Yorkton This Week 2019-01-02

e YORKTON'S ONLY FULLSERVICE REAL ESTATE BOUTIQUE

***Ask about our 7 Day Guide to Prepare Your Home CALL TODAY.

PHONE: EMAIL:

306.782.9680

YORKTON'S ONLY FULLSERVICE REAL ESTATE BOUTIQUE

True or False?

Spring is the Best Time to Sell FEATURED LISTINGS

REAL ESTATE INC.

FEATURED VIDEO View it at:

administration@teamcore.ca www.teamcore.ca

WEBSITE:

REAL ESTATE INC. PHONE:

306.782.9680

administration@teamcore.ca WEBSITE: www.teamcore.ca CoreRealEstate_6x24.b02_R0011506114.indd EMAIL:

6x24L (4C) •YTW Jan 2, 2019 proof bill Email: czilke@teamcore.ca

$239,000

$369,900

@corerealestateyorkton

Like & Share our Facebook Page and never miss any videos!

196 Clarewood Cres MLS®SK754760

83 Good Spirit Cres MLS®SK750856

24 Partrisge C MLS®SK7347 Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Volume 45, Issue 20 Price - $1.52 plus GST

Return undeliverable items to: Yorkton This Week 20 Third Ave. N., Yorkton, SK S3N 2X3

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

One big push The weather on the weekend was cold, made worse by a brisk wind, but that did not stop a few hardy sledders from enjoying some fun at Rodney Ridge in the city.

Temperatures are expected to be more moderate this weekend so it should be a better time to explore outdoor activities.

Arrest made in Preeceville sexual assault

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer A man has been arrested for a Preeceville sexual assault from 2017.

Shawn Pasiechnik, a 20 year old man from Preeceville, faces seven charges,

including sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and pointing a firearm.

The assault happened on Dec. 18, 2017, when a masked man forcibly entered a home and sexually assaulted a woman while armed with a firearm.

Her child was home at the time of the assault.

The initial investigation into the assault resulted in the arrest of a different man, who was later cleared due to DNA evidence. Further investigation revealed that the man had no involve-

ment in the assault.

Pasiechnik made his first appearance in Yorkton Provincial Court on Dec. 31. With the crown opposing his release, he had a bail hearing set for Jan. 3 in Canora.

The top stories of 2018

The countdown of the top-10 news stories of 2018 in terms of Yorkton and area continues as we look at stories five-to-one.

#5 – Broadway upgrade

In April Yorkton Council approved a tender which sets in motion a two-year project to resurface Broadway Street.

The street is actually in need of a complete

Your Community Connection

refurbishing, but that is beyond the City’s finances, explained Trent Mandzuk Director of Public Works, with the City at the time.

It was recommended that the award of the project would go to Fedorowich Construction Ltd. at a total of $1,412,857.

Funding for Phase 1 of the project was comprised of $568,000 from the 2018 capital budget

and $480,000 from 2017 roadway operations rolled over from the previous year.

The work went smoothly over the summer and in his year-end interview Mayor Bob Maloney noted he has had numerous positive comments on the work.

The second half of the overall project is slated for this construction season.

#4 – Fire causes evacuation

A warehouse on Smith Street was destroyed by fire on the evening of Jun. 21.

The call came in to Yorkton Fire Protective Services at approximately 8:00 p.m.. The fire had started in the north end of the building. The fire was already fully involved in the interior at the building’s north end by the time firefight-

ers arrived.

The fire department’s main concern was preventing the fire from getting to the south end, where the gas line and power lines were located. They were able to control the fire while it was three quarters of the way through the building.

A big public concern was the level of smoke coming out of the building.

There was a high pressure weather system that came in and forced the smoke down, and smoked out the whole area, all the way to about third avenue, so the fire department initiated a voluntary evacuation.

There was a reception centre at the Gallagher Centre for people in the area who wanted to get

Continued on Page A2

LIMITED TIME OFFERS

SMARTPHONE SALE FROM $0 RENEW YOUR CONTRACT AND GET A $50 BILL CREDIT

• A $50 bill credit is given when signing a new 2 year voice and data contract with the purchase of a new phone.

• Customer must be within 90 days of their contract expiry date.

Please recycle this newspaper

44 Dracup Ave., Yorkton

Phone:

306-782-6677

See Audio Warehouse, Your SaskTel Authorized Dealer for more Details.

AudioWarehouse_536713_5x32.L21_R0011557860.indd 1

2018-12-24 10:10 AM

A2

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

A vigil was held for those involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

File Photo

TOP

Continued from Page A1 out of the smoke. They were directed to the hospital if they had any medical issues arising from it. Fire crews worked through the night, and finished at about 6:30 a.m. on Jun. 22.

#3 – Accident claims two

Two people from Yorkton were dead after a car crash in the city in May. An 18-year-old female and a 21-year-old male were involved in a single-vehicle collision May 5.

Around 8:49 p.m. on May 5, Yorkton Municipal RCMP were alerted to the accident, which occurred on the small bridge at the end of Darlington Street East. The two occupants of the

vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.

#2 – Marijuana legalization

After years of promises, debates, and delays, marijuana was ready for consumption in October with the enactment of new federal laws. Recreational cannabis use was legalized in Canada, opening the doors for businesses and consumers.

While cannabis sale and use is now permissible, stores that operate without a license will technically be breaking the law.

Cannabis legalization doesn’t mean Saskatchewan is without rules; there are a buffet of rules and restrictions to cannabis use in the province.

People must be at least

19-years-old to purchase and consume cannabis. Users can carry a maximum of 30 grams of cannabis in public. Canadians who’d prefer to grow their cannabis plants at home can do so, although there is a four plant limit.

Public consumption of cannabis is prohibited or restricted to certain areas, depending on the city. Much like alcohol, there will be a zero-tolerance policy for operating vehicles while under the influence of cannabis.

#1 – Humboldt bus tragedy

Every year thousands of young athletes across our city, province, country and beyond climb onto buses and head down the highways to their

next game.

It is something that is completely ingrained to the point of being as much a part of our sport culture as tensor wraps and hockey pucks.

In April the bus carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was in an accident on its way to a game in Nipawin.

It was April 6, and sixteen people were killed and thirteen injured when the northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck near Armley, SK. at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335.

As the details began to be released we learned that the accident had been a severe one, bad enough that STARS

air ambulance sent three helicopters to the scene to help transport the seriously injured.

The province, country and sporting world stunned. The tragedy for teammates, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, billets, families and anyone who has ever ridden a team bus was immense.

The outpouring of sympathy and support was massive with millions raised through a GoFundMe campaign in support of the families.

Semi driver Jaskirat Sidhu was charged with 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. The case is still before the courts.

CIF approves funding for projects The Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) is pleased that communities across Saskatchewan will benefit from $2,498,293 supporting 151 grants for projects that contribute to the wellbeing of children and youth, families, and communities through its Community Grant Program’s October 1st deadline.

These projects provide opportunities for children and youth to gain the knowledge, skills, and supports to develop positive mental health, self-esteem, and healthy lifestyle behaviours, and ensure families have access to support and resources to create healthy and caring environments.

Projects also provide training and resources for nonprofit staff, Board members, and volunteers to improve program delivery, governance and leadership, and support individuals to become involved as active cit-

#5-259 Hamilton Road, Yorkton 306-782-1002

TAX FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNT

1.60% Rates subject to change.

Interest calculated on daily closing balance and paid to account monthly.

CanadianWesternBank_1x32.nil_ R0011505360.indd •1x32L •prod3/ dm •wed/tfc • Email proof to Crystal.Lario@cwbank.com

izens, volunteers, and community leaders.

Since its first grants in 1996/1997, CIF has distributed more than $154 million to over 400 communities throughout the province. To learn more about the valuable programs that CIF funds, refer to CIF’s Feature Stories at www.cifsask. org.

“The CIF plays an important role in our

provincial growth by continuing to develop leadership capacity and make innovative investments in community-based projects,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky said. “These funds help build sustainable, inclusive communities and support the well-being of individuals and families.”

“The programs and initiatives funded by CIF have a profound

impact on the quality of life of communities across Saskatchewan,” shared Tracey Mann, Executive Director of the Community Initiatives Fund.

“We are continually amazed by the dedication and creativity of community leaders and organizations that work so tirelessly to enrich our province.”

The CIF is a Special Purpose Fund cre-

ated through The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation Act and governed by a volunteer board.

A complete list of

the grant recipients and their projects, as well as information about the Community Initiatives Fund can be found at www.cifsask.org.

“The CIF plays an important role in our provincial growth by continuing to develop leadership capacity and make innovative investments in communitybased projects.”

— Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsk

YORKTON DENTAL

RamInd_2x55.b04_R0011650544.indd 2x55L (4c) •YTW Jan 2, 2019 •MP Jan 4, 2019 Proof dsparrowhawk@ramindustries.com

sandy

Yorkton Dental Now Open

To make an appointment Please call (306) 786 1888 or Visit www.YorktonDental.ca

Dr. Megan Lamontagne | Dr. Michael Koskie YorktonDental_5x35.b04_R0011644744.indd prod2/kj YTW Dec 12/18 Jan 2/19 MP Dec 14/18 Jan 4/19

Up Front

Rocking it

Submitted Photos

Sacred Heart High School UROCK (You Reaching Out to Create Kindness) group has been very active this school year. The UROCK group has provided entertainment at the seniors homes, shoveled driveways, helped raise money for the Food Bank drive with a bake sale, made posters with positive messages around the school, put a float in the Santa Clause Parade, made thank you cards for veterans, conducted a bottle drive to provide warm clothes, food and toys for local children.

UROCK also made a donation of $99.47 to Soul’s Harbour Rescue Mission to provide 29 warm meals and a donation of $250 to the Catholic Charity CHALICE to aid education of young children. They donated $100 to assist in the Orphanages for Ukraine Campaign run through St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. The UROCK group raised over $700 for the Candle of Hope campaign. They placed boxes at various businesses around the city and received donations of warm fuzzies. They donated nearly $1000 worth of food, new toques, mittens, gloves, socks, cash and toys to the Salvation Army.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 www.yorktonthisweek.com

A3

Perspective Moe has reason to be comfortable in 2019

A4

Owned and operated by: The Prairie Newspaper Group LP, a division of GVIC Communications Corp.

Publisher: John Bauman Editor: Calvin Daniels Production Manager: Debbie Barr Mailroom Manager Jim Kinaschuk

MURRAY MANDRYK

Advertising Manager: William O’Boyle Advertising Sales: Sandy Kerr Chasity Demontigny

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Politics No politician should ever get too comfortable — especially one that’s barely a year into his new job.

Things in politics can change rapidly for a new premier and leader like Scott Moe. Given that he inherited a decade-old government with more than its share of deficit — debt and spending issues included questionable investments in the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) and the Regina bypass — there are all that many more reason for Moe to be cautious.

Finally, one might think that what insecurities Moe might have would be enhanced by the reality he was taking over from the popular Brad Wall.

But all that said, there are likely few leaders in Canada right now in a more enviable position than Scott Moe going into 2019.

Here is why: For starters, it’s increasingly clear that Moe’s Sask. Party government does seem to digging its way of its deficit/balanced budget mess.

When it presents its 2019-20 budget in March, it is expected to serve notice that it has accomplished that.

Notwithstanding the debt issues, if Moe can demonstrate fiscal competency that seems to have gone missing in the Sask. Party government, it would be a major victory coming at a time when the Saskatchewan economy continues to go through a major downturn.

What’s also to Moe’s advantage is that won’t have to go the polls in 2019, having set the next election date for Oct. 26, 2020.

That affords him additional time to work on a better budget path and hope for and economic turnaround leading into the 2020 election.

But the extra time in 2019 before a provincial election may be of great value to Moe for another reason.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will go to the polls in 2019 and that affords Moe a few added advantages.

It allows Moe to carry on his popular campaign opposing the federal carbon tax against an unpopular Prime Minister in this province.

This seems to be a no-lose situation.

Should Trudeau’s Liberals pull out another victory, it is likely to reinforce what many in Saskatchewan dislike about his government — much to the benefit of Moe and the Sask. Party.

But even should Trudeau lose, Moe stands to bask in both the victory and the honeymoon period of a new Andrew Scheer Conservative government.

However, any success Moe finds in 2019 will likely have more to do with what’s gone on in the past in Saskatchewan politics than what’s likely to happen in the coming year.

One of the sharpest criticism of Moe — fairly or unfairly — has been his penchant to pander to rural voters. All one has to do is consider the rural vote numbers from the 2016 election to see why.

For example, in the eight rural seats in southeast Saskatchewan, the Sask. Party had 25,725vote advantage over the NDP — 38,230 votes to 12,505.

In the four rural southeast seats, the Sask.

Party held a 20,593 advantage over the NDP — 24,226 votes to 3,633.

In the five west central Saskatchewan, the 35,582 Sask. Party votes in 2016 compared with the 7,877 votes gave the governing party a 27,695vote advantage.

In northeast Saskatchewan’s six seats, the Sask. Party had 17,305 more votes — 29,189 compared with 11,884 votes for the NDP. And in five northwest rural seats, the Sask.

Party was 17,230 votes ahead — 23,589 compared with 6,368 for the NDP. Of course, things could change in the 2020 vote, but, give the massive difference, the Sask.

Party is almost guaranteed to retake all 29 rural seats.

That would mean the Sask. Party would only need another three more seats for a majority.

Maybe it won’t win all 19 urban seats, but it Moe appears to be a rather good position.

Nothing is ever guaranteed in politics, but Moe seems to be in as good a position as any politician in 2019.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics for over 22 years.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 www.yorktonthisweek.com

Classified Sales: Deanna Brown

Phone: Fax:

◆Editorial◆

Missing one of our own W

hen someone dies it always leaves a hole on the fabric of family and community.

For those of us involved in the family which is Yorkton This Week and the community which is the newspaper sector in Saskatchewan the hole that was left with the recent passing of Neil Thom is a large one.

Neil was one of those people who was very much born into the newspaper business doing just about everything there is to do with getting a newspaper into the hands of readers in our community.

As a youth Neil would deliver newspapers, and from that humble entry into the field would spend most of his life dedicated to the business of providing local news to the community he grew up in and chose to raise his own family in. He would end up as publisher of the publication you now hold in your hands taking the top posting yet maintaining the boyish charm and exuberance that he probably held when delivering papers.

The job of producing a weekly newspaper is a busy one, a job which changes with each day as new events and stories arise to be covered so that the community can remain informed about our city.

For Neil he took the responsibility in stride. It was a rare day that Neil was not the happiest person in the office, and when the occasional scowl crossed his face, as is apt to happen with anyone in charge of

a busy workplace, it would fade quickly. He made Yorkton This Week a good place to work because he was there working with you each day.

And Neil didn’t forget about his community away from the sound of keyboard keys tapping out the next story on City council or the Yorkton Terriers. He well-understood there is good reason to be involved as a volunteer because with each effort of an individual we build a better community for all.

Boards such as Tourism Yorkton and SIGN come quickly to mind as ones Neil found time to do his part.

Beyond Yorkton Neil also worked for the newspaper business as a whole, spending time on the board of the Saskatchewan Newspapers Association, including a stint as the organization’s president from 2005 to 2007.

He would also serve nationally with the Canadian Community Newspaper Association.

Somewhere amid the time his evolving career in the newspaper took, and his efforts in the community, Neil found time to marry and raise three children, rounding out a life of family, career and community to be proud of.

We at Yorkton This Week are certainly proud of all Neil did for this publication and the community it serves, and we will miss our friend now that he is gone.

WEB POLL RESULTS LAST WEEK’S QUESTION

Will you use the City of Yorkton’s new recycling app?

YES - 21%

NO - 79%

QUICK VOTE Did you make a New Year’s resolution?

VISIT YORKTON THIS WEEK ONLINE...

WWW.YORKTONTHISWEEK.COM

AND CAST YOUR VOTE!

306-782-2465 306-786-1898

e-mail:

editorial@yorkton thisweek.com

20 Third Avenue North, Yorkton, S3N 2X3

Member Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association.

Audited by Verified Circulation Paid (CMCA)

79% Readership Survey PAP Registration No. 10765 Published by 101007550 Saskatchewan Ltd. at 20 Third Avenue North, Yorkton.

S3N 2X3 (ISSN: 1186429X) Publication mail sales agreement #40069240. Member of Canadian Community Newspapers Association and Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association. Fully protected by Canadian copyright laws.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.

◆◆◆

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: City of Yorkton by carrier or pickup, $42.00 per year.

By mail in Canada, $65.55 per year.

All subscriptions are payable in advance. Single copy price, $1.60. (The above prices include GST.) Prices subject to change without notice. ◆◆◆

Advertising rates are available upon request and are subject to change without notice.

Conditions of editorial and advertising content: Yorkton This Week attempts to be accurate in Editorial and Advertising content; however, no guarantee is given or implied. Yorkton This Week reserves the right to revise or reject any or all editorial and advertising content as the newspaper’s principles see fit.

Yorkton This Week will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of an advertisement, and is not responsible for errors in advertisements except for the space occupied by such errors.

Yorkton This Week will not be responsible for manuscripts, photographs, negatives and other related material that may be submitted for possible publication.

All of Yorkton This Week’s content is protected

by Canadian Copyright laws.

Reviews and similar mention of material in this newspaper is granted on the provision that Yorkton This Week receives credit. Otherwise, any reproduction without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. Advertisers purchase space and circulation only. Rights to any advertisement produced by Yorkton This Week, including art work, typography, photos, etc., remain the property of this newspaper. Advertisements or parts thereof may not be reproduced or assigned without the consent of the publisher.

Visit Yorkton This Week online... www.yorktonthisweek.com

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019 A5

Ground control to Major Thom: Rest in peace At lunchtime on Christmas Eve day, I walked up to the Great Northern Peninsula shore and added some tears to the vast, salty expanse of the North Atlantic.

That morning, as I was getting ready for work, I found out Neil Thom, my dear friend and former employer had died.

Until cancer intervened a couple of years ago, Neil was the publisher of Yorkton This Week.

Above all else, I will remember him as one of the most decent people I have ever known.

My enduring image of Neil will be of him walking with his wife Julianne and their little dog on the outskirts of Yorkton just days before I embarked on my crosscountry journey to a new home in Newfoundland and Labrador. Even in the grip of that horrible disease, there was no mistaking Neil’s deep

and abiding love for Julianne and passionate embrace of life’s simple pleasures.

The last time I saw him, his face half removed from successive surgeries, thin and frail from chemo and radiation, he still somehow exuded his trademark positivity and optimism.

He was quick with his charming smile and infectious laugh, looking forward, not back, and deeply interested in me and my well-being at a time when he could have been, understandably, much more inward-looking.

As publisher of the city’s newspaper of record, a longstanding business person, a lifelong resident of the community and a tireless Yorktonbooster, Neil was a prominent public figure, but away from work, he was a private person.

As such, and although I count Neil among the

I had my reservations at first because Neil came from the advertising side of the business, what we editorial types sometimes refer to as “the dark side.”

Despite that egregious flaw — don’t worry, he would appreciate the dig — Neil was a newspaperman through and through.

He and I shared many things beyond the name (correctly spelled) and the same taste in leather jackets and shoes. The greatest of these was an idealistic view of the noble role of journalism in society and a commitment to the truth.

In the time I was there, Neil never once balked at publishing news that might not be favourable to advertisers, nor can I recall him ever trying to quash controversial opinions of any kind.

And when my writing ran afoul of advertisers or politicians, or drug

THOM BARKER Thinking Critically best friends I had in Yorkton, I cannot honestly say I know what he went through privately, but I cannot imagine it was easy to remain as bright and cheerful as he seemed when I saw him last. That was Neil: energetic, empathetic, moral, funny, loyal, and I could go on until I filled a thesaurus of positive adjectives.

Neil Thom was one of the first people I met when I moved to Yorkton in the spring of 2012.

As a journalist without employment, I marched into his office looking for work. He didn’t have any-

thing for me at the time, but as it turned out, we were neighbours. I would see him from time to time over the back fence and we would exchange pleasantries. We dubbed that summer “the summer of Thom” owing to the fact I was more or less on vacation in my backyard.

One Saturday, as the summer of Thom was winding down, he called over to me from his deck.

“You should come see me on Monday,” he said.

I worked for Yorkton This Week for five years and a better publisher I could not have asked for.

dealers and pedophiles (whose lives I apparently ruined by reporting on their nefarious activities), Neil always had my back.

He was a relentless champion of local news, recognizing it as an essential instrument of democracy. Even with diminishing resources, Neil strove every day to provide full and meaningful coverage of the stories that were important to Yorkton and the surrounding area while also working at the regional and national level to preserve the important contributions of community newspapers everywhere.

Neil’s personal and professional legacy is something his family and Yorkton can be very proud of and I cannot think of a better use for dead trees and spilled ink than paying tribute to him.

Rest in peace, pal.

History Corner Ukrainian Christmas Ukrainian Canadians have some special traditions, and for many, culture and religion go hand in hand. Since their earliest days on the Prairies, Ukrainians have built distinctive churches as centres of their communities. People especially enjoy two special celebrations: Christmas and Easter. In her book Canadian Ukrainian Centennial 1891-1991, Dr. Stephanie Potoski of Yorkton describes her family’s traditional Ukrainian Christmas beginning with Christmas Eve on January 6, a day of special celebration and feasting with the Holy Supper consisting of twelve dishes symbolic of the twelve apostles.

The round braided loaf of bread or “Kolach” featured here is a symbol of eternity. In her book, Doctor Stephane Potoski explains: “Ukrainians regard bread as one of the holiest of all foods. The importance of salt is reflected in Christ’s words: You are the salt of the earth.”

It is also a symbol of fasting and self-denial. The round loaf of bread

or “Kolach” with salt is used as a humble but heartfelt greetings to visitors. “With this bread and salt we greet you.” Dr. Stephanie invites her readers of Ukrainian descent to preserve and pass on this tradition.

There is singing of carols and then attendance at Midnight Mass, or at a Mass on Christmas Day. Happy Ukrainian Christmas!

Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince, Heritage Researcher, City of Yorkton Archives, Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3 306-786-1722 heritage@yorkton.ca

Ma

a k n a l 2019

$45.00 Adult (11 & up) $15.00 Child 10 & under Doors open @ 4:30 pm Supper @ 6:30 pm

The Yorkton Kinsmen gave both time and money to the Salvation Army, both attending to the kettles during the annual kettle campaign and putting money inside them, donating Justin Demerais, secretary of the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton,

Staff Photo by Devin Wilger

Lieutenant Mary Tim with the Yorkton Salvation Army and Mike Wilson, President of the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton, The club donated $1,000, including their recent Groceries for a Year lottery.

ENTER TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO:

Erin Costelo

Please join the Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble at our 4th Annual Malanka!

Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Gallagher Centre - Flexi Hall Live Music by Winnipeg’s

Feeding local families

Sich!

Tickets are available at Yorkton Hyundai 115 Palliser Way or call: Kara (306) 621-7127

Dance performances - Ukrainian Supper - Live music & dancing Silent Auction - Prizes - A full evening of entertainment!

Sunday, January 20, 2019, 7:30 pm YRHS, Anne Portnuff Theatre, 150 Gladstone Ave. N. S TO TWO WAY

WIN

Like and share this promotion on Yorkton This Week Facebook OR Clip out this coupon and drop off at Yorkton This Week

Draw Date: Monday, Jan. 14, 2019

Prize awarded as stated. No substitution, no cash value, 2 draws for 2 tickets will be made.

Erin Costelo

Drop your entry form off at: Yorkton This Week, 20 - 3rd Ave. N., Yorkton S3N 2X3

ENTER TODAY!

Name: Address: Phone: Email:

YTW-enter_StarsForSask_3x130.b11_R0011640667.indd 3x130L (4c) prod2/kj

A6

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Erickson appointed to Churchbridge Housing authority Elmer Erickson has been appointed to the Churchbridge Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Brenda Becker, Deborah Dirven, Dorothy SahulkaJohnson and Lynda Johnston. Johnston is chairperson.

The Churchbridge Housing Authority is a community-based organization that provides daily management of 45 housing units con-

structed and operated under the terms of a federal provincial municipal cost sharing agreement.

Social Services Minister, Paul Merriman, paid tribute to the volunteers who manage the social housing projects in their community. “This local hands-on approach ensures that the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation responds effectively to the needs of each community.”

Saskatchewan has

a network of 260 housing authorities and more than 1,400 volunteer members who assist with management of housing units throughout the

province for seniors, low income families and persons with disabilities.

Persons interested in volunteering to serve on the board of directors

for the Churchbridge Housing Authority are encouraged to contact the mayor of Churchbridge.

A local nominating committee recommends

board members.

Applications for accommodation are available from the manager of the Churchbridge Housing Authority.

Saskatchewan holds inaugural subsurface mineral public offering The Government of Saskatchewan held its inaugural subsurface mineral public offering on Tuesday, raising $505,000 in revenue for the province.

Subsurface mineral public offerings — which will be held April, August and December every year — use an open and competitive bidding system similar to the existing process for issuing oil and gas dispositions in Saskatchewan.

Subsurface mineral dispositions grant the holder the right to explore for all natural mineral salts and their compounds occurring more than 60 metres below the land surface.

“This process allows for a fair, orderly and transparent dispositioning of subsurface mineral rights, which, in turn, drives exploration by Saskatchewan’s mining industry,” Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said. “This is a key economic sector, and Saskatchewan is considered one of the most favourable jurisdictions in the world for mining investment. The introduction of subsurface mineral public offerings makes doing business in Saskatchewan even more efficient, consistent and competitive.”

Subsurface minerals include boron, calcium, lithium, magnesium,

potassium, sodium, bromine, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur, and their compounds; potash is a potassium compound.

Subsurface minerals dissolved in subsurface geological formation waters are commonly referred to as brine minerals.

In addition to potash used in fertilizer, lithium is attracting interest as it is used in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries for the electric car industry, as well as for certain medical treatments.

A single subsurface mineral permit block totalling 8,376 hectares was posted in Tuesday’s public offering and received a bonus bid of $505,000. The permit block is located north of the town of Francis, approximately 50 kilometres southeast of Regina, in an area that is prospective for potash solution mining in the Prairie Evaporite Formation.

CanPacific Potash Inc. was the successful bidder; this permit block is adjacent to two subsurface mineral dispositions also held by CanPacific Potash Inc. The next scheduled date for a subsurface mineral public offering in Saskatchewan is April 23, 2019, which will be the first subsurface mineral public offering of the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Saskatchewan grows by more than 3,800 people in third quarter of 2018 Saskatchewan’s population continued to grow in the third quarter of 2018. According to the latest population estimates released today

by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan grew by 3,841 to 1,165,903 people as of October 1, 2018.

This represents the 50th consecutive quarter of population growth - the longest sustained period of population growth in Saskatchewan since quarterly records started being kept in 1971.

“Despite the challenges facing our energy sector, people still see

Saskatchewan as a great place to live, and they’re right,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said.

“Our government will continue working hard to stand up for Saskatchewan and ensure it’s a great place to live, work and raise a family.”

Saskatchewan’s population growth in the most recent quarter was driven by net international migration of 5,261 and a natural increase (births minus deaths) of 1,762, partially offset by net interprovincial migration of 3,182.

Submitted Photo

Ah to dream The Yorkton SaskTel Pioneers donated 63 pairs of pajamas to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area. Pictured from left are Tryna Odland (Big Brother’s Mentoring co-ordinator) and Charlotte

Ross-Koteck (Yorkton SaskTel Pioneers). The pj’s donated are from size 0-3mths up to adult large which is perfect for children 3 months to 16 years old.

Your Announcement Is Requested.

Share your happiness with a printed Wedding Announcement in Yorkton this Week. IT’S FREE! Simply submit a short write-up and wedding photo for publication. Please include the photographer’s name.

For more information contact Calvin at 306-782-2465 or email editorial@yorktonthisweek.com

YORKTON THIS

WEEK

Dedicated to bringing you local events & happenings.

2140-YTWwedding.nil.indd • 3x95 lines • comp7/deb • neil

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A7

Natural hazards risk report released The Ministry of Government Relations has released a Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment that provincial and local officials can use as an initial planning tool for potential long-term disaster mitigation measures.

“I want to thank the experts and stakeholders involved in preparing this report,” Government

Relations Minister Warren Kaeding said.

“The document is a positive step forward to help better prepare and hopefully alleviate some of the consequences of these difficult events.”

The more than 250page Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment was prepared by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) between

2016 and 2018. It concludes that drought and convective summer storms are the province’s highest risk natural hazards followed by forest fires and winter storms.

As part of SRC’s work, a more than 110-page Stakeholder Insights Report was also prepared to gather local knowledge following regional workshops held in 2017 in Yorkton,

Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge, Swift Current and Regina, along with additional stakeholder conversations.

Stakeholders included: Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities A s s o c i a t i o n ; S a s k a t c h e w a n Association of Rural Municipalities; First Nations communities; academics; industry; along with government

and non-government organizations.

The Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Insights Report complements the Prairie Resilience climate change strategy, in which resilience to the effects of a changing climate – such as extreme weather – is a priority for the province.

Both the Hazard

Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Insights are available at www. saskatchewan.ca. The reports were funded by the provincial and federal governments through the National Disaster Mitigation Program.

January 2, 2019 - January 8, 2019

Council Meeting Monday, January 21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Call for Applications - City of Yorkton Council Commissions, Committees and Boards

2019 Waste and Recycling Initiatives Starting January 15, 2019, recycling and garbage pickup will be on the same day regardless of the area in which you live. Some, but not all areas have been on a same day pickup for some time and this will make the schedule easier to follow and remember. There will no longer be any recycling pickups on Monday.

The new waste and recycling APP – Recycle Coach - will also be available in January and will provide details on how and where to properly dispose of waste materials.

The city will also be publishing a sorting guide to help residents prevent contamination of their recycling with organic materials and things like Pizza boxes, which contain oils. These initiatives are a result of the recent Recycling Survey which had nearly 1400 responses.

For further information visit www.yorkton.ca/waste or contact the Environmental Services Department at 306-828-2470.

Recycle your natural Christmas tree!

Drop off area at the Gallagher Centre Parking Lot at 455 Broadway Street West.

(Trees must be clear of all decorations)

Would you like to contribute to advising City Council on various matters of interest to you? If so, the City of Yorkton is looking for volunteers to sit on the following Council Commissions, Committees and Boards in 2019: • Citizen Recognition Awards Committee • Community Development, Parks & Recreation Committee • Municipal Heritage Advisory Sub-Committee • Development Appeals Board • Economic Development Committee • Environmental Committee • Planning & Infrastructure Commission • Protective Services Committee • Yorkton Public Library Board Information on the purpose of the Committee and Member duties are available on the City’s website at www.yorkton.ca/dept/admin/bylaws by choosing the specific committee bylaw. Further questions may be directed to the Mayor’s Office at (306) 786-1717. If you are interested in volunteering for one of these committees, please submit a brief letter (500 words or less) indicating why you are interested, and what you believe you can contribute to the Committee. Please include your full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, and the committee you are interested in sitting on), and submit by one of the following: 1.

2.

3.

Email to cityclerk@yorkton.ca Mail or Hand Deliver a submission to: City of Yorkton c/o City Clerk’s Office 2nd Floor – 37 Third Avenue N. P.O. Box 400 Yorkton, SK. S3N 2W3 Complete an online submission form

Deadline for applications is January 2, 2019, 4:00 p.m. Those selected for appointment will be contacted by the Office of the City Clerk, and announced at the January 21, 2019 Council Meeting. **Committee member applicants should be residents of Yorkton, however those residing outside of City limits may be given special consideration.**

Drop off deadline is January 20, 2019.

General InquIrIes: 306-786-1700 Mayor’s Office ........ 306-786-1701 After Hours Emergency .......... 306-786-1760 Building Services .... 306-786-1710 Bylaw Control ......... 306-786-1725 City Clerk ................ 306-786-1717 City Manager .......... 306-786-1703 City Parks & Green Spaces ..... 306-786-1780 City RCMP.............. 306-786-2400 Communications .... 306-828-2424 Community Development, Parks & Recreation........ 306-786-1750 Economic Development ....... 306-786-1747 Engineering Department ......... 306-786-1710 Farrell Agencies Arena Booking .................. 306-786-1740 Fire Hall .................. 306-786-1795

Gallagher Centre Water Park & Meeting Rooms/Convention Centre Booking ............... 306-786-1740 Gloria Hayden Community Centre ................. 306-786-1776 Godfrey Dean Meeting Rooms Booking ............... 306-786-1780 Kinsmen Arena & Blue Room Booking .................. 306-786-1780 Library Rooms Booking .................. 306-786-1780 Property Sales ........ 306-786-1747 Public Works .......... 306-786-1760 Sports Fields & City Centre Park Bookings ............. 306-786-1780 Tax Department .... 306-786-1736 Water Billing Department............. 306-786-1726

Did you know.....all City News is also accessible on the City of Yorkton website.

Just go to our website at www.yorkton.ca and scroll down to view the “City News” links.

A8

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Water break Betts Ave. had a string of bad luck over the past two weeks, as water main breaks called out city crews to work on the street and do repairs. Area businesses were closed as crews worked to repair the water mains.

Staff Photo

by Calvin Daniels

Open Cinema returns for 2019 The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce our next installment in OPEN Cinema program, our first for 2019! “A new year means more great films as part of our OPEN Cinema program,� said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden. “With the weather outside, we thought we’d take a look at a film we received in 2016 that reminds us that it can always get a little colder out there.�

The short documentary “Colder Than Mars� will be

screened. This 2016 documentary was created based on the weather report that proclaimed that Winnipeg, along with other parts of the country, had reached temperatures that were colder than the surface of Mars. The film follows a number of Winnipeggers as they go about their day and take part in activities in spite of the harsh winter climate.

Ray Bailey will serve as our speaker for this installment, as he will speak to winter activity events within Yorkton.

This screening will also continue our OPEN Cinema Passport program. Collect four out of the six possible screening stickers to have your passport be eligible to win two tickets to the 2019 Lobsterfest event at the Yorkton Film Festival!

OPEN Cinema is presented 100% free of charge and open to the public.

Our first screening of 2019 will take place on Tuesday, January 8th at 7:00pm at the Yorkton Public Library.

'2 %# ' ()% # $% # '%!%# '2 &% $$1 ' &!% % %'% '1 )% . ()1 () % !' $ ,2 &%"1+ 1'%3 &- $ , "2 -(2"/ $ ()%"2 (&%!%0 $ *-

0HUU\ &KULVWPDV From

Highway #10 East Yorkton 1-306-783-5501

STEPHANIUK LAW OFFICE 5-5th Ave. N. Yorkton, SK

306-783-2424 www.yorktonlawoffice.com

306-783-1555 The largest selection of tires in Yorkton

Serving Yorkton & Area since 1987

22 - 4th Ave. N. Yorkton, SK

306-783-3037

Truck & Trailer Repair Centre

30 Argyle Street, Yorkton, Sask.

361 York Road West Yorkton

306-783-3601

306-782-4200

www.yorktoncoop.com

306-782-9863

Phone:

STAN'S MOBILE SERVICE Yorkton Co-op Association

Yorkton, SK

Yorkton, SK

516 Broadway St. E.,

4 Palliser Way Yorkton 306-783-8567

ELECTRIC LTD.

Printing Done Procyshenally

ASPHALT SERVICES

470 Broadway Street East Yorkton, Sask.

ALL-STAT

(306) 782-8211

We’re Your MUFFLER Specialists WE DO IT RIGHT — THE FIRST TIME

39 Smith St. W., Yorkton

306-782-6050

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A9

Eecol Electric donates $1,000 Eecol Electric came forward with a donation of $1,000 toward the new equipment needed for the lab in the Regional Hospital in Yorkton today. “The Health Foundation and the work they do is something that benefits everyone in this area, from our employees and their families to our customers and our friends and neighbors. Supporting healthcare makes sense because it’s supporting our communities to be better places to live and raise a family,” said Darryl Halarewich, Manager of Eecol Electric in Yorkton.

“We are grateful for this donation and the continuing support we receive from Eecol Electric. This donation comes at a great time because we want to finish our fundraising campaign for new lab equipment by the end of the year. We are getting closer and we hope this donation causes others to think about donating as well,” said Ross Fisher, Executive Ecol Electric recently made a donation in support of The Health Foundation.

Director of The Health Foundation.

Changes to inspections authority Recently, Government Relations Minister Warren Kaeding announced the transfer of gas and electrical licensing from the Ministry of Government Relations, gas and electrical inspections and permitting from SaskPower, and plumbing inspections and permitting from the Saskatchewan Health Authority to the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK).

“The Government of Saskatchewan is committed to maintaining public safety, while reducing red tape,” Kaeding said.

“By centralizing these services for gas, electrical and plumbing within TSASK, we will create efficiencies while continuing to deliver quality service to the people of Saskatchewan.”

A review held in 2009 recommended the development of a ‘one-stop shop’ for all regulatory safety services. A year later, TSASK was created as an independent regulatory body to administer boiler, pressure vessel, elevator

and amusement ride safety services.

TSASK has demonstrated its ability to deliver quality, client-centred services to industry and the people of Saskatchewan.

During the transition period, there will be no impact to current staff or to the permit and inspection services available. As well, industry and consumers must continue to follow existing processes to obtain permits.

“Throughout this transition, our team will continue to serve Saskatchewan people by ensuring gas and electrical work in the province is up to standard,” SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh said. “This work is, and will remain, a very important part of keeping Saskatchewan residents safe at work, at home and throughout their communities.”

It is expected that it will take up to two years before these servi-

THORSNESS APPLIANCE 0HUU\ &KULVWPDV 26 - 2nd Ave. N. Yorkton, SK.

IURP

306-782-2927

5 Assiniboia Ave., Yorkton 306-782-1577

AND BED STORE

14 Betts Ave. Yorkton, SK

306-786-7676

AUDIT TAX ADVISORY Minister of Rural and Remote Health, Ukraine Relations and MLA for Yorkton www.gregottenbreit.ca

465 Broadway Street East

(Just east of the Parkland Mall)

41 Broadway St. W., Yorkton

Yorkton, Sask.

306-783-8531

306-783-8392 wagnersflooring.ca

'RQ·W -XVW *HW ´5µ 'RQH *HW ´5µ 'RQH 5LWH

391 Ball Road - Yorkton

306-782-9600

Made with pride in Yorkton, SK Visit us!

www.harvestmeats.ca & Harvest Meats

St. Mary’s Cultural Centre 240 Wellington Ave. Yorkton, SK

306-782-1010

ces are fully transferred to TSASK. Both the Electrical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan and the Mechanical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan support this transition to TSASK. Electrical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan Executive Director Doug Folk said his association endorses the province’s efforts to develop a joint single service authority for the electrical trade.

“A joint single service authority would increase communication among electrical licensing, inspections and industry stakeholders,” Folk said.

“This enhanced electrical authority would improve the education of owners and the enforcement of the Electrical Licensing Act and Regulations.”

He added that his association would continue to be involved with the province during the transition to a joint

With the birth of Christ And the new year Sincere wishes for strong health Much fortune Clean water in the well In the fields robust wheat Bread-salt on the table And tranquility in the soul.

AMERICAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Dr. Long 308 Broadway St. W. Yorkton, SK

306-783-3349

single service authority.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan Inc. (MCAS) said it is encouraged by today’s announcement.

“We believe that industry stakeholders working collaboratively will provide an opportunity for the province to ensure a balance of public safety and the efficient delivery of safety services to respond to industry needs and the needs of the public,” MCAS Executive Director Carolyn Bagnell said. “The opportunity to move toward contractors and the public having one point of contact for permitting, inspections and licensing rather than multiple agencies will create efficiencies for all stakeholders.”

For more information about the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan or to read their announcement concerning this transfer, visit www.tsask.ca.

Agriculture

Representing 8 Different Farm Insurance Companies

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 www.yorktonthisweek.com

Including

A10

www.farrellagencies.com

gencies_434855_1x25.a26_R0011506100.indd 2018-12-24 10:10 AM 1

Companies influencing farm decisions As we embark on a new year, it is always a time to contemplate what the world of agriculture may evolve to become?

One thing that does seem likely to occur moving forward is that big corporations will increasingly decide what farmers produce, and perhaps more concerning will increasingly be telling producers how to operate their farms.

The consumer has always had some level of control in regards to what producers purchase by their collective buying habits.

If consumers shy away from buying romaine lettuce for months after a food scare, farmers will get

the message and reduce production.

On a larger scale supply-and-demand has always been a key factor in the cropping intentions of farmers, or on how many replacement heifers they decide to keep on the cattle side of things.

But for the most part business has had limited forays into telling producers how to operate their farms.

That is changing.

R e c e n t l y , McDonald’s, the biggie in terms of fast food restaurants, released a new policy on antibiotics that will affect cattle producers in North America, Europe, Brazil and Australia.

The chain has always had the power to influ-

Agriculture THIS WEEK

Calvin Daniels ence things on the farm.

When they were selling the McRib, a pork-based sandwich, the demand for pork increased, and a corresponding price bump was often the result. That is the influence of a major chain using more of a particular product than they normally do.

The latest directive for the chain is not about influencing the supply/demand chain

by altering its menu, but is about moving to a more defined and stringent set of regulations regarding how much beef they purchase has been raised on the farm.

The company’s new policy is supposed to be designed to encourage producers to adopt an approach to antibiotic use where critical antibiotics for human medicine are used as a last resort or never used at

all. That means phasing out use of the highest priority critically important antimicrobials, as defined by the World Health Organization.

Given issues with bacterial resistance to certain drugs the policy has some obvious merits.

But back on the farm, producers are going to find they have to change their practices if they want to sell into the supply chain headed to McDonalds.

Whenever a tried and true regiment of antibiotics is changed, it leaves two questions for producers, are the alternatives as effective? And, equally important, will the use of alternative controls cost more?

The cost factor is certainly a valid concern because it is highly unlikely McDonalds, or any other company looking to impose new regulations on farm production have any interest in increasing what they pay for product to offset any added production costs.

That will be the concern of producers moving forward. Even when the regulations appear strongly based on the goal of human health, should farm producers pay the added costs, or should business and consumers pay more to ensure the safety they seek?

Calvin Daniels is Editor with Yorkton This Week.

Antibiotics have important role in ag

By Wendy Wilkins, DVM PhD, Disease Surveillance Veterinarian, Regina Since their discovery, antibiotics have served as the cornerstone of modern medicine. Infections that used to kill regularly, such as wound infections and pneumonia, now are usually easily treatable with antibiotics. Antibiotics allow successful invasive surgeries, such as open-heart surgery, joint replacements and caesarean sections. Most people alive today cannot imagine a world where every cut, every scratch and every cough was something to be concerned about, as it could eventually lead to death. And yet, these critically important medications are losing their effectiveness as bacteria become resistant to these drugs.

Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) occurs naturally over time, usually through genetic changes. However, the misuse and overuse of antibiotics is accelerating this process. Examples of misuse include taking them for viral infections like colds and flu, and when they are given as growth promoters in animals.

It is important that antibiotics are only used when needed and as directed. In a move to improve oversight over veterinary antibiotic use in Canada, Health Canada’s Veterinary Drugs Directorate is introducing new federal rules on antibiotics for livestock and poultry. The targeted drugs are those

File Photo

that are considered medically important antibiotics, those of significant importance to human health. Essentially, this includes all antibiotics with the exception of ionophores such as monensin and salinomycin. More information about these changes can be found in a recent webinar conducted by the Beef Cattle Research Council.

The primary changes that will impact the livestock and poultry sectors are: Veterinary drugs can

no longer be imported by individual producers for their own use, and import of the raw form of these products will be limited to federallyapproved veterinarians and pharmacists (effective November 2018); Elimination of growth promotion claims for any medically important antibiotic (effective December 1, 2018); All medically important antibiotics will be moved to the prescription drug list, meaning a veterinary prescription and a valid veterinarianclient-patient-relation-

Don’t give your ad

the wrong kind of shelf life.

Connect with more potential customers:

call 306-782-2465 to advertise, in print and online.

ship will be needed to access these drugs. Feed mills producing medicated feed will require a prescription for all medically important antibiotics included in the feed (effective December 1, 2018).

AMR-bacteria can be found anywhere there are bacteria present: in people, animals, food, and in the water, soil and air. They can spread between people and animals, including from food of animal origin, and from person to person, and from people to animals. Poor infection con-

trol, inadequate sanitary conditions and inappropriate food-handling encourage the spread of AMR. Everyone has a role to play in slowing the development and spread of AMR. Don’t insist that your doctor prescribe an antibiotic for every sore throat or cough; when you are prescribed an antibiotic, make sure to follow instructions for taking it and make sure to complete the full course of treatment.

Preventing infections in the first place goes a long way to reducing the need

for antibiotics, and this applies to people and animals alike. Good hygiene, good nutrition, reducing stress and keeping vaccinations up-to-date are excellent ways to help prevent infections.

Its important to keep in mind that antimicrobial resistance is seen as a growing threat around the world and antimicrobial use should be overseen by medical professionals; in the case of use in animals, that means oversight by veterinarians. Improved antimicrobial stewardship is the goal.

Plug into the power of print and online newspaper advertising today. Newspaper advertising gets attention, and it gets results. sales@yorktonthisweek.com * Statistics published by the Newspaper Association of America from independent researchers.

YORKTON THIS

WEEK

www.yorktonthisweek.com YTW_6x41_WrongKindOfShelfLife.indd • SAVED IN Ads/Yorkton This Week & Enterprise Shop Ads • prod2/kristin f/c

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Understanding negative equity: The risks Planning to trade-in a vehicle? The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) is warning consumers about the dangers of extended term loans (ETL) and the potential implications of owing more on a vehicle than it is worth. This scenario is called negative equity.

“Today, it is common for consumers to finance their vehicles over a period of seven or eight years compared to four or five years, which was the previous norm,” FCAA’s Consumer Protection Division Deputy Director Denny Huyghebaert said.

“This is a significant time

“Today, it is common for consumers to finance their vehicles over a period of seven or eight years compared to four or five years, which was the previous norm.”

— FCAA’s Consumer Protection Division Deputy Director Denny Huyghebaert difference, as a vehicle will depreciate rapidly the moment it is driven off of the lot. Consumers who purchase vehicles based on low payments due to ETL are at a greater risk of being in a negative equity position when it comes time to tradein and purchase another

car.”

As a result of entering into a ETL agreement, consumers will typically be trading-in a vehicle they still owe money on and this debt would then be rolled forward into the financing of a new vehicle. Advertisements offering low rates,

longer terms and low monthly payments make vehicles seem attractive and affordable, but it’s important to know and

understand the total cost of the transaction.

Four Tips to Avoid Negative Equity: 1. Consider a shorterterm loan to minimize the possibility of being in a negative equity position.

2. Pay off existing vehicle loans. Avoid rolling negative equity forward into new purchases.

3. Don’t just focus on the monthly payment, consider the total price of the vehicle and the length of the loan.

4. Have a budget in mind and stick to it.

Contact Consumer Protection Division For more information about negative equity, visit http://fcaa.gov.sk.ca/ consumers-investorspension-plan-members/ consumers/consumers-ofgoods-and-services/purchasing-and-repairing-avehicle/negative-equity.

Consumers with questions can call toll free at 1-877-880-5550 or by email at consumerprotection@ gov.sk.ca.

Passing snowplows at unsafe speeds may have you seeing blue and red The Government of Saskatchewan reminds drivers that new laws designed to improve snowplow safety are in effect.

Drivers must slow to 60 kilometres per hour when passing any highway equipment, emergency vehicle or tow truck that is stopped on a highway with warning lights in operation.

“With winter upon us, snowplow operators are out working to provide safe road conditions for you and your family,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Lori Carr said.

“Unfortunately, they sometimes encounter vehicles that are travelling at speeds or passing

in ways that make working conditions unsafe.

We remind all citizens to drive with caution and to be familiar with the rules of the road.”

Snowplows that have their flashing blue lights on are actively engaged in plowing snow, drivers can help keep roads safe this winter by: • slowing to 60 kilometres per hour when highway equipment or other emergency vehicles are stopped with warning lights in operation; • staying back and staying safe, since snowplows can create miniblizzards known as the “Snow Zone”; • allowing snowplows sufficient time and space, since they will

pull over about every ten kilometres or when safe to do so; • driving according to weather and road conditions; • passing only when safe to do so; and • planning ahead by using the Highway Hotline www.saskatchewan.ca/highwayhotline or calling 511.

The latest available road condition information can be found at www.saskatchewan. ca/highwayhotline.

Follow the Highway Hotline on Twitter @ SKGovHwyHotline for alerts, while general information can be found on Facebook at www. facebook.com/

Consumers often have concerns about usage limits and expiry dates Gift Card Tips 1. Gift cards can’t expire - Gift cards bought and sold in Saskatchewan are not allowed to have an expiry date (with a few exceptions). An expiry date is only allowed for gift cards that are issued for charitable purposes or where the consumer provides nothing of value for the card (e.g. as part of an advertising promotion).

2. There can be no additional fees - All fees must be paid up front and no additional monthly or usage fees are allowed after the fact.

3. Read the fine print

on the gift card - It’s important to read the fine print on a card before buying it to understand what limits may exist on its use.

Sant

a Sa

Cong ratu

latio

ys,

ns

INVESTMENTS IN SASKWORKS ARE RRSP-ELIGIBLE & QUALIFY FOR A

32.5%

1,625

.00

TAX CREDIT

INVEST LOCALLY

Congratulations to

AVAILABILIT Y LIMITED

Holiday Subscription Special

Laurie Renton, CPCA Financial Advisor

#7 Broadway Street W. Yorkton, SK S3N 0L3 Phone: (306) 783-7737 Fax: (306) 783-9555

* Mutual Funds distributed by Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc.

email: info@4-h.sk.ca Phone: 306-933-7727

community and helping to maintain and enhance our local healthcare is something the Gateway Co-op is proud to do,” said Mr. Chambers.

The Health Foundation is grateful for this contribution and for the continuing support of the Gateway Co-op. Gateway Co-op has been a strong supporter of our work for many years, and that continuing support is critical to our ability to enhance our local health services in east central Saskatchewan.

4. Use your gift card as soon as possible - If a retailer goes out of business, it is unlikely you can recover the value on your card.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

4-H Saskatchewan

Submitted Photo

Gateway Co-op Donation Brad Chambers, General Manager of the Gateway Co-operative, presented a cheque for $2,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation. “Gateway Co-op believes in investing back into the communities where our members and employees live and work. Part of our mandate as a co-operative is to work to make our communities better places to live and work and raise a family. Our board feels healthcare is one of the main needs of a

saskworks.ca This offering is made only by prospectus. The prospectus contains important detailed information about the securities being offered. Copies of the prospectus may be obtained free of charge from your Investment Advisor or the Fund’s agent, Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. (www.iavaleursmobilieres.ca). Investors should read the prospectus and consult an Investment Advisor before making an investment decision. Paid for in part by SaskWorks Venture Fund Inc.

LR_Future_2x84.c01_R0011652746.indd prod3dm

Lillian Byblow, winner of our

Presenting Lillian with her $100 Co-Op Gift Card is Nancy Griffith Yorkton This Week Circulation department

YORKTON THIS

A11

WEEK

Ph. 306-782-2465 www.yorktonthisweek.com

Kaleidoscope

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 www.yorktonthisweek.com

A12

ART • ENTERTAINMENT • COMMUNITY

File Photo

Guy releasing her third recording

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Jackie Guy, a five-time Saskatchewan Country Music association award nominee, is about to release her third CD. “The creation of this album revolves around two of my favourite songs,” Guy explained to Yorkton This Week. “The first is ‘I Did It Anyway’ and the second, ‘He’ll Feed Me’.

“The album truly is a testament to persevering through life no matter what’s thrown in your path and trusting that God will provide what is needed to get you where you’re meant to go. That pretty much sums up my four-year journey to create this collection of new songs.”

Although a few songs on this album have already been released as singles to radio, Guy’s next release will be ‘Got Away’ on Jan. 8, in both Canada and the U.S. The full album will be released in February with a party at the Painted Hand Casino on February 22, with special guest Harreson James.

Guy, who lives in Yorkton, said her music always traces back to her

Submitted Photo

father.

“There was one person in particular who influenced my love for country music and that’s my father,” she said.

“He bought us our first family instruments (guitar, organ, fiddle) and

when I was ten, my very own bass guitar. Growing up in a family of nine children, I can see now how he slowly created his own family band and almost before we could drive he was taking us to our first gigs and acting

as driver, set-up crew and sound man. He loved it, and I’m grateful for the opportunities that presented themselves.”

That influence was profoundly felt on the newest recording.

“During the writing

of this album, my father passed away from cancer, so dedicating this album to him made perfect sense,” said Guy. The loss and other roadblocks that arose made the latest recording more trying to complete.

“This album has been the most challenging of my three albums to complete,” said Guy. “Even before starting, I put a lot of time and effort into submitting a grant proposal in hopes of receiving funding to create and complete the album, but like so many previous applications was not successful.

“However, I decided to carry on with my plan even though I knew that with seven children, two of whom are in university, timelines would be difficult to adhere to, as they competed with family priorities and financial resources.

“This album has taken four years to complete, although I’ve continued to release singles to radio since the My Red Guitar album was released in early 2015.”

Maybe because of the extended period of creation, Guy said the new album is a bit different

from her previous efforts.

“I Did It Anyway is different from my past albums as it includes co-written songs and production and collaboration from two studios rather than just one,” she said. “For the past nine years I’ve worked with producer Rich McFarlane at Mosaic Music in Prince Albert.

After working with Dean Miller on my single and video, ‘Bridges’, in 2015, I connected with the Beaird Studio Group in Nashville. This album is the result of collaboration with both of these amazing studios and I am thoroughly happy with the final CD as two heads are always better than one when creating new music.”

Guy said, looking forward, “my hope is to return to Nashville next year and complete a tour in the U.S. to promote the new album. With more connections made stateside and in Europe, I look forward to expanding my music beyond Canada’s borders.”

To follow her travels and her music check out her website www.jackieguy.com or follow her on social media: @jackieguymusic

Your news is our news!

Hosting an event, a fascinating human interest story, it matters.

Call us for details on coverage!

PHONE: 306-782-2465 EMAIL: editorial@yorktonthisweek.com “Local people, local news.”

YTW_your_news_6x56.nil_R0011511120.indd/prod3/dm/f/c/oct 31, 2012 till may 29, 2013

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A13

Submitted Photo

From musician to maltster for Maier

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer You might recall Steven Maier as a Yorkton-born musician with time spent in bands such as Sexually Attracted to Fire and Crestwood.

But there comes a time for many musicians when the lure of a regular job takes them in a different direction.

And so we catch up with Maier today as he takes on the role of maltster with Makers Malt.

But what exactly is a maltster?

“A maltster takes barley grains and turns them into malted barley, one of the primary ingredients in beer and spirits,” explained Maier. “We germinate the grains, which makes starch that is otherwise inaccessible, available to the brewer.

“It also creates enzymes which, when ‘mashed’ by the brewer, creates sugar from the starch and is where the alcohol in beer and spirits comes from.

“We stop the germination process by drying the barley and applying heat at a point that maximizes the starch and enzyme content. By applying different levels of heat during the drying process, we can create different coloured malt, which is the difference between a light golden lager, an inky black stout, and every beer style in between.

“Malted barley provides the colour for beer, and contributes a large part of the flavour in a beer.”

As interesting as the job might sound, it is not

an usual career choice for someone who grew up near Yorkton, with a guitar in his hands.

“My interest in the craft beverage industry started in 2012 when I began working for a craft brewery in Saskatoon,” Maier explained. “I started as a delivery person and over three-years working for the company worked my way up to brewer.”

The beer bug had bitten Maier.

“I built a 10 gallon brewing system out of old beer kegs and started home brewing my own beer, cider, and mead at that time.

“When I quit brewing I was still playing music and working odd jobs to pay the bills.”

As chance has it, the need to pay bills put him back to his roots.

“One of my jobs was working for a farmer, helping with harvest for a couple of seasons, and I learned a lot about barley,” he said.

“Saskatchewan is known for growing some of the best malting barley in the world. A percentage of the crop stays in Saskatchewan, but often it is sent to be malted in other provinces and malting facilities around the world, and in some cases it travels back to Saskatchewan to be made into beer.

“I grew up on a farm outside of Yorkton and finding a way to marry farming and beer really interested me.”

So in 2016, Maier said he “took a malting barley course at the Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg, and dreamed of opening my

own maltery.”

That dream would open a door for Maier.

“I met Matt Enns in 2018, who had just opened the first craft malting facility in Saskatchewan, and he was looking for a maltster,” he said.

“After a few interviews and a few beers, I was hired on to help the small company produce malt and handle the day to day operations of the plant.

“Being the first facility of our kind in the province presents daily challenges and we are constantly learning and finding new ways to improve our product.”

So what exactly is Makers Malt?

“Makers Malt was

started in late 2017 by a small collective of farmers with years of experience growing malted barley in the heart of the Saskatchewan Valley, north of Saskatoon,” explained Maier.

“Typically, barley is graded as either malt quality or feed quality. If barley makes the grade, it is sent to the grain elevator or directly to large-scale malting plants where it is mixed with other farm’s barley and malt.

“Of all the barley we grow on the farm that makes the malt grade, less than 10 per cent makes it to our malt house. This allows us to pick the very best malting barley from the farm, providing an extremely

Complimentary for Pledge Raisers

Breakfast Fuel & Lunch at the midway point Awards Banquet & Live Auction

CABARET

• No early mornings • No collecting • We pay by direct deposit on the last Friday of every month • Weight bonuses • Sales bonuses • Any age welcome • Only 2 days or less per week

306-782-2465

YTW-Carriers_2x67.a28_R0011511709.indd prod2/kj Jan 3/18 - Dec 28/18 f/c jim

“Our malt has been sold from Alberta to Ontario, though the vast majority of what we produce is sold to craft breweries and distilleries in Saskatchewan,” said Maier. “If you drink Saskatchewan made craft beer or spirits, there is a good chance you’ve already tasted our product. The Saskatchewan craft beverage industry is a close-knit community of hard-working, creative people, and we are proud to be a part of it.”

GRAND PRIZE DRAW 2019 Arctic Cat Lynx!

Be a Yorkton This Week Carrier!

or telephone circulation at:

The customization of the malt opens doors in terms of creating sales.

Saturday, February 9, 2019 GALLAGHER CENTRE YORKTON, SK

Earn some extra cash (possibly of up to $400/month depending on route size), get exercise and work only a few hours a week too!

circulation@yorktonthisweek.com

provide a tailor made product that suits the variety of beers they want to produce.”

42 years of snowmobiling for Easter Seals kids

Seniors, Parents, Children!

If you would like a route, please e-mail us at:

high-quality and consistent end product.

“Currently, we are malting barley grown less than two miles from the malting facility.”

The new company is looking to create a niche in the malt market place.

“We are the first craft maltery in Saskatchewan and one of only two malt plants in the province,” said Maier. “Unlike Prairie Malt in Biggar, who malt on a large scale for traditional commercial breweries, we focus on small batch production, creating malts with robust flavour, focusing on the needs of the booming craft beer industry.

“We are able to take specifications provided by the craft brewer and

presented by TOPS Promotions

Open to the public Free entry for riders

www.snowarama.ca 1-833-444-4126

Platinum Sponsors

Visit our Facebook Page

Easter Seals Snowarama, SK

SaskAbilities_4x139.c01_R0011642112.indd prod2/kj YTW Jan 2,9,16,23,30/18 MP Jan 4,11,18,25/18 Feb 1/19 proof email: djesmer@saskabilities.ca

A14

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Community Spotlight The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday.

---

Troyanda’s Malanka - Sat., Jan. 12, 2019, 4:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m., Gallagher Centre Flexi-Hall, Yorkton.

Concerts, Dance, Kids and Family, Suppers.

All ages, Pre-school, Children, Pre-Teens, Teens, Adults, Seniors.

Adults (11 & up) - $45 / Children - $15 (10 & under). Join the Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble for our 4th Annual Malanka on Sat., Jan. 12.

We will celebrate the Ukrainian New Year with 800+ of our closest friends and families. It will be a full evening of supper, drinks, dancing and Troyanda performances. You won’t find another event like this one anywhere, so come and be part of our celebration! Tickets available at Yorkton Hyundai.

---

New Horizons Friday Night Dance, 78 First Ave. North, Yorkton. Great night of dancing. All ages are welcome. Music by: Fri., Jan. 4, 2019. Great night of dancing, everyone is invited. Music

by Old Country Lads.

Time: 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Admission: $12.00.

Contact Peter at 306782-1846; Hall - 306-7834835; Hall Rental: Peter 306-783-6109 or Nick 306-783-8739.

---

Willowbrook Lions Club Sausage and Perogy Supper, Sat., Jan. 19, 2019, at Willowbrook Community Center.

Cocktails at 5 p.m., supper at 6 p.m. Advance tickets: adults $15, 12 & under $8, 6 & under free. Enter Homemade Sausage Contest with 4-5 lbs. sausage.

Includes free supper for contestants. Entries to be in by 5 p.m. for juding. Entries will be judged for cash and prizes. Tickets available from Lions members, 306-782-7499 or 306-621-1453.

---

Come see our new Royal Canadian Legion branch located at 387B Parkview Rd. next to the Loaf N’Jug. Office hours are Mon., Wed. and Fri., 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Our lounge is open Sat. at 3:00 p.m. with meat draws at 5:00 p.m.

---

Bridge Players The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club invites you to join us at the Yorkton Public Library every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. for an afternoon of fun.

All bridge players are welcome and encouraged to come and join us. If you would like some brushing up on your bidding skills, require a partner, or for more info please call 306-782-1689 or 306-890-0417.

---

Yorkton Wildlife Federation does Trap Shooting on Tuesday evenings at 5 p.m. till dark. Weather permitting at York Lake Trap Club. Everyone welcome. 306-516-7521.

---

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Tues., SIGN East Entrance, 83 North St., weigh in 6:15 p.m., meeting to follow; Wed., SIGN 345 Broadway St. W., York B Salon, Lower Level, weigh in 12:00 noon, meeting 12:15 - 12:45

p.m. Call 306-783-3765 or visit www.tops.org for more information.

---

Citizens on Patrol Program Yorkton COPP the eyes and ears of your community is recruiting new members. For an application or more info please contact COPP at 306783-5022 or 306-7837042 or The Yorkton City Detachment of the RCMP at 306-786-2400 or Box 153, Yorkton, SK S3N 2V7.

---

Al-Anon meets Monday nights, 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St. and Wednesday nights, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church (355 Bradbrooke Dr.).

Alateen also meets on Wednesday night, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church. Adult children of Alcoholics Al-Anon meeting every Friday at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St.

---

Attention all crib players - come join us at the Yorkton Public Library on Friday at 1 p.m. All are welcome.

Please use the back door.

---

Club 55+ Golden Age Bowlers are looking for new members. Leagues are Mondays and/or Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

First time Bowlers are welcome! Drop in at 12:30 p.m. on those days or call Brad at the Yorkton Bowl Arena 306-783-5183.

---

The York Colony Quilter’s Guild meets every Wed. at 9:30 a.m. at the Western Development Museum.

Experienced and novice sewers are welcome. There are group activities and classes to learn new techniques, as well as work on charity projects. Come and check us out to enjoy some stitching time with a welcoming group.

---

Yorkton Retired Senior Citizens Cribbage and Pool Players Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., lower level at St. Gerard’s Church east entrance off 4th Ave. N. Light lunch w/coffee/tea.

Nondenominational club.

Contact Joan at 306-7836042.

---

The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society holds their regular meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library.

Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to attend!

---

Gloria Hayden Community Centre Hours of Operation Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to noon, 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Closed over the lunch hour.

Saturdays & Sundays noon to 5:00 p.m. Stat Holidays closed.

---

Parkland Writers Alliance: Contact Carol 306-782-5755, Marge 306783-0174, writersyorkton@gmail.com, http:// parklandwritersalliance.wordpress.com.

Parkland region’s public writing group meet 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Yorkton Public Library, 7 p.m.

- 9 p.m. Everyone inter-

ested in writing is welcome. Annual membership fee is $10.

---

Attention all lovers of boardgames; chess, o t h el lo , ch e ck e r s , back gammon, go, Camelot etc., join the Yorkton Boardgamers Guild, a new group forming to promote gather in gs to play boardgames and have fun. For further information call 30678 2 -178 3 or e m a i l yorkton_boardgamers_ guild@hotmail.com.

---

Donate at the following Canadian Diabetes Association Clothesline® drop boxes and help the more than 9 million Canadians living with diabetes and prediabetes: SIGN Family Support, 345 Broadway St. W. Clothesline® drop boxes happily accept all cloth based items, shoes, hats, belts and more.

---

Yorkton 4-H Light Horse Club is a projectbased youth organization (ages 6 - 21) focusing on the growth and development of our members, leaders and volunteers. If interested in more info please contact Mr. DePape at 306-783-7769.

---

Crossroads - A support group for women experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence.

Thursdays 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., Family Resource Center - SIGN on Broadway. Free childcare and transportation available & Thursdays 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Shelwin House (please call for address). Adults (women) only. Group is open to all women who feel a need for support on their journey. Please contact 306-782-5181 or 306-783-7233 for more info.

---

Come join the fun!

Yorkton Community Concert Choir. Please call Laurene at 306782-0460 or Anna at 306-744-2729 for more information.

Seed catalogues already arriving Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that a new year is beginning!

The seed catalogues are already arriving, and time marches on towards spring!

Should we make some gardening new year’s resolutions? Let’s make a cup of tea and sit down with our gardening journals and jot down some possible resolutions.

Here are mine.

Number one. Try something new. As you know, this has been something we’ve chatted about before. Trying new plants is a wonderful learning experience, and a way to broaden our gardening horizons.

Don’t always stick to the same old, same old. Let’s promise ourselves to try at least one new plant, either in the garden or in a planter.

Number two.

Encourage insects in the garden. There are so many beneficial insects that help our plants. If we include plants that are pollinator-friendly, such as borage, calendula, milkweed, we are making the garden a healthier place for our plants. For the last couple years we have been planting Buzz’s seeds from Cheerios, and it is amazing how it has increased bee activity in the garden.

Number three. Plant more sustainably. We have all heard of xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is not removing all grass or plants from the landscape. (I read an amusing line once that said xeriscape is not zero-scape) It means that we select plants that are more sun and drought-resistant, and also plant them in such a way that we can water them very efficiently. For example, if we have several plants that need a similar amount of water, we should plant them close together so that we can water just one area.

Number four. Stick with what we like. For most of us, gardening space is limited. So pick the things that we like the best and go with that.

It may mean that our gar-

DEBBIE HAYWARD YORKTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Gardener’s Notebook den has only four kinds of veggies rather than six, but if they are the ones that we use and enjoy the most, we can consider our garden practical and productive.

Number five. Plant what will grow in our space. Many times we have tried and tried with certain plants that simply do not care for the growing conditions in our yard, and we have been consistently disappointed. If our yard is mostly shade, don’t choose sunloving plants. Likewise, if we have relentless sun in our back yard, shade plants will not do well.

We should examine the area carefully and make our choices from there.

Number six. Make it a green zone. While there are some natural chemicals out there, many others are so hard on nature. We may be getting rid of one pest, but we may be hurting other

species like the birds.

Isn’t it distressing to come out into the yard on a beautiful summer day and smell the unpleasant aroma of some strong chemical on the breeze?

Let’s try to consider carefully before we use any toxins in our yards.

There may be greener solutions to solve the problem.

Number seven.

Compost! It is so easy to compost on any scale, from full-size compost bins to setting up a minicompost bin in an old ice cream pail. Plant material turns into brown gold and is priceless in our gardens. Save egg shells, too. Compost enriches and aerates the soil, and gives back valuable nutrients which in turn makes our plants smile and be more productive!

Isn’t it exciting to look ahead to a new gardening year! Visit us at www. yorktonhort.ca and have a great week!

---

We need you to share your talent! Play guitar, piano, dance or sing? We would like to invite you to perform in our facility! Please call Suzanne Beck at 306-786-0815, I’d be happy to have you join us. Yorkton & District Nursing Home, 200 Bradbrooke Dr.

To submit your own upcoming event… for our WEBSITE AND PRINTED PUBLICATIONS go to: http://www.yorktonthisweek.com

Click on “VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS” Scroll to the bottom right and “SUBMIT YOUR OWN EVENT”

Yorkton This Week welcomes written submissions to Community Spotlight from not-for-profit and community organizations. Information must be sent in writing, to Community Spotlight, Yorkton This Week, Box 1300, Yorkton, S3N 2X3, or by fax at 306-786-1898, or email editorial@yorktonthisweek.com All items must be in the Yorkton This Week office by 5:00 p.m. Friday to appear in Wednesday’s Yorkton This Week. comm_spot_1x65_nil.

R0011511122. indd prod2/kristin 8p6x65L

ROAM & RELAX WORRY-FREE TRAVEL PLANS www.thewirelessage.com

WirelessAge_3x100.b18_R0011591976.indd 3x100L (4c) • ytw oct 10,24/18 nov 7,21/18 dec 5,19/18 jan2,16/19 mp sept 28/18 oct 12,26/18 nov 9,23/18 dec 7,21/18 jan 4,18/19 • bill

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A15

Enter the new year on a wave of peace I entered the church, turned and found my old friend standing just a few feet from me. Until she smiled, I didn’t recognize her. But only one person smiles like that.

We hugged, opened our mouths, and started in, just like old times in another church foyer.

Back then, we almost wore the carpet thin after worship, standing there yakking. We discussed rebellious kids, our dissatisfaction with our prayer lives, the upcoming women’s retreat, new dessert recipes...

Decades ago, when we first met, she came wary to worship. Hurt.

Prepared for rejection.

Not expecting the friends she found. We shared committees, planned

events, went on retreats together; chatted every mile. Together with our husbands, we spent time at each others’ homes, enjoying an easy companionship. Bright. Helpful.

Solid.

But life is gritty sometimes. Like a sandstorm, petty small stuff gusts in, swirls over and blows us away from the people we care about. And suddenly you wake up and realize a friend has gone missing.

I can’t recall what it was exactly, but hurts and disappointment clouded over our comradeship.

The sun of that friendship got lost for years.

No final words, no real explanations. Just a far quieter phone. An empty pew. And sometimes,

Transport Canada made rear view cameras mandatory in cars starting in May 2018. At the time, I thought it was an unnecessary law, and even after having a car with a camera, I still don’t think it made very much sense to make it a legal requirement. I understand the appeal as an extra cost option, but if someone interested in cheap, basic transportation skipped it they wouldn’t be risking anyone’s life. On a nice day it can be useful, especially when parallel parking, but if I lost it tomorrow I would not be backing over every child in town.

Also, it should be telling that I added the qualifier “on a nice day.” As it turns out, the rear cam-

era actually isn’t as useful as you might expect if there’s any mud or snow anywhere near your vehicle. Which, as it turns out, happens a lot in Canada.

So I can confirm that I will not be backing over every child in the lot because it is winter, and unless I make a conscious effort to clean the camera every time I park the car, instead of a panoramic view of the lot I have an excellent picture of a bunch of mud.

Turns out the dirt factor was something that nobody took into account when pushing cameras as the next big thing in safety.

The old fashioned mirror, long the standard way that people saw behind them, could get

KATHLEEN GIBSON

Kathleen Gibson (www.kathleengibson.ca) is a Yorkton-based author and speaker.

Sunny Side Up kathleen@kathleengibson.ca

tears on the pillow.

Years later, crises visited both our homes. One day, as we drove near her home, I picked up my cell phone, almost without thinking. Punched in her number.

“We’re just drivin’ by,” I said, all in a rush.

“Wondered if….”

“Please come,” she said.

Around the kitchen

table, the conversation felt fragile and cautious.

We dodged the sensitive things. Our husbands, our partners in hard times, talked between themselves. Slow words, polite but cool. Mostly, we listened.

But when we left, something had changed.

“D’ya think…” I asked myself. “Don’t do that,” I answered myself. “You

think too much. Follow God one step at a time.”

We met “accidentally,” after that. God’s doings, I’m sure. Like that day in a church neither of us attended.

In restaurants, at stores. Gradually, the ice thawed. Now when I see my friend – even when I don’t recognize her immediately, as happened a few weeks ago, we talk as naturally as we ever did. Laugh, too.

Thank God for hard times. Difficulty, disaster and disease, if we’re paying attention, bring clarity. Make us see the important things we can’t otherwise — like our own pettiness, and what we’ve sacrificed to hang onto it.

The specific hurt that once drove a wedge

between us is long forgotten. In light of the really big stuff we’ve both faced since, it’s not even worth discussing. Somehow it feels more important to simply grab the present opportunity. To embrace the moments and the people God has allowed, for as long as he allows them.

Anytime is a good time to begin releasing old grudges (or fresh ones), but the start of a new year seems especially appropriate. After all, we’ve just celebrated the coming of the Christ who came to bring lasting inner peace.

Let it go, people – including me. Follow peace, in Jesus’ name, and may his peace saturate your 2019.

era, all the time.

This is something they want to do. In Japan, Lexus sells a model that has replaced side mirrors with cameras, Cadillac is replacing the interior rear view mirror with a camera. In ideal conditions, this could lead to a less obstructed view, but that’s the funny thing about ideal conditions, they don’t always exist.

Right now, the existence of mud on a lens merely means that I don’t have a camera when I back up, and I can live with that. I just use the mirrors and rear window like people have been doing for decades, and it’s fine. But if you suddenly don’t have mirrors when you’re driving down the street, you have

a serious problem.

I don’t think cameras are a bad thing, of course, and they should be required on vehicles with no rear window, because rear visibility is important and the only alternative there is nothing at all. But I am well aware that they’re not the be all and end all of pedestrian safety that many seem to think they are. These cameras are not compatible with mud, dirt and snow, and this is a problem in Canada.

Having them as a supplemental safety system is useful, but I would not buy a vehicle which replaced mirrors with them entirely, because I still want to see out of my car after driving on a dirt road.

Rear-view cameras not great in mud DEVIN WILGER

Thinking I do with words... dirty, of course, but the difference is all in surface area. A small blob of mud on a mirror only takes up a very small amount of the total surface area, you can see past it so it doesn’t affect your overall visibility to a significant degree. It takes a lot to get your mirror so dirty you can’t actually see anymore.

Even a small blob of

mud on a camera, however, could take up half of the available surface area, which effectively means you can’t see anything at all. This isn’t a huge problem at the moment, as these cameras function as a supplemental safety feature, we still have mirrors for the most part. The problem comes when manufacturers decide to go all cam-

The Second Birth “The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God!” — Leviticus 19:34 Church of God in Christ

MENNONITE, AT SALTCOATS Pastor Laurel Wiebe — 306-898-2099 Pastor Tim Warkentin — 306-744-8133 Sunday Morning Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:40 a.m. Worship Service EVERYONE WELCOME

Zion Lutheran Church (Church of the Lutheran Hour) (GX Radio 9:00 a.m. Sunday) 234 INDEPENDENT ST., YORKTON 306-783-5589 Pastor Andrew Cottrill

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Worship and Sunday School Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Matins (Prayer), and Devotion

First Baptist Church SMITH STREET & THIRD AVENUE Pastor Steve Rosluk; Office 306-783-3119

Worship Service & Children’s Time at 10:30 a.m.

A CARING CHURCH… WELCOMES YOU

PRAIRIE HARVEST CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

72 Melrose Avenue • PHONE 306-786-6840 Senior Pastors Des & Cheryl Klingspon Employment Program 306-786-1840

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

• Contemporary Worship • Children’s Ministry • Youth Ministry phclc.org “Changing our world with the love of God.”

YTW-ChurchPage_6x143.nil_R0031511127.indd

Free Pentecostal Church 20 BRADBROOKE AVE.

Pastor E. Richardson

306-783-5663

Services: • Sunday, 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Listen to CJGX Radio every Sunday at 8:45 a.m.

St. Andrew’s United Church St. Andrew’s United Church

SECOND AVENUE AND SMITH STREET OFFICE 306-783-4157 MINISTER REV. JEN DRESSER Second Avenue and Smith Street Office: 783-4157

Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca

Minister: Rev. Cordelia Karpenko

Worship Time: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca Facebook: St. Andrew’s United Church

(insert what is happening this week at the church)

Everyone Welcome

Sunday, January 6th Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

—Everyone Welcome—

Holy Trinity Anglican Church 165, 2ND AVE. N & DARLINGTON Deacon: The Rev. Luanne Hrywkiw 306-782-0018 Church 306-786-7131

Sunday, January 6th Worship Service & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Destiny International Christian Assembly Establishing Ministries and Releasing Destinies

109 Maple Avenue, Yorkton Senior Pastors Dag & Bukky Lawale

Every Sunday - Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Every Wednesday - Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.

Last Friday of each month - Prayer Meeting at 7 p.m.

For more information please phone 306-782-2427

++Dominion Chapel Ministry Taking dominion: fulfilling destiny

Join us every Sunday from 10:45 a.m. for a moment of excellent worship and undiluted word of God. Thursday Bible Study/Fellowship 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

366 Independent St., Yorkton www.dominionchapelcanada.com For more information 306-620-2462 306-641-2377 The home of the blessed generation

Westview United Church

355 BRADBROOKE DRIVE Office 306-783-3063 Rev. Deborah Smith westviewuc.ca ‘New to the community? Come check us out!’

• Join us Sunday, January 6th 10:30 a.m. for worship & an Agape meal in the lower level.

(Potluck breakfast finger food)

“A Place of New Beginnings”

St. Mark The Evangelist Orthodox Church

Meeting at SS. Anargyri Greek Orthodox Church 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sask.

“Services in English”

www.stmarkyorkton.ca

Feast of Theophany Saturday, Jan. 5th Vespers & blessing of water 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 6th Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM followed by lake blessing Priest: Rodion Luciuk Phone: 306-786-6216 Cell: 306-621-5341

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church 155 CATHERINE STREET 306-783-4594 Conducted by Ukrainian Redemptorist Fathers Phone 306-783-4594 or 306-783-7778

Saturday - 5:00 p.m. (English) Sunday - 9:00 a.m. (Ukrainian) 11:00 a.m. (English) SICK CALLS ANYTIME—BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE BY APPOINTMENT

A16

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Things to know before you embark on your next vacation If you are planning a trip and thinking about purchasing travel insurance, the Financial and Consumer Affairs authority (FCAA) wants to make sure you understand coverage options as well as the exclusions and pre-existing condition clauses.

“Travel insurance can protect you in case of unexpected medical emergencies and other related expenses that you may incur while you are travelling,” FCAA’s Insurance and Real Estate Division Director Jan Seibel said. “If you choose to purchase travel insurance, it’s important to understand the coverage you may already have and the coverage you may want to add before you leave.”

Here are some tips to

consider if purchasing travel insurance:

• Purchase the coverage you need

Make sure you know what types of coverage you want. There are different coverage options available and not all of them may be suitable for your needs. Carefully read the policy to understand what you are agreeing to. If your vacation plans are for an extended period of time, make sure your coverage is sufficient for your entire trip.

• Understand the exclusions and pre-existing conditions clauses

You are required to fill out an application when applying for coverage.

It is your obligation to provide the insurer with an accurate response to the questions. If you have questions about

BG Denture Clinic

Creating Beautiful Smiles For Over 35 Years

46 Broadway St. E.

(Next to Cornerstone Credit Union)

Yorkton, Sask.

306-783-6350 www.thecaringteam.com

15 Day / 5 Ports Hawaiian Island Cruise March 11, 2019 from Los Angeles

the application, contact your insurance agent or insurer. If you have questions about your medical history, contact your doctor. If you fail to provide the health and medical information requested or provide inaccurate information, your future claim may be denied.

you understand the claims process, what is required and who to contact. Knowing the process before a situation arises can prevent unnecessary stress.

Has your claim been denied?

If your claim was denied by your insurance provider, call them and try to resolve the issue. If you are still not satisfied

• Read your policy

Even though insurance policies and documents may be lengthy and complex, make sure you take the time to read these documents so you know what type of coverage you have and what types of exclusions and limitations may apply. If you have questions, ask the provider before you purchase the insurance.

• Understand the claims process

Before you purchase insurance make sure

BDO_3x28.d20_R0011603582.indd prod2/kj sandy ytw sept 19,oct10,31,nov21,dec12/18 jan2,23,feb13,mar6/19 goldenopportunities.ca

Laurie Renton

Corporate Training Financial advisor 7 Broadway st. W. Yorkton, sK s3n 0l3 Phone: (306)delivery 783-7737 and on-site Email: laurie@lrfuture.com

“We believe in the

- Customized options Power of Money as an - Professional development opportunities Agent for Change, making life better for Individuals - Trades, andPlease safety training SOLD BYindustrial PROSPECTUS ONLY. read the Prospectus, which contains important detailed information, before investing.

*Mutual Funds st. distributed 7 Broadway W. by Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc. Yorkton, 0l3 SOLDsKBYs3n PROSPECTUS ONLY. Please read the Prospectus, which contains important det A free copy783-7737 is available from your Financial Advisor or Desjardins Financial Security Inve Phone: (306) management fees and expenses all may be associated with Retail Venture Cap Email:commissions, laurie@lrfuture.com

YBID News

may not be suitable for all investors. RVCs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently repeated. Tax credits are available to eligible investors on investments up to $5,000 annuall cornerstonecu.com SOLD BY PROSPECTUS ONLY. Please read investing. for atthe leastProspectus, eight yearswhich from contains the date important of purchase.detailed In theirinformation, 2013 budget,before the Federal Governm A free copy is available from your Financial Desjardins Financial Security Investments 15%Advisor tax creditorparticipation by 2017. Redemption restrictionsInc. mayCommissions, apply. Paid fortrailing in part by G commissions, management fees and expenses may be associated withFinancial Retail Venture (RVC) Fund Funds all distributed

by Desjardins SecurityCapital Investments Inc. investments which A look at what ismay happening not be suitable in for allthe investors. RVCs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Tax credits are available to eligible investors on investments up to $5,000 annually, provided that the shares are held Yorkton Business Improvement District for at least eight years from the date of purchase. In their 2013 budget, the Federal Government proposed a phase-out of their 15% tax credit participation by 2017. Redemption restrictions may apply. Paid for in part by Golden Opportunities Fund. *Mutual Funds distributed by Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc.

1689 p/p + tax

Making things EASY for you.

25 Broadway St., E. Downtown Yorkton

24/7 ATM service: 64 Broadway St. E. - Yorkton, SK 21 4th Ave S. - Yorkton, SK

306-782-0503 1-866-782-0503

130 Livingstone St. Yorkton, SK Ph: 306-786-7055 Cell: 306-621-2236 everlasteavesandext@accesscomm.ca

Thorsness AppliAnce And Bed sTore As we begin a brand-new year, we’re filled with hope, gratitude and optimism, thanks to the camaraderie of our loyal friends and customers here in the community.

Your support of local businesses helps keep our community strong and vibrant year after year, and we greatly appreciate your patronage. We wish you all the best in 2019 and beyond.

MEN’S WEAR

For Personal service and Quality aPParel

Locally Owned & Operated

Your Insurance Broker Understands

CommunitY ConneCtion 306-782-2465

14 Betts Ave. Yorkton, SK

306-786-7676

11 - 2nd Ave. Yorkton

Light lunches served fresh & fast Only independent coffee shop in town Over 18 years in Yorkton Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

41 Broadway Street East, Yorkton Phone 306-783-8107

Your

goldenopp

Renton and A free copy is available from your Financial Advisor or Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc. Commissions,Laurie trailingCommunities” Financial advisor commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with Retail Venture Capital (RVC) Fund investments which goldenopportunities.ca may not be suitable for allContact investors. RVCsaareBusiness not guaranteed, their not be 7 Broadway st. W. & values change frequently and past performance may repeated. Tax credits are available to eligible investors on investments up to $5,000 annually, provided that the sharesYorkton, are held sK s3n 0l3 Training rep today! for at least eight years from the date of purchase. In their 2013 budget, the Federal Government proposed a phase-outPhone: of their (306) 783-7737 Laurie Renton 306.786.2760 15% tax credit participation by 2017. Redemption restrictions may apply. PaidFinancial for in part by Golden Opportunities Fund.Email: *Mutual laurie@lrfuture.com advisor parklandcollege.sk.ca Funds distributed by Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc.

$

• Eavestrough • Vinyl Siding • Window/Door Capping • PVC Windows • Soffit/Fascia

with the response, contact the OmbudService for Life and Health Insurance at https:// www.olhi.ca/ in the case of health claims, or the General Insurance

WE OFFER… •COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE •MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE ISSUING Offices in …

• Yorkton - 306-783-4477 • Bredenbury - 306-898-2333

• Churchbridge - 306-896-2269 • Foam Lake - 306-272-3242 • Stoughton - 306-457-2433

Website: www.farrellagencies.com 24 Hr. Claims Service Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

COMMITTED TO YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1974

Taking care of all your sleep apnea needs.

226 Broadway St. W., Yorkton

Phone: 306-783-9888

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ADVERTISING SPACE CALL THE

www.parklandcpap.ca Email: info@parklandcpap.ca

Come in and talk to us.

The coffee is always on.

Walk in Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 4 pm. After hours/ weekends by appointment

SALES TEAM AT

306-782-2465

Sports

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 www.yorktonthisweek.com

B SECTION

Sunday’s Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League edition of the Highway #19 rivalry between Yorkton and Meville went to the visiting Millionaires.

Turkey torpor trumps Terriers

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Sunday was the Yorkton half of the traditional New Year’s match-up between the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Terriers and the rival Melville Millionaires.

Yorkton hit the scoreboard first at the Farrell Agencies Arena as Chantz Petruic scored the lone goal in the afternoon

hook-up.

The Mills took the lead through 40-minutes as Josh Borynec and Daniel Liberty scored for the visitors.

Borynec was back with a pair in the third to extend the Millionaires lead to 4-1 before Cody Bruchkowski scored on the powerplay to round out a 4-2 game.

Colby Entz recorded the win for Melville facing 32-shots,

lived and for much of the game they let the Millionaires dominate.

Hehr said the Terriers have some skilled players who thought that was all they needed Sunday.

“They weren’t doing the work,” he said.

The lack of effort is something Hehr said he would address at practice Monday.

“They’ll learn about work

Do you have an

OPINION? OPINION? Do you have an

Call and tell us what’s on your Call and tell us what’s your mind.

Opinions can be on on anything mind. Opinions can be on anything in the newspaper or just your in the newspaper or just your thoughts on on any thoughts anysubject. subject.

PH: 306-782-2465 306-782-2465 PH: Opinon-YTW_2x42_R0011511133.nil.indd Opinon-YTW_2x42_R0011511133.nil.indd YTW wed .tfc 2x42L

YTW wed .tfc 2x42L

The one Terrier who Hehr did suggest had a good game was Ouellette.

“I think they (the Mills), would have put up 10 if not for Ouellette … He was our best player by far,” said Heh

Yorkton in 2018. The RE/MAX Terriers also took home the last win of the year, besting the Snap-On Tools team 5-4.

To follow the most recent news on Saskatchewan Rush lacross head over to www.yorktonthisweek. com/sports

or usat at or email email us editorial@yorktonthisweek.com editorial@yorktonthisweek.com

ethic,” he said, adding that essential aspect of the game apparently was forgotten over the break and the team will have to be reminded.

Staff Photos by Devin Wilger

Local hockey battle The Yorkton Snap-On Tools Midget Terriers and the Yorkton RE/MAX Blue Chip Midget Terriers met on the ice at the Farrell Agencies Arena for the last hockey game in

while Ryan Ouellette was tagged with the loss for the Terriers facing 34-shots.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the Terriers came out flat coming off the league’s Christmas break, and he was not impressed by the lack of effort terming it “unacceptable” following the game.

“We came out and showed flashes,” said Hehr, adding like flashes they were too short-

Happy New Year!

Stop by to take advantage of our Boxing Week & New Year’s Clearance Sale in the Gift Shop Welcome Home Floral & Gift Shop 13 Smith St. E., Yorkton, Sask.

306-786-7673

Welcome_Home_2x45.b02_R002342215.indd prod3/dm • ytw dec jan 1/19

The yorkton film festival & the yorkton public library present

OPEN CINEMA

Join us at the yorkton public library for a screening of

colder than mars

tuesday, january 8 - 7:00pm all films open to the public and presented free of charge. attend 4 of 6 screenings in this program and be entered for a chance to win 2 tickets to the 2019 lobsterfest!

YorktonFilmFestival_2x47.b02_ R0011653018.indd prod2/kj

B2

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Throwing in the snow

Submitted Photos

The ServiceMaster Clean Birdie Bash Disc Golf Tournament was held Saturday Dec. 22, at the Patrick Park Disc Golf Course in Yorkton. Entry fee was a non-perishable food donation for the Yorkton Food Bank. Playing shortened fairways and only counting hit baskets, birdies and aces, top spot, and a turkey went to Nick LeClerc of Yorkton, with Calvin Daniels, also of Yorkton, taking second and also picking up a turkey. Daniels also won a random draw of participants to take home a second bird. A Closest to Circle contest was won by Chris Puchala of Yorkton. A second draw for a $100 prepaid credit card was won by Preston Liebrecht.

A few sports wishes for 2019 Last week I spent some time writing about some of the key sport happenings set for this year that I am most looking forward to following.

But a new year also creates a sense on wishing for some things to happen, although we recognize there are no guarantees they will.

I could go for some huge wishes, like the creation of a professional Australian Rules Football league in North America, of course with Canadian franchises.

Obviously that won’t happen in 2019, and probably not ever, although AFL Canada posted on Facebook recently that more than 20,000 people from eight Canadian provinces played Aussie Rules this year, it would be a league I’d follow in a heartbeat.

But, Aussie rules is too big a dream, so I’ll start with a couple of perennial wishes with a greater potential of actually happening in 2019.

The first is my hope to see a Canadian team back in the Stanley Cup finals. The last Canadian team to make the finals was the Vancouver Canucks losing fourgames-to-three to Boston back in 2011.

The last win was Montreal in 1993 in five games over Los Angeles.

Certainly this country is overdue for the excitement of a finals again, and Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary all at least look at present like they could contend come playoff time, so let’s hope this is the year.

In a similar vein it would be huge to see the Toronto Raptors in the

CALVIN DANIELS

Sports NBA finals.

The perennial roadblock in the east has been removed as LeBron James has moved to the Los Angeles Lakers, which opens up the east to be more of a for fight for the teams involved.

The last time a team in the east won without James on the roster was 2010.

This is a retooled Raptor team with Kawhi Leonard the player who was added as the

key element to take the step to the final. So far the team has looked great, but Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Indiana, Boston, and Detroit with former Raptor boss Dwane Casey as head coach, are all solid making the playoff run one that will have some bumps on the road.

In the Canadian Football League we know the team will be called the Atlantic Schooners if they ever

get off the ground as the league’s much-coveted 10th team. It would be great to see the different people involved in the bid find the financing for the needed stadium so that the league could officially announce the franchise and when it would start play.

In the world of baseball the Toronto Blue Jays are not likely to offer fans a whole lot to cheer about in 2019.

Barring a complete implosion Boston and New York will fight it out for first and second in the American League East.

That leaves the Jays hoping for third with the only chance at a playoff spot the second wild card berth. Tampa Bay will have a lot to say about that. While the Rays seemed to be held together with luck and pine tar

in 2018, they did finish ahead of the Jays. Tampa might well regress, but they have always played Toronto tough so headto-head meetings will be critical.

Even if the Jays finish third in the AL East I doubt they make the playoffs, but the team does offer one of my biggest hopes for 2019, the eventual call up of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to take on a permanent spot for the next decade or so.

By season’s end Bo Bichette should also debut, (I hope).

There is no doubt Guerrero and Bichette are the Jays future, and the best hope fans have for a return to serious contention. That contention won’t be in 2019 but I do hope we get a look at the team’s future stars this upcoming season.

Sask. Provincial Parks - start planning This winter, families and friends can explore the cool side of Saskatchewan’s provincial parks, with a night of enchanting holiday lights, hot cocoa around a toasty-warm campfire or snowshoeing through forests of frost-covered trees. The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport is offering a variety of winter events in provincial parks that the whole family can enjoy.

“Saskatchewan Provincial Parks are beautiful destinations to visit every season of the year and winter is truly no exception,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky said. “These upcoming events are a unique way to experience winter in our parks while enjoying fresh air and perhaps trying something new. I am pleased many local communities and organizations are teaming up to provide these wonderful opportunities in our parks for people of all ages.”

To kick off the series of winter events, a Festival of Lights in Sandy Bay Campground at Candle Lake Provincial Park will showcase more than 15 stunning light displays, with hot cocoa and treats.

The festival will run December 22, 28, 29, 30 and 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with each night offering something a little different. The festival is mainly a drive-thru tour, with the exception of December 28, which will feature a self-guided walking/snowshoeing tour.

On Saturday, January 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Echo Valley Provincial Park will once again host a Snowshoe in the

Park event, with freshly groomed trails and snowshoes provided. Guests can also enjoy a campfire cookout with hotdogs, hot cocoa, coffee and tea in the park’s brand new visitor centre. Fun and educational demonstrations on camping, winter survival and safety will be on site, as well as door prizes and other giveaways. With more than 200 visitors in attendance at last year’s snowshoeing event, this year is expected to be another success with the help and generosity of local businesses.

Families looking for a unique winter experience can visit Last Mountain House Historic Site on Saturday, January 26 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for an afternoon of snowshoeing, fiddlers, furs and trapping, crafts, historic characters and fun interactive demonstrations and activities.

Guests can try their hand at baking bannock over an open fire.

In Great Blue Heron Provincial Park, visitors can experience Winter by the Lake on Saturday, February 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. where staff and guests will set out on a cross country skiing and/ or snowshoeing adventure along the trails at Anglin Lake. The afternoon will be complete with hot beverages, a campfire and crafts available in the warm-up

shelter.

A starry night candle-lit ski, perfect for couples and families, will take place in Moose Mountain Provincial Park on Friday, February 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Guests can enjoy crosscountry skiing on the 3.2 km Riding Academy Trail, lit with soft candle glow, along with hotdogs and hot cocoa around the campfire.

Additional details on these events and more are available at www. saskparks.com under Winter Fun.

Saskatchewan parks are still active in winter.

Submitted Photo

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2018 Employee Award Recipients

CHESTER PIONTEK

Machine Operator 40 Years of Service

GARTH DICKEY

Design Engineer Achievement Award

RICK BECK

Assembler 40 Years of Service

JEFFERY PFL ANZER

Machine Operator Clean Award

CINDY HANSON

Production Coordinator 5 Years of Service

MARK BALUK

Assembler Rookie Award

RYAN LYNDEN

Machine Operator 5 Years of Service

TIM PATZ WALD

Maintenance Rookie Award

SAID ELHAJAHMAD

Technical Sales Coordinator Rookie Award

RAM INDUSTRIES INC. 33 York Rd E., Yorkton, SK, S3N 3Z4 Canada Telephone: 1-877-799-1005

www.ramindustries.com

Hydraulic Cylinder Design & Manufacturing

We are proud of the accomplishments of all RAM Employees in 2018.

Happy New Year to Everyone!

RamInd_4x84.b04_R0011650335.indd 4x84L (4c) •YTW Jan 2, 2018 •MP Jan 4, 2018 sandy proof dsparrowhawk@ramindustries.com

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

B3

Sask. Provincial Parks - start planning Starting in April, visitors will be able to reserve campsites for the 2019 season in Saskatchewan’s beautiful provincial parks on a new and improved online reservation site.

The upgraded site will enhance the overall visitor experience and increase online services, such as seasonal bookings.

“Visitation continues to increase in Saskatchewan parks and we are already looking forward to welcoming families back for another memorable season,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky said. “From guided nature hikes to games on the beach, visitors will once again be able to enjoy the many programs, events and out-

door activities available in each park.”

In 2019, seasonal campsites will be moved to the online reservation system. Due to high demand for seasonal sites, a queuing system will be used to ensure a fair process. For seasonal campsites, customers will only be able to book for one person in one campsite with one payment. Reservations for seasonal campsites will open Tuesday, April 2 at 7 a.m.

Starting on Thursday, April 4, the sites can be booked online yearround or through the call centre up until October.

School and youth groups will continue to book by calling the parks directly.

Campers should note that fees for reservation cancellations, changes and

“Visitation continues to increase in Saskatchewan parks and we are already looking forward to welcoming families back for another memorable season.”

— Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky no-shows will increase for nightly, group and seasonal bookings.

For the first time, there will be a significant discount of $5 per night in the spring season for electric, non-electric and economy sites. Group campsites will also be added to the online reservation system this year.

Other changes coming in 2019: • Annual park entry permits will increase to

$75, weekly permits will increase to $40 and threeday entry permits will no longer be available; • Nightly full service and electric sites will increase by $2; • Seasonal sites will increase to $2,600 (electric), $1,400 (non-electric) and $1,100 (economy); and • Daily entry and nonelectric camping rates are not changing.

Nightly reserva-

tions for 2019 campsites will open at 7 a.m. from Monday, April 8 to Thursday, April 18, 2019.

Staggered launch dates and a queuing system will be implemented again in 2019 to help provide the best user experience possible during reservations.

The schedule for the nightly reservations is as follows: • Monday, April 8: Blackstrap and Pike

Lake • Wednesday, April 10: Meadow Lake • Thursday, April 11: Saskatchewan Landing and The Battlefords • Friday, April 12: Buffalo Pound, Douglas and Danielson • Monday, April 15: Echo Valley, Rowan’s Ravine, Makwa Lake, Bronson Forest and Lac La Ronge • Tuesday, April 16: Cypress Hills • Wednesday, April 17: Duck Mountain, Good Spirit and Greenwater • Thursday, April 18: Moose Mountain, Crooked Lake, Great Blue Heron, Narrow Hills and Candle Lake For additional details on fees, and seasonal and group campsite reservations, visit www.saskparks.com.

Outstanding game to start new year AIt was only last week the top-five reviewed games in 2018 filled this space, and while this is the first game of 2019, we have a contender for this year’s top-five in 50-weeks’ time.

Yes folks, Root is that good a game that I can go out on a limb and suggest it will be in the conversation around our gaming table in a year as one of the best games.

So what makes Root such a stand out?

Well to start with there is some outstanding art here, in particular the game board, and the key critters. They are rendered in a whimsical style that might suggest to some a game for younger players, but rest assured this is a game for adults, because beyond the joyful art there is some definite depth to play.

But first, a little of the flavour of the game.

“Root is a game of woodland might and right,” states the game’s Kickstarter campaign page, a campaign which ultimately raised just over $630,000. “Stalk the woods as one of the Vagabonds, seize the initiative with the Eyrie birds of prey, rule over your subjects as the Marquise de Cat, or command the Woodland Alliance to create a new order. With creatures and cunning, you’ll rule a fantastic forest kingdom in the ultimate asymmetric game of adventure and war.”

Again in the use of cats and birds and the like, you can see there is whimsy at play here, thanks to designer Cole Wehrle and brought to life by illustrator Kyle Ferrin.

The Kickstarter campaign suggests “Root is the next step” in the group’s “development of asymmetric design” which in this case means the four core ‘factions’ in the base game of Root all have decidedly different rules, and the goals that must be achieved also differ from one group to the next.

Each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition.

It was interesting on how in the initial play through one player after another in our group was lamenting perceived inequalities in the factions, but by the time

we were at the half way point of the game, (15 point mark as 30 wins), only three points separated the four players.

There was again an ebb and flow over the final run to 30, but as the Marquise de Cat player eked out a win, there was again only four points separating the group.

To have four rather distinct factions in terms of in-game mechanics, each actually has its own distinct rules, and then adding differing paths to victory, and still maintaining such game balance is frankly brilliant.

As gamers we often want to have unique abilities, yet when those are provided in a game, there is almost always arguments over one character being over-powered, or another being too weak to compete. Those arguments started with Root but the game quickly quelled them.

This is a game with surprising balance, a major mechanics’ achievement.

If there is a flaw, it is that a player does have a rather specific path to victory. That path may be a little too sharply defined, leaving players with few choices in terms of what to do to win. It is pretty clearly defined to do A, B, and C. Yet, in-game it didn’t feel restrictive because each player was trying to impose their will on the game to achieve their goal, and you needed to stay focused on what each other player was up too. The game does allow for lots of player interaction too, which helps keep everyone engaged.

Root also incorporates a range of mechanics although area control is key for at least three factions, the single Vagabond player going about winning is a wonderfully different fashion.

It should be noted since all factions play differently, the learning curve for some is higher than others, although a seasoned gamer will figure things out after a play through.

Overall, this is a very easy game to highly recommend as a virtual must own for an avid board gamer. Check it out at www.ledergames.com Thanks to fellow gamers Jeff Chasse, Trevor Lyons and Adam Daniels for their help in running

THE MEEPLE GUILD (Yorkton) meeple.guild@gmail.com through this game for review.

For a bonus game review head to yorkton-

thisweek.com where a review of the new game Microgammon has been posted.

Just as we are experts in the local advertising market, you are an expert in your field, and together, we can really grow your business!

To advertise contact your sales rep or call

306.782.2465

ADVERTISING & SALES

306.782.2465

sales@yorktonthisweek.com www.yorktonthisweek.com YTW_DidYouKnow_4x160.d16 R0011211200.indd prod3dmf/c YTW mar 16/16

B4

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Records vital for any research effort Happy New Year!

The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society sends you wishes for a great new year, and hopes that you will make 2019 the year to begin exploring your family tree! The Genealogical society meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., in the history room at the Yorkton Public Library.

New members are always welcome, whatever your stage of research. You will find good conversation and good ideas about how to proceed with research at any stage.

Historical records are vital to any research, and a site you might want to explore is the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists site at www. scaa.sk.ca. This site works to promote archives in Saskatchewan. Archives Week takes place February 3 – 9, 2019 and recognizes the importance of Saskatchewan’s archives, and the beginning of Heritage month.

When you visit this site, click on the “Public Awareness” tab, then click on “Archives Week” and scroll down to read about Edmund Oliver and his role in establishing the archives in Saskatchewan.

Circle February 17, 2019 on your calendar; this is Heritage Day at the Western Development Museum. Hours are from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm with many educational and interesting events for the entire family.

Beginning research on your family tree might seem to be a daunting process, but don’t be discouraged when it seems there are many gaps in your information. Begin with what you know, listing parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. From there, try to go back to greatgrandparents and their siblings. This might be where the real detective works begins, but you will find it to be most rewarding every time you gather some new piece of information that will

yorkton branch of

the saskatchewan genealogy society

Fast Forward to the Past

››

lead to something else.

Every family has shoe boxes of old family photos tucked away.

Make this the year that you go through your photos, and label every photo that you can. Do not assume that anyone will always know who “Bill

and Mary” are; always include last names, and if possible, date and location of the picture. One or two generations down the line from you right now and that basic information will become very important.

For very special

photos, such as wedding pictures, make copies that you can keep with your ongoing research, but put the original in a safe place.

If you have family pictures in the old magnetic page albums, try and remove them if you can.

Over time the protective cover pages may stick, making safe removal of the photos impossible without damaging them.

You can devise a photo storage plan that works best for you. You may want to label and file them according to each family member; or you may want to sort pictures by events, such as family

It’s a busy gift giving time of year Yorkton SaskTel Pioneers donated $500 to The Coldest Night of the Year program for Yorkton Transitional Homes for Youth recently. Pictured is SaskTel Pioneer member Sheila Johnson presenting the cheque to Anthony Allary the Executive Director for Yorkton Transitional Homes for Youth Inc.

Harnessing ideas and expertise The Innovation Challenge program harnesses the ideas and expertise of Saskatchewan’s innovative entrepreneurs, together with government, to rapidly solve public sector challenges.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Innovation Saskatchewan is seeking technology solutions to the following challenge: • “How can technology be used to monitor the amount of solid waste generated and disposed of in the province?”

Innovators are invited to submit their proposed solutions to Innovation Saskatchewan for consideration by Wednesday, February 13, 2019. A winner will be selected through a competitive process and announced in Spring 2019. Prior to the proposal deadline, information sessions will be made available in Regina, Saskatoon and online.

Innovation Challenge winners will receive funding of up to $10,000 and a 16-week residency to develop their solution in collaboration with government.

“We are excited to see what solutions the new Innovation Challenge will bring to government,” Innovation Saskatchewan Minister Tina Beaudry-Mellor said. “We have a growing, vibrant tech sector in Saskatchewan, and programs such as the Innovation Challenge allow our researchers and entrepreneurs to showcase their skills and develop products for commercialization here in Saskatchewan and around the world.”

The Innovation Challenge was piloted in 2017 with the Ministry of Corrections and Policing, looking for technological solutions to address rural crime. The winner, Jeff Shirley of Saskatoon’s Rivercity Technology Services Limited, developed a prototype during his 16-week residency and launched BeeSecure – an application-based tracking system and GPS device to alert land owners about irregular activity related to their property.

weddings, gatherings at the lake, family reunions, or family vacations.

Whatever you choose, be sure that each photo is labelled on the back to the best of your knowledge. And if you have older relatives who may be able to shed some light on mystery people in the pictures, ask them now!

Don’t wait: it is never too early to record this information, but it can easily become too late.

Every family has a story: discover yours with the Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society! submitted by Debbie Hayward

Submitted Photo

To learn more about the Innovation Challenge and how to participate, visit www.innovationsask.ca.

Minor Hockey Week

JOIN US AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR YOUTH AND MEMBERS OF MINOR HOCKEY IN YORKTON This special section will be published in the Wednesday, January 16 edition of Yorkton This Week.

We Will feature all the teams in the Yorkton minor hockeY association.

Small Spot

2 Column (3.2”) wide x 2” deep $

48

Large Spot

3 Column (4.8”) wide x 2” deep $

66

Banner

6 Column (9.8”) wide x 2” deep $

99

Full colour at no extra charge

ADVERTISING DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 09, 2019

Phone: 306-782-2465

email: sales@yorktonthisweek.com

Classifieds

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

306ͳ782ͳ2465

Do you want people outside of Yorkton and area to view your OBITUARIES / MEMORIALS? We can do that for you! dbrown@yorktonthisweek.com 306-782-2465

CLASS INDEX 1100 1200 1400 2000 2020 2086 3000 3500 3535

Notices Employment Education The Market Auctions Garage Sales Children Pets Livestock

4000 5000 6000 6500 8000 9000 9100

Seniors Funeral Services Real Estate Renters Guide Business Services Agriculture On Wheels

20 Third Ave. North, Yorkton Whether you’re buying or selling...

CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS!

To place your classified ad by telephone call us

at

306-782-2465

Or fax us at 306-786-1898 Or email classifieds@yorktonthisweek.com Your ad will be seen in Yorkton This Week, Marketplace & online at www.yorktonthisweek.com

BUY THREE WEEKS FOR

$21.35*

BLAHYI - Mrs. Dora Blahyi of Lakeside Manor Care Home, formerly of Yorkton entered eternal rest on December 24, 2018 at the Care Home in Saltcoats. Dora was born on February 15. 1919 in the Sheho district, a daughter of George and Anna (nee Vehnon) Woronuik. She was raised on the family farm in the Sheho / Parkerview district and attended Okno School. Following her education she worked for local farmers in the Jedburgh district. In 1938 Dora was united in marriage to Nick Dobko at Yorkton. The couple farmed in the Parkerview district where they raised their four children, Martin, David, Sonia and Randy. In 1957 the family moved to Yorkton where Dora worked at Balmoral Hotel and later the Yorkton Hotel as a nurses aide. Nick passed away in 1960 and in October of 1967 Dora married Wasyl Blayhi. They continued to reside in Yorkton. In recent years Dora became a resident of the Lakeside Manor Care Home in Saltcoats. She was a faithful member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and a member of the ladies aid. Dora enjoyed gardening and baking. Family was important to Dora and she cherished their visits. She was predeceased by her parents; her husbands, Nick Dobko in 1960 and Wasyl Blahyi in 1998, a daughter Sonia and son Martin; brothers and sisters Lena, Nick, Olga, Mary, Matt, Nettie & Daniel. Dora leaves to cherish her memory two sons, David and Randy; a daughter-in-law Sylvia; brothers Peter & Martin, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Very Rev. Fr. Bohdan Lukie, C.Ss.R. officiating. The interment followed in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Larry and Lynda Krett, Alan and Phyllis Hardybala and Robert and Richard Ewasienko serving as casket bearers. Memorials in memory of Dora may be made to the Lakeside Manor Care Home as gifts of remembrance. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com

5

$

00

/week

20 words or less

We Will “SUPER SIZE” your ad

with bigger type, making it a 2x bigger than a normal ad. GET RESULTS!

Place your classified ad in 84 weekly newspapers throughout Saskatchewan for only $209.00 a week.

Or for $86.00 per week, you can focus on one of four zones. (for 25 words)

DEADLINES: Wednesday Edition, 4 p.m. Monday Marketplace, 4 p.m. Tuesday

ALL ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE USE THIS CONVENIENT ORDER FORM TO PLACE YOUR AD MAIL TO: CLASSIFICATION

1 6 11 16

CLASSIFIED ADS, YORKTON THIS WEEK, P.O. BOX 1300, YORKTON, SASK. S3N 2X3 or classifieds@yorktonthisweek.com

2 7 12 17

3 8 13 18

4 9 14 19

5 10 15 20

� 1st line centered and bold � Bold

� Center � Underline PLEASE CHECK OPTION Please insert my ad for ........ weeks. Payment enclosed .....................

Name .................................... .............Phone.........................................

Addres .................................. ......City/Town..........................................

Postal Code .......................... ..........Visa �

Mastercard �

Card No. ............................... ...................... Expiry Date ......................

489,000

MLS® SK754605

MICHELLE BAILEY 306-621-5032

michelle.bailey@century21.ca

®2011 Century 21 Real Estate LLC, All rights reserved. Century 21® is a registered trademark owned by Century 21 Real Estate LLC, An equal Opportunity Company. Each office is independently owned and operated.

Death Notices Death Notices eBaileyCentury21_568302_2x25.b02_R0011530242.indd 2018-12-241

Death Notices

11:03 AM

THOM – Michael Neil Thom beloved husband of Julianne Thom of Yorkton passed away peacefully on December 23, 2018 at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon. He was fifty-six years of age.

Neil was predeceased by his parents Bob and Joyce Thom and his brother Mark Thom.

He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife Julianne of Yorkton, his three children, Sarah (Aldrick) of Calgary, Michael (Kayla) of Theodore and Kristian of Yorkton; his one brother David Thom; as well as his niece, nephew, relatives and many special friends.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church in Yorkton.

Memorials in memory of Neil may be made towards S.I.G.N. in Yorkton.

Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com Arrangements have been entrusted to Bailey’s Funeral and Cremation Care Yorkton.

BaileysFuneral-Thom_2x43.b02_R0011653597.indd Monuments Funeral Services 2x43L (4c) •YTW January 2, 2019 Sandy ray@baileysfuneralhome.com TYMIAKProof ’S Memail: ONUMENTS & GRAVE SURFACING CO.

•

Granite, Bronze, Marble Monuments, Grave Covers, Vases, Artificial Flowers, Cemetery Inscriptions & Cremation Urns.

FULLY GUARANTEED LICENSED AND BONDED 529 Main St. South, Box 476, Ituna, Sask. S0A 1N0

Ph. 306-795-2428 Serving Surrounding Areas Since 1960

SEE OUR LARGE DISPLAY DEMCHUK - It is with sadness and heavy hearts our family shares the passing of our mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Alice Demchuk on 20 of December 2018. Alice was predeceased by her husband Mike, father Kost Lazaruk, mother Anna (Dorosh) Lazaruk brothers, Jacob (Mary) (Alice), Mike (Annie), Joe (Mary), Walter (Helen), Ivan (Jackie) sisters Mary (John), and Olga (Frank). Survived by sons Clarence (Helena), John (Linda), Tony (Sarah), grandchildren Andrew (Irene), Alexander, Michael, Laura (Ben), Ali, Nic, Rachel, great grandchildren, Boyan, Lukian, and brother-in-law Paul Demchuk, also many nieces and nephews of her extended family. Alice was born on the homestead in Glen Elder, SK she married Mike Demchuk of Arran, Saskatchewan in 1943 settling in Benito, Manitoba. In 1953 Alice, Mike and sons Clarence and John moved to Yorkton, SK. She was employed

by Yorkton Union Hospital Dietary Department until retiring in 1988. Alice was active in her church community. Member of Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada (U.C.W.L.C.) , Parish Hall Booking, St. Joseph’s College Auxiliary, St. Mary’s Church Choir, and Church Cantor for liturgies and funerals. In her younger years she enjoyed spending time at Madge Lake with her grandchildren at the family cottage. After the tragic death of her husband Mike in 1986 she focused on gardening along with her talents as seamstress and singer. She enjoyed family visits and travel to family. In 2015 Alice relocated to Kamsack Nursing Care Home where she received exceptional care and support from a compassionate staff. Prayers will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2019 and the Funeral Liturgy on Friday, January 4, 2019, both services at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton. Very Rev. Bohdan Lukie, C.Ss.R. and Rev. Ray Lukie, C.Ss.R. will concelebrate. The interment will follow in the family plot at Yorkton City Cemetery. Donations in memory of Alice may be made to Sisters of St. Joseph (Orphanages in Ukraine) 33 Valens Dr. Saskatoon, SK S7L 3S2Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com

BROADWAY PARK REALTY

180 Broadway Street West, Yorkton, Saskatchewan www.Century21yorkton.ca • 306-782-2253

IN HOME ESTIMATES AT NO CHARGE

*Some restrictions apply, call for more details

FOR AN EXTRA

$

ZIMMER - Hazel Eleanor. May 9, 1935 – December 19, 2018. It is with great sadness that the family of Hazel Zimmer announce her passing.

She is survived by her loving family: Dawn Zimmer, and Yvonne (Brad) Spicer; grandchild, Amanda Spicer; sister-in-law, Georgina Bamping; as well as relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert; parents, Frank and Sara; brother, Jerry; and relatives and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Interment will take place in the Yorkton Cemetery. To send condolences, please visit www.connelly-mckinley.com. Connelly-McKinley Funeral Home. St. Albert Chapel. 780-458-2222 .

AND GET NINE WEEKS FREE Value Added Word Ads

4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Double Car Garage, In-floor Heat, Heated Garage

Obituaries

(Includes G.S.T.)

Add tremendous visibility to your Yorkton This Week word ads.

Bold print, centering, underlining Simply request your Word Ad to appear with greater impact Each feature $0.20 per word per week.

OF THE WEEK HOME 45 WILSON CRES. YORKTON

WE DELIVER RESULTS

Obituaries

B5

TymiaksMomuments_1x48.

Funeral Services nil_R001340556.indd 1x48L comp3/DM classified proof to brian

•

A place for remembering...

Surrounded by a wealth of spruce and pine trees is the City of Yorkton Cemetery. This peaceful, historic setting has a variety of standard and cremation plots available.

Contact Community Development, Parks & Recreation at 306-786-1750 for further information.

•

•

CityOfYorkton_1x47.nil_R001150610 In Memoriam .indd comp7/DB 1x47L •wed 11/11/09

(class 1030)

bill

Kopan’s Funeral Service Highway #9 North, Yorkton, SK

FRANK MILES

306-783-0099

Toll-free 1-866-797-5084 www.kopans.ca

Funeral, Cremation, Memorial Services, Monuments, Pre-arrangements, Purple Shield Plans, Notary Public Services Serving ALL with Dignity, Honesty and Integrity Saving Families Thousands Ask a family we’ve served.

1932-2011

The moment that you died My heart was torn in two, One side filled with heartache.

The other died with you.

I often lie awake at night.

When the world is fast asleep.

And take a walk down memory lane, With tears upon my cheeks.

Remembering you is easy I do it every day.

But missing you is heartache That never goes away.

I hold you tightly within my heart And there you will remain.

Until we meet again.

I love you most.

- Your loving wife, Pat.

KopansFuneralService_1x48.nil Coming Events R001340528.indd.indd comp7/DB 1x48L (class) •wed tfc

Coming Events

North 40 Fabrics Notions, Fabric, Trims, Craft Supplies

50 OFF %

STOREWIDE ONE DAY ONLY

Death Notices

HARDYBELA - It is with great sadness that the family of Stella Hardybela, resident of Aspen Bluffs Villa in Yorkton, SK, passed away suddenly on Dec. 19, 2018. She was born January 5, 1930 to parents Phillip and Anna Hardybala (nee Hrebnick) in the Beaverdale, SK District. A petite & quiet natured lady who never married, Stella excelled in shorthand and received numerous awards for speed & accuracy during her stenographic career. First in the sheriff’s office in Toronto, ON for 35 years, from which she retired in 1995. Stella spent her retirement years from 1996 to present back here in Yorkton, SK. May she now truly rest in peace, free from worldly suffering. A graveside service will be held at a later date.

Saturday, January 5 *Regular exemptions apply

Store Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

31 Betts Avenue, Yorkton, SK

Phone: 306-782-4700

� Name, address and phone number must accompany any advertisement placed in the Classifieds. Publisher reserves the right to withhold ad from publication if information not complete.

0Fabrics_bk_561567_2x56.a28_R0011645905.indd 1

2018-12-24 8:36 AM

As we reflect on this past year, we want to say thank you to all of the families who provided us the honor of serving you in your time of need. May the new year

provide you with a light that guides you towards hope and healing.

We feel blessed to be surrounded by such caring neighbors in our community and we wish everyone peace, love and joy in the new year.

Christies_6x32.b02_R0011577992.indd prod2/kj f/c ytw jan 2/19 proof chasity Email: marlaj@mymts.net

www.christiesfuneralhome.com info@christiesfuneralhome.com

306-782-2312

B6

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week Tenders

Tenders

Parts & Accessories

R.M. of Orkney No. 244 For Sale by Tender: LH RECYCLED

Tax Title Properties as follows: Surface Parcel No. Title No. 141900139

LTD.

THE PARTS YOU NEED

Legal:

151218042 Lot 2, Block 2, AJ1223 W2 (Willowbrook)

The Price and service you want

Highest of any other offer not necessarily accepted. May be subject to certain provisions under The Tax Enforcement Act. Offer to be clearly marked as "Offer on Tax Title Property" and must be received by: The Administrator, R.M. of Orkney No. 244, 26-5th Ave. N., YORKTON, SK S3N 0Y8 by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2019

At Your Service

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY Handyperson WHATEVER NEEDS DONE. Carpentry, plumbing, painting, yard work, garbage hauled away.

Phone 306-621-7538, leave message.

Apartments/Condos for Rent First Choice Property Management Available immediately:

Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom suites

throughout � loca�ons in the Bradbrooke & Dalebrooke Drive Area.

9 Secured building, close proximity to bus stops, parks,college etc.

9 includes: fridge, stove, parking, heat coin operated laundry 9 no pets Rent now and receive $100.00 discount for the first 3 months’ rent

For viewing, call (306) 620-5671

ALLANBROOKE APARTMENTS

• Large 1 & 2 bedroom.

• Soft water, heat, and parking included • Fridge & stove • In suite laundry • A/C, deck & patio door • Secure, quiet FOR VIEWING CALL

Janet 306-620-6838 ON BUS ROUTE

PRinvestments_1x27.nil_

2R0011511701.indd BEDROOM Apartment. $925/month + damage deposit.

1x27L prod2/KJ (class 4040)3 Bedroom Apartment $950/month + •wed-mp-tfc damage deposit. Includes heat & water.

Available Immediately.

Phone 306-621-8203.

For Sale - Misc CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, records, ski pants, afghans, luggage, house plants, Eaton’s catalogues, Avon doll bottles, Tupperware, white linen tablecloth, chandelier, 100 year old oval picture frame with bubble glass, down-filled jacket, lamps, quilting material, quilts. Phone 306-7822127.

4 STUDDED 185/70/14 tires, tractor chains for 18-4-34. Call 204539-2181.

• Computerized Parts Interchange • Computerized Inventory • Parts Locating Service For Those Hard To Find Parts • An Exceptional Line Of New Aftermarket Body Parts Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm, Closed Sat. & Sun. 15 YORK ROAD WEST, YORKTON

306-782-4395 OR 1-800-657-4395 Fax 306-786-5414 LHRecycled_1x47.nil_ R001341986.indd prod2/kj Snowmobiles spec for sandy 2014 YAMAHA, 1035cc, 3 cyl., Viper XTX, approx. 500 miles, mint condition. $10,750 OBO. 306-7836240.

Farm Implements

BEARSKIN RUG, blond cinnamon colour, 4-1/2’ nose to tail. Rooster weather vane for building peaks.

Small solid brass bed. 306-6754424.

FOR SALE: IHC cab, 13 speed transmission, spring ride with motor cat. Model 1693 cab, 1974 time frame used. 425hp overhead cam shaft. 306-595-4601.

FOR ALL YOUR BAKING SUPPLIES

YOUNG’S PLANT WORLD LTD. NURSERY • GARDEN CENTRE • GROCERY STORE

GOOD’S USED TRACTOR PARTS (204) 564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734 Roblin, MB

Livestock FOR SALE: Home Grown Char & Char X bred Angus heifers. All shots, preg. checked, start calving end of March. 306-548-4340.

Stenen.

FOR SALE: Polled Purebred 2 year old and yearling Charolais bulls. Some red factor. Phone 306435-7116. King’s Polled Charolais.

Highway #9 North, Yorkton 306-783-8660

Career Opportunities

YoungsPlantWorld_1x18.nil_ R001340164.

Vans wed tfc indd 1x18L Trucks comp7/DB& (classified)

2002 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT, Quad cab, 5.7L, 4x4, new trans-

PlantWorld_1x18.nil_ R001340164.indd 2018-12-28 1 PM mission, runs perfect. $4,5002:26

OBO. Can be seen at 23 5th Street S.E. Preeceville. Call 306620-3508.

FOR SALE: 2 highway trucks; Freightliner, 13 speed, 4.25 Detroit motor also Volvo truck, 15 speed 4.25 Detroit motor. Trailers; 1 B trailer, 1 super B, 2 low beds, 1 triple axle, 1 two axle. Highway trucks: $10-$15,000 OBO. Trailers, $10,000 OBO. 306-595-4601.

Career Opportunities

STARBUCKS New Store Opening!

Looking to hire at all levels, baristas to store manager. Must be a brand ambassador and enjoy providing exceptional customer service.

Apply at www.starbucks.ca/careers

Apartment Suites Available. 306516-0435.

General Manager 75 Hours Bi-Weekly Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community

BEAUTIFUL 3 bedroom condo; 1200 sq.ft. close to schools & hospital. Pictures can be viewed on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306-537-3228, Joyce 306-782-2226.

Job Posting The General Manager works in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to provide services to the residents and represent the Home in the community.

Houses For Rent 3 BEDROOM, fridge, stove, washer, dryer on 110 Wellington Ave. $850/month. 306-783-6240.

BEAUTIFUL 3 bedroom townhouse; 1200 sq.ft. close to school & hospital, central air conditioning, high efficiency furnace. References required. Pictures can be viewed on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306537-3228, Joyce 306-782-2226.

Suites For Rent FOR RENT: New two bedroom suite in North East Yorkton. $850/ month including utilities. Laundry room, fireplace, heated floor, private entrance, no pets. Phone 306-783-7973.

SUNNY, CLEAN 1 bedroom + den top floor suite, suitable for 1 adult F/S/W/D, N/S, N/P. Rent $600/mo, same for DD. Phone 306-6211748.

Turn to today’s Yorkton This Week Classifieds for the day’s best buys.

RESPONSIBILITIES: - Work closely with Nursing Staff, the Leadership Team, and other members of the interdisciplinary team - Must have a good understanding of Retirement Living - Must have an understanding of the Personal Care Home legislation - Identifying and implementing action plans to assist in resolving complaints and concerns - Facilitating partnership with families, staff, and other agencies - To be a representative for the home and facilitate tours - Plan, implement, and facilitate community outreach initiatives - Establish relationships with various community stakeholders - Visit stakeholders in the community and provide liaison for the Home - Provide tours to prospects and follow up with leads accordingly - Scheduling, payroll, and other administrative functions such as A/P and A/R - Contribute to budget planning, monitor overall budget, and be accountable to the financial standing of the home.

QUALIFICATIONS: - College diploma - 2-3 years experience in a retirement setting preferred - Superb organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills - Knowledge of the Personal Care Homes Act legislation is required - Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential - Resident advocate - focused attitude, with high emphasis on building and maintaining relationships with residents, families, staff, and stakeholders.

- Marketing and sales experience is required.

CLOSING DATE: Interested applicants should forward their resume no later than January 15, 2019, to the attention of: Dan Shiplack Regional Director of Operations - Esprit Lifestyle Communities Email: DShiplack@extendicare.com www.extendicare.com

General Employment

General Employment

For Sale - Misc

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP

Published weekly by Boundary Publishers Ltd., a subsidiary of Glacier Ventures International Corp.

The Glacier group of companies collects personal information from our customers in the normal course of business transactions. We use that information to provide you with our products and services you request.

On occasion we may contact you for purposes of research, surveys and other such matters. To provide you with better service we may share your personal information with our sister companies and also outside, selected third parties who perform work for us as suppliers, agents, service providers and information gatherers. Our subscription list may be provided to other organizations who have products and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to participate in such matters, please contact us at the following address: Yorkton This Week, 20 Third Avenue North, Yorkton, S3N 2X3. For a complete statement of our privacy policy, please go to our website at: www.yorktonthisweek.com or stop by our office and pick up a copy.

Yorkton This Week is owned and operated by The Prairie Newspaper Group LP, a division of GVIC Communications Corp.

BoundaryYTW_1x64.nil_R0011511698. indd prepress2/KJ 1x64L class display wed/mp-tfc

PLAN OF THE WEEK

Seniors, Parents, Children!

Earn some extra cash (possibly of up to $400/month depending on route size), get exercise and work only a few hours a week too!

Be a Yorkton This Week Carrier!

• No early mornings • No collecting • We pay by direct deposit on the last Friday of every month • Weight bonuses • Sales bonuses • Any age welcome • Only 2 days or less per week

If you would like a route, please e-mail us at:

circulation@yorktonthisweek.com or telephone circulation at:

306-782-2465

YTW-Carriers_2x67.a28_R0011511710.indd prod2/kj Jan 3/18 - Dec 28/18 f/c jim (class)

PLAN NUMBER 7-41006 ATTRACTIVE TWOSTOREY With an unfinished basement, this attractive multi-roofed, four-bedroom home offers lots of room for a growing family.

The covered entry, set of by brick pillars, leads into a spacious foyer with a coat closet to the right. Adjacent, through an arch, is a two-piece lavatory. To the left is a den, featuring a raised book shelf in a bayed-out niche.

Beyond the foyer is the great room, where the double-height ceiling adds a touch of drama and sets this room off from the dining area and kitchen, with nine-foot ceilings. The great room’s sliding glass doors lead to a covered patio and a gas fireplace will cast its glow into the dining area and kitchen.

A prep island with a double sink and dishwasher separates the great room from the kitchen, and will allow the cooks to chat with family or guests while clearing up after a meal.

The dining area features large window that look General Employment PRAIRIE DOME POTATOES is hiring for positions beginning in March 2019 for full time seasonal work. Experience and education will be provided on site. Job duties include: -grading, sorting, packaging seed potatoes -pruning, picking, weeding and planting fruit trees -trimming and chipping of trees -general maintenance and upkeep Must be reliant and must have own transportation. Located 6 miles South of Yorkton on Highway 9. Bring own lunch. Wage: Beginning at $11.20/hr. Applicants may apply for the positions by phone (306-782-7297), fax (306-783-7853), email (prairiedome@gmail.com) or mail resume to the following address: Prairie Dome Potatoes, Attention: Kirk, Box 36, Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2V6.

out to the patio and back garden.

A spacious pantry is close to the laundry room, which includes a useful shelf for sorting and folding, as well as a row of cubby holes.

Through another arch is the master bedroom, with a view to the back garden. The spacious ensuite bathroom includes a soaker tub, a shower stall and double basins, always welcome during the morning rush hour.

The toilet occupies a separate space.

A U-shaped stairway to the floor is located off the foyer. Upstairs, a railing protects the area open to the main floor.

Bedroom No. 2 will be sought after as it features a three-piece ensuite and a walk-in closet. The third and fourth bedrooms share a threepiece bath. A linen closet is close at hand.

Exterior finishes include stucco and wood siding, and windows with painted trim. The entry is flanked by brick pillars, which are echoed by pillars that mark the covered patio in the back.

This homes measures 48 feet wide and 64 feet, six inches deep, for a

total of 2, 608 square feet, excluding the unfinished basement.

Plans for design 7-41006 are available for $975 (set of 5), $1050 (set of 8) and $1110 for a super set of 10. B.C. residents add 7% Prov. Sales Tax. Also add $35.00 for Priority courier charges within B.C. or $65.00 outside of B.C. Please add 5% G.S.T. or 13% H.S.T. (where applicable) to both the plan price and postage charges.

Our NEW 50TH Anniversary Edition of the Home Plan Catalogue containing over 400 plans is available for $15.50 (includes taxes, postage and handling). Make all cheque and money orders payable to “JENISH HOUSE DESIGN LTD” and mail to: JENISH HOUSE DESIGN LTD. c/o...Yorkton This Week #201-1658 COMMERCE AVE Kelowna, BC V1X 8A9 OR SEE OUR WEB PAGE ORDER FORM ON: www.jenish.com AND E-MAIL YOUR ORDER TO: homeplans@ jenish.com

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Of raccoons & holes Yorkton This Week’s editorial staff takes readers on an explorative journey around the Internet, searching out the best in videos, podcasts, webcomics, music and anything else that catches their collective eyes which might interest our readers.

Fall into the Donut County hole.

Donut County is a game about a raccoon who controls a hole, and then makes things fall into that hole. It is the best game of 2018.

It’s not a particularly long game – beginning to end it takes about two hours – but the experience is a delight from beginning to end. In the process of moving your hole around, you encounter fun puzzles and silly characters. The game has a bright and cheery art style that really pops.

The writing is great, with characters that paint a picture of an entire life through their goofy interaction.

Plus, making stuff fall into a hole is fun. I finally understand why cats knock things off ledges.

It’s satisfying to make your hole grow bigger and bigger, to swallow up stuff that didn’t fit in the hole previously.

At a certain point you get a catapult, which can launch things out of the hole, leading to more possibilities for fun.

The game’s brevity is really its only flaw, and that is forgivable since it was made by a tiny team – most of the work was done by one guy, Ben Esposito, who worked on the project for over five years, mostly in his spare time while working for another developer.

To be honest, being the work of one guy is the biggest problem of the game, because one person can only do so much.

This simple premise could easily sustain a much larger game, especially as Esposito adds more wrinkles to the formula, but there’s only so much one person can do, so you get a brief experience. But then, when the entire game is great, does it matter that there isn’t a lot of it there?

Donut County is available on PC, PS4 and Apple’s mobile devices.

— Devin Wilger

Story in stones

Sometimes a person gets off the beaten path and discovers something intriguing.

No, I am not talking about a Sunday drive in the country, but rather an electronic meander on the Internet.

Recently a ‘cyberbud’ from England posted a video of a gal lifting a

B7

YTW STAFF

Web Wanderings pair of huge rocks.

It turned out the effort

by Leigh Holland-Keen was only the second time in history a woman had lifted what are known as ‘The Dinnie Stones’.

The stones are named after Donald Dinnie who in 1860, “undertook a feat of strength that was to give birth to a longlasting legacy. He carried two granite boulders with a combined weight of 733 pounds (332 kg), now known as the Dinnie Stones, for a distance of more than 17 feet (5.2 m), across the width of the Potarch Bridge,” details Wikipedia.

With that tidbit of information I ended up at www.oldmanofthestones.com a site dedicated to the so-called lifting stones of Scotland of which there are a number.

The website is dedicated to the memory of Peter Martin who passed away suddenly, at home, in September 2015. His research in to Gaelic strength culture and traditional stone lifting provides a basis for the site. That there are stones in fields with a long history where people show up to lift purely for the challenge is something I found intriguing. The idea is not unique to Scotland/Britain, a similar culture exists in Iceland too apparently, which had me thinking.

While the story/history might not exist with a particular stone here in Canada, there is no reason such a stone lifting culture could not be created with the history created moving forward. My mind thought immediately about the stone buildings of Orkney.

Is there a large stone in the bush around the school which could be a first lifting stone for the area? And what about one near Stornoway, a Community founded in the late 1890s by Robert MacKay of Stornoway, Scotland, so the connection to the roots of lifting are already there? The Town of Saltcoats has its own tartan so its roots are certainly Scottish, and the regional park would be the ideal locale for a lifting stone to promote. Wales has its lifting stones traditions too, and nearby Bangor was

YRHS Student of the Month for the month of October.

Shay-Lynn Pelletier is the October student of the month. Shay’s positive attitude, dedication to our school, volunteerism, and willingness to help, spreads through our hallways.

Shay is a bright light and is always willing to help out other students while keeping calm and positive in the classroom. She excels in all of her classes, and maintains a high academic average amongst her full schedule. She is an optimistic member of the Leadership class, a 2020 Spirit Leader, and volunteers her time with many school related activities. Shay travelled to Edmonton for the Canadian Student Leadership Conference where she networked with student leaders across the country. Shay is also a dedicated football player, and one of only two girls on the team. She is a genuine and kind student, and the land of orange is lucky to call her ours!

settled in 1902 by descendants of Welsh families who had migrated to Patagonia in 1860, and the community was named after Bangor in Wales. Could that be the home of another local lifting stone? Foam Lake, Elfros, and Kuroki all have ties to Iceland which could fit into a regional effort around the idea of lifting stones.

And we have those into lifting already, with the likes of Gage Bush and Carter Balaberda winning provincial, national and international events over the years. Whether lifting stones become a local tourist draw, or not, the web wandering on the subject was fun.

— Calvin Daniels For an extra spot to wander head to www. yorktonthisweek.com for this week’s web exclusive wandering look at ‘Nailed It’ a baking show about people who can’t bake!

Dawson Malinowski

Grace Balog

Saints of the Month of December Farrell Agencies Male Saint of the Month for December is Grade 12 student Dawson Malinowski.

Dawson is always willing to help a student or staff member. He comes early, stays late, making sure all details are taken care of. He is in AP Calculus, on the Saint of the Month Committee, in Soccer Academy, Boys soccer team, UROCK, French Immersion, Yearbook and has great attention to detail. In the area of leadership, he is the Yearbook editor, the SRC president, and cocaptain of the provincial champion boys Soccer team. He was a Grad helper last year, has been in cross country in the past, and is on the French leadership team. He always takes leadership roles in whatever school activities he is involved in.

He is very reliable. Dawson attends St Gerard’s church with his family.

He is an altar server at St. Gerard’s and he is not afraid to do the right

thing.

Farrell Agencies Female Saint of the Month for December is Grade 9 student Grace Balog. Grace will always go out of her way to help others and she will include everyone. If anyone is feeling lonely she will walk up to them and hang out with them without thinking twice.

When there are new students, she welcomes them with open arms.

She is very kind and enjoys helping others. Grace tries 110% in everything she does. If a student has troubles she will try to help them out. She won student of the year last year at St. Pauls school. Grace is a member of UROCK and plays a very active role on the UROCK committee. She played on the Jr. Girls Volleyball team and is currently playing Jr. Girls Basketball.

In all that Grace does, she is kind and caring.

WE

D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S D L S SIFIEDS S A L C E H T N IT I

Place your classified ad for as little as

13

$

Call

82

includes GST

306-782-2465

to advertise

In Print & Online www.yorktonthisweek.com 6028-we_sold_3x126.nil.indd/prod3dmf/c/shop ad

B8

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Drinking and driving needs to end When it comes to sports in Saskatchewan, we focus a lot on the success stories of hockey and football; but we tend to miss a lot of other great achievements. For example, former YRHS student Megan Nagy is blazing a path towards the Olympics in beach volleyball.

The 29-year-old is a former Canadian college player of the year and there’s an excellent article on her in the Medicine Hat News (where she went to college) if you want to read up. Google is your friend here.

Christmas brings out a lot of emotions in all of us. For many, it involves the usual happiness that I don’t need to go over further here in this column. But for others, there’s a lot of pain and emptiness. It’s never a pleasant experience to be without a loved one, but I can’t help but think what Christmas will be like from now on for the family of the 11-yearold girl who was killed on Friday night near Warman in a traffic accident where alcohol was involved. Another needless death caused by someone who shouldn’t be driving. Saskatchewan really has an issue with

SaskPower investing SaskPower continues to invest in modernizing and growing Saskatchewan’s electricity system “This year, SaskPower has made major capital investments to keep bringing a safe and reliable supply of power to our province’s homes, farms and businesses while also making significant headway in the transition to cleaner generation sources,” Mike Marsh, President and CEO, SaskPower.

In 2018, SaskPower continued to make progress in executing a number of major capital projects, including: • The $680.5 million natural gas-fired Chinook Power Station near Swift Current is on-budget and on-track for commissioning in fall 2019. Local suppliers have been awarded approximately $120 million in contracts.

• We started construction on two new transmission lines to bring power from the Chinook Power Station to customers across the province.

Combined, these lines will cost an estimated $240 million and span about 205 kilometres.

• We signed a power purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables that will see development of a 200-megawatt wind power facility that will produce enough renewable electricity for about 90,000 homes.

• We continued work to extend the life of E.B. Campbell Hydroelectric Station near Nipawin.

This work will ensure we can continue operating this renewable source of hydro generation for another 50 years.

The total cost for this project is an estimated $300 million.

• Concrete refurbishment work at Island Falls Hydroelectric Station will sustain the life of another existing renewable generation source.

This multi-year project will be complete in 2021 at an estimated cost of $45 million.

this crime and we refuse to address it. Sure, penalties are a little stiffer than they used to be, but that doesn’t prevent anything.

We need to be more proactive by allowing police to have the manpower, resources, and ability to set up checkstops. We also need to allow police to ask any individual stopped for a breath test.

Suspicion shouldn’t even matter and if you haven’t been drinking, why do you care anyway? The legalities involved when it comes to processing a drunk driver are ridiculous. It takes two officers off the road for many hours during their watch so I know why they aren’t in a hurry to go out and catch people committing this offense.

According to CBC News, and we know you can’t often take what they say seriously, the RCMP are facing a staffing crunch so they are looking at changing the qualifications in order for potential officers to become eligible to serve.

At the moment, if you have a criminal record you are banned from being an RCMP member.

That stipulation is under review. As are aptitude tests. Seems like the sensible thing to do: not enough people are qualified to work so lower the qualifications. I can recall over ten years ago, I was approached by a couple of senior officers who served in Yorkton to apply to become an officer. At the time, there was an emphasis on hiring females as well as visible minorities. In addition, there were a few cases in the media where RCMP employees had run into trouble as far as having grievances launched against them by criminals looking to get even and it appeared as though these officers

MIKE STACKHOUSE mikestackhouse@hotmail.com

Stackhouse Soapbox weren’t backed by upper management so I just felt it was too risky a position to put myself in. I wonder if more people have thought about it like me and perhaps the emphasis away from hiring white males has caused white males to look somewhere else when it comes to a career.

Perhaps I’d be closing in on 25 years with the RCMP had they looked at me in the early 1990s, but I was a no-go because of my height (too short) and my pre-corrected eye prescription (too blind).

I believe both of these requirements have since been adjusted as well.

I had a recent discussion with a younger person on what motivates them to vote left wing and one of the arguments presented to me is that young people are hesitant to put a man like Andrew Scheer in charge because he is on record as opposing abortion and isn’t a fan of same sex marriage. The fact that Scheer has these beliefs but has also gone on record as saying he respects that Canadians have already made decisions on these social issues and he isn’t about to reopen them doesn’t resonate with young people.

Things like the economy, illegal immigration, and employment levels take a back seat to liberal social positions. That’s just the way it is.

NBC tweeted out a promotional video over the weekend that

showed an 11-year-old child in drag. The point was how this 11-yearold is using his voice to encourage LGBTQ youth to be themselves. Many people thought this was a beautiful story so you can

imagine the reaction I got when I called it child abuse. Pretend that’s a 10-11 year-old girl and the dress-up is in provocative clothing with heavy make-up designed to make the child look like a beauty queen. Would it still be a beautiful story or would we cringe?

A bit of clarification for those who maybe missed this: The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a carbon tax. Make no mistake. The Saskatchewan Chamber voted against it (as did Ontario, I

believe). Yorkton is also not in support. A notion that Canadian Chambers are unanimously with the Liberal government is nothing short of a lie by media that reported it and the Canadian Chamber, while I don’t think they should have endorsed it at all, isn’t necessarily in support of the exact ideas our federal government has.

Nice people mentions this week: Christine Fitzgerald, Karin Nabe, Kristin Karcha, Gaylene Putland, Shaune Beatty, and Sharla Schrader.

Saints of the Month of November The Farrell Agencies Female Saint of the Month for the month of November is Grade 12 student Micah Lim. This young lady is the epitome of what Saint of the Month means. She is always willing to help and is kind Micah Lim Jett Stechyshyn and empathetic to all. She training as a life guard. She has is a very polite, well-mannered, courteous, caring, and kind attended church at Prairie Harvest. young lady. She is always interested The Farrell Agencies Male Saint in supporting others and finds time of the Month for the month of to help out whenever she is asked. November is Grade 12 French She sees beyond herself. She has Immersion and AP Calculus studemonstrated through her actions dent Jett Stechyshyn. He is in SRC, that she wants to make the world a Yearbook, Volleyball, Golf, Curling, better place to be. She is an extreme- and UROCK, where he is heading ly hard worker in school. She main- up the Warm Fuzzies project. He tains an honor roll with distinction is always kind and willing to help average and is in AP Calculus. She another student within a classroom. is a member of the UROCK organ- He won the Waterloo Math Award ization (You Reaching Out to Create last year and is maintaining a 96.8% Kindness), and is also a member of average in his Grade 12 year. He the Saint of the Month Committee. was the captain of the Senior Boys She is on SRC, Retreat Leadership Volleyball Team this year, and was team, SADD and is a member of MVP of the team this year. In Grade the badminton team. She has been 9, he won the Saint Sebastian Award on newspaper in past years. In the for Junior Boys Volleyball, and was community she is member of the the recipient of the Rookie of the Filipino Youth group, works at The year for Senior Volleyball in Grade Garlic Garden and at McDonalds. 10. He has been a part of the Retreat She has attended Rotary and Forum Leadership Team and the French Leadership Conferences in Ottawa Leadership Team. He is also a memand Clear Lake and she is currently ber of St. Gerard’s Parish.

Congratulations!

We are proud of the accomplishments of our LEON Employees in 2018.

Rolly Rice Welder 40 Years of Service

Tom Ferrier Plant Manager 40 Years of Service

Rene Ledoux Welder 5 Years of Service

S.M Moniruzzaman RAMROD Sales Achievement Award

Keith Conrad Installer 40 Years of Service

Shawn Robertson Welder 5 Years of Service

Steven Sies Assembler Achievement Award

Gord Koshman Welder 20 Years of Service

S.M Moniruzzaman RAMROD Sales 5 Years of Service

Allan Cabigas R&D Quality Award

Toll Free: 1-800-667-1581 or 306-786-2600

Kim Walker Welder 5 Years of Service

Steven Sies Assembler Quality Award

Fax: 306-782-1884

Leons_5x130.a04_R0011651399.indd prod3dm f/c ytw jan 2/19 mp jan 14/19 sandy

Steven Sies Assembler 5 Years of Service

Vadym Ivanov Welder 5 Years of Service

Kris Chemerika Painter/Blaster 5 Years of Service

Don Nerbas Plasma Operator Clean Award

Victor Lepe Paz Welder 5 Years of Service

Dustin Shingoose Brake Operator Safety Award

www.LEONSMFG.com

Manuel Roca-Lopez Welder 5 Years of Service

Nick Girard Parts Coordinator Rookie Award

www.RAMRODEQUIP.com