Advance Southwest | Vol. 107 | Issue 27

S P H OTO of th e

T E RMEA SN NSLAE

WE E K

ASSOCIATE BROKER

(306) 774-4470

tmannle@sasktel.net

PA G E 1 2

SOUTHWEST.COM VOLUME 107 | ISSUE 27 | www.advancesouthwest.com

where the experts are â„¢

www.teressamannle.com

Monday, July 4th, 2016

SUGAR RUSH

2

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

HEALTH NEWS

Whooping Cough (Pertussis) cases currently in Southwest Saskatchewan including the Cypress Health Region

Lets us know whats happening in your comminity

CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Whooping cough is a highly contagious and serious infection of the lungs and throat. It is easily spread when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or has close contact with others. Young unimmunized children get sicker than older children and adults.

Vaccines for whooping cough are a part of the routine childhood immunization program, as well as boosters for young and older adults.

The public is strongly encouraged to ensure that their and their children’s vaccinations are up to date to ensure best protection. Expecting mothers are also strongly encouraged to check their immunizations. If unsure if your immunizations are up to date, you can

Email your community news or stories to editor@advancesouthwest.com

SOUTHWEST.COM

Serious accident at Gull Lake intersection

call your local public health office using the numbers listed on our website.

Whooping cough starts like a common cold with symptoms including sneezing, runny nose, mild fever, and a mild cough. During the next week or two the cough gets worse, leading to severe coughing spells that often end with a whooping sound before the next breath. Serious complications of whooping cough, which most often occur in infants, may include apnea (breathing stops), pneumonia, convulsions/seizures, and encephalopathy (brain damage) that may be permanent. Whooping cough can result in severe complications and death.

For more information on Whooping cough (Pertussis) please visit the Government of Saskatchewan website

In Volume 107, Issue 25 of this paper, I wrote an opinion column called "The Orlando Shooting: A Sobering Reminder of the Dangers of Islam." This column has received quite a response, and, in light of the negative perception, I'd like to sincerely apologize for the my lack of clarity and inappropriate verbiage in some portions of the article. The article was intended to be a critique of the beliefs of the religion of Islam. It My article was not intended to provoke hatred towards Muslim people or their faith and given a second opportunity, I would have articulated that better was not intended to provoke hatred towards any Muslim people, but rather, to look at their religion and see how it may cause problems. I appreciate the feedback I received from our readers and have learned a valuable lesson. I don't condone hatred, but rather critical thinking, and I apologize as my article did not make this clear.

Dominick Lucyk, Student Reporter

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

kate@advancesouthwest.com

At approximately 11:45 am, on Saturday, June 25, there was a serious collision between a southbound pickup truck and an eastbound semi at the Trans Canada intersection at Gull Lake.

“The pickup truck was attempting to cross Highway 1 when it was struck by the semi. The driver of the truck was transported to the hospital with serious injuries and the RCMP traffic analysts were on scene to assist with the investigation.” said Corporal Mark Langager with the Swift Current Rural detachment.

The driver of the semi was not injured.

There have been many collisions at this intersection and the cause is still under investigation.

Advance Southwest spoke with a relative of the injured driver and they say he is in critical, but stable condition in Regina Hospital.

15 ALL DENIM FRIDAYS

%

In the June 20th, 2016, edition of this paper, on Page 7, Advance Southwest made an error in judgement in running an article submitted by a freelance writer. "The Orlando Shooting: A Sobering Reminder of the Dangers of Islam" was not appropriately edited, and should not have been published as it was presented. Additionally, the headline — which was not the responsibility of the author of the piece — was in extremely poor taste and not representative of the values of this newspaper. We sincerely apologize, and thank you for your feedback.

Kate Winquist, Publisher

Saskatchewan's First Goat Walk

OFF*

Guess, Mavi, Dish, Esprit, Sandwich, Marble fashions, Mink Pink, Somedays Lovin, Black Tape, French Connection, Black Swan, White Crow, BB Dakota, Jack, Bishop & Young, Mystree

Visit Saskatchewan’s first goat-walk! Enjoy mouth-watering saskatoon berry cheesecake, an exceptional cappuccino and take home an incredible gift from the Log Barn.

*Discount applies to regular priced product

Shop Online at www.blueskylingerie.com Online discount code: blueskyfridays15

Located in the Swift Current Mall | 306.773.7702 | Follow us on Facebook

Hours: Sun - Tues & Thurs - Sat: OPEN. Open Wednesdays 10:00AM to 4:00PM for the month of July

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

3

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

(Back) - Caine Sorenson, Nico Poisson, Clay Cooke, Daniel McPhee, Jordan Schmidt, Rylee Ferriss, Sam Kerr, Eric Logan, Caleb Orton, Wayne Davis (Middle) - Cody Spagrud, Kevin Alarcon-Sosa, Eric Harvey, Ryley Couch, Danny McCarty, Justin Park, Tyson Logan-Munt, Drew Morey-Hilmoe, Josh Anderson (Front) - Emily Downey, Montanna Clendening, Shailyn Nelson, Monica Campbell, Mackenzie Shackleton, Kayla Kirwan, Tianna Holizki and Gina Kozroski. Photo courtesy Gull Lake School.

Need solutions to help grow your business?

At Advance Southwest, we have the answers …

Andrea has extensive experience and proven success in marketing strategies to help grow your business and to improve your bottom line.

Contact Andrea today to see what we can do for your business.

HOT DEALSS! ON WHEEL

50

PLUS ANOTHER

BARGAINS ONLINE WWW.GAUVINMOTORS.COM

9,995

$

2006 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 4x4, 5.7L V-8 cyl, fully equipped including tow

2007 Pontiac Solstice Black with black roof and black leather interior,

$

package, aftermarket chrome package.

28,995

$

fully loaded.

17,995

$

2013 RAM 2500 SLT CREW 4x4 Ram boxes, running boards, heated leather seats,

2010 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4 Regular cab, 8 foot box, 5.3 L v8, auto, fully

upgraded touch screen stereo, power drivers seat, electric brake control, with trailer package, command start.

32,995

$

2015 Ford F-250 XLT 4X4, 6.5’ Box, 385 hp 6.2 L v8, fully loaded in-

cluding power bucket seats, console, synch, step bars, fog lights, step up tailgate, spray in box liner, remote start. Tow package and much more!

14,995

equipped including power seat, remote start, trip computer, driving lights, tow package, step bars, alloy wheels and much more!

13,995

$

2011 Ford F-150 XL 4x4, supercab, 4 door, 6.5’ box,5.0 L with 345 hp V8, Air, tilt, cruise, power windows and locks, tow package.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK SOUTHWEST.COM

ANDREA CAROL

GENERAL MANAGER - SALES & MARKETING

306.741.2448

andrea@advancesouthwest.com

Low-Rate Financing | Extended Warranty

GAUVIN MOTORS

Serving the Great Southwest for 20 years!

306.773.0777 | 720 CHAPLIN STREET WEST, SWIFT CURRENT

VIC GAUVIN

AL FINDLAY

BILL WIEBE

4

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

FARMLEAD

2nd Half Advantage 5 Chamberlin faces further charges in sex crimes case THE ADVANCE

YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

BY B R E N N A N T U R N E R

b.turner@farmlead.com

By Jordan Parker

As a result of the ongoing investigation against him, These are on top of the sexual assault, invitation to Chamberlin has seen additional charges, including sexual touching, sexualwhat interference sexual ust like you should review workedand and whatextwo sexual assault charges, an invitation to sexual ploitation charges in late February. didn’t work at the endlaid of against every him growing season, touching charge, and a count each of sexual interferappeared Swift Current Provincial year Court we’re passingHethe halfwayin point of the calendar ence, sexual exploitation and a corrupting children March 23, and was released on an undertaking before and it’s time to review the grain marketing plan. After charge. judge onofconditions. a fairly softa winter sideways trading (except in pulse Chamberlin, 39, started was a hockey coach in several crops), the grains complex to build some bullsouthern Saskatchewan communities throughout ish sentiment at the end of March with the U.S.D.A.’shis adult life.This was followed by lost supply and acreage estimates.

There is a substitution publication ban place to protect subsequent demand outin of South Amer-the identity of the victims, and Chamberlin’s next court ica. Add in the bullish bias from funds piling into the appearance will be April 13 at 9:30 a.m. commodity complex (mainly because no other asset The investigation ongoing, andprices investigators class was performing, we sawis some great to takeinvite people with additional information to come foradvantage of !). ward.have pulled back since early June highs While prices

J

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.

From the Top of the Pile ~ Brian ZinChuk ~

because of better weather and generally good crop conditions across major producing regions, in terms of D. Wayne Elhard, MLA values, we’ve had some excellent opportunities to take Cypress Hills Constituency advantage of since the beginning of the year for most in Regina. crops. Specifically, soybeans Making have your ledvoice theheard charge, up 401 Redcoat Drive almost 30% year-to-date to back above $11 USD / bushIt doesn’t seem that long ago when I wrote a coldevelopment of a greater national spirit rather than P.O. Box 308, Eastend, SK. S0N 0T0 el on a lot1-877-703-3374 of lustre the 2nd umn about a remarkable series published since 2011 an emphasis on “states’ rights,” which was one of the Chicago board. Corn lostPhone: last week of June but is still up over 5% for the year to cypresshills.mla@sasktel.net by the New York Times on the U.S. Civil War. Now, the causes of the war. nearly and canola have gone www.wayneelhard.ca it appears, that series will soon come to a close.

It’s hard, in our current 21st century context, to $4 USD/bushel, but wheat negative, each down about 7% and 3% respectively from Called Disunion, the collection of pieces folbelieve that men would volunteer to fight, and in where lowed the developments of the Civil War in somemany cases, die for the cause of “states’s rights.”

In they started 2016.

While you may not have been reading the FarmLead thing akin to real time, albeit 150 years later. As this context, those rights had a lot to do with slavBreakfast Brief since the beginning of the year (available events unfolded throughout the course of the war, ery. But can you imagine anyone here today volunforin free and every day the futures markets are open), we historians and analysts discussed what impact they teering to stop a bullet for provincial rights all the way back in the wintertime that there had.

Canada? Or even North Dakota rights acrosssuggested the of Gull accepting of in would be maybe 1The or Town 2 rallies toLake takeisadvantage Disunion can be found at opinionator.blogs.ny49th? The whole concept seems absurd. applications for student employment withtothe the 2016 calendar year.

This is mainly thanks the times.com.

I still try to wrap my head around the key issue Townstill Maintenance Department UR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER TUESDAY, 2015 5 of supply that exists worldwide, as well as I just realized that in a few weeks the MARCH 150th31,anof the Civil War, slavery. How is it that not-sogluttony long the summer of 2015. to easily switch point niversary of the Confederate surrender at Appoago, slavery was a common practice? (In some the partscheap ocean freightforavailable Applicants must: of origin. Further, U.S. corn and soybean crop condition mattox Court House will come up. It seems of the world, it still is).

• be self-motivating

By Jordan Parker As a result of the ongoingremarkably investigation against him, that These are on top ofonly the sexual assault, invitation ratings 70% rated good-to-excelshort, the war lasted four to Let’s consider some other what-ifs. What if the are remaining above Chamberlin has seen additional charges, including sexual touching, sexual interference and sexual ex• being require echoed minimal supervision years.

Confederacy did win the war, not conquering the lent, ratings that are in U.S. cereals and n Chamberlin was arrested again two sexual assault charges, an invitation to sexual ploitation charges laid against him in late February. a valid driver’s license and charged with additional crimes touching charge, and a countPerhaps each of sexual He appeared Provincial itinterferseems so short due intoSwift theCurrent contrast withCourt North, but successfully succeeding? Would wecrops still across the 49th• have parallel here in Canada. me forward in the case against him.

Apply in writing stating experience to: ence, sexual exploitation and a corrupting children March 23, and was released on an undertaking before how long the United was deployed to have slavery today? Would it extend all the wayYes, to there are pockets in every growing region that charge. a judgeStates on conditions.

Town of Gull Lake Chamberlin, 39, was a hockey coach in several Afghanistan, the nation’s longest war in its history, California? If not, what would have causedisn’t it to too great looking but the market looks at the Box 150 southern Saskatchewan communities throughout his and Iraq. Iraq is not as up as we thought end? Would a Spartacus-like slave revolt haveaggregate, been not just oneGull field.

Trying to justify higher adultwrapped life.

Lake, SK. S0N 1A0 a 12-2eow There is a publication ban inincluding place to protect the inevitable? Would the North have taken another it was, as the U.S. and numerous allies, market because either A) the market was higher once gulllaketown.admin@sasktel.net identity of the victims, and Chamberlin’s next court ~ Brian ZinChuk ~ Canada, are getting pulled shot at it, 10 to 20 years later? Would there so have appearanceinto will bethe AprilSyria/Iraq 13 at 9:30 a.m. ISIS it’ll eventually return, B) “my area isn’t looking that The investigation is ongoing, and investigators inconflict. been a series of continental conflicts for decades? great”, is not logical. Simply put, hope is not a risk manvite people with additional information to come forKylon Pawlukanderson took home the gold medalthat’s at an archery shoot held in Havre, June 18-19. IfThetheWebb is followingfractured in the into theagement I think whatward. stands out the mostMt foronme, U.S.native had remained 20th process and the coffee row or beer cloud tool at time when the Submitted U.S., and by glob- rumours are no longer justification for why you footsteps of his brother Chayten who having has donelived very during well in the archery circuit. photo. century, what would the impacts have been shop D. Wayne war Elhard, MLA ally? Would it have tipped the balance in thethink extension, Canada, has been at continual since First the market is going to higher forever and ever.

Cypress Hills Constituency 2001 (As we’ve withdrawn fromMaking Afghanistan, it World War in favour of the Allies? Would it Ultimately, have your voice heard in Regina. what’s notLINE selling anything and the MOVIE worse: INFORMATION • (306) 297-2241 • SHAUNAVON 401 the Redcoatpeople Drive take long To been the decisive player in the Second World War, market going lower or making a small sale (a 10% block m that long ago when I wrote a coldevelopment of a greater didn’t national spirit rather than to deploy to Iraw).

“Movie Presentation at its Finest!”

P.O. Box 308, Eastend, SK. S0N 0T0 markable series published since 2011 an emphasis on “states’ rights,” was one 1-877-703-3374 of ourwhich time, thisof has become the newPhone: normal. leading to its superpower status, or would it –have also known as managing risk) and the market going cypresshills.mla@sasktel.net k Times on the U.S. Civil War. Now, the causes of the war.

It century wasn’t always like this. In most cases wars been too concerned about a future conflict with its and still being able to sell more? If you didn’t www.wayneelhard.ca series will soon come to a close.

It’s hard, in our current 21st context, to higher nion, the collection of pieces folbelieve that men would volunteer to fight, and in Disney shows offthe its old-fashioned this traditional tale, were relatively short and often brutal.

One way or southern neighbour?

Would a slave-nation like the learn your lesson ontold way up magic the with past 2 months, lopments of the Civil War in somemany cases, die for the cause of “states’s rights.” In in a new, re-visionary presentation. person could expect an end at some confederacy have looked kindly on Fascism?there’s Per- likely going to eal time, albeit 150 years later. As this context, those rights another, had a lot to doawith slavbe another Thurs., Fri., Sat., Mon., April 2,opportunity 3, 4, 6 - 7:30 PM later Rated G in d throughout the course of the war, ery. But can you imagine anyone here today volunSUMMER STUDENT point, with someone “winning.”

That’s not somehaps it would have even allied with Germanthe andwinter, depending on how La Nina affects South nalysts discussed what impactCthey in O N T Rteering I B U TtoEstop D a bullet for provincialofrights topsoil moisture rating.

Crop disprecipitation fell in the Lampman EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Canada? Or even North thing Dakota rights we across are the seeing today. Modern war may be Italy? editor@gulllakeadvance.com America. At the end of the day, heading into the 2nd The Town of Gull Lake is accepting tricts 7B and 9B have the lowest topwas recorded. be found at opinionator.blogs.ny49th? The whole concept seems absurd.area, where 89 mm “won” in the opening weeks, but then drag on forAnd would there be a black president now?

Orof the year, now is the perfect time to review your applications for student employment with the I still try to wrap my head around the key issue half soil moisture ratings—37 per cent Haying is underway.

Seven per Town Maintenance Department d that in a few weeks the 150th anof the Civil War, slavery. ever.

How is it that not-so long would Barack Obama have belonged to some masfor theis summer 2015. two grain marketing plan, and if you April don’t have one, take and 29 per cent short, respectively. of the hay crop cut ofand ofslavery crops are practice? in (Incent e Confederate The surrendermajority at Appoago, was a common some parts beginning 17th Applicants Indeed, today’s posting ponders theismust: question of ter, with a whip in hand?

House will come up. It seems of the world, it still is).

Hay land and pasture topsoil per cent is baled.

Haying furthest advantage of today and get one (P.S. we have a phone good to excellent condition and at • be self-motivating ort, that the war only lasted four Let’s consider some other what-ifs. the What Confederacy if the whether could have won the war. moisture is rated as five per cent Coming soon ... Do –You & Boy Choir • require minimal supervision advanced in Crop District 6B, which their normal stage of development, Confederacy did win the war, not conquering the number here at FarmLead.com callBelieve? us to discuss your • have a valid driver’s license The “what-ifs” from increased cotton sales Briancent Zinchuk is editor of10Pipeline News. ms so short due to the contrast with North, but successfully succeeding?

Would we 18 stillrange surplus, 83 per adequate, has per cent of cut. according to Saskatchewan AgriculApply inthe writinghay statingcrop experience to: plan).

United States was deployed to have slavery today? Would it extend all the way to Town of Gull Lake before theAcross blockade took hold to General Robert E. per cent short He canand be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net Check out our NEW website! two per cent very ture’swarWeekly Crop Report. e nation’s longest in its history, California?

If not, what would have caused it to the province, hay quality is Box 150 s not as wrapped up as we thought end? Would a Spartacus-like slavestyle revoltrated have beenas 19 per Lee’s of command.

One what-if centred on the 12-2eow short. cent 66 per Gullexcellent, Lake, SK. S0N 1A0 Due to favourable growing conHappy Canada Day and as always… .S. and numerous allies, including inevitable? Would the North have taken another www.plazatheatre.ca gulllaketown.admin@sasktel.net Very little crop damage is being good, 14 per cent fair and one 27 per ofit,spring wheat, ting pulledditions, into the Syria/Iraq ISIS cent shot at 10 to 20 years later? Would cent there have been a series of continental conflicts forper cent poor. Quality is lowest in reported, with disease and flood43 per cent of durum, 26 per cent decades? what stands out the most for me, If the U.S. had remained fractured into the 20th ing causing the majority of damage. ofwhen canola, 41bypercentury, centwhat ofwould lentils, 38 have Crop uring at time the U.S., and the impacts been glob-District 9B, where 45 per cent To growth,​Brennan Turner da, has been at continual war since ally?

Would itper have tipped theof balance of in the First hay is rated Plaza Theatre Hail was reported in a few areas the as fair, thanks to per cent of peas and 22 cent e withdrawn from Afghanistan, it World War in favour of the Allies? Would it have President, FarmLead.com MOVIE INFORMATION LINE • (306) 297-2241 • SHAUNAVON dry War, conditions during most of the of the province, but damage looks are in excellent condition. g to deploychickpeas to Iraw). To the people been the decisive player in the Second World “Movie Presentation at its Finest!” s has become the new normal. leading to its superpower status, or would it have to be quite minimal at this time.

Approximately 25 per cent of the spring.

Brennan Turner is originally from Foam Lake, SK, where his family startways like this. In most cases wars been too concerned about a future conflict with its Cinderella control operations areGift nearing Across the province, topsoil oilseeds and spring cereals Disney shows off its old-fashioned magic with moisthis traditional tale, WeedMakes a Great Idea! ed farming the land in the 1920s. After completing his degree in economics short and pulses, often brutal. One way or southern neighbour? Would a slave-nation like the told in a new, re-visionary presentation. on could are expectahead an end at some confederacy have looked kindly completion. scouting turePeron cropland is Mon., rated as4, 6 10 per of their normal stage ofon Fascism?

Thurs., Fri., Sat., April 2, 3, - 7:30 PM Rated G “Your Newspaper” from Yale University and Southwest then playing Community some pro hockey, Mr. Turner spent Mail this formProducers with paymentare to Winquist Ventures Ltd. meone “winning.” That’s not somehaps it would have even allied with German and fungicides and centAnywhere surplus, 82 perincent adequate, for disease, development some time working in finance before starting FarmLead.com, a risk-free, eeing today.

Modern war may befor this Italy? time of year.

Canada Boxapplying 628, Gull Lake, Sask. S0N 1A0 Box 628 Gull Lake, Sask.

S0N 1A0 pening weeks, but then drag on Andof would be a black president now? Or per cent short and one per transparent online and mobile grain marketplace (app available) that cutting hay. seven Almost allfor-areas thethereprovince Phone: (306) 672-3373 would Barack Obama have belonged$42 to somefor mas- one year ($23 off the cover price) beginningDistrict April 17th has moved almost 180,000 MT in the last 2.5 years. His weekly column is rainof over the past cent very short. Crop 1A, Name: ____________________________________ y’s postingreported ponders the question ter, with a whip in hand?week, Fax: (306) 672-3573 a summary of his free, daily market note, the FarmLead Breakfast Brief. nfederacy with could havemany won the war.

Coming soonof ... Do You Believe? &has Boy Choir Follow the 2016 Crop Report on Twitareas reporting more where 61 per cent cropland email: kate.winquistventures@sasktel.net range from increased cotton sales Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News.

He can be reached via email (b.turner@farmlead.com) or phone (1-855$80 for two years than 30 mm. amount ter at @SKAgriculture. surplus moisture, has www.gulllakeadvance.com kade took hold to General Robert E. The greatest He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net Check($40/year) out ourthe NEWhighest website!

Address: __________________________________ 332-7653)

Would Obama be a slave today?

SUMMER STUDENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

mberlin faces further charges in sex crimes case

m the Top of the Pile

Plaza Theatre

uld Obama be a slave today?

Weekly Crop Report

Subscribe Now!

mmand. One what-if centred on the

he cover price)

($50 off the cover price) www.plazatheatre.ca

$105 for three years ($35/year) ($90 off the cover price) Subscribe Now!

Makes a Great Gift Idea!

nywhere in Canada r one year ($23 off the cover price)

r two years ($40/year)

Cinderella

Southwest Community Newspaper” $160 for five“Your years ($32/year) Box 628 Gull Lake, Sask. S0N 1A0

Mail this form with payment to Winquist Ventures Ltd. Box 628, Gull Lake, Sask. S0N 1A0

($165 off the cover price) Phone: (306) 672-3373

Name: ____________________________________

S O U T H email: W Ekate.winquistventures@sasktel.net SFax:T(306) . C672-3573 OM

Address: __________________________________

www.gulllakeadvance.com

Town: _________________ Postal Code: ________

Publisher & Editor Kate Winquist Reporter Card # ________________________ Exp Date ________ Jordan Parker Office StaffMax Gilchuk Please my Visa Andrea MC Carol Katecharge Winquist David Zammit Graphic Design General Manager & SaLES Reporter / Photographer publisher & Photographer Donna Holtby New Subscription

Renewal

kate@advancesouthwest.com andrea@advancesouthwest.com david@advancesouthwest.com Signature ______________________________________

Published every Monday by

Town: _________________ Postal Code: ________ Winquist Box 628, Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, S0N 1A0Publisher & Editor Published every Tuesday by Ventures Ltd. Kate Winquist New Subscription Renewal Phone: (306) 672-3373 We acknowledge the financial Reporter We acknowledge financial WINQUIST from ourLTD. office at support of the the Government of support of VENTURES Fax: (306) 672-3573 Card # ________________________ Exp Date ________ the Government of Canada through the Jordan Parker Canada through the Canadian Conrad Avenue, from our office1462 at Gull or five years ($32/year) Periodical Fund (CPF)(CPF) for out Lake, SK Canadian Periodical Fund Office Staff Please charge my Visa MC Email: kate.winquistventures@sasktel.net for our publishing activities.

1462 Conrad Avenue, Gull Lake, SK. the cover price) publishing activities.

Donna Holtby Publications Mail Agreement Signature ______________________________________ www.advancesouthwest.com WINQUIST 7295346Number 7295349 Publications Mail Number Agreement

or three years ($35/year)

he cover price)

V E N T U R E S LT D .

Published every Tuesday by

WINQUIST VENTURES LTD. from our office at 1462 Conrad Avenue, Gull Lake, SK.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) Meganactivities.

Lacelle for our publishing COLUMNIST

Mail Agreement ads@advancesouthwest.com Publications megan@advancesouthwest.com Number 7295346

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

Gull Lake, Saskatchewan:

Old Stories & Fibs

BY T O M F R O O K

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Good Morning, Gull Lake, and a very Happy Canada Day. Today, when a lot of us were growing up, it was Dominion Day. By this point in the season, all the crops were in the ground and farmers had a little bit of breathing room. There was a general indication of the health of the crops, and most farm families had settled into the “wait and see” routine. If the hail stayed away, and, if the rains came, and if there wasn't any frost, perhaps, just perhaps, there would be a harvest in the Fall.

Dominion Day was a far more subdued celebration, as I remember, than was Victoria Day. The big celebration had happened on the May long weekend and the observance of Canada Day was relegated to being sort of a secondary sort of blowout.

If I remember correctly, there would be a series of baseball tournaments, Carmichael and Antelope come to mind, where local ball teams would spend much of the day in a series of games leading to a cash prize for the winners. One thing that stands out would be the “booths” that sold treats, a chance for boiled hot dogs and cold bottles of pop from someone's galvanized cattle trough that had been commandeered for the day. The older folks would often be seen visiting the trunk of someone's car for bottles of something other than pop, it was all very sweet.

By now, we'd had the results of our report cards and the pressure of knowing what the outcome of the school year was gone, many of the young folks had headed off to Camp Shagabec or some other sort of camp for a week, or two. The grasshoppers had shown themselves, the gophers were plentiful. It was, to a youngster, an idyllic time. The days were long, and usually clear and hot.

You really weren't having much of a summer, thus far, unless you had a terrible sunburn and were shedding great huge sheets of skin as a badge of your perseverance.

I remember the summer of 1967 when Canada turned 100 years of age. Along the

5

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Canadian Pacific mainline came the Confederation Train. It wasn't a long train, just a locomotive, or two and a few cars that carried displays of Canada's history, you formed a line, got on one end of the train and exited from the other. I have no memory whatsoever of what was actually on the train, the only thing that really stands out was the Canada themed paint job on the train and the locomotive's whistle that played the first four notes of the National Anthem. We drove to Swift Current to see the train.

There had been, as I remember, a contest that ran Canada wide to find a piece of music that would serve as the theme song for the Centenary. On nearly every radio station, all day long, would be Bobby Gimby's tune “CANADA” and we were bombarded with the iconic photo of the gentleman and his extraordinarily long trumpet leading a herd of kids down a street.

I was, in 1967, a part time projectionist and a full time popcorn maker at the Lyceum Theatre. As a part of the celebration of Dominion Day or Canada Day, whatever it was called in 1967, there was a very short piece of film that had been found somewhere in the depths of the theatre that ran about three minutes, and featured Gull Lake in the very early days. I recall the film opening with a scene of a steam passenger train arriving at the Gull Lake depot, some scenes of the town and a drive through of the business district. Standing in the double doors of Frook and Buck was my father, distinguishable by his wool snap brim hat and cigarette in his left hand.

The film drew a large crowd on the opening night, folks that hadn't been to the Lyceum in many years, including dad, were there to see it. We ran it several times over the course of a week, as I remember, it wasn't much of a movie but it certainly had an audience. I've often wondered what ever might have become of it.

So, times have changed. I hope everyone has a great Canada Day, stop for a minute and just think how lucky we all are to be able to live in such a peaceful and welcoming Country.

Ready for Reading: Grade Three Students Reading Levels Rise

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

editor@advancesouthwest.com

In the year 2013, 65 per cent of grade three students in Saskatchewan read at their grade level. This number has shot up a clean 8 percentage points to 73 per cent of Saskatchewanian third graders reading at grade level in 2015. An increase of this size is incredibly welcome, but wasn't attained easily. "It's been a significant effort. We started out with the creation of a provincial team of reading experts from across the province. I had 19 people that I was overseeing over the course of an entire year, and what we were doing was looking at the most recent research into teaching reading as well as the promising practices in various school divisions that have had success within our own province. So, we brought all of those people together, and we created a document called Saskatchewan Reads," said Liam Choo Foo, director of education for Chinook School Division.

Choo Foo believes that Saskatchewan Reads, "a very user friendly, concrete example type of document," is a helpful resource that played a part in this increase. The main way in which it does this is not by directly aiding students. "It was written for a neophyte (a first year teacher) who's going into a grade one, two or three classroom and is looking at how they're going to get all of their kids to be able to read. This document would be a lifeline for them," said Choo Foo.

Saskatchewan Reads is a useful document, but not the sole reason for the rise in reading levels. "It's more than that. I would say it's a commitment by all 28 school divisions in the province to making reading one of their primary focuses. … This is the first time that all 28 school divisions and a number of First Nations education authorities have all committed to the same priorities across the province." The collaboration between all possible parts of the education sector here in Saskatchewan has been a huge part of why our third graders are reading so much better.

This increase comes after Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan, introduced his "20/20 vision" plan to raise grade three reading levels. The 8 percentage point increase is important because of the significance of grade three reading levels. "he (Premier Wall) was aware that, if you're reading at grade level in grade three, there's a credible amount of research that indicates there's an extremely high correlation between (reading at grade level in grade three) and graduating grade 12," said Choo Foo. With this leap in our children's education, we should appreciate the hard work of all of the educators who have put the time in to set children in Saskatchewan on the right path to a productive, successful life. Mr. Choo Foo, Mr. Wall, and all of the people who worked along with them have worked hard to achieve these results, and will continue to do so to give our province a better future.

Ponteix woman wins $100,002 on EXTRA!

Danielle Allard was “extra” surprised when she discovered she won $100,002 on the May 21 EXTRA draw. “I had no idea my ticket was a winner,” she said. “Even more than that, I thought the self checker screen said I had won $10,000. I was shocked when the clerk told me it was $100,000! ”The happy winner plans to invest most of her winnings. “For me having financial security is a real dream come true,” she said. Allard purchased her winning lottery ticket at All About Cell & Shades, located at 311-1 Springs Drive in Swift Current. Saskatchewan Lotteries is the fundraiser for more than 12,000 sport, culture, recreation and community groups.

Reziel May Egocentric one ofKitemany that enjoyed Annual The 12th Annual SaskPowerwas Windscape Festival in Swift Currentthe had12th over 40 national kite stars that performed at the event.

Photo by Winquist SaskPower Windscape Kite Festival in Kate Swift Current Saturday afternoon.

6

Commentary It’s going to be a riot

BY M E G A N L AC E L L E

megan@gulllakeadvance.com

P

eople in the city love to ask me what kids in rural Saskatchewan do for fun, a question I always have a hard time articulating.

The other weekend I packed up a suitcase of clothes, a cooler of beverages and my old baseball glove and hit the road from Medicine Hat to Cabri, Saskatchewan.

It’s not uncommon for rural folk to travel two or more hours for an event, so the trek to Cabri went by in no time flat.

I was headed to the same event the rest of southwest Saskatchewan was: the Cabri River Rat Riot.

In the last couple years the Rat Riot has become a staple event for rural southwest Saskatchewan people under the age of 30. It hosts live musical cabarets and a weekend filled with the best of the best when it comes to personalities.

People from Frontier, Climax, Bracken, Swift Current, Eastend, Saskatoon, Cadillac, Gull Lake, and more flock to the three-day event. Sometimes referred to as “mini-Craven” after the Craven Country Jamboree.

I arrived in Cabri around 11 a.m. on Saturday to pouring rain and about 15 campers pulled up close to one another. At 11:30 a.m. all the slopitch games were cancelled as the field quickly pooled with water.

However, instead of being disheartened by the steady downpour, people began to set up lawn chairs, pull out tarps, strap on rubber boots and stack up their coolers.

There were nearly 100 people in the campsite, some with makeshift garbage bag attire, others with three lay-

ers of sweatpants and even more with nothing more than a baseball cap and a beer.

Cabri is home to around 400 people, but the weekend of the Rat Riot the town was bursting with young and old.

Everyone committing to celebrating. Organizers say there were anywhere from 550-650 people over the three days.

It was a testament to the organizers and the community for the success of the event.

There are very few places that can double their population for one weekend, have a sporting event get cancelled and still make sure everyone has a good time.

The even more impressive feat was the age of the organizers. The Rat Riot was the combined efforts of the Cabri River Rats baseball team and Prehistoric Productions, a local company owned by men in their mid-20s.

Shenanigans took place, for sure, but the level of respect everyone had for the town shone immeasurably. There were no fights and numerous people Sunday morning walked around their campsites trying to pick up any trash or bottles that hit the ground the day before.

The performance by the Johnny McCuaig band Saturday night left more than one person without a voice the next day.

The Rat Riot was evidence of what the future of rural towns in southwest Saskatchewan could look like. It’s a community atmosphere that stretches from the skylines of Climax to the hills of Eastend to the fields of Cabri.

So what do rural Saskatchewan people do for fun? We riot.

We’d love to hear from you.

Letters to the Editor are always welcome The Advance welcomes letters to the editor of up to 400 words. The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. on Thursday for the next edition.

All letters must be signed and include a phone number for verification plus the name of the writer’s hometown. Unsigned letters will be discarded. The Advance will not publish phone numbers and addresses. Letters may be subject to editing for length, clarity, grammar and legality. The Advance reserves the right to decline to publish letters. Letters are the opinions of their writers only and do not reflect the opinions of The Advance.

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, I sat down to catch up on reading newspapers today. I started with the Advance dated 20 June 2016, and came upon your opinion piece entitled "The Orlando Shooting: A Sobering Reminder of the Dangers of Islam". I read it with absolute disbelief. I have appreciated some fairly good writing in this paper in the past, and found it disturbing, to say the least, that the paper would allow a piece that was so appallingly uninformed, and that the author chose to write about Islam with a point of view that invited hate of a religion. He spoke about gun control and other violence issues

with the same expertise. With his manipulation of statistics and use of narrow passages, he was able to spin his ideology. His tactics could be used to attack any societal issue or religion for that matter. I then picked up the Advance dated 13 June 2016, and discovered the author was a young man still in school, someone who certainly should appreciate the value of doing homework, or should have had someone else encouraging him to do it. It could have been suggested to him that before writing that inflammatory piece, he might have spoken with the Imam at our local Mosque, or with one of any number of longtime valued and respected Muslim

members of the community, or to recent immigrants, or with people at the Newcomer Welcome Centre in Swift Current (yes Mr. Lucyk, we welcome people here, including those who are Muslim). In doing so, he actually could have learned something about his topic. I would wager his opinion then may have been worth reading, and it would not have been based on misinformation. If he did that homework now, after the fact, I suspect his next opinion piece would include an apology to the Muslim community, and to those of us who found the article highly offensive.

Sharon Lang

OPINION

School’s out for summer

BY S H E R I M O N K

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Disclaimer: I love my children, I swear I do, no matter what is said in the following column.

School is out, and I’m pretty sure it lets out earlier and earlier every June. Come to think of it, it feels like a bit of a rip-off because the school fees go up every year. But the bottom line is they’re home, they’re bored, and I don’t think I’ll make it until September 1.

I have actually heard parents say things like, “I can hardly wait until the kids are home for the summer!” and this astonishes me. Of course, I can’t really ask them what they’re happy about specifically without sounding like a total jerkface so I generally stay just silent and swallow the guilt.

But actually… what is wrong with people? It’s approximately day six since school finished and we just received the latest lackluster report cards in the mail today. The oldest works about 25 hours a week at the local grocery store, and the youngest heads to football camp next week, so they should feel busy. Plus, like all teenagers, they somehow manage to sleep in until at least noon, at which time they rise like zombies and stand in front of the open fridge for about 10 minutes trying to find food.

I appreciate the quiet mornings, but there is a dark side to the sleeping in – they’re up all night.

And we live in a small house. The kids have the upstairs bedrooms, and we have a bedroom in the basement. So as long as the beasts upstairs are conscious, all I hear are elephants stomping, doors creaking shut and chairs rolling across laminate floors. I can literally hear when they receive a text message, sometimes when I am just finally falling asleep and there are times I have considered going outside to sleep in the truck. Are everyone else’s kids this loud, or are mine just gifted?

Of course I realize everything is a two-way street and those kids have definitely heard things from our bedroom that has likely scarred them for life, but they don’t pay the rent now, do they?

(I do not hesitate to pull that card both frequently and enthusiastically.)

In July we are all heading to Winnipeg to visit my sister and her two children and while they are both still toddlers, they are probably quieter than mine. But from Winnipeg, the boys and I are hopping on a flight to New York City for a week. I

was able to snag a super sweet seat sale, and the kids were the ones to choose where we would go for vacation this year. Twice I have taken the kids on epic road trips to the U.S., once heading to the west coast and once to the east coast with plenty of snake-finding excursions along the way.

But this time they said they wanted an urban experience. They wanted to see the 9/11 memorial, the museums and all the different famous parts of Manhattan. And because Alyssa is too busy with school in July, it’s going to be just the three of us, which will be a neat thing after spending the last 14 months blending our new family.

So, I booked the tickets, and didn’t start looking at hotel prices until way later. Way too late.

That is when I learned about Airbnb, which is basically a way that the average citizen markets a spare room in their house to poor people looking for shelter. So, I entered my budget on the website and I found a living room in the Bronx we could crash at if we brought our own sleeping bags.

That’s when I got creative. Gazing at a map of the eastern U.S., I realized how close New York is to some amazing states home to some even more amazing venomous snakes, and I decided to alter our plans just a little.

While I would love to go herping (searching for reptiles and amphibians) in South Carolina, their recent anti-gay legislation means I have to skip that state out of principle and for my own safety.

After talking to a friend in North Carolina, I unilaterally decided to switch things up. Little do the kids know that instead of heading to Central Park when we land, we’re actually going to rent a car and drive 10 hours south to a system of swamps that are plumb full of cottonmouths. Also known as water moccasins, these heavy-bodied venomous pit vipers are very closely related to rattlesnakes, and I was skunked out when I tried to find them two years ago in Florida. I’m super excited, and my buddy says in order to find them, we have to actually wade out into the swamps.

Sure, the kids might hate bugs and murky water. Sure the oldest hates hiking and generally being outside at all, and the youngest has a phobia of cockroaches and large beetles. But this little diversion will shave three nights and days from our six-night NYC stay, which means we can suddenly afford to go again. And besides, what kind of mother would I be if I didn’t surprise them every once in a while? #payback

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Advance Southwest.

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

RURAL ROOTS

Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

BY C H R I S TA L E E F R O E S E

lcfroese@sasktel.net

In a small town, you assume you know people.

There is the next-door neighbour who is a teacher, the lady down the street who is a banker and the man across the road who is a janitor. And then there are the farmers. I tend to categorize them all generally as ‘farmers’. I realize that there is a difference between cattle farmers and grain farmers, and dairy farmers and horse breeders (who generally come from a ranch, rather than a farm).

But as far as I used to be concerned, they were all simply ‘farmers’. That was until my teacher husband came home from school one day and said, ‘Owen says he’s having 350 calves.’

I chuckled lightly to humour my dear naïve husband and gently explained that no one in our town could possibly be having 350 calves.

“Maybe Owen got mixed up when what he really meant was 35 calves,” I said kindly, and somewhat condescendingly.

A while later my husband returned from a night of parent-teacher interviews to announce that he talked to Owen’s dad and there was no mistake in the numbers … Owen was having 350 calves.

My alarm bell went off and I quickly called the Kress family to confirm that they really had 350 cowcalf pairs on their farm and to also confirm that I’d write a story about them for the Western Producer.

Turns out that this amazing family, who I see regularly but had never realized the scope of their operation, also have 500 or so of feedlot cattle, making a grand total of over 1,200 cattle on one farm.

I was amazed to visit the sprawling farm operated of Jodi and Dennis Kress and their three school-aged children and Dennis’s parents Debbie and Jerome Kress. I saw more calves and more cows in one place than I had in 10 years of writing farm stories. And all of this was in my own town, just 15 kilometres from my house.

And then my husband came home with another wild tale from his Grade 3 class. This time he said Delaney was kept breeding catalogues in her locker and she couldn’t wait to look at them at recess and lunchtime. And further more, she just came home from the Brandon Fair a champion.

“Breeding catalogues?” I queried, thinking he must have meant the Sears Catalogue.

“Brandon Fair?” I thought, assuming he meant she went to watch the champions.

Turns out that my husband was right … again. He almost always is, but I’m just a little slow to admit it.

My alarm bell went off again and I quickly called the Brian and Sarah Sebastian family.

Delaney and her brother and sister were indeed bringing breeding catalogues to school so they could keep tabs on the bulls they would use to breed their 4-H cattle. And their cattle had indeed just traveled with them to the Brandon Fair where the three Sebastian kids had all been crowned champions in various cattle-showing divisions.

I promptly wrote another farm story for the Western Producer featuring the Sebastian family and their amazing 4-H cattle which are weighed monthly, fed specialty foods daily and groomed and walked regularly.

All this time I assumed the rural people in my neighbourhood were simple farmers – the generic kind that have cats, dogs, land and/or cows.

I now realize that the assumptions I have been making about my friends and neighbours and what they do has been all wrong all of these years.

The people in my neighbourhood are amazing! I can’t wait to discover how many more have stories like those of the Kresses and Sebastians.

I think it’s pretty safe to say, ‘All of them, once you take a closer look!’

Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

Let me know about the interesting ones, there may be a story in it?

Christalee Froese welcomes comments at Lcfroese@ sasktel.net or visit 21days2joy.wordpress.com.

7

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

OPINION

Paralysis by analysis

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

editor@gulllakeadvance.com

Lately I’ve been reading and watching a lot of history pieces about the Second World War. What stands out for me as a common thread was how entire societies were able to mobilize and perform tremendous feats in just a few short years.

Shipyards cranked out Liberty ships, destroyers and corvettes by the hundreds. One shipyard built 50 escort aircraft carriers in less than three years, in a Vancouver, Washington, shipyard that didn’t even exist before the war. In Western Canada, almost every airport of any consequence was built as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Places like North Battleford, Yorkton and Estevan all instantly saw air bases with 1,000 men and five large hangers pop up in the middle of nowhere and begin training air crews by the thousands.

Step forward to today: a friend posted on Facebook she is looking for an “approved” kitchen for her 13 year old daughter to bake goods to sell at the farmers market. She wrote, “Apparently we need to bake her cookies and baked goods in an approved facility, so I am looking for somewhere affordable.”

That is how bogged down we have become, from a society of doers, to a society of it can’t be done. And if it must be done, there must be a web of red tape before it happens. You can’t just “do” anything anymore.

Potluck dinners started going by the wayside a decade or so ago, when regulatory authorities started telling people they couldn’t bring food to functions.

Funny, I should be dead many times over due to all the potluck suppers I attended as a kid – basically every church and school function. I don’t know how my late grandmothers survived their own cooking, or how they avoided killing people by the dozens with their perogies.

Food preparation is a basic human skill that every family must master or die. It’s that simple. But our bureaucratic red tape seems to have forgotten that fact.

Writ large, we can’t build pipelines anymore without spending half a decade, or more, studying them. Why? Almost every pipeline these days is built along an existing corridor, meaning that land has already been studied, usually multiple times, over generations. The processes and safe-work procedures for pipelines are well established, as are environmental protection procedures. How many times must we re-invent the wheel to do something we have been doing for generations?

We still have not scratched dirt on any liquefied natural gas plants on the West Coast, yet the Americans have already begun exporting into the markets we were targeting. Why? Too much talking, not enough doing.

The opportunity may soon be lost.

Our military’s procurement is a shambles, and our ships and planes are on their last legs as a result.

Can you imagine how difficult it would be to build, from scratch, a transcontinental railway now? A town hall meeting in every town, every seven miles, along the right-of-way, to obtain social license?

It all comes down to three words. Paralysis by analysis. The get ’er done spirit is gone.

There’s a reason why the oilpatch has become the last get ’er done industry. As the old-timers grey out, the new challenge will be maintaining production within the choking regulatory framework with a young workforce that can’t accomplish much without handholding.

Major pipeline project crews used to average 5,000 metres per day of pipe built. Now, if you get 3,000 metres, managers are doing backflips. And they can’t build pipelines in the summer anymore, lest, God forbid, a bird build a nest on the right-of-way. Farmers will plow over that nest with their airseeder without thinking twice, and the bird population somehow survives.

No individual is responsible for anything in rule by committee. Society will dictate what is done because those who have no knowledge feel they must give an opinion, no matter how baseless in reality that opinion may be.

Uneducated opinion has festered into the cancer known as social license. It has permeated into every aspect of our life. It obtain such license, the clueless must be satisfied (usually by some sort of high-cost consultant or bureaucrat) with some sort of analysis that no one will ever read.

In this case, the 13-year-old girl must obtain social license vis-à-vis use of an approved kitchen to bake cookies.

Everyone has to eat. We all have kitchens. We all cook. If she puts the ingredients on the label, I’m pretty sure her cookies won’t kill anyone.

Otherwise, the big box stores better stop selling ovens, because we all might die due to our unapproved kitchens.

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

8

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Spirits of the Trail 2016 CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

EASTEND - Eastend is one of the three Saskatchewan communities chosen to host Spirits of the Trail events.

Eastend’s event will be held on Friday, July 22. At 2:00 pm Ken Mitchell and his group, along with Red River cart pulled by horses, will be joined by local riders, they will travel through Town to the Rodeo Grounds. Their performance at the Rodeo Grounds will begin at 3:00 pm followed by a chuckwagon supper at 5:30 pm. Local Cowboy poets and musicians are invited to join in the program.

Event is sponsored by the Eastend Historical Museum, for more information and advance tickets phone 306 2953670 or 306 295-3375 .

This powerful drama brings to life one of the most significant episodes in Canadian (and American) history: the meeting and alliance of Major James Walsh of the NWMP and Sitting Bull, War Chief of the Lakota Sioux. About 5,000 Sioux crossed “the medicine line” (49th parallel) at Fort Walsh in 1877, seeking refuge from the U.S. Army.

The year before, the army had declared war on the Sioux Nation, following General Custer’s defeat at the Little Bighorn River.

Both Burning Sun Productions and the RCMP Heritage Centre developed this unusual but historically accurate drama of Saskatchewan/Plains history, and aspire to tour it not only around Saskatchewan but in the northern U.S. as well. We want to draw global audiences to the Heritage Centre and other communities, and are getting great support and interest from the First Nations of Saskatchewan.

2016 marks the 140th anniversary of the 1876 events that inspire the story of Spirits of the Trail and the RCMP Heritage Centre has once again secured support from Tourism Saskatchewan as well as the Community Initiatives Fund to add more shows to this summer’s line-up.

The show, directed this year by Kent Allen (Executive Producer Jodi Sadowsky) will play weekends (June 25 through July 31) at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, and will tour to three Saskatchewan communities on Fridays in July (Lebret July 15; Eastend July 22; Buffalo Pound Provincial Park July 29).

In the summer of 2009, in partnership with Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, Burning Sun Productions began touring a compact production of this drama called Spirits of the Trail along the old North West Mounted Police Trail, with the help of a provincial Community Initiatives Grant. At each location along the trail ( from Fort Walsh to Wood Mountain), Eastend was one of the communities that hosted a one-day event. The company rode into town on horses, along with cart, setting the “stage” in each location. In 2010 we rode down the Qu’Appelle Valley from Lumsden to the Manitoba border, performing in towns, parks and First Nations reserves.

Our company became skilled at presenting outdoor spectacles in a range of different locales and under a variety of conditions. The local museum or history society would host a barbecue or chuck-wagon supper. The evening concluded with a sing-along, featuring our cast, other regional entertainers, The sponsors for Spirits of the Trail also include Farm Credit Canada, Residence Inn Regina (Marriott Hotels).

The production is also supported through partnership agreements with SaskCulture and City of Regina. The touring program is supported by the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Gull Lake’s Jarett Slabik took in donations from his 10th birthday party and donated it to the fire victims of Fort McMurray … $266.30! Accepting the donation is Judy from the Salvation Army. Way to go, Jarett! Photo by Kate Winquist.

Province Releases New Public Emergency Alerting App and Website Wildfires, Tornados, Evacuations - Emergencies Can Happen Anytime CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter and Fire Commissioner and Executive Director of Emergency Management and Fire Safety Duane McKay, launched the new SaskAlert mobile app and website to connect residents across the province last week, with the information they need when an emergency strikes.

“We are encouraging all residents to download the SaskAlert app today to receive real-time information about emergencies as they unfold,” Reiter said. “This app notifies residents so they can take immediate action to protect themselves and their families.”

Once the SaskAlert app is installed, iPhone and android smartphone users will be alerted to emergencies via a tone and notification on the home screen – even when the app is closed. This way the app will put crucial emergency information directly into residents’ hands.

Residents can opt to receive emergency alerts for the entire province, for a particular community – including urban and rural municipalities and First Nations – or for multiple communities. They can also choose to receive alerts for nearby areas when they are travelling in the

province.

SaskAlert.ca is another tool where residents can access detailed information on emergencies as they progress. SaskAlert.ca will house all information on current emergencies, and is a vital resource for helping residents protect themselves.

SaskAlert, the Government of Saskatchewan’s emergency public alerting program, also informs residents through any media outlets licensed to broadcast in Saskatchewan.

Emergency alerts may be issued for emergencies such as train derailments, tornadoes, plow winds, blizzards, wildfires, hazardous material spills, boil water advisories, road closures, evacuations or local emergency declarations. Alerts are only issued for emergencies that could harm people or damage property.

Close to one-third of communities in the province have already signed up to use SaskAlert to issue emergency alerts on behalf of their residents. The Government of Saskatchewan invites all communities to participate in this free and vital service.

Provincial ministries, Crowns and Agencies as well as Environment Canada may also issue emergency alerts.

SaskAlert is Saskatchewan’s contribution to a national emergency public alerting system.

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

9

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

CHAPLIN GRAIN CORP WANTS YOUR BUSINESS!

Looking for Kabuli and Desi Chickpeas ALL GRADES ATTRACTIVE BIDS AVAILABLE

PROMPT DELIVERY TO CHAPLIN OR GULL LAKE

To book call Tempest 1-306-651-1688

TREASURE VALLEY MARKETS STRAWBERRIES READY FOR PICKING!

• U-Pick Fruit and Market Garden • Petting Zoo • Ice Cream Shop • Paddle Boat Rides • Fire Pit Available • Children’s Playground Just a 1/2 hour south of Swift Current or 10 min. North of Cadillac on #4 HWY. Watch for signs!

Contact: Linda Metke 306-785-4602 www.treasurevalleymarkets.com

Accidents are stressful enough.

Choosing quality repair doesn’t have to be.

2nd Ave. N.Maple Creek, SK Ph: 662-3728 Cell: 662-7728 C&G Collision Ltd. 504

MacBean Tessem Barristers & Solicitors 151-1st Ave N.E , Box 550 Swift Current, SK S9H 2B1 Email: macbeantessem@macbeantessem.com

G. Foster Tessem Q.C. Gull Lake Office

2382 Proton Ave Phone: 306.672.4404 Office Hours: Every Tuesday 9 a.m to 4 p.m.

Phone: 773.9343 Fax: 778.3828

Stay connected with what matters most And stay connected with your southwest community newspaper Search “The Advance”

Karen Richmond served as the Master of Ceremonies for the BRE Task Force Tuesday afternoon during their launch of 13 projects to help the local businesses in Swift Current. Photo By: David Zammit

Businesses of Swift Current Take Action

BY DAV I D Z A M M I T

david@advancesouthwest.com

SWIFT CURRENT – On Tuesday afternoon, the City of Swift Current and their businesses received some reassuring news from the Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Task Force regarding the launch of 13 projects to help aid local businesses.

The BRE Task Force has split up the process into a two stages of completion: the first section will include six of the 13 projects, with the other seven starting upon completion of the first stage.

The decision to focus on the first six projects was made by an analytics process that involved 142 businesses that filled out a survey. Upon completion of the survey, the BRE Task Force held a retreat that was attended by approximately 45 people where the final decision to focus on the following six projects was made: Assisting business owners and managers with employee attraction, recruitment, training and retention; targeting the oil and gas sector for further analysis and action; facilitating city and highway signage and streetscapes; aiding professional, scientific, and technical service businesses in exploring options for expanding their service area; hosting a succession planning workshop for local business, and improving air service to Swift Current.

Region Manager with Great Plain College, Karen Richmound is part of the project’s leadership team and will be working with businesses to help attract, recruit and

train employees.

“It’s an ongoing thing, you can do this (work on this project) until the cows come home. The important piece is going to be identifying and taking a step ( forward) and starting to talk about what are the gaps for employers that are struggling with retaining employees,” Richmound said.

“It will be small stuff, we aren’t going to have a one stop shop that’s going fix everything.”

Another struggle in our area right now is the oil industry effected by the low prices on the global market. General Manager of Corporate Development with Diamond Energy, John Kennedy believes this project could be beneficial for jobs in the area.

“If we can learn what cost the oil companies money and where they are having trouble getting different things done and what they need to do to drill more wells, it can save them money somehow and we can help than that makes more work for us down the line,” Kennedy said Tuesday afternoon at the project launch.

Along with the launch of these projects was also the relaunch of Action Swift Current that will serve as the group’s name recognition moving forward.

“We received provincial and national recognition for the work that we did in 2002 and was very successful in changing the business climate in our local community and we felt that Action Swift Current just best reflected what we were trying to do again,” Richmound said.

For more information about the ongoing projects or upcoming projects please visit www.swiftcurrent.ca/bre.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, Thank you Cathy Smith for drawing attention to our good fortune as residents of Shaunavon, with respect to the operation of the Grand Coteau Centre.

I to would like to thank Wendy Thienes, members of Grand Coteau Centre staff, board members, Town Council, and the many volunteers who keep the centre operating.

In my opinion I believe the Grand Coteau Centre is the nucleus of our community. This facility provides programming for young and old. It is a hub of activity morning, noon, and night. From our youngest citizens to the most mature, we all benefit

from unique programming that is offered. What a legacy the Directors along with Council have given our community. Tax dollars are spent wisely providing for the whole of Shaunavon. The effort to keep people home enjoying diverse activities and providing opportunity in my opinion is our tax dollars being well spent.

Grand Coteau Centre is a tourist destination, recognized as one of the top ten museums and cultural centre’s in the province. This status does not come easily, not without the expertise of a full time Director writing and completing countless grant applications that provide funding to our community.

Thanks must also go out to Ava

Kalaschnick, our Wellness and Leisure Director, as she steps up to plate one more time. Ava is overseeing summer programming at the centre as well as position as Wellness and Leisure Director. The Grand Coteau Centre will function under her watchful eye, what about programming for the fall, what about all those grant applications and funding deadlines?

We need a full time Director.

The Town of Shaunavon definitely requires a “Full Time Director” the nucleus of our community is in jeopardy! Please speak up we don’t want to lose what has taken many years to establish.

Respectfully Penny Kirkpatrick

10

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

I Saw Her Standing There. Ava-Lee was exploring at her grandparents land near Wymark. Photo by Andrea Carol.

BULK FUEL DELIVERY • CARDLOCK • BULK LUBRICANTS • BULK LIVESTOCK FEED • EQUIPMENT RENTALS

GORD BAMFORD

YOUR BULK

PRESENTS

RURAL

FUEL & FEED DEALER

ROAD

ACROSS SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN

TRIP 2016

FRIDAY FRONTIER REC CENTRE

29

301 1st E • Frontier, SK Doors open @ 7PM J U LY Show @ 8:30PM

d ba m f o www.gor

rd.com

We also carry a wide selection of industrial chemicals, fuel tanks, pumps and lube handling equipment.

1-866-784-8890 11 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST! EASTEND • MAPLE CREEK • ASSINIBOIA • GRAVELBOURG • MANKOTA • LAFLECHE • SWIFT CURRENT FOX VALLEY • SHAUNAVON • RICHMOUND • VAL MARIE

Special Guests L E AG U E O F

W O LV E S

tickets: adults $50, 18 & Under $35* Available june 23rd 6PM - 9PM at the frontier rec centre or phone 306.296.7446 or 306.296.7955 • portion of each ticket goes support the frontier rec centre • all ages event • Children must be accompanied by an adult

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

11

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

TOURING AT ITS FINEST

Photos & Story

by David Zammit

SIMMIE – Are you looking for a summer getaway? Thinking of something out on the water this summer? Look no further than Carefree Adventures, and a kayaking tour on Reid Lake (Duncairn Dam), just north of the small hamlet of Simmie.

Carefree Adventures was established in 2008 by three brothers; John, Duncan and Wayne Smith.

The family operated Eco-Tourism business started out with the intentions of sharing their diamond in the rough with family and friends.

“It seemed like something to do (starting the business). It kind of started as a lark and it started to show potential,” Co-owner John Smith said. “I’ve been in business most of my life, it was like “oh” this is like a retirement opportunity. I can live here (in my cabin at the foot of the lake) and run this in the summer time.”

Since starting the business nine years ago they have expanded into Medicine Hat, Swift Current Creek, Lac Pelletier, the Frenchman River and Grasslands National Park.

“Every year we fill it (the insurance card) out and it has grown and grown (in the number of people we expect) from just a few tours,” Smith said Friday afternoon.

“We used to do demo days at Lac

Pelletier and here (Reid Lake) and try and bring people in. Now people have gotten to know us, so it’s almost self-sustaining now.”

John didn’t start kayaking until opening the business. Now he is able to teach people the proper techniques involved and he isn’t the only late comer to the party on the water.

“Sometimes we will talk to people at the gun show or trade show and finally they will show up and say “wow we finally came” well, when did we talk to you? Oh like three or four years ago,” Smith said.

“It’s something that people think about and it takes them sometime to get around to it.”

John has been able to enjoy Reid Lake since 1975 when his family moved a cabin to the waterfront.

He purchased it from his family in 1997 and has been able to spend most of his time there throughout the summers.

“Anybody that does come out here and have a look around always say it’s such a little gem and it is. It’s a small community (around the lake) that makes it a neat thing,” Smith said.

The company started out with only a handful of kayaks and over time have gradually accumulated more. They now have approximate-

ly 40 in their inventory, ranging from brand-new to some that are well conditioned and previously enjoyed.

“Some are touring, some are white-water and some are antiques that you’d just not want to paddle because they are pretty tippy and the technology (is out of date) and has really improved since. The newer recreational touring boats have large cockpits, so they’re very user friendly,” said Smith.

Carefree Adventures will be running a Kids’ Kayaking Camp in Medicine Hat from July 11th-15th with a session in the morning and one in the afternoon as well. In addition they will be offering kayaking tours on the Frenchman River on July 23rd in Grasslands National Park to celebrate National Park Day. “It’s about giving a good experience (to your customers) and we always try to give the best experience possible,” Smith said. “Everybody needs a handyman, but they don’t know they need a kayak.”

The Carefree Adventures team looks forward to seeing you out on the water this summer, enjoying some well- deserved time off. Contact the team at 306-297-6232 or at buckguy@telus.net for your chance to explore southwest Saskatchewan’s great outdoors.

12

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Photo by David Zammit

S O T O PH of th e

K E E W

DO YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC PHOTO YOU THINK SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN NEEDS TO SEE? Send your high resolution photos to editor@advancesouthwest.com and you just might see it in an upcoming issue.

Please include your full name, contact details and a brief description of your photo.

Photo by Andrea Carol

Photo by Kate Winquist

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

13

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Photo by Andrea Carol

Photo by Kate Winquist

Photo by Andrea Carol

Photo by Kate Winquist

14

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

HOME & GARDEN

‘Seascape’ strawberries

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

1974 South Service Road W. SWIFT CURRENT, SASK S9H 5J4

Office: 306-773-2383 Fax: 306-773-2392

Roger Mangin, Manager Cell: 306-741-3766 roger.renu@outlook.com

StepRight Horse Feed from Hi Pro Hoffman’s Horse Mineral Complete Feed Dry Rolled, Steam Rolled Pellets Mash A wide selection of Minerals & Supplements Saltec Lick Tubs & Salt Redmond Salt Tuffy’s Pet Food

We stock the following for Swine, Dairy, Beef, Poultry, Sheep or Horses.

We’ve got it In Stock!

HOURS: MON-FRI 8 AM - 5:30 PM SAT 8 AM - NOON

Visit our New Store for all of your Feed & Nutritional needs, whether you have an Acreage, a large Ranch or just want to feed Fido!

Visit us online

www.advancesouthwest.com

GOT BETTER WARRANTIES JUST GO WARRANTIES JUST GOT %% WARRANTIES JUST

containers. Water well so that the moisture penetrates to the full depth of their root system and into the soil below. Apply a Two years ago in late spring, I decid- balanced granular fertilizer along one side ed on a new strawberry patch, fenced to of the row according to package directions. exclude my large strawberry-loving dog.

Then apply about a three-inch layer of A local nursery recommended ‘Seascape’. clean straw on both sides of the plants BX Series MX S I took their advice and put in a row of 25 so that the soil of the entire raised row is BX 18 Series to 26 HP 48 to plants.

18 to 26 HP FREE covered. The mulch serves a number of FR6 They soon began producing. The fruit purposes: it keeps the berries clean; reduc6 FREE year/3000 hour 6 year/50 6 year/3000 hour is large, glossy bright red, firm, sweet and es mud splash that could carry soil-borne Warranty Warr Warranty delicious. The berries are conical to round diseases (e.g. botrytis) that cause fruit rot; and bright red throughout. The yields are conserves moisture; and suppresses weeds.

L Series - 35 - 60 HP L Series - 35 - FREE 60 HP high and they keep producing into fall. The Top up the straw layer each spring.

FREE 6 year/3000 hour berries are good for fresh eating, processKeep the row weed-free by hand pulling 6 year/3000 hour Warranty ing into jams and sauces, and freezing. or using a hand hoe, being careful to avoid Warranty ‘Seascape’ is a day-neutral type mean- injuring the strawberry roots. Ensure that ing flower buds (and hence fruit) develop the plants receive about 1 to 2 inches of B Series - 23 regardless of day length. They bear lots of water per week. In baskets or containers, B Series - 23 to 33to HP33 HP FREE FREE fruit in their first year and produce flowers, check them daily.

6 year/3000 6 year/3000 hour hour fruit, roots and runners simultaneously.

MX Series Once fall temperatures drop to -5°C, BX Series Warranty Warranty 48 to 58 HP While many day-neutral varieties devel- lightly cover the plants with 5 inches 18 of to 26 HP FREE op few runners, ‘Seascape’ does so with additional well-fluffed straw (optional).

FREE 6 year/5000 hour 6 year/3000 hour abandon.

Gently rake this straw aside in the spring.

This clearly indicates This clearly indicates Warranty Warranty I was somewhat surprised to learn that However, my row has now gone through Armstrong Implements & the University of California introduced two Saskatchewan winters un-mulched Armstrong Implements & L Series - 35 - 60 HP ‘Seascape’ in 1991-92. Developed for the and unscathed.

FREE Kubota’s confidence in their Kubota’s confidence in their California strawberry industry, it also 6 year/3000 hour I did not bother to transplant the many Warranty proved very successful with commercial new plants at the end of the runners until QUALITY PRODUCTS QUALITY PRODUCTS growers in the northeastern USA. It is this spring. I simply dug them up in early M Series believed to be the most productive of any May and moved them to a new second B Series - 23 to 33 HP MX Series 56 to 141 HP BX Series day-neutral strawberry. It is heat-tolerant row handled in the same manner asFREE the 48 to 58 HP FREE 18 to 26 HP 6 year/3000 (great for our hot dry prairie summers) original row. They never blinked and began hour FREE 6 year/5000 hour FREE Warranty 425 N. Service Rd. W., Swift Current www.armstrongimplemen and has a very high degree of disease resis- flowering and producing immediately.

6 year/5000 hour 425 N. Service Rd. W., Swift CurrentWarranty www.armstrongimp 6 year/3000 hour tance. Some of its success comes from abilWarranty ‘Seascape’, yeah!

Warranty ity to flower and set fruit in a wider range This clearly indicates of temperatures, up to 30°C.An adaptable Sara William is author of HP the recently L Series - 35 - 60 Armstrong Implements & variety, ‘Seascape’ does well in containers, expanded and revisedFREE Creating the Prairie 6 year/3000 hourof Gardening hanging baskets and traditional garden Xeriscape and with Hugh Skinner Kubota’s confidence in their Warranty rows.

Naturally, A Chemical-free handbook for the QUALITY PRODUCTS Select a location in full sun with well- Prairie.

M Series drained soil. I have mostlyB sandy so33 HP This column is provided courtesy of the SasSeries -soil, 23 to 56 to 141 HP I added generous amounts of peatFREE moss, katchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperenFREE well-rotted manure and compost.

If yourhour nial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com; www.facebook.

6 year/3000 N. Service Rd. W., Swift Current www.armstrongimplements.com 6 year/5000 hour 306-773-8711 soil is heavy clay, add the aboveWarranty with an com/saskperennial). Check out our425 Bulletin Warranty equal volume of coarse sand. I then raked Board or Calendar for upcoming garden inforthe soil to make a slightly raised row about mation sessions, workshops, tours and other This clearly indicates 4 inches higher than the surrounding soil events.

GardenLine is back for theImplements season to help & and 2 feet wide.

Armstrong Set the plants about a foot apart at the solve your gardening glitches. FREE. Phone Kubota’s confidence in their or email gardenline@usask.ca. same level as they were in the nursery (306) 966-5865

BY S A R A W I L L I A M S

editor@advancesouthwest.com

0 0 for 5 years for 5 years

WARRANTIES JUST GOT BETTER! %

0 for 5 years

WARRANTIES JUST GOT BETTER! IMPLEMEN ARMSTRONG IMPLEM ARMSTRONG %

0 for 5 years

ARMSTRONG IMPLEMENTS

ARMSTRONG IMPLEMENTS

QUALITY PRODUCTS

425 N. Service. Rd. W., Swift Current • 773-8711

ARMSTRONG IMPLEMENTS 425 N. Service Rd. W., Swift Current 2003www.armstrongimplements.com 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF SHAUNAVON ON HIGHWAY 37 STOP IN OR CALL

306-297-1313

LOW RATE FINANCING AVAILABLE TOO!

CHEVROLET TRAX LTZ

www.armstrongimplements.com

www.standardmotors.ca

306-773-8711

9,720 KM WAS $28,349

24,999

#

NOW $

Stock. No. G0138A. Fees included. Dealer Code 331572

deal1er

of choice in the southwest !

44 2nd ave. nw |

swift current, SK |

1-800-268-3131

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

15

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

The Canada Day celebration was in full effect Friday evening at the Swift Current Ag & Ex with a stunning display of fireworks. Photo By: David Zammit

TREAT YOURSELF VALID ANYTIME

to a round of golf!

50% OFF

YOUR CART RENTAL With purchase of (2) green fees.

Must present coupon at time of purchase.

golf & count r y club

778-4653 (GOLF) SWIFT CURRENT

MAGNUM FABRICATING LTD

www.magnumfabricating.com

113 Hwy 21 North, Maple Creek, SK

306-662-2198

Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) recognizes one person from each district with the Service Award. This is presented to someone who provides outstanding leadership and service and the promotion of high school athletics in the District. The recipient this year from the Southwest district was Marc Benjamin from Consul. Marc (on the left) is receiving his award from SHSAA executive member Kyle McIntyre (right side) at the AGM awards banquet on June 23 in Saskatoon. Congratulations Marc and all the best in your retirement after 31 years of teaching & coaching at Consul School! Kyle McIntyre was also recognized as he has served on the SHSAA executive from 2012-16 as the LEADS representative. Thank you Kyle for your leadership! Photo Provided.

JAE’S PHARMACY Locally Owned and Operated Primary Health Care Pharmacy Pharmacotherapy Assessments Healthy Lifestyle Counseling Medication Reviews Integrated eHealth Records Chronic Disease Management Compliance Packaging

Phone: (306) 297-1333 Fax: (306) 297-1335

AND DOUBLE YOUR FREQUENT BUYER REWARDS ON ALL LARGE BAGS OF NUTRO, FIRST MATE AND BLUE BUFFALO DOG FOOD.

ITC WRENCH SET STANDARD OR METRIC $49.98/each

*May not be exactly as shown.

Jaelee Guenther, BSP

RV AUTOPARTS

335 Centre Street - Shaunavon, SK

875 - 3rd Avenue West, Shaunavon (306) 297-2234

Primary Care Pharmacist

PREMIUM PET SAVE $10.00 FOODS & SUPPLIES

HOURS: Mon-Fri 7 AM - 6 PM; Sat 8 AM - 5 PM; Sun 10-4

SALE ENDS APRIL 30TH COWTOWN CANADA

1B - 306 CENTRAL AVE NORTH PHONE 306-778-1010

HOURS: MONDAY - SATURDAY 9 AM - 6 PM CLOSED SUNDAYS

16

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Greater sage-grouse numbers continue to climb in Alberta, Saskatchewan CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Gettings anglers hooked on lifejackets Contributed by The Canadian Safe Boating Council

While hockey is undeniably Canada’s winter game, it can be argued that fishing, especially from boats, is deeply routed in our Canadian psyche when it comes to the other three seasons. Statistics indicate that well over half of the boats sold in Canada are used at least in part for fishing.

Enthusiastic anglers are keen to learn of the latest rods, reels and other tackle that will give them that extra edge when trying to hook that trophy lunker.

Why is it then that, when it comes to lifejackets, our minds still hearken back to those stiff, bulky keyhole versions that our parents forced us to wear when we were kids? It’s a wonder that those images don’t send people screaming into the night! There is no need for those images to continue to haunt as there have been many advances made over the last 20 years that make lifejacket wear akin to wearing nothing at all. Still afraid that your buddies will make fun of you wearing a lifejacket in the boat? Virtually every fishing idol on television wears their lifejacket and many tournaments mandate lifejacket wear as a condition of entry.

Today’s fishing jackets provide full movement for casting and plenty of pockets tor lures, pliers and other gadgets that you want close at hand. They also come in a variety of colours; even camouflage

patterns!

For those of you who fish from a canoe or kayak, there are models specifically designed to allow full arm movement, the right amount of floatation just where it’s needed in the back and front and plenty of mesh to keep you cool.

Recently introduced are a variety of inflatable lifejackets, available in both a vest and pouch design. Their small size and light weight make them both cool and comfortable to wear. The adjustable nature of inflatable lifejackets enables the same unit to fit various sized individuals.

Also, as the number of manufacturers producing inflatable lifejackets has increased, the pricing has become more competitive.

There are some conditions of inflatable lifejackets wear which the retailer can let you know about or check it out at www. csbc.ca.

So, toss out your perceptions of the lifejackets of old and check out what’s new on the water. You will certainly find a lifejacket right for you, one that is designed to provide you with functionality, comfort and style for what you love to do on the water. And, remember, like your lucky fishing hat, it’ll only work if your wear it.

You’ve gotten your whole family hooked on fishing. It’s time you got them hooked on lifejackets as well!

For the second year in a row, endangered Sage-grouse populations in Alberta and Saskatchewan are on the rise.

After decades of decline, the quirky bird species is showing signs of a promising, but fragile, recovery.

“Only two years ago, the Sage-grouse population sank to its lowest-ever levels in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and there were genuine fears that this species would disappear from Canada,” Ecojustice lawyer Sean Nixon said. “This growth is an encouraging sign that federal intervention under the Species at Risk Act can help bring endangered species back from the brink of extinction.”

In 2014, there were thought to be only 14 male Sage-grouse remaining in Alberta, and only six males were counted in Saskatchewan.

Last year, thanks in part to court-ordered federal emergency protection, the population grew an astounding 150 per cent in Alberta, to 35 males. In Saskatchewan, it increased 233 per cent, to 20 males.

And this year, that growth continued.

In Alberta, scientists observed 46 males on three “leks,” or active Sage-grouse breeding grounds. In Saskatchewan, there were 33.

“Thanks to added protections and a second-consecutive year of good spring nesting conditions, we’re seeing promising growth once again,” said Gwen Barlee,

policy director at the Wilderness Committee. “In total, experts estimate that there are now at least 200 Greater Sage-grouse in Canada.”

In 2013, the Alberta Wilderness Association, Wilderness Committee, Nature Saskatchewan and Grasslands Naturalists challenged the federal government to step up protections for the Sage-grouse, after nearly 90 per cent of the species died off between 1988 and 2006.

Represented by lawyers from Ecojustice, the groups successfully secured an emergency order to protect the birds’ habitat.

The order prohibited killing or moving sagebrush and other native plants in the birds’ habitat. It also included restrictions around building new fences and roads, and making excess noise from sunrise to sunset during the sage grouse mating season.”

“We are pleased to see further progress protecting these special birds,” said Jordan Ignatiuk, executive director of Nature Saskatchewan. “And we are cautiously optimistic that the Sage-grouse is on its way to making a recovery on the Canadian Prairies.”

“The Sage-grouse is a treasured Prairie species, known best for its spectacular mating dance,” added Cliff Wallis, secretary treasurer of the Alberta Wilderness Association. “This news gives us hope – not only for the future of these iconic birds, but for the other species that share this grassland habitat.”

For more tips on safe boating, please visit www.csbc.ca.

BOOK REVIEW

“Homecoming” by Zondra M. Roy R E V I E W BY S H E L L E Y A . L E E DA H L

editor@advancesouthwest.com

Sometimes the lines between genres blur. As I began reading Zondra M. Roy’s chapbook, homecoming, I thought: looks like poetry, feels like a first-person essay. This isn’t poetry filled with similes, metaphors, alliteration, and finely-crafted images, this is a straight-up story (with line breaks) that shouts This is how it’s been, I’ve made mistakes, and I’m grateful for the people and activities (like performing hip-hop) that’ve helped me along the way.

The Dené/Cree/Métis writer left home at thirteen and she doesn’t hold back on her life’s gritty details as she writes of bouncing between various homes in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick (“for a few months”), and British Columbia. Actually, the word home is a misnomer here–no warm connotations of homemade bread and a family sitting around a fireplace exist when one’s stays include a juvenile detention centre in Saskatoon; jail; and that hardest of beds–the street.

Eventually the writer found hiphop culture, and began seeking knowledge and setting both broad goals, ie: “At the very least I wanted

to work with people” and some specific ones: “get to know Saskatchewan,\get to know Canada, different places around the world\get to know my community.”

The long poem\memoir spreads across most of this chapbook, but it concludes with four poems I can clearly hear delivered in a hip-hop beat.

Does the speaker ever truly find home? Eventually, yes. “Home becomes where [her] heart is safe.”

MONTGOMERY & SON SALES Hwy #1 N. Carmichael Turnoff

306-672-3395 or 306-672-3617

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

17

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

A LITTLE BIT WESTERN

It Happened so Quick

BY TA R A M U L H E R N DAV I D S O N

editor@gulllakeadvance.com

George Bowditch 1-306-741-2532

golfman@bowditchpromotions.ca www.bowditch.promocan.com

Making Your Name Stand Out

New Service Offered

Vac Septic Truck and Sewer Cleaning Services Book Now for your septic tank pump out

On Call 24 Hours

306-625-3689 152 Centre St., Ponteix

FOR SALE BY TENDER

241 1st St. East - Leader, SK MLS #565865 Tenders close at Noon on July 18, 2016. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

“We like the things that summer brings… Summer brings so many things!” exclaims a favourite childhood book of mine that I now read to our children.

Summer is a time of fun and excitement, it is truly filled with so many wonderful things for farm families. Summer is also an incredibly dangerous time of year. Farmers and their workers, including children, are exposed to a variety of hazards on the farm and in rural, remote locations. Threats vary in immediate risk from prolonged exposure to sunlight and insects carrying a variety of diseases, to working with heavy PTO and non-PTO equipment.

One thing I hate about summer are the dreaded radio reports, or the feared phone call, when someone shares news of a farm accident, or the very worst, a farm fatality. We all know victims and families who have been impacted. It is the most horrible thing ever. Farm accidents resonate so strongly with us, with other farmers, families, and neighbours because in almost every case, victims are just like you or I. They were simply doing their jobs as they had so many times before. They were capable, cautious people, not overt risk-takers. One can’t help but think, if it happened to

Call Pam Busby at 306-628-7542 for more information.

them, it can happen to us too.

So how do we prevent farm accidents? It’s a question farm safety advocates, farmers, and families have been trying to answer for decades and it’s obvious, there is no quick solution. It’s a complicated topic that everyone agrees needs to take centre stage, yet farm accidents continue to occur across Canada.

From my own experience, every time I hear of a terrible farm accident, I do spend the next few days taking a little extra time when doing jobs, taking more opportunities to explain risks to my children, and generally think about safety a bit more. I see our ranch and farm operations with fresh, albeit scared eyes, and notice things that once were part of the background all of a sudden jumping out as potentially unsafe. A major challenge of farm safety is that we live where we work, and we become habituated to on-site hazards. Unfortunately, inevitably the shock factor fades, and I lapse into old habits and previous inadequate ways of approaching safety.

That’s simply not good enough.

Recently, FarmOn.com created a series of farm safety videos that can be viewed at YouTube.com/user/FarmOnVideos/videos. There are longer videos that share the stories of victims through their families, as well as shorter films that demonstrate farm hazards. Please take the time to watch and share these

videos. They are haunting and very impactful. They are not easy to watch, and they all have a common theme throughout -- “it happened so quickly.”

The films also touch on valuable points, like making safety just as important of a topic on our farms as business management and production practices. One victim’s family points to the fact that people take workplace safety more seriously in non-farm environments, and it must be a priority on farm environments as well. Another victim’s family says that farms employ accountants, lawyers, even cooking staff, perhaps it’s time to bring in safety experts who can help farmers evaluate safety hazards and mitigate risks.

There are no easy answers. Farming is dangerous. Hazards are real. However, maybe some first steps are to share the hard, gut-wrenching stories. Discuss safety regularly with everyone, including owner/operators, workers, children, neighbours. Look at your surrounding with fresh eyes, watchful of potential dangers. Think about what you would do in an emergency. Do you have cell service? Who would you call? Do you know your exact land location? Who on site has First Aid? If working alone, does someone know where you are? Do they know when to expect you home?

Let’s keep the joy in summer. Let’s slow down. Let’s keep farm safety at the forefront.

More pictures and and info at www.leaderrealty.ca Wheat Country Realty #1 West Road - Kindersley, SK

Improved access to the Murraydale Stampede

We service what we sell. (and more!)

We are your local warranty approved service depot for all STIHL products as well as performance small engines - quads, motorbikes, snowmachines & more!

Authorized Dealer

WE ARE OPEN MON-FRI: 7:00AM - 5:00PM Closed Saturday & Sunday

But always on call 24/7

223 - 2nd Ave. W., Shaunavon • 306-297-4080

Stitch Master Inc. 33 1st Avenue NE Swift Current, SK S9H 2A9

306.778.6700 www.stitchmaster.ca

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

kate@advancesouthwest.com

It has been a long standing tradition in the southwest for over a century - the 108th annual Murraydale Stampede and Picnic will take place on July 9th and 10th, approximately 21 miles southeast of Maple Creek on the Bryson Trail.

The fun will kick on Saturday with the Jackpot Team Roping. They will be drawing for partners and contestants must be registered by “High Noon”.

Something that is brand new to the Stampede this year is entertainment on Saturday night.

“The big thing for Saturday night is the Armond Duck Chief concert, said Murraydale president Art Unsworth.

We’ve never done entertainment before. The Nekaneet First Nation is sponsoring him and we’re facilitating part of that. Supper will be available at a nominal charge with proceeds going to the Nekaneet Powwow. Joe Big Thunder tells me that they will be serving ‘Bannock, Beans, Berries and fairly fresh roadkill!’, Unsworth said jokingly.

Sunday’s amateur rodeo has been going on for 108 years.

Events will start at 1:00 p.m. including the Saddle Bronc, Bareback Bronc, Bull Riding, Calf Roping, and Ladies Barrel Race.There are other events for both the Juniors and the Old Timers as well as a Junior Calf Scramble and Tiny Mite Barrel Race for those under 10.

Unsworth says the biggest change this year is the access to the rodeo grounds.

“Since 1938, Murraydale Stampede and Picnic Society has actually owned the land … 52 acres. We finally took control by fencing it. We got a new neighbour - two local boys with Shaunavon and Maple Creek connections (Guckerts) that facilitated the fencing of our land. That made all the difference in the world.”

Through the significant contribution of Buckhorn Earth-

moving (Shannon and Tim Udal), the Guckerts, Koncrete Construction, R.M.’s of Maple Creek and Piapot , the Murraydale Stampede and Picnic Society has been able to get their long awaited road access.

"Buckhorn is the primary contributor to all of this, but there's been huge cooperation from the Guckerts. They said 'you put up the fence, we'll supply the materials.' And that's huge. That's neighbours." Unsworth said enthusiastically.

The property that Murraydale sits on is approximately two miles into the Maple Creek R.M., but Unsworth approached both the Maple Creek and Piapot R.M.'s regarding the purchase of gravel.

"We were willing to buy the gravel and Guckerts offered to haul and spread. We punched it right down the road allowance property. It wasn't simple with all the coulee and bush, but Shannon and Tim made it happen. We got the road built, hired a custom fencer ... we now control our own property."

Unsworth, who plans on stepping down as president after this year to allow the younger generation to step up, says Murraydale's future looks bright.

"We have the possible future of retired bucking horses being there as part of Murraydale. We worked with Francis Rodeo last summer - we actually ran their retired bucking horses. I don't think there's a stock contractor in western Canada that doesn't have 3 or 4 bucking horses that they'd love to retire. Buck 'em once or twice a year at an amateur rodeo, which is what we are ... Let the kids get their feet wet with something safe. They are going to buck - absolutely, but they're safe in the chute. They're safe in the arena.

They're easy to handle ... And the location to put them in is spectacular!"

Check out www.murraydalestampede.com for more information or check out their Facebook page.

See y'all at the Rodeo!

18

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Our People | Our Heritage

Old Timer’s banquet and dance in Maple Creek 1994. Left to right Rita Vilness, Marie Smith and Albert Nicol. (Photograph by Donny White)

Sheep from the Nicol Ranch grazing on the edge of Crane Lake – date unknown. (Photograph by Basil Cooper, courtesy of the Esplanade Archives.)

BY D O N N Y W H I T E

F

donnywhite@sasktel.net

ew families in the southwest have lived continuously on their family farm/ranch since the 1880s and fewer yet arrived prior to the railroad. The Nicol family can claim both. Their story begins in Scotland in the late 1850s when William Nicol and Margaret Elder joined thousands of other immigrants in search of a new life in Canada. This enterprising couple settled in Brantford, Ontario where seven children were born - John, William, Edwin, Francis (Frank), Mary, Herbert and Marquis (Mark). In the mid-1870s the family moved to Muskoka to farm, but this venture proved unsuccessful. William claimed the soil was so rocky he had to use a shotgun to plant his grain. The youngest child Maggie was born in Muskoka in 1877.

William, hearing of good farm land available in the West set out to explore these opportunities. He worked his way west with the C.P.R. intending to send for his family when suitable land was located. In late 1882, the rails reached the end of the line at Colley (east of Maple Creek) and rather than return home for the winter, William remained in the Cypress Hills. We are not sure how/ where he spent the winter. He may have been part of a crew of men employed to cut railroad ties over the winter near present day Cypress Hills Park. Meanwhile back in Ontario, William’s son Frank, impatient to join his father travelled through the U.S. taking a riverboat up the Missouri to Fort Benton. He then headed overland to Maple Creek arriving early in 1883 before the rails.

Here he joined his father and the two men, recognizing the potential of the area settled on section 14/11/26 about one mile northeast of the new town. William later homesteaded the NW quarter of this section - east of the present cemetery. Margaret and the youngest children booked passage on the first train carrying passengers and joined William and Frank later that same year.

As with many of the earliest settlers, we know few details of the Nicol’s other than those we glean from primary sources of the time as well as oral history. We do know the Nicol’s were active in town during the early years. William was a trustee for the construction of the first log school house in 1887, Director of the first Agricultural Society in 1888 and Second Vice President of that organization in 1891. He was also an

early tax collector for the town. Both William and Margaret were involved with the establishment of the Presbyterian Church and its subsequent activities. The March 7, 1895 issue of the Medicine Hat News reported: The social given by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church which took place at the residence of Mr. Wm. Nicol’s proved highly successful. The townspeople turned out in full force and all took part in the sports of the evening………..

Due to the sandy nature of the soil on the Nicol quarter, farming proved difficult. In 1888 William and son’s Frank and Herbert

THE NICOL FAMILY

OVER 130 YEARS IN THE SOUTHWEST

Grass Seed and second place for White Oats and Field Corn. Mrs. Nicol took first place for Cucumbers, Assortment of Preserves and Assorted Pickles. The Canadian Agricultural, Coal & Colonization Company’s prize for the best collection of farm and garden produce was also awarded to William & Margaret Nicol.

Frank married Annie Batter in 1897.

Annie and her brother Anton had emigrated from Lithuania in 1891 to Colley where a brother Peter and his wife Maggie lived.

Herbert Nicol left the ranch and worked for Ned Heffer (Ned’s wife a sister to Maggie

Remains of a boat discovered during the dry years of the 1930s when Crane Lake became a fraction of its former size, drying-up completely in 1935. The Lake was a popular recreation spot in the early years. (Photograph by Basil Cooper, courtesy of the Esplanade Archives.)

formed a partnership to establish a ranch on the east side of Crane Lake. Frank had been working as a freighter, hauling supplies to Saskatchewan Landing and Herbert with his father on the farm. Despite the purchase of the ranch, William and Margaret remained on their farm - according to a list of early members of the Agriculture Society, William also ran dairy cattle. Margaret noted for her “green thumb” delivered fresh garden produce around town in a wagon pulled by her well-trained horse, Jubilee.

Although the land was sandy on the Nicol quarter and the ranch focused primarily on sheep, the family managed to grow award-winning produce. At the 1892 Agricultural Fair, the Nicol’s won numerous awards for their grains and produce. William took first place for Red Fyfe Wheat, Barley, Sweet Corn, Flax Seed and Hungarian

Batter) on his Piapot Ranch. Herbert later moved to the Heffer Ranch near Tompkins, where he purchased an adjoining quarter – he died in 1953. Frank and Annie remained on the Nicol Ranch and raised a family of four – (Frank) Leo, twin girls Anne and Della and Albert. The Nicol’s purchased a home in Maple Creek and later Medicine Hat in order for the children to attend school. Twin daughter Anne died just shy of her third year in a tragic fire and Della later entered a convent.

In 1910, Margaret Nicol passed away and William moved to the Crane Lake ranch to live with Frank and Annie, where he passed away in 1912. Both are buried in the Maple Creek Cemetery. William left the original quarter east of the cemetery to his youngest daughter Maggie, who in turn sold it to John Ingram a local dairyman. In 1919 Leo

COPYRIGHT © DONNY WHITE 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

married Inez Olson a Piapot girl and his parents (Frank and Annie) moved to the coast.

However six year later Leo left the ranch to work as a movie projectionist in Webb, later Medicine Hat, Calgary and finally the coast.

Frank and Annie returned and operated the ranch until 1934 when son Albert took over the operations. Frank and Annie eventually returned to the coast where they passed away in 1956 and 1979 respectively.

Albert, who studied the electrical trade in Chicago and apprenticed in Admiral and Aneroid in the early 1930s, married Marion Sorboe from the Sidewood district in 1934.

The couple had three children, Rita, Yvonne and Glen. Albert continued with sheep ranching but eventually moved into cattle.

He often spoke of the 1930s, especially the harsh winter of 35/36, the difficult year of 1937 and also 1935 when Crane Lake was completely dry.

Albert and his son Glen worked the ranch until Glen’s untimely death in 1974 – Glen’s wife Gloria (Weiss) eventually sold her shares in the ranch and remarried. Albert’s oldest daughter Rita and son-in-law, Robert Vilness and their five children (Starr, Carmen, Brad, Leslie and Darryl) returned from Victoria to help with the ranch operations.

Albert moved to Maple Creek in 1977 after his marriage failed and commuted with Bob Vilness to the ranch each day. He moved to Calgary in 1980 selling his shares to grandson Brad Vilness, who presently runs the ranch with his wife Laura and their children – the sixth generation of the Nicol line.

Albert remarried in 1994 to Marie Smith and he passed away in Calgary in 1995. His first wife Marion died in 2005 in Maple Creek.

His second daughter, Yvonne married Ron Robertson and later Len Windsor.

Of the original line of William and Margaret - John remained in Ontario, William in Pennsylvania, Edwin died in Maple Creek (1907), Frank we have followed, Mary married NWMP Peter Reggin and following her death in Maple Creek in 1899, Peter took the four children to Minnesota, Herbert we have followed, Mark died in Vancouver and Maggie chose Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Over the past 130 years other family members from various generations and lines have made the Nicol Ranch home for periods of time or have lived nearby. Space prevents mentioning them all, but I refer you to the history by Rita Vilness in the Maple Creek history book.

YOUR SOUTHWEST CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICE DIRECTORY THE ADVANCE

Proudly sponsored by Your FAMILY Ford Dealer ... Cypress Motors Ltd.

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

19

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

T H E A D VA N C E

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

CALL FO PRICIR NG

To learn more or reserve your advertising space, speak to Andrea Carol today!

Cell: 306-741-2448 | Office: 306-672-3373 | Email: andrea@advancesouthwest.com

SWIFT CURRENT 1-888-875-8188 MAPLE CREEK 1-877-662-2617 OR GO TO WWW.CYPRESSMOTORS.COM

QUALIFIED TREE CLIMBER • FREE ESTIMATES No pets. Regular hous-

COMING EVENTS

• TREE & HEDGE PRUNING

There will be a wedding • TREE REMOVAL • HAZARD TREE ASSESSMENT Chris shower honouring • SERVICE LINE CLEARINIG Larson and Kendra • 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE Ostrovsky, June 12 at 2:00 PM at the Simmie Hall. Please consider this your invitation. 22-1c

ing $860/month.

Senior FIND US ON FACEBOOK housing has different rates. Call 306-672-8058. tn

Viking

ROYAL LePAGE FORMULA 1 has apartments Johnrental Flottvik • Professional Tree Climber available in Gull Lake. For 306.971.3957 HOME TREE SERVICES further details go to www.

There will be a bridal 306.750.6282 CELLcall 20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE • SERVING SWIFT CURRENT & AREA swiftcurrentsask.ca, shower Delina RESIDENTIALhonouring & COMMERCIAL • “MEET OR BEAT” PRICING • SENIORS DISCOUNT • GUARANTEED WORK 306-773-7527 or email McGuire, bride-elect of f1@swiftcurrentsask.ca.

Connor Langridge, June We are also on kijiji tn 14 at 7:00 PM at the Simmie Hall. Please consider LIVESTOCK FOR SALE this your invitation. 22-1c For Sale. Purebred Angus RESERVE THE DATE: Bulls. 2 year olds and Autumn House 7th Annu- yearlings. Sires repreal Golf Tournament & sented: Final Answer, PioSupper, Saturday, July neer, New Design 878, 23rd at the Meadowvale Special Focus, Prime Cut, Golf Course, Gull Lake. Cherokee Canyon (red) Phone JoAnn at 306-672- and Net Worth $3500.

3711 or 306-672-7617 for Fleet discounts. 306-672more information. Every- 7786. 13-12p one welcome. Support a SERVICES great cause! 23-1c Twisted Wind RV & Mini FOR RENT Storage. Units are 10’ x GULL LAKE HOUSING 15’ and rent $80/month or (Price & Kings Manor) has $840/year plus GST. Call suites for rent. All one 306-297-9382 and ask • FarmNo • Hail • Auto • Home • Health for Megan. tn & Travel bedroom. smoking.

• Commercial (Including Oilfield Operations) In Frontier for over 25 yrs. We are an SGI Motor Issuer colleen@frontiersouthwest.ca 305 Centre St., Frontier, SK 306-296-4477

Support Community.

Support * * Local.

KRASKO FARMS LTD. Like us on * * Facebook Gravel Sales www.frontiersouthwest.ca

Gull Lake, Sk. your southwest And stay connected with community newspaper Brian 306 599 9305 Box 687, Gull Lake, Sk. Search “The Advance” David 306 672 8026 briankrasko@gmail.com

Reduce. Reuse.

Recycle.

Please recycle your newspaper or pass is on to someone else to enjoy.

Taking care of the planet is eveyone's respnsibility!

All Types of Upholstery Kevin D. Funk

306-741-5768

kdfmotorsports@sasktel.net 859 - 3rd Ave. NE, Swift Current

PRODUCTION AND DRILLING EQUIPMENT RENTALS Low Profile Tank Slip Type Elevators

Flare Tanks Light Towers

Frac Manifolds Shale Tanks

riderenergy@sasktel.net • Fax: 306-672-4082

Call 24 Hours 1-888-71-RIDER (7-4337)

NOTICE OF RECORD DATE Barristers & Solicitors

Notice51 is -hereby thatCurrent, June 20th, 2016 1st Ave. given N.W., Swift SK. S9H 0M5is the Phone Fax 778-3364 Record Date for the773-2891 determination of the shareanderson.company@andlaw.ca holders entitled to receive Notice of the Annual James G. Anderson, Q.C. James M. Peltier Joel P. Freisen Meeting of South West Terminal Ltd. to be held on Neil G. Gibbings Erin A. Connick Ryan J. Plewis Morris A. Froslie Tyler McCuaig Kevin N. Hoy July 21st, 2016 .

DATED this 24th day of May, 2016

New Service Offered

Vac Septic Truck and Sewer Cleaning Services Book Now for your septic tank pump out

On Call 24 Hours

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Rhonda Undseth, President

306-625-3689 152 Centre St., Ponteix

Swift Current & District

Chamber OF COMMERCE

Tompkins Housing Authority

2 Bedroom Suite for Rent

A D V O C AT E | D E V E L O P | C O N N E C T Representing & Supporting Businesses Check out the benefits www.swiftcurrentchamber.ca

We have a 2 bedroom suite , freshly painted for rent. Kitchen/Dining, living room, large bathroom,Large storage room, 2 bedrooms.

Well maintained units, friendly neighbours, QUIET community. Easy access to the senior centre post office. Let someone else do Servingand Southwest your yard work Saskatchewan and snow removal for you.

For an application or more information please call 306-671-0015

- RAND -

GORDON KOZROSKI Memory Gardens Cemetery FARMLAND WANTED REALTOR

Swift Current, Saskatchewan Call today!

Phone 1-800-267-6606

Real Estate Centre

A CARE SERVING TRUSTED CEMETERY SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN A NEED AND PRE-PLANNING Cell: 306-672-7463 CEMETERY SERVICE OR 780-875-5581 Office: 306-821-6112 Owned and Operated by Warren & Sons Ltd. Dick Warren, Administrator Jim Warren, Superintendent

- Polyurethane Foam Insulation - Sandblasting - Pipe, Vessel and Tank Coating - Spray Applied Cellulose - Industrial Painting

Phone 306-297-2162

Serving the the family family for for generations generations Serving

Losing a a loved loved one one is is a a time time for for family. family. It’s It’s Losing been our our privilege privilege to to serve serve the the families families in in our our area area for for been generations past. past. And And generations generations to to come. come. generations

Warren’s Warren’s Funeral Home Home Funeral

126 2nd 2nd Ave Ave N.E, N.E, 126 Swift Current, Current, SK SK S9H S9H 2C7 2C7 Swift

306-773-8831 306-773-8831 1-800-267-6606 1-800-267-6606

690

Underground Sprinklers

The East Side family is a fellowship with a vision: to share the love, grace and transforming power of Jesus Christ with our community.

* Installation & Service Sunday Times:All Types of Sprinkler * WeService Service • Service Times are 9:15 am & 11:00 am • Kids PlaceSystems available for both services * Farms & Acreages • Junior Youth Sunday School at 11:00 am

Mike Greenlay (306) 297-3840

• One Summer Service at 10:00 am (July 3rd – Sept. 11th)

Phone: (306) 773-4889 | Fax: (306) 773-9080 | 2105 Adams Street, S9H 3X6 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Visit our website: www.eastsidechurch.ca

20

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

YOUR SOUTHWEST CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICE DIRECTORY Proudly sponsored by Your FAMILY Ford Dealer ... Cypress Motors Ltd.

SWIFT CURRENT 1-888-875-8188 MAPLE CREEK 1-877-662-2617 OR GO TO WWW.CYPRESSMOTORS.COM 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 306-672-8058. tn ROYAL LePAGE FORMULA 1 has rental apartments available in Gull Lake. For further details go

to www.swiftcurrentsask.ca, call 306-773-7527 or email f1@swiftcurrentsask.ca. We are also on kijiji tn SERVICES

CLEANING

Ken Mitchell’s

V E N T U R E S LT D .

DIGITAL PRINTING & DESIGN EXPERTS

Reduce.

Reuse.

Recycle.

The most advanced digital printing technology in southwest Saskatchewan.

REALTOR

FARMLAND WANTED Call today!

Real Estate Centre

SERVING SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN

Cell: 306-672-7463 Office: 306-821-6112 OR 780-875-5581

Murraydale Stampede brings in entertainment Nekaneet First Nation sponsors Armond Duck Chief Featuring the Xerox C60. Amazing flexability, and the power to do more.

and rodeo. Armond currently is a participant in rodeos across North America as WINQUIST a Steer Wrestler. It is through his rodeo For the first time in its 108th year life that inspires his cowboy songs about history, the Murraydale Stampede and life on the road and chasing his “Gold picnic will have live entertainment on Buckle Dream.”

Saturday night.

The shows Armond puts on are a bit Armond Duck Chief is a country sing- of everything from high energy two steper/song writer, rodeo cowboy and fam- ping cowboy songs, to a blend of conily man. Born and raised in the Siksika temporary country music radio favourNation on Blackfoot territory in Southites. Each performance and sets have a ern Alberta, where he continues to live healthy mix of classic country providing out his dreams in country music, rodeo a great live music experience for all level and life. He grew up listening to country music legends like George Jones, Hank, of country music listeners.

The Murraydale Stampede can be and Waylon, who all inspired his pasfound in a natural amphitheatre of the sion for country music. Armond began Cypress Hills located 34 kms southeast singing country in his early 20’s when he discovered at a karaoke bar that he of Maple Creek along the Bryson Trail, could carry a note. His cousin/college just west of the Nekaneet Indian Reserve.

The Armond Duck Chief Concert will roommate taught him how to play the start at 7:00 pm. The event is being sponguitar and so began his love for writing sored by the Nekaneet First Nations. songs.

Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for Armond’s knack for the old country music is evident in his style of singing. children ages 11 to 16 and 10 and under The songs he writes are tales of life, love, get in free.

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

From Graphic Design to the finished product

kate@advancesouthwest.com • Binding • Labels

• Laminating • Folding • Hole Punching • Scoring • Perforating • Stapling And anything else you can imagine!

V E N T U R E S LT D .

Kate Winquist

Cell: 306-264-7559 Email: kate.winquistventures@sasktel.net

Please recycle your newspaper or pass is on to someone else to enjoy.

Taking care of the planet is eveyone's respnsibility!

GORDON KOZROSKI

Kate Winquist | Cell: 306-264-7559 Email: kate.winquistventures@sasktel.net

• Programs • Tickets • Custom Calendars • Invoices • Receipt Books • Log Books • Safety Forms • Trimming

presents

Twisted Wind RV & Mini Storage.

Units are 10’ x 15’ and rent $80/ month or $840/year plus GST. Call 306-297-9382 and ask for Megan. tn

WINQUIST

• Branding • Logo Design • Business Cards • Letterheads • Ad Design / Marketing Materials • Flyers / Brochures • Menus • Wedding Invitations • Thank You Cards

The RCMP Heritage Centre

CUSTOM CORRAL

SPIRITS OF THE TRAIL Theatre on Horseback!

Directed by Kent Allen Friday, July 22 Eastend Rodeo Grounds

This powerful drama brings to life one of the most significant episodes in Canadian (and American) history: the meeting and alliance of Major James Walsh of the NWMP and Sitting Bull, War Chief of the Lakota Sioux. in 1877 near Fort Walsh.

2:00 pm

Ken Mitchell & group of riders along with Red River cart will travel through Town 3:00 pm Program – Rodeo Grounds 5:30 pm Chuckwagon Supper followed by Cowboy Poetry & Music 50/50 Draw (Lottery #SR16-0640) Stay for Fireworks at Dusk

Advance Tickets: Eastend Historical Museum; Madhatters Flowers & Gift Information & Tickets – call 306 295-3670 or 306 295-3375 Adults $20; Students $10 Family - $50; under 10 free

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

21

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

Province-Wide Classifieds EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

AUTO PARTS

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get online training you need from an employer -trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Wrecking over 250 units... cars and trucks.

Lots of trucks...

Dodge...

GMC...

Ford... Imports... 1/2 ton to 3 tons... We ship anywhere... Call or text 306-821-0260.

Lloydminster

FEED AND SEED

Spread your Blanket Here!

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. is a publicly-traded company in Calgary that acquires oil & gas fee title and royalty interests at fair market value. To receive a cash offer, call 587293-4055 or visit www.prairiesky.com/ Selling-Your-Royalties.

STEEL BUILDINGS

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

The perfect place to advertise Vacation Spots.

Saskatoon Seniors Residence looking for LIVE IN CARETAKER. For more information call 306-653-3995

LAND FOR SALE

STEEL BUILDING SALE ...”MADNESS SALE-CRAZY PRICES ON NOW!” 20X19 $5,645 25X27 $6,424 28x29 $7,558 32X33 $10,297 42X47 $15,590. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

WANTED WANTED: Shed antlers, old traps, wild fur and castors. Phone 306278-7756, Bryon or 306-278-2299, Phil.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR SALE Advertisements and statements contained herein are the sole responsibility of the persons or entities that post the advertisement, and the SWNA and membership do not make any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or reliability of such advertisements. www.swna.com.

Celebrating 70 Years of Universal Healthcare DOMINICK LUCYK

editor@advancesouthwest.com

On Thursday, June 30, the 70th anniversary of Swift Current Health Region No. 1 was celebrated at the Cypress Regional Hospital in Swift Current. Rob Nesbit, a citizen of Success with an interest in healthcare, created a photo collage of the ten founding board members of Swift Current Health Region No. 1. Nesbit showed off his collage showcasing the men who brought healthcare not just to our region, but to our province, and, eventually, our country. "It's truly a timeless national accomplishment (the founding of the region). It should be well known. We should show our pride (about being the birthplace of healthcare)," said John Chisolm, a staff member of the health region. Nesbit's photo collage is a way to showcase the forefathers of healthcare that came right from Saskatchewan.

Universal healthcare is often seen as a privilege in Canada. It's been around, for us Saskatchewanians at least, for 70 years. "Future generations should appreciate what they have: it's not just a birthright. It didn't happen overnight.

These people fought for it. Carl Kjorven, the first board chair, a Cabri farmer, he saw his family get sick and die because of the lack of medical affordability," said Chisolm.

Rob Nesbit is in favour of universal healthcare and against privatization of healthcare for humanitarian reasons. "I

With a readership of more than know a chap that had cancer of the eye. He spent 17 hours half-a-million, on the operating table in Edmonton. Can you imagine what that would cost the system? In my case, in '48, between classifieds are myself and my two brothers, we spent nine months in Regina hospital with polio. You could imagine what that your key to would do to the family finances. Again, that was some of the reason why I was interested," said Nesbit. Nesbit used unlocking the largest his interest in the history of healthcare in Saskatchewan as well as his personal experiences to become motivated pool of potential to create this photo collage and bring people's attention to employees in Saskatchewan.Saskatchewan's rich history in the field of healthcare.

Chautauqua Summer Theatre Festival returns to the Lyric CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

The Lyric Theatre presents the 9th annual Chautauqua with a choice selection of four professional productions, July 7-9.

"Chautauqua is important for Swift Current because it enriches our arts and culture scene,” said Keely Williams, committee chair.

The festival opens with a Thursday matinee called Shangri-La. The play is set in small-town Saskatchewan one night in 1963; Jeanne McCate is hanging on for dear life in her own hilarious and heartfelt way.

Hip Hop Hoop Dance is an all-ages show that features Terrance Littletent and Chancz Perry who fuse First Nations hoop dance and hip hop.

Letters to West 113th tells the story of mentalist Jeff Newman, who re-imagines the pinnacle performance that shook the legendary Harry Houdini.

The final play, Shape of a Girl, is a powerful journey of a young woman as she struggles with a tragic murder.

“The great part is that Chautauqua is held in our historic Lyric Theatre building and it goes back to the Vaudeville heritage of that building,” Williams added.

Along with professional theatre troupes arriving for Chautauqua, most performances feature an opening act.

We’re featuring an outdoor patio with free live music.

Come and enjoy a cold beverage, a light snack or pie and some great music, including Michael Eckert Lyngstad, Creek City (Michael Tetrault Jean Cyca), Denise Wall, Stacy Tinant , Rib Rash (Greg Currie) and Venessa Gauvin.

Tickets are available at Pharmasave and more information is on our website.

Minimum Wage to Increase on October 1 CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

On October 1, 2016, Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase from $10.50 to $10.72 per hour. This will be the eighth increase to the minimum wage since 2007.

This increase will directly impact more than 23,000 minimum wage earners in Saskatchewan. More than half of minimum wage earners are under 25 years of age.

“Indexing the minimum wage means people don’t fall behind,” Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. “This increase is just one way our Government helps low wage earners.”

The Government of Saskatchewan also offers other supports including a basic personal tax exemption, the child tax credit and the Saskatchewan Low Income Tax Credit. With these supports, Saskatchewan’s low income residents have the fourth-highest disposable income in Canada.

Saskatchewan’s legislation provides for an annual review based on changes to the consumer price index and the average hourly wage. Any changes to the minimum wage are announced by June 30. Changes take effect October 1.

22

THE ADVANCE

Broncos unveil 50th season commemorative logo CONTRIBUTED

editor@advancesouthwest.com

SWIFT CURRENT – The Swift Current Broncos hockey club are proud to announce a new commemorative logo to celebrate 50 years of Broncos hockey. The logo takes into account the rich history of the Swift Current Broncos franchise while also reflecting the excitement of the upcoming 50th Season.

The Broncos meshed the past with the present in creating this modernized look for the 2016-17 campaign. The Bronco’s 50th Season logo will encompass the original green and yellow from the Broncos’ squads from 1967-74 in addition with the 1974-86 Lethbridge Broncos. Furthermore, the logo will also retain the current horseshoe design.

“It’s an important milestone that we’re recognizing 50 years of the Broncos franchise,” said Assistant General Manager of Business Operations Dianne Sletten. “We’re excited to have a number of special plans, events and changes for the upcoming season that will celebrate the last 50 years and kick us off into the next 50. We’re happy with the logo as it blends our historic past with the present.”

The logo was designed by Full Stride

Designs Graphic Designer and former Swift Current Bronco Taylor Vause.

For all media outlets seeking permission to use the commemorative logo, please contact Swift Current Broncos Assistant General Manager of Business Operations Dianne Sletten by e-mail: Dianne.broncos@sasktel. net or by phone: (306) 773-1509 ext. 3 To purchase your 2016-17 season tickets, or for other ticketing information, please visit the Stable or call 306-773-1509.

Broncos Add Some Finnish choose him),” Porter said. “That is key when it comes to the Import Draft for us (knowing we have a strong chance of the player reporting).”

Heponiemi played for Ilves U18 in the Jr. B SM-sarja league this past season posting 25 goals and 40 assists for 65 points in 39 games.

He also played on the Ilves U20 team for 14 games and was part of their championship team.

Standing at five-foot-nine and weighing 139 pounds, he will be looking to crack the Broncos lineup in a top-six forward role.

“We were more interested in speed, skill and his hockey sense than concerned about his size. We have a decent sized club and we have more size coming,” Porter said during a phone interview. “A guy this skilled you have to expect (him to play on the top two lines). I mean, we aren’t going to bring him over at his size and talent level and have him checking on our third and fourth line.”

Heponiemi will have some competition at Broncos training camp as the team now has three players (Artyom Minulin, Gustav Olhaver and Aleksi Heponiemi) from outside of North America on the roster, and the CHL rules only allow two.

DAV I D Z A M M I T

david@advancesouthwest.com

SWIFT CURRENT – The Swift Current Broncos were pleased to announce the selection of Finnish forward Aleksi Heponiemi last Tuesday during the 25th annual Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Import Draft.

The 1999-born Heponiemi was selected tenth overall in the first round of the draft by the Broncos. The team was able to see him perform this year at the 2015 World Under17 Hockey Challenge in Fort St. John’s, British Columbia.

“We started a targeting book then (in November) to see if he would come up later on in the year, which he did,” Assistant General Manager Jamie Porter said Thursday evening. “We started to talk to some guys overseas (about him), we talked to some pro guys, and we heard good things about him.”

The Broncos have developed a solid relationship with Heponiemi’s agent group over the past few seasons, with both Julius Honka and Artyom Minulin being represented by the same agent.

“That was part of the decision (on why we

Sask-Alta Baseball League Standings as of July 1st Teams

Wins

Loses

GB

RF

RA

Streak

EAST Cabri River Rats

8

1

-

74

16

Won 1

SwiF Current Yard Goats

6

2

1.5

55

12

Won 5

Gull Lake Greyhounds

6

5

3

64

59

Won 3

Shaunavon Badgers

2

7

6

28

65

Lost 2

Climax Cardinals

1

9

7.5

15

84

Lost 2

WEST Burstall Braves

9

1

-

47

29

Won 2

Richmound Rockets

6

3

2

60

23

Won 1

Maple Creek Mohawks

5

6

4.5

65

74

Lost 1

Medicine Hat Cypress County Black Soxs

3

5

4.5

33

35

Lost 3

Medicine Hat Vipers

0

7

7

28

71

Lost 7

SASK-ALTA BASEBALL LEAGUE Standings as of July 1st

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

OUT OF THE PARK WITH DAVID ZAMMIT

The Big E Gets the Call Eric “The Big E” Lindros received the elusive call last week that he will be one of the newest inductions into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on November 14th.

Lindros has waited seven summers for the call to the Hall, narrowly missing out in previous years to players who all beat Lindros in one category; longevity in the sport.

“I haven’t stopped smiling (since I got the call),” Lindros said. “It was six years (I’ve waited for this) and it was a bit of time, but I guess you could turn around and say I’m in the Hall forever going forward.”

The 6-foot-4-inch centre born in London, Ontario raised the eyebrows of many if not all scouts from a young age. He and his brother Brett attended St. Michael’s College School in Toronto, formerly known as Monarch Park, and both played for the school’s Metro Junior “B” St. Michael’s Buzzers hockey team.

It was there that Eric’s talents would garner attention from Ontario Hockey League scouts.

He later became the first overall pick in OHL Priority Selection Draft in 1989.

The owner of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Phil Esposito, selected Eric even though he wasn’t going to sign with the team, just to ensure Esposito would be able to intern sell the team for more money.

Lindros played 14 games that season for the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors in the North American Hockey League and even played 3 games with the Canadian National Team before the Greyhounds finally traded him to the Oshawa Generals.

Once finally arriving in Oshawa, the prototypical power forward exemplified his elite talent, racking up 17 goals and 19 assists, totalling 36 points in 25 games for the 1989-90 season. He would better those numbers in the playoffs scoring 18 goals and 18 assists for 36 points in only 17 games helping led his team to capturing the J. Ross Robertson Cup (OHL Championship). Lindros and the Generals went onto to win the Memorial Cup that season with Eric picking up 9 apples (assists) in the process.

Lindros would return the following season looking to make a statement in his draft year.

Something he had no trouble doing as he scored 71 times while picking up 78 assists for a league leading 149 points in only 57 games, just remarkable stats especially as a 17 yearold in a league filled with 19 and 20 year-olds.

Adding to his impressive stat line was the absurd 189 penalty minutes he accumulated, almost ensuring if he wasn’t on the ice scoring he was sitting in the box after being involved in an altercation. He would led his team to the OHL finals that season, losing to the team that selected him first overall: the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Lindros went onto win the Red Tilson Trophy (Most Outstanding Trophy), Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (Most points in the OHL) and was also awarded the OHL Top Draft Prospect Award.

With his illustrious junior career hopefully over, Lindros was dubbed “The Next One,” citing a reference to Wayne Gretzky’s nickname “The Great One.” Lindros was selected on June 22nd, 1991 first overall by the Quebec Nordiques even though he made it abundantly clear to the them he wouldn’t play for the team, citing the city’s isolation, lack of marketing, and French character as key reasons he wouldn’t report.

Instead he chose to return to the Generals for the start of the 1991-92 season playing in only 13 games before heading to play for the Canadian National Team and competing in the Olympics that year winning a silver medal.

During the completion of his season Lindros awaited a trade from the Nordiques.

His wish was granted at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, but not just one trade….. He was involved in two separate deals. The Nordiques had agreed upon a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers. The Flyers, alleged they had reached the deal first with the Nordiques, filing a complaint to the NHL. The league hired an independent arbitrator for the case, Larry Bertuzzi. He ruled in favour that Lindros would be dealt to the Flyers as they competed the deal with the Nordiques 80 minutes before the Rangers came to an agreement with the Le fleur-de-lysée.

The trade would sent Lindros to the Flyers in exchange for Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg and $15 million.

The trade ultimately allowed the league and their fans to see the much anticipated arrival of “The Next One.” He lived up to all the hype right from the start scoring 41 goals and adding 34 assists for 75 points in 61 games being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. His second year in the NHL he was able to crank it up a notch further potting 44 goals and 53 assists for 97 points in

only 65 games while being named to the AllStar game for his first of seven appearances.

In September of 1994 Lindros was named Flyers captain, something that may have helped him reach his peak performance. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy (NHL MVP) in the lockout shortened season and also led the Flyers to the playoffs for the first time in six seasons losing to the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games.

The 1995-96 season would see him register career-highs in goals (47), assists (68), points (115) and penalty minutes (163). He would lead the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals before losing to the Florida Panthers in six games.

Lindros would finally lead the Flyers to the “promised land” in 1997 Stanley Cup Finals before being blanked by the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 in the series. Little did Lindros know this would be the closest he ever came to hoisting Lord Stanley’s Cup. In 1998 Lindros’ career took an ugly and unexpected turn, as he suffered his first concussion of his career on a hit by Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis. He would then suffer two more major injuries the following season, January he suffered his second concussion of his career and on April 1, 1999 he was taken to hospital with a collapsed lung.

Although he was suffering the injuries rapidly and often he was still able to maintain some great offensive numbers when he was on the ice.

Tragedy stuck again in the 19992000 season when he suffered two more concussions, before he placed blame on the Flyers training staff for allowing him to play while he was concussed. He would be stripped of his captaincy immediately. Lindros’ bad luck would continue as he suffer yet another concussion while rehabbing before making a brief appearance in the playoffs for two games.

In his second game back, Lindros would crossover the New Jersey Devils blueline with speed and cut into the middle of the ice, there waiting for him was Devils defenceman Scott Stevens who landed one of the biggest and most memorable hits in hockey history. “The Hit,” gave Lindros yet another concussion.

That off-season, he would become a restricted free agent. This meant that he didn’t have a contract, but the Flyers still owned his rights. He was finally cleared to play in December of 2000 and asked to be traded, preferably to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The team refused his request and he ended up sitting out the entire season.

In the summer of 2001 he would be traded to the New York Rangers for Jan Hlaváč, Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl and a 2003 third-round draft choice (Štefan Ružička).

Lindros showed no signs of rust in the 2001-02 season compiling 73 points in 72 games while being named to the NHL All-Star game for the last time.

The following season Lindros finally played an entire season healthy, something that had eluded him for so long. Although he seemed to be a shell of his former self, he was a step slower than before, his goal scoring touch had disappeared and his hockey sense had taken a backseat. In the 2003-04 season, he was only able to play 39 games after suffering his eighth concussion of his career.

After the lockout season ended he would sign a one year deal to come home and play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he registered 22 points in 33 games injuring his wrist twice throughout that season.

He would sign his final NHL contract on July 17, 2006 with the Dallas Stars appearing in 49 games collecting 26 points, and also playing in three playoff games.

On November 8th, 2007 he would announce his retirement from the game at age 34.

For Lindros, the wait is over. He will finally enter the hockey shrine in Toronto where he belongs. A place that snubbed him for several years because of his longevity in hockey, but also because of the decisions he made along the way. Yes, he may have been selfish at times, but who are we to judge the way he chose to live his life? He was one of the great hockey players to ever play for a short period of time, and his 865 points in only 760 games speak for themselves. He revolutionized the game of hockey as a power forward as he was able to impose his will on opponents combine with his scoring finesse, and a figure that weighed in at 240 pound, that is just something unheard of. Injuries certainly put a damper on his career, but the Hockey Hall of Fame didn’t. This week they finally included one of the greatest OHL, NHL and International players of all-time, Eric you deserve this great honour and achievement.

Indians out Duel Millionaires

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

23

BY DAV I D Z A M M I T

david@advancesouthwest.com

SWIFT CURRENT – The Swift Current Indians came from behind to defeat the visiting Melville Millionaires Tuesday evening by a score of 5-3.

The Indians (17-6) were able to overcome an early threerun deficit thanks in large part to their bullpen, who threw up zeros for a combined 4 1/3 innings.

Indians catcher Bodie Cooper ignited the team’s offence in the fourth inning when he hit a two-run homer off of Millionaires starting pitcher Owen Kelly. “(It was) a curveball and it was hanging (that I hit my homerun off of). That’s all they have been throwing us is a lot of junk (off-speed pitches) and so what we said today was see something up and if it’s hanging (up in the strike zone) hit it hard,” said Cooper post-game.a The first inning saw the Millionaires work over Indians starter Christian Marquez for two runs. The first came off of the bat of designated hitter, Ethan Mohan, as his sacrifice fly plated Jacob Chiaravalle. The second run came off the bat of Hunter Seales, who hit a hot shot to Indians third baseman Austin Riemann, who then booted the baseball, allowing Vinny Martin to score. This made it 2-0. The Indians tried to respond with a two-out rally of their own, but ended up stranding two base runners.

The Millionaires tacked on another run on in the second inning on a Martin single to left field, scoring Adrian Rodriguez and widening the Indians deficit to 3-0. The bottom of the second inning was another wasted opportunity for the Indians, leaving two runners stranded once again.

At the top of the third inning, Indians starter Marquez was able to work around a base runner at third and none out to keep the score 3-0 Millionaires.

Marquez retired the Millionaires in order in the fourth inning, striking out all three batters. The Indians were able to keep the momentum rolling in the bottom half of the inning with Thomas DeBonville leading off with a base knock, setting the stage for Cooper to take a 0-1 pitch deep making it 3-2.

The Millionaires looked to restore their three-run lead in the fifth with two man on and two out, but Indians reliever Aidan Goodall was able to close the door. In the bottom of the inning, the Indians scraped three-runs together, capped

Melville Millionaires head coach Bryant Mistler voices his displeasures with a call made by first base umpire Rocky Nickel in the fifth inning of Tuesday nights game. The Swift Current Indians went onto beat the Millionaires 5-3 at Mitchell Field in Western Major Baseball League action. Photo by David Zammit.

off by a Cooper fly ball to right field in which Millionaires fielder Hunter Seales misplayed allowing two runs to score on the play making it 5-3.

It was a battle of the bullpens in the sixth inning with both teams’ catchers recording the final out of the inning by each throwing out a base runner attempting to steal.

Goodall continued his strong relief work in the seventh, striking out the last two batters swinging he would face in the game. The Indians were able to get two base runners on for Cooper before he struck out standing both runners.

Reece Calvert replaced Goodall to start the eighth inning, walking the first batter before retiring the next three batters he faced. The Indians once again started a rally in the bottom of the inning with two on before Alec Humphreys struck out, stranding them.

The Indians would turn the ball over to their closer Ryan Pope for the ninth who immediately hit the first batter he faced before extinguishing the fire to picking up his first save

of the year.

The Millionaires have now lost six straight decisions, but the loss wasn’t all negatives for the ball club.

“It was a tough one (the loss), I thought we battled to the end and came up a little short. They are a good team over there,” said Millionaires first baseman Vinny Martin.

The Indians were able to work around the six errors they committed, due in large part to their pitching performances received by their three relievers who combine to retire 13 of the 16 batters they faced.

“We came out slow (to start the game), but whatever inning we started to score some runs Joe (our coach) got on us and said it’s time to get going,” Cooper said. “The pitchers came out and gave us a chance ( for our offence) to get going.”

With the win, the Indians move to 17-6 and hold a four game lead in the Eastern Division. The Millionaires fall to 5-16 and are now 11 games back of the Indians for first in the division.

BUY LOCAL. EAT LOCAL. FRESH MEATS Top quality beef, pork, bison, lamb & poultry.

Our local farms & ranches are our suppliers! We also offer full custom cutting services for beef, pork, bison, lamb & wild game!

Hunters are welcome.

Home of the WARRANTY APPROVED DOUBLE DRIVE THRU oil change bays!

SAUSAGES AND STIX

SEAFOOD & POULTRY

BEEF ROAST SPECIAL

15% OFF

Beef Roast Cuts….Blade, Sirloin, Cross Rib, Round & More!! Perfect for The Slow Cooker or BBQ a Roast with some Grilled Veggies! ENJOY!

473 CENTRE STREET, SHAUNAVON | 306-297-4050 MON TO FRI: 8 AM TO 6 PM, SAT 10 AM TO 5 PM

WWW.RANCHMEATS.CA

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK

COWTOWN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE INC. Tyler Cronkhite Jim Wilson Brent Weiss Gordie Cameron Rocky Houff Darvin Mason

Manager 306-661-8786 or 306-672-4385 (cell) Auctioneer 306-558-4410 Auctioneer 306-558-4401 Auctioneer / Fieldman 306-622-2234 or 306-741-7077 (cell) Fieldman 403-527-0352 or 403-548-9829 (cell) Fieldman 306-662-3497 or 306-662-8218 (cell)

UPCOMING SALES

Tuesday, July 19 & 26 : Regular Sale

SALES START AT: Off-Truck Sales ~ 10 a.m. (CST) New Sale Time Presort & Satellite Sales ~ 10 a.m. (CST) New Sale Time Bred Sales ~ 1 p.m. (CST)

MAPLE CREEK, SASK.

“100% Community Minded” 306-662-2648 1-800-239-5933 www.cowtownlivestock.com

~ ALL CATTLE MUST BE CCIA TAGGED ~ FEEDER FINANCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE

24

THE ADVANCE

| YOUR SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

|

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

MURRAYDALE

RODEO

PICNIC & STAMPEDE • SINCE 1909 Murraydale Stampede can be found in a natural amphitheatre of the Cypress Hills located 34km SE of Maple Creek along the Bryson Trail, just WEST of the Nekaneet Indian Reserve.

AVE To get there follow the tire signs, or the dust - ALL

the traffic will be headed up into the hills!

SATURDAY JULY 9TH

Saturday Team Roping • • • •

Farmers, Fungicide timing is upon us…

Must be registered by 12 noon on Saturday Jackpot Team Roping & Draw For Partners You can enter 3 times Supper to Follow at a nominal cost

0% Armond Duck Chief Concert • Starts About 7:00 PM • Bring your lawn chairs • Presented By Nekaneet First Nations

Admission:

$10 Adults $5 Children (11 to 16), 10 & Under free

SUNDAY JULY 10TH Main Rodeo Event

• Stampede Entries for the 2016 Murraydale Stampede & Picnic will be open from June 29 - July 5. To enter go to www.murraydalestampede.com

With the excellent growing conditions across the South West make sure you are optimizing yield and protecting your crop from disease.

• Main Rodeo Starts at 1:00 PM

Call the CPS team in Shaunavon to arrange your in-crop protection needs as well as other business requirements.

• Admission $10 Adults, $5 Children (11-16), 10 & Under Free

www.armondduckchief.ca

N YOUR TS ORDERS

We look forward to hearing from you!

1-306-297-4121 or 1-306-294-7874

Ride & Drive JULY 15 & 16

Swift Current Mall Parking lot 10 am – 5 pm both days

parts.deere.com

Highway 1 West , 2777 North Service Road West, Swift Current, SK Phone: (306) 773-9351 | www.jdat.ca ails @ jdat.ca Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

any time.

Bring your old lawn tractor, gator, or zero-turn mower for an appraisal on-site!