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Tea time St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorkton held a Spring Tea & Quilt Sale Saturday. The event highlighted the works of the Happy Hearts Quilting Club which has been creating quilts for more than 50 years.

Proceeds of the day were to help offset delivery costs of quilts to overseas countries through Canadain Lutheran World Relief.

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NDP Leader speaks One arrested in Yorkton murder case to Yorkton Chamber

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Charges have been laid in connection with the death of a missing Yorkton man.

Colin Focht, 25, went missing on Aug. 31, 2018. On April 4, 2019, human remains believed to be Focht, were discovered in a rural area outside of Yorkton. A forensic autopsy still needs

to be conducted to confirm their identity. It is currently believed that the man was killed on Sept. 1, 2018.

Taiya Alice Hudy, aged 19, was charged with second degree murder in relation to the case. She made her first appearance in Yorkton Provincial Court on April 5, and her case was adjourned until April 12.

The investigation is ongoing.

Gardeners to grow food for the hungry

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Gardeners will grow a crop every year for themselves and their families.

But what about people who have difficulty putting food on the table?

The Growing Kindness campaign hopes to get people growing for others, to plant a row to donate to the city’s food bank.

Carrie Olson, founder of the Hunger is Scary Food Drive, said that she was inspired to create the drive as a way to keep talking about food outside of the months when the food drive operates.

Hunger is Scary does its

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main drive during Halloween, and the first year she made a donation, she remembered seeing some squash on the shelves, which she didn’t realize she could find at the food bank.

“Most people are like me and don’t realize food banks can accept produce. We all know that for a healthy diet we all need fresh fruits and vegetables... So, I thought, what can we do to bring awareness?”

The solution was to get people thinking about what they can do in their own gardens. Inspiration came in the garden.

“We’re gardeners, there are lots of good gar-

deners in our area. Come fall, there are usually people sharing with their neighbors, with their friends and their family.

What I’m asking for is people to extend that grace and share with the food bank, and even plant a row for the food bank.

Plant a row of some of the heartier, not easily perishable vegetables, like squash, potatoes, carrots, onions, things that keep.”

In rolling out the campaign, Olson has said that many people ask her why people can’t just grow their own garden. She said that for many families, a garden is a luxury

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By Devin Wilger Staff Writer At the most recent Yorkton Chamber of Commerce luncheon, NDP leader Ryan Meili had to concede that this most recent provincial budget wasn’t the worst he had ever seen. He appreciated the increased investment in mental health, for example. Instead, he knows when the worst budget happened, back in 2017, and he believes that there are still decisions made then that need to be reversed. Meili spoke alongside NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon about the budget and the direction they see the province heading.

For example, Meili talked about the damaging effect that having the PST applied to construction caused. He noted that the construction industry is one that builds the economy, and putting the PST on construction discourages new builds and is a mistake for this economy.

In Yorkton itself, the big sore point in 2017 concerned grants-inlieu. The city lost over $1 million thanks to the program being discarded.

Meili and Wotherspoon agreed that the deal was a contract, and needs to be re-established. When asked if they consider it

Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili to be part of revenue sharing, Wotherspoon said they are completely different deals with different goals, and would not be considered related.

“That has to go into either less programs or more taxes, and that’s a real challenge for smaller communities, especially in a time of economic slowdown... Those weren’t a gift, that wasn’t a grant from the government, that was a con-

tract, made in the 1950s, we had power utility right here in Yorkton, this was a trade-off. To completely rip up the contract one-sided was irresponsible really left Yorkton holding the bag.”

One of the main pushes for the NDP is education, and Meili believes that the flat funding for education in Saskatchewan is a

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Scare out of care The nursing students from Parkland College took care of the stuffed animals from kids at the Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative at the Teddy Bear Clinic.

The goal of the event is to get kids familiar with medical care and less afraid

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they don’t have the space or the money to afford.

“A lot of our families, especially in our city, are in rental properties...

They don’t have garden space. Some don’t have access to a vehicle to get to a community garden.

Planting a garden takes means to begin with, and when you’re living on a very limited income, that’s hard to do. Some are working, don’t have the time, they might be

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mistake that is going to cost the province dearly.

Noting that education funding has remained effectively flat, and advanced education has seen reduced funding, Meili he believes that the province needs to make education a priority.

“Every dollar you fail

of going to visit the doctor or a nurse, as well as get nurses-in-training more comfortable working with kids.

single parents. It’s really hard for everybody to do.”

Lieutenant Samuel Tim with the Salvation Army Food Bank said that produce is one area where they struggle to get the food to families.

People often do not realize they can donate it, and grocery stores are less inclined to give produce because they don’t want to risk it going bad.

As a result, the only source that they typically

have is local farmers who have excess. Tim wants to see it become a staple like canned goods and bread.

“What little that we have goes very fast, people grab it when they come in because they don’t see it very often.”

The goal of the food bank is to ensure everyone can eat healthy, and Tim said having produce from local gardeners will help them achieve that goal.

“Having this produce will help people eat healthy. I know from shopping at the grocery, sometimes what gives is the produce. You try to buy the essentials, but you let go of produce because you don’t have the money.”

Olson hopes that the Growing Kindness campaign can grow like the Hunger is Scary Food Drive. It has grown from a drive that filled one vehicle to one that filled

an SUV, a minivan and a truck. Most importantly, it filled shelves at the Food Bank.

to spend in education, you end up spending five dollars down the road, in healthcare, mental and physical health, social services and justice. If we really want to have a strong economy, that’s where we need to be investing. What we’ve seen is the opposite, we’ve seen a government

that hasn’t put the investment in, and as a result costs in health, justice and social services are growing...

approach on issues such as the carbon tax. He noted that in its current form, the tax doesn’t make sense for Saskatchewan people.

There is little in the way of credits for agriculture, for example, and it doesn’t recognize that in this province people inevitably have to burn gas to travel, there’s often

no alternative.

“There are a number of ways that the current design is unfair. The problem is that the current Premier said that he wouldn’t talk to the federal government. It’s an all or nothing, absolutely not model. As a result, we got all instead of nothing.

What he should have done, and should still do

It’s a government that’s looking at the next budget, the next election and not the next generation.”

Meili also criticized Premier Scott Moe’s

“If we can grow this campaign the same way we grew that, it would definitely help become a sustainable food source for people in our community,” Olson said.

While this is a Yorkton campaign, Olson and Tim note that this is a campaign that can be replicated everywhere, and

they hope that people in other communities grow their own gardens for their own towns and cities.

“We would happy to be a trend-setter if people want to duplicate this in other communities,” said Tim. To learn more contact the Salvation Army Food Bank, text Carrie at 306620-9081 or visit them on facebook at Hunger is Scary Food Drive.

now, it’s not too late, is say to the federal government, we want to talk about designing a better program. We want to work with local industry, with farm leaders, with community leaders, with experts in the province, to design a model that works better for the realities of Saskatchewan.”

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The Churchbridge Housing Authority is a community-based organization that provides daily management of 45 housing units constructed and operated under the terms of a federal provincial municipal cost sharing agreement.

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

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Wild about boars

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer For a quarter of a century hunters have been stalking the land of Kelly and Sandra Readman east of North Battleford hoping to bag a massive wild boar.

“It started in 1994,” related Kelly Readman as he paused from preparing his booth at the Parkland Outdoor Show & Expo in Yorkton. “I was a free range guide for years, but we started having a family and I needed to be at home …We had four little boys and my wife said to get home.”

The option to stay home meant creating a new opportunity, and for the Readmans that meant creating a wild boar hunt farm.

Kelly Readman admitted it was not an easy process to get the farm started back in 1994.

“It was very slow and tedious,” he said. “There were a lot of naysayers, a lot of people that thought I was crazy in the head.”

But the Readmans were not deterred, and slowly Wild Boar Adventures was developed as an opportunity for the average hunter to hunt an exotic species right here at home in Canada.

As their website notes, “for many, a trip to Europe to hunt the European Wild Boar would be out of the question. At Wild Boar Adventures you can not only hunt a wild boar, you can hunt with your family, friends, or coworkers and take all the meat home with you when you go.”

The good news in the farm development was that wild boar fall under the provincial Department of Agriculture which did simplify the process somewhat in terms of getting government approvals.

The process on the farm is rather straight forward in terms of management.

“We raise a lot of our boars,” said Readman, with their breeding stock – about 300-head -- raised on part of their land on relatively large tracts of lands away from hunters.

One of the current challenges being faced is finding replacement stock. While wild boar operations were common a number of years ago as the government encouraged agricultural diversification, Readman said because markets weren’t developed first most farms failed.

Today, “there’s very few,” he said. “It’s very difficult for me to find any. It’s not at all like it used to be.”

Providing hunts has become a business for Wild Boar Adventures near North Battleford.

When needed, Readman said they live trap some of their animals from the breeding area, and release them onto the land where the hunts are allowed.

The hunt area has a variety of animals placed, from the largest boars weighing 400 pounds, to sows and younger stock. Readman explained that since clients ultimately pay per pound for the animal they take, they provide a variety to meet budgets.

As for the biggest trophy boars, those flirting with 400 pounds, Readman said it takes years to raise such an animal.

“They’re probably seven – eight years old. They grow very slow,” he said, The wild boar is also slow to reproduce. In part, because of Canadian winters, they typically have only one litter a year, said Readman. Where a domestic sow can have a dozen piglets, a wild boar sow has three or four, and predation from others in the herd can cut that number.

The actual hunt area is 150 acres “of very rugged, hilly land,” said Readman.

Since the hunt farm is a private enterprise on private land, hunters do not need government licences to take a boar. It also means there is not a specific season.

“We go all year round, 365 (days),” said Readman

adding this year “… we had hunters right through the cold of this winter.”

While people do hunt the wild boar, and more recently domestic sheep breeds Barbados black-belly and Wiltshire horned, Readman said it’s not just about taking an animal that draws people.

“It’s a place for people to get away and just relax,” he said, adding people are encouraged to hunt at their own pace. “It’s kind of a do it yourself style hunt.”

Typically hunts are confined to primitive-style weapons, bows, black powder rifles, crossbows and shot guns using slugs.

The usual client is Canadian, from Nova Scotia to Vancouver, although of late the core customer has come from the three Prairie provinces. With some pride Readman notes that they are now seeing clients who first hunted the farm with their fathers years ago, returning to hunt with their own children.

And, the farm stays busy.

“We’re just about booked for the year,” said Readman. “We’re booking into 2020.”

That said, Readman adds they have a full schedule built on a dedication to providing good hunts.

“It’s 25-years of hard struggles to get to where we are,” he reminded.

Pheasants focus of enterprise

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Darold Biette and his wife found themselves looking for a new enterprise a decade and a half ago, but they had no idea at the time it would lead to a pheasant hunt farm near Mistatim, SK. “We were trucking in Estevan and life just called for some changes, so we sold out down there and moved north,” Biette explained as he took a break from putting up his booth at the Parkland Outdoor Show & Expo Friday.

The couple’s initial idea was to purchase an outfitting camp.

“I guided in four provinces for big game and migratory birds,” he said, adding he had worked with and bred pointing dogs dating back to 1990.

But the thought of an outfitting camp never quite materialized.

Instead they found themselves at Mistatim breeding English pointers and Brittany spaniels, and operating a trap line.

With hunting dogs already a passion the idea of starting a pheasant hunt farm began to

percolate a decade ago.

“We needed something to fill in a bit,” in terms of their work year, said Biette.

Biette said from the time of the idea it took two years to manoeuvre through the rules and regulations in Saskatchewan to get the farm off the ground.

“It took us two years to get government approval,” he explained, adding they were fortunate to have some help along the way.

“We were lucky we had a really good conservation officer in our area,” he said, adding the CO was instrumental in helping them navigate the regulations.

But they made it through the provincial red tape and eight years ago Pheasant Point Adventures was launched. The business hunts only family owned land that is farmed and managed to increase the quality of your pheasant hunt.

Biette explained they purchase 1500-2000 day-old pheasants that are flown in from Quebec each year.

The pheasants are raised on a high protein diet specifically made for pheasants until

An enterprise near Mistatim, SK. focuses on pheasants. they mature to full grown at 12 weeks of age. At that time the birds are weaned from the prepared feed to a more traditional diet of grain seeds fed on the ground. Biette explained it is important to give the birds the ability to forage in the wild after release.

At about 16 weeks the birds are ready for a hunt.

“We release birds into the field early in the morning,” said Biette, adding they are allowed some time to nestle down into the natural setting before a hunt. “Then we hope

on a wing and a prayer they’re there when we go out” pointing out at times the birds have moved off. That is why they prepare the birds to survive in the wild, because those not hunted have a chance to survive.

As part of the service hunters buying a day hunt are hunted over the Biette’s gun dogs, although those with their own dogs can use them.

Biette said they actually have their dogs trained a bit differently. Whereas most hunters flush over their pointers at

some distance, they “creep the dogs closer to the birds” to afford better shots, something they started when providing hunts for the disabled.

“It’s been a definite challenge,” he said, adding it has proven a good move to make hunts more successful for their clients.

Hunts are held from September through until December unless too much snow arrives early. In 2018 the season ended in November.

Biette estimated they hunt 800-1000 pheasant a year, the majority of clients being from Saskatchewan.

Biette said the hunts have been a success because there is a sense of adventure when out looking for the pheasant which are still not easy to bag even though they were farmraised.

“We make it an adventure,” he said, adding people do not need provincial licenses to hunt on the farm which makes it an easier option for many.

“It’s not just about hunting birds, it’s about spending time in the field,” he said.

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Politics There is one big, legitimate reason to oppose the federal Liberal government carbon tax that came into effect the first day of this month.

It may not work for anyone in this country and it certainly is unlikely to work for us out here in broad, flat prairie.

Maybe Premier Scott Moe’s government hasn’t done enough to find solutions that will work to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

But what seems evident is that what the federal government has put before us is not the solution, either.

You have likely heard push back about how carbon pricing is the most effective way to reduce GHGs and how B.C. has had a carbon tax for some time without affecting the economy.

Whether it’s really worked in B.C. is a point of debate, but there’s something more important: Prime Minister Justice Trudeau’s carbon pricing policy is not B.C. carbon pricing policy and — for a myriad of reasons including the fact that B.C. is not the same as the Prairies — is unlikely to work here.

It all comes down to whether it’s likely to achieve its stated goal — of bringing about the desired change in behaviour.

A four-cent-a-litre gas hike is annoying, but it’s not going to cause anyone to sell their F-150s and buy something more fuel efficient — especially when you have federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna touting that most will get close to what they will pay in additional fuel costs back on their income tax rebates.

As the per tonne carbon price increases to has much as $50 a tonne by 2022, so will the government rebate which negates any incentive to change behaviour.

On the last day of the month vehicles lined up a gas station to avoid that paying that extra four cents a litre. One supposes, the federal government would point to this as a first step in the changing behaviour.

But in the course of the last month, the average gas price in Saskatchewan increased from $1.03 a litre on March 1 to $1.20 a litre on March 31.

That this massive gas cost hike wasn’t causing Conservative leader Andrew Scheer to tell us to fill up our tanks tells says much.

It certainly tells us that there’s been a lot of politically driven hysteria over the four-centa-litre carbon tax. But that a 20-cent-a-litre increase isn’t causing people to trade in their trucks and vans tells us that maybe gas prices aren’t the only issue.

And, again, all that federal government rebates will likely accomplish is offsetting the new costs of filling your tank.

Admittedly, Saskatchewan people haven’t always had the best perspective on the need to address the GHG issue.

Those who stubbornly cling to a view that today’s climate change is not manmade aren’t helping. Bodies like NASA agree with the 97 per cent of published peer-reviewed journals from scientists that say global warming is caused by human activity.

We do need a better than to simply scream about Trudeau and the tax. We do need a broader, science-based approach to addressing GHGs. But Ottawa also needs to recognize the reality of living in Saskatchewan, which means a lot of long drives between sparse communities, often in cold, winter months.

That means reducing our carbon foot print is not as simple as taking public transit like you can in the cities. Nor is simply solved by buying an electric car.

We burn coal to produce most of our electricity here.

We’ve already invested $1.6-billion in carbon capture and storage to attempt to reduce our GHGs and McKenna and the federal government have sung the praises of CCS. We need find approaches that work. A gas tax hike isn’t likely the right approach.

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

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Education plan worthy of our input

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he Government of Saskatchewan is inviting input from everyone in Saskatchewan who has an interest in education.

They are providing the opportunity through an online survey, which will be open until May 10.

The survey is attempting to be inclusive, with one geared to students, and a second one for the rest of us.

The survey asks respondents to offer perspectives on issues such as student supports, mental health, Indigenousfocussed subject matter and early childhood education.

The results of the survey are supposed be one element used to design a five-to-ten-year plan on the future of education past 2020, which the Ministry of Education is building in partnership with the education sector.

The idea of a plan of course is a good one. It should lay out some specific goals for the education system with the success of the plan being able to measure how well they follow that plan.

But the process has already hit some bumps, based on politics.

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) has already walked away from the planning process and is instead working on its own Re-imagine Education project.

To have a key partner in education such as the teachers off forging their own plan should be seen as worrisome to both the government and the public.

It is problematic that teachers trust the government who ultimately sets the

agenda for education, and foots the bills, so little as to walk away from the process.

The public has to wonder if the ultimate plan created by the government will include insights from the frontline workers who teach our students daily?

Yes, there will be an STF plan to draw from, but whether the government listens after the teachers walked away from process is a huge question mark.

The process should transcend politics though because education truly is the foundation for a society.

Increasingly, we see that in spite of living in a world were massive amounts of information are at all of our fingertips, that the knowledge of many seems to be in limited supply. For example, how in this time of mass information are there those who still doubt the Jewish Holocaust, or believe man has never stepped on the moon.

Only education, can address such things, wide ranging education for all.

So we need to have input on the Saskatchewan plan to ensure we continue a vibrant education system, and not follow the disturbing direction recently unveiled in Ontario where the Ministry of Education has noted an estimated 3,475 teaching positions will be lost in the province over the next four years.

The Saskatchewan survey is at https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/public-consultations/provincialeducation-plan/provide-your-feedback

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Letter to the Editor Spay pets to prevent stray issue Dear Editor:

I am writing in response to your news item concerning the bodies of dogs found near Runnymede tracks.

While I fully comprehend the dangers of feral dog packs and support the need for population control, depopulation should not be the preferred method of birth control for our canine friends.

Neither is rescue a viable plan. In addition, it is inaccurate to suggest that the problem originates entirely outside the community. Dogs are sometimes abandoned on our First Nations communities, but it is also true that they are abandoned in our towns and rural areas. There are many responsible pet owners, but there are also many unspayed and unneutered pets in our communities. Society needs to impress upon everyone that it is not acceptable to allow pets to reproduce indiscriminately.

We hear many reasons for not spaying pets. One is not having access to veterinary services. Cote First Nation is only two miles from Kamsack Veterinary Clinic.

Another is finances. I believe that if we cannot afford to spay and neuter our pets, then we cannot afford to feed and care

for them properly.

Some owners say that they wish their pet to experience motherhood.

Animals apparently do not have the abstract thinking abilities to be distressed by a lack of progeny. It is NOT beneficial to allow a pet to have a litter before spaying. Spaying and neutering done at a veterinary facility is done with great care and concern to minimize distress to the patient. Pets are healthier and there are fewer behavioural issues such as roaming and aggression.

Some individuals seem to project their own self image onto their pets.

They seem to feel that altering their pet somehow has a negative effect on their own self worth.

I hear comments such as “My dog is a real man; he’s intact”. Again, society needs to make it clear that attitudes such as this are not acceptable.

Some families wish their children to experience puppies or kittens.

This may appear to be a good idea, but those puppies and kittens need to be cared for over the next fifteen years. They are only babies for a few weeks. I suggest that there are better ways to teach our families about life.

All communities, including First Nations Communities, need animal control regulations and they need to enforce those regulations. Dogs must not be permitted to roam at large, whether they are owned or not.

Dogs need to be spayed or neutered except for registered breeders.

Those who wish to breed dogs need to conform to Canada’s code of practice standards for kennels.

It is an admirable goal to try to rescue feral dogs everywhere. However, our rescue groups are overwhelmed. We need people to step up and provide forever homes for these unfortunate critters. Population control is imperative. We must not rely on surrender to a rescue as our birth control plan for our pets. And we need EVERYONE to be responsible pet owners.

Dr. Ellen Amundsen-Case Kamsack Veterinary Clinic

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History Corner Country brewing

In the book Saskatchewan A History of a Province by J.F.C. Wright Copyright 1955, there are many great illustrations as can be seen from the one presented here.

Photos of brewing activities are not very plentiful. We have pretty well given up on finding a photo of Harry Bronfman in Yorkton, never mind him standing at the door of his Canada Pure Drug Company, or at a doorway to a tunnel! If you got caught by the police, no one wanted them to have confiscated a photo of their brewing or their cache. So, we are happy to have a good illustration of an operation taking place somewhere in a woodland grove. This could have been taking place in the Yorkton region.

According to Wright, illegal manufacturing of liquor increased in the Yorkton area and elsewhere in the province even after the government abolished the border warehouses.

A 1923 R.C.M.P. report estimated that there were “more illicit stills

in Saskatchewan, with a population of 760,000 than there was in all of Canada with a population of over 8,000,000.” It is also suggested that a percentage of farmers of mid-European background had in the country of their origin, prior experience in the comparatively simple process of distilling alcohol from fermented grain and potatoes. Also, pre-Canadian conditioning had not been conducive to respect for inland revenue enforcement officers. Grain converted to liquor brought a greatly enhanced price to the grower.

Courts could hardly keep up with the charges of brewing, selling of booze and even for manufacturing of stills.

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

Dreams start here.

YFF celebrates National Canadian Film Day The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to be a partner in this year’s National Canadian Film Day. “The idea started a few years ago as a way to highlight some of the great Canadian films that have been created, not just in the last few years, but really going back into Canadian film history,” said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden. “And when we heard about the idea, we were very excited to take part and bring some of these great feature length films to Yorkton.

And since then, I’ve kept an eye open for great Canadian films that our local community will really connect with.” Goulden added.

This year, YFF is proud to present a screening of the film, The Breadwinner. The film tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl, growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to be able to get a job and help to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom and danger. With courage and imagination, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family. The Breadwinner is an inspiring and beautifully animated tale about the power of stories to sustain hope and carry us through dark times.

The Breadwinner has been nominated for 38 international awards, including six Canadian Screen Awards and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The screening will be held on Wednesday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart High School. This event is open to the public and presented free of charge.

And for those who have been taking part in our OPEN Cinema screenings, the draw for this year’s free Lobsterfest tickets will take place at this event.

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Dancing to bring people together

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Teddy Anderson came to Yorkton to dance, but he had goals going far

beyond that. He wants to use hoop dance to bring people together. He has embarked on a tour of Saskatchewan schools with the Organization of

Saskatchewan Arts Councils to bring classes together through dance, and visited MC Knoll and St. Michael’s School to spread his message of

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Council Meeting Monday, April 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

unity and oneness.

“For me, the medicine wheel, the hoop dance, the circle is about oneness, realizing we are all connecting inside of it.”

Anderson said that the hoop dance changed his life, because he realized things about himself and others as he learned about the dance and performed it. Every time he dances, he says he keeps learning, and he hopes that doing performing helps kids.

“If they can understand the concept of the dance, which is unity and oneness, imagine how different our world would look like, when these kids grow up with

this as commonplace.”

He hopes that some kids in the audience try it out for themselves, because he believes they can learn the same things he does.

Performing in schools is important to Anderson, because of what it allows him to do for a wide variety of kids.

“You’re connecting with a culture and you’re breaking down barriers.”

Having performances like the hoop dance is also a way to introduce kids to a culture they might not be familiar with, and Anderson believes that we should be experiencing and learning more about

First Nations culture, and he’s glad to have the ability to help teach it.

“First Nations culture is not something we should fear, it is something we should try to understand. Providing places like this where people can teach and share increases our understanding and increases our hope for getting along.”

He was also impressed with the kids in the city.

“I have been here a lot over the years. The students are respectful, the students are engaging, and I see it already that the kids really do respect each other. I hope we can continue fostering that.”

Teddy Anderson performs a hoop dance for kids at M.C. Knoll School.

The outdoors celebrated The eighth annual edition of the Parkland Outdoor Show and Expo was held at the Gallagher Centre in the city over the weekend. The event included speakers covering a range of hunting and fishing topics, an archery competition, and booths promoting goods and services focused on outdoor activities.

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

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Council Meeting Monday, April 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Upcoming Commission/Committee/ Board Meetings Development Appeals Board Date: Time: Location:

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 5:00 p.m.

Council Chambers — City Hall

Public Notice Assessment Roll As per subsection 187(1) of The Cities Act, the assessment roll for the City of Yorkton for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: March 29th to April 30th, 2019.

Bylaw No. 17/2003 required under section 184(2) of The Cities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

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Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification to the Board of Revision is required to file his or her appeal with:

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Secretary to the Board of Revision - City of Yorkton P.O. Box 400 37 – Third Ave. N. Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 on or before 4:00 p.m. on the 30th day of April, 2019. For further information, please contact, the Assessment and Taxation Branch - City of Yorkton at 306786-1736 or 306-786-1723.

Kim Durdin – Assessor City of Yorkton

Date: Time: Location:

Date: Time: Location:

Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:00 a.m.

Meeting Room A — City Hall

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:30 a.m.

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Planning and Infrastructure Commission Meeting Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Time: 7:00 a.m.

Location: Meeting Room A — City Hall Please see the City of Yorkton’s website at: www.yorkton.ca/dept/admin/publicnotices.asp for meeting cancellations

Request for Proposals Gallagher Centre Pylon Sign Proposal must be received before 4:00 p.m. on April 22, 2019 Please send sealed Proposal clearly marked “GALLAGHER CENTRE PYLON SIGN” to: Department of Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Box 400 Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton is requesting proposals for the supply of a pylon sign at the Gallagher Centre, located at 455 Broadway Street West, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing.

Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened.

Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Darcy McLeod – Director Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all tender. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Gallagher Centre Shipping Containers Proposal must be received before 4:00 p.m. on April 18, 2019 Please send sealed Proposal clearly marked “GALLAGHER CENTRE SHIPPING CONTAINERS” to: Department of Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Box 400 Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 Details of Proposal: The City of Yorkton is requesting proposals for the supply of a shipping containers at the Gallagher Centre, located at 455 Broadway Street West, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

Specifications are available at: www.yorkton.ca/tenders Proposal shall remain open for acceptance by the City and irrevocable for thirty (30) calendar days following the date specified for closing.

Proposal received after the date and time specified for closing will be marked late and returned unopened.

Contact Person Enquiries regarding the proposal procedure and particulars can be directed to: Kurt Stechyshyn – Building Systems & Maintenance Manager Community Development, Parks & Recreation City of Yorkton Phone: 306-786-1750 Email: cdpr@yorkton.ca The City reserves the right to reject any or all tender. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Other Job Opportunities • Casual Concession Worker - Gallagher Centre • Full Time Operator A — Water and Sewer — Public Works For additional information regarding these employment opportunities, visit the City of Yorkton’s website at www.yorkton.ca/employment or you can pick up a copy of the job posting at the Human Resources Department - City Hall.

The City of Yorkton thanks all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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

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

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THANK YOU! THE GRAND TOTAL RAISED AT THE 2019 EASTER SEALS SNOWARAMA WAS

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The funds raised at Snowarama will support children experiencing disability to participate in Camp Easter Seal, Summer Fun, & Adaptive Technology Services.

Camp Easter Seal is an ideal way for people experiencing disability to meet friends, develop new skills, participate in activities, and have fun - all in a safe environment. It is a completely wheelchair accessible resort located at Manitou Beach near Watrous. It is the only completely barrier-free camp facility of its kind in Saskatchewan and offers campers a true camping experience. Campers often experience horseback riding, boating, tubing, wakeboarding or swimming for the first time. The cost per camper for a one-week session at Camp Easter Seal is $1,500.00.

Summer Fun is an urban day camp for children and youth living with varying abilities with a focus on recreation and leisure activities. Easter Seals™ Saskatchewan offers this program in Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, and Yorkton during the months of July and August. The cost per child is $1,500.00.

Adaptive Technology Services offers assistance to aid in communication and daily living for children and youth with varying abilities. Students are given the tools to be more interactive with their peers, allowing them to participate in class projects and develop a sense of belonging

A HUGE thank you to all 156 riders of the 2019 Easter Seals Snowarama!

TOP 10 PLEDGE RAISER CLUB Top pledge raiser: Kenn Propp of Yorkton - $15,325 2nd top pledge raiser: Lynn Schmidt of Langenburg - $6031 3rd top pledge raiser: Bruce Peppler of Rhein - $5270 4th top pledge raiser: Bill Brant of Yorkton - $3504 5th top pledge raiser: Mike Schroers of Balgonie - $2340 6th top pledge raiser: Rick Bilous of Yorkton - $2210 7th top pledge raiser: Kailee Popowich of Yorkton - $2035 8th top pledge raiser: Richard Purves of Rhein - $1680 9th top pledge raiser: Alyssa Popowich of Yorkton - $1640 10th top pledge raiser: John Cicansky of Saskatoon - $1360

CONGRATULATIONS TO KENN PROPP WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIZE DRAW-A 2019 ARCTIC CAT LYNX Thank you to the 2019 Easter Seals Snowarama Committee Barry Bradshaw Chairperson

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Did we miss the mark on diversification?

It was all that many years ago the focus for agriculture in Saskatchewan, at least from a provincial government perspective, was diversification.

There was a realization within the last 25 years, that the tried and true focus on growing high quality wheat for export, while at times profitable, was also volatile in the sense of being tied to a single commodity where the ups and downs of supply and demand economics were further muddied by government policies around the world.

The suggested answer to such variable markets was to promote farms

that grew a more varied crop mix or added livestock to the mix.

Producers took the idea of diversification to heart, and all manner of crop and critter began to spring up on Prairie farms.

There were fallow deer and meat goats, ostrich, emu, pheasants, wild boar, elk and a few others in terms of livestock.

In the field producers were growing caraway, coriander, lupins, seabuckthorn, pinto beans, haskap berries and spelt.

In general terms the issue with each was that while farmers could produce them well-

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Calvin Daniels enough, which is their forte producing farm products, markets were at best ‘iffy’. There was the hope that if production was there a market would develop, but in most cases that egg broke long before the chicken grew up.

There were a few diversification efforts

that managed to grow markets and hold some relevancy in regards to still being part of farming today; bison, and pulse crops perhaps the most notable.

Other efforts, such as fallow deer and ostrich, are all but extinct of farms here today.

We have of course

seen the reliance on wheat decline, but that is largely because canola has become the primary crop in its place.

We have in essence replaced a reliance on one crop with a reliance on another, albeit a new one with a higher costof-production.

And here we are headed to planting season 2019 with huge question marks surrounding the market for canola which are not related to supply and demand, but are instead related to the posturing of government, in this case from China.

The reasons are different, the players different, but the result is

the same. A farm sector largely reliant on a single crop are certainly at risk when the market for the crop is put under pressure, and that holds today for canola just as it did for wheat when trade subsidies were buffering Canadian sales.

It is unlikely farmers will push to diversify as they did in the past, but one does wonder if more effort had been made in terms of market creation if we might be less threatened by the Chinese posturing if farming was just a bit more diversified today?

Calvin Daniels is Editor with Yorkton This Week.

Action urged on Canola exports to China As a result of a briefing by the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, the Saskatchewan Chamber has sent a letter to Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Federal Minister of Agriculture & AgriFood; to Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs; and to Hon. David Marit, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Agriculture

urging the two governments to find a solution to the canola situation in China quickly.

Describing canola as “one of our nation’s most important commodities”, the Saskatchewan Chamber, on behalf of 10,000 individual businesses, industry associations and local Chambers of Commerce asked the Ministers to address the

issue immediately.

Steve McLellan, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce thanked the Yorkton Chamber for the information it provided to the provincial organization about the consequences to the economy a slow resolution to this situation will provoke.

“Yorkton is situated

in the heart of canola country,” he said. “The Yorkton Chamber well understands a drop in the value of canola will have far reaching effects not only on the farming community but that of the local and provincial economies.”

“When farmers are strapped for cash, it doesn’t take long for the Yorkton and area

business community to feel the pinch,” stated Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber.

“Hundreds of local farmers seed thousands of acres of canola which, when harvested, is delivered to the local elevators and crush plants.

If the elevators and crush plants stop call-

ing for deliveries, it will have a profound negative effect on our famers and the Yorkton and area business community.”

Both the Saskatchewan and Yorkton Chambers of Commerce stand ready to offer their assistance to government and producer organizations as they work toward re-establishing cooperation with China.

Reminder of important AgriStability deadline Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, David Marit, are reminding Saskatchewan producers that the deadline to enroll in the AgriStability Program is April 30, 2019.

AgriStability is a lowcost risk management program offering financial assistance to producers who experience large margin declines due to production loss, adverse market conditions or increased costs.

“AgriStability is an essential tool to help farmers manage risks and financial losses due to poor yields, low commodity prices, or rising input costs,” said Bibeau. “The federal government will continue to work closely with the Saskatchewan government to provide farmers with the tools and programs they need to help them manage significant risks that are beyond their capacity to

manage.”

“While Crop Insurance provides coverage for in-season crops, AgriStability provides further coverage for other risks to your farming income,” Marit said. “The programs work together to maximize your coverage, giving producers whole farm protection.”

AgriStability accounts for a producer’s whole farming operation; not just one commodity. As a margin-based program, AgriStability provides personalized coverage for each farm by using historical information, based on income tax and supplementary information. If a producer’s program year margin falls more than 30 per cent below their reference margin, AgriStability could provide a benefit payment. The payment provides 70 cents for every dollar of benefit triggered.

To enroll in the program, simply call the

AgriStability call centre at 1-866-270-8450 and request a new participant package. This request must be made by April 30, 2019. Producers will be asked a few simple questions over the phone, with no initial requirement of supplying historical farm information. New participants will then have the option of submitting either their previous three years or five years of historical information in order to process their final application.

Once enrolled, producers will receive an AgriStability Enrolment/ Fee Notice. The program fee is $3.15 for every $1,000 of covered Contribution Reference Margin. A $55 fee is also applied to help cover administrative costs. All participants are given 30 days from the date on their Enrolment/Fee Notice or until April 30, 2019, whichever is later, to pay these fees. If the annual program fee is paid after

the initial deadline, a 20 per cent penalty fee will be added.

AgriStability benefit payments are paid out when the program year is complete; however, there is an interim benefit option where producers can apply to receive a portion of their estimated benefit early. The interim benefit can provide added financial support throughout the year, when producers need it most.

Insurance Corporation has 21 customer service offices across the province where producers can discuss their risk management plans

with a program advisor.

Producers may also call the AgriStability call centre at 1-866-270-8450, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation has administered the AgriStability Program since the 2009 program year. In the last three program years, AgriStability paid benefits of more than $200 million to Saskatchewan producers. In the 2016 program year, AgriStability benefits totalling more than $73.64 million were paid to 1,491 Saskatchewan producers.

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Prince Harry doesn’t like Fortnite. He even suggested that it should be banned in the UK. He views it as a game that’s designed to be addictive, to ensnare children in its digital trap.

I’m not going to side on whether Fortnite is good or not, because I’m still pretty sure I don’t know what it is.

Something to do with dancing? It’s unclear and frankly I’m completely happy to just go about my day totally oblivious to it.

But I do know what Pogs are, and that’s going to be my point of comparison.

When I was but a boy, Pogs were the new fad game that all the kids had to play. Everyone had Pogs, people were con-

stantly trying to find increasingly elaborate ways to get better at Pogs.

My brother made me a Pog slammer out of solid steel, which I barely got to use before it was stricken from the hallways of the school. No, you cannot play Pogs anymore, said administration, it is a form of gambling and also annoying.

In hindsight, it was a bit of an overreaction.

Pogs were just a thing everybody did. It was the fun new game, and you participated because that’s just what the big hobby at the time was.

Maybe you didn’t think too hard about it, maybe you just wanted something to do with your friends. But there it was, a game, and a game that was almost immediately

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Much like Fortnite is now. And, as much as I like to ignore Fortnite, for I am a man in my 30s, I do understand what it is for people closer to 13.

It’s not a game, really, but it’s not a big addictive child corruptor either.

It’s a popular thing you do with your friends. The appeal is not whatever

addictive properties the game has, it’s that everyone’s playing it, so you can hop on and have a good time with your buddies.

What concerns me is not that the kids these days have a new popular toy that I don’t understand, it’s that we have another generation of people who decry the very existence of the popular toy in question. Kids

just like excuses to do things with their friends.

New games, whether in person or in the digital space, get popular because it’s something new to do with your friends.

What bothers me is that this isn’t anything new. It has always been a cycle, a new fun thing starts to catch on, and immediately people start trying to kill it. Why does this happen? I think it’s because we don’t understand it, and don’t want to understand it. It’s new and confusing and reinforces that we’re not young and influential anymore.

We must destroy it, and ensure that the kids are not influenced by things we do not understand. Kids should only

ever play tag and go fishing.

In reality, Pogs were fine, a silly game that was a good time while it lasted. Fortnite will be the same thing. Tomorrow’s 30 year olds will remember the good times they had playing Fortnite.

And they’ll remember how ridiculous it was when people tried to get it banned outright. And then, some of them will see whatever weird and confusing thing that their kid is into and decide that is horrible and must be banned, for it is completely different from the Fortnite they played.

At the root of it all, kids just want to do something fun with their friends. And honestly, what’s the harm in that?

Get ready to get outdoors in Saltcoats

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer There are a wide range of subjects that can be covered in nature, and an upcoming event in Saltcoats is focused on finding something for everyone to learn about. The event, which takes place at the Saltcoats Community Hall, starts at 1:00 p.m.

What’s on the agenda?

Everything about ticks.

They’re small, they’re nasty, they cause some people to recoil in horror and douse their spouses in tea tree oil in order to prevent them from getting more. But they are also worth under-

standing.

“Ticks are my life.” said Dr. L. Robbin Lindsay, presenter at the event.

Lindsay is a research scientist at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Brandon. He’s going to be covering the different ticks that are present in Saskatchewan, from the deer tick – the one everyone worries about, which carries Lyme Disease, but is still uncommon in the province, with only 65 found in Saskatchewan and eight testing positive for the disease since 2009 – to the more irritating than dangerous dog tick, the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the winter tick.

“Still,” Lindsay added, “it is wise to

know how to dress for tick season and how to remove a tick if it becomes embedded. It’s all about prevention and control.”

Everything about The Great Trail.

“My hope is that people get out and experience what The Great Trail has to offer,” said Kristen Gabora, Trail Development Manager for Central Canada for the Trans Canada Trail (TCT).

At the event Gabora will tell the story of the trail, which connects Canada through 24,000 kms of pathways, the longest recreational trail in the world.

She will also touch on the boardwalk at

the Ravine Ecological Preserve, one of the most recent projects for the trail.

Everything about Saskatchewan birds.

Joan Feather will facilitate a Q and A about Birds of Saskatchewan, a book describing 437 bird species that can be found in the province.

Created with a bequest to Nature Saskatchewan from Manley Callin, which paid for layout, editing and printing, the book was created by over 100 volunteers, submitting their best photographs and research.

Yorkton area birders made contributions to the text. They include Bill Anaka, Rob Wilson, and Frank Switzer.

April 10 marks National Wildlife Week

By Cory Carlick Staff Writer National Wildlife Week has historically been held the week of April 10th. The birthdate of Jack Miner, one of Canada’s first conservationists, has been the anchor behind the meaning of the week.

The theme for this year has also just been announced-- One Person One Promise.

“Everyone can do something for wildlife,” said Jordan Ignatiuk, executive director of Nature Saskatchewan.

“Protecting habitat on our land, planting gardens and shrubs in

our yards, building nest boxes, cleaning up garbage.”

The Canadian Wildlife Federation, the main sponsor of National Wildlife Week, will be featuring a Canadian species every day of the week with a background on history and challenges.

Sunday April 7th will be North Atlantic Right Whale, followed

by Caribou, Monarch Butterfly, Barn Swallow, Chinook Salmon, Freshwater turtles, followed by humans on the last day of April 13th.

“Saskatchewan has more species at risk than any other region in

Canada,” said Ignatiuk.

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Earth Week is coming up, and Parkland Mall is ready. They want you to be ready, too, and they’ll help you with your spring cleaning.

On Saturday, April 13th, just bring in your used stuff and they’ll be given to charity. The event runs from 11 am to 3 pm.

You can also put them in any of the large bins throughout the mall if you can’t make it. They’re

clearly marked — big and red — so you can’t miss them.

Toys, tools, sports gear and small household items are given to Canadian Tire Jumpstart, non-perishable items are given to the Salvation Army, and used clothing and household goods are given to Diabetes Canada.

You can help your community out and clean your place in the process.

For more information, be sure to visit www. parklandmall.com .

2019 Yorkton Film Festival first round nominees announced The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce that firstround jurying has concluded and nominees are now able to be announced for this year’s Main and Accompanying Categories.

“We had a tremendous amount of submissions this year, which made reviewing all the films no easy task for our juries,” said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden.

“But our juries managed to review all of the submissions and select the nominees who will be going forward for

this year’s Golden Sheaf Awards.”

Nominees are announced in 19 Main Categories, along with 5 Accompanying Categories, and concludes first round jurying. Second round jurying is scheduled to begin shortly, from which Craft Nominees and the Best of the Festival winner will be selected.

Attached is a full list of this year’s nominees.

A full listing can also be found on our festival website, www.yorktonfilm.com.

Kaleidoscope ART • ENTERTAINMENT • COMMUNITY

Faces tell a story in new gallery show

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A new show launched Sunday at the Godfrey Dean Gallery in the city by Carol Wylie a portrait painter living in Saskatoon.

Entitled; ‘They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds’ the show centres on a series of large oil portraits of nine survivors of the Jewish Holocaust and nine survivors of residential schools, created by Wylie.

“This project explores trauma, ongoing recovery, shared pain, courage, and the indomitable human spirit, as well as an enduring hope that, through truly hearing one another’s stories, humanity will someday be characterized more by its compassion than by its capacity for cruelty,” notes the artist.

The idea for the collection came from hearing a speaker talk of their experiences as a Holocaust survivor.

“In April of 2016 I attended the Saskatoon Holocaust Memorial service for the first time in several years. As survivor Nate Leipciger spoke of his horrifying experiences in a Nazi death camp, and his ongoing efforts to educate and shed light on the atrocities, I was, as always, astounded by the extent of abuse the human spirit can endure,” wrote Wylie who is also Jewish in her artist statement.

“Researchers in psychology and sociology have noted connections between the experiences of Jewish holocaust survivors and residential school survivors in Canada.

The struggles and generational trauma of Indigenous peoples caused by the residential school experience seems to resonate with Jewish holocaust survivors.”

As an example Wylie told Yorkton This Week Indian Affairs Superintendent Duncan Campbell Scott, in 1910, called residential schools ‘The Final Solution,’ a statement which preceded Adolph Hitler’s similar pronouncement regarding the ‘Jewish problem.’

Wylie said she soon recognized she wanted to do something to allow for survivors of both to have a conversation of sorts with the broader public. As a portrait painter she wanted to create that opportunity through her paintings.

“As a Jewish person, after hearing Nate speak, I felt I needed to somehow honour the memory of these amazing people who endured and survived such horrendous mistreatment. The inclusion of residential school survivors in the project seemed to make sense in light of the connections previously mentioned. I’d also hoped that the act of listening and bearing witness would help me understand that experience a little

better and make a small personal step towards reconciliation,” she wrote.

Wylie undertook to paint nine survivors of the Holocaust, noting that she was almost too late in the sense that within a decade no survivors are likely to remain alive.

One gentleman who was part of the project has died since Wylie began her work. As it was she had to travel across Canada to meet with those she did paint.

At the same time Wylie also created nine portraits of residential school survivors.

Wylie explained having 18 portraits in the show was important to her as 18 in Hebrew (chai), essentially means life.

As a portrait painter, portraiture was the methodology through which Wylie said she could offer the strongest statement. Through portraits of individual survivors, she hoped “to create a silent dialogue between Jewish survivors and Indigenous survivors,” she said.

For Wylie the process of creating the portraits was deeply personal as she met with all but one of the subjects allowing her time to speak with them, then sketch and photograph the survivors.

Wylie said having a conversation with the survivors was a crucial part of the work.

“Some spoke about it (their experiences) in a lot of detail,” she said, “… Some didn’t talk about it at all.”

Wylie said as might be expected “some have moved past it better, more strongly than others,” while others are still keenly feeling fear, guilt and anger.

That said, Wylie said there is no right, or wrong way to deal with what these people have been through.

“None of this is normal,” she said.

Wylie said obviously too, written records of both the Holocaust and of the residential schools is dramatic, she hopes the portraits add something more personal for those viewing the works.

“After a relatively short period of interaction, for most people, the face reveals all,” she wrote. “A well-done portrait has the potential to be a unique record of the sum of an individual’s experience, offering the opportunity for a form of engagement with that person, even in their absence. My hope is that this work will give viewers a chance to encounter a survivor they may never meet. One personal story often has more resonance than statistical abstractions, no matter how appalling.”

The show will hang at the Godfrey Dean Gallery until May 17.

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Fun to look back at old gardening books Make a cup of tea, gardeners, and let’s sit and chat for a few minutes.

Last time we visited, I was telling you about a kind friend who shared a box of gardening books with us, among them an old issue of the Prairie Garden from 1965. I love those old gardening books! Not only are they still full of practical wisdom for gardeners, but they are also so very interesting, a reflection of the time. I love reading the ads as much as the articles! One ad was for plant food, available in 25 and 50 cent bottles.

Another was for polythene film for mulching, a great price of $1.79 for a 36” by 50 foot roll!

If you see old gardening books at a book sale or garage sale, don’t dismiss them because they are a few years old. Basic garden information is always valuable, and it’s good to have a few garden reference books in your own collection.

Planning a garden is a popular topic in gardening books of all kinds, and there is actually much to think about. Do we want a garden for food, for play areas, for relaxation? Once we have decided that, we also have to realistically consider the amount of time and effort we are willing and able to put into our plan. Don’t we always have high hopes and big dreams when the season begins, but we must think

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Gardener’s Notebook about the time, effort and energy available to us. To each his own, and that is what makes every garden unique. A multi-faceted yard, with garden and flowerbeds, does take work, although for many of us it is a joy and a labor of love.

That’s one thing I have noticed in reading those older gardening books, compared to now: there are many more gardening options available for all of us now. Reading the older books, it is clear that most gardens then were quite large and largely functional. It is a reflection of the time: yards were bigger, and most people grew what they ate. The working garden was a very prominent part of their lives.

Now come ahead to the current day. Gardening has changed for many people. City lots are smaller, and the megagarden of the past is gone for many of us. But — now we have new gardening ideas. Some people choose not to have gardens, but a serene and relaxing outdoor oasis,

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made of perhaps shrubs, trees and lawn. Some opt for a garden, but it is much smaller: even a ten by ten foot garden can yield great eating. That may be all that space and time permit. Raised beds, some wheelchair height, make gardening accessible to everyone. We are able to enjoy the fruits (and veggies!) of the land at farmers markets, while also supporting the idea of locally grown produce.

All new ways to experience gardening!

And one of the things that I think is very exciting, we can now grow so many things in containers! Container gardening was not a concept fifty years ago. But gardening practises have changed, and seed growers began developing plants that were suited to smaller spaces and containers.

Back then, who could even imagine that there would be bush cucumbers meant specifically for containers? Or tomato plants developed for growing on a patio in a large pot? How wonderful it all is, because now everyone, on any scale, can garden and enjoy the gifts to body, mind and soul that gardening can provide. The best goal is just to get gardening!

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their next regular meeting on Wednesday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street in Yorkton.

The topic will be “Fairy Gardens”. Come and find out more about it!

Remember, you don’t have to be a member of the group to come to the meetings. Everyone is welcome!

Visit us at www.yorktonhort.ca and have a great week!

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

Monday-Friday.

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Yorkton Support Group Meeting for all people living with Parkinson’s disease, including family members and friends.

3rd Wednesday of every month. 2:00 p.m. April 17, Yorkton District Nursing Home, Business Office entrance. Guest speaker: Kelly Pierson from Sask.

Parkinson’s.

Contact Marj Berting 306-783-7519 marjberting@sasktel.net. Please note: There will not be a meeting in January, February, July, August or December.

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Two exhibitions at Godfrey Dean Art Gallery: Carol Wylie: They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds, April 7 to May 17, 2019.

Carol Wylie is a portrait painter living in Saskatoon. She created this moving and powerful exhibition by painting large portraits of nine survivors of the Jewish Holocaust and nine survivors of Residential Schools.

Join us for this celebration of the human spirit. Darkened Skies: On now until April 18.

A real treat, this is a group show from the Permanent Collection at the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Our guest curator Edie Skeard really made it sparkle in the gallery, under the new LED lighting.

Organized by OSAC’s Arts on the Move program. Admission is always free! 49 Smith St. E., Yorkton, SK.

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Bird Identification for Beginners Workshop – Tues., April 16, 2019, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, 49 Smith Street East, Yorkton. This FREE 2-hour workshop will focus on the basics of bird identification.

It is aimed at novice birders but is a good refresher for those who haven’t looked through binoculars in a while.

Bring a bird identification field guide and/ or download the free Merlin app onto your smartphone if you have one. All are welcome. Contact LeeAnn Latremouille from Bird Studies Canada for inquiries at 306-2492894 or skatlas@birdscanada.org

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N., Yorkton. Great night of dancing. All ages are welcome. Time: 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Music by: Fri., April 12, New Memory Lane; April 19, Good Friday No Dance; Fri., April 26, Old Country Lads.

Admission $10.00.

Contact Peter 306-7821846. Hall Rental 306783-783-6109 or 306-7825915.

will be on Wed., April 17 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street. The topic will be “Creating Fairy Gardens”. Everyone is welcome! Visit us at www.yorktonhort.ca

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J u m p s t a r t Community Yard Sale - Thurs., April 25, 2019 – Sat., April 27, 2019, Canadian Tire (Yorkton) Garden Centre, 8:00 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m., daily. Buy gently used household items, sports equipment, decor, clothing, jewelry, etc. All proceeds go 100% into our community to help get kids active in sports via Jumpstart funding.

If you have items to donate, please call 306621-3884 or 306-621-6671 to arrange free pick up or drop off. Or drop off at Parkland Re-Use Day April 13 from 11-3 in mall at Canadian Tire entrance.

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Spring Tea & Bake Sale - Sat., April 13, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., St. Mark Orthodox Church Basement, 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton.

Admission: Freewill offering.

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Holy Trinity Anglican Church ACW’s Strawberry Tea and Bake Sale - Sat., May 4, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. All are welcome. (corner of 2nd Ave. and Darlington St.) Please use the Church entrance on Darlington.

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Join us Wed., April 24 at 2:00 p.m., Yorkton Public Library for Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Popcorn and juice provided.

Looking for something fun to do during your school break?

Come on down to Yorkton Public Library for an afternoon of Lego fun! Fri., April 26, 2:00 p.m.

Mature Driver Refresher Course Thurs., April 18, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

CCST, Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community, 348 Morrison Drive, Yorkton. This completely FREE 6-hour Mature Driver Refresher Course is strictly informational and offered in a positive, open class environment.

Participant driver’s licenses are not affected and there are no required examinations.

The Mature Driver Refresher Course helps reinforce safe driving habits. It will increase your confidence when navigating Saskatchewan’s increasing city and highway traffic. It provides insight into how to adapt your driving habits based on the physical changes your body goes through as it matures.

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The Yellowhead Flyway Birding Trail Assoc. is holding a Spring Event on April 13 at Saltcoats Community Hall, Saltcoats. An afternoon event followed by evening banquet.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Program begins at 1:00 p.m. Another great line-up of speakers: Dr. L. Robbin Lindsay - Ticks and related diseases, Ryan Fisher - Landscape Conservation Specialist, Ministry of the Environment, Kristen Gabora The Great Trail.

Joan Feather will answer your questions regarding Nature Sask’s “Birds of Saskatchewan”.

Registration fees: $40 for members, $50 for non-members. Children 12 yrs. and under free.

To register and for more info YFBTA.com or 306-621-6904. This is always a great day to learn and spend time with your nature loving friends.

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Competition Hi-Lights Concert, Yorkton Music Festival April 14 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. Adults and students – $5.00, children under 12 – free.

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The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society

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No Sew Lavender Easter Sock Bunnies make and take. April 18, 4 - 5 p.m. at Yorkton Public Library.

Pre-registration is required. 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring a sock for your bunny!

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Pen to Page Reading Event, Yorkton Public Library. On April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Parkland Writers Alliance will be hosting a free reading of entries in the Pen to Page Writing Contest as well as selections of their own work.

Everyone is welcome.

Contact writersyorkton@gmail.com or Carol 306-782-5755.

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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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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 306-6209889 or The Yorkton City Detachment of the RCMP at 306-786-2400 or Box 153, Yorkton, SK S3N 2V7.

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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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Easter service Easter was marked at the Salvation Army Church in Yorkton Saturday. The evening included a brass band and male chorus to help tell the story of Easter.

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

Passing on the faith through the art of pysanky In the spring of 1988, my seven-year-old daughter Amanda and I visited a monastery on a hilltop near Orangeville, Ontario. A short visit, but I recall it clearly with both amazement and regret.

I wish I’d asked more questions of the person we’d come to see. I would never see her again.

At the time, the structure was the only contemplative monastery of the Ukrainian Catholic Church outside of Ukraine. Only one person lived there; an elderly Studite nun named Sister Daria, dying, like her order. Cancer gets the good ones too.

Despite her illness, Sister Daria spent her days engaged in two simultaneous full-time occupations: the spiritual disciplines of prayer and contemplation, and decorating pysanky. As she bent over her eggs,

she recited the Psalms and meditated.

That year alone, from January to June, Sister Daria decorated 1500 eggs for selling in order to raise money for the monastery. Twenty-five were original highly detailed drawings of Ukrainian Catholic churches in Europe. She’d designed them in honour of the millennium of the adoption of Christianity there.

They would fetch high prices in the European market.

The rest of the eggs, in crisp steady lines, featured traditional patterns associated with Kiev, one of the first areas to adopt Christianity in 988 B.C. Patterns that preserved both the sacred art of pysanky and the ancient symbols of the Christian faith.

I’ve thought of that visit often over the years; of Sister Daria, gracious and kind to both Amanda and me. Of her exquis-

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ite eggs, each a sacrifice of love, each of symbol of Jesus’ resurrection.

They lay by the hundreds in baskets scattered throughout the simply furnished room. Their jewel tones glowed like lamps in the shaft of sunlight peeking through a shrouded window.

Halfway through our visit, the Sister left the room for a few moments, then returned with a tray holding three cups.

Amanda remembers they contained apricot juice. I remember how frail she seemed.

Before our visit, before

cancer interrupted her quiet life, Sister Daria had agreed to visit our church’s women’s group to talk about her art and her faith and how the two

intertwined. When that became impossible, she agreed to host me at the monastery, “so you can pass this on to the rest,” she said. “So they will remember.”

Between her cancellation and our visit, I’d bought supplies and a book and decorated a few simple eggs, not following anyone’s designs. Just learning the medium.

I’d brought them along, hoping she would correct my technique. She called them beautiful.

She called them unique-

ly Canadian. She told me not to stop. For fifteen years, I didn’t.

As we parted, she gave us a few of her own eggs. I treasure them.

It’s 1:16 a.m. The grandbeans will arrive at eight. A few hours ago, for the first time in thirteen years, I lined my counter with jars, mixed up some dyes, and prepared the table with everything needed for a passing-on session. Passing on the art. Passing on the faith.

And remembering Sister Daria.

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The Best News “In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

— 1 John 4:9-10 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

Free Pentecostal Church 20 BRADBROOKE AVE.

Pastor E. Richardson

306-783-5663

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

• Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca

Minister: Rev. Cordelia Karpenko

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

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

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Sunday, April 14th Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, April 14th Worship Service & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Destiny International Christian Assembly

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

Establishing Ministries and Releasing Destinies

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

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

Palm Sunday - April 14th Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School April 14th 10:30 a.m.

Easter Bake Sale & Coffee 9:30 a.m. prior to service Palm Sunday Prime Rib Supper Sunday, April 28th - contact the church office for tickets

109 Maple Avenue, Yorkton Senior Pastors Dag & Bukky Lawale

“A Place of New Beginnings”

160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sask.

“Services in English”

phclc.org “Changing our world with the love of God.”

“5th Sunday of Great Lent”

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

• Contemporary Worship • Children’s Ministry • Youth Ministry

Sunday, April 14th Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

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

St. Mark The Evangelist

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

89 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y2 306-782-2998 Father Michael Faryna 306-601-9043

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

PRAIRIE HARVEST CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Orthodox Church www.stmarkyorkton.ca

Sunday, April 14th Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.

Tea and Bake Sale - Apr. 13 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Wed., April 17th Presanctified 6:00 p.m.

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

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

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

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Terriers ousted in semi final sweep

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Terrier offence struggled in the face of a hot goaltender and the result was a quick exit from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinals.

The Terriers were down two-games to none against Battlefords when the best-of-seven series reverted to the Farrell Agencies Arena in Yorkton for game three last Tuesday.

That night the North Stars took a strangle hold in the series.

The Stars struck first in game three when Brett Gammer potted a goal at 14:23 of the first period.

That would be it for offence as Terrier netminder Ryan Ouellette would not allow another goal in facing 41-shots.

However, the Terrier goaltender would be outdone by Joel Grzybowski who held the line for a shut-out his second straight in the series, facing 30-shots.

The 1-0 win gave Battlefords a threegames-to-none lead in the series, with game four in Yorkton Wednesday.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the Terriers were close in game three, but at times did not play very inspired hockey.

“I liked our last

The Yorkton Terrier offence was stymied versus Battlefords, being shut out in three straight games.

30-minutes, I didn’t like our first 30,” he said, adding the Terriers didn’t get into the game emotionally until Cole Keenleyside took a 10-minute misconduct late in the second period which seemed to get the Terriers playing more desperate hockey.

But, they still did not score.

“It all comes down to execution,” he said, adding the Terriers need “to find a way to beat Grzybowski.

The problem, as Hehr saw it was that the Terriers weren’t battling through “to get to the

gritty areas,” that area in front of the net where rebounds are found.

Looking at game four Hehr said the Terriers don’t want to bow out of the playoffs on home ice.

“We’ve just got to focus on one game at a time,” he said, adding they win Wednesday and head to Battlefords to steal one in their barn, then go from there.

Game four

The Terriers hit the Farrell Agencies Arena ice last Wednesday in need of a win with one more loss the Terriers would be swept.

Quinton LoonStewardson would open the scoring at 5:10 of the opening period, and that would be all the Stars would need.

Battlefords netminder Joel Grzybowski would turn away all 31-shots he would face to secure his third straight shutout and eliminate the Terriers from the playoffs.

While Grzybowski’s two previous shut-outs had been 1-0 affairs, this time the Stars would add some insurance in the third. Brett Gammer scored on the powerplay at 12:20, and Ryan

Gil would round out the night at 18:18.

Ryan Ouellette would take the loss in the Terrier net facing 35-shots.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr was disappointed in the series loss, but remained proud of his team.

“When you have the best offence to go cold it was the worst time,” he said, adding “I’m proud of every single person on this team this year.”

Throughout the game, and the series, the Stars kept much of the Terrier offence operating from the perimeters.

“They did a good job of that,” admitted Hehr, who added when the Terriers did generate a good scoring chance Grzybowski was up to the task.

Asked if he wished he had tried something different in the series, Hehr said “right now it’s so fresh” it’s hard to analyse, adding that will likely come in a few weeks.

The Terriers see several players graduating from Junior, and Hehr said he had a simple message for those players.

“They’ll always be Terriers for life. That’s been our motto,” he said.

In the other SJHL semi-final Estevan used home ice to their advantage to defeat Melfort 3-2 in game three last Tuesday, then evened the series at two games apiece with a 4-2 win last Wednesday.

Back on their home ice Friday the Mustangs took game five 4-1, then wrapped up the series with a 3-2 win in Estevan Sunday, in a game the home side Bruins had led 2-0.

The Mustang win sets up the Canalta Cup final between Melfort and Battlefords, with the North Stars hosting games one and two this Friday and Saturday, with games three and four in Melfort next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Gymnastics event draws 18 clubs

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Springers Gymnastics Club hosted its annual invitational tournament on the weekend.

The three-day event attracted 18 clubs from across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, from as far away as Swift Current, said the Springers head coach Jessica Ronn, adding there were more than 500 participants registered.

The event, held at the Yorkton Regional High School was the final event of the season for the club’s recreational athletes, said Ronn.

“For our competitive athletes there’s the provincial championships Mother’s Day weekend in May (in Saskatoon),” she said.

The event saw athletes

put through their routines in floor exercise, uneven bars, vault and balance beam.

“For the recreational athletes it’s more for fun … There’s no pressure like being on the competitive team” said Ronn, who noted the athletes 108 from the Springers Club were not judged, but are rewarded for participation.

Ronn added that most gymnasts involved with the Springers begin recreationally, and evolve to the competitive side of things.

“Typically they start in the recreational program,” she said, adding at some point they may want “to be evaluated for the competitive program.”

The Springers had 49 competitive gymnasts participate on the weekend, and Ronn said as coach she was

Yorkton TeamSask bowlers top qualifiers in Ottawa

By Cory Carlick Staff Writer Two of TeamSask’s top bowlers come from right here in Yorkton, making an impact at the Canadian 5 pin bowling Youth Challenge, held in Ottawa March 27th to 31st.

Ashley Schrader and Adam Becker, both of Yorkton, held some of the highest games.

“It was a great experience. I had lots of fun and I bowled better than had ever bowled before,”

said Schrader.

Becker had the top qualifier for TeamSask, with a provincial average of 260.6 and national average of 247 in the qualifying round.

Schrader held an overall provincial average of 244 and held the high game of all competitors in Ottawa scoring 390. She was the top four of all competitors earning her a spot on the all star team.

TeamSask finished in competition 4th overall..

well-pleased with their results.

“The kids met my expectations.

They worked so hard,” she said, adding there were a number of medals in vari-

ous age groups.

In her own case, Ronn was a gymnast with the club as a youngster, and has coached for the past six years.

“It’s my passion. I

The uneven bars were one of the apparatus facing the athletes.

just love being in the gym, keeping kids active, seeing them progress

through their levels and skill development,” she said.

The weekend competition saw more than 500 compete at the Yorkton Regional High School.

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Not many upsets expected in round one With the only snow left to melt this spring that is hidden from the sunshine, it is obviously time for the playoffs to start in the National Hockey League.

Yes that was written with a certain amount of sarcasm. I am one of those who believes the NHL would be more compelling with a 70-game regular season which would effectively shorten it by a month, which would be far better for the playoffs. That said as a realist I get the money involved with 12 regular season games, so it is not changing.

This year I am actually engaged by the playoffs with three Canadian teams in the mix, although the first round of action appears to be rather humdrum in terms

of match-ups. I look at five series having an easy favourite, one series likely a given but I have an itch it might be the upset, and two series I’d suggest are more 50/50 if you are a wagering sort.

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So a quick run through of the non-Canadian series, the ones I’ll score watch and nothing more.

Columbus went all in at the trade deadline knowing some big names were flying the coop after the season through free agency. The Jackets made some big trades giving up some of its future for a run in the playoffs.

It made sense for their fans since Columbus has never won a playoff series. They draw Tampa Bay this time, the best team through the regular season by a considerable margin, which is bad

news in Columbus whose moves will be for naught as they get thunderstruck by the Lightning.

I’ve been a Toronto fan since I was old enough to realize it was more fun to have a different favourite team than my dad who was a Montreal fan. At the time there was only one other Canadian team, and my national pride was obviously starting to bloom, so I became a Leaf fan.

I want the Leafs to do

well, but defensively they have been woeful for a month, and they don’t play Boston well at the best of times. Sadly the Bruins roll.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals get the plucky Carolina Hurricanes, which is a win for the Caps.

Pittsburgh should roll over the upstart New York Islanders, but the Isles have Barry Trost behind the bench and

a renewed dedication to defence that has me thinking this is the dark horse upset series.

Out west Calgary will take care of Colorado and unless Pekka Rinne has a complete meltdown Nashville will dispose if Dallas handily.

And that leaves the two series I waffle on.

Las Vegas should take care of San Jose, in-part because the Sharks are perennial underachievers, and in-part because Marc Andre Fleury is arguably the best playoff goalie among the final 16.

But one day the Sharks will surprise, and this series could be the start of that.

Then there are the Winnipeg Jets, a team I also follow closely – I really want a Flames-Jets western final. Winnipeg

has been about as Jekyll and Hyde as a team can get down the stretch, with a propensity to blow leads in the third. That does not elicit confidence.

St. Louis is up against the Jets and they have been smoking hot since December. Their offence does not go very deep, and their netminder has no playoff credentials, which should tip things in favour of Winnipeg, but a Blues win will not shock at all, as hard as that is to write as a Jets fan.

Of course as a prognosticator I do understand that going public with my picks invariably will lead to many picks being wrong, but just maybe this is the year I go eight-for-eight out of the gate.

Hyas team headed to Sask Baseball HoF The Hyas Baseball Team will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Team Category, Saturday, August 17, in Battleford.

The first Hyas Baseball Team photograph was of a 1920’s team wearing knitted uniforms. Apparently each player was obligated to knit their own uniform.

However, the original photograph has not been located.

For years there was a rivalry between the Stenen baseball team and the Hyas baseball team. This rivalry was strongest in the 1930 season when Hyas had a group of baseball players that were so overwhelmingly strong that no baseball team in the league or area were able to overcome them.

Hyas won the North East Saskatchewan Baseball League [NESBL] Championship hands down in the 1930 season. They would also enter

and win most of the tournaments in the area.

Players that made up the core nucleus of the team included the coach/ manager, Allen Yewell, Anton Belous, pitcher, Eric Quist, catcher, Matty Gibney, first base, Eskil Quist, second base, Russell Johnson, third base, Steve Yurkiw, short stop, Jim Lisoway, left field, Ted Fiala, center field, Andrew Bellows, right field with Al Hansen as batboy.

Following the 1930 season, when Hyas won the NESaskatchewan Baseball League Championship, the Stenen baseball team captured the next four consecutive season NE Saskatchewan Baseball League Championships. Then in 1935, Canora stole the League Championship from the dominant Stenen and Hyas teams.

Again in 1936, Hyas dominated base-

ball in the area and were unbeatable as they again claimed the North East Saskatchewan Baseball Championship.

The key to the Hyas baseball team was the balance in all areas of the game.

They had strong leadership from Allen Yewell with his strong pitching along with strong catching from Eric Quist.

A strong defense was provided by two outstanding outfielders, Jim Lisoway and Ted Fiala. Lisoway would catch anything and everything that came into his domain, making impossible catches running between the parked cars.

Fiala could pick off runners coming home, firing the ball like a bullet from center field.

Anton Belous’ touch on the ball was like magic. His powerful left-hand pitching baffled his opponents. He

could join the game in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and effortlessly strikeout three batters in a row. The Hyas team always did well when Anton was the pitcher. It was commonly known throughout the area that if Anton Belous was pitching, the game was already won. His skill far surpassed that of the professional ball players they had seen play the game. If he wanted riches and fame, all he had to do was reach out and take them. He was a man with a family and had more important things in life to do than chase a dream.

The NESBL folded during the war, from 1938 to 1945, which could probably have been the ‘Hyas Years of Champions’. We will never know!

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Archers take aim at local shoot

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The whir of flying arrows and the thump as they hit their targets permeated the Agripavilion in the city on the weekend, as more than 100 archers a day took part in the Broken Arrow Archery Club 3D shoot.

The annual shoot was

one of the activities at the Parkland Outdoor Show & Expo as an activity for archers to have some fun, explained club president Clinton Leis.

Leis said the club has long been supportive of both sport shooting and hunting with a bow having been formed in the 1960s. He said today the club has about 50 people

involved, most active shooters, most active hunters.

In terms of shooting outside of hunting season Leis said the club is active.

“We have our own indoor range,” he said, noting they shoot 3D and target in what was the gymnasium of the old Sacred Heart High

School which allows shots up to 40-yards.

The shoot at the Agripavilion is a tighter course, with the longest shot offered about 35 yards, said Leis.

The shooters at the 3D event go through a series of ‘stations’ where they must shoot at a specific target laid out to mimic some of the conditions an archer might find when out hunting. Leis said in that respect outdoor 3D shoots are typically held in natural settings where shooters must deal with trees, and the shadows of being in the bush.

The weekend show saw archers with both compound bows, the most popular style, as well as traditional recurve bows.

Leis said there seems to be a recent resurgence in terms of interest in bow

The Broken Arrow Archery Club 3D Shoot was a popular event at the Parkland Outdoor Show & Expo.

shooting in general and in particular in the traditional recurve.

“It’s just one of those things. It goes through cycles,” he said.

While most participants at the shoot were there for fun, using such shoots as a way to stay in practice until hunting season, Leis said there are a few archers, like himself, that travel to major shoots including a

few in the United States.

He said for the serious competitive shooter who does well there are even opportunities to be on a ‘team’ sponsored by companies who will provide bows, arrows and other gear.

For anyone interested in learning more about any facet of archery they can contact Broken Arrow Archery Club via Facebook.

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BAHSLER - Dorothy went home to be with her Lord and Saviour Thursday, March 28, 2019. Dorothy Bahsler was born at Weyburn, SK on September 13, 1917. Her parents were Dan and Mary (Lacombe) Galbraith. Dorothy was the oldest of six children, she had three brothers and two sisters. The Galbraith children grew up on the family farm. The three girls were the oldest so they grew up doing many chores outside to help their father until the boys grew old enough to help. Dorothy took her schooling in the Paisley Brook area of Southern Saskatchewan.

After completing her schooling, she stayed home on the farm and raised turkeys to earn money for things she wanted to buy. She could tell you many stories of her turkey raising years. When she was 23 a local business owner from Big Beaver came and knocked on the door of the farmhouse to ask Dan, her father, if Dorothy could come and work for him. This started her career working away from home. Big Beaver was the end of the CPR line, the trains would come into town and then turn around and go back. Big Beaver was home to a business that was a hotel, café and grocery store all combined into one. Dorothy started working there and gained experience in all aspects of the operation. During her stay there she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal saviour in the fall of 1943. This was the most life altering decision of her life.

Unfortunately the store was sold in 1945, so Dorothy headed to Regina. She started working at the Shop Easy store on Dewdney Ave. In 1946 she decided to go back to school and enrolled at Balfour School in the dressmaking course. Dorothy loved the classes and the school. She would have quite happily taken the course again if they would have let her. In 1947 she went to work at Eatons in the drapery department. On Dec 24, 1948 Dorothy married Rudy Bahsler in Preeceville, SK; he was teaching school in Regina and attended the same church as Dorothy went to. At that time Eatons had a policy that they would not employ a married woman if her husband was working. Dorothy was forced to resign her position.

Then in 1950 Eatons changed their policy and called Dorothy back to work. She worked there for another 5 years. In 1955 she went to work at B Lilliey Draperies in Regina. She was in charge of 5 ladies who worked under her direction. I think this was her most loved job of all. Rudy retired in 1965 and they moved to his family farm and spent three years there before moving to Yorkton in 1969. Dorothy started working at Joy Frocks and remained there until 1977 when she decided it was time to retire. In 1985 Joy Frocks changed hands and the new owner asked Dorothy to come out of retirement and back to work. She stayed at Joy Frocks until 1989 when she finally retired permanently from the workforce. Rudy Bahsler, beloved husband of Dorothy, passed away January 31, 1995.

Dorothy stayed in her home until 1999 when she decided it was time to sell and she moved in with friends on an acreage outside of Yorkton. In March of 2002 Dorothy moved into the Bentley. Her vision was starting to deteriorate to the place where she could no longer drive. The Bentley was home to her until Nov 28, 2018 when she was hospitalized in Yorkton.

The loss of her ability to walk forced her to move to Canora Gateway Lodge nursing home on Dec 7, 2018. Just prior to her passing, friends went to visit and had a time of prayer, hymns and scripture reading. This was her departure time and she had a lovely send off. In Proverbs 31 we have the description of a virtuous woman and it says “her children shall rise up and call her blessed” …during the course of her life, Dorothy opened her heart and home to many who stayed with her and Rudy for various amounts of time. As well as many who crossed her path as sisters or brothers in the Lord, neighbours, friends she got to know. We saw her as a mother figure in our lives. We rise up and call her blessed for truly she blessed many. Dorothy was very active in church ministries and serving her Lord and Saviour in praying and supporting missionaries as long as she was able. Dorothy has been predeceased by her sisters: Annie (Axel) Frisk; Pearl (Bob) Jackson; her two brothers Dwight (Margaret) Galbraith; Donald (Florence) Galbraith and their infant son Wesley. She is survived by a brother George of Weyburn, SK and sister-in-law Florence (Donald) Galbraith of Ogema, SK. She leaves many nieces and nephews, great and great-great-nieces and nephews who will miss knowing her.

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JARDUK - Frank Jarduk, beloved husband of Karen Jarduk of Yorkton and formerly of the Danbury District, SK, passed away at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on March 31, 2019 at the age of 80 years. Frank Albin Jarduk was born December 19, 1938 to Nick and Lillian (Bossey) Jarduk. He was the second of two children. He completed his education at Brush Valley School and continued farming along side his dad, eventually taking over the family farm. Frank met Karen Beattie in Swan River, MB and they were married on October 26, 1974. Together they raised four children: Bradley, Nicole, Amanda and Shane. Family and friends were very important to Frank and he always made time for them. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.

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CHIPEUR - Victoria Chipeur was born on October 3, 1917 in the Otthon District of Saskatchewan. She was one of nine children born to Frank and Anastasia (nee Zukowich).

Victoria attended school in the East Otthon District. Victoria lived a very full life of 101 years.

She worked as a waitress for many years. During those years she also participated in community organizations such as Elks Royal Purple, sporting activities and loved entertaining and socializing with friends and neighbours. Once retired, Victoria spent years working in the church hall cooking, baking, serving and carving turkeys.

Victoria was known as an avid gardener, always daring a weed to poke up and canning the fruits and vegetables, also enjoyed playing crib and rummy, bowling and socializing with family and friends.

She loved to dress up and was famous for her spiked high heels.

Victoria was predeceased by her parents Frank and Anastasia; her husband Val and her sisters Theresa, Helen, Martha, Angeline and her brothers Martin, Vincent, Philip and Ed. She leaves to morn her passing and celebrate her life, son Ralph (Charlene) and Dennis (Ardis); granddaughter, Daniell Finlay (Cory) and great-granddaughter Adisyn and grandson Ashley (Gabby), great-grandsons Chase and Corbin and Vaughn Chipeur; as well as other numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and dear friends. A Funeral Mass was held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 1:00 at St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church in Yorkton, SK. Hymns sang were “Morning Has Broken”, “Psalm 23”, “Peace Is Flowing Like A River”, “Be Not Afraid”, “Songs Of The Angels” and “How Great Thou Art”. Vicky was carried to her final resting place by pallbearers Ashley Chipeur, Vaughn Chipeur, Donnie Paziora, Marly Maserek, Ed Hudy and Cory Findlay at the Yorkton City Cemetery. If so desired, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society as tokens of remembrance.

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Gordon William Morozoff June 18, 1960 April 16, 2013

In our hearts your memory lingers, always tender, fond and true, There’s not a day, dear Gordon, We do not think of you.

– Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by Mom; Ron & Inge; Lorne & Shannon, Matthew & Nathan

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, April 10, 2019 In Memoriam DOBKO - Marty. April 14, 2017.

Dear Marty, If love alone could have spared you...

You would have lived forever.

- Love You Always, Sylvia GRUBER - Alger Bryan, October 18, 2010 and Ardith Louise, April 1, 2008.

The passage of time has not removed the emptiness from our hearts.

We miss the smiles, quick wit and humour, but we are forever grateful for the great times we shared together.

-Lovingly remembered by Judy (Les), Lorne (Sherry), Gary and families.

MCCALLUM - In loving memory of Phyllis, April 9, 2015.

Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on.

Cherished memories never fade because one loved is gone.

Those we loved can never be more than a thought apart.

For as long as there’s a memory they live on in our hearts.

-Lovingly remembered by James McCallum, Stacy, Trent, Grant and families.

NORMAN - Alvin Rendall. April 13, 2001.

If memories bring us closer We are never far apart, For you are always in our thoughts, And forever in our hearts.

-Forever loved and remembered by wife Helen and all the family.

WILK - In loving memory of Paul who passed away April 6, 2004.

So much has changed since you’ve been gone.

Through ups and downs our lives move on.

But as time rolls by one thing remains true.

We’ll always have memories of you.

- Lovingly remembered by Rick, Randy, Elvis, Nadine and families.

Announcements

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the estate of ISMA RUTH ANN HOLOWATY, late of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, deceased.

All claims against the above estate, duly verified by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 24th day of April, 2019.

SHAWN PATENAUDE LEGAL PROF. CORP. 9 - 259 Hamilton Road Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 4C6

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LIEN NOTICE. Take notice that e17_R0011688441.indd miscellaneous goods belonging to prod2/kj (classified) Garry Andrychuk stored at SURELOKT STORAGE •YTW Apr. 10,17/19- Highway 52W in Yorkton, SK will be sold due to unpaid, storage charges in accordance with the ‘Warehouseman’s Lien Act’. For viewing contact Dan Heslin @ mcdougallauctions.com.

1-800-263-4193.

Notice to Creditors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the estate of RAYMOND GARTH BLOMMAERT, late of the City of Yorkton, in the province of Saskatchewan, deceased.

All claims against the above estate, duly verified by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 26th day of April, A.D. 2019.

STEPHANIUK LAW OFFICE Barrister & Solicitor #5 - 5th Avenue North Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 0Y9

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Building Supplies e10_R0011685882.indd prod2/kj (classified) COTTAGE STYLE roof trusses, 4 in 12 Apr. slope,3,10/19 2’ overhang for 40’ x •YTW

20’ building. Purchased before lumber increased. $4,700. OBO. 306-782-9519 for viewing, leave message.

Apartments / Condos-For Sale CONDO FOR SALE in Saskatoon, SK. 1,076sq.ft., 2 bedroom, 2 full baths, all new appliances & decor.

Asking $190,900. Phone 306-9342568.

Cabins/Cottages/Country Homes 2BR/1BA York Lake. Approximately 800 sq. ft. Includes: stove, fridge, washer, dryer, dishwasher, security monitoring, plus HD Bell ExpressVu TV services. No pets. References required. $1,100/month Available immediately.

306-621-8628

Lots & Acreages for Sale LOT FOR SALE. RM of Orkney No. 244. Lot 8, Block 1 on Kittle Ave. Large, open, corner, high lot.

Phone 403-547-4431.

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY Cleaning

AJ CLEANING SERVICE. Will clean your whole house. Wall washing, painting and more! Other services available! I have 30 years experience. Free Estimates. Call 1-306370-1947 or 1-306-7953144.

Handyperson

GORD THE HANDYMAN specializing in: Repair work, Roofing, siding, decks, yardwork, painting, fencing and more. I have 30 years experience.

Free Estimates. Call 1306-370-1947 or 306795-3144.

WHATEVER NEEDS DONE. Carpentry, plumbing, painting, yard work, garbage hauled away.

Phone 306-621-7538, leave message.

Roofing COTTAGE STYLE roof trusses, 4 in 12 slope, 2’ overhang for 40’ x 20’ building. Purchased before lumber increased. $4,700. OBO. 306-782-9519 for viewing, leave message.

Services for Hire BRAZEAU MASONRY & ROOFING. Asphalt shingling, brick block and stone layer, chimney repair and stucco and parging. Free estimates. Wayne 306-331-8069.

EAVESTROUGH CLEANING. To clean your house collar give me a holler! Phone Fred 306-621-1533.

HI FOLKS! Contact Glen for all of your construction needs, big or small. Guaranteed to be the best workmanship you’ve probably ever seen! Over 20yrs. experience.

Piece work or by the hour for particular clients. Specializing in: Framing, Fibreglass Insulation w/poly, Drywall, Finishing Carpentry, Doors & Windows, Minor Plumbing & Electrical, Renovations & Repairs. Fixing what the other guy screwed up! And a host of other Handyman Skills! Call Glen 306-641-4987.

UNLIMITED SOLUTIONS. Mold inspections & Testing. Radon gas testing, ozone odour elimination.

Wayne 306-331-8069.

Notices / Nominations

Notices / Nominations

R.M. of Sliding Hills No. 273 RATEPAYERS MEETING

Monday April 15th, 2019 Veregin Community Hall - 7:00 p.m.

Coming Events Attend the Draggins Car Show April 19 and 20 at Prairieland Park,\~ Saskatoon, headlining the 2018 Detroit Ridler Award winner.\~ See our website; Draggins.com.

GIGANTIC ANNUAL GUN AND HOBBY SHOW in Dauphin, MB, Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 304 Whitmore Avenue (8 Avenue Hall). Admission $5, under 12 free with adult. Approximately 80 - 8ft tables. May contain guns and related items, military items, hobbies, crafts, antiques, hockey cards, Indian artifacts. Something of interest for everyone. This is a buying, selling, trading show. Bring your guns and collectibles. BuySell-Trade or have appraised. For information phone (204) 444-4690.

A public meeting has been called to discuss the following: 2018 - In Review 2019 - Plans Presentations by: Lynne Roszell, Plant Health Officer, SARM Division 4 - Clubroot Information RCMP - Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network Legal/Public Notices

Legal/Public Notices

SPRING TEA & BAKE SALE. Saturday, April 13, 1pm-4pm.

St. Mark Orthodox Church Basement. 160 Betts Ave. Yorkton. Admission: Freewill Offering.

ST. MARY’S UCWLC Easter Bake Sale. St. Mary’s Cultural Centre, 240 Wellington Avenue, Yorkton, SK. Wednesday, April 10, 2019 starting at 5 pm. Traditional Ukrainian Paskas and Babkas (baked fresh), Perogies, Sweet and Sour Leaf Cabbage Rolls, Pyrhi, Easter Butter Lambs.

Adult Personal Messages MALE (44), from Yorkton, looking for female with children, for companion. Likes movies and going dancing. Call 306-641-6234 no texts.

PLAN NUMBER 6-3-678 HANDSOME THREE BEDROOM HOME In this handsome three-bedroom home, the main living area occupies the upper floor. On the ground floor, in addition to a den, a future twobedroom secondary suite offers several options for the homeowner, including a mortgage-helper or in-law suite.

The covered entry leads into a foyer with the den on the left, as well as a handy bench adjacent to the coat closet. To the right is the stairway to the upper floor. The den features a clothes closet, allowing it to double as a guest bedroom.

Upstairs, the great room boasts an elegant tray ceiling. Sliding glass doors give access to a generous glass-railed balcony that looks over the front garden. A gas fireplace will spread its warm glow throughout the open-plan area, which includes the kitchen as well as the dining room, with access to a patio that overlooks the back garden.

The kitchen includes plenty of counter space, a

corner pantry for storage and a work island with a double sink. Thanks to the placement of the work island, the cook will be able to communicate with family and guests while preparing meals or snacks.

The master suite overlooks the back garden for privacy. The ensuite includes double basins and a shower stall, and the roomy walk-in closet has its own entrance.

The second and third bedrooms look out to the front garden and share a three-piece bathroom. The laundry room, broom closet and linen cupboard are all convenient to the bedrooms.

The double garage includes access to the main foyer, as well as the side garden and the furnace room.

Exterior finishes include stucco cladding with stone and wood accents. The shingle roof contrasts with the metal one over the garage and entry. Cut-stone pilasters flank the garage door and the front door.

This home measures 39 feet wide and 47 feet, six inches deep for

a total of 1,423 square feet on the upper floor, where ceilings measure nine feet high throughout.

Plans for design 6-3678 are available for $715 (set of 5), $775 (set of 8) and $823 for a super set of 10. Also add $35.00 for Priority charges within B.C. or $60.00 outside of B.C. Please add H.S.T., PST, OR G.S.T (where applicable) to both the plan price and Priority charges.

Our 51ST Edition of the Home Plan Catalogue containing over 300 plans is available for $16.50 (includes taxes, postage and handling). Make all cheque and money orders payable to “Jenish House Design Ltd.” and mail to: JENISH HOUSE DESIGN LTD. c/o...Yorkton This week #201- 1658 Commerce Ave Kelowna, BC V1X 8A9 OR SEE OUR WEB PAGE ORDER FORM ON: www.jenish.com AND E-MAIL YOUR ORDER TO: homeplans@jenish.com

Land for Sale

Apartments/Condos for Rent

Houses For Rent

FARMLAND WANTED

ADULT 45+. Renovated, furnished one bedroom suites for rent in Canora. Must have references.

Phone 306-563-5281.

FOR RENT: 1 bedroom, 1 bath house, 35 minute commute from Yorkton with a large treed corner lot, garden and garage. Perfect for person starting fresh. Can be rented fully furnished including dishes, pans, etc. Ready in less than 10 days. Call 306-562-7288 or 306594-7204 for more information, to view or apply.

NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! 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

PARKINSON CANADA Yorkton Support Group Meeting Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2pm at Yorkton District Nursing Home. Guest speaker: Kelly Pierson from Sask Parkinson’s.

PRIME RIB DINNER Sunday, April 28, 2019. 5pm. Westview United Church, 355 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton. Advance tickets only. Call Vern at 306-783-8246 or Church Office 306-783-3063.

Adults $25 - Youth 12 and under $12

ASSESSMENT ROLL Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Calder No. 241 for 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 12 to May 13, 2019 except for Statutory Holidays.

A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $75.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, with: The Assessor, R.M. of Calder No. 241, Box 10, Wroxton SK S0A 4S0

Assessor

RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-716-2671 saskfarms@shaw.ca Apartments/Condos for Rent

ALLANBROOKE APARTMENTS

• Large 1 & 2 bedroom.

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

Janet 306-620-6838 ON BUS ROUTE

by the 13th day of May, 2019

Dated this 12th day of April, 2019.

Wendy Becenko

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At Your PLAN OF THE WEEK Service

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PRinvestments_1x27.nil_ R0011511701.indd BEAUTIFUL 2 or 3 bedroom con1x27L 4040) do; 1200prod2/KJ sq.ft., close(class to schools & hospital.

Pictures can be viewed •wed-mp-tfc on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306-5373228, Trevor 587-974-5925.

ONE AND two bedroom newly renovated, safe, secure apartments in east Regina Senior Cooperative Building.

Large screened-in balcony.

Security doors, free bus goes once a week to mall for shopping. Rent includes outside parking with electricity, cable and all utilities except power and phone. Close to banks and all ammenities. 306-789-7970.

YORKTON - 1 BDRM APARTMENT AVAILABLE MAY 1ST IN A QUIET 4 PLEX ON 1ST AVE. N. Spacious, well maintained, and close to downtown.

Rent $750/month, heat and water included, coin laundry, parking. No smoking, no vaping, no dogs. References required, damage deposit required upon signing. For application, email: rental1441st@hotmail.com or call 306-292-8530 during the day or evenings before 8:30pm.

Suites For Rent SPRINGSIDE HOUSING Authority is currently accepting applications for 1 & 2 bedroom Senior Suites at the Heritage Place. Fridge and stove included. Central laundry with two washers and dryers. Well kept, ready for rent. Rent is based on income. For more information and applications please call Morlie at 306-792-2222 or 306-621-7815.

TAKING APPLICATIONS for upstairs 2 bedroom suite. Heat & water included. No Smoking, No Parties, No Pets, No Drinking.

Available May 1. $750/month. 306621-9584.

Duplexes for Rent

Wanted

QUIET 2 Bedroom 4-plex, close to schools & mall. Includes kitchen and laundry appliances. Available May 1. Call 306-783-8990.

DON’T GIVE Your scrap metal away. We pay cash in your yard.

Will buy farm equipment, cars, trucks, ferus and non-ferus. Phone 306-641-9525 or 306-621-1966.

Houses For Rent BEAUTIFUL 2 or 3 bedroom condo; 1200 sq.ft., close to schools & hospital. Pictures can be viewed on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306-5373228, Trevor 587-974-5925.

TAKING APPLICATIONS for a 1200sq. ft. house for rent in Heritage Heights. Available May. 1.

Fenced, treed backyard. Basement redone, double car garage. $1,400/month plus utilities. Call 306-316-0285. No appliances. No Pets.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week Wanted

Garage Sales

Feed & Seed

General Employment

Feed & Seed

RHEIN DISTRICT Lions Club. Gigantic 1-Day Flea Market. April 27, 2019, 9am-3pm. Rhein Lions Hall.

Rent a table or outdoor spot for $15.00. Whatever you sell off your table is Cash in Your Pocket!

There will be no admission at the door. Lunch will be sold at the venue. For more information or to book your table/outside spot, contact Richard 306-273-4662 or Jolene 306-786-1902.

General Employment

Class 1 Owner Operators needed to haul bulk liquid products throughout MB, SK, AB and the Northern United States. We currently have a lot of opportunity to haul out of many Saskatchewan cities.

Parts & Accessories

Loaded and empty miles paid!

Contact us or submit a resume:

LH RECYCLED

LTD.

Phone: 204.571.0187

THE PARTS YOU NEED

Email: recruiting@ renaissancetrans.ca

The Price and service you want

Furniture QUEEN Size reclining bed & mattress. 1 year old. Will sell cheap.

Located in Yorkton Crossing.

Phone 306-590-8455.

For Sale - Misc

FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN SUPPLIES

YOUNG’S

PLANT WORLD LTD. NURSERY • GARDEN CENTRE • GROCERY STORE

Highway #9 North, Yorkton 306-783-8660 YoungsPlantWorld_1x18.nil_ R001340164. indd 1x18L comp7/DB wed tfc 1983 4450 John (classified) Deere Tractor,

approx. 9,000hrs, a/t/c/ with cab, quad range. Good condition. Asking $32,500 OBO. Phone 306-6203356.

2 BURIAL plots for sale at Memorial Gardens, Yorkton. For more information call 306-783-6025.

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BUCKETS SUMMER CAMPING $1500. May 17, 2019 - Oct.14, 2019. 30 Amp, Treated water, 130 septic tank. All inquiries call 1-204-937-2716. www.rickerscampground.ca.

CRAFTSMAN 24hp tractor with 42 inch mower. Attached 40” electric 2 stage snowblower with weights and chains. 142 hrs., like new.

Mower never used. Asking $3,800.

306-782-3280 leave message.

EATON’S CATALOGUES, crocheted bedspreads, bedding, quilts, clean pillows, teapots, vases, bone china cups and saucers, Avon doll bottles, picture window sized drapes, white linen tablecloth, 48” bed frame, quilting material, Wilf Carter and Carter family records, chandelier and lamps.

Call 306-782-2127.

FARM FRESH eggs for $4./dozen. Call 306-620-2586.

sale,

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.

FREE FOR parts, 2 Gravely walkbehind lawn mowers. Phone 306783-0406. Leave message.

JENNIFER’S HAIR & NAILS at home. Call 306-782-1615 or text 306-621-1046 PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach over 550,000 readers weekly. Call Yorkton This Week NOW or 306-782-2465 for details.

SEASONAL SITES AVAILABLE $2400. Ricker’s Campground. 30 Amp, Treated water, 130 septic tank, winter storage. May 1, 2019 Oct.14, 2019. All inquiries call 1-204-937-2716. www.rickerscampground.ca.

Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm, Closed Sat. & Sun. 15 YORK ROAD WEST, YORKTON

306-782-4395 OR 1-800-657-4395 Fax 306-786-5414 LHRecycled_1x47.nil_ R001341986.indd FOR SALE: a set of 4prod2/kj pocket style spec for sandy fender flares.

Complete, still in box

will all mounting hardware. Fits 2007-2013 Chevy Silverado with regular or long box. $350 OBO. Text 306-641-5921.

Sports Utilities & 4X4s 2014 FORD Edge Sport, remote start, AWD, totally loaded, 215,000 kms, highway miles. $17,500. Call 306-641-5508.

Trucks & Vans 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.

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

Feed & Seed HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

GREEN CANOLA SPRING THRESHED DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

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

Western Commodities

Millions of people look to classifieds across Canada every week — it’s used news.

Livestock

Career Training

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

Seniors, Parents, Children!

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

LOVELAND RED ANGUS has bulls of all ages. Delivery available. 306-795-2710.

Goodeve, SK. WANTED: CATTLE for 2019 Summer Grazing in Whitebeach Community Pasture Inc. For info Phone 306-814-7383, 306-5484340, 306-748-2603.

Be a Yorkton This Week Carrier!

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

YEARLING AND 2 year old Hereford bulls. Semen tested. For performance information & EPD’s call Wes 306-743-5105. www.vcherefordfarm.com.

Langenburg, SK. 20 OPEN Dehorned yearling Hereford heifers. Call Wes at 306-7435105 Langenburg, SK. www.vcherefordfarm.com.

BLACK SIMMENTAL - GELBVIEH yearling bulls. Excellent heifer bulls. Also selling Black Simmental - Gelbvieh yearling replacement heifers. All reasonably priced. 306728-9043, Melville.

General Employment LOOKING FOR journeyman and apprentice electricians for the new water treatment plant project in Melville. Contact Garry at Aim Electric 306-934-1922 or 306-2201305.

circulation@yorktonthisweek.com or telephone circulation at:

306-782-2465

LOOKING FOR full time taxi drivers. Call 306-783-1010.

Purebred Livestock JAYMARANDY LIMOUSIN BULLS For Sale on the farm. 2 year old & yearling polled Red and Black Limousin and Limousin Angus cross. Call 204-937-4980 or 204-937-0274 Roblin.

Agricultural FARM HELP Wanted on Grain Operation farm in the Canora area. farm experience and Class 1A license preferred. Please call Garry 306-563-7610.

Career Opportunities

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

Career Opportunities

Pasture Rider The Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP) is currently looking for pasture riders at various pastures in the Dauphin and Roblin areas. Riders must have their own horses and tack and be able to treat cattle from horseback and be familiar with cattle and their care. Fencing and corral maintenance is also involved. More information is on our website.

Phone inquiries can contact Warren Jacobsen at 204-742-3295.

204-742-3295 www.pastures.ca

YTW-Carriers_BK_2x67.a25_R0011511710.indd Trucking & Transport prod2/kj Jan 2/19 - Dec 25/19 (f/c) jim (class) C&G SHUTTLE SERVICE INC. 1-306-647-3333, Cell 1-306-620-3521, Cell 1-306-620-3359.

Box 695 Yorkton, SK. S3N 2W8. Medical Appointments, Airport Trips, All Other Shuttle Services Saskatoon, Regina & Winnipeg.

Labourer/Sandblaster/Painter We are currently accepting applications for labourers/sandblasters/painters at our Esterhazy location.

Duties include prepping material for blasting/painting, assisting blasters/ painters in their daily duties, general housekeeping/cleanup, and other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Successful candidates will possess a valid drivers license. Preference is given to those with valid safety tickets but we are willing to train the right candidate.

Candidates are subject to drug and alcohol testing upon hiring.

Email resumes to lussier@csbp.ca

Career Opportunities

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www.westerncommodities.ca Common Organic Legume Seed for Sale. Tap Root Alfalfa, Single Cut Red Clover and Alsike Clover.

Available in 50 pound bags. 306382-1299 Saskatoon SK.

Instructor - Power Engineering Parkland College invites applications for an Instructor in our (PE) Power Engineering program. This is a part-time, term position from August 19, 2019 to April 30, 2020. This position is based out of the Trades and Technology Centre in Yorkton.

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• Computerized Parts Interchange • Computerized Inventory • Parts Locating Service For Those Hard To Find Parts • An Exceptional Line Of New Aftermarket Body Parts

SUMMER GARDEN Plot available at no charge. Call 306-783-5197.

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Milestones marked The 75th wedding anniversary of John and Betty Popowich was held March 23. The celebration took place at Queen Elizabeth Court where family and friends joined together to celebrate with the happy couple marking their March 25 anniversary.

Five generations of the family were at the event Betty Popowich, daughter Sherry Shumay, granddaughter Deanna Shumay, great granddaughter Tiffany Shumay and great great granddaughter Bailey Sauve.

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Looking for information

By Mary Angus-Yanke More than 60 Saskatchewan soldiers are buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery near the Village of Holten in the Netherlands.

Fifteen of them are from the East Central area near Yorkton.

A Dutch committee of 10 members is doing a biography project of the soldiers buried in the Canadian War Cemetery near Holten in the Netherlands. They are looking for the relatives or friends of these soldiers for information to memorialize each of them in a biography. A March 21, 2019 article

by CBC informed us that One member of this Dutch committee is Jan Braakman, an investigative journalist and the author of several books that specialize in regional stories with a historical context.

The soldiers buried at Holten Cemetery were killed in local battles in the second World War 75 years ago, so their family members are getting old as well, and this

may be the last chance to speak to some of them and get the soldiers stories recorded. Almost all of the 1,394 soldiers buried in the Holten cemetery are Canadians, and 61 of those are from Saskatchewan.

Braakman tells us “These men have sacrificed their lives for our freedom, the least we can do is keep their memories alive”. He goes on to say: “If we keep realizing what war is and what the consequences of war are, people might realize that peace is precious.

We can’t be careless with peace”. Braakman publishes short biographies in Dutch about allied military who lost their lives in the Netherlands during World War II. Members from our local genealogy group in Yorkton want to help him by connecting local family members and friends with his committee, and getting these stories to them.

The soldiers nearly all died during the last stages of the war in the Battles of the Scheldt and Kapelsche Veer in what

yorkton branch of

the saskatchewan genealogy society

Fast Forward to the Past

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is remembered as ‘the hunger winter’ of 19441945 in the Netherlands, and in the last weeks of the war in Northern Germany. My father was one of the Canadian soldiers there at that time.

His army unit, the 29th armoured reconnaissance unit of the South Alberta Regiment, was one of several Canadian units liberating Dutch villages in those days. I discovered a connection with Mr. Braakman when he told me that his grandmother was killed on the day the village where she lived was liberated. When the Canadian liberators arrived, his grandmother and her children came out of their shelter. At that moment, a German soldier opened fire at

the civilians and the Canadians. In the skirmish, his grandmother and two of the Canadian soldiers were killed.

These two soldiers are among those buried at Holten cemetery.

The 15 soldiers buried at Holten War Cemetery from this area are: •ALLEN, Pte. Kenneth G., Indian Head •BATYSKI, Pte. John J., Ituna •BELLS, Lt. Robert W., Quill Lake •BISSCHOP, Rifleman Joseph C., Sheho •CHUDYK, Rifleman Steve Chudyk, Oakshela •DAVIES, Cpl. Leonard G., Bredenbury •FLATT, Rifleman John M., Fenwood •GRAHAM, Pte. John

J., Leroy •HUBER, Trooper Walter L., Serath •KNUTSON, Pte. Palmer, Naicam •MARKOSKI, Gunner L., Hyas •OLSON, Gunner Carl G., Invermay •PEIRSON, Crftsm Robert S., Invermay •STEELE, Gunner George W., Whitewood •WILSON, George S., Yorkton If you or someone you know is related to any one of these, please contact Jan Braakman (1) or the Yorkton Genealogy Society (2) at the addresses below with any information you wish to share in a biography.

For a complete list of all of the 61 Saskatchewan soldiers, all of the 1,355 Canadian soldiers or all of the 1394 soldiers names buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, go to www. cwgc.org.

Your participation in this or one of the many other works by the members of the Yorkton Genealogical Society is welcome, and you are

invited to work with us on your own family’s history. Contact us or join our monthly meetings, held on the second Tuesday evening of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Family History Room of the Yorkton Public Library.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019.

(1) Yorkton Genealogy Society, maryangusyanke@hotmail.com; 306896-7764 (2) Jan Braakman, jan@janbraakman.nl; Jan Braakman Journalistieke Producties, jan. braakman@gmail. com; phone +31 (0) 6 49694369 Provincieroute 110, 8016GM Swolle, Nederland Sources: (3) CBC News, March 21, 2019 (4) www.canadianbattlefieldtours.ca (5) www. Janbraakman Journal (6) www.veterans.gc.ca (7) South Albertas: a Canadian regiment at war; Donald Edward Graves; 1998; Robin Brass Studio, 10 Blantyre Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

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#17 Yorkton Air Cadet Squadron, hosted the Zone Level competition of the National Air Cadet Effective Speaking program.

Cadet event The #17 Yorkton Air Cadet Squadron hosted the Zone Level competition of the National Air Cadet Effective Speaking program recently. Cadets from Foam Lake, Indian Head and Yorkton Air Cadet Squadron competed at this competition for the opportunity to compete at the provincial level.

The winner of the provincial will go on to compete nationally in Newfoundland against other Cadets across Canada.

Judges Phil DeVos, Quinn Haider and Barry Whitehead choose Warrant Officer First Class Gillian Hupee, from Foam Lake and Cadet Jona Jiju, from Yorkton and these Cadets will be heading to Provincials in April.

Air Cadets in Yorkton provides interesting and challenging activities for all youth ages 12 – 18.

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Solo game in convenient package

The concept of a cooperative game is interesting among board games in as much as it sets the players in a quest to collectively best the game.

You don’t win as an individual, but rather you join your fellow gamers and take on the game itself.

Pandemic is likely the best of the bunch in terms of the mechanic, or at least the most popular, with games such as This War of Mine and Ghost Stories coming to mind.

You can now add Mini DiverCity to that list, a game where you and your fellow gamers are trying to save the reef and its inhabitants.

“The ecosystem of the DiverCity Archipelago is a beautiful and dynamic place, with multitudes of species coexisting in a vibrant tapestry of life,” notes the ruleset

fluff. “Not everyone can appreciate this place for its beauty alone, however, as multitudes of corporations attempt to exploit the natural resources of the archipelago and its coral reefs. Your team of divers must fight against time to show the DiverCity government that there is a wide enough diversity of species to justify turning the coral reef into a national park before the oil, fishing and tourism industries take over and destroy the island’s fragile ecosystem.

“If you succeed, the coral reefs will thrive and grow for decades to come; if you fail, the archipelago will become an over-exploited wasteland, void of life and beauty. Will you be able to identify and collect enough samples of the coral reef’s diversity before it’s too late?”

THE MEEPLE GUILD (Yorkton) meeple.guild@gmail.com So as you might expect with a co-op game all players must work together against the corporations, so you will either win as a team, or lose as a team.

You win if you can save the number of species shown on the difficulty level you have chosen.

That there are multiple levels does add to the replay of this game from designer Maxim Tardif.

You lose Mini DiverCity from Sphere Games if the corporations kill the number of species shown on your difficulty level; or if six

hotels are built; or if the species cards deck runs out and you cannot take any further actions. As you can see there are fewer ways to win than there are to lose, which is again rather typical of the genre.

What sets this one apart from most is that it is basically a card game, so it comes in a small box that means set up is quick, and games play out rather quickly, both putting this one into a ‘filler’ game niche.

A neat factor is that you don’t look at your hand of cards, but other

players can. Like divers, you can’t talk to each other, which is harder to do than you might think. Thankfully, there are game mechanics that allow some sharing of information.

A neat little add-on with Mini DiverCity is that the ruleset includes some actual background on the species you are trying to save.

As an example; “Manta Ray: The biggest species of the manta ray can grow up to seven metres (23 ft.) wide. They are filter feeders and feed on zooplankton, so they are not dangerous for humans. The species is considered vulnerable, mostly because of pollution, entanglement in fishing nets, and the fact that they are harvested for use in Chinese medicine.”

Or the “Octopus: One of the most intriguing

species on Earth, the octopus has held a fascination for mankind throughout the ages. As most people probably already know, they have eight tentacles and are amongst the most intelligent and diverse invertebrates. There are around 300 known species.”

A bit of education at the gaming table never hurts.

Mini DiverCity is not the deepest co-op game, but the simple game play keeps it fun.

Check it out at www. spheregames.ca Thanks to fellow gamers Jeff Chasse, Trevor Lyons and Adam Daniels for their help in running through this game for review.

For a bonus game review head to yorktonthisweek.com where a review of the game Grey Cells RPG has been posted this week.

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