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Sun Country intends to run with tight $146M budget

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The Sun Country Health Region authority is being asked to conduct their business within a $146.36 million budget this fiscal year, but they are also being required to find nearly $2 million in efficiencies on the expense side.

In 2012-13, Sun Country conducted business within a $140-million expenditure framework, so it is not difficult to surmise that the current budget structure calls for some stringent measures to be taken if the local health region is going to be able to stay within the budget parameters while dealing with natural economic inflation.

“It’s going to be tight, for certain,” said John Knoch, vice-president of finance and corporate services as he presented budget highlight items to the health region’s board of directors who were meeting in Weyburn on May 28.

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Estevan’s rodeo grounds had the dirt kicked up over the weekend as they played host to the Saskatchewan High School Rodeo finals, running from May 29 to June 1. The weekend saw a wide variety of events, from calf roping and goat tying to bull riding. See complete coverage on B1. Photos by Jordan Baker.

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There was little room for funding for inflation in the balanced budget that was considered by all around the table, as a call for status quo.

“The budget reflects some increases in contracts with primary health doctors, inflation and compensation increases. The region received approval for a cataract program that is expected to be launched in November. However, with additions and changes we have also had to make efficiencies to achieve a break-even status,” said Marga Cugnet, Sun Country’s CEO. So while the region received a targeted increase in funding, they are also being required to pull out an additional $2 million in efficiencies through the use of Lean techniques and without laying off staff. Sun Country currently employs 2,382 people with 731 of them being part-time, another 722 being on a casual basis and 929 full-time positions. → A2 Achievable

Temporary sewer service hoped to aid development

By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca

While the City of Estevan patiently awaits movement on residential development of The Meadows north of Wellock Road, they are taking a proactive approach to developing residential lots south of Wellock Road.

Identified by the title Parcel F, the City is moving forward with infrastructure work to make roughly 21 new lots available near the St. Joseph’s Hospital, which

the City purchased.

During their regular meeting on May 26, city council approved allocating $200,000 from the 2014 water and sewer utility program to provide temporary sanitary sewer services to the Parcel F development, which will redirect the sewer until a larger main is constructed.

The construction will include a temporary pump station that will service the 21 new lots as well as the new water reservoir washroom and future → A2 City

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Achievable budget laid out by health region ← A1 This translates into funding for 1,354 full-time equivalent positions, said Knoch.

New programs, including the cataract program that will be conducted in Weyburn, are receiving $1.88 million in additional funding from the Ministry of Health.

That will also include five new physician contracts with most of those involving additions to the Weyburn doctor pool, which now numbers 15.

Three new rural family physicians are also being funded to the tune of $1.41 million and that includes rural primary health care initiatives.

Knoch suggested that the $1.91 million the ministry is seeking in efficiencies might be found by removing some positions that are currently vacant in the health region’s structure and by reducing emergency medical

service vacancy hours and removing vacancy allowance in the therapies along with a $58,000 reduction at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan and a staffing realignment in Radville that will save $215,000. It was noted the new health centre in Radville features 30 beds as opposed to the former hospital and health centre that accommodated 52 beds.

Further efficiencies to be found in the dietary services could realize a saving of about $32,000, it was suggested.

Out of the $146.36 million budget, just over $132 million will be coming directly from the Ministry of Health via Saskatchewan taxpayers, while other government agencies will chip in with another $1.08 million and $8.38 million will come from support care fees, $2.2 million from EMS recoveries for services rendered

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and $436,000 through home care fees.

Prior to Knoch’s presentation, David Prost, representing the region’s auditors, provided a brief outline of their work, noting that there had been no red flags or major concerns discovered during the audit process.

“The ministry’s take and our take may differ on some interpretations, but the numbers you see here are transparent, and there are no arguments with them,”

he said.

Prost said he found Sun Country’s internal controls are solid, with the understanding that everything and everybody can do better, but compared with other health regions, “you’re doing well on that front.”

“It’s an achievable budget. It’s doable while supporting senior care changes and undertaking upgrades on primary care,” said Knoch.

“We had to cut programs to balance the budget

before. We won’t have to do any of that now,” said Cugnet.

Board chairwoman Marilyn Charlton said she appreciated receiving the regular financial tracking reports that kept the board apprised of the major movements on the financial side.

Vanessa Marcotte from the financial department also outlined some of the capital purchases that will be made within the budget’s scope of $2.1 million and that includ-

Run for Life

One of the final fundraisers before the Relay for Life was held on a rainy Sunday morning over the weekend, as the inaugural Run for Life began from Doug Third Hall. About 80 runners took part in either the 10k, 5k runs or 3k walk.

City planning to sell lots soon ← A1 residential lots north of Wellock Road. From the pump station, the sewage would be run 370 metres east of the pump station to a receiving manhole located at the rear of the existing development by Irvine Crescent.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said they have been in talks to have the lots equipped with

power and telephone lines in the next couple of months.

“We already have them serviced with sanitary and water mains,” he said.

“The whole idea with that area of development with Parcel F and also with Essex, for those projects to move forward we had to have a sanitary sewer main because

our sanitary system simply can’t take any more at that end of the city. We’re looking at around a $3-million sanitary main being built, which Essex is working on with their development adjacent to Wellock Road,” said Ludwig. “But until that moves forward and is built then we have to have something so that we can move forward and sell the lots.”

He noted though the sewer line is temporary it will stay in the long-term if needed, and the report council received said there may be an opportunity to re-utilize the pump station in another location currently near services with a sanitary sewer and station, though that must still be researched and confirmed. The station may not be of any use in the future.

Ludwig said it’s important to install the temporary line in order to expedite the development process.

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“Until that sanitary main is built we can’t sell the lots because we would have no availability to the sewer,” he said. “This will give us the option of running the sewer into an existing sewer main, which will take the capacity, and we can move forward with this larger sewer main in the valley, which will be needed to supply the development of Essex.”

He said despite the long slog toward the construction north of Wellock for what has been called The Meadows, the developer is still interested in the project.

He said the City is moving forward with Essex with the understanding they will be tendering the sanitary sewer main for that area this summer.

“That has been in progress for some time. We’re still in discussions with Essex.

Optimistically, we’re still moving forward with their development, which includes the sanitary sewer main,” said the mayor.

For the Parcel F lots, the city plans to begin selling the properties soon, though they still need to determine lot prices and must set architectural controls.

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“But community fundraising is always needed and it is vital because what we receive from the ministry never covers the real needs,” said Cugnet.

Knoch said the budget shows a small $701,000 surplus planned for 2015, which is miniscule when considered within the scope of a $146 million framework.

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The teams, consisting of both senior and junior students, wore team outfits and crafted chants to rally the audience to their cause, including one that invoked Queen.

They were expected to think quickly on their feet as they were given themes to base their acts off, and the team of teachers made an attempt to build an impromptu pyramid of people that rose to the ceiling but was probably not as precise as the Ancient Egyptian building code.

The Improv Games were held over two days last week from May 29 to 30.

The teacher troupe attempted a human pyramid while a Grade 9 group formed a human train.

During the games students made air drawings and mimicked robotic characters.

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Health region making progress on physician front May was a busy month for Sun Country Health Region board chairwoman Marilyn Charlton. She became a regular visitor on Saskatchewan’s highways as she visited Radville to participate in a meeting regarding the new health care centre in that community in the early part of the month, then took off for Saskatoon for a health summit before making her way back to Regina for an accreditation meeting. That meeting was followed by a discussion with the Estevan Hearthstone committee that is charged with the duty of raising money for a new nursing home in the Energy City.

Charlton also attended an audit review committee meeting in mid-May followed by attendance at the quality symposium held in Estevan at the end of the month.

Sun Country’s CEO Marga Cugnet was also kept engaged with filing the final report on the senior administrative visits to all the long-term care facilities in the region and identifying the areas that needed to be tended to as a result of those surveys.

She noted she was also pleased to

report that some regular cataract surgeries will be scheduled in Sun Country later this year with visiting surgeon Dr. R. Eidsness of Regina offering the service in Weyburn beginning in November.

Cugnet also reported that the temporary physician shortage in Weyburn had been addressed and the city now had 15 doctors providing services in the community, including those in the newly renovated primary care clinic, which is not a walk-in clinic, but one that still relieved pressure on local emergency room services.

The board accepted the resignation of former chairwoman Sharon Bauche, who, they noted, has moved out of the region, thus disqualifying her as a representative from the southeast region. No replacement has been appointed as yet by the Ministry of Health.

John Knoch, Sun Country’s vicepresident of finance and corporate services, reported that the Redvers long-term care and primary health care facility is now complete and opened with just a few defi-

ciencies to tend to as staff moved into the renovated space.

The Radville Marian Health Centre rebuild project has been delayed again, he reported. The new move in date is now set for sometime between July 7 and 11.

A good start has also been made on the new Kipling integrated health centre, which is replacing an old hospital and long-term care facility. It’s scheduled completion date is December of this year.

Cugnet reported that the number of births in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan is now back to a normal rate with the expectation of welcoming about 300 babies every year now that full maternity services are available. It was noted that 36 babies were delivered in the Estevan hospital in February of this year and 60 in total for the first two months of 2014, which was a 38 per cent increase from the previous two-month period.

In her monthly report, Cugnet noted the physical therapy wait list in Weyburn now numbered 75 clients while the wait

list in Estevan had climbed to 60 since one of the physiotherapists left recently for a maternity leave. There are now four vacant positions in that department, which means the recruitment efforts have escalated. An exercise therapist has been issued a contract that has helped alleviate the shortage in Estevan on a temporary basis.

During the early part of their open business session, board members were informed of the steps being taken to better manage the flow into the busier emergency rooms in Weyburn and Estevan. The ongoing problem, said Janice Giroux, vice-president of community health, was that many users didn’t have a family doctor or they lacked knowledge about the provincial Healthline and other clinical services they could access more efficiently as a first resource.

There were also updated reports on patient and family interventions and discussions that help increase efficiencies, staff injuries and the development of leadership skills among various employee groups.

CBSA turn away criminals, fine a pair of snowbirds At North Portal, Saskatchewan’s busiest border crossing, CBSA officers processed 26,904 travellers (a decline of 180 travellers from April 2013) in 7,673 cars and 10,932 commercial trucks (630 more than in April 2013) last month.

They issued 66 work permits and two study permits while processing 331 new immigrants. They also made 19 seizures of nearly $88,000 of undeclared items and issued total penalties of almost $34,675 for undeclared goods and smuggled contraband. Officers also denied entry to 56 people, including 30 travellers with serious criminal records.

At the North Portal port on April 2, a Texas man was refused entry as a non-genuine visitor when he told officers he wanted to visit Canada for one week. Examination showed he was moving to Canada without the proper permits or visa. He told officers he had no intentions of returning to the United States and wanted to find work in Canada. Officers also found he had a criminal record for multiple assaults and drug-related convictions. He was issued a removal order and barred from returning to Canada for one year. He returned to the United States.

On April 2, a 35-year-old traveller from Illinois was refused entry after he admitted to officers that he was convicted of a serious assault on a police officer. Due to the seriousness of the offence, he would have to apply for criminal rehabilitation via a Canadian Consulate before he could be granted entry into Canada.

That same day, an Indiana man was moving to Alaska for work. When officers examined his vehicle, they found an undeclared, over-capacity ammunition magazine. The magazine was seized, as was the individual’s vehicle. The vehicle was returned once a $500 penalty was paid. The man then continued to Alaska.

On April 4, a U.S. resident was seeking entry to deliver band equipment into Canada; however, background checks revealed the man was inadmissible for two convictions of grand larceny in California. He returned to the United States.

On April 5, a 60-year-old commercial driver from Nevada was refused entry after officers found he was convicted of assault. An identification check also showed that the traveller was charged with rape and a second incident of battery. The traveller required documents from the court showing that he was not convicted before he could be granted entry in Canada.

That same day, officers found a can of pepper spray when examining the vehicle of a Nevada commercial truck driver. The pepper spray was seized, as well as the vehicle.

The vehicle was returned once the man paid a $500 penalty.

On April 7, a 25-year-old commercial driver from California was refused entry for multiple convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and a hit-and-run. His 39-year-old co-driver was also refused entry for multiple DUIs and driving while disqualified. Both men were directed back to the United States.

On April 9, a 37-year-old woman who was moving to Alaska was refused entry as she had multiple convictions for drug trafficking, resisting arrest, arson, possessing a controlled substance, forgery, and two DUIs. She had recently completed

a 13-year-prison sentence and was ineligible to apply for a permit to enter Canada.

On April 13, a 33-year-old Michigan resident was coming to Estevan with two friends. Background checks revealed a lengthy criminal record, which included assault with a weapon, domestic violence, forcible confinement and sale of a controlled substance. He was directed back to the United States. His friends returned with him.

On April 18, an Alberta couple told CBSA officers they were travelling to Alaska to deliver the motorhome they were driving to their son. During a secondary examination, however, the officers uncovered a bank draft in the driver’s name and other evidence indicating he had purchased the vehicle for himself for more than $74,700 US. After further questioning, officers issued the man a penalty of about $33,500, seized his NEXUS card and referred his case to CBSA Criminal Investigations.

That same day, a Saskatchewan woman declared two dogs valued at $250 each. Upon further inspection, officers determined that one dog was purchased for $1,600 and another was purchased for $800. Officers seized the pets and returned them once a $1,176 penalty was paid. The woman would have only paid $120 in goods and services tax (GST) had she made an honest declaration.

On April 27, officers refused entry to a 41-year-old North Dakota man who had convictions for five previous DUIs, driving while disqualified, reckless driving and a probation violation. He was directed back to the United States.

On April 28, a Minnesota couple was transiting through Canada to Alaska when officers conducted an examination of their vehicle. Inside the vehicle, officers found four grams of marijuana and 24 doses of psilocybin mushrooms. The drugs and the vehicle were seized, and the vehicle was returned once an $880 penalty was paid. The couple was allowed to continue to Alaska.

At the Northgate port of entry on April 4, two snowbirds were returning from Arizona and told officers they did not purchase or acquire any goods while wintering in the United States. The CBSA officer asked if they were sure; the driver said they had a BBQ they had purchased three months prior but did not have a receipt for it and did not have any other goods. Officers examined their vehicle and found $1,170 in undeclared goods that were recently purchased including clothing, footwear, linens and tools. They were issued a penalty of $350. Had they been truthful, they would have been entitled to the personal exemption and would not have paid any duties or taxes.

At the Oungre port on April 6, officers refused entry to a 44-year-old Arizona man wanting to visit Canada. Background checks revealed a lengthy criminal record for drug possession, two assaults, disorderly conduct, failure to appear in court and obstruction. He was directed back to the United States.

On April 28, a 50-year-old traveller from Michigan was refused entry into Canada after officers determined that he was criminally inadmissible. The traveller had been convicted of seven separate incidents of impaired driving. He was also convicted of assault. The traveller returned to the United States.

While coming through the Coronach port of entry on April 7, a 58-year-old Tennessee man was refused entry for multiple convictions of resisting arrest and assault causing bodily harm. The man told officers he was moving to Canada.

At the Estevan Highway port, there were 4,900 travellers in 2,675 vehicles and 184 commercial trucks; by comparison to April 2013, there was a slight decline of 675 travellers and 146 commercial trucks. Nine people were refused entry, six for criminality.

On April 3, CBSA officers issued a removal order against a man from Eastern Europe who was coming to apply for a work permit, but officers found evidence that he had been working illegally in Canada for over a year. His work permit allowed him to work as a mushroom picker in Ontario, but he left for Saskatchewan and was working in a restaurant. He is barred from returning to Canada for one year. He confirmed his departure from Canada.

On April 5, a U.S. man was coming to Estevan for a few hours. Background checks revealed he was inadmissible to Canada for convictions of aggravated incest and obstruction.

Officers directed him back to the United States.

On April 13, two Saskatchewan residents were returning from Colorado where they had purchased a puppy, which they declared at $700. Officers were suspicious of the declared value, and during an exam, they found evidence the dog was sold for $2,000 US. The man admitted to undervaluing the dog to save taxes. They were issued an $822 penalty. If they had been truthful they would have paid $100 in GST. On April 14, officers refused entry to a man wanting to visit Canada for the first time. The only piece of identification he had was an illegible photocopy of his U.S. permanent resident card. Officers advised the man that he must provide original documents in order to substantiate identity and citizenship.

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Blair bringing energetic honky tonk to Estevan for two nights

By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca

Country music fans will have the opportunity to stomp their feet this weekend as Manitoba’s Quinton Blair will be playing at the Beef Bar on June 6 and 7 complete with his honky-tonk band.

His latest release, Blues Man, came out last fall, and it was more than a year in the making.

“What ended up happening on that one was, you’d write a song and then you’d tour it for a year. Then when you put that song together in the studio it would come together really quickly,” he told the Mercury over the phone last week, noting his first album was written in the studio and they had to problem solve and work out the kinks on the spot.

Blair lives and breathes music, and particularly country, like almost no other. He’s a student of the lives and methods of great musicians who have put their stamp on the genre.

“You could say I was country when country wasn’t cool, before the whole country evolution here. I used to listen to AM radio and I got to listen to some great country music.

We had an LP player and we listened to Kenny Rogers all the time, and I fell in love with story songs. I really learned that songs should say something, but sometimes you don’t always have to hear it.

“A song that always reminded me of that when you think about country music is that Travis Tritt song called Anymore. The whole time you think that he’s saying ‘I don’t love you anymore,’ when the

Manitoba honky-tonk country artist Quinton Blair will be coming to Estevan this weekend for back-to-back performances at the Beef Bar. whole time he’s saying ‘I’m tired of pretending I don’t love you anymore.’

You thought the song was saying one thing, until you really listen to it and then you hear the other side of it.”

He said his song that plays with the listener’s expectations is You. He has developed a strong sense of country music and holds artists to high expectations to create great material, as he differentiates between music created along the traditions of country’s roots and much of today’s rockinfused country music.

“I have a project that runs the lines between real country and a singer-songwriter folk, kind of, feel.

I find myself in a strange area, which I’ve learned to embrace and learned to love, but for a long time

I hated it. I’m competing against the rock-country bands and that’s not my thing.”

He said when booking shows he finds he is always competing against the newer, poppier country sounds.

“What ends up happening is I joke with people that I play for either cowboys or hippies. I play the folk world, or I play the traditional country world. It’s cool because there aren’t many who can go back and forth between those two different groups of people. It’s cool how at a show, you get both of them there,” said Blair.

He performs a lot of material but noted that country music as a genre lends itself well to covering other musicians’ material. Depending on his

crowd, either cowboys or hippies, he plays anything from Kris Kristofferson and Emmylou Harris or Garth Brooks and Steve Earle.

That’s what he’ll be bringing to Estevan for two shows this weekend.

“It’ll be honky-tonk night with some original music and a lot of great cover tunes. Country’s one of the genres that it’s acceptable to play cover tunes. In country, you pay your dues by playing three hours a night and you have to prove to the crowd that you deserve to play originals.”

He said he has paid his dues in front of audiences over the years.

“I sometimes joke that I have Fred Eaglesmith Fever. Fred is always on the road and touring, and I just have to play. It’s not

that I dislike going into the studio but I definitely prefer to play on stage.”

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“On the second album I used the John Hiatt model, which is write a song, tour and then go into the studio to record it, and then your studio time is just a blast because it’s everything you do on stage.

There wasn’t any learning of parts. It’s pretty much just us playing live off the floor, though we did do individual sessions of the parts.”

He said he has new material written now that he plans to play live off and on over the next 12 months before getting back into the studio to record a third album.

“The studio becomes so much fun at that point.”

Blair said he was impressed that after a year of being played before live audiences the songs didn’t change much once they were recorded.

“We put down the bed tracks shortly after the songs were written, and then we didn’t go back to the studio for another eight to 10 months after that.

It was funny how some tempos changed slightly and some feels changed slightly, but then you come back to the bed tracks and you go, ‘You know what?

We are pretty bang on close to what the original was, and I actually prefer the original.’ We took all those evolutions out of the songs (in the end).”

Blair’s performances start at 9 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.

Cornerstone school board gets early learning support program update Sandi Klatt, co-ordinator of the Early Learning program for the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, was joined by early learning consultant Jacquie Gibbs for a presentation to the division’s board of trustees on May 15 during their regular business session in Weyburn.

Klatt provided some updated information for the board’s consumption regarding the assessment processes.

Klatt said that by 2020 it is her team’s objective to have 90 per cent of students exiting kindergarten be in the appropriate range of cognitive learning skills.

The team currently consists of Klatt and four early learning skill development consultants who are scattered

throughout the region in a geographically efficient pattern.

“We have 73 children on the home-based caseload with seven referrals pending. We started the program a few years ago with 31 children,” said Klatt. Nineteen of those children are First Nations youngsters, she said. She then added that the consultants have been welcomed into the First Nations homes, and their experiences have been mostly positive, and when they haven’t been able to access the home, they have arranged a comfortable neutral meeting site such as a band office. She noted that non-home visits are part of the spectrum across the region, so there was nothing unusual about that situation.

The program also offers support for expectant teen

mothers to help them complete their schooling and provide support for both mother and baby once the child arrives. So far there are five expectant mothers attending school knowing they will not only receive support but also information regarding pregnancy and other helpful aids that encourage them to stay involved in their studies.

Gibbs introduced the board members to Kinsey, an expectant mother, who is in the program and they delivered further information regarding Kinsey’s future goals, which include a completion of high school.

“If they can graduate, then they become good moms, and it’s what they need for now and into the future,” Gibbs added.

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Finding something to do is easy The Energy City is the place to be active this summer and, dare we say it, the place to be energetic.

The options for leisure that abound around Estevan and our neighbouring communities are truly astounding. There are opportunities for activity, and while some are difficult to find diamonds in the rough, others are longstanding pinnacles in our city that too many of us put off attending because there will always be another day.

Well this summer is the time to do it. Today is the time.

Carpe diem! Get involved. It’s much more trouble to decide what to do than to find something to do.

The Relay for Life is running its annual event this weekend, providing not only a chance to get out, be active and have some fun but also to help raise money to combat a terrible disease and give something back to so many people in the community.

The Shriner’s circus returned to Affinity Place on Tuesday, bringing large-scale entertainment and wonder to the city.

The fair is coming to town in less than two weeks, and next week is the inaugural Energy Expo.

The Souris Valley Museum took people back in time to the Roaring ’20s last Friday, and before too long the Souris Valley Theatre productions will begin once again at Frehlick Hall, whisking audiences off to other times and places as well.

Engines are revving at the Estevan Motor Speedway every couple of weeks and remember the Farmers’ Market is every Saturday.

We don’t need to rhyme off each of the countless activities or entertainment options because, frankly, we don’t have the

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

Politicians need to put public first So what makes a good MLA or MP? Well, that’s a complicated question, but one worth exploring, especially right now as federal and provincial parties in Saskatchewan are going through their selection process in advance of elections in 2015 and 2016.

The first problem we voters have in this selection process is the vast majority of us don’t really get to pick who our next MLA or MP is. It’s the party members in each riding that do the picking for us.

Much has been written in this space about inherent unfairness in this — how it would be a much better democratic system if non-party members had a greater say in the party’s selection of a candidate.

After all, how often have you as a voter, favoured a particular person, but didn’t necessarily agree with the party views or platform that he or she represented? Or conversely, how often have

space to include everyone and everything. There’s so much to do, it’s easy to take these options for granted, and when we take them for granted we stop going. We forget that these activities are special and unique and provide a chance for us to grow and connect with others in our community.

They do more than let us pass the time. They help us build relationships and encourage a richer sense of place among our peers.

There are enough options to run the full gamut of experiences, whether you’re looking to volunteer and give back or you just want an entertaining evening. United Way Estevan’s annual concentration of people helping people through the Day of Caring is today, and it’s an easy way to get outside and aid in a project that wouldn’t be completed without you.

And as for places in our community that could always accept more users, the city’s parks are great places for kids to play and parents to relax in. There are enough that there is one within a short walk from where anyone lives in the city, and they’re waiting for book readers or picnic planners to while away an afternoon. They’re already paid for, and they’re welcoming places on the many sunny days to come over the next few months.

So go to the Souris Valley Museum or the art gallery. Attend the Party in the Park or Beach Bash. Be active. Be energetic.

Find something to spend your free time on that makes the community a better place or helps you connect with others in your neighbourhood. It’s the time of year to be doers.

you been faced with the dilemma that you don’t much like the candidate but you wind up voting for him or her because you like the party that he or she represents?

There are ways to reform this, like run-offs in which the candidate is chosen after the riding decides which party it would like to represent them. But that process would be time consuming and costly, adding another voting layer to a democratic system that’s struggling to get people out to vote just once.

About the best we can hope to do is send a message to the political parties that local representation still means something.

One good vehicle for that is MP Michael Chong’s federal Reform Act that distributes powers from the Prime Minister’s Office back into the hands of the individual members. Why this legislation is important, especially at the federal level, has everything to do with the fact that far too much power has gravitated to the Prime Minister and away from the individual MP. This is perhaps one of the greater democratic disservices that has occurred in our lifetime. Remember, it is the MP or MLA who we elect, not the prime minister or the Premier. And it is the MLA or MP that should be most responsible for carrying out the wishes of the majority that voted for him or her.

This leads us back to the critical question of what makes a good MP or MLA. And that question truly boils down to a

politician putting the interests of his or her constituents over the demands of the party.

Admittedly, this is a tricky matter, given that MPs and MLAs run and are elected on the platforms their respective parties put before the voters. Whether it be ending the gun registry or cutting taxes or ending deficit budgeting, such policy must be carried out by the collective governing caucus.

But it is often those issues that were not in the platform where we should expect an MLA to stand up for his constituents.

That didn’t happen in the 1980s when Progressive Conservative politicians forged ahead with Crown utility privatization opposed by the majority of Saskatchewan. It didn’t happen in 1990s when rural NDP MLAs voted in favour of closing hospitals in their rural ridings or when Liberal MPs in Saskatchewan voted in favour of gun control.

And it often hasn’t happened under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s administration when local Conservative MPs have been silent or ineffective on issues like removing non-renewable resources from the equalization formula or establishing rules and penalties on rail companies who failed on their mandate to deliver our grain.

What makes a good MLA or MP is n't necessarily what goodies his or her party delivers to a riding.

A good MLA or MP is one who recognizes that it’s the constituents’ needs that come first.

The Editor, A CNIB study showed that more than a quarter of Canadians don’t believe that regular eye exams have a major impact on reducing the risk of vision loss. The same study reported that among Canadians who hadn’t had an eye exam in the past two years, more than half said the reason was they believed they have good vision. But many serious eye diseases that can cause vision loss

have no symptoms and can only be detected through a comprehensive eye exam.

May is Vision Health Month, and CNIB and Doctors of Optometry Canada are calling on Canadians to protect their families’ vision by getting an eye exam.

Vision loss can happen at any age, so how can you protect the vision health of your family? Infants and toddlers should undergo their first examination be-

NDP says govt. neglects basics The Editor: This spring session, the Saskatchewan NDP’s focus was on the government’s neglect of the basics in health care, seniors care and education.

I believe people should be benefitting more from our province’s strong economy, but the reality for far too many hardworking families right now is that extra costs just keep piling up while the services we should all be able to count on are getting worse because of this government’s dismissive approach.

The government’s own statistics show that health care is getting worse under its watch. With more and more concerns being raised about the quality of seniors care, the NDP pushed the government to fix the basics in health care and seniors care, instead of investing well over $100 million into its Lean

pet project.

As a positive step toward fixing the seniors care crisis, the NDP introduced legislation that would have required the government to establish minimum quality of care standards and a residentsin-care bill of rights. The government voted unanimously against the NDP’s bill, despite its own Law Reform Commission recommending such legislation.

The NDP also pushed the government to fix the basics in our education system, like overcrowded classrooms, schools that desperately need repairs and students that are not getting the one-onone attention they need.

The NDP called on the government to reverse the “Lean initiative claw back” -- the government's new plan to rip education funding out of classrooms to force teachers and students to do more

with their already stretched budgets.

The government’s growing sense of entitlement was also on display during the spring session. The NDP exposed inappropriate travel expenses of Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz and Social Services Minister June Draude.

Throughout the spring session, we worked hard to bring forward the important issues we’ve been hearing about from Saskatchewan families. Over the coming months, we will continue reaching out across the province, listening to concerns and ideas, and holding the government to account, not only for what it does but also for what it neglects to do.

Cam Broten Leader of the Official Opposition, Saskatchewan’s NDP

Sask. woman writes letter to Liberals Dear Mr. Trudeau, Although you have been scolded many times in the media and especially by Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, I feel another scolding is necessary.

You announced that you wish to form a party that is resolutely pro-choice and that potential Liberal candidates with pro-life opinions on the topic of abortions should not publicly express them if they wish to be in the Liberal party. This proclamation is illconceived at its best and dictatorial at its worst. The former could well be attributed to a lack of maturity on your part. The latter I find to be frightening as this type of top-down leg-

islation has no part in the government of the country for which my uncles died to protect our freedoms.

Your insistence that women have a constitutional right to abortion is absolutely incorrect.

There is no law governing abortion in Canada. In 1988 the Supreme Court of Canada in the R. v. Morgentaler decision struck down the abortion law.

However, all seven judges acknowledged that the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the unborn, and they did not establish a constitutional right to abortion.

The Charter does say, “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person”. Why the “right to life” does not ap-

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Your policy represents an assault on our fundamental freedoms, guaranteed by the Charter, namely freedom of conscience and religion. Without these freedoms, no other rights can remain secure Your blithe announcement that the abortion issue is settled in Canada couldn’t be further from the truth. You had only to look out your window to the grounds of the Parliament Buildings on May 8 to observe the some twenty thousand Canadians for whom the abortion issue is far from settled. A quick look at the results of the yearly Environics Poll will tell you that over 66%

of Canadians want some restriction on abortion. It is unfathomable to me that our country ranks with only a few others in the world in which there are no abortion restrictions, in which unborn babies can be killed for any or no reason at any time during the entire nine months of pregnancy!

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It’s happened again and again. I just don’t understand our federal politicians All Things when it comes to outright Considered refusal to consider offers being made to Canada by the Turks and Caicos Islands.

They want to join Canada and Johnny Baird said no way.

The Caicos and Turks folks have been checking in with Canada on a semi-regular basis for over 40 years, and they keep getting punted, and I don’t know why.

This string of islands, with only a few being actually inhabited, is home to a little more than 30,000 people, about the same as what you find on the Cayman Islands.

They have developed a strong tourism industry and are self-sufficient as a protectorate of the United Kingdom. They would prefer to be Canadian, but apparently we don’t want them. Too much sand? Too warm and balmy in winter? Anti-freeze sales too low in January?

Too many four-star accommodations?

Ask Johnny Baird the most recent government honcho to say no to the Turks and Caicos visitors who made another pitch to Ottawa a couple of weeks ago.

Let’s see, the last island we agreed to take on was in 1949 and Newfoundland has worked out pretty well.

They’ve been one of our “have” provinces for over 10 years. They, Alberta and Saskatchewan have been paying the way for the rest of the Canadian team for a few years now.

Baird and Stevie Wonder that Harper Boy, keep insisting we have some kind of stranglehold on a desolute Arctic island that we and Denmark keep arguing about.

Apparently a cold and stormy island is preferable over a palm-leafed sandy oasis. I know we take pride in being kind of tough when it comes to adverse weather conditions, but c’mon guys, this might be our last shot at being really warm in January and still be in Canada! And yes, I’m not buying that Kelowna or Victoria warmth story … sorry.

The U.S. showed a little guts in the 1950’s. They took on both warm and cold by embracing Alaska and Hawaii and then annexing Puerto Rico. How has that worked out for them?

We took on the cold, and then said no mas?

Are we afraid to have an 11th province? If so, we could merely annex Turks and Caicos and embrace it as our own protectorate. That way they could continue to run a separate government, but would use Canadian cash and infrastructure, and we’d get to visit them in February and dump the snow boots for a week.

Yes, there would be problems, but it’s not like we’d be asking our federal government to solve any of them.

They already do a pretty good job of dodging and mumbling their way through a bunch of “not much” already, so why would another 30,000 friendly people be a big issue?

Saskatchewan has already agreed to annex Caicos and Turks even if Johnny doesn’t like the idea. Premier Bradley doesn’t have to listen to Johnny if he doesn’t want to … so there!

Welcome to Saskatchewan, Turks and Caicos, we’ll teach you how to skate and cultivate, and you’ll teach us how to relax and surf. And if we run into logistical problems, we’ll get Stevie and Johnny to help us out with a Royal Commission on something to study the situation and report back no later than 2021. That will be about the same time that oil pipeline thing is solved and Rob Ford decides to step aside as Mayor of TO and Western Canada is welcomed into the Confederation of Canada.

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Crops are good, when seed is in ground

Seeding equipment was prepped and the planting in southeast Saskatchewan was ramped up for a new season of growth.

The crop specialist said she had heard that there had been some grain car movement to and from grain terminals and elevators in the southeast during the last week, but with farmers busy in the fields now, she wasn’t certain if that outward flow could be maintained.

“There is more grain getting into the cars now, and its moving, but it could be a year before there is any catch-up,” she said.

“Soybeans and corn are the hot topic in the

southeast this year, and north of Weyburn they’re talking about a lot of flax because the prices are decent so far,” Friesen added.

Acreage is also up for lentils and peas, even though those crops suffered from root rot a year earlier.

“Thos crops require minimum input, and the market for them is there,” she said.

Local producers are expected to plant the traditional volume of durum and red spring wheat again this year and there is still a lot of canola seed going into the

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ground this spring.

“It’s hard to tell what happens with canola, it could be another great year for them,” she said, referring to the canola farmers.

About nine million acres of Saskatchewan land is being devoted to the traditional spring wheat crop this year while acres sown into durum wheat will be down about 200,000 acres and canola could be up by a similar number.

Soybeans will be seeded in 170,000 to 200,000 acres, said Friesen. Because

they take longer to mature and require a lot of sun and heat, they pretty well needed to be in the ground by now.

“Cattle herds are being moved into good pasture land, but, of course, if the pasture grass is growing well, so are the weeds,” she said.

In the local region, farmers will be on the lookout for outbreaks of fusariam, and on the pest front, the first report is promising with only a few diamondbacks being spotted so far.

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were in the ground, an increase of 22 per cent over mid-May’s crop report.

The southwest region had made the most progress with over 80 per cent of their land seeded, while the southeast and east-central regions were still at 58 and 52 per cent.

Topsoil moisture conditions were deemed surplus or adequate.

“We had reports of fertilizer shortages earlier on, but I believe the suppliers have caught up with demand now,” Friesen said.

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“Mother Nature hasn’t been all that kind to us in the southeast part of the province,” said Shannon Friesen, a crop specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture who works from their Moose Jaw field office.

“It just dries up a bit, then it rains again,” she said on May 29 with just 58 per cent of the available farm acreage in the southeast having been seeded. It was expected to increase to about 65 per cent by the time the rains arrived again on June 1, to once again put a halt to proceedings.

“More than likely there’s a bit more land being put back into production, more land recovered since the 2011 flood,” said Friesen, noting that the bowl-like land masses around Macoun, Midale, Benson and Lampman might yield up a few more acres that could be seeded this time around.

“There won’t be any panic until around mid-June because the frost generally comes a bit later in the southeast, usually between September 15 and 23. That means seeding can go on a bit later.”

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Police handle variety of incidents involving illegal activities Estevan Police Service members were involved in a number of activities during the past week including investigations into illegal drug use, traffic violations that caused damage to a local business and a steady run of alcohol-related infractions.

On May 28, EPS members initiated a traffic stop in the central part of the city that resulted in a 21-year-old man being arrested for being intoxicated in public and for being in possession of a controlled substance, marijuana. The man now has a June 30 court date.

On that same day shift, another driver was stopped and was subsequently issued a 24-hour suspension of his driver’s licence following a breathalyzer test.

A 30-day suspension of a driver’s licence was issued to a young driver who was listed as a Novice 2 operator. He too had registered a significant level of impairment (over .04 per cent) on a breathalyzer test.

City police also issued a number of tickets under the Traffic Safety and Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Acts during the day shift. Those charges included such things as speeding, operating an unregistered vehicle and violations of several city bylaws.

On the night of May 29, EPS members were dispatched to the central part of the city to follow up on a report of a man who had punched and broken a mirror and a wall. The 29-year-old was lodged in cells until sober after being charged with mischief. He now has a July 7 court date.

During that same shift, an 18-year-old woman was arrested and charged with being in possession of controlled substances, namely marijuana and hashish. She will make her first court appearance on July 7.

Police next attended to the central part of the city in response to a noise complaint. A 37-year-old woman was charged under

the city’s bylaw for making loud, unnecessary noises.

During a patrol of the city’s recreational areas on the night of May 30, EPS members visited the local skateboard park where they ended up charging one young person for being in possession of alcohol.

Other than that singular incident, police noted that a large group of young people were having a good time in the park, enjoying the weather and were happy to display some of their impressive skateboard skills to the police officers who appreciated their skilled efforts.

Later that night police were called to a west side convenience store in response to a report of a vehicle jumping the sidewalk and crashing through the window on the northside of the business. Damage was extensive but police reported that no one was injured. The truck then left the scene without notifying the property owners but police were able to quick-

Crews respond to pole fire Estevan Police Service personnel along with Estevan Fire Rescue Service members and SaskPower employees were engaged in the extinguishing of a fire on a power pole on Souris Ave. on Sunday.

The event absorbed a significant amount of time before power could be restored to that area of the city.

A towing company was called to remove two vehicles parked near the scene that were blocking access to the damaged pole.

A portion of the road was blocked off to traffic as Estevan Fire Rescue and SaskPower employees completed their work, which consisted of shutting down power to a portion of the city, extinguishing the fire and then the placement of a temporary power pole since the top por-

tion of the damaged pole had been burned significantly causing it to snap and topple to the ground where the two vehicles had been parked.

EPS members were engaged in securing the area, making it safe and restricting traffic in the area to accommodate the work.

It was noted that due to the intensity and frequency of the weather conditions in the area between Friday and Sunday, SaskPower employees spent a hectic weekend dealing with power line issues.

All’s well that ends well, however, as power was eventually restored using the temporary pole, which will be replaced by a more permanent structure in the near future and normal traffic flow was able to resume along Souris near the water tower later that same day.

ly identify and locate the 57-year-old driver of the vehicle and arrested him for driving while impaired and for hit and run.

When the driver was taken into custody and transported to the police station, he refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, so he was charged accordingly and held in cells until regaining sobriety. He now has a July 21 court date.

Police responded to two RID (report impaired drivers) calls during the course of the May 30 night shift. Both vehicles were located and the drivers submitted to police investigations and roadside tests and were found to be sober, so no further action was required. EPS members said later that they appreciate receiving the calls because it indicates the citizens are willing to assist in watching for and identifying possible impaired drivers within the city.

EPS members also made a couple of residential visits in response to calls complaining about noisy parties. In both instances, a warning to the homeowners was sufficient.

On May 31, EPS members were called to an apartment building and to a local business in regards to people being caught in stalled elevators. In both instances the people were only trapped inside for a short period. In the case of the apartment complex, the power was restored shortly after the incident occurred, putting the elevator back in

service while in the case of the business, Estevan Fire Rescue Service personnel attended the scene and were able to open the door to free the one passenger stuck inside.

A call from a frantic parent put EPS members into action mode on May 31. The parent had discovered a note from the child indicating that the youngster was running away. While police were gathering information from family members, the young person in question returned home, unharmed.

Another couple of calls were placed with police regarding a man blocking a road and causing a disturbance. In both instances, the callers suggested the man was potentially violent, and they were frightened due to his actions.

When police arrived on the scene and approached the man, he resisted their efforts to control the situation, so he was taken to the ground, arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest.

The man later admitted that he had ingested an illegal drug.

The next call to police involved a possible suicidal male. He was subsequently located by members of the Estevan detachment of the RCMP and transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital for evaluation of his mental condition.

A domestic disturbance in the central part of the city attracted police attention on May 31. Police learned the dispute was

being waged over a child custody issue. Police were informed of the custody agreement and the woman who was responsible for the disturbance eventually departed the area without further incident.

On June 1, EPS members responded to an emergency call from an elderly woman who believed someone was inside her residence. When police attended the scene they were unable to locate anyone and there was no indication of a forced entry, so they concluded that this was an unfounded incident.

Another call to police on June 1 came from a concerned father who asked them to check on his son who was living in Estevan. The father provided an address, but when police arrived there they learned that the man had recently moved, but information provided by another resident at the apartment helped them finally located the man who, they learned, was safe. He was instructed by police to call his family to let them know he was okay.

A call from a third party regarding a possible domestic dispute was responded to by police. The caller had indicated that a couple were arguing and yelling. Police attended the scene and while speaking with them, learned that they admitted they were yelling, but no one was hurt and no physical altercation had ensued, which police were able to confirm before departing.

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Council Briefs

News and notes from the May 26 regular meeting of Estevan city council

Repairs ongoing after water treatment fire In the monthly water quality report, author Kevin Sutter, water treatment plant manager noted the City’s water tower was broken into on April 21.

Suspects were arrested by RCMP members who assisted the Estevan Police Service, and the individuals were questioned. The facility was inspected and water samples were sent for analysis.

Results indicated the water quality was not compromised and the operations went back on line.

The report also noted the motor control centre, which was damaged in last year’s fire at the treatment plant is now undergoing repair.

“We are operating on a temporary electrical distribution grid while this work is being done,” said Sutter in the report. He noted there were several delays in reconstruction because the insurance company wanted to do more investigating into the cause.

All equipment has now been ordered and the project will likely be complete by the end of July. *** Council passed the first reading of a new bylaw amendment, which would see the zoning of the property on 1138 First Street be changed from residential low density single detached to residential medium density.

The rezoning applicant is proposing to demolish the

existing single-detached house and develop the site with a four-unit row house. Each building will be two stories and there will be seven parking stalls to accommodate potential residents.

With first reading of the bylaw, the proposal will move to the public consultation stage. *** Council approved landscaping work around the Wellock water reservoir. The landscaping will be completed for $15,783 and the irrigation system will be installed for $6,420. Work will include the installation of fencing. *** The building report for April was released as part of council’s package and showed the totals in April and through the year to this point are both up in terms of dollar value from 2013 figures.

Seven permits were ordered, totaling $1.851 million in April, up from $1.255 million last year in the same month.

The City has issued 48 permits so far in 2014 for $6.915 million. That total is an increase from last year’s $5.294 million collected from 45 permits from January to April. ***

Regens Disposal submitted its report for April, outlining the pick up and removal of garbage and recycling around the city in that month.

The average weight of recycling per cart was 11.0 kilograms, totaling 37,754 kg across the city.

The trash numbers showed an average weight of 18.9 kg per cart, totaling 222,517 kg of trash throughout April. *** Estevan’s newest councillor Trevor Knibbs, who was elected to the open council seat in a byelection this past spring, was appointed the City’s representative on a number of committees, including the Estevan Bruins hockey club, the Creighton Lodge management committee and the Woodlawn Regional Park Authority.

He was also assigned to Estevan Housing, after fellow Coun. Kevin Smith, who had been appointed to that board, noted a conflict of interest. *** Mayor Roy Ludwig recognized the efforts of the community members who have volunteered their time at the Warm Welcome shelter that houses the city’s homeless during the coldest months of the year. About 15 were present in the council chambers to receive their certificates of appreciation from the City.

American woman guilty of smuggling guns over border this year. In 2013, officers in North Portal seized seven prohibited firearms, nine restricted firearms and 123 prohibited devices.

The CBSA advises all travellers that they are required to declare all goods they are bringing into Canada, including any firearms and weapons in their possession.

Failure to declare goods, including firearms, and other Customs Act contraventions may lead to prosecution in a court of law.

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SARCAN now housing defibrillator Estevan Diversified Services was the happy recipient of a new defibrillator unit last week.

Presenting the group with the new potentially life-saving machine were representatives from the local Kinsmen Club, a group that has made it partly their mission to distribute defibrillators to places where they are needed around the community.

Byron Stepp, Kinsmen member, noted they have now donated six units to various places around the area and the machines sell for about $3,000 each.

“Our mandate is serving the community’s greatest need, and we consider this a huge need,” said Stepp. “We’re also very closely tied to Estevan Diversified Services, which was formerly known as the Work Kin Shop, and the word kin was in there for a reason.”

The Kinsmen meet in the building themselves and they use the coffee room for their meetings.

“We kind of had a moment there where we

The Estevan Kinsmen Club donated a defibrillator to Estevan Diversified Services last week. The new unit will be installed and reside in the SARCAN building. had given away five of EDS, she let him know these things already,” they were lacking and noted Stepp, and just a would be interested in a couple of weeks ago he unit. was surprised to learn EDS “It was unanimous was not equipped with a among the club members defibrillator yet. to let’s get this done. I When meeting recent- think within eight days it ly with Roberta DeRosier, was here ready for presenFARM EQUIPMENT program co-ordinator at tation,” said Stepp.

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The new defibrillator will be housed in the SARCAN building. DeRosier said the staff is excited to have that machine available to them in emergencies.

“It’s huge. It’s a lifesaving device. We actually had a gentleman here who

had a heart attack about three years ago. Who knows when the next one is going to be? It’s invaluable to have that here,” said DeRosier, noting the defibrillator is a great addition on site for both employees and clients.

“There’s a huge need

here,” added Stepp, who noted the club has previously donated to a number of schools in the city.

“Next year, (we will donate one) to wherever it’s needed. Obviously, if there’s a need and it fits the mandate of the club, let us know.”

DeRosier said there are several people on staff who have received their first-aid training. Part of that certification requires users to be trained on defibrillators.

“It’s an incredible gift, and it has the potential to be a huge gift,” she said.

Kinsmen raise money in order to supply others with goods and funds throughout the year and the donation of defibrillators is just one of their projects.

“What we do to raise money for this is our Kinsmen Christmas Tree, our Dream Vacation Lottery and our Kinsmen Golf Tournament, which is coming up here right away,” Stepp said. “It’s just community things here, there and everywhere.”

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Garage Sale

Sacred Heart/Sacré Coeur School held a garage sale in the gymnasium over the weekend. Jade Beriault, left, and Haylee Kallis check out what was available on the tables during the two-day event from May 30 to 31.

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ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITY

Please call 306-634-1800 for any concerns.

The City of Estevan will be doing maintenance work to ensure good water quality for all users of City water. This work includes the turning of main water valves around the City, and flushing large quantities of water from various hydrants in each area. The water is still safe to use, and if your water appears discolored during the days your area is scheduled for this work (see schedule below), please run a faucet for a few minutes until the water is clear again. If the water remains dirty for a longer period, please contact City Hall at (306) 634 - 1800 to let us know.

Thank you for your understanding during this important maintenance!

CITY OF ESTEVAN – 2014 WATERMAIN FLUSHING SCHEDULE Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - May 30, June 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2014 Area Bounded by City Cemetery on the North, King Street on the South, Sister Roddy Road on the West (formerly Woodlawn Avenue), and Souris Road (Hwy 47N) on the East (includes Dominion Heights, Pleasantdale, and Royal Heights regions, as well as Cundall Drive, Woodend Place, Chinook Bay and Hwy 47N Service Road)

KEEP

CLEAN

The Keep It Clean Campaign is a Community Pride Program to keep our City clean all year long. Volunteers are critical to this campaign and each person can make a difference in the appearance of the City by not littering and picking up litter whenever you can.

City of Estevan Public Notice The Council of the City of Estevan, pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007, gives notice of its intention to amend Zoning Bylaw #2010-1834 & the corresponding Zoning Map as hereinafter provided:

Consideration is being given to amend the Zoning Bylaw Map by rezoning Lot 1 & 23, Block 68, Registered Plan M4929 [1138 First Street], Estevan, Saskatchewan, from the existing ‘Residential Low Density Single-Detached Zone (R1)’ to the ‘Residential Medium Density Zone (R3)’; Reason: Rezoning is being undertaken to support a proposed row house (4 units) Residential dwelling development.

The City will complete a City Wide Pick up from June 16 to June 20 2014.

Only the following will be picked up: • Bags of leaves & garden waste • bundled branches less than 4’ long and 6” in diameter • There will be no call backs whatsoever • Material for removal must be placed at the REGULAR GARBAGE PICK UP SPOT by June 20, 2014 at 8:00am.

Please ensure that only materials that you wish to dispose of are placed at that location.

In conjunction with this campaign the landfill will also be open free to Residents of Estevan

For the Weekend of June 20, 21 and 22, 2014 You can assist by: • Walking through a park near you and picking up litter • Picking up litter on your property, back lanes and boulevards around your property • Picking up litter anywhere you see it Guidelines for free Disposal (Proof of Residency) • Items allowed to be dropped off for free include furniture, tree branches and regular and regular household garbage and does not include appliances that contain Freon.

• Items “not” allowed anytime: all hazardous materials, tires, paint, computer components, televisions, propane tanks, oil and petroleum by products.

• All loads must be completely covered or secured to prevent littering while in transport • Any waste from rural customers “ Will not be accepted Free”

EAGM 2014 Summer Art Camps

The Estevan Art Gallery isrt excited After School A Club to announce our upcoming Summer Art Camps for childrenFor aged 7 – 12. aCamps each week. Children are children ged 7 –run 13. Monday Free to -aThursday ttend, transportation encouragedincluded. to bring a Rsnack.

Cost is 2 $50/child/week. unning April 9, 30, May 1 from 3:30 – Pre‐registration is required, call aKarly at 634‐7644 5:00pm.

Call Karly t 634-­‐7644 for mfor ore more info info. or to July 7 – 10:register.

Art Explosions Use science experiments to create unique and

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9am – Noon OR 1pm – 4pm

The Pinterest Challenge

July 14 – 17: ArtcOutdoors Use mother as your artistic Craft lub for adults based onature n projects found on inspiration… and your canvas!

9amon –A Noon 1pm7–-­‐9pm.

4pm $20/person. Call Pinterest pril 2OR 4 from

The amending Bylaw (#2014-1942) may be inspected by any person at the Legislative Services Business Division, City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, between the hours of 8:00am-4:30pm Monday to Friday.

City Council, at it’s meeting to be held on Monday, June 30, 2014, at 7:30pm in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan will hear any person(s) wishing to be heard with respect to the proposed rezoning bylaw and will further consider any written submissions respecting the proposed zoning amendment, provided such intentions and/or submissions are received by the City Clerk’s Office, Legislative Services, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A 0W7 no later than 12:00 pm on Thursday, June 26, 2014.

Dated at the City of Estevan this 28th Day of May, 2014

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL?

“promoting the arts in OUR community”

VISUAL ARTS

Karly t 634-­‐7644 for mCreate ore information or to rpassport egister. and use it to July 21 – 24: Art a Around the World your own artistic explore art and culture around the globe! 9am – Noon OR 1pm – 4pm

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.

register.

July 31 @ 6:30: Closing Art Camp Reception Students, families and friends are invited to a Family closing A camp rt reception. Students will select 1 – 2 pieces of artwork to display in the Refreshments will be aserved.

Art gallery. and craft class for parents nd toddlers. Parents must p articipate.

F or a ges 1 8 m onths and up. art May 1, 8, May 14, 21, Beginner Basics Art Class - Join us for a four ‐week adult class, @710am. $5/family.

Call Karly t 634-­‐7644 fcolour, or more 81, June 4 15 from – 9pm/covering the basics ofaperspective, shading and info or to rInstructed egister. by artist Judy Swallow. Call Karly at 634-‐7644 for design. $100/person.

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.

Beginner Drawing

July 28 – 31: Art and Advertising Working with the Estevan Mercury, you will creA beginner basic drawing class for kids aged 11 – 17. ate ads for real businesses in Estevan that will be featured in the paper! We will Instructed by Judy Swallow on April 30th at 7pm. also create our own original ads and branding. $20/person.

Call Karly at 634-­‐7644 for more info or to 9am – Noon OR 1pm – 4pm

more info or to register.

The Pinterest Challenge Adult art class - featuring crafts found on Pinterest!

May 29th and June 26th @ 7pm. $20/person. Call Karly at 634‐7644 to register.

Family Art - A hands on art program for parents and toddlers. Ages 18 months and up. Parents must attend. June 5, 12, 19 @10am. $5/family. Call Karly at 634-7644 to register.

STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN

Contact us for more information on our programs

www.estevanartscouncil.com 306-634-3942

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June 4, 2014

Wednesday

“We’re thankful for the growth we’ve had, and this is the next stepping stone.”

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– Nathan Wilhelm

Off-site construction plan sends Wilhelm to YEA

By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan will need housing quickly and reliably for years to come and one local construction entrepreneur is taking his plan to help implement that in the Energy City to the national stage.

Wilhelm Construction began building off-site residences earlier this year with a condo development on Second Street. The company, led by Nathan Wilhelm, is now looking to put a few more chips into the building model’s pot.

What started with one project is something he hopes to see bloom into an effective way to deal with Estevan’s lack of affordable housing.

Wilhelm is one of nine people entered in the Business Development Bank of Canada’s Young Entrepreneur award. He represents Saskatchewan in the contest, with an entry out of Moose Jaw claiming the top prize last year.

The award comes with a $100,000 prize and Wilhelm said that would go toward implementing the off-site construction plan.

“We would use the award funds to develop a business strategy and growth plan. The key milestones are to have the strategy plan in place by August,” said Wilhelm.

They hope to begin further construction by this fall.

To win the award, Wilhelm needs the city’s votes

Nathan Wilhelm is both Estevan’s and Saskatchewan’s nominee vying for the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, a national prize with a $100,000 award for the winner. If he wins, Wilhelm will put the funds toward expanding his company’s off-site housing projects. (photo submitted) and people may vote once per day until the voting closes on June 12. There is a link on Wilhelm Construction’s website, as well as by visiting www.bdc. ca/yea The winner will be announced June 18.

Off-site manufacturing is fairly new to Saskatchewan, with companies employing those methods only for the past five years or so.

Wilhelm said dealing

with the desire to grow the company, as well as how to recruit new employees to aid in an increased workload, spurred them on to invest more resources into developing the off-site model of construction.

“That’s why we looked at going to off-site construction housing because there are markets in the States that don’t have labour shortages and we can’t get enough skilled people.

Even if we were able to, where would they live?”

If they had 50 lots to develop, by using the resources already in place at manufacturing facilities they could place an order with two or three different facilities and have those houses constructed in a short period of time, something Estevan needs.

“You could lay it out and have 50 or 60 homes here in six months,” he

said, noting housing studies have shown the city needs 2,000 new housing units by 2025, roughly 154 every year.

On site, the mechanical and electrical hook ups need to be finished as well as completing flooring at the “marriage lines.” There is also some drywall work and structural connections with the foundation.

“A typical bungalow, you should be able to turn it over to the owner within 30 to 45 days.

“Our intent going for the award was to help Wilhelm Construction get to that next level. I was born and raised in Estevan and have been in the community running the company for seven years now. You always hear of the struggles of housing in Estevan, and not only housing but affordable housing, and we looked at this as a crossroads with our company.”

The company is now wrapping up its first project. While they add the off-site construction side of their business, Wilhelm Construction will be continuing its industrial and commercial work as well.

With an estimated completion time for the condos at the end of June, the common areas and corridors are at the drywall stage and crews are cleaning the suites.

“The challenge going forward will be how do we help Estevan as a community get their heads around

this idea,” said Wilhelm.

“It hasn’t been easy dealing with local building code officials because it is a new concept.”

They have to ensure everything meets the same building codes as any other construction.

Wilhelm hopes the nomination for the award will help them gain some exposure.

“The southeast corner, sometimes you’re tucked away, and it’s tough to get the exposure on a national level. Also, we’ve been in the community for seven years. We’re thankful for the growth we’ve had, and this is the next stepping stone. We want to show the community we’re doing everything possible to help with the housing shortage.”

Getting the Wilhelm Construction name out to other cities across Western Canada that may see housing shortages themselves is an added bonus.

“We have two options.

We can be doing nothing about the housing shortage and plateau with our growth and expansion, or we can accept the turning point of meeting the housing shortage head on by expanding (Wilhelm Construction) in the direction of off-site housing construction.”

Wilhelm Construction is trusting this building model will be what the city needs to develop the residential properties necessary to meet the housing needs.

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According to CEO of Westmoreland Coal’s Canadian operations, it’s easier to do business in Saskatchewan because the people here understand resource development.

Keith Alessi, Westmoreland’s choice to guide their newly acquired Canadian coal mining operations, including those near the Energy City, spoke to about 30 members of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce on Thursday afternoon during a luncheon held in the Taylorton Room at the Days Inn. The $946 million deal that saw Westmoreland purchase southern Saskatchewan coal mining operations

from Sherritt International just closed in April.

Alessi, who now controls company operations out of Edmonton for their international operators in Colorado, holds dual citizenship. He said his parents came from Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich., and he received his post-secondary degrees at the University of Michigan and Wayne State.

He has also served as an adjunct professor at Washington and Lee University Law School and had been a senior executive officer for several public and private corporations before joining Westmoreland.

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“It’s nice to be in front of a friendly audience,” Alessi joked, noting that Westmoreland has a rich and lengthy history in the United States that dates back even further than the Western Canadian operations. He said his company expanded their operations into the western U.S. in 2000, and when the opportunity arose to purchase Western Canadian surface mines, it became an obvious choice. He said Westmoreland currently operates

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“We’re familiar with your model,” he said, noting that coal-fired power plants continue to be the most cost effective thermal power practices as they are built close to the fuel source, thus eliminating hefty transportation costs.

The company now mines about 50 million tonnes from the 12 mines they own.

“We’ll get with your program here, and yes, we’re still going to support your local hockey team(s).

Estevan is one of the larger centres our company works with. We usually have our mines near small communi-

ties. What clearly drew us to Canada was the regulatory situation because the moves here are sane, and we can understand them. It’s a lot worse in the States. Here the government is supportive and has an understanding of the business. Here, our future is in the hands of SaskPower, as long as they want to power with coal, we’ll be here to mine it.”

Alessi said that generally speaking Westmoreland flies below the business radar and only achieves a higher recognition factor in the communities they serve, but they hide nothing and since they are a publiclytraded company, access to their corporate information is easy.

“We have a pretty informal, and pretty flat administrative structure. Our head office in Denver has 30 people and in Edmonton, well, I’m only four people away from your dragline operators.”

Alessi said Westmoreland is comfortable dealing with a unionized employee base including the United Mine Workers and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and they boast of a good safety and environmental record, noting that environmental regulations are much stricter in the United States than they are in Saskatchewan.

On the subject of clean coal, Alessi said “it’s sound science. It could be a game changer. I’m sure you’ve been receiving truckloads of industry observers at Boundary Dam.” Alessi said when countries such as India, China and Germany are ramping up coal-fired power plant

construction, it bodes well for his industry. “I just hope clean coal is viable. But whatever the costs in social policy or environmental standards, it ultimately gets passed on to the consumer as is the case with everything else.”

Alessi noted that on the environmental front, the coal industry will provide answers, just as they helped rid North America of the acid rain concerns a few decades back.

“That plant you have out there runs pretty clean already. That’s steam, not gases coming out of those stacks,” he said.

The new Canadian corporate boss said Westmoreland was very pleased with the acquisition of the activated carbon plant near Bienfait as part of the deal and in concert with their partners, will probably expand operations there, which could lead to the hiring of 15 more people, and it wasn’t beyond the realm of possibility that a second facility could be added to the mix as early as 2016.

The Kingsford briquette plant is another proud addition to the company’s fold, he noted.

Alessi said he would be attending a large rally with Premier Brad Wall in Regina on the evening of that same day, before returning to Edmonton, and he expected he would be making several visits to the local mine over the next few months.

In the meantime, he suggested, the local coal company will be adding between $40 and $50 million to the local economy and be happy in doing so.

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15-13-20-33 Eighteen new licenses licenses issued issued to May 2013 Twelve to Thursday, Friday, May 30,2,2014 14A053 Panther 3 ............................................

Husky Oungre East Hz ......................................... 1A4-11-4B4-2-1-12 13B037 KRC Cantal South DD ..................................................................................................4D16-18-2D16-18-5-33 13D207 CPEC Glen Ewen N Hz..................................................................................................... 2A3-3-3B10-34-3-1 14E372 ALDON Minard S Hz .............................................................................................................. 1D9-2-4D9-1-6-7 14D258 Vortex 3 ....................................................NAL Oungre Hz ............................................8C13-34-2C4-10-2-13 12J237 Phase et al Manor .............................................................................................................................10-11-8-1 13D208 CPEC Viewfield Hz .........................................................................................................3C5-28-2D8-28-7-10 14E354 ALDON Weyburn Hz ..........................................................................................................1A1-5-2A1-32-5-14 11J193 14C213 Panther 4 ..................................................

Spartant Hardy .............................................................15A-2-6-21 Triwest Alameda East SWD ................................................................................................................16-9-4-2 13D243 Red Beds Gainsborough Hz ....................................................................................... 4A16-14-3A14-13-2-30 14E401 STARTAN Bryant Hz ..................................................................................................... 2D13-21-1C15-20-5-7 11H433 Kinwest 08 Alameda .........................................................................................................................11-28-3-3 13E002 Kingland Auburnton Hz .....................................................................................................4D16-1-2C15-1-6-2 14E406 SPARTAN Bryant Hz ........................................................................................................ 1D13-21-1C-28-5-7 13C125 CPEC Viewfield Hz ..................................................................................................... 7D15-29-3D15-32-10-6 13E001 Petrex et al Queensdale W Hz ........................................................................................3D8-27-2B11-27-6-2 14E389 Legacy Viewfield Hz .......................................................................................................... 1C2-33-1C4-33-7-8 12G154 Silver Spur Viewfield Hz ...................................................................................................... 4C13-3-4B4-3-7-7 14E392 ALDON Weyburn 2Hz .................................................................................................... 3C13-2-4C13-11-7-12 13B299 CPEC Viewfield Hz .......................................................................................................

3D16-23-2D16-26-9-8 14B345 Red Beds et al Winmore ....................................................................................................................

9-36-1-31 14E416 SPARTAN Workman V1U Hz ............................................................................................ 4C3-1-2D11-1-2-32 13B127 CPEC Veiwfield Hz ............................................................................................................1D1-24-2D1-19-8-8 12K341 PBEN Moosomin ............................................................................................................................ 13-31-13-31 12K076 Advance #4 . ............................................

CPEC Viewfield Hz ...........................................6C12-2-4C12-3-8-9 14E426 V4OC Florence Hz ............................................................................................................ 3D14-36-2D6-1-2-1 12E307 CPEC Viewfield .................................................................................................................3C4-12-3D1-12-9-9 10E269 Mosaic Esterhazy 2 EH .................................................................................................................. 12-22-19-33 12E169 ......................................................V40C Tableland Hz .........................................1A1-14-4D16-2-1-11 14E418 DZ #1 SPARTAN Queesndale East Hz .....................................................................................

3C5-25-6D16-26-6-1 13C062 CPEC Viewfield ..............................................................................................................2C12-19-1C16-24-8-9 10G299 CPEC Wawota .................................................................................................................................

8-13-12-33 14E412 NAL Torquay Hz............................................................................................................3B13-22-1C13-34-1-12 12C096 CPEC Viewfield WSW .........................................................................................................................9-10-8-9 12J237 Phase et al Manor .............................................................................................................................. 10-11-8-1 14E424 NAL Oungre Hz .................................................................................................................4A1-14-3A1-11-2-14 12J173 CVE Weyburn .................................................................................................................................15-26-6-12 11J193 Triwest Alameda East SWD ................................................................................................................. 16-9-4-2 14E425 RROI Ryerson Hz ............................................................................................................

NAL Oungre Hz .................................................................................................................8A1-14-4B4-12-2-14 13B039 4B1-24-2D1-13-7-30 13A034 CPEC Hoffer Hz .................................................................................................................3A4-14-4B4-2-1-13 13C162 FCL Carlyle DD .................................................................................................................. 2C9-19-1C9-19-8-2 12L261 Shooting Star Fairlight ......................................................................................................................1-20-11-30 13A116 CVE Weyburn ..................................................................................................................................8-18-6-13 12i200 Sundance Ochapowace ................................................................................................................... 16-32-17-3 13B239 Questerre et al Ryerson Hz .............................................................................................. 3B4-32-3A4-31-8-30 12J008 CVE Weyburn ...............................................................................................................................12-30T-6-13 11H433 Kinwest 08 Alameda .......................................................................................................................... 11-28-3-3 12B395 VOC Redvers .......................................................................................................................................6-8-7-31 10B263 Arc Tribune ......................................................................................................................................15-32-3-14 14B152 Legacy Pinto Hz ................................................................................................................. 3C15-6-2D14-7-1-5 12K341 ............................................................................................................................13-31-13-31 14B335 PBEN Moosomin Ensign #651 ...................................

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SaskTel ditching EV-DO service SaskTel announced May 29 its EV-DO data service, which operates on the Crown corporation’s CDMA network will be turned down on Sept. 30.

CDMA devices will continue to operate on the CDMA network after the EV-DO turn-down using the 1X data service.

“SaskTel is committed to providing Saskatchewan residents with the best wireless networks in the province, however, as networks evolve, it becomes necessary to turn down older networks,” said Ron Styles, SaskTel president and CEO. “We will be repurposing the 850 Mhz spectrum that powers the

EV-DO data service and dedicating that spectrum to adding capacity to our 4G/LTE network provincewide.”

SaskTel’s roaming partner is also turning down their EV-DO data service on their CDMA network in most of BC and Alberta by July. Customers will not notice any different in coverage, voice services or text messaging.

However, data service will be reduced to the slower 1X data speeds.

“We are encouraging customers to take advantage of our 4G/LTE data speeds and upgrade to a 4G/LTE phone,” added Styles.

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New president for the New Democrats Theresa Sabourin has taken a lead role in the NDP’s momentum-building as president of the party.

Sabourin was acclaimed to the role Saturday at the 2014 NDP convention in Moose Jaw. “Cam Broten is building something really exciting here. I want to be a part of that,” said Sabourin.

“There’s a real sense among people I talk to that the government just doesn’t get what’s important to them right now – things like the cost of everyday living, how jam-packed their kids’ classrooms are and how Lean is making our ERs more crowded and understaffed.

“But, they see that Cam Broten really is connected to those middle-class realities. We’re all gravitating to his common sense, and passion for the things we all really count on.”

Sabourin works in labour relations in the health care sector, has worked in the past with the Regina Humane Society and has extensive experience with the government of Manitoba.

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Grain Growers of Canada happy with passage of Fair Rail for Grain Farmers The Grain Growers of Canada was pleased last week with federal MPs and Senators from all sides with the passage of Bill C-30, the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act. Bill C-30 passed third reading in the Senate last week and was given Royal Assent May 29.

The GGC said the legislation is another important step in clearing the grain backlog and addressing Canada’s rail freight system deficiencies.

“We want to thank the government for listening to our concerns and taking further action to help clear the grain backlog. These measures build on the Order in Council provisions, and begin to move us towards a rail system that is more balanced and accountable,” said Art Enns, chair of the

Grain Growers of Canada’s Transportation Committee.

The new law will extend and codify the railway performance requirements contained in the March 7 Order in Council. It will also enable the regulatory authority to further define elements of service level agreements and allow for reciprocal penalties; establish an arbitration process for contractual disputes between farmers and grain companies; allow the extension of interswitching; and enhance monitoring and data collection.

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“A strong message needs to be sent to the

railways that they must live up to their obligations, and that there will be real consequences if they do not. Looking ahead, we will continue to stand-up for farmers by taking an active role in the regulatory consultations on the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act,

which need to begin as soon as possible. We also look forward to engaging in the upcoming Canada Transportation Act review, with the goal of ensuring a modern freight transportation system, with adequate rail capacity to better serve all commodities,” said Enns.

Saskatchewan proclaims Day of the Honey Bee Saskatchewan once again observed the annual Day of the Honey Bee on May 29.

“The Day of the Honey Bee recorgnizes the importance and value of the honey bee industry in Saskatchewan agriculture,” said Lyle Stewart, provincial agriculture minister.

“In addition to producing honey, bees play a valuable role in the pollination of crops in Saskatchewan.”

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per colony honey production in Canada,” added Jake Berg, Saskatchewan Beekeepers Association president. “We appreciate the provincial government’s recognition of this important sector and of the role of honey bees.”

Saskatchewan has about 100,000 colonies of bees, each producing an average of about 185 pounds (84 kilograms) of honey every year. In 2013, Saskatchewan beekeepers produced about 18.9 million pounds, or more than

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honey bees.

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Teachers guided students as they watched the TV spots and encouraged them to discuss and think critically about tobacco use. Students selected the winning ad as meeting criteria they felt was the most effective in helping them stay tobaccofree or make them think about quitting smoking.

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STC senior seat sale continues through June The Saskatchewan Transportation Company is extending its $12 senior seat sale by a month. Seniors aged 60 and over will continue to ride with STC throughout June for $12 one way.

STC president and CEO Shawn Grice said he hopes people are encouraged by the sale and will travel with the provincial transport company.

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“Encouraging our young people to make healthy choices is a priority for our government,” said Duncan. “View and Vote is a powerful tool to educate kids about the harmful effects of tobacco use.”

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Grade 6 to 12 students across the province voted for the ad that would help them stay tobacco-free or quit using tobacco products, and they chose Terrie’s Tip Memorial as the winner.

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Student athletes star in rodeo finals More than 120 of the top student rodeo competitors from across the province convened in Estevan on the weekend for the Saskatchewan High School Rodeo Association’s provincial finals.

The Estevan Exhibition Grounds were packed from Thursday through Sunday with rodeo events in the high school and junior high divisions, as well as a rodeo queen contest and a year-end awards banquet on Friday night.

Four local students competed in the finals.

Grade 12 students Casey and Callie Barbour made it to the short go performance on Sunday, which brings together the top contestants in each event from the long go.

Casey and Callie made it in the barrel racing event and Casey was the top local performer, finishing in eighth place. Callie finished ninth.

Casey will now head to the Canadian finals in Nanton, Alta.

Grade 10 student Kathleen Schiml and Grade 9 student Drew Dowhanuik also competed in the finals.

Results for them were not available at press time.

SHSRA national director Howard Floyd said he was very impressed by the job Estevan’s organization did.

“Estevan was a super host. We totally enjoyed our time in the city and felt very welcomed there by everyone.

“The organization was excellent. We pulled into the grounds Thursday at noon and everything was already ready to go. We had a very good support staff there helping us to be ready. Everything else went off without a hitch.”

There was a potential snag overnight Saturday night when rain and thunderstorms hit the city, but the short go in the high school division went ahead as scheduled on Sunday.

“When we got there Thursday, we were wondering what it would be like, but Thursday evening it cleared off and the weather was perfect. It stayed great all weekend. We did get some rain late Saturday night. The grounds in the arena are just phenomenal.

They can take a lot of water.

Despite the rain, we had the fastest barrel racing performance of the weekend in the short go,” Floyd said.

More than 20 volunteers, between the local group and the SHSRA board of directors, worked all weekend long to make the finals a success. There were also directors for each event.

The sport of rodeo is

renowned for its sportsmanship and it was no different in Estevan, Floyd said.

“We’ve got 120-plus kids there who are just giving it their all. Through the entire weekend, we saw great demonstrations of sportsmanship. That’s typical of the sport of rodeo. If somebody goes out and has a good run or a good tiedown roping time, they’re right there cheering on their buddies to beat them. That’s the nice thing about rodeo.”

This was the first time Estevan hosted the SHSRA provincials.

In the high school division, which includes Grades 9-12, the event winners were Calonna Slade (barrel racing), Bari Philips and Jaclyn Noll (girls goat tying), Bailey Briere (pole bending), Fayth Panchuk (girls breakaway roping), Greg Gillis (tie-down roping), Tyce McLeod (steer wrestling), Calder Peterson (bareback riding), J.B. Moen (saddle bronc and bull riding), Tee McLeod and Tyce McLeod (team roping), Cassandra Eaton (cutting) and Tyrel Hicks (light rifle and trap shooting).

In the junior high division, which covers Grades 6-8, the champions were Shelby Lockie (barrel racing), Paige Mizu (girls breakaway roping, pole

bending and girls goat tying), Ty Skene (tie-down roping), Dallyn Panchuk (chute dogging and boys breakaway roping), Colt Kornfeld (boys goat tying), Jud Colliness (junior bull riding), Kobe Kmita (two-handed steer riding), Riley McClintock and Shana Froshaug (team roping) and Panchuk and Amy Bowditch (ribbon roping).

A bull rider hangs onto his bull for dear life during Saturday’s performance.

(Photo by Jordan Baker)

Wolves move to 3-1 in Saskota play The Estevan Tower Wolves split their two games in the Saskota Baseball League last week.

The senior team extended their record to 3-0 on May 27 with an 11-2 drubbing of the Carnduff Astros at Lynn Prime Park.

Starting pitcher Kris Keating turned in a strong performance for the Wolves.

O n T h u r s d a y, t h e Wolves suffered their first loss of the young season, losing 6-2 to the Wawota Pats

in Wawota.

Estevan was set to host Carlyle last night. They will host Kenosee on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Entering last night’s action, the Wolves were in second place in the Saskota league with a winning percentage of .750.

The Carlyle Cardinals were the only remaining undefeated team, at 2-0.

The Astros and Kenosee Cubs each sat at 2-1, while the Pats and Oxbow

Chiefs were at 1-1. The Arcola Threshers and Lampman Pirates sat at 1-2, and the Redvers A’s rounded out the bottom at 0-4.

In other action on Thursday, Carnduff beat Kenosee 6-2, Oxbow defeated Redvers 9-6 and Carlyle edged Arcola 2-0.

In Wednesday’s only game Kenosee dumped Redvers 10-3.

On May 27, Wawota and Arcola tied 6-6, while Lampman edged Oxbow 8-7.

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Birdies vault Melle to first in OTS win Estevan’s Anthony Melle finished with back-to-back birdies on the way to collecting his first victory at the Oilfield Technical Society’s annual golf tournament at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club over the weekend.

He struggled throughout the weekend on the front nine holes, but made up for it on the back. On Sunday, after posting a 40 on the front, he shot 33 on the back with five birdies on his way to a 73, one shot ahead of Mike Ross and Scott Dutton. ­“I started slow. I think I was 11over combined for the two rounds on the front nine and I was seven-under (on the back),” said Melle after Sunday’s round. “I don’t know. There’s a little more shot shaping. I drove the ball really well on the back, and I just had short wedges in and made my putts.”

He knocked his tee shot on the par-3 17th hole to within a couple of feet to make birdie.

“I knew Mike had me by one going into 18. I was over (the hazard) in two and so was he. But he chipped on and three-putted. I hit a bad chip to about 25 feet and drained the putt, so I didn’t know how I was looking but I played well on the back.”

After opening Sunday four over par, Melle said he wasn’t particularly discouraged considering how he played the final nine holes the day before. He had good feelings and felt comfortable on Woodlawn’s newest holes.

He missed a short par putt on 10 but made up for it on the driveable 11th hole, which he hit with a 3-iron.

“From there I just started making birdies,” he said, adding that golfing with Ross helped him elevate his game. “Playing with Mike, he’s a good competitor and I play better when I’m playing with better golfers.”

Finishing in second place was Ross, who was the leader going into the last few holes but he fell out of the lead after bogeying his final three, which Melle played in two under par. Ross shot a 74 on Sunday.

Dutton finished third, shooting a 74, but that was after getting off to a hot start on the front nine, posting a 34.

There were 16 qualifiers in the championship flight, though the weekend saw one of the biggest registrations the tournament has ever seen, with more than 400 golfers teeing it up in either the 36 or 18-hole event. The 18-hole tournament was won by Matt Lamb, who posted a 72, ahead of Oscar Alvarez, 73, and Rob Peloquin, 74.

“It feels pretty good. I’m happy.

My uncle won it back in the early90s in between the Scott Blackstock eras, so I had to get one,” Melle said, noting this year marks his fourth attempt in the tournament, having finished in second place last year.

“I felt like I had to win my group and then get lucky because the guys behind me are really good golfers.”

Anthony Melle is this year’s winner of the Oilfield Technical Society’s golf tournament, posting a round of 73 during Sunday’s round and finishing with two birdies.

Big Dogs lose three at PGLL festival The Estevan Tarpon Energy Big Dogs continue to struggle in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League.

The junior lacrosse team lost all three of their games at the league’s festival weekend in Regina, dropping to 1-8 on the year.

The Big Dogs fell 14-9 to the Yorkton Bulldogs, 29-11 to the Saskatoon Smash and 20-5 to the Prince Albert Predators.

The team also sent four players to the PGLL All-Star Game held during the festivities. Rhett Handley, Ty Currie, Tanner Froese, Mark Moriarty and Dylan Smith were selected. Smith was not able to make it.

“The biggest factor was our defence all weekend. We gave them too many easy shots or too many free passes to the net.

That happens when you only have 12 guys,” said head coach Evan Handley.

He said his team should have beaten the Bulldogs, who own a record of 1-3-1.

“I thought we moved the ball well and we were able to get up the floor a lot of times, but we just gave them too many chances once we started to wear out.

“Their goalie made a ton of good saves.

He did play well. On the power play, we had lots of chances. We rang it off a couple of posts, and he made a couple of diving stops across. We need those stops, and we’re just not getting them.”

The Big Dogs lost to the Smash for the second time in a week, having been defeated 29-18 in Estevan on May 25.

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The Big Dogs struggled against the Predators, who boast a 6-1 record.

“They knew who they could (isolate), so they put two guys right away on Rhett or Tanner or Mark. They abused them. We had a couple of really good chances. Their goalie robbed Rhett three or four times,” Handley said.

“The game wasn’t as bad as the score was. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t great, but that was probably the best game de-

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Bruins sign Rieger, McKersie, Durdle Definitely seemed to grasp changes in the game from widget to junior quickly. Never found stride offensively but got more comfortable, only a matter of time till he gets numbers.

Work ethic you can count on, great skating player that can establish himself on forecheck or back check. I think that’s where it all starts and then the offence will come from there.

With Hockey Canada playing cards being issued to teams on Sunday, the Estevan Bruins have gotten to work on inking their 2014 recruiting class.

The Bruins signed top defence prospect Josh Rieger on Sunday, followed by local forward prospect Chase McKersie and Manitoba defenceman Cody Durdle on Monday.

Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood said more signings should be expected this week.

Rieger, a 1996-born defender, played in three games with the Bruins last year as an affiliated player and has been considered their top defensive prospect.

The 5-foot-10, 161-pound defenceman had a strong year in the midget AAA ranks, posting two goals and 30 points in 44 games with the Regina Pat Canadians, where he also served as captain.

Durdle is less familiar to local fans, as his first experience with the Bruins was at their spring camp in April.

Durdle, who has a late 1996 birthday, played with the Central Plains Capitals in Manitoba midget AAA last year, where he recorded six goals and 20 points, along with 110 penalty minutes, in 36 games.

Lewgood said Rieger and Durdle are very similar players, yet they share a unique skill set.

“I think both Rieger and Durdle are capable of being highimpact, 200-foot players for us. Both guys have a tremendous ability to defend, they both play with an edge that you can’t teach and both show a tremendous amount of upside offensively. That’s a pretty unique mix of abilities and to have two in the same (recruiting) class, we’re quite pleased with that.”

On Monday morning, Lewgood signed McKersie to a player card.

The 1996-born winger got an extended look with the Bruins last year, playing seven regular season games and six more in the playoffs after his season with the Yorkton Harvest ended.

McKersie had a strong season in Yorkton, scoring 19 goals and 45 points in 44 games to lead the team in scoring.

“Chase is a great kid, great skater, shoots the puck really well and works tremendously hard. We find that a mix of skill set that could develop into a pretty high end hockey player,” said Lewgood.

He added that McKersie got more comfortable during his stint in Estevan last year and his work ethic will lead to offensive production.

“I am really excited to see how Chase develops over the course of his junior career. I believe by the time it is all said and done, he will be one of the elite right wingers in the SJHL. We are very proud to give him the opportunity to play at home in front of his family and friends.”

The Bruins also announced on Tuesday morning that they have hired a new operations and marketing director.

Clark Munroe is taking over the role from Ceanna Lindquist.

Local product Chase McKersie was among the first three players signed by the Estevan Bruins this week.

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Elite peewees go 2-1 in Saskatoon The Estevan Rocket Sales Elite peewee softball team had a strong showing at a tournament in Saskatoon on the weekend, posting a 2-1 record.

The Elite began with a 15-6 victory over the Saskatoon Lazers.

“The girls swung the bats early and never gave up,” said coach Mike Wilson.

Katelyn Hutt led the way, hitting 3-for-3, while Makenna Morrison kept the Lazers’ hitters off balance in three strong innings on the mound.

In the second game, the Elite defeated Humboldt 6-4.

Jenna Blanchette threw three strong innings, allowing only one run.

In their final game, the Elite lost 18-8 to rival Oxbow.

Estevan scored runners with bunts from Morgan Walter and Blanchette, which brought in two runs each.

“As the game went on, we could not hit the holes and Oxbow did. Both teams made some errors that produced runs and extended the inning,” said Wilson.

Oxbow went on to win the tournament, defeating Lacombe in the final.

“The tournament was a good experience for the girls and showed the coaching staff they can play at a competitive level,” said Wilson.

The Elite will play in a Moose Jaw tournament June 13-15, followed by provincials June 27-29 in Regina.

The Estevan Rocket Sales peewee Elite posted a 2-1 record at a recent tournament in Saskatoon. (Submitted photo)

Twins edged by Giants in 6-5 loss Although it was closer than most, the Southeast Legacy Twins added another game to the loss column on Saturday with a 6-5 defeat at the hands of the Saskatoon Giants.

The game, played in Weyburn, was the first of a scheduled doubleheader,

but the second game was called after the first inning due to a thunderstorm, with the Twins ahead 2-0.

During the first game, the Giants scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally from a 5-3 deficit.

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The Twins will be busy over the next week, beginning with a game Thursday against the Regina Athletics in Weyburn. On Saturday, they host the Swift Current Indians for a doubleheader at Lynn Prime Park. Game times are 3 and 5 p.m.

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Carson Perkins came in to finish the sixth inning, allowing two runs, while Fitzpatrick allowed one in the seventh inning.

Climenhaga started on the mound for the Giants and went five and a third, allowing four runs on 11 hits, five strikeouts and a walk.

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King wins in shortened program For the second time in as many years, a race program at Estevan Motor Speedway was interrupted by weather during the features.

During the modified A-main on Saturday, track officials decided to shut down the races for the safety of fans and drivers, as lightning strikes were occurring in the area.

Brad King had won the hobby feature after challenging for the lead late in the race and then taking it. It was his second straight win in Estevan to start the year.

At the time of the decision to end the night, Tyler Wagner was leading the modified feature, followed by Eric Sinness and Travis Hagen.

The features for the stock car and late model classes had yet to begin.

There was no word from the Speedway as of press time when the missed A-mains would be made up.

Last year, after a similar situation played out during a race night in July, the track added the missed features to an already scheduled program later in the season.

Results from 55-plus golf Local team takes silver

Bob Heffer (66) takes a turn ahead of several other cars during the modified B-main at Estevan Motor Speedway on Saturday.

The TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club hosted the Southeast Connection qualifying tournament for the Canada 55-plus Games on May 22.

Two golfers qualified in each low gross division, while 10 qualified from the low net competition.

Mike Ross won the 55-plus low gross division with a score of 72. Scott Blackstock qualified second with a 73.

In the 65-plus low gross, Ron Rittaler came first with an 86, while Gerry Fisher of Montmartre was second with a round of 100.

In the low gross 75-plus division, John Dennis of Montmartre won with an 88 and Dale Fowlow of Stoughton was second with 90.

In the 85-plus division, Frank John was the winner with a round of 99.

In the women’s low net category, Darlene Millions of Carnduff won the 55-plus division with a 77, while Dian Fowlow of Stoughton took the 65-plus division.

On the low net men’s side, Gary Millions of Carnduff was the 55-plus winner with a 70, while Mel Siever shot 76 to finish second.

In the 65-plus low net division, Dale Fox shot a 73 to win and Ed Demas was second with 84.

A local team won a silver medal at the Hockey Night In Canada Play On 4-on-4 street hockey tournament held in Regina recently.

The team, called Dirty Mike and the Boyz, consists of captain Kolby Fleury, Michael Fleury, Ethan Kazakoff, Bobby Kazakoff, Ian Ferguson and Drew Bundus.

The team played in the Muckers male division.

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The team finished in ninth place out of 12 teams in the round-robin, but fought their way through the playoffs.

In their first game, they defeated The Collisions 10-4. Next, in the semis, they edged Ghostbusters 6-5.

In the final, the local team fell 12-9 to the Oregon Slayers.

The Estevan team called Dirty Mike and the Boys won silver in their division at the Play On street hockey tournament in Regina recently.

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“It’s important to always remember the survivors, and these kids, rejoicing in their victory and supporting them like this, is pretty wonderful.”

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The survivor’s lap at Weldon School in Bienfait was followed by a few laps with the survivor’s being joined by family members and caregivers, and then all community members were invited to join in a marathon stroll while Bienfait students provided entertainment on stage in the school’s gymnasium.

Weldon hosts heart-warming Mini Relay for Life experience He’s only 10 years old but he has come through a two-year battle with cancer on the winning side. So when Gabriel Reaume received an invitation from the kids at Weldon School in Bienfait to join them for their Mini Relay for Life to tell his story, he was quick to accept.

On May 30, the Weldon relay co-ordinators also asked him to lead 14 other cancer survivors on their “victory” lap around the school’s gymnasium floor, which he did willingly. He was joined by his mother Allana on the third circuit as all other cancer survivors were joined by their family and caregivers for a miniature marathon while Weldon students provided a wide range of musical talent on stage to boost them along. That was followed by the lighting of luminaries as a sign of continued hope.

Pat Steinke, who has been on the leading edge of the local fundraising efforts for the Relay for Life program for over seven years, announced that the school’s efforts had landed $5,621 for the Canadian Cancer Society … and counting.

The kindergarten to Grade 8 school took on the challenge of hosting this year’s Mini Relay for Life and Roberta Yergens of Regina, the Canadian Cancer Society’s southern representative, noted that the Estevan and area chapter was the only one in the province still hosting mini relays thanks to the enthusiasm of local schools.

Spruce Ridge in Estevan has been tagged as the host school next spring.

Gabriel, a student at St. Andrew’s School in the Queen City, said he contracted lung cancer, mesothelioma lung cancer to be exact, the kind you usually get through exposure to asbestos, but no one in his family or school could identify where he might have actually been exposed to any significant amount of asbestos as a baby or toddler.

But there was no denying the fact he had it.

After six operations, a removal of part of one lung and five ribs and several rounds of chemotherapy, Gabriel has been declared cancer free for the past few months. He still undergoes monthly checks. His last chemotherapy dose was nine months ago, and he doesn’t miss the nausea.

“I didn’t lose my hair,” he boasted proudly as he explained his battle to the media prior to the program.

Most of the surgeries took place in Edmonton and follow-up treatments in Regina.

Gabriel Reaume, a 10-year-old cancer survivor from Regina and his mother Allana were special guests of the Weldon School students during their Mini Relay for Life.

“He’s pretty good about speaking up about his fight, so this was a good thing for him to do,”

— Allana Reaume

Gabriel has been named the ambassador for the Relay for Life in Regina and, he said, “I guess the kids here heard about that and they invited me here.”

“He’s pretty good about speaking up about his fight, so this was a good thing for him to do,” said his mother Allana.

Gabriel said he has an older sister, 15-year-old Emily at home, who he says, “is much smarter than I am,” and a younger brother (7) Adrian along with his dad, “Woody” Reaume who hosts programs on Jack FM radio. Gabriel’s hobbies include video games, basketball, long boarding and a lot of reading for pleasure. And he definitely doesn’t

have a girlfriend.

A couple of Weldon’s senior students, Kelsey Pastachuk and Jasmine McKnight took on the job of organizing this year’s mini relay with assistance from their classmates and staff. About 120 students participated in the fundraising efforts and 70 are taking patrt in the team relay.

“We didn’t have any unexpected problems,” said Kelsey.

“Keeping track of all the committees and making sure everyone was on track was about the biggest job,” said Jasmine.

“We’ll probably stay involved in the Relay for Life for the next few years when we go to the Comp and we’ll definitely be there Saturday for the main Relay for Life in Estevan,” said Kelsey.

Asked how they got to be the school’s co-ordinators for the event, they both laughed and said, “our teachers picked us. We like people, I guess, and they maybe saw that,” said Jasmine. “But we seemed to work well together as co-chairs.”

Yergens, a relay specialist, while confirming that the Estevan/Bientait effort this year was the only mini relay on the books, said five other Relays for Life will be held in southern Saskatchewan.

“Enthusiasm remains high, even after all these years.

Seeing the energy these kids provide in a supportive role is encouraging,” Yergens added.

She noted that while corporate sponsorship has slipped a bit over the years, due mainly to the fact that many smaller companies have now been swallowed up by major corporations who prefer to support larger fundraising events in the cities where they have corporate headquarters, it doesn’t mean the Relay for Life is being threatened.

“What I like about the events like this mini relay,” said Steinke “is that it’s important to always remember the survivors, and these kids, rejoicing in their victory and supporting them like this, is pretty wonderful.”

“We had food sales in the school and around the town, school activities for raising funds, we kinda became cancer warriors,” said Jasmine.

Gabriel perhaps summed it up best, just before he took to the gym floor to accept a rose and lead the survivors in their victory lap.

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The pair performed three musical selections.

Sandra played her flute while Everett brought out his trumpet. Everett played a beautiful guitar solo.

Sandra sang one song, accompanied by Everett on his guitar. They are a very talented duo indeed! Pat Kilback from Weyburn was the lucky winner of the door prize, a Mother’s Day gift basket.

Laughter was on the agenda for the evening.

Susan Adderly, a certified laughter therapy leader from Midale, was the local feature, speaking briefly about her business, the Refresh Wellness Bar in Weyburn. A seven-year cancer survivor, Susan feels blessed to have been given the gift of life twice.

Her focus for the evening was an introductory laughter therapy session. Gift certificates were won by Beverly Burkholder and Theresa Beck. Susan, a true crowd motivator, brought the women out of their usual comfort zone at a typical After Five supper.

She had everyone clapping, tapping, and at one point, “shifting the girls,” which resulted in a great eruption of laughter!

Laughter therapy originated in India, with many schools making use of a session every morning to

motivate students. A good belly laugh is beneficial to a person’s heart, blood pressure and stress levels. Laughing strengthens muscles and decreases anxiety and depression. Susan stated that children laugh upwards to 400 times per day whereas the average adult laughs only 15 times.

Proverbs 17:22 says “A cheerful heart is good medicine.” Judging by the smiles and energy level in the room, this biblical truth is certainly true to this day! It was hard to keep a straight face while the ladies shook their fingers at their neighbours, chanting “Ho! Ho! Ha Ha Ha!” Guest speaker, Karen Schneider from Livingston, Montana was quite humourous as well. She joked about the comment cards given to each guest when they arrive for supper. “You got them when you walked in, and you

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need them to walk out of here tonight!” she said sternly, with a smile, asking each lady to fill their’s out and hand it in to her at the door before leaving for the evening. Happy to be back speaking in Canada, Karen shared how she finally realized that to live a happier life, she needed to surrender her control freak lifestyle to the Lord, trusting in His plan for her life, not her own plans.

She became a mother at 17, gave birth to her second daughter a year later and was divorced and remarried in her mid-twenties. Her struggles with step parenting become tougher yet when she became a widow in 1980 and her step children became parentless.

It was at this difficult time she explains, that the Bible became alive to her and that thanks to the grace of God, she never experienced that incredibly painful feeling

of aloneness again after her husband passed away. Karen married a third time and described her husband’s battle with thyroid cancer and losing him in 2011. It is apparent that she is at peace with her life as she boldly asked her audience about life after death, “I’m ready. Are you?”

The After Five Club’s final meeting of the season will be on June 18. Please call 306-634-0196 by June 15 to reserve your ticket or e-mail estevanafterfive@ yahoo.ca to be notified about upcoming events.

The program for the June meeting consists of honouring the graduating ladies of 2014. Guests are encouraged to please invite a high school grad, their moms, sisters, grandmothers, etc. This event is being sponsored by DQ Grill and Chill and Weatherford who have generously donated gifts for each graduate in

attendance. Krista Laroque from the Estevan Public Library will share about adult programming offered at the library. The guest speaker, Deb Odegaard, comes from Creighton, Sask. She is a recycling program administrator, who traveled around the world in a month. She will share her surprising journey from low self-esteem.

Free childcare is available upon request and reservation only.

For ladies interested in joining the club’s Prayer Connection, the next meeting will be held at Churchill Park on June 12. Please bring potluck finger food.

For more details, phone Carol at 306-634-3796. For information about Stonecroft Ministries, the organization affiliated with the Estevan Christian Women’s After Five Club, please visit their website: www. stonecroftcanada.org.

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Obituaries Emil Bouchard 1922 – 2014 Emil Bouchard passed away at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Special Care Home on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the age of 91 years.

Emil was predeceased by his son Lawrence Bouchard; parents, Leo and Marion Bouchard; sisters, Cecile (Alex) Delaurier and Annette Levasseur; brothers, Wilfred Bouchard, Leo Bouchard and Leon Bouchard; brothers-in-

law, Earl Yack and Leo Coombs.

He is survived by his loving family: wife Mabel Bouchard; children, Gary (Carol) Bouchard, David (Cathy) Bouchard, Brian (Lynda) Bouchard, Ken (Missy) Bouchard, Marian (Rick) Cloutier and Paulette (Brad) Denouden; grandchildren, Brad (Shawna) Bouchard, Kevin (Kerry) Bouchard, Joanne Bouchard, Sherri Bouchard, David (Elyse) Bouchard, Aaron (Katherine) Bouchard, Thomas (Chanelle) Bouchard, Sarah Bouchard, Chris Bouchard (Carrielynne), Nick (Kristina) Bouchard, Dallas (Kathy) Bouchard, Marissa Bouchard, Eric Bouchard, Matthew Cloutier, Jared Cloutier, Nathan (Danielle) Denouden and Stephanie (Catlin) Johnson; great grandchildren, James, Gabriel, Mikayla, Jake, Hyacinth, Zach, Noah, Nova, Aurora, Abby, Isabella, Xavier, Tobias, Kohlter, Raelynn, Dallas, Evan, Kenedi, Jasmine, Karlee and Levi; brothers, Henry (Lorraine) Bouchard, Ernest (Therese) Bouchard, Alphonse (Loretta) Bouchard, Florence Yack, Sr. Eva Bouchard, Sr. Yvette Bouchard, Sr. Yvonne Bouchard, Rose Coombs, Rita Bouchard and Alice Bouchard; brother-in-law Bob Levasseur; sisters-in-law, Simone Bouchard, Lou (Bob) Senkew and Corrine Bouchard, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Prayers were held on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, May 26, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, by Rev. Brian Meredith.

Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan.

Those wishing to make donations in Emil’s memory may do so directly to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (designated to Long Term Care), Box 5000-203, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 2V6 or the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 2550 12th Avenue, Regina, SK, S4P 3X1.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

Mabel Bouchard and family would like to thank Dr. Christie and the St. Joseph’s nursing staff of Level 4 for their caring and compassion during dad’s stay there. We also extend our sincere gratitude to Dustin Hall and the staff of Hall Funeral Services for everything they have done for us, their organization and compassion goes above and beyond. A special thank you to Dustin for fulfilling mom’s request and singing at the funeral.

Thank you to Doug Third for officiating at Prayers, Father Brian Meredith and Father Norman Marcotte for celebrating the Funeral Mass, St. John the Baptist Choir for the music and the CWL for the lunch. We thank our friends and family for all the prayers, cards, phone calls, food and flowers.

Dion Cochrane 1967 - 2014 Dion Conway Cochrane passed away suddenly in Weyburn, SK on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the age of 46 years.

Dion is survived by his mother, Karon Cochrane of Estevan; sisters, Trudy Cochrane of Weyburn and family: Rachelle (Gavin) Mievre of Regina and Dylan Kvamme (Rae) of Weyburn; Trina (Pete) VanDerkooy and family: Beverly VanDerkooy (Cory) and Devon VanDerkooy, all of Grande Prairie; Tifani Proust and family: AylaGrace and Finley Proust, all of Estevan; nephew Lucas Cochrane (son of Daren), as well as many extended family and friends.

He was predeceased by his father, Beverly Cochrane; brother, Daren Cochrane; grandparents, Nick & Grace Scheurman and Herbert & Effie Pearl Cochrane; and uncle, Gerald Cochrane.

A Memorial Service for Dion was held on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Pastor Scott Harrison officiating. Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan.

Those wishing to make donations in Dion’s memory may do so directly to the Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association, PO Box 3843, Regina, SK, S4P 3Y3 or the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 279 – 3rd Avenue N., Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2H8.

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Rose Mary Murphy 1924 - 2014 Rose Mary was born on April 21, 1924 in Evesham, England to William and Rose Copling. She was the older sister of Dorothy, Bette and Frederick. Rose Mary grew up in London and was formally trained as a tailor. During the war she served a term with the Land Army and then became an Air Raid Warden with her Dad. She met William Edwin Murphy, Bill, at a dance. She said there were a lot of men in good shape to pick from, but he was the one! Bill was wounded during the war and he spent 3 months in the hospital in England before he was sent back to Canada. 2 years later in 1946 Rose Mary boarded a plane to move to Canada. When she arrived here she thought it was nothing but ragweed and grasshoppers. In 1947 she married Bill and they made the farm near Estevan their home.

In 1950 they welcomed Betty Anne into their lives. One year later Alan Everett was born. In 1953 William Daniel came along and finally David Andrew in 1958. Rose Mary loved her children dearly and each and every one of them was her “golden child”, even though they would beg to differ. Rose Mary was a wonderful mother and wife. She took care of the farm and the family by being their nurse, gardener, cook, baker, councillor, tailor making most of their clothes and friend.

In the late 80’s Bill was diagnosed with Parkinsons. Rose Mary took care of him during this time until his passed away on New Year’s Eve in 1994.

She continued to live on the farm until 1998 when she moved into Estevan into Sussex Arms. Rose Mary made many friends here that she cherished and spoke fondly of.

In December of 2012 Rose Mary’s eye sight was declining due to her glaucoma and she moved into Hillview Manor.

Rose Mary had a good, healthy life. She would often say that she was lucky and there were many people around her that had it worse than she did. She turned her little homestead of ragweed and grasshoppers into a loving family of 4 children and their spouses, 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Seven weeks ago she was hospitalized. Here she celebrated her 90th birthday with a KFC supper which she fancied and her last Mother’s Day. She passed away May 21, 2014.

Rose Mary was predeceased by her parents William and Rose Copling, her husband William Edwin Murphy; sisters, Dorothy Copling & Bette Copling.

She is survived by her children Betty Anne (Richard Tarnes), Alan (Pat), Danny (Paula), David (Laurie); 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, her brother Frederic and his family.

Prayers were held Friday, May 23, 2014 at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Home. The Funeral Service was held Saturday, May 24, 2014 at St. Giles Anglican Church with Rev. Mark Osborne.

Interment followed at the Estevan City Cemetery.

Dorothy Wilhelms 1916 – 2014 Dorothy Flora Wilhelms, late of Stoughton, SK passed away peacefully at the Regina General Hospital on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the age of 97 years.

Dorothy Flora Wilhelms (Noyes) was born on December 14, 1916 near Stoughton to Thomas and Emma Noyes. She was predeceased by her husband John Wilhelms in 1997; her parents; siblings, Lorene Lowden, Alice Piff-Wildfong, Luella Hill, William Noyes, Earl Noyes and Lyle Noyes; daughter-in-law Shirley Wilhelms.

She is survived by one daughter Lorraine (Clarry) Cameron of Stoughton; four sons, Walter (Christine) of Regina, Allan (Anne) of Mayerthorpe, AB, Milton (Sharon) of Agassiz, B.C. and Lloyd (Monique) of Spokane, WA; 12 grandchildren, Sheila (Robin) Ponto and children Chad, Brett and Rory; Greg (Tracy) Cameron and children Austin, Amanda and Declan; Michael Cameron and children Megan, Katlyn and Tristan; David (Nadine) Wilhelms and children Janine and Lora; Bob (Chari) Wilhelms and children Erica, Thomas and Andrew; Desiree Hackman and children Marcus and Kendra; Lee (Debbie) Wilhelms and children Cole and Jared; Brian (Jody) Wilhelms and children Kyra and Ethan; Elaine (Bob) Webster and children Madison and Jacob; Kara Wilhelms and daughter Sophie; Mark Wilhelms and Zachary Wilhelms, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service for Dorothy was held on Monday, May 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Stoughton, with Pastor Robert Fenn and Rev. Virgil Anderson officiating.

Interment followed in the Stoughton Town Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Dorothy’s memory may be made to the Newhope Pioneer Lodge Activities Fund, PO Box 38, Stoughton, SK, S0G 4T0, Stoughton and District First Responders, c/o PO Box 282, Stoughton, SK, S0G 4T0 or a charity of choice.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

The family of the late Dorothy Wilhelms wish to thank Pastor Robert Fenn and Pastor Virgil Anderson for the Service at the Legion Hall, Alvina Goudy, Evelyn Taylor and Monica Dayman for providing the music, Hall’s Funeral Services for their expertise and the Legion ladies for the lunch. Thank you to those who sent cards, made phone calls, personal visits or brought food to the house. Thank you to all who attended the Service for our mother and offered your condolences to the family. Your thoughtfulness will always be remembered. Thank you to the staff at Newhope Pioneer Lodge who always provided good care and concern for our mother over the past 3 years she was a resident. Thank you to all.

-Lorraine (Clarry) Cameron, Walter (Christine) , Allan (Anne), Milt (Sharon), Lloyd (Monique) Wilhelms, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren

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Natasha (Nettie) Holmgren It is with heavy hearts the family of Natasha (Nettie) Holmgren (nee Osaduik) share the news of her passing on May 22, 2014.

Nettie was predeceased by her husband Millard; parents Stephan and Anna Osaduik; siblings Dorothy in infancy, Joseph, Alex (Kay), Mary, John, Tom, and Walter missing in action, Hong Kong, World War II. Our “Precious” Nettie is survived by her children Gregg (Janice), Jane (Jerry), Karl (Wendy), Fitz (Carla), Nancy, and Blayne, who was like a son to her; grandchildren Gregg Jr., Mitchell, Lianne; Tammy (Steve), Alicia; Krystal (Jonathan); Megan, Breanna, Cole; great-grandchildren Stacia (Brett), Kirstin; great-great-grandchildren Mia, Maddex and Farrah; her brother Steve (Audrey); sisters-in-law Eve and Dolly; brother-in-law Tom Heggie, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Nettie was born in Bienfait, June 3, 1926, and was raised in Estevan. She spent many years living across the prairies, with the best years of her life spent in Estevan where she made many friends and was known for her outgoing personality. Always the storyteller, Nettie would captivate a room with tales of her youth, the friends she had made and the adventures they had.

A special thanks to the staff of the Rosetown Nursing Home and Hospital for the exceptional care given to our mom. Thank you to everyone who called and made time to visit over the past year.

A service will be held at a later date.

We will miss you Mom and Grandma Jerome Friess 1926 – 2014 Jerome Thomas Friess, late of Estevan, SK passed away at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home on Monday, May 19, 2014 at the age of 87 years.

Jerome’s memory will be forever cherished by his wife Annamary Friess; children, Sharon (Jim) L’Ecluse and Ron (Darlene) Friess; grandchildren, Cale (Erika) Friess and Brooks Friess (Emma Talbott); brothers, Joe Friess, George (Cecile) Friess and Dan (Bonnie-Jo) Friess; sisters, Madeline Knakoski and Florence Hodge; brother-in-law Ivor (Yvonne) Brown; sisters-in-law, Margaret Friess and Kay Friess, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, John Lucas and Frances Friess; brothers, Roy Friess and Andrew Friess; sisters, Margaret (Jim) Ryan, Elizabeth (Aloysius) Loustel, Pauline (Jack) Hernon, Gertrude (Allistair) MacDonald, Madeline in infancy, Helen Brown and Eleanor (Arthur) Tessier; brothers-in-law, Harvey Hodge and Ernie Knakoski.

Prayers were held on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, by Rev. Brian Meredith.

Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan.

Those wishing to make donations in Jerome’s memory may do so directly to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

The family of Jerome Friess would like to express their appreciation to everyone for their love and support during this difficult time. Thank you to Fr. Brian Meredith for celebrating mass and to Doug Third for the prayer service. Thank you to family and friends for the gifts of food, flowers, cards, visits, phone calls and donations in memory of Jerome. Thank you to the St. John the Baptist choir, the ladies of the CWL for preparing the lunch, Hall Funeral Services and Dustin Hall and Shirley Petterson for the beautiful services and songs. The family would also like to thank Verlyn Clearwater for doing a beautiful tribute to Jerome in the eulogy and Marilyn Graham for doing the readings at the mass. Thank you to the pallbearers: Brooks Friess, Cale Friess, Tony Walliser, Larry Mack, Jerome Yoner and Daniel Betnar. The family appreciated the dedication and devotion of the staff at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home. Thank you for taking good care of Jerome.

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Creighton Lodge news Submitted by: Judy Pratt The flowers are blooming, the vegetables are peaking through the dirt and the water bills going up as we speak! We are going to have the next best thing to Butchart Gardens here at Creighton Lodge by summer time. So many of our residents are participating in beautifying our grounds by purchasing flowers and shrubs, planting them or making pots and then caring for them.

We are always looking for volunteers to give us an hour or two to plant or water, so if you can spare that much time, give us a call.

Speaking of volunteers, we are looking forward to the United Way Day of Caring on June 4 when we get help with planting our annuals, washing windows and raking the grass. Some students, Storm Daymen, Jarritt Ricard, and Caitlyn Friess have been helping around the Lodge doing some planting, painting and other jobs with the residents. We sure appreciate the time they give to us.

We welcomed Dick Willows and Josephine Cossette to Creighton Lodge this month. They seem to like it here, and we sure enjoy them. Dick has become a member of a new bridge club in the building and Josephine sang with the Creighton Lodge Songbirds the other day. We hope they will be happy in their new home.

We s a i d g o o d b y e to two good friends, Ed Schell and Dot Barrie as they moved on to longterm care. We will miss Dot’s humour and kind personality and the fun we had with Ed Schell. Good luck to you both.

May brought us Freddie and the Freebies, the Happy Wanderers, Bob Olson and family, Ella Messer and the Church of Christ Singers. Thanks to all of our entertainers. You add so much to our lives when you come and sing and play for us.

We want to thank our

exercise ladies for leading us in our fitness program. Audrey Dupuis, Irene Tarnes and Monica MacKenzie are committed to helping us with this very important part of our lives.

We also thank Joan Wock, our bingo caller and Christina Wock who brings her dog therapy puppies to visit us. Other volunteers we enjoy are our Wednesday helper in the kitchen, Margaret Baniulus, our piano player during our meal on Saturdays, Lois Sutcliffe, and our birthday party and KFC volunteers.

We must thank the Ministerial Association for their supply of our church services on Sundays. We look forward to worship services and appreciate the time they give us.

We were very happy that Bob and Erma Hammermeister elected to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with family and friends at Creighton Lodge. It was a huge success and they are so thrilled they have reached this milestone and had so many people to share it with.

The highlight of the month of May at the Lodge was the culmination of our fundraiser. On May 10 we made the draw for the winners of our trip voucher fundraiser. Our $5,000 winner was Barb Fornwald from Lampman, our $3,500 winner was Kathy LaFrentz from Bienfait and our $1,500 winner was Bob Scott from Estevan.

We hosted a fundraiser dinner with Granby’s that night, which was a meal to remember in a very beautiful room decorated

by Desired Event Décor.

After the dinner we moved upstairs to the Taylorton Room and danced our legs off to the tunes supplied

by Brad Bangert. We want to thank all those who gave of their services and products to make our night a success.

Lastly, we want everyone to know that we now have our own Facebook page. Like us on Facebook and keep up with our lodge happenings!

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Hippy Boogie Gives Back

Following last year’s Hippy Boogie and Memorial Poker Run, member presented a cheque to Victim Services for $1,600, which has in the past gone to purchase things like teddy bears. Presenting the cheque on June 2 was Dale Tannas, Monique Hillstrom, Terri Campbell, accepting the cheque for Victim Services, JR Gray, Patty Tannas, and Roberta DeRosier with Victim Services.

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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: 9:00 & 10:30 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

LC-C

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 OneWith service 9:00 am and am 11:00– am coffeeonly 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP & SUNDAY SCHOOL - 11 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

Come and Worship With Us

ALL ARE WELCOME email: trinity.luth@sasktel.net • www.etlc.ca

St. Joseph’s Prayer Centre

His Glory Bible Church

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.

Everyone welcome to join our daily prayers, inspirational Bible DVD viewings and lively discussions

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Church Office: 306-634-5684

Pastor Stewart Miller

(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

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Estevan Mercury

Keeping It Fresh

Community volunteer Gale Tytlandsvik put her creative instincts and green thumb to work in the small community garden located on Fourth Street last week. She was volunteering her time and some annual flowering plants to go along with the perennial islands located in the park that invites strollers and lunchtime picnic diners to enjoy the tiny downtown oasis.

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www.estevanmercury.ca

117 4th St., Estevan, SK is looking for a

CA RE E

CHEF Duties:

• 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

Currently seeking a

Physiotherapist

Looking for an exciting opportunity in a growing industry?

willing to come into the home for weekly sessions.

Source Energy Services is looking for a Plant Manager at our Lampman Transload facility near Estevan.

We are an industry leading provider of logistics and materials sourcing solutions for the oil and gas industry.

With a focus in sourcing and creating best-in-class distribution solutions for high quality proppant and chemicals for use in hydraulic fracturing, as well as developing a premier North American crude-by-rail terminal network, Source Energy Services offers professionals a fast-paced work environment at a growing organization.

For more information, interested individuals can call

(306) 421-0027

DENTAL

ASSISTANT

The Transload Manager is responsible for the complete oversight of day to day operations of the Sand Transload terminal. They are responsible for the staffing, coordination of supply and inventory, and ensuring customer satisfaction in the seamless operation of inbound and outbound proppant product.

Enthusiastic person needed to join our progressive dental team. You must love people and have great communication skills. Full time hours. Please email your resume to:

Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years experience in facility and personnel management, preferably in Oil and Gas-related fields, with rail/elevator experience as a definite asset.

EstEvan

is seeking a

TEXAS BED Truck OpErATOr • 3 years experience and First Aid & H2S tickets required

E-mail to outlawoil@sasktel.net

Earn Extra Summer Money!

The Estevan Mercury & Southeast Trader Express are looking for sub carriers for July and August. Two routes in Pleasantdale area.

One 75 paper route and one 150 paper route. We deliver the papers to your door for delivery to your customers.

If interested please call Gayle at the Mercury (306) 634-2654

EXPRESS SOUTHEAST TRADER

Please apply online at www.sourceenergyservices. com, or send applications via email to jobs_canada@sourceenergyservices.com; or fax to (403) 358-7854.

Stacey@drwempe.com

Thank you to all who apply!

Warehouse Shipper/Receiver Full time. Forklift/lumber experience an asset.

Salary based on experience.

Benefits available.

WOOD COUNTRY

Interested applicants can fax resume to Brian at Wood Country at 306-634-8441 or email resume to brianwoodcountry.estevan@sasktel.net

No Phone Calls Please

Nitrogen (N2) Supervisor—Estevan, SK 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!

A Nitrogen (N2) Supervisor will lead, direct, organize and schedule and give instructions to all levels of the operation involved in Nitrogen Department.

They will be responsible to facilitate the transport and maintenance of equipment through leadership and experience. Will train and mentor on site rigging in, job execution and rigging out.

Company Drivers Swampers Owner Operators

RESPONSIBILITIES

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Knowledge and ability to operator low, mid and high rate N2 units Supervise N2 operations on location Coordinate rig in / out of equipment on location Take the responsibility to ensure that others adhere to all Safety Policies and Procedures Complete all required paperwork (permits, invoicing, job treatment reports, etc.)

Ensure customer satisfaction by understanding needs/expectations and responding accordingly Coordinate maintenance, servicing and inspection of equipment Ensure adherence of all government and company policies and regulations Supervise and manage the team by providing ongoing feedback, support and mentorship Conduct yearly performance appraisals Promote strong work ethic and positive professional attitude

Gibson Energy ULC is a progressive, growth oriented, North American midstream oil & gas company. We are currently seeking enthusiastic, results oriented professional drivers for our South East Saskatchewan Operations in:

Frobisher Estevan Weyburn

QUALIFICATIONS

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High School Diploma Class 1 Driver's license Clean Driver's abstract Off road driving experience an asset 3- 5 years N2 experience Supervisory or leadership skills an asset Basic mechanical skills, capable of servicing units Knowledge of hydraulics systems and pressures and operating parameters Ability to pass pre-employment physical assessment and drug test

Qualification required: • Drivers must possess a valid Class 1 or 3 license with air endorsement • Swampers must possess a valid Class 5 license • 2+ years driving experience • Oilfield experience is an asset

WORKING CONDITIONS

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Ability to work in all types of weather conditions Ability to work away from home for extended periods Available on-call 24/7 Work schedule is 15 /6

Gibson Energy ULC offers a competitive compensation package.

HOW TO APPLY Apply online In person:548 Bourquin Road Estevan, SK Fax: 888 249 3895

Interested candidates are asked to fax or email.

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted

www.canyontech.ca

Fax: 780-392-6722 Email: driveforgibsons@gibsons.com Web: www.gibsons.com

Estevan Mercury

Prairie Mud Service Looking to fill the following Full-Time position:

1A SHORT HAUL DRIVER Safety tickets considered an asset but we will provide training if necessary. Prairie Mud offers competitive wages, comprehensive benefits and bonuses.

Interested applicants can forward resumes to Jay Burback at: Email: info@prairiemud.ca Fax: 306-634-7310 or drop off resume at the office at 738 - 6th St, Estevan

We are a newly established company here in Estevan and are looking at opening a service centre to do trailer service and repairs. We are looking for an energetic person who is an experienced trailer mechanic with a minimum of 3 years trailer experience as well as B620 inspections.

We offer competetive wages and benefits.

Please send resumes to: dweir@edmontontrailer.com

Permanent Full time Positions available • 3 Picker Helpers requirements requires a full time

Class 5 License Drivers Abstract Oilfield Tickets an Asset

DRIVER

Submit resume and drivers abstract to:

Email: grimessales@sasktel.net Fax: 306-487-2560

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.

Call Clinton at 306-461-8491, mail resume to Box 208, Estevan S4A 2A3 or e-mail: missionhotshot@sasktel.net

Looking for a Career and want to play Hockey This may be your opportunity

SRI HOMES’ Estevan Facility SHELTER HOME SYSTEMS

AGI Envirotank has long term openings for welders, painters, drafters, construction, metal fabricators, warehouse, professional sales or administration positions. Willing to train or apprentice.

We are interested in anyone interested in joining the senior hockey team in Biggar.

AGI is a leading manufacturer of above ground storage tanks used in every major industry including oil, gas, mining transportation, construction and waste management. We are interested in any players, coaches, managers or other supporting officers for the senior hockey club.

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 Send, fax, e-mail or drop off resume to:

Interested candidates should submit resumes in confidence at: kkernohan@envirotank.com or contact Ken Kernohan directly at 1-306-948-5262

Box 845 #200 Hwy. 18 West, Estevan, SK S4A 2A7 Fax: 306-634-7597 E-mail: jobs.shelter@gmail.com

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IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

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 SOME D DESKTOP ESKTOP SSUPPORT UPPORT -­‐-­‐ 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

Trackhoe Operator Souris Valley Paving requires a trackhoe operator due to our recent expansion and the

anticipation of a busy work season. The position is permanent full time and offers higher than average wages, a group benefits package and a company pension plan. Duties include operation and maintenance of trackhoes, backhoes, loaders and various other equipment. Interested candidates please email your resume to:

svp@sasktel.net All submitted resumes are kept confidential

Journeyman or 3rd Year Apprentice Welder Salary to be negotiated upon experience Employment Conditions: Shop & Field Welding

Job Description: Must be able to interpret blueprints & drawings, operate manual & semi-automatic welding equipment in a fast paced environment that is both physically and mentally demanding.

Must be some what familiar with farming, oilfield and construction equipment.

Essential skills: Read & write english, work with others and alone, problem solve, critical thinking and memory skills. 3rd year or Journeyman certification.

Apply by fax: 306-452-3656 or in person

Recycle!

• Valid 1A driver’s license and abstract are required.

Please,

CAREERS

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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

EMAIL: contact@signaldirect.ca

Office Administrator ► Job Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Professionally manage all incoming calls using a multi-line telephone system • Greet all incoming customers in a friendly and professional manner • Sort all incoming mail • Ability to type letters and quotes • Faxing and photocopying as required • Regular filing • Daily bank deposits • Reconcile monthly AR & AP statements • Ability to work with field and office staff • Process payables & enter AP into Quickbooks • Other office duties include maintaining price lists, pit records, etc

Turnbull Excavating Ltd is looking for a permanent full-time office person.

This position will include reception duties, general administrative/office duties, as well as some junior accounting duties; with room for growth.

This position will report directly to the Controller and the ideal candidate will be able to start immediately or within two weeks of hire date.

Experience / Education:

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

Job Requirements:

• Willingness to learn, ability to follow instructions, and an attention to detail • Strong problem-solving & time management skills • Ability to work well under tight deadlines, as well as being flexible

Apply

Interested applicants can apply, with resume, by email to christa.turnbullexcavating@sasktel.net, fax at (306) 634-6639 or in person at 110 Frontier Street.

No phone calls please.

We will be accepting applications until June 13, 2014.

Turnbull Excavating thanks all applicants for their interest, but only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Turnbull Excavating is a locally owned & operated business and has been in operation since 1985. We offer stability, competitive wages, full benefits, as well as a diverse working environment and work-life balance.

www.estevanmercury.ca

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is currently accepting applications for a

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Turnbull Excavating Ltd. is an established construction company located in Estevan, Sk. in the vibrant Southeast region of Saskatchewan. Our operations involve aggregate and redi-mix concrete materials supply, excavating and earthwork services, waterworks installations, and truck delivery of aggregate and concrete materials. We are involved in municipal, commercial and residential construction projects of various size and scale.

Qualifications: You will have 3-5 years of experience after receiving your Journeyman Status. You will have experience with large, heavy equipment (construction or agricultural) or heavy trucks.

You will also have superior troubleshooting, understanding and skill in repair of: diesel engines, manual and automatic transmissions, hydraulic systems, driveline systems and electrical systems. You will have the ability to use diagnostic equipment and be responsible to perform preventative maintenance on all equipment to minimize equipment downtime.

Primarily this position is working out of our main shop, day shift, Monday- Friday. You must be flexible to work overtime and some Saturdays when required. You might also be required to working outdoors.

We Provide: Competitive wages ($40- $50/Hour) dependant on qualifications and experience. Excellent benefits program.

Relocation allowance after one year of service.

REDRIVER Full Time LUMBER LTD. & Part Time

Yard Personnel • Driver’s license preferred • Ability to work independently or in a team environment • Honest, reliable and punctual • Would be required to work Saturdays

Please drop off resume to 481 Devonian St., Estevan, SK, Attn: Chad Hirsch or email rrl@sasktel.net

Duties include:

• Loading & driving the company vehicles to deliver lumber, building materials and hardware to construction sites, please of business or customer’s homes • Verifying order details and obtaining customer signature on delivery tickets • Follows directions or can use a map or GPS to locate sites and addresses • Collect and organize proper paperwork for delivery and transfer activities • Treat all customers and their respective agents with respect and courtesy, acting as a liaison between customer and Redriver Lumber Ltd. • Loads delivery or customer vehicle safely and accurately • Performs routine safety checks on delivery vehicles as per company guidelines • Assisting customers in yard with loading materials and answering customer’s questions to the best of their ability

Benefit plan for full time employees

Should this position be of interest to you, please reply and provide your cover letter and resume by email to dave.turnbullexcavating@sasktel.net or fax to 306-634-6639. All applicants are thanked for their interest.

Only potential candidates will be contacted.

Applied Industrial Technologies LP. a group of industrial distribution companies located throughout Canada, and we are currently seeking qualified individuals to fill the position of:

Customer Service Representative for Estevan, Saskatchewan Responsibilities include but may not be limited to:

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?

Ask abou t ou r Ne Star wH ter K ire it it in $$ in c lude your s pock et!

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 Cement & Acid—Fluid Pump Operators N2 Supervisor

Why Canyon?   

Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities RRSP matching program

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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

• Providing service to branch customers and managing assigned product lines or customers.

• Active involvement in company’s Quality Management process as evidenced by continuous improvement in processes directed toward reducing costs, increasing sales/gross profit and customer satisfaction.

• Carries out policies and procedures as defined in the company policy manual.

• Continuous development through reading, seminars and on the job training.

• Provide a high level of customer service to branch customers including timely, accurate responses to inquiries.

• Cross train to assist or fill in when fellow team-mates are absent or their workload volume is high • Work with distribution centre to expedite special requests as necessary • Engage in direct sales actives • Provide telephone support for outside sales force • Meet or exceed sales performance targets • Ensure accurate, timely order processing through the computerized order processing system • Maintain cooperative and productive inter-departmental relationships • Attend branch meetings as required • Take personal responsibility for and actively engage in product systems and skills training and development • Maintain highest regard for safety and housekeeping • Perform other similar or related duties as assigned by the branch manager or supervisor.

Preference will be given to candidates with the following qualifications and attributes: • High School or equivalent • Related industry experience or 3-5 years industrial inside sales experience preferred • Bearing and power transmission experience is a definite asset • Proficient computer skills, experience with SAP is an asset • Sales and customer service experienced • Mechanically inclined • Ability to work independently • Analytical and problem solving capability • Enthusiastic and exhibits a positive attitude and desire to succeed Applied Industrial Technologies offers competitive salary, comprehensive group benefit plan, company sponsored RRSP/DPSP, ongoing opportunity for training and development and promotion within the company. Please send your resume along with a cover letter to aithire@aitcanada.com or fax 403-214-1423

Visit us on the Web: www.estevanmercury.ca

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