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Robert Kitchen, middle, celebrates with, from left, son Stephen, wife Donna, daughter Kathryn Gilliss and son-in-law Dylan Gilliss after Robert Kitchen’s victory in Monday’s federal election.

Kitchen keeps Souris-Moose Mountain in Tory hands By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Souris-Moose Mountain will remain a Conservative riding for at least the next four years. Conservative candidate Robert Kitchen was elected as the new member of Parliament for Souris-Moose Mountain during Monday night’s federal election. The Estevan chiropractor captured 26,315 of the 37,516 votes cast in the riding during the election, or 70.1 per cent of the popular vote, to easily defeat the other three candidates. Vicky O’Dell of the New Democratic Party finished second with 5,131 votes, or 13.7 per cent. Steven Bebbington of the Liberals was third with 5,076 votes (13.5 per cent), and Bob Deptuck of the Green Party was fourth with 994 votes (2.6 per cent). Approximately 72 per cent of the 52,093 eligible voters in Souris-Moose Mountain voted in the election. “I’m just living on Cloud 9 right now,” Kitchen told the media shortly after he was elected. “It’s just been so much fun. We’ve worked hard at this … it’s been 2 1/2 years to get to this stage.” But he won’t be part of the governing party. The Tories were defeated by the

Liberals, ending nearly a decade of Conservative rule under Stephen Harper. Harper resigned after the Tories were defeated on election night. The Liberals captured 184 seats to form a majority government. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will be the next prime minister. The Tories were next with 100 seats to become the official opposition. The New Democratic Party will have 43 seats, the Bloc Quebecois 10 and the Green Party one. “I’ve been focused mainly on here. That’s most of what I’ve done,” said Kitchen. “I was hoping to see a slightly different turnout, but we have good responses in the west, and we will build from that.” Kitchen said the Tories still have some good people in their caucus, and he hopes that will help in going forward. But he recognizes it will be a challenge to bring forward the concerns of the constituency when his party is in opposition. People he spoke to during the campaign were chiefly concerned about the economy. They wanted to talk about creating jobs, and keeping money in their pockets. “Pipelines in the Moosomin area are definitely a concern, and we’ve expressed that a number of times,” said Kitchen. In his victory speech, Kitchen said he

would be a proponent of pipelines, including Energy East. “This is the safest and most economical way to transport oil,” said Kitchen. “It opens up new marketplaces for exports, and it creates jobs for our communities.” He also said he would support ongoing free trade agreements, including the recently-signed Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he believes will boost prosperity and

create economic growth. He also wants to bring forward concerns about water and sewage treatment centres that he heard during the campaign. Kitchen paid tribute to his volunteers and his family for their contributions and sacrifices over the last two years. “There is an old saying that volunteers don’t necessarily take the time, but they Kitchen ⇢ A2

Fourth Avenue collision leaves one dead By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Adding to a string of two previous serious accidents, all in the same week, a single motor vehicle collision has left one person dead and another in hospital, in Regina. A vehicle was travelling down Fourth Avenue on the evening of Oct. 14, on its way into the city, when it left

the roadway, colliding with a tree in an adjacent field. As a result of the collision, one passenger, David Price, was immediately transported to hospital in Regina, where he was later pronounced dead. A second passenger was later transported to a hospital in Regina with serious injuries. Alcohol was a factor in the incident, and the

driver of the vehicle, Karry Biette, has been arrested. Biette has been charged with impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous operation causing death, dangerous operation causing bodily harm and criminal negligence causing death. “The biggest thing to emphasize is that in two Single ⇢ A2

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Smale let go as City manager By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

For the second time in two years, Estevan is in need of a new city manager. Amber Smale has been dismissed from the job, a little more than 20 months after she was hired. Mayor Roy Ludwig informed Smale of the decision on Monday afternoon, and made the announcem e n t Tu e s d a y m o r n ing in an interview with the Mercury. The decision to let Smale go was unanimous among council members. Ludwig said council wanted a different focus and a different direction from the city manager’s office, and so they needed to let Smale go. Smale brought many good ideas to the job, the mayor said, and council will be following through on those ideas. Those projects will include the corporate restructuring review that Smale initiated earlier this year. Also during her watch, the economic development portfolio was returned to the city, after being the domain of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce for many years. “We will be continuing on all fronts where we were looking for areas of improvement,” Ludwig told the Mercury. The corporate restructuring will hopefully lead to efficiencies in the city’s different departments, Ludwig said. Council will also forge ahead with the budgetary restraints that Smale had been working on.

Amber Smale Ludwig said council wishes Smale the best in the future. She will be paid a severance package of six months’ salary, as per the terms of her contract. In an e-mail sent out shortly after the announcement, Smale said she holds no ill feelings towards council, and she looks forward to seeing great things that will happen in Estevan. “I want to thank my employees for their hard work over the past year and a half,” she said. “We’ve accomplished many great things together and Estevan has a bright future that I hope is realized in the years to come.” She cited several accomplishments during her tenure. Debt has been reduced by 12 per cent, and she says the financial position has gone from “near bankruptcy” to an anticipated surplus for this year. The employee turnover rate has gone from 41 per cent to nine per cent, and there haven’t been any employee grievances filed in nearly six months. Capital projects have finished ahead of schedule or on time, and have been under budget, and five-year strategic plan and capital plans are now in place. All streets and under-

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Emergency services respond to a single-vehicle collision on Fourth Avenue South on Oct. 14. Ryan Kirkpatrick Photo.

Chief promises zero tolerance A2 ⇠ of these incidents in the past week, alcohol was a factor,” said Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur, during a media conference in response to the recent increase in traffic incidents. “We’ve said time and time again, on the internet or in public speaking events, how drinking and driving can lead to catastrophic consequences, and now we’re seeing it. “These things are a 100 per cent preventable, and it’s everybody’s responsibility, not just the police’s, to keep the community safe.” In response to the incident, members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) have now implemented a zero-tolerance policy for impaired driving within the city. The policy will entail strict enforcement of traffic rules. Ladouceur noted that there will be an increase in stop checks and all-around police presence in the city, in what he calls “blitzes,” done in conjunction with Combined Traffic Services (CTS), which includes the RCMP and Weyburn Police Service. “When it comes to getting stopped and pulled over, if you’re driving in the city, prepare to be stopped more often. We have a duty to ensure safety within the community,” said Ladouceur. “I can’t stress enough that driving is a privilege. There’s no reason whatsoever for a driver to hop in a car drunk, and if someone is

arrested or charged as a result of these incidents, they need to realize it’s their own doing.” Ladouceur urged everyone on the road to be conscientious and aware when driving on a daily basis. He advised the public refrain from texting and driving, and to avoid following emergency vehicles to get a glimpse of what happens in emergency situations, since both have been identified as local problems that pose significant risks, and in the case of the latter, it hampers emergency service response times. Inspector Murray Cowan with the EPS said while there have been severe traffic incidents in Estevan before, three incidents in the span of a week is unprecedented. “Off the top of my head, in the 20 years I’ve been here, I can’t recall that happening,” said Cowan. “This is something we have to be stepping up to, with zero tolerance. Without a doubt, that has to be the way we go about this, enforcing it very strictly.” Cowan referenced the fact that southeast Saskatchewan in particular has been identified by analysts with the provincial government as an area that has a problematically high level of impaired driving occurrences. “It’s disturbing when you work in a community like this and live in a community like this, and see things like this happening over and over,” said Cowan.

Kitchen looks forward to working in Ottawa A2 ⇠ always have the heart,” said Kitchen. “And this is indicative of the supporters of this campaign. You’ve given me your best.” As for his family, they stood by with “unwavering love and support” in the last two years since he first announced his intentions to run for office. Kitchen said he thought he knew a lot about the political process entering the campaign, but now he knows much more. “I’ve learned the part I enjoy the most is talking to people,” said Kitchen. “With this riding being so big, it’s tough to get to everywhere, but I plan on doing as much as I can to be in every area, as often as I can, so people can sit and talk to me. I want people to be able to talk to me.” While he will be sitting as the riding’s MP in Ottawa, he believes his seat belongs to the people of the constituency, including those who didn’t vote for him. “I will take the voice of this riding to the prime minister and to the caucus with authority and clarity,” said Kitchen. “I want my fellow members of Parliament to know exactly

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Above right, Students from the Estevan Comprehensive School performed excerpts from their upcoming Grease musical. Left, the Daae Family was the closing act at this year’s telethon. Top left, Students from Sacred Heart School entertained the audience during the telethon.

receives great y a W ted Unisupport for local telethon By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The support remained strong for the United Way Estevan’s 39th annual telethon, but the organization has some work remaining if they hope to eclipse their goal. The 33-hour broadcast closed with a total of $321,357, which was short of their $338,000 goal. President Wendy Gustafson said the board will now focus on reaching their goal, so they can fulfill their commitment to their 15 member agencies and three community partners. All of the telethon’s activities were at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Estevan branch, and were shown live on Access Channel 7. “I cannot tell you how impressed I am with Estevan and area, just how it came together at the end,” said Gustafson. “I saw the total rising, and it seemed to go slowly. But as it got towards the end, it was amazing how the people rallied around and came up with so much for the United Way. “We didn’t quite hit the goal we had set, but what I think is amazing is what they have given us in support of our member agencies. “It isn’t what we didn’t get, it’s what we got. I can’t say enough for the people and their generosity.” Gustafson said she’s not disappointed that they didn’t reach their goal. “People gave what they had, and not just large amounts. People gave small amounts. They made bid items. They donated their time. All of these things, put together, made for a very successful telethon for us.” The telethon started at 8 a.m. on Friday morning. Local schools filled the entertainment slots during the

morning and the early afternoon. People from the community filled the remainder of the schedule, as they sang, danced and played musical instruments. Perennial acts such as the Drewitz School of Dance, the Estevan Elks PPCLI Pipes and Drums Band, the Me’ira Belly Dancers and the Foster Family showcased their skills. The cast from the Estevan Comprehensive School’s upcoming production of Grease offered a preview of their play. Midale violinist Nadia Babchouk returned for the second straight year, and was joined by American musician Tony DeBlois. Babchouk and DeBlois performed at a fundraiser for Pro-Life Estevan and Area earlier in the evening. The entertainment continued during the overnight hours, with a Mexican fiesta theme and a cooking contest featuring members of the United Way board. Entertainment for Saturday morning and afternoon included people of different ages and abilities. Margaret Duncan and her piano students displayed their growing talents. Kay Johnson, a 91-year-old local musician, impressed with her abilities on the piano, while local youngster Kathryn Orlowski sang a couple of songs and brought a donation of $209, which she raised through collecting empty bottles and cans. The Red Hat Society, Blair Wrubleski and Lexie Tytlandsvik were among the other performers. The Daae Family was the closing act for the telethon, which went off-air at 5 p.m. “The entertainment was so good,” said Gustafson. “I forgot that we were raising money for a while, and I was just enjoying the entertainment.” The Legion was packed for much of the telethon as

well, and Gustafson said the entertainment played a big role in attracting the crowds. She was pleased with the variety of performers they had, and the fact there were few lulls in the schedule. Also during the telethon, each member agency and community partner were able to explain their impact on the community, and how they have benefitted from the United Way’s support. Local people also served as hosts during the telethon. Former Estevan resident Trevor Gowen returned to the city to serve as a host for much of the broadcast. The telethon received a record number of 63 bid items for the silent auction that ran throughout the show. The bid items fetched more than $3,800, which was another record number. “Some people (will) start getting ready for … next year,” said Gustafson. The Hearts and Hands Quilting Guild created a quilt for the raffle, and it raised another $1,902. All these efforts contributed towards the amount raised during the telethon. The employees and the head office for SaskPower had the largest donation, as they pledged $117,171.85. The Westmoreland Coal Company’s staff and corporate office came through with $62,636.17. Enbridge Pipelines donated $37,000, thanks in large part to the money that was raised during the Cooks that Cook fundraiser last month. Torc Oilfield contributed $10,000. The United Way has reached their goal each year they have had the telethon in Estevan, and while they didn’t do it during this year’s broadcast, Gustafson looks forward to when they will reach their campaign goal.

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Fire destroys First Street apartment building By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service did all they could to save an apartment on First Street from the ravages of a fire that quickly spread throughout the structure on Saturday, before cutting their losses, and having it demolished, due to the complex and intense nature of the fire that quickly engulfed it. Code noted it was a unique situation, since he was one of the first people to spot the fire before any other members were contacted. “I live across from the Lutheran Church, and I was going to a commercial alarm. As I pulled past Trinity Tower, something caught my eye,” said Code. “There was a fire the size of a lawn chair on the deck of the second level of this apartment building, a block down.” Fire Chief Shane Code said the fire was an accident and was likely caused by smoking. Code radioed the fire in and drove down to the corner of First and Eighth Street, where he saw one of the occupants of the building running down the stairs from the fire, while three other residents escaped the building through the front door. The police showed up on the scene, and Code was quick to tell them the

building’s residents had all evacuated. “I had four residents and two people saying they were it. There was no way to get back in the front of the building by that point. There were pieces of flaming debris beginning to fall,” said Code. “We backed up to the street, found a decent hydrant, and from there, the call started to unfold.” Code noted that a picture he took with his phone within minutes of noticing the fire from the top of the street gave an indication of how severe and fastburning the blaze was. He noted it was for the better that the building was only partly occupied, because of the limited egress from the building, once the fire took hold. The engine was the first vehicle to arrive on scene, and firefighters changed their pattern of attack to deal with the situation. Code noted that while typically the engine starts fighting the fire, and another truck follows to feed water to it, the engine immediately got its own water source from a hydrant in front of Trinity Tower, expediting how quickly the fight could begin. “I guess it was good to be there first. The water supply from Trinity Tower runs downhill, so we got a

good feed,” Code recalled. “That’s a strong main, and the engine was coming from that direction anyway, so it made sense.” It was important at the time to get the fire under control as quickly as possible, Code noted, as there were trees and another single-family residence close at hand, that were at an immediate risk. Code said the engine spraying from its main hose was on the “attack,” while the aerial was also deployed, serving as a “defensive measure.” “We only had two sides to battle with. The alley next to the building wasn’t terribly good for it, with overhanging wires, and there was a house on the other side. We hit the outside and we searched inside to make sure everyone was out,” said Code. “Most fires start inside, so when you go in, you look for what they call the seat of the fire, to try to put it out.” While things looked all good on the outside, there was a reason the fire appeared to be out around 1 p.m., but firefighters continued to battle with it until later in the evening. The fire continued to rage on, within the building. The reason for this had to do with the way the structure was built. The apartment building was constructed with an older design

Members of the Estevan Fire and Rescue Service handled a particularly tricky, fastspreading and dangerous fire at a multi-residence building on First Street. The flames ended up getting into the internal of the structure, rendering the building too heavily damaged to recover or salvage, after burning for the afternoon and part of the evening. Photo by Sam Macdonald. known as a balloon frame, in which walls are erected and floors are put in afterwards. “They’re built like elevator shafts … that are filled with cardboard, paper, dry materials and cement bags. When the fire gets into the ceiling, it gets very big. It looked like it was out to everyone, but for hours it was quite big,” said Code. “It was across the roof, inside, hidden. As heat pressure builds up, it crawls down; down the floors and walls, into the basement.” In an attempt to get at the fire as it spread throughout the inside of the structure, firefighters started

cutting into the roof and ceiling, trying to expose the flames. “I could see the fire rolling around as they cut into the ceiling, from one side to the other, depending on where it could get its air to breathe,” said Code. “We’d put water on it, and it’d go down to the basement, and when we put water on it in the basement, it’d go up to the roof again. Essentially it was see-sawing for hours.” Code estimates the crew put somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000 pounds of water into the building over the course of three hours of fighting it. At

the point when fire fighters reported the floor getting “spongy,” Code called them back out. From then it became too difficult to stop the fire from burning, and it overtook the entire inside of the structure. Later, the front of the building was taken out, and as soon as it was exposed to oxygen the fire flared up again. Losing daylight, with a tired crew and three other calls that day, Code decided enough was enough and called in heavy equipment to knock down the building. An investigation into the fire and how it started is ongoing.

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A trial date for dismissed Estevan Police Service officer Mohammed Khan has been set for May 10. At the regular Oct. 19 sitting of the Esetvan Court, a legal aid represetntative entered a not guilty plea on the one count of assault against Khan.

The Crown said that Khan was requesting four witnesses for trial. In May, Khan was involved in the arrest of an individual following a drug complaint. After he made the arrest, allegations of assault, abuse of authority and discreditable conduct were made against Khan. After an internal and public investigation by the

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Wiegers sympathized, noting it was clear Andrews had been struggling with addictions issues, but noted that the break and enter, and Andrews’ history of repeatedly disobeying court orders with what seemed to be an indifferent attitude towards fixing his problems necessitated jail time. Wiegers said Andrews had plenty of chances to reform in his past, but noted that he’d get credit for time served while in custody. Andrews was sentenced to three months in jail for the break-and-enter charge, and 15 days in jail for each of his four breaches of court orders. Since two of the four breaches came out of the same incident, he will serve those two concurrently.

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Candidates react to election results By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The three candidates defeated in the SourisMoose Mountain riding in Monday night’s federal election took solace in the fact that there was a change in government. Vicky O’Dell of the New Democratic Party finished second in SourisMoose Mountain with 5,131 votes, or 13.7 per cent of the 37,516 votes cast. Her total was well behind the 26,315 votes received by the victor, Robert Kitchen of the Conservative Party, who had 70.1 per cent support. She told the Mercury that when she entered the federal election campaign early this year, her first goal was to see Stephen Harper out as prime minister. Her wish was granted, as

the Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, defeated Harper’s Conservative government, ending the Tories’ reign after nearly a decade. Harper stepped down after the defeat. “Obviously we elected a majority Liberal government, which is different than what I would have wanted, but I can live with it,” said O’Dell. O’Dell said she was disappointed to see some strong NDP members of Parliament defeated in the election. The NDP entered the election as the official opposition with 95 seats in Parliament, but they were reduced to third party status with 43 seats. As for this riding, O’Dell said people wanted to re-elect the Conservatives in this constituency. She faced a lot of

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Steven Bebbington and she was pleased she was able to articulate her concerns on First Nations issues in Canada. O’Dell also believes Kitchen will make a great MP for the constituency. Liberal candidate Steven Bebbington was third with 5,076 votes, or 13.5 per cent. He was largely inactive during the campaign, as he didn’t attend any of the debates or other events in the constituency. He said he was pleased with the result, considering his late start several weeks after the campaign began, and the fact that he resides outside of the constituency. “Next time around, I’ll be that much more prepared, and I’ll be able to get out there and get everything done,” said Bebbington. It was a bitter-sweet

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night for him, since the Liberals were able to form a majority government, and regain power for the first time in nearly a decade. “I’m sure they’re going to do their best to address all the concerns,” said Bebbington. Bob Deptuck of the Green Party finished fourth with 994 votes, or 2.6 per cent support. He said he wasn’t surprised the Tories held onto the riding, since they received around 70 per cent of voter support in previous elections. But he was surprised that O’Dell and Bebbington were close in the results. “The Liberals only had a paper candidate. That’s what’s disappointing,” said Deptuck. “People still voted Liberal, despite the

Bob Deptuck person never really being here.” Deptuck said there was a recent poll that indicated he might get 4 1/2 or five per cent of the vote, so he was also disappointed there wasn’t more support for the Greens in the area. He was pleased to see Green Party Leader Elizabeth May held onto her seat in parliament, but he wanted to see a few more Green MPs elected to bring their ideas forward. “We are happy Green policies have been adopted by the other parties, so it’s not like we’re not being heard,” said Deptuck. Deptuck said he is relieved Harper’s tenure as prime minister is over, and he hopes Trudeau’s government will reverse some of the decisions made by Harper’s government.

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Something had to be done The message was resoundingly clear from the Estevan Police Service (EPS): they’re taking a much tougher, zerotolerance approach on impaired driving, starting immediately. It means motorists can look forward to check stops on more frequent basis. Impaired driving has been an issue in Estevan for a long time. According to numbers from the Estevan Police Service, there were 139 motorists charged last year. And while the number was down from 177 in 2013, it’s still a high number for a community the size of Estevan. Police can’t be everywhere at once, so most impaired drivers elude officers. But two recent accidents have led to the added crackdown by police. The first was a head-on collision on Kensington Avenue that resulted in three people suffering serious

injuries, and a fourth person also being hurt. The other, on Fourth Avenue South, resulted in the death of one passenger and serious injuries for another. The driver is facing five charges. It would have been a lot tougher for an impaired motorist to drive in Estevan on Saturday night, with two check stops set up in the city. One impaired driver was arrested that evening, and another was caught early on Sunday. Police needed to do something following the two recent accidents. Some might view the effort as reactionary due to an improbable situation. There were two serious accidents in a four-day span in which alcohol was a factor; it’s rare to have one in a year. But others will say it’s surprising there haven’t been more serious collisions involving inebriated drivers, due to

Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Wall’s biases may still help You likely didn’t need Brad Wall’s help figuring out how you should vote. And while the Saskatchewan premier couldn’t seem to help himself when it came to overstepping his bounds and telling you how to vote, even he somewhat acknowledged his help might not have been all that helpful. “That’s the beauty of a free, secret ballot,” Wall told reporters in Regina last week. You voted on the issues you saw as most important, not necessarily the issues the premier saw as most important. So does that mean Wall’s assessment on which major party best addressed the most important economic issues – at least, as defined by Wall – was an unhelpful, useless and partisan exercise that told us nothing? Well, it was a partisan exercise designed to benefit Conservative friend Stephen Harper. But whether it was necessarily a useless one that told us nothing might be in the eyes of the beholder. For those of you who didn’t hear,

the number of impaired driving incidents in the city. This blitz will have the support of the vast majority of the public; the only people who might be opposed are those who routinely drive impaired, or sulking motorists who are upset over the brief delays caused by the check stops. Members of the public who are upset over the two recent accidents, and frustrated about impaired driving in general, can do their part to make the community safer by calling the Report Impaired Drivers (RID) line if they see a motorist they suspect to be drunk. Police responded to a number of calls through RID on Saturday night. Most of those motorists proved to be sober. Vigilance needs to be a priority throughout the city right now. Hopefully the impaired

or perhaps chose to ignore because you didn’t need Wall’s “help” in casting your own ballot, Wall wrote to each of the three major federal leaders and asked them their position on the three issues he deemed most critical. Those issues were developing pipelines, labelling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and changing the equalization formula to include revenue from renewable resources. To the shock of no one, Wall determined early last week that Harper’s Conservatives were the best choice, and Tom Mulcair’s New Democratic Party (NDP) “did not align with the people of Saskatchewan.” Again, it was all a rather silly exercise in which Wall clearly chose issues that put the Conservatives in the best light. Of course, the Conservatives would have the most favourable position on Keystone XL, Northern Gateway or Energy East pipelines. It is the only party that wholeheartedly endorses all three. Similarly, the Conservatives would obviously have had the best position on opposing GMO labelling. Moreover, all parties looked equally bad on equalization because no party was going to say that revenue from renewable resources should be excluded, for fear of offending Quebec voters who get the most benefit from equalization and have the most hydro-electric power. Interestingly, Wall conveniently ignored Harper’s 2006 promise to remove non-renewable resources from the equalization formula.

driving crackdown lasts for some time. It’s great the police are instigating traffic stops, and people are calling RID. The local police don’t have the manpower or the resources to have check stops every weekend throughout the year. Eventually, the crackdown will end, the calls to RID will largely dry up, and another type of crime will capture the public’s attention. Hopefully it doesn’t happen until after Christmas, which is approaching quickly. There will be Christmas parties, socials and other functions which lead to an increased consumption of alcohol. The local police typically have an increased number of traffic stops throughout the city in an effort to find impaired drivers. So hopefully they will apprehend more drunk drivers, and our streets will be a little safer the rest of the year.

It was an irresponsible thing for Harper to promise because it would have meant a “have” province like Saskatchewan would have received an extra $800 million a year. However, it also meant we didn’t receive nearly $8 billion in the past decade that we were promised. Alberta would have been subsidized four or five times that amount. This was billions of dollars more than what Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised. But all this said, there was some validity in Wall’s partisan exercise. There is a reason why Saskatchewan has been governed, provincially, by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/ NDP for 38 of the last 62 years, yet only twice in that six-decade period (in 1953 and in 1988) has Saskatchewan sent a majority of CCF or NDP MPs to Ottawa. It has to do with the big difference between what people expect from their provincial leadership versus what’s expected from federal MPs. It is here where Wall’s “helpfulness” may begin. As obviously partisan as Wall’s assessment may have been, it might have helped to focus on some issues most critical to this province in Ottawa. After all, is it a bad thing when pipelines provide more alternatives when it comes to selling our oil? Or is eliminating obstacles for the sale of our agriculture products bad? Full clarity for your vote? Maybe not. But it might have offered a little more focus as to the basis for your federal vote.

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This spa was different Norm Park All Things Considered OK, where were we dear diary? Oh ya, I left three weeks ago to take advantage of an all inclusive offer from St. Joseph’s Resort and Spa that included one free surgery. Since I had a coupon that was about to expire, I accepted the offer. Well, upon arrival, the grumpy, disgruntled potential customer was expecting to be greeted by this decade’s version of Nurse Ratched, of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest fame, which might be translated later into a pretty decent meandering column of discontent. Alas, I got Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. There wasn’t a Ratchet on the roster. Now what kind of story could I weave with a cast of sunny dispositions? One needs conflict. Unfortunately, that was in short supply at St. Joe’s Resort and Spa. Shift after shift they kept pouring in to the ICU and surgical units. And yes, there was a Rebecca there, but I don’t think she owned a farm, just a cart of needles and tape. In fact, her’s was the first face I encountered as I awoke from Dr. Horri’s la la land inducing coma. The second was that of the bride of 39 years. Now I didn’t write the names down, but I know Rebecca handed off to Chelsea who handed off to Jennifer and/or Jessica who made way for Anita, Mona, Bev, Dana, Amanda, Michelle, Tereina and another sweet-smiling caregiver with the hyphenated name who I enjoyed visiting with pre-op and post-op. Sorry, I don’t have you all memorized and names correctly spelled kids. I had to go with my memory bank. One 12-hour shift made way for another and I took note that incoming troops always arrived 15 to 20 minutes early and the departing team leaders always left 20 minutes to a half-hour after the completion of their shift and check lists. Again, what kind of story does that make? Cool proficiency? Who wants that! I asked Dr. Sheikh to grade his operating room performance, but he just smiled and suggested he might have made a bit of a zig-zag incision just to make it more interesting. I didn’t believe him, but I’m not sure. I don’t know that much about surgeries since this was my first-ever overnight stay in a hospital as a customer and my first-ever IV, and first-ever dealing with painkilling juices. But there he was, every morning, checking on his handiwork and providing an updated report. During one of our more thoughtful conversations he informed me that my bride could pronounce the name Khalid with perfection, while I, could not. I informed him that I could spell Mississippi backwards, and she couldn’t, so she shouldn’t feel too superior. So with no pain registering, except for a few hours between shifts in drugs, it became a waiting game. A stroll down a corridor with a Jennifer, Jessica or Chelsea in tow along with an IV tree, became a highlighted adventure for the day. The bride produced some second-hand flowers. I viewed more campaign rhetoric on CBC television than what is deemed healthy and attempted to dine, although that became a strange event since I temporarily lost any sense of taste. Soon enough, I moved from one unit to another, but the string of sunny dispositions continued to haunt me. The wanna be disgruntled customer was turning gruntled amidst all the positive vibes. I eventually earned full parole and the coupon expired. Oh, Chelsea, Jennifer … that tape you thought you misplaced, it might be in the second drawer of the bedside table in Room 2 in ICU, right beside the extra towel. Or it might not be. I send them all my love and respect but, really, I probably deserved a Ratchet not all those positive Sunnybrook Farm practitioners.

SaskPower Employees Provide SaskPower’s Boundary Dam employees held a fundraising event earlier this month to gather money for a new chemotherapy IV pump at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The team raised more than $1,200 for the purchase of a new pump valued at about $5,000. St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation will top off the SaskPower contribution to complete the purchase. Making the presentation to SJHF executive director Becky Conly, was Tim Schuster, representing the Boundary Dam employee base. Photo submitted.

Students Participate In Vote Program Grade 5 to 8 students at Hillcrest School recently learned more about the democratic process by participating in the national student vote program. They voted for the candidate they thought would do the best job of representing the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency. The deputy returning officers were Hunter Jaworski, left, and Logan Nagel, who are both in Grade 8. Other students in Grades 7 and 8 filled the roles of polling clerks and scrutineers. Photo submitted.

SECTA delivers update to board Nathan Bromm, president of the South East Cornerstone Teachers’ Association met with the division’s board of trustees on Oct. 14 to deliver an update on the association’s recent activities and decisions. Bromm, who has been involved in the association for the past seven years, noted that the local initiatives agreement that covers items not covered in the provincial contract that includes most of the province’s educators, had been ratified. These additional items, which tcover such things as leaves-of-absence and substitute teacher terms, had been approved by the membership with an approval rate of over 90 per cent. Bromm said the 550 or more teachers in the Cornerstone system meet for an annual convention with Estevan, Weyburn and Moosomin serving as host communities on a rotational basis. He said Arcola and/or Regina may be added to that mix in the future, depending on accessibility and efficiencies. Teacher workloads have reached the discussion stage among the members, he told the board as had the desire to keep developing the school-year calendar on a

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co-operative basis with the school boards, administration and themselves. Bromm also informed the board members that 305 teachers had completed a volunteer survey regarding processes to use to uncover priority items. Pam Currie, one of two Estevan representatives on the board, asked if each school division in the province is responsible for their own results, processes and methods with regards to achieving teacher feedback, and she was told that this was, in fact, the situation. “They have found over the years there will be commonalities,” said Lynn Little, Cornerstone’s director of education. Audrey Trombley, board chairwoman who attended the meeting via a media audio-visual hookup, said it was promising to see the teachers gathering information without adding more time commitments to their already busy schedules. Little noted that the survey resulted in 1,400 distinct thoughts that would assist them in developing talking points for the future as they addressed local concerns.

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Locals chosen for philanthropy awards Two southeast Saskatchewan residents and a local business have been selected to receive awards from the Association of Funding Professionals (AFP) Regina chapter for their commitment to their communities. Lampman’s Ron Carson has been chosen to receive the Outstanding Philanthropist Award. Carson was nominated by the STARS Air Ambulance after he raised more than $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 f o r S TA R S through the Rescue on the Prairies fundraiser in August. The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation supplied a letter of support for Carson. Carson and his wife, Shirley, have donated $500,000 to the campaign to bring a new computed tomography (CT) scanner machine to St. Joseph’s Hospital. The area where the machine will be located is to be known as the Ron and Shirley Carson Diagnostics Centre. “I asked (AFP) about (nominating) Ron Carson, and they said he was already nominated, which is wonderful,” said Conly. “He has given to STARS, he has given to the Hospitals of Regina Foundation, and, of course, he is one of the main reasons we have CT scanner services com-

mencing in November here at St. Joseph’s Hospital.” There is only one person chosen to receive the philanthropist award. Most of the other AFP awards have multiple recipients. The hospital foundation submitted two nominations, and both were selected for awards. David Hoffort, who is part of the foundation’s board, was selected as an outstanding individual volunteer. “David Hoffort has a big supporter of southeast Saskatchewan through volunteerism for many, many years,” said Conly. “He lives in Benson and he has been on several different boards, but most importantly he has been able to solicit donations to those non-profit organizations that he supports.” Hoffort has used his contacts and his friendships to support causes he believes in. “He doesn’t do it for any reason other than he believes in what he is doing,” said Conly. “He never looks for recognition or a pat on the back. He’s truly a … model citizen for southeast Saskatchewan.” Turnbull Excavating was among those selected as an outstanding corporate philanthropist. Conly said the award isn’t just for a business that donates

money to projects. The recognized businesses also have to encourage volunteerism. “With Turnbull Excavating, there are at least 15 staff members who sit on boards all over southeast Saskatchewan, from Estevan to Bienfait to Torquay,” said Conly. “There are many different organizations that are supported at Turnbull Excavating.” Turnbull Excavating’s owner, Ed Turnbull, really supports and promotes community involvement, Conly said, and he also donates to the causes his employees are involved with. Conly noted Turnbull Excavating has donated $200,000 to the region over the last five years. It’s a substantial amount considering the size of his business. “They have donated to every aspect of society,” said Conly. The AFP also hands out awards to outstanding

Ron Carson will receive a philanthropy award next month. organizations, youths and a community partner. The awards will be handed out on Nov. 10 in honour of National Philanthropy Day.

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Art Gallery hosting its annual Halloween Haunt The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) will celebrate Halloween by hosting the fourth annual Halloween Haunt on Saturday evening, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Two contests will be offered for children as part of the event. The first is a pumpkin carving competition. Participants are asked

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Fire Sky Energy Donates To Summer Games Fire Sky Energy Inc. made a $12,525 donation to the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games on Friday. Fire Sky Energy Inc. raised the money through various sponsors who supported their Fire Sky charity golf tournament at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club Sept. 17, which attracted 110 golfers. The funds will be put into the Summer Games general fund. Attending the donation presentation were, from left, Kelly McConnell (Friends of the Games co-chair), Amanda Davidson, John Breakey, Warren Waldegger, Tracey Ward, Jason Howden, Brenda Noble, Bernie Bjorndalen (Friends of the Games co-chair), Dustin Hockey and Trevor Vindevoghel. Photo by Wanda Harron.

It’s almost done. The 2015 crops are in the bins … for the most part. According to Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Ministry, 91 per cent of the provincial crop was now secured as of Oct. 12, and with another week of excellent harvest conditions to add to that timeline, it was pretty well certain that the harvest clean up work would be completed by the end of this week. Warm and relatively dry weather allowed producers to get into the fields and complete the harvest operations. Producers in the southwest were the furthest advanced heading into the third week in October, which was a traditional situation once again. By Oct. 12, the farmers in the southwest had 96 per cent

of their crops combined and stored. Farmers in this region of the province were not far behind, at 95 per cent while nearly 90 per cent of the crops were harvested in the west-central and northwest regions. The east central sector was at 87 per cent by mid-month while the northeast producers had harvested about 83 per cent within that same time frame. Ninety-five per cent of durum and 93 per cent of the barley crops were in the bins as was 91 per cent of the spring wheat crops and 89 per cent of the canola crops while 85 per cent of the soybean crops had been tucked away. Chickpeas, canary seed and flax crops trailed slightly behind as per expectations. Topsoil moisture conditions across the province rated as 10 per cent surplus,

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CP Holiday Train will visit Estevan Dec. 16

Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train will make its way to Estevan on December 16 to entertain a local audience and raise awareness for the food bank. For the 17th consecutive year the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will be making a visit to southeast Saskatchewan as part of the company’s ambitious travel plans that sees these specially outfitted rail units make their way across Canada and the United States. The purpose of the train, other than entertaining crowds along the way with top-notch musical talent, is to raise money and promote nutritional food awareness through contributions to local food banks. The Holiday Train which makes most of its stops on the American side of the border, will find its way into southeast Saskatchewan and Estevan on Dec. 16. The train will arrive at a local siding along Souris Avenue and Seventh Street around 3 p.m. The entertainment being provided this year by Kira Isabella and Doc Walker, will be free, encouraging donations to the Estevan and area food bank. The train will first enter Canada and pass through border inspection processes at North Portal, around noon and then slowly make its way to Estevan and then, on to Weyburn for another appearance. Since it’s launch in 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised more than $10.6 million plus 3.6 million pounds of food for North American food banks. “Year after year, the Holiday Train brings great talent and memorable ex-

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Doc Walker is also featured in this year’s annual Festival of Trees in Estevan, a promotion brought to the community by the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. Those who pay a visit to the train are encouraged to enter the Capture the Spirit photo contest and a chance to win an exclusive ride on next year’s train. Details about the program will be posted on the Holiday Train Facebook page. Fans are also invited to follow the trains on social media during their separate journeys.

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Police deal with hit-and-runs and other calls Estevan Police Service (EPS) members received two reports of motorists failing to remain at the scene of an accident early in the morning of Oct. 17. Police were able to solve one incident by locating the offending vehicle, which was abandoned. They later arrested and charged the driver, who was released for court. The second incident remains under investigation. Police responded to two domestic situations during the day shift. One was a high priority call with the risk of a personal injury. Officers later noticed vehicle operators who were failing to yield to emergency

vehicles. Members would like to remind the public the law requires all vehicle operators to pull to the right and stop their vehicle when they encounter a moving emergency vehicle with their lights or other equipment operating. It isn’t sufficient to leave the right lane open for the emergency vehicles, as they can’t pass on the right with their emergency lights on. Police were notified of an impaired driver late in the afternoon through the Report Impaired Drivers (RID) line. Members located the vehicle about 30 minutes after the complaint. The driver, Pierre Bissonnette, 48,

was arrested, charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08, and released. He will appear in Estevan Provincial Court on Dec. 21, to answer to the charges. Police received several calls through the RID line on Oct. 17. There was one vehicle that was not located, so the status of that person is unknown at this time. The other vehicles reported were located and the majority of the motorists were found to be sober, except for the one noted above. The EPS applauds the public for their vigilance, and wants them to continue calling in to keep the streets safe.

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Payroll Benefits Coordinator

The City of Estevan is looking for an independent and self-motivated individual to join our Public Works team. The ideal candidate would possess significant mechanical aptitude and attention to detail. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Services, Maintains, and repairs City of Estevan equipment, machinery, and vehicles. • Schedules and performs required preventative maintenance • Identifies malfunctions in equipment and systems operations and performs repairs. • Cleans and maintains the equipment, shop, and tools. • Provides technical assistance for budgetary or project decisions. This position requires: • Grade 12 or GED equivalent • Journeyman Mechanic’s Certificate • Valid Class 3A Driver’s License • Basic computer and Microsoft Office proficiency Experience and additional assets: • 1 year of related mechanical experience • Valid Class 1A driver’s License is considered an asset

Make a difference everyday with the City of Estevan, a vibrant and growing community in Southeast Saskatchewan, with excellent educational, medical, and recreational facilities. The City is searching for an energetic and motivated individual to join our Finance team as the Payroll and Benefits Coordinator. The ideal candidate would possess an excellent eye for detail and show a thorough nature.

Building Official The City of Estevan is searching for an energetic and motivated individual to join our Land Development team as a Building Official. The ideal candidate would possess an excellent eye for detail and show a thorough nature. Duties include: Administers and enforce Federal and Provincial building codes and regulations, municipal bylaws [building and zoning], and regulations pertaining to buildings and property. Reviews and processes applications for Building, Moving, Demolition and Sign Permits. Schedules and performs a variety of on-site inspections. Researches and assists in preparation of bylaws, policies, plans, and processes relating to building regulation, property maintenance, and inspections. Investigates bylaw infractions and complaints and issues orders for corrective action. Maintains proper records and responds to requests for information. Assists the public, contractors, and associate staff members with Business Division records, bylaws, policies, and procedures. NOTE: The duties listed are not set forth for the purpose of limiting the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally performed outside of the listed duties above (other duties as assigned). EDUCATION Minimum - 2 year Diploma in relevant field such as Architectural and Building Technologies. Must possess a Class 1 Provincial Building Official License, or attain said license within the 1st year of employment. Those individuals who possess a Class 2 or 3 Building Official License and relevant working experience will be given preference. Must have attended the Saskatchewan Building Code Training for Canadians – Series 1 or attend the course within the 1st year of employment. Valid Class 5 Drivers License The position shall be filled in accordance with the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Estevan and CUPE Local 726. Candidates not possessing the qualifications listed above are urged to apply and will be considered on the basis of their combined education and experience.

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Position Title: Out of Scope – Payroll & Benefits Coordinator Length of Position: Temporary Full-Time Maternity Term, Up to One Year Summary: Operating within the Finance Division and reporting to the City Treasurer, the Payroll and Benefits Coordinator collects, verifies, and processes the bi-weekly payroll and administrates benefits for our employees. Duties Include: Perform administrative payroll duties including data entry, filing, and processing. Receives and verifies data, processes, prepares, and distributes bi-weekly payroll. Recognizes and identifies data, procedural, and system issues. Develops, evaluates, recommends, and implements improvements to the payroll system. Designs tests for software installations and prepares training materials. Oversees payroll records system. Processes and interprets data as requested and performs complex calculations as required. Ensures service agreements are maintained, while ensuring a consistently high level of service to both internal and external clients. Registers new employees and ensures that required forms are completed. Reconciles payroll accounts to the General Ledger. Processes machine hour summaries bi-weekly. Provide consultation and advice on a wide range of pay and benefit issues to City employees. Maintains records and files. Administers Employee Benefits Plans and personnel records. Develop an in-depth understanding of the Payroll Database to be able to create Misc. reports on demand . Assists HR Coordinator with special reports and various projects as needed. NOTE: The duties listed are not set forth for the purpose of limiting the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally performed outside of the listed duties above. (Other duties as assigned). Education Grade 12 Formalized Accounting Diploma Formal Payroll courses such as Canadian Payroll Association – Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Proficiency in Computer Software including MS Word, Excel and Outlook Experience and Additional Requirements 3 years of experience in payroll and benefits administration. Experience in a municipal environment is considered an asset Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality. Interested candidates are invited to apply in writing with a cover letter, resume, and at least three professional references. The City of Estevan offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and emphasis on work/life balance. If you’re looking for a career that contributes directly to a growing, thriving community, then apply to:

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Street Closure Notice

The city of Estevan would like to inform the residents of Estevan, effective Monday, September 21, 2015, 6th Street between 13th Avenue and Souris Avenue and Souris Avenue from 4th Street to 6th Street will be CLOSED due to construction work. We recommend during this time to use an alternate route. Remember to reduce your speed in the construction zone. We thank you for your cooperation.The City of Estevan is requesting the public’s assistance during the 6th Street truck route project. Please do not enter the construction zone for any reason. The barricades are there for your safety, please obey all traffic signs. Thank you.

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As per Bylaw 2005 - 1711, residents must keep yards clean, including garbage/junk, junked vehicles. WHEN: October 22 TIME: 7pm COST: TBA Adult Art Programs The Pinterest Challenge Stop pinning the crafts you see on Pinterest and start doing them! In September we will be DIYing canvas wall art. WHEN: October 29, November 26 TIME: 7-9pm COST: $25/person/session The South Sask Photo Club Love photography? This monthly club is for beginners and advanced photographers alike. Instructor Jon Gillies guides each sessions with new tips, tricks and hands-on activities. WHEN: October 27, November 24 TIME: 7-9pm COST: $25/person for an annual membership Drink & Draw Sketch, doodle and indulge in a glass of wine! This casual drawing class fosters creativity while providing a fun night out. Instructed by Amber Andersen. WHEN: October 20 TIME: 7-9pm COST: $20/person Christmas Card Making with Mandi Join instructor Mandi Perry-Zohner and create your own original Christmas greeting cards! WHEN: November 17th TIME: 7-9pm COST: $20/person Sociables Looking for something to do in Estevan? This new program is for you! This casual evening out includes a fun activity, the chance to browse the artwork in the gallery and have drinks and snacks. From date night to girls night or if you’re looking to get out and meet new people, Sociables could be for you! This month we will be offering tarot card readings in the gallery to go along with our haunted theme exhibitions.

VISUAL ARTS CLASSES - Make a Clay Project - Adult (ages 14+) Saturday, October 24 - 10:30am to 4:30pm $50.00 - Pre-registration required KONCERTS FOR KIDS - Faustwork Mask Theatre October 25th, 2015 - 2pm Pleasantdale School STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN - Terry Barber October 27th, 2015 - 7:30pm St. Paul’s United Church -Duo Rendezvous November 9, 2015 - 7:30pm Trinity Lutheran Church

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Homemade for the Holidays Finish up your Christmas shopping at the most unique craft sale in town! Featuring all handmade goods by local artists and craftspeople, this sale will be your best chance to find that truly unique gift. Not sure what to do with the kids while you shop? Drop them off in our craft room for some hot chocolate and holiday crafts while your browse. We are currently seeking artists, bakers and craftspeople to participate in this event. Vendor tables are free! WHEN: December 5th TIME: 1 – 4pm COST: Free Children’s Art Programs Family Art Come create, explore and learn with your ones through art! This program is for toddlers aged 18 months and up. Parent/guardian participation is required. WHEN: October 22, 29 November 5, 12, 19, 26 December 3, 10, 17 TIME: 10-10:30am COST: $5/family/month The Halloween Haunt Fun for the whole family waits at our 2nd Annual Halloween Haunt! This action packed evening features a pumpkin carving contest, costume contest, photo booth, snack vendors and arts and crafts for kids. Contact Karly at 634-7644 for more information regarding the pumpkin carving and costume contests. WHEN: October 24 TIME: 6:30 – 9:00pm COST: Free for all ages to attend. Pre-registration is required for all EAGM programs (excluding the Halloween Haunt). Contact Karly at 634-7644 or by email at galleryed@sasktel.net for more information or to register.

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- Encaustic Class - Adult (ages 14+) Saturday, November 14 - 10am to 4pm $50.00 - pre-registration required - Watercolour Workshop - Adult (ages 14+) Sunday November 8 - 10am to 4pm $40.00 - pre-registration required

Police focused their resources during the Oct. 17 night shift on seeking and deterring impaired drivers. There were several patrol stops, and a check stop was set up in a couple of different locations. A high number of vehicles were stopped and several roadside screening checks were done. Several vehicles had sober drivers, and other drunk people used taxi cabs, which police appreciated. One man was located at around 2 a.m., on Fourth Street and failed a roadside breath test. Bryce Hildahl, 28, was arrested and charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08. He will appear in court on Dec. 21.

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The City of Estevan invites sealed tenders for the “PAYLOADER MOUNTED SNOWBLOWER” Specifications are available at the Legislative Services Business Division – Main Floor – City Hall. For Further information regarding this tender please contact Dale Tannas, Journeyman Mechanic at: 306-634-1831 or Fax 636-2199. E-mail citymechanic@estevan.ca Interested parties are invited to respond by sending sealed tenders to the following, please mark on the outside of the envelope “Payloader Mounted Snowblower” by 2:30 pm Tuesday, November 3, 2015: Legislative Services Business Division, City of Estevan 1102 – 4th Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0W7 Public opening of tenders shall take place at 2:30 pm November 3, 2015 C.S.T., in the Council Chambers, City Hall, ESTEVAN, SK. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

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Sharks Back In Action The Estevan Sharks mini atom, with Isabella Pakish, and atom team welcomed two clubs from both Regina and Weyburn to Affinity Place on Sunday for their first home tournament of the season. In total, 75 kids competed in the tournament. For the story please see page B6. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

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Nathan Alalouf made 47 saves on 50 shots over the span of two home games last week and the Estevan Bruins can feel pretty good about themselves as they head into their postThanksgiving break. Starting in place of regular netminder Tyler Fuhr, Alalouf backstopped the Bruins (7-4-0-1) to a 27save 3-0 shutout win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves (3-10-1) last Wednesday before leading Estevan to a 7-3 victory against the reigning SJHL champion Melfort Mustangs (9-1-1-1) two days later. Chris Lewgood, head coach and general manager of the Bruins, said Alalouf, who started the season as the third-string goalie behind Fuhr and injured backup Tyler Gutenberg, played well against the Ice Wolves in their previous meeting, a 4-1 victory on Oct. 4 at the SJHL Showcase event, so the decision was made to give him another chance. He said after he came through with

a shutout they decided to go with the hot hand again versus the top-ranked Mustangs. Alalouf didn’t have to earn the victories alone. The Bruins peppered La Ronge goaltender Kris Joyce with 37 shots, with three finding their way to the back of the net. Ryan Duret got the scoring started with his first of the season a little over three minutes into the first and that was followed at the 14:18 mark when Lynnden Pastachak knocked one in. Zach Goberis finished off the scoring when he potted his first as a Bruin into an empty net with just under Bruins defenceman Zach Douglas gets set to take a shot on Ice Wolves goalie Kris Joyce. one minute remaining in within a 1:10 span midway He said they had the ter- of our abilities.” the game. Lewgood said they The 100-minute shut- through the frame to put the ritorial advantage for the out streak, dating back to Bruins up 4-1 and knocking majority of the game and wanted to head into their the first period of the first Melfort goaltender Richard outplayed them in almost 10-day break after the Musall aspects. tangs match feeling good Ice Wolves game, ended Palmer from the game. Mustangs backup Evan “We know the team about themselves and that 21 seconds in against the Mustangs thanks to a goal Plotnik fared better by very well,” said Lewgood. was accomplished with by Tristan Frei. Estevan’s only allowing DeRoose’s “They scored a lot of goals the two wins. However, Darcy DeRoose got that second of the night five against us last year so we he said once they get back one back 16 minutes later minutes into the third, were able to dissect their to practice later this week with Pastachak scoring offence and come up with those victories will be out with his third of the year. The Bruins displayed two empty netters to finish a game plan. Essential- of mind and it’ll be back ly, once we felt we could to business as they prepare their offensive might in off the game. Lewgood said they break that down we focused for their next game on Oct. the second with Levi Barnstable, Braden Oleksyn and carried the play for most of on doing what we do and 27 in Melville versus the Keaton Longpre all scoring the night against Melfort. played our game to the best Millionaires.

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A slow start doomed the Estevan Elecs football team to a 48-30 first round playoff loss to the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones at Moose Jaw on Saturday. The score in the game was 28-0 at halftime and 35-0 after three quarters. Then the Elecs did something unimaginable up to that point and put a major scare into the strong Cyclones club. “We started fighting our way back,” said Elecs head coach Mark Schott. “We scored a touchdown (an 11-yard pass from quarterback Andrew Kehler to Donny Mortenson 47 seconds into the fourth quarter) and then kicked an onside kick and got the onside kick and scored another touchdown (a 14yard pass to Mortenson) on that drive and kicked an onside kick following that, got the onside kick and scored another touchdown (a nine-yard pass to Keaton Tarnes). “Then we kicked a third consecutive onside kick and we didn’t get that one and then (on) Central’s first offensive play after retrieving the kick they fumbled right into the hands of our linebacker (Jacob Shurygalo) and he ran it all the way back for a touchdown. So the score with two minutes to go in the game was 35-30.” The Elecs tried a fourth onside kick after that score, but it was picked up by Central and led to a Moose Jaw offensive touchdown to put the score at 42-30 with 37 seconds left. A Hail Mary pass from Kehler with no time left on the clock ended up being intercepted and ran back for a score to finish the game at 48-30. Schott said the Elecs didn’t come out with the urgency they needed at the start of the game and that was talked about at halftime. He said the coaching staff told the players these next two quarters will potentially be their last if they didn’t start executing on both sides of the ball and that is exactly what they did. Kehler ⇢ B6

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Elecs practice regional playoff with Raiders By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Elecs girls’ soccer team lost 6-0 to the Yorkton Raiders Thursday at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field in a feel-out game for the two clubs who are slated to renew hostilities this weekend at the Regional Championships in Yorkton. “We played to the best of our ability,” said Elecs’ co-captain Carlee MacCuish. “We played our game, not theirs. We did a pretty good job for ourselves.” MacCuish said the game gave the Elecs a chance to see what the Raiders’ playing abilities are, so they’ll now be able to better match up against them. She said they need to continue to play their positions well at the Oct. 23-24 Regional Championships and with a little work before the game they should be well prepared. “We’re going to figure out how to communicate with each other to pass better, like where everybody is on the field,” added fellow co-captain Megan Pippus. “That makes it easier to play the game.” The Yorkton victory

Estevan’s Tayler Olver moves the ball upfield during the first half of the Elecs’ 6-0 loss to the Yorkton Raiders Thursday at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field. started off with tight defensive play by both teams. After the Raiders got onto the board in the middle of the first half, their speed and striking ability showed itself with Roma Zulyniak, Leia Zulyniak and Dianna Kitzul all netting two goals each. Raiders head coach Michael Chapman said the team has gone a couple weeks without a game, which led to the rusty start where they weren’t able to move the ball very well. He said once they got into the game their passing came around, they used the field really well and the goals

started to come. “We’ve been working a lot on give and go’s and playing through balls,” said Chapman. “The girls really put a lot of pieces together today and just really started to play a good team game, so I was really happy with their performance. Estevan put a lot of pressure on them. They played really good defense. They were pretty aggressive and I thought we handled it pretty well.” Stacy Murphy, head coach of the Elecs, said her charges played well in the game, but they have to learn to communicate bet-

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Panthers come up short against Drillers By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A late surge fell a little short in the Estevan midget AA Power Tech Panthers 6-4 loss to the Weyburn Drillers at Affinity Place on Sunday. The Panthers (1-1) controlled the play for the majority of the third period and held a 29-24 shot clock advantage at the end, but an unsuccessful power play near the end of the frame stopped their attempt. Estevan found themselves in need of the comeback after falling behind 5-1 to the Drillers (2-1) after the first 40 minutes. Trevor Morrison, head coach of the Panthers, said a tough 10-minute stretch in the second period is where they lost the game. He added that a positive to take out of the loss is they did generate a lot of scoring chances and shots on net. “We could have had a few more shots where we were looking instead of just throwing them on net,” said Morrison. “We just had a couple bad unfortunate bounces go against us, but overall we played pretty good. We just had a bad 10-minute stretch there

where they got some goals on us. It was the difference in the game.” Morrison said the Panthers have a short bench this season with only 13 players on the roster and only two of the girls are veteran players, but all have talent to spare. The work right now for the girls is getting to know each other’s tendencies on the ice and learn how to play together as a team. Morrison said they’ll play a puck possession style of hockey and try to stay out of the penalty box considering their small roster. “We have a well balanced team,” he said. “We have no weak pieces. All of our girls can skate and it’s just a matter of getting them all to gel now. We could use a couple more skaters, but we don’t have them. So we’ll have to learn to play some disciplined hockey when we get tired and work as a unit.”

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Chargers Mavericks Chargers down Bombers split opening series By Jamie Harkins

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The Estevan bantam A Power Dodge Chargers earned a nail-biting win and suffered a lopsided loss in their first two games of the season. The Chargers began the year with a last minute 3-2 win over the Moose Jaw Mavericks at the Civic Auditorium on Saturday before falling 7-3 in another home tilt against the same Mavericks the next afternoon. Kent McLellan, head coach of the Chargers, said the difference between the two games is simply that they scored on their opportunities in the first match and the Mavericks scored on theirs in the second. He said they played better defensively on Saturday and suffered a few breakdowns the next day leading to the the unflattering final result. “We did some good things on the ice (Sunday) and we played a little better than what the score was,” said McLellan. “We just didn’t bury our chances when we had them.” The Chargers grouped their scoring in the middle of the 7-3 loss. With Moose Jaw leading 3-0, Chargers’

forward Kenzie Balon got Estevan on the board at the 16:25 mark of the second period. Balon got her second of the night one minute into the third before Ireland Biette, with an assist from Balon, tied up the game at threes fifteen seconds later. The Mavericks stepped up the pressure after the tying goal and scored four unanswered on Chargers’ goaltender Ayja Hegland to end the game. One day earlier, the Chargers’ Marci LeBlanc replied for Estevan a little over five minutes into the second period to tie the game at 1-1. She scored her second of the match on the power play with 7:28 left in the middle frame to give Estevan a 2-1 lead heading into the third. After the Mavericks tied up the game 12 minutes into the final period, Balon put the Chargers up for good with 1:33 left in the game. Estevan’s Myan Battersby earned the win between the pipes. McLellan said the home series was a good opportunity for the team to start working on their systems and on what they need to excel at in order to have a successful season.

He said they only have 10 skaters on the team this year, with nine of them rookies, so a lot of work is needed to get everybody on the same page moving forward. “ Wi t h a n y t e a m , whether they are rookies or not, we always want to play a moving the puck, good breakouts, control and playing in their end instead of ours (game),” he said. “It’s a simple way to put it. If the puck is in their end it’s hard to score goals on us. But just moving the puck and letting the girls understand that if they pass the puck, they don’t have to skate as hard (and) they don’t get as tired.” The Chargers have experienced varying levels of success in the past depending on what group they were able to put on the ice. McLellan said this year’s squad should be one of the better ones when they display in games what they’re learning in practice. “If everybody comes to the rink everyday ready to play then we’ll do just fine,” he said. “I don’t expect to be a first place (team) and I don’t expect to be last place. If the girls come and play their game they’ll do well.”

The Estevan Century 21 peewee Chargers special teams’ squad helped the football team to a regular season-ending 36-0 win over the Moose Jaw Bombers Friday at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field. “It was something we were waiting on all season to break,” said Chargers head coach Jason Bresciani. “It was nice to see the special teams coming through.” Chargers kick returner Hunter Eagles gave the good-sized crowd that came out to watch the team on a frosty Friday night under the lights a thrill when he returned a punt 40 yards to the end zone 2:23 into the game to put the home side up 6-0. Both teams then exchanged chances with no results on the scoreboard until a few minutes left in the second quarter when Chargers running back Kyle Mack ran the ball in from 12 yards out. After a convert from Alec Waldegger the team jumped up to a 14-0 lead. A punt after the touchdown and fumble by a Bombers returner followed and Estevan found themselves within striking distance again when Chargers defender Hayden Neff picked up the ball on the Moose Jaw 30-yard line. Chargers quarterback Kaleb Bechtold then went to work and advanced the ball to the Moose Jaw one-yard line on two keeps and a 13-yard scramble by running back Keegan Merriman. Bechtold would be the one to get the score when he punched in the touchdown with 39 seconds left in the quarter, which was quickly followed by a Waldegger convert to put the score at 22-0 at the half. The third quarter began in a similar fashion to the first with Eagles returning the opening kickoff 50 yards for the touchdown and 28-0 Chargers lead. After a Moose Jaw punt on their next possession, Estevan drove the ball from their own 40 to the Bombers 31-yard line. Bechtold then scored his second

Chargers running back Kyle Mack moves the ball into Bombers territory. of the game when he ran in the ball with 3:29 remaining to put the score at 36-0 after the Waldegger convert. Bresciani said the win is due to a full team effort from the strong play his defence exhibited to eliminate the Bombers run over to the great ability of his offence to move the ball with ease. He said the major thing that caused the good offensive effort is the great play by the Chargers offensive line. “That was key,” he said. “For the running backs to run the way they did, if it wasn’t for the offensive line they wouldn’t have gotten the yards and the runs they had.” With the win, the 5-2 Chargers finish in third place in the Moose Jaw Minor Football League and secure a home date with the 3-4 Weyburn Ravens Oct. 20 in the first round of the playoffs. The Chargers lost 20-14 to the Ravens on Sept. 30 in their only regular season match. “Hopefully (we do) better than the last result,” said Bresciani. “I’m expecting a good hard fought and maybe close game.” Please see this Friday’s edition of Southeast Lifestyles for a story on the ChargersRavens playoff game.

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Falcons prove tough matchup for Steelers By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Three days after downing the Moose Jaw Razorbacks 22-8 at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field for their first win of the year, the Estevan Lions Club bantam Steelers football team found themselves on the wrong side of a 43-0 victory by the Weyburn Falcons at Darold Kot Field on Saturday. “We came out a little bit flat,” said Steelers head coach Paul Duncan about the loss. “We had some players out today, so we had to make some adjustments and I don’t think that we were quite as prepared as we could be.” Duncan said the Steelers game in Weyburn following so closely after their match against the Razorbacks may have played a factor in the loss. Nevertheless, he noted the players also didn’t play as hard as they should have. “We win and we lose

as a team, so it’s a whole team thing,” he said. “It’s not one side or the other side that didn’t contribute.” In a dominating performance, the Falcons got on the board 3:13 in with a touchdown by running back Chase Fillmore that was followed by a convert from Kyle Barrett to make it 7-0 early. With 3:35 remaining Falcons safety Garrett Liebreich earned a pick-six and after the convert the score stood at 14-0. Weyburn finished the quarter with a safety to lead 15-0 after 12 minutes. It took Weyburn another 6:08 to put the score at 22-0 when Fillmore ran the ball in from the Steelers 44-yard line, which was followed by the Barrett convert. Two minutes and twenty eight seconds later the same two Falcons teamed up again to make it 29-0. With 1:10 left in the second quarter, the usual suspects followed up on another run and kick to bring the Falcons to 36-0

at the half. Falcons punter/running back Skyla Patterson finished off the scoring with a three-yard drive with 6:35 left in the third quarter and after the Barrett convert the score stood at 43-0 Weyburn. “Team effort right across the board,” said Falcons head coach Brett Cooper about how they earned the win. “The team played from top to bottom exactly what we knew we had to do. That was focus on O and D, and I just told them to go out and have fun. Don’t worry what’s on the (scoreboard) and if you guys have fun and play your game good things will happen.” Duncan said their offence may have had a tough outing, but despite the score against his defence still played really well. He said they were put in tough positions on the field all game and still stuck to the game plan and executed. The final regular sea-

Estevan’s Trevor Shaw is tackled by a Weyburn defender. son loss puts the Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football team record at 1-5, which sets them up for a rematch with the Moose Jaw Razorbacks (0-6) Oct. 20 at home in their first playoff game. Duncan said his guys played lights out against the Razorbacks in their

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Team Kitz has a new lineup this year Skip Chaelynn Kitz, Oxbow, third Rikki Schick, Pleasantdale, second Taylor Marcotte, Torquay, and lead Rachel Erickson, Maryfield, are curling out of the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon. Team Kitz started off their curling season playing in the Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour (SWCT) Ladies Saskatoon Co-op Curling Classic. In round-robin play Kitz faced Team Stewart and took a loss in a very close game with Stewart having

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Apex Bruins Keep Win Streak Alive The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins were perfect at home this weekend as they defeated the Regina Rangers (0-2) 1-0 at Affinity Place Saturday night and the Melville Millionaires 6-3 on Sunday. Bruins forward Mitchell Morrison, centre, helped provide an offensive burst against Melville by scoring once and adding two helpers in the Estevan win over Melville (2-3-3). The Apex Bruins now sit at 5-0-1 with their next home date coming this Saturday against the 1-2 Swift Current KMotel Hurricanes. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

After two ends of play the teams were tied at 1-1. In the third end Kitz made a draw to the eight foot to score three. Grabarczyk scored a single in four. The two teams traded singles in the fifth and sixth ends to make the score 5-3. Grabarczyk stole one in the seventh end. Kitz, having the hammer in the eighth, had an open hit to score three capturing the win by a score of 8-4 and advancing them to the semifinal. Kitz faced Team Kerr from Esterhazy in the semifinal. In the first end Kitz made an open hit to score her deuce. Third Rikki Schick made a nice double takeout to get the team out of trouble and forced Kerr to a single. Kerr missed an open hit in the third leaving Kitz a draw for two. In the fourth Kitz stole two more making the score 6-1. Kerr got a single in five and in the sixth Kitz made a draw to score four more and got the win by a final score

of 10-2 advancing Team Kitz to the final. Kitz played Team Fesser in the final game of the Junior Classic. The first and second ends were blanked. In the third Team Kitz was forced to take a single. In the fourth end Fesser made a draw to score her deuce. In the fifth Fesser racked on a guard, so Kitz made a draw to score her deuce making the score 3-2 for Kitz. In the sixth end Fesser made a delicate tap back to score her deuce putting her back on top by a score of 4-3. In the seventh Kitz made a double takeout on her first rock to keep the attempt alive and peeled out the stone in the house on her last rock to keep the hammer coming home in the eighth. Team Kitz was drawing to tie the game and go to an extra end, but she was a touch heavy on her last stone giving up the steal of one and finished second place in the Junior Classic.

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The smell of oil and the sounds of technology filled the air at the Wylie Mitchell Building. The 28th Annual Estevan Model Engineering show was in full swing on Saturday and Sunday, bringing in a full compliment of tinkerers, millwrights, mechanics, enthusiasts and everything in between. Pistons pumped, wheels spun, and engines whirred and buzzed, at the show. A menagerie of miniature machines were showcased over the two days of the show, putting the inventiveness and talent of all the exhibitors involved on display. About 36 exhibitors showcased projects like miniature steam and gas engines, and machine tools for a crowd of over 200 curious guests. Exhibitors were from far and wide, across the West, with people travelling from other parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, North and South Dakota and Montana, among other places, to participate and show what they could create on a small scale. There were an assortment of machines

inspired by the industrial history of the West, with plenty of small grain elevator engines and pump jacks imitating the movements of their much larger inspirations, throughout the day. “It’s the second oldest model engineering show in North America. It started in the mall with 12 people, but now we see as many as 56 showing up some years,” said Kelly Tytlandsvik, the host of the show. “There are machinists here, people

who worked at the mint, miners, farmers, welders, mechanics, doctors, topographers, border inspectors — there’s a big mixture of everyone here.” Tytlandsvik noted that many of the exhibitors didn’t even have careers in anything remotely related to model engineering. They picked it up as a hobby, and they eventually brought the products of their labour to shows. Jerry Pontius had a gauntlet of engines spinning, and he even con-

Many of the participants in the 28th Annual Estevan Model Engineering Show were true to the namesake of the show, building small engines.

structed a miniature tree feller, complete with a log that was to scale, as part of his exhibit. “I started in 1996 with a 10-inch Logan lathe and a Bridgeport mill. I had all the drill presses and welder’s stuff like that. I started when I retired, when I made a diorama of the Yates 1 Complex for the Homestake Mining Company,” said Pontius. “I had so much fun doing that, I just started building all sorts of models. With as much time as I have after retiring, I also write a few magazine articles about it.” Pontius noted that most of the models that he builds are historical scale models of stream engines. This was a feature that was very common with machinery on display. Many of the machines were faithful to their source inspirations, running on oil and gas and moving the same way — albeit on a smaller scale — as the machines they were created in the image of. Exhibitor Curtis Lambert said if there were any malfunctions at the show, it would be the best place to encounter them, because of the number of experts all in one place, and the

Some of the exhibitors in the Estevan Model Engineering Show took their projects as far as building dioramas to accompany the functional to-scale models they built. open collaborative spirit of those who get into model engineering. “If someone could bottle all the knowledge in this room,” said Lambert, with a chuckle, implying the bottle would fill very

quickly on account of all the talent in the room, that weekend. “We all take different routes and used different methods, but we end up at a successful completion of each project.”

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A musical show that incorporates the stylings of history, blending it with an international and modern sound is coming to the Energy City. Terry Barber, a countertenor singer, thrives on a career in which he looks to make the sensibilities of classical music fun and interesting to a contemporary audience. He will be bringing that unique blend of style to Estevan, on Oct. 27. Around the World in 80 Minutes, is a collection of music with what he describes as “the world’s greatest melodies,” featuring songs in 10 languages performed by Barber and two soloist collaborators; a Juilliard-trained concert pianist, and a wind solo-

ist from the New York Philharmonic, playing the oboe, English horn, flute and clarinet. “It’s been on my bucket list to perform in Canada more. I love it there; the people are great. I’m working with exceptional musicians, and what we’re doing is giving the audience songs, which in a lot of cases, they already have some relationship with,” said Barber, in a phone call with the Mercury. “The most obvious example might be Danny Boy, in the case of Ireland, or La Vie En Rose for France; but we’re going to perform them in a way that nobody’s ever heard before.” Around the World in 80 Minutes will feature songs sung in a variety of languages, including Portugese, Thai, Manda-

rin, French, German and Italian. Barber has a wide vocal range and his ability to sing countertenor, in particular, will be thoroughly showcased during Around the World. Countertenor is a classical voice that Barber noted may sound foreign to someone more accustomed to contemporary male singing voices. “I want to challenge people’s perception of what is possible with a male voice, stylistically,” said Barber. “Countertenor is a man who sings higher than a tenor, in what we’d typically associate with the singing range of a woman, in a classical sense.” Barber said his approach to doing a show entails asking himself, “How can I get people to enjoy and listen to music that is

driven by classical more?” In an effort to make classical music more accessible to a wider audience, Barber noted that he likes to depart from the snobbery often associated with that style of music. “There are unfortunate parts of the etiquette that say things like, ‘You’re not part of this,’ ‘You don’t know how to dress,’ or ‘You don’t know when to clap,’ and I don’t subscribe to that at all,” said Barber. “I want everyone to love classical.” Barber noted a good example in making classical more accessible can be found in his version of Habanera, in the opera, Carmen, in which he adds percussion and sings all the backing vocals to the song in English, “so everyone will know what it’s about.” While performing,

Barber noted that his shows are ones in which he likes to connect with the audience in a personal manner, treating listeners as if they were in his living room. “I want everyone to feel like they’re part of the performance,” he said. “It’s not a monologue for me. They’re not supposed to just sit there in some controlled and contained way. I don’t agree with that mentality.” Barber said he’s often asked what he considers his most important performance. “That’s a hard question to answer, because I care about one performance as much as I care about others. It’s a different kind of opportunity in each case,” said Barber. “Some people have asked why I tour specifically in Canada, going

to rural areas and small venues. It’s not Carnegie Hall, but I still get excited about it. I like my audience and I like being able to share my art.” In addition to the concert, Barber is arranging for pre-release copies of a new album he’s completed, which will be available at the upcoming concert, and will include five songs from the performance and six Christmas songs from his Christmas Presents album, created with the help of Grammy Award winning producer Steven Epstein. Around the World in 80 Minutes will take place at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul’s United Church. Tickets are available at Henders Drugs or online at TicketPro. For more information, contact the Estevan Arts Council at 306-634-3942.

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The View from the desk of Marga Cugnet, CEO, Sun Country Health Region Partners with Sun Country Health Region One of the pictures in the latest issue of the Sun Country Health Region’s Regional Sun shows people gathered for a celebration of the Estevan Community Garden this summer. (The Regional Sun will be distributed through your local newspaper soon.) Sun Country Health Region has partnered with the Estevan Community Garden Committee to help create and maintain a space where community members can grow healthy food, be physically active and build networks of friendship. Subsequently, the garden’s organization has also entered into a partnership with the Kinesiology Department at the University of Regina to participate in research into the social isolation that often accompanies aging, a subject of critical importance in our Region. This is one example of the kind of partnership that Sun Country Health Region thrives on. We have enjoyed many similar partnerships with communities for many years. Recently, we partnered with the Kipling District Health Foundation, the Redvers and District Community Health Foundation, and the Radville and District Health Centre Foundation to build new facilities, or a long term care wing. We partnered with the Redvers foundation to work on the successful re-opening of the acute care wing at Redvers Health Centre. We worked with the Wawota community to find a solution for physician coverage. We’re working with the Fillmore community for health services. We continue to work with the Coronach community and Five Hills Health Region to provide services. We’ve successfully opened eight new primary health care sites in recent years and continue to work closely with those communities to ensure the services are targeted to identified health needs. We partner regularly with schools in the Region by providing support in creating and implementing healthy food policies, sharing nutrition information with educators and families, and providing child immunization. We want to strengthen our partnership with First Nations bands in our Region to ensure health services are available. We partner with urban and rural municipal officials to discuss health care issues regularly. We partner with police and social agencies to re-direct young people away from crime. We’ve worked with St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in Estevan to get a CT scan for the Region. The list is almost endless. All of these joint endeavours bring value to both Sun Country Health Region, to the community organizations and to residents. Each party learns more about its partner’s needs by participating in discussions and activities. The whole community becomes stronger and more cohesive as we break down misconceptions and mistrust and learn how to work together. We all want to make a positive impact on our communities in our own way. By working together, we can multiply the impact. We can use the particular expertise we all bring to the table to enrich the lives of our communities and add value to individual lives. These collaborations and partnerships with one another make Sun Country Health Region a better place to live. Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. —Japanese writer Ryunosuke Satoro

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New entrepreneur excited about venture Vicki Holinaty is excited with the response she has received for Studio 11, her new hairstyling business in Estevan that opened last month. Holinaty has been working as a hairstylist in Estevan for nearly 20 years, and saw potential for a salon that focused on hair and didn’t feature other beautician services, such as manicures.

“I had a good group of girls that wanted to venture out and do something as well,” said Holinaty. “It’s the support of my staff, and the support of my family, and those two came together at the right time for me.” She has four hairstylists working for her who have a range of experiences and a good base of clients. Holinaty worked with one for

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wanted that kind of freedom for herself. People have asked her why she didn’t start her own business earlier. But she felt the timing wasn’t right. She and her husband, Don, have three daughters, and they were focused on their family. “So I think it was about timing, family support and good staff support, and that all came together,” said Holinaty. “That’s what I found was what made me decide … to open it up now.” But owning her own business was always in the back of her mind. Holinaty has had some exposure to the life of an entrepreneur. Her husband, Don, owns Roxon Flooring, and so she said she knew the

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she said. Her husband, and her friends, helped get the business up and running, and without their help, she wouldn’t be where she is today.

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FITZSIMMONS Jacqueline (Jackie) Fay Brodziak 1966-2015 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, we, the family of Jackie Fitzsimmons of Bienfait, SK announce her passing on September 24th, 2015 at St. Josephs Hospital in Estevan, SK. Jackie passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the age of 49 years following a courageous nine month journey with cancer. Jackie was predeceased by: her sister, Debbie; stepdaughter, Jennifer; father in law, Jack; mother in law, Audrey; grandfathers, Mike and Frank; and uncles, Hector, Eddie and his twin brother Ernie. Along with distant relatives and friends. Jackie was born in Regina on August 25, 1966 to Eugene and Sylvia Brodziak. She is survived by: her parents; her three children; daughters, Jennifer (Ben) Engen with grandsons, Harlan and Emmett, Jessie Fitzsimmons with grandson, Bentley; son, Jamie Fitzsimmons; husband, Mike Fizsimmons; sisters, Sheryl (Steve) Watson with children Shauna and Ryan, Colleen(Craig) Kickley with children Rachelle(Craig), Taylor, and Dallas (Krista); brother, Trevor (Melodie) Brodziak with children Kayla and Preston; step-daughter, Lori Fitzsimmons and stepgrandson Tristen; step-granddaughter, Courtney Fitsimmons; sister-in-law, Debbie (Martin) Lynch; numerous aunts, uncles, relatives, co-workers, clients, many wonderful friends and her very special Army of Angels. Her Facebook group “Jackie’s Army of Angels” registers just under 1200 faithful Angel friends who followed her on her journey. This was truly uplifting and generous support for her and the family. Jackie’s journey began in January and gave her only a few months at home. In June her journey became courageous, when she was admitted to the Pasqua Hospital again.. She maintained till the end an “It’s All Good.. I Got This” attitude. Even when times got tough she still showed her wittiness, humorous side and her radiant smile. Jackie grew up in Estevan and loved life there. Jackie was always a loving, caring, hard working, determined and generous lady. Everyone who knew her, knew that of her. Her first job was selling ice cream as “The DickieDee Girl”, she went on to waitress at a number of businesses in Estevan. She worked as a labourer at Boundary Dam Power Station (outworking many men), where she met her husband Mike Fitzsimmons, who she married in September 1991. Jackie continued working while raising her 3 children, but was also very involved in the community of Bienfait where her family made a home. In 2003 Jackie decided to pursue career in Real Estate and was currently at Better Homes and Garden Realty in Estevan. She achieved many outstanding awards for her success and gained many new friends through it. Jackie’s pride and joys were her children and her three grandbabies. She referred to them as her precious Angels. She loved any time spent with them, whether it was walks down the streets of Bienfait in motorized cars, popcorn nights, attending concerts and all special holidays. Her “boys” were everything to her. She was the “cool” G-mama that laughed, danced and always put a smile on everyone’s face. Jackie was an avid supporter and volunteer of the Bienfait Coalers Hockey team for many years. She also strongly supported the Estevan Bruins and Estevan Motor Speedway. She also supported sponsored 2 of her nephews hockey jerseys for years and was their #1 fan and rarely missed a game. Jackie

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Connie Wilker 1943 - 2015 Connie Marjorie Wilker, late of Estevan, SK passed away at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the age of 71 years. Connie's memory will be forever cherished by her son Dale (Wendy) Wilker; daughter Brenda (Bob) Boehmer; grandchildren, Shaun (Cheryl), Clayton (Girlie), Callie and Karly (Logan); step grandchildren, Nelson, Kim, Katelyn and Tanner; step great grandchildren, Electra, Sammy, Anna and Marina Pearl; brothers and sisters, Kelly (Ollie) Schnell, Sunny (Henry) Pereira, Florence Hepper and Steven Schnell; sister-in-law Veronica Schnell, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by Gus, her husband of 44 years; infant son Dean; parents, Roy and Erma Schnell; brothers, Cam Schnell and Reg Schnell and brother-in-law Frank Kovacs. A Funeral Service for Connie was held on Friday, October 16, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Mr. Doug Third officiating. Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, and a luncheon followed in the auditorium at St. Paul's United Church, Estevan. If friends so desire, donations in Connie's memory may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 - 2550 12th Avenue, Regina, SK, S4P 3X1. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. served as a town council member, President of the Figure Skating Club for years, coached her children’s ball teams, played a major role in the renovation of the Skating Rink, and yet found time to host an incredible haunted house for anyone who dared to enter. Jackie was very generous and loved to donate gifts and give anonymously without expecting a thank you or recognition. Quite often her favourite items to give were benches, solar lights, and angels. She had a special spot for the less fortunate and the grieving, and was often referred to as “an angel on earth”. She loved to make people happy and always put others first. One of Jackie’s biggest undertakings was “Heaven’s Flowered Highway”. Jackie started a campaign to bring attention to the many needless fatalities on highways 39 and 6. She sat listening to and crying with many families that had lost their loved ones. On Jackie’s birthday, Aug 25, 2013, she asked anyone who had lost a loved one to place a memorial cross or flowers at the tragic spot on the highway so it could be seen. She spent roughly 10 hours that day making her way down those highways, stopping at every memorial. A video tribute with all the memorials can be seen on her “Heaven’s Flowered Highway” Facebook page. Jackie brought awareness to all levels of gov’t and social media. On Sept. 23, when Jackie returned home to St. Josephs Hospital from Regina, she took her last ride down Heaven’s Flowered Highway. On August 25th, in the years to come, we will forever honour Jackie’s amazing life on her birthday and will continue to carry on her legacy of Heavens Flowered Highway’s Anniversary. A special Celebration of Jackie’s Life was held on October 1, 2015 at 2:00pm at the Bienfait Memorial Arena with Pastor Waylon Klix and Rev. Father Brian Merideth officiating. A special display of her angel collection and her memorabilia were displayed in a beautiful setting. Jackie always said “One can never have too many angels”. Grievers were invited to take home an angel before leaving in Jackie’s memory. Melodie Brodziak and Craig Kickley gave a very fitting eulogy which was followed by a slideshow portraying Jackie’s life bringing out many smiles, emotions and tears. It was a “Celebration of Life’ that honoured Jackie that she would have loved. Even her much loved motorcycle sat proudly by. We know Jackie is riding her bike on the Highway of Heaven, pain free to be with the angels. She will always be remembered by her hearty laugh, her humour, her wittiness, her radiant smile and her kind loving heart. She was a one of a kind person. She is dearly loved by her family and many dear friends. Jackie will be missed greatly. In Jackie’s own words “I Got This.. We Got This.. It’s All Good.” The family would like to extend a huge thank you to the staff and nurses of 3B at Regina’s Pasqua Hospital for the amazing care and love shown to Jackie over the past 9 months. As well as a very special thank you to the staff at the Estevan St. Josephs Hospital for making it possible for her to return “home”. Many thanks to family and friends, for all the flowers, gifts, meals, cards, donations in her memory, and the love shown towards the family. Also to the countless residents of Bienfait and surrounding areas as well as the coalers hockey team for making Jackie’s celebration possible , Better Homes and Garden for the beautiful floral memorial arrangement, memorial cards, bookmarks, and for creating a wonderful slideshow in her honour. Jackie would be so proud. Thank you all for the prayers and support over these past months. We are forever grateful. A private family internment will be held at a later date. Those wishing to make donations in Jackie’s memory may do so to the Shriners Hospital For Children, 1529 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A6. Family and friends are invited to sign the family’s online obituary at: www.hallfuneralservices.ca Arrangements entrusted to Halls Funeral Service in Estevan, Sk.

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Student success processes outlined to trustees Two Cornerstone schools placed under review By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

It is a required duty that the South East Cornerstone Public School Division’s board members accepted on Oct. 14, when they officially placed Pangman and Wapella Schools under the review process. Since these two schools met the review criteria insofar as their enrolment numbers and other factors have diminished during the past few years, it was incumbent on the trustees to begin the review process, said co-chairwoman Carol Flynn who was directing the formal portion of the meeting while chairwoman Audrey Trombley joined the board via a media hookup. Each school will now have a review committee appointed to it comprised of up to four members of the current School Community Councils, two members of the town or village council and two representatives of

the council or municipalities in the school division. The school community council members cannot be teachers or school principals. In making the motion for review, Estevan-based trustee Janet Foord said the criteria has been well established since 1995, and she and Flynn reminded the other trustees that this was just the start of the review process. Trustee Kevin Keating pointed out the review could lead to one of three conclusions: one being the closure of the school within a year, second, a discontinuance of some grades within the school, or, third, no action being taken at all. Pangman School, a kindergarten to Grade 12 school currently houses about 70 students which is lower than the base enrolment figures considered to be viable by the provincial government. Wapella School is a kindergarten to Grade 9 school with an enrolment of about

49 or 50 students. Flynn said the board had spent a great deal of time discussing the possibility of the reviews before the motion hit the floor. “We have a lot more data to look at now then we had even a few years ago,” said Foord. “And there has been little or no change in the numbers; and in fact, they are lower than before and this affects all schools in the division where we have to channel finances and resources.” Elwood White, admitting that he entered the process with some prejudice since he has a child enrolled in the Pangman School, said he would vote against the motion to conduct a review. He was joined by Weyburn trustee Ed Pretzer in casting the two votes against the motion. “I understand the cost factors, but I feel these schools are doing a good job of educating the kids right where they are,” White said. Estevan trustee Pam

Currie said she felt it was the board’s responsibility to look seriously at the situation once the numbers fall below the provincially established parameters. “The fact is, it’s policy and projected enrolments, plus increasing costs for education delivery, transportation considerations … we don’t take it lightly, but we must carry out some due diligence here.” “We will go through the process in compliance with legislation,” said Trombley. Trustee Harold Laich who represents schools in the northeast sector of the public school division, which includes Wapella, said it was incumbent on the trustees to “make it clear to the communities as to why these schools are under review.” “We know it affects families, schools, the feeder systems, but we have to do it,” said Foord. In other less contentious issues at the board table, the trustees listened to a

musical presentation by the Weyburn Comprehensive School Choir and from the school’s award-winning Entrepreneurship 30 class that captured a couple of national awards. Consultants Tracey Kiliwnik and Cheryl Anderson delivered information on the student success process and the delivery of some Lean efficiencies to the process under the direction of the division’s financial and business management officer Shelley Toth. “There were some frustrations at first,” said Kiliwnik, referring to the three-day session, but the program that focused on support systems for schools eventually drew some positive feedback from participants. There is now a new flow chart for student success projects and educators are getting the right paperwork at the right time. Early reports indicate that with intervention needs being sighted at the entry-

level stage, more students, including First Nations students, are reaping greater success rates. The two consultants said the goal is to have 90 per cent of the youngest students being at a readiness level for language for Grade 1 and that they were currently at 89 per cent. Students who were coming up a bit short of the desired level will be reassessed in June. On the mathematics scales, there is now more data to pull out, they said, and it showed there was more work to be done right up to the Grade 12 level, but improvements had been made and recorded with about 80 per cent of the students between Grades 1 and 9 now meeting acceptable standards and 75 per cent of the Grades 10 to 12 students hitting the acceptable zones. Anderson said there were still no provincial assessments to compare with Cornerstone’s self-generated data, at this time.

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Wild land fire extinguished quickly Estevan Fire Rescue personnel had a busy afternoon on Oct. 14, being called upon for services on three separate back-to-back occasions. The first call, said Deputy Chief Dale Feser, came around 3:30 in response to a report of a wild land fire near the rail line trestle on the west side of the city. “Access to the fire was easy enough and the fire was brought under control fairly quickly,” said Feser, in spite of a fairly brisk wind that might have fanned the flames if the blaze had been able to catch a new life. “It was close proximity to the nearby road, so we got to it early. The cause was believed to have been a bypassing train where a rail spark or hot area may have ignited the vegetation next to the rail,” said Feser. Just as the team was wrapping that up, they received a call regarding a possible residential fire on the northwest side of the

city. An advance team made a bee line to the home and discovered it to be a false alarm that was assessed quickly and therefore meant that no fire service vehicles needed to be dispatched to that address. While this situation was concluding, Feser said they received a third call regarding a fire in an agricultural field between Hitchcock and Macoun. “There was a concern expressed regarding a controlled burn being undertaken by a local farming operation. It was being carried out under local regulations and specifications, but due to the higher winds at the time, we felt it was best to respond, just in case,” said Feser, citing it to be a case of being safe rather than sorry. The field burn, however, was being conducted in a prescribed manner, so the unit assigned to the scene eventually returned to Estevan as the burn was drawing to a conclusion.

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Local youths get recognition for heroism in emergency situation By Sam Macdonald

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Even in the most dire and drastic of emergency situations, there is a local silver lining. Four local youths have shown that Estevan is home to very responsible good Samaritans. At a police board meeting, they were given formal recognition for the role they played in helping the victims of a recent vehicular accident on Kensington Avenue last week. On Oct. 16, in the city council chambers, members of the Estevan City Council and Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur gave challenge coins to Hellen Fornwald, who showed up to accept the award on behalf of her absent son Taylor (18), Thomas Wakely (16), Garret Ross (15), and Colin Sutter (16). Challenge coins are usually reserved to recognize the accomplishments of police officers, but Ladouceur made an exception for the four youths who helped victims of the accident. The four of them were on the scene on the evening of the Oct. 10 accident, and immediately went to work, helping out as best they could. “These youth immediately stopped to see if anyone needed help at the scene of the accident,” said Ladouceur, at Friday’s police board meeting. “Although I can’t say much, because the matter is still under investigation, we want to recognize the efforts of these gentlemen.” At the scene of the accident Ross called 911, while Fornwald, Wakely and Sutter tended to the injured people involved in the accident. At one point, Ladouceur noted a small fire started on the street and in the engine of one of the vehicles involved in the accident. Sutor stomped out the fire on the street with the help of an unnamed bystander, and proceeded to extinguish the fire in the engine, by pouring water on it from a water bottle he had with him at the time. Afterwards, all four youths stayed with the injured parties until emergency services arrived on the scene, and took over the situation. Ladouceur acknowl-

Thomas Wakely accepts a challenge coin from Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur. Wakely and three others rushed to the aid of victims of a collision on Kensington Avenue, on Oct. 10.

Colin Sutter was one of four youths to help victims of a head-on collision on Kensington Avenue, on Oct. 10. He, and the others who helped out were awarded challenge coins on Oct. 16, at a police board meeting.

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Hellen Fornwald accepts a challenge coin, on behalf of her son, Taylor. Taylor was one of four youths who helped out victims in the aftermath of a headon collision on Kensington Avenue. Photos by Sam Macdonald.

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Garret Ross, one of four Good Samaritans to help assist victims of a head-on collision on Kensington Avenue, accepts a challenge coin from Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur. edged that all four of the youths who assisted at the accident scene had lifeguard training, and noted that the training they received from the city’s lifeguard program likely helped them be able to respond as quickly and efficiently as they did, in the emergency situation on Kensington Avenue. “While they didn’t see what they did as a huge contribution, I can tell you, as a police officer investigating several serious motor vehicle accidents, one of the most important things is to give support to the victims in a car accident,” said Ladouceur. “I think just by being there, it’s a huge task in itself. “I want to commend the four of you on your actions that night. It may seem

CAREERS Employment Opportunity A Literacy Coordinator is required to: • Initiate and facilitate literacy programs to specific groups in the community including early childhood, family, and workplace. • Provide literacy support to English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learners. • Write grant proposals. • Provide resume writing services. • Present information on settlement procedures to community groups. • Do basic bookkeeping. Qualifications: • excellent oral, written, & public speaking communication skills • excellent interpersonal skills • valid driver license, reliable personal vehicle • relevant educational and/or employment background in literacy, education, early childhood services, administration, bookkeeping, or other related field Renumeration: $40,000 per year (37.5 hours/wk) plus benefits, travel assistance. Apply with resume and three references (2 employment-related) on or before October 30th, 2015 to: Estevan Area Literacy Group, Inc. Attn: Liz Rowley 701 Souris Avenue Estevan, SK S4A 2T1 Fax: 306-634-5830 estevanliteracy@myaccess.ca Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible to apply.

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Enforcement blitz reduced negative outcomes RCMP members across Saskatchewan participated in a traffic enforcement blitz between Oct. 10 and 12, labelled Operation Impact. The enforcement effort targeted impaired driving (alcohol and drugs) distracted driving, aggressive driving (speeding, following too close, unsafe lane changes, failure to yield and careless driving) and seatbelt use, among others. Over the course of Operation Impact, members made contact with 4,913 drivers in RCMP jurisdictions. Of the drivers members

made contact with, there were 2,223 violations that were addressed. When the statistics were compiled, they indicated that 46 impaired driving violations had been tapped with all of them being alcohol related, not drugs. There were 11 aggressive driving violations and 42 seatbelt violations. Also noted within the context of the event, were 109 insurance-related violations such as endorsement conditions, incorrect license plates or operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s license. There were 14 charges

laid concerning drivers who were operating a vehicle while prohibited from doing so, and there were 1,094 other aggressive driving instances, mostly speeding violations. Of those 1,094 speeding violations, 19 involved vehicles traveling above 148 km/h. Four of those vehicles were traveling at speeds in excess of 153 km/h, two travelling at 155 km/h and one travelling at 160 km/h. One 27-yearold male driver on Highway 11 was clocked near Prince Albert at a speed of 185 km/h and he was also charged with impaired operation of a mo-

tor vehicle. “Our goal is to ensure Saskatchewan’s roads are safe for everyone to travel on,” said Staff Sgt. Caron, commander of North Central Saskatchewan Traffic Services for the RCMP. “Each driver should remember they aren’t the only ones travelling on Saskatchewan’s roadways. Let’s all do our part to ensure everyone reaches their destinations safely.” Operation Impact came nearly in concert with a recent provincial government report that said this province had witnessed a 19 per cent

drop in fatalities and 18 per cent fewer injuries in the first year of tougher traffic safety laws. The numbers were compiled by Saskatchewan Government Insurance. The new traffic law changes took effect in late June of 2014 following recommendations coming from an all-party special committee on traffic safety. “Early numbers indicate your safe driving has saved 30 lives and prevented more than 1,200 injuries,” said Don McMorris, Minister responsible for SGI. Prior to the start of a

new awareness campaign in May of last year, fatalities and injuries on Saskatchewan highways and roads, had been trending up. The goal of the Road Safety Challenge is a 10 per cent reduction in fatalities and injuries and a 20 per cent reduction by midJune in 2017. On average, 158 people were killed and nearly 6,900 people injured in traffic collisions each year in Saskatchewan prior to the implementation of the new traffic laws. That was reduced to 128 fatalities and 5,600 injuries within the past year.

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