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Loen Taquiqui had never decorated cookies before so it took a little instruction from mom, Lorena, before he dove right in at the Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre winter celebration on Dec. 13 at Englefeld School. See full story on page 3. photo by Becky Zimmer

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Representatives of the 42 attending organizations pose together during the Good Neighbour Store redistribution event held poolside at the Bella Vista Hotel on Dec. 7. photo by Christopher Lee By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

Christmas is the season that keeps on giving. Last Monday, Dec.7, the Good Neighbour Store in Humboldt held their annual redistribution event poolside at the Bella Vista Hotel. This year, the Good Neighbour Store was able to donate a total of $280,000 to 42 different organizations and charities located throughout Humboldt and District. Sylvia Koski, chair of the Good Neighbour Store, was very pleased to be able to announce such a large amount. Koski believes that the prices and selection contributed to the large donation, “we’ve got a great variety of items,� she said. The $280,000 distributed back to the community is one of the largest numbers to date, “we’ve done renovations as well so we’ve done really, really well this year,� she said. The event started with Koski giving an introductory speech. At the conclusion of the speech, the GNS called representatives from each of the

attending 42 organizations to come and pick up their cheque. Each of the representatives was asked to give a speech about what they plan on doing with the money. Many of the organizations spoke about plans to either do some renovations or to make a new purchase for their organization. “We appreciate to see how these are completed from one year to the next,� Koski said. Anglican Church Reverend Harry Rose started the store in 1992 with the idea of helping the locals of Humboldt instead of donating items to Saskatoon. The store first started growing through the church community until it became too large for the churches, allowing it to become what it is today. After 23 years of operation, the store reached a milestone when, in 2010, they reached their first million dollars of distribution money. In the last five years, the store was able to double that amount. As of this year, the store has donated a total of $2,275,611.36. Koski said that it is important

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to give back to the community because some of the organizations don’t get a lot of additional support. Many different kinds of charities and organizations benefited from the event. A full list of those benefiting from the redistribution is provided at the bottom of the article. To receive a donation from the GNS, organizations are asked to write a letter explaining why they need the money and what they plan on using the money for. The deadline for the written application is Oct. 31. After the store receives the letters they review them and award donations to organizations based on need and coverage “that way more people can benefit from it,� said Koski. The store has only one full-time employee, Sue Young, who oversees the day-to-day operation as coordinator. The rest of the store is run entirely of volunteers. For more information about how to apply for the donation for next year please call the Good Neighbour Store at (306) 682-5502.

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Organizations and Charities Benefiting from the Good Neighbour Store Distribution Event Humboldt & District Hospital Foundation St. Mary’s Villa Foundation St. Michael’s Haven Birch Manor (Bethany Pioneer Village) Aspen Special Care Home (Bethany Pioneer Home) Leroy Assisted Living Watson Care-A-Van Quill Plains Centennial Lodge Reid-Thompson Public Library Muenster Library Board St. Benedict Library Lake Lenore Library Board Bruno Wheatland Library Humboldt Public School (snack program) St. Augustine & St. Dominic (safety patrol program) Humboldt Public School (band program) Humboldt Public School (outdoor play structure) Humboldt Public School Childcare Centre Community Gathering Place Bruno Friendship Centre Muenster Senior’s Club Humboldt Guardian Angels Club St. Benedict Quilting Club Partners Family Services Humboldt & District Family Services Futuristic Industries Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign Royal Canadian Legion Branch #28 Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Humboldt Humboldt & District Food Bank Humboldt & District Soup Kitchen Inc. Humboldt & Area Vintage & Antique Club Humboldt & Area Safe Communities Humboldt Music Festival Association Harmonic Vision Original Humboldt Humboldt Citizens for Better Playgrounds Muenster Playground Committee Humboldt Jumpstart Humboldt & Area Kidsport Humboldt Co-operative Day Care Arts Humboldt

Holiday party brings immigrant families together By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

In partner with the Settlement Workers In School program, the Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre brought their annual client Christmas party to Englefeld on Dec. 13. With a lot of clients from the program working in Englefeld and a lot of clients living in Englefeld, having the party there was a good change this year, says Executive Director Janine Hart. “It’s one way to get people together and just have a Sunday afternoon with a little bit of fun.” Hart and her staff were especially grateful to Englefeld School for letting them use their new gym to set up a family movie with popcorn and their kitchen for hot chocolate and marshmallows and cookie decorating. A sleigh ride was also part of the fun for approximately 50 immigrants and their families that came to enjoy the day. Desire Jean says it was great fun for his kids. “I come and see all the kiddies, they are very happy, that’s the best part.” One of his sons, William really

enjoyed himself, he said, as William ran around the gym with the other children, including those brought by the Newcomer Centre staff. The cold seems to keep some families from joining the fun. “We don’t know what to expect because it is out of their comfort zones,” says Hart. The sleigh rides were a novel thing, says Hart, even for the staff who were there to celebrate with the clients. “It is a treat, even for Canadians,” says Chelsea Nadiger with the Settlement Worker In Schools programs. “We don’t do it very often.” Smriti Aryal and Surakshit Shmra have been in the Humboldt area for only two days, coming from Nepal to Regina for three and a half months before moving here. They enjoyed the celebration, especially the sleigh ride, which Shmra says was the best part. Sleigh rides are not something people do in Nepal. “We use to have horse riding in Nepal, the sleigh ride on the snow it’s like a new experience. It was quite fun because it was very windy and cold.” Even the cookie decorating was

a new and fun experience for Aryal and Shmra, they said. Hart says that her and her staff were so grateful to JoAnn Doepker for donating all the cookies for decorating and Doepker says she is always happy to do it. Aryal says that they are finding people in Humboldt very friendly and helpful. With so many holidays during December, the Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre did not exactly have a Christmas party. They had a winter celebration. “Every group we have has some sort of celebration at this time of year,” says Nadiger. “It’s nice time because everyone is celebrating something.”

Correction It has been brought to my attention that the Dancing Sky Theatre production, The Perfect Gift, runs until Dec. 20, not only the Dec. 3-6 dates noted in the article Dancing Sky and Prairie Panto back in Meacham for 2015 in the Dec. 11’s East Central Trader. Sorry for any confusion.

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High school basketball tips off By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

High school basketball tipped off in the Horizons Central Athletics Association this week. Due to exams and the incoming Christmas break most games this week were postponed until the new-year. The junior girls were able to get one game in this week with St. Dominic beating St. Augustine 40-32. Scheduled games with week include, Wadena at Foam Lake Dec. 14, St. Brieux hosts Lake Lenore also on Dec. 14 and Imperial travels to Watrous to take on the Wildcats on Dec. 17. The senior girls don’t have a league schedule this year as all teams play exhibition games against one another with teams choosing whether to take part in conferences and later provincials. Play begins in the new year. The junior boys start their season with six scheduled games this week, all on Dec. 14. Annaheim is at Middle Lake, St. Brieux travels to Lake Lenore, Viscount hosts Cudworth, St. Dominic makes the short trip to Humboldt Public, Lanigan plays host to Imperial and Watrous visits Strasbourg. In senior boys action scoring was

high with three teams registering over 80 points. Defense was also prominent with two teams failing to reach 25 points and two more failing to reach 40. Humboldt kicked off their season with a convincing 81-21 win over Cudworth. Lake Lenore was the highest scoring individual team this week racking up 87 points, combining with Watson to score 123 points, the most of any game, in an 87-36 win. Watrous scored the most lop-sided win of the week, while also allowing the fewest points during their 86-10 win against Punnichy. In the week’s closest matchup Viscount got past Lanigan 58-36. The senior boys also have six games this week. On Dec. 15, AKEC visits Watrous, Lake Lenore plays host to St. Brieux and Watson makes the trip up to Cudworth. Dec. 16 sees Humboldt visit St. Brieux, Punnichy is in Lanigan and AKEC tries to outscore Viscount on the road. Before going to any game, the schools and Horizon School Division suggest calling to make sure that the game hasn’t been re-scheduled, especially during this time of year.

of electing MPs, and the Liberal majority means there are enough votes in the House of Commons to put the system in place before the next election. The consequences for Conservatives are serious. First, the Conservative party is unlikely to ever receive the majority of votes cast in a federal election. At most, it will receive 38 to 40 per cent. As a result, proportional representation would likely prevent them from ever having a majority government again. Second, Conservatives are very good at getting their supporters to vote in elections, but that polls show that Canadians who don’t typically vote are more likely to support other parties. That means a mandatory-voting requirement would further reduce the proportion of Tory votes. Then there is the fact the Conservative Party consistently scores poorly in polls that measure voter preference. They are seldom voters’ second choice, which means that they would suffer under a preferential ballot. Finally, online voting would generally cater to younger voters. With support for the Conservatives highest among older Canadians, but far lower among younger Canadians, voting via the Internet would likely reduce the proportion of Tory votes even further. That would reduce the number of seats allocated to Conservatives under a proportional

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Year in Review: It’s been a fun 12 months By Bruce Penton Sports Columnist

Part One of the annual review of the best quips and quotes from 2015 (January through June): • Blogger TC Chong, with a sure sign the Raiders in December had given up on the NFL season: “Their challenge flag was white.” Ian Hamilton of the Regina Leader-Post, on speculation the Oakland Raiders will move back to Los Angeles: “L.A. should decline that penalty.” • Retired late-night funnyman David Letterman, after the Giants and Jets won on the same day: “Astronomers say this will not happen again until the year 2164.” Commentator Ben Maller, noting it was the 50th anniversary of the last Cleveland Browns championship: “Anyone can have an off half-century.” Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Kevin Klein of the New York Rangers lost part of his ear, had it sewn back on and then scored the winning goal in overtime vs. Pittsburgh. Contrast this with the Major League Baseball player who missed a month after having a tooth pulled.” Blogger Bill Littlejohn, after an NFL arbitrator bought Ndamakong Suh’s argument that he didn’t realize he’d stepped on Aaron Rodgers’ injured calf because his foot was frozen: “Numb and number.” Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on the most startling stash in the Paul Revere time capsule, opened recently: “A Steve Nash rookie card.” Brad Dickson again: “Gatorade is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Before this, victorious sports teams dumped soup over the winning coach’s head.” Greg Cote of the Miami Herald:”Howard Schnellenberger referred to the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl as ‘larger than life.’ Rarely has life been more insulted.” Comedy writer Alan Ray, on the pending induction of the late “Macho Man” Randy Savage into the WWE Hall of Fame: “The place will be standing-room only. For some reason, all the chairs are broken.” Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone, via Twitter, after the Mariners acquired lefty pitcher Mike Kickham: “I’d suspect their plan is to use Kickham when they’re down.” Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, after 49ers GM Trent Baalke said his team is in “reloading” mode, not rebuilding: “Please, someone tell Aldon Smith (who has a police history involving weapons) this is just a

figure of speech!” Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Madame Tussauds Orlando unveiled a wax statue of Dan Marino. The likeness is uncanny, veteran Marino-watchers say, in terms of both looks and mobility.” Scott Ostler again, on the first hint of Deflategate: “When Bill Belichick presented Tom Brady the game ball, and he folded it and put it in his wallet.” Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “My sports and entertainment heroes were, roughly in order, Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson, Bruce Jenner, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen and Brian Williams. I am starting to think I might be the problem.” Headline at sportspickle.com, after the Super Bowl: “God apologizes to Russell Wilson. ‘I didn’t think I had to tell you to run Marshawn Lynch from the one.’” Bob Molinaro of Hampton Roads (Va.) pilotonline. com: “Of all people, Mike Ditka said that if he had an eight-year-old son, he wouldn’t allow him to play football, saying ‘I think the risk is worse than the reward.’ Ditka coming out against kids playing football is like the Pope telling Catholics to sleep in on Sundays.” Janice Hough of leftcoastssportsbabe.com: “The beagle that won ‘Best in Show’ at the Westminster Dog Show, and thus became ‘America’s Dog’, is actually Canadian. Another immigrant taking something away from Americans. I blame Obama.” Flames president Brian Burke, to Calgary’s CJAQ Radio, on why he hates golf: “Because it’s slow and there’s no fighting.” NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, after hoops icon Michael Jordan misspelled Barack Obama’s name while autographing a poster for him: “The president made sure Jordan’s name was spelled right when he had him audited by the IRS.” Janice Hough, from leftcoastsportsbabe.com., again: “The Atlanta Braves’ B.J. Upton now wants to be known as Melvin Upton, Jr. Talk about a player to be named later.” Another one from Scott Ostler, on Oakland A’s prospect Pat Venditte, who is able to pitch equally well with either arm: “When Venditte switches arms in mid-inning, will some TV announcer say, ‘Pat Venditte is relieving himself on the mound’?” CBS’s David Letterman, on the retirement of Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter: “He wanted to spend more time with his money.” RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “An Indianapolis build-

ing saluted Colts receiver Reggie Wayne by lighting offices to form number 87. Not to be outdone, Toronto’s CN Tower saluted Leafs’ management by only using dim bulbs.” • Headline in the Toronto Sun after the retirement of Canadian NBA star Steve Nash: ”Nashional Treasure.” Dwight Perry again: “President Obama says he isn’t getting enough sleep. Advised his doctor: Just take these two Knicks tickets and call me in the morning.” Greg Cote again: “Ever wonder how the tradition of cutting down the nets began in basketball? Turns out it was started by the American Association of People Who Sell Basketball Nets.” Headline at SportsPickle.com: “Pre-med student gets NHL team-physician job after accurately identifying upper body, lower body.” Comedy writer Bill Scheft on Twitter: “BREAKING: Vatican says if Tebow makes Eagles, it will be considered first miracle for Pope Francis.” Dwight Perry again: “Who says crime doesn’t pay? Skipper’s Smokehouse in North Tampa, Fla., announced it would give Jameis Winston unlimited free crab legs if the Buccaneers take him in the NFL draft on Thursday. Leading Winston to mutter: “Why didn’t I shoplift a Maserati?” Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after Olympic decathlon champ Bryan Clay used string tied to a javelin to yank his daughter’s loose baby tooth: “Let’s hope she never gets tonsillitis.” UFC star Ronda Rousey, to ‘Access Hollywood,’ on the odds of landing a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.: “I don’t think that me and him would ever fight, unless we ended up dating.” Brad Dickson again: “There was an embarrassing incident at the Indianapolis 500. One driver hired a pit crew from AAA, and after he pulled in for a tire change nobody showed up for two hours.” One more from Dickson: “Disneyland is celebrating its 60th anniversary. As part of a promotion, next season LeBron James will attempt to make the NBA Finals playing with the seven dwarfs.” Perry, to finish off: “Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi is set to face trial in Spain for tax fraud to the tune of $4.6 million. He faces possible jail time and/ or a fine, but defence lawyers hope to get him off with just a yellow card.” Care to comment?

Examining the food trade industry

Calvin Daniels The world of food production and safety is an increasingly complicated world to understand. On one hand we have countries trying to find common ground with trading partners to create framework agreements to smooth trade. In Canada a recent example is this country being a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “The TPP is a trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries con-

cerning a variety of matters of economic policy, which was reached on Oct. 5 2015, after sevenyears of negotiations,” detailed Wikipedia. “The agreements stated goal had been to ‘promote economic growth; support the creation and retention of jobs; enhance innovation, productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in our countries; and promote transparency, good governance, and enhanced labor and environmental protections.” Among other things, the TPP Agreement contains measures to lower trade barriers such as tariffs, and establish an investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.” There are proponents of the TPP, with some seeing it as the key to stimulating our economy.

And others the TPP is an abyss we are about to be sucked into, with great detriment to our ability to create Canada-only policy on a host of trade goods. As is the case in most of these things, history will likely show it is neither a complete disaster but hardly a lynchpin moment in Canadian trade. But it will be intriguing to see how the deal shakes out because there are significant differences, country to country, in what is deemed reasonable and safe, especially in terms of food. That is a critical consideration for farm producers, as they are the primary producers of our food. In terms of extreme differences I was intrigued by an online posting forwarded my way recently on a U.S. judge’s decision.

“A California judge recently dismissed two lawsuits that claimed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) illegally approved a harmful drug additive – ractopamine hydrochloride – used in animal feed,” reported www.healthy-holisticliving.com. Now I will not suggest the website does not have a decided tilt in its view of what deems safe food, and do not agree with much of the rhetoric you will find there. But ractopamine is something that is not without controversy. “Ractopamine is a feed additive to promote leanness in animals raised for their meat. Pharmacologically, it is a beta-adrenergic agonist. It is the active ingredient in products known as Paylean for swine and Optaflexx for cattle, developed by

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Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, for use in food animals for growth promotion,” from Wikipedia. “Ractopamine use has been banned in most countries, including the European Union, mainland China and Russia, while 27 other countries, such as Japan, the United States, Canada, and South Korea, have deemed meat from livestock fed ractopamine safe for human consumption.” It is interesting that a Yorkton-area cattle producer who is marketing beef directly to stores in China under his own labelled packaging noted that one key aspect of accessing that market is testing each carcass to make sure it is ractopamine-free. That is interesting when you think of the sheer size potential of the

Chinese market moving forward, a barrier such as ractopamine could be something of a detriment to accessing the market. There is obviously something to think about with ractopamine is some 150 countries have banned it. Certainly in North America we have come to trust the agencies which approve what drugs and additives are safe for us to put on the dinner table and consume. But many countries are far from sure ractopamine should be on that list. And then you over lay trade deals, and wonder what the fine print might mean in terms of accessing country-to-country markets in spite of bans and barriers. Interesting food safety issues set against trade access times seem to be ahead.

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SPCA looking for Fosters for the Holidays By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

From Dec. 21 to Jan. 4, the Humboldt and District SPCA is looking for people willing to take in some of their adoptable pets for the holidays. This would give the SPCA’s Wanda Price and her hardworking volunteers a much needed break for the holidays. “If all the dogs get fosters, we can go to one person (visits) once a day for the cats.� If some dogs remain in the shelter over the holidays, then there would need to be three visits a day to take care of them, says Price. People would just have to come in and fill out a foster form and come for an interview so they can put the right dog, and in some cases, the cats, in the right places. Numerous dogs, a couple of puppies and about four cats need good homes for the two week long vacation. People with pets should not be a problem when it comes to fostering other pets.

“As long as their pet is up to dates with vaccinations. If it’s questionable, they can bring their (pet) in to meet.� Says Price. Price knows her animals at the shelter and knows where they would make a good fit. One of her dogs she would not let out to a person with another dog just because she has not had time to work with him, she says. “Big Red is a sweetheart. He is great with all people, but we’re not too sure how he’d get another with another dog or a cat.� He first came into the shelter as a rescue from the La Ronge fires and his owner never came in to claim him. He did not react when with other dogs and cats when he first came but he is coming around, says Price. “He goes up to the cats (in their cages) and wags his tail but, if they were loose, I don’t know what he’d do.� Another dog, Jo was dumped at the shelter in an outdoor kennel and was a previous guard dog. Price says she does not like the idea of him being around

Puppies like this litter are looking for a home for the Christmas season to relieve some of the burden off of SPCA’s Wanda Price and her volunteers. Fosters are needed from Dec. 21 to Jan. 4 and potential fosters will need to fill out a form and come in for an interview. photo by Becky Zimmer

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The SPCA takes care of all the supplies, from kennels to bedding to treats and toys. For most of her animals, they would need a place indoors, or at least for some, a heated garage or shed. All her fosters need to have a fenced place for them to run. They would not be free to run around a farm or acreage. “We’d be devastated if we lost one.� Says Price.

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Coalition looking to move ahead with bringing Syrian family to Humboldt that there are supports in place for those coming into the country, both financial and personal supports. The Humboldt and Area Refugee Coalition are on “The government wants to ensure two things; that their way to sponsoring a Syrian family to come to whoever is doing the sponsorship has the financial Humboldt. resources and the human resources to make sure the Now it has become a question of cost and direction, sponsorship does not fail.” which was discussed at the Community Gather Place Gruber estimates that there are ninty-five groups on Dec. 10. across the country that Erin Ruel with the are also sponsorship coalition says that agreement holders. she was talking about Smaller groups what could be done can go through these with friends when group holders to conshe heard about other vince them that they groups wanting to have the resources to sponsor a family, or support a family inmaybe more than one. stead of going through Getting together the government. was the best course of “Many people, inaction. stead of doing a group “If we got orgaof five, are finding a nized, there was a lot sponsorship agreewe could do working ment holder to work together.” with, who can then do Which lead to the the sponsorship.” open meeting on Dec. Many of these 10, a night to “open agreement holders are the dialogue” says faith based, like GruRuel. ber himself through “Anyone who was the Anglican Diocese, interested, whether but there are ethnic they want to be ingroups that those volved with sponsorwanting to sponsor ing or not, if they have can go through as questions or concerns, well. that was the goal for There would be the night.” some training inThe coalition in- Klaus Gruber shared his wealth of knowledge of refugee sponsorship at the meeting to discuss bringing a volved, says Gruber, vited Klaus Gruber to Syrian family to Humboldt on Dec. 10. Gruber says there are many avenues the Humboldt and Area Refugee to help deal with probtalk about the differ- Coalition can take. photo by Becky Zimmer lems that may come ent ways the coalition up and members of could go about sponsoring a family. refugees) and Turkey (1.5 million refugees), have been the agreement holder group would help with that. Gruber, who has been a social worker for 45 years taking the blunt of the refugee load from Syria and One of the programs through the government that and a strong advocate for refugees, works with the they rely on government donations to feed, register is available is a three year old visa office referred Anglican Diocese as a refugee coordinator and has and provide healthcare for them. program where those looking sponsor refugees can refugees living with him from Laos, Bosnia, Uganda, That money is running out, says Gruber. pick from refugees who have already been processed and South Sudan, as well as been a visitor to camps “The World Food Program, which looks after feed and screened by the government. in Kenya, Cairo, and Columbia. the refugees has had to reduce the amount it spends “They’ve already been processed and approved, The Syrian conflict was something that those in on food per family from about $35 a month to $13 a they’re just looking for someone to bring them here.” the refugee world have tried drawing attention to month.” There has been changes to the program in recent for the last 5 years. The amount of people who are lucky enough to get years so that the government and the sponsor share No one was paying attention, says Gruber. resettled is very low, says Gruber. Most of them will the cost, says Gruber. “One picture changed everything.” remain in refugee camps for the rest of their lives, The next step from here is just to keep on talking, When pictures surfaced of 3-year-old Aylan Al- even for the rest of their children’s or grandchildren’s says Ruel. Forms were provided at the meeting to Kurdi drowned on the beach, the world could not lives, he says. discuss how people want to get involved. ignore the problem anymore. Canada is one of the best countries in the world that “We’ll connect with people once we get that inforSyria had a population 22 million people before the work to resettle refugees, says Gruber. The People of mation together, see what people’s interests are and crisis; half of which are displaced from their homes Canada even won an award for refugee work in 1983. what resources they have to offer, ideas people have.” and another half of that is out of the country. We’re the only country in the world to have a The coalition will then form a few small groups The ones that are still in the country are consid- privatized refugee program, allowing private citizens that will start the process of sponsoring the families ered internally displaced and are not considered to sponsor refugees. and go from there, says Ruel. for sponsorship, says Gruber, since they do fit the This can be done in many ways, says Gruber. Humboldt is the perfect candidate for sponsoring refugee status. Any group of five citizens can get together and a family because we are a small community with a Even though the coalition wants to focus on spon- sponsor a family if they have the resources to do it. lot of really good resources, says Ruel. soring a Syrian family, Gruber is quick to mention that Community groups can also apply to sponsor “Because we’re a smaller community, we’re not there are many other people of different nationalities refugee. getting the government sponsored refugees but that that are looking for a safe place to live. That group would then be responsible for the doesn’t mean we don’t have room for them.” December is a fitting time to look into welcoming a family, and there are many problems for the refugees This is an advantage over the bigger cities because refugee family because Christmas is about welcoming when they get to Canada. we’re not being overwhelmed with refuggees, says a refugee family who was depending on the kindness To sponsor privately, the government makes sure Ruel. By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

of others. Most senior officials he has discussed the topic with says their faith talks specifically about helping refugees. “Everyone of them says, ‘we’re instructed to welcome the stranger, help people who are vulnerable.’ That is what this is about.” Neighbouring countries, like Lebanon (1.3 million

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Klaus Gruber was born in a refugee camp. He has been to many refugee camps since then and he knows the plight of refugees. For those who think terrorists will be coming into Canada through refugee channels, Gruber says that is just not feasible. The extensive year long process of getting a refugee into Canada would not be the best way for terrorist to get into Canada. The term refugee fits very specific guidelines, Gruber explained. “These are people who do not really have a choice. They’re not leaving because they didn’t get a job. They’re not leaving there because they want to move to a richer country or to try something new.” Says Gruber. Immigrants are free to move as they choose, he says, while refugees have no other choice but to leave their country. There is a lot of fear involved with being a refugee; from persecution from others but also depending on their kindness. “The flight takes many forms, we’ve seen desperately trying to get to Europe because it’s closest they’ve can get to and we’ve seen the result of that.” In the process, a lot is lost in the flight, says Gruber. Homes, belongings, support networks, position, status, money, family; fleeing your country is a risk that no would take lightly. “Almost all refugees, at least in the beginning, just want to go home.” The risk of travel and finding a place to stay,

sometimes in a refugee camp, is not taken lightly by refugees. “The only way they could get into the Canadian system would be referred by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. If they end up in the wrong camp, they could sit there for 6 years, 10 years or until the war ends.” Only 1 per cent of refugees get referred to the Canadian system. There are screening checks from both UN and Canadian security, including identity checks and biometric information like fingerprinting and retinal scan. There are much easier ways for someone to get into Canada if they wanted to, says Gruber. Gruber says that even he has trouble understanding peoples fear of refugees since it is so far from his experience with it. “Most of the people I’ve heard making negative remarks have no experience or know very little about the Syrian issue, particularly the refugee program.” This inexperience creates a fearful environment and it is this fear that leads to peoples hostile reactions. This hostility can lead to dangerous places. “People often make a connection between the refugee program and Paris bombings.” Says Gruber. In the case of Paris, it was not refugees who created the crisis but people want to make that connection because they think it is what is in store for Canada. The refugee crisis in Europe and our refugee program in Canada is two very different things, says Gruber. “We have an orderly system that processes people extremely well.” Terrorism is a low priority risk. Screening the gov-

ernment’s 25,000 intended refugees is a tiny amount compared to the amount of people screened at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, who screen around 2 million people a day, says Gruber. “We think 25,000 in a couple of months is overwhelming, there are 2 million people cross the border everyday.” Even though some people are anxious, the bulk of people that Gruber meets as Refugee Coordinator with the Anglican Diocese are open to getting refugees into Canada. Gruber says he sees the negative views on refugees as just a lack of empathy. “The people who are hostile and hateful somehow can’t put themselves in place of the refugees.” That where Gruber starts his discussion, introducing the refugee crisis from the point of view of a refugee. “What would you do if you were stuck in a refugee camp and you couldn’t find anyone to take you and you couldn’t feed your kids?” People do not often see the refugee as a person, Gruber says, they just see them as a very large group. This makes it easier to be hateful. Sidebar: The technical definition of a refugee fits these criteria: 1) Outside of their country. 2) They have a well founded fear of persecution, on their basis of their race, their religion, their nationality, social group, political affiliates. 3) Had to have tried to get protection from their home governments or their own systems and have failed. Sometimes they cannot ask for help because it is the government who is persecuting them.

Government looking for feedback on wildfire crisis By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

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It’s Christmas time, be nice to retail workers They are away from their families, the hours are horrible since their employers are basically open 90 per cent of the holiday season, and, no matter what people say, Christmas time does not make people jolly. You do get the odd one where the holidays have made them cheery, but then you have the ones that have to travel long distances, cannot find the perfect

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor In 2014, 1,936,313 people were working retail work according to Statistics Canada. Christmas time is basically hell on earth for any person working in the retail industry during Christmas time, it does not matter whether they are working in stores, restaurants or gas stations.

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It’s Christmas time, be nice to retail workers Continued from page 10 5. The nice ones get better service: Were you polite? Did you put something back in the right spot? Were you nice and actually tidied up the fitting room before leaving it? You will get that gold star for not being a horrible customer.

When people are actually nice to us, we want to go that extra mile for them. Sure, we give everyone good service. But we want to make good customers happy because they’ve made our job a little easier. The squeaky wheel will not get the retail grease because if you treat

us badly, we could not care less whether you go home with your hard to get purchase or not. The horrible ones are ones we laugh about in the back room. You become our joke we share with our co-workers.

Remember that next time you walk into a store or restaurant. 6. Oh, you’re busy? So are we: Especially during Christmas time, we may be standing around a 20X30 square box all day but we do have stuff to do.

It we’re just “standing at the computer” or looking for something on the floor, 9 times out of 10, we’re serving another customer in some capacity. Be considerate of our time, and we’ll be considerate of yours.

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Obituaries FRANK: Theresa Sept. 4, 1921 - Dec. 6, 2015 The death of Mrs. Theresa (nee Schemenauer) Frank of St. Mary’s Villa, Humboldt, SK, occurred at her residence on Sunday, December 6, 2015. She was 94 years of age. Theresa, the tenth child of Joseph and Cecilia (nee Marth) Schemenauer was born on September 4, 1921, at Marysburg, SK. She attended Marysburg School for Grade 1 and the rest of her schooling was completed at Bright Valley School. Following her education, Theresa worked occasionally for various neighbors. On November 11, 1942, she married Jacob Frank. They made their first home on the Frank family farm for 21 years. It was there where their three children were born. During the first year of their married life, Johnny Sawitsky came from the orphanage to live with them. In 1963, the Franks moved to Chilliwack, BC, where they resided for the next 21 years. For their retirement years, they returned to Humboldt to be closer to family. Among Theresa’s many interests were baking buns, quilting, gardening and, most of all, playing cards with family and friends. She was a member of the C.W.L. starting in Marysburg, then in Chilliwack and, finally, in Humboldt. Theresa will be lovingly remembered by her three children, six grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren: Ralph (Joan) Frank and family, Darren (Lisa) Frank and children Megan and Karlee, Neil (Trica) Frank and daughter Delaney, Les (Kyla) Frank and children Jacob and Oliver; Eugene (Loyola) Frank and family, Sean (Kyra) Frank and children Reese, Mia and Hailey, Chris (Nicole) Frank, and Teri (Jason) Schindelka and children Colton, Rowan, Maci and Olivia; and Darlene Frank; special family member, Johnny Sawitsky; two sisters-inlaw: Bernadette Schemenauer and Therese Schemenauer; and by numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Jacob Frank; parents, Joseph and Cecilia (nee Marth) Schemenauer; seven sisters and three brothers: Josephine (John) Weber, Cecilia (Alois) Mamer, Dorothy (Herb) Dressler, Florence (Vince) Zoboski, Lottie (John) Frank, Adeline (Walter) Sparks, Marion (Bill) Jenkins, Engelbert Schemenauer (in infancy), Edward Schemenauer, and Arthur Schemenauer. The Prayer Service for Theresa was held at St. Augustine R.C. Church, Humboldt, on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., led by Nestor Trach and organist Darlene Cash. Scripture readers were Teri Schindelka and Lisa Frank, and the eulogy was delivered by Sean Frank. The Funeral Mass was offered at St. Augustine R.C. Church on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., celebrated by Fr. Cosmas Epifano, OSB. Others taking part were: Jason Schindelka, crossbearer; Teri Schindelka and Kyla Frank, scripture readers; Loyola Frank, intentions; Megan Frank, Karlee Frank and Reese Frank, giftbearers; Colleen Jenkins, Rita Frank and Cathy Gerwing, memorial table attendants. Music ministry was provided by director Loretta Schugmann, organist Dolores Hinz, and the St. Augustine Parish Funeral Choir. An honor guard was formed by members of the C.W.L. Pallbearers were Darren Frank, Neil Frank, Les Frank, Sean Frank, Colton Wendt, Teri Schindelka, and Chris Frank. Interment followed at St. Augustine R.C. Cemetery. Memorial donations may be directed to either the St. Mary’s Villa Foundation or the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation General Equipment Fund. Schuler-Lefebvre Funeral Chapel, Humboldt, SK. KOPP: BRUCE WILLIAM July 21st, 1951 - December 8th, 2015 Bruce passed away, at his home in Saskatoon, at the age of 64. He is sadly missed by his siblings, Glenn Kopp, Duane (Charlotte) Kopp, Lynal (Ruth) Kopp, Adelle KoppMcKay (Al), Rosanne Kopp (Dan), Jerry (Colleen) Kopp, Gerard (Leah) Kopp; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Cora Kopp; and nephew Christopher Kopp. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan or the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada. A Celebration of Bruce’s Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 at Windsor Chapel (704 Windsor Street). He will be placed to rest with his parents in the spring at St. Augustine Parish Cemetery in Humboldt. Arrangements in care of John Schachtel - Mourning Glory Funeral Services (306-978-5200) www.mourningglory.ca

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FRANKO: It is with saddened hearts that the family announces the peaceful passing of Peter George Franko, 81 years, of Watson on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Humboldt District Hospital surrounded by his family. Peter was born on August 26, 1934 at Quill Lake, SK, the only child of George and Annie (nee Boychuck) Franko. He obtained all of his education in Watson. During his school years, Peter was very athletic and involved in many sports, his favourite being baseball. After graduating from high school, he began farming with his dad and then later on his own. He loved all aspects of farming and the life on the farm. Peter very seldom left the farm to travel any distance, except for a few trips to Saskatoon where he met the love of his life, Dorothy Hans. In a short time they were wed and moved to Watson. After ten years in Watson, they moved to the Franko homestead east of Watson and began their farming career and raised a family of three sons. Peter was a very conscientious farmer, making sure everything was done to perfection. He farmed with integrity and had a vast knowledge of how a farming operation should be run. His sons helped with the farming while at home and used the knowledge they obtained on the farm to enhance their professions today. Peter was active on many local boards. He was a councillor with the RM of Spalding for 16 years where he fought for the tax payers fairly and stood behind them on the necessary issues at hand. Peter continued to curl and skate for many years. He was very dedicated to his faith and honoured his roots of the Ukrainian Orthodox religion. Peter took his position at the Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery seriously and was very proud to keep the cemetery in great shape. In the fall of 2015, Peter and Dorothy moved to Saskatoon. Unfortunately, due to his failing health, Peter didn’t get to enjoy the city life for long. Peter was a very kind, gentle and assertive man whom will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his wife of 46 years, Dorothy Franko of Saskatoon; three sons and four grandchildren: Brian Franko of North Battleford, Evan Franko and family Cameron and Graeme all of Saskatoon, Mark (Renee Fagnou) and family Claire and Adrien all of Calgary, AB; special cousin Sandra Rogoza (Blaine Parks) of Calgary, AB; mother-in-law Doris Hans of Saskatoon; sister-in-law Marjorie Propp of Calgary, AB; two nieces, one nephew, many cousins and one aunt Marilyn Rogoza. He was predeceased by his parents George and Annie Franko; father-in-law Clayton Hans and brother-in-law Murray Propp. A Ukrainian Orthodox Funeral Service was held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. from Malinoski & Danyluik Funeral Home Hwy 5 east, Humboldt, officiated by Rev. Fr. Michael Faryna. Interment followed at Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, Wimmer District. Memorial donations in Peter’s memory may be directed to Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery Upkeep or Humboldt District Hospital Foundation. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to MALINOSKI & DANYLUIK FUNERAL HOME Humboldt 306-682-1622.

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Engelfeld volleyball earn provincial sportsmanship award sportsmanship both in winning and in defeat and as a coach you try to promote that throughA bronze medal is not the only thing the out the tournament as well,� Kowalski said. Englefeld Eagles Senior Girls Volleyball Team Kowalski wasn’t surprised to hear that his won this season. team was recognized as the most sportsmanFresh off a provincial third place win, the like team as he had been seeing that from his Eagles were also presented the SHSAA/Sask players right from the beginning of the season. Milk Sportsmanship Award during an assembly “I knew all year long that they were someat the high school on Dec. 14 for demonstrating thing special and had some good sportsmanthe ideals of sportsmanship during the 2015 ship and its nice for other people to recognize provincial championships. that and to actually receive an award for it. I Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Assowas very proud of them.� ciation representatives, the host committee and As part of the award all of the students in game officials reviewed the players, coaches, the school received a free carton of milk from team personnel, and spectators from each of Sask Milk. the ten teams at provincials. Although the award focuses on sportsmanLyle McKellar, executive director of the ship in sport, Kowalski believes that being a SHSAA, was one of the representatives presgood sport in sport will teach you about being ent at the tournament and saw first hand how a good sport in life. sportsmanlike the girls acted. “It’s not going to be all winning throughout Jack Ford, director at the Saskatchewan Milk Marketing Board, “You wouldn’t have been able to tell whether presents the Engelfeld Eagles senior girls volleyball team with their life. They have to learn how to lose as they were ahead, behind, they were just smilthe 2015 sportsmanship award on Dec. 14. The girls were giv- well and display good sportsmanship in the ing.� future,� he said. The girls showed great camaraderie and en the award after showing excellent sportsmanship during McKellar agreed, saying high school sport were very respectful of their opposiition, ac- the recent provincial championships. teaches the students about competing for a photo by Christopher Lee common goal with respect. knowledging nice plays and the officials, by not arguing their calls McKellar recalled. “With good sportsmanship comes dealing at the tournament, only losing once, the reward recMcKellar also said that the fans played a with individuals that sometimes are competing huge part in receiving the award saying how “tremen- ognized them more for how they handled themselves for the same thing that you are competing for and how then about the actual results. dous� the Eagles fan base was. you handle victory, how you handle defeat, that says a “The girls themselves displayed some really good lot about an individual and they’re character,� he said. Eagles head coach Trevor Kowalski agreed with that sentiment. “We had fans that were wearing green hair and they were doing the wave but you also saw them behaving respectfully and cheering for the other team when they made good plays as well.� The Eagles played seven games over two days winning six of them. Although the girls were successful By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

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