

Guests will also be able to take advantage of all the smashing deals and specials the Downtown Business Association members will have in store all day long. All of the events are free and open to all members of the public, except for the matinees where proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test will be required.

“The Downtown Business Association is once again excited to be putting on an amazing event for the citizens of Estevan and surrounding area,” said Josh LeBlanc, head organizer for the event. “This is the third new event that we are bringing to the city as an association. It is in addition to the Street Dance and Night Markets.

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Creativity on display at Kinettes’ Craft Sale

By Ana Bykhovskaia The Estevan Kinettes' Craft Sale on Saturday was a big success.

By 10:40 a.m., a few hundred people had attended the event, taking place at the Wylie-Mitchell Building, and probably well over thousand went through the sale throughout the day.

Janelle Luddington, who spearheads the Kinettes' Craft Sale, said they were really happy to see so many people coming through the door, as they didn’t really know what to expect with the existing health measures in place.

"It's the community's kickoff to Christmas. And we are ver y thankful for everyone who has come out because you never know with the restrictions what's coming up," Luddington said. "It was great to have the community support again.

“We were worried, with

needing the proof of vaccine or a negative test, how that would play out. But Estevan always delivers. It's a great community to be there to help us."

The 39th annual craft sale saw some minor changes.

In previous years the event occupied two buildings – the Wylie-Mitchell Building and Estevan Exhibition Hall.

This year they stopped with one.

The original plan was to use the two, but then it was decided to readjust the event to ensure everything works accordingly with the demand.

While there were slightly fewer booths participating, Kinettes still ensured there was a great variety of vendors present.

"We have 49 booths that were filled. And we were very thankful to get the 49 groups.

In the last couple of years, we've had 70. But just with COVID, and everything and the new restrictions, we were

thankful to have the 49," Luddington said.

The one-day e vent, which always takes place on the third Saturday of November, takes many hours throughout the year to plan, but from year to year, it's been a great attraction for the community.

When it comes to vendors, Kinettes do their best to diversify the market to keep it interesting for both sellers and customers. Back in the day, most participants were home-based businesses, while this year, they only had seven such participants.

"It's nice to see the crafting is on the rise. The pandemic probably helped everyone with that, so did Pinterest, but it's been really good," said Luddington.

The craft sale, which takes place at the same time as the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation's Festival of Trees, is the Kinettes' fundraiser, and every year all funds

From left, Estevan Kinettes Kristol Nagy, Jolie Bayda, Janelle Luddington and Kristen Murphy were among organizers of the Craft Sale at the Wylie-Mitchell Building on Saturday. raised through the event go towards St. Joseph's Hospital.

"It helps with our naming rights and getting new equipment for the maternity

ward," explained Luddington.

She added that they are grateful for the support from the community and

volunteers.

"I thank the community for their help and their support of us over the years," Luddington said.

Local doctor calling for Estevan area people to vaccinate against COVID-19 ahead of winter season The world has been fighting COVID-19 for over 20 months now, and even though there are numerous vaccines in our toolbox, the potentially deadly virus is still dominating headlines on daily basis.

Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, recently pointed out Estevan and three other areas as ones having the lowest vaccination rates, and thus the highest transmission rates in the province.

Dr. Stanley Enebeli, the medical health officer for the Sun Country region of the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), says they've been working really hard to help local people and now that they have a working and safe "tool" to fight the virus in their toolbox, seeing people not using it is hard.

"It's been a challenging period for us all, both personally and professionally … One of the tools right now that we've got in our toolbox is the vaccine. And we do know that the COVID vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective," Enebeli said.

"I know there are people who are still indecisive as to taking the vaccines, but we've had the vaccines now for several months. And we continue

to monitor them quite closely.

And so far, even those that complained about the side effects, it's mostly local, where you have pain, soreness or redness on your arm, and a few people do have a fever. We do have them locally and provincially, and even nationally, these side effects are well monitored. So it is safe to get these vaccines now."

Vaccines first became available in Saskatchewan in December 2020, but for the Estevan area and the southeast, the full vaccination rate, which means that people have both shots of any of the approved vaccines, is lower than 70 per cent, Enebeli said.

This means the contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 keeps blossoming in the community, and just recently there was another rise in cases in the area. The provincial measures implemented this fall stimulated vaccination rates, but there are still too many people that didn't get their shots, which imposes higher risks on everyone.

To have herd immunity, which is "the proportion of people in a particular population that needs to be vaccinated to minimize the risk of transmission in that community," as Enebeli explained, the Estevan

area would need to have 85 per cent of people immunized.

"We did see an improvement in especially the first doses. And now we're beginning to see a gradual improvement in second doses, after the public health order of having the proof of vaccination in certain spaces.

That has helped, but we are still tracking low, especially in those less than 40 years of age where the vaccination rate is less than 70 per cent for second doses," Enebeli said.

He added that if the community can't reach at least 85 per cent of the vaccination rate, we are likely to see more spread of COVID-19 and potentially more deaths. The currently dominating Delta variant, which proved to be more contagious, may slow down with at least 85 per cent of the population immunized, but to ensure public safety doctors would like to see the immunization rate at above 90 per cent.

With winter just around the corner, Enebeli said vaccination becomes even more vital, as we start spending more time indoors, which creates favourable conditions for the virus to spread.

"In the winter season, we all tend to gather mostly in our

homes. And even currently, the major source of transmission is being within households where you have multiple families, especially in unvaccinated households. Now that winter is coming, we are much more likely to be indoors. And the vaccines are a good barrier in stopping the spread of COVID," Enebeli said.

While the vaccines are a great tool for protection, Enebeli says, they work the best in combination with other measures that have proven to be effective throughout the past 20 months.This includes proper masking, washing or sanitizing hands regularly, keeping a twometre distance with others as well as a careful approach to household gatherings. While there are no government-imposed restrictions for indoor events, Enebeli said people should be smart about how they gather to be safe.

"Residents in our community need to know that what we're seeing, as the … top exposure in terms of how this virus is spread within our community, is household gatherings," said Enebeli. "When you have multiple unvaccinated people from different households gathering, then this Delta variant of CO-

VID spreads easily."

He recommended that when people plan on having an indoor gathering, to keep it safe for everyone present, they should politely ask those they invite about their vaccination status.

"Once you ask in a respectful manner, then they likely will let you know. And this will reduce the spread of COVID in our communities," Enebeli said.

"Right now, we do have our very vulnerable kids who only (on Friday) got approval from Health Canada to have these vaccines administered to them, so we need to also keep this in mind that we have to protect these kids."

Enebeli added that while fully immunized people can still get infected, their chances of having any complications or dying are many times lower.

"Choosing to remain unimmunized puts yourself, your loved ones and everyone at risk.

And while it's true that immunized persons can still contract COVID, their symptoms are often less severe, and they have a greater opportunity for a full recovery and avoiding hospitalization," Enebeli said.

Based on the COVID-19 vaccination and breakthrough

infections report for October, the rate of hospitalization was 85/100,000 cases for those who were unvaccinated versus 15/100,000 for those fully vaccinated. The rate for ICU admissions was 21/100,000 for the unvaccinated versus 2/100,000 for the fully vaccinated.

The rate for COVID-19 deaths was 13/100,000 for the unvaccinated versus 3/100,000 for the fully vaccinated.

"The COVID-19 vaccine is not a cure. It will not prevent every COVID-19 transmission.

It will reduce the risk of transmission and, when transmission occurs, reduce the risk of serious illness and death," said the government of Saskatchewan in their November press release.

"If you are unvaccinated you are 11 times more likely to experience death or mortality than if you're vaccinated," Enebeli pointed out.

The first doses of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine, which is a non-mRNA vaccine, were recently delivered to Saskatchewan. Estevan had its first Jansen vaccination clinic on Tuesday. This vaccine is onedose, which means that a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the first and only required shot.

Downtown Business Association is getting ready for Christmas « A1 thing different, create a new event and make it a memorable one which will allow our community to gather and celebrate the holiday season.”Estevan city council approved the closure of Fourth Street for a Miracle on Fourth Street at the Nov. 15 meeting.

The Downtown Business

Association has agreed to take an extra step, decorating Fourth Street for this holiday season. Residents could already notice big gift boxes that appear in front of city hall and numerous businesses.

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Jewels and Jems Furniture Redesigns – one of the downtown businesses. “ We were wondering what we could do with the planters that are there. We first talked about putting Christmas trees and decorating them up. And then we decided why couldn't we just put something

over top and make them look like big gifts,” said Downtown Business Association president Laurel Buck. The association is also hoping to have garland lit around the posts on Fourth, which would be paid for by Business Improvement District, so it looks even more festive and cozy.

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Individual businesses also plan on decorating storefronts and windows, if time permits, to ensure it looks Christmassy.

“We're excited to be doing something a little different.

And we're looking forward to having tons of people come down, spend some time, do some shopping and enjoy themselves,” Buck said.

All the decorations are planned to be up by Dec. 11 and will be in place throughout the holiday season.

This year will pave the

way for further downtown enhancements, and every new season they plan to keep adding and making downtown more and more beautiful and welcoming.

The association is still looking for groups that would be interested in carolling throughout the street during the Miracle on Fourth.

“If you have a church or community group that would be interested in doing so, please feel free to contact me,” said LeBlanc.

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Popular Christmas tradition will return to Woodlawn Regional Park next month The Woodlawn Regional Park is looking forward to welcoming the community to its Souris River campground for the fifth annual Festival of Lights celebration.

The event will start Dec. 17 and continue until Jan. 8, 2022. The lights will come on at dusk each night, and are timed shut off during the overnight hours.

Fifty-one entries have already been received, up from the 41 they had last year. Thirteen of the entries for this year are new. And it’s not too late for someone to step forward to participate.

Wood lawn business manager Maureen Daoust said the entrants are working on plans for their displays.

“They’re invited to come and start decorating at any point in time here. They have to have their sites ready by December 14th, so we can put our timers in and do a couple of test runs before the Friday kickoff,” said Daoust.

Businesses, non-profits, churches and even families are among those expected to participate this year. With a large number of new businesses that have opened in the community during the past 16 months, many are eager to be part of the festival.

Admission is free, but there is a donation box for those who would like to contribute to help offset the cost of the festival.

The Festival of Lights will begin Dec. 17 at Woodlawn Regional Park. File photo During the 2020-21 festival, people were asked to remain in their vehicles while viewing the lights. This year they should be able to get out of their vehicles and walk around the park.

“We’ve had lots of walkers, especially if the weather’s mild,” said Daoust. “Whether they leash up their dog and come, or they walk with a family member or a friend, they can. Last year, according to

SHA (Saskatchewan Health Authority), we were directed to advise people to stay in the vehicles, but this year we’re in a little different situation.”

In the past, when they have had a road counter, approximately 3,000 vehicles have made their way through the park during the festival.

In the first few years of the festival, the park held a Christmas in the Park celebration to kick off the Festival of

Lights. But due to concerns related to the pandemic, the launch event won’t be happening for the second consecutive year.

Christmas in the Park included an afternoon of family activities and fireworks.

“We’re trying to avoid the large crowd situations, hoping that in 2022 we can revert back to that annual kickoff, because we’re missing it,” said Daoust.

The festival has grown

from about a dozen displays for the first year in 2017-18 to where it is now. There were 25 the second year and 31 in the third.

“People come down and they see it, and they’re eager to be part of it,” said Daoust.

“Without actually having a competition, I think there is still a little bit of human nature for a friendly competition, where people might come for the first year, and they think

they should ramp up their game, or they should add something.”

It means that businesses have been adding to their displays over the years.

Daoust said they don’t have a limit for how many entries they can handle. They have room in the current campground to add more, and in the future, if they have too many, they could shift some to another area.

Santa Claus attracts a big crowd in Midale Santa Claus was in Midale on Saturday for the town’s annual Santa Claus parade, and many people turned out to greet him.

Kimberley Schweigert with the Midale Plus One Club, which organizes the parade each year, said a lot of people took part and helped make the parade a success.

“It turned out to be a very nice day,” she said.

Twenty-one entries were received for the parade. There was a good variety of floats and other participants in the parade. Tractors and vehicles were involved, and people walked the parade route. Santa could be seen in the back of a pickup truck, and he waved to the crowd.

“Every year since I’ve been here, we’ve had over 20 entries, and we’re still there, but we’ve seen a vast change. Even though it might not be the same floats, we still always had a really good turnout, and people are just willing to go the extra mile and make it

a success,” said Schweigert.

The parade started on Railway Avenue and made its way down Stephen Street, Macoun Avenue, Main Street, Eisenhaurer Street and past the Mainprize Manor before wrapping up on South Road.

People lined the route to see Santa and others who were part of the parade, and young children eagerly waited for candy to be tossed.

“There was definitely a good crowd yesterday,” Schweigert said in an interview Sunday afternoon.

A 50-50 draw was won by Gary Hughes.

As for Santa Claus, he’s doing well, Schweigert said, and he was eager to see all of the children and adults present. Mrs. Claus also attended the parade.

Schweigert said the parade is an example of a small town coming together to make an event happen. And they had people from outside of Midale present as well.

Santa Claus appeared in Midale on Saturday for a parade that attracted a crowd.

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Estevan Kinettes collecting PJs for Christmas The PJ Project by the Estevan Kinettes Club is back for 2021, to ensure that every kid has new pyjamas for Christmas Day. Volunteers started collecting pyjamas on Nov. 17 and will do their best to ensure every child on the Estevan Community Hamper Association and Angel Tree list gets a new set of pyjamas, along with their Christmas gifts.

"We have already had a really great start to this year's PJ Project,"

said project co-chairs Chelsey Istace and Kristol Nagy.

While it always seems that there is a high demand, they will not know how many sets of pyjamas they have to collect until all applications for hampers and/or the Angel Tree are in. The deadline for applications for those projects is Dec. 1.

Istace and Nagy said that while there are a lot of people that need support, there are also a lot

of individuals and businesses that are always ready to step up and help others.

"Our community has always been so supportive. Before we even started collecting this year, Turnbull's donated 20 pairs of pyjamas for teens and Estevan Dental donated over 500 toothbrushes to go with the PJs," said the co-chairs.

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Kinettes have been collecting pyjamas for Estevan children for several years, and it remains a very important activity on their list of community services they provide, as it's a big part of Christmas tradition.

"In most families, it's a tradition to get a new pair of pyjamas

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either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, and we want to share that tradition and help make the holidays a little cozier," said Istace and Nagy.

Estevan Kinettes also will be at the Estevan Bruins game on Dec. 4, and people will have an opportunity to either drop off pyjama donations or purchase those at the location and drop them off in donation bags.

Kinettes will be collecting pyjama donations at the drop-off sites listed above until Dec. 12.

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Support those who support you A lot of people have already started their Christmas shopping.

We hope shopping locally will figure prominently into their Christmas shopping plans.

We’re blessed to have so many stores and services worthy of our support here in southeast Saskatchewan. In Estevan, we have an excellent and vibrant business community that is generous with so many causes throughout the year.

When you go into the smaller towns in our region, you’ll find they have a diverse selection of businesses eager and ready to serve you.

But for these small businesses to survive, regardless of whether it’s in a boom time or in challenging years, they need customers to enter their doors and to purchase what they have to offer.

In recent years, we’ve heard more and more people talking about the significance of shopping locally and supporting businesses in the area.

There’s more awareness about the contributions of local businesses.

As online shopping continues to grow, and as more people turn to websites such as Amazon to purchase what they need, we’ve seen many respond by trying to be loyal to local business.

The small businesses that are part of our communities have a lot of common denominators. They provide excellent customer service.

They have caring owners who work long hours.

They create jobs for local residents. And they

believe in the communities where they work.

There are also the franchise owners who are connected to a national or international company, but are a big part of the local community.

You’ll see all these people donate to local fundraisers, to the local health care facility, the sports teams, the cultural organizations and a myriad of other non-profits in the community.

For some reason, we’ve never seen Amazon make a donation to a school initiative in southeast Saskatchewan or to the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign.

The pandemic hasn’t made life for small businesses, either. Some of them have been forced to close. Others have had to lay off staff members – an incredibly difficult decision for so many of them. And others have faced a time of great uncertainty, not knowing when this will end, if they’ll be subject to a new round of restrictions, or if they want to wait this out to the end.

Now they’re forced to contend with supply chain issues and the difficulty of not having the items that people are looking for.

But they also aren’t throwing in the towel and taking a defeatist attitude.

We’re going to have opportunities to shop local as well.

The Downtown Business Association in Estevan is going to host their inaugural Miracle on Fourth Street on Dec. 11.

Of course, you’ll have the door-crasher spe-

cials and discounts that one would expect from a day created to promote shopping locally. But Fourth Street is going to be teeming with activity, with food, free matinees, family fun and more.

It’s taking the place of Moonlight Madness, and having it in the middle of the day, on a weekend, should allow more people of all ages to be there, as opposed to a Thursday night.

If you’re looking for Christmas gift giving tips, you’ll find it in this week’s edition of the Estevan Mercury with our fourth annual Christmas Catalogue. There are lots of ideas for shoppers, nicely laid out and separated into different categories.

And, again, it shows that diversity of what we have to offer.

With Black Friday, the Miracle on Fourth and other initiatives happening before Christmas, the catalogue is a great resource.

We find it frustrating, and even infuriating, when we hear people talk about limited shopping opportunities in Estevan, because we know it’s not true. It’s definitely hard on the retailers when they such comments.

And it’s tough when we hear people talk about how they’re turning to Amazon and similar resources for their needs.

But for those of us who know and understand the importance of our local business community, we get why it’s important to shop locally, especially at this time of year.

Remembering Holodomor, what was happening on that side of the world almost 90 years ago?

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Many people in this area and this province have Ukrainian roots and for many of you, this week might carry personal value, while for others, it remains an important time to remember.

One of our long-time readers suggested that with Holodomor Remembrance Week in Saskatchewan underway, concluding with the Holodomor Remembrance Day on Nov. 27, we probably should once again look at this tragic page in history.

Holodomor, which literally means "extermination by hunger," wasn't recognized as even a famine until near the end of the Soviet Union. Until then, the events of those times were addressed as "difficulties with provisions."

For the first time, the word Holodomor was used in 1978 by researchers working out of Canada and the U.S. It was first recognized as famine by the Soviet government in 1987.

Ukrainian Verkhovnaya Rada (Ukrainian parliament) recognized Holodomor as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people imposed by the Soviet Union through a man created famine in 2006, and since then over a dozen countries, including Canada, joined Ukraine in that.

Saskatchewan, with its rich history of Ukrainian immigration, was the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33 as genocide back in 2008, when the province passed The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act. Scholars estimate that events of those times claimed at least 3.9 million lives in Ukraine, with up to 8.7 million deaths altogether across all affected regions of

Ana Bykhovskaia Twenty Lines About… the USSR, and Ukraine seeing the highest losses. Outside Ukraine, the catastrophe affected such regions of Russia as Povolzhye, Kuban, central Ural and Western Siberia, as well as Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Most historians now agree that the main reason for the terrible famine was the involuntary and repressive politics of the collection of grain for state grain stockpiles implemented by the Bolsheviks, which affected farms in particular regions.

Despite a serious drought affecting the farming regions, the Soviet government wanted the collective farms to fulfill often ridiculously high plans. To do so, local Bolsheviks would implement systems of red and black boards, where red was the recognition for those who delivered, and black pretty much meant a death sentence for the whole villagers that failed.

If farmers didn't fulfill the grain plan, the government would confiscate any other provision they had. Officially such an approach should have "stimulated" the farmers to give their "hidden grain," which in reality just didn't exist.

In August 1932, Stalin also introduced a new repressive law, which officially was aimed at protecting national estate, supposedly being embezzled by dispossessed kulaks (formerly wealthy farmers) and other antisocial elements. The bylaw assumed execution with entire property confiscation for

anyone stealing state-owned assets, which was almost everything in a communist state; and 10 years imprisonment, if there were any extenuating conditions. Convictions didn't fall under amnesty.

This law remained in history as a "law of five spikelets" as almost everyone who would pick up a few spikelets of wheat at a communal field would fall under it. In its first year, over 150,000 people were charged under that law. It was in place until 1947, but 1932-33 was when it was enforced the most.

Such draconian measures were in place in most regions affected by famine, populated by mixed nations, but in many areas, even outside Ukraine, there was a high percentage of Ukrainians.

While the events and crimes of those years are described by many witnesses and are documented, nevertheless, many scholars don't agree that Holodomor was a genocide as it's defined by the UN convention.

Since the terrible famine resulted by drought and enforced collectivization, which made farmers give up the means of survival, and it affected several regions of the USSR, the Russian government insists that the tragedy of 1932-33 wasn't an act against the Ukrainian people. Russia still hasn't recognized Holodomor as genocide, stating it was a famine, rather than statemanipulated extermination.

Throughout the years, Holodomor has remained a greatly political topic with countries using it as an exchange coin for building alliances. But in reality, it was a great tragedy that claimed millions of lives during peacetime. And while it's been almost 90 years, to fully heal, this trauma needs to be recognized and remembered.

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The pains associated with heavy rains It wasn’t easy watching the national news last week.

A torrential rain system, labelled an atmospheric river by meteorologists (the same people who coined such phrases as a heat dome and a polar vortex) swept through southern B.C. Two communities, Merritt and Princeton, were evacuated. Others, such as Abbotsford and Chilliwack, incurred significant damage.

Highways were closed due to all of the rain. A portion of the Coquihalla Highway, which runs from Hope to Kamloops, was washed away. (It’s similar to what happened on Highway 1 west of Maple Creek in 2010).

Many farms have been submerged by all that rain, and livestock and other animals have died.

It hasn’t been a pretty sight. I can’t imagine what people out there are going through.

For those wondering, my family is fine. Mom and Dad, of course, moved off the farm in January 2020. Their house in Aldergrove is on elevated ground. No property damage. My sister and brother-in-law’s place is fine. The horses that we still own weren’t affected. Our dog has absolutely no problem with walking in the rain.

Our old horse farm apparently weathered the storm, too.

My uncle and aunt in Fillmore picked a doozy of a time to visit my folks. They were on Highway 7 on Nov. 14, just hours before the mudslides hit and closed that stretch of highway. They were safely at my folks’ place when the slides occurred.

Due to all the highways that are closed, and since the Lower Mainland is essentially land-locked, they had to go through the U.S. to get back to southeast Saskatchewan.

I don’t know if any of my friends in B.C. suffered damage to their property due to the storm. A few have had photos on Facebook of highways and fields that are under water, but I haven’t seen anyone saying “our home is gone.” Then again, most of the people I know aren’t in the worst-hit areas, and those that might be, aren’t necessarily active on social media.

Still, it’s tough to see areas that you’re familiar with – roads that you’ve driven, communities you’ve visited, areas where you have fond memories – under water.

Obviously those of us in southeast Saskatchewan aren’t strangers to floods. Many of us remember the flood of 2011, which left water on both sides of Highway 39 between Macoun and Midale, nearly destroyed Benson, created a new lake outside of Lampman, submerged tourist attractions along the Souris River, and, worst of all, destroyed people’s homes.

It was so sad to see the damage in the peaceful history village of Roche Percee.

There was extensive flooding in the Carnduff, Gainsborough and Redvers areas in 2014. A powerful thunderstorm dropped five inches of rain on Estevan in rapid fashion in 2016, and there was more flooding in June 2018.

We know that Mother Nature can pack a potent punch, and water is among the ways we’ll see damage.

We can identify and sympathize with what they’re going through in B.C. And we have to remember that as bad as it was here, there are a lot more people in the affected areas of southern B.C. They need dry weather. While the weather did co-operate for a few days, expecting a prolonged dry spell in B.C. in November is like asking for a few days of double-digit highs in southeast Saskatchewan in February.

This atmospheric river has fuelled calls to make changes to reduce our environmental impact. For the alarmists, they’re saying we need to halt our use of fossil fuels pronto. They were also sounding alarm bells following the heat dome earlier this year that set national records several times over, and the ensuing forest fire that ravaged the village of Lytton, B.C While we unquestionably need to be mindful of how our collective behaviour can impact the environment, and we need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint, the alarmists have to realize the sheer challenge of ditching fossil fuels, and how that would have dire consequences for our economy.

It is troubling when these incidents have occurred, and it is troubling when they continue to happen, especially as they happen with greater frequency. The rain storm in B.C. will carry a big toll, not just because of the lives lost and the anguish from flooded properties, but because of the economic impact.

And as these incidents become more common, the calls for action will grow stronger, whether we want to hear them or not.

As for the victims of this atmospheric river, let’s hope they’re able to recover and eventually see some normalcy in their lives again.

The Mercury’s Christmas Catalogue will meet all of your shopping needs this year If you’re in need of help with your Christmas shopping or compiling your Christmas wish list this year, then the Estevan Mercury is here to help.

O ur fourth annual Christmas gift catalogue can be found in this week’s edition of the paper.

“Every year it just keeps getting better and better,” said Deanna Tarnes, the publisher and sales manager for the Mercury.

“People look forward to it and businesses look forward to it.”

The catalogue has a great selection of gift ideas for people of all ages.

“It’s one of our favourite initiatives that we do. So I just really encourage people to save it and use it and support our local businesses.”

The catalogue can also be found at participating businesses in the community.

Tarnes believes that the catalogue is a reflection of the diversity in Estevan’s business community. And it was really well supported this year.

“There’s more items in it than last year,” she said.

Categories for this year include separate sections of gifts for him, her, kids, students and grandparents; stocking stuffers; and items

for the home.

The business community looks forward to participating in the catalogue each year, and they budget to be involved.

“They like the reach and the shelf life,” said Tarnes.

Tarnes urged people to tackle their Christmas shopping locally, asking them to support those who support the community.

“Our local businesses work really hard at bringing in the products you want to buy, and there truly is something for everyone on your list. If you shop locally, you don’t have to worry about shipping … you don’t have to worry about that it’s not going to get here in time.”

Also included in the catalogue is one of the Mercury’s Christmas promotions for this year – the Win Your Christmas Wish List.

People can flip through the catalogue, find items that they want and write down what they like.

Then they can drop it off at the Mercury’s office, or take a photo of it and email it to dtarnes@estevanmercury. ca, and three lucky people will win items on their list from local businesses, up to $500 each.

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Tarnes said the Mercury will be offering a lot of initiatives leading up to Christmas, including the Light up Estevan Christmas light scavenger hunt in co-operation with the City of Estevan. People will drive around town to find well-decorated homes.

The Letters to Santa promotion will see children send their Christmas letters to Santa Claus and one

local youth will get a $100 gift card.

The Mercury’s annual Christmas Greetings special publication will run on Dec. 15. To advertise, please contact Tarnes at dtarnes@ estevanmercury.ca, or call 306-634-2654.

There will be special Christmas messages throughout the first four papers of December.

Trombley and Flynn remain as chair and vice-chair of Cornerstone board There were no surprises and no significant changes to the composition and organization of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division governance model during the division’s annual organizational meeting on Nov. 17.

The organizational session was conducted the same day as the board’s regular open public meeting in their Weyburn head office.

Audrey Trombley and Carol Flynn were again selected by their fellow board members to lead as chair and vice-chair, respectively, for another year. Both were elected by acclamation with Estevan trustees Eric McCrimmon and Kevin Keating providing the nomination motions.

It was noted that for Trombley and Flynn, the roles of chair and vice-chair are quite familiar to them since at least one of them has been in those executive positions since 2005-06, with the exception of a twoyear stint when former trustee Harold Laich was the chair. During his time in that office, Flynn and Trombley were selected to serve in the roles of vice-chair.

Trombley represents Cornerstone's Subdivision 5, which has schools in Fillmore, Stoughton, Midale and Macoun.

Flynn represents Subdivision 1, which includes Moosomin, Wapella and Rocanville.

Cornerstone trustees were also appointed to a number of committees. Keating and McCrimmon will be part of an ad hoc committee on the future of Estevan facilities. Jim Vermeersch and Tami Scott will be part of a similar committee for the future direction of Carlyle facilities.

Carol Flynn, left, and Audrey Trombley. File photo Vermeersch represents Division 3, which has schools in Carlyle, Arcola, Manor, Maryfield and Wawota; and Scott is the representative for Division 4, which includes Oxbow, Alameda, Lampman and Bienfait.

Vermeersch will chair the audit committee, alongside trustees Jim Henderson and Flynn. Trombley and Vermeersch will be the board budget managers. Scott will chair the governance/human resources committee, alongside McCrimmon and Norma Hewitt-Lindrum.

Trombley and Flynn have observer status for bargaining.

Flynn will be the representative on the Saskatchewan School Boards Association’s public section, while Kevin Keating will be the representative for the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association annual general meeting, with Scott as the alternate.

For a third consecutive year, the board decided not to make any change to the indemnity rates of payment, so those will remain at $250 per day for meetings of four hours or more and half that amount for sessions of less than four hours. There are also exceptions for travel time and additional hours based on a pay scale of $35 per hour for special situations.

Board members are to be paid one per diem per month in recognition of meeting preparation time and the chairperson is paid an additional monthly per diem to recognize the additional duties required of that position.

The mileage payment formula remains unchanged, as well as the lodging rates and meal reimbursement schedule, pegged at $10, $15 and $25 for breakfast, lunch and supper, respectively, while engaged in board business on the road.

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Estevan collects over 700 shoeboxes for children in need the expenses, and Samaritan's Purse volunteers pack a real box and send those out alongside others.

She pointed out that the 708 shoeboxes loaded on a truck at the Estevan Alliance Church on Sunday included only in-person donations, but, people from the Estevan area might have contributed even more.

"There's been a lot more online packing in the last couple of years ... especially with COVID. There's a lot of people who've been choos-

By Ana Bykhovskaia Operation Christmas Child came to an end in Estevan on Sunday, with 708 shoeboxes packed by local people to support children in need around the world.

Jillian Ursu, who is the team lead for the Estevan Operation Christmas Child campaign, said that last few years they've seen an increase in online support with the charity. In that case, people virtually pack a shoebox and donate money to cover

ing to do that as an option," Ursu said.

Many people also chose to make a monetary donation to sponsor a box, which Ursu would pack on their behalf with some items she purchases locally throughout the year for the sake of the project.

Ursu said the last two years the numbers were on par, but lower than in prepandemic times, which is understandable. She's been a part of the project organized

by Samaritan's Purse for

about eight years, and she is always grateful to see people stepping up and helping others in need.

"I'm still super passionate about it every year and get excited about it. It's definitely something that brings more joy than anything else," Ursu said. "And it's nice to see how even in hard times, like COVID and the downturn of the oil and all that kind of stuff that we've had in our area, that we still have people who consistently pack.

“And I know the numbers have gone down, but there's a lot that has been going on, and there's so many people that are affected by COVID, and job loss and everything like that right now, so we're super thankful for the (over) 700 boxes that we have," Ursu said.

Some people pack one box, and other families may bring 10 or even more. Ursu said they appreciate any support, as it will make a kid somewhere in the world happier.

Ursu's family fills up 24 boxes every year, and as an expert with it, she advised those who may want to fill a box or a few next season to start acquiring items throughout the year during various sales.

All collected shoeboxes were packed into bigger boxes and at 4 p.m. on Sunday

Jillian Ursu, who is the team lead for Operation Christmas Child in Estevan, was on site on Sunday collecting the last shoeboxes and then loaded them in the truck to go to the sorting facility. they were loaded onto a truck heading to Regina, where they get reloaded on a bigger truck. From there Estevan donations were transported to Calgary to the processing centre, where they get checked and sorted.

And then by plane, they go to different destinations to put a smile on kids' faces.

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The parcels won't be delivered before Christmas, but packed with a good mixture of toys, educational items and necessities, they will definitely be a great gift to children at any time.

"It's called Operation Christmas Child because we do it on our end around Christmas, and the idea of the gift. Most places don't get them at Christmas time or before Christmas, but it is still a wonderful gift," Ursu said.

"There's usually quite the mix between those fun items and some of those necessities, which the kids also super appreciate. I've seen many videos with kids opening it up and being so excited to have a purple brush or toolsets. A lot of them have been doing toolsets and different things like that with the older boys, and that's been a real hit."

Shoeboxes are distributed as unconditional gifts, regardless of the child's race, religion or gender. The shoeboxes often open the door for Samaritan's Purse to work with the local community to identify and meet other vital needs like clean water, literacy, work training, school meals, etc.

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First Christmas Farmers’ Market is Nov. 27 The first Estevan Farmers’ Market Christmas sale of the year will happen on Nov. 27.

The sales will be weekly on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the first market on Nov. 27 and the last one on Dec. 18. There will also be Friday sessions from 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 10 and 17. All six will happen inside the Estevan Market Mall.

Estevan Farmers’ Market manager Marilyn Simons said they are “blessed” to be in the mall once again this year.

The average number of vendors at each sale will be 30. A total of 40 vendors have signed up, although some of those vendors won’t be at all six sales. They have 12 new vendors this year, so Simons said each date will always have something new to check out.

“People will look forward to seeing a variety of new vendors and familiar faces from week to week,” said Simons. “Some vendors will

The Estevan Farmers’ Market Christmas sales will kick off Nov. 27 inside the Estevan Market Mall. File photo stay each week and some vendors will be new each week.”

The Friday sales were started last year due to COVID, and the Farmers’ Market found some extra traffic came to the mall.

“We experimented with them last year, and we were pleased with the results, so we wanted to try again,” said Simons.

They decided to bring back the Friday sales this

and our restaurant members.”

More than 40 Shop Estevan members advertised a Black Friday special in the flyer, so there are a lot of great specials in one publication.

“There’s buy one, get one free specials, free gifts with purchase, up to 75 per cent off products and services,” said Buck.

Shop Estevan Bucks will be 10 per cent off on Black Friday as well. If someone purchases $100 in the promotional money that day, they’ll receive $110.

Shop Estevan Bucks are a promotional currency that can be redeemed at any of the members. On the back of the

Shop Estevan bucks, there is a QR Code to show people where the money can be used.

If a customer doesn’t spend the full amount, they get a gift certificate for the remaining money.

“It’s such a great gift for people that are hard to buy for,” said Buck. “We have people come in and say ‘I have a teen grandson and I don’t have a clue what to get him.’

Shop Estevan bucks, it keeps the money in town, and they spend it, and even for businesses, what a great staff gift.”

With the door-crasher specials and the other promotions being offered that day, Buck hopes to see a lot of

year because of the favourable response from the vendors and the mall.

The Christmas markets will offer staples like baking, cookies, dainty trays, canning, vegetables, perogies, jew-

elry, bath bombs, soap, wood working, barn-wood signs, handmade clothing, commercial jeans, fabrics, crochet products, coins, alpaca items, dream catchers, Thirty One Gifts and Tupperware, she said.

Merchandise new for this year will include dog treats, custom gift baskets, home décor, hand crafted pens, artisan sour dough bread, commercial clothing, vintage baby clothes, donuts, faux leather earrings, lotions, bath truffles and chalk couture. “ These are probably some of the biggest sales for our vendors all year,” said Simons. “We have some vendors that specifically come indoors. They don’t even go to our outside markets, and I know they all look forward to them.”

Vendors are small, independent entrepreneurs as well, and they rely on these sales to feed their families.

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means so much to these vendors, and our market we truly are thankful to our community for supporting us, because we know many people that live in Estevan and the surrounding areas have already been supporting us for many, many, many years, and even more so during COVID.” D uring tough times, people come out to support the markets, which is much appreciated. New for this year will be Estevan Farmers’ Market gift certificates.

“If anybody would like to come in … and they’re not sure what to buy somebody, but they know they frequent the Farmers Market even in the summertime, they’re more than welcome to just come buy a gift certificate, and then those gift certificates can be used with any of our vendors, all year,” said Simons.

All COVID-19 regulations will be followed at the sales.

Shop Estevan businessess hosting Black Friday sales The Shop Estevan committee is encouraging people to spend their dollars locally on Nov. 26 as part of the annual Black Friday sales.

Black Friday started in the U.S. as a day in which retailers have big sales the day after the American Thanksgiving in an effort to entice shoppers. It has since come to Canada and has become a big day for Canadian retailers and other businesses.

“There’s huge deals and huge savings,” said Shop Estevan committee chair Laurel Buck. “There’s a flyer that went out in the Mercury last Wednesday, and those specials are from our retail side

people at local stores, and she expects it should be an exciting day. There will also be a variety of items available, with everything from clothing to jewelry, bedding to beauty services, and electronics to restaurant meals.

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“We started Black Friday sales up here to keep people shopping locally, rather than, before COVID, going across

the border,” said Buck. “We want to offer the same deals and discounts and exciting shopping days that they can find elsewhere.”

Some of the participating businesses will have their sales carry over to the following day.

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PSAC forecasts 16 per cent drilling increase The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has released its 2022 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast.

PSAC expects a total of 5,400 wells (rig releases) will be drilled in Canada in 2022. The association is also increasing its 2021 forecast due to improved activity in the second half of the year.

“For 2022, we expect drilling activity to be higher than 2019. But, although we’ll be back to pre-COVID levels, we’re not going to be near where we were pre-downturn,” said PSAC president and CEO Gurpreet Lail.

“Global supply-demand imbalances are leading to higher commodity prices, and we expect drilling activity to increase out of necessity.

However, at the same time, we’re also seeing a severe labour shortage, which has the potential to impact how

much growth the industry can achieve in the coming year.”

The final revised forecast for 2021 predicts a yearly total of 4,650 wells drilled.

PSAC based its final 2021 forecast on average natural gas prices of C$3.60/thousand cubic feet (AECO), crude oil prices of US$67/ barrel (WTI), and the Canadian dollar averaging US$0.80.

PSAC ’s forecast for 2022 has the WTI price at an average at C$70/barrel, and AECO natural gas averaging $4.10/thousand cubic feet.

“Although the activity outlook is brighter than a year ago, exploration and production (E&P) companies are not deviating from strict capital discipline and are staying the course on preferring share buybacks, paying down debt, and increasing or issuing dividends,” says Lail.

PSAC president and CEO Gurpreet Lail. File photo On a provincial basis, PSAC projects the following drilling activity for 2022: 3,125 wells in Alberta, representing a year-over-year increase of 450; 1,495 wells for Saskatchewan, an increase of 198 wells; 605 wells in British Columbia, a year-overyear increase of 79 wells; 160 wells drilled in Manitoba, up

21 from 2021; and 15 wells for Eastern Canada, up from 13 wells the previous year.

Similar to 2021, PSAC expects the majority of activity to occur in the Montney and Viking formations.

“The pandemic brought an extraordinary level of challenge to an already tense industry environment,” says

Lail. “Through this difficult time, PSAC members supported our industry partners to produce essential oil and gas products. Those products warmed and brightened our homes – and our home offices – and enabled the manufacture of the many products that kept our hospitals, health care workers, and all Canadians safe.”

PSAC and its members know that Canada can be a world leader in responsible energy development.

“For decades, companies within our sector have made huge investments to advance innovation for sustainable oil and gas development, includ-

ing lower GHG emissions,” says Lail. “However, the point of view that hydrocarbons can’t be any part of a sustainable future – even with responsible production and new carbon technologies – is a major setback for Canada and for our industry.”

To ensure Canadians get the benefit from oil and gas resources, PSAC calls on all levels of government to come up with coherent policy approaches. And that includes clear policies to advance opportunities in carbon capture, utilization and storage, and policies for commercial development of blue hydrogen from natural gas.

Public works crews ready for winter The City of Estevan’s Public Works crews have shifted to winter operations, and have handled their first adverse weather system of the season.

Freezing rain coated the community on Nov. 13, forcing the closure of highways surrounding the city. The roads in Estevan were slippery, and public works sprang to action.

“We were out very early in the morning at 5:30 with the liquid salt and the sanding trucks,” said Norm Mack, the manager of the public works’ roads and drainage division. “I had received calls early in the middle of the night that it had rained, and got really icy really quick.”

The city didn’t receive enough snow to necessitate removing snow from the roads.

“That Saturday, we had it melted down pretty good with the salt by noon hour,” said Mack.

Mack noted that many employees who were out working on Nov. 13 had never seen icy conditions quite like the ones they encountered, and some of them have been sanding streets for many years.

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Speaking at the Nov. 15 meeting of Estevan city council, Councillor Shelly Veroba paid tribute to the efforts of the city’s public works staff members.

“The sand trucks were out bright and early, and today when I went to work, Fourth Street was nice and clean,” she said.

As for other tasks, public works employees have taken down the military tribute banners that were hanging around the community in honour of Remembrance Day, and employees have placed Christmas decorations throughout Estevan.

Their efforts were slowed down for a couple of days due to the winds that approached 100 kilometres per hour on Nov. 16 and 17.

It usually takes a couple of days to install the Christmas decorations, and crews will tweak them once in place.

The snow removal equipment is ready to go for when Estevan gets the first big snow storm of the season, whenever that might be.

“We invested in good equipment as far as sanding trucks a few years ago,” said

Mack.

The city will have the same snow removal protocol as previous years, and the priority routes are unchanged.

“Whatever Mother Nature throws at us, we’ll do our best. A lot of our snow removal depends on which way even the wind is from on a storm.

That dictates how we do snow removal, is how heavy the wind is, which direction it came from, so there’s a lot of variables in the snow removal.”

Mack believes Estevan probably has the best snow removal program in the province.

“I’ve had several cities and other communities phoning in and interviewing us or asking us what we do and how we do it, just because they hear so many good things from this area.”

The city has received fa-

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“When it does come, we’re out there really quick, but one of these years we’re expecting heavy snowfall at some point, and you never know what’s around the corner. We’ll always prepare the blowers. They’re the workhorses that move all the snow. Every nut and bolt is looked at in the summer and fall on those machines to make sure they’re ready to go.”

Even if the city receives a heavy dump in September or October, they’ll be ready to go.

Mack noted public works was also busy in the summer and early fall, and they were involved with some of the capital projects completed in the city in the summer.

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Duperreault received credit for the game-winner.

“That’s how it goes sometimes in The Estevan Bruins visited one overtime: you have a great chance and of the top teams in the Saskatchewan it doesn’t go in, and there’s another Junior Hockey League on the weekend good chance for the team going the and came away with three of a possible other way,” said Bruins head coach and four points. general manager Jason Tatarnic.

Estevan lost 3-2 in overtime to Estevan's players remained on the the Flin Flon Bombers on Friday night, ice and bench until after the Bombers but responded with a 3-2 victory on celebrated and left the ice. With the Saturday.

Bombers mostly in the dressing room, The Bruins (16-4-1-1) opened the referees confirmed the goal. the scoring in the first period Friday on Tatarnic admitted there was frusa goal by Mark Rumsey, then extended tration with the delayed call of a goal. the lead to two in the second when Eric “Even if they call it no goal, they Houk scored on a power play. can huddle and reverse that decision.

Beginning late in the second the At the end of the day, it was a good Bombers (15-7) started to claw back. goal, so there were no complaints that Nathan Gagne finished up a 2-on-1, way, and they deserve to win on that and then Mason Kaspick tied things goal,” said Tatarnic. up early in the third.

Schell made 36 saves in the win Both teams traded momentum and Bilous stopped 25 in a losing effort. throughout the third, with Estevan and Tatarnic thought a couple of Flin Flon each getting several odd-man mental mistakes were costly for the rushes, only to be stoned cold by Bruin Bruins. netminder Boston Bilous and Flin “I thought we let the game slip Flon's Cal Schell. away. I don’t think we managed the In the 3-on-3 extra frame, mo- game very well.” mentum and odd-man rushes aboundFlin Flon struck first Saturday, ed, with each team able to make quick with Zak Smith tipping in a point shot advances following the other's misses. and beating Bilous.

The Bombers scored the winner Estevan tied the game in the when Cole Duperreault took the puck second, with a corner dump-in hitting on a cross-crease pass from Tremblay the Whitney Forum boards and jutting and was stopped on a highlight-reel into the slot, where Houk beat Schell Bilous save, but the puck bounced five-hole. toward Estevan backchecker Oliver Mason Kaspick took the lead Pouliot, who had leaped in to try and back for Flin Flon early in the third stop the play with a diving poke check. period, but Nolan Jones tied the game Pouliot, Bilous, Bruin forward again with a point shot.

Cody Davis and the puck piled up in Pouliot beat Schell with a quick the crease, with Pouliot's momentum wrister with four minutes to go. carrying him into the crease – and the Schell made 17 saves on the

By Eric Westhaver of the Flin Flon Reminder and David Willberg

Bruin forward Cody Davis tries to corral a loose puck while being pressured by Flin Flon’s Brett Wieschorster. Photo by Eric Westhaver of the Flin Flon Reminder night, while Bilous stopped 32 shots for the win.

Tatarnic thought the Bruins did a much better job of managing the lead after Pouliot scored, and they did what was needed to win.

“Those were two good hockey teams going at it, and someone’s going to win and someone’s going to lose. But we’re really happy getting the three points out of four on the weekend,” said Tatarnic.

The Bruins were slated to host the Yorkton Terriers on Nov. 23 in the Bruins’ annual Teddy Bear Toss night for the Salvation Army. (Results were not available at press time).

Then they will host the Battlefords North Stars on Nov. 26 and the Melfort Mustangs on Nov. 27. Both games are at Affinity Place at 7:30 p.m.

• • • In off-ice news, the Bruins continued to tinker with their roster.

The biggest move was acquiring 19-year-old forward Jamie Valentino from the Swan Valley Stampeders of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) for future considerations. Valentino, who stands six-foot-two, had eight goals, 22 points and 40 penalty minutes in 17 games.

He was held pointless in the two games in Flin Flon.

“His hockey IQ is high and he has a good skill set, so he’s going to fit in nicely with us,” said Tatarnic.

The Bruins then dealt 19-year-old forward Antoine St. Onge to the Notre Dame Hounds for a second round pick in the 2022 SJHL Bantam Draft. St. Onge, playing his first full season in Estevan, had five goals and 11 points in 17 games this season. Tatarnic predicted St. Onge would play a bigger role with the Hounds.

Forward Mason Smith has been shipped to the Dauphin Kings of the MJHL for future considerations.

Smith, also 19, had two assists in 11 games this season.

Elecs football team hands out awards The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team capped the 2021 season by hosting their year-end awards program on Thursday night.

Kolby Forseth, a Grade 12 student who played linebacker and special teams for the Elecs this season, was the big winner on the night. He was named the team’s MVP, the Defensive Player of the Year, the Special Teams Player of the Year, and the Player’s Choice Award winner.

He also shared the Who Are We/ Bryan Illerbrun Memorial Award with defensive back Mason Mack, offensive lineman Taye Spoonheim, offensive lineman Cole Blondeau, defensive lineman Graeson Nelson, linebacker Bryson George and running back

Lucas Rooks.

The Iron Man Award, which goes to those who play football locally from the U10 level to Grade 12, was presented to Forseth, Mack, Rooks, Blondeau, defensive back/slotback Hayden Borhot, offensive lineman Ian Petterson and defensive end/linebacker Andrew Schmidt.

Coach Mark Schott called Forseth “the heartbeat of our team” this season.

“He was a physical player on defence who was all over the field.

There were times where he would blitz through the line and then make the tackle at the sideline, which it’s pretty incredible to cover that much distance on a play,” Schott told the Mercury.

As a punter, he had some fantastic kicks, and would often be the first player down the field to dish out a tackle.

“He led by example, he was a strong, vocal leader for us, and he made a significant impact on the field,” said Schott.

JT Schrader was named the team’s Rookie of the Year. He played linebacker, cornerback, and kick returner, and also booted punts and kickoffs during the season. Schrader returned a fumble for a touchdown during the season.

Slotback Dorian Sifton was named the Offensive Player of the Year.

While it was a tough season for the Elecs, as they went 0-5-1 during

the regular season and dropped both mini-games during a year-end tournament in Moose Jaw, Schott saw a lot of growth for the team.

“I think what we noticed was our young group developed and progressed in the right way as the season progressed,” said Schott. “We had a lot of youth that were experiencing everything to do with the high school football season for the very first time, and we were responding a lot better as the season progressed.”

The Elecs had some quality veteran players who returned from the 2019 team, and served as good examples and role models for the younger players.

“Hopefully that translates to more on-field success in the years to come,

with those Grade 9s and 10s moving into Grade 10 and 11.”

Fourteen players on the 50-member roster will graduate next spring.

Thirty-seven players on this year’s team, including some Grade 12s, had never played high school football before.

“We’ll have a big chunk of our team returning for next year, which is exciting. I told our players during the banquet that … there are many years where we don’t even have 37 players, let alone 37 brand new players to our team.”

There’s also a good contingent of players at the under-14 level who are eager to make the jump to high school football next year, he said.

Estevan Bears drop two in North Battleford The Estevan Eclipse Downhole Solutions U18 AAA Bears dropped a pair of games at the Battlefords Stars on the weekend.

Estevan lost 3-2 to the Stars Saturday night. After the Battlefords opened the scoring, Carter Tuplin scored with three minutes to play in the first period to tie the game, and Kole Keen added a powerplay goal early in the second to give the Bears a 2-1 lead.

Battleofrds tied the game before the end of the stanza, and notched the winner with 3:46 to play in the third.

Kaden Perron made 28 saves in the loss.

Sunday’s game saw the Bears lose 4-2. Ayden Lamarre scored 72 seconds into the first period to give the Bears a 1-0 lead, but the Stars scored twice in a 13-second span a few minutes later to lead 2-1 after 20 minutes.

The Stars would get two more in the third period to take a threegoal advantage, and then Cade Cole scored for Estevan in the final minute.

Jackson Miller stopped 22 of the 26 shots he faced for Estevan.

Estevan’s next game will be Nov. 24 at the Notre Dame Hounds.

• • • The Estevan Apex U18 AA Bruins were in Emerald Park on Monday night to face the Prairie Storm, and came away with a 5-2 victory.

Estevan scored all five goals in the second period. Sutter Baily opened the floodgates with a goal 59 seconds into the middle frame.

Kaden Chrest and Turner Knockaert scored 14 seconds apart, and then Carter Beck and Ryker Mathison scored before the pe-

riod was out to wrap up offensive outburst.

The Apex Bruins (14-1-1) have won six straight games and lead the Saskatchewan AA Hockey League’s South Division. They will host the Yorkton Terriers on Nov. 28 at 5:15 p.m. at Affinity Place.

• • • The Estevan Meter U13 AA Bruins were also in action in recent days, trouncing the Weyburn Wings 11-3 Friday night in Weyburn.

Cooper Hale and Austin Merkley scored in the first period

for Estevan, and then Nathan Gardiner and Ryden Summers scored early in the second. After two quick goals by Weyburn, Boston Tait, Cameron Milbrandt and Jayden Chernoff tallied for a 7-2 advantage through two.

Estevan outscored Weyburn 4-1 in the third, with Tait, Gardiner, Chernoff and Riley Gigian potting goals for Estevan.

Myles LeQuyer made 29 saves in goal in the victory.

The U13 Bruins will host the Swift Current Broncos on Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. at Affinity Place.

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Clinic helps young curlers build skills Local young curlers had a chance to further their skills on Saturday during a Viterra CurlSask youth clinic at the Power Dodge Curling Centre.

Aimee Schmirler, a mentor coach with CurlSask, guided 15 youths of varying ages and experience levels through a day of lessons. Schmirler noted that one girl was on curling ice for just the fourth time, while others had been playing for eight years.

The curlers worked on a little bit of everything. Delivery was a big focus, but they also spent time on strategy, sweeping and teamwork.

Schmirler said these clinics are held across the province, and the one in Estevan is the fourth

she has guided this year.

The clinics enable her to focus on what each kid needs to improve. The youths set goals and take their objectives back to games and practices.

When she has led a session on multiple occasions in a community in the past, Schmirler has been able to see the progress.

The sessions are fun for students and Schmirler, and she loves to instruct and see the growth of a curler.

The Power Dodge Curling Centre was a great location, the ice was in terrific shape and the kids were receptive to her message and method, she said. Schmirler hopes to come back next year and have a bigger camp in Estevan.

A youth curling clinic was held at the Power Dodge Curling Centre on Saturday. Photo submitted

Big Six season is underway The Big Six Hockey League opened its 2021-22 season on the weekend with six games played in a threeday span.

The Oxbow Huskies made a triumphant return to the league Friday night with a 3-2 victory over the Carlyle Cougars, in Oxbow’s first game in the Big Six since the 2018-19 season.

Also on Friday, the Moosomin Rangers trounced the Midale Mustangs 11-2 in Moosomin’s first Big Six game in more than 15 seasons, and the Redvers Rockets edged the Bienfait Coalers 5-4.

Saturday’s games saw the Yellow Grass Wheat Kings pound the Mustangs 11-2 and the Carnduff Red Devils crush the Huskies 8-2.

In the lone game Sunday, the Coalers knocked off the Carnduff Red Devils 5-4.

Liam Rutten scored his second of the game with 9:58 to play in the third period to lift the Huskies to the win over the Cougars. Brycen

Odgers had the Huskies’ other goal.

Derek Fleck and Jon Gaudet tallied for Carlyle.

In the game between Redvers and Bienfait, Drew Hoff had two goals and an assist for the Rockets, and Tie Braun, Daylin Smallchild and Bradey Fidierchuk also scored for Redvers.

Dylan Herzberg, Dallas Kickley, Kaelan Holt and Wyatt Garagan notched Bienfait’s goals.

Moosomin scored seven times in the second period to blow open a 2-2 game against Midale.

Kendall Oliver and Steven Lindenbach had the goals for Midale.

Trevor Geiger had a four-point night, with a goal and three assists, in Carnduff ’s win over Oxbow, and Ben Hiltz scored twice.

Jackson O’Brien, Devon Carriere, Nico Anderson, Kyle Garagan and Brandon Trask were the other Carnduff scorers.

Derek Cooney had the lone goal for Oxbow.

As for the Yellow GrassMidale game, Lindenbach and Dustin Graham had Midale’s goals.

Sunday’s game saw Taysen Holt pace the Coalers’ attack with a hat trick, while Daniel Wanner added the other goal.

Trask, Mark Moriarty and Kyle Garagan scored for Carnduff.

The Big Six has nine teams this season. The Wawota Flyers are the only team that didn’t play on opening weekend.

Each team will play 16 games. The regular season is slated to end in early February.

Two games are slated for Nov. 26: Carlyle at Bienfait and Moosomin at Midale.

There are four games on the docket for Nov. 27: Wawota at Bienfait, Yellow Grass at Midale, Oxbow at Carlyle and Carnduff at Redvers.

All games are slated to start at 8 p.m.

Estevan Bearcats U11 female teams begin play The two Estevan Senchuk Bearcats U11 teams in the Saskatchewan Female Hockey League began their seasons on the weekend. The Senchuk Bearcats 1 team went 2-0, defeating the Madville Huskies 4-0 on Friday in Radville and the Weyburn Gold 2-1 the following day in Weyburn.

The Senchuk Bearcats 2 are 1-1-2 to start their season.

They lost 15-2 to the Gold last Monday, then tied the Weyburn Blizzards 4-4 on Friday, crushed the Huskies 9-2 on Saturday and tied the Blizzards 6-6 on Sunday.

The first game for the Bearcats 2 was played in Weyburn, and the last three were in Estevan.

Goal scorers for the games were not available.

The two Estevan teams will have early season showdowns next. They will play Nov. 27 in Torquay at 1 p.m. and Nov. 28 in Bienfait at 4:45 p.m.

• • • The Estevan Southland Pulse U15 A Bearcats had two home games on the weekend, losing 5-0 to the Prairie Ice on Saturday and tying the Ice 1-1 on Sunday.

Gracyn Einarson had the lone goal for Estevan on the weekend. It came with 6:24 remaining in the first period on Sunday, and gave Estevan a 1-0 lead. That advantage would hold until the Ice scored late in the third.

Casey Brady was in goal for both games.

The U15 Bearcats (0-5-3) will host the Balcarres Barracudas on Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Power Dodge Arena.

• • • Estevan’s two Power Dodge U13 A Bearcats teams had the weekend off.

The Bearcats 1 (1-3-1) were scheduled to play the Balcarres Barracudas on Nov. 20, but that game was postponed.

Their next game is Dec. 4 at the Parkland Fire in Grenfell.

The Bearcats 2 (2-5) will host the Barracudas on Nov. 28 in Torquay at 1:15 p.m.

• • • The South East U18 AA Gold Wings (4-5-1) are 4-2-1 in their last six after starting 0-3-1. They will host the Swift Current Wildcats on Nov. 27 at 1 p.m. in Midale.

• • • The South East TS&M U18 A Gold Wings (0-8) will visit the Southwest Cyclones in Gull Lake on Nov. 27, and the Wood River Ice Cats the following day in Lafleche.

The Carlyle U18 A Wildcats (0-3) were slated to face the Prairie Storm Thunder on Tuesday night. (Results were not available at press time).They will visit the Saskatoon Comet Rush on Nov. 26, and then host the Regina Rebels at 2:30 p.m. the following day at the Carlyle Sports Arena.

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Reasons to smile From left, city manager Jeff Ward, Mayor Roy Ludwig and Estevan Tim Hortons franchise owners Ryan and Mandy Irwin participated in a cheque presentation for $12,241. The money was raised during the annual Smile Cookie campaign in September, and will be directed towards the Dennis Moore Centennial Park. This is the most money the Smile Cookie campaign has raised in the three years that it has been a fundraiser for the park.

Creighton Lodge has some new faces and lots of support Submitted by Shelly Veroba

This is the first Creighton Lodge report since April, how time flies when you are having fun. It seemed all there was to talk about was the pandemic, so we decided to take a step back, relax and just enjoy life for the summer. And that is exactly what we did.

A few staff members have joined our team: Colleen Stefiuk, Murray Ludtke and Raylena Walker have all been great assets to our staff.

Kaitlynn Ricard was here for the summer but has now returned to university.

We welcomed a few new residents: Gail and Richie Mack, Mary Price, Edith Pierrard, Rose Dowhaniuk, Margaret Elash, Shirley Peters, John and Jane Mckelkie.

We are enjoying getting to know everyone and they are all settling into life at the lodge.

We spent a lot of our summer lounging outside as we watched the flowers grow, and visited with our families and neighbours. Our flowers were definitely beautiful this year, but our vegetable garden didn’t produce a bountiful selection, so we will try again next year.

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Luckily we have some great people in our community who took care of us and ensured we had lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, beans and zucchini. Thank you to all who thought of us and to our ladies in the kitchen that can turn all our fresh vegetables into tasty dishes like borscht, salads and stews.

We c e l e b r a t e d o u r monthly birthdays: Joan McDavid, Elsie Ludtke, Olive Aspinall and Mary Fedyk in April; Betty Eagles, Gail Mack and Berth Chicoine in May; Virginia Schopf, Josephine Longney, June Fuhr, Richie Mack, Leo Gress, Marie Ritchie, Alma McGill, Rose Dowhaniuk and Lois Matt in June; Jeri Smith, Marie Bill, Denyse Hygard, Sylvia Oszust, Sarah Harder, Irma Lesiuk, Jean Broadhead and Raymond Mack in August; Shirley Peters, Jane Mckelkie, Rosalia McClement, John Mckelkie, Lila Forseth, Valerie Granberg and Al Piche in September; and Joyce Beggs and Ted Fai in October.

The ice cream truck came each month this summer and ensured we all had our favourite flavours to choose from. Sometimes we splurged and took an extra scoop.

F&L Concrete was here this summer and replaced our sidewalks. We are all walking safely outside.

Affinity Credit Union gave us a grant to help with the renovation of our shower

From left, MNP Estevan partner Daryl Donovan, Creighton Lodge residents Virginia Schopf and Rosalia McClement and MNP partner Patrick Dupuis participate in a group photo. Photo submitted room and we are pleased with the results. Our shower room is bigger, safer and so much brighter. Thank you to B&S Construction for completing our project for us. Joan Fingler ensured that Catholic church services continued.

Thank you Joan for always being there for the residents.

MNP Chartered Accounts in Estevan purchased a 4-H steer this year, and donated half of the meat to Creighton Lodge and the other half to participants Estevan Diversified Services.

We are grateful for the support, and the meat has been great.

We participated in collecting donations for the United Way Estevan Telethon and what a successful telethon it was. Some of us had a hard time sleeping because

we didn’t want to turn off all the great entertainment. The cooking show was a favourite of many but so was all the great singers and performers.

Thank you to all of Estevan and surrounding areas that made the telethon so great. We enjoy watching the telethon on our local Access Now channel 7.

A big thank you to Pharmasave for bringing the flu shots to us again this year.

With your help we were able to get our shots here at the lodge without having to go to a clinic.

The Olson’s, Del and Kelly, and the Homespun Harmonies are back performing for us. Trinity Lutheran Church is back with monthly communion, Joy Beahm is providing beautiful manicures each Monday, the library

brings us not only books but also tech training for seniors and the reminiscing reading hour.

We had a Halloween party on Oct. 29. So much fun was had by everyone who attended. Bev Holinaty brought treat bags for all the party goers, Shelley Hygard carved pumpkins, created delicious, spooky cupcakes and volunteered to help out with the costumes. Marcia Schmidt decorated for the party. We had so many costumes it was hard to pick the best one. Blanche Keating, who is 103 won the prize as the shortest Santa.

We are staying safe and doing everything to stay that way. We are smiling as we live our best life at the lodge each day. We hope you are all doing the same.

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Hometown Family Fun Day in Estevan The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation made sure Estevan is having a great start to the Christmas season.

Hometown Family Fun Day, sponsored by the Estevan Mercury, took place on Sunday with many exciting free by donation activities happening at numerous locations, helping to raise money for the hospital.

Santa’s breakfast was served Sunday morning at Black Beard’s, the Tower Café and Humpty’s.

The Orpheum Theatre greeted dozens of families at their morning screening of The Grinch and had the second session at 2 p.m. playing Elf, with the Christmas movies and popcorn free by donation.

The Energy Outlet Indoor Play Zone was

open to everyone from with all the exciting activities available for kids to enjoy.

A family swim at the Estevan Leisure Centre invited families over in the afternoon.

And an Affinity Place Family Skate saw many young skaters and their parents enjoying the ice in the morning and afternoon.

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for kids were also available at the Chalet at Estevan McDonalds.

All activities were a part of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees, wrapping up in Estevan this week.

Their Christmas Headquarters is set up at the Estevan Market Mall, with all the auction and raffle prizes on display at the Christmas Wonderland.

Funny Minions were greeting guests at the Christmas Wonderland at the mall on Sunday.

Let it Snow and the Food Towers Grow Once again, Green For Life (GFL) Environmental in Estevan has kicked off a food drive for the Salvation Army.

The Southeast College, The Black Grasshopper, Affinity Credit Union, CIBC, TS&M Supply and GFL themselves will partake in a friendly competition, all while raising much-needed supplies for the food bank.

"This year, we had contacted the Salvation Army to see what food items they needed, and pretty much they needed everything," said Allison Dinsmore with GFL Environmental.

"We're calling our challenge this year Let it Snow and the Food Towers Grow. So we're giving the businesses an opportunity to just be creative and come up with some sort of food tower using any non-perishable food items that the Salvation Army can use."

The competition started Monday and will continue until Dec. 15.

Mayor Roy Ludwig and city manager Jeff Ward agreed to be the celebrity judges. On the final day, along with Dinsmore, they will go to each participating business and decide who would claim the first, second and third places.

"It's just a friendly competition, so there's no actual prize. It's just a feel-good competition," Dinsmore said.

Then all collected food donations will be delivered to the food bank.

Dinsmore said that not only is this a great way to support a local organization, which helps everyone in need in the community, but it's also a wonderful way to bond and have some great time together for the businesses.

"It's a staff bonding (activity). They get right into it and build these towers," Dinsmore said. "The last couple of years have been very

creative. Some do Christmas scenes.

TS&M did an actual city one year.

It's neat, what they come up with.

It's completely open to however creative you want to be, and it just involves the whole staff in all the different businesses so it can be a lot of fun and great for team building," Dinsmore said.

Most items are collected by the employees, but if residents want to support anyone in that competition, they can drop off their donations of any non-perishable food items at the business of their choice.

It's the third year for GFL

Environmental holding food drives for the Salvation Army at Christmas time, and Dinsmore said they really value this partnership.

"GFL Environmental is always interested in helping out the community that we serve. We like to help out where there's a need. And we saw that the Salvation Army is always in need of food for the community. So we thought we'd be a good partnership," Dinsmore explained.

If anyone else wants to join the challenge, they would always be welcome. They can give Dinsmore a call at the office at 306-634-7209.

Council approves changes for police board

Estevan city council gave second and third readings at the Nov. 15 meeting to a bylaw for the Estevan board of police commissioners.

Starting with next year, the two members at large on the police board will serve two-year terms, instead of one. Geoff Thiessen and Bernadette Wright, who are the two current members at large, will wrap up their one-year terms at the end of 2021, and would have to apply again if they wanted to remain for another two years.

Councillors Shelly Veroba and Lindsay Clark, who are the current council representatives, will remain on the police board in 2022.

Mayor Roy Ludwig is the other member.

• • • Council discussed a request from the new owner of 801 First Street, who wanted to acquire some additional land from the city to allow for a larger home and garage on the lot.

Council gave second and

third readings to a bylaw to add approximately 4.8 metres of an undeveloped road allowance from Eighth Avenue to the lot, which would create a larger building pocket.

The initial bylaw, which received first reading at a previous meeting, was for four metres, so the document had to be amended.

There weren’t any objections from franchise utilities or nearby landowners. City services are not impacted.

• • • Six building permits worth more than $2 million were issued in October, bringing the total for the year to 42 permits worth nearly $4.23 million.

This compared with the 47 permits worth nearly $3.72 million issued in the first 10 months of 2020.

One permit for last month was listed as institutional, and was worth $600,000. The other five permits were classified as miscellaneous, and had a total value of $1.46 million.

Thirty of the permits so far this year have been categorized as miscellaneous.

• • • The water quality report for October shows the city treated more than 107 million litres of water and pumped nearly 104.4 million litres into the distribution system.

There were no plant upsets and all regulated parameters for drinking water, except for

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aluminum, were below government regulations.

“We are currently working on testing and options to correct aluminum carryover from our clarifier,” wrote Shane Bucsis, the manager of water treatment plant and the wastewater treatment plant.

The biennial water security inspection was completed as well, and found that all record keeping and quality

assurance was within compliance at the water treatment plant, distribution system, wastewater treatment plant and wastewater collection system.

• • • During the inquiries portion of the meeting, Councillor Tony Sernick asked about street sweeping.

He was glad to see the street sweeper out so often, but

there were concerns about vehicles that weren’t moved before the street sweeper arrived.

He asked if signs could be put out the day before, especially for the final sweeping of the year. Mayor Roy Ludwig said that’s what the city does, and city manager Jeff Ward added crews sometimes complete more work than expected during a day.

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Eunice Massett retires from Hill View Manor

By David Willberg

Eunice Massett isn’t the only administrator that Hill View Manor has had since the personal care home in Estevan opened, but she’s been in the role for so long that you would think she was.

Massett started working at Hill View in 2002, before it opened, and she became the administrator in 2003.

Her last day of work was Oct. 17, and she believes that it was God’s timing for her to leave now.

“I used to get up in the morning and be excited about going to work, because I love my residents. They’re just a wealth of knowledge.

There’s so many stories that they can tell you about their lives,” Massett told the Mercury.

There’s a resident and a housekeeper who were at the manor when Massett joined the staff.

Since it’s not a govern-

ment facility, Massett could operate the manor as she thought was right, and make changes that she knew would be positive for the residents, rather than going through a hierarchy.

“If a resident wanted something, I could just go ahead and get it for them, if it was feasible. I enjoyed that so much. I enjoyed my staff. I’m really going to miss them. They were fun and it was fun to teach them … I always believe that God cared for the residents through the hands of my staff,” said Massett.

Massett, who turns 71 next month, said she didn’t plan on retiring at this time.

But then she found a nurse, Stacey Westerhaug, who could take the role and provide the level of care and attention Massett wanted.

“She’s a very lovely person and she’s a smart nurse and I trust her to take care of my residents. That was a big concern. I did have

applicants in the past, a few of them, but I didn’t even consider them.”

Massett was diagnosed with COVID-19, and was very sick, but she is now recovering.

She took the necessary precautions to avoid the virus, but caught COVID from one of the residents.

“I’m very weak. My kids put on a come and go tea for me on Saturday (Oct. 30), and they had a surprise booking for me. And so they couldn’t very well cancel it. It was wonderful, but I could hardly make it home.”

A COVID outbreak has been declared at Hill View, and she continues to worry about the residents.

Even though she’s not well and unable to do things associated with retirement just yet, she has enjoyed being at home, and realizes now is the time to move on.

“I miss my residents and the staff a lot, but I don’t miss all the responsibility. It’s a

very heavy load just gone off of my shoulders, so that part tells me that I did the right thing.”

Her goal was to create a home that brought together God, the residents and the staff, and she wanted to meet and love residents, and run the place in resident-focused manner.

Once she gets better, Massett looks forward to sitting in her sun room and reading, tending to her yard work, joining a seniors’ social group, attending a Bible study, and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

“I want to get in my car and I want to go see my mom. She’s 95. She lives in Moose Jaw. I can just jump in my car and go and see her, and stay for a week if I want, and not have to worry about work.”

Massett would like to write her mother’s life story so her family can read about the woman’s experiences.

Eunice Massett has retired following a lengthy career with Hill View Manor. Photo submitted

Carlyle’s Elsie Cameron celebrates 106th birthday

By Gord Paulley A resident of Moose Mountain Lodge in Carlyle celebrated1 her 106th birthday on Nov. 18.

Elsie Cameron, born in 1915, turned 106 and the Observer visited with both Elsie and her niece, Shirley McCarron. McCarron provided some background.

“My aunt was born in 1915 in Isley, Alberta. Elsie had six siblings, all boys. Her brothers would brag that

there were six boys and every one of them had a sister.

They thought it was really funny when people would think that their parents, Mary and Lynden Campbell, had 12 children. Her parents and all seven kids moved back to the Carlyle area in the 1920s when Elsie was a young girl.

“Elsie married Eion Cameron in 1939. They had two children, my first cousins, Ken and Maryline.

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“Elsie never had a driver’s licence or had any desire to drive for that matter. But she loved to travel to see her children and grandchildren.

She would hire someone to drive her to the airport from Carlyle to Regina and thought nothing of boarding a plane all by herself even when she was in her nineties.

“When Elsie lived in her own home she would walk downtown every day to pick up her mail or some groceries. She loves keeping active playing cards. She continues to play even after moving into the lodge and can beat anyone at cribbage, smiling as she did. Elsie loves to dress impeccably, making sure that all her clothes match. She gets up in the morning and puts on her makeup.

“Elsie always makes sure her hair is perfectly in place before she lets you take her picture. She has been

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“For many years, if you visited the lodge, you would spot Elsie walking around, always carrying her purse.

She fell one day and badly bruised her face. The lodge gave her a walker but she had a real dislike for it and didn’t think that she needed it. When she was 105, she fell and broke her hip during the lockdown. She travelled by ambulance to Regina for a complete hip replacement and returned home just a few days later.

“During her childhood, Elsie and her brothers attended Robinson School.

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Elsie Cameron celebrated her 106th birthday at the Moose Mountain Lodge in Carlyle. Photo by Gord Paulley cost a dollar. Quite a change from today.”

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Flashback - Nov. 8, 2000 Students at Westview School have been busy collecting sweaters, toques, scarves, mitts and blankets to be distributed through SaskEnergy to needy people in Saskatchewan. Shown here are the Green School representatives from Grades 1-6 behind the table of collected items. Front row, from left, Justin Berday, Robert Walker, Zac Rensby, Jenna Berard, Courtney Irwin, Kelci Little, Vanessa Remlinger and Sara Berard. Back row, Dawn Rae Gonzales, Kaitlyn Berard, Myley Stovin and Marisha Hammer. The Share the Warmth project was part of the school’s recycling program.

Fire crews searched for chimney owner, respond to collisions Estevan fire crews responded to several calls last week.

Tuesday morning, firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of 13th Avenue and King Street at about 8 a.m.

Estevan Police Service (EPS) was already on scene. Firefighters brought the rescue truck to provide fluid clean-up and vehicle isolation as the airbags were deployed.

EMS treated and released one driver who was injured as a result of the collision.

"After the fluid cleanups and the vehicle isolation, the

scene was turned back over to the Estevan city police to continue to investigate the cause of the collision," said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.

On Wednesday at about 7 p.m., fire crews responded to a residential fire alarm that went off in the northcentral area of the city.

"Crews were updated just as we were arriving on scene that it was a cooking-related incident. So we did make contact with the homeowners and confirmed that in this case, they were actually steaming some food for supper when it set off the fire alarm system," Feser

said. "The homeowners were reminded to ensure that they are the first point of contact in the event of initiation of the monitoring smoke alarm system in their house, and crews returned to station."

Thursday evening, fire crews were dispatched to the central area of the city to a two-vehicle collision. The EPS was already on scene. Nobody was hurt, the vehicles sustained minor damage and were still drivable. The site was turned back over to EPS to investigate the cause of the collision.

On Friday at about 7 p.m. firefighters were called to an-

other accident that occurred in the northeast area of Estevan.

This time there were injuries reported. EPS was working on the scene, establishing traffic control. Estevan EMS was also working at the location, treating the injuries.

"We assisted with traffic control, zeroed the vehicles and did fluid cleanups and debris removal. Once the scene was deemed safe, we turned it back over to EPS to continue to investigate the cause of the collision," Feser said.

On Saturday the fire station received a public inquiry call. A service club located in

the central area of the city reported that they had a chimney that landed in their parking lot after the strong winds Estevan experienced earlier last week.

They didn't know where it came from.

Firefighters couldn't find the owner of the chimney, and Feser reminded the public to always check their property after windstorms.

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"This is a crucial component to gas-fired appliances to allow all the flue gases to escape the occupancy. Without that in place, your chances of carbon monoxide exposure … increase drastically. So you always want to make sure that those are in place and functional," Feser said.

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Obituaries Wilfred Hiske 1946 - 2021 Wilf Hiske passed away at the Weyburn Special Care Home, Weyburn, Sask. on Monday, November 15, 2021 at the age of 75.

Wilf will be forever remembered by his wife of 32 years, Karen; son Aaron (Melanie) and grandchildren: Morgan and Maxim; daughter Shauna Meek and grandson Sam; step daughter Shauna Clubb (Gary) and step grandchildren: Shelby and Toni Leibel; sisters: Evelyn Kusniak and Emily Peacock; aunt Erna Kirsch; uncle Leonard (Jean) Radons, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

Wilf was predeceased by his parents: Rudolph and Helen Hiske; infant daughter Sharla; brother Edward in 1981 and four of Edward’s children at a very young age: Warren, Darren, Candice and Chasity; Betty Wright (Aaron & Shauna’s mother) in 2005, brothers-in-law: George Peacock and John Kusniak; aunts: Linda, Jean and Elsie; uncles: Leo, Bill, Bert, Jack and John.

Wilf Hiske was born October 30, 1946 in Lestock, Sask. He was raised on the family farm. He attended Eskdale School, a country school house near his parents’ farm, approximately 8 miles south of Leross, Sask. Wilf also attended school in Leross, and high school in Kelliher, Sask. He then went to Saskatoon, Sask. after high school and worked for SaskPower, and later transferred to Estevan, Sask. He spent 22 years at Boundary Dam and 14 ½ years at Shand Power Station as a Lab Technician Supervisor. He retired in 2004 with 36 ½ years of service.

Wilf also farmed two quarters of land until 2005, then rented the land out. He was proud of some of the crops that were harvested. He enjoyed music - when he was 5 years old, he played the mandolin at Eskdale school concerts and played the guitar in later years. He enjoyed dancing, camping with his grandchildren, fishing and travelling. He and Karen travelled to many beautiful destinations in the world.

Wilf lived a full life and leaves us with many great memories.

THANK YOU Thank you to the nurses and staff at Weyburn Special Care Home for the care and compassion received and thank you to Hall Funeral Services for the care and assistance provided, and Sandy Dalziel for her help in planning and officiating a meaningful service.

A celebration of Wilf’s life was held on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Sandy Dalziel officiating. A time of refreshments, lunch and reminiscing followed at the Royal Canadian Legion in Estevan. Interment will take place at a later date in Lestock, Sask.

If friends so desire, donations in Wilf’s memory may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 - 2550 12th Avenue, Regina, Sask., S4P 3X1.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan provided care to the Hiske family - Dustin Hall, Funeral Director.

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Police arrest one on drug-related charges The Este van Police Ser vice (EPS) arrested a 21-year-old Vancouver man in a drug bust early on Sunday.

Members arrested the man, Marcos Sabas, around the intersection of King Street and 13th Avenue.

In an email to the Mercury, EPS Sgt. Evan Handley said Sabas was not previously under investigation, but his actions led to members arresting him.

Members seized $5,900 in Canadian and U.S. currency, along with what the EPS described as a small amount of cocaine and crack cocaine.

The individual has been charged with trafficking of cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of the proceeds of crime.

There are no further charges pending at this time.

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Scott Slager, late of Estevan, SK, passed away in Etobicoke, ON on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the age of 45 years.

Scott was predeceased by his grandfather Stan Loewen.

Scott is survived by his wife Melissa Slager; four children, Robert Evens, Mike (Chelssea) Slager. Brandy Slager and Jessica Slager; grandsons, Jacob and Zane Slager. Scott will be greatly missed by his parents, Roger and Sandy Slager; parents-in-law Rita and Dale; sister Sam (Chris Cooper) Slager; brother-in-law Bradley and sisterin-law Kimberley Lang; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family and many treasured friends.

Scott was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed music, hunting, fishing and camping. Scott’s love and dedication to his family was undeniable. He will be truly missed by all that knew him.

In keeping with Scott’s wishes, there will be no formal service.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan is caring for Scott’s family – Deb Heidinger, Funeral Director.

Police seized currency and drugs during a drug bust in Estevan on Sunday. ed for court on Monday.

The EPS has also been seeking the public’s assistance with a two-vehicle collision that occurred early on Nov. 16 at one of Estevan’s busiest intersections.

Police and other emergency crews were called to a two-vehicle collision at King Street and 13th Avenue.

The EPS says a passenger vehicle collided with a one-tonne truck. Minor injuries were reported.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call the EPS at

306-634-4767. * * * The Carlyle RCMP detachment is investigating a series of thefts.

Multiple catalytic converters have been cut off vehicles this past month in Arcola.

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Richard Walter 1929 - 2021 Richard Paul Walter passed away peacefully on Friday, November 19, 2021, at the age of 91 years with family by his side.

Richard was born on December 17, 1929, to Anton and Blandina Walter. He grew up on the family farm a mile and a half east of Lampman and attended both Glasston and Lampman schools.

Richard completed his education while attending St. Peter’s College in Muenster for 2 years from 1948 to 1950. Richard returned to the farm at Lampman where he met the love of his life Mary Anne Fornwald in 1951 at a local wedding dance. On October 20, 1953 they were married and built an amazing life together for 68 years until his passing. Richard was a lifelong farmer for 70 plus years and continued to enjoy his trips to the farm to lend his support to the “boys” even after retiring and moving to Estevan.

Richard’s greatest joy was his ever-growing family. Growing up as an only child he always wanted a large and extended family. His life has left a never-ending legacy with a family that is proud to have had him as their founder.

Richard will be sorely missed by his wife Mary Anne; children: Bernadette (Joe) Rennick, Annette Walter, Mark (Judy) Walter, Warren (Brenda) Walter, Karen Lincoln, Yvonne (Kevin) Percy, Kert (Rita) Walter and Trent (Glenda) Walter; twenty grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren have been blessed to call Richard Grandpa.

Richard is also survived by his sisters-in-law and brother-in-law: Martha Mantei, Jean Fleck, Marguerite Fornwald, Marjorie Fornwald, Stanley and Dorothy Fornwald.

Richard was predeceased by his parents: Anton and Blandina Walter; father and mother-in-law: Vitus and Anna Fornwald; son-in-law Shane Lincoln; brothers-in-law: Henry Fornwald, Jonas Fornwald, Albert Mantei and Raymond Fleck.

Mary Anne and family are forever grateful for the care and kindness that Richard received during his two and a half years at the St Joseph’s Hospital Special Care Home in Estevan. Our gratitude is heartfelt and unending.

A private Prayer Service was held on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. A private Funeral Mass took place on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, with Rev. Sathiadas Antony presiding. For the next 90 days, a video recording of the Funeral Mass will be available online. Please visit Richard’s tribute page at www.hallfuneralservices.ca for details.

Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens.

Donations in Richard’s name can be made to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 - 2550 12th Avenue, Regina, Sask., S4P 3X1 or the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (designate to Long Term Care) – 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, Sask., S4A 0H3.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan provided care to the Walter family – Dustin Hall, Funeral Director.

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Estevan Kinsmen Christmas Tree lot is now open A popular pre-Christmas tradition in Estevan is underway.

The Estevan Kinsmen

Club’s Christmas tree lot, located once again at the Estevan Canadian Tire, opened on Monday, and will continue

PROPERTY FOR SALE BY PUBLIC TENDER Under the Provision of The Tax Enforcement Act, the Village of Macoun offers for sale the following property:

• Lot 6 Block 1 Plan 53854 – 545 Young Street • Lot 1 Block 33 Plan O5753 – 700 Youngberg Avenue

Tender Requirements: Bidders are required to review the complete tender documents for information regarding conditions of sale and responsibilities of the purchaser regarding property condition. This information is available by contacting the Village Office in person at 454 Appleton Avenue, Macoun, SK; or by email at macoun.sask@gmail.com.

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit of at least 20% (percent) of the tender amount.

The deposit shall be made by way of certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to the Village of Macoun. The successful bidder(s) will have 30 days to provide the payment in-full to complete the purchase.

The deposit will be forfeited if the successful bidder does not finalize the agreement for sale within 30 days.

A tender must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to: Village of Macoun Tax Title Property Tender Box 58, Macoun, SK S0C 1P0 Tenders must be received by 12:00pm on Thursday December 30, 2021, Highest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted.

For further information, please contact the undersigned.

Dated this 24th day of November, 2021.

Carmen Dodd-Vicary, CAO 306-634-9352

The Estevan Kinsmen Club’s Christmas tree lot is back at Canadian Tire. across Canada, which is why they don’t have as many Fraser trees.

“I know people around here really like the Frasers,” Berriault said.

But the supplier has found them great balsam

trees for this year.

“Our supplier really goes out and gets us the good ones,” said Berriault.

Pr o c e e d s f r o m t h e Christmas tree sales are directed towards the Kinsmen Club’s work in the Estevan

RURAL MUNICPALITY OF ESTEVAN NO. 5 Experienced Grader Operators

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST VILLAGE OF TORQUAY

PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land and title number described in the following list are fully paid before January 24, 2022, an interest based on a tax lien will be registered against the land.

Note: A sum for costs in an amount required by subsection 4(3) of The Tax Enforcement Act is included in the amount shown against each parcel.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

until all of the trees are sold.

Hours are MondaysFridays from 5:30-9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 3 p.m.

Jessie Berriault with the Kinsmen Club said they have some Fraser trees, which is good because they’re hard to come by these days. The rest of the trees are balsams.

“We have your six to eight footers, and then we have a couple of 10-12 footers in there as well,” said Berriault.

He estimates they have between 210 and 220 trees available this year.

The Christmas trees arrived on Saturday and then work began to set up the tree lot. F&L Concrete has supplied the trailer and generator that are on the site.

Berriault noted that last year the Christmas trees sold out very quickly. This year their supplier was having trouble getting trees, because there has been a shortage

Title No.

Total Arrears*

Costs

Total Arrears and Costs

LOT 14-BLK/PAR 3-PLAN BP2907 EXT 0

138870568

1,702.30

312.00

2,014.30

LOT 15-BLK/PAR 3-PLAN BP2907 EXT 0

138784034

LOT 8-BLK/PAR 4-PLAN BP2907 EXT 0

131877894

1,531.26

360.00

1,891.26

LOT 19-BLK/PAR 4-PLAN 101262125 EXT 17

131877939

LOT 9-BLK/PAR 5-PLAN BP2907 EXT 19

108244717

1,311.53

312.00

1,623.53

LOT 1-BLK/PAR 10-PLAN ED2777 EXT 0

145028055

779.27

360.00

1,139.27

LOT 2-BLK/PAR 10-PLAN ED2777 EXT 0

145028066

BLK/PAR A-PLAN 101969411 EXT 0

136830090

1,753.22

312.00

2,065.22

BLK/PAR K-PLAN 101966700 EXT 18

136830067

* On January 1, 2022 the 2021 taxes will become arrears and be added to the amount required to remove the property from tax enforcement proceedings. Penalty is calculated to the date of the Notice and will continue to accrue as applicable.

Dated this 16th day of November, 2021 Thera-Lee Deschner, Administrator

The Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5 is currently accepting applications for the services of experienced grader operators.

As a member of the Public Works Crew, you will be responsible for maintaining and repairing all roads in the municipality, under the direct supervision of the Manager of Public Works. This includes grading and maintenance tasks in the summer months and snow and ice removal in the winter months. Preference will be given to applicants with experience and skills in the operation and maintenance of heavy equipment including but not limited to; grader, loader, tandem gravel truck, tractor/mower and skid-steer.

A minimum Class 5 driver’s license is required.

A Class 1A driver’s license is an asset.

This is a full time, year-round position. The R.M. offers competitive wages and an excellent benefit package including: Pension Plan, Health & Dental Benefits Plan, Long & Short Term Disability Plans.

Applications will be accepted until suitable candidates are found.

Applicants are invited to submit a resume including jobrelated safety courses and certificates achieved to: R.M. of Estevan No. 5 #1, 322 – 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0T8 Fax to (306) 634-2223 • e-mail: administrator@rmestevan.ca Candidates must be able to perform the duties of this position in a safe manner. A current driver’s abstract and references will be required for those selected for an interview.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

CALL FOR BOARD MEMBER The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research invites applications for the following: MEMBER, GDI BOARD OF GOVER

Eastern Region III - Fort Qu’Appelle, Lestock, Weyburn, Estevan – (South Eastern part of the province)

Overview: The GDI Board of Governors has representation from the (12) Regions of the Organization, who are ratified by the Provincial Métis Council (PMC) of the Métis Nation— Saskatchewan (MN—S). The PMC Member who is assigned the Education portfolio sits as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors. All persons selected to the Board of Governors will be for a period of three years. A member who is an employee/staff person/manager of an affiliated organization of the MN—S shall not be permitted to sit on the Board of Governors of the Institute.

Responsibilities: The Board of Governors oversees the Gabriel Dumont Institute and is responsible for its operation and governance in all matters, including: to adopt policies for the effective operation of GDI; to formulate a strategic plan and to oversee its implementation; to approve annual budgets, audits and programs; to function as ambassadors for GDI and to encourage students and potential students in their study and career plans; to represent GDI to all levels of government, persons of Métis ancestry and to the public generally; and to appoint a Chief Executive Officer to be directly responsible for implementation of policy and the day-to-day management and operations of GDI. Qualifications: All appointments to the Board must be of Métis ancestry with knowledge of the cultural, historical and social circumstances of Saskatchewan Métis. Ideally the collective skills on the board will represent a number of different disciplines and perspectives. Some of the preferred skill and training areas include education or postsecondary education; finance and administration; business; human resources (personnel); law; and communications. This will ensure a wide range of skills and perspectives are available when decisions are considered.

area, such as the Kin playpark in the Hillside subdivision, and their other efforts to improve life in the community.

Also, $10 from every Christmas tree sold on Nov. 27 will be directed towards the Warm Welcome Kitchen.

Head Office Box 5054, 2500 Victoria Avenue Regina, SK S4P 3M3 Canada

Liquor Permit Advertising Form Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997, Notice is hereby given that Local Buzz Liquor Store Inc. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use Home Delivery permit to deliver alcohol in the name of the business known as Local Buzz Liquor Store at 126 4th St Estevan SK. Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competitionbased objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 REGINA SK S4P 3M3

Seeking Office and Shop Space The Government of Saskatchewan is accepting proposals for the provision of 1,220 m² of office and shop space on a three to five acre property in Estevan, Saskatchewan until 2 p.m. CST on December 15, 2021.

Visit sasktenders.ca for proposal documents. sasktenders.ca

Process: Candidates can apply directly to the MN—S region or the Institute who in turn will forward the application to the appropriate MN—S region for consideration. The MN—S region then submits the name of their selected representative forwarded from a duly called and administered regional council meeting. The name of the new board member is then sent to the PMC for ratification. Finally, the name is forwarded to the Minister of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour for final approval.

Starting Date: 2022 (Once process is complete – 3-year appointment with the possibility of renewal) Deadline for receipt of applications: November 30th, 2021 Please submit resume to one of: Marg Friesen, Regional Representative Metis Nation Saskatchewan Box 1581 Indian Head, SK S0G 2K0 Phone: (306) 695-3425 mail: margfriesen@mns.work • admin_eriii@sasktel.net

Rhonda Pilon, Executive Assistant Gabriel Dumont Institute 917 - 22nd Street West Saskatoon, SK S7M 0R9 Phone: (306) 657-2241 Email: rhonda.pilon@gdins.org

The Gabriel Dumont Institute has permission from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to hire affirmatively.

Beautiful House + 44 Acres of Pristine Land For Sale Want a house and large, gorgeous acreage for the price of a condo in a major city?

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Kickoff to Christmas It’s not December yet, but the Christmas spirit has already sneaked into the Estevan area with many holiday activities and events that took place last weekend. The Hometown Family Fun Day by the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation and sponsored by the Estevan Mercury offered many activities, including skating, swimming, a play zone, breakfast and more. Santa made an appearance in Midale, and Estevan Kinettes had the community out for Christmas shopping at their annual Craft Sale.

Jhoana and Jamielle Montecillo were among the vendors at the Kinettes’ Craft Sale.

Young Ethan Herod, pictured with Justin, Kinsley and Wendy Herod, tried ice-skating for the first time during the Family Skate on Sunday

Young Gavin Howard of Hitchcock made sure the family gets some candies for the holidays during Midale’s Santa Parade.

presents your

Saskatchewan Estevan Chapter

Brynlee Benner along with Zane, Hazel and Rose Nelson explored every corner of the play structure at the Energy Outlet.

Mark, Joanna and Ellie Francisco spent Sunday morning at the Energy Outlet Indoor Play Zone.

Sheila, Presley and Chloe McGillicky, along with Carla Audet, were exploring the Kinettes’ Craft Sale.

Many families had a great time at the Orpheum Theatre watching The Grinch and Elf on the big screen on Sunday.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD FREE SWIM CHASE THE ACE

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, SASKATCHEWAN ESTEVAN CHAPTER FUNDRAISER

at the RM of Estevan Aquatic Centre.

Courtesy of the Estevan The Lions

Every Saturday from 3:00-5:00.

50/50 ONLINE RAFFLE

50% of Sales to a Max Prize of $50,000 Only 10,000 tickets will be sold!

Ticket Sales - Oct 1 - Nov 24, 2021 Draw November 24/21 at 3:00 pm

Estevan Bruins Draws every Tuesday @ 6:15 on Facebook live

Tickets:

Draw Location : 1582 Dieppe Crescent, Estevan, SK S4A 1W7 Draw will be made by Random Number Generator

Fundraiser Announcement!

You don’t want to miss this one...

Tickets available at: • Murray GM Estevan • A&A Jewellery • Estevan Market Mall from Nov. 15-25

Open Art Night

Guided Art (7:30-9:30pm)

1. $5,000 CASH 2. Festival of Trees Signature Christmas Tree ($3,500) 3. $2,000 Cash 4. $1,000 Floor Store gift card ($1,000) 5. $1,000 in gift cards to local Restaurants ($1,000) 6. One Table to Festival of Trees Gala 2022 ($1,000) 7. $1,000 credit for Winter Tires at ($1,000) 8. $1,000 cash presented by Estevan Meter ($1000)

November 27 @ Leisure Centre (Multipurpose Room)

Gym Games Night Gr 7-12 (5:30-11pm)

TOASTY TOES SOCK DRIVE

Socks are one of the most requested items by charitable organizations, yet one of the least donated items.

$10 $25 $50 $100

www.EstevanBruins.com/ChaseThe Ace Lottery License #LR21-0026

Ticket prices: 1 ticket for $10 • 2 tickets for $20 5 tickets for $50 • 10 tickets for $100 Proceeds towards Habitat Estevan Build #3 in 2023 at 1011 Hillcrest Drive, Estevan Only people in Saskatchewan at the time of purchase may participate in the raffle.

GO TO www.habitatraffle.ca to Buy Tickets Lottery Licence # RR21-0276

November 26 @ Leisure Centre

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• Jenny Joans • Henders Drugs • Coldwell Banker Choice Real Estate • Your Toy Store & More

65” Smart TV ($750) Kayak & Canadian Tire gift card ($750) Cooler & Co-op gift card ($520) Estevan Leisure Centre Facility Pass ($500) Pizza for a Year at ($500) The Rock Pot Set ($500) Estevan Motor Speedway prize pack ($200) Estevan Bruins fan package ($200) $100 Petro Canada gift card ($100) $100 General Store gift card ($100) $100 Boston Pizza gift card ($100) ($120) Poutine for a Year at Wireless Headphones from ($139) $100 Sportchek gift card ($100)

Donations of new pairs & packages of socks are being accepted at Donate until Nov 27, 2021

1st Prize - Traeger Grill Pro 22 ($850 value), this comes with a gift basket filled with spices and sauces.

Donated by McComb Auto 2nd Prize - Meat Package ($500 value).

Donated by the Co-op.

3rd Prize - $550 cash $10/ ticket • License # SR21-0761 • 2563 tickets printed Draw date is December 7th, 2021 at 1210 - 7th Street, 6 pm

HOLIDAY Book Sale Hardcover Paperback

December 3-5, 20 21 Book Prices $1.00ea $0.50ea

Magazines Audiobooks/ CD’S/DVD’s

Saturday/Sunday Spe

$0.25ea $1.00ea

cial: 5 a Bag

PROMOTE YOUR FUNDRAISER/ EVENT ON THIS BULLETIN BOARD FOR FREE, COURTESY OF THE ESTEVAN MARKET MALL! Email dtarnes@estevanmercury.ca

Brought to you by the Estevan Market Mall - Where Community Happens 400 King Street • 306.634.2444

Dollarama • Eclipse • Marks • Nutters • Peavey Mart • Pet Valu • Sask Liquor • SaskTel • Sobeys • SportChek Star Gift • Studio C Fitness • The Brick • The Co-operators • The Source • Tim Horton’s • Warehouse One

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LAST CHANCE! RAFFLE ENDS THIS THURSDAY!

Visit www.festivaloftreesestevan.com for more information!

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