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hylisia Smiley has been given a 30 month sentence for intentionally burning down the Clarendon Hotel on October 9, 2016.

On Wednesday, February 15 in Swift Current Provincial Court, Judge Karl Bazin accepted a joint submission by Crown Prosecutor, Curtis Wiebe and defence attorney, Ryan Nagel and sentenced Smiley to a 2 1/2 year term for the arson.

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Breaking and Entering the Clarendon Hotel, and a 90-day sentence for Evading Police Officers.

The two 90-day sentences will be served concurrent to the arson charge.

Smiley has been credited for 6 months of time served after spending the past 4 months in custody, and will now serve the remaining two years at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge in Maple Creek.

Once Smiley completes her 2-year sentence, she will be prohibited from driving for 12 months.

Her license has been revoked until her sentence

and 12-month prohibition are completed, where she will have to re-test to obtain a license once again.

Smiley has several other conditions to abide by upon her release, which include reporting to a probation officer, abstaining from drugs or alcohol, and continue with mental health programs and undertake further programs if needed.

Co-accused, Roy Williams has already been sentenced to 18 months for his part in the events of October 9.

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HEALTH NEWS

Construction Underway in Leader Capital Project to Expand Western Senior Citizens Home Underway Contributed

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he construction site adjacent to the Western Senior Citizens Home in Leader, SK is now a hub of activity as construction crews have mobilized and started to create a strong foundation for the $12 million expansion project.

Contractors and sub-contractors of Wright Construction Western have fenced off the construction area and welcomed the first trade, the pilings contractor, on site January 31. Pilings are deep cylindrical holes dug into the ground that are then filled with strong materials, such as concrete, to provide a strong foundation for a structure to be built on top of them.

Piling work has been taking place throughout February and is anticipated to be completed by the end of month (depending on frost depths). After the completion of pilings, construction of grade beams will closely follow with grade beam materials now beginning to arriving on-site.

“It is obviously very exciting to see crews on site beginning to construct this much needed project that will bring all of the community’s health services under one roof,” noted Brenda Schwan, Capital Lead and Vice President of Continuing Care for Cypress Health.

“This project has been a priority for our Region and the entire community for the past several years.

Seeing it now progress to the beginning stages of construction is a very satisfying achievement for everyone involved.”

Originally announced in September, 2014, the project will result in all health services available in the Town of Leader being offered in a single, integrated facility.

Currently health services are divided between the existing Western Senior Citizens Home, the Leader Hospital, the Leader Primary Health Care site, and a separate ambulance garage. The expansion will include universal care treatments rooms, a therapies suite, acute care inpatient rooms, one isolation room offering a new service to the community that is not currently available, one

trauma/emergency room, lab/x-ray service centre, and EMS. Planning and design work for the expansion has been completed with collaborative input from project partners including aodbt architecture, Leader health services staff, physicians, patient and family representatives, primary health care clinic team members, community members, and others. A series of quality improvement tools have been used in the design’s development including a Value Stream Mapping event held in December 2014 and a 3P (Production, Preparation, Process) event held in January, 2015. Combined with earlier development work, these have led to an inclusive design that will meet the needs of all users.

“In our planning stages we looked at things like flows of patients moving throughout the facility, walking distances for staff, and how best to maximize the new spaces so that rooms and supplies are in the locations that make the most sense,” added Schwan.

“In the end we have a design that we are very confident will meet the needs of the community for many years to come and we look forward to continuing to watch as the facility is built.”

The project is funded through the traditional 80/20 split funding formula with the provincial government contributing $9.6 million towards the project with the remaining $2.4 million raised by local municipalities. The Region extends its appreciation to the government and the many municipalities who have contributed their share while also providing funding for necessary equipment and furnishing costs.

The anticipated construction completion date of the project is in the summer of 2018.

An on-site construction camera has been ordered and will be installed in the very near future. The camera will be located at the construction site, capturing and archiving images of the expansion project as it is erected.

Once installed the camera will be posted on the Health Region’s website and will be available for viewing 24 hours per day.

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Clarendon Hotel deserved a better fate

Smiley receives 30 months for deliberately setting hotel on fire Kate Winquist

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’m sorry, Gull Lake. I’m having a hard time coming up with the appropriate words that I want to convey.

I’m even more sorry than I was on a crisp Sunday morning back in the fall when travelling to my office to upload the final pages of the newspaper, I was struck with a moment of disbelief and sadness. The Clarendon Hotel was billowing with smoke. The fire department had just arrived on the scene. I immediately called my printer and said, “Stop the presses, I’m going to be late - the historic hotel across the street from my office is burning.”

The day was October 9, 2016.

Over 30 firefighters from Gull Lake, Tompkins, Swift Current and Shaunavon risked their lives in order to contain the blaze from damaging any other buildings in the surrounding area. A historic landmark that had stood proud on the corner of Conrad Avenue and Main Street for 109 years was completely destroyed.

A tragedy for our small town of 1,000 people - our most recognizable structure, gone in a matter of hours on Thanksgiving Sunday, and ironically, the start of Fire Prevention Week.

The smell of smoke hadn’t had

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a chance to clear when the rumours started to circulate about the possibility of the fire being deliberately set.

Ten days after the tragedy, 30 year-old Phylisia Smiley and 46 year-old Roy Williams were charged in conjunction with the fire. Smiley had turned herself in to Regina RCMP and confessed to the crime.

Smiley was charged under Section 434 of the Criminal Code with intentionally or recklessly causing damage by fire to the hotel, break and enter, theft, two counts of dangerous driving and two counts of breach of probation.

Williams was charged with one count of arson, breach of probation, break, enter and theft and possession of stolen property. The Crown alleged he was in possession of money, liquor and a safe thought to be taken from the Clarendon Hotel.

Smiley plead guilty to all of her charges and this morning (February 15), Judge Karl Bazin accepted a joint submission by Crown Prosecutor, Curtis Wiebe and defence attorney, Ryan Nagel and sentenced Smiley to a 2 1/2 year term for the arson.

Smiley was also given a 90-day sentence for Breaking and Entering the Clarendon Hotel, and a 90-day sentence for Evading

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Smiley has been credited for 6 months of time served after spending the past 4 months in custody, and will now serve the remaining two years at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge in Maple Creek.

Once Smiley completes her 2-year sentence, she will be prohibited from driving for 12 months. Her license has been revoked until her sentence and 12-month prohibition are completed, where she will have to re-test to obtain a license once again.

Smiley has several other conditions to abide by upon her release, which include reporting to a probation officer, abstaining from drugs or alcohol, and continue with mental health programs and undertake further programs if needed.

Williams has already been sentenced to 18 months for his part in the events of October 9.

As I left the Swift Current Provincial Court House on the morning of February 15, 2017, I was once again struck with a moment of disbelief and sadness.

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Cookie Monsters! Southwest’s Best Chocolate Cookie contest had lots of willing taste-testers. In the end it was Lea Stevenson’s recipe that won the distinction of being the judges favourite, while Bethany Mittelholtz claimed the People’s Choice Award. Photo by Kate Winquist

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Highest Manufacturing Sales Growth in Canada

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anufacturing sales in Saskatchewan rose 5.4 per cent (seasonally adjusted) between November 2016 and December 2016, the highest percentage increase among the provinces. Nationally, sales were up 2.3 per cent.

“This marks the second straight month of increases in manufacturing sales,” Economy Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “It is one of the most diverse sectors of the economy that exports products to clients all over the world.”

On a year-over-year basis, sales were up 11.9 per

cent (seasonally adjusted) in Saskatchewan, the second highest among the provinces and well ahead of the 4.1 per cent posted nationally.

In December, manufacturing sales totalled $1.3 billion. Major gains

on an annual basis were recorded year-over-year for machinery manufacturing (up 4.5 per cent), wood products (up 21.6 per cent), and food manufacturing (up 26.0 per cent) on a seasonally unadjusted basis.

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Agriculture Saskatchewan Prairie Restoration and Species at Risk event draws capacity crowd Contributed

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he Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan (SK PCAP) hosted the Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Workshop on February 8 and 9, 2017 in Regina, SK. The theme of the event was "Reclaiming Spaces Restoring Species" and workshop participants came from across Western Canada and the United States to exchange information and ideas, and learn about the most current and effective prairie and species restoration methods available.

Professional agrologist and restoration specialist Larry Gabruch opened the conference by discussing some of the key challenges and opportunities that prairie restoration specialists face.

"There have been many advances in reclamation and restoration technologies and knowledge in the past several decades," Gabruch explained, but added that budgetary constraints, site challenges and climatic conditions continue to keep projects interesting. "Creativity and collaboration with partners, landowners and customers is always essential to obtaining a successful outcome," he concluded.

Sessions covered specific topics including rangeland health monitoring, soil remediation, prescribed burning, pollinators, industrial mitigation, social media communication, and ranching alongside reclamation. There were also presentations dedicated to restoration efforts to assist the recovery of species at risk, including plants, insects, wildlife, and birds. Academics,

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researchers and species specialists from several provinces and the United States weighed in on methods of species conservation through habitat restoration. Kevin Teneycke with the Nature Conservancy of Canada shared his experiences with conserving multiple species at risk in the tallgrass prairie of Manitoba. "When working in landscapes where

habitats and species are so rare, and under such significant stress, there is little room for error," he explained to the audience.

"There was an opportunity to assist land managers and facilitate active prairie restoration within regulatory frameworks," Teneycke continued, outlining how his organization developed Action Plans that could account for the needs of species at

AGRICULTURE

New loan for young entrepreneurs

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inister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lawrence MacAulay and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) have announced a new loan for young entrepreneurs in the agriculture retail, manufacturing and food processing sectors.

The Young Entrepreneur Loan offers financing of up to $1 million per qualified applicant, under age 40, and can be used for the purchase or improvement of agriculture-related assets or the purchase of shares in an agriculture-related business, including those in the agri-food sector. This access to capital will allow these businesses to take advantage of new opportunities, grow the economy and create more middle class jobs.

“The Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector needs more young people to get engaged, because they bring the energy and innovative ways of thinking that grow the sector and keep it on the cutting-edge,” said Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, to an audience of high school students and industry professionals at the Can-

ada Agriculture Day celebration in Ottawa.

“Through the Young Entrepreneur and Young Farmer Loans, FCC is improving access to capital so that young Canadian farmers and entrepreneurs can start and grow their businesses, and pursue their dreams in this dynamic industry,” MacAulay said.

“From production to food processing and retail, Canada’s agriculture industry needs the ideas, passion and energy of our young people. And as they enter into this dynamic industry, FCC is committed to helping them succeed,” said Michael Hoffort, FCC president and CEO. “By providing specialized loans for young farmers and entrepreneurs, we are helping the next generation get established and contribute to Canada achieving its full potential as a leading food supplier worldwide.”

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The Young Entrepreneur Loan complements FCC’s suite of existing products and services that support young producers, such as the FCC Transition Loan, FCC Ag Knowledge Exchange events, FCC Publications, FCC on Campus, and FCC Management Software for both accounting and field management. For more information on the FCC Young Entrepreneur Loan, visit www.fcc. ca/youngentrepreneurloan or producers can call the local FCC office at 1-800-387-3232.

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The conference also celebrated achievements in native prairie restoration and reclamation as well as prairie stewardship in the province. The Meewasin Valley Authority were the recipients of the inaugural Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Award, for their dedicated restoration work as well as their tireless efforts at invasive

species management. The winners of the first Native Prairie Stewardship award were the Manitou Cattle Breeders Co-operative, for their commitment to managing prairie as well as controlling noxious weeds in a shared working landscape in the Manitou Sand Hills in West Central Saskatchewan.

"We were very pleased with the speakers, trade show and poster session this year," said Kayla Balderson Burak, SK PCAP Manager and host of the event. "Attendance and interest continues to grow at these workshops which demonstrates professionals are eager to continue learning methods and strategies for conserving prairie grasslands and species at risk," she added, saying that SK PCAP will be hosting another workshop next year.

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There were a lot of reaction to the judges decision on the Clarendon Hotel arson case.

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From someone that left Gull Lake a long time ago, I find it deplorable that a historic building that was burned intentionally gets so little recognition by the legal side. The sentence to the two of them is not even what a person driving drunk receives. I just don’t know where the world is going these days. I worked in the hotel for the summer when I was 16.

Yes it’s sad that a historic building was lost. I worked in that building for over five years. But it’s an object. Why as a society are we more worried about objects when we should really be concerned about PEOPLE. RIP Clarendon Hotel.

My condolences to Roger and my hometown, I know the loss of that landmark and is devastating. And thank God the firefighters and emergency persons needed to contain the disaster were left unharmed. Lets leave the angry mob mentality and take a second to think, and hope this person gets the help they need.

The victims in all this are all the people who ever lived in Gull Lake and, indeed, the Clarendon itself. The sentence is not appropriate, for whatever reason, the Judge accepted recommendations without hearing from those that were the real victims. We certainly don’t see justice as having been done.

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55 hours in Rome Megan Lacelle

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id you know you can D get wireless internet 37,000 feet above Finland?

Did you know Rome is regarded as an “archeological lasagna?”

Did you know you can leave Rome at 7:30 a.m. and make it back for class at noon in Sweden even though your flight landed in Denmark?

These are all things I learned this past weekend on a whirlwind 55 hours in Rome, Italy. It was a surreal weekend starting with Colosseum tours and ending with catacomb expeditions. I met two close friends from Canada in Rome and we spent as much time as possibly trying to experience as much as we could in the short time I was visiting.

Rome was beautiful and layered in history, from the Roman forum to the Capuchin crypt. The speed of Rome was ten-fold the speed of Lund. I went from a city of 87,000 to a city of 2.67 million.

The temperatures hovered around 16 degrees all weekend and the streets were packed with tourists, regardless of the fact it was the middle of February. Beside each historical piece of architecture and culture were peddlers, souvenir stores and tourist trap restaurants.

Walking beside the Colosseum at night, lit up, with gelato in hand was dreamlike. If you had told me 10 years ago, I’d be walking alongside this 2000 year old structure with two friends for a weekend trip, I would never have believed you.

The moments of beauty and calmness were only ever punctuated with the busyness of crowds and the never-ending selfie sticks.

As someone who called the blistering winters of rural Saskatchewan home, it is always startling to view poverty so close. I shrink uncomfortably when I see broken bodies begging for money on pieces of cupboard or when I see a man plays the accordion through the Metro with his four-yearold daughter holding onto his coat with a cup on coin in hand.

I have been blessed to grow up in an area of the world where rolling fields and friendly faces filled the street corners. It’s not as though poverty and homelessness does not exist at home, but it is not

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something I see so blatantly on each street corner.

Historical Rome can only be imagined as significantly different as present Rome. The Colosseum, which hosted free events nearly every week when it was built, now offers tours for hundreds of tours while crowds from all over the world mill through the history.

I learned so much about the city, but it is a disservice to the history of Rome to think I could even try learn enough in 55 hours.

We toured the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon, the Capuchin crypt, the Roman catacombs, and the Basilica of St. Clemente.

We also made our way to the “secret of Rome.”

The secret is a door with

a keyhole that gives a remarkable view of the Vatican. Walking up to the site you would be curious why 20 people were lined up to merely look through a keyhole, but the view it quite magical.

Other secrets of Rome lay below the surface. The Basilica of St. Clemente is striking on its own, with its blue and gold ceiling and detailed frescos. However, the basilica is covering thousands of years of history. If you travel down a flight of stairs you exit the 1000-year-old church and enter a 1600-year-old building once used as a home, mithraeum and church. Another flight of stairs downwards brings you to, what is believed to be, a grain storehouse built in 64 AD. In Rome, the history is layered. As time passed, the silt from

the river raised the streets and caused the Romans to build on top of their history – hence the term “archeological lasagna.”

It is this layered history that is responsible for the more than 25 years it took to built the new Metro line underground – the builders kept running into new ruins and pieces of history. Contrast this to the eight years it took to build the Colosseum.

The intricate work that lines the churches, basilicas and other monuments around Italy is hard to fathom and nearly impossible to capture in photographs.

It truly is something you must see to believe.

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Some things just feel wrong Brian Zinchuk

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ome things just feel wrong. Your gut tells you there is no way this outcome is right, but there’s not much that is going to be done about it.

This is absolutely the case with Vince Li, now known as Will Baker, who on July 30, 2008, attacked a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus, cutting off his head and proceeding to eat part of the body.

He was found not criminally responsible by the courts and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. His victim, 22-year old Tim McLean, is still dead.

In the ensuing years Li has been granted gradually more freedom. (I am going to refer to him as Li, because I find people who change their name to cover up for their crimes

to be repugnant.) He’s been something of a model example of rehabilitation.

First passes, then living on his own, he’d apparently done well.

Tim McLean is still dead.

In recent days, the Manitoba review board granted him an absolute discharge. In the eyes of the courts, it is as if Li has done nothing wrong. He is a free man, to do whatever he pleases, with no cells, walls, barbed wire fences, ankle bracelets, monitoring or self-reporting. He is free.

Tim McLean is still dead.

On July 17, 2014, the Toronto Star reported, “One of the first police officers on the scene of the beheading of a young man aboard a Greyhound bus on a Manitoba highway six years ago has taken his

own life.

“Ken Barker, a recently retired RCMP corporal who was a dog handler, killed himself last weekend after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder for years.

“Family and former colleagues say the 51-year-old had already seen almost two decades of horrific crimes when he witnessed the grisly scene on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg in 2008.”

No reasonable person can tell me that Li’s killing of Tim McLean did not lead to the suicide of Cpl. Barker.

But Li is free. And now both Tim McLean and Cpl. Ken Barker are both dead.

The National Post’s frequent crime columnist Christie Blanchford tackled the case on Feb. 14. She referenced Chris Summerville, CEO of the

Schizophrenia Society of Canada, writing, “The governing law from the Supreme Court of Canada tells review boards that absent evidence of a real risk of harm that constitutes ‘a significant threat to the safety of the public,’ boards ‘must order an absolute discharge.’”

No matter what ninered-robed justices said in Ottawa however many years ago, Tim McLean and Cpl. Ken Barker are still dead.

No matter what all the feel-good people say about mental illness, what the courts say about its legal implications, or the bovine feces of the concept of not criminally responsible judgements, the victim is such cases is still dead.

Tim McLean is still dead.

The impact on the responders is still there. It pushed Cpl. Barker over

the edge. Cpl. Ken Barker is still dead. His family is still missing him. The impact on the people on the bus is still there. How many of them have been terrorized by nightmares and post traumatic stress disorder in the years since? They will never forget.

An absolute discharge is a complete wiping of the slate, as if it never happened. Well, it did happen. Blanchford, who has covered some of the worst cases in Canada in recent decades, called it, “a crime so ghastly it must rank as one of the worst in Canadian history.”

Dozens of peoples’ live have been forever altered for the worse, and two people are dead. Perhaps more wish they were, too.

Blanchford thinks our entire society is now taking a leap of faith on a

man who had once been committed to hospital once before, in Toronto, prior to the Greyhound bus killing. We know how that turned out.

People who kill someone, mentally ill or no, should never, ever be totally free. First and second degree murders carry life sentences without the possibility of parole for a certain amount of time.

But they are, in fact, life sentences. For all the victims of Li, they will carry their own life sentence of terror and loss. Whatever demons Li carries, others have suffered even more.

For Tim McLean and then Cpl. Ken Barker, it was a death sentence.

Brian Zinchuk EST. 1909is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@ sasktel.net.

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Adorable Kaitlyn enjoyed her pancakes and sausage breakfast on Saturday morning, but she wasn’t too sure about getting her picture taken for the paper.. Photo by Kate Winquist.

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amily Fun Week is running during the February break from Monday, February 20 to Sunday the 26th, and there are lots of free activities for the whole family to enjoy!

On Monday, Innovation Credit Union and Pioneer Co-op are sponsoring a family skate from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Credit Union i-plex. A $3 charity meal will be provided with proceeds going to the Swift Current Community Youth Initiative.

Skate with Fat Cat and Cooper and have a chance to win a fun family package.

Then on Tuesday, February 21st, Swift Current Curling Club will host a drop in come and try for all family members between 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

All equipment will be provided at the rink, but bring an extra pair of clean footwear for on ice activity.

Parent Support Network and non-profit agencies will host Winter Carnival Day on Wednesday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm!

Outdoor activities at Riverdene Park include skating, sleigh rides and shinny with the SC Broncos from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Enjoy hot food, chips and milk throughout the day.

Indoor activities, with appearances from the Broncos, will take place at Walker Place Gymnasium (2150 Walker Street East). This day is sponsored by Kiwanis and RBC. On Thursday, come to the Aquatic Centre for public swimming from 7:00 – 8:30 pm, sponsored by the SC and District Drug Task Force.

Friday is LEGO Stop-Motion Animation at the Swift Current Library from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm for all the family. Bring an iPad,

iPhone or borrow one from the library, and have fun creating and designing Lego projects.

On Saturday, February 25th come have fun cross country skiing at chinook golf course trails – anytime between 12pm and 5pm.

Fire pits, hot dogs and hot chocolate will be provided. Some equipment will be available.

As we celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday this year, ParticipACTION has released a 150 PLAYLIST to get the whole family moving.

Over the weekend or throughout the week, challenge yourself, and challenge others to try some of the activities on the PLAYLIST – available at www.playinsk. ca.

This will be a great opportunity for families to participate in some fun activities that encourage physical activity and quality family time.

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Tompkins residents thirst quenched thanks to recent water station fundraiser

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esidents of Tompkins probably remember last summer … days of construction and going without water so the town could fix its water infrastructure. But after the work was completed, the Village of Tompkins was left with a hefty bill to pay.

Thanks to a local family, who recently made Tompkins their stomping grounds, the repair bill will be almost half gone.

The McBurney family, who moved to Tompkins around three years ago, got the ball rolling for the supper and dance fundraiser after a simple conversation.

“We told our daughter about the problem Tompkins had and she said, “I’ll bring my band from Medicine Hat down and we’ll have a fundraiser to help out,” Bonnie McBurney explained. “It was just really supported by our community and communities around.”

The chili supper fundraiser was accompanied with entertainment from the band Blind Monday, a live auction and tombola table for more prizes.

Over $22,000 was raised that night with all proceeds going towards the bill for the water station repairs.

“It’s just a wonderful little community where everybody pulls together,” McBurney said. “We made it to be an evening that anybody could afford to come to.”

Connie Lindsay, who is a member of the town council, not only had a fun and entertaining time at the fundraiser, but

Paul Toney purchased the Johne Deere mini fridge at the Village of Tompkins fundraiser auction donated by Pattison Agriculture - John Deere

is overwhelmed by the support the village and surrounding communities have shown.

“It’s an uplifting feeling that everybody pitched together,” Lindsay explained. “We had just a successful fundraiser and it just takes the pressure off of the town council and the village as a whole to not have that much of a debt hanging over our heads.”

The overhaul of the entire water system infrastructure came at a cost of about $46,000. The village was required to borrow money in order to complete the immediately needed repairs.

“We have to actually really thank Stan and Bonnie McBurney because they did almost all the legwork for getting the donations,” Lindsay said.

“It was their kind of spirit that got it really started.”

As residents and council members thank the McBurney family, the McBurney family thanks the

Village of Tompkins and all the time volunteered.

“The mayor also helped us. Fellow councillors stepped in and helped as well,” McBurney explained. “Town workers, everybody stepped in and helped.”

Donations came in from surrounding communities including Swift Current, Gull Lake, Maple Creek, Shaunavon, Eastend and Frontier. All the donations helped keep the cost of the event to a minimal $300 which allowed more money to go towards the water bill.

The repairs are all completed and the water is flowing from house to house. The McBurney’s are thankful for everyone that came out and made the event a fun and successful evening.

“We were so proud of all the reaction we got and the support,” McBurney said.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better community to live in.”

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Rod Pedersen on his new sober calling

Sober since Jan. 27, 2015, Saskatchewan Roughriders play-by-play man and Regina radio host Rod Pedersen is now helping others on their roads to recovery. Photo by Jessie Anton

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hen Canadian sports fans think of Rod Pedersen, they think of the outspoken voice of the Saskatchewan Roughriders—but if Pedersen were to describe himself, he’d say he’s an introvert.

Growing up, Pedersen remembers spending most of his days reading on a stack of bales, disinterested in talking to people—until he had his first sip of alcohol.

The Milestone, Sask. native was 16 when he started drinking at farm parties and using booze as a “magic potion” to talk to girls. Back then, Pedersen says alcohol symbolized fun, sociability and being with friends.

That relationship with alcohol continued past graduation when Pedersen moved to Calgary to study broadcasting. To

earn some extra cash, he got a job as a bouncer at a local bar, before diving into the alcohol-fuelled culture of the sports industry.

It didn’t take long before booze became a problem. He knew he’d have to quit, but he punted that thought to the back of his mind until his late 30s.

Pedersen’s father, also a recovering alcoholic, got sober when he was about 37. It was around this same age that Pedersen began making a “conscious effort” to quit drinking, too, but “physically could not.”

“I would be crying on the phone to my mom,” Pedersen remembers.

“I would say, ‘I’m not as strong as Dad—he quit on his own and I just can’t do it.’ So I gave up on myself, and that’s when I guess I hit rock bottom.”

But Pedersen was a high-functioning alcoholic. Despite being at his

lowest, he was offered his dream job as the voice of the Calgary Flames—and then lost it, due to his drinking.

To deal with the loss, Pedersen drank more and took anti-depressants.

“I thought I’d drink myself to death,” Pedersen admits, before rubbing his hands together and resting his chin on his knuckles. “I couldn’t kill myself—I thought about it. I just thought that, one way or another, I just wasn’t worth being around.”

Those thoughts persisted until Jan. 26, 2015 when a normal day on-air turned into one he can’t remember, but will never forget.

He often drank during his sports talk show, but that afternoon—with anti-depressants also in his system—Pedersen was incoherent and his supervisor sent him home. That was the last time he ever

drank alcohol.

The next day at work, surrounded by three of his bosses from Harvard Broadcasting, Pedersen was told to seek help for his addiction or he would lose his job. That’s when his road to recovery began.

He sought counselling and started going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, which he still attends today. At first, he confesses, it was hard staying sober—even with the support from family and close friends.

Pedersen says his first sober Grey Cup was particularly challenging. “(Strangers) were pushing me to drink; there was an open bar,” he recalls. “They didn’t know my story. I wasn’t going to say in front of 200 people, ‘I’m in recovery—I’m a recovering alcoholic.’”

It wasn’t until Sept. 20, 2016 that Pedersen went public at a Recovery Day

luncheon in Regina. After that, he says the calls started pouring in—from friends and strangers alike—asking him for help with their addictions. That’s when it hit him; he had a new calling in life.

“My purpose isn’t to call hockey games—I can do that in my sleep,” Pedersen explains. “My purpose is to be helping people.”

Today, three to four times a week, Pedersen says he sits down with people in the community to listen to their stories and support them in their recovery. Even though his goal is to help others, Pedersen says, in a way, he’s also helping himself.

“Every time you look into someone’s eyes who’s struggling, it’s a reminder that you don’t want to go back to that lifestyle,” says Pedersen.

Despite being sober for two years, he continues

to broadcast from sports bars. However, now, Pedersen says he does his job and goes home— something his long-time friend and colleague, Luc Mullinder, believes is a true testament of his strength and dedication to recovery.

“To this day, people will come up and put drinks in front of him (while he’s broadcasting) because he’s expected to be that life of the party,” explains Mullinder. “Now, he just turns (the drinks) away and thanks them.”

According to Pedersen, over the last couple of years, he has shifted back into the introvert he was before he discovered alcohol. He says his life is a lot quieter now that the party’s over.

“I’m wishing it would have (ended) earlier, but I don’t look back,” Pedersen shrugs, before taking a swig of his coffee. “I’m a lot happier now.”

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Therefore, it's critical to be familiar with and recognize heart attack symptoms, and to take them seriously.

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100 years of the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend

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ne hundred years ago, the father of Wallace Stegner built the still standing house at 126 Tamarack Ave N in Eastend for his family. To this day, the century old building houses artists and performers from all over the country.

The iconic Stegner House will be celebrating its 100th anniversary along with Eastend Arts Council’s (EAC) 30th annual Stegner House Dinner fundraiser.

The Stegner House Dinner, the first one being held in 1988, features flavourful food and desserts, entertainment and various fundraising efforts to help support the house. Through the community, the maintenance of the house can be kept up and the low cost rent an attraction for artists.

“The vision is the mission to support the arts within Eastend and district,” Anne Davis, a member of the EAC, explained what the arts council works towards achieving.

The EAC came together in 1978 and has been a non-profit, volunteer based organization ever since. In 1990, the volunteer organization restored the Stegner House and opened it up as residence for writers and performances from across the country.

Wallace Stegner was an award winning author in the United States as well as an enthusiastic environmentalist. Much of his focus was on the West, whether it be for writing or for protecting what he deemed to be the area to withstand development.

Some of his work includes “The Big Rocky Candy Mountain” (1943), “The Spectator Bird”

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(1977) in which he won the National Book Award, “Angle of Repose” (1972), which he won a Pulitzer Prize for and “Wolf Willow” (1962).

The Stegner family didn’t stay in Eastend for very long, but long enough for the memory of Wallace to still remain.

Today, the Writers’ Trust of Canada, a charitable organization formed in 1976 to help support writers across the country, has listed the Stegner House as one of five private residences to stay at.

“I think what that’s done for the whole area is it’s sort of… a welcoming place to come if you’re an artist,” Davis explained about the Stegner House.

“There’s been people that have stayed at the Stegner House that have come back to the community to live.”

Sharon Butala, who is a Canadian author from Nipawin, Saskatchewan, was a main driving force behind the establishment of the Stegner House within the EAC. At the time of being head of

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the EAC, Butala and her late husband Peter, were living on a ranch near Eastend.

Karen McNabb, a local rancher to Eastend, has been a long time support of the EAC and continually attends the annual Stegner House Dinner’s with her family.

“It lets people be aware that there’s those kinds of opportunities out there, those kinds of people out there,” McNabb explained. “Your kids can see the opportunities that are out there for people to do that kind of thing.”

For McNabb, having the EAC is very important to not only her, but the community altogether. As much as she appreciates the ranching and sports aspect of life that her children grew up with, she also wanted them to see the artistic side that Eastend was able to provide.

“It’s better to be well rounded and see all sides of things and that’s one side that I find important,” McNabb said. “The rink and the sports activities are super and

important, but they’re not the only thing that drives your life here,” “The group that’s been putting that stuff on, I’m very appreciative of what they’re doing.”

The EAC has brought in many artists and performers since their establishment, as well as the Missoula Children’s Theatre. The Stegner House has been another way to keep the artistic side of life alive in their small town.

“It kind of brings the community together when a number of people can go to a performance and be a part of that,” Davis explained her appreciation for what the EAC does for her community.

“I think whether you’re performing or if you’re making art yourself, or being part of art or seeing art, that’s important. It’s a facet of our wellbeing.”

This year’s Stegner House Dinner will be one to remember as you’re invited to “come party like it is 1917.”

Saturday March 4 at the Eastend Memorial Hall will feature singer/ song writer Megan Nash, magician and comedian Trevor Moore and the Stayin’ Alive Choir from Shaunavon.

The evening will consist of an appetizer bar, dessert buffet, drinks, silent and online auctions and many more forms of fundraising and entertainment.

“It’s always been a really nice get together every year with good food and good entertainment,” Davis explained. “People have always been really generous and we’re really thankful for that.”

Advance tickets are $40 and can be found at Madhatter’s and Shannon’s Closet.

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Great Plains College alumna unveils her artwork

Helen Phillippi, artist and Great Plains College University alumna, assisted by David Keast, Great Plains College president, proudly unveiled her artwork, “Celebratory Constructions,” in the Great Plains College Swift Current Campus foyer. Photo Provided.

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mongst friends, students and staff, Helen Phillippi, artist and Great Plains College University alumna, proudly unveiled her artwork, “Celebratory Constructions”, that has been provided for display in the Swift Current Campus foyer.

Phillippi began her University studies at Great Plains College in 2008, after weighing financial costs and the locations available to complete a Fine Arts de-

gree. The combination of the University of Regina and Great Plains College, which offers University of Regina classes, was a welcome solution to start pursuing her life-long goal.

“The intimate learning environment and the guidance of staff and instructors during my first two years of studies, helped me achieve great results,” said Phillippi.

She has since completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in visual arts (open studio) in painting and ceram-

ics. In 2012, she achieved scholarships and academic awards including an earned spot on the Dean’s list, the Gene B. Ciuca Memorial Scholarship and Gaynel McCaw Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts.

Phillippi graduated from the University of Regina with distinction in the fall of 2013 and received the distinguished University Prize in Fine Arts and the Faculty of Fine Arts Dean's Medal.

“The intent of my work is to highlight awareness and stress the relation-

ship and important role aesthetics of public art and architecture play in the communities we live and congregate in,” said Phillippi.

“Celebratory Constructions” was one of the art pieces Phillippi completed during her studies at the University of Regina. Due to the artwork’s size—it is nine feet by eleven feet— she had to store it in the dark for three years. She was keen to find a public space to display it.

“I contemplated on a solution to raise this work out of the darkness. I

concluded that if it was to have a greater purpose, it should serve as a symbol of mentorship in an educational institution,” she explained. It was then she approached Great Plains College.

“I feel honored and privileged to have found a genuine purpose for my work. “Celebratory Constructions” is a reflection of my journey and serves to promote the importance of art education and inspire students of any age to achieve and meet success in their educational goals,” she said.

Great Plains College frequently celebrates the success of their alumni and was eager to display the artwork provided by Phillippi.

“We invest in our students and help them achieve success in their chosen education path.

We are honoured that Helen has chosen the college to display her artwork and hope that it will serve her purpose and inspire learners of all ages to achieve their academic goals,” said Karen Richmond, Great Plains College region manager.

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he countdown for the 2017 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards has officially begun, as the Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMA) announced its nominees last week.

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The Hunter Brothers from Shaunavon received 5 nominations, including Luke with an All Star Band nomination (Bass). The Hunters are also up for Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, Emerging Artist Award and Single of the Year for their hit, El Dorado.

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Swift Current received 2 nominations, including a nod for the All Star Band (Keyboard) as well as for Roots Album of the Year for “A Long Time Comin”.

The 28th Annual SCMA Awards Weekend and Country Music Festival takes place in Saskatoon March 31 - April 2, 2017.

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by Garrett Wilson Keith Foster

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n his hard-hitting autobiography, Outlier: Life, Law and Politics in the West, retired lawyer and author Garrett Wilson doesn’t pull any punches.

He tells it as he sees it, exposing scandalous government corruption at both provincial and federal levels. His chapter on Hazen Argue and his wife Jean, for instance, exposes outrageous abuses in the Canadian Senate.

The Outlier title may be somewhat misleading as it implies Wilson is on the outside looking in while momentous decisions are being made. But Wilson is not merely an eyewitness to history; he‘s at its very nerve centre and plays a role in making that history.

When the Ku Klux Klan tries to intimidate Wilson’s father in the 1920s by burning a cross just outside their village, Wilson may sense he’s in for a rough life. He develops a severe kidney infection and his older brother Kevin is killed in World War II. While studying law at the University of Saskatchewan, Wilson becomes editor of The Sheaf, the student newspaper, winning three trophies, including one for best editorials. He begins to realize he has some talent

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as a writer.

He tries his hand at business, opening a lodge in northern Saskatchewan. A bad omen for the business’s future is when the transport carrying his shipment of beer falls through the ice.

Somehow the beer is saved, minus the labels.

Like his father, Wilson is a staunch Liberal and neighbour of the Thatchers in the village of Limerick, SK. As Ross Thatcher’s campaign manager, Wilson becomes a member of his inner circle, a very exclusive circle. But he can’t get into Thatcher’s good graces or exert much influence on his decisions and eventually they part ways.

Trying to achieve a lifelong goal as an elected politician, Wilson throws his hat into the 1968 federal election in Assiniboia, but fails to win the nomination, coming in a close second. After a stint as President of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, he watches the provincial party sink into political oblivion.

In his more than fifty years as a lawyer, Wilson experiences some notable cases. He negotiates on behalf of the Regina police union; failed negotiations result in the 1976 police strike. He defends against a lawsuit by David Milgaard’s mother, Joyce. His chapter on Colin Thatch-

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er’s trial for the murder of his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson is a must-read, as is his chapter debunking the legends of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Outlier: Life, Law and Politics in the West comes complete with an index and twenty-two black and white and colour photos.

One photo that particularly stands out is of twelve-year-old Garrett, looking dapper in a white shirt and tie, holding an ice cream bar to his mouth and another for his dog to lick. Set against the backdrop of a prairie village, this creates an evocative and iconic image of rural Saskatchewan in the 1940s.

While Wilson considers himself only an outsider, at the very least he makes his observations from a ringside seat.

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Getting the most bloom for buck from your bouquet Erl Svendsen

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ut flowers can brighten up a room and lift your spirits.

They’re an appropriate gift for any reason, even when there isn’t a special occasion. And they can be especially helpful in getting you out of the doghouse. Be indulgent: by yourself a bouquet.

During the summer, if you’ve planned it just right, you can go into the garden and get your own for free.

Flowers, of course, do not last forever and eventually fade as they fulfill their function of producing seed. However, you should expect cut flowers to last for more than just a few days.

There are three main causes that greatly reduce their vase-life (i.e., the length of time that flowers look good in a vase): clogged or reduced water uptake (typically caused by bacteria), eth-

ylene gas from ripe fruit or fading flowers and incorrect temperature.

Follow these simple steps and your cut flowers should last one, two or even three weeks.

1. Before using, make sure the vase is clean.

Swish a little bleach in it to kill any residual bacteria and then rinse it out thoroughly.

2. Fill the vase with clean water. Use the floral preservative [according to directions] that usually comes with store-bought flowers. Among other things, it acidifies the water and creates an inhospitable environment for bacteria. If you don’t have floral preservative, add 2 Tbls. lemon juice or vinegar plus 1 tsp. of sugar to a quart of warm water.

3. Remove any leaves that will be below the

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water level. Leaves may be a source of bacteria and will rapidly decay in water.

Cut new ends on the flower stems with a sharp knife. Cutting a new end will ensure that all the water-sucking tubes are clear of bacterial clogs. Do not use scissors – this will likely crush the stems and the xylem, reducing water flow.

If possible, cut the stems under water to prevent air bubbles from entering and blocking the xylem tubes. This is the reason why some flowers bend just below the bloom shortly after being placed in the vase.

Cut on the stem angle so that the stems do not sit flat on the bottom of the vase.

Replace the water daily.

Recut the stems every third day.

9. Keep cut flowers away from ethylene producing, ripening fruit, especially apples, pears, apricots, melons, peaches, nectarines, kiwis, papayas, bananas, avocados, pineapple, plums tomatoes, and mangos.

10. Remove fading flowers promptly (also a source of ethylene).

11. Do not place the vase in direct sun.

12. Keep it away from heat registers.

13. Avoid cold blasts of winter air from exterior doors or leaky windows.

This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (SPS; www.saskperennial. ca; hortscene@yahoo.com; www.facebook.com/saskperennial).

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A Beautiful Bouquet. Photo Liz West

ASK YOUR LIFE

Q: What do you want to know?

Madonna Hamel

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while ago a friend asked me if I had a list of questions I used when interviewing artists. I was more than willing to hand over anything I had, as most of my questions I collected from listening to and watching the men and women I chose as mentors, working long before I’d even stumbled into journalism.

One of the most flattering compliments I’ve ever had was being told I was: “a life-long learner, insatiably curious”. The truth is, I am usually forced to ask questions only after misinterpreting or misunderstanding something I thought I had a grip on. In fact, one of the greatest gifts that comes from aging is that, while I still stumble into unfamiliar territory and feign wisdom, I’m much better at admitting ignorance. I can make fun of my foolishness, even profess to be “an idiot”, throw up my hands and blurt: “Hell, I don’t know!

Why don’t you explain it to me!”

The truth is: there’s wisdom in not-knowing.

One of my favourite interviewers, Bill Moyers, himself a highly intelligent individual,

is not afraid, in giving interviews, to be the innocent babe in the woods. He’s doing what every cracker-jack host, reporter, chronicler does: anticipating everybody else’s questions, he’s sitting in our seat, the seat of the home audience leaning into the conversation, wanting to know more. So, the first piece of advice I would give a prospective interviewer is list all the things you’d want to know.

But try to do your research first. Know enough about the person across from you to make them feel interesting, and make you seem worthy of the time and energy and confidence they are sharing with you. Ideally, you should be able to write an article about your subject without ever having spoken to them, I was told by a seasoned veteran.

More than anything, that remark should reveal to you that it takes work, commitment and caring to be a good interviewer; the subject should see, above all else, that you care about their story.

One of the most profound lessons I learned about ‘caring’ came from advice in the classic book: “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying”, by Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche. The best gift

you can give ‘the dying’ is to listen to their story, he said. But don’t just sit silently. Listen, actively, like you actually care what it is they have to say.

That’s pretty good advice for the ‘living’, too.

My best questions have derived from an answer to a previous question.

Keeping my ears open has been a lesson long in coming, and only after going back over old tape.

I cringe whenever I spot a missed opportunity played back to me. What is glaringly obvious in retrospect can be missed in the moment if you are bent on getting through your list of premeditated questions. Don’t miss what is being revealed to you in the moment, and jettison the script when necessary.

I’d also steer away from statements with question marks at the end of them. If you’re like me, that’s just a devious way of showing off how much you know and how clever you think you are. It’s a devious yet transparent way of ‘leading the witness’. Be like Bill when he spoke with Joseph Campbell, confident enough in his own intelligence that he’s not afraid to ask a ‘stupid’ question, because there are no ‘stupid’ questions. A statement with a question mark at the end-

like, say, “Every culture has its own heroes and they change over time, right?” is an example of a closed sentence. All you are asking is for a yes or no. You’re showing more interest in what you know than what your guest can share. If you ask, as Bill did: “Do heroes change between cultures and over time?” you get a rich font of stories flowing from the brain of the world’s pre-eminent mythologist, Joe Campbell.

“Heroes evolve as the culture evolves,” he begins, then unravels, off the top of his head: “ Now, Moses is a hero figure in his meeting with Yahweh on the summit of the mountain, and coming back with the rules for the formation of a whole new society. That’s the hero act. Departure, fulfillment, return. And on the way there are adventures that can be paralleled also in other traditions….Now, the Buddha figure is like that of the Christ; of course, 500 years earlier. You could match those two traditions right down the line, even to the characters of their apostles, of their monks, Christ, now, there’s a perfectly good hero deed formula represented there, and he undergoes three temptations: the economic

temptation, where the devil says, ‘You look hungry, young man; change the stones to bread,’ Jesus said, ‘Man lives not by bread alone’. Next, we have the political temptation: he’s taken to the top of a mountain and shown the nations of the world, and says, ‘You can come into control of all these if you’ll bow to me.’ And then, ‘Now, you’re so spiritual, let’s go up to the top of Herod’s temple and see you cast yourself down, and God will bear you up and you won’t even bruise your heels.’ So he says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ Those are the three temptations of Christ. In the desert….

The Buddha also goes into the forest, has conferences with the leading gurus of the day, he goes past them, he comes to the bodi tree, the Tree of Illumination, undergoes three temptations.

They’re not the same temptations, but they are three temptations, And one is that of lust, another is that of fear, and another is that of social duty, doing what you’re told.

And then, both of these men come back, and they choose disciples, who help them establish a new way of consciousness in terms of what they have discovered there. These are the same hero deeds;

these are spiritual hero deeds….Mohammed was a camel caravan master.

But he would leave his home and go out into a little mountain cave that he found and meditate, and meditate, and meditate and meditate. And one day a voice says, “Write,” and we have the Koran, you know. It’s an old story.” An old story, told in response to one good, open-ended question.

So, here are some of the questions I sent my friend: 1) What is the nature of your relationship with your work? What motivates, sustains your relationship? 2) "When did you first get interested in flying saucers? “ is a far less confrontational than "Why are you interested in...", which can put a person on the defensive, as in , “Why the hell..?”, so consider your what, where, when, why and how. 3) Who are your influences? 4) How do you work best? 5) Who and what do you find yourself quoting often?

6) What questions do you regularly ask of yourself?

7) What lesson do you keep re-learning? 8) What do you MOST need and want to hear from others?

9) What would you like to mention that hasn’t been touched on yet? Happy Inquiry.

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Using the World Wide Web to See the Whole Wide World Cleo Morvik

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here in the world would I be without technology? Probably lost somewhere in the streets of Vienna (my current location).

I've been trying to imagine what my roundthe-world trip would look like if I didn't have the internet. Quite frankly, this millennial just can't wrap her brain around it.

I mean of course I would use paper maps, rather than on-screen digital ones, and my letters home would arrive at the post office, instead of an email inbox, but as for the planning, booking and research that goes into travel, well... I'm just not sure how I would do it.

I use a variety of mobile phone apps and websites everyday in my travels, thanks to free wifi. This week I thought I would share with you my favourite and most used apps.

1. Maps.me is a navigational app that can be used offline. This is a total lifesaver if you don't have access to data overseas. Just download the maps of the cities you will be visiting while you have access to wifi, and then they are ready to use for when you don't. You can even search and create routes offline.

2. Skyscanner is my go-to app when searching for flights. It compares many different airline

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companies to give you the cheapest, or fastest options. Perfect for a budget-minded traveller like me who likes cheap flights!

Hostelworld is an app that lists all the available hostels, and even some hotels, in whichever city you search in, for whatever dates you're looking for. It helps you to easily compare and read reviews for different places, without having to go to each hostels individual website. You can also book your room right in the app.

Converter - Offline Currency Converter is a pretty self-explanatory app, but the fact that it can be used offline is the most important part. I whipped out this app many times while browsing night markets in Thailand!

While we're taking about money, Dollarbird is an awesome app that I also use at home for everyday life, that helps me keep track of my spending. It allows you to enter and categorize each purchase you make in calendar form, and then turns it into graphs and charts if you're interested in that kind of thing. If you're using it overseas, just make sure you convert the amounts into your own currency before entering.

Issuu is an online collection of magazines

and newspapers from around the world. It helps me keep in touch with the goings on in small-town Saskatchewan by searching Advance Southwest every week!

7. On the topic of keeping in touch, Postagram is an app I recently downloaded that lets you create your own postcards using photos taken on your own mobile device. Then for a small fee, Postagram takes care of the whole mailing process for you. Just type in the address, hit send, and your loved ones will receive a real, postcard version of your selfie.

8. CamScanner is a handy little app that can help keep track of all your important documents, without taking up too much space in your wallet.

All you have to do is take a picture of the hard copy document within the app, and CamScanner will save it in a PDF file, ready for you to use at any time. Since it's always a good idea to have copies of your passport and other personal documents, these files can also easily be emailed to yourself or family members for another form of safekeeping.

In twenty years perhaps these apps will be archaic, but maybe they can help you out in some near future adventures.

SPIRITUAL GLEANINGS

Village Values for a Global Society Joyce Sasse

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hese days putting people down rather than lifting them up seems to be the norm.

My time is divided between two extremes.

As a news-junkie, I’ve never heard so much lack of civility. Such extremes of hostility and fear-mongering, along with “false news” reports and shouts of “liar”, are excessive.

Ordinary people either cringe, or rise in protest!

The other extreme has to do with the intensive work I’ve been doing on my “Annora Brown Life & Legacy Project”. This lady’s work in the fields of conservation, art and education is incredible.

And she did it all out of

the small community of Fort Macleod, between 1930 and 1965. Recently her story and work is gaining serious attention. She was a pioneer who fought to record and conserve the natural history of south-western Alberta and the culture of the Blackfoot People. She was a strong advocate for the rights of ordinary women and visited numerous small communities through the University Extension Department, to teach and to inspire.

At the time people from the region appreciated her work and advocated on her behalf.

But when her work was no longer kept front and centre, those from away shrugged and murmured “Can anything good come from this

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small place?”

Look again at the legacy she has left. Look at our rural regions today to see what your artists, your writers, your students, your seniors have to offer. Note how they are trying to reflect the kind of “village values” that are so needed in our “Global Society”.

John, the Gospel writer, (1:46) tells the story of Nathanael, who protested against the importance of Jesus’ message by murmuring “Can anything good come out of (this small village of) Nazareth?” To which Philip astutely replied “Come and see!”

What “village values” do members of your community have to offer our needy world?

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BY-ELECTION for Subdivision 4: APRIL 12, 2017 Nomination forms may be obtained at the Chinook Education Centre, at your local Urban Municipal office, or on our website: chinooksd.ca/Board/Election.

Nominations will be received until March 8, 2017 at 4:00pm.

BOARD MEMBER: Chinook School Division No. 211 Sub-division 4* - One Position (Schools: Tompkins, Gull Lake, Wymark) *Sub-division map available on our website

Nominations for Sub-division 4 must be submitted to Chinook School Division. Acceptable methods of submission are listed on our website (chinooksd.ca/Board/Election).

For further information, call 306-778-9200 or toll free 1-877-321-9200, or email electioninfo@chinooksd.ca

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FOREMAN/OPERATOR POSITION The R.M. of Piapot No.110 invites applications for the position of Municipal Foreman/Operator.

Duties to commence April 01, 2017. The Municipal Shop is located approximately 43 km east of Maple Creek in Piapot, SK. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Establish effective work relationships with ratepayers, staff, council, Administrator and suppliers.

• Be willing to follow directions and work unsupervised.

• Effectively lead the outside work force of 2-6 employees in the day to day operation of the municipality.

• Demonstrate high standards of work practices.

• Schedule workloads to maximize productivity and efficiency and quality of work.

• Lead by positive example and encourage improvement in shop operations and practices.

• Manage training needs and time cards.

• Promote and participate in workplace safety and best practices.

• Be willing to acquire and upgrade skills as requested The candidate must possess: • Strong management skills, good communication, organizational, record keeping and leadership skills • Self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple projects during the construction season.

• Knowledge of and ability to operate graders, tractors, mowers, and other light, medium and heavy equipment.

• Experience in road maintenance, preservation and construction.

• Mechanical skills would be an asset • The Power Mobile Equipment Training Certification or obtain.

• Valid Class 5 driver’s license, Class 1A would be an asset.

• Driving record abstract The RM offers competitive wages, benefits package and a pension plan.

The deadline for submitting resumes is Tuesday, March 07, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

Submit resume to the RM of Piapot No.110 by mail, fax or email. See above for details.

Thank you to all interested applicants; however only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Wilma (Billy Jo) Gainer December 4, 1922 – February 5, 2017

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illy Jo was born in Fawcett, Alberta, where she grew up her whole life. Her mother was an RN and a midwife and delivered all the babies from all around.

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Billy Jo was in the Air force in World War II, and worked many years on the farm helping her husband Norman. Billy Jo is predeceased by her husband Norman Gainer (60 years of marriage) on April 17, 2013. Her parents William and Jessie Boyd, one brother, Elwood Boyd (Isabel), two sisters, Zelpha Brendon (Johnie) and Zulamae Finger (Dave) along with many nieces and nephews. Billy Jo leaves to mourn two daughters.

Holly Lea McLean (Gale Brown), and Dixie Lea MacDougall (Rod); grandchildren: Tamara Tangen (Brent), Janette Armstrong (Brent). Trevor McLean (Danielle). Great Grandchildren: Morgan and Kelsey Tangen, Brooke Armstrong,

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The interment service was held at Gull Lake Community Cemetery.

Ruth Goldie, Ida Peters, Al's Bakery in Gull Lake, The eulogy was given by Jean Purves. He was and became well known Sandra Benallack. Music predeceased by his for his baking skills. was performed by Floyd parents Violette and Al sold his bake shop Collier, Sharon Dahl, Ellis Countryman; his in 1985. Being involved King Gin, Ken Jensen mothers & fathers in in his community, and and Dave Munshaw law Grace & Joe Drury, working for positive who accompanied the Alice & Arthur Kaul; changes mattered a great Gull Lake Community his wife Muriel (Babe) deal to Al. He received Choir. Ushers were Countryman; his brother the Scotty Richardson Kerry Lundgren Barbara Glen in infancy; his Memorial Award for his Lundgren, and Millie sisters & brothers in law outstanding contributions Smart. Pallbearers Velma & Elmer Wolfater, to curling, while acting were Jim Countryman Lois & Jack Bonnell, Lila as president of the Gull (Jr), Tim Countryman, & Delmer Wolfater, Eileen Lake & District Curling Craig Countryman, Ty Hammer, Shirley & Ken Cooperative. Al was also Countryman, Jonathan Munsch, Herb Peters, a past president of the Keenan and Zac John Goldie, Wes Purves.

Chamber of Commerce, Robins. Al is survived He was predeceased by a lifetime member of the by his wife Stella all of Babe's brothers, Gull Lake Elks Lodge Moore Countryman; sisters and their spouses. #164, and a loyal member his sons Tom (Gail) Al grew up in the Maple of the Royal Canadian Countryman, Jim Creek and Piapot areas.

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Barker rink books ticket to Scotties Tournament of Hearts Allison Bamford

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he culmination of 22 years of curling successes and failures led Penny Barker to this moment: the last rock of the 2017 Viterra Scotties Women’s Provincial final.

Sitting in the hack with her two sweepers out in front, Barker stared down the long, centre sheet of ice at her third, Deanna Doig, visualizing her next move. It was a shot she had thrown thousands of times before, but never for a provincial title.

Barker’s team was already counting one red stone—the tying point in the tenth end. More confident in her hitting ability than her draw weight, the 31-year-old decided to play a hit for four and the win.

One final thought ran through the Moose Jaw native’s mind, before taking a deep breath and kicking out of the hack: “Relax Penny. It will be fine, just throw the rock.”

Once the sweepers, lead Danielle Sicinski, 34, and second Lorraine Schneider, 23, took over, they knew the shot was going to be close.

“As soon as she let go of the rock I knew that she was close for weight, she was close for line and good things were going to happen,” recalled Sicinski, who has curled with Barker for the past eight years.

One hit, four raised brooms and several shrieks of excitement and applause from inside the

Team Barker, from Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre, discusses strategy during a practice at the Callie Curling Club in Regina, Sask. on Feb. 5, 2017. The team will represent Saskatchewan at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Feb. 18 26 in St. Catharines, Ont. Photo by Allison Bamford.

Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville signalled Barker’s 10-7 win over North Battleford’s Robyn Silvernagle. The Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre foursome, who was seeded seventh at the beginning of the tournament, had just booked their tickets to the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ont.—a first-time feat for all members of the team.

“It’s amazing—after all these years it worked.

All the practices worked,” laughed Barker, who has competed in four previous provincial Scotties, but never reached the playoffs. “You realize that your dreams have come

true and it’s just such an amazing feeling.”

This year, Barker, Doig and Sicinski added Schneider to their rink.

While juggling work, family life and school, the team was only able to compete in two bonspiels before participating in the provincial qualifier, which proved not to be a problem.

“We’re relaxed. We’re confident,” said Sicinski, after the team’s first practice since provincials.

“Some of those playoff games we made a comeback and I think that’s just our personality.”

Team Barker joins the likes of Saskatchewan curling icons Stefanie

Lawton, Amber Holland and the late Sandra Schmirler, as they traded in their white and teal regular-league jackets for the coveted green and white.

Although Team Saskatchewan hasn’t reached the Scotties’ podium since 2011, when Holland’s rink won gold, Barker’s team has their sights set high.

“Anything is possible,” said Sicinski. “We gave ourselves permission to win the Scotties provincials this year. I think we should give ourselves permission to excel at the Scotties nationals.”

Barker’s provincial win broke a long-lasting drought, as her team is

the first Moose Jaw rink to represent Saskatchewan since Cindy Ricci (née Street) in 1999.

“I’m really proud to bring another title to Moose Jaw,” said Barker. “It’s been a long time coming and I’m hoping to get it a few more times over my career.”

In preparation for nationals, the enthusiastic foursome is working alongside five-time Scotties coach Merv Fonger and their fifth player, Amber Holland, to draw from their experience. But not even the team’s lack of time at nationals can waver their confidence.

“I don’t see the fact that we haven’t been there

as being any advantage or disadvantage,” said Barker. “I think it’s just a fact.”

Barker isn’t the only team making their first Scotties appearance. All four members of Team New Brunswick are debuting at this year’s championship. Missing from the mix are big hitters like Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones and Alberta’s Val Sweeting, who failed to qualify. Rachel Homan, two-time Scotties champion, and Chelsea Carey, defending Scotties champion, are the only teams at this year’s championship to ever have claimed the national title, blowing the competition wide open.

“There are no guarantees in this game, but if you make your shots and you make good decisions you’ve got a good chance of doing something,” said Fonger, who has coached Barker on and off for the past 18 years. “They’re good throwers. They’re focused. They’re goal-setters and they go after what they want.”

“Every year Saskatchewan has a really good chance at being on the podium and winning.

The fact that we have that opportunity this year is pretty exciting,” said Barker. “I’m just excited to get out there and curl!”

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts will take place Feb. 18 – 26.

The winner will go on to represent Canada at the 2017 CPT World Women’s Curling Championship in Beijing, China.

CURLING

SWAC curling teams advance to Regionals Deb Reamer

kate@advancesouthwest.com

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hanks to our three junior curling hosts on February 10/11. We hosted our sectional playoffs in three locations: Gull Lake hosted Rolling Hills section, Fox Valley hosted Cypress Hills section and Eastend hosted Whitemud section. The following teams will advance to the SWAC junior district curling finals on March 3 & 4. The girls will be played in Consul and boys & open in Eastend: Girls: • Cypress Hills section – A Maple Creek; B – Fox Valley • Rolling Hills section –

Gull Lake • Whitemud section – A Eastend (cannot advance); B – Val Marie; host - Consul Boys: • Cypress Hills – A Fox Valley; B – Hazlet • Rolling Hills section – A – Swift Current Comp; B – Ecole Centennial • Whitemud section – Val Marie Open: • Cypress Hills section – A Maple Creek; B – Success • Rolling Hills section – no entries • Whitemud section – A – Frontier; B – Shaunavon; host – Eastend.

Thanks to the communities at Ponteix and Cadillac for hosting our senior district curling championships. Special thanks to our commissioners Trish Carleton and Lori Kendall! The curling was competitive, great sportsmanship and great hospitality! On the boys’ side, the A champs were Swift Current Comp (skip Brendan Ross, 3rd Theo Lautsch, 2nd Tanner Ewert and lead Brandt Prang, coaches Melanie Kissick and Stan Lautsch). Winning the B side and also advancing will be the team from Ponteix (skip Tanner Kendall, 3rd Keegan Goffinet, 2nd Dustin Kendall, lead Parker Larochelle, coach-

The Gull Lake girls captured the SWAC senior district curling title on February 11. L to R coach Faye Keenleyside, skip Rachel Murray, 3rd Nikita Trapp, 2nd Jacey McCarty, lead Brenlyn Butts, coach Bev Dutton. Gull Lake as well as the host Swift Current Comp girls will now advance to SHSAA regional curling championships in Swift Current on March 3 & 4.

es Trish Carleton & Lori Kendall). In the girls’ competition, the winner was Gull Lake (skip Rachel Murray, 3rd Nikita Trapp, 2nd Jacey McCarty, lead Brenlyn Butts, coach Bev Dutton & Faye Keenleyside) who defeated Gull Lake team Gibson in the A/B final. Also

representing the Southwest will be the host team Swift Current Comp (skip Jenna Sloman, 3rd Kassidy Painchaud, 2nd Tyra Moore, lead Daylin Olfert, coach James Kissick). In the mixed competition, Hodgeville won the A side (skip Hillary Sauder; 3rd Ben Kerr, 2nd Emma

Krauchek, lead Tyson Petersen, coach Michelle Potapinski). Winning the B side was Swift Current Comp (skip Grady Rogers, 3rd Brooklyn Spanier, 2nd Michael Orthner, lead Shaylynn Nickel, coach James Kissick). The teams listed above will advance to SHSAA regional curling. This will be held on March 3 & 4 at the Swift Current Curling Club. There will be 6 teams in each category.

Two from the Southwest, Two from South Central and 2 from Regina.

Teams will be vying for spots at the SHSAA provincial curling championships.

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