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Students focus on eye-injury risks GEOFF LEE

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.................................. Actual photos of a fish hook in an eye and a chainsaw cut to an eye helped Grade 9 students at E.S. Laird Middle School understand the risks of not wearing protective eye wear. CNIB in partnership with WorkSafe Saskatchewan sponsored two tough love presentations in the school library on Oct. 25 to promote workplace safety and eye-injury prevention. The message is clearly applicable to E.S. Laird students who work in science labs and industrial arts (IA) shops. Science and IA teacher Teresa Stene says it’s quite difficult to convince students to continually wear their eye protection, especially in the industrial arts lab. “They want to take their protection off when using power tools and forget to put them back on. I just think it’s really important that they learn to behave safety,” she said. “At this age students

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Mindy Bodnarchuk, Child and Family Services Counsellor from CNIB, centre, is flanked by E.S. Laird Middle School Grade 9 students Micah Penill, left, and Tag Boyson right, wearing safety glasses that Bodnarchuk handed out following her eye safety presentation last Thursday. Students wear safety glasses in the Industrial Arts shop.

think they are invincible and they’re not, so we want them to be aware of the consequences.” Presenter Mindy Bodnarchuk, a child and family services counsellor from CNIB says she would ask students who think it’s not cool to wear safety glasses if they would rather lose their vision. Experience has taught her it is impor-

tant to showcase a few different eye injuries to students from chemical spills and metal shards to UV exposure in her presentation. “We find that showcasing their eye injuries, it does let students know it can happen to them,” said Bodnarchuk. “It shows you have to protect your eyes; you’ve got two of them and once your vision is

gone it’s gone for good in some cases.” The message definitely got through to Tag Boyson who says safety glasses are worn for his IA wood shop and welding classes. “I’m definitely going t o w e ar t he m all t he time after that presentation,” he said. According to CNIB more than 25,000 Saskatchewan residents are

blind or have only partial sight and they want people to know 100 per cent of eye injuries are avoidable with the use of proper eye protection. CNIB is committed to reducing the number of eye injuries by 50 per cent by the year 2020. Bodnarchuk brought two boxes of safety glasses and sunglasses for the school to use to go with some safety

goggles that were purchased for the IA lab last year. Stene says the goggles are clear and students can see nicely through them, but they don’t always want to wear them because of the “looking cool” factor. She is hoping that will change following the graphic presentation by Bodnarchuk. “I found it’s beneficial to have an exterior authority come in and say ‘here are the real risks of what you are doing and here’s what we’ve seen in the province of Saskatchewan’ hitting close to home,” said Stene. The message definitely increased the safety awareness of student Micah Penill who also takes IA shop. “I learned how important eye safety is and the preventions you can use so your eyes don’t get damaged,” she said. As for other students who don’t wear their safety glasses because they don’t think it’s cool she said, “Well, I hope their eyes don’t get hurt.”

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Council passes second and third reading for rezoning TAYLOR WEAVER

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Things are looking up for Lloydminster toy store Walkn on Water. After some debate and healthy feedback from the community, Lloydminster city council passed Bylaw 23 to redistrict the land from residential to commercial, and Bylaw 24 to redistrict the land from single detached residential to direct control. The business, located at 5201 46 St., requested their residence be redistricted from residential to com-

mercial in mid September, and a public hearing on the matter was held during the Oct. 15 meeting of council. Despite concerns from members of the public and councillors a like, the positive outweighed the negative and the decision was unanimous. “When w e had th e public hearing and we got some of the feedback from residents, and some of the issues surrounding that were parking on that street, and my only thoughts to that are the businesses intended to put more

parking stalls on there to help alleviate the issue, and I also don’t think it’s fair if they are penalized because I don’t believe the parking issues are due to their store,” said Coun. Jonathan Torresan. “They’re probably more reflective of the facilities around it rather than that business itself.” Coun. Stephanie Brown Munro was originally on the offensive when the first reading of the bylaw was past, but after careful consideration and input from fellow councillors

her mind was made up. “For me, I didn’t have a problem with the business at all and that was something I just really wanted to put forward and take the business out of the equation completely and just examine it like it was any other organization for business applying for the redistricting,” said Coun. Brown Munro. “However, my concern was, I’m a huge fan of the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan (DARP) and I didn’t want to see people not utilizing the

downtown and having people just going on the outskirts of downtown because that really takes away from the project that we’re doing in the downtown core and that was my major concern with it. I didn’t want to see businesses just come and surround the area.” With the bylaws passed there is much work to be done before the land is considered commercial, and one of the first steps for the property owner is acquiring building and construction permits to get the building ready.

Channel rehabilitation project awarded to Top Grade Construction TAYLOR WEAVER

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Lloydminster city council has awarded Top Grade Construction Ltd. the bid for the Northwest Drainage Channel Rehabilitation Project. The Border City is drained by a network of storm sewers and channels and one of the largest is the Northwest Drainage Channel, which runs from 75 Ave. at Hwy 16 north through to Neale Lake West. The decision to undertake this massive project came after an assessment of the city’s stormwater system as a means to prevent future flooding within the city.

Council approved the award to Top Grade Construction Ltd. at a cost of $3,546,958.75, plus GST, plus a 10 per cent contingency allowance in the amount of

$354,695.88, putting the project over budget. Coun. Aaron Buckingham did have concerns with the project being over budget and noted overages would be

covered by the capital asset replacement reserve. “It’s an interesting thing because here we have a budgeted item and then you have a 10 per cent contingency plan, which in this case is $350,000, no small contingency plan,” he said. “If you put that on the table what does a contractor look at? ‘Oh we can do this for an extra $350,000 we have to play with,’ and I’m not sure we should have that out there.” The completion of designs for future phases will be completed in 2019 with construction slated to be included in the 2020 and 2021 capital budgets.

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Major Crimes Unit North charges man with seconddegree murder LLOYDMINSTER RCMP

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On Monday at approximately 3:30 p.m., Lloydminster RCMP responded to a report of a male found deceased outside of an apartment on 45 Street in Lloydminster. The male had suspicious injuries and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit – North (MCU) responded and took control of the investigation. The victim was identified as 31-year-old Mitchell Daniels of Lloydminster. This afternoon, an autopsy was conducted at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton and the manner of death was determined to be a homicide. The RCMP Major Crimes Unit have charged 24-year-old Cameron Carter-Green of Lloydminster with second degree murder. He was remanded into custody and will be appearing in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Nov. 6 via CCTV. Police are not seeking any other suspects regarding this investigation. The family of Mitchell Daniels have asked for privacy as they grieve the loss of their loved one. Given that this matter is now before the courts, the RCMP will not be providing additional information.

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Remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice TAYLOR WEAVER

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The City of Lloydminster in partnership with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #39 proclaimed Oct. 27 as Poppy Day and the week of Nov. 5-11 as

Veterans’ Week last Friday in honour of vets young and old. “With a great deal of pleasure today I will sign a proclamation whereas the 11th day of November has been established as our Day

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of Remembrance and the poppy is a symbol of this remembrance, and the citizens of Lloydminster wish to remember the service men and women who gave their lives for the defence of our freedoms and that they shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not worry them or the years condemn them,” read Mayor Gerald Aalbers. “I think every Canadian young and old needs to take time on Nov. 11 to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom as a country,” he added. “I have the opportunity to be mayor of a great city thanks to people that served long before I came and we’ll hopefully have people after me that serve (so we have) the ability to walk down our streets in freedom ... to be able to vote, and to even protest, because there’s people in the

world that don’t have that opportunity.” Wearing a poppy is not only a sign of respect for veterans, it’s also a great way to support them as funding raised through poppy sales goes right back into the Royal Canadian Legion to help vets live the best lives they can. The partnership between the City of Lloydminster and the Royal Canadian Legion is a tradition both organizations can be proud of. “These proclamations are very important because we have to make people aware of the sacrifices these people did make and why we carry it on as tradition,” said Branch #39 Padre Rick Mallett. “It’s the same as why we still do Remembrance Day services on Nov. 9 within area schools in the morning and then at senior’s homes in the afternoons.” With not very many

veterans from the first and Second World War still alive, Mallett explained the way the Legion does their part has changed over the years, but that support is as important now as it ever has been. “We still provide for them in the seniors’ homes but we now have the young veterans from Afghanistan and a lot of them are suffering from PTSD, so every year we provide a dog of two for those vets, and those dogs can cost upwards of $15,000 once

they’re fully trained,” added Mallett. “There are also programs out there now for the veterans so they can meet with their buddies in a group such as Wounded Warriors Weekend, and funds raised throughout that weekend also go towards the canine programs.” This year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony is once again being held in the gym at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School and all planning on attending should try to arrive for

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Lloyd asphalt plan linked to MEG GEOFF LEE

WRITER

.................................. Husky Energy could review its deferred plan to double capacity of its Lloydminster asphalt refinery to 60,000 barrels a day in six to nine months. The company will need to increase its downstream refining, upgrading and transportation output if its $3.3 billion hostile cash and share offer to MEG Energy shareholders is accepted. The combined company will significantly boost Husky’s upstream oil production. “We’re a little bit short on the upstream now, we move to be a little bit long on the upstream post the MEG acquisition,” said CEO Rob Peabody in a thirdquarter conference call last Thursday. “We’re going to have about 400,000 barrels a day of heavy and bitumen blend, and we’re going to have about 375,000 barrels between upgrading, refining and committed pipeline capacity to take that away.” The Superior Wis. refinery that’s been shutdown since a fire and explosion in April

will reopen in 2020 with 5,000 barrels a day of added heavy oil capacity. Husky is also upgrading its Lima Ohio refinery to boost heavy oil processing capacity to 40,000 bbls a day by the end of 2019. “At the same time, we have other options in our portfolio we haven’t yet pulled the trigger on, including the one we talked about before we bought Superior, which is adding an asphalt unit to the upgrader in Lloydminster, which still looks like a good project,” said Peabody. Peabody repeated his previous point that Husky will also evaluate its decision on Lloyd asphalt expansion on the outlook for pipeline capacity. “We just have delayed pulling the trigger on that sort of project until we understand how these pipelines are likely to be resolved, and we’re hoping we’ll get a fair bit of information over the next six to 12 months as to how that whole situation is going to unfold,” said Peabody. Peabody says a growing part of Husky’s asphalt business strat-

File Photo egy is supplying the most profitable asphalt end user. “When you look at the margin we pull out of our asphalt business, a significant enhancement to that margin is around sort of what I would call the end user

market side of the business,” he said. “So, when we say we’re one of the top asphalt producers in North America, that’s a key part of our business, is sort of taking it further down the value chain there.”

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High IQ lights track traffic GEOFF LEE

WRITER

.................................. Street lights may not be sexy, but they can be brainy. That’s the case for ATCO’s Intelligent Street Light Project on College Park Drive in partnership with the City of Lloydminster. The system uses wireless motion-based sensors and a control system for Light Emitting Diode street lights to deliver light-ondemand. Officials from ATCO and the city met at 25 Street and 53 Ave. Tuesday night to celebrate the project that garnered ATCO the IES 2018 Illumination Award of Excellence for Energy & Environmental Lighting Design. Amro Alansar, the lead design engineer for ATCO, spoke about adaptive dimming technology applications that helped earn the award “Street lights are not really that sexy, but to be able to show you we are adding that much benefit to existing infrastructure was recognized by the IES committee,” he said. “We’re able to gather traffic data from the area and we are able to determine whether it’s a vehicle, a pedestrian, or a cyclist on the roadway

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Officials from ATCO and the City of Lloydminster celebrated their Intelligent Street Light Project partnership at College Park Drive and 53 Ave Tuesday evening.

and that type of information becomes beneficial to the city.” With motion sensor technology, street lights dim during off-peak hours, and automatically brighten when the presence of vehicles, cyclists or pedestrians is detected. “We’re also able to take that data and convert it into traffic counts. You’ll be able to tell how many vehicles have crossed the road, how many vehicles went to each intersection, and which direction they travelled,” said Alansar. He noted because it has the capability to pick up pedestrians, it can tell how many people are utilizing the sidewalk. “It’s 24-hour data so you can see the amount of traffic throughout the day,” he said. This lighting design can also result in up to 80 per cent energy

reduction and further reduces light pollution. Major Gerald Aalbers noted the lights dim from 11 p.m. to sunrise when they turn off to save energy. “That’s the important part, but it doesn’t compromise safety at all,” he said. Alansar said what sets this project apart is the motion sensor with every street light “talking” to the next street light. “As soon as one recognizes traffic they’re communicating and they’re bringing up the light back to the design condition rather than having it dimmed at off hours.” Alansar said the communication aspect allows for expansion to other applications whether it’s parking sensors or ice and snow levels on the roadway. “So you can start thinking of all smart city type applications,” he said.

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Riders, Red Cross and Holy Rosary students

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Guidance counsellor Melissa Plamondon, students Carson Brown and Madison Blore, and guidance counsellor Michelle Sperle pictured at Holy Rosary High School. TAYLOR WEAVER

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Karma has patted two students from Holy Rosary High School (HRHS) on the back as they represented the Canadian Red Cross and the Border City at Saskatchewan Roughriders’ games earlier this month. Grade 11 students

Carson Brown and Madison Blore each had the unique opportunity to be one of the Canadian flag holders during the national anthem, Brown on Oct. 8 and Blore on Oct. 28, and were sporting VIP passes with field access during the team’s warm up before kickoff. Brown and Blore are

two of HRHS’s Canadian Red Cross Youth Facilitators, and it was purely luck of the draw for the two as their names were pulled from a hat out of the pool of 15 student volunteers in the program. As youth facilitators, among many things, students deliver presentations such as “Beyond

the Hurt Anti-Bullying” and “Healthy Youth Relationships” to classes from Grade 5-7 within the division and partner with youth f acilit at or s f r om t he Lloydminster Public School Division. “When I was younger I dealt with bullying a little bit so it motivated me to help stop it and help kids understand what the affects of it are and make sure they know it’s not OK,” said Brown, who became a youth facilitator last year. When asked how it felt to represent his home town, high school, and the Red Cross at the game, Brown simply said “It was pretty crazy and I definitely didn’t think I’d ever be there, and I enjoyed it quite a lot.” “Red Cross is something I want to continue volunteering with because I love doing it and love helping people,” he said, adding a highlight of the day was getting a

photo with Riders’ long snapper Jorgen Hus, who then Tweeted the image boasting about the importance of Red Cross youth programs. Madison Blore also had a blast during her day at Mosaic Stadium

and echoed many of the same thoughts as Brown in regards to her experience on the field as well as why she got involved with the youth facilitator program. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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Rider steers his own playoff drive GEOFF LEE

WRITER

.................................. He went snap happy. That’s the best way to describe how Saskatchewan Roughriders’ snapper Jorgen Hus reacted to seeing his fully restored 1968 Dodge Charger for the first time. The emotional reveal of the black beauty took place at Paradise Garage in Lloydminster on Monday afternoon moments after Hus drove into the yard with his car trailer. “When I saw the door open I couldn’t believe the shine on this thing; it was just unbelievable; I was just gasping for air,” he said. “It was the coolest thing ever— I just couldn’t believe it was my car and how beautiful they made it look and all the decisions that they made here were just bang on.” His immediate plan was to haul the car to

his home in Saskatoon with the Riders’ on a bye-week then head to Regina before their home playoff game and drive it around a bit before the snow flies. Hus joked the hardest thing would be hiding the keys from the fellow kickers he rooms with. “I know (Josh) Bartel the Australian will not be driving it because he will probably take it on the wrong side of the road,” he said. “Brett Lauther maybe, we’ll see; he’s had a pretty good season so he might get to take it around the block.” The 29-year-old Hus said the Charger has been his dream car since he was a little kid when he had a poster of the car in his room. “I finally saved up a little bit; hopefully I get a little bit of playoff money this year to help pay for it,” he said. Hus says he bought the car as a relic in the

playoffs last year and it sat in his garage for a few months until a friend put him in touch with Miles Schiller who owns Paradise Garage. “I came in the garage and showroom and Miles made me take my shoes off to come in the showroom and I went immediately ‘this is the guy I want working on my car,’” said Hus. Schiller’s crew did a complete frame-off restoration with the original car in poor shape. “It was rusty, falling apart, barely running—so as you can see now we replaced pretty much everything on the car,” said Schiller with the Charger ready to rumble out of his personal muscle car showroom. The only thing they didn’t rebuild was the original 318 cubic inch motor at the request of Hus who also had a specific paint job in mind. “When he brought it

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Saskatchewan Roughrider’s snapper Jorgen Hus signals his approval for the restoration of his 1968 Dodge Charger by the pros at Lloydminster’s Paradise Garage owned by Miles Schiller.

here it was a light baby blue colour and a blue interior,” said Schiller. “He chose to go black on black on black and as you can see it’s turned out perfect.” Hus says the black colour makes it look really mean, which is the look he was going for as a professional footballer in his fourth

year with the Riders. “That was kind of the plan from the start to make a mean and aggressive car. I think it looks really well in black and it’s a good resale colour with the white stripe,” he explained. Schiller says vintage Chargers are a very sought after car with

a 1968 R/T 440 Charger used in the Steve McQueen movie Bullitt as the camera car for chase scenes. “The 1969 Charger was the Dukes of Hazzard car so it brings a lot of popularity just based on that,” he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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he big reason to vote “No” in the Alberta Beef Producers Plebiscite between Oct. 19 and Nov. 13 is that whoever pays the piper calls the tune. The main argument for “Yes” isn’t that a guaranteed source of income will let the ABP do great things for you. It is that it is better not to have a choice. It isn’t. On Oct. 15 Charlie Christie and Ryan Kasko, chairs of ABP and the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association respectively, went on Danielle Smith’s radio show and made the best case they could for a nonrefundable checkoff. It was that a refundable checkoff might have brought accountability back in the 1980s but “our industry has evolved” and with greater consolidation, a changed political climate and a far more complex regulatory system “we need a new way of ensuring that our industry is well represented and funded.” Of course we’d all like to be well-funded, meaning “have more money than we do now”. And the ABP is welcome to ask people to make voluntary longterm commitments. But the ABP isn’t “our industry” or our only representative. It’s just a group that wants your support whether you want to give it or not. A mandatory contribution isn’t even “new”. “Pay up or else” is one of the oldest ideas in politics, and

life generally. Only in free societies based on Magna Carta are you mostly free to give your money only to people offering you something you want at a price you think fair. The one exception is government, of course. Taxes aren’t voluntary and can’t be. But in the free world, even governments have to ask permission once in a while. So the real question is whether the ABP should be like a private store or a democratic government. And on Danielle’s show Christie and Kasko argued the latter, claiming mandatory checkoffs actually enhanced accountability. If one or two very large operators take back their checkoff it has such an effect on the ABP, they said, that it undermines accountability by cancelling everyone else’s influence. By contrast a mandatory checkoff “brings everybody to the table and maybe forces them to engage in the process a little more.” They also talked about stability for long-term projects. But fundamentally “Where accountability comes in for us is it’s a democratic organization…” It is. But political accountability is a distinct second-best to the commercial kind. No matter how enthusiastic you might be about a political platform, you get one vote on all issues and candidates and have to take them “bundled”. It’s as if you had

to agree to buy all your clothes in one store for four years. Or in this case, forever. And spend a fixed amount every year no matter what you thought of the clothes you actually got. In government there’s no other way. You can’t run it “like a business” because it exists precisely to do things you can’t do privately, like defence and policing. But it comes with long lines, excessive salaries and pensions, slow inflexible procedures and widespread frustration with politicians and bureaucrats. It’s not an arrangement you should ever adopt if you have a choice. And we do … for now. Christie and Kasko admitted as much. “If we only lost 15 per cent we wouldn’t be having this discussion. But it borders on 40 per cent lost. So…” And there it petered out because the whole point is that too many of us think we can spend our own money better than they can. On which basis they even praised “forced engagement”. In doing so they made our argument for us. By all means be engaged. But don’t be forced, because an “exit option” is far and away the best accountability mechanism. Vote No to force. Don’t let them lock the door with your wallet inside. - Danny Hozack

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Leeway from Lloyd: Cannabis or bust? STAFF WRITER GEOFF LEE

Now that the sale of cannabis for recreational use is legal in Canada, some of us wish it weren’t. I find the term recreational cannabis kind of a joke as if smoking or ingesting the drug is a sport. I can’t see the City of Lloydminster scheduling time for recreational c a n n a b i s s m ok e - of f s or smoking inhalation practice sessions. Cannabis is a mindaltering drug that affects different people differently. If you are prone to paranoia, smoking cannabis may make you more paranoid.

I certainly wouldn’t put it in the leisure s p o rt s c at e g o ry w it h those side effects in mind. As a senior who grew up in the 60s drug culture, I came to conclude the lifestyle wasn’t as groovy as it was made out to be. No one who smoked pot back then referred to the act of getting high as being recreational even if they smoked a joint on a lounge chair wearing cutoffs. They were getting high to escape reality similar to getting drunk with the added kick being it was illegal and anti-establishment, just the way hippies liked it.

The recreational profiling of cannabis is similar to how tobacco companies tried to project smoking as being some sort of cool social habit while forgetting to mention cancer. It won’t be long before the cannabis growers and retailers start to promote it as if it were a vitamin given the profit-driven motive. The scary thing about legalization is the prospect of impaired drivers on top of all the other distracted driving issues on the road today. The federal government should have allowed municipalities who want recreational

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sales of cannabis to allow them and those that don’t to vote no. Most people don’t like things imposed on them by government especially if they don’t agree with it. Fortunately, if we don’t like the current state of cannabis legalization we can vote in leaders who share our viewpoint. PM Justin Trudeau just lost one vote unless his government comes up with proof cannabis can turn seniors into fun loving young hippies again when former PM Trudeau Sr. seemed so groovy. Peace man, or as us seniors say, rest in peace.

As a new Rotary Club of Lloydminster member, it was Jackie Mohrbutter’s turn to present her vocational at Monday’s luncheon. Jackie and her husband Lance own L & L Oilfield Construction where she does the marketing. The couple has three adult children and five grandchildren. Her brother in-law Brent Mohrbutter is president of the Bobcats Jr. A hockey team and her nephew Matthew Mohrbutter is an active player.

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cation 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 TUESDAY — BABY BUNCH Tuesday afternoons in July and August join Midwest Family Connections at Bud Miller All Seasons Park to chat, stroll and enjoy the fresh air. It will give parents the opportunity to meet new parents and share ideas, as well as explore a variety of strategies to help support baby’s development. From 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Bud Miller Park, in the event of bad weather, call Midwest Family Connections to confirm location at 306825-5911. 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. EVERY THURSDAY — CHASE THE ACE The jackpot is grow-

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ing! Take your chance at winning $6,500 and this amount grows by 30 per cent weekly. Draw is made every Thursday at the Legion at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $5 each and available at the Legion from 3-7 p.m. weekly and 1-6 p.m. on weekends. For more info, call Rick at 780-808-1159. Sponsored by the Legion, Kiwanis Club and the Health Foundation. NOV. 1 – KAISER TOURNAMENT There will be a kaiser tournament at the Legacy Centre on Nov. 1 with play starting at 10 a.m. Cost is $10 to play and $10 per person for lunch. Everyone welcome. Call the Legacy office at 780-875-4584 for more details. NOV. 2 – MONTHLY LEGACY SUPPER Monthly Supper at the Legacy Centre on Nov. 2. Doors open and dancin’ at 5 p.m. and supper served at 6 pm.. Roast Beef catered by the Legacy is on the menu and entertainment after supper (Dean Mari-singer) then more dancin’ to the tunes of “Geezers with Guitars” (Don Tarasuik, Wes Tetz & Company) Cost is $20/person (please reserve or purchase your tickets before noon on Thursday, Nov. 1 -Thank-you) Call Legacy office for more info at 780-875-4584. NOV. 2 – FALL TEA The Dr. Cooke Auxiliary Fall Tea is being hosted on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Facility, 3915 – 56 Ave., Lloydminster Alta. from 2-4

p.m. with door prizes, bake sale, raffles, crafts, and mystery parcels. Admission is $3 and everyone is welcome. NOV. 3 – REMEMBRANCE DAY ACTIVITIES Remembrance Day Banquet and Activities will be held Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Lloydminster time) at the Frenchman Butte Legion Hall. $15 per person and church service will be in the Legion Hall on Nov. 11 at 10:45 a.m. Everyone is welcome at both functions. NOV. 4 – KITSCOTY FALL SUPPER Kitscoty Community United Church Fall Supper will be held on Nov. 4 at the Kitscoty Community Hall from 4:30-7 p.m. Come and enjoy turkey supper with all the fixings! Homemade desserts, silent auction items. Adults $15, 6-12 yrs $7, under 6 free. NOV. 4 – MARSDEN FALL SUPPER The annual Fall Supper is turkey and all the fixin’s on Nov. 4 from 5-7 p.m. at the Marsden Community Hall. Adults are $12 and children 6-12 are $6. NOV. 6 – FASHION SHOW AND HIGH TEA Fashion Show & High Tea, Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion. Tickets $15 and are on sale at Dawn Interiors & Fashions, Addilyn Apparel and The Interval Home Store. Proceed to go to

The Interval Home and The Snowflake Respite House. NOV. 6 – BOOKS FOR BABIES Books for Babies, a four-week course on Tuesdays, from Nov. 6 – Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 13) 10-11 a.m. Fee: No charge. Call 780-875-5763 to register for classes. NOV. 8 – EXCEL SERIES Lloydminster Learning Council will be offering an Excel Series, which is a 5 week course starting on Thursdays from Nov. 8 - Dec. 6 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fee is $175.00. NOV. 9 – PUSHCHENIA SUPPER & DANCE Pushchenia Supper & Dance including a great Ukrainian meal will be held on Friday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25. Contact: Ann at 780-875-7567 or Evelyn at 306-825-2071. NOV 9. – ST. ANDREWS CHURCH DESSERT NIGHT Marwayne St. Andrews Church dessert night/silent and live auctions. Doors open at 6 p.m., desserts served at 6:30 p.m. and entertainment by gospel group Canada’s Double Portion from North Battleford starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more information or to purchase a ticket contact Greta 780-847-2437. NOV. 15 – OPEN HOUSE The Lloydminster

Continuing Care Auxiliary along with Lloydminster’s Hidden Treasure are hosting an open house on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 1-3 p.m. with guided tours, bake sale, raffles, mystery parcels and a special raffle to benefit the Day Care clients. Come out and visit and enjoy some refreshments and cookies. Contact recreation at 780874-3920 or Karen at 306-825-3295 for more information. NOV. 15 – MILITRY WHIST TOURNAMENT The Legacy Centre is hosting a military whist tournament on Nov. 15. Play starting at 10 a.m. Cost is $10 to play and $10 per person for lunch. Everyone welcome. Call the Legacy office at 780-875-4584 for more details. NOV. 16 – PUBNIGHT Pubnight at the Legacy Centre on Nov. 16 doors open and dancin’ starts at 5 p.m. and supper served at 6 p.m. then dance the evening a w a y t o th e tu ne s o f Country Swing. Admission is $15/person at the door. All Members and guests welcome. For more info, contact Legacy office at 780875-4584. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Canadian Blood Services require a volunteer organization to sponsor their visits to Lloydminster when they come to collect blood. Contact morstana@ telus.net or call 780871-2220.

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Legal beagle named to bar board arena,” said Polischuk. Polischuk’s appointment to the CBA board focuses on close to 10,000 CBA members practising at firms with fewer than 10 lawyers, as solo practitioners or as general practitioners.

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PSM Lawyers’ Celene-Rose Polischuk is the first lawyer in Lloydminster to be named as a member of the Canadian Bar Association Board for small, solo and general practice as well as representing lawyers in two provinces.

I’m just really pleased and proud that I get to represent Lloydminster represent Saskatchewan and Alberta and bring our voice to the national arena.

Board for small, solo and general practice. “I’m just really pleased and proud that I get to represent Lloydminster represent Saskatchewan and Alberta and bring our voice to the national

She says Lloydminster is unique as a border city and as a smaller centre she thinks our legal voice is important. “We often hear the bigger centre voices and forget that we are still a relevant part of

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.................................. PSM Lawyers’ Celene-Rose Polischuk is thrilled to be the first lawyer in Lloydminster to be placed on the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)

our society and I am just very proud to be able to represent that,” she said. The board also serves to promote participation of small, solo and general practitioners in the CBA, organize professional activities of interest to section members and act as the national voice. Polischuk is an experienced family law lawyer, collaborative law lawyer and mediator with much of her practice focus on family and alternative dispute resolution. She starting practicing law when she moved to Lloydminster in 1989. PSM says Polischuk has also brought to the Lloydminster community legal resources including PASS, and more recently duty counsel in Family Court and soon, free legal clinics.

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Tree Festival gets a refresh GEOFF LEE

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.................................. This year’s Festival of Trees will have a fresh look and feel in a new location at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre. As usual, all proceeds from the auction of trees will benefit the Ri ch a rd La rs e n Ba rr Colony Foundation that supports the arts, history and culture of Lloydminster. The event will take place on Nov. 29 with a prevailing winter symphony theme. Donna Arie, who cochairs the organization committee, says by changing venues from the Lloydminster Cultural and Science Centre (LCSC) to the Golf and Curling Centre they can provide a fullcourse sit down meal served with wine and spirits.

“We’re hoping to get a good turnout of people who want to use it as a Christmas party because it’s a very nice place,” said Arie. Meal tickets are $60 a person with supper served at 7 p.m. followed by the live auction at 8 p.m. There will be a Cookies and Carols sneak peek family event on Nov. 24 from 1-3 p.m. Arie says the goal is to raise as much as possible, but it’s OK if they match or can exceed the $12,000 the trees fetched in 2017 with additional funds raised from sponsorships. She says back when times were good, they would often raise more than $20,000, but since the downturn set in it’s much harder. “Since the economy went down we’re down to seven trees because

File Photo it’s really hard to sell them for a good price,” said Arie. Arie says a lot of trees that get bought are donated by buyers to different places like the Lloydminster Hospital and different continuing care homes for seniors. Money raised through the Festival of Trees also supports many renovation efforts at the LCSC. Currently, the Foundation is renovating a

heritage fire truck and the log cabin on the grounds. The Foundation has donated more than $160,000 to the renovation of Rendell House that was completed in 2017 and is open seasonally for guided tours, education programming, and special events. Rendell House was the first wood framed home constructed in Lloydminster by Barr Colonists William and Alice Rendell in 1903.

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Rider support staff for a day FROM PAGE 7

“I had difficulties in elementary school that made me change to the Catholic division and I think this just gave me an opportunity to bring awareness to kids in that age group and let them understand that it’s OK to say how you’re feeling and understand the difference between good relationships and bad relationships,” she said, also adding how working with Red Cross youth programs is something

she plans to keep doing after graduating high school. “It’s really cool, and when we’re just talking to them they look up to us like they’re saying ‘I’m going to be in your spot one day’ and that’s pretty cool that they’re already looking forward to being roll models for others one day.” Holy Rosary High School guidance counsellor, Melissa Plamondon, explained that when youth facilitators make the rounds throughout

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Supplied Photo area schools for presentation the younger students really take a shine to them and listen to what they have to say. “They deliver two different programs. One is called Beyond the Hurt Anti-Bullying presentation and the other is called Healthy Youth Relationships, so they go visit classes from Grade 5-7 and deliver these presentations,” said Plamondon. The Canadian Red Cross first trains high school guidance counsellors and they in tern train students to be youth facilitators.

From a guidance counsellor’s perspective, these programs are very important because for one, younger students tend to be more receptive to presentations from older students rather than teachers. It’s also very rewarding for them to see their students grow as leaders and presenters. “Seeing the impact they have on the little kids is very profound,” said Plamondon. “They catch their attention immediately and interact so well with them, so there’s a mentorship aspect to the programs as well.”

Muslims to repeat run funder

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Officials from the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation accepted a $12,000 cheque donation from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community last Wednesday at the Spice Hut restaurant from the proceeds of an inaugural Run for Lloydminster held at Bud Miller All Seasons Park on a snowy Sept. 22. GEOFF LEE

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.................................. The inaugural fundraising Run for Lloydminster started on a cold snowy day at Bud Miller All Seasons Park and ended with a hot indoor celebratory lunch and cheque presentation at the Spice Hut. Run organizers from

the Elders association of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community presented a $12,000 cheque to the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation’s new ophthalmology vision scope last Wednesday from the proceeds of the Sept. 22 event. The lunch also feted event sponsors for help-

ing the Elders association to exceed their expectations for fundraising with 125 people taking part. “As a first run we could not imagine how much money we could raise,” said Mansoor Azeem who heads the Ahmadiyya group. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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Special surprise for students TAYLOR WEAVER

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Self-published author Darla Woodley read her book Red Socks Go With Absolutely Anything to students at École St. Thomas last week.

Kindergarten to Grade 2 students in École St. Thomas’s Club de JOIE had a special visit from author Darla Woodley last week. Woodley, author of Red Socks Go With Absolutely Anything, was invited to the school to read her book to students and tell the story behind the meaning of the project. This is something that hits close to home for the school as student Asher Leckie read this book to help keep him distracted and motivated while at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton for his third hip surgery

in May. “This is my first book and it’s actually based on a family tradition of wearing red socks,” said Woodley. “We wear the red socks as a silent method of showing support and encouragement for others. I tell the kids I’m not a big yeller and I don’t cheer that loud, but I wear my red socks, so my sons know when I pull a pant leg up that I’ve got their back, and it’s a silent, secret method of just being there for people and they know you’re watching and cheering them on.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

Muslim 3km FROM PAGE 19

“At some point you realize you have to raise some money; you have to give back to your city. That is why we organized this run for Lloydminster.” Azeem explained the Elders chose to support the eye scope knowing their own members use to have to travel to Edmonton, Saskatoon or North Battleford for eye treatments and surgeries. “We thought why not donate to our own city, we chose this because the elders wanted to do this,” he said. He noted the run will become an annual one given the initial success on the first one held following an early snowfall. “There was snow that day and it was pretty cold; it was freezing actually and we were surprised about the turnout,” said Azeem, who ran the 3 kilometre distance himself. He recalled one woman taking part with a baby and asking her why she came with such a small baby with it being so cold out. “She just wanted to contribute to the run for Lloydminster,” said Azeem. “The spirit was amazing; I’ve never seen anything like that before.” Darrel Howell, board chair of LRHF who accepted the cheque, was amazed by the donation given the idea of the run from the Elders came as a surprise. “They kind of just walked in our front door unexpected and wanted to do something meaningful for the community so we’re very excited about it,” said Howell. “It’s not a one-time deal; they want to continue to do this run in the future and they seem to think they are going to do even better on the fundraising in the future.” Howell says the donation will help the LRHF achieve its $160,000 fundraising target to pay for the ophthalmology scope with the total currently standing at $20,000.

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Sharing stories, smiles, and laughter

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“I’m here because I got an email from someone in the month of May telling Asher’s story and how he had received a copy of the book and was wearing his red socks, and seeking photos of others wearing their red socks,” she said. “Soon after that there was an anonymous be ne factor who had offered to pay him for photos collected and donate funds to the Stollery based on the number of photos that were collected. “This was amazing to be a part of and to hear about this individual who’s going through his own strife and life and surgeries and who’s being consoled by the idea of red socks.” Asher’s story is one Woodley and her family knows all too well as at one time before the book they had three

different family members not doing well who were in three different hospitals and they had people send in photos of themselves wearing red socks with inspirational quotes as a sign of support.

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This was amazing to be a part of and to hear about this individual who’s going through his own strife and life and surgeries and who’s being consoled by the idea of red socks.

“So even when no one was there visiting with them they could still pick up this book with pictures and quotes and know people were cheering them

on,” said Woodley. After seeing how powerful this support system was for her family members Woodley penned Red Socks Go With Absolutely Anything. “This was never about money, it was about sharing the idea of these red socks and showing support and encouraging others,” said Woodley. A highlight for Woodley during her visit was having an opportunity to catch up with Asher, since the first and only time the two have met was when he was in the hospital. “To have something like this with Asher come out has been great, and to hear that people are being inspired by it and it’s helping others makes it all worth while, and it’s what I hoped it would be,” she said.

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Farmers … outstanding in their field PRAIRIE WOOL HELEN ROW TOEWS

On a short jaunt to visit friends last weekend I crossed the Battle River. It’s such a beautiful drive in fall. Of course, it’s a bit prettier when rich, golden poplar leaves still flutter in the breeze and scarlet berry bushes trace every hollow along the hillsides, but I love it this way too. Thank goodness those miserable early snows melted away and left us in peace for a short time longer. And thank goodness farmers were able to get back in their fields, and with true pioneer spirit and grit, finish the harvest. One of the friends I went to see on that day, Gwen Muskego, is a teacher who believes future generations need to understand the importance of farming. She’s been educating her students on the various crops grown in our area using a program called “Agricul-

ture in the Classroom”. What a great concept! A kit arrives in the mail complete with farming information and samples of 13 locally-grown crops. The kids were excited to see each variety of seed, but had no idea what they looked like growing in the field. First Gwen asked kids that lived in the country to bring in examples of grains grown near their homes, but after one boy responded by dragging an enormous bag of alfalfa into the school, she realized something more was required. That’s when she organized a brief field trip (quite literally). I went along to help herd the troops and she showed them first-hand what canola, wheat, barley, and oats looked like and taught them what each was used for. Amid much noise and laughter a lesson was delivered and everyone went back to school a little wiser – we hope. Driving my school bus about the countryside, I’m privileged to see excellent farmers at work each day, but I must

File Photo mention one family in particular whose farm to me, epitomizes the very meaning of the word. Th e se p e o p l e ari se early in the morning and are always busy. They never fail to wave cheerfully at me with broad grins, no mat t e r w h a t mi s e r a ble weather or other disaster may be upon them, and have offered their aid anytime I, or the bus, might run into difficulties. They keep a beautiful, well-ordered yard where everything is neat as a pin and equipment is well cared for and maintained to a high degree. A productive, lush (and highly enviable) garden is cultivated near their home, representing hours of labor and a supply of fresh, healthy vegetables which are no-doubt also stored up for winter. They’ve used the

land wisely and have prospered using sound management techniques and honest hard work. Dave and Mary, you have every reason to be proud of the farm you’ve carved out of the prairie soil. Of course, good farmers are not exclusive to my area by any means. There are farms and people such as I’ve described all over our fair land. Smart, hard-working, and ready to lend a hand to those in need, they toil long hours beneath the sun, and through the bitter cold of a Canadian winter to supply our food whether it’s grain, livestock, dairy or vegetables. Where would we be without them? Hats off to these fine men and women of the prairies and congratulations on the completion of harvest!

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Hus hooked up with Border City restoration FROM PAGE 8

Schiller is a partner in Schiller & Associates Private Wealth Management who started the garage 10 months ago to pursue his passion for restoring classic and muscle cars. “I love collecting them; I love fixing them and I love seeing them and bringing them back to life, he said. “This is just for fun and I have good people to run the show for me.” Schiller noted the shop already has a waiting list including some VIP customers. “We have the vicepresident of the (Edmonton) Oilers working on his second car. We’ve got a good reputation out there and it’s spreading more every day,” said Schilller. The company has eight full-time pros

who work out of separate bays for welding, hammering, sanding, painting that Hus’ car moved through in the restoration process. Hus said prior to Monday he kind of had an idea of what it was going to look like from pictures, but he noted pictures don’t do it justice compared to seeing it with his own eyes. He was most surprised to discover an oversized Riders’ helmet in the trunk housing a sub woofer with his sweater number 46 on it. “I was not expecting that at all. That was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen,” he said. The fibreglass helmet was created by Paradise Hill farmer Warren Furman with the equipment for the sound system supplied by X-Treme Auto Service and Accessories.

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Barons capture league championship JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster Comprehensive High School (LCHS) Barons are the 2018 Wheatland Football League champions. The Barons battled back from a 7-0 first half deficit to beat the cross-town rival Holy Rosary High School (HRHS) Raiders 17-7 in front of a huge crowd of thunderous football fans at Armstrong Field on Friday night. Nathan Zacharias got the Barons back into the game 3:17 into the third quarter on a four-yard fight through the Raiders defensive line to score the tying major, which he followed with a 54-yard dash up the middle for the winning touchdown with 1:20 left in the frame. “The second half we reset our minds,” said Zacharias, who lined up as a running back, safety and halfback against the Raiders. “We came out like the score was 0-0 and we just had to execute. We had to get our momentum going. It was all about the mental mistakes. If we cleaned those up we could succeed and come out on top. I guess we did that.” Zacharias’ second major was preceded by a strong 44-yard push up the field by the Raiders offence. Running back Nash Etson did

most of the heavy lifting on the six-minute and nine-play drive only to be stopped in the backfield on a third-andtwo opportunity by Barons defender Benn Wright. “That was huge,” said halfback Garret Hatchard, who led or earned a secondary role in most of the Barons tackles. “It really stopped their momentum. That’s just the theme of our defence is that we bend but we don’t break. We don’t allow big plays to happen, but we rally when we do.” After giving up a safety in the final seconds of the third quarter to bring the score to 16-7, the Raiders once again marched the ball deep into the Barons zone. Raiders quarterback Dante Tabacu found Brady Rogers in the Barons red zone at around the three-minute mark, but a series of calls against brought the ball back to midfield essentially snuffing out the chance. Evan Eide, who opened the sc oring for t he Raid ers on a 27-yard catch-andrun touchdown early in the second quarter, said they came into the game with a focus on pressuring Barons quarterback Anton Amund ru d w h i l e al s o s t o p p i ng their run game. He said they kept working once the Barons went ahead in the third, which is a credit to the faith

Bobcats best Oilers JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The LCHS Barons used a strong second half to beat the HRHS Raiders in the Wheatland Football League championship game at Armstrong Field on Friday.

their coaches put in them. “Our coaches, they just have so much heart,” said Eide. “They just want you to succeed every single play and they always believe in you. Even the last 10 seconds, they stopped us at the end and said ‘honestly, that was the greatest game we’ve ever seen.’” HRHS will welcome the Fort McMurray Father Patrick Mercredi Community High School Trappers to the Raider Bowl for an Alberta Schools’ Athletic Associa-

tion Zone 7 playoff game at 7 p.m. this Friday evening. The Barons will be back at Armstrong Field earlier that afternoon in a 4 p.m. kickoff against the Fort McMurray Holy Trinity Catholic High School Knights. “The season is everything to us,” said Zacharias. “We all love football. It’s our seniors’ last shot and we want to give it our all. We want to go the farthest we can. I’m pretty sure our team can march right down the field and bring home another trophy.”

A 60-minute effort helped the Lloydminster Bobcats get back into the win column. The Bobcats (5-10-1) earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory against the Okotoks Oilers (9-7-1) at the Centennial Civic Centre on Sunday evening. They accomplished the feat despite suffering a demoralizing defeat less than 24 hours earlier, losing their captain and top point producer to injury early in the middle frame and giving up a g l o rio u s c h anc e f o r t h e opposition to fight back in the opening moments of the third period. “That’s probably one of the toughest teams we’ve played physical and talent wise,” said Bobcats head coach and general manager Travis Clayton. “It wasn’t pretty, but if we compete we can make some mistakes because when you’re working hard you can recover. We did that tonight. We got some bounces and the boys played a full 60, so I was proud of them.” The Oilers came on hard off the opening puck drop, but a one-timer from in close by Tucker Scantlebury three minutes in gave the Bobcats the lead. CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

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Barons victorious at Tri-Volley The Lloydminster Comprehensive High School juvenile girls volleyball team, with back row from left, bus driver Gordon Hmennie, coach Rebeca Wilson, Shae Thompson, Gabby Block, Alexa Kaye, Tynisha Laughren, Kensi Marteniuk, coach Kelanie Lumbard; f r o n t r o w, B r e n n a N e l son, Taylor Wilson, Angela Himalalo-an, Rebecca Scherger and Ricayla Robertson, won the consolation side championship at the Tri-Volley tournament in Ardrossan this past weekend.

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Junior Red Dogs fall victim to Bengals JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The 2018 season may have come to a close for the Lloydminster Junior Red Dogs football team, but the experiences gained and lessons learned will always remain. “This helped me a lot because this was my first season playing,” said Red Dogs right guard and defensive tackle Keaghan Parks. “I’ve wanted to play forever. Then when I was able to, I was happy that I could play and be a part of this team.” Parks stood out for his ability to stop the St. Paul Bengals running attack following the opposition’s opening touchdown by quarterback Ryan Fodchuk 4:12 into the first quarter. But, he had no way to prevent the Bengals second major during

their 13-11 win against the Red Dogs in the Wheatland Football League semifinal at Rod Kirby Field on Saturday afternoon. The Bengals found a way around the towering defender when Fodchuk elected to kick the ball over the mass of bodies battling at the line of scrimmage on a secondand-nine situation late in the opening half. Bengals running back Tyler Foote found it on the hop and sprinted untouched into the house for the winning touchdown. “We just came up with that play,” said Fodchuk, whose team will move on to play the Bonnyville Bandits for the Wheatland Football League championship this weekend. “He was onside, I was supposed to kick it and he just got it and ran.”

The late score gave the Bengals a 13-9 advantage heading into the half. It also swung the momentum back onto their side following a conceded safety and a 75-yard dash down the left side of the field by the Red Dogs’ Ryden Gratton that gave the home side a 9-7 lead midway through the second quarter. Neither defence gave up an inch of

open space in the second half. The Red Dogs came closest to gaining possession deep in the offensive zone late in the third quarter, but another Bengals conceded safety pushed them back to their own 35-yard line. “We did pretty good,” said Parks. “We just had a few minor mistakes. Hopefully, we’ll learn off of that for next season.”

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Junior Red Dogs running back Lebron Horner stiff arms Bengals defender Tyler Foote.

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Lancers gold The Bishop Lloyd Middle School Lancers boys volleyball team, with back row from left, coach Diane Gow, Landon Caldwell, Wyatt Rodwell, Shemar Whittaker, Brendan Wald, Jake McEachern, Blake Roscoe, Riley Hewlett, coach Meaghan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Grady; front row, Cody Graf, Drew Canfield, Dhoopan Naik, Shepherd Gow, Brock Canfield, Tristan Smith and Ethan Adams, beat the Jonas Samson School Stingers 22-25, 25-23, 15-8 in the district championship at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School on Saturday. The Lancers advanced to the final in every tournament they participated in this season capturing four silver and two gold medals.

Lancers silver Silver medals grace the Bishop Lloyd Middle School Lancers girls volleyball team. The Lancers, with back row from left, coach Emily Armstrong, Taija Cherney, Brianne Pegg, Ryann Weigel, Kiera Caldwell, Jaylee Rose, Dayonara Pachapis, coach Mike Moser; front row, Tobi Topp, Ara Grace Huerto, Yeshaia Hager, Lylee Orr, Victoria Campbell, Erika Pollard and Reese Wieler, fell to the Jonas Samson School Stingers 25-15, 25-14 in the district championships at College Park School on Saturday. The girls beat the host Cobras in three sets during the semifinals. Submitted photos

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Raiders win Sylvan Lake Invitational The Holy Rosary High School Raiders senior girls volleyball team, with back row from left, Aspen Newsted, Brynn McGarry, Chloe Doucette, Emily Drecshler, Halle Hanson, Sharidyn Schiller, Skye Hofer; middle row, Madi Johnston, Janae Jordan, Avery Stephens; front row Lexi Wood and Taryn Bender, won the Sylvan Lake Invitational tournament this past weekend. The Raiders eaked past Lacombe 23-21 in the final set of the semifinal before downing Rimbey in three sets during the championship match. Submitted

Colts advance to league final JAMIE HARKINS WRITER

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The Lloydminster peewee Colts battled through an early bout of adversity before finding their edge in league semifinal action this past weekend. The Colts snuffed a Wainwright Guard Dogs push toward their end zone, and a tying score, on a hard run back for a tackle courtesy of Thomas Bugucky. The local boys followed the save by recording three straight stops in the red zone early in the second quarter before Ethan Grannum blew the match open on a 105yard touchdown run on the next play. Colts running back Kade Pilkey, with two, and Grannum added a trio of majors in the remainder of the second quarter to put the home side comfortably ahead 32-6 by halftime. The team staged a defensive shutdown from that point on resulting in a 40-6 win and subsequent berth in the Lloydminster Minor Football Association championship against the Bonnyville Renegades at Rod Kirby Field this Sunday. “We just did what we normally do,” said Colts slotback and defensive back Ryan Oborowsky. “We played our hardest and we came out with the win.” Oborowsky started the scoring midway through the first quarter on a six-yard charge through a hole in the Guard Dogs defensive line. The Colts and

Guard Dogs played an evenly matched game up to and following his major during the first half despite the lopsided score after the opening 24 minutes. “I don’t think we were playing as well as we usually are, but then after halftime we did better,” said Malakai Zwiers, who lines up as a slotback and running back for the Colts. “The coaches came in, gave us a little chat and we got pumped up from there. I guess we just went out and tried our hardest.” Guard Dogs running back Aiden Stark scored his team’s sole major on a four-yard battle

through the Colts line midway through the second frame. Grannum recorded the Colts final touchdown with a long run down the left side early in the third quarter. Zwiers noted they beat the Renegades twice during the regular season, but both contests did prove a difficult match-up due to the opposition’s ability to stop their passing game. He said they’ll work on countering that this week in order to get ready. “We got to practise really hard to do our best,” said Zwiers. “And stay focused,” added Oborowsky.

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The marker also gave the team a shot of momentum following a 4-0 home loss to th e r i va l W h i t e co urt Wolverines (9-9) on Saturday night. Bobcats rookie tender Cale Elder stood on his head from there stopping 14 first-period shots to weather the storm. “Without Elder, we lose tonight,” said Rylan Nivon, who greeted ex-Bobcat and current Oilers goalie Nick Sanders back to town by staking out a spot at the side of his crease throughout the contest. “He played awesome tonight, made a lot of big saves for us and really kept us in the game.” Nivon helped the Bobcats to a 2-0 advantage about four min-

utes into the second period when he deflected a Zach Ziegler slap pass from the half wall past Sanders. Oilers assistant captain Marc Pasemko enjoyed an incredible opportunity to get that marker back 10 minutes later by picking up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skating in on a breakaway only to find Elder’s pad on a shot from the top of the crease. Bobcats captain Zach Kaiser, who leads the team with eight goals and 15 points through 16 games, left early in the middle frame. Clayton noted Kaiser appeared to get hurt on a check, but there was no word on the extent of his injury following the contest. The Oilers looked

poised to eat into the lead early in the third thanks in part to an illtimed interference penalty against the Bobcats. Carson Dyck had the best chance 40 seconds into the advantage only to slide the puck harmlessly through the crease on a rebound shot from the side of Elder’s net. Nivon notched the insurance marker by poking in a rebound with 8:56 to play. Oilers leading scorer Dylan Holloway broke Elder’s shutout bid less than a minute later on a drive to the net off the wing. “We discussed what we needed to do (before the game) and we executed,” said Nivon. “We worked hard all game, which is a big trend for us, the full 60. We got

enough to win.” Clayton said the boys stepped up and played well despite the adversity facing them down. He said the focus now is to keep the momen-

tu m e arne d go i ng as they head onto the road for a two-game set against the Drumheller Dragons (12-5) and Camrose Kodiaks (7-82) this weekend.

“We’ve got to build off what we did today,” said Clayton. “If we do that and play like that on the road, it will give us a chance to win some hockey games.”

Bobcats win Graham Tuer championship The Lloydminster bantam AAA Bobcats, with back row from left, coach Curtis Johnson, coach Chad Crawford, Noah Heinrich, Ryker Singer, Rylin Nelson, Ean Cooke, Braydan Edwards, Brent Hoshowski, Logan Beebe, Oakley Mcilwain, coach Grant Friesen, trainer Cailin Willis; middle row, Kade Dennett, Jayden Plamondon, Andrew Beres, Riley Applegate, Mazden Leslie, Reid Mackay, Jagger Firkus, Parker Selte, Teague McAllister; front row, Lowen Kenyon and Jari Kykkanen, captured the Graham Tuer tournament championship in Regina this past weekend. Applegate scored the overtime winner in the final against Martensville.

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Agriculture

Producers weathering market volatility MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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Canadian producers are experiencing commodity price volatility due to an evolving and uncertain international trade environment, but that shouldn’t significantly impact Canada’s long-term export growth potential, according to a new Farm Credit Canada (FCC) trade report. “The past has shown that as market volatility diminishes, Canadian commodity prices revert to levels more in line with their averages and growth in Canadian exports flourishes,” said JP Gervais, FCC’s chief agricultural economist in releasing the report, Navigating Trade Disruptions and Volatility. As several of the world’s largest trading

nations redefine their trade relationships through the negotiations or the imposition of tariffs, many smaller exporting countries are getting caught in the crossfire. Canada has ranked as the world’s fifth-largest exporter of agriculture commodities since 2011. Between 2007 and 2014, Canada also ranked 12th or 13th in world exports of food products, a ranking that has since improved to 11th. The report looks at five commodities within three major export categories: oilseeds, cereals and meats. These categories represented 41 per cent of Canada’s agricultural commodity and food product exports, worth

a total of US$46.2 billion in 2017. By analyzing periods of high volatility, the report shows that most large importers of Canadian canola and wheat tend to make smaller changes to their purchases than importers of Canadian soy, pork and beef. “We found that short-term price volatility cuts both ways,” Gervais said. “While trade uncertainty produces hesitation among some buyers, it also opens new markets and causes buying sprees among countries hedging against higher prices in the future.” Price volatility can also cause buyers to seek alternative sources for various commodities that may remain in

File Photo place even after prices have normalized, so Canada needs to be aware of these opportunities and prepared to take advantage of them. “Our large export markets – the U.S., China and Japan – will always be central to our success, but devel-

oping new markets can help diversify our trade performance when disruptions occur,” Gervais said. Market volatility has an overall detrimental impact on the world economy, with the International Monetary Fund recently

downgrading its world Gross Domestic Product projection from 3.9 per cent to 3.7 per cent expansion for 2018. Despite that reduction, the world’s appetite for Canadian agricultural commodities and food continues to grow, the report concluded.

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Agriculture leaders inducted into Hall of Fame

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Three Alberta visionaries have been honoured by the Agriculture Hall of Fame in recognition of their contributions to the cattle-feeding, crop science and greenhouse industries. “The Hall of Fame is a tribute to the ongoing legacy of agricultural innovation in this province,” said Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Oneil Carlier.

“This year’s inductees are pioneers in their fields who have worked hard for decades to improve agricultural practices, support growth in the industry and educate the next generation of Alberta farmers and ranchers.” Th i s y e ar’s H al l o f Fame inductees were honoured at a ceremony in Leduc on Oct. 26. They are: - Garnet Altwasser - Ronald Howard

- Dietrich Kuhlmann The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame was created to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the agriculture and food industry and to the development and sustainability of rural life in Alberta. Since 1951, more than 130 Albertans have been honoured for their leadership and accomplishments within the agriculture sector.

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If you’re expecting medical test results for yourself or a loved one, you’ll be relieved by the answers you get this week. You’ll finally be able to sleep soundly knowing that everything will be fine in the long-term.

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You’ll have a few kinks to work out in your personal or professional life. If you get a promotion at work, you’ll need to rethink your schedule. Luckily, the extra money will make your compromise worthwhile.

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