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November 27, 2013

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Hidden behind the layer of confidence, there were doubts. Swift Current had a brand new track. They were a bigger centre. They’d gone longer without hosting. But they were all washed away on Monday, when the Saskatchewan Games Council told the Estevan bid committee that theirs was the most impressive bid for the 2016 Summer Games. “My first thought was, ‘holy (expletive), here we go,’” Estevan co-chair Brian Senchuk laughed. The selection committee publicly announced Estevan as the winner during a news conference on Tuesday at Affinity Place. Games Council past chairman Darrell Baker congratulated Estevan in a press release. “The Estevan committee is taking on an important responsibility, as these Games provide many of our athletes with their first multi-sport experience, preparing them to represent our province on the larger national and

international stage.” It will be Estevan’s first time hosting the Summer Games since 1980. Estevan was up against Swift Current, Humboldt and Melfort for the right to host in 2016, and the general consensus was that it was a battle between the two southerly cities on that list. The biggest perceived advantage for Swift Current was that the city recently built a new track, whereas Estevan has yet to get started on theirs. Senchuk said the site visit to Estevan on Nov. 7, where the city drove home the kind of support that can’t truly be conveyed in a bid document, may have put the Energy City over the top. “I think it was huge. The community involvement, the high school participation, the speeches at dinnertime from amongst our youth, I think it really made a huge difference.” During Monday’s conference call, members of the selection committee noted that all four finalists met or exceeded their expectations and “it became a really difficult decision,”

Senchuk said. Site evaluation committee chairman Larry Lafrentz noted in the press release that Estevan’s “strong group of core volunteers are dedicated to creating a memorable multi-games experience, as well as providing for the care and comfort of the athletes. “The community’s existing sport facilities, coupled with planned upgrades and new construction, will provide a legacy of sport development opportunities in the community,” Lafrentz added. Senchuk said that it still hasn’t truly sunk in for him that Estevan will play host to the rest of Saskatchewan in three years. “I was kinda nervous. I was prepared to accept whatever decision they came up with. Hearing our name, I had to think about it for a little while to make it reality. I wasn’t shocked, because I was conﬁdent in what we did … I had every belief we did a good job that exceeded what we thought we could do. I knew it wasn’t going to be because of what we did.” For more on this story, see page B1 and estevanmercury.ca

Cornerstone board reorganizes for new fiscal year Harold Laich retained the chairman’s position with the South East Cornerstone Public School Division on Nov. 21, when the board of trustees held their annual organizational meeting in Weyburn. Taking a break from their regular monthly business session, the trustees spent about 20 minutes devoted to the task of rearranging themselves into various committees and leadership roles for the coming ﬁscal year. In unanimous fashion, the trustees decided

to keep Laich at the helm while selecting Audrey Trombley, a former chairwoman of the division, as vice-chair. “Thanks for your conﬁdence and trust,” said Laich, in accepting the role for a second year. “I indicated when I took it on last year it would only be for two years maximum,” he added. “I will support the chairman and this board, and I also thank you for your conﬁdence,” said Trombley. Admitting that they had done a lot of

pre-meeting background work, the trustees quickly formatted and passed motions regarding their new committee conﬁgurations, which included an audit committee, budget manager, Saskatchewan School Board Association representation, First Nations and Metis Committee, Comprehensive schools governance authority representatives, high school athletic association representation along with a couple of ad hoc committees on a sustainability review and a Laich ⇢ A2

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Hedley returning to Estevan Local investigation One of Canada’s most popular pop groups is returning to Estevan. It was announced Monday morning that Hedley, fresh off of performing during the halftime of Sunday’s Grey Cup in Regina, will be back in the Energy City on Feb. 23 as part of their Wild Live tour, which kicks off on Feb. 14 in Prince George, B.C. Hedley is currently riding a wave of momentum after the release of their fifth album, Wild Life on Nov. 11. The first single Anything has been the band’s fastest selling single in their history and cracked the top 10 on charts throughout North America. Joining Hedley for the Estevan show will be Danny Fernandes, JRDN and Alyssa Reid. Tickets for the concert will be available to Affinity Place club seat holders today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Henders Drugs or by calling Ticketmaster. Club seat holders

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held. The Wild Live tour will be Hedley’s most extensive, as the band will hit 30 Canadian cities in all. Hedley was last in Estevan in February 2012

when they played to an enthusiastic packed house. “We are going to a record-breaking amount of cities this year and we want to see all of your beautiful, shining faces there,” said lead singer Jacob Hoggard.

The work of police officers in the Estevan area has led to a significant drug bust in Saskatoon. The RCMP announced Friday that two women from Maple Ridge B.C. were arrested in Saskatoon Thursday night as they entered the terminal at the Saskatoon International Airport after they arrived from B.C. Following the arrest police located 1.2 kilograms of cocaine,t which had an estimated street value of $200,000. A press release from the RCMP said the arrests were the result of an ongoing investigation involving police officers with the Estevan Police Service and Saskatchewan’s Federal Integrated Organized Crime Units in Estevan and Saskatoon. Police are continuing their investigation and charges are pending as both females have been released from custody. The release added that Saskatchewan’s Federal Integrated Organized Crime Units consists of members of the RCMP in Estevan, Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert and members of the Regina Police Service, Saskatoon Police Service and Prince Albert Police Service.

RCMP investigate farm home fire and thefts in Southeast The Estevan detachment of the RCMP have set up investigations into a trio of incidents in southeast Saskatchewan that occurred between Nov. 19 and 20. Police noted that on Nov. 19, an uninhabited farmhouse in the North Portal area was burned to the ground and evidence found at the scene strongly indicates that the fire was set intentionally. Anyone who may have seen suspicious activity, vehicles or people in the area on that day are asked to contact the Estevan detachment at 306-637-4400. Another incident in the North Portal region was also made known to the RCMP about the same time. The police said that a green Craftsman 38-inch snowblower had been stolen from a shed along with

some other tools. They said the theft could have occurred as early as September, but that they were setting up the investigation following the owner’s discovery of the missing equipment. The Estevan RCMP have also established an investigation into a break and enter that took place at a business in Lampman on Nov. 19. Investigation efforts and surveillance video indicate the entry was gained at 12:45 a.m. when three young men entered the business and stole a large quantity of cigarettes along with other items. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the local detachment or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Laich returns as chairman A1⇠ pending agreement with the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division regarding shared governance o f t h e co m p r e h e n s i v e schools. During the reorganization process, the board members voted themselves a $5 raise in their indemnity allowances, which now gives them $230 per day for meetings that exceed four hours or $345 per

day if the meeting exceeds eight hours in duration. Meetings of less than four hours (including travel time for out-of-city trustees) call for an indemnity of $115 or one-half of a full day’s pay. The trustees also receive one per diem ($230) each month to compensate them for the time spent on preparation for committee and board meetings. There is an additional

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The various parties involved in the South East Region Community Mobilization Hub were in Estevan Friday for a signing ceremony at Affinity Place. Corrections and Policing Minister Christine Tell, back row middle, was also on hand for the ceremony.

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An innovative program that has been proven to reduce crime is making it’s way to southeast Saskatchewan. Although it has been in operation since May, an official signing ceremony was held for the South East Region Community Mobilization Hub Friday at Affinity Place. The hub is made up of staff from the Estevan and Weyburn Police Services, RCMP, Sun Country Health Region, Social Services and Corrections and Policing, and the Cornerstone and Holy Family School divisions. The group works together to develop an assistance plan for individuals or families in at-risk scenarios. The program was first piloted in Prince Albert and has since spread to a number of communities throughout the province with more to be added in the future. The southeast hub is the first regional program. It currently is focused on Estevan and Weyburn as well as communities in between but will eventually spread out to the rest of the region. Representatives from each agency as well as Corrections and Policing Minister Christine Tell were on hand for Friday’s event and all involved spoke highly of the collaborative approach used by the hub. Chief Marlo Pritchard of the Weyburn Police Service estimated that since they began working together in May, they have already seen some success stories in the roughly 20 cases they’ve handled. “We have all of our agencies sitting at a table every

week and all of the agencies are building processes to bring cases or situations forward to the table and we discuss it,” Pritchard said. “Those individuals that are deemed as an elevated risk for either victimization or other issues, the plan comes right out of that table, so it’s not one agency dealing with it and passing it onto another. It’s a collaborative approach and within two to three days we are doing an early intervention, and what we are seeing is some really quick results.” Pritchard added that in some cases, the people they are dealing with are familiar to the various agencies. However, since the creation of the hub, what may have taken up to a year in the past is handled in just a couple of weeks. “We all come at it from a different perspective, and we don’t all take part in the early intervention; it may not have anything to do with police so maybe it is health and education that go in. Other times it may be police and health. It’s that ﬂexibility; everyone is at the table, and it works really well.” Chief Del Block of the EPS was on hand for Friday’s ceremony and noted they have already had some cases in Estevan that were brought to the hub and, like Pritchard, has been pleased with the results. “There is a real beneﬁt within the community from this,” Block. “The other thing is, we don’t just treat the symptom, we look for the cause and try and address it. We

find that we are keeping people out of the justice system if you can change their life and give them the assistance they need. “Lots of times too, when people are committing criminal acts or failing to go to school, it really is a cry for help. They don’t know that at the time, and we don’t see it at the time, but when you get looking into it, it really is a cry for help. Once we get them connected to the right organizations we get them on the right path. We have seen that happening already, and I think we’ll see more of it.” Block added that a number of his officers have represented the EPS, and he has been very pleased with the buy in. “I find it is working really well.” Tell spoke about the success of the hub programs in other Saskatchewan centres, noting they have all had positive impacts in their communities. “We all know that we can’t arrest our way out of a problem such as this,” Tell said. “That doesn’t work, it’s not sustainable. All we end up having is people in our systems and in our correctional facilities that probably shouldn’t be there, but if we address it at a proper point early on, they may not be there as an end result.” Tell said as part of the provincial growth plan the government has committed to expanding the hub program to 10 communities by the end of 2014.

Tree decorating and sale, plus Santa visit featured at mall The students will decorate them, and the parents, friends or general public will buy them at the auction. The Trees for Growth promotion at the Estevan Shoppers Mall is just one of two December activities slated for the mall during the festive season said marketing and promotions manager Jane Howard. A total of 20, six-foot artiﬁcial Christmas trees are being decorated by school students from all Estevan and area schools before the end of this month, and then on Dec. 11, Jason LeBlanc of Ritchie Bros. Auction Service will be auctioning

them off to the highest bidders. Howard said even the early education day-care centres are getting involved in the project that will culminate with the auction at 7 o’clock that night, which is also the traditional senior supper and Family Night at the mall. The proceeds from the auction will be sent back to the schools themselves for their in-school programs. Howard said Great Canadian Oil Change came aboard as the lead sponsor for the event, providing the trees and other details for the decorating and auc-

tion action. She said area schools include Macoun, Weldon (Bienfait), Lampman and possibly Central School from Midale, along with all of Estevan’s elementary schools and Estevan Comprehensive School. “Some schools bring their kids to the mall and have them decorate the tree here. Others are taking their trees, decorating them and then bringing them back,” she explained. But before the Trees for Growth auction, the mall will be playing host to Santa at their traditional Christmas season event on

Dec. 7. This has usually been a breakfast with Santa, starting fairly early in the morning. That has been the process for about 20 years, but this year, the kids and their families are being invited to have lunch with Santa instead, beginning at 10 a.m. and running until 1 p.m. For a modest price of $3, the lunch crowd will get a hot dog, fries and a drink plus a treat with all proceeds being directed to the Envision Counselling and Support Centre who will have volunteers on site to do a little face painting and visiting with the kids

along with Santa who will be available for photos with the kids as well. Estevan’s Pro-Life group will be offering up a Cookie Parade for seasonal shoppers and the Chamber of Commerce is once again joining in to teach a series of seasonal crafts skills to the eager young participants. Howard said the school tree decorating event was not seen to be competing against the Estevan St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees, which also features the sale of decorated trees, since they were in different

classifications. She said the foundation’s event is featuring finely decorated, artistically created trees that will be sold for their cause while the student decorated trees will be much more “free form,” if you will, with the expectations running toward colourful and fun-filled productions. She said the mall management had been in touch with the St. Joe’s Foundation prior to organizing the Trees for Growth activity and were assured that it would not be seen as a conflict of interest since there was lots of room for both events in a growing and active city.

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Envision reaching out to male community They want to be there for everyone who experiences abuse in the community. The Envision Counselling and Support Centre has always been a welcoming presence to those in trouble, but they are now focusing more on men’s issues, considering that the majority of the population in the area is men. Sheena Wock said Envision’s work with men has been ongoing, but they haven’t promoted it the same way they have branded themselves as a centre for women. They want to change that. “We have been known as the agency that helps out women in our community. That has been wonderful, but we have opened our doors to families, children, males, seniors. It’s a healing place for families to come,” said Wock. “With that we have more males coming in the door, and it’s just the right time. We’ve always kept it very female dominated among the clients because of the nature of survivors of domestic violence is 97 per cent of the time women.” Envision will be recognizing its 20th year in the community in 2014. The centre has never really had many males come in, but with the children exposed to violence program, which invites in those aged five to 18, they have had more teenage males coming in, and with Envision’s family intervention program, they have had more couples coming in. “It’s just the right time to really target the male population,” said Wock, noting the high density of men in the Estevan area. “These are men coming in, and they’re dealing with some things like self esteem.” She said they aren’t taking on issues that are covered by other programs in the community like anger issues, which is handled by counselling in alternatives to vio-

lence programs. She said the other agencies in the city are very important as well and know how to deal with certain problems. “But there’s a gap for just the male who is dealing with self esteem. The male who is dealing with assertiveness, be it a passive or more aggressive — how to be assertive. And it can be dealing with his boss on the site.” Wock said they help men who are survivors of childhood abuse as well as sexual assault survivors. Communication is also an issue many need help with, particularly men who have left their homes and family behind to work in Estevan for a period of time. “These males are taken away from their home community, a lot of times their partners, maybe their families,” she said of men working long hours in the Estevan area. “The breakdown with their partner from that distance, the communication of what his needs are and what they were before, what he needs now, he’s not able to really express that. That’s where another part of our counselling can come in to help these males.” A lot of men in the area are working long hours or shift work and are unable to approach Envision during their regular hours. Wock said Envision has changed their hours and have counsellors who work more flexible hours. She said Envision hired a male counsellor who works out of the Weyburn office who handles cases in the family intervention program, working with couples and parenting and child relationships. She added that she has found that men aren’t necessarily looking to speak to a peer about their issues, however. “I’ve been told they come in and they feel comforted with a woman’s voice and having a woman’s listening ear.

That has been working for us so far,” said Wock. If someone requests to speak to another man, she said they would be able to speak with the counsellor in Weyburn. “There’s a huge boom going on in the energy industry, and we have been talking about this for a long time. We have offered programming to males in the past,” said Wock, noting male victims of sexual assault have always been welcome to seek help at Envision. She said the number of sexual assaults grew in Estevan by 156 per cent in one year, according to Estevan Police Service figures. “We have to really look at that, because it’s not all women. It’s happening to everybody, and we have to be aware of that, too,” she said. Wock said in 2010, Envision started developing the Family Violence and Its Effects in the Workplace toolkit. A manual under that name was published in November 2012. The document is a manual that was distributed to businesses to help them identify if there is violence in the workplace or if a co-worker or employer is dealing with violence in their home life that may be impacting their work life. The demographics have changed in the past 20 years in terms of who seeks help through Envision. In the first decade, Wock said more women between 40 and 60 years old were coming in who had been in abusive relationships for years. Now more young women and families are receiving help, and she hopes they can continue to serve the community by welcoming men into the centre. “We hope to target this niche and give better supports, because they’re the majority of our population, and if they’re hurting it ripples out to everybody,” said Wock. “We are known as that place where people go to seek out help.”

Earthwork commences on heavy truck bypass Preliminary excavation work has begun on the long-anticipated commercial truck bypass near Estevan. The expected route that will take most commercial carriers around the northern perimeter of the city is on the planning and construction schedule for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure to build in 2014. The early construction movement is pretty well confined at present to the eastern side of Highway 47 while discussions and negotiations continue with a couple of landowners on the western side of the proposed

project. The two families are worried that the current proposed route will severely restrict access to their farmland, including their home quarter sections and farm equipment movement. Don and Dave Gallaway have not reached a settlement agreement with the provincial ministry yet and Don informed The Mercury they have been advised by legal counsel to not discuss the current matter with the media prior to the proposed mid-December judicial review that has been ordered concerning their current stalemate. It is believed that other landowners

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tains 35 bridge and culvert projects and 83 km of major highway upgrades, as well as 68 km of repaving along with stockpiling and other work with an estimated value of over $120 million. The past construction season saw 464 km of provincial highways improved and the minister responsible for Highways and Infrastructure, Don McMorris, said “since 2008, we’ve invested $3.7 billion to give people of Saskatchewan better, safer roads and to move our products to market more efficiently.” He went on to say, “transportation is key to achieving the objectives of the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth and our vision of a province with a population of 1.2 million by 2020.” The twinning of Highway 11 between Saskatoon and Prince Albert was completed in 2013 and a new overpass at Highway 1 near Regina was also done. Also completed this year were 310 km of repaving, 154 km of major highway upgrades and 22 bridge and culvert projects. “Last year’s record snowfall highlighted the challenges involved in treating snow and ice in the winter months,” McMorris said. “Saskatchewan motorists can be confident in the fact we have a dedicated team of men and women who are ready to respond to the challenges that nature throws our way.” The ministry deploys a fleet of more than 300 snowplows and their crews within 85 winter maintenance sectors throughout the province.

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The Salvation Army kicked off its annual kettle campaign at the Estevan Shoppers Mall on Saturday with several attendees. Among them were, from left, Troy LeBlanc, MLA Doreen Eagles, Lieut. June and Brian Bobolo, and city councillor Lori Carr.

Salvation Army Kettle campaign kicked off The Salvation Army’s iconic red kettle will once again be seen all over the city leading up to Christmas after the local organization kicked off its 2013 Kettle Campaign on the weekend. With a small ceremony at the Estevan Shoppers Mall on Saturday, Lieut. Brian Bobolo opened the campaign by inviting the local chapter of the Canadian Legion to make the first donation, which was made by president Troy LeBlanc. Bobolo said the success of the Kettle Campaign “sets the tone for the many social service programs we will operate during the coming year.” The coming year is a milestone anniversary for the Salvation Army in the Energy City as it marks its 100th year in the community. Bobolo noted that just as the Salvation Army seeks to help the community’s needy, Estevanites are known for helping their neighbours. “Estevan has a long history of taking care of its own,” said Bobolo. “Standing at the kettle is a wonderful opportunity for (people) to do just that. People know that when they come to volunteer at the Salvation Army and they stand for two hours at the kettle, they are doing something for their neighbours. It’s a really fun experience to stand at the kettle.” The Salvation Army’s goals for this year are to raise $35,000 through the kettle campaign and an-

other $55,000 from their direct mail appeal. “These funds will enable us to provide direct, hands-on practical services to anyone seeking assistance. They will allow us to continue to be available to those in crisis 365 days a year,” said Bobolo. “Once received and used to assist area individuals in need, these funds will represent approximately 60 per cent of our current annual investment in this community though the provision of a variety of much needed social services.” A few people showed up for the kickoff to the campaign along with provincial and municipal representations MLA Doreen Eagles and City councillor Lori Carr. The kettle will be set

up at shopping centres around Estevan as well as at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. The kettle will also appear at events around the city, including at Affinity Place for the Salvation Army’s teddy bear toss at the Estevan Bruin game Dec. 3 and when the Holiday Train rolls through the city on Dec. 19. All of the funds the Salvation Army receives

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An event that made us proud and loud This year’s Grey Cup preparations and celebrations reminds us once again how fortunate we are to be able to call Saskatchewan our home province and to claim the Canadian Football League as ours. The Grey Cup and all that goes with it, including the run-up to the big event, is purely Canadian and always has been, with the exception of a couple of years of ill-advised exploratory movements in the United States that gained the CFL a few fans but did little to enhance the product. The Stanley Cup is also a Canadian-based prize, but American interests have pretty well absconded with this unique trophy and all its symbolic Canadian roots. The Grey Cup, however, is exclusively ours. Regina and the province put on a great show. Nothing was over the top. The game featured a strong mixture of Canadian and American football players joining together to play for a national title that brings in a few additional dollars for the players, but so much more for the host province and city, not only in terms of dollars but also in exposure and goodwill. We watched the fun unfold on television, and we enjoyed what we saw and heard. We didn’t get a classic football game this time around, but we got a huge dose of entertainment. We watched extremely talented footballers going at it with only modest paycheques waiting for them at the end. It was mostly for prestige and pride and that coveted cup that even the U.S. honed players learn to appreciate as they embrace the much more exciting style of football that is played in Canada. This is the CFL, the little league that could. This is the modest league that will expand to just nine teams next year with the re-admission of Ottawa. It bodes well for the future. We viewed and heard a good hard-edged Canadian rock group take to a small stage to rock us on at halftime. We viewed the same tired television commercials we’ve seen all year, and somehow appreciated the fact that the networks don’t attempt to pillage the advertisers with $84 million per second commercials like they do on Super Bowl extravaganzas that only the elite corporate suits can afford to attend in person, along with about 2,000 actual fans. In Regina, on Sunday, we saw 45,000 genuine lunch-bucket fans enjoying the hell out of each other on a cool, breezy day. They hugged, argued and partied together the whole week leading up to the Sunday ﬁnale. They paid homage to the game and to the province and to one another. We welcomed the interlopers into our midst, fed them, drank with them, made them our friends (for the most part), and sent them back home with the promise to get together and do it again next November in another Canadian city. What can be better than that?

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

Good and bad in Sask. connects us all

It’s seems a good week to talk about how connected we really are in this province. Of course, the thing that’s connecting all Saskatchewan people together this week is the Roughriders capturing the Grey Cup on their home turf in Regina. Young or old, rural or urban, left or right, north or south, east or west, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are the glue that seems to bond everyone from here together. As a born and raised Manitoban that’s lived here for 30 years, it’s a phenomenon that’s still not particularly easy to understand. And it’s sometimes especially hard to understand in the context of people that have so many other differences. This is, after all, a province where rural and urban inSERVING CANADA’S SUNSHINE CAPITAL

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Pretty much pretty good While this year’s Grey Cup party and game made us happy and proud, it also brought us a reminder as to just how grounded most of us really are in Saskatchewan. In fact, taking a look at most of our true Canadian sports heroes who are out there now and those who were there earlier, you won’t find too many prima donnas, divas or train wrecks among the bunch. We h a v e a p r e t t y w e l l rounded and grounded group of sportsmen and women who our youngsters have been able to idolize over the years without being disappointed in the outcomes. In fact, it seems to be our Canadian nature to just not take ourselves too seriously at any given time, no matter how famous some get to be. The stark reality is, fame is fleeting and nobody owes you anything, and we kinda know that stuff. So I did a little quick and quiet reflection work, just to test my theory. On the hockey front, which is our main sports venue, who do we have and who did we have? Try Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, Sidney Crosby, Hayley Wickenheiser. Those were and are the big Canadian guns, the

Norm Park All Things Considered players who attracted all the attention. Name me one of those who have embarrassed their province or country? Canada’s current golden boy of golf, Graham DeLaet … just a good guy from down the road. The only negative thing we have to say about him is that he has to claim Weyburn as his hometown. That’s just an unfortunate fact, he couldn’t help it. But as far as fame goes … he’s just a good guy from Canada, well grounded, while he collects his millions thanks to a well-honed golf game. Even as a kid, he knew how to conduct himself the right way, just like Wayne, Bobby and Sidney have had to at early ages. In the hoops world, we have Steve Nash and a trio of young up and comers who will be starring in the NBA within a year. All well-grounded and all knowing what to say and do. Canuck kids. None of these character people have run off the rails. The same is almost true on the pure entertainment side

terests have often battled over conﬂicting interests. While it was once said that everyone in urban Saskatchewan has one foot in rural Saskatchewan, anyway, the rapid growth of our cities compared with the on-going decline of rural towns and farms has made that a less common notion. Certainly, the left vs. right battles in our province’s history are known to all — medicare, nationalization and privatization. And with the loss of a generation of people to Alberta, one can even notice a growing gap between young and old in the province. Yet whatever differences there may between people in this province, there are these unbreakable bonds. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are one. They mean a lot to this place. There is, of course, the weather and the landscape. We will always have our cold winters and broad horizons. There is our identity with agriculture, potash and now oil. However, there is another bond that may be tougher to understand because it’s not as apparent as the wearing of Rider green. We are connected simply because, in a province of this size, issues and struggles will eventually connect us all. For example, Regina and Saskatoon have been at a nearcrisis state at their hospital emergency rooms for some time now, largely driven by a shortage of ER doctors. On the surface, this might seem to be strictly an urban problem. After all, a quick trip to a Regina ER will reveal a clientele with a lot of inner city people. But it’s also here

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of the equation too. The only current entertainer I can think of right now who has become a loose cannon is Justin Bieber, and he’s mainly out to sabotage his own career, not yours or mine. I would love to extend our “ﬁne Canadians” list to include politicians but alas, I think our examples are pretty well down on the lower rungs with the rest of the world’s politicos. I don’t think we have anything to brag about on that front. Hey, I realize that Rob Ford is just Toronto’s problem, not Canada’s sticky wicket, but he’s just a tip of our zany political iceberg. We may have more than our fair share of crazy, entertaining and even brilliant politicians, but not too many are above reproach and reproach has a pretty low standard to begin with when it comes to vote buying. Now I admit quite readily that my research efforts consisted of about 11 minutes of pre-assembled thought and no real digging into facts so I know you, dear diary, will be able to come up with the names of Canadians who, while maybe not candidates for a “despicable” list, might at least qualify as unsavory or unlovable. But you know me, I keep looking for the best and brightest Canadian examples, like you know … yourself.

where the interconnections become obvious. Many of those inner city people who wind up in ERs are urban First Nations people whose families came to the cities to escape the poverty and joblessness of rural reserves. Some First Nations people are becoming urban success stories, but many more have brought with them the legacy of residential schools and reserve life. Many have found their way into the violence, addiction and bad health outcomes of inner-city urban life. Rather than seeing the local rural doctor, the city ER room is the first place where they meet medical professionals. However, urban ER rooms do not distinguish people by their walk of life, income level or background. City ER rooms are also filled each day by ambulances from both the city and country. Their passengers may be car accident victims from rural roads, farming, mining or oil field accident victims, heart attack victims or struggling elderly. At one time, some of these people would have been treated at local rural hospitals ... or the Plains Hospital on the outskirts of Regina. But the Plains Hospital was closed in 1993 along with 52 rural hospitals that no longer serve emergency needs. All of this has placed added pressures on our urban ER rooms, making this an issue for all us. But it also demonstrates how connected we truly are. Whether it’s a positive like the Riders in the Grey Cup or a negative, Saskatchewan people are in it together.

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Letters to the Editor

Time to talk about a maximum wage The Editor: Though few of us in Saskatchewan would deny the need for a strong minimum wage, to help protect our most vulnerable working people, it might be time for our province to consider implementing a maximum wage. Because wages for the middle class in Canada have remained flat, after being adjusted for inflation, since the 1970s, and because successive governments have made repeated efforts to weaken working people’s organizations and to erode economic democracy, it comes as little surprise that the income gap has widened significantly over the past several decades. A 2009 study showed that, in Saskatchewan, the lowest-earning 50 per cent of families with children took home just 19.6 percent of provincial earnings. Meanwhile, the highest 10 per cent took a staggering 28 per cent of earnings. In contrast, in 1976 the lowest-earning

50 per cent of families would have accounted for nearly 27 per cent of total earnings. Despite the low-wage agenda that permeates our business world and our politics today, there are those that are defying the trend. For 35 years, Ontario-based Lee Valley Tools has linked the highest wages in the company to the lowest as a ratio. The highest paid employee can never make more than 10 times the rate of the company’s lowest-paid employee. Again in contrast, the effective wage ratio in Canada’s biggest companies was, on average, 122-to-one last year. Only a decade ago the ratio was 84-to-one. Lee Valley Tools is not alone. A new international certification agency called the Wagemark Foundation recognizes employers that maintain a ratio between highest and lowest-paid employees of 8-to-1 or lower, and new companies are being certified all the time.

EA cuts hurting students The Editor:

If our governments are serious about addressing what has become one of the greatest social and economic problems in our society, then they must act on bridging the income gap. Enforcing a ratio for earnings is just one example of a policy that would benefit the economy, benefit our communities, and, most importantly, benefit Saskatchewan people. Though the minimum wage sometimes makes its way into public discussion, it’s time for us to start talking about a maximum wage. Larry Hubich President, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour

Educational assistants (EAs) provide the one-on-one attention that Saskatchewan’s students need and deserve, which is why I’m disappointed that this government cut 300 assistants from the classroom over a three-year period as our student population grew. Since 2007, there are about 9,000 more students in Saskatchewan. There are more English-as-an-additional-language students and more students with enhanced needs. Despite these facts and a strong economy, this government stubbornly refuses to acknowledge that schools need more EAs. The number of EAs hired hasn’t nearly kept up to the growth, with half of all schools divisions in the province still working with fewer EAs than they had in 2007. Teachers are working harder than ever, teaching in overcrowded classrooms with fewer resources. But the government is not doing its part, making the problem worse with cuts in classrooms instead of investments in our kids and our province’s future. Trent Wotherspoon NDP Education Critic

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Keeping track of employee movement in southeast public school system Keeping track of the comings and goings of 528 teachers as well as double that number in support staffers such as maintenance personnel, administrative, management and transportation workers, is the job for Gord Husband and his department in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division. Husband, the superintendent of human resources for Cornerstone, provided the board of trustees with his annual progress report on Nov. 21 during the early part of the board’s monthly open business session in Weyburn. In the power point report, Husband noted the school division with about 8,200 students, fills 527.8 full time teaching positions. These positions are augmented with a further 43.25 full time Gord Husband, superintendent of human resources for SECPSD in a discussion with Estevan positions being ﬁlled by people who are trustee Pam Currie just prior to board meeting Nov. 21. skilled in early education intervention and another 37 who provide other learnwith CUPE and SEIU will be expiring in He said a response to a pending provining supports. August of next year, and provincial nego- cial collective agreement will expose new Cornerstone employs just over 128 tiations with teachers across the province, challenges, too, once it is completed. educational assistants and fields a bus are ongoing. Technical upgrades will help his departdriving and vehicle maintenance crew of The human resources leader said the ment keep better track of employees who are 125 while another 14 people work within hunt for and recruitment of teachers to ﬁll returning to work, including those on medical the information systems in the division that the more rural positions remains a chal- leave. Monitoring the progress of employees has 39 facilities including one cyber school. lenge as do those who teach practical and not currently in the work stream will improve Husband said that union contracts applied arts. with new tracking techniques and software.

“We are getting to know when they’re ready to return to work, getting to know how they are working through medical leaves, so we’ll know whether they are close to returning to work or not,” Husband said. Marc Casavant, the director of education, added that with that tool in place, “then can we accommodate them and help them get back into the workforce, once they’re ready to return?” That’s the next question that can be addressed in a timely manner, he suggested. Husband told the trustees that Cornerstone’s personnel sector is getting closer to achieving a paperless system for keeping personnel ﬁles including sick leave management and recording employee movement. He said candidates for employment in Cornerstone do so now online in all employment categories. “We had 113 hirings for the fall startup last year, so you can see how important and effective it can be,” Husband said, conﬁrming that educational assistants and all support staff employee hiring begins with online applications now joining the other employment categories that have been carried out through online processes earlier.

Public school board members exchange ideas Trustees of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division held an interesting round table discussion regarding their individual travels during the past month with most of them spending time with their respective school community councils (SCC). In some instances, several board members made it to working sessions with SCCs, including one in Estevan where continuing growth was a topic of interest. A meeting with the Minister of Education was rewarding, said trustee Kevin Keating who touted the efforts of the Cornerstone employees who made a clear and impressive presentation to the ministry. “Our meetings with SCCs are coming out all right because the superintendents are coming back saying they have a lot of information now regarding bullying and other topics,” said Cornerstone’s director of education, Marc Casavant.

Trustee Bryan Wilson said an early intervention session he attended was impressive while trustee Audrey Trombley pointed out how the number of students involved in early intervention has doubled over the past couple of years, while the funding for the programs has not budged appreciably. Janet Foord, an Estevan based trustee who is also president of the Saskatchewan Schoolboard Association, said Cornerstone has been instrumental in keeping the provincial message in front of the ministry. The trustees said they also felt solid progress was being made on the First Nations and Metis ﬁles at the provincial level as well as within the region. They said that other divisions have noted the positive work that has already taken place within Cornerstone on the First Nations outreach efforts. Chairman Harold Laich said the

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meetings with the SCCs regarding future growth patterns were particularly rewarding. “I know we planted some seeds of information and provided some solid input at the Estevan meeting,” said Trombley. “Yes, there are some interesting dynamics unfolding in Estevan,” added Casavant. “The information on the student catchment areas in Estevan, such as Dominion

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a work permit if she was successful in the job interview. Further background checks revealed previous convictions of forgery, two vehicle thefts, escape from custody, failure to appear in court, shoplifting and domestic violence. She was deemed inadmissible to Canada and returned to the U.S. At the Estevan Highway port of entry, there were other similar incidents to record during the month of October, including an Oct. 6 incident that prevented a 36-year-old Mississippi resident from entering Canada to visit in Estevan. It was determined the man had been convicted of two aggravated assaults, robbery, burglary and simple assault. He also admitted to having had an impaired driving charged laid against him in the past and it was pending a court appearance. He was denied entry. A 45-year-old South Carolina resident attempting to enter into Saskatchewan to visit in Regina was denied entry after it was discovered he had been convicted on two counts of indecent exposure, being an accessory to armed robbery and having a DUI and driving while suspended. On Oct. 20, a 66-year-old Minnesota man arrived at the Estevan Highway port and denied he had any arrests or convictions on his record. But CBSA background checks found he had been charged with trespassing and fleeing police. Further information showed he had also been charged with theft, possession and sale of stolen or counterfeit cheques, obstructing a legal process, fleeing police a second time plus two counts of damaging property, two trespassing incidents and six charges of false imprisonment, kidnapping and escape while in custody. He was found inadmissible to Canada due to the impending charges against him outside of Canada and for being unable to produce documents that would satisfy a CBSA officer that no other convictions existed according to his statements and for failing to respond to questions truthfully. He returned to the U.S. A 49-year-old Nebraska man attempting to visit in Estevan was denied entry after initially admitting only to a conviction for receiving stolen property. The extended investigation revealed he had actually been convicted of robbery, and domestic violence … twice. Further checks revealed he was a multi-state offender and had charges laid against him for possession of a controlled substance, stealing, tampering with a motor vehicle and airplane, assaulting a police officer and battery. He was refused entry. At the Northgate port of entry, a Canadian resident returning home on Oct. 12 was found with 54 undeclared items bearing a value of just under $1,100. The items were seized and only returned to the traveller after a penalty of $274.30 was paid. At the Oungre port of entry that same day, two U.S. residents arrived at the port saying they were delivering a horse to a Canadian resident for a purchase price of $2,500. Further examination revealed the actual price was $4,500. On Oct. 21, a Canadian resident returning home declared purchases of just under $800 following a 48-hour absence from Canada. An examination of the vehicle led to the discovery of an additional $2,056 in undeclared goods, some of them concealed under the trunk floor and in the vehicle’s quarter panels. Travellers returning to Canada following the American Black Friday are reminded they may be able to minimize wait times at the border by perhaps showing up during nonpeak times, which are usually late afternoons and evenings. You may stay updated on wait times at the North Portal entry point by subscribing to Border Wait Times on Twitter. CBSA officers advise you to have all your receipts ready and to be prepared to make an accurate and efficient declaration to officers. If you are uncertain as to what to declare, do not hesitate to ask the officer who will be there to help you through the process.

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“They are going to widen it out and put in extra lanes allowing drivers to speed up and slow down. That will make it a lot safer.” – Mayor Roy Ludwig

Local intersections to get makeovers Two of the city’s busiest intersections are expected to get makeovers in 2014. Mayor Roy Ludwig announced at the Nov. 18 regular meeting of council that the provincial government has agreed to make changes to the intersection of Sister Roddy Road and Highway 39 as well as Highway 39 and Sawyer Road at the east edge of the city. “They have agreed to widen out the roadway at Sister Roddy Road,” Ludwig said following the meeting. “They haven’t agreed to lights at this juncture, they are going to widen it out and put in

extra lanes allowing drivers to speed up and slow down. That will make it a lot safer.” Once the changes are made, Ludwig said the province plans to revisit the situation in time and determine whether or not lights are needed. As for the east intersection, Ludwig said those traffic lanes will also be widened out to allow traffic to speed up and slow down. Again, traffic lights are not part of the equation at this point. The City has been pressing the provincial government to make improvements to those intersections for a number of

years. According to recent traffic numbers collected by the province, they are the two busiest in the City. Unfortunately, they have also been the site of numerous accidents. “We are very excited to have those improvements,” Ludwig said while adding that the City will not be asked to pick up the tab for either project. “They are scary intersections. Sawyer in the morning with all of the oilfield traffic leaving town and the mine traffic; Sister Roddy Road has just been a zoo and will only get worse with our development going in there. When we were redo-

ing 47 north and all of the traffic had to be funneled, it was an accident waiting to happen.” Along with those two intersections, the City has also been working with the province to create an intersection off Highway 47 south, which would accommodate The Ridge modular home development. Ludwig said the situation is complicated because the highway curves at the point where the most likely access point would go which could present a safety issues. However, he noted that a number of people have been working on the matter, and the

province has agreed to take another look. “By moving it to the best place in the curve where we have the best sightlines, we are hoping they will put in an access and egress, which we absolutely need,” he said. “Coming over from Wi l l o w P a r k w i l l n o t work, plus they have to cross over a water line so that is not going to work for us.” Council also passed a bylaw amendment that clears the way to the City selling the Kensington Service Road to TS&M. Ludwig noted that under the agreement, the road will essentially be closed

and become a parking area for businesses along that road and their customers. “They came forward with their engineering and traffic group and felt that was something that would be an advantage to them if it was closed,” Ludwig said. “That (area) was always a nightmare; it was so bad at various times throughout the year people were stuck in there. Now, with it being taken over I am sure all of those issues will be rectified.” The City did receive one letter in opposition but felt the issues raised could be dealt with and were not enough to stop the deal from being closed.

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News and notes from the November 20 regular meeting of Estevan city council On behalf of council, Mayor Roy Ludwig thanked a trio of retiring City employees for their years of service. Retiring are Danny Chestney, who was the roads and drainage foreman for a number of years; Yhemane Ghrebresius who worked in a number of different areas for the City and Pam Currie who, most recently, was a foreman in the leisure services division. •••••• In his report, treasurer and acting city manager Jeff Ward touched on the ﬁnancial picture. Ward noted the City’s long-term debt was currently sitting at $32.28 million while the City was also $5.16 million into its bank overdraft. Ward said keeping the overdraft at around the $5 million was imperative as the City continues to wait for the province’s approval to increase their overall debt limit from $45 million to $55 million. It was also noted the City secured another $260,000 in Provincial Disaster Assistance Program funding for dewater-

ing work that was required in Dominion Heights in 2011. The City also received $180,000 in delinquent property tax revenue. Looking toward the remainder of the year, Ward said he does not expect any significant cash inflows making it crucial that the City manages cash flow to see where they are at the end of the year and what they will need to begin 2014. •••••• Council approved a contract between the City and Estevan Bruins that will take the two sides to the end of the 2016 hockey season. The parties had been working on the contract for a number of months and have agreed that the Bruins have roughly $130,000 left on their overall debt to the City. The deal includes a clause that will see the Bruins pay 25 per cent of any profit to the City with that money going towards the debt. As part of the deal, the Bruins will

continue to pay no rental fees for their regular ice at Affinity Place. The team is charged for any other event they use to generate revenue. Councillor Chris Istace, who is planning to resign from council at the end of 2013, noted that the Bruins should expect that they will be charged rent when a new deal is struck in 2016 and that part of the reason the team is not paying rent was to help them get their financial house in order. Councillor Kevin Smith clarified the issue to Istace, noting the reason the Bruins do not pay rent is because the City took over concessions and alcohol sales in Affinity Place when the facility opened. The Bruins operated the concession and sold beer in

their previous home, the Civic Auditorium, which generated anywhere from $40,000 to $50,000 for the club in a typical year. •••••• October was a strong month for the City on the construction front. According to the monthly building permits report, the City issued 10 permits, which had a combined value of $10.1 million. The bulk of the total was one industrial permit, which had a value of $7.4 million. On the year, the City has now issued 110 permits with a combined value of $36.6 million. That is well ahead of the pace set in 2012, which saw $26 million in construction through October.

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regulations for railway operations, such as speed restrictions and tighter requirements for supervising parked locomotives. I think we also need to consider how these regulations could be better enforced for improved compliance.” SUMA said it will continue to work with other municipal associations around the country, and with other orders of government to ﬁnd ways to continue to address railway safety. Further information on the announcement is available on the FCM website at www.fcm.ca/home/media/ news-releases/2013/statement-by-fcm-president-onnew-measures-to-strengthen-rail-safety-in-canadiancommunities.htm

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Another man sentenced for possessing child porn An American man will spend a year in a Canadian jail after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography on Monday. Roger Mead was attempting to enter Canada on Oct. 20 at North Portal, when Canadian Border Security agents investigated several storage devices he had in his vehicle. Mead refused to provide a password to access his computer, but border agents accessed the USB storage devices and found what they considered to be pornographic material involving children. The equipment was seized and the items were sent to the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit. The Crown prosecutor noted there were more than 4,000 images and files that were considered child porn, with the majority of them depicting girls under 10 years old. The prosecutor said the officers didn’t examine all the storage devices after it was found there was a significant amount of illegal material in Mead’s possession. The computer and storage units were seized and are forfeited by Mead, following Monday’s guilty plea, when he appeared in Estevan provincial court in shackles.

Upon Mead’s release from jail after a year, the 41-year-old will be subject to a three-year probation order, where he will be under a number of conditions, including a mandatory DNA order and being a subject within the Canadian Sex Offender Registry. He will also not be able to possess or use a computer or other device that accesses the Internet, will not be allowed to have contact with anyone under 16 and is prohibited from attending a playground, school or other place where children can be expected to be. Mead will also receive assessments and any necessary programming for sexual offences during his probation period. Presiding Judge Karl Bazin commented on the seriousness of the offence, saying Mead’s yearlong incarceration, even though he has no criminal history, is an indicator of how serious society considers these crimes against vulnerable children. With the Crown proceeding by indictment on the charge, Mead’s Legal Aid defence counsel noted the period of jail ranges between six months and five years, calling the 12-month jail term appropriate for a first-time offender like Mead.

Rider Priders populated local police cells on Sunday On Grey Cup Sunday “our cells were filled with Rider pride,” said Const. Barry Schulte of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) who issued a media release following celebrations that marked the victory of the Saskatchewan Roughriders over the Hamilton Tiger Cats. The celebrations resulted in a couple of notso-friendly lounge rivalries that ended as quickly as they began and, in fact, the combatants at one lounge had left the establishment before police got there. Another local lounge, however, reported two unruly patrons who were refusing to leave after being asked to do so. Even when police arrived, the two refused to leave, so they were arrested and lodged in cells until sober. The next call focused on a complaint of a man in a short-sleeved shirt curled up on a deck cuddling a shovel at a residence on the southwest side of the city. The homeowner had awakened the man and advised him that he had called a taxi for him, but the man simply got up and left the area. Fortunately, police located the subject and arrested him for being intoxicated in public and placed him in cells until he regained sobriety. The next call came from a local hotel where it was reported that a person was passed out on a couch in the lobby. When police managed to finally wake him up, he remained only semi-coherent and had no recollection of where he was, so police arrested him for being intoxicated in public and invited him to join the other happy celebrants in the cells. In another Sunday night incident, police were called to the south side of the city in response to a domestic abuse complaint involving a man who was threatening his commonlaw partner. He had apparently pushed her in front of their child and when police arrived, they noted the front window of the home had been broken. A man exited the home from the front door and headed across the lawn to the back alley where he was caught and arrested for being intoxicated and lodged in cells. The partner did not wish to move forward with charges, but did not want him to return to the home until he had regained sobriety. Earlier in the week, events unrelated to Grey Cup celebrations resulted in a 44-year old man being arrested as a result of a domestic disturbance and for breaching conditions of his recognizance, while a 39-year-old man was arrested after police caught him walking erratically and unsafely in the central part of the city.

A 29-year-old man was arrested for attempting to enter a home that wasn’t his and for being intoxicated in public while another man, a 43-year-old, was arrested for impaired driving and driving while his bloodalcohol content was over .08 per cent. Police also arrested a 23-year-old man after he kicked a door at a residence in the central part of the city. The occupants of the home removed the man from the premises and he was then transported to cells by police following his arrest. Police had also arrested and charged a 22-year-old man for impaired driving and refusing to take a breathalyzer test earlier in the week, and they charged a 27-year-old man for assaulting two people along with a charge of mischief after he smashed a vehicle windshield. Police also noted they ticketed several vehicles for illegally parking in handicapped zones around the city between Nov. 15 and 17. Careless drivers also caused a couple of minor accidents in the city during the past week. No injuries were reported, but one driver was charged with impaired driving and another was charged for failing to yield to an approaching vehicle while making a left hand turn. Police also noted they had to issue warnings to some local snowmobile operators who were caught driving their vehicles on the west side of the city in contravention of the local bylaw that restricts their use within the city. On Nov. 22, Estevan Police Service members were called to a restaurant in the central part of the city to check into a person who was acting in a suspicious manner. The 27-year-old man was spoken to by police and then transported

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The Riders dream becomes reality If this is a dream, don’t wake me up. The Saskatchewan Roughriders captured the 101st Grey Cup championship with a 45-23 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Sunday at Mosaic Stadium. Just like the week before, the score flattered their opponents. While it seemed for most of the season that the Riders were on a collision course for their fourth CFL championship, it’s really hard to believe it has actually happened. I mean, it never usually happens this way for the Green & White. A storybook ending? That’s for story-

books. At least it has been for much of the franchise’s 103 years but on one magical evening on the prairies, the impossible dream became a reality. And really, it still seems like a dream. When I awoke on game day morning, the snow that had accumulated during Grey Cup Week had melted away and was streaming off the roof. Could this be? Could the perfect scenario, the Riders winning the Grey Cup at home in ideal weather conditions, actually happen? It did. And they did it in dominating fashion. The Riders led by as much as 31-6 over the Ticats who did

Rod Pedersen Rider Insider not put up much in the way of resistance. The fans were dialed in. The stadium was full as much as 30 minutes before the 5:36 p.m. kickoff time and it took very little to ignite them into boisterous ovations long before the team was introduced onto the field. And that, let me tell you, was a sight to behold as well. The Tiger-Cats were calmly introduced one-by-one, their starting defense, before a national TV audience. The CFL tried to do the same for

the Riders, beginning with left tackle Xavier Fulton, but moments later the entirety of Canada’s Team came bursting out of the tunnel all at once. It was a clear sign that nothing was going to stand in the way of this team romping to a championship, even if their entrance temporarily ruffled the feathers of league execs. The domination continued shortly after kickoff as Rider quarterback Darian Durant engineered a bevy of touchdown drives, including two scores by slotback Geroy Simon and running back Kory Sheets each along with endzone trips by Jock Sand-

Hard work pays off for Games Not just any group of people could pull off a successful bid for a major multi-sport event like the Saskatchewan Games. It takes dedication, careful planning and lots of teamwork. The group of people who assembled to form Estevan’s bid committee for the 2016 Summer Games have a history of getting things done, and they did that again. Co-chairs Brian Smith and Brian Senchuk saw themselves as merely the people who got the ball rolling, and they expected someone else would step up to chair the bid committee. They ended up doing that themselves. Marketing and communications co-chair Brenda Lyons did a great job keeping the media informed as to what was going on, and was integral in hold-

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ers and Weston Dressler. The Riders kept coming in waves and they kept the pedal to the metal for the full 60 minutes. It was as if all the hard lessons they’d learned over the rigours of an 11-7 season (which had plenty of ups and downs) were exactly that: lessons. In the end, CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon handed the Grey Cup to its rightful owner, Darian Durant, who smiled and pumped the trophy up and down as if it were as light as a feather. No one on that team wanted the trophy to go to anyone else. We all know by now it was the biggest game in Roughrider history. That fact is undisputed. Sure, the Riders had appeared in 18 Grey Cups before, winning three, but never had the team battled for the trophy at home. Until now. Of course it was extra special for second-year Rider head coach Corey Chamblin who won the title for the first time as a head coach. Oddly enough tears streamed down his face when the team won the West Final a week before in Calgary, but there were no waterworks this time around. Simply put, the job had been completed just as he expected it would.

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2013: The Year of the Rider. And the demons of the 13th Man in the 2009 Grey Cup were unceremoniously kicked to the curb never to be thought of again. And with 44,900 citizens of the Rider Nation in attendance on Sunday, the fanbase can truly bask in the glow. “The one thing that led us to a dominant performance was the fans,” Chamblin revealed. “They were unreal. I looked at Hamilton in warmups and thought ‘I wouldn’t want to be you guys’. The stars aligned and it was a positive for us.” The Ticats made no secret of the fact they felt disrespected during the week’s festivities, referring to Thursday’s CFL Awards as nothing more than a “Rider pep rally”. In the end, I’d love to know what they expected, coming into the heartland of the CFL? For now Chamblin doesn’t care. Nor should he. As he stood up from a remarkably brief postgame news conference, he muttered the only words that mattered. “That’s it,” Chamblin said. “We’re the champs.” A storybook ending indeed.

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A number of efforts are being spearheaded locally by the Filipino commnity to raise support for their home country that was hit by a typhoon earlier this month. The events include a benefit concert this Saturday night as well as a steak supper on Dec. 3 at Eddie Webster’s.

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The Filipino community in Estevan has done a lot for the southeast region, and now they are calling on the city’s generosity to help their friends and families back home who have been affected by the typhoon that swept through parts of the Philippines earlier this month. Typhoon Haiyan hit land on Nov. 8, with winds topping 240 kilometres per hour destroying homes and communities and killing thousands. The Energy City has welcomed a growing population of Filipino immigrants in recent years as they have ﬂocked to Saskatchewan for work, and they have felt the effects of the disaster through family and friends who live in their home country. In order to raise money to go toward the Philippine Relief Fund, a group of local Filipinos are organizing a number of events to help support the people of their home country. This Saturday there will be a concert at Eddie Webster’s Dining Room and Lounge, featuring the Third Town Band and DJ Armani. A steak supper will also be held at Eddie’s on Dec. 3. All proceeds from the event will go to the relief fund. James Senires, who plays drums in the Third Town Band, has close ties to home. His wife lives in Manila and her parents manage his hog farm, which is much closer to the main areas of damage in the country. “My wife’s parents’ home was restructured in the past year, and it has been devastated by the typhoon. My small pig farm is ruined. I lost all my stuff there,” he said, noting all of the livestock, about 50 hogs, died in the storm. “My wife went to the province, to my in-laws’ place and checked on my in-laws. They survived the typhoon, but everything was wrecked. That was the province where the typhoon hit.” One of his wife’s cousins died in the storm. “There’s a lot of wreckage everywhere and the biggest issue right now is getting back to the normal things that they do. It’s hard for the people who were devastated by the typhoon,” said Senires. He has sent more money to his wife to help rebuild her parents’ house. He

said the foundation is still usable but the upper ﬂoors are gone. They have already begun to rebuild “little by little,” he said, and they are now living back in the house, “but you couldn’t call it a real house,” added Senires. “They were kind of spared,” he said of his wife’s parents. “It destroyed the next block from their place. Downtown from their place 400 people died, and that’s the biggest part people are trying to recover from.” Immediately following the disaster, Raquelee Caliston and Eric “Ginger” Goot wanted to gather boxes of clothes in order to send home for people in need. In the next few days they received a truck full from the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. They are now accepting canned goods and generic medicines along with cash donations. All goods may be dropped off at Eddie’s. Caliston said she even received some jackets and shoes someone just bought from a store, and the tags were still on them. “I said ‘You don’t need to do that.’ But I’m so happy for that kind of stuff,” she said. “We are so thankful about the support we get from Canadians,” added Goot. “My grandparents are living in the centre of where the typhoon hit,” he said. “The good thing is they’re living in a high area at the back of the mountain. After four days, I received a call from my mom saying they are OK. They are safe and sound. I was relieved.” Caliston’s husband lives in B.C., and his mother lives in a town that was hit squarely by the storm. “We’re thinking about the families, because that is his hometown. Most of his uncles and aunties lost their houses. The school has been wrecked by the typhoon, so we’re thinking about all the students,” said Caliston. “Every time I watch the local news, the students are saying they want to go back to school, but they can’t.” After gathering the clothes, they shipped them to her husband’s hometown. “We can help them to rebuild, not just my family or my husband’s family, we want to extend help to the community and all of the other communities,” she added.

Senires noted it isn’t just the fundraisers at Eddie’s that people may support. If people are unable to attend those events, the KFC restaurants in Estevan, Weyburn and Moosomin have donation boxes. That money will be sent to the same relief fund. “It’s such an overwhelming feeling when people help out here and how the Filipinos have been integrated into the community,” said Senires. “Friends and

co-workers here are just so willing to help out.” He said it’s a great feeling to be around people who want to help out and support the cause and put in a little bit of time to attend an event. Tickets for the streak dinner may be purchased by contacting Eddie’s. Caliston designed some T-shirts that can be purchased at the dinner, which will also feature rafﬂes and a 50/50 draw.

The Third Town Band is performing at Eddie Webster’s on Saturday as part of a benefit concert to support the Philippine Relief Fund that will support efforts to rebuild and repair communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. (File Photo)

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The Estevan Christian Women’s After Five Club held their monthly November meeting at the Living Hope Community Church on Nov. 20. The ladies enjoyed a wonderful roast beef supper catered by EB’s Dining Emporium. Despite the frigid temperatures and blowing snow, 47 ladies attended the event where they were entertained with musical performances by Lianna and Shayla-Lynn Gill, along with Bob Olson. Eight-year-old Shayla-Lynn played her violin, accompanied by her mother Lianna on the keyboard and her grandfather Bob on guitar. The crowd was treated to a musical medley that included tunes such as Silent Night and Amazing Grace. After only one year of violin lessons, Shayla’s budding talent impressed and delighted everyone in attendance. Shayla-Lynn not only plays the violin, but she can sing too! She opened with a classic Judds song, Grandpa, (tell me ‘bout the good ‘ol days) followed by a toe-tapping rendition of ‘Let the Sunshine in’. Some door prizes for the evening were handed out, won by Pat Thompson and Joanne Bill.

Margaret Duncan, a teacher from the Estevan Comprehensive School was the local feature for the evening. She told of how the Life Skills class at ECS came to be a reality, her passion for her job as a special needs teacher was evident. She provided some heartwarming, humorous stories that have occurred throughout her career that had her audience laughing out loud. The guest speaker for the evening, Jennifer Obleman, a self professed ‘Grammar Nazi’, told those gathered about how she came to know Jesus as a young girl at a bible camp at Manitou Lake in 1990. Jennifer’s enthusiasm for sharing God’s love with others was apparent as she told the ladies about starting a career as a journalist, working in Saskatchewan towns like North Battleford and Meadow Lake, after attending Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, SK. Eventually, she felt she was being called to the Eastern European country of Belarus, where less than one percent of the population considers themselves to be Christian. She plans to return to the Russian speaking country in January and continue the next step of her journey, teaching English as another language to the good people of Belarus.

The next After Five meeting, will be held on Dec. 1l. This meeting is being held earlier in the month than usual due to the busy Christmas season. We have our guest speaker, Colleen Huston from Saskatoon traveling to Estevan to tell us how she turned loss into gain. Colleen uses a quilt to tell her story from rags to riches which eventually ended in freedom. Our musical guests will be announced at a later date. Our local feature is Pampered Chef consultant, Holly Deufemia from Lampman. She will have her high quality and user-friendly kitchenware on display, offering some great gift-giving ideas for the holiday season! In the spirit of cooking, we are also collecting recipes for a cookbook that we hope to publish in the summer of 2014 to have available for purchase at our annual Fall Fair in October. We ask anyone interested in attending any of our meetings this season, to come with a special tried and true recipe to share with our club. Tickets for the event are $18. You simply pay at the door, but we ask that you do reserve your seat in advance for our December meeting. To do so, please call Jen at 306-634-0196 or e-mail our club at estevanafterfive@yahoo.ca . Please RSVP

on or before Dec. 8. Cancellation notifications are a must. All ladies are welcome to attend. We have many guests who travel from Weyburn, Stoughton and other surrounding communities to partake in our supper meetings. Our meetings are a great place to spend time with old friends and to have the opportunity to make some new ones too. For ladies who may not be able to make it out to a supper meeting, but are interested in Stonecroft Ministries, the organization that our club supports and is a part of, our club also hosts a Prayer Connection once a month. The next Prayer Connection meeting will be held at the home of Carol Haberstock on Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. For more information, please call Carol at 306-634-3796. To find out more information about Stonecroft Ministries and our local Estevan Christian Women’s After Five club, you can visit www.stonecroftcanada.org or like us on our local Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EstevanChristianWomensAfter5Club. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

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Pleasantdale School would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the fundraising efforts for our new play structure that was completed on August 10, 2013. There were numerous Pleasantdale residents, parents, students, volunteers, and businesses from Estevan and surrounding area that supported our project over the past year. Assembly of the Play Structure: Mark Kroeker, Charles Lang, Mr. Aspinall, Miss Reeve, Mrs. Van De Woestyne, Miss Driscoll, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Meek and son Samuel, Mr. Proud, Sheila Kobitz, Mark, Twyla and Braydon Hanson, Aaron Salamon, Michael Olson and family, Scott Granberg, Kevin and Kim Toombs and Michelle Smart. A special thank you needs to go to the parents of Pleasantdale who supported each and every fundraising event we had throughout the year. Thank you for your support. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE On behalf of Pleasantdale School Fundraising Committee we would like to offer a sincere apology to Metra Equipment Inc. for not including the full company name on the major financial contributor’s plaque.

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Inspirations by Color Dr. Keith Wempe Dentistry Power Dodge Gem-Well Maintenance Mission Hotshot Services Inc Ashley Cote and Scentsy Products UMWA Local 7606 Estevan Lions Club Dayman Trucking Company Redhead Equipment Sobey’s Estevan Bowl Pizza House Southern Plains Co-operative Limited The Brick Community Initiatives Fund (Casinos Regina and Moose Jaw) Jesse Toombs Chaise Alexander Simone Saigeon Tyler Saigeon Jody Copeland Ryan Deleeuw Altered Education Program (ECS) Josh LeBlanc (ECS) Charles Lang (ECS) Estevan Combat Sports and Fitness Sarcan Recycling Clinton and Nicole Gibbons Debbie Main Michel Cyrenne Mrs. Lavoie Tija Donovan and Buffy the chicken

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SJHF readies for Festival of Trees Local residents are being asked to help the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation celebrate the Christmas season while lending them support at their first annual Festival of Trees Fundraising Dinner, featuring one of Canada’s most famous comedy music groups; The Arrogant Worms. The Festival of Trees is a two-day event that will take place in the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadet Hall on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30. Tables for the feast on Nov. 30 are nearly sold out. Admission for Seniors’ Day and Family Night is free for children four years and younger, ages five to 17 is $2, and 18 to 54 is $4. Admission for Seniors from 1-4:30 p.m. is free. Seniors’ Day is on Nov. 29 from 1-4 p.m., and Family Night is from 5:30-8:30 p.m. It will include continuous live Christmas music, craft making, Candy Cane Lane, a Winter Wonderland, art from local artists, a memorial tree and a Christmas scavenger hunt. Santa will also be making an appearance for a picture taking opportunity.

The Fundraising Dinner will be held on Nov. 30. It will include live Christmas music and a turkey feast, a live and silent auction, including a number of prizes and musical entertainment by The Arrogant Worms. The silent auction offers guests a number of items and trips. The highest bidder of the first auction can choose between a chance to get behind the wheel of a NASCAR race car and put their skills to the test on a professional super speedway with a friend, or an Ultimate Sports Fan Get-Away that includes an opportunity to attend your favourite U.S. professional sporting event anywhere in America. It includes two lower-level seats to your chosen regular season MLB, NFL, or NHL game, or two grounds passes to a non-major PGA golf tournament. The highest bidder of the second auction will have a choice between a New Orleans jazz and dining experience, where guests will enjoy two VIP passes to Preservation Hall, the French Quarter’s internationally recognized home of

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SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Central - 66 1/4’s South Central - 18 1/4’s East Central - 74 1/4’s South - 70 1/4’s South East - 22 1/4’s South West - 58 1/4’s North - 6 1/4’s North West - 12 1/4’s East - 55 1/4’s FARM AND PASTURE LAND AVAILABLE TO RENT

PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK QUICK PAYMENT. YMENT. RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-955-2266 saskfarms@shaw.ca Eston Land for Sale; SE 28-26-22, NW 22-26-22, SW 22-26-22, NW 27-25-22, and SE 27-25-22. Will sell as parcels or separately. Highest or any tenders not necessarily accepted. Tenders close Dec. 20th. Please send tenders to the attention of Fred Peterson, 210 Benchlands Terrace, Canmore, AB. T1W 1G1. 403 804 1894.

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Used Trucks, SUVs & Vans

2013 LINCOLN MKX AWD 17,000 kms.........................................$47,995 2013 EXPLORER LTD AWD 10,000 kms.......................................$47,995 2012 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR L 4x4 22,000 kms...........................$55,900 2012 F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON 4x4 64,000 kms.........................$41,995 2012 E450 CUBE VAN 29,000 kms ................................................$33,995 2011 F250 LARIAT CREW CAB 4x4 6.7L diesel, 95,000 kms .........SOLD 2011 F250 XLT CREW CAB 4x4 6.2L V8 40,000 kms...................$32,995 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB 4x4 27,000 kms ....$29,995 2011 DODGE JOURNEY RT AWD 24,000 kms..............................$25,995 2010 FORD LARIAT SUPERCREW 4x4 95,000 kms ....................$27,995 2010 F250 CABELA CREW CAB 4x4 6.4L diesel 84,000 kms.....$25,950 2010 CHEVROLET CREW CAB LT 4x4 80,000 kms.....................$21,995 2010 F150 XTR SUPER CAB 4x4 57,000 kms...............................$21,900 2008 F150 LARIAT CREW CAB 4x4 125,000 kms ........................$21,995 2008 EDGE SEL AWD 82,000 kms ................................................$18,995 2008 F150 XTR SUPERCREW 4x4 106,000 kms ..........................$18,995 2008 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB 4x4 6.4L diesel ...........................$22,995

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CARS

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TRUCKS, VANS & SUV’s

13 Jeep Patriot Sport North 4x4 Factory warranty 23,120 km................$23,995 11 Chev Equinox LT AWD factory warranty.............................................$23,995 10 Chev Silverado LT Crew/Cab 4x4 Z-71 factory warranty, Flexfuel $25,995 10 Dodge Journey R/T 7 Passanger AWD factory warranty...................$23,995 09 Chev Silverado LT E/Cab 4x4 Z-71 warranty .....................................$20,995 09 Dodge Dakota Ext/Cab SXT 4x4 factory warranty .............................$18,995 09 Dodge Journey R/T AWD 7 Pass 84,000 km, warranty .....................$21,995 09 Dodge D150 Ram Quad/cab SLT 4x4 warranty .................................$18,995 09 GMC Sierra SLE Crew/Cab SLT 4x4 factory warranty.......................$21,995 09 Honda CR-V EXL AWD 4dr warranty .................................................$20,995 08 Jeep Compass Sport North 4x4 warranty, 42,000 km.......................$15,995 08 Pontiac Montana SVC 7 Pass warranty, 62,215 km ..........................$11,995 07 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad/Cab 4x4 SLT warranty..................................$15,995 04 Pontiac Montana 7 Pass warranty, 138,800 km ...................................$6,995

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2013 Dodge Avenger SXT Grey, 7,245 kms .................................$21,900 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT Black, 83,842 kms .................................$8,900 2007 Chrysler Sebring Black, 67,161 kms.....................................$10,900

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2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Red, 23,170 kms ...............................$40,900 2011 RAM 1500 Laramie Longhorn Loaded Sagebrush, 18,908 kms ..... .........................................................................................................$39,900 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo White, 66,160 kms ..............$30,900 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Black, 88,123 kms ...............$27,900 2011 Ford F150 XLT Super Crew Silver, 91,908 kms ..................$24,900 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Red, 65,300 kms .............................$19,900 2010 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X Red, 61,540 kms...........................$25,900 2010 Buick Enclave CX Silver, 100,493 kms.................................$25,900 2010 Dodge Journey SE Red, 59,219 kms ...................................$15,900 2009 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited Black, 26,879 kms .........$29,900 2009 Cadillac SRX AWD Silver, 80,109 kms .................................$24,900 2008 GMC Yukon SLT Silver, 135,799 kms ..................................$22,900

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Public Works & Utilities Position. Class 1 water & wastewater certification preferred but will train. Experience in operating & maintaining large equipment. Valid drivers license required. Resumes by Dec 16, 2013 with references to Town of Lashburn, Box 328 Lashburn, SK S0M 1H0 306.285.3533 townoflasburn@sasktel.net

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www.estevanmercury.ca Obituaries

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Obituaries

John Paul Skoczylas June 15, 1925 – November 12, 2013 On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, John Skoczylas, late of Estevan, and formerly of North Portal, passed away at the age of 88 years. But greater than the sorrow of your death, is the joy that we have knowing that you are now resting peacefully and once again reunited with Grandma. Just as the two of you guided your children and grandchildren through life, you will be happy to know that your wisdom, family values, and love will be passed to our children and grandchildren.John will be forever remembered by his children, Jo-Anne McKimm (Douglas Yee), Paulette (Bryan) Makowski, Wesley (Brenda) Skoczylas, Timothy (Shannon) Skoczylas, and Greg (Brenda) Skoczylas; grandchildren, Joan, Paul, Jennifer, Tyler, Christy, Colleen, Renea, Natasha, Tanya, Rachele, Nick, Kyle, and Dayna; 15 great grandchildren; sister-in-law Ione Vollet, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.He was predeceased by his wife Sylvia; parents, Michael and Magdalena; sisters, Annie, twins, Madeline and Frances, and Mary in infancy; grandson Austin in infancy and great granddaughter Aurora in infancy.Prayers were held on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, at 7:30 p.m. The Funeral Mass followed on Friday, November 15, 2013, at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev Brian Meredith officiating. Interment followed in the Portal R.C. Cemetery, Portal, North Dakota. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the Portal R.C. Cemetery Fund or a charity of your choice in memory of John. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank you

The family of John Skoczylas would like to sincerely thank all the family and friends who came to share their memories and love for our dad, grandfather and great-grandfather during prayers and mass. It was an important celebration of his life. We appreciated all gestures of sympathy, cards, phone calls, e-mails, prayers, masses, memorial candles, angel tree memorials, flowers, food and all donations including Portal R. C. Cemetery Fund. Deep gratitude to Dr.Tsoi, nurses, technicians, and entire staff in Long Term Care for their professionalism and compassion bestowed upon John during his time of need at St. Joseph's Hospital. Our deep appreciation to Doug Third for the Prayer Service and Nick and Deborah Skoczylas for guitar, piano, as well as beautiful singing. Family members extend deep gratitude to Father Brian Meredith for the beautiful mass, prayers, hospital visits, and guidance. A special thank-you to all servers, church members, Laura Baryluk, the choir, organist, and the Knights of Columbus. Thank-you to Dustin Hall for playing and singing Amazing Grace. This song has touched our hearts because John loved music and instruments of all kinds. Thank-you to the grandchildren Colleen Durr, and Renea, Tanya and Nick Skoczylas for carrying the gifts of Communion, and to Joan Hinton and Christy Burnett for doing an incredible job on the eulogy. A special mention to Bonnie Pukas and Jean Altringer for readings. Thank-you to Nick and Deborah for the Intercessions.Our hearts go out to the Pallbearers and friends of John, Charles Altringer ( Portal R. C. Church), Warren Fair (Extended Family), Redge Nelson (Relative), Greg Arnott (Canada Customs), Andrew Pukas (N. P. Legion), and Ross Dunbar (N. P. Legion). We would like to thank Jeff, Shirley, and Staff of Hall Funeral Services. Your professionalism and distinct patience was appreciated beyond words. The ladies from our unique international community outdid themselves and provided us with a delicious lunch after the funeral. We could not have survived the day without the wonderful soup. Your kindness will never be forgotten.

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Obituaries

Lillian Annie Fai 1936 – 2013 Lillian Fai, formerly of Bienfait, SK passed away in Regina, SK on Monday, November 11, 2013 at the age of 77 years. Lillian's memory will be forever cherished by her loving husband Ted Fai; children, Kendra Fai, Jane (Mike) Moriarty, Donna (Gib) Selk, Jackie (Garry) Malaryk and Nickie (Bernie) Aumiller; grandchildren, Justin (Lindsay), Arlo and Miranda Meckler, Daniel, Joel (Leah), Mark and Kristy Moriarty, Tyler (Jill), Brady (Danielle) and Carly Selk, Keegan (Kristen) and Torie Malaryk, Jesse (Carolyn) and Jared Aumiller; sisters, Kay Wikjord and Mary Schiestel and brother Joe Leptick, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Nicholas and Katherine Leptich; granddaughter Jaelyn Malaryk; two sisters and six brothers. A Prayer Service was held on Friday, November 15, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Monica's R.C. Church, Bienfait, by Rev. Brian Meredith. Interment followed in the Bienfait Cemetery. Those wishing to make donations in Lillian's memory may do so to the Lions Calvacade for Diabetes, c/o Ted Fai, #302 - 308 Petterson Drive, Estevan, SK, S4A 2B8. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

The family of the late Liliian Fai, would like to extend their most sincere thanks to our family and friends and to everyone who made a gesture of sympathy through phone calls, cards, e-mails, flowers, delicious food, masses and donations to Lions Calvacade for Diabetes, in Lillian’s memory. To Dr. Christie, the staff of St. Joseph's Hospital, STARS Air Ambulance, ICU of Regina General Hospital. A sincere thank you to Father Brian Meredith, St Moncia’s Parish, mass severs, musicians, soloists, the choir, the Lion’s club, Lillian’s grandchildren, the CWL and everyone who graciously participated in the inspiring service honoring Lillian. To Bill Mann for leading the prayer service, a sincere thanks. Also to Dustin and the staff at Hall Funeral Services for assisting to organize the service and all the special considerations. A special thank you to the CWL and St. Monica’s Parish for preparing the lovely luncheon following the service. Even though Lillian is gone, she will be in our hearts forever. - Ted, Kendra, Jane, Donna, Jackie, Nickie and families Arnold Norman Gabert of Saskatoon (formerly of Carlyle and Estevan) Arnold passed away November 16, 2013 at the age of 99. He was predeceased by his parents, Ed and Olga Gabert, his wife Jean (Little), an infant sister and his brother Ernie (June) of Saskatoon. Arnold was born on a farm near Springside, SK. He enjoyed many sports – track and field, curling, golfing and baseball. In 1938, the Springside team won the Western Baseball League (Abell Cup). In later years, he enjoyed golf which he continued to play into his nineties. A career in education began when he attended Normal School in Moose Jaw from 1934-1935. His first teaching position was in the Clear Creek School – grades 1-8. His next school was at Stoughton where he resigned the principalship to enter the RCAF for a period of 41/2 years as an Instrument Flying Instructor. In 1941, he married his life partner, Jean. Upon demobilization, he attended the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Education for his BA and BEd degrees. He returned to Saskatchewan in 1949 where he accepted the position of Principal of Chaplin School until 1955 when he accepted the position as Superintendent of Schools for the City of Estevan. He retired in 1974. He and Jean spent the first winter in New Zealand and Fiji. Subsequent winters were spent in Harlingen, Texas. In 2010, Arnold moved to Saskatoon to be closer to family. Arnold was active in many community organizations – Lions Club, Royal Canadian Legion (lifetime member), and while teaching in Chaplin STF counsellor. In honoring Arnold’s wishes, no Memorial Service will be held. Donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arnold’s cremated remains will be laid to rest next to his wife Jean at a later date.

Remember Your Loved Ones with a Memorial Tribute in The Estevan Mercury

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Your Guide to Area Estevan Gospel Chapel

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

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

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

Pastor: Josh Permann Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m. Weekly: Prayer Meeting

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

Phone: 306-634-2190

Fax: 306-634-6845

Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.

St. Giles

Anglican Church Parish of Estevan 317-12th Avenue

Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:00 am September - May Children’s Sunday School: 10:00 am The Rev. Mark Osborne ALL ARE WELCOME! Church Ofﬁce: 306-634-4113 www.estevananglican.com

Faith Lutheran Church Nicholson Centre, Estevan

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Pastors: Lieuts. Brian & June Bobolo SUNDAY: 11:00 a.m. Worship Service

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

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St. Joseph’s Prayer Centre

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1920 Wellock Road, Estevan • (306) 634-7955 www.estevancog.com Estevan Church of God

SUNDAY WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 a.m. Coffee and fellowship after worship Pastor Stewart Miller

306-634-9191

Sunday Services:

Bible Class - 10:00 a.m. – Worship - 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship - 7 p.m. Wednesday Meeting - 7 p.m.

SUNDAY WORSHIP & SUNDAY SCHOOL - 11 AM

Corner of 14th Avenue & 3rd Street Phone: 306-634-2885 – Fax: 306-636-2611

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

1033 3rd Street Estevan

Tim Pippus

Ofﬁce: 306-634-3116

Church of God

738 - 2nd Street, Estevan

2 - 4 pm Monday - Friday Series topics change monthly Call for more information

1302 - 8th Street, Estevan

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

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

Everyone welcome to join our daily prayers, inspirational Bible DVD viewings and lively discussions

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Church Office: 306-634-5684

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

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BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR JOHN J. BILLESBERGER, B.A., LL.B.

1017 Third Street Estevan, Saskatchewan S4A 0R4

Branch Ofﬁces:

LAMPMAN: Fridays • R.M. Building • 306-487-2880 MIDALE: Tuesdays • 233 Main Street • 306-458-2277

Barristers & Solicitors Paul D. Elash, B.A., LL.B. Aaron Ludwig, B.Sc., LL.B.

Dustin Hall - Owner/Funeral Director Allan Styre - Funeral Director Jeff Sully - Funeral Director

1312 - 4th Street, Estevan

Optometrist

Telephone: 306-634-3631 Fax: (306) 634-6901

Phone: (306) 637-3710 Fax: (306) 637-3719

Funeral Directors

Gainsborough: Carnduff: Thursday a.m. Thursday p.m. Phone: 306-685-2250 Phone: 306-482-3731

TROBERT LAW FIRM

ORLOWSKI LAW OFFICE Barrister & Solicitor

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

Phone: 306-634-3353

James F. Trobert

Fax: 306-634-7714

orlowski.law@sasktel.net

Branch ofﬁces at: Arcola Redvers Carnduff Arcola Agencies Carlsen Bldg. Carnduff Agencies Bldg. Wednesday A.M. Wednesday P.M. Thursday P.M. Phone: 306-455-2277 Phone: 306-452-3377 Phone: 306-482-4077

Ron Areshenkoff Mutual Fund Advisor Life Insurance Representative

FINANCIAL

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Insurance & Investments Services

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Dr. Sarah Sliva, Optometrist 4 - 102 Souris Ave, Estevan, SK

B.A., LL.B. Barrister & Solicitor

Financial Planning

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Sales Representative Cell: 306-421-7516 dwight.thompson@century21.ca

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Trinity Tower report Peggy Bolton Correspondent

On Nov. 16, the lounge was full of well wishers who were celebrating Evelyn Svorkdal’s 80th birthday. The family had a very entertaining program and told some stories about this very gracious lady. We learned her favorite “bad word” is pifﬂe. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. Shirley Clark has returned home from a visit with family and friends in Calgary, Nelson, and Regina. Olive Firth visited her daughter Donna Campbell and family at Yorkton on the weekend of Nov. 16. She travelled with her son Barry and Burva. Avon held an open House on Nov. 21, thanks Anita. A carload from here attended the funeral of Dennis Kerr that was held at Carivale Nov. 18. We wish Lorraine Ollenberger happiness in her new home. We miss you very much and we hope you are settling in okay, Birthdays coming up are for Hilda Eagles and Rich-

ard Kaweski on December 1st and Shirley Clark on Dec. 8 and Clara Bod Dec. 23. We have many interesting connections at coffee times. The other day we talked about ironing, a job many of us do not care for. However, Rita Walliser enjoys ironing. She told us that she used to iron for teachers and ironed after school, using a Sad iron, for two teachers at 10 cents an hour. Someone offered to pay her 10 cents a shirt but for some reason she did not accept her offer. As this is the last column I am writing we at Trinity Tower wish all of you a vey Merry Christmas and a very healthy and Happy New Year. I have enjoyed doing the column and thank all my fellow residents for their support and the readers who have told me they enjoyed my writing. God Bless and keep smiling. The Mercury regrets an error in last weeks article. It should have read that there was a fundraiser for Hearthstone Community Campaign, as written. This was not a fundraiser for Luverne.

Christmas Hamper Project

North Portal

Christmas will soon be here. Many families will be unable to enjoy this Christmas because they cannot afford the essentials. If you know of someone who is in need you can make an application for assistance by phoning:

St. John's - 306-634-5126 United Church - 306-634-2885 Anglican Church - 306-634-4113 Salvation Army - 306-634-2074 St. Peter’s - 306-634-2024 Please call between 9:00 am - 12 & 1 pm - 4:30 pm Commencing Nov. 6 - Dec. 6, 2013 This is a community project sponsored by the Estevan Christmas Hamper Association

Betty Baniulis Correspondent Bridge was held at the home of Jan Dunbar Nov. 11 with two tables. High honours went to Margaret Baniulis and second high was Dorothy Fuchs. Sympathy from our community goes to the family of John Paul Skoczylas who passed away in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan on Nov 12. The funeral service was held

at the Catholic Church in Estevan on Nov. 15. Lunch was served at the North Portal Community Hall after the burial at Portal, N.D. Bridge was held at Trish Barkers home on Nov. 18 with two tables. High honours was Jan Dunbar and second high went to Brenda Schindel. Darlene Nelson drove to Winnipeg the weekend of Nov 16 to visit her son and family.

For more information contact Char at 306-421-9182 or Heather at 306-421-2457

Estevan Mercury

60 and Over Club report Shirley Graham Correspondent

Conﬁdence: Man falling from 10th ﬂoor saying, “so far, so good.” The things you used to care about you no longer care to do. But you really do care that you don’t care to do them anymore. Winners of Wednesday bridge are as follows: First place went to Al Fellner, second, Pat Parent and in third place was Angie Friesen. The Christmas party was another huge success with almost 50 people attending and the credit

goes to Al and Charlene. Besides arranging a great meal from Houston Pizza they also did a fantastic job in decorating the hall. You both outdid yourselves and deserve a big votes of thanks. Exercise for seniors: Stand comfortable with lots of room on each side. With a five pound potato sack in each hand extend the arms and hold as long as you can. Try for a full minute. After a couple of weeks try a 10 pound sack. When you have reached this level, put a potato in each sack

Birth Announcements Born to Dustin and Melody Ng (née Fonstad) on November 13, 2013, a daughter, Harris Lillian Ng. Proud grandparents are Bill and Denise Fonstad and Peter and Delha Ng.

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Spread the joy this year and send your Holiday Wishes to your teacher, coach, baby sitter, mechanic, friend or family member via the Estevan Mercury Christmas Greetings Issue distributed Dec. 18. Drop off your photo (optional) and Holiday message at our office or email to classifieds@estevanmercury.ca. Not all

submitted will be printed and copy may be edited. business submissions not accepted.

Dear Grandma, Thank you for everything you do for us. You are the best Grandma in the whole world! Have a very merry Christmas. Love Alexander and Emma

Southeast Children’s charter was unvailed Nov. 20th.

Southeast Children’s Charter unveiled The Southeast Early Childhood Development Committee is taking a head on approach to the issue of bullying. The group released the Southeast Children’s Charter Nov. 20 in conjunction with the anniversary of the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child, which spells out basic rights for all children everywhere. Created with input from children in the southeast, the charter was unveiled at the Grenfell Elementary Community School. Donna Coleman Trombley, Southeast Regional Intersectoral Committee Coordinator and chair of Southeast ECD Committee, asked the children in Grenfell to be light sabers with the power within each of us to shine blue or red, good or bad. She encouraged children to try their best to have their blue light shine, representing the goodness in each of them. The students were also reminded that with these rights comes responsibility. It is up to each of us to look

after each other and work toward peace in our hearts, our lives and in our world. The next step following the launch of the charter will be a call out to local artists to help illustrate a book. This book will be based on the words of children in the Charter and will be put in every library in the

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Southeast region. To view the Southeast Children’s Charter, please visit http://shareitforward.ca. For more information on how to help illustrate the book, please contact Donna Coleman Trombley at 306-786-1556 or d.colemantrombley@ southeastric.ca.

2 Bedroom (1040 sq. ft.) Condo for Sale Unit #3- 1250 8th Street, Estevan, Sask. Large Full Upper Bath with 48” Vanity. 1/2 Bath on Main Level with 36” Vanity. Bathroom roughed in Basement. • Upgraded Stainless Steel Whirlpool Appliance Package. • Energy Efficient Gas Furnace. • Air Conditioning. • Tank Less Water Heater (Limitless Hot Water). • Heat Recovery Ventilation Exhaust System. • Central Vac Roughed In. • LED Lighting on Main floor and Exterior. • Low Condo Fees- Approximately $125.00 Month. • Progressive Home Warranty. • Garden Doors (Privacy Mini Blinds between Glass) at rear of Unit with 8x8 Private Deck. • 2 Pantries in Kitchen!! Within walking distance of Spectra Place, Downtown, Theatre, Post Office, Drug Stores and many Restaurants. Price is $288,000.00 Firm plus GST. There is a 36% rebate on GST available. NOTE: This unit “will not” be sold as a rental unit as per the Condo Association Rules and Regulations. Pets are also limited to under 5 kg.

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Estevan Mercury

Drugs and driving a lethal combo The holiday season brings with it familiar and necessary messages reminding Canadians to drive sober. While impairment behind the wheel is most often associated with alcohol, motorists are also gambling with their safety and the safety of others by driving under the influence of drugs. These drugs include illegal substances, prescription medications and over-the-counter remedies. “Unfortunately, people are more afraid of being caught than being killed,” said Jack Smith, President of the Canada Safety Council. “They don’t think it’s going to happen to them until it happens.” This National Safe Driving Week, from Dec. 1 to 7, the CSC seeks to educate Canadians that driving while under the influence of drugs is dangerous, irresponsible, illegal and becoming increasingly prevalent. It is posing a significant public safety risk that needs to be curbed through preventative measures, awareness and the enforcement of appropriate penalties. Drugged driving facts • The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse reports that more than a third – 35.3 per cent – of fatally injured drivers in Canada tested positive for impairing drugs in 2009. This compares with 40.9 per cent of driver fatalities in the same year where alcohol was the source of impairment. Simply put, drugged driving is just as deadly and prevalent as drunk driving. It is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. • Serious injury, driver or passenger death, hurting bystanders, destroying property, lost productivity, more strain on the health-care system – these are just some of the unfortunate, painful and yet totally preventable consequences of driving while impaired by drugs. • Drug-involved fatal crashes are more likely than alcohol-involved crashes to occur during the daytime hours on weekdays. • Drugs are impairing because they reduce drivers’ reaction times and their attention to the task of driving. • Impaired driving is an offence under the Criminal

Code of Canada. Most jurisdictions also have sanctions under highway traffic acts. In 2011, more than 90,000 impaired driving charges were laid in Canada. This number, however, represents only a fraction of the impaired drivers on our roads. • There is a growing body of drug recognition experts (DRE) in Canada, who work to enforce penalties for driving under the influence of drugs. In cases where impairment by drugs is suspected, sobriety tests are being used to check for the source of impairment. A DRE can be called in to access the condition of a suspected impaired driver and may collect or arrange to collect a swab, urine or blood sample. If the results come back positive for the suspected drug or drugs, charges can be laid under the Criminal Code of Canada. • Female drivers are almost equally likely as males to test positive for drugs. • Driving after cannabis use is more commonplace among those ages 15 to 24 than drinking and driving, according to a 2013 report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. In that age group, 12.6 per cent surveyed admitted to driving after cannabis use; this compares to 10.7 per cent who drove after drinking. • Young drivers between 16 and 24 lead the way in fatalities that involved alcohol and/or drugs. According to statistics from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 27.6 per cent of fatalities among this age group were impaired by alcohol. Compare this with 26.9 per cent of fatalities who were impaired by drugs. Aware of licensing restrictions and initiatives that catch and punish drunk drivers, some people are turning from alcohol to substances such as drugs to achieve a high. But as the statistics indicate, the outcomes are even more – not less – dangerous and deadly. • Among fatally injured drivers 55 and older, drug use is more prevalent than alcohol. • The most common drugs found in fatalities are central nervous system depressants, cannabis, stimulants

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and narcotics. Recommendations Be proactive and stop drugged driving before it happens. • Be responsible. Never drive when impaired. • Do not combine drugs and alcohol. • Do not use illegal drugs. The impairment caused by illegal drugs can take hours and even days to wear off. • Do not use drugs of any variety to get high. • Know the side effects of your medications. Read the inserts that come with your medications and speak with your pharmacist about the drugs’ possible impacts on your driving abilities. • Be aware that drugs interact with each other. Review your list of medications with your pharmacist. • Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of your medication if alcohol is consumed. • With prescription and over-the-counter drugs, abuse or misuse can happen and needs to be recognized and corrected. This means that you should not exceed recommended dosages. You should not take someone else’s medicine, or use medicine to get high. Further, it means that you should read and respect labels and warnings. • As a host, monitor your guests’ behaviour. Monitoring or preventing drug use can be difficult. You need to be watching your guests for signs of unusual behaviour, such as jitters or unexplained mood-swings. If you suspect someone is impaired, speak up and make alternate, safe arrangements for transportation. • If you have friends or family members who use illegal drugs, clearly communicate to them that your home is not a place where they can get high. Be sympathetic and supportive by encouraging them to get the help they need to overcome their addiction. • Do not get in a vehicle if the driver is impaired. Make every safe effort to stop an impaired person from operating a vehicle. • Report impaired driving to the police. Whether by drugs, alcohol, fatigue or some other contributing factor, there is no excuse for impaired driving. Be responsible and be safe this holiday season.

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Christmas Wonderland

Seniors Day 1-4 pm Family Night 5-9 pm • Christmas Crafts• Scavenger Hunt • Bake Sale • LIVE STAGE with Christmas Music • Get your photo taken with SANTA! Join us by putting an ornament on the memorial tree or by bidding on one of our wonderful trees that are up for silent auction. Festival of Trees Fundraising Dinner Saturday, November 30, 2013 Wylie Mitchell Hall

Gift Certiﬁcates Available

Santa Lunch & Kid’s Day!

Saurday, December 7th 10am - 1pm Estevan Shoppers Mall Join us for hotdogs, fries, a drink and a treat for just $3! All the proceeds go to Envision counseling & Support Center

Other Events Include: • Pictures with Santa • Pro Life Cookie Parade • Chamber of Commerce Crafts for Kids

Let Us Host For 306-634-2220 the Holidays Time to book your company party Plan your gathering or corporate event with us for a hassle-free evening and impress your guests with the ﬁnest food and service.

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Account Representative Is needed. Any work experience can apply. Must be accurate, computer literate, have good typing skills and have a good sense of communication. Will earn $3,800 monthly.

Email at: johnlongneckersupply@gmail.com for application

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

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

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If you love Animals... The Estevan Humane Society is seeking someone to fill a 30 hour a week permanent, part-time position. For more details or to drop off resume or pick up an application:

Ask for Marlene Moore at 306-634-3444

The shelter is located at the old Brickyard.

4th Ave. S Jenson Rd.

WOOD COUNTRY is currently accepting resumes for the following positions at their Estevan location:

Truck Drivers

Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices

Full and part time positions available. Must possess a class 1A license with air endorsement and be capable of driving a tandem truck or single axle for deliveries. Weekends off.

PowerTech Industries Ltd. in Estevan is seeking Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices for work in the Estevan and Carnduff areas.

Company benefits available for both positions & salary based on experience and qualifications.

Experience: Safety Certificates are needed. 1st Aid/CPR, H2S. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license. Full benefits packages and RSP plan.

Interested applicants can fax resume to Brian at Wood Country at 306-634-8441 or email resume to brianwoodcountry.estevan@sasktel.net No phone calls please.

Duties: Day to day electrical construction and maintenance in the oilfield. Wage/Salary Info: Depending on experience & qualifications. To Apply: Fax: (306) 637-2181, e-mail sschoff.pti@sasktel.net or drop off resume to 62 Devonian Street, Estevan, SK.

WELL SERVICE LTD. TRICAN WELL SERVICE LTD. is one of Canada’s fastest growing well service companies, providing a comprehensive array of specialized products, equipment and services utilized in drilling, completion, stimulation and reworking of oil and gas wells in the Canadian and International marketplace. At Trican, we base our recruitment practices on the belief that a company’s greatest asset is its people. Trican provides services in Fracturing, Cementing Acidizing, Coiled Tubing, Nitrogen and related services in our field bases ranging from Fort Nelson, British Columbia to Estevan, Saskatchewan.

WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING: • CEMENT & FRAC OPERATORS • HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS/ 3RD YR. APPRENTICES Qualifications

• Valid Class 1 license • Safe driving skills: fewer than 6 demerit points on drivers abstract • Physical fit-heavy lifting required • Effective interpersonal skills (spoken and written communication) • High school graduate (preferred) How to apply: Preferred Apply Online: jclements@trican.ca Fax: (306) 636-2669 ONLY THOSE SELECTED WILL BE CONTACTED

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Carson Safety is currently looking for full time employment out of the Lampman office for safety personnel. Duties and requirements of the individual will include Duties: • Pulling and setting up air trailers. • Providing on site safety supervision. • Providing confined space supervision • Servicing fire extinguishers. • Maintaining and cleaning safety equipment. Requirements: • Must have a valid class 5 license. • Must have good leadership skills. • Must be very organized. • Valid safety tickets. • Heavy lifting involved • Willing to work weekends

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Previous oilfield experience would be an asset. Please forward all resumes to Carson Safety Services. Fax resumes attention: Troye Carson Carson Energy Service Ltd. PO Box 160 Lampman, Saskatchewan S0C 1N0 Fax: (306) 487-3101 Or email TroyeCarson@flintenergy.com

for The Hillcrest Area including McDonald Rd., Duncan Rd., Galloway St., McLeod Ave., Rooks Ave. and Perry Cres. 183 papers. Earn 49.00 per week. Papers are delivered to your door Thursday for Thursday or Friday Delivery to customers. Building Leaders.   All our carriers are eligible for a $100 monthly draw.

If interested please call Gayle at The Estevan Mercury Driving Success.

306-634-2654

Brady Oilfield Services LP. vices is an industry leader in oilfield services by providing the  rvice  and  safety  it range comes  to  pipeline  construction,  Provideswhen  a broad of services related to the ce,  facility  fabrication,  welding,  environmental  work,  production of oil and other fluids in SE Sask. We utilize site  specially tankdirectional  trailers, pressure trucks  and ing,  safety,  and  designed horizontal  drilling.  We  are  vacuum trucks pplicants for the following full‐time position:

3A Drivers Required

alth & Safety Advisor – Halbrite, SK Location  Weyburn, Halbrite and surrounding area ve a valid Driver’s License. Oilfield safety tickets are an asset;  Competitive Wages and Generous Benefit Package nergy Services Ltd. is willing to train the right candidate.    Oilfield Safety Certificates an Asset but not necessary

Mail or Fax Resume and Drivers Abstract P.O. Box 271 Midale, Sask. S0C 1S0 e wages  Fax: (306) 458-2768 resumes@brady.sk.ca

nd RRSP package  advancement for qualified candidate

Building Leaders. age and training and development programs  are  one Success. of  the  Driving

candidates  choose  Carson  as  their  ‘employer  of  choice’.   Carson Energy Services, a division of URS Flint, is currently searching for a Crew vices provides employees with all of the tools they need to  Truck Foreman and a Pipeline Foreman to join our team in Lampman, Sk. th personally and professionally.

The successful candidates will be responsible for, but not limited to: • Have 3-5 years minimum experience. • Pipeline Foreman candidate must have experience with Fiberglass pipe installation. ‐458‐2415, e‐mail jjaworski@flintenergy.com   URS Flint oﬀers a comprehensive beneﬁts package and encourages personal and professional growth.

apply;   Come Join our team today! Only those with the necessary requirements need apply. didates will be contacted.

Please fax resume to: 306-487-3235 or email to khall@ﬂintenergy.com

Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time. If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you.

Now hiring the following positions in Fracturing, Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing and Cement & Acid:  

Class 1 Drivers/Operators – all Divisions Supervisors—all Divisions

Applicant Requirements:  Self-motivated  Willing to work flexible hours  15 / 6 and contract 22 / 13 schedules  Safety-focused  Team oriented  Clean Class 1 Drivers abstract

Why Canyon?  Dynamic and rapidly growing company  Premium compensation package  New equipment  Paid technical and leadership training  Career advancement opportunities  RRSP matching program

To apply for the above positions, in confidence, please email or fax your resume and a copy of a current drivers abstract. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted. How to apply: email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

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CAREERS

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WOOD COUNTRY is currently accepting resumes for the following positions at their Estevan location.

Yard & Warehouse personnel Part & full time positions available. Forklift and lumber experience would be an asset. Willing to train the right candidate. Comprehensive health package available & salary based on experience and qualifications. Interested applicants can fax resume to Brian at Wood Country at 306-634-8441 or email resume to brianwoodcountry.estevan@sasktel.net No phone calls please.

Looking to Hire?? Need Skilled Help?? We can help you find them!

Call today and Book Your Career Ad!

634-2654

Visit us on the web!! www.estevanmercury.ca

101 Supreme St. (Shand access road)

SERVICE RIG PERSONNEL Class 1A & 3A Preferred Above Industry Wages Benefits Packages Opportunity for Advancement Please email or fax resume to:

Email: sleibel@suncountrywellservicing.ca Fax 306 634 1200 • Cell 306 421 3418

Prairie Mud Service “Serving Western Canada With 24 Hour Drilling Mud Service”

Environmental Technologist/Technician The successful candidate will hold a diploma in Environmental Technology/ Sciences and/or have experience in the field of drilling waste management, exposure to oilfield work is a definite asset but not required. You must be an accountable individual who enjoys multi-tasking and working on his/her own as this position requires good time management skills and self-discipline. Your role will mainly be responsible for the Drilling Waste Management in the immediate and surrounding Estevan. Weyburn, Stoughton, Carlyle, Redvers, Carnduff and Oxbow areas. The candidate will be required to travel. Responsibilities will include but not limited to: • Following the current Saskatchewan GL 99-01 Guidelines; • Soil and water sampling/analysis; • Landowner Land use and water source negotiation: • Drilling waste sampling, analysis and treatment; • Report preparation; • Earthen Sump Sampling; • GPS Mapping of drilling waste areas Start Date: As soon as possible Salary: Depending on Education and Experience To apply for this position please send your resume to Prairie Mud Service via email or fax:

Bus: 306-634-3411 Fax: 306-634-1951 Cell: 306-421-7858 Email: loran.thue@prairiemud.ca

Estevan Meter Service Ltd. is an oileld service company operating in Southeast Saskatchewan since 1967, specializing in instrumentation, oileld repairs, combustion service, and specialty supply items. We are currently seeking an individual to ll the position of

Counter Sales Person/Warehouse

Duties will include inside counter sales, inventory control, various warehouse duties. Preference will be given to individuals with oileld production equipment knowledge or experience. We offer full benets, bonuses, extremely competitive wages, and pension plan.

Please apply by resume in person Please apply by resume to: 321 dmartens@estevanmeter.com Imperial Ave. or Fax: 306.634.5887 Only persons to be interviewed will be contacted.

Sears is currently seeking an Owner for the Estevan store. As a Sears Hometown store owner you will provide Customers with major brand products ranging from home appliances and mattresses to tractors and lawn mowers, as well as full catalogue service. Sears is Canada’s largest retailer of major appliances. As one of Canada’s premier retailers, Sears knows what works and offers smart business models that allow you to do what you do best – develop and maintain relationships with both customers and the community while Sears takes care of back-end management, computer systems, advertising, marketing and inventory. This means low cost of entry for you and as part of the Sears family, you focus on the rewarding part of the business instead of trying to manage administrative tasks. It’s a win-win scenario! Learn more about how you can be in business for yourself but not by yourself and have the support of a nationally recognized brand! Please call 1-800-698-7088 or email: dealopp@sears.ca Make everyday a great day!

has immediate openings for the following positions • operators • pipe Yard loader operator • lathe operator • 1a driver/repair operator

13115BS00

wages negotiable based upon experience.

Interested IndIvIduals can fax resume to (306) 634-8025

JOIN

OUR TEAM

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Oilfield Oilfield Construction Construction Limited Limited

A&B is a committed employer to the communities where we operate A&B is a committed employer to the communities where we operate

Over 55 years strong, Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Limited (A&B), safely provides quality pipeline construction, facility installation, custom fabrication, Over 55 years strong, Arnett & Burgess (A&B) safely provides quality pipeline construction, facility installation, custom pipelineOilfield integrity,Construction maintenanceLimited and related construction services to the energy industry.

fabrication, pipeline integrity, maintenance and related construction services to the energy industry.

Pipeline Construction Superintendent

Scope of Job

Pipeline Construction Manager

Location: The candidate must have experience, knowledge and understanding in directing, planning and Regina (A&B Office) Scope of Jobbelow ground pipeline construction projects. Experience with pricing, costs and scheduling Location: implementing A&B is looking for an experienced Pipeline Construction Manager to oversee construction projects throughout Field Sites throughoutSKSK. of pipeline construction projects is a major asset. The candidate will take a hands-on approach with Estevan or Weyburn, southern Saskatchewan. The candidate must have experience, knowledge and understanding in directing, ongoing supervision and management of all on-site construction activities and personnel. planning and implementing below ground pipeline construction projects. Experience with pricing, costs and Compensation: Reporting to the Construction Manager, the Superintendent will help coordinate, direct, control and scheduling of pipeline construction projects is a major asset. The candidate will take a hands-on approach with Competitive Wage implement construction projects from start to finish according to schedule, specifications and budget, while Compensation: ongoing supervision and management of on-site recruiting, construction activities and personnel. maintaining strict adherence to A&B’s Quality Control and Safety guidelines and procedures. Full Benefits (if employee) Highly Competitive Wage Thiscandidate position iswill ultimately responsible forcontrol the efficient and profitable execution of projects. The help coordinate, direct, and implement construction projects from start to finish

according to schedule, specifications and budget, while maintaining strict adherence to A&B’s Quality Control Qualifications and Safety guidelines and procedures. This position is ultimately responsible for the efficient and profitable • Extensive experience in a leadership/managerial role working on pipeline construction projects is execution of projects.

essential • Knowledge and familiarity of regulatory requirements such as ABSA and CWB Qualifications Must be knowledgeable regarding CSA Z662 &role B31.3. •• Extensive experience in a leadership/managerial working on pipeline construction projects is essential Well versedand in Quality Control requirements for pipeline construction projects •• Knowledge familiarity of regulatory requirements such as ABSA and CWB •• Must regarding CSA Z662 & B31.3. Abilitybetoknowledgeable plan and manage to a project schedule •• Well versed in Quality A valid driver’s licenseControl requirements for pipeline construction projects •• Ability to plan and project schedule All candidates aremanage requireda to undergo and pass a Drug & Alcohol screening as a condition of • A valid driver’s license employment •

Company Vehicle Full Benefits (if employee) Duration: Vehicle Company Seasonal. Project Duration: Completion Permanent

All candidates are required to undergo and pass a Drug & Alcohol screening as a condition of employment

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Senchuk Ford Service Department has the following full time position available

Technician Automotive and computer knowledgeable, as well as, experience and ADP training an asset but willing to train. If you have a solid work ethic and take pride in your work, make sure to forward your resume immediately to Chris Hortness at

chris@senchuk.com or call 306.636.6465

Your Opportunity Awaits

Senchuk

Ford Sales Ltd.

118 Souris Ave. N., Estevan • 634-3696

www.estevanmercury.ca

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CITY PAGE Join our team at the City of Estevan! We are currently seeking people who have the desire to grow with us, and serve your community. We work at rock concerts, hockey games, maintain the Parks, operate Zambonis and all forms of heavy equipment. We make a difference to your friends, family and neighbors every day. • Tired of working 12 hour shifts or longer? • Working long stretches without a day off? • Routinely miss your kids’ sporting events? • Can’t stand to miss another family function? Openings exist for Laborers, Events staff, Executive Assistant, Facility Managers, Foreman and an Electrician. We offer a competitive wage, beneﬁts and great pension plan. Enjoy stability and opportunity for a strong work-life balance.

For further information, please contact:

Kelvin Pillipow - Human Resources 1102 – 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 Email – hr@estevan.ca

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (Dispatcher)

Duties and Responsibilities: The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills. This person will handle incoming telephone calls, general public inquiries and complaints, and will communicate via radio transmissions with members on patrol. Must be able to work independently under stress as well as produce a high degree of accuracy. Application packages can be picked up at the Estevan Police Service or mailed out upon request. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Please return the completed package with an updated resume in a sealed envelope to: Chief of Police Estevan Police Service 301-11th Ave.Estevan, Sask. S4A 1C7

“Doodlebugs” – Part Time Play Care Faciliatator Leisure Services, as part of a healthy community initiative has an opening for a Play care Facilitator. Typical hours run from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm – Monday to Friday This position is ideal for; A stay at home parent looking to work while the kids are at school, or A retired individual The instructors are able to look after the children, while the parents or guardians are free to enjoy personal time in our facility ﬁtness Centre, swimming pool, multi-purpose room and/or tennis/squash courts, focusing on their physical and mental health.

ESTEVAN THE ENERGY CITY

At The Library...

Children’s Programs FREE! call 306-636-1621 for preregistration unless otherwise indicated. Fund-Raising Raffle: Stress-Free Christmas Basket Programs are FREE! Basket of goodies will include a new Sony E-Reader, bottle of wine and glasses, homemade spa essentials and more! Tickets are 1/$5 or 5/$20 from November 12- December 13 with the draw taking place on December 13 at the Library. Do yourself a favour during the busiest time of the year! Keep it for yourself or re-gift for a special someone! Toddler Time: January 7-February 12 Ages 18 months - 3 years Tuesday or Wednesday @ 10:00-10:30am Stimulate your child’s imagination and pre-literacy skills by participating in action rhymes, songs, crafts and great stories! Story Time: January 7-February 13 Ages 3 - 5 years Tuesday @ 10:45-11:30am or Wednesday or Thursday @ 1:302:15pm. Stories, fingerplays, songs and crafts make up this fun program that highlights early literacy skills and encourages reading readiness. Baby Time: Thursday, December 12 @ 10:30-11:00am or Monday, December 9 @ 7:00-7:30pm For babies up to 18 months & their caregivers. Songs and rhymes, bounces and books! This is a fun, interactive parent-child program that ends with a baby-inspired craft. Children’s Author Reading: Little Miss Muffet Isn’t Frightened Anymore: Monday, December 2 @7:00-7:45 Ages up to 8 yrs. Parents welcome! Join local author Marie Donais Calder of The Other Side series, who will be reading from her new and first children’s book. This book is delightfully illustrated by local artist, Jacqueline McClement and will be for sale that evening. No registration required. Melt and Pour Gift Soaps: Saturday, December 7 @3:30-5:00 Ages 8+ (children 5-7 yrs. may come with an adult helper only) Make unique and adorable little soaps for gifts during the holidays using glycerine soap base, colour and scent. Caution: This program involves hot wax so an adult will do the actual pouring. Teen & Adult Programs - FREE! Ornament-making Extravaganza! Sunday, December 1st @ 2:00PM. It’s time to trim the trees and deck the halls! Make your decorating personal this year by making ornaments sure to dazzle even the most “bah-humbug” of Scrooges. Glitter, glow in the dark, metal stamping & many more fun ways to ring in the holiday season! Ages 15+, registration is required. Hello Computer! Mondays, December 2nd & 16th @ 3:00 or 4:00PM*. *alternate times can be arranged case-bycase. Computers are complicated, but don’t let them get you down. Come and get answers to your computer questions in 30 minute ‘one-on-one sessions.’ Bring your laptop or use a public computer. To register, please call Krista at 306-6361621 and indicate what you would like to learn. Mobile Device Advice. Monday, December 9th @ 3:00 or 4:00PM. Tablets, e-readers and smart phones – oh my! If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by your mobile device, we are here to help! Join Krista for a 30 minute one on one tutoring session on your device. To register, please call 306-636-1621 and let us know which device you require assistance with. Crafter’s Circle. Tuesdays, December 3rd & 17th @ 5:30PM Do you knit, crochet or just enjoy crafting? Enjoy the company of others crafters like yourself. All experience levels welcome. A great opportunity for ongoing support; share your knowledge or benefit from the advice of other crafters. Just bring your own materials and come join the circle. No pre-registration required. Ages 15 and up. Homemade Christmas Cards. Wednesday, December 4th @ 6:00PM. ‘Tis the Season for holiday greetings! Make someone special a meaningful Christmas card they will always treasure with the Library and our special guest, Melanie Hiske. All materials will be provided. Ages 15+. Space is limited, so pre-registration is required.

Library will be closed December 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 & 31 & January 1 for the holidays.

For further information, please contact: Kelvin Pillipow, Human Resources Co-ordinator, 1102 – 4th Street Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 Ph: (306) 634-1842 • F: (306) 634-9790 • hr@estevan.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

CONSTRUCTION BULLETIN

Highway 47 North Sanitary Sewer Crossing The City of Estevan is undertaking Construction of Sanitary Sewer across Highway 47 N nearby Hwy 47 Lift Station Construction on: Highway 47 - (Wellock Road to North City Limits) This work would require closure of immediate areas of excavation and may necessitate parking restriction in adjacent areas. This work will commence on date October 29, 2013 and expected to be complete on November 15, 2013 (subject to weather condition). Safety Construction site could be dangerous. If you have children, please ask them to keep a safe distance from the site. We will take every precaution to ensure public safety, but we need your assistance to constrain the natural curiosity of younger children. Please DO NOT attempt to go close to areas of open excavation. Theft or Vandalism If you see any act of vandalism, theft or anyone suspiciously tampering with equipment, signage or barricades please contact (306) 421-6934, the Site Foreman or after hours call Police. Questions and Concerns The City of Estevan, Engineering Services apologize for any inconveniences that this work may cause and thank you in advance for your cooperation patience. If you have any question or concerns, please call at (306) 634-1800

The City of Estevan Invites interested citizens to sit on The Estevan Board of Police Commissioners. If you are interested, please notify the following in writing by December 1, 2013: Acting City Manager, 1102 - 4th Street, Estevan SK S4A 0W7 Ph: 306-634-1802; Fax: 306-634-9790 • email: executive.assistant@estevan.ca

Snowmobile Routes

in Exist

2 1

Walmart Prairie Meadows

West End ESSO

New Trail Approval

ENERGY CITY FILM CIRCUIT Next Film: Cas & Dylan - January 25, 2014

KONCERTS FOR KIDS Fubuki Daiko – March 11, 2014 7:00 pm at Estevan Comprehensive School (Sponsored by Dayman Trucking) Massive Munsch – April 10, 2014 7:00 pm at Westview School (Sponsored by Sherritt Coal)

STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN Music Intima – January 30, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church Elmer Iseler Singers – February 6, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church Ballet Jorgen Romeo and Juliet – February 18, 2014 7:30 pm at E.C.S. Guy and Nadina – April 12, 2014 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s United Church (Sponsored by Enbridge) Everything Fitz – May 4, 2014 2:30 pm at E.C.S. (Sponsored by Enbridge)

VISUAL ARTS Inspiring Your Creativity Workshop – December 1, 2013 Instructor: Judy Swallow Ages 13 + Cost: $20.00

Open Invitation To The Public 2013 Annual Adjudicated Art Show Public Reception Saturday, November 30th 7:00 pm at the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum Come and view art work from Local Artists

www.estevanartscouncil.com

GRAND OPENING

The City of Estevan invites you to join us for the Grand Opening of the much anticipated Wellock Road Water Reservoir on Friday, November 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm. Kevin Sutter and Council will be on hand to answer any questions.

Rockin’ Holiday Craftacular!

118-4th St., Estevan, SK | www.eagm.ca (p) (306)-634-7644 | (E) eagm@sasktel.net Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00- 6PM | Thurs 10:00 9PM

Friday, December 13th 4-9pm

“promoting the arts in OUR community”

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Cross at Intersection

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL?

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Groomed Trail

Movies! All ages Holiday market! Hot chocolate bar! Crafts for all ages! Decoration making and tree trimming! Wear your ugliest Chrismas sweater!

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Is less than 30 days away. The deals only get this hot once a year. It’s our famous BLACK FRIDAY SALES EVENT at your locally owned, nationally priced Brick Store.

75% OFF 60% OFF all leather sofas when you purchase the matching loveseat or chair!

UP TO

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all reclining sofas

all bedroom packages

all dining room and dining room packages

all sectionals and fabric sofas in the store

all Samsung Appliances,

(your are reading this correctly, 20% off all Samsung Appliances)

As always enjoy flexible on the spot finacing up to 18 months OAC! THURSDAY 10-9 • SPECIAL BLACK FRIDAY HOURS 9AM-9PM • SATURDAY 10-6 • SUNDAY 12-5

NOBODY BUT NOBODY BEATS

ESTEVAN SHOPPERS MALL • 306-634-7211