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Taking it to the street It might be ice hockey time for most, but in Bredenbury on Saturday, it was also time for some street hockey. The Second Annual Red Beard Cup was held with six teams taking place including the ‘Red Beards’ versus ‘The John Wicks’ who took to the asphalt in the first game of the day. The event was played on Railway

Avenue in the community on a ‘rink’ created by piling bales to define the play area just outside Red Beards Bar and Grill. When the last goal had been scored the ‘Old Sticks’ were champions having defeated the ‘John Wicks’ in the final.

Pleas entered in Focht murder

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer A youth charged in the murder of Colin Focht has plead not guilty.

The seventeen-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, has elected a trial with judge alone in Court of Queen’s Bench. His preliminary inquiry is set for Jan. 7-8. The Crown intends on

pursuing an adult sentence in the case.

He has also plead guilty to other, unrelated charges, including having a weapon intended for committing an offence and aggravated assault, as well

as breaching conditions.

Focht, 25, went missing on August 31, 2018. His remains were discovered on April 4, 2019, and four individuals were charged in connection to the case.

ISC Yorkton office to close Oct. 4

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Information Services Corporation (ISC) is closing three offices across the province, and one of them is in Yorkton.

The office, currently located in the Linden Square Shopping Centre, will close on Oct. 4. Other offices closing include Humboldt and Prince Albert.

Shea Haverstock with ISC said that the office closure, which will affect four jobs in the city, was a business decision sparked by changing trends in how cus-

tomers access their services.

“With factors such as fewer customers accessing counter service, increasing use of online service, as well as shifting economics of the business, we adjust our operations.”

Service will be provided through online options as well as telephone support, said Haverstock. Online and telephone service is the primary way that most customers interact with ISC, and he said their goal is to continue to provide service through those means.

“If someone’s coming to the counter,

it might be for that extra bit of personal service an individual might be reaching out for. However, that can be done over the phone and through other methods.”

The concern now is with the employees at the offices which will soon close, Haverstock said.

“With these changes to our business, our concern is certainly with those employees in our affected locations. We are working closely with them to ensure this process is personal and respectful.”

Mayor Bob Maloney said you never

want to see an office close in the city, and he has sympathy for the people affected by the office’s closure.

“It’s always disappointing when you lose jobs.”

However, he understands why the decision was made, going by the way that the city itself uses their services.

The majority of the city’s operations use ISC’s online component when they want to research land titles, and he suspects that for a lot of customers, this shift has made the closure inevitable.

Rory Nussbaumer heading to China

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Rory Nussbaumer has been accepted to attend the UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Shenzhen, China.

Nussbaumer, who grew up in the Yorkton area, and now lives in Saskatoon, will be in China from November 6-13.

The event is a platform for top talents from all over the world, who are working on solutions to the United Nations SDGs. Over 8,000 young people applied to attend UNLEASH and Rory Nussbaumer was one of 1,000 young people from more than 186 countries selected to attend UNLEASH after being deemed one of the next

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The opportunity is one that builds on a continuing interest for Nussbaumer who graduated from Yorkton Regional High School in 2010.

“When I was in University, I got the opportunity to go to the Globe Series Forum in Vancouver in 2016 to learn about the business and

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economics of sustainability,” he told Yorkton This Week. “Globe Series is the longest running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America.

Since 1997, 170,000 people from 97 countries have come to the Globe conference to learn with industry leaders about cutting edge technology like carbon capture and storage, to the future of sustainable food production. This conference excited me about the future economics of sustainability and I then interviewed to be a part of a voluntary side event of the Globe Conference the following year called Leading Change Canada – a conference that brings together 150 young professionals across Canada to learn and network with fellow like-minded individuals.

“As an individual that grew up on a farm, (the son of Dave and Shelley Nussbaumer), with both livestock and grain, the Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production really interested me. The main target of this goal is to ensure a more circular

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Rory Nussbaumer. left, at the Leading Change Canada Summit he helped coordinate in 2018 that helped him become a part of the Unleash Conference in Shenzhen. economy – create less waste, by utilizing more by-products. My interests in this are the future of how Saskatchewan agriculture can benefit from our abundance of crop by-products that can be utilized for the switch from crude oil plastics to bioplastics that can be made by using our starches from both pulse crops and canola, to the utilization of other agriculture by-products that can be used for electricity gen-

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eration and renewable natural gas.”

It’s a case where new markets are opening for farm products as companies look to move to renewable resources.

“We are currently seeing a boom in the demand for pulse based protein,” said Nussbaumer, who is 27 years-old. “One of the by-products of plant protein through the fractionation process of creating pea protein isolate, is a lot of starch. The more lower cost starch supply available is creating an opportunity for a bioplastic industry to form and be competitive with crude oil plastic.

“From the demand for grain-free pet foods to the demand for plantbased meat alternatives in the past decade, Saskatchewan’s pulse crops are currently in very high demand by consumers globally. The largest ingredient in the Beyond Meat burger is pea protein isolate which is derived from Yellow Peas – of which Saskatchewan produces 50 per cent of Canada’s production.

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“I like to think that the incoming trend for both starches and proteins from yellow peas is similar to the Canola crush boom that Yorkton experienced in the mid 2000’s with the global switch in demand from butter over to margarine.

The prairies are seeing a large amount of investment in pea fractionation facilities that will provide grain producers both a premium similar to what canola crush facilities offer, while also allowing them more economic freedom to add in a nitrogen fixing crop into their crop rotations.

To the east of Yorkton, Roquette, is currently constructing a plant that will process 125,000 metric tonnes per year of pulse crops after 2020 in Portage La Prairie Manitoba through a Wet Fractionation process, and to the North West of Yorkton, Verdient Foods is currently operating at 160,000 metric tonnes a year through a Dry Fractionation process.”

During UNLEASH, the 1,000 talents will go through an immersive innovation process facilitated by Deloitte, where they will be collaborating on solutions that can help reach the SDGs by 2030. They will be guided by a group of facilitators with expertise in their field as well as global experts and mentors.

Nussbaumer said he looks forward to the challenge and opportunity the event offers.

“I’ll be working with talents that have a similar interest and focuses in Sustainable Development Goal 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production,” he said.

“We will be working on ideas pitched both by individuals attending the event, and solutions compiled by Deloitte that potential investors are looking to have solved.

“For five days the talents will work long hours together on how to address these challenges while also working with mentors ranging from

experts in marketing and finance, to investors potentially interested in the solutions to the ideas after the event.

“The teams will be working in different locations across Shenzhen – a city of a population of over 10 million people.

“Talents like myself focused on SDG 12 will be working at the Silver Star Science and Technology Park, an ecological science park with more than 350 organizations and 2,000 employees working for organizations including Fuji Xerox, Silver Star Intelligent Technology, Shenzhen Digital Life Research Institute.”

Nussbaumer said in a release regarding the upcoming summit that he sees agriculture as being part of the solution to key issues, not a problem itself.

“Agriculture in Saskatchewan is both a solution to greenhouse gas emissions and a solution to non-biodegradable waste. Coming from an agriculture background in both livestock and grain production here in Saskatchewan, I’ve seen opportunities to capitalize on creating value-added opportunities to not only benefit the margins of grain and livestock producers, but benefit the world by making every day consumables more sustainable.

These solutions will create a more circular and sustainable economy, while also benefiting Saskatchewan’s agriculture focused economy,” he stated in the release. “I’m very excited to present and build connections around Saskatchewan’s products to other upcoming leaders in the Sustainable Development Goals around the world - from starch by-products from the increased demand for plant-based proteins that can be utilized to make cost efficient biodegradable bioplastics, to the by-products from grains not useable for food consumption that can be utilized to create sustainable low greenhouse gas emitting power – Saskatchewan’s agriculture has the solutions to address climate change and create a low carbon and circular economy.”

Asked to elaborate further on his vision of agriculture’s role, Nussbaumer told Yorkton This Week it is a case of melding the sector’s strengths to address specific issues.

“I think we will see more of the pulse fractionation facilities mentioned above come online into the next decade with meat production organizations like Maple Leaf and Cargill looking to diversify and capitalize on the plant-based consumer demand,” he began. “Our government and private industry is

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trying to capitalize on this demand with the launch of Protein Industries Canada – a supercluster that is estimated to generate over $700 million in new commercial activity and billions in incremental GDP over the next decade, along with 4,700 new jobs in Canada.”

That will change the dynamics moving forward.

“The current demand for Saskatchewan pulse crops is specifically the pea protein isolate, but over time I think you will see demand for a lot of the starch for biodegradable bioplastics as crude oil plastic represents approximately 10 per cent of worldwide crude oil production,” offered Nussbaumer. “With countries globally banning single use plastics, I think we will also see a trend back towards compostable packaging we used to see in grocery stores, and these products can be created from fibers grown in Saskatchewan from hemp, flax, wheat straw, and more.

“You are also seeing many agriculture producers growing canola year over year, and not introducing more nitrogen fixing crops like pulses in their rotations based on the economics of canola over pulses.

“This new demand for pulse ingredients will hopefully address this issue similar to how agriculture producers grow large quantities of soybeans - which is also nitrogen fixing.”

Nussbaumer said he heads to China with a hope to promote what Saskatchewan can offer in addressing some key global issues.

“My goal at the event is promote how Saskatchewan’s agriculture by-products are solutions to many issues around low emitting energy production, and for biodegradable bioplastics.” he explained.

“From starch by-products from the increased demand for plant-based proteins that can be utilized to make cost efficient biodegradable bioplastics, to the by-products from grains not useable for food consumption that can be utilized to create sustainable low greenhouse gas emitting power – I will be promoting Saskatchewan agriculture, and how it has solutions to create a more low carbon economy.

“There is currently a global trend towards governments phasing out single use plastics ranging from plastic bags to plastic water bottles.

Between 2010 and 2019, the number of public policies intended to phase out plastic carryout bags alone tripled.

One solution no longer utilized crude oil for plastics can be to utilize plant based starches from crops like yellow peas and canola for biodegradable bioplastics.

“Many organizations are working towards a solution of creating a bioplastic from the starch from canola and pulse crops, but are still having an issue with making them fully biodegradable.”

So why might the processes Nussbaumer speaks of work where others seeking global solutions have not?

“The two largest hurdles to making starch based bioplastics mainstream is the strategy on making them biodegrade and how to produce them as or more economical as crude plastic,” he offered. “Bioplastics can easily be made into identical crude plastics, but Continued on Page A5

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Good food, good drink, good time A glass of wine and some good food is an ideal evening for many. That was certainly the case for the hundreds of people who attended the annual ‘Taste of Yorkton’ event at the Flexihall in the Gallagher Centre Saturday evening. With a number of Prairie-based wineries and breweries and distilleries attending providing samples of their spirits, and food from a half dozen local eateries there was something for everyone in attendance. The event is sponsored by the Yorkton Lions Club as one of their fundraising efforts with the money raised going to various community projects in the city.

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Politics One might wonder what the Saskatchewan Party’s first general election 20 years ago this month has to with today’s federal election.

Well, there’s one big lesson learned applicable to today, but let’s first revisit that 1999 election for those who have forgotten or are too young to remember.

It was called in early August for Sept. 7 — what was seen as an attempt by the then-Roy Romanow government to make it as difficult as possible for farmers to vote.

During the previous general election in 1995, the NDP had loss most if its rural base it established during the 1991 election that ousted Grant Devine’s Progressives from office.

Frankly, the NDP might have likely lost every rural seat in 1995, were it not for Liberal and the Progressive Conservative candidates splitting votes in many ridings in that particular election.

This takes us to what may be similarities with today’s federal campaign where splitting votes among somewhat similar parties is an issue. It’s actually been an issue in Canada decades.

Two decades ago, the vote-splitting problem was more of a problem for the right.

The Jean Chretien Liberals benefitted from the split between the Preston Manning’s Reform Party and what was left of the Progressive Conservatives in the aftermath of Brian Mulroney government.

But after Reformers and Progressive Conservatives united, they thrived under the leadership of Stephen Harper. Suddenly, it was the Green Party, NDP and Liberals duking it out for the left- and left-centre vote.

There remains a left-splitting dynamic in this election and one big story will be how many votes Greens and New Democrats will take from the Liberals.

But what may be as intriguing is vote splitting between Maxime Bernier’s PPC and Andrew Scheer’s CPC. For the first time in more than a decade, forcing Conservatives to revisit the problems of a split vote.

However, it’s less of problem here in Saskatchewan for a couple reasons.

Scheer’s Conservatives will take the vast majority of Saskatchewan’s 14 federal ridings because their rural support is strong.

By virtue of emerging from old Progressive Conservatives and Reformers, Saskatchewan’s Conservative candidates have a solid a base of support as any candidates in the country.

So solid is Conservative support here, most if its candidate could even afford to have a few thousand votes drained off to the local PPC and feel no ill political effects.

However, there is likely another reason why more right-wing conservative-minded supporters in Saskatchewan are staying home with the Conservatives — even though Bernier’s view that supply management must end, immigration and refugees and scientifically proven manmade global warming is not having a significant impact could very well be more aliened with their thinking.

Saskatchewan Conservatives — both right and centre right — are well aware of what happened federally prior to Harper when their allegiances were split between two federal parties.

And they are certainly aware of what happened in Saskatchewan prior to the right being united under the Sask. Party.

It is political lore in this province that the CCF/NDP would form government with less than 50 per cent of the popular vote because Liberals and Progressive Conservatives would split vote.

That, however, changed in 1999 with the Sask.

Party’s first general election — one in which they almost won government.

However, Saskatchewan only accounts for 4.1 per cent of the current 338 seats in this country.

Vote splitting between the PPC and CPC elsewhere in the country may be an issue — especially where Conservative candidate are in close races to knock off Liberals and wrestle power away from Justin Trudeau.

Losing right-wing votes to the PPC may make a difference in some Ontario seats.

But here in Saskatchewan, conservatives seem well versed in their own political history.

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

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Watch out for political mud slinging T

he federal election campaign has quickly become a quagmire where the politicians or at least their most ardent supporters are flinging mud about this candidate, or that candidate, often based on things that happened years ago.

The most recent situation began when photographs of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau surfaced of him in black face, which even at the timing of their occurrence were in bad taste, and frankly smacked of a level of racism.

Trudeau has apologized, which is in the end the best he could offer, since you can’t change what has been done.

The appearance of the photos sent social media into a tizzy, with those who already had no thought of voting for Trudeau and the Liberals pointed to the photographs as proof of why they would not support the current PM, adding the character flaw that led to wearing blackface to a long list of flaws they perceive.

Of course on the flipside we also have Conservative leader Andrew Scheer with a less than squeaky clean past. Scheer, during the debate on same-sex marriage in Parliament in 2005, compared the idea of two people of the same sex getting married to considering a dog’s tail to be one of its legs.

The difference is there really hasn’t been an apology to those the statement would have offended by Scheer.

The dual situations does illustrate that the past does have a tendency to pop into the present if you enter politics. In Saskatchewan we have Moose

Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan MP Tom Lukiwski and the future Saskatchewan Party premier Brad Wall find that out in spades when a 1991 video surfaced where the duo said things better left unsaid.

But, what does the political kerfuffle mean in terms of the current election?

For supporters of the two men, and their parties, little will be changed by the photos or statements. The faithful will accept the apologies, or not even see the reason for an apology being made. While the latter view is somewhat disturbing, in terms of votes the faithful will mark the ‘X’ on the party they follow, even if that effort is at times lemming-like.

Whether the undecided voter is swayed by these incidents is less clear.

Something has to push those who follow no specific party doctrine come the proverbial hell, or high water, to a decision where to cast their vote.

One hopes that decision is based on local candidate appeal, party policy, federal leadership, or more simply put a whole basket of things contributing to the decision of who to eventually vote for. That would mean old photos of one leader in blackface and questionable comments by another leader regarding gay people, would be part of the process.

We need to weigh such things against policy and visions of Canada in the future to make an informed decision election day. It just means the waters are getting muddier in terms of making that choice.

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History Corner Threshing at Waldron, Sk. The A. J. Pick Outfit is threshing at the Al Michael farm at Waldron in October of 1911. They threshed the full harvest season with only 7 men — an engineer, fireman, separator man and 4 stook teams.

Waldron is approximately 43 kilometers or 27 miles south of Yorkton on No. 9 Highway.

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This History Corner originally appeared in the Oct. 7, 2009 edition of Yorkton This Week.

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purchase new additions for people’s garden; many that could still be planted this fall so that they could acclimatize before winter.

Continued from Page A2 the goal is to be able to grow the plastic from crops like pulses, and then be able to throw them in either the recycling bin or the compost bin.

“My background is not in chemistry but in finance, agriculture, and marketing, and my goal is to hopefully work with talents that have a background in chemistry or chemical engineering that can look at processes that make bioplastics economically viable.

“The initial hurdle to making bioplastics mainstream is to bring it to an economy of scale.

Just like how iPhones are now extremely cheap thanks to everyone own-

ing one, the process of making bioplastics won’t be cheap until a large amount of consumers have adopted the inevitable switch to the more biodegradable solution.”

So what is Nussbaumer hoping comes out of the summit in China?

“On the last two days, talents pitch our ideas in teams in front of a jury,” he said. “The best solutions compete at a ‘Dragons’ Den-style’ event where the ideas are grilled for both their economics and practicality and if the ideas are good enough you are invited to the following year’s event to again further the ideas or work with new ideas.”

And that is where Nussbaumer wants to be

when the dust settles.

“My goal is to hopefully be able to pitch the idea in the Dragons Den style competition at the end, but if not, offer my skills in finance, agriculture, and marketing in another viable idea,” he said. “It would be really exciting to see the idea I’m working on come to fruition, but the connections and experience of going to work with such talented individuals across the world is rewarding enough.”

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Ukrainian Pioneer Park Outdoor Rink Lighting Proposal must be received before 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2019 Please send sealed Proposal clearly marked “UKRAINIAN PIONEER PARK OUTDOOR RINK LIGHTING” 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 and installation of outdoor rink lighting at the Ukrainian Pioneer Park, located on First Avenue North 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: Matt Charney, Parks 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 proposals. Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

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

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Minimum wage rises October 1

Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Employers and employees are reminded that Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase to $11.32 as of Tuesday, October 1.

The change, which was announced in June, is the 11th increase since 2007 when the minimum wage was $7.95.

“Our government continues to introduce minimum wages that are sustainable and predictable,” Labour Relations

and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. “Since 2007 our government has increased the minimum wage by more than 40 per cent. We have also taken approximately 112,000 Saskatchewan residents off the provincial income tax roll, to help families keep more of their pay cheques in their pockets.”

Every year Saskatchewan’s minimum

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wage is calculated using an indexation formula. In 2010, the government introduced the formula, which gives equal weight to changes to the Consumer Price Index and Average Hourly Wage for Saskatchewan. This annual review provides regular and predictable changes to the minimum wage.

Increases are announced by June 30 and take effect on October 1 of each year.

September 25, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Council Meeting Monday, September 30, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Broadway East Resurfacing Project

2016 Construction

Phase 4, Broadway East resurfacing from Eighth Avenue to Highway 9 is underway. The eastbound side is complete and work is underway on the Avenue North westbound side. The project is expected toDracup be completed this week, weather permitting. For more information visit www.yorkton.ca/construction Starting M ay 2, 2016 the Roadways Reconstruction will begin on Dracup North from Darlington to York Road. Please follow all road closures and detours.

Dracup Avenue North Completion Project (York Road to Darlington Street) M ost underground infrastructure improvements and construction of the new roadbed were completed in 2015.

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Roadway preparation work began in mid April, including replacement of the short section of water main at the north end of the street and construction of some additional of new catch basins.

Grading and roadway preparation is slated to begin M ay 1 and is expected to take approximately two weeks.

Concrete paving of the roadway will then get underway around M ay 24 and is expected to be completed by July 1, weather permitting.

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Highway 9 Bridge Project 2019 Construction 2016 Construction

Construction of a new Bridge on Highway 9, one half mile north of York Starting M ay 2, 2016is the Roadways Reconstruction will begin onwill Dracup North from Darlington Road underway.

The bridge allow to York Road. Please follow all road closures and detours. replacement of aging culverts beneath the highway with a Project much (York larger capacity Dracup Avenue North Completion Road to Darlington Street) open channel waterway. The culverts M ost underground infrastructure improvements and construction the new roadbed were currently handle most storm waterofoutflow completed in 2015. from Yorkton into Yorkton Creek, and can create a bottleneck heavy rain • Roadway preparation work began in mid during April, including replacement of the short section of water main at During the north end of the street and construction of traffic some additional of new events. bridge construction, catch basins. has been diverted to a temporary roadway • Grading and roadway preparation is slated to begin M ay 1 and is expected to take on the two east side of the highway, and is approximately weeks.

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M.C. Knoll celebrates with 20 good deeds

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer How does a school celebrate a major anniversary? MC Knoll School decided that the best way to celebrate their place in the community was to give back, and that lead to the 20for20 project.

“We’ve always felt that we have an incredibly supportive community, whether it’s families, business or whoever, everyone has been very supportive of our building. We were lacking a student leadership club at the time. So we came up with this idea, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the building we would come up with 20 acts to give back to the community,” explained principal Phil Adams.

A student-led initiative, 20for20 saw students undertake 20 different projects, which were meant to impact everyone from the newest stu-

dents to seniors. Once given the directive, the students drove the project, deciding that what projects they would undertake for the project.

“It was incredible...

They raised literally thousands of dollars, and also gave their time,” Adams said.

The goal is to keep the project going, and Adams sees 20for20 as the start of an ongoing initiative to encourage student leadership and service in the school and community.

“We want to see M.C. Knoll kids in the community, giving back.”

Adams is proud of the students, and he said that they are an example of how young people today want to make a difference for people around them.

“Sometimes you hear generations written off as apathetic or maybe not involved as they should be. I would argue that

M.C. Knoll students present a cheque to the SPCA as part of the 20for20 project.

Students raised money, spent time and undertook projects to give back to the community. these students bucked that trend, and they proved to us that young people want to be engaged, they want to be involved, they want to give back, they just need us to show them how.”

The projects for 20for20 were:

• SCC Drive Away Hunger, collecting nonperishable food for families in need.

• 20 year Anniversary Celebration, celebrating M.C. Knoll’s history by bring past and current staff and board members together.

• Bracelets for wheel chair accessible swing, grade 3 students and 20for20 members made bracelets to sell toward installing a wheelchair accessible swing.

• Hat Day for Yorkton SPCA. Students paid $1 to wear a hat and all pro-

ceeds were donated to the SPCA. • Yorkton Crossing – games. Half of the 20for20 students went to Yorkton Crossing and played games with residents.

• Basketball Teams – winter coat rack. Sr. Boys basketball team built a coat rack and collected used coats for student who didn’t have one.

• Snow Shoveling – playground and community. Helped shovel the playground and in the community.

• Toonies for Toques, Collected toonies through a hat/toque day to buy more winter clothes for children in need.

• Yorkton Crossing – Ginger bread houses.

Other half of the students went to Yorkton Crossing to make gingerbread houses with residents • Coffee Drive Thru, community wide coffee drive though in Continued on Page A10

September 25, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Council Meeting Monday, September 30, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

HHW

City of Yorkton’s Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Saturday, October 19th, 2019

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Public Works Shop, 85 York Road East

**This program is open to local residents and household waste only** ACCEPTED ITEMS - Ask About Specifics!

All containers must be labelled.

NOT ACCEPTED Items will be turned away.

BIOLOGICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE

AEROSOLS

FUELS

AUTOMOTIVE

LIGHT BULBS & BALLASTS

BATTERIES

OXIDIZING CHEMICALS

COMPRESSED GASES

CLEANERS

PAINT

ELECTRONICS

CYLINDERS

PESTICIDES & FERTILIZERS

EXPLOSIVES

CORROSIVES

PHARMACEUTICALS

OTHER MATERIALS – asbestos (must be triple contained), railway ties, photographic chemicals, matches, lighters, mothballs, pet supplies, septic tank chemicals, wood preservatives, autobody filler, roof and driveway sealer

PCB MATERIALS RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS UNLABELED CHEMICALS

USED TIRES WEAPONS

Agricultural chemicals will not be accepted. For further information on disposal of agricultural hazardous waste visit: http:// cleanfarms.ca or contact GFL Environmental at 306.244.9500.

Help Keep Hazardous Material Out of Our Landfill!

Free and Responsible Disposal!

For more information, visit www.yorkton.ca/waste, call the Environmental Services Department at (306) 828-2470 or email jperpeluk@yorkton.ca gflenv.com

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Changes in Ukraine could impact ag In a world where international trade is critical to national economies, particularly true here in Canada, keeping track of changes on the other side of the planet that can impact things here, is frankly a near full-time undertaking.

That is particularly true in terms of agriculture as there are so many things that can send a ripple through markets, and that can impact the future face of trade in farm products.

We tend to appreciate that weather has that impact, a drought, or excessive rain, or early frost in a grain growing region somewhere in the world sends a defin-

ite message to the farm marketplace.

Ditto, when a key trade country imposes new trade barriers.

We have seen that in Canada throughout 2019 with the impact rules changes imposed in China have had.

But less easy to track, by individuals at least, are the internal regulation changes in key countries which will change how agriculture operates there.

So, it was enlightening to read a recent Western Producer article about proposed changes to how things work in terms of farmland ownership in Ukraine.

Agriculture THIS WEEK

Calvin Daniels Ukraine was once a major exporter of grain in Europe, and while the efficiencies of the system dropped under the Communist regime, the productive land remains. The hurdle post the break up of the USSR has been how to modernize agriculture in a country stuck decades in the past in terms

of farm techniques and technology on much of the land?

In the article Reuters reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered his government to submit a draft law for farmland reform by the beginning of October.

That is a huge step forward for farming in

Ukraine if it transpires.

The article suggests state-owned land is expected to be privatized starting in April and the longstanding ban on the sale of privatized land will be lifted.

“Ukraine’s private farmland is owned in 6.4-acre plots by about 6.4 million people.

Owners are forbidden from selling the land but can lease it out,” details the article.

“Much of that land is being leased by agricultural holding firms called agroholdings, which are large corporate entities that operate a minimum of 25,000 acres of land. They are vertically integrated

enterprises that do everything from producing farm inputs to exporting grain.

“Some agroholding farms have up to 1,000 lease agreements.”

It’s not hard, from a Canadian perspective, to see the potential efficiencies to be gained by larger, owned holdings, especially in dealing with financial institutions.

While any changes in Ukraine will not come overnight, a new course could certainly make them a far more significant competitor for trade moving forward.

Calvin Daniels is Editor with Yorkton This Week.

Warm weather had been helping harvest Warm weather and wind has allowed combining to resume, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. Twentythree per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 18 per cent last week, still well behind the five-year (2014-18) average of 50 per cent for this time of year.

Thirty-six per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut.

A general rain fell over much of the province with the largest amounts being reported in the central and southern regions.

Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 37 per cent of the crop is now combined. The southeast region has 28 per cent combined and the west-

central region 26 per cent.

The northeast region has 15 per cent combined, the east-central region 12 per cent combined, while the northwest region has 10 per cent.

Ninety per cent of winter wheat, 88 per cent of fall rye, 78 per cent of field peas, 75 per cent of lentils, 39 per cent of barley, 17 per cent of durum and oats, 13 per cent of spring wheat and six per cent of canola is now in the bin. An additional 56 per cent of canola is swathed or is ready to straight-cut.

Fourteen per cent of the durum is estimated to grade 1 CW, while 46 and 28 per cent is estimated to grade 2 CW and 3 CW, respectively. Thirty-one per cent of the pea crop is estimated to fall in the 1 CAN grade, 58 and 10

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A producer in the Theodore area was busy combining Sunday. per cent are estimated to grade 2 CAN and 3 CAN, respectively.

Sixteen per cent of the lentils are estimated to grade 1

CAN, while 55 and 22 per cent is predicted to fall in the 2 CAN and 3 CAN category, respectively.

Across the province,

topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 14 per cent surplus, 77 per cent adequate, eight per cent

short and one per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 83 per cent adequate, 11 per cent short and three per cent very short.

Most crop damage this past week was due to localized flooding and strong winds. There have been some reports of crops bleaching and sprouting in areas with excess moisture.

Farmers are getting back out in the field and continuing with harvest operations as the weather permits.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at www.saskatchewan.ca/crop-report.

Follow the 2019 Crop Report on Twitter at @ SKAgriculture.

Biotech Week proclaimed in province Agriculture Minister David Marit has proclaimed September 23 to 29, Biotech Week in Saskatchewan to celebrate the role biotechnology plays in the agriculture industry.

“Agriculture is a constantly evolving industry, and biotechnology helps us to keep up with the demands that come along with that,” Marit said. “Thanks to cutting-edge research, our industry is making significant strides in areas such as environmental stewardship and disease resistance in crops.”

Saskatchewan is considered a biotechnology leader, with roughly one-third of Canada’s agricultural

biotechnology sector calling the province home.

Biotech Week, first proclaimed in Canada in 2003, celebrates the work of these researchers, as well as raises awareness of the role the sector plays in agriculture and the life sciences. Biotech Week in Saskatchewan is celebrated at the same time as both National and Global Biotech Week.

“The innovation and creativity of researchers in Saskatchewan’s bioscience sector is extensive and deserves to be celebrated,” Ag-West Bio President and CEO Wilf Keller said. “Advancements due to biotechnology are helping feed a growing population

in a more environmentally friendly manner. I look forward to seeing where they take us in the future.”

The Government of Saskatchewan supports agricultural innovation through a variety of researchfocused programs and initiatives. This includes a $30.8 million commitment to agricultural research for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Ag-West Bio is co-ordinating activities across the province to mark the week, including several events in Regina and Saskatoon.

A full list of events is available at www.globalbiotechweeksask.ca/.

Research suggests pesticide hurt songbirds New research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in songbird populations.

The study, to be published in the journal Science on Sept. 13, is the first experiment to track the effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on birds in the wild.

The study found that white-crowned sparrows who consumed small doses of an insecticide called imidacloprid suffered weight loss and delays to their migration — effects that could severely harm the birds’ ability to survive and reproduce.

“We saw these effects using doses well within the range of what a

bird could realistically consume in the wild — equivalent to eating just a few treated seeds,” said Margaret Eng, a post-doctoral fellow in the USask Toxicology Centre and lead author of the study.

Eng’s collaborators on the research were biologist Bridget Stutchbury of York University and Christy Morrissey, an ecotoxicologist in the USask College of Arts and Science and the

School of Environment and Sustainability.

Neonicotinoids are the most commonly used class of agricultural insecticides. They are often applied as a seed coating or as a spray on most major crops worldwide. Although the toxic effects of neonicotinoids were once thought to affect only insects, most notably pollinators such as bees, there is growing evidence that birds

are routinely exposed to the pesticides, with significant negative consequences.

“Our study shows that this is bigger than the bees — birds can also be harmed by modern neonicotinoid pesticides, which should worry us all,” said Stutchbury.

Until now, researchers had not been able to assess what happens to pesticide-exposed birds in the wild. The USask

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and York scientists used new lightweight tagging technologies and a collaborative research network called the Motus Wildlife Tracking System to track the effects in the sparrows’ natural habitat.

The researchers exposed individual sparrows to small doses of the pesticide — imidacloprid — in southern Ontario during a stopover on the birds’ spring migration.

Each bird’s body composition was measured before and after exposure, and a lightweight radio transmitter was attached to the bird’s back to track its movements in the wild.

Birds given the higher dose of the pesticide lost six per cent of their body mass within just six hours. That one dose also caused birds to stay 3.5 days longer, on Continued on Page A10

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An opportunity to take to the skies

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer So you want to learn to fly?

Then a visit to the Yorkton Municipal Airport should have been on your weekend itinerary.

Don Ingham of Leading Edge Aviation explained that they were hosting a two-day open house as a way to introduce people to their services, which includes training for new pilots.

Ingham said there is currently a general shortage of pilots for a variety of flying careers, so there is definite interest in exploring what it takes to become a pilot.

To get into the pilot’s seat at the most basic level will take about 60 hours in the cockpit with an instructor mak-

ing sure the proper skills are being learned, “to get the proper skill set,” said Ingham.

And then another 60-hours of ground schooling (in the classroom) will be required as well.

Ingham said based on demand they are seeing prospective pilots from places as far afield as Winnipeg, Calgary and Ontario, coming to them for training, because there is a waiting list in some of the larger centres for training spots.

It helps locally that Ingham is one of two local instructors who can in turn train other instructors, which helps pilots add to their resume, and makes sure Leading Edge has trainers for new pilots as required. He said there are to his knowledge six

Leading Edge Aviation held an open house Saturday. instructors in the province who can train other instructors, and Yorkton is fortunate that two are based here.

Anyone interested in learning to fly can contact 783-0321.

Leading Edge also hosted a Civil Air Search

& Rescue Association (CASRA) Saturday.

“They’re doing some of their training for search and rescue,” explained

Ingham, who added the local group with CASRA does regular exercises to hone their skills. “It’s ongoing.”

The trouble when you hate your phone I hate my phone.

I didn’t always hate my phone, I actually quite liked its predecessor, a Motorola Moto X Play. It was partially made of rubber so it was durable – it was dropped from great heights many times without a problem.

It was somewhat bulky, but it worked well and I was happy with it. And then immediately after the contract ended it broke, as though it was on a timer. It worked great and suddenly didn’t work very well at all.

The result was that I had to go to the nearest phone place and get a

new phone. This one, purchased under a bit of duress as a result, was from a different brand – it’s an LG Q6 – and had a different standard of quality. Instead of working great until I needed to replace it, the phone has spent pretty much the entire period of my ownership working well enough to still function while working just poorly enough to make me constantly want to replace it.

Of course, it was the entry-level phone. I went with a cheap one because I’m cheap, and this seemed fine. And the overriding design philos-

measure that the phone doesn’t function.

It feels like a deliberate attempt to be slightly worse than is ideal. It is absolutely infuriating.

The problem with this is that come January, because I can barely tol-

erate this phone as is, I’ll be getting a new and different phone. The problem with that is, because of the experience with this terrible phone, I have a different problem – it is becoming very difficult to get myself to buy another cheap phone.

This is a problem partially due to budget - I do not want to pay for an expensive phone – and partially due to being reasonable – I don’t particularly need an expensive phone. If I look at what I actually need, I am not a particularly intense mobile user. In theory, I only need something on

the bottom end of the market. I’m not playing games on it - I don’t like a touch screen for games I’m not taking many photos with it - the consequence of collecting cameras is that if I’m doing much beyond a snapshot I’m using those – and honestly all I really need are basic features and something that can record sound. I have that. If it didn’t feel almost intentionally bad it would fit my needs fine.

But it is bad, and that is pushing me towards phones that I don’t need or, if I’m honest, particularly want.

here,” said Eng. “In the real world, birds likely avoid migratory flight while recovering from the effects of the toxin.”

Funding for the research published in

Science was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program, the Kenneth M. Molson

Foundation, the NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program, and a Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship in partnership with Bird Studies Canada.

hampers.

• Pink Shirt Day. Students supported, promoted, and distributed shirts to promote the anti-bullying message.

• Toy Drive – Boys and Girls Club. Held a toy drive to support Boys and Girls Club • Easter Sundae Bar. Families donated during this event to support local charities.

• Canteen City Wide Basketball. Tan a canteen at city wide basketball tournament. All proceeds went to the Boys and Girls Club of Yorkton.

• Canteen City Wide Badminton. Ran a can-

teen at city wide badminton tournament. All proceeds supported the student/teacher hockey game fundraiser.

• School Sign. Changed the M.C. Knoll sign regardless of the weather in order the keep the community informed/ • Yorkton Nursery School Book Messages.

Purchased and wrote welcome messages in books for Kindergarten students transitioning from nursery school.

• Library Volunteering.

Volunteered at the school library over the summer to help get books into students hands.

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Thinking I do with words... ophy seems to be a punishment for not spending the extra cash to get the more expensive model.

Everything is just slow enough, just broken enough, just subtly bad enough to be annoying, but not so bad in any

SONGBIRDS Continued from Page A9 average, at the stopover site before resuming their migration, compared to control birds.

“Both of these results seem to be associated with the appetite suppression effect of imidacloprid. The dosed birds ate less food, and it’s likely that they delayed their flight because they needed more time to recover and

regain their fuel stores,” said Eng. Because the researchers used controlled dosing, they were able to confirm a cause and effect between neonicotinoid exposures and delayed migration, not just a correlation that is more typical of field studies.

In North America, three-quarters of bird species that rely on agricultural habitat have

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significantly declined in population since 1966.

The results of the new study show a mechanism by which pesticides could be directly contributing to this drop-off.

“Migration is a critical period for birds, and timing matters. Any delays can seriously hinder their success in finding mates and nesting, so this may help explain, in part, why migrant and farmland bird species are declining so dramatically worldwide,” said Morrissey, senior author of the study.

The three researchers examined the effects of neonicotinoids in a previous study using captive sparrows. The new research reinforces the weight loss effect seen in that 2017 study. Captive birds in the earlier study were also found to become disoriented as a result of neonicotinoid exposure.

“We didn’t see that result in wild birds

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Putting the bagpipes into rock and roll

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer It will be time to get pumped up during Culture Days. Arcana Kings will be the band the band playing at the Anne Portnuff Theatre, and their mission to make music to get people pumped up. The show will take place on Sept.

28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Anne Portnuff Theatre.

It’s a time of transition for the band. They have a new name, changing from the Johnny McCuaig Band to Arcana Kings.

They have a new album, Lions as Ravens, out on October 15. John McCuaig said that they were discovering that the old name was a barrier for some fans.

“We found that a lot of people can’t spell the name, they can’t find us on social media. As we all know, as an independent band struggling out

there, social media is king. We were actually playing at Mosaic Stadium for the ‘Riders western semi-final halftime game last year, and the announcer said ‘hey everybody, the Johnny McCuaig Band,’ but really struggled saying the band’s name. After the show, I turned to the guys and said ‘guys, we really have to change the name.’”

But one thing that won’t change with the name is the music. They make high energy music, and McCuaig said that they want to get people pumped up for the day.

“That’s what we were going for with this album, to show everybody, look, there are a lot of singersongwriters out there, a lot of mellow music, some rock stuff that is just rock, but we want to give the listener a little bit more of a good mood.”

Their mission was to

Band will perform at Culture Days in the city Saturday. pump people up, and McCuaig said that their song Here We Go, specifically, was written to get people excited for something like ‘the big game.’

The Saskatchewan Roughriders agreed, and played it when taking to the field in 2018.

“It was incredible, it was an amazing feeling.

Having my phone rip off the hook... I didn’t even know it was happening. It

was crazy, and my phone was going nuts... It’s certainly an incredible feeling, it definitely opened up a lot of doors for us and we’re still riding the wave from it,” McCuaig said.

One of the band’s trademarks is integrating bagpipes into the rock, which people assumed was a Celtic sound, something like Ashley McIsaac. McCuaig said

that’s not what they were going for at all, and has a specific sound in mind. “[I compared us to] AC/DC’s Long Way to the Top if You Want to Rock and Roll. Because they have bagpipes in it and it’s rock... When people show up to the shows, 99 per cent of the time, people go ‘wow, I never knew bagpipes could be played that way, they could sound that way with rock

music...’ What we’ve achieved with the traditional Scottish bagpipes is taking them in and really making them meld with rock and roll melodies and hooks. Really taking it to another step.”

The sound grew out of McCuaig’s youth.

“It’s me growing up, jamming to the radio with bagpipes, my friends looking at me going ‘what are you doing?’ It wasn’t a normal thing .”

Recording an album took longer than expected because as a busy touring band, actually getting into the studio was a challenge.

“We could only go in the studio three days at a time, and we would always have to hook up a show in Saskatoon while we there... It took us close to a year to get it, even though when we put the time together it was nine to ten days at the most.”

Author pens book for youth

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Local area author Lorraine Johnson has a book out for the younger reader.

Johnson said the idea for Baxter and the Blue Bunny came from observing her pet pooch.

“Retiring a couple years ago, I felt it was the right time and place to sit down and start writing,” she said. “It wasn’t even a question of who was going to be my first choice for my first children’s book. The love that Baxter had for his favourite toy, his blue bunny was remarkable as they were virtually inseparable.

“We had Baxter for 10 years and he passed away, leaving a void that I felt I needed to talk about. Therapy, I believe to honour the memory of a fourlegged furry friend that had become my shadow.”

Johnson, who was raised on a farm a few miles from Stockholm, and now resides in Yorkton after 13 years in Esterhazy, said writing has always been something she has wanted to pursue.

“I have always been interested in writing, ever since I was a young girl,” she said.

“I remember composing poetry and entering contests as a teenager.

“After graduating high school, I started taking a journalism course by correspondence but the work force would call and the course would get put by the wayside.”

But retirement provided more time, and Baxter the inspiration, so Johnson went to work.

“I wanted to share my story and bring smiles to little ones especially,” she said, adding she took inspiration from one of the most notable authors of children’s books. “Love You Forever by Robert Munsch has always struck a chord with me.

It is one of my favourites and I have often thought to myself if I could only write like that and touch the hearts of so many, I would consider that a success. To hear of an author, and

Lorraine Johnson has found time in her retirement to explore writing. associate with such a hallmark composition, is truly something to aspire to.”

Interestingly the biggest hurdle was simply to commit to the project. From there the book flowed quite naturally for Johnson.

“Once I decided to put pen to paper, it came very easily,” she said. “Within a few days of sitting down and actually focusing on writing, I had many adventures of Baxter coming to light and it seemed quite natural to be creating a manuscript. I am convinced there is a time and a place for everything.”

But in the case of an illustrated children’s book, writing is only part of a process that naturally made a new author impatient at times.

“They say good things come to those who wait,” said Johnson. “So, I would say time was the biggest challenge. I had written something that still had to be edited, illustrated and undergo layout and design before it was printed.

“It wasn’t an overnight project, I soon learned. Selfpublishing can be a daunting task.”

But now complete Johnson

is happy with the end result, one brought about through much collaboration and much support.

“I am more than satisfied by the way that everything has come together,” she said. “My husband Brad, sons Graham (Ashley) and Garrett have encouraged and stood by me

every step of the way.

“The certainty that I had was even stronger because of family support. It has been overwhelming how well my book has been received in the last couple weeks. I am proud to say that everyone who helped see it through to print I would join again in an instant.”

In that regard Johnson was quick to mention Marilyn Lachambre, who she termed her mentor.

“She is also the author and illustrator of her very own book- “Angel Blessings”. I would like to thank her for her endless advice since I met her a year and a half ago,” said Johnson.

Heather Nickel: Johnson’s publisher at YNWP (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing), also garnered a big thank you.

“She was everything I hoped for,” said Johnson, adding Nickel was “very knowledgeable and professional, with a pleasant disposition that made her very approachable.”

And of course the book’s illustrator Wendi Nordell was a key to the project.

“From the first time we spoke, I knew that she was the one to bring my words to life,” said Johnson. “Within two-weeks we had the artwork done. Sixteen beautiful images to grace my book. She is truly a talented artist and wouldn’t hesitate to do another book with her.”

And now it is a case of getting the book out to readers.

“The book is intended for 3-5 year olds,” said Johnson.

“So, whether it be a parent or grandparent, young and old could relate to having a four legged furry friend that completes our families. Especially, grandparents seem to be drawn to the book wanting to read it to their grandchildren.

I am happy to say that I am beginning to visit daycares and elementary schools to read my book and answer any questions the children have.”

And more ideas are percolating as well.

“I feel there could very easily be a series to Baxter and the Blue Bunny,” said Johnson, adding there are other ideas too. “I am also particularly interested in writing a spiritual and inspirational book regarding my finding of dimes.

“But, for now, I am focused on enjoying my first publication and promoting it.”

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Plant sale goes well Thank you to everyone who visited the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s Fall Plant and Bulb Sale last week, we hope you found some great treasures for your garden! We’re always happy to see our gardening friends and appreciate your support. Thank you also to all members of the group who contributed plants and helped with the sale in any way, your efforts make it all happen!

Were you at our meeting last week? Thank you to John Tropin for a wonderful and very interesting presentation about Holland, what a beautiful place!

Fall is a great time to plant those new additions to our gardens. For one thing, the soil is still warm from the summer, and this encourages the plant’s roots to settle in.

It’s good to plant perennials about four weeks before the first hard frost.

Once we have planted our plants, we should water them in well, and if we can, top dress them with some compost or organic matter. This gives them a little extra vitamin treat.

And on a practical note, we should put in a stake or marker by our new plant, just so we don’t forget where and

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Gardener’s Notebook what it is! I think we have all had the experience of digging a plant up by mistake in our spring enthusiasm, so marking those new plants is a good idea!

We are always reading about adding “organic matter” to our gardens.

What is organic matter?

We all know about compost, vegetative waste that has broken down into brown gold, the best treat for our gardens. But we can also add leaves and grass clippings as well to help our soil.

Why does organic matter, matter? Organic matter puts valuable nutrients into our soil, and it also helps create an atmosphere where various soil organisms can live happily, and they do wonders for our soil.

Organic matter loosens the soil and helps water and air move through much easier than if the soil is dense and compacted. Organic matter

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also helps our soil stay moist.

Not all of us are able to have a compost pile, but we can still make organic matter happen in our soil! Perhaps you have already been using grass clippings as mulch in your garden. Good for you! By now the grass clippings will be brown and breaking down, excellent for the soil.

Now that the leaves are falling, we can collect them with the lawn mower, which will partially shred them, and use this as a ground cover on our gardens.

They will break down nicely over the winter. I read somewhere that we can put our leaves in a tall garbage can, then put the whipper snipper in there and it will slice and dice those leaves into a fine, crumbly mixture to spread on the garden and then work into the soil in the spring.

And once our plants are gone from the garden, and there is that blank canvas waiting for next spring, we can make mini-compost happen by making a deep “row” and putting a layer of kitchen vegetable waste: veggie peels, banana peels, apple cores, and eggshells. Cover this over with soil, and you will be amazed how it breaks down over winter. But remember: never put meat scraps or bones of any kind into any kind of compost situation. They belong in the garbage and only in the garbage.

If you are moved to purchase a small composter, you will find that it is a very worthwhile investment for your garden. It certainly helps to make us aware of how many things can go back into our soil, making our garden richer and more productive.

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

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Community Spotlight New Horizons Friday Night Dance New Horizons Senior Centre, 78 First Ave. North, Yorkton. Great night of dancing. All ages are welcome.

Admission: $10.00.

Time: 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Music by: Sept.

27, New Memory Lane.

Contact Peter 306-7821846. To rent hall: 306783-6109, 306-782-5915.

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Fall Supper - Grace Presbyterian Church, 66 Park St., Yorkton (by the water tower). Wed., Oct. 2, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Turkey, stuffing, turnips, salads, pickles, biscuits, ham, perogies, potatoes, gravy, buns, homemade desserts.

Ages 13 & up: $18. Ages 6 - 12: $12. 5 & under free.

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Library Social Worker: Wed., 5:00 p.m.

- 9:00 p.m.; Thurs., 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Sat., 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Support, Connecting with community programs, Information about community services, Assistance with forms and referrals. Please check in with reference desk or leave your means of contact.

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Mature Driver Refresher Course Thurs., Oct. 17, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community. Age range: Seniors. Free. 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. Lunch provided by Yorkton Crossing Retirement C o m m u n i t y * .

Refreshments available. Sponsored by Saskatchewan Safety Council and Yorkton Crossing.

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Calling All Musicians!

Yorkton Community Band fall season on Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High Band Room.

Woodwind, brass and percussion To submit your own upcoming event… for our WEBSITE AND PRINTED PUBLICATIONS go to:

performers needed.

Previous experience required.

Everyone welcome! For more information call Larry 306-621-0523.

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St. Gerard’s Parish Fall Supper - Sun., Oct. 6, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., St. Gerard’s Parish Complex, 125 3rd Avenue North, Yorkton.

Menu: Roast Turkey, sausage, cabbage rolls, perogies, potatoes, salads, desserts, coffee.

Adults: $17.00. Children 6 – 13 years: $10.00. Preschool: free. Everyone is welcome!

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Theodore Parkland Regional Library has new hours: Mon., 10-12, 1-5, Tues., 1-5, Thurs., 1-5. Public Computer available, and Book Club on last Thursday of the month. There are new DVD’s and Books arriving each week or we can order you the latest reading material on any subject!

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The Yorkton duplicate bridge club meets for an afternoon of FUN every Wednesday afternoon at the Yorrkton Public Library at 1:00 p.m. Our season runs from Sept. 4 to the end of June 2020. We welcome new players and encourage all of those who play bridge to come and join us. Contact information Sharon at 306-782-1689 or Allona at 306-620-6605.

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

Please use the back door.

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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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Al-Anon meets Monday nights, 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St. and Wed. nights, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church (355 Bradbrooke Dr.). Alateen also meets on Wed. night, 8 p.m. at Westview United Church. Adult children of Alcoholics Al-Anon meeting every Fri. at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 73 Smith St.

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

Level, weigh in 12:00 noon, meeting 12:15 12:45 p.m. Call 306-7833765 or visit www.tops. org for more information.

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Yorkton Wildlife Federation does Trap Shooting on Tues. evenings at 5 p.m. till dark.

Weather permitting at York Lake Trap Club.

Everyone welcome.

306-516-7521.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“Whoever said don’t run from your problems never had to face a bully.” Telephone and internet service for kids in Canada. No problem is too big or too small for our professional counselors. 1-800-6686868 kidshelp.sympatico.ca

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Attention all lovers of boardgames; chess, o t h el lo , c h e c k e r s , back gammon, go, Camelot etc., join the Yorkton Boardgamers Guild, a new group forming to promote gat her in gs to play boardgames and have fun. For further information call 3067 8 2 -17 8 3 o r e m a i l yorkton_boardgamers_ guild@hotmail.com.

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The Gen. Alexander Ross branch of the Royal Canadian Legion monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month, nine times a year. Your participation, as Legionaires, is critical to the future progress of our organization.

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Tune in each Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. on Access Channel 7 to hear Pastor George Lewis. Sponsored by Yorkton Immanuel Baptist Church.

Little things are not little things Yorkton This Week | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Wednesday, September 25, 2019

In retrospect, I ought to have paid more attention when I first noticed the slight hiss in the basement. But it barely registered — until I went downstairs to get something, hours later. Who knew that a pin-sized hole in copper piping can cause a flood in three hours?

The pilot of the jet leaving the Newark, New Jersey airport should have paid better attention too. Seconds after takeoff he noticed a warning on his control panel. He didn’t think it crucial and chose to carry on to Warsaw. Hundreds of passengers sat comfortable in their seats,

ignorant that beneath them the hydraulic fluid responsible for lowering the plane’s landing gear had drained from its tank. Miraculously, the pilot managed a successful — if flamboyant — belly landing, with no casualties.

The problem? A $30 fuse had popped.

Children should grow up knowing this — little things are seldom little things.

As I sat working in my home office one day, the power went off. It stayed off for hours. We later learned the reason. A curious squirrel made a casual inquiry into one of the city’s elec-

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trical transformers. The creature, ignoring much barbed wire and many signs clearly warning that electricity kills, had gnawed into a bundle of wires in a shiny green box. The resulting explosion left me without computer, bakers without ovens, construction

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Little things matter.

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Saying thanks In It was a fun way to say thanks as Avenue Living Communities hosted a Yorkton Resident Appreciation BBQ Saturday. The event, one of

several hosted across the Prairies, was highlighted by fun games for both adults and youth, and of course hamburgers with all the ‘fixins’.

Nice Try! “Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.”

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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.

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

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

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Free Pentecostal Church 20 BRADBROOKE AVE.

Pastor E. Richardson

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Services:

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

Sunday, September 29th Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

“Sunday After Exaltation” “Obidnytsya” 3:00 p.m. in Riverside

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.

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Friday, September 27th Communion at the Yorkton Crossing Sunday, September 29th Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

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• Sunday, 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

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

Sunday, September 29th

Worship Service and Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Destiny International Christian Assembly Establishing Ministries and Releasing Destinies

109 Maple Avenue, Yorkton Senior Pastors Dag & Bukky Lawale

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

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

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

For more information please phone 306-782-2427

“A Place of New Beginnings”

St. Mark The Evangelist Orthodox Church 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sask.

“Services in English” www.stmarkyorkton.ca

Sunday, September 29th Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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

Everyone Welcome

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

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

Bible Study Thursday 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Harvest Hoedown - meal & entertainment All proceeds from the evening will go to Halle Thompson Friday, September 27th 6:00 p.m.

Advance tickets only - call 306-782-1689 or the church office at 306-783-3063 Menu - Spuds ‘N Splits (baked potato & trimmings topped with chili; banana split for dessert Adults $20; Children 12 & Under $10

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Saturday Divine Liturgy (English) 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Divine Liturgy (English/Ukrainian) 9:30 a.m.

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Hard work paying off for Lady Gridders

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Lady Gridders were back in action Sunday playing host to the Melville Vipers at Century Field.

The Lady Gridders would emerge with the win 26-8, extending their record this fall to 4-0.

Asked if the spotless record was a surprise in only the second season for the girls’ program, Lady Gridders head coach Tyrell MacLean said “yes and no.”

MacLean said the team takes its lead from other teams in Yorkton Minor Football which focuses on making sure that no other team “puts in the time and dedica-

tion” of a Yorkton team.

MacLean said being a new program the players have lots to learn, but they are willing to put in the time at practice to learn the craft of football.

“They want to learn.

They want to make themselves better,” he said.

That effort was very evident Sunday afternoon where the Lady Gridders had five girls out with injury, and two away with hockey.

“So we had girls playing out of position, but the hard work and preparation they were able to slot in and not see much of a drop-off (in play),” said MacLean.

It helps too, the Lady Gridders take a very team approach to things,

The Lady Gridders recorded their fourth straight win Sunday afternoon. said MacLean.

“We don’t rely on one, or two players,” he

said. “We have 17 girls on offence and eight of them have touched the

ball (this season).”

The Lady Gridders have two games left on

their schedule, Sept. 30, in Moosomin, and then Oct. 6, in Regina.

Raider Gridders roll in spite of penalties

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Raider Gridders rolled to another win Saturday.

The Regional High School team put up 35 points on their home field, while allowing Swift Current only 14, the visitor’s points coming in the second half after Yorkton already had a comfortable lead.

Raider Gridder head coach Roby Sharpe said they are always happy to get a win, but in this case he was not overly satisfied by his team’s performance.

The issue was the number of penalties the Raider Gridders took.

“I haven’t seen the stats yet, but we must have 200-yards in penalties to their 30,” said Sharpe in a post-game interview. “It’s frustrating.

“Obviously we’re the better team, so why was that happening?”

Sharpe said he addressed the penal-

After a close first half the Raider Gridders rolled to a big win over Swift Current Saturday on their home field. ties at half-time with the team, and the issue was less pronounced in the second half, but he added “we had a couple of big plays called back (on penalties)” noting in a closer contest that could have cost the team

more than it did in the win.

While discipline needs to be better, Sharpe is still generally happy with the team at this point in the season, having not yet lost.

“We thought we were

pretty good, but we weren’t sure how good,” he said, adding playing Vanier early didn’t clarify things because they didn’t play a very good game.

“We couldn’t measure how good we were play-

ing Vanier,” he said, adding Swift Current was a better measuring stick.

“We’re happy, but we still need to work on things.”

That work will include getting ready to play Moose Jaw Peacock this Saturday, in the southern city.

The Raiders are also looking to show they

deserve to be higher in national high school rankings, currently seeded 22nd, while Bishop Mahoney High School in Saskatoon is at number two in the nation. While a long way until a provincial final, Sharpe said he is hoping to meet Bishop Mahoney in that game later this year.

Sunday was a perfect fall day for football and the Yorkton Junior Raiders used the day to put another win in the books, this one over Balgonie.

Junior Gridders remain undefeated

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Junior Raider Gridders extended their record to a perfect 6-0 with a thorough thumping of the Balgonie Griffins at Century Field in Yorkton Sunday afternoon.

The Junior Raiders

were up 24-11 at the half, had extended the margin to 48-11 with a 24-point third quarter, then rounded out a 59-11 win with a solid fourth quarter.

Yorkton head coach Al Kyle said the Griffins stayed with the Raiders well in the first half.

“The first half they did

some things that we had to adjust to,” he said.

The big thing was a defensive set that did not include a safety, a formation that tends to thwart a run game, but leaves the defence with a hole that a quarterback can exploit on the pass.

“We were able to hit on some longer passes,”

said Kyle, adding that is a strength on the team with Jake Farrell at the controls.

Farrell was able to find receivers Andrew Brown and Noah Schneider on key gains in the first half to set the trend in the game.

“Jake Farrell is our leader back there,” said

his coach.

With the Junior Raiders rolling through the regular season – they have allowed only two touchdowns in six games – the question is how to keep the team focused on staying sharp.

“A Yorkton team has never won a league championship in the

Regina league,” said Kyle, adding “we want to be the team to end that shut-out.”

So is this the team to end the championship drought in the mind of their head coach?

“I sure hope so. We’ve just got to stay healthy and stay focused going forward,” he said.

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Slight lull in pro sports world It is a rare Monday that I sit at the keyboard unsure of what to type in terms of sports.

It’s not that there are not lots of things going on in the world of sports that I am following, in fact my DVR is basically flirting with being full, which means on my upcoming days off I will be binge watching a lot of sports.

But, the sports I am watching tends to be in the middle of things, which makes commenting on things a tad difficult when the resulting view will be read in a weekly publication.

For example, the World Cup of Rugby and the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships which I previewed last week are both under way, but far from getting to a point where it’s clear what may be the outcome.

Well perhaps in lacrosse it’s a bit obvious that Canada remains the powerhouse. Early games in round robin play with Canada involved leave the impression of Canada being a very large cat playing with very small mice. Canada has out-

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In terms of Rugby, a seven-week marathon event is barely started, Canada having not even played its first game as I pen this.

That said the two-time defending champion New Zealand All Blacks won their event opener 23-13 over the always competitive South Africa Springboks team, so repeating as champs may be in the cards for the Kiwis.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are usually worth considerable ink at this time of year, but alas they were on a bye

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Of course it did the heart of a ‘Rider fan good to watch Montreal comeback from a 24-point deficit for a last-minute win 38-37 win over Saskatchewan’s nemesis in Winnipeg. Beyond our interest as Roughrider fans, the game was very much an example of how dynamic the ruleset of the Canadian Football League allows games to be. There is often talk about how games in the league are rarely over because you can score a lot of points in a short time, and that was proven in the Alouette comeback.

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By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer It was not the sort of effort the Yorkton Terriers needed as they hosted Notre Dame at the Farrell Agencies Arena Friday.

The visiting Hounds jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 20-minutes on goals by Jake Dale and Braydon Iwaschuk.

The teams would trade second period goals.

Jarrett Penner scored early to give the Hounds a 3-1 lead, then Chantz Petruic put the Terriers on the board late to make it 3-1 through two periods of play.

In the third a pair of powerplay markers were added by the Hounds less than two minutes apart, Dale getting his second of the night at 11:19 and then Penner getting his second at 12:38, the pair of goals rounding out a 5-1 Hound win.

The Terriers took nine minor penalties in the game, frustrating head coach Mat Hehr who noted the team had 10-minutes after the game to be ready for a run.

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Hehr said the team lacked energy in the game, and then the lack of energy was compounded as the team took far too many bad penalties.

After penalty issues against Melville, Hehr said the Terriers held the emotions in check in Estevan taking only one penalty.

And they talked about it before tonight’s game needing to stay out of the penalty box and play five-on-five hockey, but in game that all disappeared.

Hehr said it was particularly disappointing to see veteran players tak-

ing bad penalties, which sets a bad precedent for rookies who look up to players who have been around a while already.

“It’s lazy and just selfish, completely selfish,” Hehr lamented, adding a little post-game run was about to help tighten focus on the need to be disciplined.

While he noted it’s only game four, so there was not a need to panic, he added “we want to nip this in the bud right now.”

Riley Kohonick was the winning netminder facing 36-shots in the Notre Dame net, while Philippe Bond took the loss facing 43 for the Terriers.

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Summer tennis season winds-up

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The official summer season win-up for the YorktonMelville Pirates Tennis Club was held Saturday at the courts in the city.

The fun team event attracted 32 players, from a club that has about 40 members, although one need not be a member to get out to Pirate events throughout the year.

The club meets Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings in Yorkton throughout the spring-summer-fall season, as well as Thursdays in Melville.

The club stays active in the winter months with games at the Flexihall at the Gallagher Centre.

Anyone interested in the sport of tennis, or the Pirates, can find the club by searching Facebook.

The Yorkton Terriers were in Estevan for action against the Bruins Sept. 17.

The Bruins were not gracious hosts, taking a 2-0 lead through 20-minutes of play on goals by Devon Cyr and Griffin Asham-Moroz.

Carson Henry finally put the Terriers on

the board 6:05 into the second with a powerplay marker.

Then at 15:04 Kurri Woodford would draw the Terriers even with Yorkton’s second goal of the game.

The teams headed to the third knotted 2-2, and it would stay that way until late in the contest when Eddie Gallagher scored for the home side.

The goal came at 17:36.

The Bruins then added an empty-netter

by Jayden Davis to round out a 4-2 victory, in a game that saw only five minor penalties called, none of those in the final period.

Philippe Bond took the loss in the Yorkton net allowing three goals on 37-shots, while Keenan Rancier was the winning netminder for Estevan facing 31-shots and allowing two goals.

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By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Why are you here? It’s a question that is at the heart of genealogy, the history of movement, migration and family development that, eventually, leads to you. A new book by local author Gordon Matthews dives into the story of two migrations, which lead to settlement in the area.

An Exodus to a Land of Promise follows migration of German people, specifically two migrations which happened a century apart. The first saw German colonists migrate east to the Galacia and Bukovina regions in the AustroHungarian Empire. The second saw those same colonists travel in the opposite direction, landing in Saskatchewan with the promise of 160-acres of free land.

Why did they immigrate the first time? They colonists travelled first to the east to teach how to use western techniques of farming. The colonists were promised 40 free acres, but Matthews said it wasn’t just the land that drew those people east. Constant warfare in Europe in the previous century gave additional incentive.

“They accepted this 40 acres free partly because it was free but partly because they were sick of warfare.”

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After three generations, and division among sons, they had very little land left, and couldn’t make a living. Once they heard about the land up for grabs in Canada, it was an offer difficult to pass up.

“They knew it was cold here, but they had to do it. There was another reason, at that time

Europe was getting pretty shaky, there were alliances being formed... The Germans who were given 40 acres of land, they were told they would never have to join the military. Three generations later, they broke that promise. So, they boys, they got of age of 16 they wanted to avoid three years in the Austrian army, plus the shortage of land, they took off. Even though it was cold.”

While the book is primarily focused on German settlers, it also touches on Ukrainian history as well. They were part of the same immigration wave, and they were the second largest group of non-British homesteaders, just behind the Germans.

Matthews said that you can’t talk about the German migration without the Ukrainians, because they are closely linked.

The incentive to write the book came from Matthews growing up in the Neudorf area. He had heard that the Germanspeaking people in the area came from Austria, but after taking trips to Austria he thought it was strange that people from the area moved to Saskatchewan.

In research through the Neudorf history, he realized that the path to Saskatchewan was not a simple one for the immigrants that eventually settled there. Through researching the history of Neudorf, he realized that the people were descendants of German colonists from the eastern edge of the AustroHungarian empire.

Matthews was also interested in the history because of what he noticed when he was a superintendent in Melville schools, and how the communities were different.

“When I went in to visit the kids and teachers in Grayson, I realized that they were all Catholic, and Neudorf was all Protestant. I put the two together. The Protestants were from Galacia, and right next door, in Bukovina, lived the Grayson people. They settled and came over here, getting 160 free acres, and they settled just as they were... That was really what gave me a start.”

The book has been in the works for about eight years. During a trip in 2012, a group of 20 went to the area, to visit the German colonies, embedded in Ukraine. While they were there, they visited the villages where the colonists lived – they were removed in 1939 due to an order by Hitler – they went to the original Neudorf, where they discovered a monument to the colonists, erected by their descendents, signifying the colony’s existence from 1783-1939.

Matthews will be at the Yorkton Public Library on Oct. 19 at 1:305:00 p.m. for a book signing.

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Mature driver refresher course offered Saskatchewan Safety Council Mature Driver Refresher Course will be held October 17, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to noon, 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community, Balmoral Hall, 348 Morrison Drive, Yorkton, Sask.

Cost is FREE but registration is required.

It is sponsored by Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community and Saskatchewan Safety Council.

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

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Senses of smell and taste change with age Aging comes with several sensory changes, many of which people expect. Loss of hearing or diminishing vision are widely associated with aging. But one’s senses of smell and taste may diminish with aging as well.

The senses of taste and smell work in concert. The sense of smell is vital to personal health, not only because inhaling pleasant aromas can provide comfort and stress relief through aromatherapy and help trigger important mem-

ories, but also because smell enables a person to detect the dangers of smoke, gas, spoiled food, and more. The National Institute on Aging says that, as a person gets older, his or her sense of smell may fade, and that will also affect taste.

Some loss of taste and smell is natural and can begin as early as age 60.

Adults have about 9,000 taste buds sensing sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami flavors, or those corresponding to the flavor of glutamates.

Many tastes are linked

to odors that begin at the nerve endings in the lining of the nose. The number of taste buds decreases as one ages, and that remaining taste buds may begin to shrink. Sensitivity to the five tastes also begins to decline. This can make it more difficult to distinguish between flavors.

Similarly, especially after age 70, smell can diminish due to a loss of nerve endings and less mucus in the nose.

With the combination of the reduction of these important sensory nerves

in the nose and on the tongue, loss of smell and taste can greatly affect daily life.

Changes in these senses can contribute to feelings of depression, diminish one’s enjoyment of food and cause harmful conditions, such as extreme weight loss from disinterest in food to problems associated with overusing salt or sugar.

Although aging is often to blame, loss of smell and taste also may be tied to early symp-

toms of Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Cancer treatments, medications, lack of saliva, colds, flu, and other factors may contribute to sensory loss. Changing medications or treatments may help.

It’s important to bring up diminished flavors or smells with a doctor to rule out something more serious and to determine what might help restore pleasure from smells and flavors.

An otolaryngologist, or a doctor who specializ-

es in diseases of the ears, nose and throat, may be able to help fix the problem, though some people may be referred to a neurologist or another specialist.

Continuing to use one’s sense of smell and taste by cooking, gardening, trying new flavors, and experimenting with different aromas may help slow down the decline these senses.

Although age-related loss of taste and smell cannot be reversed, some such cases may be treatable.

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options have been exhausted. But joint replacement surgery has become very common, even though some studies have suggested certain procedures are being performed unnecessarily.

A 2014 study published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology found that one-third of patients who undergo knee replacement surgery may not be appropriate candidates for the procedure because their symptoms

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The decision to undergo surgery is always a patient’s to make.

Weighing some pros and cons of joint replacement surgery can help patients make the most informed decisions possible.

Pros Many patients who have undergone joint replacement surgeries have experienced dramatic improvement within a relatively short time after undergoing the surgery. Much of that improvement is related to pain, which for many people becomes overwhelming prior to surgery.

Another benefit to joint replacement surgery is the recovery time.

For example, patients who have knee replacement surgery are usually standing and even moving the joint the day after their surgeries.

Within six weeks, those same patients are typically walking comfortably with very little support. While each patient is different, any fears that joint replacement surgery will require patients to be immobile for months after surgery are unwarranted.

Joint replacement surgery also can be a longterm solution, whereas the alternatives might not be. Roughly 85 percent of knee implants will last 20 years, and that life expectancy figures to grow as technology advances.

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As beneficial as joint replacement surgery can be, it’s not without downsides. Cost is one such disadvantage. How much a patient pays for the surgery depends on his or her coverage, the average knee replacement surgery costs $31,000.

Such costs can be prohibitive for aging men and women who are no longer working.

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A 2017 study published in the journal BMJ found that knee replacement had minimal effects on quality of life, especially for patients whose arthritis was not severe.

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SEPTEMBER 2019

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40-years marked

The 40th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth Court in Yorkton was marked Friday. The celebration included messages of congratulations from provincial Minister for Seniors Warren Kaeding, Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney, and Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit. The event was attended by both community members and residents.

How seniors can safely stay behind the wheel

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Your Pharmacist can write you a prescription for a variety of minor ailments.

A greater sense of independence is often cited as the reason so many young people anxiously await the day they earn their drivers’ licenses. But the connection between driving and independence is not lost on seniors, either.

Aging can take its toll on drivers, prompting such drivers’ families to feel as if their loved ones’ ability to safely operate motor vehicles has been compromised.

However, many seniors can still safely operate motor vehicles, and those who do can take steps to ensure they’re as safe as possible behind the wheel.

• Avoid driving on days when aches and pains are strong. Aches and pains are common side effects of aging, and seniors know that some days are better than others.

Seniors’ ability to control their vehicles may be compromised on days when stiffness, aches or pains seem particularly strong, so it’s best to avoid driving during these times. Fatigue may set in on days when aches and pains require extra effort to perform relatively simple tasks, and drivers of all ages should avoid driving while tired.

• Don’t skip medical checkups. Few seniors may look forward to their medical checkups, but visits to the doctor can reveal issues that can help seniors be safer

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on the road. Schedule routine vision exams so eyeglass prescriptions are always up-to-date. In addition, seniors should discuss hearing screenings with their physicians so they can ensure they can always hear sirens and other motorists while on the road.

Great strides have been made in regard to helping people with fading hearing hear better, and seniors would be wise to take advantage of such advancements, which include hearing aids that can be connected to smartphones.

• Familiarize yourself with medication side effects. Whether they do so temporarily or permanently, many seniors take medications, and every medication comes with side effects. When filling a new prescription, carefully read the dosage

and description label to ensure that it’s safe to drive while taking the medicine. Make note of how you feel when taking a new prescription, avoiding driving if the medication makes you feel fatigued or drowsy or affects your motor functions. If the side effects of a new prescription are making it difficult to safely operate a vehicle, discuss potential alternatives with your physician.

• Avoid driving in certain conditions. Driving in inclement weather, during rush hour and at night makes many drivers uncomfortable, regardless of their age.

But such conditions can be especially dangerous for aging drivers whose vision and reaction times might be fading. Seniors who avoid driving in harsh conditions and heavy traffic may be more

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Seniors need not give up their drivers’ licenses at the first signs of aging.

But adjusting certain behaviors and exercising extra caution can help these men and women stay safe behind the wheel.

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HORGAS - Bert Horgas (Albert Alexander) was born March 1, 1927 on the family farm southwest of Willowbrook. He was the son of Steve and Margaret Horgas. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul United Halmok Church in the area. Bert went to Maxwelton School then stayed home to farm with his father and brother. In 1958 he married Esther Maurer at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Duff.

They then joined St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorkton. Bert and Esther bought their farm on highway 52 in 1964. There they ran a mixed farm and raised their children together.

They lived there for 30 years and then moved to Yorkton in 1990.

Even after moving to Yorkton, Bert continued to go to the farm and help his son with the seeding and harvest. In 2006 the farmland was sold however the yardsite was kept in the family. He continued to visit the family yard where he spent most of his life with his wife and children. Bert had a passion for the Halmok Church and Cemetery in which his grandparents and brother were buried. In the 1980s he helped restore the church and clean up the grounds. His passion continued even after he could no longer look after it himself and enjoyed going out with the boys and watching as they kept his love for the churchyard alive. After his retirement from the farm, Bert’s favourite summer pastime was camping at Manitou Beach and dancing at Danceland. He suffered for many years with asthma and bronchitis and later COPD and dementia in the end. Bert and Esther had 5 children and lost 2 to cancer - Richard at age 16 in 1984 and Janice Mehling at age 55 in 2015. Bert is survived by his wife Esther; three children: Ken (Leona), Robert (Anita) and Sandra; 6 grandchildren: Janelle Mehling, Dawn Hunt (Drew), Reagen Horgas, Shaylynn Horgas, Ashley, Tyler and Kallie Buenneke; 3 great-grandchildren: Zowee Mydonick, Jayden Hunt and Liam Hunt; two step grandchildren: Kristen Ashby (Shane - predeceased) and Ryan (Breana) Lazecki; four step great-grandsons: Brendan, Ashby and Sebastian, Oliver and Gabriel Lazecki. He is also survived by 3 sisters, Elizabeth Lemchuk (Frank - predeceased), Ada Toth (Robert) and Helen Ziglo (Tony). He was predeceased by brothers William in 1933 and Harold in 1995. The funeral service was held on Thursday, September 19, 2019 from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorkton with Rev. Heike Toeller officiating. Tributes were given by Sandra Horgas and Dawn Hunt. Organist, Carla Laycock, led the congregation in the hymns ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand’, ‘Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling’ and ‘How Great Thou Art’. The interment took place in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Ken and Reagen Horgas, Mark and Tyler Buenneke, Drew Hunt and Glen Lang serving as the casket bearers. Memorials were to the Halmok Cemetery. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.

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KOPTIE - Debra Ann Koptie passed away Friday, September 13, 2019 due to health complications at the age of 64. She was born August 10, 1955 in Flin Flon, MB. Deb was 1 of 5 children born to mother Francis Wells and father James Wells. Deb was an extraordinary and generous woman; anyone who met her would say the same. Deb was known as a fighter, a true stubborn Italian woman.

She was strong, incredible and courageous. She impacted all those who met her in the most positive way. She always found a way to stay positive using sarcastic humour during dark times.

Debra was a woman who truly touched those who met her. She is loved deeply by so many; her courageous spirit will live on through her friends and family. We cannot forget her famous Italian spaghetti and meatballs that all friends and family would ask for and loved.

Deb was known to be fighter and never gave up. She is now our guardian angel, forever watching over us. She is survived by her husband Norman and her three daughters, Stephanie, Ashlee, Kathleen and her two brothers Kenny Wells, Arden Wells, her sister Cathy Wells. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 from the Chapel of Christie’s Funeral Home and Crematorium, Yorkton, SK with Fr. Leonid Malkov CSsR officiating. Interment is to follow at a later date. Memorial donations in Debra’s name may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research.

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Phone 306-782-9131 or 306-6219783.

WON AN Electric Cordless Yard Pkg. Valued at $3,000 plus 11 items - boxed. 21” lawn mower. leaf blower, grass trimmer with 140ft. line, power saw, mulcher, 2 lithium batteries, charger, maskeye protection. Asking Half price. $1,500. Phone 306-890-0658.

WANTED: ALFALFA broom grass, round bales or slough hay, round bales, semi load delivered. Call 306-595-4707

Computers/Electronics COMPUTER DESK, comes with hutch, 3 side drawers, 1 open drawer, length 5ft., height 58 inches in excellent condition. Phone 306-783-3964.

COMPUTER/OFFICE Chair, adjustable seat, on coasters, fabric seat & back, swivel base in excellent condition. Phone 306-7833964.

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FURNISHED BACHELOR Apartment at 217 4th Ave. N. $340/month.

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Duplexes for Rent 2 BEDROOM duplex, mature person/couple, N/S, N/P, references required, $900./mo. Available immediately. Call 306-783-6922.

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2 BEDROOM MOBILE in Ebenezer. Storage room, hardwood flooring, window coverings, fridge, stove, washer, dryer, microwave, a/c, deck, large yard, garage, storage sheds, suitable for responsible working couple. $825/month + utilities and damage deposit.

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4 BEDROOM House For Rent. $1100/month + utilities. No Pets, No Smoking. References required.

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BEAUTIFUL 2 or 3 bedroom townhouse; 1200 sq.ft., close to schools & hospital. Pictures can be viewed on Kijiji under Houses For Rent Yorkton. Call George at 306-537-3228.

TAKING APPLICATIONS for a 4 bedroom house for rent, single car garage, no air conditioning.

F/S/W/D. Available October 15. No Smoking, No Pets, No Partying. $1600/month + utilities. references required. 306-641-5909.

Rooms DO YOU need a room in Yorkton for a day, a week or longer? For more information call 306-6209920.

Suites For Rent FOR RENT - Reasonably Priced Upstairs Suite. Partially furnished, heat & water supplied. No Smoking. References required. Phone 306-621-9584.

FOR RENT: Two Bedroom Suite in North East Yorkton. $850/month including utilities. 1,000 sq.ft., heated floor, private entrance, gas fireplace. No Pets or Parties.

Available Immediately. Phone 306783-7973.

Appliances 17 CUBIC FOOT Woods stand up deep freeze. Excellent condition.

Only 4 yrs. old. 306-783-8057.

Wanted Farmland Wanted! Looking to preferably rent or possibly purchase farmland in the Nobleville, Marean Lake, and Perigord area. If interested contact: Ryan Sunderland 306-322-7822.

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BARN-STYLE VINYL Garden Sheds - 8x8ft. $1000; 8x10ft. $1250; 8x12ft $1450. Insulated 54” doors. Insulated large dog houses $300. Phone 306-7838260.

BATHROOM SINK, Avon doll bottles, 48” bed frame, Ukrainian records, china, cups & saucers, lamps, a large picture, plants, new luggage, paper shredder, quilting fabric, Eaton’s catalogues. Phone 306-782-2127.

BUSINESS CLOSEOUT. 6x6 walk in cooler, Kelvinator freezer, Billboard highway sign, meat/bakery racks, cash register, 2 debit machines (1 portable), fax machine.

Call 306-745-3484.

CRAFTSMAN YARD TRACTOR. 24hp tractor and 42 inch mower.

Attached 40 inch electric 2 stage snowblower, weights and chains included. 142 hours, like new.

Mower never used. 306-782-3280 leave message. Asking $3,000 OBO. FOR SALE: NEW Airlift kit 5000, load levelling kit system for 2015 2019 Ford 150. Asking $375. Call 306-533-3737.

FOR SALE: Twister horse shelter on treated skids, 15’w x 9’h x 10’ deep. $2000 & two 20’ Koenders windmills $1600/each or $3000 for both. 306-641-5994.

GRAIN FED, Free Range Roasting Chickens. $4 per pound ranging from 8-11 pounds. Available Oct. 1. Call/text Marla 306-6202586.

OAK DRESSER w/mirror, moveable side mirrors, a door on each end w/shelf, 3 drawers. Price $475. 5 cubic foot chest freezer $190 - 2 yrs. old, like new. Phone 306-782-7335 leave message and number or 306-621-7641.

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RICKER’S CAMPGROUND. 2020 Seasonal Sites Available.

30 amp/water/130 gal septic tank $2600; 50 amp/water/130 gal septic tank - $2800; 50 amp/water/400 gal septic tank - $3200. May 1, 2020 - October 12, 2020, winter storage included. Call 204-9372716.

SPRING SPECIAL 8x12 barn style garden shed. Complete with vinyl siding $1,150. 8x10 $1,050.

8x8 $900. Call 306-783-6240.

TANNED HIDES for sale - Silver Fox (rare), $450. Wolverine, Black Wolf and others. Really decorate your living room/rec room/cabin with these on the wall. Anybody can hang a picture. Call 306-6754424.

WINE MAKING Equipment: 3carboys, 2 primary’s, floor style corker: English Ironstone China: (rose pattern) 8 place settings. 306-7837014.

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Garage Sales 132 MCBURNEY DR. Thurs., Sept. 26, Fri., Sept. 27 & Sat., Sept. 28 also Thurs., Oct. 3, Fri., Oct. 4 & Sat., Oct. 5. 9am-5pm.

MOVING SALE. Everything Must Go! Household, garden, farming, etc. Items added daily. Rain or Shine.

152 CLAREWOOD Cres.; Thurs., Sept. 26, 9am-5pm, Fri., Sept. 27, 9am-5pm, Sat., Sept. 28, 9am5pm. Misc. items.

18 WILLIS AVE. Springside. Fri., Sept. 27 & Sat., Sept. 28, 10am4pm each day.

527 PARKVIEW RD. Instruments, piano and variety of bicycles & miscellaneous items. Please call for an appointment to view. 306783-7484.

78 ELIZABETH Ave.; Wed., Sept.

25, Thurs., Sept. 26, Fri., Sept. 27, 9am-6pm. Gotta go, outta here garage sale. Radial arm saw, reciprocating saw, scroll saw and stand, orbital sander, lots of other tools, composters, pictures and lots of misc. household etc.

Cars 2005 Honda Accord for Sale Clean, leather interior, senior driven. $5,000.00. Call 306-7834456.

2009 BUICK LUCERNE CXL. Fully loaded, Sask safety certified, 122,700kms, winter tires on rims included. $10,500. Call 306-6210251.

2013 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta Sedan, 4 door diesel with 66,000kms.

New tires, leather interior with sunroof. Navigation and back-up camera. All emissions have been changed and safetied. 306-7831880 or 306-621-7491.

Collectibles & Classic Cars 1981 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LJ. Green, 2-door, V8 265 cubic inch 4.3 litre, 3-spd auto transmission, new tires, spare set of summer rims and tires.

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Special Olympics awards presented The Special Olympics Saskatchewan SaskTel Awards Banquet was hosted in Yorkton Saturday at the Gallagher Centre.

“Special Olympics Saskatchewan takes great pride in acknowledging some of our greatest athletes, volunteers, supporters, and sponsors,” detailed the evening’s program. “Without the dedication of these and many other individuals and organizations, we would not be able to provide our athletes with the opportunity to participate in sport training and competition, while making new friends and creating lifelong memories.”

The following awards were presented, detailed here with information from the program on the recipients; Coaches of the Year: The awards were presented to Special Olympics Saskatchewan’s most outstanding coaches. Nominated by athletes, volunteers, parents, and community members, award recipients are chosen based on their contributions to sports in coaching effectiveness, professional development, and leadership with Special Olympics.

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Faye Matt, left presents the Volunteer of the Year to Yorkton’s Pam Schmuck.

Faye Matt - CEO Special Olympics Saskatchewan, left with Tia Zimmerman Athlete of the Year, and Colby Kosteniuk - Athlete of the year.

Sherry Yorkton

member of the Special Olympics Yorkton Board of Directors and is a representative on the Provincial SAC Committee. She believes strongly in Special Olympics and the inclusion of our athletes into the community wherever possible. She is now involved with getting as many of our athletes as possible, involved in the collaboration with Anytime Fitness, where our athletes now receive free membership for the year. She goes to the gym herself, not to coach the athletes, but to simply be there to give them encouragement as they work with the other fitness instructors. She attends Bocce and Bowling nearly every week, assisting where needed and giving encouragement to our athletes. Her upbeat personality makes all the practices a happy place for coaches, volunteers and athletes.

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Sherry is a ‘Jack of all Trades’ when it comes to Special Olympics.

She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Special Olympics Yorkton and District Community, of which she has upheld the position of secretary the past five years. She is a key asset in keeping the group operating at a high level.

Sherry is the head coach for the Yorkton Bocce Program and also helps coach the 5-Pin Bowlers on a weekly basis. In addition, she has been a driver in the development of the Snowshoeing program, and also volunteers with the Yorkton Storm Swim Business Opportunities

Club, which has now integrated our swimming athletes into their mainstream programs.

Wayne Michaluk – Regina

Wayne has been involved with curling as a coach since 2004, when his daughters were participants in the Curl for Kids program running out of the Highland Curling Club. From there, he coached them through a total of seven Provincial competitions.

At one of the Provincial Competitions he was also voted “Coach of the Year” for his professionalism and sportsmanship.

He also coached a team in the Provincial Winter Games in 2010 and 2011. Wayne was the Sports Tec for the Special Olympics Winter Games for the sport of curling in 2014. In the 2019 Winter Games, Wayne coached the team to a silver medal.

Junior Coach of the Year: This award is presented to Special Olympics Saskatchewan’s most dedicated coach or volunteer under the age of 21. Nominated by coaches, athletes, volunteers, and community members, award recipients are chosen based on their contribution to sports, coaching effectiveness, development, and leadership.

Theo Lautsch - Swift Current

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Theo not only coaches Curling, he is an active curler himself. He is able to work with the athletes and adapt his training methods to meet their particular skill level. Theo completed the Special Olympics Competition Coaching program and understands the importance of meeting the athletes at their level to give them confidence and a good feeling about the level they are competing at. He feels Special Olympics gives the athletes a voice in the community and always is willing to go above and beyond to make sure the athletes have a positive experience through sport.

Volunteer of the Year: This award goes to a Special Olympics volunteer who has made a significant contribution to Special Olympics within their community or district, not necessarily in a sporting context.

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Team of the Year: This award is presented to the Special Olympics Saskatchewan sports team that was most successful in working together to reach the team’s athletic goals. All athletes on the team did their personal best, demonstrated true sportsmanship, and exemplified the true spirit of Special Olympics.

Ladies Team Sask 5 Pin Bowling - Combination Team: Regina; Saskatoon; Meadow Lake The Ladies Team Sask 5-Pin Bowling Team consists of Candace Bates, Lindsay Markwart, Bree Warsaba, Renee Scherr, Pam Mcgee and coach Rhonda Penno. They are kind and caring individuals, and celebrate the other athletes in their personal achievements and successes. They have a very strong sense of community ingrained in their bones and are strong advocates for people with intellectual disabilities and Special Olympics.

Each individual is an asset and offers so much to the team. These ladies each hold an essential place on the team, and are celebrated for their different personalities, qualities, and skills that represent and define who they are.

Each member of the group is a role model, a mentor, friend, and a leader in both Special Olympics and in their home communities. They are ambassadors for our organization across the province and show no signs of changing that. They take pride in being a part of Special Olympics and promote how the programs and sport have changed their lives for the better.

One can visibly see that through their dedication and all of their efforts of ‘just being themselves’ – they are creating a more inclusive, accepting, and celebratory environment for people with intellectual disabilities.

Athletes of the Year: These awards are presented to Special

Laurie Carpenter - Chair if the Board - Special Olympics Saskatchewan, Dwight Rieger (Regina) Athlete Lifetime Dedication Award.

Olympics Saskatchewan athletes who have demonstrated significant personal and athletic growth, and who best demonstrates the qualities of the Special Olympics Athlete’s Oath.

Colby Kosteniuk – Regina

Colby will always tell everyone that: ‘Swimming is where he found his niche, and when he joined Special Olympics, his confidence’. This is also how he explained his Games experiences, in simply looking at it as a new beginning, opportunity, and privilege to be a part of. He is a true ambassador for Special Olympics. He promotes what the programs have done for him, as he has grown over the years.

Colby will always be the first to make sure new athletes feel welcome. As he says (in his own words) “it can be scary, and sometimes you just need a friend to show you the ropes!” He knows what it means to be a Special Olympics athlete - he knows that his responsibilities go beyond competing and training as an individual. He knows that it is about friendship, and building up those around you - and he takes this on wholeheartedly. Colby was asked to join Team Sask, and following, Team Canada.

At the World Games in Abu Dhabi - Colby was highly successful, bringing home a number of medals. He was a great ambassador and representative for Canada, our province and Special Olympics in general.

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Tia is respectful and supportive of her fellow teammates; she is overjoyed when another athlete achieves success. Tia continually encourages others to do their best, as others have encouraged her to do the same. Tia has an unprecedented sportsmanship attitude and makes a distinct effort to uphold a positive position within the sport community. Tia qualified to participate in the Special Olympics Saskatchewan Provincial Games, and from there was picked as an alternate for Nationals.

When her team mate could not participate, she had to learn how to swim longer distance races. This all culminated in Tia being able to compete and medal in these races - Not only

at Nationals - But also at the World Games in Abu Dhabi! Tia is a true role model for athletes that have intellectual disabilities. Simply put, Tia has inspired others to be champions and encourages her teammates to be the best they can.

Shining Star: This award is presented to a Special Olympics Saskatchewan athlete who has best exemplified the spirit of Special Olympics over the past year through their displays of sportsmanship, striving spirit, continuous effort, positive attitude, and courtesy to their fellow athletes.

Kolby Arlitt – Unity

Kolby is an active athlete in the Special Olympics Bowling, Powerlifting and Bocce programs. He attends practices regularly, even with the challenges of living 60+km away from the facilities where they are held. Kolby is a positive influence in the group – greeting people by name and making everyone feel welcome and important.

He is an engaging individual, and often comes to practice with a new story or joke to tell. Kolby loves Special Olympics and the sporting opportunities it provides. This year Kolby ran his very own bake sale fundraiser for Special Olympics at his school. All the proceeds raised were shared with his fellow athletes toward programming. He is extremely proud of his Special Olympics accomplishments and family.

Community Excellence Award: This award is selected by the Special Olympics Saskatchewan Provincial Office and is awarded to a community that puts forth a genuine effort to have high-level and quality programming at the community level, as well as with provincial initiatives and fundraisers.

Recipient: Special Olympics Moose Jaw Bob Pedde Memorial Award: This award, named after the late Bob Pedde, a long-time volunteer, is awarded to an individual or group who has shown outstanding dedication and contribution to Special Olympics Saskatchewan. “In memory of Bob Pedde whose dedication to the Special Olympics movement was legendary.”

Recipient: Shauna Hammer

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Wizard’s Garden addictive little game

As a bonafide fan of abstract strategy games I am quite surprised it has taken so long to find and explore Wizard’s Garden.

The game was designed by Tim Schutz back in 2004. Known then as Wizard’s Garden

- The Alesalitis Plant it was a finalist in the 2004 About.com Board/ Card Games/Abstract Games Magazine Shared Pieces Game Design Competition.

Now the game is being published by XV Games,

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a company only launched in 2018, with the neat motto: “one minute for the rules, one life for the play�.

No game XV Games will ever produce more closely fits their motto than Wizard’s Garden.

The website explains the game as; “a classical abstract game of the Reversi family, Wizard’s Garden has its strength in shared pieces and non-intuitive strategical gameplay.�

It is the neat shared piece mechanic that really makes this game a winner, but more on game play in a bit.

This first tabletop edition by XV Games comes with embossed wooden discs in a velvet bag with the board printed on it, making the version a highly portable one.

The concern here might be that when you take the game to the coffee shop and it gets cof-

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On the positive side the play area is a 4X4 grid which is rather easy to replace.

This game is brilliantly simple.

Players initially take turns placing four pieces on the board. Pieces are double sided but it does not matter which side is showing in set up. They must however note be connected orthogonally.

A piece is flipped, the other player calling the colour. Whoever wins the flip goes first.

Game play now proceeds with each player in turn dropping a stone of either colour on an empty cell orthogonally adjacent to at least another stone on the board. All stones orthogonally adjacent to the played pieces then flip colour.

After the flips, any four in-a-row (with stones of the same colour) is removed from board, and that player gets one point. He keeps one of the pieces in his scoring

pool, and the remaining three go back to the shared piece pool.

The game ends when there are no moves available. The one with the most points wins.

There is a built in tie breaker that is neat but a tad more detail than needed here.

This game is simply fantastic. It’s simple to learn, quick to play, with a lot of replay allure, and it’s highly transportable.

This is a game that is not only recommendable, but should be in any collection if someone liking the abstract strategy genre. I may have taken 15 years to finally play it, but it was certainly a game worth discovering.

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

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