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Johnson earns major college golf honour

By Tanner WallaceScribner Staff Writer A Yorkton native has received recognition for his play on the golf course.

Kade Johnson, who is currently a senior at the University of South Arkansas, was named the Great American Conference (GAC) Male Golfer of the Year.

“It’s a pretty cool honour. I have been working hard at this for the last five years, and to get this honour at the end of my college career is pretty cool,” he said. “It’s awesome, especially recently; there have been a lot of guys from Yorkton that have done some pretty things around me, like Kaeden Korczak playing in the World Juniors, so it’s pretty cool to be a

part of the group from Yorkton and get this honour.”

Johnson has competed in five of the six tournaments in 2021 and entered the GAC Championship with four top 10 finishes.

He led the University of South Arkansas with a top 10 finish (tied for 9th) at the season-opening Houston Classic, placed tied for 7th at HSU’s Battle for the Belt, logged a tie for 4th finish at the NSIC Preview and tied for 1st at the NSU Classic before being edged on the second playoff hole.

In all, Johnson has tallied 42 birdies and one eagle with five rounds at par or better. In all 14 of his rounds played this year, Johnson has yet to shoot higher than 75 and has posted two rounds under 70 with a 69-67 in the first two rounds of the

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Johnson is currently ranked as the #2 golfer from the NCAA Central Region NSU Classic. His round two 67 is the fourth-lowest round in the program’s Golfstat Era. So far this season, Johnson has posted an average

score just north of par at 72.6.

Next up for Johnson, he will be getting ready to play in possibly the last tournament of the

year in a couple of days.

Looking long-term, Johnson is preparing for his future after University.

“I’ll be back home in

Yorkton for the summer and playing and practicing around there and then planning on turning pro and heading down to Arizona next winter.”

Zaharia wanting more material for public eyes

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Councillor Darcy Zaharia wants residents to have access to more information regarding what happens at regular meetings of Council.

So, at the regular meeting Monday Zaharia made a motion to have the City’s Public accounts and Council Meeting packages put on the City’s website.

Zaharia began his comments on his motion by stating in looking at 13 Saskatchewan city websites “all but two had their public accounts online.

“I can’t see why the City of Yorkton can’t do that.”

For those unfamiliar public accounts are a listing of city accounts, and includes staff salaries in excess of $50,000

Coun. Darcy Zaharia annually.

The accounts are pre-

sented to Council annually.

As it stood in Yorkton the accounts have always been available to residents for a fee, which Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance with the City explained was simply “a cost recovery fee” associated with printing the material.

In terms of Council packages, Zaharia noted that at present the agenda for meetings is all that

is posted, adding “that don’t give a lot of the information.”

Zaharia said if the full package was posted it would give residents more information in matters discussed in Council and with more information they would be able to ask “better informed questions.”

While Council was generally favourable to the idea there were concerns regarding the tim-

ing.

City Manager Lonnie Kaal noted that Council materials shouldn’t be made public until after they are officially entered into record at a Council meeting.

After a friendly amendment by Zaharia -- to put public accounts and meeting packages online, but only after they are presented in a meeting -- the motion passed.

Brears seeks three-year City tax plan

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Councillor Dustin Brears wants some clarity regarding local property taxes for at least the rest of the current term.

And, at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council April 26, he made a motion calling for the City to investigate a three-year plan.

“If taxes are going to rise do it in a responsible way,” he said.

From Brears perspective that responsible way was to look at the impact a three per cent a year tax hike would have.

In making his initial motion Brears broke down each year’s increase over capital and operating, with capital receiving the lion’s share, roughly five per cent, over the three years.

If the increases were not enough on the operating side Brears said

there would need to be a decrease in expenditures, but without cutting core programs or services.

By creating a plan Brears said the public would better be able to plan in terms of the property tax costs, which he saw as a positive.

The plan would also give the City a better vision of what money, especially on the capital side, it had to invest, he added.

Coun. Dustin Brears The plan would, from Brears perspective, reset

every four years, or the span of a term on Council.

“I really like this concept,” said Coun. Ken Chyz, a statement echoed

by Coun. Darcy Zaharia, who added seeing more go to capital was a good thing.

It was pointed out

by Administration that forecasting a three-year impact, when variables such as city growth, and provincial funding, are unknown would make it a somewhat general view

of how it might affect the city.

But, Mayor Mitch Hippsley said the process of having Administration prepare a report on the impact of such a plan would be “a very valuable exercise ... The exercise itself is a valuable tool.”

The matter was approved to have Administration prepare the impact having a three-year tax plan might have.

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COVID-19 at The Bentley Yorkton Submitted In a release last week Dr. Rhonda Collins, Chief Medical Officer, Revera stated; “we have received confirmation that five residents and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19...

“The Bentley is part of the Yorkton community, and we want to acknowledge the remarkable support and encouragement we have received from the families and friends of our residents.

Your support has meant the world to us as we care for our residents in these challenging times. We cannot thank everyone enough for the love and generosity they have shown.

“We continue to work closely with Saskatchewan Health Authority officials and have implemented pandemic outbreak protocols and infection control practices.”

The practices include having all residents isolated in their rooms with contact and droplet precautions in place

and monitoring for symptoms twice daily, stated the release.

“All staff are screened at the beginning and end of their shifts and are required to wear a surgical mask and eye protection in the residence at all times,” stated Collins.

“We are doing enhanced cleaning at The Bentley Yorkton, disinfecting high touch surfaces like handrails and doors, common areas and staff rooms frequently.”

To promote physical dis-

tancing, residents are being served meals in their rooms.

Group recreation programming has been replaced by one-on-one activities with residents for social engagement.

“Residents of The Bentley Yorkton who have consented, and are able to be vaccinated, have received their first dose,” noted the release.

Eligible staff vaccinations are also under way.

“We have informed residents, their families and the

staff of the status of the outbreak,” stated the release.

Visits have been cancelled during the outbreak, except for essential caregivers.

“We appreciate the patience and understanding of our residents and their families as we take these precautions,” said Collins. “Revera continues to do everything we can to keep our residents and employees safe as we work to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at our retirement residences and long term care homes.”

Workplace injuries decrease in 2020

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer Workers in Saskatchewan were safer, despite the number of deaths remaining nearly the same.

According to the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WBC), the workplace injury rate in the prov-

ince for 2020 was 4.46 per 100 workers, which is a 10 per cent decreases from 2019.

That wasn’t the only decrease as the time loss injury rate decreased to 1.78 per 100 workers, a decrease by .08 per cent, from the 2019 rate of 1.86 per 100 workers.

The 2020 time loss injury rate is the lowest rate in more than a

decade.

“Although the reductions in the Total injury and Time Loss injury rates are a step in the right direction,” says Minister Responsible for WCB, Don Morgan, “Every workplace injury in Saskatchewan is one too many. We cannot become complacent in our efforts to make all workplaces safe.”

The total amount of claims have also decreased with just shy of 17,950 claims in 2020, compared to over 21,400 in 2019.

There were fewer workers covered in 2020 however as 402,000 were covered, a decrease from the over 433,000 in 2019.

Although time loss and total injury rates have seen a slow and

steady decline, there remains a consistent number of serious injuries and fatalities (approximately 2,500 annually) that are accepted by the WCB. There were 34 workplace fatalities in 2020, compared to 36 in 2019.

This is a decrease of six per cent.

These deaths occurred in a variety of

Saskatchewan industries.

“Each of the 34 deaths that occurred in 2020 has had a shattering impact on the loved one’s family and community,” says the WCB’s CEO Phil Germain. “We must continue to focus on preventing workplace deaths and serious injuries and eliminate this suffering in our province.”

Helium facility opens in SK. Saskatchewan is now officially home to the largest helium purification facility in Canada.

Located near Battle Creek in the province’s southwest, the new $32 million facility, owned and operated by North American Helium Inc. (NAH), is expected to produce more than 50 million cubic feet per year of purified helium for commercial sale. For context, that would be enough to fill approximately 400,000 party balloons a day.

Helium is a highly desirable commodity used in medical research, semiconductor manufacturing, space exploration, fibre optics, and advancements in nuclear power generation.

“This facility will create and support local jobs, enable the province to scale up helium production, and grow export capacity,” Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said. “It will also further diversify our natural resource

sector and position Saskatchewan as a leading supplier of a critical element that the world needs.”

Helium is included on both the Canadian and American lists of critical minerals, considered necessary for the modern economy, emerging technologies or which face supply chain risks.

Prices for helium have risen by more than 160 per cent since 2017, as a result of increased global demand and shortage of supply. Canada currently has the fifth-largest helium resources in the world, with significant underground reserves in Saskatchewan.

“This project is another example of the resiliency of our economy and another step toward economic recovery and a return to growth,” Cypress Hills MLA Doug Steele said.

“Saskatchewan has the natural resources the world needs, and it is important we continue providing a competitive

investment environment to attract projects such as this that will create jobs in our communities, grow our economy and build a strong Saskatchewan.”

The NAH helium purification project was approved for the province’s Oil and Gas Processing Investment Incentive (OGPII) program, which provides new or expanded gas processing and liquefaction facilities with a 15 per cent transferrable royalty credit, based on capital expenditures.

“We are very excited to start up our second helium plant in Saskatchewan ahead of schedule and anticipate running a significant helium exploration and development program into the future,” NAH President and Chief Operating Officer Marlon McDougall said.

“This is an important milestone in the development of a new source of reliable green helium supply, and longterm sustainable heli-

um production industry in Saskatchewan,” NAH Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Snyder said.

“Our company will continue working with our partners and relevant stakeholders to ensure that we can grow our nitrogen-based helium production as a replacement for declining legacy sources of hydrocarbonlinked helium supplies in the lower 48 states.”

Saskatchewan is one of the few jurisdictions in the world that can support the drilling of dedicated helium wells, rather than as a byproduct of hydrocarbon production. This makes helium production significantly more environmentally friendly in Saskatchewan than in competing jurisdictions.

With the NAH facility, there are now nine active helium wells in the province and 24 in the drilling process. The Government of Saskatchewan expects the number of helium wells will eventually surpass 100.

Welcome to ‘Wordy Wednesday’ brought to you by our friends at Yorkton Public Library, (including Slow the friendly sloth), and appearing here courtesy of Yorkton This Week.

Since Wednesday is the day after May the 4th of significance to Star War fans, today’s word relates to the movie series. In Star Wars one of the powers of The Force is telekinesis, the ability to move objects with your mind. Yoda’s telekinesis ability helps us check out books quicker. Did you know that the library has WiFi available in the parking lot? As always ebooks, DVDs, streaming audiobooks and more available for free from your library.And, you can find all kinds of great books filled with words to read at the YPL, plus DVDs, audiobooks and magazines to borrow. All for free. Check it out at https://parklandlibrary.ca/branch/159

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Catholic Education Week 2021 Prayer Gracious and Generous God, Creator of the earth, our common home, with each new day we prepare the earth of our lives by sowing seeds of gratitude for all you have given.

Inspire us to cultivate relationships with all living beings.

May we harvest new fruit and marvel in the wonder of the beauty around us.

Nurture us in hope.

Amen.

On Thursday, May 13, you are invited to join a special livestream World Catholic Education Day Liturgy with His Excellency the Most Rev. Bishop Mark Hagemoen at 10:00 am at: https://saskatoonmass.com/ #CEWSK2021 #Nurturing Hope #CatholicEdSk

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Looking back at a city pioneer Dr. Thomas Alfred Patrick A Horse and Buggy Pioneer Prairie Physician While researching the history of the Uspenska church in the Saskatchewan Provincial Archives in Regina for the up-coming centennial celebration in 2002, I repeatedly came across the name Dr. Thomas Patrick in the archival documents. Serendipity they call it. Who was this man and what was his connection with the Bukovynian immigrants of Uspenska?

The story of Uspenska begins in 1897, one of the largest and earliest Bukovynian-Ukrainian bloc settlements in the province, and the building of the first Greek Orthodox church in the District of Eastern Assiniboia, NWT. The Bukovynian settlers all from the same neighbouring villages in Ukraine wanted to build a new Orthodox Bukovynian church in Canada, on the rich farming lands of the prairies, which would form the nucleus of their prairie settlement, and become a small corner of Bukovyna in Canada.

They encountered many obstacles and they sought help from their local MLA in Yorkton.

Woven into this rich history of Uspenska were the efforts of Dr. Thomas Alfred Patrick, a young Irish medical doctor from London, ON, who came to Yorkton in 1893, a hamlet of a couple of hundred people, the farthest end of the Manitoba and North Western Railway, four years after the Riel Rebellion of 1885, to practice medicine and politics. He began his medical practice in the town of Saltcoats, NWT on April 29, 1889 before moving to Yorkton in 1893, where he practised medicine for 44 years.

Born December 23, 1864 on a farm near Ilderton, London Township, Middlesex county, ON, son of George Blackhall Patrick and his wife Alicia Hobbes, both Canadians, he graduated in medicine from Western University, London, ON in 1888, elected member of the Legislative Assembly of NWT on October 26, 1897, an ardent opponent of annexation of Assiniboia to Manitoba; re-elected by acclamation in 1898.

The remarkable life and contributions of this outstanding Canadian are best revealed through his unpublished memoirs, archival documents and newspaper articles, preserved in the Saskatchewan Provincial

Archives, which allow me to tell this story many years later.

1897 was an important year in Canadian immigration history, the beginning of mass emigration to Canada. Archival documents show that immigrants from Eastern Europe, particularly the province of Bukovyna and Galicia, were pouring into Winnipeg, the center of colonization, lured by promises of free lands. “They brought a whole train load of those “Galatians” to Yorkton,” said one incensed rancher to Dr. Patrick.

He went on to describe them. “Galatians”, he called them for he had heard of the Epistle to the Galatians, but not of the province of Galicia.

They converged upon this remote hamlet of Yorkton, North Eastern Assiniboia, NWT, arousing the ranchers of their uneventful existence.

The ranchers were clearly resentful and incensed of the arrival of these immigrants for they were about to be ousted from the land which their cattle range, their wood lot, their hay meadows and on which they paid no taxes. Some called them Galicians, others called them Ruthenians, Bukovynians or Ukrainians. The next couple of years, this “great and lone land became one long grain field,” writes Dr. Patrick in his unpublished memoirs, (Saskatchewan Archives) “where smoke from the “izba” {sod shanties} poured upward from many thousand Slav homes.” These settlers in the words of Dr. Patrick, “filled the silent lands with new voices and many tongues.” Dr. Patrick himself was one of these pioneer homesteaders. In 1892, according to his memoirs, he homesteaded a quarter section of land 138 miles north of the international boundary, where “a horde of gophers from vacant lands to the west, cut down almost the whole crop growing in his first wheat field.”

Federal 1901 census of the Crooked Lakes and Devil’s Lake subdivisions District 203, Eastern Assiniboia show there were 239 people in Township 30, Range 4, alone. There was no town of Canora, only a treeless site and the homestead of Ivan Gullason occupied in 1899 and no railway until 1904. There was no Saskatchewan, either.

Some 60 Bukovynian families formed the nucleus of the Uspenska congregation. “The need for a church and cemetery was crucial, for

Dr. Thomas Patrick the mortality rate was high.” Measles broke out everywhere among them, writes Dr. Patrick. And measles in damp dugouts (burdeis) often meant bronco-pneumonia and death. With a light rig and team, I pounded over the old Indian trails and bumped over trail-less bush; and as I went about from -place to place treating the sick. As the immigrants acquired machines without the skill to use them, the proportion of agricultural accidents and death was exceedingly high, as well. In his chapter on Agricultural Accidents, he describes one incident, early one Sunday morning in July, when he attended to one Ukrainian woman in a settlement thirty miles north of Yorkton, the victim of a very serious farm accident. Her husband had hitched a yoke of oxen to his new mower and she stood by and watched. The oxen alarmed at the clatter of the mower, bolted, swung around and the rod from the mower slashed through the woman’s ankle, her whole blood supply of the limb cut off.

When she arrived at the hospital several hours later, the matron of the hospital refused to admit her. Dr. Patrick was furious. He was prepared to operate outside the hospital, but was refused permission. He phoned the Hospital Board. It was more than three hours before the Board met and instructed the matron to admit the patient and prepare for amputation as soon as possible. For three days the result was in doubt, but the free drainage turned the scale and she slowly recovered. When I grew weary of travel and loss of sleep, I always felt it a little easier to sleep when I thought of the misery I had seen among those pioneer immigrants from Eastern Europe,” wrote Dr. Patrick in his

memoirs. archival records show that on January 17, 1901, Dimitro Yastremskyi, wrote to the agent of the Dominion Lands Office in Yorkton File No. 6116337, on behalf of twenty-four Bukovynian settlers of the Suczawa Congregation of the Orthodox Russo-Greek Oriental (Byzantium) Church, requesting twenty acres of the East 1/2 of Legal Subdivision 2, for church and cemetery purposes. The application was forwarded to the Department of Interior in Ottawa. On February1, 1901, the Department informed Yastremskyi that the land requested was within the Manitoba and North Western Railway Company reserve and not at their disposal. The settlers then turned to their local MLA, Dr. Thomas Patrick for assistance.

Patrick soon learned from William Whyte of the Manitoba and North Western Railway Company that the land requested, while set apart for the railway, had not yet been selected and was still available crown land. Dr. Patrick immediately wrote to the Department of Interior in Ottawa, requesting ten not twenty acres of the SE1/4 of S23-T30R4-W2ndM. A whole year passed before the Department of Interior contacted Mr. Whyte for permission to dispose of the crown land for the purpose named. In April 1902, the Manitoba and North Western Railway company agreed to sell the Suczawa congregation ten acres of the railway land at $3.00 per acre with 5% annual interest.

The price was exorbitant, considering that in 1891, ten years earlier, the same railway company sold 80,000 acres at one dollar per acre to an English Dutchman named Seaman, who established his headquarters near what is now

the village of Theodore.

The church was built in 1902 and dedicated to the Dominion of the Holy Mother of God. Hence the name Uspenska.

In July 1902, Dr. Patrick forwarded an application to the Dominion Parliament for the incorporation of this religious denomination, which would enable the trustees to hold land in trust by the congregation for church purposes.

Since there was no such Federal Act passed, the church had to be incorporated under the NWT legislation. The congregation meanwhile, deferred payment for the land until the fall of 1902 and Dr. Patrick assumed on behalf of the congregation, full personal responsibility for payment of the principal sum of $30.00 plus accrued interest of .50 cents. More problems followed. On September 29, 1903, the Suczawa congregation was incorporated under Chapter 42 of the Ordinances of the NWT of 1903, as “The Bishop of the Russo-Greek Catholic Orthodox Church of North America and the Aleutian Islands” and a patent issued. The settlers protested. “They were not Catholic!” Dr. Patrick’s response was immediate. “The patent should have been issued to the trustees of the Suczawa congregation, who had complied with the Provisions of Chapter 39 of the Consolidated Ordinances of NWT of 1898,” claimed Dr. Patrick. The Department of Interior cancelled the patent and agreed to issue another one, but not before asking Dr. Patrick for clarification. “Which church is the patent to go to and who are the real trustees? Finally, on April 5, 1905 a Dominion Land Grant was issued to the trustees of the Suczawa Congregation for ten acres of the SW1/4 of legal subdivision 2 of S23-T30-R4-W2ndM, followed by a Certificate of Title on September 25, 1906.

Trustees Constantin Gorenko, Petro Kushneriuk and Dmitro Yastremskyi were now the sole owners of the said land. After five long years Dr. Patrick had achieved his goal.

He had acquired the land, incorporated the church, and made the Bukovynian settlers the sole owners of the property. He had performed an enormous service to the Bukovynian settlers and the future Ukrainian Greek Orthodox church of Canada.

Dr. Patrick died on September 6, 1943 in Yorkton, Sk. A cairn

was unveiled on July 1, 1982, in memory of this remarkable prairie physician. In the Foreword to the book Pioneer of Vision by authors C.J. Houston and C. Stuart Houston, the late Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker wrote “but for Dr. Patrick’s vision and determination the province of Saskatchewan as it is today would not have come into existence.”

And we may add that the Uspenska church at its present location, on a hill overlooking the country side and the final resting place of its Bukovynian settlers, may not have come into existence, either.”

The 100th anniversary of the Uspenska church in 2002 afforded me the opportunity to learn of Dr. Patrick’s inspired greatness working among the Bukovynian Slavs and to pay tribute to a remarkable missionary doctor and politician, who cared deeply for the plight of his fellow man.

Yet, one can’t help but wonder what prompted a young medical doctor, a graduate from a prestigious medical school, to move to a remote hamlet of 200 people in the NWT, the end of a railway, to practice medicine by pounding with a horse and buggy over old Indian trails and trailless bush land to treat the sick? Was it the spirit of adventure, the call of the land, the call of duty or as Robert Service writes in the Spell of the Yukon: “The strong life that never knows harness The wilds where the caribou calls The freshness, the freedom the fairness Oh God how I’m stuck on it all.

It’s the great, big broad land way up yonder It’s the forest where silence has lease.

It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.”

Submitted by Dr. J. Dutchak, Ottawa, ON, April 2, 2021, dutchak35@ rogers.com Author of: 1. A History of a Ukrainian pioneer community 1990-1995; 2. Mamornitz Revisited, 1997; 3. Uspenska, a Historical Landmark of Saskatchewan, 2002, 4.

History of a ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, the Virgin of Sorrow; 5.

The Arm and the Man, governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn; 6.

DVD A century of Faith and Tradition, and numerous articles, speeches and displays on Early Bukovynian immigration to Canada 1897-1906.

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Politics It was another bad week for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, but things may be looking up on a couple economic fronts.

Things actually may even be looking up on the COVID-19 front as well, although no one — including the Saskatchewan Party government — seems to know for certain.

The good COVID-19 news is vaccinations in Saskatchewan surpassed 400,000 shots last week.

Premier Scott Moe is right: Vaccines are only our best chance to get out of this pandemic mess.

The less-than-good-news, however, is Regina ICUs remain full and the new variants are spreading to Saskatoon and throughout Southern Saskatchewan.

To their credit, Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman, delivered a stronger message to antimask, anti-lockdown rallies in the cities and in smaller centres like Maple Creek, stating that any such gatherings break public health orders and slow down our ability to get through this pandemic.

But how he can more quickly get through all in of this as we administer the first shot to everyone during the coming months continues to be a huge source of debate and contention.

While both Merriman and Moe have scolded the more outlandish behaviour of the anti-mask crowd — including their picketing of the Regina General Hospital where people were fighting for their lives — they seem reluctant to advocate more policing and seem unwilling introduce harsher fines for those breaking public health orders.

It’s hard not to suspect that this is because the government fears the backlash of the extreme right … or maybe even a few more moderates who share the frustration over lockdowns.

Similarly, the Sask. Party government’s hesitance to impose provincewide restrictions on bars, restaurants and school openings even places like Saskatoon that recently surpassed Regina in the daily COVID-19 case count.

If it is the government’s argument that the strategy is actually working in Regina where government public health officers declared it was safe to re-open schools this week to in-class learning, why wouldn’t the same metrics be applied to Saskatoon?

But it remains a bit of mystery as to what those metrics are. Asked last week what level of daily cases or percentage of people vaccinated in the province it would take to one day re-open Saskatchewan, Moe was shy on specifics.

One gets the distinct impression that the Saskatchewan Premier would surely love to be talking about most anything else.

Who could blame him? Few if any, Saskatchewan leaders have had to deal with an issue of such sustained pressured.

But the good news for Moe is that, recently, there have been some other positive things to talk about.

Accompanying COVID-19 has been a loss of jobs partly due to the drastic fall in oil, but agriculture has remained steady. That industry has recently been awarded with some positive announcements.

Viterra unveiled a proposal for the world’s largest canola crushing facility to be built in Regina.

It’s plan for a 2.5 million tonnes processing facility followed an announcement by Cargill for a similar $350-million canola crushing plant, also proposed for Regina, capable of processing one million tonnes a year. These announcements follow the March news by Richardson International Ltd. that it was doubling its canola crushing capacity in Yorkton to 2.2 tonnes per year.

Toss in the opening of the $32-million North American Helium Inc. plant near Battle Creek in the province’s southwest corner and there is suddenly a smattering of good news amidst all the COVID-19 gloom and doom.

While the Sask. Party government does sit on a comfortable majority in the legislature, it’s clear that its popularity has taken a beating since the October election.

It needs to get back on track and the same can be said for an entire province also bogged down in this pandemic.

At this point, we’ll all take any good news we can get.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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hen it comes to government in Canada we are largely impacted by three levels; federal, provincial and municipal.

While all three have their roles and certainly impact things, in particular how much they siphon from our pocketbooks in terms of taxes, when it comes to the most direct impact on our lives, we need to look no farther than City Hall in any community across the country.

It is also the level of government where each person at the table in City Hall have the loudest voice, and those who they represent have the greatest access to those we elect.

On the one side, the Mayor and Councillors live and work in the community. They go to hockey games, play golf, buy things in local stores.

They are easy to find for upset residents to stop and make sure they, as representatives, are aware of potholes, and the seemingly always present trains crossing Broadway Street, or the smell of canola crushing, or how an outdoor pool would be nice to see in the city.

It is perhaps the purest example of democracy, with voters having a very direct way to have their concerns heard.

Once at the Council table the seven elected have equal voices, and an equal vote.

Yes, the Mayor controls meetings, and does various things as the local head of government away from chambers, but in the end the Mayor casts one vote with no greater or lesser value than any other member.

While in some larger cities, Council members might fly the flag of a political party, having to tow the party line at times, locally that is not the case, so each votes as they deem appropriate, based on their own personal vision for the city. It can create a dynamic debate at times with votes breaking in different ways based on those unique visions.

At the municipal level Councillors can also rather easily bring forth ideas for consideration, and that gives them a very direct ability to forge a direction for Council, if their ideas can garner the support of a majority of Council at least.

That is a hugely important facet to local government, where each member can bring forward ideas for open discussion and ultimately a vote.

We saw two examples of that process in action at the last regular meeting of Yorkton Council. Both Councillor Dustin Brears and Councillor Darcy Zaharia brought forward motions for consideration, Brears’ dealing with tax planning for the next three years, and Zaharia seeking to provide greater information on matters of Council to voters.

It is why local government can be so effective, the ability to hear directly from residents on a near daily basis, and then to offer motions when deemed necessary.

At times we tend to question what ‘government’ does, but at the local municipal level, at least in Yorkton, it works rather smoothly building for the community’s future.

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Submitted Photos by Morley Maier

It was good fishing at Batka Lake recently, at least for a hungry loon. It just happened that Morley and Paula Maier of Yorkton, who occasionally “just go for a drive” happened to be on the scene at the small lake within

Duck Mountain Provincial Park April 25, and Morley was able to take some photos. The loon had a nice perch for lunch and the Maier’s had some great photos.

Letters to the Editor Ignorance, incompetence or willful insubordination It is a mandate of a government to provide a vision for its various departments and ministries.

Rural Health Minister, Everett Hindley has provided that vision for Health Care in the Yorkton area. In a letter dated April 15, 2021, he says “Yorkton is a regional hospital which provides acute care, and as such, Yorkton will continue to offer microbiology services, as well as basic laboratory services.” He later added Biochemistry, Hematology and Transfusion Medicine to the list of services offered in the Yorkton area.

This direction for Health Care in East Central Saskatchewan was affirmed by Health Minister Paul Merriman, who in a conversation with Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit said “there is no intention of pulling services out of Yorkton”, adding “the current situation will soon be recti-

fied.”

The duty of the Saskatchewan Health Authority is to develop strategies to fulfill that vision.

As of Sunday, May 2, 2021, the Yorkton Regional Health Centre will lose approximately 90% of its microbiology testing. These services will be transferred to the Regina General.

When initially asked why this action was taken, the answer was lack of staffing. Ross Fisher, Executive Director with the Health Foundation, soon countered with “We don’t have staffing problems now. We did.

We have had staffing concerns, but not now.”

He added that three new microbiology students have been training and will be offered positions in Yorkton. In addition, four techs “are coming back from maternity leave.” The YRHC has a full complement of lab staff.

A review of the Regina

Health Care website on May 2, 2021, reveals a job listing for 6 full time laboratory technologists, one of them dedicated to Microbiology.

The other five are duties to be determined, perhaps rotating through Microbiology. An obvious question is, why are services being eliminated from a fully staffed facility and moved to one that is short staffed?

No other explanation for this move was ever provided, but it seems that the SHA (or perhaps the Minister of Health) has an agenda to centralize services other than basic health care in Regina and Saskatoon.

Only about 42% of the population of the province live in these two cities. Do the other 58% not deserve to have health care services closer to home?

The removal of Microbiology service in Yorkton is a continuation of a pattern which admittedly began before

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the creation of the SHA. However, they have certainly done nothing to reverse it. The Yorkton facility has seen the removal of Orthopedics, Urology, Pathology and Autopsy services, the Pediatrics ward, the Regional laundry service and most recently Ophthalmology.

Is the Saskatchewan Health Authority ignorant, incompetent or deliberately being insubordinate?

Our local MLA’s,

Kaeding, Ottenbreit and Dennis are feverishly working on our behalf.

You may want to offer them words of encouragement. They can be reached at: warrenkaedingmla@ sasktel.net - 306-728-3881 yorkton.mla@sasktel. net - 306-783-7275 Canora.Pelly@sasktel. net - 306-563-1363 Or maybe you should include the two ministers who are responsible: Everett Hindley Rural Health - everett@

gov.sk.ca - 306-798-9014 Paul Merriman Health - he.minister@gov. sk.ca - 306-787-7345 Saskatchewan Health Authority lists a contact phone number 306-655-0080 or the Administrative Contact for CEO Scott Livingstone and COO Suann Laurent - Heather.Proulx@saskhealthauthority.ca If you get an answer, I’d advise you to listen carefully and skeptically.

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MOTHERS DAY MAY 9, 2021

The perfect present for every mom Are you looking for a Mother’s Day present?

If so, here are some gift ideas for different types of moms.

THE ORGANIZED MOM A woman who’s always taking notes and making lists is sure to appreci-

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THE STAY-AT-HOME MOM Stay-at-home mothers often neglect to make time for themselves. If your mom or kids’ mom is always on the go, give her the ultimate break from her routine: a day at the spa. Alternatively, you can bring the indulgence to her with a monthly box subscription. She can have tea, makeup, books or even beer delivered right to her front door.

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She’s also likely to appreciate all-natural versions of everyday products like soaps and cosmetics.

THE GLOBETROTTING MOM If your mom regularly travels, give her a gift that’ll make her next voyage easier such as wireless headphones or a new carry-on bag. Alternatively, a scratch-off world map will remind her of past adventures and spark her inspiration for her next big trip.

Remember, expectant moms deserve to be spoiled too. If she’s struggling with the aches and pains of pregnancy, a prenatal massage is an excellent gift. You can also prepare healthy frozen meals so that she has one less thing to worry about when the baby arrives.

One of the best gifts you can give your mom for Mother’s Day is time off. Here are three ways to make her day more relaxing.

1. Take care of dinner. Whether you invite her out for a quick bite or prepare a multi-course feast, your mom will be delighted to share a meal with you — especially if she doesn’t have to cook it herself.

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Mother’s Day is coming up fast. Do you have a present for your mom yet? If not, here are five last-minute gift ideas guaranteed to put a smile on her face.

1. Coffee or tea. Stick to what she loves or introduce her to a few new flavours.

2. Beauty products. Let your mom know she deserves to be pampered from head to toe. There’s something for every mother, from nail polish and makeup to bubble bath and scented body lotions.

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No matter what you give your mom for Mother’s Day, be sure to include a card with a heartfelt message. It’s a token she’s likely to treasure for years to come.

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SIGN supporting Yorkton for 52 years By: Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer For 52 years, the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours has supported the residents of Yorkton.

SIGN’s beginnings started in 1968 when Father Paul St. Pierre, Rev. Jack Jones, Rev. William Shank, and Rev. Roland Wood felt a need for an organization to reach the community in a way that was beyond what individual churches could do.

On May 1, 1969, SIGN opened its first office with the goal “to produce the product called Community Unity - a community in which people care about people care about people,” according to its first newsletter.

The organization first offered five programs,

including an Information and drop-in centre, psychological consultant services, a youth hostel, a homemakers program and a radio program.

Today, the organization offers over 20 programs that include services for kids, families, adults, and counselling services.

Andrew Sedley, the executive director for SIGN, said that their goals line up now with what they were when they first started.

“SIGN provides support services to individuals and families of all different ages in Yorkton and East-Central Saskatchewan. Our organization started back in 1969, and from there, we’ve grown. We currently offer 24 different programs throughout the area; we have 130 staff that provide those services,” he said. “SIGN has always been known for having a figure on the

pulse of the community,” Sedley said “What are some of the needs we are seeing within our community, within families, or individuals, and then developing programs based on those needs.”

Before the pandemic, SIGN saw over 6,000 people access one of their services.

Sedley said that though it took some time to adapt to the pandemic,

they offer all of their services, though some do look different compared to previous years.

“We put in some virtual services, some services over the telephone, as well as some face to face when needed. We really want people to reach out so we can provide a service that works best for them.”

Sedley said that the pandemic helped them expand grow and expand their services.

“Never would we have ever thought of doing virtual services prior to the pandemic; it was always face to face,” he said. “It made us move out of our comfort zone and utilize technology more, and we’ve seen some big benefits from it. Not only have we been able to connect with people, but we are connecting with people who have never come to our doors before.

We’ve been really able to

expand our region, expand our supports and services to the community throughout the province and individuals who need the supports. We’ve seen some real benefits of utilizing technology.

Once the pandemic is done, it will probably be another tool that we keep in our toolbox and be able to use for individuals that may not have transportation to come into the city.”

Sedley explained why he feels SIGN is important to Yorkton and the area.

“I go back to the title of our organization. The full title is Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, and throughout our lives, we need good neighbours. Good neighbours can help us in times of need, and that’s really what we are here for, is to be a support, to assist individuals when they are potentially

going through hard times, or they are in a crisis, or they just don’t know where to go,” he said. “A lot of our work is really providing those supports so people can really succeed and feel like there being supported through whatever they may be going through as well. All of us at all times can use those extra supports, and we really see the importance of us being there for people when they need us, and to provide those supports, those guiding directions, that sort of thing to assist them with whatever they are going through.”

Sedley adds that SIGN’s success is directly attributed to the support they have received from the community, businesses and private donors.

He also added that to check out one of their services to visit their website at www.signyorkton.ca.

Local airport among those getting dollars The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $1.5 million in the Community Airport Partnership (CAP) program as part of Budget 2021-22. This funding will provide improvements to 19 community airports around the province.

When combined with local matching dollars, CAP represents a $3 million investment in provincial airport infrastructure.

“As a commercial pilot myself, I know of the benefit these investments will have on some of our more rural and remote communities,” Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw said in a release. “These revitalization and rehabilitation projects will bring some much needed upgrades to some of our community airports and runways, leading to better usage and reliability for medic-

al, emergency and transportation services to all regions of the province.”

The Yorkton Municipal Airport was among those receiving funding to do a crack seal on pavement and new anchor stakes, valued at $50,379.

Last year, the Government of Saskatchewan more than doubled its funding for the CAP program to $1.5 million, an increase of 114 per cent over the previous year. A portion of the 2021-22 investment, $650,000, comes from the $2 billion stimulus package announced in mid-2020. The Ministry of Highways will be investing $300 million from that stimulus fund over several years into projects like resurfacing of runways, improvements for pilot assists at airports and several other highways specific projects.

The CAP helps municipal airports offset the costs of rehabilitation, construction and infrastructure improvements by providing cost-shared grants, up to a maximum of $275,000. So far, 20 applications from 19 communities have been approved, totalling $1.26 million in funding from each partner they include from the local area; Carlyle: Runway slurry seal, repaint runway lines and numbers and add ceilometer to Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), valued at $33,911; Esterhazy: Crack seal and slurry seal on runway, valued at $5,883; Kipling: Weather data instrumentation, valued at $10,280; Moosomin: New paved, lit runway with new taxiway and apron and plans for Area Navigation (RNAV) and

Yorkton Municipal Airport AWOS valued at $275,000; Wynyard: Recapping taxiway and apron, valued at $16,738; and “Community and regional airports are important and valuable assets to the regions they serve, assuring critical medical service as well as driving economic growth,” Saskatchewan Aviation Council President Janet Keim

said in the release. “The Saskatchewan Aviation Council applauds the Saskatchewan Government for continuing to support the CAP program, assisting communities in maintaining and improving infrastructure at their airport.”

Another intake of applications will take place this fall to allocate the remaining funds.

Since 2007, more than $10.5 million has been invested in Saskatchewan’s community airports. When coupled with 50-50 matching community contributions, the CAP program has generated more than $21 million in airport improvements. A total of 38 different communities have benefited since the program began.

SVFFA honours Churchbridge firefighter Dixon Gary Horseman Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Four-Town Journal) The Saskatchewan Volunteer Fire Fighter Association is an association that aims to provide a responsible voice and leadership to the Volunteer Fire Fighters of Saskatchewan. Their intent is to minimize loss of life and property in all aspects of Volunteer Emergency Response.

Formed on September

29, 1990, and incorporated on December 21, 1990, the SVFFA has been advocating for more than 2000 volunteer firefighters with support and training across Saskatchewan.

Each year the SVFFA honours a volunteer firefighter who has shown outstanding capabilities and dedication to their department.

Recently the SVFFA announced the 2020 Firefighter of the Year Award, but unfortunate-

YFF announces mentorships The Yorkton Film Festival has announced the candidates for the 2021 RBC Mentorship Program have been selected.

The RBC Mentorship program is participantdriven program that connects emerging filmmakers with established industry professionals who can provide expert level advice and networking opportunities to help emerging talents in Canada’s film industry.

“A Canada-wide call for applications went out in February, and we received many very strong applications from filmmakers who were interested in taking part in this year’s program,” said YFF Executive Director Randy Goulden.

“We are very excited

to deliver this program for another year, and I cannot thank the RBC enough for their commitment to helping us foster the next great generation of Canadian film talent.”

“When we support aspiring filmmakers we are investing in an industry, creative expression, and the vibrancy of our communities,” shares RBC Community Manager Trevor McLachlan. “That is why RBC Foundation is proud to support the inspiring work of the Yorkton Film Festival, the 2021 RBC Mentorship Program, and emerging artists across Canada.”

Our 2021 RBC Mentorship Candidates are, Weiye Su, Saskatchewan; Tara Federko, Ontario; Eric Bizzarri, Ontario.

ly due to COVID, their awards ceremony has been postponed.

This did not stop the SVFFA from still honouring Churchbridge Fire Rescue Firefighter Brady Dixon who has been with the department since May of 2016.

Dixon was nominated for the SVFFA Firefighter of the year award by Deputy Dustin Eskra for his dedication to the department, his building of training props on his own time such as hose racks and mounting brackets for the fire trucks, as well as his willingness to share his knowledge to any newcomer to the department and help out the department in any way he can.

Dixon said, “It’s such an honour to receive this award. I am very pleased

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Saskatchewan RCMP introduces new Commanding Officer: Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore We are proud to announce Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore has assumed her role as the Commanding Officer for the Saskatchewan RCMP. Originally from Hanover, Ontario, Assistant Commissioner Blackmore joined the RCMP 25 years ago and has served in Saskatchewan, Ottawa and Alberta. Her experiences early in her career working in Assiniboia, Regina (now White Butte) and Buffalo Narrows Detachments served as the foundation to her policing career with each posting in the province providing her with a strong understanding of policing in the Saskatchewan.

Coming back to Saskatchewan is something Assistant Commissioner Blackmore welcomes. “Even though I’m originally from Ontario, coming back to

“ . . . We need to have open communication with our communities, with our community leaders and people within our communities, and make sure we’re engaging with them on what their priorities are, what their concerns are . . .”

— New Commanding Officer, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore Saskatchewan is a little bit like coming home,” she said. “And the one thing I’ve noticed in the short time I’ve been here is how the hospitality of people of Saskatchewan hasn’t changed.

Assistant Commissioner Blackmore is looking forward to supporting Saskatchewan RCMP employees and building strong relationships with communities, partners and stakeholders. When asked what is key to community safety in our province, she said, “It is a diverse area, and that’s going to mean

there’s varied needs or priorities from different communities throughout the province. So we need to be responsive to those needs. We need to have open communication with our communities, with our community leaders and people within our communities, and make sure we’re engaging with them on what their priorities are, what their concerns are and what we need to deliver to ensure they feel safe and secure in their homes and communities.”

Introducing herself

to employees, partners, communities, and stakeholders is a priority for Assistant Commissioner Blackmore. “My priority is to meet people, as best we can. In the current environment, much that will be virtually, of course, initially,” she said. “Hopefully at some point we will get the opportunity to meet people again in person, so that I can get out there and have those really important conversations on what they see as priorities, what we’re doing well, areas where we could improve.”

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This appointment was made in collaboration with the province of Saskatchewan.

Watch: an inter-

view with the new Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pzaQLuXufS8

Weinheimer receives CAO certification Gary Horseman Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Four-Town Journal)

Saskatchewan extends Small Business Emergency Payment Program The Government of Saskatchewan is extending the Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment (SSBEP) program an additional month to support small businesses province-wide during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The extended support is available to businesses across the province that were ordered to temporarily close or substantially curtail operations due to public health orders.

“While we are seeing solid success with the provincial vaccine rollout, many Saskatchewan small businesses continue to be affected by the restrictions due to the pandemic,” Trade and Export Development Minister

Jeremy Harrison said. “The extension we are announcing today will continue our support for small businesses in the province, which is the foundation of our strong economic recovery.”

Through two phases and six eligibility periods, the SSBEP has provided more than $66 million in financial support to more than 6,400 small businesses as of April 26, 2021. The eligibility criteria remain consistent with how the first two phases of the program operated for previous eligibility periods.

The maximum payment per eligibility period is $5,000.

Payments are based on 15 per cent of the business’ November 2019, December 2019 or February

2020 monthly sales revenue.

Seasonal business payments are based on 15 per cent of the business’ average monthly sales revenue for the months it operated in 2019.

The eligibility period is April 1 to 30, 2021, and the program will accept applications until May 31, 2021. Those who have previously applied and received payments through the December to March offering of the program will not need to reapply.

For more information on the SSBEP program, businesses can visit www.saskatchewan. ca/small-business-emergencypayment, call 1-800-667-6102, or email ssbep@gov.sk.ca.

Wikipedia describes a chief administrative officer (CAO) as “a toptier executive who supervises the daily operations of an organization and is ultimately responsible for its performance. A CAO is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental organizations and the de facto head of the organization. In a municipal context, the title is usually used as an alternative for city manager, county administrator, or county executive, particularly in cases where the position does not include powers such as the authority to appoint or dismiss department heads.”

Urban Municipal Administrators Association of Saskatchewan (UMAAS) is the board that certifies individuals to become CAO’s within Saskatchewan since the mid-1950s when a large number of Town Clerks formally came together to

Joanne Weinheimer discuss items of mutual interest.

Obtaining the title of CAO takes a lot of work and dedication. Joanne Weinheimer, previously an Administrative Assistant in Langenburg, has also gained her certification through the UMAAS Board of Examiners and is fully qualified now to be CAO for the Town of Langenburg.

Joanne has worked in the Town of Langenburg administration office for six years under the tutelage of CAO Glenda Lemke and has been working towards achieving the certification as a CAO; finally achieving that UMAAS Certification very recently in the mail.

Business has roots back to end of great war Value Tire has deep roots in the Yorkton area. John DenBrok, coowner of the business said that when he and his three brothers established Value Tire, they purchased Saltcoats Welding Machinery and Gulf from their dad – a business that evolved from the blacksmith shop he established when he came to Canada after the Second World War. The brothers moved the business to Yorkton in 1985. As the business grew, they moved a couple of times into larger facilities until they settled in their current location at 470 Broadway Street East. An opportunity to expand into Regina presented itself about 25 years ago when Value Tire purchased an existing business.

About 20 years ago, they purchased an existing business in Saskatoon and since then, Value Tire has established a second shop in Saskatoon building a new facility and warehouse at that location. With the 3 locations, Value Tire currently employs 40 people. In addition, Value Tire has dealers all across the province.

As John places the tire orders and monitors the location of shipping containers, all the tires destined for

John DenBrok and the staff at Value Tire in Yorkton.

Value Tire locations and its dealers arrive in Yorkton and then are distributed. “In Yorkton, we have the equipment and labour force that enables

us to unload and sort tire shipments as they arrive and distribute them accordingly,” said John. And while this is good for Yorkton, it comes at

a cost. “There is a premium to have containers shipped to Yorkton as opposed to Regina or Saskatoon,” he explained. “Fortunately, the volume of tires we carry enables us to be able to bring the tires here.”

While there are a number of retailers that sell tires across the country, Value Tire offers a unique service.

“Our volume of tires and our desire to have in our inventory a variety of sizes, including odd ones, has people ordering tires from all over the 3 prairie provinces which has spin-offs for the community. For example, a couple of years ago, a farmer drove from Alberta, arriving in Yorkton after midnight so he had a hotel room, a couple of meals, filled his truck with fuel and then headed home with the unique tire he needed.”

John is very thankful for his loyal, customer base. He appreciates their references. He said, “you just can’t put a value on one neighbour saying to another – “Have you tried Value Tire? They just might be able to help you.”

John is pleased to see the expansion in the business community occurring in Yorkton. As Richardson

and P & H expand, he believes this to be good not only for his business – everyone drives a vehicle – but for the entire business community.

He recommends the city sets a tone of welcome so that more businesses will find it profitable to establish in Yorkton.

As with all businesses, the pandemic has taken its toll. “It’s been stressful,” he said. “Firstly, worrying about the health of our employees and their families. And then the sourcing of stock and the constantly changing prices.” John expressed his appreciation to the Chamber and other industry associations that represent businesses. “These organizations enable the small businesses to speak with a bigger voice and tell our politicians about the pulse of the business community.”

Serving the community for 36 years, Value Tire takes its corporate responsibility seriously, supporting a number of charitable organizations that enhance life and living in Yorkton and area.

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Public Notice Discretionary Use Application for Bed and Breakfast Use in R-5 Mixed Density Residential Zoning District – 102 Third Avenue North

Legal Description:

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Civic Address:

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Proposed Use:

Bed and Breakfast

• Darlington East Reconstruction Reconstruction of Darlington Street East from the roundabout at Mayhew Ave to Dracup Avenue is under way. Road closures went into effect Sunday May 2, but initially the intersections at both Franco Drive and Delaere Drive will be open while the old roadbed from Delaere to Dracup Avenue is removed. The project is expected to be completed in June A new pathway will be constructed from Mayhew to Dracup as part of this project.

Details: The applicant proposes to operate an Bed and Breakfast use at the proposed location in an R-5 Mixed Density Residential zoning district. Bed and Breakfast uses within a Mixed Density Residential zoning district are Discretionary Uses under Zoning Bylaw No. 14/2003 and must be publicly advertised before Council can make a decision on the application.

Information: You can also view this notice online at www.yorkton.ca under the New and Notices section on the home page. Questions regarding the application may be directed to: Carleen Koroluk, Land Use Planner Phone: (306) 786-1727 Email: ckoroluk@yorkton.ca Public Hearing: City Council will hear all persons who are present and wish to speak to the application and all written submissions will be read verbatim unless the submitter is in attendance to speak on the submission, on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 5:00 pm in City Hall Council Chambers, Yorkton, SK. If you wish to provide written comments for Council’s consideration, they must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Written submissions must be directed to: Jessica Matsalla, Director of Legislation & Procedures In Person: 37 Third Avenue North, Yorkton, SK Via Mail: Box 400, Yorkton, SK S3N 2W3 Via Email: jmatsalla@yorkton.ca

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Next Council Meeting Monday, May 17, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

Public Notice Assessment Roll As per subsection 187(1) of The Cities Act, the assessment roll for the City of Yorkton for the year 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: April 1st to May 31st, 2021.

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

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification to the Board of Revision is required to file his or her appeal with: Secretary to the Board of Revision - City of Yorkton P.O. Box 400 37 – Third Ave. N. Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W3 on or before 4:00 p.m. on the 31st day of May, 2021. For further information please contact, the Assessment and Taxation Branch - City of Yorkton at (306) 786-1736.

Kim Durdin – Assessor City of Yorkton

Our parks are for people, not recreational vehicles Reminder: • Vehicles, including recreational vehicles such as ATVs, snowmobiles, and dirt bikes are not permitted in parks or greenspaces, and face fines and other penalties under the City of Yorkton Traffic Bylaw.

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Spring Street Sweeping got underway Monday, April 26, starting at the southwest corner of the city in Section 1 and moving eastward.

It is very difficult to predict how quickly areas will be swept as conditions vary and equipment breakdowns sometimes occur.

If possible, please do not park on the street until you see that your area has been swept, that will assist in efÀcient cleaning.

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Story of canola’s success continues In terms of crop development canola really is not that old.

The crop was born out of rapeseed as recently as the 1970s, and rapeseed itself was really not grown in this country until 1942.

While the base rapeseed crop is almost forgotten, canola has become perhaps the greatest success story in Canadian agriculture, and new chapters are being written with startling regularity.

It was only a couple of weeks ago it was announced Regina would soon be home to a new state-of-the-art canola processing facility, with Cargill announcing plans to begin construction of a new $350 million project next year that will be operational

by 2024.

In addition, to constructing the new facility in Regina, Cargill will also update and modernize its canola facility in Clavet over the next 12 months to increase volume and broaden capabilities at that location.

What was perhaps the most surprising aspect of the announcement for Regina was that when I was growing up in the heart of rapeseed/canola country in Tisdale some 50 short years ago, Regina was not exactly thought of as an area well-suited to producing the crop.

That the area can now support a major crush facility is really a testament to the science that has gone into the crop over the years

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Calvin Daniels developing varieties which have significantly expanded the area where the crop can be successfully grown.

The Cargill announcements came only a scant month after Richardson International Limited announced a significant investment in their canola crush plant in Yorkton. The expansion of the facility will see a capacity of 2.2 million metric tonnes of canola crushed annually, which

made it the largest canola crusher in North America.

But, the ‘largest’ title will be a short-lived one.

Within days of the Cargill announcement Viterra said it too will build a canola crushing facility at Regina.

Construction on the new 2.5 million metric tonne – yes slightly larger than the Yorkton plant -- canola processing plant is expected to begin in early 2022 with

production underway in 2024.

The dual announcement for a single community might seem strange, but in the case of canola plants it’s actually nothing new.

It was one day in September 2006, that Yorkton took its first step toward being one of the canola-crushing capitals of Canada.

That day two companies separately announced they would build canola processing facilities here.

The first announcement came from then James Richardson International Ltd., which said it would start construction in 2007 on a $100-million plant.

The plant would be capable of processing 840,000 tonnes of canola

per year – the facility that will now expand to nearly triple its original design.

The second announcement, which came about an hour after the first, was from Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd., which said its $90-million canolacrushing facility would come on stream in 2008.

The Louis Dreyfus plant would be able to handle 850,000 tonnes of canola a year.

It’s doubtful even the most optimistic developer of canola in the 1970s could have dreamed where the crop would take Prairie agriculture, but it is clearly an example of what processing a crop grown here can mean, and the last announcements simply build on a long history of success.

USask Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence hires new director Saskatoon – Scott Wright has been selected to lead the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) as director, effective May 19.

Wright succeeds Bruce Coulman, whose last day as interim LFCE director is May 28, enabling a week and a half transition period.

“The LFCE is a worldclass research centre that has a critical role in the university’s agriculture-focused research, teaching and outreach initiatives,” said Angela Bedard-Haughn, dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. “We’re excited to welcome Scott Wright and thank Bruce Coulman for his steadfast leadership during the interim period.”

Wright’s career started in beef and forage research. Over the years he has held numerous prominent leadership positions in agriculture, including executive director of the USask Feeds Innovation Institute and director positions with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada.

“I am pleased to be coming home to the University of Saskatchewan, home to forage and beef research, and home to producers in Saskatchewan,” said Wright.

Wright obtained his master’s degree in animal science and his PhD in plant breeding from USask. Since 2013, he has worked at the Star Group, an organization comprised of boutique companies that special-

ize in different sectors of the fresh produce industry. He held the positions of senior vice-president, head grower and interim general manager at Star Group before joining the LFCE. “Scott is an excellent addition to the LFCE,” said Bedard-Haughn.

“He brings tremendous enthusiasm, expertise in the beef and forage industry, and extensive leadership experience from both the private and government sectors.”

Wright will jointly report to Bedard-Haughn and Gillian Muir, interim dean of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Both deans oversee the centre on behalf of the university’s vice-president research.

“We look forward to working with Scott and

his team and supporting the LFCE’s goal of generating practical, profitable and sustainable solutions to real-life challenges in the livestock and forage sectors,” said Muir.

Muir added that Wright’s personable approach and his experience in working and communicating with a wide range of producers in the agriculture industry are other invaluable skills that he will bring to his leadership role at the LFCE. The LFCE is a worldclass complex of field and science laboratories that models and advances all aspects of raising livestock on the Canadian Prairies. In fall 2020, USask and SaskTel partnered to launch a new smart farming “living lab” at the LFCE, the

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Scott Wright is the new USask Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence director. first research smart farm in Canada focused on maximizing efficiency in livestock operations by

testing, developing and demonstrating worldclass agricultural technologies.

Kid’s agriculture website launched for students to discover agriculture in Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK – April 26, 2021 -- Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITCSK) is proud to launch ExploreSaskAg.ca, a brand-new, kid-friendly website for elementary students to learn about agriculture in Saskatchewan.

The interactive website provides the means for students to discover the deep agriculture roots of our province. Through highly interactive information, colourful illustrations, and real-life photos, students will explore the Past, Evolution, Present, and Future of agriculture.

“What started as a revamp of a children’s website from many years ago, morphed into this incredibly interactive and exciting website that brings the story of agriculture in Saskatchewan to life” says Sara Shymko, Executive Director of AITC-SK. “Information is written at a level appropriate for Grades 4 to 6 students that is informative, yet engaging. And the use of illustrations, photos and videos enable students to visualize the

different aspects they explore on their journey through time.”

The website also includes quizzes and teacher lessons to guide teachers and students in their discovery, and to support further learning. It is yet another tool offered by AITC-SK that will help teachers meet curricular outcomes while also connecting students to where their food comes from.

“There is so much information for teachers to use within this website. This a great starting point to kick off many lessons. I love that all the information is here to save me time from having to find all of this content on my own” says Shelley Brandsetter, one of ten teachers involved in a review committee for the website. “Students will be excited and want to explore and scroll through. Great job on creating something for all different types of learners!”

C u r r e n t l y ExploreSaskAg.ca offers information on the Past and Present of agricul-

ture. The second phase of the website, to be launched in October 2021, will include further topics in these sections, the addition of the Evolution and Future of agriculture sections, as well will highlight the importance of First Nations and Metis people in agriculture.

Additional supplemental teacher resources and indepth lessons will also be released.

Agriculture is the foundation of Saskatchewan.

It is important that students understand that our farmers and producers work hard to produce safe, healthy, and affordable food for not only the people in our province, but around the world. And it is crucial that teachers and students have access to tools, like ExploreSaskAg.ca, to gain accurate, balanced, current, and sciencebased information about how food is produced.

Visit ExploreSaskAg. ca to learn more.

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Deer Park golfing season tees off

By Tanner Wallace-Scribner Staff Writer As it seems the winter weather has passed, Yorkton residents can once again enjoy the outdoors, including golf.

Last week, Deer Park opened up its course to the public, with many residents ready to grab their clubs and hitting the course.

Allan Sauser, the director of golf at the Deer Park Golf Course, said that this year would be similar to

last but with a few changes to some of the COVID-19 restrictions.

“The real change that we’ve had is that you have to wear a mask in the clubhouse,” he said. “Other than that, all of the restrictions are the same; you just have to stay apart, we got the lifters on the flags, we have to sanitize all the carts like we did last year, so pretty much the same restrictions.”

When it comes to golfing with multiple people, golfers will be able to have two in a cart, as long as they are in your pod or in your family.

Sauser said that they lifted a restriction that he is excited about.

“They have lifted the key one that was hard to run tournaments last year is that they are allowing us to have shotgun starts, that’s key for people that want to have fundraisers for events that is making it a lot easier.”

Sauser added that the greens are looking fantastic, and is optimistic they can have another successful year as they celebrate 100 years.

Retired rugby great reflects on sport It’s always interesting to have a chance to talk a sport you enjoy with someone who was once as good at the game as anyone in his country.

So when I came across an online post regarding Mark Wyatt being inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 as an individual athlete and 2018 with the Rugby World Cup team of 1991, I reached out to the HoF and they were good enough to help arrange contact with the rugby great for an interview.

I will admit I knew of Wyatt, although my deep appreciation of the sport of 15s rugby actually manifested itself fully after his playing days were over with the Canadian National team. That noted I can assure readers Wyatt has a resume which speaks to just how good he was.

“Wyatt is remembered as one of the best Canadian rugby players of his generation and of all time, and for his kicking skills which made him one of the most prolific scorers ever for Canada,” details Wikipedia.

He also played for the British invitational team Barbarian F.C., played against the

North of England for the World XV in 1989, and played in the Australian Bi-Centennial for the World XV in Sydney, 1988.

“Wyatt remained a regular and a top scorer in the Canada side, being promoted to captain in 1990,” continues Wikipedia. “He achieved an historical feat at 25 May 1991, in a 24–19 win over Scotland XV, in Saint John, scoring all the eight penalties that gave Canada a memorable win. This world record was even stated at the 1993 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, and held for 10 years.

“Wyatt, the same year, had his second and final presence at the major international rugby union competition, the 1991 Rugby World Cup finals, this time as the captain.”

And finally of note he was inducted into the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame 2019.

So chatting with Wyatt one blustery January day was frankly rather exciting as a rugby fan.

Wyatt, while growing up in Canada, never got into hockey.

“My day was a Brit.

We landed in Canada when I was six,” he explained, adding

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Sports because of his linage “North American sport culture was not something he (his father) grew up with, or gravitated toward.”

As a result Mark gravitated to soccer and then rugby, with hockey just not part of his youth.

“I can’t remember the last time I put on a pair of skates, but it wasn’t very pretty when I did,” he joked.

So Wyatt played soccer and rugby in high school but as he headed to the University of Victoria he decided to focus on only one sport, which was rugby largely because the university coach for the sport responded to a call, while the soccer coach of the day did not.

That decision proved to be a fortuitous one for Wyatt, and dramatically quickly at that.

Before even starting at the university, at age 19, Wyatt said he got a surprise call.

The National team was holding a camp and the fullback was not able to attend, and they wanted him to take the spot.

“I beat out the number two guy,” he said, adding by his 20th birthday he was suddenly on the Canadian team “which was bizarre for me.”

One day Wyatt said he was playing high school rugby, and within literally months, he was playing for Canada in front of 30,000 fans in Japan, after Canada’s top fullback went down with an injury.

“It was so surreal.

It was so bizarre,” he reiterated.

“Within seven months I went from high school to starting fullback for the national team.”

Admittedly the depth of rugby players with national team skills was less in the late 1980s and 1990s, the decade Wyatt excelled, but it was still a dramatic introduction to the national program.

For the next decade Wyatt excelled, finally retiring as he realized “I had to get on with my life,” noting at the time the national team was an amateur one which still required a huge commitment of time.

And he was feeling a decade of rugby too.

“You start picking up injuries,” he said, adding the science behind recovery back then was not what it is today.

“Your body starts trying to tell you something,” he said, adding after 10-years he decided to listen.

While noting how players address injuries better today, it is only part of an evolution of rugby since Wyatt’s playing days which have seen the profile of the sport grow in Canada, although there is still a long way to go to be considered a major one.

The emergence of the pro Major League Rugby (MLR) league is certainly helping.

“I don’t follow the MLR that closely,” said Wyatt, but he added he realizes that if the league can carve out a following, and survive, it will help spur growth at the grassroots.

But, he did urge caution. Wyatt follows soccer and noted how Major League Soccer

started out, growing rapidly, bringing in name players at the end of their careers, and finally failing. They have since been reborn and appear to be getting it right this time, but pro rugby must grow with some caution.

At present Canada has only one MLR team the Toronto Arrows, but could a second team happen?

“There’s been a lot of talk about that,” said Wyatt who lives in B.C. the likely landing spot for a franchise in Canada.

Wyatt noted he worked “with a group playing around with the idea (of a franchise),” adding “financially we couldn’t make it work.”

But, he hopes that the MLR is a success because Wyatt said even when he has stepped back from the game, he has always found his way back to the sport that he loves.

“It’s the rugby culture,” said Wyatt adding while it’s a battle on the field, there is a sense of camaraderie off the field that permeates the sport too.

“I like the prospect of going into physical combat,” he said, adding the connections off the pitch have proven just as enticing.

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Maier earns spot on ‘Dimensions’

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton area basket maker Morley Maier has had a piece selected for the most recent edition of Dimensions.

Dimensions is the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s biennial, open, juried, touring exhibition which encourages and rewards excellence in hand-crafted work. The juried show allows crafters to submit up to two pieces of artwork from Saskatchewan craftspeople and artists.

Maier’s piece is called ‘Dogwood and Cranberry Basket’.

“This very old, European style of ‘Frame’ basketry is sometimes referred to as ‘farmer-made’ because its simple construction and readily available materials allowed ordinary folks to make strong and useful containers,” noted Maier’s artist statement on the piece.

“This basket is woven with Red Osier Dogwood.

“The frame and ribs are willow.

“The handle is Highbush Cranberry.

“These native shrubs are common throughout much of our province.”

The statement went further detailing the creation process.

“The materials needed to make this kind of basket are gathered in the fall after the plants have become dormant.

The thicker stems are used for frames and ribs.

“The new growth is used for weaving. After the materials are harvested they are sorted by size, bundled and frozen.

“Prior to use they are thawed and steamed for two or three minutes.

Steaming is not meant to soften the weaver but rather to prevent the bark from cracking.

“Finished baskets are treated with food-safe light mineral oil.”

This is the third time Maier has entered Dimensions. He has

Morley Maier also received two SCC awards; the Merit Award and the Award for Excellence in Functional and Production Ware.

“My baskets have been selected each time I have entered,” he told Yorkton This Week. “I feel very fortunate to have been selected again this year.

“There were 130 entries from 100 very skilled professional craftspeople from throughout the province.

The jurors were asked to choose only 35 to be part of the show.”

Maier noted that just because he had been selected in the past, he wasn’t sure if the latest effort would be chosen.

“Our province has a great number of people doing wonderful things

in a wide variety of media,” he said. “While I like my basket, I also had a chance to have an online look at the other entries. Amazing works, all of them!

“I would certainly have understood if my basket had not been selected.

“In the end, when I make a basket I hope that I will like it. If it makes me happy, there is a chance it will do the same for others.”

This year the show has taken on an added dimension for those involved as well.

“Dimensions usually only travels within our province,” explained Maier.

“This time it will travel to some other cities in Canada. “I think that this

change has added some interest and excitement.”

Maier lives and farms near Yorkton,

Saskatchewan. He has been making willow baskets for about 15 years.

“The baskets he makes are the traditional ribbed baskets that were originally made by Aboriginal people and Ukrainian/European settlers around Yorkton and wherever materials were available,” notes his artist bio. “This historical and cultural connection is important to Morley and is intentionally reflected in the work that he does . . .

“My preference is to make baskets that can be used as they were first intended; as containers to carry or store things.

While some of the baskets I make might be considered decorative, most are ‘working’ baskets that most people will actually use. I hope that the baskets I make reflect and respect the history and traditions of willow basketry in our province. Most people would agree that there is a rustic natural quality to willow baskets that they find instinctively warm and appealing. I try not to do things with my baskets that would interfere with that.”

Dimensions is a biennial, juried, touring exhibition of contemporary craft organized by the Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC)

for over 40 years.

Dimensions encourages Saskatchewan artists to push themselves creatively and technically. Selected works are unique, incorporating individual expression that transcends technique; works have content as well as achieving technical and creative excellence.

This year, 130 works were submitted by 83 artists including 21 emerging artists, providing an impressive assortment of fine craft. Our Jurors, David Freeman and Jane Kidd, were tasked with the challenge of selecting just 35 pieces for the exhibition and deciding which pieces might merit an award.

Dimensions jurying was an online experience in 2021. While the SCC has always prioritized in-person jurying for this project, the health and safety of the jurors, SCC staff, and the nearly 100 artists who enter Dimensions are of our utmost concern.

Exhibition Dates: May 26 – August 28, 2021 Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery, 813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon After the exhibition is displayed in Saskatoon, the show will take off on a multi-city Canadian tour.

Saltcoats artist up for award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer An artist with ties to the local area is up for a 2021 Saskatchewan Arts Award.

Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson who had her first solo show last fall at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in the city is up for the RBC Emerging Artist Award.

The Saskatchewan Arts Awards celebrates the achievements of individuals, groups and organizations in all arts disciplines. Recipients are given awards in six categories. Award recipients receive a cash prize and a limited edition award by a Saskatchewan artist.

“I was happy and excited to learn of my nomination and then being shortlisted for the RBC Emerging Artist Award,” Yokozawa Farquharson, who moved to Saltcoats in 2011, told Yorkton This Week.

Yokozawa Farquharson, who works in textiles for her art, was quick to offer a number of thank-yous in terms of people who have helped take her art to such a level.

“I received a great deal of help from my mentor Don Stein, former Director of the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, and from Sandee Moore, Curator of Exhibitions and Programming from the Art Gallery of Regina, and Jennifer McRorie, Director and Curator, of the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery,” she said.

“Many people have encouraged and helped me including family and my friends and neighbors in Saltcoats.

Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson The Yorkton Arts Council, particularly Tonia Vermette and all the people associated with the Godfrey Dean such as Jeff Morton and Kelly Litzenberger, and local media including Yorkton This Week do a great job of promoting artists and art events.”

She has also participated in the CARFAC Sask Mentorship Program.

For Yokozawa Farquharson the

Godfrey Dean Gallery has been instrumental in developing her art career.

“My career as a textile artist really began with the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery,” she said. “It is my base gallery and will always be that. The people there always supported and welcomed me as a new artist. There was a warm and nurturing feeling that is so important.

“During last year’s exhibition my mentor Don Stein and I planned how to get my name out there within the art world and how to approach galleries and find possibilities for future shows.

We took many pictures and videos within the gallery and we used those images and pictures after the show was finished. These were helpful when I was approached by CTV-Yorkton and by Canadian Quilters Magazine. I am very grateful for Don’s deep knowledge and rich experience in the art world. We achieved many things in a short time despite the pandemic.”

Of course the COVID pandemic has impacted how an artist can share their work.

“With the pandemic people have turned more and more to on-line things and I have been able to make use of that,” said Yokozawa Farquharson.

“Because I have worked much in white on white images this is sometimes difficult for people to see online or in photos. It would be better for people to be able to see my art properly displayed in galleries and other public places.

There is a more intimate connection between artist and viewer. The white on white contrasts become clearly seen and are therefore better understood and appreciated. The viewer looks from many angles and distances and therefore sees what might be easily missed.

When looking at a photo or video of the work. In person viewing also helps the viewer see more of the techniques involved.

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Make this Mother’s Day one to remember—but pass on the frog Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | www.YorktonThisWeek.com | Yorkton This Week

Most mothers have memories of Mother’s Day. But I have only one friend with this one: It happened two decades before COVID-19, when some stores (particularly florists) ran out of Mother’s Day merchandise long before the day itself. Families could take mothers out for dinner (if they were willing either to make reservations ahead or wait up to an hour for a table to open). Our most unflappable friends decided to do just that—take Mom out for dinner after church.

The restaurant has changed hands now. Back then it was called Houston’s Pizza. For years it was one of the most popular eating establishments in town. The décor was comfortable, the food delicious and not crazily priced. Friendly staff served tables efficiently.

Lynn ordered her favourite—Caesar salad.

Partway through, she noticed what looked like two tiny unshelled sunflower seeds, quite near each other, at the bottom of her bowl. “Funny. I’ve never seen those in a Caesar salad,” she thought. Looking closer, she calmly set down her fork. “Lloyd,” she told her husband, “there’s a frog in my salad.”

Lloyd bent over her bowl, blinked, then sat back.

“So there is,” he said, dumbfounded. Their teenaged

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Sunny Side Up son, Shane, leaned over the table and peered in too.

He agreed with his parents. That was indeed a frog down there.

They flagged their waitress. “Uh, there’s a frog in this salad,” they said. The girl laughed, assuming them to be joking. Just then the tiny spring peeper, precisely color-matched to the Romaine lettuce, shifted drunkenly under the nudge of a fork. She grabbed the salad and ran. I’m not sure if she ever returned.

Their appetite understandably diminished, our friends stood up and made their way to the counter.

The manager graciously noted they wouldn’t charge

for the salad—or the experience. Our friends didn’t even ask for a froggy—I mean doggy—bag.

This Mother’s Day will bring memories for all of us. Some will bring laughter, some tears. But speaking as someone who no longer has a mother this side of heaven, can I ask a favour? While you have opportunity, however you connect with her this year, say more than “I love you.”

Remind her of a time you laughed together. Thank her for her sacrifices. For not killing you in your know-it-all or rebellious years. Pick out a few specific things she taught you and remind her of those. Potty training, if nothing else. Because where would you be today without that?

No mother is perfect. Every Mother’s Day I want to apologize to my children (and grandchildren) for not being so. I believe most loving parents (and grandparents) do the best they can, and when they know better, they do better. At least thank her for that. And while you’re on a roll, tell her you forgive her—for not being perfect.

Honour (respect) your mother and father, God commanded, adding that things will go well with you if you do. This week, start with Mom.

Too early to plant but time to prepare May has arrived, and now it really feels like gardening season! While it is still too chilly for some garden tasks, this is the ideal time to get the garden ready for the next few weeks.

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What to do first?

Tidying up is the first order of business. Even if we cleaned up in the fall, there is inevitably more to do. Rake up the twigs and leaves that have blown in around the yard. I have heard some gardeners say that they don’t save these leaves for compost or mulch because they are “dirty” after the winter, compared to the leaves rake up in the fall. That does seem to be so. A reminder— don’t be overly diligent to rake up every last leaf! There are beneficial insects in our gardens that still need shelter in the cold nights.

And while we’re in a frenzy of cleaning, let’s be aware and watchful for perennials that may be starting to appear. Be gentle with the rake so they don’t get damaged or disturbed.

There may be some weeds that need pulling.

Yes, it’s a conundrum of

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Gardener’s Notebook gardening that we have to sometimes pull weeds before we have even planted anything! But aren’t those tough and durable weeds a determined lot! They survive the winter and flourish early. So take a quick walk through your garden and flowerbed areas and see if there are any unwelcome tenants taking up residence.

Next, time to get out the snips and trim back any dried perennial stems. We left quite a few of the stems with seed heads standing in the fall.

Not only did they give the

birds an extra snack, but they also added interest in the winter garden. But now, they are stripped of their seeds, and the stems have broken. Time to trim all that back!

Doesn’t it seem that garden planters are like the old joke about wire coat hangers? You think you have just a few and suddenly you have many more than you thought you did? Take a few minutes to go through your garden containers, and any that you don’t need, perhaps you can pass on to a gardening friend or recycle them.

You know, when we talked about the leaves and twigs that we are raking up now, it is important to note that even if you don’t want them, they don’t have to go in the garbage. Some people may not be aware that the City of Yorkton has a way to encourage recycling of organic matter. This great information is on the City website: “Composting plays an important role in reducing the amount of waste entering our landfill, while also creating a product that is useful in the environment.

There are a few simple ways in which people can reduce the volume of organics in residential waste. Residents can drop off yard waste for free at the landfill to be composted, or they can set up a simple back yard composting system.”

So there is no need for this valuable organic matter to be wasted. We are lucky to have such

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If you are looking for extra garden space, the Community Peace Garden (located at the Yorkton Alliance Church) still might have some garden plots available. Please call Warren at 306-782-3249 and he can tell you if there is any space left.

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BLISHCHAK - Donald Blishchak of Yorkton, formerly of the Fenwood district, beloved husband of Mariya Blishchak entered eternal rest on April 28, 2021. He was 83 years of age. Donald was born on March 11, 1938 in the Fenwood district, a son to Nick and Rosie (Teslak) Blishchak. He grew up and lived on the farm in the Fenwood district except for a short time working in a brick plant in Regina. Donald loved the farm and the life it offered. He served as councillor and also for one term as reeve in the RM of Garry. Donald married the love of his life, Mariya in 1996. In 2006 they sold the farm and moved to Yorkton. There he acquired a whole new circle of friends in his job as a Walmart Greeter. He was predeceased by his parents, Nick and Rosie, infant sister Gladys and sister Elizabeth Mergen. He is survived by his beloved wife Mariya, sister Victoria (Dmytro) Zaharia, brother-in-law George Mergen, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Prayers were held on Monday, May 3, 2021 and the Funeral Liturgy on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, both at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton with Rev. Father Leonid Malkov, C.Ss.R. as the Celebrant. The responses were led by Lorne Stechyshyn and choir members. The interment followed in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Lionel Woytas, Allan Dzuba, Barney Solomon, Darrell Zaharia, Brad Berrns and Dan du Chalard serving as the casket bearers. Memorials in memory of Donald may be made to a Charity of Choice as gifts of remembrance. Condolences to the family can be posted at baileysfuneralhome.com.

BAINES - It’s with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, William Frank Baines (Bill). Bill died April 26, 2021 at the age of 71 years at the Regina General Hospital. At his side was his wife and his four daughters. Bill was born in Yorkton at the Queen Victoria hospital on May 16, 1949. Bill was the eldest son of Davis and Joyce (nee Beardsmore). In his younger years Bill worked beside his father on the family farm until he started at the Coop Home Center where he was employed for eleven years until its closure. He then worked for a year as a farm hand, which he then proceeded to move on to Webers now known as Mc Munn and Yates. He worked there until his retirement in 2016. Bill was an avid fisherman, skilled woodworker, loved being outdoors, and enjoyed his Sunday drives. He especially enjoyed taking his family to his childhood homestead in Crescent Lake. Bill was always there to lend a helping hand for his children, grandchildren, and other family members. In his later years he was very active in the Recovery Community providing much support to others. Bill was predeceased by his parents Davis and Joyce Baines. He leaves to mourn his passing and celebrate his life, his brother Kerry (Barb) and sister Cherry (Michael). His wife Marilyn of 49 years, his daughters Tari-Lee (Tyton), Kim (Jason), Shelley (Clinton), and Billie (Shane). His grandchildren Justin (Yogum), Neriah, Tatum, Brandon, Nevaeh, Logan, Keauna (Kyson, Amelia, and Jace) and Great-grandson William. Also, numerous brother and sister in-laws, nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service was held on Friday, April 30, 2021 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey, certified celebrant officiating. Words of remembrance were given by daughters Shelley, Kim and Billie. Honorary casket bearers were Neriah Baines, Tatum Borys, Nevaeh Kolebaba, William Liebrecht and the Yorkton Alcoholics Anonymous Groups. The interment followed in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Shane Kolebaba, Tyton Novak, Clinton Leis, Jason Borys, Justin Liebrecht and Brandon Novak serving as casket bearers. Memorial donations in memory of Bill may be made to Alcoholics Anonymous (c/o Bailey’s Funeral Home). Condolences may be left for the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com.

LIPUS - Joyce Lipus, resident of Theodore, passed away suddenly but peacefully on Friday, April 23, 2021 at her residence. She was 73 years of age. Joyce Ethel Lipus was born in Melville, SK on July 20, 1947; a daughter of Charles and Anne (nee Konopski) Lipus.

Her father passed away at an early age due to an accident, and Joyce was raised by her mother, she had 13 brothers and sisters. Joyce grew up in the Yorkton/Melville area. In June of 1963 she married Stanley Szenman, the couple divorced in 1968. To this union a son Les and daughter Sharon were born, as well as a son who passed away in infancy. In 1970 Joyce moved to Saskatoon for one year, then returned to Yorkton but eventually moved back to Saskatoon in 1989. Joyce worked as a hair dresser, bus driver, and at the local dry cleaners in Yorkton and Saskatoon for the same owner.

She was an amazing single mother who did her best to take care of her children and everyone else. Her best friend of over 50 years, Connie Langan-Johnson from Brandon, MB had surgery in January, Joyce took care of Connie, even though she needed a walker to get around. Joyce loved animals, Roxy was her pride and joy. She loved to travel, visiting Barbados and Jamaica. She also enjoyed fishing, being outdoors, she loved horses, she wrote poetry, played a lot of cards and cribbage, and enjoyed all types of music, she would dance along with any tune that fancied her. But nothing made Joyce happier than her grandchildren and great grandchildren, they were the absolute light of her life. Besides her infant son, Joyce was predeceased by her daughter Sharon Szenman and son Cory Pritchard. She was also predeceased by sisters Gladys (12 yrs); Eleanor (1 month); brother William (3 months), and by brothers Rudy, Jerry & Pat Lipus. She is survived by her children: Catherine Szenman of Saskatoon; Les Szenman (Elaine) of Kitchener, ON; Corrinne Kennedy (Dwayne Demeester) of Saskatoon. Grandchildren: Imran Acbering; Celina Haughian; Kate-Lynne Smith (Jaret Diachyshyn); Shanaya Haughian; Johnathan Smith; Tyler Szenman; Miranda Szenman. Great grandchildren: Jade and Anthony Diachyshyn. Sisters: Elsie Hahn, Jane Keller, Shirley Mountney, Evelyn Lipus and Darlene Lipus; and by brothers Jack & Wayne Lipus. And of course numerous nieces, nephews, and her many other relatives and friends. The funeral service was held on Saturday, May 1, 2021 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Doreen Day officiating. Recorded music was One Love & Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Connie Langan-Johnson sang Amazing Grace, Wayne Lipus sang How Great Thou Art. The interment took place in the Ascension Lutheran Cemetery, Brewer district with Johnathan Smith, Jaret Diachyshyn, Clarence & Mervin Keller, Gilbert Mountney and Jason Langan serving as the casketbearers. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com.

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ELASCHUK – ELASCHUK, Barbara Anne - was born on April 13, 1952 in Yorkton Saskatchewan, daughter of William and Dorothy Elaschuk. She was blessed with four children and moved to Edmonton, AB where she went on to work many different jobs, such as a chef in camps, providing care to the elderly, and at one time even drove a taxi. She was never afraid to work hard. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking, sewing and recently took up painting and doing all different kinds artwork. She was very giving and found it very easy to share and found great joy in helping others.

Like her father, she could always tell a good story, loved the gift of gab, and loved to tell or pull a joke. Barbara was predeceased by her parents Dorothy (1969) and William (1998). She was also predeceased by her sister Grace, brother-in-law- Robert, brothers Tom and Ken. She leaves to mourn in her passing, her sister Stephanie (Dave) and brothers Winston (Judy) and Billy. She also leaves her children - sons Richard (Vickie) and Lyle, daughters Kimberley (Evan) and Candace(1975-2020) (Darren), grandchildren Curtis, Megan, Kaya, Sophia, William, Elan, Aidan and Kyra, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and friends.

A graveside service / Interment will be held on Saturday May 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm at the Yorkton City Cemetery.

DREW - Shirley Joyce Drew (nee Berehula) age 69 passed away peacefully on May 1, 2021 after a lengthy and courageous battle with breast cancer. Shirley will be deeply missed by her soulmate Andy Wasyliw; her children Jeff (Jenall) Drew, Jolleen (Delmar) Smadu; grandchildren Emily, Taylor and Casey (Brendan); greatgrandchildren Lexi and Bentley.

She is also survived by her brother Danny (Debbie) Berehula; nieces Lisa (Parker) MacDougall, Ashley (Quenten) Berehula, great nephew Eric MacDougall, as well as many other family members, friends and cherished cat Princess. She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Lena (nee’ Skwarchuk) Berehula and infant son Allen Kent Drew.

Shirley was born, raised and went to school in Canora, SK. She moved to Pense, SK where she raised her two children. Shirley moved to Regina for a brief period of time before moving to Yorkton in 2003. She enjoyed spending time in the yard tending to flowers while watching the many Hummingbirds that she fed, all the while listening to her numerous wind chimes. Mom and Andy enjoyed driving the countryside, watching movies and meeting friends at the local coffee shop. She always enjoyed when family popped by for a visit. The family would like to thank all the staff at Yorkton Home Care, Yorkton Regional Health Centre and Jowsey House Yorkton and District Nursing Home for all the compassion and care that was shown to our Mom. Due to Covid 19 Restrictions a Private Family service was held with Shelly Morris officiating. Interment will be at a later date. To leave words of condolence for the family please visit www.ChristiesFuneralHome.com.

DOWIE - Kathleen Marianne Dowie (nee Johnson). May 7, 1929 Feb. 17, 2021. Marianne died peacefully on Feb. 17, 2021 in Edmonton, AB. She was born in Telwa, BC to Arthur and Kathleen Johnson. Marianne approached everything and everyone in her life with a calm, mindful grace. As a girl, she lived in a log cabin in northern BC before moving with her family to a farm in central Saskatchewan. After completing high school at Qu’Appelle Diocesan (renamed St. Chad’s) School for Girls in Regina, she studied to become an X-Ray Technician. Marianne married John Dowie on August 19, 1950. They had two daughters, Sandra and Karen. Marianne and John opened Dowie’s Stationary Ltd. in Yorkton, SK in 1959. Marianne was an essential partner in the business, which grew steadily for 38 years. During this time Marianne contributed to the community in many ways including helping establish the United Way, managing local election campaigns and teaching personal health seminars. In the mid 1960’s, Marianne and John built a cabin at Madge Lake with their own hands. It became one of the happiest places for family gatherings.

Many friends also joined them for barbecues and boat rides. Marianne was a dedicated member of The Order of Eastern Star, becoming the Provincial Worthy Grand Matron for SK in 1989. Eastern Star and her friends in it remained central to Marianne for the rest of her life. Marianne and John were keen global travellers having countless adventures by plane, train and boat. As well, they toured North America extensively in their motorhome for almost 20 years. Upon retirement another dream came true when they purchased a home in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. With golf, dinner parties, bridge games, family and friends visiting, they kept very busy. Over the past five years Marianne and John’s health necessitated living in residential care first on Vancouver Island and more recently in Edmonton. Marianne is lovingly remembered by John, her best friend and husband of 70 years; daughters Sandra and Karen (Doug) Yaholnitsky; grandchildren Teal (Dustin) Rasmussen and Terra (Adam) Rasmussen; and great-grandchildren Freya and Raiden. Also, sisters-in-law Ruth (David) Johnson and Verna (Leonard) Dowie.

Marianne is predeceased by her parents, Arthur and Kathleen Johnson; father and mother-in-law, Joseph and Cecilia Dowie; siblings Deidre and David (Ruth); brother-in-law Leonard (Verna) Dowie; and son-in-law Doug (Karen) Yaholnitsky. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research or the Shriner’s Hospital for Kid’s Canada. Both can be done online. Due to pandemic restrictions, a small service will occur at a later date in Edmonton. Marianne’s urn eventually will be interred at St. John’s Anglican Church, Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island.

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DERENIWSKY Lovingly Remembered Beatrice Dereniwsky. July 2, 2014.

“Mother’s never really die, they just keep the house up in the sky.

They polish the sun by day and light the stars that shine at night, keep the moonbeams silvery bright and in the heavenly home above, they wait to welcome those they love.”

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RICHARDS - In loving memory of Clara Richards. May 6, 2019.

It’s been two years since you left us.

I miss all your strong big hugs that took the breath out of me.

I miss you telling me to keep my chin up when I am having a bad day.

We hope you know how much you meant to us, we think about you everyday and sure could use one of your hugs today.

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Larry, Terrie and Clarice.

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Auto Miscellaneous B.D.’S AUTOMOTIVE APPRAISAL’S SERVICE Antiques, Classics, Streetrods, Motorcycles.

Brian Drotar: Appraiser 1-306-641-9299 Appraising since 2001.

Fee of $100 plus out of city mileage.

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Appraisals Since 2001.

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BEAR BAIT FOR SALE. Phone 306-563-2775 or 204-512-3138.

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Purebred Livestock CHAROLAIS BULLS. Bar H Charolais. Grenfell. Phone Kevin 306-697-8771.

Trucking & Transport 1A TRUCK DRIVERS REQUIRED: Late model winch trucks and trailers; dump trucks and pups. Hauling heavy equipment, gravel, and camp shacks.

Wage negotiable.

Clean drivers abstract a must.

FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover,, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc.

Star City, SK. Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-921-9942.

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C & G SHUTTLE 1-306-647-3333 1-306-620-3521 (Cell) Airports, medical or shopping trips, up to 5 people.

AGPRO SEEDS is BUYING: HEATED CANOLA #1 BUYER, TOP PRICE PAID IN SK. On farm pickup! Call: 306-873-3006 or email: sales@agproseeds.com.

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ANAKA FARM Pickseed for all your forage needs: Alfalfa, grass blends, oats, barley. Call Ed 306-563-6261, cell 306-621-7546.

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

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Cars 2012 WHITE Toyota Camry LE in excellent condition. 214,000kms, new safety, smoke free, $10,000.

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DENTAL HYGIENISTS and ASSISTANT REQUIRED Full time dental hygienists and dental assistant required for busy dental office. You will be busy from day one! Living arrangements are negotiable.

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Apartments/Condos for Rent

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If roses grow in Heaven Lord please pick a bunch for me Place them in my Mother’s arms And tell her they’re from me.

Tell her I love her and miss her And when she turns to smile Place a kiss upon her cheek And hold her for a while.

Because remembering her is easy I do it every day But there’s an ache within my heart That will never go away.

-Always Missed Forever Loved Rick and Natalie.

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Thank you!

The GX94 and FOX FM Airwaves for Health Radiothon was a huge success, raising $174,775 What a great start to our fundraising for vital equipment needed in the Yorkton Regional Hospital. This year we are raising funds for a GeneXpert 16 for the lab, Pyxis medication dispensing systems for each ward, and heart monitors and ventilators for the ICU. Once purchased this new equipment will help provide new services and improve patient safety.

Our Airwaves for Health Radiothon emphasized what this new equipment will do and why it will be a benefit. We invited doctors, nurses and technicians to talk about the benefit to patients from the equipment purchased with the fundraising done last year.

It was wonderful to have the phones ring! Businesses, community groups and individuals called in donations. We know these are difficult times, so it is doubly amazing to see such strong support.

Thank you to these businesses and community organizations that donated: Mosaic .................................$40,000.00 CP Rail .................................$10,000.00 Rubicon Pharmacies ............$10,000.00 RBC Royal Bank .....................$6,000.00 Churchbridge Credit Union.....$5,000.00 CN Rail ...................................$5,000.00 Cornerstone Credit Union.......$5,000.00 Crossroads Credit Union ........$5,000.00 Grain Millers ..........................$5,000.00 Legacy Co-op .........................$5,000.00 Yorkton Kinsmen....................$5,000.00 McDonald’s Restaurant ..........$3,700.00 Royal Canadian Legion - General Alexander Ross Branch 77 ... $3,000.00 Tim Hortons ...........................$3,000.00 Bailey’s Funeral Home ............$2,500.00 Gateway Co-op.......................$2,500.00 Prairie Co-op ..........................$2,500.00 Farm Credit Canada................$2,400.00 Canadian Tire .........................$2,000.00

Duck Mountain Ambulance ....$2,000.00 Value Tire ...............................$2,000.00 Yorkton Hyundai ....................$2,000.00 Richardson Oilseed LTD .........$1,500.00 A & W ....................................$1,000.00 Baker Tilly ..............................$1,000.00 BomiMed ...............................$1,000.00 Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts For Cancer..............................$1,000.00 Cargill.....................................$1,000.00 CIBC .......................................$1,000.00 Credence Construction Ltd.....$1,000.00 Hearn’s Westview Pharmacy ..... $1,000.00 Leland Campbell Kondratoff Persick LLP ............................$1,000.00 Miccar Aerial / Good Spirit Air Service .............................$1,000.00 Penguin Refrigeration ............$1,000.00 Rusnak Balacko Kachur Rusnak ... $1,000.00 Re/Max Blue Chip Realty ........$1,000.00

Schaan Healthcare .................$1,000.00 Theodore Perogie Pinchers ....$1,000.00 Trischuk Dental Clinic.............$1,000.00 Wagner’s Flooring ..................$1,000.00 Western Financial Group ........$1,000.00 Wireless Age ..........................$1,000.00 Yorkton Lion’s ........................$1,000.00 Domino’s Pizza..........................$500.00 DR Auto Extras..........................$500.00 Hancock Plumbing Ltd. .............$500.00 Mr. Mike’s Steak House Casual ....$500.00 National Bank Financial - Dutcheshen/ Veroba Advisory........................$500.00 Rayzr’s Pub & Cellar .................$500.00 RBC Dominion Securities – Kevin Zazula ..............................$500.00 The Medicine Shoppe................$500.00 Westland Insurance ..................$500.00 The Co-operators (Yorkton) ......$500.00

Thank you for donating incentive gift cards: Boston Pizza, Canadian Tire, City of Yorkton – Deer Park Golf Course, Legacy Co-op, Mark’s, McDonald’s Restaurant, Mr. Mike’s Steak House Casual, Rayzr’s Pub & Cellar, and Save on Foods

During this difficult time The Health Foundation will continue to support the community and buy equipment to help maintain local services. The government has been focused on dealing with Covid-19, and has not been funding regular equipment. With the help of our generous donors we have stepped into that funding gap. To continue that we need your help. This is a challenging time for many of us, but if you are able, now is a good time to consider a donation.

The Health Foundation will not be holding events this year – the Charity Golf Classic, Rhythm & Ribs, and Charity Road Race are cancelled. If you normally pledge a golfer or runner, if you attend Rhythm & Ribs, you might consider making a donation directly to The Health Foundation.

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SALTCOATS Continued from page A13 “My art is never negative but full of happiness within. My art is based on happiness. Happiness is not superficial, it is about serenity and harmony, belonging and knowing purpose and place.

“Happiness is what we all look for in life, isn’t it?”

And her art -- working in cloth, she uses a variety of techniques, whether it’s something abstract or realistic, something more like quilting or something more sculptural -- inches closer to being her career too.

“Someday I would like to be a full time artist,” said Yokozawa Farquharson. “Currently, I work part time at Lakeside Manor Care Home in Saltcoats. I really enjoy working with the residents there. I have my family life and community activities that are part

of who I am and what I do.

“As an artist part of my inspiration always comes from day to day living and interactions with people, nature, happenings.”

Y o k o z a w a Farquharson said she has found Saltcoats very supportive since she arrived in 2011 just weeks before the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan, she and her husband moved to Saltcoats, where he had grown up.

“I felt at home right away and met many new friends and, of course, my Canadian family,” she said. “I helped with dinner theatre – costumes, sets and décor. I became involved in the local library, curling, coaching basketball at Saltcoats School, and generally helped where I could.”

As for the nominations such things are usually good for careers, so what does Yokozawa

Farquharson hope it does for hers.

“Every show, every article and review of my work, and certainly this nomination helps people become aware of my work as an artist,” she said.

“It is all part of the process or journey as an artist. There is new learning for me in such a nomination and in the comments people, including other artists, make, and art dealers and those who plan exhibitions become interested and seek to display each new artist’s work.”

Y o k o z a w a Farquharson has some shows upcoming to watch for as well; Wholeness - May 28 - August 15, 2021 at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery Two person exhibition - September 7 - October 23, 2021 at the Mann Art Gallery in Prince Albert

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