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Kelly Litzenberger designed and built a Lego replica of a business he owned, Revolution Snow and Skate, and now with the help of some area honeybees he has an interesting new look to the creation.

Bees create art with a little help

By Tyson Off Staff Writer The buzz around The Godfrey Dean art gallery this week is a local artist’s honeycomb edition of a past exhibit.

In 2017, Kelly Litzenberger designed

and built a Lego replica of a business he owned and operated from 1998 to 2004, Revolution Snow and Skate. The Lego building took 2,200 pieces, about forty hours to build, and was part of a larger exhibit that included Yorkton’s City

Hall among other wellknown city landmarks.

The exhibit went on to do very well, receiving over 5000 signatures in the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery’s guest book.

In April of 2021, Litzenberg said he was approached by the direc-

tor of the Godfrey Dean who was working in conjunction with the Regina Art Gallery.

Between Us, said Litzenberger, consists of “Multiple artists participating in a collaborative effort between artists and bees under the guid-

ance of Canadian artist, Aganetha Dyck.”

“Dyck is best known for her work with honeybees, which began in 1989 when she rented beehives, and is described by her as a collaboration. Dyck places objects into beehives and allows

insects to build honeycomb on the objects, sometimes over the course of years.” as per the biography section of AganethaDyck.ca.

Litzenberger said that he and the 12 other

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Terriers hope for return to ice, more fans too

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Terriers were into a string of postponed games over the weekend, as the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team started a five-day COVID-related pause Wednesday, Jan 12.

The Terrier home games last Friday Jan. 14, Monday, Jan. 17 against

Weyburn, and Tuesday, Jan. 18, when Notre Dame was scheduled to visit the Westland Insurance Arena were postponed to a later date.

The dates for the games to be played have not been announced.

In addition, the Terriers road game in Estevan Saturday (Jan. 15), was also postponed as the Bruins went into a five-day COVID-related

“We can make up three, or four games . . .So far it’s doable.”

— Terrier president Corvyn Neufeld pause which started Jan. 10.

A COVID-related pause is not unique to the Terriers in the SJHL

as Melfort, Nipawin, Flin Flon (twice), Estevan, Notre Dame (extended five days), and La Ronge have all experienced

five-day pauses.

Locally club president Corvyn Neufeld admitted “there are quite a few” SJHL games needing to be rescheduled due to the team ‘pauses”, adding “we have four assuming we are back this week.”

Yorkton is scheduled to host Melville Friday and Humboldt Saturday at the Westland Insurance Arena.

Neufeld said the

Terriers are working under the assumption the SJHL will still get in all its games, but added “I’m not exactly sure what the league has planned,” then reiterating “we can make up three, or four games,” based on available time. “So far it’s doable.”

As for the Terrier situation, Neufeld said

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Chamber announce awards patron sponsor

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce announced today that Baker Tilly is once again the Patron Sponsor of the 2022 Celebrate Success Business Awards Dinner.

As the Patron Sponsor, Baker Tilly will have the honour of presenting the Small Business of the Year and Large Business of the Year Awards at the upcoming Celebrate Success Business Awards Dinner in April.

Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce is pleased Baker Tilly is the Patron Sponsor of the Awards

event.

“The Celebrate Success Business Awards Dinner is the premier business awards event in Yorkton,” she said.

“To have Baker Tilly, a successful local business that supports many activities and events in the community as the Patron Sponsor of this Dinner, is an attestation of the value the company places on the Awards and the event.”

Darcy Spilchen, CEO and Finance Partner of Baker Tilly SK LLO, said company is proud to be the major sponsor of the event.

“Baker Tilly is proud to sponsor the Celebrate Success Business Awards Dinner”, he said.

Darcy Spilchen, CEO and Finance Partner of Baker Tilly “It’s an important event to the business community that recognizes the success of

Yorkton businesses with many good news stories to tell.”

Spilchen added the sponsorship was also “an opportunity to support the Chamber in its efforts.”

The Chamber urges business owners and senior managers to apply for an award in one or more of the nine categories for business. There is also an award for community organizations and events.

“Consider the awards as an inexpensive, positive form of marketing with the potential for great returns,” said Polegi.

“It costs you nothing but some time to apply for an Award.

You know your business better than anyone so tell your story.”

An independent ‘Judging

Panel’ will be convened to select the finalists and recipients in each award category.

The panel will also select, from all the completed application packages, the recipient of the Small and Large Business of the Year Awards.

Other categories for which applications will not be accepted include the Business Leader of the Year Award and the Peoples’ Choice Award.

The Celebrate Success Business Awards Dinner will be held April 6 at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Cultural Centre.

Application forms for the various awards are available online or from the Chamber office. Deadline for submitting applications is noon Feb. 16.

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BEES Continued from Page A1 Saskatchewan artists worked with Dyck and local beekeepers in their respective areas to develop the projects.

“I worked with Sasha at Howland’s Honey,” he said.

“The bees at Howland’s were really active”, said Litzenberger, adding that he would coat certain parts of the piece with a thin layer of beeswax in the hopes that the bees would construct their combs on and around those specific parts. “I thought that I could control where the bees built, but that’s

not the case.”

The Lego structure was placed inside of a beehive where the insects would develop their combs. Over time the bees enveloped the piece.

“It was in the hive for maybe two months, from early July to early to midSeptember,” said Litzenberger, “I had to wait until the end of the season for the bees to extract the honey from the model.”

After the bees had removed the bulk of the honey, Litzenberger went to work cutting the model out of the hive. He

said that even after the bees had done most of the extracting, some of their product remains.

“There is still honey in the model and it’s not going anywhere,” he added.

The project is an ongoing one.

“The project will take two years,” said Litzenberger, as some of the collaborations may not have been completed on their first interaction with the bees and would need to spend additional time in a hive to develop more thoroughly. This means returning

to the beehives for the 2022 season.

Litzenberg added that it’s possible the Lego model will once again see the inside of a beehive in the coming season, or the potential of an entirely new model receiving the bee treatment.

In the case of the latter, “I have no idea what’s next,” he said.

The Between Us preview of ‘LEGO Revolution Skateboard Hive’ will be on display at The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery until the end of February with the group exhibition being held at the Art Gallery of Regina in 2023.

TERRIERS Continued from Page A1 the latest bout of COVID “seems to be going through them (the team) fairy quickly.” He noted in his last conversation with Terrier head coach Mat Hehr “there was only three, or four guys who have not had it.”

That said Neufeld added players have experienced “fairly minor symptoms,” adding “that’s a positive.”

Players are isolating and taking tests regularly, said Neufeld.

“Hopefully it’s not going to hit us a second time. We’re hoping we’re going to be OK,” he said.

There is also hope from the Terrier president that once the team is back in

action more fans will start showing up for games.

The team is averaging just a few more than 400 fans a game, and that is not enough for the team to cover its expenses.

The fan numbers are a league wide concern with Neufeld calling low attendance “very typical across the league.”

With the low numbers the Terriers are likely headed back into the red after just emerging last summer thanks to $1 million in provincial COVID-19 relief dollars flowing to the SJHL and its teams.

Overall, government program dollars flowing to the Terriers because of the COVID-19 pan-

Yorkton Terrier President Corvyn Neufeld. (File Photo) demic totalled just shy of $300,000. The money

included $90,909, the Terriers share of a $1 mil-

lion grant given by the provincial government to the SJHL, which was split between the league office and the teams in the league.

But, low attendance threatens another year in the red.

“That’s possible based on what we’re projecting right now,” said Neufeld.

“The way things are headed right now we’ll be back in a deficit again.”

The only solution is more fans.

“We’d love to see more people in the building,” said Neufeld.

Neufeld said he isn’t sure exactly why fans are not turning out in better numbers.

“I don’t know what the

reasons for people staying away,” he said, adding for some it may be COVID concerns. “Some may be afraid of COVID and stay home because of that.”

For others just a case of being away from Junior games so long they have decided not to return.

“I don’t think it’s the hockey ... We have a very competitive team,” added Neufeld.

The Terriers sit with a 16-15-1-4 record and 37 points, in second place in the SJHL Viterra Division. While well back of Estevan with 53, they are a point up on Melville while holding three games in-hand on the Millionaires.

Public health orders extended Saskatchewan’s current public health orders will be extended to February 28, 2022.

Under the current public health orders, masking is mandatory in all indoor public spaces including schools; mandatory self-isolation is required for all cases and non or partially vaccinated close contacts who are symptom-free; and proof of vaccination or negative test requirements are in place for public access to a list of establishments, businesses and event venues.

The current public

health orders are available at saskatchewan.ca/ covid-19.

Municipalities, businesses, workplaces and event organizers may also require proof of vaccination or negative testing beyond those places that are described in the public health order.

Anyone requiring a proof of negative COVID19 test must acquire their results through a private provider offering testing services. The issuer will provide a verified, negative test certificate, including your name, birth date, type of test,

date and time of sample collection, test result and will be signed by the test operator which is required to satisfy the negative test requirement.

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The public health orders will be reassessed at the end of February.

First, Second and Booster Doses Help Prevent COVID-19’s Serious Outcomes Omicron is transmitting in every zone in the province and vaccination remains the best tool to prevent the most serious COVID-19 illnesses.

• All Saskatchewan residents five years and older are eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

• Every resident 18 years and older is eligible to receive their booster dose three months after

their second dose or two months after receiving the Janssen vaccine.

• The interval between second and third/fourth doses may be less than three months.

For more information on boosters, see saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.

There are currently more than 43,000 vaccination appointments available through Saskatchewan Health Authority clinics with pharmacies throughout the province administering immunizations. Book your appointment today or watch for walk-in clinics near you.

Preserving PCR Testing Capacity There is increased pressure on Saskatchewan Health Authority PCR testing capacity and all residents are asked to preserve these resources for those at highest risk.

If you are experiencing mild cold-like symptoms including cough, sore throat, sneezing without

fever, it is recommended that you stay home, use rapid antigen testing and self-isolate based on those results. Free rapid antigen tests are available at approximately 600 locations around the province at this time, with Indigenous Services Canada supplying First Nations communities.

If you are experiencing significant or worsening cold or flulike symptoms including fever or are considered at-risk due to chronic/ underlying health conditions, contact HealthLine 811 who will advise if you should receive a PCR test.

PCR testing continues to be available to those identified by a medical health officer as part of an outbreak investigation, those who require a transfer or admission to acute and congregate settings, and immunocompromised patients (including chemotherapy, hemodialysis) who require surveillance testing.

Whether you have received a positive test result through a rapid antigen test or a PCR test, all residents are required to self-isolate and notify their contacts as part of COVID-19 case management protocols.

The duration of your self-isolation depends on your vaccination status and symptoms.

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Colton Yellowaga found his passion in making knives.

Exploring the cutting edge of hobby

By Tyson Off Staff Writer Colton Yellowaga is a self-taught perfectionist who has found a niche market in classical knife smithing.

Yellowaga started his knife making aspirations in 2016 after watching an episode of American Craftsman on PBS. The episode had professional blade smith, Jerry Fisk, handcrafting a knife for Jesse James of West Coast Choppers/Monster Garage fame. “I’d carried knives from a young age,” said Yellowaga, “but I never knew what went into crafting them.”

Captivated by the prospect of being able to design his own knives,

Yellowaga made it a point to sharpen his skills in the craft.

“The first thing I did was forge Damascus, because if I couldn’t do that, I couldn’t make knives,” said Yellowaga of his initial attempts.

He went on to describe the process of fabricating the metal, which involves two or more steels that are layered, heated, and forged together several times.

“Different steels contain different properties, and some are much harder to work with,” explained Yellowaga.

“Damascus is more expensive because of the time involved to manufacture it,” adding that the price for one of his

Damascus knives can start at $175.00 per inch.

“High end knives typically take two weeks from start to finish at full time hours.”

But Yellowaga said money was not his first motivation for starting to make knives.

“I never got into it for the money, I do it because I love it,” said Yellowaga, who currently works out of his garage where he has amassed several different tools to aid in the knife making process - tools of a knife smith such as an anvil for striking the forged metals and a kiln for applying heat treatments. He also owns a forge which he built himself. It runs on propane and reaches tem-

peratures of 2000 degrees Fahrenheit at times. The purpose of the forge is for the shaping and forging of the different metals in use.

“I have no one to mentor me, so I learn from my own mess ups,” said Yellowaga. The most difficult thing he’s had to pick up is getting stainless to weld to high carbon steel, also known as San Mai. “I could forge weld, but for some reason I wasn’t getting good stainless forge welds.

Then I got the [27 ton] press and she worked.”

Yellowaga, who educated himself on the basics of the subject by watching YouTube videos, additionally deals with the woodwork-

ing aspects of the trade when fashioning knife handles. The woods he uses are typically exotic and high end – Hawaiian Koa, African Blackwood, Curly Maple, Mammoth Ivory, and Carbon Fiber to name a few.

Yellowaga has also delved into leather work when it comes to the designing custom sheathes for the knives.

“Every day is a learning experience,” he said.

He estimates he’s made over 100 knives since taking an interest in the craft and noted a handcrafted knife is defined by its longevity and diversity.

Every knife I make is unique,” he said. “I want to build knives that

people will be able to pass down to their kids.”

And a knife should be functional too.

“At the end of the day I’m making art, but it’s a tool that can be used,” Yellowaga said of the practical use of his creations. In his own personal collection, he has hunting knives, filleting, kitchen and pocketknives. All handcrafted from beginning to end by himself.

When asked about the meaning behind the name Cry Knives, Yellowaga stated, “it’s my initials. Colton R. Yellowaga.”

For more information on Yellowaga’s work visit CryKnives on Facebook and Instagram.

Submitted Photo by Cara Chamzuk

Submitted Photo by Cara Chamzuk

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Politics The longer this pandemic goes on, the more frustration grows … and, sadly, the more deeply divided we seem to be getting.

One supposes this was inevitable. No one thought there would be two years of this.

Nevertheless, the best way for all of us to get through this is a thoughtful, reasoned approach.

That’s something we’re not seeing right now.

Some of the problem begins with those who now basically believes the pandemic is over … or at least, that it is nearing the end and morphing into a fifth wave that sees Omicron variant producing a disturbing rise in cases but with cases producing a less harmful outcome.

They point to a smaller number of hospitalizations than even in the fourth wave, notwithstanding the reality that known cases have tripled and quadrupled.

Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government has interpreted this to mean that there’s less reason to worry about the current high infection rates of the Omincron variant.

Some even take this one step further to mean now is a safe time to remove all restrictions in Saskatchewan, even though other provinces who were hit with the high infection rates slightly earlier than Saskatchewan saw a need to reintroduce measures to prevent transmissions through large gatherings.

Many are even re-introducing the idea that Omicron is simply creating “herd immunity” in what they see as COVID-19 morphing into what amounts to a cold.

This approach is frustrating and maybe even potentially dangerous.

Sure, it would be nice if this was the case, but that’s not necessarily what we are being told by those who are knowledgeable. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab has been rather blunt in his assessment that while the Omicron variant is not as devastating as the Delta variant, it remains rather dangerous. Shahab has repeatedly suggested people keep their own gatherings to a few people, notwithstanding the reluctance of the Sask. Party government to reinstitute crowd-size limits in public places or social-distancing requirements.

Moreover, doctors explain that hospitalizations are what they call a “lagging indicator”, meaning they come a few weeks after a surge in numbers of people who have contracted the virus. With the sheer volume of Omicron cases, more hospitalizations are inevitable.

As troubling as the higher percentage of people getting sick with Omicron applies equally to health care workers, which now puts further strain on a health system that is already facing a backlog of surgeries.

All this has frustrated a growing number of critics of Moe and the Sask. Party government who fear we are taking a huge gamble by not imposing similar restrictions like other provinces.

At an update news conference Wednesday, Moe justified not adding restrictions by arguing they are not bringing down case rates elsewhere.

But the biggest news out of the press conference was that maybe Saskatchewan has to start planning to increase its hospitalization surge capacity because Omicron is far more contagious.

And while the Premier is asking Saskatchewan people to “double-down” their efforts — later clarifying that that means more people getting vaccinated because the unvaccinated are still the bulk of problem — there were no added measures to encourage the unvaccinated to get vaccinated and certainly no added measures to stop the spread.

The frustration of many is justifiable.

However, what’s less justifiable is some people’s frustrated reactions.

Some are now arguing that what needs to be done is something similar to what the Quebec government has proposed — taxing those who wilfully aren’t getting the vaccines. A few have gone as far as suggesting they pay their own hospital bills.

Wisely, Moe rejected such nonsense. It would defy the Canada Health Act and the public health premise of user-pay. And would one legally enforce it?

Right now, we all need to be reasonable — something admittedly hard to do in these frustrating times.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Junior Terriers need more fans T

here is a question that is being asked of the residents of Yorkton – that question being whether as a community we want sport entertainment beyond that of minor sports in the city?

At present the answer appears to be a definite no.

We have already seen the Yorkton Cardinals of the Western Canadian Baseball League disappear in a wash of red ink.

While initially the team went on hiatus to try and right its financial ship, the likelihood of a return was always remote, made more remote still

by COVID-19.

Sad to say that baseball of a calibre above a local senior loop is likely not to be seen regularly on a baseball diamond in the city for quite some time.

Now some will suggest Yorkton has always been less a baseball town, and more a hockey town, and while that has some relevancy, the Junior Terriers aren’t exactly on the strongest financial footing either.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League franchise was significantly in the red based on normal operations prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Somewhat surprisingly the pandemic actually helped the situation of the Terriers and of other teams in the SJHL. The provincial government gave the SJHL $1 million to help it survive the COVID-related season shutdown.

The Terriers would receive $90,909, as their share of a $1 million, which was split between the league office and the

teams in the league.

Overall, government program dollars flowing to the Terriers because of the COVID-19 pandemic totalled just shy of $300,000, effectively lifting the team financially back into the black.

But, this season fan support has been sparse, with just more than 400 attending home games on average. Less fans mean less 50/50 and program sales and overall revenues shrink.

Team president Corvyn Neufeld admitted this week current projections based on the attendance numbers are putting the team back into a deficit position.

It was not so many years ago crowds were often of 1000, or greater, the decline starting pre-COVID so one cannot simply blame the pandemic.

The question then becomes why the decline, and how does the team entice people back?

If the answer is they don’t, then the future on Junior hockey in Yorkton, and across the SJHL -- as low attendance is not isolated to the Terriers – comes into question.

There is no doubt for many the Junior Terriers have created many lasting memories, and it would be sad for at least the diehard fan to see the team only remembered through displays at the local Sports Hall of Fame.

But, for the team to continue it cannot operate in the red, only emerging into the black because of grant dollars.

That means greater community support, so Yorkton are you up to be there for the Terriers?

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Letter to the Editor Tourism Yorkton does good work Dear Editor: I attended the meeting of City Council January 10. At that meeting, Tourism Yorkton, as a condition of their partnership with the City of Yorkton, presented to Council its 2021 Annual Report.

The Mission of Tourism Yorkton is “to realize economic benefit to the Yorkton area through tourism”.

It achieves this through a number of objectives including establishing, maintaining and manag-

ing an office (the Visitor Information Centre) for the transacting and coordination of conventions, tourism information distribution and special event business for the City of Yorkton and area.

The economic impact of tourism, based on a 2019 study is significant. Travel and tourism generated an estimated $42.2M in travel receipts in the Yorkton constituency and over 1700 people are employed in tourism related indus-

tries in this constituency.

Tourism Yorkton provides information to local hotels, motels, service stations, campgrounds, offices and many local businesses.

It is the only Visitor Information Centre between Winnipeg and Saskatoon that is open year-round. As the Chamber shares a building with Tourism Yorkton, I often overhear visitors telling TY staff how much they appreciate that TY is open providing information

to visitors and residents about Yorkton, the local area and Saskatchewan.

And while Tourism Yorkton also has a website and a strong social media presence, I also often hear visitors say how much they appreciate being able to chat with the staff to learn about local attractions and events.

Throughout the pandemic, TY has been creative in finding funding enabling it to keep the Visitor Information Centre doors open and

hire 2 students each summer. TY staff welcome people to Yorkton and find ways to encourage visitors to stop to visit our local attractions or to have lunch or even spend a night here.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Yorkton often work together and there is a real synergy having the 2 offices in the same building. Yorkton Chamber of Commerce appreciates the expertise and support Tourism Yorkton provides to our

tourism sector businesses in and around Yorkton.

Thank you, Tourism Yorkton.

For readers who haven’t been to the Visitor Information Centre, located south on Hwy 9, stop by to see all that TY has to offer. And while you’re there, pop into the Chamber office and say hello.

Juanita Polegi, Executive Director, Yorkton Chamber of Commerce

Reading books with game theme

By Tyson Off Staff Writer Patrons of the Yorkton Public Library will be able to participate in a reading game for the entire month of January.

“The game is for adults and children,” said Coralee Danyluk, Children’s Programmer at YPL. Book-Opoly works like the popular board game Monopoly, except instead of buying up properties and charging exorbitant fees for rent, you complete a color block in order to have your name entered in a draw to win a copy of YorktonOpoly, the local rendition of Monopoly, notes the game rules.

“To get your name in the draw, you complete a section of the board,” said Danyluk.

To complete a colour block, all you must do is perform the corresponding action to each individual colour square. For instance, where you would find Boardwalk, Park Place, and the Luxury Tax on the Monopoly board, you’ll find a blue colour set with the headline

“Setting” and “Takes Place in Winter, Future, and Canada”, she detailed.

The idea for that block is to read a book that takes place in winter, a book that takes place in

the future, and one that takes place in Canada.

Once you’ve completed the colour block, your name is entered into the draw one time.

“We often hold contests to draw readers into

Coralee Danyluk, Children’s Programmer at YPL

Habitat project Westland Insurance’s national partnership with Habitat For Humanity is having an extraordinary impact locally in Yorkton, SK. When the City of Yorkton needed an adult to supervise it’s public skating sessions at the Westland Insurance Arena, they teamed up with Habitat for Humanity—Yorkton chapter to give its newest homeowner volunteer hours towards the purchase agreement of her house, currently under construction on Darlington Street in Yorkton.

A local business, Hometown Source for Sports, stepped up to assist by donating a pair of skates.

Together these four separate and distinct organizations have created magic.

Tania Fleury is supported in her work to become a homeowner, Habitat for Humanity— Yorkton chapter has created yet two more valuable partnerships, and Westland Insurance continues to support the communities they are a part of.

Community partnerships such as these, make cities like Yorkton truly a place ‘where good things happen.’

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the Library but this is a great one to get people reading a few things they normally wouldn’t,” said Danyluk.

“There are potentially twelve ways to earn entries.”

That’s 10 entries for completing all the blocks, plus two bonus entries upon completion.

At the end of the month a name will be drawn, and the grand prize winner will receive a copy of Yorkton-Opoly.

The contest runs until the end of January and cards must be turned in by the 31st of the month.

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Snow many smiles Warm weather, at least for winter, had people out on Rodney Ridge in

the city for some old-fashioned fun sledding down the hill.

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Local connections to new GDG show

By Tyson Off Staff Writer A new exhibition has opened at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery featuring several artists who live throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta, some with local roots.

“It’s an exciting exhibition featuring artists from Saskatchewan,” said Kelly Litzenberger, Manager at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery. “It’s the last exhibition booked by former Executive Director, Donald Stein, before he retired.”

“With attitudes ranging from the microscopic to the cartographic, the seven artists of The Flower May Not Look Like the Roots cultivate contemporary relationships to landscape, ecology, and regional identity that respond to local communities past, present and future,” stated show curator Jera MacPherson in a release. “The work plants its roots deep and long ago but to ends that are contemporary and evolving. These renegotiations of a well-worn-

in genre materialize themselves in clay, paint, video, drawing, and textile.

“Each of the various artistic mediums, employed by the artists, supply generous insight into the ways in which geography and sense of place figure into the personal landscapes of their own minds.

“Yet collected together, the suggestion of a regional voice begins to assemble -- one that is rooted in history and place, but whose flowers are open and receptive to the conceptual intricacies of region-building.”

This exhibition features artists living throughout Saskatchewan: Bonnie Gilmour (Meacham), Vera Saltzman (Fort Qu’Appelle), Carol Schmold (Plenty), Crystal Thorburn (Assiniboia former GDAG board member and previously from Melville), Barbara Meneley (Regina), Sarah Timewell (Regina), and Sarah Fougere (Jasper, AB - previously Canora), from the art gallery’s press release.

The exhibition runs from now until Feb. 23.

New show runs until Feb. 23.

Major value-added agriculture investment announced in Sask.

FCL to build canola processing plant and Canada’s largest renewable diesel facility in Regina Today, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) announced its plans to develop an Integrated Agriculture Complex (IAC) north of the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. The IAC will include a renewable diesel facility, as well as a new canola crushing plant in partnership with AGT Foods.

The FCL renewable diesel production plant alone represents a nearly $2 billion investment for the province and is expected to create more than 2,500 construction jobs and 150

permanent operating jobs. The entire IAC is estimated to have direct and indirect economic benefits of approximately $4.5 billion.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Saskatchewan and for FCL and AGT Foods that will bolster the sustainability and economic goals of these companies and the province,” Premier Scott Moe said.

“Our province has the food, fertilizer, and fuel the world needs, including renewable energy from canola grown and processed here, which speaks

to the heart of our plan for economic recovery and growth as we work to build an independent, strong and sustainable Saskatchewan.”

The FCL-AGT canola crushing facility will ensure Saskatchewan exceeds its 2030 Growth Plan goal of processing 75 per cent of the canola grown in the province. It also supports the Growth Plan goal of increasing agriculture valueadded revenue to $10 billion.

The FCL renewable diesel plant will have a production capacity of 15,000 barrels per

day, or about 1 billion litres per year. The FCL-AGT canola crush facility will use 1.1 million tonnes of canola seed to produce 450,000 tonnes of oil, supplying approximately 50 per cent of the feedstock required for the renewable diesel plant, with the remainder of the supply being contracted from other canola crush facilities.

“We know the synergies between transportation fuel production and agriculture will play a vital role in Western Canada’s transition to the low

carbon economy,” FCL CEO Scott Banda said. “We believe our Co-op Retailing System is well-positioned to integrate and capture the full agricultural value-chain in the production of fuel and value-added products. We are excited about our partnership with AGT and ultimately what this announcement means for value-added agriculture in our province.”

With facilities and outlets in 249 communities in Saskatchewan, FCL and local co-ops employ more than 10,000 workers across the province.

USask researchers angling to protect fish from chemical contamination Chemicals widely used in everyday life end up in wastewater that flows to rivers and lakes, potentially causing serious impacts to aquatic life.

These materials include compounds that reduce the wear and tear of rubber tires, and antimicrobials used in households, hospitals and industry for disinfecting or preventing microbial growth.

Now, two projects led by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Toxicology Centre have been awarded $300,000 each by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to study the toxicological impacts of these “emerging chemicals” on fish of commercial, recreational, and Aboriginal (CRA) importance to Canada.

A team led by Dr. Markus Brinkmann (PhD), assistant professor in USask’s School of Environment and Sustainability (SENS), is studying the toxicological workings and impacts of a chemical known as 6PPD used in rubber tires. It is shed by tires on roadways, becomes oxidized

to form 6PPD-quinone, and is then carried to surface waters by stormwater runoff.

An initial study by researchers in Washington State determined that the chemical was deadly to coho salmon at trace concentrations, and Brinkmann’s team is studying its potentially widespread ecological risk to Canadian ecosystems.

The group is researching the impacts of 6PPD-quinone on rainbow trout, arctic char, westslope cutthroat trout, lake trout and fathead minnows in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

“If we understand better the differences in the sensitivity across those fish species, we can conduct better risk assessments,” said Brinkmann.

“Another important issue is to find out the mechanisms by which the chemical kills the fish, so that we can help avoid some of those problems in the future.”

Most chemicals are required to undergo a thorough risk assessment before their release, Brinkmann said,

so the approval of 6PPD, which has been used in tires since the early 2000s, points to holes in the safety net.

“Our research is going fullthrottle already, and we will have interesting findings coming out almost immediately,” he said.

Dr. Natacha Hogan (PhD), associate professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at USask’s College of Agriculture and Biosciences, is principal investigator of a project aimed at identifying the biological impacts of antimicrobials on fish that live in waters into which wastewater is released.

Her team is evaluating the impact of two antimicrobials that have emerged to replace triclosan—a product in wide use for decades that has been curtailed because of potential risks to humans and aquatic life. Virtually no fish toxicity information exists in Canada on these emerging chemicals.

“It’s important not only to generate toxicity data and understand the impact on fish, but whether fish species differ

in sensitivity and if that needs to be taken into account in determining what we would consider a safe level in waters where fish might be found,” said Hogan.

The project involves rainbow and lake trout, representative of salmonids that are considered important CRA species in Canada, as well as fathead minnows and white suckers, from the cyprinid group of fish found around the globe.

“The chemicals we are studying in the two projects are examples of the many emerging contaminants of concern whose safety needs to be assessed,” said co-principal investigator Dr. Markus Hecker (PhD), USask professor and Canada Research Chair in Predictive Aquatic Ecotoxicology.

“It’s part of a bigger story on how we can develop tests that help us understand how a chemical causes health effects in organisms, because we could then use the information and predict the safety of countless other chemicals that

have similar properties.”

Both projects will use a next-generation tool for chemical hazard assessment (EcoToxChips), recently developed by team members as part of a large Genome Canada initiative, to identify early toxicity indicators in and predict the vulnerability of these key target fish species.

Most of the research will be conducted in the Aquatic Toxicology Research Facility at USask, and the funding will support an enriched training experience for several undergraduate and graduate students, a post-doctoral fellow and shared technician, said Hogan.

The projects feature a diverse group of co-investigators, including Dr. Lynn Weber (PhD), professor, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM); Dr. David Janz (PhD), professor, WCVM; Dr. Alper J. Alcaraz (PhD), post-doctoral fellow, Toxicology Centre; and Dr. Steve Wiseman (PhD), associate professor, University of Lethbridge.

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Missing: Coralie Peppler (Manager)

U7 Fritters Terriers Back row L-R: Tate Schwartz, Luca Morrison, Tyson Nagy (Ass’t coach), Caysen Hanson, Julia Kitchen, Tate Walsh, Colin Hrywkiw (Head Coach), Bentley Chapman, Frankie Nagy. Front row (kneeling) L-R: Cruz Hrywkiw, Kane Walsh, Paul Grisnich.

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U9 GrowthLogic Terriers Coaches L-R: Trevor Gyoerick, Derek Ferguson, Ryan Jordan, Clint Maduck. Players L-R: Hezekiah Legebokoff, Zander Devins, Gavin Stehr, Dylan Gyoerick, Jive Jordan, Jaxon Ferguson, Torsten Zerbin, Trippton Maduck, Beckett Kulcsar, Casey Pflanzer, Benicio Bellegarde, Tanner Barrowman, Austin Kulcsar. Missing: Andrea Maduck (Manager)

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U13 Medicine Shoppe Terriers Coaches: Ambrose Allin, Mark Schendel, Brad Klassen, Shaune Beatty.

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U13 AA Wicked Transporation Terriers Chris Mitschke (Ass’t Coach), Ty Rusnak, Westyn Kresowaty, Dylan Veroba, Kyson Gervais, Parker Kraynick, Jaxon Sedor, Trae Peterson, Kaleb Page, Karsten Wagner (Head Coach), Garret Sagan, Aiden Wagner, Kyler Bilokreli, Casey Mitschke, Theo Cleland, Kraeten Haas, Easton Keith, Mahlon Wiley, Scott Bilokreli (Ass’t Coach)

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U15 RH Electric Terriers Front Row L-R: Conor Ferguson, Andriy Rieznichenko, Cohen Murray, Ronnie Gibson, Josh Kulcsar. Second Row, L-R: Jaxon Bjola, Kealand Thomas, Jake Hannotte, Chase Hembling, Davin Desroches, Riley Fedorowich, Jackson Bradford, Kalyn McLaughlin, Tabyn Brass.

Back Row, L-R: Brent Desroches (Manager), Brian Murray (Ass’t Coach), Steve Bradford (Head Coach), Kent Hembling (Ass’t Coach).

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U15 AA PAC Terriers Back Row L-R: Dalane Lamb (Head Coach), Dylan Brass, Kashton Gillis, Grady Keith, Vincent Macgillivray, Riley Stewart, Meric Ponclet, Cameron Allard, Boston Melnick, Deacon Kriger, Blaine Thomson (Ass’t Coach).

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U18 Re/Max Terriers Back row: Marcel Roussin (Ass’t Coach), Mike Shannon (Ass’t Coach), David McClenaghan (Ass’t Coach), Kelly Hubic (Head Coach), Damon Syrota (Ass’t Coach), Raquel Spilchuk (Manager). 3rd row: Logan Badger Cote, David Lachapelle, Ashdynn Bradley, Alex Bradley, Koda Sparling, Colton Hubic, Marshall McClenaghan, Chris Cole, Joey Zarowny.

2nd row: Daxton Kulcsar, Lucas Tymko, Tarris Cote, Keenan Krasowski, Maksym Lemelianenko, Jaspyn Campbell, Braeden Zerff, Dustin Gamble, Landon Burkell. Seated: Arnie Geertz, Tamara Exner, Justus Blackwood, Eli Shannon, Lance SeatonCote, Deklen Syrota, Matthew Spilchuk, Zach Szabo. Missing: Jayden Langan, Matthew Herzog, Trevor Herzog (Ass’t Coach)

U18 AA Kinsmen Terriers Top L-R: Jye Zawatsky, Brandon Spilchen, Noah Duerksen, Dylan Prince, TJ Morrissey, Jack Puckett.

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New funding for family-based care options The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering with the Saskatchewan Foster Families Association to launch Phase Two of the Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education (PRIDE) Levels of Pay that will help increase the number of foster homes able to care for children with specialized needs. Phase Two recognizes the enhanced caregiver training needed to best support complex behavioural, developmental or medical needs and emergent trauma care.

“When a child or youth cannot safely remain in their family home, placement in a family-based setting is the next best

option, whether that be an extended family caregiver, trusted family connection or foster home,” Social Services Minister Lori Carr said. “For children and youth with exceptional needs, finding appropriate family-based care can be challenging. Implementing this leveled payment structure will encourage foster parents to complete specialized training which, in turn, will allow more children and youth with specialized needs to reside in family-based care.”

The new payment structure supports the goal of keeping children in a familybased care setting that can support

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Training requirements address the unique needs in each level, with mandatory training as well as child-specific training available to support foster families.

“PRIDE Levels of Pay - Phase Two will equip caregivers in providing specialized care to children and youth with complex needs,” Saskatchewan Foster Families Association Executive Director Deb Davies said. “This enhanced education and payment structure recognizes the additional skills, training and commitment of caregivers to ensure they provide the best

care to children and youth.”

The Government of Saskatchewan has allocated an additional $1.506 million in 2021-22 for Phase Two. This funding is in addition to $2.74 million for the Phase One payment structure. PRIDE Levels of Pay - Phase One was successfully implemented in late 2019 and has positively impacted participation in training, recruitment and retention of foster families.

Anyone interested in learning more is encouraged to call the Saskatchewan Foster Families Association at 1-800667-7002 or visit www.saskfosterfamilies.ca.

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Nine teams took part in a U15 hockey tournament at the Kinsmen Arena on weekend.

Regina team tops field, RH Electric best of local trio A U15 hockey tournament was held in Yorkton this weekend attracting nine teams.

The teams were split into three pools with the three Yorkton teams; RH Electric, Correct Choice and Global Ag, each in a different pool.

Action began Friday, with the Regina Mustangs taking an 8-1 decision over Yorkton RH Electric.

Melville defeated Yorkton Correct Choice 10-0, and Yorkton Global Ag edged the Moosomin Rangers 5-4.

Action for the Yorkton teams continued Saturday morning with the Wynyard Monarchs over RH Electric 9-3, Estevan Knights over Correct Choice 11-1 and

Global Ag topping the Estevan Bears 8-3.

Other games Saturday saw the Regina Mustangs over the Wynyard Monarchs 7-4, Estevan Knights over Melville 6-1 and the Moosomin Rangers 11-8 over the Estevan Bears.

Sunday RH Electric topped inter-city rival Correct Choice 6-1.

In the bronze final Wynyard topped Melville 6-5.

Moosomin took home the silver with an 8-3 win over Yorkton Global Ag. The Regina Mustangs topped the event taking the gold final 6-3 over the Estevan Knights.

Pickleball Yorkton monthly report We are all well into the New Year and Pickleball is back into full gear.

The Yorkton club has started the ladies only time slots for Thursday mornings (Gloria Hayden Centre) and evenings (Gallagher) call Anne 1-306-621-8926 for details.

Melville has continued with regular Thursday night play and Ituna is holding regular play as well.

Preeceville-Sturgis has Sunday as their day of play.

Langenburg has Thursdays and Sundays on the go.

Another Learn to Play Clinic has been scheduled for Feb. 5, at the Gloria Hayden again call Anne for details.

A tournament for 3.5 players and below has been scheduled for Feb. 12 in Yorkton with a limit of 8 teams in each category of Ladies Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

The Sask Senior Fitness Association will be holding a tournament in conjunction with Pickleball Yorkton April 9th. We will provide more info in that regard as we

get closer to the tournament date. This would be a qualifer tournament for the Parkland Valley District for Provincials in Prince Albert June 14th16th.

So, not only is there a lot of play time but actual clinics and tournaments to test your skills. That is the beauty of the pickleball in that it is a game for all ages and all levels of play. I often wonder as I am playing which group is having the most fun, the beginner level or the most advanced?

Seems like there is a lot of action and excitement

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on all the courts.

Foam Lake is holding a Learn to Play Clinic as well on Jan. 16, which will have already happened by the time you read this

but you can call Jamie at the Rec Office for details for further play.

So no end of pickleball opportunities in the area.

Take advantage of the opportunity how and where it presents itself and we will see you on the courts.

— Dave Weiman

CFL great back as Als QB coach When it comes to the Canadian Football League, few have had the career of Anthony Calvillo.

While not having the most notable start in Las Vegas and Hamilton, the quarterback found his footing after arriving in Montreal in 1998.

Calvillo would go on to spend 20-years in the game, 16 with the Als, retiring as the CFL’s alltime passing leader with 79,816 yards. In Montreal he won three Grey Cups (2002, 2009, 2010), and he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2017.

Now, Calvillo is back in the CFL with the Alouettes, having been named the team’s quarterback coach. He returns to the Montreal staff after having been on the staff from 2015 to 2017.

Calvillo has been with the Universite de Montreal Carabins, in a sense readying himself for a return to the pro ranks.

The long-time CFL

star said his experience with the Carabins was an opportunity to grow as a coach.

“The thing that stands out for me ... is growing as a person,” said Calvillo in a recent interview.

It was a case of learning as a coach how “to get the best out of the athletes,” he said, adding that is often a case of being “a little bit more positive,” and taking the time to “listen to the player. To listen to what they are saying, to really absorb it.”

The experience of the player you are dealing with also impacts the approach you need to take reasoned Calvillo.

With the Carabins, Calvillo had Dimitri Morand was a veteran pivot.

“You could ask a little bit more out of him,” he said By comparison Jonathon Senecal was young and just starting in the college ranks, you had to make sure what you asked of him didn’t

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Sports overwhelm him as he learned the game at that level.

“The challenge was to try not to put too much on the plate,” said Calvillo.

There was also the self-recognition that just because Calvillo – with 20 years of pro experience might have done things with ease, not every quarterback he coaches has that experience or skill set.

“I think that’s a challenge every athlete has as they go from player to coaching,” said Calvillo, adding it is up to him to learn how to best communicate what he is trying to impart as a coach.

“In my mind it might seem very easy, very

simple, but to the player it might not be easy,” he said, adding as he stepped into coaching “I’d get frustrated.”

But now, several years removed from throwing passes himself, and with experience growing on the sidelines he has learned patience.

“I’ve taken a step back to understand better where the athlete is,” he said, starting with the realization they will not have 20-years experience under their belt to draw upon.

“It’s OK to still have lots to learn,” he said, adding that is for himself as a coach and the players to remember.

“That’s part of the process.”

Of course Calvillo’s resume as a player has its benefits now that he is coaching, starting with understanding the role of the quarterbacks he will work with.

“I can see the game through the eyes of my quarterbacks, to see what levels he’s at,” said Calvillo.

In Montreal that will mean seeing play through the eyes of Vernon Adams Jr. who was a CFL East All-Star in 2019 when he threw for 3,942 yards and 24 touchdowns. He played just eight games in 2021 due to injury.

“There is some history there,” noted Calvillo who was on the staff previously when Adams was too, as was the case with Matthew Shiltz.

Quinten Dormady and Shea Patterson are on the Al’s depth chart too.

Calvillo said he has talked to three of the four already, and sees a busy time of meetings and reviewing film on

the quarterbacks ahead of the start of CFL training camps.

Meetings will include those with head coach Khari Jones, himself a former QB. “That’s going to be part of the process,” he said.

Calvillo said as head coach Jones will “set the tone” for the team and generally plan the offence. It will be his job to work with the quarterbacks on “how can we make it work.”

While not rushing things, Calvillo does hope the new position with the Als is a stepping stone.

“I want to continue to move up the (coaching) ranks,” he said, but quickly added, “Everything has to be earned.”

While he may hold greater aspirations on the future he said at present he is focused on one thing, making sure Montreal’s quarterbacks “play at a high level and help our football team win.”

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HAZIAK - Annie Florence Huziak was born on March, 1922, near Rama, SK, the second of the thirteen children of Polish immigrants Anton and Zuzanna (Fulawka) Nowakowski. She passed away peacefully at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on the evening of January 8, 2022, less than 2 months shy of her 100th birthday.

Her stories (many in writing) of her childhood in a large family in rural Saskatchewan at that time are interesting, to say the least. In 194243, she joined the war effort, working in a Small Munitions factory in Toronto. Returning home, she met her future husband who was painting the interiors of two churches in Rama; they were married in November of 1944. From 1945 to 1957, her husband Jim has been credited with the interior decorative painting and iconography in a dozen and a half Ukrainian & Roman Catholic churches in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. What is little known is that someone else also climbed the scaffolds, child under one arm and paint brush in the other, to do all the base-painting so he could do the fancy stuff on top. And she made the meals, too. They raised their family in Yorkton, and she helped pay the bills by working part-time as a housekeeper for 21 years, retiring in 1984. This retirement might have been aided by the fact that they had just won the first ever Western Express Millionaire’s Club lottery draw.

Still, her life was that of a homemaker, and their free time was spent visiting with relatives in one very large, very social family. When at home, hobbies included cross-stitch, crocheting, needle point and quilting. To Jim and Ann, travelling was where ever you could go by car. So, it was a bit of a surprise when, in the mid 80’s, she, with the help of a niece, got on to her first airplane ever and joined her son who was in the middle of a lengthy tour of Europe. Now that she was a world traveller, she did not hesitate to go again in 1990 with another son, his wife and wife’s father, this time to visit the towns in Poland and the Ukraine that their ancestors had emigrated from. After her husband Jim passed in 1996, she continued to live in her home on the western edge of Yorkton, tending to its very large garden. Her last few years were spent in the Gladstone Seniors Residence in assisted living. Although her arthritis and hearing impairment were a challenge, her long term memory remained sharp. Annie was pre-deceased by her husband Jim, her parents Anton and Zuzanna, sisters Josephine, Stella, Verna, Elsie, Lena and Isabelle; brothers Louis, Steve, Walter, Chester, Marion and grandson Jeffery Edison-Brown. She is survived by her youngest sister Bonnie Marchinkow of Vancouver, daughter Hope (David) Edison-Brown in North Vancouver, and sons Jim (Shirley) of Yorkton, Richard (Donna-Lee) of Saskatoon, Steven of Regina, grandkids Joanne (Michael) Turner, Terry (Kris Atwood) EdisonBrown, Amy, Henry, great-grandkids Nickolas and Max, and more nieces and nephews than can be listed in a single afternoon. It was a good life, fully lived.

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SHIER - Sharon Lorraine Shier (nee Mearns) passed away peacefully with family by her side on January 8, 2022 at the age of 76 years. She was born May 31, 1945, in Nokomis, SK. to Jack and Ivy Mearns (nee Mann). She attended school in Govan until grade 8. When she was little, her siblings (Heather & Dale) and her lived at their grandpa and grandma Mearns house and slept together in one bed that was warmed by hot irons as there was no continuous heat upstairs. Once her school days were done, she began making money babysitting. If she wasn’t taking care of children, she was sewing. She enjoyed it so much, that she became part of a club. Sharon started her family in 1963 having her first daughter, Shannon. One sunny evening in 1964 in downtown Govan, she met the love of her life, Wally. A few years later on April 15, 1966, they said “I Do” and began their forever after. They resided in Govan until 1970, and then moved to Theodore for a job Wally secured. While living in Theodore, they became great friends with the Baziuks (current to this day). In 1974 they got fed up with paying rent, so they decided to build their forever home, which Sharon lived in until 2017 when health reasons prevented her from staying. While living in Yorkton, Sharon took up babysitting once again. She often spoke about Trent Leniuk, Brent & Bonnie Eckhart as the children she cared for. In 1984, they decided to expand their family one last time, unbeknown to them. Thinking she was going for an appendix surgery, but coming home with their last daughter, Lacey.

She became a grandmother in 1982, 1986 and 1987 the first go around.

While Wally worked away during the week, Sharon tended to Lacey and her grandchildren. She enjoyed carting them around for their activities and dropping them off at Sunday school at the Salvation Army church.

She always had supper ready for them after school, and a strict bedtime routine. A yearly tradition she enjoyed was taking the children to see the lights in Bredenbury in December and then having Chinese food for supper after. She became a grandmother again in 2005, and 6 weeks later became a great-grandmother for the first time. 4 months later, another great-grandson arrived. In 2010, she became a grandmother and greatgrandmother again. 2013 and 2014 provided her with more great-grandchildren, but this time, girls. Sharon was well known for dirty mind, sailor language and practical jokes. She enjoyed having coffee daily at McDonalds after she took the children to school. She loved driving around and seeing the sights, even if it took her four tries to get her license. She always needed to know what was happening and liked to be in control. If you knew Sharon well enough, you’d know that one of her favorite words started with the 6th letter of the alphabet. Great appreciation to the YDNH Melody Manor staff for the great care given as well as a room they could escape to for a good conversation and most possibly a laugh too! Sharon is survived by her husband Wally of 55 years, her daughters Shannon (Willy), Lacey (Tim), her grandchildren Justin, Breanna (Kris), Wesley (Jennifer), Serenady, and Autumn. Her great -grandchildren Keanan, Lyric, Kayana, Brayden, Hailie, Alaya, and Olivia. Her sister Heather and family, as well as her sister-in-law Brenda and family. There are many other family and friends too! Sharon is predeceased by her parents, Jack and Ivy, brother Dale, brother-in-law Willy, great-grandson Kreestyn, mother and father-in-law Clifford and Helen, sister-in-law Eleanor, brother-in-law Bill and nephews David and Derwood. The Funeral Service was held on January 12, 2022 in the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey, Certified Celebrant, officiating. The eulogy was presented by Alex Kaye. Justin Shier, Wesley Jerome, Kris Paul, Tim Kaban, Keanan Alexson and Brayden Ward served as casket bearers. Cremation has taken place and the interment will be held in the Govan Cemetery at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Yorkton & District Nursing Home Recreation Department as gifts of remembrance.

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KESHANE - Cameron is predeceased by his father Eugene Francis Keshane, brothers; John Henry Keshane and Francis Faron (Tony) Keshane, grandparents Sam & Charlotte McKay and Henry & Agnes Keshane, adopted sister Vivian McKay, nieces Tamara & Nicole Keshane and nephew Jade Beaulieu. Cameron will be dearly missed by his loving mother Cora Keshane, sisters Maxine, Bev (Lee), Gaileen, Carletta and Cynthia. His brothers Warren (Roberta), Darwin (Inez), Ryan (Vivian) and Arthur. Foster parents Grant & Sue Hill, foster sister Barb, foster brothers; Rob, Paul, Mike, Peter, Mark and Matthew, adopted sister Marjorie Keshane, special nephews Tyler and Layhton and special niece Rene Keshane and numerous nieces and nephews, family and friends too numerous to mention. Cameron is a guy that really had it figured out what family is all about, what it could be, what it should be, a guy that would ask anyone if they wanted to split the bill but ended up paying for it on his own, when no one would step up. He wasn’t afraid to be a little self deprecating to get a laugh out of others. An absolutely unrivaled knowledge on all things hockey. Our family lost an incredible son, brother, uncle and grandfather. He was fun loving, honest in his approach, caring, with a crazy sense of humor. The funeral service was held on Thursday, December 23 2021 from the Yorkton Christian Fellowship with Pastors Tommy Strongquill and Fred Keshane officiating. Gaileen Blaise-Keshane gave the eulogy. Honorary bearers were Howard McKay, Dean McKay, Joseph Keshane, Rhoda Straightnose, Joseph Straightnose, Norman Dick Shingoose, Delrios Johnson, Earl Gordon, Sandra Kitchemonia, Leslie Friday, David Shingoose, Mark Whitehawk, and all who knew and loved Cameron. The interment followed in the Yorkton City cemetery with Tegan Sutherland, Jackson Rain, Theran Isaac Jr., Travis Keshane, Stanley Mancheese and Seth Beaulieu serving as the casketbearers.

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GAWRYLUIK – Steve Gawryluik of Theodore entered eternal rest on Thursday January 13, 2022 at Canora hospital. Steve was 94 years of age. Steve was born on May 19, 1927 in Theodore, SK. He was the eighth child of twelve born to Onufrey and Sadie Gawryluik.

Steve received his education at Poplar Leaf School and enjoyed playing sports especially baseball.

He would always remind his children that every time he took a bat in his hand he would hit a home run. Following his education Steve moved to Mikado Ont and worked as a lumberjack, then moved to Winnipeg MB and worked at Canada Packers as a meat processor.

In 1945 he moved back to Yorkton and worked as a brick layer. In 1946 his mom and dad moved to Yorkton and Steve took over the family farm. On November 5, 1956 Steve married Adeline Kuzyk and started their life together farming north of Theodore. His past time included playing cards (Kaiser), spending his Thursday’s at Sturgis auction, going to country dances and he especially loved his Ukrainian music. Their union of marriage was blessed with six children Cindy, Richard, Arlene, Dale, Linda and Barry.

Steve spent his life as a loving husband, father, gido and great gido.

Steve continued to farm until his passing. He enjoyed all aspects of farming, one being with cattle. Steve was an active member in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He was predeceased by his wife Adeline, his parents Onufrey and Sadie, brothers Pete, John, and Nick, sisters Victoria, Velma, Mary, Rose and Kathy. Steve leaves to cherish his memory and to celebrate his life his children Cindy, Richard (Val), Arlene, Dale (Kim), Linda (Brian), Barry (Bev), 15 grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and 11 great step-grandchildren, sister Verna Korpesho, brothers Bill and Mike, sister in laws Olga Surkan and Iris Haluke and brother in law David (Colleen) Kuzyk and numerous nieces and nephews. Prayers were held on Sunday, January 16 and the Funeral Service was on Monday, January 17, both at Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Yorkton with Rev. Fr. Michael Faryna officiating. The responses were led by Jason Kopan. The cross bearer was Gerald Hoffman and the banner bearers were Colten Gawryluik and Chantel Kryzanowski. All who touched Steve’s life were considered as honourary bearers. The interment took place in the Theodore Town Cemetery with Corey Doyle, Adam Gawryluik, Austin Gawryluik Blair Kryzanowski, Casey Doyle and Braxton Gawryluik serving as the casket bearers. Words of appreciation and words reflecting Steve’s life were conveyed by Gerald Hoffman on behalf of Steve’s family. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Riverside. Condolences to the family can be posted at baileysfuneralhome.com

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The Buckle family wishes to Thank everyone for the cards, flowers, and kind words following the passing of Raymond Buckle.

Thank You to all the staff at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home for the exceptional care you provided to Raymond over the past year.

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When the weather warms Winter can sometimes seem like a marathon of endurance dealing with snow and cold, but when temperatures do rise there are fun activities to do outdoors as well. With the recent warmer weather people were out on the skating loop at Patrick Park, while others took to the outdoor rink at Knights of Columbus Park.

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Research remains cornerstone for ag If we hope to see improvement, then the future of just about every human endeavour ultimately relies on scientific research.

We do not have safer cars by chance.

We would not have the computers of today without research.

There is science behind human flight, and tons more to be successfully completed if we hope to one day leave this planet to live on another.

And the list goes on.

It is of course the same in agriculture where research by scientists is crucial from best practices in fertilizer application, to weed

control, to the particular traits developed in the varieties that are grown.

Given that the crops farmers grow around the world largely feed everyone, either directly as grains and oilseeds to make everything from rolled oats and canola oil to flour for bread, or converted into the milk and eggs, bacon and beef steak we eat, every step taken in varietal development is important.

That grains feed us, is also a very good reason for the public to play a role in that research through an investment of dollars, which ultimately means tax dollars being spent to fund good science.

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Calvin Daniels So it was good news for both farmers and the public when it was announced recently

by Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food MarieClaude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit a total of $9.1 million in funding was being provided for new

crop-related research projects in 2022.

This year’s funding will support 55 crop-related projects in Saskatchewan through the province’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).

Producers in-turn stepped up too, to add their dollars to the work

with approximately $4.1 million contributed by a range of industry partners in support of these projects including wheat, canola and flax producer groups.

Having producer dollars on the table is of course important as they stand to benefit first from developments achieved.

It is also producers who know best what areas of advancements in crop production would best help them be successful, so they are a key guide to point researchers down the rights paths of study.

In a release from the University of Saskatchewan highlighting more than $5.7

million in funding it was noted projects would range “from plant-based edible 3D printing and packaging to using drones for monitoring crops and soil health.”

The funding which came through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) was awarded to 25 USask researchers to support 34 projects.

The return on this investment will not be an immediate one, but the dollars spent now are good ones as they will help forge a better farming future, and that means a continued source of food on our tables.

Five agronomy priorities for canola

By Clint Jurke The Canola Council of Canada’s five agronomy priorities, when implemented fully in every field, will improve canola yield and profitability, and will help to ensure success with the crop.

1. Use 4R nutrient management practices All farms will benefit from applying the right fertilizer products at the right rate, right time and right place to improve yield, reduce nutrient losses and increase profits. These are the 4Rs of nutrient management.

One-pass seeding into standing stubble, a fairly common practice, is an excellent foundation for 4R. Canola Council of Canada (CCC) agronomy specialists also encourage farmers to use soil tests and set fertilizer rates based on soiltest recommendations.

Canada’s canola industry has a goal to see 4R practices utilized on 90 per cent of canola acres by 2025. Go to canolacouncil.org/4R for more details on the goal and on 4R practices.

2. Choose the best seed traits for each field Try new cultivars all

4R nutrient management, with principles based on the right fertilizer products applied at the right rate, right time and right place, can improve yield, reduce nutrient losses and increase profits. the time. Yield lost to incorrect cultivar choice may be a greater risk than yield gained by choosing the highest-yielding cultivar. The best seed traits can include disease resistance specific to risks for each field, maturity to match crop establishment and harvest timing goals, and pod-shatter resistance to harvest more of the crop. Use the tool at canolaperformancetrials.ca to compare cultivars.

3. Achieve a uniform 5 to 8 plants per square foot Hybrid canola studies in Western Canada show that a stand with five to eight plants per square foot is best to maintain the yield potential of canola. Uniformity is also key. To simplify pest man-

agement and harvest timing, try to achieve the target population across the field and have all plants at the same growth stage.

To set seeding rates that will achieve the target stand, use the calculators at canolacalculator.ca. For more agronomy tips, read the Plant Establishment chapter at canolaencyclopedia.ca.

4. Identify and manage the top yield robbers Canola growers can find all kinds of pests and problems in their fields.

The key is to focus time and inputs on the most important yield loss factors. Scout regularly to see what pests, environmental factors or mechanical issues (seed placement, sprayer settings, etc.) cause the greatest

loss for each field. Find scouting and management tips for flea beetles, sclerotinia stem rot and all other major pests in the Diseases, Weeds and Insects chapters at canolaencyclopedia.ca.

5. Every seed is sacred: Deliver them all We want canola growers to deliver every seed at No.1 grade, and leave none behind. To do this, growers have three steps: One, give all seeds time to mature. Two, harvest with minimal losses. And three, store canola without spoilage. Grower survey results suggest that canola growers, in general, may achieve yield improvement through later swathing. The survey also showed that straight combining is

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To reach yield potential and to simplify pest management and harvest timing, aim for a stand of five to eight plants per square foot across the field and to have all plants at the same growth stage. associated with higher yields in the southwest Prairies. The Harvest and Storage chapters at canolaencyclopedia.ca have tips for all three steps.

For timely tips through the growing sea-

son, please sign up for the Canola Watch email updates at canolawatch. org.

Clint Jurke is director of agronomy for the Canola Council of Canada.

Email jurkec@canolacouncil.org.

2021 Sask. Clubroot Distribution Map Today, the Government of Saskatchewan and SaskCanola released the 2021 Saskatchewan Clubroot Distribution Map, which outlines the rural municipalities (RMs) where clubroot has been identified.

Clubroot is a declared pest under Saskatchewan’s Pest Control Act. Visible symptoms have been confirmed in 80 commercial canola fields since 2017. This has increased by five fields since the 2020 clubroot update. The number of fields where clubroot pathogen DNA has been detected in soil samples (no visible symptoms) increased by nine in 2021, for a total of 38 fields in the province. These results are compiled annually through ministry surveys and reports/ samples submitted by producers and agrologists.

“The Ministry of Agriculture is dedicated to early detection, tracking and managing clubroot,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “This protects our producers, landowners and our strong canola market.”

Over 750 fields in 200 RMs were examined during the 2021 clubroot survey. The landowners of all fields with visible clubroot symptoms or fields with the presence of the pathogen DNA have been contacted.

The locations of these fields have also been shared with the appropriate RM office if they have enacted a clubroot-specific bylaw and visible symptoms were present. The specific land locations are not shared publicly to protect the privacy of producers.

Last year, the ministry and SaskCanola encouraged producers to voluntarily test their soils for the presence of the clubroot pathogen. Producers and agrologists could receive a free soil testing kit via the ministry’s website, a regional office, SaskCanola office, participating rural municipalities offices and Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities plant health officers. In all, 100 soil samples were submitted through the voluntary soil testing program. Of these soil samples, there was one positive

result. SaskCanola covered the costs of the soil tests. The other eight positive soil samples identified in 2021 were collected through the provincial clubroot risk-based and general canola diseases surveys.

“Ongoing clubroot surveying in Saskatchewan is critical for early detection and diligent management,” SaskCanola Board of Directors Chair Bernie McClean said. “We continue to invest levy dollars into the provincial clubroot survey program to help farmers manage this disease with evidence and data.”

The goal of the tests is to detect the pathogen when spore levels are low to minimize potential impact on canola yields. A proactive and science-based clubroot management strategy should include the use of clubroot-resistant canola varieties in a minimum three-year rotation. An extended crop rotation helps minimize yield losses while protecting the effectiveness of clubroot-resistant canola varieties.

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Only love can keep us strong “The story was about an enchanted house, kept strong by a magical candle, right?” They nodded, and I carried on. “I think the candle represented love. And the magical house?

It was only enchanted and strong because the family who lived there loved each other.”

Light dawned.

“You’re right!”

But the movie had a darker side.

Misunderstandings weakened the family bond. Strong dissention extinguished the candle entirely. The house developed irreparable cracks and eventually crumbled.

I recalled prior conversations with those beloved girls.

I generally don’t like animated movies.

But last Boxing Day, our three eldest granddaughters introduced me to Encanto, a new movie from Disney that pleasantly surprised me. “Would you watch it again?” one asked a few weeks later.

“I would. And I did!

Gampa and I watched it together.”

She pretended shock.

“Nana! You mean there’s actually an animated movie you liked?”

“I really liked it,” I said. “Know why?” She shook her head.

“I saw it as an allegory.” She looked at me puzzled. Her sisters, hearing our conversation, entered the room.

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Sunny Side Up Conversations only a grandmother is privileged to share, about things they may feel more comfortable bringing to Nana than Mama or Daddy. “I saw every one of you in that movie,” I told them.

And I had. The bright one who lit up every gathering, the discouraged child who felt she had no special gifts and

had no sense of her value to others. The child who had slipped from the family circle because he felt he was too different to belong anymore.

The strong child who lifted everyone’s heavy loads–until the day she collapsed, unable to meet the heavy load of expectations.

Disney got it so right.

The movie made me

want to weep, but not only for all the broken families that surround us. Homes once strong, now crumbling.

I thought of our churches and the divisions all too common among Christfollowers. “You are the light of the world,” Jesus said, reminding us all that the only way forward is spelled L O V E. When we refuse to love, our lights, like the candle in the movie, grow dim. When we don’t seek peace with and forgiveness from fellow believers, our strong walls crack.

I also thought of the state of our country, and how the pandemic has divided us. The candle in our national window has grown dim as we

have refused to even attempt to understand differing viewpoints, and instead shun, victimize or isolate those who hold them.

“I’ve never experienced a more unfriendly atmosphere ‘out there’ at Christmas,” one woman said, referring to the recent holiday season. “Scrooges on every corner. Hardly anyone sent or spoke greetings.

No one came into our office to thank us for our service or bring chocolates or cards. Everyone is cocooned in fear.”

The movie, as is Disney’s pattern, ended happily; the magical home restored by a loving community. May it be so for us all in 2022.

Blessings and prayers.

Mustard more than hotdog condiment Cold weather and comfort cooking go together so well don’t they! And while doing that, it is interesting how often the questions comes up: Where does this ingredient come from?

A favorite flavor in the kitchen is mustard, and as gardeners we might be surprised to learn that the mustard plant, which gives us the delicious condiment that we love, is part of the brassica family, cousins to turnips, radishes and canola. The seeds of the mustard

plant are the stars that bring it fame.

Mustard and its seeds go back about six thousand years and are most familiar by their mention in the Bible. All through the centuries, the quest of finding flavorings for food has always been of importance and being able to store and preserve the flavorings was also of importance. Mustard seeds were mixed with various spices and oil and used to flavor meat.

The seeds were stored dried, or mixed with

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Since then, mustard has evolved into an epicurean delight, with many kinds of mustard that go beyond the delicious and versatile yellow mustard we all know and love. There is French mustard (mild and dark brown in color); whole grain mustard; hot mustard; honey mustard; the list goes on and on.

Now, some interesting factoids about mustard. Did you know that commercial mustard

production began in Canada in 1936? And guess what? The world’s largest mustard exporters are mustard growers in Saskatchewan! There are two different kinds of mustard grown in Saskatchewan, and from these wonderful plants, three main kinds of mustard are produced.

There is yellow mustard which comes from sinapis alba mustard; brown mustard, which comes from brassica juncea, and goes mostly to Europe; and oriental mustard, also from brassica juncea, which finds

its way to mustard lovers in Asia.

But home gardeners can grow mustard, too!

We’ve probably all seen recipes on tv for “mustard greens”, or perhaps seen salad mixes that include mustard leaves.

We can grow it in our gardens and use not only the leaves but the seeds, too.

Mustard should be planted about three weeks before our last frost. Plant the seed thinly, about an inch apart. Once they’re up, keep them well-watered.

They don’t mind cooler temperatures, probably preferring them to hot weather, which makes them bolt. When the plants are about four inches tall, we could give them a treat with a bit of fertilizer.

Over the season, we can harvest the small leaves and use them in salads; the flowers make a tangy addition as well to a beautiful salad. If the

leaves get a bit bigger, we can use them as delicious additions to stews or soups. All the while, we should keep an eye on the pods; once they start to mature and turn brown, we should pick them, dry them for about two weeks, then gently break open the pods and save those yummy and versatile seeds! From what I have read, if the pods break open in our gardens, we’ll have mustard making a return visit next year, wanted or not, so we must be vigilant to gather those pods while we may!

See what’s new with the Yorkton hort society at www.yorktonhort.ca.

Thank you to our friends at YTW for their great work.

Browse the seed catalogues, sign up for a class at the U of S, but remember, there is always something new to learn with gardening! Have a great week!

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