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Mavericks hope to unite the west GEOFF LEE
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.................................. Ken Rutherford hopes to rock the regional political boat in the next federal election. The Lloydminster resident is the Battlefords-Lloydminster candidate for the new Maverick Party that is out to represent only the west in Ottawa. This is the first foray into politics for the Lloydminster businessman, who decided to join the party to get a better deal for western Canada in Confederation. “Like many, I’m a frustrated westerner and I think you either have to be a part of the solution or you’re part of the problem,” said Rutherford. “I also subscribe to the statement, if you keep doing the same thing over and over again and you expect different results, it’s the definition of insanity.” He says knowing the Trudeau Liberal Party did poorly in the last federal election in the west helps to open the door to the new grassroots Mavericks.
“It’s a party that gives frustrated westerners like myself a new political home that stands for westerners. They don’t plan to run any candidates past the Manitoba border,” said Rutherford. He says the way our political structure is set up, the majority of seats in Parliament are represented by Ontario and Quebec. “Often the election is called before it hits the Alberta border. It’s not surprising that we are where we are,” he said. The Maverick Party, formerly known as Wex it C an ada, has a two-track approach that advocates for constitutional change that will benefit the west, or the independence of Western Canada if positive change doesn’t happen. Rutherford says he loves Canada and hopes the approach of working within Canada works. “There are various parts to Canada and they’re just different. This is a way to have a regional interest at the national stage,” he said.
Rutherford says the Maverick Party is taking advantage of a feeling of western alienation among some voters. “That’s many people’s position, because we’ve experienced a lot of support in a very short time,” he noted. He says the only caveat is some concern about splitting the vote. Rutherford is hoping to steal votes in the constituency that elected Progressive Conservative Party MP Rosemary Falk in the last election, with the Liberals a far distant second. “There will either be a Maverick or a PC MP going to Ottawa,” said Rutherford. “We’re going to stay away from the tightlycontested areas, so splitting the vote isn’t a concern.” In the meantime, Rutherford is looking forward to taking part in the party’s virtual policy convention on Aug. 7 and introducing himself to constituents. Rutherford was raised on a farm in the Paradise Hill area and
currently lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their six children in the country, northeast of Lloydminster. He’s also the owner of his own real-estate appraisal company, Rutherford Appraisal Group, and teaches appraisals at the School of Business at Lakeland College. He is active with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity and StartUp Lloydminster. In June, the fitness enthusiast took part in the Bike for Breakfast YLL charity ride to support school breakfast programs in area schools. Rutherford says representing a new political party means he is also tasked with letting the electorate know more about it. “I would say most
people we talk to, once they understand what the Maverick Party is and what they stand for, they say, ‘I can get behind that,’ but you’ve got to explain it to them,” he said. “So we’re doing as much as we can to get in front of people, to listen to them, and talk to them about the Maverick Party.” The current party platform supports measures such as scrapping the existing equalization formula along with
provincial and national carbon taxes. The party is also strongly opposed to the latest Liberal’s firearms confiscation program. They also want western provinces to be fully compensated if they opt-out of new federal cost-share programs as part of their multi-faceted ideology. “We’re doing everything we can to explain to people about the Maverick Party,” said Rutherford. “We’re doing meet and greets, barbecues; I’m doing interviews, so lots of interaction with the media. “We’re reaching out to all the communities. We are putting together a steak night in Maidstone.”
Ken Rutherford is running for the new Maverick Party in the next federal election. Rutherford is the owner of Rutherford Appraisals Group and teaches business at Lakeland College. Geoff Lee Photo
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Premier opens province at chucks
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MLA Colleen Young and Premier Scott Moe celebrated Phase 3 of the Sask. Reopen plan in style by attending the North American Chuckwagon Championships on Monday night at Halstead Downs. TAYLOR WEAVER
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“We’re sticking it to COVID and we’re kicking off the summer right here in Lloydminster, how much better could it be.” Those were the words Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe used to describe the excitement and energy at Halstead Downs on Monday evening during the final night of North American Chuckwagon Championship action. Moe, who r ece ived formal invitations to the chuckwagon races from Lloydminster MLA Colleen Young as well as the Lloyd Ex, was all smiles at the races while sporting a dapper pair of cowboy kickers and a Stetson to boot. “This is a great night. It’s just a fabulous event, and thanks to everyone who had a part in putting this event on, on pretty short notice,” said Moe. “We’ve come through a year of uncertainty and this event speaks to, much more than just the community of Lloydminster, it really carves a path for, I
think everyone, in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and across our nation.” Moe expressed his excitement over the nine-day championship as it was the first major event in the province since Phase 3 of the Saskatchewan Reopen plan came into effect on July 11.
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The province is indebted to everyone who’s been working so hard to make sure this event is a success This is a way forward; thank you, Lloyd.
“There really is no better way (to kick off the reopen),” he said. “To come out to a community event, like the Lloydminster (Agricultural) Exhibition Association is putting on here, and to have people coming in and out throughout the last (nine) days really speaks to who we are as a province, who this community and the surrounding area is. It’s an
event for the people, put on by the people. “The province is indebted to everyone who’s been working so hard to make sure this event is a success, and also indebted to everyone who’s coming out and finding their way out after what’s been a tremendously long year. This is a way forward; thank you, Lloyd.” MLA Colleen Young was pleased to be joined by the premier on such a momentous occasion but joked she wished he came to the Border City sooner. “I was so grateful our premier was able to make it today. I was hoping he’d show up at seven o’clock on Thursday morning for the pancake breakfast to help out, but that didn’t work,” she said with a laugh. “It’s great to see him here this evening to help us celebrate the chuckwagons and the North American Chuckwagon Championship, but also the opening of our province. This is the first big major event to happen since we opened.”
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Youth to spice up Hot Peppers
Geoff Lee Meridian Source
Volunteers from the Lloydminster Community Youth Centre and the community pitched-in to prep a couple of walls in the alley behind Hot Peppers on 49 Ave. for new murals. This is the sixth year of the Youth Graffiti Cleanup program. The next session will include youth from the Native Friendship Centre. GEOFF LEE
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.................................. Youths in Lloydminster are continuing to discover the fact volunteering can be fun and rewarding. An initial group of five or six youngsters from the Lloydminster Community Youth Centre (LCYC) is getting to experience that during this year’s sixth yearly Youth Graffiti Clean-up program. One of those kids is Izac Verigan, who is on his third yearly downtown cleanup project helping to create two murals on two backalley walls of Hot Peppers clothing store on 49 Ave. “Today, we are cleaning the wall off then we are going to put the first layer of primer on. In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be painting on it again and hopefully, get it done,” said Izac during the latest project kickoff last Thursday. Patrick Lancaster, manager, social programs and services with the City of Lloydminster, was on hand to explain the initial mural making step. “By cleaning the wall before we put the primer down, it will help to make the mural a little more stable,” said Lancaster. “It will prevent some of the peeling in case
we’re painting over dirt or dust and things like that.” The initial wall youth are working on will feature a landscape mural with Indigenous elements – such as animals, medicines and teepees – created in part by Levi Wolf from the Native Friendship Centre. “We’re going to have things like animals, beaver, buffalo, wolf, eagle—things that mean something in Indigenous culture,” explained project manager Amber Fast. Fast is the City’s community development coordinator who says the mural will also depict a circle with children and an elder. “We’re going to have a sun and within the sun, some sacred medicines,” added Fast. “The other mural— we thought we would spice it up a little bit, do something that the kids would really relate to.” That second mural will be a cityscape with silhouettes of a skate park and other sportsrelated elements. A third wall facing the alleyway will just get a fresh coat of paint. It will take four painting sessions with youths and adult volunteers to complete the project on time by the
end of August. “We have five or six youth out today,” said Lancaster. “Next time, we’ll be joine d by t he Ll oy d minster Native Friendship Centre Youth Group, so we’ll probably have anywhere from 12 to 20 kids for each session,” he explained. Lancaster says it’s a great opportunity for them to pick up some skills to have a positive volunteer experience and gain some positive feedback. “They connect with the RCMP, public safety—mayor and council come out as well as representatives from different service agencies in town,” he said. Lancaster notes the project is to really reinforce the idea that volunteering can be fun; it can be rewarding and to give the youth some positive memories they’ll take into adulthood. Young Izac attests to that after working with other youth to complete a sunset silhouette at the old water treatment plant and a landscape scene featuring a fairy on another building downtown. “It’s certainly like, wow; we did this, it’s something we put our mark on the commu-
nity. It’s impressive, kind of. It’s nice,” said Izac. Helping with the preparation work at the Peppers’ site was RCMP Const. Melanie Flynn, armed with a scrubbing brush. “I think it’s a really good positive thing for the youth of Lloydminster to be doing by brightening up the community and getting rid of some of this notso-good looking graffiti and adding a spark of colour to the alleyways here in Lloydminster,” she said. “The Lloyd youth centre is always doing such positive work with youth around the city. I am happy to show up and help out and show my support by scrubbing walls with them.” Kory Jans, who works at LCYC, says graffiti cleanup is one of his favourite projects because it means a lot to youth who take part. “It’s nice and the kids can put their name on it and walk downtown and say ‘hey that’s my name,’ it’s always nice for the kids,” he said. Jans says these projects, which started off repainting fences, help to rid the stigma about youth being the ones who do the graffiti tagging when they’re the
ones cleaning it up. “I think they like hav-
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ing that good responsibility,” he added.
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Snowflake House thanks Rotary GEOFF LEE
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.................................. The Snowflake House Respite Foundation is this week’s newsmaker at the Rotary Club of Lloydminster. Shelly Wieringa, executive director of the local charity, accepted a donation of $2,000 from past Rotary president Darryl Benson on Monday to help cover operating costs of the non-profit charity. “It helps to cover some of the income we’re lost because of COVID, so it will definitely help us with funding of the house and the office and programs,” explained Wieringa. “Currently, we have a 60-family list for Lloydminster and area and it grows constantly.” Snowflake House is a place that provides temporary respite relief for children with special physical, cognitive and behavioural needs in a
home-like setting. “It gives them a break from their parents, it gives parents a respite break from them,” explained Wieringa. The Rotary donation will also go towards some new workshops that will start up soon at their office. “We’re going to be doing a variety so it will be everything from anger resolution therapy, which is court mandated; we’re going to be able to do all kinds of professional development and personal development through life skills,” said Wieringa. The foundation has a volunteer board and paid staff and charges on a fee for item of service basis. “We are not funded by anybody. We do the work and then we get paid,” said Wieringa. “In-house, we offer behaviour mentorships, behaviour modifica-
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Snowflake House Respite Foundation executive director Shelly Wieringa accepted a donation cheque for $2,000 from Rotary Club of Lloydminster past president Darryl Benson on Monday. The funds will go toward workshops for families of children with disabilities.
tions; we offer respite time, time away, learning skills; all kinds of activities that we do with the kids.” Snowflake foundation has operated in Lloydminster since 2012 and recently moved to a new office at 5702-50 Ave. in the same building as Alpine Drywall and Plastering. Wieringa told Rotary that, thanks to behavioural modification and teaching they do at the office, they helped men-
tor a local boy with disabilities this year to raise his school marks from a near fail to acing Grade 9 with honours. “We are dedicated to our kids and dedicated to our foundation,” she said. Wieringa also wrote a book in 2013 about her own troubled upbringing called “I Never Lied” that’s for sale at the office with all the proceeds going to the foundation to help fund programming.
Colby Stanley wins NACC Mentorship Aggregate TAYLOR WEAVER
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It was a dream come true for Colby Stanley as he finished his nineday run at the North American Chuckwagon Championship (NACC) the Mentorship Aggregate champion. Stanley, a 26-yearold heavy equipment operator, racing out of Meadow Lake, Sask., was humbled by his experience at Halstead Downs from July 11-19 and said he wouldn’t want it any other way. “A little exhausted, but I wouldn’t be anywhere else, that’s for sure,” he said. “It’s a real privilege to
be here.” The NACC mentorship heats were brought in to give younger drivers a chance to gain some extra experience and a bit of extra money. The heats also gave drivers a chance to do more hands-on learning in regards to chuckwagon racing. After the first six days of racing, the top three mentorship drivers had a $3,000 dash, which Stanley won, but he also won the overall aggregate for having the fastest accumulative time over the nine days, gaining him an invite to next year’s NACC. “It’s been a dream
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Driver Colby Stanley talks with track announcer Jason Lee after winning the NACC Mentorship Aggregate on Monday night at Halstead Downs.
come true, I guess we just have to go ahead with the plan, and I look forward to it,” he said. “I’m heading back to work tonight, but the
boys are heading out with the horses, and take care of the boys, and make sure they keep going the way we want them to.”
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Lake Life Caesar Co. makes splash at NACC
Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Sondra and Bryce Pearn, the faces and brains behind Lake Life Caesar Co., were mingling and making new friends at their booth during the nine-day North American Chuckwagon Championship. The business started out as a passion project for the pair of Border City educators and has gone further than either ever imagined it would. TAYLOR WEAVER
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If you had the chance to enjoy an ice-cold caesar during the nineday North American Chuckwagon Championship, then you know what Lake Life Caesar Co. is all about, and if “everyone” is saying “It’s so good it actually changed my life,” it must be good. Lake Life Caesar Co. started out as a caesar pre-mix passion project for Border City educators Bryce and Sondra Pearn, but over the past couple of years, their pre-mix has become the passion of many. “My wife and I are both educators, so we would have our summers off and we’d go to the lake. At the lake, we enjoy having a good caesar,” said Bryce. “We like making a good tasting caesar, so you take a few ingredients to make that, and it takes a bit of time to do that and it would eat into the lake time or time we’d rather be spending at the beach.” When Bryce was taking his Masters at the U of A he would go for lunch at a local bar and order a caesar. This particular bar had an in-house pre-mix, and the idea to make his own pre-mix was born. “The day I met Bryce (which was in 2013), he and his roommate were
always having competitions as to who could make the best caesar,” said Sondra. “But Bryce hated making them for everybody because there’s a lot of ingredients in a good caesar, and it was super timeconsuming. “He thought, why not just put everything into one bottle, which is when we started bringing it to the lake in mason jars and let the family try it out.” After friends and family members gave Bryce and Sondra the thumbs-up on their caesar mix, Sondra thought they should post it on Facebook at Christmas in 2019 to see if there was any interest.
“That went really well and after that, we had some interest from local businesses in Vermilion and Lloydminster, and at that point, we needed to incorporate and we became Lake Life Caesar Company,” said Bryce. “We love the lake, it’s our favourite place, and it’s where we have some of our best days, and Lake Life is all about making things simple, but at a very high quality. You can have the caesar you want, and the time you deserve.” Both Sondra and Bryce can’t give enough thanks to local community members as well as businesses for their continued support over the years, which is a
testament to the quality of their product. Bryce explained the amount of Lake Life mix you use in your drinks all depends on the size of the cup, and don’t forget lots of ice. “ An ou nce is a lot . We sell 16-ounce bottles and that should make you about 20 caesars, so for most, I’d say use three-quarters of an ounce of mix,” he said. “Shake the bottle really well, dump it in, and enjoy.” Lake Life Caesar Co. products are available in stores in the Border City, including Lower Shannon Farms and Home Hardware Building Centre, as well as online at lakelifecaesarmix.com
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Ecoplast signs MOU to partner GEOFF LEE
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.................................. Lloydminster-based Ecoplast Solutions Inc. is teaming up with Exceed Solar Inc. in Edmonton to collaborat e on const ru ct ing high-tech living spaces that aim to set a new standard in sustainable living. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together towards that goal. The partnership with Ecoplast will see Exceed Solar utilizing Ecoplast’s proprietary structural insulated panels (SIPs) to build its sustainable living spaces that include backyard studios, garden or in-law suites and high-tech greenhouses. “We’re extremely excited to work with Exceed Solar on numerous projects going forward. We believe our eco-friendly building solution is a perfect fit for their future develop-
Lloydminster’s Ecoplast Solutions managing partner, Jean Marc D-Entremont. File Photo ments,” said Jean-Marc d’Entremont, managing partner of Ecoplast in an announcement on July 15. Ecoplast’s insulated panels are built on a foam core material made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles and bonded with a special laminate. “What made Exceed Solar excited about working with Ecoplast is the fact the company uses recycled plastic bottles to produce a building system that is strong, energy-efficient, and cost-effective,” said Elliott Putters, president of Exceed Solar. “ O u r stra te gy i s to commoditize building
structures to address the increasing cost of contemporary living spaces. The products offered by Ecoplast Solutions fit well within that strategy.” Exceed is 40 per cent owned by Edmontonbased company Visionstate Corp. that signed a letter of intent in April to acquire the outstanding shares of Exceed Solar. In the meantime, Exceed Solar says the partnership with Ecoplast will be a key factor in the company’s ability to be a part of and to build abundant, safe, and healthy communities. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Making amazing memories with great friends
Taylor Weaver Meridian Source
Sydney and McKenna had a great time at the North American Chuckwagon Championships this past Saturday night as they cheered on their favourite drivers and outriders. And of course, a night of fun at the chucks and the Lloyd Ex Fair wouldn’t be complete without some face paint. ECOPLAST FROM PAGE 6
The company is focused on energyefficient, smallerscale structures such as backyard greenhouses, garden suites and business and entertainment studios which are branded under Sol Spaces. Ecoplast’s SIP inno-
vation represents a new application for recycled high-quality polyethylene terephthalate (PET) made from plastic bottles. PET foams are the newest structural core materials in the composite industry. Ecoplast only sources PET made solely from recy-
cled bottles. Their composite panels are ideal for residential and commercial construction, or any standing structure that needs to be solid. The company opened its manufacturing facility at 4604-62 Ave. last summer.
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After the Toronto Maple Leafs, I am an Edmonton Oilers fans, mainly though just routing for Connor McDavid as a young individual superstar. What baffles me is why the Oilers would acquire 38 yearold defenceman Duncan Keith from the Chicago Blackhawks for a third round draft pick and young D-man Caleb Jones. In justifying the trade, Oilers GM Ken Holland, was quoted as saying, “It’s hard to pass up a player that has got as much experience and success as Duncan Keith. “Not only will Duncan help us on the ice, but he’ll be a tremendous leader in the locker
room… Obviously excited today, a legitimate Top 4 defenceman and I know Duncan is very, very excited.” With that logic, it would make more sense to sign 73 year-old Bobby Orr who has even more experience and success than the veteran Duncan. I am sure Orr would also be great in the dressing room chuckling about his 200 knee surgeries to explain why he can’t skate anymore too! The Oilers even protected Keith in the expansion draft, missing a chance to right their mistake. It was obvious in the playoffs, for example, that 42 yearold Jumbo Joe with the Leafs couldn’t keep up with the fast pace and had a minimal impact. If these old guys are “good in the dressing room” why not hire them after they retire to hang
out in the room and save the team some salary cap. If I were Holland, I would want a player who is “good on the ice” not in the locker room, fist pumping or spewing motivational slogans or whatever being good in the dressing room means. Of course, I am being sarcastic, but there are dozens of good young players who are drafted every year who can out skate, out shoot and out pass veterans like Keith and Thornton. It also makes no sense to pay $5.5 million for a guy who racks up skating minutes, but few points or goals in favour of paying a rookie a pittance to play for keeps. Keith isn’t going to help the Oilers win the cup next year, anymore than Thornton did. The time to sign these guys was in their prime. That’s not today.
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Dry, hot weather to curb yields GEOFF LEE
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.................................. Lloydminster area farmers in Saskatchewan are bracing for a bite-sized harvest this season due to dry, hot conditions, following a bumper crop a year ago. “Everywhere in the province is experiencing the same symptoms of heat stress. The crops are just tired of the heat and lack of moisture for sure,” said Matthew Struthers, a crop extension specialist based in Moose Jaw. Topsoil moisture conditions in the province are also continuing to decrease in the dry spell. Struthers says the heat is affecting all crops including canola, barley, alfalfa, wheat, oats, oats, peas, lentils and canary seed grown in the Lloyd region. “We’ve had two and a half weeks of really
high temperatures. It’s not inching up to 40 degrees today but it’s still 28 degrees,” he said on July 14. “There is no plant growth at that temperature. If these temperatures hold up any longer, the crops are certainly going to run out of moisture—what little they have left.” Struthers says any rain now would only plateau the yield and keep it from dropping, but it won’t increase. The price for canola hit a record high of $976 CDN per tonne on July 14 with hot and dry conditions prevailing. “It’s just so dry out there — I personally think it’s going to be quite a below-average yield and year for quality for sure,” said Struthers. He says the harvest last year was really good mainly because there
File Photo were some good timely rains. “It was a picture-perfect fall, no early snow and no big heavy rain that decreased quality. Guys were able to get out there and combine without a hitch,” he said. Struthers says it will be easier in two weeks to quantify yields because right now there is still a lot of immature crops, crops that haven‘t started to flower or tried to set seed yet. “At the beginning of August it will be quite clear on the impact of
heat and the dryness,” he said. Struthers says when it gets super hot, as it has this month, flowering crops like canola are more susceptible to heat. “When the flower is out in that heat that flower isn’t going to turn into a pod. It’s not going to mature into a pod and set seed,” he explained. “It’s pretty much just going to fuse to that part of the plant and nothing’s going to happen.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Farmers brace for bite-sized harvest FROM PAGE 8
Struthers technically refers to the effect as heat blasting or an abortion. “So we definitely need temperatures to drop and some rain to show up,” he said. The southwest and w e s t- ce n t ra l re g i o ns of the province are the hardest hit by the drought. “They just haven’t got any substantial rain this year,” said Struthers, who includes the Lloydminster area as one of the worst-off areas. The hot and dry conditions are also having an impact on forage for livestock. “Pasture fields, even way back in April and May, they were reported as being dismal and they haven’t improved throughout the sea-
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File Photo son. They’ve just slowly deteriorated,” said Struthers. He says there is just no moisture for that grass to grow. Farmers have cattle on them grazing, but that grass just can’t keep growing. Hay land has also been very dry and growth has been very slow due to the lack of moisture and also the cold temperatures experienced earlier in the season. “There are reports of some hay fields not
even worthy of the first cut and the quality of hay is quite low,” said Struthers. He notes producers are reminded they are allowed to cut hay in the ditches of secondary highways. “We are on the trend for a feed shortage,” said Struthers. He says there are some reports of cattle going to market sooner than they should if farmers need to reduce their herds to feed fewer animals.
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Gorst grabs NACC $100K dash win TAYLOR WEAVER
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When the dust settled and the penalties had been tallied, Meadow Lake’s Logan Gorst walked away $100K richer. Gorst, who races out of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association and currently sits second behind Todd Baptiste in the CPCA standings, had a great nine days of racing at the North American Chuckwagon Championships, hosted by the Lloyd Ex at Halstead Downs. “It feels pretty good,” said Gorst. “I feel bad for the guys in the heat there. Brad (McMann), he ran a really good race. You know, penalty seconds, it’s just a part of the sport. It’s more like a default win, but
hey, I’ve lost them like that too. I’m happy to win. “You try and win all the time, but there’s so many good competitors out there; it’s hard to do every night. I got lucky today, you gotta remember that. Brad actually, probably should have won the race if he didn’t have outrider trouble.” Gorst was also one of many drivers to voice his excitement over the atmosphere at Halstead Downs throughout the nine-day event. “Look at the crowds here, it’s just unreal,” he said. “They’re full every night. Lloyd Ex put a pretty good show on, and kudos to DJ King for coming up with this idea. It’s pretty awesome. “It’s honestly good
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Left- CPCA driver Logan Gorst accepts his NACC championship buckle alongside his family and outriders. Right- Logan Gorst comes flying out of the infield on Monday night during day-nine NACC action.
to get back to normal, especially for the kids. Of course, everybody missed a year of their lives, but the kids, the high school graduates, the kids with the hockey, they won’t get those years back. So it’s good to get back to normal and see all the faces; it’s been awesome.”
Gorst also thanked his immediate family as well as his wagon family for all the support thus far this season. “I couldn’t do this without the family. I couldn’t do this without all the barn crew. There were so many people helping this weekend, it was unreal.”
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AN IDEAL STAYCATION! MAKWA LAKE
SK
650,000
$
MLS A1031395
MAKWA LAKE
SK
449,500
$
MLS A1105010
464,900
$
MLS A1098674
PT SW-30-50-26 W3RD
PECK LAKE
429,800
$
MLS A1106159
4605 - 56 AVENUE
• Opportunity Presents! Revenue Potential! 3 bedroom main floor & 2 potential basement suites! • Single atttached garage, private yard, central location. $
242,500
SK
AB
599,900 MLS A1071380
$
BRIGHTSAND LAKE
SK
NEW LISTINGS
NEW PRICE
BRIGHTSAND LAKE
SK
INGENUITY EXCELLENCE
#303 - 5116 - 49 STREET
MILLER DRIVE
• Third floor south-west exposure condo with a large wrap-around deck in Maples II . • Clean, well cared for and ready for quick possession! $
234,500
AB
135,000
$
LAND
BRIGHTSAND LAKE
AB
MLS A1072051
2917 - 51 Ave. 299,900
$
MLS A1058463
SK
299,000
$
MLS A1093684
MLS A1098129 MLS A1098112 $ SK 49,000 EACH
COMMERCIAL-FOR LEASE DOWNTOWN
COWAN LAKE
MERIDIAN PLAZA
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SK $15.00/sq. ft. MLS A1044600
MLS A1124706 MLS A1124696 $ SK 45,000 EACH
PLAZA 44 - #130 MAIN FLOOR
PLAZA 44 - #118
KITSCOTY LOT
AB $14.50/sq. ft. MLS A1093741
AB $13.50/sq. ft. MLS A1092045
PLAZA 44 - #124
PLAZA 44 - #122
30,000
MLS A1101950
MARSHALL
AB $12.50/sq. ft. MLS A1092196
AB $12.50/sq. ft. MLS A1092124
PLAZA 44 - #128 SECOND FLOOR
PLAZA 51
AB $9.50/sq. ft. MLS A1093711
AB
$
SK
25,000
$
MLS A1122421
DEWBERRY LOTS
UNITS 1 & 2 MLS A1056129 MLS A1056182 UNIT 6 $ AB 7.50/sq. ft.
MLS A1130232
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SK
MLS A1130321
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READY!
3315 - 51 Ave.
Bachelor Suite
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1 bed, 1 bath
$650
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1 bed, 1 bath
$650
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5675 - 43 St.
1 bed, 1 bath
$700
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2 bed, 1 bath
$750
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2 bed, 1 bath
$800
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2 bed, 1 bath
$900
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2 bed, 1 bath
$900
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2 bed, 1 bath
$950 AUG. 1st
5110 - 54A St.
2 bed, 1 bath
$1000
READY!
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2 bed, 2 bath
$1000
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3 bed, 1 bath
$1300 AUG. 1st
SASKATCHEWAN 4728 - 18 St.
3 bed, 2 bath
$1200
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3 bed, 2 bath
$1250
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3 bed, 2 bath
$1250
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3 bed, 2 bath
$1250
READY!
1809 - 47 Ave.
3 bed, 2 bath
$1250 AUG. 1st
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Brad Gilbert Jennifer Gilbert Broker/Owner Associate Broker
Rick Schesnuk Realtor®
Caleb McLean Realtor®
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3812 - 51 Avenue, Lloydminster, AB T9V 3M7 Sandy Hardy Realtor®
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