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Friday, December 7, 2018

Christmas on Main

News

Page 2 New trespass rules coming

Column

Page 4 Growing up at a hotel

Sports

Page 8 Women’s tour in Humboldt

Members of the Bruno community sing carols before the Christmas tree lights are turned on dealing the Christmas on Main event Nov. 29. Read about the return of the event on page 2.

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Jessica R. Durling Trader Writer A new amendment t o t re s p a s s l a w s i n Saskatchewan will require individuals to get prior permission to enter private rural land.

The amendment requires entry in or on premises without the consent of the occupier of the premises is prohibited without any notice for a lawn, a garden, a yard site, land that is under cultivation, land that is used for grazing, enclosed land, any other premises that is prescribed in the regulations.

“Yard site” refers a premises used for agricultural purposes where a residence, structure, grain bin, stockade or corral is located, whether or not the premises is occupied by people or livestock.

“The change is land owners have until now we’ve been the only ju-

What this will do is it will make rural land the same as urban land where you don’t have to prove that your land was fenced or marked or whatever, it creates an offence when somebody comes on.

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risdiction that had to post your land if you didn’t want trespassers come onto your land,” said Don Morgan, the provincial justice minister. “What this will do is it will make rural land the same as urban land where you don’t have to prove that your land was fenced or marked or whatever, it creates an offence when somebody comes on.”

The legislation doesn’t address how someone can get in touch with the land owner or require any contact information to be posted.

“There is a variety

of ways, you can do it through accessing public records, contacting neighbors,” Morgan said. “I’ve had a discussion this morning with the Wildlife Federation and they’re looking at what’s taking place in other jurisdictions as to setting up an informal access point or something so that people would know how to do it. One of them indicated he had a sign on his property that said, ‘no trespassing’ and then put a phone number on if you needed further information or wanted to seek permission.”

“I would hope land owners would adopt a reasonable position and make themselves available.”

The new legislation will affect the Trespass to Property Act, Snowmobile Act and Wildlife Act. Les Sandsbraaten with the Naicam Snowblasters said the change won’t affect his club.

“Our whole trail system is already in place and the new trespassing laws don’t really affect us because we already have permission to access the land where our trail is.”

This legislation was influenced by an online questionnaire from the government that ran from Aug. 9 to Oct. 2.

The results of that questionnaire indicated that 65 per cent of people who answered were in favour of requiring people to gain permission beforehand to enter rural land.

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Devan C. Tasa Editor A local community has resurrected a Christmas tradition that hasn’t been seen in 40 years.

Bruno’s Christmas on Main saw the residents of the town do some shopping, gather around a fire, drink some hot chocolate and listen to carols before a ceremony turned the lights on for the tree and nearby old jail.

“This has been my dream since we took over the lumber yard, is to get some excitement going about Christmas on Main Street, so when I saw that tree light, it was like, whew, we did it,”

This has been my dream since we took over the lumber yard, is to get some excitement going about Christmas on Main Street.

said Jenny Glessman, who along with her husband Dale Glessman and other businesses in town, was involved in organizing the event.

Dale said he and three other businesses usually put on a sleigh ride between Christmas and February.

“We thought: let’s start off Christmas this year with a bang, so we phoned around, got the

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businesses, got donations of around $2,000 to go towards this and the three families set it up.”

It was also a tough year for the community, so Jenny wanted to give the town a boost.

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going,” she said. “We’ve got so many little kids in the community, we thought it would be great too to add a little cheer.”

There’s close to 30 children that are in Kindergarten or Grade 1 within the town, Dale said.

The tree, placed in the centre of town, was one that was removed from the yard of a resident that no longer wanted it.

“Our dream is to plant a real tree and then we’ll use a real tree every year instead of cutting one down,” Jenny said.

After higher than expected attendance, the goal is to hold the event annually.

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PRAIRIE RESILIENCE

Province to measure 25 items for climate change plan

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Our argument has always been if our 75 million tons per year go down to zero tomorrow, that’s not going to stop global climate change.

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Devan C. Tasa Editor The province has released a list of 25 items it will measure as it moves forward with its environmental plan. Five relate directly to agriculture.

“One of the commitments that we made almost a year ago,” said Dustin Duncan, the environment minister, “was we would develop a resilience measurement framework so we could pick a number of different targets in a number of different areas and be able to report back on how we’re doing in being resilient to the ongoing effects of climate change.”

The minister said the province is arguing that its environmental plan has to be broader than simply reducing emissions.

“Our argument has always been if our 75 million tons per year go down to zero tomorrow, that’s not going to stop global climate change,” the minister said. “Climate change will still have an impact on Saskatchewan, so what are the things we can actually, tangibly measure with how we’re dealing with climate change and how we are adapting to the effects of climate change.”

For the agriculture sector, the targets include maintaining native prairie and tame pastures at the 2016 level of 19.93 million acres, maintaining soil organic matter sequestration level of 5.6 megatonnes per year, have 25 per cent of cropland fertilizer under the 4R nutrient stewardship designation, ensure that there’s a no greater than 50 per cent decrease in realized net farm income from the previous fiveyear average and that no one crop type takes up more than 50 per cent of cultivated land.

The 4R nutrient stewardship designation aims to match the proper amount of fertilizer to a

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crop while minimizing nutrient loss from fields.

“4R nutrient management will help with lowering the intensity of nitrous oxide emissions associated with fertilizers,” said Kareen Holtby, who’s involved with environment and resource policy with the agriculture ministry. “Synthetic fertilizers are about 20 per cent of agricultural emissions.”

The agriculture ministry is working with Fertilizer Canada to improve access to training and education for 4R and certify more agrologists in the practice.

In terms of ensuring that realized net farm income doesn’t decrease more than 50 per cent of the five-year average, Holtby said, “there’s been no significant decrease in realized net farm income in recent years that prompted this.”

As for crop type, in 2018, 46 per cent of cultivated land was taken up by cereals, 35 per cent by oilseeds and 16 per cent by pulses.

Other items the province is measuring include having floodplain mapping completed for 100 per cent of the communities at risk of flooding by 2030, boosting the number of communities that have emergency preparedness plans, reducing municipal water consumption, reducing emission from the energy sector and reducing power usage by government buildings.

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NDP leader calls for rumble strips Devan C. Tasa Editor The leader of the Saskatchewan New Democrats is calling for rumble strips at the intersection where the Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened.

“That’s what the local people are asking for. That’s what the people of Saskatchewan are waiting for,” said Ryan Meili, during a question period Nov. 28. “We’d like to simply know from the minister when will those be put in place.”

The RM of Connaught,

where the intersection of Highways 35 and 335 is located, voted to send a letter to the provincial government at its meeting April 9 asking them to look at installing rumble strips.

“Specific to 35 and 335, there is an independent study taking place right now, and we’re hoping to have those final results in,” said Lori Carr, the highways minister, in response to Meili. “We will be implementing changes based on that study.”

The minister said the study is being wrapped

up.

“We will have those results very, very shortly and we will take those results seriously.”

Meili also asked about a 2016 presentation prepared by the highways ministry about roundabouts obtained by the opposition. The ministry had examined more than 100 studies and came to the conclusion that roundabouts have 67 per cent fewer collisions and 87 per cent fewer collisions where people are injured or killed.

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Carr said the ministry was looking at roundabouts.

“As we move forward with our planning, we leave no stone unturned.

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Growing up in the Queen’s Hotel at Moosomin PART 2 Ivan Buehler grew up in the Queen’s Hotel in Moosomin and agreed to share some of his childhood memories in this column. “I was three months old when my family bought the Queen’s and 22 years old when it was sold,” he writes.

The biggest changes Ivan Buehler witnessed at Moosomin’s hotel were those to Saskatchewan’s liquor laws. When women were allowed into licensed premises in 1959-60, not only could his mother now legally enter the bar of the hotel she owned, but renovations were required to segregate the men-only section from the “Ladies and Escorts” section. More significant for young Ivan, who was working at the hotel’s reception desk, was dealing with the fall-out of unhappy male bar patrons. “Before ladies could go into the bar, men could go in and have a complete men’s only experience,” Ivan explains. “There was no phone in the pub, so the men were unreachable.

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to the door, open it and yell a man’s name only to have him reply ‘I’m not here!’ Once women were allowed in, the hideaway was breached.

The only sanctuary they had was the men’s only area, which was visible from everywhere in the pub, so not a real sanctuary at all.”

According to Ivan, other changes to provincial liquor laws throughout the 1960s helped to improve the hotel’s business. When the sale of food and beverages other than beer were permitted in bars, when people could change tables with their drinks, and when games like pool and shuffleboard could be played in the bar, the Queen’s beverage room was expanded.

The biggest event Ivan can remember from his childhood years at the Queen’s was – appropriately – the Royal Visit of 1959 when the train carrying Queen

Ivan Buehler at the front desk of the Queen’s Hotel in Moosomin.

Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh stopped at Moosomin. “Dad and mom met our royal visitors because dad was on the town council,” Ivan writes. “Prince Phillip stopped in front of the four Buehler brothers and spoke to us, getting only open-mouthed stares in return.” After the royal couple departed, a special meal for the community was arranged at the Queen’s Hotel. Things did not go according to plan. “Our

cook, who lived in the hotel, chose the early hours of the morning to skip town,” Ivan recalls.

“Dad called on the aid of a local woman who had cooked for us before to come and take his place.

She did a good job but could not prepare all the dishes that [the cook] had planned because they were strange to her.”

Christmas Day at the Queen’s Hotel was memorable for Ivan. No restaurants opened in

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Moosomin on that day.

“Dad, primarily, cooked breakfast for all the permanent and temporary hotel residents,” Ivan recalls. “It was a party that lasted a couple of hours and included close Moosomin friends as well.”

Hotels have always provided dependable living spaces for many, including teachers, doctors, dentists and most particularly, single men.

The Queen’s Hotel in Moosomin was no excep-

tion. “The longest resident was Jim Fraser who immigrated to Canada from Scotland,” Ivan writes. “Another Scot, John Wilson, a baker, was there in my earliest memory and remained there for about 20 years.”

The number increased in the winter when some farmers moved into the town’s hotel from their farmsteads.

The Buehlers sold the Queen’s Hotel in mid-December 1967, marking the end of 54 years of hotel-keeping in the province for the family. Both Leo and his father, Karl Buehler, were made honorary life members of the Hotels Association of Saskatchewan.

In January 1969, two years after the Buehlers left, the Grosvenor section of the Queen’s Hotel was destroyed by fire. Three long-term residents – two farmers and Ivan’s old friend Jim Fraser – died in the blaze. The hotel, now called the Uptown, is less than half the size it was during the Buehler years. It no longer rents guest rooms.

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Replacing bees with robots B y p u re h a p p e n stance a post came across my social media feed last week regarding mechanical bees.

The thought of tiny robots the size of a bee immediately had my imagination turning, although I was also a tad skeptical as the internet seems to be devolving into a place of more and more misinformation and fake news.

But a little research and there is indeed significant efforts being made around the world to create robotic bees that in theory will be able to step in and carry out the critical job of pol-

Calvin Daniels lination of plants should existing bee populations actually crash to dangerous lows.

This is one of those stories you can look at as amazingly positive, or with the science fiction fan in me can easily conjure some rather dark

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On the positive side the work to date on these miniature creations is simply amazing. The fields of electronics, robotics and computer science are taking massive strides when you think about what sort of technology needs to come together to create a robotic bee capable of finding flowers, collecting pollen and transferring that to another flower.

It is also good to know that science is preparing ahead in terms of what we may need to do should bee populations truly decline too far.

There has been significant press in recent years about the potential impact of certain insecticides on bee populations as well as colony collapse disorder where the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen.

While not necessarily at the point of crisis, such issues are certainly reason for concern.

Plants don’t produce without pollination and that process is almost solely the role of bees. If the bees go food production would be in crisis.

While the best case scenario is to protect natural bees, having a

back-up plan for such a critical function as pollination is only prudent.

But, the idea of robotic bees does raise a few valid questions that have darker connotations.

What happens to birds that see the little robotic bees as food, swoop in and swallow? The first generation of these bees may be larger than the average honey bee, but advancements will no doubt mean ever smaller versions.

If these bees are able to autonomously seek out flowers and do the work of bees it is also startlingly easy to think of more nefarious pro-

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And, perhaps most importantly, who will own the patents on a technology which could become critical to food production? Are such patents something we are comfortable having in the hands of profitdriven corporations? Or, would it be any better if they were in the hands of a single government?

Clearly as such technology is being developed there needs to be some dialogue to ensure safety, security and access once the tiny robots are ready to go to work.

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Town looking at allowing boarders Devan C. Tasa Editor A lack of accommodations in town has Wadena council looking at allow up to four boarders per residential household.

The change to the town’s zoning bylaws comes after a resident wrote a letter to council, saying that they have to keep sending short-term workers to Humboldt,

Foam Lake or Yorkton and that they have a spare bedroom they could rent.

“The zoning bylaw is a permissive document, so unless it specifically says that it permits it, you can’t do it, so we’d have to add that in there,” said Ferne Hebig, the town’s administrator.

A first reading on the change was made at the Nov. 20 meeting of

council. A public hearing will be held at the Jan. 7 council meeting, at which point council will make its final decision.

SPRUCE MANOR One of the streets surrounding a rental facility for seniors will be placed higher on the priority list when it comes to snowplowing.

Spruce Manor houses seniors and people with

disabilities. All of the streets surrounding the complex are listed as Priority 2 street for the town with the exception of First Street NW, which is a Priority 3.

Because there’s five units that can only be access from First Street NW, the Wadena Housing Authority asked for council to boost the street to a Priority 2. Council agreed to the request.

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.+" -$+/%(* +&)(/ %'",$!), #/(* Devan C. Tasa Editor RCMP have charged a 42-year-old Edmonton man after they received reports of a firearm being fired from a half ton truck going west.

That incident happened Nov. 15 at around 4 pm.

“There was a report from a person from Guernsey,” said Cst. Geoff Applegate with the Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP. “As they were walking in town, they heard gunshots and believed them to coming from a vehicle that has

just passed along the highway.”

The Lanigan RCMP put out a bulletin and together with the Saskatoon RCMP set up a traffic stop near Colonsay, where they were able to locate the truck.

“As a result of that traffic stop, three males were taken into custody,” Applegate said. “A handgun was recovered along with drug paraphernalia and a small amount of drugs.”

After an investigation, one of the men were charged with pos-

session of a restricted or prohibited firearm without a licence, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, weapons possession contrary to an order, public mischief and simple possession of methamphetamine.

The man has since been released and is waiting for a court date in Saskatoon Provincial Court. The handgun seized remains in police custody.

Applegate said no-

body was injured and police have no further public safety concerns.

ACTIVITIES Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP dealt with 98 calls in the rural areas from Nov. 16 to 29.

They gave out 47 traffic tickets, mostly speeding and distracted driving; gave out 12 written warnings; and dealt with four collisions with damage greater than $5,000.

There were 13 Criminal Code offenses, including three thefts, two frauds and one break and enter.

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APAS applying for intervenor status in carbon tax case Jessica R. Durling Trader Writer The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has announced they are applying for in tervenor status in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reference case on the federal carbon tax.

Intervenor status is when a court grants an organization or person the right to participate in the proceedings before them and make comment on the issue being considered.

A person or organization can apply for intervenor status if they believe the outcome of the case will affect them and they do not require the permission of the

original people or organizations involved in the case.

APAS’ application argues that the federal government’s shared jurisdiction over the environment should not outweigh their shared jurisdiction over agriculture.

“Our membership feels our voice needs to be heard in regards to the federal backstop policy,” said Ian Boxall, vice president of APAS and a Tisdale area farmer. “If the court decides we have intervenor status it will give us an opportunity to have a voice in our issues within the federal backstop.

The federal plan will add direct cost to the producers bottom lines which, I think, would

make them [farmers] less able to adapt to climate change.”

Boxall said that with the carbon tax, farmers will be less able to adapt due to not having enough money to handle problems that arise.

“I think they won’t have the ability. Because it’s a direct cost, when things come up they won’t have the ability or the cash flow to make those adjustments on the go,” Boxall said. “We manage the land, we care about the land, we care about the carbon and the job agriculture does in being part of the solution. What we sequester is not recognized in the federal backstop and we believe that would be the biggest thing with the

intervenor status is have recognition for what producers already do.”

Carbon sequestration is used by some producers to store carbon in plants and soils.

“People need to understand that we have a role in sequestering carbon in this province and in this country.”

APAS made the announcement at the organization’s annual general meeting on Nov. 27 in Regina.

Ralph Goodale, the federal public safety minister, said in October that farm fuels will be exempt from the carbon tax and adding the carbon tax to farm fuels would be a “very difficult challenge for rural Saskatchewan.”

Plunkett News Dolores Wilson Contributor The ladies here are kept busy working on Blankets for Canada. It is a winter project crocheting or knitting eight inch squares.

David and Lyla Muench spent the weekend with their children at Kitscoty, Alta.

Congratulations to Wesley Farago and Myrna Allin who were recently married.

The Plunkett Friendship Club did not have cards or a potluck super Tuesday, Nov. 6 as several folks were away.

Stanley and Irene Giddings spent a week in Saskatoon with their daughter Lorie Giddings as she just had knee surgery.

Several folks enjoyed a lovely turkey supper at Viscount and Plunkett’s fall suppers.

The old meat market was torn down in Plunkett. Some folks were sad to see it go.

E d a n d E l a i n e D r a c h e n b e rg o f Humboldt were away to Winnipeg to attend a granddaughter’s birthday.

Get well wishes to anyone ill and in the hospital. We wish them a speedy recovery.

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New training regulations for truck drivers

Staff Those wishing to drive a semi-truck in Saskatchewan will have to meet mandatory training requirements.

Starting March 15, 2019, drivers seeking a Class 1 c o m m e rc i a l l i c e n c e i n Saskatchewan to drive semi trucks will be required to undergo a minimum of 121.5 hours of training. As well, Class 1 road tests will be undertaken with SGI examiners only.

Effective immediately, a 12-month safety monitoring program is being introduced for all new semi drivers. SGI will monitor semi drivers more stringently for a year post-testing so remedial action can be taken if there are safety concerns.

BUDGET UPDATE Saskatchewan’s 2018-19 budget remains on track at

mid-year, with a projected deficit of $348.3 million, $17 million less than what was projected on budget day.

Revenues are $138.1 million higher than the budget, but so are expenses, up $121.1 million.

The opposition New Democrats had expressed disappointment with the fact social services spending has climbed by $23 million due to caseload increases in child and family services, which they say means more people are slipping through the cracks.

MINE CLEAN-UP The province is taking the federal government to court, claiming they should contribute equally to the clean-up of the Gunnar uranium mine.

More than $125 million has been spent by the prov-

ince on the clean-up, while the provincial government says the federal government has provided just $1.13 million. There was a memorandum of agreement signed with the province in 2006 committed to share costs.

The abandoned mine site is located just west of Fond du Lac on the shores of Lake Athabasca. It hasn’t operated since 1964.

FIREFIGHTER REMEMBERED Firefighters from across the province attended the memorial of a firefighter killed in the line of duty.

Darrell James Morrison, a volunteer with the Rosetown Fire Department, was hit by a semi truck as he attended an accident scene two semi trucks on Highway 4.

The memorial was held in Rosetown Nov. 27.

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On Saturday Dec. 1 there were 16 people that attended the Viscount Seniors F u n d r a i s i n g B re a k f a s t .

Workers were Chris Rault and Mary Joan Young. Louise Barlage won the lucky loonie pot.

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for Blankets for Canada.

They enjoyed conversation and three hours of sewing squares together, doing crocheting around the blankets, and sewing labels on the blankets. We enjoyed tea and goodies while working towards the end of the day.

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Team Silvernagle wins Women’s Curling Tour stop in Humboldt Devan C. Tasa Editor With all of the teams playing against it conceding before playing all eight ends, Team Silvernagle won the top spot at the Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour in Humboldt.

Robyn Silvernagle, the team’s skip, said the weekend was a successful one.

“We just learned the ice, got a handle of it and put our rocks where they needed to be, pounced when we got that opportunity to capitalize when the other team made a mistake. I thought we did a really good job of that.”

Te a m S i l v e r n a g l e was one of 16 teams at the competition, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 at the Humboldt Curling Rink. The team is made up of Silvernagle; lead Kara Thevenot, who was raised in Birch Hills; second Jessie

Hunkin and third Stefanie Lawton.

After three days of curling, they played Team Fleming, which had won three out of four games in the tournament, in the final.

After two blank ends, Team Silvernagle scored two, followed by one by Team Fleming.

“Get two, give them one, that’s always a good theory to have, so we got our two, gave them the one and then we just wanted to get two back,” Silvernagle said.

In the sixth end, Team Silvernagle got five.

Team Fleming conceded. Silvernagle said she wasn’t expecting to get that many.

“They just kind of piled up,” she said. “I made a good double and then a nice tap for the last point.

S h e a d d e d Te a m Fleming made a few mistakes, which helped.

This stop of the tour was the last bonspiel of the year for Team Silvernagle, which has already made the 2019 Viterra Scotties Women’s Provincial Championships. They will be held in Humboldt Jan. 22 to 27.

“We’ll take a little break here and break for Christmas and then be back in the full swing of things with good good practices and just getting that feel back again,” Silvernagle said.

The team is looking to win gold after placing second at the provincials in the last two years.

Silvernagle acknowledged the Humboldt Curling Club for putting the event on.

“I know it takes a takes a lot of work to put these events one so we really appreciate them having it and we’ll be back in Humboldt for provincials.”

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MUELLER: Geraldine The sudden and unexpected death of Geraldine Caroline (nee Frank) Mueller, 78 years of Humboldt, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at Royal University Hospital. Gerri was born on July 8, 1940 to Louis and Hilda (nee Albers) Frank at Muenster. She attended Ives School until grade 8.

Gerri loved school, but due to family commitments had to postpone her interests. She did get back to her love of learning by participating in courses at St. Peter’s College. Eventually, she attained her GED, and her status as an interior designer through a home correspondence course. As the kids were growing up, demands for Gerri’s time were ongoing. She served on the figure skating, minor hockey and dance club executives. Countless hours of sewing costumes, playing music and organizing were logged over the years. Another big project Gerri helped out with was planning, building and launching the great facility known as the Uniplex. Gerri also fought hard to keep the Leo Parker Arena up and running as she believed Humboldt needed two arenas to make more ice time available for both hockey and figure skating.

Gerri was also instrumental in bringing a hockey school to Humboldt from Prince Albert. She was also involved with the beginnings of the Humboldt Fair. Once the kids were older, Gerri took on a new business. She bought a computerized embroidery machine and set up a company called Gil-Crest. The operation was eventually sold, but still exists in Humboldt (in its current incarnation as Monico). She was always busy. If not curling, golfing, or bowling, she would be busy cooking, baking or sewing. Gerri also found a love for art and painted many beautiful pictures that she displayed proudly. Her role as a mother started young and she took pride in having large gardens and home cooked meals and treats to keep her family healthy and happy. It was always very magical how Gerri could whip up a full meal from an empty fridge. The kids always were in amazement of how that happened. If there was anyone who lived life well, it was Gerri. She was always there for everyone, taking pride in her appearance, and always had a smile with her infectious laugh for everyone she met. She was always positive and happy. Len and Gerri were married on September 25, 1961 and were blessed with 57 very happy years together. They were an amazing team, whether it was working, traveling or just being together quietly at home, they were content with each other. They were great role models for their family and friends. Gerri was the happiest when the grandchildren and great grandchildren started to arrive. She was described by her family as the “best nana”! Gerri will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her husband of 57 years LEONARD Mueller of Humboldt: six children, 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren: Gordon (Kendra) Mueller of Humboldt, and family Mackenzie (Justin Grywacheski and son Tyce), Mitchell and Madison all of Humboldt; Michelle Mueller (Mike Remenda) of Lloydminster, SK and family Stephen (Angela) Remenda and daughter Brynn of Prince George, BC, Jesse of Calgary, Kyle (Stephanie) and son Owen of Calgary, AB and Brant (Monique) of Pasedena, California, USA; Lisa Mueller (Allan de Paiva) and family Rawdon, Max, Shaye, William and Karis all of Calgary, AB; Karen (Richard Kelln) and family Samantha, Nicole, Alena and Jessica all of Toronto, ON; Regan (Melanie Snook) Mueller and family Koen, Kiley and Klaire all of Seattle, WA USA; Lenny Jr’s daughters: Alexa, Shae-Lynn, Sabrina and their mother Lisa Mueller all of Saskatoon. Brothers and Sister: Allan (Brigid) Frank and great nephew Cameron Frank all of Oshawa, ON, Ron (Phyllis) Frank of Humboldt, Jean (Myles) Heidt of Saskatoon and Cliff (Pam) Frank of Humboldt; numerous nieces, nephews and members of the Mueller family. Gerri was predeceased by her son Lenny Mueller Jr.; parents Louis and Hilda Frank and step mother Frieda (nee Bernhard) (Brinkmeier) Frank. A Public Visitation was held on Friday, November 30, 2018 at Malinoski & Danyluik Funeral Home Hwy #5 East Humboldt from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., celebrated by, Fr. Joseph Salihu at St. Augustine R.C. Church Humboldt. Interment followed at Assumption of our Blessed Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery in Marysburg, SK. Memorial donations in Gerri’s memory can be directed to St. Elizabeth’s Ladies Auxiliary Centennial Cardiac Endowment (cheques made payable to Humboldt District Hospital Foundation). Funeral arrangements were entrusted to MALINOSKI & DANYLUIK FUNERAL HOME Humboldt. 306-682-1622. A beautiful life that came to an end, she died as she lived, everyone’s friend. In our hearts a memory will always be kept, of the one we loved, and will never forget.

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NHL’S Sabres showing surprisingly sharp edge The National Hockey League is a breeding ground for abrupt team turnarounds.

Last year, the Las Vegas Golden Knights expansion team were almost a unanimous pick to finish dead last in the NHL. They didn’t. The Knights stunned the sports world by making it all the way to the Stanley Cup final before the clock struck midnight and Cinderella’s impos-

Bruce Penton sible dream ended at the hands of the Washington Capitals.

But the Buffalo Sabres were obviously paying attention. Dead last – 31st out of 31 teams last year with a pathetic 25-45-12 record – in 2017-18, the Sabres are the biggest surprise of the current NHL season and are hoping to mimic what Vegas did last year. Perhaps even go one step further.

When December arrived, the Sabres were on a two-game losing streak, having lost road games to

both Florida teams (Tampa Bay and Florida Panthers) in one-goal decisions. But those losses came after 10 consecutive wins that had propelled the Sabres into the best record in hockey.

So what has changed from last year? Jack Eichel, picked No. 2 the year Connor McDavid went No. 1, is one year older and one year better and has been given a sniper, Jeff Skinner, as a linemate.

Skinner was acquired from Carolina in exchange for a prospect and three draft picks. Eichel leads the team in assists and points, while Skinner had 20 goals by the end of November, tied with Winnipeg’s Patrik Laine for most goals in the league.

Former NHLer Jason Botterill, a Winnipegger whose family always put academics on the same level of importance as athletics, was hired as general

manager by the Sabres in May 2017 and his influence is obviously paying off.

He picked up free-agent goalie Carter Hutton from St. Louis in the off-season, and then acquired Patrik Berglund, Tage Thompson and Vladimir Sobotka, plus two draft picks from the Blues in exchange for high-priced Ryan O’Reilly.

Those players have given the Sabres second- and third-line depth, along with Sam Reinhart, Kyle Okposo and Jason Pominville. And when the Sabres got lucky and won the draft lottery last year, Botterill took the slam-dunk obvious No 1 available player, defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, giving Buffalo the only onetwo Rasmus punch in the league. Rasmus Ristolainen is a first-unit Sabres defenceman.

There are no guarantees in the topsy-turvy world of the NHL, but three things seem obvious: The Sabres will make the playoffs; their days in the NHL’s basement are long gone; and Botterill and coach Phil Housley will need to clear room in their trophy cases for end-of-season personal silverware. & ,%2#.' 7!;<#! 1;2 Barach: “The Cleveland Browns said they want to interview Condoleezza Rice for their head coaching job. Apparently they are hoping she can get game scores done using the Electoral College.” & 91 ,:!!;#(> 6$:035<'( box at sportsdeke.com: “If they made a short film about Toronto hoopster Kawhi Leonard getting a temporary tooth put in, what would it be titled?

The Bridge on the Raptor Kawhi.” & +7;?=< *#!!' %" <=# Seattle Times: “Wesley Harms blamed his 10-2 semifinal loss to twotime world champion Gary Anderson at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, England, on Anderson fouling the air with flatulence, telling Dutch TV station RTL7L: 64<(55 <38# 2# <7% 0;?=<> to lose this smell from my nose.’ Anderson, however, vehemently denied his triumph was wind-aided.” & 1 3 / 8 ) ; 0 3 !# 5 5 ; % " SportsCurmudgeon.com, taking note of Alabama kicker Joseph Bulovas: “Should be on NFL scouts’ watch list.” & , % 2 # . ; 3 0 - !? : > Hamilton, on why it’s not a good idea for world chess champions Magnus Carlsen and Fabrino Abruana to dine together: “It takes them 10 minutes to pass the salt.”

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