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PRAIRIE PUMPS The Advance Southwest girls were out on a tour along Highway #32 last week. One of their many stops along the way was the former village of Shackleton in the R.M. of Miry Creek. For more photos of their adventure, see page 10 or checkout the Saskatchewan Burbs album on our Facebook page. Photo by Kate Winquist

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The New and Improved Ponteix Health Centre

BY DAV I D Z A M M I T

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PONTEIX - The Cypress Health Region’s Ponteix Health Centre unveiled some new upgrades to the facility Wednesday evening, with the most significant item being an X-ray machine.

“With a state-of-the-art machine like that (the X-ray machine), it will help our health services,” said Mayor of Ponteix Shawn Larochelle Wednesday night during a phone interview.

The facility added six pieces of equipment in total; an ECG (electrocardiogram), microscope, urine analyzer, hematology analyzer, centrifuge and a direct to digital X-ray machine.

The X-ray unit will be a substantial improvement over the old machine which dates back to 1982. It is also the first digital machine in the Cypress Health Region replacing the traditional film X-ray that is outdated and becoming more difficult to find.

“People can get their X-ray’s right there and they can be transferred digitally to anyone in the province who may need to look at it. It will save them from a lot of time and effort for travel,” Special Events and Communications Sean Finell of the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation said. “It’s difficult to put a value on it, I would say it’s invaluable, but I guess everything has a price.

It’s certainly a huge benefit to the community and for the surrounding communities as well.”

Connected to the Ponteix Health Centre is the Foyer St. Joseph’s Nursing Home where many residents need these new services. It will save them from having to go somewhere else for these amenities.

“It saves them (the townsfolk and people from surrounding communities) driving for a longer distance,” Larochelle said. “It helps our elderly population so they don’t have to find a ride into Swift Current or wherever else they might have to go for that service.”

In April of 2014 the Ponteix and Area Primary

Healthcare Committee contacted the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation about the idea of replacing some of their equipment in the Ponteix Health Centre. The goal was to raise approximately $284,000 to cover all the new equipment.

“Luckily as we’ve gone through this they have been able to take advantage of their discount buy-in that they are able to have and the X-ray technology changed in the process, so we got this direct to digital for considerably less than what was initially estimated,” said Finell Wednesday afternoon. “It’s somewhere in the neighbourhood of $255,000-$260,000 the community raised and they were able to replace all of the equipment they

needed.”

The Mayor of Ponteix is very grateful for the community coming together to raise the necessary funds.

“You don’t get there with just hotdog sales and 50/50’s but it all helps, lots of donors big and small, it was unbelievable,” Larochelle said, who was very appreciative of the help the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation gave throughout the process. “That was one of the main thank you’s that I wanted to give and it was huge heartfelt thank you on the behalf of the Town.”

With all the new equipment including the X-ray machine installed the Town of Ponteix is certainly in safe hands.

The Big House's Thrift Shop

BY D O M I N I C K L U C Y K

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HAZLET - This week in Hazlet, a new location for your one stop shopping pleasure has come onto the scene. The unnamed thrift shop inside the town's newly opened guest house and business centre, The Big House, is now open and ready for business.

"We were trying to think of a way to get some consistent funding happening while times were slow with renting out the guest house, so we saw that in the province people were starting up community run thrift shops," said Lindsay Alliban, Hazlet economic development officer, on Wednesday night.

All of the items available in the thrift shop are community donated, and all of the proceeds from the shop go towards keeping the Big House itself up and running.

Alliban hopes that the thrift shop's rustic charm will win customers over.

"People don't realize how much there's a market for second hand items right now. People are starting to realize we're a materialistic world, so they're going opposite of that to find more unique items," said Alliban.

Another inspiration for the utility of the shop was the multiple inter-

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national students that make Hazlet their home every year. "They come from Germany, Korea, Switzerland, all over the place. We have 18 coming next year. They usually come from hotter climates, so they need winter jackets, they need mittens, and they need boots, so this is a more affordable place for them," said Alliban. The thrift shop is a must-see if you're in Hazlet and are looking for highly valued shopping.

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Front Row (L-R): Jacey McCarty, Brenlyn Butts, Leila Zanidean, Leah Kozroski, Gina Kozroski, Rachael Murray, Nikita Trapp, Sara Harvey. Back Row (L-R): Katie Klink, Anthony Lamarre, Aidan Slade, Braiden Leppa, Abby Olson, Tianna Holizki.

Missing from photo: Sam Perry, Hunter Shackleton, Mrs. Poisson, Mrs. Digney and Mrs. Steele. Photo by Kate Winquist

GLS Action Club reaches goal $5000 raised for Kenya Water Well Project

BY K AT E W I N Q U I S T

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“Kenya is a beautiful mix of cities and countryside, mountains and desert, remarkable potential amidst desperate poverty. It is home to a people of inspiring hospitality, kindness and joy.

But for so many in Kenya, clean and safe water is impossible to find. Mothers search for it in vain and children gather dirty water when nothing else is available. As they do, hope is lost when inevitable sickness and poverty follow.” - Water Project: Kenya The Gull Lake School Action Club had set a global goal at the beginning of the school year to raise $5000 … enough funds to build a water well in Kenya. Last week they announced that they had successfully achieved that goal after their Seven Days of Change Fundraiser pushed them

over the top, earning over $2200 alone.

When asked why they got involved with the project, the students were eager to respond.

“I think we all just kind of kept on because we liked the idea of helping other people for a cause,” said Rachael Murray.

“We also have a better sense of how privileged we are in comparison with a lot of people even just in and around the area.If we got to experience the poverty that they are living in then you would see why we are doing this.

The things we do to raise money as a team and as a group. It really helps us build team skills, helps us build money skills, helps us build social skills … talking to people and explaining what we do and why we do it, said Grade 12 student Gina Kozroski.

Marla Poisson has been the team’s faculty leader and is

excited about the group’s future.

With only one member graduating this year, the group’s core will remain intact.” When I look around this group, these are not uninvolved people - they are in sports, they are in band, SLC’s … they are school wide leaders.”

The Action Group has even bigger things planned for next year. They hope to raise enough funds to help build a school, which would be $10,000. “Their first impression was, we’ve done this. Let’s do better next year,” said Poisson.

Leila Zanidean summed it up nicely for the entire group.

“We’re learning that we actually can make a difference instead of just listening and not doing anything about it.”

Gull Lake Action Group - you have made a difference. You’ve made your community very proud.

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The second annual Swift Current Walk for Alzheimer’s will take place on Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 in Swift Current at the Swift Current Comp High School, all-weather track. The event is a fun outdoor walk where families, friends, and co-workers raise pledges to support the work of the Alzheimer Society.

“We are very excited to be back in Swift Current for our second annual Walk. Not only does the Walk for Alzheimer’s raise money for programs and services for people affected by dementia, but it increases awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, other related dementias and caregiving. The work the volunteers do in organizing the event is simply awesome we can’t thank them enough for all they do and the impact their work has,” said Joanne Bracken CEO of the Alzhweimer Society of Saskatchewan (ASOS).

Donations raised through the event support the work of the Alzheimer Society including the Resource Centre located in Swift Current that provides direct support to people in the Cypress Health Region.

The Alzheimer Society provides programs and services to people affected by dementia as well making significant investments in seeking a cure. There are 19,000 people in Saskatchewan with dementia and it is estimated that every 24 hours 10 more cases develop in the province.

In you are interested in being part of the Make Memories Matter Walk for Alzheimer’s contact register online at www.WalkForAlzheimersSK.ca.

ROSES & RASPBERRIES!

RASPBERRY! My biggest pet peeve in the world is in the bathroom. The public bathroom. Can someone tell me why the cracks between the door and stall walls needs to be wide enough that I can make eye contact with the woman washing her hands in the sink.

It’s so wrong on so many levels. Why bother with stalls, walls or even doors if we can watch people pee by the reflection in the mirror. You know it’s true. It happens all the time. When your eyes do meet with the poor unsuspecting soul who is washing her hands while you awkwardly hover over the toilet, you both look away quickly and pretend it didn’t happen. Why are we debating gender-neutral bathrooms when we have a crack-crisis!

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Miller Express bruise Swift Current Indians

Moose Jaw Millers Express catcher Cole Warken legs out a infield single to lead off the sixth inning. The Miller Express picked up their first win of the season Sunday night beating the Swift Current Indians 6-5 at Mitchell Field in Western Major Baseball League action. Photo by David Zammit

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SWIFT CURRENT – The Moose Jaw Miller Express picked up their first win of the season Sunday evening narrowly defeating the Swift Current Indians 6-5 in Western Major Baseball League play.

The Miller Express received timely hitting from Cutter McDowell who singled home the winning run to center field in ninth with one out.

“Knowing there is one out and a runner on third, I wanted to get my job done early (at the plate) and stay away from a strikeout,” McDowell said with a smile post-game. “I got a pitch up (in the strike zone) and drove it back up the middle and I was able to score the run.”

McDowell and Cole Warken combining to go 7-9 at the dish while compiling 4 RBI’s and 2 runs scored for the Miller Express.

The Miller Express were able to strike first when their leadoff hitter Shoma Sasaki reached second base on a throwing error by Indians third baseman Thomas DeBonville. Sasaki would be cashed in on a Warken single to right field making it 1-0 Miller Express.

The Miller Express would push their lead to 2-0 in the second inning when D H Grant Westmoreland would score on a Sasaki’s fielder’s choice.

The Indians would reply in the third inning cutting the deficit to 2-1, when Alec Humphreys would single to left field driving home Shane Dokey.

Both teams would go quietly into the fourth inning, with the Indians stranding two runners.

The Indians would open up the fifth inning with their two first batters reaching safety, before the Miller Express head coach Michael Hunt would pull his starting pitcher Bo Sheridan and handed the ball over to reliever Kobe Portillo. The change didn’t pay dividends as Humphreys singled to right field scoring Dokey tying the game at 2-2. The next batter was Indians catcher Luis Rivas who would plate Debonville, while reach first safely on an error by the Miller Express second baseman Keegan Kwong.

Portillo was able to settle down and retire the next three straight, stranding a man on second and third bases respectively.

The Miller Express wasted no time in responding during the top of the sixth inning to tie the game at three apiece.

Warken would score from third on a pass ball thrown by Indians reliever Aidan

Goodall.

The Indians would reclaim the lead in the bottom half of the inning when Dokey doubled to centre field scoring Liam Goodall making it 4-3.

The sea-saw battle would continue in the top of the seventh with the Miller Express regaining the lead. Warken drove a Goodall offering into centre field for a double scoring Kwong from third and McDowell from first making it 5-4.

The Indians would tie the game back up in the eighth inning, on another RBI single from Humphreys scoring DeBonville.

McDowell would produce his biggest hit of the season in the ninth inning scoring Sasaki from third moving the score to 6-5 Miller Express. The Indians had their chances in the bottom of the ninth with Wells on third and Goodall on first with two away, but Austin Rieman would be frozen by Travis Kuhn for strike three ending the game.

Indians shortstop Humphreys from Midlothian, Texas went 3-4 at the plate pushing his batting average to .615 while driving in 3 and walking once.

“We started off a little slow but we came back and strung some hits together and scored a few runs, but every time we scored runs they answered back which is what a team is supposed to do so they did their job,” said Humphreys post-game.

The Indians stranded 12 runners in total throughout the game. The club now falls to 5-2 on the season and 1-1 at home.

“It could have been (the turning point), I know we still hit balls hard, we had second and third and Bodie (Cooper) smoked a line drive at the shortstop and hit him right in the chest. He (Bodie) hit the ball hard and that’s all you can ask for,” said Humphreys.

The Miller Express were able to right the ship on Sunday night picking up their first win, while reversing the tide from last weekend when the Indians beat them twice with a combined total score of 18-2.

“Starting off 0-5 was tough, but we know we had to battle inning-by-inning, out-by-out to get this win, it was good for our spirits to get this win, we’re excited and ready to keep it going,” Friendswood, Texas product McDowell said. “It’s going to be a great bus ride home, it’s an hour and a half, so there will be a lot of goofing around.” Well -deserved lads, well deserved.

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n 20 minutes you can watch an episode of Friends (without commercials) or clean your bathroom counter, but in 20 minutes you can also irreversibly change someone’s life.

It can take only 20 minutes to rape someone, to ruin a life.

I’ve heard the stigma surrounding sexual assault cases again and again.

“What was she wearing?”

“How much did she drink?”

“Why was she out there alone?”

“Well, you know women just claim ‘sexual assault’ the next day if they regret what they’ve done, right?”

Reports actually specify that two-four per cent of claims made are false meanwhile it’s estimated only six per cent of actual assaults are reported. .

In my criminal law class we dedicated a whole 90 minutes to addressing myths that plague the issue because no one seems quite sure how to handle the situation.

One thing that seems to factor into many of the cases is the characteristics of the victim.

The world was shocked when a Stanford Olympic swimmer hopeful Brock Turner was sentenced to only six months after his sexual assault against a 23-year-old woman back in January 2015.

The Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky heard three dozen letters from character witnesses who attested to the positive characteristics of the 20-year-old accused before coming to his decision.

Turner’s father wrote “[Turner’s] life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve. That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20-plus years of life.”

Turner was found by two Swedish exchange students sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster in 2015. The two exchange students tackled Turner, who attempted to run away, and waited for

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police to arrive.

The judge noted Turner’s clean record and the effect the sentence could have on his life when he imposed the six month sentence.

It reminded me of a case a little closer to home.

In 1995 Steven Kummerfield and Alex Ternowetsky were convicted of manslaughter after beating Pamela Jean George to death. The judge at the time, Justice Ted Malone, mentioned the boys’ promising future and addressed George’s history of being a prostitute.

It became a case which balanced the value of lives – those of two young white men against that of an Aboriginal woman.

Malone reminded jurors George “indeed was a prostitute.”

The 28-year-old mother of two was left for dead in a ditch. The two men were sentenced to sixand-a-half years. Kummerfield has been out of jail for 16 years now.

Regardless of gender, sexual assault is a crime of domination. It’s the reason sexual assault causing death can easily be upgraded to first degree murder. We frown upon that kind of behaviour.

Yet, society doesn’t always reflect this. There’s a backwards logic that flows through our society.

“I’m not saying it’s her fault, but what did she think was going to happen if she drank that much?”

She probably expected a hangover, not to be awoken by police officers, tested in a hospital, dealing with comments about her personal history in a courthouse and worse.

The measurement of a life shouldn’t be dictated by the colour of your skin, your affluence or special skills doesn’t make the actions of Turner, Kummerfield or Ternowetsky any more acceptable.

Life is about choices, it only takes 30 seconds or 20 minutes to make the right ones.

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My 16-year-old, who will turn 17 in February, FINALLY obtained his learner’s license recently. I had been bugging Tyler for more than two years, as for some insane reason, kids can get it at age 14 in Alberta. When I grew up in Manitoba, you had to be 15 and one half to get your learner’s, and you could get your full, unrestricted license when you turned 16. Because I turned 16 on a Sunday, I had to wait until the next day to take my test… which I handily passed. It felt like freedom.

So, when it was like pulling teeth to get my son to go for his, I couldn’t figure it out. I just couldn’t relate, no matter how hard I tried. Eventually, I just stopped bugging him and let it be. And one day, he surprised me and said he was ready, but as it turns out, I wasn’t.

As much as my baby isn’t a baby anymore, I don’t think I’m ready to be the mom of a kid that can drive. There’s huge risk involved. Risk to my identity as a young, happening mom, risk to my vehicles, and risk to the most precious thing in the world to me – my children. (Presumably, the big one will drive the little one around sometimes.) I’m really struggling over turning 40 this year, and this just isn’t helping. Which probably makes me an egocentric jerk, in addition to failing at achieving the mother-of-the-year award for 16 years in a row.

But it’s not just my fear of old age and eventual death. It’s not just my internalized dread of a looming empty nest. It’s not the devastating realization that I largely wasted the time I had with my children when they were small. It’s not just the heartbreaking epiphany that I spent too much time working, and not enough time cuddling, reading and nurturing. And it’s not even the sick, sinking feeling in my stomach when I do the math and figure out that there’s not enough time left to ever make up the time I’ve already lost.

It’s the very real fear that he will be injured or worse in an accident. It happens all the time, to people of all ages, but the statistics show that young and inexperienced, especially male drivers, are especially at risk. Add a little alcohol, and it’s a recipe for disaster that I have experience picking up off the road more than I care to recall. As a firefighter, it’s traumatic and it’s sad when I see such tragedy. But as a mother, the very idea of my kid being involved makes my chest feel tight, and my breath hard to take.

So, I am doing what every other parent in my position does and I am going to turn this awkward teenager into a badass, super safe driver or I will die trying. (Ok, I agree, a little too soon for that joke.) Until yesterday, I had taken him for short drives, beginning with an enormous parking lot, and progressing to short jaunts around town when traffic was light. Once, I let him traverse the only intersection that has an actual traffic light. But yesterday, the kids and I went for a long backcountry drive, and muscles clenched, I nervously rode shotgun.

I learned to drive in Winnipeg, so while city driving was always second nature to me, Manitoba is very flat. Imagine a vast pizza, with only fields of canola and wheat for a topping. The only risk of rolling a vehicle in Manitoba are the deep ditches along the side of every road for flood control. The only hill in Winnipeg is a reclaimed landfill site where everyone goes tobogganing in the winter.

Thus, the first time I ever drove in the mountains, I thought I was going to die. I think I drove 50 kph the entire time.

When Tyler took the wheel yesterday, I remembered him as a toddler. A bumbling, klutzy, frequently black-eyed toddler whose mother made him wear an indoor helmet. Turns out, he needed

glasses so badly, he would have been considered legally blind at the time. Thankfully, I caught it in time and while his eyes are still bad, at least he was (barely) able to pass the vision test for his licence.

The road we took yesterday is gravel, and goes through the mountains. My new driver was clearly excited about the challenge, but almost as nervous as his mother. His hands were gripping the steering wheel tightly, his gas pedal foot cramping from the exertion. But the conversation was hilarious, especially with his little brother piping in from the backseat.

Me: What did that sign back there say?

New driver: There was a sign?

Me: Yes. New driver: I probably should have seen that, but I didn’t.

Me: Yeah. They’re not just for decoration.

New driver: It was probably a deer warning sign.

Backseat brother: Probably for moose. There’s a lot of moose here. It’s hard to survive a moose crash.

Me: LOL. New driver: Oh crap.

New driver: There’s no way two trucks can fit on this road at the same time.

Me: Sure they can. And get ready because there’s one coming now.

New driver: incoherent sentence/scream Me: Just kidding!

New driver: Yup. Going downhill is scarier than going uphill. Definitely.

Me: Don’t ride your brakes too hard. Downshift instead.

New driver: Downshift? What is that??

Me: If you ride your brakes too hard, they can start on fire.

New driver: What the shit, mom??? Is that even possible?

Backseat brother: Do you smell smoke?

New driver: OMG Me: LOL New driver: No but actually, can that happen?

Me: Sure. And if you have air brakes, they can get so hot that they actually just stop working.

New driver: Are these air brakes?

Me: Is this a semi truck?

New driver: THERE’S A SEMI COMING?!?!?!

Me: Don’t go too far to the right. There’s a cliff here and no guardrail.

New driver: WHAT Me: Just watch how close you are in your side mirror.

New driver: There’s no time to look in the mirrors! I can’t take my eyes off the road.

Backseat brother: Hey, was that a moose?

Me: What does that sign say? Slow down so you can read it.

New driver: (reading) Road narrows. Steep grades.

Narrow curves. Oh good.

Me: Don’t forget falling rocks.

Normally, that road would take me about 45 minutes to drive, but since we were only doing an average of 45 kph, it took forever. And when we finally made it back to the highway, I let him drive on it for the first time.

New driver: I’m not going over 80. How can the limit possibly be 100? How can that be legal?

Me: Bigger highways have a limit of 110 and everyone does 130.

New driver: That’s insane. In Europe, everyone just takes trains and busses. I’m moving there.

Me: Is anyone behind you? Check your mirrors? *Loud diesel truck passes us legally, doing the speed limit* New driver: Screams. What the hell was that? Was he doing 200? He should get pulled over!!!!

Tyler drove for almost three hours, and despite how awful it probably looks in print, he did really well. And we all survived with a sense of humour.

What more can you ask for, from a new driver or from life?

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rains passed through the first week of May with a little more volatility thanks to updated weather reports and fresh fund activity. Also, a weaker U.S. Dollar helped support commodities as a weak U.S. jobs report that came out made it tougher for the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates this summer (doesn’t necessarily suggest a sound/strong U.S. economy just yet). A weaker U.S. Greenback US means other currencies improve against it, which is why canola isn’t catching the same wind in its sails as soybeans/ soymeal with a higher Canadian Loonie acting as an anchor.

Rains over the past week and a bit across Western Canada are getting crops out of the ground and moving higher, but low-lying areas are in tough in terms of emergence with additional water accumulating in them. This is one such reason that AGT Food & Ingredients is using an average lentil yield of 23 bushels an acre, versus the 5-year average of 25 this year. Those fringe acres that are contributing to the large increase in planted area in Western Canada will more than make up for any lost yield potential though. With this in mind, international buyers at the Global Pulse Convention in Turkey are all cognizant that more lentil acres went in everywhere, and with some more demand coming in thanks to substitution out of high-priced chickpeas, the extra supply is welcomed. However, most buyers are forecasting that red lentil prices will top out at 45 cents CAD per lbs in a worst case scenario given current crop conditions. Similarly, while green lentil demand is expected to remain hot with a tight carryout situation, prices aren’t forecasted to go above 50 cents per lbs.

This echoes our call here at FarmLead that I made this past spring that the best prices are behind us. Sure, these are obviously early estimates but given the increase of acres in Australia, the US, and obviously in Canada, a decent start to the growing season is bearish but we’ll continue to watch what monsoon rains in India will materialize, as that will likely have a major impact on what gets planted there and where prices go.

Prices in the corn and soybean markets continue to drive the overall grains complex, with hedge funds holding their longest positions in the ag commodities in the last 2 years. Looking back at a year ago when North American crops were in a similar situation as they are now before some dry weather in June, corn touched multi-year highs of nearly $4.70 bushel in the 2nd week of July. In the oilseeds, soybeans peaked at around $10.50 a bushel the last week of June, followed closely by canola touching $550 per metric tonne briefly in early July. Just as you check over your boat before putting it in the water this summer, we need to ask questions on both sides of the bull/bear battle.

As such, with funds accounting for as much as 30-40% of the rally the last 2 months, it looks like a cold wall of water is in the distance, but seems to be a couple more weeks before it reaches our grain marketing boat.

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 mobile grain marketplace (app available) that has moved almost 180,000 MT in the last 2.5 years. 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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OPINION

French immersion seemed like a good idea, at first

BY B R I A N Z I N C H U K

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Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente’s piece “There's just one problem with French immersion ... well, several, actually,” posted June 4, was absolutely spot on.

I know because we lived it.

Wente talked about how French immersion programs are closet elite programs within the school system, and how few kids who go into it actually end up fluent in the language.

Check and check.

While we live one block from a public school and two blocks from a Catholic school (with French immersion), our choice of school in Estevan was largely based on my experiences in North Battleford.

As an air cadet instructor, I did recruiting sessions in almost every school in the Battlefords. There were some very distinct trends I found. Kids in the public system were rowdier, distracted, and doing a half hour presentation for them closely approximated herding cats. In the Catholic system, kids were much better behaved and inquisitive. In the French immersion system, they were pretty much all focused, attentive and eager to ask questions.

I wanted our kids to go to a school where God has a place. However, we’re not Catholic, but Protestant.

Since I believe, as Christians, we’re all playing on the same team, that doesn’t make much difference, I want to send my kids to a Christian school. But when we looked into registering the kids here, we were told, “Oh, no, you need to be Catholic, or in the French immersion program.”

So we registered our property taxes with the Catholic system and put Katrina into French immersion Pre-Kindergarten. She remained in the program through Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2. By then end of that, we pulled the plug. She could neither read nor write in English or French to any sort of capacity expected at that grade level. We had to do something, now.

It was at that time we found out, oh, you don’t have to be in French immersion to go to the Catholic school.

Gee, thanks. Spencer was spared French immersion entirely.

As Wente pointed out, “For many parents, French immersion is a way to game the system. It filters out the kids with behavioural problems and special needs, along with the low achievers. In short, it’s a form of streaming. Most French-immersion students are from

affluent, high-achieving families that work hard to give their children an edge. And who can blame them? “ From what I saw, through cadets and working as a reporter, is this was precisely the case. Parents who will go through that extra effort of putting their kids into French immersion are parents who, frankly, give a damn. They are more involved with their kids, and thus their kids generally do better overall. Conversely, problem kids often have parents who won’t make such an effort, and thus are self-weeded from the program. I would say we found this to be very much true.

But the last time I had any exposure to French was core French in Grade 12, back in 1992. For my wife, Michelle, she didn’t even take French that far. So we were functionally useless in all capacities for helping Katrina with her homework. We found ourselves turning to Google Translate for everything.

Marcus Gee, writing “French immersion could do with a dose of reality” in the June 3 Globe and Mail, pointed out that French immersion often ends up with poor quality teachers. Gee wrote, “It’s hard to find French-immersion teachers. The shortage is chronic.

Schools scramble to fill immersion teaching posts and end up with a lot of teachers who can’t teach, can’t speak very good French or can’t do either.”

We had one teacher that was great – lots of homework (mostly vocabulary, which is absolutely necessary in a second language), and a second that was, um, not so great. Halfway through the year we realized she had stopped assigning homework early in the year. Why? A few parents made comments on the amount of homework, so she stopped.

One friend, a teacher, suggested, “One of the requirements should be a parent who is fluent in French. The reality is kids get homework. If the parents cannot help with homework you are setting them up for failure and if they are not fluent, better be prepared to spend money on weekly French tutors. And that leads into the upper crust only discussion.”

In an effort to put our kids in a Christian school, I made a mistake I feel is on parallel with my own flunking out of engineering. Thankfully, four years later, we seem to have been able to finally get caught up and made up for those four essentially wasted years.

If I knew a smart remark in French, I would insert it here. I don’t.

French immersion isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.

Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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Clairbank 4-H Multiple Club has 33 members. This year our club has beef, light-horse, fishing, crafts, woodworking and cloverbud projects. This 4-H year we have had tons of fun. We have regular general meetings where we meet and then play some games after. We had a Halloween party, a Christmas party, had a speech day, and went curling. We are also busy with our project meetings where we all meet separately and do workshops and work on learning more about our projects. I learn so much from 4-H and it is a lot of fun. Submitted by Miranda Hughes

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Dana’s Journey Raising Awareness of Organ Donation

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Lily Nelson enjoys her afternoon at the annual Innovation Credit Union Picnic in the Park in Swift Current Sunday. Kisten Samson was one of many volunteers at the face painting station. Photo by David Zammit

Eden Widdup shows her onlooking family how the ring toss works Sunday afternoon in Swift Current. This year marked the 35th anniversary of the Innovation Credit Union Picnic in the Park. Photo by David Zammit

Every year too many people die while waiting for an organ donation.

Over 1600 Canadians are added to organ wait lists yearly.

Shaunavon resident Dana Turner is fighting for her life. The 35 year-old, single mother is a diabetic, but is also awaiting both a kidney and pancreas transplant.

Dana has lived in Shaunavon for the past five years with her 12 yearold daughter. She works as a cashier at the Shaunavon Marketplace Food store, but was told by her medical team a couple of weeks ago that she can only work 3 days a week now. She has spent 2 weeks out of the last 4 in the hospital and has been on dialysis every night, for 8 hours per night for the last 8 months.

“Nobody knows her story because she never would ever complain about absolutely anything,” said Lana Bavle, who is organizing a fundraiser to be held for Dana on Tuesday, June 21 at Christ the King Hall in Shaunavon.

“I only knew her from going through the till at the Co-op, said Bavle. One day, I met her on the street and we had a visit and she told me that she can gain up to 50 lbs in one day before she gets on dialysis at night. She does 8 hours of dialysis in her house every night. She’s got a 40 foot tube that allows her to walk around the house a little bit. She’s an amazing individual she won’t give up.”

Dana did a presentation with a

Nurse Practitioner to a Moms & Tots group a while back. The practitioner was a friend of Lana’s and they were meeting for lunch that day. “She was still crying from Dana’s presentation when we met for lunch.”

Once Bavle heard Dana’s story, she knew she wanted to help out with organizing the fundraiser.

“The event will only run from 5:00 until 9:00 because Dana has to be home for dialysis,” Bavle explained.

We are having some speakers, a supper catered by Harvest Eatery, a silent auction and some other draws. The Co-op donated a fabulous patio set that we have been raffling tickets on.

We are hoping that we will get 100 people there.”

An account has been set up at the CIBC for Dana. Those that would like to donate can message Lana and she will give you the account number . It can be donated to any CIBC branch.

“We are so lucky for everything that we have. We just don’t have any idea what some other people go through,” Bavle concluded.

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LOST HILLS & DIET COKE

BY A N D R E A C A R O L

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My colleague and I dared greatly and hit the dirt roads in the southwest last week. We broke new trails in places we didn’t know existed. While the thought of roaming the streets of New York may sound more exciting, a drive down a prairie road with no cell-service in the middle of nowhere with an inch of water left in my water bottle presented quite the adventure. And the beauty was unimaginable. We climbed trains, bridges, water towers, hills and even church steeples in the Great Southwest. We saw museums, cemeteries, schools, former town halls, homesteads and even one of the first post offices. I appreciate every bit of beauty our plains have to offer.

Before you panic and curl your lips in horror, we didn’t really climb anything (with exception to bridges, hills and trains). The point is, we experienced it up close and personal. We were unafraid. We stopped at nothing to take in the gorgeous intricate painting of the prairies that mother nature gave to us.

Just think about it, the first people to inhabit this part of the earth came here about 11,000 years ago before the settlers came. What a legacy of history to discover! Saskatchewan has seen some tough times and we have also seen some amazing times. There is so much history. A legacy, in fact.

A prairie girl through and through, my heart beat is in the lost hills, open prairies, secret groves and rigid cliffs of the southwest,

I call home. Born in Leader, SK, raised in Ponteix, SK and have spent most of my adult-life in the City of Swift Current, I can think of no greater place to live and spend my days. (And yes, I have seen other parts of the world and still appreciate whole heartedly the beauty and the people here).

Some folks may not appreciate a day full of romping through the hills, getting covered in oil from old railway tracks, climbing bridges, walking (or rather running) through waisthigh grass blindly, discovering old trails or clinging to the side of a train in order to capture the best picture possible. This girl loves every second. And I can’t think of a better way to spend my day.

The most beautiful discovery we made were the sites of former school houses that are now crumbling. All that marks their existence is the shell of what was once a oneroom-school and a commemorative plaque in honour of some of the first educational institutions our forefathers and mothers established. It brought me back! Immediately, I thought of my dad.

My Dad was my hero. He was also a teacher and someone else’s hero. There were countless reminders of him during the course of our adventure. Wayne Peter Tataryn aka “Mr. T” came to the southwest to take a teaching position in Liebenthal, SK. in 1973. Born to Betty and Peter Tataryn of Swan Plain, MB in 1946, Wayne brought along his wife and son from the city of Regina and thus launched his teaching career in the thriving hamlet of Liebenthal. Wayne later moved to Ponteix, SK

Andrea Carol conquers her fear of heights by climbing atop a railway bridge near Cabri last week. Photo by Kate Winquist

to take a teaching position in the high school after the birth of his daughter in 1978. He passed away tragically in 1990 in the family home. I was twelve.

Dad and some of the life-events that surrounded him were the cause of some of the most powerful moments in my life. He is the reason my brother and I call the prairies home. We gleaned from him his sense of humour and adventurous spirit. He was our rock.

My brother now lives in California, but he is a prairie boy at heart. We both still embrace the beauty of the prairies. And we appreciate with all our hearts where we come from.

My dad was an aspiring photographer, baseball coach, gardener and was often found ice-fishing and hunting when time permitted.

You’d often find him marking papers at the kitchen table with a diet coke and Player’s Light cigarette in hand. And if you thumbed through any of his notes, he had books full of drawings and sketches. If you saw him, often there was a day-dreaming little blonde girl on his tail. And the countless times that he and I drove the lost hills hunting with a Diet Coke in hand, rifle and a camera are too many to list.

His love and sense of humour strung together a flicker of love and life in my heart. I will never forget him.

And much like my appreciation of our breath-taking prairies, I appreciate the little time I had with my Dad. Og Mandino said, “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will I endure the darkness for it shows me the stars”. If it were not for loss, would

Wayne Peter Tataryn. Photo provided.

we fully appreciate who is in our lives and what we have. if I had not lost him at twelve, I would have less appreciation for those I hold close to my heart now. And his heart beat can be found in the hidden groves, lost hills and undiscovered trails in the southwest.

With Father’s day just around the bend, I plan to sip a Diet Coke and remember my Dad. I love Saskatchewan and everything in it that reminds me of him. I am grateful for the lost hills, a cold drink and a photograph of some hidden jewel on the prairie. Happy Father’s Day.

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SWIFT CURRENT – A new community garden was announced on Monday evening at City Council for the beautiful City of Swift Current. The new garden will add more diversity to the pre-existing parks located throughout the City. The garden will be in recognition and memory of the late Helen Rempel and her daughter Janie, who has suffered from Lupus since her 30’s. Both of whom shared a deep passion for gardening and an ability of showing others the beauty and joy involved in the art.

S3 Enterprises Director of Marketing Leann Messer spoke at length on Monday evening to City Council about the proposal, which included an in-depth 3D video of the finished product.

Messer is Helen’s other daughter and has realized over the years just how dedicated and talented her mother’s talents were.

“If you had have visited her before she took ill, you would have found her dressed in rubber boots and shorts, running about her ten acre yard mowing the lawn, tending to her beautiful vegetable garden, kneeling in her expansive rose garden, basically giving life to everything she touched,” Messer told City Council.

“That was her gift and by the time you would leave, you would drive away feeling as though your soul had been refreshed.”

The garden will be named the Janie and Helen Rempel Community Garden with a gate (monument) on the property.

“I think it’s going to be a tremendous asset to the City of Swift Current,” Swift Current Mayor Jerrod Schafer said. “It is a great tribute to two people you obviously love very dearly.”

The property has been donated by Edward Sonntag, Janie’s husband, to the City for park space, due to its location in a flood zone and to regulations the land is undevelopable. Sonntag bought Lots 21-33, Block 2, Plan C87, known as 1150 and 1180 Walker Street, Swift Current over ten years ago. The piece of property almost measures the length of a city block.

“It will be an increase in the park space

for the City, as you have seen in the video it looks very nice in its conceptual form,” Swift Current Chief Administrative Officer Tim Marcus said after the City Council meeting. “As you walk along the (Chinook) pathway, its adjacent to the pathway, it will be very nice view as you walk along the pathway.”

S3 Enterprises’ will install the landscaping and fixtures on the property, at their own expense, as shown in the video and agreed upon with Sonntag and the City.

“In return the City will provide the utilities to the property so that it can be developed and going forward we will maintain that garden space,” Marcus said.

“There will be the maintenance of maintaining the garden beds in the spring and in the fall.”

The only cost the City will take on would be the expenses of the utilities used in the garden. In turn they will rent the flowerbeds out to the general public to cover all the expenses.

“If you rent a bed, the rental fee will include the cost of water and the general lighting in that area and you will be free to plant your vegetables in the garden and it will be up to you to remove them at the end of the season,” Marcus said. “There are lots of people that don’t have a garden or their yard doesn’t allow for it and this is a place they can rent some space and plant some vegetables.”

With the garden being open to the public, it should generate attention from both experienced gardeners and beginners looking for a start into the wonderful world of gardening.

“It’s Bob’s (Edward Sonntag) hope and ours that people who would frequent this would find comfort and find joy and create their own unique garden while feeling refreshed when they leave,” said Messer.

The garden will commence construction on Phase One later this fall. It is doubtful the community will be able to rent any of the flowerbeds until the spring of 2018, but that will dependant upon construction and how many phases are required to complete the project. For anyone interested in renting green space please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at City Hall.

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Advance Southwest publisher Kate Winquist accepts the First Place Great Idea Award from CCNA President Roger Holmes (left) and Bob Cox from the Winnipeg Free Press. The Advance captured Best Special Section for circulation class up to 25,000 across Canada for their Lest We Forget supplement. The award was handed out at the National Newspaper Conference in Edmonton on May 28. Photo Provided

The Big House in Hazlet held an open house Wednesday night for visitors to check out the revamped house. The house also opened it's thrift shop Wednesday afternoon. Photos

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THE BIG HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIES

Jessica O'Neil played during the open house at the Big House Wednesday evening entertaining the local visitors.

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HAZLET – One of the main attractions in the Village of Hazlet is now complete: The Big House. An open house was held on Wednesday evening which garnered some serious attention from townsfolk and area locals during the three hour event.

It was originally called “The Big Blue House” and was donated by a family from the area looking to downsize. They offered the home to the Hazlet Economic Committee provided they spend the money to have it relocated into the village. In June of 2013 the committee had the home relocated 15 kilometres into the heart of Hazlet.

“So then it just sat here, it was kind of an open-ended idea, we thought guesthouse, it could be a dormitory for our international kids, we thought it could be a place for businesses,” said Lindsay Alliban Hazlet economic development officer on Wednesday night.

The committee chose to incorporate all of those ideas by making it into a guesthouse for visitors to the area and in addition, offering local businesses the opportunity to rent out space in the house. They’ve hosted two businesses since opening; a massage therapist and a hair salon that have since moved on, but now have vendors from town use that space.

The house has recently undergone some changes inside and out, with a new thrift shop being added alongside the impressive work to the interior and exterior of the building.

“We tore down all the stucco on the outside, we had a couple from town paint the entire house, we had youth from the town rip all of the old stuff out of the upstairs,” Alliban said. “So we got it all fixed up, we received donated furniture and bought some beds, we had all of our living room furniture donated which was perfect.”

With the recent work completed the house looks stunning throughout especially the upstairs portion, where the guesthouse is located. The beautiful new flooring, combined with the spacious bedrooms which are equipped with new

comfy beds make it seem like the perfect home-away-from-home setting. There are three bedrooms upstairs for rent, one bedroom includes two single beds, the second bedroom features a queen sized bed and the third bedroom has two double mattresses.

“We’ve had lots of hunters (stay here), family that visit people and when we have events here people will stay so they don’t have to drive anywhere,” said Alliban.

People can also rent it for vendors to come in and host house and giftware parties.

The living rooms are adjoining with a very open concept, perfect for events and musicians who come to Hazlet to play. The walls are decorated with a variety of art work from local artists which include metal work, water colour paintings, plasticine paintings and photographs.

On the other side of the house, the new thrift shop’s grand opening was Wednesday night and featured items donated from are locals, with the money from the sale of a product going towards the operating cost of the building.

Everything throughout the home is donated to The Big House, except the lovely new beds and bedding.

“Our community is always really great, we exist because of the people who live here and how generous they’re, so it’s nice they continuously give,” Alliban said. “It’s funny and awesome to see random people show up who want to help out. There is a local woodworker who just showed up and redid an entire dresser because he believes in the project. We are forever thankful for all of the people who help us.”

If you have never been to The Big House now is the time; whether it’s just for a night out on the town to enjoy some music or to see the beautiful artwork displayed in the house. Also remember to check out the new thrift shop and possibly spend a night in one the best valued venues in the world.

For more information and accommodations requests please contact Lindsay Alliban at hazletedc@gmail.com or 306741-3775.

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Pruning is a year-round activity. The heavy-duty pruning (removal of diseased, damaged, crossing and other problem limbs) is best left for late fall through to early spring, while the leaves are off. But there’s plenty left to do during the growing season, especially with flowering shrubs.

Q. When is the best time to prune my lilacs?

A. Lilacs produce buds for next year shortly after flowering. So if you wait too long, say until August or September, you will be removing buds for next spring, thereby reducing next year’s display. So timing is important. My advice is to prune as soon as your lilac has finished flowering. That will give it plenty of time to develop new flower buds.

Q. When should I prune my spireas?

A. That depends on the spirea. If it’s a spring flowering type (e.g. bridal wreath, Spirea prunifolia, S. nipponica), prune shortly after flowering. These types can become woody, leggy and less productive if not cared for properly.

Remove dead and thin, weak growth first. Then remove up to one third of the oldest wood right down to the base.

The other type is the summer flowering spirea, usually with coloured leaves (e.g.

‘Goldmound’, ‘Goldflame’, ‘Mini Sunglo’, ‘Anthony Waterer’ series, etc; S. bumalda, S. japonica, and hybrids). Prune the bush hard in late fall or early spring, down to 6 inches, before any growth has started. You will be rewarded with a perfect compact mound. Prune lightly again immediately after flowering, removing just the spent flower clusters.

This will tidy up the appearance as well as encourage a second flowering.

Q. My overgrown Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii) is just beginning to flower. How and when’s the best time to prune?

A. Prune shortly after flowering. Mock orange has a tendency to become leggy.

This can be corrected with regular light pruning. Remove up to 1/4 of the oldest branches down to the ground every year.

Q. What’s the best way to dead-head my rose?

A. The old advice was to find the first 5- or 7-leaflet leaf below the spent flower and make a slightly sloping cut above that leaf. With modern breeding, it’s not so important to count leaflets, especially with the hardy shrub roses.

What’s important is that you make your cut above a bud that faces away from

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the centre of the rose to promote good branching structure.

Bonus Q. Why should I cut the new growth back on mugo pine?

A. Mugo pines are often planted with the thought that they will be dwarf shrubs. And while there are dwarf or slow growing varieties, the shrubs may not have read their own labels and can outgrow their allotted space faster than you planned on. In spring, new growth appears as upright, stubby stems (aka candles). If left, the new growth can extend several inches adding unwanted height and width. To keep mugos in check (and to ensure a compact mound), cut the new growth by up to half with sharp hand pruners (you can also use your fingers to do this). Do this while the candles are still compressed, before they extend to full length and become woody (i.e. early to mid-June). If pruned too late, next year’s buds will not have a chance to form on the cut ends and eventually the stubby branch will die back.

This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www. saskperennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com; www.facebook.com/saskperennial). Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming garden information sessions, workshops, tours and other events: June 26, Honeywood Heritage Nursery (Parkside, SK) – Artists in Bloom: Showcasing Artists & Craftspeople from throughout the region (www.honeywood-lilies.ca/).

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I must begin this review with a disclaimer: I was hesitant to read and review this book, based on the recognizable Biblical quote in its title. I expected that within Ed Olfert’s pages I’d be subjected to Christian proselytizing, and I’m not particularly receptive to preaching of any kind. The quote, from Genesis 1:31, refers to God observing creation then stating “And it was very good.” Well, you know what they say about judging a book by its cover. I’m delighted to share that within just a few pages, my hesitancy vanished and I realized I was in for a darn good read.

Firstly, the Laird, SK author comes to the page rich with life experience. He’s from a “grease under the fingernails” Mennonite family, and his work experience includes mining, welding, truck driving, and “ministering a church”. He’s a father, a proud and connected grandfather, and a volunteer who has worked in Haiti, and he often works with the homeless and downtrodden locally.

When a writer includes why they’ve written a book, I listen. Olfert explains that his point was to “identify glimpses [of God]” and “to savour those moments as powerful gifts.” The book’s filled with short anecdotes about people society-in-general might not consider extraordinary, yet Olfert finds that through their surprising

words and deeds, they are indeed awesome, and can teach us all how to be better humans.

What a gift to be able to see the good in others, rather than the foibles. I’m in awe of Olfert’s gift, and grateful that he’s shared it in this book … a book that I’d prejudged before I’d read a single word.

I read these moving stories a handful at a time, and they were very good.

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I'm a very politically interested writer who has aspirations of both being published in a national level political publication, and being elected to

public office at some point in the future. I've been accepted into Concordia University in Montreal's Journalism program, and there I hope to learn all I need to become a nationally revered writer. I'd also love to gain some sort of television position, be it a news anchor or political commentator position. However, here at the Advance Southwest, I'm hoping to hone my skills as a reporter and writer by providing both media coverage and various columns for you all to enjoy. I don't yet have a hugely specific focus as to what variety of writing I'll be providing, but an example of something you might see from me could be coverage of town council meetings. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see more of you soon!

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The Cypress Health Region and the City of Swift Current are holding the first ever Be Active event on Wednesday, June 15th from 5:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Riverside Park. Youth in grades 4-9 will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of outdoor recreational activities while having tons of fun! Drop-in registration will run from 5:45 till 6:15 p.m. – no pre-registration necessary. Come join the fun and have a chance to win some great prizes!

Research shows us that 87% of our children and youth are not meeting Canada’s physical activity guideline of 60 - 90 minutes per day.

The 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for children and youth states that: “Outdoor play is essential because kids are more active when they’re outside. Canadian kids aged 9-17 who play outside after school get 20 more minutes of heart-pumping activity per day, and are three times more likely to meet the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines.” There are many opportunities in our community to be active outdoors such as visiting our beautiful parks, walking or biking along the Chinook Parkway, playing tennis or pickle ball and as well as enjoying the skate park.

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If the book “Matrons and Madams” was being discussed by a group of Lethbridgites, I would like to ask where facts fade and fiction takes over? While the publisher of Sharon Johnston’s book states all characters in this story are fictitious, anyone familiar with Lethbridge, Alberta will find many familiar landmarks. And any reader of journalist James Gray’s “Red Lights on the Prairie” will see part of the history of the city at the time of World War I come to life. Also, Mrs. Johnston indicates in a post-script that her Grandmother actually did serve as Matron of the Galt Hospital in the time between the end of the Great War and the onset of the Great Depression.

Lethbridge mentionables include its coalmining history, and the Galt Hospital with both the Red Light district and China Town next door. It was a time when badly wounded war veterans were needing more care than the medical facilities of a small prairie city could muster. It was a time when booze was served along with prostitution, and when venereal disease was often an unexpected by-product.

Johnston, in researching the story, shows insights and experience that reaches far beyond Rideau Hall (where she shares residence with our current Governor General). With her training in rehabilitation science, she lifts to the fore the plight of soldiers who returned with missing limbs and traumatized minds that cast heavy shadows over the rest of their lives.

In the story we have two widowed women: the Matron (Galt Hospital Superintendent Clara Durling) and the Madam (The Last Post owner Lily Parsons). With compassion and creativity they find ways to reach out to care for those in need.

We are reminded again it is through hearing stories from within our communities that we learn our history and see how our spiritual values have shaped us. It is no surprise that story tellers have a special place in each culture. Thank you Sharon Johnston.

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I’ve learned in my 48 years of living that some things were simply meant to be.

You can try to avoid them. You can try to make them happen faster. Or, you can embrace these magical ‘meant-to-be’ moments as they come.

So it was that I found myself in the SUV of my dear friend Renata and her two beautiful daughters, Maria and Heidi. Dressed in our cowgirl finest, we were headed to Fort Qu’Appelle, SK to check out a horse for Maria.

It was with profound joy that I watched the seven-year-old buckskin meet Maria, Grade 3 and Heidi, Grade 1. He was gentle, he was kind and I just simply fell in love with that big, gentle soul of a horse.

I returned to my quiet existence in the town of Montmartre only to pine away at the idea of having my very own horse. ‘Just think,’ I thought, ‘of all the things I would do with a horse of my own!’

I’d ride with Maria and Heidi! I’d partake in the three-day Roche Perce trail ride near Estevan, SK where 150 riders meet annually in August. I’d brush my horse, just for fun. I’d sing to my horse, just for fun. And I’d bury my nose in my horse’s silken neck, just for fun.

That night, I had an epiphany. It came directly from above and it told me what to do. It said, ‘It was meant to be.’

When I woke up, I knew exactly what to do.

I emailed my good friends, Garth and Pauline Long-Wright, who own a farm that I visit regularly with my daughter. The Alberta transplants have taken us under their wings and have let us share their farm as if it was our own.

My daughter loves the cats. My daughter’s friends love the chickens and the ponies. I love the horses.

So, I emailed Pauline and asked if I could buy one of her horses.

Now, let me explain a little bit about Pauline and her beloved horses. She has weeded down her stock to 10 of the most precious and she keeps them in family groupings. Her riding-sized purebred Paint horses number only four. There is Sisco, the dad. There is Josie, the mom. There is Precious, the daughter. And there is the youngest horse who is the daughter of Josie and ½ sister to Precious.

I know Pauline would never sell one of her treasured horses, but I asked anyway.

And as if it was meant to be, the response came back a day later that she would only sell her youngest mare (aged three) to one person. That person was me.

I jumped on the chance. I worked out an agreement to suit us both. I promised to love this horse.

I promised to train this horse. I promised to keep this horse at their farm with her mom and sister.

I promised to sell this horse back to Pauline and Garth if ever there came a time that I’d have to let her go.

I have a horse.

I have the most beautiful, gentle, blue-eyed registered Paint horse. She comes to me when I call her (a bit like an oversized dog). She nuzzles as if she’s known me all her life. She plays with my daughter’s tulle skirts like they are a toy she’s been waiting to sniff, smell and toss.

Her registration papers are in my name.

And just so the universe could show off a little, this horse has a special name.

Her registered name is ‘Meant to Be.’ You heard me right – ‘Meant to Be.’ For simplicity’s sake, we call her ‘Be’ but I know, it was always meant to be. Some things just are.

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OUT OF THE PARK WITH DAVID ZAMMIT

SPORTS

Brothers to be inducted It’s the Jokers Game into Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame

BY DAV I D Z A M M I T

david@gulllakeadvance.com

SWIFT CURRENT – The late Lloyd family will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame this summer under the family category.

There were nine brothers in the family, all of whom played baseball while growing up as children and continued to play until reaching their middle age, with some going on to coach and umpire.

“As a family they contributed greatly to our (Saskatchewan’s) rich baseball history and that is the reason they are being inducted is because of their contributions years ago,” President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jane Shury said.

The three eldest brothers played baseball growing up in the United States; one playing on the sand lots, while the eldest two participated in a senior league.

The family moved to Canada and homesteaded on a farm near Antelope Lake. It was there all nine of the boys were able to enjoy America’s favourite pastime, while learning from their father.

Eight of the nine brothers were born in the States with the only exception being Woodrow Lloyd, who in November of 1961 was named the 8th Premier of Saskatchewan preceding Tommy Douglas.

Woodrow was known for piloting Canada’s first Medicare program from legislation to implementation in 1962.

The nine boys were fortunate enough to have other baseball players in the area which allowed them to form a team named the Antelope Lake Baseball Club.

They would often play the nearby villages of Webb and Gull Lake, with their stiffest competition coming from the semi-professional ball club out of Swift Current who often had upper-hand.

The Lloyd brothers had up to five members playing on the same team at one time in the same league, something hard to imagine today. When it was time to enter tournaments in the area sometimes they were able to field an entire team themselves with all of the brothers

participating.

“There are probably three or four other family’s (to be inducted) that did have either a whole team or the majority of a team that played baseball in the league or just in tournaments,” Shury said Tuesday afternoon during a phone interview.

“That’s what baseball did. It wasn’t only a pastime, it was a time when all of these families and people in the area got together and socialized and found their girlfriends or their boyfriends. The history shows there were many romances that evolved and to this day have not just sons or grandsons but great grandsons who have carried on with the love of baseball.”

Truman Lloyd born in 1908 was one of the nine brothers, who was an excellent pitcher and enjoyed playing third base, when he wasn’t towing rubber.

“I know he had a hell of an arm,” Truman’s daughter Rosemarie Boutin said Tuesday afternoon. “There were only the three of us girls in our family and we would get him to play catch with us in the backyard and man would he throw at us. We had an old glove of his, which had nothing but leather so we would go in the house and stuff it with toilet paper because he just enjoyed throwing the ball at us and we catch it and drop the damn thing because it hurt so bad.”

None of the nine brothers are still alive, in fact, neither are any of the three sisters either, although they will be never be forgotten. With this induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame they will be remembered by generations to come as one of the greatest families to play baseball across the Prairies.

“It’s kind of awesome ( for my father to be recognized), my father was a wonderful man and we all loved him very much and it’s an honour, we never had a lot growing up but we had love,” Boutin said happily.

The family will join Admiral’s own John McCann in the Induction Ceremony on Saturday, August 20th, 2016, in Battleford, home of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.

SPORTS

Safe?

Wimbledon in 2003. A remarkable stat, and at the same time also a discouraging one to those up-and-coming players who constantly have to compete with the likes of these four.

Since Wimbledon in 2014, the tennis world has shifted to Novak’s world with him winning 6 of a possible 8 grand slams, losing in last year’s French Open final to Stan Wawrinka.

This season Djokovic was able to edge his way into first on the all-time list for the most Masters 1000 series titles after defeating Murray in three sets at the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open. Djokovic now has 29 titles in total, one ahead of Nadal and five ahead of Federer. There are nine Masters 1000 series tournaments throughout the year held across the globe, which constitute the most prestigious tournaments in men’s tennis aside from the four grand slam events.

The last tournament that falls under the category of big titles is the ATP World Tour Finals, a title which Djokovic is no slouch at winning either, having recorded five titles and winning the past four seasons. The tournament is held as the season-ending championship taking place in November, featuring the top eight singles players in the ATP rankings.

If you add all of Djokovic’s ‘Big Titles’ together he has 46, four ahead of Nadal and only one shy of Federer for the all-time lead. Although if you break it down into a conversion rate of titles per appearances, Djokovic blows away the field converting at a rate of 3.1 events per ‘Big Title’, with the closest competitor being Nadal at a rate of 3.5, followed by Federer at 4.3.

With all of these numbers taken into account and the rate at which Djokovic seems to be obliterating top-tier opponents, it’s only a matter of time before he surpasses Federer in all of those categories. Especially with what looks like two of the big four (Nadal and Federer) struggling to even stay healthy these days, and even the gap between world number one Djokovic and world number two Murray seems to be growing farther apart day by day.

He will need to win at least six more grand slams to pass Federer. With his incredible defence, return of the serve and complete all-round game, it seems inevitable he will not only break all of these records he might smash them aside similar to when he faces a first round opponent at a grand slam.

The time is now for him to continue to dominate the game, as the next wave of players to take over (Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic, David Goffin and Grigor Dimitrov) seem to be unable to stop the Joker’s winning ways. Perhaps the young guns (Dominic Thiem, Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic, Alexander Zverev, Borna Coric, Lucas Pouille and Taylor Fritz) may be able to knock him of his pedestal someday, but for now it’s the Joker’s world and we are just living in it.

On June 5th, Novak “The Joker” Djokovic etched his name into the Association of Tennis Professionals record book once again.

This time it came on the heels of a thrilling four set victory over Andy Murray en route to claiming his first title at Roland Garros, on Philippe-Chatrier Court.

“It’s a very special moment,” Djokovic said.

“Perhaps the biggest of my career.”

Djokovic waltzed his way through the field of competition this year at the French Open, only dropping a total of two sets along the way. One to Andy Murray and the other in the fourth round to 16th ranked Roberto Bautista Agut.

With this historical win, the Serbian has accomplished a rare fete: holding all four major championships simultaneously (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open).

“What he’s achieved the last 12 months is phenomenal, winning all four of the grand slams in one year is an amazing achievement and this is something that is so rare in tennis.

It’s going to take a long time for it to happen again. Everyone here is extremely lucky to see it,” said Murray after his fifth defeat in a grand slam final to Djokovic.

The Jokers’ accomplishment is something which hasn’t been done since 1969, with only two other players previously having attained. Don Budge executed it in 1938, and the tennis legend Rod Laver once in 1962 and also again in 1969, a year after the open era of tennis began. The open era of tennis was instituted in 1968 giving professional tennis players the opportunity to make a living from the sport and limiting the amount of amateurs into the big competitions.

The 29 year-old has also completed another exceptional achievement by completing the career grand slam, having won all four of the titles over the stage of his illustrious career. He is the eighth player to be added to the list. Don Budge at 22 years 357 days old, Rod Laver 24 years 32 days old, Rafael Nadal 24 years 101 days old, Fred Perry 26 years 15 days old, Roger Federer 27 years 203 days old, Roy Emerson 27 years 244 days old, Novak Djokovic 29 years 14 days old, and Andre Agassi 29 years 38 days old.

This list contains possibly the greatest tennis players to walk this earth; they’re the masters of the courts and masters of all three surfaces (clay, grass and hardcourts).

Although Nole is second last on the list, he has surpassed all but three of them for the most career grand slam singles titles of all-time. He is tied with Emerson at 12 titles apiece, and only trails his two biggest rivals, Nadal at 14, and Federer who is the all-time leader with 17 titles.

It is simply hard to imagine the big four: Murray (2), Djokovic (12), Nadal (14) and Federer (17), have a combined 45 Grand Slam titles out of a possible 52, since Federer won

Sask-Alta Baseball League Standings as of June 10th Teams

Wins

Loses

Cabri River Rats

5

0

Swift Current

2

Gull Lake Greyhounds

3

Shaunavon Badgers Climax Cardinals

GB

RF

RA

Streak

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32

10

Won 5

2

2.5

22

9

Won 1

5

3.5

36

55

Lost 4

1

5

4.5

16

37

Lost 5

0

6

5.5

7

52

Lost 6

EAST

WEST

Richmond Rockets Justin Freitag is called safe by the second base umpire, much to the chagrin of Gull Lake Greyhound infielder, Clay Harvey. The Rockets went on to defeat the Hounds by a score of 9-3. Photo by Kate Winquist

Burstall Braves

7

0

-

37

13

Won 7

Richmound Rockets

4

2

2.5

42

15

Won 3

Maple Creek Mohawks

4

3

3

56

38

Lost 2

Medicine Hat Cypress County Black Sox

3

2

3

26

19

Won 2

Medicine Hat Vipers

0

4

5.5

17

43

Lost 4

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SPORTS

Chinook School Division Sports Report

BY D E B R E A M E R

Athletic Coordinator

SHSAA provincial track was hosted in Regina on June 3 & 4 with approximately 1500 athletes representing over 200 schools in the province. The South West delegation had over one hundred coaches and athletes representing Chinook. The weather started out as cool and cloudy but soon turned sunny with Saturday being a beautiful day of blue skies

and warm temperatures. SHSAA recognizes the top 8 in each event with medals/ribbons. The following is a summary of the top 8 SW athletes: In team totals, Shaunavon high school finished 3rd in the 2A category while Swift Current Comp placed 4th in the 4A category. In individual aggregate totals, Kalea Sauder was 2nd in the midget girls.

Thanks to all our athletes for a fantastic showing and thanks to all our coaches for all their hard work!

Kortlynn Fuller (Shaunavon) captured the bronze medal in junior girls 80m hurdles.

Sarah Moule (Frontier) captured the bronze medal in senior girls javelin.

Alex Gray of Swift Current Comp captured two gold medals in the junior girls category. She had gold in the 1500m and 3000m. This is the second year in a row that Alex has captured double gold in those races.

Jade Addai (SCCHS) captured two medals. She got the silver medal in senior girls 80m hurdles and bronze in the 100m.

Henry Rempel (Wymark) captured the silver medal in the midget boys high jump.

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Kyra Braaten (Cabri) captured the bronze medal in senior girls quadathlon. The quad consists of 4 events - long jump, shot put, 100m and 800m.

GOLD: Alex Gray (SCCHS) - junior girls 1500m, 3000m SILVER: Jade Addai (SCCHS) – senior girls 80m hurdles Kalea Sauder (SCCHS) – midget girls high jump Ashton Koudelka (Frontier) – senior boys javelin Henry Rempel (Wymark) – midget boys high jump Liam Bissonnette (Cabri) – wheelchair 100m BRONZE: Kyra Braaten (Cabri) – senior girls quadathlon Jade Addai (SCCHS) – senior girls 100m Kortlynn Fuller (Shaunavon) – junior girls 80m hurdles Kalea Sauder (SCCHS) – midget girls 80m hurdles Nixen Voll (Shaunavon) – junior boys shot put Logan Fritzke (SCCHS) – junior boys triple jump Sarah Moule (Frontier) – senior girls javelin 4TH - 8TH PLACE: Ryker Larson (Shaunavon) – 4th midget boys javelin Aleah Nickel (SCCHS) – 4th midget girls 800m Braedon Friesen (SCCHS) – 4th junior boys high jump Kortlynn Fuller (Shaunavon) – 4th junior girls high jump Kalea Sauder (SCCHS) – 4th midget girls long jump Aleah Nickel (SCCHS) – 4th midget girls 400m Hayden Briggs (Maple Creek ) – 5th senior boys quadathlon Nixen Voll (Maple Creek) – 5th junior boys javelin Kalea Sauder (SCCHS) – 5th midget girls 100m Brielle Wall (Wymark) – 5th midget girls high jump Danika Messer (SCCHS) – 5th midget girls 200m Kortlynn Fuller (Shaunavon) – 5th junior girls long jump Lane Pritchard (Shaunavon) – 5th junior boys discus Jenna McDonald (SCCHS) – 5th midget girls 400m Mitchell Braaten (Cabri) – 5th midget boys discus Regan Martin (SCCHS) – 6th senior boys qaudathlon Trista Labrowski (SCCHS) – 6th junior girls quadathlon Sarah Watson (SCCHS) – 6th junior girls triple jump and junior girls high jump Logan Fritzke (SCCHS) – 6th junior boys discus Danika Messer (SCCHS) – 7th midget girls 100m Jenessa Fournier (Ponteix) – 7th junior girls 1500m Michael Mudingayi (Maple Creek) – 7th midget boys 200m Travis Brost (Maple Creek) – 7th junior boys triple jump Tenelle Lind (Shaunavon) – 7th midget girls 3000m Alison Girardeau (SCCHS) –8th senior girls quadathlon Braedon Friesen (SCCHS) – 8th junior boys javelin Michael Mudingayi (Maple Creek) – 8th midget boys 100m Tenelle Lind (Shaunavon) – 8th midget girls 1500m Rody Craft (SCCHS) – 8th senior boys long jump Austin Smith (Shaunavon) – 8th midget boys javelin Jenessa Fournier (Ponteix) – 8th junior girls 300m Stephen Addai (SCCHS) – 8th junior boys 400m RELAYS: Bronze medal to the midget girls 4 x 100m relay (Danika Messer, Kalea Sauder, Aleah Nickel, Kaitlyn McLaughlin) 4th senior girls 4 x 100m relay (Jade Addai, Kyra Braaten, Alison Girardeau, Mackenzie Froehlich) 8th junior girls 4 x 100m relay (Sarah Watson, Jordyn Lacher, Trista Labrowski, Alex Gray) 8th open boys 4 x 400m relay (Callen Boutin, Braiden Leppa, Stephen Addai, Regan Martin) 5th open girls 4 x 400m relay (Aleah Nickel, Jenna McDonald, Alex Gray, Ricki Banford)

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