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JeanAnne Teliske, Corbyn Neufeld, chair of Yorkton’s Environmental Committee, Mayor Bob Maloney, Aron Hershmiller with the city and Stefan Bymak with the Prairie Harvest Employment Program talk about recycling and the results of the city’s recycling survey.

Recycling gets new app, new pickup day

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Changes are coming to how the City of Yorkton handles its recycling.

After the recycling survey, which collected over 1,000 responses from city residents, the city has decided to make some adjustments to the recycling program for the new year.

Starting on Jan. 15, the day when many people in the city take their recycling out to the curb will be changing to the same day as garbage pickup.

There were a couple reasons behind the change, explains JeanAnne Teliske, landfill and waste manager for the City of Yorkton.

The main reason was to increase engagement in the program, as moving to same day pickup has lead to increased usage of the program in other jurisdictions that made the change. Shifting it back one day in some neighborhoods also avoids many statutory holidays, meaning there will be fewer weeks when recycling pickup is not

We get lots of calls about where do I take this? Can I dispose of this in my garbage? Where do I put this?

— JeanAnne Teliske, landfill and waste manager for the City of Yorkton. available for a week due to holidays.

It will also be easier to participate in the program thanks to a phone

app and website update being launched in midJanuary. Called Recycle Coach, the app will allow people to quickly see

when their recycling and garbage pickup are happening. It will also allow residents to search specific items to see if they can be recycled through the curbside system or if it might need to be taken to a specific location.

“As we saw in the survey, there is some of that education that we need to do about proper recycling. We get lots of calls about where do I take this? Can I dispose of this in my garbage? Where do I put this? That tool provides education and awareness,” said Teliske.

One thing that won’t be changing will be way garbage is collected, as recycling will continue to use the clear blue bags for pickup. While some residents wanted to move to a bin as opposed to the bags, Yorkton’s program uses the bags because it facilitates the partnership between the city, the Prairie Harvest Employment Program (PHEP) and SaskAbilities’ RecyclAbility. Changing to bins would mean that the current partnerships wouldn’t work, which

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Top stories 2018, the countdown begins Each year Yorkton This Week looks back on what have been the top-10 stories relating to our community in the past year.

The countdown begins here are we take a look at stories 10-to-six.

10 - Co-op Mergers

In the Dec. 5 edition it was reported changes were coming to two area Co-ops. Yorkton Co-op and Churchbridge Co-op are amalgamating into one.

The combined Co-op will have 16 locations in 10 communities.

Bruce Thurston, general manager of Yorkton Co-op, said that the amalgamation is the only way for Co-ops in Saskatchewan to expand.

“Everything is getting bigger, larger and tougher to compete against. Both boards felt that an amalgamation between

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the two retails would be a positive thing, making a larger retail, a bigger trading area, more efficiency and things like that.”

All of the locations will stay open, and the staff will stay the same, said Thurston. The amalgamation would make a difference in efficiency of operation, as well as the buying power of a larger combined operation, as well as a healthier balance sheet.

9 - Bulls, bulls, and more bulls

In August the Yorkton Exhibition Association announced it was changing things up in terms of its main entertainment at the annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown, out was the long-time rodeo, and in was a Professional Bull Roding

(PBR) Canada event.

The Pro Division of PBR Canada regularly features Canada’s best bull riders along with top international athletes, squaring off against the rankest bucking bulls from the nation.

Jason Davidson, Director of Operations for PBR Canada, and event producer for the upcoming Yorkton rodeo said the event will bring PBR to a new area.

“We’ve kind of leap frogged from Saskatoon to Winnipeg the last 12-15 years,” he said in an Aug.15 YTW article. “This is something we’ve put together in the last eight months …

We’ve been pretty adamant this is what the city of Yorkton needed.”

And Davidson’s word proved prophetic as the PBR

event played to sold out crowds in November.

It has already been announced the PBR will be back in 2019 with tickets on sale and selling well.

8 – Drags fold

It was in July when it was reported that the annual Kambuster Drag Races would be cancelled.

Frank Pohozoff had walked across the drag racing taxiway at the Yorkton Airport earlier in the spring when he noticed something was wrong. As his team drove their cars and forklifts over the track, he noticed splits and cracks in the concrete. He described the taxiway as so damaged that cars would “float over it like an iceberg.”

Pohozoff, Senior Executive

with Kambusters, worked with his team to host the annual “Test and Tune” drag race event at the Yorkton Municipal Airport in May. It was meant to be a preview of the 15th annual Prairie Thunder Drag Race Challenge, which is held in August every year. But due to shaky groundwork, the tuneup event might be the last taste of drag racing in Yorkton for a long time.

“We’re going to step back,” Pohozoff said. “We decided to call it now instead of hoping [for a change].

“I hated saying it.”

For over a decade, the Kambusters Drag Racing Association had hosted rubbermelting races at the Yorkton Airport. Hundreds of racers

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Christmas dinner Four families in Yorkton will have a brighter Christmas morning thanks to a donation from Western Financial Group.

Suzanna Jones and Barry Marianchuk from Western Financial Group brought the food to Kim Gelowitz from the Yorkton Family Resource Centre, who connected them to families who needed help this Christmas. Families received food for Christmas, gifts for children and help if they had never cooked a turkey before. “We like to be able to support those in our community who might need some assistance at this time of year,” said Jones.

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YRHS anniversary yearbook wins award

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Every year, every school creates a yearbook, a way for students to remember friends, good times and important events of their high school experience. This past year, the YRHS’ yearbook was something more, celebrating not only the past year, but the past entire history of the school, as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the school’s opening.

That yearbook was recognized by the Jostens National Yearbook Program of Excellence Awards, getting the only award for a yearbook in Saskatchewan, and one of nine awards from across the country.

According to a release

by Jostens, the yearbook won the award for creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement, and successfully managing the yearbook creation process.

The yearbook team doesn’t get an off month, said principal Mike

The creators of the 50th anniversary yearbook at YRHS were recognized for their efforts with an award from Jostens.

Haczkewicz.

“Those students and that teacher put in countless hours, they’re the only team that doesn’t have an off season. They go year-round, including the summer.”

Proud of the yearbook the team created, Haczkewicz believes that the yearbook team is the perfect representation of what the school represents and strives to be.

“Our motto is striving

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would be more expensive for the city and eliminate some of the employment opportunities provided by the partnership. The Prairie Harvest Employment Program provides employment for 40 at-risk youth in

and fans have traveled across Saskatchewan to participate in and witness the August event.

The event has been put on a permanent hiatus.

7 – Seats, seats and more seats

The Anne Portnuff Theatre, and the Yorkton Regional High School itself, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. In those 50 years, countless performers and students have graced the stage.

Countless people have sat in the seats to watch them, and now those seats are showing the results of 50 years of continuous use.

So a campaign was launched to raise funds to replace the seats.

The budget for the new seating is $300,000, and funding rolled in from various sources including in June 2017, the Revitalization Project received $100,000 through

Jessica Nelson, Halle Washenfelder, Kendra Audette, Ocean Williams, Amirah Bourini, Jaylin Ross, Kira Ring, Sydney Morrison, Lincoln Russell, Kailee Popowich, Mya

Desmarais, Kassandra Flett, Thea Valstar, Aubrei Diaz, and Karylle Romulo, with under the direction of YRHS Yearbook Advisor Kristine Tether.

cart you might not think twice about throwing a piece of garbage in there,” said Teliske.

The Prairie Harvest Employment Program will get an update of its own. The bus currently used will be retired, replaced by a truck and trailer. Stefan Bymak with PHEP said the decision to upgrade comes from a desire to keep costs down. Most sorting will now happen at the

PHEP shop rather than on the bus itself, which keeps everyone warmer in the winter as well.

Yorkton.

“If we were to go the blue cart system, it would eliminate Prairie Harvest who currently collect our recycling through the blue bag system... Both [SaskAbilities and Prairie Harvest] are amazing at what they do

so we want to continue those relationships,” said Teliske.

Teliske also said another advantage to the bags, as opposed to bins, is there is less contamination, which means there are fewer loads that can no longer be

recycled thanks to having garbage contaminating the load.

“Less contamination from garbage occurs in the blue, transparent bags. People are less likely to put it in blue bags if you can see it, while if you have a blue

the Co-op Community Spaces initiative.

The funding campaign was successful and the seats were installed this past fall, and officially ‘opened’ at a ceremony at the Anne Portnuff Theatre Dec. 17.

in the community.

The protests included a Peace Walk hosted by the Yorkton Tribal Council in March, aiming to heal the wounds in the city caused by the verdict.

People walked down Broadway holding signs saying things like “Peace,” “Respect,” and “Hope.”

Isabel O’Soup, Tribal Chief for the Yorkton Tribal Council, explained that the goal of the walk was to bring people together, rebuild community and highlight

the need for equality, especially within the justice system.

“We want some awareness. Let’s all work together. In the end ...

We all live in the same country, we all want to be treated just fair and equal, that’s all. We don’t want to do it in a destructive, violent way. We want us all to get along,” she said.

Next week in the first issue of Yorkton This Week of 2019, the top-five stories will be unveiled

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for excellence, so when we achieve excellence, we like to show it off.”

The yearbook was created by Jenna Senchuk, Morenike Oyenubi, Mellanie Lago, Kacey Fyck, Alyna Serray,

6 – A decision is protested

The Colten Boushie verdict in North Battleford showed division within the province between First Nations and non-First Nations people, and protests began, highlighting the division between people

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Broadway work seen as year highlight

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer When Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney looks back on 2018 the highlight is easy, the start on repaving Broadway Street.

“When I talk to people I’ve gotten the most kudos on the Broadway repaving,” he said.

The work does come with some disappointment for Council though.

“We waited as long as we possibly could for funding to do the underpinnings (water and sewer lines), and paving,” said Maloney, adding when no federal or provincial dollars were forthcoming “we did a shave and pave” skimming off the damaged upper layer of pavement and replacing it.

As is often the case

with issues in municipal affairs the project will also be a huge part of the City’s undertakings in 2019.

“The other half will get done in the spring,” said Maloney.

Maloney said overall the Broadway effort is “a feel good project”, but again cautioned there is an element of risk. The underground infrastructure is in some cases 90 years old, and if it breaks, the new pavement will need to be torn up to do repairs.

But a complete replacement of the pavement and underground services would have come with a price tag of some $52 million.

“Our entire borrowing limit is $42 million. We don’t have the capacity,” said Maloney.

Mayor Bob Maloney Funding for projects is one of the issues that Maloney said extends from one year to the next for a municipal government.

Looking to 2019, Maloney said he expects the budget process to be a tough one as Council looks to hold the line on

taxes for the most part.

“There’s no appetite on this Council for further increases,” he said, adding in general terms that means looking at an increase of three per cent, or less, with most of that targeted at capital spending.

On the operating side Maloney said the City has operated with annual increases of one per cent or less for several years.

“One or two per cent increases on operation is very defendable,” he said, adding there are costs such as wages, which do rise on the operating side of things.

In terms of wages the City did come to terms in 2018 with its firefighters on a new contract.

“I thought it was a very fair deal,” said Maloney, adding that having the contract cover six years

allows for stability in the immediate years ahead.

Maloney added it is important to note the new contract “was freely negotiated. There was no undue pressure being brought to bear on either side.”

When it comes to negotiations, Maloney said he looks at progress made by the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, (SUMA), in terms of being kept in the loop by the province regarding its budget as a very positive development this year.

The Yorkton Mayor said SUMA was afforded “unprecedented consultation” with the province prior to its 2018 budget.

Maloney said being kept in the loop leading up to the last budget at least left municipalities

feeling as though they were part of the final deliberations.

“Doors were open,” he said.

As it stands Maloney said only about three per cent of the provincial budget flows to urban municipalities, towns, villages and cities.

“I think that’s a heckuva investment,” he said, adding for that money municipalities provide streets and firefighters, policing, arenas and a whole range of services to the majority of people living in Saskatchewan.

As for the year ahead, Maloney said money will be tight.

“It’s going to be a tough year,” he said, adding there was a significant increase in taxes locally in 2018. “We’re not going to have that (in 2019).”

Ottenbreit reflects on a year of battles

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The year of 2018 was a year of change for Saskatchewan, but not one of dramatic upheaval. Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit looked back on 2018 recently with Yorkton This Week.

On a provincial level, it was a new leader that set the tone for the province, with Scott Moe taking over the reigns as premier and established the government’s tone for the year. That tone was more confrontational, with Moe and the government fighting against the carbon tax set to be imposed by the federal Liberal government. Ottenbreit said that they don’t want

to just be at loggerheads with the federal government, but that there are some things they have to object to if they want to ‘stand up for Saskatchewan.’

“We continue to work as cooperatively as we can with them, but there are significant things that we had to focus on that are within our best interests as a province, and we are going to stand up for those things,” Ottenbreit said.

He points to the province’s climate action plan as something that makes more sense than imposing a tax, and he said independent sources say the province’s ideas for combating climate change would make an

MLA Greg Ottenbreit actual difference, while he believes a tax would just be an expense.

The other fight is for more pipelines in the country, trying to get an easier path to tidewater

for the province’s oil to increase the amount of money that the oil sector can make, as the lack of access is keeping prices for Saskatchewan oil low.

“The province has been losing an astronomical amount of money, both in resource revenue to the province, but also to the sector… It’s very important that we do advocate for our industries and have them strong.”

The third fight has been the one for an adjusted equalization formula. Saskatchewan has received no equalization money, even as the economy slowed, while Quebec stands to make billions out of the equalization formula, which

Ottenbreit sees as evidence that the formula has flaws.

“There is a very strong case that the formula needs to be looked at again to make sure it is equitable and fair to all of the provinces.”

Beyond fighting, the province is continuing down the path laid down by former Premier Brad Wall. They plan on balancing the budget next year, though he said they’re going to continue to invest in infrastructure while they do it. He points just outside of town for evidence of that infrastructure investment, as passing lanes are set to be installed in 2019 from Canora to Melville.

There are changes to workers compensation, whether it’s to increased coverage for firefighters or enhanced maternity leave. He’s also proud that they introduced Claire’s Law, which allows police to disclose someone’s violent or abusive past to a new partner. Truck driver training has also been overhauled in the wake of the Humboldt Bronco’s tragedy, with more training required. They are also opening up the province to ride sharing, something he said has been advocated for a while.

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Wagantall views 2018 as a productive year

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer It was a productive year, said Cathay Wagantall, MP for Yorkton-Melville. She has been able to open up communication between herself and the constituents and industry in the riding, and believes it has been a good year for representing the area as a whole.

Policy-wise, she’s happy to see the removal of the value attestation for the Canada Summer Job program, and hopes that means there will be new interest in it and more applications for

funding in the area.

“We’ll see where that goes, but that was definitely a step in the right direction.”

She’s also happy to see that the government has pulled back on plans to collect banking data on Canadians.

“I have had a lot of calls from individuals in the riding, very concerned about being asked more information at their bank... Very good to see that they’ve put a hold on that, at least for the time being, though they did, through TransUnion, gather 15 years of credit information from October of 2017 to January of 2018

MP Cathay Wagantall prior to this particular effort going forward... A big concern there is that Canadians should be

able to give consent for that data being gathered by the government.”

Right now, Wagantall is focused on the economy, and is concerned that Canada is not as competitive, and she is concerned with the amount of red tape required for government jobs, as well as concerns about how steel and aluminum tariffs will affect Saskatchewan.

“We have steel and aluminum companies within our riding that are impacted by the tariffs coming into Canada and with the product going out of Canada into the States.”

Another concern for

Wagantall is the proposed carbon tax, and she has listened to people in the riding and believes it’s not the right direction to go.

“Environment is really important to the people in my riding, no question. But going forward, they feel that the carbon tax, first of all, won’t be productive because to have an impact the way a carbon tax needs to have it would have to be at least $200 per tonne, not at the levels they’re suggesting... They prefer to see what we’ve done in the past as Saskatchewan people, and that’s continue to use incentives.”

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Perspective Gifts for everdeserving Sask. politicians MURRAY MANDRYK

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Politics Like the Grinch, my heart also grows three sizes at Christmas … a condition I probably should have a doctor look at after the holiday season.

This is the one and only column I do each year where, in the spirit of Christmas, I make a point of trying to say only positive things about Saskatchewan politics I have covered in the last year.

So let us begin.

To Premier Scott Moe, a big thanks for not only taking on what may be the toughest job in province but also for fighting against the carbon tax and fighting to build pipelines.

No matter what your politics might be or how you might feel about the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, let us respect that Moe’s opposition to the carbon tax is based on his sincere belief that it will be economic harmful with no benefit.

In this regard, let’s hope Environment Minister Dustin Duncan finds something under this tree for at least attempting to provide an alternative in his Prairie Resilience plan billed as a made-in-Saskatchewan response.

And before we wander too far away, a special thanks to Alanna Koch, Ken Cheveldayoff, Gord Wyant, Tina Beaudry-Mellor and Rob Clarke for putting forward their names, time, money and especially their ideas in their bid to become Sask. Party leader.

We will all be better off for the sharing of these ideas — some of which have had a positive impact on Saskatchewan Party government policy in the past year.

Cheveldayoff, Wyant and Beadry-Mellor have gone on to serve us well in cabinet this past year and helped deliver restored education funding and programs to help women.

Lest we miss this one last opportunity, how about one last thanks to former premier Brad Wall who bowed out in February. The province is a different place because of him.

Across the aisle of the Saskatchewan legislature, the NDP leadership race saw Ryan Meili defeat Trent Wotherspoon.

A thanks to both of them for putting up their names and to Meili for also taking on one of the most formidable but important jobs in Saskatchewan politics.

We are all better off when we have strong Opposition.

Back to the government side, a Merry Christmas to long-time stalwarts like Finance Minister Donna Harpauer (whose March budget stopped the bleeding while putting the government a balance budget course) and to Justice Minister Don Morgan (whose additional portfolios like the Global Transportation Hub put him in the line of fire almost daily).

Also, Morgan’s new trespassing law and interaction with First Nations people — especially in the take of Gerald Stanley verdict — were certainly noteworthy.

Sometimes we forget that the toughest job in politics is simply enduring the never-ending barrage of criticism.

Let us hope that current Highways Minister Lori Carr and pass minister and current Agriculture Minister Dave Marit find something under their trees for all they have endured defending the $1.9-billion Regina by-pass.

Government Relations Minister Warren Kaeding deserves something for his stellar handling difficult municipal files including the problems in the RM of McKillop.

Health Minister Jim Reiter — who might very well be premier today under other circumstances — deserves something for his tough year.

Also meritorious is SGI Minister Joe Hargrave, who has dealt with the aftermath of STC’s closure and needed changes to trucking licensing and highways safety.

Thanks to Lyle Stewart and Herb Cox who bowed out of cabinet for health reasons.

And a special thanks to all that had to deal with the tragedy of the Humboldt Broncos crash.

Thanks to all in a tough year.

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

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Political landscape likely changing in 2019 W e are on the eve of a new year, a year which should prove interesting in terms of the political landscape.

It was only a dozen days ago a small group gathered to protest the performance of the federal government, mimicking the efforts of the so-called ‘yellow vest’ movement in France.

One might not call a gathering of about a dozen protestors as a ground swell of disenchantment with Ottawa, but the dissatisfaction certainly runs deeper than a few protestors.

There is not a day goes by that someone local is not lamenting our federal government’s performance on social media. The comments generally hammer directly on Prime Minister Trudeau who is being blamed for numerous perceived ills.

That too is not exactly ground breaking news. Social media was busy with vitriol regarding the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper too, with suggestions he was about to ruin the fabric of our country.

The only difference this time on social media is that the complaints come from the opposite side of the political spectrum.

That of course is the problem with social media in general, it is often hijacked by the extremes of any issue.

In the case of politics the extreme not in power lobs verbal bombs at the government, most often comments filled with rhetoric and limited suggestions to address the problems.

An example is the suggestion of a few about western separation. That is not a solution, and even if it was it would be a Gordian Knot of red tape, referendums, court challenges, negotiations, and years of time before it could occur.

Of course western separatists on social media may be little more than those suggesting a flat earth either. It is to be hoped the vast majority still see our nation as better than the alternative.

But all that said, there is obviously increased dissatisfaction in the west in regards to the federal government 10 months in front of a federal election in October.

The frustrations seem to be focused on three areas, two with merit, the third making less sense.

The issue that is being over blown is the decision for Canada to be a signatory to the United Nations Immigration Pact. There is a fear the flood gates will open to immigration and that apparently scares some even though their own family would have originally immigrated. The Pact is non-binding, and is about creating a framework for reasonable migration of people, a goal that should be a reasonable one.

The first issue that has greater merit is equalization payments, with concerns with the money flowing to Quebec, who are blocking a pipeline east, which is also a huge issue out west.

Equalization has been part of Canada from day one in one form, or another, being formalized in 1957, and included in our constitution in 1982. It may not always seem fair, but it is something no government has suggested changing in recent memory.

The carbon tax is the other huge issue, in part in Saskatchewan because the provincial government has used it as the great bugaboo to deflect attention from its own issues.

The new tax is certainly an unknown, which the federal government should be criticized for. It is hard for an individual to know what the tax will mean for them and their family, and unknowns create apprehension and fear. There is a need to protect our planet moving forward, but the approach should be understood, and the timing needs to be right. The carbon tax is failing in both counts.

With a list of issues already being debated the months ahead will certainly be heated in terms of federal politics in our province.

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Letter to the Editor

Oil, dairy supply management paradox On December 2, the Alberta government announced it will impose production discipline on the province’s oil companies to bring the price of bitumenbased oil above its cost of production. This came in response to it being discounted by over $50 per barrel compared to higher-grade West Texas Intermediate oil. Falling prices would soon cause oil companies to divest or go broke, resulting in unemployment and less business activity. By intervening, the Alberta government is helping oil sector profitability and viability. Within 24 hours of the announcement, the price of bitumen-based oil doubled.

Less than a week after Alberta pulled its economy out of a crisis by implementing supply management for the oil industry, the federal government announced another “compensation” package for dairy farmers.

Canadian dairy farmers have been deprived of 3.5% of our dairy market to European cheese under CETA, 3.5% more to Trans Pacific Partnership countries, and under the USMCA, dairy farmer will lose an additional 3.9% of Canada’s market. The USMCA also removes our dairy sector’s ability

to counter the US dairy industry’s aggressive dumping of high-protein milk ingredients into Canada, and it gives the USA the power to monitor and approve changes to Canadian dairy policy.

The $98 million “compensation” package will inevitably pit dairy farmers against each other, as funds are being provided to help automate and computerize farms, increasing production in a shrinking market.

This is a recipe for farm consolidation, price depression, job loss, a downward spiral in local economies and further dispossession of the next generation of aspiring farmers.

It is hard to imagine how it is possible to compensate for the damage done by recent trade agreements. When the Alberta government steps in to arrange supply management for oil producers, why is it so difficult for the federal government to understand its importance in agriculture?

The eagerness to sign the deeply flawed USMCA must be viewed in light of the Barton report.

Shortly after the 2015 federal election, Finance Minister Morneau created the Advisory Council on Economic Growth and appointed Dominic Barton, Global Managing

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Director of McKinsey & Company, as its chair.

The Council’s February 2017 report claimed Canadian agriculture had under-utilized potential and recommended it be “unleashed” by eliminating trade barriers, facilitating corporate investment and stimulating production for export. Such measures obviously work very well to increase returns to venture capital, stock markets and other financial derivatives favored by international investment firms – and which clearly benefit a select international elite.

Barton recommends the opposite of supply management. He calls for increasing output to export more regardless of price while facilitating imports of the same commodities. Not only is this a price-depressing mechanism that harms farmers, quality also slips, as trade agreements lower standards in order to open the door for more imports.

Companies handling, trading and selling agricultural commodities benefit from Barton’s plans, as do the input sellers. The Canadian government has found money to reward farmers who invest in production while the market is depressed and after shrinking the available market yet again via the USMCA. Yet what entre-

Staff Photo by Devin Wilger

Every year, one lucky kid gets to take home a car as part of the Yorkton Regional High School’s magazine campaign, with kids gaining entries into the contest when they sell a certain number of magazines. This year, that winner had a

chance to win a Smart forTwo. This year’s winner is Colby Hoehn – presented with his keys by principal Mike Haczkewicz – a Grade 9 student. He didn’t expect to take the car home. He gets his license next year.

preneur expands when the market values their wares below cost of production?

It is easy to take selfinterested advice and believe Barton’s promises. In contrast, it takes a visionary understanding of the real economy to come up with recommendations that truly benefit all layers in society and address the urgent needs to mitigate climate change and prevent depletion of resources.

Canadian governments need to put aside concocted indicators that equate economic health with positive results for stock markets and large financial institutions.

Instead, look at the real life conditions of farmers and other small businesses that are crucial for rural Canada. Drive through the countryside in any province, and you will see the results of ill-advised Canadian governments: decades of

unnecessary and socially destructive rural decline.

Turn away from Barton and look instead at policies implemented

by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt to understand what truly spurs on a rural economy. After years of crippling low prices for farm produce, US Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace implemented parity pricing for all farm commodities in 1932. This turned around a chronic downward spiral and fired up a grassroots-driven economic engine. Parity pricing paid farmers a living comparable to unionized industrial workers.

Processors and traders were levied when they paid farmers prices below the calculated cost of production.

The funds collected were used to pay farmers not to produce the commodity until prices reached or exceeded the cost of production. These meas-

ures gave farmers market power by giving correct signals to produce more or less according to supply and demand. Since 1969 Canadian supply management has worked like Wallace’s parity pricing intervention.

Starting in the mid1980s with the Uruguay Round of GATT where WTO was formed, free trade agreements, have steadily increased agricultural output while net farm incomes have declined. Policies implemented for Canadian agriculture in general are disastrous and the compensation packages offered dairy farmers are insulting. It’s time to put the brakes on Canadian rural decline, make a U-turn on the USCMA and stop sacrificing the rural economy.

by Jan Slomp Vancouver Island dairy farmer Jan Slomp is a former President of the National Farmers Union

History Corner Happy New Year to our readers This photo shows an unidentified couple leaving the James Wilson farm in the district of Beaver Dale west of Yorkton in the 1920s. They could have been setting out for home, cutting the visit short before nightfall and would possibly be stopping along the way at another farm to warm up depending on the distance to their destination. In those years before automobiles became popular, people travelled in the nice seasons by horse and wagons to accommodate several riders and freight, and for fewer people they used the more luxurious buggies.

In the wintertime, they travelled by sleigh or cutter. The sleigh was of moderate to large size to transport several people or carry goods or both. The cutter was smaller in size designed to accommodate fewer people as we see in the photograph.

Of course, the quality and styles depended on the means of the owner.

Then, during the festive season, we can’t forget to mention for young readers, that Santa Claus needed a large sleigh pulled by eight reindeer to carry the Christmas gifts. In older times, French Canadians in the old Province of Canada (Québec since Confederation of 1867) and

at some French settlements out West kept Santa Claus very busy.

It was their tradition of gift-giving on New Year’s Day that kept Santa otherwise known as St. Nicholas or Pére Noel still travelling around New Year’s day making deliveries of gifts. To the delight of children, this tradition also meant that they might receive gifts both on Christmas and on New Year’s day.

Note: Beaver Dale — a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Garry No. 245. Photo: donation of Lorna Parrott. Graphics by Kim Perpeluk, Administrative Assistant Engineering Dept.

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

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December 26, 2018 - January 1, 2019

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

Merry Christmas!

City Council has authorized Free Parking at all City Owned Downtown Parking Lots from December 17, 2018 to December 28, 2018.

On-street two (2) hour parking and 15 minute parking meters in the downtown core of the City will continue to be enforced as usual. This ensures parking is available to shoppers near store locations during this busy period.

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.

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.

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China is the land of popular movies

This year, I was a bit curious what the most popular movies were. I knew what the most popular movie was, that being Avengers: Infinity War – which I personally have yet to see, since I haven’t taken the threeweek correspondence course necessary to know what exactly is happening in the Marvel universe at this point – but beyond that I actually had not paid that much attention.

Looking at the worldwide gross, the top ten was not too surprising.

Beyond Avengers you had Black Panther, the second Jurassic World and the second Incredibles in the billion dollar club, no big surprise there. Venom being the fifth most popular

movie was a surprise, because I’ve never met someone who actually liked Venom, but it’s a big budget Hollywood movie.

Big budget Hollywood movie is pretty much what you expect for a major box office hit.

The big surprises come just outside the top ten. Specifically, at number 12, where a film called Operation Red Sea sits, which made a total of $579 million.

Right underneath it is Detective Chinatown 2, which made $544 million.

As you might expect, these two movies did not make much of an impact in North America, given that I imagine this is the first time many people have heard of those films.

A full 99 per cent of their

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Thinking I do with words... box office came from overseas.

This lead me to spend some time poking around looking at how different the numbers are when you compare domestic and worldwide box office.

I discovered that while only including overseas box office numbers doesn’t shake up the list that much, going with a strictly domestic box

office changes it dramatically. Which tells you one thing, North America isn’t in control of what makes the most money anymore.

The two movies that were almost big enough to break the top ten will tell you who is. Both of those movies are from China, a nation that is also very fond of Hollywood action movies.

In fact, comparing the domestic and overseas gross of different film tells you some unexpected things. Apparently only people in North America care about the Grinch, while Venom appears to get significantly better if you add subtitles. Black Panther was the only movie in the top ten to make the majority of its money from the domestic box office – in fact, Black Panther was the most popular movie in North America last year, not the Avengers.

Not that it matters, because the foreign box office take for The Avengers was larger than the combined box office take for Black Panther, and both were made by Marvel anyway.

I wonder what’s going to happen to the entertainment industry when China realizes they’re in control. Audiences are happy to go to the latest Marvel movie right now, but if your market can make or break a movie on its own, isn’t there incentive to just make your own movies? Films with local actors in the same language you speak every day.

It’s not going to change any time soon, especially since China is clearly wondering how Iron Man is going to get himself out of the pickle he found himself in, but at some point they have to notice they’re in control, and at that point we’re going to see a big change in the fortunes of Hollywood studios.

Anne Portnuff renovations celebrated

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The Anne Portnuff Theatre is located within the Yorkton Regional High School, but it’s a theatre meant to serve the entire community.

The result was a community coming together to renovate it, to fix the seats that had not been replaced for 50 years, raising enough money to not only replace the seats, but do additional work in the theatre.

The Yorkton Regional High School officially opened the theatre with a short ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 17.

One of the first things you notice on stage is the

dramatically improved lighting, which has been upgraded to LEDs, for a combination of efficiency and improved looks. That upgrade, not part of the original plan, came thanks to an anonymous donation of $100,000. That money went to lighting and sound.

Principal Mike Haczkewicz said it was impressive to see how they went from nothing to over $500,000 and a renovated theatre in just two years.

“We’re right back to a state of the art facility, probably the best theatre in any high school in the province.”

It was a community effort, Haczkewicz, lead

by Tonia Vermette with the Yorkton Arts Council, who got the different community groups who use the theatre together to work on getting the project off the ground.

“We talked about what we needed, what we wanted, what our dreams and aspirations were.

She kept everybody on task and in line to get what we wanted.”

One thing that hasn’t changed with the new seats is the colour, as is tradition at YRHS they

were covered in orange fabric. While back when the project was announced Haczkewicz didn’t know if they could get the school’s distinct shade.

“It was tough, but it was good.”

Dennis Nesseth, Kelsey Kuz and Johnna McBride cut the ribbon in the renovated Anne Portnuff Theatre on Dec. 17.

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Continued from Page 3 Children’s Hospital and the new Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford. While not in Yorkton specifically, they would be facilities that people from the area may need to use in the future, so Ottenbreit said they will benefit local residents. While, as Minister for Rural and Remote Health, he’s well aware of the struggles faced in the province, he said they’re making progress, and that is being recognized beyond the province’s borders.

“All provinces are struggling with different issues when it comes to mental health, addictions and sometimes services. We will continue to work to find successes in those areas.”

That said, there’s always the question of whether or not there is a new hospital coming down the pipe for Yorkton. Ottenbreit wants this to happen, and while all options are considered for healthcare facilities whether that’s renovation or a new building - he can’t see renovation working for the hospital as it is, given that the architecture of the ‘60s isn’t compatible with the needs of medicine in 2018.

“We are in a financial challenge, but these facilities still need to be replaced.”

While he said there have been other infrastructure builds in Yorkton over the past 11 years with Ottenbreit as the area’s MLA, the hospital has been a need for the city for a while, and he is going to keep working on that project going forward.

WAGANTALL Continued from Page 3 the people they need, and she hopes that improvements can be made to the program. With no border, illegal immigration isn’t an issue here, but legal immigration is not moving like it needs to in order to meet needs.

In 2019, Wagantall will now prepare for the next election, happening in October. That preparation means she will spend her time away from the House of Commons travelling around the riding, trying to reach as many of the communities she represents as she is able.

One thing she is not concerned about is Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party. She believes that the platform is “interesting,” noting that a focus on small government is really just a Conservative idea repackaged, but she questions the priority placed on immigration as an issue.

“Less immigration, to me, isn’t the key. The concern to me is fair and responsible immigration. Whatever Canada can do Canada has always wanted to do.

That’s the difference to me, we need immigration policies that work, and don’t undercut those who are trying to get into Canada the proper way.”

She also questions the motivations behind the party’s creation.

“This is an individual who made this decision because he wasn’t happy with the outcome of the leadership race. It was very tight, but Andrew Scheer is our leader, and he’s doing a great job reaching across Canada. This isn’t the time to give Justin Trudeau a hand up, I’m sure the Liberal Party is very happy with it.”

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Strange fall may mean unusual spring When farmers look back on 2018 there is little doubt one memory will linger longest, at least among Prairie producers and that will be the seemingly neverending fall.

Harvest actually started early, and thankfully so. The acres taken off in August saved harvest for a number of farmers because when the weather turned it stayed miserable for weeks. It’s not too difficult to find farmers with stories of not turning a wheel on their combines for a month, and the few who did were taking off grain that needed to be

dried immediately.

It could have been a disaster, although the weather did steady in October and most producers were able to get all, or at least a majority of their crop in the bin.

While getting the crop off the field is always the key to harvest, a year like this one does mean added costs for producers, and lost revenues.

Much of the crop needed drying, and there is a cost to that process which farmers had to bear.

And crops, in particular cereal crops, degrade when left in the

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Calvin Daniels field in wet conditions.

The colour of the seed changes and that can be an issue if the grain is used in making cereals and baked goods.

No one wants to eat offcolour cereal flakes. So buyers pay less when grain grades are lower.

The combination of lower price based grades, and higher production costs to dry grain, no doubt cut into the profitability of farm operations this year.

It could have been far worse had the weather not improved late, but

it was still a trying harvest for producers who had to have faced more stress than normal due to weather conditions.

And the hangover of the extended harvest will be felt into the spring of 2019.

With crops coming off late, and farmers having to focus on harvest operations almost until the first snow arrived, fall work such as fertilizer application will not have been completed on many farms.

It is the same scenario in terms of fall preparation of stubble, and in some cases there will

be crop still to deal with in the spring.

The unfinished operations means more work will have to be carried out in the spring in order to plant the normal amount of acres. There will be definite time pressures on seeding operations, and weather will need to cooperate for everything to get done in a timely fashion.

As the just past harvest illustrated weather is not always co-operative to the needs of farmers, but time will tell after our winter passes.

Calvin Daniels is Editor with Yorkton This Week.

Pregnancy testing and managing cows

By Luke Jorgensen, AAg., Extension Agrologist Intern, Outlook As winter approaches and calves are weaned, many cow/calf producers are getting their cattle pregnancy tested.

Pregnancy testing helps keep you informed about the status of your herd and helps maximize returns.

Pregnancy testing is usually performed by a veterinarian for approximately $5 per head.

Veterinarians can use an ultrasound machine or rectal palpation to accurately determine if a cows is pregnant, and how far into gestation they are.

This is a very quick procedure, and having a veterinarian come to your farm can help improve your working relationship, which is becoming even more important with the changes to antibiotic access that come into effect on December 1.

Being aware of how many open cattle you have can help with early detection of major issues on your farm. The aver-

age open rate is 7 per cent for cows and 10 per cent for heifers – a big change from your usual open rates could indicate an underlying problem with your bulls, nutrition program, or herd health, and will have big costs in lost production. Knowing about these issues early allows you time to address them, and prepare for the coming year.

What should you do with open cows? It depends on your farm.

In years like this, where good feed is in short supply, many producers opt to sell immediately to reduce winter feeding costs. Alternatively, you could feed your open cows separately to put some weight on, and market them later to avoid the historically lower prices we are experiencing.

There are many factors to consider when making this decision, but one of the most significant is winter feeding cost: the single biggest expense for cow/calf producers. The more it will cost you to feed your open cows, the more benefit you will see in culling

Pregnancy testing helps keep you informed about the status of your herd and helps maximize returns. early. Selling sooner also reduces potential veterinary costs and labour.

If you do have enough feed available, another important factor is daily gain. Putting more pounds on your cull cows before marketing them means better returns in the spring. This is best achieved by separately feeding your open cows a

high-energy ration. Other things to consider when deciding how to manage your open cows include taxable income, your ability to manage separate feeding groups, as well as current and projected markets.

With so much to consider, it can be challenging to make the best decisions for your oper-

ation. Luckily, there are plenty of tools that can help: The Beef Cattle Research Council has a web tool that compares the gain or loss per head when preg-checking and culling in the fall compared to culling in the spring. There is a basic and advanced variation of this tool – the more

detailed records and information you have, the more accurate the results will be.

Manitoba Agriculture also has a fillable excel spreadsheet to help you determine the cost of overwintering your cattle.

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s CowBytes program helps determine the cost of your winter ration – and to formulate more precise diets while you’re at it!

The cost of pregnancy testing your cattle is negligible when compared to the potential value in managing your opens appropriately. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Cull cows generally comprise 15 to 30 per cent of cow/calf producer income, and pregnancy testing is a key tool in managing this significant revenue.

For more information on this or other livestock related topics, please contact your local Regional Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist, call the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377.

Inquire before you dig - Aquatic Habitat Protection Permit

By Ken Evans, Agriculture Program Specialist The Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program (FRWIP) has seen a significant and successful uptake in recent months. If you’re considering applying, it is helpful to review a key regulatory requirement of the FRWIP rebate checklist, the Aquatic Habitat Protection Permit (AHPP).

A Water Security Agency AHPP permit, is required prior to commencement, for any work that occurs in the bed, bank or boundary of a water body or watercourse.

The AHPP protects aquatic habitat from impacts that may arise from development projects or activities, large or small, that are conducted in or near water. The primary goal of the AHPP is to ensure aqua-

tic habitat is preserved and maintained at the productive level which existed prior to the development activities.

Any work that occurs in the bed (that portion of water body covered by water), bank (the rising ground bordering a water body that serves to confine the water to the channel or bed) or boundary (the end of the riparian zone) of a water body or watercourse,

or any discharge with adverse effects on water requires that an AHPP is obtained prior to beginning work.

Water Security Agency has more detailed information about AHPP. Contact an Aquatic Habitat Protection Specialist at Water Security Agency with questions about your water development project.

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The year in photos As we look back on 2018, we dove into our archives to take a look at the photos that defined the year, whether it was celebration or tragedy, a good

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Steve Procyshen Parkland Printers

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Sherry Grunert Marlin Travel

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Dale Blazeiko Owner/Operator Blaze Locksmithing & Security

Marty Sharp Sharp Automotive

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Dennis Perron Sharp Automotive

Alec Danyluk Sharp Automotive

All Bookkeeping Louise Woroschuk Owner/Operator

Heather Sahulka Retail Service Officer Canadian Western Bank

Jodi Dull Manager Retail Banking Canadian Western Bank

Faye Achtymichuk Manager Sales & Service Canadian Western Bank

Crystal Lario Retail Services Officer Canadian Western Bank

Rhonda Hunt Account Manager Retail Canadian Western Bank

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Kaylee Grant Sales & Service Representative Canadian Western Bank

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Bill Harrison Realtor® Remax Blue Chip Realty

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Greg Ottenbreit Minister of Rural & Remote Health, Ukraine Relations & MLA for Yorkton

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

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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.

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New Horizons Friday Night Dance, 78 First Ave. North, Yorkton. Great night of dancing. All ages are welcome. Time: 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Music by: Dec. 28, The Zayshleys. Admission: $10.00. 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 306-782-1846; Hall - 306783-4835; Hall Rental: Peter 306-783-6109 or Nick 306-783-8739.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

What exactly is Boxing Day Happy Boxing Day! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and can now catch your breath for a while and sit back to enjoy the peace of the season.

Did you wonder what Boxing Day really is?

My homework revealed that there may be several answers. In Victorian England, wealthy people gave their staff December 26 as a day off, and packed up boxes of food for them to take with them as they visited family and friends.

I also read that in the Middle Ages it was tradition to open up the poor boxes in churches on December 26, the feast of St. Stephen, and distribute the funds collected there to the poor. But nowhere in my browsing did I find any plant connected with Boxing Day! So on to the next big event: New Year’s! The New Year is almost upon us! If we were in beautiful Scotland over the New Year period, we could sing Auld Lang Syne in the country it was written by Robbie Burns, then take part in Hogmanay celebrations, where families welcome friends and neighbors into their homes, and welcome the New Year as well! Have you heard of the Scottish tradition of “first footing”? It is a lovely tradition where the first person to cross the threshold after midnight on New Year’s Eve brings good luck to the house. This is helped by the special guest arriving bearing gifts of coal, salt, whiskey, shortbread, and evergreens or white heather, a symbol of good luck in Scotland.

You may not be the “first foot” for anyone this year, but if you go calling around New Year’s, you may want to take a gardening gift with you. Many plants have special meaning in the botanical language, and there are many plants for good luck!

Time for some homework! If you take someone a rubber plant, you are bringing them not only a tree that is good

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Gardener’s Notebook to clean the air, but also a plant that symbolizes wealth and abundance.

Guess what: the shape of the leaves is significant!

Rounded leaves are thought to bring peace and serenity.

The philodendron plant is a plant that does well even in poor light, and the shape of the leaves, heart-shaped, bring the element of fire and emotion to a room that might otherwise be cold and unwelcoming.

A pretty English Ivy has hidden power in the language of plants. The trailing growing habit softens any negative emotions that might be swirling around you. This plant is also excellent at clearing the air.

Beautiful orchids are the epitome of elegance in plants, and they represent strong friendship, love and are restful for

our souls. Also, though delicate in appearance, a stem of blooms can last a long time, so they truly have “flower power”.

Wouldn’t you know it, the money plant, pachira, brings good luck. If you see them with fancy braided stems, look for odd numbers of stems, these are considered lucky.

And if you bring more than one plant, groups of three plants bring harmony. So that’s a good guide to plant gift-giving for the New Year!

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society wish you all a very happy new year!

Take time to savor family, enjoy friends, do a small act of kindness each day, and of course, make gardening part of your plan for the New Year! Visit us at www.yorktonhort and have a great week!

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The International Women of Yorkton and area is a social group for all women. They meet one evening a month, at 222 Smith St. E., Yorkton. For more information contact Cathy at 783-2777.

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My favourite childhood Christmas gift showed up beside our scrawny tree on Christmas morning, unwrapped. To Beverly and Kathy. Love, Mommy and Daddy.

My father spent part of his adult life as a construction worker. He built churches – a prelude to the later decades when he and Mom propped up churches, not with timbers and steel, but with prayers and presence and pastoral support.

Dad loved working in his basement workshop in our 2910 Murray Street home. Something always needed building, fixing

or renovating. He had no fancy tools, no digital displays, laser lights or rechargeable batteries.

The tools of his day were straightforward, honest and hardworking; crafted in a time when simplicity brought no shame, when certain brand names still had reputations for quality and certain men did too. Good men, straight and honest. True to God and family. Like the wood he worked with, not too proud to be taken down a notch or two when needed, but with an edge of steel that kept one upright.

I recall most Dad’s hammer, drill and table

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saw. He also had a massive vice attached to his solid downstairs workbench, and numerous clamps for gluing things that often ended up also secured in the vice.

Clamps poked out at odd angles, like an upturned giraffe.

Mom spent some of her single years working for a tailor, honing the skills that would later serve her well in the making, remaking and repurposing of clothing for her children. Our clothes were always serviceable and attractive, often reflecting the loving individual touches only a mother knows will warm a particular child’s heart. She made me a green velvet coat trimmed with white fur once. To this day, give me anything soft, and I’m all over it.

I know now they worked late at night, sacrificing sleep to keep their project a secret.

That Christmas, Dad’s

carpentry and Mom’s needlework fashioned a gift we adored; a small wooden piece of furniture, part kitchen and part bedroom – a cupboard on top, stocked with child-sized dishes, and a dresser on the bottom, every drawer filled with handmade doll clothes. I recognized the fabrics and laces as remnants of our larger garments; the fancy stitches as those made by her old green Elna. The dresses had smocks and gathers, Peter Pan collars and puffed sleeves, petticoats and pretty buttons.

Beverly and I played with that cupboard for years. When we grew too big for it, Dad sliced it in

half, and both of us had a new piece of bedroom furniture. We each still have and treasure some of the doll dresses.

That Christmas gift, suffused with love and sacrifice, has influenced every one of my Christmas celebrations since. Until I’ve made something for someone I love, sacrificed something, however small, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas.

That’s not surprising.

For those who follow Jesus, love and sacrifice form the core of our celebration - the love of God, the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ.

To the world. Love, God. Only believe.

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The Second Birth “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away’ see, everything has become new!”

— 2 Corinthians 5:17 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.”

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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.

Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church 89 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y2 306-782-2998 Father Michael Faryna 306-601-9043

Sunday, December 30th Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

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

SECOND AVENUE AND SMITH STREET Office: 783-4157 OFFICE 306-783-4157 MINISTER REV. JEN DRESSER Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca Facebook: St. Andrew’s United Church

Second Avenue and Smith Street

Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca

Minister: Rev. Cordelia Karpenko

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

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Everyone Welcome

Sunday, December 30th No Worship Service

Listen to CJGX Radio every Sunday at 8:45 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, December 30th 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

“A Place of New Beginnings”

St. Mark The Evangelist Orthodox Church

160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sask.

“Services in English” www.stmarkyorkton.ca Sun., Dec. 30th Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Christ is born! Let us glorify him!

Priest: Rodion Luciuk Phone: 306-786-6216 Cell: 306-621-5341

May our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ bless you in the upcoming year.

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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!’

• No worship service on Sunday, December 30th • Join us Sunday, January 6th 10:30 a.m. for worship & an Agape meal in the lower level.

(Potluck breakfast finger food)

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

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Happy Christmas The Yorkton SaskTel Pioneers hosted their annual Special Needs Christmas party at the Gallagher center on Dec. 11. Twenty special needs children ages five-to-12 from the Yorkton Public and Catholic school divisions were invited to attend. They were entertained by special guests the Yorkton Terriers and

of course a visit from Santa. The morning ended with the children playing with the gifts from Santa and enjoying a meal especially for them. The party is always a success and all the hearts of the SaskTel Pioneers are warmed from the smiles on the children’s faces.

Terriers head to break atop Viterra

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer It was a game of the top teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Viterra Division as Yorkton played in Estevan Dec. 18.

Johnny Witzke gave the hometown Bruins a 1-0 lead at 2:30 of the first period.

Jared Legien tied the contest at 6:27.

Then on a penalty shot Devan Harrison sent the Bruins to the dressing room after 20-minutes with a 2-1 lead.

Bryce Platt would

extend the lead to 3-1, 6:56 into the middle frame, but a powerplay

by Legien drew the Terriers to within one through 40-minutes of play.

There was only one goal scored in the third, that at 15:51 by Aiden Bulych to tie the contest 3-3.

The game went to overtime but the fiveminute extra frame did not see a goal scored.

Ryan Ouellette in the Terrier net would stop all three in the shoot-out, while Legien found the twine behind Grant Boldt for a 4-3 Yorkton win.

Ouellette faced 30-shots in earning the win, while Boldt took 28 shots in the loss.

By the numbers

The Yorkton Terriers headed to the league Christmas break with a 20-12-1 record and 41 points, and top spot in the Viterra Division. The Terriers are six points up on Estevan with 35, while Melville sits third with 26 points and Weyburn fourth with 23.

The Terriers were 7-3-0 in their last 10 games before the break.

The Terriers winning percentage of .621 is sev-

enth best in the entire league.

To-date the Terriers have scored 138 goals, best in the Viterra by six goals over Melville.

The Terriers were second to Melfort in terms of goals on the season to-date.

Individually, Jared Legien leads the Terriers with 52 points, behind Justin Ball and Carson Albrecht of Melfort with 62 and 55 points respectively as of Dec. 21.

Chantz Petruic and Branden Klatt with 42 and 41 points respectively are in the top-10 for

points.

Legien’s 28 goals is also third best behind Ball, and Flin Flon’s Brandson Hein.

Rookie Aiden Bulych’s 27 assists has him tied for fourth in that category.

His 36 points overall is top among rookies.

Brendan Mark is the Terrier’s top scoring defenceman with 24 points, tied for fifth among blue liners.

Defensively the Terriers have allowed 133 goals, highest in the Viterra.

Nipawin has allowed the fewest goals at 92 as for Dec. 21, with five

teams allowing fewer than 100.

Ryan Ouellette has a 3.53 goals against average, 15th in the league.

His save percentage of .901 is 14th in the league.

Ben Laidlaw is 18th with a GAA of 4.58, and his save percentage of .868 is also 18th.

Post-Christmas

The Terriers return to action after the seasonal break playing Sunday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena against Melville.

New Year’s Day the teams will meet again at 2 p.m. in Melville.

Big bucks The Willowbrook Wildlife Federation recently held its horn measuring day.

Clockwise from left Danny Mikkonen of Cuss Creek Taxidermy measures horns for the Willowbrook Wildlife Federation, while Jordan Nagy of Willowbrook records the data, Ken Gold of Yorkton, watches as a set of horns are recorded, Rily Eiffert, red shirt, of Rhein measures horns, Gold with a record book set of mule deer antlers. The animal was shot near Gull Lake, SK. and the antlers scored 183 4/8ths.

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Hockey night Yorkton Minor Hockey was busy playing games all week, with games in different categories bringing hockey excitement to the Farrell Agencies Arena and the Kinsmen Arena.

Pictured, the Yorkton Correct Choice Bantam Terriers take on the Melville Bantam Lightning at the Farrell Agencies Arena. The night was Melville’s, as the visiting team won 12-0.

Things to look forward to in sports in 2019 As we prepare to close the book on one year it always seem the appropriate time to gaze ahead to the new year which is about to begin.

In terms of sports there are always two types of storylines to watch for; those things we know will happen, and those things we can only hope will.

So what are some things I personally looking forward too?

Well two things revolve around the sport of 15s rugby, which is ultimately my favourite sport of all.

The first big event will be the start of the Major League Rugby season in January where the Toronto Arrows will be taking to the field in their inaugural season in the league, which is itself in its second year.

The Arrows season will begin Jan. 26, on the road in New Orleans tak-

ing on the Gold, which happens to be the team Hubert Buydens from Saskatoon plays for.

While details of where MLR games will be available in Canada have yet to be released, the date is marked on my sports calendar as a much watch event.

And then next fall there is the World Cup of Rugby to be played in Japan.

Canada had to make a last ditch effort to qualify, but qualify they did, and so they return to the event as they have every year of its existence. They frankly will be in tough to win a game in a pool that includes defending champion New Zealand, perennial powerhouse South Africa, Italy and Namibia. Canada’s first game is Sept. 26, and again it’s must see for me.

Looking ahead to late 2019, Halifax will

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Sports launch in the National Lacrosse League. I am a huge fan of box lacrosse, more so since the Rush moved to Saskatchewan, so seeing the NLL grow, in particular with a new Canadian franchise is great. Halifax will be the fifth team in Canada, and could also be something of a ground breaker in setting the stage for further expansion in the years ahead, Edmonton and Montreal seeming the most likely cities.

In other indoor lacrosse news, Canada will be hosting the FIL

World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2019.

The event which will run from Sept. 19 to 28 will be held in Langley, B.C. Canada is the team to beat in indoor lacrosse, but the Iroquois Nation and United States will have exciting teams too, most players coming out of the NLL for both squads.

There is sure to be an online source for games, making September a huge sports month for me.

And then there is the launch of the Canadian

Back to the boards

On to provincials Team Zuravloff has qualified in the Junior Provincial Men’s Curling.

The team will now compete in the Provincial Juniors Men’s Playdowns in Saskatoon Dec 27-31.

The team is one of the top 12 teams

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After a lengthy hiatus caused by the closure of the Royal Canadian Legion lounge, the former home of the Yorkton Steel-Tip Darts Club, the group is back in action.

The group has a new home at Tapps Sports Bar & Brewhouse in Yorkton. The club gave the new location a trial run recently, with Allen Holstein, club president tossing a dart here. The trial night included Mike May and Calvin Daniels shooting 180s. The club will begin regular action Monday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. and every Monday until summer. All skill levels of players are welcome, and darts are available for beginners to try the sport.

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Wild of Southern Illinois.

This is a team that is not likely on many sport’s fans radars at present, but when I found a report on the team online several weeks ago my interest was immediately piqued.

The Wild are a fast pitch (fastball) team which will join the National Pro Fastpitch, the professional softball league based in the United States, with play set to begin in the new year.

The Wild, which will feature members of the Canadian national team, becomes the sixth team set to compete in the 2019 NPF season, joining the Aussie Spirit, Beijing Shougang Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Cleveland Comets and USSSA Florida Pride.

Now I will admit I don’t watch many women’s’ sports, but I do enjoy fastball, and this league should provide some

outstanding action as Softball Canada uses the team to develop for the next Summer Olympics.

Canada finished third at the 2018 world championships last August and is ranked third in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

And speaking of new, the Saskatchewan Rattlers will begin play in the new Canadian Elite Basketball League.

The first game is scheduled for May for the Saskatoon-based franchise, and should be interesting as the league will play international FIBA rules (40-minute games), with 70 per cent of players being Canadian. I just hope games will be available online.

Well look at that, I haven’t gotten to my wish list this week, so pop back for the Jan. 2, edition as I crystal ball a few of my sporting ‘hopes’ for 2019.

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Mrs. Claus returns to celebrate Christmas

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer In 2017, Angie Yaholnitsky thought she was ready to retire. One of the founding members of the Yorkton Santa Claus Day Parade, she had become a fixture in the annual event by playing the role of Mrs. Claus.

But, at 87, she decided that after a medical diagnosis of old age, it was time to retire.

So you may have been surprised to see her riding on the Pattison Ag. float in the 2018 parade.

But you can’t keep Mrs. Claus away from the parade, and Yaholnitsky is proud of the parade she helped start. She admits that all it took was Cassidy Wagner from Pattison Ag., to ask if she wanted to do it, and she was back in the costume she made, performing as Mrs. Claus yet again.

For the Yaholnitskys, it all began with a hay ride, taken on Christmas when they had a house full of people. They got the family together and

got on the hay rack.

Husband Frank was the instigator, because it was a beautiful day that year, and they wound up going to a neighbour’s farm and

singing Christmas carols.

They decided to ride into town the next day to look at the lights in the city.

“We borrowed a generator, we stripped the lights off the house. What are the police going to say? We phoned the police, and they said if you have enough lights, you can go. That was the beginning of what they called the ‘hot chocolate hayrides.’”

The rides caught on quickly, with people

phoning to get their own ride on the wagon, with different organizations calling to get a ride of their own. They dressed up to make it more fun, and she said kids still talk to her about it.

“You’ve got to make it exciting for the little guys.”

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MRS. CLAUS Continued from Page B3 rule that anyone who stood up was immediately kicked off. They did not want to risk someone falling off the wagon. Even with 400 people on two racks, they had a perfect safety record. They included some seniors on the ride to help keep the law and keep everyone safe.

They are also proud of the money they raised over the years. The Yaholnitsky family has been a long-time supporter of Ride for Sight, a charity where bikers raise money to fight blindness. Money from the hay rides all went to

the charity, and they are still raising money for it – the $200 prize money for the Pattison Ag. float winning Best Business Float went to the charity as well, as a tribute to her.

Two of her sisters have lost their sight, so she has witnessed first hand how losing someone’s sight can change their life.

“I always said I hope and pray I get left with my eyesight and my mind.”

As it turned into a Santa Claus Day parade, Yaholnitsky is quick to mention that it took the entire city to get the parade off the ground.

Angie Yaholnitsky rides on the Pattison Ag. float in the 2018 Santa Claus Day Parade. Submitted Photo.

She mentions the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce as being the first group they got in contact with to start planning to make it an event, with help and donations from the Credit Union, Earl Fraser, Darren Dunn - who owned Canadian Tire at the time, McDonalds and Beaver Lumber. That’s just the people she can remember off-hand, and Yaholnitsky said that it was really everybody in the city that made the parade happen.

“So many people were connected with it that it’s hard to mention everybody.”

Proud of what she helped create, she admits that organizing a parade is a difficult task.

“It was a lot of work, I couldn’t do it again.”

The Christmas spirit might be genetic, because Yaholnitsky appears in a parade in the Auburn Bay neighborhood in Calgary organized by her daughter, though she admits that not everyone in her family goes all in to the same degree.

She’s not even considering retirement anymore. She is already making plans to appear in the parade in 2019, and says that if she feels half as good as she does today, she’s going to be there, and plans to bring grandchildren and greatgrandchildren with her

Angie Yaholnitsky greets the crowd as Mrs. Claus. While she planned to retire from the role last year, she was back.

Submitted Photo. to celebrate Christmas with the city.

“I said make me a promise, Gido and I started this up, you keep it going. They said they would.”

Whether she is there or not, Yaholnitsky said that a city like Yorkton should always have a Santa Claus Day parade.

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Don’t hesitate to try out several different models in store to find the one you like best.

3. THINK FUNCTIONALITY Make sure that the tablet you settle on is up-to-date with the latest technologies and has all the capabilities that

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A key component of retirement When the time comes to bid farewell to conference calls, meetings and daily commutes, retirees have open schedules to fill with whichever activities they choose. Travel is one exciting way to pass the time.

Traveling can be a rewarding prospect for active seniors, particularly those who successfully preplanned for retirement and have the income to fund various excursions. Many seniors, both in the United States and Canada, find that travel tops their to-do lists once they retire. According to Senior Travel magazine, new travel options are emerging for newly minted retirees looking for

something a little different from the status quo.

The list of destinations retirees have at their disposal is limitless. The following ideas are some of the more popular ways retirees choose to travel.

• Road trips rule.

Taking to the highways and byways is an excellent way to see the country. Seniors can customize their routes depending on which places they want to visit. RV travel can be as comfortable or as rustic as travelers prefer. Many seniors spend months traveling in their campers, which offer many of the same amenities of home. Campsites and special RV hookup sites offer the other necessities of traveling

the open road.

• Genealogical tourism is popular. People hoping to trace their ancestry and visit their ancestral homelands are one of the fastest-growing travel segments. Visiting an old church in Europe where ancestors were married or buying food from a market in which a

great aunt or uncle once worked leads retirees on many international adventures. Such trips provide travelers with a unique opportunity to understand their roots up close and personal while enjoying some international travel along the way.

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exciting destinations.

History buffs or adventure-seeking couples may be particularly attracted to exotic travel destinations that are slightly off of the beaten path. Travel tours may take vacationers to destinations such as excavation sites or backpacking through the rainforest. With passport in hand, seniors can go just about anywhere their desires take them.

• Enjoy a relaxing seaside trip. A seaside vacation can be the perfect trip for seniors who want to put their feet up and sip some cocktails while watching the waves lap the shores. Many beach resorts offer all-inclusive packages for different age groups. Meals, excur-

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• Go cruising.

Speaking of all-inclusive vacationing, cruising seems tailor-made for those ages 50 and older because it offers the convenience of accommodations, food, entertainment, and transportation all in one. The various activities offered on the ship mean travelers can find ways to spend their time how they see fit. Cruising couples can opt to spend all of their time on the ship enjoying carefully prepared meals and entertainment or disembark and explore the various ports of call along the way.

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Memories fade, and even more so as we get older. Fortunately, it’s possible to keep your brain sharp well into your gold years – and to have fun while you’re at it! Here are four suggestions for stimulating games that can help preserve your memory.

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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.

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PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK PAYMENT. Great References Available a total of 602 QUARTER SECTIONS SOLD across saskatchewan RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-716-2671 saskfarms@shaw.ca

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Apartments/Condos for Rent a26_R0011650559.indd prod3dm cl ytw dec 26/18 First Choice Property Management lisa Available immediately: Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom suites  Secured building, close proximity to bus stops, parks,college etc.  includes: fridge, stove, parking, heat coin operated laundry  no pets Rent now and receive $100.00 discount for the first 3 months’ rent

For viewing, call (306) 620-5671

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Apartment Suites Available. 306a26_R0011650556.indd 516-0435. prod dm cl ytw dec 26/18 lisa 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.

11-13, 2019 at the German Cultural Centre, Saskatoon, SK. Friday 5pm9pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Special features include farm toys and scenes, construction equipment, vintage toys, die-cast models, collectibles, replacement parts and more!

Joe, Kimberly and Nathaniel Coffey, together with Gregory, Marvin and Heather would like to express a sincere thank you to everyone who attended our Open House of Comfort and Hope for both lunch and supper.

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Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Land for Sale

Land for Sale

LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER LOCATED IN THE R.M. OF CHURCHBRIDGE NO. 211 OWNED by DONALD HOLOD AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LUDWIG HOLOD SW 02-23-30-1

TERMS: DEPOSIT: All tenders are to be forwarded to and are to be accompanied by a 10% deposit by certified cheque or money order payable to RUSNAK BALACKO KACHUR RUSNAK and forwarded to: Rusnak Balacko Kachur Rusnak Barristers and Solicitors P.O. Box 1148 7 Broadway Street E. YORKTON, Sk. S3N 2X3 Unsuccessful tender deposits will be returned uncashed.

BALANCE DUE: Within 30 days of being notified of successful tender. Failure to comply when notified will result in forfeiture of deposit as liquidated damages.

CLOSING OF TENDERS: Prior to 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, the 16th day of January, 2019.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

LAND FOR SALE The Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan as property guardian for Hilary Demucha, will accept bids on the following: R.M. of Clayton #333 SE 15-36-03 W2 - 115 cultivatable acres SW 15-36-03 W2 - 122 cultivatable acres Property will be sold in “As Is” condition (tractor NOT included). No minerals included in sale.

Sealed bids, clearly marked "Tender: Hilary Demucha", should be postmarked by 5:00 p.m. on January 16, 2019 accompanied by a deposit of 10% of the bid in the form of a money order or certified cheque to the address below.

(Deposits will be refunded except for that of the successful bidder.)

The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.

For further information phone:

Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan 100 - 1871 Smith Street REGINA SK S4P 4W4 Fax (306) 787-5065

Houses For Rent

For Sale - Misc

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

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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.

Wanted

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Phone Bryan 306decOld 26/18 lisa 278-7756 or Phil 306-278-2299.

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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.

Snowmobiles 2014 YAMAHA, 1035cc, 3 cyl., Viper XTX, approx. 500 miles, mint condition. $10,750 OBO. 306-7836240.

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

Feed & Seed Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

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BARLEY, OATS, WHT LIGHT OR TOUGH SPRING THRESHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

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Feed Oats. OFFERING: Top Prices, On Farm Pickup & Prompt Payment! CALL: 1-306-873-3551, WEBSITE: neprairiegrain.com.

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.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! Indemand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855768-3362 to start training for your work at-home career today!

SPECIALS on BOSCH Mixers, Kitchen gadgets, VITAMIX blenders, LEFSE supplies & more.

We’re located at 375 Broad St. or call Hometech toll free 1-888-6926724 www.hometechcanada.ca.

PLAN NUMBER 9-2220 CHARMING TWO BEDROOM COTTAGE This charming twobedroom cottage is especially designed for a narrow lot that slopes to the back.

The covered entry leads into a foyer, with a coat closet directly ahead. To the left is a doorway to the single garage. Ahead and to the right are a compact laundry area and a threepiece bathroom.

The great room at the back of the home features a gas fireplace and multiple windows, as well as access to a partly covered deck.

The dining area flows into the great room and is separated from the kitchen by a work island.

Natural light will come into the kitchen through the window over the double sink. The cook will appreciate the stepsaving L-shaped counter

configuration, as well as the pantry.

The master suite looks out to the side garden and includes a threepiece ensuite and a walkin closet. Cupboards for linen and cleaning apparatus are located just outside the doorway. The second bedroom also overlooks the side garden.

All ceilings measure nine feet high. A half basement is included in the plans.

Exterior finishes include wood siding, with wood shingles in the gable ends, brick accents and painted trim. Two ornamental pillars flank the front entry.

This home measures 25 feet wide and 73 feet deep, for a total of 1,177 square feet, not including the half basement.

Plans for design 9-2220 are available for $695 (set of 5), $755 (set of 8) and $803 for a super set of 10. B.C. residents add

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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.

Selling great tasting, farm raised market hogs and butcher pigs.

Slaughter can be arranged. Also weanling-feeder pigs. Call or text Dean, Stewart Valley 306-7746941.

PLAN OF THE WEEK

2002 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT, Quad cab, 5.7L, 4x4, new transmission, runs perfect. $4,500 OBO. Can be seen at 23 5th Street S.E. Preeceville. Call 306620-3508.

BEARSKIN RUG, blond cinnamon indd prepress2/KJ 1x64L colour, 4-1/2’ nose to tail. Rooster class displayvane wed/mp-tfc weather for building peaks.

Small solid brass bed. 306-6754424.

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

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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.

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PUREBRED BLUE Healer pups from good working parents. Ready to go, can deliver. 204-365-0066.

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The best of reviewed games in 2018 So for something a little different the core group of the Meeple Guild have compiled a list of their personal topfive games from among those reviewed in 2018.

The lists are surprisingly similar given about 50-games have been reviewed this year, but it also indicates like in most things, cream rises to the top, and so it is with games. Truly fine games tend to be fun to play for everyone, although personal preferences do mean a few differences in the lists.

Adam Daniels #5 - Pairs/Dark Mages

It’s really a tie. These are both fillers games.

Pairs is great because its simplistic and addictive. It comes with over a 100 variants so it should never get stale. Dark mages is what would happen if Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons had a baby.

There is nothing bad about that statement.

#4 - New York 1901

It’s Ticket to Ride but with skyscrapers, yet I like it more. The board is nice to look at , and the pieces are well made. It might be the most surprisingly enjoyable game considering it came with no expectations.

#3 - This War of Mine

There is no winning; only sadness with this one. You are not meant to win this game. The theme is depressing and dark.

And yet it’s a blast to play, though not for the weak of heart or sentimental.

#2 - Lockwood Asylum

A deck builder where the whole idea of the game all about aggravating the player next to you.

You can never go wrong with a game where you get to annoy the player next to you with lots of nasty cards.

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#1 - Helionox

It’s a deck builder, and I love deck builders.

Players have the ability to get overwhelmed which only adds to the fun. Great game!

Jeff Chasse # 5 - Dice Throne

Fun game, looks great.

#4 - Partido

Simple but fun, perfect filler game or a game to take a break from bigger games.

duce people to RPG’s (role playing games). It is a fun concept of magic and fighting.

the game. A great game to cut your teeth on when starting out in board gaming.

#4 - This War of Mine

#1 - Helionox

This is a co-operative game that are very hard to win. It pits the players against the game. You place civilians trapped in a war-torn country. It is your job to fortify your home and to find supplies to help you survive.

#3 - Pairs

You start the game with a plan but the player to your left changes everything about that.

Element is a fun game that keeps changing as you play.

Great little game for being a single deck of cards. It flows great and is very exciting to play.

Games last 2 to 5 minutes at best so is a good game to play with friends in a social setting.

#2 - Pairs

#2 - New York 1901

#3 - Element

Quick to learn, quicker to play. Pairs is a very fun card game for a social setting

#1 - Helionox

Is a solid deck builder that feels different from the standard deck builders out there.

Trevor Lyons #5 - Dark Mages

This is a very nice fantasy featured card game.

You play a mage and must defeat all of your competition to win. This is a good game to intro-

Busy Bees and Lions join in meal The Bredenbury Busy Bees and the Bredenbury Lions Club enjoyed a delicious joint Christmas Supper on Dec. 6, catered by Red Beards Bar and Grill. Following was a gift exchange and refreshments at the Busy Bees Hall.

The Bredenbury Knox United Church next service will be Sun., Jan. 13, 9:30 a.m.

Christmas Eve Service will be in Saltcoats at 6:00 p.m. and Langenburg at 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Knox United Church luncheons will be held March 20 and April 17, 11:30-1:00, $15.00/plate with beverage and dessert included. Everyone is welcome to come out and enjoy a delicious meal. Take-out is also available.

Home games scheduled for the Bredenbury Cougars: Fri., Dec. 28; Sat., Jan. 12; Fri., Jan. 25, and Sat., Feb. 2. All games are at 8:00 p.m.

The rink offers free public skating Wed., 4:30-6:30 and Sun., 1:003:00 with Shinny follow-

Also, its smooth game play and easy to learn rules make it a nicelytimes, at about an hour, four-player game.

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Bredenbury ing from 3:00-5:00. Rink kitchen is open during public skating for candy, chips, and drinks. Just ask the caretaker. The Bredenbury Rink will be closed Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Jan. 1.

Welcome home Irene Badowich, good to hear you are feeling better.

Speedy recovery to Don Taylor, home recovering from surgery. Get well wishes to all who are under the weather these days, hope you are all felling well in time to celebrate Christmas.

The Busy Bees’ Hall is available for Rentals with a full kitchen, a serving area for buffet and a large sitting area.

Cost is only $75.00. You are welcome to book an appointment to see if it is suitable for your event.

Please call Donna at 306898-2289, 306-745-8149, or 306-898-2067.

A quick game that pits you against others to build the biggest buildings in New York.

The game has different buildings that you use to accumulate points to win

Great sci-fi deck builder. Loved the art, overcoming the events was challenging, but fun.

The speed and fun of the game kept my attention from wandering.

Calvin Daniels

In my world it’s hard to imagine a board game that would interest more than a finger-flicking hockey game.

So we have Pichenotte Hockey from designer Victor Rodrigue and publisher Reverso Games.

This one is a lot of fun to play, to the point I’d sit down for a game anytime, but I do love finger flicking games.

In terms of the genre this one impressed. It’s not crokinole, nor its cousin carrom, but it does rocket to number three among finger flicking games I have played.

# 3 - This War of Mine

#5 - Xenofera

I have to say I struggled with this one, a half dozen games could deservedly be in this number five spot, tank chess, six making, Lockwood Asylum, Dikarya and New York 1901 among them.

But I have chosen Xenofera, which was one of those most pleasant surprises that sometimes happen when you break the seal on a board game.

The game has loads of charm.

In This War of Mine designers Michał Oracz and Jakub Wisniewski, both with Awaken Realms the original publisher put players into a war torn city. That is not unusual in the sense several games have players take on characters in elite military groups and head into similar settings. But with This War of Mine you are a very ordinary citizen, with very ordinary skills, trying to survive in a place

with little food, little water, little to stay warm, and little hope of survival.

The mood is one of struggle and hopelessness in a generally realistic setting, a combination which sets this game apart and makes it one well worth exploring.

# 2 - Helionox

It didn’t take long once we got into our first game to realize Helionox was a cut above the average in terms of game experience as a deck-builder.

Helionox is not just a hand of cards either.

There is a board game element with players hopping world-to-world overcoming problems on their way to earning points.

The elements of Helionox add up to an outstanding deck-builder-based game experience, one that rates this game in the top tier of the genre.

#1 - Tak

Every once in a while you find a game that absolutely has everything you want in a game.

Tak is one of those games for me.

Everything with this game is wonderful from the simple rules, the ingame strategy, the joy of success. A true gem.

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