Estevan Mercury - August 1, 2012

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PIPELINE NEWS Saskatchewan’s Petroleum Monthly

August 2012

Canada Post Publication No. 40069240

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Volume 5 Issue 3

Not in Short Supply Focusing on the oilfield supply shops

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C&B OilÄeld a family business Page B1

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The green Ć&#x;nted man, Alex Tino, is applying a powder coaĆ&#x;ng to the inside of a tubular pipe at the internal coaĆ&#x;ng shop at Rev Energy Services in Kerrobert. Photo by GeoÄŤ Lee

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Lemonade With A Purpose New Anesthetic Cool Two little girls decided to do some positive things last Saturday afternoon by setting up a lemonade stand close to Rusty Duce Park in Pleasantdale to sell lemonade, cupcakes and cookies at 25 cents a pop, or a donation, with all proceeds going to the Gentle Hands Machines orphanage in the Philippines. Isabella Semenuik (left) and Gracie Dzuba, with the help of their moms, enjoyed serving a steady stream of customers, netting them $222 for the orphanage. For St. Joe’s August 1, 2012

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WEATHER & INDEX Thursday

A 62-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a truck while attempting to cross the street Monday morning. According to information from the Estevan Police Service, officers received a 911 call at 8:50 a.m. informing them that a pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Souris Avenue and Third Street. EPS members and Estevan RCMP officers, as well as EMT personnel, quickly responded to the scene and discovered a woman in distress. She was eventually transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she passed away from her injuries. The deceased was identified as Karen L. Hancock. EPS stated that the

A 62-year-old woman was killed Monday morning after she was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Souris Avenue and Third Street. The name of the deceased had not been released as of press time. incident remains under investigation and charges are pending.

Word of the accident quickly spread throughout Estevan Monday and was

also a topic at city council where pedestrian safety and speed limits within

Estevan have been hotly debated over the past few years. ⇢ A2

Estevan’s crime severity index rises again

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Woman killed in car-pedestrian collision

The release of the police reported crime statistics for 2011 contained some mixed results for the city of Estevan. Although Estevan rose in overall and non-violent crime numbers among communities with a population of at least 10,000 people, the city’s violent crime severity index dropped. The annual report, which is

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compiled by Statistics Canada, is a tabulation of the crime numbers from over 200 police forces in the country. After taking stock of the numbers, Statistics Canada creates a crime index, which takes into account the types of crimes as well as other factors such as the population of each community. Estevan’s overall crime index rose from 133 in 2010 to 156.7 in

2011, a figure which placed the Energy City 16th overall in Canada. The non-violent crime index also took a large jump, moving from 142.6 in 2010 to 180.1 in 2011. That spike moved Estevan all the way to eighth overall in the country. If there was one positive in the report, it was in the violent crime severity index, a tabulation of such offences as assault, battery and

sexual assault. After rising in 2010, the number dipped slightly in 2011, going from 108 to 96. Nationally, Estevan went from 54th place in 2010 to 58th in 2011. The fact that Estevan’s overall crime index rose in 2011 was certainly not a surprise to anyone. As had been previously reported in The Mercury, crime has been on the rise over the past few years. ⇢ A2

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