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A Site Assessment in accordance with the Saskatchewan Environmental Code Site Assessment and Corrective Action Plan Chapters will be required to ensure that there is no contamination.

Please provide date available and estimation of time to complete project.

Tenders to be submitted by February 10, 2017 to: Town of Gull Lake, Box 150, Gull Lake, SK, S0N 1A0 or via email: gulllaketown.admin@sasktel.net

Nominate a volunteer, not-for-profit organization or business for Canada’s Volunteer Awards The Government of Canada announced on November 15 that the call for nominations for Canada’s Volunteer Awards is now open and will run until February 3, 2017.

Canada’s Volunteer Awards recipients are nominated by Canadians, for Canadians. This is the chance for all Canadians, and particularly in Cypress Hills-Grasslands, to nominate a volunteer or a not-for-profit organization that helps to find innovative solutions to social challenges, or a business that demonstrates social responsibility in your community.

This year, 21 awards will be presented, and award recipients will have the opportunity to identify a not-for-profit organization of their choice to receive a $5,000 or $10,000 grant.

For more information and to nominate a volunteer, a not-for-profit organization or a business, visit: www.Canada.ca/volunteer-awards Please let my office know if you are nominating a Cypress Hills–Grasslands constituent.

David Anderson, Member of Parliament Cypress Hills - Grasslands Email: David.anderson1@sasktel.net Tel: (306) 778-4480

Moving to Single Provincial Health Authority Change Will Reduce Administration While Improving Co-ordination of Health Services Contributed kate@advancesouthwest.com

Health Minister Jim Reiter accepted all of the recommendations of the Saskatchewan Advisory Panel on Health System Structure, and has announced the province will consolidate the 12 existing Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) into one single Provincial Health Authority.

“One Provincial Health Authority that is focussed on better co-ordination of health services across the province will improve the quality of care patients receive,” Reiter said. “It will also reduce administration and duplication across the health system.

“This change represents a consolidation of administration, not a centralization of services. Our government remains committed to providing high-quality health services in every part of the province. Our goal is better co-ordination between the health services provided in different areas of the province.”

Along with the recommendation to move to a single Provincial Health Authority, the Advisory Panel recommends the appointment of a single Board of Directors to govern the new Authority. The report also recommends system-wide improvements that include consolidation of health system administrative support functions and some clinical services such as laboratory and diagnostic imaging, and the planning, dispatch and delivery of Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

“We recognize the changes we are recommending are significant,” Advisory Panel member Dr. Dennis Kendel said.

“The Advisory Panel encourages the provincial government and senior leaders within the health system to take the time required to ensure a smooth transition.”

This is a significant change, and it will take time to create a new Provincial Health Authority. Work on implementation planning has already begun at the

Ministry of Health. A comprehensive plan is being developed that will work through critical implementation details, including legislation, governance, financial and change management considerations. While the date the new Provincial Health Authority will come into being is still to be determined, it is anticipated to occur in fall 2017.

“We want to do this quickly, but it is important to do this right,” Reiter said. “The priority will be planning for a smooth transition and ensuring patients are always the focus. Throughout the transition to the new Provincial Health Authority, our number one goal will be to ensure patients receive the same or better care.

“I thank the Advisory Panel for its thoughtful report,” Reiter said. “I am confident that implementing these recommendations will result in the most effective and efficient health care structure for Saskatchewan.”

The Cypress Health Region has also been advised that Chief Executive Officer Beth Vachon has been seconded to the position of Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Health, relinquishing her role as CEO of the Cypress Health Region. In her new position Beth has lead responsibility for the provincial transition to a single health authority. This secondment is in place immediately with Beth now based out of Regina, SK. The Cypress Regional Health Authority Board has appointed Larry Allsen to the role of Interim-CEO. Larry most recently served the Region as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Services.

Optimizing and Integrating Patient-Centred Care: Saskatchewan Advisory Panel on Health System Structure is available online at www.saskatchewan.ca.

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Two used Schulte Mowers and one Degelman 1820 Side Arm The following equipment owned by the Rural Municipality of Gull Lake No. 139, in the provice of Saskatchewan, is offered for sale by tender: 1.

2009 Schulte XH 1500 Series 3 - 15 feet wide, 1000 PTO, walking axles, laminate tires, regular maintenance, manual/parts book included.

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Please send bid to: RM of Gull Lake No. 139 Box 180 1184 Conrad Avenue, Gull Lake, SK. S0N 1A0 Email: rm139@sasktel.net

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January 28 at the Lyric Theatre Contributed kate@advancesouthwest.com

Coming to the Lyric Theatre on Saturday, January 28th is David Gogo backed by Bill Hicks on drums and Jay Stevens on bass, who together create the David Gogo Trio.

David Gogo's groove-fueled blend of blues and rock is the basis for a singular and storied music career. His songs have been featured in film and television and are regularly played on blues radio programs the world over. He has earned numerous Canadian blues accolades, including five JUNO nominations, a Western Canadian Music Award, a CBC Saturday Night Blues Award, and multiple Maple Blues Awards.

He has thirty years of performing and hundreds of thousands of tour miles under his belt.

Vicksburg Call is Gogo's fourteenth release and is poised to add even more acclaim to his

already impressive inventory. Undoubtedly a rockin' blues album, it was recorded in Gogo's hometown of Nanaimo, British Columbia. The new studio has a live, intimate atmosphere, which yielded an overall grittier sound with lots of feeling. The new album also has more of a "band feel" to it than previous albums, making the songs feel more like the live show.

Additionally, Gogo was inspired to make use of a wider range of guitars from his extensive collection that had him playing and writing outside of his usual approach.

You will not want to miss David Gogo! Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at Pharmasave. Doors will open at 7:30pm and the music will begin at 8:30pm. For more information about the show or the Blenders Music Series check out our website, www.blendersmusic. ca, or contact Shann Gowan at 306-778-2686, or srgowan@yourlink.ca.

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Q: Are you a good host?

By Madonna Hamel

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y ‘holiday’ began on December 1st, when I began playing only festive tunes. I spent the second week of December dreaming up specials for the café: decking the meat pies with mini-boughs of holly and dotting everything with red cranberries. While the snow and the temperature fell, my spirits rose. If only there was a way to keep this feeling of spontaneous joy the whole year long, I mused, rolling out another ball of dough. If only I had the strength of spirit to shield me against a sudden drop in good will.

By the third week I was feeling a cold coming on and my daily walks had to be curtailed. Without my walks a sense of solitude can easily degenerate into a desperate kind of loneliness. I was beginning to feel disjointed, cranky, and ungenerous. The voice in my head was less a choir of angels than Scrooge on a rant in front of his clerk.

I was not enjoying my own company and couldn’t imagine hosting a meal I’d promised my being pal Page for ‘present’ his birthday.

My neighbour, doesn’t mean a mutual being happy friend, had even donated all the time. the chicken.

It means “Why don’t we go to the showing up Hotel instead? for life."

It would be a nice gesture toward the new owners?” I suggested. And so we did. The hotel was buzzing and the food was good and Page told his stories and I plugged coin after coin into the jukebox, searching for a song that would bring my spirits up. On the walk home my neighbour nudged me out of my slump: “Hey, I want my chicken back!”

---The first time Ervin visited my apartment he dubbed it ‘Santa’s Workshop’. “I’m sending my grand-kids here”, he said, lifting various bones and feathers and rhythm instruments, “They’ll never leave.” This Christmas Eve I spent with those grandkids and the rest of his much-treasured family in Swift Current, Thanks to a five-year old, who had made me her sous chef and promptly assigned me the job of arranging a miniature fruit platter, I rediscovered the wonders of play dough. From my vantage point I observed the big, noisy family of four generations and felt overcome with a paradoxical blend of gratitude, melancholy and nostalgia as the ghosts of Christmas past and present mixed with memories of the days when we still had mom and the family home.

By Boxing Day I’d managed to succumb to a stomach virus. I felt robbed of my celebratory sensibility, as if all my ‘twinkly wonderment’ got flushed with my innards after heaving several times into the toilet the night before. My self-pity was taking over, paralysing any trace of good will. I decided to surrender to the couch for as long as it took to feel even the slightest bit sociable again. Fishing around on the floor for something to read in keeping with the situation, I found a book I’d started six years ago. It’s not that Henri Nouwen’s “Reaching Out: The Three Movements of A Spiritual Life” is a difficult or boring work, it’s just that every thought is so uniquely expressed that I’ve had to pace myself, biting off not more than a couple of para-

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graphs at a time. The book had been cycled down to the bottom of the pile, beneath cynical and despairing expositions on the state of humanity, books that were starting to chip away at my forgotten decision to hold a loving view of humanity.

“Reaching Out” is not about measuring ‘levels of success’ of a spiritual life but about becoming aware of the “different poles between which our lives vacillate and are held in tension”. According to Nouwen, movement between poles can take us from a lonely, hostile life of illusion to a place of solitude, hospitality and the life of the Spirit. I began to read his thoughts on how solitude gives us an opportunity to reflect on ‘” the difference between an action that is triggered by a change in a surrounding scene and an action that has ripened through careful listening to the world in which we live”, between “an anxious reaction” and an “honest response”. And then, the kicker: “Paralysis may just be an invitation to search for deeper sources of vitality”. I closed the book and fell asleep.

The next day Ervin and ‘the boys’, showed up with a dolly and replaced my broken washer with a new one. As quickly as they came they left- there was feed to be moved and cattle to tend to. My gushing thanks, although entirely sincere, felt insufficient gratitude, but they weren’t looking for any, I couldn’t even make them coffee or crumble. The look on Ervin’s face said: we’re just doing what needs to be done.

I am still getting used to these moments of ‘hospitality’wherein I suddenly feel cared for. I mention I need, say, paint and there’s four cans of various colours on my doorstep. I’ve returned from work to find chairs, cutlery, lamps, and once, three lovely rose-patterned tv tables….

I returned to the couch and my book.

“A good host”, writes Nouwen, “believes the guest holds a gift”. Today hospitality is an industry, but the word goes back to an ancient concept of welcoming the stranger into our home because our guests carry the precious gift of their story. The gift they give us is their story; the gift we give themwhich is ultimately a gift we give ourselvesis a listening ear. “We will never believe we have something to give unless there is someone able to receive.”

I got to Medicine Hat on the 29th. My sister is the kind of host who not only remembers your favourite pillow case, but puts a chocolate on top of it. She’s one of those brave souls who puts up a tree and decorates it, knowing she’ll have to take it down alone, three weeks later. She spends the months leading up to Christmas preparing tubs of treats, decorated, dipped, dusted and drizzled in beguiling designs.

Over the days leading to New Year’s we played charades, scrabble, cards, and a game where you roll pictured dice and tell a story. We told our own stories, threw runes and prepared our new words to usher in a new year. I chose ‘presence’.

On New Year’s Eve, just before midnight, we would each burn our old words in a fire prepared outside. And at the stroke of twelve we would yell out our new words for 2017. But by 11:30 we were all too spent, we’d peaked too soon, we never burned our past.

Today I head home. Here’s what I’ve realized: being ‘present’ doesn’t mean being happy all the time. It means showing up for life. The perfect host, says Nowuen, creates a space, “a friendly emptiness”, where friends and strangers can “enter and discover themselves” without speeches, suggestions, or “educated intimidation”. A true host hopes the guest will “feel free to speak their own language, feel free even to leave.” It helps if, on your empty days, you have hosts who love your miserable little self and let you stay, until it’s time to go.

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hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, enjoyed the presence of your loved ones, and ate entirely too much food for one human stomach to comfortably hold. A series of new adventures began for me, and my boyfriend, Kerry, over the holiday season, so you and I have some catching up to do!

As I write to you today, I sit on the backseat bed of a lime green and purple campervan, parked at a lovely little motor inn, located just north of Auckland, New Zealand. We acquired this quaint car on January 2nd, four days after our arrival in the country, which was not our smoothest of entrances.

Our pre-arranged flight into New Zealand landed in Auckland, however in late December we booked another plane heading to Wellington, the capital, as a friend of ours lives there and invited us to spend New Years with him. The second flight to Wellington departed less than two hours after our initial arrival, so we had to hustle to collect our bags, re-tag, drop them off again, and then hop on the shuttle to the domestic airport. There was little time for error, so of course, there was error. We were nearly to the front of the bag-drop line when Kerry reached into his pocket for his passport, and found nothing. The frantic area search commenced. We even asked security personnel to open a garbage bin that we had used in case it had accidentally been dropped inside.

Luckily, after enquiring at a nearby desk, the lost was found. Someone had turned his passport in, and we made it to our flight just in time.

The next four days in Wellington were much less eventful. We were crappy tourists who slept in and stayed inside, but we used the rainy weather as an excuse. The sun did show for the afternoon of New Years Eve, which was perfect timing for the backyard celebration we attended. Never before have I walked to the beach for drift wood on New Years Eve. Despite the lack of motivation, we enjoyed our time spent catching up with a good friend, and making new ones. We definitely appreciated the local input while we (last minute)

mapped out our road trip too.

We had ten days to work with on this North Island expedition from bottom to top. The first of those days included picking up our small, splashy-coloured, campervan. The whole backseat folds into a double bed once the front seats are slid up to the dash, while the rear of the van holds the make-shift kitchen, featuring a small icebox, sink, hot plate, and some storage for cooking essentials.

There isn't a lot of extra space, but I for one am totally enjoying the freedom of the campervan life.

Although the driving is an adventure all on it's own, in just four days we've seen some pretty incredible things. We have visited Napier, the art deco capital, where we took an audio tour of the old Napier prison. Then we drove to Lake Taupo, New Zealand's biggest freshwater lake, created by volcanic eruptions. Here, we sailed across the crater to see cliffside Maori rock carvings. After that, we hit up Rotorua, to visit Tamaki Maori Village for an evening of Maori culture - our favourite so far. Just outside of Rotorua we also entered Hell's Gates, a geothermal park, taking in a mud bath and sulphur spa. Our next stop was Raglan, famous for it's surf. Then we headed for the Waitomo Caves, which brings us to today. Today we toured one of New Zealand's most famous attractions, the glow worm caves. Strangely enough, these caves reminded me of home. Although we have no magical glowing worms in Saskatchewan (that I know of,) we do have some pretty awesome starry night skies.

Sadly, we only have a few nights left on this classic kiwi road trip.

Tomorrow we will cruise over to Aroha Island, where I'm hoping we just might see an actual kiwi bird, and then the day after we will continue up into Northland to Matauri Bay. There we'll be meeting up with our friend again for a couple more days of exploring and relaxing.

I have some tough goodbyes coming up in the near future, including saying farewell to our beloved van, but in the meantime, keep it coming New Zealand!

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OPINION

By Megan Lacelle megan@advancesouthwest.com

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he New Year always brings new challenges and goals for individuals eager to change their lives. The usual resolutions involve weight loss, spending less money or picking up fewer bottles of wine – mine involves a new country.

I finished my second-year exams on December 17 and travelled home for the holidays shortly after. Since that time, I have been wandering the Southwest from one family/friend gathering to another. I dedicated most of my holidays to my siblings, their children and my parents – as well as my significant other and his family.

In total my boyfriend and I attended six Christmases, ate three servings of turkey and two types of ribs, we also travelled thousands of kilometres from one home to another. We attended his cousin’s wedding bash on New Years Eve and joined more than one-hundred Lacelles in Cadillac on New Years Day. As we both come from big families, the events were both enormous fun.

However, as the season usually does, it flew by leaving only the warm memory of family and the extra three lbs. on my waistline.

Now it’s on to the next adventure.

I have packed up one large suitcase, one backpack and one small bag with everything I plan to take to Sweden for the next four-five months.

Packing my life into one big suitcase is not out of the ordinary for me – I have done it for nearly every semester since I started university six years ago.

My flight leaves this week and I will not be back on Saskatchewan soil until June. In that time, I plan on experiencing all that I can. I have multiple destinations in mind with the couple friends who have assured me they will come visit.

People keep asking me

if I am nervous or excited and the answer is, both. I’m excited to live in a new city surrounded my new people learning a new culture and travelling around Europe.

I’m nervous to leave my close-knit family, my supportive partner and all the things I love about home, but home will be here when I get back.

It felt as though departure day would never come, but here it is. All the paperwork, visa applications, housing plans and course applications have come together into one large folder in my smallest bag. My suitcase is filled with warm clothing and my backpack carries my most prized possession: my camera. In total the amount of items accompanying me on my trip is sparse.

I have unlocked two old cellphones to bring with me to Europe, in hopes that if one should sporadically die I will have another to lean on.

I have assured my mom that I will call often and send videos of my weekly adventures; something I’m sure will become a monthly rather than weekly event once things get going.

My sister has promised to FaceTime and send me snapchats of the kids, as well as catching a flight over for my birthday. Three of my good friends and my boyfriend are also looking at flights for when they visit later in the year.

So although it really looks like I’m going to a new country all by myself, I’m really not. I will still phone my family often and will still look into their eyes, via FaceTime, more often than not.

I wish everyone the best in the new year – and if your resolutions is to lose weight, spend less money or drink less wine, then go for it.

Trying new things is not always easy, but sometimes it’s so worth it.

door on the beach. Wow. This is the stuff of dreams, and

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net will remain so, probably forever, no matter what the “something” Wired forecasts drones will 2017 may be the year of the become. drone. Or maybe not.

Consider our front yard. It’s In a story leading up to perfect for landing a drone. No the early January Consumoverhead powerlines, perfectly er Electronics Show (CES) in flat.

The large driveway, unfortuLas Vegas, Wired wrote, “This nately, is also perfectly flat. year, don’t get hung up on any And when we got home from particular drone, but instead Christmas visiting, there was notice the sheer breadth of the two inches of snow on the driveofferings: the shapes and colway that required blowing. The ors, the drone races and drone front yard was a lump two-plus rodeos, the drones that carry feet deep in snow. I battled cameras and the drones that with the snowblower to clear a carry people. Everyone in tech path around the house to limit knows drones are going to be… any meltwater making its way something. Nobody knows exact- into the basement. I imagine ly what yet, so they’re trotting this snow will remain until out their newest idea to see what mid-March, likely April. Where you think. All the pieces are does the proverbial drone land there, but nobody’s yet put them between then and now? all together the right way.”

On the other hand, a parcel Meanwhile, Amazon has filed arrived via Canada Post the a patent for a drone the size same day. She was driving a van of a warehouse. It would allow which, I imagine, had a heck of a a Zeppelin to act as a floating time making it down any street fulfilment centre. They’ve been the week before after about talking, publicly, about drone eight inches of snow. I know this delivery of packages since 2013, because I could barely drive my when they launched a really cool wife’s 4x4 through it. video.

Did I mention this week it’s And that was a cool video. A -25 C as well? I knocked over a guy needed a special tool, he water bottle while putting the ordered it under a 30 minute snowblower away and it broke. I deliver option (Amazon Prime wonder what would happen to a drone?

Air), and it was flown from the Maybe Estevan, Saskatchewan, warehouse straight to his front

is a poor example. Okay, let’s try Canada’s tech centre, Ottawa. It’s been raining there, in January. I wonder what happens to your deliveries in Nepean, in that situation?

And this is where all the drone fantasies falter. Small drones are fair-weather aircraft. Landing locations fouled with snow will always be problematic. We are not going to see our skies filled with drones, akin to the sky highways in Back to the Future Part II or on the city planet of Coruscant in the Star Wars universe.

Maybe there are some hightech work arounds. An online delivery system that promises 30 minute delivery should be tied into the local weather forecasts, taking away air delivery when it’s not feasible (half the year?). Perhaps you might have to go out to the delivery point with your cellphone and use its GPS to designate precisely where to land where it’s safe. I can’t imagine any jerk teenagers ordering $10 items and then setting up landing zones for expensive drones to crash in.

I love my drone, and the whole concept of them. But after you’ve used one a bit, you realize there are going to be very serious limitations in their becoming part of daily life.

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

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.

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Great Plains College to host Information Night and Open House Contributed kate@advancesouthwest.com

Staff at Great Plains College Swift Current Campus are inviting members of the public to stop in on January 11, 2017, and discover the array of programs offered locally.

From 5 to 8 p.m. student advisers and staff members will be available to answer questions, assist potential students with the application process and provide information on scholarship and financial aid opportunities. A university information session will take place at 7 p.m.

“There are a number of different programs available right here in Swift Current,” said Karen Richmond, Great Plains College Region Manager. “There is something for learners at all stages of their journey, whether they are newcomers to the area, individuals who are interested in completing their Grade 10, 12 or GED®, students ready to pursue post-secondary programs or persons needing to complete industry safety tickets and professional development courses.”

Local programs include; Adult Basic Education, Administrative Assistant, Business, Continuing Care Assistant, Certificate in Health, Safety and Environmental Processes (online), Early Childhood Education, Electrician, Power Engineering (Fourth and Third Class), Practical Nursing, Registered Nursing, Skills & Safety Training, Social Work,

Welding and University. Information on the SunDogs varsity athletics program will also be available.

The Administrative Assistant and Business certificate programs are open to international students. Students can start the Administrative Assistant program in January, March, September or November. A limited number of seats are still available for the next part-time Continuing Care Assistant program, which starts January 30, and the fulltime Electrician program, which begins in February.

All post-secondary programs—with the exception of Registered Nursing and Practical Nursing— follow a high-demand intake process, meaning students are accepted based upon a first-qualified, first admitted policy.

Great Plains College also offers a selection of Grade 12, upgrading, Pre-12 and GED® program opportunities. The second semester of Grade 12, which is open to new students, starts in February and students interested in Pre-12 and/or GED® can begin at any time.

Visit greatplainscollege.ca/oh for information on the Open House. Drop in on January 11, 2017, between 5 and 8 p.m.—refreshments, tours and door prizes will be available, along with an opportunity to apply to the program of your choice.

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Exercise is an important component of a healthy lifestyle. Daily exercise can improve mood, promote an active lifestyle and reduce a person's risk for a host of ailments, including diabetes and heart disease.

Despite the importance of exercise, many people live sedentary lifestyles into their golden years. Seniors who want to embrace a healthier way of life and get more physically active should first consult with their physicians before beginning an exercise regimen. Certain medications may limit just how far seniors can push themselves, while preexisting conditions may make specific types of exercise off limits. After discussing their limitations with their physicians and developing a safe exercise routine, seniors can heed the following tips to avoid injury but still get healthy. · Pick a partner. Whether it's a spouse or a friend who is physically active or wants to be, try exercising with a partner, at least initially. Doing so can provide the motivation you need and partners can serve as safety nets should you need assistance completing an exercise or suffer an injury and require medical attention. Personal trainers can serve as your partner, and many gyms offer discounts to seniors on personal training services. · Start slowly. Seniors who have not been physically active for some time

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clarendon hotel fire ruled arson

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This loss for our community is compounded because it was a horrendous, malicious act not an accident”

Remembering Mike KUCIK

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Hazlet family donates $10M to Children’s Hospital

“We are beyond grateful to Eldon McIntyre and his family for this truly remarkable gift of love, support, and leadership"

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CLARENDON HOTEL FIRE

Smiley case adjourned until the end of January ADVANCE SOUTHWEST STAFF kate@advancesouthwest.com

Phylisia Smiley, accused of allegedly burning down the Clarendon Hotel on October 9 was back in Swift Current Provincial Court on December 19 via video link.

Her court case has been adjourned until January 30th at 9:30 a.m. when she will appear again via video link.

Smiley will be transferred from the Pine Grove Correctional Centre to the North Battleford Forensic Unit where she will undergo a mental health assessment.

Advance Southwest will continue to update our readers on the situation.

2016 Quilter Report

BY HELEN HUNT kate@advancesouthwest.com

The Gull Lake Quilting Club has 10 active members. We have managed to get 19 quilts done this year. We have only 7 members that hand quilt now, but we are managing to keep going. The other ladies do some sewing for us, making tea and giving us some much needed support to keep our little group going and we don't let anyone quit on us anymore.

We made donations of two quilts to Autumn House this year, one to a fire victim in town and we sent 5 to Fort Murray for their fire victims and so often you never hear if they receive these or not and we were one of the lucky ones and received a response from one of the ladies which received my note that was pinned to a quilt, it was beautiful.

We donated to the Guatemala group of hard workers that goes there every year from our community of $500.00 to buy much need medicine in January. We need to congratulate these people for their time and expense that they go to make this trip .

We took time out one day last year and made a trip around our community to view all the beautiful yards that grace our landscape.They were beautiful. We had our two meals out that we take each year as payment for our work for the year. Hopefully we can keep going this coming year. We are sorry we haven't been able to donate any to our churches this year but hope to this coming year. We are a hard working group of senior ladies.

Welcome to the world Odette Magnolia Boyer, born on January 3, 2017 at 12:55 am to proud parents Kim and Travis Boyer from Kyle, SK. She was 9 lbs 15 oz at birth. Dr. Savoy was on duty for the delivery. As the Cypress Health Region's New Year’s Baby for 2017 little Odette was showered with gifts from Dr. Savoy, Babble Maternity Baby Kids, Cabri Bulldogs Senior Hockey Team, Swift Current Lion's Club, the Women’s and Children’s Health Services Unit, Pharmasave, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Pioneer Co-op. Photo courtesy Cypress Health Region.

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Need help keeping your New Year’s resolutions?

This wellness challenge is for you! The City of Swift Current Community Services is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles in our community by offering the 5th annual wellness challenge free of charge for all community members!

“This is a great opportunity,” says Val Choo-Foo, In Motion Community Facilitator, “for a healthy start to the year. Over the past four years, just over 1300 people have participated in the Wellness Challenges. For our 5th anniversary, our goal is to have 500 participants join the challenge this year!

Let’s help Swift Current be a place where a ‘healthy’ life makes sense!”

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This year there have been a few changes made to the challenge based on the feedback from previous years, so take a look, gather a team, and join the Wellness Challenge! Let’s have some competitive fun within our teams but also against other community teams. Who is up for the challenge?

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November 29 was a big day for Edith Todd this year. Not only did she turn a whopping 90 years old, she also welcomed her 26th great-grandchild into her family! Edith's granddaughter Cheryl Currah (Todd) told her gram months before that she was going to have a baby and her due date was November 29th, knowing that it may or may not happen on that particular day. Of course, Edith was hoping. As luck or fate would have it, that's EXACTLY what happened! Colsen Michael Currah was born at 11:41pm on November 29th. Edith calls him "Her Birthday Baby” and proudly showed him off to all her friends and staff at the Autumn House in Gull Lake, when he came for a first visit.

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Otto & Daria: A Wartime Journey Through No Man’s Land provides an apt commentary on social issues and the unfolding status of women. Otto’s experiences also reflect current attitudes about refugees, sometimes perceived as harbouring spies rather than being victims of war.

To obscure his ethnic background, Otto changes his name to Eric, and it’s under this name that he penned Otto & Daria. It’s not really a love story; rather, it’s a memoir of a remarkable friendship that develops between two strangers caught up in momentous events during a terrifying time in our not so distant past.

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hen Otto Koch, a German Jew, suffers an appendicitis attack, he’s rushed to a hospital in the Third Reich reserved for nonJews. As the anaesthesia starts to take effect, the last words he hears are his surgeon greeting his staff with “Heil Hitler.”

In his memoir, entitled Otto & Daria: A Wartime Journey Through No Man’s Land, Koch vividly re-creates his life in Germany during Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s. He brilliantly captures the tension in the air as the Nazis insidiously gain control. His parents protect him from the encroaching danger and at first he leads an idyllic life, isolated from the terror that is to come.

Otto continues his life chronicle, studying at the University of Cambridge in England, when he meets the mysterious Daria Hambourg, a woman at first shy but more than adept at expressing herself through her writing. She’s from a distinguished English family, but with a distinctively bohemian bent. She’s also a Socialist with no qualms about expressing her views.

Otto and Daria begin corresponding by letter. Her writing style, both elegant and eloquent with a melodramatic flair, seems to beguile and fascinate Otto. When he teases her about marriage, she replies in kind.

But is she flirting with him, or merely being mischievous? Otto obviously enjoys flirting, not only with Daria but with many other women.

When the Second World War breaks out, Otto, still residing in England, volunteers to enlist in the British army despite his pacifist feelings. But he’s quickly interned as an enemy alien because of his German background. He’s then shipped to an internment camp in Canada where he’s deemed to be less of a security risk.

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Bernie Ford Dad was born September 9, 1935 and left us Dec 26, 2016.

Mom predeceased Dad on Oct 14, 2015.

Dad and mom were married March 16, 1959 and had 56 beautiful years together. 5 children were born from this union, 4 daughters and 1 son, Debra/ Lorri/ Lance married to Cathy (Nyen)/ Sandi/ and Rebecca married to Ron Buchaski.

There are 16 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren, 1 brother Gerald – wife Donna and family, numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.

Dad was beloved in his communities and colony communities and would willingly help out whenever asked through out the years. Dad belonged to many organizations and enjoyed the fellowship shared there with both young and old.

In Dad’s younger days he played and coached ball and hockey – The Gull Lake Grey Hounds being his Pride and Joy. He enjoyed golfing and curling as well. He acquired many trophies and awards for his efforts over the years of which his girl’s can attest to through their dusting duties.

Later in life while not able to actively participate in the sports he loved so much, Dad still enjoyed the sports via the armchair every chance he had – watching, cheering, coaching and of course, betting … 1 loonie per game.

Dad loved to play cards, crib being his most favourite, especially with his Legion buddies. Many an hour was passed at the farm playing card games when family gathered.

Dad was the anchor of his family, grandchildren and great grandchildren. They were his pride and joy. When he knew they were coming to the farm – the shovels and rakes came out and potato farming would begin. Dad knew how to dole out the work to each of his helpers from young to old he could find what suited them. And off to work we would go with a reminder of the Family Motto – “Many hands make light the work”.

During Dad’s hospital stay once again all came to visit Grandpa. The twinkle in his eyes, the smile upon his face and the hugs and kisses said it all. He was just so happy to see them.

Dad will be missed so very, very much, but his memories will be with us forever. Your Loving Children.

A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Tompkins Community Centre in Tompkins, SK with Dr. Shane Andrus officiating. Interment took place at the Tompkins Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Tompkins Royal Canadian Legion, Tompkins Cancer Committee, or the Tompkins Senior Centre.

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James (Ole) Armstrong Allen, beloved husband of Bernice Allen of Lethbridge, passed away at home on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at the age of 85.

He was the loving father of Steven (Arlette) Allen of Luseland, Lawson Allen of Gull Lake, Laurie (Ray) Lloyd of Gull Lake, Tammy Allen of Preecville, Lance (Karen) Allen of Gull Lake and Shane Allen of Gull Lake. His extended family, the children of Bernice including Margo Allen of Shaunavon, Kevin Boddy of Sturgis, Gary Peterson of Swan River, and Blair (Carolyn) Peterson of Peace River.

His legacy is 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

James was predeceased by his beloved first wife Eileen Allen and by both his parents William and Julia, six brothers; Alfred, Wilson, David, Huey, Lawrence and Bruce, as well as three sisters; Maydie, Naomi and Juliette. He is survived by his sisters Peggy and Lulabelle.

James was born at Tuberose, Sask. to parents William and Julia on April 17, 1931. He was a man of many talents and interests; working in the oilfield for 20 years and then becoming a welder until his retirement. His interests were many, including; photography, innovating, gun smithing, carpentry and finally becoming a luthier. He created a number of violins, violas and cellos that he built with loving care and jigs especially created for the job at hand. His works will be cherished by his children and grandchildren.

His interests were varied and his passions kept him forever young. He lived with the credo that you can learn anything from a book and often stated, “the impossible will take a little longer.”

He has enriched all our lives and will be deeply missed.

Internment will be held in Swift Current at the Mount Pleasant cemetery in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Salvation Army or support a struggling violinist.

Local Classifieds CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank everyone who brought cards, gifts, and attended my 90th birthday. Special thanks to my family who organized the party, decorated and brought flowers and to the ladies who provided the birthday cake.

Thank you to Doreen for supplying supper. It was all greatly appreciated.

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onsider adding one more to your list of New Year’s resolutions – reduce your use of lawn and garden pesticides. Most prairie gardeners are aware of their negative

environment and the least risk to your family, neighbours and pets.

So how does one balance these competing goals? Begin by simply resolving to “reduce” their use for 2017, and as it works, take the concept further.

age dries out quickly. Where possible, it’s better to use drip irrigation or soaker hoses than overhead irrigation to avoid wetting the leaves. Water is applied directly to where it is needed by the plants’ roots.

2. Provide optimal spacing Most plants do better if they have adequate spacing, letting them get enough light as well as water and nutrients from the soil. Plants that are crowded and lack good air circulation or are planted in poorly drained soil are more likely to succumb to disease. Think about the tomatoes that were devastated by late blight during the summer of 2010. Those grown in well-drained soil in full sun with lots of space fared much better.

impact on our environment. The great majority of insecticides are broad-based rather than specific.

They target the “good guys” as well as the pests, upsetting the natural balance of pest, predator and parasitoids that would normally exist in our landscapes. Many pesticides are also toxic to pets and people.

They can enter our food web and our ground water. As well, insects and diseases have a remarkable capacity for adaptation and often develop resistance to these products, rendering them ineffective.

As gardeners, we want to create a pleasing outdoor environment.

We’re also pressured by our neighbours and by the persuasive and pervasive marketing of the manufacturers of these products to have an immaculate lawn and garden.

One of your objectives in managing pests in your gardens should be to gain a satisfactory level of control with the least harm to the

Here are some strategies: 1. Keep plants healthy Like people, healthy plants are less vulnerable to disease. Give them the conditions in which they will flourish. Some prefer full sun, others shade. Some are drought-tolerant, while others need an even moisture supply. Do your homework. This may be as simply as reading the plant tag and following its advice.

• Ensure your plants have adequate fertility. Do not over-fertilize, especially with nitrogen. Too much nitrogen produces lush succulent growth that is vulnerable to insect and disease attack.

It also reduces air circulation, so foliage takes longer to dry out after rain or irrigation. Wet foliage is a perfect home for disease organisms.

• Water early in the day so foli-

3. Use resistant varieties Choosing insect and disease resistant and tolerant varieties is such an easy way to avoid problems. Plant breeders have worked hard and diligently to select these plants, so let’s take advantage of their work and use them! Here are just a few examples.

• If fireblight has been a problem, select a ‘Thunderchild’ flowering crabapple. ‘Dropmore’ linden is resistant to the leaf gall mite that causes the little bumps on linden and basswood leaves.

• Some cabbages have greater resistance to flea beetles. Try ‘Copenhagen Market’, ‘Early Jersey Wakefield’, or ‘Mammoth Red Rock.’ There are also broccoli varieties with flea beetle resistance: ‘Atlantic’, ‘Coastal’, ‘Gem’, and ‘Italian Green Sprouting’.

• Anthracnose can be devastating to cucumbers, but you need not ever have to deal with it if you use resistant varieties: ‘Dasher II’, ‘Diva’, ‘Fanfare’, ‘Sweet Slice’, and many more.

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As farms sizes have increased and the number of people living in the rural areas decreased, many farm yards are no longer occupied. Many of these yards have one or more wells that are no longer in use.

In addition many occupied farm yards may have wells that are no longer in use.

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In many cases the ground around them has also started to cave in, further increasing the dangers.

The Swift Current Creek Watershed Stewards is an organization that promotes the enhancement of water quality and stream health of the Swift Current Creek by promoting awareness and understanding among users and stakeholders in the Swift Current Creek Watershed.

These abandoned wells are of a particular concern to SCCWS as they pose a risk of contamination to ground water especially during these years of higher than average moisture.

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