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Construction has begun at the intersection of Mayhew Ave. and Morrison Drive. This is the first phase of the reconstruction of the street.

Construction happening across Yorkton

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Construction season has begun in earnest in the City of Yorkton.

Two projects that have begun are the Mayhew/ Darlington reconstruction project and the walking paths in and around Dracup Ave.

The Mayhew/ Darlington project is in phase one, which will start with reconstructing the intersection at Mayhew Ave. and Morrison Drive. When that phase is completed, construction will move north, with a roundabout being built at the intersection of Mayhew Ave.

and Darlington St. The third phase will go west, from Franko Drive to Dracup Ave. The first phase is expected to be complete June 24, the second July 31 and the third Sept. 30.

Completion dates are dependant on the weather.

One thing that Mayor

Bob Maloney wants to stress is that people have to be aware of the detours and barricades, for their own safety and the safety of construction crews working on these projects. “We have had problems with people moving barricades, we had people driving the wrong

way down Broadway when we were doing Broadway, driving way too fast next to workers.

We have to protect our contractors and our own workers who are out in the streets, we will be very diligent watching those construction zones this year. Slow down and obey the signs or get a

ticket.�

The other project, the walking path north on Dracup Ave. with the pedestrian bridge and pathway scheduled to be complete this year. The bridge was started in 2020. Other pathways have been improved in

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A pre-audit look at 2019 year-end

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer While the final 2019 audit for the City of Yorkton is still several weeks away from being complete, Yorkton Council was given a look at the year-end numbers Monday, and they were

generally positive. “Our auditors have been working entirely remotely, and we do expect delay with final audited financial statements. With that, however, we have come to our preliminary estimate of our 2019 year-end departmental surplus /

deficits,� related Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance with the City at Monday’s meeting.

The bottom line for the City in 2019 was a budget surplus, one that will allow $422,000 be transferred to the ‘rainy day’ reserves, an undedicated fund Council can

draw upon as they deem necessary.

The overall numbers saw a 2019 surplus realized of $677,396, with the operating portion being $167,577.

As in previous years, Administration recommends transferring 50 percent of the surplus to

reserves on a per department basis depending on whether each department had net departmental savings.

There were also instances Administration recommended withdrawing funds from reserves to cover departmental deficits.

“By continuing with this strategy, we encourage accountability of all departments and avoid the typical “use it or lose it� philosophy in government spending,� said Stradeski. “As the financial audit

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Parking and speeding addressed by Council

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Concerns over downtown parking as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, were again on the agenda of Yorkton Council Monday.

The report presented to Council by Nicole Baptist, Bylaw & Safety Supervisor,

with the City also raised concerned over people speeding in construction zones and how to better police those situations.

In regard to speeding in construction zones Baptist told Council “Administration would like to make an amendment ahead of the full review in order to allow the Community

Safety Officers to issue fines for speeding in construction zones within City limits under the Traffic Bylaw.�

To facilitate the changes small changes were required to the bylaw to list consistent speeds that will be enacted during construction or other maintenance that would require a “work zone� to be set

up based on the original speed of the road. “Changes were also made to list fines for the offence based on how fast a driver was going above the posted speed limit. The fines are based on the Traffic Safety Act fines for speeding in construction zones,� said Baptist.

Small changes were also

recommended to Section 73 of the Traffic Bylaw to note that fines for speeding in construction zones would not be reduced if paid within 10 days of a fine being issued as they are for parking tickets.

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Mayor unsure about federal dollars

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently released that Ottawa is offering $2.2 billion to cities as they face what he describes as a cash crunch during the pandemic.

The money was, in fact, already earmarked as federal support for cities via the gas tax fund.

That fund was to be paid out in two installments, Trudeau said Monday (June 1) the $2.2 billion for 2020-21 will be paid out in full to introduce immediate support for municipalities.

However, that does not mean Yorkton will be seeing any new money, said

Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney, although he added the program details are an unknown at present.

“They make all these announcements, but they don’t attach any details to it,” he said.

The other side of things for Maloney is the level of uncertainty there is in knowing exactly what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be in terms of City revenues, most of which are generated through property taxes.

Maloney said residential property taxes aren’t due until the end of June, so how much may go unpaid is not yet known, although he said so far they appear to be rolling in as normal, with many residents paying a portion of

their home taxes with each water billing, or they are paid as part of mortgage payments that then flow to the city.

On the business side, it is more of an unknown with the City having extended the deadline for payment of those taxes until the end of September, said Maloney.

Even with the unknowns Maloney said Yorkton is faring well so far.

“We’re in good financial shape in the city of Yorkton,” he offered, adding “I think that’s because of good stewardship.

“I think we’re going to be fine.”

Maloney did acknowledge some other cities, in particular larger ones, appear to be feeling the financial

impact more keenly, and that is where the federal announcement appears to be focused.

“It’s targeted at places like Vancouver where they’re already crying,” he said.

The larger cities have huge numbers of employees and that means a monthly payroll that must be met, said Maloney, adding a downturn in revenue flow can hurt pretty quickly in that situation.

Locally, Maloney said staff have been kept on only as long as there has been work to do.

When work runs out, “we will be doing layoffs to try and safeguard our financial position,” said Maloney. “We won’t be paying people if there’s no work for them.”

Community Strong program wraps-up

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A Community Strong Facebook page has been promoting local businesses through the closures caused by COVID19.

And, now that stores are re-opening a final gesture is being made

with a donation to SIGN. The page was initially launched by the trio behind Modern Mattress’ Jordan Schenher, Drew Hunt and Cody Dareichuk.

To begin with the page was created to share information on social distancing, staying at home to flatten the infection

curve and similar stuff, said Schenher.

As the situation continued the effort evolved to be one supporting small business, “because they were the ones going to get hit hard.

“We wanted to come together and support each other.”

With supporting

small business Modern Mattress purchased 20, $50 gift certificates from local small businesses, said Schenher, adding “every week we’d give a few of them” to people who had been engaged on the Community Strong page.

The businesses whose gift certificate was being

given away was asked to provide a video, or information to show “who they are as people, to communicate and engage as people,” said Schenher.

At its height the page had 1380 members, and Modern Mattress said they would donate 50 cents per member to a group in the city that

“was making the community strong,” said Schenher.

They chose to donate the $700 SIGN to based on the programs they offer, said Schenher, adding the money will be used to purchase face masks for seniors who have to go out to do business, buy groceries etc.

The Gallagher Centre and Water Park recorded a deficit of $437,363.

Stradeski said the Gallagher Centre faced a double problem in 2019, falling short of budgeted revenues and facing higher costs too.

It was recommended $200,000 from reserves be withdrawn to offset the loss.

While falling outside the general budget as a

self-sustaining entity, the report covered water and sewer as well.

“The gross revenues were $760,000 higher than budgeted and expenses were over budget by $88,000. All surplus was transferred to reserves for future water and sewer capital expenditures. Additionally, with aging distribution pipes and severe temperature changes in the winter,

water main break repairs were $368,000 higher than budget,” detailed the report to Council.

Councillor Darcy Zaharia said he was concerned by some of the number in particular the water revenues being $760,000 higher than budgeted.

“I don’t understand ... it being that far off,” he said.

Stradeski said the

extra revenue was largely from increased demand for water, meaning bigger sales.

The report and its recommendations were unanimously passed by Council, with Administration to bring a final report back to Council noting the transfers and the remaining surplus for Council’s consideration.

before open council at the next meeting, and have been tentatively approved in-camera.

The projects will be $1.5 million of asphalt overlays, or 5 kms of roads that will undergo a “shave and pave.”

“Really, really gratifying that this money has come through, I think it’s

a great investment and a lot of communities are building something right now. Which is good because it gets people working, our concrete plant will be going all out because we have building projects going on in our community.”

MEEP funding will also fund $500,000 in

replacement of water mains. The city also plans on doing signage, landscaping and beautification projects that money is hard to come by to fund, said Maloney, to the tune of $350,000. The final details of the plan will be presented before council next meeting on June 22.

parking.

• D i r e c t Administration to relax parking enforcement until City Hall reopens (meaning only issuing warnings for offenders, not tickets).

• Direct Administration to proceed with the Downtown Parking Review now (June/July) or delay for six months and look at this again in late 4th Quarter 2020 or early 1st Quarter 2021.

While acknowledging COVID-19 makes it a rather unique situation Baptist said “Administration cautions and encourages Council to treat this as the final time that free parking will be instituted in the downtown parking lots due to COVID. By continuously adding more time to free parking it’s causing more confusion for downtown

parking users as they constantly need to find out if they’ll need to pay, purchase a parking pass, etc.

“It is also inefficient to make constant changes without an end goal in mind and is confusing when preparing appropriate communication for the public.”

In the end Council approved offering free parking in the four Multi Space Pay Station Parking Lots and the one Permit Parking lot located on Myrtle Avenue, Betts Avenue, First Avenue and Second Avenue, from June 2, 2020 through August 31, 2020, again with Hippsley opposed.

Council was unanimous in directing Administration to conduct a Downtown Parking Review in late fourth quarter 2020 or early first quarter 2021.

YEAR-END Continued from Page A1 is not yet finalized; these are preliminary numbers. We expect to have a final report brought to Council in the coming meetings, with a recommendation to transfer funds to the rainy day reserve once the audit is finalized,” he added.

Among the year-end highlights was tax and

grant surplus of $745,689.

“Tax collected is higher than anticipated,” said Stradeski.

Protective Services ran a deficit of $185,047, with overtime incurred

by Fire Fighters far higher than budgeted being the biggest factor, said Stradeski.

Administration recommended $120,000 from fire reserves to offset the department deficit.

CONSTRUCTION Continued from Page A1 the area already, including around the roundabout. The goal is to extend the walking paths to extend to the Parkland College.

Maloney said that want the city to be completely accessible for someone who is walking, and extending the trail north is another part of that plan.

“It would be nice to have a complete circuit of the city available where people can enjoy walking paths away from traffic... It’s proved really popular, you see people on walking trails, espe-

cially when you’re in Patrick Park playing disc golf, you see people on those walking trails all the time. It’s great to see young children, because you can get downtown all the way to the Dairy Queen and I think you have to cross one road.

It’s very safe for families and children on bicycles, and it’s been well used.”

Another major project for the city is still in the destruction phase, as the Public Works building is set to be demolished before remediation and construction on the site can begin.

And the projects will

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keep coming, thanks to Municipal Economic Enhancement Program (MEEP) funding. The recently announced funds were effectively “found money” said Maloney, and it’s also money they have to spend quickly, as they have to get projects underway by 2021. The projects will be

PARKING Continued from Page A1 construction zone speeding changes.

First reading of a motion to amendment the bylaw to deal with construction zone speeding, and to authorize Administration to proceed to the public notice was passed Monday with Councillor Mitch Hippsley sitting opposed.

Regarding downtown parking Baptist said a larger review will be forthcoming, but suggested some issues needed address now.

“In 2020 Administration intended to conduct a downtown parking review to more closely examine if the current parking options in the downtown address current parking needs.

Administration is prepared to move forward with it now, however, we would instead suggest a delay until late 4th

Quarter 2020 or early 1st Quarter 2021 to ensure that we’re getting a clear picture of the downtown parking needs,” said Baptist.

“At this point with businesses just re-opening after COVID-19, we may see many more businesses in the downtown close or change their business model in the coming months, which could have a dramatic effect on the downtown landscape and parking requirements.”

Some options for Council to consider in terms of downtown parking were: • Extend free parking in downtown parking lots until June 30, 2020 or August 31, 2020 • Change the two hour free on-street parking to three hour free on-street parking or fully remove the two hour time limit for downtown on-street

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Students raise fish for trout pond

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer New trout have once again been released this spring into the Logan Green Fish Pond in Yorkton.

Derek Little of Yorkton who sits on the Fisheries Executive of SWF explained that the Yorkton branch of the SWF worked with the hatchery in Fort Qu’Appelle acquiring trout eggs which were distributed to Sacred Heart and Yorkton Regional High Schools to raise to fingerling size through the Fish in Schools (FinS).

“Fish in Schools (FinS) program provides

Students at area schools raise trout from eggs in class to learn about the biology and then the fingerlings are released into the local trout pond where local anglers have the pleasure of catching and releasing them.

Saskatchewan students with a firsthand look at fish and aquatic habi-

tats in their very own classroom. The program involves raising trout from eggs to fry before releasing them in a provincially stocked waterbody,” details www.swf. sk.ca “In January/February, eyed trout eggs are placed into special classroom incubators. Over the following three to four months, students care for their fish by monitoring and maintaining the conditions required for their trout to thrive. In May/ June, the trout are ready to be released by the students.”

This year the cycle was shortened because of school closures, said Little, but the fish from the two Yorkton schools, as well as one in Ituna and one in Melville went into the Logan Green Pond. He added unfortunately, students were not on hand because of the pandemic to help with the release.

So if a school was interested, how does a classroom get involved?

Enrollment of a school in a FinS program should be endorsed by a local SWF branch, who will act

as a liaison between the school and the provincial FinS coordinator at SWF Central Office.

Branches are responsible for helping with equipment setup and maintenance, delivering eggs to the school, and assisting with the release of the fish.

For example, Little noted the Yorkton branch funded the aquariums for the Yorkton schools

at a cost of $1300 each.

As for the local pond it was originally dug in 2012, but the first stocking of fish did not happen until 2014. Fish have been added annually since 2014.

The pond is available for anyone to use for catch and release fishing, and does not require a fishing licence although there are specific rules posted at the site.

Looking back at bull riding in 1983 The Grandstand has been a great venue to host a rodeo, and over the years it has hosted many, with aspiring bull riders testing their mettle for Yorkton audiences. But what was it like for those cowboys? In 1983, at the 100th Yorkton Fair, Yorkton This Week’s Jeff Rud spoke to two bull riders about their experience. The following is his story, reprinted from the July 13, 1983 edition.

Cody Snyder and Dan Lowry relaxed with a beer in the shade of their van last Wednesday afternoon, gearing up for another long series of trips.

The pair had just finished competing in the bull riding event, part of last week’s Saskatchewan Stampede and Exhibition rodeo.

There wasn’t much time to reflect on their performances, however.

They had to hit the road for Alberta and the prestigious Calgary Stampede bull riding event Friday.

By Sunday, they were in Montana for another rodeo.

“The bull didn’t buck,” drawled Snyder, summing up his ride in Yorkton, one of the few events he hasn’t placed in this year.

“That’s half the marking – the way the bull bucks. It’s really the luck of the draw.”

The other half of evaluation in bull riding is, of course, how well the cowboy rides. Snyder and Lowry have excelled in that respect so far this year.

Snyder, at just 20 years of age, is second in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys’ Association world bull riding standings this season while his travelling partner, Lowry, is fourth.

After a couple of lean yeas as a pro, Snyder has come into his own as one of the top circuit bull riders. This year alone he has made $38,000 ($89,836 in 2020 dollars).

Lowry, 29 and a sevenyear professional, is no slouch either. He has pocketed $28,000 ($66,195 in 2020 dollars) this season.

“This year we’ve both set our goals on making the national finals,” says Snyder, referring to the ultimate in rodeo competitions, held in Oklahoma City each December.

The top 15 riders qualify for the event which is televised across North America and offers huge amounts of prize money.

“It’s like the Super

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Bowl or World Series of rodeo,” says Lowry. “This year, we’ll both be there.”

Despite their optimism, success hasn’t come easy or without sacrifices for Lowry and Snyder.

Snyder of Medicine Hat quit school in Grade 11 while Lowry of Valleyview, Alta. toiled several years as a pro before making any big money.

“It was either go to school and stay amateur or get my pro card and go

to work,” says Snyder, who hasn’t looked back since.

Both men grew up on ranches around relatives and friends who made the rodeo their lives. It has definitely influenced them.

“From the first time I ever saw a rodeo, that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” says Snyder.

Part of making big money on the pro circuit is travelling thousands of miles from rodeo to

rodeo. Snyder, Lowry and a collection of other cowboys travel together, often as many as 10 of them squeezing into one van.

They compete in rodeos all the way from Texas to Yorkton, trying to hit the biggest ones and those which offer the most prize money.

Deciding which rodeos to attend isn’t always easy, as there are more than 700 sanctioned events in North America each year.

Top Canadian rodeos offer up to $1,500 in prize money ($3,500 in 2020 dollars) for bull riding while some of the bigger U.S. competitions feature as much as $4,000 ($9,500 in 2020 dollars) per event.

One of the drawbacks of the rodeo circuit is that it goes virtually yearround. Snyder and Lowry don’t, as a rule, get much of a holiday.

Bull riders risk injury every day as their event is considered by some to be the most dangerous in the rodeo.

Lowry and Snyder don’t consider it hazardous work, however. When asked if he’s ever been seriously hurt, Snyder almost forgets to mention that last year he was stepped on by a bull, resulting in two broken

limbs and a punctured lung.

“You’re going to get hurt no matter what event you’re in,” explains Lowry.

So why would anyone want to get up on a mean, ornery bull only to be thrown off eventually?

“It was the only event I was good at and I enjoyed it more than the rest,” says Lowry.

Bulls used for competition are bred to buck.

They are raised to be mean and, in most cases, they don’t disappoint.

The only way to learn how to ride these animals is to get up on them time and time again.

Technique is mastered the hard way.

“You’ve got to really want to do it,” says Lowry.

“Generally, it’s a younger man’s sport, for guys between 22 and 30,” says Snyder, eyeing his older partner with a grin.

“There are some exceptions though,” he quickly adds.

Although both riders hail from Alberta, they speak more like Texans, the drawl coming as part of the trade.

“I don’t even notice it,” says Snyder.

“That’s all we’ve been is across the line (border) for the past six months.”

Perspective Moe must continue to remember his roots

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More so than just about any business you can think of, politics is all about knowing whom you are and where you have come from.

The problem, however, is that it’s quite easy to forget all that, even under normal circumstances.

And with the stakes so high in this COVID-19 crisis, it’s likely even harder for our leadership to remember the fundamentals of this province.

As such, Premier Scott Moe had some mixed results in being able to do so.

There is one area in which Moe has been rather successful in remembering where he has come from and reminding all of us in Saskatchewan of exactly who we are.

The Premier recently wrote: “Hats off to our farmer for perseverance and hard work this season” to congratulate that seeding was at the five-year for this date.

In a world where nothing seems normal – Saskatchewan lost a staggering 53,000 jobs in April – agriculture saw a 1.4-per-cent increase in employment in April as seeding got into full swing.

It’s done so without receiving anything resembling the federal subsidies other business are getting. So far, only $252 million has been made available to farmers across the country to deal with effect of COVID-19 – very little of which has made its way to western farmers and ranchers. Moreover, it’s only one-tenth of what the Canadian Federation of Agriculture requested.

Yet farmers are demonstrating what Moe aptly described as “perseverance” in carrying on with seeding that will be an estimated 37 million acres this year. Some of them have had to leave last year’s crop in the field because of horrific harvest conditions last fall.

Agriculture is simply soldiering on, pumping millions into the local economy as farmers buy seed, fertilizers, chemicals and fuel.

The net result is that Saskatchewan has seen an increase in exports in the first quarter of 2020, largely due to canola, pulse, agricultural machinery, oats and soya beans sales.

It is important for Moe and others to acknowledge what we are – especially, in these tough times when the impact of the pandemic is taking its toll on all of us.

However, Moe and his government hasn’t always been quite so successful at remembering its roots, as was demonstrated by the recent Saskatchewan Health Authority driven decision to temporary close to 12 rural hospital emergency rooms as part of the SHA’s pandemic readiness plan.

One gets the need to prepare health staff everywhere in the province for the potential impact of a COVID-19 outbreak.

But the simply fact of the matter is there has been no more than one active COVID-19 case in all of central and southern rural Saskatchewan for a month. To even “temporarily” completely close rural ERs during seeding poses a very real problem.

That it comes from a government that represents all 29 rural seats is even more bizarre.

It took a letter from 21-year Arm RiverWatrous MLA Greg Brkich to the SHA and to his own cabinet before the Sask. Party administration seemed to realize this.

In his letter, Brkich expressed frustration over the temporary closure of the Davidson Hospital ER – the only hospital between Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and Outlook.

“Local folks are being short changed again in rural Saskatchewan” by being left without quality emergency care, Brkich wrote.

Given the history of the closure of 52 rural hospitals by the former NDP government 27 years ago, it’s especially strange that the Sask.

Party government would have missed the significance of what it was doing.

To his credit, Moe took responsibility for the “communication” problem and offered assurances the closed ERs would be re-opened in mid-June.

But it does seem to demonstrate how important it is for politicians to remember where they come from.

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Finances need good planning T

he financial picture in the City of Yorkton continues to look solid, at least through the end of 2019, being before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monday, at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council $422,000 was put into the City’s ‘rainy day’ fund after running a solid surplus on operations last year.

The City also continues to operate with a debt load under the borrowing limit determined by the province.

That is important since it is reasonable the municipality have a borrowing buffer, wiggle room to access dollars, should an emergency occur. Having gone through two major flood incidents in recent memory we are keenly aware how an emergency can pop up literally overnight.

The City is also in good condition in terms of facilities, at least for the most part. The Gallagher Centre is relatively new in terms of facilities of its type, as are the Gloria Hayden Centre, fire hall and of course the recently announced public works upgrade will be new construction.

There are of course a few facilities that are in need of upgrades, and outright replacement, the grandstand and Kinsmen Arena coming to mind.

Of course it tends to be easiest to commit dollars to new buildings.

Everyone likes the idea of driving by a new addition to the cityscape and feeling good about the build, including MPs and MLAs who are typically asked to lobby for funding, and of course

Council who make the decision.

Even taxpayers tend to be supportive, if not when the discussion takes place because it might mean new taxes, but once they can see the new fire hall, or swimming pool to better appreciate what it means to the community.

Of course the rather large elephant, literally a mammoth, in the room in regards to the City’s finances is a massive infrastructure deficit in areas which are not quite as glitzy as the Gloria Hayden Centre or what will be the new public works home.

The problem lies in the asphalt of our city streets, the cement of our sidewalks and the pipes underground that carry drinking water to our homes, and effluent away from them. Those elements of Yorkton’s infrastructure, like in many communities from small villages to the largest cities in the country, are decades old – past what one would expect as their reasonable life expectancy, Investing in a bunch of pipe that upon installation mean traffic disruptions, and once the job is complete the hole is filled and the effort soon forgotten, is a harder sell to taxpayers and to Councils, but ultimately continued flow of water and effluent trumps replacing an ice surface.

Moving forward, the City’s finances may yet be severely pressured as the hidden infrastructure needs grow, and that means continued diligence in how finances are handled.

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Health Foundation holds AGM

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan, Inc. recently held its annual general meeting.

Diane Rusnak, Co-Chair, The Health Foundation reported 2019 was a very positive and successful year.

For us, that means we were able to successfully enhance the healthcare available to the residents of east central Saskatchewan.

“I want to thank my fellow board members for your help and participation in the work of The Health Foundation,” she stated in her written report circulated to the media. “The Health Foundation makes a very positive difference to our local healthcare and in the lives of many people; and the board enables

that work to happen.”

Rusnak said the highlight of the year came from a lot of work that happened in 2019, and culminated in the government announcement in March 2020 that a new regional hospital would be built in Yorkton and that the government was providing $500,000 to begin the planning.

“This is a significant announcement for Yorkton and the result of a lot of work on the part of many people,” she wrote.

“I do want to recognize the City of Yorkton for the work they did with us last year, and the work of our MLA Greg Ottenbreit and Warren Kaeding the Minister of Remote and Rural Healthcare.”

The hospital will become a focus for the Foundation, but not an exclusive one.

“While there are many challenges in the year

ahead as we prepare for a new hospital, we still have to do the day to day work of The Health Foundation,” wrote Rusnak.

Overall, the Health Foundation did a great job that way in 2019, raising gross revenue of $2,000,547; those funds were raised from 5,278 donations, stated the report.

Rusnak said the Foundation has been successful with its fundraising for two reasons: “We raise money for equipment that will provide new or enhanced services that people can see will make a difference in the healthcare available locally.”

And, “People see the results of their donation right away. When people see the new stroke clinic or the new CT scanner in use shortly after they make a donation – they

Yorkton • $76,349 – was spent in the healthcare facilities outside of Yorkton In addition $42,079 was spent on the Education and Scholarship program, assisting 27 nurses and therapists to take courses. Highlights of that program are: The Foundation assisted two nurses to take the courses required to become ICU nurses • funded two 3-day workshops, where we brought in an educator to assist staff to develop new clinical skills for work with patients. The workshops had a total of 34 participants and the topics were: • Challenging Geriatric Behaviours Workshop • NeuroDevelopmental Treatment Workshop In 2019, approximately 160 individuals

know their donation went where it was supposed to, and that new equipment is at work making a difference.”

In terms of investment, The Health Foundation purchased $257,373 worth of medical equipment in 2019, and in addition raised the $500,000 to purchase and install a new digital mammography machine.

That is over $750,000 of new equipment for the hospital from the work of 2019.

Some of the other key pieces of equipment purchased were: • $64,380 – for a new hematology analyzer for the lab • $16,234 – a Lucas chest compression system • $16,018 – a Bladder scanner • $15,396 - Equipment for the Ear Nose and Throat specialist so he can do procedures in

served as volunteers: either working at the Gift Shoppe in the Regional Hospital, on one of the many committees of The Health Foundation, or working on one of the Foundations’ many events, noted the report.

“It is important to remember, The Health Foundation is not actually part of the Saskatchewan Health Authority,” said Rusnak. “We are an independent community organization, managed by a volunteer board, and receive no government funding. We have only two full-time staff. We could not do the work we do without volunteers.

“Most of all, we have to thank our donors; their support and belief in the value of our work is what allows us to work with the provincial health authority to improve and enhance our local healthcare.”

D-Day celebration on Facebook

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Each June 6, the anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy is marked by a ceremony at the Yorkton Cemetery.

While COVID-19 will

mean the traditional parade, the extended service at the site, and post event tea has to be cancelled, there will still be a small service.

“The executive met and decided something had to be done to recog-

nize veterans,” reported comrade Brittany Johnson with the Alexander Ross Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in the city.

In lieu of the more extended ceremonies of the past, this year’s

have been invited to lay wreaths.

Then there will be the spreading over the graves of deceased soldiers the ashes of the Remembrance Day wreaths that were col-

event will be shortened, and rather than have people attend in person, will be shown online via Facebook.

Johnson said the local MP Cathay Wagantall, MLA Greg Ottenbreit and Yorkton Mayor

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SIGN AGM going online The annual general meeting of SIGN, held in June and usually consisting of a dinner followed by the business meeting, will be held online this year on June 24 at 7 pm.

The change is made necessary by the Covid– 19 pandemic and the requirement, at that date, that meeting attendance be limited to 15 people indoors.

SIGN uses Webex for video conferencing, providing a secure way to meet.

The meeting is open to all interested per-

sons, but only members may vote on resolutions and in the board elections. Those letting their names stand for election as a director must also be members.

Memberships are $5 for one year, and may be purchased online at www. signyorkton.ca/2020agm or by filling out a short form available on that page and dropping it off, along with the $5 fee, at SIGN Administration, 83 North Street, on or before June 22. A link to the meeting will be sent to all members.

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Business to be conducted at the meeting includes reports from the Board Chair Eugene Fedorowich, Executive Director Andrew Sedley and the auditors. The financial report for the previous fiscal year will be presented, and board directors will be elected.

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June 3, 2020 - June 9, 2020

Next Council Meeting Monday, June 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

Water meters have always measured and reported water consumption in Cubic Meters. The City then converts those readings to gallons and charges a flat rate of $14.59 / 1,000 gallons of water used in a billing period.

Due to system upgrades we are no longer able to convert cubic meters into gallons.

You will see that this water bill looks slightly different. Water Consumption is now charged at $3.21 per cubic meter.

Rates have not changed – only the unit of measurement!

Here’s how to Make the Conversion Example: Water Consumption of 10 Cubic Meters Previous Calculation 1 cubic meter = 219.969 gallons 10 cubic meters = 2,199.69 gallons Consumption based on $14.59 / 1,000 gallons = $32.10 New Calculation 10 cubic meters @ $3.21 / cubic meter = $32.10

Fun Facts 1 cubic metre equals: • 1,000 litres • 500 two litre milk cartons • 8 - ten minute showers • 8 baths • 77 low flow toilet flushes • 48 conventional toilet flushes

Reminder: You have the option of receiving your water bill by email rather than by mail.

If you would like further information please give us a call at (306) 786-1726 or visit our website at www.yorkton.ca/dept/finance/utilities.asp NOTICE: Over the next few years Yorkton will be upgrading its aging water meter system. This will improve efficiencies for the City, and enable residents to better manage their water usage and quickly identify when they may have a leak to avoid a large bill.

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

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

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FREE PARKING The City of Yorkton will be providing free parking at all downtown City owned parking lots until August 31, 2020. Enforcement of two hour parking, handicapped parking, and 15-minute meters downtown will continue.

Mayhew Avenue/Darlington Street Reconstruction Project The Mayhew Avenue/Darlington Street Reconstruction project got underway June 1.

Darlington Street from Dracup Avenue to Mayhew Avenue, and Mayhew Avenue from the south intersection with Morrison Drive to Darlington Street will be completely reconstructed. This will include a new roundabout at the intersection of Darlington Street and Mayhew Avenue, opposite the Gloria Hayden Community Centre.

This project also includes a new pathway from the roundabout at Dracup Avenue and Darlington Street to the new roundabout at Mayhew Avenue and Darlington Street. The work will be done in three phases, with Phase 1 being Mayhew Avenue from the south intersection with Morrison Drive to Fietz Street. For more information and detour/site maps see yorkton.ca/construction. You may also call the Public Works Department at 306-786-1760.

Effective June 8, Yorkton Transit will be back on the regular route system.

Maximum 10 riders at a time.

Fares are waived until July, when regular fares will resume.

Yorkton Transit Hours of Operation Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m.

ACCESS Transit Hours of Operation Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday call 306-782-9292 If you are feeling ill, respect others and yourself and please stay home.

Visit the Government of Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 webpage at www.saskatchewan.ca for the most up-to-date information and self assessment tool.

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

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SIGN adjusting to counselling needs As the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on work, businesses, schools, recreation - on life in general - enters a fourth month, the need for people to talk to others about their problems continues to grow.

Walk-In Counselling (WIC), a program of the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours (SIGN) has been available four years now to those who need to discuss their issues.

Since the start of stay-athome in Saskatchewan, the program has changed to Call-in Counselling by phone or video.

That has affected the number of people accessing the program, SIGN WIC counsellors David Dyste and Karmen Pearce note.

“I think there are a number of barriers to people calling in, includ-

ing not having minutes on their phone, not having access to video conferencing, and not having a quiet place to go and have an in-depth conversation,” Dyste said. “And some people just prefer to meet face-to-face.”

Pre-COVID, WIC also offered counselling at the Yorkton Public Library. That was popular because of the convenient location, and because counselling was available in the evenings.

Counselling was also available one day a week at the Crowstand Centre in Kamsack, which made it easier for those who found it difficult to travel to Yorkton.

That all changed in March when the lockdown began and Walk-In changed to Call-In. There was a decrease in calls compared to previous in-person meetings, but

that appears to be starting to change as the pandemic continues. People still need to talk about the issues and concerns like depression, anxiety, stress, relationship issues, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship issues and parenting or family conflict, the counsellors point out.

Pearce notes that COVID-19 related issues are now added to that list: financial strain, adjusting to working from home, juggling changes in childcare, home schooling and loneliness.

As well, COVID-19 has made it harder for many to deal with the difficulties they were already experiencing, Dyste adds.

SIGN Executive Director Andrew Sedley notes that in conversations with mental health professionals around the

province, the apparent anomaly of more problems but fewer people accessing counselling is province-wide, but is starting to change as the effects of the pandemic continue into another month.

Dyste, who grew up and received his education in British Columbia and moved to Yorkton seven years ago, is registered with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association as a Master Practitioner of Clinical Counselling.

In BC he worked at Teen Challenge, helping people overcome addictions. In Yorkton he provided private counselling services and has worked at SIGN WIC since last summer.

Pearce has worked at SIGN since 2012. In 2016 she completed her Master of Social Work at the University of

Regina and as part of her studies participated in the SIGN WIC pilot project that resulted in similar clinics being established throughout Saskatchewan last year Dyste said the counsellors have noticed that males are more likely to attend walk-in noappointment counselling than other types of counselling.

“This may be an indication of a change in the stigma of counselling, or it may be that males are looking for a quick answer to their struggles.”

“It can be very difficult for people to take the step to reach out for help,” Pearce adds.

“We offer support when individuals are wanting it. Having the WIC services available at different locations and hours of operation -- and temporarily now by phone

and video -- helps reduce some of the barriers.”

While SIGN continues to be closed for faceto-face meetings until Phase 4 of the provincial re-opening plan, Call-In Counselling continues to be available five days a week.

It’s available Mondays and Fridays from 12 noon to 5 pm, Tuesdays from 2 pm to 7 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 5 pm. Appointments are not required or made.

Those wanting to speak with a counsellor may call 306-782-1440 during these hours. If the line is busy, or if there is no answer the counsellors are likely with an appointment, and callers are asked to leave a message. A counsellor will return the call as quickly as possible.

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Chamber makes request of province The Board of Directors of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce recently sent a letter to the Saskatchewan Ministers of Health and Rural & Remote Health recommending that the government begin accepting from businesses their Pandemic Response Plans; and those which are approved, receive certification.

Certification would mean that in the event of another disease outbreak, those businesses would be allowed to remain open.

The letter was written as a result of the Chamber receiving complaints from its members about the lack of consistencies in the province’s lockdown rules and re-opening plans in response to the pandemic crisis.

Further, as the medical community cautions about a second wave of the disease later this year, businesses across the province simply cannot afford another lockdown.

Marty Sveinbjornson, Chair of the Yorkton Chamber’s Policy committee said that after weeks of lockdown, all businesses now have a Pandemic Response Plan in place. “To once again lockdown the business community, and in particular, small businesses, would be devastating,” he said. “The province cannot afford to lose any more small businesses.”

A business which has received from the Government of Saskatchewan certification or approval for its

Pandemic Response Plan could post it in a visible location for the public to see. “In the event there is another wave of the COVID-19 virus, the Public can decide if it wishes to patronize a business with an approved Plan,” said Sveinbjornson.

The Chamber is making available to its members a draft of a letter in support of this recommendation which they can submit to the Ministries.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce is comprised of an elected Board of Directors representing over 460 businesses. It has been “the voice of business in Yorkton” for over 120 years.

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Mining Week in Saskatchewan The Government of Saskatchewan, with the Saskatchewan Mining Association, has proclaimed May 31 to June 6, as Mining Week. The week, which includes a virtual launch, activities and presentations, highlights Saskatchewan’s world-class mining sec-

tor, its extensive contributions to local communities and the provincial and global economy. This year’s theme is “Mining: Essential to Local and Global Communities.”

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and temporary market conditions, Saskatchewan’s mining

sector is well-positioned to emerge as a leader in the provincial economic recovery, promoting food security and supplying critical resources, including clean energy, to the world. In 2019, Saskatchewan produced 12.6Mt K2O of potash, more than any other

country and about 30 per cent of the world total.

Saskatchewan is also the world’s second-largest uranium producer, accounting for approximately 13 per cent of

global production.

Estimated exploration expenditures in the province for 2019 were $281 million, with more than $2.3 billion in expenditures

June 3, 2020 - June 9, 2020

Next Council Meeting Monday, June 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 8/2020 Amendment to the Traffic Bylaw No. 18/2016 Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Yorkton intends to consider approving Bylaw No. 8/2020, to amend the Traffic Bylaw No. 18/2016, at the June 22, 2020 Regular Council Meeting. The Proposed Traffic Bylaw Amendment will include an addition to allow construction zone speed enforcement within city limits. A Public Hearing will be held at the June 22, 2020 Regular Council Meeting to allow the public to express their opinion or concern with any of the changes being proposed.

Questions regarding the proposed bylaw may be directed to: René Richard, Director of Engineering & Asset Management Phone: (306) 786-1734 Email: rrichard@yorkton.ca OR Nicole Baptist, Bylaw & Safety Supervisor Phone: (306) 828-2425 Email: nbaptist@yorkton.ca

Public Hearing: City Council will hear all persons who are present and wish to speak to the proposed bylaw and all written submissions will be read verbatim unless the submitter is in attendance to speak on the submission, on Monday, June 22, 2020 in City Hall Council Chambers, Yorkton, Saskatchewan at 5:00 p.m.

Any written submissions must be received by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2020 and must be directed to: Jessica Matsalla, City Clerk Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North Yorkton, SK S3N 2W3 Email: jmatsalla@yorkton.ca You may visit our website at www.yorkton.ca to view the proposed bylaw.

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Saskatchewan’s mining industry generated $7.4 billion in sales in 2019 and more than $72.3 billion since 2010.

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Grain movement numbers won’t be sustained It is interesting how well the Canadian system can move grain when the commodity isn’t competing with other higher value loads as much as normal.

It was reported recently Canada set a new weekly wheat export record in week 40 of the 2019-20 campaign, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. According to a Western Producer article terminal elevators shipped 926,000 tonnes of wheat and durum, shattering the previous record of 691,000 tonnes set the same week the previous crop year.

The numbers are interesting because it shows two things; one there is obvious demand for wheat.

That isn’t surprising given the COVID-19 pandemic. You only had to go to a grocery store in Saskatchewan over the last couple of months to know there were times the flour shelves have been scantily stocked, if not completely empty.

People recognize flour as a key food product should there be general food shortages and stocked up on their home supply.

So it stands to reason the demand for wheat on a worldwide

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Calvin Daniels basis would be stronger than usual this spring as importing countries add to their stocks of the commodity to ensure there is enough bread to feed their citizens.

But, that is of course only half the answer as to why the record movement has occurred.

It’s important to have

demand, but there have been times in the recent past where there were sales to meet and the system couldn’t move the grain from farm to port.

The bottleneck has largely been the rail system.

So why are railways able to move the big numbers now?

Simply put, there is greater rail capacity right now. It’s not that rail companies are necessarily making handling grain as a higher priority.

It’s also not because the system has added capacity in terms of rolling stock.

There are simply less forestry and oil and gas products moving, so those products are not competing for rail cars due to COVID-19.

Of course this sort of dual anomaly will not last.

Demand fueled by fear of shortages, or hording at a national level will not continue

once the pandemic is brought under some semblance of control by better science.

When the science does advance to create vaccines, or better treatments for COVID19, the demand for oil, gas and other products will return to more normal levels, and that will have rail companies dedicating its rolling stock to the higher valued products, pinching the supply of cars and engines to move grain.

The blip shows what can happen, but it will not be a new norm.

Calvin Daniels is Editor with Yorkton This Week.

Parkland College gets ag research dollars Parkland College has been awarded a $200,000 research grant by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

The Innovation Enhancement grant is designated for improvements at the research farm just south of Yorkton, which the College operates in partnership with the East Central Research Foundation (ECRF).

N S E R C announced funding last week for 128 new applied research projects at

colleges, CÉGEPs, and polytechnics across Canada.

The projects focus on priority areas such as agriculture, clean energy, and artificial intelligence.

Parkland College and ECRF will use the NSERC funding primarily to hire students for work integrated learning opportunities at the research farm.

The students will assist researchers in their work during the growing season.

The funding will also be used to purchase farm equipment and video

equipment used to share the results of research projects at www.ecrf.ca.

This season, researchers are conducting a number of trials and demonstration projects on land supplied by the City of Yorkton. Some of these projects are supported by the provincial government Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) program, with others sponsored by businesses in the agriculture industry..

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Seeding nears completion in province Favourable weather in the province this week meant substantial seeding progress in all regions. Eighty per cent of the crop is now seeded in Saskatchewan, slightly ahead of the five-year average of 78 per cent (2015-2019) for this time of year.

Crops have started to emerge in many areas of the province. The southwest is the farthest along, with 92 per cent of the crop seeded in the

region. There is 84 per cent seeded in the southeast, 80 per cent seeded in the west-central, 75 per cent seeded in the northwest, 73 per cent seeded in the northeast and 69 per cent seeded in the east-central.

Many parts of the province received some rainfall this week, with the western regions receiving the most. The Cando area received the highest amount of rain this week with 100 mm. While

rain delayed seeding for some farmers in the westcentral and northwest regions, it was welcome to help support crop and pasture growth. Windy conditions throughout the province have continued to dry the topsoil, but rain showers helped maintain moisture conditions.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 78 per cent adequate, 17 per cent short and two per cent

very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 71 per cent adequate, 23 per cent short and three per cent very short. Pasture conditions are rated as five per cent excellent, 52 per cent good, 33 per cent fair, nine per cent poor and one per cent very poor.

Earlier seeded crops have started to show good emergence, but cool overnight temperatures have

slowed growth in some areas. Farmers are starting post-emergence weed control in earlier seeded fields that could not be sprayed previously due to the wind. In general, crops are in line with normal development stages for this time of year.

Windy conditions in some areas have reduced topsoil moisture, resulting in delayed emergence of some oilseeds.

Most of the crop damage this week was due to

strong winds, light frosts, limited moisture and flea beetles.

Farmers have been busy seeding, moving livestock to pasture, calving and spraying pre-emergence and postemergence herbicides.

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

Follow the 2020 Crop Report on Twitter at @ SKAgriculture.

Is science back in style?

By Cam Dahl, President of Cereals Canada There have been some unexpected impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of these is the new celebrity status of our Chief Medical Health Officers. A lot of people who just a few short months ago never even knew every province had a Chief Medical Health Officer are now hanging on to every word.

Does this mean science and respected authority based on knowledge education and experience is coming back in style? I hope this is the case but there are worrying signs society’s newfound trust in science may not outlast COVID-19.

First to the good news.

A recent survey (by Proof Strategies) found that Canadians trust in doctors and scientists has increased by over 10%

since the pandemic hit.

This is true in most of the world, for example results in Europe show that public trust in science and researchers has soared during the pandemic.

This does not mean that the internet snakeoil salesmen have gone away. Even the President of the United States has mused about disinfectant injections to the lungs or ultraviolet light through the skin to destroy the virus.

But outside of the most diehard conspiracy theorists trust in science seems to be on the ascendancy and faith in quackery is on the decline.

At first blush this is good news for those of us involved in, and who want to advance, agriculture and agri-food.

Could we be seeing a turn to trust in nutrition

advice actually based on scientific evidence rather than the latest fad?

Some anecdotes indicate that this might be the case. For example, the antigluten fad, which was beginning to fade away before COVID-19, seems to have vanished.

People have fallen in love with bread again, as is evidenced by the bump in flour demand across Canada.

How does society’s trust in science and research impact our food and those who supply it? For many people, the pandemic has brought home the tremendous strength and value of our food chain. Despite some disruptions and inconveniences, Canadians have not been at risk that the shelves will be empty when they visit the grocery store. What might not be as readily

appreciated is that the strength and resilience of Canadian agriculture and our food supply chain is a result of science and research.

Our appreciation for the strength of our supply chain and food production should not be a momentary thing that disappears after the pandemic is resolved.

This should be a moment of sober reflection over how important food security is and that can only be accomplished through supporting the science behind efficient production.

Sadly, I am not sure the return to a trust in institutions, research and scientists is a trend that is going to last longer than social distancing. Most people recognize that the decisions they are making today will have an immediate impact on their own

health and the wellbeing of their loved ones (exceptions noted for those who crowd downtown Toronto parks). This immediacy of impact will fade when we come out of the pandemic and the latest quick cure for everything pops up on the internet.

Food commentary before the pandemic included much nostalgia for the agriculture of past generations.

We want full grocery shelves, cheap food, but agriculture practices that look like they have come out of Charlotte’s Web. This rosy retrospection has been interrupted somewhat by the immediacy of the pandemic, but I fear it will be back as our focus on dealing with COVID-19 becomes a memory.

Now is the time for both governments and industry to step up

and emphasize that the security and resiliency of the food supply chain, experienced

by Canadians during the pandemic, is not an accident. Canadians have been food secure through the pandemic because of modern agriculture that includes pesticides, chemical fertilizers, precision agriculture and sciencebased regulations.

Further, Canada needs to use this time of a resurgence in the understanding of the value of science and research to push for a greater scientific foundation of the world’s trading system. After all it is not just Canadian consumers that depend on the resiliency of a science-based food supply chain, but consumers in every country to which we export Canadian farmers’ production.

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It was busy at the Yorkton Brick Flour Mill last week, as the site saw new trees planted thanks to Al Anthony (pictured, bottom right), as well as a display featuring the history of wheat.

The history of wheat at the Brick Flour Mill

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Something’s growing at the Yorkton Brick Flour Mill.

The mill site will feature a new display, showing the historic development of wheat over the years. Thom Weir explained that it’s going to cover the history of wheat.

The display will start with ancient grains, wheats grown 2-3,000 years ago, going through the wheats that were grown in Europe in the middle ages, up to the bulk of the display, featuring grains that were grown from the 1880s to the grains grown in the 1950s.

There are people who grow these ancient grains to keep

the genetics alive, explained Weir, including at the University of Saskatchewan, and they are the source of the wheat that will be used at the mill site.

“They’re of interest, first of all as a reservoir as a genes for breeding, but also to compare where we were and where we are now. It’s milestones they can put up and go back and test.”

While it’s not grain that you’ll see in an average field today, it’s wheat that the agriculture industry was built on.

“Red fife was the original wheat that made Minneapolis the wheat capital and the flour capital of the world. It was such high quality, and was

Glenn Wiseman and Thom Weir (above) and Larry Pearen (below) get the wheat in the ground for the new display.

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grown in the 1880s through the 1900s on most of the acres that grew wheat. What happened was that when they started settling Saskatchewan and Alberta, they realized it had too long a maturity on it. It really became the reason the Dominion research farms, the Ag Canada research stations that we know today, were developed, so they could try and develop earlier wheat varieties. They succeeded, it was bred in Ottawa but the development was mainly done in Indian Head, Marquis wheat, which was 10-14 days earlier than red fife. It allowed a lot of prairie agriculture to be developed because it was early, and still had really high quality. In

that regard, it was the wheat that the Winnipeg milling industry was built on.”

The plot will also feature Thatcher and Canthatch wheat, developed for rust resistance, which “basically saved” wheat production after rust epidemics in the 1950s. They have wheat developed by Seager Wheeler in Rosthern.

The story of wheat directly leads to the story of Yorkton and the establishment of the Brick Flour Mill itself, and Weir said it’s important for them to use the mill site to celebrate the city’s history.

“Yorkton wouldn’t be here without agriculture. You look at its history and you look at it even today. If you take the

implement dealerships, the grain businesses, the canola mills out, and Yorkton would be a much different place. It was the same 120 years ago, but in those days it was the Mill that was the center. People were growing grain but they had excess and they wanted to sell it, so the Mill developed.

That’s part of Yorkton’s history.”

The wheat was planted last week, and Weir expects to see it come up in ten days to two weeks, and the best time for viewing to be the end of June to July, when the differences in the varieties start to become apparent.

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Planting gardens never quite done Gardeners, it ain’t over till it’s over! I know you know what I mean: we think that we are all done planting, and then someone tells us about or very kindly gifts us with another interesting gem to add to our garden collection, and out come the garden gloves again!

Hurrah!

A dear gardening friend shared a kangaroo apple with us. What’s that? Well, sit down for a cup of tea, and let’s travel to the land down under to learn about this interesting plant.

The kangaroo apple, also known as solanum aviculare, originally called the southern part of the world home, Australia and New Zealand. It’s an interesting shrub that can grow twelve feet tall, and has delicate mauve blooms in a five-pointed star shape with yellow centres. The blooms look similar to potato blooms, which is what we should expect because the kangaroo apple is part of the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes and potatoes.

The plant enjoys full sun, and can take slightly heavier soil as long as it drains well. The plant likes to enjoy moist, but not wet, soil.

It will bloom all summer with those lovely mauve flowers, which will later turn into bright orange fruits. While I was doing my homework, I read conflicting reports about whether the fruit is edible or not, and most articles said that if it is unripe, it is toxic, but if it is ripe, it isn’t.

Since experience with this plant is minimal for most of us, and we likely wouldn’t adequately know what is considered “ripe�, please follow caution and do not eat the fruit from this plant. Just visually enjoy the bright beauty of the fruit!

We can try to grow this plant in a large container, or plant it directly in the garden. But we must remember that it comes from tropical climes, and so will not be able to tolerate any frost.

Another dear gardening friend gave us another new gem to try: the “Black Pearl� pepper. The plant is beautiful right now, with dark purple- black leaves; but when I did some homework about the plant I discovered that it will get even more striking as time goes on! The plant is a sun-worshipper, and enjoys a spot that gets full sun, but guess what happens then? The leaves will turn even darker in color! I can’t wait, it sounds so beautiful!

Now here’s another exotic aspect of Black Pearl: it will develop clusters of round peppers that are glossy and gorgeous and look like black pearls! The plant itself will become bushier, not like the upright growth of regular peppers, but fuller at the bottom than the top.

The plant likes full sun, is very heat tolerant, and doesn’t require a lot of care and worry in terms of water, fertilizer or pests.

As fall approaches, the black pearls will

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Gardener’s Notebook become red. The article that I read said that at this point the peppers are edible but are very hot.

However, the gardener who gave the plant to us is extremely knowledgeable, and he said the peppers are not edible.

His is the advice that we would follow with complete confidence; so once again, let’s just enjoy the beauty of the plant.

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dening friends again, although we don’t know when that will be. I’ll be sure to tell you what’s happening, and of course, you can check our website at www.yorktonhort. ca where the latest news will also be posted.

I long ago saw a quote that I love: “Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.�

I have always believed this to be true, and know many gardeners who, while they may have a certain age on their driver’s license, have an “enthusiasm age� that is decades lower and they are as youthful and free-

spirited as spring! The eternal “looking ahead� of gardeners to the next season is what does it, I am convinced. During these unsettled times, the garden is a steady anchor, and to be out there in sunshine, getting exercise, and absorbing the peace and tranquility of nature is exactly what we need to keep things in perspective.

Thank you to our friends at Yorkton This Week for their amazing work! Let’s pray for good health for all, and have a glorious week in your garden! Be sure to wear a hat!

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Remember to laugh – and pray for protection We’d needed a washroom stop for awhile. The location, a pullout near a quiet country intersection, seemed perfect.

Daughter Amanda, two granddaughters and I had set out early, anticipating a pleasant day-long journey. With public washrooms closed due to COVID-19 regulations, we knew a road trip demanded flexibility. “Good thing there’s plenty of room in the ditch,” I’d told her earlier.

But Amanda had prepared for pandemic necessities. (Keep reading for the tip of the year.) She’d brought a clean five-gallon bucket and a shortened pool noodle, sliced down one side. The foam noodle, stuck on the bucket rim, would provide cushioned comfort inside the back of their large van. She’d also brought Lysol wipes for cleaning the bucket post-emptying, anti-bacterial lotion for washing Heritage Heights Lodge Homey and Affordable

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All the amenities of home. Sort of. Since galeforce winds had blown us thus far, the girls and I felt grateful for her foresight and a sheltered privy. “But Mama,” one of them told me they’d suggested, before leaving home, “we don’t need the TP. Just bring a box of tissue.”

“This will be fine,” said my daughter, revealing long-practiced (and inherited) frugality.

And it was fine—until on opening the back of the van the wind joined our party of four. Out blew the toilet paper. Amanda gave chase, but it stayed just ahead of her, racing down the short entry lane and across the highway, unrolling all the way.

Then, in keeping with Murphy’s law, that previously quiet intersection suddenly had traffic. Two semis crossed the white “finish” line just ahead of my daughter.

The girls and I watched from inside the van, gasping, barely able to remain upright. By the time the trucks passed (their drivers likely chuckling too), the toilet roll had exhausted itself and parked in the opposite ditch. White ribbons littered the road, dancing in the breeze. Amanda, hair floating, skittered madly in all directions.

By the time she returned to the van, arms full, neck draped, none of us had breath to speak. Our laughter continued the

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Something even more memorable happened that day. Three times

God protected us by mere inches (sufficient grace!) from accidents that could have resulted in severe

injuries or worse. A hot yellow sports car meandered into our lane as we passed it, dawdling back when Amanda blasted the horn. Another driver, ignoring a solid line, passed an oncoming vehicle, forcing us to veer sharply onto the shoulder. And a turkey vulture, hampered by windgusts while rising from a roadside snack, barely missed our windshield.

Horrified, I watched its

hooked beak, bald red head and light-coloured pinions as the huge bird cleared the glass.

Grateful for laughter, I am. We all need that medicine about now.

But I’m even more grateful for God’s protection.

Many of my readers are feeling particularly vulnerable mid-pandemic.

Lord, bring a smile this day. And remind us all to place our lives under your loving care. Amen.

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Next for Deer Park is the new signature eighth hole, pictured.

New look to #7 at Deer Park

By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Starting this weekend, there is going to be a new challenge at the Deer Park Golf and Country Club. The seventh hole has a new green, which was recently opened, and will change that hole.

Cliff Trombley with the Men’s Club at Deer Park, said that rebuilding the seventh hole was inspired in part by the

City of Yorkton developing a new “signature hole” – the eighth hole – and a desire to capitalize on the equipment and men at the site to make other improvements at the course.

The new hole is a more modern design, intended to make the green more challenging for golfers. The design is more complex than the relatively flat green that used to be used on the seventh hole, explained

Trombley, making it more challenging for the golfer and a more difficult putt.

“It’s a spectacular improvement to the hole.”

The hole cost $140,000, with $65,000 provided up front by the men’s club, and the remainder of the cost paid for through an interest-free loan provided by the city. The goal was to pay off the loan this year, though Trombley admits that

like most plans in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic paused their effort. They now intend on paying off that loan in 2021, and it has about $30,000 outstanding on the loan.

The hole is a companion to the new #8, which is not ready yet, and was funded by the City of Yorkton. The Men’s Club will still be involved with that hole, helping get the sand traps ready with some of the senior golfers. That hole should be

ready within the next few weeks.

The Men’s Club has long been giving back to the course they play on, and Trombley estimates they have spent $300,000 on capital improvements to Deer Park over the past decade and a half, including tee box improvements.

“We know that funding is tight, and the city can’t be funding the course for these improvements. It’s been our man-

date for probably the past 20 years, all of the money that we raise goes right back into capital improvements.”

Trombley said that golfers in the area are excited to get on the course and try out the new holes, and it’s an exciting time to be a golfer in Yorkton.

“This is absolutely amazing. We’ve had lots of excitement from our golfers, just waiting to get at this hole.”

Terriers ready for SJ bantam draft Friday

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League will hold its 2020 bantam draft Friday.

The draft runs for six rounds and involves all 12 SJHL teams, as they select bantam players who they hope to see in the junior ranks.

The Melville Millionaires have the number one selection, with Weyburn

second and Notre Dame third.

The Yorkton Terriers will select ninth.

Terrier general manager and head coach Mat Hehr said there will be talent to select even going late in each round, calling the overall pool of players this year “very good.”

Hehr noted choices made will impact the franchises in the years ahead.

“It’s definitely an important stepping stone in building the organization for

the future,” he said.

The SJHL draft is always a bit of a guessing game, with the Western Hockey League already having held its bantam draft selecting the top players in the age group. Hehr said typically players taken in the first two or three rounds of the WHL draft are not taken in the SJ edition as those players are expected to play at the higher level.

An exception can be a player “you’ve heard by word-of-mouth” might be look-

ing at NCAA college, making the SJHL a good option for them, said Hehr.

“If they’re leaning toward college we’re more inclined to take them early,” he said.

Hehr said the Terriers will look for Yorkton area players where it makes sense, adding “there are lots of quality players around here.”

The draft begins at 1 p.m. Friday and will be broadcast on SaskTel Max, on channel 48 and 348 HD.

Relaxed reading looks at Jays success With sports on COVID-19 hiatus it is still possible to stay in contact with our favourites by reading books that delve into the teams and players we follow.

One great example is Bob Elliott’s recent release If These Walls Could Talk: Toronto Blue Jays: Stories from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box. The book is a rather light-vision of the Jays in the years they won it all, or at least were in the playoff mix.

That is not to say there aren’t some really good insights and fun elements thanks to the author’s long-time connection to the team, players and sport.

Bob Elliott is a for-

mer sports columnist, who covered baseball starting in 1978 as a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen, covering the Montreal Expos, before leaving in late 1986 to cover the Toronto Blue Jays for the Toronto Sun. He only retired June 1, 2016, and has written various books, including Hard Ball about George Bell, in 1990; The Ultimate Blue Jays Trivia Book, in 1993; and The Northern Game: Baseball The Canadian Way, in 2005.

“I’m one dimensional,” he told me in a quick telephone interview, noting he follows baseball and no other sports.

The book is one of a series of ‘If the Walls Could Talk’ books cov-

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Sports ering the highlights of various teams best years across a range of sports.

Having Elliott write about Joe Carter’s fabled catch, or the Jose Bautista bat flip, does take you about as close to the events as you can get.

But, interestingly when I asked his personal favourite moment Elliott paused to consider.

“That’s a good ques-

tion,” he replied, then paused before continuing. “My moment I guess would be the last day I worked, June 1, 2016.”

His broadcast career over Bautista made it a point to stop and say a good bye, something a superstar doesn’t have to do.

For me as reader I found a Bautista story, when still in the minors’ stuck out. He was

handed a nickname ‘Hoser’ by Jordan Keller who hails from Melville, and has played for the Millionaires against the Yorkton Cardinals in the Western Major Baseball League days.

Passing reference to a guy named Clark Gillies being drafted into baseball at one time was intriguing too, given his follow-up hockey career that carried him to the Hall of Fame.

Elliott’s passion for the game certainly comes through in this fun read.

“They say Toronto’s a hockey town,” he said in the interview, but he said fans follow winners. When the Jays won on home soil Elliott said “we could not leave Skydome until about 4

a.m. The streets were just jammed ... Toronto was a baseball town that day.”

While not specific to the book, I had to ask Elliott about whether the Jays were ready to contend if the majors restart this year.

“I don’t think so,” he said, adding he even questions the offseason signing of Hyun-Jin Ryu. He said Ryu is a guy you sign “when you’re one pitcher away.” As the team stands he suggested the Jays “are three or four starters away. They’ve got some holes there.”

As we await a chance to see how good the staff might be, check out the book, it’s perfect for a lazy summer day of reading.

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FERLEYKO - Al Ferleyko, beloved husband of Agnes Ferleyko (deceased Dec 12/09) entered eternal rest on May 24, 2020. Albert was the seventh and last child born to Steve and Nellie (Goreski) Ferleyko on January 18, 1932. He grew up on the family farm near Melville, SK and received his education at Reimer School. He continued to enjoy farming and working alongside his brothers on the farm for many years. In his early years, Al worked for Martin’s Bakery and Smith Fruit where he met the love of his life. On August 25, 1956 he married Agnes Margaret Zandee at St. Andrew’s United Church in Yorkton, SK. They were blessed with five children, Deborah, David, Donna, Diane and lastly Darren born in 1973. Always together they built a family, this was their treasure. Al retired from Western Grocers after 40 years of employment where he worked as a warehouse superintendent. He met many people and made many friends. In his retirement he enjoyed going for coffee every morning with his friends. Al loved his family, nothing gave him as much pleasure as spending time with his family and friends. He enjoyed his home and his yard. Many years were spent camping and enjoying a campfire. He loved his pets over the years and always loved petting any dog or cat. Al and Agnes enjoyed playing cards, dancing and visiting with their neighbors and friends.

He was a master at bowling and was seen at the Yorkton Bowling Alley a couple times a week. He was involved in every aspect of his children’s sports, ranging from hockey, figure skating, baseball, bowling and could be seen travelling many weekends to support them.

Always a smile, always a handshake, Al was loved by all who met him. Al leaves to cherish his memory, his children, Deborah McFarlane of Calgary, David (Nicole) of Edmonton, Donna (Terry) Best of Regina, Diane (Carey) Gleason of Yorkton, Darren of Calgary. His grandchildren, Abby (Ryan), Anita (John) Alden, Evan, Brittnie (Josh), Jordan (Aaron), Amanda, Chris, Curtis, Hannah, Hayden, Heather. His great grandchildren, Max, Maggie, Emmett, Kyp, Kaiden and Aria. His sister in laws Nellie and Carol, many nieces and nephews, relatives and friends, and his faithful companion Ronnie.

He is predeceased by his loving wife, Agnes, his parents, brothers, John, Joe, William, and Rudy, his sisters Lena and Mary, his grandson Adam.

Due to current restrictions the family funeral service was held on Friday, May 29, 2020 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Deborah Smith of Westview United Church officiating. Daughter Deborah gave the eulogy. The interment took place in the Guest Cemetery, Theodore district with daughter Diane as the urnbearer. Memorials can be made to Westview United Church, or to the Paw’s & Claw’s Animal Rescue as tokens of remembrance. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.

HAMILTON – Mark Hamilton of Yorkton, beloved husband of Tamara passed away on May 23, 2020 at the age of 52 years. Mark Alan Hamilton was born in Yorkton, SK on June 27, 1967 to Sylvia and Alan Hamilton. Mark grew up on the farm 10 miles west of Yorkton. Mark was the middle child to sisters Kerri and Donna. Mark grew up doing farm work and chores. The farm was always home to Mark and this is where he began his life-long love of animals and dogs. Somehow, Mark always seemed to have one of those big dogs in his life. Mark attended school in Yorkton where he started many friendships. These friendships led to the legendary pit parties. Throughout Mark’s life, he had good friends who were always there to witness or be part of the good times, fisticuffs or odd mishaps along the way. Mark was a hard worker, some would say a machine. His work ethic started on the farm where he did various farm and field work as a youngster. Mark’s work experience included farming, working at the feedlot, concrete work, labour and trucking. Mark met Tamara in 1998 at a house party in Otthon. After that meeting, Tamara and Mark began their relationship and life together. In late 2002, they moved to Edmonton and were married there in 2006. Later that year, Chelsea was born and they soon moved back to Yorkton in 2007. In 2008, Chloe was born and they then moved their own home onto the family farm and resided their until recently. Mark loved his girls more than anything. Mark loved trucking and it led him to start his own trucking business which he owned and operated until his health complications no longer allowed him to work. Mark’s diabetes progressed which greatly affected his quality of life and later led to regular trips for dialysis. Apparently, Mark was not always the most ideal and cooperating patient. Yet all the nurses grew to love him. Everyone grew to love him because once you looked past that tough exterior, he could be a big softie. Mark (aka HAMBONE) was adventurous, funny, smart, impulsive, caring, strong, stubborn, charismatic, brave, tough, accident-prone, reliable and quick to help or rescue any one of his friends that would call and he had many, many friends that would “need a hand”. Mark’s hobbies included fishing, camping, boating, biking, mudding, billiards, poker, watching football, UFC, and snowmobiling.

Mark would look for any excuse for a sled ride – often making that trip to town on the sled just for a jug of milk. He quite possibly drank all that milk in the first place just so he could go for another. He was excited about the prospect of riding his motorcycle for milk as well. Mark enjoyed the time he spent with his family, nephews and nieces, and many friends. Unfortunately, his health continued to decline. Despite this, Mark still tried to make it weekly to play pool in the league. The family would like to thank all the health personnel who cared for Mark. This includes the doctors, nurses, support workers, continuing care assistants, housekeepers, and every person who entered his hospital room for any reason. Mark will be greatly missed by all those who knew him. Mark is survived by his parents Alan and Sylvia; his wife Tamara and their children Chelsea and Chloe; sisters Kerri Krochak and Donna Berthelette; numerous nieces and nephews, co-workers, buddies, and friends. The Funeral Service was held on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Pastor Des Klingspon of Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre officiating.

Tributes and Words of Remembrance were given by Jackie Johnson.

The Interment followed in the Garden of Devotion at Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Sisters, Kerri Krochak and Donna Berthelette and nephews, Jordan Berthelette and Chad Krochak serving as urn bearers. Memorials honouring Mark’s life may be made to Hemodialysis Department at Yorkton Regional Health Centre or a Trust Fund for his children. Condolences to the family can be sent to www.baileysfuneralhome.com

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ALLARY - Darlene Joyce Allary.

September 4, 1952 - May 20, 2020. It is with heavy hearts that her daughter’s Michelle and Shauna announce the sudden passing of their loving and hard working mother on Wednesday, May 20.

She headed off to work in the usual way. Sadly it was to be her last.

After heroic efforts made by her co-workers her little body just could not fight. She passed away with her daughters by her side.

She was doing what she loved … nurturing and caring for others.

Darlene Joyce was born September 4, 1952 to Paul and Mary Didluck (nee Tkachuk) in Foam Lake, SK. She was the second child of four, Neil, Mervin and Donna. The family worked hard on a farm near Insinger. They later moved to Yorkton when the school closed.

Her father passed away at the young age of 38 (1965) leaving her mother to perform many roles caring for her children. Darlene married Fred Allary in 1969 and they made a home together in Regina, SK. Their union was blessed with a daughter Michelle Monica in 1971 and in 1974 after moving to Creston, BC they welcomed Shauna Lisa Marie. In 1976 she decided to move back to Yorkton, unfortunately single but with her two precious daughters in tow. There she received help from her mother to raise her girls. They lived in a home on James Ave. in which she owned and resided until the time of her passing. She was particularly proud of her home as it was the original farmhouse amidst farmland and the rest of the neighbourhood was built around it. Hence its unique positioning. She loved to share that story.

Darlene loved and provided everything her daughters needed and then some. She affectionately called them her calves. Her girls lacked nothing.

She took them to Disneyland in 1980. This was a huge trip for a single parent.

One that the girls will always cherish. The most memorable though were all the camping trips in the 1974 Boler. She ventured out to many beautiful campsites in Clearlake, Greenwater, Waskesiu and Madge Lake to name a few. Camping, fishing and boating were some of her favorite activities. She also travelled to Hawaii, Mexico, Dominican Republic and all over the USA and Canada. Darlene’s daughters married and blessed her with seven grandchildren, Michael, Mason, Mackenzie, Demery, Wyatt, Will and Ava. One great grandchild, Nova and one on the way in July.

She loved and adored all her grandchildren. She often babysat them, took them fishing and fed them all so well. They cherish an abundance of memories made spending time with Grandma D as she was affectionately called. From coin collecting, baking, making cardboard houses, Saturday night radio bingo and driving her riding lawnmower through obstacle courses around her front lawn. Things that their parents probably wouldn’t let them do. She allowed them to get dirty and just be kids. They loved it and she loved them. Darlene was known for attending to her yard, flowers galore and planting a small but bountiful garden of which she always shared the harvest. She would start her tomato plants when there was still snow on the ground and nurtured them until they were ready to be shared. She was forever hounding family and co-workers to save their disposable coffee cups to start them in. She left seventy plants this year which have been planted. They will be nurtured as she would have and then shared and canned as this was another thing she enjoyed doing.

She loved to cook and bake. She would phone her children and say, “I made a chicken, why don’t you come & pick it up on your way home from work?” She would only take a small portion for her lunch the next day and send a full meal home with them. Children and grandchildren enjoyed many meals with Grandma D. She would have enough for everyone and you never left empty handed. She made care packages for Shauna’s pigs, chickens and all of her grand-doggies. A family favorite was her loaded pizzas where she would put so many toppings that the crust could barely hold up. She was also famous for her headcheese as her co-workers could attest to. A huge passion of Darlene’s were animals. She would take in the unlovable and unwanted pets. Care for them and love them for the rest of their lives. She even took in a pet that belonged to a resident that passed away. She felt bad for the dog and wanted to make sure that it was still loved. She left behind two dogs she adored, Roxy Roller and Milo. She would take them for car rides to get ice cream. They are now being cared for and loved by family. Darlene had many jobs but was most proud of her career with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, starting in 1990. She was a hard worker and tried her hand at positions in dietary and laundry. Her true joy was realized when she became a special care aide. She found her true calling. She loved to joke with her residents and patients making them laugh and smile. She was known for caring for them and going that extra mile in helping their families feel comfortable as well, always asking about them or their loved ones when she would see them around town. The hundreds of comments from her friends and co-workers solidified what her family already knew… she genuinely cared for people. At the time of her passing she was working on medicine, the E.R. and North One at the YDNH. Darlene knew she could have retired years ago and her girls encouraged her to do so. But her love of people prompted her to continue working until her passing. Her goal was to work until she was seventy.

She always said “I just love my job.” Darlene suffered many losses. Her long time partner Ron Steininger in 2012, leaving her devastated and lonely. She assisted with his care as an aide in ICU right up until the time of his passing. They spent a lot of time together with their families and friends. Traveling to Mexico, a houseboat adventure on the Shuswap’s and countless hours at the cabin at Good Spirit Lake. She lost her dad in 1965 and requested to be buried with him which will be honored. A loss of her grandson Mason in 2009 which she grieved for him until the day she died. Darlene leaves behind to mourn and cherish these memories, her two daughters and their families. Eldest daughter Michelle (Gary) Lowton and her sons Michael (Storm) Shore and MacKenzie (Jayden) Shore. A little great granddaughter Nova and another baby girl due in July, daughters of Michael and Storm. Youngest daughter Shauna (Brad) Duncan and their children Demery, Wyatt, Will and Ava. Her mother Mary Didluck along with her brothers Neil (Sharon) Didluck, Mervin (Debbie) Didluck and her sister Donna (John) Palkowski. Also her best friend Lynda TrithartMair whom is like an aunty to her girls. Although Darlene was not affiliated with any particular religion, she did have a spiritual side. Her two daughters would like to share a scripture that brings them great comfort during this time of mourning, Rev. 21 : 3, 4. Due to current public health restrictions, interment will take place at a later date when friends and family can gather together to fondly remember Darlene. Those wishing to make donations can do so to the Yorkton SPCA, 79 7th Ave. S., Yorkton, SK. S3N 3V1 as gifts of remembrance. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.

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FARBACHER - Margot Adele Farbacher (Lemire).February 9, 1929 - May 25, 2020. Margot (Marge) Adele Farbacher (Lemire) died peacefully at Luther Care Home on May 25, 2020. She is survived by her children Paulette (Richard) DeCloedt, Joanne, Bruce (Svetlana), Blanche (Dennis) Sully, Elaine (Glenn) Pegg, and Bernie (Wendy), eighteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Paul, her parents Nestor and Marie-Anna (Roy) Lemire, her in-laws Gaston and Jeannie (Floch) Farbacher, 6 siblings (Aime, Henri, Dan, George, Jean and Ida), great granddaughter, Elizabeth Rose Sully and her lifelong friend, Doreen Berrns. Mom was born in Willowbunch, SK on Feb. 9,1929. Her family relocated to Arborfield, Sk where she attended school. After high school she enrolled in Normal School in Saskatoon and started teaching in a one room school in 1948 at the age of nineteen. She met Paul at her sister’s wedding and they were married in 1950. Until 1968 they resided on the family farm five miles north of Springside. Mom kept busy on the farm raising 6 children, gardening, canning, picking berries, baking, cooking ,curling, and visiting with friends, and family. In 1968 , after the family moved to Yorkton, she began a 20 year teaching career in the Separate School System. She was an excellent teacher - caring, loving and dedicated. She was often invited to her students’ weddings years after she had taught them. After she retired in 1988, Mom and Dad enjoyed some travelling and spending time with family and friends. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were all very precious to her and she baked them countless birthday cakes over the years. A very special thank you to the excellent care and loving staff at Luther Care Home. There will be a private family service for Mom. In Mom’s memory, and in lieu of flowers, those who wish to donate may donate to Luther Care Home c/o Luther Care Foundation. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Cherished Memories Funeral Home in Martensville.

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Card of Thanks A sincere thanks to all the people who visited, phoned, brought food, flowers and said prayers after the passing of Mark Kardynal. A special thanks to Bishop Bryan Bayda for the prayer service and the pastor of the Baptist Church for the memorial service. A great thanks to Christie’s Funeral Home for looking after the arrangements.

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Reflecting on spooky entertainment In my spare time, I’ve been playing a game called F.E.A.R. Originally released in 2005, the game is a firstperson shooter that I understood to have horror elements. I will now admit that I was wrong, and even if I’m having fun anyway, which I am, I can’t help but be a bit disappointed.

My mistake is totally justified. It’s called “Fear�, albeit with periods between each letter and an awkward backronym – First Encounter Assault Recon – to justify them. The cover art has a spooky little girl who looks like she’s auditioning for The Ring series. I expected something scary, and while the game is fifteen years old – so I could have probably

looked into this more closely – everything I saw suggested something spooky.

Instead, it’s a pretty standard first-person shooter, which charges the player with running from room to room mowing down mostly identical bad guys. The only horror element is that sometimes the lights flicker and the little girl from the box wanders around in the background.

This lack of horror has made me think a little bit about why I wanted to play a horror game. Because, much to my surprise, I really enjoy horror games, and have since playing the first Silent Hill years ago. It was a long time before I even tried one, working under the

breaks. In a strange way, horror is the same as comedy, in that it’s all about the build until you reach the breaking point – whether that’s a scare or a punchline – and that can be very enjoyable.

Horror, for whatever reason, is at its best when you have a degree of control, when you can decide just how fast or slow you want the experience to be. Whether that’s a haunted house in person – and there are excellent ones in the region each Halloween – or a game, it’s all about moving through a series of places which may, or may not, have some sort of threat attached.

And yet horror films, for whatever reason, don’t have the same

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Thinking I do with words... assumption I probably wouldn’t enjoy them.

This wasn’t a wild assumption, as it’s rare that I enjoy a horror film – they have to be particularly well done – and gross-out imagery isn’t typically something I enjoy.

Part of it is my general enjoyment of a slower paced experience. Horror tends to move slowly because that’s an easy way to

build tension – the more nothing happens, the more the player anticipates something happening. I tend to like slow moving games because I’m better at them, never being particularly good at extremely fast action titles.

The other reason I like it is the inherent tension that it brings, and the joy that comes when that tension

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There’s no escape, but there’s also no real threat – a game could force you to restart, a haunted house at least puts you face-to-face with the people trying to scare you. With control, you can theoretically outsmart the people who put you in the game. So part of the scare is discovering that you didn’t outsmart the people who set out to frighten after all.

And that brings me back to F.E.A.R., which had none of that. It’s just a game about shooting, and even if that’s its own kind of fun, it’s not much more than that.

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