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CT scanner greeted with excitement, relief By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
After more than a few years of concentrated lobbying at the provincial level, St. Joseph’s Hospital has received the green light to buy and install a computed tomography (CT) scanner. Tim McMillen, minister responsible for rural and remote health, was in Estevan on June 27, to make the announcement that approval had been granted and that the province would provide the roughly $1 million per year to operate the scanner once it becomes fully operational. He was joined by several supportive municipal officials, MLAs Doreen Eagles and Dan D’Autremont from Estevan and Cannington constituencies and representatives from the Sun Country Health Region with board member Derrell Rodine serving as emcee for the late morning ceremony. The cost to purchase the scanner and the ensuing renovations required to house it will be about $2 million, said St. Joseph’s
executive director, Greg Hoffort. To that end, he was pleased to announce to the gathering of about 50 people, that $1.16 million had already been collected or pledged toward the purchase and installation costs. That was based on the $500,000 committed to the project by the City of Estevan and 14 other municipal governments in southeast Saskatchewan, another $500,000 from Ron and Shirley Carson who gain the naming rights for the hospital’s diagnostic centre in return, as well as $100,000 from the Midale Mainprize Manor Trust Fund and $60,000 from Dorothy Yoner on behalf of her late husband Steve, who, she said, saw the need for the imaging equipment while making medical trips to Regina as well as to St. Joseph’s over the years. Becky Conly, director of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, said the need to raise a further $800,000 to $900,000 for the CT scanner, will become a priority item, but they will continue to raise funds for other ongoing projects and programs for the local
hospital. Hoffort said that the many years of frustrating negotiations and discussions and false starts that eventually led to the Friday announcement, all went away with McMillen’s announcement and especially, the commitment to fund ongoing operating costs. “Patients can get care sooner, we can reduce wait times, and we’re celebrating another improvement in health care,” said McMillen who has been in the new portfolio for only a few weeks. “This truly is a team effort,” he said, noting the co-operative strength provided by the 15 participating municipal governments. Don Kindopp, chairman of St. Joseph’s Hospital board, said it was the culmination of energy and effort expended by many people in the region and that the hospital would finally have a timely and equitable diagnostic tool at their disposal that will be utilized to reduce patient recovery times and stress, and will give attending physicians an efficient tool to assist them in their diag-
Dorothy Yoner, seated in the centre was on hand to donate $60,000 towards the purchase of CT scanner for St. Joseph’s Hospital. Accepting the cheque on behalf of the hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, and seated beside her were Greg Hoffort and Becky Conly. Pictured in the back, from the left: Marga Cugnet, Don Kindopp, Marilyn Charlton, Tim McMillen, Roy Ludwig. nosis. Kindopp extended thanks to those who continued to lobby the provincial government and health authority for the scanner. Roy Ludwig, who is Estevan’s mayor as well as vice-chairman of the southeast committee that not only worked tirelessly for the scanner, but also for more doctors to come
to Estevan, where a severe shortage of physicians was recognized a few years ago, said the committee has now merged with the hospital’s foundation. He acknowledged the yeoman efforts put in by previous mayor Gary St. Onge toward making this day possible. “I also thank the ministry for coming to the
table,” said Ludwig who dispensed thanks to Sun Country’s CEO Marga Cugnet and MLA Eagles for their continuing efforts to bring the CT scanner to a reality. Cugnet and Sun Country’s board chairwoman, Marilyn Charlton also brought greetings and words → A2 Preparation
Businesses will adjust to new TFW regulations By Alex Coop acoop@estevanmercury.ca
Don’t be surprised if over the next few years certain businesses no longer operate under a 24-hour service mandate and increase their product prices. These are some of the ways the overhauled Temporary Foreign Worker Program could affect Estevan, according to Conservative MP for Souris-Moose Mountain, Ed Komarnicki. “The modifications will make business more difficult for sure, and will also have an impact on our economy here,” he said, but noted the fact that temporary foreign workers can still operate within businesses in Estevan, despite the new limits on the number of TFWs employers can hire per site, which the federal government introduced earlier this month. The rules but don’t actually kick in until 2015. That quota will commence at 30 per cent at the start of 2015, and will gradually decrease to 20 per cent by 2016. The government’s final goal of 10 per cent will take effect late 2016, early 2017. “It’s certainly going to constrict the program, and it’s clearly a signal that the Temporary Foreign Worker Program as we knew it will be changing, and the fact that it wasn’t meant to be a permanent program,” Komarnicki stated. “In high employment areas like southeast Saskatchewan, it’s going to be a concern, and there will be gaps that
employers will have to try and fill by other means.” This is a major concern for Jeff Pierson, general manager of the Days Inn in Estevan, who isn’t sure how that gap will be filled once the more significant limits on TFWs are in place. Pierson said the majority of people looking for work at his Ed Komarnicki business are foreign workers, and said it’s never been a question of saving money by turning down Canadian applicants. “We’re just not getting the locals. It’s not rocket science, or I sure don’t think it is. A guy that just got laid off from Sherritt Coal isn’t going to be interested in working for me since he was making three times the money there than he would in this industry,” he explained. Pierson said there are some foreign workers at the Days Inn, and at Blackbeards Family Restaurant, which he also co-owns, who are scrambling to obtain a permanent residency status.
“Those who have work permits, it’s imperative they try and get permanent immigrant statuses quickly before their permits run out.” The Days Inn has been using the TFW program for 10 years, Pierson said, adding they take “great pride” in that. He also said he’s happy to see the positive effects the program has had on the people who come from another country to seek new opportunities. The exhaustive overhaul to the TFW program was done to prevent businesses from hiring foreign workers over Canadians who apply for those same positions, especially in areas of Canada where the unemployment rate is high. Provinces with an unemployment rate over six per cent, are blocked from using the program entirely. As of May, Canada’s overall unemployment rate was hovering around seven per cent, according to tradingeconomics.com, a website dedicated to the gathering of thousands of economic indicators across the world. According to the Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s website, Estevan’s unemployment rate in 2012 was 3.8 per cent, which is on par with the province’s current 3.6 per cent unemployment rate. That 3.6 per cent is also below Canada’s overall unemployment rate. Pierson said he doesn’t have a problem with the regulations being designed to stomp out the abuse of the program, but thinks it’s unfair that these restrictions are spread across Canada, and don’t → A2 Complaints
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Preparation work underway soon ← A1 of encouragement and completion to the occasion. “This gives patients improved access, there can be more patients receiving care. Treatment for strokes and critical time elements can be met while patients reduce travel time and costs,” said Cugnet. Hoffort acknowledged all 15 participating municipal governments, which included: The City of Estevan and the RM of Estevan as well as the RMs of Benson, Cymri, Coalfields, Cambria, Browning, Mount Pleasant, Argyle and Inniskillen along with the communities of Gainsborough, Carnduff, Oxbow, Bienfait and Glen Ewen. “This was a decision the ministry had to make that was outside the norm, so thanks for making it,” Hoffort said, turning towards McMillen. “Now I can’t wait to get to the planning table.” Later, during an interview scrum, Hoffort said a space for the scanner has
been identified in the current diagnostic area of the hospital, which is located near the emergency ward. He said some utility space can be renovated to accommodate the scanner, and no expansion will be necessary. He also paid tribute to the outlying RMs who joined in the concerted effort to gain the scanner after the original eight councils got the ball rolling. “And, of course, in Estevan we have received unparalleled support.” “Demand for medical imaging services has increased in our province by 22 per cent since 2008-09,” said McMillen. It has grown to the point where over 97,000 images will be taken in this fiscal year, so any relief that can be provided to the already overworked diagnostic centres in the major centres such as Regina, has to be welcomed. He said the relief for local and regional patients in the southeast sector will not only be witnessed in terms of timely service but will also reduce the frus-
Complaints registered ← A1 take into consideration the fact that certain cities, like Estevan, rely heavily on the TFW program. Komarnicki said more could have been done to allow businesses to adjust to the reformed regulations. “I don’t think sufficient time was given to businesses to look at how they’d have to adjust moving forward as a result of the reforms and the consequences that come because of them, but the reality was complaints were coming in from across the country,” said Komarnicki. One of these complaints were from this constituency, and as reported in the Mercury late April, two Weyburn women went public with claims that they’d been dismissed from their waitressing jobs so the owners could hire foreign workers. “By virtue of audits, inspections and
penalties, I think you will find that there will be less abuse of the program,” said Komarnicki. In an interview with the Mercury on June 20, Michel Cyrenne, Estevan Chamber of Commerce executive director, said the stricter regulations are just a result of the federal government “bowing down” to the political pressure in Eastern Canada. “We’re being unfairly treated at the expense of gaining support in the east,” he said. “This program, especially in Saskatchewan, is being used by businesses that need it. It’s not being used by businesses that want to try and pad their pockets with extra cash.” You can view a graph on estevanmercury.ca, which outlines unemployment rates in our region.
trations with such things as even trying to find a parking spot at the Regina facilities. Hoffort noted that St. Joseph’s already has one trained CT scan technician on staff and that once the equipment is installed, he hoped to have the training of other staff members completed in time for a start-up in April of 2015. To that end, Hoffort said he expected a localized committee will be struck to steer the project to the finish line. “Because we were never once told no, we kept on lobbying for this,” said Hoffort.
Region deals with rainfall Gainsborough residents were evacuated from their homes on Sunday evening. Members of the fire department went door to door to notify residents, however it is up to a resident whether they leave or not, said a news release from the Carnduff RCMP, who noted the evacuation was mandatory. Highway 18 east of Gainsborough to the Manitoba border was closed and the highway west toward Carievale was becoming washed out on Sunday. The grids in the area were also washing out. The Carievale School, Carnduff School and Carnduff Legion were taking people in and food was available for those seeking shelter in those buildings. On Saturday night, a local state of emergency was declared for the Town of Carnduff and RM of Mount Pleasant. A press
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following their on-stage selfie photo, which was met by a large round of applause Skjonsby reminisced about the whole new world the graduates were introduced to after elementary school, and reassured them that feeling of discovery and excitement will be just as amazing, if not better, once they enter the post-secondary environment, or enter the work force.
Rebecca Blackburn and Nick Skjonsby address the audience after recieving their senior ring and pin Blackburn emphasized the achievements graduates obtained that extended beyond the classroom. “Look at all the sports you were involved in, what an achievement,” she said, after listing off the many different sports teams students were a part of at ECS. She even mentioned the popular cardboard boat races that take place every
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year at the Leisure Centre, and the creativity students bring to their cardboard creations. Kale Little and Tate Wrubleski, who took the stage following the parents’ response, made the tribute to the teachers. Their speech resulted in some laughs from the crowd. “We’re here to talk about those who brought us here to this moment,” began Tate. “Not our parents” continued Kale, “because they didn’t really have a choice.” Tate recalled a biology class from this year, which was taught using Barbie’s, a Gwen Stefani album, and a strobe light. The graduates seemed to remember this peculiar biology unit well, as they laughed and clapped in approval. Science and native studies teacher Tom Flath, responded to the tribute to the teachers with a heartfelt speech, which he began by trying to convince the crowd he mirrored his speech from one he saw on YouTube. This of course, was far from the truth. “There’s no doubt in my mind that some of you are fully expecting me to entertain you with one of my infa-
mous stories, like the one about how I used to live in a van down by the river,” he said, and listed some other popular tales, which included bears and some sticky situations. “But this is not my night, this is a night to honour our graduates,” he said. “Not all of you have won scholarships or special awards in recognition of what you’ve done, and many of you haven’t gotten the best marks. But tonight graduates, your fam-
ily members are extremely proud of you, and in some cases, you can’t imagine the sense of relief they have,” he smiled. “What an outstanding group of individuals, let’s give them a round of applause,” Flath exclaimed. He stressed the importance of having respect for the mysterious, displaying kindness, strength, bravery, wisdom, humility, and having the ability to share. “Be bold,” he concluded.
A video presentation put together by Kyle Goulet was then shown, and included numerous photos of the graduates from the past and present. Tugche Pehilivan, this year’s ECS valedictorian, delivered a short, but sweet speech, thanking her parents, siblings, teachers and friends for reaching a “miraculous milestone.” The end of the program was capped off with a performance by the grad choir, the grad march, and, of course, the hurling of the hats.
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Student takes steps toward youth leadership By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca
A Hillcrest School student has been selected from students across the country to enroll in a youth leadership program. Grade-8 student Dominik Sorenson is taking the next step following his camp experience last year. “I want to be able to actually learn how to lead people, and in the end, I want to be a counsellor, too,” said Dominik. He is now heading off to attend the ROOTS program, the first level of the youth leadership program, though he attended the Children’s Ranch last summer in Kananaskis Country, Alta. This year, his fellow students Brandy Slager and Brooklyn Rice were selected to attend the summer camp at the ranch. Participants at the ranch like being among the Rocky Mountains and trying various activities like horseback riding, rock climbing and white water rafting. “You can only go once to Tim Hortons camp as a camper. Dominik looked into the youth leadership program because he saw how well he was treated there and really wanted to go and do that,” said Sara Pippus, community educator at Hillcrest. He may now attend the youth leadership program for the next three to four years to become a youth
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Hillcrest School’s Dominik Sorenson is beginning the path toward being a youth leader, as he takes part in the Tim Horton ROOTS leadership program in July. leader acting as a counsellor to the other children who go to the camps. “You had to do a certain amount of volunteer hours,” said Dominik, who matched the requirements and was selected based on his application. “That’s something he sought out on his own,” added Pippus, who said she often looks for opportunities for Hillcrest students. “He brought this to me and
said, ‘what do you think? Do you think I could apply for this? Do you think I could actually do the hours?’ I said you could if you want to.” Pippus and Dominik discussed what he wanted to do and how he could meet the application requirements. He went doorto-door asking for donations to the Salvation Army food bank and shoveled driveways throughout the
winter. Now he is attending the leadership program in St. George, Ont. for 10 days this summer. He leaves July 3. “We aren’t just going there for the games. We’re actually going there to be leaders. I think it’s going to be fun to meet new people.” He did receive a solid base of training during the experience at the camp
last summer, and he will use that heading into the leadership program. “They trained us a lot, and we did a lot of fun things,” he said about his last summer at the camp. “I’m really a fan of archery but I’m not that good at it.” It was his first time shooting a bow and arrow, something he hasn’t done in Estevan. “You get to meet a lot of new people. It’s really exciting to go to a different place and to be doing different things. We ate cool food,” he said, smiling. He said the camp counsellors have fun nicknames like Dare and Wolf, representing certain experiences of their past. Pippus noted the goal of the camp is to give underprivileged students the chance to experience camp in a setting that’s “pretty marvelous.” “These are things that most kids would never, ever do. They teach them leadership skills, things
like how to get along with each other. They teach gratitude,” she said. The campers will spend some time writing letters home and can enjoy some quieter moments away from the high-energy activities the camps provide. “I really loved the idea of the kids experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Dominik’s the exception to the rule. He had to apply and then be chosen from a whole bunch of children from across Canada for the Roots program,” said Pippus. “I think it’s really special. It’s a good thing for him. He took the initiative himself and said ‘this is something I want to do.’ It’s something exciting because he was chosen from a lot of kids that could be going. I think that will give him a heightened sense that it’s something really important that I think will guide his future quite strongly.”
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the fact that we’re miles away. It’s like we’ve started this war on the stigma and this is 1914 at the start of World War I or 1939 at the start of World War II. We are just beginning to battle. And like any war, you don’t know how long it’s going to last. You don’t know whether it’ll be over in two years or five years or whether 100 To understand why mental illness is years from now, people will be having the misunderstood and stigmatized, simply same conversation. In terms of the stigma, look at the way most people learn about it. we are really still just beginning.” Many people who suffer from deIt is particularly important to elimipression and associated diseases find it nate stigma because getting help for detoo hard to talk about, and those people pression is hard enough without fearing are often portrayed violently in popular the reaction from others, Hughes said, culture and the media, leaving many with a noting it took her two years to decide to distorted understanding of the mentally ill. get help. A pair of well-known Canadians are “The stigma attached to it makes among the people looking to change that people think they can’t get help and can’t by advocating for better awareness of talk about it because they think they’ll be Clara Hughes Michael Landsberg depression. judged,” she told the audience in Weyburn. Clara Hughes and Michael Landsberg “We’re all made up of darkness and light keeps me going because people tell me every day that both deal with depression, and they are using their influence it matters and that it has helped them.” and struggle and joy, and I think it’s time we started talking to help others suffering from the illness and are trying to Landsberg said programs like Bell Let’s Talk are par- about the struggle.” reduce the stigma associated with it. While speaking with the Mercury, Hughes added that ticularly important because of the sense of loneliness that Hughes is a six-time Olympic medallist in speed skat- comes with depression. depression can and does strike anyone, and even a worlding and cycling, and the only athlete ever to win multiple “It’s not that you’re lonely because there’s no one class athlete can’t get better on their own. medals at both the Summer and Winter Games. “I was an Olympic medallist, and I struggled. I refused around you. It’s not solitary confinement physically, but it Now retired, the Winnipeg native has been cycling is mentally. If you’re not around anybody who understands help because I thought I was bigger and could fix myself, across Canada since March for Clara’s Big Ride, a 110- you, you have this huge sense of loneliness, like, ‘I can’t but I couldn’t, even with the success I had and as strong day tour of 95 communities meant to raise awareness and even talk about this with anyone because they won’t get as I was. eliminate stigma still clinging to mental illness. “You don’t succeed alone, and you don’t get through it.’ But then when you meet someone who’s had it and you The ride began March 14 in Toronto and wrapped up can share with them, you’re not alone.” something like depression alone. I guess I’m living proof yesterday in Ottawa. One of Landsberg’s contributions to the cause has been of that.” During a June 10 stop in Weyburn, Hughes spoke to the the promotion of the #sicknotweak hashtag on Twitter. The Help can take different forms depending on the stage Mercury about her desire to get the right messages out there. message is that people suffering from depression are not of the illness a person is in. The first step, after admitting “So much of what you see in the newspapers is things weak; rather, they are suffering from an illness that requires one has a mental illness, is to talk to someone about it. that have gone really, really wrong when someone’s strug- treatment. The initiative has developed into a community Landsberg said no one should feel ashamed to tell others gling with a mental illness. You don’t see anything about of people suffering from mental illness who can look to about their depression and that it should be thought of like the work that’s being done with local mental health orga- each other for support and comfort. any other illness. He added that instead of assuming they nizations, grassroots programs, and that people actually The more people talk openly about their struggles, the have the answers, others should ask friends or family with live with something like depression and can manage and less taboo the subject will become for others, Landsberg depression what they can do, since every case is different. cope and thrive with it,” said Hughes. “One of my philosophies is if you’ve never shared said. “It’s different for every single person, but the funda“I like this one word: desensitized. Right now we with anyone, then you can’t get better. Because you can’t mental thing is people understanding that it is a sickness. are very much sensitive to the idea of even talking about do it on your own. If you could, you would. So you need It’s not a weakness. It’s not a choice. It’s actually a sick- mental illness. When someone talks about it now, it sounds to share this with at least one person, that being a doctor ness that’s treatable, and there are many different forms unusual. People are shocked by it,” he said. “If (speaking or a therapist or someone.” of treatment. It’s really trying to demystify it and educate about) mental illness all of a sudden became more comHe added that keeping it bottled up only reinforces a people and hopefully break down the stigma in the end.” monplace and more routine, if people were desensitized to person’s distorted beliefs about themselves. Landsberg has hosted the popular sports talk show Off hearing about it, then to me, that’s the key to getting to the “You’re sending an internal message to yourself that The Record on TSN for the last 17 years. He has been an stigma … the more times you hear someone talk about it, says, ‘I’m not telling anyone about it. Obviously, I’m not active mental health advocate in recent years. He said that the less unusual, the less special, the less foreign, the less telling anyone about it because I’m ashamed, because I’m work is a no-brainer for him when he sees the impact it has, different it sounds.” embarrassed.’ That now creates the circular thing, which particularly with people who are contemplating suicide. Talking about it has been a central theme of Clara’s Big feeds into your sense that this is my weakness. By not “When you find out that just talking about your own Ride, with community champions speaking at each event telling anyone, you are endorsing your own attitude, which illness can save lives, literally save lives, that is a huge about their own struggles. Hughes said it has been a high- is, ‘I believe this is my fault.’ Because if it wasn’t your motivation, knowing that the results are there,” he said in light to see people summon the courage to speak openly. fault, why wouldn’t you share? If you thought you had a recent interview over the phone. “So many people along this ride, in communities liver disease, you wouldn’t keep it to yourself.” Clara’s Big Ride is associated with Bell Let’s Talk, an we’ve gone into, have gotten up on the stage and shared Landsberg added that making the decision to tell one awareness program by the telecommunications company, their personal stories, and many times it has been for the person about it can be a game-changer, since it leads to which designates one day each year to talk openly and first time to their community. That is just the most power- gradually becoming more comfortable talking about it. raise money for mental health initiatives, in the hope of ful thing. To see the support they get in return, that’s what “As soon as you say those words, first of all, you will spreading that spirit to the other 364 days. gives me fuel, because that person is being loved and not feel some relief. Second of all, you will feel some hope. The program reminds people suffering from depres- being ridiculed, not being shamed. To see that acceptance Third of all, it will make it easier the next time to say sion that they are not alone, and Hughes said she is always we’ve seen in so many communities has been the most those words.” reminded of the power of her story. magical part of this ride,” she said. “It has encouraged me to keep talking about it. I don’t See next week’s Mercury to read the third part in Josh While programs like Bell Let’s Talk have helped proparticularly like telling my story over and over again mote understanding of depression, Landsberg said there is Lewis’ series on mental health and depression. For combecause it’s hard. It’s not easy to talk about. But I know a long way to go in the fight against stigma. plete audio from our interview with Michael Landsberg, that it can stimulate other people to share. It definitely “I’ve noticed some great changes, and I acknowledge please check the online story at www.estevanmercury.ca This is part two in a series dealing with depression and mental health. The series examines the everyday impact of mental illness, the resources available in Estevan to those who need them and the importance of ending stigma toward those suffering.
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CT scanner announced, so what comes next?
After years of effort from local leaders in the political and medical fields as well as a barrage of lobbies from others across southeast Saskatchewan who knew it was a good and necessary fit, there will finally be a CT scanner in Estevan’s St. Joseph’s Hospital. This isn’t merely a win for Estevan, but it’s a big step forward in the medical realm that will benefit thousands more outside of Estevan. Patients across the region will be able to take advantage of the diagnostic equipment coming to Estevan rather than adding to the backlog of people waiting on the imaging equipment to become available in Regina. With all of the speeches on June 27 that ushered in the announcement, we don’t forget what it took in order for the Ministry of Health to pay attention to the growing needs of St. Joseph’s. The deal has been on the table for more than a year, with local governments — the City of Estevan along with 14 other southeast RMs — that called on the province to sign some papers in order to grant the Estevan hospital the diagnostic
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A friend of mine, who happens to be a teacher in Regina, made a couple of interesting observations as to why his union has now twice failed to ratify a contract. The first issue is a general disconnection between the teachers’ bargaining team and the rank and file. By a wide 63-per cent margin, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation voted down a second recommended contract of a 7.3-per-cent increase over four years and a $700 first-year signing bonus. Last October, the teachers rejected a 5.5-per-cent, fouryear deal recommended by their committee. This suggests that those at the bargaining table don’t seem to know what their own members want. But when asked why this was the case, my teacher friend noted that rural teachers aren’t as eager to take the first offer handed to them as they used to be. There used to be a certain level of predictability in province-wide unions, like the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, largely based on where people lived. Urban teachers may have their problem
imager. Don’t worry about the price. We’ll pick up the tab. The deal was finally accepted, so now we’ll raise $2 million locally, to cover both the purchase of the equipment and the renovations at St. Joseph’s Hospital that will be required to house the scanner. The original deal offered to the province by the City of Estevan along with the southeast RMs and towns promised we would even cover the cost of the first two years’ of operation, but the Ministry of Health found some wiggle room in their budget to accept those costs out of the goodness of their hearts. Not that we couldn’t do it. Along with the announcement of the CT scanner, Greg Hoffort, the hospital’s executive director, presented another announcement that more than half of the necessary funds have already been raised. Thanks to support from the various municipal governments in the southeast, Ron and Shirley Carson, the Midale Mainprize Manor Trust Fund and Dorothy Yoner, there is already $1.16 million committed of the $2 million sought.
We wonder if the gift horse was accepted by the province right away, rather than its molars being inspected, whether the funds would have already been raised. Maybe then the announcements last week would have involved the installation of the unit, not simply that we were getting permission from the Ministry to finally buy one ourselves. After requesting the unit for many years, the announcement has been met with more relief than excitement or exuberance. Now that we can stop making that request it’s time to look at what the next lobbying efforts are going to be. With fundraising nearly complete for the construction of a new nursing home in Estevan, our attention turns there. No, we don’t want to wait for the ribbon cutting in front of the doors of a new hospital in Weyburn before ground is broken on the next long-term care facility in Estevan. It’s time to start making calls, writing letters and sending e-mails about once again getting the permission to provide quality care for the people in need across Saskatchewan’s southeast.
of too many teachers wanting to work in city schools that some rural teachers didn’t necessarily face. That said, rural teachers have never been compensated for working in smaller towns. Actually, they were usually the first to agree to small wage settlements because they knew their steady paycheque was often better than what a lot of farmers were getting. But with the demise of smaller farming units in the past 20 years and the profitability of large farms in these better agricultural times of late, there has been a decided shift in rural Saskatchewan, my teacher friend noted. Rural teachers feel they are now falling behind, especially with the cost of living also rising in rural Saskatchewan. And seemingly unbeknownst to even their own bargaining team, they are demanding more to keep up. Like anywhere else, rural Saskatchewan was a place where there was always some economic disparity. But the traditional nature of Saskatchewan’s rural economy, where it wasn’t always easy to make a buck, was always a great equalizer. For example, during the Great Depression when two-thirds of rural Saskatchewan teachers made less than $700 a year, the farmers and businesses paying their salaries were doing no better and sometimes worse. This has changed a bit in the current rural Saskatchewan where the boom in oil, agriculture and potash has turned much of rural Saskatchewan on its head. It has also
created more economic disparity than rural Saskatchewan has seen in some time. Consider the average wage at SaskPower is now over $100,000 a year, driven by the overtime for linemen or workers running rural-based power plants at Poplar River and Boundary Dam. Consider what has happened to nurses’ salaries. Combined with those oil workers and potash miners and the disposable income in the farming community, there is a lot of rural people out there that are thankfully doing rather well. This reality is apparent in skyrocketing housing costs in smaller cities and towns. However, some public servants like teachers or highway workers haven’t been doing quite as well. Nor have all rural retail stores or restaurants necessarily kept pace. It has been tougher on some rural businesses because of depopulation and the eagerness and opportunity of those in rural areas with disposable income to shop elsewhere. With an aging rural population on fixed incomes, First Nations living on reserves or even those remaining small farmers or businesses left behind by the boom, one can only wonder how those who are poorer are going to keep up with the boom. Such disparity may have an impact on not only rural Saskatchewan but also on the province as a whole. All one really has to do is look at the unpredictability in these teachers’ negotiations to see the impact it is now having.
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RCMP warns local residents of scams The RCMP would like to make the public aware of the fact there have been a number of telephone scams happening lately in the Estevan area in which callers will falsely represent themselves as part of a legitimate high-tech company and tell a person that they have detected some kind of a problem with the person’s home computer. In order to help “correct” this non-existent problem, they will then attempt to sell their unsuspecting victims software, which is actually available online for free. The callers request credit information for the transaction. Next, they will try to convince the person to provide information about their
computer and have the victim make certain changes to its configuration files, which will allow the callers to access it remotely and take control of it. That makes it possible for these criminals to harvest vast amounts of personal information from their target’s computer in a very short period of time. Usually the information obtained is intended to be used for identity theft and it may, in fact, even be sold to other criminals. The public should be aware that there are absolutely no legitimate businesses, companies or organizations that contact people in this manner and request these same actions be performed. If anyone in
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the Estevan area is contacted by individuals making suspicious requests such as those described above, they should simply hang up and report the attempt to the authorities. If a person believes they have already been a victim of such a scam, they are advised to immediately disconnect their computer from the Internet and power it down. Next, they should contact their financial institution as soon as possible and start checking on the status of their accounts and their credit. Often a call to companies like Equifax could be of some help as well. It is also recommended that they take their computer to a reputable computer-
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North Dakota, like Saskatchewan, is coping with a number of challenges associated with the burgeoning oilpatch activities. The boom is over as far as the Bakken play is concerned. It’s now settled down into a mere frantic and frenzied play with the infrastructure running about three years behind the needs, which is about the same as it is here in Saskatchewan. The state and the province share other problems, such as finding enough money to accommodate the growth on the social, health and education fronts. They never seem to have enough to cover off the rapidly growing needs, nor do we. But they are doing something in North Dakota that could prove to be their salvation 20 or 30 years from now, which I lament, isn’t being done in Saskatchewan. They have their debts to service, just as we do, but they also have an untouchable, and I emphasize the word, untouchable, legacy fund that accepts dollars for the next generation that will be expected to clean up the mess being left by this generation. So far, from what we’ve learned, the N.D. legacy fund is being bolstered at a rate of $70 million per month, and it will contain as much as $6 billion by 2017. Let’s see now, compound interest accumulating at about four per cent from 2017 to 2020. It sounds kind of exciting don’t you think? They’re on the track to a perpetual account that just can’t run dry, unless, of course, the politicians who run the ship, lose their way and start to spend, thinking that they can make it up next year. And then someone else gets elected, and they want to get reelected. The only way you can get re-elected is by buying votes with the money being provided by taxpayers … or industry, like the oil industry, and before you know it and voila. They’re back to square one. Alberta fell into that trap. Saskatchewan hasn’t even entered the contest yet. Norway avoided the trap and as a result, are already providing a lot of nice things for their population, making them one of the happiest countries (by survey) on the globe. But money can’t always buy happiness either. Saudi Arabia is probably the richest country on Earth on a per capita basis, but they don’t seem to be overly joyous. So maybe we are not to be condemned for not having a billion or two in our own legacy fund. We’re doing just fine, and we’re pretty happy here, aren’t we? Oh sure, we like to be cynical on occasion and love to rattle the chains of oppression, thinking we’re hard done by, but for the most part, we’re cooking along fairly well. Certainly we could be grabbing a bit more in the form of royalties and taxes, but when you start down that road, the greed factor takes over and before you know it, the overtaxed and over-charged people and industries start moving out. We’ve seen that theatrical production before, too and we don’t need to lose our direction. But, wouldn’t it be nice to have our own little untouchable legacy fund, protected not by weak-willed politicos, but by some higher court-ordered edict? I’m not thinking $70 million a month, but what about $7 million a year? Wouldn’t that be modest enough to be doable without breaking the provincial bank? And that’s all I have to say on that topic this week, dear diary.
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Wayward moose, thief provide variety for EPS
An armed robbery of a convenience store on Fourth Street during the early morning hours of June 29, has led to an investigation being opened up by members of the Estevan Police Service. The report noted that a lone male with a knife entered the store and demanded cash from the clerk on duty.
The incident did not lead to any injuries, and the suspect fled the store before the call was made to police. EPS members noted that when they weren’t out tracking down thieves and impaired drivers, they were engaged in herding wayward moose. In the early evening of
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In other police reports, it was noted that a noisy party in a mobile home court led to a warning being issued and a promise from the party’s host that the event was being shut down. But when a second visit to the same address was required, it resulted in a ticket being issued. A novice driver was caught speeding at 66 km/h over the speed limit on Kensington Avenue on the night of June 26. Police noted that if the offence had occurred one day later, the vehicle would have been seized for seven days under the new legislation that came into effect June 27. A two-vehicle collision on the night of June 26, resulted in both vehicles having to be towed from the scene with one female driver being transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital by ambulance for treatment to injuries received in the incident. EPS members have noted an increase in serious incidents among local families due to postings on a new Estevan Internet social site. Police also noted that while one driver easily passed an impaired driving roadside breathalyzer test, recording a .01 per cent, he was still
issued a court date because he was in contravention of court ordered conditions not to consume alcohol due to a prior event. A RID call was received by EPS members who located the vehicle and driver and conducted a breathalyzer examination, which the driver failed. Two follow-up breath tests led to a charge of impairment and driving while blood-alcohol content is over .08 per cent. An altercation between a man and a woman led to police intervention on the night of June 27. The female, police discerned was intoxicated and very agitated. The man involved in the incident was sent on his way while the woman was arrested for being intoxicated in public and she was lodged in cells because she had no alternative accommodations for the night and was not an Estevan resident. A noisy hot tub party was also visited by EPS members on the night of June 27. The participants were warned about the city’s noise bylaw. When police conducted a stop of a vehicle in a service station parking lot on June 27, they entered into a conversation with the two
occupants and their suspicions grew as conversation evolved. This led to a search of the vehicle where it was revealed the occupants were in possession of a quantity of morphine. A 45-year-old woman was arrested and charged with being in possession of a controlled substance. An intoxicated man in a local coffee shop was causing a disturbance on the night of June 27, so he was taken into custody after he attempted to fight one of his friends who was trying to help him. Shortly after that incident, police were called back to the same general area to help a man who was passed out under a vehicle. He was charged with being intoxicated in public and lodged in cells for the rest of the night. Police were flagged down by a group of people on the night of June 28 when they were driving past a city parking lot. Police noted that two men had been knocked unconscious during an altercation with two other men who police attempted to locate without success. The investigation into the event remains under investigation and witnesses to the altercation are asked to contact them.
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June 26, police were notified that two moose were strolling down Henry Street in the Hillside subdivision, and they eventually found their way to the Estevan Comprehensive School grounds where they were bedded down. A jogger in the area said she ran right past them down the path to Albert Street and did not notice them until the two young animals got up and followed her and then passed her. The jogger reported that she was startled by their presence as the two young moose came very close to her. The animals were eventually cut off when they attempted to come back into the city and were subsequently gently escorted beyond city limits. The residents of the city are reminded that when they spot wild animals in the city they should make the effort to stay away from them as the animals can be quite unpredictable in their movements, especially if startled and can cause damage to property and injury to bystanders by their movements. City police also reported that besides moose, thieves and impaired drivers, they also managed to issue no fewer than 24 summary offence traffic violation tickets on June 26 alone.
Estevan Police Service, in conjunction with Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers, is requesting the public’s assistance in solving the following crimes. During the early hours of June 19 two portable generators were taken from parked trucks. One truck was located on the north side of the Days Inn, and the other truck was located in the 1300 block of Second Street. A Yamaha 3,000-watt generator, blue in colour and
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Estevan firefighters obtain national roles By Alex Coop acoop@estevanmercury.ca
The Estevan fire department is on a hot streak. Capt. Kyle Luc was elected to the national board of directors for the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association in March, while his partner Capt. Charles Olsen, was appointed to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation as a Saskatchewan director. Alongside the two captains, Deputy Fire Chief Dale Feser, who has been with the Estevan Fire and Rescue Service for approximately 10 years, was appointed by his provincial peers to the Saskatchewan Association of Fire Chiefs as a zone Director for Division 3. Feser said to his recollection, this is the first time Canada has had two people from one fire service sitting on two separate national boards. “There’s a lot of dedi-
cation required for these positions,” he said, while noting these aren’t paid positions during an open forum at the Estevan fire hall on June 25. “It speaks a great deal about the level of commitment our firefighters are putting into the fire service.” Feser added he has the utmost confidence in his fellow firefighters to fulfill their new roles, and boasted about their skills and personalities, which he said were large contributing factors to why they were appointed to national boards in the first place. “Our fire department is a leader in the southeast corner of the province, and a leader in the province as well. Why not expand that leadership across Canada,” the deputy fire chief stated, and noted that about 80 per cent of the firefighters in Estevan are trained to an NFPA 1001 standard, which is a high level of professional certification.
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Pictured above are (from left to right) Capt. Charles Olsen, who was appointed to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation as a Sask. director, alongside Deputy Fire Chief Dale Feser, who’s been with the Estevan Fire Rescue Service for approximately 10 years, was appointed by his provincial peers to the Sask. Association of Fire Chiefs as a zone Director for Division 3. Joining them is Capt. Kyle Luc, who was elected to the national board of directors for the Canadian Volunteers Fire Services Association in March. When asked about their reasons for accepting such demanding roles, all three of them shared the same sentiment: Make improvements wherever possible, and help Estevan spearhead new developments within
the firefighting community. “We want to put Estevan on the map. I also want to better myself, improve our fire department and help improve every other fire department in general,” said Luc.
Olsen emphasized the brotherhood members of their fire department share, and said the CFFF is an organization that he feels is very important because of how it assists families who’ve lost love ones who worked as a firefighter. “I have a family, and the CFFF helps families of the fallen firefighters with bursaries and scholarships. The guys in the fire department, they are like brothers, and if one of them was to go down, I’d do whatever I could to help that family.” Everyone should be entitled to adequate training, said Luc, and any chance they have to improve the fire department in Estevan, or in other cities across the province, is one that should be taken, he concluded. Feser agreed with Luc’s statement. “Whether it’s a volunteer, a paid-oncall, or career fire service, we try to approach any issue in the same manner,
because no matter where you are in the province or country, it’s the same fire or motor-vehicle collision you’re facing, and these individuals are expected to do the exact same job.” Some of the recent issues fire departments are facing include the lack of experience with the new types of structural steel vehicles are made from, which make it difficult for firefighters to cut through. Homes that make an effort to conserve energy are also producing difficult situations for firefighters, as some of these homes now allow combustible material to ignite much quicker in their living room when compared to traditional living rooms. “We’re always evolving as a fire service,” said Feser, adding a plan-B and plan-C are always being formulated to prepare for these situations. “We want to make sure we’re bringing our A-game to every call.”
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Big Dogs end season looking for silver lining The Estevan Big Dogs junior lacrosse team ended their season with a 22-7 loss to the Regina Riot on June 27, and with the loss, ended a season that saw the team finish with a 1-10-1 record. The team now looks for positive storylines heading into the playoffs. The Big Dogs are expecting to play the Smash in the first round of the playoffs, which will begin next weekend. The biggest issue that plagued the team throughout the season was the number of players suiting up for each game. In the final game of the season, they played only nine. Even with the small bench, head coach Even Handley, said there were promises of hope in the team’s play. “We did do some things really well. We scored a couple of power play goals,” he said. Rhett Handley buried six shots and added an assist, while Tanner Froese had four points. Mark Moriarty also scored. Those goals helped Rhett finish third in scoring with 59 goals in the 12-game season. He will play in the junior B lacrosse nationals in Halifax this summer along with Big Dogs teammate Tanner Froese. “It’s nice to see those kids keep scoring even with a small bench. Our biggest problem is we haven’t had the numbers in any game,”
Big Dogs forward Rhett Handley jumps around an opponent in a game earlier this season. (File photo) said Handley, noting the only game they played with a full bench resulted in a tie in Regina against the Riot. “We have a huge roster but with people working, they can’t come out. It’s tough when you don’t have three or four ofmy guys on the bench so that people can rest and we can play the way it’s supposed to be played with guys either on offence or defence. It’s really frustrating as a coach and as a player I’m sure it’s really frustrating as well.” This season, the Big Dogs were able to spread the ball around more, providing a more balanced attack. “Growth wise, offensively we were even better this year than last year. We
relied on Dylan Smith a lot last year. We spread the offence out a bit this year. We had a lot of goals from the young kids. We had three midgets who played with us regularly and they all scored,” said Handley. “Defensively, when we did have the bodies we made improvements. We were in a lot of games. We only lost to Yorkton by a goal. There were some games against the Smash that were high scoring, but we were really in those games. “I think we stepped back in some areas. We didn’t play as tough, which allows (the other team) to run more. I don’t mean going out and starting fights. I just mean playing tough, not
being fun to play against,” added the coach. Tough is a difficult style to play with a short bench, as it requires some extra energy and at times, a team will take some penalties, something the Big Dogs could rarely afford with so few players in the game. “You can’t play it.
When you play tough, you do tend to take some penalties, and we tend to only have 10 or 11 guys on the bench the whole game. You can’t have guys in the penalty box because you’re putting more stress on your skilled players.” Handley said with the young team the Big Dogs had this year, next season will see players with an extra year of experience under them. “Other than the four or five guys who will move on at the end of the year, we have a lot of young guys, going forward, which is a good sign. We have some young people who want to carry the torch going forward.” He said there are four or five players who completed midget and are eligible to move up and Handley hopes they do. The lacrosse ranks are flush with young talent. Handley said he is happy with how the sport is progressing in the Energy City, with lots of players in the bantam and peewee levels. “The biggest thing
is getting those younger kids playing and have them continue playing. They’ve done a good job in Estevan Minor Lacrosse getting the kids playing lots of games and going to tournaments. That’s what you need. You need to play games.” He said when he coached younger kids through the system, who are now Big Dogs or former Big Dogs, they played a lot of games. That’s what has kept those players playing through to the junior level. “They’re still playing because they played a lot, and they liked it.” For playoffs, which will start on the weekend, Handley said they need a full bench, first and foremost. “We just need as many people as possible. Our big guys need to play well, and we need some fairly solid goaltending. When we do get beat in a one-on-one situation we’ll need a big save. It’s tough as a goalie when the guys playing on the perimeter are real tired, too.”
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Wins Losses Ties Regina Rifles 11 1 0 Saskatoon Smash 10 2 0 Prince Albert Predators 7 4 0 Saskatoon Steelers 5 7 0 Regina Riot 2 7 3 Yorkton Bulldogs 2 8 2 Estevan Big Dogs 1 10 1
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Two golf programs promise to bring new faces to Woodlawn By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club is making an all-out effort to attract new faces to their 18-hole track, which features a large clubhouse and pro-shop facility that could, and should, be enjoyed. One event that general manager and head professional Brian Dueck hopes will bring in at least a few curiosity seekers, is a Golf 101 event slated for July 14 that will be exactly what first-time visitors to the course can appreciate. It’s a free outing that will focus just a little bit on the actual game, but will more importantly introduce newcomers, especially adult newcomers, to the great game of golf without the intimidation factor. The second program the club is touting this summer — one that is familiar, but with more tweaks and wrinkles, is the one directed at junior golfers. Associate professional and golf shop manager, Amanda Minchin is directing traffic for this summer project. The Golf 101 concept began with a brainstorming session that included Dueck and Minchin as they bounced around the topic of getting more people on the Woodlawn course. “We talked about how some people
who to ask. So here we are. might feel intimidated beWe’re inviting first-timers cause they think we’re too to come out for some fun, formal or a little too tied up hit the ball and if it goes in protocol, so they might sideways, who cares?” try a little golf at some Dueck went on to note other course, instead, or that even if the newbies just don’t bother. They’re find it a bit nerve wracking scared to come here,” said to stand up on the firstDueck. “We figured we tee box for the first time, needed an ice-breaker and they won’t have to. “Play it what better way to do that from mid-fairway and make than to extend an open mistakes. This won’t be a invitation, make it free of golf clinic, but more about any charges, include a drink Brian Dueck what to do and how to get in the clubhouse, and some free golf balls. It’s at least a $65 package, going,” Dueck said. “Ask all the questions but we’re willing to go there just so people you want.” The fun stuff begins at 7 p.m., after can find out about us, check us out without work on the 14th, and it will be nothing any pressure,” Dueck added. “So, if a person is a first-time ever but informal all the way. Anyone interested visitor to Woodlawn, well, on July 14, we’ll in the mini-adventure for first-time golfers meet them in the parking lot, show them is simply asked to phone the clubhouse at how to check in at the pro-shop, show them 306-634-2017 and let them know you’ll the driving range and putting greens, play probably be there. Anyone else who shows a couple of holes with other novice golfers, up that night won’t be turned away either. teach them a few protocol things and we “I don’t know if we’ll have four people won’t be worrying about details such as or 40 people. Naturally we’d like 40 or 50, taking sand on a practice swing in the trap but any number is OK with us,” said Dueck, or how to replace divots. It’s for people who and naturally the event is aligned for both have never had anyone show them around men and women. the game of golf and they didn’t know “All we’ll be selling that night is the
idea of golf and the social part of the game and the people. Nobody is going to judge at all. Nobody out here is that good that they’re on TV playing for big bucks. Graham DeLaet is the only guy from around here who is doing that. All the rest are just out here for the game and the socializing,” Dueck said. If the event turns out to be popular, they might try it again next year. When it comes to the junior program and attracting the kids to the game, well, Minchin has some plans. A summer league for young people begins July 2 with a round of Monkey Golf that features youngsters playing nine holes of golf using just three clubs. Most Wednesday mornings during the summer will attract the young golfers who are willing to go nine holes. The games are free of additional charges for members and $25 for non-members. “The junior program here is rebuilding following the 2011 flood,” said Minchin. “We have 61 junior members, a lot of them in that eight to 11-year-old age group.” The Junior Club Championship will be held July 15 and 16. There are a few promising young players now emerging from the ranks too, including 13-year-old Jace Carlisle who is showing some promise. → B2 Junior
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Amanda Minchin at the course. Minchin said she has discovered over the three
years she has been intimately involved in the program that the young kids love to play with the older kids. “This tournament gives them the opportunity to do that without any pressure.” Jace is the only Estevan representative taking on the provincial golf circuit this summer but he, along with promising female golfer, 11-year-old Bailey Farr, will be head-
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ing to Deer Valley’s golf course near Regina July 7-10 to join Minchin who is one of the guest instructors for a junior clinic there. Juniors also get an additional opportunity to play a few pressure-free rounds every Saturday and Sunday evenings after 7:30. “They can play for free, as long as they have a parent or adult with them. They won’t need to bring clubs, we’ll provide them. They’ll get to learn a few
rules and some golf etiquette while playing two, three, four holes … whatever they can get in before dark,” said Minchin. The junior golf season will have a fun semi wrapup on Sept. 7 with a parentchild tournament. The junior golf program generally attracts youngsters once they reach the age of six or seven and their junior eligibility ends when they reach the age of 18.
“I’m also running a Girls’ Club this year for young female golfers. We’ll probably have an alternate shots tournament later this summer. I’m trying to boost interest in this game among the young females in this area,” Minchin said. “More than anything, we want to get more people out here at Woodlawn and we want them to have fun with golf,” said Dueck in conclusion.
Upcoming SJHL season schedule released The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League released its complete regular season schedule for the upcoming 2014-15 year of junior hockey action. The Estevan Bruins will kick off the season in the league’s opening game on Sept. 18 against the Melville Millionaires, as has been the custom in the league the last few years. That game in Melville will be followed by the Bruins’ home-opening game on Sept. 19, when they welcome the Millionaires for an early season rematch. The Bruins will wrap up their season with another home-and-home series against Melville, hosting them on Feb. 27, and completing their season on the road the very next night to close out their 56-game schedule. The league schedule includes the SJHL midget AAA top 80 showcase in
Warman on Sept. 28, followed by the league’s top 120 showcase Sept. 29 and 30. The Bruins will play a road game in Moosomin on Nov. 1 against the Yorkton Terriers, who will play as the home team in the neutral barn. The Black and Gold will also play their annual home-and-home series
against the rival Weyburn Red Wings around the new year, with Estevan hosting Weyburn on Dec. 30, before turning around to play an afternoon game in Weyburn on New Year’s Day. With the release of the schedule, the Bruins season ticket blitz is now fully underway, as the team has begun selling season seats for the upcoming year.
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Fleury drafted seventh overall Carlyle native Haydn Fleury was selected seventh in the National Hockey League draft on June 27, when the Carolina Hurricanes selected the defenceman with their first-round pick. Fleury has been playing for the Red Deer Rebels in the WHL since he was drafted by the Alberta team in the second round of the 2011 WHL bantam draft. Prior to that he played in midget AAA with the Notre Dame Argos, also appearing
in the 2011 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup with Team Saskatchewan. He played his first season with the Rebels in 2012, scoring four goals and 15 assists in 66 games with a plus-4 rating and 21 penalty minutes. Last summer, Fleury played with Team Canada at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament winning a gold medal. He also led the Rebels’ defence with 46 points and a plus-15 rating over the 2013-14 season.
The 6’-3” defenceman impressed scouts not just with his size but with his offensive capability. With the NHL draft in Philadelphia over the weekend, Fleury was the second defenceman selected, following Aaron Ekblad, who was drafted first overall to the Florida Panthers. Fleury is set to be the third player from Carlyle to lace up the skates in the NHL, following in the footsteps of Jim McKenzie and Brendon Morrow.
Humboldt Broncos head coach joins Saskatoon Blades The developmental role the SJHL plays for not only players but also coaches was on display last week. The Humboldt Broncos announced last week that head coach and GM Dean Brockman accepted an assistant coach role with the Saskatoon Blades WHL team. Brockman joined the Humboldt Broncos in August 1998 and became head coach and GM on in July 2004. Brockman enjoyed some success with the Broncos as a five-time SJHL League Champion. He won two RBC Cup titles (2003 and 2008), the first as an assistant coach and the last
one as the lead behind the bench. He was the RBC Cup final runner up in 2009 and guided the Broncos through the SJHL final, Anavet Cup and on to the RBC Cup semifinal in Humboldt in 2012. Team President Jamie Brockman said, “Dean is leaving some big shoes to fill but we are truly excited
for his new opportunity as he enters the next stage of his career. We are proud to have had him as a part of our organization for the past 16 years. The Saskatoon Blades are not only getting a great coach, they are getting a truly great person.” The search for a new head coach in Humboldt began immediately.
The Estevan Tower Wolves tied the Redvers A’s in a high scoring 12-12 game last week. The Estevan squad has five games left in the regular season. (File photo)
Tower Wolves tie A’s Despite crushing the Redvers A’s back in late May, the Estevan Tower Wolves struggled to gain any traction on June 24, and finished the game with a 12-12 tie. No home runs were scored, as the two teams slugged it out in Redvers. The Tower Wolves’ next game is in Estevan against the Wawota Pats. Following that game, the Tower Wolves will have four more games left before the end of the season, the last of which, will be played on July 18.
Correction In an error appeared in the June 25 Estevan Mercury due to conflicting information provided to the newspaper. In a cutline regarding the Estevan
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Christian Women’s After Five Club notes Thirty-five ladies attended the Estevan Christian Women’s After Five Club supper meeting at the Living Hope Community Church on June 18. The theme for the event was ‘Honouring the Graduates of 2014.’ Club decorators, Carol Haberstock and Olive Ferguson contributed to the festive atmosphere with chocolate graduation caps for all to enjoy. A delicious ham and scalloped potato supper was catered by EB’s Dining Emporium. Two graduates were in attendance. Amy Morris from Lampman attended with her grandmother Jean. Kaira Schwengler-Kyle, graduating from ECS, was accompanied by Dorothy Schindel. The young ladies were presented with gifts, thanks to the generosity
of sponsors, Dairy Queen Grill and Chill and Weatherford. A prayer for the grads was read and well wishes were offered on behalf of the club. Kelley Eagles from Macoun entertained the group with four selections, including a heartfelt rendition of Peter Scholtes’ They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love, a song she remembers fondly from her childhood. That popular song was also mentioned later on in the program by the guest speaker, Deb Odegaard, from Creighton, Sask. Club chairperson, Barb Gillies introduced Deb as the anticipated rain began to fall hard on the church roof. Deb, a self-professed prairie girl, is the eldest of eight children. She is
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A wife complained to her husband, “You never say ‘I love you.’” “Yes I do, I said it when we got married.” “But that was 20 years ago!” “Okay, I’ll say it again, I love you. Now don’t forget it.” Bridge winners were: First, Helen Mariott, second, Helen Parish and third was Bernie Collins. Cribbage winners were: first, Art Friesen, second, Alex Rowley and third was Clarence Morgan. Not much news this week, so here’s a little poem I’d like to share with you. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Mirror, mirror on the wall, do you have to tell it all?
Where do you get that glaring light, to make my clothes look just too tight? I think I’m fine but I can see you won’t co-operate with me; The way you let the shadows play, you’d think my hair was getting grey. What’s that you say - a double chin? No, that’s just the way the light comes in; If you persist in peering so, you’ll confiscate my facial glow, And then if you’re not hanging straight, you’ll tell me next I’m gaining weight! I’m really quite upset with you, for giving this distorted view; I warn you now, O mirrored wall, since we’re not on speaking terms at all, If I look like this in my new jeans, you’ll find yourself in smithereens!
to accomplish those things. Now married to Phil for 26 years, Deb spoke of the heartache of multiple miscarriages, the joy of going on to have two healthy children and how she was also involved in foster parenting at one time. She went on to travel the world and kept finding Jesus in the most unlikely of places. Adult program coordinator, Krista Laroque from the Estevan Public Library was on hand to share an informative power point presentation about the library and how it has evolved over the years. There are many things going on at the library for people of all ages! Author readings, book clubs, cooking, crafting and computer sessions are all available for patrons to check out besides books! Coffee is always on and the library has become a gathering place for many locals and newcomers to the community. Carol Haberstock won Krista’s package from the library, which included Marie Donais Calder’s first book in her ‘Other Side’
series. The After Five Club will break for the summer and their new season starts in mid-September. Please watch for the poster in August. Some local features the club has tentatively lined up for the upcoming season include an annual fashion show, learning about Wills and Power of Attorney, representatives from: ECS Challenge Day, the Warm Welcome Shelter, Carlyle Dickens Days, Steeped Tea, the Hillcrest School Breakfast Program, Yahweh’s Yarn and possibly a mini trade show to wrap up the season in June. The annual fall fair will take place in October where one can purchase baked goods, crafts, garden produce, canning, and for the first time in the club’s history, a cookbook will be published this summer and will be offered for sale at this meeting. Proceeds support Stonecroft Ministries Canada, an organization that exists to Invite, Inspire and Invest in women across the country from all different backgrounds
and to encourage growth in their relationships with Jesus Christ. Guest speakers travel across North America on the Stonecroft circuit to share their stories with clubs like this one in Estevan. Meetings are typically held on the third Wednesday of each month and also feature a local musical guest. The club eagerly looks for referrals of talented local entertainers of all ages to perform at their meetings. Please contact Debbie Augey, the music co-ordinator at 306-6340199 so she can start booking music for the 2014-15 season! The club welcomes ladies wanting to become involved with planning their meetings, which have been a part of the Estevan and surrounding area for over 35 years running. For more information, please find their page on Facebook or e-mail the club at estevanafterfive@yahoo.ca Information about Stonecroft Ministries can be found at www.stonecroftcanada.org
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SaskEnergy’s commodity rate change approved The Government of Saskatchewan today approved SaskEnergy’s application for an increase to its commodity rate – the first increase in six years. With this change, SaskEnergy’s commodity rate moves to $4.84/Gigajoule (GJ) from $3.82/GJ, increasing the average residential customer’s bill by $9.57/month, effective July 1, 2014. The rate will have price protection through the next winter. With this increase SaskEnergy’s commodity rate remains competitive with other jurisdictions, many of which have already implemented higher rates. “One of the coldest winters in decades created extreme volatility in commodity markets across North America, which is why SaskEnergy waited for markets to stabilize in order to set a longer-term rate that would be price protected through this coming winter,” Minister responsible for SaskEnergy Jim Reiter said. “A rate adjustment now gives customers time to prepare for when the higher consumption months return later this fall. SaskEnergy’s commodity rate is a direct
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Bible Camp reopens with sneak peek By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca
Volunteers, campers, board members and others celebrated the rebirth of the Estevan Bible Camp on Friday evening. Roughly 60 people, including regional and national bible camp directors, spent the evening in the newly constructed hall in Woodlawn Regional Park that will be the new home of the camp following the destruction of the former campy by floodwaters in 2011. Travis Franke led the evening, and as a board member for four years, and chairman for the last two, he hasn’t known much more than dealing with the aftermath of 2011. For most of this time, he has been helping deal with the turmoil the camp experienced along with the rest of the region when flooding in the spring 2011 wreaked havoc on the camp and many areas within the Woodlawn Regional Park. “After the flood of 2011, Rotary Hall was damaged and Woodlawn (Park Authority) decided they wanted to rebuild it a little bit differently, and it wouldn’t quite fit our needs,” he said. “But they also thought they would take
Estevan Bible Camp Chairman Travis Franke speaks to attendees at the opening ceremony for the revived Bible Camp on Friday evening.
The entrance to the new Estevan Bible Camp is identified by its new title Lamb’s Fold. the opportunity to provide us with something that worked a little bit better for us, so they moved us over to where the scouts used to be.” The scouts will continue to use that area of the park as well, with the bible camp erecting a new building along with cabins right along the river. “They’ve given us a good amount from their PDAP money to build a brand new building for us that we designed, which was great because we got to have
a much larger kitchen facility,” said Franke. “A proper bathroom and shower facility that works to our needs a lot better. That’s what we’ve been working on.” The ceremony on Friday involved some speeches about what changes have happened in the camp as well as what the camp has meant for many Estevan youth since it began in the 1930s. The building wasn’t quite finished yet, but attendees got a good glimpse of what it will look like in a short few weeks
when the work is complete. The bathrooms and kitchen will be ready for camps this summer. Franke also said the cabins are complete and moved into the proper places, while work has begun on constructing two new ones for staff and incoming speakers. They also plan on building a cabin for their directors in the future. The kitchen and bathroom facilities were the main focus of the rebuild, said Franke. “Particularly the kitchen, we wanted to go from pretty much a basic house kitchen to an industrial kitchen, so we’ll have a nice-sized
kitchen that is laid out and designed to meet an industrial need.” The camp has between 30 and 40 campers, along with a staff anywhere from five to 10. The kitchen could feed up to 80 or 100 people reasonably if the time called for a larger event in the bible camp building. “It allows us to expand our camp, which is another big feature now that we’re not at Rotary Hall. Rotary Hall is use d a lot for weddings, but this new facility, because it’s more for us, we can expand our camp and go longer into the summer without interfering with wed-
dings. We can grow the camp to those numbers,” he said referring to the feeding of up to 100 people when the need arises. The showers, he added, are an improvement over what was used in the past. They will also be a fully handicapable camp in the years to come as they are planning to install a washroom to include wheelchair access. “The hall itself will be a little bit smaller than Rotary but the facilities inside will be bigger, which is great. Being a little more secluded from Woodlawn’s campground is nice. We can launch our canoes right from our grounds now and be a little bit more permanently situated,” said Franke. “I think it’s amazing how far we’ve come in the last three years. To be such a small camp, we’re one of the smallest across Canada, and to go through something so devastating, to be up and running to be in a brand new facility and looking at expanding in the next year or two is phenomenal,” said Franke, noting they continued to hold camps each summer following 2011. The first camp, the squirt camp, begins July 8.
Art exhibits display something for everyone By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca
Rural objects and an ensemble exhibit from a collection of Saskatchewan artists mark the pair of new installations at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM). Opening on July 4, Heads and Tails, A Little Menagerie, includes a little collection of three loaned taxidermy specimens from the Souris Valley Museum. “It’s a little more of a meta exhibition in the sense that it’s about what happens to an animal when we kill, stuff it and put it on display. We’re using these taxidermy specimens not to tell a story of history that you would see in a natural history museum. We’re talking about what these objects mean to us culturally,” said Ali King, EAGM curator. The exhibit, which coincides well with the current Hide exhibit in Gallery 1,
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history displays and why we hunt animals and display them, and why we hunt the kinds of animals we do. What makes one animal more valuable to us as a display piece than another?” King said Hide explores our relationship to rural areas, while Heads and Tails looks at how we relate to rural objects by looking at the museum pieces. Hi-Fibre Content has a collection of flavours to match every artistic taste, with a mix of portraiture, sculpture and embroidery. “That show is really about fibre art and textile art practices on the prairies,” King said of the Organization of the Saskatchewan Arts Council (OSAC) exhibition. It includes crossstitched samples of text messages, which were created by EAGM director Amber Andersen. “It’s trying to attribute some permanence to a text message by embroidering it.
We have some really delicate embroidering as well, by an artist who uses her own hair to embroider. It looks almost like Venn diagrams. They’re very simple, elegant pieces.” There is also some “soft sculpture,” by Lissa Robinson that King said, “Almost looks like the demon child of a stuffed toy or something. There are really strange, anthropomorphic shapes. It’s very colourful and really taking joy in the texture of velvety fabrics.” Artist Megan Mormon is featured through her colourful, cross-stitch portraits. “She selected people who were kind of known to her but just outside of her social circle and for a number of years, she has embroidered their portraits.” Other pieces showcase the works of Jill Waldron, who produces lost posters, like those for cats or dogs posted on street lamps in cities all over the world. “But they’re embroi-
dered on textiles and they’re more personal. It appears to be a lost poster, but as you look more closely you see it’s embroidered and see what’s lost are really intangible, personal things, like her selfrespect or her happiness,” said King. The exhibit is full of Saskatchewan artists. “We’re linking them through the textiles and the fibres, but they’re all very different works,” noted King. Other artists include Mindy Yan Miller, Farlee Mowat and Joseph Anderson. The public opening for the exhibit will be July 10, though the pieces are on display as of July 4. Also that evening, in conjunction with Hide and Heads and Tails, local taxidermist Cassandra Bird will be on hand to discuss the stuffed entries in the exhibits. Both Head and Tails: A Little Menagerie and Hi-Fibre Content run until Aug. 16.
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The Hearthstone fundraising team received another $55,000 to add to the $7.5 million total, which marks the local fundraising effort toward an $8 million goal to build a new long-term care facility for Estevan seniors. The McDougall Gauley Law Firm made the contribution June 27, which had already been recorded in the Hearthstone total. In a donation later that same day, the Southern Plains Co-op contributed $600 through a cake-o-rama promotion tied to their grand opening.
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Just before the school year came to a close a number of brave Spruce Ridge students hit the stage to showcase their talents before their peers and parents on June 25. With a mix of singing, dancing and other musicians, as well as a panel of teacher-judges, the talent show proved a musical afternoon of entertainment for students before summer vacation.
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Eva Dyok (née Lischka) 1922 - 2014 Eva Dyok, late of Toronto, passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the age of 92. Known as the Raspberry Lady, her loving and generous heart touched the lives of her family, friends, and strangers. Eva is survived by her sisters, Ann Fleck and Kay (Eno) D’Aloisio; brothers, Joe (Frieda) and George; sister-in-law Marie Lischka; brother-in-law Gordon Dyok; sister-in-law Natalie Dyok; son Wayne (Cheryl) Dyok; daughters, Sandy (Larry) Carr and Nikki Dyok; grandchildren, Michael (Michelle), David, Steven (Susi), and Christopher (Amber) Carr, Brittany, Ashley, Brenton, and Christina Dyok, and Maria Monaco; great grandchildren Corwin and Alyssa Carr; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Nicholas; daughter Louise; parents, Nick and Eva Lischka; brothers, Nick, Charlie (Rowena) and Tony Lischka; sister Mary (Joe) Skikevitch; brothers-in-law, Herman Fleck, Paul (Elsie) and Frank Dyok; sisters-in-law, Theresa and Marjorie Lischka; nephews, Greg, Norbert, Ervin, Kirk and Eddie Lischka and Gary Skikevitch. A Memorial Service was held on Monday, June 23, 2014 at McDougall and Brown Funeral Home, Scarborough, Ontario. A Prayer Service was held on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Mr. Doug Third officiating. A Funeral Liturgy was held on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows R.C. Church, Lampman, with Rev. Leonardo Tamayo Jr. officiating. Interment followed in the parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Eva’s memory to Operation Blessing International, 977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23463, U.S.A. (757226-3401) Funeral arrangements were entrusted to McDougall and Brown Funeral Home, Scarborough and Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. NEUFELD, Leila ‘Lee’ 1924 – 2014 Leila ‘Lee’ Grace Neufeld of Red Deer, Alberta, formerly of Estevan, Saskatchewan, beloved mother, sister, gramma, and great gramma, passed away peacefully at the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the age of 75 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her son, Murray and his family of Red Deer, Alberta and her daughter, Gene and her family of Medicine Hat, Alberta. A Private Graveside Service will take place at a later date at Pierson Cemetery, Pierson, Manitoba. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www. parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040 or 1.800.481.7421.
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Margaret Finch 1918 – 2014 Margaret Lucille Finch, late of Estevan, passed away at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the age of 96 years. Prayers were held on Monday, June 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Mr. Doug Third officiating. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, by Rev. Brian Meredith. Interment followed at the Estevan City Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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Do-All, All-In
Maynard’s Auction Services personnel were on hand to direct the bidding action for the liquidation sale of Do-All Construction last Wednesday and Thursday.
Pictured here is just a portion of the dozens of pieces of rolling stock that was put on the auction block as part of the bankruptcy liquidation process of Do-All Construction. The two-day sale included small power tools, light and heavy trucks, heavy haulers, trailers and excavation equipment along with property and buildings. Maynard’s Auction Services conducted the sale on behalf of the liquidators Alvarez and Marsal Canada Inc., the court-appointed receiver.
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Stephen J. Orlowski, B.Ed., LL.B. 1215 - 5th Street, Estevan
Phone: 306-634-3353
Fax: 306-634-7714
orlowski.law@sasktel.net
Branch offices at: Arcola Redvers Carnduff Arcola Agencies Carlsen Bldg. Carnduff Agencies Bldg. Wednesday A.M. Wednesday P.M. Thursday P.M. Phone: 306-455-2277 Phone: 306-452-3377 Phone: 306-482-4077
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James F. Trobert B.A., LL.B. Barrister & Solicitor
Estevan Wicklow Centre 305 1133 4th St. Estevan SK S4A 0W6
Ph: 306-634-2616 Fax: 306-634-9881
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Career Opportunities
TOWN OF ELROSE
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Town Administrator Full-time employment to begin as soon as possible. Candidates should possess an LGA Standard Certificate and be proficient in Munisoft programs and Microsoft Word and Excel. Exceptional leadership and interpersonal and communication skills are an asset. Send a detailed resume to: Town of Elrose c/o Mayor June Harsch #PY t &MSPTF 4, 4 - ; junehintze@sasktel.net CZ Q N PO +VMZ
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• Plan new menu (one new dish) once a month and ensure food meets quality standards • Plan and direct food preparation and cooking activities • Hire cooks and training of cooks Temporary and full time positions, $16/h • work located in Estevan, • must have cook trade training • more than 5 years experience necessary
Contact Jason Fang at: jennykrestaurant@hotmail.com
Town of Elrose is seeking a Full-time Foreman to start as soon as possible. Duties to include are; water and sewer maintenance, streets, sidewalks, garbage collection, heavy lifting, as well as duties assigned by Council. Applicant must have a valid Class 5 Saskatchewan drivers license, have or be willing to obtain Level 1 Water Distribution certification and Level 1 Waste Water Collection and Treatment certification. Must be willing to submit a Criminal Records check. Only those selected for interview will be contacted. Send a detailed resume to: Town of Elrose c/o Mayor June Harsch #PY t &MSPTF 4, 4 - ; junehintze@sasktel.net CZ Q N PO "VHVTU
Your Guide to Area Estevan Gospel Chapel
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
“Equipping God’s people to think biblically, to live godly, and to serve effectively – influencing our world for Christ�
Isabelle & Souris Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@accesscomm.ca
1202 - 2nd Street Phone: 306-634-3761
Pastor: Josh Permann Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m. Weekly: Prayer Meeting
www.estevangospelchapel.ca An Associated Gospel Church
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Corner 12th Avenue & 2nd Street
Phone: 306-634-2190
Fax: 306-634-6845
Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
St. Giles
Anglican Church Parish of Estevan 317-12th Avenue
Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:00 am September - May Children’s Sunday School: 10:00 am The Rev. Mark Osborne ALL ARE WELCOME! Church Office: 306-634-4113 www.estevananglican.com
Faith Lutheran Church Nicholson Centre, Estevan
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Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. - Bible Study 10:30 a.m. - Divine Service with Holy Communion Sunday School A Congregation of LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA
REAL LIFE LIFE REAL REALPEOPLE PEOPLE REAL REALGOD GOD
100 Kin g St ree t Est evan , Sa sk (306) 63 4 -81 33 www.livinghope-ca.org
Summer serviceservices time intoeffect NOW 2 Sunday chooseJune from 1 10:00 am – One service only 9:00 am and 11:00 am With coffee in between LIVE RUSSIAN RUSSIAN TRANSLATION LIVE TRANSLATION during the 11:00 am service during the 11:00 am service
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
Where We Get Grace, Get God, Get Going!
Corner of 14th Avenue & 3rd Street Phone: 306-634-2885 – Fax: 306-636-2611
SUMMER SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 AM Coffee Fellowship Before Church
WELCOME!
MINISTER: REV. BRENNA NICKEL Email: stpaulsuc@sasktel.net Website: stpaulsestevan.ca
738 - 2nd Street, Estevan
Pastors: Danny Krauss & Joshua Lowe Phone: 306-634-3773 Cell: 306-471-8130 Brad McKenzie- Youth Leader
SUNDAY WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 a.m. Coffee and fellowship after worship Pastor Stewart Miller
St. Joseph’s Prayer Centre Everyone welcome to join our daily prayers, inspirational Bible DVD viewings and lively discussions 2 - 4 pm Monday - Friday Series topics change monthly Call for more information 1033 3rd Street Estevan
306-634-9191
1302 - 8th Street, Estevan
Tim Pippus
Office: 306-634-3116 Sunday Services:
Bible Class - 10:00 a.m. – Worship - 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship - 7 p.m. Wednesday Meeting - 7 p.m.
Free Clothing Outlet
First & Third Thursday of Each Month - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
THE SALVATION ARMY
ESTEVAN COMMUNITY CHURCH 1107 - 4th Street Phone: 306-634-2074 www.facebook.com/salvationarmyestevan Youth Program Wed. 6:30- 8:00 pm
Pastors: Lieuts. Brian & June Bobolo SUNDAY: 11:00 a.m. Worship Service with Children’s Program
Church of God
Pursuing God Building Relationships Impacting Lives
1920 Wellock Road, Estevan • (306) 634-7955 www.estevancog.com Estevan Church of God 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship with Children’s Ministries & Nursery.
7:30 p.m. Fridays theGROVE Youth Ministries
Please call us or visit our website for more information about other ministries and events.
Trinity Lutheran Church E.L.C.I.C.
Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Come and Worship With Us
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Church Office: 306-634-5684
ALL ARE WELCOME email: trinity.luth@sasktel.net • www.etlc.ca
His Glory Bible Church
(Light of Life Ministries International) Join us in Glorious Praise and Worship With: Pastors Dr. and Mrs. Jimi Akinsete Where: St. Joseph Bookstore 1033 4th Street, Estevan S4A 0W4 (opposite court house) When: 10am on Sundays Experience Healing, Deliverance and Breakthroughs
Sunday Worship 10:30am
Nursery and Children’s Ministries available Sunday School at 9:30am Friday Night Youth 7:30pm (Gr. 7-12) Children’s Clubs - Wednesdays: 7:00-8:00pm
140 King Street (accross from Staples) www.estevanalliancechurch.com /estevanalliance 306 634 2601
Estevan Mercury
SRI HOMES’ Estevan Facility SHELTER HOME SYSTEMS
is currently accepting applications for
PREFABRICATED HOUSING ASSEMBLERS • Required Immediately • Permanent Full Time • 30 Available Positions • Starting at $14.70 per hour plus benefits Duties include: • Assembling and installing modular components
IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
JOB DESCRIPTION: SIGNAL DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, LOCATED IN ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN, IS A COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY DEALING WITH MOTOROLA 2-‐ SIGNAL DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS, LOCATED ESTEVAN, ASKATCHEWAN, A COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY DEALING ITH MOTOROLA 2-‐ WAY RADIOS (VOICE, DATA, SYSTEMS); RURAL IHN IGH-‐ SPEED SINTERNET, BOTH CIS ONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL; SCADA AND RW EMOTE WAY RADIOS (VOICE, DATA, SYSTEMS); HIGH-‐SPEED INTERNET, CONSUMER AND ACND OMMERCIAL; CADA AND EMOTE MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND WE ARE ARN URAL AUTHORIZED TELUS DEALER, BDOTH EALING IN CELLULAR RELATED PSRODUCTS. AR LSO, WE HAVE A MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND WE ARE AN AUTHORIZED TELUS DEALER, DEALING IN CELLULAR AND RELATED PRODUCTS. ALSO, WE HAVE A SERIES OF 30+ TOWERS THAT THE SYSTEMS RUN OFF OF ALL LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. SERIES OF 30+ TOWERS THAT THE SYSTEMS RUN OFF OF ALL LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. APPLICANTS REQUIRE A STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING: APPLICANTS REQUIRE A STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING: IP N NETWORKING/SUBNETTING ETWORKING/SUBNETTING AAND ND M MODERN ODERN W WIFI IFI TTECHNOLOGIES ECHNOLOGIES -‐-‐ IP WINDOWS-‐BASED D DOMAINS OMAINS ((SERVER SERVER 22008, 008, EEXCHANGE, XCHANGE, W WINDOWS INDOWS 77, , EETC.) TC.) -‐-‐ WINDOWS-‐BASED EMAIL TTECHNOLOGIES ECHNOLOGIES ((POP3, POP3, IIMAP) MAP) AAND ND CCOMMON OMMON M MAIL AIL CCLIENTS LIENTS ((OUTLOOK, OUTLOOK, TTHUNDERBIRD, HUNDERBIRD, AAPPLE) PPLE) -‐-‐ EMAIL GOOD CCOMMUNICATION OMMUNICATION SSKILLS KILLS -‐-‐ GOOD APPLICANTS DUTIES WILL INCLUDE: -‐ INTERNET SUPPORT TROUBLE SHOOTING CALLS -‐ CONFIGURING EQUIPMENT FOR INTERNET INSTALLS (ROUTERS, WIRELESS PANELS, ETC.) -‐-‐ INSTALLATION INSTALLATION O OF F W WIRELESS IRELESS IINTERNET NTERNET EEQUIPMENT QUIPMENT IINTO NTO H HOMES OMES AAND ND BBUSINESSES USINESSES -‐-‐ SUPPORTING SUPPORTING EEXISTING XISTING D DOMAINS OMAINS AAND ND N NETWORKS ETWORKS FFOR OR CCLIENTS LIENTS -‐-‐ SOME D ESKTOP S UPPORT SOME DESKTOP SUPPORT -‐-‐ DESIGNING, DESIGNING, BBUILDING UILDING AAND ND SSUPPORTING UPPORTING CCAMERA AMERA SSYSTEMS YSTEMS ((IP IP & & AANALOG) NALOG) -‐ AIDING IN THE INSTALLATION/ COMMISSIONING ON CAMERA SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS -‐ AIDING IN THE INSTALLATION/ COMMISSIONING ON CAMERA SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS ** POSITION IS BASED ON PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT ** POSITION IS BASED ON PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT **ON-‐GOING TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED **ON-‐GOING TRAINING W ILL BE OPN ROVIDED **WAGE IS NEGOTIABLE BASED EXPERIENCE ** $26.50 Iper hour **WAGE S NEGOTIABLE BASED ON EXPERIENCE
SIGNAL DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS TH SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS TREET, ESTEVAN, SK S4A 2T3 #1-‐1254 7 THD SIRECT TREET, ESTEVAN, SK S64A 2T3 #1-‐1254 7 6S34-‐9994 PHONE: (306) • FAX: (306) 34-‐6633 PHONE: EMAIL: (306) 6c34-‐ 9994 • FAX: (306) 634-‐6633 ontact@signaldirect.ca
Looking for full time WELDERS’ HELPERS and INDUSTRIAL PAINTERS. Located in Gravelbourg Saskatchewan. Production line Welders’ Helpers (NOC 9612) Ability to assemble trailers using MIG welding process. Ability to weld mild steel in all welding positions. Mig training and 5 years Mig welding experience preferred. Salary range from 17.00 to 25.25 depending on skill level and with productivity bonus may reach 19.55 to 29.04 We are willing to sponsor Journeyperson Apprentices.
EMAIL: contact@signaldirect.ca
Building Leaders. Driving Success.
Box 845 #200 Hwy. 18 West, Estevan, SK S4A 2A7 Fax: 306-634-7597 E-mail: jobs.shelter@gmail.com
Career Opportunities
B14 July 2, 2014
Carson Energy Services is an industry leader in oilfield services by providing the highest quality service and safety when it comes to pipeline construction, oilfield maintenance, facility fabrication, welding, environmental work, site preparation, trucking, safety, and horizontal directional drilling. We are currently seeking applicants for the following full-‐time position at our Halbrite, SK location: Labourer A valid Driver’s License is mandatory. Oilfield safety tickets are an asset; however, Carson Energy Services Ltd. is willing to train the right candidate.
We offer: • Competitive wages • Benefits and RRSP package • Room for advancement for qualified candidate
Industrial Painter Ability to apply 2 part epoxy liquid paint process Auto body paint training preferred with 5 years experience Salary range from 17.00 to 25.19 depending on skill level and with productivity bonus may reach 18.40 to 28.97 Final Assembly, Finisher and Sandblaster Ability to do: Primary wiring, wood saw cutting, installing decks, installing tires, sandblasting, final wiring, detailing. Salary range from 12.08 to 19.58 depending on skill level and with productivity bonus may reach 13.85 to 22.52 Full Comprehensive Health, Life and Disability Insurance Program
www.trailtech.com Email Resumes to hr@trailtech.com
HSE SUPERINTENDENT ESTEVAN
Our benefits package and training and development programs are one of the key reasons why candidates choose Carson as their ‘employer of choice’. Carson Energy Services provides employees with all of the tools they need to grow and excel, both personally and professionally.
APPLY NOW: Contact Jim at 306-‐458-‐2415, e-‐mail jim.m.jaworski@urs.com Or Ron at 306-‐421-‐0442, e-‐mail ron.kostiuk@urs.com Thank you to all who apply; only short-‐listed candidates will be contacted.
RESPONSIBILITIES • Coordinating and participating in the continuous auditing of HSE management systems • Ensuring 75% of time is spent in the field • Leading on-site training programs designed to motivate field personnel • Coordinating and actively participating in HSE department field activities, maintaining focus to overall company objectives and consistency through HSE management • Coordinating and participating in continuous follow-up of HSE management systems in the field • Assisting the claims management team in providing support to the claims management process • Working with operations and employees to promote our modified work program • Participating in on-call duties, offering incident management and support • Responding to incidents, coordinating and conducting investigations then presenting formal reports with management recommendations • Acting as HSE resource to our field and operational employees • Promoting the “Observation and Communication” program • Providing support to safety recognition department as required
QUALIFICATIONS Canyon Technical Services is a leader in the oilfield service industry, providing customized fracturing and pressure pumping solutions to oil and gas producers across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. At Canyon, our employees are ‘Champions’, dedicated to fulfilling our Vision of “improving the industry one job at a time” - our ‘Champions’ have made Canyon one of the most sought-after providers in our industry. If you are looking for a career within a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then Canyon is looking for you! Canyon is preparing for an extremely busy 2014/2015 and are looking for qualified employees.
WE’RE EXPANDING! We have the right customers We have the right jobs We have the right equipment Are YOU the right fit?
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Hiring Experienced Class 1 Drivers in the following positions:
Coiled Tubing—Operators, Supervisors Fracing—Pump Operators, Blender Operators, Chem Van Operators, Crew Cabbers, Data Van Operators
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Cement & Acid—Fluid Pump Operators Heavy Equipment Technician – Journeyman
Why Canyon?
Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities RRSP matching program
• Operational experience is an asset • Grade 12 diploma • Certification of H2S Alive, First Aid, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, WHMIS, Rig Rescue, Fall Protection, and Confined Space Entry • Field experience with a proven excellent safety record • Possess a working knowledge of well servicing equipment • Hold a valid driver’s license and ability to produce a clean driver’s abstract • Motivation to develop skills associated to HSE professional practices, procedures, and regulations • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written • Familiarity with Word, Excel, Email, and Powerpoint • Ability to demonstrate a commitment to safety at all times • Strong desire to support all levels of personnel
Premium compensation package New Equipment 15/6 Schedule
To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.
How to apply:
online: canyontech.ca/careers fax: 888 249 3895
If you believe you are qualified, and would like to join the Precision family, please submit your resume online at:
www.precisiondrilling.com/careers
Visit us on the Web: www.estevanmercury.ca
www.estevanmercury.ca
Career Opportunities SEARS NOW HIRING
New Estevan Sears Owners are looking for full time and part time Catalogue / Sales Person (Some weekend work necessary) Apply in person with resume at 1310 7th Street, Estevan. No phone calls please!
D&D Oilfield Rentals, Weyburn, SK Are you a student looking for rewarding work over the summer?
If so, consider joining D&D Oilfield rentals in Weyburn, SK. We are looking for some safety conscious, hardworking students who are able to come on board for the summer as Laborers. This role requires an ability to lift up to 50 lbs regularly, to follow instructions in a safe and efficient manner, and to work well independently. We offer a chance to work with a world class organization and a rewarding hourly wage. Local applicants only, please. Resumes may be sent to :
leon@ddoil.net or call (306) 842-0659
July 2, 2014 B15 Big Country Energy Services LP
Class 1A Driver
Time for a change?
Responsibility is to load and move heavy equipment to various locations.
Excellent Opportunity
Experienced Autobody Technician or Painter
We offer competitive wages and an excellent benefit package.
Please drop off resume at: 101 Jahn Street, Estevan or call:
Full Benefits Salary based on experience.
Call Bill: 306-634-2815 email: wfonstad@sasktel.net
WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES ISOLATION Equipment Services Inc., an expanding Oil Service & Supply Company is seeking quality Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous experience with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry experience 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 required. Off-road driving experience is an asset. MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets BENEFITS * Excellent monthly guarantee * Excellent job bonus * Northern Allowance Program * Excellent Benefit Plan and Travel Expenses * Retirement Plan * Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus Program * Christmas Bonus
www.isolationequipment.com Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com FAX: 403-347-3406 or drop off at 307 Clare Street, Arcola Sk ATTN: Lori Enzie or Ron Hayward
Book your career ad today 306-634-2654
Mike Brasseur at 306-634-4554 or 306-461-8111 or Brad Alberts at 306-634-4554 or 306-461-8153
WORLDWIDE LEADER
TALENTED TEAM
FluidControl
National Oilwell Varco Now Hiring: Field Service Technicians (Estevan/Weyburn Area)
Responsibilities include • Involved with monitoring centrifuges, premix tank, light plants and associated products & services and dewatering drilling muds. • This position requires travel to well site locations for rigging up, servicing and tear down of solids control equipment. Qualifications: • Mechanically inclined • Drilling rig experience is an asset • Physical requirements include the ability to bend, lift and carry up to 50 lbs. • Successful completion of drug, alcohol and physical testing is required for this safety sensitive position. To Apply: Email your resume to canadarecruiting@nov.com or apply online at www.nov.com/careers *NOV provides competitive wages along with an excellent benefit package, which includes a company matching RRSP contribution.
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B16 July 2, 2014
Career Opportunities requires a full time
Requires
DRIVER
Journeymen Pressmen
Minimum Qualifications: • Oilfield tickets including H2S Alive & 1st Aid/CPR • Live in or within 10 minutes of Estevan
We are seeking candidates with an oilfield background and/or customer service experience. We will train the right individual. We offer benefits along with excellent compensation and flexible days off.
Building lifestyles for commercial, residential, industrial
Glacier Media Group has expanded its web printing operations in Estevan, Saskatchewan. We require journeymen pressmen to work in a progressive, updated shop. The right individual must have experience on a Goss Community press, and the ability to work as part of a team in a time sensitive environment. Experience with the use of the Perretta colour registration and preset ink system is desirable. An emphasis on maintenance or a background in press maintenance. Glacier is a dynamic, growing media company that offers an attractive compensation and benefit packages to the qualified individual. Relocation assistance is negotiable or will be provided. For a future in our progressive printing plant, we welcome your application. Please send a resume with references to Box 1594, Estevan, SK S4A 2L7 or by Email: jobs@estevanwebprinting.com
DRM is currently hiring Experienced Carpenters Competitive Wages & benefits package Please attach resume & email to: admin@drmbuilders.ca
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After School 2014 Art Club Summer Art Camps EAGM For children aged 7 – 13. Free to attend, transportation
Theincluded. Estevan Art Gallery is excited to announce upcoming Summer Running April 29, 30, our May 1 from 3:30 Art – Camps for children aged 7 – 12. Camps run Monday - Thursday each week. Children are encour5:00pm. Call Karly at 634-‐7644 for more info or to aged to bring a snack. Cost is $50/child/week. Pre‐registration is required, call Karly at 634register. ‐7644 for more info. July 7 – 10: Art Explosions Use science experiments to create unique and exciting artwork! – Noon OR 1pm – 4pm The 9am Pinterest Challenge
July 14 – 17: Art Outdoors Use mother nature as your artistic inspiration…and your Craft club for adults based on projects found on canvas! 9am – Noon OR 1pm – 4pm
n April 24 from 7your -‐9pm. 20/person. Call JulyPinterest 21 – 24: Art o Around the World Create own $ artistic passport and use it to explore art and aroundfthe – Noon OR 1pm Karly at 6culture 34-‐7644 or globe! more 9am information or –t4pm o register.
July 28 – 31: Art and Advertising Working with the Estevan Mercury, you will create ads for real businesses in Estevan that will be featured in the paper! We will also create our Beginner Drawing own original ads and branding. eginner basic 9amA –b Noon OR 1pm – 4pmdrawing class for kids aged 11 – 17.
JulyInstructed 31 @ 6:30: Closing Art Camp Reception and friends by Judy Swallow on Students, April 3families 0th at 7 pm. are invited to a closing camp reception. Students will select 1 – 2 pieces of artwork to display in the $20/person. C all K arly a t 6 34-‐7644 f or m ore i nfo or to gallery. Refreshments will be served.
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The Pinterest Challenge Adult art class - featuring crafts found on Pinterest! June 26th @ 7pm. $20/person. Call Karly at 634‐7644 to register.
Family Art Art and craft class for parents and toddlers. Parents must participate. For ages 18 months and up. May 1, 8, WHAT’S HAPPENING 15 @10am. $5/family. Call AT Karly THE at 634-‐7644 for more ESTEVAN info or to register. ARTS COUNCIL?
“promoting the arts in OUR community”
Summer Day Camps Pioneer Day Camps –
Ages: 5-10, Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm, Snack Provided Historic themed day camps featuring crafts, games and activities.
July 7th-11th, July 21st-25th, August 11th-15th Discover Day Camps –
Ages: 8-12, Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Field trip based history themed day camps with trips to Boundary Damn and Roche Percee, and a Mining Tour.
July 15th-16th, August 6th-7th
All day camps cost $50.00 per participant. Our remaining day camps are mostly full, so register soon! Call 306-634-5543 or email info@sourisvalleymuseum.ca for more information.
LOTS FOR SALE CITY OF ESTEVAN GLEN PETERSON INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK
VISUAL ARTS
The third annual free, self-guided Visual Arts Summer Tour has been scheduled for July 25 & 26. This tour features local artists from Estevan and surrounding communities all showcasing their art work. Please watch for more information.
STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN
Stars for Saskatchewan has just announced their concert lineup for the 2014-2015 season. This 6 concert series offers a diverse selection of performers – ALL high quality and professional. Highlighting this year’s series will be the world renowned Vienna Boys Choir. With around 100 boys between the ages of ten and fourteen, divided into four touring choirs, they give around 300 concerts a year. The choir has performed in front of almost a half a million people, world-wide. Their repertoire includes everything from medieval to contemporary and experimental music. Also scheduled to perform this year are Jimmy Rankin, Fung-Chui Piano Duo, The Gala Trio, Ensemble Caprice and Memory Lane. Contact the office, for more information on our Season Subscription rates.
Contact us for more information on our programs
www.estevanartscouncil.com
306-634-3942
CITY OF ESTEVAN PUBLIC NOTICE ‘SINGLE FAMILY’ RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR SALE ‘ROYAL HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION-PHASE 3’ Commencing July 8, 2014, the City of Estevan will make available for purchase a total of 21 Residential Single-Detached (R1 Zoned) lots located in the new phase of the Royal Heights Subdivision (Wellock Road/Hawkes Bay). All prospective purchasers will be required to execute an option to purchase agreement prepared by the City, accompanied by a deposit amount (50% or 25% down payment depending on length of option term). A complete information package outlining Parcel prices, sizes, and the terms of purchase including Architectural Control/Guidelines may be obtained by contacting the Land Development Services Division, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, (306) 634-1821 or rdenys@estevan.ca All sales will be on a first come/first serve basis commencing at 8:30am, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, located downstairs City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan. Lot sales shall be restricted to one per customer.
2014 Property Tax Notices
CALL 306-634-1821 FOR FURTHER DETAILS CITY LEASED BENCH ADVERTISING The City of Estevan invites interested parties to lease a bench for placement of advertising for a 1 year period.
BENCH LOCATION:
King Street between Arthur and Souris Ave South side For further information regarding this leasing Judy Pilloud, City Clerk, at 306-634-1852, or email cityclerk@estevan.ca.Interested parties are invited to respond by forwarding sealed envelopes to the City marked “Advertising Bench” to the following by 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2014:
Legislative Services Division City of Estevan 1102 4th Street Estevan, SK S4A 0W7
2014 Tax Notices were mailed out on Thursday, June 12, 2014. If you have not received your property tax notice please contact Trina at 634-1811.
Taxes are due on July 31, 2014.
Penalties are accumulative, applied the 1st of each month as follows: August .5%, September 1%, October 1.5%, November 2.5%, December 3.5%, Arrears Penalty of 10% will be added to all outstanding amounts on January 1, 2015
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Call Clinton at 306-461-8491, mail resume to Box 208, Estevan S4A 2A3 or e-mail: missionhotshot@sasktel.net
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