October 20, 2017

Volume 8 No. 43

Friday, October 20, 2017

Harpauer caught up in email scandal

Goodwill Page 3 Muenster school aids in FCC food drive

FamilyFun Page6 Englefeld raises money for children’s hospital

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Humboldt-Watrous MLA Donna Harpauer has joined fellow Saskatchewan Party colleagues in the personal email discussion. Former assistant deputy minister Tim Korol releasing email exchanges between himself and Harpauer to the CBC from 2008 when Harpauer discussed hiring Korol through her personal email.

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Harpauer questioned on private email usage

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

Humboldt-Watrous MLA Donna Harpauer joined fellow Saskatchewan Party officials in the personal email debate after a former government official released emails Harpauer sent through her personal account back in 2008.

The CBC iTeam was given emails from Tim Korol from 2008 during his time before being hired by Harpauer, then Minister of Social Services, as an assistant deputy minister in said department.

This was during a frustrating time, says Harpauer in a phone interview. The Saskatchewan Party had just been formed in 2007 and a report had just been released called A Breach of Trust, highlighting the issues of the social services department at the time. “It cited a lot of very critical issues within social services, the child and family department and in particular it cited very concerning things from the Saskatoon office.�

At one point in time, one foster home was compared to a puppy

According to Harpauer, the use of personal emails is not restricted but discouraged. However, both types of emails are treated the same way as government emails within freedom of information legislation.

Harpauer says her email usage was not in the forefront of her mind at the time, considering the state of social services during the incident.

Korol’s emails to CBC comes on the heels of fellow Saskatchewan Party members also using personal emails for government use, including the premier who admitted that he sometimes uses non-government email accounts for government business.

Nicole Sarauer, the interim leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, said in a press release this issue is about security and freedom of information. “Freedom of information laws exist to ensure transparency and to keep the government honest.

This is public information and people need to know they can make these requests and access this information without the government interfering or breaking the law,� she said.

Humboldt-Watrous MLA Donna Harpauer is the latest government official to be caught using personal emails for government business. photo courtesy of Humboldt Journal archives

RM of Prairie Rose in Jansen.

She has been involved with municipal administrations since 2005, and an administrator since 2007.

In 2012, the RM of Prairie Rose and the Village of Jansen partnered to share the administration, and she assumed the roles as the administraior for both municipalities. She currently holds a Rural Class “A� certificate and an Urban “Standard� certificate.

This past fall, after years of night classes, she received a certificate for Advanced Local Government Authority from the U of R. In addition to municipal work, she is currently the Treasurer for the Jansen & District Fire Department, the president of the Jansen & District Kinette Club and a member of the Jansen Lites up the Nite Committee for Jansen’s annual July 1st celebrations.

Her husband, Shawn, works at the Poundmaker Ethanol Plant and they have two girls, Tynell (12) and Zayden(10).

Their family enjoys cheering on the Riders, snowmobiling, fishing, boating and spending time at their cabin.

She couldn’t be happier to be furthering her career with the RM of Viscount and she looks forward to the opportunity to meet everyone.

The new hours for the RM Office are Monday to Friday 9am until noon. Then 12:30pm until 4:30pm.

It was very nice meeting Joni. Welcome to Viscount!

It was another great week for Blankets for Canada. Seven ladies met at the Viscount Library to join squares into strips and strips into blankets.

Our finished blankets get delivered to shelters in Saskatoon.

If you would like to know more about what we do and why, or if you would like to join us, please contact Evelina at 306-944-4820,’ Jim and Marilyn McCormick from Red Deer, Alta. were in Viscount to visit with Chris and George. A nice visit was had.

On Oct. 14, there were 23 people out for breakfast at the Viscount Seniors Fundraising breakfast.

Chris Rault and Karen Dale did the cooking and cleaning. Alois Koller won the Lucky Loonie Pot. The Seniors will be hosting their Crib Tournament coming up soon.

The grade 1 & 2 class visited at the Viscount Post Office on Sept. 25. They tried out stamps and enjoyed a tour of the Post Office.

Best wishes to anyone that is under the weather, hope you feel better soon.

Have a great week.

mill, says Harpauer.

This was a crisis, she says. “I was very frustrated and I wanted some action.�

According emails given to the CBC investigative team by Tim Korol, Harpauer wrote, “I will hire you by contract if need be to get around the rules defined by the (Public Service Commission),â€? and “The Public Service Commission is getting all crappy about us hiring people without open competition‌Blah‌ Blah ‌ Blah. Lots of fun. I really don’t care what they think!!â€?

Harpauer said she used the wrong wording when saying she was hiring Korol through a backdoor process. She was hiring Korol through an Order of Council, which is one of three ways of hiring within all governments. “It goes through cabinet, it is public, and it is a practice that all governments use.�

Harpauer knew Korol before hiring him as assistant deputy minister, corresponding on her non-government account long before considering him for the position.

Korol was let go after nine months on the job.

Viscount news

By Sandra Reid Correspondent With the recent retirement of administrator; Patrick Clavelle, there is a new face in the RM office in Viscount. Welcome to Viscount Joni Mack, our new RM administrator.

She was raised on a farm near the Village of Jansen. After completing high school in Lanigan she attended Palliser SIAST and obtained a diploma in Electronic Engineering Technology in 2001. She changed career directions in 2005 and followed in her father’s footsteps by completing the Local Government Authority from the University of Regina and was hired as the assistant administrator for the

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Elementary schools successfully driving away hunger make sure everyone was getting someIt was another sucthing from the food cessful drive for the bank.

Farm Credit Can“We had to reassess ada’s (FCC) Drive what we were giving Away Hunger for the out in our hampers Humboldt and Disand we had to pull trict Food Bank. a few items because This was anothwe were running out er year with stellar of funds and running support as Muenster out of groceries.�

School also joined the The community campaign to collect has really stepped up, donations along side says Shepherd and Humboldt Public they have been able School, St. Dominic to keep the hampers School, St. Augusat capacity for everytine School, Behiel, one who comes in.

Will and Biemans and “We feel like we’re Hergott, Seidel and supplying a good Associates. hamper to the people Members of the of Humboldt.�

Humboldt FCC ofThe Humboldt fice took time on Oct. food bank covers 11 to visit Muenster Humboldt as well as School to pick up the surrounding area their numerous dowith clients coming nations before headfrom half way being to the Humboldt Muenster made their first year participating with the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign a good one with tween the next food schools on Oct. 12. banks, including In total, the Hum- plenty of support from staff and students. Together with the Humboldt elementary schools and a few local Melfort, Saskatoon, boldt FCC branch businesses, this year’s campaign collected 13,895 meals for the Humboldt and District Food Bank as well as Prince Albert, Wynraised 13,895 meals 1,000 meals to be delivered to food banks in Watrous, Wadena, and Wynyard. yard, Wadena, and for the Humboldt Pictured (L to R): Aimee Basset, Alex Hinz, Adrianna Wormworth, Madisyn Engele, Zade Taphorn, Anne Ram- Lanigan. f o o d b a n k w i t h ler, Alissa Eisner, Tyson Burton, and Alicia McClelland.

Shepherd says they Wadena, Wynyard, photo courtesy of Adrianna Wormworth can see anywhere and Watrous receivfrom 75 to 85 families ing donations, which totalled 1000 meals. The children. visiting the food bank each month.

Amy Shepherd with the Humboldt and District Drive Away Hunger Campaign equates one pound Almost half of those visiting are children but that of food to one meal and a dollar donation to three Food Bank visited the schools with FCC members number is creeping up to over take the number of and talked about the needs of the Humboldt and adults. meals.

Muenster principal Dennis Gerwing says he is District Food Bank.

Adrianna Wormworth, Relationship Manager The 2016 campaign was such a success that the with Farm Credit Canada Humboldt says MNP very happy with the participation from his students and he has a goal to beat in future years. The paper food bank still had a shelf of donations left over, was another big contributor to the drive as well bags sent by FCC was a great help to their first Shepherd told the students. as a national partnership from the CO-OP, includThe food bank was also able to cut their grocery ing Todd Marcotte and his wonderful staff at the campaign since their goal was to fill all their bags.

Across Canada, “food banks help 860,000 Ca- bill by a quarter throughout the year thanks to last Humboldt CO-OP food store. nadian’s each month and 36% of those people are year’s campaign.

Grain Bags Humboldt also contributed to the “Since we only run on donations, this fundraiser FCC tractor tour with a tractor and trailer being children,� notes FCC in their campaign literature.

In Saskatchewan, food bank usage has risen 17 is a big deal to us. We’re really appreciative of this.� provided to haul the donations.

There was a time two years ago when the food per cent since 2015 with 31,000 people visiting the Humboldt was one of 10 locations to be chosen food bank per month, 45 per cent of those being bank was considering cutting back on hampers to for a tour stop.

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Plunkett news

By Deloris Sutherland Correspondent Several folks are winding up with combining and harvest work. It sure turned cold for a few days after it rained.

Bob and Heather Shoemaker and son Craig, all of Saskatoon, were Sunday visitors with Evelyn Shoemaker.

A flea market and garage sale were held Sunday in town at the home of David Pongracz.

Plunkett folks send their deepest sympathy to the family of Lorne Isaacson of Viscount on his passing.

Sunday, Judy Shoemaker visited her daughter Jamie McLean and family in Saskatoon.

On Sept. 26 the ladies birthday group held a birthday party for Janet Schlosser at the Plunkett Community Centre.

Andy and Helen Hordos of Raymore were recent visitors with his sister Gizella Toth in Watrous. She was formerly of the Plunkett area. Tara Stratten and friend Chad of Saskatoon recently camped at Manitou Beach and visited her grandmother Gizella Toth.

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Warriors, Cavs living up to NBA powerhouse tradition

By Bruce Penton Sports Columnist

The 82-game National Basketball Association tips off this week and if you know the basics of the game — the ball is round, the floor is hardwood, the baskets are 10 feet high — you can probably predict that after all 1,230 regular-season games have been played and the league finals start in June, that the Golden State Warriors will be facing the Cleveland Cavaliers for the title.

Just like in June 2017. And 2016.

And 2015, too.

Boring?

Survey says: No, not boring at all.

The NBA has long been a league of concentrated power. The 1980s were owned by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, and their teams, the Celtics and

Lakers, were overpowering, winning eight titles in that decade. The 1990s were the domain of Michael Jordan and the Bulls, and Chicago won six championships in eight years. The 2000s were the era of Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Tim Duncan of San Antonio Spurs, and titles followed them around (eight in an 11-year stretch).

Now, it’s Steph Curry and Kevin Durant leading the dominant Warriors and the game’s best player, LeBron James, steering his home-state team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to NBA heights.

But fans don’t seem to be yawning at what is basically a foregone Finals conclusion, seven months away. Can any other team possibly supplant either of the game’s two superpowers? Possible, but probably not, and league commissioner Adam Silver says that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Silver told SBNation.com that he doesn’t object to the dominance of the Warriors and Cavs.

“From a league standpoint, you always want to see great competition,” Silver said. “It’s what our fans want to see. It’s what we provide in this league. But having said that, this is real life. It’s not scripted, and it happens. So, sure, the fan in me would love to see more competition at times, but on the other hand, I’ve said it before, I think we should also celebrate excellence.”

Neither baseball nor hockey have the NBA’s ‘problem’. The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup two

of the past three years, but four other teams have been finalists in that period. The World Series featured the Kansas City Royals twice in the past three years, but just like the NHL, four other teams made it to the Fall Classic.

Basketball fans seem to love the dominance by the Warriors and Cavs.

TV ratings say so, and there are few empty seats in NBA arenas. So it’s time to enjoy the next eight months of ‘exhibition hoops’ and wait with anticipation for the Cavs-Warriors showdown next June.

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “One year ago, Vikes RB Adrian Peterson tore a meniscus. Now with the Saints, he’s hampered by a bruised ego and a swollen sense of self worth.”

• Currie again: “The sport of competitive tag is reportedly gaining popularity in England. It’s predicted that in 20 years it will come to the U.S. — only it will be called NFL football.”

• Late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien: “An employee for the Buffalo Bills quit after the entire team took a knee during the national anthem on Sunday. Meanwhile, an employee for the Los Angeles Chargers quit after watching them play on Sunday.”

• Washington Post columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter: “Bills in first place in AFC East – this reminds me of when Nicolas Cage won a bestactor Oscar.”

• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va,) : “The NBA’s changing All-Star Game format fails to give

the public what it wants, which is Golden State vs. Rest of the League.

• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “The Chargers waived rookie kicker Younghoe Koo. Apparently he wasn’t able to stay loose enough in the hours sitting on the bench between extra point attempts.”

• Tej Sahota of Markham, Ont., on Twitter, relaying a conversation after a police officer stopped a car: “Driver: ‘I’m sorry officer, is something wrong?’ Officer: ‘You were speeding son. You were going Connor McDavid in a TJ Brodie zone.’ ” • Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “After actor Steven Seagal’s rant against NFL anthem protesters, boxer George Foreman challenged Seagal to a fight in Las Vegas. They’re calling it “The Geezers at Caesars.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “A would-be carjacker in Albuquerque, N.M., got more than he bargained for — as in battered, bruised and held for the cops — after he tried to commandeer a car carrying four high-school football players. In other words, the perp is now 0-1 on the road this year.”

• Washington State football coach Mike Leach, taking in the wild onfield celebration after his team’s 30-27 win over No. 5 USC: “It’s like Woodstock, except everybody’s got their clothes on.”

• Headline at SportsPickle.com: “Home-school phenom scores 118 points against his mom.”

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Smaller markets opening as big deals remain stalled

Calvin Daniels The reopening of the North American Free Trade agreement by the United States, a process initiated from the top with President Donald Trump pushing for a renegotiation of the deal has certainly put the future parametres of trade between the two countries into question.

There is no doubt the agriculture sector could be the one seeing the greatest upheaval as a new deal is hammered out, if that process ever comes to an end which can see Canada, and

Mexico inking a new deal with the United States.

As has been stated here before the only way a new deal may get done is for Canada and Mexico to sign a deal heavily in favour of the United States, forced into a lopsided agreement because of the importance of the huge, and close by, American market.

Over the years a goal for Canadian exporters has always been to grow alternate markets, recognizing reliance on a single market, even a massive one with a generally friendly country is not ideal.

The former Stephen Harper led government certainly pursued deals, and the new regime under Justin Trudeau appears interested in continuing to look for new trade partners.

In some respects Can-

ada has been rather successful in inking deals.

Canada has concluded free-trade agreements with more than 40 countries, including a rather recent deal with South Korea, which represents Canada’s first FTA with a partner in the AsiaPacific region.

As of 2016, Canada had also concluded two trade agreements that are potentially bigger than NAFTA: the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union and the twelve-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

CETA has already been provisionally applied.

The list of countries where Canada has free trade deals includes a varied range from Chile to Peru to Honduras to Ukraine, but collectively the markets are not large, which illustrates that the larger

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the market the harder it is to hammer out a deal. There are simply more variables and a greater range of areas of contention which are harder to find common ground on.

But Canada keeps trying. The Reuters news service recently reported Canada and the South American trade bloc Mercosur will announce in December the opening of negotiations for a free-trade. Mercosur is a major South American trading block with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay as full members.

Again this would not be a huge agreement, at least based on current trade. Canadian trade with Mercosur countries is reported at about onetenth the trade between the South American block and the United States as an example.

But trade deals are

less about current movement, and more about smoothing the road to allow for greater trade moving forward.

While NAFTA will remain crucial for Canada,

every other deal helps diversify trade and builds less dependency on the American market, currently a volatile one based on the man in the oval office.

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Gender is not a reason not to play

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

What would you do if your son wanted to quit hockey because it was hard or he was feeling discouraged?

Would you encourage him to keep on going?

Would you tell him how he will get better if he keeps practicing?

Now imagine if your daughter was feeling discouraged and wanted to quit playing hockey with the boys?

Would your reaction change?

Would you question whether she should be playing at all?

When it comes to male dominated sports, female players, coaches, and referees will face this question every time they step on the field of play.

NFL quarterback Cam Newton laughed at a female sports reporter recent, which Chris Lee spoke about in last week’s Humboldt Journal and East Central Trader.

The backlash resulted in former NFL lineman, John Moffitt, coming to Newton’s defense, saying ‘her kind,’ meaning the female reporter, ‘are incapable of knowing the game.’ Unfortunately, this attitude will never go away

despite evidence to the contrary from female players, coaches, and referees, and fans, both male and female.

I could say how I feel about Moffitt but of course readers are already know what I’d say based on previously writing about women’s tackle football.

That is not the point I want to make.

The only way we can fight back on this attitude is to keep women playing and proving this attitude wrong.

No matter what young female athletes are doing, they need someone in their corner when they want to make the team and join the men on the field of play.

They need someone to encourage them and not let them quit.

I was blessed to be at a Pee Wee hockey practice recently.

While hanging out at the players box waiting to talk to some of the players, I saw a young female player who was visibly upset.

I struck up a conversation with the player’s mother who told me that the player was frustrated and discouraged because she was having trouble skating backwards and got hit with a slap shot.

During the conversation, it was obvious that the young player wanted to hang up her skates and never lace them up again.

While she may not have been at the level of most players there, she should not ever be discouraged from trying.

She showed real courage getting out on the ice.

While no one was saying she should not be on the ice “because she’s a girl,� for some people that would be a valid reason not to let her play.

And I have heard it before.

Playing tackle football, we were told that we were a novelty. We were told we will never be as good as men. And I have heard plenty of female players who have heard the same line.

On the flip side, I have heard people say this about male dancers.

No player or athlete should be made to feel like their playing is pointless, that they should not be doing it at all.

While I am sure we care enough about our players in Humboldt to not do this to our athletes, what happens outside of Humboldt filters in, including comments such as Moffitt’s. Inevitably, some players will question their right to be in the game.

Gender does not define whether women know football or can play hockey.

And the only way we can make sure our female players keep going is by being in their corner.

The ins and outs of a Naturopathic Doctor

By Dr. Megan Parker, ND Health Columnist

When meeting new people for the first time one of the most common questions we ask each other is: “What do you do for a living?�

When I answer this question I proudly tell them, “I am a naturopathic doctor.�

However, there are a variety of responses I will get. Either they know exactly who I am, what I do, and may have first hand experience. Others will respond with blank stare and an “oh� or “what’s that?�

But most commonly I’ll be faced with those who know the general idea of what naturopathic medicine is, but they don’t fully understand what I do.

As a Naturopathic Doctor I treat underlying cause of disease. I’m looking for the root of any symptoms you may be having and help to stimulate your body to utilize its own self-healing properties to get your health back on track.

I also treat people, not diseases. I can’t take an organ system out, plop it on the table, fix it up and put it back into your body which would be a pretty invasive surgery.

I look at all aspects of your health, your lifestyle, and all body systems together as anything that is related to you or your body can be contributing to your overall health.

Let me give you an example. Head-

aches are a common concern. I may see multiple people struggling with headaches in a single day, but guaranteed they will all leave with a different treatment plan.

Unfortunately, there is no cure all for headaches, or any symptom for that matter. I want to dig deeper.

Are those headaches caused by a food intolerance? Neck misalignment or tight muscles? Hormone imbalances? Dehydration? Stress?

I’m looking for that underlying cause to help resolve your headaches for good as opposed symptom management.

In some ways I consider myself a health detective. I’m looking at you and your body with a magnifying lens to find that small imbalance that could be leading to your current concerns.

In order to achieve this depth of investigation I spend quite a bit of time with my patients. Appointments usually range from 30-90 minutes.

I’m not looking for short-term fixes. My goal is to form a long-term health relationship. I want to help you achieve your current health goals, but also work towards health optimization.

It is important to be proactive about your health. This will help us to achieve long term optimal health and prevent chronic diseases Along this journey, we discuss various health topics to guide us towards

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We always start with symptom management, but over time at each subsequent visit we discuss small changes that can be implemented for huge impacts.

At the beginning of a health journey there will be more regular appointments to help control your main concerns.

Once we are on a road to optimal health, we will follow-up less frequently. Ultimately our goal would be to have regular check-ins at six to twelve-month intervals to make sure you are on the right path and we are not missing any minor symptoms.

As with anything in life, we may

experience set backs and challenges.

These only make us stronger. Together we can find strategies to overcome these and get you back on track. The earlier we address these set backs, the less challenging they are to overcome.

Each day I feel privileged to assist individuals on their healing journey.

And I will continue to share my knowledge and experience with those who dare to ask me; “What do you do?�

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Englefeld plans greatest show on earth for the children

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

Englefeld School turned into a literal circus on Oct. 14 for the Greatest Show on Earth fundraiser for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital.

Schulte Industries brought in the fun and games with supper catered by Twisted Tails Bar and Grill and entertainment provided by Don’t Mind Us Comedy.

Schulte’s human resources manager, Amy Dunn, says the circus theme was a great way to celebrate the children’s hospital and a great way to decorate the gym.

Games, including guessing games, darts, and punch cups, had plenty of fun prizes, including a two ticket voucher donated by WestJet with some games giving participants an extra chance to win.

Fred Zolkavich was the lucky winner of the WestJet tickets.

Together the fundraiser raised over $11,000 with Schulte’s donating an additional $5,000.

Dunn says the feedback was incredible with many positive comments coming from the over 150 person crowd.

“I’m overwhelmed because it was way more successful than I could even imagine and the feedback was insane.”

The eight person Greatest Show committee worked really hard to make the fundraiser such a success, says Dunn, with some people stepping up on the day and volunteering to help with take down.

“It was really a com(Melfort Only) munity event and the community really came out to help us.”

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The kissing booth was just one of many games at the Englefeld Greatest Show on Earth fundraiser for the Jim Pattison’s Children’s Hospital on Oct. 14 hosted by Schulte Industries. Amy Dunn with Schulte says the community really got behind the event which raised $11,000 as well as another $5,000 donated from Schulte. photo courtesy of Amy Dunn

Crop report for the period of October 3 to 9 Thanks to some relatively warm and dry weather, many producers wrapped up harvest this past week.

Ninety-four per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 89 per cent last week. Harvest progress remains ahead of the five year (20122016) average of 90 per cent for this time of year. Most producers

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with crop remaining in the field have indicated that they only need another week or two of ideal weather to complete harvest. Much of the crop in the last few weeks has come off tough and been placed in aeration bins.

Harvest is essentially complete in the southwestern region, as 99 per cent of the crop is now combined. The southeastern and west-central regions have 97 per cent combined, while the east-central and northeastern regions have 92 per cent. The north-

western region has 87 per cent combined.

Ninety-seven per cent of durum, 96 per cent of barley, 95 per cent of spring wheat, 94 per cent of canaryseed, 93 per cent of canola, 92 per cent of oats, 80 per cent of soybeans and 79 per cent of flax have now been combined.

The majority of the province received little to no moisture last week, although the Foam Lake area reported 43 mm of precipitation. Topsoil moisture conditions remain relatively unchanged from last week.

Significant amounts of moisture will be needed to replenish both the topsoil and the subsoil for next spring. Across the province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as four per cent surplus, 40 per cent adequate, 44 per cent short and 12 per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent surplus, 31 per cent adequate, 45 per cent short and 22 per cent very short.

At this time, most livestock producers have indicated having adequate supplies of hay, straw, greenfeed and feed grain heading into winter. However, producers in southern regions are reporting that many areas will have inadequate feed

and that shortages are likely.

The majority of crop damage this past week was due to frost, lack of moisture, strong winds and wildlife such as geese and deer.

Producers are busy combining, completing fall work and moving cattle.

SaskPower received three reports last week of farm machinery coming in contact with electrical equipment, bringing the total since the beginning of September to 34. Producers are urged to be especially careful when using equipment around power lines.

Safety information is available at www.saskpower.com/safety.

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Muenster celebrates new playground after two years

Everyone got together for a well deserved photo opportunity during the ribbon cutting at the new Muenster School Playground. It was a two year trek for the playground committee with endless fundraising, grant writing, and donation collection to reach their $160,000 goal. photo by Becky Zimmer

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

It took a lot of work from fundraising to construction but the Muenster School Playground Committee got to celebrate their new playground with a ribbon cutting on Oct. 12.

In total, around $160,000 was needed for the playground with approximately $50,000 worth of grants and around $50,000-60,000 worth of donations coming in, with the rest coming from fundraising.

The rest was made up through fundraising efforts over the past two years, says Charmaine Baril of the playground committee.

It was shortly after the new Muenster gym floor was put in that Muenster Principal, Dennis Gerwing, started discussing upgrades to the playground. “It came in a staff meeting and we thought wouldn’t it be nice to have a new playground.�

Gerwing says that they wanted to give the community some time to recover after the support for the gym floor but during that time Baril and other parents got talking about the need back in 2015. “That got me thinking,� said Baril during the ribbon cutting, which led to even more discussion with parents, the forming of a committee, and the fun truly beginning with their first fundraisers in May. “I know I’m not the only one but I feel like I’ve lived, breathed, and dreamt about this playground since it all started. So much time and effort has gone into this project.�

It has taken much community support whether it was food, money, manpower, equipment, or time. “It really is a community effort and a total community owned project.�

Gerwing says the final cost of the project does not even cover the amount of labour and equipment that

was donated to the project, as well as countless hours of volunteering from people who brought food to events and fed the volunteers to people who helped run fundraisers.

The committee is sure the volunteer hours number into the thousands, says both Gerwing and Baril, even from just the 14 committee members. “Even just the committee with meetings and preparing and organizing and finalizing every single fundraiser. There’s a lot of hours in there and then the hours put together,� says Gerwing.

The construction of the playground was two guys putting in a lot of hours, says Baril, so that as well adds to the total amount of volunteer hours on its own.

The committee did downsize from what they wanted to make the playground more affordable but Gerwing says they have everything they need.

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Canada 150 grant sees Bruno get new playground

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

The community of Bruno has a brand new play structure thanks to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.

The playground, which is located next to Sagehill, has been in the works for almost two years, notes Mayor Dale Glessman, who says it all started with the old council, who got the ball rolling.

Glessman notes the playground was installed over the last month, and is in a perfect location.

“We thought one here close to the main street would be good. People can go shopping and the kids can come here and play.”

The park was officially opened at a grand opening on Oct. 12, featured Glessman and Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek Member of Parliament Kelly Block giving their remarks.

For Block coming to Bruno was important, because she loves getting out to visit the more than 60 communities that make up her constituency.

“It gives me a chance to celebrate all that’s happening in a community and to support them in the work that they’re doing.”

Block notes it says a lot about the community of Bruno that they were able to make something like this come together, noting that a lot of time and effort goes into applying for the grants.

“It speaks highly of a town council and their administration that they are forward thinking and looking to make sure that they have these kind of recreational facilities in their community to attract more people to come and live here.”

The playground was made possible

Father Joe poses with a number of children during the grand opening of Fr. Joe Park in Bruno. The name was revealed during the celebration, much to the surprise of Fr. Joe. photo by Christopher Lee through the Federal Government, and while Block is a member of the opposition, she notes that all Members of Parliament wanted to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday.

“This is a perfect way of doing it.

It’s been done in the past for other important milestones in Canada’s history and so this just builds on that.”

During the grand opening the park’s new name was also unveiled, as Fr. Joe Park.

“What a surprise,” noted Father Joe.

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“Humbling, very humbling. The last thing I thought,” he added noting he is very grateful for the honour.

The name of the park was selected through a contest where people could enter the name of the park.

The winning name was entered by Eowyn Riley, who notes Fr. Joe was the perfect fit.

“When I think of Bruno he’s the person who I sort of think about… he’s always having such a good time that I figured a park where people are supposed to have a good time should be named after him.”

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Glessman noted the decision to name the park after Joe was an easy one because he has been such a large part of the community for a number of years.

“It doesn’t matter if you just can talk or you’re an older person, everybody knows who Father Joe is.”

Glessman noted that he was very thankful to the Canadian Government for having the program.

“For a small town it’s very good. It shows some support from them for the young families,” he says, noting Bruno has noticed a large increase in the young families moving into town.

Thank you to all participants, sponsors, presenters and volunteers for making our 9th Annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day a huge success!

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Obituaries NOVECOSKY: Fr. Rudolph Novecosky, OSB Oct. 27, 1936 - Oct. 9, 2017 Fr. Rudolph Novecosky, OSB, of St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, SK, passed away at St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, on Monday, October 9, 2017. He was 80 years of age. Fr. Rudolph was born to Joseph and Anne (nee Suchan) Novecosky at Burr, SK, on October 27, 1936. He attended Willow Ridge School to Grade 9 and then St. Peter’s High School from Grades 10 to 12. Upon graduating, he took one year of liberal arts at St. Peter’s College, Muenster, and in 1955 joined St. Peter’s Abbey. Fr. Rudolph spent the next seven years at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he completed his novitiate and six years of seminary. Following ordination on June 9, 1962, Fr. Rudolph was appointed assistant pastor with Fr. John Hable at Marysburg, and Pilger. He was appointed prefect (supervisor) of St. Peter’s High School and College from 1963 until 1972 when the high school closed. Fr. Rudolph worked as a high school teacher, giving instruction in geometry, algebra, trigonometry, Latin, agriculture, geology and appreciation of English literature. Having a love for sports, Fr. Rudolph served as sports director at St. Peter’s High School where he coached hockey, volleyball, basketball and track and field. He built the track used for track and field meets, the soccer field and the bleachers, east of the arena, in 1967 as part of the centennial project. In 1972, Fr. Rudolph began assisting Fr. Werner Renneberg, OSB, in the parishes at St. Gregor and Muenster.

In 1979, he was appointed pastor in St. Gregor and then in 1987 he began serving Annaheim. He was always supportive of church and community events. While serving as pastor he developed an expertise in wine making. Fr. Rudolph served as prior and sub-prior at St. Peter’s Abbey, novice master and work coordinator for the novices and juniors. Between 1987 and 2008, he was the pastor for the two parishes at either Annaheim and St. Gregor, or Annaheim and Naicam, retiring in 2008 to St. Peter’s Abbey. In 2008, he published Homilies for Everyday Life.

Since moving to the abbey Fr. Rudolph served as prior, novice master/formation director and treasurer of St. Peter’s Abbey. He was the Oblate director for one year. Having a love for the outdoors, Fr. Rudolph enjoyed berry picking, bird watching, duck hunting and fishing. He suffered a life-changing incident on November 3, 1977, when he was injured in the back with a shotgun while hunting ducks. As a result he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He returned to parish work a year after leaving the hospital. Fr. Rudolph is survived by the Benedictine Monastic Community of St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster; three sisters and two brothers: Johanna Merkosky, Dave (Doreen) Novecosky, Mary Ann (Daniel) Gerwing, Sr. Rita Ann Novecosky, OSU, Joe (Trish) Novecosky; and by his sister-in-law, Faye Novecosky.

He was predeceased by his father, Joseph Novecosky (1984); mother, Anne (nee Suchan) Novecosky (1994); brother, Tony Novecosky; and by brother-in-law, Leo Merkosky. The Prayer Service was held at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Muenster, on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., officiated by Fr. Lawrence DeMong, OSB. Scripture readers were Br. Kurt Van Kuren, OSB, and Debbie Klev. The Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Augustine R.C. Church, Humboldt, on Friday, October 13, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., presided by Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB. Others taking part were: Br. Anthony Nguyen, OSB, crossbearer; Br. Basil Schaan, OSB, and Joe Novecosky, scripture readers; Br. Benedict van Ginkel, OSB, prayer of petition; Dave and Doreen Novecosky, and Johanna Merkosky, giftbearers. Pallbearers were Br. Kurt Van Kuren, OSB, Br. Benedict van Ginkel, OSB, Dennis Merkosky, Tom Novecosky, Mitchell Ramler, and Randy Doepker. Interment followed at St. Peter’s Abbey Cemetery, Muenster. Memorial donations may be directed to the Abbey Elder Care. Schuler-Lefebvre Funeral Chapel, Humboldt, SK. (306-682-4114) www.schuler-lefebvrefuneralchapel.com

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PENGELLY: Gerald Pengelly 70 years of Middle Lake formerly of Watson passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Humboldt District Hospital. Gerald was born on December 10, 1946 to Clifford and Vivian (nee McLean) Pengelly at Wadena, SK. Gerald obtained his elementary education at Kuroki and high school at Wadena.

Following this, he began employment with Sask. Wheat Pool building elevators around the province. Later, he worked for the Canadian National Railway as a track maintainer until 2002 when he retired. In 1974, Gerald met his life-long partner Bertha Stilborn. Together, they raised Bertha’s three sons Clarence, Danny and Donny. They later had two daughters, Cindy and Susan, to complete their family. Gerald was always generous of spirit. He helped those who needed it, and always had a seat at the table for anyone who wanted to join him in a drink.

He left all of his children with a strong set of values: good work ethic, a kind disposition towards others, honesty and good humour. Gerald will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his four children and their families: Danny Stilborn (Anna Sanderson) and family Randy Halkett, Jenny (Dean) Roberts and Danielle Stilborn all of La Ronge; Donny Stilborn and family Justine Stilborn (Jason Jones), Rebecca Stilborn (Michael Smith) and Olivia Stilborn (Nathan Zurowski all of Regina; Cindy Pengelly (Shane Stephens) of Watson and daughter Ashley Pengelly (Aaron Rodriques) of Muenster; and Susan (Garry) Paton and family Tristan Paton and Logan Paton all of Brooks, AB. Sister Holly (Grant) Kerluke of Wadena and brother Gary (Linda) Finch of Sylvan Lake, AB Gerald was predeceased by his parents Clifford and Vivian McLean, brother Darryl Pengelly, wife Bertha Stilborn, grandson Danny Stilborn Jr. and step-son Clarence Chartrand. As per Gerald’s wishes there will not be a funeral service. Memorial donations in Gerald’s memory maybe directed to STARS Air Ambulance Saskatchewan. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to MALINOSKI & DANYLUIK FUNERAL HOME Humboldt 306-682-1622.

STILL: Irma Jan. 27, 1925 - Sept. 28, 2017 Irma Still of St. Mary’s Villa, Humboldt, SK passed away at her residence on Thursday, September 28, 2017. She was 92 years of age. A Funeral Service will be held at the Humboldt Alliance Church on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Cemetery, Humboldt, SK. Memorial Donations may be directed to the Saskatchewan Lung Association 1231 8th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 0S5.

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BAY: In loving memory of Leon who passed away October 14, 2006 Sadly missed, along life’s way, quietly remembered everyday, no longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts he’s always there.

Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by wife,Mary; children Eunice; Ted & Joyce; Leona & Lorne; Greg & Brenda; and families.

BERGERMANN: In memory of William 1909-1992, 25 years Veronica 1919-2011, 6 years Peacefully sleeping, resting at last, The world’s weary trouble and trials are past.

In silence they suffered,in patience they bore, Till God called them home to suffer no more.

Love, from the family

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When a loved one becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. Evelyn Collin touched so many lives and will be missed by all who knew her. We, her family, would like to express our deep gratitude for all of the kindness and sympathy shown during this time of loss. Special thanks to the staff at Caleb Village and Humboldt District Hospital for the loving care provided to Evelyn, and to Reverend Matteo Carboni and St. Andrew’s Anglican Church for the welcoming atmosphere, heartfelt service, and wonderful lunch. To all of our friends, neighbours, and co-workers - the food, flowers, and acts of kindness have been a source of comfort in our sorrow. Thank you, as well, to the staff at Schuler-Lefebvre for your dignified and professional assistance.

Janet, Brian, Merv, Daryl and families Thank you - The family of the late Henry W. Kenaschuk wishes to express their gratitude for the phone calls, visits, food, flowers, & monetary donations. Thanks to Dr. Ockbazghi & the staff at Humboldt Hospital. Special thanks to the staff of the Quill Plains Centennial Lodge in Watson who cared for him during his stay. To Rev. Brenda Curtis & Ken Fetter for sharing Henry's special life memories & to all those who took part in the funeral service, thank you. To the Community Club for supplying the lunch & to SchulerLefebvre Funeral Chapel staff for their support & comfort during this difficult time.

Marlene Kenaschuk, Kelly & Shirley Kenaschuk, Mark Kenaschuk, and Stacey & Allan Nordick and families.

Notice to Creditors IN THE ESTATE OF BRUCE LOUIS HUESER, late of Pilger, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Labourer, deceased. ALL CLAIMS against the above Estate, duly verified by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 30th day of October, A.D., 2017.

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IN THE ESTATE OF RICKY GORDON BLOCK, late of Annaheim, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Teacher, deceased.

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Lake Lenore and Muenster finish top three in points

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

One week after watching their consecutive district titles streak end, the Lake Lenore Lancers watched another streak come to a close as they finished second in the team points competition at the cross-country provincial championships, failing to win for the first time since 2011 when they finished second.

The Lancers sent 11 runners to the provincial championships to compete in four races including Midget Boys, Junior Girls, Junior Boys, and Senior Boys, where they finished with 42 points, missing out on the team title by just nine points to Strasbourg.

Despite failing to win the team title the Lancers enjoyed a great deal of success throughout the meet as they claimed a second place finish in the Junior Girls event, and a sixth place finish in the Junior Boys race.

Outside of their one podium finish, and two top tens, the Lancers added five top 20s, and ten top 50s.

Finishing one spot behind the Lancers in the team points competition were the Muenster Cougars.

The Cougars sent seven runners to the provincial championships to compete in four races including Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Midget Boys, and Midget Girls, where they managed just a single top ten, which came in Junior Girls.

Despite managing just one top ten, the Cougars enjoyed a solid meet that saw them claim two top 20s and four top 50s.

The Middle Lake Avengers sent four runners to the provincial championships to compete in three races including Senior Girls, Junior Girls, and Midget Girls, and came home finishing one spot behind the Cougars, in fourth.

The Avengers’ small team came up with consistent results, despite failing to have a single runner

finish in the top 20, they had three finishes in the top 30, and all four finish in the top 35.

Finishing right behind the Avengers in fifth place in the points competition were the Annaheim Rebels who sent four runners to compete in three races including Senior Girls, Junior Boys, and Junior Girls.

The Rebels managed a pair of top 20 finishes, claiming 19th in Junior Girls, and 20th, in Senior Girls, and a third in the top 30, thanks to a 28th place finish in Senior Girls.

Finishing a few places further down the standings in eighth place were the Wynyard Golden Bears, who sent four runners to the provincial championships to compete in Senior Girls, Junior Boys, and Junior Girls.

The Golden Bears failed to finish with a runner in the top 20 but managed two in the top 30, 26th in Senior Girls, and 27th in Junior Boys, and two more in the top 50, 42nd in Junior Boys, and 45th in Junior Girls.

The final local team to have enough runners to claim a spot in the team points standings were the St. Brieux Crusaders, who claimed 13th overall, after sending five runners to compete in five different races including Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Boys, Midget Boys, and Midget Girls.

Despite failing to finish with a runner in the top 30, the Crusaders added one top 40, thanks to a 39th in Midget Girls, and three more top 50s thanks to finishes of 43rd in Senior Girls, and 46th in Senior Boys, and Midget Boys.

Among other schools to finish in the top ten include LeRoy, who claimed fourth in Midget Girls, Bruno who finished eighth in Senior Boys, and Naicam, who grabbed a seventh place finish in Midget Boys.

With the provincial championships now in the rearview mirrors, runners who are returning to high school next year will turn their attention towards training for the 2018 season.

Wakaw completes undefeated regular season

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

With just one week to go in high school football action before the provincial championships, playoff pictures across the province are becoming significantly clearer.

6-Man 1A Conference 4 The Viscount Vikings continue to roll through their regular season as they extended their undefeated streak to five straight games with a 64-24 win over the Hudson Bay Raiders on Oct. 13 in Viscount.

The win moved the Vikings to 4-1-1 on the season, good enough for sole possession of second place in the six-team conference, two points back of the first place Hanley Tigers.

The Vikings wrap up their regular season at home on Oct. 20 as they welcome the Porcupine

Plain Bears to town.

2A Conference 4 Wakaw The Wakaw Warriors put the finishing touches on a terrific regular season as they knocked off the Shellbrook Aardvarks 61-52 at home on Oct. 12.

The win was the first of the season to finish within a ten point spread, and saw the Warriors move their record to 5-0 on the season, giving them sole possession of first place in the six-team conference.

Birch Hills The Birch Hills Marauders put a nice bow on their 2017 regular season as they picked up their first win of the year, 56-13 over Ahtahkakoop on Oct. 12 in Ahtahkakoop.

The win improved the Marauders’ record to 1-4 on the season, good enough for fifth place in the six-team conference.

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The St. Peter’s College in Muenster kicked off this year ’s speaker series with an agricultural focus.

Problems are in the wrong places, says St. Peter’s College professor and PAMI Project Manager Joy Agnew as she went into the question on whether it is too late to be sustainable in the agriculture industry.

While everyone from public to media are focused on climate change, Agnew says the problem is with over application of fertilizer, specifically nitrogen application through the use of ammonia.

The amount of people we can sustainably feed with the world’s naturally occurring supply of nitrogen is 3.5 billion people while we are theoretically feeding 7 billion.

This practice has impacts on all aspects, not only agriculture life, but also human life from water to air to soil quality, says Agnew.

The problem developed when we started developing synthetic nitrogen through the Haber-Bosch process in the 1950s, which has overloaded the system.

The process itself is highly energy intensive, with synthetic nitrogen being highly reactive to ensure plants get the nitrogen they need.

“One per cent of energy that we produce on earth is used strictly for the Haber-Bosch process. That is a massive amount of energy,” says Agnew.

The process also required five per cent of the worlds’ natural gas to create synthetic nitrogen.

While fertilizer application increases plant yields, lost nitrogen that does not react with the plants goes on to react in other ways that are not good for the

solutions, like precision agriculture, cover cropping, and intercropping.

Researchers are working on the problem of nitrogen losses and better usage of nitrogen.

Intercropping research is coming along, including in areas in Saskatchewan, where producers are planting a nitrogen fixing plant, like legumes, with a non-nitrogen fixing plant.

According to Agnew, there are researchers in the United Kingdom that have developed a way to make every crop a nitrogen fixing crop but Agnew is concerned about the impacts those are going to have on an already volatile system.

“Let’s evaluate them for what they are and really think about the long term impacts and how it’s going to effect the overall ecosystem.”

The presentation was not all doom and gloom, says Agnew, but it does require change in the way people produce food and energy.

This issue needs big picture thinking at all stages of crop production, says Agnew, with possible changes down the line in fuel production, food production and waste having impacts on the nitrogen issue.

Joy Agnew kicked off the St. Peter’s Speaker Series with a talk on agriculture sustainability on Oct. 11. While the focus has been on climate change, Agnew says producers and the public need to start looking into fertilizer overuse as a bigger environmental concern. photo by Becky Zimmer

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“Nitrogen gas is stable but all of the ammonia that we are applying to the soil and that’s naturally occurring through natural biological fixation, if it’s not taken up by the plants, it changes,” says Agnew, to things like ammonium, nitrates, and nitrites.

All of these things can emit into the atmosphere, water, or soil, as pollution.

However, there are even bigger cons to this synthetic nitrogen usage, as plants and humans have become lazy from the convenience of nitrogen usage.

“Because we have easy and abundance access to basically as much ammonia as we need, we tend to over apply it or apply it when the plants don’t necessarily need it. It’s easier for us in our crop production cycle to do it that way,” says Agnew.

While it is strange to say that plants are becoming lazy as well, says Agnew, plants are losing their ability to efficiently convert nitrogen.

Before the Haber-Bosch process was introduced in the 1950s, plants had a nitrogen conversion rate of around 80 per cent, meaning that 80 per cent of the nitrogen they had access to in the

soil was converted into plant matter, says Agnew.

Now they are at a 30 per cent conversion rate, which means they need more nitrogen to do the job they were doing over 60 years ago.

“The over application and the readily abundance of nitrogen in the ecosystem has made the plants shut down and not be as efficient,” says Agnew.

We are applying even more ammonia to our crops to get the same yields from decades ago.

So while there were many doom and gloom factors in Agnew’s presentation, there also were some proposed

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