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Many attended Gull Lake’s annual Mini Craft Show and Trade Fair - but none were as cute as our new friend Autumn and her dolly. Photo by Kate Winquist
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Plans underway to revitalize Swift Current’s downtown BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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he Swift Current Main Street Program is going full tilt on their master plan to revitalize, grow and spruce up the downtown core of the city. The project, which maintains a focus on aesthetic changes, economic development and practicality, is on a threeyear, $300,000 timeframe. The Manager of the Historic Places Program for the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Recreation sees the Swift Current project as being set apart from other revitalization projects in the province. “The most exciting thing is this downtown planning process, which will bring
a brand new plan for what’s going to happen to downtown,” he said. “Things are going to evolve and grow over time … You will start to see change, change in attitudes and some wins in the coming weeks.” He said Swift Current is right on track with their main street project. “That first year is about getting things right, and once you get consensus, you can start building around that,” he said. “In that first year you need to develop a vision and an implementation plan for what they’re going to do.” He is excited about what he’s seeing so far. “Swift Current is taking it one step further. They’re not just looking at the main street district. They’re looking at a
whole downtown plan,” he said. “It’s super to see that commitment by the City of Swift Current to look at the bigger picture and to bring it all into one.” The city held a small focus group to discuss what the public thinks are issues or ideas that need to be addressed for the downtown, one in what is sure to be a series of small group consultations. Saskatchewan is set to give $25,000 for the project, a standard for these types of programs, and WSP, an american consulting firm will be looking after the program. Hank Epstein, the city’s General Manager of Planning, Growth & Development, is excited about what the project could represent.
“It’s a very ambitious program. It’s the first time we’ve done it. A coordinated, cooperative, integrated program that looks at the infrastructure, the land uses, the economic development activities, heritage, architectural overlay,” he said. “A critical component is having obvious stakeholders -- property owners, tenants, students who might be living downtown, the college and churches have been invited to participate. “We’re starting with a public meeting and sending out notices … We will then get feedback from the public on what they like, don’t like and what they want to see happen for a whole range of services.”
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local charity group is hoping to make a big splash halfway across the world. Grandmothers and Others, a Swift Current branch of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign will be holding their semi-annual fundraiser on November 28. The Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign was formed in 2006 amid the news that many African grandmothers were taking on the responsibilities of raising orphaned children whose parents had died in the AIDS pandemic. Canadian cities quickly stepped up to the plate to raise funds, and the southwest Saskatchewan branch of the organization was formed that same year. All the proceeds from this event will go to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. “The headquarters for this organization are in Toronto, so across Canada, there are over 300 organizations that are doing this type of volunteering, trying to make people aware of this situation in Africa,” said Colleen MacBean, member of the group. “We’re trying to raise awareness and funds to support projects there.” MacBean says the profits from the 300 nationwide groups are going to 15 African countries where the AIDS pandemic is still a concern. “Our fundraiser on November 28 will help grandmothers in those countries,” she said. “We believe it’s a very important cause, and this is a huge fundraiser for us.” The branch does two big fundraisers throughout the year, one in the winter and one in the spring. This will be the third Christmas theme the organization has done. “The event is called Deck the Halls, and we will be selling gently used Christmas decorations, ornaments, trees, dishes… whatever Christmasy stuff people have and no longer use,” she said. “We’re also including gently used children’s toys and books, because last year’s fundraiser had quite a lot of interest in that area,” she added. Although the group is calling the event a sale, MacBean says most goods will not have a price tag on them, as they believe the value of the goods should be left to
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ull Lake native Brian Olson won a Global Media Award for his Hit N Hitch invention at the SEMA show in Las Vegas recently. His company, PowerPin Inc., has been a heavy hitter in tractor/implement drawbar hitching components for years, and they are now the world’s largest supplier. Based out of Fort Qu’Appelle, SK, their drop pin hammer strap is now standard factory equipment, according to a press release. “We started work in the 1980s, and we ended up supplying for big tractor companies like John Deere eventually. I eventually got so far into this business I couldn’t get out,” laughs Olson, who went to school in Tompkins and finished high school in Gull Lake. “We turned a corner with our drop pin, and in 2002 we had our first dividend payout. I invented it in 1995, because first hitches were cable controlled but expensive. The companies wanted in-cab hitches without the cost, so I put a trigger on the hammer strap. Now all the big companies carry us, and we export all over.” Olson says the key to a successful product is building features and taking out the cost. “We need to focus on building products that are safe for people to use, and we need to build products that function properly and efficiently. That’s what we do.” he said. His experience as a farmer helped him make products. “If you look at the best inventions in agriculture, they’ve started with a farmer’s idea. Customers know what they want. Farmers figure out easier ways to do things in farm shops, and ideas come from the marketplace, not engineers.” The Hit N Hitch began development three years ago, and in 2014 won Best New Invention at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show. They also won for PowerPin in 1988. “When we first started, it was 10 years of star-
vation. But when we got on tractor assembly lines, things turned around. People who investment way back now have their original principle worth more. We really had a nice steady growth.” He said being at the Vegas convention was amazing. “It’s the biggest show in the world, and I feel like you couldn’t walk the venue in two days. We were entered into a new product category, and media from all over the world judged what products would be most adaptable all over the world. There were 10 awards given out, and we won one,” he said. “It’s pretty humbling to be a farmer and now to see your product going by on a truck on the road. I see it on SaskPower trucks. There’s no way to describe that sense of accomplishment. I count my blessings.”
PowerPin Inc. won an award for their Hit N Hitch at the recent SEMA convention. Here stands President Brian Olson (middle) at the convention with sales managers Gary LaRocque (left) and Garry Wilson (right).
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Rural Roots BY C H R I S TA L E E F R O E S E
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h those immigrants. Coming into our country and … well let me just tell you the story. I’m in Vancouver and I’m absolutely surrounded … by immigrants. In the dark of the night last evening, I set out with my four-yearold daughter and my 15-year-old niece. We were off to parts unknown in this strange city that made the three of us country girls look like we’d just landed on mars. With fancy dresses on and high heels installed, we attempted to make our way to a parking lot where Cirque du Soleil had put up its giant circus tent. The cab driver was … an immigrant. He asked us where we were going and I confidently said, ‘The Pacific Coliseum.’ Time passed and the lights of the city flashed by for what seemed like hours until our kindly taxi driver turned back and asked, ‘Where are you off to tonight?’ ‘Cirque du Soleil,’ we exclaimed. ‘Oh no,’ he said in horror. ‘That’s
and quickly said, ‘Just follow us.’ Then they began a litany of instructions that were completely foreign. ‘Just follow those people and when you see a taxi with a yellow light, step into the lane. You have to get right out there, so they see you. Don’t be timid.’ I was confused and frightened. A small-town girl like me is not accustomed to aggressively hailing a cab. And then the man stepped right in front of us, looked us in the eye and said, ‘Don’t worry girls, I’ve got this.’ He and his girlfriend commandeered a yellow-lighted taxi for us so fast, they left all of the other taxiwanters on the sidewalk. We hugged them as they ushered us into the cab they could have taken themselves. Oh those immigrants. Coming into our country … and making our experience in Vancouver truly magical, memorable and welcoming.. Email Christalee Froese at Lcfroese@ sasktel.net or visit 21days2joy.wordpress.com for photos of Mei Chen’s journey home.
Report from the Legislature D. Wayne Elhard, MLA Cypress Hills
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a new direction for liquor retailing that includes an expanded private retail system with fewer government liquor stores and more private retailers. The new expanded private retail model creates a level playing field for liquor retailers. This means all liquor retailers will be treated the same when it comes to: • Purchasing alcohol for resale at a wholesale price; • Hours of operation; • Product selection; • Chilling of beer products and more Changes, which will be made after the next provincial election, include the conversion of 40 government liquor stores to private stores and adding 12 new private liquor stores in underserved communities. In the end, we will have a system that’s fair to retailers and beneficial to consumers while also protecting revenues for government priorities like infrastructure, education and health care.
Government Fulfills Commitment to Invest in Provincial Parks
Provincial parks are a key component to the quality of life we enjoy in Saskatchewan. It’s important to keep investing in our parks, not only to improve the visitor experience today, but also to ensure parks infrastructure remains stable for years to come. Our government has now fulfilled its commitment to invest an additional $10 million over four years into the provincial park system. The total investment in capital projects and capital maintenance over the past four years is more than $53 million. Some of the investments include: • More than $7.5 million on water and wastewater system upgrades; • $7.5 million on campsite electrical expansion and upgrade work; • $7.0 million on replacing or upgrading campground and day use service centres; • $6.0 million on developing new campsites, including a brand new campground at each of Blackstrap and Greenwater Lake Provincial Parks; • More than $3.5 million on park roads and trail systems;
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not at the Pacific Coliseum, that’s at Pacific PLACE.’ ‘Oh no,’ we said. ‘What time does your show start?’ he asked, his black eyes flashing with panic. ‘In about 15 minutes,’ we said. ‘Don’t worry,’ he replied, shoulder-checking as fast as he could, switching lanes and quickly accelerating in a new direction. He delivered us smoothly and safely to Pacific Place with five minutes to spare. We thanked him profusely. He said, ‘no problem – enjoy the show.’ We viewed the magical circus in utter awe, watching the immigrants fly around the stage. The Russian who walked the tight rope, and even rode a bike across it … WITH ANOTHER RUSSIAN ON HIS BACK. The Chinese immigrants whose beautiful bodies twisted in such contortions we gasped. As we exited the big circus tent, we panicked in the dead of the Vancouver night with nowhere to go and no taxi in sight. An immigrant couple walking behind us noticed our desperation as we shyly asked, ‘Where do we go to get a cab?’ They could see our predicament
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• More than $1.0 million in improving and upgrading boat launches across the park system; • $1.7 million in campsite enhancements and furnishings; and • Upgrades to other park facilities, such as historic and interpretive facilities, shoreline protection systems, bridges, drainage systems, and playground structures. Since 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $90 million in capital expenditures in provincial parks across the province. The majority of these projects are already complete and the few in progress will be complete and ready for visitors in the summer of 2016.
Big Jump in Building Permits
Saskatchewan saw a substantial rise in building permits in September 2015, increasing 113.2 per cent over last year, according to Statistics Canada. This shows that our construction sector continues to do well and demonstrates long term confidence and commitment to growth in our economy. Non-residential construction was up 365.9 per cent over last year, ranking Saskatchewan first among the provinces in that category. Over 30,000 Children Benefit from Grant for Education Savings More than 30,000 Saskatchewan children have received more than $8.5 million through the Saskatchewan Advantage Grant for Education Savings (SAGES) program. Through SAGES, the Government of Saskatchewan provides a grant of 10% on contributions made since January 1, 2013, into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to a maximum $250 per child per year. To be eligible for SAGES, the following requirements must be met: • the child is a resident of Saskatchewan when the RESP contribution is made; • the child is named as a beneficiary of an eligible RESP; • contributions are made on or before December 31 of the year the child turns 17; and • contributions are made at a participating financial institution. RESP subscribers at financial institutions not offering SAGES can now move their past RESP contributions to an institution that does offer SAGES. They will then receive the grant retroactively to January 1, 2013.
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Paris attack should give the acceptance of refugees more urgency, not less BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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fter the tragic attacks in Paris, many in Canada are left nervous and apprehensive about continuing with our new Prime Minister’s plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees into Canada by the end of 2015. With the threat of terrorism holding Canada’s provinces, people and leaders in deadlock debates over homeland security and whether we should continue to help Syrians, racial tensions -- and quite frankly, plain racism -- have hung over the discussions. With the reveal of ISIL’s responsibility in the matter, suddenly Syrians have come under fire simply for being from their originating country. It’s as if we, as Canadians, forgot that these sort of ruthless attacks are exactly the things these refugees are running from. “We must respect our election promise … To safely host 25,000 refugees by January 1. We will make every effort to do so,” Trudeau said at the APEC summit in the Phillipines last week. “It didn’t take the tragedy in Paris for us to suddenly realize security’s important.” The attack, which killed 129 people, has raised concerns in Canada that by bringing these people in, we will expose ourselves to threat of attack both from inside and outside sources. This stems from the fact a passport found near the body of one of the Stade de France bombers is believed to have been the property of a Syrian who registered as a refugee of Leros last month. Even Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is asking the government to suspend their plan. He wrote a letter to Trudeau last week as well. “I understand that the overwhelming majority of refugees are fleeing violence and bloodshed and pose no threat to anyone,” he said. “However, if even a small number of individuals who wish to do harm to our country are able to enter Canada as a result of a rushed refugee resettlement process, the results could be devastating.” Wall’s bid for some more securities is a good one. It’s a well-intentioned thought that would allow the Cana-
dian government to make extra sure “a small number of malevolent individuals” don’t get through, while rescuing these people from the terror they run from. We need to be conscious of the terrors we are rescuing people from. The Paris attacks were devastating, and the thought they could happen here is troubling. But it is not the policy of this country to leave women, children, seniors and families to die out of fear. Fear-mongering is what these groups want, and we cannot allow them to win.
We need to be conscious of the terrors we are rescuing people from. The Paris attacks were devastating, and the thought they could happen here is troubling. Facebook, Twitter and every other social media platform has everyone’s opinion plastered all over it. Ignorance is bliss, except when you make yourself look silly talking about international issues you know nothing about. If a new rule came into effect tomorrow that said people had to do required reading on government relations, Canada’s immigration policies, Trudeau’s action plan, true research on exactly the people we’re bringing in (hint, it’s not the young, single men everyone is terrified of), and exactly how the Canadian screening process works, the amount of educated people still speaking negatively would be cut by 75 per cent. If the people remaining all needed to take a racial sensitivity class, it would be close to nil. Feel free to have your opinions on the refugee crisis, but wonder how you’d feel if the Paris attack happened here. Would you want to be turned away at the border to other countries because of a few violent rebels in your own? Something tells me tunes on the immigration of refugees would change pretty quick if it was the Canadians doing the fleeing.
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How #prayforparis started a national debate BY B E T H JA R R E L L
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Hypocrite ahead BY M E G A N L AC E L L E
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’m no genius, three months in law school has only solidified that for me, but the tirade against people standing for this, that or the other thing on my Facebook feed is getting ridiculous. The left and right sit in front of their keyboards waiting for the next uneducated article to comment on. Whether it’s about letting refugees in, not letting refugees in, men’s rights, women’s rights, transgender rights, abortion rights, health issues or the dog wearing a dress down the street, everyone has an opinion. There’s seemingly no room to define yourself by your own means. If I say I’m a feminist then I don’t care about men’s rights. If I say I’m conservative then I’m against human rights and the environment. If I say I’m liberal than I obviously don’t care about the western provinces or Canada’s safety and economy. If I say I’m concerned about refugees then I don’t care about Canada’s homeless. If I say I’m worried about the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women then people assume I don’t care about other races of missing and murdered women. What? This seems illogical to me. In fact, I find it insulting that the minute anyone has an opinion about something other people have to jump down their throats and immediately call them an “idiot.” Brad Wall sent out a letter last week addressing Prime Minister Trudeau saying he wished Trudeau would slow
down the refugee process. The masses went amuck, clambering towards their keyboards with the ferocity and bad grammar expected of a child in the toy department of Wal-Mart. Wall was labelled a racist, an unfeeling man and more; while others commended him on protecting Saskatchewan and looking out for the province’s safety. Who’s right? No one, it 100 per cent depends on your individual perspectives. Look, I’m no master of the human mind, but last time I checked you could literally be a hypocrite about anything. I, for example, cannot kill another living animal. I catch flies when they’re in the house and release them outside, I skin deer but I won’t pull the trigger to kill them. The only creature I make an exception for is mosquitos …because really it’s a flight or fight instinct at that point. That being said, I eat every type of meat available. The number of crustaceans I’ve killed, through dining, in my lifetime is shocking. So I can’t kill something to eat, but I eat animals killed by the hands of others – and yet, life goes on. I live peacefully beside hunters and vegans. You know why? Because I respect their views. Just as I respect the views of liberals, NDP, and conservatives. Do I agree with every decision or every stance they take? Hint: check the box that says ‘no.’ Everyone says we’re getting too sensitive as a society, that we’re so afraid of offending groups of people that we refuse to talk about the tough issues. Being as we make up this society, I guess that makes us the problem. Every time you have a disagreement with
someone, you don’t have to belittle their life decisions, their outlook on life or the paradigm they call home. When discussing an issue you should use your own experiences, but also respect that other people have very different life experiences and that paying attention to systemic or discriminatory issues doesn’t detract from the issues of others. It’s just a process that takes one step at a time. At times I’m liberal and conservative, hardworking and free spirited, driven and lazy, Canadian and an immigrant, an environmentalist and an energy sector supporter, open-and-closed-minded, right and wrong. There are literally no right answers in the world, ask my property law professor. The only place you find certainty is math – and look how well everyone does with that, considering there were only three people in my calculus class I’d say not well. Put a little humour back into your conversations, have a little respect for one another and realize that no matter how fast you type you’re not going to change the life experiences or worldviews of the person on the other end – and that’s okay. You can always walk away from your computer, your discussion or your crazy family Thanksgiving supper. Society is a dialectic – literally the only thing I learned in my sociology class – that means things come in full circle all the time. You have every right to believe whatever you want to, but respect others, no matter what side of the debate you’re on.
fter the unmistakable tragedy in Paris last week, something very interesting began to happen on social media, notably Facebook. People began changing their profile pictures (the picture that represents their name, for those facebook-phobes like me) to superimpose a translucent copy of the French flag over their picture. The idea was simple, so Facebook said. Show your support for those who have been affected by this tragedy by showing your solidarity. Some people chose to, others chose not to. Seems simple, right? Wrong. Instantly a heated debate sparked on forums of organizations that had changed their picture to the flag. On one side of the debate were the individuals who changed their picture, who most likely also posted status updates condemning the attacks with the hashtag #prayforparis. While recognizing that changing a picture does nothing to help the victims of the attack, it also made them feel better, made them feel as if they were doing something, especially being so far away. On the other side of the debate were the people who didn’t change their picture. Their argument is- and they’re not wrong- changing your pictures doesn’t do anything, especially considering there were other terrorist attacks and natural disasters in the same timeframe as the Paris attack. Why change a picture that does nothing? It definitely didn’t mean that the people in the nonchange camp were any worse people, but that certainly didn’t stop the pro-change people from calling them out on it. Ironically, the whole ideal of the picture change, to try
and support one of our allies, and, in Québécois case, our closest friends, has been lost to the meaningless squabbles on social media. Everyone has changed the discourse of the tragedy to be about whether or not someone’s picture has changed or not. People who have changed judge those who didn’t, and people who refused to change judged those who had. What was an unmistakable tragedy where over a hundred lives were taken too soon turned into an angry debate, one in which the true purposes of it all has been lost to social media. The thing is, this isn’t the first we as a society has taken the attention away from an important issue in favour of another one. The Paris flag debate is just another in a series of society fixating on just one small element of an otherwise important issue. Take for example the Amanda Todd case. After Todd’s death in October of 2012, the Internet exploded with debate on the issue, and who was to be held responsible. It became so nuanced that the true issue was put on the backburner by the media and everyone talking about the case. Instead of having an informed debate on bullying and mental health of teenagers, a specific case was all anyone could talk about. Todd’s death and the subsequent investigation that followed should have taught us to look deeper at the issues instead of focusing on one thing. The Paris flag debate is history once again repeating itself. Adding a flag as a profile picture isn’t what we should be talking about. The 129 people who died are whom we truly should be talking about.
HIV diagnosis is a personal battle, not tabloid fodder BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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t’s 2015, a time when HIV is being discussed in mainstream television, Matthew McConaughey won an Oscar for playing a man with AIDS last year and the virus has moved a bit more to the forefront. And yet, when it was speculated -- by the insipid National Enquirer in a slut-shaming scandal story no less -- that Charlie Sheen had HIV, most people shrugged and said “No surprise.” The acceptance and compassion was simply non-existent, and some even went as far as to say that’s what he gets. As rumours swirled that Sheen was knowingly infecting and exposing other people and paying off those who threatened to expose his secret, everyone seemed to forget that, as deeply flawed as he may be, we were still talking about a person. All that progressive spirit in the world means nothing if we haven’t evolved past the point that we should see past how Sheen got the disease and look toward education and reducing the stigma of it. Sheen ended up going on The Today Show with Matt Lauer to talk about his diagnosis.
Part of this was to stop the extortion attempts against him, but he also wanted to be open and become a role model for people who may be struggling with the virus. He was clear he had unprotected sex twice, a high risk behaviour for contracting HIV, but those women were under the explicit care of his doctor. He was honest with his sexual partners and never knowingly or unknowingly spread the virus. And yet, online commenters and media outlets still attacked his poor personal decisions, and acted as if somehow, because of his playboy lifestyle, he got what was coming. We so often talk about shaming women for being comfortable with their bodies or being liberated and free sexually, but this form of passive-aggressive shaming of Sheen shows men are dangerously susceptible to this backwards level of thinking as well. To go personal with his struggle -- even though it seems like he was pushed into it -- is still a heroic endeavour, and respect for Sheen should be the highest it’s ever been. “I’m here to admit that I am, in fact, HIV positive and I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and subtruths and very harmful and mercurial stories about me threatening the health of so many others. That couldn’t be farther from the
truth,” said Sheen. This is a man who has been living with this for four years, coping largely in secret, and many he did tell used his “truth as their treason,” as Sheen put it in an open letter. Nothing says stigma more in a society than blackmailing someone for money in order to keep their HIV diagnosis under wraps. If a huge celebrity -- once the highest-paid actor on television -- is terrified to come out and willing to pay millions to keep this hidden, how are regular people supposed to feel? It’s hard to say HIV doesn’t shoulder a hugely negative weight when talking about it is seen as a dirty little secret. When we should be discussing symptoms and how to grapple with this, people are more interested in Charlie’s conduct. The gravity of this is lost on so many. “It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a turning point in one’s life,” says Sheen, who has quit drugs and is trying to kick alcohol. He has his demons -- and fully admits it -- but is working hard to maintain a healthier lifestyle. He’s hoping his honesty about his diagnosis will help him in the long run. “(I’m not still paying people to keep quiet) after today … That’s my goal. It’s not my only goal, but I released myself from a prison today,” he said
The Enquirer said some damning things, from the fact he’s infecting so many to the idea he has AIDS, not HIV. He and his doctor refute both those claims. And while time will tell, if Charlie is being honest, these breaches and lies are a great injustice. My only issue is that if Sheen lied, and he has knowingly infected others, that is both a crime and a deep betrayal. If it turns out he lied about that, he should be taken to task for it, but as for having HIV, he needs to be left alone. Charlie’s doctor said he was immediately put on treatment when he found out. He said he’s as healthy as he can be, given his condition. He reiterated Sheen doesn’t have AIDS and said his risk of transmission is incredibly low. Sheen has his demons. He is by no means a perfect individual. But he’s doing some good, and those trying to tear him down need to take a hard look at themselves. “I’m not going to be the poster man for HIV prevention, but I will pick my spots,” he said. When Sheen had his “’roid rage” spectacle a few years back, he told the world he was infused with tiger blood. That may not be true, but one thing is. This man has to have the courage of a lion to do what he’s taking on right now.
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Craft fair a success in Abbey BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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he Abbey Craft Fair and Tradeshow was a great success this year. “Our craft sale was great. We had around 30 vendors with 40 tables. We had everything from Discovery Toys to handmade kids apparel by Little Lamb and Lace to steeped tea and homemade leather pillows. We had chaps and more by Terry Jones,” said organizer Tanya Scriven. “As always, we had a great variety of crafter and home-based businesses there as well.” She said the church first started this tradition more than 20 years ago. “It started as crafts and tradeshow, then it was more of a craft show, then back to the original concept. It kept getting bigger every year,” she said. “We increase the number of tables each year. In the early years is was in the church using the upper and lower levels, and also at the Legion Hall at times. We would have it in the community hall and have overflow in the church basement.”
However, now they’ve managed to find a solution. “We have our hall in the old school and we use the gym and other rooms as we grow in size, which is nice. This year we had more than 150 people.” They managed to raised close to $2,000 this year, a staggering number. “It added to the much-needed funds we need to keep our church going and have our minister stay here. It’s a great venus for having people come to town,” she said. “This gives the residents something to do in our town, allows them to spend locally and it lets people know what Abbey is up to. It’s great seeing locals come for a hot meal and visit with friends.” Scriven said she saw people from Sceptre, Lancer, Hazlet and Cabri around that day as well. “Without that support, we, like many other communities, wouldn’t be able to put things on. We have things going all throughout the year to keep the church going, this is just one,” she said. “Thank you everyone for the support in 2015, at this event and beyond. It’s greatly appreciated.”
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At the Baby romp and Read event held every week at the Swift Current Library, toddlers get the opportunity to socialize with others their age and explore new tactile materials.
Dr Jean McKendry, regional branch manager for Chinook Libraries, hands the library of the year award over to Stephanie Hilger, librarian of the Leader Library.
Libraries quickly emerging in new role as community centre BY B E T H JA R R E L L
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he chinook library system recently announced that the Leader Library has won Library of the Year in the southwest for the second time in a decade. What goes behind the choosing process is by no means simple, and things such as retention of users, program initiatives and community involvement. In the changing world of e-readers and online books, libraries are adapting by rapidly turning into community centres. “I think it’s important to bring in diverse groups, and to try and appeal to everyone,” said Stephanie Hilger, librarian of the Leader Library. “We’re trying to get our libraries to me more community friendly. For people who are new, and don’t know anyone in their community, this is the first place they come.” However, Hilger adds that while the library is great for drawing people in initially, retention can be a problem. “Whether they don’t have the Internet connected or don’t know anyone, they come here. Once they have friend groups though, they don’t come back.” The chinook library system is trying to adapt to this problem, however, by introducing more programs that try and cater to the population. Sometimes some program experiments go better than others. “We tried a handiwork program where people could drop in and get help with a crotchet or quilting project, but very few people bothered to come in,” she said. “We find things
like that all the time, but we don’t give up.” In the Leader Library case, success with the effort to constantly try and introduce new programs came last Saturday in the form of a talk given by a local storm chaser, something Hilger says brought in more to the library than she has seen in months. “We were lucky in finding a program that everyone could enjoy, and it brought in a surprisingly high number of men,” she said. “It’s harder to find programs for them and bring them in, but they came to this.” Hilger says the new goals of the library system is trying to fill in the cracks where the community needs something. She says that although some library users don’t turn out for programs, there is a very reliable group that do. “We program a lot for toddlers, because they are the group we get the best participation from,” she said. “Just this year we had to close the older kid’s group, so it’s not all children, but the toddlers don’t have school, so that’s why. “Most of our users are either younger or older. Everyone in between either doesn’t read, or are on their e-readers.” “We try different things, and that’s how we survive. It’s not cheap, though, because everyone thinks of the library as being only used for books, where we do so much more than that. Some of our events we’ll ask for a silver collection, because there’s no money in the library system.” Hilger adds that while the library is focusing more on developing programs that fit the community, they
also have a very important role to play with senior citizens. “We spend a lot of our time socializing, especially for seniors,” she said. “Sometimes this is their social interaction for the day. Sometimes people tell me things that are so personal, but they confide and trust you.” “Libraries save people’s lives sometimes, I think. I had a woman come in today to tell me that this was her outing for today, and I was the only person she’d talk to all day. Sometimes knowing that they have someone who they can talk to means the world to them.” Rural Branch Manager for Chinook Libraries Jean McKendry says there is a certain thrill in going to the library that hasn’t been lost on people despite the changing environment. “I think that when people come to the library, it’s like taking a little trip,” she said. I used to have a very chaotic life, and I don’t since I started
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askPower announced last week that the organization is still looking into the possibility of nuclear power for the province. Dr. Neil Alexander from the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation believes the announcement is good for not only the province as a whole, but especially the southwest. “The southern grid in Saskatchewan has been largely driven by coal, and as we move forward, it has become clear that those are going to need to be replaced,” he said. “If we want it to be clean energy, we’ve got the option of wind and solar, which can’t produce all of the electricity on cold winter nights, or nuclear. “This creates an environment in which a nuclear plant could become a possibility, but it would depend on a lot of issues, including cost-effective, and if the infrastructure could support a project of this size.” While Saskatchewan is too small to support a full-sized nuclear power plant, Alexander says that new technologies are constantly evolving to allow for a smaller reactor to be in the province. “As we move forward, there is a great interest in smaller, community-sized units, called small modular reactors,” he said. “They can produce not just electricity, but also process heat for industry, and heating for our houses.” Those small units would fit nicely in Saskatchewan as either replacements for coal or perhaps producing a different approach to lighting remote communities
in the north or remote industries like mines.” The smaller reactors are a relatively new idea, and have not been implemented anywhere else globally. Many fear that by being amongst the first to take one on, Saskatchewan would become the first test to its capacity. “While the technology is wellknown, it would be a breakthrough for the individual designs,” he said. “There are lots of people interested in these types of reactors in the U.K. and Africa. Developing nations are very interested to see this type of technology.” While the announcement from SaskPower comes to no surprise to anyone, as similar announcement were made in 2009 and again in 2012, Alexander believes the statement is a good sign. “Certainly there are opportunities for nuclear power in Saskatchewan,” he said. “We look at it from the external point of view, and it appears to us that SaskPower has been looking for Saskatchewan’s future, and the recent statement doesn’t change that in any way. There is a lot of economic opportunity if we do move on this and become one of the first to host these reactors.” While the words ‘nuclear power plant’ may be considered frightening to some, Alexander says that those who have lived near a plant appreciate it more than the general public. “If you go to places that host nuclear power plants, you’ll find nuclear power is very popular,” he said. “When people get to understand it, they begin to understand the benefits of it and become very supportive. “If you close a nuclear power plant in a place that has had it,
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Swift Current accepting expressions of interest on Elmwood Golf Course Subdivision lots BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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O’ Christmas Tree Swift Current held their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on November 19. Special guests included Sparky the firefighters mascot and Santa, who sat under the tree listening to Christmas wish lists. Photo by Beth Jarrell
he city of Swift Current is now taking expressions of interest on the 80 lots in the Elmwood Golf Course Subdivision. “The concept was born out of a partnership with the city and the golf course. They wanted to renew their golf course and wanted it fixed up after some years of use. It needed improvement,” said Tim Marcus, the town’s Chief Administrative Officer. “The project was to turn this into a championship golf course in terms of level of play. To fund this, we came up with the idea of residential development with a premium on lots that would pay for a bit over 50 per cent of improvements. The rest would be borne by the golf course, and it’s affordable to do this way.” The golf course has been in operation for many years, and is important to Swift Current. “It’s part of the lifestyle and it’s one of the things that attracts people to the area. We can boast about the two golf courses we have, which is something a lot of places our size don’t offer,” he said. “In order to ensure Elmwood was around for more years, we partnered on this big thing. Their redesign freed up space for lots and it was a great partnership.” The move was also largely about preservation for the course. “Elmwood is so important to our community. It’s not something anyone wanted to see go away,” he said. “This was a way to ensure the course would be around for years to come, and it could be enjoyed by future and current residents.” The city knew they couldn’t afford the golf course remodel themselves, and the members couldn’t afford the raised fees that would be incurred. The partnership was necessary. “The views on these lots are amazing. The majority of the lots in the subdivision have ideal views to the west, east or north. They have some privacy to them from the standpoint that the cul-de-sac has little traffic. In the middle of the subdivision is a nice community park,” he said. “It provides room for trails, a picnic area and a play area. Even if you aren’t a golfer, you benefit from the things in this subdivision.” There are 80 residential lots, with town houses, duplexes, and residential units. Demand is high for the lots. “We have over 80 names on the list of people interested for when the lots come available. These are walk out lots, which we found over time are preferred by a lot of people.” With the city growing, the new subdivision wasn’t just a perk, but a necessity. “It just makes a lot of sense. It also makes sense because we have the interest and we have people who really want these lots,” he said. “Even if we weren’t growing, there still might have been enough interest. But this way we can sell at a quicker pace.” Those who want to purchase can view available lots and pricing at www.swiftcurrent.ca/elmwood. Contact Nancy Lemay at 306-778-2704 for more information.
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he Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan (SK PCAP) is pleased to launch an online video highlighting the important role that ranching plays in conserving Saskatchewan’s valuable grassland resources. The video, titled Conservation Conversations, features two Saskatchewan ranchers and captures their perspectives on agriculture and sustainability. The video also illustrates key components of SK PCAP’s awareness initiatives. “Our goal with this video is to create awareness among the public about the importance of prairie ecosystems, and the valuable role that ranching and agriculture plays for habitat and species conservation in our province,” says Kayla Balderson Burak, Manager of SK PCAP. “Native prairie education and awareness is a major area of focus for us,” Balderson Burak explains. “The creation of this video highlighting ranching culture and prairie stewardship really brings to light the sustainability of working landscapes that are well cared for,” she says. “Healthy, functioning rangelands are the foundation for long-term risk management in
ranching,” says Ross MacDonald, a southeast Saskatchewan rancher who is profiled in Conservation Conversations. “Projects like this provide an opportunity for those of us who make our living off of native prairie to tell our story and contribute our perspective of the overall journey of long-term environmental health and food production,” MacDonald explains. The video, which premiered Monday evening at a private reception held in Saskatchewan’s Provincial Legislature, is available to the public through a variety of online and social media platforms. The video will also be running at the SK PCAP display in the Family Ag Pavilion during Canadian Western Agribition November 23-28, 2015. Since 1998, the Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan Partnership has brought together native prairie stakeholder groups, including organizations representing producers, industry, provincial & federal governments, non-government organizations and research and educational institutions under a common vision for prairie conservation in Saskatchewan. To watch the video, please visit https://youtu.be/DW09aOrW8EE
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their families. They now have a life-preserving regime,” said the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Faith Rowland. The corporate account manager said the camp gives kids a chance to enjoy themselves. “Often kids who have a chronic illness can’t be in mainstream overnight camps, due to the insurance risk. Specifically for kids with diabetes, there needs to be medical professionals around. These camps have that, and kids also learn to manage their diabetes,” she said. “Our camp is for kids eight to 14, and it’s a week-long sleepover. Families also may have young kids, so we have family camps in various area. There is never more than four or five months of waiting before there’s a camp.” For Saskatchewan, diabetes is an epidemic. “The numbers are growing at crazy rate. It impacts one in thirteen people in the province, who are actually diagnosed or pre-diabetes living with issues. That’s significant. There are 93,000 people with diabetes here now, and 20 per cent more who don’t know they have it,” she said. That number is set to from to 187,000 in pre-diabetes and 129,000 with the disease by 2025 if things don’t change. “We are ignoring warning signs as patients and medical doctors don’t get chances to do routine screenings. We are trying to cast a light on the impact in this province, country and world and want to encourage people to know their risks and get checked.” A big thing with diabetes is there can be warning signs for some but none at all for others. “It’s almost like throwing a frog in a boiling pot and it keeps jumping out. It will eventually cook, but some don’t recognize warnings until there’s a crisis,” she said. Thirst, frequent urination, rapid weight loss, vision changes, tingling fingers and feet, energy changes and erectile dysfunction are signs in adults. For kids, changes in sleeping patterns, wetting the bed, being hyper or irritable and being lethargic may be signs Rowland said this campaign for the D-Camp funds is amazing. “This brings the cause to the community and the Pharmasave brings funds in. This is about knowing risk, getting people screened and having them talk to doctors,” she said. “Diabetes can be managed if it’s looked after. It’s about mitigating risk. We are trying to raise awareness and really make people understand.”
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Saskatchewan science fiction author performs at Lyric BY B E T H JA R R E L L
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otable science fiction author Ed Willett was in Swift Current this week to preform at the Lyric. Willet is the author of more than 50 books, and of those, 20 are novels. He works as a writer full-time from his home in Regina. “Most people who write fiction have a full-time job that is totally different from what they write,” he said. “My full-time job is writing, so in order to make a living, I write anything and everything. It’s how I put it all together.” Willett, who was born in New Mexico, spent half of his childhood in Texas, and moved to Weyburn when he was young. He got a job as a journalist at the Weyburn Review, but in 1993 decided to follow a different path. “I started my career as first a writer then editor of the Weyburn Review, then moved to Regina as communications for the science centre, but decided it was time to do something different,” he said. Willett got his start writing books in 1995 by publishing guides on how to use Windows and Microsoft for people new to using computers, but his talents as a
writer extend far behind writing how-to books. “I do a lot of local history. If you go to the Regina Science Centre, actually, every word that is written there is done by me,” he said. “I’ve written books on how to skate board, how to rock climb…. I write anything and everything, but my favourite is fiction.” At his Lyric performance, Willett read two chapters from two of his latest fiction books, both parts in two separate series, but one with much more of a local twist. “They’re both fantasy novels and they’re both part of a series,” he said. “One is called Faces and it’s published by my New York publisher DAW Books. DAW Books are one of the biggest publishers for sci-fi genre.” The other one is more Saskatchewan-y, it’s published by Coteau Books in Regina, and it’s book four in a five- book series called the Shards of Excalibur. It’s interesting because not only is it a Saskatchewan publisher, but a lot of it is set in Regina and has a lot of Saskatchewan references.” Willett says that he tries to include an element of Saskatchewan in all of his writing. “The premise is a 15-year-old girl in Regina finds out she is the Prentiss to the Lady in the Lake, an Arthu-
rian legend, when she shows up at Wascana Lake. She and her sidekick have a quest to find pieces of the Sword of Excalibur.” He says that while some of his books take part in remote destinations, such as three of the books in the Swords of Excalibur series, he doesn’t often travel that far. “Google Street View is an amazing thing, really,” he said. “The nice thing is, you can go on and ‘walk’ around virtually without ever having to go there, and it gives you a taste for what it’s really like.” Willett says that while his job is constantly chaotic - he has three books in various stages of the writing process right now- he wouldn’t give it up for anything. “I love science fiction, because it can be anywhere, anytime, anyplace, with monsters and dragons and anything is out there and ready for me to pull out of my imagination and put on the page,” he said. “My biggest inspiration is that I want to tell stories that other people enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed reading when I was young. “I see myself primarily as an entertainer. I want to tell a good story, and if people find it entertaining, I’ve done my job.”
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his time in 2014, it was announced that Ponteix would be closing the doors of its level 1 and 2 care home, located in the town’s boundaries. One year later, former vice chair of the organization Louis Carignan says they are still in the process of closing its doors for good. “We’re in the process of finalizing whatever equity we have now, and it’ll be completed by the end of the year,” he said. “We had to dispose of our assets, because we were a non-profit corporation.” Right now we’re just in the final stages of distributing what was left over. All the monies that belonged to the corporation have to be given to a charitable.” Carignan said that the last residents moved out of the home in December of 2014, but the process behind closing a care home is more complicated than sending its residents off. “We’d had a little saved for expenses and repairs, stuff like that,” he said. “Most of it went to the health care centre here to try and support them. It all stayed in the community, pretty well.”
There were only four residents living in the care home at the time of its closure. Carignan says that they, along with anyone who has needed access to a care home since must leave the Ponteix area in order to get the care they need. “Anyone living near Ponteix who is ready to go into a nursing home must go through the Cypress Health System and go to Herbert, Gull Lake, Mankota,” he said. “Some qualify to move into the level three and four care here, so they didn’t have to leave Ponteix. A lot though, we made arraignments to transport them to other places.” He adds that care can be expensive, and leaves some leaving until the last minute in order to get the help they need. “There’s the level three and four health care here, but our level one and two is now closed. There was no government funding to help it, so it came out of the resident’s pockets,” he said. “The government would help them up to $2,000 dollars, if their income was less than $2,000 dollars a month they’d bump it up to that, but care homes are very expensive and it cost a lot more than that. “The cost to run a care home can be prohibitive, and the demand to keep the home run-
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ning did not keep up with the cost it took to keep the home operational.” He said it was almost half a million dollars a year to keep it open. “We had to have staff on hand 24 hours a day. We didn’t have enough residents to keep going,” he said. “It goes in cycles. At one time, we had 14 residents living there, but in the end there were only 4. It would be nice to have another one, but that’s the way it goes.” Carignan adds that the problem stems from a very simple issue - lack of funding from any level of government. “The government switched the home care system and quit funding altogether for level one and two,” he said. “The people who used to own it before we took over shut it down because they couldn’t make it go. We tried. Succeeded for awhile, but just couldn’t make it go,” he said. “It’s a nationwide problem, healthcare for seniors. It’s very expensive to provide, and even the higher levels are letting in people who aren’t really seniors, like the government allows people with mental problems into health care homes, and that can cause major problems. What’s happened here is a problem everywhere.”
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ast Friday, David Anderson, MP for Cypress Hills-Grasslands was named Opposition Critic for International Human Rights and Religious Freedom. “I am honoured to have been given this responsibility by our Interim Leader, the Hon. Rona Ambrose. The attention of the world is currently riveted on issues shaped by human rights and religious freedom. It is critical that the new government respond correctly and competently because the stakes are very high. I look forward to holding them to account on these important issues, to ensure that the values of Canadians are protected and promoted,” said Anderson. Ambrose made the announcement on Friday, November 20. “Our team has the experience, dedication and drive to effectively challenge and hold the Liberals to account. David’s experience as an MP for the past 15 years, along with his work on these files while he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, made him a strong choice. He is extremely passionate about the state of today’s world as it relates to international human rights and religious freedom. I am confident that he will work hard and is up to the challenge,” said Ambrose. Anderson was also named Question Period Coordinator. The position (which he previously held from 2003-04) involves managing this important part of the Conservative Party’s role as Her Majesty’s Loyal Official Opposition. “I am looking forward to contributing to the leadership team and working hard over the next four years to provide Canadians with a strong opposition and alternative choice in the next election,” Anderson concluded. The 42nd Parliament opens with the election of the Speaker on December 3.
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ess buzz is being given to El Nino these days as more analysts are calling it off in the coming months, but new weather data suggests a La Nina event is coming down the pipeline! The team over at MDA Weather Services is making some pretty aggressive calls in saying that a hot, dry summer is in store for most of the major US agricultural production areas. The N.O.A.A. has admitted that the 2 events are the “extreme phases of a naturally occurring cycle”. While La Nina events have followed El Nino events closely a few times in the 1950s and again in the 1983/84 season, budding agtech company aWhere says that US crops will likely be more susceptible to El Nino conditions in the 2016 growing season, followed by La Nina in 2017. Looking hard at the rest of the world, an El Nino in the next few months could bring more rain to South America (even bigger crops!) while some drier conditions in the Southeast Asian markets (good for pulse markets, and likely a short-term bump for veggie oils)! The Ukraine Ministry of Ag is reporting that 62% (or 10.1 million acres) of fall-planted crops have emerged, of which 68% is being categorized as in good or satisfactory condition, whereas 32% is considered weak and thinned. Proportionally, 16.33 million acres of winter crops went in this year in Ukraine (down 10% from last year), meaning 42% of all winter crops are in good to satisfactory condition, while almost 20% is considered weak or thinned. Next door, though the 2nd week of November, Russia has exported 14.7 milllion tonnes of grain this marketing year, which is down 10% from the same period a year ago. The export tonnage includes 11.2 million tonnes of wheat, almost halfway to the expected 23 million tonnes with still 6.5 months to go. A few corporate farms over there have admitted that the quality of the wheat crop this year was lower, with “a bigger-than-average share” going into the feed category. They haven’t disclosed whether this was because of poorer weather or if it was an effect of crop input changes (i.e. fertilizer) with the ruble devaluation making it hard to buy the right stuff or the right amount of crop inputs. Could we see more out of the same from the crop that was planted this fall? The Fryers Report reminds us that most bad crops in the Former Soviet Union states were not a result of bad fall or winter weather, but rather because of adverse spring or summer weather. With that being said, AgResource out of Chicago suggests that they’re not too concerned about the conditions that Black Sea farmers were planting into. I’ll remind them though that, the exacerbation of a poorer crop is only catalyzed by poorer spring/summer weather. Should we see some more adverse weather in the region in a few months, the poorer conditions that the crop went into dormancy under will be the main factor in the degradation of the crop size. Looking at this situation hard from all angles, we’ll agree with AgResource for now that nothing counts until it’s in the bin, but when there’s a forest fire warning out there, all you need is a little spark to light things off. To growth,Brennan Turner President, FarmLead.com Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family started farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics from Yale University and then playing some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, transparent online and now mobile grain marketplace (app available for iOS & Android). His weekly column is a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. He can be reached via email (b.turner@ farmlead.com) or phone (1-855-332-7653).
Ponteix School leads charge in literacy initiative BY B E T H JA R R E L L
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onteix School is undergoing a transformation to help their students become better readers. The Chinook School Division announced this year their plan to follow the Saskatchewan Reads initiative, a plan to get all students in Saskatchewan to read more. Vice Principal of Ponteix School Trisha Carleton says for the staff of the school, it represented more than just another task to do before the school year began. “We wanted an initiative we could all participate in, and all have some ownership in,” she said. “The division wants us to tie in Saskatchewan Reads, so we came up with making these themed areas. We brainstormed ideas as a staff, then assigned areas to each teacher.” The school implemented one of its free spaces into a literary paradise, providing three themed areas for students to read in. The area includes a space-theme, an adventure theme, and the highlight for the students, a literary café, complete with kid-sized tables and chairs, a ‘menu’ of books, and a shower-curtain valance that hangs on the wall, giving it a French café look. “We were trying to be creative and work within a budget, and that was our goal,” she said. “If you want to find people who are creative on a budget, teachers,” she said, laughing.
(Principal) Chad (Striker) and I sat down and gave each group a budget, and everyone stayed within their budget for seating and ordering books, so it really is a group effort.” Carleton adds that the areas have been especially great for catering to a group of students who may struggle with reading. “We have some students here who are english learners,” she said. “An early concern we had was if the areas were put by grade level, a grade 7 student would be embarrassed to come over to the grade 2 and 3 section to get a book at their reading level, which is why all our areas have books for both the younger and older kids.” While Chinook already had a plan of its own with the Balanced Literacy initiative, Literacy Coordinator Kathy Robson says the initiatives were able to mingle to create one big literacy plan. “We are focused on developing the new Sask. Reads initiative in conjunction with our Balanced Literacy initiative,” she said. “It was part of what that focus is at the beginning of the year.” We wanted to create new warm, welcoming environments where students could be comfortable reading, so we had lots of meetings before the school year started to plan and brainstorm new ways to get kids in the southwest reading.” Robson says that by providing the welcoming areas for students,
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he response of many to recent terrorist activities in France reveals how fragile our spiritual resolve can be. The compassion evoked by a refugee child’s body on a Mediterranean beach becomes chilled by fear, and all our good intentions can become immobilized. We call for our Government to declare war against ISIS. We demand instant changes to the Refugee Emergency Response plans. Our fear over the possibility a terrorist might arrive on our shores releases racist anger against Muslims. Is that, truly what we aspire to be? Those who long to do better often feel overwhelmed and silenced because of the negativity of others around them. Better that this be the time we use our cell phones and newspapers and phone-ins to show the positive things we believe, and how we really would like
to help. Violence begats violence. War begats war, which leads to creating more enemies and causing more suffering. We can encourage each other to look for better ways to move forward. We have a great opportunity for ordinary people to find ways to respond to the threats of our time – not with fear and the need to extract revenge but with positive alternatives. We need to help each other realize that the extremist ISIS group is not equated with Muslim. It is good to ask questions about screening, about capacity for handling the numbers of people involved, and about the practicalities of settlement. But we need, also, to listen for the answers given by those in charge of proposed settlement endeavours. We need to recognize, too, the many ways these newcomers can be seen to be an asset to our country (and not a threat). Might we even think of this as an infrastructure-building endeavour to help our country expand our future tax and pension base?
Piano teacher starts classes in Maple Creek BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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arbara Levorson and three colleagues have found a way to bring a bit more music to Maple Creek. “I have a private studio here in Swift Current, and do private piano and music lessons for young kids, ages four to six. I also do a musical steps class for kids one to four. But this summer, myself and colleagues founded the Maple Creek Music School,” she said. “We are very excited, because there have been teachers out there, but it’s very isolated. They have a fantastic cultural atmosphere there, and it resonates. But bringing together some musical services was a great thing to do.” Levorson has always been involved with music, and both her daughters were involved in classes. “I loved it and wanted to offer my services out of my home. I took piano lessons when I was six, and music has always been a part of my life. It came in and out throughout my adult career,” she said. “I did a degree in commerce and worked as a management consultant. But then I started doing teaching and working with kids, and I loved it.” She said she had a eureka moment later in life where she realized she wanted to specifically teach music. “I had always circled around it, and blending my teaching with music was wonderful. It was exactly what I needed,” said the graduate from the Royal Conservatory of Music. “This area, in Maple Creek, is an under-serviced community from an instruction standpoint, but it’s so vibrant. I’m so impressed with the support there. Me going up there was serendipitous timing,” she said. “Now between us four, we offer voice and musical theatre, drama and I offer piano. We teach out of the Jasper Historical Centre, and we started in the fall.” She said response in the area has been fantastic. “Parents are so receptive and kinds are so excited. The practice like you wouldn’t believe, and they’re so dedicated. I love going up there,” she said. “There’s so much research on the benefits of musical education, so it’s nice to provide it. There are very strong links with math and reading scores and musical education. The earlier they start, the better the benefits.” She said higher test sores, improved concentration and better cooperation all come from music education. “What I do with younger kids is teach grace and motion and help develop their creativity. We provide what isn’t in the school curriculum. People have to look privately for music education right now, and some day we hope it’s back in schools,” she said. “It’s important and critical in child development
Barbara Levorson is the piano teacher for the newly-formed Maple Creek Music School.
The Maple Creek Music School is run out of the Jasper Historical Centre’s parlour.
and has so many different benefits. We need to encourage our kids to be musical.” Levorson understands the move away from music in some schools could be an economic thing. “It’s not a benefit to remove music, though. The studies and proof it is helping is overwhelming. I get it’s expensive to run music and band, but it doesn’t need to be that way,” she said. “There has been a shift in education evaluation, where everything needs to be measurable. That’s hard to do with something creative. If a kid draws a picture, how do your mark it on some scale? It’s subjective. Schools think now if they can’t measure it, they shouldn’t offer it.” The class is planning a Christmas concert Dec. 5, and Levorson is thrilled at the progress she’s seen. “This will be just an amazing thing for us, and as a result of our warm reception, we’re considering a mobile studio to other communities in the southwest. There’s just a time and space we have to figure out,” she said. “This has all just been wonderful, and we know delivering this in rural communities is difficult. But e have a responsibility to reach these communities and give these services.” To find out more, check out Barbara’s website at http://mycswiftcurrent.com/.
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November 27, 2015 (Friday)
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November 28, 2015 (Saturday) 8:00 PM at Leader Rink Complex 8:00 PM at Maple Creek Rink Complex
Maple Creek Hawks at Gull Lake Greyhounds
Frontier Flyers at Leader Flyers Shaunavon Badgers at Maple Creek Hawks
League Standings (as of Friday, November 20th)
The Swift Current Colts captured the 5A boys regional volleyball title in Estevan on Nov. 14. The Colts defeated Yorkton in the quarters and Weyburn in the semi’s. They played the host Estevan in the final winning by scores of 25-19, 25-20. The Colts will be hosting 5A provincial volleyball on Nov 20 and 21. L to R – back row: Coach Daniel Andrie, Kyle Thiese, Braedon Friesen, Tanner Williams, Nathan Braun, Tyler Wieler. Middle row L to R: Dylan Mortenson, Remington Tschetter, Reagan Martin, Taylor Mattson. Front row Mitchell Braun and Sterling Tschetter. Missing Dayton Patzer and asst. coach Dallin Martin. Submitted Photo
Leading Scorers (as of Friday, November 20th)
The Swift Current Comp grade 9 Ardens captured the SWAC junior girls volleyball championship on Nov. 14 at Shaunavon. The girls beat Hazlet in the semi 2-0 then played Waldeck Warriors in the final. The scores were 25-20, 25-11. Front L to R: Kenzie Gates, MacKenzie Veason, Krista Therrien, Jenny Hope, Kennedi Johnston, Brynne Doerksen. Back L to R: Chantie Champigny Lucyk, Courtlyn Hope, Madison White, Madison Mortensen, Kennedy Froehlich, Rita Malek.Missing: Kierson Hennes and Kalea Sauder. Submitted Photo
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wo teams have combined in the southwest to make up the Gull Lake/Ponteix Midgets. “We were both short on numbers in Gull Lake and Ponteix. So we figured out it might be a good thing to join up. There just weren’t quite enough kids to play midget,” said Head Coach Tyler Kendall. “Some kids quit and some kids moved away. Small towns are dwindling in population here.” He said the team has managed to come together well. “So far, so good. We played four games and the kids are getting to know each other. They’re also getting more comfortable with me. I didn’t know the kids from Gull Lake, but the process is coming along,” he said. “It’s not too hard for kids to get adjusted. My boy has been on lots of different teams. It’s easy to get to know kids once they make the effort. They get to know each other on and off the ice.” Kendall says getting kids in the hockey program is just harder and harder each year. “I’m looking at the numbers for the younger kids coming up, and it’s pretty skimpy. It doesn’t look good.” Kendall says hockey in small towns are vital. “I think it’s really important. It teaches kids a lot of lifetime values, and how they have to work hard for what they want,” he said. “The harder they work, the more they get. It teaches teamwork, working with others, and it’s really good for helping kids open up.” Kendall said it was funny to see the division between
the groups when they first joined. “Drills would always be Gull Lake on one end and Ponteix on the other. What myself and (Assistant Coach) Murray Radtke started doing was splitting groups into half Ponteix and half Gull Lake,” he said. “It worked out. There are always a few more outgoing kids in the dressing rooms, and everyone is starting to get to know each other. It just takes a few weeks.” The team boasted a 2-2 record when The Advance spoke to Kendall. “I’m pretty happy with where we are. We wanted to be 50/50, and we won’t be top of the league, but I know we won’t be at the bottom.” Emella Zanidean, the manager of the team, has a kid who plays. She’s very happy the teams came together. “We were short some numbers. We had eight skaters and a goalie, and Ponteix said we should join up. So that’s exactly what we did. We had eight from Ponteix and a goalie too,” said Zanidean. “We were surprised we were short. We thought we had enough, but some kids from Cabri went to Swift Current. We knew in the back of our minds something would happen.” She said the players all took to each other quickly. “They jumped right in, gelled and are already friends. It’s definitely been a learning experience,” she said. “They can spread their wings, meet new kids and step out of their comfort zones. Hockey is important here, and it makes the kids more well-rounded individuals when they step into other situations. “If they continue to grow and work, the sky’s the limit.”
Frontier Minor Sports Auction reaches milestone BY J O R DA N PA R K E R
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his year’s iteration of the Frontier Minor Sports Auction managed to raise more money than any other year from auction proceeds. “It was our best ever. We had the biggest crowd. It was just the best in every single way,” said one of the organizers, Colette Anderson. “The three-on-three hockey tournament was in town, which brought some people in. We had a wonderful speaker, which was an attraction. It was obviously just a really good weekend for it.” The auction and raffle raise $52,500, and the door and drink tickets have yet to be tallied. After bills are paid it’s estimated the grand total will be near $60,000. “We raised close to $10,000 more on our auction over last year. Each year it’s just continued to go up. Bruce (Evenson) and I have been working at this from the beginning,” she said. While they advertised this as the ninth, the truth is, years are beginning to blur together for the two, and this year may actually have been the 11th. “This is just a great feeling. We originally started this because the rec centre was having financial
difficulty, and minor sport took it upon themselves to try to pay the power bill, which is huge over the winter. That facility is for curling, skating and so many other things. It’s multi-purpose,” she said. “We kept wanting to help out each year with the auction money, and now we’ve done work on the rink and upgrades. I hear this year there will be ball diamond work.” From a financial point of view, Anderson says the auction helps programs in the area keep going. “Participation fees are low, When the hall is full of people, it’s a very good thing. People are happy to come to these auctions and contribute to a common goal,” she said. “We initially used to do this as a dance, and the auction was at 11 p.m., but after a few years we switched to supper, an early auction, then a dance. That’s what’s working.” The guest speaker, Cody Thoring, really entertained the crowd. “It was a great time, and he told stories of his time in minor hockey. He spoke about the WHL and beyond. It was very good to have him,” said Anderson. Anderson said minor sports in the area does a lot of work to offer youth recreation and programming. “Back in the day, every community had a local hockey team. Now
we have teams from pre-novice to bantam and kids come from Consul, Eastend, Val Marie and Climax. We’ve become the only program along the south line,” she said. “Our teams have become a collection and contribution from a lot of other towns, and we are a very important spot for minor hockey.” Sadly, this will be the swan song for Evenson and Anderson, but Anderson says they’re happy to have ended on a high note. “We are really hoping someone will carry this on. We think someone will. We just feel after all these years, someone will pick up the gauntlet. Maybe we can get some different ideas flowing.” Evenson and Anderson were happy for all the support they received. “We do the auction, but really, minor sports does the rest of the night. They prep, serve food, clean up, do tickets and the bar. They’re so great,” she said. “We are grateful for all the businesses that donate for the auction and we are grateful for the people who come. We love the huge support. “It’s amazing to see people invest in the lives of kids and youth. Seeing people contribute to lives in the community and around this area is so great.”
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