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EXPRESS On July 23rd and 24th, Moose Jaw will host the fifth annual Four Lakes Cowhorse Show at the exhibition grounds.

Over the past few years, the show has grown into one of Saskatchewan’s largest cowhorse shows, also drawing competitors from Alberta and Manitoba.

Recently, the hit show Yellowstone has heightened public interest in the sport of reined cowhorse.

Its roots can be traced to ranchers and vaqueros of California, who trained their horses to be their ultimate ranching partners. Their goal was to find a horse able to be handled lightly with the reins while demonstrating enough speed and grit to work with the most challenging cattle. Today, the sport comprises three events, reining, cutting, and cow work down the fence.

Show organizer Jaime Obleman shared that “The sport of cowhorse is athletically challenging for both horse and rider. I feel it’s one of the most challenging sports in the horse world. There is a good mix of precision, speed, and adrenaline which makes it so rewarding when you are successful at it.”

According to Obleman, spectators can expect an exciting show as well.

The well-organized event features an engaging announcer who keeps spectators informed and entertained. The event contains many high-caliber horses, and the fence work portion is especially exciting, according to Obleman.

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Novice competitors have the option to compete in the cutting class at the upcoming Four Lakes Show (as pictured above) but this class remains optional for beginner competitors.

been around different disciplines and can attest that there is no atmosphere quite like a Cowhorse show.”

Kannenberg shared that she feels there is a class for everyone, and the support system among members is fantastic. Riders of all levels are welcome, whether they are entering their first show riding a horse they ranch on, or they have been competing for years.

“The Four Lakes Cowhorse Show is a great representation of the horsemanship, comradery, and excitement that is Reined Cowhorse in Saskatchewan,” explained Kannenberg.

New members are encouraged to

join and try out the equine equine event with the Saskatchewan Cowhorse Association. The organization aims to make the transition into cowhorse events as easy and welcoming as possible for newcomers to the sport.

In an effort to ease some of the stress of getting started in the sport, the association has recently assembled learning materials for the “New and Nervous” section of the website.

Those interested in learning more about the sport and the Four Lakes Cowhorse show can visit www.reinedcowhorse.net/ or find them on Facebook.

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Brandt to create 200 jobs in Moose Jaw with new trailer factory Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The Brandt Group of Companies, one of the largest businesses in Saskatchewan, plans to open a new utility trailer manufacturing plant in Moose Jaw and start production later this summer.

The company plans to create up to 200 jobs over the next three years, including assemblers, welders, material handlers, engineers and supervisors, while it hopes to draw as many employees as possible from the local labour pool.

Hiring will begin immediately with the addition of 70 jobs, while Brandt will host a career fair at the plant at 76 Lancaster Road on Thursday, July 28, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Brandt is very excited to become an active member of the Moose Jaw business community and we will be (using) local contractors to prepare the facility for production,” said Murray Yeager, vice-president of manufac-

The Brandt Group of Companies purchased this manufacturing plant at 76 Lancaster Road in 2012 and now plans to use it as a factory to produce trailers. Photo courtesy Brandt

turing. “Later, when the upgrades are complete, we will employ local vendors for everything from supplies and janitorial services to maintenance and snow removal.”

Moose Jaw is considered an ideal location for the plant, with its strong workforce and history as a centre for trailer production, the company said. Brandt is making this move to free up space at its north Regina works campus so it can expand production for other product lines it is currently building in its Regina plants.

The company also has long-term plans for additional expansion and more equipment purchases to outfit the plant to produce utility trailers for wider distribution across North America.

The 5,760-square metre (64,000-square-foot) plant was originally home to General Cable; Brandt purchased the venue in 2012.

SaskPower selects GE-Hitachi’s SMR for potential nuclear power sites

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The provincial governments of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and New Brunswick joined forces to evaluate the potential of small modular reactors (SMRs) — SaskPower has now settled on GE-Hitachi’s Boiling Water Reactor X-300 (BWRX-300).

The SMR technology selection, recently announced, does not mean that SaskPower will definitely be adding nuclear generation to the province’s grid. However, the selection is an important milestone in exploring such an option.

“We’ve been evaluating technologies since 2019,” explained Scott McGregor, a spokesperson for SaskPower. “There’s a number of factors we assessed for the three technologies that we initially started looking at. Safety, technology readiness, fuel type, waste costs, things like that.”

The three technologies under consideration were the X Energy 80 megawatt (MW) high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, potentially scalable to 320mW; the BWRX-300; and an integrated molten salt reactor from

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Boiling Water Reactor X-300 small modular reactor artist’s rendering (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy) Terrestrial Energy that could generate 195mW. McGregor said that SaskPower has worked extensively with an engineering consulting company as well as with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which is Canada’s oldest and largest nuclear power operator.

OPG announced their partnership with GE-Hitachi in 2021. The Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, is currently the first and only approved SMR site in Canada. A timeline for the construction of a 300-mW BWRX-300 calls for the SMR to begin producing power as early as 2028.

Saskatchewan will not release an SMR decision until 2029 at the earliest.

“Ultimately, the final decision whether or not we’re going to proceed with nuclear power won’t be made until 2029,” McGregor said. “There’s a very lengthy and intricate regulatory process to obtain the licenses to be able to operate a nuclear facility.”

SaskPower must reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or earlier. Nuclear power is the cleanest and safest form of energy globally.

If the province does decide to develop nuclear power, a reactor could be online by the mid-2030s.

The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is concurrently studying very small nuclear reactors (vSMRs, essentially sea can-sized nuclear batteries) in partnership with Westinghouse Electric Canada. Westinghouse’s eVinci microreactor has a tiny footprint, powers up in only a month, and can generate five MW of electricity and 13 MW of heat for eight to 10 years before needing to be refueled.

“We’re not the first people moving forward with this technology,” McGregor said. The development of SMRs in other countries and provinces, particularly Ontario, will be closely watched as the regulatory process continues.

Everything about the nuclear concept requires a significant amount of rigor and detail, McGregor said. The licensing takes as long it takes — it can’t be accelerated. Nevertheless, the environmental advantages of nuclear power have made the tech a focus for governments worldwide. Ongoing research means that SMRs will progressively cost less, have shorter constructions times, and become even safer to operate.

“This is an important milestone as Saskatchewan works towards a cleaner, more sustainable future,” Don Morgan, Minister responsible for SaskPower, said in a release. “Conducting an independent and comprehensive evaluation while also collaborating with the other provinces on the SMR Strategic Direction has been extremely valuable in reaching this important milestone to potentially bring nuclear power to Saskatchewan.”

ACT/UCT Donation Supports the Family First Radiothon & Palliative Care Submitted

The 16th annual 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon dates have yet to be announced, but the fundraiser already has a headstart thanks to ACT/UCT. As an organization, ACT/UCT has a proud history of supporting healthcare in Moose Jaw. The Moose Jaw ACT/UCT has kicked off the donations with $3,000 going to the 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon and a $2,500 donation to Palliative Care. Presenting the donation are Katelyn Carle, President; Heather Carle, Secretary and Ritchie Yee, Treasurer of ACT/UCT 1027. Accepting the donation are Tyler Mudry, Palliative Coordinator; Nadine Stevenson, Palliative Coordinator; Pat Campbell, Palliative RN; Kim Box, Homecare Charge RN and

Stephanie Smith, Primary Healthcare Manager. The Moose Jaw ACT/UCT 1027 was the first donor in last year’s radiothon.

Moose Jaw Health Foundation Executive Director, Kelly McElree, says the level of enthusiasm is incredible.

“To see that level of support so early for the radiothon means so much; it’s truly an inspiration,” says McElree.

The additional dollars for Palliative Care will make a difference in the lives of patients who rely on palliative care services. It truly is appreciated by the Palliative Care team. Thank you, ACT/UCT.” Stay tuned to 800 CHAB for the dates and details of the 16th annual 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon. All funds donated stay in our community.

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Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

After successfully hosting its winter gaming expo (GAX) in February, the Moose Jaw Gamers Association is thrilled to host its summer event this month after a twoyear hiatus.

This summer’s GAX occurs at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre from Friday, July 22 to Sunday, July 24. The doors open Friday at 3 p.m. and close at midnight.

They re-open at 8 a.m. on Saturday and close at midnight, while they open again at 8 a.m. on Sunday and close at 5 p.m.

The cost is $20 for all three days, including pizza on Saturday, while another $10 ensures gamers have access to a Local Area Network (LAN) to compete against others.

Attendees accessing the LAN must bring their own computer.

Visit mjga.ca to purchase tickets and pre-register.

Nerds, geeks and gamers are encouraged to pre-register, although it is not required. Anyone who registers before Monday, July 18, will be entered for a prize.

Besides computer games, GAX will feature board games, card games, dice games, role-playing games, and virtual reality headsets.

Talon Regent, vice-president with the Moose Jaw Gamers Association (MJGA), said the group is excited to hold its summer GAX after a long, pandemic-enforced break.

“Our winter expo of 2022 was held in February and it was a roaring success. It was clear that after two years of not being able to get together as a result of the pandemic, people were interested and excited to get back together to gaming in person,” he said.

“People braved a blizzard in February to make it, so we expect an even better turn out here in July … given we should not have to worry about any blizzards.”

Regent also thought it “was a great honour” that the association’s gaming expos were the longest running in Saskatchewan.

With the winter GAX attracting about

It wouldn’t be a gamers’ convention without a game or two of Dungeons and Dragons. File photo 185 people, Regent estimated more than 200 people could attend the summer event. The association has striven to grow its semi-annual events every year, which it did for a decade before the pandemic interrupted things, he said.

The winter event raised more than $5,000, while the summer GAX could raise a similar amount. After paying expenses, Regent thought the group could donate about $5,000 to Creative Kids as part of its annual charity of choice.

The cultural centre is a great venue because the three floors allow the organization to spread out the games and dedicate rooms to certain activities, he said.

This additional space allows people to roam around freely and — when excitement builds — become rowdy without distracting others.

“The Moose Jaw Cultural Centre itself has been fantastic to work with. We actually have volunteers and gamers that work at the cultural centre that come out to GAX time after time,” he continued. “So we have a close partnership and positive relationship with them that we will continue to share into the future.”

Regent looked forward to playing virtual reality games but was fond of board games since they drew him back each year.

He didn’t have a favourite board game but enjoyed the chance to play new ones.

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He noted that a big group will likely play Magic: The Gathering, a game that

takes time because players must build a strong deck of cards. Meanwhile, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) continues to grow, while LAN games are also popular.

People of all ages can attend, although adults must accompany youths under age 16.

Meanwhile, participants come from all walks of life, whether lawyers, engineers, ironworkers, electricians, retirees or students. Players have come from seven provinces, two territories and the United States.

Gaming is popular because of how humans and social behaviours have evolved, Regent added, while it’s an opportunity to share a common experience with others and have fun.

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Joan Ritchie Jason G. Antonio Gordon Edgar Joyce Walter April Meersman Randy Palmer Ron Walter John Kreutzwieser Eugenie Officer – Ag Journalist “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C. S. Lewis What goes on between the ears has a big impact on how one lives out their lives. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he!” – Proverbs 22:7 KJV Over the years as a people watcher, I have noticed that age is not a determinant of how old Joan Ritchie one should act or feel. I have EDITOR seen individuals who are young but act and look much older than they are, as well as individuals who are older than one would expect because they live out a certain vitality and vigour that keeps them active and vibrant. Of course, the body does age with time but that shouldn’t determine a certain way to act or think once you get there.

I recently was texting with a friend from the past whom we hadn’t seen for a few years. We have no idea how old he is but he mentioned that he was now retired.

For most people, that should be a happy and welcome time in life, but sadly it seems that this individual is thinking his days are numbered and he doesn’t know how long he has left and is doing the countdown now…

That left me a little sad and contemplative as to how retirement affects some people. Sadly for some, it’s the beginning of the end. For others, it’s a whole new beginning with a lot more life left to live after a long and arduous life defined by work.

I personally think we should enjoy the journey and not get bogged down in a rut of ‘stinkin’ thinkin,’’ when we get to that certain age that screams retirement.

Of course, I’m sure everyone doesn’t enjoy every wrinkle or blemish that’s evidence of the years creeping by, but we can choose to live with a happy heart and see life through an optimistic lens.

It’s the same with misfortune, ‘$#&% happens’…but it’s how you deal with it that makes or breaks a person.

The article at https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/ happy-retirement/601160/7-surprisingly-valuable-assets-for-a-happy-retirement says, “Happy Retirees Have These 7 Habits in Common.” · Happy Retirees work at staying healthy · They foster strong social connections · Happy retirees find a clear sense of purpose · They never stop learning · They train their brains to be optimistic · Happy retirees practise mindful gratitude · They have a furried or feathered friend I think there might be some good advice here for those that need re-firing after retiring. I am continuing to choose to seize each day and make the best of it, come whatever may. I hope you decide to do the same because it would make a big difference in how you live out your tomorrows.

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Any extra fabric or batting you have lying around can go to good use.

The Elbow Quilters Group has been quilting and donating to various charities around the province for years. Last year, they made and donated over 150 quilts to local charities such as the Moose Jaw Transition House and Moose Jaw Salvation Army. This year, they have already donated 150 quilts and have added Wakamow Manor Social Detox, a facility ran by Thunder Creek Rehabilitation Association, to their roster.

“When they showed me the bags upon bags of quilts they had done, I couldn’t believe how much hard work and money these ladies had put in.” Jocelyn MacLeod, who received Pictured: Jocelyn MacLeod (middle), Director with Thunder Creek Rehabilitathe quilts on behalf of Thunder tion Association, with two members of the Elbow Quilters Group. Photo Credit: Creek Rehabilitation Associa- Marian Campbell of the batting, but money still needs to come out of their tion stated. “The patterns are so beautiful, and learning their process in creating each quilt pocket to purchase the rest. The newest member of the Elwas impressive. I can’t wait to hear the client’s reaction bow Quilters Group, Marian Campbell, can’t get over the amount of work the ladies put into the quilts. She stated when we distribute them.”

The Elbow Quilters Group consists of 8-12 women that “this group of ladies are wonderful, generous, kind surrounding Elbow, Saskatchewan. Every week, these and talented people”.

The Elbow Quilters Group meets in the basement of women gather to create a new quilt by using their own patterns, or one inherited by their mothers or grandmothers, Elbow United Church in Elbow every Wednesday. For with donated materials. The batting is their only expense those interested in supporting the group, they accept donawith a roll costing the group approximately $450-$500 tions of fabrics, batting, or funds to assist in the creation of which fills approximately 40 quilts. The Elbow Quilters the quilts. To join the group or to provide a donation, you Group typically hosts a tea to raise funds to buy some can email: Sylvia Harms at 306-854-2287.

Souls Harbour Rescue Mission’s summer initiatives to aid our community

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com

Working towards helping those in need, Souls Harbour Rescue Mission (SHRMSK) non-profit organization has two initiatives on the go throughout the summer. In July, the mission is having a food drive to collect regular items for their kitchen, to keep basics in stock.

During the months of July, August, and September you can sponsor a meal for the organization, which will feed approximately 250 people.

For the food drive, they ask that you place one item in a box every day for the month of July, and then donate it to the Riverside Mission here in Moose Jaw. Each day has a specific type of food item to be placed in your box, the first three items asked for are tomato soup, pasta, and baked beans. A calendar outlines which type of food to include for each day of July.

Just like the Food Bank, the SHRMSK has had some issues with providing enough food for its clientele. These initiatives are to help lessen the stress that the food shortage is causing. The Mission understands that the struggle with inflation may make it difficult to provide aid, but any help they can get is appreciated. The boxes are asked to be handed in between August 1-5.

For the sponsored meals, all you will need to do is fill out a form that outlines what you will be sponsoring.

In Moose Jaw, a sponsored meal will cost $300, with two options to choose from: · a Trio Salad Plate of turkey salad, potato salad, green salad, bun, and dessert. · a BBQ Dinner, which includes a BBQ burger, oven-roasted potatoes, vegetables, and a dessert.

The Mission usually cooks around 250 hot meals.

They hope to have sponsors for four out of five days for three months.

These are not the only initiatives that the SHRMSK participate in; they also have many other services that are available to those who need help. In Moose Jaw, they have additional food services, a men’s emergency centre,

and affordable housing units.

The additional food service is the Community Holiday Meal held at Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving, where a complete holiday dinner including traditional trimmings is served up for about five hundred people.

The Men’s Emergency Centre offers overnight shelter for men in need, having ten emergency spaces, toiletries, a place to shower, a spot to wash their clothes, and a continental breakfast in the morning. All guests are screened for sobriety and safety prior to accessing the shelter.

The Affordable Housing Units offer seven suites that are drug, alcohol, smoke, and pet free. In addition to housing, they also offer programming for the tenants that includes addiction-related support and various life skills.

They have two bachelor suites for $600 a month and five one-bedroom suites for $700 a month.

The SHRMSK was originally two separate charities, the Souls Harbour Mission House which dates back to 1990, and the Regina Rescue Mission which started in 1999. The two merged in 2007, changing their name to Souls Harbour Rescue Mission. They are a Christian charity that hopes to rescue people from poverty and addiction by offering Gospel messages through emergency help such as food, clothing, shelter, and life-changing recovery integrity.

“When we merged with Riverside Mission, the idea was to build new facilities and grow the services in Moose Jaw. That is what we have been doing. I guess my biggest thing is sometimes, I think, people think there is a competition. It is a…my city - their city kind of thing...” said Joe Miller, media representative of SHRMSK “We are the same organization in both cities; there is no difference, and it does not matter where we are. Our goal is to serve both communities or whatever community we are in,” Miller added.

To learn more about Souls Harbour Rescue Mission you can visit their website at https://www.shrmsk.com/.

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The Shurniak Gallery street dance fundraiser was an awesome party

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

July 2nd’s BlackTop Hop fundraiser for the Shurniak Art Gallery in Assiniboia was a big success, organizer Jyann Williams said, raising awareness for the gallery and entertaining attendees until the small hours of the morning.

“We had 250 guests for supper, and (an additional) 50 join us for the live music,” Williams said. “I got the go-ahead for the event at the end of April, which only gave me two months to plan, but we will be making this an annual event!

“I’m excited to have the whole year to plan to make the next one bigger and better.”

Williams did not have a final total as of the writing of this article — an update will be provided to this article once known.

BlackTop Hop featured a supper catered by Fresh Start, the health food café located in the gallery. Dancers from Gisele’s DanceTyme Studio took to the stage — set up on Third Avenue outside

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At 8 p.m., Saskatchewan country music artist Justin Labrash performed a full concert. He was followed by a DJ who played for several more hours.

Tickets were $50 each and were all-inclusive. A separate Grand Summer Raffle included donated prizes such as a BBQ, a patio set, and several cash awards.

The Shurniak Art Gallery opened in 2005. The official ceremony was presided over by Linda Haverstock, then the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. The gallery was the project of wealthy international businessman Bill Shurniak and hosts the artworks he spent his spare time collecting around the world.

Shurniak was born and raised in nearby Limerick, SK, and began his career as a bank teller in Assiniboia. He died in 2020 at the age of 89. Employees and volunteers at the gallery anticipated that his passing would require them to find new sources of funding and that has turned out

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The incident began around 1:10 a.m. s, o on July 17 when the MJPS received a (file photo) n report of a male with a firearm uttering Officers with advanced medical traino threats. The man was located in the parkr- ing lot of the Moose Jaw Superstore. Af- ing administered first aid, but the man was n ter officers spoke to the man, he left the declared dead at the scene. His family has p parking lot and drove east out of the city been notified.

Police-involved incidents resulting y on Highway #1.

He eventually pulled over and in death or serious injury must be investia stopped on Highway #1 near Belle Plaine. gated by an independent external agency. e The Saskatchewan RCMP Critical Inci- In addition to the investigation to be const dent Response Team (CIRT), Regina Po- ducted by the Saskatoon Police Service, e- lice Service Special Weapons and Tactics the MJPS and Saskatchewan RCMP have e (SWAT) team, and the Moose Jaw Police asked the Ministry of Justice to appoint an Service Tactical Unit were on scene to as- observer in accordance with Section 91.1 s sist as MJPS crisis negotiators attempted of the Saskatchewan Police Act. The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service ur to de-escalate the situation.

Around 7 a.m., the male pointed a will also assist. y firearm at police and did not respond to The RCMP release states that due to n commands. Officers opened fire and the the ongoing investigation, no further inman was injured. formation will be provided.

to be the case.

“Since Bill’s passing in 2020, it’s just been expected that we’re going to have to apply for grants and look for fundraising opportunities to keep it all viable,” Williams said in a previous interview. “It’s not a ‘if we don’t make money now we’re going to close down’ situation; we’re just preparing for the future.”

A spokesperson for the gallery said that Shurniak’s estate provides a specified amount of funds that will be distributed to the Gallery annually for a number of

Raffle prizes included a BBQ, a patio set, and a cooler-full of beverages

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years. The funds will help pay for many operating costs — but not all.

To keep the gallery serving the public at its current level, fundraising will have to become part of its strategy for the future.

The gallery is one hour south of Moose Jaw with open hours, Tuesday to Saturday — 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Sundays — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Admission is always free.

Other upcoming events at the Shurniak Art Gallery include its sixth annual Artists Retreat, July 18 to 22, and Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization from Sept 15 to 18.

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From The Kitchen

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express

Macaroni salad takes top spot at potluck parties

The words pasta, macaroni and salad fit perfectly together and for that reason, some sort of pasta/ macaroni salad will show up at family reunion buffet tables, at potluck dinners and prepared ahead for families to enjoy indoors or at patio barbecues.

This week’s recipes combine those three words and were found in the family’s recipe boxes.

••• SWEET MACARONI SALAD 4 cups elbow macaroni 1 cup coloured macaroni 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 onions chopped or minced 1 cup peeled and chopped cucumber 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 cups mayonnaise 1 can sweet condensed milk 1 1/2 cups vinegar 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsps. salt 1 tsp. pepper Cook macaroni and onion in 10 cups boiling water to which the vegetable oil has been added.

Drain and rinse macaroni in cold water. Drain well.

Add sugar to warm pasta and stir to dissolve.

Add cucumber and celery and mix.

Whisk together condensed milk, mayonnaise, vinegar, salt and pepper. Stir into macaroni and vegetables. Cover and store overnight in refrigerator.

If salad seems runny in the morning, stir in more mayonnaise to reach desired consistency.

••• HAWAIIAN PASTA SALAD 1 lb. elbow macaroni, cooked and drained 1 tbsp. sugar 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1-20 oz. can pineapple chunks, juice reserved 1-8 oz. can diced ham 1 cup shredded carrots 1/2 cup green onion, chopped Dressing: 3/4 cup pineapple juice 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise 1-6 oz. container pineapple yogurt Cook and drain macaroni. Cool slightly then stir in vinegar and sugar and set aside.

In a large bowl place macaroni, pineapple chunks, diced ham, onion and carrots.

For the dressing, mix the pineapple juice,

mayonnaise and yogurt. Add to macaroni and stir until macaroni is covered. Refrigerate overnight.

Stir before serving.

••• MARINATED PASTA SALAD 2 cups macaroni shells 2 tomatoes, chopped 1/2 green pepper, chopped 1/2 cucumber, chopped 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup salad oil 1/3 cup ketchup 1/4 cup vinegar 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. paprika Cook, drain and cool macaroni. Mix in prepared vegetables, salt, pepper and paprika.

Mix sugar, salad oil, ketchup and vinegar and pour over macaroni and vegetables. Mix well.

Cover and store in refrigerator for several hours or overnight. Salad will keep 5-7 days in refrigerator.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel. net

Submitted by Lynn Kirk, Square One Community Inc. our community members about the work we have embarked on. The people of Moose Jaw have big hearts, and they are desiring to help; they just need and want to know HOW they can help.

Hot Diggity Dog “Spicy Politician” Fundraiser: Moose Jaw North MLA Tim McLeod was asked to choose a feature “hot dog” at Hot Diggity Dog, along with a charity to receive $1.00 per hot dog over the month of June. He chose Square One Community. These sausage with sauerkraut creations are delectable….AND… the purchase of each one was helping us in our mission! Thank you to Johnny Bean of Hot Diggity Dog (204 Manitoba St. W.) and MLA Tim for being so community-minded.

Stronger Together: Our Stronger To-

gether Campaign continues and thanks to Bill and Laurette Keen, over $23,000.00 has been raised for the My Place project of John Howard Society. For more information about sponsoring a gold/silver/ bronze leaf on the Stronger Together Trees for yourself, or in memory of a loved one, please reach out to communitysquareone@ gmail.com. We believe that our community truly IS STRONGER TOGETHER … and we “put our money where our mouth is” through this collaborative effort.

Upcoming Staycation Raffle: Square One is in the final stages of collecting items for our early fall “Staycation” Raffle. Some lucky winner is going to have a fantastic hometown experience right here in Moose Jaw, while everyone who purchases tickets or donates priz-

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And the citizens in our city and surrounding areas are supporting Square One. People are learning more about our plans through our social media presence, various events, raffles, and fundraisers, and they feel strongly that there is a huge need for what we are promoting.

Wakamow Market has been a tremendous opportunity to not only raise some funds to support reaching our goals; it has also provided a chance to raise awareness and have conversations with

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You can find out more about our plans and projects on Facebook: Square One Community Inc. Moose Jawus and on our newly-launched website: www.squareonehousingmoosejaw.com. If you have questions or suggestions, email us at communitysquareone@gmail.com.

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Heat warning impacts several regions in the province The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reminding the public to take precautions during rising temperatures expected in many parts of the province this week. According to Environment Canada, extreme heat is coming to western Saskatchewan in the next few days, with temperatures expected to climb into the 30s. As a result, heat warnings were issued for the province’s southwest, northwest, and west-central areas, with humidex values expected to approach the 40-degree mark on Saturday afternoon.

Heat-related illnesses include heat rash (skin irritation), heat cramps (muscle cramps), heat edema (swelling of hands, feet, and ankles), heat fainting, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Here are some tips to avoid becoming ill during periods of extreme heat: • Stay out of the heat - Keep out of the sun during the peak hours of 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., if possible.

- If you need to be outside, wear appropriate sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses and light, loose-fitting cotton clothes.

- Avoid any extreme physical exertion and keep in the shade whenever possible.

- If you do not have air conditioning at home, know where to go to cool down.

Air-conditioned public spaces include malls, leisure centres, libraries, etc.

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Practice Water Safety Choose a safe place to swim. Check for health and safety notices before wading into water. These notice can include warnings about water quality or a strong undertow.

Keep young children and inexperienced swimmers in view and within arm’s reach when they are in water.

This will reduce the risk of serious injury.

Keep your environment cool Keep your living space cool. This is especially important for infants, the elderly, and those with chronic health conditions or those who cannot look after themselves (including pets).

Keep windows exposed to the sun closed during the day and open windows at night when the temperature has dropped.

Look out for others Watch out for isolated, elderly, ill or very young people and ensure they can keep cool.

Ensure that babies, children, older adults, adults, and pets are not left alone in stationary vehicles or unsupervised when near open water.

Check on elderly or sick neighbours, family or friends daily during the heat wave.

Heat Stroke is a medical emergency. Call 9-1-1 or seek immediate medical assistance if you are caring for someone with a high body temperature, unconscious, confused, or stopped sweating.

If you take medicines regularly, ask your doctor for advice about hot-weather activity and your risk of getting a heat-related illness. More information on pre-

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The fresh fruit crop outlook is good this season, says Todd Bell, operator of a fruit and vegetable stand on High Street West.

“All in all, it’s fairly good except for the early cherries. They were wiped out by snow storms back in April that went through Washington.

“And the blueberries, blackberries and raspberries will be in short supply because of the floods in B.C. “So far - so good, as long as the weather keeps.”

When gardens and orchards in the area start harvest he will have in an assortment of local produce — strawber-

ries, saskatoons, watermelon and cantaloupe.

“There’s nothing like the taste of local cantaloupe. It’s second to none.

I wish we would have it year round.”

His stand continues to stock more vegetables.

“I started bringing in more vegetables in 2019 when COVID hit.” He said people wanted to bring the family shopping but stores only allowed one person per family in.

“It was busier during COVID. The whole family could come out.”

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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Shopping trip reflections on customer service and child rearing I went grocery shopping the other day and left with a bad taste in my mouth.

First off, I wasn’t in a good mood as usually my partner/wife and I turn grocery shopping into an outing. This day she wasn’t feeling well so I was alone.

Having made my selections I went to the till. A young woman was operating the station. As I placed my items on the counter a young male employee joined her and offered to pack groceries as “I have nothing else to do. “ As a customer I was totally ignored.

No “how are you?” greeting. No “did you find everything?” question.

The pair just talked about some scary movie they had seen and about seeing another.

This is one of the worst examples I’ve seen in a while of poor customer service. What a difference from an older employee who spotted me looking distraught down an aisle and offered assistance.

Perhaps these two young people never received any training from their employer.

Watching them, I thought: these two may wonder years from now why they’ve never moved past entry level jobs.

They may be the consequence of labour shortages

when employers hire anybody with a pulse.

We are about to enter a time when employees with the right attitude will get job offers from customers.

The pair’s attitude to customers reminded me of a conference in a small Saskatchewan city some years ago where one speaker drew his example of how to not treat the customer from his previous meal in the hotel.

He asked the server for a glass of milk. She refused because the milk wasn’t included with the meal. He offered to pay extra. She still absolutely refused.

A few days after my shopping trip, a friend told us she had a visit from a relative with a youngster. She was upset. The kid ruled the roost. Nothing happened without his approval.

We laughed and then we had a relative visit with a toddler. He too, pretty well dictated what happened and when.

Perhaps these two young employees at the grocery store had that sort of upbringing: me first and no one else matters.

Some parents think it’s cute to let kids always have their own way. Some can’t bear to hurt the kid’s feelings by saying “no.”

Unfortunately, this kind of child rearing can lead to

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By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

difficulties later in life.

From my days reporting on seminars about child development, I recall the years up to five are when basic habits and attitudes are set for life: things like self-discipline, work ethic, intellectual curiosity, even toilet training and self grooming care.

Without adequate training of children in these areas they can have issues at school and work from not wanting to pay attention to not taking direction.

The early years are no time to allow children to dictate the day’s events.

By the way, the bread goes at the top of the bag, not under bags of oranges and lemons.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Moose Jaw dog owners, keep delivery personnel safe

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com

Moose Jaw Express carriers works hard to deliver our being tethered in the front yard causing problems for Dogs are loyal and territorial animals, and as much as publication on time in an efficient and timely manner. some deliverers. we love our canine companions their protectiveness can “Most of the time when we are delivering, the dog is cause issues if not handled carefully.

Every week our paper is distributed to over 22,000, including home delivery in Moose Jaw and newspaper box already in the backyard, so dogs don’t affect us too much.

Canada Post has released a reminder to Saskatcheoutlets in approximately 68 communities within our re- We have had incidents in the past where we couldn’t de- wan dog owners, as their delivery workers also deal with liver to a house because there was a big dog in the front dogs daily. They want to ensure that their employees have gion.

This means that our delivery team, as well as postal yard; in those cases, we just don’t deliver to those hous- safe access to mailboxes and the front door while delivdelivery and other delivery personnel are stepping onto es,” says Dianne Hobbins, Moose Jaw Express circula- ering packages. your property to do their jobs. We want to do everything tion manager.

A Canada Post reminder says, “Do not open the door If your dog is in the front yard and seems threatening, during deliveries or allow your dog to approach our emwe can to ensure their safety so we are reminding residents of Moose Jaw to make sure their dogs are away there’s a high likelihood that you won’t receive your pa- ployees while they are out in the community. A way to per. The best solution is to keep your dog in the backyard prevent your dog from approaching our employees is to from the door when expecting a delivery of any kind.

The threat of dog-related incidents for delivery work- or away from the front door. keep them in another room at the time of the delivery.

An estimated 36 per cent of households have dogs, Our delivery agents also see dogs wandering in neighers seems to rise in the spring and summer as the weather r according to 2021 data, which makes it impossible for bourhoods, which can cause further anxiety. Please make gets warmer, and families are more likely to be home. y Thankfully, dog owners in Moose Jaw are already delivery workers to know how every dog will react when sure your dog is restrained and is not roaming free.” great when it comes to putting their dogs away when ex- they approach a house to make a delivery. Dog incidents s pecting a delivery, although there are edge cases of dogs can go from threatening barks to attacks and bites. e r e

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com With the heat of summer, patches of harmful blue-green arrhea. algae will start appearing in our province’s lakes and If you have any concerns, talk about them with your reservoirs. The Water Security Agency (WSA) and the health care provider. If you plan on consuming fish or Saskatchewan Ministry of Health are advising the public shellfish caught in areas where an algae bloom exists cauto avoid touching and intended or unintended consumption should be taken, and the internal organs should not e tion of any surface water where blue-green algae bloom be eaten. . is occurring. Pet owners and livestock producers are also For more information on blue-green algae, please / advised to keep their animals away from these harmful contact your local Saskatchewan Health Authority at blooms. https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/pubn Possibly harmful algae blooms are heavy concentralic-health/public-health-inspectors. . tions of blue-green algae that can give the surface water A lake covered in blue-green algae. / a shimmering, foamy, and pea soup-like appearance. The Humane Society - colour of these blooms may be blue-green, bright blue, or still, shallow water that has sufficient nutrients. Wind grey, or tan. The warmer the temperature the faster the can push the blooms around lakes or reservoirs, and they can last up to three weeks. Unintentional consumption or formation of these algal blooms.

These blooms of algae often occur during calm, hot direct contact with algae-contaminated water can cause weather in areas of lakes and reservoirs with slow-moving red skin, sore throat, cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diRenee is a young adult spayed female about 8-10 months of age. She was a bit grouchy when she first arrived but once she realized she was Book S safe, warm and fed she Now Optoere Without n has settled in and is quite a sweet. She looks forward to the morning n appointment

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com to go running around the shelter office with her kitten friends, she loves getting attention and is always watching for people she can charm over to In April, the Moose Jaw Art Guild (MJAG) reached out to The total is 111 pieces her. Renee's adoption fee is $50, she is spayed, started on Robin Schlaht at the Saskatchewan Network for Art Col- of art sold — and $15,750 her vaccination schedule and micro-chipped. lecting (SKNAC) to see if he could help with an art auction raised. to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine HuThe Red Cross sent For more info contact the Humane Society (306)692-1517 manitarian Crisis Appeal. tax donation receipts to www.mjhs.ca Schlaht thought the idea was fantastic and reached out artists and collectors who

to art organizations across Saskatchewan to help. participated. Most buy- “Sunflowers for Ukraine” by “When Karen (Whitney of the MJAG) contacted us, ers were Canadian. Two Karen Whitney of the Moose we realized that maybe we should work with the guilds pieces went international Jaw Art Guild. Acrylic on and the art clubs and the co-ops,” Schlaht told MooseJaw- — one to a buyer in Den- canvas - 41 by 53 cm (courToday.com in April. mark, another to a buyer tesy Karen Whitney) The auction ran on the SKNAC website from April 13 in New York. to May 8. The goal was to collect around 100 pieces of do“I am very pleased with this successful humanitarian nated art and raise at least $10,000 for Ukraine humanitar- fundraiser,” Whitney said.

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Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners Notes

Police service over budget this year on clothing, vehicles, fuel, chief says

The next Board of Police Commissioners meeting is Thursday, Aug 18.

The Moose Jaw Police Service has an operating budget of nearly $13 million this year, and as of June, it had spent just over $5 million.

The police service presented a monthly operating budget update during the July 12 Board of Police Commissioners meeting. The document showed the organization has budgeted over $12.7 million in expenses this year and more than $1.5 million in revenues, leaving a net budget of $11.16 million.

From January to June, the police service spent $5.1 million, representing 40.1 per cent of its total expenses. Meanwhile, it took in $326,937 in revenues, representing 20.8 per cent of projected revenues.

Overall, the net budget expended so far was $4.78 million, representing 20.53 per cent of the total budget.

Police Chief Rick Bourassa explained that not all expenses are spent equally each month because some larger items come out at different times of the year. While

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nearly 60 per cent of the operating budget remains, reserve contributions and payments for financial services have yet to be expended.

“But so far, we’re tracking well this year,” he said.

No line item is cause for concern, although the organization does expect to be over budget for its clothing because it costs about $20,000 to outfit each officer, Bourassa continued. However, the police service will cover that higher expense by pulling money from other areas that are under budget.

Meanwhile, expenses for vehicles and fuel are running “pretty hot,” and the agency is managing those areas as best it can, although there is not much it can do about them, he said. The police service is watching those areas and expects to be over budget in those areas.

“One of the issues is obtaining new vehicles. We’re having a hard time (acquiring such equipment),” remarked

Bourassa. “We’re on a waitlist as everybody else in the world is for new vehicles, so we’re actually running a few vehicles short right now … .

“We’ll budget accordingly for next year, (but) who knows how far off we’ll be on that one by the time next year comes around. We’ll keep an eye on that and keep the board updated.”

Expense items The Moose Jaw Police Service has budgeted for 31 expense items in this year’s budget. Some areas include: · Salaries: $8.8 million budgeted / $3.5 million spent · Education/training: $60,000 budgeted / $32,849.51 spent · General repairs: $75,000 budgeted / $47,134.37 spent · Employee benefits: $1.3 million budgeted / $629,119.24 spent · Computer software: $290,000 budgeted / $178,839.36 spent · Clothing: $95,000 budgeted /

$52,632.50 spent · Vehicle maintenance: $220,000 budgeted / $135,157.67 spent · Legal fees: $150,000 budgeted / $71,984.07 expended · Prisoner meals: $4,000 budgeted / $2,135.37 spent Revenue items Some revenue areas include: · Policing services: $220,000 budgeted / $91,943 received · Unclaimed/seized: $1,000 budgeted / $2,039 received · Victim services: $87,813 budgeted / T $21,953 received · Provincial grants: $800,000 budgeted h d / $159,422 received · Alarm response false alarms: $8,000 p P budgeted / $4,709 received · Contractual revenues with City of Moose Jaw: $215,000 budgeted / $0 t n received i p

Shoplifting the main reason for increase in thefts under $5K, police chief says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Thefts under $5,000 have increased by nearly 30 per cent this year over last year, with the police attributing some of that to the theft of fuel and most to shoplifting.

The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) presented the June statistics during the recent Board of Police Commissioners meeting. The document contained information about crime stats for last month and since January.

There have been 367 incidents of theft

under $5,000 during the first six months of this year, compared to 288 incidents during the same period last year, the report showed. This is an increase of 27.4 per cent.

Commissioner Doug Blanc noticed this stat and wondered if the main cause was people filling their vehicles and fleeing without paying because of high gas costs.

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some. The majority of these are still shoplifting-related types of offences and someone (waking) up in the morning and something has been stolen from their yard — a bicycle or something,” said Police Chief Rick Bourassa. “…We know that a lot are not reported to us, so we are not happy seeing that increase.”

Police solve most shoplifting cases because the alleged thief is caught nearby, he added. However, sometimes officers must review security video to ensure they identify the correct person.

The MJPS has implemented a new online reporting program that makes it easier for residents to bring forward complaints about theft, said Supt. Rick McKenna.

In the past, people would not report thefts for small items because they did not want to waste officers’ time. With the new program, they can submit complaints about low-priority issues from their cellphones, he continued. This also allows the MJPS to capture data it has not before.

“Potentially, you’re going to see some of those numbers come up, (but) it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s an increase in the actual offences. I think what we’re hoping to get is an increase in the number of people reporting and the confidence in the public to report,” McKenna added.

Crimes against the person Year-to-date data for crimes against the person this year versus last year show: · Homicide: 1 / 0 · Attempted murder: 0 / 2 · Assaults (sexual, common, with a weapon/cause bodily harm, aggravated, against police): 167 / 136 · Robbery: 6 / 1

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“Our members are working hard. i We’re stretching them pretty thin, but t they’re holding up,” he added. “And with p our new officers coming, that should take t some pressure off.”

Hutterite Farmers’ Market The Baildon Hutterite Colony has started weekly produce markets on Thatcher Drive East on Saturdays through to September. Markets start at 8 a.m. and go until 1 p.m. The first market featured rhubarb, carrots, radishes, potatoes, lettuce, kohlrabi and cabbages. Ron Walter Photo

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Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners Notes The next Board of Police Commissioners meeting is Thursday, Aug 18.

The Moose Jaw Police Service plans to d hire an outside consultant to assist in the development of a new five-year strategic 0 plan for the organization and the Board of Police Commissioners.

The board voted to engage a consulof tant to lead the strategic business plan re0 newal during its June 9 meeting, while it informed the public and media about the project during the July 11 meeting.

The project budget is $15,000.

The police service posted the request for proposals (RFP) to its website and on SaskTenders and has already received some inquiries, Deputy Chief Rick Johns said during the meeting. The deadline for applications is Aug. 4, and once that occurs, police leadership and board members will choose a suitable candidate.

The goal is to work with the consultant in the fall and complete the project by st Dec. 1. ar “One of the things we need to be a little cautious about whenever we’re do): ing something that involves an RFP is

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Police board wants external consultant to help create new strategic plan Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

not speaking too publicly, which could influence RFP pieces, so we were a little bit careful with that,” Police Chief Rick Bourassa told media afterward.

The police commissioners wanted an external consultant because they didn’t want someone who is intimately involved with either the board or police service, while they desired someone with experience in leading discussions about — and creating — strategic plans, he continued.

“I’ve written several strategic plans over the years. It would be a bad idea to have me oversee the strategic plan because, of course, I come in as an insider,” Bourassa added.

“So you need someone from outside who can be objective and direct things properly. And what that does is lends a bit more legitimacy to it when it’s over.”

The Saskatchewan Police Commission mandates that police services have “a strategic business plan and the means of measuring performance of the police service,” while its policy manual states that

“the strategic business must clearly articulate the organizational strategy of the police service,” according to the RFP on the SaskTenders website.

The new plan is expected to guide the MJPS over the next half-decade and be reflective of current and emerging trends affecting community safety in Moose Jaw. According to the RFP, the consultant is expected to review expectations and existing literature and facilitate stakeholder engagement sessions with internal and external groups.

The development of the strategic plan is expected to include: · A written report summarizing the consultations · All relevant environmental scans including diversity, inclusion and equity information · Collated themes of all consultations and scans · Possible performance metrics · Electronic draft version of the proposed plan

· Assistance with crafting the chief’s message One criteria the police board expects the proponent to include focuses on community benefit and sustainability because the board is developing a sustainable procurement policy around the pillars of social, environmental and economic value, the RFP says.

Social values include diversity, inclusion and accessibility. Environmental values include protecting the environment and reducing the carbon footprint. Economic values include ways to assist and improve citizens’ lives through improving the economy.

The board wants proponents to provide a description of how their organization can provide those values now and into the future as the police commissioners develop their sustainable procurement policy, the tender added. The board will score certain RFPs higher if the proponent includes a sustainability plan that support’s the police commission’s goals.

Police eager to work with national program that reviews sexual assault cases Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) of will soon team up with a national orga: nization that reviews intimate spousal violence cases and determines whether the s: agency handled the situations properly.

The police service plans to work with a victims advocate case review program, / which is a committee composed of residents with knowledge of intimate partner violence, Police Chief Rick Bourassa ex3 plained during the July 12 Board of Police er Commissioners meeting.

This committee will review all complaints of sexual assault that the MJPS ree ceives that do not conclude with a charge h against the alleged perpetrator. The group d will ensure the police agency did everye- thing it could in such cases and will proe vide recommendations if it believes the e agency fell short.

“We’re very excited about this. It’s an initiative that’s coming to us out of Ond. ut tario,” said Bourassa. “We’ll be the third h police service in Saskatchewan to adopt e that.”

Once the committee is formed, it will begin its work in October and conduct quarterly reviews of sexual assault cases.

The group will have office space within the MJPS headquarters with computer access.

“We’re looking very (much) forward to having an additional set of eyes on our investigations of sexual assaults to make sure we’re getting to the right place,” the chief added.

The topic of sexual assaults arose during the meeting as part of a review of the June statistics, which showed such assaults rose to 25 incidents from January to June compared to 20 incidents during the same period last year. This was an increase of 25 per cent.

There are several reasons why the police service would not charge a person involved in sexual assault cases, Bourassa told the board.

One reason is there is insufficient evidence to bring against an alleged perpetrator, which is out of the police service’s

control.

A second reason is a complainant does not want to proceed further with the complaint. This is acceptable, but the police service will keep the case on file and temporarily conclude the matter without laying a charge.

A third reason is a complainant does not know who the assailant was.

“Those are rare. Generally, sexual assaults happen to people that are known to each other. But there are times when the accused is just never identified,” said Bourassa.

“So, there are different situations where that can happen. This is just to make sure when we do get to those times, when there is not a charge laid, someone else is looking at it and saying, ‘We think you should maybe look at this,’ or ‘This might have been important,’ or ‘You probably could have done this a little bit better.’

“And then we’ll go back and re-open them and continue.”

This sounds like a great program, said

Commissioner Mary Lee Booth.

One thing that concerned her, though, was that many individuals who are sexually assaulted — particularly women — do not always report their experiences to police. She hoped that that problem would improve, although she knew victims faced many deterrents, including believing that justice would not be served.

“And having to go through the pain and all of that of telling the story publicly,” she added.

The police chief did not think those reported numbers were improving since the MJPS receives few complaints from people, while there are even fewer convictions afterward.

“And it’s incredibly difficult for people to have to re-live that and speak publicly,” added Bourassa. “We want to see that improved, so we’re hopeful this is another step in improving those processes so that survivors have positive outcomes.”

Recent traffic enforcement blitz promoted positive safety message, police chief says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Dozens of extra police patrolled Moose Jaw’s streets recently as part of an enhanced traffic enforcement program, and while data hasn’t been finalized, the police chief considered the operation a success.

“Anecdotally, I heard that you couldn’t turn a corner without running into a police vehicle that week,” laughed Rick Bourassa while speaking with reporters recently.

The Moose Jaw Police Service worked with officers from several jurisdictions and agencies on July 6 and 7 as part of a Selective Traffic Enforcement

Program (STEP) blitz in various locations around the community.

Enforcement activities focused on offences related to speeding, distracted driving, seat belt use, unlicensed drivers and commercial vehicle standards. Impaired driving enforcement was also a top priority throughout the blitz.

The multi-agency task force included municipal police agencies, the RCMP, Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Police, and representatives from SGI and the ministries of Justice and Finance.

It’s always a good opportunity to have officers highly visible and remind motorists about the rules of the road and related safety aspects. This program also promotes a positive traffic safety message for a short time in a noticeable way.

Moose Jaw police had many opportunities to interact with officers from the different agencies during the blitz, although local members usually have regular chances to speak with their traffic counterparts at other events around the province, he continued. “… They get to (network) and make

some really good connections. That way, it makes it a lot easier when they have a question (and) they can reach out to somebody else,” Bourassa stated. “Yeah, it really brings value.”

The officers from the outside agencies had the chance to use the MJPS headquarters for business if required, but because there were so many of them, they had a meeting room booked at a hotel, he added. Besides their meals at the hotel, it was also their gathering point and base of operations.

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Reflective Moments

By Joyce Walter - Moose Jaw Express

Boredom could be cured by becoming a ‘sewist’

I have always maintained that one is never too old to learn something new and I learned something absolutely new to me when I discovered the word “sewist.”

Sewing is not usually at the top of my mind but ever since I’ve had technological problems with my beloved laptop, I had received e-mails that I know perfectly well I would never, ever, not in the dozen years I might have left, willingly signed my e-mail address to receive.

But there they are, every day, four of them, offering me opportunities that will certainly be ignored and won’t be forwarded to unsuspecting friends.

Depending on which e-mail comes first, the subject line reads “I Like Knitting,” “I Like Crochet,” “Food Gardening Network,” and the killer, “We Like Sewing.”

The householders at this address could probably benefit from the gardening network, especially if we wanted to charm our neighbours by “growing greens: kale, asparagus and parsley.”

But let’s go back to the lovefest with sewing, for it is in that promotional material that popped up the word “sewist.” I learned that We Like Sewing is for sewists and

quilters, the “ultimate source of projects and instruction for sewists and quilters of all skill levels.”

I was intrigued by this word “sewist,” first because I doubted it existed and secondly, because my computer’s automatic spell checker kept changing it to “sexist.”

Shame on me!

According to Google’s research teams, “sewist” is someone who sews and in some areas the term is interchanged with the word “sewer,” pronounced so-er and not su-er, that one meaning down under and containing waste matter.

And stunningly, the word has existed in fashion circles since 1964, right about the same year my Mother finally threw up her hands and suggested I needed to learn other talents, none of which involved knitting needles, a crochet hook or a sewing machine. Getting a finger caught between the fabric and needle sealed the deal and I turned to reading, writing and a bit of ’rithmetic.

Some more material that was supposed to encourage me to spend only $5 per each gold club ($20 maximum) was the statement: “You will never be bored. Create your

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own stunning projects with downloadable patterns, tips and tutorials . . . home decor to gifts to wearables that will impress and delight friends and family. Sew runway-worthy projects.”

I am amazed the spell checker didn’t turn runway-worthy projects into run-away worthy projects as that’s indeed what they would be considered if I were to take needle or hook in hand. Vewers would be stunned.

It is still a puzzle as to which of my friends or family signed me up or forwarded this knitting, crochet, sewing and gardening link to our computers. Housemate gets them too and as far as I know, he doesn’t knit, crochet or sew but he does garden.

That in no way suggests he couldn’t learn to do all those other tasks, tasks that others of his generation would consider best suited to the ladies of the house.

So to the sewists out there, just be careful when you write home about your new hobby. Imagine your friends’ surprise when they learn you have become a “sexist.”

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Soap Box Derby on the line in August

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com

On August 20th & 21st, the Moose Jaw and District Soap Box Derby Club (MJDSBDC) will be holding their Annual Soap Box Derby Races after two years of cancellations due to COVID-19. During the pandemic, it became impossible for the club to hold its event, due to racers canceling, lockdown measures, and other issues brought on by the pandemic. Now that the pandemic is winding down, the Soap Box Derby Club is making a return.

This is a very family-oriented event that promotes spending time with your family. Families from across the province, from cities such as Swift Current, Saskatoon, Ogema, and Regina, will be attending the race and the BBQ the night before.

The event will start on August 20, 2022, with the weigh-in of the derby cars. The junior cars are usually made from wood or fiberglass and should have a max total weight of 206 lbs. driver included; the senior cars are mostly made of fiberglass or a type of plastic from the United States and should have a maximum weight of 250 lbs.

Following the weigh-in, there will be a BBQ starting at 5:30 P.M. Racers, volunteers, and family members are encouraged to come and enjoy. During the BBQ there will be a raffle draw for prizes donated by various companies in Moose Jaw.

Danica and Juli, two junior racers pose by their derby cars.

Roger Pilloud and his three kids Mya, Jasper, and Leo, in their soap box derby car.

The following day, August 21, 2022, will be race day.

The races will take place on Alder Ave., one block south of Saskatchewan Street. Races will start anywhere between 9:30 and 10 A.M. after a safety talk. Before the race, the racers, family and volunteers are asked to arrive at 6:30 A.M. to help with the set-up.

“This is a family event; everyone is welcome to come and watch on August 21st. The races will start around 10 and will [will finish when all of the racers have raced]. So, come out and enjoy, and if you want to get involved contact me,” said Heather Carle, the president of the MJDSBDC. The derby cars are placed on a ramp at the top of the hill with the racer already in the car. Once the racers are ready, a latch is pulled, and the derby cars are released. The driver will then maneuver down the hill trying to maintain speed. Each category has a different style of driving. For the junior team, it is a sit-up and lean-forward style of driving, and for the senior team, it is a laydown driving style.

Because this is a family-based event promoting family time spent together, every racer will get something for participating. The top eight racers in the junior and senior categories will get a trophy and a prize.

“Bring your kids out to the race in August to get a feel for it and have them experience the event. There are a few

of us in Moose Jaw that are more than willing to chat with parents and kids and see how we can get them in a car and make it fun,” says Roger Pilloud, the parent of three racers.

There are club cars available for both age categories.

To use the club’s cars, the club charges $125 per year. Two postdated cheques ($75 and $50) or cash are required at the beginning of the year for payment. In addition to these charges, there is also a fee of $30 per racer to enter the race, and if there are additional kids in the same family that will be racing only a fee of $20 for each additional child is required. The only thing you need to provide is your own bike helmet.

The event itself is pricey to hold; the club spends approximately $3000-$5000 to run the event, so the Derby Club keeps busy with fundraisers like bottle drives, steak nights, raffles, and in the past, Sidewalk Days, to raise money. Generous donations by individuals and businesses are also greatly appreciated to help fund the event. .

Additionally, they are asking kids to go out and contribute to the fundraising by getting individual sponsorships from businesses and organizations. Sponsorships include a donation of $25 for a trophy; $100 to sponsor a car; $500 for a banner on the top of the hill on race day, and $1000+ for their logo on a banner and t-shirts that will be worn on race day. They can accommodate any combination of those options and will work with the sponsors for agreeable terms.

Soap Box Derby racing started back in 1933, in Ohio, by a photographer that witnessed a group of boys racing down a hill. From there the event grew in interest quickly, making its way to Regina in 1987, where they held a race for one year before moving the club to Moose Jaw due to the lack of hills in Regina. Now soap box derby racing has been an annual tradition in Moose Jaw for 35 years.

To learn more information about the derby races or to register you can call Heather Carle at 306-690-8300.

You can also email her at, moosejaw.soapbox@hotmail.com

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CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

Council hires contractor to monitor soil slumping around city Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The next regular council meeting is MONDAY, JULY 25

s There are 47 locations in Moose Jaw where l the land is slumping to some degree, with - four geohazards considered a high priority to monitor because of the severity of the - erosion.

To ensure these sites are monitored s properly, city council voted unanimouso ly during its July 11 regular meeting to y award the 2022-23 slope monitoring prog gram contract to AECOM Canada Ltd. s Moreover, it voted to give the contractor r $260,000 for the program, with funding to come from the 2023 capital budget.

The capital budget for this initiative in l 2022 and 2023 is $695,000, while the fived year budget to address slumping is over $2 u million. ’ Background In 2021, city hall retained Vertex Professional Services Inc. to provide a slope monitoring program report. The contractor provided a report in September, which identified and prioritized locations and proposed scope of work for continued monitoring, a council report explained.

The report’s recommendations have h various risk control activities based on d each location’s severity level and activity. . . o t e e t It will cost nearly $7 million to install new s smart water meters in Moose Jaw, which n means a bylaw change will occur to ensure that happens.

During its July 11 regular meeting, city council voted unanimously to amend y the sewer and water utility bylaw so conk tractors can enter private properties to pere form the meter installations in homes and s buildings.

Background Council originally approved the project during a December 2020 meeting, s when it authorized city administration to r award the project for $6,571,000 between y, 2021 and 2024, a council report explained. l Council decided to finance the first - phase with a self-funded loan from the r municipality’s operating account. The loan would be for 10 years at an interest , rate of 2.50 per cent compounded semi-ang nually with repayment from project savy, ings. Funding for the other phases would e be through either additional self-funding o or from the water and wastewater reserves.

Since then, city administration awards ed and entered into a consulting services o contract this past March with Neptune Technology Group Canada Co. Neptune’s - proposed price of $5,551,990.78 included the first three years of an annual software as a service and network maintenance fee agreement.

Project details The timeline includes an installation phase between this October and July 2024, the report continued.

The company will install more than 12,000 meters throughout the community.

Four workers will install about 160 meters per week and 640 per month, which city hall expects to generate roughly $200,000 to $300,000 per month once the new meters come online.

Neptune will survey and plan the installation of large-meter accounts this year, followed by the installations into next year. Meanwhile, it will identify sites to install remote shutoff valves this year and complete them next year.

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The program’s monitoring schedule will occur over two years to reflect these recommendations.

No actual mitigation work will start until likely 2024 or 2025. City administration will bring a proposal to a future budget meeting when it is ready to address slumping areas.

The report shows there is one geohazard with a “very low” status, 23 locations with “low” status, 12 geohazards with a “medium” status, 11 locations with “high” status and zero geohazards with “very high” status.

Four high-concern areas The four geohazards considered a high priority include an area south of Grandview Street West; an area within the 800 block of Skipton Road; the west-facing roadway embankment along Wellesley Street East; and an area west of Aldersgate Street and Seventh Avenue Southeast.

At Grandview, the area is located on a historical landslide slump and requires a detailed geotechnical investigation, the Vertex report said.

At Skipton Road, progressive toe erosion has caused a slope failure that has un-

dermined the south property limits of two properties.

At Wellesley Street, there is a slope failure due to toe erosion encroaching on the west-facing roadway embankment along that street. Progressive erosion and slumping have caused a slope failure that is undermining the guardrails along the southbound lane, the report continued.

At Aldersgate and Seventh, a slope failure has occurred near the toe of the slope about 20 metres up. The slope failure has formed “a graben feature,” while a tension crack about 77 metres long has developed upslope from the head scarp.

The continued slope movement and erosion could undermine the integrity of an overhead power line upslope, while the nearest wooden utility pole is about 20 metres from the tension crack, the report said.

Council discussion Coun. Doug Blanc was concerned that some slumping zones affected other agencies, such as SaskEnergy, the rail companies, or the Ministry of Highways.

He wondered if those groups would help pay for mitigation work.

Once city administration understands

the risks at each location, it will develop mitigation strategies, said Bevan Harlton, director of engineering services. Since it hasn’t developed strategies yet, he couldn’t answer whether those groups would be asked for support, but that is on the radar.

“I agree. We have to look at it now and see where the problems are,” said Blanc.

“And when it comes time to put shovels in the ground, I believe they should be contacted.”

While AECOM is contracted to communicate to homeowners about this project, Coun. Crystal Froese was concerned that the agreement lacked an educational piece where the contractor would inform affected homeowners about mitigation efforts and preventing further erosion. “… I see that if the company can’t take that on, maybe there is something we can do with the Water Security Agency or another agency that have information developed around that (mitigation efforts),” she said, adding this is especially important if area residents plan to sell their homes.

City manager Jim Puffalt replied that city hall would conduct an information campaign to the affected properties.

Installing new water meters requires bylaw change so residents comply with program Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

ter meters, city administration plans to add a clause to the water and sewer utility bylaw to eliminate homeowners’ arguments suggesting the bylaw does not allow the municipality to shut off water to a location that has not had its water meter changed, the report continued.

City administration expects the bylaw to be amended by September.

There will be minimal effect on homeowners’ daily water consumption during the installation because the changeover will take 30 to 90 minutes, the report said.

Meanwhile, residents will receive partial bills from both the old and new systems during the billing cycle, while they will not have to pay any administrative, connection or construction fees.

The report added that Neptune’s technicians would take photos before and after installing the water meters and make them available upon request.

Council discussion Some homeowners will not be interested in changing their water meters, which is why city hall is giving residents advance notice, said city manager Jim Puffalt.

“We want full compliance to get the water meters installed. We do not want this to be a surprise to anyone,” he remarked, noting shutting off people’s water is a last resort.

Coun. Jamey Logan was pleased to see the project moving forward but was concerned that some homeowners might return from out of the country to find their water shut off and problems with that. He wondered how long residents had to contact city hall about this before their water was halted.

There is no timeline for that yet based on the project’s status, but city hall would have a better answer and timeline later, said Bevan Harlton, director of engineering. Having worked with Neptune, he was confident the company could answer that question.

“Hopefully, we won’t ever get to the point of sending a final notice,” said Coun.

Crystal Froese.

The reminder letter that homeowners will receive contains a website and 1-800 number they can use to book their meter change appointments, she continued. The changeover takes 30 to 90 minutes and can be done Monday to Saturday, allow-

ing residents to fit this into their schedules.

Even though this project is expensive, Coun. Doug Blanc was convinced it would save residents money since the city would have more accurate long-term water meter readings.

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CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

Heritage plaques could soon include videos to provide more historical punch Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The next regular council meeting is MONDAY, JULY 25 Many heritage plaques throughout Moose Jaw give people an idea of the community’s past, but those panels could soon include videos to provide more historical punch.

The heritage advisory committee has been working for months to repair existing plaques and install new ones, while it has also been focusing on a video/QR code project in collaboration with city hall and the youth advisory committee.

During its June meeting, the heritage committee decided it would film educational videos in July about several heritage sites. Those videos would then be linked through QR codes, with the codes added to their respective heritage panels.

The first videos to be filmed were expected to be about the library, Natatorium, the Old Cemetery and Central Collegiate.

The minutes of the committee’s June meeting were presented during the July 11 regular city council meeting, with council unanimously voting to receive and file the report.

Coun. Crystal Froese, council’s representative on the committee, explained that past committee chairman, Scott Hellings, produced most of the information for the plaques, while his father, Larry, also contributed some knowledge.

“I just wanted people to take note because this is the time of year when we have lots of visitors and lots of tourists in town, and we have lots of heritage places here that we celebrate,” she added.

Veterans banners The minutes from the heritage advisory committee also show that the group is working on a project to hang Remembrance Day banners that feature local veterans.

A committee member has contacted the Saskatchewan Dragoons and the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Association (ANAVETS) about whether they want to be involved and is waiting for a response.

Another member planned to contact 15 Wing Moose Jaw to see if that group wanted to participate.

City administration mentioned during the meeting that the committee has a budget of $1,000 this year that could support this project if necessary.

During the council meeting, Coun. Heather Eby said that she noticed a post on the Facebook page of the Town of Radville — her hometown — that it was pursuing a similar project. However, it is leaving the sponsorship to residents with veterans or fallen soldiers, sailors or airmen in their families.

“It might be a really good way to recognize some of the vets in our community,” she added.

While this project is in its beginning stages and work continues with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 59 and veterans, Froese promised to pass along the information.

New heritage award category During its June meeting, the heritage advisory committee agreed to create a new category for the 2022 Heritage Awards: the Collection of Distinction Award.

This new award would recognize a group of citizens who have either maintained or preserved buildings, items or certain architectural details and highlighted a specific historical era in the city’s development. Recipients do not need to be neighbouring but could be related by historical use, development or significance.

This category could also include artifacts of distinction that citizens, businesses or organizations could submit.

Wild Animal Park For several months, the committee has been looking at whether it would be possible to have Tatawaw Park — the former Wild Animal Park — designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After some research, city administration informed the group that the application process is lengthy and has extensive requirements. After discussion, the committee decided not to pursue the application.

Old Cemetery chapel Another project the committee has considered is upgrading the chapel at the Old Cemetery.

City administration discussed the estimated costs to bring the chapel up to code, including fixing the stairs, vault and structural issues. However, with no funding available for the upgrades, the municipality cannot make repairs right now.

Administration plans to mention this project during council’s budget meetings this fall.

Updated code of ethics bylaw for council members now in effect Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

City council has updated an ethics bylaw for council members, which addresses issues around those who run for provincial or federal politics and hires an integrity commissioner to investigate ethics complaints.

Council officially approved the code of ethical conduct for members of city council during its July 11 regular meeting by giving three unanimous readings to the document.

Members wanted the new bylaw to provide greater detail on what constitutes ethical behaviour, expand the complaint process, provide specific leave of absence provisions for members who pursue election at other political levels, and other matters that city administration consid-

ers appropriate.

While the previous code of ethics met the minimum requirements, it did not address areas such as gifts and benefits, councillor expenses, use of municipal assets and services, improper use of influence, employment of relatives, actions during election periods, and leaves of absence while running for provincial or federal politics.

Enhancing the policy provides council with greater clarity on these issues.

While there is no requirement to have an integrity commissioner (IC), using such a person to investigate and provide recommendations on ethics complaints is considered best practice since it ensures impartiality and inde-

While some residents have concerns about the intersection at MacDonald Street West and Fourth Avenue Northwest, city hall has no plans to install more safety measures to manage traffic.

During the June 13 regular council meeting, Coun.

Doug Blanc asked city administration whether it was feasible to install a four-way stop at that intersection to eliminate what some residents perceived was an increase in accidents during the past year.

He also wanted administration to determine how many accidents had occurred at that corner.

City administration responded during the July 11 regular meeting, saying traffic enhancements were unnecessary. However, the city had pruned trees and bushes near that intersection, while the public works department planned to install additional warning signs before the crossing for southbound traffic.

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Hiring an IC would ensure the person can impartially h assess or investigate complaints and provide recommendations about sanctions while ensuring the public that m the matter is being fairly addressed. Meanwhile, council i would not be able to dismiss the IC except for cause.

The IC could address other areas such as providing a advice and advance rulings and recommendations, pre- o paring written materials about the IC’s role and obliga- o tions, delivering educational programs, and publishing an o annual report.

City hall will use the services of an integrity commissioner only when an issue arises.

No extra safety measures needed at MacDonald and Fourth Northwest, city says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

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Bevan Harlton, director of engineering services, told u the resident in the letter that the department took into t consideration traffic control changes and reviewed them f against the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCD), the traffic bylaw, the development m transportation standards, and the City-wide Roadway In- P d tersection Review Report.

MacDonald Street Northwest and Fourth Avenue T Northwest are both classified as collector roadways, w while the purpose of such streets is to mainly provide traffic movement from arterial streets to residential streets, i o Harlton explained.

The department reviewed the intersection and deter- s mined there were no criteria to warrant a four-way stop, i according to the MUTCD, he added. Furthermore, driver l inattention was the major factor in all collisions, while r a traffic capacity analysis suggested that all movements were operating acceptably and no improvements were needed.

“I appreciate engineering looking into this,” Blanc said after the report was presented. “I had a couple of people on that Fourth Avenue question me about why there isn’t a four-way stop there. I see that there was a resident that also wrote a letter, which has been responded to.

“So the ones that contacted me, I’m going to share the letter with them … and provide the rationale.”

Blanc hoped that city administration did investigate the number of accidents at that intersection when creating the report because Harlton’s letter indicated driver inattention was the main problem.

He also hoped that the advance stop sign warning would eliminate such incidents, while he thought residents should be instructed to keep tabs on vehicle collisions and report back to city hall if that number increases.

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g — The next regular council meeting is MONDAY, JULY 25 Taxpayer Art King is outraged that city council’s new d code of ethics allows members to run for provincial or s federal politics even though they signed an oath of office e committing to serve Moose Jaw. King appeared before city council at its July 11 meeting and spoke against Bylaw No. 5669, The Code - of Ethical Conduct for Members of City Council.

This is not the first time King has spoken against the o bylaw. He wrote a letter to the editor in October 2021 , expressing his concerns about the proposed changes. g He noted then that it was “with sadness” that he e “learned of the demise or future demise” of the ethics bylaw at that time. He wrote that of the suggested changg es, the one about members taking an unpaid leave of absence to run for higher office bothered him the most.

That clause still bothered King, which prompted him to focus on it during his presentation to council.

“If councillors and mayors fill out nomination forms to run for council, they are aware of the duration, contract, remuneration and scope of that contract, which they include in the … bylaws concerning their ethics,” y he said.

“And I’ll remind you that’s all signed by every t member of council in their oath of office.”

While swearing their oath of office, members proml ise to be true, faithful and impartial to the best of their g ability and knowledge and to perform the duties of their - office well, King continued. However, they violate that - oath if they run for other politics and win.

“I believe that is what actually happened in the City n of Moose Jaw at the time when previous mayor (Fraser) -

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Tolmie handed in his resignation, handing the taxpayers of Moose Jaw a $60,000 to $80,000 byelection bill,” he remarked, adding Tolmie “stuck it to the city taxpayers of Moose Jaw” with a bill and left, which was “unspeakable.”

Clause 78 in the new ethics bylaw allows members to take an unpaid leave of absence to run for elected office of another government.

During the leave, they cannot receive confidential documents, can receive copies of public reports, do not have to return municipal resources but cannot use them for non-civic purposes, and will not be reimbursed for mileage or similar expenses.

King wondered what type of “pandora’s box” would be opened if this leave occurred before a municipal election.

He thought candidates could use advertising and press releases to gain an advantage, knowing that if they failed to win “the more prestigious employment and remuneration,” they could fall back on their secure council seat without penalty or being forced to compensate taxpayers.

“That’s a travesty. As a taxpayer of the City of Moose Jaw, I’m outraged because when we elect an elected official for a particular timeframe, he knows upfront how long it’s for, the remuneration that’s supplied and his duties that he is to perform,” King said.

King encouraged council to eliminate clause No. 78 since he did not think it showed respect to taxpayers.

Moreover, he thought council members should always hold residents in high regard.

“I want us to find a policy that will work, that will be reasonable and easily accessible for all groups that are using these facilities in the summer,” she said. “We have great parks and we want the parks to be used.”

Eby added that she trusted city administration to bring forward a reasonable policy that could be implemented next summer.

Coun. Jamey Logan agreed with Eby’s motion and the reasons for it. He pointed out that the city can’t leave washrooms open unattended since that could attract “unsavoury acts” that are dangerous, while they would need to be cleaned after those activities.

“I think if we have a policy in place where perhaps folks could just gain a key and gain access and pay the necessary cost recovery, then I certainly think it’s a good idea,” he added.

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“I’m a bit irate because … this situation has gone on far too long,” King added.

Coun. Kim Robinson pointed out that clause 79 (b) of the new bylaw says the city will hire an integrity commissioner on an ad hoc basis — not full-time — if an issue arises. Meanwhile, he did not have any comments about clause 78 since it was not unique to Moose Jaw. “This rule is common across municipalities across Saskatchewan. I know we don’t always have to follow that lead, but it is the norm,” he added.

SPC station permit drives city building permit values

By Ron Walter - For Moose Jaw Express

A $51.8 million building permit related to construction of the Great Plains SPC station soared permit values to almost twice the current year’s total.

Development of the 350 megawatt natural gas co-generation plant took permit values to $58 million for the six months ended June 30.

City hall permits for six single family homes added $2.2 million. Home values ranged from $290,000 to $520,000.

To date 16 homes worth $6.15 million have been approved compared with 23 units last year worth just over $9 million.

Other major commercial projects included $2.4 million for a retail complex next to the new Canadian Tire store; $600,000 for restaurant renovations near the Prairie Oasis restaurant; $150,000 for a restaurant renovation across from Staples; and $171,000 for a storage building near Sask Polytech.

Permit values for the first six months of 2022 were 4.5 times larger than the $13.8 million last year.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

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Notice is hereby given that Galaxy Entertainment Inc. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use - Theatre permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Galaxy Cinemas Moose Jaw at 1235 Main Street North Moose Jaw SK S6H 6M4 Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

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After rejecting a day camp’s request to use Happy Valley Park for free, city council wants a new policy created to govern the use of such venues.

During its July 11 regular meeting, council voted unanimously to have city administration prepare a bylaw that would establish a washroom venue policy and rental fee schedule for the use of city parks.

This is in response to its decision during its June 24 meeting to deny a request from the Roots Elementary Program to use Happy Valley Park’s washrooms for free during its day camps from July 4 to 8 and Aug. 1 to 5.

This decision meant the camp had to pay the rental rate if it wanted to use the venue.

While introducing the motion during the July 11 meeting, Coun. Heather Eby explained that she voted with most of her colleagues to deny the request but thought the city should have a policy to oversee this issue. While approving the day camp’s request could have created an unfair landscape for other groups paying to use the park, she later realized washrooms are a basic need for summer camps.

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EXPRESS The pop-up project held by Cleanfarms on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, was an enormous success and saw many producers bringing their grain bags and twine to the Moose Jaw Recycling Centre (MJRC).

On Wednesday, July 13th, from 9 A.M. to 12 A.M. producers could clear some of the used ag plastics off their farms and have them recycled. The MJRC had a total of ten-grain bags brought in and around twelve bags of twine.

They [MJRC] are still taking in ag plastic just not on that large of a scale.

As long as you call in and make an appointment for a drop-off during operating hours, the employees at the MJRC will be happy to help you load them off.

“We actually started this a couple of months ago; this was just kind of a big way to start promoting it and start getting the word out to some farmers and people in town if they know anyone who farms.

We take in grain bags, we take in twine, and we are starting a couple of other pilot

Cleanfarms recycling event was a remarkable success

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The amount of grain bags brought in by producers.

The amount of twine brought in by producers.

projects,” said Devin Kiryk, an employee who aided in the project.

The MJRC hopes to be able to throw these big ag plastic take-in events a few times a year, while still holding scheduled drop-offs.

Cleanfarms, in collaboration with the MJRC, conducted their recycling event.

This micro pilot is a five-year investment to help the agricultural sector change and

remain competitive. It was funded in part by the Government of Canada through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities (CASPP) for $50.3 million.

The MJRC is a locally owned and operated business that aims to divert recyclable material from our local Landfill.

The MJRC is also one of Cleanfarms collection sites for the SK Grain Bag Recy-

D t cling program year-round.

Cleanfarms is a non-profit agricultur- B al industry stewardship organization that l contributes to a healthier environment and a sustainable future by recycling n agricultural and related industry plastic, c packaging, and products. It is funded by m its members in the crop protection, seed, fertilizer, animal health medication, and F ag plastics industries. With a network of a more than 1,500 recycling collection sites h across Canada, Cleanfarms’ recycling f programs enable farmers to keep valuable o resource materials out of landfills and the environment. Cleanfarms has employees N located in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mani- L a toba, Ontario, and Quebec.

If you were unable to attend this w event you can schedule a drop-off by callt ing the MJRC at 306-693-3867.

To learn more about Cleanfarms and a its initiatives go to https://cleanfarms.ca/ p expanding-ag-recycling-in-saskatche- n v wan/. h

Native plant species to benefit cattle farmers

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com

Many Canadian cattle producers rely on introduced species of foraged plants, such as alfalfa, to feed their animals, but there is a growing interest in native plant species, and there are good reasons as to why.

A group of research scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Swift Current Research and Development Centre have been working with native forage plants that have a proven history of surviving the extreme climates of the prairie.

Dr. Sean Asselin is one of the researchers that are researching these plants and the benefits that they have on the surrounding environment. Dr. Asselin and his colleagues work together to study the distinctive characteristics of native plant species within the context of agricultural production. In this case, it is looking at native species in foraging systems.

One of the key discoveries is that these native plants could provide a brandnew feed opportunity for the Canadian cattle producers, as well as ecosystem benefits that are great for the environment.

These studies should allow them to develop seed sources that can be utilized by producers if they want to plant distinct species. This would allow for more options in the terms of what species of plant they can put in, it also allows them to use

the natural benefits of those native plant species.

These native plant species could provide greater genetic diversity and different mutualisms with the environment. Since these plants have been here for hundreds of thousands of years and they took a long time to adapt to the growing conditions, some of these adaptations include cold tolerance, persistence in the environment, and longevity.

When using native plant species, you will not run into adaptations, which you would run into while using an introduced plant species.

“If we are getting our seed sources from places like Colorado or New Mexico, they may be a native species to North America and a native species to here in Saskatchewan; they are not necessarily adapted because different populations can have different traits. Bringing materials up from down south they do not always have the cold tolerance to survive because they are adapted to down south,” said Dr. Asselin.

“So, we really need to focus on the materials that are already here and take advantage of that genetic diversity, so we have materials that are adapted to this growing region. Otherwise, you can spend a lot of money to plant seeds, but if that

climate). · Responses to drought and protein levels of different populations of native forage species relied on by historic Wood and Plains bison. · How to maintain germplasm (genetic material) on a natural landscape that is being grazed and mowed, as opposed to a controlled laboratory environment.

If you want to learn more about Dr. Asselin’s research and his discoveries go to https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/ news-agriculture-and-agri-food-canada/ scientific-achievements-agriculture/benefitting-cattle-producers-and-environment-value-native-forages.

The variation shown in these White Prairie Clover Plant being studied by Dr. Asselin and his team. Photo courtesy of the Government of Canada. plant seed is poor quality or if it is from an area that is too much of an environmental mismatch the results could be very risky.”

The items that Dr. Asselin and his colleagues are studying are as follows: · Breeding and integration of native plants into agricultural systems. · The vigour of prairie legumes. · Landscape genomics in prairie clovers (signals of their genetic adaptation to

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Eyebrow Fair horse show numbers strong this year

By Ron Walter - For Moose Jaw Express

The 26th Eyebrow Fair got off to a surprise start.

Twice as many horses and competitors showed up at 7 a.m. to the horse show and organizers were pressed to get all 49 horses through classes by 7 p.m.

With the last minute cancellation of the light horse show at the Hometown Fair in Moose Jaw, this was the only show around here this summer.

Riders take countless hours riding and training to get their horses ready.

Getting a horse to stand still on a hot

summer day is no easy feat. Tails flicking off bugs the horses in the show line wanted to move.

Two young girls had different ways to keep their horses still.

One stood under her horse’s neck and nudged the head up. The other took a wrestler-like grip on the muzzle and kept the unruly animal still.

The beer garden was kept busy on this 30 plus day with a beach volleyball tournament and twice as many teams as usual in the slo-pitch tournament.

Bouncy castles, cookie decorating, face painting and finding candy in the straw stations were occupied by kids.

A parade came through town at noon.

A show and shine, first for this fair, drew about 20 entries.

The pie booth run by the Eyebrow Seniors lived up to its high standards.

A pancake breakfast run by volunteer firefighters, started the day: two large

K S o e pancakes, two fried eggs and two slices of c ham. m “You can’t beat that and for $5,” said p one hungry man. “Other places you’d pay e $8 to $10.”

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Gateway Festival returns to Bengough on July 22-23

The featured headliners will be Chilliwack, Gord Bamford, The Northern Pikes and The Grapes of Wrath.

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Dubbed “the little Festival that could” for the past 18 years, the Gateway Festival in Bengough continues to be a family-friendly tourist destination.

Through music culture and community, the Gateway Festival brings worldclass entertainment and unforgettable memories to a normally quiet prairie town.

This year, the Bengough Gateway Festival will be held in Bengough Regional Park on July 22 and 23. The featured headliners will be Chilliwack, Gord Bamford, The Northern Pikes and The Grapes of Wrath.

Other entertainment includes Megan Nash, Karissa Hoffart, Badlands Country, Library Voices and Radioactive Love. For a complete lineup, residents can visit the website at www.gatewayfestival.com.

The event layout is well planned with two large stages of continuous music and another sponsored stage at the swimming pool to complement the popular ‘Community and Culture Walk’, which gives festival goers a chance to hop on a local bus to hear historical tales of the community.

Places of interest include the museum, a visual arts display at the Drop In Centre, the Last Chance Store, and other local businesses and restaurants.

The festival spills outside of the main festival site to offer music at the outdoor

This year, the Bengough Gateway Festival will be held in Bengough Regional Park on July 22 and 23. The featured headliners will be Chilliwack, Gord Bamford, The Northern Pikes and The Grapes of Wrath.Courtesy of the Gateway Festival swimming pool and a car show to be held downtown on Saturday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Gateway Festival is noted for an exciting children’s area, where children can enjoy various activities such as face painting, bouncy castles, listen to a children’s performer and ride their famous Gateway kids train (built by former Bengough resident Les Anderson).

Singer Sylvia Chave and Pat Roth, magician and balloon sculptor, will entertain the children.

On the festival grounds there will be amazing local vendors and merchandise

tents, along with food trucks and a beer gardens.

There are acres and acres of green grass for camping adjacent to the festival grounds, making it very comfortable and convenient for tourists. Camping is split into three zones: family, quiet and party.

Every year festival performers also visit residents of the Bengough Long Term Care Home to share music and good conversation.

This year the 50/50 raffle will be the highest ever sold at Gateway Festival. It is already nearing $10,000. To purchase a 50/50 ticket, call 306-268-2002

Financial benefits from the Gateway Festival also go back into the community. The Parks Board realizes a huge profit from the campers and concessions because of this event. They have donated money to the Bengough Playground Fundraising Initiative to build a new playground for the children in the area and all those who visit in July.

They were also able to donate towards the purchase of a new fire truck, chairs for the museum, swimming pool deck, Bengough School, the Bengough Agricultural Society, the Daycare, the dance club, and to bull-riding programs in the community.

They have donated tickets or merchandise to many organizations to help raise money for their cause.

The Gateway Festival is made possible due to the hard work of the Bengough Municipal Arts Council, the extraordinary dedication of the valued volunteers in the community and the support of Tourism Saskatchewan, Sask. Arts Board and other businesses and organizations.

The Gateway Festival will continue to grow, as plans continue to make this event the place to be on the fourth weekend in July This article was posted by Weyburn Review.

Tennyson King to return to Gravelbourg for performance at Cafe de Paris

Globetrotting musician to bring unique rock-and-roll folk blues stylings to southern Saskatchewan at end of the month Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express It’s not much of a stretch to say that Tennyson King enjoys being on the road.

You just have to look at the rock-androll, folk and blues-style musician’s website to get a feel for just how much time he spends touring, performing in venues large and small, all over the world.

King’s current road trip -- in support of his recently released album Good Company -- features more than 40 dates all over western Canada and Ontario, including a stop in Gravelbourg at the Cafe de Paris on July 26.

The run began in Creston, B.C. back on July 2 and wraps up in Cookstown, Ont. at the Gussapalooza Music Festival on Sept. 18, which will mark the end of his second tour this year.

It all makes for many a mile on the highways, but it’s all worth it if King and his travelling partners are able to connect with fans in the many communities along the way.

“Yeah, they’ve been going great,” King said during a stop in Kelowna on Saturday evening. “I think the overall vibe of everyone and the energy is just that everyone’s happy to have live music back consistently. And my keyboard player and myself, we’re just really happy to play for people too, so it’s been lots of good, good energy and positive vibes for sure.”

King is, in a word, a globetrotter. His musical ventures have taken him from large shows in Europe to performances of all sizes in southeast Asia and, of course, many a jaunt around North America.

That might mean very little time relaxing at home, but when you love the road as much as Tennyson does, it’s all fine and well.

“I love touring and travelling so for me it feels kind of like I’m back home in a sense, being in my groove and moving town-to-town,” King said. “And we’ve had a lot of great outdoor shows so far too, like a lot of music in the parks and things like that across B.C., so it’s just wonderful to kind of play music in front of the mountains and everything.”

Of course, it certainly doesn’t hurt to have plenty of eyes and ears on his music. While Good Company is his first fulllength album, King has a host of songs in

Tennyson King pauses for a photo during one of his many international tours. his oeuvre, ranging from soulful ballads to rocking tracks all in his unique folk-rock style.

Bringing that music to people live just enhances the experience, King says.

“I love sharing music in person,” he said. “As much as it’s great that people listen to my music through CD and digital platforms and play it on their own time, to me there’s nothing like being in person and connecting with people in real-time through music. That’s very important to me, just as a human who enjoys listening to music and getting music performed as well. It’s super important for me to kind of be on the road and be in the communities playing.”

King’s visit to Gravelbourg won’t be his first, either. He was there most recently this spring as part of his first tour of 2022 and has had the Cafe de Paris on his radar ever since his first show there back in 2009.

“I love Gravelbourg, I played there for the first time that summer and it was it was such a cool town,” King said. “And everybody there had just such good energy and then the show was amazing, too. So I always try to make it a point to go back to

Gravelbourg when I’m in that part of the world.”

Tennyson’s shows tend to have a more relaxed and laid-back feel, with the musician sprinkling in anecdotes from his world travels into his performance. The music itself is also heavily influenced by his experiences, as can be seen by his videos on www.tennysonking.com That all makes for shows that come off even better when in an intimate setting.

“I’m a huge storyteller when it comes to my music and my performance and I still try to do that storytelling connection on the big outdoor shows, but with the small intimate ones, it’s just a little bit easier to connect with everyone,” King explained. “I think everyone also feels a little bit more vulnerable and open to connect in that way. So I do really enjoy those kinds of intimate shows where they’re eye-level with me and they can really feel the sweat and the sound and everything coming out.”

As for Good Company itself, the album was put together through 2020, both live and virtually as the pandemic took hold. King was able to work with Juno-nominated producer Ross Hayes Citrullo to put things together, with studio work in the fall of 2020 and the final track-

ing wrapped up in December 2020. “it actually came about in a way because of COVID,” King said. “I was supposed to start writing and recording at the beginning of 2019 but I kept putting it off because I was just touring so much. I just wanted to tour and I didn’t really want to settle, I didn’t want to stay put in Toronto to make a record… So it was cool to actually have that time to work on the record with no pressure and stress of having to go out to tour, it all kind of worked out really nice.”

As one might expect, this won’t be Tennyson’s last time on the road. He plans to take October off to rest and write before hitting Australia and southeast Asia for a few dates in November.

“Anywhere warm during the cold months up here,” he said with a laugh.

The Dinner and Show with Tennyson King at the Cafe de Paris in Gravelbourg takes place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26. Space is limited, reserve your spot by contacting the venue at www.facebook. com/CafeParisGravelbourg.

For more on Tennyson King, including samples of his music and a host of music videos, be sure to check out his website at www.tennysonking.com.

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Editor’s note: Please note the spelling of katherena vermette is intentional.

It is spelled in lower case as her preferred stylistic choice as an established author.

Festival of Words workshops unite artists with fans

By Gordon Edgar = Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The Saskatchewan Festival of Words began Thursday morning, kicking off one of Moose Jaw’s premier summer events with workshops by Katherena Vermette, Khodi Dill, and Kevin Wesaquate, and a storytime for little ones with Kai Cheng Thom.

Wesaquate is a multidisciplinary artist currently working as the Indigenous Arts & Culture Leader at SCYAP — Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming, Inc. He is the founder of the Indigenous Poetry Society and works to increase the spoken word community and empower youth and adults both to combine the written word, storytelling, and visual art.

Wesaquate’s workshop at the Cultural Centre combined a watercolour bison painting with poetry. Participants listened as he explained the multiple directions art has taken him and the social justice he has contributed to.

Khodi Dill with his book Welcome to the Cypher Spoken word workshop At the public library, Khodi Dill introduced a class of youth to the history and philosophy of spoken word poetry, drawing from his book Welcome to the Cypher

Artist Kevin Wesaquate with two of his artworks (2021).

“Doing spoken word for me means reclaiming an old, old tradition from my culture that was lost,” Dill said, “or, I should say, suppressed over time.”

Dill worked with participants to write their own poems and then perform them.

“One of the benefits of speaking it out loud is that it breathes life into it,” he explained. If you don’t hear the author reading it out loud, “you might miss a lot of the cadence and the emphasis … and we can (read) with a vividness and a range of emotions which I think is really cool.”

Book club with katherena vermette vermette is the award-winning author of multiple books of poetry, children’s literature, and the haunting, bleak, deeply affecting debut novel The Break (2016).

Her book The Strangers (2021) is a follow-up to The Break, featuring many of the same characters. vermette drew on her own upbringing as a woman of Métis heritage raised in the north end of Winnipeg.

Book club participants eagerly quizzed vermette on her writing process, asked questions about the fates and mindsets of particular characters, and looked

for details on her upcoming work.

Although she gently refused to provide spoilers, vermette admitted — to applause from the group — that a third book set in the same world as The Break and The Strangers is now in draft form. She encouraged her readers to look for ongoing Easter eggs and world-building details connecting each book.

“I am a big sci-fi/fantasy nerd,” she said with a laugh. “I love Easter eggs, I love world-building. You can’t really tell with these three books in particular, because I use realism, but I’m putting in those Easter eggs and those little overlaps.”

katherena vermette answers questions from the book club at the Moose Jaw Public Library Storytime with Kai Cheng Thom Thom is the Toronto-based author of five award-winning books. She drew on six years of experience as a children’s psychotherapist for her latest children’s book, For Laika (2022).

She read For Laika to a group of children on the front lawn of the Moose Jaw Public Library and stayed to chat with and

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Kai Cheng Thom holds her children’s i book For Laika following her storytime A e for little ones F answer questions from the kids afterward. B “I used to be a children’s psychother- c apist, so I have a lot of practice talking to W kids,” Thom said. “It’s one of my favorite s things to do, storytime.”

C Thom has written two books for children, one for teens, and two for adults. For b Laika tells the story of the dog who was m the first animal in space. She was launched h in Sputnik 2 — there was never a plan for p her return. b “People ask me, ‘Why would you m write about something so sad for children?’ And it’s because when I was work- s ing in a children’s hospital, kids would p ask me (about death) all the time. … It’s a the job of people who teach children and people who tell stories to children to offer them ways of understanding the world that are truthful, and to honour how wise and smart children can be.”

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Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian playwright, screenwriter, literary historian, novelist, and more whose work has won awards and sold millions of copies internationally.

Her 2010 novel Room is perhaps her most famous work. Room was an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. Donoghue adapted the screenplay for the 2015 film version of Room — and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA as a result.

Film lead Brie Larson won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Since 1998, Donoghue has lived in London, Ontario with her wife and two children.

Author Amanda Leduc moderated the interview. Leduc began by asking Donoghue about her latest novel Haven (2022), which imagines the story of the first three people to attempt to settle on a tiny rock island off the western coast of Ireland in 600 A.D. “I’ve chosen a very strange situation of three men stepping onto this rocky island of Skellig Michael,” Donoghue said.

“They’re there not because it seems like a sensible place to land, in fact, there’s no water supply. They’re there because it seems like the most isolated spot possible.”

The book was inspired by a boat tour around the Skellig islands. Donoghue looked at Skellig Michael, which is best known for a well-preserved monastery built between the 6th and 8th centuries, and wondered why anyone would choose to live there.

“They’re building an outpost of Christendom,” she explained. “It looked absolutely impossible, so of course my imagination started working in overdrive

T d & d s m Emma Donoghue made a virtual appearance in the Mae Wilson Theatre on Friday afternoon. The discussion was moderated by Amanda Leduc (from Facebook) to figure out how they possibly did it and why. What could motivate such a crazy action?”

Leduc noted that Donoghue tends to place her characters in isolated, difficult circumstances. She asked Donoghue what about such spaces attracted her interest.

“It’s funny,” Donoghue replied, “I’ve lived a very happy life, I’ve lived in several countries, there’s really nothing confined about my life. But I like to put my characters through all sorts of challenges and miseries that I’ve never experienced.

It simply increases the temperature, in literary terms, it makes every interaction between the characters fraught in the same way as your conversation would be fraught if suddenly you realized you were locked in an elevator with a stranger or you’re in a train and it gets derailed. It just increases the tension and the consequences of actions.”

Donoghue’s success spans an incredible range of genres. Check out her website at emmadonoghue.com to learn about her dramas, literary histories, young adult books, stage adaptations, radio plays, and short stories.

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Festival of Words fully underway with busy Friday schedule

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The 26th annual Saskatchewan Festival of Words was in full swing on Friday, with a busy schedule of author readings filling the rooms of the Moose Jaw Public Library (MJPL) and opportunities for book signings and autographs between each event.

The Festival’s bookstore has taken up residence downstairs in the museum. Fans attended sessions with an author, then could go buy their book, get it signed, and chat.

Friday morning’s author sessions included literary guests Zarqa Nawaz, Amanda Leduc, Lisa Bird-Wilson, katherena vermette, Anthony Bidulka, Will Ferguson, David Bergen, Theressa Slind, Brandon Wint, Paul Huebener, Patricia Robertson, Jerry Haigh, Khodi Dill, Wayne Simpson, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Jason Purcell, Jillian Christmas, and Robert Currie.

Suyi Davies Okungbowa was delayed by the current Canadian air travel nightmare. Festival organizers said they were hopeful he would make it to Saturday’s panels. Michelle Good, author of national bestseller Five Little Indians, is unable to make it to this year’s Festival.

Friday events included more author sessions at the MJPL from 2:40 to 3:30 p.m., an interview with Emma Donoghue, author of The Room, from 4 to 5 p.m.,

The Festival of Words bookstore is downstairs at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery for the next couple of days. Authors will regularly stop by for signings and to chat with fans, so don’t miss out. (photo by Gordon Edgar)

Robert Currie opens the Festival of Words at the Mae Wilson Theatre Thursday evening. The poem he read was written especially for the 25th anniversary of the Festival in 2021. (photo

by Gordon Edgar) the ever-popular Trivia Night at Bobby’s Place beginning at 6 p.m., and finally the Spoken Word Showcase, a festival highlight, at 8:30 p.m. in the Mae Wilson.

The Spoken Word Showcase featured Brandon Wint, Khodi Dill, Kai Cheng Thom, Janelle Pewapsconias, and Jillian Christmas.

Thursday evening’s READception Thursday evening marked the formal start of the Festival with readings in the Mae Wilson Theatre. Sarah Simison, who served as the Festival’s executive director for many years is now the managing artistic director, and Amanda Farnel, a Festival of Words veteran and now the executive director, greeted festival-goers and introduced the evening’s authors.

Mayor Clive Tolley spoke briefly to welcome attendees to Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw’s own Robert Currie started the evening off with a poem he wrote especially for last year’s 25th Festival of Words anniversary. He incorporated a quote from a Festival appearance by Margaret Atwood in which she praised the team and volunteers who made the Festival happen. Simison noted that Currie’s

poem had inspired the staff t-shirts and event theme this year.

Readings followed from Jerry Haigh, Patricia Robertson, Lisa Bird-Wilson, and Amanda Leduc.

Haigh is a Kenya-born wildlife veterinarian who traveled the world for 34 years working with animals of all kinds. He told stories from Africa, Asia, and, of course, Canada. Haigh currently resides with his family in Saskatoon. His latest book Reindeer Reflections has a foreword by fellow Saskatoon resident Yann Martel, who wrote the worldwide bestseller Life of Pi. Patricia Robertson is the author of Hour of the Crab, a short-fiction collection described by author Wayne Grady as beautifully written and intelligent. Robertson’s Thursday-night reading was a chilling account of a Canadian tourist who finds a body on a beach in southern Spain.

Lisa Bird-Wilson is the executive director of Saskatchewan’s Gabriel Dumont Institute, which is owned by the Métis Nation in Saskatchewan and functions as its cultural and educational arm. She has written for publications across Canada and is the chair of the Ânskohk Indigenous Literature Festival. Her latest novel is Probably Ruby, published in 2021.

Amanda Leduc read from her 2021 novel The Centaur’s Wife. Leduc also

Author Lisa Bird-Wilson reads from her latest novel “Probably Ruby” in the Mae Wilson Thursday evening. (photo

by Gordon Edgar) wrote the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space (2020). She has cerebral palsy and serves as the communications coordinator for Canada’s first literary festival for diverse authors and stories — the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD).

Jerry Haigh speaks on his career traveling the world as a wildlife veterinarian at the Festival opening Thursday evening. (photo by Gordon Edgar)

Amanda Leduc reads from her book The Centaur’s Wife during a session Friday morning. (photo by Gordon Edgar)

Robert Currie teams up with Khodi Dill for Festival of Words reading

d One of the author team-up sessions Friday y afternoon at the Festival of Words was between poet and anti-racism activist Khodi o Dill and Robert Currie, who both graduatt ed from Central Collegiate in Moose Jaw. The duo was introduced by Moose t Jaw city councillor Crystal Froese, who e acted as a facilitator for many of the author - sessions during the festival.

The session was held in the Taylor y Room of the Moose Jaw Public Library s (MJPL).

Dill is a Bahamian-Canadian writer, spoken word artist, and anti-racist educa, - tor living in Saskatoon. He is the author of e the picture book Welcome to the Cypher.

“It’s really fantastic to be back at this e e library, which is kind of the library that r raised me,” said Dill. “And to be here with t Mr. Bob Currie, who is an absolute leg- end.”

Currie taught at Central for many - years. Although he retired before Dill - started high school, Dill remembers seeing t Currie’s books in the classroom and learnt ing about him.

“I have to say, growing up in Moose d Jaw, I didn’t have a lot of Black writer role

By Gordon Edgar - Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

models, you know?” Dill said. “But it was so cool to have a writer role model from my little town, and to know that that’s a possibility for people, is to actually be a writer.”

Dill spoke about his work as a teacher and about his next book, a non-fiction young adult book about racism, resistance, and transformation. He read from a chapter called “How to show love… and rage, too.”

“The Black positive self-image I was developing in my youth would become crucial as I began to participate more actively in the struggle for equity,” Dill read in part. “I know that the fight for Black liberation can be won … Remember, happiness is part of the fight, and the complete and unfettered joy or spiritual awakening that one can feel while making anti-oppressive art ain’t bad therapy either.”

Robert Currie is the author of 13 books, both fiction and poetry. He is a former Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan and a recipient of the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

“Real pleasure to be reading with you,

Robert Currie (left) and Khodi Dill chat with participants following their reading session (photo by Gordon Edgar) Khodi,” Currie said. “Khodi and I are both graduates of Central Collegiate, although one of us is more recent than the other.”

Currie’s latest book of selected poems, Shimmers of Light, was published in May. The book launch was at MJPL, where Currie also does most of his writing.

The esteemed poet read several poems from his book, including one about a boy being bullied into playing chicken

with a train — and apparently barely surviving — and a poem about a group of skinny-dipping boys boldly inviting some girls picnicking nearby to join them. The audience laughed, and Currie dodged a question about whether the poem was about him.

On the topic of racism, Currie read a poem about his father and himself at a baseball game.

The young Currie heard someone nearby shout a racial slur at a Black player and asked his father what the word meant.

His father told him it was an ignorant word, a bad word and an insult — a word he should never use.

“I have no memory of who won the game, or who the opposition was. But even now, 23 years after my father’s death, I can recall that moment,” Currie read.

“Never in all the years he was alive had I seen him look more serious.”

The 2022 Saskatchewan Festival of Words wrapped up on Sunday, July 17 with morning panels on the ins and outs of publishing and the relationship between authors and fans.

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The Old Harvard Trainer and #32 SFTS (RAF) Prepared by Richard Dowson

As you drive onto the 15 Wing Base, Moose Jaw, you will see this T-6 Harvard Mk. IV, serial number RCAF 20456, gleefully resting on a plinth. Built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1952, it was put on display after an illustrious career in the RCAF. The North American Harvard Trainer, known as the Texan to Americans, was a common sight in Moose Jaw when the Royal Air Force operated #32 Service Flying Training School during WW II. The Harvard provided ‘intermediate’ pilot training.

New Pilots got their wings after qualifying on the single engine Harvard or multi-engine trainers like the Cessna Crane and Avro Anson. Examples of all these aircraft are on display at the Moose Jaw Western Development Museum. The Museum’s Crane was used in Brandon.

Qualifying as a pilot on a single engine Harvard usually meant the pilot went on to advanced ‘Fighter’ training in the UK. Getting your Wings on a multi-engine aircraft usually meant you went on to the UK for advanced training and the to a Heavy Conversion Unit where they became a Heavy Bomber pilot.

(The British had a thing about naming aircraft after education institutes. Like the ‘Yale’, the predecessor of the ‘Harvard’.

There was also the Airspeed Oxford.)

Unidentified pilots, with a North American Harvard II aircraft in the background, who took part in a Single Engine Bombing Competition at No.31 Service Flying Training School (S.F.T.S.) (Royal Canadian Airforce Schools and Training Units), Royal Canadian Air Force, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 13 July 1943. LAC # 3589661 Three Steps for Wartime Pilot Training in Canada The steps were, Initial Training, which was ‘sort of like’ high school all over again. If you qualitied for Pilot Training you were posted to an Elementary Flying Training School like the ones in Regina (RCAF), High River (RCAF), Assiniboia (RAF), Caronport (RAF) or one of many more.

Elementary Flying Training School Aircraft EFTS was centered around the de Havilland Tiger Moth, a single engine biplane. Training was usually ten hours of dual control, then the fledgling pilot soloed. That was followed by another forty hours of Tiger Moth training. Upon graduation the ‘fledgling’ went on to a Service Flying Training School.

1943 and was scrapped. Credit the ‘Walker’ records (rwwlaker.ca) Al Seward flew this Tiger Moth in the course of his pilot training. The ‘hard top’ was added specifically for prairie flying.

It was normally an open cockpit aircraft but that didn’t work in minus thirty prairie weather.

Pilot Training in Canada was under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Pilots came from the Commonwealth and all over the world to learn to fly. Many Americans joined the RCAF and RAF because the United States did not enter World War One until December 1941, almost 2 years after the War started.

The United States Army Air Force, as it was known in WW II, required all pilots to be College graduates. The RCAF, RAF and other Commonwealth Air Forces did not have this qualification. Their system of ‘3 Stages’ produced wonderful pilots who, for the most part, were not College graduates.

Before it Was 15 Wing The Air Base south of Moose Jaw was opened by the British RAF in November 1940 as #32 Service Flying Training School. The school remained open until November 1944 and graduated 1207 students.

In 1952 it was re-opened at No. 2 Flying Training School.

Several other old Air Training Schools were reactivated in 1952 because of the War in Korea, the advancement of the Cold War and requests from NATO.

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Instructor and student with North American Harvard II aircraft of No.2 Service Flying Training School (S.F.T.S.) (Royal Canadian Airforce Schools and Training Units), R.C.A.F., Uplands, Ontario, Canada. July 1941. LAC Photo 3521068

Credit the Al Seward Collection This particular Tiger Moth I, Model D.H.82C, # 4316 was taken on strength 7 December 1940 at No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, High River, Alberta.

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Who Supplied the Training Aircraft?

The Tiger Moths initially came from the UK but were soon being manufactured in Canada.

The Harvard, based on its forerunner the fixed undercarriage Yale, was a different story. Initially they were built in the North American factory in California and ‘snuck’ into Canada by way of the “LendLease Act”.

United States was a neutral country.

They were prohibited from selling Harvard aircraft to the RCAF or the RAF. The way around this was the same was what countries are doing today for Ukraine.

Material was ‘loaned’.

Americans agreed to sell aircraft to the RAF, which sent them on to the RCAF. Hence, the Cessna Crane. This was done by trading some British Bases and agreeing to pay for the aircraft with gold or paying for the aircraft later.

Republicans supported Neutrality.

But, they liked the money that could be made, selling to the RAF. Tada! The arrival of aircraft.

The following Canadian Press story that appeared in the Moose Jaw Times Herald on Thursday, November 9, 1939 gives the ‘meat’ of the story and the specifications for the Harvard.

Moose Jaw Times Herald Thursday, November 9, 1939 “U.S. Planes Likely Be Used In Empire Air Scheme “London, November 9, 1939 – (CP) – “Aviation circles today suggested North American Harvard trainer airplanes ordered for the Royal Air Force and held up in the United States pending lifting of the arms embargo may now be delivered to

Canada for use in connection with the Empire air scheme instead of being shipped to the United Kingdom.

“Support is lent to the theory by the fact that large regular deliveries of the British made Miles Master training monoplane are being made to R.A.F. training schools.

“Experts here favor the Master because, with a top speed of 270 miles an hour, it is 50 miles an hour faster that the Harvard.

“Local Development “New York, November 9, 1939 – (CP) – A report form London that Canada may receive the North American Harvard training airplanes ordered in the Unites States by the Royal Air Force was described in aviation circles here today as a “logical development.”

“One aviation official, who declined use of his name, said, ‘As Canada is to be the Empire base for advance training of British air fighters. It is logical that the Harvard should be shipped to Canada.’

“While North American Aviation Company officials declined to discuss the matter, it was learned that 500 or more of the low-wing monoplanes are on order by Britain.

“The Harvards were standard training equipment in England before the war and the original British order was for 400 of them. Of these, 325 have been delivered across the Atlantic. The remaining 75 have been completed and may be the first consignment sent to Canada. In addition, there is ready for delivery sufficient spare and repair parts to compromise another 50 planes.

“Since the original order the British government placed another, and this was described here as being for ‘several hundred machines.’ The exact number of Harvard trainers covered by this order has not been announced, but authoritative circles say it is larger than the first order for 400 planes.

“Stopped by Embargo “Some time ago the Canadian government bought 15 of the Harvard trainers and these were delivered before the war.

Another Canadian order for 15 could not be filled because of the United States neutrality act and its embargo on implements of war but the planes were completed.

Now that the arms embargo has been revoked, they may be delivered at an early date.

“The Harvard trainer has a service or cruising speed of from 225 to 250 miles an hour. It is powered by a 550 horsepower Pratt and Whitney Wasp motor, has a wing span of 42 feet and is 24 feet long.

The monoplane has an all metal wing but the fuselage is fabric. The landing gear is non-retractable, while the propeller has a double pitch – flat for take off and high pitch for cruising. The wings are equipped with split, trailing edge flaps for air braking to reduce the landing speed.”

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RE: MARCIES CARE HOME COMPASSIONATE CAREGIVERS We are extremely happy to recommend Marcies Care Home to everyone in our community.

Their compassionate caregivers provided physical, emotional, and spiritual support for our father during his final days.

The staff worked ceaselessly to attend to all of his needs with compassion and dignity. Whether it was ar-

ranging his blood transfusions at the hospital or making his favorite home-cooked meals, they made every possible effort to preserve our father’s quality of life to the end.

Most crucial to our family, Mariam, the Director, made sure to keep my father and mother together in a comfortable bedroom, never separating them as many facilities do.

Mariam is an empathetic and skilled Registered

Nurse and was available at all hours to handle the many sudden and difficult hospice situations as they arose.

Our mother still resides at Marcies Care Home and we feel lucky and privileged to have found such a capable and proficient facility in Moose Jaw. We offer our unqualified endorsement and our deepest gratitude for how Marcies Care Home has helped us through these trying days.

Kimberly Gross

RE: RESPONSE TO PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN LAST WEEK’S EDITION “STAND FIRM WITH GOD’S HELP AGAINST THESE ‘GLOBALISTS’, AUTHOR SAYS” In regards to the article dealing with the threats of globalization ie. “Stand Firm with God’s help.....” I think the readers and Ms. Tyler need to be reminded of a time in our not-so-distant past when most people “did” adhere to religious beliefs. I seem to remember, at that time, two world wars that decimated world economies.

Where was religion when all those Jewish people were

murdered? And all those Gypsies? And homosexuals????? The list goes on and on.

We need a global effort now more than we ever have, what with the warming of this earth. Sure there are negatives. There always will be.

What is most reprehensible about this woman’s opinion is that she tries to hide her right-wing reactionary views behind a religion that is supposed to be about Love. I don’t see how such a religion would approve of illegal blockades and the wonton abuse of fellow Canadians????

What Miss Tyler needs to realize most of all is that when she feels like dissing the freedoms she so callously disregards, on a regular basis, don’t ever forget, we live in a nation that cherishes and stands by the greatest levels of freedom this world allows. It doesn’t get any better than Canada!!!!!

Miss Tyler’s rant doesn’t sound anything like religion. Sounds more like propaganda to me.

Sincerely yours, Tim Kleisinger

RE: ABOUT PTE. W.J MILNE VC. Please pass on my commendation to Jason G. Antonio for the excellent piece he wrote in the Express on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, about a local soldier, Pte. W.J Milne VC My home is only a few miles from the farm that he was employed at when he decided to join up. A plaque was erected to honour his courage. It is located on the east side of the gravel road at the entrance to the farm.

It is very sad that such a brave man didn’t survive that important and pivotal battle ie. Vimy Ridge; what makes it even sadder is that he was killed by what is known today as “friendly fire”! That terrible incident was recalled by Pte. Purl Moore (16th battalion at Vimy Ridge) quote, “While we were waiting to go on one of our shells exploded too soon. Short as we called it. The shrapnel hit Milne in the back and killed him.” Transcribed from the memoirs of Pte. Purl Moore. I obtained

this information from, I’m told, a very trustworthy and accurate source.

I, and I’m sure many of your readers, look forward to the end of the war and the great waste of life. – Isa 2:4 So there you have it and as the late great Paul Harvey would say “Now you know the rest of the story.”

Kind regards, Stewart Godfrey

Soldier avoided bombs and bullets during invasions of Sicily, Italy in WWII Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Lance-Cpl. Gilbert John Hyde’s unit faced little enemy opposition after landing on Sicily’s beaches three days after the Allies’ main assault on the Mediterranean island, but the terror of war grew the farther inland they went.

Hyde, then 23, was the driver of a Bren Gun carrier in “A” squadron with the 4th Princess Louis Dragoon Guards (PLDG), a reconnaissance regiment. The Moose Jaw native enlisted on Oct. 18, 1938, at age 18 and spent several years training in England before his unit sailed for the “underbelly of Europe” with the famed British Eighth Army.

Late arrivals The Guards were supposed to hit the beach on July 10, 1943, as part of Operation Husky and reconnoitre the area with the infantry. However, by the time the squadron arrived — at only half strength — on July 13, the fighting had moved inland while a weak Italian coastal division offered no resistance.

“I think they were just glad to give up. … we off-loaded our vehicles and went about two or three miles inland and my introduction to war was that night,” Hyde recalled.

The unit bivouacked — or camped — behind a hill, and since it was pitch black, they didn’t know where they were.

Night terrors “And about three o’clock in the morning, holy smokes we heard these guns go-

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Canadian troops ride in a Bren Gun carrier in Sicily. Photo courtesy Canadian Military History ing off, and this is the first time I’d really, you know, I’d heard artillery fire before because we’d done reconnaissance work … ,” he said.

A battery of 155-millimetre howitzers began shooting over their heads, but the soldiers realized it was friendly and was shooting toward the enemy. Hyde thought this was still scary, considering it was 3 a.m. and they were in a foreign country.

Reconnaissance begins Hyde and his squadron packed up the next day and caught up to the advancing infantry, where his unit was instructed to inspect a nearby village. This mission was successful without casualties, but they wouldn’t all be like that.

A week after arriving, members of Hyde’s unit became casualties after German machine gun and mortar fire hit them. “… I, myself, was still back with the commander,” recalled Hyde. “So, although we heard the shells and machine guns and that, we weren’t really under fire ourselves.”

Moving to Italy After six weeks in Sicily, the PLDG crossed the Strait of Messina to mainland Italy.

Another infantry unit had landed before the Guards and cleared the way, which meant Hyde’s unit faced little opposition after landing at Reggio di Calabria on Sept.

3, 1943, on the west coast of Italy.

They then travelled south and up the east coast to Locri, where they ran into thousands of Italian soldiers intent on surrendering. “… we see these guys coming out full marching order, swords, bayonets, flags, bands, a whole division coming down the road to us,” said Hyde. “And the general’s in front leading the parade, with all his medals and sashes and God knows what, and we just sort of waved them on, ‘Keep going boys, we can’t, we can’t do anything for ya.’”

Friendly fire The Guards continued travelling north, with mountains on their left and the Ionian Sea on their right. At 10 a.m., a squadron of Allied Kittyhawk fighters screamed overhead and “strafed the living jee-zus” out of the unit.

The planes continued to strafe the Canadians for 10 more minutes despite the latter shooting flares to call off the attack.

The attack destroyed two Bren Gun carriers, two armoured cars, killed two men and injured five.

“We just dove under our carriers and trucks and just prayed to God that, you know, nothing would happen to us,” the Moose Javian said.

Ten minutes later, German Messerschmitt 109s planes flew overhead and waggled their wings before flying off. Hyde believes the aircraft didn’t attack because they likely believed the unit was German.

Little Stalingrad After several months of fighting, the Canadians arrived at Ortona, halfway up Italy’s east coast. There they participated in the Battle of Ortona — known as Little Stalingrad for its ferocious fighting — from Dec. 20-28, 1943.

A stalemate made reconnaissance unnecessary. However, Hyde recalled two memorable events that occurred in the area.

One was participating in standing

patrols, where soldiers dug foxholes and spent many nerve-wracking hours listening for enemy patrols.

“When you’re standing out there until four o’clock in the morning just before dawn, it’s cold, (it’s dark), it’s wet, you’re miserable, you got to pee, and every little sound, you, you swear to God it’s an enemy moving,” Hyde said. “You know, it might even (be) just a rabbit or might be anything … .”

Another artillery scare The second experience again involved artillery. The Canadians and Germans exchanged volleys throughout the day, prompting Hyde and his unit to convert a chicken coop into a shelter where they could watch the action safely on a hill.

During one artillery exchange, the unit heard a German shell come screaming in like a “damn freight train.” Hyde saw the shell go over the shed’s roof, “about three feet above my head.” The men rushed outside to find their armoured car upside down on a pile of dirt six feet high.

The shell had gone under the vehicle but failed to explode.

“And I watched it, you know, just sit there,” added Hyde, “and that’s what I remember about Ortona.”

Hyde and the Princess Louis Dragoon Guards ended the war in The Netherlands.

He later served in the military until 1974.

A Canadian soldier walks carefully through the rubble of Ortona, Italy.

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Miller Express offence returns to form to kickstart four-game winning streak Recent run of success comes on heels of seven straight losses as Moose Jaw continues to hold down first place in East Division Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

What a difference a week makes.

After suffering through their longest losing streak of the season a little over seven days ago, the Moose Jaw Miller Express are once again one of the hottest teams in the Western Canadian Baseball League.

The Miller Express picked up their fourth-straight win on Saturday night, finishing off a doubleheader sweep of the Swift Current 57’s with an 11-7 victory that came on the heels of a 12-10 win earlier in the day.

Those two victories followed the best pitching performance the team has seen this season, a two-hit complete game from Tim Carlson in a 9-0 win over Weyburn on Friday. Moose Jaw opened their recent winning run on Wednesday, July 13 with a 7-1 win over the Beavers, one day after their seventh loss in a row, a 12-11 defeat at the hands of the 57’s.

The Express head into play this week with a 24-15 record, good enough for a two-game lead over the Regina Red Sox at the top of the East Division.

Moose Jaw 11, Swift Current 7 The Express prevailed in a back-andforth contest by scoring three runs in the fifth to take a 9-6 lead and adding on a pair of insurance markers in the seventh.

As was the theme in Swift Current, big bats were the key. Luke Shekeryk hit a three-run home run in the first inning as Moose Jaw took a 3-1 lead and finished 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI. Nate Mensik added a two-run shot in the

seventh.

Triston Seitz got the start on the mound and allowed five runs on four hits in an inning of work before Livio Bundi allowed a single run in two innings relief.

Jesse Scholtz picked up the win with three scoreless innings.

Moose Jaw 12, Swift Current 10 The Miller Express put up eight runs in the first inning and would crank out three home runs on their way to what turned into a close win to open the doubleheader.

Joe Osborn had the key hit in the first, a three-run home run in his second game with the team. Nate Mensik hit a two-run home run in the third inning and Hudson Barrett added a solo shot in the fourth to give the Express an 11-5 lead, but Swift Current would get their bats going the next inning.

Andrew Barger got the start for Moose Jaw and allowed five runs, three earned, on five hits and four walks over the first four innings. Cam O’Reilly took over in the fifth and couldn’t get an out, allowing four runs on five hits before giving way to Reece Helland, who closed out the inning.

Kellen Voggesser tossed a scoreless seventh to earn the win.

Mensik had himself a day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with three runs and three RBI, while Barrett was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Zach Campbell was 3-for-5 with two runs, Parker Dorrance 2-for-4 with two RBI. Moose Jaw 9, Weyburn 0

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Tim Carlson pitched a two-hit complete game shutout against the Weyburn Beavers on Friday night.

Carlson was absolutely lights out against the Beavers, needing only 89 pitches to get through contest, thanks to nearly impeccable control that saw him throw 66 of those pitches for strikes. All told, Carlson would face only two batters over the minimum.

The Miller Express offence broke through for their ace in the fifth inning, and they did so in style, sending 11 batters to the plate and putting up seven runs on four hits and a pair of Weyburn errors.

Parker Dorrance and Cam Grant were each 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Express, while Campbell scored a pair of runs.

Moose Jaw 7, Weyburn 1 The Express snapped their seven-game skid by breaking open a 2-1 nailbiter with five runs in the seventh.

Dawson Tweet had a three-run triple

as the big hit in the inning, while Mensik had a solid day at the plate overall, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Grant was 3-for 6 while Luke LaChance also scored a pair of runs.

Seitz had a solid start, allowing a run on four hits over four innings before Barger, Scholtz, Bundi and O’Reilly all tossed innings of scoreless relief.

Swift Current 12, Moose Jaw 11 The 57’s roared out to an 11-5 lead through four innings before the Express gradually chipped away with runs in every inning but the ninth.

Barrett had his best game of the season at the plate, hitting a three-run home run in the third inning to go along with a double and triple, finishing a base hit away from hitting for the cycle. He ended up 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI. Bryan Reyes also had a solid night, going 4-for-6 with three RBI and a run.

Cameron Dunn got the start and allowed seven runs on eight hits in three innings before Scholtz gave up more runs than his previous 17 appearances combined, five runs on five hits in an inning of work. Bundi, Barger, Helland and Kaleb Waller all pitched scoreless innings of relief.

The Miller Express were back in action late Sunday in Weyburn and also had a doubleheader at Ross Wells Park on Tuesday night against Medicine Hat, with scores unavailable from those games.

Next home action is Wednesday, July 27 when they host the Brooks Bandits.

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The Moose Jaw Giants have the Rambler Park Fastball League bragging rights over the Moose Jaw Canadians at the moment, but with the way things go between the two teams, who knows what the future holds.

The Giants hit four home runs out of Lyle Helland Ball Diamond on Tuesday, July 12 and would go on to a 12-4 mercy-rule victory in league action at Memorial Field.

The result ties up the season series between the two teams after the Canadians edged the Giants 9-8 back on May 31.

Both crews got things going quickly in their most recent meeting -- the first five batters reached base for the Giants on four singles and an error before Braden Konschuk hit a three-run home run.

Not to be undone, the Canadians also sent nine batters to the plate in their half of the first, with Adam Hobbs providing a two-run double as the key hit, giving the Giants a 6-4 lead through one.

That’s where the similarity between the two teams ended, though. The Giants would crank out another six runs on four hits the rest of the way while the Canadians were held scoreless and to only two hits through the next four innings.

Konschuk hit his second home run in the third and would finish 2-for-3 with six runs batted in, while Brad Flanagan hit a solo home run in the fourth and Todd Whitehead a solo round-tripper in the fifth to close out Giants scoring.

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The Giants continue to hold down sole possession of first place in the seven-team Division I, while the defending champion Canadians are in second place at 9-3-1 on the campaign.

The two teams were right back at it against one another on Tuesday night, with the score unavailable as of press time. The Giants are back in action on Thursday, July 21 against The Rez, while the Canadians are also back on the field on Thursday, taking on the Pasqua A’s. Both games are at Kaplan Field in Regina.

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Moose Jaw Canucks Grey win 11U AA Tier 2B provincial baseball championship Canucks put on incredible offensive performance throughout weekend, defeat all-girl Saskatoon Royal Mavericks in gold medal game Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

k Going into a provincial championship, the g ultimate goal is to be playing your best s baseball when the games count the most. d For the Moose Jaw Canucks Grey during the Baseball Sask 11-and-under AA n Tier 2B provincial championship at Bell - Park this weekend, it’s pretty safe to say d that’s exactly what happened.

The Canucks would outscore their opposition 73-14 through their five games d over the weekend, including four games s where they held the opposition to two runs y or less while cracking double digits in every one of their contests. n And you would be completely correct n if you think that translated nicely into a e provincial championship gold medal on m Sunday afternoon.

4 The Canucks rolled to a 15-2 mercy rule win over the Saskatoon Royal Mavert, icks in the title game, hours after pounding out a 16-1 win over the Moose Jaw Ca- nucks Black in the semifinal.

“It was a long road, but we pulled it out and it was great to see the boys all pull s together as a team,” said Canucks coach e Cortney Lacelle. “There were no individu- al efforts here today, it was the whole team ll that played great and it was a whole team effort.”

Moose Jaw opened the weekend with d an 11-1 win over the Saskatoon Cardinal n Destroyers on Friday before hammering h out a 19-9 win over the Regina Red Sox in their first game Saturday, the only contest y where the opposition had any kind of of-

went, for sure,” Lacelle said. “There was no one player who did it for us, everyone was getting a hit when it was timely and taking their walks when they were getting them. No one was making selfish plays, it was a team effort and I’m very proud of the boys.”

Beth Sarauer and Hadley Hollick scored the runs for the Royal Mavericks, an all-girls team who had a stellar weekend of their own.

The Moose Jaw Canucks Black also had a solid showing, defeating the Saskatoon Blue Jay Thunder 14-1 in their opener Friday before falling 17-7 to the Weyburn Beavers and defeating the Royal Mavericks 11-10 to advance to the semifinal.

The Moose Jaw Canucks Grey are the 11U AA Tier 2B provincial champions. fensive pushback.

A 12-1 win over the Saskatoon Timber A’s gave Moose Jaw first place in their pool, setting up their semifinal battle with the Canucks Black.

The Canucks Grey had put together a decent season with the exception of a five-game losing streak midway through things, but they got hot at just the right time, eventually finishing third in their league playoffs just prior to provincials.

Then it was a little bit of extra practice before the games this weekend, and voila.

“We took some extra BP and got the kids in the cages the last couple days here before provincials, and hey, I have to give

it to my coaching staff,” Lacelle said.

“They were a big help getting the boys hitting and then it was the kids doing it themselves, wanting to be here and to play.”

The Canucks wasted little time getting going in the final, putting up the maximum six runs with only one out in the first inning and tacking on another three in second to lead 9-2. Another six-spot in the third made it 15-2, invoking the mercy rule and bringing things to an early end.

Riley Hill scored three runs for Moose Jaw, while Fynn Ernest, Glenn Drummond, Beau Blacklaws and Will Eritz all crossed the plate twice.

“We’re quite happy with how all

Zane Anderson gets out of the way of a wild pitch from the Saskatoon Timber A’s.

Canucks finish second in Baseball Sask 15U Tier III provincials Moose Jaw falls 17-7 in championship game after stellar weekend of offensive output Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

To say the Moose Jaw Canucks had their bats going during the Baseball Sask 15-and-under Tier III provincial championships would be a bit of an understatement.

Right from their first game of the tournament, the Canucks rang up the runs -- and by the time they’d reach the championship final at Blackwell Diamond on Sunday afternoon, they’d put up double-digit totals in every game they’d played.

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The Moose Jaw Canucks Grey finished second in the 15U Tier III provincial championship. gold medal contest.

“We played really good baseball, this was the best baseball we’ve played all year,” said Canucks coach Darcy MacDonald. “We had some pretty good struggles during the middle of the season, but we got hot here at the end of the year and it was good timing. The kids played really well this weekend, and I’m proud as the coach of these boys to see them play up to their potential and get to the final. We wanted the gold, but silver isn’t too bad either.”

The Canucks got things started with

a 10-8 win over Sask 5 Giants on Friday night before battling to a 15-12 win over Estevan and falling 15-14 to Gull Lake in their final round robin game Saturday.

That was good enough to send Moose Jaw to the semifinal, where they’d take a 15-6 win over Gull Lake Sunday morning to advance to the championship game.

It was all a product of putting tons of balls in play while keeping things as tight as possible in the field despite the rampant offence throughout the weekend.

“They were dialed in right from game one, we came out right away hitting the ball hard and continued through the weekend doing that. And there weren’t a whole lot of errors all weekend, we played pretty tight ball in the field,” MacDonald said.

“So it was just a really good tournament for the boys.”

Marcus Capili had a solid game at the plate against Edam, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored, while Ryan Duncan scored a pair of runs and Kyren Ernest had two runs batted in.

Capili also got the start on the mound, allowing seven runs on three hits in 1 ⅓ innings before Brydon Faris allowed six runs on five hits the next two frames. Russell MacDonald closed things out, surren-

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dering four runs on three hits.

“The bats came alive on the other side here, too, and that’ll happen,” coach MacDonald said. “We threw lots of strikes today and I think that what was happening, they were hitting the strikes and a lot of the balls were getting to places we couldn’t get to, too, so just one of those games.”

Brady Carr led Edam with a 4-for-4 showing that included two runs scored and six RBI. Myles Mosimann was the winning pitcher, allowing seven runs on nine hits in 4 ⅓ innings.

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Anderson, Hill bring home silver from Youth Bowl Canada nationals South Hill Bowling Lanes duo join Regina’s Addison and Manwaring to win mixed team silver, Leroy wins high average scholarship in Senior boys division Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The South Hill Bowling Lanes duo of Hunter Anderson and Brekkin Hill ended up bringing home the Bantam mixed team silver medal from the Youth Bowl Canada national tournament in Thunder Bay during the July 10 weekend, capping a solid showing for the local team at the event.

Anderson and Hill joined Regina’s Carrington Straza and Addison Manwaring to finish second in the mixed tournament, which brings the boys and girls doubles teams from each province together for a special one-day roll-off for national glory.

The Saskatchewan foursome ended up rolling a 2970 total for the five-game competition, finishing just over 200 points back of B.C. for the gold medal and 26 points up on bronze-medalist Alberta.

Hill rolled a 162 average in the competition, with a high game of 181, while Anderson put up a 137 average and had a 172 in his first game for his high score.

Hill and Anderson also came within a single win of playing for a medal in the main Bantam Boys singles draw, but ended up losing in the first round of the stepladder playoff.

They went 3-1 in their first three round robin matches -- including a 351-320 victory over Northern Ontario in their fourth game, where they put up their highest total of the tournament.

A 4-3 record overall was good enough for third place in their first-round pool, and Anderson and Hill didn’t let up when the stepladder qualification round began.

They opened with a 312-293 win over Newfoundland

Hunter Anderson and Brekkin Hill along with coach Ken Munro joined Saskatchewan teammates Carrington Straza and Addison Manwaring to win silver in the YBC Nationals Bantam Mixed Teams competition. before falling 359-269 to Southern Ontario and -- needing a win in their last game to advance -- a 302-300 nailbiter of a victory over Quebec.

That was good enough for second place in Hill and Anderson’s qualification pool, sending them into a matchup with Northern Ontario to open the stepladder. There, things didn’t go quite as well as they did in the round robin, as Northern Ontario would take a 315-305 victory, knocking Saskatchewan from the competition.

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The Leo MacDonald Family role of their local ball zone, then later coached when needed. Now, 26 and 25 years later, respectively, far removed from having their own children in minor baseball, both Leo and Jean continue to support the game. Other areas in baseball that they worked together include: Hosting committees for Provincials; Baseball Saskatchewan’s Long Term Athlete Development Committee in 20102011, implementing skill development and improvement and participation of youth; Legasse Annual Tournament -growing it to the premier AAA tournament for 11U, 13U and 15U in Saskatchewan that draws teams from Manitoba and Alberta; Managing Lions Park.

As the 2011 Baseball Sask Builder of the Year, Joint Award, Fall Ball is a project both Leo and Jean are most proud. Leo was disappointed with empty ball parks in September and was convinced that not all players wanted to pack their gloves away in early August. In 2006, with the support of Baseball Saskatchewan, put Fall Ball into place and has attracted players from all over Saskatchewan and even Manitoba to come to Regina for Saturdays of ball.

Leo coached baseball for 25 years, of which the last 9 years as a non -parent coach. He was with Baseball Regina from 1995 to 2019, boasting many Gold and Silver Provincial and Western championships.

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Leroy put together a 6-4 record in the first round robin to sit third overall heading into the second round, but w ran into difficulty from there, managing a single win in his next five games. That meant a fourth-place finish in his c pool, missing the stepladder by half a point. k Leroy would put together a 255.47 average through his 15 games, and with that would come a special honour, as he’d bring home the Senior Boys High Average scholarship in his final YBC national tournament.

You can check out all the scores and all the results Jackson Leroy put together the from the weekend highest average of the senior boys tournament to win the High Averat www.ybcnationage scholarship in his final YBC als.youthbowl.ca. tournament.

Leo MacDonald Family to be inducted into Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame The Leo MacDonald Family, Regina, will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Family Category, on Saturday, August 20, 2022, in Battleford, SK. Mitch Macdonald, son of Leo and Jean MacDonald, will also be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, the same day.

Leo MacDonald Family 2022 Leo and Jean MacDonald have given a total of 51 years to baseball in their community.

Since arriving in Regina, Leo began substitute teaching in both the Regina Public and Separate School systems, a career he continues today. Jean’s career is also in education having worked in the Adult Basic Education Department at Saskatchewan Polytechnic [formerly SIAST] where she instructs math and science.

When first-born Mitch took Leo and Jean into their first experience with organized baseball, they decided coaching would be a great way to have some summer fun.

Little did Leo realize that he would actually find his passion. At the end of June, when the ball season was over, Leo wanted to carry on with ball so he started a drop-in for July and August evenings and would play some version of the game depending on whether there were 10 or 25 kids. A year later, Jean joined in the administrative

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Mitch MacDonald- Baseball Regina-1994-2005. On several Provincial, Western and National Teams throughout minor baseball including 1998-11U AAA Provincial Champions. Mitch also umpired from 1999 – 2005. Mitch was awarded the 2005 Prairie Midget Baseball League Batting Title and MVP. He played on Team Saskatchewan 17U 2004 Canada Cup and the 19U 2005 Canada Summer Games. Drafted by the Florida Marlins [MLB] in 2006, Mitch received many awards and records. He was also a Professional Rookie and A Ball 2007-2009; St. Louis Cardinals [MLB] tryout in 2011. Mitch also instructed for Baseball Saskatchewan 2011-2012. He won various Western Major Baseball League awards through to 2018. A 2022 Inductee of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Geoff MacDonald-Baseball Regina 1996-2009-Rally Cup-18U; White Sox 11U -15U AAA 2000-2006; 13U AAA Provincial Silver 2003 & 2004; 13U AAA Western Silver 2004; World Childrens Fair-Wakayama, Japan 2002; World Baseball Gala Nettuno, Italy 2003-Team Canada Head Coach [Bronze Medal]; Team Canada 13U [Bronze Medal]; Canada Cup 18U 2002-Team Saskatchewan, Assistant Coach; Involved with numerous non-coaching positions and committees.

Stephanie MacDonald- member of Pee Wee Girls -Team Saskatchewan-Nationals 2005.

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Besant car show featured some unusual models of vehicles

By Ron Walter - For Moose Jaw Express, Photos by Ron Walter

The cooler day at the annual Run to Besant car show was a relief after a near record breaking hot day the day before.

Cars were placed in the shade of three-storey tall trees in this gem of a park One of cars at the show stood out from the other 80 entries.

The black unit didn’t resemble any usual model designs. o That’s because it was made from four cars, someh thing like that Johnny Cash song One Part a Day, said powner Marv Elliot of Regina.

The 1966 Plymouth Fury VIP was built from a station bwagon, two-door hardtop, corner top and a ’57 Chevy. ut Built in an Indian Head body shop 12 years ago, the is car has 6,500 miles on it. is When his friend Gary Male died, his wife wanted to keep the car in Regina. “She didn’t want to see it go away

so I bought it to keep the memory of Gary alive.”

The car sat in storage for 10 years before he got around to restoration.

Randy and Barb Roman of Moose Jaw brought their 1969 Chevy Caprice, one of 166,000 Caprice models made that year by GM. This was the last year GM used the 327 V8 engine, Bob and Jo Turner brought a 1969 Cougar convertible found rotting in a barn.

Number 16 of the first production, this was one of only 357 produced with a GT performance option Awald Weger of Regina had his 1968 Mercury Marquis at the show.

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Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw If you would like your notice or event added to this list, contact us at: jritchie@ moosejawtoday.com Moose Jaw Homegrown Market Saturdays from July - Thanksgiving Weekend 8am - 1pm rain or shine on scenic Langdon Cres. Start your weekend off at the Moose Jaw Homegrown Market where everything is home made, home baked, and locally grown.

Toastmasters Big Country Club provides a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. For more information email secretary-3418@toastmastersclubs.org or text 306 690-8739 Riverview Class of 1971 Reunion for students that attended from 1968-1971 is to be held at The Wildlife Hall – 1396 3rd Ave NE on August 6 & 7, 2022. August 6: 11 a.m. registration and lunch; 3 p.m. cocktail hour; 5:30 p.m. roast beef supper; followed by lots of 60s music.

August 7: 10 a.m. coffee, muffins and goodbyes. Registration is $50 at RVCI@ sasktel.net. For more information call 306-631-8331.

Moose Jaw & District Soapbox Derby Club will resume their annual races on August 21/2022, on Alder Ave, start at 10am. More info to come.

Line Dancing every Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Church. Call 306.692.7365 for more information.

UPCOMING COVID CLINICS for 5 yrs and older – appts only 9am-11:30 and 1pm-4pm July 20 Family Wellness Centre Covid-19 Clinic July 22 Family Wellness Centre Covid-19 Clinic July 25 Family Wellness Centre Covid-19 Clinic

Moose Jaw Public Library, 461 Langdon Cres. Phone 306.692.2787; visit their website at https://www.moosejawlibrary.ca/ Adult Programming: IN PERSON PROGRAMS Magic the Gathering Saturday, July 30 @ 2:00 pm in the upstairs South Meeting Room from 2:00-5:00! All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your own deck if you have one, or if you are new to the game, decks are on hand for your learning and convenience. Contact the Library at 306-692-2787 for more information.

Access the Library Anytime! All Summer Long! 24/7 Travelling this summer? Just visit the website for your one stop access to eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, movies, music, and more! All you need is your library card.

Youth Programming: TAKE HOME & VIRTUAL PROGRAMS ON DISCORD: Teen Digital Dungeons & Dragons on Discord (ages 13-19) Fridays, July 22, & 29 @ 4:00-6:00 pm Looking for adventure? New and seasoned players welcome. Registration required. For more information or to register email youth@ moosejawlibrary.ca.

MJPL Youth Discord: https://discord.gg/ HAs8rff VIRTUAL PROGRAMS ON DISCORD Teen eBook Club on Discord: “Red, White & Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston Tuesday, July 26 @ 4:00 pm Enjoy reading? Looking for a place to connect with friends online? Join in for reading Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. The audiobook is available to borrow for free on Hoopla and the eBook and audiobook are both available on Library2go. Join on July 26th at 4:00 on Discord to discuss the story! Audiobook on Hoopla eBook on Library2go Audiobook on Library2go MJPL Youth Dis-

cord: https://discord.gg/HAs8rff Children’s Programming: IN PERSON PROGRAMS Storytime in the Park! Wednesdays, until August 31 @ 10:30 am Join every Wednesday during the summer for a children’s storytime in Crescent Park! Meet in front of the Library each week for a story, songs, and games. For ages 2 and up and their caring adults!

Craft Mondays! Mondays, until August 29 during open hours Join us in the children’s department every Monday and make a fun, author inspired craft! This is a self-guided activity. For ages 4 and up Baby Storytime! Tuesdays, until August 30 @ 10:30 am Come to the library for a short story, some rhymes, and songs. Grownups will learn ways to talk, sing, and play with their children to increase early reading skills. Registration required. For ages 0-2 and their caring adults! Register here.

Movie matinee Wednesdays! Wednesdays, until August 31 @ 2:00 pm Join every Wednesday afternoon, all summer long for a fun movie on the big screen!

No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No food or drink permitted in the Library Theatre.

For ages 0-12 and their caring adults!

Lego Weekends! Weekends, until September 4 during open hours Join every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the summer in the children’s department and build a cool Lego creation to display in the library window. This is a self-guided activity. For ages 4 and up.

STEM Workshop brought to you by Nanan STEM Academy Saturday, July 30 @ 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Join for a STEM workshop brought to you by Nanan STEM Academy! Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) blends the four disciplines into holistic learning focused on real-world applications. Registration is required. For ages 8-12 Register here.

July Literacy Calendars are now available. Pick one up at the Children’s Circulation desk or visit the Palliser Library website to download a copy. Choose from two calendars based on your child’s age.

Saskatchewan Science Centre: Robot Clean-up & Take Action! Thursday, August 4 @ 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Join for this two-part program: Robot Clean-up - Learn the fundamentals of digital skills through interactive, hands-on experiences using robots. Help teach a robot how to recycle using block-based coding languages. Registration required. For ages 6-12 Register here.

Children’s Take ‘N’ Make Series (For ages 3+) Take ‘N Make Kits are hands-on fun!

Each kit is a craft complete with instructions and word-based activities. Come to the Library’s Circulation Desk and pick up a craft kit to take and make at home.

July 20 - August 2 Make a nautical collage using cupcake liners and cardstock!

Summer Reading Club Adult Summer Reading Club until August 31: Everyone is invited to do the fun challenges that encourage you to explore our Library and its resources, our notorious city, and our sunny Saskatchewan skies.

Participants can register and pick up a Summer Reading Challenge pamphlet at the Information desk.

Youth Summer Reading Club until August 31: Scratch n’ Win: Join the YA Summer Challenge - Scratch N’ Win reading program! Come visit the Library to get your challenge booklet and bookmark reading logs! Digital Dungeons: An exciting way to track your summer reading using the

Reader Zone app. Fight your way through various monsters and work as a team to defeat bosses throughout the summer!

Earn a scratch n’ win ticket for every two hours read and every monster defeated.

Scratch’n Win Challenge packs can be picked up at the Circulation desk.

Children’s Summer Reading Club until August 31: How: Do fun activities! Or track how much time you spend reading or listening to books over the summer!

Come to the library and get a registration package for more information. Prizes will be drawn at the end of summer! Pick up your package at the children’s Circulation desk The Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 59 Moose Jaw, 268 High St W Moose Jaw; Contact: 306-692-5453. Facebook @ ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION-Branch 59 Moose Jaw. Instagram: @Royalcanadianlegion59. SHA restrictions in effect at all Legion events.

Calendar Contest - Submit your photo today with a brief description, who took the photo and where to be featured in our upcoming Branch Calendar Bingo every Monday evening in the Lounge. Play starts at 6pm, Paper goes on sale at 5pm. Playing ten regular games with 2 parts each and 3 extra games, all games are cash prizes. Please invite your friends for a fun night out.

Chase the Ace/Meat Draw every Saturday. To see the total check out Facebook page on Wednesday and Fridays for the upcoming Saturdays numbers.

22 July 2022 – Karaoke - Come sing a song or 7 and enjoy the evening among friends. Cheap drinks, great food and great company.

24 July 2022 - Legion Fun Day. Sign-up sheets are at the entrance and the bar.

26 July 2022 - Cribbage Tournament at 1pm. Call the office to pre-register your team. It costs $5 for play with cash prizes. Everyone is welcome to come join in on the fun!!

28 July 2022 -Paint Night; Purchase your ticket for 30$ which covers all your instruction and materials to paint the cute little owl on the poster.

29 July 2022 - Live Entertainment with Harry Startup as he provides some live entertainment.

30 July 2022 - Trivia night starting at 7pm. Please call the office to pre-register your team. Cost is $5 per person and you can have teams of up to 8 people. There will be draws, drink specials, good food and an awesome host! Everyone is welcome to join in on the fun!!

Monthly Calendar | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 59- Moose Jaw (royalcanadianlegionbranch59moosejaw.ca) Moose Jaw and District Seniors: For more information Call: 306-694-4223 or Email: mjsenior@shaw.ca Fitness Level & Indoor Walking Track open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.

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Wood working area – Monday to Friday 8 am – 4 pm Timothy Eaton Cafe open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cinnamon Buns are Thursday. Tuesday is pie day. July 22 to August 5th the kitchen will be closed.

Billiards open daily from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. as well as Monday & Thursday evenings from 4:30 – 8 p.m.

Pickle Ball – Monday & Thursday mornings @ 10 a.m.

- Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday afternoons @ 1 p.m.

- Monday & Thursday evenings @ 7 p.m.

Fitness- Chair/Low Impact Fitness Mondays & Thursdays @ 1:00 p.m. Done for

the summer back in Sept.

Cribbage – Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Hand & Foot Card Game for Beginners – Thursday @9:30 am.

Mah Jong – Wednesday @1 p.m.

500 Cards – Thursdays @ 1 p.m. Done for the summer One Move Dominos – Friday’s @ 1pm.

Kaiser – Has been Suspended until further notice.

Carpet bowling – Has moved to the outdoors for the summer Line Dancing – Tuesdays @ 10 a.m.

Intro to Line Dancing – Wednesday’s @ 11am Art & Crafts – Monday, Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 1 p.m.

Floor Shuffleboard – Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 1 p.m.

Paper Tole – Tuesdays @ 1 p.m.

Nickle Bingo – Fridays @ 1 p.m.

Lounge – Friday’s from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Jam Sessions – Friday’s 9 a.m.

Cosmo Senior Citizens’ Centre Weekly Activities WEEKLY EVENTS Monday: 9:30am Pickle Ball; 1pm Floor Shuffleboard Tuesday: 1pm Pickle Ball; 7pm Friendship Bridge Wednesday: 8:30am TOPS; 9:30am Pickle Ball; 1pm Floor Shuffleboard; 1pm Hand & Food Canasta Thursday: 10am Line Dance; 1pm Pickle Ball Friday: 10am Beginner Pickle Ball; 1pm Pickle Ball BAREBECUE on Thursday, July 21.

Come and join in for a terrific time, great food and lots of fun. Cost $10.

There will not be any Jam Sessions in July. They will resume in August.

Moose Jaw ANAVETS: Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit #252 – 279 High St. W, Moose Jaw. 306.692.4412 or 306.681.5998 anaf252@sasktel.net Summer Hours of Operations: Thursday 1pm to 10pm/Friday 1pm to 6pm/Saturday 1pm to 7pm.

Crib is over for the summer. Starts back up September 8th.

Pool and Darts Thursday @ 7pm Meat Draw Saturday @ 4:30 Enjoy the Summer and Stay Safe!

Seniors’ Centre Without Walls: SCWW is an over-the-phone social program totally free and offered exclusively over the phone. You just dial the number and join the call.

Email mamancherie@hotmail.com or call 306-690-4957.

Western Development Museum; 50 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw. Please call for more information or if there is COVID protocol to adhere to. Call (306) 693-5989.

Summer Pop-Up Gallery Programs at the WDM most Sundays in July and August between 1:00 and 4:00 pm. These are drop-in, come and go sessions for the whole family, and will focus on some of the themes of artifacts and exhibits. They are free with regular Museum admission.

The complete list of topics and dates can be found here: https://wdm.ca/popups/ Brickspo event at the WDM, celebrating the imaginative, original creations by the Saskatchewan LEGO Users Group (SLUG). Happening July 30 and 31 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily, visitors can take in special events and public talks each day, as well as a LEGO® yard sale and other vendors (cash only). There will be an on-site concession from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (cash only). More details can be found here: https://wdm.ca/event_ manager/brickspo/

Colewyn Terral Montana, alleged to have stabbed a person on the 0 block of Manitoba Street East on July 8, has been released on conditions after appearing in court.

Montana, 21, appeared in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on July 13 by phone from the Regina Correctional Centre. His lawyer, Estes Fonkelsrud, told Judge Barb Tompkins that the Crown was agreeable to his client’s release.

Tompkins agreed to the accused’s release but did not institute a curfew or need for Montana to report to probation.

Instead, his conditions include abstaining from alcohol and non-prescription drugs, not visiting a business that sells alcohol, having no contact with the three victims (one from the July 8 incident and two from an earlier assault charge), staying 15 metres away from the victims’

residence, work or school, not possessing weapons aside from a knife to eat, and keeping the peace and being of good behaviour.

A court worker with the John Howard Society told Montana to remain at the Regina Correctional Centre until a cab arrived to drive him to Moose Jaw. Montana’s next court appearance is Tuesday, Aug. 9.

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‘Whataboutism,’ Is There Such a Thing?

by Nick Kossovan

If everyone is guilty of something, is no one guilty of anything?

Morality doesn’t pick sides. It doesn’t care about borders, political ideologies, socio-economic status, religions, genders, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or whether you like pineapple on your pizza.

(Have I covered everything we use to divide ourselves?).

There’s good, and there’s bad. Bad behaviour is bad behaviour. Yes, it’s that simple—it’s that black and white. However, these days calling out bad behaviour is fraught with self-righteous deflection.

Increasingly, the following scenario occurs.

You’ll be having a conversation.

Perhaps over coffee, a few drinks, or a meal. Inevitably Russia will come up, or Trudeau, or Biden. Your conversation partner bought into the social pressure that they’re a Russian sympathizer if they don’t stand by Ukraine as we’re being told to do. Finally, you give in to your animal instinct and ask the “elephant in the room” questions. “Obama launched airstrikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Where was the outrage then?” or “Canada sanctions Russia for invading Ukraine. Why did Canada not sanction the U.S. when it invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, etc.?”

Yay freethinkers!

Have the nerve to mention the “mistakes,” made by our side, and the blended word whataboutism will be used against you. (Fun fact, “whataboutism” was added to the dictionary in October 2021.)

In philosophy, whataboutism is known as “tu quoque,” pointing out hypocrisy.

I’ve yet to meet a person who doesn’t become defensive when their hypocrisy, or their side’s hypocrisy, is pointed out.

When Michael Corleone, in Godfather II, said, “Senator, we are all part of the same hypocrisy,” he eloquently, I would even say artistically, used whataboutism to neutralize any sense of moral superiority Senator Geary felt he had over him. Michael understood that his hypocrisy served his interests, and his family’s and that the same hypocrisy served the senator’s interests. The hypocrisy the U.S. uses to serve and protect its interests is the same hypocrisy Russia, Turkey, China, U.K.— all nations—use to serve and protect their interests.

As to why Canada didn’t sanction the U.S. when it invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya et al.; it’s in Canada’s best interest to take a hypocritical stance of not showing disapproval of its southern neighbour’s wrongdoings and sometimes going as far as supporting the U.S.’s wrongdoings.

Whataboutism was coined during the postwar years when American-Russian relations were rather tense, and the following back-and-forth occurred: The Soviet Union would commit a crime, according to the West. Washington would call them on it. The Kremlin would then point out that the U.S. was also committing heinous acts. These accusations would contain the phrase “What about …” and point out America’s Jim Crow laws, which until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 weren’t entirely extinct, the U.S.’s bombing sprees, or any other embarrassing facts about the West. The U.S., and its western allies, began responding to the Russian critique by labelling it “Whataboutism.”

American intellectuals would later use the term “moral equivalence.”

Whataboutism in action a few years back: Obama laments about Putin’s 2014 invasion and seizure of Crimea. In response, Putin mentions Kosovo and the Scottish Independence Referendum.

Russia’s crimes are well known, as are Western (e.g., Apartheid, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Turkish-Kurdish conflict, systemic racism, U.S.-led war in Iraq, human rights violations against immigrants, indigenous people, Guantánamo Bay). Conveniently, mainstream scholars have never pointed out that all nations are amoral and capable of committing great evil.

Western countries sell themselves as “developed” and “democratic.” They’re quick to criticize countries they dislike.

The world cheered when Ukrainians stocked up Molotov cocktails and took up arms against the Russians. However, when Palestinians and Iraqis do the same thing, they’re labelled “terrorists.”

Whatever you call it: whataboutism, moral equivalence, two wrongs, double standards, it boils down to this: My side isn’t subject to the same moral rules as the other side. My side has excusing factors for what it did. (or is doing) What nonsense! There isn’t one moral law for the goose and another for the gander. Moral rules are universal. Whatever your political stance, whatever your geopolitical background, crime is crime, racism is racism, hypocrisy is hypocrisy, and human rights violations are human rights violations.

People who have the courage to be a libertarian thinker understand this: If it’s wrong when Stephen Harper did it, it’s wrong when Justin Trudeau does it. If Trump’s sexual predations were wrong, so were Bill Clinton’s predations. If Russia launching missiles at Ukrainians is wrong, then Turkey’s aerial bombing of Kurdish civilians is also wrong.

Western media tries to explain why

our wrongs are less bad, less evil, and excusable, than the wrongs of “the other side.” Wrong is wrong regardless of who does it.

Whataboutism doesn’t just point to historical wrongdoings.

Trudeau letting in an unlimited number of Ukrainian refugees begs the “what about” question, why isn’t he doing the same for Afghans, Syrians, etc., refugees?

You can draw your own conclusions as to the reasons why.

A question such as this comes across as being centrist. Actually, “what about” questions are far from ambivalent. Moral clarity requires disruptive conversations— uncomfortable conversations. Moral clarity condemns self-interest and the even worse self-serving consensus talk for the high-grade cowardly drivel it is.

Here’s an example. If there’s one thing both sides of Washington’s political divide agree on, and Canadians look at enviously, that is the virtue and beauty of U.S. force projection. Based on their actions Democrat and Republican presidents as far back as Harry S. Truman, seem to have a fondest for bombing poor people in distant lands. Pundits love it. Western foreign policy establishments love it. Western mainstream media love it.

But this is utter insanity. If bombing Americans is wrong, then bombing the people of Yemen is wrong. No one—not even those who speculate on the geopolitical reasons for Russia going into Ukraine—disagrees with condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, ignoring that the U.S. has been violating other nations’ sovereignty—Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Argentina, Iraq, Iran, Brazil, Angola, Zaire, Cuba, Libya, Afghanistan, China to name a few—for years is hypocritical.

It doesn’t matter what gets hashed out in bipartisan meetings; ethical standards are universal. The Ukrainian resistance and the civilian victims of Russia’s invasion are given sympathetic coverage

by Western media. This raises the “what about” question of why there hasn’t been a comparable response when the victims aren’t white, Christian Europeans or when the aggressor is the U.S. or a U.S. ally?

The double standards and resulting hypocrisy coming out of Washington, and the West, is obvious.

A recent example: President Joe Biden asserted that “nations have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

He is 100% on point! However, the U.S. is the only government to formally recognize Israel’s illegal occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights and Morocco’s annexation of the entire nation of Western Sahara, both

seized by force in defiance of the United Nations. See the hypocrisy?

Another recent example: Despite the decree issued by Joe Biden on October 7, 2021, Washington didn’t react to Turkey’s attacks targeting civilians in Rojava. Such blatant hypocrisy invites “what about” questions.

Two Nations Clinging Onto ‘What Once Was.’ Regardless of your political stripes, it’s easy to see two declining superpowers—a corrupt and morally bankrupt America and the crumbling oligarchy of Putin’s Russia—trying to hang onto what once was. Today the U. S. is an imploding republic whose global influence is dwindling, while Russia is a rusted-out autocracy that can barely project strength outside of its neighbourhood.

These different “Rome is burning” scenarios don’t give Washington the right to one set of moral laws and Moscow to another set. The moral arc of the universe doesn’t bend that way. When Washington accuses Russia of hacking America’s elections, then moral seriousness demands it addresses U.S. interference in past Russian elections. If it’s wrong for Iran to oppress women, then it’s wrong for Saudi Arabia to oppress women. If China is barbaric for using capital punishment, so is the U.S. If the U.S. recognizes the Republic of Kosovo, it should recognize Kurdish self-determination in Kurdistan and Rojava as well.

Isn’t all oppression of women wrong?

Isn’t all capital punishment barbaric?

Shouldn’t the desire for self-determination be listened to empathically and at the very least applauded?

Only when self-interest is removed from the equation will the answer be a universal “Yes!” Whataboutism is the complaint of the intellectually lazy. One person’s whataboutism is another person’s pointing out similar cases to support an analogy. Someone who say, “That’s whataboutism!” doesn’t like the connecting of dots.

Those who use the term whataboutism do so to deflect the hypocrisy being pointed out, especially if it’s hypocrisy the West benefits from. As long as there are double standards that serve our interests, there’ll always be those who’ll say, when asked a “what about” question, “That’s whataboutism!”—what can you do? _________________________________ Nick Kossovan, a self-described connoisseur of human psychology, writes about what’s on his mind from Toronto. You can follow Nick on Twitter

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20kg. Bag of rocks (natural stone color) for yard, garden, etc. $2.00. 5ft. vinyl scalloped edging for trees, plants, flower beds, etc. includes 4 spikes & 2 connectors, new $2.00 all. 306-5869263 WANTED Wanted, I am paying cash for unwanted firearms, parts guns and ammunition in Moose Jaw and area. Please

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Call 306-692-0800 Free pickup of unwanted snow blowers, tillers, generators, chainsaws and other gas powered equipment as well as gardening and acreage equipment. Call or text 306-641-4447 SERVICES Small Home Repairs. Plumbing, decks, windows, kitchens, bathrooms etc. No job too small. Phone 306-3135151 Will pick up, deliver or haul away bbqs in and around Moose Jaw- $40 and up.

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Heavy duty equipment operator available for work Contact Ed at 1- 306-988-5517 or email gogreengo777@icloud. com Will pick up, move, haul and deliver furniture anywhere in and around Moose Jaw - $40 and up. 306-681-8749 Junk to the dump in and around Moose Jaw - $60/ load and up. 306-681-8749 Will pick up, move, haul and

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Obituaries / Memorials

ISELY (WILSON), KATHLEEN (KAY) Kay passed away peacefully at the North Vancouver North Shore Hospice on January 28th, 2022. She was surrounded by her 4 daughters and their families.

Kay is survived by her daughters Sherry Isely (Brian Reed), Cheryl Robertson, Dawn (Chico) Gramigni and Heather (Grant) Daoust; grandchildren Graeme and Errol Reed, Carly Robertson (Patrick Milligan), Lewis Robertson and Lauren Daoust; great grandchildren Hailey Reed-Nolan and Kevin Milligan.

Kay is also survived by her sisters Dorothy McCullough and Marlene Jerred, and her brother Gerry Wilson.

Kay was born in Moose Jaw on September 23, 1932 to parents James and Mae Wilson. She grew up there with her 5 surviving siblings where she taught dancing at the Wilson Dance Studio for many years. She met Reymoure (Rey) Isely who was working at CHAB. They were married in 1952 and after living in both Winnipeg and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) moved to Conquest, Sk. where they raised their girls on the farm.

Kay was an extremely talented woman. She played the piano, sang, taught dancing to both young and old, gardened, curled, sewed, taught Chinese cooking classes, and owned a lady’s clothing store. She had so much fun doing all of these things and did each of them with talent and creativity. During her time as a business owner, she served as President of the Outlook, Sk. Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in hosting Outlook’s first rodeo in many years, as well as community events such as a parade and trade show.

It’s hard to speak of Kay without Rey. They were extremely active in the Saskatoon Jazz Society and became patrons supporting new and upcoming musicians. Rey and Kay shared their musical talents with the surrounding communities singing and playing for dances with Kay on piano, Rey playing saxophone and their son-in-law Kevin on bass. They hosted many parties where music was an integral part, bringing a wide variety of people into their home.

In June 2003, Kay and her siblings performed at the Grand Opening of the Mae Wilson Theatre (Moose Jaw), named in honour of their mother. A scholarship in Kay’s name was created to support young musicians wanting to pursue their studies in piano.

Kay was an amazing woman who taught her daughters to be strong, determined and self-reliant. The biggest gift she gave to her girls was the love of family, fun and laughter. Our house was always filled with it. It is hard to imagine a more loving, gracious and kind person than our mom, Kay. We are forever grateful.

Kay was predeceased by her husband Rey, her parents, in-laws Noble and Ida Isely, brothers Larry and Francis, sister Sylvia Hunka and son-in-law Kevin Robertson.

A private celebration of Kay’s life was held in Moose Jaw. Memorial donations may be made to Heartland Health Region, and sent to the Outlook Health Centre, Box 369, Outlook, Sk. S0L2N0.

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

GABRIEL, IRIS Iris passed away peacefully with family by her side. Iris was born in Lestock, SK and moved to Regina as a child, moving to Moose Jaw later in life. Iris was a familiar face at the local businesses Baba’s Feed Hut and Canadian Tire. She took great pride in her children and grandchildren. Iris loved pets, Elvis music, and her garden. Iris is predeceased by her parents, Jean and Paul Romanowski, and sisters Alice Boulanger and Sonia O’Reilly. Iris is lovingly remembered by her husband Gary Gabriel; children Dawn; Tracey; Steven (Laura); Denise; Michael (Carla); Kevin (Dawn); Janet (Jay); grandchildren Kurtis; Jefferey (Ilyena); Anna-Lynn; Jordan; Paige; great grandchild Isaiah; sister Lillian Daniels as well as many family and friends.

A celebration of life will take place at a later date with her family and friends. The family would like to thank the staff at Providence Place for the love and care they provided Iris with daily. Donations can be made in memory of Iris to the Moose Jaw Humane Society at PO Box 1658 Moose Jaw, SK S6H 7K7. In living memory of Iris, a memorial planting will be made by W.J. Jones & Son Ltd. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.jonesparkview.com (Obituaries).

Chrystine Dacey - Funeral Director

277 Iroquois St W Moose Jaw, SK Next Service: July 24th, 2022 10:30am Trinity Choir

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Please contact us for more information.

Moose Jaw Health Foundation 55 Diefenbaker Drive Moose Jaw, SK S6J 0C2 Phone (306) 694-0373

www.mjhf.org

Happy 104th Birthday to Edna Dobie Submitted

Edna Dobie started celebrating her 104th Birthday with lot’s of well wishes, singing from all of her friends and staff at West Park Crossing and one of her favourite meals, a Cheeseburger Happy Meal!

Congratulations Edna!

Honoured to serve you.

Blake Seebach Funeral Director

Going ABOVE and BEYOND expectations is what sets us apart

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Obituaries / Memorials BECHTOLD (née: Smith) RENEE It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Renee Lynn Bechtold July 12, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Renee was born in Moose Jaw July 27, 1951. She attended Westmount, Riverview Collegiate and Peacock High School.

Renee grew up across the alley from James (Mike) Bechtold and they were married on May 20, 1972. She spent most of her time as a mother and homemaker, raising two sons, Mike and Tim. The family enjoyed camping, and later purchased a cabin at Buffalo Pound Lake. In her children’s early years she ensured they attended bowling, cubs/scouts, swimming lessons, and little league. She could be found in the back yard wearing the full little league catching gear from time to time, teaching her boys how to pitch. She also spent time cheering on her husband’s fastball and hockey teams and enjoyed the social aspect of those groups.

She was often the first to volunteer to drive for school field trips and offered many kid’s rides home during the cold of winter, to the point some of our school mates also called her mom. As the years progressed, hockey, football and other school activities were added to the list. Renee was always there to cheer on her boys.

As her children grew, Renee took on some work, being a seasonal product sampler for Shoppers Drug Mart, providing vacation relief for family friends in the newspaper business, and settling in to a full time shipper receiver role at Canadian Tire which she enjoyed until an injury sidelined her.

She happily took on the role of Grandma when the time came, cherishing the time spent with family on birthdays and holidays, or at the lake. As a grandma she continued her role as #1 fan and could be found at various hockey rinks, soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, lacrosse fields, football fields, and high school gyms, not only in Moose Jaw, but across the province, cheering on her grandchildren, including attending the majority of her grandson’s baseball games in 2021. She also spent a lot of that time being a taxi driver for the afterschool sports or ensuring one child got to an alternate venue when they had to travel in opposite directions.

Renee enjoyed her time at the cabin. When there, the grass would be watered non-stop, the bird feeders would be filled, and all of her candles and lanterns lit.

When the grass was green and the birds were feeding she enjoyed her time sitting on the deck taking it all in. Many fires, late night bar-b-qued hot dogs, plates of nachos, and old time movies were enjoyed.

Renee was predeceased by her parents Doris (2002) and Allan (2015); grandparents George and Barbara Smith and William and Helen Busby; niece Louise (1972) and brother-in-law Terry (2018). She is survived by her husband of 50 years James (Mike), sons: Mike (Tanya), Tim (Daniele), grandchildren Bailey, Austin, Alex (Robyn), Kaleb (Angelle), Avery, Kyler (Emma) and Reed (Shania); her brother Gerry (Dorothy), “older” twin sister Rae, younger sister Barb (Tony); all aunts, uncles and cousins of the Smith and Bechtold families as well as many nieces nephews and friends.

Renee had a long battle with cancer, spending time in 5 different hospitals, and fought until the very end.

She never let it slow her down. Instead she put on her favorite hat and continued her coffee stops, shopping sprees and visiting friends and family.

Thanks to Vern, Woody, Louise, Judy O, Vi, Char, and many others, thank you for being a friend. Special thanks to staff at Allan Blair Cancer Clinic, Providence Place, Home Care and Pioneers Lodge for your care and compassion.

A gathering to celebrate Renee’s life will be held at a later date.

Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. Calvin Gammel, Funeral Director 306-693-4550 www.moosejawfuneralhome. com

Rev. Dr. John Kreutzwieser is a retired pastor from Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Moose Jaw, SK. He graduated with a doctorate degree in 2006 from the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Florida.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

Bloviate Alvin Gentry was head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans from 2015-2020. He was hired after winning the NBA championship as an assistant coach under Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors. During his time in New Orleans the team was plagued by injuries and used 140 different starting lineups. When Gentry was fired in August 2020, Scott Kushner wrote, “Gentry is not a coach to hold hands, bloviate with stern lectures or meticulously guide a young team through the developmental process.”

Bloviate means to speak or write verbosely and windily. It seems to have been used for the first time in 1845. The term probably derives from a combination of the word “blow” plus the suffix “ate.” “Ate” has been added to words to indicate acting in a specific way or causing modification. Blow describes the movement of air with speed or force. Bloviate, when connected to speaking, takes on the sense of boastful and verbose, to talk at length, especially in an inflated or windy way.

Joseph Stephen Farmer, a British lexicographer, noted bloviate in his work Slang and its Analogues (seven volumes from 1890-1904). He defined it as a Midwestern word for “to talk aimlessly and boastingly; to indulge in ‘high falutin’.”

Bloviate seemed to have dropped out of fashion by the late 1800s. However, it enjoyed a revival early in the 1920s during the presidency of Warren G. Harding.

Harding grew up in Ohio, where bloviate simply meant to spend time idly or in idle chatter. So, Harding used it in that sense. But others used it as derogatory of the president since Harding’s speeches tended to the long-winded side. Also, Harding wrote ornate prose, described as bloviate. e.e. Cummings (American poet 1894-1962) eulo-

gized him as “The only man, woman or child who wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors.”

Harding later used bloviate against his political opponents, when he accused them as “having the art of speaking for as long as the occasion warrants and saying nothing.” William Gibbs McAdoo, leader of the Progressive movement, then compared the bloviate speeches of Harding to “an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea.”

American satirist H.L. Mencken compared Harding’s style as bloviate, better suited to Ohio yokels and not presidential speech. “He acquired a gift for the sort of discourse that is to their taste. It is a kind of baby talk, a puerile and wind-blown gibberish. In sound it is like a rehearsal by a country band, with only the bass-drummer keeping time. In content it is a vacuum.”

Bloviate again faded from use after the Harding era.

Then came Donald Trump. In 2012 on “This Week,” ABC News’ George Will called Donald Trump a “bloviating ignoramus.” Will was questioning why presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was associating with the real estate mogul, who continued to question President Obama’s birthplace. Donald Trump has continued to live up to the term with his presidential speeches and commentary on American politics.

On the website “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” (For the entertainment and education of all who love language through the use of illustrated vocabulary) bloviate is described as “to write or blather on at length, especially in a windy, pompous, overbearing, inflated, or empty way.” You may have attended a meeting or had a conversation that were it not for bloviation, the entire gathering would have been utterly silent.

Synonyms for bloviate can be pontificate, harangue, fulminate, bluster, rant, spout, blare, rage, and storm. If you use words wisely, you can avoid any connection to bloviate in your speaking or writing. Hopefully you do not find this column to be bloviate but filled with interesting nuggets for your reading enjoyment.

Columnist John Kreutzwieser loves to research words and writes this weekly Word Wisdom column for Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com. He has an interest in the usage, origin, and relevance of words for society today. Greek and Latin form the basis of many words, with ancient Hebrew shedding light on word usage.

John would like to know if anyone has a sincere interest in a relevant word that he could possibly research for an upcoming column. If so, please send your requests to wordwisdom2021@gmail.com . Words will be selected according to relevance and research criteria. We cannot confirm that all words will be used.

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Celebrate

Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 From 2-4 p.m.

At Cosmo Seniors Centre 235 3rd Avenue NE

“No gifts please”

BILLS DIECAST & HOBBY ROOM will be attending these upcoming local shows: July 23 Lumsden Summer Craft Show and Tradeshow, inside the Lumsden Ice Rink.

10 AM to 4 PM.

Bernice Austin’s 100th Birthday

July 24 RDFCause Charity Meet Conexus Arts Centre, Regina 10 AM to 3 PM. #rdfcausecharitymeet2022

July 31st, 2022, from 2pm-4pm.

St Andrews Church Social Hall 60 Athabasca St E, Moose Jaw Everyone Welcome!

1251 Hamilton Street, Regina Centennial Market Phone: 306-450-9167 shopbillsdiecast@yahoo.com

Come help us Celebrate

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Mod Fam Corner Gas Corner Gas “Open by Christmas” (2021) Alison Sweeney.

“Christmas in Tahoe” (2021) Laura Osnes, Kyle Selig. (:15) ›› “Ratchet & Clank” (2016) John Goodman ›› “Mamma Mia!” (2008) Meryl Streep, Colin Firth.

Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King King (6:00) 90 Day Fiancé (N) (:01) I Love a Mama’s Boy (:02) 90 Day Fiancé (N) 90 Day Fiancé Jackass Shark Week 2.0 (N) Great White Open Ocean (N) Great White Battleground Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends (6:00) ›› “Paris Blues” ››› “Rachel, Rachel” (1968) Joanne Woodward, James Olson.

Single Std. Show Me More (N) ›› “Armageddon” (1998, Science Fiction) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton.

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(6:40) Billy Crystal 700 Sundays Westworld “Zhuangzi” (N) The Anarchists (N)

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SaskEnergy rebate to help Moose Jaw homeowners save money

By Fox Klein - Moose Jaw Express/ MooseJawToday.com

SaskEnergy is dedicating $3.75 million in 2022-23 to aid its customers in saving energy and reducing emissions through its Residential Equipment Replacement Rebate program.

“The Residential Equipment Replacement Rebate provides eligible homeowners with rebates of up to $2,000 to replace older furnaces and boilers with high-efficiency natural gas equipment,” said Don s Morgan, Minister responsible for SaskEnergy. “This program helps homeowners reduce their energy consumption, save ) money, and minimize carbon emissions.”

The residential rebate program is meant to motivate homeowners to invest

in high-efficiency natural gas equipment.

This is with the hopes of mitigating enduse greenhouse gas emissions by 19,000 tonnes of CO2e this year. That would be equal to taking 4,100 vehicles off the road.

Homeowners who qualify for the rebate can continue to save money and energy and reduce their end-use emissions for the life of the equipment.

“The most impactful thing we can do right now to reduce emissions is support

energy efficiency for our customers and that’s exactly what this program does,” said Kevin Adair, who leads SaskEnergy’s Customer Service Operations. “Helping customers optimize home energy use is fundamental to our commitment to being a greener energy provider. Improving energy efficiency is a vital step in reducing overall emissions in Saskatchewan.”

Rebates of up to $1000 per home are available for eligible tankless water heaters replacing existing equipment, and up to $2,000 per home are available for eligible boiler replacements. Rebates are additionally available for eligible high-efficiency combi-boilers ($800) and tank water heat-

ers ($250) that replace existing equipment, and for the installation of a heat recovery ventilator ($100) in an existing home.

The rebate is available exclusively through SaskEnergy Network Members.

If the equipment was installed before December 31, 2022, then the rebate can be combined with the existing Saskatchewan Home Renovation Tax Credit. New builds are not eligible for the rebate.

To learn more about the Residential Equipment Replacement Rebate program and how to apply go to https:// www.saskenergy.com/ways-save/residential-equipment-replacement-rebate.

Home prices jumped 9% in June, while total sales fell 14%, data shows

The average home price in Moose Jaw increased nine per cent in June, although the number of sales dipped 14 per cent, reflecting a similar trend province-wide.

There were 68 homes sold last month, which decreased from 78 units — or 14 per cent — in June 2021, data from the Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) shows.

There were 94 new listings in June, a drop from 104 new listings during the same time last year. Furthermore, the inventory of homes stood at 157 units, which declined from 215 units — a 37-per-cent drop t s — in June 2021.

The number of available homes meant there were 2.31 months of supply available, ) a drop from 2.93 months last June. Meanwhile, homes stayed on the market for 38 days.

The average home price in Moose Jaw in June was $231,388, an increase of nine per cent year-over-year. Meanwhile, the benchmark price of a home was $245,800, an increase of three per cent year-over-year.

The 10-year average for June shows there are usually 60 homes sold, 102 new listings, 310 homes in inventory, 5.48 months of supply, 55 days for homes to be on the market, benchmark home prices of $227,830 and average prices of $241,869.

Year-to-date, there have been 338 homes sold, 478 new listings, 148 homes in

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inventory, 2.62 months of supply, 44 days for homes on the market, benchmark home prices of $235,783 and average prices of $264,886.

The 10-year average for year-to-date statistics for June shows there are usually 275 home sales, 572 new listings, 264 homes in inventory, 6.07 months of supply, 61 days for homes on the market, benchmark prices of $223,718 and average prices of $243,303.

Provincial outlook Provincial June sales eased over last year’s record levels, the SRA said. However, with 1,808 sales last month, activity is still over 20-per-cent stronger than longterm trends for the province.

“While sales have been trending down in the province this year, we cannot lose sight of the fact that sales levels are still amongst the highest levels ever recorded in our market, (while) these higher relative levels are still being achieved despite the sharp rise in lending rates,” said CEO Chris Guérette.

For the second-straight month, the SRA saw the level of new listings improve to levels consistent with the 10-year average. This has helped support some monthly gains in inventory levels. However, with only 6,893 units available in inventory, supply levels are still 27-per-cent lower than traditional levels, while the month of

supply remains amongst the lowest levels reported for June.

Persistently tight market conditions continued to place upward pressure on home prices. In June, the unadjusted benchmark price rose to $333,400, nearly oneper-cent higher than last month and nearly five-per-cent higher than last year’s levels.

“Moving forward, we do anticipate

that further rate increases will weigh on sales and eventually support more balanced conditions,” said Guérette.

“However, Saskatchewan continues to benefit from relative affordability, improving migration and job growth, which should help offset some of the impact that higher rates would have on the housing market.”

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Congratulations New Parents!

Nicole & Tyrell Hicks of Mortlach July 7, 2022 4:44 pm Male 8lbs, 12oz

Dawnanne & Chase Darroch of Moose Jaw July 12, 2022 4:29 pm Female 8lbs, 5oz

Amanda Schwab & Daniel Schwab of Meyronne July 13, 2022 10:28 am Female 8lbs, 5oz

Angela & Daniel Mundell of Caronport July 13, 2022 8:29 am Female 6lbs, 14oz

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Highway to Heroes Car Show brings out hundreds of vehicles and fans Hot weather does little to dampen enthusiasm as patrons take in event on Saturday afternoon at Exhibition Grounds Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The weather might have been stifling hot, but that didn’t keep hundreds of car fans from checking out the Highway to Heroes Car Show at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds on Saturday morning and afternoon.

Patrons were treated to a host of vehicles both vintage and newer, including some that made the trip up from the United States for the event. And there were no shortage of

Folks could even check out some vintage snowmachines, even if it was 36 C out…

cars, trucks and yes, even snowmobiles to check out throughout the fairgrounds, with more than 100 vehicles taking part in the event.

The show included a concert with the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Jetstream instrumental band as well as outdoor perfor-

Folks could get a tractor ride tour of the vehicles on display.

This 1927 T Bucket was one of a handful This 1928 Model A is a popular stop at of tricked out hot rods at the show. any car show it takes part in.

mances throughout the day from the RCAF’s Second Line Brass Band.

The show was the sixth of its kind for the Friends of the Forces Fellowship, with the previous event taking place at 15 Wing and featuring hundreds of vehicles and close to 10,000 spectators throughout the day.

Herbie the Love Bug made an appearance beside his Volkswagen Beetle brethren.

You’re not seeing double - two 1987 Buick Turbo Ts in perfect condition sat next to one another at the show.

All proceeds from the event go to the Fellowship in support of their many community ventures in Moose Jaw and area.

For more from the show, be sure to visit their Facebook page at 15 Wing Fellowship Highway to Heroes Concert/Car Show.

You’re not seeing double - two 1987 Buick Turbo Ts in perfect condition sat next to one another at the show.

This might look exactly like the 2021 Moose Jaw Shriners car draw 2000 Plymouth Prowler, but that would be just a coincidence.

Winners of the Highway to Heroes Car Show

Submitted by Lyle Johnson The Highway to Heroes Car Show was a huge success, despite the extreme hot temperatures. This year, four vehicles were singled out and won a distinct title.

This vehicle won the “best modern car or truck” title, a 2004 Honda J2000 displayed by Tyler Arner of Moose Jaw. Pictured l-r: MWO Wolfgang Brescheiser {judge,} Mayor Clive Toller {Judge}, Tyler Amer, Roy LaBuick {Chair Friends of the Forces Fellowship} and Capt. J Vincent {judge}

Best Motorcycle/snowmobile A 135 Thunder Jet displayed by Greg Nichol of Moose Jaw Pictured l – r: MWO Wolfgang Brescheiser {judge,} Mayor Clive Tolley {Judge}, Greg Nichol,, Roy LaBuick {Chair, Friends of the Forces Fellowship} and Capt. J Vincent {judge}

Best Hot Rod/Rat Rod; 1927 Ford T Bucket owned by Bill Boomer of Regina.

Pictured l-r: MWO Wolfgang Brescheiser {judge,} Mayor Clive Tolley {Judge}, Bill Boomer, Roy LaBuick {Chair, Friends of the Forces Fellowship} and Capt. J Vincent {judge}

Best of Show 1957 Chevy Nomad and trailer displayed by Smiley Johnson of Glasgow, Montana Pictured l-r: MWO Wolfgang Brescheiser {judge,} Mayor Clive Tolley {Judge}, Smiley Johnson, Roy LaBuick {Chair, Friends of the Forces Fellowship} and Capt.

J Vincent {judge}

Best Classic car or truck; 1960 Ford Thunder Bird owned by Carol Schick of Moose Jaw. No vehicle photo available.

Pictured l-r: MWO Wolfgang Brescheiser {judge,} Mayor Clive Tolley {Judge}, Dennis Schick displaying the car on behalf of his wife, Roy LaBuick {Chair, Friends of the Forces Fellowship} and Capt. J Vincent {judge}