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Cornerstone victimized again by trusted employee By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
New Year’s Baby Kellan Bath checked into the world at 5:15 a.m. on Jan. 1, making him Estevan’s first baby born in 2016. Kellan at seven pounds and four ounces and just under 20 inches, was born to Katie and Josh Bath, a brother for Aurora (pictured with her new brother) and brother Kain.
Council receives little feedback for budget By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
For the second straight year, Estevan city council has received little public feedback for its budget deliberations. Council held their first public discussions about the budget during their meeting on Monday night. But the only person to speak to council about the document was Jackie Wall, the executive director of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, who brought forward some concerns from the business community. The messages were sent to the chamber’s office during the Christmas holidays.
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The chamber followed up with the responses, and Wall told council at Monday night’s meeting they will send council a summary report. She expects many chamber members will be concerned about the new business license bylaw that is coming into effect. “I believe we will have more questions on that from our membership, and they’ll want more clarification,” said Wall. “The city has been very forthcoming in getting all that information to us prior, so we have time to go through it, and so that we have knowledge of it as the comments and questions come in.” The city’s property
tax gap is also a source for concern in the business community. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business calculates the property tax gap each year by dividing the commercial property tax by the residential property tax for properties worth $200,000. Estevan’s property tax number was 3.29, meaning commercial property taxes were more than triple their residential counterparts. Estevan ranked 14th out of the 15 cities in the province. Wall said she received three or four correspondences. But the chamber office was closed during the Christmas holidays, so
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she will continue to accept letters and emails for the next few days. Jeff Ward, who is the city manager and the acting city treasurer, admitted he was disappointed that nobody else voiced concerns at Monday night’s meeting. Council was hopeful the public feedback would have come in before Monday night. “People were always asking for transparency. They wanted more information,” said Ward. “And now we’re taking the steps to do that, and we’re still getting nothing back. You’re still going to have the people who come in just to complain without being here Feedback ⇢ A2
The South East Cornerstone Public School Division has had to contend with another financial loss due to intentional corrupt actions by an employee. It’s the second fraudulent incident to hit the division within the past year. The most recent information was contained in the report by the Ministry of Education concerning financial losses to school divisions due to fraudulent or disruptive behaviour by employees between September of 2014 to the end of November 2015. The incident in the Cornerstone division occurred in December of 2014 when an employee intentionally destroyed computer system data that impaired the division’s ability to run its computer management software. The damage to the school division was $5,425 with Cornerstone being able to recover just $3,000 from the unnamed employee who had resigned his position on the Monday morning following his weekend sabotage. “He terminated his employment himself and left on his own accord. The act was intentional and when he tendered his immediate resignation and then we discovered we couldn’t access the management program, it wasn’t difficult putting the pieces together,” said Shelley Toth, chief financial officer for the public school division. The formal name for the sabotaged sector was Systems Centre Configuration Management Software. “We have large groups of computers that can be managed from central locations by rolling the software out to them. It helps larger businesses like ours to work with others remotely,” said Toth who added the division’s computer system didn’t shut down, just the management segment. The costs were stacked up through the amount of employee time spent on the corrections and
that included Cornerstone personnel as well as Microsoft experts. Toth said there were both “hard and soft costs involved in this situation.” It took three days to restore the management software system. After the employee left, follow-up contact with him was made through Cornerstone’s legal department which negotiated the partial repayment scheme. Toth said it was not known if the former employee had gained employment elsewhere in the province. “We didn’t collect the full amount. That was something our lawyers decided to settle on with his lawyers, I suppose. They didn’t want to take the issue to court.” Cornerstone also fell victim to a long-distance telephone fraud incident last year which resulted in over $8,000 in costs to the division with partial repayment by the perpetrator of about $5,000 also being the end result. That incident was reported earlier. Toth said the matter was brought to the board and was discussed with the school division’s auditors. The person who sabotaged the software was in the technical department and therefore had access to the management systems. The former employee held a trusted position within that section, and therefore the auditing team determined there wasn’t much that could have been done to prevent this particular incident since it was a matter of the employee belying the trust that had been placed in him to operate in a professional manner. The only other financial loss in the province in the Education Ministry’s last reporting period was suffered by the Northwest School Division where a third party breached the division’s voice mail system and therefore was able to charge fraudulent long-distance phone calls to the school division. That matter cost the Northwest School Division $5,326, with insurance covering all but $1,000 of that loss.
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Feedback still being accepted for budget ⇠ A1 to put their face and name forward, and say ‘These are the issues we have with it.’” Ward received a few phone calls and inquiries, but those were from people seeking clarification on the effects of the budget, and not comments on the process or the contents. Those people seemed satisfied with the response. He believes council would be very receptive to ideas proposed by the public. If people want to submit their concerns, they can send a letter or an email to city hall, or they ask to speak at the next council meeting on Jan. 18. “We’ll see if anything comes out of this meeting in regards to some citizens sending us emails or other feedback,” said Ward. If there isn’t a substantial amount of feedback on the budget, then Ward said the expectation would be to approve the financial plan on Jan. 18. “We’re still going to take feedback, and we’re going to take that into consideration when we’re passing the budget for its final phases,” said Ward. Councillor Greg Hoffort, speaking during the inquiries portion of the meeting, said he hopes a few people will engage council on the budget, to help them with the decision-making process. “Let us know, whether it’s personally, or coming to a council meeting or approaching the city manager,” said Hoffort. Mayor Roy Ludwig said any feedback they receive would be appreciated, and they are happy to answer questions. “In this era of the Cities Act, and more and more transparency, this is something we look forward to, and I think it’s better for the public as well,” said Ludwig. The city sought public input on the 2015 budget document, but they received only a few letters and emails, and nobody showed up for a budget meeting in late January of last year to offer their thoughts on the document. Despite the lack of response, it was decided to try the same process again, but it has yielded minimal results. Details for the budget haven’t changed since it was released to the public in mid-December. It’s expected there will be a five per cent property tax increase and a 10 per cent increase on water consumption rates this year. The budget projects operating fund revenues of $26.18 million and expenses of $24.64 million, for a surplus of $1.54 million before capital expenses. The utility fund will have revenues of $6.85 million and operating expenses of $5.41 million, for a pre-capital surplus of $1.43 million. The budget also calls for $4.44 million in capital expenses, which would leave the city with a deficit of $1.46 million. The city is slated to borrow $1.5 million to offset the deficit, but will also pay down $4.1 million in debt, for net debt payments of $2.6 million. HOLY FAMILY R.C.S.S.D. # 140
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Ludwig sets 2016 stage The past year brought challenges and accomplishments for the City of Estevan, according to Mayor Roy Ludwig, and he expects the next 12 months will be very busy in the community. Ludwig delivered his annual new year’s address at Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council. There were challenges for the community in the past 12 months, due to the downturn in the local economy, but he is hopeful 2016 will see a turnaround. A couple of large infrastructure projects were completed in 2015. One was the rehabilitation and resurfacing of the runways at the Estevan Airport – a project that received significant funding from the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program. Also resurfaced were Sixth Street from 13th Avenue to Souris Avenue South, and Souris Avenue South from Sixth Street to Fourth Street. The city made strides to complete asphalt patches for pavement torn up by water main breaks, and Ludwig said they wants the patches to be completed in a more timely fashion. As for beautification efforts, there was some work completed on the Kensington Greens park and the new Padwick Park opened. Work started on the boulevards at the north entrance to
the city and on the new splash park in the Royal Heights Veterans’ Memorial Park, and both should be finished this year. Economic development and tourism services were shifted from the Estevan Chamber of Commerce to the city. Manpreet Sangha and Rebecca Westling, who had been working for the chamber, are now at city hall. “Already we are seeing positive results,” said Ludwig. Negotiations are ongoing with the Estevan Police Association, whose collective bargaining agreements with the city expired on Dec. 31. Other highlights from last year included upgrades at the city’s landfill, city hall, the city yard and the waste water treatment plant; improvements for information-technology services, and the completion of job analysis evaluations for in-scope and out-of-scope employees. A citizen satisfaction survey was also completed. Highlights for 2016 will include completing the refurbishment of Milne Crescent, and resurfacing Kensington Avenue north of King Street. The food and beverage contract at Affinity Place, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins ice rental agreement and the fire services
City and CUPE reach agreement The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 726, which represents the unionized staff working for the City of Estevan, has reached a new collective bargaining agreement with the city. The pact was reached
in late December and officially approved on Jan. 4, just days after the previous agreement expired. The new CBA will expire on Jan. 31, 2018. Glenys Baerg, who was the chair for the CUPE negotiating team, said there
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agreement with neighbouring rural municipalities have to be negotiated. Ludwig said council is looking forward to the 2016 Western Canada Cup Junior A hockey tournament and the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, and they hope to see fantastic support for both events. *** Council awarded the chemical tenders for the water treatment plant. Brenntag Canada was awarded three contracts: chlorine for $16,384.03, ammonium sulphate for $9,345 and fluoride for $10,659.60. Aluminum sulphate will go to Border Chemical for $73,710. ClearTech received the sodium hydroxide solution tender for $45,570, and Univar was awarded the potassium permanganate tender for $20,370. *** Council gave three readings to a new procedural bylaw. Many of the changes in the bylaw have been brought about due to a conflict of interest investigation in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood that resulted in the reeve being removed from office. Many municipalities are moving forward with similar legislation. The province expects all cities to enact the new guidelines by Jan. 19.
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will be a six per cent wage increase over three years, with a 1.6 per cent jump this year, a two per cent hike for 2017 and a 2.4 per cent increase in 2018. “We think it’s fair, because of the way the economy is right now,” Baerg told the Mercury. The other notable change in the CBA is for employees going on maternity leave. Previously an employee had to go on employment insurance immediately after their maternity leave began, without any benefits. But if the employee agrees to return to work for at least six months after the maternity leave ends, the city will pay up to 90 per cent of their wages for the first two weeks of the leave, while continuing to provide
benefits. Fifteen of the 22 CUPE members who voted on the deal were in favour. Majority support was needed for the CBA to be approved. Baerg said the negotiations were “very amicable,” a sentiment echoed by Mayor Roy Ludwig, who chaired the city’s negotiating committee. “We had good communications at the table, we were able to discuss all of the ongoing issues openly, and came to a collective agreement fairly quickly,” said Ludwig. Three negotiating sessions were needed to reach a deal. Ludwig noted both sides were fairly close when discussions began. Next week’s edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
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The Summer of ’71, filled with action on all fronts By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
It was the usual, almost predictable start to the new year in 1971, a general flow of news and business in Estevan, but by the time summer rolled around, there was plenty of chaoticlike action to record for the pages of the Mercury. For instance, in the middle of June, the Estevan Bruins owners, Bill Shinske and Ernie “Punch” McLean announced they were moving the franchise to New Westminster, B.C., thus ending a 15-year love affair with our city. Or so it seemed. The previous year the team had brought Bobby Hull to town to help with a local season-ticket drive that resulted in an additional 400 season tickets being sold, but even that wasn’t enough. As luck would have it though, the Bruin legacy was not lost, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves on the chronological order of things, so more on that later. So while the Bruins were packing the semitrailer, the sporting front was hailing the success of the Estevan Ace Mud Mets, the 1970 provincial juvenile champions who were now ready to take a run at a junior title. They got off to a good 5-0 start with a double-header victory over the Regina Maroons and Melville Millionaires thanks to the pitching expertise of the likes of lefthander Ron Friess and the hitting of Doug Overbo and Bob Burns Jr. On the scholastic front, it was no less exciting. The two-year old Estevan Comprehensive School had a graduating class of 189 students and student population of over 800. But troubles were brewing as teacher cuts were looming and there were rumours of resignations on the horizon. On the civic governance level, more confusion as city councillors (or aldermen as they were called then) took sides on the issue of parking configurations in the city. Was it to be parallel parking or angle parking in the city’s
central business district? Coun. Phil Attrill took the Mercury to task in a public manner, lamenting the fact the local newspaper had not taken a stance on the issue. That criticism arose just minutes before councilors adjourned to an in-camera (private) session with media and public excluded, to discuss the issue. They later emerged with the decision to give parallel parking a two-week mandated extension. Shortly after this little civic rumble began, it was reported that Chief Constable Ross Pollack’s contract with the city would not be renewed and in an unrelated matter, Coun. Frank Mather said he was stepping down only five months after being re-elected. He cited personal reasons for the reason and the community acknowledged that Mather had served the city before in admirable fashion and would be missed. Pollock’s dismissal, on the other hand, caught one councillor, Russ Brown, by surprise. He said he had missed the in-camera meeting where the decision had apparently been made and the announcement in the public council chambers had caught him off guard as it did the majority of local citizens. Mayor Ida Petterson responded that it was unfortunate that Brown “hadn’t come to the right meeting,” on the night in question. Perhaps leaving the implication that his campaign was taking precedent over his council duties. Media inquiries about the Pollock dismissal resulted in Petterson stating only that “council had to consider the matter,” while the rest of the councillors uttered a series of “no comments,” as did Pollock when he was questioned by the Mercury. On the provincial governance front, an election campaign was in full swing with Estevan area MLA Ian MacDougall attempting to hold his seat while former MLA and noted NDP supporter Russ Brown attempted to wrest it away. A local Liberal rally brought Premier Ross Thatcher into
The Ace Mud Mets, including “Shorts” Martin (left) and Doug Overbo, surrounded winning pitcher Wayne Schell as the Estevan junior baseball team advanced to the national finals in 1971. Estevan and a week later, an NDP youth rally saw that party’s deputy-leader Roy Romanow in the Energy City. The rumours about cuts at ECS, proved to be correct when it was announced by the local school board that the teaching staff at the Comp would be reduced from 43 to 40
full time educators. There were 12 resignations with just two of them being retirements. Principal Ed Lucotch and one vice-principal Ray Petrowitsch were among those resigning. Ted Jankoski would remain as the other vice-principal. But it wasn’t all negative news on the high school front. The newspaper pages
carried a couple of reports regarding the outstanding successes of the ECS Marching Elecs band and their majorettes who had been afforded a standing ovation from a crowd of over 1,500 in the Moose Jaw Civic Auditorium during their appearance at the Band City’s annual Music Festival. The Elecs scored
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Mets and Bruins dominated sports headlines ⇠ A3 Murray Meachem who had worked with them for hours during their three-days a week rehearsal schedules. On the business reporting field, the huge dragline from Wales was photographed as it was being reassembled to be put into service by M&S Mines, south of Estevan. By mid-June the Bruin announcement had been finalized. McLean noted that New West, being a larger city (50,000 population) with a larger arena that could seat 5,300 and with access to an immediate market area of 1.2 million was something they needed in order to pay the bills and the 2,000 seat Civic Auditorium and a 40,000 market area, could not fill that need. The WCHL would then be split into two divisions with the West division being comprised of Vancouver, Victoria, New Westminster, Calgary, Edmonton and new comer Medicine Hat that had been granted a franchise a year earlier. In the Eastern Conference would be Saskatoon, Regina, Swift Current, Brandon, Winnipeg and Flin Flon. Later that summer, four of McLean’s big bad brawling Bruins were drafted by NHL teams with defencemen Glen Irwin, Ed Sidebottom and Yvon Bilodeau along with centre Dave Bonter being picked up. Irwin, the first of the Estevan Bruins to go in the draft was taken as the ninth pick in the third round. Bonter was the 16th pick in the third round going to Boston while Sidebottom was selected by Montreal as the fourth pick in the fourth round.
Bilodeau was taken sixth in the eighth round. The first overall pick that year was Guy Lafleur while Marcel Dionne went second. The top pick from the WCHL that year was Gene Carr from Flin Flon, selected in the No. 4 slot right after Jocelyn Guevremonth. Richard Martin was claimed by Buffalo at No. 5. Within two and a half months though, the New Bruins were announced as a replacement for the Old Bruins and they would toil in the now 10-team Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Estevan would take up a spot in the southern division with Regina’s two teams along with Moose Jaw, Weyburn and Notre Dame. Within a week, it was announced the new Bruins had worked out a fresh deal with the City of Estevan regarding operations of the Civic Auditorium, but it was then determined by the new committee the style of arrangements used by the former Bruins, wasn’t going to work with a new publicly owned franchise. Gary McKechney was named coach, the Bruins had a new 16-member board of directors who set out to raise $10,000 in seed capital following a meeting that was attended by 35 people. A series of $200 loans would form the financial nucleus. Local restaurant owner/developer George Sereggela bought the first membership (loan) and Ray Frehlick was elected the team’s first president with Jack Teal being elected vice-president. The first budget, it was determined would be set somewhere between $26,000 and $30,000. Back on the civic front,
Torgeson Park was officially dedicated, former police Chief Pollock was suing the city and Mayor Petterson personally for between $40,000 and $100,000. That matter was settled quietly and non-publically after the paperwork had been filed, for an undisclosed amount with the public accounts showing the city had presented Pollock with his “final paycheque of $1,005” in late summer. Back to baseball, the Mets kept rolling along, claiming the provincial title in an exciting final series against the Saskatoon TBirds at Saskatoon’s Cairns Field. The Mets captured the title in the second game of a double-header 7-6 after they had lost earlier in the day by a 5-3 count. The first game in the best-of-three final had been won by the Mets at Met Stadium in Estevan, 7-4. Doug Overbo, Brian Burness, Friess and the Drader brothers, Larry and Daryl along with “Shorts” Martin played key roles in the victories as did left hander Wayne Schell who had stymied TBird batters at the juvenile level a year earlier with his curve ball and change up combinations. Overbo had pitched no-hit ball and struck out 11 over seven innings in downing Weyburn in earlier playoff action and also wielded a big bat as did Burness who pitched and played centre field. The victory earned the Mets the right to represent Saskatchewan in the National finals which, as luck would have it, was slated for North Battleford that year. The Mets, short of pitching arms, were allowed to pick up four players from other Saskatchewan teams
so coach Don Dupuis and manager Ray Frehlick chose catcher Ken McEachern, pitcher Bob Currie and outfielder Doug Simon from Regina and left handed pitcher, first baseman Bob Fawcett from the T-Birds. The Mets failed to win a game at the nationals though, going down in four straight games including opening day defeats to Nova Scotia and the favoured Quebec team in a night cap game that wasn’t completed until 1 a.m. the next morning. Quebec went on to win the title. The Mets, realizing they were overmatched, still had a great time, in spite of key injuries and the realization that in a tournament of this calibre they needed 10 or 11 pitchers, not the usual five or six. They were also hampered by the fact that Overbo, their ace right hander had been declared ineligible for the nationals since he was an American citizen. A Crosby N.D. native, Overbo would have had to establish his resi-
dency in Canada by March 31 in order to qualify. His bat as well as pitching prowess in the regular season and provincial playoffs had been well documented including a 405 foot home run blast in the fourth inning against the T-Birds in the third game. Coach Dupuis laughingly declared the Met dugout “an official disaster area,” and sent the team’s young borrowed bat boy Roger the Dodger to the bullpen to warm up “in case we need you at 1:30 in the 10th inning if we can tie this game.” The Quebec team picked up on the fun of seeing a 10-year-old warming up, and started doing a phantom warm-up, sans baseball in their own bullpen, partly to keep warm as the winds howled and rain spattered down on the participants as a crowd of over 1,000 spectators dwindled to less than 100 as midnight came and went. On other sporting fronts, Bill Tholl of Este-
van captured the provincial Junior Golf Title with a 3 and 2 victory over Kirk McGregor of Regina in the tournament hosted at Woodlawn Golf Club. As the summer rolled to a conclusion, it was reported as being one of the busiest summers on record for the Estevan supervised playparks, Russ Brown defeated Ian MacDougall for the MLA’s seat by 230 votes as the NDP rolled to a 45 to 15 seat majority in the legislature in a huge reversal of fortune and within the next few months, former Premier Ross Thatcher would be dead. As a final note, as the summer exit began, Estevan had a new police Chief in home grown candidate Ray Worsnop and the councillors and business community continued to bicker over parallel parking versus angle parking with parallel, obviously winning in the end, with or without editorial commentary from this newspaper.
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Christmas campaign sets new record By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca
The Salvation Army in Estevan received record-setting support for its annual campaigns in December. Major Heather Harbin, speaking with the Mercury on Monday afternoon, said they received more than $115,000 in donations in the weeks leading up to Christmas, which eclipsed their goal of $85,000. “We were really overwhelmed with the generosity of the people in Estevan and the surrounding area,” said Harbin. The kettle campaign generated approximately $36,000, which was a little better than their $35,000 goal. Kettles were set up at several locations in the city for much of December, and people deposited donations of varying amounts. The letter appeal accounted for the
remaining $79,000, which was significantly higher than their $50,000 goal. The Salvation Army received about $96,200 in donations through their 2014 campaigns. Harbin believes the growing need for the Salvation Army’s services, as a result of the ongoing economic downturn, inspired many people to give a little more at Christmas time. “I thank those who have stepped up to the plate, and said ‘We’re going to help those who don’t (have) this time,’” said Harbin. Volunteers threw their support behind the campaigns. The Salvation Army had approximately 100 individual volunteers, and another 25 companies and service groups ring bells at the kettles. “A lot of people did double duty,” said Harbin. “They would say ‘If you get a call, and someone can’t make it, give me
some Christmas teddy bears, and a few other things. “It was a perfect ending to the Christmas season. She was happy, and we were so happy.” This year’s campaign was the first in Estevan for Harbin and her husband Wilf; they were transferred from Trail, B.C., to Estevan in July. She said the campaigns in Estevan were different from anything she has experienced, and the Harbins have been through a lot of Christmas campaigns. “I was really impressed with the generosity, and with people asking, being concerned and wondering how we were doing,” she said. “It was an amazing couple of weeks.” The money raised through the campaigns will be directed towards the Salvation Army’s initiatives at Christmas time and throughout the year.
a call and I’ll help you out.’ That’s always great to have them on board.” The food bank wasn’t forgotten at Christmas time, either. They received about 8,500 pounds of food, leaving the food bank almost at capacity and not lacking in any particular food group. It should be enough food to get them through the winter months, which is a situation they want to be in after Christmas. The Salvation Army also received more than 1,200 teddy bears during the Estevan Mercury Teddy Bear Toss Game between the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins and the Kindersley Klippers in December. Some of those bears have already been distributed. “We even had someone come in on Christmas Eve,” said Harbin. “We were having our service, and a lady came in, and needed a couple things that had been forgotten. We were able to give them
Provincial park fees being hiked modestly The cost of spending time in Saskatchewan’s provincial parks is going up. Visitation to these parks set a new record in 2015 with close to 3.9 million visits. In return, the provincial government invested $10 million over a four-year period for park upgrades and additions. The preparation schemes indicate an increase in park fees are being implemented to enable continued increases in visitations and access to quality infrastructure. “Costs to operate the provincial parks continue to increase and in order to continue to provide a high level of service to a steadily increasing number of visitors,
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with non-electric sites increasing by $37 to $987 while economy sites will be raised by $30 to $780. Group camping rates for small, medium and large gatherings using sites with electricity, are being increased by just four dollars at $112, $168 and $224, respectively. Similar rate increases are imposed for non-electric and economy sites, too. The vehicle entry fees are going up by $5 for annual passes, making them $55 with weekly passes moving up from $25 to $28 and daily passes going up a buck to $8. This represents the first minor
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Sustainability anybody? Now that our city has re-established and hopefully stabilized its inner administration workforce, it might be an opportune time for our civic leaders to set their sights on a few new files while retaining focus on the more mundane items. The need to keep paying attention to such things as water and sewer line replacement, new pavement on well used streets and avenues every 15 years, new sidewalks and curbs and park improvements, are self explanatory. As noted in the past, when any one of these files are left unattended for even two years, the price of recovery is immense. Three years of neglect ultimately leads to 10 years of recovery and debt repayments, using money that should be directed toward more maintenance, but instead, goes to banks to improve dividends for shareholders, doing nothing to improve lifestyles for Energy City residents. It becomes a vicious circle of lost revenues and civic improvements. So, while we urge continued focus on infrastructure and debt repayment, we also suggest this might be a perfect opportunity for our council and employees to cast their eyes toward the future. With the economic development and
Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post
Could this be Brad Wall’s last election? Brad Wall isn’t exactly a farm boy. He does share a farm boy’s love of tinkering with cars and motors. He truly loves country and western music. It’s a love affair that goes back to a time before his attempt to establish Canada’s Country and Western Musical Hall of Fame in his hometown, Swift Current. Today, he has an even deeper connection with his talented son, Colter, who is on the brink of what might very well be a fantastic career as a C&W singer now being compared favourably with a young Johnny Cash (Evidently, Colter has inherited his musical talent from his mother, Tami.) Even his hometown has grown into a city with most of the amenities of urban life. But whether or not you want to consider Brad Wall a farm boy or a country boy, is of less consequence than what he has done for rural Saskatchewan. Not before or since Grant Devine — a
tourism agencies once again in the embrace of City Hall, and with a fresh working relationship with the Chamber of Commerce, maybe it’s the right time to have another look at the establishment of an Energy City sustainability committee. We know Estevan had such a committee before, comprised of a mixture of local business owners, employees, citizens, city employees and elected members. At that time, businesses were bouncing and corporate Estevan had little time to think about the future. We were all too busy trying to get rich quickly with an upsurge in the oilpatch and ongoing improvements at power stations and building two new dams. Our futures were bright back then and we only had to focus on the present to make good things happen, even if the bills were to be paid later. We obviously would be able to take care of our future. Well, it’s back to the future time. With the green is good community putting excessive pressure on coal-fueled power plants and with the Middle East (OPEC) maintaining stiff competition in the oil supply business, this might be a good time to start discussing what Estevan might look like in 2045, or even 2026, ten years from now.
Is coal going to remain as a consistent fuel source? Is it going to be slowly but assuredly phased out? What is the future of our local mining industry? What about power generating stations, with or without carbon capture capabilities? What is the future of our local oil industry? Can it make money with a price point of US$40 to US$45 shipped from here via pipelines or rail to …. a port? A refinery? What will the world want from us? Will they ask for medium and light crude oil or will heavy oil rule the roost again with efficiencies in place in northern Alberta, where tens of billions of dollars have already been invested in a sketchy future? What will our farm and ranch community be doing? A local sustainability group could have a mandate to supply some of the answers. If we don’t pursue these questions, Estevan may be doomed for failure, since we will be sending a message that we really don’t care what happens. A sustainability committee can send out a clear signal that we do care and that Estevan intends to be a leader on the energy and business front, not a follower, and here is our plan.
farmer/rancher and doctorate holder in agriculture who loved, lived and embraced every aspect of rural Saskatchewan life — has rural Saskatchewan had a premier who’s done as much for rural voters. So, the notion that Brad Wall might, and let us stress might, be on his way out of provincial politics and headed into federal politics is a matter of particular interest to rural voters. In fairness, these are rumours that seem to have less to do with what Wall has to say, than what others, specifically others in the national media, are saying about him. As recently as last Sunday’s year-end wrapper of CTV’s Question Period, respected National Post columnist John Ivison debated host Robert Fife over whether Wall would take a run at the leadership, or not. Fife argued Wall has denied any interest and does not have the needed French language skills to attract needed votes in Quebec and elsewhere. Ivison countered that language skills can be acquired and Wall would have no other choice than to deny any federal aspirations on the eve of an April 4 provincial election. Now, factor in the delay of the Conservative federal leadership race to 2017, perhaps time enough to give Wall some breathing room between the provincial election and a leadership bid. Some even contend this was done for Wall’s benefit. Opinion polls do show Wall running second to Peter MacKay as the full-time successor to Stephen Harper, so the temptation will be there. For his part, Wall has done nothing to
fuel the rumours, instead choosing to generally laugh them off. Consider his response to the question I posed to him in a year-end interview: Postmedia: The rumours about you running federally will not cease. Can you offer the Saskatchewan public the guarantee that if you become premier again on April 4 you will be premier for the next four years? Wall: I can’t do that because I don’t know what will happen to my life healthwise or family-wise. But I can say I will not be leaving for federal politics. I read the Toronto Star online where it was stated, emphatically, that I am taking French lessons. Postmedia: Are you taking French lessons? Wall: No, No. No. And I’m not running. That would seem relatively definitive, yet the rumours persist. But even if Wall does not run federally, he may not choose to run again provincially in 2020, making this his last campaign anyway. So the question then becomes: Is there a viable rural MLA to replace him? After all, the Saskatchewan Party is losing strong rural stalwarts like Ken Krawetz and June Draude who would have been likely leadership candidates at one point. And, it has already lost Lloydminster’s Tim McMillan to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The more likely candidates now are Jeremy Harrison, Dustin Duncan and Jim Reiter. However, it is a problem a few years down the road.
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Wasted food, and valuable people Norm Park
The beginning of the new year also means a small hike in Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) payments to eligible recipients. Employment and Social Development Canada announced on Dec. 30 that CPP benefits will increase by 1.2 per cent for those already receiving these benefits. For 2016, the maximum CPP retirement benefit for new recipients age 65, will be $1,092.50 per month, an increase of $330 over the full year compared with the 2015 maximum retirement benefit. The new CPP rates will be in effect until Dec. 31, 2016. The CPP benefits are revised once a year, in January,
All Things Considered Forty per cent of the food that is prepared in North America is wasted. We throw away nearly half our edibles … food that would gratefully be used efficiently elsewhere. We have arbitrary best before dates that, in reality, mean nothing unless the package is damaged. We toss unwanted cuts of meat and vegetables. We throw bruised fruit and, of course, a lot of old cheese and stale breads are rejected. A nutritionist I listened to last week, explained how food scraps can make great meals, and we’re not talking about left-over turkey here. We can turn it into dog food, or a tasty meat loaf. The choice is ours. One person’s waste is another person’s dinner. She said if we were more careful with so-called “waste foods,” we could also be reducing greenhouse gases. I often maintain there is no global food shortage. Our problem seems to be in marketing and transportation. Now we can add the waste element. There’s lots of food dear diary, but not enough people are out there who will buy it for the poor and not enough transporters to get it to them cost-effectively. So take away the yuk factor with food waste and turn it into an yum factor. Changing topics now. This past week our city had to say goodbye to a couple more of our community pegs. More recent residents of Energy City may not have known Jeanne Perry and Bob Larter, but believe me, these people helped make things happen in Estevan for decades. They moved the pegs on the bar upward a few notches. Larter, an ambitious and clever businessman and an elected MLA, vacated his seat so Grant Devine, a PC party leader could represent Estevan in the legislature. He was acknowledged with an appointment as a business envoy to London, representing Saskatchewan’s interests on several international business and cultural fronts. Estevan was always in his sights and mind. I was fortunate enough to know Bob at the height of his influence-bearing years and later, during his declining years he put to good use with pleasant ambles through our neighbourhood. Always a gentleman with spirit. Jeanne was also filled with good spirit, a wry smile and wicked sense of humour. She was a woman with plenty of skills on the domestic and community front. Not only could she get the cultural ball rolling on numerous files, she could see projects through to completion with a finishing touch. Yep, Jeanne has been another one of our city’s Grand Dames who moved us forward while never seeking spotlights. I can recall two entertaining, but also rather frustrating chats with Jeanne, a native of Ystradgynlais, Wales, (try saying that after three shots of rum and Diet Pepsi) after I learned she had been engaged within the well known WWII, Bletchley Park decoding team, associated with the wonderful Enigma story. She downplayed her role. “I was just a lowly secretary, doing a job for the eggheads, and Bletchley was a roughly hewn, wretchedly built place to work,” she said and yes, she often talked like that. I countered with the fact that with her language skills (unpronounceable Welsh) and German, she might have been a key factor. “Nope, we were young girls on the lookout for handsome young men and they weren’t in Bletchley. I just did my job,” she would say with a quiet chuckle and that smile.. She met her man, Allan, a Canadian and fortunately that liaison brought her here. Say goodbye Estevan to a couple more of our foundational rocks.
based on changes over the 12-month period between November and October in the Consumer Price Index, which is the cost-of-living measure used by Statistics Canada. OAS benefits will be increased by 0.1 per cent for the first quarter. The OAS benefits, Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and the Allowances, will all be hiked by the same 0.1 per cent for the first quarter. These benefits undergo review and re-calculation for increased payments every quarter. The basic OAS pension will increase from $569.95 to $570.52 per month, an increase of 57 cents. OAS benefits are also based on
the Consumer Price Index to reflect the cost-of-living increases. The OAS program, funded through general tax revenues, provides a basic monthly income for Canadian seniors. Last fiscal year this amounted to $44.1 billion in benefits provided to 5.6 million individuals. The CPP and Quebec Pension Plan, on the other hand, is funded through contributions made by Canadian workers, their employers and the self-employed and through investment earnings on the plan’s funds. In addition to retirement benefits, the CPP provides disability, death, survivor and children’s benefits.
Green Party says they’re ready In a post-Christmas media release, Saskatchewan Green Party leader Victor Lau stated the party was prepared for the April 4 provincial general election. Lau said, “2015 was a year that allowed the Saskatchewan Green Party to mobilize throughout the province for the next provincial election. And when the writ is dropped, our party will be ready for the campaign that follows,” said Lau, who has been at the helm of the Greens for at least three years now. Lau said it takes a lot of work to prepare for an election, but it will be worth it if and when the party makes history and elects its first MLAs. “While Premier Wall chose to push back our election date to April of 2016, Saskatchewan Greens have used this time to prepare in every way possible,” said Lau. “We will be ready to charge out of the gate, even before
the writ is dropped in the first week of March.” The Green Party candidate in Estevan is Sigfredo Gonzalez, who has been the party’s candidate in past elections, beginning in 1999. The party noted it has nominated a full slate of 61 candidates and that includes gender parity and they have built a full election platform that includes cost analysis with the platform being delivered as the campaign rolls out. The party has also built a new website, especially for the campaign and many of the candidates, he said, have already been out knocking on doors and phoning voters while keeping in touch with the electorate yearround. The Green Party, Lau suggested, has identified key election issues like the failed carbon capture project at Boundary Dam.
The building of a first-time campaign team has been a challenge but is a task now completed and the team will help the active Green Party candidates and that team includes a centralized team that will keep the candidates and public focused on the party’s election messages and strategies. The party has also been in fundraising mode with events during the past year which will help the candidates deliver their messages. “Unlike any election campaign the party has waged since it was founded in 1999, the Saskatchewan Green Party will be a full participant in the campaign, because we will be ready for the battle as never before. The election will allow our party to shine as never before. The election will allow our party to showcase the solutions that will bring real change to Saskatchewan and the world,” Lau said.
NDP claim money being wasted The New Democratic Party came out of the pre-campaign starting blocks in late November, pointing to a couple of health care related issues promoted by the provincial government they claim are costing provincial taxpayers too much money. The NDP stated that health care executive salaries had climbed, on average, as much as 20 per cent in the past three years with some regions boosting the pay of top administrators by as much as 37 to 46 per cent. That situation, they said, was not right, especially when patients are experiencing cuts to programs and the number of surgeries being done in a year. Danielle Chartier, the health critic for the NDP said the wait times in emergency wards and time spent waiting for an appointment with specialists were too lengthy and in the meantime, “frontline health-care workers are run off their feet. Seniors care is in crisis and still being ignored. Overcrowding in Saskatchewan’s hospital is causing
hallway medicine and delays for surgeries,” she said. Chartier said the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region had the largest increase in executive pay over the past three years, a 46 per cent jump to around $3 million. Executives in the Five Hills Health Region had their pay boosted by 37 per cent to more than $2.74 million and in Cypress Hills the executive salaries climbed 25 per cent. On the second matter, the NDP said they have discovered there are more than 120 people who have been hired solely to promote the John Black Lean program in Saskatchewan at a cost of tens of millions of dollars to Saskatchewan taxpayers. There are over 96 full-time staff members in the 12 Kaizen Promotion Offices in the health regions, including six in the Sun Country Health Region which covers southeast Saskatchewan. That number also includes the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency. There are
at least four full-time Lean specialists in the Health Ministry itself, said the NDP critics and five more in eHealth plus another 17 devoted exclusively to Lean promotion in the Provincial Kaizen Promotion Office. “That doesn’t include the Kaizen Operations Team staff within hospitals and care homes. It also doesn’t include Lean staff at the Kaizen Promotion offices in 3S Health. “Talk about messed up priorities — the Sask. Party is still shoveling tens of millions of dollars every year into promoting the John Black Lean program,” said Cam Broten, NDP leader. “At the same time they’re eliminating 150 hands-on health-care jobs in the Regina area alone and cutting the number of surgeries throughout Saskatchewan.” Broten said the 97 Kaizen Promotion Office employees are paid about $11 million in total. “We simply can’t afford more years of blindly throwing money into the Lean money pit,” Broten said.
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A B B I E S of 2015
Luke Sawyer Bonokoski June 26, 2015 Son of Curtis & Cassie Bonokoski
Alayna Gail Gaudet February 3, 2015 Daughter of Eric & Kimberly Schlamp Gaudet
Bryden Graham Miles Rosengren November 22, 2015 Son of Melissa & Jesse Rosengren
Haylee Margaret Poelen January 14, 2015 Daughter of Donna George & Chris Poelen
Brinley Grace Wilson January 16, 2015 Daughter of Dustin Wilson & Amery Barnes
Bailey & Bentley Stang February 18, 2015 Daughter & Son (Twins) of Jared & Marja Stang
Rory Sands April 29, 2015 Daughter of Shannon & Levi Sands
Marshall Carter Green May 11, 2015 Son of George Green & Candice Grant Green
Rory Neil Neumann – Dea August 21, 2015 Son of Chenise Neumann & Cody Dea
Trulie Charlotte Jeanne Whitehead August 27, 2015 Daughter of Amie & Kyle Whitehead
Nicolas Cameron Belitski August 6, 2015 Son of Bradley & Amy Belitski
Liam Terrence Maley April 24, 2015 Son of Kraig & Chelsie Maley
Remy Margaret Marie Cluett November 8, 2015 Daughter of Tawny Beaulieu & Brett Cluett
Dominic Kevin Sliva March 9, 2015 Son of Kevin & Sarah Sliva
Declan Michael Kenneth Irvine July 20, 2015 Son of Heather & Mike Irvine
Hunter Rose Marie Volesky March 13, 2015 Daughter of Leanne Saxon & Shay Volesky
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Nixie Volmer April 20, 2015 Daughter of Mario and Peggy Volmer
Kade Patrick Xavier Schlamp September 16, 2015 Son of Sara Toth & Jim Schlamp
Aspen Marie Kickley October 9, 2015 Daughter of Krista Goudy & Dallas Kickley
Michael Jeffrey Lalonde April 28, 2015 Son of Kevin & Jennifer Lalonde
Briar Jean Curzon-Gough August 20, 2015 Daughter of Kaeberley Curzon & Dakota Gough
Alexander Jesse Reed April 28, 2015 Son of Tracy MacLean & Jesse Reed
Jaxon Boyd House June 6, 2015 Son of Nikki & Josh House
Paige Clara Wilhelm November 2, 2015 Daughter of Meigan & Shawn Wilhelm
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Local police were busy on New Year’s Eve Estevan Police Service (EPS) members were kept busy on New Year’s Eve, as they dealt with various calls, including a possible assault. Police and Estevan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were dispatched to the 900 block of Third Street, as a man was lying injured on the side of the street. Police spoke to witnesses and walked the block, looking for evidence. The man was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital with injuries consistent with an assault. Police are investigating the incident and are interested in speaking to witnesses at the scene who were travelling in a red car. Officers are also working on a timeline of the victim’s travels and are asking the public for assistance. Anyone with information is asked to contact the EPS at 306634-4767 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477. Members also conducted checks on a number of people who had been released on conditions. A few were in compliance with the terms, but four men were not complying. Police arrested a 24-year-old man for breaching multiple conditions of his sentence order. He was taken before a justice of the peace on Jan. 1, and was to be remanded for court on Jan. 4. The next man was a 23-yearold who was outside his
residence, which was a breach. He was released with a court notice when sober. Two other men were knocking on the front door of the wrong residence around Fifth Avenue and Second Street when police were notified of their actions. They were located a short distance away. Police conducted a check on another man after he failed to report and sign in at the police station. He was not at his designated place, either, so charges for breaching conditions have been filed and he is wanted by police. While on patrol, police were flagged down to help a woman who ran into something and suffered injuries. EMS was called and she was transported for treatment at the hospital. Police were called to the west end following a report of a man who appeared to be intoxicated. He was arrested for public intoxication and lodged until he was sober. Also in late December and early January, officers received calls about manhole covers missing from both King Street and Kensington Avenue during the Dec. 28 day shift. Police marked the area with pylons and contacted public works, who responded quickly to replace the covers. Police were then dispatched to a domestic disturbance on 13th Avenue north of the rail-
way tracks. Upon arrival, police came in contact with a man and a couple of women. The man was arrested on the scene and taken into custody. Trevor Kenneth Glowatski, 42, of Estevan, is facing charges of assault, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer and uttering threats to an officer. Glowatski was held in custody for the day and released later in the afternoon on conditions. He is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 29. Police received a report of a collision. No injuries were reported, but damage to a vehicle and a fence were reported. Police continue to investigate. Members were called to a local lounge during the Dec. 28 night shift to assist staff in removing a patron who did not want to leave. He was exiting when police arrived and was warned about his actions. Officers attended to a domestic dispute in the Trojan area. A man had dropped cash in the snow and was very upset. He was spoken to about his actions. Police also responded to a report of four youths damaging Christmas ornaments on Isabelle Street. The matter is still under investigation. Police were advised about a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a hotel in northeast Estevan during the Dec. 29 day shift. When police checked the licence plate of the vehicle,
it was listed as stolen from Red Deer, Alberta, in Aug. 2015. Upon further investigation, police files from the Russel and Roblin areas in Manitoba were linked to the vehicle. The suspect driving the vehicle broke into several golf course sheds last September and stole golf clubs. The RCMP from those towns have been notified of the vehicle’s recovery. If anyone has any information in regards to the vehicle or who might have left it there, they are asked to call EPS or Crime Stoppers. Members responded to a report during the Dec. 29 night shift of a male loaning his truck to friends and not having it returned. The vehicle was located in the parking lot of a local lounge and the owner was made aware of its location. Police responded to a suspicious male who was looking in vehicles in the alley behind the 700 block of Fifth Street. Officers responded to a report of a possible domestic incident. Two males were located talking, and there weren’t any signs of issues between the parties. Police responded to a call of an intoxicated male walking in the 800 block of Second Street during the Dec. 30 night shift. Police located the man who was indeed intoxicated. He was arrested and lodged in cells until sober. A 29-year-old intoxicated man later walked into the police station to
complain that someone stole his alcohol. Police attended to investigate the matter. Police quickly learned the alcohol was put away in the closet by a male roommate, as the 29-year-old man was intoxicated and other parties were concerned about him. The intoxicated man was upset and threatened to kill the other man in front of police. He was arrested and continued to threaten the other man as police were taking him out of the residence. He is facing a charge of uttering threats and was released with conditions. Police were then called to the 1200 block of Fourth Street for a female who was in a taxi cab. She was acting strangely and was believed to be intoxicated. She resisted members when they attempted to take her into custody. Once in custody, she was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital for examination. Police learned she was from Edmonton, and she is now facing a total of eight charges, including resisting arrest, assault, mischief, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and two charges of breaching conditions of her probation following a suspended sentence order from Weyburn. A charge of breaching her release conditions from Edmonton was also laid. She was remanded for court on Jan. 4. Police checked drivers
throughout the city during the Jan. 1 night shift to look for impaired drivers. Members responded to a loud party complaint in the 200 block of Willow Park Greens. When officers arrived the area was quiet and a party wasn’t located. Police stopped a vehicle and determined the motorist was suspended from driving, as he has a pending impaired driving charge before the courts. His vehicle was seized and he was charged for driving while suspended. A passenger in the vehicle was charged for having open liquor in a vehicle. Police were called to a number of residences during the evening to check on individuals released with conditions. Two individuals were facing chargers for breaching the conditions of their release. Police also arrested an Estevan male for breaching his conditions. He was charged and will appear in court in February. Police were called to an accident involving a bus and a minivan at the intersection of 15th Avenue and Second Street during the Jan. 3 day shift. The bus was struck by the minivan at the intersection after the van could not stop on the icy street. No one was injured but the bus and minivan sustained some damage. A 90-year-old Estevan man was charged with driving too fast for road conditions.
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Bruins trounce Red Wings By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca
The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins started 2016 by gaining an important four points in the SJHL standings thanks to back-to-back wins over their Viterra Division rival Weyburn Red Wings, while also setting themselves up for future games knowing they can come out on top against one of the league’s best. The Bruins (19-16-0-1) began the post-Christmas portion of the season with a 3-2 overtime win Dec. 30 at Weyburn’s Crescent Point Place, before scoring a 3-1 victory over the Red Wings (22-8-3-3) at Affinity Place in a New Year’s Day matinee. “They were both chippy,” said Bruins’ captain Keegan Allison. “They are always chippy against Weyburn. We came out a whole lot stronger (at home) by giving up less shots and being better defensively, but both games we grinded out a win.” Bruins right-winger Braden Oleksyn scored the overtime winner in Weyburn after Lynnden Pastachak got Estevan into the extra frame with a power-play goal
early in the third period. The Black and Gold got on the board first in the game on a Zach Douglas marker two-and-a-half minutes in, but the Red Wings’ Donavon Lumb relied with two for the home side to make the score 2-1 heading into the third. Bruins goaltender Tyler Fuhr made 37 saves for the win, while Weyburn’s Jack Burgart stopped 25 shots in the loss. In front of a big and festive New Year’s Day crowd at Affinity Place two days later, Allison sealed the club’s win with under 12 minutes remaining in the third when he fired a shot from the slot under Burgart’s glove and off the post and in to put the home side up 2-1. Pastachak and Jason Duret, with the insurance marker, scored the other Bruins’ goals, while Tucker Neuberger was the only Red Wing able to beat Fuhr. The Estevan netminder stopped 27 shots for his second win in a row, including one huge glove save on Braden Mellon with 5:38 left in the third and the Bruins trying to hold off a surging Weyburn side looking to tie the game on the power play, while Burgart replied with 39 saves of his own. “Games against them are always so tight checking,” said Allison. “It’s literally play good defence, take it
to offence, get pucks deep and just play a hard driving game. Our goalie stood on his head and everyone played good, all 25 of us.” Bryce Thoma, head coach and general manager of the Red Wings, said the team that plays better is usually the team that wins and that is exactly what happened in the home-and-home. He said they played well in the first two periods of the two-game series and Estevan held the advantage in the next four, but at the end of the day it was two good games between the rivals in front of two good crowds in both cities. Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood said his club answered Weyburn’s pressure well in the third period of the first match and worked hard from start to finish to make things happen in the second game. He said they managed to keep the pressure on the Red Wings for most of the afternoon and Fuhr stepped up when called upon. “We played pretty well throughout the game,” said Lewgood. Weyburn “did a good job. They work hard and they plug up the middle of the ice and they really make you work for things, but our guys found a way.”
Mac’s Tournament showcases Bruins’ future By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca
The future of the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins was on full display Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 at the Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary. Seventeen of the Bruins’ list players competed in the prestigious tournament, which features the top male and female midget players from across Canada, the United States and Europe playing in front of thousands of spectators at several arenas across the city. Turner Ripplinger, a forward with the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League’s (SMAAAHL) Regina Pat Canadians and a Bruins’ prospect, earned a first all-star team selection as the tournament’s top scorer. Ripplinger potted five goals and added nine assists in Regina’s four round-robin wins over the South Island Royals, Lethbridge Hurricanes, Eastman Selects and Calgary Royals as well as their 4-2 quarter-final loss to the Vancouver Northwest Giants. “We feel pretty good about ourselves,” said Ripplinger, 17,
Turner Ripplinger whose team currently sits first in the SMAAAHL with a record of 19-5-0-3. “We accomplished a lot. We went 4-0 in the round robin, but we battled injuries throughout it and just came up on the short end.” Ty Barnstable, who earned a second all-star team selection for his four goals and eight assists performance playing on Ripplinger’s left side, said the Mac’s helped his team take some good steps in the right direction to give the squad a winning mentality. He said the team was down to eight forwards against Vancouver, but everyone stepped up and gave all
they had in the loss. “Last year we went to the finals (a 2-1 loss to the Cariboo Cougars), so it’s hard to beat that,” said Barnstable, 17, who scored one goal for the Bruins in his sole game up with the team on Nov. 17 against the Humboldt Broncos. “It’s exciting and you just want to win. You want to play your best and it’s a fun time.” Barnstable was joined on the second all-star team by teammate and fellow Bruins’ list player Jake Heerspink, who suited up for two games with the junior A team earlier this season. Bruins’ list players on the Pat Canadians also include Matthew Chekay, Mark Edmands, Tylor Ludwar and Curtis Meiger. Estevan’s Cole Fonstad, who also scored a goal in his only game with the Bruins on Dec. 16 against the Melville Millionaires, suited up at centre with the SMAAAHL’s Moose Jaw Generals at the Mac’s. The Generals failed to make it to the playoff round, posting a 4-2 win over the California Wave, 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames, 3-3 tie versus the SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics and 2-0 win over the
Vancouver Northeast Chiefs in the round robin. “It was a really good experience,” said Fonstad, 15, a fifth overall pick by the Western Hockey League’s Prince Albert Raiders in the 2015 bantam draft. “We could have easily won all four games. It was just a couple bad bounces that cost us a bit, but that’s how you learn I guess. We’ll be ready come our next tournament and the rest of the year in the league games.” Fonstad, who is joined on the Generals by Bruins’ list players Conner Hayward, Austin KingCunningham, Kyler Douglas, Tanner Manz, Devan Harrison, Jayden Davis and Tyson Manz, said all the games they played in at the Mac’s were tight, but that was the expectation heading in. He said they have a couple good goaltenders in Colby Entz and Hunter Arps and knew if they worked hard and stuck to the plan they could show everyone why they’re currently sitting second in the SMAAAHL with an 18-60-4 record. “There were lots of scouts there,” he said. “You just got to go out and work your hardest and
have a good attitude out there and show what you’re capable of and hopefully the scouts will get an eye on you.” Also representing the Bruins at the Mac’s were Tristyn DeRoose of the Yorkton RawTec Maulers, who sit fourth in the SMAAAHL with an 18-9-0-1 record and went 1-3 in roundrobin action at the tournament, and the Tisdale Trojans’ Logan Foster, whose team has a 14-90-2 SMAAAHL record and 2-2 roundrobin showing at the Mac’s. Ripplinger said the Bruins’ prospects all played well at the Mac’s and showed they can be strong players for Estevan in the future. He said having groups of list players on teams like the Generals and Pat Canadians also helps them get to know one another and build relationships while competing together in these tournaments. “We have a really tight group in the room and we all came together and we’ve got pretty skilled guys,” said Ripplinger. The Bruins “have a pretty bright future. They’ve done a good job bringing in good players and listing good players.”
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Vipers down Angels in first post-Christmas action By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca
Fresh off a two-week break, the Estevan Power Dodge peewee A Vipers came flying out of the gate on Sunday to down the Weyburn Canadian Tire Angels 6-1 at the Civic Auditorium. The Vipers controlled the play in the early goings continually striking at the Weyburn goal, but could not beat Angels netminder Riley Schultz. Estevan’s Hannah Terret felt the bite of the Weyburn goalie five minutes into the first period when Schultz collapsed into a butterfly position to stone Terret on a breakaway. Bailey Farr first got Estevan on the board sevenand-a-half minutes into the opening period when she deposited an Adah De Leeuw rebound into the bottom corner from the top of the crease. Terret got Schultz back with three minutes left in the first period by snapping a second rebound past the goaltender and into
the open glove side to give Estevan a 2-0 lead heading into the middle frame. “With our team, we normally go (into the room to) make sure that we get them pumped up and get them out there and get the first goal on the board,” said Vipers assistant coach Jordan Lonsberry. “Usually we start rolling once we get the first goal.” Both teams exchanged chances through the first five minutes of the second when Viper Brynn Kuntz picked up the puck deep in her own zone and rushed it end-to-end before firing a shot top corner to put Estevan up by three. Terret notched her second of the afternoon a little over three minutes later when she deflected a puck from the high slot over Schultz, off the crossbar and in. The Vipers went up 5-0 with three minutes left in the period courtesy of a bullet from De Leeuw from the hashmarks that found the top corner. “We’re a little faster, but they’re pretty good,”
said Vipers defenceman Kiley Davis, noting the team got the upper hand on Weyburn thanks to their superior skating. “We just try our hardest and work together.” After Farr put the home side up 6-0 a little over five minutes into the third period on a wrist shot that beat Schultz five-hole, the Angels put the pressure on the Vipers defence continually peppering Estevan goaltender Keara Merriman from both in-close and the outside. Weyburn’s Kate Goranson snapped home a shot through a screen into the top corner on Merriman with eight minutes left, but that was all that would get past her. Merriman said she was seeing the puck well in the game, and that proved itself late when she made a strong pad save off a Keely O’Neill shot from the point with five minutes left before reaching back with her glove to steal a sure goal by Ayva Mason with just over a minute remaining. “Keara always keeps
the girls in the game,” added Lonsberry. “She is an unreal goalie.” Lonsberry said the Vipers (13-0) will try to keep their South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League winning streak intact as the team heads into the final month-and-a-half of the regular season schedule, which also includes an exhibition match against the Estevan peewee boys’ Thunder Jan. 17 at the Civic Auditorium. She said the other clubs are starting to play better making the task a bit tougher for the girls, but that is also a good thing considering they’ll face better competition. “We’re going to try (to stay undefeated),” said Davis. “I think we can.”
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The Weyburn Red Wings alumni team found their groove when it mattered most in a 10-7 win over the Estevan Bruins alumni Jan. 1 at Affinity Place. The Red and White earned their second Challenge Cup in seven years on a late surge when Red Wings defenceman Brett Molde flipped a rebound into the open cage to break a 7-7 tie with the Bruins. Weyburn’s Josh Lees found the back of the net a little over two minutes later before the Red Wings’ Reid Patterson scored into an empty net with 3 seconds remaining to give the visitors the win. Estevan’s Payden Benning recorded a hat trick in the game, Wyatt Garagan scored two goals for the home side and Riley Tetreault (right, trying to skate past Molde), Lorne Tytlandsvik and Payden Benning each potted a single. Weyburn’s Brendan Vertefeuille, Woody Borys, Lees (twice), Shawn Cowie, Bryan Fleck, Taylor Balog, Rhys Thomas, Molde and Paterson each lit the lamp for the Red Wings. Derek Tendler manned the net for the Bruins, while Tanner Erickson earned the win in goal for the Red Wings. Photos by Jamie Harkins and Bruins’ alumni.
Inside Pitch resumes baseball action By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca
The cold weather outside isn’t putting a stop to baseball in Estevan. After a successful November to December winter session, the Inside Pitch Baseball Academy winter training program will continue to help develop the pitching mechanics of kids aged 14 and over beginning with its first spring session Jan. 18 at Westview Elementary School. The spring session, which is run by Southeast Legacy midget AAA Twins coach Blaine Kovach with help from Inside Pitch owner/director of player development Morgan Reiter, focuses on giving
its students the proper skills they need for pitching through a weighted ball program that lets kids graduate from one ball weight to another in an effort to develop arm strength and durability. “For the first go-round, we actually had 12 kids out, which I was surprised to get,” said Kovach, who noted kids interested in signing up for the spring session can contact him at insidepitchse@gmail.com. “Every single kid who we had (came) from not much baseball experience and not much coaching to having the mechanics that we worked on nailed down.” Kovach said the spring sessions are an opportunity for ball players to get ahead of the game and by the time
the program wraps up in April the kids who participated will go into their training camps having been throwing for three months already. He said the mandate of Inside Pitch Baseball Academy is to help kids learn the proper way to pitch as well as make their arms stronger, so they don’t run into any injury problems later on in life. “It’s really fun to see that (improvement) from the kids,” he said. “It’s fun for them because they can see a lot of the changes, but it’s good for the parents to see that the program is actually working. That’s what they want to see. Their kid wants to get better and we want your kids to get better and they are getting better.”
All current and aspiring card sharks are being invited to play in a “Deep Stack” 10,000-chip Texas Hold ‘Em Poker-Energizing the Games Tournament in Estevan later this month. The Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games committee is hosting the fundraising tournament Jan. 23 at Estevan Exhibition Hall, which was made available through a partnership with the Estevan Exhibition Association, and will require a $100 buy-in entry fee for a player’s first 10,000 chips. The evening will feature 30-minute blind levels, raffle prizes, a silent auction, a 50/50 draw and tournament winning prizes of up to $2,000 for the first place champion based on a $5,000 prize pool as well as smaller prizes for those finishing second to fifth. Brian Senchuk, co-chairman of the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, said the main objective of the night is to provide an event that will be fun and relaxing for everyone who participates. He said the deep stack tournament means there will be a lot of chips available for people, so a player can play to their ability and style while enjoying their time and getting value for their donation to the Games. “Then there is a chance for re-buys for the first one-and-a-half hours and then at the end of the oneand-a-half hours you can ante up another $40, which gets you another 5,000 chips,” said Senchuk. “It gives you a lot of time to play.” Senchuk said the hope is the tournament will help the committee raise $3,000 to $5,000 for their operating expenses, while also building more awareness of the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games that will bring approximately 2,000 athletes, coaches, managers and officials to Estevan for competition in 13 different sports from July 24 to 30. He said the committee has been trying to find different avenues to raise the money needed to host the event and it was decided a poker tournament would be a fun way to give people value for the money they donate to the Games. “The more people we get, the more money we’re going to raise,” he said. “We’re really hoping to maximize the tournament and to have 100-plus people, which is important. People are attracted to a big event where there are a lot of people and I think it (will) be a lot of fun and a lot of good conversations.” People can pre-register for the tournament by calling Senchuk at 421-6508 or contacting the Games office at 687-2016. Interested players can also register the day of the tournament beginning at 3 p.m. at Estevan Exhibition Hall before the games begin at 4 p.m., but there is a cut-off limit of 120 players so pre-registration is the best way to guarantee a spot.
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St. Joe’s medical equipment donation off to Nigeria By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
A dozen crates, most of them too heavy for a four-man lift, containing valuable used medical equipment, are leaving St. Joseph’s Hospital this week bound for Nigeria. Most of the equipment will find a home in the city of Yola, in northern Nigeria where it will find a new life as vital components in the delivery of medical services there. The ambitious project has attracted a team of volunteers who include Dr. Charles Omosigho who has been practicing family medicine in Estevan for the past six years and is a member of the African Hands group at St. Joseph’s Hospital, its executive director Greg Hoffort and a volunteer team from the RM of Benson (RM
employees and municipal councillors) led by their reeve David Hoffort, who built the crates and loaded them carefully with the medical equipment. Greg Hoffort said the medical equipment being shipped had been sent to the hospital’s basement over the past few years, as they were replaced by more technically sophisticated equipment, but all were in good working order. The pieces being shipped include two anesthetic machines, two operating tables, two intensivecare beds, two medication carts, two examination tables, a birthing bed and a film processing unit for X-rays. The 12 crates will be trucked to tidewater by the African Hands International Health Organization, where they will be placed aboard a cargo ship for the
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journey to northern Nigeria, said Dr. Omosigho. This will be at the expense of the health-care group that consists of medical professionals of various disciplines who currently work in Canada and the United Kingdom. The doctor explained that service in the more remote areas of Nigeria is one of the requirements for medical professionals who wish to graduate from medical schools there. One year of internship or practicum is required, “sort of like some countries require young people to spend a year in the military, we in the medical field spend a year in that kind of service before we can get our medical degree,” said Omosigho, who hails from the southern regions of Nigeria but appreciates the continuing link through African Hands. “Doctors,
dentists, optometrists, medical professionals from all fields, we will take two or three weeks every year or two and do volunteer work there with this organization,” he said, adding he knew the Estevan hospital’s donation will be well received and well used and will be maintained carefully to extend the equipment’s useful life spans. David Hoffort said the RM of Benson team consisting of Dwight Monteyne, Rick Noble, Murray Ksenych, Wes Neff, Stan Zimmerman and himself, was happy to be a part of the effort. The three employees were currently being underutilized with general chores due to a mild winter and the councillors were happy to contribute when they had some time off from other jobs. “It’s our pleasure. It gets us out of our own
shops and these guys enjoy working and doing things like this,” said the elder Hoffort, commenting on the crate construction and the loading of the equipment, some of it fairly fragile which required additional strapping and wrapping prior to loading. The team contributed about 100 volunteer hours, he guessed, but nobody was really keeping track of that. Greg Hoffort said he was reluctant to place a value on what was being shipped, but estimated that it could be as much as $300,000 to $400,000 since all pieces were in good working order prior to being relegated to the hospital’s basement. Dr. Omosigho said he had a discussion with the executive director about African Hands and told him he knew that this group would benefit from the
donation. “There will be a skilled crew at the other end who will re-assemble and maintain this equipment.” “It’s a great place for our used equipment to wind up because it can still give a lot of value for someone else,” said Greg Hoffort. “If we save one life using this equipment, then it’s well worth it,” added Omosigho. “And I express thanks on their behalf … the recipients and from African Hands.” “I just think a thanks are in order in return to Dr. Omosigho for making this happen,” said Hoffort. Omosigho said he figured the cargo ship will unload the 12 crates in Lagos where they will then be trucked to Yola, the capital of Adamawa State where the pieces will be installed in local hospitals where it is needed.
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New educator at EAGM fills vital role By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca
Martina Feneziano has been appointed the new educator at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum on a temporary one-year contract. She will fill that position while the gallery’s full-time educator Karly Garnier takes a maternity leave. Feneziano, who was born in Ontario and grew up in Vancouver, getting her elementary and high school education there, is settling into the job at the EAGM with her first day on the job being Jan. 4. The young educa tor said she attended the University of Ottawa and the University of Western Ontario in London, majoring in history, English and education and she has been teaching for the past four years in Brandon, Manitoba, and Hamilton, Ontario She has taught at the elementary and high school levels during those four years, including one year at a private boarding school. Her first job following her university graduation was at the Canadian Air and Space Museum in Toronto where she served as director of education. The background in the air and space museum and her experience with teaching all age and grade levels, should serve her well in her present situation, she said. The flexibility that was required in the past will be exercised again at the gallery. Feneziano said her husband was appointed director/curator at Estevan’s Souris Valley Museum, so the two of them will be well positioned to compare and assist each other when
required by job descriptions or at the direction of their supervisors. “I will eventually go back to the traditional classroom, right now I’m certified to teach in Manitoba and Ontario,” she said. Since it was her first day on the job, Feneziano said she couldn’t comment too extensively about what she intended to do until she got more familiar with the tasks performed by the gallery’s educator. “I will begin by studying the past programs and how they evolved with Karly and will definitely stay with the successful projects she has developed and will stay on that course for at least six months, until I get familiar with everything,” she said, referring to the educational art programs offered by the gallery to school children as well as adults. “I’m pretty excited. I can’t wait to start the
programs and work with the kids. I know the preparation includes follow-up materials for the classroom teachers. It’s pretty interesting.” Feneziano said she also trusted that if she ran into any snags or had major questions or concerns that needed addressing she’d be able to connect with Garnier, who has been employed in the role of educator at the gallery for the past few years. Amber Andersen, the gallery’s director/ curator is also available on a daily basis to provide information about the overall operation of the gallery and how it operates within the community. Andersen said there is the expectation that Garnier will return to the educator ’s post in December of this year or in early January of 2017.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train program was dubbed as another outstanding success in year 17 according to information released by CP this past week. The train, or trains, since there are two of them, winded their way east to west with one covering Canada’s midsection while the other found its way through the American Midwest before crossing back into Canada at North Portal and later in Estevan and Weyburn. The program drew tremendous crowds once again and the entertainment aboard was appreciated by the thousands who showed up to cheer, meet Santa, take pictures and enjoy the musical talents of such artists as Kira Isabella and Doc Walker, who were aboard the U.S./Canada train and West Mack, Kelly Prescott and Jim and Devin Cuddy who carried the musical load on the Canadian centric journey. The Estevan and area food bank received a major shot in the arm with the Estevan bank receiving a $2,500 boost from CP as well as several food item donations from thankful fans who visited the Holiday Train on Dec. 16 in either North Portal or Estevan. This year’s edition of the trains raised more than $14 million in food bank donations at the more than 120 stops they each made before Christmas. The food bank contributions amounted to over 300,000 pounds of food. Since its inception in 1999, the CP Holiday Train has now raised more than $12 million and 3.9 million pounds of food for local food banks. This year saw record crowds in many communities with an estimated overall attendance of 450,000 people over the 23 days. “The Holiday Train is all about neighbours helping neighbours, and this year saw remarkable support for this important cause,” said E. Hunter Harrison, CP’s chief executive officer. “Each year, we are humbled by the good work local food banks do in helping those in need in their communities. We are
proud that we can help them deliver on that mission.” The visitors to the Holiday Train sites were encouraged to think about healthy options when donating food which included heart health education and awareness which is a tenet of CP’s community investment program, CP Has Heart, which focuses on improving the heart health of men, women and children in communities across North America. “Every year, CP’s train of lights provides a platform to speak about the needs of North American food banks. This year they helped drive the message home not only about ongoing needs, but the ability for indivduals to raise levels of health in their community by reaching in their cupboards for healthy donations,” said Katharine Schmidt, executive director for Food Banks Canada. “We are honoured to once again be part of a magical program that brings communities together to raise money for local food banks,” said Chris Thorsteinson of Doc Walker, who entertained Estevan audiences not only on the Holiday Train but was also featured in the Estevan Festival of Trees which raised money for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation a couple of weeks earlier. “You don’t realize how much towns use food banks and how important it is to support them around this time of year until you travel across the country learning about the need.” This year’s Holiday Train photographer of the year was Neil Zeller who caught the attention of an international audience with his photo of the 14-car well-lit train appearing to float in the sky, as it crossed the Lethbridge High Level Bridge in the fog. Many comments suggested it resembled Santa’s sleigh. CP announced the release of a behindthe-scene documentary, chronicling what is required to run the program each year. Watch for All aboard the CP Holiday Train online and follow their social media channels for details on when and where it will air.
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Fred Arthur Lees 1933 - 2015 It is with sadness that the family of Fred Arthur Lees, late of North Portal, SK announces his accidental passing on Sunday, December 13, 2015 near Casa Grande, Arizona, at the age of 82 years. Fred was born in Estevan on December 11, 1933. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Hazel Lees. Fred is survived by his brothers, John (Ruth) Lees, Redcliff, AB, Charles (Sharon) Lees, Estevan, SK, Robert (Marian) Lees, Estevan, SK and several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. A Service of Remembrance was held on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Knox United Church, North Portal, with Marian Huber officiating. A private family interment will be held at a later date. If friends so desire, donations in Fred’s memory may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, www.hallfuneralservices.ca
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Wilma, Adriaan and Roxanne and families. Johanna was predeceased by her parents, Adriaan and Johanna van Oost; siblings, Piet & Eef van Oost, Jan & Corrie van Oost, Annie van Oost, Adriaana & Gerard Pluyms; brothers-in-law, Willem Lievaart and Aalt Leusink and grandson-in-law Bradley Wimmer. Her memory will be forever cherished by her loving husband of 62 years, Henk Lievaart and their family: daughter Wilma (Terry) Mantei and their family, Lee (Simone) Mantei and their daughters, Chloe and Lia; Andrea (Preston) Leatherdale; Paul (Stacey) Mantei and their children, Daniel, Samuel, Kalem, Ryder, Praline, Holden and Joylynne; son Adriaan (Rose) Lievaart and their family, Justin (Tracey) Lievaart and their children, Rylan and Lexey, Jennelle Wimmer and her sons, Brayden and Jaxon, Jaclyn Lievaart (Kailey Betts); daughter Roxanna (Jack) Rutko and their family, Julie and Tyler Best and Jocelyn Rutko. Johanna is also survived by her two sisters, Riek van Oost and Joppa Leusink; one brother Adriaan (Lenie) van Oost; brother-in-law Cees (Nelly) Lievaart and sister-in-law Bep Lievaart. A service to celebrate Johanna’s life was held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, with Pastor Stewart Miller officiating. A luncheon took place in the church social hall immediately following the service. In memory of Johanna, those so wishing may make donations to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3 or to The Gideons International in Canada, 501 Imperial Road North, P.O. Box 3619 Guelph, ON, N1H 6T9. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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Robert (Bob) Larter 1925 - 2015 On Boxing Day, Dad passed away a few weeks shy of his 91st birthday. This wonderful man who always had a twinkle in his eyes went to join his wife, Phyllis. Mom left us on March 27, 2011. Bob is survived by his four children, Kea (Alfred) Manfredonio, Fairfax, Virginia (Kari, AJ & Austin); Bob (Donna), Langley, BC, (Kimberly and James, children Avery & Carter) and Jon; Susan (Ralph) Dafoe, Victoria, B.C., Ralph’s daughters, Katie, Sarah and Allison and their families; Jim (Cheryl), Estevan, (Ryan & Lauren, Scott & Kaela). Bob is also survived by his two sisters, Dode (Jim) Spencer and Darlyne Kober; sisters-in-law Joan (George) Cook, Kaye Larter and Marlene Larter. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews who adored their Uncle Bob. He was predeceased by his brothers, Percy, Lou, Josh, Ron and Gary and his parents, Charles & Myrtle Larter and brother-
in-law Ken Kober. Dad had a couple of careers in his life - from his many years at John Deere, to his tenure as MLA for the Estevan area, but the one he was proudest of was serving Saskatchewan as Agent General in London, England. He retired twice, the most recent was 1986 and he and mom enjoyed many years of retired living in Mesa and the West Coast. They returned to Estevan in March of 2011. In August of 2014, the entire family of 19 travelled to Hawaii in honour of Dad’s 90th birthday. Many thanks to Eunice Massett and her staff at Hillview Manor for the loving care they gave Dad these past few years. We will always be grateful that he lived in such a wonderful setting. A Memorial Service was held on Monday, January 4, 2016 at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will followed the service, and interment took place at the Estevan City Cemetery. Donations in Dad’s memory may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.
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