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First baby born to rock?

GEOFF LEE

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The first New Year baby Bowie Araya Dillon, born in the Lloydminster hospital, could be a future rock star queen.

Her parents, Tenneille Gadwa and Blaine Dillon

from Onion Lake, are hoping her name pans out.

“She’s named after two musicians, David Bowie and Tom Araya, the lead singer of Slayer. That was the first concert she went to while she was in my belly,” said Gadwa with a laugh.

Baby Bowie was born on Jan. 1 at 12:24 p.m. weighing 8 lb. 6 oz. with great expec-

tations by her dad for a rock star future.

“We both decided on those names because we really love music.

We just wanted to tribute those great artists for our child’s name,” said Dillon.

He says Araya is one of his favourite lead singers from the rock group named Slayer based in California.

The couple’s other one-year-old daughter Maya has also picked up singing from her mom while Dillon plays the guitar.

“We have these little jam sessions together, me, her and my daughter and they’ll both sing and I’ll play guitar,” said Dillon.

“We would play like Wiggles’ Fruit Salad, stuff like that.”

The couple planned to go home today with bragging rights for having the first baby of 2019 in Lloydminster.

“It’s pretty interesting—cool. We got a basket full of goodies for her with all kinds of things,” said Gadwa on Wednesday morning following a smooth delivery.

Baby Bowie also got some Christmas presents as Dillon explained the birth on Jan. 1 was a few days later than expected.

“We didn’t expect that coming because we’re thinking it would be coming a few days ago because she was having contractions for about a week,” said Dillon.

The birth of Bowie is also an early wedding gift for the couple who plan to get married in August.

“It’s the best present you can ever receive,” said Dillon.

Gadwa is a stay-athome mom while Dillon has been apprenticing as a cook at Fionn MacCool’s.

“It’s a good run; I am actually job searching right now. I like to expand my horizons and get as much experience as I can,” he said.

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Raiders QB signs with Thunderbirds JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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Tommy Yanchuk’s next play will come as a member of the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds.

Yanchuk, 19, signed a letter of intent to line up behind centre for the Thunderbirds on Dec. 1.

The former Holy Rosary High School Raiders quarterback will fly to Vancouver later this month to start training with his new teammates and begin studying the playbook in anticipation for the Thunderbirds first game of the 2019 U Sports season this September.

“I want to be that guy who the coaches can rely on,” said Yanchuk. “I want to be that ice in your veins kind of guy when big situations come that you’re not going to collapse.

You’re going to be able to push through. But, most importantly, I want to win a Vanier. I think that’s everybody’s goal when you go CIS (Canadian Inter-university Sport) is to lead your team to a Vanier and then after that go pro. That’s the goal.

I don’t think I’ll stop until I get there.”

The Thunderbirds first expressed a recruiting interest during his final season with the Raiders, noted Yanchuk, but leaving family behind, an undecided study route and financial instability forced his hand to look elsewhere.

He eventually found a spot with the Canadian Junior Football League’s Edmonton Huskies where the pivot backed up Brad Launhardt in 2017 before taking over the starter’s job this past fall.

Yanchuk led the Huskies to a 5-3 regular season record and a berth in the Prai-

Submitted Lloydminster’s Tommy Yanchuk has signed a letter of intent to play for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds next season.

rie Football Conference (PFC) semifinals against the Regina Thunder on a 56.2 passing completion rate for 1,523 yards and a 5.8 rushing average over 40 carries.

The Huskies toppled the Thunder 39-36 in the PFC semis, but they lost their starting quarterback to a separated shoulder in the process.

“I definitely felt I needed a year (or two) to refine my skills,” said Yanchuk, noting he’s about 85 per cent recovered from the injury. “Junior definitely set me up for CIS and it prepared me for it. The speed, like anything, I’m sure it’s going to be a challenge. I know it’s going to be a challenge. But, I’m ready and I think skill wise I’m there. It’s just going to be (expe-

rience) and the speed of the game. If I can get those down, I think I’ll be successful.”

The Thunderbirds current pivot, Michael O’Connor, has one year left of eligibility, which places Yanchuk in a similar situation to when he joined the Huskies. The chance to start next season is something that definitely pushed him toward signing with UBC this winter, noted Yanchuk, but he’s also prepared to go in and learn the U Sports game as a backup.

Yanchuk said the opportunity to play university football has been made possible through the guidance of many helping hands over the course of his career.

He said Raiders coaches Vince Orieux and Dustin Fallscheer,

Lloydminster Minor Football Association volunteers Rod and Morgan Kirby and Viking Barbell Club trainer Chad Brooks have all helped him reach this goal through their continued support and encouragement.

“Right from the strength and conditioning to the way Blake (Nill) runs the program to the players to everyone I just fell in love with UBC,” said Yanchuk.

“Leaving junior, now I’ve got five years to make it to the pros.

What is going to give me my best opportunity and what is going to prepare me and give me my best shot at going pro? UBC, the way they run their program and everything they do, I figured would be the best fit for me.”

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Jamie Harkins Meridian Source Ethan Mack is juggling Grade 12 studies at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School and a regular shift at right wing in his rookie season with the Bobcats.

Getting a taste for the junior A game JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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Change has been the underlying theme of Lloydminster Bobcats right wing Ethan Mack’s rookie season.

The 17-year-old Edmonton product joined the Bobcats partway into the team’s 2018-19 campaign

after getting a long look at the Saskatoon Blades main camp. He has since posted three goals and six points in 27 games while getting used to the adjustment of junior A hockey.

“It’s definitely a lot bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled than midget, but I think that

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I’ve been adapting well over the year,” said Mack, who recorded 19 goals and 42 penalty minutes in 31 games with the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League’s Edmonton SSAC Athletics last season. “It’s just a lot more fun than what it was last year. I’m having a great time.”

Mack is spending this first winter away from home with a billet family in the Border City while splitting his time between practising and playing for the Bobcats and completing Grade 12 studies at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School. He said potting a goal here and there is something he adds to the mix, but his focus on ice is mainly trying to shut down the opposition scorers.

“I’ve been earning more and more ice time as the season has gone on,” noted Mack. “That is always a positive.”

Nigel Dube, head coach and general manager of the Bobcats, said Mack is a big bodied player with a really hard shot. He said they’ve been trying to get him to use his body more to get to the net and the hard areas of the ice while also cutting down on the unnecessary penalties.

“With a young player like that there is a lot of growth and maturity within their game

and within their life too,” said Dube, who took over the Bobcats coaching reins in midNovember. “There is not a ton of 17 year olds in the league, but anytime you can (get one) they’re fast forwarding in the motion of growing from maybe a particular role this year to next year having more emphasis being put on them to contribute.”

Mack said practices under Dube’s guidance have been skating heavy, while the overall focus on accountability has definitely increased. He said the structure of their game is very detailed and whenever they mess up the coach is there to provide constructive criticism about what needs to be done the next time around.

The Bobcats (7-281) are on the road for a two-game set against the Grande Prairie Storm (18-18-2) this weekend before heading back to Lloydminster for a three-game home stand starting with a contest against the Drayton Valley Thunder (15-18-4) on Wednesday.

“After the Christmas break, a lot of the guys have come back and they’re ready to play,” said Mack. “We’re ready to go right now.

I think these next couple of games will show that.”

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Barons the class of Football Alberta JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster Comprehensive High School Barons are Football Alberta Tier II champions.

The Barons battled back from a 7-1 first half deficit to beat the Okotoks Holy Trinity Academy Knights 22-7 in the Alberta Bowl final at Fort McMurray’s SMS Equipment Stadium in late November. Nathan Zacharias got the Barons back into the game with an early second half touchdown, while his fellow running back Matthew Morin recorded the final two scores to put the Knights away.

“We’re mostly a passing team and, I guess, they were studying more of our passing game than our running game,” said Zacharias. “Our backup plan was the run game and our run game never fails us in the second half.”

Barons halfback Garret Hatchard said they were ready for whatever was thrown at them, but the Knights still presented a problem in the opening two quarters. He said their opponents wore the defence down in the first half and used a good drive to get into the end zone.

“In the second half, we came out really strong,” said Hatchard. “We just stuffed them the rest of the game.”

The Barons travelled to Fort McMurray the day before the championship, noted Hatchard, which allowed them to get a good night’s sleep and participate in an indoor practice the morning of the finals. He added they took a quick run through special teams, went through their offence and defence and made sure everyone was on the same page in the pre-game session.

“It was just another game, but at the same time I was pretty excited,” he said. “I knew what was at stake and I was ready to deliver for my team. We all came out and did a good job.”

The Barons weren’t alone on the road. A fan bus filled with parents and friends followed the boys down to Fort McMurray to cheer them on against the Knights.

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The Lloydminster Comprehensive High School Barons captured the Alberta Football Tier II championship in late November.

Zacharias said the screams flowing out of the stands gave the boys that extra bit of motivation to bring home the banner.

Hatchard added that capturing a provincial title is the biggest achievement a high school football team can accomplish and he’s proud to know that they answered the bell with their best game.

“It really gives our seniors more opportunities because I feel we had the best class of seniors that the Comp has ever seen,” said Zacharias. “It will get, hopefully, more of our seniors notice so we can continue playing football. For me, it’s great knowing that we ended the year off as we wanted with a perfect season. There is no better way to end it.”

Alberta Bowl notes: The Holy Rosary High School Raiders brought home a silver medal from the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Tier III finals in Fort McMurray. The Raiders fell 25-8 to the Cochrane High School Cobras.

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Colts win second-straight Football Alberta championship JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster peewee Colts refused to back down.

The Colts battled back from an early 8-0 deficit to beat the Lacombe Explosion 24-8 in the Football

Alberta Tier 3 championship at the latter’s MEGlobal Athletic Pa rk i n mi d - N o ve m ber. Colts running back Ethan Grannum led the surge with three touchdowns, but it was a full team effort that put the boys on top to stay.

Gage Chocan, a thirdyear defensive tackle and offensive guard for the Colts, said assistant coach Dustin Fallscheer rejuvenated their spirits after the Explosion touchdown by reminding them that this was the provincial final and they’d have to put their best effort forward. He said they implemented an offensive line change in order to match the Explosion’s odd defensive formation at that point in order to gain the advantage.

“They were lining their defensive tackles on our offensive tackles and they had two guys lined up on the outside of their tackles on each side,” said Chocan. “Then there was a huge gap in the middle for the linebacker.”

Chocan said they countered by moving their guards over to block the Explosion’s defensive tackles and sent the offensive

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guards to take out the two extras on the ends.

He said their running back would then just follow the centre up the middle gaining the edge when he came up to the Explosion’s linebacker.

“We wanted to end off the season as a Colt with a win in provincials,” he said. “It’s probably the best feeling I could have in my last game.”

Kade Pilkey, a running back and captain for the Colts, said a few of the boys might have

gotten down when the Explosion staged the early run, but it was short lived thanks to the confidence and enthusiasm of the core who got the team to push hard for an equalizer. He said once they got the tying score, their defensive leaders then stood up to guide the rest of the team.

“Each one of us, if we saw each other doing something different we’d talk to them and show them how to do it right,” said Pilkey.

“Then, we just helped

everyone to do better.”

Pilkey said the great turf field at MEGlobal Athletic Park, playing under the lights and having a strong opponent in their path made the provincial final an incredible experience. He said it was the toughest game of the season, but they did their best to pull out the win and capture the team’s second-straight Football Alberta title.

“It means a lot,” he said. “On the team, everybody feels good about themselves.”

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The Bishop Lloyd Middle School Lancers boys volleyball team, with back row from left, coach Diane Gow, Tristan Smith, Cody Graf, Ethan Adams, Wyatt Rodwell, Jake McEachern, Landon Caldwell, Dhoopan Naik, coach Meaghan O’Grady; front row, Shemar Whittaker, Riley Hewlett, Brendan Wald, Shepherd Gow, Blake Roscoe, Brock Canfield and Drew Canfield, captured a silver medal at the J. William Gow Memorial Volleyball Tournament.

Lancers pull together at Gow Memorial JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Bishop Lloyd Middle School Lancers boys volleyball team gave their all for a gold medal at the J. William Gow Memorial Volleyball Tournament in mid-September.

The Lancers, which features Gow’s widow Diane as a co-coach and their son Shepherd as the team’s setter, fell just short to a strong Vermilion-based St. Jerome’s Catholic School Spartans team in the Tier 1 final at the Servus Sports Centre.

After the Spartans won the opening set 25-17, the Lancers fought back to take a 17-9 lead in the second only to suffer through a bit of nerves on way to the 28-26 loss.

“It’s very hard to be up that (much) and come down in the sec-

ond,” said Shepherd.

“But, we stuck together and we did as best as we could.”

Lancers power Dhoopan Naik said their ability to stay positive and remain committed to each other played a big role in their drive through the 15-team boys division that included clubs from across the Lloydminster area and as far away as North Battleford. He said they can take away the fact they played incredible during the tournament and will all wear the silver medal with pride.

“We played really well,” said Naik. “Our (team) view is one of our biggest strengths.

We never really get mad at each other after plays. We’re always there for each other.

If we lose, we lose as a team, and if we win,

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we win as a team.”

The Lashburn High School Lobos beat Vermilion’s J.R. Robson School Marauders for the boys bronze medal.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings won the girls championship, while Meadow Lake’s Jonas Samson Junior High School Stingers took silver and the Glen Avon School Panthers captured bronze.

The Lloydminster Public School Division (LPSD) r e name d t he Border Battle Junior High Volleyball Tournament the J. William Gow Memorial as a way to honour the longtime volleyball coach.

Gow acted as a mentor to countless young volleyball players from the LPSD, Buffalo Trails

Public Schools Regional Division, Northwest School Division and the Lloydminster Catholic School Division before his tragic passing in a motor vehicle accident last October.

“It means a lot to me,” said Shepherd.

“Having my father being honoured by the tournament, it makes it emotional. It made me stronger out there to know that he’s with me.”

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Twins capture provincial title JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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A group of friends celebrated a provincial baseball championship in late July thanks in large part to the tireless support of their family and the dedication of Lloydminster’s baseball community.

The Lloydminster Twins capped a weekend of ball with a 12-2 win against the Swift Current 57’s in the Baseball Saskatchewan mosquito AA Tier 1 final at Legion Ball Park on a warm Sunday afternoon.

At least one hun-

dred of the boys’ fans crowded around the home plate stands to take in the contest, which wouldn’t have been possible without the work of the tournament’s grounds crew who got the diamonds back into game shape after storms rolled through the city Thursday, Friday and Saturday night as well as Sunday morning. “ It f eels amazing,” said Twins first baseman Aiden Foster as his teammates celebrated the gold medal win amongst their friends on the outfield grass. “I love to win provincials with this team. It’s a really fun experience especially with this group of kids.”

57’s third baseman Kyrell Adair got his club out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning by dropping in an infield pop-up that scored Ty Switzer. The play showcased a Twins defence that looked off at the start, so sec-

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The Lloydminster mosquito AA Twins captured the 2018 Baseball Saskatchewan championship at Legion Ball Park in late July.

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ond baseman Owen Walker took charge of matters to set up a double play and get his team on the sticks.

Walker corralled a hard-hit grounder by Rylan Fehr, tagged Adair on his path to second and wired the ball to first to record the double. The Twins’ Ryan Oborowsky, Walker, Cole Hines, Matthew Fallscheer and Parker Spence then rounded the base paths in the bottom of the first inning to give

the home side a 5-1 advantage.

“This one was a little more intense than the last game because we were in the provincial final,” said Walker, noting they beat the 57’s 15-1 on Saturday evening. “But, we just had the mindset that it was just another game that we needed to win.”

Twins starter Scottie Lumbard got the side to ground out in the top of the second.

Walker then brought home Liam Pero and Oborowsky to up the lead to 7-1 in the bot-

tom of the frame.

Oborowsky took to the mound in the top of the third and recorded four strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work. Twins outfielder Nick Hill stopped the game in the bottom of the fifth with a shot into left field that plated Spence.

“We’ve been practising for weeks, for the whole summer pretty much,” said Foster.

“Before provincials, we practised Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We just had our minds set on this.”

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Resolution is to plan for retirement SPORTS EDITOR JAMIE HARKINS

Going for a drive is an enjoyable way to spend your day. But, it’s the work that goes into building and fixing a real life car, truck and motorcycle that really interests me.

The most fun I had these past holidays came through playing a newly opened Nintendo Switch racing game with my 10-year-old nephew shortly after we had devoured Christmas supper.

A close second would be watching him tear the wrapping from the game that morning while FantomWorks played in the background on my sister’s television.

Vehicle design and restoration shows always seem to catch my interest even though I’ve never actually done any of this work.

I have changed a tire, a headlight and my car’s oil on occasion, but the more complicated and seemingly time consuming repairs are left to the professionals.

That’s not to say I wouldn’t like to try to diagnose and fix a few of my car’s current troubles. It’s just that I don’t think I’d be able to pull it off considering my lack of automotive repair knowledge coupled with a current tool and garage deficiency.

In fact, I even attempted to move onto this career path out of high school.

My grandfather was a mechanic during the Second

World War and some of the best memories I have involve the times when he showed me how to make little repairs to the family car.

But, a job in the industry after college provided a realization that the work just wasn’t for me.

It has to settle as a fun pastime instead of a career.

My grandfather left mechanics to work in a paper mill before coming back to the business part time once he retired.

He spent these latter years tuning up and fixing the neighbour’s lawn mowers and snowblowers out of the workshop in his shed.

I don’t own a house or a workshop shed at the moment, but I’m thinking that maybe working toward that goal should be my resolution this year.

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LGCC junior girls camp grows the game of golf JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The game of golf welcomed 30 young players into its fold this past August thanks to the efforts of the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre (LGCC) pro staff.

PGA of Canada professional Marty Wheaton led the girls through a three-day golf and recreational sports skills camp in an effort to get the athletes interested in the game and comfortable on the course.

The free LGCC junior girls golf camp doubled in size this summer with more kids looking in from the waiting list.

Jamie Harkins Meridian Source Thirty local girls enjoyed a free three-day golf and recreational sports camp thanks to the work of the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre pro staff and the sponsorship of Golf Saskatchewan.

“I have two young girls at home and wanted a way for them to get involved in the game that was fun and involved other girls,” said Wheaton. “Sometimes you see the classes that are boys

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and girls mixed and it’s not as successful and it might be a little intimidating for the girls to get started. So, in this atmosphere they are a lot more comfortable.”

Wheaton said the three day session started on Monday afternoon with a golf fundamentals practice in the classroom, at the driving range and on the putting green before turning into a mobility and stability session at the Servus Sports Centre the second day. He said they then headed over to the BioClean Aquatic Centre on Wednesday for a water aerobics class followed by a free swim.

“It’s really fun,” said Britlynn Parsons, 9. “I like the teachers. We’re here to have fun and golf.”

Brooklyn Pattison, 10, noted this

Local boys help Northeast win gold JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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Four local boys helped the Zone 7 basketball team make history this past summer.

Lloydminster’s Jake Orieux, Godwin Javier, Matthew Cavanagh and Mattias Wright helped lead Team Northeast to a gold medal victory during the Alberta Summer Games basketball competition at Grande Prairie from July 19 to 22.

The 12-man group of athletes from Tofield to Fort McMurray went 3-0 during round-robin play, trounced Parkland 78-56 in the semifinal and came back to beat Calgary 83-67 in the Games’ championship at Grande Prairie Regional College.

“I think that we just wanted it more than Calgary,” said Orieux, 12. “At the start (of the Games), Calgary really thought they were going to walk over everybody. We thought we were going to do quite well. So, we

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put up a good fight.”

Orieux said everyone was facing an uphill battle by the end of the three-day and five-match competition, but the opportunity to compete at the Games and experience the energy that its thousands of athletes and spectators produced helped them power through it.

Wright said six or seven practic es b efo re th e t ou rnament made them stay on focus. He added they actually seemed to improve their play as the Games went on.

“Our biggest strength was we had two of the biggest kids in the tournament,” said Wright, 14. “So, we worked our team around having the size. We just worked it so we could get better at making plays to either get them the ball or have them hand it off.”

The Alberta Summer Games marked a bit of a different experience than the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, noted

Wright, due to its tight schedule.

He said the athletes’ quarters were also spread out among different schools at these Games, while the previous competition saw them all bunk at one high school.

“Most of the teams would hang out with each other or if y ou saw someone f rom y ou r zone you’d go hang out with them,” said Orieux.

“There was (only) one real time where you were hanging out with the other zones and that was at the dance.”

Orieux said it took two tryouts culminating in a late May cut down to make the team followed by a month-and-a-half of travel for practices to get ready.

He said the journey was hard, but it felt great to finally get to the Games and finish on the podium.

“Our zone has never beat Calgary let alone won a medal,” said Wright.

“So, it means a lot to us.”

marked her second time participating in the LGCC junior girls golf camp with the lessons learned hopefully helping her gain an edge when she competes against her dad and sister on the links.

Purnachandra Viswanathan, 15, added she

signed up this year in an effort to get back into the game after a four-year hiatus.

“It’s just been so long,” said Viswanathan. “I thought maybe they could teach us something different coming here again or something else.”

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS The Meridian Source Calendar of Events is a free service provided for non-profit organizations located within our coverage area. All events are in chronological order, as space permits and at the editor’s discretion.

EVERY TUESDAY — VOLLEYBALL Drop in volleyball from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Takes place at the Servus Sports Centre and everyone is welcome, non-competitive and no experience is necessary.

Come for fun and exercise and meet some great people.

EVERY TUESDAY — ADAPTED YOGA From 10 – 11 a.m. at the Community Service Centre. For more information please contact AnnDee at 780-8710513.

EVERY TUESDAY — DIABETES 102 The new schedule for PNRHA Diabetes Education Classes is ready! Everyone starts with Diabetes 101 and then follows up with Diabetes 102 (people on diabetes pills) or Diabete s 103 (p e o p le on insulin). All classes are scheduled on a Tuesday morning from 8:15 a.m. to noon. Please contact Nancy Johnston at 306-820-6096 or Helen Rogers at 306-820-6291 to pre-register.

EVERY TUESDAY — SENIORS MEET The Lloydminster Concerned Citizens for Seniors Care Society meets at the Legacy Centre from noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch is available for $8.

Please reserve before Tuesday morning

at 780-875-4584.

Everyone welcome.

EVERY TUESDAY – DIABETES CLINICS The new schedule is out for Diabetes Education Classes with Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Everyone starts with Diabetes 101 and follows up with Diabetes 102 and 103. All classes are scheduled on a Tuesday morning from 8:15 a.m. until noon. To register call Janis at 306-820-4887.

EVERY WEDNESDAY — CRAFTERNOON Join Midwest Family Connections at the lower level of Prairie North Plaza and bring your budding artist to explore and create with materials in the craft centre.

EVERY TUESDAY & SATURDAY — FARMER’S MARKET Downtown Farmer’s Market at the Fred North Community Centre (5002 - 51 Avenue, Lloydminster) from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Tues) 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Sat) We’re on Facebook.

JAN. 8 – CHILDREN’S GRIEF SUPPORT

Walking Through Grief Society is offering children’s grief support, Hope After Loss- Audra’s Legacy.

Sessions for 10 weeks will begin Jan. 8 Lloydminster, Mid West Family Connections Tuesday 6:30-8 p.m.

Passport to YLL To place an event, email taylor@meridiansource.ca or fax 306-825-5147

and Vermilion Monday 6:30-8 p.m. or Tues.

4-5:30 at J.R Robson school. Pre Registration necessary. Registration deadline Dec. 14. Registration cost $20. individual or family subsidy available.

To register contact 780-846-2576 or 780871-1750

JAN. 9 – FUN WITH NUMBERS

Lloydminster Learning Council will be offering Fun With Numbers, Jan 9 - Feb 13, 2019, Families come together once a week for 6 weeks. A program for parents/ caregivers of children (4-6 years) which uses stories, games and rhymes to develop numeracy skills in a fun and meaningful way. Free Call 780875-5763 to register for classes.

JAN. 17 – FREE LEGAL CLINIC

FREE Legal Advice Clinics by Community Legal Clinic, 4419-52 Avenue, Lloydminster, January 17, March 21, May 16, July 18, August 15, October 17 and December 19, 2019. Call 1-587789-0727 for eligibility and bookings. Watch our Facebook page for more details.

JAN. 19 – TEXAS HOLD’EM TOURNEY

There will be a Texas Hold’em Tournament at the Maidstone Legion Clubroom, 102-108-1st Ave. W, on Jan. 19. Tickets are $50 with registration at 6 p.m. and play starts at 7 p.m. There are only 40 entries. To register call Royal Canadian Legion Clubroom at 306-893-4048. License # TH18-0024.

JAN. 25 – ROBBIE BURNS NIGHT

The Edgerton & District Historical Society is sponsoring the 31st annual Robbie Burns Nite at the Edgerton Agricultural Hall.

Happy Hour and Silent Auction begin at 5:30 p.m. Supper - 6:30 p.m. Ceilidh - Scottish entertainment to follow. Tickets at the Edgerton Village Office 780-755-3933 or Toys & Treasures - Wainwright - 780-842-3903.

Adults - $25, children 12 and under - $5. Contact Louise at 780-7552189 for more info.

JAN. 26 – ROBBIE BURNS NIGHT

The Cross Border Highland Dance Association (CBHDA) is hosting a Robbie Burns Night fundraiser on Jan. 26. There will be a traditional roast beef supper, Haggis and a ticket bar. Featured entertainment is the Studio Encore Highland Dancers. Everyone is Welcome! Lloydminster Civic Center, upper hall for 5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. dinner and program. DJ dance to follow program, Robin’s DJ Service. Tickets are $35 adults and $20 children (under 12), 2 & Under free. Corporate tables available.

Contact Tara 780-8724425 or Angie 780808-6619.

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Bobcats introduce new head coach and general manager JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster Bobcats have a new voice behind the bench.

The Bobcats hired Nigel Dube as the club’s new head coach and general manager on Nov 12. Dube replaces Travis Clayton, who resigned three days earlier in agreement with the club’s Board of Directors that it would be best for the team.

Dube, 30, is taking on this new challenge after serving as the Camrose Kodiaks’ associate coach for the past year and a half. The former AJHL defenceman worked as an assistant coach with the North American Hockey League’s Minot Minotauros in the four seasons previous to joining the Kodiaks.

Employing a defensive mindset is the initial thing th e tea m w orke d on dur ing his first chance to run a practice, noted Dube, but a big aspect they’ll try to implement moving forward is playing with pace.

He said the coaching staff wants the athletes to play fast, think the game and create off of that.

“We don’t want to be robotic in how we move and always dumping the puck in,” said Dube, who will be joined by longtime assistant Kris Wiebe and firstyear coach Chris St. Jacques behind the bench.

“We want to be able to attack with speed, create a fun environment and a fun game while being defensively responsible. Guys

who want to work, guys who want to go in the trenches and do the right things, that’s what we’re going to be about here.”

Dube said player recruitment occupied a big part of his time while with the Kodiaks. He said community involvement, including helping develop the Kodiaks Cub Club reading and physical activity initiative, working on the business aspect of the organization, taking part in the strength and conditioning side of player development and contributing to the betterment of the team’s on-ice product also occupied his time in Camrose.

“In the interview process, I said the question will come up as to why haven’t I been a head coach and my big thing is I wanted to climb the ranks,” said Dube, who holds degrees in Health Science and Education from Minot State University as well as an MBA in Sports ManagementCoaching Theory from American Military University.

“But at the same time, I’m a players coach. I believe I can connect with them, have those relationships with them to get the most out of them every day.”

Bobcats’ Game Day Operations board member Shane Tomayer said the right attitude, pedigree, mindset and education pushed Dube to the top of the list of candidates vying for the Bobcats head coach and general manager position. He said their new hire has what they need as an organization to excel.

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Bobcats Game Day Operations board member Shane Tomayer introduces Nigel Dube as the team’s new head coach and general manager during a press conference at the Centennial Civic Centre.

“Culture is a big thing that we have to work on,” said Tomayer. “We know that we have pieces in place in our hockey program, skilled guys who maybe we haven’t seen the most out of yet. We think Nigel is going to be the guy who can come in, work with the rest of our coaching staff and get what we need out of those players to help make this season as successful as it can be.”

Brent Mohrbutter, president of the Lloydminster Bobcats, said the decision was made to part ways with Clayton at this stage of the season due to dwindling fan support, the players’ look of defeat even before the games started and the club’s recent move into the basement of the Viterra AJHL North

Division. He said the Bobcats need fans in the stands in order to be financially viable and they’re not going to come to the rink if the team is in last place.

“Something needed to change and this (was) just the first part,” said Mohrbutter, shortly before the Bobcats announced their new hire.

“We’re tearing our house down and we’re going to get that right before we start building it up. It could be a bit. It’s a lot of work, but we’ve got the board to do it.”

Mohrbutter said Lance Ward and Kyle Tapp stepped up to help the club get through their games against the Sherwood Park Crusaders and Olds

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Grizzlys after Clayton’s departure, but the board did maintain a focus on finding a replacement soon in order to give the players some structure.

He said they received over 100 resumes once the call went out for a new coach and general manager, which the board members scoured through over the weekend before conducting a few interviews to determine the right fit.

“However many years we’ve been here, 30-some years and there are no banners hanging at the end of the rink,” he said.

“Our goal is to change that. Winning is a cure for so much. It’s a cure for financial (gains) and for recruiting. Everyone wants to go play for the winner.”

Dube said the small town feel and great community support behind the Bobcats played a big role in his decision to apply for and accept the position as the team’s new head coach and general manager. He said fans of the club and members of this community have already begun to approach him and offer support toward his move into the Border City.

“It really shows how welcoming this city is,” said Dube. “We’re going to build a culture around that, which people want to be a part of and not only the fans and the community, but the players in the future and now too.

They’ll want to be a part of this culture we’re going to create here in Lloydminster.”

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Taking on the world’s best JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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An opportunity to compete against the world’s best fighters at a major international tournament was reward enough for two Lloydminster Fight Farm kickboxing and Muay Thai athletes.

“Getting a medal was just a bonus,” said Izzy Sebree, 10. “I felt proud of myself for just being there making it to worlds because other people don’t even dare to step into a ring. But, then there are fighters who step into a ring and get beat up and still are happy and still move forward.”

Izzy captured a bronze medal in low kick during the World Kickboxing Union (WKU) championships at Athens, Greece, in late October.

Her sister Abby, 12, brought home a silver and bronze in continuous and low kick kick-

boxing from the WKU finals.

“I trained fo r th at and now I’m good for tournaments,” said Abby, a Grade 7 student at E.S. Laird Middle School. “I put in all that work to get that far and I can do it again.”

Izzy and Abby earned their spots at the WKU championships by placing two-top in a Team Canada qualifying tournament at Calgary’s Five Elements Martial Arts club this past March.

The girls then upped their five-days-a-week training schedule over the next seven months in order to prepare for the opportunity.

“It sure made us work,” said Izzy, who is a Grade 5 student at Queen Elizabeth School.

“We had a strict diet, not much ice cream.”

Abby said they’ve

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Jamie Harkins Meridian Source Abby, left, and Izzy Sebree competed for Team Canada during the World Kickboxing Union championships in late October.

trained and sparred almost every day since scoring the berth. She noted they also regularly travelled to Calgary to practise with the Team Canada coaching staff at the Five Elements Martial Arts club and attended a four-day fighting seminar featuring WKU rules instruction with their fellow Western Canadian athletes.

The extra training helped the girls get ready to compete, but it didn’t prepare them for the tournament’s size.

O ve r 2,0 0 0 w o r l d class athletes and as many fans crammed Athens’ Dais Sports Centre for the Oct. 26 to 30 championships, which proved a bit too exciting at times for the Border City athletes.

Izzy said their parents took them aside during the final day of fighting due to the nerves

they experienced watching the competition earlier on in the tournament. She said they felt overwhelmed heading in to their championship bouts, but the extra encouragement and cool down from mom and dad helped them regain focus.

“I was relaxed (afterwards),” said Abby. “I was ready. I realized that I’ve been training for months for this and I realized I’m good.”

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plan to scale back their training now that the WKU championships have come to a close.

She said they’ve made time to start and participate in all these extra lessons over the past seven months and they’re going to continue with it because what else would they do otherwise.

“Also, we have another tournament coming up in Calgary,” said Izzy. “We have to train for that one too.”

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Xtreme battle to Alberta lacrosse gold JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster Xtreme are provincial champions.

The Xtreme beat the hometown Heat 9-6 in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) junior B provincial tournament final at High River’s Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex in late July.

The win marked the Xtreme’s first RMLL championship and the culmination of up to five years of hard work from the club’s coaches and core players.

“Our team this year had so much skill,” said Xtreme captain Terix Fischer-Kobes. “When we got our heads right, committed and knew what we wanted we were able to win any game we played in.”

The Xtreme blazed to a 12-5 finish in the RMLL North Division before rocketing past the Edmonton War-

riors and Cold Lake Lakeland Heat in the opening two rounds of the playoffs. The local boys started off the RMLL finals by besting the Sherwood Park Titans 9-5 only to drop their next round-robin match 9-5 to High River.

“The things that we knew could go wrong all went wrong,” said Kyle Boyer, who manned the Xtreme crease in all four of their provincial final games.

“We had to bounce back and it came down to the game we had to win that night against Red Deer. We really just regrouped as a team, got together, figured out what went wrong and how we could get back on track.”

The Xtreme knocked off the Red Deer Renegades 9-4 to earn a berth in the gold medal game. Two goals by Logan Blize

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The Lloydminster Xtreme won the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League jr. B provincial championship at a season ending tournament in High River.

and a marker by Brody McNaughton helped the team to an early 3-0 lead in the final, but the Heat pushed back to make the score 3-2 by the opening minutes of the second period.

Blize answered the bell with two quick goals and the clubs exchanged scores throughout the rest of the middle frame.

The Xtreme’s Logan Simon brought the tally to 8-4 in their favour during the opening moments of the third

period and the boys held on from there.

“It was definitely, I would say, the most intense period of my career,” said Boyer.

“Thankfully our offence kept scoring and our defence kept strong just like they did all tournament. You know as soon as you get nervous like that it’s easy to flip on a lead and let them come back and that’s happened before to us too. But, we

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basically kept playing our game.”

Boyer said gutting out the win did come as a bit of a surprise considering they entered the tournament as the lowest seed and a first time participant at the finals. He said they put in a lot of work to get to this point as well, so the feeling was there also wasn’t a team that they couldn’t beat.

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“It’s pretty good for the Xtreme,” said Fischer-Kobes. “A lot of guys who are returning next year, they’ll all have experience going through two rounds of playoffs and winning a provincial tournament.

Also, seeing we can win in Lloydminster might draw more kids to stay and play lacrosse and eventually join the Xtreme.”

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Peewee AA Twins win league championship JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster peewee AA Twins have won the inaugural North Saskatchewan Baseball League (NSBL) championship.

The Twins over-

came an early case of the jitters to beat the Watrous Lakers 12-5 in the NSBL final under sunny skies and in front of a crowd of cheering family and friends at Husky Ball Park in late July.

The Lakers capitalized on the Twins’ out-of-the-gate anxiety surging ahead 2-0 in the top of the first inning, but a lucky bounce allowed the local boys to cut the deficit to one in the bottom half of the frame with Gage Macri tying the contest on an opportunistic run home from third during the next at bat.

“On the first (pitch to the backstop) I probably should have scored, but I just had a bad jump,” said Macri.

“Then the second one, I saw it go back there and I knew we needed to score that run to equalize the game. So, I tried to get in there and score a big run for us.”

Twins outfielder Hunter Rachinski brought home Dexson Oakes before the inning was out to give his team a 3-2 lead. Ryker Singer then held the fort by striking out five of the 10 Lakers batters he faced in the following

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The Lloydminster peewee AA Twins captured the inaugural North Saskatchewan Baseball League championship.

two innings before his Twins teammates blew the game open in the bottom of the third.

Macri plated Singer to give the Twins a 5-3 lead shortly into the frame. Oakes made it a three-run game a few batters later on a run home off a high pitch with Brenden Pollard upping the advan-

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tage to 7-3 on a long drive into deep centre field that cashed in Rachinski.

“We were focusing on squaring up the ball,” said Singer, who gave up the mound to Pollard in the top of the fourth inning after reaching the 85-pitch limit. “We didn’t need to hit it hard. We just needed to get on base and let our whole lineup play the ball.”

Pollard recorded four

strikeouts over a perfect 3.1 innings of work to stifle any hopes of a Lakers comeback.

Dylan Puech put an exclamation mark on the win with a drive to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning that brought home Gage Haygarth for the 12-5 lead.

“It means a lot,” said Singer. “We worked for it all year. That was our goal and we finally made it.”

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Agriculture

Planning for farm success in today’s times

File Photo Farming is a complicated business that can experience significant change. The best way to weather disruptions is by having a good business plan in place.

There are countless variations of business plans depending on the size, age and type of operation.

A highly complex, expanding farm with younger owners and multiple stakeholders will require a very comprehensive plan. On the other hand, a well-established, family-owned business under the same ownership for decades can probably manage with a short summary.

Regardless of the complexity of your business planning, Ryan Riese, national director of agriculture strategy at RBC shares a list of essential considerations:

Understand your costs, including inflation Keeping a good handle on costs helps you maintain control over your operations and have a clear picture of your profitability and what it will take to drive more profit.

Clearly lay out your goals If you start with the end goal in mind, it’s easy to determine next steps. This should not be confined to financial goals. For example, do you want to plan for an early retirement? Do you want to grow the size of your operations?

Where do you want to be in five or 10 years?

Be sure to share those goals with your family members and team.

Use professionals

to fill in skills gaps More often than not, operators are strong on the big-picture side of the equation, but aren’t as proficient in handling the finer details of developing a business plan. Don’t be afraid to reach out for help where needed.

Consider your risk factors and put in plans to mitigate them It’s important to keep a strong balance sheet, so you may need to reduce your pace of expansion or explore your insurance options.

Review your business plan The f requ ency will depend on the pace of change and your business cycles. Generally speaking, you should review your plan at least once a year.

ARC Programs is accepting applications for Child and Youth Care Counselors, Youth and Family Counselors, Behavioural Consultants and Support Workers

(for children and youth with Special Needs) and other positions in southern BC. The communities we operate in, across the southern BC Interior (including Kelowna, Penticton, and Castlegar), provide an exceptional environment to live and play in, raise a family, enjoy our beautiful settings, and social, recreational, arts and cultural activities. Our agency is growing rapidly and providing a range of employment opportunities, for competitive compensation and excellent benefits. There is career mobility within the agency, as staff often gain experience in several different types of programs over time.

ARC Programs has achieved Accreditation of our services, and strives to provide the highest quality and most effective services for children, youth, families and18125AA1 vulnerable individuals in our communities. We are considered the social-services agency ‘employer of choice’ in our communities, promote the diversity of our workforce, and support our staff to demonstrate cultural competence and sensitivity to the diversity of all populations of the communities we serve.

For more information regarding the qualifications and application process for currently open positions (plus more coming very soon in the New Year), and the programs provided by the agency, access our web-site: www.arcprograms.com.

Applicants must have a valid drivers license, and most positions require a sound personal vehicle for business use.

Contributions towards moving expenses or other incentives may be available for specific positions. Send us a letter of interest and resume (which doesn’t have to be for a specific position or community) and come to BC!

One important thing to remember in all this is that the business plan document is not the end of the process.

It is simply a tool that gives the operator the information they need to make sound decisions.

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Real Estate

A primer on farmland sales and leasing for non-farmers MIDWEST MINUTE VERN McCLELLAND

I believe the next 10 to 15 years will see a significant change in ownership of land from those who at one time farmed it to those who never have or never will.

We are already receiving more than the usual number of inquiries from beneficiaries, usually sons or daughters who left home after high school pursuing a career other than riding a tractor or dealing with cold newborn calves at midnight.

Mom or dad, when they retired, rented t h e f a r m t o a ne ig h bour or extended family member and used the income to support themselves.

Petroleum or natural gas surface leases were a cash bonus.

They have now passed, and the adult children are left wondering what they should do.

The emotional tie

back to the home farm is strong, making decisions difficult. They know their parents had always counselled land was the best investment and are reluctant to be the one to part with it.

However, dealing with tenants can be stressful, never mind the opportunity the capital value of the land could offer for adult children facing their own retirement decisions, job loss, relationship breakdown, or support of offspring beckons.

One of the great mysteries of leasing farmland in western Canada is the lack of data about what parcels in a district are renting for.

It goes without saying tenants want to keep their costs down so likely won’t offer top dollar unless forced to.

The coffee shop or RM office is a shaky place to get accurate information as it is all hearsay in those forums.

Then there is the “family and friends

discount”; an expectation to charge less than the market would bear for the cousin who always hosts the family reunion, or the friend you rode the school bus with back in the day.

The only way to truly establish what is current is to go to the open market using a tender process but this is rarely used in fear that longstanding relationships will be damaged.

Selling a parcel of land can be just as difficult for all the same reasons.

I am constantly surprised at how many non-farming beneficiaries are reluctant to get one or more independent valuations before settling an estate or jumping in to marketing a property.

It is a lot easier to put the ship in the harbor, if you know where the harbor is.

I had two sisters from out of province who couldn’t see the need in paying for a valuation on six quarters of quality land.

When I asked them what they thought it was worth they told me they were seriously considering an offer from a cousin $1,500,000.

There was a long silence on the phone when I told them that land of equal productivity had been actively selling in the district for $500,000 per quarter, and that didn’t include the contributory value of the oil surface leases, of which there were 10 on this land.

They discussed the situation with their lawyer, and he sent them right back to me for a written opinion of value.

The cousin was not impressed, but frankly neither was I with him

trying to take advantage of naïve sellers.

Not all land is equal. In fact, there can be significant differences between adjoining parcels.

Even land of similar productive value can vary widely depending on its distance from service centers, or amount of competition for cropable acres in a district.

Supply and demand is alive and well.

I am a strong advocate of sealed bid tender as it gives everyone an equal opportunity to indicate their interest, but there are times when stating an asking price will work better.

More and more I am being asked to facilitate a private deal between a seller and a

prospective buyer.

I provide a perspective on the current market value, provide it to both parties then meet with them to hammer out terms.

But whatever path is chosen, it all starts with a conversation on goals, realistic expectations, and a willingness to listen to advice from your accountant, lawyer, and friendly neighborhood Realtor.

Vern McClelland is an associate broker with RE/MAX of Lloydminster. He can be reached at (780) 8082700, through www. vernmcclelland.com or by following the Midwest Group Lloydminster on Facebook.

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