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“So, God Made a Farmer” And on the 8th day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a caretaker!”. So, God made a farmer! God said I need somebody to get up before dawn and milk cows and work all day in the fields, milk cows again, eat supper and then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board. So, God made a farmer! I need somebody with strong arms. Strong enough to rustle a calf, yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild. Somebody to call hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come home hungry and have to wait for lunch until his wife is

done feeding and visiting with the ladies and telling them to be sure to come back real soon…and mean it. So, God made a farmer! God said “I need somebody that can shape an ax handle, shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire make a harness out of hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. And…who, at planting time and harvest season, will finish his forty hour week by Tuesday noon. Then, pain’n from “tractor back”, put in another seventy two hours. So, God made a farmer! God had to have somebody willing to ride the ruts at double speed to get the hay in ahead of the rain clouds and yet

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stop on mid-field and race to help when he sees the first smoke from a neighbor’s place. So, God made a farmer! God said, “I need somebody strong enough to clear trees, heave bails and yet gentle enough to tame lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink combed pullets…and who will stop his mower for an hour to mend the broken leg of a meadow lark. So, God made a farmer! It had to be somebody who’d plow deep and straight…and not cut corners. Somebody to seed and weed, feed and breed…and rake and disc and plow and plant and tie the fleece and strain the milk. Somebody to replenish the self

feeder and then finish a hard days work with a five mile drive to church. Somebody who’d bale a family together with the soft strong bonds of sharing, who’d laugh and then sigh…and then respond with smiling eyes, when his son says he wants to spend his life “doing what dad does”. So, God made a farmer! The author is unknown, but USA Today reports that this Paul Harvey monologue was originally given to the Future Farmers of America (now FFA) convention in 1978. Harvey, who died in 2009, was a longtime radio favourite in the Midwest.

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minor traffic disruptions and delays. Bridge work on the eastbound lane of Highway 1 over the CPR near Belle Plain has wrapped up. More than 40 highway projects are ongoing across Saskatchewan that will improve the provincial transportation system. To stay safe and protect those working on our highways, people are reminded to slow to 60 km/ hr and obey all construction zone signage. Construction season photos are available at www.highways.gov.sk.ca/ 2016construction. The Highway Hotline, www.saskatchewan.ca/highwayhotline provides details about construction, closures, the status of ferries and barges, along with other activities. The provincial road information service is also available by calling 306-787-7623 in Regina, 306-933-8333 in Saskatoon and toll-free across Canada at 1-888335-7623. Follow the Hotline on Twitter @SKGovHwyHotline for information about closures, travel not recommended alerts, and the opening and closing of ferries. Additional highway information can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SaskatchewanHighwayHotline. The Government of Saskatchewan has invested $6.3 billion in transportation infrastructure since 2008, improving more than 11,000 kilometres of provincial roads.

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KENDAL, Sask. – Fourth generation farmers Jodi and Dennis Kress didn’t have to work very hard to get the fifth generation involved. As soon as their first child Owen could walk, he was interested in helping with chores on this 850-head mixed farm. By the time their second child, Zoe, and their third child, Cole, came along, the kids were part of the operation. Now that the three Kress children are ten, eight and six, they have a full slate of after-school chores that takes them about an hour to complete. Their jobs include collecting eggs, as well as feeding and watering chickens, cows and calves. They also bring a surrogate Holstein from the pasture to the barn daily to feed her calf and four additional calves. “I like getting to be with all the animals because I like to hold them and pet them, especially the calves,” said Grade 1 student Cole. Jodi said her kids can't ever seem to get enough time helping out, even when it’s an all-day job. “Sometimes on a Saturday Owen will work eight hours with his dad – what kid wants to work for eight hours? It’s crazy!” said an amazed Jodi. While Jodi did not grow up on the farm, she quickly came to appreciate the hours it takes to run a successful operation. Even when her and Dennis were living in cities and pursuing careers (lab and x-ray technician for Jodi and electrician for Dennis), they returned to the farm every spare moment to help out. In 2005, the pull of the farm became too strong and the ambitious couple decided on the spur of the moment that the time had come to return to the farm. “It was the 31st of the month and we were going to pay our rent in Regina and Dennis said, ‘why don’t we just move home,’” recalls Jodi of the decision that the couple made when they were 25 years old. Dennis and Jodi were welcomed into the fold by Dennis’s farming parents, Jerome and Debbie Kress. As the oldest child of five, Dennis had been the one who always showed interest in becoming a full-time farmer.

The Kress farm dates back to 1912, with the original house being built by Wendelin and Katharina Kress in 1917. Their son Martin and Betty then took over the mixed operation, raising 11 children on in the original site. A second house was built in 2002 by Martin’s son Jerome and his wife Debbie, who took over from Martin and Betty in 1979. Jodi and Dennis moved into the 1917 farm house in 2005. The young couple added onto the house in stages and continue to renovate as needed.

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Sometimes on a Saturday Owen will work eight hours with his dad – what kid wants to work for eight hours? It’s crazy!” “I think it's really nice that Dennis can work with his kids and that he can live in this house that has been in this family for over 100 years,” said Jodi, explaining that 160 Kress relatives gathered at the farm in 2012 for the celebration of its centennial. Dennis’s dad Jerome said he’s proud that five generations have been able to continue on the farming tradition. “It makes you feel like you did something for a reason and purpose,” said Jerome who farms jointly with Dennis. The two-family operation consists of a herd of 360 cow-calf pairs in addition to 500 head of feedlot cattle. The family makes all of their own silage feed while getting deliveries of custom-made pellets up to three times weekly. Dennis said the upside of running a family farm is the time he gets with his kids. The downside is the enormous time commitment it takes to keep a herd of 1,320 cattle fed, healthy and marketed. “You have to miss some family things like going to dance and hockey, but you just have to be here,” said the 36-year-old.

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deemed a ‘non-person.’ That meant, the second child didn’t legally exist. lcfroese@sasktel.net They had no Chinese equivalent of a social insurance By Jordan Parkernumber. They As a result of the ongoing investigation against him, These are on top of the sexual assault, invitation to could not get health care. And…they Chamberlin has seen additional charges, including BY sexual touching, “Awwwww darn … is it time to go BREN N A N T U Rsexual N E R interference and sexual exCOULD NOT go to school. Ryan Chamberlin was arrested again two sexual assault charges, an invitation to sexual b.turner@farmlead.com ploitation charges laid against him in late February. back to school already? 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In said report, the numbers were er elementary, high or beyond, has parents wouldn’t have had to buy day, September is government a publicationagency ban in confirmed place to protect always filled me with an impending her a backpack or duo-tang folders mostly bearishThere as the againthe identity of the victims, and Chamberlin’s next court sense of doom. So early to get up! because she wouldn’t have needed what we already know, it’s a big crop (the question is now ~ Bwould rian Z inChuk them…ever. She not have ~ appearance will be April 13 at 9:30 a.m. So much work to do! So many tests is just how big?). We continue to question how many acres been allowed to learn anything! 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No parents. No school. Making your voice heard in Regina. Combing back to the W.A.S.D.E. report, the U.S.D.A. is dreaded day that the back-to-school 401 Redcoat Drive So when thisago September rolled It doesn’t seem that long when I wrote a coldevelopment of a greater national spirit rathercalling than for a record U.S> soybeans crop with average U.S.0T0 P.O. Box 308, Eastend, SK. S0N commercials would start advertisaround and my daughter, umn about a remarkable series publishedJourney, since 2011 an emphasis on “states’ rights,” which was one of at 50.6 bu/ac (+1.7 from August Phone: yields and1-877-703-3374 +1.4 above the ing backpacks and duo-tang folders started Kindergarten, we celebrated. cypresshills.mla@sasktel.net by the New York Times on the U.S. Civil War. Now, the causes of the war. pre-report guesstimate), meaning total output would be always sent ripples of fear through I soaked up every ounce of ‘back-toit appears, that series will soon come to a close. 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Her becomes a chore for you or your Town of significantly Gull Lake is accepting lion tonne crop, butThe with some revised ending Disunion can be found at opinionator.blogs.ny49th? The whole concept seems absurd. ly lifted) meant that the first born in Wisconsin family sent me photos of kids, I encourage you to change a few applications for student withand the past, exports at 9.6 employment million tonnes, times.com. I still try to wrap my head around the key stocks issue from years each family could go to school. But if her first day – she had a spiffy orange words in your vocabulary. Change Town Maintenance Department consumption at 8.55 million tonnes, 2016/17 carI just realized that in a few weeks the 150th anof the Civil War, slavery. 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In elementary school I remember standing at the front of the classroom with the rest of classmates singing O’Canada and saying the Lord’s Prayer. Both traditions weren’t foreign to me. I remember being taught to be proud of being Canadian while also being raised Catholic. So hearing the Lord’s prayer and singing O’Canada was nothing new. It was a tradition I neither remember fondly or with disdain, it was just something we did. Cadillac school was amalgamated in 2003 so we were transferred to nearby Ponteix. First thing in the morning, O’Canada was sung through the intercom and, from what I remember, the Lord’s Prayer wasn’t present. Instead, Ponteix offered Religion courses. I was one of two students out of 30 who didn’t attend. I haven’t thought much about the religious aspect in school much since. However, recently a public school in Moose Jaw has removed the Lord’s Prayer and replaced it with a quiet moment of reflection. Mixed opinions soon filled the comment section of the story. Those defending religion’s place in the school setting and those standing by the change. As a child who was raised religious I remember enjoying the consistency and comfort that came with religion, but as a free-thinking adult I think it’s important not to impose religion into our public institutions. I’ve heard people argue removing religion from schools is compromising Canadian values, I think the opposite. Canada is meant to be a place of freedom and tolerance; this includes other religions. The thread of the Canadian culture does not live and die by one religion, rather the inclusion and acceptance that everyone should be allowed to believe in their own. I’ve heard people argue the importance of tradition, but I’ve also seen the harm caused by blindly appropriating it. It was traditional for women not to vote. It was traditional to separate

people based on race. It was traditional to remove First Nations children from their families. Traditions can strengthen cultures and create comforts, but traditions can also hold people back and ostracize those they weren’t meant for. The cultural aspects people are scared of losing are the same cultural aspects they look down upon in other countries. In Saudi Arabia it’s tradition for women not to participate in sports, in Somalia it’s tradition to mutilate female genitals as an attempt to control female sexuality, in Canada a judge was punished for asking a rape victim “why she couldn’t keep her knees together?” Sometimes moving on is uncomfortable, sometimes it’s scary, but sometimes it’s good. If religion is important to you, that’s great. If religion isn’t important to you, that’s great. However, just because you love ketchup chips, doesn’t mean everyone should have to eat them every day. Similarly, just because you hate ketchup chips doesn’t mean someone shouldn’t be able to eat them every day, all day. Replacing the Lord’s Prayer with a respectful quiet moment gives all children the option to fill that time frame with whatever makes them most comfortable. For those who might say “next they’ll take away Christmas and Easter” please stop. There have already been court cases fought over these matters – Christmas and Easter have been designated national holidays less on the basis of religion and more on the basis of scheduling. In elementary school, when I didn’t attend religion class, the school literally had nothing else for me to do. So for an hour a day, twice a week, I did nothing. Why didn’t I just attend the class? I don’t think religion should be a mandatory class in schools – I say this again, as someone raised Catholic. Sometimes it’s good to stand beside tradition, but sometimes it’s time to move on.

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I’ve heard a few comments in recent days disparaging immigrants, and it’s a little hard to take, both in Canada and the United States. That’s because, if you don’t have a treaty card in your pocket, you are in some manner an immigrant. This week I had the pleasure of staying overnight at my friends’ place in Saskatoon. For the past eight years, Melanie, their live-in caregiver from the Philippines, had a big day that day. She would be attending her citizenship ceremony, becoming a full-fledged Canadian. (Note: This is not referring to my late sister, also named Melanie.) There are a lot of Filipinos in Saskatchewan now. There’s a store in downtown Estevan selling Filipino wares. That, I would sort of expect. But now I see there’s even a small shop in Preeceville doing the same thing. Many of these Filipinos are visible in the service industry, but some are in nursing or other sectors. Personally, I think anyone willing to come from the other side of the planet, endure Canadian winters, to serve a hamburger, deserves their Canadi-

an citizenship. The appearance of these Filipino stores was in the back of my mind when I picked up a book in the Coles bookstore in Yorkton. Yorkton, as you may or may not know, is the heart of the perogy belt. If is filled with onion-domed churches. The surrounding countryside is dotted with onion-domed churches. This book documented a very large number of these churches, many now abandoned, many in poor repair. I couldn’t find all of the ones I was familiar with, but I found the one just south of Tadmore where my late great-uncle Paul is buried. The onion domed churches and Filipino stores are marks of waves immigration to Saskatchewan set 80 years apart. Both are still very much part of the Canadian fabric. I would hope most of these new immigrant are currently receiving better treatment than my ancestors. My grandfather, Harry, who got off the boat when he was 12, told me of how a Ukrainian man with a degree couldn’t get work as a foreman on a logging crew near Good Spirit Lake, but an Englishman with no education could. Looking at the vitriol in the United States against Mexicans, especially from the Donald Trump campaign and Trump himself, I wonder why? If people are risking their lives

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to come to work in America, and so many undocumented people are already doing the work many Americans consider beneath them, why not grant them citizenship? Isn’t hard work a virtue to be cherished? I’m also reminded that the Zinchuk clan got out of Ukraine just before the Holodomor. That’s the largely unknown genocide of Ukrainians, when Joseph Stalin figured they didn’t need to eat. Millions starved. If they had not gotten out when they did, I would not be here today. How many people from Central and South America have come to America in similar circumstances? In Melanie’s case, she has spent eight years in Canada. Prior to that, she spent three-and-a-half years in Hong Kong and seven years in Taiwan. She had learned of Canada from postcards her sister used to receive. I asked her why so many Filipinos work in other countries. She said there wasn’t a lot of jobs at home. And now, today, she is a Canadian. Let’s open our arms to more Melanies. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian. zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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RURAL LIFE

Riders in the 21st Annual Roche Percee Trail Ride got caught in the rain, but that didn’t extinguish their smiles.

Hidden Landscape By Christalee Froese

Six-year-old Evan Barbour rides a mule as his grandfather Ron Barbour drives a mule team behind him.

Young wagon riders at the Roche Percee Trail Ride.

he horses are rustling beneath a navy blue sky as a meteor shower lights up the still, warm night. Whinnies echo across the park grounds as campfires are extinguished and the 75 campers retire to their tents and trailers. When the sun rises, so do the wide assortment of cowboys and cowgirls who are up early to feed, water and groom their horses in preparation for the full-day trail ride that awaits them. This is the scene in the tiny Saskatchewan village of Roche Percee (pop. 149) as riders from Saskatchewan and Manitoba gather for the historic three-day Roche Percee Trail Ride. This year’s annual ride marks the 21st time that riders have gathered in this very spot to commune with their equines and fellow horse lovers and to discover the diverse landscape that defines the coal-rich area of southeastern Saskatchewan. “Ninety nine percent of people don’t know that this landscape exists,” says 72-year-old Art Brandsgard of Pilot Butte, Sask. who has attended 18 of the last 21 Roche Percee rides with his Belgian team and wagon. The flower-encrusted grasslands, sandstone outcroppings and sprawling green coulees are juxtaposed next to dragline-scarred hills and pumping oil rigs, creating an atmosphere that is a unique wonder. At times the ride travels only a few metres from the American-Canadian border and at other times, First Nations sandstone writings and teepee rings can be observed. “There are lots of places we ride that you’d never know were there,” says trail boss Dallas Spencer who scouted out the 65-kilometre route in advance. “If you’ve never seen draglines or things like that, it’s unique to ride alongside them for an afternoon.” Brandsgard, who attends around 14 different trail rides annually, says he continues to attend the Roche Percee ride yearly because of the badlands-type of landscape and the physical workout it gives his Belgian team. “It’s one of the best rides because it really challenges your horses,” says

Brandsgard, explaining that he conditions his horses in advance and also rests them strategically along the ride so they can handle all of the inclines and valleys. “It’s a demanding ride because you can’t just sit there in the wagon and go, you actually have to drive because if you don’t, you won’t make it up the hills.” Brandsgard is joined annually by his 79-year-old brother, Harlan, who takes turns driving the team and covered wagon. “As you get older, family becomes more important so the ride gives us time together,” says the younger Brandsgard, who often hands the reins over to his older brother Harlan. “All the bickering you did when you were younger, you don’t do that anymore because time is too important now.” Renate Selinger is at the Roche Percee Trail Ride for the first time with her horse, Cooper. The social worker camps for three days with two friends and their horses. “It’s like a retreat because you’re away for three days and all you have to do is take care of yourself and your horse,” says the mother of three as she tents right beside her eight-year-old buckskin gelding who is pastured in a temporary electric fence. “You wake up with your horse and go to bed with your horse – it’s an incredible experience.” Trail boss Spencer, who rides alongside his wife, Carrie, and six-year-old daughter, Arizona, says he is hopeful the Roche Percee Trail Ride will have a future as long as its 21-year history. “She (Arizona) has a friend her age with a mule that she rides with, so that is a really good thing. That’s the kind of thing that makes you want to keep the ride going.” For information on the 2017 Roche Percee Trail Ride, contact Dallas and Carrie Spencer at luckydollar@yahoo. ca or (306) 421-5944. This story was originally published in Grainews.

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You know the expression “Use it or lose it”? It can refer to many things, from keeping up practice at a skill or sport, to knowledge gained from a recent course or field day, to getting to harvest when the crop is ready before it rains again. In some examples, though, it needs to slightly modified to “Use it right or lose it”. This is well presented in pre-harvest applications of glyphosate. Glyphosate on oats While we are anxiously waiting for new research on the impact of pre-harvest glyphosate on oat milling quality, we know one oat miller has stopped purchasing oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate. They did their own internal research and determined that milling quality was unacceptably lower when oats had been treated with pre-harvest glyphosate. In theory, glyphosate applied at the end of hard dough stage (less than 30 per cent moisture) when the crop is fully mature should not affect milling quality or cause shrinkage. At that stage, the grain has senesced from the plant and no longer receives sugars, other nutrients or glyphosate from the plant. However, if the glyphosate was applied too early, glyphosate could accumulate in the grain and prevent it from reaching its full weight and maturity, which may have an impact on milling quality. This led to one miller’s decision to no longer buy any oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate, regardless of whether it was applied at the correct stage or not. Glyphosate on durum Italy is the top export market for Canadian durum, averaging nearly 700,000 tonnes annually since 2006 (and more

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recently exceeding 1 million tonnes). There are some brands of pasta that are exclusively Canadian, which probably doesn’t sit well with their producers. Now Italy has introduced restrictions on their producers’ use of glyphosate, which has a major Italian producer organization pointing a finger specifically at Canada and suggesting that Canadian producers should be subject to the same rules as Italian producers. Among the changes, the key one is that it prohibits pre-harvest use for the sole purpose of optimizing the harvest or threshing. In reality, this is no different from the current label in Canada. Glyphosate is intended for pre-harvest perennial weed control. However, this change in Italy has their farmers asking for imported grain, specifically Canadian imported grain, to be subject to the same treatment. Summary We can speculate that some growers applied pre-harvest glyphosate to their oats too early (using it off-label in an attempt to “even the crop out” prior to harvest, rather than for weed control). As a result of not being used correctly, glyphosate is no longer a tool for oats in one miller’s marketplace. Will durum be next? While it is unlikely the Italian government will make rash, rapid changes to allowable residues in imported grain, they may be scrutinizing Canadian shipments more closely. If any Canadian shipments exceed tolerances for glyphosate, it will be costly. The question is – will it be costly for one ship, lead to the loss of glyphosate as a pre-harvest management tool or lead to the loss of Canada’s largest durum market? Every Canadian durum producer can influence this outcome by applying glyphosate correctly. Otherwise, every Canadian durum producer could be the worse for it.

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pollination. ‘Dandy’, in this group, is best pollinated by a Canada wild plum. Its Two of my favourite plums for fresh clingstone fruit is 3-4 cm in diameter with eating, crisps and plum cake are ‘Patterson yellow, mild and juicy flesh. The skin is yellow blushed with red, thin, tender but Pride’ and ‘Pembina’. ‘Patterson Pride’ was one of Dr. Cecil astringent and slightly bitter. Only fair for Patterson’s selections from 1942 but not fresh eating, it is excellent for jam. It is also introduced until 1960 (Dr. Patterson was an excellent pollinator for other early flowthe first head of the University of Saskatch- ering plums such as ‘Brookgold’. The Asian plum cultivars will pollinate ewan’s Horticulture Science Department). in skies while combines hustle dayneed and night to bringculeach other. You will two different Its Storm fruit isclouds sweet,loom tender and above juicy with the crop in at Carefoot Farms. Photo by Sam McConnell, New Zealand tivars within bee-flying distance. Among bright red skin and golden flesh. The 4.5 these are: cm diameter free-stone plums ripen from • ‘Brookgold’ – 2.5-3 cm; bright gold skin mid-August onwards. The tree is semiAGRICULTURE with orange blush; juicy, very sweet dwarf with slightly weeping branches. yellow flesh; free-stone; great for fresh ‘Pembina’ matures a week or so later. eating; poor for canning and jam. Its fruit is 5 cm in diameter with orangegold, soft, juicy and sweet flesh wrapped • ‘Fofonoff ’ (syn. ‘Homesteader’) – 4 cm; is 59 light firm, 15 juicy, very C Owith N T Ra I Bheavy U T E D bluish bloom, centflesh 1 CAN, pergreen, cent 2 CAN, per cent in dark red skin editor@gulllakeadvance.com 3 CAN and one per cent Sample grade. sweet; free-stone; light green skin with almost purple. The tree is more upright, Lentil grades arethin fourand pertender; cent 1 CAN, 42 pink bloom, good for spreading and vase-shaped. cent 2 CAN, 43 per cent 3 CAN and 11 Rain slowed harvest in most areas of per fresh eating and jam. 30 years ago progon a per cent Sample grade. the Planted province about last week. The most • ‘Ivanoka’ – 3.5-4 cm; flesh Precipitation ranged from nil is to orange43 mm sandy knoll, haveof been amazingly ress was madethey in parts the west-central in the Frobisher area. The Maryfield area pink, firm, juicy, sweet; semi-free-stone; and northeasternand regions, where spotty drought-tolerant are still producing reported receiving 36 mm of rain, Eyebrow rain showers allowed producers to conskin is yellow with red over-lay; good well. Foam Lake 42 mm, Nether Hill 26 tinue working in the field for a day or 32 mm, for jam and pies Plain 36 mm. One of the perceived problems with mm and Porcupine two. Thirty-eight per cent of the crop Provincially, cropland topsoil moisture growing is pollination. has beenplums combined and 38 Without per centsucis is rated as 14 per cent per The last group is thesurplus, cherry 84 plums, cessful is no fruit. So, swathedpollination or ready tothere straight-cut, accordcent adequate andthe twowestern per centsandcherry short. In hybrids between ing to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly what makes a good pollinator? As Darryl areas around Porcupine Plain, Tisdale and Crop of Report. TheTree five Nursery, year (2011-2015) (P. besseyi) 62 and Asian plum. Among Fehr the Little Martins- Arborfield, perthe cent of cropland acres average for this time of year is 44 per cent are these are ‘Dura’, ‘Manor’, ‘Opata’ and ‘Green reported to have surplus moisture. In ville, puts it, “Nobody knows what the combined. areas around Rosetown, Kindersley and Elf ’. Their fruit is about 3 cm in diameter plums are doing at night. ” But it is not as Regionally, harvest is furthest advanced Biggar, 22 per cent of cropland acres have and very flavourful. Cherry plum cultivars in the southeast, where producers have 52 surplus complicated or confusing as once thought. moisture. Hay land and pasture per cent cropgroups in the of bin. Forty-sev- topsoil will pollinate eachisother; sandcherries will There areof4the major prairie-hardy moisture rated as eight per cent en per cent of the crop is combined in the surplus, 86 per cent adequate and six per also pollinate the cherry plums. However, plums: (a) hybrids of the Asian and Canasouthwest, 29 per cent in the east-central cent short. da wild plums Canada plum selections contrary to popular belief, sandcherries region, 35 per(b) cent in the west-central Frost was reported in some areas in will northwest, not pollinate plums. (c) Asian selections, and (d) and cherry region, 33 plum per cent in the northeast 17 the with temperatures dipping per cent in the northwest. plums. to -2C; however very little crop damage Ninety-seven per cent winter wheat, as author the majority of crops are Sara is the of numerous garden‘Patterson Pride’ and of ‘Pembina’ are in is expected 89 per cent of field peas, 72 per cent of mature. harvest continues ing books,Wet among them weather the revised Creating the first group, hybrids of our native Canalentils, 30 per cent of durum, 29 per cent to cause downgrading in crops. Bleachthe Prairie Xeriscape; andand with Hugh da wild plum (Prunus and of thecanola Asian ing, of spring wheat and 25nigra) per cent sprouting, fusarium earth tagSkinare ner: Gardening Naturally; Trees and Shrubs plum (P. salicina). Others in this group causing grade loss. have been combined. are being reported as forProducers harvesting and the Prairies,are andbusy Groundcovers & Vines areDurum ‘Prairie’,grades ‘Supreme’, ‘Superb’ (syn. ‘Pertwo per cent 1 CWAD, 17 per cent 2 seeding winter wheat. fection’), ‘Geddes’ and ‘Brookred’. These for the Prairies. Follow the 2016 Crop Report on Twitter at CWAD, 30 per cent 3 CWAD and 51 per This column is provided courtesy of the hybrids will5not pollinate each other or per any @SKAgriculture. cent 4 and CWAD. Pea grades are 25 other plum. In order to produce fruit, these Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskhybrids must be planted close enough to a perennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com; www. AGRICULTURE Canada wild plum for a bee to transfer pol- facebook.com/saskperennial). Check out our len. Although less available in the nursery Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming trade than they once were, several prairie garden information sessions, workshops, nurseries continue to offer Canada wild tours and other events: Sept 18, 1 – 4pm: A plums. Their fruit is small but they make touch of Autumn at the Honeywood Herian excellent ornamental as well as serving tage Nursery, Parkside Saskatchewan; an opportunity to marvel at the fall colours in the role of pollinator. CONTRIBUTED the Stock Growers as a producer-driven and delight in their apple and rhubarb pies. Canada plum (P. nigra) selections are editor@advancesouthwest.com group, how they work for the producer and the second group of plums in terms of (http://www.honeywood-lilies.ca/) the value they add to the Saskatchewan beef industry.” The Saskatchewan Stock Growers AssoSSGA President Shane Jahnke said it’s ciation (SSGA) is seeking young beef prohard for young producers to get off the ducers with a desire to become industry ranch and learn about the many facets of leaders. the beef industry. “The mentorship proSSGA is looking to build on the success of gram is an excellent opportunity for those their Youth Mentorship Program. The prowho want to get involved in industry advogram is funded through the Youth Leadercacy and policy development,” he said. ship and Mentorship Initiative under Grow“The SSGA is into our second century ing Forward 2. working for producers, and our focus is on Under the mentorship initiative, producthe future. 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CARNDUFF, SK – Brian Miller likes old farm sites. He’s not sure what exactly has possessed him to take hundreds of photos of abandoned and derelict farm sites over his 28-year career as a municipal administrator. What he does know for sure is that he’s thankful he has taken photos over the years because many buildings, from two-story brick houses to L-shaped barns, have disappeared from the modern-day landscape. “It’s a funny thing to think that our younger generation will not know what has happened here 100 years ago,” said Miller, pointing to the fact that larger farming practices and oil activity has obliterated many former farm yards. The 70-year-old retired administer began taking the photos on a hunch in 1988. “I would be out driving around the municipality anyway checking the roads and oil activity and I thought I should take some photos just in case someone calls the office or writes in wanting to know some history,” said the former administrator of the RM of Mount Pleasant located in the Carnduff area of Southeast Saskatchewan. The more photos Miller took, the more he noticed the landscape in his RM transforming over the years. “When I compare the photos I’ve taken over the years, you can see the

houses and barns gradually deteriorating,” said Miller. He has posted his vast collection of photos on the Vintage Carnduff website where the public can access them. His photos are all sorted by land location as Miller never goes anywhere without his trusty municipal map, or his camera. On this day, he fishes the map out from behind a truck seat and proceeds to sort through several large albums of photos to find the particular yard we have arrived at. The elegant brick house in his original photo, with its banks of windows and bright red roof, has deteriorated remarkably since the photo was taken in the 1980s. The bricks are now falling down, the exposed wood beneath is rotting, the roof has lost its shingles and the foundation is collapsing. Miller’s photo has frozen the house in time while the elements have ravaged it in real life. Occasionally a family member will seek out information about a farm site and Miller is able to retrieve one or more photos that show what the site looked like in the last 30 years. Miller will send pictures by email and will often dig up whatever information he can out of the Carnduff history book as well. “Last time I had a request it was from someone doing a family tree. Sometimes it’s a distant relative, like maybe an uncle. Typically they’re from out of province.” One of Miller’s lastest posts on the

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TRACTORS - 2013 Case IH Steiger 500 AFS Quadtrac diesel Tractor, 36” wide tracks, 6 hyd., sep. return line, 1000 lrg. shaft pto, 12.9L Iveco diesel motor, buddy seat, P.Shift, 16 forward 2 reverse, see through hubs, high cap. hyd. system w/2 pumps, AFS Pro 700 monitor, GPS w/autosteer, built in tow cable, frt. wt., 843 eng. hrs. showing (Owner is willing to take 1/3 non-refundable down payment day of auction. Balance owning March 15, 2017. Tractor stays in owners possession until funds have cleared the bank.) *2007 JD 7630 MFWA diesel Tractor, 3 pt. ht., 3 pt. adapter, 3 hyd., 540-1000 pto, back cast wts., duals, 20 sp. power shift, left hand reverse, Tremble easy steer w/250 monitor, buddy seat, 1610 hrs. showing w/JD 746 FEL, 9’ bucket, grapple fork, sg. point hook-up, joystick *2010 JD 2305 MFWA diesel Tractor, 3 pt. ht., 3 pt. adapter, quick detach bucket, roll bar, 540 pto, hst., 313 hrs. showing w/JD 200CX FEL *1976 AC 7000 diesel Tractor, 3 hyd., 540-1000 pto, w/Leon 707 FEL, 7’ bucket, grapple fork *1955 McCormick Super WD-9 diesel Tractor, cracked head TRUCKS, TRAILERS & CAR -2014 New 7’ x 20’ Norbert 5th Wh. Stocktrailer, (Never used) *1983 Ford 9000 5-ton Tandem diesel Grain Truck *8’ x 14’ Gravel Box *1988 Dodge Ram 250 3/4 ton Truck *2007 Buick Lucerne CXL 4-dr. Car, approx. 115,000 kms. *19’ x 12’ Combine Trailer *7’ x 20’ ShurTrack Bumper Pull Trailer *8 1/2’ x 32’ Machinery Trailer S & T - 49 1/2’ Flexicoil 400 Air Seeder, w/Flexicoil 1600 Tank *40’ Flexicoil System 90 Harrow Packerbar, harrows, packers *60’ Flexicoil Harrow Drawbar, tine harrows *80’ Spray-Air Field Sprayer, 1000 pto pump *42’ Phillips Rotary Harrow *Crown Rotary Rockpicker *2 Comp. Haul Alls *60’ Flexicoil 800 Cult., Honeybee live rod *31’ Big G 3100 Tandem Offset Disc *14’ Kello-Bilt 450 HD Breaking Disc *30’ IH 620 Db. Disc Press Drills *30’ MF 360 Discers *12’ IH Tandem Disc *2 Morris B3 Rodweeders *64’ Leon Rodweeder *Carter Disc Cleaner *FK Cleaner *Bull Dog Fanning Mill SCRAPER, TRENCHER & SUB SOILER - 18’ Kello-Bilt Sub Soiler *2 1/2 Yd. Eversman Scraper *Davis T-66 Trencher H & L - 16’ Case IH DCX161 Hydroswing Disc Bine *7’ x 21’ Hesston 60A StakMover *Hesston StakHand *175 Bu. Ranchers Creep Feeder, own trailer *BearCat 1260 Mix Mill *Feed Panels *Ties *Pressure Treated & Metal Fence Posts *Cattle Squeeze *Panels *IH Side Delivery Rake *Port. Wind Breaks *Linden Post Pounder *Solar Panel Pressure System for Livestock Waterer QUONSET -New 42’ x 70’ Miracle Span Quonset, 20’ door, needs to be assembled HARVEST - 1987 MF 860 SP diesel Combine, swing out auger, Keho Sieve, straw & chaff spreader, 1718 hrs. showing w/MF 9001 Pickup table w/10’ Victory hyd. Pickup *30’ MF 9030 Straight Cut Header, Vortex air reel, fore & aft w/Trailtech transport *22’ MF Flex Header, pickup reel w/ transport *25’ MF 35 pto Swather *70’ x 10” Brandt pto Auger, swing out auger w/db. auger, 540 pto, reverser, hyd. lift (hardly used) *61’ x 10” Westfield pto Auger, 540 pto, swing out hopper *37’ x 7” Sakundiak Auger, elec. start motor *Midwest 552 Grain Vac *30’ Keho Air Reel ATV & SKIDOO - 2009 Honda Fourtrax AT Trail Edition ATV, auto, 4x4, frt. & back racks *Arctic Cat Cheetah Snowmobile IRRIGATION - 3” Berkeley pto Irrigation Pump, own trailer *Mainline Irrigation Pipe *Irrigation Pipe w/sprinklers *6” Suction Line *Flex Pipe 3 PT. HT. - 10’ Allied Blade *5 1/2’ Rotary Mower *5’ Finishing Mower *4’ Roto Tiller *72” Land Grader ROBERT DOLGOPOL (306) 299-7891 - 2005 Case IH RBX562 Rd. Baler, twine tie, 1000 pto, 7273 bales (500 bales on new belts) Terms: Cash or Cheque w/Letter of Guarantee Machinery & Vehicles Sell at: 12:00 Noon. Selling w/2 Rings

REGINA – Agriculture More Than Ever launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging people in the agriculture industry to lend their voice to the food conversation in Canada. “Be somebody-Be an agvocate” is a multi-faceted campaign that encourages everyone involved in the agriculture industry to be an agvocate by joining social media and having in-person conversations to shape people’s relationship with agriculture. “Being an agvocate is about adding your voice to the food conversation in positive, engaging and relatable ways,” said Candace Hill, manager of Agriculture More Than Ever, an industry-led initiative. “The campaign is about helping everyone involved in agriculture to connect with the public by sharing their story.” Surveys continue to show that farmers are one of the most trusted voices when it comes to providing information about farming practices and food production, so it makes sense they be the face and voice for agriculture, according to Hill. A recent survey by the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity showed 93 per cent of consumers know little or nothing about Canadian farming practices, and a majority (60 per cent) of those respondents indicated they want to know more about farming practices.

“The campaign focuses on showing the real faces of people in agriculture with a strong call to action for everyone in the industry to get involved in the food conversation, no matter how big or small their contribution,” Hill said. As part of the campaign, individuals who work in various sectors of agriculture submitted video clips of themselves reading a script encouraging others to get involved in telling the real story of Canadian agriculture. Those clips were compiled into a video. “The video features people from across the country who have come together to add their voice to the food conversation,” she said. “Everyone in agriculture is “somebody” and has a role to play. Watching and sharing the video is just one way individuals can get involved, but there are many ways for people to show their love, pride and passion for an industry.” Agriculture More Than Ever has attracted over 470 partner organizations and 2,500 individuals committed to creating positive perceptions of agriculture. Launched more than four years ago, Agriculture More Than Ever’s goal is to encourage those involved in agriculture to speak up and speak positively about the industry. To view the new Agriculture More Than Ever video and learn about other ways to participate, go to AgMoreThanEver.ca, or follow the conversation on Twitter @AgMoreThanEver

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NOTE: All machinery will be started and demonstrated 1 hour before machinery sale time. Selling w/2 rings. Machinery sells at 12:00 Noon. For further info call Paul at (306) 295-7791.

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Gull Lake School’s Terry Fox Run getting ready to walk the town BY K A I L E Y G U I L L E M I N

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Since it started in 1990, Gull Lake School’s own Terry Fox Run has continued to amaze the town by raising almost $130,000. So have your walking shoes ready. Anesia Boutin, Grade 3 teacher at the school, has been the coordinator for the event since 2012. To her, the amount of money raised over the years and the continuous dedication year after year from not only the school, but the town itself, speaks volume to what is important to them. “I think every family can probably say they’ve had somebody effected by cancer and they don’t want to see anybody have to go through that again,” Boutin said. “It’s going to take funds to find this cure and I think everybody has that as a common goal.” The run started on April 12, 1980 by Terry Fox himself. After having his right leg removed due to bone cancer at the age of 18, he decided to run across the country to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Starting in St. John’s, Newfoundland he made it to Thunderbay, Ontario where he was forced to stop due to cancer spreading to his lungs. On June 28, 1981, Terry Fox passed away. But we’ve seen throughout the years across the country, Terry Fox’s name and legacy has never faded, as well as his passion to find a cure for cancer. The campaign has raised over $650 million worldwide. The students are provided pledge sheets from the Terry Fox Foundation in hopes of collecting funds throughout

their communities. After the money is collected, they take a day to walk around the town. “We have the whole school stopped classes that day and run,” Boutin explained. “Whether you’ve collected pledges or not, we want to just raise some awareness for Terry Fox and his cause. This year’s run will have a special impact on the school itself as one of their own staff went through her own cancer battle. Pamela Hassard had her own battle with breast cancer and she underwent treatments throughout last year. “Everybody will show so much more support,” Boutin explained. “She’s back now on our staff and it’s really exciting to have her back because she’s gone through so much.” The Terry Fox Run is a chance for the community and surrounding areas to come together for one reason. Boutin can see, after all these years, just how important this cause is to Gull Lake. “It’s amazing how much support we see even just outside the money,” Boutin said. “Just coming to the run, I know it’s at 11 during the day, people are working, yet we still see parents come.” “It’s really encouraging to see their support year after year.” Donations can be made up until the day of the run by dropping them off at the school. Students at Gull Lake School are taking pledges and donations to raise money for the foundation and for a cure. On September 23 at 11:00am, the students, and entire community, will continue on what one man started.

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Alesia Boutin has been the Terry Fox Run organizer for the Gull Lake School for the past several years. Advance Southwest file photo.

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t’s Autumn in Saskatchewan. The leaves are starting to turn and combines are kicking up dust all around us. The sunsets are golden and the evening air now nips at your nose. We are suddenly in the middle of one of the most beautiful and busiest seasons in Saskatchewan and it happened overnight. One of the most therapeutic activities for me is photography. They say it has the same effects as meditation. I am blessed to be able to do photography as part of my career. I wanted to capture some Harvest and Autumn images, so I took a road trip south near my home town. Growing up in Ponteix, I remember the town hot spot, Mountain Boy. The orange and white building would be bustling with chatter en francais at coffee time. The coffee was on and the good ‘ol boys would be filling up on a cup ‘o joe, nibbling on a Long John while catching up on the latest grain and cattle prices. I wasn’t completely fluent in French then, but occasionally if I listened carefully, I could catch up on a little grapevine news too while I was passing by. Those boys didn’t see me eavesdropping, but oh that gossip was good. Mountain Boy was known for their unbelievably amazing Long Johns. If you’ve never had a long john from Ponteix, you don’t know what you’re missing. And on my way out to the Bourgeois Farm to take photographs on Wednesday, I had to stop and pick some up. And to my amazement, they tasted just as amazing as when I was a little girl. I had to stop and get some for the guys and gals in the field! Driving over the wheat-laced hills and through the odd township enroute to Meyronne was very nostalgic for me. As I came upon the Ponteix water tower and Catholic Church steeples that peek above the hill top on highway 13, I was flooded with memories. I played ball in almost every small town around Ponteix. We spent time racing down the notorious ‘suicide hill’ on our toboggans in minus thirty degree weather. (It was called ‘Suicide Hill’ because a barbed wire fence ran along-side our race route. It was almost suicide to do it. Nobody died. No harm, no foul right?). I spent many days in

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my youth at the Baragar farm learning how to ride and groom horses. I can’t tell you how many times I ended up on my ass in the middle of a pasture because we were horsing around. The Baragers taught me the importance and value of hard work, kindness to animals and the best part of all, how to ride a horse. His name was Joe. Joe didn’t always like me on his back and I was reminded of this when I would open my eyes a little dazed, flat on my back in the dirt and looking up at the sky. He was a good teacher. And he was bound and determined to get me off his back when I showed a lack of confidence or leadership. When Joe decided to send me for a flight, Betty and Karmen would tell me to get back up, show him who’s boss and keep going. And I did. The odd tear leaking out, but I did it. Little did the Baragars know how essential this education would be to me now. Karmen and I rode those horses in every temperature every chance we got. I fell in love with the ‘farm’ and the animals. It was a safe place for me and I learned self-confidence there. Being painfully shy as a youngster, this family and their farm did more for me than they will ever know. The Baragars were the reason I could participate in 4-H and they gave me experiences that I will always be thankful for. Pretty awesome for a town-kid that would never have had the chance otherwise, eh? This town-kid loves farm life. And having the opportunity to spend a couple hours on the combine with Marcel Bourgeois last Wednesday was a wonderful experience for me. They welcomed me to their farm during their busiest season and made me feel right at home. I certainly didn’t want to get in the way, but they helped me fit right in and let me experience ‘a day in the life of a farmer’. I’m not sure if it was me or the long johns they were happy to see but I’m not going to question it! While on the combine, Marcel explained to me there are 60lbs in a bushel and the average bushels per acre they were getting this year was great. He also explained Red Lentils are dry at 13% and the combines continually test the moisture level in the grain. To be certain the grain is dry enough to store

for quality control, Gerry and his brother Shawn test a sample from every load. I noticed there were an incredible amount of hawks that flew over us and rested nearby. Marcel explained that as the combines harvest the grain, the field mice scatter and the hawks have a buffet lunch. The entire scene was magnificent to take in. Sitting beside Marcel and watching the combine harvest the lentil crop was fascinating for me to observe. I could have watched all day. And he shared a wealth of information about farming with me. It was truly awesome. On Thursday, I had the privilege to watch the process of storing durum in grain bags. The long white plastic bags you see in fields as you drive past, store grain. Marcel Bourgeois explained to me that in a year there are bumper crops, steel storage space is limited. So, a good and affordable alternative to bin storage is bag storage. Watching this process on the Carefoot Farm on Thursday was really interesting to watch. Though bags are a temporary storage solution, they are extremely convenient for producers. We live in such an amazing place. Being out there in the field east of Ponteix took me away. Harvest time is fascinating. Our producers work very hard and assume great risk to do what they do every single day. It is a science that is very dependent on mother nature’s cooperation and the expertise of the farmer. Not to mention, farmers work incredibly hard. I admire them for the long hours they put in. They feed the world. It’s a very noble job. When I travelled across Canada while employed by the Canadian Curling Association, the people from the East would often comment on my work ethic and ask me if everyone from Saskatchewan was as nice as I was. I just told them it was the Saskatchewan way. And they promptly agree with me and expressed how much they love people from our province. Southwest Saskatchewan is one of the most fascinating places in the world to live and I am thankful I grew up here. Stay safe everyone and happy harvesting!

The sunsets are golden and the evening air now nips at your nose. We are suddenly in the middle of one of the most beautiful and busiest seasons in Saskatchewan..."

Carefoot Farms prepares a grain bag for storage. Photo by Andrea Carol @lifeafterworktravel

Marcel Bourgeois invited me to ride in his combine with him while harvesting a beautiful crop of red lentils. Photo by Andrea Carol @lifeafterworktravel

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Big numbers mean big workloadS BY C H R I S TA L E E F R O E S E

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(Above) Curt, Clint and Mel Paton. (Below) Curt Paton drives a team of his Belgian horses.

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CARNDUFF, SK - Work ethic is what it’s all about for the Patons. With 450 head of commercial charolais cattle, 200 purebred Belgian horses and 11,000 total acres of owned and rented land, there is no other way to operate. “You get up every morning at 6 a.m. and you work until everything is done,” said Mel Paton, the 81-year-old patriarch at MM Ranch and Paton Bros. farm. Mel’s grown sons Curt and Clint ascribe to the same philosophy. While they separate their work into two area; Curt taking care of the livestock and Clint heading up the grain farming and accounting, they agree that maintaining a successful farm operation is all about time and commitment. “Every day is different and every day is a challenge,” said Clint of his non-stop work schedule. “I never know what’s going to come up each morning so I don’t plan for anything. That keeps it interesting.” The division of labour finds Curt dealing with all horse-related duties, including managing the PMU herd of 200 purebred Belgians. The herd has been in the family since 1966 with the Patons developing a breeding program that sees horses go to the USA as Amish work teams, as well as throughout Canada and the USA for the show ring, pulling teams and recreation. The prized Paton Belgians come with respectable price tags ($2,000 to $20,0000) but Curt explains that the payoff requires a great deal of commitment. “There were times last year when I was up for nine straight nights during foaling time,” said Curt, adding that due to the exceptionally high heads and long legs of the Patons’ Belgian foals, deliveries often require assistance. With an expanded PMU quota and 90 new foals expected this spring, Curt will be extremely busy ensuring that the Belgians not only deliver their foals safely, but that all of the horses are broken and marketed and that vet care and breeding records are maintained. Curt has four children, some of whom are involved in rodeo and some who have other off-farm activities, and a wife who works as a Kindergarten teacher. Clint has six active children and is Carnduff ’s fire chief. The many offfarm commitments make for extremely busy schedules, however, Clint said when it comes right down to it, the farm comes first. “Sometimes when there’s choices to make like do you go to the hockey game or stay home, you have to stay home and work.” Curt agreed. “You have to be able to put the farm first for the good of everyone - that’s the main thing,” said Curt. Many of the grown Paton children work on the farm when needed. However, Clinton and Curt have encouraged their kids to get training and establish careers outside of farming. They believe it’s important to have some education or a trade because not all 10 grandchildren will be able to incorporate themselves into the existing farm operation. Curt said that succession planning is currently under way to ensure that the economic health of the overall operation is maintained. Planning, along with open communication, are the keys to success. “You have to be willing to communicate and lay it on the line every once in a while just to know where everybody stands,” said Curt, who maintains one of three individual farm yards within the three-family operation. Patriarch Mel, who took over the farm from his dad and uncle in 1949, said the division of labour is one of the reasons the three-family farm has been a success. “If you want to know about horses, you ask Curt; if you want to know about machinery or books, ask Clint; if you want to know what’s for dinner, ask grandma,” said Melvin, adding that if anyone wants to know about the cows, they ask him. Paton matriarch Donalee keeps the home fires burning on the bustling farm, serving as grand central station at coffee and meal time. “Having everyone around this much, you really get to know your grandchildren and you know they’re doing well,” said Donalee. For more information on MM Ranch, visit mmranch.ca.

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A new permanent full time physician has joined the Primary Health Care Medical Clinic at the Shaunavon Hospital and Care Centre. Dr. Hong Tran’s first day of practice in the Clinic was August 17, 2016. Dr. Tran completed his pre-med education at the University of Calgary where he received a B.Sc in Biochemistry and his Masters of Biomedical Technology (MBT). He then obtained his Medical Degree at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Tran most recently completed his residency program at the Battleford Hospital in North Battleford, Saskatchewan where he also served as Chief Resident. He is a member of the Resident Doctors of Canada and received his Certification in The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) upon completing the accredited Family Medicine Residency and passing the Certification Examination in Family Medicine. Originally from Chestermere, Alberta, Dr. Tran is married with two children. He brings with him excellent skills in rural medicine, long term care, management of hospital in-patients, and emergency room coverage. “We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Tran as a member of our medical team in Shaunavon. He is an excellent physician who is looking forward to providing medical services to residents of Shaunavon as a member of the primary care team,” commented Grant Browne, Medical Affairs Coordinator for Cypress Health. Dr. Hong Tran joins Dr. P. Louwrens, Dr. O. Akpoigbe, Dr. I. Barretto, and Nurse Practitioners Sherry Hornung and Chester McCuaig in the Shaunavon Primary Health Care Clinic. Medical appointments to see Dr. Tran or another medical provider at the Shaunavon Hospital may be made by calling 306-297-1940.

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FCC’s annual Drive Away Hunger Tractor Tour gears up for 13th year the people that need it most,” Rourke explained. “It’s a way of giving back to the community for both our customers and our employees in the communities in which they live and work.” “It’s a way of helping the food banks and it has a huge impact.” This year, the tour will take place starting October 6 through the 13 stopping in Moose Jaw on October 7 and Regina on October 13. This week precedes Hunger Awareness Week from September 19 to 23. It all started back in 2004 when one FCC employee went on an eight day tour in Ontario with his tractor and trailer in tow. He collected around 60,000 meals which were then donated to the food banks. It now has grown from coast to coast raising over 27 million meals, all completely donated to food banks across the country. “I’ve been fortunate the last couple of years to have driven a tractor and trailer in Regina,” Rourke said. “We pull up to a school, the kids literally pour out with the food. The excitement and the pride is absolutely incredible.” For SWT, community involvement and support is important to the company. So joining FCC’s Drive Away Hunger was an easy step to take.

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It’s that time of year again when school is underway, sport’s programs are starting up which also means…fundraisers! But with all the different fundraisers for a variety of sports and charities, there’s one that cannot be forgotten and that’s the food banks across the country. Farm Credit Canada (FCC) along with multiple business partners, including new partner Southwest Terminal (SWT), hope to continue to fight hunger and bring awareness through the 13th annual Drive Away Hunger Tractor Tour across the country. Hunger is a continuous issue and keeping the food banks stocked is needed. In Canada, each month over 850,000 people access food banks, according to Food Banks Canada. In Saskatchewan alone, over 26,000 people will use food banks each month. Vern Rourke is the Senior Director of Agribusiness and Agri-Food at FCC. His passion for fighting hunger is apparent in not only in the words he says, but through actions he takes within the company. “It demonstrates commitment to the industry, it brings the [agriculture] community together to share the food with

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really shines through during an event like the Drive Away Hunger. “It is that sense of giving back, it is that sense of bringing the bags of food to the food banks and seeing the shelves fill up again,” Rourke said. “Especially when the trailers fill up, you empty them and they fill up again.” “It does demonstrate our commitment to the industry. It does bring the [agriculture] community together. It does support the communities in which we live and work and it makes a difference.” Reich and SWT are excited to be able to be a part of the Drive Away Hunger event and to see the impact on food banks across the country. “I think sometimes what happens, we forget about the need for food right out our back door,” Reich explained. “I think what FCC has done is they’ve made the awareness that we need for those of us who are fortunate enough, that we need to really look at those that are right out our back door that need help.” All proceeds raised will go directly to local food banks across the country. You can donate online through FCC’s website, www.fcc-fac.ca and also find out when a tractor will be near you.

“Obviously being in the [agriculture] business, we’re in the food business and we’ve produced a lot of grain in this area that goes and feeds the world,” explained Monty Reich, General Manager of SWT. “We felt that between ourselves and our famers and through FCC’s Drive Away Hunger program, we felt that we would jump on board and try and raise some funds.” SWT will match the donations that come in and they’re hoping to raise anywhere between 30 to $50,000 that would be turned into food. The importance of helping out communities around SWT is shown in what they do. Whether it be cash donation or fundraising for a specific cause, employees of SWT can have a major impact on where the support goes. “We do believe that giving back, specifically to our communities here in southwest Saskatchewan because they’ve obviously been the reason we’ve built the business to where it is today,” Reich said. “A lot of time we let our employees drive where our community involvement is going back into.” The response from communities who see the tractor come through is huge. Rourke explains how a communities pride

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SASKATOON - More than $516,000 was raised by five Saskatchewan community and business leaders at the second annual Rescue on the Prairie fundraising event for STARS air ambulance, held Thursday at a remote prairie location near St. Denis, SK. “I was really honoured that I was chosen to participate,” said Kindersley-based participant Garth MacDonald. “It’s been fun. It’s for a good cause, and if we all take our turn, STARS will be here when we need them.” The participants were airlifted by STARS to the western-themed location, where they competed against each other to raise the most funds using their mobile phones and personal networks. Tina Bird, of Estevan, entered the event having already achieved her goal of $50,000, raised through the many local fundraisers she hosted, including bake sales, pancake breakfasts and

barbecues. “I’ve been blown away by the support of the community leading up to today, but I’m not stopping now!” she said, during the event. Each individual participated in a series of challenges, including a flight readiness race, a simulated medical scenario with four procedures including an intubation and CPR on a mannequin; a fundraising challenge to see who could raise the most money over the phone in thirty minutes; and— in keeping with this year’s western theme—a calf roping competition. Winners of the challenges received sponsored cash prizes to go toward their individual fundraising totals. This year’s community leader participants included: • Doug Lapchuk - President, Sask. Volunteer Firefighters Association • Garth MacDonald - CEO, G-MAC’s AgTeam Inc. • Grant Greenslade - Director, Spartan Energy; Chairman, Twilight Drilling • Grant McGrath - President & CEO,

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MAPLE CREEK – “It only looks scary, but once you’ve done it, it’s not,” said 67-yearold rancher, Marg Perrin, as she watched the bulls being loaded into the chutes at the Maple Creek pro rodeo last week. Perrin has ridden bulls. As a member of the Girls’ International Rodeo League (GIRL) in the 1960’s, she participated in every event from bareback bronc riding to barrel racing and bull riding. “I was horse crazy,” said Perrin who grew up in Saskatoon before marrying Maple Creek rancher and saddle bronc rider Ken Perrin. “I always said I wanted to marry a cowboy or a rancher and I got both,” said Marg. Her 70-year-old husband, Ken, agreed that marrying someone who shares his passion for horses has meant the rodeo tradition is alive and well in the Perrin family. “It’s just in your blood,” said Ken, as he described how he recently passed down his bronc-riding saddle to his grandson, aged 14. The Perrins are like many Maple Creek ranchers who gather at the annual Cow-

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in front of her town, she is particularly proud of the culture in which she was raised. She said it’s a unique culture that prizes competitiveness and strength, yet also values those who help others out and those who step up when they’re needed. “I like to help out with the rodeo wherever I can because it’s what I can do to help the committee,” said Jamieson who works as a lifeguard in summer and rides horses at her Cypress Hills-area ranch every chance she gets. Having learned her riding ways from her grandfather and her parents, she is hopeful that her generation can carry on the rodeo traditions in Maple Creek long enough to see annual rodeos being held well into the future. As a group of young children play rodeo in the dust, riding on the backs of each other with one arm raised in the air and cowboy hats on, it is evident to see that the rodeo tradition is alive and well in Maple Creek. “When you see the younger kids at the rodeo, you always wonder what they’re going to do in the future – we could have the next rodeo champion right here in our town.”

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Call Violet @ 306 662 2934 for more information or visit www.taoist.org

Contact Carol at (306) 773-4433 or email office@trailview.org

Join us twice a week for the new Beginner class. Wednesdays, 7:00–8:00 pm and Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 am.

UP TO 3 YEAR PROMOTIONAL LIMITED WARRANTY DELAYED WARRANTY START OF DECEMBER 1

MONTGOMERY& SON SALES

Carmichael Highway #1 N. Gull Lake, SK • 306-672-3395 or 306-672-3617

www.montgomerypolaris.com

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FOR THE WIN

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

SPORTS

Farm Safety Agriculture is one of Saskatchewan’s largest and most hazardous industries. Incidents occur more often during critical farming times such as harvest, and can cause needless suffering and consequently reduce farm revenues.

The Gull Lake Lions faced the relatively inexperienced LCBI Bisons on September 14 and came away with a lopsided 67-18 victory. The Lions once again dominated on the ground, with Nathan Barsness, Callen Boutin, Jace Jans, and Shea Slade each scoring two rushing touchdowns apiece. Jans also added a kick return touchdown to start the second half. On defence, Brylan Radtke led the way with12 tackles and one knockdown. Not to be outdone by his brother, Daylan Radtke scored a long touchdown after an interception. All in all, it was a solid team effort for the 3-0 Lions. The Central Butte Bulldogs will make the trek to Gull Lake on Friday, September 23 for a 4:00 kick off at Gerry Elmslie Field.

Everyone can do their part to help make Saskatchewan farms safer. A few tips to remember this harvest include:

Photos by Kate Winquist Submitted by Neal Boutin

• Be sure to replace all guards and shields following maintenance and repairs. A few extra minutes might save your life or a limb. • Watch for overhead lines when moving equipment, augers, bins and when loading grain trucks and semis. • If you have additional help for farming activities, make sure to properly train them. • Change jobs periodically. Get out and take a short walk. • If youth are recruited to help with farming, make sure the activities are age appropriate and the youth are properly trained and supervised. The Farm Safety Guide http://www.publications.gov.sk.ca/details. cfm?p=68969

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

SPORTS

We Offer Feeds: Steam Rolled & Dry Rolled, Starter, Grower, Finisher

GYY 3300 14 R E G N R E E I N H E I • O14 O• H O •• PPRRO IEEDD PPRRO R F P I O T I R K F R P I C T O I K F R L O XX2200 C RO L O I F L P A R R L & E P A 7 N R I & 2 E M 7 N O I 2 R M PPRO

Net Weight: 113.4 Kg (250 Lbs.)

The top 3 male and females were as follows (L to R): 1st in the boys Gaige Calkins (Swift Current Comp), 2nd Griffin Wilson (Swift Current Comp), 3rd Keegan Goffinet (Ponteix), 1st in the girls Hannah MacNeil (Shaunavon), 2nd Dayna Winzer (Maple Creek) and 3rd Claudia Lim (Maple Creek). These golfers will all advance to the SHSAA provincials set for Sept 23 & 24 in Madge Lake.

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 Email: roger.renu@outlook.com HOURS: MON-FRI 8 AM - 5:30 PM SAT 8 AM - NOON

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The SWAC golf championships were held in Ponteix on Sept. 13. The Swift Current Comp boys captured the boys' team title with Maple Creek winning the girls. L to R: Swift Current coach Drew Bailey, Gaige Calkins, Griffin Wilson, Ethan Fizzel, Theo Laustch, Dayna Winzer, Claudia Lim, Maple Creek coach Tyson Krause.

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) Tues, Auctioneer 306-558-4410 Tues, 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

Sept. 20 : Reg. Sale w/ Off-Truck Yearlings Sept. 27 : Reg. Sale w/ Off-Truck Yearlings

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

Thanks for your support ... have a safe & prosperous harvest.

2220 North Railway St. W. Swift Current, SK 306-773-3181

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Your SW Saskatchewan Pre-Owned Vehicle Dealer In Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

WWW.TRUCKTOWNMAPLECREEK.CA

Look for the

Old Truck!

2014 RAM 1500 4WD

28,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

62,500KM | Stock No. C-1631

2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD

25,495

2014 FORD EXPEDITION

27,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

71,300KM | Stock No. C-1620

2015 FORD FOCUS

2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT

16,495

2015 CHEVY CRUZE

2007 CHEVY EQUINOX FWD

7,495

170,250KM | Stock No. 16-031B

2015 CHEVY SPARK

2014 GRAND CARAVAN

2011 CHEVY ESCAPE 4WD

2014 CHEVY CRUZE

2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE AWD

11,495

2015 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

2008 FORD F-150 4WD

2009 CHEVY EQUINOX AWD

18,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

102,500KM | Stock No. 16-111A

13,495

15,495

11,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

139,500KM | Stock No. C-1563

2010 FORD F-150 4WD

18,495

15,495

43,250KM | Stock No. C-1612

94,750KM | Stock No. C-1570

15,495

28,000KM | Stock No. 16-012A

27,000KM | Stock No. C-1614

7,500KM | Stock No. C-1604

52,000KM | Stock No. C-1625

85,000KM | Stock No. C-1618

94,000KM | Stock No. C-1616

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

11,495

18,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

33,500KM | Stock No. C-1617

152,500KM | Stock No. C-1627A

2014 CHEVY SPARK 5

36,495

2015 CHEVY MALIBU

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

14,495

17,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

114,000KM | Stock No. C-1619

2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

15,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

111,225KM | Stock No. C-1629A

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

2013 CHEVY EQUINOX AWD

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

2009 FORD EDGE

19,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

41,000KM | Stock No. C-1622

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

2013 GMC TERRAIN AWD

13,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

15,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

123,000KM | Stock No. 16-034A

57,500KM | Stock No. 16-114B

2008 FORD FOCUS

7,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

100,000KM | Stock No. 16-104A

164,500KM | Stock No. 16-100B

129,000KM | Stock No. 16-075B

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

2013 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD

34,495

DRIVE AWAY PRICE

60,000KM | Stock No. 16-072A

DRIVE AWAY SALE PRICES” are based on a cash purchase, include administration fees, taxes extra. Finance Terms Available. Please See Dealer For Complete Details

Highway 21 North, P.O. Box 1388 Maple Creek, SK S0N 1N0

306.661.8775 TF 844.662.8785

Kevin Rittinger Bob Vogelaar George Hamel General Manager

Sales Consultant

“YOUR AUTOMOTIVE FINANCING EXPERTS”

Sales Manager