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Housing project to move forward

The Southeast Regional College’s quest to create an affordable housing complex in Estevan is one step closer to reality.

The college released the results of the Estevan Student and Market Rental Housing Report on Friday and the document confirmed what many had already suspected: that there is an unmet affordable housing need for not only SRC students but also the community at large.

“It’s something that needs to be done for the community of Estevan,” said Dion McGrath, the CEO and president of the college Monday.

W o r d o f t h e Southeast Regional College CEO and President Dion McGrath college’s desire to create a housing complex in the Energy invest more resources to develop a City emerged in late 2013, but took a comprehensive plan? step forward when McGrath released the The answer to all three questions was results of a separate study regarding the an overwhelming yes. impact of the Bakken oil formation at an “It confirmed what everyone in the Estevan Chamber of Commerce meeting community intuitively knows, that there in January. is a severe affordable housing shortage It was at that meeting when McGrath in Estevan, and it is creating bottlenecks informed the public about the housing to economic growth in Estevan and area report, which was completed by Preferred because jobs just can’t get filled because Choice of Saskatoon. The goal of the there is no place for folks to live,” he said. report was to answer three main questions; “There is housing growth, the private is there a community need for affordable sector is putting up housing stock and we housing; is there a need for affordable are not proposing to get into what they are student housing; and should the college Private ⇢ A2

Waseem to run for vacant council seat Although he hasn’t officially filed nomination papers yet, Estevan businessman Mohammad Waseem is the first person to step forward and declare his candidacy for the vacant seat on council.

Waseem was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2012 general civic election but stated the experience was interesting, and he was willing to give it another try in the by-election slated for the latter part of April. Potential candidates have until March 19 to officially file at City Hall.

The seat was made available with the resignation of Coun. Chris Istace, who left Estevan for British Columbia in the latter part of 2013.

Mohammad Waseem While other prospective candidates have indicated a desire to seek the seat, none have yet declared their intentions publicly.

The winning candidate will be asked to complete the last two and a half years of the four-year council term.

When contacted by the Mercury, Waseem said his interest in the welfare of the city remains strong. He has particular interest in the ongoing infrastructure catch-up projects as well as other public works and utilities projects, including snow removal, pothole patch work and city traffic flows. Deadline ⇢ A2

Armed robber takes cash An armed robbery that occurred at the No Frills Gas bar on the morning of March 6 is under investigation by members of the Estevan Police Service.

The robbery happened around 8:30 a.m. when a lone male with an unidentified weapon entered the store and approached an employee with a demand for cash. The robber took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled south across King Street and along the east side of the Alliance Church before continuing south into the Petterson

Point area of the city and a parking lot.

The man was described as being 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10 inches tall with a slim build and he had a deep voice. He was wearing a black mask and was wearing a black sweater or hoodie.

Anyone with information regarding this theft and the identification of the thief is asked to contact the Estevan Police Service at 306-634-4767 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Private sector involvement needed for project to move forward ⇠ A1 doing. The whole principle of this project is affordable rental housing.”

McGrath said the next step in their process is to complete the business and investment plan.

“That is all about expenditures and revenues, seeing what the numbers are saying, looking at design options and, most importantly working with the city on a location,” McGrath said.

Although the details of what shape the housing project may take will be figured out over the next few weeks, the report from Preferred Choice suggests that for the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute and Estevan college campus to be fully utilized, accommodations are needed for 70 to 80 students. It’s also expected there will be accommodations for local businesses who have been unable to find lodging for their employees and those in the community in need of affordable housing.

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take the college in Estevan,” he said. “That is a mixture of attracting learners who don’t live in Estevan or immediately around Estevan. It’s a combination of enhancing those that are already there, with those that have to come from far away. We anticipate that 70 to 80 beds would probably get us to the programming level that we are targeting.”

McGrath added that work on the business plan has already begun, and they are hoping to have a preliminary draft by the end of March. He said one of the critical components moving forward is securing land from the City of Estevan, which has been very supportive of the project. Attracting financial support from the local business community will also be very important.

“The land is the first piece that we need,” he said. “The next piece, once the business plan and investment plan are in place, is the actual interest from the private sector.

“We have been very clear to government that if the private sector in Estevan and area aren’t willing to help address the bottleneck that is slowing their productivity and their economic growth, it is going to be a very hard proposition to take to government and ask them to solve the problem.

“It is our hope that we will be able to attract significant private sector investment and combine that with public sector investment to make the entire project work.”

McGrath added that the provincial and federal governments have not indicated their intentions as of yet.

However, he has been pleased with the initial interest shown locally.

“We’ve had many contacts with interested individuals and businesses inquiring about what are we proposing to do, how are we proposing to do it. In those conversations, especially from the business folks, their interest is in getting greater access to affordable housing so that they can fill their vacant positions.

“Those people that we’ve had the conversations with clearly see a growth opportunity and my sense is everyone is going to wait to see what the numbers in the project are going to say.”

Mayor Roy Ludwig said the City was pleased to hear the project is moving to the next phase. As for the land needed, he said no final decision has been made but they have an area in mind that would be near the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute.

Family walks Deadline to file away from is March 19 belly landing ⇠ A1 He is also an advocate for a greener and cleaner city.

A f o r m e r To r o n t o resident, Waseem has been owner/operator of a local gas bar and convenience store for the past several years, and he and his wife and family have settled into the Energy City.

He feels this is a good time to contribute what he can to Estevan’s well being.

Wa s e e m r e c e i v e d 773 votes in the 2012 general election, placing him eighth in the final ballot standing for the six council seats. Greg Hoffort led the way in the

An Estevan man and his family walked away from a plane belly landing incident on the Bahamas’ Long Island on Feb. 15.

Kelly Panteluk of Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd. of Estevan, the registered owner of the Cessna Citation 501SP, said he and his wife Joanne and their daughter exited the aircraft unscathed following the rough landing that was caused when the landing gear remained retracted as the plane approached the island’s landing strip.

Panteluk, who is an experienced pilot, told the Mercury “I just forgot to lower the landing gear.” Pilot distraction during the checklist process may have led to the mishap.

The plane was en route to Stella Maris, Long Island in the Bahamas from Fort Lauderdale according to flight information at the time.

Substantial damage was inflicted on the plane’s undercarriage and flaps and Panteluk confirmed that the insurance company has “written it off.”

The incident was reported to the Canadian Transportation Department.

Panteluk said he and his family found their way back home to Estevan safely, obviously using alternative means.

council polls that night with 2,365 while veteran councillor Roy Ludwig outlasted two other candidates Lynn Chipley (also a former councillor) and Jim Holladay to win the mayoralty contest with 1,807 votes.

Istace finished with 2,061 votes in the 2012 fall election.

Cameron Robock, who finished with 670 votes in the 2012 election said he would not be seeking the council chair in the by-election while Chipley had not given an indication regarding her intentions as of press deadline time Tuesday.

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“The first album was me proving to myself that I could do this.”

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Voss excited to open for Tritt He’ll never be mistaken for an overnight success, but J.J. Voss is quickly making a name for himself among Saskatchewan country music fans.

The Cupar-raised musician who now calls Regina home has been announced as the opening act for Travis Tritt when the veteran performer plays Estevan March 27 at Affinity Place.

Voss, who was recently named a nominee for the Saskatchewan Country Music Association’s Male Artist of the Year Award, said he is looking forward to opening for Tritt.

“When his career was really hot, that’s when I was just starting to play in bars and nightclubs, so I learned a lot of Travis Tritt songs and I have followed his career pretty closely,” said Voss, whose bio describes his style as “outlaw country.”

“Every Travis Tritt album had this ass-kicker rock song on it. There definitely was an influence.”

Although he has recently begun making a name for himself as a solo artist, Voss is a veteran of the music scene, as he began playing in bands while still a teenager who was inspired by the music of Steve Earle.

“When I was 12 to 15, Guitar Town came out and it just spoke to me,” he said.

“His album was my best friend and it just kinda went from there. His thing was being the outlaw and colouring outside the lines, and it really spoke to me.”

As a self-described side man, Voss built himself a nice career playing lead guitar in bands six nights a week in various nightclubs and bars. But when he turned 30, much of that business began drying up, which forced him to decide which direction to take his career in.

“I managed to get a real job and all

J.J. Voss that kind of stuff in audio production; I set up PA systems and was the sound guy in every band I was in. At the time there was a nightclub that was still doing touring acts five to six days a week. It was some of the bigger names and everything from punk rock to country to metal and everything in between.

“I became the behind-the-scenes guy working a job, but I wasn’t going to let my performing career go. That was when I sat down and looked myself in the mirror and said what did I really want to do from the beginning to start with, and that was to be the singer/songwriter.”

Once he arrived at that decision Voss said he began to bear down and started writing, and most importantly finishing, a

number of songs.

Voss’ commitment to songwriting manifested itself in his first production, an EP titled Hillbilly Storybook in 2010.

In 2012 he released Show ‘Em Who’s Voss.

The 38-year-old said moving to a solo career required him to change his mindset away from being a side man and thus far the results have been positive.

“The first album was me proving to myself that I could do this and telling the world that yes, I am a singer/songwriter,” he said. “The second album was more about digging into the business and getting introduced to radio. It was really my first introduction to radio and I would say ‘so far, so good.’”

Voss said he sees the airplay as validation of the hard work he has put into his career. He was also happy to receive the SCMA nomination, which is voted upon by those in the province’s country music industry.

“Awards are not why I do this but it feels good when you get recognized. It’s peer voted and all of the nominees are working really hard and are really dedicated to their careers.”

Along with touring, Voss said he is currently writing songs and coming up with a concept for his third album but has no date set for a release.

“I sat down and looked myself in the mirror and said

what did I really want to do from the beginning to start with, and that was to be the singer/songwriter.”

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Cornerstone annual report reveals interesting statistics The annual report issued by the South East Cornerstone Public School Division a couple of weeks ago not only spells out most of the financial details surrounding this $105 million educational enterprise but also a number of other numbers and informational tidbits that illustrate the division’s size and scope.

The division currently has at least one major construction project on the books, a $26 million rebuild and expansion of the Weyburn Comprehensive School, the report noted.

Repairs to the 45-year-old Estevan Comprehensive School amounted to just over $1 million in the past fiscal year.

The report indicates that overall governance of the division costs just over $602,000 with $187,000 of that being board member salaries plus another $92,700 for professional development sessions for the board members and a further $75,200 for advisory committees.

Former board chairwoman Carol Flynn led the pack on governance remuneration and expenses in the 2012-13 school year with $25,160 in remuneration payments plus $7,127 in travel costs and another $9,300 for professional development expenses. Current chairman, Harold Laich accepted a total of $37,118 with his salary or direct compensation being $24,039 and other items such as meals, travel and professional development expenses making up the rest.

On the administrative side, the total expenses came in at $1.4 million with salaries taking up $797,000 including the director’s wages of $182,000 and six other senior administrative positions at between $130,000 and $157,000. There are currently 38 employees of the

Cornerstone division earning in excess of $100,000 per year within an employee base of approximately 1,100.

The division caters to 8,500 students who are housed in 38 facilities along with a number who are accommodated through the division’s Cyberstone online courses.

Teacher salaries are, by far, the division’s largest expense coming in at just over $45 million for the 500 educators plus another $2.34 million in payments for their contracted benefits that are shared between the employee and the division. Instruction expenses total

just over $67.5 million taking into consideration such things as supplies, travel, and instructional aids.

The operation of the heating and cooling plants plus maintenance costs amount to just under $13.1 million, and student transportation comes in at $9.15 million with approximately half of the student body being transported by school bus to their various schools around the division that extends as far as Moosomin to the northeast, Pangman and Ogema to the west and the Manitoba border to the east.

The division has five school bus garages and maintenance sites and the buses travel along 113 routes daily during the school year covering 26,800 kilometres on each of those days with the average student time on the bus being 45 minutes and the longest being an hour and a half. The transportation report notes that the buses travel nearly another 46,000 kilometres on additional school-related trips and the average cost of transporting one student for a school year is approximately $2,200 or $1.80 per kilometre. The division deploys a total of 153 buses with the average age of the buses being 14 years.

Students are offered a busing service if the distance between the school and their home is at least 0.4 km.

The service includes contracted bus service as well as division-operated buses and it also accommodates special needs students who may require more specific transportation service.

About 75 per cent of the students enrolled in the public division are able to graduate from Grade 12, the report noted among other things, and those include early learning and care programs, English as an additional language and specialized educational consultancy services.

Could your farm benefit from strip trials?

Lyndon Hicks, PAg Regional Crops Specialist, Yorkton Regional Services Branch With every new growing season come new products for farmers to use.

Each year farmers face decisions with regards to new or existing crop input products. New fungicides, herbicides, foliar fertilizers, and different micronutrients are examples of products that garner attention. All of these products are marketed in a way that highlights the value added to the crop, and in reality they likely all can provide a benefit. Under certain conditions one can assume that each and every product can provide a benefit to the targeted crop however, more and more the onus is on the farmer to determine if the product will provide a benefit on his

farm! One of the best ways to assess efficacy and economic returns of products is to implement on-farm strip trials.

On-farm trials do not need to be complex. Basically they are long strips of treated and untreated crop within a producer’s field that are compared. In the case of fungicide or foliar micronutrient evaluation it can be as easy as leaving a pass or two in the middle of the field unsprayed. Strip trials can also be used to evaluate differences in fertilizer rates however this takes more planning during seeding. he important part of these comparisons is to set them up so yield data can be acquired from them.

Trial differentiation is best done by flagging or gps coordinates. Once the strips are clearly defined the next important step is harvesting the strips and mea-

suring the results. Weigh wagons are the most accurate method for comparisons but farmers can also use combine yield monitors to assess differences. Careful consideration should then be given to yield results. Higher yields do not necessarily mean increased profitability; this is where an economic analysis should be used.

When planning a strip trial there are a few ‘rule of thumbs’ to follow: - Keep it simple; use it to verify results - Use representative fields with little variation - Only do one comparison on each trial - Mark the strips and record the treatments - Avoid using headlands and field

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edges - The longer the trial the more accurate the data - Plan for strip widths that coincide with harvest equipment The primary purpose of on-farm trials is to give the grower the opportunity to compare different crop treatments.

Yield is often the primary measurable but other considerations such as lodging, grain quality, disease levels, and maturity should be assessed. An increase in yield is not always an increase in profit, depending on the cost of the treatment.

A partial budget with changes in costs and income is needed to confirm that.

Information gained from simple on-farm strip trials will help assess efficacy of the crop input products being used, this will allow for informed decision making.

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Purchases made using provincial action fund When the Ministry of Health released an additional $10 million to meet emerging urgent issues in long-term care facilities around the province, the local Sun Country Health Region received $812,157 of that money to address several items that required attention.

The Urgent Issues Action Fund money began to arrive in late February, and Sun Country immediately set about their plan to purchase new sleep surface systems, bath slings, weekend recreational programs in senior facilities and hot food carts. Three sites were also given the green light to seek tenders for upgraded nurse call systems.

Murray Goeres, vice-president of health facilities for Sun Country said that 100 replacement mattresses had been ordered and were now being distributed along with a number of PM 300 sleep surface air mattresses for more residents requiring more intense monitoring with their bed requirements. Each of the 18 long-term care facilities in the health region received two of the air mattresses.

“We also ordered 36 more bath slings, again, two for each facility, but they haven’t arrived yet,” said Goeres.

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Goeres said the original plan and budget for two nurse call systems was reconfigured when it was discovered the region could purchase and install three systems for less than what they were budgeting for two. The three systems will now be installed for $232,000, which is well below the original anticipated $270,000 figure.

“There was economy of scale there with a single supplier system in place. We’ll be putting the upgraded systems in Wawota, Bengough and Stoughton,” Goeres said.

When it comes to the expansion of recreational activities into the weekends, Goeres said that was a contractual matter to be negotiated between Sun Country and the union, and he was pleased to report that between 35 and 45 per cent of the long-term care facilities now have improved and expanded programs for the weekend and that negotiations with CUPE members/employees at the remaining facilities continue.

In other unrelated news connected to the local health region, the board of directors was informed that in September and October of 2013, the health region handled 46 registered concerns with the inability to access health care services making up half the complaints and then other complaints involving care delivery systems, where nine concerns were recorded while another four were related

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In another report, it was noted that the rate of births at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan, an affiliated facility for Sun Country, has returned to a normal and steady pace. There were 52 babies delivered in St. Joe’s in September and October with over 30 being delivered in October alone.

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Acknowledging a special day Last week many of us around the globe observed International Women’s Day in one form or another.

While we in North America may point with a little bit of pride to the fact we are making progress in gaining full equality for women in the workforce, we also state with some authority that a woman’s role in our social and cultural circles is pretty well 100 per cent. It’s no longer just about workplace equality, it’s now more about quality and sharing reins of power and status.

Alas, that is not the case in other parts of the world and, in fact, some regions aren’t even close.

We cite the incident of Malala Yousafzai as a prime example.

She is the brave young girl who insisted on going to school and as a result, was shot in the head by extremists but lived to fight on and become a hero and beacon of hope for undermined women everywhere.

Malala knew instinctively that education led to knowledge, and knowledge is power, and she was then, and is still now, willing to speak out and speak up. She is doing so in public pulpits where her assertiveness can be displayed without condemnation.

In emerging nations, it has become obvious that women are leading the way on the entrepreneurial and social fronts in spite of having to accept unequal status.

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

We are still agriculture There’s really not much good to be found in today’s grain transportation crisis, a body blow to an optimistic farming community and to rural Saskatchewan as a whole.

A bumper crop unlike anything some lifelong farmers have ever experienced has suddenly met the grim reality that it’s not worth anything until it’s moved to port.

Moreover, what farmers can get for this bumper crop now is far less than anticipated, some estimate $2 a bushel less for wheat, simply because we have a glut of grain that’s not moving.

Ironically, the ultimate source of this grain transportation problem is the very thing that’s turned our province around in the past decade, wealth of resources like oil and, to a certain extent, potash.

CN and CP — now both private entities accountable only to their investor shareholders – can blame the cold weather all they want. The reality is the railways have done everything possible to maximize shareholder profits, causing a two-fold problem

even killed in the name of family honour. How that is ever justified on any level, is incomprehensible to those who have even a modicum of spirituality and intelligence.

Indigenous women still bear the brunt of our social ills, in North America as well as other pockets, where ignorance supercedes intelligence.

Even in our own protected pocket of the world, we still find ourselves hammering away at the old equal pay for work of equal value for women. Sad, but true. We struggle and sometimes win the battle to provide fair maternity leave and workplace fairness in our legislative houses, and we’ve gained measures of success on occasion.

But while we do that, we keep in mind there are still millions of women who are unable to go out in public unescorted, let alone work there. There are women who aren’t allowed to drive vehicles. There are women being burned because they are women.

So the struggle for equality has only just begun.

We expect that it will be women who will ultimately spread the gospel of fairness to all corners of the world as they move forward in the spirit displayed by a little girl who went to school and was shot because she wanted to learn. She is now a threat to ignorant people around the world who still don’t get it.

for farmers.

Cutting their fleets of locomotives and cars combined with making the movement of oil their priority, again, all in the name of maximum shareholder profit, is the cause of today’s grain transportation problem.

And why that problem isn’t being fixed has to do with a federal government unwilling to address this issue.

Maybe it all can’t be blamed on the federal Conservative government’s push to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s clout as the monopoly player. But it is also clear that this political move aimed at appeasing farmers hamstrung by the lack of marketing choice has eliminated whatever effective role the CWB played in rail car distribution.

And, again, maybe Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz aren’t the first Ottawa politicians to be captivated by the rail companies. There is a reason why there are more than 200 registered lobbyists in the nation’s capital working for the rail companies. They are there because what they do has always produced results that favour the railways over the grain companies.

But there can be no doubt that Ottawa’s reluctance to take action against the railways is why the railways continue to act exclusively in the interests of shareholder profits by choosing to move oil over grain.

Ritz can bluster all he wants. Until he comes to terms with the fact it is his job to intervene on behalf of farmers who need that grain moved, he is of no more help to

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rural Saskatchewan than the Liberals were.

But while all this may seem disheartening and rather hopeless, there may be a slight silver lining to all of this. It has helped Saskatchewan rediscover who it really is, an agriculture province whose first and foremost interest should always be farming.

That Ritz, Harper et. al. have taken a hands-off approach to the railways that have far more interest in moving oil says much about how they are failing to deal with Saskatchewan’s biggest issue.

They are quickly becoming out of touch with a province that has rediscovered that it does not solely exist to make rich oil companies and railways even richer. Saskatchewan is about farming, and it’s time for Ritz the and Conservatives to stand up for what truly matters most to this province.

Contrast the feds with what we’ve seen from Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party government, also tied to the oil economy, that has at least tried to make resolving the grain glut its priority.

Consider last week’s emergency debate in the legislature where all MLAs from Wall to Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart to ordinary backbenchers like Scott Moe, Greg Brkich and Kathy Sproule spoke passionately and intelligently on this important agriculture issue.

No, it didn't get the grain moving. But it was good to see that some Saskatchewan politicians do remember who we really are in Saskatchewan.

We are agriculture.

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Keeping sights and sounds in balance

Sights and sounds remembered can be either gruesome or memorably sweet. That is obviously dependant on the situation in which they were presented to the receiver.

I thank lucky stars for the fact that sights and sounds that have remained with me over the years are mostly positive and they, by far, exceed the ugly ones I had to encounter.

For instance, on the nice side, whenever I need to sink into a positive frame of mind, I can reconnect with a beautiful riverside scene I stumbled upon as a teen after I had stopped my car near Banff just to take a break. Whenever I find myself needing to get to sleep or removing bad scenes from my life, I can close my eyes and reconnect with that scenic memory and things just seem to turn better, at least momentarily.

I stood staring in awe at two original paintings in a museum in Amsterdam. I will never forget them.

My mother took a photo once of a little baby girl named Pam Magnusson, when I was just a kid myself and that large portrait still stands out in my mind. Why? Well, Mom placed a little bit of pink oil paint on a tiny flower that was imprinted on the left shoulder of Pam’s tiny blouse. The rest of the portrait was in black and white. Years later, watching the movie Schindler’s List, I saw that same technique being used by director Spielberg when a little girl wearing a red coat strode down the street full of people in an otherwise total black, white and grey film. I’m sure Steven Spielberg and Merle Park never communicated, but somehow a memorable photographic technique overlapped.

So I have a memorable movie scene … a memorable portrait that continue to stick in my memory without me even trying to recall them. They’re just there.

Of course I have, as you probably have too, encountered scenes, smells and sounds I would love to forget, but can’t.

I believe I can understand post-traumatic stress disorder thanks to a searing memory of being one of the first people at the scene of a Hercules plane crash that took six lives many years ago. That was not a good night to be a reporter/photographer. The burned and mangled bodies of the victims are a nightmarish sight and smell I take to my own grave.

Have you ever heard the sound of 400 hogs dying in a barn fire? Trust me, you don’t want to, it’s wrenching.

But as I noted at the outset, I’m fortunate insofar as the positive sights and sounds have outweighed the negative in my mind’s eye. It’s called mental health I guess.

I’ll let the Karsh portraits and the bride’s Dervish tapestries and a Velasquez print that bedeck my home dominate my visual senses these days. They easily outweigh any ugly plane crash and burning animal flashbacks. Those I simply endure for a few fleeting seconds and then get on with whatever it is I am doing, and I empathize with those who can’t let the ugly scenes go, no matter how hard they may try.

I choose Pam’s baby faced smile and pink flower, Spielberg’s red coat, two paintings in Amsterdam, my workmates’ and friends’ laughter and a Banff riverbank as my greatly appreciated release and relief valves.

What do you have in your fall back memory bank, dear diary?

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The Editor: Families have long been asking for this government to twin the busy and increasingly dangerous Highway 39. Sadly, the government has not been listening.

Although families and community groups have made the reasons for twinning Highway 39 clear – for the safety

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of all drivers, especially young people on the highway – the government responded with an announcement about repaving some sections of Highway 39 near Estevan and Macoun.

This project doesn’t even have a start or an end date.

The families that drive that highway are concerned for their safety and the safety of their loved ones. I have

The Editor:

Where have we come to when someone like Vince Li can leave an institution unescorted and without supervision after beheading a fellow passenger and eating parts of his body?

The Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board, a provincial agency, ruled that Vince Li could leave the institution he is at without an escort.

The federal government was not a party to the case and cannot appeal the decision. That

said, our government has introduced the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, which is currently in the Senate, which would authorize a prosecutor to make an application to a court to designate an individual a high risk offender prior to them being discharged from custody.

An individual with this designation would not be allowed to go into the community unescorted.

Escorted passes would only be allowed in narrow circumstances, and only if a plan is in place to address undue risk to public safety.

heard too many stories of collisions on that stretch of highway, and it needs to stop. It’s time this government recognize the urgency of the situation and take action before anyone else gets hurt.

Buckley Belanger MLA for Athabasca and Highways and Infrastructure critic

The provincial decision to grant Mr. Li unescorted trips is wrong. We call upon the provincial Attorney General to appeal this decision.

Canadians expect that their justice system will keep them safe from highrisk individuals.

That is why our Conservative government introduced the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, which will: protect the public from high-risk offenders; make public safety a paramount consideration when determining sentences; and ensure that

the safety of victims is always considered when decisions are being made about people found Not Criminally Responsible.

Unlike the Liberals and NDP, our Conservative government believes that those who commit serious and heinous crimes must be kept off our streets.

Our government has always put victims first and always will.

Ed Komarnicki Member of Parliament Souris – Moose Mountain

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Income tax season is fast approaching, and you don’t know where to start?

Many people find tax time stressful, but with a little preparation, it can be a cinch!

Read on for some tips to make preparing your income tax return quicker and easier.

Start early. This way, you’ll not only avoid penalties for late filing, but you’ll also be able to organize your finances to take advantage of potential tax benefits. Prepare the returns of everyone in the family at the same time.

Often, expenses that won’t benefit one member of the family can be transferred to another.

Get organized. It’s much easier to prepare your tax return if you file the documents you’ll need in one place.

Taxes in Canada are due on April 30 every year.

If you’re preparing your own return, you can use the Canada Revenue Agency’s NETFILE program to submit it. You’ll save time, make fewer mistakes and, if applicable, get your refund faster.

For more tips on preparing your income tax return, see Your Financial Toolkit on the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s website, itpaystoknow.gc.ca Lucie Tedesco Commissioner Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Why aren’t the railways forced to comply with the needs of shippers? The Wall Government should join the GPS in urging the Harper Government to fix Bill C-52 as soon as possible, so that the grain can get rolling right away and make penalties to the railway companies payable to the farmers, not the federal government.

The Green Party of Saskatchewan is urging the federal government to step up its action to fix the grain backlog in Saskatchewan and prevent a repeat next year.

Bill C-52, the Rail Service Legislation, needs to be fixed so shippers can enforce service level agreements with the railways on how much grain should be shipped. It is disturbing that the original legislation passed by the Harper Government last

Victor Lau, Leader of the GPS Regina

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Humane Society inundated with felines There is an abundance of cats and canines at the Estevan Humane Society’s animal shelter heading into what is expected to be a busy spring season.

Management at the shelter indicated last week that the cat and kitten population is now at its maximum level with 41 felines of various types and ages now in their care.

“Once the cages are full, that’s it. We don’t euthanize, we take care of them,” said employee Britni Wallioko. So when the population maxes out, owners of cats and kittens who may want to surrender them to the shelter, will have no luck, nor will those who rescue them only to drop them off at the shelter’s doorstep, which is something that has happened a few times this winter, especially during the recent cold snaps.

The dog population is also near the breaking point, but not as desperate as the cat and kitten situation.

There were 12 canines in the society’s care on March 6, but there was an expectation that two were on the verge of being adopted out, which would ease the kennel overload.

Shelter employees said they welcome visitors to the shelter, even if they aren’t in the immediate mood or position to adopt a cat or dog and, of course, any volunteer assistance and donations are welcomed.

The cat population consists of mature and older cats, as old as 14 years or more and as young as one week, since one pregnant female has since given birth

Britni Walioko, an employee at the Estevan Humane Society’s shelter, cuddles one of the young cats that are eligible for adoption. The shelter, located along the old brick plant road on the city’s south side off Fourth Avenue, is currently overpopulated with cats and kittens. to a litter of seven kittens that are just now opening their eyes. Most of the cats are of varying ages, they said, are playful and had adjusted well to their new found domestic home, but would probably fare even better with a permanent residency.

“There are purebreds and mixed breeds, both dogs and cats,” said one shelter worker who added that it was very difficult to have to say no to a few recent callers who wanted to surrender their cats to the shelter, simply because there was no more room. She noted that sanitation and safety issues and regulations had to be

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followed, so it was hoped that there might be a few feline adoption opportunities coming through the door soon so that they could again take in rescued strays or surrendered cats.

The harsh winter conditions have led to the significant increase, they suggested, since people were probably caring enough to rescue the cats from the extreme cold, but weren’t able to continue to house and feed them, which naturally led them to the humane society, which is now filled to the brim and unable to comply with further requests until the population is reduced.

The newest arrivals at the Estevan Humane Society’s shelter are these two-week-old kittens who were part of a seven-kitten litter delivered by their mother, who was rescued from the extreme cold just a few days before giving birth.

Mom and kittens are doing fine, but they became part of the currently overwhelming feline population at the shelter.

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Puddle Problems

The cold temperatures have snapped and that has resulted in the beginning of the annual melt. Low areas on streets across the city are experiencing lots of water, leaving drivers to power their way through the pools of melted snow and ice.

Truckers in distress get help from police A 17-year-old male youth has been charged by members of the Estevan Police Service with uttering threats.

The charges stem from an incident on or around March 4.

The youth was taken into custody and faced two separate charges of uttering the threats and one charge of mischief due to the fact he inflicted some damage to property around that same time. The youth has also been charged with being in breach of probation conditions.

On March 5, EPS members arrested a 39-year-old man for breaching a conditional sentence order. He was scheduled to appear in court the next day.

On March 6, EPS members rendered assistance to a semi tractor/trailer unit whose driver attempted to enter the city with a load that was too high to navigate the rail underpass. Police provided traffic control while the semi driver backed the unit up the hill and onto a bypass road. Police provided an escort for the unit around the city to its destination.

A report of a second theft in the city on March 5 that resulted in some money being taken from a local premises was being investigated by police, who said they had a suspect in their investigative sights.

A complaint of an assault that apparently occurred on the night of March 5 is under investigation by EPS with charges pending.

A dispute over property within a residence led to police intervention on March 6. The EPS members provided assurances that peace would be maintained while one party retrieved their property at the residence.

Police were asked to provide assistance to a semi driver for the second time in two days when they were called to an accident scene on Kensington Avenue where a trucker had lost a load of pipe on the road. With the assistance of nearby Baxter’s Transport equipment and personnel, the issue and road was cleared up quickly.

When police conducted a routine roadside stop on the night of March 7 near a north side lounge they ended up arresting two men for possession of marijuana. Police believed the driver was impaired, so he was transported to the EPS station to obtain samples of his breath for a breathalyzer test. The man failed to provide proper

samples.

Both men were subsequently charged with possessing a controlled substance and the driver was charged with driving while impaired and refusing to provide a breath sample.

That same evening, EPS members checked another vehicle that was leaving a north side lounge and the driver failed a roadside test and another test back at the police station, so he was charged with impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol level was above .08 per cent.

On the night of March 8, EPS members stopped a vehicle that was being driven in the central part of the city. Upon further checks, police discovered the operator of the vehicle had a suspended driver’s licence so he was charged accordingly. The driver did pass a

roadside breathalyzer screening test, but further investigation revealed he had two outstanding warrants for his arrest for driving while disqualified, so the vehicle was seized and impounded and the man taken into custody while his passenger was sent home in a taxi. As police continued their search of the vehicle they located some cocaine, so charged him with that offence as well and as they continue their work, police note they may also be laying charges of cocaine possession against the male passenger.

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Southeast Regional College is governed by a seven person Board of Governors. Due to retirement, one position is coming vacant and the Board is looking for an expression of interest from individuals who might be willing to serve as a Board member.

UNITED WAY ESTEVAN will convene its Annual General Meeting on Friday, March 28, 2014 in the Fireside Room at the Days Inn Hotel in Estevan.

Cocktails at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm: Meeting to follow.

Preference will be given to candidates who fit the following criteria: • 1 Candidate from the Estevan district • Financial expertise, previous leadership experience, and/or knowledge of current and emerging issues affecting the College and the Energy sector On average, a time commitment of two days per month is required.

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SCHR offering food safe classes The Public Health Department of Sun Country Health Region has expanded the number of Food Safe Classes to be held this year.

“We are seeing quite a large increase in demand for these classes, and we want to hold the numbers in each class to a reasonable level, so we are adding significantly to the total number of classes we will offer in the Region this year,” said Janice Giroux, vice president of Community Health.

“Classes will be held throughout the year rather than only the fall and spring.”

Classes will be held in March, May September and November in Weyburn and April, June and October in Estevan.

“The classes are also being opened to more people who speak languages other than English,” she said.

Workbooks are available in English, French, Cantonese, Punjab and Korean. The exam is available in English,

Cantonese, Spanish, Punjab, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Japanese and French.

“This change reflects the new diversity among our population,” Giroux said. “We welcome these new people

to our region and want to help them find work in the food industry if that’s where they want to be.”

Food Safe is a nationally recognized course to help commercial food operations fulfill the Saskatchewan regulation that requires all licensed restaurants must have at least one staff member per shift who has taken a food handler course. After passing the examination, participants will receive a nationally-recognized certificate.

The class covers issues like microbiology and foodborne illness, safe food handling, cleaning and sanitizing, facility organization, housekeeping, among others. To register, call 1-888-295-8005 or email to pubhealthinspection@schr.sk.ca For more information, members of the public can call Grant Paulson, Public Health Inspector Supervisor, at 306-842-8618.

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EAGM hosting art coffee house to introduce new exhibit

The coming exhibitions at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum will be challenging for viewers, but there is no reason to be intimidated by the gallery’s complex visual offerings.

Coming off a pair of exhibits that focused on Canada’s national pastime, the EAGM is taking a quick turn to bring a show to the Energy City that is more expressive and challenging. For those who are concerned the exhibits may raise questions without providing all the answers, curator Ali King wants to remind everyone that art is intended to inspire questions from its viewers.

The upcoming exhibition by Leesa Streifler, called Embodied, deals with female body issues in a series of expressionist paintings. It opens on Friday evening.

In order to help the community get engaged in the experiences available at the local art gallery, the EAGM will be hosting an art history coffee house on March 12 guided by King.

“It’s for anyone who’s interested in the history of art, but because it’s International Women’s Day, and also because we have (the Streifler) exhibition on, I thought I would talk about the way artists approach themes of the body and the nude in art,” said King. “I think that might give people something to take with them when looking at this show.”

The EAGM had recent exhibits that were more accessible to an audience that doesn’t have a background in art, and members of the gallery wish to encourage people to come in an explore the complicated exhibits without feeling overwhelmed.

“Hockey is such an accessible thing. It’s so popular and it’s easy to understand. These (new exhibits) are more about the recesses of the mind. These works are a little more psychological,” said King. “They’re a little less playful than Liz Pead’s show that was all about hockey equipment, and hers was more tactile. There was a bit

Ali King more of a lighter tone. These are a little more serious.”

Though that doesn’t mean they can’t be understood or that those without art backgrounds can’t discover some meaning behind the brushstrokes.

“I think there’s something for everyone here,” she said. “Art should make you question things, see things from a slightly different angle. I think these shows do that.”

She asks people who come in to the gallery to view these new exhibits to do so with an open mind.

“When you look at art, it’s really natural to be asking questions about it. You should be asking ‘why does it look like that? How is it supposed to make me feel?

Or how do I feel?’”

She also reminds people that questions don’t have to be answered personally, encouraging people to ask her or other gallery staff about specific pieces.

“There’s always one of us available to answer questions,” King said.

The coffee house will look at historical works as well as contemporary and modern works, as King said she likes taking an approach to art history that isn’t chronological but rather focuses on recurring themes and how those ideas have been approached by artists over the years.

She said it’s a bit of a misconception that people must know something about art to draw a meaningful experience from it.

“I feel like one of the most common things I hear from people is if they feel a bit uncomfortable with art, it’s because they think that they don’t understand it, which is an interesting idea because, on the one hand, artists always say you don’t really need any background to be able to approach a work. It’s all about how you see it and what you see in it. It’s all about colour and form.”

She said people don’t require the theoretical knowledge of art they may think they need.

“Some movements are particularly difficult for people to understand like minimalism,” King said referring to a piece that is just a light bulb flickering in a room.

“I can completely understand why that must seem strange, but I’m always happy to discuss these things with people. Art is all about debate as well. Just because I’m a curator and I like art doesn’t mean I like all kinds of art. There’s plenty of stuff I don’t like,” she added with a laugh.

“It’s a visual language, but it’s not a language everybody speaks. A few entry points may be helpful when you’re reading work.”

The hourlong class begins at 6:30 tonight at the gallery.

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Foundation hopes to shorten wish list with Radiothon The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation will be putting out the call for donations on March 19 during its annual Radiothon.

Becky Conly, SJHF executive director, reminds the community the fundraiser, which brought in just over $38,000 last year, aims to purchase much-needed items for all areas of the hospital.

“We’re trying to raise money for items on our wish list. There are a lot of things we really need,” said Conly.

“It’s absolutely imperative to have healthcare services in southeast Saskatchewan. We’re fortunate to have the facility here along with the support staff. But without the equipment, all of that doesn’t matter,” she added. “When it comes to wear and tear on equipment or equipment that is outdated, they definitely need more funding and that’s where the hospital foundation comes in.”

The day of the Radiothon will kick off with a pancake breakfast at Affinity Place, running from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The breakfast is open to the public and donations will be graciously accepted.

Items topping the wish list this year include a vital signs monitor for the maternity unit, a blood pressure machine, syringe pumps for the dialysis unit and fluid warmers for the emergency room.

“Many items that are needed are from the food and cafeteria division, and that’s not something that people usually want their money to go toward because it’s not an exciting unit to donate toward, but we have to be able to care for our patients while they’re here,” Conly said, noting that they need convection ovens, food choppers and meal delivery systems.

Some of the cafeteria equipment has been used since the hospital was built 22 years ago.

“We’re also looking into putting some funding toward spiritual care, which is a very important aspect of the hospital.”

The actual Radiothon will be centred at St. Joseph’s Hospital, in the chapel outside of the cafeteria. The event will be broadcast on local networks with interviews involving patients, staff and volunteers.

Featured on the broadcast will be Shannon Daae and her daughter Shaya, who will be the Faces of the Radiothon, a new addition to the event this year.

Now a healthy six-year-old, Shaya was born prematurely on Feb. 8, 2008, after Shannon was just 29 weeks into her pregnancy. That morning, Shannon was scheduled to attend the Estevan hospital for a glucose test, but because she wasn’t feeling well, everyone agreed to reschedule the test. A couple of hours later, she was feeling more fatigued and experiencing minor contractions, so husband Michael took her to the St. Joe’s maternity ward.

At the hospital, doctors discovered Shannon had a bladder infection and noted her contractions were 10 per cent of actual labour levels. The Daaes were sent home and told to come back that evening. When they returned, Shannon was in the final stages of the early labour.

She was rushed to obstetrics, where the maternity doctor said there was no time for painkillers and that the baby would arrive in 10 minutes.

Ten minutes later, Shaya was delivered weighing two pounds and 12 ounces.

Immediately, the infant’s heart stopped, and one of the nurses began CPR until the child responded again after a few minutes. The staff quickly installed a ventilator as Shaya couldn’t breathe on her own. There was a severe blizzard that night, and staff ventilated the bag by hand for four hours until the ambulance arrived and whisked baby Shaya off to the neonatal intensive care unit at Regina General Hospital.

Doctors found that a placental abruption had caused the early birth and admitted Shannon to the intensive care unit in St. Joe’s.

The story has a happy ending as six years on, both mother and child are doing well.

The Radiothon will run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 19, and donations can be made over the phone during the event by calling 306-340-0510.

The hospital foundation is also in the middle of its revitalization campaign, with the foundation selling naming rights to the wings and units of the hospital. So far, Conly said about three interested parties have come forward. Contracts are still being drawn up and awaiting signatures, so she wouldn’t identify the organizations at this time.

“We’ve had a lot of interest and had about three organizations or companies step up to the plate and say they have an interest in purchasing certain divisions and units (naming rights) throughout the hospital.”

This year’s St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Radiothon on March 19 will feature the Faces of the Radiothon with Shaya Daae and mother Shannon, who delivered Shaya at St. Joseph’s after a 29-week pregnancy. (Submitted photo) Shaya Daae was born prematurely on Feb. 8 2008 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan. (Submitted photo)

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Notice of Assessment Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of North Portal for the year of 2014 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from March 11th, 2014 to April 10, 2014.

A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

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The Quota Club of Estevan recently donated a new FM sound system to Creighton Lodge. From left to right: Quota member Sarah Fladeland, Creighton Lodge resident Gwen Walton and Valerie Hall, Governor District 11 for Quota International.

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– Chamber president Ken Rowan

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Leslie to speak at chamber AGM One of Canada’s top soldiers will be the keynote speaker at the Estevan Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting.

Lieutenant General Andrew Leslie will speak at the event which is scheduled for March 19, at the Days Inn Plaza. There will be cocktails at 5 p.m. followed by a dinner at 6. The meeting will follow the dinner.

Leslie will speak about his experiences in the military where he led Canadian troops in the war zones of southern Croatia and in Afghanistan in the streets of Kabul. He has also operated on the word stage, leading coalition troops from other countries as chief of staff and deputy commander of United Nations Confidence Restoration

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Discretionary Use Development Permit Application Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5 The Council of the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5, pursuant to section 55(2) of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, hereby notice of its intention to consider the subdivision application for: 1) the discretionary principal use as Industrial for a pipe yard, equipment storage yard, or similar development; Located within the Agricultural District (A) in the SW 13-2-8 W2M as shown by the bold dashed line on the sketch which appears as part of this notice below:

Public Meeting: Council will receive any written or verbal submissions respecting the proposed discretionary use development permit application at a public meeting to held on Tuesday the 18th day of March, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. local time, at the municipal office located at #1-322, 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Dated at Estevan, Saskatchewan this 7th day of March, 2014 Grace Potter Administrator

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Operation in the former Yugoslavia, and in Afghanistan as deputy commander of the International Security Assistance Force.

All Chamber members as well as anyone interested in becoming a member are invited to attend this event.

“It is an excellent opportunity for businesses to learn more about the Estevan Chamber of Commerce including

Rules based investing

By Kim Inglis According to BlackRock, the average investor underperforms virtually all other traditional asset classes and even inflation. When comparing 20-year annualized returns by asset class, the average investor rings in at 2.3 per cent compared to the S&P 500 Index at 8.2 per cent. This underperformance is largely attributed to behavioral finance.

Studies show that investor emotions are predictable and in sync with market cycles. During a bull market investor emotions have an upward trajectory from positive to confident, then thrilled, and peaking at euphoric. When markets fall, the emotions then track downward accompanied by surprise, nervousness, worry, and desperation. The descending emotional path ends in panic and defeat. As markets bottom out and start to regain some steam, investors cautiously re-enter the market as they become hopeful and encouraged.

Unfortunately, emotions rule and most investors exit their investments at the bottom. According to Fidelity Investments, when individual investors attempt to buy low and sell high, they tend to do the opposite. An investor who put $10,000 in the S&P/TSX Composite Index January 1, 1975 would now have $486,200, an annualized return of

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the projects we are working on and the many member benefits. Furthermore, it is an excellent occasion to socialize and network with other businesses in the area to discuss our common goals,” said chamber president Ken Rowan.

Please purchase tickets by calling 306-637-2190 or emailing: rebecca@estevanchamber.ca . The cost of the event is $30/person or $225 for a table of 8.

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10.7 per cent, despite many market dips. If that investor was out of the market during the 10 best months, the annualized return would drop to 7.5 per cent. If the 60 best months were missed, the annualized return would be -1.8 per cent.

A first step in keeping emotions at bay is to create an Investment Policy Statement (IPS), setting parameters for making investment decisions and encouraging the discipline required to stick to the rules.

Clear rules are important as they facilitate a calm assessment of hard facts and ensure proper reactions to new or changing information. Investors remain emotionally neutral, which ultimately makes them more likely to buy low and sell high.

The next step is to build a portfolio with investments that employ a rules-based approach. According to Barometer Capital Management, a disciplined strategy is half the battle. On the buy side, Barometer uses a number of systematized ranking systems and quantitative tests to determine whether a position should be added to a portfolio. A clearly defined selling strategy is equally important as it removes emotion and irrational decisions.

Similarly, factor-based strategies can help maintain portfolio discipline. According to MSCI Inc, long-term equity portfolio performance can be explained by certain key factors. Some are generic while

others are premium-earning factors, which earn a risk premium relative to a capitalization-weighted market index. Such factors include value, low size, low volatility, high yield, quality, and momentum. According to MSCI, the strategy brings transparency to factor allocations, which ultimately helps alleviate manager ‘style drift’ and has positive implications for risk management.

One way to access factor-based strategies is to opt for exchangetraded funds (ETFs). First Asset recently launched four new exchangetraded funds (ETFs) built on the MSCI factor indexes, specifically, their risk weighted indexes. The ETFs are designed to provide liquidity, transparency, and low cost, together with strategies that aim to deliver better risk-adjusted returns.

The most successful investors are those who effectively remove emotion from their investment decisions. Such investors create rules, document them in a comprehensive IPS, and select investments based on those criteria.

Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. www.reynoldsinglis.ca.

The views in this column are solely those of the author.

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Government announces EOR funding A technology that has already been used to great success in southeast Saskatchewan will be expanding to other areas of the province.

The Innovation Saskatchewan Board of Directors has approved $1.9 million in research and development funding for the 2013-14 fiscal year to develop Enhanced Oil Recovery technologies in the heavy oil fields of the province.

“Saskatchewan’s oil and gas industry is one of the economic drivers for the province,”

Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “Last year, the industry experienced records in production and horizontal wells drilled, lending proof to its strength and growth. We are continuing to support the development of innovative technologies through partnerships with industry that will increase oil production.”

According to a press release, the approval of these heavy oil EOR projects is consistent with the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth which includes

initiatives aimed at increasing oil production and developing new technologies to access our oil reserves. Some of the key objectives of the projects are to study the use of microbes and radio frequency heating to increase oil production.

“We are very pleased with the collaborative effort that industry and research organization partners made in the development of these projects,” Innovation Saskatchewan CEO Jerome Konecsni said.

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With industry participating in the development and operation of the projects and providing 70 per cent of the funding, we are confident that these initiatives will result in impacts on Saskatchewan’s economy.”

The funding is being allocated to four projects through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund, which is accessible by partnership among industry and research organizations for strategic innovation projects.

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14B160 Ensign #351......................................... CNRL Steelman 3 Unit........................................................ 15A-26-4-5 14B253 Southern Stampede #1............................. Worsdworth 2Hz................................................4C7-22-1C5-22-6-5 10E269 Mosaic Esterhazy 2 EH .................................................................................................................12-22-19-33 13K381 Canelson #25..........................................CPEC Clarilaw Hz................................................. 1B3-3-1C14-3-8-5 10G299 CPEC Wawota ................................................................................................................................8-13-12-33 14B224 Precision #156...................................... Legacy et al Pinto HZ................................................

4B3-9-4B3-4-1-5 14C012 Midale Steelman new Hz.............................................................................................................3B2-36-4B2-25-4-4 12D331 Mosaic K1 Esterhazy 1 WSW .......................................................................................................

15-13-20-33 Eighteen licenses issued to Thursday, May 2, 2013 14A390 Ensign #651..............................................

Legacy Pinto HZ.................................................... 1B2-7-4B3-6-1-5 14C029 CPEC Glen Ewen N Hz.....................................................................................................

Legacy Nottingham North DD........................................................................................4C13-20-4B13-20-6-31 13B037 KRC Cantal South DD ..................................................................................................4D16-18-2D16-18-5-33 13D207 2A3-3-3B10-34-3-1 14A436 Ensign #650.........................................Legacy et al Kisbey HZ........................................... 3B2-26-3B2-23-8-5 Phase et al Manor .............................................................................................................................10-11-8-1 14C030 CPEC Viewfield Hz .........................................................................................................3C5-28-2D8-28-7-10 Southern Wordsworth 2Hz...............................................................................................1C12-22-4B10-21-6-512J237 13D208 11J193 Triwest Alameda East SWD ................................................................................................................16-9-4-2 14A056 Canelson #27...........................................

CPEC Taylor Hz............................................4C13-13-1C13-24-2-6 14C034 Red Beds Gainsborough Hz .......................................................................................

Painted Pony Flat Lake SWD...........................................................................................................12-10-1-16 13D243 4A16-14-3A14-13-2-30 Kinwest 08 Alameda .........................................................................................................................11-28-3-3 14B229 Canelson #16......................................... CPEC Viewfield Hz..........................................4C13-23-1D16-27-6-6 14C044 Kingland Auburnton Hz .....................................................................................................4D16-1-2C15-1-6-2 Kinwest 08 Pinto Hz...............................................................................................................3C14-1-3B3-1-1-511H433 13E002 13C125 CPEC Viewfield Hz .....................................................................................................

7D15-29-3D15-32-10-6 14A349 Horizon #34........................................ CPEC Moose Valley HZ..........................................

4A1-10-4B2-9-12-6 14C045 Petrex et al Queensdale W Hz Legacy et al Pinto SWD RE..................................................................................................................4-12-1-6 13E001 ........................................................................................3D8-27-2B11-27-6-2 Silver Spur Viewfield Hz ......................................................................................................

4C13-3-4B4-3-7-7 14B329 Lasso #1..................................................

Aldon Bryant 2Hz..............................................4C13-22-4D5-27-5-7 14C046 CPEC Viewfield Hz..............................................................................................................1B4-11-C13-11-7-912G154 CPEC Viewfield Hz .......................................................................................................

3D16-23-2D16-26-9-8 13C205 Ensign #634...........................................PBEN Viewfield 2HZ.........................................3C13-16-4C13-21-7-7 14C056 Tundra Flemming..............................................................................................................................1-11-12-3113B299 13B127 CPEC Veiwfield Hz ............................................................................................................1D1-24-2D1-19-8-8 14A463 Precision #381........................................CPEC Viewfield HZ.......................................... 8C13-14-3A4-14-10-7 14C071 Advance #4 OOL Manor Hz.....................................................................................................................2C4-36-4B4-35-7-1 12K076 .............................................

CPEC Viewfield Hz ...........................................6C12-2-4C12-3-8-9 CPEC Viewfield .................................................................................................................3C4-12-3D1-12-9-9 14B031 Ensign #625. ........................................... CPEC Viewfield Hz..........................................4C13-13-1C13-12-7-8 14C069 DZ #1 Legacy Alameda West Hz............................................................................................... 2D16-19-2D16-20-4-312E307 12E169 ......................................................V40C Tableland Hz .........................................1A1-14-4D16-2-1-11 CPEC Viewfield ..............................................................................................................2C12-19-1C16-24-8-9 14A169 Canelson #26.........................................

CPEC Viewfield Hz.............................................. 2A3-3-1C14-3-10-8 14C057 Legacy Steelman Hz............................................................................................................. 4C4-10-4C4-9-4-413C062 CPEC Viewfield WSW .........................................................................................................................9-10-8-9 14B218 Panther #1.............................................

Canera Benson 2HZ........................................... 3C7-24-3A16-24-6-8 14C061 Legacy Steelman Hz............................................................................................................3B2-13-4A3-12-4-412C096 CVE Weyburn .................................................................................................................................15-26-6-12 14A233 Precision #380........................................CPEC Viewfield HZ............................................3C4-23-2C4-22-10-8 14C070 Legacy Steelman Hz..........................................................................................................1B12-13-1C5-14-4-412J173 13B039 4B1-24-2D1-13-7-30 CPEC Hoffer Hz .................................................................................................................3A4-14-4B4-2-1-13 14B029 Canelson #21.........................................CPEC VIewfield Hz..........................................1D16-27-2D16-26-6-9 14C060 RROI Ryerson Hz ............................................................................................................

Legacy Steelman Hz.......................................................................................................

4C12-17-4C12-18-4-413A034 12L261 ......................................................................................................................1-20-11-30 CVE Weyburn ..................................................................................................................................8-18-6-13 14A453 Crusader #2............................................ CPEC Viewfield Hz.......................................... 2A1-19-2D16-19-10-9 14C059 Shooting Star Fairlight Legacy Steelman Hz. .........................................................................................................2B4-20-1C13-18-4-413A116 13B239 Questerre et al Ryerson Hz .............................................................................................. 3B4-32-3A4-31-8-30 CVE Weyburn ...............................................................................................................................12-30T-6-13 14A225 Ensign #609................................................ LTS Viewfield............................................. 4B16-25-2D16-30-10-9 14C073 Husky Steelman 2Hz.......................................................................................................4A16-31-2D16-32-4-512J008 12B395 VOC Redvers .......................................................................................................................................6-8-7-31 Arc Tribune ......................................................................................................................................15-32-3-14 14B231 Panther #4............................................... Canera Midale Hz........................................... 1A12-29-3A9-29-6-10 14C072 Fire Sky Macoun...................................................................................................................................4-36-4-910B263 12K341 PBEN Moosomin ............................................................................................................................13-31-13-31 Rio Tinto Sedley ..............................................................................................................................4-20-14-16 14B358 Betts #2...............................................Apache et al Midale DD.......................................2D5-33-4B5-33T-6-10 14C063 Arc Oungre Hz.............................................................................................................. 1C13-25-1C13-36-2-1512A364 11K442 Epping et al Bellegarde SWD ............................................................................................................3-15-6-31 12B199 Sparton Ceylon ...............................................................................................................................16-29-6-18 14B124 Precision #120........................................ CPEC Viewfield Hz........................................ 7B12-28-4B12-29-7-10 14C076 CPEC Weir Hill..................................................................................................................................4A2-15-6-6 12K234 Highrock Lightning ..............................................................................................................................3-8-8-32 13C033 Epsilon Ceylon Hz .........................................................................................................

4C6-31-1C14-36-6-19 14A472 Red Dog #4............................................CPEC Viewfield HZ........................................

2B13-35-4C12-34-7-10 14C077 CPEC Weir Hill Hz...............................................................................................................4A2-15-4B4-15-6-6 11B210 Mosaic K2 Esterhazy 6 WSW .......................................................................................................12-26-19-32 11K043 PBEN Pangman DD .................................................................................................... 4B16-15-2D15-15-7-20 14A474 Alliance #5..............................................CPEC Viewfield HZ............................................ 6B5-36-1B5-35-7-10 14C093 Aldon Bryant 2Hz.............................................................................................................2A12-22-4D13-22-5-7 14A054 Panther #3...........................................Husky Oungre East HZ........................................... 5A4-11-4B3-2-1-12 14C074 CPEC Viewfield Hz................................................................................................................3C13-5-1B4-7-8-9 13K118 Alliance #3............................................... CPEC Oungre HZ...........................................4C15-2-1C15-11-1-13 14C075 CPEC Viewfield Hz......................................................................................................... 4C13-16-1C13-21-9-9 14B275 Canelson #12..........................................Zargon Ralph 2HZ........................................... 1B10-29-4A1-30-7-13 14C094 CPEC Viewfield Hz......................................................................................................... 3D15-16-2D15-21-9-9 13L137 Canelson #23........................................... CPEC Flat LAke............................................................ 2B5-17-1-15 14C080 CPEC Viewfield Hz..............................................................................................................2B2-6-3B2-31-8-10 14B272 Vortex #3....................................................NAL Hoffer HZ..............................................1D16-25-4D16-1-2-15 14C096 Canera Bromhead SWD RE...............................................................................................................8-25-3-13 14A016 Precision #117.......................................... ARC Oungre HZ..........................................2C13-26-1C13-27-2-15 14C082 CPEC Hoffer Hz...................................................................................................................2B1-10-3B1-3-1-14 11C080 Ensign #645......................................... Enerplus Neptune 2Hz........................................ 3B6-31-2D11-31-3-16 14C083 CPEC Hoffer Hz...................................................................................................................2B4-18-4B4-6-1-14 14B264 Panther #2.......................................... Rife Tatagwa North 2Hz........................................ 1D1-34-3A8-27-6-16 14C092 Painted Pony Ralph West Hz...............................................................................................2B4-6-2A9-36-7-15 14B317 Ensign #604.........................................Yancoal Southey North ....................................................... 9-12-24-19 13K189 Predator Drlg #5........................................EMCL Harptree................................................................ 6-21-4-26

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Canelson #22............................................RROI Fertile HZ............................................ 4A16-23-4A16-24-6-30 Precision #149............................................Arc Elmore Hz................................................... 2A1-17-4C7-8-1-31 Trinidad #14........................................Red Beds et al Winmore.......................................................... 9-36-1-31 Canelson #24........................................ Triland Ingoldsby Hz............................................4D14-2-3D6-11-4-32 Precision #409........................................CCEC Lightning Hz.................................................1D4-5-2D2-5-8-32 Red Dog #1.......................................... Pemoco Parkman Hz............................................3D8-34-2D5-35-8-33 Ensign #640.......................................... LTS Hastings 2 SWD............................................................. 8-35-3-34 Betts #3................................................. Highrock Wauchope........................................................... 12-24-7-34 D2 Drig #1................................................. V40C Florence..............................................................3C14-12-2-1 Ensign #602............................................... OOL Manor Hz................................................... 4A2-35-4A2-26-7-1 Canelson #11..................................... Canera Glen Ewen 2HZ............................................3D7-14-4C5-14-2-1 Red Dog #3..........................................Elkhorn Pinto East Hz............................................... 2A1-11-3A9-2-2-3 Canelson #28.................................... FCL Wordsworth East Hz.......................................... 3B1-11-1C4-11-7-3 Betts #1...................................................Elkhorn Northgate.................................................. 4D16-4-3A1-4-1-3 IWS #4....................................................CCEC Pinto RE DD...............................................4C3-22-2C3-22-2-4 Vortex #2...............................................Legacy Steelman Hz.............................................. 3A9-14-3A9-13-4-4 Advance #1............................................ Midale Steelman Hz............................................... 1B3-24-4B2-23-4-4 Precision #219................................. Renegade Buffalo Head Hz......................................... 2B4-23-4A3-22-7-4 Bertram #652 ABD...........................Canshale Veillardville Strat...................................................... 13-15-44-4 Bertram #652 ABD...........................Canshale Veillardville Strat...................................................... 13-27-44-4 Bertram #652 ABD...........................Canshale Veillardville Strat........................................................ 4-29-44-4 Bertram #654....................................Canshale Veillardville Strat...................................................... 15-31-44-4 Bertram #654 ABD...........................Canshale Veillardville Strat...................................................... 16-17-45-4 Bertram #652 ABD...........................Canshale Veillardville Strat........................................................ 4-18-45-4 Stampede #2........................................ Legacy et al Pinto Hz..............................................2D16-5-2D16-8-1-5

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14B035 14B316 14B345 14A065 14A458 14A265 14B273 14B240 14A397 14A129 14A440 14A-29 14B292 14B091 14B270 14B277 14A262 13L037 14B143 14B066 14B065 14B064 14B142 14B221 14B237

13K034 12K341 10E269 10G299 12J237 14A076 11J193 13C162 14A398 14A011 12i200 11H433 13L038 14B155 13K382 14A146 12J173 12J008 14A060 10B263 12A364 12B199 13C033 11K043

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RROI Fertile Hz.............................................................................................................. 8B16-26-2A16-25-6-30 PBEN Moosomin............................................................................................................................. 13-31-13-31 Mosaic Esterhazy 2 EH................................................................................................................... 12-22-19-33 CPEC Wawota.................................................................................................................................. 8-13-12-33 Phase et al Manor............................................................................................................................... 10-11-8-1 V40C Elcott East SWD....................................................................................................................... 14-13-2-2 Triwest Alameda East SWD.................................................................................................................. 16-9-4-2 FCL Carlyle DD................................................................................................................... 2C9-19-1C9-19-8-2 CNRL Oxbow...................................................................................................................................... 15-24-2-2 Elkhorn Northgate HZ....................................................................................................... 3D14-3-2D15-10-2-2 Sundance Ochapowace.................................................................................................................... 16-32-17-3 Kinwest 08 Alameda........................................................................................................................... 11-28-3-3 Legacy VOC Pinto Hz......................................................................................................... 2D1-10-4C4-10-1-4 Legacy Roche Percee Hz....................................................................................................3A7-31-3A6-32-1-6 CPEC Viewfield Hz..............................................................................................................1A3-25-4A3-24-8-6 CPEC Viewfield HZ..............................................................................................................2B4-3-1C13-3-10-8 CVE Weyburn................................................................................................................................... 15-26-6-12 CVE Weyburn.................................................................................................................................12-30T-6-13 CPEC Hoffer Hz...................................................................................................................3A1-17-4B1-8-1-14 Arc Tribune....................................................................................................................................... 15-32-3-14 Rio Tinto Sedley................................................................................................................................ 4-20-14-16 Sparton Ceylon................................................................................................................................. 16-29-6-18 Epsilon Ceylon Hz........................................................................................................... 4C6-31-1C14-36-6-19 PBEN Pangman DD.......................................................................................................4B16-15-2D15-15-7-20

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More medical grads Vandals wreck machinery, staying in province vehicles at old only 50 to 55 per cent of the U of S medical graduates remained in the province for residency training.

“I am especially impressed to see our U of S seats in general pathology, general surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, physical medicine and rehabilitation and psychiatry filled entirely with our own graduates,” said Dr. Colum Smith, acting dean of the College of Medicine.

In 2014, 18 U of S graduates were matched to family medicine programs in Saskatchewan, up from only 10 in 2010. This is also the first year for the Moose Jaw Family Medicine Residency Training Program, which will welcome two U of S graduates.

In addition, 26 U of S graduates from the 2014 class have been

Sun Country gets new medical VP Sun Country Health Region announced March 3 the appointment of Dr. Dimitri Louvish as vicepresident, medical. Louvish will fill the position left by the resignation of Dr. Alain Lenferna.

Dr. Louvish comes to Sun Country from Ontario where he had been engaged in an urgent care clinical practice and as a medical consultant. Prior to that he had worked as the chief medical adviser with Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission in the Northwest Territories and as an emergency room physician with

Health Force Ontario.

Louvish received his professional training at, and graduated from, McGill University’s faculty of medicine and he has substantial experience in the areas of general and emergency medicine, occupational medicine, insurance and compensation medicine as well as disability claims adjudication, sport medicine, musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain management.

The newly appointed vice-president, medical is also a board examiner with the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

matched to programs in medical schools outside Saskatchewan including Memorial, Dalhousie, McMaster and Queen’s Universities and the Universities of Calgary, Alberta and British Columbia. Five students remained unmatched as of March 7.

Students graduating with an MD degree must proceed to postgraduate medical education training (residency), which involves two to five years of further training before they are eligible to receive a full licence to practice medicine.

There are a defined number of residency positions available in Canada and graduating medical students must compete with their peers from across the country to secure spots in their chosen field of specialty.

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number of offences, almost 30 charges in total, led to the Crown and defence agreeing that a 45-day jail sentence was necessary for the 22-year-old.

His Legal Aid lawyer told presiding judge James Benison the jail sentence was meant to provide rehabilitation, noting the lawyers didn’t feel any community sentence could provide the proper structure without also setting Maxie up to breach conditions once again.

His lawyer said the jail sentence would provide an opportunity for Maxie to spend time away from alcohol, which had been a big factor in the charges at hand.

Benison accepted the terms of the joint submissions, sentencing Maxie to 45 days in jail. He had also spent five days in jail prior to the sentencing, and his defence requested he

receive remand time for those days in jail. Benison, however, didn’t feel the sentence should be shortened at all, so Maxie is to serve the full sentence.

Also appearing in custody during Monday court proceedings was Wade Wil-

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Wilson has now also been charged with a breach of his conditions, having been arrested for alleg-

edly breaching a condition of his earlier release. The Crown didn’t approve of his release, but after a showcause hearing, Benison released Wilson with no further conditions.

The matter will return to court on May 26.

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The Crown requested a pre-sentence report be completed to assist the court in issuing an appropriate sentence. Counsel suggested the report canvass the potential of a conditional sentence order and will look at the potential for Beatty living under electronic monitoring.

The matter was adjourned for sentencing until April 28.

In other court proceedings, Isaac Maxie pleaded guilty to a number of charges while he appeared in custody. He pleaded guilty to a pair of assault charges, stemming from incidents on the White Bear First Nation, while five counts of break and enter were stayed. He also pleaded guilty to various breaches of conditions.

The Crown prosecutor noted the circumstances surrounding the charges weren’t egregious but the

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Pleas were entered in a fraud matter during Monday’s provincial court proceedings in Estevan, but sentencing won’t be finalized until the end of April.

While not present in court, Rodney Beatty pleaded guilty through his lawyer to theft over $5,000, while the Crown prosecutor overseeing the case, Dana Brule, entered a stay of proceedings on the other two charges of fraud in excess of $5,000 and using forged documents.

The charges were laid following allegations made during Beatty’s three years of employment at Regens Disposal as the operations manager.

The theft charge is an indictable offence under the Canadian Criminal Code and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, though the Crown may not be requesting a jail term, as the amount of goods stolen

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Sask. gains jobs in February The Saskatchewan labour market continues to perform, hitting record levels for the month of February.

According to a government press release, there were 551,600 people employed in the province in February, up 5,400 from last year (1.0 per cent) the second highest growth rate in the country. Full time employment was up8,100 from last year.

“In spite of some very nasty weather in February, Saskatchewan’s job market continues to out-perform most other Canadian jurisdictions,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “Most of the other provinces have been struggling with volatile labour markets over the last several months due to a variety of circumstances, yet we have been able to make some steady gains, particularly in full time jobs.”

Saskatchewan had the lowest seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in Canada in February at 3.9 per cent, well below the 7.0 per cent reported nationally. The youth unemployment rate was 9.0 per cent, second lowest among the provinces behind Alberta (8.3 per cent), and below the national rate of 13.6 per cent.

“What is most impressive about today’s report is the fact we still have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and are seeing improvements when it comes to Aboriginal employment,” Boyd said. “It comes down to a strong economy with businesses who are hiring more people to keep up with the steady pace of growth.”

Other highlights: • Private sector employment was up by 12,500 on a year-over-year basis.

• Sectors reporting the largest increases over that same period were Transportation and Warehousing (+4,600), Accommodation and Food Services (+3,200) and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (+3,000).

• Off-reserve Aboriginal employment was up by 1,700 (4.2 per cent) for 13 consecutive months of year-over-year increases. Aboriginal youth employment was up by 500 (5.9 per cent) to 9,000 for nine consecutive months of year-over-year increases.

Following the announcement, the opposition NDP raised concerns about the number of jobs lost in a couple of sectors, noting that 1,400 health care and social services jobs and another 1,400 education jobs were eliminated over the past year, according to Statistics Canada.

“This government has record revenues, but Saskatchewan families tell us that’s not translating into better services for them,” said Trent Wotherspoon, NDP deputy leader and finance critic. “When it comes to the basics, things are getting worse. There aren’t enough front-line health care workers. There are too many cuts in overcrowded classrooms throughout the province, and our kids just aren’t getting one-on-one attention when they need it.

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The updated jobs numbers come from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, which also showed just since last month 200 fewer education jobs and 700 fewer health care and social services jobs.

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Rookies spark Bruins to 2-1 lead First three games of Bruins-Bombers series go to overtime After winning two games in overtime and losing one in the extra period, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins had a chance to close out their wildcard series against the Flin Flon Bombers last night.

Lynnden Pastachak scored less than two minutes into overtime in Game 3 on Monday to hand the Bombers a 4-3 loss in Flin Flon.

Pastachak fired a shot over Bomber goalie Simon Hofley’s blocker and right through the back of the net for his third, and biggest, goal of the series.

“It’s good to get the win and put ourselves in the driver’s seat. It was a lot of fun doing it in overtime. I know you’d rather do it in regulation, but in the end that was a fun hockey game to play and it’ll be something for the guys to remember,” Bruins head coach Chris Lewgood said of the Game 3 win.

“The game’s being played at a higher tempo than it has all year and as a result there’s some breakdowns, but I think our guys have handled that a little better than the Bombers have.”

The Bruins took a 3-1 lead early in the third period on an Austin Daae goal, but the Bombers rallied to force overtime, with Erik Pedersen scoring 40 seconds later and Parker Evans-Campbell tying it with five minutes to go.

Estevan led 1-0 after the first period on a shorthanded goal by Chris Thorimbert, while Keegan Allison and Pedersen exchanged goals in the second.

The Bombers topped 40 shots for the third time in as many games, outshooting the Bruins 50-37.

Flin Flon had tied the series with a 4-3 overtime win on Saturday in Estevan, with Tyson Empey scoring the winner on a centring pass from Dean

Bruins defenseman Zach Douglas works his way around Danys Chartrand of the Flin Flon Bombers while on his way to scoring Estevan’s third goal in their 4-3 loss Saturday night.

Allison just shy of the nine-minute mark.

The Bombers clawed back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period on a pair of controversial goals by Allison four minutes apart.

Allison jammed in a loose puck on the first and put a wraparound into an empty net on the second.

Bruins goalie Matt Gibney appeared to be interfered with on both plays.

“To be honest, I don’t think they should have counted. I think the goaltender’s gotta have an opportunity to make a play on the puck and in both cases I think the Flin Flon guys did a good job of making it so he didn’t,” said Lewgood.

Shortly after that, a boarding call on David Robertson and a roughing penalty on Tanner Froese forced the Bruins to kill off a lengthy 5-on-3, which they did, in large part due

to Gibney’s play.

“Aside from Robertson’s penalty, I don’t think it affected our play on the ice. Gibney’s an example of a guy who was visibly shaken by it, by his actions, and yet he maintained his play and was probably the best player on the ice before and after,” Lewgood said.

Pastachak scored twice for Estevan, with the first coming early in the first as he pounded home a one-timer from Allison.

Empey tied the game barely a minute later, whacking his own rebound into the net.

Pastachak struck again midway through the second on a rebound.

The Bruins took a 3-1 lead six minutes into the third when defenceman Zach Douglas rushed the puck end-to-end, attempted a wraparound and put in the rebound.

Bombers head coach Mike Reagan was impressed with his team’s play after going into the series as an underdog.

“It’s unbelievable, just because I think these guys have been written off since Jan. 10 when we made all the deals. Even back home, a lot of our fan support hasn’t been that great. I think people in town are going, ‘well, they’re just building for next year.’ I like proving people wrong … we’re not saying we’re (necessarily) winning the series or anything like that, but we’re probably a lot further ahead than anybody gave us a chance (to be) in this series.

“It’s just the will to win and that’s what I like about our team. We know we don’t have the first line guys like (Tanner) Froese and Daae and (Michael) Sagen, we don’t have those guys, but we’ve got a lot

of guys who just have a tremendous compete level and a will to win.”

Lewgood said it was good to see rookies and linemates Pastachak, Allison and Jason Duret rewarded for their play on the scoresheet.

“They’ve played this well all year long. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t always compute to statistics, and I think right now they’re getting some bounces they hadn’t been getting previously and people are starting to take notice. I think they’ve been there for us all year.”

Duret was the overtime hero in Game 1, burying a centring pass from Allison four minutes into the extra period to give the Bruins a 3-2 win.

Gibney was the star of that game, making 50 saves, including some spectacular stops that kept his team in it when the

Bombers were dominating the play.

“I thought I was pretty solid. I felt good, a little or nervous at the start, but as the game went along I thought I was solid and seeing the puck pretty well. The D were doing a good job of taking away the net front traffic and that kind of stuff,” Gibney said.

“It’s all right for me because it keeps me in the game and it keeps me loose. That’s your job as a goalie, to kind of hold down the fort in those momentum shifts when you are back on your heels a bit.”

Game 5 of the series, if necessary, will be played Thursday at Affinity Place.

Game time is 7:30 p.m.

If the Bruins win the series, they will go on to face the Battlefords North Stars; if the Bombers win, they will play the Yorkton Terriers.

Stars On Ice put on a show in Estevan Estevan was treated to some talented figure skaters on March 4, as the Saskatchewan Stars On Ice show came to the city.

Estevan was one of five communities selected for the program’s road show this year.

The event saw some of the province’s top figure skaters perform for a large crowd at Affinity Place.

The performers included Frobisher’s Shelby Hall, who has competed at the national junior level, as well as many skaters of all ages from the Estevan Skating Club.

The provincial high performance team highlighted the evening. The group of 28 skaters, aged 12 to 22 years old, performed solo, pairs and dance routines, and also demonstrated the elements involved in figure skating to begin the second half of the show.

The show also featured Canadian novice pairs champions Keelee Gingrich and Davin Portz of Alberta and junior dance competitors Courtney Royer and Addison Voldeng.

The Stars On Ice show has been running for the past 19 years. All proceeds go directly to develop figure skating in the province.

Bienfait figure skater Jessi Pastachak performs during the Saskatchewan Stars On Ice show held March 4 at Affinity Place. Pastachak was one of many local performers during the event.

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Apex Bruins move on after torching Flames The Estevan Apex Bruins are marching on to the second round of the playoffs.

The midget AA club defeated the Regina Flames in two straight games in their best-of-five South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League series.

A 6-4 victory in Regina on Friday punched the Bruins’ ticket to the next round, after they had earned a 3-0 win in the opener on March 5.

Estevan now faces the first-place Regina Capitals in the second round. That series kicks off Thursday in Regina, with Game 2 going Saturday at 7 p.m. at Affinity Place. Game 3, if necessary, is March 19 in Regina.

With only three points separating the fourth-place Bruins and fifth-place Flames in the regular season, Bruins head coach Dalton Giblett said it was a bit of a surprise to win the series in two games.

“I was actually thinking it was going to be a very close series and go the distance. Both games were close,” he said.

The Bruins came flying out of the gate on Friday, taking a 4-0 lead after the first period, as Colton Winton, Kaelan Holt, Tyler Hengen and Dylan Lay scored in a span of less than eight minutes.

Estevan’s top line of Holt, Lay and Kyle Salaway was in on all four goals, including two on the power play.

“They had a lot of chances, they were creating lots. We were skating. Holt was hustling and doing what Kaelan does,” Giblett said.

“We buried our chances.”

The Flames gradually chipped away at the lead over the last 40 minutes, beginning with two power play goals in the second.

Austin Brown got them on the board eight minutes into the frame, although Estevan’s Colton Gingras

countered only 36 seconds later.

The Flames narrowed the score to 5-2 later in the period on a goal by Cody Hegion.

Giblett said goalie Tanner Tytlandsvik made some big saves in the second to keep the Flames at bay.

Winton’s second goal of the night extended the Bruins’ lead early in the third period.

Another goal by Hegion on a penalty shot and a tally by Mason Mullaney shortly after got the Flames within two, but that was as close as they would get.

“They applied some pressure late in the game, but the boys played well,” Giblett said.

“In the last four or five minutes, we kinda went into a defensive shell there trying to weather the storm, and we did.”

The series opener on Wednesday was scoreless until late in the second period, when Salaway and Holt scored barely two minutes apart.

“In the first period, there were playoff nerves, we were very tentative.

As the game got going on we seemed to loosen up,” Giblett said. “Once Salaway scored that first goal, we seemed to take it to them for a bit. The key was our defence, all five of them, and (Tytlandsvik) played an awesome game, probably his best of the year.”

Preston Hutt added an insurance marker with three minutes left in the game, rattling a shot off the far post and in.

The Bruins killed off a 5-on-3 power play midway through the second period that lasted about a minute and a half, and Giblett said that was a turning point.

The Bruins now prepare to face the Capitals, who finished with 54 points, putting them 12 ahead of Estevan.

The teams played twice

Preston Hutt of the midget AA Bruins fires a shot on net during the third period of a 3-0 win over the Regina Flames on March 5. The puck went off the far post and in for the team’s third goal. this year, both before Christmas, as they tied the first game 5-5 and the Capitals won the second 6-5.

Estevan led the league in goals by a wide margin, with 179, but the Capitals allowed just 74, the secondlowest total.

“The Capitals are very good. They are probably the top offensive team in our league,” Giblett said. “Their power play is tremendous.

We gotta stay out of the box and play with the same intensity we did before.

These last couple of weeks, we’ve played a lot better in our own end and our goaltending has been great. If we keep that going, it should be a good series.”

“As long as you come and play your game and work hard, good things will happen. Our guys are starting to realize that, I think.”

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Chargers finish off Moose Jaw in two The Estevan Power Dodge Chargers are moving on in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League playoffs after a dominant showing in their first-round series.

The bantam A team knocked off the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-1 on Friday in Game 2, winning the best-of-three series in two straight.

Estevan had won the opener 7-0 in Estevan on March 1.

The first-place Chargers will now face the second-place South West Cyclones in the second round. Dates had not been determined as of Monday.

In the clincher over Moose Jaw, the Chargers took a 3-1 lead after the first period and never looked back.

Araya Wheeler and Megan LeBlanc scored to put the Chargers ahead 2-0 in the first seven minutes of the game.

Alex Gray got the Warriors on the board shortly after LeBlanc’s goal to cut the lead in half.

LeBlanc scored again late in the period to give the Chargers a two-goal cushion after 20 minutes.

Estevan strengthened their lead in the second period, with Teanna Sieben and Makenna Morrison both lighting the lamp early in the frame to make it 5-1.

Jasynn Monteyne’s goal late in the period closed out the scoring.

Ashlyn Taillon was in goal for the Chargers.

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Benning taking game to new heights The decision to jump to midget AAA hockey is paying dividends for Mason Benning.

After spending two years playing midget AA in his hometown, the Estevan defenceman joined the Battlefords Stars of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League this year.

Benning said the move has helped him become a better player.

“I’m actually incredibly happy that I made the decision to come. I can tell every day that I’m getting better.

Skating every day and practicing every day, it’s been tremendous and I can tell I’m getting better all the time,” said the 18-year-old.

“Skating has definitely been my biggest improvement so far, my speed and everything. My decision-making with the puck, just making the right play at the right time and being more smart with it.”

Benning has posted seven goals and 16 points in 43 games from the back end this year, along with 24 penalty minutes.

He said he’s gotten a lot of power play time with the Stars.

“I’m not a guy that goes out and gets a huge hit. I’ve got one of the better shots, so the coach will put me out there on the power play and get some shots through. I’m a pretty big defensive guy … making a good breakout pass and keeping things simple and not giving up too many scoring opportunities.”

A major highlight for Benning this season was playing with the Stars at the Mac’s midget AAA tournament in Calgary in late December.

He recorded a goal and three assists in the tournament, but the most memorable part of the experience was playing an under-17 team from Finland.

“That was incredible. Probably one of the best hockey experiences I’ll ever have in my lifetime. To play a team from a different continent, that was incredible, seeing how they moved the puck. Having all those scouts and fans, it was just crazy to see. I didn’t let my nerves get to me. I

felt I played some of my best games there and definitely made the most of it,” Benning said.

The Stars finished second in the league with a record of 29-7-5. They swept the Saskatoon Contacts in the first round and kicked off their second-round series against the Prince Albert Mintos last night.

“Two years ago, this team had seven wins all year.

This year, we’ve had seven losses all year. The way this organization has turned around in the last two years is incredible. This community has not seen a winning team in years and it’s a good feeling to know I was part of the year that turned it around,” Benning said.

Here is a look at how other local players have fared in the midget AAA ranks this year: Chase McKersie (Estevan) - Yorkton Harvest McKersie’s last year of midget was his best, as the local forward posted 19 goals and 45 points in 44 games, which put him in the top 20 in league scoring. While spending his second year with the Harvest, McKersie also played in seven games with the Estevan Bruins, picking up one assist. He’s poised to jump into the Bruins’ lineup in the fall.

Ty Brown (Estevan) - Notre Dame Hounds In his first year at the midget level, Brown recorded 11 goals and 22 points on a Hounds club that missed the playoffs. That was enough to put the former bantam AA Bruin seventh on the team in scoring.

Madison Colbow (Estevan) - Weyburn Gold Wings In her second year in the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League, the defender doubled her rookie point total, with 11 goals and 20 points in 28 games.

Mariah McKersie (Estevan) - Notre Dame Hounds McKersie jumped to the SFMAAAHL this year and the local defender posted two goals and nine points in 28 games.

Tamara Irwin (Estevan) - Weyburn Gold Wings Irwin, 16, spent her first midget season as the Gold Wings’ backup. In nine appearances, she posted a 6-1 record with a 1.88 goals-against average and .874 save percentage.

Tanner Jeannot (Oxbow) - Yorkton Harvest After playing a year of midget AA in Estevan, Jeannot made the jump this year and finished second on the Harvest in scoring, just behind McKersie, with 15 goals and 36 points.

Cale Fleury (Carlyle) - Notre Dame Hounds Fleury led a large Carlyle contingent in the SMAAAHL this year. The former bantam AA Bruin and Kootenay Ice prospect notched seven goals and 29 points as a rookie defenceman.

Marc Shaw (Carlyle) - Yorkton Harvest The 16-year-old forward made the jump from the midget AA Bruins to the Harvest, posting eight goals and 12 points in 35 games.

Brady Third (Carlyle) - Notre Dame Hounds After being drafted by the Regina Pats in the eighth round last year, the 15-year-old forward had four goals and 11 points in his midget AAA debut.

Kyle Sargent (Carlyle) - Moose Jaw Generals Drafted in the ninth round by the Red Deer Rebels last year, the 16-year-old defenceman scored two goals and added four assists with the Generals.

Carter Phair (Carnduff) - Yorkton Harvest After playing bantam AA in Estevan last year, Phair was drafted by the Edmonton Oil Kings in the 10th round and joined the Harvest. In 13 games, he posted a 5-5-1 record with a 2.75 goals-against average and .914 save percentage.

LeBlanc highlights minor hockey standouts Several Estevan minor hockey players had big years in 2013-14, with two of them winning the scoring races in their respective leagues.

Estevan Power Dodge Chargers forward Megan LeBlanc boasted the best numbers of anyone on Estevan’s teams this season, as she led the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League’s bantam A division in scoring.

LeBlanc ran away with the scoring title, netting a grand total of 62 goals and 93 points in just 24 games with the Chargers, who finished in first place.

Her totals were so impressive that she finished 31 points ahead of the No. 2 scorer, Jenessa Fournier of the South West Cyclones.

Teammate Makenna Morrison also cracked the top five in the league, finishing with 18 goals and 45 points.

“I definitely couldn’t have done it on my own.

The whole team was beside me, we all worked together and it paid off. It definitely wasn’t just me,” LeBlanc said.

“You gotta be focused,

you gotta take the game seriously. There’s always going to be those kids who don’t take it seriously.”

After nearly tripling her goal total from the previous season, LeBlanc said it wasn’t a goal of hers to put more pucks in the net.

“We ended up working out pretty good together. I would have never expected it. I definitely didn’t focus on it. I focused on being an all-around good player,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Estevan Apex Bruins midget AA team lays claim to the top two scorers in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League this year.

Kaelan Holt led the circuit in goals (38) and points (67), while linemate Kyle Salaway was second with 64 points, including 27 goals.

Holt and Salaway were put on a line with Dylan Lay in December and the unit proceeded to tear it up.

“They complement each other pretty good,” said midget AA Bruins head coach Dalton Giblett.

“Salaway has a great set of hands and he’s always looking to make a play.

Holt, he’ll go into a scrum with five kids and a spino-rama and the puck’s still on his stick. It’s crazy how the puck just follows him.

He has that knack to finish.

Kyle does, too.

“At the start of the year when Kyle was shooting, it wasn’t with the authority that he fires that puck now. Those two are very confident right now.

Holt’s all about getting on the loose pucks, and Kyle’s all about making the plays.”

L a y, w h o c e n t r e s the line, finished 14th in league scoring with 43 points.

In the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League, meanwhile, first-year forward Cole Fonstad led the TS&M Bruins in scoring with 35 goals and 68 points, which put him fourth in the league.

The Estevan Blue Rock Bruins, who play in a Hockey Regina midget league comprised entirely of 15-year-olds, also had a couple of players among the league elite, as J.J. Holma finished second in scoring with 49 points and Peyton Stevenson was fourth with 39.

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Overtime, overtime and more overtime Josh Lewis Hear Me Out Pastachak’s clutch goal on Monday continued a big series for the 17-year-old right winger, as he scored twice in a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 2 on Saturday and was one of the team’s best players in the opener on Friday.

Indeed, the Bruins’ youngsters have been leading the way on the scoresheet so far, accounting for seven of the team’s 10 goals. Pastachak and fellow rookies Keegan Allison and Jason Duret have been the club’s most effective line through three games.

League scoring leader Austin Daae scored his first of the playoffs on Monday and that might be a turning point for him after a quiet first couple of games.

The Bombers deserve a lot of credit for their play thus far. I don’t think many people gave them a chance after they traded away their stars at the trade deadline, but their young guys have also been getting the job done, particularly Tyson Empey, who has been their top player.

Flin Flon was by far

the better team in Game 1, dominating the second and third periods and pounding 52 shots at Bruins starter Matt Gibney, who stole that game.

The Bombers also played well on Saturday, although it was a more even, back-and-forth affair. They pretty much lived in the Estevan zone in the third period and won it on Empey’s goal in overtime.

They did, however, get some help from the officials in the third period.

Dean Allison scored twice in a span of less than four minutes to tie the game, and Gibney was interfered with on both plays.

On the first goal, Gibney appeared to have the puck covered and was waiting for a whistle when he was pushed out of the way by Empey. Allison then jammed in the suddenly loose puck.

On the second, Gibney was bumped by Brody Robinson at the side of the net. Robinson also took a shove from Bruins defenceman Nick Egan, but video of the play ap-

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pears to show Robinson making contact with the tender first. Allison then grabbed the puck and put it into the empty net on a wraparound.

It’s worth pointing out that Gibney appeared to try to sell the call, and the goal probably wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

What happened next was entertaining: Gibney,

who had been angry after the Bombers’ second goal, reacted by throwing the net against the end boards and tossing his stick. Bruins coach Chris Lewgood also broke a stick on the bench.

Somehow, perhaps in an attempt at a makeup call, there were no penalties.

Two things are clear after three games: fans have gotten every bit of

their money’s worth, and the Battlefords North Stars and Yorkton Terriers are salivating at the prospect of facing a team that has played so much hockey in the wildcard series.

Contact Josh Lewis at 306-634-2654 or sports@ estevanmercury.ca. Have the Vancouver Canucks hit rock bottom or is there more to come?

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As if the condensed schedule and 10-hour bus trips weren’t enough, the first three games of the SJHL wildcard series between the Estevan Bruins and Flin Flon Bombers went to overtime.

The two clubs had played 13 periods in four days heading into Game 4 last night in Flin Flon.

Still, the Bruins have something to show for it after winning a pivotal third game on Monday, as Lynnden Pastachak pounded the puck right through the net early in the extra period.

Psychology is a huge part of playoff hockey, and the Bruins were in a tough spot headed into overtime.

They had blown a 3-1 lead in the third period and now they had to score the next goal in the Whitney Forum, in an extremely hostile environment, in a massive swing game.

Talk about a pressure situation. But they got it done.

The victory was Estevan’s third in as many games in Flin Flon this year, a truly impressive feat, and gave them two chances to close out the series.

If, and it’s a big if, they manage to take the series in four, it gives them an extra couple of days before beginning the quarter-finals against the Battlefords North Stars on Saturday.

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Grassroots Golf

The TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club held a junior golf night at Spruce Ridge School on March 5, giving kids instruction with Snag Golf equipment. About 80 students took part in the event. Namra Patel was the winner of a junior membership, sponsored by Price Properties; Damien Hutchins won an iPad, sponsored by Watson Land Services; and Jeffrey Porter won a set of junior golf clubs, sponsored by G&M Holdings. (Submitted photo)

Peewee Bruins win series over Moose Jaw The Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins have advanced to the second round of the playoffs after taking care of the Moose Jaw Warriors in two straight games.

The peewee AA team defeated the Warriors 5-2 in the second game of their first-round best-of-three series on Saturday in Moose

Jaw.

Estevan now faces the Yorkton Terriers, who finished atop the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League standings this season.

Having edged the Warriors 4-3 in the series opener on March 1, the Bruins started Game 2 on the right track, building a 3-0 lead by the midpoint of the second period.

Cole Brooks opened the scoring with 15 seconds left in the first period with a power play goal.

Kersey Reich extended the Bruins’ lead with two goals in the second, one of them coming 68 seconds in.

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riod, with Reece Newkirk scoring on a power play to make it 3-1.

Estevan’s Tristan Seeman scored two minutes into the third to put the Bruins ahead by three again, while Dawson Schaff ’s power play marker with 10 minutes left gave them a 5-1 lead.

The Warriors’ second goal came with 2:36 left in regulation, courtesy of Benjamin Wourms-Rowe.

Bryson Garton was in goal for the Bruins, while Peyton Shotter and Bryan Thomson split time between the pipes for Moose Jaw. The Bruins, who finished in fourth place in the regular season, now face a familiar foe in the Terriers.

Yorkton finished 22 points ahead of Estevan in the regular season.

The series begins on Thursday in Yorkton.

Game 2 is on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium. The third game had not been scheduled as of press time.

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The Chaelynn Kitz rink will represent the southeast region at the juvenile curling provincials this week. Team members, from left, are lead Halynne Lamontagne, second Amy Cameron, third Taylor Marcotte, skip Chaelynn Kitz and coach Shane Kitz. (Submitted photo)

Kitz team makes provincials After winning gold at the 2014 Saskatchewan Winter Games last month, a local curling team is back at it.

The Chaelynn Kitz rink has qualified for the juvenile 17-and-under provincials being held in Carlyle this week. The tournament runs Thursday through Sunday.

The Kitz rink also includes third Taylor Mar-

cotte, second Amy Cameron and lead Halynne Lamontagne. The team is coached by Shane Kitz.

The rink qualified by winning the regional playdowns held in Maryfield on the weekend.

In the A final, Kitz played Team Erickson from Maryfield. In a very close game, the teams were tied entering the eighth and final end before

Kitz scored a deuce to earn a 6-4 win.

Due to the double knockout format, the Kitz rink then moved to the B final, where they faced Team Murray from Gainsborough.

Kitz was down by one with the hammer in the eighth end and made an open hit and stick for two to win 5-4, which gave the rink the regional title.

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EAGM to host challenging exhibits The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum is introducing a series of new exhibits that present very personal expressions by the artists.

To follow up the more playful exhibits of Liz Pead and Estevan’ Jennifer Durr, the upcoming shows present a more serious tone that may challenge Estevan audiences with subjects that raise questions about the human psyche.

“The one coming up is going to be a bit more challenging for visitors than those two (previous) shows. We try to do a balance of exhibitions that are going to have a really, really popular appeal and some that are going to take a different direction and something people haven’t seen before,” said EAGM curator Ali King.

Last week the installation of the newest exhibit was underway, as Leesa Streifler’s Embodied was prepared for Gallery 1 to open March 14 with an artist reception.

Streifler is a Regina artist and professor at the U of R who creates large-scale paintings and characterizes herself as a new expressionist.

“An expressionist is an artist for whom the application of paint onto canvas is the expression of meaning. It’s generally a very psychological art practice,” added the curator. “It’s very much about the artists’ own psyche, even the brushwork is very expressive, like thick brushwork.”

She said expressionism generally features very “emotional and very charged” painting. The Streifler exhibit, King said, displays the artist’s experience as a woman. “(It’s) particularly focused around the body, body issues like weight and age and motherhood, and that kind of thing. It’s a feminist art show that’s really about the artist herself. They are very heavily charged, psychological images,” said King.

Already showing in Gallery 2 is the Humboldt Magnussen exhibit, From Many Peoples’ Strength, which is the English translation of Saskatchewan’s motto, in Latin reading Multis e gentibus vires. That show is touring as part of the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) travelling art program.

“Humboldt is a Saskatchewan-based queer artist, and he makes work playing on Saskatchewan icons,” said King.

“It’s about Saskatchewan’s multicultural heritage.”

Magnussen’s primary subject is the woodland caribou, a figure that has come to reflect the majestic splendour of the Canadian wilderness and is featured on the country’s quarter coin. The work also features the Western Red Lily, the province’s floral emblem.

“He’s playing with these patriotic symbols. He’s thinking about the fact that although they’re icons for the province, they’re also in decline with deforestation and the cultivation of grasslands and destroying natural habitats,” said King.

“Also, he re-imagines himself as the caribou. There’s an element of self-portraiture as well. He’s playing with ideas of being hunted, himself and also being a hunter.”

She called the works complicated but detailed, featuring caribou with intertwined and tangled antlers. She noted there are small details, hidden messages and Easter eggs hidden in the works. She said the women at the gallery most recently noticed in one of the canvases a group of caribous antlers spell out YMCA. “There are really interesting layers to it, that if you spend a little time with it you can pick out those sorts of things,” said King.

North Portal artist Lindsay Arnold also has works now on exhibit at the gallery, with the EAGM reaching into its collection to display Through the Looking Glass on the project wall.

“The three wall pieces are from our collection and from a show she had here with Griff a few years ago,” said King.

“She has also kindly lent one of her book works as well.”

The pieces on display depict Victorian-era women in advertisements and re-imagines them in some way.

“They’ll have these really stoic expressions and body language, like you would expect a Victorian woman to have, but there will be something fantastic growing out of her hair,” Leesa Streifler, Priorities: Vanity and Bodily Preservanoted King. “They all have quite a dark element to them. tion, acrylic on canvas, 2012 I think it’s a comment on the emancipation of women and the fact that they were so very oppressed during that time, and your imagination is a way you can flourish under those conditions.”

Prior to these new arrivals in the EAGM was a collection of hockey-inspired exhibits, including one from Estevan’s Jennifer Durr, which focused on the Estevan Bruins junior A team.

“These were very popular exhibits for us, mainly, I think because the theme was so accessible. We had two hockey exhibitions,” said King. “That was something that people were keen to see.”

She attributed much of the interest and foot traffic to word-of-mouth, as some excitement spread around the community regarding the exhibits.

“There were lot of people coming in who said they had heard from other people about it and wanted to come and see it. Of course, the Bruins were a draw as well.”

She said the gallery was very happy with the turn out to these shows and acknowledged they may have brought in some people who don’t often frequent the gallery.

At the artists’ reception on Friday evening, beginning at 7 o’clock, Streifler and Arnold will attend as a kick off to Embodied, which will run until April 25. The Magnussen Humboldt Magnussen, Water Caribou, oil on canvas, exhibit will close on April 17 along with Arnold’s work.

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Hogan happy to have ‘good problems’

By Jordan Baker Of the Mercury It has been almost a decade since his concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Estevan, and Sean Hogan is excited about his return to the Energy City, bringing new hits and personal favourites to the art gallery.

A British Columbia-based musician, Hogan will be the next artist to grace the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum as part of the Southern Plains Co-op After Dark concert series, performing Thursday evening. Hogan has been a regular name and face on the Canadian music scene for the past 20 years, from his first album, a self-titled outing in 1996, to each of his next six. Originally from Ontario, he now calls the west coast his home.

His stop in Estevan will be one of many across Saskatchewan and Alberta as he tours the west from February straight through March.

“It’s a seven-week tour, and that’s a fairly long stint on the road,” he said. “But I haven’t been to Estevan for eight years, so I’m excited to come back there.”

He came through Estevan back then as part of his Canadian Country Christmas Tour, which is coming up on its 10th year. He said he is hoping to bring the tour back to Saskatchewan this year, because he doesn’t always get to stop in the Prairie province.

The tour is a fundraiser, which has generated more than $100,000 for various charities, like hospital foundations and food banks. It has also raised money for cancer research, an illness that struck very close to Hogan in 2011, when he was diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer. It was found at Stage 4.

He noted he has been cleared of cancer for the past two years.

“It definitely resets your parameters on priorities. You’re very grateful to get to go on and live your life. It’s really a

sad disease in that there are so many bad news stories after the diagnosis of cancer, but I am here to say that even having Stage 4 cancer, you don’t have to pack it in. There are people who survive and continue to thrive,” said Hogan, who added that he isn’t in remission but is completely cured.

“You don’t sweat the small things anymore,” he said, noting there are a lot of petty politics in the music business.

“You just let that stuff slide. Let people fight it out as they want to fight it out, but there are more worthwhile elements to live for than some of the things that one might have hung their hat on before.”

As he has developed his own sound over the years, Hogan has sought to avoid the term country musician, considering himself much more of a roots artist.

“It’s hard to be pigeonholed. I’ve had some success in country music, to be sure. Having said that, you can’t always get a song on country radio just because you’ve had a song on country radio. I think, myself, as a recording artist, my musical style, my influences, if you will, have been varied from R&B to rock and folk-rock. That influences my sound,” said Hogan, who feels the infusion of those genres into his country music is what first got him play on the radio, but it may also be something that holds him back in spreading his music.

“Country music in Canada continues to be a bit more regimented toward a specific sound, maybe more toward the Nashville sound exclusively. The more that Nashville influences the sound of Canadian country radio exclusively, the harder it is for an artist who is maybe more of a roots artist to perhaps get airplay.”

He noted things have been downsizing in Nashville in recent years, leaving artists to seek more support in the Great White North. Following the economic downturn in the U.S. in 2008, the desire for those country artists to reach an audience in Canada has only grown.

Despite that, he said he has developed great relationships

with country stations across Canada, and he is a strong supporter of Canadian content rules.

“Thank goodness for Canadian content regulations or there may not be any Canadian artists on country radio in Canada.”

It isn’t just in the radio world where Hogan has seen changes. Where musicians are performing, like his upcoming show at the EAGM, are growing in popularity.

“I see a lot of artists doing more of these shows like I’m doing in Estevan, which is like a house show at an art gallery,” he said. “It’s very much an unorthodox type of a show.

It would be seen as unorthodox a few years ago. I think these days, it’s quite common. You can develop a fan base. The fans are very attentive. You don’t have to contend with other environments say in a bar or tavern, you don’t have that in a listening setting.

“That’s kind of cool. You can really tell your stories. Play the songs the way that you wrote them with your acoustic guitar. You’re not interfering with somebody watching their VLT game or some big wrestling match on the TV. That is pretty cool for a person who writes songs.”

The musician released his latest album, Phoenix, in 2012.

He’s now planning on recording a few new songs to add to a best of… album. His only problem is deciding what songs to choose from the wide-ranging selection on his six studio albums. Satisfy the fans with the hits, or put out a selection of his personal experimental favourites?

“That’s a good problem to have,” he laughed. “Maybe there’s 14 songs that were big hits on radio for me, but what about those 10 or 14 that I think really personify me as an artist? I just forget about those? I’m all about the good problems to have.”

Don’t forget to see which tracks Hogan will perform during his stop in Estevan at the EAGM Thursday night. Doors open at 8 o’clock for the concert.

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Creighton Lodge happenings Submitted by Judy Pratt It’s Feb. 28 and there’s no sight of spring on the horizon. It’s OK though, we’re Saskatchewan people and we’re used to cold weather, blizzards and icy roads. We just huddle together to watch a gold

medal hockey game or curling match with our Tim Horton’s coffee and we don’t even notice the minus 40 degree wind chill, right?

Actually, we’ve had such a busy month, time is just flying by. Pretty soon we’ll be watching the

60 & over Club notes Shirley Graham Correspondent Two ladies were having a discussion one day about their children. Marlene said “How do you get your son out of bed on school days?”

“Oh that’s easy,” said Darlene, “I just throw the cat on the bed.”

“How does that help?” asked Marlene.

“He sleeps with the dog.”

Good news! We are having our St. Patrick’s breakfast.

We ladies really look forward to this event as it is totally prepared and served by the men.

Sorry folks, it’s for members and guests only.

Winners of bridge on Wednesday were: 1st Helen Marriott, 2nd Angie Friesen, 3rd Helen Parish and Irma Lazuick tied for 3rd.

Winners of cribbage on Thursday were: 1st Jake Fichter, 2nd Pat Parent, 3rd Bertha Andries.

A famous art collector is walking though the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He does a double take. He knows that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat forj $2.

The storeowner replies, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.”

The collector says, “Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I’ll pay you $20 for the cat.”

And the owner says, “Sold,” and hands over the cat.

The collector continues, “Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.”

The owner says, “Sorry buddy, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far this week I’ve sold 68 cats”

500 bulbs we planted peak through the ground and we’ll be getting all excited about planting our garden again. We brought in some of our pots from last summer and lo and behold we have blooming geraniums in our sunroom!!

Our entertainment highlights this month were Freddie and the Freebies, the Happy Wanderers, Bob Olson and family, the Red Hat Ladies, the Church of Christ Singers. We also had a wonderful Valentines talent show that featured residents, Gladys Lindgren, Marie Bill, Marie Lukye, Jeanne Wanner, Norma Barber, Theresa Zimmerman, Kaye Johnson, Lenora Wanner, Olive Murphy, and Dot Bridges, singing, dancing, playing piano, reading poems and funny stories. We ended the night with a few love songs by Jim Pratt. Thank

you to all those who give of their time to come to the Lodge to entertain us, we really appreciate it.

Our regular activities continued with Joan Wock calling Bingo, Christina Wock visiting with her therapy dogs, exercises with Audrey Dupuis, Niki Pelletier and Irene Tarnes, choir practice on Wednesday mornings, our monthly visit from the Library and our faithful volunteers, Doreen Dirks, Margaret Mack, Marge Heidinger, Jean Delorme, Mary Martin-Drader and Doreen Hagen helping with our KFC night and monthly birthday party. We are so blessed to have so many devoted friends of the Lodge to help us out every month.

Thank you to all of you.

One special activity we had was when some students from Pleasantdale School paid us an Act of

Kindness. They brought a bingo game to play with us and some pictures to show us of the last time they had come to the Lodge.

They are really fun to visit with and we appreciate the youthfulness they bring into our lives.

We sadly said goodbye to residents Olive Murphy and Kay Reed as they moved on to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

We’ve popped in a few times and they seem to be liking their new home.

My gosh, there’s so many folks living there that used to live here at Creighton Lodge that I’m sure they felt right at home.

We have three new residents this month. We welcomed Mary Schiestel, Father Cornelius Lucey and Madeleine Andries into the Creighton Lodge family. We hope they like their new home.

We once again want to thank the Ministerial Association for supplying us with weekly church services and communion.

We are unable to get out to church on Sundays so enjoy each different church coming to provide us with their service on Sunday afternoons. It is very much appreciated.

As I close, I would like to remind the community of Estevan and area of our fundraiser we are doing. We have tickets ($100 each) at the lodge you can purchase for a chance to win a trip vouchers. The value of the vouchers are $1,500, $3,500 and $5,000.

The draw will be made at our dinner/dance on May 10. Proceeds are going to the lounge expansion, which has been a long time coming!! Please feel free to stop by and buy a ticket at your convenience.

North Portal news Betty Baniulis Correspondent Barry and Fay Harris flew to Gatineau, Quebec to visit their daughter Jillian and Chris Hatko and their daughter Katy. On Feb. 26 Jillian had a baby girl Evelene Alice. Barry and Fay are proud grandparents.

A noon luncheon at the United Church will be held on March 18. It’s a stew luncheon with biscuits, dessert and coffee. Everyone is welcome.

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The national cast performs at the end of the Telemiracle event with Kin members and volunteers behind them. The annual event rasied more than $5.2 million.

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Local Kin members help raise Telemiracle total The 38th annual Kinsmen and Kinette Telemiracle had a particular Estevan flavour this year as the local contingent made the trip to Regina.

Among the group was Saskatchewan district governor Mark Tribiger, the Estevan resident who is entering the last few months of his term as the district’s head honcho. With him were three local Kinsmen and another 11 Kinettes.

At the end of the weekend, the Kin Clubs had received more than $5.2 million in donations. The Telemiracle website notes in the past year there have been 579 applications for funding that have been approved for health-care facilities, and local groups and individuals around the province.

In Regina this year, at the Conexus Centre of the Arts, the province’s Kinsmen and Kinettes manned the phones as calls flooded in to help the district reach their mark, just a little shy of their $5.9 million record.

Entertainment regulars Bob Mc-

Grath, Bev Mahood and Midale’s Brad Johner and his sons made appearances performing at various times throughout the telethon to drum up the donations. Other musical guests included Harlequin, Little Miss Higgins and Chris Brown among others.

Speaking to the Mercury on Monday, Tribiger said “It was a good weekend. It was a cold weekend. I don’t know if that helped us or hurt us but we did pretty good.”

He noted the group doesn’t set fundraising goals, noting “we get what we can get.”

Tribiger noted they always like to have more volunteers for the event, but was pleased with the turnout and how smoothly the event was run. As governor, he didn’t have a direct job in organizing, which is handled by the event chair, Clint Shkuratoff, and event committee, which included Estevan’s Susan Colbow.

“He did an amazing job. I couldn’t

ask for any more from Clint for doing this,” said the governor.

Tribiger was charged with escorting the national Kin president, who got involved, visiting Telemiracle and manning the phones for a brief time during the event that ran 20 hours from Saturday at 9 p.m. to Sunday at 5 p.m. He also jumped on the phones for about 10 minutes when he wasn’t co-ordinating others to make sure each phone had a warm body and smiling face behind it.

“We saw a good showing of the Kinsmen and Kinettes from across Saskatchewan coming out. We saw some new faces and a lot of old faces.

It was nice.”

Next year’s Telemiracle will be back in Saskatoon, but Tribiger said he is looking forward to the 40th anniversary of Telemiracle, which will be hosted in Regina.

“Thank you to everyone who gave. It’s only another 363 days until we do it again,” he added.

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People should be especially aware of phishing scams asking for information such

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Diabetes webinars focus on nutrition March is Nutrition Month and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) is taking the opportunity this month to bring awareness about healthy living for people with diabetes.

On Thursday at 6 p.m.

Pacific time, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Barbara Allan, will be presenting A-Salt with a Deadly Weapon as part of the CDA’s new series of educational diabetes webinars packed with relevant and up-to-date information for people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Canada.

In 1991, Allan became one of the first CDEs in Canada and has retained this designation ever since. She is an active volunteer for the CDA as a guest speaker and committee member on various education resource projects and program initiatives including the CDA’s official meal planning system – the Beyond the Basics suite of materials. She is also co-author of The Diabetes Prevention & Management Cookbook: Your 10-Step Plan for Nutrition & Lifestyle published in coopera-

tion with the CDA. “From the start of my career, I’ve always had a special interest in people living with diabetes,” said Allan, a registered dietitian and CDE. “There is so much hype about salt and sodium that it’s sometimes hard to know what to believe.

Through my webinar, I’ll speak to the value of sodium in everyday health and nutrition; the role that sodium has on blood pressure control; and discuss why reducing sodium may be important with some practical suggestions.”

Individuals can sign-up at no cost to attend A-Salt with a Deadly Weapon or any of the available webinars running until August 2014, with topics ranging from kids, food and nutrition to health, travel, foot care, and more. The CDA has worked diligently to create a highly-informative and engaging series, which feature CKNW producer Jessica Gares, experienced diabetes educators, health professionals and other knowledgeable speakers.

“Our webinars will pro-

vide people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes free professional information, facilitated discussion and a new way to connect with others in the diabetes community,” said Leanne Morgan, senior manager, community programs and partnerships at the Canadian Diabetes Association. “We hope to reach a diversified audience and serve residents in city, rural and even remote communities. Individuals can participate in our webinars in the convenience of their own home or any computer or in group settings.”

To register and for further information on A-Salt with a Deadly Weapon, visit diabetes.ca/webinar. These webinar series are funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Lilly.

Other diabetes webinars occurring in March include: Type 2 Diabetes Webinar: Eating Well Date: Wed., March 26, 2014 Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Gloria Carol Joan Kiniak 1948 - 2014 It is with great sadness that the family of Gloria Carol Joan Kiniak announces her passing on February 10, 2014 at the age of 65.

Gloria will forever be remembered by her sisters, Lois (Ernie) Brezinski of Yorkton, Frances Bradshaw of Kelowna, B.C. and Elaine ( Garry) Johnson of Estevan and their families.

She was predeceased by her mother, Mary Kiniak (1980_ and Father, John Kiniak (2012). Gloria was born April 02 , 1948 in Estevan. She attended the University of Regina and became a teacher. She taught school in Reserve, Carragana and Hudson Bay for many years.

A family gathering will be held in Estevan in the spring at which time Gloria's ashes will be interred at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens.

If friends desire, gifts of rememberance may be made to the Salvation Army.

Fruendschaft Society offering German language instruction Submitted by Jake Dyck The Estevan and District German Fruendschaft Society met on Feb. 20 for a general membership session with president Katharina Ulbrich calling it to order and opening with a prayer.

The members attended the Chamber of Commerce Christmas kick-off at the mall on Dec. 7. It was a great success. The 13 members present and some friends of the club sang German Christmas carols and handed out more than 160 goodie bags to the children. Agnes Seipp also entertained with musical numbers on her piano accordion.

The Christmas party was held at the Elks Hall on Nov. 23. We enjoyed the catered supper and members brought cookies, punch, traditional cakes and sweets. We listened to Christmas songs on CDs, and the hall was decorated with traditional German

Christmas decorations.

Agnes and Gerald Seipp handed out goodie bags for everyone.

On Dec. 1 of last year, Christiane, Kat, Jake and Anna attended an afternoon performance of the Volksliederchor Harmonie, the German Choir of Regina.

Jake provided the transportation.

The Saskatchewan Organization of Heritage Languages (SOHL) has enlisted Ulbrich to present German culture and customs to Grade 2 and 3 students at Westview School.

She will give them eight hours of instruction in total.

In co-operation with the Estevan Public Library, the club still holds German language classes every Tuesday at 5:30 at the library. People with a basic knowledge of the German language are welcome to attend.

The next meeting for the society will be March 20 at 6 p.m. at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum on Fourth Street.

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Your Guide to Area Estevan Gospel Chapel

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

“Equipping God’s people to think biblically, to live godly, and to serve effectively – influencing our world for Christ”

Isabelle & Souris Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@accesscomm.ca

1202 - 2nd Street Phone: 306-634-3761

Pastor: Josh Permann Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m.

Weekly: Prayer Meeting

www.estevangospelchapel.ca An Associated Gospel Church

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Corner 12th Avenue & 2nd Street

Phone: 306-634-2190

Fax: 306-634-6845

Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 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

Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Pastors: Danny Krauss & Joshua Lowe Phone: 306-634-3773 Cell: 306-471-8130 Brad McKenzie- Youth Leader

Come and Worship With Us

St. Joseph’s Prayer Centre Everyone welcome to join our daily prayers, inspirational Bible DVD viewings and lively discussions 2 - 4 pm Monday - Friday Series topics change monthly Call for more information 1033 3rd Street Estevan

306-634-9191

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9:30 a.m. - Bible Study 10:30 a.m. - Divine Service with Holy Communion Sunday School A Congregation of LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA

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NOW 22 Sunday Sunday services services to NOW to choose choose from from * 9:00 am and 11:00 am * With coffee in 9:00 am and 11:00 am With coffee in between between LIVE RUSSIAN RUSSIAN TRANSLATION LIVE TRANSLATION during the 11:00 am service during the 11:00 am service

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

CHURCH OF CHRIST 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

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

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. 738 - 2nd Street, Estevan Church Office: 306-634-5684 SUNDAY WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 a.m.

Coffee and fellowship after worship Pastor Stewart Miller ALL ARE WELCOME email: trinity.luth@sasktel.net • www.etlc.ca

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

His Glory Bible Church

(Light of Life Ministries International) Join us in Glorious Praise and Worship With: Pastors Dr. and Mrs. Jimi Akinsete Where: St. Joseph Bookstore 1033 4th Street, Estevan S4A 0W4 (opposite court house) When: 10am on Sundays Experience Healing, Deliverance and Breakthroughs

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Stephen J. Orlowski, B.Ed., LL.B. 1215 - 5th Street, Estevan

Phone: 306-634-3353

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A lesson that takes time Tim Pippus, Estevan Church of Christ

I probably do not have to convince you that most of us are impatient. All you have to do is watch people waiting for the train to get through town, or see them in a long line at the grocery store to know that we do not like to wait. In fact, last week someone in my house complained that the microwave was taking too long. Think about that for a minute. We have a

“I have made impatience a virtue. I call it urgency, a let’s-get-it-done attitude… (However) it is not a quality that serves me well. Most things that matter take time.

They cannot be forced or rushed. They can only be treasured and savoured, or else missed entirely” – Mark Buchanan.

device that heats food in three minutes and that is still too long to wait!

While we wish we could hurry things along, especially bad things, the truth is that most circumstances just take time. Often, pushing and forcing things only makes the issue worse. I have found that out the hard way while working on cars. The nut or bolt that you determine to “force out” often breaks

leaving you with a worse situation than the original problem. A little patience often saves a lot of pain.

Obviously, people require our patience as well. No one is in the same place as you. We all come from different backgrounds and experiences, so it makes sense that we are going to have to, as Ephesians says, “Be patient, bearing with one another in love” (verse 2).

I once read an article about an antique motorcycle ride in Northern Saskatchewan. It was called “Geezers on Wheezers.”

The ride has only one rule: The pace is set by the slowest bike. Everyone will go as far and as fast as the slowest one in the group. I like that! If we treated everyone with that same sort of consideration, we would really have something.

Now, being patient does not mean sitting around and doing nothing.

Rather, biblical patience is

the idea that I am going to do what I can and then I am going to wait and trust God to work out the rest.

It may not all come out the way I want and it certainly may not be easy, but, in time, a resolution comes.

The key is to trust that God is at work in all circumstances and with all people. That, in turn, will allow us to focus on this day and to see the beauty that is around us right now.

“Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31)

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Richardson tells his story to After Five Club Submitted by Jen Howie The Estevan Christian Women’s Club held their Guest Night, Feb. 19 at the Living Hope Community Church. A catered roast beef supper from EB’s Dining Emporium was enjoyed by 66 men and women. Twyla Bauman and friends provided a fun fashion show, showcasing the clothing Cowtown Masterfeeds offers.

Guests received a $10 in-store coupon. Macoun’s Lynn Rosso was the lucky winner of a beautiful earring set. The After Five Club also handed out door prizes to Walter Dueck and Ray and Verna Daae.

Guest speaker, Ron Richardson, grew up the middle child of seven on the family farm, near Olds, Alta. While his parents raised their children to have morals, they focused on being good people but not too ‘goody goody’.

Ron says he came to know the Lord as a teen.

He knew by age nine, that he wanted to farm, deciding school was for children. He could see no point in attending when he could be helping his father, a Second World War veteran.

Quitting school was not an option. Ron fondly remembers ‘the Eagle has landed’, wondering how this feat could possibly be accomplished by man; surely such things only happened on Star Trek!

He started high school, where strict rules were to be followed. Short hair was mandatory. Skirts were to be worn a certain length. But when the principal retired, his replacement had hair longer than most girls’! Rules went by the wayside. Times were changing.

An avid hockey player, Richardson felt pressure to succeed from coaches and teammates.

At 16, beer drinking was commonplace. He felt like a prisoner in his own life.

Immoral behaviour now

seemed acceptable. Ron felt filthy on the inside.

He started questioning whether God existed and if God even cared about a person like himself. He noted talking aloud to God one hot, summer afternoon, while pitching hay.

Years later, he remembered that conversation.

A successful business couple from Calgary took a chance on farming and bought property near the Richardsons’. They befriended Ron. After about two years, over coffee, the subject of God came up. Ron was offended and abruptly ended the chat.

Eventually, he found himself back in that kitchen, enjoying their company.

Again, the topic of Jesus Christ arose. Ron felt mixed up, somehow knowing Ray and Diane could help him find the answers to his confusion. He felt like Jesus was knocking on the door to his heart. Ron claims he is forever grateful for their persistence, as finally, that door was

opened.

God has since blessed him with three grown daughters and wife, Heidi, who sang during the program. Richardson’s story, ‘Life is No Accident’, indicates he is no stranger to the word. As a youngster, he was caught by a power train shaft. He chuckles know, stating how miraculously, it only pulled his pants off.

In October of 1992, he experienced the horrific event, while hauling a swather, of being hit by a train travelling 80 km/hour. The resulting explosion sent him to the Foothills Hospital burn unit in Calgary. He has no recollection of this accident but praises God for complete healing. The following spring, he was back seeding.

In May of 2005, another catastrophe occurred. While pulling out to pass a semi on the highway, the semi driver attempted to turn left.

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Hearing this, he had the wherewithal to radio his brother saying “I’m not dead, I just can’t move!”

Many people called out to this accident had been on the scene of his previous accident and couldn’t believe his bad luck. But Richardson stated that God was in control.

Weeks before, Richardson’s dentist had advised about replacing an aging bridge. He and Heidi discussed the cost, knowing they couldn’t afford the repairs. He came out of this wreck, without a scratch, his only injury, a

cracked tooth. The insurance money solved that financial dilemma. This was an accomplishment, Ron credits, capable only

by God. Richardson reiterates Jesus’ importance. “It’s a misconception God sent Jesus to make bad people good. Jesus came to make dead people come alive!”

The After Five Club will meet again on March 19. Helen Thiessen will provide music. The local featured guest will talk about the St. Joseph’s Hospital Adult Day Program. Guest speaker, Diane Laubenstein comes from Burdett, Alta. Free childcare is available by reservation only. For more details and tickets, please call (306) 634-0196.

STC announces sale Youth in Saskatchewan can ride with the Saskatchewan Transportation Company for only $45 per month during June, July and August.

Once again this summer, anyone from the ages of 12 to 25 will receive unlimited riding privileges on STC’s network with the purchase of a youth pass.

“We want to encourage our youth to visit friends and family, take in an event, or just explore our province by bus this summer,” Minister responsible for STC Don McMorris said.

The affordability of this offer and access to

on-bus amenities, such as Wi-Fi on all routes, are expected to help build the success of this sale.

In 2012, more than 2,100 youth passes were sold and used, on average, three to four times in a month.

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It is hard to improve what you do not measure and compare. Mea-

suring and comparing or benchmarking against your farm’s past performance helps you make improvements within your system and is key to meeting and surpassing your goals. You can benchmark production yields, quality, costs of production, and production margins. Once you identify the key information that will help you make the best decisions regarding yields, quality, cost of production and margins, you can set up a record keeping system that provides the important information accurately and quickly. These records will enable you to track your improvement year to year and benchmark your operation to other similar farm operations.

No one wants to do useless work, but the work that we like to do is not always the work that creates value for the customer. Are there unnecessary steps in your production system that cost you money but do not improve the demand for or price of your product? Changes to production practices aimed at increasing quality or creating new markets should not cost more than the potential increase in revenues.

In business, there are never enough hours in the day to get production done, so it is important that the production system is as organized as possible. Organize your production system to allow

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time to manage the other aspects of the business such as marketing, financial, human resources, business direction, and structure and to create time for personal, family, and community activities. If production is your passion, make use of the skills and interests of other members of the farm team to manage other important areas such as marketing, finance or people management. If no one on your farm team has this expertise, consider working with advisors to ensure these key areas are not overlooked.

Ensure you are managing the production eco-

nomics of your farm operation by: • Setting production and quality goals.

• Maintaining a record system that provides cost of production, yield, and quality information in a timely manner.

• Comparing your results to your past records and to industry benchmarks where available.

• Developing positive relationships with your suppliers so they can provide product information, production advice, training, market trend information, and market referrals.

• Developing a production risk management

strategy so that you are aware of the potential hazards that could prevent you from achieving your production and quality goals and have a plan to address these risks.

Financial assistance may be available through the Farm Business Development Initiative to help you cover the costs of training in production economics or working with a consultant to develop a production economics plan. For more information contact the Regional Farm Business Management Specialist or the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377.

Sask. delegation travelling to Germany Advanced Education Minister Rob Norris will join Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and a group of provincial government representatives, as well as leaders from Canada’s business, labour, and educational community on a six-day trip to Germany and the United Kingdom to study innovations in apprenticeship and skills training systems.

The first priority of the trip is to study Germany’s unique educational training system which combines classroom education with practical work experience so that students finish school with the skills required to directly enter the labour market.

The result of this dual apprenticeship system is a low youth unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent.

The delegation will continue on to London to study recent changes to

their apprenticeship system with Doug Richard, an American entrepreneur and founder of School for Startups who reviewed the British system and made recommendations to better address the changing needs of their labour market.

“I am honoured to be invited on this innovative Canadian mission to learn directly about leading European skills training systems,” Norris said.

“Given Saskatchewan’s robust labour market and our government’s ongoing commitment to our students, including our First Nations and Métis learners, we welcome fresh perspectives on ways to better connect learning to earning. Joining this mission reflects the importance of working in partnership with our federal government, industry leaders and our post-secondary institutions.”

“Saskatchewan has a shortage of certain skilled trades workers and we look forward to seeing how the German and British models work,” Saskatchewan Building Trades Business Manager Terry Parker said. “Hopefully we can learn from their successful apprenticeship and job training systems and then apply them at home to help address our challenging labour market, particularly in the construction industry.”

“SIAST’s consistently high graduate employment rates speak to the success of the applied learning approach in Saskatchewan,” SIAST president and CEO Dr. Larry Rosia said. “During the upcoming tour, I’ll be on the lookout for best practices that we can adopt as we respond to significant increases in demand to support economic growth in the province.”

Careers Noralta Technologies Inc. has become a leader in the energy industry, implementing a business development strategy that focuses on developing new technology solutions for complex oilfield problems. We are an established, aggressive, technological leader, with branches in Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

Noralta has experienced continual growth and because of our rapidly expanding needs in the oil and gas industry, we are currently accepting applications for the following position in Estevan, Saskatchewan: Estevan Area Manager This senior level position is based out of Estevan, Saskatchewan. Reporting to Operations Manager, the successful candidate will be a team leader who focuses on managing operational and fiscal activities including staffing levels, budgets, and financial goals. You will ensure all work activities meet quality standards, as well as client expectations. You will be a dynamic, welleducated manager with knowledge in automation technologies, as well as electrical and instrumentation services. A combined background in process automation and maintenance management would be considered a great asset. You will ensure business needs are met, as well as develop excellent team working relationships.

Because safety is considered to be of prime importance to the success of Noralta, the Area Manager is required to maintain a healthy and safe work environment. As part of the performance appraisal process for all employees, you will be evaluated on your knowledge and use of the safety policy and program, and relevant safe work practices and job procedures.

As an Area Manager you will review and communicate proper standards, procedures and codes of practice. You will manage and lead projects, as well as be responsible for long and short term planning. While establishing exceptional business plans and strategies, you will work to optimize financial expenditures.

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Noralta Technologies is a family orientated company that believes in small town values and that the candidate would be responsible to promote, support and be part of the community.

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Journeyman Instrumentation Technician or Journeyman Electrician Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in the Oil and Gas Industry is required Self-starter with proven leadership skills Assist with employee training efforts to develop technical skill level Ensure that financial and non-financial targets are met Ability to establish and maintain effective operational relationships with employees, supervisors, and clients Excellent and effective oral and written communication skills and a positive attitude Proficiency in the use and application of the following software: Preferred: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook)

Noralta Technologies Inc offers a highly attractive salary/remuneration package which will be individually negotiated, with immense opportunity for technical and managerial career growth. For the suitable candidate, this is a superb opportunity for a successful career in the oil and gas industry.

Send resumes to: Attn: Human Resources at Noralta Technologies Inc., #2350, 444 – 5th Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 2T8 or E-mail: humanresources@noralta.com You can also apply online at www.noralta.com Please quote the job title and location in your application.

Only successful applicants will be contacted. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest.

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Midale community news Catrina Moldenhauer Midale Correspondent Midale Correspondent Today is the deadline if you would like to participate in the Midale Oilmen’s 26th Annual Curling Bonspiel will be held from March 13-15. The Oilmen’s Association take a maximum of 16 teams.

It begins on Thursday evening. Friday is curling throughout the day but ends early as that is the night of their supper at 6 p.m., dutch auction after supper and dance to start around 9 p.m. Saturday is the playoffs that wrap up in the afternoon or early evening. All they ask is that a minimum of one person per team is employed in the oilfield. The cost is $240 per team entry and it includes some drink and supper tickets. Extra supper tickets may be purchased in advance for $15 each. You may register a team by emailing your

contact information to: midaleoilmens@gmail.com or calling Bruce Palmer, Glenn Wiens or Catrina Moldenhauer.

Bev Sobush-Melby’s painting will be displayed in Weyburn Credit Union’s Gallery for March and April. The gallery is open during regular banking hours. Her paintings are dealing with the past, mainly about community pastures. Please go take a look at her work if you are in Weyburn.

The Midale and Area Rec Board (M.O.R.E 2000) will be holding their 20th Annual Fun-D-Raising Supper and Auctions on Saturday, April 12.

Cocktails will start at 5:30 p.m. Supper is at 6 p.m. and the auction will start around 6:30 pm. There are three different auctions that take place during the evening. There is a silent auction so people can bid on the smaller items that get donated, a live auc-

tion is used for the higher priced or hard to obtain items that are donated and then there is a dutch auction, where you buy tickets for a chance to win a big prize or a trip voucher. The winner gets the choice of which prize they would like. New this year, there will be a 50/50 draw with a guaranteed payout.

Tickets for the fundraiser are still only $15 each and will be available soon at local businesses as well as by calling Catrina to reserve tickets and or tables. Last year was sold out before the event and a lot of tables were reserved ahead of time.

This is the biggest fundraiser the rink does every year and it is done to keep both the hockey and curling rinks open and operational. Many upgrades have been done in the past year, with the most expensive one being replacing compressors for the ice plant. There was approxi-

mately $100,000.00 done just in that alone. This fundraiser raises approximately $90,000 - $100,000 each year and is used to keep ice rentals as cheap as possible as well as doing upgrades and repairs around the rinks.

If you have anything you would like to donate to the auction, please contact Catrina Moldenhauer. Arrangements can be made to pick items up. This is a great way to get in some advertising and get your name or business name out there to the public.

If you or someone you know has a child turning five in 2014, please contact the school at 306458-2480 to register them for kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year.

Last week the government of Saskatchewan launched the Student First online engagement tool, which will assist the Student First Advisors in collecting feedback from students, parents, teachers and the public on what is going well in the educa-

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6 Housekeepers Lilydale Inc - A Sofina Foods Company Is currently seeking full-time Production Workers for their chicken plant in Wynyard, Sask. Starting wage is 13.84/ hr with a comprehensive benefits package and pension program. All applicants welcome!

Starting at $13.50/hour Apply in person with resume at the

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tion system, what could be better and how we can work to put the student first. The online tool provides the opportunity for the public to submit written submissions, respond to a survey and validate the themes heard so far by responding to key questions. Let your voice be heard and share your input at Student First Survey. www.studentfirst.sk.ca For more information read the press release issued on Feb. 28. www.gov.sk.ca/ news?. Choose February and then choose Student Online Engagement Tool Launched.

Free public skating will be held on March 15 from 3:45 – 5:45 p.m. and March 16 from 2 - 4 p.m. *Please note that these times are subject to change as sometimes teams need to make up games and may need this ice time. Please feel free to call or text the rink cell phone at 306458-7555 for any questions. The rink schedule is also posted in Google Calendars under Midale

Rink. If you cannot access the link, please text the rink cell phone with your email and the link will be sent to you, or email midalerink@gmail.com, The Midale Mustangs travelled to Wawota for game five on March 1 and won in overtime by a score of 7–6. They played in Midale March 5 and lost 4-2. Games six was played in Wawota on March 7 with the Mustangs winning 4–0. Game seven will be played here tonight at 8 p.m.

The Midale Lions Club members are planning a Talent Night in midMay. All talented people of all ages can participate and are asked to contact Mr. Hauglum or Mr. Fortner at the school if you are interested. On June 14 the Lions are having the one-year celebration in the Manley Park. There will be free hamburgers, hotdogs and drinks. They will hold a multi-table garage sale in the park as well.

Watch for more information in the coming weeks.

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Contact Merv Cell # 306-483-8024 Home # 306-486-2143

Call Linda @ (306) 554-2555 EXT 238 for more info Send Resumes to: Linda Karakochuk Sofina Foods Inc Box 760 Wynyard, SK SOA 4T0 Fax: (306) 554-3958 Email: LKarakochuk@sofinafoods.com

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LIFEGUARDS & SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS FOR 2014 The Town of Midale is currently accepting applications for Senior & Junior Lifeguards, as well as instructor positions for the upcoming 2014 season.

Please forward your resume to:

The Town of Midale Box 128 Midale, Sask S0C 1S0 or email: lindugan@sasktel.net requires a full time

DRIVER Minimum Qualifications: • 1A License or G license • 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 $28.00/hour and benefits along with excellent compensation and flexible days off.

Call Clinton at 461-8471, mail resume to Box 208, Estevan S4A 2A3 or e-mail: missionhotshot@sasktel.net

For more information please call Linda at 306-458-2400 Applications close March 31, 2014

DENTAL HYGIENIST Wanted for part time position (will transfer into full time position)

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Career Opportunities The office of the R.M. of Souris Valley No. 7 is currently accepting applications for:

Part-time/Casual Administrative Assistant

Preference will be given to those applicants who have office and computer experience. Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel is an asset. Wage based on experience.

Full-time Seasonal AND Full-time Permanent Grader/Equipment Operator

The R.M. of Souris Valley # 7 offers a competitive salary based upon applicants experience and qualifications, as well as health and benefits package.

Duties and responsibilities include: • Operating road grader and other operating equipment • Maintaining equipment on regular maintenance schedule • Willingness to take operating and other relevant training as required • Any other duties as assigned by and under the direction of the Foreman Applications will be accepted in person, by mail, e-mail or fax until Monday, March 31st, 2014 by 3:00 p.m.

Box 40, Oungre, SK S0C 1Z0 rm07@sasktel.net Fax: 1-306-456-2480

COOKS We are looking for 5 full time cooks. Must be able to work until 1 AM nightly 2 years cooking experience preferred but not necessary, will train if needed. Wage is $13.00/hr Duties: • Prepare and cook meals for a full menu • Oversee kitchen operations • Work with minimal supervision • Monitor supplies • Supervise kitchen helpers • Follow safety and sanitation requirements • Ensure food quality • Clean kitchen & work area

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

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We currently have 2 openings at our Richardson Pioneer Ag Business Centre located in Lampman, SK and Estevan, SK.

Sales Agronomists Sales Agronomists are responsible for contributing to customers, as well as overall business unit and corporate profitability by providing accurate and label directed agronomic information; completing detailed crop plans with customers; interpreting soil and tissue analysis results with customers; and scouting fields to assist customers with weed, insect, and disease control options.

The ideal candidate will have a Degree in Agriculture and/or a minimum of 3 - 5 years of agronomy and crop inputs sales experience, excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Applications. The Certified Crop Advisor designation would be considered an asset. Applicants must be members or eligible to become members of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists.

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

Responsibilities: • Overseeing rig operations including the work activities of rig employees .

• Preparing/monitoring work schedule so work is completed on schedule and safety procedures are followed correctly.

• Monitor employees performance and progress.

• Provide the crew with the appropriate tools/supplies.

• Provide guidance and direction to the rig crew on specific tasks.

• Work closely with the Equipment Manager, Area Manager and Well site Supervisor • Control costs to the rigs • Perform accident safety investigation Qualifications: • 5 or more years of experience as a Rig Manager • Valid DL 1A/3A • Valid , H2S. First Aid, BOP • Safety knowledge preferred.

• Ability to deal and communicate effectively with employees, vendors and customers.

• Proven, extensive working knowledge and experience in Service Rig operations.

• Knowledge of rig safety regulations and safety issues.

• Live in or close to Estevan.

Sun Country Well Servicing offers a very competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, vision and dental coverage, life insurance, short term and long term disability coverage and RRSP. We pay above current CAODC rates.

Please email resume or fax it to:

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Personnel Coordinator Sun Country Well Servicing

Box 1656, Estevan, SK S4A 1C8

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

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:

Shipper Receiver for Estevan, Saskatchewan The successful candidate will be responsible for:  Receiving and shipping all branch product in an accurate and timely manner  Sort material, stock shelves, pick orders, package and label materials  Handle lost shipments as an enhancement to customer service  Organize and maintain all applicable records and files  Maintain up to date knowledge of the company’s service offerings  Maintain cooperative and productive inter-departmental relationships to deliver exceptional customer service  Take personal responsibility for and actively engage in product, systems and skill training and development Preference will be given to candidates who possess the following qualifications:  Customer service driven  Experience in shipping and receiving  Forklift operation experience  Proficient computer skills  Detail oriented  Organized  Basic mathematical aptitude  Self-motivated  Can work independently or in a team environment Applied Industrial Technologies offers competitive salary, company sponsored RRSP/DPSP, career development opportunities and a full benefit package.

Please submit resume in confidence via email to aithire@aitcanada.com or fax to 403-214-1423 attn. Chris Babyak.

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Wood Country Estevan is looking for individuals for the following positions: Yard and Warehouse Personnel Full Time

Wood Country is currently accepting resumes. Successful applicant should be able to work outdoors and be able to do physical labour. Customer service focused, flexible, good team player, alert and safety conscious. Be able to work shared weekends.

Duties to include the following: • Build loads for delivery • Load and unload lumber and building materials • Keep management apprised of any delays or discrepancies • Keep yard clean, well organized and safe

Truck Driver Full and Part Time

Wood Country is currently accepting resumes. Must possess a class 1A license with air endorsement and be capable of driving a tandem or single axle truck for deliveries. Weekends off.

Duties to include the following: • Drives company vehicle to deliver lumber, building materials, hardware and other building materials, hardware and other building and maintenance supplies to customer’s home, construction site or place of business.

• Collects payment from customers on COD orders and records customer information according to Standard Operating Procedures • Verifies order details and obtains customer signature on store copy of delivery ticket • Follows directions or uses a map to locate delivery addresses or loctions efficietly • Collects and organizes requried paper work for delivery and transfer activity • Treats all customers and their agents with courtesy and respect. Acts as a customer service liaison between the site customer and facility personnel.

• Loads vehicle safely and accurately • Maintains the cleanliness and appearance of the inside and outside of delivery vehicles • Performs routine safety check on vehicles according to company guidelines • Assist customers in the yard with loading material and product questions when not driving a delivery truck.

Inside Counter Sales Full Time

QualificaTionS include • Experience with Work Over Rig operations • 2 – 5 years oilfield experience in a 24 hour work 0environment • Valid Class 3A driver’s license • Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Office • Valid H2S, First Aid, WHIMIS and TDG • Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills

Job Description: A Wood Country Building Inside Counter Sales is responsible for selling and providing professional customer service to contractors and do-it-yourselfers. This is accomplished by assisting customers make purchase decisions, efficiently processing sales transactions and ensuring the customer has everything needed to complete a project.

Handling sales transactions, inventory control and communication are all componets of this position.

Requirements to be Considered for the Position: • Previous experience in a sales/customer service environment would be an asset • Friendly, outgoing personality • Ability to effectively communicate with others • Familiarity with hardware and building materials is helpful • Ability to particiape effectively as a team member • Ability to work some weekends

Benefits Provided (Full-time Employees): Company Health Benefits including the following: • Dental Plan • Eye Glass Plan • Prescription Drug Plan • Chiropractic/Massage • Disabillity Insurance

WOOD COUNTRY Ph: (306) 634-5111 407 Kensington Avenue, Estevan ESTEVAN

Spool Truck operaTor Canadian Advanced ESP Inc. (CAESP) is a Canadian-based Electric Submersible Pump Manufacturer looking to fill the position of Cable Spool Truck Operator out of our Estevan Saskatchewan office.

This full-time position will require the operation of a cable spool truck in support of the SES operations along with the following responsibilities: • Maintenance, service and repairs associated with the truck and trailer • Banding of cable during ESP installation, hand spooling of cable during ESP pulls • Ensure truck is stocked and prepared for every job • Preparing complete and accurate paperwork associated with Field Service duties including rigging and truck inventory reports • Preparing accurate driver log reports

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Tundra Oil & Gas Limited is Manitoba’s largest oil producer, Tundra Oil & Gas Limited is Manitoba’s largest oil producer, currently exceeding 25,000 currently exceeding 25,000 barrels of light, sweet crude per barrels of light, sweet crude per day. Our oil and gas exploration company operates over 95% our and production, with core properties located within the Williston Basin in day.

Ourof oil gas exploration company operates over 95% southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan. of our production, with core properties located within the This is a very exciting to be part of the Tundra team. continued growth and Williston Basin in time southwestern Manitoba andAssoutheastern expansion has created new opportunities in our various office and field locations, Saskatchewan. we are now actively recruiting skilled professionals to join us in the following positions:

Field Operators

Calgary, Alberta • Area Landman • Development & Exploration Geologists • Exploitation Engineer • Exploitation Technologist • Geophysicist • Midstream Operations & Facilities Engineer • Petrophysicist • Senior Exploitation Engineer • Senior Production Engineer • Simulation/Reservoir Engineer

About Tundra Oil & Tundra Oil & Gas Limited GasAbout Partnership

Winnipeg, Manitoba • Land Administrator • Staff Accountant

Tundra Oil & Gas Limited is a whollyowned subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons, Limited, a private, familyowned company established in 1857 with operations in agriculture, food processing, financial services, property management and energy exploration.

Tundra’s corporate head office is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where we commenced operations in 1980. Our field office in Virden, Manitoba oversees the operation of 1,800 wells, while our office in Calgary, Alberta, provides our geological, geophysical and reservoir engineering support. The Tundra family of companies also includes Red Beds Resources Limited and Tundra Energy Marketing Limited. To learn more about us, we invite you to visit www. tundraoilandgas.com.

Tundra Oil & Gas Limited is a whollyowned subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons Limited, a private, family-owned • Completions Engineer/Tech. company established in 1857 with • Drafting/Design & Technical Support operations in agriculture, food This is a very exciting time to be partTechnician of the Tundra team. We • Drilling Field Superintendent are currently requiring Field Operators for our office in Virden, processing, financial services, property • Field Operators – Level IV management and energy exploration.

Manitoba.

• Field Safety Coordinators-Operations

2 positions - Level II Virden,III Manitoba 1 position – Level

• Human Resources Generalist • Instrumentation Technician

Tundra’s corporate head office is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where If you are interested in joining our rapidly-growing team, visit the Employment section we commenced operations in 1980. Our •of our Minimum 2 - 5 years of related oil production experience. website: www.tundraoilandgas.com for details on these and other positions. field office in Virden, Manitoba oversees submit your cover letter and resume, PFO along with your •Please Completion of SOLIS courses Level Asalary - C. expectations to the operation of 2,000 wells while our by the indicated application deadline.

•careers@tundraoilandgas.com Previous work experience with machinery or electrical We wish to thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those being considered for interviews will be contacted.office in Calgary, Alberta provides our equipment. geological, geophysical and reservoir • Valid driver’s license. engineering support. The tundra family • Proficient in controlling equipment, instrumentation, and of companies also includes Red Beds machinery.

Resources Limited and Tundra Energy • Must have a mechanical aptitude and strong mathematical Marketing Limited. To learn more about ability. us, we invite you to visit • Strong analytical skills and ability to demonstrate forward www.tundraoilandgas.com. thinking, planning abilities, and innovation.

The successful candidate will have •the following qualifications: Production Engineer

Visit our website for all the specific position details.

A comprehensive compensation package awaits the successful candidate, which includes a competitive base salary, benefits, and a company matching Group RRSP plan. Interested candidates are invited to apply in confidence via our website www.tundraoilandgas.com by March 21, 2014.

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

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL? “promoting the arts in OUR community”

STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN

Guy and Nadina – April 12, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church (Sponsored by Assante Wealth Management & Enbridge) Everything Fitz – May 4, 2014 2:30 pm at E.C.S. (Sponsored by Enbridge & Level best Technology)

KONCERTS FOR KIDS

Massive Munsch – April 10, 2014 7:00 pm at Westview School (Sponsored by Sherritt Coal)

VISUAL ARTS

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

• Acrylic Painting • Scratch Art • March Break Art Camp

• Adult Pottery • Pottery: Wheel Throwing • Hand Built Teapot

Contact us for more information on our programs www.estevanartscouncil.com

306-634-3942

ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITY

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Children’s Programs FREE! call 306-636-1621 for preregistration unless otherwise indicated.

Baby Time: Thursday, March 20 @ 10:30am or Monday, Programs are FREE! March 24 @ 7:00-7:30pm. For babies up to 18 months & their caregivers. Songs and rhymes, bounces and books! This is a fun, interactive parent-child program that ends with a baby-inspired craft or activity.

Teen & Adult Programs - FREE! Crafter’s Circle. Tuesdays, March 18th @ 5:30PM Do you knit, crochet or just enjoy crafting? Enjoy the company of other crafters like yourself. All experience levels welcome. A great opportunity for ongoing support; share your knowledge or benefit from the advice of other crafters. Just bring your own materials and come join the circle. No pre-registration required. Ages 15 and up.

Hello Computer! Wednesday, March 26th @ 5:00 or 6:00*. *alternate times can be arranged caseby-case. Computers are complicated, but don’t let them get you down. Come and get answers to your computer questions in 30 minute ‘one-on-one sessions.’ Bring your laptop or use a public computer. To register, please call Krista and indicate what you would like to learn.

Mobile Device Advice. Monday, March & 24th @ 3:00 or 4:00PM. Tablets, e-readers and smart phones – oh my! If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by your mobile device, we are here to help! Join Krista for a 30 minute one on one tutoring session on your device. To register, please call and let us know which device you require assistance with.

Call 306-636-1621 for pre-registration.

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ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITY

Career Opportunities The City of Estevan has an opening for a

Temporary Full-Time Payroll Coordinator

(Out of Scope). Summary: Coordinates, verifies data, processess and distributes payroll; Reconciles and balances benefits.

Duties: • Perform basic administrative payroll duties including data entry, filing and faxing • Accurate keyboarding skills, strong data entry skills and proficiency in a computerized accounting environment.

• Displays tact, ability to be diplomatic and professional in dealing with the public, and work cooperatively in a team environment.

• Receives, verifies data, processes, prepares and distributes payroll bi-weekly.

• Liaise directly with Managers regarding employee timecards.

• Initiates and/or performs corrective action for payroll errors.

• Recognizes and identifies data, procedural and system problems.

• Maintains, recommends, develops & implements improvements to the payroll system.

• Oversees payroll records system, procedures, and data into the human resources system and performs complex calculations as required.

• Ensures service agreements are maintained, while ensuring a consistent high level of service to both internal and external clients.

• Completes Payroll and Human Resource reports • Registers new employees and ensures that required forms are completed.

• Reconciles payroll accounts to the General Ledger.

• Provide consultation and advice on a wide range of pay and benefit issues to City employees.

• Administers Employee Benefits Plans and personnel records.

Education: - Grade 12 - Formalized Accounting Diploma - Formal Payroll courses such as Canadian Payroll Assoc. - Payroll Administrator Certificate - Proficiency in Computer Software including MS Word, Excel & Outlook

City of EstEvan By-ElECtion Looking for WorkErs Workers looking The City of Estevan will be holding a by-election on April 23, 2014. We are looking for poll clerks and deputy returning officers to help make this election a success!

If you are available to work on April 23, 2014 - 8 am - 8 pm and until the file count is done we are looking for you. This position will require 1/2 day paid training prior to the election.

Interested residents please apply to: Judy Pilloud, City Clerk 1102-4th Street, Estevan, SK cityclerk@estevan.ca • 306-634-1852 We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

(Municipal Elections)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office(s) of: COUNCILLOR: City of Estevan Number to be Elected - One (1)

Experience & Additional Requirements: - 3 years - Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality

will be received by the undersigned on the 19th day of March 2014, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan, and during regular business hours (8:00 am – 4:30 pm) on March 4, 2014 to March 19, 2014 at the City of Estevan City Clerk’s Office, 1102 4th Street, Estevan.

The City of Estevan offers a competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package.

Nomination forms may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan.

Interested candidates are invited to apply, in writing, including a cover letter, resume and three current references to Aubrey Agarand, Human Resources, 1102-4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 Ph: (306) 634-1841 F: (306) 634-9790 E: apply@estevan.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Dated this 27th day of February, 2014.

Judy Pilloud,

Returning Officer

False Alarm Service Fee

Please be advised this fee will be implemented to reduce the number of preventable and unwarranted false alarm responses by Estevan Fire Rescue.

Fees for service levied upon a property shall not exceed: (i) The fee for service for the first response to an unwarranted false alarm be $300.00 (ii) The fee for service for the second response to an unwarranted false alarm within a 12 month period, be $325.00 (iii) The fee for service for the third response to an unwarranted false alarm within a 12 month period, be $350.00 (iv) The fee for service to any further responses to an unwarranted false alarm within a 12 month period, be $350.00 (v) A response to the Rural Municipalities serviced by EFR shall remain at the hourly rate included in the current Fire Service Agreements established with the City of Estevan, (vi) The service fee increases to be effective April 1, 2014.

Souris Valley Museum Notice of AGM

March 12th - 7 pm, Evergreen Room - Days Inn Looking for members. For info contact: 306-634-5543 S.E. Roller Derby: Adult

SPRING/ SUMMER

Estevan Girls Softball

“Learn to Roller Skate” CONTACT: Renee at (306)634-2742 S.e.saskrollerderby@hotmail.com

City of Estevan Programs Aquatic & Fitness Programs will be available for registration.

Please watch for facility guide, or check online @ www.estevan.ca (click on Leisure Services) Make your account ahead of time to save time.

PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW IMMEDIATELY

ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL Contact: Leslie at (306)634-3942 estevanartscouncil@sasktel.net www.estevanartscouncil.com

Estevan Arts Council promoting the arts in our community.

City of Estevan: Leisure Programs Contact: (306)634-1876 www.estevan.ca

TUESDAY MARCH 18, 2014 5:30—9:00pm MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM & AFFINITY LOBBY Souris Valley Museum Pioneer Day Camps:

As a volunteer non-profit organization we offer to Estevan and surrounding communities: Concerts (Koncerts for Kids & Stars for Saskatchewan) Canadian and International Films (Energy City Film Circuit) Art classes, workshops and Adjudicated Art Show (Visual Arts)

TS&M Woodlawn Junior Golf Lessons CONTACT: Amanda @(306) 421-8817

Little Linksters ($30): Kindergarten - Grade 3 Saturday May 10 & Sunday May 11

Times: 10-10:50am, 11-11:50am, 12-12:50pm, 1-1:50pm, 22:50pm

Junior Linksters ($50): Grades 4 - 6

Group 1: Wednesday April 30, Monday May 5, Wednesday May 7

Group 2: Thursday May 1, Tuesday May 6, Thursday May 8 Times: 4:15-5pm, 5:15-6pm

Day camp focused on learning about history through crafts, games, and activities

July 7-11 OR July 21-25 OR August 11-15, 2014

Time: 1:00-5:00pm

Ages: 5-12

Fee: $50 (includes snack)

Discovery Day Camps:

An adventure (field trip based) focused on learning about history through exploration and activities

July 15-16 OR August 6-7, 2014

Time: 10:00-5:00pm Ages: 8-12

Fees: $50 (lunch & snack not included)

Contact: Katrina @ (306) 634-5543

Email: education@sourisvalleymuseum.ca Website: www.sourisvalleymuseum.ca

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FREE Intro Class: Sunday March 30, 2014 from 6-7pm Classes will go from April—June, 2014 Wednesday ( 7-8pm) Sundays (6-7pm) @ Trinity Lutheran Church Fees: $100 (26 classes & participant insurance) OR $5 Drop In/ Class + mandatory $30 insurance

Open to anyone over 18 yrs. that wants to learn to roller skate .

Estevan Adult Soccer CONTACT: Tanya

Estevan Minor Baseball

@ (306) 421-5558 Men's: Tues/ Thurs Nights

Contact

Women's: Mon/Wed Nights

Kent @ (306)421-8329

May—August 2014

Participants can fill out a

registration form online @

ESTEVANMINOR & FLAG FOOTBALL www.estevanfootball.com

FLAG: May-June, 2014 ( FRIDAY NIGHTS) Ages 6 yrs. to 9yrs

MINOR FOOTBALL: August-October, 2014

And bring the form to registration night already filled out to save standing in line.

Ages 9yrs to 15yrs

For more information please email:

info@estevanminorfootball.com Estevan Golden Eels Summer Swim Club Swim Racing in a Fun Team Atmosphere Improve your strokes while competing against other clubs in the Southeast.

Season runs from May 5 to July 26. Swim Meets in Regina, Weyburn, and Assinibioa. Ages 6 and up with Level 1. Fees start at $120. Join the fun as the Eels Rule the Pool. For more information contact Shelly Dickie at shellydickie@hotmail.com

www.estevangoldeneels.com

www.estevanminorbaseball.com

Estevan Youth/ Mini Soccer Contact: Kevin @ (306) 634-5699

Season: April— June, 2014

Under 6 Mini (Tues & Thurs) Under 8 Mini (Mon & Wed) Under 10 Mini (Mon & Wed) Under 12 Youth (Tues & Thurs) Under 14 Youth (Tues & Thurs)

* Runners and shin pads are the only equipment needed to bring

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