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Hockey tournament raises $35,000 for memorial scholarship BY M E G A N L AC E L L E

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The Eastend Community Hall filled up fast on the night of Feb 13 for the supper/ auction portion of the 2nd Annual Arnal Brothers Memorial Hockey Tournament. Grandfathers, teenagers and young children filled the space prepared to support the Arnal Boys Memorial Bursary for Young Farmers. Anne Arnal, mom to the late Blake, Sean and Lyndon Arnal, explained how more than $40,000 was distributed to young farmers in southwest Saskatchewan because of the bursary. It was a reminder of how the family and community had turned an unimaginable tragedy into life-changing opportunities for others. “It's fun and heartwarming because a lot of the characteristics that the applicants have and possess are some of the same characteristics that my brothers all had and pretty much all farm kids in southwest Saskatchewan have, there's always the aspect of passionate hardworking individuals and some of the projects you see [so much] creativity and thought that goes into them,” said Chantal Henderson, sister to the Arnal boys and board member with the bursary. “And to know that a bursary in memory of your brothers might stimulate or help, as much as we can't be responsible for their success because it's truly is the kid themselves that makes the project work, at least we can say that we've maybe helped kids along the way succeed at their goals and their passion for agriculture.”

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To hear the legacy or the stories and legacies of your brothers are living on that as family for us matters the most; it's what it's about.” After the names and projects were explained the auction began. Hands rose and fell as Donnie Peacock auctioned off jerseys, trips for two and more. Up next for auction was a skate with the Swift Current Broncos as their seventh man, hands shot up and eventually the item was sold to Dayton Fossum who was representing the Frontier Flyers hockey team. Fossum explained the item would go to Rhett Sanford from neighbouring Frontier – who is recovering from an ATV accident that killed his six-year-old brother, Blaine, last April and left then three-year-old Rhett with a neck injury he’s still recovering from. The room filled with cheers of support towards the young boy. That’s the kind of weekend it was – emotional, tears of both happiness and sadness. Henderson explained that the bursary events, the hockey tournament and skeet shoot, take place around the boys’ birthdays, March 17 and 18 for Blake and Lyndon and July 9 for Sean. “Those are hard days when you don't actually get to celebrate with them, but if you still get to celebrate and have fun together and know that they're there in spirit it helps some of the tough days makes them a little bit easier I guess,” she said. There were 10 teams involved in the

tournament with three age divisions: runts (12 and under), yearlings (13-18) and crocks (18-plus). Aside from handing out prizes for the tournament itself, they also recognized the Hockey Heart Award. “The story behind that was Lyndon was pretty sportsmanlike when he played hockey and stuff like that and he was super supportive to his teammates and his goalie and so we thought it would be kind of fun to recognize those characteristics in some of the participants in the hockey tournament in the youngest age group,” Henderson said. Opposing coaches were able to nominate the kids for the award and they were recognized Saturday night at the auction. “They got chocolate bars, chips, pop and a little bit of cash because Lyndon was crazy about chocolate bars and pop,” Henderson laughs. “Like if he were to be at the dance he probably would have drank the bar dry of pop.” The award was given to Tygh Armstrong, Molly Richardson and Madden Wallis. Henderson said the community, friend and family support is really what makes the event a success. “I think I use the same description every year, it's just overwhelming. You go into an event like that and it always exceeds your expectations of how it's going to go and the fun that's had by everyone there and the amount of money that's raised and the support you receive,” she said. “We raised over $35,000 this year and we couldn't do that without the people who attend the events and all the people who donate items and funds and food and everything that ends up being donated at an event like that and just all the support we receive.” The Bear Creek 4-H group that Sean and Lyndon had been a part of donated the entire meal and Sean’s graduating class offered driving services. “It's so much fun to be around family and friends and community members and the interesting part about the tournament this year is that there were people and participants from all over - like Mankota, Frontier, Ponteix, Maple Creek, Cabri, Swift Current and everybody gets together and doesn't even know each other but by the end of the weekend they're friends,” Henderson said. She explains how one of Lyndon’s friends, Lachlin, took one teammate, which he met that weekend, out to his farm and told stories about his late friend. “Everyone was just laughing at all these stories about Lyndon and so the little friend he had made didn't actually know Lyndon but by the end of the weekend had all kinds of stories about Lyndon and then Lachlin and him made a friendship out of it as well - so at the end of the day it's the kind of stories that make it what it is about I guess,” she said. “To hear the legacy or the stories and legacies of your brothers are living on that as family for us matters the most; it's what it's about.” The tournament winners were The Subway Select, Team Crossfit, and The Blank Shooters. Shoot out winners were the Ravenscrag Rattlers, Team Crossfit, The Blank Shooters and Hat Trick Heroes. The deadline to apply for the Arnal Boys Memorial Bursary for Young Farmers is March 1. Henderson encourages all students ages eight-18 to apply if they have an agricultural project they’d like to pursue. Applications can be sent to: Chantal Henderson, P.O. Box 2097, Swift Current, Sk., S9H 4V1.

Teams came from all over the southwest this year – including Mankota, Ponteix, Swift Current, Shaunavon, Eastend, Frontier, Maple Creek and more. See more photos on page 18. Photo by Megan Lacelle.

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The Town of Gull Lake is very pleased to announce that the Wong Family has3 officially transferred ownership of the Shoe Shop to the town. The building was essentially donated by the Wong family (in exchange for a $6000 tax receipt) to the Town on the condition that it be declared a heritage property. Gull Lake Town Council has already taken initial steps to have the building officially declared a Heritage Property. The first order of business will be to ask the Tourism Committee to helpwith organize andother catalog the contents ofwas thedone building. Plans Currently, renovations are under way to dealing is identifying properPart of what was the heritage improve the building for long-term use. ties in the community to have declared as walking tour in the downtown area, but are in the works to have an official ceremony where they will dedicate the building “Recently we received a grant from the heritage sites as well,” he said. “I think it’s there needs to be more done to get more as a Board heritage property, and attach a plaque tothoughts the building, hopefully Gull Lake Recreation to help with important, if you go back to the buildings declared,” helater said. this sumthe repairing or replacement of the roof of the past to tear down old buildings, now In a press release, the Saskatchewan mer. for the building,” he said. “We’re going to we’re recognizing the importance of the government said the week is in partnersee what we can doThe to getbuilding that assessed, heritage the community.” condition given ship with itself is inofremarkable the the factSaskatchewan that it hasHeritage been and if we’re lucky, get the roof repaired as “The focus of the heritage committee Foundation, who were a big part behind empty for over 30 years. While the process of restoring the building will take some quickly as we can.” will partly be on the shoe shop, but to declaring the week. “Once we havetime, the roof fixed, then we a larger extent we’re goingseeking to be “The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundathe Town of Gull Lake willI think be actively volunteer help, and heritage can stop all the water issues that are getidentifying some more of the heritage tion is pleased to work with Heritage Sashelp with the restoration. will be to year make possible ting in and repairgrants the rest to of the damage. properties in town.” The immediate goal katchewan each to it help celebrate It is going to taketo some time the to getshoe it backshopCampbell says that town and Heritage Weekeveryone across the province, ” Sasopen on the bottom levelcouncil to the public so that can have into shape. Time and money.” the committee are currently investigating katchewan Heritage Foundation Chair chance toshoe tour this other unique andtoimportant Campbell says a that while the shop buildings have declaredheritage as heri- property. Royce Pettyjohn said in the release. “This is the heritage committee’s main focus for tage sites, and they will continue to do so week encourage all Saskatchewan resIf you or someone you know would be interested in we volunteering some time the year, expanding on the town’s existing as they become aware of them. idents to pause and consider the things helping with the Heritage please Campbell 672-7499. heritage sites is still underway. “We’reProperty concentrating quite a call bit onBlake the we cherish and(306) the meaning behind the

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Supporting Saskatchewan’s vibrant past, the Government of Saskatchewan is investing $143,000 in heritage conservation projects across the province. Awarded through the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, the investment has been distributed to 14 projects in 11 rural municipalities within the province. “Our historic buildings play an important role in our provincial story,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Mark Docherty said. “As Saskatchewan continues to grow, some of these sites and buildings require conservation work so that they can remain a part our province’s living heritage. The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation maintains an integral role in preserving the heritage of our province.” “A strong sense of community is a hallmark of life in Saskatchewan,” Board of Directors Chair Royce Pettyjohn said. “When we think about the communities in which we live, it is usually the places and structures that differentiate our community from all others that come to mind. The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation is proud to be able to aid the people of Saskatchewan in conserving the places that matter to them, and that define our communities as "home."" Since its establishment 25 years ago, the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation has invested more than $7.7 million in 1,432 heritage conservation projects across the province. The Foundation currently offers four conservation-minded programs that protect and restore

Saskatchewan’s public and private heritage assets: The Built Heritage Grant – provides funding for municipally or provincially-designated heritage properties; The One-Time Grant for Non-Designated Commercial Heritage Property – offers funding to help conserve heritage properties without official designation status; The On-site Archaeology or Paleontology Research Grant – funds field-based archaeological and paleontological projects that enhance our understanding of the province; and The Sponsorship Grant – provides support to heritage-related events of provincial or national importance. These grants are adjudicated on a rolling basis. Through their most recent allocation, the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation has awarded funding in 11 Built Heritage projects, two Non-Designated Heritage Property projects and one special event. Adjudication is currently underway for its Archaeology and Paleontology Research Grant. The results of this adjudication will be announced later this month. The next application deadline for the Built Heritage and Non-Designated Commercial Heritage Property grants is October 1, 2016. Applications for the Archaeology and Paleontology Research Grant are reviewed on an annual basis. The next deadline for this grant is January 15, 2017. For more information about these programs and the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, please visit www. pcs.gov.sk.ca/SHF.

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Chamberlin faces further charges in sex crimes case As a result of the ongoing investigation against him, Chamberlin has seen additional charges, including two sexual assault charges, an invitation to sexual touching charge, and a count each of sexual interference, sexual exploitation and a corrupting children charge.

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Cabri man Ryan Chamberlin was arrested again Friday, March 20 and charged with additional crimes as more victims came forward in the case against him.

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These are on top of the sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference and sexual exploitation charges laid against him in late February. He appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court March 23, and was released on an undertaking before a judge on conditions. Chamberlin, 39, was a hockey coach in several southern Saskatchewan communities throughout his adult life. There is a publication ban in place to protect the identity of the victims, and Chamberlin’s next court appearance will be April 13 at 9:30 a.m. The investigation is ongoing, and investigators invite people with additional information to come forward.

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ith the bearish W.A.S.D.E. report from the U.S.D.A. last week out of the way, hedge funds extended their bearish positions in the futures market, betting grain prices will go lower. Specific to wheat, weighing on the complex (especially on Paris boards) was the state of Egypt’s grain buying practices, albeit the GASC was able to finally purchase some wheat in their 3rd tender in less than 10 days, but with a bit of a risk premium tagged on it, given the credit and ergot tolerance issues that have tamed offers by sellers lately. Staying in trading, the wheat export duty that Russia implemented a few months looks like it will be removed or moved to a near-zero level. Conversely, there’s likely less demand for the available Argentine wheat supply as there seemed to be more low-protein (sub-10%) wheat taken off this harvest than anyone wanted. As such, Argentinian mills are currently paying about $200/MT USD for higher quality, or about double what they were paying last year for it in peso terms! On the weather front, the US Climate Prediction Centre is tracking conditions that would suggest La Nina hitting the Northern Hemisphere in fall 2016 while El Nino-induced weather will disappear by spring or early summer. The former, AKA “The Girl” in Spanish, typically brings cooler, wet weather to Western Canada and drier conditions to the U.S. southwest, while wetter than normal conditions are usually seen in Australia, parts of Southeast Asia, & northern Brazil. Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. says that the longer it takes for El Nino to dissipate, the likelier that we’ll see a drier spring in western areas of the Canadian Prairies. Conversely, Lerner suggested that when La Nina does make landfall, it will likely result in wetter conditions in Western Canada. India’s wheat crop isn’t looking as bad as once feared according to the USDA’s attaché there, whereas there’s a bit of a spotlight on the dry conditions in Morocco, a major grower AND importer of durum. While I have to remind you that wheat is a weed & can weather many types of storms (pun intended), this is a bit of a positive for prices. This being said, we’ve been seeing new crop prices for durum trade on FarmLead.com around $8.50/ bu CAD net back to the farmgate, dependent on location. AGT Foods is speculating that with the surge of disposable income in places like Africa and South Asia, durum is going to experience a renaissance over the next decade. However, the issues that will likely have to be overcome to make that happen are logistics and variety evolution to combat diseases, especially fusarium. In interesting evolution in the South American market is that the Brazilian government is looking at investing in 2 major railroads for the purpose of grain exports, 1 from Mato Grosso (largest ag-producing region in Brazil) to the Amazon River and the other from southern Brazil to central Brazil. For the former, it would cost about $2.5 Billion USD (at today’s exchange rates) and would continue to accelerate the movement of grain to northern ports, as 20% of all 2015 Brazilian grain exports went out of the north, up from just 5% five years earlier. The latter proposed railroad would help ensure livestock producers in the south are getting the quality feedstucks for their animals, instead of trucking it over 500km. 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).

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’ve received some pretty good Valentine’s Day cards in my 47 years of living. I’ve gotten some hand-written sappy ones from my husband – most of these date back to our pre-marriage days when we couldn’t help ourselves but express our love in poetry. I’ve received some adorable tissue-paper ones from my son while he was in elementary school. And I recently received a spectacular be-jeweled card from my five-year-old daughter who created the greeting in her home-based art studio. But then, I checked my Facebook page and I received something even better. Not so much better in terms of content and feelings and love, but better in terms of tying up a

tragic past with a nice, big pink and red sign that says, ‘LOVE!’ The ‘L’ and the ‘O’ of the large sign are separated from the ‘V’ and the ‘E’. And in the middle, there is the best Valentine’s Day gift anyone could ever receive. In the middle is former Chinese orphan Mei Chen (now known as Macy)! She is smiling widely, she has her hands tucked casually behind her piggy tailed head and she is lying right in the middle of ‘L-O-V-E!’ This past Valentine’s Day I received this spectacular card from Kelly Schultz of Wisconsin. It says: “Macy (Mei Chen) just wanted to stop by and say Happy Valentine's Day to you and all the people that helped bring her home to us! We are so in love with this little beauty! She is blossoming before our eyes!” When we met Macy in a Chinese orphanage in 2011, she was a small, pale, bug-bitten toddler who could

not walk. But thanks to Bill and Kelly Schutlz of Wisconsin who opened their home, and their big, big hearts, to this amazing child, Macy Schultz now is nestled snuggly in the middle of love ( figuratively and literally). When I read the Valentine’s Day greeting from the Schultz family, I can’t help but think that there could be no greater gift on this Valentine’s day then the photo of Macy in the middle of ‘L-O-V-E!’ I’ve received some pretty good Valentine’s Day cards in my 47 years of living, but I’d have to say that this year’s greeting from Macy Schultz is certainly one of the best. Christalee Froese welcomes comments at Lcfroese@sasktel. net or visit her Blog at 21days2joy. wordpress.com. Christalee Froese welcomes comments at Lcfroese@sasktel.net.

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The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) will hold its annual Zone meetings in the coming weeks. The meetings will offer updates on Association activities and resolutions, and presentations on a number of topics of interest to Saskatchewan ranchers. One such topic is the McDonald’s Verified Sustainable Beef (VSB) pilot project. “McDonald's is very pleased with the progress being made in the Canadian Sustainable Beef Pilot, and appreciates the strong support Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and producers in Saskatchewan are providing,” said Matt Sutton-Vermeulen, VSB project manager for McDonald's Canada. “We welcome all the ranchers, backgrounders and feedlots to join us on this journey to inform the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, and the world,” he said. SSGA President Doug Gillespie said the association is proud to partner with McDonald's on its VSB pilot.

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It’s always a good time to take new chances BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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t can be really, really difficult to leave a comfort zone. Especially if that comfort zone is a literal zone. Studies by people much smarter than I have shown that most people who live in North America tend to stay within 100 miles of where they were born. They grow up there, they work there, and they stay there. Then the cycle continues with the next generations. Some things in this can be easily accounted for. Family businesses, family farms, family ranches… those are things that have been passed down for generations and will continue to do so, and that’s how they survive. Moving a person is difficult when it would require moving an entire operation. Others, those who don’t have an existing obligation like a family business prefer the comforts of home, and I get that. The place you grow up will always have an attachment to you in one form or another, whether it’s a nostalgia when you go back and visit or a sense of déjà vu all over again when you travel somewhere that reminds you of the place you grew up. It’s comfortable to stay at home. Easy when you already know everyone, everyone knows you and you can predict what’s going to happen. Everything is cyclical, in a sense, and has an easy, familiar pattern to it. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily the right thing, though. Comfort zones have their time and place, don’t get me wrong, but to grow as individuals, most of us need to make a difficult choice when it comes to

sacrificing our personal comfort zones and stepping over the metaphorical edge. It’s easier to make these sorts of big, sweeping changes the younger you are and less committed you are. I’m lucky in that no one depends on me day-today, and I don’t have to factor in anyone’s opinion when I decide to make a major lifestyle choice. Not everyone has that luxury to enable them to leave that cozy, comfortable lifestyle. It’s scary to leave your comfort zone, but it makes you who you are. It may be cliché to say, but I find it’s true that you never really discover who you are and what you’re capable of unless you push yourself a little. For me, it was picking up and moving to a brand new city where I didn’t know a single soul. Twice. You can only distract yourself with the ‘new’ so long before it feels daunting and impossible- and that’s while living in the same country. Not all of the steps we take to leave our comfort zones are, well, comfortable. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out, and the old adage of ‘you can’t fit a round peg in a square hole’ has never been more applicable. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: you can never stop trying. Sometimes you need to stand up, brush the dirt off your clothes and start again. Leaving a comfort zone doesn’t always work out, but it’s certainly a valuable experience and worth trying, no matter what the end result may be.

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Why didn’t we just ask the guys who wrote it? BY B R I A N Z I N C H U K

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he death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia brought forward an interesting piece in the National Post, talking about a debate between Scalia and our own Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie. In the 2007 debate, Scalia railed against judge-made law, and judges adding elements to the constitution that weren’t written by the framers of said document. Binnie, since retired, but a member of a court couldn’t seem to find a day when they don’t add things to the constitution, took the opposite side. The debate was on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The thing that stood out to me is that the framers of the American constitution are two-centuries dead, having written it in the late 1700s. (All but one of their amendments were passed by 1971, and the most recent, passed in 1992, was proposed 202 years before.) On the other hand, the Canadian hand, many of our framers are still around, including guys like Roy Romanow and Jean Chretien. And during those first 10 years, when a huge amount of legalese was “written in” to our constitution, nearly all the framers were there. Of course, it wouldn’t seem proper for the justices back then to give Pierre Trudeau a call and ask what he really meant by this section or that section. René Lévesque might have had a few

choice words of advice to offer. But then we would reach a logical impasse. If these framers, still alive in the 1980s, and a few still alive today, had meant to have included certain things in the constitution, they would have added them in the constitution when they had the chance. They didn’t. So if you ask them after the fact for clarification, and are told we didn’t include it for a reason, it begs the question of why you are asking in the first place? Scalia felt that if you didn’t like your constitution, go ahead and amend it. The same could apply in Canada. How many times have we successfully done that since the Charter was enacted? The Meech Lake Accord was a disaster, eclipsed only by the Charlottetown. Henceforth and forever more any Canadian politician with two brain cells (and, believe it or not, that includes most) has not wanted to touch the constitution with a ten foot pole. Yet there are all sorts of things that need to be addressed now, likely through constitutional reform. The key one is the Canadian Senate. It needs to change, or go. The current situation is untenable. Prime Minister Stephan Harper and now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been loath to appoint senators to fill vacancies. No one feels the senate is functional or appropriate these days. Premier Brad Wall, along with pretty much every NDPer in the country, wants to see it abolished. But no one can change it. That’s because it is broadly felt

letting the constitutional genie out of the bottle will open up scabbed over rifts that we don’t want bleeding again. This largely includes everything around Quebec. There is little tolerance in the West now for any more concessions to Quebec, and much resentment for their continued vacuuming of equalization dollars (which have mostly come from the West). Instead of tackling one constitutional issue at a time, i.e. the Senate, the threat of unravelling what we do have has become too great. What else has become too great is the power of the Supreme Court in contravening the wishes of Parliament. Almost the entire Conservative crime agenda over the past ten years, passed by a duly elected Parliament, has been struck down by our Supreme Court. At what point do our Parliamentarians actually get to make laws these days that stick? It’s clear we no longer have a sovereign Parliament, but rather a supremacy of the Supreme Court. I wonder if the same will occur when the current Trudeau government comes up with a new system of voting that will replace first-past-the-post? Will it survive its own inevitable Supreme Court challenge, or will this court strike down Liberal laws, too? Maybe changing the way we vote should be voted on, first, in a referendum on a constitutional amendment. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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Market Factors and Outlook for Grain Marketing S H A N K A R DA S

Regional Farm Business Management Specialist Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

In general, effective and efficient grain marketing requires an in-depth knowledge of the marketing conditions of the grain at the global level. The conditions include the players, the market factors and the market outlook Who are the players in grain marketing? At least four: farmers, grain companies, retailers and consumers who can also be grouped into two interdependent groups: sellers and buyers. The intermediate players, such as grain companies and retailers, are both buyers and sellers at the same time while the producers are sellers who are historically the price takers in this marketing game. However, producers can change their ‘price taker’ fate and improve their bottom line with better marketing knowledge including the factors that drive the market outlook. What factors usually play out in grain marketing? Take 2016 as an example. Ed White (Western Producer, Jan 7, 2016) indicated that several factors and wild cards may play roles in 2016 grain marketing: the currency exchange rates, global demand for US corn, world soybean production , weather, economic strength of China and developing countries, yield gains and moisture and growing conditions in the western prairies this spring.

All or most of these factors along with factors such as the stock/use ratio provide a general market outlook for an upcoming year. The analysts also play an important guiding role and usually offer greater insights into the market outlook and sometimes reveal wild cards that could drive grain and oilseed price up or down. Canada is a major grain exporting country and needs to sell grain at regular intervals over the year. In addition to understanding the market factors and market outlook, producers also deal with the grain companies who make contracts. The grain companies, on the other hand, sell grains to the retailers who make contracts with the grain companies for certain quantity as well as quality in this most complex and dynamic global market value chain. This year, the Ministry of Agriculture is hosting a series of grain marketing workshops during February 8 to11, at four different locations in Saskatchewan including Rosetown on February 11. The objective of these workshops is to provide an improved grain marketing knowledge to producers. A number of key speakers will give presentations at the workshops. To view the list of grain marketing events please visit the Events Calendar on the Ministry of Agriculture website: http://agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Calendar?month=2&year=2016 or call 1-306463-5446 to register for the workshop in Rosetown.

The other F word BY M E G A N L AC E L L E

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he other day I was sitting in a building with a young man I’d know for a long time. We were sitting around talking about different topics in the area when I turned to him and asked: “Would you say you’re a feminist?” He grimaced, just a little bit, and said no. I asked him why not. “Because I think we already have equality,” he said. I’ve heard similar thoughts from different people in different scenarios. Nine times out of 10 when I ask someone, male or female, if they consider themselves a feminist they respond quickly with a no. It’s become a dirty word. Not a word associated with equality for men and women, but instead a group that fights for rights only for women, not equality but special treatment. Many I’ve spoken to believe that feminists are man-haters or that equality already does exist. However, a panel on The National last week explained that sexism has become more insidious than ever. The same episode of The National was discussing the topic of Hillary Clinton. A supporter of Clinton exclaimed that there was a “special place in hell for women who don’t support each other.” It was striking to me. To have a woman exclaim that women should support one another based off gender alone. I disagree. I’ll support anyone politically who represents my worldview and ideologies. Would it be awesome if there was a female President of the United States? Yes. Should Hillary Clinton be the President just because she’s a woman? No. I believe that genders should be treated equally and that stereotypes based off the gender normative are harmful to women and men. I don’t expect special treatment as a woman – honestly I work hard for what I get and I believe that’s why I’m able to succeed. However, I don’t like the comments that were made to me when I

decided to pursue these aspirations. “When are you going to have children?” “What about your boyfriend? Why would you go to school so far from him?” “Men don’t like girls that are too smart.” I’ve been told I’m insensitive by other women, yet men who behave the same as me don’t face the same criticism. Just because I’m a female does not mean I’m inclined to discuss your ex-boyfriend for two hours non-stop. It doesn’t mean I love to talk about my feelings. However, I’ve seen similar criticisms be thrown against men. “Aren’t you going to take over the farm?” “You better have some sons to carry on the family name.” “You’re too soft, that’s not manly.” It feels like little boxes that we’re expected to fill with characteristics traditionally associated with our gender. I think feminism needs a rebranding. It needs to be an idea that both genders can get behind, a resurgence of the idea that gender shouldn’t hold someone back from opportunities. I shouldn’t be told I’m too insensitive and a man shouldn’t be told he’s too soft. People are the way they are, and as long as they’re respectful to one another that’s all that matters. I’ve watched men close to me explain that they had to build empires for their sons to take over, but don’t mention the legacy they want to leave their daughter. I’ve seen families push newly graduated girls into post-secondary while encouraging the boys to stay home and take over the farm. There’s no reason why this shouldn’t be reversed. Tradition is innately sexist at times because history is filled with sexism. So maybe it’s time to re-examine our traditions and our traditional view on gender – maybe it’s time to re-assess the expectations we have for men and women and question why we hold these assumptions without question. And maybe next time someone drops the “F bomb” reconsider what you expect that term to mean.

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The Women’s and Children’s Health Services Unit at the Cypress Regional Hospital recently accepted the donation of a CuddleCot. Below is a message from the Women’s and Children’s unit on this donation: We are very thankful to Cora Farrow and her mother Connie for their generous donation of a CuddleCot to our unit. The death of an infant is such a profound loss. It’s very important that we, as nurses on the unit, give families appropriate time to grieve the loss of their baby. The opportunity to spend time with one’s baby and, if requested, allowing other family members or friends that same time with the baby is essential. This time validates the infant’s existence and death while also acknowledging the parents loss. It provides time to grieve. A CuddleCot that has been donated by Cora and Connie and will allow

parents and families to keep a stillborn infant with them for as long as they wish while they remain in the Hospital. This is a special gift for our unit and we all agree that it’s one we hope to never have to use. Through Cora’s loss and generous spirit she is helping other families receive the precious gift of time in a moment where nothing is more valuable. Thank you Cora and Connie! Information from CuddleCot: CuddleCot is a quiet cooling pad that can be placed in a baby basket/bassinette. CuddleCot has been internationally recognized with significantly helping parents who suffer the loss of a baby. Dealing with the death of a baby is clearly an incredibly difficult event for parents and bereaved parents should be given the option of spending time with their baby, something achieved through the use of a CuddleCot. CuddleCot allows the family to spend every precious moment with their baby at a time in their lives where every minute counts.

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The Eastend Arts Council (EAC) was established in 1978. It is a volunteer organization. The Mission Statement is “To develop and promote the arts for our community”. One of the EAC objectives, as stated in it’s Constitution, is “To organize cultural and artistic presentations for the community”. The Stegner House is a Residence for Artists in Eastend. It is the boyhood home of famed author Wallace Stegner, and it was purchased and restored by the Arts Council in for a Residence for Artists. Many writers and other artists from across Canada and internationally, including photographers, painters, dancers, have stayed in the House. The Stegner House has provided economic, tourist and cultural benefit to the community. There are artists who have stayed in the House, then returned to Eastend to buy a house and make Eastend their home. The Stegner House and the artistic community it represents, forms part of the fabric of the community of Eastend and of the beautiful Southwest corner of Saskatchewan. The Stegner House is owned and maintained by the Eastend Arts Council. The main source of funding is through the EAC’s Annual Stegn-

er House Dinner. This event, which has been held annually since 1988, is an evening of good food, traditional dessert buffet, Wallace Stegner reading, entertainment, and fundraising endeavors. The Dinner is held with two main objectives in mind. The first is to organize cultural and artistic presentations as stated in the objective above, and the second is to raise funds for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the Stegner House. This year, the Arts Council is changing things a bit!! Instead of the full dinner, they are offering the Famous Dessert Buffet as a stand alone feature! There is no doubt the desserts will be fabulous; and served along with the tempting sweets, will be fruit, coffees, teas and a bar featuring liqueurs, wines and beers. The entertainment is a dynamic country/folk, singer/songwriter trio form Alberta, The Travelling Mabels. The Fundraising will include a Silent Auction, Bag draws, 50:50. There are some very unique prizes offered this year. We would be very grateful for your support by attending this event! The Eastend Arts Council is a registered non-profit organization and provides a Charitable receipt for donations. For more information contact Anne Davis at 306 295-3281.

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There is some significant star power competing at this years 2016 Tim Hortons Brier. The field has been filled out for the Canadian men’s curling championship, March 5-13 at TD Place in Ottawa, with four of the biggest names in the sport winning provincial titles. The No. 2 (Alberta’s Kevin Koe), No. 3 (Manitoba’s Mike McEwen), No. 7 (Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs) and No. 11 (B.C.’s Jim Cotter) on the Canadian Team Ranking System all booked trips to Ottawa with their victories. They join a field that already was pow-

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With spring around the corner, ‘tis the season for bull and heifer sales across the province. This year, one family has resolved to make it about more than just the sale. Carrie and Craig Braun own and operate the Braun Ranch, located near Simmie. This year, they are donating the proceeds from one of their heifers to the Children’s Hospital Fund of Saskatchewan to commemorate a very special event. “I guess it was Craig’s idea, last winter. We can’t have kids, but we’ve always enjoyed helping 4H kids and we have some kids around who help us do some showing and with the sale, so it seems like a good cause,” she said. “This year we have a lot going on. This is the 12th year we’ve held our sale, but the first time we’ve moved it home. We’ve also learned that my Father-in-Law, Dick, will be receiving a special pin through the Canadian Hereford Association breeding and raising his own purebred cattle. Dick and Lorraine Braun have been passing on the tradition of raising purebred cattle for 50 years. Initially starting in Admiral, they moved the operation to Simmie 40 years ago, where the ranch is located now. The special pin, she says, is a fairly rare feat. “It’s not terribly common, because that’s a long time for an individual to not only register the cattle, but also have success in breeding and selling, but he’s been at it 50 years, so they felt it was worth commemorating with the pin,” she said. While most imagine 50 years in one profession to be challenging, Braun

says that the cattle business is even more difficult than what meets the eye. “To be a purebred cattle breeder, you have to be a little crazy, a little off centre,” she said, laughing. “It’s not just the work, but also the paperwork, breeding decisions and trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t, plus having other people’s livelihood depend on the bull you’re raising… you want them to succeed too, from your own little bit to add or offer. “People who are in agriculture, it almost transforms you, it is your life. There’s always something. I think you’re either born to love it, or you’re not. It takes a special person to work seven days a week, 365 days a year, and you’re never really done. The work is never done, there’s always something else to do. You do it because you love it, and that’s what makes it worth it.” To commemorate the special anniversary and to celebrate moving the sale to their home ranch, the Brauns made the decision to donate one of their heifers. “It’s kind of paying it forward, because the cattle market has been good, and it helps out the community as well,” she said. “It helps out people so they don’t have to travel quite as far for the facilities for the kid’s hospital. Being in a hospital is tough, and I don’t know how the little guys do it. If we can do something, anything that’s a little bit of a help, whatever, if it helps keep people a little closer to home when their kids are sick, it’s win-win.” The Braun Ranch Bull Sale will take place March 11, at their ranch in Simmie, starting at 1:00 p.m. For more information visit their website at braunranch.com

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MAPLE CREEK - Heritage Canada and the Yorkton Film Festival have partnered to celebrate the 100th and the 75th Anniversaries of our World Wars with a Voices of Courage Tour showing films and telling stories of our two World Wars. The tour was designed to ‘foster a greater awareness and understanding among Canadians of the importance of the world wars in the country’s history so that they may gain an appreciation of its impact on the Canada we know today and develop an increased sense of identity and pride.’ As noted on the Yorkton Film Festival website. The film being shown in Maple Creek will be “The Liberation of Holland”. It’s the story of Canada’s ‘finest hour’ during World War II and the Battle of the Scheldt, one of the dirtiest and most difficult tasks given to any army during the war. It is a battle

rarely known to Canadians but was so crucial to the war effort of our allies. World War II Veteran and author, Harry Forbes will speak about his war experience in Holland and students from the Maple Creek Composite School will read aloud excerpts from the book, “A Bad Penny Always Comes Back”. The Jasper Centre was chosen as a venue after members from the Yorkton Film Festival visited it and were impressed with the war memorabilia on display. The screening and presentation are scheduled for Sunday, February 28 beginning at 2:00 pm. A discussion and refreshments will follow the presentation. The event is free to the public made possible by a grant from the Government of Canada. For more information, please contact Cathy Rutley, manager of the Jasper Centre at 306-662-2434. Everyone is invited to attend.

WI NT ER FEST There was plenty of fun for everyone on Saturday in Gull Lake during the community’s annual Winterfest! There were a number of traditional and new activities such as the Pancake Breakfast, Mini-golf at the Kinette Community Corner Miniature Golf Course, Cookie Decorating, Street Hockey, Pie Eating Contest and Crashed Ice - the exciting, on-ice obstacle course. The day-long event finished off with a Beef-on-a Bun Supper, S’Mores by the bonfire followed by a spectacular fireworks display. Photos by Kate Winquist

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Slade made the announcement on his website last week. “I’m pleased to announce that the movie rights for The Hunchback Assignments have been sold. This deal has been percolating in the background for some time (years, in fact!) The story itself has always been very visual and I’m excited that steps are now being taken to bring that vision to the screen. I’ve had a glimpse at the script and it looks excellent.” Vancouver-based Thunderbird is teaming up with Western Australia’s Sandpiper Entertainment on the development of a feature film based on the novel The Hunchback Assignments by award-winning Canadian author Arthur Slade. ScreenWest, the Western Australia government’s film and television agency, is funding initial script development with Thunderbird. The script is being written by Canadian-born, but Perth-based, Paul Barron working with Thunderbird’s Vice President of Production, Alex Raffé. Paul’s recent credits include creating, writing for and producing Parallax (Nine Network, BBC, ABC), Space Channel’s Stormworld and Serangoon Road (a co-production with HBO (Asia) currently screening on Superchannel). Alex’s features include Patricia Rozema’s iconic Canadian film, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, and her more recent credits include the series Some Assembly Required (YTV, Netflix), Mr. Young (YTV, DisneyXD) amongst others. The working title of the film is Modo, taken from the principal character’s name, a shapeshifter who is at the centre of the first novel and its sequels. Alex notes that “Arthur Slade has created a unique world, an action-filled steampunk adventure with compelling young adult characters that will resonate with audiences worldwide. We are delighted that Paul brought Arthur’s books to us and are thrilled to be involved in developing a feature film based on such an exciting story.” Arthur Slade is the winner of the Governor General’s Award in Canada for Youth Fiction and France’s Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire. The Hunchback novels have been published worldwide.

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Southwest archer competes on grand stage BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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HAZLET - Chayten PawlukAnderson may only be 16, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking the archery world by storm. PawlukAnderson, who lives in the Hazlet area, recently competed at Las Vegas’ Vegas Shoot, the biggest indoor archery shooting competition in the world, with over 3500 competing for top prizes. He finished 30th in his category, an impressive feat for someone his age. “It was enormous,” he said. “Just really amazing, and there were vendor booths and tons of archers. The competition was intense, and I ended up placing 30th, which wasn’t too bad. I expected to do a little better, but it wasn’t bad.” The competition is something anyone can enter, but skill is determined based on categories entered and the results of the first few days of the competition. “They place you in different categories. You shoot three days. The first two are for qualifying scores and then you’re put into a category of people who shoot similar scores. Then the categories compete against each other.” Even though this was his first big international shoot, PawlukAnderson says he wasn’t worried about his results. “If I’m shooting well, my confidence is up there,” he said. “For

would dedicate his time to. “After that, I got more and more into it. I finally got into the more higher-level stuff, and one day I said to myself ‘I’m going to go to Vegas,’ and that was my goal. I didn’t tell anyone until last year, when I told my trainer and parents. They weren’t really surprised.” After attending both local and provincial competitions, PawlukAnderson felt he was ready to take the big stage. “There is a provincial shoot every year, and last year I placed second in Saskatchewan for my category…there were about 500 competitors in various categories at the event, so archery definitely has a place in Saskatchewan,” he said. While he still has a couple years before finishing school, PawlukAnderson says archery is something he is interested in doing if not professionally, definitely for life. “As far as continuing with the sport, I want to do it for life. I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it exclusively, enough to make a living, but it’s something I’ll do for life,” he said. “My passion for it is in the precision. It’s being able to hit a dimesized target at 20 or even 100 yards. There’s something special about being able to do it, because it’s a skill that not many in the world have. It’s my art.”

Vegas, it was mostly the amazement of being there. Getting to meet all the professionals, and seeing the scene. I tried to treat it like just another day of practice.” Even though he is young to be competing in large competitions, PawlukAnderson is dedicated to his sport. In between schoolwork, he practices for two hours a day in order to maintain his current level of expertise.

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To Crescent Point Energy, their employees, our families, our friends, our community & neighbouring communities, and Craig’s co-workers and oilfield acquaintances: our family would like to express a wholehearted, sincere THANK YOU. We want you to know how profoundly grateful we are for all of the loving support we have received, whether it was a call, a card, food, financial donations, working our rink booth dates etc. Also, Crescent Point Energy organized a compassionate and highly respectable fundraiser in our support which left us completely overwhelmed. Special Thank You to Crescent Point Energy and all who gathered, we were astounded to see so many people come together to support us while Craig heals from his injury. You have made it possible for us to stay in our home, where Craig can continue to heal and recover at the pace he needs. There truly are no words to describe the gratitude in our hearts, and the profound respect and admiration we have for everyone who has supported us through these past three months. Thank you sincerely and many Blessings. Gratefully, Craig, Shelley, Leshia, and Gabrielle VanSandt (Eastend).

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After completing Sharon Butala’s epic new novel Wild Rose, I closed the book and thought: This is why she’s on CanLit’s “A” list. If you’re in the mood for getting completely swept up in a female pioneer’s adventure–and this means fully empathizing with the young Québécois idealist, Sophie, as she sets out in 1884 for the West and the freedom it signifies–then buckle up, because Butala assuredly leads readers back in time to a landscape where “the sun [pours] itself over everything: horses, the hats of the men, the few women’s entangling skirts, the children’s round eager faces, the …already weathered false-fronted buildings, piles of all kinds of goods on the ground from walking plows to stained sacks … to the teams of horses, the train itself …”. Butala has a masterly way with landscape, making it, too, feel like a character you enjoy spending time with. Given her many years of living on the Prairies-plus the fine craft she’s already demonstrated with sixteen highly-revered titles, including GG-nominated fiction and nonfiction-she comes by this gift honestly. This is a writer who’s experienced “a yellow wildflower quivering under the weight of a bee” and looked out to see “only grass and more grass, hills and more low, softly sloping hills repeating themselves until they reached the far, light-filled, wavering horizon.” I assume there were winters when she, like her realistic protagonist, felt that people “were nothing out here in the West … barely human beings here, just helpless animals in thrall to the unimaginable, implacable force that nature was showing itself to be.” Yes, the three big players in effective fiction - character, plot and setting – each get full marks in this cinematic book, set in “tiny, unprosperous Bone Pile,” but it’s Sophie’s rich interior life – the questioning of her Roman Catholic faith, her family, and what it is to be a woman; the reckoning with her unimagined challenges (including the shame of

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having her husband leave her, penniless and with a child); and the self-actualization she achieves in the story’s conclusion–that elevate this novel and should have it earning awards. Butala’s capture of how an immigrant might feel upon arriving in a new land and culture – without language skills – seems both topical and, again, experienced. Sophie has the added challenge of coming from a privileged family–she was raised with a cook and housekeeper in the home–and thus has much to prove on the unforgiving prairie homestead, desperately breaking clumps of soil and carrying pails of water a mile so she might grow vegetables; and later, devising how she’ll provide for herself and her son after her husband abandons them. The distinct chapters, reeled out between past and present, offer clues to how forward-thinking Sophie came to make the choices she did, and the last paragraph is so fittingly wrought I cannot imagine it any other way. Wild Rose is a fully-realized and gloriously wild ride of a novel. It is a triumph, in every way.

Cypress Point development takes off BY B E T H JA R R E L L

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SWIFT CURRENT - Cypress Point, the latest developing zone in the city of Swift Current, underwent some important changes in city council on February 16. Architectural design was one of the main items on the table, as amendments to the zoning bylaws were was clarified and changed by council. “The new zoning amendments will allow for a little more flexibility in the type of design in that community,” said Michael Ruus, Manager of Development Services for the City. “Also determining some of the more specific points, like landscaping and streetscape, design of house and garage and things of that nature.” He says that while the process for getting Cypress Point up and running has been long, there is still a large amount of public interest in the community.

“It’s largely positive,” he said. “From our list of 80 interested parties we had about 50% coming back with very positive feedback on the proposal. They’re wanting to buy into an area where they’re guaranteed that quality.” While the new zoning amendments won’t change the original time stamp of the project, Ruus says that it might change the price. “It just means they might be spending a bit more on the original design,” he said. “ It all depends on the kind of details you’re looking for in your home. The intent of the controls is to ensure you’re going to have lasting value in your home and build property value in the surrounding area as well.” Development on individual lots is targed for the spring and summer of this year. The first batch of lots were put up for auction on February 17, with more to come.

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Obituaries enry John passed away peacefully on February 10, 2016 at the age of 57, after a year long battle with cancer. The Memorial Service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday February 16, 2016 from St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Gull Lake, SK with Father Prince Kurisinkal officiating. The pianist was Clara Butler, eulogist and urn bearer was Rod Wiebe, readers were Wendy Sells and Cathy Ford, gifts were presented by Aimee Stusrud and Stephanie Sells, ushers were Terry Hunt and Dan Downey, and honorary pallbearers are all those who shared in Henry's life. The interment service took place at the Gull Lake Cemetery. Henry is survived by his loving wife Denise Froese (Zettel); his children Heather Froese (Daren) and Trevor Froese; as well as aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He is predeceased by his father George Froese in 1999; his mother Helen Froese (Penner) in 2003; mother-inlaw Esther Zettel (Voll) in 1997; and father-in-law Eugene Zettel in 2013. Henry was born on May 7, 1958 in Swift Current, SK and spent his early years in Wymark, SK. The family later moved to Swift Current where Henry attended school and pursued the work force at an early age, holding an array of jobs form lumber yards to construction, driving truck, flying private planes and being a flight instructor, to finally pursuing a career in farming, which is where he found his true passion. On October 26, 1985, Henry married Denise Zettel and went on to raise two children and work on the family farm. Over the years the family spent many good times together working on the farm,

traveling, going for country drives, playing games and watching sports. Henry was often found at the local coffee shop visiting with friends and telling and listening to stories and jokes, attending Bronco and Swift Current Indian Baseball Games, working on machinery, tinkering around in the shop, and at times he was even found waxing the combine. Henry will be remembered as a hardworking, reliable, genuine, loving man who always made everyone he met feel welcomed. He had the ability to bring a smile to anyone's face even in the most awkward of situations. Henry has a caring side that was shown by putting others before himself and making sure everyone around him was taken care of. His caring side was even shown to the farm animals that he always spoiled. Henry had a strong sense of pride and hard workmanship that was demonstrated in everything he did. He was a loving husband and an amazing father. Henry's hard work ethic, smile, laugh, and comforting personality will be missed by family, friends, and the community. Henry was deeply loved and will always be remembered in the hearts of everyone who knew him. Donations in Henry's memory may be made to the Gull Lake Special Care Centre Auxiliary or to the Gull Lake special Care Centre Quiet Room P.O. Box 539 Gull Lake, SK S0N 1A0. Warren's Funeral Home were entrusted with the arrangements. For further information call 1-306773-8831:1-800-267-6606 or visit our website at www. warrensfuneralhome.com and express your sympathy to family members in our book of condolences.

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Many of my friends observed Lent when I was a kid. There were weighty obligations connected with the fasting and praying and confessions. However, over the seven weeks of Lent they had “days off ” (Sundays and St. Patrick’s Day) when the rules were relaxed and their steps lightened. As my understanding of Lent deepened, I began to see Lenten practices to be less of an “obligation” and more of an “opportunity”. Before I retired I declared this was a time to “give up stress”, and I really tried to carve a niche in an over-busy schedule to find some stress-free moments. These days with the heaviness of health issues, plunging economics, shifting weather patterns … all of us could do with a little time-out.

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When the light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel grows dim and we can’t even keep up with our own expectations, wise advise comes from safari-porters hired to carry huge loads. From time to time they simply stopped where they were and refused to move. Why? Their answer “We can’t go on: we have to wait for our souls to catch up with us!” Lent gives us opportunity to find our own way to stop and let our soul catch up with us. In the dark of a sleepless night, start thinking about the blessings you haven’t appreciated – and say thanks. Instead of fussing over what you didn’t do, or you did wrong, take a moment to share and exchange with a child, or notice something special in nature. Wait, and let your soul catch up with you. Lent is meant to give us opportunity to feel enriched by God-given moments in our lives. Lay down your burdens and let your soul catch up with you. Begin the practice and before long you might even find that moment-making can become a habit! God bless.

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The Travelling Mabels are an all-female trio of singer/songwriters who performing songs with intelligent, humorous lyrics, melodic harmonies and their own energetic brand of country/roots music. With influences ranging from Dolly Parton to The Eagles to Bob Dylan and Cheryl Crow, and a comedic, yet heart-felt take on life, this sixth concert in the “Stars for Saskatchewan” season promises to be a well-rounded evening of entertainment. Local Arts Council members were impressed by the group in an early preview. “Each year the Swift Current Arts Council has a chance to preview entertainers who may become part of our next series at an event called ‘Showcase’, “ explained Swift Current Allied Arts Council President Melanie Friesen. “When we saw ‘The Travelling Mabels’

in October of 2014 we knew right away we wanted to book them.” The beauty of the Mabels is that they represent three generations of women, which widens the life experience brought to their music and increases their rapport with audiences. Each woman can vocally stand alone, but once audiences hear the combined harmony blend, they know why these three women came together. Touring with CCMA nominated keyboardist Keith Floen, the group will entertain with a mix of well-known favourite cover songs and original music. Tickets for the concert are available online for $45 at www.ticketpro.ca or by calling 1-888-6559090. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door. The performance will be held Monday March 7th at 7:30pm at the Sky Centre. For more information see www.scartscouncil.ca.

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The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is removing winter weight allowances on secondary weight highways in southwest Saskatchewan. Changes come into effect February 22. “While frozen roads provide a surface that allows shippers to carry heavier loads, soft roads need to be protected from unnecessary damage,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Nancy Heppner said. “Our staff monitors roadbed temperatures closely to ensure heavier winter weights are left on as long as possible.” The removal of winter weights will start in the

south and move north in the coming weeks. By legislation, winter weights are removed in southwest Saskatchewan on the last day of February and in the rest of the province on March 15. However, winter weights can be removed sooner by Minister’s order if road conditions warrant. The end of winter weights season will be followed by the implementation of spring road bans starting in the southwest part of the province and then moving north. Once in place, spring road bans may remain in effect for up to six weeks, allowing time for roads to dry. Weight restriction orders are published online at www.highways.gov.sk.ca/restrictions/ under the link for the new order.

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SWIFT CURRENT 1-888-875-8188 MAPLE CREEK 1-877-662-2617 OR GO TO WWW.CYPRESSMOTORS.COM CARDS OF THANKS The family of Bill Sells sincerely thanks everyone who comforted us with visits, food, donations, cards and caring conversations following his passing. Our dad was a wonderful man who genuinely cared and enjoyed visiting with people of all ages and walks of life. Your attendance at his funeral, wonderfully co-ordinated with the help of Father Prince, the choir, pianist Phyllis McTaggart and dad’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, was the perfect final send off to a great man. Thank you to Gull Lake Elks, St. Anne’s Parish lunch committee,and Gull Lake Seniors Club for the assistance following the church service. We truly appreciate the care and compassion dad received from Dr. C. Kozroski and the staff at the Gull Lake Special Care Home. Thank you to Warren’s Funeral Home for all their help. Dad will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered. 8-1c COMING EVENTS Gull Lake Ladies Bonspiel is March 3-5. To enter a team call Carla at 672-7447. Entry is $120. 5-4c All occasion Stamp-AStack. Come and complete 10 different pre-designed all occasion cards Saturday, March 12th at the Maple Creek Anglican Parish Hall. Starts at 9:30 AM. $35 / person (includes supplies needed to complete cards, excluding adhesive). To register please contact Melody at 306-662-3405 by February 28th. 8-1c St. Anne CWL Annu-

al St. Patrick's Day Tea and Bake Sale Sunday, March 5, from 2 - 4:00 p.m. at Catholic Church, Gull Lake. Pie and beverage and chance on a door prize: $5.00. Grocery Hamper tickets will be available. Everyone welcome. 8-2c Please reserve the date for a wedding shower in honour of Justine Nyen and Kevin Marcoux, March 26 at 2:00 PM at the Catholic Church Hall in Gull Lake. 8-2p FOR RENT GULL LAKE HOUSING (Price & Kings Manor) has suites for rent. All one bedroom. No smoking. No pets. Regular housing $860/month. Senior housing has different rates. Call 306-6728058. tn ROYAL LePAGE FORMULA 1 has rental apartments available in Gull Lake. For further details go to www.swiftcurrentsask.ca, call 306-7737527 or email f1@swiftcurrentsask.ca. We are also on kijiji tn FOR RENT: 2 bedroom house in Tompkins. Nicely renovated. Available March 1st. $500 / month plus utilities. Viewing dates: Feb. 20-22 only. Call Elaine 403-933-3807 or 403-616-5187 (cell). LIVESTOCK TOP CUT BULL SALE, Friday, March 25th 1:00 PM at Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple Creek. To view catalogue online: www.buyagro.com 8-4p

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Rail Car Loading facility located adjacent to the Great West Rail siding in Climax. Facility includes six storage bins (approx. 3500 bus each), conveyor with electric motors, 480v, 3 phase power supply, all other equipment, storage shed (located off site), and lots B.C,E & F along the GWR siding. Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. A 5% deposit is required. Deposit is refundable if bid is not accepted. Tenders close at noon on March 10, 2016. Please mail bids to: Climax Producer Car Company C/O Lloyd Bakken Box 333, Climax, SK For complete information contact Matthew Toeckes at 293-2192.

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Key Duties and responsibilities: • A working Foreman with the ability to operate loader, mower, etc. • Report monthly to Council on recent activities. • Oversee all repairs and upkeep of machinery • Keep track of shop inventory • Deal directly with ratepayers on projects and custom work • Be willing to acquire and upgrade skills as requested • Complete all other tasks as directed Qualifications: • Must possess a valid driver’s license. Class 1A required. • Valid pesticide applicator license an asset. • Good organizational, communication and record keeping skills • Solid leadership skills and the ability to work well with staff • Geographical knowledge of the RM an asset • Some previous experience in road construction an asset • Previous experience as a Foreman an asset Resumes for Foreman for the RM of Big Stick No. 141 will be accepted until, February 29, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the RM office directly or at: Box 9, Golden Prairie, SK S0N 0Y0, Fax: 306-662-3954 or Email rm141@ sasktel.net Only those to be interviewed will be contacted directly.

Submit applications to: R.M. of Gull Lake No. 139 1184 Conrad Avenue Box 180, Gull Lake, SK, S0N 1A0 or Fax: (306) 672-3879 by noon on March 4, 2016

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MAPLE CREEK – As a part of celebrating their third annual Freedom2Read week, the Chinook Regional Library is bringing in a special guest speaker. Joe Wickenhauser, the Executive Director of Moose Jaw Pride, will be delivering a presentation based on his archival research. Titled Hidden History: Gender & Sexual Diversity in Saskatchewan, the speech will take place in Maple Creek on Saturday, February 27 from 2-4 pm. “My talk is going to cover a broad history of LGBT lives and experiences over the last 100 years in Saskatchewan, going back as far as first nations traditions to present day experiences and activism in the Transgender community,” he said. “It’s really quite broad and tries to focus on some of those key points with gender and sexual diversity in Saskatchewan.” Wickenhauser recently receiving a Saskatoon Heritage award on his education work in LGBT issues. He was also nominated for teaching excellence award at U of S, where he taught linguistics. The research is a part of something he completed for his M.A in anthropology. “I started back in 2000, and I focused on the experiences of older gay men living in Moose Jaw, and I wanted to coordinate the oral histories I took with some of the information I was finding in the archives about gender and sexual diversity in Saskatchewan,” he said. “Out of that came this really fascinating story, and I realized there were very few people who knew about these things. Because of that, I wanted to share who I was learning about.” He began the process of translating some of the things in his thesis to more broad applications. He has since held historical walking tours in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan focused on LGBT lives and experiences, amongst others. “Really the focus is to try and take some of the information locked in the archives and let people know that there actually is a really rich history of diversity in Saskatchewan, and it’s not just located in the big cities, there are things that happened in smaller centres,” he said. “A lot of what I do now is organizing events for the community, and look at

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ways to make them safer and more welcoming places for gender and sexual diversity. When you live in a smaller centre, you don’t always have the opportunities that come with living in bigger communities.” Wickenhauser says that the title from the talk comes in part from the lack of attention the LGBT community has received in smaller locations. “It’s a topic that hasn’t received a lot of historical attention across the country, and it’s only really in the last five or ten years that we’ve had more of an open attitude in museums and historical institutions,” he said. “It’s the sort of thing that’s been here all along, but people haven’t really felt they could talk about it

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There were 10 teams at this year’s event with three age categories – runts, yearling and crocks. In total the tournament raised more than $35,000 for the Arnal Boys Memorial Bursary for Young Farmers. Photo by Megan Lacelle.

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before now.” “It’s a lot more challenging to come out in a smaller community where everyone knows you. No one wants to be talked about, especially if it’s negative. That said, there are a lot of people living in smaller communities around the world who have really positive experiences with coming out, and sometimes networks can be really warm, welcoming and accepting. When it doesn’t go that way, though, it’s important to have a support system.” He says that Moose Jaw Pride is working on opening a drop in centre for that exact purpose, but says the issues of LGBT rights in smaller communities is still something that requires work. “We want people to feel like they’re not the only one. We’re everywhere, we’re in every community, and it’s always a community issue,” he said. “I hope people start to see history in a different way and understand that the things we’re taught in schools leaves out some things. I think talking about it helps normalize it in smaller communities, because it is something in every community.”

Dan Pollock Ranch, Eastend. Photo Credit S.W. Sask. Oldtimers’ Museum

Memorial bands were handed out at the 2nd Annual Arnal Boys Memorial Hockey Tournament. The 3-on-3 tournament is a fundraiser for a bursary created in memory of Blake, Sean and Lyndon Arnal to assist young farmers in Saskatchewan. Photo by Megan Lacelle.

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The Frontier Flyers tried to take a group photo after their 14-2 victory over the Leader Flyers, however the bench wasn't quite as solid as their performance on the ice! Frontier will now play the Shaunavon Badgers in the WMHL semi-final while the other contest will see the Gull Lake Greyhounds battle the Consul Rockets. Photo by Megan Lacelle.

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