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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Pride flag added to YRHS wall

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton Regional High School has a bright new symbol of it being an inclusive environment – a permanent multi-coloured Pride flag on the front of the school.

“I was sitting on the bus going in front of the school,” recalled Kaitlyn Kelly, adding she saw the various flags flying. “I thought it would be so cool to have the Pride flag with all the other flags.”

So Kelly took the idea to school principal Mike Haczkewicz.

Haczkewicz said he recalled Kelly coming into his office terming her “a lady on a mission.”

On that first visit Kelly told her principal she was “so proud we fly the Pride flag,” but was “hoping we can do more.”

Kelly wanted a permanent flag pole because YRHS was an “inclusive school 365 days a year,” he said.

But some investigation determined a flag pole would cost $7000, which shelved the idea.

“Little did I know the wheels were still turning,” said Haczkewicz.

The new idea was a wall installation much like the one already on the school marking it as the basketball venue of a former Saskatchewan Summer Games.

The Pride flag installation, seen top left, was unveiled last Wednesday.

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Markets signal time to sell grain

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer What commodity markets may do in the next year is a mystery, but markets today suggest selling what you have now.

That was the message producers attending an ‘Ag Appreciation Evening’ sponsored by Lakeview Insurance at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton heard Wednesday evening from Matt Snell, Senior Risk Manager at Stone X in Chicago.

Snell began by admitting when it came to

predicting what prices might do over the next year he had no idea, and suggested if anyone suggested they knew what might occur they would essentially be selling “snake oil”.

But, analyzing the current situation is easier.

“It’s been a perfect bull market,” said Snell.

In terms of canola Snell said he has “never seen prices as high as they are,” a situation supported by a lower Canadian harvest of about 12.7 million metric tonnes.

The lower production is significant as demand

remains high, offered Snell.

“Demand is still there,” he said, adding it’s “starting to reduce our stockpiles.”

The situation is such that the veg oil carryout in stocks to use is down to six per cent, said Snell, which “is the lowest we’ve seen in a very, very long time. There’s an insatiable amount of demand.”

The biggest driver in terms of demand is China, and there have been suggestions that country could increase purchases farther, but Snell said betting on that

Matt Snell, Senior Risk Manager at Stone X in Chicago happening might not be the wisest move. He said to bet on China buying more “is taking a lot of

risk in my opinion.”

But with prices in the $22 to $23 a bushel range right now things are great

for canola sales.

“The market is telling me to sell right now,” said Snell. “I don’t know if prices are going to go higher ... They are the highest ever ... But, no one ever went broke making a profit.”

It’s much the same story with wheat.

“Usage continues to go up,” said Snell, and with “crop issues” in Canada and the United States, prices have climbed.

However, unlike canola the carry-out of wheat is higher, which may hold the market from going higher.

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Armbruster family farm recognized

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The annual Farmer Recognition Award was presented at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown by Hammond Realty to the family of Carol and the late Leonard Armbruster of Saltcoats.

The family operates about 10,000 acres covering the traditional range of crops from

wheat to canola to flax while remaining “dedicated to the family farm,” detailed Brett Callin in the award introduction at the grain awards evening Thursday.

The farm was started in 1963, with son Joey coming into the operation in 1976 and Joel in 2001.

While responsible for a large number of acres the Armbrusters “are friendly

and helpful neighbours,” continued Callin.

As farmers “the Armbrusters are definitely great managers of the land,” and are always eager to try new things including often being involved in trying out prototype equipment, he said.

The family has also been a regular supporter of the Harvest Showdown for 20-plus years.

The award was certainly appreciated by the family, said Joel Armbruster.

“It’s a big deal for us because we’ve been doing this for a long time,” he said. “Being recognized for what we do feels pretty special.”

For Joel staying on the family farm was almost always his desired future.

“I started driving a grain truck when I was about nine-

years-old,” he said.

When he graduated from Yorkton Regional High School he took heavy duty mechanic training in Saskatoon through Maple Farm Equipment, but after the course he headed back to the farm instead of taking a 9-to-5 job.

So how has farming changed for Joel and his family?

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FARM Continued from Page A1 “Grain marketing is the biggest thing that’s changed,” he said, then added the scale of machinery has grown too. “. . . Everything has basically doubled in size.”

As machinery has gotten larger the cost has climbed too.

“The prices have gone completely crazy,” said Joel.

And of course there are always bumps on the road when farming.

“When COVID started it was tough. No one knew what to expect,” said Joel, adding the farm sector is still feeling the effect of the pandemic, in particular in accessing parts and new equipment.

“Another big thing with COVID we’re starting to see it now, there’s such a delay in getting parts,” he told Yorkton This Week.

And he noted they ordered a new grain truck in June and it will not arrive until next June.

Then of course this year was unusually dry.

“The drought hit us pretty bad,” said Joel, adding the yields on canola and flax were certainly lower.

The good news is prices are as high as they have ever been.

“Prices are up so that helps a little bit,” said Joel, adding 2022 is hopefully back on track. “We just hope everything gets back to normal.”

From left Wade Berlinic with Hammond Realty, the Armbruster family; Scarlet, Jesse, Stanley, Rachel, Jorgia, Stanley, Alex and Joel.

PRIDE Continued from Page A1 With some help from the shop instructor to fashion the ‘flag’ and the Rainbow Club – a group of 20-30 students actively supporting inclusion at the school -- pitching in to paint, the installation became a reality unveiled today (Wednesday).

“Kelly did all the groundwork”

toward making the flag “a permanent part of the landscape in the land of orange,” said Haczkewicz.

Kelly praised her principal for being very supportive of her idea.

“I’m so proud our administration has been so supportive. There were never any obstacles administration wise,” said Kelly.

Various student’s comments regarding the installation includes; • “The flag being on the school is important to me because it means I have a safe place to be who I am and feel accepted in my identity.”

• “Being on the school is a symbol of progress. The fact that we are even putting a flag so ‘out there’ shows how

far the LGBTQ2+ movement has come.”

• “Is a symbol of acceptance and change in our community. It shows we are trying to be an accepting group and anyone of any identity is welcome here.”

• “Shows people that they are not alone. That they are surrounded by people just like them.”

MARKETS Continued from Page A1 Snell added that the EU and Black Sea countries are now the largest wheat producers and he proclaimed growing conditions there “copacetic” which suggests good crops.

Still, today prices for wheat are good.

“If I have wheat, the market is telling me to sell now,” said Snell. “I can’t say they won’t go higher, but these prices are very attractive . . . They (wheat prices) don’t spend a lot of time past $10 (a bushel).”

What lies ahead is far less certain with a number of things which could boost prices farther or cause a decline depending how they play out.

For example, canola seems to be pushing to record high prices in isolation, which is unusual, said Snell.

“We haven’t seen the same rally in the soybean market,” he said, adding at some point consumers of canola oil may simply switch to lower valued soy oil.

And, in terms of soybeans a huge crop is being grown.

In Brazil “they’re planting fencepost-to-fencepost,” said Snell, and the U.S. has a huge crop.

“Canola can only go so far if beans don’t follow with it,” he warned.

Similarly, wheat is influenced by corn, and the United States has just grown the second largest corn crop in its history, so that is a factor to remember, said Snell.

And, moving forward Snell told producers to watch what is happening outside of grain and oilseed prices.

Snell said when COVID-19 hit there were fears the stock market would be hit hard but added “all of a sudden the government came in and bailed us out.”

That bail-out allayed the fear people had and the market went up.

But, if investors get nervous and begin to sell off it can be a signal that commodity prices for grains and oilseeds could decline too, said Snell “Another outside influence you need to watch closely is crude oil,” he said, adding that is particularly true in terms of canola “. . . As crude oil goes up we see increased demand for biofuels.”

The biofuel market looks to canola, soybean and palm oils for its production.

2021 Canada - Saskatchewan drought response initiative second payment application now available On Monday, November 1, 2021, the 2021 CanadaSaskatchewan Drought Response Initiative launched the application for its second payment. Producers can now complete an application form, detailing eligible livestock inventory as of December 31, 2021, and the Extraordinary Costs Self-Assessment.

Payment Two requires a Premises Identification Number.

“Farmers and ranchers across Canada are vital to our nation’s food security and the heartbeat of so many rural communities,” said MarieClaude Bibeau, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. “Through

AgriRecovery, our government is assisting producers during these challenging times brought about by the devastating effects climate change is having on our sector. We will continue to work together with Saskatchewan, and all provinces affected by this drought, to make sure farmers have ongoing support that meets their needs.”

“I am proud of the timely support this Initiative provides livestock producers through immediate funding relief,” Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said.

“Agriculture is still the number one driver in

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this province, with the livestock sector a vital part of our industry. We know producers continue to struggle with the impact of drought. The launch of this second payment application follows through on our commitment under the AgriRecovery Program.”

With the launch of the Payment Two application, producers yet to apply to this Initiative can still apply for Payment One. Producers must apply for Payment One before applying for Payment Two. Producers are not obligated to apply for the second payment. Payment One is to address the negative impact, due to drought, on grazing livestock this past summer and is based on August 1, 2021, eligible inventory.

Payment Two is based on your intended inventory,

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as of December 31, 2021.

This payment is intended to address the negative impact, due to drought, of extraordinary expenses regarding winter feed.

The deadline to apply for all payments is January

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To date, the Initiative received approximately 8,670 total applications, accounting for approximately 1.24 million eligible animals. Roughly 7,737 Payment One applications are paid to date, totalling an approximate amount of $109.6 million.

Final date to receive payment is March 31, 2022.

The launch of this second payment application follows through on Minister Marit’s August 10, 2021, announcement of $119 million in direct cost-shared support for drought-affected livestock producers under the AgriRecovery program.

AgriRecovery funding is cost-shared on a 60-40 federal-provincial basis.

AgriRecovery is a federal-provincial-territorial disaster relief framework intended to work together with the core business risk management programs, as part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, to help agricultural pro-

ducers recover from natural disasters.

The 2021 CanadaSaskatchewan Drought Response Initiative provides immediate relief to livestock producers. The Initiative consists of two payments totalling up to $200 per head for eligible female breeding cattle and bison, with adjustments made on animal unit equivalents for other livestock. The minimum payment will be $500 for each payment. The maximum total payments will be $3,000,000 per operation. Producers do not need to be enrolled in any SCIC programs to qualify for funding.

Producers with questions can call the dedicated toll-free phone number at 1-844-723-1211 or directly email skdri@ sci.ca. Further details, including application forms, are available on the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s (SCIC) website at https:// www.scic.ca/2021-canadasaskatchewan-droughtresponse-initiative.

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For the joy of working with horses

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer While the tractor has been around for more than a century, there are still those who use horses for chores around the farm – hauling in wood, feeding bales to cattle and similar work.

But why?

“Just a love for the horses I’ve always had,” said Wayne Nagy shortly after putting his team of Bob and Dan through the course set up at the Newton Landscaping Chore Team Competition at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown Thursday.

“For us it’s enjoyable,” noted teamster Kristina Just after her run with Duke and Andy through the course in Yorkton. “I don’t think anyone here would say they don’t enjoy working with their teams.”

For Just her team is also how she ‘gets away’ from stress when needed.

She said she can just harness the team and go for

a drive on the trails to relax and enjoy her horses and the solitude.

And, the horses work too hauling feed to cattle and hauling firewood, or bringing bales in from the field, added Just.

In some aspect their proponents see horses having advantages over a tractor.

“They’re quieter compared to a tractor,” noted Nagy.

And, there are conveniences too.

“If you want to open a gate you just step off (whatever you are having the horses pull). You don’t have to climb in and out of a cab (on a tractor),” said Nagy.

The cost of a tractor, and the diesel to operate it are a factor too, noted Just.

And, horses have a definite personality “that tractors don’t have,” she added.

Just said when you are working with a team of horses you develop “a relationship with your team.

“It’s a partnership” which is actually multifaceted, said Just.

To start with the horses that are part of a team “must learn to work together” otherwise they are “hard to drive,” explained Just.

“They also have to learn you as a driver,” she said, adding every driver has a different personality and approach and the team must recognize and trust the command.

“They have to get to know what you want,” she said.

That was what Yorkton was all about this year with her team, learning together as both Duke and Andy are just learning about being chore horses at only four years of age, being first hooked together in March.

For Nagy, competing in events like the one in Yorkton are part of his routine with his horses.

The team he entered in Yorkton, another he has at home, both competed earlier this year at the Calgary Stampede

Keith Neumier of Langenburg with Gravel and Surprise. and later this month they’ll head to Agribition in Regina where one team will be in the horse pulls, the other in the chore team competition.

In Calgary Bob and Dan were fifth in the heavyweight pulling, with Fred and Barney doing a

bit better coming in third.

Nagy also took the award in Calgary for having the best looking team.

Nagy said to be ready for competition he drives his teams about an hourand-a-half a day, adding for chore competition it is basically doing chores

“feeding cows, or we just hook up and phone some friends and go for a drive.”

Keith Neumier of Langenburg with Gravel and Surprise took top spot in the two-day Yorkton competition from among 11 entries.

A good dog is a huge help with cattle

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Callie Holodniuk works cattle on the farm near Norquay.

Or, more specifically, she manages Remmy and Hoss, a pair of border collies who do most of the cattle herding.

“I went to Vermillion (Lakeland College).

They had a stock dog club. I started there,” said Holodniuk during a break after putting her two dogs through their paces during the first day of the Heartland Livestock Services Stock Dog Competition at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton Thursday.

Holodniuk said “we always had dogs on the farm, but we never trained them.”

The training part includes the handler learning what they need to do too, added Holodniuk.

“The dogs know more than I do usually,” she said, adding often her role is simply “to give some directions” and the dogs do the rest.

While the Yorkton event was something of a fun outing for Holodniuk and other competitors, Hoss and Remmy are working dogs at home.

“I use them as much as I can. They’re better than a couple of people usu-

ally. If you’ve got a good dog you don’t need a lot of help,” said Holodniuk, adding that is important when finding people to work on a farm often isn’t easy.

While stock dog competitions – usually a single dog working to pen three cattle with the handler whistling and calling commands -- are held all over the Prairies, Holodniuk takes in only the Yorkton event each year.

“It’s experience for my dogs and for me, and to see what we can do,” she said, adding that while it “is fun” there is an important education aspect to the competition.

Callie Holodniuk and her border collie Remmy leave the ring at the Heartland Livestock Services Stock Dog competition.

CN and Operation Lifesaver at Harvest Showdown

By Henry Neumiller CN has a ‘One Team’ philosophy, in that we try to engage all our colleagues and peers to reach our goals.

Safety is a core value at CN and the primary focus for all our departments.

We all work together to make our organization as safe as possible.

From the CN Police perspective, public safety is a paramount concern. We promote public safety through engagement, education and enforcement. Our goal is to reduce incidents on our network and ultimately save lives.

Operation Lifesaver is a national organization that assists the railways with production of educational materials and resources for public engagement events like the Yorkton Exhibition Harvest Showdown.

The trade show at the 2021 Harvest Showdown was a great opportunity for CN, CN police and Operation Lifesaver to

reach the community and provide them with information about railway safety.

Our team that worked at this event came from multiple departments in CN. These included Transportation, Corporate Services, Public Affairs, Health and Safety and Engine Services Office.

Our goal at the onset of the event was to have as many conversations with the public about railway safety as possible.

We engaged with 1100 people from Yorkton and the numerous surrounding communities during the three days.

These interactions have opened the door for us to participate in further public education events in the future.

Success!

We would like

to thank The Yorkton Exhibition Association for all the effort they put in to make the event possible. We would also like to thank Operation Lifesaver for their continued support in our efforts to reduce incidents and save lives.

For further information, please check Operation Lifesaver at www.operationlifesaver. ca. or CN Police at 1 800 465-9239.

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CN Locomotive Engineers, Mike Shirran, Richard Winters and Peter Dobrowolski at the Harvest Showdown booth.

Perspective Gov’t COVID-19 policies lacking clarity

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Politics That struggle of Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government with COVID-19 goes well beyond tough outcomes in this fourth wave.

Right now, the problem is also a lack of clarity in the message it’s been sending out.

Sure, outwardly the government tells us COVID-19 is now a disease of the unvaccinated and that everyone should get vaccinated.

But there’s been just enough ambiguity in the government message — messaging that’s often sounded more political than it really needs be under the circumstances of a global pandemic — for some people to believe that it’s not really essential that they be vaccinated.

This inconsistent approach sure doesn’t seem to be doing the Sask. Part government many political favours.

A recent September-October Angus Reid poll showed a massive 29-percentage point drop in public confidence in its handling of COVID-19.

This was likely driven by Saskatchewan’s recent horrific numbers — the worst or near the worst in the nation.

In, October Saskatchewan saw 156 COVID-19related deaths reported — a sharp rise from 96 in September. It was the worst month, surpassing 151 COVID-19-related deaths in January before vaccines were widely available.

What is clear to most is that the government strategy wasn’t working in October that also saw sick ICU patients shipped to Ontario because ICU beds in Saskatchewan were all filled.

What’s less clear, however, is what the government has in mind to deal with this problem and why it hasn’t been more adamant in its getpeople-vaccinated strategy.

In response to questions as how it intends to deal with this fourth wave, the government has said that it is confident that it can get through it without further restrictions beyond what’s already been imposed.

To the government’s point, COVID-19 daily case counts are going down. In fact, they are significantly down from their peak at more than 500 per day.

The problem, however, is testing for COVID-19 is also significantly down, meaning cases may be going undetected. And doctors attribute our case numbers and deaths to our lowest-in-the-nation vaccination rate.

Less than 80 per cent of the eligible Saskatchewan population has been fully vaccinated. Coincidentally, numbers show about 80 per cent of the cases are unvaccinated.

Doctors say far too many people are arriving sick in hospitals not only unvaccinated but also with no idea or suspicion that they are sick because they have COVID-19. While a small percentage are anti-vaxxers or COVID-19-deniers, most are simply uninformed or unaware, doctors tell us.

Medical professionals suspect this might be the outcome of ambiguity in government messaging — perhaps why it’s been so tough to get that last 15- to 20-per-cent of those eligible to be vaccinated.

While we are all again wearing masks and while we do need proof of vaccination to walk into restaurant, bars, concerts and sporting events and now even liquor stores (things this government earlier stated it was reluctant to impose), the government is willing to only go so far.

Proof of vaccination is not required at most places we shop. It’s not even required to sit in the Saskatchewan legislature, as we found in the saga of now independent Nadine Wilson removed from her former Sask. Party caucus after misleading in regards to her vaccination status.

Yet the Sask. Party shot down an NDP Opposition’s motion requiring all members to show vaccination proof, meaning Wilson only requires showing a negative COVID-19 test to take her seat.

Couple this with the government’s reluctance to follow recommendations in a letter signed by all its medical health officers to limit household gatherings (especially, for the unvaccinated) or to require vaccination proof for vaccine-eligible children to attend class.

It has made for a muddled government message as to what it deems acceptable and what it doesn’t.

And it is this lack of clarity that now may be the problem.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Remembering is important R

emembrance Day is tomorrow and it should be a day we gather to pay tribute to the brave men and women who sacrificed so much to ensure this country would have a chance to become what it is today.

What they did on the battlefields through war to protect our freedoms and way of life should never be forgotten, even as the survivors of the earliest conflicts have been all but lost to time.

Imagine you are a young person on the Canadian Prairies more than a century ago. You probably did not have running water especially if you lived on a farm. Electricity perhaps, but not for all, and the telephone would still be a rarity too, especially when the great war broke out in the summer of 1914.

Would you be ready to take up the fight for freedom as they did? They had to know they might never return, 61,000 Canadians were killed during that war, 172,000 more wounded, but they still chose to serve.

More than 45,000 would die when the next great war struck.

The toll was huge on a country which was just in its early years of selfrule, but look at what that sacrifice has meant.

Canada has its share of scars, warts and blemishes from Japanese interment during World War II, to residential schools, but when you measure this country against most it’s still an

amazing place to be, and that is why we should never forget those who have sacrificed to preserve this country.

Nor, should we forget that there are still those serving today, in particular being part of peacekeeping missions on foreign soil.

It is to be hoped that was the great lesson of the earlier wars, that we need to find ways to buffer smaller conflicts, to calm the situation, to help resolve differences before they are the match which ignites a far larger conflict.

It’s not always easy, nor safe for those who become the buffer, but it has become a role this country has taken to proudly.

A country is not an island isolated from the rest of this world. There is a role to play; as a good neighbour -- as a partner -- in making our whole world better and safer for the next generation, and Canadian soldiers have taken on that role.

So we need to remember those as well.

This is not about applauding war – it is about honouring the brave. It is about remembering that war is one of the ugliest examples of what humans can do, and that we need to be diligent that we never allow a third world war to happen.

If we remember those who fell before, gave their lives for our future, hopefully the final lesson will be an always enduring peace.

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Legion members, from left; Ken Gordon, Geoff Rushowick and Peter Wyatt raise the Legion flag Friday morning.

Remembrance Day events set

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The raising of the Legion flag at the cenotaph at the corner of Darlington Street and Second Avenue this morning officially marked the start of Veteran’s Week in the city. And of course Remembrance Day is Nov. 11, and there are a number of local activities leading up to the actual service.

A number of other events are planned for today and tomorrow in the city includng: • Nov. 10th at 1600hrs will be the Candlelight

Tribute Ceremony at the Cenotaph: Candlelight ceremonies began in the Netherlands to show thanks and to honour those who liberated the country and its people from German occupation during the Second World War. In 1995 the people of the Netherlands held a special ceremony to commemorate their liberation by Canadian forces fifty years earlier.

Dutch children placed lit candles on the graves of Canadian soldiers and the candles remained lit overnight in silent

tribute. Residents were drawn to the cemeteries by the soft red glow of the candles burning in the dark.

As a result, commemorative candlelight tributes have now become annual ceremonies in the Netherland and other European countries.

Similar tributes take place in Canada both public and private cemeteries and in Yorkton, at the cenotaph.

• Poppy laying at the cemetery veteran plot area – Legion Vice President Brittany Johnson, along with volunteers, will be

laying poppies again this year on veteran headstones at the Yorkton City Cemetery on Nov. 11, in the morning prior to the Remembrance Day services.

If you are interested in volunteering to help with this event, please contact Vice President Brittany at 306-621-9561.

• Nov. 11, Remembrance Day Service – The local Remembrance Day Service will be open to the public this year pending any COVID protocol changes between now and Remembrance Day. The service will be

Hall for vaccination checks.

This year, the local branch is pleased to have a very special guest of honour attending and speaking at our service the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, His Honour the Honourable Russell Mirasty, This year the post-service luncheon will be by invitation only in order to comply with COVID protocol.

The Legion is also unable to offer our Remembrance Tea this year and hope they will be able to offer it again next year COVID pending.

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New equipment M.C. Knoll School has a refurbished, revamped and generally brand new playground thanks to community support for a fundraising effort. Started in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, they were still able to raise more than $100,000, which covered the $93,000 installation of new equipment and landscaping, and leaves a few thousand to be invested in future work, said M.C. Knoll principal Phil Adams.

held at the Gallagher Centre again in the Flexi Hall.

Guests will have to show proof of double vaccination at the door and the Legion asks for everyone to be prepared with their vaccination proof and a piece of identification to verify vaccination.

The doors to the Flexi Hall will be open starting at 9:30 a.m., and the Legion asks for all guests to be seated by 10:30 a.m. for the ceremony to begin at 10:45.

The Legion will have volunteers set up at two entrances to the Flexi

Much of the installation was carried out by volunteers, he added.

Wednesday major sponsors gathered for the official unveiling.

Gold sponsors of $10,000-plus • Richardson • Kinsmen Club of Yorkton Silver sponsors $5,000-plus • Mosaic

• Rant Plumbing and Heating • Painted Hand Casino Community Development Corporation • Grain Millers • Legacy Co-op Bronze sponsors $1,000-plus • Farm Credit Canada • Triple A Directional Drilling • Walmart Yorkton

Oil Infrastructure Program expanded to support carbon capture Recently, the Government of Saskatchewan announced that pipelines transporting carbon dioxide (CO2), whether for carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) or enhanced oil recovery (EOR), are now eligible for the provincial Oil Infrastructure Investment Program (OIIP).

The OIIP was introduced by the Ministry of Energy and Resources in 2020 and offers transferable oil and gas royalty/freehold production tax credits, at a rate of 20 per cent of eligible costs, for qualified infrastructure projects that significantly increase provincial pipeline capacity. Government investment follows up front private investment and so far, has successfully attracted over $76 million in private investment in Saskatchewan.

“Today’s announcement delivers on a key commitment made in

our provincial CCUS priorities, announced in September, which will strengthen Saskatchewan’s position as a global CCUS leader,” Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said. “This will lead to significant investments in new energy projects that contribute to a strong, sustainable Saskatchewan, as the energy sector achieves its emissions goals.”

Saskatchewan is already a world leader in CCUS, particularly with EOR. Saskatchewan has experienced significant success in applying CO2 for EOR, which produces approximately 82 per cent fewer net emissions than traditional oil and gas extraction methods.

Over the last 25 years, provincial EOR projects have sequestered more than 40 million tonnes of CO2 and resulted in over 100 million barrels of incremental oil production.

The Government of

Saskatchewan anticipates that CCUS projects will attract provincial investment of more than $2 billion and sequester over two million tonnes of CO2 annually.

OIIP, when fully applied, will assist in generating a total investment impact of at least $500 million in new and expanded pipeline capacity in Saskatchewan, while allowing for fur-

ther industry adoption of CCUS for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 deployment in EOR. Applications under OIIP will be accepted until March 31, 2025, and credits earned will expire on March 31, 2035.

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Farming for Health Committee announces $152,517 raised in 2021 The Farming for Health committee has announced $152,517 was raised during the 2021 crop year.

Co-chairs Larry Hilworth and Al Mitchell presented a cheque to Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation Monday.

The funds will be used to purchase a GeneXpert 16 system for the lab of the Yorkton Regional Hospital.

The GeneXpert 16 system will help keep testing local and significantly shorten the time in which a diagnosis can be provided. In addition, we will be able to do molecular testing locally. Earlier diagnostic results across these tests will improve management of outbreaks for COVID, Flu, C-Diff (bacteria that causes severe diarrhea and colitis) and TB. While flu has not been an issue this past year because of

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Co-chairs Larry Hilworth and Al Mitchell presented a cheque to Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation Monday. travel restrictions, it will be now that restrictions are relaxed, explained Fisher in a release.

“This is a project that all of the participants believe in,” said Larry Hilworth, Co-Chair of the Committee in the

release. “There is a lot of work to farming this land; all of the businesses involved set aside their own business for a period of time to donate time, equipment or product to make this project successful. This project

is a success because the people involved care and want to see the project succeed.”

“This project is possible because the City of Yorkton donates the land. The city allows

us to lease the land for four years at a time at no charge. Providing us the land for several years at a time allows us to plan, and organize our efforts in the most efficient manner,” said Al Mitchell in the release.

“This cheque we are presenting today (Monday) represents the work of several businesses and individuals who believe in giving back to their community.

Everyone working on this project understands we all have to work to make our communities better places to live work and raise our families,” continued Hilworth.

Members of the Farming for Health Committee are: Pattison Agriculture; Rocky Mountain Equipment; Mazer Group; Agratactics Agronomy; Miccar Aerial; Louis Dreyfus Company; Legacy Co-operative; and, Assiniboine Valley

Transfer (AVT). In addition to these businesses there are a number of individuals and businesses that participate and contribute in the project.

This was the ninth year for the Farming for Health project.

The committee reached their goal of setting aside $1million for a new hospital in 2017; since then proceeds have been used to purchase equipment that will enhance our local healthcare right away.

In four years Farming for Health has purchased $644,516 of equipment for the Yorkton Regional Hospital.

Fisher noted Monday, “people on the Committee expect to be doing this for a little while yet.” He added that the project continued to find strong community support because “health care affects everybody.”

Province and Office of the Treaty Commissioner partner on first In-Canada Treaty Boundary Signage The Government of Saskatchewan is supporting the Office of the Treaty Commissioner’s application for official treaty boundary signage in the province.

“The Government of Saskatchewan is proud to work in partnership with the Office of the Treaty Commissioner to support and invest in this firstin-Canada initiative,” Minister Responsible for First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs Don McMorris said. “The treaty boundary signage will help further treaty awareness and education in our province, and support our work toward reconciliation.”

Currently, the Ministry of Government Relations and the Ministry of Highways are coordinating the work, hand-in-hand with the Office of the Treaty Commissioner. The signage will follow provincial highway standards, with the final design being overseen by the Treaty Commissioner.

The Ministry of Highways will then co-ordinate the manufacturing and installation of the first sign, planned for winterspring 2022.

“This is the start of a much-needed public recognition of the

are on and accepting they are the foundation of Saskatchewan and Canada is so important to the Treaty relationship and reconciliation.

It may be a small step, but the signs will be here for a long time. The people who worked on this are looking forward to the Government of Saskatchewan support.

This action will start conversations and these discussions lead to education, knowledge and change.”

The signs will delineate the two largest Treaty territories in Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 and Treaty

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Mill project earns awards The Yorkton Historic Mill Society (YHMS), was selected by Heritage Saskatchewan for two of their four awards for 2021. The local project was selected for Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Heritage Award in the Physical Heritage Conservation category, and in the Public Outreach category. In addition, the mill project was presented the Sask Heritage Awards Conservation Outreach Special 30th Anniversary Award - Sask Heritage Foundation (granting agency). Back row from left: YorktonCouncillor Dustin Brears, Vern Brown, David Harris, Thom Weir, Janice Pilipow, MLA Greg Ottenbreit, Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley Front row from left: Mrs. Hunginton - Pres of Sask Heritage Foundation, Lt Governor Russ Mirasty and wife, and Larry Pearen.

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Leaning into the effort Horse pulls were a big part of the SaskTel HorsePower Showcase at this year’s Grain Millers Harvest Showdown held Nov. 3-6 in Yorkton.

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Raiders take silver at own tourney

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Regional High School Raider boys’ volleyball team hosted an eight team tournament over the weekend.

The host Raiders topped their pool with Swift Current having the best record in the second pool.

For the Raiders it was off to the playoffs where they defeated cross-city rivals the Sacred Heart Saints in a quarter final match, then defeated Carnduff in the semi-finals.

In the championship finals the Raiders squared off against Swift Current who have been ranked number one in the province having lost only one match.

Swift Current’s stellar record would remain intact as they defeated the Raiders to take the gold medals, leaving YRHS with the silver in their own tourney.

“We started off slow getting down early 11-1 in first game but regrouped and fought back to make it close at the end,” said Raider head coach Dion Pfeifer.

“We got more comfortable as the match went along, and gave them a run.”

The YRHS Raiders in action Friday. “(It was) definitely a real fun and exciting match to be involved in, and the fans got to watch two of the best teams in the province go head-to-head.”

Pfeifer noted there were “lots of exciting rallies,

big kills, and great digs.”

In the second game it was tied at 23-23 until Swift Current pulled it out at the end for the win. “(I’m) very proud of how we competed throughout the weekend,” said Pfeifer.

The Yorkton tournament included; YRHS, Swift Current, Estevan, Balgonie, Melville, Langenburg, Sacred Heart, and Carnduff.

For YRHS the event continues a strong season todate.

“We have had a very successful year,” said Pfeifer, adding the Raiders have won three tournaments, one silver and two bronzes while never having finished outside the top-three.

“It’s a very nice group of kids,” said Pfeifer, noting they have seven Grade 12’s who he termed “great athletes and great individuals,” with a dedication to the sport which “is phenomenal.”

Up next for the Raiders is a trip to Estevan for Southern Regional playdowns with the top-two teams advancing to Provincials in Saskatoon Nov. 19/20.

“I expect us and Swift Current to advance to Provincials,” said Pfeifer.

Bullriding as business before sport

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer For Jordan Hansen bullriding is more than a sport.

The Alberta rider from the little town of Amisk, said he looks at climbing on bulls as his job.

“It’s 100 per cent what I do for work . . . You have to treat everything as a business,” the 28-year-old told Yorkton This Week Thursday, the day before he would be in the city for the Mazergroup PBR event at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

While Hansen did earn his welding degree from Red Deer College in 2016, it wasn’t something he was actually looking to do. It was sort of his parent’s idea “to go to college and take something.”

At 18, he actually had a job briefly welding “but pretty well not since,” he said.

Instead, he was focused on riding bulls.

“Mom was a barrel racer, that sort of got me into the rodeo lifestyle,”

he said.

And then Hansen saw a movie.

“I grew up watching 8 Seconds too many times,” said Hansen.

The movie on the life of champion bullrider Lane Frost set him on the path to become a rider too.

At age 12, Hansen said he was riding steers.

It was a decision he said his barrel racing mom accepted at the time.

“When I was steer riding she wasn’t too concerned about it,” he said, adding his parents thought it gave him something to do at rodeos.

But at age 18 when Hansen started to climb on bulls the concern started to show up.

“They wished I’d taken up roping, or almost anything else,” said Hansen But Hansen stayed with bulls, and today is maybe the most active rider in Canada hitting about 120 events a year.

So how does Hansen stay healthy enough to climb on upwards of 300 bulls a year?

Jordan Hansen Friday in Yorkton.

“If you stay on and get off good it helps keep you healthy,” he said, but quickly added injuries are part of bullriding.

“In the sport it’s not if you get hurt, but when.”

That’s when some business acumen comes into play.

“You’ve got to make some good decisions,” said Hansen, adding riders need to know when to

walk away from a rodeo or two to heal.

“But, you don’t get paid if you don’t ride so you try to find the balance.

It has certainly been a good year for Hansen so far.”

The decision is also business based on dollars too, noted Hansen.

He might miss a smaller rodeo if he has a nagging

injury, but would head to the chutes with the same injury if the next rodeo was a big payday.

Hansen cashed-in on one of those big paydays earlier this year topping the Calgary Stampede where he took home the $50,000 first place money.

Hansen said $50,000 can be life-changing for some and added “it was a big boost for me,” coming off the COVID-19 situation riders faced in 2020.

It was a huge win because it was THE Stampede too.

“The town I grew up in was only 40-mimutes away from the Stampede grounds,” he said. “. . . I grew up watching it on TV or driving to watch.”

So a Stampede win was something Hansen said “was definitely on the bucket list.”

Earlier in the season he won the Cranbrook (British Columbia) Pro Rodeo, and the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup Division 2 Qualifying Event Xtreme Bulls.

Then on Halloween eve won the PBR Saskatoon Classic. He

went a perfect threefor-three for the win which lifted him into the Top-5 in the race for the 2021 PBR Canada Championship.

Climbing into the Top-5 was big.

“I was rodeoing in the States 90 per cent of the year, so I was definitely a lot of events behind everybody else,” said Hansen, adding he’s excited to be headed to the final event of the year in-the-hunt.

Only one event remains before the 2021 PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Command Tubular Products, in Edmonton, Alberta, on Nov. 12-13 at Rogers Place when more than $175,000 will be awarded.

The Touring Pro Division is in Yorkton, an event Hansen said he’ll use to keep him sharp for Edmonton.

“For me, if I take a couple of weeks off I almost forget what I’m doing,” he said, adding a couple of good bulls in Yorkton “. . . is just what I need.”

Terriers split on weekend road swing

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer After weekend action the Yorkton Terriers sit with a 7-100-0 record and 14 points in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

The Terriers sit second in the Viterra Division 11-pointsbehind front running Estevan and three-up on both Melville and Weyburn.

It took only 1:06 of action Saturday for the Terriers to hit the score sheet in Rosetown

versus Kindersley, with Colby Vrani notching the marker.

But, the hometown Klippers responded quickly as Jaxon Georget evened things 1-1 scoring at 5:31.

Aidan Bangs gave Kindersley the lead at 8:32, with the 2-1 score holding through the remainder of the first period.

The 2-1 score would hold through a scoreless middle frame.

Carson Henry scored at 7:45 of the third to tie the contest,

but a second goal by Georget at 15:55 would give the home side a 2-1 win.

Bradley Mistol was in net for the Terriers for the loss facing 24-shots, while Brett Sweet was in net for the Klippers and the win facing 27.

Friday action The Terriers visited the Battlefords North Stars Friday striking first with a goal by Logan Cyca at 7:43 of the opening frame.

The Stars tied the game at

18:26 on a goal by Emmet Wurst, only to have Yorkton reestablish a one-goal lead eight seconds later when Kishaun Gervais found the twine.

The second period was a carbon copy with Gervais scoring first for Yorkton 57-seconds in, only to have Battlefords reply with a Matthew Henry goal at 3:37.

Then Maddux Nollski scored for Yorkton at 7:41, making it a 4-2 lead through 40-minutes.

Yorkton again struck first

in the third period on a goal

by Karsten Kruska at 8:35, but again Battlefords replied, this time only 10-seconds later on a goal by Kevin-Thomas Walters at 8:45.

But that would be it for scoring as Yorkton took a 5-3 win.

Kael DePape was in net for Yorkton facing 34-shots.

The Stars split time between Michael Harroch facing 27 shots and Ulrik Roussel who faced 27 as well, but was tagged with the loss allowing four of the five goals.

Japanese internment & football Sports books are generally rather focused affairs taking readers inside the minds of players and into their dressing rooms to provide greater insight into the players and their sports.

If I head upstairs, I have a book shelf that has now spilled over to include a growing pile on the floor beside the shelf unit of sports most of the type noted above.

But on occasion a sports book comes along that is about more than winning and losing at a particular type of game.

The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America by Bradford Pearson recently arrived and while the cover suggests it is a book about football, as the title indicates this is a book about a rather dark episode in American history.

“In the spring of 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon,

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Sports Washington, and Arizona and sent them to incarceration camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base

of Heart Mountain,” details www.simonandschuster.com It was a dark time for the internees but somehow they persevered.

“Behind barbed

wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, many established Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits.

Kabuki performances drew hundreds of spectators—yet there was little hope.

“That is, until the fall of 1943, when the camp’s high school football team, the Eagles, started its first season and finished it undefeated, crushing the competition from nearby, predominantly white high

schools. Amid all this excitement, American politics continued to disrupt their lives as the federal government drafted men from the camps for the front lines—including some of the Eagles. As the team’s second season kicked off, the young men faced a choice to either join the Army or resist the draft. Teammates were divided, and some were jailed for their decisions.”

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In the arena

Staff photos by Calvin Daniels

The Mazergroup PBR was a popular attraction at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown held in Yorkton,

with the cowboys trying their luck against their bovine foes Friday and Saturday.

PBR highlight of Showdown Submitted by Kacie Albert At the final regularseason PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada event of the 2021 season Saturday, young gun Ashton Sahli (Red Deer, Alberta) reached a critical career milestone.

Going a perfect 2-for-2, Sahli captured his first victory with the league, winning the Touring Pro Division’s Yorkton Grain Millers Harvest Showdown to crack the Top 10 in the race for the year’s PBR Canada Championship.

The 21-year-old was quick to strike in the

opening round of action at the Gallagher Centre, covering Urban Legend (CS Bucking Bulls) for a third-best 83 points.

Sahli then remained perfect in Round 2 when he covered Legend of Tomorrow (CS Bucking Bulls) for 82 points to clinch the win.

For his efforts, Sahli earned a critical 23 national points, climbing from No. 13 to No. 10 in the national standings. He now trails No. 1 Dakota Buttar (Kindersley, Saskatchewan) by 185.16 points.

The 2021 PBR Canada season will conclude on Nov. 12-13 for the PBR

Canada National Finals, presented by Command Tubular Products, in Edmonton, Alberta, at Rogers Place. The event will feature the largest purse of any PBR Canada National Finals in league history, set to award more than $175,000 in prize money.

Jordan Hansen (Okotoks, Alberta) continued his comefrom-behind surge in the national standings Saturday evening in Yorkton, finishing third to further his stronghold on the No. 3 ranking in Canada.

As the only other rider to go a perfect 2-for-

2, Hansen rode Bobcat (Lazy S Bucking Bulls) for 79 points in Round 1, before recording the high-marked ride of the evening when he won Round 2 with an 85.5-point score aboard Crossfire’s Black Jack (Lazy S Bucking Bulls).

The Albertan sensation netted 17 national points, and while he remained third in the national standings, he climbed within 68.66 points of No. 1 Buttar.

Weston Davidson (Strongfield, Saskatchewan) and 2017 PBR Canada Rookie of the Year Coy Robbins (Camrose, Alberta) tied

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for third, each scored 84.5 points in Round 2.

For Davidson, he rebounded from a hardfought 7.93-second buckoff dealt to him

by Spotted Nails (Vold Rodeo/Robinson) in Round 1, when he made the whistle aboard Power Play (Vold Rodeo), while Robbins shook off a 4.41-second buckoff aboard Wolf Bait (Vold Rodeo) when he went on to cover Edge of Tomorrow (Vold Rodeo/ Robinson).

Each rider left Yorkton having earned 10 national points.

Friday night With just days remaining prior to the 2021 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada National Finals, the league’s finest descended upon Yorkton, Friday for the penultimate regular-season event of the year as they jockeyed for one of the coveted Top 20 positions at the year-end event, which will pay out more than $175,000.

Capitalizing under pressure, three-time PBR Canada Champion Aaron Roy (Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan) went a perfect 2-for2, winning the opening day of action for the Touring Pro Division’s Yorkton Grain Millers Harvest Showdown, surging to No. 8 in the race for the 2021 PBR Canada Championship.

Roy was quick to strike in Round 1, delivering the second-best score when he reached the requisite 8 aboard Spitfire (Lazy S Bucking Bulls) for 84 points.

In the final round, Roy surged to the top of the leaderboard when he registered the highmarked ride of the event, scored 87 points on Mogely (Lazy S Bucking Bulls).

Roy left the Gallagher Centre having netted a crucial 29 world points.

Seeking his unprecedented fourth national title in 2021, Roy surged from No. 10 to No. 8 in the national standings. He now trails No. 1 Dakota Buttar (Kindersley, Saskatchewan) by 163.83 points.

The electric 2021 PBR Canada season will conclude on Nov. 12-13 in Edmonton, Alberta, inside Rogers Place

where the national champion will be crowned, also earning the accompanying $50,000 bonus.

Blake Smith (Abbey, Saskatchewan) was second, earning 19 national points.

Delivering a perfect performance in his home province, Smith rode Scissors (Vold Rodeo) for 84 points in Round 1, and Stutter Step (Vold Rodeo) for 83 points in Round 2.

After travelling to Yorkton Friday evening ranked No. 28 in the nation, he is now No. 25, 19.83 points outside of the Top 20 and earning his career-first berth to the PBR Canada National Finals.

Third was Jordan Hansen (Okotoks, Alberta), solidifying his No. 3 rank in the heated battle for the 2021 PBR Canada Championship.

Hansen logged his sixth and seventh consecutive qualified rides on home soil when he made the 8 on Cliff (Vold Rodeo) for 82.5 points and Chairmand Frank (Lazy S Bucking Bulls) for 82.5 points.

Netting 11 national points, Hansen is now within 32 points of No. 2 Cody Coverchuk (Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan) and 85.66 points of No. 1 Buttar.

Tyler Craig (Crossfield, Alberta) registered his second consecutive Top10 finish in Canada after concluding the Yorkton event fourth.

The 20-year-old earned 4 national points compliments of his 82.5point score on Shameless (Vold Rodeo/Prescott) and 79.5-point effort atop Original Joe (CS Bucking Bulls).

Craig remained No. 20 in the national standings.

Rounding out the Top 5 was Chad Hartman (Lancer, Saskatchewan), collecting 3 national points.

As the final rider to go a perfect 2-for-2, Hartman covered Iodine (CS Bucking Bulls) for 76 points in Round 1, and By The Batch (Vold Rodeo) for 64 points in Round 2.

In the bull pen, Mogely was the highmarked bovine athlete of the event. In his trip with event winner Aaron Roy, Mogely was marked 42.5 points.

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ART • ENTERTAINMENT • COMMUNITY

Artist hosts workshops in city

Melanie Monique Rose speaks at a workshop Saturday.

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A new exhibition, Melanie Monique Rose’s The Flower People opened recently at the Godfrey Dean Gallery in Yorkton.

The Flower People is a story artist Melanie Monique Rose, her family, her people and their connection and relationship to the land, themselves, and each

other. It is derived from the name ‘The Flower Beadwork People’ a name given to the Métis who are well known for their floral beadwork, Rose is a fibre and visual artist from Regina, Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 Territory. She attended the Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson, BC and majored in Fibre Arts. Since then, Rose has exhibited her work in solo and group exhib-

itions nationally. Rose uses felting techniques on collected blankets to create a canvas; exploring her Métis identity alongside her Ukrainian heritage. Personal, cultural, and universal symbolism are woven into the fabric of Rose’s work with an emphasis on movement, colour, and narrative.

Rose’s most recent works explore personal acts of Indigenous sur-

vivance and solidarity, which have made her look critically at how she tells her story as an active Indigenous presence and contemporary artist in the world today.

In conjunction with the art show a workshop was held Friday, with the artist sharing some of the processes and inspirations for her needle felted artworks in the exhibition.

In the workshop participants had the opportunity to create (and take home) their own unique felted artwork.

Also in conjunction with the exhibition the public was invited for a special public presentation with Rose and Métis fiddle player Tristen Durocher Saturday at the Land Titles Building.

The event included the artist sharing the stories behind her artworks.

In addition, Tristen Durocher spoke on the preservation of culture and connection to community through fiddle music and camps.

Durocher also performed the fiddle tune ‘A Song For All Seasons’

by Oliver Shoerr, as well as other traditional Metis fiddle tunes like The Duck Dance and the Red River Jig. Durocher started playing fiddle at the age of nine after his grandfather, who also played fiddle, passed away. He learned to play by listening to his grandfather on a recording.

If you couldn’t make it to the in-person event in Yorkton? No problem!

There will be a recording of the artist talks which will be presented in a livestream event later this year, in partnership with Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists Collective.

The art exhibition will be at the Gallery until Dec. 23.

Visit the gallery MonFri 11am-5pm, and Sat 1-4pm to view the exhibition.

Showdown trade show The Grain Millers Harvest Showdown might be focused on farming with cattle and grain shows, but a trade show is a popular facet of the event too.

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Don’t walk away from that tomb and forget A decade or so ago, during a trip to Ottawa, I wandered over to the Canadian National War Memorial on Parliament Hill. The monument was surrounded by flocks of curious onlookers standing eight or nine deep behind a blockade.

A member of Hill security stood on the adjacent road, arms folded, inspecting us.

“Move, buddy,” someone complained, not quite loud enough for him to hear. “We can’t see.” Suddenly a long red tide of uniformed guards swept past, so close I could have touched their tall black hats. They flowed as one across the road to the square in front of the

tomb.

“What’s happening?” someone asked.

“The PM of Britain’s in town,” I heard, to my left. “He’s gonna lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.”

He said it nonchalantly, the way a farm kid would talk about a roosting hen.

A cavalcade of black cars beetled its way down from Parliament Hill, crossed Wellington and proceeded to the tomb of the young soldier whose name only God knows. Craning my neck around our vigilant guard, I could barely make out Prime Ministers Harper and Cameron as they stepped from their cars onto the pavement.

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Sunny Side Up The dignitaries did a leisurely walk-past of the phalanx of troops. While a bugler played the Last Post, they stood shoulder to shoulder, heads bowed. Honouring the young soldier and the comrades represented who’d given their lives for the likes of us.

After the final note died, Mr. Cameron walked forward to lay his

wreath. The Parliament Hill cannon thundered and smoked twenty-one times. Cameras clicked.

Then it was over. Both Prime Ministers made their way back to their cars (the press in hot pursuit), the red tide flowed out, the black crawled back up the Hill and we ordinary citizens scuttled away like so many crabs. Back to

normal. For some, back to forgetting.

Back home a few weeks later, I attended a concert by Canadian tenor John McDermott.

The beloved “singist” (as he jokingly refers to himself) is renowned not only for his voice, but for his powerful advocacy of veterans across North America. He talked a bit about remembering; sang about it too. Moved many—myself included—to tears.

But it was his remembrance of another death that stirred me most.

Lifting his snow-white head, he sang with deep sincerity these words by Stuart Townend: “I will not boast in anything; no gifts, no power, no wisdom. But

I will boast in Jesus Christ; His death and resurrection.

Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart—His wounds have paid my ransom.”

Following this Remembrance Day, many people who were able to gather at tombs and cenotaphs will walk away, having completed their acts of remembrance. Some will forget, rarely think of the sacrifices paid by our heroes—until next year.

But one soldier we should never forget.

Heaven’s soldier, who gave his life for the likes of us. Thankfully, though, his tomb is empty.

Poppies an important tribute With Remembrance Day just around the corner, we think of the poppy. It is difficult to imagine how delicate poppies could grow in the war-torn fields of Ypres in 1915, inspiring John McCrae to write “In Flanders Fields”. Years ago I read an interesting article by Helen Mavin, curator at the Imperial War Museum site (www. iwm.org.uk) and I’d like to share part of it with you today.

In it she explains: “Poppies were a common sight, especially on the Western Front.

They flourished in the soil churned up by the fighting and shelling.

The flower provided Canadian doctor John McCrae with inspiration for his poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, which he wrote

whilst serving in Ypres in 1915. It was first published in Punch…

In 1918, in response to McCrae’s poem, American humanitarian Moina Michael wrote ‘And now the Torch and Poppy Red, we wear in honor of our dead…’.

She campaigned to make the poppy a symbol of remembrance of those who had died in the war.

Artificial poppies were first sold in Britain in 1921 to raise money for… the families of those who had died in the conflict.

They were supplied by Anna Guérin, who had been manufacturing the flowers in France to raise money for war orphans. Selling poppies proved so popular that in 1922 the British Legion founded a factory - staffed by disabled ex-

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Gardener’s Notebook servicemen - to produce its own. It continues to do so today.”

And this year, the poppy turns 100. Have you seen the beautiful poppy stamp from Canada Post to mark the occasion? It is truly lovely. Please wear a poppy, have a moment of silence, pause for reflection, and remember with thanks a those 117,000 brave souls who died fighting for the freedom we enjoy today. May they

all rest in peace and so may we.

At the Legion site, www.legion.ca visit the poppy store, where we gardeners can find poppy seeds to create a garden of remembrance at home. The poppy seeds are papaver rhoeas, corn poppies, and are a living tribute.

Poppies do very well in our climate and some will reseed themselves.

It’s special way to honor, thank and remember.

If you planted some new tulip bulbs this fall, you will be interested to know that tulips are a symbol of gratitude. In 1940, Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, secretly boarded a Dutch vessel bound for Halifax. She and her family found safety in Ottawa for the rest of the war. This kindness of Canada, as well as the bravery of Canadian soldiers who liberated the Netherlands in 1944 and 1945, resulted in a gift of 100,000 tulips from the Netherlands to Canada, and tulip bulbs are still sent each year in friendship and gratitude.

As we know, flowers are such an important part of tribute and remembrance. Please do wear a poppy this

week, and take a moment on the 11th to pause and remember all those brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

See what’s happening with the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society by visiting us at www.yorktonhort.ca Thank you to everyone at YTW for their fine work each week.

Have a thoughtful Remembrance Day, a day to say thank you to those who have gone, and to those who still serve. “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning: We will remember them. We will remember them.”

Have a good week.

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Showdown marks anniversary When your summer holidays as a youth revolved around heading to summer fairs showing livestock from age five until I was in my twenties, you are naturally rather nostalgic when your career takes you back to an event focused on agriculture and shows.

So I’ve always enjoyed covering Harvest Showdown in Yorkton.

The show is also something of a benchmark event personally as one of my earliest assignments was talking to then manager of the Yorkton Exhibition Association Shaun

Morin on the eve of the inaugural Showdown.

I found him pounding stakes through the asphalt at the fairgrounds to secure tents that were used in the early years of the event to house stock.

It was a rather humble beginning to a show which has endured for more than three decades, a sort of mini Canadian Western Agribition, with the Yorkton show focused very much on commercial farmers.

Through the years the Showdown has of course evolved with various events coming and going.

I can recall when a

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Calvin Daniels llama show was the glamour event at the Showdown for a few years. The ring was decked out fancy and the show a highlight as llamas for a short time were the darlings of agriculture fetching huge prices for a time.

There was Canola Day for a few years as

well; a day offering a series of speakers offering producers information to produce more canola and how to sell the production.

The idea of sitting through a day of speakers never quite caught on though as the Showdown always seemed a place to come and visit, talk

shop with other farmers over a coffee or brew, and relax after the busy harvest season.

Then there was the commercial sheep show and sale, which seemed like a natural given the ongoing popularity of the commercial cattle show and sale but the sheep event never quite found the expected niche.

Heavy horse hitch events and Clydesdale Shows have come, gone, come again, and were again off the agenda this year too.

But while change has been ongoing, commercial shows for area cattle producers, and

area grain producers have been at the heart of the Showdown. They have afforded farmers to show what they produce in a somewhat casual, relaxed atmosphere, albeit with an eye on winning a red ribbon or trophy too.

For yours truly it is four busy days, covering stock dogs and chore horses, and Farmer Recognition Award winners and horse pulls and bull riding, and while I admit I am tired as I write this at the end of four days of Showdown, it’s still one of my favourite events to cover each year, even after three decades.

New 4-H beef club started

By Elli Vogel, Theodore, SK. Club Reporter We are very excited to announce that this is a new 4-H Beef club that includes the communities of Theodore, Sheho, Foam Lake, Elfros and Wynyard.

We had our very first meeting and created a name, Yellowhead 4-H Beef Club, to represent how we include any fam-

ilies from all along the Yellowhead highway in our club.

The new club consists of 14 members and five project leaders.

The executive this year is Hannah Hoberg (President) from Wynyard, Mara Vogel (Vice President) from Theodore, Brooke Helperl (Treasurer) from Sheho, Emery Rogers (Secretary) from Foam Lake and myself Elli

Vogel (Club reporter) from Theodore.

All of the members are excited to work together to make this a great and fun club to join.

If anyone is still interested in learning about 4-H, please contact one of our co-leaders; Perry Oliver 306-554-7440 or Todd Hoberg 306-5547097.

Until next time, “learn to do by doing” and have fun doing it!

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Applications open for the 2022 Agriculture Student Scholarship Today, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship Program.

“By supporting young people who are passionate about agriculture, we’re building a strong foundation for the future of the industry in Canada,” said Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. “These applicants will get a valuable experience by learning ways we can communicate how food is made.”

“The strength of our industry is our people,” Saskatchewan Agriculture

Minister David Marit said. “By creating opportunities for young men and women who are passionate about agriculture, we are strengthening the sector and ensuring future success for our province.”

This year’s theme is ‘transparency.’ Applicants of the scholarship are encouraged to explore what transparency is and how it is connected to the public’s perception of modern agriculture. The scholarship encourages conversations about where our food comes from and how everyone along the value chain shares a role in communicating about food production.

“As a future farmer and rancher,

the education I will receive through this scholarship will help me build my strengths as I work towards growing sustainable and reliable produce that I can be proud of,” 2021 Agriculture Student Scholarship grand prize winner Jesse Patzer said.

Students are invited to submit a creative three-minute video or 1,000-word essay discussing transparency in agriculture. Scholarships will be awarded to students in Grade 12 and/or recent graduates entering agriculture-related post-secondary studies in 2022. One winning scholarship of $4,000 and three runner-up scholarships of $2,000 will be awarded.

The deadline for applications is March 1, 2022. For more information on the Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship Program, visit Saskatchewan.ca/ag-scholarship.

This award is funded through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $3 billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments to strengthen and grow Canada’s agriculture, agri-food and agri-products sectors. This commitment includes $2 billion for programs cost-shared on a 60/40 basis by the federal and provincial/territorial governments that are designed and delivered by provinces and territories.

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Agriculture on display Cattle remained a key element of the 32nd annual Grain Millers Harvest Showdown held in Yorkton last week including the FCC Breeders’ Alley with area producers bringing their cattle to display, the Heartland Livestock Services Commercial Cattle Futurity Heifer Show, the FCC Pen of Bull Show, the Supreme Beef Sweetheart Class Jackpot Heifer Show and the Cornerstone Credit Union Commercial Cattle Show. Additionally, horse and grain events were held.

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JAPANESE Continued from page A9 political history of what happened to Japanese Americans; a story of racism and greed and fear on the part of white American, from president Roosevelt to the average citizen.

But through the darkness of the book there is a thread of light relating to the football team.

“I actually came to the story through the football team,” explained Pearson in a recent telephone interview.

It was in 2014 when the author noted he “came across the story

of the Eagles,” when he saw “a couple of short sentences” on a plaque at a museum at the Heart Mountain site.

“I kept thinking about this story and the Eagles for years,” he said.

When he found digital copies of the Heart Mountain Sentinel newspaper he had the resource to start writing.

Pearson said he quickly realized the story was more than a magazine article, and more than about football. He said he knew it was an opportunity to introduce readers to the football players

but then “to hang all the different histories and stories off them.”

It is a storyline which sadly parallels what occurred in Canada too.

And even the subtext of sport being a key diversion played out in this side of the 49th parallel, except it was baseball.

The Canadian story is told by a National Film Board documentary; ‘Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story’, which was a one-time entrant in the Yorkton Film Festival.

The 2003 documentary tells the story of the Asahi baseball team.

“In pre-World War II Vancouver, the team was unbeatable, winning the Pacific Northwest Championship for five straight years. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to

internment camps. The former Asahi members survived by playing ball.

Their passion was contagious and soon other players joined in, among them RCMP officials and local townspeople. As a result, the games helped break down racial and cultural barriers. This remarkable story is told with a combination of archival footage, interviews and dramatic reenactments,” noted the NFB website.

Considering that we are now in the midst of events marking Remembrance Day – remembering those who died for our freedoms, both the book and the film are worth seeking out as tales of how easily those freedoms can be trampled. They are warnings from our not so distant past of how we can succumb to panic, greed and hate.

Pearson noted the disappointing and scary aspect to come out of researching and writing the book is that persecution of one minority or another continues.

The record keeps playing in the United Stated now with a new group unjustly persecuted, he said, adding the reason is always the same “because they’re not white.”

Pearson also noted when he was working on the book as far back as 2016 he’d tell someone of his work and they’d mention how it reflected what was happening ‘now’ but the ‘now’ kept changing.

One year it was then President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on people from certain countries, then it was the splitting of families of those being detained for allegedly entering

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the country illegally and then the violence against Chinse Americans over COVID-19.

Pearson said he worries that the story of American Japanese internment could too easily be repeated today.

“It unsettles me almost every day of my life. . . I’d be lying if I didn’t think it could happen again in the U.S.,” he said, adding when writing the book “. . . It felt very current quite frankly.”

That made the book a trying one to write at times as the author reflected on the realities that existed then and now.

“It’s a depressing topic to write about,” he said, adding that was why the football thread was so important as it gave “some humanity and heart” to the book, which he added “was really important to me.”

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