Estevan Mercury - August 15, 2012

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The five former ECS band students who served as models for the “And the Band Plays On,� silhouette statues located between ECS and Spruce Ridge School were all in Estevan last Friday to participate in the official installation ceremonies on site. From the left: Kailey Guillemin, Cale Little, Adam Shirley, Pierce Stallard and Zoe Gaudry.

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Health services story by the numbers

by Norm Park of The Mercury It takes a lot of money to run a regional health care system. In the case of local Sun Country Regional Health Authority, an additional cost of about $10 million a year.

Information contained in the Sun Country annual reports over the years reveals the fact that everything from governance to administrative pay, contracted services, equipment and supplies increase exponentially, making it almost mandatory to add at least $10 million into the local health care money pot each and every year

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It’s Affinity.

The board of directors of Spectra Credit Union has passed a motion to move forward with a recommendation to their members to merge with Affinity Credit Union which is headquartered in Saskatoon but has a strong presence throughout the province.

The board has been considering the move for about two years and has been contemplating the more specific options to join hands with a major credit union with provincial scope since January of this year.

The merger was seen to be necessary since Spectra was realizing a very strong

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When the local health region posted its first annual report in 2002-03, the annual budget rested in the $80 million range and rose by about $9 million the next fiscal year. The 2011-12 report indicates Sun Coun-

try’s financial needs now eat up approximately $140 million to supply healthcare services to its nearly 57,000 residents.

The 2,400 employees of Sun Country work from a total of 28 facilities including two district hospitals, nine health centres, three community hospitals and seven long term care facilities among others.

Wages absorb nearly 80 per cent of the total budget in this services-oriented business where patients become clients and employees take on the role of service providers on a daily basis.

Out of the $140 million that it will take to run Sun Country through to

the end of this year, $124 million will come from the Ministry of Health’s general revenues and another $1.8 million will be realized through other provincial sources while $11 million will come through fees paid by patients. Lesser amounts come through donations made directly to the health region, out-of-province and out-of-country fees, investment, et al.

On the expense side, the bulk of the money, as expected, is spent on inpatient and resident care, which takes up over $66 million while compensation for physicians gobbles up another $9 million and community health services

(primary, mental and home health care) nearly $25 million. Support services requires about $31 million.

The entire system is bolstered by friends of the health region who provide donations to a group of supporting foundations and trust funds. Those funds are kept separate from the general operations and their revenue and expense streams since they are usually aimed in support of specific facilities or programs and are accounted for under separate financial regimes.

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Spectra board feels Affinity is best merger partnership

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growth pattern that required supporting profits and a larger asset base. Affinity will supply that base with it’s capabilities of doing deals in the $50 to $70 million range. It’s current asset base is around $2.8 billion and by eventually adding the $708 million in Spectra assets, the Affinity strength will be just that much more capable, said George Keter, chief executive officer for Affinity who spoke with The Mercury Tuesday morning.

Wayne Amos, presi-

dent of the Spectra board of directors, said that “while Spectra is financially strong, the directors recognizes market pressures to stay competitive in an increasingly sophisticated and regulated industry. A merger with Affinity Credit Union will provide our members with continued competitiveness, excellent local service and community support and strong governance structure.�

In fact, it was Affinity’s governance structure that appeared to impress

the local board as they contemplated a merger situation with either Affinity or Regina-based Conexus Credit Union.

Scott Flavel, president of Affinity’s board, said that both CUs carried strong values and commitment to communities that they served and so that together, they would be stronger.

With the proposed merger, Affinity will be able to add Spectra’s 10 branches to its current 44 branch count and provide a presence in southeast Saskatchewan, one area that Keter said Affinity had not been a major player.

As a result, the proposed amalgamation will not see any job losses as the due diligence process moves forward.

“No one loses jobs or will be forced to relocate.

That’s a core principle we adhere to. We walk the walk,� said Keter in response to a question concerning a possible transition.

As far as names are concerned, both Keter and Spectra’s CEO Tim Schroh are speculating that the southeast branches will eventually be affixed with Affinity monikers.

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Estevan Mercury

City concerned about truck route delays Mayor Gary St. Onge has gone public with his concerns about the pace of work on the truck bypass around Estevan.

St. Onge raised the matter during the inquiries portion of the Aug. 7 meeting of city council. At issue is the ongoing dispute between landowners in the RM of Estevan and the provincial Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure with respect to the purchase of land for the bypass.

The mayor said the City recently met with an official from the ministry who informed them that the two sides are at an impasse as the landowners are not happy with the money being offered by the province. St. Onge said they also learned the affected landowners have formed an association.

The dispute has led to concerns about a delay or possible scuttling of the proj-

I don’t think you can be asking for those types of numbers,� he said. “Certainly it may be worth that once the truck route goes through, but until it goes through, it’s not worth that.

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Mayor Gary St. Onge ect, which has been plagued by a series of holdups and controversies. St. Onge said the project is of major importance to the City as they are looking forward to getting many of the heavy trucks out of Estevan and he feels the landowners in the RM don’t share their desire to get the bypass completed.

He added that he hopes it’s not simply a case of the land owners trying to get rich off of a potential sale.

While speaking to The Mercury after the meeting, he elaborated on his comments, saying that the landowners should not be expecting to receive commercial prices for agriculture land. “I don’t think you can be asking for those types of numbers,� he said. “Certainly it may be worth that once the truck route goes through, but until it goes through, it’s not worth that. How can you sell something on the basis of what it’s going to be worth down the road. If we all did that here, we’d never get anything done. “We don’t have a lot of

time. I just think the citizens need to know what is going on.�

St. Onge said what concerns him is that there is a time limit on the $15 to $16 million in support from the federal government for the project, which now has a $44 million price tag. Although he didn’t elaborate on when the federal money might be pulled, St. Onge said the province should consider expropriating the land to ensure things move forward. “I would hope the government would do what they have done in the past; just expropriate the land give

what is considered fair and I would hope that the courts would judge that it’s fair, not what it’s going to be down the road.�

As for the landowners along the truck bypass path, they are currently waiting for a second valuation to be conducted by the province after rejecting the first.

Del Block, who owns land in the area and is a spokesman for the association, said the first offer was not in line with what property is selling for close to the city. “(The province) believes they are offering a

fair price and the landowners disagree,� said Block who noted that some of the property owners have been in contact with a lawyer.

He added the association is an informal group that was created to keep all of the parties involved in touch with one another as there have been a number of different stories making the rounds. “We are kind of in limbo right now waiting for this new valuation. The first round wasn’t successful.�

Although he acknowledged that expropriation looms as a possibility, Block said he is hopeful they can work to an agreement and that would be seen as a last resort. He also noted that only two people have agreed to a deal with the province and both of those people owned land that is zoned for commercial purposes, not agricultural.

Sun Country spending $140 million annually ⇠A1 tabulates a whole host of health care indicators to track progress being made in health care services provided to the public.

On the financial side, the accounting is also fairly detailed in most categories. For instance, the operation of the affiliated hospital, St. Joseph’s in Estevan currently takes up $17.7 million.The detailed financial records, however,

still do not include any financial details associated with the operation of the Weyburn General Hospital.

Membership in the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations requires $5.7 million this fiscal year. In 2002-03, the cost to belong to SAHO was $390,000.

On the governance and administrative side, it is again noted that ex-

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penses continue to rise in direct relation to the increases in revenues. Back in 2003-04, the second full year of operations under the newly amalgamated health region set-up, the then board chairman Earl Kickley accepted a total of just over $34,000 in per diem, benefits and expense reimbursements whereas in the most recent fiscal year, outgoing chairwoman Sharon Bauche accepted a total just under $45,000 to perform her duties while Estevan’s appointed representative Lori Carr accepted just over $14,500 in per diem payment, expense reimbursements and travel allowance.

In 2003-04, the chief executive officer was Lee Spencer who took a salary of $129,348, while this past year, interim CEO Marga Cugnet was awarded a posted salary of just under $200,000 and overall wage payment of just under $238,000, and Alain Lenferna, vice-president, medical accepted $271,300

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But they were not the highest paid professionals working in the district since the financial report indicated that when it came to supplier payments, psychiatrist Dr. G.B. Suberu came out on top of the contracted services supplied by an individual with total compensation of just under $607,000 followed by Dr. Omoniyi Oyebode at over $504,000. Other medical personnel who supplied contracted service for the region included Dr. P. Fong at $250,000, Dr. Shauna Hudson, the region’s chief medical officer who was paid $222,000

and Dr. Donald MacRae, a psychiatrist, at just under $76,000 while Dr. K. Sheikh supplied services for around $87,500.

Radiology Services of Regina were paid almost $322,000 for reading and translating images for Sun Country and Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region were given $160,500 for services they rendered to the region.

On the direct wage scale, of the 2,400 employees, 79 accepted wages in excess of $100,000 with the two top wages listed there as being Lenferna’s and Cugnet’s followed

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Merger vote expected in spring ⇠A1 that, along with some wonderful growth opportunities,� said Keter. “Our governance structure at the same time keeps us true to our grass roots and local level decision-making.

We do not have a head office model. We embrace diversity and finding different ways to approach business and our board had no difficulty in agreeing to the guiding principles that Spectra’s

board put in front of them.

They were on the same page. Our new credit union will have the expertise of a large credit union yet the connection with members will be strong in a 21st century setting,� Keter added. “It’s a provincial scope with regional presence and the key for Spectra’s members is the fact they will be served by the same people in the same environment;

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programs who took home just under $162,000 and Murray Goeres, interim vice-president of facilities who accepted $157,500 in wages and then Pamela Haupstein, interim VP of finance and corporate services, at just under $144,000.

In 2010, outgoing CEO Calvin Tant, who was released by the board of directors in September of that year, was provided a severance allowance of $187,000 in 2011, while Hal Schmidt, the former vice-president of finance and corporate services who was also dismissed by the board, left without a severance package.

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Keter and Schroh said they expected that their respective members will be contemplating the merger proposal and arriving at a conclusion in time for next spring’s annual general meetings. “Due diligence has to unfold and we agree that to do it right is more important than doing it quickly,� said Keter.

Schroh said that the concept was to “position our members to take advantage of continued success and growth in southeastern Saskatchewan by tapping in to the capital, expertise, technology and capacity of a provincially based credit union.�

The merger will allow the new model to offer the best financial products and services in the major cities as well as the rural communities.

Schroh said the two credit unions are setting up a joint steering committee that will ease concerns or any impact on employees and members.

Keter said that Affinity is in the process of conducting even more merger discussions with some smaller credit unions around the province.

Affinity has three branch operations in Regina as well as dominant positions in Saskatoon and central Saskatchewan and now they have a strong influence pending in southeast Saskatchewan with this week’s announcement.

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Although they were lacking in numbers, the crowd at the Simple Plan concert made up for it with enthusiasm and volume.

Simply entertaining

Simple Plan delivers good old-fashioned rock show In a recent interview, Simple Plan drummer and songwriter Chuck Comeau said the band’s recent album, was a return to the “old school� sound that helped them burst upon Canada’s music scene in 2002.

It’s apparent that oldschool attitude has translated to their live shows.

The Montreal rockers delivered a performance Sunday night that focused less on the bells and whistles that are standard at most shows today and more on such oldfashioned staples like music and energy.

Playing before a crowd that lacked in numbers but, like the band, made up for it with their energy, Simple Plan rocked Spectra Place with an entertaining show Sunday as the headliner in a double bill that also included up and coming B.C. band Faber Drive.

Playing in support of their most recent release Get Your Heart On! Simple Plan reeled off a set list that included some of the highlights from the album as well as other hits.

After opening with Shut Up, lead singer Pierre Bouvier invited any fan sitting to join them on the arena floor which sent a number of people flooding over the Spectra Place

course of the 90 minute show.

Much like Simple Plan, Faber Drive also delivered a high energy performance during their roughly 30 minutes on stage. Originally from Mission, B.C., Faber Drive was at their best when they stuck more to rock instead of the synthesizer driven sound that was featured on their second album Can’t Keep a Secret.

Although no announcements have been made, it’s expected the City of Estevan will be announcing a couple of new shows for Spectra Place in the coming weeks as they continue to work towards their goal of having one event a month at the one-year-old facility.

Lead singer Pierre Bouvier led Simple Plan through a highly entertaining show Sunday at Spectra Place. The multi-platinum band performed a number of their old hits as well as recent singles Jet Lag and Summer Paradise.

Up and coming B.C. band Faber Drive provided a solid opening act for Simple Plan Sunday night at Spectra Place.

A group comprised of three local choral groups provided the back up vocals when Simple Plan performed This Song Saved My Life Saturday at Spectra Place.

boards.

They followed that up with everything from early hits such as Addicted to recent singles Jet Lag and Summer Paradise which reached the top 10 on Canadian charts. The band even tossed in a medley of cover tunes, putting their spin on hits such as Moves Like Jagger and Sexy and I know It. The show even had a local flavour as a choir comprised of singers from three local singing groups joined the band onstage to provide backup during This Song Saved My Life.

To their credit, the quintet didn’t let the small crowd deter them as they gave it their all over the

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Estevan Mercury

Sister continues to search for Tweddle Three months after he first went missing, the sister of Gordon Tweddle is clinging to hope that her brother will be found one day.

Tweddle has not been seen or heard from since he disappeared from his Estevan apartment on May 14.

His sister, Frances McPherson, said although she believes there is a chance her brother may have taken his own life, she would like to locate him and bring closure to the issue for herself and others who cared for him.

A Moose Jaw resident, McPherson contacted The Mercury last week in an attempt to keep her brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story in the spotlight.

McPherson said she has remained in contact with the Estevan Police Service and commended the work

of the local officers, but like everyone else who has taken part in the effort to find Gordon, they have come up dry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has just been nothing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure this out. I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where he is.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious to us all that he could be dead, but where is he? He could be alive, but where is he? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on your mind all the time.â&#x20AC;?

McPherson said after Tweddle first went missing, she travelled to Estevan to join with police and her brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends in the search. However, the lingering uncertainty has made it tough for her to return to the city so she is doing everything she can from home to aid in the search.

Although she has a

glimmer of hope that Tweddle will be found alive, McPherson said she is prepared for any outcome.

In conversations with his friends, she learned that her brother, whom she described as a quiet, independent and hard working man, had been dealing with some health issues and was worried he may become a burden to his family and friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think he could cope (with the fact) that he would be the one taken care of,â&#x20AC;? McPherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked a lot with (his friends and former employers) Barry and Pat Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Handley and they felt the same. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a person who was full of life, and then something happened, and I think it happened when my mother died to tell you

Gordon Tweddle the truth. I think that was a turning point for my brother. Barry and Pat and I all think the day he walked out of his apartment was Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked about this and analyzed this and we think it had a pretty big impact on him.

He was kind of a caretaker in his silent little way and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, maybe it was

just overwhelming to him.â&#x20AC;?

McPherson added the one reason she clings to a belief that her brother may not have harmed himself is that it was against his nature to do something to hurt her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the part that baffles me. He would never have hurt me like this. But maybe his mind wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite on target and I know that he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been eating well. I brought him groceries and he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eaten them and Pat and Barry were taking him over groceries that night when they found him missing. I just think he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thinking with a clear mind.â&#x20AC;?

McPherson said because of her brother â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quiet nature, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t well known in the community. However, she said a number of people have

stepped forward to assist the Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Handleys in searching for Tweddle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is a real tribute to that (community). But I am just scared that he is going to be forgotten. The whole thing now for me is if I could just find him either alive or not, but find him. Not finding him, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not quite sure â&#x20AC;Ś I guess I am going to have to learn how to cope with that but I am having a real difficult time.â&#x20AC;?

Chief Del Block said officers have conducted a thorough search around Estevan but have turned up no clues to his disappearance. He added they hope to add Tweddle to the national missing persons database but he must be missing for six months before that can take place.

New beef website launched Sudanese experience subject of new book

A new website has been launched to help those working in the cattle industry across the country.

The Beef Cattle Research Council recently announced the launch of BeefResearch.ca. This new website is a central resource for Canadian beef research news and information.

Cow-calf producers, feedlots, veterinarians, meat packers, researchers and other industry stakeholders can visit BeefResearch.ca to stay informed of the latest innovations and access the information needed to make informed decisions.

BeefResearch.ca features information on the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research priorities and objectives, background information on research topics, and technical fact sheets on project results.

The site also includes the BCRC Blog, where readers will find the latest research findings, learn how research connects to current events, and benefit from commentary and information from researchers and other industry experts.

Readers can subscribe to the blog for email updates and join the conversation by posting comments on blog articles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BeefResearch.ca is needed to improve extension in the beef industry.

By creating a central, national resource, getting research information out to producers and the rest of the industry will be more

efficient and effective. The website also demonstrates and promotes the value of beef research and innovation,â&#x20AC;? said Matt Bowman, chair of the BCRC and a producer from Thornloe, Ontario.

BeefResearch.ca is a key tool in BCRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longterm strategy to improve technology transfer and knowledge dissemination within the Canadian beef cattle industry. The strategyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate is to enable industry uptake of researchsupported innovations by supporting and delivering a range of best practice technology transfer mechanisms. The initiative is part of Agriculture and AgriFood Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beef cattle industry science cluster.

BeefResearch.ca will continue to develop as a comprehensive resource for beef research information. The BCRC is focused on developing targeted decision tools and other resources for producers interested in modifying their production practices, and for researchers and other extension groups to support their technology transfer and knowledge dissemination efforts. Currently, the website features research project results from studies that were funded by the BCRC. In time, fact sheets on any project related to beef or beef cattle will be posted, regardless of the funder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We encourage people

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to share their feedback with us and comment on the blog articles so that we know what kinds of information people are looking for,â&#x20AC;? said Bowman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As time goes on and the website evolves, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to deliver the types of information people want in the format they want it so they have the knowledge to do whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best for their operation.â&#x20AC;?

The BCRC is Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industry-led funding agency for beef research. The BCRC is funded through a portion of the producerpaid national levy as well as government funding, and is led by a committee of beef producers from across the country. The BCRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate is to determine research and development priorities for the Canadian beef cattle industry and to administer national check-off funds allocated to research. It operates as a division of the Canadian Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association.

A first-time author will be reading from her novel While the Sun is Above Us at the Estevan Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Melanie Schnell, who spent a year in Sudan, has written about her experiences which turned into the story of Adut, who gets caught up in a bloody civil war in that war-torn country and is held as a slave for eight years.

The tale is also told from the perspective of Sandra, who is fleeing from her life in Canada and finds herself in South Sudan as an aid worker, but soon becomes unwittingly embroiled in a violent local conflict.When chance brings the two women together in a brief but profound moment, their lives change forever.

Sarah Ivany, managing editor at Freehand Books, publisher of the novel, said the story takes readers deep into the extraordinary world of Sudan through the intertwined narratives of the two women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very excited about this novel,â&#x20AC;? said Ivany. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Melanie has crafted a beautiful story and set it against a very real and harsh political backdrop, drawing attention to the horrors of contemporary slavery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the female experience of slavery in particular â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a creative way. This is art rooted in politics. I hope readers will walk away from this book feeling compelled to act to help end this awful institution.â&#x20AC;?

Schnell, who holds a master of fine arts degree

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Her non-fiction work has found its way into numerous publications across Canada and she also wrote an episode about Sudan for the award-winning documentary series Injustice which aired on SCN and CBC in 2009. She is a previous winner of the Saskatchewan Short Munuscript Awards and was a finalist for the City of Regina Writing Award.

Schnell will be reading from her book at 2 p.m. Further information regarding the event, the reading and the subject may be obtained by contacting the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adult program co-ordinator Jill Kergan at 636-1621.

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Sun Country report focuses on diversity Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the biggest businesses in southeast Saskatchewan and the Sun Country Health Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual report bears witness to that fact.

The report, issued at the end of July, notes that with 2,400 employees, the local health region is probably one of southern Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest employers and with a budget closing in on $141 million, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a big player on the financial circuit as well.

The report, which pays close attention to health care outcomes and comparison to provincial averages, outlines how big the business really is for its two major (district) hospitals, three community hospitals, nine health centres,

and seven long term care facilities. In fact, there are 28 buildings in all, serving 38 communities and a total population of 56,529 people in this corner of the province, which is 5.2 per cent of the total provincial population.

St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in Estevan, an affiliate facility with its 53 acute care beds, 34 long term and

four respite/palliative care beds, is the largest facility under the Sun Country banner.

The annual report notes that the health region, headquartered in Weyburn, has experienced an increase in population of 7.1 per cent between 2006 and 2011 compared with a population hike of 8.1 per cent across the

Little change to SourisMoose Mountain The Souris-Moose Mountain Constituency will see little change in the proposal submitted by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan.

According to the submission which is on the Internet, Souris-Moose Mountain will be extended to the northwest and will encompass much of what used to be the Wascana Constituency and a sliver of the Palliser Constituency. According to a press release from the commission, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electoral districts are reviewed every 10 years by independent commissions in each province to account for shifts and growth in the population. These reviews consider population numbers - as captured in the

federal census - as well as other important factors such as communities of interest or identity, and historical and geographic factors.

T h e c o m m i s s i o n â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is to readjust the boundaries of federal electoral districts. It makes final decisions about where the new electoral boundaries will be located after consultation, giving the public and members of Parliament an opportunity to express their views and participate in the process.

Under the proposal, Saskatchewan is set to have two exclusively urban electoral districts in Regina and three in Saskatoon. As well, there would be two districts that are a mixture of rural-urban, and the remaining seven

would be primarily rural.

The creation of strictly urban districts is the biggest change to the current configuration of electoral districts around Regina and Saskatoon.

The meeting for Souris-Moose Mountain will be held on Sept. 19 in Weyburn at 10 a.m. in the Royal Canadian Legion.

Everyone is invited to attend. Those wishing to make a presentation at a hearing are requested to send the commission notice no later than Sept.

3 by e-mail at saskatchewan@rfed-rcf.ca or by mail (440 2nd Avenue North, Suite 203, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 2C3).

To consult the proposal online, visit www. federal-redistribution.ca.

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province and 16 per cent of the residents in the Sun Country region are over the age of 65.

Breaking the age factors down even more acutely, the annual report indicates that 42 per cent of the Sun Country population lives in either of the two cities embraced by its borders while 59 per cent of the provincial population can be found in cities.

While 18 per cent of the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people live in towns, 30 per cent of the residents in Sun Country live in towns and 13 per cent reside in villages compared with just nine per cent in the entire province.

Taking it even further, 14 per cent of Sun Country residents live in rural municipalities compared with eight per cent across the province, while two per cent live on reserves, compared with six per cent in all of Saskatchewan.

For the sake of the annual report, Sun Country stated that Weyburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population was listed at 11,257, an increase of 1,295 over the five-year period (2006 to 2011) while

Estevanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was 12,335, a hike of 1,665.

Providing even more detail, the annual report indicates that 35.4 per cent of the adult population in Sun Country could be described as overweight compared with 31.2 per cent who were assessed as being overweight in 2009.

Saskatchewan wide, the overweight population comes in at 37 per cent.

On a personal care front, 83.6 per cent of Sun Country residents said they had a family doctor to count on in 2009 compared with just 77.9 per cent in 2010. Across the province, the percentage of people with a family doctor was 84.5 per cent.

Surgical procedures at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital numbered 306 in 2011, 310 in 2010 and 364 in 2009 with just three recorded incidents of post surgical infections.

At Weyburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Hospital, there were 358 surgeries performed in 2011, 382 in 2010 and 346 in 2009 with 14 recorded instances of infections following surgery.

Belonging to a provincial organization such as the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come cheaply either. It was noted in the annual report that Sun Country paid $5.65 million in membership fees to that organization, which serves as an intermediary between health regions, unionized employees and government. They also forked out another $108,000 to join the relatively new eHealth group.

The report, which can be found online, zeros in on a number of other demographic explorations such as pregnancy rates for various age groups, drug and alcohol dependency rates, sexually transmitted diseases, socioeconomic determinants, birth rates, mortality rates and other health indicators.

The report also spends time on such things as provision of emergency medical services, efficiency ratings, chronic disease prevention, immunization coverage and general health promotions.

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Getting fair deals done Reciprocate.

It’s a single word that can mean so much in the wonderful world of big business and political manipulations.

A current stance being taken by British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark is being seen as having more than a little politics attached to the demand that B.C. obtain “a fair share” of royalties being paid to Alberta based producers who want to send oilsands bitumen crude through B.C. to Kitamat where it can be loaded onto cargo ships bound for Asia.

Apparently the previous world order of simply receiving pipeline fees, insurances and penalties isn’t going to be enough for the government on whose land the pipeline will cross. They want more environmental danger pay.

So Clark has made her point.

The challenge will undoubtably go out for a corresponding “fee” to be paid to provinces that handle British Columbia’s lumber shipments across country or perhaps their fruit and wine products that are sold eastward.

In other words, the whole thing could turn messy, if it hasn’t already.

While we argue internally about the tit-for-tat agreements concerning oil, we learn that China’s largest federally owned oil company is wanting to buy Nexen, one of Canada’s proud oil and natural gas producers. They promise they will retain Canadian management, or Canadian style administration, will keep the company listed on the North American stock exchanges and generally operate the Canadian way, except in actual ownership.

With that in mind, Ralph Goodale, Saskatchewan’s lone Liberal MP, makes the point ... if China’s big corporations are going to be allowed to buy Canada’s big corporations, then we will require reciprocation. Canadians and their corporations must achieve the right to purchase China’s major operations, perhaps their industry leading rare earth mineral holdings.

Tit-for-tat.

If China wants to play they game, they must play by the long held international rules. You can’t protect on one side and shout for free market conditions on the other side.

This brings us to the recently completed dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board into what is now simply another grain trader called the CWB. Politicians created it in support of Western Canadian farmers who required protection at the time. A monopoly on three grain products ensued. It’s now gone.

So that then means that Canada’s other supply management system will also have to go. No more grain selling monopoly to use nationally or internationally, then say goodbye to dairy and poultry managed contracts and protectionist policies crafted by governments to supposedly protect egg, poultry and dairy producers. If grain needs to flow freely, so does milk.

Tit-for-tat.

With the wheat board gone, Canada’s government now has a legitimate trading argument to make with its American counterparts in calling for an end to subsidized farming in the U.S. The fact that our politicians blinked first on this international front will make the bargaining tougher, but no less real. ⇢ A7

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

Fed commission got boundaries right They have always said that everyone in Saskatchewan has at least one foot on the farm. To some extent, this remains true.

But there are a few other realities we factor into this old cliché.

First, both Regina and Saskatchewan have had a population close to or over 200,000 people for a generation now, so that connection to the farm increasingly means through a grandparent or uncle or aunt. Second, the growth in this province right now is through immigrants or Canadians from other provinces as much as it is people moving in from the country.

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Casual observations from a tortured mind Just some casual observations to relate to you this week, dear diary.

For instance, did you realize that we, as taxpayers, spent $28 million recently to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812?

Apparently “we” won. I’m not sure who “we” is/are, though.

Were “we” the few hundred French or the 300 scarlet coated British or were “we” the few thousand Aboriginals who knew what to do? Or were “we” the few scraggly new Canadians who just happened to be in the neighbourhood when the shooting started?

This so-called war was with the Americans, by the way.

Did anybody inform them that this 200th thingy-dingy was going on? I mean someone other than Maclean’s magazine? Was Bev Oda out having a smoke with Andy Scheer when the news broke?

In fact, did anybody bother to mention this birthday party or whatever they called it ... to Western Canada? We helped pay for it, but no War of 1812 commemorative ship sailed down the Souris, at least I don’t think it did. No phoney cannons were shot from any of our reconstructed forts. I understand the federal government was required to eliminate $9 million in the community archives program so that “we” could celebrate this

Norm Park All Things Considered war that really wasn’t and from what I hear in the aftermath, the Americans are claiming that the whole 74-hour siege turned out to be a tie game after regulation time expired and everybody just went home instead of paying the referee for overtime. Now that sounds very Canadian to me.

Declare a tie and let’s hit the beer gardens.

Thought two: Who was responsible for unplugging India for two days?

And if you think that’s a sorry state of affairs for this hardpressed country, please remember those rolling brown-outs they had across the western and midwestern United States a few years ago when Enron was running the show. Hey, it happens here every time we get a thunderstorm.

Maybe not two days worth, but just enough to start us worrying about what we can do without electricity. Turns out, not much.

Did you laugh too, when you heard that our PM, Stevie Wonder, that Harper boy, was in Kindersley Aug. 1 handing out pardons to Alberta farmers who had apparently been jailed for three or four hours five years ago

ests of city residents from Regina and Saskatoon are exactly the same as those people currently living in rural Saskatchewan has always been a ludicrous notion.

For these reasons, it appears that the federal electoral boundaries commission of Justice Ronald Mills, Professor John Courtney and SARM president David Merit has got Saskatchewan’s new boundaries right. Let us just hope that the politicians don’t screw it up again like they did last time.

The new boundaries in Saskatchewan would see Regina and Saskatoon residents represented by three seats (instead of the current four) called Saskatoon Centre-University, Saskatoon West, Regina Lewvan, Wascana and Regina Qu’Appelle and Saskatoon Grasswood. Only the latter two would have a combination of rural and urban voters.

Meanwhile, there would still be seats called Cypress Hills-Grassland, Souris-Moose Mountain, Prince Albert, Yorkton-Melville and Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River in the north. However, they would be joined by “rural” seats called Kindersley-Rosetown-Humboldt, Lloydminster-BattlefordsRosthern and Moose-Lake Centre-Lanigan. The total would remain 14.

Notwithstanding the usual concerns about the physical size of depopulated rural ridings or the quibbling about which communities belong in the same riding, these boundaries clearly make more sense than the existing ones that see eight of the province’s 14 seats split between rural and urban.

Even the provincial boundaries commission - flawed as it might have been in adding three additional seats in this province when it was unnecessary to do so - recognized the inherent unfairness of urban-rural split seats. (Only two of the

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for defying a Canadian Wheat Board regulation that prohibited them from selling wheat without going through the CWB? I think the poor guy was suffering delusions. I believe he honestly thought he was a Texas or Alabama governor handing out last hour pardons to death row inmates rather than a hardpressed PM using a non-descript Canadian glitch law that let him “release” the already “released” producers who did that hard time so many years ago to make their point. I don’t know why it is, but other than Vancouver, most of our Canadian protest movements are really pretty lame affairs. We have a hard time getting riled up about anything. Our second to last protest didn’t even make the highlight package on the news channels, you know those “Occupy” Wall Street ... ooops, Occupy Bay Street, or some other so-called important street or city hall ... had to be borrowed from the United States. Nobody seemed to know what they were protesting about, but hey, the weather was good, might as well get outside and do something not too positive.

Then of course we had those poor down-trodden Quebec students in their designer jeans and poofy coats and scarves protesting the fact they have the lowest tuition fees in the country. What a cause! Storm the Bastille Henri ... then meet me at Starbucks.

new 61 provincial seats see any form of rural-urban split.)

The logic would seem evident to us all. No matter how tied rural and urban Saskatchewan residents truly are, their immediate needs and issues are, and have always been, different. For that reason, it is infinitely logical to represent public interest in the way that the current boundaries commission has.

The problem, however, is political interests aren’t always the same as public interests ... which is how the current boundaries got so badly screwed up last time.

Prior to establishment of the current boundaries, the boundaries commission proposed a much better interim map that represented the traditional urban and rural seats for this province. Unfortunately, self-interested politicians successfully fought to changed the boundaries.

Most vocal were the NDP - specifically then NDP Regina-Palliser MP Dick Proctor - who argued his new rural riding stretching from the U.S. border to the outskirts of Saskatoon called “Long Lakes” was just too big, with too many communities with no common interest. As a result, we got ridings like Regina-Qu’Appelle that take in everything from inner city Regina to the rural communities 100 miles north. (Ironically, the NDP did not elect a single MP under the current boundaries.)

Already, politicians like Conservative SaskatoonRosetown-Biggar MP Kelly Block are complaining about the unfairness of the new ridings that “break” the tradition of split urban-rural seats in Saskatchewan.

Sadly, Block is as wrong as she seems self-interested.

The proposed riding boundaries make far more sense.

Let’s hope they don’t change.

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Letters to the Editor Writer asks for support Speed was not a factor The Editor: Do you have a relative or friend buried at Green Acres Memorial Gardens in Weyburn? Would you like to have flowers remain on their headstones yearround? I do and I am asking for your help.

Green Acres Memorial Gardens in Weyburn and Souris Valley Memorial Gardens in Estevan are both administered by the province of Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Justice. They have a policy that all flowers are removed from the graves as of Oct. 1 and cannot be replaced until April 1. Rarely, is there any permanent snow before Nov. 1 and in the past two years, there has been hardly any snow all winter making the cemetery look like a horse pasture between October 1 and April 1. Even when there is snow, it is rare for the flowers to be completely covered. It also makes the

cemetery and graves of loved ones look abandoned.

The caretaker for the cemetery in Estevan says he wants the flowers to remain on the headstones during the winter so that when it is necessary for snow removal, he can see where they are. The caretaker in Weyburn wants to go with the government policy. They say there is a risk that a flower vase might get broken during snow removal. Both cemeteries put up stakes so that they know the location of the graves so the risk of striking a vase should be minimal if at all. I do not understand how there is a 180-degree difference between the two cemeteries that are 45 miles apart. The Estevan cemetery always has more flowers than Green Acres and these flowers remain all year round.

According to the Weyburn Review archives, dur-

ing the period Oct. 1 to April 1 of 2010-11, there were 15 burials at Green Acres. For the 2011/12 period, there were 19 burials.

Hundreds of people wanting to leave flowers on their relatives or friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; graves are being inconvenienced every winter because of the risk of only 19 and 15 burials respectively. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that is fair I have been asking the government to change their policy but they have refused. I am trying to petition the government to change their policy.

I am asking for your support on this petition.

Please phone me at 6343433 or 421-7227 or write me at the address below and I will tell you how this can be done. Thanking you in advance. Please call me if you have any questions.

Gerald Shauf, Estevan, Sask.

Changes may alienate voters The Editor: The Saskatchewan Federal Electoral Boundary Commission has released a new draft proposal of the 14 electoral districts.

Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past and present federal electoral districts represent this province with strength in balanced leadership.

The strong rural and urban blend in all 14 electoral districts leads an equal Saskatchewan voice in Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parliament.

This balanced representation is a trademark since 1905 taking into consideration various factors, population numbers, communities of identity, historical pattern, and geography.

The cities of Regina and Saskatoon are each represented by four Federal electoral districts blended with strong rural areas.

The other six districts have smaller urban centers but also a strong rural blend. The Saskatchewan rural and urban partner-

ship representation gives this province a balanced leadership business model for Canada The current Saskatchewan electoral model must be retained for future Parliamentary work as it is the best all round working example for this province.

All districts will need small minor boundary changes to adjust for population shift from the past 10 years but retain the strong rural and urban blend concept.

The new proposed electoral map changes Saskatchewan rural and urban partnership.

The cities of Saskatoon and Regina each will lose one electoral district.

The communities of identity, historical patterns, and geography factors are not taken in consideration in the new boundary changes. Saskatchewan would lose the rural and urban blend concept in the five all urban planned districts.

The proposed Sas-

katchewan boundary changes present a very dramatic geographic shift for the voters of this province.

I believe such dramatic changes contribute to the dissociative attitudes of the voting public.

Concerns rest with constituents whom will feel disenfranchised with the proposed boundary changes.

Orville Bilous North Battleford,Sask.

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The Editor: I am writing this letter in extreme frustration with the article regarding the woman killed in the car-pedestrian collision.

As a first-hand witness of the accident, I find it very rude and ignorant that members of the city council would blame the accident on speed, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was only a matter of timeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;our streets arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t safeâ&#x20AC;? when the accident had nothing to do with speed. It extremely

frustrates me.

I personally feel that the city council is just looking for an excuse to reduce the speed limit and is abusing an unfortunate incident to do so.

I believe that unless they witnessed said accident, they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be talking about things they do not know.

I know it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something I ever imagined having to witness but having been the second vehicle stopped for her to cross, and my pas-

senger having been the one to call 911, I can tell you firsthand that it was not a matter of speed.

I think our city council should try doing a little more research before saying things that are not true.

Phoebe Lukye Estevan, Sask.

(Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: A referendum on speed limits in residential areas will be held during the civic election in October.)

Demise of monopoly not a good thing The Editor: Prime Minister Harper came to a farm near Kindersley, Saskatchewan, to inform a group of producers assembled there, that finally they would no longer be controlled by the Canadian Wheat Board. He did not tell them that they no longer have the right to democratically elect producers to an organization to sell their own grain.

Global grain interests who planned the demise of the CWB, glibly suggested that the CWB was an era of past times. They are wrong. The loss of the CWB has regressed the rights of producers to an era that existed in the 1920s and the 1930s - a time when our pioneer farm families were at the non-existent mercies of the autocrats of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.

The problem that will now prevail is that producers will be at the mercies of a few giant global corporations. Seventy to 90 per cent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grain trade is controlled by the ABCD group. They are Archer Daniel Midland, Bunge, Cargill and [Louis] Dreyfus.

Canadians will witness the rapid expansion and control of agriculture by corporations.

The CWB consisted of

fifteen directors. Ten of those directors were democratically elected bona fide Prairie farmers. Over the many years of CWB tenure, a high percentage of those elected were solid supporters of the single desk selling monopoly of the CWB. In fact, a recent poll of producers held in the CWB region revealed that 61.77 per cent favoured the single desk monopoly of the CWB, while 38.22 opposed the single desk.

Harper and Agriculture Minister Gerald Ritz used questionable tactics to eliminate the CWB. They have done so with impunity. This is a government that regularly

reminds Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parliamentarians that they have â&#x20AC;&#x153;a solid majorityâ&#x20AC;? in the House of Commons. That so-called majority represents fewer than 40 per cent of Canadians that voted for Conservatives candidates in the last election.

Over 60 per cent did not vote for Conservatives.

Your readers will recognize that there is a political label for a government that does comply with the bidding of the corporate sector, rather than comply to the wishes of the majority of Canadian voters.

Leo Kurtenbach, Saskatoon, Sask.

EDITORIAL â&#x2021; A6 You want something we have? Then what do you offer in return?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny how sometimes our big business and political brain trusts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the fundamentals of their own professions. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a give and take situation every round.

This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t charity at work here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pure business and pure politics at play and there is no need for Canada to play the good guy. The only goodness to be sought is one that labels us as fair and honest traders ... not brokers ... traders, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the inter-provincial or international market.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sell you some or all of what you may want, but the game works both ways, otherwise no deal.

Certainly negotiations are more complicated and complex than that, but the simple truth remains. You trade honestly and fairly with us, you can make a deal. You want to cloudy the waters with future promises and vague claims of fairness? Sorry, go find another sucker.

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The annual Estevan Wildlife Camp was held over the weekend at Boundary Dam. The participants took part in a number of activities including canoeing.

Local traffic blitz deemed a success An Estevan Police Service traffic blitz aimed at aggressive drivers and other bad habits behind the wheel is being called a success.

The EPS handed out 36 tickets during the Aug. 7 blitz according to a press release.

Block said the focus of the blitz, which was done in partnership with SGI, focused on such matters as pedestrian safety, traffic light infractions and inattentive driving. He added officers handed out five tickets for

failing to yield to pedestrians.

“They said it was just so blatant,” Block said of the infractions. “We will be doing it again.”

The EPS release noted that tickets were also issued

for cellphone usage while driving, stop sign infractions, not wearing seatbelts, window tint, dangerous driving and fleeing from police.

The latter two charges were issued after a low speed chase that led officers all the

way to Halbrite.

While officers focused on the habits of drivers around crosswalks, Block also reminded pedestrians that they have a duty to ensure it is safe before they enter the street.

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Manitoba and St. Paul, Minn. The weather cooperated for the event, and everyone enjoyed lots of visiting. This was the first reunion for the family in 10 years.

Marion Milne recently

spent a week in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan. She returned to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home on Aug. 6.

Penny Armstrong and family of Oxbow played host to a Maxwell family reunion held at the Recreation Hall at Kenosee on the Aug. 4, 5 and 6 weekend. Family members were there from Texas and Detroit, Mich. Also present were Don and Sheila Maxwell of Lethbridge, Alta.; Bruce and Trish Maxwell of Grenfell, Sask.; Doreen Maxwell, Helen Ross, and

Norma and Rory Fleming, all of Estevan.

Curtis and Chelsea (née Fair) Bergstrom and two children, Ryder and Chase of Camrose, Alta., spent a few days over the July 27 weekend visiting at the home of Doug and Cheryl Fair. While here, they also visited with grandma Dorothy Fuchs and a sister, Shannon and Tim Skoczylas of Estevan.

Audra MacDonald spent last weekend visiting with her parents, David and Mary Kay MacDonald in Moose Jaw.

By Betty Baniulis North Portal Correspondent

Chief Del Block said the blitz had been in the works for quite awhile but his department decided to bump up the date after the recent death of local resident Karen Hancock who was killed in a truck-pedestrian collision.

Reg and Darlene Nelson hosted a Stringer family reunion on the weekend of August 4, 5 and 6. One

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Police chase leads to more jail time Another individual who led police on a chase down the highway was sentenced to jail time last week.

During Estevan provincial court on Aug. 9, Oliver Meixner pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving, one from Aug. 3 and the other from July 9, failing to stop while being pursued and possession of cocaine. A charge of dangerous driving was stayed by the Crown prosecutor.

The Aug. 3 pursuit began in Estevan when police noticed Meixner driv-

ing erratically. When they activated their emergency lights, Meixner continued to drive out of town. The low-speed chase sent officers after Meixner on Highway 39 towards Weyburn, but it was noted the driver did not go above 70 kilometres per hour.

A spike belt was laid on the road near Midale, deflating the car’s passenger tires, but Meixner continued. A second spike belt was deployed near Halbrite, deflating the car’s remaining tires. Meixner continued to drive on the

car’s rims for four miles before coming to a stop. At that point, officers executed a high-risk takedown.

Because the local courthouse has seen a number of cases in the last couple of weeks where an individual does not stop for police, Judge Karl Bazin wished to review the others before deciding on sentencing.

Crown prosecutor Andrew Davis added, “This court can take notice of the high frequency of evading charges as well as dangerous driving charges in this

jurisdiction. It’s important to send a strong message that this conduct is not acceptable.”

Davis said the Crown was requesting a 12-month jail sentence for Meixner.

His Legal Aid lawyer asked for a shorter jail term of only eight months.

Addressing the judge himself, Meixner said, “I’m embarrassed about it. It’s something that’s not in my character to do what I did.

I guess I would ask for your leniency in that regard.”

The following morning Bazin sentenced Meixner

to four months in jail, followed by 18 months probation. He will also be subject to a one-year driving prohibition and $2,000 in fines.

In other court proceedings, Brent Hoffos pleaded guilty to impaired driving.

The principal at Spruce Ridge School was pulled over by police after they received a Report Impaired Drivers call on July 15.

Hoffos entered blood alcohol readings of .21 and .21, close to three times the legal limit.

Judge James Benison ordered a fine of $1,500

and Hoffos is prohibited from driving for the next 12 months.

Dates for a preliminary inquiry were scheduled for three individuals who are charged with break and enter committing an indictable offence therein. Ayla Schachtel and Peter McQuinn have been charged together and their hearing will begin on Jan. 24, 2013.

Joseph Debigare’s hearing was scheduled for the following day.

They are all alleged to be involved in a home invasion in November 2011.

Possible tragedy averted by police Estevan Police Service personnel were asked to intervene in a possible suicide attempt during the day of Aug. 11 when they answered a phone call from a distraught family member who feared that a 24-year-old man was about to commit suicide.

Police learned that the man had informed a relative that he was going to commit suicide by running head-on into another vehicle on the highway.

An EPS dispatcher was able to contact the man on his cellphone while advising police units about his location.

A member of the EPS managed to track down the man’s vehicle as it proceeded west out of the city onto Highway 39. The police member contacted the subject on his cellphone and persuaded him to park his vehicle on the highway near the weigh scales. The EPS member remained in contact

with the subject from his patrol car via the cellphone and eventually he was able to approach the man’s truck and noted that the subject remained seated in the vehicle.

In the meantime other EPS members, with the assistance of members of the local detachment of the RCMP, established roadblocks on the highway to stop most of the traffic coming in and out of the city near this location.

Following a lengthy

conversation with the man, the police officer on the scene was able to diffuse the situation and immobilize the truck.

The man was co-operative with police at this stage of the operation and was taken into custody. The man was subsequently offered and accepted medical attention that would focus on the issues at hand that had led him to make this near fatal decision.

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A number of wagon teams made their way to Roche Percee for the annual trail ride and wagon trek.

Roche Percee Trail Ride makes strong return After taking a floodinduced hiatus in 2011, the Roche Percee Trail Ride and Wagon Trek made a grand return over the weekend.

Well over 100 people from throughout Saskatchewan and Manitoba made their way to the village for the annual event. Things kicked off Friday afternoon with the first trail ride.

Aside from a handful of other treks into the surrounding

countryside, the participants were also treated to a dance Saturday night at the Roche Percee Community Hall.

Prior to the floods of 2011, the trail ride was a popular event for many and after last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cancellation, organizers were somewhat concerned about what kind of turnout they would get after the year away.

Any such fears were likely put to rest Friday as a number of trucks and

haulers began to pour into Roche Percee and take position in the centre of the village.

According to many of those who attended this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, the chance to see a number of friends and familiar faces keeps them coming back to the trail ride.

Don Ferguson of Moosomin has been coming to Roche Percee since 2005 when he took part in a ride from his hometown to the

area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got to know some nice people, so I just kept coming back,â&#x20AC;? said Ferguson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The scenery is nice here, and they give good meals; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a cook so that is nice.â&#x20AC;?

Ferguson said there were three other trail rides in close proximity to Moosomin, but the chance to

see friends heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made at past rides made him point his truck in Roche Perceeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I must know half the people here by now.â&#x20AC;?

Morris Clark was one of a handful of Manitoba residents who attended the trail ride and like Ferguson, he first learned of the trail ride in 2005.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took part in the trek and met a lot people; so I came over here to renew acquaintances,â&#x20AC;? said Clark who calls Virden home.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like meeting people and the area is nice to ride in too.â&#x20AC;?

As of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first ride, 110 people had registered and that number was expected to swell as the weekend went on.

Morris Clark of Virden, Manitoba was among participants in the annual event.

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Rules on medical scooters clarified Some recent confusion regarding the operation of medical scooters has prompted the Sun Country Health Region and local police to speak out on the matter.

Paula Ealey, who is the acquired brain injury co-ordinator for Sun Country, was in the city Aug. 7 for a presentation on the scooters at the Estevan Shoppers Mall.

Ealey said a portion of the people at the presentation were under the impression that in Estevan, scooters are governed by the same rules of the road as vehicles.

To clear up the matter, Ealey approached the Estevan Police Service and they jointly contacted the media to clear up any misconceptions that may exist.

Ealey and Chief Del

Block said the biggest point she wanted to make to the public is that scooter users are not required to

follow the same rules as vehicles. In fact, they are considered as passengers, which means they are al-

lowed, and encouraged, to use the sidewalk whenever possible.

If they must use the

road, Ealey said they should get as close to the curb as possible and drive towards traffic so they can see the traffic coming.

“Unfortunately people think they are a motorized vehicle and should be driving like a regular car or truck,” she said. “That’s not how it works, and it’s really unsafe.”

“They should be crossing at crosswalks, the same as a pedestrian should,” added Block.

“They should be using the sidewalk where they can. I know there are some streets where there isn’t even a shoulder so they just have to be as far over as they can.”

Block said the one exception to the rule centres around alcohol. Like the driver of a car, scooter users are not allowed to operate while drunk.

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“We wanted to get the right message out to all scooter operators in the city,” said Block. “There are more and more scooter operators showing up in the city and as our population grows, there will be more.”

Ealey said the session at the mall focused on what to look for when buying a scooter, safety and the rules of the road. A video on safety, which was produced by the Weyburn Police Service, can be found on the Sun Country website.

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Farmers can now deliver the wheat, durum and barley they contract with CWB to the terminal or any elevator across the prairies.

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More people working in Sask. Outram-Torquay happenings There were more people working in Saskatchewan in the month of July than ever before, according to the latest labour force survey released by Statistics Canada today.

A total of 542,600 people were employed in July, an increase of 10,000 jobs compared to last July, setting a new all-time high for the month. This is on trend with the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year over year employment numbers, which have reached record monthly highs for eight consecutive months.

The province also

reached an all-time high for full-time employment in July, with the number of people working in fulltime positions increasing by 9,600 to 462,100. This was a jump of 2.1 per cent over July 2011.

Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate was the second lowest in the country at five per cent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These numbers are positive news for the province and an indicator of steady economic growth,â&#x20AC;?

Advanced Education Minister Don Morgan said on behalf of Economy Minister Bill Boyd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We con-

tinue to see signs of why our province is the ideal place to live, work and invest, including our recordsetting population growth, business confidence and an abundance of well-paying jobs for our workers.â&#x20AC;?

Morgan commented on the monthly job report numbers at an event held at AMEC in Saskatoon.

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By Betty Ribling Outram-Torquay Correspondent Sandra Hooper from Horsham, West Sussex, England was a visitor at the home of her mother, Lorna Fiest (Mantei). She also visited her sister, Donna (Brian) Wenzel and with Don and Faye Mantei and family. They also went to visit Farah and Travis Klatt and family at Bienfait on Aug. 8. Sandra returned to England on Thursday, Aug. 9.

Happy birthday to: Brendan Sovdi, July 12; Faye Mantei, July 13; Julia Klatt, July 20; and Colleen Sovdi, July 25.

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Cassidy Baht (left) attempts to finish off one of her items in the food Fear Factor competition.

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Plenty of activity for EPS on weekend A call to Estevan Police Service (EPS) members on the night of Aug. 7 reporting a stolen vehicle prompted police activity in the central part of the city. Information gathered by police indicated that the vehicle was making its way back to Estevan. The driver of the vehicle then attempted to hide the car behind a business on the east side of the city, and then flee on foot.

Police located the car as well as the young people involved. One youth was charged with taking a vehicle without the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consent and is now slated for a Sept.

7 court appearance.

On the night of Aug. 8, EPS received a complaint of a suspicious vehicle near a park in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northeast area. The suspect vehicle left the scene prior to police arrival, but the matter remains under investigation.

Later that same night, police received a report of articles being taken from a vehicle parked in a hotel parking lot in the east central area of the city. A number of construction tools were reported missing and the matter remains under investigation.

On Aug. 10, EPS received a complaint of people firing a potato gun in the 700 block of Arthur Avenue. The people responsible for the activity were warned about the city bylaw prohibiting that type of action and the matter was closed.

A 20-year-old man was stopped by police after they spotted him driving in an erratic fashion. They subsequently charged him with impaired driving which re-

sulted in a 24-hour licence suspension.

A report of suspected vandalism in the 900 block of Fourth Street received police attention on the night of Aug. 10. Three young men had broken a light at a business located on that street, but police were unable to locate a suspect. Further inspection of the building revealed that no other damage had been done.

Management of a local lounge contacted police following an incident that involved three underage males who refused to leave the premises after being asked to do so. While police were dealing with the underaged subjects, a 24-year-old man was noted causing a disturbance, which led to his arrest for being intoxicated in public. He was held in cells until sober.

A noise complaint registered from the 1400 block of Second Street attracted police attention that same night.

The complaint focused on noisy vehicles and squealing tires on the vehicles whose drivers and passengers were leaving a noisy party. Police issued a warning to the people involved regarding the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noise bylaws and advised the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s host to have their guests leave in a quieter manner.

After police stopped a vehicle due to erratic driving actions on the night of Aug. 10, they suspected that the 39-year-old driver was impaired by alcohol, but the man refused to provide a breath sample so he was charged accordingly and now has a Sept. 24 court date.

A call from a local

lounge regarding a fight in progress attracted police attention that same night. A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault with a Sept. 24 court date now attached.

Police were required to attend to the same lounge twice more that same night.

In both instances it was to deal with intoxicated patrons.

Two men ages 19 and 28 were arrested and held in cells until sober. The 19-yearold was also charged with being in breach of a probation order.

A 44-year-old man was arrested for being intoxicated in public after he was picked up by police in the 600 block of Eva Street.

A 23-year-old man who left a local lounge and attempted to drive after consuming alcohol was picked up by police and charged with impaired driving and for breaching conditions of a probation order. He now has a Sept. 24 court date.

A complaint of vandalism coming from a local convenience store was responded to by police. When they arrived, it was learned that the damaged area had been restored and no further action was required.

But shortly after that incident, police were called back to the same store in response to a domestic dispute involving a boy and girl friend. During the debate, a vehicle had been damaged.

The male had departed the scene prior to police arrival, but the female was assisted by officers while the owner of the vehicle decided not to proceed with charges.

Another domestic dispute in the Willow Park Greens area of the city required police attention when it was reported that a man was attempting to remove a female occupant from his home. Police learned that the female was also a legal resident of the home. With the assistance of police intervention, the occupants agreed to retire to separate rooms for the remainder of the evening.

During the course of that evening, police report that they issued seven traffic violation tickets and three for offences regarding alcohol.

On Aug. 11, EPS members attended to a matter regarding a report of a fire in the valley area below First Street. When they arrived, police discovered a bonfire that was believed to be under control but was not being tended to. No people could be found in the area in question, so members of Estevan Fire Rescue were called to extinguish the fire properly.

A report of possible vandalism was received by police on Aug. 11. The complainant said that someone was throwing apples at his home in the 1300 block of Nicholson Road. When police attended, they did not note any property damage but were able to locate a young male subject who was spoken to and warned about his action.

A complaint coming from a local lounge was responded to by police. The report noted that four intoxicated men had been throwing chairs and refused to leave the premises when asked to do so by staff members.

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When police arrived, they were met by staff members who explained that the matter had been resolved and management did not wish to proceed with charges. The four men were banned from the establishment and matter ended there.

Police next received a call from a local business complaining about a halfnude man who was in the vicinity. When police arrived, the man had disappeared but business staff members said they believed the man may have been registered at a nearby hotel. A search was made of the area, but police were unable to find the subject.

A vehicle rollover incident near Boundary Dam resulted in a 911 call being handled by EPS members on the night of Aug. 11.

The vehicle was located but the occupants had all fled the scene. They were subsequently located and a 21-year-old man was charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, driving while suspended and numerous other charges of being in breach of court-ordered conditions. He remained in custody until his Aug. 13 court appearance.

A report of several people engaged in a fight in the 1200 block of Nicholson Road was responded to by EPS members on Aug. 11.

When police arrived, they observed about 10 to 12 people yelling at one another.

In the end a 34-year-old man was charged with assault and now has a Sept. 24 court date.

Police next attended to a local lounge where a female patron was being verbally assaulted by a group of men.

The incident was resolved and the woman left the establishment which brought the matter to an end.

A 21-year-old woman attended to EPS headquarters on the night of Aug. 11 to report an assault. They noted she had been confronted by two men near

Sixth Street and 13th Avenue.

They were described as being dark haired, wearing blue jeans and being approximately six feet tall and in their mid-20s. Anyone with further information regarding this suspected assault is asked to contact police at 634-4767 or report what they know anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Police were next requested to attend to a residence in the 700 block of George Street in response to a threat complaint. The complainant noted that a man had called and threatened him.

Police located two men who were engaged in an argument within the residence. The dispute was resolved without further incident.

Police attended to a residence in the 700 block of Sun Valley Drive in response to a domestic dispute on the night of Aug. 11. A young man was reported to be in a dispute with his family and subsequently had to be removed from the home. The matter remains under investigation.

The next calls for police came from the 700 block of Eva Street and also from near the Exhibition Grounds. Both complaints were focused on noise issues. The subjects involved in the Eva Street call were gone by the time police arrived, while a man was warned about the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noise bylaw after he was deemed responsible for the noise around the Exhibition Grounds.

Police next attended to the 900 block of Second Street, checking up on a 911 hang-up call. The female caller had been cut off from the call centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operator/ dispatcher after complaining that her boyfriend was becoming aggressive with her. The woman met police at the door when they arrived and informed them that her boyfriend had left the home and that no further action was required.

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Majority of hay crop cut in Saskatchewan The warm weather is helping out Saskatchewan farmers in getting their hay crop cut.

According to the recent crop report, livestock producers continue to make good haying progress and now have 92 per cent of the hay crop cut. Eightyone per cent of the hay crop has been baled or put into silage. Eighty-three per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality, 14 per cent is rated as fair and three per cent is reported as poor quality.

Haying progress varies across the province with 98 per cent in the southwest, 93 per cent in the east-central region, 88 per cent in the west-central region, 91 per cent in the northeast and 77 per cent in the northwest.

Here in the southeast, the little bit of rain in the past week was welcomed in most areas to help alleviate the heat stress on many crops, although some earlier-seeded crops are expected to yield less than was anticipated due to lack

of moisture.

Some areas had not received a significant rainfall since June. Hail fell on some parts and has lodged crops. The Frobisher area received three mm of precipitation this past week, the Wawota area 17 mm, the Whitewood area 32 mm, the Grenfell area 26 mm, the Weyburn area 18 mm, the Vibank area 15 mm, the Indian Head area 23 mm, the Marquis area 14 mm and the Radville area 20 mm.

According to precipitation information, the Tantallon area has the second highest cumulative rainfall in the province since April 1 (521 mm). In contrast, the Radville area has the lowest cumulative rainfall in the province (179 mm).

Haying is nearing completion. Ninety-six per cent of the hay crop has been cut and 87 per cent has been baled or put into silage.

Ninety-five per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality and five per cent is rated as fair.

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reporting 100 per cent and 64 per cent, respectively, of the hay crop has been baled or put into silage.

The warm weather has allowed producers to start harvest. Forty-four per cent of the winter wheat, 37 per cent of the fall rye, one per cent of the barley, four per cent of the lentils and eight per cent of the peas have been combined. Eight per cent of the canola has been swathed. Crop conditions and crop staging vary throughout the region, depending on the degree of springtime excess moisture and seeding date.

Many crop reporters are indicating that it is difficult to assess yields at this time on uncombined

crops, due to varying crop stages, disease and the lack of moisture in some areas.

Average yields for the region are predicted as follows: winter wheat 55 bu/ ac, spring wheat 37 bu/ac, durum 37 bu/ac, oats 70 bu/ac, barley 60 bu/ac, fall rye 48 bu/ac, flax 20 bu/ac, canola 30 bu/ac, mustard 972 lb/ac, sunflowers 1650 lb/ac, lentils 1374 lb/ac, peas 33 bu/ac, canaryseed 1148 lb/ac and chickpeas 2700 lb/ac.

Topsoil moisture rating on cropland is reported as nine per cent surplus, 76 per cent adequate and 15 per cent short. On hay land and pasture, topsoil moisture is rated as eight per cent surplus, 68 per cent adequate,

23 per cent short and one per cent very short. Crop District 2A is reporting that 33 per cent of cropland, hay land and pasture have surplus moisture.

Crop damage this week is due to insects, disease, wind and localized flooding. Aster yellows, bertha armyworm and sclerotinia are expected to reduce crop yields in some fields.

Producers are busy finishing haying, hauling bales, desiccating pulses and combining.

Elsewhere in the province, 87 per cent of the hay crop has been baled or put into silage in the southeast, 93 per cent in the southwest, 81 per cent in the eastcentral and northeastern

regions, 74 per cent in the west-central region and 60 per cent in the northwest.

One per cent of the provincial crop has now been combined and three per cent has been swathed or is ready to straight combine. The five-year (20072011) provincial average for this time of year is two per cent combined and four per cent swathed or ready to straight combine.

Provincially, 28 per cent of the winter wheat, 23 per cent of the fall rye, six per cent of the peas, three per cent of the lentils and one per cent of the mustard has been combined. Two per cent of the canola and five per cent of the mustard has been swathed.

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- Woodlawn Golf Club; Range: 9:30 a.m.; Tee Time: 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Jurassic Attack Monster Truck Show - Estevan Motor Speedway 7 p.m. (Stunt Bikes, Tuff Truck Competition, Rides for the kids.)

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Monday & Wednesday, August 15, 20, 27, 29 @ 3:00, 3:30 & 4:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hello Computer! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come and get answers to your computer questions in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;one-on-oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thirty minute sessions. Bring your own laptop or use a public computer. When registering please indicate what you would like to learn.

Wednesday, August 15 @ 2:00-3:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cool Kid Craft: Popsicle Stick Bracelets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ages 8-16. Popsicle sticks arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only for holding a delicious summer treat! Come out & make wearable, funky bracelets for you or your friends! 15 spots available.

Thursday, August 16 @ 6:30 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cover to Cover Book Club â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This month we will be discussing The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. This book features an abandoned child, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. It is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory. Call 636-1621 to pick up your copy today! New members always welcome.

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What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for; â&#x20AC;˘ Licenced Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician â&#x20AC;˘ Proficiency in Computer Software â&#x20AC;˘ Monday to Friday availability - occassional weekends for special events â&#x20AC;˘ Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Licence - Class 5

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With summer just around the corner, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for families to enjoy an evening around their backyard fire pits. To ensure your summer fun is not dampened, keep in mind a few fire safety tips while using your outdoor fire pit.

-Many people are allergic to smoke, so be courteous to your neighbours and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow smoke from your fire to interfere with their enjoyment of the outdoors.

-Keep your fire manageable. Large fires can give off excessive amounts of heat, which could easily ignite surrounding combustible materials (fences, decks, sheds).

-Never start a fire in your pit with flammable liquids. Remember your boy scout days, and start it with small kindling.

-Small children should always be kept a safe distance from the fire pit.

-Keep a garden hose nearby, just in case hot embers do escape.

-Never leave your fire unattended. Before you retire for the evening, soak your fire down with water to ensure all hot embers are completely extinguished.

-A permit is required for all outdoor fire pits. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re free. Just drop by the Fire Hall for a permit application.

-If requested to extinguish your fire by a City Official (Police or Fire), please do so immediately.

Failure to comply will result in a revoked permit, and a fee for service should the Fire Department be called to extinguish it on your behalf.

Be fire safe and enjoy your fire pit this summer.

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As well, people are reminded that City property cannot be used for any purpose such as storing construction materials, dirt or materials while working on your own property without permission from the City and that permits are required from Engineering Division for any work being done on City Property . For further information contact 306-634-1800 and your co-operation is appreciated.

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SOUNDING OFF â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mentally, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about making yourself do it, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so easy to just say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;screw this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; You have to just push yourself.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chris Gould, part of a local team competing at the Tough Mudder extreme obstacle course this weekend in Ontario.

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Estevan wakeboarder Taylor Johnson on her victory at Wakestock.

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Hagen earns emotional victory at Speedway Mike Hagen had been running well all year at Estevan Motor Speedway, and on Friday the Williston driver cemented his status as a season points contender with his first victory at the track in 2012.

Hagen won the modified feature to cap off Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s races after starting second and leading for virtually the entire race.

It was a welcomed victory to cap off a tough day for Hagen.

Earlier Friday, Hagen and his son Travis, who also races at EMS, had served as pallbearers at the funeral for the wife of one of his close friends, who had a severe form of multiple sclerosis and committed suicide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how much it meant to me to win that one Friday night,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It meant the world to me, that win.â&#x20AC;?

It has been a rough year for Hagen, who has lost several other friends and family members, including an uncle.

Hagen is now tied for fourth in the season standings, 29 points behind Aaron Turnbull, who finished second in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feature.

Turnbull, who has now placed in the top three in five straight races at EMS, had to earn it. He was forced to the pits for repairs during an early caution and was sent to the back of the field on the restart before winding his way up to second.

Joren Boyce of Minot was third, followed by Weyburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kelly Bauman and Minotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allen Kent.

Turnbull has 151 points on the season, leading Kent by eight. No one else is close.

In the stock car feature, Minotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kelly Henderson earned his first Estevan vic-

Hagen leads start to finish to claim seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first win in Estevan

Mike Hagen stole the show during Friday's program at the Estevan Motor Speedway. Hagen won his heat and then held off a hard charging Aaron Turnbull to win the $1,000 feature race. tory of the year, outlasting Estevanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Alexander for the win. Randy Conway was third, followed by Austin Daae and Gregg Mann.

Alexander currently leads the season standings with 158 points, six ahead of Henderson, who has posted a top-five finish in every race this year.

In the hobby feature, it was Eric Sinness claiming his second win in Estevan this year. The Williston driver has finished first or second in each of the five races heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entered this year at EMS. Sinness stayed ahead of Brad King for the checkered flag. Micheal Dionne was third, with Darren Schatz taking fourth and Blaine Durward placing fifth.

Durward currently leads the season standings with 216 points, which puts

him 12 points ahead of Gary Goudy Sr. Meanwhile, Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program featured a sport mod race. The track had considered adding the emergent class this season but declined, opting to wait another year to see what transpired.

The sport mods have been called a hybrid between

a modified and a stock car, and cheaper to build than a regular mod. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the coming thing. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen them twice now. I saw them once in Minot. I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen,â&#x20AC;? said EMS president James Gustafson.

A total of 10 cars took part in the race, which was won by Wyatt Olson of Des

Lacs, N.D. He said there has been some interest from local drivers in entering the class if EMS were to adopt it for next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they said: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You guys better make a decision on whether or not youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to run them here next year, because if you are, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be very inter-

ested in running a car in it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The EMS schedule continues tonight with a monster truck event dubbed the Monster Shootout. The program begins at 7:30 p.m.

The next regular program at the track is next weekend, with a points night on Aug. 24, followed by Championship Night the next evening.

Here are the top 10 drivers in each of the classes held during the race program at Estevan Motor Speedway on Friday: MODIFIEDS 1. Mike Hagen, #27X 2. Aaron Turnbull, #21 3. Joren Boyce, #67 4. Kelly Bauman, #66 5. Allen Kent, #33K 6. Ed Turnbull, #10EH 7. Devin Raynard, #98 8. Travis Hagen, #14 9. Chris Hortness, #17H 10. Kody Scholpp, #02

STOCK CAR 1. Kelly Henderson, #24 2. Rocky Alexander, #99 3. Randy Conway, #243 4. Austin Daae, #17 5. Gregg Mann, #95 6. Sterling LaBatte, #51 7. Robby Rosselli, #0 8. Stefan Klym, #5 9. Alvin Dube, #3N 10. James Frayn, #456

HOBBY STOCK 1. Eric Sinness, #88 2. Brad King, #43 3. Micheal Dionne, #55 4. Darren Schatz, #29 5. Blaine Durward, #12D 6. Rod Pickering, #22 7. Cole Bourassa, #77 8. Gary Goudy Jr., #12 9. Chris Dukart, #20 10. Gary Goudy Sr., #7

SPORT MODS 1. Wyatt Olson, #57 2. Robby Rosselli, #0 3. Robbie Conway, #2 4. Justin Medler, #75 5. Jordan Huettl, #4 6. Kelly Henderson, #24 7. Mike Lemay, #12X 8. Jimmy Ness, #6X 9. Jeremiah Ladue, #1 10. Ross Cummings, #217

Johnson wins big at Wakestock event Estevanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taylor Johnson has added another redletter achievement to her resume of wakeboarding highlights.

Johnson, 18, walked away with first place in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open division at Wakestock in Collingwood, Ont., on Saturday.

Wakestock is the biggest wakeboarding event in Canada and one of the biggest in the world.

Most entrants have to be 20 to get in, but Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior national championship victory last year earned her an invite. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a little scared at first, but I just went out and did my best, and my best was good enough,â&#x20AC;?

Johnson, a two-time Canadian junior champ, said of competing against older opponents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I landed both of my hardest tricks, both of my flips, so that really helped.

Everything else was pretty clean,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Johnson, who has been wakeboarding since she was 11, said the rainy weather made it much harder to rip off good runs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The weather condi-

Estevan wakeboarder Taylor Johnson performs a flip during one of her runs at Wakestock, a massive event in Ontario where she placed first in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open division on the weekend. Photo submitted. tions were absolutely horrible,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just way harder to concentrate and it was windy, so it was really rough to ride. It was a challenge.â&#x20AC;?

Despite winning backto-back junior national titles, Johnson said the

Wakestock victory is the crowning achievement of her career to date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is probably number one. Just competing in an older category and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the biggest contests in the world.â&#x20AC;?

She added that the added exposure should only

help her career.

Johnson wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much rest before her next major competition. Next week she heads to St. Zotique, Que., just west of Montreal, for the Canadian Wakeboard Championships, which run Aug. 23-26.

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Pain no problem for these tough mudders Who is the toughest mudder of them all?

A local team of Matt Bakke, Scott Curtis, Chris Gould and Dustin Wilson is heading to Toronto this weekend to prove exactly how tough they are. Dubbed The Pain Train, the team is heading to Tough Mudder, an extreme obstacle course originally designed by the British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit and above all, camaraderie.

The team is perhaps the most important part of getting through the 10- to 12-mile course. It is said the 19-obstacle course canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be completed alone, in part because everyone needs a helping hand to pull them over a wall, and when your spirits dip because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuck in mud or ice-cold water, it takes a teammate to get you pumped back up again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way you could do it by yourself because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarter pipes that you need somebody to boost you and another guy to give you a hand,â&#x20AC;? said Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You kind of gotta go as a team.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about beating everyone else,â&#x20AC;? said Gould. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They promote teamwork and helping everybody to

Three members of The Pain Train team headed to Tough Mudder in Toronto this weekend are, from left, Chris Gould, Dustin Wilson and Scott Curtis. The fourth member of the team is Matt Bakke. get to the finish.â&#x20AC;?

Curtis made it clear their team is there to have fun, not to get too stressed about the challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t breaking

any land speed records,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna stick together as a group and make sure we do all finish,â&#x20AC;? added Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some (ob-

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He said there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t 20-foot walls around an obstacle that force everyone to complete each one. If there is an obstacle you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to complete, it can simply be avoided. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no cheating. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do something, or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to, just go around it. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing it for yourself, not for anybody else,â&#x20AC;? said Gould.

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field near Barrie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like a lot of fun, but then you think about it and wonder if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually going to make it,â&#x20AC;? added Gould. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like a lot of running, but they said you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a marathon runner to do it,â&#x20AC;? said Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of stopping and bottlenecks at certain things where only a couple of people can get through it at a time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to them bottlenecks,â&#x20AC;? added Curtis.

The Tough Mudder challenge is just that: a challenge. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a race. The spirit of the event isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to beat anybody. Because of the nature of the obstacles, the feeling of accomplishment comes from just crossing the finish line, no matter how long it takes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My main goal was I wanted it to be fun, not be dragging myself across this thing and wanting to quit,â&#x20AC;? said Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far as training, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maybe given us some motivation to go to the gym and go for a run.â&#x20AC;?

The final obstacle is ominously called electroshock therapy, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty self-explanatory. Open wires dangle above participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heads waiting to give off 10,000 volts of electricity.

It probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be said, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what The Pain Train team is looking forward to the least. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mentally, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about making yourself do it, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so easy to just say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;screw thisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? added Gould. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to just push yourself.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That one seems pretty intense to be running through that,â&#x20AC;? added Wilson.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all watched clips of tough mudders running through that final obstacle and they said the shock does knock people to the ground.

If they go again, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to get more people involved, adding to The Pain Train team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like people get into it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just something that they do every year.

I kind of hope thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way that we take it,â&#x20AC;? said Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably make that decision after next weekend.â&#x20AC;?

Gould said with a laugh that lots of people want to go next year. They may just be waiting for their friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reassurances before they jump all the way in.

Tough Mudder also raises money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which supports soldiers who return from a tour of duty.

To see exactly what The Pain Train team is going to be doing, check out toughmudder.com

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Local goalies sent through paces at camp Goaltenders reigned supreme at Spectra Place last week when they attended the Gold in the Net camp.

It was Estevan native Daniel Wenham who ran the programs with some help from other goaltenders of the Gold in the Net franchise.

Wenham played the odd game for the Estevan Bruins, but played all over Western Canada, seeing stints in the SJHL, MJHL and BCHL. The 20-yearold now attends the University of Lethbridge and is one of the goalies for their hockey team.

Wenham said they get people attending the goalie camps from all stages of the game and their different programs accommodate each level of development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The youngest kids get the intro to goaltending,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They work on everything basic that they need to work on; proper stances and things. Really, we want to break some of

the bad habits, so we can develop more complicated ideas in the future.â&#x20AC;?

The skill groups go from a beginner program to their special elite program.

Four goaltenders attended the elite camp, three of whom Wenham noted were looking to attend either major junior or junior A camps in the fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really looking into go on to the next level. These guys are in there to play hockey and play at the highest level possible. We realize some people just want to develop their skills a little bit.â&#x20AC;?

He also said they had a 45-year-old attend their beginner camp one time, so the camps really are for anyone who is looking to improve their game, no matter what level they play at.

Over the course of the week-long camp, the goaltenders had two on-ice sessions each day. There was also an hour of dry-land

Gold in the Net instructor Axel Lawrence, of Nova Scotia, critiques some poses during the goaltending camp held last week at Spectra Place. training each day and some of the goalies watched the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 disc training set and receive a lecture series.

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to explain on the ice and we can get up and go do it in a lecture.â&#x20AC;?

Wenham noted they have franchises across Canada as well as in Sweden and Finland.

Wenham now owns the Manitoba and Saskatchewan operations for the Gold in the Net program. He books all the camps throughout Prairies, with seven already being planned for next summer.

They held five camps in 2012. After last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Estevan camp, they are closing out the summer in Yorkton this week.

Wenham noted they offer Christmas camps as well, and are looking to set something up this year with Estevan Minor Hockey.

Gold in the Net has been around for 26 years, and has been offered in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for the last six. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Wenham got involved. He became an instructor with the program

when he was 14.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now a part owner of Gold in the Net, something he organizes when he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attending school.

Wenham didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come back to Estevan alone.

Also part of the campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instruction were Axel Lawrence of Nova Scotia and Finlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Juha Terasvasara. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They work for the different franchises. The guy from Nova Scotia, this is his fourth summer out here. The guy from Finland has worked in the B.C. program before, and this is his first summer with us.â&#x20AC;?

Wenham noted the Gold in the Net program has graduated some elite goaltenders. Swedish NHL goaltender and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist was one of the first to ever go through the camps.

Fellow NHLer and Finn Kari Lehtonen also went through the program and now plays for the Dallas Stars.

Orsted competes with Sask. at Canada Cup Estevan baseball player Austin Orsted got his first taste of national competition last week, playing for Team Saskatchewan at the annual Baseball Canada Cup. Saskatchewan finished fifth at the tournament, which showcases the top 17-and-under players in the country under the watchful eye of scouts from various levels of the game.

After posting a 3-2

round-robin record, Saskatchewan defeated Prince Edward Island 12-3 on Sunday afternoon in the fifth-place game.

Ontario won gold after edging British Columbia 9-8 in the final that evening.

Quebec earned the bronze medal with a 7-2 victory over Manitoba.

Orsted was used primarily as a pitcher with the Saskatchewan entry.

He made one start, that coming in a 5-4 victory over Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday.

Orsted turned in a strong outing for his home province, pitching four shut-out innings. He allowed four hits, striking out two and walking two.

His only appearance at the plate came the same day in a 5-2 loss to Nova Scotia, where he had one at-bat and failed to get on base.

Austin Orsted takes a lead off first base during a game with the Southeast Legacy Twins. Orsted was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the Baseball Canada Cup in London, Ont., last week.

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EMF happy to put focus on football The Energy City is gearing up for another football season, as teams across the city head back to the field.

Estevan Minor Football (EMF) training camps started up last week on Chow Field south of Estevan.

Steve McLellan, president of EMF and coach of the peewee team, said now that the football program is maturing in Estevan, the

organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals can be developed as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goals are just to continue to grow football and develop these kids here,â&#x20AC;? said McLellan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a little more of a goal this year for some more on-field success, not that thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never always our goal, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of a renewed focus on it.â&#x20AC;?

He noted that because their field isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flooded, they

can focus on the football, without having to worry about Mother Nature and whether or not they will be able to play any ball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really were able to, throughout the entire offseason, get down to business with the development and everything with that. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hopeful that leads into some success on the field,â&#x20AC;? added McLellan.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;For myself, this year compared to last year, because of my dual roles, it was pretty (busy). This year itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a little bit easier just to focus, so I hope Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a better coach because of it.â&#x20AC;?

McLellan noted that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the only one with more than one hat to wear for EMF. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anticipating the schedule to be a little hectic for everyone this year because there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the same focus on getting fields ready for play.

Estevan is still growing its love for the minor football program. Registration numbers are up again this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall, I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re up 10 per cent over the entire organization,â&#x20AC;? McLellan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the numbers to be competitive. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so encouraging is that our atom numbers are very, very

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The flag football program was started last year to help boost interest in local kids who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet ready to sign up for the youngest levels and slap on the pads.

McLellan said they had close to 50 kids register for the atom Miners, which is where they had their biggest growth in registration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ended up having to move a few to balance the teams a little bit, so some of them have moved up to play (for the peewee) Chargers, which is excellent as well, because now the Chargers have a good competitive team there. As well with the Steelers, numbers are pretty consistent with them, right around the 35 mark.â&#x20AC;?

As for McLellanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pee-

wee team, he said they will be an older squad than last year, even with a couple of atom players moved up to play with them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be a little bit more veteran, but of course, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got those few Miners who have moved up. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a good balance of the older (players) and the younger.â&#x20AC;?

McLellan said he sees his team being a fast and athletic one on the field. He said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to know, because he has to develop his game plan to fit the strengths of the players.

The season is set to kick off on Aug. 18 with all three teams on the road in Regina.

The EMF season opener will see an afternoon of football in the Energy City as the Miners, Chargers and Steelers all host games on Aug. 26.

More changes to Elecsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coaching staff The Estevan Minor Football season started last week with training camp. The home opener for all three teams is slated for Aug. 26.

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A staff that had already lost six coaches, including head coach Marco Ricci, took another hit recently with the news that offensive co-ordinator Cory Prokop is unable to continue coaching due to work commitments.

Prokop had been slated to replace Randy Labrecque in running the offence.

A new coach will be taking over Prokopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duties. The Elecs brought on Rob Embree, who has previously coached at Weyburn Composite and Shaunavon, as their new offensive line coach. He has now been promoted to offensive co-ordinator.

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What we can learn from despair and defeat Josh Lewis Hear Me Out when people began to realize he was something special, when some were calling him the next Donovan Bailey â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he had no problem doing interviews and speaking his mind.

The Bailey thing didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t materialize, as Connaughton became a 200-metre specialist.

After terrorizing P.E.I. runners throughout high school, Jared went on to a stellar career at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Then he set his sights on his lifelong goal of running at the Olympics. He achieved that in Beijing four years ago, where he reached the semifinal in the 200 metres and was part of the 4x100 relay team that placed sixth.

This time around, Connaughton met the same fate in the 200 metres, losing out in a semifinal race in which he ran next to Jamaican phenom Yohan Blake.

But the relay was still to come. As the co-captain of the Canadian track team and the veteran of the relay squad, Connaughton ran the third leg.

He was chosen for that particular leg because of his ability to run the bend on the track better than almost anyone else. And he did just that.

Then it all went wrong.

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The race ended and Canada went up on the scoreboard as bronze medalists.

It was bedlam. The four men had done something no Canadians had accomplished since Bailey led the relay team to gold in Atlanta. They wrapped themselves in the flag.

Then it was all taken away. The results had been put up before they were official.

Now the dreaded letters â&#x20AC;&#x153;DQâ&#x20AC;? flashed next to Canada. Disqualified.

All because of one misstep.

They were the thirdfastest team in the world, but there was no medal.

There was only heartbreak and, in Connaughtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, guilt.

And in that moment, and the moments to come, Canada learned more about Jared Connaughton and about itself than from anything he did on the track.

In handling a devastating blow with courage and humility, Jared showed the country what it is capable of in times of individual distress.

Reading the messages to Jared on Twitter was quite an experience in itself. A lot of Canadians have a vulture mentality when it comes to medals at the Olympics, and with the blame for losing a medal pinned squarely on one person, it could have been ugly. There could have been a lot of abuse heaped on the poor guy. It could have been Paul McCallum.

But it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

Time after time after time, people applauded Connaughton for the way he dealt with the situation, told him he was a hero, told him they were proud of the relay team and what they had accomplished, medal or no medal.

There were even people suggesting Connaughton should carry the flag for Canada at the closing ceremony.

(Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question Christine Sinclair was the right choice for that one, though. When you lead your team to one of the greatest moments in your

countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history in your sport, carrying the flag is just the start of things you deserve to do.)

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not usually much for over-the-top patriotism, but I doubt many other countries could turn a man who had cost his team a medal into a hero before the night was through.

When the next Summer Games come around in Rio in 2016, Connaughton will be 31.

Now he has to decide whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to commit to a third go-round at the Olympics.

I think he will.

I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too driven as a person to allow this to be the end of his Olympic

career.

I think he wants his legacy to be something other than stepping on a lane line.

I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willing to be the mentor, the grizzled veteran who uses this experience to help up-andcoming athletes.

The odds of him ever winning an individual medal are slim. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not at the calibre of runners like Blake, Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon and Churandy Martina.

But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room for improvement. Had Connaughton flirted with his personal best of 20.30 seconds in the 200-metre semi, he would have advanced to

the final.

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still the relay. In four years, the likes of Warner, Gavin Smellie and Seyi Smith will really be hitting their stride.

Sometimes people really do follow their darkest days with their finest hours.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just happen in the movies.

Josh Lewis can be reached by phone at 6342654, by e-mail at sports@ estevanmercury.ca or on Twitter at twitter.com/joshlewis306. Does anyone truly believe Cory Boyd was a big enough problem in the Toronto Argonautsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; locker room to merit an outright release?

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Mere moments after the most crushing experience of his athletic career, Jared Connaughton didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate for a second.

He stepped up, faced the nation and took responsibility for the miscue that cost Canada an historic bronze medal in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4x100 metre relay Saturday in London.

He posted this on his Twitter account: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so sorry everyone. My heart is broken. I let my team down. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry.â&#x20AC;?

Canada was buzzing about the grace and grit the 27-year-old sprinter had shown in taking the blame in a very public way.

But it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprising.

Jared and I both attended Bluefield High School in P.E.I., where he was one grade ahead of me.

I remember the afternoons when we spent the bus ride home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his a short hop away, mine over an hour â&#x20AC;&#x201D; shooting the breeze about hockey.

But that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t his passion.

You see, all Jared Connaughton ever wanted to do was run. At the Olympics.

Right from the start, you saw the competitive fire. You saw the kind of passion that would overcome the things that usually distract teenagers from their goals. The kind of drive that ordinary people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you will see a lot of (construction) activity in the next few months.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; City manager Jim Puffalt

Although construction is down in Estevan thus far in 2012, there have been a number of new industrial and commercial buildings go up including this one in the Glen Peterson Industrial Subdivision.

Construction pace slows in Estevan Estevanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction pace through the first seven months of 2012 is way off the torrid pace set in the past years, but the City has hopes for a big finish.

The monthly building permit report was issued at the Aug. 7 and it showed that to the end of July the City is $10 million behind the pace set in 2011.

Overall, 70 permits have been issued which had a combined value of $19.44 million. At the same point in 2011, the City had issued 94 permits

worth $29.30 million City manager Jim Puffalt said although the drop is significant, there are some big projects expected to begin before 2012 comes to a close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are two hotels that we are working on and we sold the land to,â&#x20AC;?

Puffalt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those two hotels (will help) get up back to where we should, what our historical records have been. I think you will see a lot of activity in the next few months. There are some lots coming off of option so I think lots of

good things will happen.â&#x20AC;?

Aside from the hotels and lots expected to come open in the Dominion Heights neighborhood, Puffalt said the City expects that Alberta firms Trimount Developments and Essex Developments could move forward with their projects this year or early in 2013. Trimount is the group behind Phase 3 of Dominion Heights while Essex is responsible for The Meadows of Estevan.

Both neighborhoods are a mixture of single-

family lots and multi-family housing complexes. The recently released plans for Dominion Heights has room for over 30 much needed lots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Trimount) wants to start working on some multi-family this year and certainly some the singlefamily. I think there will be a lot happening and if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite make it into this year, next year will be a (great) year.â&#x20AC;?

The City also sold land for a commercial development located behind the Walmart and Puffalt

Heavy interest in new labour law Labour Relations and Workplace Safety received more than 3,700 submissions in response to a public consultation paper proposing a comprehensive review of the current provincial labour legislation according to a government press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The consultation paper proposed a series of questions for consideration and stakeholders responded,â&#x20AC;?

Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The invaluable feedback received will

be critical in determining the scope of our efforts to introduce an employment code that more accurately reflects the contemporary work environment while preserving an effective work-life balance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Importantly, the considerable number of submissions indicates that the 90 day consultation period allowed stakeholders sufficient time to participate in this process. The consultation period provided the opportunity for the ministry to receive informed advice

and counsel.â&#x20AC;?

The labour legislation review is intended to restructure and reorganize the existing legislation, eliminate inconsistencies, clarify legislative applications and modernize legislation to reflect todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing work environment.

The submissions will be thoroughly reviewed by the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety as well as input from the Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advisory Committee before drafting legislation. A sum-

mary document identifying key themes from the review will be posted online once the analysis is complete.

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said plans for that project are also moving ahead.

The report noted that July was typically slow as six permits with a value of $112,000 were issued.

While the pace has slowed in Estevan, provincially Saskatchewan is continuing to set new records each month.

In a government press release it was noted that the province set a new record for June according to Statistics Canada.

Building permits reached a value of $308 million in June, which

is 33.5 per cent ahead of June 2011.

The increase was the second highest in Canada and placed Saskatchewan well ahead of the 3.2 per cent average. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Construction sites are busy in all corners of the province, which is a testament to our strong and growing economy,â&#x20AC;?

Economy Minister Bill Boyd said in the release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we continue to attract new families and businesses to Saskatchewan we expect to see this growth continue.â&#x20AC;?

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In a recent press release, it was announced that Saskatchewan posted a 3.6 per cent increase in June compared to numbers of June 2011. January to June export totals show that Saskatchewan sold $16 billion worth of exports - a 16.2 per cent increase over 2011, placing the province second in increases nationally, and more than doubling the national average in the first half of the year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are seeing the resurgence of some of our export industries such as forestry products, which have experienced challenges in the last few years,â&#x20AC;? Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The overall exports picture shows that Saskatchewan products continue to be competitive, of high quality and in high demand.â&#x20AC;?

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“We loved Mr. Grunert and we were perhaps some of the biggest of his band geeks at the time and now we’re spreading out and spreading his influence.”

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The Grunert family and partners were present at the official unveiling of the silhouette sculptures that pay tribute to their husband, father and father-in-law. The unveiling was held Friday afternoon near ECS where Colin Grunert spent many successful years as director of the school’s ambitious music program. From the left: Evan Ludwig, and Alyssa Grunert, Matthew Grunert, Sheena Grunert, Stacey Grunert who accepted the commemorative plaque from City of Estevan representative Lynn Chipley; Patrick and Laura Grunert and Gail Tytlandsvik, co-ordinator of the project.

Tribute statue silhouettes given an official launch City’s newest art creations honour former ECS band director/educator

by Norm Park of The Mercury They came back for a genuine purpose, to pay tribute to a former music teacher and band leader who passed away a few years ago, but whose spirit will now live on in silhouette statute form near the Comprehensive School where, for more than two decades, he did most of his work in moulding budding musicians into young adults with a love of music and people.

The family of Colin Grunert were on site, to accept the plaque that will adorn the base of the fivefigure sculpture that now sits between the Estevan Comprehensive School and Spruce Ridge School.

The five young musicians who posed for the photos taken by project co-ordinator Gail Tytlandsvik that were turned into steel fabricated figurine sculptures by Mike Beaudoin, also returned to the scene to once again pose as they did a couple of years ago at the start of the program, and to speak about the positive thoughts they retained about their former musical mentor.

“We loved Mr. Grunert and we were perhaps some of the biggest of his band geeks at the time and now we’re spreading out and spreading his influence,”

Mike Beaudoin, who provided the fabricating, welding and grinding skills that brought the photos taken by Gail Tytlandsvik into silhouette statue form, shared a moment together during the official unveiling of the work that pays homage to former ECS music director Colin Grunert. said Adam Shirley who flew in from Los Angeles where he is pursuing a theatrical career and training.

Shirley then joined the “other band geeks,” Kailey Guillemin, Cale Little, Pierce Stallard and Zoe Gaudry for a re-enactment photo opportunity following the formal program that included the presentation of the commemorative plaque

of recognition for And the Band Plays On statue.

Stacy Grunert, Colin’s widow, accepted the plaque from City of Estevan and arts community representative Lynn Chipley on behalf of the family. Daughter Alyssa thanked the public for their presence at the poignant ceremony.

“It’s an honour and so nice of you to be with

us as our father, husband and friend receives this recognition,” said Alyssa.

“Now we get to watch As the Band Plays On,” she said.

Tytlandsvik noted that the sculptures are large, because they needed to be.

“They had to be big, just like his heart.”

She also noted how former Estevanite Leslie Padwick was an instru-

mental force in getting the project off the ground and moving forward as a member of the Estevan Arts Council.

She said, that after the five students were photographed, fabricator Beaudoin went to work on completing the image and interpretations.

He said the work that he did on this project, along with a smaller piece for

another local organization, probably took about 1,000 volunteer hours.

Tytlandsvik thanked other individuals and corporations for their volunteer time as well as financial support to make it happen. She also noted the original lower site selected for the placement of the statues became a victim of last year’s floods, so Plan B led them to the spot between the two schools, which she suggested was probably the better of the two choices anyway since the silhouettes will now get even better exposure to public viewing.

The Grunert family, consisting of Stacy, Alyssa, and partner Evan Ludwig, Matthew, Sheena and Patrick with wife Laura posed for photos in front of the statues shortly after the five “music models,” had recreated their poses.

“Hey, it’s not everybody who gets to have a statue of themselves in their hometown,” Shirley joked as he took his place in front of the sculpture.

Many family members of the musicians were on hand as was South East Cornerstone Public School Division trustee Pam Currie and other city and school division dignitaries.

A post-event social was hosted by the Grunert family following the program.

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Not just someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter

By Rev. Chris Smith Estevan Alliance Church A couple of weeks ago a story broke in the media about a particularly offensive response to new government legislation aimed at curbing human trafficking in Canada.

Apparently the gist of the story was that the government of Canada was no longer going to be extending visas for foreign workers entering into the adult entertainment industry (i.e. strippers, escorts, adult film actors, and (unofficially) prostitutes. The official reason given was that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadians have told us they want us to put a stop to foreign workers entering Canada to work in businesses where there are reasonable grounds to suspect a risk of sexual exploitation,â&#x20AC;? wrote Alexis Pavlich, spokesperson for the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

You can read up on the story in multiple news outlets - a quick Google search of AEAC recruitment visa will pull up pages of news articles on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been happening.

In reaction to the legislation that aims to curb their questionably legal source of labour, Tim Lambrinos, executive director of the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada, responded by saying that they would be approaching foreign college and university

students on student visas to fill the positions - advertising it as a great way to pay for tuition. His rationale was that â&#x20AC;&#x153;exotic dancerâ&#x20AC;? implies foreign - and that the market demanded beautiful foreign girls take off their clothes and dance on poles for men.

It was then that the other shoe dropped. It was also revealed by the minister of citizenship of immigration that the adult entertainment sector would no longer be able to recruit any temporary foreign workers to work in their industry. He cited statistics that demonstrate that perpetrators of human trafficking frequently lure young women away from home with promises of more germane employment only to trap them into the sex industry through a conflation of drugs, abuse and debtslavery - an example being the story of Timea Nagy (chronicled in a July 5 article on canoe.ca). Nagy was lured to Canada with the promise of a summer job as a nanny - but when she arrived in Toronto, she was informed that she owed her employer $3,000 for travel expenses and would be forced to work off the debt as a stripper and sex worker (prostitute) or they would kill her family back home.

As shocking as this all is - so far this has all been set-up for the bombshell that was dropped the week

of July 22. Growing increasingly frustrated with the government making it hard for them to do business, Lambrinos indicated that the AEAC would have no choice then, given the restraints placed upon them, to start recruiting workers for his industry at Canadian high school job fairs.

Deliberately stoking the flames of public outrage he mused in the media, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reacting to the government ... Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to strip you of your workforce ...

The government is saying, indirectly, you need to get more aggressive and more proactive at recruiting locally ... Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to take it lying down.â&#x20AC;?

And with that shot across the bow, the Internet erupted in a mix of outrage and absurdity.

Every reaction you could imagine started popping up in comment sections at the bottom of news articles, in Facebook discussions, in op-ed pieces sent into newspapers and in the blogosphere.

Some thought that the government had gone too far in depriving the foreign workers of the protection that comes from a perpetually renewed visa, some thought that the AEAC had gone too far in talking about recruiting in high schools (keeping in mind of course that less than half of high school students will be 18 years old by the time they

graduate across Canada).

But the most commonly heard type of comment of all was a variation on the theme, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you come near my daughter Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kill you!â&#x20AC;?

Now I would venture a guess that very few making comments meant that literally - this is Canada after all, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t generally behave that way - but the sentiment behind the puffed up rhetoric was frighteningly genuine.

As a father now of a beautiful baby girl, I cannot deny that my adrenaline started pumping at the thought of someone trying to recruit my little princess into the adult entertainment industry.

How dare anyone treat her like that, how dare anyone expect that she is a commodity to be used and discarded for their perverted sense of pleasure?

She is my daughter. She is precious, and perfect and worth far more than that.

And I, like all the other fathers ,imagining the consequences of that statement by the AEAC (and, of course, mothers too) was ready to cry for blood and ready to support any measures possible to keep these sickos away from our young women.

After all, what sort of horrible person would subject our young women to this sort of predatory industry that uses them up and spits them out? What sort of person would stand by and do nothing while these women are recruited

into a life of slavery while we stand on the sidelines and do nothing because they are pursuing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;legalâ&#x20AC;? career choice and the free-market needs their services?

The answer to that question was staring me in the mirror - it was me.

It was me, and you, and the overwhelming majority of Canadians who have turned a blind eye to the horrors of the sex trade in Canada for too long.

It was we, who chose not to notice or respond when evidence of horrible crimes in human trafficking was brought to the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention. It was we who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to care when the news story was about foreign women being recruited into the adult entertainment industry, but who became an angry mob complete with pitchforks and torches when the spectre of our daughters being the next generation of strippers was raised.

We are the guilty ones and our anger and outrage at this publicity stunt by the AEAC betrays us.

God forgive us for so dehumanizing these women that we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t muster the anger to rise to their

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defence when our societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depravity was stealing away their youth, their innocence and their future.

God forgive us for considering ourselves so much more important than they are, and our daughters so much more precious than they are. Every woman is someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter; every girl dancing on a pole, every teenager forced into prostitution, every young woman who is compelled - by violence, debt, drugaddiction or a lifetime of abuse and neglect - to take off her clothes so some man can dehumanize her with his eyes is someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter. God forgive me for not doing anything to stop this.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honestly shaken and disturbed by this selfrealization, and so today is just about me getting this off my chest. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve no applications for you today - no pithy three-step plans to make a difference - just a request that we stop living in ignorance.

The world is a terribly messed up place - just because we can keep it out of our backyards doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t responsible for what happens behind the fence.

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The great room features a dramatic doubleheight ceiling, as well as a gas fireplace flanked by optional entertainment units, while the kitchen counters extend into the dining room, where the pantry is located near the large windows.

A covered entry leads into a foyer, with a coat closet on the right. Just around the corner is a den, fitted with a clothes closet to allow it to double as a guest room. Across from the den is a two-piece powder room and a linen cupboard.

Overlooking the back garden is the master suite, which includes a generous walk-in closet and a luxurious ensuite with a soaker tub, as well as a shower stall.

Nearby is the laundry room, with counter space for folding sheets and towels, as well as a coat closet.

This room, which enjoys access to the double garage, will also serve as a mud room.

Up an L-shaped staircase to the second floor, the two secondary bedrooms share a three-piece bathroom with a linen closet. Both bedrooms have vaulted ceilings, and one includes an extra-wide still that could double as a window seat.

Above the garage is an unfinished bonus room that could be used for a playroom or a fitness studio.

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COMING EVENTS

In Loving Memory of Chris Mucha October 23, 1982 August 16, 2007 It only takes a little space To write how much we miss you, But it will take the rest of our lives To forget the day we lost you.

The things we feel most deeply, Are the hardest things to say, Because we, your FAMILY, Loved you In a very special way.

No cards, no kisses, no presents we give, Just all our love as long as we live.

Deep in our HEARTS a memory is kept.

Thanks for the years you gave us, The good times that we shared, We only pray that when you left us, You knew how much we cared.

ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS ...

- Love Mom and Merv, Shauna, Ashley and Mitch

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HOUSES FOR SALE FOR SALE: 1869 Alice Rd. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home built in 1992. 1600 sq. ft. Vaulted ceilings, oak cabinets, central air and vac, main floor laundry, water softener, master bedroom has ensuite with walk-in closet. Double attached garage, cement driveway, large toy shed with power garage door, underground sprinklers with timer. Two decks and patio, hot tub with TV, stereo, new cover and lift off master bedroom.

Located on the edge of the valley with the best view in Estevan. Asking $475,000. Phone 421-3151.

APARTMENTS / CONDOS-FOR SALE FOR RENT: Sept. 1 - 1 Bedroom Suite. Private entrance, private driveway. All utilities paid. Fully furnished. No laundry facilities.

Single occupant. $1,200/month.

No pets. Contact 421-2821.

TOWNHOUSES FOR SALE FOR SALE. WARMAN 55 PLUS A C T I V E A D U LT L I F E S T Y L E Large Ground Level Townhomes 306 241 0123 www.diamondplace.ca

OUT OF TOWN FOR SALE: 1986 Bungalow, 235 Broadway, Carievale. 1,176 sq. ft., Garage, deck, 2 bedrooms, 3rd basement, 2 baths, main floor laundry. Phone 1-306-482-7017.

JOHNER In Loving Memory of My Mom, Kay, Who passed away on August 6, 1989 If I had all the world to give, I’d give it yes, and more, To hear your voice and see your smile, And greet you at my door.

But all I can do Dear Mom, Is go and tend your grave, And leave behind tokens of love, To the best Mom, God ever made.

I’d like to think when life is done, Wherever Heaven may be, That you’ll be standing at the door Up there to welcome me.

I miss you Mom. - Love your daughter Dayleen.

APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT HARVEST HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedroom Units. Utilities included. Air conditioning, fridge and stove, laundry facilities in building.

Ample parking and plug-ins. Security entrance. No pets. See our Web Site at: harvestheightsteam @gmail.com Call 634-5800 110 - 542 Bannatyne Avenue

KRAMER, CLARKE April 24, 1956 August 16, 1987 In Loving Memory of Clarke If I had a nickel for every time I thought of you in the past 25 years, I would be a millionaire many times over.

25 years have passed since that sad day When one we loved was taken away.

- Loved and missed by Mom, Carmen, Damon & Erin, Bonny, Jack and Todd and their families.

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FOR RENT: 2 Bedroom basement suite. Appliances and utilities included. Non-smoking; No pets.

References required. Phone 6342527.

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ROOMS ROOMS FOR RENT: Fully Furnished Rooms in house - Available now - Also Sept. 1. Linens supplied. Shared use of kitchen and living areas. Weekly or monthly rates. Phone 634-7063.

ROOMS FOR RENT: Singles $400 + Tax weekly; Doubles $500 + Tax weekly. All rooms have cable, microwave, fridge, free wireless Internet. Kitchenettes also available. Bus Depot access.

Phone 634-2624.

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LOST: Female Chihuahua - Answers to Bee. Missing from Ambassador Trailer Court since August 3. Phone 306-430-8400. $1,000 Reward Offered.

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L O O K I N G T O R E N T: A D o u b l e car garage in Bienfait. Can be heated. Would like to rent for 4 months to a year. Doing SGI hail damage repair on vehicles. Phone 306-565-1995 or 306-536-2650.

HOUSE FOR SALE in Fillmore: 1,064 sq. ft. Lovely, well cared for, 3 Bedroom bungalow with single detached garage. Situated on a large corner lot in the bustling community of Fillmore, in the heart of oil country. Has had many upgrades and is move-in ready.

Beautifully landscaped with gazebo and greenhouse. Town of Fillmore installed reverse osmosis system for April 2012. $1000 financing on water bill @ $ 117. 3 0 / q u a r te r ly. E xc e l l e n t starter home. Affordable and worth a look. Listed by Stone Ridge Realty Inc., Fort Qu’A ppelle, Sask.

Bobbi Geis - Agent, 306-6997586.

The family of Laverne Eagles extend a heartfelt thanks to friends and family for words of compassion, prayers, cards and phone calls which gave us strength and comfort at this difficult time, dealing with his sudden passing. God bless you all.

- Hilda and Family.

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FOR SALE In Stoughton: New modular home on own lot. 3 Bedrooms, 2 baths. Vacant. $8,000 d ow n ; Pay m e n t s $ 8 0 0 / m o n t h .

Must have good credit and be able to bank qualify. Phone 1-587-4348525.

FOR SALE: Near Cromer, Manitoba - Completely refurbished 1 1/2 Storey house to be moved. Would make great lake cottage. Must be seen to be appreciated. Woodland Construction, 204-662-4051.

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PARK PLACE 405 PERKINS STREET FOR RENT: 1, 2 BR Apartments.

Air conditioning, 5 Appliances.

Fireplace in suites; Security doors.

No Pets!! For more information, Phone 634-4010 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only, or see our Web site @ www.apartmentsestevan.ca

FOR SALE: 4-Plex with private suites. All services included. Furnished. New washer, dryer. 50 km from Weyburn and Regina. Phone 306-535-3259.

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B12 August 15, 2012 MOBILE/ MANUFACTURED

Estevan Mercury LAND FOR SALE

Ready-to-move show home. Options like front roof overhang for deck, deluxe cabinets, etc. $169,000. Swanson Builders (Saskatoon area) at 306-493-3089 or email info@swansonbuilders.ca for details.

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FOUR CATS including D6N, D5M, D7G, D8K, t wo wheel loaders, 2007 JD 544J, 2004 250 Komatsu, four excavators, including 212 200 Komatsu. 780-284-5500.

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Gordon was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Iren Stendall; sister, Lena; brothers and sister-in-laws, Ed (Iona), Lloyd (Marj), and Harry (Bessie).

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 71 years, Gloria; his daughter, Marilyn (Gerry Munro) of Medicine Hat, Alta.; son Bob (Laurilee, nĂŠe Brailsford) of Houston, B.C.; daughter, Gwen (Don Toovey) of Warner, Alta.; 9 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; 2 great-greatgrandchildren; sister-in-law, Leona Burgess; brother-in-law and wife Wes and Dorothy Down; along with numerous nieces and nephews and many dear friends.

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Laverne was the second oldest of seven children. He enjoyed growing up on the farm at Macoun. Laverne was the best cow milker of the family and spent many hours in the saddle on his horse â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babe.â&#x20AC;? His interests were schoolwork, sports, singing in the church choir and attending the Evangelical Youth Group.

After graduating from Grade 12 at Macoun School, he moved to Estevan to work at several jobs to help further his education. He soon went on to Bible College and later university to become a Lutheran Pastor. Laverne served as a Lutheran pastor at Camrose and Forestburg, Alberta and Dawson Creek, B.C. After four years in Dawson Creek, he left the ministry and made his hobby of carpentry into a career, until his accident.

Laverne always had a fond heart for Macoun and his family.

He would drive for hours to get home for a reunion, wedding, important birthday or funeral. He kept himself up with what was going on with weekly phone calls and e-mails to family.

Laverne is survived by his children: Sonya (Kevin) Dill, Meadville, Penn.; Randi Jo (Jake) Torgrimson, and Jonathan (Judy) Eagles of Dawson Creek, B.C.; grandchildren: Bree and Miles Torgrimson, Claire and Owen Dill; siblings: Rea (Marlene), Roger (Brenda), Mervin, Penny Tochor (Lyman Sargent), Scott and Kevin (Kelley). He was the fond Uncle to many nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service was held at 10:00 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson creek on August 4, 2012.

Burial will take place at the Macoun Cemetery at a later date.

Expressions of sympathy in Memory of Laverne may be made by donation to: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make a Wish Foundation of B.C. and Yukonâ&#x20AC;?, #112 - 2025 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 1Z6; http://makeawishbc.ca On behalf of the family, THANK YOU to everyone for the visits, cards, flowers and especially your thoughts and prayers at this time of grief.

September 2, 1948 - July 26, 2012 Harry Norman Hill, late of Benson, Sask., passed away suddenly in Benson on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the age of 63 years.

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He started teaching in Benson School and taught there for his whole career.

Harry was predeceased by his two daughters, Leanne and Michele; his parents, William and Luella; and his sister, Jean McDermid.

He is survived by three brothers, Carman (Inga), John (Rose) and Glen (Verka); mother of his children, Madeleine; brother-inlaw, Al McDermid, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service for Harry was held on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Benson, with Mr. Doug Third officiating. Interment followed in Sacred Heart Parish Cemetery, Benson.

Those so wishing may make donations to Sacred Heart Parish, Benson, designated to the cemetery fund, in Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory.

Harry, a brother, uncle, great uncle, godfather and friend, will be missed by many!

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Estevan Mercury

Midale community happenings

By Catrina Moldenhauer Midale Correspondent This is the big weekend for the Midale Museum as they are holding their annual Threshing Bee and Heritage

Days on Aug. 18 and 19.

There will be a pancake breakfast both mornings at the museum on Main Street.

On Sunday, there will also be an interdenominational church service at 11 a.m. at

Heritage Village, which is up behind the school. Everyone is welcome to come on out.

The Midale Museum will be open for visitors and tours until Labour Day weekend.

Congratulations to Con-

rad Keturakis and Chantelle Pickering on their wedding that took place on Saturday, Aug. 11.

The Midale Public Library had the pleasure of having Richie Roy out on

Tuesday, Aug. 7. He entertained the kids and made everyone who attended a balloon animal or item. Some got monkeys in trees, bracelets, rings and hats.

Preschool and chil-

drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs will take place every Wednesday morning at the Midale Public Library. Call 458-2742 for more information and to register your child!

Anyone wishing to book either of the rinks for an event, may call or text Catrina Moldenhauer on the rink cellphone at 458-7555.

Career Opportunities FOOD SERVICE WORKERS We are accepting resumes for part & full time positions.

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Duties: Day to day electrical construction and maintenance in the oilfield.

Wage/Salary Info: Depending on experience & qualifications.

To Apply: Fax: (306) 637-2181, e-mail sschoff.pti@sasktel.net or drop off resume to 62 Devonian Street, Estevan, SK.

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SRI Homes in Estevan, SK is seeking a Modular Home Production Supervisor Duties and Responsibilities: â&#x20AC;˘ Supervise 40 to 60 production personnel (including daily meeting) in a Union Environment â&#x20AC;˘ Plan capacity requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Maintain section performance records â&#x20AC;˘ Plan and manage inventory â&#x20AC;˘ Blueprint reading and interpreting â&#x20AC;˘ Communication or requirements to employees â&#x20AC;˘ Responsible for Section safety, discipline â&#x20AC;˘ Quality management

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NOW A&B Pipeliners is hiring for a large Pipeline Construction project. The Project consists of 100kms of 10â&#x20AC;? Steel pipeline in the Bengough SK area. We are immediately acccepting applications for the following positions

COME JOIN OUR TEAM! Over 50 years strong, Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Limited safely provides quality pipeline construction, facility installation, pipeline integrity, custom fabrication, maintenance and related construction services to the energy industry.

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Average Duration of Work 4-6 weeks

Compensation: â&#x20AC;˘ Competitive wages â&#x20AC;˘ Overtime â&#x20AC;˘ Daily Subsistence /Living allowance

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Salary: â&#x20AC;˘ Competitive Salary plus incentives and benefits

How to Apply: Mail, Drop off and Fax: Philip Nault P.O. Box 845, Hwy 18 West Estevan, SK S4A 2A7 E-mail: jobs.shelter@gmail.com Phone: 306-634-7255 Fax: 306-634-7597

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All positions are required to undergo and pass a drug screening.

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Hiring priority goes to candidates with previous â&#x20AC;˘ Global Ground Disturbance - (Heavy Equipment Operators only) experience in Pipeline Construction Please submit your resume to : For more details and other career opportunities please visit: email: hr@abpipeliners.com â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 780.384.2402 www.abpipeliners.com

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