Weyburn Review - December 2, 2020

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Christmas tree lot open

Kettle campaign starts Thursday

The Young Fellows are busy selling Christmas trees at their lot on Second Street.

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The Salvation Army will have counter kettles in six locations this year for their kettle campaign, starting on Dec. 3.

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Live Nativity featured at River Park Sparkles event

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Live animals and people dressed in character formed part of the live Nativity scene put on at River Park Sparkles’ opening night on Monday.This display was put together by the churches of the Weyburn Ministerial Association. River Park is filled with colourful Christmas displays, and was open for walking only on Monday and Tuesday, and will be open for driving tours only from Dec. 2 through to Jan. 2, 2021.

James Hill shares stories from his career

Diplomat promotes Weyburn on international stage

By Greg Nikkel A Weyburn-born diplomat with a long career in foreign affairs has not forgotten his roots in promoting his hometown in far-flung corners of the world, members of the Rotary Club and guests heard in a Zoom presentation on Thursday.

James Hill, who is currently Canada’s ambassador to Costa Rica, has had a career of over a quartercentury serving with Foreign Affairs in a variety of postings around the world, and he shared some stories of his life, including encountering a Weyburn connection in Kuwait City.

“You would be surprised how often Weyburn, and Saskatchewan, come up in my conversation or as an aspect of my work.

Weyburn has an inordinate amount of play in the news, and I think it’s a combination of its exotic location,” said Hill, sharing a particular story where his hometown came up.

He has served in a variety of postings, including in Kabul, Afghanistan, and just after leaving that area in 2014, he had a temporary assignment in Kuwait City for four months before being posted to Seattle, Wash. During this brief stay, he received a request from a Canadian-Lebanese businessman who had an extensive Canadian stamp collection, and he asked the embassy for help in putting on a show of these stamps.

The show was easy to set up, and while on a tour of the show with the Canadian Minister of Culture and Tourism and a number of other people, they came

upon a set of stamps showing Prairie landscapes, and he said it reminded him of his home.

“I heard a voice behind me say, ‘it looks like it could be Weyburn.’ How would anyone in Kuwait know what Weyburn looks like, other than myself?” he asked, chuckling, and turned around to see who said this.

He asked the man if he had ever been to Weyburn, “and he said he had been, back in 1937.” As it turned out, he was the son of Sarah (Powell) Jamali, Usameh Jamali, who now lives in Kuwait.

“This is where I really value my education in Weyburn. In Grade 8, Jim Nedelcov taught the history of Weyburn, and it was full of facts and figures about Weyburn. Part of it, I remembered the Powell family, and how Sarah had married a Dr. Jamali of Iraq,” he said, noting Dr. Jamali was a foreign minister and later prime minister of Iraq for a time.

Sarah and her husband had three sons, and one of them was Usameh, “and he was behind me and happened to make a comment about Weyburn in the middle of nowhere.”

Hill later met him for dinner, and he explained the story of his family and his mother. “It just confirmed to me you can go anywhere in the world and still be tied to your hometown, so I was proud of that. It was such an interesting evening, talking with this man who hadn’t been to Weyburn in about 70 years, but still had the memory of it, and a mem-

ory of his mother who grew up there.”

Sarah Powell and the Jamali family were also the subject of a recentlyreleased book by Weyburn author Jan Keating, entitled “A Prairie Girl: Living in Baghdad”, and she was able to present a signed copy of her book to Hill on Monday.

Hill graduated from the Weyburn Comp in 1978, and then attended the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor of history, and he later took International Studies at a university in Rio de Janeiro.

Over the span of his career, Hill has worked for Foreign Affairs since 1989, with postings as the High Commissioner in Mozambique; a consulgeneral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; consul-general in Seattle, Wash.; charges d’affaires in Kuwait; mission head in Kabul, Afghanistan; charges d’affaires in Tripoli; head of a diplomatic mission to Kosovo, former Yugoslavia; second secretary at the embassy in Iran; and currently is Canada’s ambassador to Costa Rica, with multiple accreditation for

Honduras and Nicaragua.

He has been home in Weyburn for the last while as his father, Ken Hill, recently passed away.

His position involves representing Canada’s interests in other countries, and the details of what his job entails depends entirely on where he is and what the needs are, whether to promote development, protect and promote Canadian interests, or represent political relations.

To illustrate how his position can arise, he noted when COVID lockdowns began in March, and the

prime minister put out the word that Canadians should be coming home while the lockdowns were in place, there were roughly 8,000 Canadians in Costa Rica, many of whom at first thought they could ride it out in that country.

When it became apparent this wouldn’t be realistic or possible, the embassy worked in partnership with the Foreign Affairs office in Ottawa and with Air Canada and Westjet, and arrangements were made to repatriate Canadians back home again.

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Deputy police chief Stafford proud of the department as he retires

By Greg Nikkel Rod Stafford will work his final day as the deputy police chief for the Weyburn Police Service on Monday, Dec. 7, and as he retires he will be leaving with a sense of pride in the strong police department he has helped to build in his career here.

Stafford is ending a career in law enforcement that has spanned 35 and a half years, with the last 28 and a half years spent as a member of the Weyburn department.

He had always wanted to be a police officer, and made that dream a reality in 1985 when he joined the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, then known as the Saskatchewan Traffic Board, with whom he was stationed in Lloydminster and Regina.

“I can remember be-

ing a kid four or five years old, wanting to be a policeman,” he recalled. “In the early 80s, recruiting was very restrictive in all police services. It seemed at that time if you didn’t have a university degree, getting in was very difficult.”

Stafford went to university for a time and then was able to get on with the highway patrol until a position opened up in Churchbridge on the municipal police force in October of 1989. His opportunity to apply for a position in Weyburn arose in June of 1992, and he was accepted.

The Weyburn police force has provided a wide range of experiences and responsibilities for Stafford as he rose through the ranks, including a period of time when he was the liaison officer with the Weyburn Com-

prehensive School.

“It was the first time we made a concerted effort to go into the high school.

I can recall sitting in the cafeteria having lunch, at first sitting alone, but pretty soon the table had a lot of kids sitting with me, and we’d talk about many things,” he said, noting the students were then able to put a name to the face when they saw him out and about on patrol.

“It was a really good experience,” he added, noting as he went on in his career, he’s always seen a lot of support in the department’s community involvement, and positive feedback in how the officers are seen in the community.

Other positive aspects of his career has included being a part of the hiring process in the last 12-13 years, and in helping de-

velop the department’s use of technology in the last six years. Stafford pointed out that a hiring committee are the ones who make the hiring decisions, but he was happy to have been a part of that process, and then in helping to train up the young recruits as they’ve come on to the force.

He believes that it has been proven on many occasions the department has been hiring the highest quality of people possible, and can be seen in the careers of those officers as they have worked on the force.

“If I can claim a bit of pride, it’s having been an integral part in building those women and men in the department,” he said, adding he is also proud of the community involvement of the WPS. Continued on Page 3

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Diplomat shares stories with Rotary

Continued from front page Asked how long he stays at a particular posting, Hill said it depends in part on the hardships of the posting, and the level of security required, if any. Missions or embassy locations are rated from 0 to 5, with the posting in Afghanistan or South Sudan rated as 5+, compared to low-security-risk postings like the United States, Japan or Singapore (which are rated 0), or Costa Rica, which is rated a 3.

The high-rated postings have a one-year posting, subject to renewal, while a safer posting, such as in the U.S., the posting is for three years, and his current assignment in Costa Rica is a two-year assignment.

“The more difficult a place, the shorter the time you have to spend there,” he said, noting this is so “people who are in the trenches don’t have to be

there for extended periods of time.”

He also noted there are some people who purposely seek out the tougher assignments or locations.

“I’ve had a mix. Seattle was an easy one, and I must admit, I really liked it after being in Kosovo,” he said, adding of the more difficult postings, “as rewarding as they can be, they can tend to drain on you after a while.”

Asked if he ever met Ken Taylor, the former Canadian ambassador to Iran, where he helped American embassy workers escape from that country, Hill indicated he had met him in Brazil. Taylor’s “ghost” was still in evidence when Hill was in Iran, and when he was Brazil, he met Taylor because he was on the board of a Canadian mining company. They met and shared many stories of their careers.

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Local author’s book presented to diplomat

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Jan Keating presented a copy of her book,“A Prairie Girl: Living in Baghdad”, to James Hill, a Weyburn-born diplomat, along with Gary Anderson of the Weyburn Rotary Club. Hill spoke by Zoom to the Rotary Club about his life in diplomacy, which includes meeting people in foreign lands with a Weyburn connection, as he did in 2014 in Kuwait City. Hill has worked for Foreign Affairs for Canada since 1989, and has had postings in many locations. For more details about his career, check out the Weyburn Review’s story in this edition.

Young entrepreneur creates lanyards for masks

By Sabrina Kraft Madison Brice from Pangman, a young entrepreneur, decided to put a creative twist on the lanyard, to create a design that can be used for ensuring that a person does not lose their mask. The design is very practical right now, as there is a mandatory mask restriction in all indoor public places in Saskatchewan.

Madison started small in promoting her Krafty Kid Kreations business in 2017, when she attended a trade fair in Pangman. “It started as a hobby, but I wanted to expand it.”

“At the beginning of this whole COVID pandemic, I had wondered what would be a good way to keep your mask on you at all times, but not on your ears or your neck. Then my mom and

I came up with the idea of creating these lanyards.”

Once the lanyards were posted on Facebook, Madison received a lot of positive support. “A few of my teachers have them, and a lot of students in my school have them, and they all think that they are great.”

The lanyard can be used with any type of mask.

Madison can create roughly 30 lanyards in two hours.

Zoom interview with young entrepreneur

“We will do customizable orders, or we will make a whole bunch. We are able to change the type of string and the beads in the lanyards.”

“I feel that this was a really good hobby to get into, and when someone orders from me, it makes me happy in a lot of ways.”

Madison has her Krafty Kids Kreations business on Facebook and Instagram.

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Madison Brice, at left, talks about her Krafty Kids Kreations business and how she has designed lanyards that can be used with any type of mask, during an interview with Weyburn Review/ Weyburn This Week reporter Sabrina Kraft.

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Continued from front page “We’re not just making arrests and writing tickets, we’re trying to deal with community issues as best we can,” said Stafford.

While Weyburn is not the size of a major centre like Toronto where the police have access to such resources as social service workers, he noted that officers here sometimes need to make do as situations arise.

Asked if policing has changed very much in his 35-year career, he said, “The job we do hasn’t changed that much. Unfortunately we meet people on their worst day.”

Aspects of the job have changed as it relates to technology, and some of the methods of investigation have improved, but the aspect dealing with individuals has not changed very much.

The technology has greatly improved, as Stafford noted when he arrived in Weyburn in 1992, there was only one computer in the police office, used for jobs like checking on criminal records. As he leaves, the technology has advanced to where the first in-car computer will be installed in a Weyburn police vehicle, where they can be fully connected and online with all police databases.

“It should streamline operations a little bit, and take a little of the stress off staff,” he said, and will help the officer out on a scene to make sure nothing gets missed. “It’s a positive thing all around.”

The improved technology has improved the quality of investigations that are possible now, and Stafford pointed out there are arrests being made now around the world in relation to scams and frauds which are often perpetrated from foreign countries.

“It’s a double-edged

sword. Every chief and police board is cognizant of the financial constraints, but not using technology is not an option if you’re going to provide the tools to do the job. The job of helping people, that’s not changed for decades,” he said.

Another change in recent years has been the increase in having a civilian oversight for police forces, an important development in ensuring police are transparent in the jobs they do.

“I think we’re doing extremely well in Sask a t c h ewa n ,” S t a ff o r d added, something that is more apparent with the increased oversight of police operations.

“The RCMP have some unique aspects of enforcement that they’re responsible for, but in general we train together so our training is fairly consistent and extremely high qualit.”

Stafford also pointed out the Weyburn Police Service works together as a great team, with high-quality staff along with the officers on the street.

“It’s a team effort to make Weyburn as safe as it is, and it is safe,” he said.

As for plans after retirement, Stafford said he and his wife have two grandchildren with two more on the way soon, and he will now be able to spend time on his woodworking projects. His involvement with music will also continue, although that has been curtailed due to COVID right now.

“I’m proud of the department I’m leaving behind,” said Stafford. “When I walk out on the 7th, I will do so knowing I’ve done my part to make things better, and from everybody I’ve worked with and the community there has been incredible support. We have a fantastic city, and we do a very good job.”

Unloading Christmas trees at the Young Fellows lot

Young Fellows Christmas tree lot open The Young Fellows Club members were out in force on Saturday afternoon as their truckload of Christmas trees arrived, and the trees were quickly unloaded onto their lot, located on Second Street behind the Prairie Sky Co-op food store.

The first official day

for opening was Nov. 29 at noon (although a few trees got sold on Saturday while the Young Fellows were there), and the lot will be open until Sunday, Dec. 20.

There are two varieties this year, Fraser and balsam, and they range in size from four up to 12 feet, with the price on average

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“It is really exciting that the BounceBack program is now available in Saskatchewan,” said Tasha Collins, program director of the Weyburn CMHA office. “BounceBack is another resource and tool that will be available to help everyone to care for their mental health. It will

about $10 a foot.

Tree lot chairman Trent Rommann noted that Frasers are a premium tree, and may cost a bit more.

The hours for the tree lot will be from Monday to Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.

As with all of the Young Fellows projects, all proceeds will stay in Weyburn to be used for the various projects and groups supported by the Young Fellows Club.

Aside from the Internet auction, this project is the biggest fundraiser for the Young Fellows of the year.

Police charge man with stolen property, drugs The Weyburn Police Service received 57 calls for service during the period of Nov. 23 to 30, with only 11 charges being laid during the week. Of the 11 charges, four were traffic violations, five were failing to comply with a court order, one was for possession of a controlled substance, and one was for possession of property obtained by crime.

A Monday afternoon parking complaint turned into much more as the individual in charge of the vehicle was found to have an outstanding warrant for

their arrest. Officers arrested the adult male who was also found to be in possession of a controlled substance, of property obtained by crime, and breaching his probation order. The male was charged and released with an upcoming court date.

Tuesday consisted of a wide variety of calls including a well-being check, domestic dispute, harassing communications, erratic driving, theft from a business, and two individuals charged with failing to appear in court as required.

CMHA introduces BounceBack program Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Saskatchewan announced the introduction of CMHA’s BounceBack program to Saskatchewan residents that was possible after a donation from Bell Let’s Talk.

“CMHA Saskatchewan is so proud to provide this new service when so many people are struggling with their mental health. COVID-19 is here now, but the mental health impacts will last long after the pandemic is over.

BounceBack can unlock the door to new skills and a better quality of life,” said Phyllis O’Connor, executive director, CMHA Saskatchewan.

BounceBack is a free, guided self-help program

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Members of the Weyburn Young Fellows Club unloaded a semi-trailer load of Christmas trees on Saturday afternoon, at the lot located on Second Street behind the Co-op food store. This is one of the biggest annual fundraisers for the Young Fellows, and the lot will be open seven days a week until Sunday, Dec. 20.

be a benefit to our province and our residents.”

Based on cognitive b e h av i o u r a l t h e r a p y, BounceBack has been shown to reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms by 50 per cent at program completion. The donation from Bell Let’s Talk has enabled CMHA to leverage existing expertise in B.C., Ontario and Manitoba, where the program is already funded by governments and donors, to expand the impact of this evidence-based program to more Canadians.

Available to residents in English and French, the program is free to all participants and will be delivered by coaches who are extensively trained

and overseen by clinical psychologists. Participants can be referred by a primary care provider or choose to self-refer as long as they’re connected with a primary care provider, giving Canadians more choice in accessing support from home.

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Several teenagers also reported an encounter with an irate motorist who exited his vehicle and physically assaulted one of the teenagers. This matter is currently under investigation.

Officers responded to a resident reporting an individual rummaging through items in their backyard. The individual left prior to police arrival but the resident knew the identity of the person and advised the officers. The individual is not considered to be a threat to the public, but the matter will be followed up and the individual dealt with accordingly.

All officers on duty responded to an urgent request to assist medical personnel with an irate individual at a local health facility. The situation was resolved but officers were called back to assist again a short time later. No charges resulted.

A suspicious person in a dimly lit parking lot was

reported on Friday. Officers attended, located the suspicious male, and confirmed his identity. No further investigation required.

The weekend was relatively quiet but officers still dealt with a variety of calls, which included assisting EMS personnel with a medical emergency, assisting the RCMP with an erratic driver complaint, and assisting the Fire Department by reporting a fire spotted during patrol. Officers also dealt with a domestic dispute and transported an injured animal to the Humane Society.

Anyone with information regarding one of these matters, or any other matter of a criminal nature, is encouraged to contact the Weyburn Police Service at (306) 848-3250, the local RCMP Detachment at 310-RCMP (7267), or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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DEEP geothermal well is “remarkable”

DEEP geothermal well sets new record

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A horizontal geothermal well, shown near Torquay in the first week of November, set a record as the deepest horizontal well in Saskatchewan at 3,450 metres vertical depth, with a 2,000-metre lateral section. This well was drilled for Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) as they seek to develop geothermal energy in Saskatchewan.

Winter weights in effect on secondary highways Winter weight season began for a number of secondary highways in Saskatchewan on Friday, November 27 at 12:01 a.m.

“Winter weights allow trucks to carry more cargo in Saskatchewan, which is a benefit to the trucking industry and shippers,” said Highways and Infrastructure Minister Joe Hargrave.

When a roadbed is frozen, secondary weight highways have the same strength as primary weight highways, which support

the heaviest legal loads on Saskatchewan roads.

Winter weights are put in place annually from about mid-November to midMarch. Typically winter weights allow truckers to carry up to 15-20 per cent more payload on secondary highways.

When temperatures rise and roadbeds remain soft, the ministry may remove winter weights in some areas. Restrictions on winter weights can be in effect until mid-March, weather

permitting. Commercial truckers and shippers are encouraged to check the status regularly at www. saskatchewan.ca/truckingweights.

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If you have questions or concerns regarding signage, work zones, winter levels of service and more, reach out to the Highway Customer Service Centre.

You can call 1-844-SKHIWAY, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. or go online to www.saskatchewan.ca/skhiway anytime.

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Weyburn trustee Bruno Tuchscherer was retained as the board chair, and Karen Melle as vice-chair, plus two new trustees were welcomed to the board at the meeting, Gil Sotto, trustees for Spruce Ridge Rural, and Beckey Franke for the City of Estevan.

Sotto was born and raised in the Philippines, and moved to Canada in 2009 after earning degrees in education and in management and supervision.

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“At first, I just wanted to see how the trustee position works,” he said. “In Estevan, there aren’t a lot of immigrants. I think I could contribute some of what I have learned.”

He added he has a lot to learn about being a school board trustee, and said, “I’m willing to learn all those things.”

Franke was born and raised in Estevan, and was married in 1994.

She has been very involved in the St. John the Baptist parish, including as part of the Lay Formation Program, and she has been to Mexico with her

husband three times helping to build school there.

She noted that the prior trustee, Bev Hickie, had approached her husband about being a trustee, and he in turn supported Beckey in putting her name forward as a trustee.

“I’m just hoping to learn,” she said, noting she has two grandchildren in the school system now and two more coming.

“Whatever I can do to help, I’m just in the learning process right now.”

She added that she is curious and excited to learn about the board and how it works, and where she will be able to participate.

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Nickle Lake Regional Park Board Appointment The R.M. of Weyburn No. 67 is accepting applications for the appointment to the Nickle Lake Regional Park Board.

To apply you must be a ratepayer of the R.M. of Weyburn No. 67, be 18 years of age or older and previous board experience will be an asset.

The Regional Park Authority administers, operates and controls the use of the Regional Park according to the Regional Park Act. The position commences January 1, 2021 and is for a three year term.

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By Brian Zinchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Saskatchewan geothermal power pioneer Deep Earth Energy Production Corp.

(DEEP) has recently hydraulically stimulated a horizontal geothermal well south of Torquay, something president and CEO Kirsten Marcia says is a global first.

“It’s a remarkably good well,” Marcia said by phone from Saskatoon on Nov. 24.

The well, Border-5HZ, was hydraulically stimulated in the first week of November. This fifth well is DEEP’s first horizontal well. It once again sets a record, this time for the deepest horizontal well in Saskatchewan, at 3,450 metres total vertical depth.

It has a 2,000-metre lateral section, which runs due west from the site where DEEP had drilling four of its five wells to date. The company is progressing from its exploration phases to final design, further refining its plans. By hydraulically stimulating the producing wells, they can get more hot saline water out of the rock with fewer wells, and recover that heat though an Organic Rankine Cycle power generation plant on the surface.

The current plan now is to develop the field with five sets of well pairs, with each pair having one well going horizontally west, the other horizontally east. This well, Border-5HZ, is part of the first pair of producers. The next set of wells will be a pair of injectors, in a similar pattern, placed further to the north, with wells going east and west. This pattern will be repeated again, for a total of 10 wells – six producers, and four injectors.

That pattern is expected to be sufficient to eventually set up a 20-megawatt Organic Rankine Cycle power plant, which will feed electricity into the SaskPower grid.

Well Border-5HZ was spudded on Sept. 11 by Horizon Drilling Rig 33, and completed on Oct. 24.

“No significant issues were encountered during drilling and the geological, operations and Weatherford directional staff were able to maintain the well trajectory in the reservoir target zone for a significant portion of the lateral length. This demonstrates the viability of horizontal drilling, supports the geophysical analysis, and further demonstrates reservoir continuity. The highest temperature measured during open hole logging was 127° Celsius (261° Fahrenheit),” DEEP said in a release.

This fifth well will be producing hot salt water, and that water will be injected into wells Border-1 and Border-3.

If necessary, they can also inject the produced water into well Border-2B. “Now we can do a much larger, robust loop test,” Marcia said.

Border-5HZ has a smaller wellbore than the other wells.

The idea is that by stimulating a smaller well, you can get more flow out of it. Wider wellbores cost more to drill, especially at the depths DEEP is working at. “If we can get more flow out of a smaller well, without going to a larger well, this can save a lot of money,” she said.

DEEP is working with a company called GeothermEx, which Marcia described as “the largest geothermal consulting group in the world.”

DEEP asked GeothermEx what they needed to do in order for construction lenders to finance the project.

Marcia said, “They’ve given us some flow rates that they would like to see sus-

tained for 30 to 60 days. We’re going to double that in this well, so we’re very confident that we’ve got the lending confidence to get this project built.”

Marcia said they are fully financed until the summer of 2021, with room to complete everything they need to do for bankable feasibility engineering and to be in a position to complete the construction financing. DEEP also intends on producing its first electricity in the spring, possibly April or May, bringing in a small, one-megawatt Organic Rankine Cycle generator which will generate its power from the hot water from the Border-5HZ well.

“We want to test it in the field, on a small unit, in case there’s something we still need to work out,” Marcia said. The power will be used onsite for their own power needs.

DEEP is also looking at adding an eight-to-10 megawatt solar power generation and battery facility to the project. The idea is that all 20 megawatts produced by the geothermal plant will be fed to the SaskPower grid.

The parasitic load, the power needed to run the facility, including the pumps in the wells, would come from solar and battery generation. Marcia pointed out this has been done in Nevada at the Ormat Tungsten geothermal facility.

DEEP is now progressing from the exploration phase to the development phase.

Marcia said, “We’re really advanced the project this year.

This current design will be refined on the results of this horizontal well. And whether that changes the number of wells, or the spacing of the wells, we don’t know that yet.

What we do know is that this well could be a game-changer for us.”

“Here’s what I love: Here we’ve taken world class drilling expertise and technology, horizontal drilling, hydraulic stimulation, all done on the backs of our oil and gas industry. And we’re doing this for the first time in geothermal.

No one has done this before.

That’s cool.”

She added, “The feasibility engineering needs to wrap up this spring. We have to see the long-term results of this horizontal well. That information gets fed into the subsurface design, which then drives the surface design.”

GeothermEx’s sign-off is the final stamp that they can take to lenders, she said. “It really is coming down to finishing the reporting, get the debt in place, going into construction.”

Green energy is getting attention from investors, and Marcia feels they are wellpositioned.

“I do think the timing is right. If there is to be an energy transition at all, DEEP is a perfect candidate to take advantage of that investor interest.”

Marcia said they are building out their team. Tom Kishchuk has been appointed chief operating officer, effective Nov. 25. “This project is moving ahead. We are moving from previous chapters into larger chapters. We recognize that we need to build a team along the way to make this happen, and having Tom is really going to be a wonderful addition to the team,” she said.

DEEP’s release noted, “Using his more than 30 years of technical and business management experience in the energy industry he will provide leadership to the surface operations and engineering teams as the project advances to achieve commercial operation of Canada’s first geothermal power plant.”

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Bankrupting the future in the name of COVID Canadians might be excused if they are having a sinking feeling right about now.

The feeling was already in the air as the Scary Monster known as COVID-19 is raising its hoary head once more as it rampages across the country, with Alberta and Ontario leading the country with new cases.

Following in its wake are new restrictions, which vary depending on where you live and which government is in charge, and overseeing all of it is the federal government.

The Trudeau administration seems destined to sink us once and for all, according to the huge numbers indicated in the fiscal statement made on Monday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Not helping is Trudeau himself, with his recent infamous statements about resetting Canada. In a time of COVID-19, it really is not very much of a comfort to be making statements that imply measures that could be very detrimental and ruinous for our country.

But then we have Freeland, who is telling us the national debt is projected to hit at least $381.6 billion — but that’s if we have a best-case scenario. If there are further restrictions put on by more of the provinces, that amount could balloon close to $400 billion.

These are huge numbers, almost unfathomable to most people — and this should worry everyone. This is not only going to be a heavy weight in the coming months and years, but it is going to be an albatross around the necks of our children and grandchildren.

Is this the Great Reset that Trudeau envisions for our country? Will this be how he justifies what he wants to do with our futures?

They will quickly point to the pandemic as the reason for all the spending — and yes, COVID is causing a great deal of hardship for a lot of people, and business owners and in the economy as a whole.

The fact also is that the government could be aiming spending at stimulating and encouraging industry and businesses to stay healthy and be active again.

Just as one example, rather than running the oil and gas industry into the ground, along with the economies of Saskatchewan and Alberta with a regressive and punitive carbon tax, they could actually try helping the industry, and in turn they could put people back to work.

The return of energy jobs would then stimulate the economy and help it regain some of its former health — and guess what? This would not only help local businesses out, but it would also create more tax revenue that would assist governments to reduce that ballooning deficit.

There are solutions beyond running the economy into the ground and bankrupting our future generations, if only the government would be willing to take that step. — Greg Nikkel

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Email: editor@weyburnreview.com The Christmas season is usually a time for memories, both good and bad — but mostly good, as we look back on times we’ve shared with our closest family and friends.

With good memories in mind, we generally look forward to making new memories with our families … but what kind of memories are we going to have this year? A year most of us would like to forget?

This may cause some sadness for people this Christmas, because of the public health restrictions put on us in the name of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mental health state of a lot of people is already in a fragile state as the restrictions limit what we can and can’t do, and who we can see or spend time with.

Christmas is really not the time to be telling everyone to limit their contacts and refrain from gatherings, and yet this is exactly what we are being asked to do with the surge of COVID cases over the last couple of weeks across the country and here in Saskatchewan.

For our family, this will be a difficult time as my wife Tracy just lost her dad over the weekend. For anyone who has suffered a loss, I don’t need to tell you about the turmoil of emotions and grief mixed in with the flurry of activities to arrange for a funeral service, or the celebration of life as we would prefer to call it.

The COVID restrictions are not going to help that very much, and really, a family should not have to worry about that with everything else on their minds around the loss of a beloved family member.

Now, as of the time of this writing, we don’t know when the celebration of life will take place, or if we’ll be able to travel back to Ontario to take part in it, whether it’s this week, or some time in the New Year.

Against this background, it may be a challenge to celebrate Christmas, but the truth is it will be a challenge for a lot of families, for a lot of different reasons.

Some are dealing with grief, some are dealing with illness (and believe it or not, in spite of the newcasts, there are other illnesses than COVID-19) and some are dealing with the loss of a job or a business, again no thanks to our pandemic situation.

This will make it more crucial than ever for community members to support one another, to think of each other and help out where we can, even if it’s the donation of time and effort.

We need to support groups like the Salvation Army, because they are going to be handling a bigger load this holiday season than ever, with many people in need who haven’t had to use their services before. This is going to be a very different holiday, so let’s be kind to each other and help out.

Letter to the Editor:

Reader upset with city council over liquor store location issue To the Editor: After reading the city council news in last week’s Weyburn Review, it has caused me to write this letter.

My conclusion is the City of Weyburn’s future looks not so bright when five of its councillors express the view that this liquor store issue is showing.

My Dad had a saying, “It was not what you would say, but rather what you might show that would show one’s real value.”

I think the councillors have shown their value by the results of their vote, when they could ignore the opinions and views of the planning and development coordinator, the residents of the area, the feelings and opinions of three church denominations, a children’s daycare, the zoning bylaws, the second opinion of a former planner (who I understand is retained by the city) and would still march along with this.

Obviously a liquor store was more important to these five councillors than any of the negatives I have mentioned.

After having said that, they say this is for the future and betterment of Weyburn.

My conclusion is the future of Weyburn does not look good when those making the decisions have such a mindset, that a liquor store would be more important than the residents surrounding, the churches adjacent, the children’s daycare, and the bylaws (of course, these can always be changed to suit).

There are so many reasons that this should not have proceeded, and all I see as a positive is money for a few.

A drive around Weyburn would soon show there are many places that would be more suitable for this business to establish, and not this location.

In closing, a big thank you to councillors John Corrigan and Dick Michel for showing real compassion and support to those who are affected, which I feel showed respect for the city of Weyburn and those who reside there.

Murray McCormick, Weyburn

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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- December 2, 2020

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Prelude Quota

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The Christmas Story

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I can’t say that I have one favourite memory, as I have many good memories.

The Carol Festival is an excellent way to bring in the Christmas season. When I think of the Carol Festival, I think of all the excited children who have come to perform. It is very nice to see both young and old take to the stage, perform, and open the season. I especially think of Isabelle Butters, who was an integral part of the Carol Festival for many years. In past years, there was always an excitement of the event, it was a festive time for our community, and very well received. It is part of our culture. ~ Jackie Wilson

I have so many memories of Carol Festival.

It has always been a great start to the Christmas season.

This is almost the first time in about 38 years that I have not had choirs in the festival! I remember taking our elementary school groups to Carol Festival. They were so excited to be there. Many of the girls wore their new Christmas dresses and the boys were so proud to wear their dress-up shirts and sometimes even a tie! It was a thrill to sing on the stage with “all those people” watching them! I have many memories of gathering in the church basement with 200 plus high school singers!

We sometimes had as many as five choirs from WCS and each choir took their turn performing. Some groups were pretty large, and I remember the challenge of trying to fit everyone on the stage. But we always managed and the students were excited to share their music with the community!

My favourite part of the Carol Festival is how it is really a family event, and how we made sure our children got there. It was also great to see the schools and the teachers work with the children to learn their pieces and help them perform. Of course, we were the proudest parents and proudest grandparents, as everyone else was who were there. It is just a great community event.

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Good News Choir

Phyllis Massier Tanya Cameron Chad Jeanotte Arliss Sidloski Acapella Quartet

2017 Weyburn Ministerial Association St. Michael’s School Singers Denise Schmidt Cornerstone Carollers Colleen Weimer Weyburn Comprehensive Senior Choir Colleen Weimer

Tim MacKinnon Kelsey Pragnell Colleen Weimer Max Hiske/Morgan Sidloski

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Colleen Weimer Jackie Wilson Arliss Sidloski Colleen Weimer Gail Murray

White Christmas Winter Fantasy Go Tell it on the Mountain

We Three Kings Come on Ring Those Bells Breath of Heaven Celtic Silent Night I have been covering the Quota Festival of Carols for O Holy Night 20 years now and I’ve Joy to the World enjoyed all of the Grinch Medley performances. Some standouts African Noel for me are the Comp choirs, Do You Hear What I Hear? the STARS choirs and some of the smaller groups like Small Voices of Grace and the Stoughton All Stars. My Silent Night favourite memory however is …

Holly Jolly Christmas right now as I am going through the last eight years of Carol Festivals and putting together this year’s show. I hope Hark the Herald Angels Sing everyone will enjoy the performances Quota has What a Night! chosen for this year’s Holiday Road of Carols program as much as I am!

One Candle ~ Corey Morrissette

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SILENT NIGHT As a member of Rotary, it has always been a wonderful time of year to share our love of music with others in the community. We have usually included our spouses in our choir during the Carol Festival performance, and it is a special time of year. I love playing music, and I really enjoy having other people enjoying music. There is definitely excitement for the groups waiting for their turn to perform on stage.

It has always been a very enjoyable event. ~ Tom Schuck

The Carol Festival has been such a large part of the musical community, especially for the smaller church choirs. It gave those choirs a chance to perform. I can remember performing with the Griffin Church choir, and how we always tried to have our family involved.

The Carol Festival was a chance for us to get inspiration on new things for our own church. It was also a great way to start the Christmas season. I also remember watching and listening to Ms. Kate Meyers present the Christmas Story. She read the story in such a very dignified way. She was such a big force in the United Church. I feel really honoured to carry on the tradition.

There was also a time when a group of Estevan ladies came to the Carol Festival, who knew sign language, and signed the lyrics of all the carols that were performed. They did it with such reverence and were so inspirational. I loved watching them, especially since one of the projects important to the Quota Club is to support hearing programs. ~ Jean Fahlman

To me, Carol Festival is the start of the Christmas season in Weyburn. The choirs generously share the joy of the season with the community lifting their voices in song. This spirit of giving reminds me of the true meaning of Christmas.

The exquisite harmonies that many of choirs sing touch my soul.

Seeing Christmas through the eyes of the excited children singing and entertaining is so much fun! It is also such a privilege to be a member of the Quota Club that has carried on the beautiful tradition of Carol Festival for 67 years! ~ Heather Sidloski

All my life, I feel that I have been a part of the Carol Festival. I can remember waiting to go on stage as a small child.

I would reach the stage and look around for my parents in the crowded room.

It felt like a magical time. Then after watching my own children perform, and experience the excitement, is quite special. Even as an adult, when I sung with the Octavius Choir, I still felt that excitement. I really have enjoyed being part of the magic of working behind the scenes with my involvement with Quota.

We have worked really hard to make it all-inclusive, so that there is a special feeling to the event. ~ June Fletcher

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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- December 2, 2020

Festival of Trees total is ‘amazing’ for Family Place

By Greg Nikkel The virtual Festival of Trees, which wrapped up the silent auction and a day-long virtual auction of the decorated Christmas trees, raised around $30,000 altogether, an “amazing” amount considering circumstances.

The annual fundraiser for the Family Place has always garnered a lot of community support, but organizers were worried about this year’s version as due to COVID-19, everything had to be done online, with no viewing of Christmas trees, and no inperson auction of the trees possible.

There were 86 items in the silent auction, and they brought in $9,200, along with 18 decorated Christmas trees which raised a total of $20,000. In addition, the Angel Tree set up by Fletcher’s Funeral Chapel raised $500.

The Angel Tree, for which people could purchase an angel ornament in memory of a loved one, was set up for the public to see at the RONA store.

“With what’s going on around us, it’s hard to be asking for money,” said Dawn Gutzke, executive director of the Family Place, noting that when the bids opened on Thursday for the online tree auction, “the bids just kept coming and coming. We just felt so much love and support from the community.”

She added she and the Family Place staff and the board are very grateful for all of the support.

“We’re so appreciative for all the support in a time when it’s so difficult for the community. Everybody’s pulling together and working together to ensure this community is strong and connected,” said Gutzke.

She admitted they were apprehensive about how well it would go when no one could go and see the trees, and the final auction couldn’t be done in person but over the Internet, but there were so many great items donated for the silent auction and the tree auction received some really good bids throughout the day.

“It all came together once we launched it. It worked really well,” said Gutzke.

The giving continued on Friday, as a number of the purchased trees were donated back to the Family Place to give to a family in need.

As of Friday afternoon, Knight Dodge donated back the two trees they bought, as did Whitecap Resources, E. Bourassa and Sons and Darren Boren.

The top tree in terms of bids was the tree donated

by Southern Glass Works, entitled “Christmas Elegance”, which went for $3,000, bought by Barber Motors.

The second-highest price for a tree was $2,000 for the tree donated by Remax Weyburn, entitled “Shabby Chic”, bought by Annugas Compression.

Gutzke said the proceeds raised by this event will help “fill the gaps”, such as helping to pay some of the bills for their

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Top 2 trees for Festival of Trees fundraiser

Photos courtesy Dawn Gutzke, Family Place

These are the top two trees in the Family Place’s Festival of Trees fundraiser, with the tree on the left fetching $3,000 and the one on the right bringing in $2,000. The tree on the left was donated by Southern Glass Works and was entitled,“Christmas Elegance”, and was bought by Barber Motors.The other tree was donated by Remax Weyburn with the theme,“Shabby Chic”, and was bought by Annugas Compression. operations, that aren’t covered by grants and other funding for their programs like Mini-Go. “It literally does keep the doors open to the Family Place,” she said, adding while the total amount raised was lower than in previous years, given the economic times and COVID, they had expected fewer trees and lower bids, so they found it amazing they ended up receiving the level of support that came in.

A tree donated by Kingston Midstream, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, was

bought by Jeff Tosczak for $1,600; the YF Wives tree, “Cozy at home Christmas”, went for $1,500 to Right Choice Energy Services; the Family Place tree, “The Christmas Nutcracker”, was bought

by Great Plains Ford for $1,400; and the Blue Earth tree, “I’m a Barbie Girl”, went for $1,300 to E. Bourassa and Sons.

Two trees were bought for $1,200, including one from Weyburn Canadian Tire, “A Cranberry Christmas”, to Minard’s Leisure World, and the Weyburn Fire Brigade’s tree, “Tis the Season to be Jolly”, to

Whitecap Resources.

A tree from the Weybu r n C r e d i t U n i o n , “Christmas in the Forest”, was bought by Knight Dodge for $900; a tree from Melissa’s Cotton Candy, “Sweet Treats”, was bought by Aaron Well Servicing for $650; and two trees from CIBC, “A Christmas Ball Princess”, Nos. 1 and 2, went to Colleen Herberholz Morrice for $325 and to Knight Dodge for $350.

A tree from Key Well Servicing, “The Key to Christmas”, was bought

by Southern Glass Works for $900; a tree donated

by CUPE, “A Dazzling Christmas”, was bought

by Miller Well Servicing for $900; a tree donated

by Weyburn Kin Club, “A Little Bit of Everything”, was bought by Minard’s Leisure World for $800; and the Royal Bank’s tree, “A Christmas Angel”, was bought by Darren Boren for $800.

A tree donated by Commander Spray Foam, “A Magical Christmas”, was bought by Glenn Ziegler for $700, and a tree donated by Great Plains Ford, “Let It Snow”, was bought

by Annugas Compression for $1,000.

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Logan Ashworth, a student at Souris School, and Shannon Seitz, program coordinator at Souris, accepted a donation of $2,500 from the Young Fellows Club on Monday at the Christmas tree lot. The Young Fellows members included Chad Ror, Preston Roy, Kurtis Schwindt and club president Rob Stephanson Jr.

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Members of the Weyburn Young Fellows presented a donation of $2,000 to the Salvation Army for their food bank. From left are Young Fellows member Preston Roy, Ronza Reynard, community ministries coordinator for the Salvation Army, and Young Fellows Chad Ror, Kurtis Schwindt and president Rob Stephanson Jr. The donation was presented at the Young Fellows’ Christmas tree lot on Second Street, behind the Co-op food store.

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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- December 2, 2020

Sliding down the hill

A pair of young girls rode down the hill together on Confederation Drive on Saturday, where a few families gathered to enjoy the warm plus-6-degree afternoon. There was just enough snow on the hill to enable families to enjoy the unusually-warm winter afternoon.

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Charlotte (Jane) Horner

Jane Horner experienced and exemplified a life of love, caring, laughter, and sharing. Jane was born on February 24, 1954. She grew up on a farm near Creelman, Saskatchewan with her 3 siblings.

She attended elementary and part of her high school in Creelman and completed her high school at the Weyburn Comprehensive School in Weyburn where she excelled in music, band, oratory, French, and all required studies. Jane attended the University of Saskatchewan and in 1977 earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees with majors in music and French. Music was Jane’s life. She taught band and music in Indian Head and later at Humboldt. While in Humboldt she was president of the local Humboldt Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. She sang in St. Peter’s Choir and played in the St. Peter’s orchestra.

When Jane retired from teaching she moved to Saskatoon where she achieved a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Saskatchewan in 2002. Jane was an active volunteer with Saskatoon Habitat for Humanity and Saskatoon Open Door Society. She loved to travel and shared trips to Europe, BC, the Maritimes,Alaska, and Arizona with friends and family. Jane loved and excelled in music. She played in bands in Saskatoon and Arizona.

Jane was quick witted and bright, and loved to engage in lively and deep discussions. She gave generously to family, friends, and community - both gifts of the heart and charitable donations. Jane left the physical realm with peace and dignity on November 22, 2020. She was predeceased by her parents, Doreen and Fred Horner, and her brother Rob. Her precious cat Allie who had been her companion for 18 years passed away just days before Jane.

She is hugely missed by her brother Don and sister-in-law Diane and their daughters Jenny (Terrell) and Susan (Ryan), and their son Andrew; and by her sister Heather and brother-in-law Larry, and Heather’s children, daughters Melanie (Gerry) and Christal (Chris), and son Bryce (Natalie); and all of Jane’s great-nieces and great-nephews. She will also be missed by her dear friends Janice and Lenora who will treasure Jane forever in their hearts.

Jane was respected and valued by all who met with her. She leaves a legacy of generosity, caring, wisdom, and love. It was her wish that flowers be turned into donations to Ovarian Cancer Canada and Saskatoon United Way Journey Home. Thank you to the care providers at the Cancer Centre and Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, the palliative care team, and Dr. Vickie Martin. The family will have a celebration of Jane’s life at a later date.

Marion Brown

Marion Elizabeth Brown passed away peacefully at age 81, on November 19, 2020, at the Weyburn Special Care Home. Thank you to all the staff for your kindness & care given to our mother these past three months. At this time, we will not be having a funeral service, but intend to have a Celebration of Life in the spring for both our mother & father, Covid pending. Both our mother & father will be interred at Calgary at a later date.

Thank you to everyone for the beautiful comments you have posted, & for the outpouring of words expressed about our beloved, amazing mother & grandmother. We appreciate the love & comfort you have expressed, & we are grateful.

Marion was born on June 21st, 1939 in Leader Sk. Her parents were John & Johanna Helfrich. Her dad was a farmer & her mother was a school teacher.

They lived in Empress, Alta. Our mom was one of eight, & she was the eldest. Her siblings were Leona, Wayne, Elaine, Clara, Jack, Sarah, & Billy.

Mom and dad met at a Catholic youth group dance, dad proposed in the car, & seven months later they were married at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, November 11th, 1961, almost 60 years ago. Marion & Jim started their family a year later. They had us four children, Gayleen, Greg, Geoff & Glenna, & ten grandchildren (one deceased). Mom stayed home with the children, & later worked as a nurse’s aide at the Souris Valley Hospital, then, after we were grown, she worked at SaskTel for over 20 years.

Our mother enjoyed so many groups & organizations throughout her Weyburn life. Please forgive us, if we have forgotten any! She always enjoyed dancing, singing, church activities, youth group, playing cards (with bridge as her favorite), Catholic Women’s League (CWL), Red Hat Society, Ladies Exercise Group, Captain’s Table lunches, Senior Center activities, the Legion, the Saturday draws, the Figure Skating Club, Beta Sigma Phi, Royal Purple, & many more. As you know she not only attended the groups, but was often president or their number one volunteer. She dressed up as Santa Claus for local events, & both mom & dad did many skits & washed many a dish at McKenna Hall throughout their lives & loved it!

She said some of her fondest memories were her trips to Los Cobos, Japan & China, & her yearly winter trips to California for more than 20 years. She gushed over her 50th wedding anniversary celebration, with all the grandchildren attending & family & friends galore! She expressed her love of playing cards, family reunions, remembered midnight masses & her many years spent with Andy and Millie Nimegeers & their family, playing endless cards games, having fun, & eating grasshopper pie!

The most difficult thing mother remembered was breaking her arm one winter, but stated she has no regrets... said she can’t remember or think of any bad things that happened in her life! That’s our mom... she chose to look at the positive, bright side of life! Guess that’s where we get it from... thanks mom! Some of the generational changes she noticed were that people text so much these days, & they don’t seem engaged like they used to be. She sure enjoyed chatting on the phone, & before phone plans, we remember a monthly bill being $300 once!

Christmas time was our mother’s favorite & she recently confessed watching Glenna open her presents is something she adored! She cherished staying in touch with all her family & friends & wrote her Christmas cards right to the end! Anyone who knows her remembers her good cooking, & they certainly loved her cinnamon buns, angel food cakes, cabbage rolls, fresh baked buns, matrimonial cake, & of course... her famous popcorn balls!

Our mother was a woman of service. She was kind & thoughtful, always donating her time. She constantly dropped off food for others in their time of need, or as a courtesy, or, as a gesture of friendship. She organized food plates/deli trays for people in the community when a loved one passed. She would call everyone for a toonie & they would drop it off at her house, & mom would do all the preparations, buying or cooking, then delivering it on behalf of all the friends. That was our mother, such a bright angel in the lives she touched! We have all learned from her. Our mother was a spiritual giant, getting her feet washed in church at Easter, until her mid 70’s, because the young people just don’t volunteer anymore! She loved attending the Catholic Church! She attended every Sunday, until she couldn’t. She tried to say her prayers daily, sang her heart out, & we certainly didn’t have a family trip without reciting the rosary.

For about six months before going to the nursing home, Geoff was able to care for her at home. Geoff brought VHS tapes of many “Brown Family Memories” for mother to watch. It was very comforting for her to see so many beautiful memories & to hear our voices. The nursing home played them every day for her!

As a family, we have fond memories of our KFC celebrations, our Dairy Queen Sundays (if we were good in church), driving around to see the Christmas lights, & our Club Cafe suppers.

She was very proud of her children & grandchildren. To her, family matters and family means everything... family is forever...

We would like to thank each & every one of you for your friendship with her.

Our angel mother is now at peace in heaven. Mother, we miss you, we love you, & we look forward to a grand and glorious reunion in time! YOU WERE THE BEST! Any wishes or donations in memory of Marion Brown can be made to the Weyburn Catholic Women’s League (CWL) at St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church.

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Linda McLeod

McLeod, Linda Louise (nee Kelley) of Weyburn, SK passed away peacefully on November 23, 2020 at the Palliative Care unit in Saskatoon, SK after a somewhat brief battle with cancer. Linda was 70 years old, born on June 17, 1950 in Weyburn, SK to Frank & Hazel Kelley (nee Pederson) of Talmage, SK and was the youngest of four children.

Linda will be dearly missed by her husband, Carman of 48 years in Weyburn, SK; son, Darin (Leona) McLeod and their family Brandon, Keaton & Morgan of Saskatoon, SK; daughter, Shelley (Chad) Baudria of Weyburn, SK; sister, Shirley (Clarence) Dorsch of Calgary, AB as well as many other nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Linda is predeceased by her parents, Frank & Hazel Kelley; brother, Ray Kelley; sister, Joan Gent. Linda spent time at home while Darin & Shelley went through school and focused on being a mother and homemaker. Later she would begin working at Haig School as the Noon Supervisor, and eventually moved into the role of Library Assistant for many years after, before retiring. She loved being at school and enjoyed every second being around the children in the library. Everywhere she went in Weyburn she had kids saying Hello to her and excited when they would recognize her outside of the school; A true testament to her kindness and unselfish ways, always looking to make others happy. Carman & Linda enjoyed travelling together with friends & family including cruise ships and even Hawaii. She wouldn’t go very far without him by her side, and even through their respective health concerns they enjoyed their retirement together immensely. Linda was quick to always brag about her grandkids and cherished spoiling them with endless treats and gifts. She enjoyed special bonds with each of her children, Darin & Shelley, making sure to spoil them as well, while also staying involved in each of their lives and accomplishments. She always made time for friends and could always be counted on to lend an ear and offer life advice, always in a positive & supportive way. We will all miss those special moments, that infectious smile and voice, from our Wife, Mother, Grandma, Sister, Relative & Friend. We would like to express our extreme gratitude and thank you to the staff at Weyburn General Hospital, and St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon, especially the Palliative Care unit, for their compassionate care while Linda was there.

Due to Covid restrictions, a Private Family Celebration of Linda’s Life for immediate family and friends took place on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Fletcher Funeral Chapel, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Interment followed Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Linda may be made to St. Paul’s Palliative Care Unit in Saskatoon, SK, http://www.stpaulshospital.org/foundation/donate/index.php or the Saskatoon Cancer Centre 20 Campus Dr. Saskatoon, SK S7N 4H4. Condolences may be left at: www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com. Arrangements entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 306-842-5432.

Joyce Winnifred Lynch (nee Smith)

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Joyce Lynch of Osage, SK passed away on November, 19, 2020 at the Fillmore Health Centre at the age of 82 years after a brave a battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her father, James Elvin Smith in 1949; mother, Marie Winnifred Smith in 1985; brother, Don Smith in 2020; nephew, Brian Keller in 1957 and brother-in-law, Floyd Keller in 2013. Joyce is survived by her loving family, husband, James; son, Leslie (Deanne) Lynch; son, Brant (Charles Marcoux) Lynch; daughter, Angela (Trevor) Ogden; grandchildren: Chansi (Patrick) Bourke, Jordon (Dakota) Lynch, Keegan Lynch (Shelbi Rowland), Justin (Cassandra) Ogden and Dylan Ogden (Danaka Kolybaba); great-grandchildren, Hudson, Ivy & Sage Bourke. Joyce will also be missed by her best friend and neighbour, Madge Glover; sister, Pearl Keller; brother, Mervin (Rita) Smith; brother, Ken (Terry) Smith; sister-in-law, Lorna Smith as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. Joyce was a very kind and grateful person and will be missed by all who had the honour of being a part of her life. Joyce was born on a farm southeast of Osage (SE 22-12-12 W2) on July 10, 1938. She attended school in Osage. In 1956, Joyce and Madge ventured off to find employment in Regina. Joyce worked at both Sears and the City of Regina during those years. Joyce married Jim in Osage on June 24, 1959. Joyce was not only a “farm wife” but a farmer. She spent many hours in the field doing summer fallow, but her favourite time of the year was harvesting in the fall. She loved to combine. Joyce was an integral part of the success of the family farm. Joyce was also willing to lend a hand and over the years she belonged to a variety of community organizations in Osage.

She also loved to curl in the winter and most winter weekends were spent curling in local lady’s bonspiels. Spending time with her family and friends was something that Joyce cherished. She loved to go camping with her friends and family. It was a tradition to take a ten-day camping trip yearly at the beginning of July. Many fond memories were made on these camping trips and Joyce and Jim continued this camping tradition until a couple of years ago. Joyce’s health failed in the last five years after receiving a diagnosis of cancer. She was able to remain at home until June of this year at which time she became a resident of the Fillmore Health Centre. Joyce received tremendous care in Fillmore and her family wants to express gratitude and thanks to the Stoughton Homecare Team and the entire staff of the Fillmore Health Centre. The care and compassion that she received in her final journey was very much appreciated. Her family also wants to thank Madge and Tim Glover for their care and support of Joyce as her health declined. A Private Family Graveside Service & Interment took place on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. at Osage Cemetery, Osage, SK. with Sharon Elliott officiating. Donations in memory of Joyce may be made to Fillmore Health Centre at Box 246, Fillmore, SK, S0G 1N0 or Allan Blair Cancer Clinic at 4101 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK, S4T 7T1. Condolences may be left at:www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com. Services In Care Of Fletcher Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 306-842-5432

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Ronza Reynard, community ministries coordinator for Weyburn and Estevan Salvation Army, watched as Norm Mondor presented a donation of $10,000 to kick off Weyburn’s Christmas kettles campaign on Thursday. These kettles won’t be seen this year, as the Salvation Army will be having smaller counter kettles at six businesses and at the Thrift Store, starting on Thursday, Dec. 3 until Dec. 23, with no volunteers due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Holiday Train virtual concert on Dec. 12 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Pacific (CP) will donate to food banks in communities along its network and host a virtual concert in lieu of its regular Holiday Train program.

The modified program will draw attention to food security issues, while ensuring donations go to all food banks that would ordinarily receive them, including those that typically host a Holiday Train event in alternating years.

“COVID-19 has created many challenges for communities across our network and has only increased the need at local food banks and food shelves,” said CP President and Chief Executive Officer Keith Creel. “It is our honor to continue to donate to communities across our network this year, even if the train itself will not run. The spirit of the Holiday Train program and the Christmas spirit will carry on this year through our

virtual concert. We will have the Holiday Train rolling again spreading Christmas cheer as soon as it’s safe to do so!”

Serena Ryder and The Trews will headline CP’s 2020 “Holiday Train at Home” concert, which will stream on CP’s Facebook page on Saturday, Dec. 12.

The event will raise money and awareness and help local food banks collect much-needed donations.

The Dec. 12 concert, scheduled for 6 p.m. MT/8 p.m. ET, will also feature performances by JoJo Mason, Logan Staats and Kelly Prescott. CP Holiday Train fans will be able to view the concert by visiting facebook.com/canadian. pacific at the show’s start time. An archived version of the show will remain on the page for later viewing.

“For more than two decades, the CP family has supported Canadians and Americans in need through the CP Holiday Train pro-

gram,” said Creel. “In a year full of challenge and loss, we will host this concert as a call to action for the train’s supporters to donate generously if they can this Christmas season.

The spirit of the Holiday Train will come alive even though the train itself will not operate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

CP will donate $1.24 million this year to 201 food banks in communities that ordinarily host CP Holiday Train events.

In a normal year, CP calls on attendees at local shows to make a cash or nonperishable food donation.

With the “Holiday Train at Home” concert, CP hopes to inspire donations from across North America even though local shows won’t occur. Viewers seeking to donate will be directed to Food Banks Canada and Feeding America, the national organizations that support community food banks in their respective

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