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A familiar face on the Estevan sports scene has announced his plans to seek the Conservative party nomination for the Souris-Moose Constituency. Phil Zajac spoke with the Mercury Monday to publicly announce his plans to succeed Ed Komarnicki, the veteran MP who announced in 2013 that he would not seek another term in ofﬁce when an election is called in 2015. Zajac said he has long held an interest in politics and feels that he’s at the right time in his life to give it a try with his daughter ready to graduate high school. “It’s a good way to give back to the community,” he said. “I’ve lived in lots of places and this has been a great community for me and my family.” Although he’s new to running for ofﬁce, Zajac said his educational background — he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Beloit College in Beloit, Wis. — included classes that touched on topics such as international relations, policy development and western political thought. Zajac added that he also has a long track record of community service. He has been heavily involved in local football and has been the head coach of the bantam Steelers program for the past two seasons. He has also coached girls’ softball and recently took over as chairman of the board for the Estevan Public Library. Zajac has also served on various volunteer committees and feels a move into politics is a natural progression for him. “I think this is a good way for me to be an advocate for this community,” he said. “I think I have a diplomatic personality, but I am also strong enough to stand some ground for what southeast Saskatchewan needs.” Among those needs that Zajac speaks of is the twinning of Highways 39 and 6 from North Portal to Regina. He feels that twinning is not just a responsibility of the province and that the federal government should also be involved, if and when twinning takes place. “I think the trucks that are tearing up that road are international and interprovincial. That would be one thing that would be a priority for me, advocating the federal government to provide funds to twin 39,” he said. “There is no reason for people to be dying on that road, and I think there would actually be more business coming through because the roads would be more practical to use.” Zajac said he is also keeping track of the local housing situation, noting that

Capt. Robert Rooks (left) accepts the Lt.-Gov. Military Service Medal from Lt.-Col. Lyle Johnson at the recent Robert Burns dinner. By Norm Park Of The Mercury It’s called a Departure with Dignity and certainly beats “being drummed out of the service,” said Capt.

Robert Rooks, who was enjoying his last few hours as an army reservist. Rooks was slated for ofﬁcial retirement from military service, having reached the mandatory retirement age

of 65, the same day as the PPCLI Estevan Elks Army Cadets were celebrating Robert Burns’ birthday, which just happens to be the same day of the month, (Jan. 25) → A3

St. Joe’s naming rights up for bids How would you like to have a section of the local primary health care facility in Estevan named after your company, family or organization? Well, the opportunity has surfaced that will allow you to do just that. The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation revealed this past week that they are now in the position of selling the naming rights to different sections of the hospital. Those meeting the bid requirements will have the right to name the sector for a period of 10 years and then have the first refusal rights for a repurchase of the name and site. The foundation’s executive director, Becky Conly, said the needs are two-fold. The first major financial commitment looming on the near horizon will be the need to refurbish certain areas of the facility that is now 20 years old. “It is in need of some major repairs, upgrades and renovations. The foundation would like to be able to fund those improvements and continue to support the capital equipment wish list;

however, the foundation was in need to ﬁnd a way to fund these initiatives and to also pay off the remainder of the mortgage on the adjoining Foundation Clinic,” she said. The elimination of the clinic’s current $2.3 million mortgage is the second major reason for the naming rights move. “This is a 10-year, $2.3 million project that we will focus on continually. If this initiative is successful, it will ensure stability and sustainability to the foundation regardless of the economy,” said Conly. The clinic currently has rent-paying tenants, which allows the foundation to pay down the mortgage at a slower pace, but since the foundation’s main purpose is to provide capital equipment needs for the hospital, there is a desire among the board of directors to accelerate the payments that will allow them to eliminate the $2.3 million bill and focus on future needs. Conly said the initiative had been in the works for several months, and

it has now been given the nod of approval by the hospital’s board of directors as well as the foundation’s board members. Hospital board chairman John Billesberger said, “We are happy to unveil this initiative and look forward to seeing the support from the community come in as it always has,” he said. A sample of the naming rights values of various areas or workspaces within the hospital includes a $5,000 price tag to name a primary care hospital room or $300,000 to get the rights to name the clinic itself. Other areas and their suggested naming rights values include: the Atrium $100,000; medical unit $65,000; diagnosis centre $500,000; surgery $60,000; emergency ward $100,000, maternity $65,000 and long-term care courtyard $55,000. A complete list of the hospital sites and evaluations, as well as details regarding the project may be obtained by contacting Conly at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation at 306637-2474.

Phil Zajac while Estevan is the epicentre of the issue, it is beginning to spill out into surrounding communities. He added that he is also concerned about crime and feels that a strong RCMP and Estevan Police Service is the best way to battle the issues. Along with his volunteer work in the community in which he worked heavily with local youth, Zajac feels his business background — which exposed him to both the oilfield and agriculture sectors — will be a benefit to him moving forward. “I think I have a good reputation with farmers and oilfield guys, and when I put my team together I will have a very broad mix of people … it’s not just a collection of one section of life. With everybody’s perspective, when you put them in a group you can get a good picture of how things are.” Although the process to replace Komarnicki has not officially begun, Zajac has already begun building his team and making his plans to seek the nomination, which, based on the recent success of the Conservative Party in the region, will likely be a tougher task than the actual election. “I think the whole campaign will be a learning experience because nobody is a real veteran,” said Zajac who added he will soon be launching his website at the address TEAMPHIL2015.com. “There will be lots of mistakes and corrections along the way, but I think that is why picking your team is very important so that you do have a solid plan in place to touch as many people as you can.” Thus far, Estevan chiropractor Dr. Robert Kitchen is the only other candidate to announce plans to seek the nomination.

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Local woman raising money for injured Ukraine protestors Although she now resides in Estevan, a Ukrainian woman is doing her part to help those injured in a wave of recent protests in her homeland. Olya Bilyak has launched the raffle of a beautiful quilt to raise money for a number of protestors who have been injured in the uprising against President Viktor Yanukovych. The protests began in late November when Yanukovych rejected a deal that could have moved Ukraine closer to membership in the European Union. The president’s decision has instead moved the country to a closer relationship with Russia, a decision that has enraged many Ukrainians. Since November there has been a series of protests in Ukraine, the bulk of them in the capital Kiev. In recent weeks the protests have turned violent, as government forces have stepped up their level of aggression against the group led by the country’s opposition parties.

Olya Bilyak Bilyak and many other Ukrainians who have immigrated to Canada have been intently following the news, and she said it has been tough to watch her countrymen injured by the police. “(A group of students) went to Independence Square in the capital, and they were peacefully protesting because they want to become part of the European Union,” she said. “(Yanukovych) sent in the special force police and they beat them up. (Yanukovych’s) point was he

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This quilt is being raffled off by an Estevan woman to raise money for people injured in recent protests in Ukraine. thought the people would get scared and wouldn’t do anything. We have never had that in my country, we have never gotten beaten or anything. We were thinking

my country is democratic but now we are seeing that it is not.” Bilyak said since Yanukovych refused to sign the European Union deal, more

and more protesters have been flocking to the capital and the government has responded with an increased police and army presence. There have also been claims that Russia has sent police and military members to Ukraine to bolster the Yanukovych friendly forces. “They beat people up and have already killed people,” Bilyak said. “I really want to help people who have gotten injured. There is one guy who was 18 years old and he is at the university because he wants to be in architecture. He was at Independence Square and the army threw (an explosive device), and he noticed that and he wanted to quickly pick it up and throw it away and it blew up in his hand. He needs a $6,000 operation to keep his hand.” Bilyak said there are a number of others who have been injured in the clashes, and she is hopeful to raise

some funds that would go towards those who need further medical treatment. She has also opened a fundraising account at Affinity Credit Union. “I want the money to help those people because people in the Ukraine don’t really have a whole lot of savings. They don’t have money to pay for (medical treatment).” Bilyak has purchased the blanket and will be setting up raffle boxes at Blackbeards, Boston Pizza, Eddies, Humpty’s, the Black Grasshopper and the C-Store on Fourth Street. She plans to take all of the money raised and will likely forward it to a church group that will ensure it gets to those in need. “I didn’t know what I could do. My donation is not enough and I can’t afford to give a whole lot, but I wanted to at least do something to help those people.”

Estevan RCMP warn public about scams The members of the Estevan RCMP detachment are warning the public about an increase in the number of frauds taking place in the area. In a press release, the RCMP said there are several scams circulating in Estevan and area. These scams range in variety but the most frequent ones being seen by RCMP are the following: 1. A company will call your cellphone advising

that you have won something such as air miles or a cruise. They prompt you to continue the call by pressing numbers on your cellphone. If you receive one of these calls, hang up and do not proceed any further with the call. 2. A suspect will pose as either your friend or a “friend of a friend” and will say they are trying to get their password reset. They will ask for your gmail or hotmail account and then

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say they are getting their reset password sent to you at that account. You then unknowingly give them the new password for your account, which they have just asked to be reset (because they now have your account name). The public will fall victim to this scam because they believe it is a family member or friend asking them. If you get this type of request over Facebook or some other social network, do not provide the requested information. 3. A suspect will friend you on Facebook and after a short period of time begin asking you to either send or receive items for them or request cash for some reason. Again, do not respond to these requests. While

this may seem obvious and many people believe they would never fall victim to this, these suspects can be very persuasive in the details they provide and the justifications they give for their requests. They will use fake photos, have practiced the scripts they use and are good at what they do. Estevan RCMP have fraud booklets available at the front counter, which are free of charge to anyone who would like to get more information about other scams and what to do to protect themselves. Anyone who believes they may have been scammed or has information about a potential scam is asked to report it to their local police.

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← A1 as Rooks’ birthdate. Rooks, who has been the army cadets’ band Coy Captain for several years will no longer be involved in that organization from a military perspective, but he intends to continue as a piping instructor, while it is expected that Pipe Lt. Angela Simon will assume the leadership role for the pipe and drum corps on the military side. Rooks said he had harboured a desire to embrace the military lifestyle even as a youngster, so at the tender age of 14, he convinced his father that he could do the job in the army militia if only his dad could find someone in Estevan who was willing to do a little fudging on some paperwork that would indicate that he was 16 years of age. A few days after the request was made, his father informed him that if he paid a visit to City Hall to meet Mayor Harry Nicholson, he would sign the paper that would transform him from a 14-year-old to a 16-year-old for the sake of enlistment in the Canadian Army Militia as a member of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. “It’s not like it hadn’t been done before,” Rooks said. “We had heard of a few others who had signed in that way. So I wasn’t the odd guy out at the time. I just remember going to City Hall and meeting Mayor Nicholson, and all I wanted him to do was sign the darn paper, but he wanted to talk. He wanted to visit. I’m 14, didn’t know what to say, but he eventually signed the paper,” he recalled with a chuckle. “My brother David was already in the militia and my dad was friends with the regimental Sgt.-Maj. of the SSR, Fred Slater, and I had an uncle who had been in the First World War, so there I was, pretty eager to try it out.” That was all in 1963. By the time 1968 had rolled around, Rooks had achieved the rank of Sergeant in the SSR militia but the regiment was being disbanded. The regiment went by the wayside with the local militia colours being housed in the newly opened Estevan Comprehensive School. But one thing stayed intact: Rooks’ nickname “Sarge.” It’s a name he’ll still respond to with a slight smile of recognition among his long-time friends. The militia, now called the primary reserve forces, weren’t as integrated as they had been before, and Rooks relates that he only got as far as a military training camp in Dundurn, near Saskatoon, as part of the heavy lifting duties of the reservists. “The Six-Day War in Israel in the late 1960s was the only dicey item that came up while I was in there. There were a lot of nerves on edge for awhile as we got ready, but as it turned out, nobody here had to answer any bell, and the war was over in a hurry.” Rooks spent a short time in the service of the Saskatchewan Dragoons, stationed in Moose Jaw while he was at the technical school taking courses in business administration. By the time 1972 rolled in, Rooks was back in Estevan, engaged in the insurance business and looking forward to the start of an army cadet corp with the officer staffing coming from the local former members of the SSR. “I was just an instructor at the start and became a training officer a little later, around 1976, and then with Lt. Don Burlingate, I started the band. I just had a feeling I liked bagpipes. I had been in the high school band on trumpet and had taken piano lessons and been in a drum and bugle band in the SSR, so I read music, and since I had always liked the pipes, the idea of the two-instrument band made a lot of sense to us. But of course, as the saying goes, a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous, so there were some growing pains.” Rooks said there were several times during those first few months he felt he had bitten off more than he could chew. “The bagpipes can be a pretty demanding instrument. They were certainly different from what I thought they would be. The fingering is tricky, you’re playing grace notes and embellishments and everybody in the band has to be on the same page and in time or it sounds just awful. There is always air coming out and therefore there is always sound coming out of each pipe, so they have to be played together, precisely. One piper has to be playing exactly what the others are playing. That means you have perfect harmony or a lot of sour harmony, and you don’t want to hear that,” he said

From the left: PPCLI Army Cadet Capt. Craig Bird, Capt. Ken Turner (retired), Capt. Robert Rooks, and Lt.-Col. Lyle Johnson. with a laugh. Even with the early challenges, that first band retained about 20 eager army cadets who wanted to either play the pipes or drums. It was a good thing that the cadet programs were welcoming females aboard, and had been doing so for a few years, which bolstered the interest and talent base. The PPCLI Estevan Army Cadet pipe and drum band has been a constant feature in the local community ever since. They went through some up and down periods, but always managed to produce talented musicians. Rooks noted that pipe and drum instruction can begin at an earlier age than the 12 years that is necessary for entrance into the cadet program. Like any other musical instrument, it’s nice to capture their interest when they’re a bit younger. Rooks said they instruct potential pipers as young as nine or 10. He said kids younger than that usually can’t handle the pipes, especially the fingering requirements. “We won the Saskatchewan Pipe Band Championship around 1985 and then the even bigger Prairie Pipe Band Championship a year later. That put us up there with any other student band in Western Canada,” he said. They also had earned the respect and admiration of local citizens by that time. “We got a little elevated on the public perception front,” he said. It was now a recorded fact that the Estevan-based pipers and drummers were as good as any others in the province. Over the years many of the band’s members have captured awards for their solo performances on both instruments, and three even earned the right to play in the famous Edinburgh Tattoo in Scotland at one time. Those students were Regan Muir, Brenda Geil and Colin Weimer. “A lot of them continued to play after their cadet careers were over, and we now even have an adult pipe band,” said Rooks. Over the years, he’s instructed and directed hundreds of young cadet/musicians, but not without incidents. “We used to go to Kenosee for an annual Legion District Rally every year, and it was our job to pipe the Legionnaires up the hill to a cenotaph for their service and then bring them down. Now, tuning up a bagpipe is a big job and takes some time. So at this one rally we had to play, I had the pipers out in the parking lot tuning up while the drummers stayed in the van and were supposedly getting ready. We got the pipes tuned, and I went to the van to get the drummers to join us for the last tune-up, and when I slid the door open, I saw a whole lot of them circled around a big cooler drinking beer at 9:30 in the morning. I couldn’t deal with the issue right then and there. We had the parade to do, so I got the drummers out of the van and onto the parade route, and we got the Legion up and down the hill. I had time to think and I remember my former officer Fred Slater saying at one time that it was the Sgt-Major’s job to protect the Colonel and to maintain discipline at all cost. So I noticed there was an RCMP officer right there on the site, he had been a part of the parade, decked out in his red serge, so I called all the drum-

mers over and pointed out they were under the legal age for liquor consumption, and if that cooler wasn’t hauled into my car within the next 30 seconds, they’d have a visit from our friend the Mountie. Well, I got the dagger looks, but the beerfilled cooler was transferred and a potential ugly situation was put to rest quickly.” Authority was not questioned again. Rooks said he’s not too concerned by the fact that he will no longer be wearing a military uniform. “Actually, once you serve 10 years you can wear the uniform for certain events. Last year Capt. Ken Turner retired and he can still wear one when he serves as an aide-de-camp for the Lt.-Gov. or at certain ceremonies. I’ll be able to do something similar.” Rooks said the current band, while low in numbers this year, has some strong sounding talent coming up soon to join the current cadets who have achieved certain ranks according to their musical and military skills. Rooks has served the last four years as the Officer Commanding for the Pipes and Drums at the Rocky Mountain National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre in Banff, which he has enjoyed, and he hopes to be able to continue there as a civilian instructor. “That camp has evolved. At one time pipers and drummers from all over Canada came there. Then it became a regional cadet unit including those from the Northwest Territories. It’s just piping and drumming, and I had the privilege of setting it up when it got established for the Prairie regions and territories,” he said. It is now a national camp for all cadet training and a regional camp for the pipe and drum musicians who number about 60 to 70 every summer. They shuffle in and out with an instructional staff of about 20. The camps go on over nine weeks with beginners switching out halfway through the summer, leaving the camp for the more experienced and skilled pipers on the second shift. The pipers and drummers in the army cadet program in Estevan participate in the other cadet-training program under the leadership of Capt. Craig Bird. So when it comes to marching drills, shooting, classroom instruction etc., they are required to follow the same program, along with their musical lessons. “We used to have a tremendous pipe and drum school right in Saskatchewan at the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts in Fort San with a master piper, Don McLeod, as lead instructor. That was high-calibre training with stiff standards for grading the talent and we set our current standards on those he had established then. They were high levels, and that’s what we maintain today as the kids work up from cadet to corporal to master corporal, sergeants, majors and so on. They know when they’ve reached a place where they can pipe or drum as a soloist and as they learn more and more advanced musical scores with a steady tempo and musicality. They also have to know how to repair and maintain their instruments,” he said, commenting on the skill levels required. So while the age of 65 may be a landmark episode for Rooks, it won’t lessen the enthusiasm he has maintained for the military and his favoured instruments even one iota. He’s a lifer on that file.

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Estevan Wildlife Federation award winners in the fish category included Rick Allen, at left, Skylar Millman and Mark Michel.

2013 Estevan Wildlife Federation award winners Junior Birds Hungarian Partridge, 13 oz. Sharptail Grouse, 1 lb, 15 oz. Mallard Duck, 3 lbs, 6 oz. Canada Goose, 12 lbs, 8 oz. Snow Goose, 6 lbs, 4 oz. Pheasant, total score 57

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Senior Birds Sharptail Grouse, 1 lb, 15 oz. Mallard Duck, 3 lbs, 10 oz. Canada Goose, 14 lbs, 10 oz. Snow Goose, 6 lbs, 8 oz. Ruffed Grouse, 1 lb, 2 oz. Pheasant, total score 64 ¾

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Award winners in the birds category at the Estevan Wildlife Federation’s awards dinner are from left, Jim Pylychaty, Chase McNabb and Ralph Smart.

Acting as emcee for the evening’s presentations, Wanda Michel noted the importance of encouraging youth members at the EWF to stay involved in the local clubs. “I’m hoping the youth in the audience tonight bug the heck out of your parents to take you ﬁshing,” she said, as the entrants in the junior ﬁshing categories were down from previous years. Michel also commended the members who have sold the most memberships for the EWF, reporting Dale Hokanson sold 281.

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Sun Country board picks up progress reports

The board of directors for the Sun Country Health Region held their monthly business session in Weyburn on Jan. 29 and learned that the physician shortage is easing, especially in Weyburn. A new primary care clinic has now opened in that city and will be staffed with four new doctors, they heard. Marga Cugnet, CEO and president, reported that overall time lost to illness or other medical needs has been reduced and that 73 per cent of Sun Country’s 2,400 employees received flu immunization shots this year. On the financial front, John Knoch, the region’s vicepresident of finance and corporate services, noted that the system continued to run on a modest surplus as of Dec. 31, even with a slight increase in maintenance costs associated with some unforeseen repairs. “We need to remain vigilant through this quarter so we can get to the end of the fiscal year with a balanced budget,” Knoch said. Knoch also reported on the Radville long-term care construction project, noting there had been completion schedule

changes and that the completion date has now been moved forward to April of this year with a resident move-in date set for July. The construction of a new long-term care and primary care facility in Kipling is moving on schedule, he said, even with a few work order changes that have involved consultation with the local health foundation. The board was also pleased to hear of a generous donation schedule established by Mainprize Manor in Midale to be directed toward the construction of a new hospital in Weyburn. They also approved the purchase of just over $54,000 in equipment for the manor that will be carried out by their trust fund. Contained within the CEO’s report was information regarding the physician count within the region, where it was noted that in April 2013, Estevan and Weyburn had nine doctors each while Oxbow and Radville had two. There were single physician practices in Arcola, Redvers and Carlyle while Kipling did not have any. That total came to 25 physicians whereas the count is now 33 and does not include

Little appointed to deputy director’s role at Cornerstone A former Estevan principal has been appointed deputy director of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division. Lynn Little is accepting the position, moving over from her current role as superintendent of education with the school division, a position she has held since 2009. “I look forward to continuing the good work of the school division and all the many facets we’ve already started. We’ll continue to work on a number of initiatives including the sector plan and the four-year education plan. I look forward to a continued working relationship with our community partners and the board of education,” Little said. Little is part of the senior administrative team headed by director of education Marc Casavant for

Lynn Little the 38-school, 8,200-student public school division that sprawls across a large geographic landscape in southeast Saskatchewan. Little’s new duties will begin Aug. 1 of this year. She will be responsible for assisting Casavant in the organizational structure and performance issues along with daily operations and planning. Little has been with the southeast public school

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sector since 1993, serving in various capacities as teacher, principal, superintendent of student services and curriculum before she moved into the superintendent of education role. Little is a graduate of the University of Regina with a bachelor of education degree and a master of education degree from the University of Moscow according to the press release. Little was the 2009 recipient of the Canadian Outstanding Principals Award. Little, the wife of recently retired ECS principal Mike Little, began a teaching career at Craik School in 1986 before becoming principal of Hawarden School five years later. In 1993 she assumed the principal’s job at Carievale School for four years before moving to Estevan Junior High School

to serve as principal from 1997 until 2001,t when she was appointed to the superintendent’s role for student services and curriculum with the Weyburn Public School Division before serving as principal at Pleasantdale School in Estevan in 2003 and taking up the senior superintendent’s job at Cornerstone in 2009. Casavant has worked with Little for the past five years and has credited her with making valuable contributions to the school division’s programs. “Lynn has been an instrumental leader in the division. She has grown in her role and is ready to take the next steps as deputy director. On behalf of the hiring committee, I congratulate Lynn on her achievements and appointment, and we look forward to working with her,” he said.

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specialists, physicians working in administration, locums or itinerant physicians. She said the goal is to attract at least seven more physicians to practice in the region. Cugnet also noted the wait list for physiotherapy in Weyburn had been growing and there were currently two vacancies in that department that needed to be filled. During the past two months, SCHR hired 17 registered nurses, one licensed practical nurse, one occupational therapist, two cooks and one out-of-scope staff member. Resignations during that same period included seven RNs, three LPNs, one occupational therapist and two outof-scope staff. Fifty bursaries have been awarded since April 1 of last year including three for medical doctors, 40 in RN programs and one LPN and one in occupational therapy, along with two in emergency medical training and two in the primary care paramedic program. The report noted that one medical student who is currently a resident physician will be completing his studies in 2014, and the region is in discussion with him regarding a placement. In December, it was also noted that seven non-physician medical students had accepted placements at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan to support their training, primarily in nursing programs. In January, there were 12 clinical placements for students with one in St. Joe’s emergency room, one in St. Joe’s dialysis program, one in Estevan’s home care services, four in obstetrics and four in pediatrics. The board also voted in favour of an incremental increase in Cugnet’s wages. Board chairwoman Marilyn Charlton said the increase will be noted and recorded after it is enacted in time for the February business session.

Public Notice

Bylaw No. 2014-1 A Bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 96-Z1 of the Rural Municipality of Estevan No.5 The Council of the Rural Municipality of Estevan No.5, pursuant to Section 207 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, hereby gives notice of its intention to amend Zoning Bylaw 96-Z1 by passing Bylaw 2014-1 as follows: A. Map Changes: The Zoning District Map as referred to in Section 4 – Zoning Districts of Zoning Bylaw No. 96-Z1 shall be amended: a) by re-zoning from Agricultural District (A) to High way Commercial and Light Industrial District (C), as shown with a bold dotted outline on the map below, and further described as: i. the most Westerly 25 acres of Surface parcel 135656376 in the NW 24-2-7 w2m, as well as ii. Surface parcel 135656398 , in the NW 24-2-7 w2m, and iii. Surface Parcel 114436357, in the SE 24-2-7 w2m iv. The NE 23-2-7 w2m; including all parcels v. All those parcels in the SE 23-2-7 w2m North of Sur face Parcel 111111130 b) by re-zoning from Agricultural District (A) to Country Residential (CR), The most Northerly 137.16 meters of Surface Parcel 135880803, in the NE 24-2-7 w2m, as shown with a bold dashed outline on the map below. Exhibit “A” to Bylaw 2014-‐1

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You did it!

We are so proud of your accomplishment of completing the Petroleum Land Administration course through SAIT. Love from your SK & AB family

Mike & Dawn Clement of Innisfail, AB would like to announce the marriage of their daughter,

Lexie Marie to Jacky W. Wong of Calgary, AB on Sept. 28, 2013. Proud grandparents are George & Donna Heidinger and great-grandma Katherine Winter, all of Estevan.

Reason for the Map Changes: The proposed rezoning will enable Council to accommodate requests for developments near the community of Bienfait, within the municipality. Bylaw Inspection: Interested persons may inspect the proposed bylaw at the Municipal Office in Estevan, #1 – 322 – 4th Street, Monday-Friday, all holidays excepted, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bylaw Copies: Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at cost at the Municipal Office. Submissions: Any person may make written or verbal submissions to Council regarding the proposed bylaw at a public meeting. Public Meeting: Council will receive any written or verbal submissions respecting the proposed discretionary use development permit application at a public meeting to be held on Wednesday the 26th day of February, 2014, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. local time, at the municipal office located at #1-322 4th Street Estevan, Saskatchewan. Dated at Estevan, Saskatchewan this 27th day of January, 2014. Grace Potter Administrator

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EDITORIAL

Be careful out there

We realize that most of our service-providers who work outdoors are well compensated for their efforts, but when the cold wind-chill temperatures reach minus 30 and beyond, we begin to wonder how much is too much or whether we’d be willing to take on their jobs for any amount of pay. Jump in a SaskPower bucket in 30 kilometre winds and minus temperatures to work on broken lines, transformers and lights for a couple of hours and you’ll appreciate what you do just a little bit more. Our soon to be extinct mail carriers brave all kinds of crazy weather and walking conditions to deliver things we really want, and, on occasion, stuff we really don’t want, but are going to get anyway. Try tromping their route just once and you’ll gain a new appreciation of winter. Roll on out to the rig sites and watch the action from the warmth of your SUV, and tell us you could do that job just as well as those guys who are actually doing it while adding to the gross domestic production of Saskatchewan. Repairing gas lines, mapping out watermain breaks and repairing them … all those public works jobs that can’t wait. Hail to those who do them. We are even in the mood to deliver a vote of thanks to those who are just occasionally required to brave the elements. Their jobs often mean they are doing nasty things for a few nasty hours in nasty conditions. I’m thinking of policing and firefighting or rescue work or those who have to haul vehicles out of ditches while risking frostbite and traffic. Thanks to you, too. When it comes right down to the hard facts of winter in

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

More needs to be done for First Nations As this province leaps ahead to new levels of economic prosperity in the 21st century, you’d like to think that we’ve left our old problems behind. Sadly, though, there are days when it only seems our old problems are getting worse. One such problem is our relationship with First Nations people, speciﬁcally, the problems of their children growing up in a safe and secure environment. Perhaps things have improved, marginally. But a few reminders of late suggest we still have a long way to go. About 13 years ago, I wrote a chapter in a book entitled Writing off the Rural West in which I explored the often difﬁcult relationships between Saskatchewan’s First Nation communities and the rural farms and towns and small cities that surround them. One example I raised was that of one community in which it was a reasonably common practice to buy up then-cheap lots around your house in town just so that they wouldn’t be bought by Saskatchewan Housing and become homes to a First Na-

Saskatchewan, there are very few who get to escape the full blast all the time. It seems all of us are exposed to the elements for certain periods of time no matter what our selected professions are and no matter what our volunteer duties entail. We’re going to be subjected to the nastiness of winter at some point, which will only enhance our appreciation of the jobs being done by those who are required to put in full shifts in the great big beautiful outdoors. Living in Saskatchewan from December through March can be a challenge, but at the same time, it can also lend itself to the development of character and a feeling of teamwork and being a good neighbour. In winter, we have a keener sense of looking out for our fellow citizens, knowing that winter can bring a whole host of problems to stack up on anyone at any given time with little time to react. Those of us who have grown up in the Prairie environment know how to cope and we’ll keep a keen eye out for our fellow citizens who may require help. We do so by instinct, whether it’s just to offer a booster cable, shovel, ice scraper or a hand up after a fall on ice. We’ve come prepared and with a knowledge of what to expect. Therefore, when it comes to those who choose to work outside when the rest of us are reluctant to even open the front door … thanks. And if you do venture out during the next couple of months, remember it’s parka, gloves, boots and toque times. You don’t earn points for acting brave against the elements in Saskatchewan in February. The odds are against you, and Mother Nature holds the ace card every time.

tions family migrating from the nearby reserve. This was often done for reasons that extend well beyond race. Such renters are not always good caretakers. A rundown property next to yours would devalue your own property, a tough pill to swallow in the days when housing in Saskatchewan was of considerably less value than it is now. Our economy has changed significantly in the past decade and a half. Our property is worth more. But for many First Nations people, the boom has passed them by, and they are struggling as much as ever. Consider the recent news that close to 500 children, most of whom would be First Nations children, have died in the care of the Saskatchewan welfare system in the past two decades. Not all these deaths were necessarily nefarious. Many had to do with pre-existing conditions. However, that these “preexisting conditions” often have to do with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) passed on from addicted parents suggests a cruel reality. The next generation of First Nations children are being failed. It is the same thing that happened to the previous generation and the generation before that, many of whom were from the residential school era and some of whom suffered unspeakable abuses. It’s not that we’ve turned a blind eye to the problem. We are sympathetic to the sad state of affairs. We blame the problem on the social services system that’s both

overly bureaucratic and overburdened with what often seems to be growing caseloads. We blame the lack of qualiﬁed foster homes, especially within the First Nations community where everyone would prefer First Nations children be raised. We blame the poor work of First Nations childcare services, and we blame chiefs and band councils who often don’t do a good job of distributing what resources are available. And we rightly blame the parents. Some are mere children, themselves. Some have their own addiction issues. All too many suffer from inadequate parenting skills that have been lost in the sad history of residential schools and the alcohol and drug addiction problems. We blame the entire system and rightly point out good employment is the ﬁrst step to solving anyone’s social problems. But that so little has improved suggests maybe we all should shoulder some of the blame. Sure, we are all sympathetic to these babies and young First Nations children starting their lives with huge disadvantages that make a productive adulthood virtually impossible. But we get too caught up in issues that don’t much matter, like a 13-year-old First Nations kid wearing a cheeky sweatshirt that is mostly about showing pride in her heritage. Maybe we have made strides. But we all have to do better or the problem will only get worse.

February 5, 2014

WEDNESDAY

Dump the groundhogs, vote for squirrels

Sunday was Groundhog Day. That meant a few dozen crazy people dressed in silly clothes and hats rounded up the fat indolent rodents, placed them in their chubby hands and proclaimed we were either going to have six more weeks of winter … or not. There were groundhog prognostications in Pennsylvania, where this whole stupid game began a few decades ago and in Ontario, who borrowed the silliness in some place called Wireton where a Willy was hauled out to cast a shadow. This mindless game spread to the Maritimes where a hog named Sam was used in a nondescript town whose name started with an S and whose citizens were begging for attention and then there was another groundhog with another name to rhyme with a town somewhere in North America and before you know it, we have what we call overkill. Well, here in Saskatchewan, I hope we don’t fall for the old and worn out shadowy groundhog activities. Let’s determine spring’s arrival with something a little more realistic but still just as stupid. I say we dump the groundhog. Who has seen a groundhog in Saskatchewan, anyway? Who has seen a groundhog in February? I thought so. A deer in the headlights? Now we have something. Let’s predict the arrival of spring by the number of seconds the deer stares without moving, each second would represent one day away from spring. Well, it’s no dumber than looking for a rodent’s shadow. We have lots of those bushy tailed red squirrels romping around. I would be happy to lend civic officials my very own squirrelly Estevan Ernie or Estevan Edith who love to consume the sunflowers and peanuts in our residential casserole dish that serves as their feeder, with the food supplied by neighbour Linda and messy clean-up by ownself who generally just covers the trail mix leftovers with snow until spring. Why can’t Edith and Ernie be put to good use? Spring Squirrel Day in Estevan. If Ernie eats three peanuts and then hides two in a snowdrift, it means 38 days to springtime. If he eats two and buries three, it’s 43 days. If he consumes five and buries none … it’s pretty well spring. If he eats four and buries four, then we have 47 days to wait. If he eats six and buries three but gets chased out of the casserole dish by a flock of invading pigeons, then we have the well-documented pigeon factor for our calculations to determine the exact arrival of springtime in the Energy City. Don’t worry, we’ll develop a mathematical formula that will be infallible or semi-fallible or at least as accurate as anything Phil, Sam and Willy can come up with. This year the forecasting groundhogs came up with conflicting arrival dates, sort of like Air Canada, whose motto is “We get there when we get there, so quit bothering us.” I am hoping that you’ll jump all over these suggestions, dear diary. We need something to overcome the tedious winter, and groundhogs predicting spring’s arrival just doesn’t do it for us. We all know Environment Canada is helpless, so why not use something a little more accurate like two nervous squirrels and a deer?

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Help catch a hay bale thief The Editor: I hope someone who reads this decides to help catch this person and makes him pay for his crime. This year he has stolen 20 big round bales of hay that weigh 1,000 pounds each (20,000 pounds total weight). That is a lot of hay and it is probably going to cause me to buy some hay to feed my animals. This thief uses a four-wheel drive ¾ ton truck or a

one-ton truck with a mechanical device that allows him to back up to the ﬂat end of a bale, pick it up onto the truck and drive away. Most of these bales were stolen north of Macoun but some were also taken along the Halbrite to Benson road. This leads me to think the person responsible probably lives on a small farm with a few animals in the Viewﬁeld/Macoun area.

If you know the person who owns a truck with this equipment added on, or maybe even saw him hauling the hay this way, please call Constable Brown at Estevan RCMP with your information. If your information leads to an arrest and conviction, I will be sure you are compensated. Garry Scharnatta, Midale

Broken Senate needs to be fixed The Editor, Canadians want their leaders to come forward with practical solutions to our problems, and they have been clear that the Senate has become one of those problems. It is broken and needs to be ﬁxed. Through extreme patronage and partisanship, the Senate has become an institution that poorly serves the interests of Canadians. Canadians are especially disenchanted with the antiquated convention that sees Senators appointed by one person: the prime minister.

The Senate is a public institution. It should not continue to be run like the prime minister’s private club. The Liberal Party has taken immediate action to address these challenges. From now on, our national caucus will only include elected Members of Parliament, not Senators. All of our Senators are now completely independent of the Liberal Party of Canada Caucus. Furthermore, if I earn the privilege of serving Canadians as their prime minister, I will put in place

an open, transparent and public process for appointing and conﬁrming Senators. This process will be developed with experts and will be modelled after other non-partisan appointment processes, like Supreme Court Justices and Order of Canada recipients. These changes take effect right away, without opening up the Constitution. They avoid a long, rancorous and likely pointless constitutional debate that would distract us from solving more important problems. I am calling on the

prime minister to do the right thing and match this action. As the majority party in the Senate, he could achieve immediate and comprehensive change right away if he decided to. Taken together, these steps represent the most significant and concrete actions to reform the Senate in its history. These proposals are the next step to create real, positive change, but they will not be our last. Justin Trudeau Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

Pipelines are not the answer The Editor: Well, well oil spill at Rowat, just south of Regina. Close enough yet for local rampant consumerism to pay attention? “Apparently, no immediate danger” they say. What does that even mean? The danger isn’t til that toxin soaks into the aquifers and surrounding productive farmland? Why are we even using such toxins to run our economy when the technology is already there to transition into clean energy? That logical transition is being imple-

mented all over the world. The only thing lacking in Canada is the political and industrial will to embrace that logical change. So let’s look at those two points. Industry exists to make profits for investors. All other considerations are at least secondary. Costs of damage control must be justified in quarterly financial reports. Having an environmental conscience often reduces profits. If too much money is being spent on environmental protection to negatively affect profits that offending corporate sub

entity causing the deficit can be abandoned or collapsed into bankruptcy reducing financial exposure in liabilities to the mother company. For example, the rail company Montreal Maine and Atlantic carrying the toxins that devastated Lac Megantic in explosions, fire, 47 deaths and huge environmental damage has filed for bankruptcy. The federal government wants to use the Lac Megantic disaster as an opportunity to spin for pipelines. But what’s the difference? Pipelines are rupturing all over

the world causing huge damages. Aging infrastructure plus cost cutting measures in both industry and government makes those disasters inevitable. Unfortunately our governments both provincially and federally are so in bed with Industry that they, too, can’t see very far beyond that next quarterly ﬁnancial report. An energy spill in solar electrical generation is no more harmful than just another nice sunny day. Greg Chatterson Fort San, Sask.

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“We’re continuing the door-to-door campaign that has been in Estevan for many, many years, but we’ve also added a business campaign this year. — Tamara Bloor

Helping heart health throughout February Heart Month is a chance to focus on health. The local campaign held a kick-off rally at the Estevan Public Library on Jan. 30, as canvassers came in to collect the kits they will be taking door to door over the next month, looking for donations. Tamara Bloor is the local Heart and Stroke Foundation’s latest co-ordinator keeping the roughly 50 canvassers organized and motivated while they are out braving the cold. Bloor noted that there are many ways the donations provide concrete returns in the community, including automated external deﬁbrillators (AED) and programming designed to promote heart health. “The funds are used to place AEDs and we have

two in the city,” said Bloor, who said that was good for a city like Estevan. She compared it with Weyburn, where she is also co-ordinating the campaign, and noted that city doesn’t have an AED yet. “It’s quite good for the city to have two placed.” She said the funds also go to research programs, including an upcoming project at the University of Saskatchewan that will focus on heart disease and stroke. Bloor noted, communities like Estevan also beneﬁt through My Healthy Community grants. Community projects can apply for funds of up to $4,000 as long as they are focusing on improving heart health. Bloor noted in Weyburn a grant was awarded to the

Bridge School, which is a school for at-risk youth. “They have their own facility but they didn’t have a gym, so their students would have to go off-site or make up their own physical activity requirements. They were awarded a My Healthy Community grant to put a gym in their school and ensure that their students were meeting the daily physical activity requirements, just as students at the high school would be.” Bloor said there is a push this year to get people involved and donating in ways other than through the door-to-door canvassers. “We’re continuing the door-to-door campaign that has been in Estevan for many, many years, but we’ve also added a business campaign this year.

Ludwig to speak at chamber luncheon Mayor Roy Ludwig will be the featured speaker at the Estevan Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon. Because of renovations at Allie’s Dining the luncheon will be held Feb 12 at the Taylorton Room at the Days Inn beginning at noon. Ludwig is scheduled to speak about the City’s priorities and objectives for 2014 and provide a review of 2013.

“At the beginning of each year we have the mayor of the City give a recap of the previous year to let the business community know what the city has accomplished in the past year and what they hope to accomplish in the coming year,” said Chamber Executive Director, Michel Cyrenne. “The luncheon that the Mayor speaks about the City’s plans for the future is well attended. Most business

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation recognizes Hearth Month in February, and Tamara Bloor is heading up the local campaign that raises money for the Heart and Stroke, while providing funding for heart-healthy programs in communities across the province. We have several businesses in town that will be selling paper hearts as part of the Share Your Heart campaign.” There are four businesses in Estevan taking part in the campaign, and anyone can visit to donate through the sale of the red paper hearts Those businesses include Pharmasave, LiveFree Activewear, Soul Hideout and Jenny Joans. Other businesses in the city are participating in Wear What You Love, which is an employee dress-down day that sees employees donating in order to wear casual clothes. “That’s an addition to the campaign this year that hasn’t been done much in Estevan. It has been done

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Bloor noted the local campaign was about six canvassers short of where they wanted to be on Jan. 30, two days before the start of Heart Month. “We were about six short, and I contacted the Estevan Bruins, and they are sending 12 of their players into the community in the month of February to walk six routes for me. They have picked up those extra positions, and I’d like to thank them for that,” she said. “The Bruins are a community team, and they’re showing that they support the community as well.” Bloor said there was an AED in Afﬁnity Place, where the Bruins call home, and there are a number of others placed around the city. There are canvassers in areas all over the city, but Bloor said if a canvasser doesn’t come to your door, you can go to one of the businesses to buy a paper heart. There is no set price for the hearts, so people may make a donation of their choosing. Donations may also be made online at heartandstroke.sk.ca For those looking to volunteer or otherwise get involved, that website will help them get started.

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Quota makes donation to EMS A donation from Quota International has allowed Estevan Emergency Medical Services to purchase a needed piece of equipment designed for children. Quota Estevan donated $1,000 for a pediatric pulse oxi-metery unit. Designed for children, the machine measures the amount of oxygen in a patient’s blood. Quota president Stacey Drebnicki, who also works as paramedic for EMS, saw firsthand the need for the piece of equipment. “What the oxygen pediatric does is measure the oxygen level that is in a kids blood,” Drebnicki said. “It allows us to give them more oxygen if we need to or back off. It’s an infra-red sensor that just clips on their figure and reads the blood without being invasive. It allows us to do our job easier.”

Quota International of Estevan recently donated around $1000 to Estevan Emergency Medical Services for the purchase of a pediatric pulse oxi-metery unit. Quota president and paramedic Stacey Drebnicki tries out the machine on her daughter Phoenix. Holding Phoenix is Quota member Val Hall.

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EPS members solve a couple of theft cases, investigate others Estevan Police Service members successfully completed one theft investigation during the past week and moved closer to resolving another. But to illustrate how the circle of crime often keeps circling, they had to add a new theft incident to their files at the same time. On the night of Jan. 29, EPS members were called to the scene of a theft in a retail outlet on the northeast side of the city. A socket tool set had been taken. Police received a description and viewed a video that quickly identified a suspect. Police then located a vehicle that was apparently used in the incident at a residence on the west side of the city. The stolen tool set was located inside the vehicle which was seized with a search warrant being executed to search the vehicle. The toolkit was recovered and people who were in the residence at the time were interviewed with the police requesting that the suspect turn himself into police, which he did within a half-hour. As a result of this action, a 29-year-old man has been charged with the theft of goods valued under $5,000 and breaching the conditions of his probation. EPS members then continued with another successful theft investigation, calling on the suspect that had been tentatively identified in a surveillance recording at a local liquor offsale outlet. After discussing the theft that had occurred a few days earlier, the man arrived at the police station a little later to turn himself in and was charged with theft of goods valued at under $5,000 and for breaching the conditions of his release. Another theft incident that police were working on, involving the disappearance of a Honda generator from a local business, came closer to a conclusion that same evening. Police arrested a 33-year-old man in relation to the generator theft, but he was later released from custody with no charges laid at the time and EPS members will continue with their investigation. On the night of Jan. 30, EPS members arrested a 34-year-old man who refused to provide a breath sample for analysis during a roadside check. He was charged with driving while impaired and for refusing to provide the breath sample. When police were required to make two visits to one particular residence in

response to noise complaints on Jan. 30, the tenant of the apartment was charged under the city’s noise bylaw. A disturbance that broke out at the leisure centre on the night of Jan. 30 resulted in the offending parties being spoken to by police, and no further action was required. During the day shift on Jan. 31, EPS members looked into an incident involving the possible tampering of a debit machine at a local retail outlet. The matter remains under investigation. A routine traffic stop on the city’s north side on Jan. 31 resulted in charges being laid against some occupants of a vehicle. The charges were for being in possession of a small amount of marijuana. Two women, aged 17 and 18 are now scheduled for a court appearance on March 3. On the night of Jan. 31, a 26-year-old driver was stopped by police due to a traffic violation. Police noted the operator appeared to be exhibiting signs of impairment so a roadside test was administered, and the driver was ultimately charged with driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent and driving while impaired. He now has a March 24 court date.

A fight between two young men in front of a city residence on the night of Jan. 31, caused police reaction. The two young men were spoken to and one was further questioned regarding his action and the possibility of an assault charge being laid. Another physical altercation required police attention that same night. This time the incident broke out at a local convenience store. It was determined that alcohol was a contributing factor and one of the men involved in the incident, it was determined, had been assaulted but had not sustained any injuries. The matter remains under investigation. Police noted they responded to several more alcohol-related incidents during the night and reported that all parties involved in the minor events had left the scenes prior to their arrival. On the day shift Feb. 1, EPS members responded to a call regarding a possible impaired driver. It was noted that a vehicle was stuck in the ditch in the industrial east side area. The driver was still in the vehicle when police arrived, and it was determined he had not been consuming alcohol. A tow truck was contacted and the vehicle was extricated from

the ditch. Police were next asked to attend to the Civic Auditorium for a walk through in response to a complaint that included the officials who were working a hockey game in the facility. Police were informed that one parent in particular was getting out of control. The man had been advised to leave the site and had done so, but then returned later to “moon” the referees before departing again. The moon walker was not in the auditorium when police arrived to do their walk about. A local delivery person reported that his vehicle had been stolen while he was in the process of making a delivery. Police located the person responsible and learned that the incident had been a prank and the vehicle had simply been moved out of the view of the delivery person. During the early morning hours of Feb. 4, EPS members were called to the east side industrial area of the city in response to a report of a light pole being knocked over. With the assistance of other people in the area, police were able to locate the truck that had been involved in the incident and charges are pending against the driver.

Police were called to the south side of the city during the early morning hours of Feb. 4 to check on an unknown person who had entered a residence

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Concert shows off home-grown talent forming a selection of folk songs off an EP she released in 2012 as well as others. Megan Nash, of Mortlach and now performing out of Moose Jaw, ended the evening with a set of songs from her debut album in 2011 and a mix of other music she has been working on since. Nash and Fern created a mini-Saskatchewan tour with one another after being booked in Estevan and also played shows in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. Nash is preparing for a tour of Eastern Canada this spring. The next After Dark concert will be held on Feb. 28, featuring Belle Plaine and the Estevan Comprehensive School’s Face in the Space.

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Roesslein leads Bruins to blowout win Secondary scoring was a primary concern for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins during the ﬁrst half of the season. Not anymore. Linemates Austin Roesslein, Ben Johnstone and Michael Sagen continued their red-hot play of late as the Bruins stomped the Flin Flon Bombers 7-1 on Saturday. Roesslein led the unit with the first natural hat trick of his career and added an assist. “I think we’ve probably been playing at that pace for awhile, we just haven’t been getting the bounces. I gotta give a lot of credit to the linemates, they’re going just as hard as me,” Roesslein said of his breakout game. The seven goals were the most the Bruins have scored in a game since Jan. 20, 2012. The game also represented their largest margin of victory this season, as 24 of their 45 games have been decided by one goal. Bruins head coach Chris Lewgood attributed the blowout to preparing properly for the Bombers, who are in the SJHL basement. “I think we stayed the course and just played our game, didn’t worry about our opponent. They’ve got a real young team over there and it’s easy to let your guard down thinking it’s going to be a cakewalk, but it’s never a cakewalk in this league,” Lewgood said. Johnstone opened the scoring, squeaking a shot inside the post six minutes

Bruins centre Austin Roesslein gets around Flin Flon Bombers defenceman Simon Desrosiers during Saturday’s 7-1 victory. in to continue his recent hot streak. The Bruins took a 2-0 lead eight minutes into the second on a Wyatt Garagan goal, followed by Roesslein’s ﬁrst of the night on a shot that beat former Bruins goaltender Casey Parker from the left faceoff circle. “I just grabbed it out of the air and put it up on Parker,” Roesslein said. He jammed in his second goal ﬁve minutes later. “(Austin Daae) made a nice pass out front to (Tanner Froese) and he took a

couple whacks at it and it just landed on my stick,” Roesslein said. The hat trick was completed early in the third on a feed from Johnstone. “It was a nice shorthanded rush by Benny and he just slid it over to open ice. I got a step on the guy and put it in.” Lewgood said it was nice to see Roesslein have a big night because his many other contributions don’t necessarily show up on a scoresheet. “He just does a little

of everything for us. I’m always rooting for Austin. He’s a guy who plays the game the right way and never takes a shift off, so to see him get rewarded for it is huge. “Those guys give us a good, honest effort every night and put themselves in opportunities to succeed, and tonight they just ﬁnally started getting some bounces.” The Bombers finally broke the goose egg halfway through the third on a goal by Peter Poulin-Roy. The Bruins got it back less than

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a minute later as Lynnden Pastachak skated in alone and fired a wrister into the net. The offensive explosion was capped with 14 seconds left, as Corey Kosloski finished off a play with Daae. “We’ve got skilled players and they’re buying into a program and they’re on the same page, and when that happens you usually get some success,” Lewgood said. The shots on goal were 30-22 for Estevan. The win was a strong bounce-back effort for the Bruins after a disappointing 5-4 shootout loss to the Melville Millionaires on Jan. 28, which saw them blow a two-goal lead in the last six minutes of regulation. Nick Egan, David Robertson, Keegan Allison and Sagen scored for the Bruins, with Eric Meyer, Allen Kilback, Kelvin Walz and Alec Brandrup replying for the Mils. Colin Mospanchuk scored the shootout winner in the fifth round. The Bruins (23-15-2-5) are three points behind the Humboldt Broncos for sixth place and a first-round bye, with two games in hand. The team has stayed in that race despite being without defencemen R.T. Rice and Kyle Bird for the past month. While icing four regular rearguards and whatever affiliated players are available on a given night, the Bruins have posted a 5-2-2 record. Lewgood said the group of Egan, Robertson, Zach

Douglas and Nolan Nicholas has been clutch. “They’ve been tremendous. They’ve led the charge. We like to think that we have, when healthy, six really solid d-men, a maybe very underrated D corps. “They’ve worked hard away from the rink, things people don’t see, to prepare themselves for situations like this. After most games, you’ll find our d-men on the bikes. After most practices, you’ll ﬁnd our d-men on the bikes. They prepare themselves as hard as they can — as hard as anybody in our league, I can guarantee that — to play lots of minutes and be reliable when we need them.” Bird was expected to return last night against Weyburn, while Rice likely won’t be back until next week. Forward Keaton Longpre will miss at least two weeks with an injury. Meanwhile, two Bruins received SJHL honours for January, as Daae was named the player of the month for the second straight time, while Douglas was named the defenceman of the month. Daae posted ﬁve goals and 16 points in 10 games. The league scoring leader now has 26 goals and 58 points on the season. Douglas had 10 assists in as many games. The Bruins are on the road this weekend, visiting the Kindersley Klippers on Friday, the Battlefords North Stars on Saturday and Humboldt on Sunday.

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Apex Bruins win two on road The Estevan Apex Bruins played a lot of hockey on the weekend and came out of it with four points. The midget AA team faced a trio of sub-.500 teams on the road, beginning with a 7-4 loss to the Notre Dame bantam Hounds on Friday. They defeated the Melville Millionaires 8-3 on Saturday and wrapped up the trip with a 10-6 victory over the Yorkton Terriers on Sunday. A poor third period in Wilcox helped deny the Bruins a perfect weekend, as the Hounds scored three unanswered goals to pull out the win. “We didn’t help ourselves, that’s for sure. I guess the big ice kinda got to us. They capitalized on a couple of chances and we didn’t,” said Bruins head coach Dalton Giblett. “We were playing a small game on a big ice surface and it didn’t work out for us in the third period.” All three Notre Dame goals in the period came on power plays, with Carson MacKinnon, Josh Brook and Jeremy McKenna finding the back of the net. The teams traded goals throughout

the first 40 minutes, beginning with markers from Notre Dame’s Brett Davis and Estevan’s Kyle Salaway in the first period. Kaelan Holt put the Bruins on top on a power play early in the third, only for London Murray to tie it for the Hounds three minutes later. The Bruins took a 3-2 lead later in the period on a Dylan Lay goal, but the Hounds wrested the lead from their grasp on goals by Murray and Jake Kustra coming 24 seconds apart. Holt’s second power play marker of the period evened it up late in the period. Landon Audet made 26 saves for the Bruins, who were outshot 33-28. The next day in Melville, the Bruins got off to a slow start before putting the gas pedal to the floor and firing seven unanswered goals. The club trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes, as Melville got goals from Brooks Fleury and Darcy Kayseas, while Bailey Lonsberry replied for Estevan. Brett Harasymuk gave the Millionaires a 3-1 lead early in the second.

Then the Bruins’ league-leading offence showed up. Goals by Kale Little and Holt tied the game entering the third period. Most of the carnage in the final frame came in a five-minute span where the Bruins scored four times. Salaway (2), Lay, Little and Preston Hutt had the third-period goals. The shots were 29-26 for Melville, as Bruins starter Tanner Tytlandsvik made 26 stops. In Yorkton, the Bruins scored the first three goals before allowing three more in the first period. However, they pulled away from the Terriers in the final 40 minutes. “We jumped out to a 3-0 lead and you could see, one more goal and we were going to coast, and the next thing you knew it was 3-3,” Giblett said. Salaway, Lay and Tyler Hengen had two goals apiece for Estevan, with Hutt, Holt and Matt Bill adding singles. Justin Poirier led the Terriers with a pair. Cody Dubas, Josh Rohatynsky,

Hunter Arnold and Brayden Miller also scored for the home side. While the three games represented a show of force for the Bruins, scoring 22 goals, Giblett noted they have to work on keeping the puck out of their net, as they allowed 16. “Offensively, we put up some big numbers this weekend. Defensively, we also put up some big numbers.” Still, the team has scored 137 goals this year, a mark that easily leads the league. The Bruins’ offence has been particularly hot lately, thanks in large part to the line of Holt, Salaway and Lay, which was put together in December. “The chemistry of that big line just took off. Other than our two provincial games, where they struggled, those guys have really carried us. It’s contagious because everybody else starts making big plays … it really helps when guys are seeing that big line put up points like that.” The Bruins are off this weekend but will visit the Notre Dame Argos next Tuesday.

TS&M Bruins win 4-2 in Melville

The Estevan TS&M Bruins pushed their winning streak to four games on Saturday with the most important one of them all. The Bruins earned a key 4-2 victory over the Melville Millionaires in a battle for third place in the south division of the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League. The power play was a large factor, as the teams combined for five goals on 13 opportunities. The Bruins (16-9-3)

now sit two points ahead of the Millionaires, but the top two spots are out of reach with three games left. Shae Little opened the scoring for Estevan 11 minutes into the game. The Mils got it back six minutes later on a goal by Carson Sass. The deadlock remained until late in the second period, when Josh Skjonsby and Preston Brodziak scored barely four minutes apart for the Bruins. Skjonsby cemented

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After a tough January, the Estevan PowerTech Panthers started the month of February on a considerably better note. The midget AA team earned three of four points in a two-game set at home against the first-place Regina Capitals. The Panthers (13-9-2) are in fourth place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League after defeating the Capitals 5-3 on Saturday and tying them 2-2 on Sunday. Estevan came out flying on Saturday at the Civic Auditorium, scoring the first four goals of the contest. The club got two goals from Jenna Kreklewich and one from Haley Ronyk in the first period, while Jenna Grube added another less than four minutes into the second to put the Panthers on top 4-0. The Capitals stormed back though, potting three goals less than six minutes

apart later in the period. Shaya Bellemy got Regina on the board at the halfway point, then Shelby Fitzpatrick ﬁred two quick goals to get her team back in it. Kreklewich completed a hat trick midway through the third to give the Panthers some insurance. Litesha Spittal backstopped the Panthers to victory. On Sunday at Affinity Place, the Capitals found themselves trailing again, but two third-period goals pulled them into a draw. Estevan netted two power play goals in the ﬁrst 40 minutes, courtesy of Kailey McLellan and Macy Earl, to take the lead. Kylee Bohay got Regina within a goal eight minutes into the third and Reed Boychuk tied it less than three minutes later. Brianna Cote stopped 25 of 27 shots in the Panthers’ crease.

Jenna Kreklewich of the Estevan Panthers primes to shoot the puck during a 2-2 tie against the Regina Capitals on Sunday.

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Sherritt Coal Bruins ousted A strong effort in Game 2 wasn’t enough for the Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins. Facing the potent Yorkton Terriers in the second round of Saskatchewan Hockey Association peewee AA provincials, the Bruins fell 8-1, thanks largely to the

series opener. The Terriers took the first game 6-0 at Affinity Place on Saturday. The Bruins made it close the next day in Yorkton, losing 2-1. On Sunday, the Terriers struck ﬁrst on a Kishaun Gervais goal ﬁve minutes in.

Ryder Korczak gave the hosts a 2-0 lead with one minute left in the ﬁrst period. Mason Strutt scored the Bruins’ lone goal, coming at 11:37 of the second. Kersey Reich and Dawson Schaff drew assists. Bryson Garton was in

Chargers split with Cyclones The Estevan Power Dodge Chargers split a pair of one-goal games against the South West Cyclones on the weekend at the Civic Auditorium in bantam hockey action. The Chargers won 1-0 on Saturday and the Cyclones returned the favour on Sunday with a 2-1 victory. The lone goal in Saturday’s game came late in the ﬁrst period, with Estevan’s Megan LeBlanc scoring an unassisted marker with 45 seconds left. Ashlyn Taillon picked up the shutout in goal. Neither team had any luck on the

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The Estevan Mermaids synchronized swimming team participated in the Diane Lemon Invitational Meet in Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday. It was the first major meet of the 2014 season and represented the first chance for the South East district squad for the Saskatchewan Winter Games to compete as a team. Other clubs in attendance included the Saskatoon Aqualenes, North Battleford Water Doves, Border City Stingrays, Regina Synchro, Yorkton Aquabatix and Weyburn Synchro Stars.

The meet began Saturday with the individual figure meet. For the Mermaids, the highlight came in the age 16-18 category, as Hannah Whitman was second, Kelsey Potoma fourth, Tracy Irwin fifth and Eden Palmer sixth. In the 11-12 division, Nyla Dyck was fourth and Hannah Mantei was seventh. Racquelle Gibbons was 12th in the novice category for first-year competitive athletes. In the 13-15 category, Jillian Harder was sixth and Brooke Kruger was 10th. In the solo routines, Mantei captured gold in the 11-12 age group, Potoma earned

silver in the 16-18 category and Kruger was fifth in the 13-15 group. In the duet category, district team members Whitman and Irwin earned silver, while Reagan Wall and Courtney Reetz of the Mermaids finished fourth. In the team category, there were two Mermaids entries as well as the debut of the district routine that will be showcased at the Winter Games in Prince Albert. In the 11-12 category, the team of Kendra Cossette, Caitlin Graham, Gemma Sylvester and Emily Thompson took fifth place. The team is coached by Shannon Wanner and Bailey Longney. In the 13-15 group, the team of Gemma Bittman, Nyla Dyck, Mantei, Maya Daoust, Gibbons and Marlie Weinrauch, coached by Brenda Lyons, captured bronze.

The district team took gold in the 13-15 category. The team is comprised of Irwin, Kruger, Taylor Kuntz, Palmer, Danika Poirier, Potoma, Whitman and Alyssa Wieting, along with Weyburn’s Harder and Savannah Pohl. The team is coached by Tess Rensby and Brenda Lyons. “The coaches were very pleased by the first showing of our routines. It is always nice to see what the routines will look like in the competitive pool and receive feedback from the judges,” said Mermaids head coach Lyons. “The athletes have been preparing very hard and were happy with their results. The routine presented by the district team was strong and the fans in the crowd really enjoyed it. The district’s goal is to come home with a medal, so we have a lot of work to do in the next few weeks, but we feel that goal is obtainable.”

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TRUCKS, VANS & SUV’s

13 Jeep Compass North 4x4 factory warranty, 25,948 km .....................$23,995 13 Jeep Patriot Sport North 4x4 factory warranty 23,120 km.................$23,995 11 Chev Equinox 1CT 4dr AWD factory warranty ...................................$22,995 11 Chev Silverado HD 2500 LTZ Crew Cab 4x4 warranty......................$28,995 11 Dodge Dakota SXT Crew/Cab 4x4 factory warranty ..........................$22,995 10 Chev Silverado LT Crew/Cab 4x4 Z-71 factory warranty, Flexfuel ....$25,995 10 Ford Edge LTD AWD 4dr warranty....... .............................................$24,995 10 Ford Escape XLT AWD factory warranty ............................................$19,995 09 Dodge Grand Caravan Stow-N-Go 7 passenger, warranty ...............$14,995 09 GMC Sierra SLE Crew/Cab SLT 4x4 factory warranty .......................$21,995 08 Ford Ranger Super Cab 2wd 4dr 61,900 kms...................................$11,995 03 Chev Silverado E/C LS 4X4 warranty .................................................$10,995 99 Ford F150 Super Cab warranty.............................................................$4,995

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Domestic cars

Senchuk’s Super Deals! Used Cars

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Used Trucks, SUVs & Vans

2012 ESCAPE XLT 4X4 51,000 kms .................................................SOLD 2012 E450 CUBE VAN 29,000 kms ................................................$33,995 2011 F150 FX4 SUPER CREW 95,000 kms....................................$26,900 2011 DODgE gRAND CARAVAN 88,000 kms..............................$14,995 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB 4x4 27,000 kms ....$29,995 2011 DODgE JOURNEY RT AWD 24,000 kms .............................$22,995 2010 F150 LARIAT SUPER CREW 4x4 78,000 kms .....................$28,995 2010 CHEVROLET CREW CAB LT 4x4 80,000 kms.....................$21,995 2009 FLEX LIMITED 4x4 108,000 kms..............................................SOLD 2009 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC 4X4 LIMITED 147,000 kms .......$19,995 2009 ESCAPE XLT 106,000 kms ...................................................$14,950 2007 DODgE DURANgO LIMITED 4x4 94,000 kms......................$14,900 2007 F150 LARIAT SUPER CREW 4x4 170,000 kms....................$13,995 2005 F350 KINg RANCH CREW CAB 4x4 157,300 kms...............$10,995 2005 ESCAPE XLT 4x4 137,000 kms...............................................$9,995

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Used Cars

2013 Dodge Avenger SXT Grey, 7,245 kms...................................$19,900 2013 Dodge Avenger SXT Red, 11,950 kms ................................$19,900 2013 Dodge Avenger SE Blacktop Black, 11,830 kms.................$18,900 2013 Dodge Avenger SE Blacktop White, 14,233 kms ................$18,900 2012 Mazda Mazda3 GS White, 25,462 kms..................................$16,900 2012 Hyundai Veloster Silver, 31,123 kms.....................................$18,900 2008 Ford Focus SE Blue ................................................................$9,900

Used Trucks, Suvs & Vans

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Loaded Blue, 10,978 kms .........................................................................................................$49,900 2013 Ram 1500 Laramie Loaded Air Suspension Black,12,354 kms .........................................................................................................$45,900 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited Loaded White, 26,341 kms .........................................................................................................$44,900 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Red, 23,170 kms ...............................$38,900 2013 Ram 1500 Sport Crew Cab White, 21,712 kms ....................$39,900 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie Red, 27,433 kms.....................................$39,900 2012 Ram 1500 Sport Crew Cab White, 42,075 kms.....................$35,900 2012 Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab Silver, 43,329 kms .......................$29,900 2011 Ram 2500 Laramie Diesel White, 84,986 kms.......................$44,900 2011 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Black, 80,135 kms ................$35,900 2011 Ford F150 FX4 Blue, 50,123 kms ..........................................$30,900 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Black, 88,123 kms ...............$27,900 2011 Honda CR-V EX-L Grey, 36,583 kms ....................................$26,900 2010 Ram 2500 Laramie Diesel Red, 146,278 kms ......................$34,900 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited Black, 80,000 kms ..........$28,900 2010 Buick Enclave CX Silver, 100,493 kms.................................$23,900 2009 Ford F-250 SD XLT Diesel White, 145,243 kms....................$26,900 2009 Cadillac SRX AWD Silver, 80,109 kms .................................$23,900 2009 Chevrolet Uplander LT Beige, 94,346 kms ..........................$12,900 2008 Ram 2500 Laramie Mega Cab Grey, 219,299 kms...............$29,900 2008 GMC Yukon SLT Silver, 135,799 kms ..................................$22,900 2007 Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab Blue, 137,324 kms ......................$15,900 2003 Chevrolet Venture Red,125,997 kms......................................$4,900

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Derek Walter Klassen It is with very heavy hearts that the family of Derek Walter Klassen announce his sudden passing in Swift Current, Sk. January 13th ,2014 at the age of 53. Funeral service will be held February 8th at 2pm in Melita Manitoba at the Catholic Church.

Clara Veronica Wanner May 7, 1922 – January 21, 2014 On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Clara Wanner, late of Estevan, SK, passed away at the age of 91 years. Clara is survived by her husband, Jacob; children, Ron (Dorothy), Harvey (Coral), Ken (Robin), and Eileen; grandchildren, Debbie (Greg) Henders, Kelly (Diana) Wanner, Cory (Cecilia) Wanner, Niki (John) Sankjohansen, Reagan Wanner (Jesse Klinkhamer), Kurtis Wanner (Valèrie Wellens), Stacey Wanner, Dax (Kyla) Head, Travis (Michelle) Head; great grandchildren, Lindsay, Brandon, Jamie, Taylor, Dustin, Priscilla, Daniel, Ethan, Clare, Morgan, Max, Addison, Liam, Luca, Kieran, Nolan, Aly, Emmerson; siblings, Kay Himmelspach, Edward Schell, Raymond Schell, Isabelle Jenish; sisters in law, App Schell, Joy Schell, Lenora Wanner, Jean Wanner; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Angela Schell; siblings, Anna Meckler, Jacob Schell, and Peter Schell; brothers in law, Chris Meckler, Adam Himmelspach, Casper Jenish, Chris Wanner and Joseph Wanner; sisters in law, Louise Schell, Ida Wanner. Prayers were held on Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK. A Funeral Mass followed on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church with Rev. Gerry Bauche officiating. Interment followed in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hillview Manor Activities Fund in memory of Clara. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

We, the family of Clara Wanner, would like to thank all of our family and friends for flowers, food, visits, and donations. A special thank you to Eunice and her Hillview Manor staff for being caregivers and friends for Clara. To Hall Funeral Services, especially Shirley and Jeff, for their compassion and support. Thank you to Doug Third for prayers, Rev. Gerry Bauche for the Funeral Mass, the CWL for lunch and the choir for singing. Thank you to Clara’s children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who are supporting Jacob at this time. JOHN “JACK” T. KAMMERMAYER Jack, late of Regina and formerly of Estevan, passed away with his family by his side on Monday, January 27, 2014. Predeceased by his wife Olga “Vi”; parents, Jake and Marie; sister Kathleen (Bill) Jones; and brother Tom. Jack is survived by son Darrell (Diane); daughters, Corinne (Dennis) Sandstrom and Karen (David) McIntyre; grandchildren, Curtis, Melissa, Aaron and Aric; great-grandchildren, Heavenlee, Jillian, Cassandra, Logan, Leah and Charlotte; and siblings, Marie (Rudy) Nagel, Ray (Theresa), Flo Pearpoint and Patricia (Hugh) Henderson. Funeral Mass was held at Holy Family R.C. Church, 1021 McCarthy Blvd. North, Regina, SK on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. with Very Rev. Brad Fahlman officiating. Interment will take place at Riverside Memorial Park at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jack’s memory, may be made to Allan Blair Cancer Centre, 204 – 3775 Pasqua Street, Regina, SK, S4S 6W8. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.speersfuneralchapel.com

Sherry April Coleman 1947 – 2014 Sherry April Coleman passed away in Estevan, SK on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the age of 66 years. Sherry is survived by her husband Bob of Estevan; daughter Tina (Blair) Orser, and family, Jeffery (Shyanne), Tanya, Tyler, Jacob and great granddaughter Shallana, all of Saskatoon, SK; son Robert (Jody) Coleman and family, Austin and Kaeli, all of Estevan; sisters, Lyla (Gordon) Lukye of Estevan and Lynn Mohns of Regina, SK. She was predeceased by her parents, Cecil and Elizabeth Mohns; her grandma Lillian Mohns and her mother-in-law Ida Coleman. A Memorial Service was held on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Estevan, with Rev. Randy Kleemola officiating. A private family interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, if friends so desire, donations may be given a charity of your own choice in memory of Sherry Coleman. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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Ronald Joseph Wog 1937 – 2014 Ronald Wog passed away peacefully at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, Sask. on Monday, January 20, 2014 at the age of 76 years. Ron is survived by his loving wife Helen Wog of Estevan; sons, Robin (Cheryl) Wog of Sylvan Lake, Alta., Trevor Wog of Estevan and Travis (Susan) Wog of Winnipeg, Man.; grandchildren, Amy, Desiree, Marnie, Roman, Kelsey and Kyle; sister Helen Steedsman; brothers, Robert (Iris) Wog and Lorne (Lesley) Wog, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. He was predeceased by his parents, Joseph and Anne Wog; brother Harold (Jane) Wog and brother-in-law Art Steedsman. A Memorial Service for Ron was held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Doug Third officiating. Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan. Those wishing to make donations in Ron’s memory may do so directly to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, Box 5000 - 203, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, Sask., S4A 2V6 or the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, Sask., S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

We would like to thank our family and friends for the outpouring of support during this most difficult time. For the phone calls, visits, food, prayers and all other expressions of sympathy, we are truly grateful. Thank you to Doug Third for a meaningful service and Marvel Gall for providing the beautiful music. Thanks to the Legion Ladies for providing lunch after the service, and Hall Funeral Services for your professional guidance. Special thanks to the health care staff of St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Estevan Regional Nursing Home for your compassion and care for Ron and his family. We are truly grateful to everyone – your kindness will always be remembered. -Helen Wog and family Vivian June Hildahl (nee Drader) June 16, 1924 – January 25, 2014 Vivian passed away peacefully at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the age of 89 years. She loved the Lord and her family. She was a devoted wife; mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and she doted on her four grandchildren. She was a faithful and active member of the Estevan Free Methodist Church and then the Trinity Lutheran Church. She sang in the church and in the community. She worked at and supported the music festival for decades and was on the executive of the Estevan Christian Women’s after 5:00 Club. Vivian is survived by her children, Blair (Laurel) Hildahl, of Estevan, Sask., and Vinola Anderson, of Leduc, Alta.; grandchildren, Bryce Hildahl, Kristen (Cary) Grays, Derek (Nicki Skipper) Hildahl, and Colby Anderson; sister in law, Nora Ross; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Harvey; parents, William and Frances Drader; siblings, Charlie Drader, Naomi (Jim) Lennox, Olive (Fred) Grieve, Leatha (Harold) Ferguson, Marvella (William) Gill, Donald (Norma) Drader, Nellie(Albert) Rivard, Lillian (Aubrey) Smith, and Floyd (Anne) Drader. A Funeral Service was held on Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, Sask., with Pastor Stewart Miller officiating. Interment followed in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home in memory of Vivian. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

Many thanks to Pastor Stewart, the choir, the ladies who served lunch and all others who helped in any way with the service. We appreciate the excellent service from Hall Funeral Services. Much gratitude to the staff of the Estevan Regional Nursing Home for Vivian’s care over the years and especially for the staff who were with us in her room as she passed away. We are grateful for the prayers, condolences, cards, food, visits, flowers, and expressions of love following the passing of our beloved mother and grandmother. -Blair, Laurel, Bryce, Kristen, Cary, Derek, Vinola, and Colby Judith Ann Martin March 9, 1950 – January 25, 2014 Judith Ann Martin passed away in Estevan, Sask., on January 25, 2014 at the age of 63 years. Judy is survived by her loving husband, Cameron Martin; son Michael (Cindy) Romanyk and grandchildren Kelsey and Josh; and son Darren Romanyk, all of Estevan; stepchildren Theresa (Jim) McQuoid, of Regina; Cameron Martin and grandchildren Erik and Avery Martin; as well as her first husband, Randy Romanyk. She was predeceased by her parents William and Bernice Heden and Pearl Gibbons. She had many passions including gardening, baking, children, and animals. She spent 25 years as a caregiver at the Estevan Daycare. She loved children and it was reflected in how much she loved her grandchildren, rarely missing a hockey game or a dance recital. She was a very proud mother and grandmother. For the past ten years she spent her career, dedicating much of her time at the Estevan Humane Society, where she took great pride in caring for and nursing homeless and abandoned animals to health, and finding new loving homes for them. She also loved her own cat, Mia and dog, Buddy. You may have even occasionally saw Buddy taking her for a walk. Funeral services were held on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Giles Anglican Church in Estevan, Sask., with Rev. Mark Osborne officiating. Interment will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Estevan Humane Society or to Palliative Care at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. A very special thank you for all the amazing support of all friends at Bert Baxter Transport and the Shirley family, Ed Turnbull, Vern Symons and the Symons family, the Estevan Bruin Pee Wee AA hockey team and parents, Enbridge, Marion Huber, Lynn Trobert, Kevin Smith, Dr. Tsoi and the nursing staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the doctors and staff that treated Judy at the General and Pasqua Hospitals, and for all the kind and caring messages, and acts of kindness from family and friends. Also, many thanks to Rev. Mark Osborne for officiating the services, the Anglican ladies for lunch and to Hall Funeral Services for getting them through this difficult time, we appreciate everything you wonderful people do. Reginald Hein 1947 - 2014 After a lengthy battle with heart and lung issues, it is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Reginald Hein. On January 27, 2014, Reg peacefully let go of his broken heart and slipped away in his sleep. Reg was born at Gladmar, Saskatchewan on February 17, 1947 and grew up on the prairies. He lived most of his life in Western Canada. His most recent occupation was that of a farm hand in the Hanna, Alberta area prior to his retirement when he moved back to the Estevan area to relieve himself of a hardworking life. Reginald was at his happiest these last few years of retirement where he was finally able to relax and enjoy a life close to his mother and family. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking to pass

the time. Reginald is survived by his mother Betty (Ray) Orser; four sisters and four brothers. He leaves to mourn his loss one son, Christopher Hein of Victoria, B.C.; one daughter, Sherry (Scott) Wasdal of Calgary, Alta. and three grandsons; Michael, Cole and Bailey. Family and friends so wishing, may make donations in memory of Reginald to the Heart and Stoke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 279-3rd Ave N, Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2H8 A funeral service was held on Monday, February 3, 2014 at 11 a.m. from RD Family Funeral Chapel in Weyburn, Sask. with Rev. John Ferrier, officiating. Interment followed at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn , Sask. Family and friends so wishing, may make donations in memory of Reginald to the Heart and Stoke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 279-3rd Ave N, Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2H8 Arrangements were entrusted to RD Family Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, Weyburn, Sask. (848-0333 ~ 1-888-848-0333). Expressions of sympathy to the family may be sent to our website at www.rdfamilymemorialchapel.com “Our family serving your family”

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Creighton Lodge community news Judy Pratt Creighton Lodge Correspondent After making all of our New Year’s resolutions and then breaking them, we are settling in to making the most of 2014. We are not enjoying this bitterly cold weather but are keeping warm with exercising, singing, dancing and our cocktail parties! We are grateful to have a warm building to live in, warm-hearted staff who look after the building, warm delicious meals to eat and warm friendships with all of the folks living here. Life is not that bad at all! The year started off quietly with our regular activities. Freddie and the Freebies, the Happy Wanderers, Church of Christ Singers and Bob Olson were our musical entertainers this month. With the cold weather, there are a few entertainers who aren`t venturing out. A big thank you to all of you who take the time and effort to brighten up our days with a few tunes. It doesn`t matter what the temperature is though, we can always play bingo. And thanks to Joan Wock we did just that! That same evening (every Wednesday), her daughter, Christina brings her dog therapy puppies over to visit us and we really look forward to that. On the 14th we had a visit from the library to bring us new reading material. Thank you to all of you for your volunteer time. The Ministerial Association supplied us with worship services from the local churches and we had communion from St. John’s Roman Catholic, Trinity Lutheran and St. Paul’s United Churches. We are so grateful that our spiritual needs are met by the various churches of Estevan. We have been the recipient of a lot of volunteer hours from some Grade 9 and 10 high school kids, Ethan, Zac, Dylan, Mathew, Haley and Leah. The residents love to have

them around to help with odd jobs, visiting, and playing games. Thanks very much, kids. We are happy to welcome back our Monday exercise volunteer, Audrey Dupuis. Along with our Wednesday and Friday ladies, Niki Pelletier and Irene Tarnes, we are back to exercising three times a week. We are hoping to start our walking program soon so will be in great shape by spring. Thank you ladies for your assistance on our health journey. We said good-bye to Gordon Butler who moved back to his home and to Ida Brownridge who moved to a Personal Care home in Weyburn. We will miss you both but hope you are happy with your moves. Condolences go out to two of our residents, Kay Himmelspach and Ed Schell on the death of their sister, Clara Wanner. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time. January 24 was a fun day when some children from Pleasantdale School came to the Lodge to interview our residents about their lives. It’s great to see the very young and the very old having these wonderful exchanges of information about their lives. The kids really seem to enjoy visiting and finding out what it was like to live back in the ‘20s and ‘30s. On the 28th we had our decorating volunteers (Beta Sigma Phi Laureate Chapter) come and put up our Valentine’s decorations. It looks so cheery and bright now but not overdone. We enjoy visiting with the ladies when they come to decorate as we know them all and appreciate what they do for us. As we close this article it is 37 below wind chill so let’s all hope next month we are enjoying some milder temperatures. Saskatchewan people are strong and resilient when it comes to snow, wind, frigid temperatures and poor highway driving but enough is enough and we all say “bring on Spring!”

Midale happenings Catrina Moldenhauer Midale Correspondent The Midale Oilmen’s 26th Annual Curling Bonspiel has been re-scheduled for Feb. 13 through the 15. Friday night supper is at 6 p.m., and there will be a Dutch auction after supper and a dance starting around 9 o’clock. Saturday is the playoffs. Each team requires a minimum of one person who is employed in the oilfield. The cost is $240 per team entry, and it includes some drink and supper tickets. Extra supper tickets may be purchased for $15 each. You may register a team by e-mailing your contact information to: midaleoilmens@ gmail.com or calling Bruce Palmer, Glenn Wiens or Catrina Moldenhauer. Badminton practices have started for those students in Grades 3 through 6. Practices are to run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:20 to 4:20 p.m. The last practice dates are Feb. 11 and then the windup will be on the 13th. High school curling will start for all senior students on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m. at the Midale Civic Centre. Drama practices have begun and will take place each lunch break at 12:15. You may talk to Mrs. Wilgenbusch or Miss Adams for details about the play. High school band/choir will be held after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:20 to 4 p.m. Free public skating will be held on Feb. 8 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and on Feb. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. Please note that these times are subject to change as sometimes teams need to make up games and may need this ice time. Please feel free to call or text the rink cellphone at 306-

458-7555 for any questions. The rink schedule is also posted in Google Calendars under Midale Rink. If you cannot access the link, please text the rink cellphone with your e-mail and the link will be sent to you or e-mail midalerink@gmail.com Midale Petroleum Novice Storm’s next home action will be on Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. against Yellow Grass. The Storm played a good game against Bengough here at home and got their second win of the season. They played in the Bienfait tournament on Feb. 1. They lost both of their games but played really well! Their first game was against Crosby, and the second game was against Bienfait. The Mini Mustangs played in a tournament in Radville. They lost both of their games on Feb. 1 but came back on Sunday with a win. The Midale Mustangs’ home game against the Redvers Rockets that was postponed on Jan. 24 was played on Feb. 3. The Big Six Hockey League Playoffs will be starting soon, so please watch for updates on the Facebook page for Midale Rink/Harry O’Memorial Arena as the game dates and times get posted on there or on the Big Six Hockey website. The Mustangs won on the road when they defeated Wawota by a score of 8-5 on Feb. 1. Curling ice is booked through Janice Vilcu, so please give her a call if you need to rent it. The Midale Farmer’s Curling Bonspiel will be held from March 5 to the 9th. If you would like to enter a team, please call either Brad Eggum or Neil Martinson. The Midale Public Library has started up a preschool kids program on Fridays from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

at the Midale Civic Centre. For more information, call the library. Their hours as of Feb. 14 will be Tuesdays from 2:30 to 5:30p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Fridays from 9:30 to noon and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Midale’s Cymri 36 Pet Rescue will be holding a garage sale in the spring. They will hold it when the town has their town wide garage sale. Anybody looking to donate good used items may call Sandra Carlson or Larraine Bloor. These wonderful ladies will store the stuff until they hold the sale. All money raised will be used for the Pet Rescue. At the moment, the shelter has a few cats and therefore is always open to donations of cat litter, cat food, toys, collars and more. All donations are welcome anytime. The Midale Seniors/39er’s elected a new board and for the next year Dave Piper will be the president, Alice Kerr will be the vice president, Betty Kramer will be the secretary, Craig Uhledahl will be the treasurer, Betty Kramer and Garnett Kerr will do the bookings, and Marlon Waite will be the member at large while Dave, Marlon, Craig and Bill Webster are on the billing committee, and Alice and Garnett Kerr are on the purchasing committee. They will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Feb. 13 from 8 a.m. until 9:30 or 10 a.m. The pancake breakfast is provided for $5 per person. The Midale Lions Club will host a Bingo at the Seniors Centre on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. All are welcome to attend. The Cymri 4-H Club will host their Speech Day on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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North Portal community happenings Betty Baniulis Correspondent On Jan. 13 Dorothy Tucks was hostess for two tables of bridge. High honours Arva Walters second high Margaret Baniulis. Gene and Cathie Davis flew to Las Vegas for a week to see the curling. A large number of Canadians attended. Bette MacDonald and her granddaughter Nicole Davis flew to Maui for a week to visit Alan and Shirley Davis.

Gene and Margaret Baniulis, Pat and Trish Barker Clayton and Lorna Story have spent 10 days in Honolulu and Maui returning home on Feb. 2. Tom and Lynn McDonald along with Ron, Vicki, Madison and Avory Olson from Fortuna, N.D. met Dana, Michelle, Keelan and Brea McDonald from Cambridge, New Zealand in Orange City, California, for a 12-day visit, enjoying many of the famous attractions around the Los Angeles area.

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Major ballet coming to Estevan A major ballet production by Ballet Jorgen is coming to the stage at the Estevan Comprehensive School on Feb. 18. The classical ballet, Romeo and Juliet will be presented by Ballet Jorgen in concert, and it is touted as one of the highlighted features for the 2013/’14 Stars for Saskatchewan series brought to the community by the Estevan Arts Council. The lead sponsor for this production will be the Drewitz School of Dance. The ballet begins at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 and advanced discount tickets are available at Henders Drugs in downtown Estevan while regularly priced tickets will be available at the door. Romeo and Juliet is the classical Shakespeare tale of love, anguish and revenge, and it has been masterfully transformed into Bengt Jorgen’s magical world of ballet for local audiences. The translation remains true to the original story of Romeo and Juliet while Jorgen focuses on creating a clear and emotionally driven journey into the timeless classic. The story begins with a small rose, a prick of a thorn and two lovers who unite while a mother defies them. In

the end, it’s a story that is more than pure dark. More information regarding the presentation and concert details may be obtained by contacting the Estevan Arts Council at 306-634-3942 or visit www. estevanartscouncil.com

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Email: employment@candoltd.com Fax: (204) 725-4100 c a n d o l t d . c o m 4th Floor, 740 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, MB 204-725-2627

Interested candidates are asked to contact our Driver Recruiter or fax resumes to 306-486-2022 or email to dfrobisher@gibsons.com www.gibsons.com

Rig Manager 101 Supreme St. (Shand access road)

Sun Country Well Servicing currently has an opening for a Rig Manager for the Estevan Area. Sun Country Well Servicing is a locally owned service rig company based in Estevan. We currently have 11 free standing mobile doubles working in the area and are growing.

Responsibilities: • Overseeing rig operations including the work activities of rig employees . • Preparing/monitoring work schedule so work is completed on schedule and safety procedures are followed correctly. • Monitor employees performance and progress. • Provide the crew with the appropriate tools/supplies. • Provide guidance and direction to the rig crew on specific tasks. • Work closely with the Equipment Manager, Area Manager and Well site Supervisor • Control costs to the rigs • Perform accident safety investigation Qualifications: • 5 or more years of experience as a Rig Manager • Valid DL 1A/3A • Valid , H2S. First Aid, BOP • Safety knowledge preferred. • Ability to deal and communicate effectively with employees, vendors and customers. • Proven, extensive working knowledge and experience in Service Rig operations. • Knowledge of rig safety regulations and safety issues. • Live in or close to Estevan. Sun Country Well Servicing offers a very competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, vision and dental coverage, life insurance, short term and long term disability coverage and RRSP. We pay above current CAODC rates.

Please email resume or fax it to:

Shannon Leibel

Personnel Coordinator Sun Country Well Servicing

Box 1656, Estevan, SK S4A 1C8

Office (306) 634-1221 Cell (306) 421-3418 sleibel@suncountrywellservicing.ca

Estevan Meter Services Ltd. is a leading provider of oilfield instrumentation, combustion services, and technical supplies to the southeast Saskatchewan & southwest Manitoba oil patch since 1967. We are currently seeking an individual to fill the position of

CUSTOMER SERVICE/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER If you believe you are someone who can add value by helping lead our crew in continuing to be a top organization within a globally recognized economic region this position is suited for you. Duties to include maintaining and developing client relationships, gathering customer feedback, increasing range of services utilized by existing customers, identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, and enhancing customer service. The ideal candidate will have instrumentation, battery operations, or facilities experience from within the local oilfield possessing strong interpersonal and communication skills with an attitude toward excellent customer service. Consideration will be given to individuals with oilfield experience, instrumentation knowledge, strong communication skills and/or those with previous sales training or experience. This position offers excellent benefits, pension, performance bonus, and exceptional salary in a well-established positive atmosphere. Please Apply by Cover Letter and Resume to:

email: dmartens@estevanmeter.com RE: Sales Manager Only persons to be interviewed will be contacted.

www.estevanmercury.ca

Employment Opportunities COOKS Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 140 Invites Applications for:

Superintendent of Education School Operations and Research

Futher information can be found on the division website at www.holyfamilyrcssd.ca employment Applications are due by Sunday, February 23, 2014

EXPRESS SOUTHEAST TRADER

We are looking for 5 full time cooks. Must be able to work until 1 AM nightly 2 years cooking experience preferred but not necessary, will train if needed. Wage is $13.00/hr Duties:

To apply contact: Nick Sereggela, Manager In Person Fax: 306-634-5636 Email: nsereggela@sasktel.net

Carrier

for Cundall Drive and Woodend Place

1124A - 4th St., Estevan, SK

• Pressure Welder • Welder Fabricator

We offer a benefit package and competitive wages depending on experience. Fax resume to: 306-634-6178 or email: fusioninc@sasktel.net

Estevan,SK

FOOD SERVICE WORKERS

WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS ANDTRAINEES

ISOLATION Equipment Services Inc. an expanding Oil Service & Supply Company is seeking quality Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous exp. with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry exp. with oilfield tickets is an asset Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if Applicant has relevant oilfield experience) A current driver’s abstract req’d Off-road driving exp. is an asset. MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets BENEFITS * Exc. monthly guarantee * Exc. job bonus * Excellent Benefit Plan and Travel Expenses. * Retirement Plan * Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus Program * Christmas Bonus Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347 3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop off at 307 Clare Street, Arcola Sk ATTN: Lori Enzie or Ron Hayward

• must be self-motivated and enjoy a challenge • individual must reside in Estevan and service Estevan and surrounding areas. The successful applicant will receive sufﬁcient training to take over the route as an independent distributor.

Applicants must supply a driver’s abstract along with a resume to: Tom.Earle@olddutchfoods.com

• Foods Ltd. We are growing. Begin a rewarding career with an Industry Leader! Stream-Flo Industries Ltd. is a privately owned and operated Canadian manufacturer of wellhead, production gate valve and check valve equipment. Since our inception in 1962, we have become a recognized leader for our superior technology, innovative designs and top quality products. Stream-Flo has been part of the Estevan community for over 25 years and is a strong supporter of various organizations within Estevan and surrounding areas. We offer a competitive salary, profit sharing, RRSP program, service recognition, scholarship programs, employee and family assistance programs, corporate store, a comprehensive benefit program and more. We currently have an opening for the following position:

The Inside Sales Representative will be the point of contact for receiving customer orders, including responding to customer inquiries, supplying quotations, receiving contracts, generating orders and monitoring project progress. The incumbent will focus on maintaining a high degree of customer support and satisfaction, as well as developing a strong knowledge of Company products and applications. Preferred candidates will possess experience in a sales role, strong working knowledge of computers and software systems and strong familiarity with the oil and gas industry - wellhead and/or service experience is an asset. Relocation assistance may be offered. In order to meet customer site access safety requirements, applicants must participate in an alcohol and drug test and show compliance with Stream-Flo's Alcohol and Drug Policy before being considered eligible for hire. Apply to:

Stream-Flo Industries Ltd. Attention: Branch Manager 201 - 3rd Street Estevan, Saskatchewan S4A 0N6 Fax: 306-634-3287 Email: careers@streamflo.com Visit us at: www.streamflo.com

Call 306-634-2654 to book your career ad! SF5-3 Estevan Mercury February 5, 2014 Classified Display 2 col = 18p9

We are accepting resumes for full-time positions.

Duties include: Food preparation, stock and inventory, serving customers, some baking, making sandwiches, operate cash register and be able to give proper change as well as general cleaning and equipment maintenance

Starting wage - $11.01/hr. If you are interested in joining our team apply in person with resume or fax to:

306-634-6616

Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices PowerTech Industries Ltd. in Estevan is seeking Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices for work in the Estevan and Carnduff areas. Experience: Safety Certificates are needed. 1st Aid/CPR, H2S. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license. Full benefits packages and RSP plan. Duties: Day to day electrical construction and maintenance in the oilfield. Wage/Salary Info: Depending on experience & qualifications. To Apply: Fax: (306) 637-2181, e-mail sschoff.pti@sasktel.net or drop off resume to 62 Devonian Street, Estevan, SK.

Old Dutch Foods is looking for an individual that is career oriented and passionate about sales and customer service.

Inside Sales Representative Estevan

306-634-2654

Immediate positions open for:

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DISTRIBUTOR OPPORTUNITY

• Prepare and cook meals for a full menu • Oversee kitchen operations • Work with minimal supervision • Monitor supplies • Supervise kitchen helpers • Follow safety and sanitation requirements • Ensure food quality • Clean kitchen & work area

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Papers are delivered to your home Thursday for delivery to customers on Friday. 100 papers~ earn $27.00 every week. Carriers are eligible each month for a $100 bonus draw. If interested please call Gayle

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Receptionist

JOB DESCRIPTION: Turnbull Excavating Ltd is looking for a permanent full-time office person. This position will include reception duties as well as some junior accounting duties, with room for growth. This position will report directly to the Controller and the hours will be Monday to Friday 8am-5pm. The ideal candidate will be able to start immediately or within two weeks of hire date.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION • Office experience is required (phones, faxing, filing, photocopying) • Microsoft knowledge and experience is required • Grade 12 or GED • Office Administration Certificate or Diploma is an asset, but not required • Quickbooks experience is an asset, but not required • Employer is willing to train the right candidate on accounting software

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JOB REQUIREMENTS: • Professionally manage all incoming calls using a multi-line telephone system • Take orders over the phone • Daily filing of AR, AP, and other items • Ability to type letters, quotes, etc and photocopy items for the office • Daily bank deposits • Sort all incoming mail • Data entry into Quickbooks • Reconcile monthly AR & AP statements • Ability to work with field and office staff • Administer credit applications for AP & AR • Assist Controller with payables and receivables • Assist Controller with yearend reporting required • Track and maintain pit records on a daily & monthly basis • Track employee safety tickets • Ad-hoc tasks as required by the Controller and Operations Manager

Our stOre is grOwing Part-time and full time positions available. Grocery, Over-Night Stocker, Cashier  Flexible scheduling  Benefits  Stock Ownership Program

 Scholarships  Employee Discounts  Career Opportunities

Apply online at www.YourWalmartCareer.ca

Wages are negotiable, depending on experience. Turnbull Excavating Ltd is a locally owned and operated business in Estevan, Saskatchewan. We offer competitive wages, full benefits, as well as a diverse working environment. Interested applicants can apply, with resume, by email to christa.turnbullexcavating@sasktel.net, fax at (306) 634-6639 or in person at 110 Frontier Street. No phone calls please. We will be accepting applications until February 5, 2014. Turnbull Excavating thanks all applicants for their interest, but only qualified applicants will be contacted.

www.estevanmercury.ca

CITY PAGE

Public Notice

It has been noted that some public streets have been littered with Regen carts please be aware that the following is a condition of Bylaw 2013-1926 8. STORAGE OF RECEPTACLES (1) Except as otherwise herein provided, no person store an approved receptacle, upon any portion of a street or boulevard. (2) The owner or occupant of every premise shall provide sufficient space on that premise for storage of the approved receptacles. (3) The owner or occupant, where front street collection is estabilished, shall place the approved receptacle on the street against the curb or at or at an approved alternate location no ealier that 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to scheduled collection and removed prior to 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection.

Please contact Judy Pilloud City Clerk 306-634-1852 if you have any questions regarding the full bylaw.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (Dispatcher)

Duties and Responsibilities: The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills. This person will handle incoming telephone calls, general public inquiries and complaints, and will communicate via radio transmissions with members on patrol. Must be able to work independently under stress as well as produce a high degree of accuracy. Application packages can be picked up at the Estevan Police Service or mailed out upon request. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Please return the completed package with an updated resume in a sealed envelope to: Chief of Police Estevan Police Service 301-11th Ave.Estevan, Sask. S4A 1C7

CITY OF ESTEVAN Invitation to Tender

The City of Estevan, Leisure Services Business Division invites your company to submit a tendered bid to “SUPPLY AND DELIVER FLOWERS” by Tuesday February 18th, 2014 @ 2:30pm.

ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITY City of Estevan - Residential Lot for Sale ‘DOMINION HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION-PHASE 2’ The City of Estevan has one (1) Single-family residential lot for sale located at 1918 Matte Court-Lot 23 Block 168. Conditions of Sale include: • •

Lot Purchase price: $118,884.00 plus G.S.T & transfer fees. 50% (non-refundable) down payment, with remainder of purchase price to be paid within 6 months of purchase agreement date. • Construction to commence within 6 months of purchase agreement date. For further information please contact the Land Development Services Division, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, (306) 634-1821. WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL? “promoting the arts in OUR community”

KONCERTS FOR KIDS

Fubuki Daiko – March 11, 2014 7:00 pm at Estevan Comprehensive School (Sponsored by Dayman Trucking) Massive Munsch – April 10, 2014 7:00 pm at Westview School (Sponsored by Sherritt Coal)

STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN

Elmer Iseler Singers – February 6, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church Ballet Jorgen Romeo and Juliet – February 18, 2014 7:30 pm at E.C.S. (Sponsored by Drewitz School of Dance & Enbridge) Guy and Nadina – April 12, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church Everything Fitz – May 4, 2014 2:30 pm at E.C.S. (Sponsored by Enbridge & Level best Technology)

VISUAL ARTS

Watch for more information on our new upcoming Visual Arts programs starting in February!

Parent & Child Pottery Basic Beginner Beading Adult Pottery Pottery Wheel Throwing Make a hand built teapot

- Children’s Clay Class - Acrylic Painting - Scratch Art - March Break Art Camp

The total number of plants required for the 2014 spring planting season is 2571 and detailed speciﬁcations for the types of plants required are available upon request by calling the Leisure Ofﬁce @ 306-634-1880 Please submit your sealed tender marked “Annual Flowers for Flower Pots” in writing by 2:30 pm on Tuesday February 18, 2014. Attention: Gloria Johnson Leisure Services Division 701 Souris Ave. Estevan, SK S4A 2T1 Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

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