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Lori Carr, left, receives congratulations from retired MLA Doreen Eagles after Carr was elected as Estevan’s new MLA on Monday night. Carr captured nearly 78 per cent of the popular vote.

Lori Carr and the Sask. Party gain decisive election victories

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Lori Carr has picked up where Doreen Eagles left off.

Carr, who was running for the Saskatchewan Party, captured 5,386 of the 6,917 votes cast (77.87 per cent) in Monday night’s provincial election to become Estevan’s next MLA. She will replace Doreen Eagles, who had been Estevan’s MLA since 1999.

Eagles, who was also part of the Sask.

Party, had 79.24 per cent of the vote in the previous election in 2011.

Carr will be part of a Sask. Party majority government, as they won 51 of 61 seats. The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) won the other 10 ridings.

“I’m just very thankful that the people of Estevan have the confidence in me to take over the seat from Doreen, and I’m just so excited to move forward,” Carr told the Mercury as the results came in.

Carr’s victory was never in doubt after the first of 55 polling stations reported results.

Carr captured 72 of 83 votes at that polling station. Paul Carroll of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan had nine, and Tina Vuckovic of the NDP had two.

Vuckovic eventually finished second with 627 votes, or about 9.06 per cent of the vote. Carroll was third with 610 votes, or about 8.82 per cent support.

Sitting in fourth place was Oscar Karkabatov of the Saskatchewan Liberals with 116 votes (1.68 per cent), independent candidate Cameron Robock was fifth with 90 votes (1.30 per cent) and Branden Schick of the Green Party of Saskatchewan was sixth with 88 votes (1.27 per cent).

People she spoke to during the election campaign were concerned with the state of the local economy, but most understand it reflects the price of oil, which has been sliding for more than 18 months.

“They’re looking for better days to come when the price of oil goes up,” said Carr.

Carr brings some political experience to the MLA job, thanks to her tenure with Estevan city council. She was elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2006. After being defeated in 2009, she was returned to council in 2012.

“The issues are obviously different from being a city councillor, but basically it comes down to listening to your constituents and doing what’s best for the area,” said Carr.

She will officially resign from council at the April 11 meeting. Since this is also a civic election year, a by-election won’t be needed

to fill Carr’s seat.

And while she enjoyed her time on city council, the MLA’s job is something Carr has been working towards even before she became a city councillor. She made her ambitions clear to Eagles during Carr’s first term on city council.

“It was actually more than 10 years ago that I sat at a fundraiser next to our MLA, Doreen Eagles, and I looked her in the eye, and I told her that I wanted her job,” recalled Carr.

“Well, she looked at me a bit shocked, and I can only imagine what was going through her mind, but I said ‘No, no, no, not right now. When you’re ready and when my kids are grown up and graduated (I’ll run).’”

Carr admits there will be a steep learning curve as an MLA. She looks forward to getting to the legislature and learning the details of her job.

Lobbying for a new regional nursing home in Estevan will be her top priority. The Hearthstone Community Campaign raised more than $8 million that was needed for the project to proceed. They reached their goal in early 2015, and the project is now in the queue for new health-care facilities, as the provincial government has yet to commit to the project.

As for the Sask. Party, they captured 267,238 of the 426,706 votes cast across the province, and collected 62.63 per cent of the popular vote.

“I’m not really surprised,” said Carr.

“Brad Wall has been a fantastic leader for the Saskatchewan Party, and he has led this province in such a great direction. For people to support him going forward would have been nothing less than what I expected.”

The NDP received 129,530 votes, which was 30.36 per cent of the vote.

“If we’ve heard it once during this campaign, we’ve probably heard it a thousand times: we’re not going back to the way things were under the NDP. We’re going to continue to move this province forward under the leadership of Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party.”

The Liberals, Green Party, PCs, Western Independence Party and independent candidates divided the remaining seven per cent of the vote.

Overall voter turnout was 56.83 per cent.

There are a lot of MLAs in the Sask.

Party caucus, but that won’t deter Carr from seeking a cabinet seat.

“The first opportunity I get to lobby for a cabinet seat, and/or if I get offered something, I will be there,” said Carr.

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Carroll remained philosophical on election night defeat

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

There was no shock-and-awe moment for the 40 or more supporters milling around the Progressive Conservative campaign headquarters on Fourth Street in Estevan on Monday night.

When the early results from the Estevan Constituency rolled in and Paul Carroll, the banner bearer for the revived PC party, was running a distant second to Sask. Party candidate, another rookie, Lori Carr, there was a collective shrug of acceptance of the inevitable.

Carroll, and his team, including wife Shelley, were joined by four PC candidates from adjoining constituencies, namely Glenn Pohl (Weyburn-Big Muddy); Kurt Schmidt (Cannington); Sheila Olson (Indian HeadMilestone) and Desmond Bilsky (ReginaPasqua).

When the majority of the votes had been counted and the dust had settled, Carroll said that, while the party’s 18 candidates all tasted defeat, they managed to gain some needed exposure so they had succeeded in that mission.

“We gained some traction, I learned some lessons, and I’m sure we all did, as to running a campaign. I didn’t make it to as many doorsteps as I wanted to, but part of that was because a lot of the people I did see, wanted to talk about the issues. Nobody chased me away,” Carroll said.

“This was a big step forward for us. The party gained validity and we were able to bring out some ideas, spoke about issues where the Sask. Party showed weakness, and I think that resonated with a lot of people, even if they didn’t vote for us,”

he said with a chuckle.

In an election where a majority Sask.

Party government was declared only minutes after the polls closed at 8 p.m., it was a contest to see who would finish second in Estevan with the race being between Carroll and parachute NDP candidate Tina Vuckovic, with Vuckovic edging Carroll 627 votes to 610 with only a few polls left to be counted.

Carroll could take some solace in the fact he had claimed the second most votes for his party, placing just behind PC Leader Rick Swenson who was making his stand in Last Mountain-Touchwood.

With the election taking on a tone of being a referendum on the leaders, Brad Wall of the Sask. Party was easily carrying the day over the hard-pressed NDP Leader Cam Broten, whose party was left with just 10 seats, an increase of just one in a Legislative Assembly that had its total seats increased from 58 to 61. The Sask. Party cleaned up the rest, leaving the PCs, Liberals and Green Party lurching in the background.

“I believe our party can build from this.

I thought, even if I could finish second, it would signal a big step for PCs. We were close to doing that. I think we can now build our brand. We’re making it a viable alternative.

We’ll continue to talk about protecting our industries and most definitely keep pushing for some transparency from this government.

They have a lot of questions to answer, a lot of explaining to do now and they have a budget to deliver,” said Carroll.

“I don’t think we’ll have to start from scratch the next time,” said Schmidt, who joined Carroll for a post-election interview.

“Mr. Wall had the strong brand this time around. Just look at the numbers, but I believe

Paul Carroll, Estevan and Weyburn-Big Muddy candidate Glenn Pohl. the PCs can be a force in the next election.

This wasn’t a person-to-person, candidate-tocandidate race, it was a leader versus leader campaign it seemed,” said Carroll.

As the polling clerks closed shop for the night, Carr was far out in front with nearly 5,400 votes which represented nearly 78 per cent of the ballots cast while Vuckovic and Carroll took their positions ahead of the Liberal phantom candidate in Estevan, Oscar Karkabatov, who claimed 116 votes, even when most of his supporters had never met him, which was also true for Green Party candidate Brendan Schick, who was also a phantom, who garnered 88 votes, slightly behind local Independent candidate Cameron Robock who had 90 votes. Robock had been cast aside as the NDP’s official candidate

early on in the campaign, being one of four who were ousted for inappropriate social media comments.

“We can still bring up the questions and ideas,” said Carroll, referring to local issues, such as the possibility of losing out on twinning Highway 39 with all the recent attention and funds going to the scandal-ridden Regina bypass and Global Transportation Hub land acquisitions.

“I would definitely do it again, with better preparation and a little experience now, I think we could make a good impression. But right now, it’s Lori’s night and the Sask. Party reclaimed the seat. I am going over to her election night party to congratulate her and then come back here and spend some more time with my supporters,” Carroll said.

Runners-up reflect on election outcome

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

After the landslide victory of the Saskatchewan Party in this week’s provincial election, NDP candidate Tina Vuckovic received a total of 627 votes and independent candidate Cam Robock walked away from Monday night’s election outcome with 90 votes.

“As you can imagine, the results of the election were not what I had hoped for,” wrote Vuckovic in an email to the Mercury. “The NDP had a very diverse, passionate and dedicated team this go-round, but unfortunately, the people of Saskatchewan didn’t feel that was enough.”

Vuckovic stated the

NDP will be continuing to be the voices for people in Saskatchewan, endeavouring to be “stronger, fairer and kinder for everyone.

“We may have lost the election, but by no means have we been defeated,” she added.

Vuckovic congratulated Carr on a campaign that was well fought, and wished all the other candidates the best, “wherever their paths may take them.”

Robock stated he was disappointed with how things went.

“I’m getting prepared to save up as much money as I can, because I’m expecting my taxes to go up,” said Robock, in a call with the Mercury, as the final ballots in the Estevan constituency

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were being counted. “Being an independent, I’m not surprised with how it went.

It’s disheartening that the Sask. Party had so much of a victory.”

Robock said he sees things getting more difficult for Saskatchewan, with “the jobs just not being here, in this area.” He added that he hates to see people leave Estevan because of that, noting that he considers them all like an extended family.

“I will still fight for the people of Estevan. Every person that voted for me deserves that much,” said

Robock. “I will do petitions, court actions against certain things, if they affect this area, if I have to. I’ll do whatever I can, because I’m still here for the people of

of Estevan urgently needs improvement.

“You’ve got to go in with an open mind. The major number-one thing was that I had a different voice,”

“I’m getting prepared to save up as much money as I can, because I’m expecting my taxes to go up.”

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Robock condemned the conditions of Hwy 18, particularly near Torquay, insisting it needed repair, and said the quality of water in many parts of the RM

said Robock. “Our province is like a third-world nation when it comes to water.

People are sending their kids to school with water bottles.

That’s not something I want to have to do when my kids

They may not have been old enough to cast legal ballots, but elementary and high school students under the voting age, did cast mock ballots in the Student Vote program in the Saskatchewan general election.

The votes were taken but results sealed until Monday evening and, their selections didn’t vary too widely from their adult counterparts.

A total of 19,758 students from 273 schools cast

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48 seats in their simulated legislature with a 53 per cent margin in the overall count.

The New Democratic Party was second, just like they were in the adult election, gaining 13 seats and 23 per cent of the overall vote. The Green Party fared much better with the classroom crowd than they did with the adult population, gaining 11 per cent of the vote, but no seats in the 61 seat Legislative Assembly, compared with about three per cent and zero seats in the adult world. The same held true for the Liberal Party with 11 per cent of the vote, but zero mock members.

On the total vote scales, the Sask. Party claimed 10,092 of the student votes while the NDP claimed 4,283 followed by the Green Party with 2,085, Liberals with 2,046 and the Progressive Conservatives with 304 or just 1.61 per cent. The Independent votes and the Western Independent Party claimed the final 88 votes between them.

In the Estevan Constituency, Lori Carr from the Sask. Party claimed the seat, just as she did in the genuine election.

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Longevity and outstanding service recognized at Estevan Legion’s Vimy Night

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion recognized some of its long-standing members during its annual Vimy Night supper on April 2.

More than 20 Legion members received service pins in recognition for their commitment.

Chad Laviolette, Gayle Blackburn, Shirley Graham and Les Styre were saluted for 10 years of service.

Elmer Vicary, Theresa Densley and Vernon Perkins were recognized for 15 years.

Clarenece Durr was saluted for 20 years, and Larry Stubel was recognized for 25 years with the Legion.

Ernie Skjerpen, Harvey Perkins, Dave Laing, Al Fellner, Barrie Duncan, Bert Wheeler and Dale Sorenson were recognized for 30 years.

Sharren Dukart was presented with a 35-year pin.

R.J. McCleary is a 40year member and Charlie Gessner was recognized for 55 years of service.

Eric Parker was presented with a pin for 60 years of service, and received a standing ovation from those in attendance.

Local Legion pastpresident Eileen Rosner was presented with a Certificate of Merit for her many years of dedication to the branch and, in particular, to her work with the bingos. Current president Troy LeBlanc noted it was a long-overdue honour for Rosner.

She was also given a standing ovation after the presentation.

Roberta Taylor, who is the district commander, said it’s always a pleasure to attend banquets in honour of Vimy Night.

She congratulated all the recipients of the service awards.

“They’re well-deserved and such an honour, especially when you get to 60 years,” said Taylor.

She believes so many Legion members give so

Eric Parker, left, accepted a 60-year membership pin from Legion past district commander Sharren Dukart and Estevan Legion president Troy LeBlanc. much because it’s the right thing to do. Taylor is also happy to see so many new members have joined the Estevan Legion’s ranks.

Councillor Dennis Moore brought greetings on behalf of the City of Estevan, and congratulated the local branch for their many years of service to the community.

“We are so pleased that on many occasions, you have partnered with the city to make things happen,” said Moore. “You’re one of the first ones to step up to the plate to offer your services.”

Moore noted how close he came to serving with the Royal Canadian Navy. When he was a teenager growing up in the Carlyle area, Moore and a close friend, Cameron MacKinnon, decided to join the navy.

They filled out an application form, and were invited to Regina for an interview. The interview went well, until Moore confided that he was allergic to wool – the fabric used in the navy’s uniforms.

MacKinnon joined the Royal Canadian Air Force instead, and had a lengthy career.

“I was really jealous that he was moving on and I wasn’t,” said Moore.

Vimy Night is named after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which occurred from April 9 to 12, 1917.

Among the 170,000 Allied Forces who participated, 97,184 of them were Canadian.

“By nightfall of the 12th, the Canadian core was in firm control of the ridge,” said LeBlanc.

The Canadian core suffered 10,602 casualties in the battle, with 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded.

Four Canadian soldiers received the Victorian Cross for their contributions during the battle.

The Germans had about 4,000 soldiers captured, and an unknown number were killed or injured.

Eileen Rosner accepted a certificate of merit from Estevan Legion president Troy LeBlanc.

“The Battle of Vimy was the first instance in which all four Canadian divisions, made up of troops drawn from all parts of the country, fought as one cohesive formation,” said

LeBlanc.

It was a major victory over the German forces and a key point during the war.

LeBlanc noted that many historians believe the battle at Vimy marked the

birth of Canada’s national identity.

The Estevan Legion hosts its Vimy Night each year on the Saturday before the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Syrian refugee committee to reach out to church community Neighbours Helping Neighbours, the small charitable group associated with the Southeast Rural Resource Committee will seek assistance from local churches as they move forward with an application process to bring a Syrian refugee family or two to Estevan.

Emily Gillies chaired a March 29 meeting in the Suburban Extended Stay Hotel that prompted ideas surrounding the Syrian refugee crisis and the local response.

It was noted that church organizations often have an inside track and an existing structure in place that might expedite the application process in an efficient manner.

Gillies said she was not opposed to approaching the local Estevan Ministerial Association and some local churches to see if there was interest in becoming part of the process.

The sponsorship of refugees, the group learned, are valid for up to one year, but some are extended beyond that time limit by mutual agreement if a need is identified.

The small group attending the second public meeting

said the mandate could expand to include assistance to the rural communities, as it did in the past.

Barry Harris said the Southeast Rural Resource team leaped into the social fray during the stressful period following a ban on Canadian beef due to the BSE crisis and a downward spiral in agricultural commodity prices. He said at that time many producers were facing foreclosures, unable to pay utility bills and were dealing with a lot of stress, much like what the new refugees might undergo upon arrival.

“That committee then was formed to take on immediate concerns of the farming community with a communication stress line, and it certainly helped,” said Harris.

The group was unanimous in the idea of approaching the church community, since church sponsorship agreements are often already in place and Neighbours Helping Neighbours would have no difficulty in taking on a secondary or supporting role in the application process and the resettlement action plan while addressing some other local social needs, according to the original mandate.

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Preparations underway for new dock

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

With the reopening of the Rafferty Dam Marina approaching this May, the committee is getting ready for the opening of the the old

dock, in addition to a new one, to accommodate continued growth of the marina’s popularity.

A crew of dedicated volunteers regularly performs maintenance and updates to the facility, with whatever resources they are able

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to gather. Recently, the group held an annual meeting where plans were drafted up for what updates and repairs are needed, as well as the costs those things will incur.

“We’ve got to repair one dock, the big dock down there. We just built another dock and have some work to finish up on it. We have a new security camera system coming in, too,” said Barry Dies, one of the team members who prepares and repairs the marina for the season every year.

The dock repairs will be one of the most important and significant tasks to be done, Dies noted, since each is 48-feet long, and in three sections, on metal skids.

“Last summer, we had 60-plus milean-hour winds and that didn’t do our docks any good, so we had quite a bit of damage on them,” said Dies. “There will be tires on the side for bumpers and we have to replace some of those. The new dock needs a metal skid to be built and I’m working on that with a guy, over the next week or two.”

Dies noted that with the growth in number of people using the marina every year, the security system is one of the most important new developments to be implemented.

Lamentably, the security cameras were needed due to several incidents of vandalism that have taken place over the last few years.

Dies noted that some of that vandalism has made everyone concerned, averse to the idea of implementing updates to the facility that might, again, be vandalized or damaged.

Incidents include percussive damage to an electrical box, and the dock being towed unnecessarily out of the water with a truck.

Other developments include the installation of new LED lights and sea cans. The sea cans were brought to the marina, in part, to protect against further vandalism to important equipment and, in part, to serve as general storage for docks, tools and other assorted items.

Dies noted that the biggest delay for work this season on the marina is the wait for “the weather to smarten up.”

“The season doesn’t open until May 5, so we’ve got to finish off the work and get things done before then,” said Dies.

Dies said that he’s seen “quite a bit of increase” in the use of the marina over the last few years, and that he and the other volunteers have been making a steady effort to get things clean and ready.

Dies expressed gratitude to the many groups and businesses in the community that donate and help out, noting that those donations include those of the financial kind, as well as equipment like a mower donated last year, which he intends to put to good use.

“We’ve been cutting the grass, and improving the facility. That’s been our goal the whole way, to improve it and make it user-friendly,” said Dies. “We put up a couple of benches last spring. We want people to want to come out here and spend an afternoon.”

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CBSA officers kept 36 suspected criminals out of Canada in Feb.

▲ The .25 calibre pistol that was confiscated by CBSA officers at the North Portal border station. ► A sample of the over capacity ammunition magazines seized at the Canadian border crossing in North Portal by CBSA officers.

The Canda Border Services Agency (CBSA) refused entry to 55 foreign nationals in the month of February this year, including 36 who had a criminal history and were attempting to enter Canada.

At the Carievale border crossing, officers turned back a United States male who had been convicted of sexual assault of a child, as well as a woman who had been convicted on six counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines. They also arrested a man from North Dakota on grounds of his involvement in organized crime.

An immigration and refugee board hearing found the man inadmissible due to his membership in the Varrio Norwalk gang, so a deportation order was issued.

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No doubt about it Overwhelming acceptance is what the Saskatchewan Party and their leader Brad Wall received Monday night.

Within 15 minutes of the provincial general election polls closing, it was a generally accepted fact that Wall and his team were going to form another majority government. The only question that remained was by just how much?

That answer was delivered within a couple of hours and it didn’t bode well at all for Cam Broten and his Opposition New Democratic Party who limped across the finish line, a well beaten second-place team while the also-ran parties, Liberal, Greens and PCs struggled to get out of the starting blocks.

The entire scene was nearly anticlimactic as the Sask. Party brand made its presence felt right across the province. By 10 p.m., Wall and his cadre, a mixture of some well-tested veteran MLAs and cabinet ministers, plus a roster of rookies, including Estevan’s Lori Carr, had their sights on claiming 50 or more of the 61 seats up for grabs in the Legislative Assembly.

The voters were undeterred by looming shadows of doubt surrounding the Sask. Party’s recent handling of the Global

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Tough times in the next term for Wall As of this writing last week, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party appeared about to become third-time lucky. Well, it hasn’t been all luck for Wall.

One reason why Wall and company seemed headed for a third-term in Monday’s vote was because their government has managed to keep economics, jobs and population growth going even after the oil prices started to fall in 2014.

To accomplish this required both governance and political management. Similarly, to maintain the Sask. Party’s rural base, the biggest reason why the NDP really never appeared to be much of a threat to the Sask.

Party’s bid for a third-term, has required a lot of unnoticed hard work.

That said, there has been a certain degree of luck in being blessed with more natural resource revenue than any other previous Saskatchewan premier.

Transportation Hub, the Regina bypass controversies with their suspect land deals, the mishandling of the Lean efficiency files and, a relatively new dilemma for Wall and company, a rapidly growing deficit in a sinking economy.

The voters seemed to be collectively saying the Sask. Party may not be as spotless as it was heading into the 2011 campaign, but it was definitely their preferred choice, considering the alternative, which was the NDP. Brad Wall has retained his “aw shucks” attitude, which plays well among the electorate, and since Saskatchewan elections ride on the coat tails of the leaders, rather than the individual candidates (with a few exceptions), this was a foregone conclusion election. Wall has been able to retain this general feeling of genuine goodwill in practically all areas of the province. And, that’s not easy to do and especially difficult to pull it off for as long as he has. It takes talent, and on Monday night, Wall and the Sask. Party rode that talent and a not-too-shabby record of governance for all it was worth.

The only question political junkies in Saskatchewan have as of Tuesday morning centred on Cam Broten and his future

as leader of the NDP. In fact, his drive to reclaim his Saskatoon seat was unsuccessful. With the NDP probably having to go into another morale-crushing leadership review and selection process, it will assure the Sask. Party of some easy times ahead as they’ll get their way in the legislature on any motion they wish to present. The only thing standing in their way heading into an April budget will be public pressure for a little more transparency and the cratering economy which isn’t their fault, but is something they’ll have to address by coming up with some innovative plans to restart it, especially in southern Saskatchewan.

The voice of Official Opposition, on the other hand, will be muted.

The Sask. Party stands now where Alberta’s Conservatives used to stand for decades, and by the looks of things on Monday night, they might be ruling our political roost for quite some time, unless, of course, Brad Wall decides to call it a day on the provincial political scene before 2020 with no obvious successor in sight.

But that’s the story for another day.

Right now, it’s time for the Sask. Party to bask in the spotlight of success, they’ve earned it fairly and unequivocally.

Clearly, a big reason for a Sask. Party victory would be the fact that the Wall years have been very much associated with good years. And, even in the highly unlikely event of a New Democratic Party win — highly unlikely because Cam Broten’s team was fighting for survival in some of their urban and northern strongholds — they will be presented with an unlucky dilemma of having to work their way out of a considerably weaker recovering economy than Saskatchewan has seen in the previous eight years.

So, does that mean Brad Wall and Saskatchewan will remain lucky for a third straight term? Well, maybe not as lucky as he might have hoped.

Even before calling the election on March 8, Wall had already developed the habit of propping up the weakening economy by spending tax dollars on infrastructure — $700 million borrowed from the capital markets in last year’s budget alone.

This has us headed into another deficit cycle.

Add that $700 million in borrowing to the stated $472 million 2015-16 deficit and we are seeing an over $1.1 billion deficit this past year.

Now, add that even though Wall went into this election without yet presenting a 2016-17 budget, there was an acknowlegement there’s another deficit in the coming year. Even more problems may be on the horizon.

According to Progressive Conservative Leader Rick Swenson, we could see an added $7.6 billion of public debt (already

at $13 billion) because of the Sask. Party’s contractual commitment to public-private partnerships (P3s).

If so, this means we will not see another balanced budget until after the 2020 election, Swenson said in the last week of the campaign.

“It is very difficult for the average taxpayer to sort through and understand these ‘large monthly lease payments’ the government has committed every one of us to pay (because of the P3s),” the PC leader said.

But Swenson argued the $1.9 billion Regina bypass alone will result in monthly lease payments of $167 million. Also, a lump sum payment of $103 million is due on Oct. 31, 2017, with another similar lump sum payment of $507 million due on Oct. 31, 2019. This does not include the P3 costs for schools and hospitals. But, Swenson said his party has calculated the cost to be an “extra $7.6 billion of debt by 2020.” That does not include the “unnecessary relocation of the Tower Road junction, service road expropriations overpayments to land speculators, and court actions which will pop up by the month from abused land owners,” Swenson said.

This takes us to another issue that might catch up to Wall in the coming term — the fallout from the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) land deal, in which close business associates and friends of Economy Minister Bill Boyd and the Sask. Party made money through land flips.

All this may make for a less lucky next term.

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Letters to the Editor Power to the Prairie populace Lampman Minor Sports responds to negative letter on minor hockey Norm Park All Things Considered Last week, during our podcast, I spoke briefly about the need to have Canada broken up into smaller “bitesized” pieces.

We have 10 huge, chunky provinces, with the exception of wee little PEI, in a country that is geographically larger than the United States, yet the U.S. boasts of 50 states.

While we need more provinces yet fewer Members of Parliament, we also need to start getting together a little more efficiently. So, let’s take a look at the other side of this scenario.

It has been pointed out on several occasions that when it comes to commercial trade, it’s much easier to do deals with China, the United States, United Kingdom or the Middle East than it is to do business with other provinces.

We keep thinking the other guy might get the better of us.

We have a problem dealing with big pictures at home it seems.

It is also during economic times like the present, I begin to think that maybe Alberta and Saskatchewan should have been amalgamated as one hugely influential province, just like the original plan was, until the bright lights in Ottawa, at the turn of the century, realized that a combination of AltaSask would wield too much influence, even without a huge population.

Central Canada (read Ontario and Quebec) realized that if they were going to continue to rule the new roost in the emerging nation, they were going to have to cut those prairie jerks down to size by setting up competing provinces. That way we’d be obsessed with outdoing one another, while central Canadians could carry on with the power and glory stuff. So, in 1905, AltaSask became Alberta and Saskatchewan, two similar, but competing provinces.

Fast forward to today.

B.C. is out there on the left coast, separated from the rest of Canada by very little common sense and mountains.

But here we sit, three prairie provinces, with huge resource clout, but only when Quebec and Ontario decide to let us use it.

We are not masters of our fate. We are not captains of our souls. We are land-locked hostages. Heck, even when the effort is made to take advantage of our only access to open waters, via the Port of Churchill, the gods of Ottawa bring the hammer down on a consistent basis. And we must admit, Churchill is not the most efficient port anyway, so it’s easy to sabotage that action plan.

But if the Prairies actually got our poop together and acted as one, here we would be with about 10 million people, all kinds of agricultural products coming off our fields, a commodities exchange in Winnipeg and Calgary and a power base for oil, gas, uranium, potash, gold and cattle emanating from AltaSaskMan, along with an attitude that would inform Eastern Canada that they would now have to play some road games … visit our ball park once in awhile, or we’d pull a pout, take our bats, baseball, and canola and form our own league.

I know, it’s the old Western separatism threat, but with a trio of like-minded provinces melded into one, and probably with B.C. in on the action, because they’d have no choice, finding themselves suddenly isolated if they didn’t join Team AltaSaskMan, we’d add another six or seven million people along with shipping lanes and peaches to add to the commodities list.

Then, for sure, Central Canada would have to sit up and pay attention.

Or, oil prices could rebound and we could resume where we left off in 2014.

But c’mon, this proposal does make ya wanna go “hmmm” doesn’t it?

The Editor: Last week your paper published a letter that made strong accusations about our community and our minor hockey coaches.

Lampman Minor Sports is a board made up of seven people. We are involved in the decision of who is allowed to coach minor hockey and what age group the coach is best suited for.

We strongly support our 18 coaches, players, managers, referees and all the other volunteers who help keep hockey alive in Lampman.

We have a zero tolerance against bullying of any kind.

Zero from coaches, zero from parents to coaches and managers, zero from player to player and zero against officials.

Over the hockey season Lampman Minor Sports will deal with issues that may affect one of our teams. We then organize a meeting with the parties involved: coaches, parents and players. Guess how many times it was about a player getting bullied?

Zero.

Guess how many email/texts or phone calls that Lampman Minor Sports received about a player being bullied?

Zero.

We take this very seriously and those are the facts. We are very disappointed when bullying rumours are spread about our coaches.

Ice time is a hot topic in every rink in the province.

Stopwatches have been used in the stands from novice to midget, from house hockey to AAA. It is usually the biggest issue with the 32 coaches in the stands, not the 16 kids in the dressing room.

In Lampman, we encourage each team to have a parent

meeting at the start of the year and discuss the goals for the team.This gives the coach guidelines on how to coach the team. Will this team enter provincials? Will this team run four lines? Will this team have a power play? Will everyone play the same in the third period as the first period when the game is tied? Is it different when the score is 10 – 1?

Will this team alternate goalies or go with the hot one?

When players and parents sign up, hopefully there are more valuable life lessons included with the fees than how many minutes per game. Being a hardworker, respectful, good teammate, always on time, are great attributes that would look good on any resume.

When our coaches and managers attend scheduling meetings with neighbouring towns, the issues affecting minor sports are exactly the same. Each town has fewer coaches, fewer managers, fewer volunteers and fewer officials. Why is this?

We think the reason is because of the negative comments the volunteers may face on a daily basis. They have volunteered hours and hours of their time and did their best, but 99 per cent of the feedback they will hear is negative.

We need to change this mindset and focus on positives.

We would like to encourage the community of Lampman and other towns to share their own positive stories about their coaches and volunteers (past and present).

Send them a text, share a picture or a story on Facebook, buy them lunch. We need to keep all of our coaches, plus recruit new ones for the future.

Sincerely, Kirk Johnson, Louise Carson, Ryan Farnsworth, Shelly Erdelyan, Brenda Jensen, Lorna Roy, Dayman Seeman On behalf of Lampman Minor Sports

An adjournment and two sentences among many matters at court Michael Standingready, represented by legal aid, appeared by television, from the Regina Correctional Centre, before the Estevan court, at its regular sitting on April 4. Standingready pled not guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, assault and confinement. He also faces another count of assault and a number of breeches of undertaking, all to be spoken to at a later date.

The matter was adjourned to May 19, for the other charges against Standingready to be spoken to.

Gordon Wells was sentenced to a conditional discharge with probation, in response to a domestic disturbance that took place in February.

The Crown stated that a 911 call was made from a residence in Bienfait and the phone was dropped. It was reported that sounds of a violent incident could be heard over the phone.

The Crown said Wells was intoxicated at the time, and had returned to his home “in a rage,” behaving in a violent manner towards family members, pushing over a fridge and smashing things. He subsequently apologized and retired to his room where police, responding to the incident, found him.

The Crown recommended that in light of the mild nature of the offence, that Wells be given a conditional discharge.

Wells’ lawyer said that Wells has taken the initiative in getting help for his problems, and is enrolled in Alcoholics Anonymous and counselling for anger management. Wells stated to presiding Judge Kenn Bellerose and to the court, that he was sorry.

Wells said he is taking a thorough approach to seeking assistance, doing a 12-step program and regularly attending counselling.

In addition to the sentencing, a no contact order for the complainants was lifted, and Wells was also ordered to pay a victim fine surcharge of $100.

Simon Mulhall was fined $2,500 and placed on a year’s probation, after pleading guilty to a single count for production of cannabis.

The charge against Mulhall was made following a police search of a Lampman residence, carried out on a warrant. Police discovered a greenhouse-type enclosure with materials used in the growing of cannabis; they also found plant fragments.

The Crown said it wasn’t Mulhall’s first offence, but that it was the

first drug coviction, and the first he had committed in a long time, with the last offence occurring in 2007. A legal aid lawyer representing Mulhall told the court that his client, a resident of British Columbia, suffers from manic depression and bipolar disorder, and uses prescription marijuana to help with his conditions.

Legal aid explained that Mulhall and his fiancée came to Saskatchewan from British Columbia to look after the latter’s mother, who’d broken her leg and needed assistance.

While in Saskatchewan, Mulhall was not able to access the prescription marijuana he could, back in British Columbia, and resorted to growing his own.

Mulhall, a truck driver, will be returning to BC to work, stated legal aid.

Bellerose acknowledged that Mulhall had a criminal record in the late ‘90s and that it appeared that his use of medicinial marijuana has helped keep his record clean since then. Bellerose said that despite the usefulness of the medicinal marijuana, it was illegal to do what Mulhall did, and there are laws in place that were violated.

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Police received a report that a blue 1990 Buick Century station wagon was stolen from a garage in the city’s core area during the April 1 night shift. The vehicle was recovered the following day in Benson.

An investigation into the theft is continuing, as police are gathering evidence.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Estevan Police Service at 306-634-4767 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

A number of vehicles were stopped by police near a northeast intersection during the March 28 day shift for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign after leaving a retail business. The drivers were warned of their actions.

The public is reminded to obey all stop signs and to make a complete stop before proceeding.

A report was received in north-central Estevan during the March 29 day shift regarding a vehicle that proceeded through a crosswalk while pedestrians were present. The matter remains under investigation.

A vehicle was stolen from a residence in Estevan during the March 29 night shift. It was left unlocked with the keys still inside. The vehicle was located the following day, but some property was missing.

Police were called to a report of a suspicious male walking through an alley in the Westview area during the March 30 day shift.

Police located the male and he was arrested on an outstanding warrant. During the arrest, police located evidence on the accused that led to the recovery of a vehicle stolen from Regina. He made his first court appearance the following day for charges of possessing property obtained by crime and breaching his probation.

Members attended to a residence in south Estevan on a report of an intoxicated male causing a disturbance during the March 30 night shift. He was arrested and transported to EPS, where he was lodged in cells due to his intoxication level.

He was also charged with breaching the conditions of his release by consuming alcohol. The male made his first court appearance on April 4.

Members were dispatched to north-central Estevan during the March 31 night shift due to a possible impaired driver.

The vehicle was stopped just north of Estevan at which time the driver was found to be sober. A passenger was charged under the Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act for having open liquor in a vehicle.

Police were called to a south Estevan residence on a report of an intoxicated male inside a residence.

The homeowner wanted him removed. He was removed and transported to EPS, where he was lodged in cells until sober. The male was also charged for breaching the conditions of his release order by

consuming alcohol. He appeared in court on April 4.

Members received a complaint of a mischief incident involving a vehicle in the Staples parking lot during the April 1 day shift. The matter is still under investigation as witnesses are interviewed.

Police received several calls through the Report Impaired Drivers line from rural areas during the April 1 night shift. Officers were unable to locate the vehicles reported.

Members were also called to an insecure business while on patrol. The business was checked and secured. The door was left unlocked in error by staff of the business.

Police attended to a disturbance at a local liquor establishment. The parties were sent on their way.

Officers were called to a report of loud music coming from a residence in the west end. Police attended and warned the homeowner about the bylaw.

Police were notified of a vehicle that went over the edge of the valley near a residence on Valley Street during the April 2 day shift. Police assisted the vehicle’s owner and Xtreme Towing in retrieving the vehicle. No injuries were reported from the incident.

Members received a driving complaint early on in the April 2 night shift.

Police located the vehicle and warned the motorist of

his driving actions.

Police arrested a 23-year-old male for breaching his probation conditions. He was found to be intoxicated and lodged in cells.

Officers responded to a loud party in the 500 block of Bannatyne Avenue. Police spoke to the property owner and learned the noise was caused by people who went outside to smoke cigarettes.

Police arrested an Estevan male for public intoxication. He was found to be partially passed out on a sidewalk in the Westview area. He was lodged in cells until sober.

Members received another driving complaint later on in the evening. The drivers were identified and the matter is still under investigation.

Police attended to a residence in the Hillside area because an intoxicated male was fighting. He was arrested and lodged in cells until sober.

Members responded to an accident at the intersection of Fourth Street and Souris Avenue South during the April 3 night shift.

The accident was between a passenger vehicle and a semi unit. There were no injuries and both vehicles suffered minor damage.

Police received a report of a runaway 14-yearold youth. The youth was located and transported home to the parents.

Officers responded to a report of a homeless male sleeping in the hallway of a

local hotel. He was spoken to and sent on his way.

Police continued an investigation in relation to

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Drivers around Estevan may notice some of the plans for the coming Saskatchewan 2016 Summer Games coming to fruition, especially in the Souris Avenue and King Street area. Progress on the beautification of the Energy City has gotten off to an early start, due to the co-operative, warm spring weather.

“I didn’t expect being able to get started until the middle of April. Luckily, we’re going on it right now,” said parks manager Rod March. “I think it’s going to look very nice for the Summer Games.”

March said the work being done near the intersection of Souris Avenue and King Street was pri-

oritized so that the flower gardens will be in place for when the flowers arrive.

“The flower tenure is out, and we have flowers coming in mid-April,” said March.

March noted the only part of the structure for the flower gardens left to do includes paver placement and other surface work on the structures.

“When that’s done, they’ll switch over to the main medians that are in the middle of Souris Avenue itself, and they’ll be starting on the south median, finishing the brickwork, and heading north,” said March. “We’ve got about seven medians to complete and they’re all mostly complete now.”

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“That’s the stuff in the middle of the medians. The earthwork, we’re anticipating, is probably about a week or two, to get everything prepped for turf,” said March. “We can’t get turf until the end of May or early June, and the reason for that, of course, is because it’s weatherdependent.”

March anticipates the turfing will take about a week, and then from that point “It’ll all be nice, and ready to go.”

March said the work on the boulevards is just the start of an overall beautification plan for the city — one he intends to carry out into the coming spring and summer. Part of that plan includes planting trees in certain areas, where they are needed.

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thing. I’m just going to carefully select the tree species we’ll be putting in there,” said March. “This is my mandate, to do this.

We’re going to carry this theme (of beautification) through into other areas, to spruce them up and make them look nicer.”

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Elm tree pruning ban now in effect In an effort to reduce the risk of Dutch elm disease (DED), pruning of elm trees is now prohibited in Saskatchewan with the pruning ban in effect until Aug. 31.

The pruning ban went into effect on April 1, and it was no April Fool’s Day prank.

Elm bark beetles which spread the disease, are most active during this time of year and it is the fresh cuts from pruning that attract the insects and increase the chance of spreading a DED infection.

Proper elm tree pruning outside the annual ban period help keep trees healthy and better able to resist all diseases, including DED. Removing dead and dying elm wood through pruning also helps reduce places for beetles to breed, and curbs their populations.

Throughout the year, including during the ban period, DED infected elms should be removed promptly.

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Twins prospect Jaxon Robertson takes batting practise at Lynn Prime Park on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

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By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Southeast Performance Pump Services midget AAA Twins took the first step towards coming together as a successful ball club with three days of open tryouts during the past week.

Twenty local ballplayers made it out for the tryouts with all the kids looking to earn a spot on the 15-man roster. The workouts began March 29 at the multipurpose room in the Estevan Leisure Centre then hit the field at Lynn Prime Park on Saturday afternoon before finishing up at the Estevan Comprehensive School gymnasium Monday evening.

“It was awesome,” said second-year Twins’ catcher Rhett Nikolejsin, while taking a moment to relax in the dugout after the three-and-a-half hour full practice at the diamond on Saturday. “Lots of us knocked off the rust and just got through the motions, did our thing, had fun (and) got to know each other a little bit more.”

Twins head coach Blaine Kovach said the focus of these early practices was to just let the players get in as many repetitions as they could. He said the city teams in the 10-team Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League (SPBL) pick their roster in the winter, so they have to get in as much pitching, hitting, fielding and outfielding practise as possible to catch up in time for the start of the SPBL regular season in two-and-a-half weeks.

“Today was a very big day,” said Kovach after the Saturday practice. “You get a whole different view of what the kid can do when it’s not in

a gym setting. Being on the field is where you want to see them and this is what we got today.

So there were a lot of surprises today and a lot of the kids made a case for making the team this year.”

The Twins finished the 2015 SPBL season with a 1317 record for sixth place and lost out in round-robin action at the provincial championships.

The club begins their quest to improve on that mark April 23 against the Parkland Expos at Yorkton’s Jubilee Park in their first of 14-straight road games to start the season.

“We’re trying to build a successful team not only in the standings, but as quality players so they can get a chance to move on somewhere else,” said Kovach. “I’d love to see us go above .500 and make a push for the provincials, which has always been my expectations and my hope, but as long as we can play and keep producing quality ballplayers and good kids that’s what we really want.”

Kovach said the team will play a game of small ball this season to try and get a leg up on the competition. He said they don’t have a ton of guys who can launch the ball out of the yard, so they’re going to play defensively sound, pick away at teams and beat them one hit at a time.

After the 14-game road stretch to start the season, the Twins will enjoy their first action at Lynn Prime Park on May 29 in a double-header against the Muenster Red Sox. The club will then play their final 12 games of the 30-game SPBL season at home from June 5 to July 9.

Dahlyn Klassen sets up to make a throw to first base during a Twins’ tryout on Saturday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Kovach said it’s going to be a busy schedule during the first month of the season being on the road, but that challenge also provides a benefit for the team. He said if they can come out of the first month with an even record through playing high-calibre ball they’ll be primed for a good homestand

to end the season.

“If we’re .500-ish, that will give us a good push at the end,” said Nikolejsin. “I think we’ll be just fine. We did pretty good last year and we got most of the core back here this year. We’ll have a well-rounded group and be ready to take it to the competition.”

Marco Ricci was honoured by the Regina Thunder last month for his dedication to building the game of football in Estevan, but he would only accept the award if everyone else who helped bring the sport to the Energy City was also recognized.

Ricci, who now lives in Emerald Park but still owns the Estevan Boston Pizza franchise, was presented with the Murray Sawa Award by the Thunder at their Dinner of Champions at Regina’s Evraz Turvey Centre on March 19. The Murray Sawa Award, named after a longtime Regina sporting community volunteer who co-founded the Regina Minor Football League, is presented annually to someone who contributes to amateur sport in the province.

“It would be completely unfair for one person to take credit for what has happened in Estevan,” said Ricci. “We have an amazing group of people who were in Estevan that actually really made it happen.

We all contributed the exact same amount and it’s just a real group effort.”

Ricci said there was a strong desire for football in Estevan in 2008 when the group of volunteers started to build up the sport locally.

He said at that time there wasn’t even any football fields in the city, but though the work of community leaders and businesses who stepped up to contribute financially they managed to get a football program in place as well as three locations to play in just six months.

“In that first year we had over 200 kids sign up to play minor football,” he said, noting there were two atom, two peewee and one bantam team that year. “We were fortunate enough to connect with the Regina Minor Football League who invited us in (and) allowed us to play in their league, so we had teams to play against. It was a fair bit of work, but it’s so gratifying because there is nothing better (than) to see those firsts that we were able to witness and we witnessed the guys putting on the equipment and watching the young athletes play the game and our very first touchdown.”

Brin Werrett, president of the Regina Thunder, said every community needs people like Ricci and his fellow volunteers to dedicate their time and effort to allow the town’s children an outlet in sports. He said the Murray Sawa Award is given out each year to recognize these people and celebrate their achievements.

“We just thought Marco was a good fit for what he’s done for minor football in Estevan, how he started the program there and it seems to be thriving and the numbers continue to grow,” said Werrett. “It’s nice to see that.”

Werrett said Ricci doesn’t actually have any real connection to the Thunder, as he played his football in Regina with the junior Rams, but football programs throughout the province all have a connection to the club through their recruitment of players. He said there were 27 athletes on their 85-man roster last year who played their minor football outside of Regina, so this award allows them to recognize the great work done by people to build the sport in places other than the Queen City. ⇢ B5 Football

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Special Olympics Estevan refocuses chapter of the organiza- we’ve got curling starting tion is trying to refocus its in the fall.” exposure to the public in an Andrist said a highAthletes from Estevan, effort to attract more fami- light of the bowling tournaWeyburn and Melville took lies into its social-builtding ment on Saturday was the over the lanes at Estevan programs. athletes being able to sport Bowl on Saturday for the “This year our bowling new Special Olympics Esannual Special Olympics starts in the fall again and tevan T-shirts that were Estevan bowling tourna- we’re looking for new peo- provided to the group by ment. ple to recruit,” said Andrist, sponsor Big D Lease SerBritta Andrist, a local noting interested families vice. The day out also gave contact for Special Olym- can contact the organiza- the group an opportunity to pics, said anybody with a tion through their Special socialize during the bowlphysical or mental disabil- Olympics Saskatchewan ing games and during the ity no matter what age can website. “We’re going to supper at St. Giles Anglican join the Special Olympics do bocce ball in the summer Church, which was catered LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS team. She said the local (as well as) swimming and by Estevan Bowl. She said

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“A lot of people forget about them when it comes to activities in the com-

munity, (but) they’re still a part of us,” said Andrist.

“The whole point is about socializing, have fun and meet some new people. It’s a peer group where a lot of families (or) parents are able to talk.”

Andrist added many young families don’t know where to go or how to get their special-needs child involved. She said contacting Special Olympics Saskatchewan is just the start they’re looking for.

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Members of the Special Olympics Estevan team prepare to meet clubs from Weyburn and Melville at their annual bowling tournament at Estevan Bowl on Saturday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Coal Country Run coming Estevan families can hit two birds with one stone at Woodlawn Park on May 14 by joining in the ninthannual Coal Country Run. The Coal Country Run will once again act as a fundraiser for the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games. In the past two years, the family-oriented run has raised $10,000 for the Summer Games committee.

The start and finish line of the run will be at the Souris Vally Theatre building. The format of the event is a five-kilometre and 10km run or walk beginning at a 10 a.m. start time. There will also be a children’s mini-mile walk/run with an

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Knight said they will also be holding a health and fitness expo in conjunction with the run for the first time this spring. She said the focus of the expo is to allow active people in the community to learn more about the services and products available in this area through interacting with various health and wellness

vendors who will be available before, during and after the run.

Early-bird registration for the Coal Country Run is being accepted until April 20 and the $40 fee will include a commemorative T-shirt. Registrations will be accepted until 8:45 a.m. on May 14, but the cost of signing up increases by $10 after April 20. Registration for the kids’ mini-mile event costs $25 and will include a medal and T-shirt.

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Estevan will welcome the best bantamage ballplayers to town this July for the baseball tournament portion of the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

Eight bantam teams comprised of the top 2001 and 2002-born baseball players in the province will compete in a two-pool tournament and medal-round at Cactus Park from July 24 to 27.

The strongest players in the tournament will then be selected to participate on Team Saskatchewan, which will go on to play against teams from other provinces.

Lindsay Clark, baseball representative for the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, said every year Baseball Saskatchewan holds a bantam selects tournament where each of the province’s eight zones puts a team in to battle for area supremacy and the players try to earn a spot on the provincial squad. He said every four years the Saskatchewan Summer Games becomes this bantam selects tournament and each kid who plays on one of these teams will be showcased and given a chance to excel against fierce competition.

“It’s a great experience for (kids) to come and play on a team and see where they fit in talent wise and that has always been the goal of it,” said Clark. “Everybody who makes the team gets to participate.”

The zone one team, which includes

players from Estevan and the southeast of the province, will be picked from tryouts at Cactus Park that will go on May 29 and June 12.

Corey Krafchuk, head coach of the zone one baseball team, said the majority of the kids who make the team will be playing on their own clubs before the Summer Games start, but they will try to schedule a few exhibition games before July 24 in addition to the practices they’ll be holding. He said the team’s roster will likely include players from the Alameda Southeast A’s and Weyburn Beavers bantam AAA teams as well as strong ballplayers who are playing in small communities in the zone.

Krafchuk said bantam selects tournaments in other years usually are focused towards second-year bantam players, but the Summer Games tournament allows the coaching staff to open up the roster to more firstyear kids. He said this is the first time he’s had the opportunity to lead a zone one team in his 15 years of coaching and he’s excited for the experience.

“I’m looking forward to it and I know a lot of the kids who I coach are really looking forward to it,” said Krafchuk, who regularly coaches the Weyburn bantam AAA Beavers.

“It’s a showcase for Saskatchewan baseball and a lot of these kids want to play on Team Sask when they get older and they want to play some college ball. This is certainly a good stepping stone for them where they’ll be watched to a degree during the Summer Games in Estevan.”

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Change coming to Estevan lacrosse

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The 2016 Estevan Minor Box Lacrosse (EMBL) season promises to be one of change for the association and its players.

EMBL co-president Jody Harris said the novice, peewee, bantam and midget teams will begin play in the Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse League (QCMBL) this season, realizing a dream that took years to make a reality. She said play in the QCMBL will allow the participating kids to take part in a more competitive series of contests during the year.

“One thing we didn’t have (before) was the advantage of playing on a regular basis,” said Harris. “There are some kids who played for five or six years, but they may have played 25 games all along.”

Harris said these kids will now play about 12 games during their lateApril to early-July regular season, which is eight more in a year than usual.

She said this means each

of the kids will have to be prepared to go hard on the floor at all times, so the biggest learning curve for them this season will be understanding they have to practise as hard as they play in games.

“It’s going to be a great year for development,” she said. “There was a bit of a skill-level gap, but now our age groups are slowly closing that gap, which is really good to see.”

The 2016 season will have around 135 kids take part in the EMBL, which is on par with last season’s record enrolment of 140 players. Thirty kids are currently enrolled in the mini-tyke and tyke programs, 25 are signed up for the novice division, 23 will play with the peewee team, 20 are slotted in for the bantam squad, 12 have registered for midget and 25 are expected to join the Estevan Harris Oilfield Impact senior team.

The EMBL will field one team in each minityke to midget division.

While the peewee to midget teams will play in the QCMBL, the 12 mini-tyke

kids and 18 tyke players will enjoy a season focused on having fun in their own backyard.

Harris said these teams will participate in a Moose Jaw, Regina and home festival during the season. The Estevan festival is tentatively scheduled for June 18 and will feature the mini-tyke and tyke teams take on squads from Moose Jaw and

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“It’s going to be a good year,” said Harris.

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I’m pretty excited for that and I think we’ve almost got everything pieced together.”

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Junior and senior lacrosse players heading to different destinations

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Local junior and senior lacrosse players will be playing for different cities in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League (PGLL) this season.

For the second straight year, the Estevan junior Big Dogs lacrosse team will not field a squad in the PGLL. Eligible players from this area will instead compete with the Moose Jaw Mustangs junior lacrosse team.

The Estevan Harris Oilfield Impact senior lacrosse team will play in the PGLL, but under new leadership and a very different lineup. In an effort to further grow the sport, Impact general manager Braydon Krahn said the team and new head coach Colin Fogarty will be holding open tryouts over their first few practices and anyone interested in playing is welcome to join.

“We’re just going to be

getting back into the flow of things,” said Krahn, noting the team will practise on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 p.m. at the Bienfait Memorial Arena before their regular season begins the last weekend in April with an away game versus the Saskatoon Brewers.

“We have a lot of new people coming in this year, so our first (practices are) going to be a lot of fundamentals.”

Krahn said athletes new to the Impact, which include players born in 1994 and older, or new to the sport are invited to try out. He said lacrosse is great for providing conditioning help in athletes as well as hand-eye coordination and anyone looking to gain an edge in their fitness level will benefit from taking up Canada’s game.

Jody Harris, co-president of Estevan Minor Box Lacrosse (EMBL), said there are six local athletes signed up to play

junior lacrosse and these kids will be suiting up for the Mustangs this season.

She said they need 20 to 25 players to field a team, so the decision was made to strengthen Moose Jaw’s club, which also didn’t have a junior squad in 2015, in an effort to give the kids a place to play.

Krahn said 2016 will be a growing year for the Impact considering all the new faces on the coaching staff and the roster. He said they do have some veteran players to help the rookies along, but the restructuring of the club is hoped to provide improved results on years past.

“We’re going to have a new coach this year and hopefully the guys can rally around that,” said Krahn. “We have plenty of individual skill, but we’re just going to focus on getting the team to synergize together and that is hopefully going to be enough for us.”

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Football development contributions awarded ⇠ B1 ment for the players. He said a great group of “If it wasn’t for all these people to help people led by ECS principal Mike Little and develop sport in all their communities, and vice-principal Walter Wood helped make that not just football, we wouldn’t thrive so much final step in Estevan minor football a reality in the city,” he said. “Take a look at everyone and the Murray Sawa Award is a lasting symbol of their in these small hard work. towns where these kids are “When the high school growing up and program hapit’s all about pened I had an the volunteers amazing group and the effort that they put -Brin Werrett, Regina Thunder of coaches who were there, so in.”

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Concert series brings Zachary Lucky to Estevan

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Zachary Lucky remains one of the hardestworking performers in Saskatchewan music, although he no longer maintains the rigorous travel schedule that he held for several years.

The country music singer, who recently moved from Saskatoon to Toronto, was at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) on April 1 to perform for the latest show in the EAGM’s After Dark concert series.

He was joined in Estevan by upright bass guitarist Mitchell Thomson and pedal steel guitarist Ian Cameron. They played about 15 songs, including some of Lucky’s most popular tunes and a few new songs from his upcoming album.

The concert in Estevan was part of Lucky’s most recent tour that took him to several provinces and U.S. states.

At one time, he performed at more than 200 shows per year, but he has reduced his work schedule so he can spend more time with his partner and their 11-month-old daughter.

“Raising kids, in this day and age, is such a blessing, but it’s a huge responsibility no matter what kind of work you’re in,” Lucky told the Mercury. “Doing what I do, it’s definitely not easy, but we’re lucky to have a really great family and a really great support system.”

He has toured a few times since his daughter was born, and it hasn’t created too much strain on the family.

It is good to have a reduced travel schedule.

He admits he was reaching a point where the travel was too much, and he recognizes there’s more to life than playing shows and making music.

“If you’re playing that much at barrooms all across Canada, you’re going to play to a lot more people than you would otherwise,” said Lucky.

“Touring that much for three or four years put me in … the position I am now, where I’m lucky enough to go to most cities in Canada and play in front of a good room full of people.”

Lucky alluded to his arduous travel schedule several times during the concert. But he also noted, before playing his final song, Saskatchewan, that he loves coming back to the province, and he treasures every moment he plays here.

At one point in the concert, he told the audience he thinks a lot about those whose work commitments take them away from home on a regular basis.

He loves playing at venues like the EAGM because of the intimate setting.

“It’s a little more intimidating, because they are really zoning in and honing in on what you are doing,” said Lucky.

Saskatchewan country music singer Zachary Lucky performed at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum on April 1 through the After Dark concert series.

He performed at the EAGM for the first time in 2012. He also appeared as an opening act for the EAGM’s inaugural Duelling Pianos cabaret in 2013 at the Wylie-Mitchell building.

Lucky hopes his new album will be released in September or October.

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“For the past few records, it’s been mostly guitars, fiddles and banjos, and it’s been very low key,” said Lucky. “And with this record, I wanted to do something a little bigger than anything I had done.”

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There was also a guitar solo during one of his songs, which wouldn’t have been heard in his previous full-length albums or extended play recordings.

“I’m really proud of it,” said Lucky. “I think it’s some of the best work I’ve ever done, and I’m really excited about it.”

Songs such as Come and Gone and Wild Rose Country that he performed at the EAGM will be found on the album.

The next concert in the After Dark series is scheduled for May 6, when Sean Hogan will be appearing. It will be the final show in the 2015-16 season.

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Chamber discouraged by Trudeau Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is receiving criticism locally for his recent comments about employment insurance and the state of the oil industry.

In an interview with Global Calgary last month, Trudeau suggested that people in Edmonton and Saskatchewan who complain of being left out of changes to employment insurance should feel fortunate their areas have not been hit harder by the sliding energy prices.

The federal budget boosted employment insurance benefits in some parts of the country, but excluded some areas of the oilpatch, including southern Saskatchewan.

Jackie Wall, the executive director of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, predicts that Trudeau would regret the statement.

“I was taken aback, and I think a lot of

people were,” she said.

While some might want the Prime Minister to visit the Energy City and get a first-hand look at the state of the oil sector, she believes Trudeau would have needed to be here a few years ago when the economy was thriving.

Even if he were to tour the worker camps that are now closed or aren’t as busy as they were a few years ago, he wouldn’t be able to grasp the full scale of the slowdown.

“You would think he would have a better sense of what’s going on by visiting the oilpatch,” said Wall. “He visited Calgary, but it didn’t really seem to make that big of an impact.”

Wall believes local people want to move forward with their businesses and look ahead to upcoming events like the Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup and the Sas-

katchewan Summer Games.

“We realize that the answers to what is happening right now are long-term,” said Wall. “These short-term programs aren’t going to do a lot to help, really, in an industry that is cyclical and has its ups and downs.”

Wall is originally from southwest Saskatchewan, and she said that part of the country has also been hit hard due to the lower oil prices. When she was in Swift Current, she could notice the difference compared to a couple years ago.

“There is a slowdown, all across the board, from what I’ve heard from chambers across Saskatchetwan,” said Wall.

In an effort to boost business during the slowdown, the chamber, the City of Estevan and the Rural Municipality of Estevan have resurrected the local economic development

committee. Its most recent meeting happened before Wall became the chamber’s executive director last June.

“There was an economic development plan that was done a couple years ago, and nothing has really been done to see it through,” said Wall.

They will also be working with the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, the Southeast College, the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce, and the White Bear, Pheasant Rump and Ocean Man First Nations to further the Southeast Education and Industry Council (SEIC).

Wall said they want to get the SEIC registered so they can apply for different grants, and work with the school system and industry to get students into programs that will benefit both young people and employers.

St. Joe’s 60 and Over Club report auxiliary raffle underway Three guests joined 25 members of the St. Joseph’s Health care Auxiliary for a meeting on March 21 with president Sharon Heinz presiding.

A memorial service was held for four of the auxiliary’s members who have recently passed away, including Jeanne Perry, Mary Hovind, Sofia Terhart and Beatrice Johnstone. All were honoured for their loyal service in various capacities.

The auxiliary has gratefully received knitting donations such as baby toques, sweater sets, headbands, bibs and lap robes from the faithful knitters.

Easter favours were presented to hospital patients. This has become a regular feature for each holiday event.

The auxiliary also reported their cash raffle tickets are now being sold by members and also through the Southern Plains Co-op

store on Thursdays and Saturdays. The prizes increase from $200 to $300 with the grand prize being $500.

The draws will be made on May 4 at the spring tea and bake sale.

Some members have indicated they will be attending the district meeting in Wolseley on April 26.

Following adjournment, the members and guests enjoyed some food and fellowship.

The next meeting is scheduled for April 18 beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the St. Joseph’s Hospital auditorium.

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Lawrence Russell Harris January 8, 1937 - March 29, 2016 Lawrence Russell Harris passed away in Estevan, Sask. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the age of 79 years.

Lawrence is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Sylvia (nee Fulmore); six children, Shirley (Alf) Mayberg of Regina, Kerry (Brenda) Harris of Blackfalds, AB, Charlene Lamoureux (Barry) of Leduc, AB, Murray Harris of Regina, Sharon Harris of (Torquay) and Trudy (Tom) Larsen of Glendon, AB. Lawrence will be lovingly remembered by his 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and his two remaining sisters, Alberta Rogers of Estevan and Gloria (Barry) Neilson of Regina as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Lawrence was predeceased by his parents, Lillian and Stanley Harris; sisters, Irene (George) Kuster, Dolores (Stewart) Miller, Aileen (Fenton) Elliot and brother-in-law Harvey Rogers.

A Memorial Service was held Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan, Sask. with Sandy Dalziel officiating.

A special Thank You to EMS & Estevan City Police, Victim Services and Hall Funeral Services for the kindness and compassion shown to our family.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK.

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Obituaries

MILLER, Gerald Dean October 1, 1934 – March 29, 2016 Gerald passed away peacefully in Kelowna General Hospital from lung complications on March 29, 2016.

He was born and raised in Bienfait, SK and was predeceased by his parents Flora and Zack Miller and younger sister Deanna. He leaves behind his loving wife of 50 years, Marion, as well as many friends and relatives.

In his younger years he played saxophone in a band, “The Blue Jays” with his cousin James and brother-in-law Bill.

He owned several businesses in his lifetime including the Melfort Dairy Queen for 19 years where he was greatly respected in the business community.

Gerald’s great love was spending time at his cottage at Kipabiskau Lake. He also loved travelling and golfing. After retirement he enjoyed living in Mesa for 6 months each year for 18 years. When he was unable to travel South, they moved to Kelowna, BC where he truly enjoyed his last years.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Springfield Funeral Home Family Center, 2020 Springfield Rd, Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www. springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

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St. Joseph’s Hospital relies on donations to fund equipment purchases. Your Memorial Gift honours your loved one and makes it possible for our hospital to continue providing quality care for Estevan and area residents.

A letter will be sent to the family acknowledging your gift; please include their name and address as well as your own. You will receive an income tax receipt.

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Your Guide to Area

Faith Lutheran Church Sunday Service 10:30 am Nicholson Centre Pastor Dan Krauss Phone: 306-471-8130 All Are Welcome Faithlc.ca

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship 10:30am Nursery & Children’s Ministries Available Sunday School at 9:30am

Friday Night Youth 7:30 pm (gr 7-12) Children’s Clubs -Wednesdays- 7-8 pm 140 King Street (across from Staples)

306.634.2601

www.estevanalliancechurch.com /estevanalliance

PASTORS: JIM KEDGE & WAYLON KLIX

Trinity Lutheran Church E.L.C.I.C.

Sunday Worship & Sunday School - 10am

738 - 2nd Street, Estevan Church Office: 306-634-5684 E: trinity.luth@sasktel.net Website: www.etlc.ca

THE SALVATION ARMY Estevan Community Church

10:30 a.m. - Sunday Service ALL WELCOME!

1302 - 8th St., Estevan Office Phone: 306-634-3116 Email: estevan.cofc@sasktel.net TIM PIPPUS

SUNDAY SERVICES: Bible Study - 10:00 a.m. • Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Evening Worship - Sunday and Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Bible studies on any subject can be arranged at your convenience. Please call us.

GOSPEL CHAPEL ESTEVAN

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

“Holding fast the faithful word”

ALL are Welcome!

306-634-2885 • 1418 3rd St. Estevan

REAL LIFE

REAL PEOPLE

10:00 am

Followed by coffee time 100 King Street, Estevan, Sask • (306) 634-8133 • livinghope-ca.org

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 130 Souris Ave. N. Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@sasktel.net

www.stpeterslutheranestevan.com

Wednesday: Club DJ for kids 6:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m. - Bible Study 10:30 a.m. - Divine Service with Holy Communion and Sunday School

An Associated Gospel Church

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

Phone: 306-634-2190

Fax: 306-634-6845

Pastor: Father Brian Meredith Associate Priest: Father Thuy Nguyen

MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m.

REAL GOD

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Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday: Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

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EMAIL: stpaulsuc@sasktel.net Website: stpaulsestevan.ca

CHURCH OF CHRIST

PASTOR STEWART MILLER

Coffee & Fellowship after Worship

Sunday Worship Service and Sunday School • 11:00 am

Sunday Worship

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His Glory Bible Church

(Light of Life Ministries International) Join us in Glorious Praise and Worship With: Pastors Dr. and Mrs. Jimi Akinsete Where: Westview School 1607 2nd Street, Estevan When: 10am on Sundays Experience Healing, Deliverance and Breakthroughs

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The Estevan Christian Women’s After Five Club enjoyed music and a couple of speeches during their most recent meeting on March 16.

Thirty-seven women enjoyed a buffet meal at the Wicklow Café to kick off the meeting.

The first speaker was local realtor Gale Tytlandsvik from Century 21 Border Real Estate Service. She provided some valuable tips for current and potential homeowners, and spoke on how the local economy has affected the real estate market.

“There’s always a market, whether it be a buyer’s market or a seller’s market,” she said.

It’s not all doom and gloom in the Energy City, she said, as 18 homes have sold since January and there were five sales pending at the time of the meeting.

However, housing prices have dropped by about 10 to 15 per cent.

Tytlandsvik maintains people who are thinking of putting their home on the market should use a realtor for several reasons. Realtors have access to all the Multiple Listing Services data, they can provide an objective evaluation of a home and, quite often, they can hold a deal together.

Guest speaker Debbie Palsky and her daughter,

Charlene Eefting, travelled from Calgary and provided an entertaining experience.

Eefting sang two songs, Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts and Blessings

by Laura Story, which fit nicely with her mother’s story.

Palsky, a third time presenter at the After Five Club suppers in Estevan, spoke directly to many gathered when she started her presentation by saying “Change, you can’t avoid it.”

She went on to describe some changes she was certainly not prepared for in her life. She had seen them happen to others, but never imagined they would happen to her. Those changes ranged from her early fears of changing schools as a child, to when she lost her husband to cancer.

“God comforts us in trials and tribulations so he can use our experiences to help in other people’s lives,” she said.

She described how the loss of her husband eventually led to her randomly writing to widows she learns about through obituary columns. It’s a practice she continues to this day.

She remembers a prayer she said when she became a widow, which mentioned being willing to move to Siberia if that was God’s plan. Eventually, she settled in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

This is where she met her second husband. To-

gether, their blended family with six children moved to Colombia to do some mission work, and then two years later they came back to Canada to live in Red Deer, Alberta and eventually Calgary.

“God in his goodness has led me through changes in my life,” she said. “May God bless you as you walk through changes in your life now, and the changes that are yet to come.”

The April After Five Club supper meeting will be held at the Living Hope Community Church on April 20. Rebecca Westling, the destination marketing and communications consultant with the City of Estevan, will be the local featured speaker.

Westling will update the guests on what is going on in and around Estevan.

Estevan’s Filipino Choir will provide the music.

Guest speaker Tandy Balson from Airdrie, Alberta, will deliver a speech titled If Better is Possible, is Good, Good Enough? Balson is a Big Brothers/Big Sisters volunteer who has written two books. She will have some copies of her books for sale.

Coffee and tea will be at 6:30 p.m. and supper is at 7 p.m. People are asked to RSVP by April 18. For more information on RSVP Ministries, the organization the After Five Club is affiliated with, go to their website at www.rsvpministries.com.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while exhibiting advanced decision making skills. â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to prioritize demands and work independently To thrive in this environment, you will have a desire to make a difference. Be part of our prospering community, and a challenging work environment while still maintaining a strong work life balance.

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This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

SUMMER STUDENTS

Assist in green space beautification, playground, park, and sports field operations.

Grass cutting and weed whipping.

Parks and playground maintenance.

Maintain trees, shrubs, and flowering plants.

Must enjoy working outdoors.

The City of Estevan is looking for energetic, self-motivated, and team focused individuals to join our summer team. Enjoy the summer weather while learning new skills, building relationships, and contributing to a growing, thriving community.

We are currently accepting applications. This is a tremendous opportunity for you to: Earn money for your post-secondary education.

Obtain real life working experience and explore career options.

Come home or stay home for the summer while working great hours.

Work with a talented team that operates, manages, and grows your City.

Begin building a career in the Public Sector

Tourism Booth Operate and maintain the Estevan Visitor Information Centre Book and promote Energy Tours.

Promote local attractions and events Tracking and maintaining merchandise levels

Public Works â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Road Staff Street and sidewalk repairs, crack sealing, asphalt patching and maintenance.

Line painting, curbs, signs and cross walks Physical labour and traffic sign repairs.

Must be responsible, able to take direction and desire to complete tasks in a timely manner.

Resumes will be accepted until the positions are filled. The City of Estevan is proud to offer an excellent salary for summer students. To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to: Aubrey Agarand, Human Resources 1102-4th Street Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 Ph: (306) 634-1841 Fx: (306) 634-9790 apply@estevan.ca

Public Works â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water & Waste Water Assist in activities involving storm and sewer maintenance.

Water valve exercising, hydrant maintenance.

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THE PINTEREST CHALLENGE When: April 28, May 26, June 30 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Cost: $25/ person/ session

AFTER DARK When:May 6 (Sean Hogan) Time: Doors open at 8:00pm Cost: $20/ person, tickets available at the door

SOUTH SASK PHOTO CLUB WITH JON GILLIES When: March 29, April 26, May 31, June 28 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Cost: $25/ person for an annual membership

PRINTMAKING When: May 10, June 7 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Cost: $15/ person/ session

ART JOURNALING When: April 20, May 18, June 15 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM Cost: $20/ person for an annual membership

VIP MEMBERS ONLY EVENTS If you are an EAGM member, these events are free for you, our valued cultural supporters. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Pre-registration and a minimum of 5 registrants is required.

ART IN MOTION When: June 2 @ 7:00pm

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SOCIABLES When: April 8 (Weather permitting) Time: Meeting at 6:00pm Cost: $25 ART GOUGH When: April 12 (Ages 5-7), April 19 (Ages 8-10) Time: 10:00 - 11:00am (March 22), 4:00 - 5:00pm (April 12 and 19) Cost: $5/ child/ session FAMILY ART When: April 7, 14, 21,28 May 2, 5, 19, 26 June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Time: 10:00 - 10:30am Cost: $10/ family/ month

YOGA AND ART When: April 22 (Ages 7-10), May 24 (Ages 7-10) Time: 9:00 - 12:00 AM Cost: $20/ child/ session or $30 for both sessions DROP INTO ART AFTER SCHOOL When: April 6,13,20,27 May 4,11,18,25 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Cost: $5/ child/ session ARTIST IN THE MAKING: SUMMER ART CAMPS When: July 4-7, 14, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28 Time: 9:00am-noon or 1:00-4:00pm Cost: $60/ child/ camp

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Only $250

tax

Good for ten (10) round robin games and three (3) elimination playoff games.

Contact the Bruins OFFICE at (306) 634-7730 or Email: bruins cap.estevan.sk.ca PLEASE NOTE TICKETS ARE â&#x20AC;&#x153;ASSIGNED SEATINGâ&#x20AC;?

AND SEAT RESERVATIONS ARE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS! Tournament passes are good for one game at a time and one admittance at a time. Passes can be shared amongst multiple people but only for admittance to one game at a time.

City Bylaw 2005-1711 Property Maintenance With the warm weather fast approaching, the City of Estevan would like to remind all residences and businesses in the city to keep their properties free of: Garbage and junk; Household appliances/furniture; Junked vehicles; Excessive growth of weeds, grass, shrubs, trees, etc.; Dangerous or hazardous materials; Pet wastes The Estevan Police Service Bylaw Enforcement Officer will be conducting inspections of properties within the city for the compliance with this Bylaw throughout 2016. Please ensure your property meets the requirements of bylaw 2005-1711.

Copies of the bylaw can be obtained upon request at City Hall.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CITY CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT

306-634-1800

B12 April 6, 2016

Estevan Mercury

I Know My Bu siness

306.421.3170

Serving Estevan & Area For Over 25 Years Let My Experience Work For You

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Diane Jocelyn 1279 Veterans Crescent

MLS#®563426

1335 sq. ft.

4 bed | 3 bath $495,000

1913 Westview Place

MLS#®561675

1028 sq. ft.

4 bed | 2 bath $281,900

#201 - 408 Heritage Drive

MLS#®561683

1240 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $270,000

#201 - 1601 First Street

MLS#®562894

820 sq. ft.

2 bed | 1 bath $184,900

Hitchcock Development Land

Hitchcock MLS#®561670

$750,000

89 Foord Crescent

Macoun MLS#®561542

1520 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $269,000

Low Interest Rates Large Selection Free Market Evaluation 642 Second Street

4 bed | 3 bath $412,000

MLS#®561659

1086 sq. ft.

1438 Second Street

MLS#®561003

1830 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $299,000

3 - 1250 Eighth Street

2 bed | 1.5 bath $245,000

22 West Valley Village

MLS#®561018

1520 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $179,900

RM of Estevan

Estevan MLS#®562006

$399,000

#18 - 408 Heritage Drive

2 bed | 2 bath $294,500

MLS#®565012

1243 sq. ft.

#205 - 701 Henry Street

MLS#®561662

2 bed | 1 bath $234,900

902 First Street

MLS#®561563

768 sq. ft.

Hitchcock MLS#®561658

1414 sq. ft.

461 Willow Bay

4 bed | 3 bath $349,000

MLS#®561676

1232 sq. ft.

1337 Eighth Street

MLS#®562945

1040 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $290,000

#2 - 416 Heritage Drive

MLS#®561030

640 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $215,000

#203 - 521 Albert Street

2 bed |1 bath $174,000

3 bed | 2 bath $395,000

MLS#®565434

840 sq. ft.

2 bed | 1 bath $159,000

206 First Street

Hitchcock MLS#®563424

7 bed | 4 bath $385,000

2400 sq. ft.

342 Michel Avenue

Frobisher Acreage

RM of Benson

Macoun MLS#®561008

Frobisher MLS#®561677

Benson MLS#®561681

5 bed | 2 bath $224,900

RM of Enniskillen #3

North Portal MLS#®561516

Oxbow MLS#®561679

Hitchcock Lots

1900 sq. ft.

2 Meadowlark Drive

100 Clare Street

1216 sq. ft.

4 bed | 4 bath $369,900

MLS#®561685

856 sq. ft.

1040 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $165,000

#2 - 537 Second Street

$95,000

1525 sq. ft.

3 bed | 1 bath $219,000

20 Acres

Estevan

$89,500

MLS#®561660

1220 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $319,000

818 Third Street

MLS#®560853

1385 sq. ft.

3 bed | 3 bath $279,000

17 West Valley Village

MLS#®561019

1544 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $195,000

1127 Fifth Street

MLS#®564473

$115,000

1600 sq. ft.

568 Sorlein Avenue

Macoun MLS#®561554

940 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $285,000

110 Markhov Place

$175,000

Stoughton MLS#®561680

1216 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $169,900

109 Main Street

404 - Fourth Street

Stoughton MLS#®561016

Frobisher MLS#®560855

1220 sq. ft.

227 Main Street

1809 Dieppe Crescent

3 bed | 1 bath $84,000

1194 sq. ft.

3 bed | 2 bath $59,500

Roche Percee

For all my listings and access to all mls listings go to my website at Hitchcock

Starting at

$57,500

Stoughton MLS#®561682

768 sq. ft.

2 bath $29,000

Roche Percee

1216 sq. ft.

4 bed | 2 bath $267,500

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